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"Can you tell me," Celeborn said intently to his wife's kinsman, "why it is that I don't trust you?"
His face was earnest, and his request, though disconcerting, was honest.
"My Lord, that is something you must seek in your own conscience," Celebrimbor replied shortly, standing from the table to follow Galadriel from the dining hall.
"I have sought, believe me. And I cannot determine what it is. Pray, have you some insight?"
Celebrimbor should have been insulted, perhaps. But Celeborn's manner was not insulting, and he was questioning his own heart as much as his companion's.
"I daresay, you blame me for the deeds of my father. But you know that I renounced Curufin's claims on me long before he sought to usurp your brother-in-law's kingdom, or to imprison your cousin, or to destroy…"
Celeborn shook his head. "No, I place more blame for the fate of Doriath on myself than I could ever put on another." He smiled a gentle smile, full of regret.
"If that is the case, then I cannot imagine why you distrust me," Celebrimbor replied coolly.
"Nor can I. And I want to trust you." Celeborn extended a hand to Celebrimbor, which Celebrimbor grasped briefly before making a slight bow, and going on his way.
The lord of the Noldor, who, despite his estrangement from Curufin his father, claimed descent from Fëanor and Finwë as proudly as any, strode away from the hall, fists clenching and unclenching.
Celebrimbor had no use for Celeborn's trust, nor any desire for his friendship.
There was but one thing Celeborn possessed that Celebrimbor coveted.
She knelt near the doorway of his study, running her fingers over the pages of one of his books – a collection of sketches of Nargothrond and many of its residents - showing them to the shimmering little creature that was Celeborn's child. The book was his own work, and he was pleased to see anyone admire it.
The Lady Galadriel might have seemed a little sad to some. She had been given all the pride and ambition of the Noldor, with none of their skill in craftsmanship or artistry. But Celebrimbor did not see this as a cause for sadness, merely evidence of her incompletion. Incompletion which was made all the more glaring by the constrast of her Sindarin husband.
She lifted her eyes to his, and Celebrimbor wondered how he could ever think of her as imperfect. All the power of their race, which had blossomed under the tutelage of a Maia, shone from those eyes. It only wanted hands to shape it.
"Uncle Finrod?" Celebrian asked, reaching out to touch the sketch as well.
"That's right, little one," Galadriel replied, impulsively kissing the top of her daughter's head.
"Will I ever meet him?"
Galadriel paused, her expression grave. "I don't know," she answered softly.
"He's pretty," Celebrian observed, smiling, and looking up at her mother. "Like you."
Galadriel smiled in return. "And you," she said, pulling her daughter close.
"Lord Finrod's bride?" Celebrimbor asked his companion in surprise, watching the golden maiden hurry forward from the delegation from Menegroth to embrace the lord of Nargothrond.
"His sister," Celegorm replied to his young nephew, "and our cousin, Lady Galadriel. You knew that she lived in Doriath.."
She was laughing now, and Finrod had thrown an arm about her shoulders, as Celebrimbor had seen him do with Orodreth and Aegnor and Angrod. Her golden hair shone more brilliantly than the sunlight caught in its curls, and her eyes passed over him briefly as she surveyed the assembly.
Celebrimbor felt a chill run down his spine.
"Yes, she is a piece of work, isn't she? The sculptors use her face as a template for statues of the Valier. But don't be fooled by all that rosy skin and golden hair – she's tough as steel, and her heart is about as warm."
Even in his youth, Celebrimbor was already a promising smith's apprentice, and knew very well how to soften steel.
"Why don't you find Daddy?" Galadriel told Celebrian, standing and running her fingers through her daughter's silken hair, the color of electrum.
"Where is he?" Celebrian asked.
"That's why you're finding him," Galadriel pointed out, grinning fondly at her child.
Celebrian giggled and began to scamper off. "You're not coming, Mother?" she asked, pausing and turning after a moment.
"In just a little bit. I think Celebrimbor wants to speak with me," she answered, raising an eyebrow at her cousin, who had started from his memories when she first spoke. "Go on."
Celebrian obeyed, and Galadriel closed the book and handed it to him.
"Thank you. I can't think of a likeness of my brother that I prefer."
"High praise. I admired Lord Finrod, and it pleases me that you approve of my sketches."
Galadriel narrowed her eyes at him a little. "What is it, Celebrimbor?"
Celeborn's kisses were soft, and sweet. Somehow, she thought of them as cleansing. Their union had been one of reconciliation, and forgiveness. The Telerin Prince had placed his chaste kiss on the brow of his Noldor bride, and the world, like her, was washed new again for a moment…
Celebrimbor's kisses burned like the fires of his forge – the fires of his fëa.
Galadriel struggled out of his unexpected grasp. His hands were strong, but she had strength to match, and she pushed his face from hers, breathing hard.
He did not press back for the moment, but stayed, his face an arm's length from hers, his fingers still twined in her hair, his steel grey eyes still burning.
"You felt it, didn't you?" he murmured, chest heaving.
Galadriel glared at him with all the anger and indignation she could muster, praying to any who would listen that he could not see the fear and confusion mingled with them in her eyes.
"I could not very well have missed that, my cousin," she retorted acidly, her nails biting into the flesh of his hand. She moved to shove him further back, but he was immobile. He remained the length of her arm away.
He's stronger than I am. The thought should hardly have surprised her. Celebrimbor the smith, physically, had the advantage over Galadriel the…
Galadriel, Melian's student.
Galadriel, Celeborn's bride.
Galadriel, daughter of Finarfin.
Her will would bow to no one.
"You surprised me, cousin. And you forget yourself."
"No… I remembered myself just now. And I remembered you, Galadriel." He did not press closer, but might as well have, for the way his eyes bore into hers. "I know you felt it. I felt you feel it," he continued, pulling his hand from her hair, and brushing it softly against her lips, which she pulled into a scowl.
"You are my kin, Celebrimbor, our blood is…"
"No more similar than your blood is to your husband's, lady. I would ask you not to throw such pitiful, hypocritical excuses at me." A few strands of his raven hair had fallen in front of his eyes, and for one moment of awful fear, Galadriel noticed again how much Celebrimbor resembled his grandfather.
"I am a wife, Celebrimbor, and happily so," she answered quickly, to cover her fear. What reason had she to fear him? The strength of his arm was useless next to the strength of her mind… and his mind lay unprotected before her. They were even – she was a slender elfwoman caught off her guard, and he had lowered all his defenses before Melian's pupil, who could have him asleep on his feet or writhing in nightmares before she could bat an eyelash.
His lip curled a little, disdainfully, and his pearl white teeth flashed. "Celeborn. Tell me, Galadriel, has your Noldor blood been so diluted that he can understand you? Are you a naught but a swan lady with a head of Vanyar hair ?" Returning his fingers to her golden waves, he pulled her hair tight in the hand that he wrapped in it, and Galadriel tried not to flinch. "No," he continued, letting his hand loosen. "That was not what I felt. I felt the fire of your spirit respond to mine, Galadriel."
Celebrimbor's grey eyes fluttered shut, and his thick dark lashes stood out starkly from the white of his cheek. He covered her mouth with his again, and breathed her in…
Galadriel's fingers tightened, breaking the skin of his hand.
And in that moment, she feared his fire and passion might consume her.
In the next, he was nursing his bleeding lip with his bleeding hand.
Galadriel rubbed at her fist a little where it had connected with his face, and took a deep breath.
"You are your father's son, as surely as he was his…"
"I am not Fëanor, Galadriel. I am not a phantom of the past, but flesh and" he smiled a little ruefully as he looked at his hand, "blood. Present. Celebrimbor. And I love you."
"Indeed you are not Fëanor, but I see him in your eyes. Keep your distance, for Varda's sake," Galadriel bade, her voice raised a little as he moved forward.
"Do you hear but half of my words? I love you Galadriel. I burn with it."
Galadriel took another step back, and straightened.
"And I understand your spirit as your Sindarin husband cannot."
"What," she began softly. "What is it you understand, Celebrimbor? What is it you love?"
His eyes swept over her, and his face became worshipful.
"You. The Golden Lady of the Noldor. Your ambition, your power, your dignity, your intelligence, your beauty…. You. All that you are."
And Galadriel knew… it was not Celebrimbor's spirit she feared might consume her…
But her own.
Celebrimbor was her compliment – a lense for her light, to make it seem all the more brilliant.
And Celeborn was her opposite, her foil – moonlight to her sunshine, water to her flame, a chorus of woodwinds to her brass, and silver to her gold.
"Consider, Celebrimbor, that one can understand something without possessing it."
"I do not wish to be worshipped," she replied.
"But I…"
"Do not know what love is," Galadriel completed for him, not unkindly.
Celebrimbor looked away, his fists tightening. When he looked back, his smile was empty. "Then I shall worship you. I cannot help myself."
"And I shall pray for you," she replied, not liking the pain in his eyes, and meaning it.
Celebrimbor's goddess left his study, and Celeborn's wife happened upon her husband and daughter not far away, in the garden.
