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After much discussion the Holmes County Board of County Commissioners decided to tighten the requirements for waste disposal franchises in Holmes County, during their Jan. 14 meeting, to include that if any of the requirements are violated then the violating franchise could have there franchise agreement with the county revoked.
BONIFAY � After much discussion the Holmes County Board of County Commissioners decided to tighten the requirements for waste disposal franchises in Holmes County, during their Jan. 14 meeting, to include that if any of the requirements are violated then the violating franchise could have there franchise agreement with the county revoked.
�We�ve been having issues with unsightly and unkempt sites,� said Commissioner Bill Parish. �Trash is being built up and scattered. Some locations just aren�t kept well.�
Chair Monty Merchant also added that anyone without the proper insurance should have their franchise agreement pulled immediately.
�Once again, this is yet another issue that I brought up the last time these franchise agreements were discussed,� said Commissioner Kenneth Williams. �We need to quit kicking this can down the road.�
Merchant assured Williams that this would be the last time these matters would be discussed.
�Well, the can has been picked up and no further down the road will it go,� said Merchant.
Board agreed to have County Attorney Jeff Goodman put in the contract that any violations could lead to their franchise agreement to be pulled.
Board was informed that Roger Williams, Director of the Holmes County Building Department would be out for a few weeks due to health issues and Board approved allowing his secretary serve as a substitute and that a current secretary for the board will serve as a substitute for the secretary.
Board approved of the Letter of Resignation by their Director of Special Projects with a vote of 4 to 1, with Williams voting �no.�
Board also approved of advertising for the position for Director of Special Projects for a week in house.
Board approved of purchasing three, six by 30 foot culverts for County Road 65 in the amount of $12,091.50.
�It�s an expensive fix but it�s what we�ve got to have,� said Williams.
Board approved appointing Commissioner David Whitaker to represent the Board on the Tri-County Community Board.
Board approved of the Holmes County Recycling Center advertising for a full-time position as well as increase the rate of pay to $11.03 per hour, with a vote of 4 to 1, with Merchant voting �no.�
�It�s going well, but we�ve seen it when it was not going well,� said Merchant. �Will you prefer cutting pay or letting people go?�
Manager Ann Payne said she preferred letting people go to cutting pay.
Board approved of Goodman�s drafted Limited Right of Entry agreement for hunters wanting to cross onto county property to retrieve game.
�It�s my recommendation that anyone who wants to come onto our property to retrieve game should sign this first,� said Goodman. �This is a waiver for them and it covers the county.�
Board approved of Goodman�s drafted Farmers� Market Lease agreement for renting out the open market near the Holmes County Agricultural Center.
�It�s a 30-day lease with the ability to expand month-to-month with a $500 security deposit, with rent set at $400 a month and a late fee for each day past dead-line,� said Goodman.
Goodman informed the Board that the resolution for the Road Name Change Requirements would be ready to be presented on the agenda of the next meeting.
�My concern lies with the economically disadvantaged,� said Parish. �If someone manages to meet the requirements with 80 percent of landowners agreeing and 20 percent disagreeing, which doesn�t include renters, then it�s possible that the economically disadvantaged will incur charges that are associated with address changes.�
Goodman assured him that he process of a road name change would still be held as any other change in the county, which would involve two public hearings before the final vote.
�Essentially it comes down to the Board as to whether or not they approve of the name change,� said Goodman. �Under Florida statute the board of county commissioners can change a road name when ever and where ever they want.�
Board approved of Consent Items, which included the minutes for Workshop and Regular session on Dec. 10 and Special Session on Dec. 30; Federally-Funded Subgrant Agreement for a courthouse generator for $38,175 with a $9,135 grant match; lands available for taxes; SHIP release of lien; EMS Resolution County Awards Grant; Arnold Lumber quote; and Application for Disaster Assistance Local Match Reduction or Waiver and Payment Defferal for Public Assistance.
The next meeting is set for 6 p.m. on Jan. 28.


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Biblical Studies
Studying the Bible, obviously
Is Yahweh a Moral Monster?
Paul Copan
- Paul Copan is Professor of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic University. He has written extensively in the field of philosophy of religion and is the president of the Evangelical Philosophical Society. View all resources by Paul Copan
This excerpt appears with the kind permission of the Evangelical Philosophical Society (USA). It is a taster of the arguments Paul Copan makes in his recent book Is God a Moral Monster?: Making Sense of the Old Testament God, which comes highly recommended from Theology Network!
Find out more about the Evangelical Philosophical Society, and subscribe to their excellent biannual journal Philosophia Christi.
