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Money has been flowing in and out of financial markets more rapidly than ever before this year, a bullish signal as the threat of a U.S. government default fades.
About $47 billion has gone to exchange-traded funds that track everything from stocks to bonds to commodities since Sept. 1, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That followed about $18 billion pulled in August, $40 billion added in July and $11 billion pulled in June, making it the most volatile period on record for flows. Almost $7 billion went to ETFs on Oct. 17 alone, as Congress passed legislation to avoid a default.
The unleashing of investor funds this year has coincided with the broadest U.S. stock-market rally in at least a quarter century as fresh cash helped overcome slowing profit growth and concern the Federal Reserve will cut stimulus. Resolution of the budget impasse sends an all-clear signal that will spur another round of deposits, according to David Kelly, the chief global strategist at JPMorgan Funds in New York, which oversees about $400 billion in long-term assets.
"The pattern we'd seen with flows for much of 2013 is going to resume now that things have settled down," Kelly said by phone Oct. 17. "It's a realization that the markets have been able to survive Washington."
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The S&P 500 rallied 2.4% to 1,744.50 last week, surpassing the all-time high reached Sept. 18 after Congress ended a standoff over the budget that sent the index down as much as 4.1%. Increasing profits and Fed stimulus have helped the gauge advance 22% in 2013 and 158% since March 2009. The index fell less than 0.1% to 1,743.35 at 9:41 a.m. New York time today.
The 16-day government shutdown ended on Oct. 17 after President Barack Obama signed a bill to fund the government through Jan. 15 and extend the borrowing authority through Feb. 7. About $725 million went into ETFs on Oct. 16, $6.9 billion on Oct. 17, and $2.5 billion on Oct. 18, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Oct. 17 had the biggest daily inflow in a month.
Month-to-month swings in ETF flows totaled more than $53 billion since June, about six times the 13-year average, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Fluctuations are tracked by comparing outstanding shares in the funds, which change as demand from investors rises and falls, with their prices, which are pegged to an underlying index or asset.
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My instructions are to list ten things I have learned about any of my ancestors that has surprised, humbled, or enlightened me and to then pass the award along to ten other bloggers whom I feel are doing their ancestors proud so here goes...
1. Surprised to discover that I have a Great Grand Aunt, Mary Flynn who became a Mother Superior (Mother Monica) and founded St. Joseph's Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
2. Surprised to learn that my paternal surname, Manley was actually Munnelly before my 2x Great Grandparents came to Canada from Ireland.
3. Surprised to uncover the story of my Great Grand Uncle, Hugh Manley who died as a result of injuries he received while performing a heroic act to prevent a boiler explosion in a school full of children and that a High School in Chicago is named in his memory.
4. Humbled to learn that my 2x Great Grandparents were part of the mass exodus from Ireland during the potato famine of the 19th century and the struggles and challenges they faced.
5. Humbled to discover that I have a Great Grand Uncle, Roger Manley/Munnelly who was born and died at the immigration center known as Grosse Ile in Quebec and that his name is listed on the memorial wall with other Irish famine victims.
6. Humbled to have been able to travel to Ireland and visit the ancestral homeland of my 2x Great Grandparents in County Mayo.
7. Enlightened to learn how many Ancestor's I have that arrived in Canada as United Empire Loyalist's (UEL's) during the time of the Revolutionary War and that there might also be Patriot's from the same families.
8. Enlightened to realize that my maternal line, Vine that originated in England is almost all American and that I have cousins all across the United States from this line. Only two out of ten children settled in Canada and of course, I am descended from one of them.
9. Enlightened to learn the occupations of my male ancestors. My paternal ancestors were mainly involved in the construction and dredging projects of the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Welland Canal while my maternal ancestors were largely Farmers and Butchers.
10. Enlightened to have discovered the geographic origins of many of my family lines in England. I now have several little English villages to visit spread across the United Kingdom.
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Today, I attended my first farmer's market as a vendor. Yesterday I baked around three times more bread at one time than I had ever done before. Miraculously it all came out fine with no kitchen disasters. This morning I finished up the baking and drove a couple towns over to Carlisle. I had never been to the Carlisle market before. I had two reasons for picking it. One, I figured, given that Carlisle is pretty sparsely populated, that the market might be small enough for me to be able to manage. The second is that unlike Lexington, they were willing to let me start in the middle of the season. Sure enough, it was a fairly small and low key market. The neighboring booth was a lemonade stand staffed by a seven year old and his parents.
So I relaxed and got ready to sell bread armored with my hastily purchased $6 sign from Staples.
There were plenty of baked goods, but only a couple other loaves about, and nothing like mine. The market officially opened at 8 am, but there were only a trickle of customers and few of those interested in bread. I figured I was going to be bringing a lot of loaves home, or engaging in some pretty furious barter for corn and squash at the end of the market.
And yet, slowly but surely over the course of the morning my loaves walked away one by one, and in the opposite order that I expected.
First to disappear were the flaxseed ryes.
Then went the Cherry Almond Whole Wheats.
The baguettes took longer to go, perhaps because they were a bit pale due to my needing the oven for the Challah rolls. Finally a woman who would have preferred a Cherry Almond decided to take the last baguette home.
When it was all over, I had only four challah rolls left out of my starting 18 loaves and 19 rolls.
The crowd seemed to divide into two parts (in my mind of course.) The people who glanced at the bread, and then walked on as if they hadn't seen anything. The second group would be almost past, when suddenly their eyes would lock on the bread, and they would circle slowly back, and only after a moment or two remembering to look up and say hello. Of course, I liked those people better.
One woman bought a roll, took a bite, and informed me it was dry. I noticed that as she walked away she was still eating it. Ten minutes later, she came back and said that after a bite or two she realized how good it was. She just had to reorient herself from puffy.
I experienced the limits of my kitchen all in one night. I reached capacity on my scale (5 K) my Assistent Mixer which started chucking up bits of rye dough all over the place as they got too close to the top of the bowl. My counter space and oven, and so forth. But I survived, and sold my bread, and I'm ready to do it all over again next week. Now I just have to figure out what to make.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Crosby, Stills and Nash surprised the audience with a new look when they walked onstage dressed in dark gray Brooks Brothers suits for a benefit concert with Wynton Marsalis' Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
"If you laugh at our suits, you're getting thrown out of here," quipped Graham Nash. "My first pair of grown-up shoes," David Crosby added, without skipping a beat. "They have laces and everything."
Nash admitted to some uncertainty about whether the languages of rock and jazz "would blend" at Friday night's concert in Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater.
But such concerns were quickly dispelled once the folk-rock trio's trademark intricate vocal harmonies and acoustic and electric guitar parts were enhanced by the JLCO's tight ensemble playing and skilled soloists such as saxophonists Sherman Irby, trumpeter Marcus Printup and trombonist Vincent Gardner.
The jazz arrangements, mostly written by JLCO members, reimagined a dozen tunes from the Crosby, Stills and Nash songbook, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers were clearly thrilled with the results on songs such as "Love the One You're With."
"It's like getting to play with the bigger kids," Crosby said. He later added that they were having so much fun it felt "like three children being let loose in NASA."
The jazz orchestra added a chugging rhythm to "Marrakesh Express" from CSN's 1969 debut album, while the anti-war tune "Military Madness" got a big-band swing arrangement that opened with a brassy fanfare and closed with a military-style drum roll and the trumpets playing "Taps."