Celeborn was watching the stars, but Celebrian seemed far more intent on the fireflies.
Galadriel sat beside her husband, and he turned to smile at her, the starlight sparkling in his stormy grey eyes.
"Celeborn… when you look at me…what do you love?" The moment the words passed her lips they sounded foolish – vulnerable. If she rejected worship, what was this love that she would accept?
Of course she knew. But she wanted to hear it.
Celeborn laughed his beautiful laugh, and shook his beautiful head a little.
"Galadriel, beloved, you know there are things about you that I do not always like. But I love them, because they are you. I'm afraid my love is too illogical to explain away." He smiled at her, and leaned forward to kiss her.
Celeborn's spirit had a fire of its own – one that burned pure and bright, like a blue flame. But it did not threaten to consume her, nor did it magnify her glory.
In fact, she could hardly think of herself at all.
"When next you see your cousin, you might tell him that while drinking strong wine lacks an element of wisdom, it is considerably more foolish to do so before kissing someone else's wife."
Celeborn's eyes were inquisitive, but not reproachful. There was another emotion there, but one she was not sure she wanted to read.
"Did he hurt you?" he continued quietly. "Or, should I ask, did you hurt him?" A dry smile pulled at Celeborn's lips.
"Not seriously," Galadriel replied, returning the ironic grin. "I think, for the sake of Celebrimbor's dignity, we should not speak of it just now."
"Forgive me," Celeborn responded quickly, nodding.
"Daddy, I caught one!" Celebrian's little voice rose delightedly, her hands cupped around a flash of topaz light.
"My clever girl! May I see him?" Celeborn hurried to kneel at their daughter's side, all trace of irony gone from his beautiful smile.
How like the gentle boy of Doriath she fell in love with he still was, she pondered, as he tenderly explained to Celebrian that she could not keep the firefly, only visit with him a while.
Was she still the golden maiden who lost her heart?
How they sparkled in the starlight – her daughter and her husband.
"Come have a look, little one."
Galadriel hesitated.
"They're not going to hurt you." Fëanor raised an eyebrow at his niece, mocking expression daring her to come forward.
Never one to back down from a challenge, Galadriel took a few steps forward, but paused. The gems, inside their coffer, cast a glow of starlight onto Fëanor's flawless face.
"Why?" she asked, abruptly.
Fëanor blinked. "I beg your pardon?"
"If you want starlight, you need only turn your eyes to the sky. If you want the light of the Trees to mingle, you need only wait for Telperion and Laurelin to bloom together. Why put it in a crystal? Why did you make those?"
"Have you ever held a star in the palm of your hand?" he replied, his own hand disappearing into the coffer to let his fingers fall over the Silmarils.
Galadriel didn't bother to answer that.
"Have you never wanted the Mingling of the lights to last eternity?"
He looked up at her, and she met his eyes steadily. Unexpectedly, he smiled.
"Perhaps you haven't," he mused, reaching out a hand to softly touch a strand of her hair that lay on her shoulder. Galadriel flinched, but did not back away. "In short," he continued, "to hold the light of the trees in my hand… to posess beauty. To make it my own."
Galadriel shook her head and took a step back. "I don't think I want to see them."
Celeborn laid his sweet kisses on Celebrian's forehead, and for an instant, Galadriel felt the searing fire of Celebrimbor's lips still.
"Mother, want to see my…" Celebrian stopped midsentence when she realized her mother had left the garden. The firefly was making its way from between her tiny fingers. Antennae waving, it took flight, shining for an instant like a star.
"It's gone," she observed sadly.
"Let's catch another one, all right, princess?" Celeborn asked, smiling.
Celebrian could tell that Daddy didn't want to be smiling… he was worried. She didn't like it when Daddy worried. And if he wanted to catch a firefly, that's just what they'd do.
The forge glowed, and the metal threw sparks when Celebrimbor brought his hammer down in musical blows.
It was too large a hammer for the task he'd set for himself. The strip of metal was unfurling into a spray of delicate leaves, and he seemed intent on forming them with the grossly inappropriate tool.
And he was succeeding.
"A silver tree," he said bitterly to the figure who had appeared in the threshold of his workshop, as he carelessly thrust the fruit of his frustration into the barrel of water, producing clouds of steam.
"It's beautiful," she said simply.
"I see you've come to tell me what a fool I am," he observed, pulling off his leather gloves and wiping sweat from his white, soot-streaked forehead.
She did not speak to contradict him.
"For who but a fool would fall in love with his married cousin," he continued, lips pulling into a sneer, meant for himself, her, and all of Middle-Earth.
"Celebrimbor," Galadriel replied, by way of answer.
"And I do love you. You may tell me that I do not. You may even believe it, if it lightens your heart. But it will not change the truth."
He stood before her, bathed in the ruddy glow of his forge, a flawless image of a Noldor prince, and internally, as deeply flawed as any. The firelight shone on his raven hair, and his white cheeks glowed pink in the heat. He was as lovely as a statue he might've sculpted from marble, save that his magnificent form was bare only from hands to elbows. With Celebrimbor's work, it was always impossible to tell which was the more beautiful - creation, or creator.
"Forgive my words. I was… confused." She put a hand to her forehead.
"I managed confusion. How remarkable." Whether or not this was meant as sarcasm was impossible to determine.
"I cannot know your heart, and I have no right to judge –"
"You will not, you mean," he amended for her, pulling off his thick leather apron as the fires started to die.
"I might know your mind, if I wished, and if I had call," she began.
"No, I'm pleased enough that you chose not to pry."
"What might I find there?"
Celebrimbor smiled a smile that did not touch his eyes. "Typical Noldor arrogance. You are my equal, Galadriel."
She arched an eyebrow at him.
"And sooner or later, everyone chafes in the company of those less than himself. You of all people should understand that," he remarked dryly.
"I would ask that you leave my husband out of this," she retorted.
Hardly a flattering thing to say. Can Celeborn's merits not stand up to scrutiny? Or is it just that you feel this is so?
"I don't think you mean that," Celebrimbor answered wistfully.
"I…don't know what I mean," she muttered, rubbing her forehead again.
"Confused again?" He smiled a self-mocking smile.
Galadriel shot him a freezing look, but it took more than a look to freeze fire.
"My heart has the better part of it. That's what you felt. That's what you…"
"What did I feel?" Galadriel asked herself, her fingers going to her lips.
"What we might do together? What we might become? Galadriel, we are the same." He caught her by her elbows, and she tilted her face up to meet his steel grey eyes, soft as quicksilver. "You know my spirit and I know yours. If we were one…"
A lens for her light… just as she would be one for his. Eyes closed, he leaned towards her, lips parted slightly, and his beautiful hands reaching up to cradle her face.
Light… like the light of the stars on silver hair.
Celeborn, who had the strength to oppose her opinions, and still love her.
Celeborn, who taught her compassion and selflessness by his example.
Celeborn, who, like Finarfin, never hesitated to point out that hers was not the only light, and that it was only hers for the glory of Iluvatar.
Not the glory of Galadriel.
"Celebrimbor," she said, her tone making him open his eyes, and lower his hands. "I cannot deny, that … part of me desires what you offer. But I do not love you."
"Do not," he repeated, "or will not?"
"Do not, will not, can not. Not the way you want me to."
He took a step away from her, eyes again pained, and again hard.
"But I do respect you, cousin. And I will not make you some tool to further myself."
"And I am to believe that is all you would have me be?" "I fear that is what would happen if I…"
"You fear," he repeated, a little scornful again.
"I know," she corrected. "As do you, if you know me as well as you claim. And I will not allow it to happen. Celebrimbor," she said, capturing his eyes, "I love Celeborn."
Never breaking eye contact, he stepped back again. "We cannot chose whom we love."
Celeborn watched the branch of delicate silver leaves wilt and melt under the enthusiastic blows of Celebrimbor's hammer.
"Melting effigies?" he asked sarcastically.
More like beating them to formless lumps of slag, actually.
"I suppose you know the answer to your earlier question," Celebrimbor replied, ostensibly ignoring Celeborn's attempts at humor.
Celeborn snorted. "Celebrimbor… I do not think it would surprise you to learn that you were not the first to fall in love with Galadriel, nor will you be the last."
Celebrimbor's only response was to pound a little harder at the now unrecognizable strip of silver.
"I'll try not to hold it against you," he continued dryly. "After all, we have something in common, now." His smile was gentle, but Celebrimbor did not bother to look at it.
So, Celeborn had come to gloat. "Get out," Celebrimbor murmured.
"As you wish. But I…thought you might like to know. I think I've figured out why I don't trust you."
"And I should want to know this?"
"I believe I may be a bit frightened of you."
Celebrimbor let his hammer fall. "Is that supposed to make me feel better?" he snapped.
Celeborn shrugged. "It's not 'supposed' to do anything. It is."
"What is it you fear?" Celebrimbor asked, unable to contain the question.
"I think perhaps you don't give yourself enough credit. You may be capable of more than you know."
Celebrimbor was…. baffled. "And you fear that?"
"There is little more dangerous than someone who does not know his own strength."
