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TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - A Republican challenger had a slight edge over Representative Ron Barber, a former aide to Gabrielle Giffords, in the race for a House of Representatives seat from Arizona, although the election was too close to call early on Wednesday.
Barber, a 66-year-old Democrat who was wounded alongside former congresswoman Giffords in a deadly Tucson shooting last year, had been considered the front-runner in the contest for the newly created 2nd District.
But an unofficial count had Martha McSally, a retired Air Force colonel and former combat pilot, ahead by a slender 1,053 votes with 209 of 216 precincts reporting, the Arizona Secretary of State's office reported. There were 218,660 votes cast.
The Pima County recorder's office said 25,000 early and an unknown number of provisional ballots had yet to be processed.
"While we don't yet know the outcome of this election, I want to say how grateful I am to all those who have stood alongside me - and stood up for what's important to Southern Arizona," Barber said in a statement.
McSally was the first U.S. woman pilot to fly in combat, completing two tours in the Middle East. Her campaign did not immediately respond to a call seeking comment.
She campaigned on a platform of cutting federal regulations, as well as reducing debt and taxes. She also pledged to tighten security on the porous U.S.-Mexico border.
Barber was shot in the face and thigh when a gunman opened fire with a semiautomatic pistol in January 2011 at an event at which Giffords was speaking outside a Tucson-area supermarket. Six people were killed and 13 were wounded.
He ran for office after Giffords stepped down in January to focus on recovery from a head wound. Barber served out the remaining months of her term after winning a special election.
Barber was boosted by an endorsement from Giffords, whose popularity and political stature soared as she battled through a difficult recovery.
Barber focused his campaign on rebuilding the middle class, protecting Medicare and Social Security. He pledged to bolster services for veterans and reforming immigration efforts. He has said he wants more agents at the Arizona-Mexico border.
Giffords, who moved back to her native Arizona earlier this year after undergoing rehabilitation in Houston, turned out with Barber to vote early at a Tucson polling station on Monday.
(Writing by Tim Gaynor; Additional reporting by David Schwartz; Editing by Cynthia Johnston)


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Elattoneura leucostigma
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Elattoneura leucostigma (Fraser, 1933)
Common Name(s):
Disparoneura leucostigma Fraser, 1933
|Taxonomic Notes:
|Originally described as Disparoneura leucostigma Fraser, 1933c.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Critically Endangered B1ab(ii,iii)+2ab(ii,iii) ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
Needs updating
|Bedjanič, M.
|Kalkman, V. & Clausnitzer, V. (Odonata Red List Authority)
Not found since its description in 1933 and the species might be already extinct. Since no really exhaustive odonatological faunistic survey, covering appropriate localities in different seasons, has been made by odonatologists in order to eventually find its remaining populations, the species does not qualify under category extinct (EX). More field research is urgently needed.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|Endemic to Sri Lanka. Only type locality known (Nuwara Eliya, Nuwara Eliya District). Not present in any of the large odonatological collections from the island made by entomologist (not odonatologists!) in last 50 years (Naturhistorischen Museum Basle (Switzerland), National Museum of Natural History - Smithsonian Institution (USA), Lund University (Sweden) and University of Vienna (Austria)) (museum collections accessed by M. Bedjanic between 2005-2009). Also not found during the author's surveys in last years (1995, 2001, 2003).
|Countries occurrence:
Possibly extinct:Sri Lanka
|Additional data:
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|Population size and trend is unknown, possibly extinct.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|The species inhabits small streams in dense montane forests. Larval form unknown.
|Terrestrial; Freshwater
|Major Threat(s):
|The species' habitat type is under great pressure due to water extraction, pollution and destruction of natural montane forest. The appropriate natural habitats in Nuwara Eliya region were heavily damaged and fragmented in the last decades. Destruction of primary montane forests, planting of alochthonous (foreign) tree species for forest plantations, destruction of forest corridors along streams, pollution, water extraction and other pressures on streams and upper courses of rivers in mountainous central part of Sri Lanka are the major threat for endemic dragonfly fauna of the region.
|Conservation Actions:
General guidelines for protection of endemic dragonfly fauna in mountain regions of Sri Lanka include (1) establishment of network of new small protected areas and corridors, (2) conservation of forest corridors along streams and rivulets outside protected areas and (3) renaturation/conversion of alochthonous (foreign) forests in the wider surroundings of streams (Bedjanic 2004).
General note: Knowledge on distribution, biology and taxonomy of several endangered endemic dragonfly species from Sri Lanka is very poor or insufficient. In the future special attention should be devoted to the work dealing with taxonomy of larval forms and adults. Serious odonatological faunistic mapping should cover the whole island and should be urgently focused on still preserved and protected areas. Simultaneously also the research of biology and ecology of selected endangered species should be carried out. As far as species habitat and potential area of occurrence is concerned the Sri Lankan Moist Forests (Ecoregion 21: Sri Lanka montane rain forests (IM0155)) and South-western Sri Lanka Rivers and Streams (Ecoregion 172) are included in the prestigious WWF's global 200 list of the earth's most biologically outstanding habitats. The conservation status of the ecoregions is judged as critical/endangered (Ecoregion 21) and vulnerable (Ecoregion 172) (Olson et al. 2000).
|Bedjanič, M. 2009. Elattoneura leucostigma. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T59726A12008157. . Downloaded on 23 September 2018.
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The day I got my catalog from Christie's I knew I wanted to go. Eric Clapton-my boyhood hero- I wanted a piece of the action. Besides I needed an excuse to go see Tommy our old friend and employee (by the way he's doing great, married a wonderful girl and works for Jon Landau's office who manages Springsteen and Shania Twain).
We arrived Wednesday at the viewing room in Christie's. Lots of other dealers were there, all of us appraising the guitars like we would on any given day-this one's missing knobs, that one has a crack, and who cares about the newer Fender Clapton Strats...retail fodder for a Vintage Guitar Dealer. Dave Rodgers (from Dave's Guitars always a nice guy) and I talked at length as to where this auction will go. With all the hype in the last week we knew prices were probably going to get crazy (little did we know). Christie's had guestimated what the guitars may go for based on past auctions. All the dealers I talked to felt that some things were guessed too low (like "Brownie" Eric's '56 Stratocaster was sure to go for more than the $80K to $100K estimate, he had owned it for about 30 years and he recorded "Layla" with it. It was the most historically significant guitar we've ever seen for sale.) Some things were guessed too high. Come on... would anyone pay six to eight thousand for a Japanese made 12 string strat...now really! Everywhere at the previewing were note takers, prospective buyers busily taking notes on the guitars they would bid on. "Do you really think it will go for that much?" asked one. "No way" said his friend "I bet it goes for half that." (little did they know.) Christie's catalogs with yellow post it notes jutting from the pages were everywhere. After the viewing I went back to the hotel rethinking my absolute highest price I'll go on the items that I wanted. Before going to bed I saw VH1 plugging the Clapton Auction in a big way. This was going to get interesting.
