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Noble High School's "Year of Caring" is well under way and providing faculty and students with opportunities to address problems and issues in their community and come up with solutions.
After the tragic death of a student in 2011, the members of the high school faculty decided that they needed to do something to let young people know that their community cares for them — they needed to let them know that "people need other people to help them," and that it's OK to reach out and ask for help.
The staff declared a "Week of Caring" at the high school. The week included a film festival of student-made videos and public service announcements that helped spread awareness about the resources that were available to teenagers who needed help. The event turned out to be a success — so much so that a "Week of Caring" did not feel like enough.
That's how this year's "Year of Caring" came to be.
The high school does not have a specific plan for this YOC but is focusing on identifying problems and helping students find solutions. The faculty wants students to know that help is available, and that they should not be afraid to find it.
Resiliency seems to be the theme for this "Year of Caring." Students with good friends who smile and have a positive attitude tend to be the most resilient, and the Noble community wants all students to feel this way.
The school held an art show as part of the "Year in Caring," and there also was a contest for the best photograph, painting and sculpture in the event. Students also held another film festival. Some teachers even have incorporated "Year of Caring" lessons into their classrooms.
Six members of the Lebanon Rescue Department started several hundred hours of classroom and clinical training on Saturday, Jan. 5, to become Maine-certified and nationally registered Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs).
Volunteers Donna Hoit, Teena Meserve, Danielle Rohloff, Roy Chabot, JT Harmon, and Mike Sabine have all started the training. The course is hands-on, and very interactive. Upon successful completion of the course, they will be able to take the state certification exam.
The EMT curriculum includes preparation for medical emergencies, trauma emergencies, pediatrics, obstetrics, EMS operations, and special patient populations, among other things.
The Maine Spinal Assessment Program is also included in the EMT-B curriculum. EMT-B students must also complete observational clinical time in the Hospital Emergency Department (ED) and an EMS agency "ride along."
After becoming certified, all medical personnel have to attend continuing education classes to relicense every few years.
We would like to thank these six volunteers for their hard work, and for the time they are taking away from their friends and families for this intensive training, which they are doing for the community, and we would like to wish them the best of luck!
As freezing temperatures continue, and road conditions are not always at their best, the Lebanon Rescue Department would like to remind everyone to drive safely and cautiously, as there have been many accidents lately.
The Lebanon Board of Selectmen will have a meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 15, at 6:30 p.m. at the Lebanon Town Office on Upper Guinea Road.
The meeting is open to the public.
Selectwoman Karen Gerrish will be holding constituency hours with York County Commissioner Sallie Chandler at the Lebanon Town Office on Saturday, Jan. 26, from 10 a.m. to noon.


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New intermediate slope, snow add to Snowflex excitement
The Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre has expanded, unveiling a new intermediate ski slope only three months after opening and just in time for Central Virginia's first snowfall of the season. Before the new slope, Snowflex users had to focus on making shorter turns and quick adjustments; now the additional terrain allows skiers and snowboarders to make wide and long turns — adding length to their ride and a more gradual descent down the mountain.
While Snowflex is a synthetic material that simulates natural snow and accommodates winter-sport enthusiasts year-round, the new intermediate slope happened to debut just before Lynchburg experienced more than a foot of snow on Dec. 19.
"With the snow we have pretty much turned into a regular ski resort," said Will Scheren, assistant manager of the Snowflex Centre. "We have received a great response from the public because you can spend the day skiing on fresh powder slopes at a rate more affordable than traditional ski resorts."
Liberty's facility is the first of its kind in the U.S. Snowflex slopes range from easy to difficult, challenging skiers and snowboarders at any level of expertise.
"If you can turn and stop, you can ride easily down the slopes," said Drew Sherwood, director of marketing for the Snowflex Centre. "We also have nursery slopes and instructors to teach beginners how to ski and enjoy our facilities."
This is the first expansion of the Snowflex facility since its opening in August, but Sherwood says it won't be the last.
"We definitely want to keep on growing," he said. "But for the time being, we are going to focus on maintaining and improving the operations of our current facility."
For now, skiers and snowboarders can enjoy the new slope which Scheren said also offers a great view of the city.
"The view is gorgeous from the top of the new slope," he said. "Everybody loves it!"
- For those interested in visiting the Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre during LU's winter break for students, daily hours of operation are 5-10 p.m. through Jan. 17. The Snowflex Centre will be closed on Christmas day.


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When the going gets tough, your coworkers can be the first to get on your last nerve. Whether it's due to on-the-job pressures, stress at home, familiarity or just proximity, when you're feeling hot under the collar, it's often your coworkers who wind up feeling the heat -- whether they actually deserve it or not. So the next time you're ready to explode because your cube neighbor did something that irritates you yet again, let these tips from business-harmony experts help you make peace rather than war. Rethink Conflict "What we think of as the usual way of resolving conflicts does not foster resolution," says ResolutionWorks founder Stewart Levine in his article "The Many Costs of Conflict," adapted from Getting to Resolution: Turning Conflict into Collaboration. "Unfortunately, the operative premise that someone will win and someone will lose produces all losers, no matter who thinks they won. The dispute-resolution machinery often fuels the fire of conflict and impedes resolution." Rather than throwing down the gauntlet next time you find yourself in coworker conflict, try to start a calm, productive dialogue, where you can collectively arrive at a situation that satisfies both parties. This way, you both come out winners. Address the Underlying Problem, Not the Latest Symptom The fact that the gal in the next cubicle just took another personal call when you need to meet with her is probably not really why you're so steamed. True, this is hardly considerate, and if it's a pattern, you may want to discuss it with her. However, it's rare one irritating act is the true source of conflict. "Most conflict-resolution conversations do not foster resolutions that address the underlying sources of conflict -- breakdowns in relationships," says Levine in his article. So consider what's really getting under your skin before you address your coworker. Exercise Emotional Intelligence "When emotionally upset, people cannot remember, attend, learn or make decisions clearly," says Daniel Goleman in Emotional Intelligence. These three applications of emotional intelligence can be helpful in productively resolving office conflict:
Manage Your Stress Our own pressures can make us short-tempered. "The workplace holds a plethora of anxiety producers," says Gloria Dunn, president of management-consulting company Wiser Ways to Work. She suggests the following strategies for regaining a sense of control and managing your stress level:
But the best way to avoid office drama is to refuse to engage in it. Nobody can cook up a full-scale conflict alone. If you can maintain a clear head, a good perspective on the issues, a sense of self-awareness and some compassion for your coworkers, you really can work in peace.