"So I'm dangerous?" Celebrimbor asked skeptically.
"No. But it's possible." Celeborn crossed his arms, and his grey eyes met Celebrimbor's.
"I still want you to leave."
Nodding, Celeborn obeyed.
[Unfinished Tales "Of Celeborn and Galadriel" mentions Celebrimbor's love for Galadriel…
And he just wouldn't leave me alone until I wrote this.
This sequence of scenes takes place in the Second Age, before the forging of the Rings of Power.
As always, this is my expression of my love for Professor Tolkien's work, and I mean only the greatest respect towards him by letting my imagination play in his beautiful Middle-earth.
Many thanks to Deborah, for all her patience and insight!]


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'Sustainable Recovery'
The benchmark equity gauge is about 3% below its record high reached in October 2007. The index erased a weekly decline today after falling earlier on renewed concerns about the euro-area debt crisis
"Confidence is emerging here," James Paulsen, chief investment strategist at Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Wells Capital Management said in a television interview on "Bloomberg Surveillance with Tom Keene." His firm oversees $332 billion in assets. "People are finally deciding that this looks more like a sustainable recovery."
The rally has left the S&P 500 trading at the most expensive valuation in 15 months. The price-earnings ratio for the U.S. equity benchmark has increased 25% to 14.9 since October 2011. That's still 10% cheaper than the average multiple of 16.6 from the past decade.
In Europe, the Stoxx 600 trimmed this week's decline to 0.3% as a gauge of banking shares climbed 2.8%, the most in a month.
European Bonds
Ireland's five-year note yields dropped nine basis points to 2.82% after the nation won an agreement to restructure the costs of rescuing the former Anglo Irish Bank Corp. Italian and Portuguese bonds also gained, along with U.K. and French debt, while Germany's 10-year bund retreated.
EU leaders agreed to a seven-year budget that cuts spending for the first time, bowing to U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron's insistence on thrift.
The deal was struck after 25 1/2 hours of talks in Brussels, according to a post on Twitter by EU President Herman Van Rompuy today. While he didn't disclose a figure, the final draft blueprint for 2014-2020 included a spending ceiling of 960 billion euros ($1.3 trillion), down from an original proposal of 1.047 trillion euros and less than the 994 billion euros spent in the current budget cycle.
'Prudent' Cuts
"The European Union's decision to cut the budget is a prudent one," Richard Scrope, who helps manage the equivalent of about $160 million at Oriel Asset Management LLP in London, said in a phone interview. "The improvement in China's data is a positive for European equities."
Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment Plc and 888 Holdings Plc jumped more than 16% as New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said he would be willing to allow a 10-year trial period of online betting. TDC A/S fell 2 percent, the biggest retreat in 10 weeks, as the Danish phone company's private- equity owners offered a 15% stake for sale.
Sony tumbled the most since November 2008 after Japan's largest consumer-electronics maker reported an eighth straight quarterly loss. Nissan Motor Co. fell as the nation's second- biggest carmaker posted third-quarter profit that fell short of analysts' estimates.
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Remember shoving your straw deeper into a pop bottle to slurp out those elusive last drops? Faced with the fifth year of drought, the Southern Nevada Water Authority plans to do something similar in Lake Mead, which supplies drinking water to Las Vegas and surrounding areas. Water officials are hurrying to extend an intake pipe another 50 feet into the shrinking reservoir.
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Ummm.ukcanuck wrote: Once again I would point out that how much the players make is irrelevant to this discussion.
It's about owners trying to lower labour costs and employees trying to retain their pay....
The average "employee" in this case earns $2.4mil per year.
You bet your sweet BIPPY it's relevant to this discussion you twisted leftist fuck.
In fact said fact could not be more relevant to this particular discussion.
You'd see that if you weren't such a twisted leftist fuck.
I love ya UK, but you ARE a twisted leftist fuck.
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Static Analysis of CPython Extensions
I'm working on a static analysis tool that can detect common mistakes made in Python extension modules written in C. We'll run it on all such code in Fedora, fixing any problems we find, and send the patches to the appropriate upstream projects.
- Name: Dave Malcolm
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- Last updated: 2011-04-25
- Percentage of completion: 5%
Detailed Description
Python makes it relatively easy to write wrapper code for C and C++ libraries, acting as a "glue" layer to bind.
Unfortunately, there are various mistakes that are commonly made in such wrapper code, and these mistakes can lead to /usr/bin/python leaking memory, segfaulting, or failing when run on less common CPU architectures.
I'm working on static analysis code for C, to detect common errors in C extension modules for Python. The plan is to integrate this with Fedora's packaging, so that all C extension modules packaged for Python 2 and Python 3 can be guaranteed free of such errors (by adding hooks to the python-devel and python3-devel). We can also send fixes for this code as needed to upstream projects, when it reports problems. (Naturally this assumes a good signal:noise ratio from the tool).
Benefit to Fedora
Fedora is already a great environment for doing Python development - having a good-quality static analysis tool integrated into Fedora's build system for python extension modules will make Fedora even more compelling for Python developers.
The presence of the tool should also make it easier to fix certain awkward bugs, and make it easier to support secondary CPU architectures.
This involves:
- writing the tool
- tuning it to achieve a good signal:noise ratio:
- testing it on a large number of different extension modules
- analyzing the issues that it reports; fixing bugs in the
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38 U.S. Code § 1104 - Cost-of-living adjustments
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§ 1104.
Cost-of-living adjustments
In the computation of cost-of-living adjustments for fiscal years 1998 through 2013 in the rates of, and dollar limitations applicable to, compensation payable under this chapter, such adjustments shall be made by a uniform percentage that is no more than the percentage equal to the social security increase for that fiscal year, with all increased monthly rates and limitations (other than increased rates or limitations equal to a whole dollar amount) rounded down to the next lower whole dollar amount.
For purposes of this section, the term "social security increase" means the percentage by which benefit amounts payable under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) are increased for any fiscal year as a result of a determination under section 215(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)).
(Added Pub. L. 105–33, title VIII, § 8031(a)(1), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 668, § 1103; renumbered § 1104, Pub. L. 105–368, title X, § 1005(a), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3364; amended Pub. L. 107–103, title II, § 205, Dec. 27, 2001, 115 Stat. 990; Pub. L. 108–183, title VII, § 706, Dec. 16, 2003, 117 Stat. 2672.)
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The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620, as amended. Title II of the Act is classified generally to subchapter II (§ 401 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and Tables.
2003—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–183 substituted "2013" for "2011".
2001—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–103 substituted "2011" for "2002".
1998—Pub. L. 105–368 renumbered section 1103 of this title as this section.
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Fans that head up to Dick's Sporting Goods Park this weekend will have the chance to watch nearly every player on the Colorado Rapids' top teams in action.
The first team has a bye week, so head coach Oscar Pareja has scheduled an intra-squad scrimmage to be played on Field 20 at 11 a.m. Saturday (Post-scrimmage photo gallery).
The Rapids Development Academy teams will then host Sporting KC for the first of back-to-back gamedays.
The first match, between both team's U-18s, kicks off Saturday at 1 p.m. on Field 22. The U16s will follow at 3:30 p.m. on the same field.
"It's exciting for us, not only because we get to see MLS competition, but we get to create an environment where we're going to have U12s, U14s, U16s and U18s all playing," said Brian Crookham, the Rapids' Senior Director of Youth Development and U-18s head coach. "(The weekend is) going to really create the environment that we've been striving for."
The Rapids and SKC are travel partners in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, which means that instead of traveling for one-off matches to each market, they play twice in a weekend in the same city. Last year Colorado traveled for the two games in Kansas City, so Sporting KC is traveling to Colorado for both matches this year.
In addition, both club's will debut their new Under-14 Development Academy teams. And, they've each assembled a group of Under-12s that will play a friendly match. The matches between the two younger sides will take place Sunday at the same time as the U18s and U16s matches.
All the matches are free and open to the public.
Schedule - Saturday, Sept. 28:
Rapids first team intra-squad scrimmage: 11 a.m. Field 20
Rapids U18s vs Sporting KC U18s: 1:00 p.m. on Field 22
Rapids U16s vs Sporting KC U16s: 3:30 p.m. on Field 22
Schedule – Sunday, Sept. 29
Rapids U18s vs Sporting KC U18s: 9:00 a.m. on Field 22
Rapids u14s vs Sporting KC U14s: 9:00 a.m. on Field 24
Rapids U16s vs Sporting KC U16s: 11:00 a.m. on Field 22
Rapids U12s vs Sporting KC U12s: 11:00 a.m. on Field 24


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Annual to tree
Leaves simple to pinnately to palmately compound, generally alternate; stipules free to fused, persistent to deciduous
Inflorescence: cyme, raceme, panicle, or flowers solitary
Flower generally bisexual, radial; hypanthium free or fused to ovary, saucer- to funnel-shaped, often with bractlets alternate with sepals; sepals generally 5; petals generally 5, free; stamens (0)5many, pistils (0)1many, simple or compound; ovary superior to inferior, styles 15
Fruit: achene, follicle, drupe, pome, or blackberry- to raspberry-like
Seeds generally 15
Genera in family: 110 genera, ± 3000 species: worldwide, especially temp. Many cultivated for ornamental and fruit, especially Cotoneaster , Fragaria , Malus , Prunus , Pyracantha, Rosa , and Rubus
Reference: [Robertson 1974 J Arnold Arbor 55:303332,344401,611662]
Family description, key to genera by Barbara Ertter and Dieter H. Wilken.