Auction day! Arriving 90 minutes early I stand in a line that goes out to the sidewalk. Lots of Bigshots in suits saying: "but I bought a paddle (Christie's charges $300 to get a bidding number on a paddle, the only sure way to get in). A buzz is in the air. Seemingly every News Agency in the world is in attendance. It was exciting. Then it starts amid clicking shutters and murmurs. Lot #1 goes up...a '94 Martin J-12-40 ($1400 used value Christie's was guessing $4-$6k cause it's Eric's) 45 seconds later it sold for $26,000 plus a 15% premium to Christie's. A sign of things to come. Item #3 was a J-185 from '51 (first year of issue). I had my paddle in the air at $7,000 then 9k then $11,000 at 14k I thought I'd wait for something else, so it sells at $14K. It proved to be the third cheapest thing sold that day. Oh well, I already have a J-185. And they really are one of the world's best acoustics. But things were starting to heat up.
I was sitting next to Rudy from Rudy's Music in New York (Pensa Surh guitars) he was almost falling down laughing as lot #5 started going through the roof. A 90's Gibson ES-335 dot neck, Natural flametop sold for $38,000 add Christies 15% and that's $43,700 for a guitar that Willie's just sold for $1800! That's 24 times normal used retail.
Yet somehow that seems sane compared to lot #8. A 60's Harmony made Silvertone "Stella" flat top, $95 on a good day in the retail world...O.K. it's signed by Les Paul who plays every Monday night at Fat Tuesdays in New York. But is it worth almost $28,000???...Hmmm..Must be!
Buckle up kids it's lot #13 a '94 Fender Clapton model Strat, White with Maple board. Eric used this on stage as one of his backups and for recording the film score to"The Van". Kinda cool...let's see $795 retail, Christies's thinks Eric's mojo should bump it to the $8k zone. I'm guessing like $28-$34k in this room. In 15 seconds it's past 40 and sells for $50,000 (add 15% to that). everybody looks around in disbelief. "Was that a lot for that guitar?" a reporter asks me..."ahh yeah...kinda".
A clean '62 SG Les Paul Standard sells to a friend of ours from back home (let's call him "Joe" for now) for $30K. He digs SG's it's Clapton's, good straight vintage piece, seems like a good deal.
Lot #58 is Eric's '91 Clapton Strat with a custom cigarette holder headstock...$66,700 after auction fees...mercy.
Lot #62 was a favorite of Eric's used a lot on stage and video. Christie's guess is fifteen grand but you need $109,250 to take it home that day. But think fast the sale of that guitar lasted under two minutes.
The Japanese made Fender Electric XII (just sold one for $450) went for 42,000 clams.
Then comes lot #92 a rare '58 Gibson Korina Explorer. The holy grail in the vintage world, only 19 ever made. This puppy is $100k If you could find one for sale.
Christie's says "estimate open request". My guess is $250k because Clapton did play this live and on video. O.K. it's got a head crack that's been fixed, it's still Clapton's. People stand and bow as the Explorer rotates into view. As a vintage freak it's an exciting guitar. "Shall we start at $500?" the auctioneer jokes. Everyone laughs...this one should go through the roof. The bidding slows at $85k it looks like it might stop there, "Joe" turns to me and says "should I buy this?" I look up and it's going...going... "yea you should buy this." Joe figured it would go to $200k and didn't have his bidding paddle ready, oh shoot where's my pedal...Final bid at $85k...Joe shoots his hand in the air with the found paddle at $90k. It goes to $110k...he waits and waits...going...going...At $120k Joe's got it. Applause all around all the dealers turn to Joe with congratulations. It was a solid buy. Remember the Music Man Amp ads with Clapton... holding an Explorer. This was a really really cool buy. It was exciting.
Lot #96 was a '74 000-28 that had a long history with Clapton it was "very important" to him. I'm sure this was hard to part with. $155k was the final bid and it was an exciting thing to see it inch up $5k-$10k at a time. When it crossed $100,000, the crowd wooed. Sold to someone on the phone. Lot's of fun to watch.
Lot#100 was a '30 Gibson L-4 round hole. On the inspection day I noted this guitar was "beat" with many repairs including an added zero fret but Eric used this guitar for at home writing and wanted it back. Estimates said it might get $6k-$8k. Someone told me that Clapton would pay up to 15 grand to have it back home. It went for 50 thousand buckaroos. (add 15%).
Lot#103 a '54 Strat hardtail, yes Eric played it. yes it looked like a refin(maybe not) Yes Christie's thought 30 grand should take. But as it sold for $190,00 some thought the buyer mistook it for brownie. One Hundred and Ninety Thousand...those words were repeated over and over in the gallery.
"Brownie" was the last up. The song "Layla" played on the PA. This is what they came for. She was the guitar that recorded some of the most listened to licks in the history of Rock and Roll. The holy grail of solidbody electrics. It would be hard to think of a more important guitar that could even be for sale. The bidding started at $200,000. The Auctioneer asked for $220k and it jumped up to $300k. "Aww...that's no fun" said the auctioneer. "I asked for 220 and you went to 300...o.k. do I here 325?" A moment of silence passed...$300k took a lot of wind out of people's sails. "Come on 325?" $400,000 was offered from the phones. The room was electrified, some serious dough here kids. Again we hear "going once to the phone" No one in the gallery has the courage to spend $500k..."going twice to the phones." "$450,000 !"yells a Christie's phone operator, the crowd loves it. A little more begging for $500k then rather quickly it's sold an anonymous caller for $450,000 that's $497,000 after Christie's add on. And the whole thing is over. What fun!
My friend "Joe" (who bought the Explorer) was mobbed by the press. He and Gil Southworth (Southworth Guitars) were some of the few big spenders in the gallery. But as CNN tried to interview him a person from Christie's cut right in front of the camera and said "stop, you'd better think about this, do you really want to lose your anonymity? If you let CNN interview you everyone will know you and your family. The press will not leave alone." "what if I don't want to give my name?" said Joe. "It's the press sir they'll find you out. We advise that you turn away now. And it you like we'll arrange a press conference later after you've thought a minute." (very cool of christie's).
With the camera's rolling and shudders clicking Joe turned and ran away. Madeline and I ran block behind him as the press knocked over chairs chasing after him. "O.K. O.K., shows over back off...back off!" Christie's showed him a private exit and the show was...over.
Downstairs someone from VG magazine was standing by Joe. He offered them an interview (after declining CNN Washington, Washington Post, NY Times etc.). They oddly declined. Joe got the only really vintage buy at the show. The only guitar to go for less than the estimate and a '58 Gibson Explorer (only 19 made) to boot. But naw they didn't take the story...go figure.
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2011 Record (Big 10): 11-3 (7-1)
Returning Starters (Off/Def/ST): 14 (4/8/2)
The Spartans return eight starters on what was the Big Ten's best defense last season. They have the ability to tear teams apart from behind the line of scrimmage, ranking third in the FBS last season in both sacks and tackles for loss. Leading the way is the one of the best linebacker combinations in the country in Max Bullough and Denicos Allen. Both tallied over 80 tackles last season and had 25 tackles for loss and 15 sacks between them. The front four is anchored by All-American candidate William Gholston, who is coming off a 70 tackle, five-sack performance at defensive end in 2011. The Spartans also return senior Tyler Hoover, who, after missing almost all of 2011 with a rib injury, will help fill the void at tackle following the loss of Kevin Pickelman to graduation. Cornerback Johnny Adams considered leaving East Lansing for the NFL after a stellar 2011 campaign, but the senior is back and could be competing for All-American honors alongside Gholston. Darqueze Dennard fills in at the other corner slot, and safety Isaiah Lewis returns after earning second team All-Big Ten honors last season. Four-star recruit Demetrious Cox will throw his hat into the talented secondary that is at least two deep all around.