The New Atheists and the Old Testament: A Brief Overview
Today's "new atheists" are not at all impressed with the moral credentials of the Old Testament (OT) God. Oxonian Richard Dawkins thinks that Yahweh is truly a moral monster: "What makes my jaw drop is that people today should base their lives on such an appalling role model as Yahweh-and even worse, that they should bossily try to force the same evil monster (whether fact or fiction) on the rest of us."1
Dawkins deems God's commanding Abraham to sacrifice Isaac to be "disgraceful" and tantamount to "child abuse and bullying."2 Moreover, this God breaks into a "monumental rage whenever his chosen people flirted with a rival god," resembling "nothing so much as sexual jealousy of the worst kind."3 Add to this the killing of the Canaanites-an "ethnic cleansing" in which "bloodthirsty massacres" were carried out with "xenophobic relish." Joshua's destruction of Jericho is "morally indistinguishable from Hitler's invasion of Poland, or Saddam Hussein's massacres of the Kurds and the Marsh Arabs."4
To make matters worse, there is the "ubiquitous weirdness of the Bible."5 Dawkins calls attention to the moral failures and hypocrisies of various biblical characters: a drunken Lot seduced by and engaging in sexual relations with his daughters (Gen. 19:31-6); Abraham's twice lying about his wife Sarah (Gen. 12:18-19; 20:18-19); Jephthah's foolish vow that resulted in sacrificing his daughter as a burnt offering (Judg. 11); and so on.
Another new atheist is Daniel Dennett. He declares that the "Old Testament Jehovah" is simply a super-man who "could take sides in battles, and be both jealous and wrathful." He happens to be more forgiving and loving in the New Testament, but Dennett wonders how such a timeless God could act in time or answer prayer.6 Dennett adds, "Part of what makes Jehovah such a fascinating participant in stories of the Old Testament is His kinglike jealousy and pride, and His great appetite for praise and sacrifices. But we have moved beyond this God (haven't we?)."7 He thanks heaven that those thinking blasphemy or adultery deserves capital punishment are a "dwindling minority."8
A third new atheist is Christopher Hitchens. He voices similar complaints. The forgotten Canaanites were "pitilessly driven out of their homes to make room for the ungrateful and mutinous children of Israel."9 Moreover, the OT contains "a warrant for trafficking in humans, for ethnic cleansing, for slavery, for bride-price, and for indiscriminate massacre, but we are not bound by any of it because it was put together by crude, uncultured human animals."10
Finally, there is Sam Harris. In his Letter To A Christian Nation, he sets out to "demolish the intellectual and moral pretensions of Christianity in its most committed forms."11 Harris boldly asserts that if the Bible is true, then we should be stoning people to death for heresy, adultery, homosexuality, worshiping graven images, and "other imaginary crimes." To put to death idolaters in our midst (Deut. 13:6, 8-15) reflects "God's timeless wisdom."12 In The End of Faith, Harris, referring to Deuteronomy 13:7-11, notes that the consistent Bible-believer should stone his son or daughter if she comes home from a yoga class a devotee of Krishna. Harris wryly quips that one the OT's "barbarisms"-stoning children for heresy-"has fallen out of fashion in our country."13
Harris acknowledges that once we recognize that slaves are human beings who are equally capable of suffering and happiness, we'll understand that it is "patently evil to own them and treat them like farm equipment."14
A few pages later, Harris claims we can be good without God. We do not need God or a Bible to tell us what's right and what's wrong. We can know objective moral truths without "the existence of a lawgiving God,"15 and we can judge Hitler to be morally reprehensible "without reference to scripture."16
These are the charges made by the new atheists. Are they fair representations? I shall argue that they are not. Though certain OT texts present challenges and difficulties, navigating these waters is achievable with patient, nuanced attention given to the relevant OT texts, the ancient Near East (ANE) context, and the broader biblical canon.
Read the rest of the article on the Evangelical Philosphy Society website!
1. Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006), 248.
2. Ibid., 242.
3. Ibid., 243.
4. Ibid., 247.
5. Ibid., 241.
6. Daniel C. Dennett, Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon (New York: Viking, 2006), 206.
7. Ibid., 265.
8. Ibid., 267.
9. Christopher Hitchens, God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (New York: Hachette Book Group, 2007), 101.
10. Ibid., 102.
11. Sam Harris, Letter To A Christian Nation (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006), ix.
12. Ibid., 8.
13. Sam Harris, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason (New York: W. W. Norton, 2004), 18.
14. Harris, Letter To A Christian Nation, 18-19.
15. Ibid., 23.
16. Ibid., 24.

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In his last blog post, Dr. Veeraswamy outlined what aortic dissection is, what the symptoms are and what you can do to prevent it. Although it is best to detect aortic dissections early, it is possible to survive one. Emory Healthcare patient, Gene Winfrey is a living example. At another local hospital Gene was told he wouldn't survive surgery to repair the aortic dissection. But Gene is tenacious and decided to schedule an appointment at Emory and he is glad he did. Gene not only survived surgery he is thriving and traveling all over the country as an evangelist. Gene says, "I tell people everywhere I go about Emory and about what happened to me. I am living proof about what happened."