The rock trio drew inspiration from the jazz orchestra's soloists. Stephen Stills played a hot acoustic guitar solo in "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," even quoting Beatle George Harrison's "Within You Without You." And Nash couldn't resist throwing in a harmonica solo on "Deja Vu."
Another highlight came when Marsalis, playing a muted trumpet, went to the front of the stage to play alongside Crosby and Nash on a tender, intimate trio version of Crosby's folk ballad "Guinnevere," which trumpeter Miles Davis covered in a 1970 recording.
Marsalis, JLCO's music director, said he was impressed by the amount of time the rock trio spent rehearsing the complex arrangements in order to master material outside their comfort zone.
"They embody the spirit of collaboration because it's easy to just say, 'Here, I'm used to doing stuff a certain way and you have to do it this way,'" Marsalis told the audience. "They came here and were dealing with swing grooves, all kinds of changes, and things coming in on different beats."
Marc Quinones of the Allman Brothers Band made a guest appearance to play Latin percussion on several numbers. Crosby's son, James Raymond, who plays keyboards in the CSN band, conducted the performance.
On Wednesday, Crosby, Stills and Nash performed with the jazz orchestra at a private gala. The two performances were the latest in an annual series of benefit concerts with pop-rock performers to support Jazz at Lincoln Center, which in previous years has featured Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson and Paul Simon.
After Crosby declared, "We need you to sing, not just rattle your jewelry," the concert closed with a sing-along version of "Teach Your Children," which was followed by an extended standing ovation until the trio reappeared onstage. Instead of an encore, Marsalis and other members of the JLCO returned to usher Crosby, Stills and Nash offstage in a lively New Orleans-style Second Line march.


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Refinishing a stock?
The Work on my 336 will be my first DIY project.
I assume refinishing the stock is as simple as sand, shape, stain.
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Well, unless your stain is one of those "all in one" products, you'll be missing the oil finish, varnish or lacquer that seals the stock.
What kind of finish do you want when you're done?
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Most decent stock don't really need stain. The color of the wood itself is what shines through. For a "working gun", my favorite finish is Minwax Tung Oil Finish. It is a wiping varnish with good durability and repairability. Build it up in about half dozen really light coats at least 24 hours apart. Use steel wool and a tack cloth to wipe off the nubs between coats.
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Your stock may be a smaller piece of wood compared to a end table or dining room set , but it is a fine piece of wood and should be treated as such.
Yes finishing can be boiled down to a few simple steps, BUT those steps are more involved than most people think. Your sanding a piece that has many curves and sharp edges. The inletting areas require special care. The over all condition of the wood will tell you what grades of sanding paper to use.
The final finish can be anything from a spray on poly to many hand rubbed coats of a oil finish.
Start reading about stock finishing and you will find more ways to refinish a stock than there are chances in the lottery.
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To get an idea of how it will look with no stain dampen, not soak the wood with water. Most walnut will look good with no stain. Be sure to let dry throughly. As others mentioned you will need to seal the wood. Seal all bare wood. The object is to keep out moisture. I like tru-oil myself. Apply enough light coats so little or no orange peel texture is visible. 4/0 steel wool between dry coats and a coat of johnsons paste floor wax as a top coat over a lightly steel wooled coat of oil finish. Do not rush the job.
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Auto scammers fined, sentenced to 3 years of probation
April 30. 2013 2:27PM
CONCORD - Two California men were each sentenced to three years' probation and fined $5,000 Tuesday after pleading guilty to federal charges stemming from a scam to illegally export to China new luxury automobiles purchased in New Hampshire and 15 other states.
U.S. Attorney John Kacavas said Frank Hsiao Chien Ku, 31, of San Gabriel, Calif., and Danny Chin Hao Hsu, 33, of West Covina, Calif., pleaded guilty to mail fraud and U.S. Customs export fraud violations, which are felonies.
After falsifying documents through the use of "straw buyers" and agents, Kacavas said, the two shipped 93 vehicles, including one purchased in New Hampshire, to China falsely as used vehicles over a three-year period, Kacavas said.
Both men pleaded guilty to the charges last October. The charges were kept under seal until Monday.
Kacavas said that in the scheme, the two men obtained New Hampshire driver's licenses and automobile titles "by deception, defrauded car dealerships, and misused Shippers Export Declarations (SEDs) in furtherance of their plan to export new 'high-end' vehicles to China as 'used' vehicles despite knowing that the vehicles were fraudulently titled, ineligible for export, and were new."
According to an announcement Tuesday from Kacavas' office, "The scheme operators pose as local customers but in fact purchase cars for export to China and other countries where the most desirable luxury models can fetch as much as twice the sticker price in the United States."
New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles Director Richard Bailey noted that export rings "often prey upon the poor, who are enlisted to act as straw purchasers of luxury vehicles in exchange for a few hundred dollars," according to the announcement from the U.S. Attorney's office. "These individuals then face an array of problems when town and city assistance providers learn that they have purchased luxury automobiles in their names."
Kacavas and other federal officials, as well as state Commissioner of Safety John Barthelmes and other state officials credited "interagency cooperation" and pledged to continue to "combat title fraud in New Hampshire and to detect violations of export laws and customs regulations at our nation's borders."


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The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's basketball team found itself at an uncomfortable pace in the first half of its Southern Conference opener Saturday at UNC Greensboro. But in the second half, the Mocs kept scoring and UNCG didn't.
The Mocs blew the game open with a 52-point second half and cruised to an 86-53 win. They shot 60 percent in the second half and won every statistical aspect of the game in improving to 7-3 overall. They'll stay in North Carolina and play at Elon on Monday at 7 p.m.
Taylor Hall led UTC with 18 points and had 10 rebounds for her fifth consecutive double-double. Freshman Aryanna Gilbert had 13 points in her second straight start, while classmate Chelsey Shumpert added 12.
"I was nervous at first, but I've decided to take full advantage of the opportunity to start," Gilbert said. "I've learned a lot from some of the older players like Taylor and Ashlen [Dewart]."
The athletic Lady Spartans (4-5, 0-1) did a good job of speeding up the pace of the game early. They led 17-16 on a layup by Janae' Stevenson with 9:32 left in the half, but UTC started taking care of the basketball and benefited from some easy looks, taking a 34-26 lead into the break.
After a jumper by Hall early in the second half, the lead was 41-30. It never dipped below double digits the rest of the way. UTC coach Jim Foster was pleased with his team's play, namely on the defensive end.
"We were in front of them," he said on the postgame radio show. "From the film, they have had success when they have been able to beat people off the dribble. We did a good job of keeping them in front of us; we switched some things and then played some smart, defensive basketball. We did a good job of keeping a very athletic team off the glass in the second half and limited their opportunities."
Freshman Whitney Hartlage finished with nine points. Dewart had six points and a team-leading four assists despite some first-half foul trouble.
UTC had 22 assists on 34 made baskets.
"I thought we moved the ball well," Foster said. "We didn't turn the ball over.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) -- Fewer people than predicted turned out to vote in the primary, just 27 percent of registered voters in Shawnee County, and nearly 592 Shawnee County ballots have yet to be counted. They're provisional ballots that won't be counted until next week, after questions were raised concerning their legality.
The provisional ballots could influence the outcome of close races, but election officials say that's unlikely.
Just 41 votes put Dr. Shanti Gandhi ahead of fellow Republican Dick Jones in 52nd District House race. Gandhi says he doesn't know how the his race will land after the new votes are counted.
Jones says the race was so close because the candidates had clear messages and conducted clean campaigns. Gandhi said he had one of the best people to run with, pointing out Jones' character.
