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ACC Team Previews: Clemson TigersPosted by KCarpenter on October 24th, 2012
Throughout the preseason, the ACC microsite will release a preview for each of the 12 teams. Today's victim: the Clemson Tigers.
Last season, the Clemson Tigers flirted with sneaking into the NCAA Tournament before wilting in the conference tournament. Brad Brownell's squad go off to a dubious start, losing home games to the likes of Coastal Carolina and the College of Charleston and continuing shaky play on the road by losing to Hawaii and Boston College. Yet something strange happened as the season went on: The Tigers notched victories against North Carolina State, Virginia, and Florida State, finishing the season on a fairly impressive 5-2 run. It would have taken an unlikely run to the ACC Tournament championship game, but Clemson was not as impossibly far from dancing as their 16-14 record (8-8 in conference) might indicate. The question remains, however, can the Tigers move forward?
The Tigers are going to welcome a whole raft of freshmen this season as Brownell tries to replenish the team's depleted ranks. The freshmen class consists of a wide range of fairly talented recruits, though no one player is heralded as a game-changing savior. Adonis Filer and Jordan Roper are capable point guards, but this year they will, barring a surprise, come off the bench, serving as a second string in the guard rotation. Similarly, Landry Nnoko and Josh Smith are gifted big men, but they will almost certainly start behind the veteran Clemson frontcourt. Finally Jaron Blossomgame might be the slowest to be integrated into the rotation on account of a broken leg that he suffered last spring. Blossomgame, however, might be able to help the Tigers the most. Though he is small for an ACC power forward at 6'7″, he may be able to offer support at the swingman position, where Clemson only fields one prototypical small forward in K.J. McDaniels.


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Big Ten move a defining one for Maryland president Loh: The University of Maryland's decision to move from the ACC in favor of the Big Ten is so large — fundamentally changing the portal through which many alumni and donors interact with the university — that it seems likely to define Wllace Loh's presidency, for better or worse.
Speed cameras catch government vehicles: More than 8,000 of the $40 automated speed camera tickets have been issued to vehicles owned by the state, Baltimore City and Baltimore County since 2009. City-owned vehicles that have been snapped by the speed cameras include trash trucks, school system buses and street sweepers.
Gaza shakes, bus explodes in Tel Aviv as Clinton seeks truce: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pursued a Gaza truce on Wednesday, with Israel and Hamas still at odds over key terms, as Israeli air strikes shook the enclave and a bomb exploded on a Tel Aviv bus.
Parent of city student charged with kidnapping son's classmate: The father of a Baltimore elementary school student is facing kidnapping charges after police said he locked his son's 11-year-old classmate in his car and drove around cursing at him.
Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo, leaves 'Sesame Street': Kevin Clash, the Baltimore-born puppeteer who was the voice behind Elmo, resigned Tuesday in the wake of a second allegation that he had sex with minors.
RAVENS: Ravens safety Ed Reed said that he was grateful that his one-game suspension for repeated violations of the rule prohibiting hits to the head and neck area of defenseless players was lifted Tuesday after his appeal.
ORIOLES: The Orioles traded veteran infielder Robert Andino to the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday in exchange for outfielder Trayvon Robinson.
TERPS: Despite missing a dozen 3-point shots and nearly as many free throws, the Terps defeated Lafayette, 83-74, Tuesday night at Comcast Center.
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Author Notes: It is not really a Jewish\Israeli high holiday without beef tongue. From very young age I liked the recipe my Bulgarian grandmother made for passover, specially for me. But I don't have that one. So for this year's high holidays I decided to create one of my own with an idea that came from my boyfriend's Moroccan grandma. Since Tongue really takes well lemony flavor, the artichokes and the capers really complement it well and make it lighter and very delicious. You have to try it even if you don't eat internal organs, it is so good and tender. —Cordelia
Serves: 8
Tongue Preparations
1 beef tongue (preferably not frozen)
1 big carrot
1 big onion (quartered)
2 bay leaf
8 Peppercorns
5 sprigs parsley
2 stocks of celery
2 teaspoons Turmeric
1/4 cup white vinegar
Water to cover the tongue
Cooking the Tongue in Gravy:
1.5 large yellow onion
3 cloves of garlic
6-8 filets of anchovies (or 2 tablespoons of anchovy paste)
1 bay leaf
2 tablespoons capers (in liquid)
1 pound frozen artichoke hearts (2 bags)
salt & pepper
2 cups of tongue poaching liquids
Tongue Preparations
- Put the tongue in a pan that can comfortably can fill it (slightly bended).
- Slice the carrot, onion and celery to big pieces and add to the pot.
- Add the rest of the ingredients to the pot.
- Cover everything with water, so the tongue is completely submerged in the water. Bring to a boil. Reduce the hit and simmer for about 1.5 hours.
- Take the tongue out and cool for a little while on a cutting board. When you can touch it with out burning your hands or scream, peel the outer skin of the tongue. If it does not peel very easily return the tongue to the pot and simmer for half an hour more.
- Once peeled, with a very sharp knife, cut the tongue to 1cm slices (widthwise, slices look like sort of rounds). Sieve the poaching liquids and discard the veggies, but keep the broth (you will need only part of it, you can freeze the rest as beef stock for another use).
Cooking the Tongue in Gravy:
- Cut the onion to cubes and sauté in a different wide and more shallow pot for about 15 min in medium hit. The onion should stay pale and translucent, caramelizing just slightly.
- Mince the garlic and the anchovies (if you do not use paste) add to pan together with anchovies. Sauté for a minute and add the capers and bay leaf.
- Add the sliced tongue (slices can overlap, but the best is to have it in one layer). Cover with poaching liquids, up to 2 cups and add salt and pepper. Bring to a boil reduce the hit and simmer for 30 mins.
- In the meantime thaw the artichokes hearts and add them to the pan. Bring to a boil, reduce the hit and simmer for another 20-30 min.
- If the sauce is too runny, you can simmer on high heat for 5-10 min just before serving.
- Very good for reheating as well.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Nose to Tail Recipe
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Expanding on Michael Mann's crime thriller, the videogame of Heat digs into the real world of thieves and cops. The game is designed to let players be the characters and live their lives as they come closer and closer to the date of a new heist. Both single-player and multiplayer cop-and-robber sequences are expected in first-person shooting perspectives, meaning that you can bet that this heist won't go exactly as planned...
NOTE: This game was announced in 2006, but exact release plans were never discussed before the game was put on hold years later. The game is no longer expected for release on any platform.
Release Region: United States
Release Date: Canceled
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: Canceled


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How Parents and the Public Look at Higher Education Today
Traditionally, the United States higher education system has been the envy of the world for its high quality, accessibility to millions of Americans, ability to train generations of skilled workers, and its contribution to creating the vast American middle class. Today, however, higher education is experiencing new pressures. A new generation of studentsincluding many minorities, children of recent immigrants, and middle-aged and older Americansis seeking access to colleges and universities. This is happening precisely when public funding for higher education seems more strained than ever. At the same time, other countries are ramping up their own higher education systems to compete in the global economy.
Recently, the Secretary of Educations Commission on the Future of Higher Education called for reforms such as greater accountability and productivity in higher education. This report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education and Public Agenda explores how the American public is thinking about higher education today. Are Americans pleased with the system as it exists, or are they looking for change? How is the system working from the publics point of view and from the point of view of parents whose children may soon be students?