As mentioned in the last aortic dissection blog, men ages 60 – 70 are most likely to have an aortic dissection and it is relatively uncommon but it is the most common aortic emergency we see at the Emory Heart & Vascular Center. Most patients come in urgently with severe chest or abdominal pain. If not recognized and treated immediately, the tear will go through blood vessel and it is unlikely the patient will survive.
Gene knew he needed help and needed it quickly. We explained to him that if the outer layer of the aorta burst, he would have little chance of living through the dissection. We were adamant that the stent needed to be put in right away.
Luckily for Gene, treatments have changed from the past so he was a candidate for a more minimally invasive method to treat the dissection called endostents. In the past the only way to treat an aortic dissection was through open surgery. The patient benefits from the less invasive ways of performing surgery and is typically able to get home more quickly and return to work sooner with limited complications. Emory is unique in that we have access to devices that are not yet on the market.
Gene had run the Peachtree Road Race 27 straight times before this and wanted to make sure he could maintain his active lifestyle that included riding horses, playing golf and playing tennis. I advised Gene that he could do whatever he feels like doing, and he is doing just that. He is one of the most active 88-year-old persons I have ever met!!
Gene summarizes his experience at Emory as follows "They (the other hospital) said we can't do it. You can't live through it. I came here and Dr. K said you can. I am 88 years old and still living. I advise anyone to come to Emory, I think it is the greatest in the world."
Check out our video about Gene and his story below, or visit our website to learn more about Aortic Dissection & Gene's story:
About Karthik Kasirajan, MD:
Dr. Kasirajan specializes in surgery and vascular surgery, and has been practicing at Emory since 2003. Several of his areas of interest include peripheral arterial disease, endovascular surgery, abdominal and aortic aneurysm, vascular surgery, thrombotic disease, and stroke. Dr. Kasirajan holds many organizational leadership memberships, including the European Society for Vascular Surgery, International College of Surgeons, and the Peripheral Vascular Surgical Society, and is widely published in publications such as the Journal of Endovascular Therapy and the Journal of Vascular Surgery.


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Hi everyone! I hope you had a wonderful weekend!
The movement of this dress is incredible! There's a whimsical yet glamourous element to it that I absolutely adore. Before purchasing it, I was visualizing how many ways to wear it. I think it would be a comfortable beach cover-up for summer and a great dress to layer underneath a cropped cashmere sweater with tights for autumn. I can't wait to re-style it and share more looks with you!
I have so much news to share with you this week! I'm still waiting for a few things to finalize but I can't wait to update you with (crossing my fingers) good news soon!
Thank you so much for reading!
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BUTLER TWP — With a successful affiliation now in full-swing, the longtime head of the Visiting Nurses Association is retiring.
"It's that time," said Liz Powell, whose retirement will be affective Feb. 18.
Powell, who has been with the VNA for about two decades, was vice president of hospice and then she was chief executive officer for about three years.
That position was eliminated last year as part of the VNA's affiliation with Lutheran SeniorLife. At the start of this year, Powell became the VNA's executive director.
"In the past year about 90 percent of the transition has taken place," Powell said, noting the affiliation is allowing both organizations to enjoy an economy of scale and to provide a broader care continuum.
The VNA, with about 300 employees, provides many levels of home- and community-based health care in Butler and Armstrong counties as well as parts of Mercer, Beaver, Lawrence, Allegheny and Westmoreland counties. It also has an inpatient hospice facility in Butler Township.
Adams Township-based Lutheran SeniorLife provides residential living, personal care, long-term care and skilled nursing care in six facilities in Western Pennsylvania.
It has five LIFE facilities in Butler, Beaver and Lawrence counties.
The LIFE program, which stands for Living Independence for the Elderly, provides care alternatives that help seniors remain in their homes.
Lutheran SeniorLife employs about 1,300.
"We are wishing her well," said David Fenoglietto, president and CEO of Lutheran SeniorLife. "(Powell) was a long-standing employee of the VNA who contributed to the overall growth and development of the organization."
Powell did not comment on how she would be replaced, and a representatives from the VNA's board of directors said a statement would be issued later.
In her retirement, Powell, 63, of Emlenton, Venango County, said she will take some time off, then she will likely do consulting and volunteering work.


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This is obviously a joke — and a kinda odd ad for People Water, a bottled water company that, for every bottled purchased, gives an equal amount of clean water to people in need — but who cares? Hunter is adorable, and he's currently being sponsored by my heart.
Wait, do you think he actually made that sand person? Because I'm gonna feel super lied to, if not. Kds, love, happiness, and sandcastles might all be lies! Ugh.