The offense will undoubtedly miss Kirk Cousins, who leaves MSU with his name all over the record book, but his replacement is no scrub. Andrew Maxwell was highly touted coming out of high school, and performed well in limited action last season. Maxwell won't have downfield targets BJ Cunningham or Keshawn Martin to play with, both receivers were late-round NFL picks, but the Spartans have plenty of athletes waiting in the wings. Tennessee transfer DeAnthony Arnett could help mitigate some of that loss, but Bennie Fowler could erase doubts at the position altogether. After foot injuries kept him off the field last season, Fowler could emerge as a legitimate number one if he manages to stay healthy. The ground game is going to be very strong on the back of Le'Von Bell. A big bruising tailback, Bell is a complete runner who can move the chains (averages over five yards a carry in 289 carrier rushes) and has emerged as a threat catching the ball as well. Running behind an experienced offensive line that returns four starters, Bell has a chance to be a break-out star in 2012 and could carry the Spartans to a BCS title berth.
The Spartans open up 2012 with a bang, hosting Boise State in week one. They'll have two more tough home games against Notre Dame and a much-improved Ohio State program in September. But their biggest challenge could be a two-week road test in October, traveling to Ann Arbor on the 20th and Wisconsin the 27th. It's a tall order, but one Michigan State certainly has the talent to fill.
BURNING QUESTION:Was it Kirk Cousins or Mark Dantonio bringing stability to East Lansing?
After a tumultuous start to the new millennium, Michigan State seems to have finally found stability on the coaching staff in Mark Dantonio. He's gone 44-22 in five seasons at the helm, but three of those were with star quarterback Kirk Cousins under center. The Dantonio-led Spartans are 28-12 in games Cousins started and 16-10 without him. There's no question MSU's football program is in much better shape than when Dantonio arrived, but it'll be interesting to see if he can sustain the same level of success now that Cousins has left for the NFL.
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. - The Air Zoo and Third Coast Aviation have joined forces to offer a variety of new visitor experiences, including a Full-Motion Advanced Flight Trainer, flights in a Cessna 172 Skyhawk and private pilot ground school.
The Full-Motion Advanced Flight Trainer is a professional training simulator that features wrap-around visuals, a fully enclosed cockpit, quick-change configurations and scenario-based training compatibility. Its software introduces real-world situations that pilots face every day, such as heavy winds, storm activity and rerouting due to landing strip availability. Guests may choose from a 15-minute flight simulation for $25 or a 30-minute flight simulation for $39, both of which may count towards a pilot's log.
Third Coast Aviation is also offering flights in a Cessna 172 Skyhawk. The Skyhawk is the most successful mass-produced aircraft in the history of aviation. In 1964, the U.S. Air Force began using the Cessna T-41 Mescalero (a military version of the Cessna 172 Skyhawk) to train pilots. Since then, the U.S. Army as well as other countries' armed forces have continued using it. Visitors may choose from the following flight packages*:
- A 15-minute flight experience, which is perfect for those who want to go on a flying adventure. It costs $35 per person, with a two-person minimum. A third passenger may fly for $25.
- A 30-minute flight experience for those who dream of becoming a pilot. During the flight, you'll have the chance to take the controls of the plane while in the air. Afterwards, you'll receive a pilot's flight log that can be used towards a private pilot rating. This experience costs $94 for the first passenger and $25 for each additional passenger.
For those who are interested in becoming a pilot, whether for a career in aviation or just for fun, Third Coast Aviation is offering private pilot ground school. The ground course will cover the fundamentals of aerodynamics, aircraft systems, federal aviation regulations and more. At the conclusion of the course, students will be ready to take the FAA written exam, which is required to obtain a pilot license. The private pilot ground school costs $399. Instrument and commercial pilot courses are also available for $499 and $699, respectively.
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Argentina continues to be my favorite touchstone for what is to come for most Western governments and societies. After their debt collapse and currency devaluation a decade ago, followed by the seizure of private retirement funds, I think they are blazing a trail we'll see trampled down by many governments between now and 2020.
Here is some saber-rattling about nationalization of a key energy company using the language of scarcity and depletion (note that Ms. Kirchner's government says YPF has not invested "enough" into the sector to keep supplies sufficient to meet public demand. We'll see how government control, if it comes to that, will help with that. Between depletion, high costs for advanced extraction techniques and a high dose of bureaucracy, one can imagine the outcome. Add in some threats to retake the Malvinas and we would have a full-blown negative mood marker in play here.


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Do you know who's overflowing with excitement for the not-yet-official HTC M7 smartphone? None other than HTC CEO Peter Chou, of course.
A video from HTC's year-end party shows the company's head honcho on stage playing with the M7, and even snapping photos of the crowd. Chou can be seen rallying a team of employees with a battle cry.
During the video, Chou chants "HTC" a few times, followed by a couple of rounds of "M7," and finally capped off with screams of "HTC One!"
The grainy video seemingly confirms recent rumors of two color options for the anticipated flagship device; Chou holds both a silver and black version of the handset suspected to be the M7. Strangely, the phones have what appear to be a pair of horizontal lines across the back.
The leaked photos and renders we've seen thus far do not show these lines, so maybe there's some serious 11th-hour work from Team M7.
HTC has scheduled a pair of press events for February 19 where it is expected that the M7 will take center stage. CNET will be in attendance and will provide an early impressions of the new smartphone.
I recently penned an open letter to HTC where I suggested that the company scream from the rooftops about the new device. Perhaps the CEO has taken my advice.


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Whisky Review: Crown Royal Canadian Whisky
Posted by Arctic Wolf on February 4, 2010
Last week I jumped the gun somewhat, as it is my plan to review the entire family of Crown Royal Whiskies over the next several weeks and months. Crown Royal, Crown Royal Reserve, Crown Royal Cask #16 and the very limited Crown Royal XR. My plan of course was to begin at the bottom and review the Crown Royal, and then work my way up the product line up until I was finally reviewing the XR. So what did I do instead? I jumped a rung on the ladder and reviewed the Crown Royal Reserve before I reviewed the flagship brand, The Crown Royal. So today I will correct that mistake and provide what should have been the first review. Here is an excerpt from my review:
"The Crown Royal is a little soft and buttery in the mouth. It has that same underlying punky flavour which I described as somehow acrid and vegetal at the same time when I reviewed the Crown reserve…"
Please read the full review here:
Review: Crown Royal Canadian Whisky
I have included a couple of recipes with the review one quite simple (although tried and true), Crown and Coke, and one which I think has a nice elegance, The Apple Jack.
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Raise your hand if you are feeling burdened (or maybe even crushed) by your property taxes… In Westchester County, almost every property owner (commercial or residential) is raising both of their hands, and their feet in answer to that question! Why? Well, because we are #1. Number one in the United States as far as having the highest property taxes. That's right. In recent years, Westchester County has jumped to the top of the list as the highest taxed county in the nation.