To explore this question, Public Agenda, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that conducts opinion research on public policy issues, designed and fielded a random sample survey of 1,001 Americans, including oversamples of African-American and Hispanic[1] parents with children in high school. The project included five focus groups around the country and interviews with more than two dozen corporate, media, philanthropic, and legislative leaders. The study also examined a series of similar public surveys, going back to 1993, to see how the publics views have changed (or stayed the same) over time. See page 42 for a more detailed description of how the study was conducted, and visit publicagenda.org for full survey results. Funding for this research was provided by Lumina Foundation for Education as part of its Making Opportunity Affordable initiative.
The overall message from the public is mixed. People stress the importance of higher education and generally think colleges and universities are providing high quality education. Although most parents say that they will find a way to send their own children to college, there is widespread concern about the rising price of education. And it is clear that this growing concern about higher education is most troubling to many minority parents. There is no powerful call for change now, but the study also suggests some warning signs for higher education leadership. People are more critical of colleges and universities than in the past, but so far, the public thinks about higher education primarily from the perspective of the benefits it provides the individual consumer. In contrast to the growing leadership debatewhich is strongly captured in the leadership interviews conducted for this projectthe public has minimal understanding of the policy choices with which the country is beginning to wrestle.
Ten key findings emerged from the research, which we summarize here and present in more detail in the following pages:
Americans have stressed the importance of higher education in all of our surveys going back to 1993. Nearly all those interviewed (87 percent) believe that a college education improves job prospects. While people have emphasized the importance of higher education for years, the new research shows a steady increase in the percentage of people who stress that higher education is a career and social necessity. For many people, a college education is not just desirable but, in effect, the only path to a good job. A woman in Denver expressed a view we heard frequently: To me, its unfair to that person who is smart and qualified and cant go to college, because his door is closed where maybe another childs isnt. If you tell him he cant get a college education, youve almost handicapped him.
The public also voices satisfaction with the education that colleges and universities are delivering (although, as we will see later, there is some evidence that public satisfaction with the system as a whole is beginning to erode). Higher education consistently gets higher marks for quality than does education at public secondary schools. Although people are obviously concerned about costs, 67 percent believe that college is worth the money despite its expense. Today 66 percent say that colleges and universities are teaching students the important things they need to know, up from 53 percent who said this nine years ago.
This picture is darkened considerably by a nearly universal perception that the cost of education is rising dramatically. In fact, 59 percent of Americans say that higher education costs are going up as fast as or even faster than health care costs. There is also widespread concern about loans, with nearly 8 out of 10 people (78 percent) agreeing that students have to borrow too much money to pay for their college education.
Rising costs have caused widespread concern regarding the opportunity for a higher education. Today more than 6 out of 10 Americans (62 percent) believe that many qualified and motivated students do not have an opportunity to receive a higher education. Notably, their concerns are at their highest point since the recession of the early 90s, when many Americans feared that college was out of reach. Although the economy today is generally perceived as strong, more people than ever are worried about higher education opportunities. In other words, where college is perceived as more necessary than ever before, it is also perceived as less available.
In the publics mind, the problem falls differently on different sectors of the population. Sixty percent believe that the middle class is hardest hit by rising college bills since wealthy people can afford it and poor people may be eligible for financial aid. This finding is less surprising when we remember that hardly any Americans consider themselves either poor or wealthy (92 percent think of themselves as middle class or working class).[2] Nor does this mean that people necessarily believe that opportunity is greater for poor people. In focus groups, respondents told us that many poor people cannot take advantage of the financial aid that is available because they lack the information, mentorship, or support necessary to go to college. Many also point out that academically qualified poor people are sometimes hampered by demanding external problems, such as the need to work to support their families, concerns about childcare, and lack of self-confidence.
Considering the importance of a college education, Americans broad concerns about cost, and the growing sense that higher education may not be available to all, one might assume that the issue would be at the top of the publics policy agenda. This has not been true historically, however. One reason for this finding may be the existence of pressure valves in the system, that ease the publics sense of anxiety. One major factor that reduces the urgency is that most Americans continue to believe that, despite rising prices, it is still possible for anyone who really wants to go to college to do so. Eighty-six percent believe that those who really want a college education can get one if they are willing to make sacrifices such as going part-time, living with parents, and working. The obstacles may be higher than ever, but there is still a faith that people who really want an education can overcome them if they try hard enough. Indeed, many people believe that having to make more sacrifices to get a higher education may actually benefit the student. Another pressure releaser is the publics view that a good education in college is more about how much effort students put into their studies than what kind of school they attend. Some experts and leaders may see strong distinctions between the educational opportunities at a two-year versus a four-year institution, but most of the public does not. Seven in 10 Americans (71 percent) believe that students at a two-year community college can learn just as much as they would in their first two years at a four-year college or university.
Parents of high school students are even more likely than the public as a whole to think that college is necessary. More than three-quarters of parents (76 percent) say that they are worried about being able to pay for college. At the moment, however, the vast majority say that their oldest high school age child will go to college and that they will find a way to pay for it. In other words, although people are clearly worried, they still think that college is possible for their own children. But as we will see later, parents are increasingly questioning whether they are getting their moneys worth.
Anxiety about higher education is more widespread among minority parents. Even African-American and Hispanic parents from more financially comfortable households show heightened concerns compared to their white counterparts. Earlier Public Agenda studies show that minority students have similar attitudesthese young adults were more likely than young whites to doubt whether a qualified student could find financial aid and many reported they were not able to attend their first-choice college because of cost.
Despite the pressure valves and the generally positive attitudes people still have about the quality of education that colleges and universities provide, there are some important warning signs of growing public discontent with the system. Fifty-two percent of Americans agree that colleges are like a business, caring mostly about their own bottom line, rather than educational values; 44 percent say that waste and mismanagement are very important factors in driving up college costs, with an additional 37 percent saying they are somewhat important. Almost half of those surveyed (48 percent) believe that their states public college and university system needs to be fundamentally overhauled. A return to the conditions of the early 1990s (tough economic times combined with rapidly escalating college prices) might push the publics criticisms to much higher levels.
An emerging debate in the leadership community concerns the relationship among higher education cost, quality, and access. Many higher education leaders see these factors as balanced against each other, and fear that efforts to increase access (without substantially more resources) will come at the expense of quality. Some higher education critics, by contrast, feel that greater efficiencies can make it possible for colleges and universities to educate more people, with available resources, and without compromising quality. The public, for its part, has little knowledge or understanding of the issues at stake; indeed, only a tiny fraction understand even the basics of higher education financing. But the publics first instincts appear to side with the critics. The public is committed to quality in higher education, but unlike higher education leaders, they dont see a tradeoff among quality, access, and cost. Over half (56 percent) say colleges could spend a lot less and still maintain excellence.
The public clearly has not thought much about higher education policy issues, and leaders from government, business, and the nonprofit sector have rarely tried to engage typical Americans on these issues. As a result, people tend to think about the issues only as they affect individual students. In this research, we asked the public to engage with some higher education policy choices. Not surprisingly, since most Americans believe that community colleges provide equal educational quality, they support the idea of making greater use of them to hold down college costs (68 percent). The public is also attracted to the idea of making more efficient use of college facilities by having classes on nights and weekends and utilizing the Internet (supported by 67 percent). The public also likes the idea of having students take more college-level courses in high school (56 percent). But not all changes are acceptable. Less than a third support the idea of reducing the number of courses required for a degree so that people can graduate in fewer than four years (supported by only 30 percent). Roughly the same number (31 percent) backs the idea of consolidating programs even though students might have to travel farther to study their chosen field. In other words, the public does not see any reason to make serious tradeoffs and is only receptive to choices that dont seem to have negative impact on quality or access.