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Right now our planet is undergoing a quantum leap in consciousness which is calling into question the very fabric of any structure founded on a lower harmony. That's why our society is becoming so unstable.
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Leigh and Leslie Keno, who taught Americans how to love age-old layers of dirt (patina!) and hairy-paw mahogany feet, are suddenly smitten with the sleek chic of glass-clad furniture and lighting with an Italian accent. The Antiques Roadshow twins aren't turning their backs on Chippendale; they remain faithful to their quest for the best, whether it was designed 76 years ago by architects in Milan or 250 years ago by the famous cabinetmakers of Newport, Rhode Island.
"A room with classic architecture doesn't need another 12-arm chandelier," opines Leslie Keno, who is taking a break from his senior vice-presidential duties at Sotheby's to visit brother Leigh and check out his latest haul. "I'd much rather see a blend of the old with the new," he says while flipping through Christie's and Sotheby's auction catalogs, pointing out rock-glam chandeliers by Fontana Arte.
"Fontana Arte was expensive when first made; the craftsmanship is amazing," notes Leigh (right), who recently scored this low-slung coffee table by Fontana at Sollo Rago auction house in Lambertville, New Jersey. Flashes of gold leaf peek through the aquamarine glass top, but it was the chipped-ice-like edge and flat, primitive drawings by artist Duilio Barnabé (nicknamed "Dubé") that convinced Leigh to go the distance—$10,800.
The tabletop reminds Leslie of reverse-glass painting—"like the eglomise found on a banjo clock," he says, stroking the table's edge, which looks jagged but feels smooth. "I love the primitivism," adds Leigh, pointing to the stump-shaped legs and flat, outlined faces. "Dubé's paintings have sold for $25,000, and this painting on glass reflects his work on canvas."
Photo: Courtesy of Christie's
The Italian glass company became an artistic hothouse when Milanese architect Gio Ponti signed on as design director in 1931 and was soon joined by glassblower Pietro Chiesa. The creative spark ignited when the maestros combined old-world glassmaking techniques, for which the firm was well known, with daring Italian designs in a style known as Novecento.
"I've taken the leap," says Leigh, who recently shed a Regency desk for a lean, angular beauty by Ponti. "I'm interested in design that reflects the best of whatever period it was made."
Consider Fontana Arte's bold and bellissimo cocktail cabinet shown here. Crafted of pearwood and wrapped in blue glass, it went for $72,000 at Christie's in December 2006. When it was made in 1937, the cobalt cabinet with a mirrored interior and copper shelves won the Grand Prix at the International Exhibition in Paris. It's a virtuoso performance piece that fuses traditional cabinetmaking (bronze feet, wood-trimmed escutcheon, and carved legs) to modern glass.
Photo: Courtesy of Sotheby's
While Leigh's cocktail table was signed "Dubé," most creations by Fontana Arte were left unmarked. "Top-tier architects were commissioning custom pieces," explains New York dealer Brian Kish, who shows at the International Art and Design Fair in Manhattan. To sift through the avalanche of furnishings catalogued as Fontana that appear both online and in shops, Kish consults the Ponti archives, back issues of Domus magazine, Laura Falconi's book Fontana Arte 1932–1998, Roberto Aloi's L'arredamento Moderno (Modern Furnishings), and vintage Italian design magazines. "Sometimes there's a triangular label, but you can get a feel for the weight of the glass, which has a high lead content," notes Kish. "It's heavy to lift. And you have to train your eye to the repertoire of color. It's a particular green—verdigris green to cool aquamarine. There are also dusty grays, grayish pinks, and amber, straw colors."
Above, Shakespearean bronze busts decorate a pair of coat hooks by Fontana Arte. Sotheby's sold them for $11,306 (for four pairs).
Photo: Courtesy of Sotheby's
Another name Fontana fans prize is that of French designer Maurice Max–Ingrand (1908–1969), who joined the firm in 1954. The French connection explains why Fontana turns up at Paris flea markets. Shown here is a rare 1950s glass-and-brass chandelier with frosted spikes designed by Max-Ingrand.
Photo: Courtesy of Lost City Arts
A 1960s chipped-glass chandelier attributed to Fontana Arte; $6,500 (lostcityarts.com).
Photo: Courtesy of Mallet New York/London
A 1960s Fontana Arte chandelier with hand-cut lozenges (mallettantiques.com).
Photo: Courtesy of Orange 20th Century Design in Los Angeles
Glass-and-brass combos often indicate Fontana Arte design; check Ponti archives and back issues of Domus magazine. (Leslie Keno keeps an encyclopedic collection of Domus at bedside.)
Photo: Courtesy of Sotheby's
Where to Buy It
Visit Christie's and Sotheby's, where a pair of blue glass side tables (one shown here) sold for $140,900 in September. Also tap into wright20.com and ragoarts.com.
New York dealer Brian Kish is the go-to guy for Italian mods (briankish.com), and gallery owner Jim Elkind of Lost City Arts (lostcityarts.com) travels the world in search of 20th-century design so you won't have to. But to unleash a mother lode of Fontana Arte stashed at antiques shops around the country, try 1stdibs.com.
Kish warns that not all the Fontana Arte pieces on the market is vintage. "Fontana Arte is still in business and periodically reissues its great hits, just as Venini reissues [Carlo] Scarpa and Ponti." If you prefer early vintages, proceed with caution.
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>It was an appropriate honor, though, because the elder Pennekamp was a persistent force behind the formation of the park. It was Pennekamp who persuaded the prominent Crane and Shaw families to donate the land for the park, and it was Pennekamp who convinced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge South Sound Creek and the channel now known as the Bowling Alley. He helped Gov. Collins and Assistant Secretary of the Interior Ross Leffler coax the federal government into extending Florida state authority beyond the usual three-mile offshore limit; the limit was extended to the 60-foot isobaths, almost eight miles offshore.