A 20th District Senate race put moderate incumbent Senator Vicki Schmidt out ahead of Representative Joe Patton by just 159 votes.
Shawnee County Election Commissioner Elizabeth Ensley Deiter says those seem like narrow margins, but she says it's unlikely provisional ballots will change the outcomes, because they usually break out the same way votes do at the precinct.
Ghandi plans to face Democrat Ted Ensley in November.
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Some things are worth the pain and the strain.
Lady Red Devil senior Erica Cullen would likely second that emotion after recording her first varsity hat trick Thursday night in Ravenswood's much-needed 3-2 victory over No. 15-ranked Herbert Hoover at Eastwood.
Some things are worth the pain and the strain. Lady Red Devil senior Erica Cullen would likely second that emotion after recording her first varsity hat trick (three goals in one game) Thursday night in Ravenswood's much-needed 3-2 victory over No. 15-ranked Herbert Hoover at Eastwood. It's been a long road back for Cullen who was injured as a sophomore in Ravenswood's heartbreaking 2-1 loss to Sissonville in the 2010 sectional championship game at Pt. Pleasant, and was then knocked out of her junior season (2011) just six games in, in a devastating collision with Nitro goalkeeper Becca Hall that sidelined her with a knee injury. The road back has been long and painful, but Cullen made it. Thursday night made the trip worth the journey, and Ravenswood is glad she came. Cullen broke up a scoreless first half by drilling a shot just inside the right slide post of the goal off an assist from Jordan Sheets in the 34th minute. Cullen's goal made it 1-0 in favor of the Lady Devils and that lead held at the half. Cullen added her second goal of the game on a header in the box off a crossing assist from Bess McNabb. The scoring play went from Kayla Scritchfield to Georgie Fitzwater, across to McNabb to Cullen who headed the ball down, skipping it past Hoover keeper Bailey Aab into the right corner of the net. The goal in the 45th minute extended Ravenswood's lead to 2-0. Hoover got untracked just under four minutes later in the 49th minute when freshman Hannah Schoolcraft scored her first of two goals to slice the Ravenswood lead in half at 2-1. Cullen completed her first hat trick with 22:18 to play in the game, drilling a 25-yard shot into the upper center of the net over Aab for a 3-1 Ravenswood advantage. Yet Hoover would not quit, attacking furiously in the final minutes. Schoolcraft scored her second goal of the game with 8:03 left to make it 3-2, but the Lady Devils' defense held on for the win. Marta Corbin, Jordan Danko, Alex Vaughn, Alex McNabb, Bess McNabb, Jordan Sheets, Kayla Scritchfield, Amber Hannum and Kassie Johnson all played strong games. Senior Anna Flesher recorded five saves in goal. Aab had 12 saves for the Huskies. Ravenswood had 15 shots to Hoover's seven, and seven corner kicks to Hoover's one. The Lady Devils took three direct kicks to Hoover's one and two indirect kicks to Hoover's three. Ravenswood (ranked No. 20 in AA/A) improved to 2-4, while Hoover slipped to 4-5.


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BEIRUT (AP) — She was an English language tutor with an easy smile and an independent streak. He was a gym receptionist who wanted to better himself.
They met for English lessons, swapped views on life and fell in love. Three months ago, a notary married them before their friends and family — but not in the eyes of the Lebanese government.
The government has not recognized the marriage of Kholoud Sukkarieh and Nidal Darwish because a religious official did not register it. The case has sparked a fierce debate in Lebanon over civil marriage and how its legalization would affect the country's tenuous sectarian system.
Public figures have spoken up, with the president suggesting a new law and the top Sunni cleric threatening Muslims who support it with damnation.
Underlying these arguments is the deep sectarianism of Lebanon, where religious affiliation is often tied to where one lives, how one speaks and which TV station one watches. Many Lebanese seem to have a sixth sense for divining others' sects based on dress, hometown and other factors.
Reflecting these divides — and perpetuating them, some argue — is a political system in which posts are allocated to specific religious groups. The parliament and Cabinet must be half Muslim and half Christian, while an unwritten agreement ensures, for example, that the president is a Christian, the prime minister is a Sunni Muslim and the speaker of parliament is a Shiite Muslim.
All significant political parties have well-known sectarian affiliations that are usually more important than their policies in attracting voters.
Defenders of this system say it is the only way that 4.2 million people from 18 recognized sects can share their tiny country without killing each other. Indeed, many of the sensitivities and arrangements trace back to the country's brutal 15-year civil war and the agreement that ended it in 1990.
Others note that Lebanon's system allows more freedom than the dictatorships in other Arab countries — exempting it from the recent uprisings against autocratic regimes.
Still, tensions are always high. Consider these recent news items:
— For weeks, Lebanese politicians have been arguing about revising a law that determines how sects' votes are counted.
— On Jan. 24, a Christian allegedly shot and killed a Shiite and his son during a dispute over gravel, causing residents of the Shiite man's village to block a major thoroughfare with burning tires.
— That same day, a hardline Muslim cleric took busloads of supporters to a ski resort in a Christian area, causing a tense stand-off and brief fisticuffs with residents. The army intervened.
Critics of the sectarian system, including the newlyweds, say it exacerbates such tensions and limits rights by viewing people primarily as members of a religious community.
"The underlying issue is how the Lebanese citizen relates to the state," said Nadim Houry of Human Rights Watch. "Does he relate only through his religious community, which he was born into, or does he relate as a citizen with a set of rights directly from the state?"
The couple's attempt to register their civil marriage is a push for latter.
"We dream of a country that is not sectarian and where people don't just have rights from their sect," said Sukkarieh, the bride. "We're working to get rid of the sectarian system."
Under conventional Lebanese law, marriages must be between members of the same sect and registered by a religious authority.
If people from different sects wish to marry, their only options are for one partner to convert or to marry abroad. This option is so common that Lebanese travel agents offer "civil marriage" packages, usually to Cyprus.
Darwish and Sukkarieh — who are Shiite and Sunni Muslims, respectively — tried to subvert this system by basing their marriage contract on a 1936 law they say permits civil marriage for those with no religious affiliation.
With the help of legal activists, they went through a months-long process to strike their sects from their government records, then signed a civil marriage contract with a notary, who sent it to the Interior Ministry for registration.
The ministry has yet to respond, but news of the couple's "civil marriage" unleashed a tidal wave of reactions.
On Jan. 20, President Michel Suleiman expressed support on his Facebook page for a law legalizing civil marriage, calling it "a very important step in eradicating sectarianism and solidifying national unity." The post garnered hundreds of comments and nearly 8,000 "likes."
This week, Lebanon's top Sunni cleric, Grand Mufti Mohammed Rashid Kabbani, fired back, blasting the effort to "plant the germ of civil marriage in Lebanon" with a religious edict declaring any Muslim official who participated in its legalization an "apostate."
Such officials will "bear the sins of any Muslim sons or daughters who enter into this illegal relationship until judgment day," he said.
Christian leaders have been less outspoken, although they have opposed such laws in the past.
Father Abdo Abou Kassm, director of the Catholic Media Center, said the church recognizes only religious marriages, and that those married elsewhere can't participate in sacraments like baptism or communion until they right themselves.
He said if civil marriage became legal in Lebanon, the church would follow the laws, but noted that other personal status issues like divorce and inheritance are also handled by religious authorities. Changing that would require a host of new laws that he said are unlikely to pass.