To help us understand the broader context, Public Agenda interviewed 26 leaders, mostly from the government, media, foundations, and corporate sector. While this small group by no means constitutes a representative sample of leadership opinion, a number of interesting themes emerged, which we illustrate in this report with representative quotations. Like the public, the leaders we interviewed stressed the importance of higher education, but typically, they focused on its benefits to society over and above the benefits for the individual consumer. As a group, the leaders were also much more critical of higher education, and a number of them felt that colleges and universities had lost touch with their most fundamental mission of education.
While there was broad support for reform (much more so than what we found among the public), there was no consistent theme on the direction that reform should take. The leaders from state government were more unified in their views, calling for greater accountability and productivity from their state higher education institutions.
A record number of Americans now say a college education is necessary for success in the workplace and the vast majority say costs should not prevent qualified students from attending.


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By Julie van der Poel [1] Oct 21, 2013 0 [2]
A Bump in the Road
I've heard it said before that aging out of free and appropriate public education is a lot like getting an initial diagnosis of autism all over again. When your son or daughter with autism leaves the protection of the school system, there's an abyss before you. And yes, it's a very similar feeling to when you received the first professional evaluation that officially says "something is wrong." There's a lot of hand wringing and desperate need to take action without knowing what action to take. It feels almost as if someone has dumped a bucket of ice water over your head. (But definitely not in the celebratory, "We just became World Champions and we're going to Disney World!" sort of way.)
As if facing life for Cameron after high school hasn't been stressful enough, I've recently had a fresh bucket of ice water dumped on me. Cameron's instructor from this summer's driver education course recommended he participate in a driver readiness screening before we schedule any behind-the-wheel lessons. Based on his behavior in the classroom, she had concerns about Cameron's ability to handle everything he would need to process while driving. I had been giving Cameron driving lessons in a parking lot, and while I knew it would be a long process to get him to a competent driving level, I had no doubts that he would eventually get there. Realizing that the instructor had only known Cameron for a very short time, and that the classroom setting is very different from being behind the wheel, I felt confident that the screening process would be a mere formality. Boy was I wrong! When I sat down with the instructor for her review of the screening, I had emotions bubbling up that brought back the distinct 14-year-old memory of being told the amount of supports Cameron needed in an academic setting, and that the short bus would be coming for him to take him to special needs Pre-K.
There's nothing quite like having someone tell you your son isn't capable of doing something you're convinced he can do.
I received a six-page report as a result of the screening assessment. There were several areas of skill that were assessed, and the report contained many occurrences of phrases such as: "Cameron has poor skills in this area," "Cameron was not able to …," and "Cameron became anxious …" By the end of the review session, the instructor asked me if I felt Cameron was safe as a pedestrian crossing the street without assistance (!). Cameron and I left the meeting and I doubted nearly every instinct I had ever had when it comes to his upbringing. Were my visions regarding Cameron's capabilities and reality truly that far apart? How will this effect Cameron's self-confidence? Has this led him to doubt his abilities as well? The most proud I have ever seen Cameron was when he passed his learner's permit exam. I think we both convinced ourselves that the written exam would be the most difficult step in his obtaining a license. Now we're faced with the very real possibility that Cameron may never drive.
Not to worry. I haven't lost all hope. But that dousing of ice water certainly has my attention.


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The Saints weren't lying when they said cornerback Jabari Greer had a "significant" injury.
The Saints announced that Greer was placed on season-ending injured reserve today, and was replaced on the roster by defensive back Trevin Wade.
Wade was drafted in the seventh round of the 2012 draft by the Cardinals, and played 13 games with the Browns last year.
Greer went down during Sunday's win over the 49ers and was carted off, and it was clear he wasn't well from the initial reaction.
Losing a starting corner is a tough blow for a defense that was playing well beyond expectations. Corey White is expected to slide into the starting lineup, pushing the depth of a group that wasn't deep to begin with.


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How you react to James C. Wasson's infamous 1980 'Squatchsploitation flick Night of the Demon will depend largely upon a few key factors:
1. Whether your love for Bigfoot falls more heavily on the Monster Version side, or the Sasquatch: Friend of Nature side.
2. Your ability to forgive inept moviemaking and terrible acting in the name of wild, outre plot points and general icky enthusiasm.
3. How much you've had to drink.
If you're playing at home, metrics on items 2 and 3 should be SUBSTANTIAL.
We open with Professor Nugent (since he's not on first-name basis with anyone in the flick, hereafter I shall call him "Fred") regaining consciousness in a hospital. His lower face has been horribly mutilated (whether this occasioned a SHRIEK or not is unclear) so he wears an old-school Western Kerchief Mask as he warns the doctor and the aptly named Inspector Slack about the evil what still lurks in them there woods: "There's is a demon...a creature!" And apparently, IT'S HUNGRY FOR FACES.
We now flashback to Professor Fred's college course, where he's lecturing to a packed house about cryptozoology--specifically, the multiple Bigfoot sightings reported in the area over the years. As he spins an anecdotal tale we're treated to the first of MANY flashbacks within the larger flashback, this one dealing with the tragedy of one family's ill-fated camping trip. Out of nowhere the Bigfoot attacks, ripping the arm off the dad and treating us to some nice butcher shop-based gore FX. The short-armed father figure falls to the ground, and the blood flows in a red river from his meaty stump across the dirt, where it slowly fills up a deep Bigfoot footprint as the credits begin! Nice!
Unfortunately that's one of the few directorial flourishes we'll see in this flick, since apart from some Dutch Tilts here and there the camera work is fairly unimaginative. What's not unimaginative is the script when it comes to blood-soaked Bigfoot mayhem--the writer had so much of it banging around his braincase, we're barely back in Professor Nugent's class before the teacher says, "Another young girl saw her boyfriend brutally murdered..." and we're off into another flashback!
The girl in question doesn't look all that young--she actually looks more like Flo from Mel's Diner--but she and her unattractive boyfriend engage in a lot of gratuitous groping and nipple-nibbling in their van out in the deep dark woods. It's not long before Sasquatch has had enough of all this soft-porn crap and pulls the screaming boyfriend out, ripping his throat and washing the windshield in thick arterial spray. The girl screams and screams...and screams again...and just when you wish Bigfoot would finish the job and shut her up already, we're back in the present-day of the *original* flashback to begin our story proper.
the Nuge and a select group of his grad students are going on a cryptozoological expedition to get to the bottom of all this bloody Bigfoot business, despite Fred's wife's misgivings and the university's withdrawal of its sanction. With his group of emotively challenged thirtysomething college kids, the Prof hires a boat and takes it downriver to Carlson's landing, seeking the one man who has seen the creature and lived.
Now's as good a place as any to talk about a few of the many shortcomings of this way-below-indie production. First of all, it's really hard to imagine the acting being any worse. The actors all sound like they're being overdubbed by a cut-rate Eurotrash dubbing team, even though they're not. If Professor Nugent has more than one facial expression, I didn't see it. And his aged college students are all pretty much interchangeable in their bland, talent-free screen presence. Old Man Carlson's makeup consists of baby powder in his hair and a gray-greased moustache. Throw in the aforementioned static camera and some truly slapdash editing, and you'd think the situation would be pretty dire.