>Pennekamp inspired other people, too, like Ellison Hardee, the first superintendent of the park who worked on the placement of the famous Christ of the Abyss statue. When the statue arrived in Florida in 1965, he had to haul it down from Ft. Lauderdale himself. Hardee, Assistant Superintendent Johnny Johnston and a staff of four rangers formed and poured the statue's layered-concrete base right there in the park. The slabs were then loaded on a barge for the trip out to Key Largo Dry Rocks.
>Since Hardee's tenure, a dozen or so superintendents have taken their turn at the park's helm over the years, including current superintendent Pat Wells. But the park caretakers have not worked alone; other important contributions have been made by people working in the background, including those who led a 15-year campaign to acquire vital lands adjacent to the park. Former district biologist Renate Skinner says, "Imagine a monkey farm on Rodriguez Key, high-density housing all along north Key Largo and huge marinas at Port Bougainville and Carysfort. Those were all in the plans." What travelers see instead are miles of pristine coastline preserving the park's water quality, thanks to Skinner and people like Greg Brock, then a lead staffer of the Conservation and Recreation Lands program.
>In 1972, the Eisenhower-era deal for extended-state jurisdiction fell apart, and the Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary was quickly designated to restore protection to Pennekamp's outer reefs. One of the first successes of the new state/federal partnership was the development of embedded-anchor mooring buoys by biologist John Halas. Halas' elegant mooring system dramatically reduced anchor damage to the fragile coral and made it easy for divers to access the best dive sites.
>Since it opened 50 years ago, almost 30 million people have visited Pennekamp Park. We keep coming with our masks and fins, our snorkels and tanks at a rate of nearly one million per year. John D. Pennekamp may have been proudest of defending freedom of the press, but his name lives on in Pennekamp Park.
>Pennekamp Anniversary Photo Gallery
>For More Information
>John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park
>NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
>History of the Park
>Pennekamp Park Turns 50
>© Alert Diver — Winter 2011


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The Nez Perce Trail Part II
Bloodshed at White Bird
During the month of May in 1877, General Howard of the U.S. Army ordered Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Tribe to move onto the established reservation within 30 days. The Nez Perce would be moving from lands where their people had lived for generations. Those lands now include parts of Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. The Indians were heartbroken and full of hatred for the white man and his army. (This is part two of the "Nez Perce Trail" that began in the March issue of this magazine.)
The first week of June in 1877, 800 Nez Perce people, including women and children, herded 2,000 horses across the Snake River at Dug Bar. They made their way to Tolo Lake in Idaho where they met with several other Nez Perce bands who were being forced onto the reservation. While the chiefs of those bands met to search for options, life within the camp proceeded as usual.
Earlier that year, an Indian called Eagle Robe had been killed by white men who wanted his land. Although the case went to a court, there had been no retribution and the men were set free. Eagle Robe's son, Wahlitits, was among those camped at Tolo Lake. As young men discussed their past and future, Wahlitits decided it was time to settle a score for his father's death. He convinced two other relatives to join him. They left camp on June 13.
When word reached the chiefs that Wahlitits and his friends had killed some settlers, they knew the army would be quick to respond. They packed up their camp and moved to White Bird. Along the way, young warriors within the band killed more settlers. The Nez Perce hatred for those who were taking their land was no longer contained.
On June 17, an army of 106 soldiers and 11 volunteer settlers under the command of General Perry approached the White Bird camp. Perry's assignment was to arrest those who were involved in killing the settlers and to escort the rest of them to the reservation.
The chiefs did not want to give up their sons and did not want to live on a reservation, but most of all, they did not want a war. They sent riders with white flags to meet the army. One of the volunteers with Perry, Arthur Chapman, had no intention of talking. He fired at the riders. The riders dropped the white flags and returned fire. That single shot from Chapman had eliminated all hope of a peaceful solution. The first battle began between the army and the Nez Perce. The army lost 36 soldiers that day. The Nez Perce lost none.
In those days, orders from the commander were communicated to the soldiers using a bugle. On this day, the Nez Perce first shots took out the buglers. General Perry had no way to communicate his battle plans to his army.
After gathering all the weapons left behind by the soldiers, the Indians crossed the Salmon River and attempted to put time and space between them and the pursuers they knew would come. Apparently, the Salmon River was quite a challenge to cross in those days, but the Indians knew where the safe crossings were. When General Howard arrived, he could see his prey on the other side but could not get to them.
The Nez Perce continued to use the Salmon River to keep their distance from the main army. They wiped out a scouting party of 12 soldiers in one battle and a party of 17 volunteers in another. While warriors moved around quickly drawing fire, the Nez Perce families crossed the Camas Prairie and began the flight that would eventually end in Montana.
4x4s in Nez Perce Country
Happy Jack and Lone Writer picked up the county road in White Bird. Unlike riders from the 1870s, they were traveling within the air-conditioned comfort of Nissan Xterras. With the windows up to keep the dust out and the AC on to keep the interiors cool, they enjoyed spectacular views of wide open Idaho country.
They were boldly going where they had never gone before. The county road crossed vast ranchlands. Along the way, they came across the ranch manager and his helper working on some fences. Both were very friendly and several minutes were spent sharing stories about the Nez Perce. The rancher told Happy Jack and Lone Writer where the county road ended and the private road began. He said he could not give permission to proceed onto the private road.
The 40 miles of county road ended at the entrance to a huge corral. A sign posted on the fence warned the road was private on the other side. The road back to White Bird does not follow the exact route used by the Nez Perce. They had no roads to follow and considered all the land to be their own private property.
There were plenty of scenic views from hilltops overlooking valleys and ravines. Rivers in the area are now controlled with dams. Some of the bridges are one lane wide providing a more primitive experience looking down on the water from both sides of the vehicle.
The town of White Bird is very small and has little to offer a traveler. Its single street has only one intersection providing two exits. One way goes to the highway and the other provides access to more open country including the White Bird Battleground.
The battleground has limited room for parking at the trailhead. The trail is for hikers only. There are numerous historic markers along the trail describing how the battle took place in the valley.