Even so, not everyone pays the same amount in property taxes. How many of you have a neighbor down the street with a bigger house on a larger lot who pays less in property taxes than you do? Well, it's time to get in on the secret of how to lower your property taxes… I am a local real estate attorney , in practice for almost 20 years, and I specialize in property tax grievances (a.k.a. tax certiorari). If you want to lower your property taxes, first you need to understand the lingo…
Secret # 1: Who? If you own a property, or are in contract to purchase a property, New York State law provides that you can grieve your property taxes. It used to be that only commercial property owners were permitted to grieve. But thanks in large part to my father, Robert Flower of Flower Property Tax Consultants, LLC in Bronxville (who has been in the industry for over 50 years), the law now permits home owners to grieve as well. As the property owner, you are the "Complainant" or "Petitioner".
Secret # 2: What? You do not technically grieve your tax dollar amount per se, but instead you're grieving your "Assessed Value" or "Assessment". This is a dollar amount that is given to your property by your local assessor. It is not to be confused with your actual tax dollar amount. Look on your property tax bill: it's usually called an "Assessed Value" or a "Taxable Value" or something of that sort. Your property tax dollar amount is calculated based off of the Assessed Value. So a property with an assessed value of $10,000 will have lower taxes than a property in the same municipality that has a valuation of $20,000. Generally speaking, the lower your Assessed Value, the lower your resulting taxes.
Secret # 3: When? This is a very important question. Each municipality has its own "Grievance Period" (i.e. the time frame within which you may submit your Complaint). You must be very careful to file your complaint within the applicable Grievance Period, otherwise you will lose the chance to grieve that year! Generally speaking, many (although not all) cities and towns in Westchester this year will allow complaints to be filed from June 1 – June 17. One day late and you'll miss the boat, so be prompt.
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Master director Wong Kar-Wai brings us his much anticipated follow-up to the phenomenal In the Mood for Love. With Tony Leung back...
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The director of the great Chungking Express, Wong Kar-Wai, once again stunned audiences a few years ago with his seminal masterpiece, In the Mood for Love, which was in fact a pseudo-sequel to one of his earlier works, Days of Being Wild. 2046 marks the concluding chapter in this disparate trilogy. Although not connected in the conventional sense of sequels, the three films work together in much the same way as Kieslowski's Three Colours Trilogy, i.e. disjointed. Of course it is the same theme running throughout all three of Wong Kar-Wai's films—tormented love—even if each movie has a different take on relationships. Personally, I was not overly impressed with Days of Being Wild (mainly because it was butchered by Tartan—something that they have acknowledged and repented for since), but In the Mood for Love was a classic piece of contemporary art, so I was very much looking forward to 2046—especially with Tony Leung returning and the lovely Zhang Ziyi aboard. The question is does it live up to the expectation of those stunned by In the Mood for Love?
Initially, you would be forgiven for assuming that 2046 was set in the future. The reality is that, like the other movies in the trilogy, it is set in sixties Hong Kong and follows the exploits of the womanising writer and observer-of-life Chow Mo-Wan as he starts his next book, entitled 2046. The book is about a mysterious train that allows its passengers to travel into the future—to 2046—where they are then able to recall their past lives and loves with both fondness and sadness. Whilst writing the book, he encounters several different women and carries on affairs with most of them—to varying success—but no matter how the relationships end, the characters always make it into his story. Eventually he becomes consumed by his own imagination and desperation to revisit his own lost love via the elusive 2046 train.
Tony Leung (who made his first appearance in the epilogue of Days of Being Wild) really is one of finest actors that I have come across in recent years. If you think of his résumé, it includes work as diverse as the seminal John Woo action film Hard Boiled, where he starred alongside Chow Yun-Fat, the indisputably amazing Infernal Affairs trilogy, where he got to work with the likes of Andy Lau, Anthony Chow and Carina Lau, and, of course, In the Mood for Love, where he played opposite Maggie Cheung. Here, his character, Chow Mo-Wan once again practically carries the whole movie—not only by his presence in almost every scene, but also by his narration. However, the character is not quite as sympathetic as you might expect following In the Mood for Love. This is mainly because he seems to be so bitter from lost love that he is unable to carry on a normal relationship. The movie opens with him leaving the women that he loves (Maggie Cheung's character from In the Mood for Love) behind in Singapore because she won't come with him to Hong Kong and subsequently he seems to be relentlessly searching for his soul-mate and struggling to escape his haunting memories. It is a theme which is paralleled by the very story he is writing, where there is a struggle to get somewhere in the future, only to find that when you get there, you are stuck in the memories of your past.
Of course, the core to the love/hate relationship that you have with the 'hero' lies in his consistently bad treatment of the different women in his life. Amongst these women we have Lulu, played by the unusually beautiful Carina Lau, an old flame of his who fleetingly passes through his life once more on her way to a part in his memoir-like novel. Lau previously starred in the prequel, Days of Being Wild, but I think that only her relatively recent movies—like the Infernal Affairs movies and this film, really showcase both her unusual beauty and her acting range. We also get the rather cute Faye Wong, playing Wang Jingwen, the elder daughter of Chow Mo-Wan's landlord. As a fellow writer, she finds a kindred spirit in Chow, but soon becomes more a part of his futuristic book than of his life, being haunted herself by a forbidden love with a Japanese man.
And—perhaps most importantly to readers—we have the high class prostitute, Bai Ling, who moves into the flat next to Chow Mo-Wan and subsequently falls for him. She is played by the outrageously gorgeous Zhang Ziyi, who slashed through onto our screens with a phenomenal breakthrough performance in the superb Chow Yun-Fat-starring Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Cementing her career with the vastly underrated Hero, where she starred opposite Jet Li and Tony Leung, and the slightly over-hyped but nonetheless great House of Flying Daggers, opposite Andy Lau, she has clearly shown that she is capable of great things. Here, in a fanboy's dream-come-true role akin to that of Natalie Portman in Closer, she is not only sexy as hell but also achingly adorable—her subtle bottom-lip-biting as a sign of attraction being simply irresistible. She is also given a different depth to before because, although normally her characters are plagued by some kind of impossible love, here her character is not some virginal girl but instead all woman.
Many regard 2046 as standing in the shadow of Wong Kar-Wai's previous masterpiece, In the Mood for Love but I think that it is perfectly capable of standing alone as a work of art. Perhaps the subject nature does not make for as deep a study of love and emotion, but the parallel future-scape painted serves well to counterbalance the protagonist's successive liaisons. And I think it is the cast who really make the movie—as with many great movies—because no matter how clever the script, nor how stylish the direction, the cast decide whether it is all going to work or not. Wong Kar-Wai's films has clearly refined his movie over the years, and whilst perhaps not better than In the Mood for Love, I personally think this is arguably its equal, and certainly a fitting conclusion to the disjointed trilogy and is highly recommended.
The visually stunning 2046 is presented in a solid but unexceptional 2.35:1 aspect ratio, anamorphically enhanced widescreen transfer. It is a shame because the movie is so grippingly stylish that you just want the picture to be perfect and any kind of flaw becomes more noticeable than in less aesthetic movies. Luckily the detail is largely good, clarity retained throughout, with no noticeably unintentional lapses into softness—although the director's sporadic use of softer imagery is simply part of his style. There is some light grain that touches the whole transfer, but you get used to it and it is never too intrusive. The colour scheme—particularly in the futuristic scenes—is one of the broadest that I have come across recently, with entire scenes often drenched in reds or blues and the transfer having to handle all of this. It does so well, and even the blacks are deep, dark and solid. There are also no noticeably defects—with none of the dust and blips that have been reported on other releases of this film. All in all it may not be a perfect transfer, and with this kind of visually opulent film it really should be, but it is still a decent effort that should not diminish your appreciation of the movie itself.