But on the other side of the cinematic balance scales, the movie has INSANE BIGFOOT ACTION TO SPARE. In the next Nuge-narrated flashback, a young man sleeping alone under the stars awakens in the morning to find Sasquatch looming over him. Before the boy can scream, Bigfoot picks up the feet-end of the sleeping bag and twirls it around his head like David taking aim on Goliath! The boy screams, and Bigfoot throws him at a stack of old broken branches, where his victim is impaled upside down! Never mind the fact there's no way Nuge could *possibly* know exactly what happened to the lone murder victim, let alone whether Bigfoot was responsible--that's AWESOME.
I WANT TO BELIEVE aspect of many Bigfoot-search enthusiasts. No matter what happened, no matter how unlikely, "It HAD to be Bigfoot!" Gorilla suits in freezers? Obviously a government cover-up. Sasquatch Scat turns out to be identical to bear poo? Well, they have the same diet, don't they? It's kind of like Fox Mulder and aliens. Except, you know--not.
When the group finally convinces the crotchety old Carlson to open up via bribery--always pack extra booze and cigs on your Bigfoot hunts, kids--we learn that there's more to fear out in these woods than just the Big Guy. Turns out there used to be a crazy old preacher who lived deep in the forest, and taught his backwoods congregation that the creature was a Demon from Hell. When the creature raped the preacher's daughter and the holy man himself was immolated under mysterious circumstances, the now-at-loose-ends congregation decided that Sasquatch was not a demon, but a GOD. Now they roam the forest in their long robes, bearing torches, performing fertility rituals on the preacher's still-living daughter in praise of their hairy, stinky deity.
Yes, you read that right: a BIGFOOT SEX CULT.
Even though they don't do enough with that frankly jaw-dropping plot idea, the writers are still to be applauded for it, I think. Oh, and when the students catch up with the preacher's daughter (now known sensitively as Crazy Wanda), they learn via hypnotism and another flashback that she not only unwillingly learned the wonders of Stink Ape Love (Lengthy Sasquatch Sex scene? Why, of COURSE there is!), but also bore Bigfoot's love child, which unfortunately died soon after. So Godfoot now hangs around her cabin, either looking for his only begotten son or else hoping for some more sweet human nookie.
So eventually the Big Guy lays seige to Crazy Wanda's cabin, trapping our group inside Night of the Living Dead style, and it ends up about as well as you'd think. But the plot, inventive as it is, isn't really the point here--the point is showing as many wild Bigfoot kills as possible, and the filmmakers wisely decide to throw caution and restraint to the winds where these are concerned. Via the always-handy unsubstantiated flashback, we learn the following from the Nuge about the hairy adversary:
The filmmakers actually do well to keep Bigfoot in the shadows most of the movie, showing only his arms, legs, or hairy back, letting the viewers' imaginations take care of the rest. But when the Big Guy lays siege to the cabin at the end and bursts into full view, you finally understand why he's so insane--it's because he's not Bigfoot at all, but THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR!
Night of the Demon, for me, is perhaps the definition of a "so bad it's good" Mad Movie--inept, poorly acted, and technically questionable on just about every level, it muscles on through the joy barrier by sheer force of insanity and misdirected enthusiasm. And the copious gore scenes really aren't that bad--certainly not the worst I've seen, whatever faint praise that might be.
Still, rating it presents a bit of a problem, as your mileage will DEFINITELY vary depending on your love for cinematic badness and your willingness to short-circuit your taste receptors and bask in the Bigfooty goodness. Still, even for those who won't share the love, it's definitely worth seeing if only to say you have. Therefore I'm settling on a 2 Thumb, give-it-a-look rating. Whatever your reaction, I guarantee you've never seen Bigfoot like this, before or since.
And that is probably a good thing.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Night of the Demon (1980): or, The Legend of the Rape Ape
Posted by The Vicar of VHS at 8:16 AM
Labels: '80s, 2-3 thumbs, Bigfoot, Monsters Amok, Simian Sex Scene
8 comments:
- Tenebrous Kate said...
Oh wow--amazing write-up of one of my guiltiest of rapey-bigfoot-related pleasures! This one's hard to match on a scale of sheer WTF'ery. The ineptitude, IMHO, only helps plead its case. Great work--I'm giggling out loud over here :)
Word verification: anismism, which I can only assume is a misspelled version of bum-related ancestor worship.
- February 24, 2009 at 9:47 AM
- The Duke of DVD said...
I am simply agog. A rapist, ninja Bigfoot. Knife-wielding Girl Scouts. Stealthy wiener tearings. A truly MAD movie, indeed, dearest Vicar. Bravo to you, sir, for bringing this movie to our collective attentions. I shall acquire it post haste.
- February 24, 2009 at 10:10 AM
- Darius Whiteplume said...
A hunger for faeces?
Oh, sorry, archaic spelling :-)
Nice writeup. Maybe a bottle of cheap scotch on a night the wife is away could make this one happen :-)
- February 24, 2009 at 10:14 AM
- Knarf Black XIV said...
Every movie needs recursive flashbacks.
- February 24, 2009 at 10:17 AM
- The Vicar of VHS said...
Empress--I *thought* you might be familiar with this one. Glad to hear I'm staying in good-standing with the Empire with this appreciation! ;)
Duke--sadly this has all but vanished from mass circulation (talk about MIA on DVD!), but since the Vicarage's Tribute is coming due in a fortnight, maybe I'll slip this in along with the gilded crucifixes and gelded altarboys.
Darius--a coprophagous cryptid is about the only thing they DIDN'T throw in here! If you can get a hold of this, it simply must be watched.
Knarf Black XIV: Welcome! I was thinking at one point during NotD that they might go into a flashback which flashed back to the beginning of the original flashback, thus creating a space-time anomaly a la Army of Darkness and sucking Bigfoot back to medieval times. I can only assume that were saving that for the sequel. ;)
- February 24, 2009 at 10:23 AM
- Knarf Black XIV said...
I'd put that on my Netflix queue.
Reminds me of the "twist ending" to Nightmare City
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- May 16, 2010 at 10:42 AM
- venoms5 said...
I finally got around to watching this one about three weeks ago. I recall coming across it in an old horror book I had from the celebrated author of all things distasteful, the late Chas. Balun. His description of a "pissed off Yeti" was branded into my head.
The movie is definitely bad, but ambitious. The flashbacks within flashbacks was funny and also the guy telling the story whose face is burned far worse at the end than what we see while he's in the hospital bed.
I'd say this is the best of the Bigfeet flicks....which isn't saying a whole lot.
I did get a good laugh when you referenced the creature to that joke of a wrestler, the ultimate warrior.
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This strange creature came about through the Creators Project, a globe-hopping initiative from Intel and Vice that supports artists working through technology. The initiative has been around since 2010, but the Facebook 3D-printable figures project just started this year.
The 3D-printable Facebook project can take three different forms. There's Monster Me, which turns out a little monster. There's Crystallized, which interprets your social data as a pretty crystalline form. There's also Astroverb, which turns out a personalized visual horoscope. These are all pretty abstract concepts. Given the choice, I had to go with the monster.
The design process is pretty straightforward. The online design engine connects to your Facebook profile. For the monster, your birthday determines the shape and color. It generates a little virtual monster in a weird online world. You can populate the space with virtual buildings and little monster friends.