Fight and Flee
The Indians with the white flags approached the army a good distance away from the village. They expected their greeting would not go well and wanted to keep the fighting away from the women and children.
That first battle went well for the Nez Perce. Whether they purposely took out the buglers first or if it was just by chance is not known. In any case, doing so severely crippled General Perry's chance of forming a strategic attack and his army was slaughtered. His men were trained to fight as a team under his guidance. The Nez Perce fought as individuals with each warrior deciding his own best approach.
After that first battle, the Nez Perce knew they would be hunted by the army. The warriors in the band drew the attention of the soldiers by attacking them from every possible position. In the meantime, the women and children traveled across the Camas Prairie to put as much time and distance as possible away from their pursuers.
The book referenced below has many stories from the soldiers, the settlers, and the Nez Perce who lived through the battles. As with any war, there are tales of compassion as well as tales of brutal actions on all sides of the war. Join us next month as we proceed across the Lolo Trail to the bloody massacre at Big Hole.
Much of the information used in this story was obtained from a well-written guide book called, Following the Nez Perce Trail, written by Cheryl Wilfong.
Maps and other information were provided by the Nez Perce Trail Foundation: 194 Hwy 28, Salmon, ID 83467, (208) 940-0053. You are invited to join the foundation. Your membership fees help to support improvements to the trail.
The Xterra Pro-4X driven by Lone Writer is provided by Nissan. Tires are provided by BFGoodrich. GPS and mapping software is provided by DeLorme.
|Navigation: GPS Positions
|The GPS positions below begin at the end of the County Road at the corral. This is the closest point to Dug Bar that can be reached on the north side of the river. The /0 means to reset your trip meter.
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|Begin the trail at corral.
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|Stay right at both intersections.
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|Right turn on the switchback road.
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|Left fork.
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Monday, 19 December 2011
The Railway Hotel
5 comments:
- Jean said...
Way back in the early 6o's me and my friend Jackie used to drink in The Railway {underage} her brother Barry used to play in a group that practiced there, the group was called The Hobo's.
Remember Auntie Eric when he lived on Keswick Ave another character that has hit the dust.
This sight stirs a lot of memories. Thanks for them.
- Monday, 19 December, 2011
- Graham Boote said...
Hi Tom and the crew,
Not sure if my memory is playing tricks on me…….but!
I used to play for the Railway pool team after the National Reserve club at the bottom of Ridling Lane close down. Several of us went there and we played in the Hyde Pool League on a Monday night.
I am almost certain that the landlord at the time often used to frock up for a Friday night, and was a local oddity at the time. I also seem to remember that he had a really attractive daughter who sometimes used to talk to us in the pool room, which was the door on the right of the pub. Most of the time though, she was fairly aloof. Most women I met around those times most often were…..
My point though is this. I am sure that this was around 1980 – 1981….more like 1981. Not sure though, as time does play tricks on my memory.
Was the landlord called Brian???? That name rings a bell for some reason.
Anyhow, love the site and keep up the good work.
- Monday, 19 December, 2011
- Gerald (Hyde DP) said...
it is now One-Off Engineering
- Monday, 19 December, 2011
- Phil Hogan said...
The railway was renamed "The Ten Houses" and it was run by Transvestite Harry Bedoes and his wife Brenda in the late 80s probably 85-90, I used to work there as a bar cellar man and they were a very kind couple.when they left they moved to The Great Eastern in Ipswich and i went with them for a while with accomodation and a job before i moved back to Hyde.
- Monday, 04 August, 2014
it was open in 1990 as i met my now ex husband there ! so im sorry but it never closed down in the 80's
- Monday, 01 January, 2018


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Sept. 21, 2013) – Three ETSU women's soccer players have earned an opportunity that eludes most student athletes—the chance to represent their respective countries on a global stage.
Sophomore Sarah Zadrazil (St. Gilgen, Austria), the Atlantic Sun's reigning Freshman of the Year, will join ETSU teammate and freshman Jenny Pöltl (Steinberg-Dorfl, Austria) in competing for the Austria senior women's soccer team during its World Cup qualifying matches against Bulgaria (Sept. 21) and Finland (Sept. 25).
Freshman Thomai Vardali (Koufalia, Greece) will also be representing her homeland as part of the Greece U19 team in its UEFA qualifying matches against Denmark (Sept. 21), Ireland (Sept. 23), and Kazakhstan (Sept. 26).
"We are very proud of [Sarah] Zadrazil, [Jenny] Pöltl, and [Thomai] Vardali, as we are of all our players who have represented their country in international competition," ETSU head coach Adam Sayers said.
Over the past few years, ETSU players have enjoyed a wealth of international experience, competing for the national teams of Austria, England, Greece, Italy, and Wales.
"It's a great honor to join your national team and play for your country," Vardali said. "I'm very happy."
The opportunity for Zadrazil, Pöltl, and Vardali to represent their countries on a global stage also allows the players the chance to compete against some of the best competition in the world.
"It's a higher level, so I think you improve all the time when you play for your national team," Zadrazil said.
For Zadrazil and Pöltl, it will also serve as a chance to return home, if only for a few days.
"I am excited to go home to see my family and friends," Pöltl said.
Zadrazil, Pöltl, and the Austrian team will compete in Vöcklabruck, Austria before playing its second and final match in Turku, Finland. Vardali and the Greece U19 team will compete in Dublin, Ireland.
"They are obviously very talented players, and they work extremely hard in all we ask them to do here at ETSU," Sayers said. "They are very committed to the game, so certainly deserve their recognition and the honor of selection. We wish them well as they represent our team and university abroad, and look forward to welcoming them back soon."
Zadrazil, the Bucs' leading scorer this season, is excited about the opportunity to represent her country, but is also eager to return to ETSU as the team begins league play.
"I am looking forward to conference play," Zadrazil said. "We have a good team."