"To do this would mean separating religion from the state, and I don't think you can do that in Lebanon," he said.
Most doubt the couple's marriage will be approved or that Lebanese politicians will push to legislate civil marriage. No one has proposed such a law since 1998, and Prime Minister Najib Miqati has dismissed the issue as too divisive to address at this time.
Paul Salem of the Carnegie Middle East Center said religious authorities would fiercely oppose any such law because officiating marriages and divorces preserves their influence in society and earns them money.
"Civil marriage is a break in all of those dikes," he said. "It really is a test case for how the sectarian system protects itself."


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Commission approves conservation order
At its regular January meeting, the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission voted to approve a federal conservation order to reduce North American light goose populations.
The conservation order will allow hunters to harvest light geese, which includes snow geese and Ross' geese, until March 31. There will be no harvest limit or possession limit. Hunters will be allowed to use unplugged shotguns and electronic calls. Legal shooting hours will begin 30 minutes before legal sunrise and will end 30 minutes after legal sunset.
The conservation order will take effect immediately after the close of the regular dark goose season and will end Mar. 31. Hunters who participate in the conservation order are asked to provide the Department with their name and address as a way to survey the success of the action.
The conservation order is necessary, said Alan Peoples, chief of wildlife for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, because light geese have become so overpopulated that they pose a serious threat not only to themselves, but also to their breeding habitat and neighboring wildlife and plant species.
"There are about 2.5 million light geese in North America," Peoples said. "The administrative order, which was issued by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, allows the states greater flexibility in reducing those numbers. This is critical because the geese have ruined roughly one-third of the tundra in their breeding grounds around Hudson Bay in Canada. The damage is irreversible in our lifetimes, and this has put other wildlife that share that habitat, including some endangered species, at extreme risk."
In other business, the Commission joined the National Wild Turkey Federation in honoring Wesley Webb, the Department's District 7 Law Enforcement chief, as the NWTF's Law Enforcement Officer of the Year for Oklahoma.
The NWTF awards similar honors to game wardens in all other states. From that pool of candidates, the NWTF then selects a national Officer of the Year.
In a land-related matter, the Commission entertained a lengthy debate before voting to grant conditional approval for adding 900 acres in McCurtain County to the Little River National Wildlife Refuge. The Commission tabled the issue at its December meeting to give the U.S. Fish and Wildlife an opportunity to revise certain regulations that were perceived to restrict hunting activities on the area. The USFWS submitted revised regulations at the January meeting. The USFWS will finalize its guidelines for hunting and fishing at Oklahoma refuges. If the Commission accepts those guidelines at its February meeting, the USFWS will be granted final approval to purchase the 900 acres. The motion to approve the conditional transfer passed, 5-3.
In addition, the Commission accepted a check for $300 from Sue Robins, executive director of the Johnston County Chamber of Commerce. The money will be used to help the Department manage the Blue River Public Fishing and Hunting Area.
In his monthly computer system update, Robert Taylor, the Department's fiscal coordinator, reported that, after months of preparations, the Department's computer system experienced no Y2K compatibility problems.
In related business, the Commission listened to a presentation by Carlos Johnson, a representative of KPMG, a private firm that recently audited the Department's finances. The Department's retirement plan is 96-percent funded, which is very strong, Johnson said. He also said the Department's funds are adequately balanced and are consistent with those of other state agencies.
The Commission will hold its next meeting Feb. 7 at 9 a.m. at the Department's headquarters in Oklahoma City.
Department looking at quail program
For the last few years, both hunters and wildlife managers have noticed that Oklahoma's quail have experienced a "bust" similar to the one experienced by the oil industry in the 1980s.
Like oil, quail hunting is an integral part of life in Oklahoma, and when times are bad, it affects everyone. Needless to say, everyone has ideas they think will improve our state's quail problems. Sentiments among quail hunters range from reducing the daily bag limit to restricting hunting to three days a week. Some even advocate closing quail season altogether. The fact is, however, that there no easy solutions.
Many factors, both natural and man-made, influenced quail populations, including weather, rainfall and temperature, said Alan Peoples, chief of the Department's Wildlife Division. Oklahoma has experienced record-long warm spells this year, he added, as well as record drought and ever-changing land use patterns. All of those factors affect quail populations and hunter success.
"There's no doubt that the type of weather anomalies we've experienced the last couple of years have had a definite impact on the success of quail hunters," Peoples said, "but we don't feel those factors are sufficient reason to jump to hasty and inappropriate actions and conclusions.
There is no doubt that the quail decline in Oklahoma is real. Over the last two years, the spring and fall roadside bobwhite quail surveys conducted by the ODWC indicate that quail populations were well below peak levels. Likewise, the roadside quail surveys have traditionally been fairly reliable indicators for hunter success in the upcoming season. So far, those numbers have been reflected in the low hunter success rates reported by Oklahoma hunters.
However, biologists for the Wildlife Department are not waiting for natural cycles alone to replenish quail populations. Instead, they will be looking for ways to improve the state's quail populations through a variety of management, habitat and regulatory options.
"We know action must be taken, and we are going to start by taking a close look at our quail management program, as well as our survey methods for estimating quail populations," Peoples said. "There is absolutely no one more committed to improving our quail situation than our agency's biologists."
Over the next few months, the Department will thoroughly review its quail program to identify any special needs that would improve the Department's ability to conduct quail research and management. The purpose of these efforts, Peoples said, is to improve Oklahoma's quail populations, which ultimately benefit both the resource and the state's sportsmen.
"While the Department acknowledges there are some significant problems facing Oklahoma's quail, we also realize that 98 percent of Oklahoma's land mass is privately owned," Peoples said. "Most of Oklahoma's quail habitat, and therefore, most of Oklahoma's quail, are on private land, so we will continue to look for ways to emphasize quail management on private land. For the benefit of Oklahoma's quail, we hope to expand our partnership with our state's private landowners."
In addition, the Department will continue to examine various regulatory options, such as season dates and daily bag limits.
Deadline approaching for auction hunts
Sportsmen wanting to bid on the four action hunts offered by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation should remember that the bid deadline is Jan. 31.
In 1998, the Oklahoma Legislature authorized the Department to auction as many as five permits a year for special hunts outside the regular Controlled Hunts drawing. Money raised through the special auction hunts will receive matching federal funds, all of which will be used for wildlife conservation projects in Oklahoma.
In 2000, bids will be taken for one elk hunt at Cookson Hills Wildlife Management Area, a modern firearms deer hunt at McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, a spring turkey hunt at the Osage-Western Wall Wildlife Management Area and a quail hunt for two people at the Packsaddle Wildlife Management Area.
"These auction hunts provide every Oklahoman an opportunity to participate in a very special hunting experience that wouldn't otherwise be available," said Alan Peoples, chief of the Department's Wildlife Division. "The revenues generated through these hunts are used to enhance wildlife habitat throughout the state to improve public hunting opportunities for all Oklahomans."
These auction hunts create four new hunting opportunities in addition to more than 4,000 hunting permits available annually to all Oklahomans through the free Controlled Hunts drawing, Peoples said. They are not subtracted from the number of opportunities offered through the Controlled Hunts, and any legal hunter may bid on the hunts. Like any other hunting situation, participants are not guaranteed success.
In 1999, the Department offered two hunts; an elk hunt at Cookson Hills WMA and a spring turkey hunt on the McCurtain County Wilderness Area.
Sealed bids must be submitted by mail to the Department no later than Jan. 31, 2000. For more information, call the Department's Wildlife Division at 405/521-2730 or visit the Department's website at www.state.ok.us~odwc.