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The whole experience was a bit of a head-scratcher. I'm not sure what I was supposed to be doing with the little online world my monster was in. The resulting figurine is kind of cute in a blobular way, though I wonder how my Facebook profile translates into blood dripping from teeth. Was it something I said in a status update?
Despite the oddity of it all, it's cool to know my monster was generated by Sticky Monster Lab, a creative studio in Korea I would never have known about otherwise. I also like the idea of being able to hold a physical embodiment of my Facebook profile.
Like my monster, Facebook is a bit strange and a bit messy. Perhaps this weird blood-drooling creature really is the perfect vision of my Facebook life.
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Description: Final Guidelines
The guidance attached to this bulletin continues to apply to federal savings associations.
The purpose of this bulletin is to alert you to the joint-agency issuance of the attached final "Guidelines Establishing Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information" and to highlight provisions of these guidelines. The guidelines are mandated by Section 501 of the Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act of 1999 (GLBA), and are effective July 1, 2001. The guidelines affect all national banks, federal branches and federal agencies of foreign banks, and any subsidiaries of such entities (except brokers, dealers, persons providing insurance, investment companies, and investment advisors).1 The guidelines describe the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's (OCC's) expectations for the creation, implementation, and maintenance of a comprehensive information security program.
Section 501 of the GLBA requires the OCC and other federal banking agencies to establish appropriate standards for the administrative, technical, and physical safeguards for customers' "nonpublic personal information." The OCC has done so by issuing guidelines that require each national bank to establish an information security program.
A bank's information security program must be designed to ensure the security and confidentiality of customer information, protect against any anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of such information, and protect against unauthorized access to or use of such information that would result in substantial harm or inconvenience to any customer.
Because the guidelines codify existing agency guidance, banks should already have existing information security programs that identify and control risks to information and information systems. While the guidelines cover only "customer information" as that term is defined, the OCC encourages banks to use the approach provided by the Guidelines to protect all customer and bank records.
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The guidelines allow each institution the discretion to design an information security program that suits its particular size and complexity and the nature and scope of its activities. The guidelines take a process-based approach that is consistent with OCC guidance, notably OCC Bulletin 98-3 ("Technology Risk Management"), issued February 4, 1998; and OCC Bulletin 2000-14 ("Infrastructure Threats -- Intrusion Risks"), issued May 15, 2000.
Role of the Board of Directors. The board of directors or an appropriate committee of the board is responsible for approving the bank's written information security program and overseeing the program's development, implementation, and maintenance, including assigning responsibility for its implementation. At least once a year, bank management should report to the board or an appropriate committee of the board on the overall status of the information security program and the bank's compliance with the guidelines.
Identify and Assess Risk. The bank should first assess risks to its customer information. A bank's risk assessment should identify reasonably foreseeable internal and external threats that could result in unauthorized disclosure, misuse, alteration, or destruction of customer information or customer information systems. Additionally, the risk assessment should consider the likelihood and potential damage of these threats, taking into consideration the sensitivity of customer information. Finally, the assessment should consider the sufficiency of existing policies, procedures, customer information systems, and other arrangements intended to control the risks identified.
Manage and Control of Risk. The bank should design an information security program to control the identified risks, commensurate with the sensitivity of the information and the complexity and scope of the bank's activities. The guidelines highlight eight security measures that banks should consider and adopt if appropriate.
The information security program also should include training for bank staff and regular testing of the key controls, systems, and procedures. The nature and frequency of the tests should be determined by the bank's risk assessment. To ensure objectivity, tests should be conducted or reviewed by third parties or staff who are independent of those who develop or maintain the security programs.
Adjust the Program. Risks to customer information change over time with changes in technology, the sensitivity of customer information, internal or external threats to information, and the bank's own business arrangements, such as mergers and acquisitions, alliances and joint ventures, outsourcing arrangements, and changes to customer information systems. Therefore, banks should monitor, evaluate, and adjust, as appropriate, their information security program. The OCC expects banks to make the appropriate changes to their information security programs before any bank-initiated changes are made to their customer information systems, such as changes to accommodate new services.
Implement the Guidelines. The guidelines are effective on July 1, 2001. However, there is a two-year grandfathering provision for service provider contracts. Existing service provider contracts (namely, contracts entered into until March 5, 2001) do not have to be renegotiated to comply with the Guidelines until July 1, 2003.
For further information, contact Bank Information Technology Division at (202) 649-6340.
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Mussels in Apple Cider
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Serves 4 as a starter or a light meal
1 kg fresh, live mussels
3 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp butter
50 g shallots, finely chopped
2 to 3 garlic cloves, finely sliced
1 large Granny Smith apple, peeled and cut into 1 cm cubes
1 lemon
300 ml (about 1 1/4 of a cup) dry French cider (we used Cidre Brut de Normandie)
1 tsp fresh thyme leaves
Clean the mussels carefully under cold running water. Throw away any mussels that are broken or that don't close when tapped gently.
Heat oil and butter in a large wide saucepan. Add shallots and garlic and sauté gently, stirring all the time, for about a minute.
Add apple cubes and cook for another minute or two.
Add cider, the grated lemon peel and lemon juice and thyme. Bring to the boil (NB! no need to season with salt).
Now add the cleaned mussels, shake the saucepan a few times and cover with a lid. Cook for about 2 minutes, then shake the mussels again. Cook for another 2-3 minutes, until all mussels have opened (throw away the few stubborn ones).
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Boots are running a 3 for 2 offer across all cosmetics right now so I decided to take advantage of that. I initially just wanted the Essie polish in Bordeaux but I decided to pick up another tube of the Rimmel Fix & Perfect primer because it's one of the best primers I've tried and I'm just working through other samples at the moment. I've heard so many good things about the Maybelline Forever Strong polishes so I picked one up in the shade Rosy Sand. I thought it would be a nice warmer toned alternative to Chanel Particuliere. I'm wearing it just now and I have to say, it applied beautifully. I'm not entirely sure I like the colour though.
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Besides interrupting in 2 secs, everything else is plain button mashing?
Thanks, that were news to me.
I wonder, how can one bring down Sindragosa with just "button-mashing"...
There are plenty of interesting fights which are fun and quite interesting.
This turns it into pure reaction game - like on consoles.
If i wanna play Tekken or Mortal Kombat i use console, i don't want wow to turn into this kind of game.
I just hope tanking will not turn into "he did sommersault in the air above his target shooting simultaneously from both guns" kind of game...
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Author: L.A. Kornetsky
Series: #1 in the Gin & Tonic series
Review Copy Provided by Galley Books via Edelweiss
Ginny Mallard and her shar-pei, Georgie, are about to run out of kibble and cash, unless she digs up another client for her private concierge business. So she heads to her neighborhood Seattle bar, Mary's, to sniff out an opportunity. Or a gimlet or two. The bartender, Teddy Tonica, is usually good for a round of challenging banter, and Georgie is oddly fond of his bar cat, Mistress Penny.
Before she can say "bottoms up," Ginny lands a job tracking down some important business papers that have gone missing—along with the customer's uncle. If Ginny hopes to track him down, she'll need more than her research skills: she'll need a partner with people skills—like Tonica.
This is one dangerous case that's about to go to the dogs—unless man, woman, cat, and canine can work together as one very unconventional crime-solving team.