There are two main Dolby Digital 5.1 audio tracks—the original Cantonese track and a dubbed Mandarin track. The original track is clearly the one to go for, and it is a powerful mix that puts you right in the middle of the emotional roller-coaster that is unravelling. A predominantly dialogue-driven affair, the vocals are always crystal clear and well-representative, if at times not as directional as on some other mixes I have come across. There are few effects, other than perhaps for the sequences set in the future, and none of them make noteworthy use of the surrounds, and there is a similar lack of bass in the proceedings—although both seem largely unnecessary in this kind of movie. Aside from the key dialogue, the score is also worth mentioning. Reminiscent of the more classical elements of Eric Serra's score for Luc Besson's masterpiece, Léon, the haunting strings pervade most of the movie and are superbly represented by both the frontal and rear array. The track is perfectly suited to the movie, and is accompanied by optional subtitles in English or Chinese—both traditional and simplified.
It is worth first noting that this is the 'extended cut' of the film, and that the movie was originally cut in China, purportedly for the Zhang Ziyi sex scenes. All other releases—including this Hong Kong Mei Ah release—house the extended cut. It is also worth noting that this is the single-disc Mei-Ah release, and that there is also a two-disc limited edition with a bevy of extras that include several interesting featurettes.
Unfortunately, what that means is that all we get is a two minute trailer which paints the movie slightly deceptively (but nevertheless sells it well), and a text databank with both a brief story synopsis and cast profiles for Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi, Takura Kimura and Faye Wong.
2046 is one of those movies that you simply must see. It's as simple as that. For the acting, the story, or the masterful direction, it is a masterpiece. This release sees it being given a decent transfer and a good audio representation, but lacks in extras—although for those you can easily pick up the two-disc edition. This is one of those movies that you don't need to worry about renting, it should sit proudly in your collection, so if you haven't already then go out and pick up one of the two superior Mei-Ah releases.
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Review by Casimir Harlow
Not suitable for young persons and children
Disc Details
Release Date: 1st January 1995
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Cantonese, Dolby Digital 5.1 Mandarin
Subtitles: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English
Extras: Theatrical Trailer, Story Synopsis and Cast Profiles
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
Cast: Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi, Carina Lau, Faye Wong, Maggie Cheung, Gong Li, Takuya Kimura
Genre: Romance
Length: 130 minutes
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Arts & Mysteries: Three-Legged Turned Chair
Panel seat requires beefy tenons for support.
By Peter Follansbee
Pages: 22-23
From the October 2010 issue # 185
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Seventeenth-century chairs come in many styles: plain turned chairs with woven seats, carved joined chairs in leather or wool, and one particular type of chair that is a little unusual these days – the turned chair with a board (really a panel) for a seat.
These chairs come in both four-legged and three-legged versions, from fairly austere to extremely complex and decorative. They can be made of ash, beech, fruitwoods and yew. Typically they are made with large-scale components, resulting in a massive appearance. The four-legged variety was made in New England during the 17th century, and, although there are many examples of three-legged ones surviving in England, there is no evidence of one being made in New England. I usually use ash for the turned parts, and any hardwood board for the seat panel. Oak is my first choice; I've also used elm or cherry.
I often make the three-legged version; it is challenging and fun to make, and it always gets a lot of attention. The geometry involved is a little more sever than with the four-legged chairs, but not all that different. The distinctive element in these chairs is the joinery at the seat-rail height.
The joinery in three-legged chairs with board seats differs from four-legged chairs with woven seats. On a fiber-seat chair, the seat rails are at staggered heights; thus the tenons do not interfere inside the posts.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A Seoul official says the rival Koreas have agreed to meet to discuss North Korea's participation in the upcoming Asian Games in the South.
Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Eui-do says North Korea agreed Monday to meet at a border village on Thursday to discuss its plans to send athletes and cheerleaders to the games.
The participation in the games is part of measures North Korea recently proposed to lower tension between the rivals.
The announcement comes as the North has been conducting an unusually large number of missile and rocket tests.
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"This is the best role," declares Lucie Arnaz of her acrobatic turn as Berthe in the national tour of the magical modern/medieval musical "Pippin." "It's the shortest role I've ever done."
There's a lot packed into the part, however. Arnaz appears with the rest of the cast for the opening number "Magic to Do." Then her main task is to perform the showstopper "No Time at All."
"It's remarkable, people's reactions," Arnaz related in a phone interview from the show's recent stop in Arizona. "It's a short scene, but I mine it for everything." She'll be mining it Jan. 6 to 11 at the Bushnell.
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Grand Opening of the New Poets House in Battery Park City
• 11:00am: A charismatic poet and musician who was featured in Bill Moyers' Fooling with Words documentary, Kurt Lamkin delivers a spirited performance for children and their adults. This event starts at Poets House.
• 12:00–3:00pm: Open House! Take a stroll through our new home.
• 3:00–5:00pm: Join us for this blowout celebration on our new "front lawn," Nelson A. Rockefeller Park, with dynamic readings by acclaimed poets, including Meena Alexander, Charles Bernstein, Regie Cabico, Billy Collins, Mark Doty, Cornelius Eady, Kathleen Fraser, Kimiko Hahn, Michael Heller, Marie Howe, Galway Kinnell, Philip Levine, Marie Ponsot, Patricia Smith, Quincy Troupe and others, as well as poetry-inspired songs by Natalie Merchant.


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United Methodist Mexican American Ministries (UMMAM) has hired David Andersen, DDS, to staff their Dodge City Dental Clinic, located at 2011 Central Avenue.
United Methodist Mexican American Ministries (UMMAM) has hired David Andersen, DDS, to staff their Dodge City Dental Clinic, located at 2011 Central Avenue.
Dr. Andersen is a 2001 graduate of the University of Northern Colorado and he graduated from the University Of Colorado School Of Dentistry in 2005. He began his dental career in Greeley, Colorado.
Dr. Andersen is married and has three children. As a family, they enjoy camping, being outside, arts and crafts and church activities.
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With the addition of Dr. Andersen to the UMMAM team, new hours for the Dodge City Dental Clinic will begin Feb. 19. The dental clinic will be open from 7 a. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.
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Shia LaBeouf, Alec Baldwin to Star in Orphans on Broadway
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The Serious Actor Beard does not lie: Not only is Shia LaBeouf done with blockbusters, but he is forging a new career in theater (said in your best Maggie Smith voice.) Shia will make his Broadway debut opposite Mr. Alec Baldwin in Orphans, a Lyle Kessler drama about "two troubled brothers who kidnap a mobster." (Baldwin is the mobster in this situation.) We really could not be more excited about the joint interviews to come.


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The politics of the possible
In the late 1980s, Western wilderness activists began changing their tactics: Stymied by increasingly anti-environmental elected officials opposed to any new wilderness, they decided to bypass local politicians and "nationalize" the issue.