Deer totals point to new record
True to expectations, Oklahoma deer hunters appear to be on course to set another all-time harvest record this year.
After tallying harvest totals from both muzzleloader and gun deer seasons, along with the early and late archery seasons, personnel from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation recorded a preliminary harvest total 76,322 deer. That number does not include deer recorded in personnel books, deer taken on land enrolled in the Deer Management Assistance Program, nor those harvested during the 1999 Controlled Hunts.
Last year, the preliminary total at the end of the regular deer seasons was 73,258, said Mike Shaw, the Department's wildlife research supervisor, and late entries boosted the total to the final figure of 80,008. Based on last year's numbers, Shaw projected this year's final harvest at about 82,250.
"We witnessed a fairly sizable increase in the harvest, but I'm disappointed that the biggest increase has been in the buck harvest," Shaw said. "Obviously, that's an issue of ongoing concern, but it's an issue that's going to gain importance unless something is done to correct it."
So far, Osage County yielded the highest preliminary harvest with 4,404, compared to a final tally of 4,185 last year. This year's preliminary total includes 3,072 bucks and 1,332 does.
Next in line was Cherokee County with 3,417 (2,038 bucks, 1,379 does). Cherokee Co. was also the 1998 runner-up with a final harvest of 3,332.
Osage and Cherokee were the only counties where hunters harvested at least 1,000 does. Craig Co. was third in that category with 998 does, followed by Sequoyah Co., with 886. Delaware Co., was fifth with 631. Overall, hunters took 25,099 does, accounting for 33 percent of the harvest.
Like last year, pleasant weather conditions during most of the gun and muzzleloader seasons contributed greatly to this year's success. Blackpowder hunters took 15,891 deer in 1999, compared to 12,538 in 1998. Bowhunters took 10,584 deer, including 4,454 does.
Webb receives NWTF award
From near extinction to today's record high populations, the resurgence of the wild turkey in Oklahoma is one of America's great conservation stories.
This remarkable recovery is the result of a special partnership between the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, private landowners and, of course, the National Wild Turkey Federation. Wild turkey restoration is now complete in Oklahoma, said Gary Purdy, regional director for the NWTF, and the Department's law enforcement officers deserve a great deal of credit for the program's success.
To honor the game wardens who have been so instrumental in national wild turkey recovery efforts, the NWTF recently established its inaugural Game Warden of the Year Award. Capt. Wesley Webb, the Department's District 1 Law Enforcement Chief, was named the first recipient of the award in Oklahoma at the regular January meeting of the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission in Oklahoma City.
"Nationwide, the wild turkey has rebounded from 30,000 birds in the early part of the 1900s to nearly 5 million," Purdy said. "Turkey populations have been restored throughout their traditional range, and they have even expanded into areas beyond their traditional range. Of course, much of this success is attributed to the dedication of individuals such as Capt. Wesley Webb, who personally trapped more than 3,000 turkeys that were relocated in other parts of the state. In one net drop in Greer County, he trapped 240 birds, which remains a record."
Also, Webb issued 230 turkey-related citations over a period of 31 years, including a number of roost-shooting cases. Roost shooting is illegal in Oklahoma.
In addition to his law enforcement duties and trap-and-transplant efforts, Webb has made other significant contributions, Purdy said. Several years ago, for example, a paper company attempted to purchase several large cottonwood groves from landowners in Greer County. The groves provide critical roosting habitat for turkeys, and Webb convinced the landowners to leave the trees intact.
Furthermore, Webb has been very instrumental in promoting turkey conservation by introducing many sportsmen to the art of turkey hunting.
"There's probably not any individual who has helped more first-time turkey hunters be successful than Wes Webb," said Greg Duffy, director for the Wildlife Department. "There's probably not a better public relations person for the Department, and we appreciate his efforts."
This year, the NWTF bestowed Game Warden of the Year honors on game wardens from each state. These officers form a pool of candidates from which a national Game Warden of the Year is chosen. The winner of that award will be announced at the NWTF national convention in Nashville, Tenn.
Give us your best shot!
If a camera is part of your sporting gear, here's a chance to publish your best shots in a magazine nationally-known for its outdoor photography.
The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation invites photographers to submit wildlife-related photographs for possible publication in the Readers' Showcase. The Readers' Showcase is featured annually in the July/August issue of Outdoor Oklahoma, the Department's award-winning, bi-monthly publication. The Readers' Showcase is one of Outdoor Oklahoma's most popular features, said Nels Rodefeld, Outdoor Oklahoma editor, and it gives readers an opportunity to share their unique photographic experiences with others.
"Great photography has long been a hallmark of Outdoor Oklahoma, and the Department is very proud of its magazine's reputation in that field," Rodefeld added. "Consequently, it has become quite an honor among many of our readers to have a photo appear in the Readers' Showcase.
"One thing we've discovered over the years is that Oklahoma has some outstanding photographers who have keen eyes for great outdoors images," Rodefeld said. "It's an honor to share those images with the rest of our readers."
With so many great photos to choose from, judging is the best and worst part of the contest, Rodefeld said.
"It's great to see all those fantastic photos, but it's tough picking the finalists," he explained. "I wish we could print them all, but space is limited."
There are no prizes given for photos published in the Readers' Showcase, only the satisfaction of knowing your photograph was of sufficient quality to be deemed, "Best of the best."
To enter, send no more than five original, 35-mm color slides to: Paul Moore, Photo Editor, Outdoor Oklahoma; Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, 1801 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105.
Color prints, color negatives and large format transparencies cannot be considered. Make sure the photographer's name, address and phone number appears on each slide, either with a label, fine point pen or rubber stamp. Do not use glass cases. Outdoor Oklahoma has an excellent history of returning all slides in good condition to their rightful owners. Deadline for entry is March 24, 2000.
Predators have limited effect on quail numbers
Perhaps no other group of hunters is as informed and opinionated as quail hunters. Many of their opinions are based on biological fact, but some are rooted in rumor and hearsay.
The subject of predators and their effect on quail is a popular topic in the coffee shops of Western Oklahoma. Much of that discussion blames dwindling quail numbers on coyotes, bobcats, hawks and other predators. Some of that blame is justified, but much of it is misguided, too.
The October 1998 issue of Quail News, a newsletter of game bird research and management from the Bollenbach Chair, Oklahoma State University, addressed this topic by summarizing two studies of predator control in south Texas. The first was a research project conducted by Sam Beasom on the King Ranch. During a two-year study period, Beasom removed 188 coyotes, 120 bobcats, 65 raccoons, 46 striped skunks, and 38 other mammal predators from an area encompassing nine square miles. Beasom then studied the effects of the removal on bobwhite broods. Bobwhites on the area with predator control produced, on average, slightly more than one additional chick per hen than a similar area where predators had not been removed.
In another study, also in south Texas, researchers removed 132 coyotes, 18 bobcats, 15 raccoons, 22 striped skunks, and 40 other mammal predators from a research area covering six square miles over two years. Their results indicated that intensive predator control had "but a slight influence" on quail populations.
Both studies concluded that the only tangible effects of predator removal enabled populations on poorer habitat to maintain roughly equivalent numbers with those on better habitat.
The biggest detractor in both research projects was the high cost of predator control. The treatment performed on the King Ranch cost $1,771 per square mile, or $26 per additional bobwhite produced. That also translates to $131 per bird harvested since not all birds produced are taken by hunters.