I'll be the first to admit that I am both a cat and a dog person – and have not only 3 dogs, but 2 cats in my home (yes, I might be slightly insane…) – so when I came across the ARC for Collared on Edelweiss, I was intrigued. I wasn't sure if it was going to fall into the Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown kind of theme – which I didn't really enjoy (maybe because I picked up book 5 in the series…but that is a story for another day). I like it when dogs act as dogs, and cats as cats (as stand-offish as that might be) rather than animorphizing them – so when I was first introduced to not only Penny (the cat) and Georgie (the dog), I was happy to see that their parts were told through their eyes and what they observed. I do think that the author managed the nail the character of the cat (the no one is their owner) kind of feeling without going too overboard.
Then there were the humans, Virginia "Ginny" the personal concierge and Tommy Tonica, the local bartender (yeah, don't laugh too much that was really his name…ok, well, laugh some, I know that I did when he was first introduced). But then, at the same time, I have come to expect slightly cheesy names in cozy mysteries and this was definitely one of those. Overall, I don't have too many complaints about how the mystery panned out – as with any cozy mystery I have read in the past, there were a few times that I wanted to slap by Ginny and Tommy upside the head (a la Gibbs style) for something dumb that they hadn't done, or the fact that calling the cops, never seems to show up on someones radar…I mean, hello….but the ending was satisfactory and I have to admit that I am curious as to where this series might go in the future…are they going to open up their own PI business? Will Tommy keep tending bar? and why the heck is he so secretive about his past…what is he hiding?
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The recipe was so simple I immediatly baked them. As she mentioned in her post I added some sugar to the berries before mixing as mine was very sour.But the muffin tasted really good with no trace of the sourness.
The next one was a Strawberry spring cake from Asha's Foodie's hope.
This recipe was already book marked by me when she posted it last month, waiting for some neglected strawberries, and so baked that wonderful soft cake the next day.
Note : I used whole wheat flour completly for this recipe, and somehow my batter become a little thin , but my muffins came out just fine.
Sending these Muffins and Cake to 'The Strawberry Feast' hosted by Happy Cook at 'My Kitchen Treasures'


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Do you guys check your air filter when you change oil? or only when the indicators show red? I am sure that it all depends of the type of driving you do, most of my miles are highway but I live in the country and I have to drive about a mile on gravel and the bus stirs up alot of dirt as you guys know. Is it a good idea to blow out the element periodicly' or replace it yearly? what do you guys suggest? Thanks for any thoughts. John.
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I let the yellow/red air filter gauge in the engine compartment be my guide, but it seems I can go 3 years or so without having to change (about 5,000 -7,000 miles per year on 99% paved roads). H.T.H.
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I also have an AMGeneral. Hopefully you're air restriction indicator on you air cleaner is working. It is the best way to find out. With the high up right side air intake the AMGenerals have, that will allow you more miles then the lower intake on GMC's. I can tell when my air filter needs replacing-get a bit more smoke then I should.
DO NOT BLOW OUT YOUR AIR FILTER ELEMENT!! Blowing out the "dust" can create micro holes in the paper element allowing dust and dirt into your engine. Considering the air filter element is about $85.00, just replace it-it is a whole lot cheaper then an engine overhaul. Good Luck, TomC
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Shaking or brushing off external dust won't hurt anything (if you're careful to not damage the element) -- but it doesn't really gain you much in most conditions. If it's that dirty, it probably needs changing; the suction gauge is your best friend.
Blowing a filter with compressed air (either on the front or from the inside out) is very likely to damage the filter. Not a good idea.
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Filter minders are a joke 1/2 don't work and the other 1/2 is probably not the correct setting for the air intake for the model of engine just check the filter about every 6 months
We always blew the air cleaners with air 20 lbs max on equipment every day some time 2 or 3 times a day it was in the service manual I have no idea when Donaldson started with the no air thing
If I still owned the heavy equipment they would be blown out with air, changing a 200 dollar air filter twice a day would not be a option or in the budget I never had a engine failure because of a air filter
The oil was changed every 250 hrs along with a new air filters inner and outer
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Thanks for the info, I decided to pickup a new filter this morning cost me 53 bucks very cheap insurance, I am still running on the same filter that was in the bus when I bought it 2 -1/2 years ago, this will give me a fresh start. thanks again, John.
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My bus uses a Baldwin PA-2818 (inside a canister). Napa wanted $60+ for their equivalent "Gold" filter. I found it on line from "Filter Products Co", Tuscon AZ for less than $20 plus ~$8 shipping. Arrived in a couple of days, perfect.
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No filter minder on my 5A, like Clifford i have seen them on heavy equipment that don't work. I have four filters, Napa 2126, usually about $49 each. I wait and get them during their Gold Filter sale in the spring. Found a receipt for 2010 and they were $11.28 each. I change them every spring when i do the oil and other service before heading out for the summer. Been putting on about 5000 miles a year for the last 6 years or so.....that will probably change this next year as we are free to travel more now.
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All this talk of $20 filters makes me wince! Mine cost about $140. That's the price to pay for having the largest size of ECO-BC filter. Because none existed anywhere, Racor made it to order for me at their factory in Modesto, so at least it wasn't sitting on a shelf for ten years getting dried out. After I replaced it last December I noticed the engine now has more power, and the turbo spools up quicker and sound louder. I think the old filter was more clogged than it appeared.
I have also changed the access cover over the filter - I can now easily look down into it to check it's not split or torn, which the old filter was beginning to do. Remember, if the filter's split and letting unfiltered air through, the Filter Minder gauge will still read as if it's OK. A thorough internal visual check every now and then may possibly prevent a dusted engine.
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i got one of the big Wix cans for an air filter. Napa and O'reilly's at $120. i replaced mine because it was over 6 yrs. old and fuel is more expensive than air, so a clean air filter should enable less fuel, more horses? Anyway, i changed them all out. water, air, oil, fuel, tranny. but the air wasn't showing bad or looking bad, and no black smoke unless i'd been idling too much.
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Routine in logging and construction to blow them out. I have done it for 40 years without any problems and we did it for years when I owned a bus co. Since we overhauled our own engines we knew exactly what was going on inside them and never had a dusted engine; I am talking the 2 strokes, the S60's never needed overhauling, lol. Kinda suspect the filter manufacturers were practicing self preservation by banning no blow out but what do I know.
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Yep we use low air and just blow them from the inside out. It works.
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Some filters are better quality than others. I use an Eco disposable one. It is about $150. Once in a while I take it out and hook up the shop vac to the intake with duct tape and blow it out with compressed air from the inside out. Just don't put the nozzle right up against it. I get lots of dust out of it. I cut an old one open once just to see. I was amazed at the high quality. It is very strong and well made. You'd have to go at it with a screw driver to put holes in it. I replace it a lot less often since I moved the air intake up high on the side of the bus. I also gave up on the vacuum gauge when it started not reading right. I can tell when the filter is getting clogged by the smoke out the exhaust pipe and diminishing power when driving it.
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It was always such a silly guessing game as to when to change the filter- especially being that an overly dusty Burningman event could trash a brand new filter in less than an hour....or not.... so I finally installed a simple "inches of water" vacuum gauge on the dash, hooked it in just before the turbo's inlet, and watched it for a few trips.
Turns out that if it ever hits 2 inches of water vacuum, I risk sucking the rubber turbo inlet hose flat (twice now), and obviously that's a little late in the game to change the filter.
So my cutoff is 1.5 inches of water vacuum... if it hits that under any circumstance, the next stop is a filter change. Never had a problem since!
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When I checked my air filter last year it had a thin layer of mud coating the inside. I'm not sure if it was restricting things too much as I noticed no difference after replacing it. That filter had probably four trips to the Black Rock desert on it and the Minnesota humidity probably created the mud.