In Utah, led by the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, they pushed "America's Redrock Wilderness Act," a bill that would protect a whopping 9.4 million acres of roadless lands managed by the federal Bureau of Land Management. Its main sponsors in Congress? New York Rep. Maurice Hinchey and Illinois Sen. Richard Durbin, both Democrats.
But Tip O'Neill was right when he said, "All politics is local." Without support from Utah's elected officials, America's Redrock Wilderness Act has languished in Washington, D.C., for more than 20 years. Activists have had to wage a defensive war to keep oil rigs and motorized vehicles out of roadless areas, with the notable exception of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, created by an executive order from President Clinton.
But, as Greg Hanscom reports in his cover story, there are hints of progress in the long-lasting stalemate over some of the world's most spectacular landscapes. They started in March, when conservative Utah Rep. Rob Bishop reached out to the leaders of a maturing wilderness movement. Any new legislation that comes from this process will be an obvious compromise, patched together by many disparate stakeholders. But as Ken Rait, a former SUWA staffer who now works on public-lands issues for the Pew Charitable Trusts, notes, wilderness bills have always involved a good deal of wheeling and dealing.
"Even the original 1964 Wilderness Act was a horse trade," says Rait, with compromises that allowed livestock grazing in designated wilderness, for example. In recent years, wilderness bills have included provisions to sell thousands of acres of federal land for development and guarantee timber harvests from national forests. Any new Utah wilderness bill, as Hanscom reports, will have to accommodate the powerful oil and gas industry.
Bishop's attempt to craft a wilderness bargain will fail if he doesn't wrangle a wide range of interests; he will also have to navigate a divided Congress that didn't pass a single wilderness bill last session and increasingly views all environmental issues through partisan lenses. Despite the long odds, many folks in Utah are ready to make a deal. Rait, who himself has made the transition from on-the-ground activist to pragmatic strategist, is optimistic that Utah can pull off what he calls "the politics of the possible."
Utah's activists should take heart that their painstakingly gathered inventory of wilderness-worthy lands will play a critical role in any negotiation, says Rait. "They've set the table.
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Meetings and Notices
Chamber to Meet
The GCD Chamber of Commerce will hold its regular meeting this Thursday, Jan. 26 at noon at Pepper Jack's Bar and Grille in Grand Coulee.
Order of Eastern Star to Meet
The regular meeting of the Order of Eastern Star will be held Thursday, Jan. 26. It will be short form and sweatshirt night. Refreshments will be provided by Bonnie Farr. Those attending should bring paper products for the food bank. Worthy Matron Carole Fisher will preside.
Grant County Fire Dist. 14 to Meet
Grant County Fire District 14 will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m. at the Electric City Fire Station.
Nez Perce Trail Workshop
There will be a Nez Perce Trail Workshop on Thursday, Feb. 2, at 6 p.m. at the Nez Perce Longhouse in Nespelem. This workshop will be held to discuss the comprehensive management plan. For more information call Charlie Moses 633-3555.
Port District Meeting Cancelled
The Grant County Port District 7 regular monthly meeting scheduled for Jan. 26 has been cancelled due to no agenda items and no quorum of commissioners. The next scheduled regular meeting will be held Thursday, Feb. 23, at 5 p.m. at the Grand Coulee Dam Airport office.
Eagles #2577 Meetings
The Eagles #2577 Aerie meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. The next meeting will be held February 14. The Auxiliary meets the first and third Tuesday of every month. Next meeting is scheduled for February 7.
Free Pinochile at the Seniors
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PHOENIX – Lawmakers are delaying a debate over equal access rights after dozens of transgender people flooded the Arizona House of Representatives to fight a proposed law that would have made it illegal for them to use the bathroom of their preferred gender.
Republican Rep. John Kavanagh said Wednesday he would delay his bill that seeks to make it a misdemeanor for anyone to use a public facility not associated with their birth gender. Kavanagh's announcement came during the beginning of a House committee meeting filled with dozens of transgender advocates.
Critics of the measure say it would be the toughest standard in the nation for transgender people. It would require people to use public bathrooms of the sex listed on their birth certificate or face six months in jail.


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I think this is going to be the perfect design for a beach or summer themed quilt! Try quilting it around simple appliqued seashell shapes, or in the sashing and borders of your next summertime quilt.
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Difficulty Level - Intermediate. The hardest thing about this design is stitching the palm trees at the beginning of each design segment. There's a lot of travel stitching involved here so just take your time and stitch carefully in these areas so you stay right on your line of quilting.
Design Family - Pivoting. You really could stitch this design either as a Pivoting or an Echoing Design. Here I've quilted it as a Pivoting design, first creating the shape then pivoting off the starting point and echoing the palm tree many times.
Directional Texture - All Directions. You can beat this swirling, flowing texture! Play with making your starting palm trees very wiggly or very straight and see what this does to the texture of the design.
Suggestions for Use - Even though you could probably squish this design into some pretty tight or complex areas, I think Storm of Palms is going to look better in the open, uncomplicated areas of your quilt. Try it around simple appliqued shapes, over open blocks, or in the borders of your next quilt.
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Whatever category you fall in, for many, right now is a big cultural moment as Lou Reed has passed away, the Days of Future Past trailer was just posted online, and the Jonas Brothers have broken up. I'm not sure any of this will make it into the history books, but there are millions of us will remember what coffee shop we were in/if we were in our beds or couches when we found this out. Either way, you can take this milestone in stride by watching The Most Intentionally Funny Video of The Day.
Today's MIFV comes from Kate's Craft Corner by Veronica Osorio, which is a great how-to craft show for those of you that love to craft while never leaving your house, even to buy supplies, in front of a portrait of your disappointed mother.
Here's the previous pick for MIFV, in case you missed it.
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Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah:
The business part of show business is in full swing at the Sundance Film Festival, where film buyers are cutting deals to distribute movies playing at the independent-cinema showcase.
Showtime snapped up "History of the Eagles," director Alison Ellwood's two-part documentary about the pop super-group. It will air Feb. 15-16.
HBO acquired television rights for another music-related documentary, "Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer," Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin's profile of the punk-rock group, whose activities resulted in imprisonment of three members over an anti-Vladimir Putin protest in Russia's main cathedral.
A24, a distribution outfit founded last summer, picked up North American rights to James Ponsoldt's teen drama "The Spectacular Now," featuring Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley.
North American rights to Michael Winterbottom's "The Look of Love" went to IFC Films. The film stars Steve Coogan, Anna Friel, Imogen Poots and Tamsin Egerton in the true-life story of British adult-entertainment tycoon Paul Raymond.
Sundance Selects bought North American rights to Richard Rowley's "Dirty Wars," a documentary examining the use of drone strikes, torture and covert operations by U.S. forces in the war on terror.
— David Germain
The topic of conversation was black filmmaking and the creative challenges African-American artists face in bringing their vision to the screen at a special dinner on Sunday night during the Sundance Film Festival.
Last year, filmmaker Ava DuVernay became the first black woman to win best director at Sundance for her acclaimed film, "Middle of Nowhere." This year, DuVernay held court at the restaurant Silver as BET and the African American Film Festival Releasing Movement, which is devoted to getting more black films in theaters, held an intimate dinner that included some of the top black talent attending the festival.