The annual cost of applying a predator control program on a scale similar to that on the King Ranch was estimated at $1.4 million, and more than $36 million for an area equaling the size of the state of Oklahoma. The total annual budget for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is only $25 million.
So, why doesn't predator control produce widescale benefits for quail?
Research shows that predator control is not guaranteed to increase the abundance of quail because natural processes reduce its effectiveness. For starters, predators aren't the only things that kill quail. Between 20-40 percent of quail die each year from weather conditions, disease, accidents or old age. These deaths occur whether predators are present or not.
Another natural process is that bobwhite hens are resilient nesters. In an average year, a hen may attempt to nest as many as three or four times to raise at least one brood. The more times she attempts to nest, the better the odds are that she will produce a brood. This is a natural mechanism to offset nest predation.
Not only that, but bobwhite hens may attempt to hatch more than one brood per season. Evidence suggests that hens are more likely to attempt multiple broods if the first nest is destroyed. In that light, there may actually be some benefit to nest predation. Nest destruction delays the average hatch and improves the chicks' survival chances. The later the hatch occurs, the more quail will appear at the start of the hunting season.
There is also some debate concerning the effectiveness of predator removal. Studies conducted in sheep-producing areas show that the intensive removal of coyotes causes coyotes to breed at an earlier age. It also results in larger litters of coyote pups. Therefore, intense suppression may have little net effect on year-to-year coyote populations.
In addition, removing larger predators such as coyotes and bobcats may actually cause problems for quail and other ground nesters by increasing the numbers of small mammals that compete with quail for food. Ground squirrels, cotton rats, fox squirrels and brown rats are known nest predators.
Larger predators also exert a degree of population control over mid-sized predators. For example, there is evidence that duck production is higher in areas where coyotes are not controlled than where they are controlled, presumably because coyotes suppress foxes, skunks, raccoons and other smaller predators. It is possible that this applies to quail production.
For some time, biologists have insisted that habitat is the key to quail production. Loss of habitat, especially loss of cover, increases the contact between game birds and predators. When the habitat is reduced to small islands of permanent cover, it forces game birds to share that cover with predators, leading to greater losses.
Most biologists concur with Aldo Leopold, the father of wildlife conservation, in this statement made in 1933 concerning predators and quail:
"There is an intimate relationship between quail harassment (by predators), cover, food, and winter survival; and one of the most effective forms of predator control is plenty of escape cover and food."
Fur auction set for Chandler
The First Oklahoma Trappers and Predator Callers Association will hold its last fur auction of the 1999-2000 fur harvesting season Saturday Feb. 5 at the Agri-Civic Center in Chandler.
The event will begin at 8 a.m., and the auction will start at 9 a.m. The building will also be open on Feb. 4 from 2 - 5 p.m. for dealer set-ups and for harvesters to store furs.
To participate in the auction, sellers must have a current Oklahoma trapping and hunting license. Sellers must also be members of the First Oklahoma Trappers and Predator Callers Assoc. Furs may be stretched and dried or "green." All bobcat pelts must be affixed with an export tag before they can be sold or shipped. Personnel from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation will be present to provide tags, if necessary.
In addition, sellers who bring furs that belong to another person must possess that person's hunting and trapping license, as well as a letter signed by that person authorizing you to sell his or her fur.
Likewise, fur buyers are required to possess an Oklahoma fur buyer's permit in order to purchase unprocessed fur.
For more information, contact Bill Jackson or Dee Jackson at 918/336-8154.


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BEIRUT (AP) — Several hundred demonstrators angry over attacks against Sunni Muslim clerics blocked roads with garbage bins and burning tires in Beirut and other Lebanese cities on Monday, enflaming old tensions already boiling over the conflict in Syria.
The country is sharply split along sectarian lines, and the civil war next door has exacerbated those divisions among supporters and opponents of President Bashar Assad. The split is a legacy of the nearly three decades when Damascus all but ruled Lebanon, until 2005.
Gunmen supporting opposing sides of the Syrian civil war have frequently clashed, raising concerns that fighting could spread.
Assad's ally, the militant Hezbollah group, is Lebanon's strongest political and military movement and has been accused by Syria's overwhelmingly Sunni rebels of assisting Assad in his military crackdown. Assad belongs to a small branch of Shiite Islam.
Hezbollah denies any of its members are fighting alongside Assad but says several of its fighters have been killed while defending themselves against Sunni gunmen in areas along the border.
Two violent incidents in Lebanon itself have turned up the temperature.
On Sunday night, Mazen Hariri and Ahmad Fekhran, two Sunni Muslim sheikhs at Dar al-Fatwa, Lebanon's highest Sunni religious authority, were attacked by a group of Shiite men shortly after leaving a mosque in downtown Beirut. They were beaten up by Shiites in the predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Khandak al-Ghamik.
Two other Sunni sheikhs were assaulted in another Shiite neighborhood of Beirut in a separate incident.
As news of the incidents spread, dozens of people took to the streets, blocking roads in the capital and in the predominantly Sunni cities of Sidon and Tripoli in southern and northern Lebanon.
Trying to contain the fallout, Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said those responsible for the attacks were not affiliated with any party.
But many Sunnis quickly direct their anger at Hezbollah and Amal, the two main Shiite groups in Lebanon.
Lebanon's Grand Mufti, Mohammed Rashid Kabbani said the attacks were "not a coincidence."
"I'm not accusing any specific faction, but Shiite leaderships in Hezbollah and Amal ... must lift the cover on the perpetrators," he said Monday.
Hezbollah was quick to condemn the attacks and assisted in handing over the suspects to security forces.
Demonstrations had a clearly sectarian tone.
"The turban of the Sunnis is stronger than attempts at sedition," read a poster held up by protesters at a rally in the mainly Sunni Tarik al-Jdideh district in Beirut.
Regional tensions between Sunnis and Shiites have increased significantly because the Syrian civil war. Most of the rebels fighting to topple Assad are from the country's Sunni majority, while the president belongs to the Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam.
In Lebanon, mortar and artillery shells from the Syrian side often explode in Lebanon.
On Monday, Syrian warplanes hit targets along Syria's border with Lebanon. The state-run National News Agency said the attack hit a remote area near the town of Arsal.
The shelling came just days after Damascus warned Beirut to stop militants from crossing the border to fight with rebels.
A senior Lebanese official confirmed the fighter jets' activity along the frontier, but said it was not clear if targets inside Lebanese territory were hit. The official spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
Lebanon, a tiny country with a population of about 4 million, also shelters about 360,000 Syrian refugees.


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'K' Street Improvements
This project will rehabilitate 'K' Street between 17th and 22nd streets by reconstructing curbs and milling and overlaying the roadway. The project includes storm sewer reconstruction as well as some sidewalk reconstruction along the roadway. The project began construction on May 3, 2010 and is scheduled to be substantially complete by early October 2010, weather dependent. Final completion is currently scheduled for end of November 2010, weather dependent. 'K' Street will remain open to traffic during construction with single lane closures as necessary. This project is being constructed concurrently with a City water project which will reconstruct a water main along 'K' Street between 17th and 22nd streets, along 17th Street between 'J' and 'K' streets, and along 'J' Street between 17th and 18th streets.
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Podcast #242 - AMD's new Richland APUs, Steam Box Prototypes, Seagate Hybrid Drives and more!
Subject: General Tech | March 14, 2013 - 03:36 PM | Ken Addison
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You can view it from here. No idea why the other url is still processing...
mobile version is not up (searchable) either.