Annual to shrub; odor resinous or 0
Leaves generally basal, odd-1-pinnate to 1-palmate or 1-ternate; leaflets ± toothed or lobed, terminal generally ± = lateral
Inflorescence: cyme, generally ± open; pedicels generally ± straight
Flower: hypanthium ± shallow; bractlets 5; sepals generally 5, ± triangular; petals generally 5, generally = or > sepals, generally ± widely obcordate, generally yellow; stamens generally 20; pistils generally many, styles generally jointed near tip
Fruit: achene
Species in genus: 200500 species: n temp
Etymology: (Latin: diminutive of powerful, for reputed medicinal value)
Reference: [Clausen, Keck, & Hiesey 1940 Carn Inst Wash Pub 520:26195]
P. anglica Laicharding is a waif from cultivated: stem trailing; pedicels 28 cm, slender; sepals and petals generally 4; leaflets 35.
Plant generally ± tufted from loosely branched caudex; glandular hairs often many
Stem ± erect, 590 cm, spreading-hairy
Leaves pinnate; basal 330 cm, terminal leaflet largest (0.512 cm), lateral generally 35 per side, ± obovate, toothed 1/41/2 to midvein, ± hairy
Inflorescence generally 230-flowered
Flower: hypanthium 36 mm wide; petals 310 mm, generally widely ovate, yellow to white; stamens ± 25, filaments 13.5 mm (longest opposite sepals), anthers 0.61.2 mm; styles ± 12.5 mm, attached below middle of fruit, ± fusiform and rough
Fruit ± 1 mm, smooth or ± ridged, golden to reddish brown
Chromosomes: n=7
Ecology: Common. Many habitats
Elevation: < 3800 m.
Bioregional distribution: California Floristic Province (except Great Central Valley), Great Basin Floristic Province
Distribution outside California: w N.America
Often confused with Horkelia ; despite much work, subspp. remain poorly defined.
Stem generally 2060 cm, nonglandular, short-hairy
Leaves: basal generally 520 cm, sheathing base generally glabrous, terminal leaflet generally 2040 mm, lateral leaflet teeth generally 1020, generally single
Inflorescence: branch angle generally 1020°
Flower: bractlets generally 0.51 mm wide; petals 48 mm, > sepals, cream; styles ± 1 mm
Ecology: Generally ± moist, often rocky places
Elevation: 18003700 m.
Bioregional distribution: High Sierra Nevada, Transverse Ranges, San Jacinto Mountains, East of Sierra Nevada
Distribution outside California: Nevada
Horticultural information: IRR, DRN: 4, 5, 6 &SHD: 1, 2, 3, 7, 14, 15, 16, 17.


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Cutesy tootsy on carpet
Tonight in London at the premiere of Going the Distance, Drew Barrymore brought her trademark gushy hippy giggle alongside boyfriend/justfriend/whatever Justin Long. Maybe I'm just a crusty bitch. Maybe you still find this play endearing.
Remember what I said yesterday about a child in grown up clothes? This is an example. She looks so great. Really really great. And then suddenly a giant rocking chair shows up and she starts speaking in baby talk.
But Drew is fit, non? I like it. I like also the two tone hair business happening here. Don't know why people make such a big f-cking deal about roots. Some of those "rules" don't apply anymore. Roots to me are way better than ringlets, backcomb bridge teases, and Katherine Heigl.
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Which GNT do you currently read from? There are many editions of the GNT available today, and I was wondering if anyone used something that differs from the standard NA/UBS texts.
I've been using the UBS4 readers edition simply because it has quality binding, good layout for the running dictionary, a good font and small enough to carry around! As far as actual text goes, Im on the fence with a Byzentine text such as RP or Wilbure Pickering because, IMHO, there is less subjectivity when selecting the readings that should go in the text.
What do you think?


text: SARATOGA SPRINGS -- When he was 33 years old, Solomon Northup was living a life that was not altogether different from one he might live today. An accomplished violinist, he played some of the grand hotels of the time for the rich tourists who visited the Spa City for its waters. When two men offered Northup a well-paying gig if he traveled with them, though, it started him on a journey that would see him enslaved for more than a decade in the Deep South. The 14th annual Solomon Northup Day was observed Saturday at Saratoga Springs Visitor Center -- the corner where Northup was convinced to take a job that would change the course of his life. "The celebration of this day remains a way of 'remembering' so that we, as Americans, don't forget how far we have come and to encourage youth to speak up for human freedom and justice," Renee Moore listed as one of the reasons she decided to found the day of remembrance. On the patio of the Visitor Center, violin music danced through the air as visitors danced throughout the patio. Local historians, such as David Fiske, who wrote "Ann Northup: A Survivor of Adversity," and city historian Mary Ann Fitzgerald, discussed Northup's trying ordeal and his eventual freedom, won by his own efforts as well as those of his supporters from Saratoga Springs and Louisiana, where he was held in captivity for 12 years. "It is an integral piece of Saratoga's history," said Visitor Center program coordinator Johnnie Roberts, who coordinated Saturday's event. "This is so much a Saratoga story," she said, though added that Louisiana has also embraced the tale. "When you read his book, you can see all the local connections." For example, Roberts said the tavern where Northup was when he was abducted was the establishment widely hailed as the originator of potato chips. Northup had a letter smuggled north to tell friends who could offer assistance of his ordeal. The letter he sent was addressed to two men, one of whom was Cephas Parker of Saratoga. Dennis Swart is a descendent of Parker and he attended the event Saturday to learn more about his relative. He said knowing such information gives him some context of his grandfather's character. "I understand now why he was a man of such character," he said. "He came from a line of good people." Swart said he now takes pride in his relative's role in Northup's tale. "(Solomon's abduction and enslavement) is people doing terrible things to each other. But if you look past that part of the story, you see how good people can make a difference in the world," he said. "It's a story of how someone's character can exemplify the goodness in man." A movie featuring Brad Pitt is also being made about Northup's struggle. Named after Northup's autobiography, "12 Years a Slave" the film will feature the British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor as Northup. According to Roberts, the film is being shot in Louisiana -- including the portions that are supposed to take place in the Spa City. "Just think," she said, "they have a street set up in Louisiana to look like a street in Saratoga Springs (in the mid-19th century)." The movie is due out in 2013.


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Dear Editor:
Everyone knows that parking in Hoboken is an issue but come on now enough is enough! I recently opened a new business in Hoboken. One of my employees came back to the shop to pick up a few supplies. Within 15 minutes the van was booted. It was parked in a resident only spot and we don't have a resident sticker but how about a little common decency!
It's clear our shop is right there and can't the parking authority just come over and give us a warning? They come in when they need to use the bathroom, which is now "out of order"! $150 to get the boot removed and $68 for the ticket! Welcome to the neighborhood!!
Paul Fried


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A group of stalkers has for the first time reached the very heart of the Zone – Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, and brings about a cataclysm on the brink of a catastrophe. An immense blowout of anomalous energy changes the Zone. There are no more reliable and relatively safe roads. The entire levels vanish in the outbursts of anomalies. Stalkers and even expeditions die or end up sealed on the lost territories. New areas, which remained unknown since the time of the Zone emergence, appear on the Zone map. The Zone continues to shake with blowouts. The Zone is unstable. The anomalous activity is at its maximum.
Changes of the Zone map known to stalkers shake the fragile balance of forces in the Zone. Among the groupings, there flare up hostilities for the new territories, artifact fields and spheres of influence. There are no more old enemies or friends – now everyone is for himself. The Factions War has started between the groupings.
The protagonist is a mercenary who appeared at the edge of the opposition between stalker factions, Strelok and even the Zone itself. The main character will have to play the key role in the events, which led to creation of the Zone up to the point from which the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game begins.
What's waiting for stalkers in the opened depths of the Zone? Which new challenges bear in the new territories? Why blowouts continue shaking the Zone? Why did the Zone change? How to remove its instability? Which faction will take the upper hand in the clan opposition? Why did Strelok end up in the death truck? What happened to Strelok prior to that? Was there any other choice to make? These and many other questions will get answered in the official prequel S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky.
In S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky, the player assumes the role of Scar, a mercenary s.t.a.l.k.e.r. In a unique mixture of first-person shooter and complex role- playing game, Scar fights for survival within the Zone and its hostile sectors. The new Zone territories are explored by s.t.a.l.k.e.r.s scattered in groups - and these individual factions soon engage in relentless battle. As a mercenary, Scar quickly finds himself in the middle of a war of factions over territory, artifacts, and power. It is up to the player to find out on whose side Scar has the greatest chance of prevailing.