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That weird thin blob doesn't actually look anything like that, but the phenomenon known as gravitational lensing means that all the mass between that galaxy and us creates a weirdly distorted view. A NASA astronomer explains how this effect works:
The closer cluster's gravity will act like a huge lens, pulling images of the distant galaxy around the sides and greatly distorting them. This is just the case observed in the above recently released image from the CLASH survey with the Hubble Space Telescope. The cluster MACS J1206.2-0847 is composed of many galaxies and is lensing the image of a yellow-red background galaxy into the huge arc on the right. Careful inspection of the image will reveal at least several other lensed background galaxies — many appearing as elongated wisps. The foreground cluster can only create such smooth arcs if most of its mass is smoothly distributed dark matter — and therefore not concentrated in the cluster galaxies visible.
Analyzing the extent of gravitational lensing is also crucial to the study of dark matter — and as we found out earlier today, that's a subject that can take as much additional research as it can get. You can check out a larger view of these galaxies in the image on the left - click it to expand.
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- The Crisis and Beyond: Five years after the first rumblings in the U.S. mortgage market presaged the greatest global financial crisis since the 1930s, the global economy remains in distress
- Tracking the Global Recovery: Most emerging markets are doing fine, but most advanced economies are not and things seem unlikely to change
- Fixing the System: After a burst of effort to reform financial regulation widely perceived as contributing to the global crisis, the pace has slowed
- Trade Policy So Far So Good?: There was no widespread resort to protectionism during the global crisis but there have been recent moves in that direction
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Corn and soybeans sold off heavily on Friday after higher production estimates were released from Informa and FC Stone. December corn closed 11 ½ cents lower at $7.39 ½, January soybeans 33 ¼ cents lower $15.26 ¾, and December wheat down 4 cents at $8.64 ½.
Corn had a rather perfect storm of bearish news today to push us below the 100 day moving average for the first time since June 18th 2012. The Deutsche Bank roll started which consists of selling December 12 corn to buy December 13 corn. That spread was down as much as 12 ¾ cents today. We also had bearish private production estimates, poor weekly corn sales and very weak outside markets.
FC Stone released their estimates yesterday after the grain close. Informa released theirs today at 10:30am. Both estimates were considerably bearish and the market did not discount them. I have included the new estimates below in comparison to last month and to the current USDA estimates.
Along with the estimates we also had very weak outside markets forcing liquidation in grains. Crude oil was trading as much as 2.43 lower down to a low of $84.66. Silver was $1.30 lower, Dow Jones over 150 points lower, and the US Dollar was sharply higher. These are all signs of risk-off trading which is probably related to next week's election uncertainty, especially after a favorable jobs report today.
Weekly export sales were delayed until this morning. The results continue to flow in poor for corn, strong for soybeans, and as expected for wheat.
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The 5.5 foot by 4 foot work was commissioned by game retailer JJ Games. Samus alone is 5 feet tall! More pictures in the link below.
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Ariana Grande + Big Sean Caught Holding Hands at the 2014 MTV VMAs [VIDEO]by Maggie Malach | PopCrush
This certainly isn't helping those romance rumors! Word on the street is that Ariana Grande and Big Sean have begun dating, and backstage at the 2014 MTV VMAs last night (Aug. 24) the two were holding hands!
MTV's dressing room cam caught Ariana and Big Sean walking hand-in-hand down a hallway reportedly just moments after her 'Bang Bang' performance. The footage was aired in a clip right before a commercial break. (But you can check it out in the video above!)
In the clip, Ariana even makes a point to switch hands — without ever breaking contact with Big Sean — which makes the gesture seem pretty intentional. She's also totally glowing, but that can be credited toward her amazing 'Bang Bang' performance.
The pair have yet to confirm their relationship, but Ariana split from Jai Brooks earlier this month, while Big Sean and Naya Rivera called off their engagement back in April.
We think Ari and Sean are totally adorable together. (Seriously, how cute are they in that video?) Let's just hope they last longer than the last couple spotted holding hands at the MTV VMAs.
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Topic for debate: Universal Basic Income (UBI) is impossible.
I'd actually REALLY like to be wrong about this because I think UBI would solve a LOT of problems in America. I just don't see how you'd be able to do it.
Let's do the numbers first. Let's say you wanted to give UBI to saaaaaay 30% of Americans over the age of 18. The homeless. The people really struggling. Let's say you wanted to make it $1000.00 per month / $12,000.00 per year. Assuming that there's about 250 million Americans over the age of 18, the math works out to $900,000,000,000.00. Juuuuuust shy of a trillion dollars. For comparison, the 2017 budget was in the ballpark of 4 trillion.
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PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – UMBC softball's freshman pitcher Kelly Lane (Albany, N.Y./Colonie Central) tossed the Retrievers' first perfect game, as the rookie led UMBC to a 13-0 five inning victory in game two of a doubleheader against UMES. The Retrievers defeated the Hawks, 7-4, in game one on Saturday afternoon at Hawks Field.
"Kelly's fastball was explosive today," head coach Joe French said. "She had all her pitches working and never went to three balls on a batter. She pitched a dominating masterpiece."
Senior Chelsea Bertoglio (Laguna Hills, Calif./Laguna Hills/Saddleback College) finished with the day with seven RBI and two of her three hits going for extra bases. Junior Taylor Hall (Cosby, Va./Cosby) tallied five hits on six at bats on the day and added three runs batted in, while freshman Kaelin Jackson (Export, Pa./Franklin Regional) add four RBI.
The Retrievers' continue their best start since 2010 and match last season's win total with an 11-3 overall mark, while UMES falls to 2-14.
UMBC's offense continued where it left off last weekend, starting with two runs on three hits and a walk in the top of the first inning of game one. UMES strung together five straight hits in the bottom half of the inning to cut their deficit to one, 2-1.
The Retrievers' three-run third inning proved to be the difference in the matchup. Sophomore Bridget O'Malley (Brooklyn, Md./Seton Keough) and Hall each opened the third inning with singles and Bertoglio loaded the bases with a walk. Jackson took advantage, driving in a pair of runs on a double to center field and classmate Jaclyn Buckley (Voorhees, N.J./Eastern Camden Regional) added a sacrifice fly to extend the advantage to 5-1.
O'Malley and Bertoglio each doubled in the top of the fourth, helping to score a pair of unearned runs in the inning and giving the Retrievers a six-run lead, but UMBC gave back both runs in the bottom half of the frame, when the Hawks capitalized on a pair of errors.