Thought there was a hole in the wall behind Ryan. But it's the monkey which I also saw during the MSI Ad.
Next podcast, I'd like to learn about the hanging monkey ;)
Nice DSP 500. I have had that exact same headset for ages and have recently bought the newer version of it, Audio 655. DSP.
Great headset for CS, the DSP helps marginally to hear the footsteps.
There definetely are easily better headsets purely for music, tho
Little rant.. its nearly impossible to download the mp3 direct, or via rss if you are on an android phone.. I keep getting the stupic bin file. Please fix.
Allyn's Pick.
I bought an OBD II device from Amazon for $15.
I use it with an Android app Torque Pro ($4.95):
Works greatand is available now. There are several other apps available.
+1 for Torque and a cheap Bluetooth OBD-II adapter. This sort of thing is not new, and certainly shouldn't be $70.
Anyway, I'd suggest a micro one instead of the big adapter Bill posted. I use this one:
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Sydney Pollack
The professional.
Sydney Pollack's The Interpreter begins in Africa about seven decades after the director last left us there, with Meryl Streep holding a bullwhip. That picture was called Out of Africa, and it also contained the unnerving sight of Robert Redford participating in a world war. In The Interpreter, Pollack lets the continent off easy: It's merely being ravaged by a genocidal lunatic. Whether this represents a leap forward in artistry is debatable, but it does point out Pollack's great talent. He can take any scenario—from the ridiculous to the horrific, from Streep to strife—and mold it into benign mush. This is the source of Pollack's enduring popularity and why some of us find his recent pictures so maddening.
Pollack was born in Lafayette, Ind., in 1934—raised around a "suspiciousness of sophistication," he says, by a father who wanted him to become a dentist. He lit out for New York, where he fell in with Methodstudents at the Neighborhood Playhouse; then he studied at the knee of John Frankenheimer and began directing for TV. Before he was 35, Pollack had helmed episodes of Ben Casey, The Fugitive,and the Bob Hope Chrysler Theater (where he directed Claude Rains' final performance). He jumped ship for the movies in 1965, and a year later the journalist Peter Bart quoted Pollack deriding the "horizontal" storytelling favored by American directors and offering paeans to Fellini and Truffaut. But by then it was too late. Pollack's rough edges had been shorn off by television. He had become a dedicated middlebrow artist, suspicious of sophistication and concerned with nothing so much as being an entertainer.
Pollack's admirers often find themselves unable to describe the trajectory of his career. Like a TV journeyman, he slips from genre to genre, rarely leaving his fingerprints on any of them. "He can do a Western and he has," Cliff Robertson said, in the DVD series The Directors. "He can do an urban thing like Tootsie and he has. He can do a political thing or a business thing like The Firm or the cowboy thing, Electric Horseman, or the thing, Jeremiah Johnson. … He has what I call an 'omni' talent."
What moves Pollack? Well, for one, stars. Pollack's casts bulge with big-timers whose personalities often stand in for character and motivation. Witness his 1993 film The Firm, which accommodates Tom Cruise,Holly Hunter,Ed Harris,David Strathairn,Gary Busey, and Paul Sorvino by more or less asking them to play themselves. For the heavies, Pollack recruited Gene Hackman, Hal Holbrook,and Wilford Brimley—enough superannuated horsepower to shoot another Cocoon sequel. Pollack's title cards often sag so heavy with stars that the films themselves seem to melt away. All that remains of 1973's soapy The Way We Were is its marquee: "Redford and Streisand." The same goes for Out of Africa ("Redford and Streep") and The Electric Horseman ("Redford and Fonda"). One of the reasons Pollack's films feel so reassuring is that they pander to our basest moviegoing instinct: "Well, if it's a turkey, at least it's got…" That this is also the base instinct of studio executives explains a bit about why Pollack is a Hollywood treasure.
Another key to Pollack's genius is his leading men, who often take the form of Redford, Cruise, or Harrison Ford. The Pollack hero undergoes a ritualized breaking-in: He begins as a handsome loner, self-sufficient and set in his ways. Then he meets a she. She (Streep, Fonda, Streisand) is overly idealistic or else overly prim. He is smitten. He opens himself up. Together, he and she overcome a hostage crisis, evil lawyers, or African colonization. Two and a half hours later, he is a slightly better he. If you think I'm oversimplifying things, listen to Pollack: "It's usually the same guy in a different place," he told The Directors. "Sometimes he's in Africa, sometimes he's in the West. ... And often it's Redford."
It's often suggested that Pollack has an unrivaled knack for wringing great performances out of his actors. On the set of Tootsie, his best film, he butted heads with Dustin Hoffman, and the battles lent Hoffman's performance an electricity, a great unease. (And for once Pollack juggled the embarrassment of talent, with bit parts for Terri Garr, Bill Murray, Charles Durning, and Pollack himself.) Pollack's later work rarely betrays the notion that his leading men have been given any direction at all. How else to account for Redford's All-American gauziness in Out of Africa—he "looks as if he'd been blow-dried away," quipped Pauline Kael—or Ford's low-decibel mumbling in Sabrina? As Pollack has retreated as a director, he seems to bring out the very worst in Redford and Ford and Cruise. They revert to their virgin states: elusive, grinning blanks.
Hollywood has a word for people who join big stars with big literary properties and then leave the film to make itself—producers. Indeed, Pollack spends most of his time away from the camera these days; The Interpreter is his first directorial effort in six years. In his capacity as a frontman, Pollack has lent his name to some fine movies (The Talented Mr. Ripley)and acted in others (Husbands and Wives), but what does one make of Pollack's languid directorial efforts? I'm sorry to report that the real star of The Interpreter is not Nicole Kidman or Sean Penn but the United Nations building. Pollack's camera treats the General Assembly Hall with the same quiet reverence it used to lavish on Redford's sun-kissed cheeks. "There's music the U.N. makes just by being there," Pollack told Entertainment Weekly, adding, "I don't have to do much except photograph it properly so that it sings along with them."
Even committed multilateralists might find this a little tough to swallow, but I think I see what Pollack is up to. The high-end stars, the soupy thrillers, the multinational institutions—Pollack, who is about to turn 71, is creating an alternative cinema for the old. (A not-unreasonable strategy, given the demographics at the screening I attended for The Interpreter.) In that most major directors set out to honor their audiences' inner 13-year-olds, it may well be the most revolutionary thing Sydney Pollack has ever done.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — By now it's clear that nothing and no one can kill Bruce Willis, whose fifth film in the "Die Hard" franchise, the horribly titled "A Good Day to Die Hard," opens this week.
It is not his finest hour. At 57, he still wreaks havoc and looks great in a tight T-shirt but he doesn't seem to be enjoying himself very much. Still, it's a good opportunity to look back at five of the best performances in Willis' eclectic, enduring career:
— "Die Hard" (1988): I had a huge crush on him as the quick-witted David Addison on "Moonlighting," which seems kinda creepy in retrospect, given that I was in junior high when the series launched and he's 17 years old than I am. But that role set the stage for the character that would go on to define his career: wisecracking New York cop John McClane. Willis is at his charismatic best in this '80s action classic: swaggering, smart-alecky and resourceful, but, at his core, just a regular guy trying to outwit the Euro baddies. The fact that he's not a superhero actually gives the character more power.