The conversation centered on the struggles and triumphs of black filmmakers over the years and also whether the pressures of reaching more mainstream audiences interferes with the creative process. There are a handful of films by black filmmakers at Sundance this year, from the Alicia Keys-produced, George Tillman-directed "The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete" to "Mother of George," directed by Andrew Dosunmu.
— Nekesa Mumbi Moody, Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nekesamumbi
Former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich doesn't think the focus of his life would be that much different if Bill Clinton hadn't showed up at his cabin door with soup and crackers during a bout of seasickness in the early 1960s.
The Sundance Film Festival documentary "Inequality for All" features Reich discussing problems and solutions for the economic disparity between the super-rich and average Americans.
The film includes a recollection of how Reich met Clinton when both were picked as Rhodes scholars to study at Oxford in England. On the voyage over, Reich became ill and wound up sticking to his cabin — until Clinton came knocking. Clinton introduced himself and offered chicken soup, saying he heard Reich was under the weather.
Thirty years later, Clinton hired economist Reich as his labor secretary.
How different would Reich's life be if Clinton hadn't come calling?
"I certainly would have stayed in my cabin sick a couple of days longer," Reich said in an interview Monday.
"But it's a hard question. I would have done much of what I've done. Perhaps not spent four years as a Cabinet secretary, but the trajectory of my work in economics and politics about issues having to do with employment and who gets what, enabling people to get ahead, that was there long before Bill Clinton came on my scene in terms of offering me a job as labor secretary."
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MADRID (AP) — Spain's recession is putting pressure on the banks, whose bad loans swelled to 11.2 percent of total lending in May, from 10.9 percent the previous month.
Central bank data Thursday showed non-performing loans totaled 170.23 billion euros ($223.6 billion), 3.14 billion euros ($4.1 billion) more than in April. The total was 14.25 billion euros higher compared with May 2012.
The ratio has soared from 1 percent in 2007, the year before Spain's real estate collapsed, triggering an economic crisis. Spain has been in recession for most of the past four years and now has a 27. 2 percent unemployment rate.
The government claims its measures are beginning to pay off and the recession should end late this year but international experts are less optimistic.
The Treasury drew some cheer Thursday as it sold an above-target 3.1 billion euros in three-, five- and 10-year bonds with the average interest rate demanded by investors dropping slightly for all three.
For the benchmark 10-year bond, the rate dropped to 4.72 percent from 4.76 percent in the last such sale June 20.
The bond market borrowing costs had fallen for months, but increased again in recent weeks amid renewed concerns over Europe's debt crisis.
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Usually I'm the one working on my podcasts and starring in them. However I got invited to participate in and be interviewed for a podcast by Eric Johnson and Josh Jones of the Colorado Springs SQL Server Users Group. They do a weekly podcast on databases in general and are two interesting speakers. I'd recommend checking them out at PASS, the Colorado PASS camp or any of their other engagements.
They pinged me on Katmai compression, both data and backup compression. I got to pick the topic and it's an area that is of interest to me. I've got some thoughts and am working on an article, which I hope to get out in January.


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LAST SEASON: 45-26-11, 101 points. Lost to Phoenix 4-2 in first round.
COACH: Joel Quenneville, 5th season with Blackhawks, 186-99-39; 16th overall, 624-382-157 in NHL.
ADDED: D Michal Rozsival, D Sheldon Brookbank.
LOST: F Andrew Brunette, F Brendan Morrison, D Sean O'Donnell
PLAYER TO WATCH: G Corey Crawford
OUTLOOK: Other than Rozsival and Brookbank, who each signed as free agents, there has been little turnover from last season. The Blackhawks have continuity going for them. Question is: Can they make a playoff run? It's been back-to-back first-round exits since they captured the Stanley Cup, and the Blackhawks are looking for more. Crawford's play will go a long way toward determining that, and he's coming off a shaky season in which he didn't post a shutout and let in two soft overtime goals in the playoffs.
LAST SEASON: 49-22-11, 109 points, Central Division championship. Lost to Los Angeles 4-0 in second round.
COACH: Ken Hitchcock, 1st full season with Blues, 43-15-11; 16th overall, 576-365-169 in NHL.
ADDED: RW Vladimir Tarasenko, LW Jaden Schwartz, D Jeff Woywitka, D Colin White.
LOST: RW B.J. Crombeen, D Kent Huskins (unsigned unrestricted free agent).
PLAYER TO WATCH: Shifty, inventive LW David Perron has potential to lift a grinding offense that ranked in the bottom third of the NHL after scoring 42 points in 57 last season after recovering from concussion that sidelined him a full season.
OUTLOOK: The Blues stood pat after second-best point total in franchise history, banking on continued development of youthful roster, and figure to be among top teams in Western Conference. Hitchcock was NHL coach of year, elevating play across the board of roster that was 7-7 before he replaced Davis Payne.


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Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. and Boston College
virtual exhibit spring 2002 - burns library
Introduction | Background | Student | Speaker | Alumnus | Honors | Conclusion
| On January 5, 1994, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. passed away at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He was eighty-one years old. It was a sad day for Boston College as it had lost one of its "favorite sons." On February 3, the Boston College community held a final tribute for O'Neill. The cover of the program is reproduced to the left. Charles D. Ferris (BC Class of 1954), former General Counsel to the Speaker, remarked "He [O'Neill] never insulated himself from the pain of normal people. In his 50 years of public service, he never forgot who he was, where he came from, or who hired him...I never saw him look over the shoulder of a person to try and talk to someone else who may have been more important...Duplicity was a stranger to him. I think Tip must have failed Latin here at Boston College; he didn't know the meaning of pro forma." Though Boston College was not in his home district, O'Neill always represented the university well.
Source: Thomas P. O'Neill Papers, Burns Library, Boston College
On January 6, 1994, President J. Donald Monan, S.J. issued a public statement and remarked that "For the past 50 years, it has been this University's pride to witness the love and esteem of the entire nation spontaneously directed to one of its beloved sons. If it has always been Jesuit education's aspiration to educate men and women for service to others, Speaker O'Neill is one whose faith helped him understand the importance of taking responsibility for his world and making a difference for others; but it bestowed the humility as well to know that even largeheartedness is a gift to enhance not himself but those he loved and served." It is indeed a fitting legacy that the name of Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. lives on in so many ways at Boston College to this day. O'Neill is pictured here in a 1984 photograph standing with wife Millie in front of the library named in his honor.
Photo Credit: JET Photography, University Archives, Burns Library, Boston College
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NEW ORLEANS -- Wide receiver Torrey Smith has thrived of late, in a Baltimore Ravens offense that's made mincemeat of secondaries with a dangerous passing game, en route to Super Bowl XLVII.
Baltimore's heady run has thrust Joe Flacco into the spotlight, but Smith told me Thursday his quarterback hasn't changed a bit.
"I mean, he's been playing the same all year. It's the same old Joe, he's always confident," Smith said. "Just because he's hot, he's been getting more attention. Just because it's the playoffs, people have been paying attention to things he's been doing."
Said Smith: "Joe's been playing well for a long time. ... I think he's definitely one of the better quarterbacks in the league -- not too many guys can make every throw."
Flacco has been more reliable than ever in postseason wins over the Indianapolis Colts, Denver Broncos and New England Patriots. Much has been made of his uptick in production under new offensive coordinator Jim Caldwell, who replaced the fired Cam Cameron, but Smith downplayed suggestions of a changed offense.