The Retrievers surrendered another unearned run in the bottom of the seventh inning, but freshman Jessica Holte (Ashland, Va./Atlee) remained unbeaten with her seventh complete game victory. Holte allowed 11 hits, but surrendered just one earned run and struck out four batters.
The Retrievers started off game two in much of the same that it did game one, this time driving in five runs in the opening frame. Sophomore Danielle O'Neill (Lothian, Md./Southern) led off with a walk and Hall blasted her team-leading fourth home run of the season. Bertoglio drew a walk and following a wild pitch that put Bertoglio on second, senior Caitlin Chance (Easton, Md./Easton) drove her in with a double to give the Retrievers a three-run lead.
UMBC was not done yet, Jackson and Buckley each chipped in RBI-singles in the inning to extend the lead to 5-0.
O'Malley scored for the third time on the day in the second inning, when her bunt single was followed by a double to left center from junior Kathleen Sharp (Smithsburg, Md./Smithsburg). Bertoglio added in on the action, driving in a run with a single to left field, to add to the advantage, 7-0.
The Retrievers added six runs in the third, opening the frame with back-to-back singles from Lane and Buckley. O'Neill added her second hit of the day to load the bases and O'Malley's walk drove in the inning's first run. Hall added her second double of the contest to drive in two runs and Bertoglio took care of the rest, clearing the bases with a three-run blast.
Lane fanned 10 batters in the perfect game.
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-Taylor Hall moved into a tie for ninth place on UMBC's all-time home run list, with 19 for her career.


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Dusk had arrived, and I'd settled in for some serious people-watching at one of the many outdoor cafes lining the wide promenade of Dubrovnik's Old Town. Suddenly, my husband, J.W., grabbed me by the shoulders, swiveled me around and shouted, "Look, it's him, it's him."
He bolted from his chair, grabbed his camera and sprinted along the glossy limestone of the town's main walkway, already congested with people out for an evening stroll.
Within moments, he returned, beaming triumphantly as he showed me the photo he'd just shot. There was my husband, crouching next to the 4-foot-5-inch actor Peter Dinklage, one of the stars of HBO's "Game of Thrones." Later we would learn that the crew was in Dubrovnik shooting scenes for the third season of the medieval fantasy television series.
And what better location for the show's mythical towns than a seaside walled medieval city like Dubrovnik, its stone walls and fortresses well preserved since being erected largely between the 12th and 17th centuries.
While Croatia's Dalmatian coast has long been a favored destination among Europeans, its tourism industry took a heavy blow following the bitter breakup of Yugoslavia during the early 1990s war of independence. Only in recent years has it been rediscovered by American travelers — and even more recently by Hollywood.
Dubrovnik had a starring role last year in Season 8 of "The Bachelorette," which taped an episode there. And the stunning coastline was one of the stops for Ashley Judd's character in the now defunct ABC series "Missing" during her globe-trotting hunt for her kidnapped son.
Often referred to as the "jewel of the Adriatic," Dubrovnik was our first stop on a weeklong tour of the Dalmatian coast, organized by the England-based tour company The Wayfarers. Our meals and lodging, mostly in higher-end waterfront hotels, were included, as was all transportation within Croatia.
While heavy on hiking through forested and seaside trails, our journey also included a number of boat rides that ferried us to charming island towns and rural outposts heavily dependent on summer tourists. In between long hikes and more leisurely walks that averaged five to eight miles a day, we dined with locals who warmly greeted us with homemade brandies, flavored with figs and walnuts, and served us fish caught the same day.
We visited still operating salt flats dating back to Roman times (I'm now seasoning my home-cooked food with salt crystals I purchased from a vendor). And we clambered up to the top of a medieval-era defensive stone wall that is the second largest such wall in the world, right after the Great Wall of China.
In many ways the Croatian coastline — just across the Adriatic from Italy — is reminiscent of the Mediterranean, its seaside homes, with their orange-tiled roofs, hugging the hillsides and olive trees and vineyards growing along the slopes overlooking the sea.
Old Dubrovnik
You can venture into the more remote island villages where the residents still live off the land, or soak up the cosmopolitan, old-world feel of Dubrovnik, which The New York Times has likened to the "St. Tropez of the Balkans." Ancient history is everywhere, even in Split, Croatia's second most populous city, dominated by a sprawling Roman-era palace.
Before embarking on our group tour, J.W. and I explored on our own Dubrovnik's Old Town, an area completely free of vehicular traffic, which became an issue for us when the airport bus dropped us off at the walled city's main gate. Laden down as we were with multiple pieces of baggage, we were saved when the landlord of our apartment, after several desperate phone calls, sent us a "luggage boy" to help us navigate the 1,000-foot-long main street leading to our lodging.
While it's relatively easy to see much of Dubrovnik in a day, two days are even better, allowing you time for a ferry excursion to the nearby island of Lokrum (also a filming location for "Game of Thrones") and a ride on the recently renovated cable car that transports visitors to a mountaintop affording magnificent views of the city and surrounding sea.
A stroll up and down the cobblestone-lined Stradun, bookended by the two town gates, Pile and Ploce, offers a quick introduction to Old Town's sights, from the domed Onofrio's fountain that was a source of water during the Middle Ages to the Sponza Palace, a meld of Renaissance and Venetian Gothic architecture from the 16th century that at one time was the customs office. It now houses archives of the city and a memorial honoring those who lost their lives defending Dubrovnik in the early War of Independence.
In Dubrovnik as in the rest of coastal Croatia, you'll see amid the beauty reminders of the bitter war: roofs and building facades pockmarked by bullets, dated structures whose owners have yet to restore and modernize them.
The best vantage point for capturing a sense of the old city is a walk along the city walls, one of the first things we did when we joined our Wayfarers group of five fellow travelers. While we had a dedicated guide throughout our tour, for the walk along the walls we were led by a local guide, Luka, whose boyish good looks and blond hair made him a dead ringer for a Southern California surfer.
We climbed the 70 steps to the top of the 1¼-mile-long town wall, which offers terrific vistas of the azure waters of the Adriatic and the nearby stone fortresses. But there are also snapshots of everyday life: drying laundry, a community garden, a small group of schoolchildren playing soccer.