— "Pulp Fiction" (1994): One of the most important and influential movies of the 1990s, of course, with Willis in a role that lets him put all his talents on display at once. As a boxer named Butch who's supposed to throw a fight but ends up winning it instead, Willis is tough but tender, powerful yet vulnerable. Quentin Tarantino is in love with words and Willis is an excellent fit for his peculiar brand of verbosity; he's also very much up for the, um, many freaky and physical demands of appearing in a Tarantino film.
— "The Sixth Sense" (1999): If Willis' characters in the '80s were all about cunning and bravado, the late '90s and 2000s frequently found him in a more introspective mode, especially in this hell-of-a-twist blockbuster from M. Night Shyamalan. (The two would reteam the next year for another supernatural thriller, "Unbreakable," in which Willis is also very good in a low-key way.) Willis is the ghost at the center of this ghost story, a child psychologist working with a little boy (Haley Joel Osment) who, famously, sees dead people. The muting of Willis' action-star persona is what's so effective here; his quiet melancholy adds to the chilly mood.
— "Sin City" (2005): Willis once again plays a cop — John Hartigan, the last honest cop in this corrupt town — searching for an 11-year-old girl who would go on to become an exotic dancer played by Jessica Alba. In Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's gloriously stylized graphic novel-film noir mashup, Willis is the traditionally hardened, world-weary anti-hero looking to clear his name. It's a performance filled with both regret and determination, much of which he spells out in dramatic but understated voiceover.
— "Moonrise Kingdom" (2012): Wes Anderson's best live-action movie since "Rushmore" is all about the kids: two precocious pre-teens who fall in love and run off together but have nowhere to go on an insular New England island. Still, the adults provide an excellent supporting cast, including Willis as the island's lonely sheriff on the hunt for the runaways. There's great subtlety and sadness to his performance; you look at his character and the middle-aged rut he's gotten himself into and pray that these love-struck kids don't similarly lose their spark.
What's your favorite Bruce Willis performance? Tell AP Movie Critic Christy Lemire through Twitter: http://twitter.com/christylemire


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Hilary Hayes and Tim Richards have worked together since 2007. They create delightful, engaging experiences through varying media and environments. Their interest in conceptual, research-based approaches to creative projects frequently leads to playful takes on the normative and traditional, while maintaining the highest integrity and attention to detail in materials and processes.
A site-specific sculptural and dynamic lighting installation exploring the boundaries of combining natural materials and digital processes.Central to this exploration are experiments with accuracy, measurement, and replicability; sometimes allowing digital processes and models to guide the design and construction of artifacts, other times pushing back at them and allowing natural processes and human error to shape the work. The installation attempts to peer into and question the physical impossibility of absolute accuracy, and draw from it the only things that don't change: models, instructions, code. The abstract ideals of the design process.
The installation explores the trend of procedurally-generated, parametric design, by translating the process from a computer-generated to a human-generated one. It aims to test the limits of current trends surrounding digital fabrication, computer art, and cyborg culture by challenging the normative roles of nature, human and computer.
Come Up To My Room (CUTMR) Toronto's largest alternative design show enters a new decade with new initiatives and a diverse lineup of local and national talent: 25 installations, 60 artists, and 4000 visitors, all in under 4 days. Gladstone Managing Director of Art, Britt Welter-Nolan is joined by three new curatorial forces: Jaclyn Blumas, Robert Cram and Elise Hodson.
CUTMR11: Thurs Jan 23 – Sun 26, 2014
- Opening Reception: Sat Jan 25, 2014 | 7-11pm
- Hours: Thurs 6-8pm, Fri 11am-8pm, Sat 11am-10pm, Sun 11am-5pm
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A cello tour de force plus colourful impressions of the sea.
Superstar cellist Gautier Capuçon returns to WASO to perform Tchaikovsky's delightful Variations on a Rococo Theme, a work that combines elegance and grace with daring displays of technical brilliance.
Making his WASO debut, French conductor Ludovic Morlot directs two evocative tone poems by Sibelius and Debussy that reflect the sea, like impressionist paintings rendered with music. The iridescent glint of sunlight on gentle waters, crashing waves and fearsome storms are portrayed with glistening, vivid orchestral colour.
SIBELIUS The Tempest: Prelude
TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme
TCHAIKOVSKY Andante Cantabile
SIBELIUS Oceanides
DEBUSSY La Mer
Ludovic Morlot conductor (WASO debut)
Gautier Capuçon cello (pictured)
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|November 07, 2012
Rokmaster Commences First Phase Exploration and Development on the Pinaya Project, Peru
(Vancouver, November 7, 2012) -- Rokmaster Resources Corp. ("Rokmaster") is pleased to announce that it has completed its initial work on the Pinaya Project. This included:
1. Five community meetings were held in the town of Pinaya where Rokmaster introduced itself as the new operator and optionee on the property and commenced negotiations for a new two year Community Relations Agreement. The meetings were well received and attended by a majority of the community members from the immediate and surrounding areas. The community was in support of Rokmaster and expressed their confirmation for positive and responsible exploration on the property.
2. Rokmaster has completed the transition of operatorship on the Pinaya Project from AM Gold. This included a review and integration of AM Gold's in-country personnel, the incorporation of a wholly owned Peruvian subsidiary of Rokmaster as required under Peruvian Law, and the establishment of the Peruvian office and management personnel of the subsidiary, Minera Pinaya Peru S.A.
3. Rokmaster has reviewed the existing core and has confirmed its integrity for use in re-check work as described below.
4. Rokmaster has met with various brokerage and sponsorship groups in Peru to initiate a listing on the Lima Bolsa. Rokmaster is now reviewing its options and will be proceeding with this listing in the near future.
Rokmaster is now in the process of initiating its Phase I program at Pinaya which commenced on November 1, 2012. After a review of available data, site visits and community consultations through October 2012, Rokmaster is initiating the following work programs to expand known resources and to search for new potential:
1. Planning and executing a property wide, 122 line kilometre (km) deep penetration Induced Polarization ("IP") survey overlapping the previous 20km shallow IP survey area;
2. Soil sampling for gold, silver and copper over untested areas;
3. Re-sampling and re-logging of historical drill core from the gold/silver rich shallow oxide and certain porphyry copper/gold zones and implementing an integrated Quality Assurance / Quality Control ("QA/QC") program for all sampling;
4. Planning and amending existing Category II permits to provide for a 66 HQ size hole, 2 phase, 15,000 metre, year-long diamond drill program focused on global resource expansion (see RKR News Release dated: July 17, 2012 and NI 43-101 Technical Report dated: July 26, 2012) and the expansion of near surface oxide-gold/silver rich zones with near term economic potential and a 5,000 lineal metre excavator trenching program;
5. Implementing Community Relations and Surface Land Access Agreements;
6. Interpreting existing property wide airborne geophysical data;
7. Expanding environmental impact studies; and
8. Identifying preliminary development scenarios to facilitate the design of suitable metallurgical and processing test work.
The above work will focus on outlining near surface gold-silver oxide resources, expanding existing copper-gold resources, searching for new porphyry occurrences and increasing the global tonnage of all existing porphyry related resources.
In addition, Rokmaster is pleased to announce that it has engaged Dr. James Oliver, Ph.D., P.Geo., of Oliver Geoscience Ltd., Kamloops, BC, Canada, to direct project geology for discovery of additional resources and Mark Rebagliati, P.Eng., of Rebagliati Geological Consulting Ltd. of Vancouver, BC, Canada, to design and implement the IP and QA/QC programs.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
"John Mirko"
John Mirko
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For further information, contact: John Mirko, President and Chief Executive Officer
Rokmaster Resources Corp.
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