Just like its predecessor, Clear Sky perfectly captures the sinister atmosphere within the death Zone. DirectX 10 support enables spectacular graphics, including dynamic transitions between day and night with absolutely realistic light effects, as well as very detailed landscapes and lifelike animations. At the same time, the developers saw to it that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky also works with DirectX 8 and DirectX 9.
Special attention was given to realistic, independent thinking and actions of the NPCs. The artificial intelligence from the predecessor game was strongly improved, so that foes and allies now make their own situation-based decisions that impact the further course of the game. For instance, the outcome of battles is not predetermined. Only in the last few levels is the player guided towards a given end of the story, which leads to the events described in Shadow of Chernobyl.
Key features
- Unique mix of action-laden first-person shooter and complex role-playing game
- Gigantic scope: many new levels are available, plus some completely overhauled levels from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl and many side quests with motivating rewards
- Realistic simulation of the extensive S.T.A.L.K.E.R. world: enemy factions fight each other, mutants hunt of their own accord.
- Intermediate movie-quality cut scenes complement the thrilling back-story leading up to the events of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl
- Numerous new in game features, such as fast travel, or extensive modification and repairing armor and weapons
- Greatly improved artificial intelligence
- Complete DirectX 10 support for state-of- the-art graphic effects (God rays, soft particles, SSAO, dynamic volumetric smoke, dynamically wetting surface (rain effect) etc.)
- Dynamic transitions between day and night with realistic weather effects
- Detailed graphics, including an all-new animation engine
- Hugely expanded multiplayer part with many varied game modes and up to 32 players online or over LAN.
Experienced stalkers and newbies! Get ready for the new challenges in the exclusion zone as Deep Silver is bringing S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky to North America on August 29, 2008
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This irresistible tale of the adventures of two friends growing up in frontier America is one of Mark Twain's most popular novels. The farcical, colorful, and poignant escapades of Tom and his friend Huckleberry Finn brilliantly depict the humor and pathos of growing up on the geographic and cultural rim of nineteenth-century America. Originally intended for children, the book transcends genre in its magical depiction of innocence and possibility, and is now regarded as one of Twain's masterpieces.
of readers have enjoyed the ingenuous triumphs and feckless mishaps of boyhood days on the Mississippi. This classic of American wit and storytelling introduced Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher, Aunt Polly with her Bible-based morality, the Widow Douglas, and many other characters to the world; including, of course, the boy who "was cordially hated and dreaded by all the mothers of the town, because he was idle and lawless and vulgar and bad — and because all their children admired him so," Huckleberry Finn.
The book is no saccharine tale of childhood; Tom and Huck also witness grave-robbing and murder one night at the graveyard where they've gone seeking adventure and a cure for warts. Twain's themes of adult hypocrisy and the importance of character remain resonant with today's readers.
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"Rare plants look like rarer transplants"
"Protected plant suddenly shows on project's land"
Those were the headlines in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat and the San Francisco Chronicle recently on articles about the sudden appearance of a clump of endangered plants in a proposed 21-acre subdivision near the town of Sebastopol in Sonoma County.
The two articles detail how a Santa Rosa developer has tried for three years to win approval for a 145-unit subdivision. Blocked by environmentalists, the developer scaled back his subdivision plans in response to the objections.
The county was in the final stages of an environmental review, according to the Press Democrat article, when suddenly a hiker who just happened to be a member of an environmental group opposing the development found an endangered species under state and federal law, Sebastopol meadowfoam, on the site.
"People joke about this all the time — stopping a development by putting an endangered species in its path" Gene Cooley, a California Fish and Game botanist was quoted in the Chronicle article. "I have 25 years' experience with state and federal agencies, and this is the only instance I know of where it's actually happened."
It took Cooley just one hour to determine the endangered meadowfoam along with more common snowy meadowfoam had been transplanted on the proposed subdivision land.
Marco Waaland, who owns a firm called Golden Bear Biostudies, which is working on the project's environmental report, said in the Chronicle article that the plants "weren't even rooted in native soil.
"I'm dismayed that someone would try to use ecology in an unethical, unfair and unjust way," Waaland was quoted. "It seems like a desperate act to me."
Of course the man who found the endangered disagrees with the state findings. After he spotted the plants, he called Sonoma State University biology professor Phil Northern, who made the call to the county after determining the plants were "naturally occurring," according to the Chronicle article.
The man who found the plants scoffed at the idea some environmental group transplanted the meadowfoam. He was quoted in the San Francisco newspaper saying if anyone tampered with the plants it was the developer who made them appear to be transplanted.
Now that makes sense. Sure the developer who has spent thousands of dollars trying to win subdivision approval would try to disparage the environmental groups opposing it by making it appear that the opponents transplanted naturally occurring endangered species.
Five agencies are now reportedly looking into the incident.
There is a chance the meadowfoam could have sprouted long dormant seed in the proposed subdivision after the wet winter and spring California experienced this year. The development is within the natural range of the species.
However, there seems to be compelling evidence that the plants were transplanted since a state Game and Fish botanist as well as an environmental expert quickly determined that someone other than Mother Nature put them there.
If in fact they were transplants that raises the question of who did it and is that person guilty of a crime, specifically putting an endangered species in jeopardy. If investigators find a culprit, will the shovel used to dig up the endangered species be impounded like the tractor of the poor Kern County farmer who inadvertently disked a field several years ago that was the home of a kangaroo rat.
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Morning Five: 08.08.13 EditionPosted by rtmsf on August 8th, 2013
- We mentioned in this space yesterday that Jahii Carson along with Marcus Smart were not only two of the best point guards in college basketball, but that they are also both rising sophomores who have already publicly stated that next season will be their last in the amateur ranks. Both players are likely to have All-America campaigns ahead of them, but Smart in particular is on everyone's short list as a NPOY candidate, and with good reason. The latest published results of a poll of coaches from CBSSports.com staff shows that Smart is the most coveted player in all of the land, coming in with a bit more than one-third of the vote (34%). Next on the list was Creighton superstar Doug McDermott (24%), followed by wunderkind Andrew Wiggins at Kansas (15%). A number of other players received votes, including Ohio State's Aaron Craft, Michigan's Mitch McGary and Syracuse's CJ Fair, but the naming of five other freshmen after Wiggins reveals just how strong this year's incoming class is perceived to be. One notable omission from the list was Louisville's Russ Smith (his teammate Montrezl Harrell actually received a vote instead), but as the article notes, the choices make clear that coaches value experience and sustained leadership over unproven (or sometimes unstable) commodities. While all this conjecture is great, it's ultimately meaningless until we start the games in November.
- And what about those games, the reason we all watch these players in the first place? Wednesday was a good day for folks like us — fans of the sport who like to have concrete games on the schedule to sink our teeth into. ESPN released its Big Monday lineup for 2013-14, and the most notable thing about the 16-game set over eight weeks is that the new slot of ACC games at 7:00 PM ET considerably resembles vintage Big East offerings. The Big 12 still carries the 9:00 PM slot (Andrew Wiggins, anyone? Kansas is involved in half of the broadcasts), but half of the ACC Big Monday games will involve teams who were still Big East entities as recently as 40 days ago. One game in particular — Notre Dame vs. Syracuse on February 3 — comes straight from the old Big East rivalry playbook. Welcome to the new ACC, indeed. Now can we get a west coast flavor at Midnight ET to sweeten the deal even further, like we used to have with the Big West and UNLV slotted there once upon a time?
- Some other interesting scheduling news hit on Wednesday surrounding the build-up and planning for Super Bowl XLVIII in New York City, as it appears there will be a basketball extravaganza at the World's Most Famous Arena on the Saturday before the NFL's title bout. Madison Square Garden, in partnership with Fox Sports 1, will host a hoops triple-header to give people in town for the football game a little something to feast on beforehand. St. John's will play an as-yet-undetermined Big East opponent in the early afternoon slot (Marquette is rumored to be that team), followed by a blockbuster Georgetown-Michigan State match-up in the late afternoon, and capped off with an NBA tilt between the Knicks and the Miami Heat in the evening. It's an impressive lineup, for certain, and is suggestive that programmers of college basketball really need to learn to capitalize on those empty weekends starting in late January and through to mid-March… before March Madness hits in earnest and captures the attention of everyone else.
- Is it too early to already be looking forward to games the following season? We're talking about 2014-15 here, but hey, it's a light news cycle. It's always, always, always a good thing when top 10 programs meet in non-conference match-ups during the regular season, and it appears we're going to have a good one when regional rivals Louisville and Indiana will face off in the Jimmy V Classic on December 9, 2014. Although the two rosters are likely to look considerably different than they do even this coming season, both Tom Crean and Rick Pitino are recruiting so well that you can count on this being a fantastic game. Even if it won't tip off until some 16 months from now.