Coastal trek
Earlier that day, we had eased into the daily regimen of hiking (broken up by juice and snack breaks and hearty, often lavish lunches) with a walk through smaller villages south of Dubrovnik, eventually making our way to the seaside town of Cavtat, just 12 miles away.
It is like many of the coastal and island towns that see their populations triple and quadruple during the high summer season when the cruise ships disgorge thousands of passengers at ports along the Adriatic.
Our path to Cavtat was an extremely rocky one. Looking down was a must, lest you stumble. One side of the trail was bordered by merlot vineyards, the other by olive groves. Tall, slender Mediterranean pines and cypress trees shaded the way as we coped with the unseasonably warm, humid weather.
As we headed toward the sea, our guide, Ante Batarelo, originally from Australia, pointed out the hillsides where there are now just a few vineyards. In years past, the slopes would have been blanketed with vines and olive trees. But since the 1960s, the land has been gradually subdivided into smaller parcels as the area moved from agriculture to tourism, responsible for 20 percent of Croatia's economy; the percentage is even larger for the Dalmatian coast, situated on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea.
When we visited during the very end of September, the heavy tourist season was just ending, and a sleepy charm inhabited Cavtat, a relief from the crowded Dubrovnik waterfront. A few boats were gliding across the harbor; a terrace restaurant was half empty.
One of my favorite days was a trek on the island of Brac, Croatia's third largest island. We were led by Ivana, a local, plain-spoken guide who at times seemed almost contemptuous of the tourists. ("I like when summer is over," she told me. "We have the beach to ourselves. I can pick my own spot, no tourists.")
As we sweated our way up one of the more challenging ascents, she quizzed us on the herbs growing along our path. She'd pluck from the ground sprigs of fragrant myrtle, oregano, sage and rosemary, rubbing them between her fingers to release the scent.
Unfortunately, there remain large parts of the landscape that are charred, the result of a 2011 fire that ravaged the western part of the island, destroying the pine forest, vineyards and olive groves.
"From a stupid tourist grilling something," Ivana sniffed.
Lunch was at a local tavern in Sutivan, where we'd been told the chef employs a rather odd cooking technique. Sure enough, we watched him as he stoked the coals of the oven with an electric hair dryer.
That evening, at our waterfront hotel in the island town of Postira (at the time situated not so ideally next to a sardine factory), we slept soundly, soothed by the lullaby of waves gently lapping at the stones.
That was fortunate, girding us as it did for a morning trek from the uppermost peak on Brac, down a steep gorge to the now abandoned 16th century Glagolitic Monastery. Established by Glagolitic monks who fled to Brac to escape the Turks in 1551, the monastery gradually evolved over the centuries as the gorge was planted with vineyard, olive groves, and lavender and bee hives.
We were disappointed to learn that the caretaker wasn't there when we arrived, but Ante described for us the monastery's elaborate collection of ceramics, muskets, a piano, a telescope and Venetian paintings.
While unfortunate, it wasn't nearly as big a disappointment as what occurred in the small airport in Split, where we ended our Dalmatian journey. As we passed through security, I watched, horrified, as one of the agents tossed into the garbage two plastic bottles filled with the homemade brandies I'd purchased from one of our luncheon hosts but had forgotten to put in my checked baggage.
Well, what better excuse for a return visit to the enchanting Dalmatian coast?
If you go
Getting there: A number of airlines fly to Croatia, including American, Lufthansa and Austrian, in combination with Croatia Airlines.
Tours and lodging: An all-inclusive package is a more convenient option, although the higher-end walking tours offered by companies like The Wayfarers, Backroads and Classic Journeys can be pricey. A weeklong tour is around $4,200 per person, including meals, lodging, transportation in Croatia and tour guides. To learn more about the Wayfarers tour, go to its website. Ante Batarelo, our tour guide, offers custom tours via his website, at privateguidesincroatia.com.


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for the online store (Version: October 2018)
§ 1 Definitions
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§ 4 Cancellation Policy
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§ 7 Warranty
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§ 13 Liability
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SET is a brand of the Oui Gruppe GmbH & Co. KG.
Product sales on our website www.set-fashion.com (hereinafter "the website") are governed by the following General Terms and Conditions. The products offered on the website are sold directly by the Oui Gruppe GmbH & Co. KG (hereinafter "Oui Group").
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confirmation of order, usually within three working days following
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offer to buy.
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The Oui Group is only liable for gross or basic negligence in the case
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amount of predictable, typically arising damages.
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David Cronenberg seems to get off on showing close-up shots of gruesome things like people getting their faces blown off with a shot-gun (re: A History of Violence). In a world where beheadings make the news at least two or three times a year, showing two separate scenes of people getting their throats slit is unnecessary. That's one aspect of Cronenberg's style I could do without. If you don't like that kind of thing, just close your eyes for the few seconds when it happens, because the rest of the movie is excellent and well-worth watching.
Eastern Promises tells the story of a doctor, Naomi Watts, who delivers a baby from a woman who works in a brothel. The mother dies and the doctor tries to track down the baby's family and subsequently gets tangled up with the Russian Mafia — and those guys don't fool around. Viggo Mortensen, as one of the Russian henchmen, has sympathy for her and tells her to go home and forget about it. But she doesn't. And from there on in it's, Oh, jesus, what the hell's going to happen now? I was surprised at the emotional and moral complexity of the film. Eastern Promises is a thriller with a conscience, and the best I've seen from Cronenberg.


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Use these free jokes to make a card set. Find how-to steps for cards and other projects throughout the Paper Crafts web site.
Front: What did the calculator say to the ruler?
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Inside: For tocking too much!
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'The Hobbit' Countdown: More Casting Updates, and Peter Jackson Unveils a Brand New Character
Larry D. Curtis, as part of the team at TheOneRing.net, has been comprehensively covering the works and adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien for more than a decade, making the not-for-profit site the leading source about The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings for fans and film makers world wide. Curtis represents the site at conventions and events around the US including the San Diego Comic-Con. You can read his The Hobbit Countdown here at Movies.com every other Monday.