"It's the same old plays, just a different guy calling them," Smith said. "It's like playing 'Madden.' You got the same playbook, and I'm gonna call a different play than you."
Football: Less complicated than we thought?
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Hi! It's Jo from Jo's Country Junction. Here's my latest quilt project, 1934 Nine Patch. If you are new to quilting or are looking for an easy large quilt, this might be just the pattern that you are looking for. Nine patch blocks sew together quickly to create a beautiful and classic design. The colors of this fabric line, Circa 1934, are SO rich and creamy. The red and gold colors elicit a warm and cozy feel.
Before I get to the instructions, I want to let you know that Fat Quarter Shop is sponsoring a giveaway on my blog, so make sure to stop over to sign up after you're done here.
2 1/4 yards Circa 1934 Solid Red 37008 11
3 3/8 yards Circa 1934 Solid Cream 37008 15
2 1/2 yards Circa 1934 Solid Gold 37008 13
3/4 yards Circa 1934 Davis Black 37007 14-binding
6 yards Circa 1934 Ginger Sage 37003 12-backing
Cut 31 gold strips- 2.5″ wide.
Cut 38 cream strips- 2.5″ wide.
Sew the strips together in a gold-cream-gold pattern. You will need a total of 8 strip sets like this. Press the seams toward the gold. Sub cut the strips into 122 gold-cream-gold sections that are 2.5″ wide.
Matching the seams, sew the pieces together to create a nine patch block like the one shown. Press the seams out.
Cut 31 red strips. Sub cut the pieces in half.
Cut 8 cream strips. Sub cut into 11″ pieces. If they are slightly smaller don't worry.
Select 30 of the jelly roll strips. Cut each strip into two- 11″ lengths and one- 21″ length. Keep each set of jelly roll strips together.Sew a 21″ red strip on each side of the 21″ jelly roll strip. Sew a colored 11″ strip to each side of the cream 11″ strip. When possible, match sew the strips together (keeping the selvage ends next to each other). Press all seams toward the colored jelly roll strip.
Continue making blocks in the same manner making 124 blocks.All of the blocks are made. It's time to assemble them together into rows. Notice that one row starts with a red block. The other starts with a gold block. Create 8 "red" rows and 7 "gold" rows.
The next step is to create the back. To do this, Cut the backing fabric in half. Remove the selvage edge. Sew the red strips from the jelly roll and another 2.5″ strip cut from the red fabric together into one long strip. Sew it to the one long side of the backing.Cut an 8″ strip from the remaining backing piece. Sew the 8″ strip to the red of the first backing strip.
Sew some of the remaining blocks together to create a strip equal in length to the backing fabric. Sew the blocks to the 8″ strip. Sew the last backing strip to the blocks.
Cut nine binding strips. Sew together and bind.
Gracie wasn't in the mood for a photo shoot with the quilt. The neighbors were shooting off fire crackers and the noise really scares her….poor girl….
Jo Kramer
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Breckenridge Oktoberfest grows to three days
September 13, 2012
"Locals should leave work early on Friday," advised Sandy Metzger, event director of Breckenridge's 18th annual Oktoberfest, which starts a day early this year for the first time. Though Oktoberfest usually kicks off Friday night with the Paulaner Brewmaster's Dinner, this year's festival begins this afternoon, replete with brews, music and yes, chicken and hat dances. "Last year, walking around on Friday, I noticed a lot of people were in town and I thought we should really start early. So I went to the town and got approval and we're giving it a try," Metzger said. "It's a huge change."Tonight's sold-out Paulaner Brewmaster's Dinner on is being held at Sevens for the first time, meaning guests get to arrive via gondola. To attend the annual event, advance booking is a must. "With the Paulaner Brewmaster's Dinner gaining notoriety and selling out, it's kind of nice to extend the street party to Friday so now people have something to do in town," said Rachel Zerowin of the Breckenridge Resort Chamber, which puts on the event.The street party starts at 2 p.m. today. Patrons who purchase steins in advance and pick them up today can earn two free beers for their efforts. Then, after folks have had a chance to put a few away, the dancing games get started at 4:30 p.m. in Blue River Plaza.There's not much to say about chicken dancing; just do your best chicken dance to see if it merits a prize. For the hat dancing, which is "like musical chairs, but with hats," Metzger said, hats are handed out and the music starts; when it stops you put your hat on the person behind you. Somewhere along the line, hats disappear, and folks start ending up without hats. Denver's Edelweiss Dancers, who also entertain to the sounds of accordion music between musical acts throughout Oktoberfest, will run the hat dance. The party continues this evening, with the Six Million Dollar Band belting out '80s tunes at the official after-party at Salt Creek Steakhouse, 110 E. Lincoln in Breckenridge.
In addition to the extended schedule, this year's festival features a family-friendly kids' zone on the fenced-in lawn of the Barney Ford House with hula-hoops, balls and other toys and games. The liquor license extends there, so parents can bring their beers in and hang out on the lawn – conveniently located across the street from the stage – while their kids play. "It's just a cool place for people to get out of the craziness of Main Street for a second," said Metzger, who indicated future plans to grow the area if it proves popular. The new kids' area is in addition to the beer-free one on the Riverwalk Center lawn."Our goal is to add a new aspect every year to keep it new and fun," Metzger said.
Ceramic, commemorative Breckenridge Oktoberfest steins, imported from Munich, cost $25 for a 1/2 liter or $30 for a full liter at the festival, though participants can buy 1/2-liter steins online at http://www.breckenridgeoktoberfest.com and get a free 16-ounce beer or glass of wine with purchase. Beer and wine tickets are $5 otherwise."The steins tend to sell out," Zerowin said. "Especially this year with the event starting Friday, getting your hands on those early is probably the best way to make sure you get one." Three different Paulaner beers will be on tap, in addition to seasonal microbrews from the Breckenridge Brewery and a selection of wines from Paulaner and Toasted Head. Gluten-free beer will also be available this year.
Breckenridge's Oktoberfest is one of the biggest in the Rocky Mountains, with 40,000 people attending last year. Aside from brews and chicken dances, the festival features traditional German food, Oompah and polka music, Bavarian dancers, children's activities, a keg-tapping ceremony and a 5-kilometer run. Those Austrian Guys play throughout the weekend, and the Summit Concert Band plays Sunday at 11:15 a.m.The keg-tapping ceremony happens at the "real" Oktoberest in Munich, Metzger said, so it's become part of the Oktoberfest tradition in Breckenridge too. Mayor John Warner returns to tap the keg this year, assisted by councilman Mark Burke. "They tap it; beer comes flowing out; and people just throw their mugs under it – so that's how you can get free beer," Metzger said, chuckling. A different kind of ceremony precedes the keg tapping; this year, at 11:45 a.m., a couple from Parker will wed onstage. "We're excited," Metzger said of the development, especially since the original Oktoberfest was founded to honor the Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig's marriage. The couple took one of their first trips together to Breckenridge's Oktoberfest and decided that's where they wanted to get married. They couldn't have picked a better time, as leaf-peeping season in the High Country continues forth in all its splendor. "The leaves are cooperating more than we could have ever hoped for," Zerowin said. "It's gorgeous out there."