- It must have been Pac-12 preview Wednesday around the interwebs yesterday, as both ESPN.com and SI.com featured the much-maligned basketball league with a summer update post. The WWL's piece is more comprehensive in scope, but Andy Glockner's writeup is the better read. They both have high hopes for Sean Miller's Arizona Wildcats, while agreeing that the league as a whole is once again on the uptick after a period from 2010-12 that was as bad as many have ever seen. There's a lot of good information in both pieces, though, so we suggest that you check it out lest you find yourself come November wondering why the league has three or maybe even four teams ranked in the preseason AP poll.


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A "Sweet Opportunity" for CIU Alumnus
A Columbia International University alumnus is offering financial advice to a company focused on stevia, the fastest growing product in the alternative sweetener sector.
Art Carter, who graduated from CIU in 2007 with a master's degree in Intercultural Studies, is an American citizen living in Vietnam where he works as a financial advisor to foreign and local enterprises. In a news release, The Stevia Corporation says that Carter will serve Stevia as a financial consultant specializing in Vietnam.
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Yet another destructive insect pest has arrived on the state's doorstep, discovered in a beetle trap not too long ago in the Berkshires town of Dalton.
But unlike the Asian longhorned beetle that feeds on more than a dozen different hardwoods, taking as long as five years to kill a tree, the Emerald ash borer targets only ash trees and can kill a white or green ash in two to three years, according to Ken Gooch, forest health program director for the state Department of Conservation and Recreation.
The good news is that to date, only the one beetle has been found; based on the insect's life cycle, will remain dormant as larvae within a tree until late spring.
The state agency is taking down ash trees in the immediate area of the trap where the adult beetle was discovered to determine the extent of the infestation.
Biological controls may slow the spread. Another method is the creation of "trap" trees to confine the ash borer larva to the layer of the tree that transports nutrients.
Mr. Gooch said biological controls that have been successful in curbing the beetle include Spathius agrili, a non-stinging wasp that lays eggs through the bark onto beetle larva, paralyzing and ultimately killing them.
"At this point, there is no quarantine. We have a two-mile radius grid from where the beetle was found in the trap and we are in the process of cutting trees, stripping bark and looking for signs of ash borer infestation," Mr. Gooch said.
Ash from quarantined regions can be used commercially if sterilized in kilns. Jason Ayer, manager of Hardwick Kilns, said the company has signed a compliance agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture that allows it to process timber from quarantined regions.
The ash borer beetle was first discovered in Michigan in 2002, a likely import with packing materials from China .
"As the Emerald ash borer spread from the Midwest, coming closer to Massachusetts, it became more of an issue for us. While we will process lumber from anywhere in the world, for the most part we process timber from the New England states, New York and Pennsylvania because of trucking costs," the kiln manager said.
The quarantine of ash in Pennsylvania and New York had an immediate impact on the kiln's business.
"In order to receive lumber during the 'no-fly period' of the beetle's life cycle — Oct. 1 through April 31 — I had to sign a compliance agreement with the USDA. Essentially what that did was put rules in place as to how we would treat that wood once it arrived here," Mr. Ayer explained.
In fact, he said, the kiln already was using methods that exceeded what the federal agency required.
The manager said kiln sterilization requires a core temperature of 140 degrees, a moisture content of 13.8 percent, and, depending on the thickness of the wood, maintaining those conditions for a specific number of hours.
"Meeting the requirement was easy, because here we dry our lumber here to 6 to 8 percent moisture at a temperature of 150 to 155 degrees for a period of four to five days," Mr. Ayer said.
He said ash represents about 20 percent of the Hardwick Kiln's business, about 1.5 million to 2 million board feet a year.
Despite biological controls and the slowing of the progress of the Emerald ash borer beyond the Berkshires, Mr. Ayer said he's not all that optimistic the pest can be contained.
"The quarantine is about slowing the beetle down, because it's not going to stop it from spreading. I believe it's already here and in our lifetime, the ash trees will be gone. Fortunately there will be a future generation of ash that will survive because, unlike the chestnut blight, a fungus that kills young American chestnuts, once the mature ash trees are gone, the ash borer will be gone as well," he said.
Mr. Ayer said everything he's read and heard suggests the beetle attacks only ash trees.
He said he's worked cooperatively with state officials on methods of killing the beetle.
"Fumigation is one method, but it's cost prohibitive. Removal of a half inch of wood once the bark has been stripped is another method, but that too is prohibitive. No sawmill that I know will do that because it represents about 10 percent of the product," the manager explained.
That leaves kiln sterilization and heat treating as the remaining options.
Processing the timber so that it can be used in making furniture, flooring and other products is the only option that makes the most of the resource, he said.
Ash represents about 7 percent to 8 percent of the mix of hardwoods across Massachusetts, and 80 percent of the state's white ash and green ash trees are in Berkshire County, according to the state.


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Since NCSoft will start asking our opinion. I have a simple game that embodies other classes to other races. I like dwarves, and an idea for a summoner dwarf could not get out of my mind. made a little play with summoner and maestro classes, this is my first try. Hope you enjoy.
Dwarf Engineer (Summoner) – Awakened Maestro Tree (Fighter Base Stats)
Introduction – Dwarf race, relegade to simple box, and diminished usefullness over the years made me think about one class that embodies aspects of Lineage 2 dwarf race background. From storyline and desire, and to my simple view of skills. It has been used for most part the summoner class skills with different names (and possible frames), with the same effects. This class was made to be a Fighter class, with fighter stats, the only transformation is siege golem spirit. So Ultimate Golem Life Link was made to be less effective. The idea is the engineer to fight along side with its golems all the time. Increased Matck, and casting speed to be comparable to other summoners. With no transfer pain, summon stats might be higher than the other summoners, but this is just an idea.
The idea behind is to make a singular hybrid class, with bonus INT and bonus STR. That cannot use Robe.
Here is some of the skills (at 85):
Wild Fire (aka Mark of Fire) – Sprays a sticky oil to the target that burns instiling fear, burning on target to inflict damage with 168 Power added to M. Atk. and reduces Speed by 300.
Salicate Spray (aka Mark of Plague) - Inflicts a blood thinner from the special concoction on the target. For 15 seconds, decreases HP by 370 every second and decreases the power of incoming Heals.
Pepper Spray (aka Mark of Trick) – Intense pepper spray mixture, some shilen oil with fire. For 5 seconds, decreases HP by 303 every second and causes the use of skills to fail.
Absorbing Ray (aka Mark of Void) – Special whiplash that carves life out of the target. For 4 seconds, decreases HP by 336 every second and absorbs some of the damage inflicted as HP/MP for yourself and your servitor(s).
Acid Spray (aka Mark of Weakness) – Decreases 269 HP per second and decreases pdef/mdef by 10%.
Summon Burning Mechanic Golem - A Burning Mechanic Golem is summoned to fight with you. Cost 2 Summon Points.
Summon Burning Toad Golem (ranged) – Summons Burning Toad Golem. Cost 2 Summon Points.
Summon Burning Wild Hog Golem (tank) - Summons Burning Wild Hog Golem. Cost 2 Summon Points.
Summon Wild Hog Cannon - Summons a siege weapon. Can only move in normal mode. During siege mode, it cannot move, and it can inflict ranged attacks. Switching modes takes 30 seconds. Requires 100 R-grade Crystals. Automatically acquired by Maestro class at level 85.
Siege Golem's Spirit - Merge with a powerful Siege Golem. For 5 minutes, P. Def./ M. Def. + 50%, and resistance to bows/crossbows + 50%. Consumes 10 Crystals (R-grade).
Power Hammer Crush - Attacks target with 18005 Power added to P. Atk. while ignoring 30% of their P. Def. Stuns for 5 seconds. Requires a blunt weapon. Over-hit. Critical.
Doom Cage (aka Mass Exile) – Traps enemies on cage with every toxic substance.They become immobile and invincible against debuffs, skills, and standard attacks, and lose 282 HP/second.
Greater Golem Spikes – For 30 Minutes increases pdef 10% and patck 5%, deflect damage +10.
Golem Point Defense (aka Mass Servitor Ultimate Defense)- Increases all golem's P. Def. by 4680 and M. Def. by 4212 for 60 seconds.
Golem Cleaning Cycle (aka Mass Servitor Blessing)- Dispels debuffs on all servitors and makes them immune to debuffs for 5 seconds.
Hard Fix (aka Servitor Major Heal) - Heals the servitor with 1637 Power.
Ultimate Golem Life Link (aka Ultimate Servitor Share) - For 30 minutes, shares the following with your servitor (s): 30% of P. Atk., 40% of P. Def., 30% of M. Def., 10% of Max HP/MP, 5% of Atk. Spd., 20% of P. Critical Rate, 10% of P. Critical Damage.
Create Soulshots - Creates 1900 Beast Soulshots. Consumes 1 Crystal (R-grade).
Pinpoint Explosion (aka Mark of the Retriever) – Retrieves any Spray from target, Inflicts damage according to the number of retrieved sprays.
Superior Spirit Mastery - Poison/Bleed/Hold/Sleep/Mental Attack Resistance +30%. STR +1, INT +1 .