I had one heck of a time get the filter housing closed after opening it. I would be hesitant to check on a regular basis due to that. Is there some trick to closing a Donaldson filter housing?
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A Fuzzy Peach location in Shelby?
It�s coming, according to a local business owner.
Dean Brown, owner of the Short Stop located at the corner of Cherryville Road and Marion Street, is revamping the location to install a Fuzzy Peach Yogurt Bar.
�We�ve finalized a deal for a Fuzzy Peach Yogurt Shop here in Shelby,� Brown said.
A Fuzzy Peach location opened in Boiling Springs in May, but Brown said Shelby needed a frozen yogurt location of its own. SweetFrog frozen yogurt also has plans to bring a yogurt shop to Shelby, which the company announced in May, but a date for sweetFrog's opening has not yet been set.
For the past two years, Brown said he has been researching various yogurt franchises.
�I�ve been studying yogurt franchises and have met with four or five that I had narrowed it down to,� he said. �I was most impressed with Fuzzy Peach out of all the franchises.�
He said the aim is to bring a healthier option for dessert to Shelby residents.
�We currently have a Hershey�s Ice Cream in the Short Stop, but I�m very big on healthier items, and yogurt is something that is very popular. It�s a healthier option for everyone,� he said.
Brown said his plans for the location include a deck on the side of the building with tables and umbrellas.
�We will be very big in the community and with charities as well,� he said.
They will have different types of coffee and fresh healthy desserts in addition to yogurt, Brown said.
Work on the Fuzzy Peach starts in two weeks.
�We should start remodeling in about two weeks and hopefully we�ll be through somewhere between 6-8 weeks,� Brown said.
The goal is to open after the remodeling, possibly a few weeks into October.
�That�s what we�re shooting for,� he said.


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SUSSEX Cricket League Premier Division leaders East Grinstead increased their lead at the top to 24 points after a nine-wicket win at Cuckfield on Saturday.
Carl Cachopa and Ian Sturmer both took three wickets as Cuckfield were all out for 73. Fynn Hudson-Prentice then smashed 53 not out from only 39 balls as Grinstead got home in 11.5 overs.
Bexhill, who started the day second, dropped to fourth after a four-wicket defeat to Preston Nomads, who climbed to second with the win.
Dean Crawford top-scored with 84 as Bexhill were all out for 159. Tim Moses claimed 4-56 for Nomads and Carl Simon picked up 3-54. Nomads reached their target in 38.5 overs.
Roffey moved up a place to third and are 26 points off the top, with a game in hand, after a three-wicket victory in a high-scoring game at home to Eastbourne.
Eastbourne were all out for 278 as Mark Tomsett struck 78 and Callum Jackson scored 56. Ben Manenti led the way with 4-77 from 19 overs for Roffey, who reached their target in 50.1 overs.
Mike Norris hit 79 not out and George Fleming struck an unbeaten 52 as they shared an unbroken 69-run stand for the eighth wicket.
Horsham remain fifth after a 105-run win over Middleton.
Kevin Stoute hit 115 not out and John Burroughs struck 60 not out as Horsham posted 255-5, before Middleton were dismissed for 150. Will Beer took 4-49 and Michael Munday claimed 4-66.
In the other game in the division, Billingshurst defeated Brighton & Hove by five wickets.
Dhanushka Mitipolaarachchi claimed 5-26 to help bowl Brighton & Hove out for 183 in 41.3 overs. He then struck a run-a-ball unbeaten 92 to guide Billingshurst to victory in 35.4 overs.
Worthing moved into the Division 2 promotion places with a three-run win against leaders Lindfield.
Worthing were all out for 188 as Josh Wood struck 51 and Shane Felton finished 35 not out, after a 51-run stand with Jamie Piper (nine) for the last wicket. Max O'Dowd took 6-51 from 17 overs for Lindfield.
Simon Shivnarain struck 113 as Lindfield wrere all out for 185 in 49 overs. Benn Challen picked up 3-25 for Worthing, who now trail the leaders by 24 points.
Hastings dropped a place to third and are now ten points behind Worthing after a 49-run defeat at St James's Montefiore.
Adam Davies hit 55 in St James's 183 as Jed O'Brien claimed 6-42. Sam Rattle took 4-46 as Hastings were all out for 134 in 45.1 overs.
Three Bridges remain fourth after a nine-wicket victory against second-from-bottom Findon.
Harry Metters struck 77 and Glen Bridson hit 57 as Findon made 219-6 from their 53 overs.
Joseph Ludlow blasted an unbeaten 132 and Hugo Cowan made 64 not out as Bridges got home in 40.2 overs.
Ifield won by 33 runs at home to Ansty as they recovered from 105-8 to finish their 53 overs on 207-8. Pratik Patel hit 77 not out and Jigar Parkekh an unbeaten 32 as Jack Palser took 5-49.
Ansty were all out for 174 as Guru Kedarnath picked up 5-50.
Pagham were seven-wicket victors at home to bottom-of-the-table Crowhurst Park.
Clive Tong top-scored with 57 as Crowhurst were dismissed for 128. Justin Scott claimed 5-13 for Pagham, who got home in 31.2 overs. Joe Turner struck an unbeaten 50 and Michael Hales scored 46.
Runaway Division 3 leaders Bognor Regis won again, with a nine-wicket victory against Portslade.
Timothy Van Noort grabbed 5-25 as Portslade were all out for 104. Max Ashmore finished unbeaten on 51 as Bognor reached their target in 21.2 overs.
Second-placed Crawley Eagles opened up a 31-point gap over third-placed Burgess Hill after a two-wicket win at home to Rottingdean.
Thomas Elliott hit 102 in Rottingdean's 242-9 as Shanaz Abdul Raheem took 7-45.
Azam Riyard top-scored with 64 as Eagles reached their target in 46.2 overs.
Burgess Hill went down by 17 runs at Chichester, who were all out for 133.
Owain Jones took 7-28 as Steyning bowled bottom-of-the-table Glynde out for 87, before winning by six wickets.
Goring moved further clear of the relegation zone with a 48-run win over Haywards Heath.
Alex Maynard struck 99 in Goring's 245-8, before Haywards Heath were all out for 197.
Mayfield continue to lead the way in Division 4 after a six-wicket win over Keymer & Hassocks, who were bowled out for 72.
Second-placed Crawley won by seven wickets at Wisborough Green, who had scored 214.
Bottom-of-the-table Hellingly won by five wickets against Henfield, Slinfold won at Rye by two wickets and Southwater won by 86 runs at Stirlands, who were all out for just 43.
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
A 76-year-old Jewish man was arrested and questioned for the crime of reciting a brief blessing over a bottle of water while touring Jerusalem's Temple Mount on Sunday.
Israel National News reports that Yosef Hacohen was part of a group of religious Jews visiting the most holy site in Judaism when he began to feel ill. Being religious, he wanted to say a quiet blessing before drinking his water in hopes that both the prayer and the refreshment would help him feel better.
The Muslim watchmen who were trailing the group were having none of it, and immediately complained to nearby Israeli police officers that a Jew had dared to pray atop the Temple Mount, which is today occupied by two mosques.
The officers arrested the elderly Hacohen and another group member who had helped him recite the blessing and took them both in for questioning.