Peter Jackson has always understood how the popularization of the internet changed film. Since the beginning of his pre-production on The Lord of the Rings he was available to fans, sometimes against the wishes of studios, as he included potential ticket buyers into the process of film production.
With Facebook covering all of web land and growing into every demographic possible, Jackson has seized that new platform to remove the big and sometimes slow publicity machine studios have in place and instead speaks right at fans.
After a series of leaks last week (genuine loose tongues or a planned information release to Deadline?) confirmed Benedict Cumberbatch as the dragon Smaug and Luke Evans as Bard The Bowman, Jackson took matters into his own hands on his own keyboard Monday morning to announce two more significant roles.
Evangeline Lilly, Kate of Lost fame, will play the role of a character definitely not in Tolkien's cannon. Yes, one of The Fellowship from LOTR, Dominic Monaghan (Merry), will see his former girlfriend play a female wood elf, a relative of Legolas' in all probability. How significant of a part Jackson isn't saying, but with such a name actress it is difficult to imagine it as a small walk-on.
Jackson posted:
"Evangeline Lilly will be playing a new character—the Woodland Elf, Tauriel. Her name means 'daughter of Mirkwood' and, beyond that, we must leave you guessing! (No, there is no romantic connection to Legolas.)"
Well, that last part is a relief of course. An added Legolas romance would be a nightmare so Jackson headed that bit of speculation off at the pass, but readers doing a head scratch and not remembering Tauriel might be horrified to know there never was such an elf. In fact, The Hobbit, as penned by Tolkien, didn't contain any female characters at all. The adaptation that will greatly enhance the conflict between goblins and dwarves and delve into some of Tolkien's lore regarding Gandalf's pals on the White Council, which includes the female Elf Galadriel, will no doubt contain more women.
Making the scope of the film more epic and less a band-of-brothers-in-a-road-trip movie is acceptable but inventing significant characters and risky casting decisions will definitely set off alarms for many who knew Middle-earth long before it was a LOTR Burger King tie-in toy.
No doubt Jackson has earned a free pass from many fans and is more likely to get a benefit of the doubt from others, but still others will wonder why the writing team (which includes Guillermo del Toro, Phillipa Boyens and Fran Walsh) felt it was important to insert characters into a film with a significant cast already.
Some are speculating on TheOneRing.net's message boards (or at least wondering) if this is the same character as the previously rumored Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones) "Itaril" role. If it is the same role with a new name, the production should be credited for using a moniker in line with Tolkien's invented Elvish rather than one that sounds like a writing team made it up!
If both roles are in play, it could mean more than invented characters in established Hobbit settings. Instead it could involve a minor Elvish subplot. Either way, it sounds like Jackson wanted to establish and explain the colony of Elves that Bilbo and the Dwarves encounter in the forests of Mirkwood. In print, the forest dwellers act as jailors and antagonists to the Dwarves until Bilbo engineers an escape from merciless clutches. They next appear near the climax of the episodic book to get involved in the Battle of Five Armies.
While that works fine in a children's book, keeping the intelligent and Middle-earth-loving race on the sidelines until they are suddenly needed may feel like a cinematic deus ex machina, giving the hopeless Dwarves a chance to overcome the orc masses that threaten to win the species war permanently.
So Legolas may gain a sister, but whatever Lilly does in the films, expect extra scrutiny.
Also announced by Jackson, the very talented Barry Humphries will take on the role of the larger-than-life Goblin King "in much the way Andy Serkis created Gollum." These two films will be filled with goblins, it seems, but Humphries will have the chance to create a memorable villain.
Jackson glossed over two news bits on Facebook that are certainly among the most pivotal supporting roles in the film.
Deadline.com finally confirmed last week, after weeks of speculation, that Cumberbatch was voicing the iconic dragon Smaug. Many thought -- and place me in that camp -- that Cumberbatch was going to be Bard, the excellent archer of Laketown. But, after Martin Freeman let slip in an interview that his Sherlock Holmes mate was part of the production, nobody doubted that Holmes and Watch would share a Middle-earth scene together.
The actor on the rise (and no that isn't a stage name) does have some impressive pipes. He has a voice that has a depth and resonance without being freakishly low. More importantly, he not only has a nice instrument, he knows how to use it. He is adept at voices and is something of a mimic. One great sample available on YouTube is the young Brit imitating Alan Rickman singing Elton John's A Candle In The Wind.
Word is out that Cumberbatch will not only voice Smaug, but do motion-capture for the dragon as well. A series of terrible talking dragons litters the wasteland of bad fantasy films, but this particular 'great worm' has a critical scene with Bilbo. It will be amusing on some level to hear the pair of BBC detectives trade barbed wit around a treasure hoard inside The Lonely Mountain, but hopefully that will be the last thing on viewers' minds as the scene initially unspools at the cinema.
Also alarming is that Cumberbatch will be voicing the Necromancer. Why Jackson insists on one actor for two voice parts is difficult to figure.
Luke Evans (pictured right), although his career is still new, is no stranger to genre films. He played Apollo in Clash of the Titans and will show up soon in this year's Immortals and The Three Musketeers. He is Welsh and a veteran of the stage. Rumors suggest the role was inexplicibly passed on around Hollywood, including by Clive Owen.
The role of Bard seems to have "star maker" written all over it and Evans may be to this two-film journey what Viggo Mortensen was to LOTR.
Speaking of, if you didn't get or take the chance to see the extended edition of Fellowship of the Ring in theaters across the U.S. last Tuesday, don't miss the chance this week to catch The Two Towers this week. Fathom events put the one-time only, consecutive screenings together but also was kind enough to feature a pre-film bumper for TheOneRing.net.
But the best reason to go see the re-mastered and color corrected extended edition films in theaters again is because these movies hold up and were meant to be viewed in theaters. Jackson recorded a message for the audience saying as much but while I may not watch the films nearly as often as some fans, they still had tremendous power to move me and the appreciative audience I was with. With almost 500 locations running TTT on Tuesday, it is likely one will be playing near you.
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In other words, what are you doing to change the world? What are you doing to make a difference? What things have you done to contribute to a more environmentally sound, a more socially acceptable, and a more economically viable planet? In the context of "world," this could pertain to your home, your community, your University, your town, your region or your planet at large.
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