Superior Heavy Armor Mastery - When heavy armor is equipped, Max HP +5368, P. Def. +1731; P. Critical Damage Received -35%. Additionally, STR +1, INT +1.
Superior Resistance- M. Def. + 776, and Fire/Water/Wind/Earth Resistance + 20. STR + 1, INT +1.
Superior Golem Mastery - A Golem can be summoned when summon points are 4 or lower. STR +1, INT +1; When the 4 Srays Skills are used, the Golems are linked with the ability of wrath.
Superior Weapon Mastery - M. Atk. + 35%, additional M. Atk. + 1279, Casting Spd. + 35%, M. Critical Rate + 10%. P. Atk. + 105%, Additional P. Atk. + 822, P. Accuracy + 4 when a one-handed blunt weapon is equipped. STR+1, INT + 1. Depending on your INT, the Cooldown resets or the duration increases by 2 times.
Superior Shield Mastery - Shield Def. Success Rate +50%, Shield Def. +40%.
Create Item - Allows the user to manufacture level 11 items.
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Dwarf Summoners are the best for PvE. Why? cuz they have the Melee stats!
All their High Str gets transferred to servitors making the minions do a lot more damage than other summoners! Other Summoners do +15 Str Dyes to boost their Servitor damage, but dorfie summoner has higher Str already even without the dyes! What more can you ask? It's OP class!
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If you noticed, Golem Link stats are reduced (to put in line with other summoners).
Other idea is make this summoner use only heavy armor, since there's no transfer pain.
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Man, give me adress ur drugdealer pls!
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I know this or anything for Dwarf will never be implemented, they preffered to create fallen angels with one wing (called chickens) or an entirelly new race of dumbo chicks with fists.
I will probably gonna change my maestro to Titan, because there's no economy based charater that cannot gather or craft on a daily basis. And loose to Dumbos and Chickens its stupid.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — An attorney for Gregg Allman said Friday that it is "unfortunate, unwarranted and without merit" that the singer is being sued over the death of a young woman killed when a freight train smashed into a Georgia film crew making a movie about Allman's life.
"Mr. Allman simply provided an option to acquire motion picture rights to his life story and his autobiography," Atlanta attorney David Long-Daniels said in a prepared statement. He said the Allman Brothers Band singer had input into the script, casting and music of the film "Midnight Rider," but "had no role in securing any location for the making of the movie or the actual physical production of the film."
Allman was among 18 defendants named in a wrongful death lawsuit filed Wednesday in Savannah by the parents of Sarah Jones. The 27-year-old camera assistant died and six crew members were injured Feb. 20 when they were struck by a train while filming on a railroad bridge in southeast Georgia. Sheriff's investigators have said the filmmakers did not have permission from the railroad to be on the tracks.
The lawsuit targets Allman in his capacity as an executive producer on the film, though he was not on the set when the train crash occurred.
"He has legal responsibility for what happens on the shoot," attorney Jeffrey R. Harris, who represents the Jones family, said in an interview Thursday. "He, at least on paper, is a member of the management structure of the film."
Long-Daniels said Allman had previously expressed his condolences to Jones' family and remained in contact with them. Allman also opposed allowing director Randall Miller to restart the production, which was shelved after the crash. The attorney said Jones' father sent an email to a representative for the singer April 27 to thank Allman and "extend my gratitude for his position regarding the Midnight Rider movie."
Attorneys for Allman and the director reached a settlement over rights to the film last week, but details were not disclosed.


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Billy Carter: Beer Drinker, Book Lover
By: Legacy Staff
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Every United States president back to Harry S. Truman had at least one brother – Eisenhower had six! But Billy Carter, the only brother of President Jimmy Carter of Plains, Georgia, was certainly the most colorful and possibly the most controversial. William Alton "Billy" Carter III died 25 years ago today at age 51, leaving a legacy of being a bit of a bumpkin and a Southern redneck beer drinker. He was widely quoted as saying, "Yes, sir. I'm a real Southern boy. I got a red neck, white socks, and Blue Ribbon beer." He died in the Carters' hometown almost a year after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the same disease that killed President Carter's other two siblings and both parents.
Another part of Billy Carter's legacy would have to be the service station in Plains he opened in 1972 that became a tourist destination during his older brother's 1976 presidential campaign. At its peak the service station/hub/hangout sold 2,000 cases of beer each month along with more than 40,000 gallons of gas. In 2009, with help from the University of Georgia, the station became the Billy Carter Service Station Museum, filled with Billy's personal memorabilia and all things related to Billy Beer.
A long-time Pabst Blue Ribbon drinker himself – sometimes even popping one for breakfast – Billy agreed to support Billy Beer, dreamed up in 1977 by Falls City Brewing Company in Louisville to cash in on Billy's newfound fame. Several other breweries pitched in to meet demand during the brew's short-lived fad; it was discontinued in 1978.
Billy Carter attended Emory University, served in the U.S. Marine Corps and worked in his family's prosperous peanut business. He married a hometown girl, Sybil Spires, and raised a family of six children. One of them, William "Buddy" Carter, wrote a book about his dad, Billy Carter: A Journey Through the Shadows, which includes an account of his dad's unsuccessful run for mayor of Plains in 1976.
Buddy Carter wrote that his dad was three different people: "One was the guy we saw at home, the one who provided for us and disciplined us. The man who read four newspapers a day and seven or eight novels a week and who could discuss any topic from how much rain was needed to make a crop to global politics. Another was the man who worked hard every day in the family business, putting 100 percent of his attention to task. The third was the man the press paid attention to."
Billy Carter was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service and, in a 1980 episode dubbed "Billygate," appeared before a Senate committee questioning his ties and potential influence peddling to Libya, which had loaned him more than $200,000. In a statement before the Senate panel, Billy Carter said he was not ''a buffoon, a boob or a wacko.''
Perhaps his most widely quoted quip came during his brother's campaign in 1976, when he told reporters, "My mother went into the Peace Corps when she was 68. My one sister is a motorcycle freak, my other sister is a Holy Roller evangelist and my brother is running for president. I'm the only sane one in the family."
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Every year, Carl AlbertState College film studentsrelease the horrors of theirdark imaginations at theannual Cinemortis StudentFilm Festival. This year,CASC film students areinviting the public to takea trip into their own twistedand sleep-deprived subconscious.The theme forthis year's CinemortisFilm Festival isNightmares.On Thursday, October27 at 7 p.m. in the HamiltonAuditorium on CASC'sPoteau campus, CASCFilm Studies instructorMarcus Blair and studentsinvite you to witness aslate of films that willscare, disgust, and delightyou."Each film in competitionwill contain at leastone nightmare that a studentfilmmaker actuallyhad. We thought it wouldbe terrifying to take theaudience into a place withno rules and the filmmakershave enjoyed workingin the abstract world ofdreams," said Blair.Admission to the filmfestival is free, however,audience members will beexpected to vote on theirfavorite film in the competition.The film thatreceives the most voteswill win the covetedAudience Choice Award.Blair continued, "All ofthe Cinemortis films willbe frighteningand contain realisticspecialeffects, thereforechildrenwill not beadmitted. This isthe seventh yearwe've hadCinemortis andthe goal isalways the same– to give ourstudents a placeto showcasetheir work. Weknow the communitywillappreciate whatthe studentshave accomplished."According toBlair, CASCfilm studentshave been workingfor severalmonths to complete thefilms to be shown at thefestival. CASC film studentspresenting filmsinclude Ryan Baker,Brittany Le Roux, JessiBrigance, Brett Lampkin,Andrea Owens, SarahShores, Michael Welch,Destiny Stine, and JessicaHunt.


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A timeline of charitable gaming in NH law
February 08. 2014 10:16PM
Games of chance for charity have been legal in New Hampshire since 1977. Changes to the law in 2006 allowed the evolution from church-hall Monte Carlo nights to today's professionally run events at casino-style "licensed gaming facilities."
1977: Games of chance become legal.
1998: Single wager limit increased from $1 to $2.
2006: Oversight of games of chance transferred from the Attorney General's Office and local chiefs of police to the state Pari-mutuel Commission.
2006: Laws change relative to licensing of game operators, imposing criminal background checks and other qualifications.
2006: $20,000 bond required of primary game operators.
2006: Requirement added: Charitable organization must retain 35 percent of game proceeds after prizes are paid. 2006: Fees defined, including: . Charitable groups required to pay $25 per game up to 10 games per year . $250 facility license fee . $500 game operator fee
2008: Agency overseeing games of chance renamed to "Racing and Charitable Gaming Commission."
2008: Primary game operators' bond requirement increased to "up to $300,000."
2008: Single wager limit increased to $4. Added 80 percent limit on prizes for games where chips have no monetary value.
2008: State fees of 3 percent on non-monetary-value games and 10 percent of monetary-value games.
2008: Operator background checks expanded to include fingerprint requirements and FBI checks, and imposing fees.
2010: Financial record-keeping requirements imposed on game operators.
2010: All games of chance must be approved by the commission and identified on an approved game schedule for licensed game dates.