The group leader, Rabbi Menachem Shouraki, said other Muslim guards had been taunting the Jewish visitors prior to Hacohen's arrest. He noted that the Muslims seemed more agitated and hostile than usual, and attributed it to this week's Palestinian statehood bid at the UN. Shouraki believe's Hacohen's arrest was the result of the Israeli authorities trying to appease the Muslims in order to avoid an outbreak of violence.
Jerusalem's Temple Mount remains one of the only places on earth where a Jew is legally forbidden to pray, simply because he is a Jew (Christians are also forbidden to pray there). What makes that fact all the more despicable is that the Temple Mount is Judaism's holiest site.
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Things to do in Fairfield this weekend
A little music can help beat the winter doldrums and there's plenty of that -- and more -- going on in Fairfield this weekend. Here's a list to help get you started:
Local singer-songwriter Dylan Connor will take the stage at 7:45 p.m. Friday at the Fairfield Theatre Co., 70 Sanford St. Tickets are $22. Call 203-259-1036 or visit www.fairfieldtheatre.org
Hit the books, or rather, the book sale this weekend at the Pequot Library, 720 Pequot Ave. The Southport library's Mid-Winter Book Sale runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free. For more information, visit www.pequotlibrary.org or call 203-259-0346, ext. 19.
Fresh eggs, gourmet food and "Ye Olde Gift Shoppe" can be found Saturday at the Greenfield Hill Grange Winter Farmers Market, 1873 Hillside Road. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and admission is free.
Elvis -- or at least a reasonable facsimile -- is back in the building Saturday at the Fred Astaire Dance Studios, 3300 Post Road, from 7 to 11 p.m. For $20, you get Elvis impersonator Brian Martin, a swing dance lesson, refreshments and snacks. Call 203-254-8250 or email email@example.com for more information.
"Fairfield's Rockin' Top Ten," a new exhibit at the Fairfield Museum and History Center, 370 Beach Road, is now center stage. The exhibit showcases 10 famous Fairfield musicians in this the town's 375th anniversary, and is curated by Tom Tom Club and Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz. The museum is open Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students and seniors and free for members and children. Call 203-259-1598 or visit www.fairfieldhistory.org


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Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick's daughter will take part in the annual awards show in January
Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick's daughter, Sosie Bacon, has been named Miss Golden Globe 2014 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Sosie, 21, has worked in film and television alongside her parents, making her debut in the 2005 movie Loverboy, which her father directed. She also appeared with her mom in The Closer, playing the niece of Sedgwick's character, Brenda Leigh Johnson.
"As we all know, she comes from a very talented family and this gets us one degree closer to Kevin Bacon," said HFPA President Theo Kingma in announcing the selection at a party in West Hollywood co-hosted by InStyle magazine.
The annual title is traditionally given to the daughter (or son) of a celebrity, and their responsibility is to assist in handing out the awards. Past honorees include Melanie Griffith and her daughter Dakota Johnson, Laura Dern, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rumer Willis.
Michael J. Fox and Tracey Pollan's son, Sam, was Mr. Golden Globe this year, and was memorably mentioned by hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler in their opening monologue, when they warned Taylor Swift to stay away from the 24-year-old.
Sosie will share the stage with Hollywood movie and TV A-listers on Jan. 12, when the show airs on NBC at 8 p.m. ET.


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Developed by Other Ocean (the Nintendo DS version of Ultimate Mortal Kombat) in conjunction with NetherRealm studios, the Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection will include Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 2, and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 in their "original arcade state." Online play, leaderboards, achievements, and trophies have also been added to the old-school mix.
"We are very excited to finally have the first three Mortal Kombat games available in one download package for long-time and new fans to play," said franchise co-creator and NeatherRealm creative director, Ed Boon. "With the release of our 2011 Mortal Kombat, and its return to 2D game play, players have been asking for these classic titles and we are happy to deliver them."
Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection will be available on Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and as a Windows download for 800 Microsoft Points or $10.
Sharkey says: Very cool. And it's nice to see Warners isn't gouging fans. $10 is very reasonable for three classic games, particularly with online functionality. Fight! (Had to do it.)


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Dodgers honor Garvey with ceremonial first relay
LOS ANGELES -- About an hour before game time, Steve Garvey hinted that the ceremonial first pitch he was scheduled to throw was going to have an interesting twist.
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LOS ANGELES -- About an hour before game time, Steve Garvey hinted that the ceremonial first pitch he was scheduled to throw was going to have an interesting twist.
"Keep the cameras rolling," he said.View Full Game Coverage
The event began like most ceremonial first pitches. The scoreboard ran a short tribute video of Garvey's great moments as a Los Angeles Dodger, at which time the public-address announcer ran down the list of Garvey's finer moments: a 10-time All-Star, 1974 National League MVP, four-time consecutive Gold Glover and part of the longest-running infield tandem, spanning 8 1/2 seasons.
The crowd rose to give Garvey a standing ovation as he headed to the mound. Former teammate Steve Yeager, currently the Dodgers' catching coach, took his place behind the plate to catch the pitch. But then, there was an "interruption": Former first baseman Eric Karros, also wearing a Dodgers jersey, walked up to Garvey, wagged his finger and sent him to first base.
"Instead of a ceremonial first pitch, the Dodgers will pay tribute to first basemen by having the first ceremonial relay," the PA announcer bellowed.
Karros threw to Garvey, who then threw the ball back to Karros, who threw home to Yeager.
It was a fitting twist, given the Dodgers' willingness to think outside the box ever since the new ownership group took over a year and a half ago. Garvey, who has remained close to the organization, likes what he sees and is optimistic about where the franchise is headed.
"They made great strides," he said. "If you think about a year and a half of taking over the franchise in the middle of the season, and where it's come and what's been done, and there's a lot more to do. This is a layering, a renewal of a great franchise. It doesn't happen overnight or in one season or two. There's some good bones, so to speak, here at the stadium. New bones and some good foundations and roots with the organization as far as the players are concerned and talent."
Garvey, who got the crowd riled up by saying, "Welcome to the last game of the series," thought the Dodgers' decision to pitch Clayton Kershaw on short rest in Game 4 of the National League Division Series against the Braves was a "calculation, not done out of desperation."
Kershaw, Garvey said, is a special talent, and the Dodgers' best option in a clinching situation.
"There is a Plan B, and it's a pretty good plan B," Garvey said, referring to Zack Greinke being ready to pitch on full rest Wednesday should the Dodgers lose Game 4.
Since their spending and trading spree, the Dodgers have been heavily favored to not just get to the postseason, but to still be hanging around deep into October and perhaps even win the World Series. That's the one part about the Dodgers tradition the new ownership group doesn't want to mess with. Garvey was part of four World Series teams, and bringing back former players who were part of the franchise's glory years can serve as subtle reminder that history and tradition do matter.
Blending the two together -- new faces and ideas with the foundation that has made the Dodgers franchise one of the most storied in history -- hasn't been difficult, but there is precision involved.
"It's always a challenge, to really maintain this great tradition and not change the fundamentals that people want to come and see," Garvey said. "They add new things -- social media, the great digital scoreboards, subtle things that people in the new millennium feels comfortable with. They also like to see the old Dodgers, and the old footage, and the way the team wears the same uniforms.
"All these people all grew up with dads and moms bringing them to the stadium. Now they're bringing their families and their kids will bring theirs. That's what Dodger baseball's all about and that's what baseball's all about."
Alyson Footer is a national correspondent for MLB.com. Follow her on Twitter @alysonfooter.