2010: Clarifies facility rental agreement between a charitable organization and licensed game operator to ensure the charity retains at least 35 percent of gross revenues after any prizes are paid.
2011: Operators must make all payments to charities within 15 business days of game date, list all fees in written contract with charities, and file financial reports with the state on behalf of the charities.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf pledges to return home this month from self-imposed exile to run in parliamentary elections,
Musharraf set his return date as March 24. He faces arrest in connection with the killing of an ex-prime minister.
Supporters of Musharraf and his All Pakistan Muslim League began arriving Wednesday in Dubai, where Musharraf has lived since stepping down in 2008, according to party official Khurrum Harris. About 250 backers are set to accompany Musharraf back to Pakistan.
Musharraf said he would lead his party in elections this spring.
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The search is still ongoing for a teen who went missing sometime overnight on Jan. 6 from his grandparents' home in Lumberton.
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On the flight home from ACI's 2014 National Home Performance Conference, I read Charlie LeDuff's Detroit: An American Autopsy. It's a gritty, sad story about the decline of one the greatest U.S. industrial cities. It was fitting that ACI's conference was held in Detroit–thanks to the growth of the auto and wartime industries in the early 20th century, Detroit was the birthplace of the U.S. middle class. But according to LeDuff, Detroit, which "once led the nation in homeownership, is now a foreclosure capital."
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Mars Attacks the Transformers
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The weekly invasion continues: AUTOBOTS vs. DECEPTICONS vs… MARTIANS?! The invaders from Mars take advantage of the colossal Cybertronian's conflict and begin their assault on Earth in full force. It's Martian vs. Machine as the audacious Autobots and the devilish Decepticons begrudgingly join forces to repel the inhuman invaders and save the planet!
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Patrick McDonnell, Jack Gantos, Chris Raschka, Eugene Yelchin, John Rocco, and Lane Smith sign at Books of Wonder on Saturday April 14, 2012 from noon till 2pm!
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On Saturday, April 14th, starting at noon SIX of this year's seven Newbery & Caldecott medal winners and honorees will come together at Books of Wonder for a talent-filled event. You and your children are invited to an afternoon featuring everything from wordless picture books to wonderful middle grade books you will not want to put down. The American Library Associationeach year selects the finest picture books and novels published in America to receive the Caldecott and Newbery Medals and Honors. We are overjoyed and honored to be able to bring these celebrated and talented authors and artists together for you to experience the best in children's books. Joining us will be author JACK GANTOS, winner of the Newbery medal for Dead End in Norvelt, the story of an entirely true and wildly fictional, endlessly surprising two months in 1962 with a kid named Jack Gantos. CHRIS RASCHKA winner of the Caldecott medal for A Ball For Daisy, a wordless picture book about a dog who loves her bright red ball and what happens when another dog accidentally pops it. Raschka's brilliant ink, watercolor, and gouache illustrations convey this simple story as eloquently as any words could. Author, artist, and beloved cartoonist PATRICK McDONNELL will be here for Me…Jane his Caldecott Honor Book, which brings to the inspiring childhood of the little girl who would grow up to be beloved naturalist Jane Goodall. Author and artist JOHN ROCCO will share Blackout hisCaldecott Honor Book, detailing how a family comes together a hot summer night in the city when the power goes out! Told with spectacular illustrations and few words, Rocco captures the magic and mystery of a big city and the joys of family. Author and artist LANE SMITH will present Grandpa Green his Caldecott Honor Book, in which a young boy tells us all about his beloved, though sometimes forgetful great-grandfather, as he takes us through the garden where memories are handed down in the fanciful shape of topiary trees and imagination keeps alive those things that otherwise might be forgotten. And lastly, author and artist EUGENE YELCHIN will share his middle grade debut novel Breaking Stalin's Nose, his Newbery Honor Book, about Sasha, a young boy growing up in the heart of Soviet Russia during the Cold War told in simple and masterful first person voice. Beginning at noon the authors and artists will share their acclaimed books, take questions from the audience and then sign copies of all their wonderful titles. Ages 3 and up. Saturday, April 14th, 12-2pm. We look forward to seeing all of you from the NYC area at this wonderful event. But for those of you who live too far away or can't make it that day, please remember we're always happy to have books signed for you and shipped to you, no matter where in the world you live.
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Local levy drops ever so slightly
Commissioners solidify levies, appropriations for county taxpayers.
LEXINGTON—The total tax levy assessed to Gothenburg property owners will drop slightly for the 2009-10 fiscal year.
All the numbers came together for Dawson County commissioners on Thursday as they adopted a resolution setting the final appropriations and levies for the county.
For the fourth straight year, Gothenburg's overall levy will fall from the previous year by almost 3 cents per $100 in valuation.
The levy drops from 2.18142 to 2.15179 for the 2009-10 fiscal year. The county, school, hospital and natural resources district portions of the levy all went down with slight increases in other areas to make the 3-cent change.
Still, Gothenburg residents pay the third highest total property tax levy of all Dawson County residents behind Cozad and Lexington.
Cozad's total levy is nearly 19.5 cents higher than Gothenburg's and Lexington is nearly 4 cents more per $100 in value.
At the same time, Gothenburg's valuation is also the third highest in the county at $143,664,700.
The community with the lowest tax levy is Eddyville at 2.051. Eddyville also has the lowest valuation at $1,374,766.
In addition to setting the levies, county commissioners also adopted the budgets of each county office, giving officials authority over their department's funds.
In other business, the county board heard a presentation from Bret Schlyer of MGT of America concerning the county's cost allocation plan.
The county's contract with Maximus Inc. is up for renewal and Florida-based MGT of America would like to compete for that business.
Schlyer said his company's purpose is to identify and attempt to recover county general fund money spent on federal or state programs.
He said the primary example is child support. The county is entitled to reimbursement of a percentage of the county's money spent to collect child support, whether it is cost of staff or more indirect expenses.
For the fiscal year 2008-09, the county received approximately 66% of the $75,000 claimed qualifying expenses.
Schlyer told commissioners his company would also offer consulting which may allow for added reimbursements, something Maximus is not doing.
The cost for a contract with MGT would be capped at $1,787 annually for the first three years and would be contingent based on collections.
The Maximus contract, according to county attorney Liz Waterman, is at $7,150.
Should the commissioners choose to use MGT at their next regular meeting on Oct. 15, it would be the first county contract for the company in Nebraska.
In other action, commissioners:
approved tax exemptions for vehicles owned by the Cozad Berean Church and the Center for Independent Living.
authorized treasurer Sharon Wood to issue tax sales certificates for real estate with taxes delinquent for two years. The total amount of the tax certificates is $28,047. Wood said delinquent taxes were up this year from nearly $1.5 million in 2008-09 to close to $1.6 million for 2009-10.
referred to the county attorney and zoning commission a conservation easement request from the living trust of Jeff and Lori Anderson to Wetlands American Trust Inc., a supporting organization of Ducks Unlimited. Land involved is 354 acres along the Platte River southwest of Lexington.
learned from commissioner Butch Hagan that the ag society has purchased additional land for expansion of the fairgrounds.
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Another year of horror in the books. Though as years go, this one seemed to have less horror than most -- a trend that is reflected in our collective "Best of 2014" list below.
(Editor's note: Over the rest of this week and next we'll be rolling out our staff picks for the best in horror from 2014, leading up to the official BGH Best of 2014 list and the Year in Review podcast. Enjoy!)
Let's talk about Ti West...
The horror genre is an eclectic genre, with films that run the gamut from quiet and thoughtful ruminations on human existence to noisy and barely contained gore and chaos. As a result, many of the films (and filmmakers) working in the genre are divisive figures.
"Mama" director Andres Muschietti is apparently in talks with the folks over at Universal to take on the directing role of the upcoming "The Mummy" reboot. No real details have come out about the film but it will take place in modern time and the cast from the previous films will not make an appearance. You ever see that episode of "Seinfeld" where Elaine takes the Asian woman from her nail saloon to see "Rochelle Rochelle" but Bette Midler isn't in the show that night and they freak out? That's me right now but replace Bette Midler with Brendan Fraser.
The good folks over at Magnolia Pictures are on the verge of striking a deal that would land them the rights to Ti West's "The Sacrament". A new found footage film, "The Sacrament" follows two reporters as they try to escape from a community outside the US after one of their sisters turns up missing. No word on when or how the film will be released but for the first time I'm going to go ahead and say I think a Ti West movie sounds interesting. Now who wants a hug?
Sean S. Cunningham, the fella who directed the original "Friday the 13th", has dropped word that he expects a new F13 film to see the light of day sometime in 2015 if all goes according to plan. He also let out that the movie will not be a continuation of the 2009 remake but will in fact be a new story. I don't know if that's good or bad but I suppose it's best to keep positive right? Seriously, someone hug me. I just want to be loved.
6 year old Kennedi Clements has landed the role of Madison in the upcoming "Poltergeist" remake. For those of you keeping score at home this is the Carol Anne role from the original movie. So ya know, good luck sleeping at night for the rest of your life Kennedi. Also, what are your parents doing letting you read this website?