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Media October–December 2006
|News Release: October 19, 2006
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Proposed Rule would approve 83 NERC reliability standards; funding for statutory activities through ERO approved
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today proposed in a rulemaking to approve 83 of 107 reliability standards for the Nation's bulk-power system, including six of eight regional differences, and the Glossary of Terms submitted earlier this year by the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC).
In July 2006, the Commission designated NERC as the Nation's Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) pursuant to section 215 of the Federal Power Act, a new provision added by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide for a system of mandatory, enforceable reliability standards under the Commission's oversight.
Also today, in a separate order, the Commission conditionally accepted the proposed fiscal-year 2007 business plan and budget for NERC as well as the budgets for the Regional Entity candidates. This action will allow NERC to fund its first fiscal year as the ERO.
Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher said: "Today we take another important step toward establishing a system of mandatory, enforceable reliability standards, as directed by Congress. This past summer's record-breaking electricity demand represented the most serious test of our Nation's electric system since the August 2003 blackout. Our objective will be to press forward deliberately, but with some sense of urgency, to assure that the ERO is prepared to enforce these standards in time for next summer."
In today's notice of proposed rulemaking, the Commission describes NERC's filing as "comprehensive" and representing "a significant effort" by NERC, the industry and others involved in the standards development process. "The Commission believes that these standards will form a solid foundation on which to develop and maintain the reliability of the North American Bulk-Power System," the proposal states. However, the Commission notes, "much work remains to be done."
However, many of the 83 reliability standards the Commission proposes to approve require additional work or clarification. The Commission proposes to order NERC to make significant necessary modifications pursuant to section 215(d)(5) of the Federal Power Act.
"The reliability standards we propose to approve today meet the statutory test. At the same time, the Commission is committed to steady improvement in reliability standards in order to enhance bulk power system reliability," Chairman Kelliher said.
As for the remaining 24 of the 107 reliability standards filed for Commission review, many are so-called "fill-in-the-blank" standards that require regional reliability organizations to develop regional procedures and submit particular criteria that would apply to a given region. Today's proposal would have these 24 standards remain pending at the Commission until further information is provided that will enable the Commission to evaluate the standard.
Once the standards are approved by the Commission in accordance with the pending final rule, they become mandatory and there can be financial penalties for users, owners or operators of the bulk-power transmission grid who fail to comply with the standards.
The Commission is not proposing to remand any standards. "[T]he Commission recognizes that the reliability standards are in a state of transition and that NERC has ongoing plans to improve them," the Commission said in today's proposed rule.
"Thus, at this juncture, we will approve a proposed reliability standard that needs clarification, improvement, or strengthening, provided that we are confident that it satisfies the statutory requirement that a reliability standard must be 'just, reasonable, not unduly discriminatory or preferential, and in the public interest.' Rather than remanding an imperfect reliability standard, the [Commission] generally proposes to approve such a reliability standard," the proposed rule states. "In addition, as a distinct action under the statute, the Commission proposes to direct that the ERO modify such a reliability standard, pursuant to section 215(d)(5) of the [Federal Power Act], to address the identified issues or concerns. This approach would allow the proposed reliability standard to be enforceable while the ERO develops any required modifications."
The Commission said this course of action is appropriate for this period of transition from a voluntary to a mandatory system of reliability standards for the bulk-power system, and provides the benefit that mandatory and enforceable standards will be in effect prior to the summer of 2007.
By giving due weight to the technical expertise of the ERO, with the expectation that the reliability standards will accomplish their stated purpose, "they will improve the reliability of the bulk-power system by proactively preventing situations that can lead to blackouts," the Commission said. "By taking this approach, we believe the responsibility for the technical adequacy of the proposed reliability standards falls squarely on the ERO, and we expect the ERO to monitor the effectiveness of the proposed reliability standards and inform us if any reliability standard proves, in practice, to be inadequate in protecting and improving bulk-power system reliability."
The Commission's proposal would amend the text of its regulations to require that each reliability standard identify the subset of users, owners and operators to which each particular reliability standard applies. Further, the Commission proposed to amend its regulations to require that each reliability standard approved by the Commission is maintained in the Commission's public reference room and on the Electric Reliability Organization's website for public inspection.
Comments on the notice of proposed rulemaking, "Mandatory Standards for the Bulk-Power System," are due 60 days following publication in the Federal Register.
In the separate order addressing NERC's business plans and budgets, the Commission, subject to a compliance filing, approved NERC's funding request for itself and the Regional Entities of approximately $59 million for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2007, and authorized NERC to issue billing invoices as planned by December 1, 2006. The Commission also approved the funding request of $402,839 in funding for the Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body.
The Commission found that the proposed activities to be performed by the Regional Entities, as amended by NERC, are statutory activities entitled to funding through the ERO. However, the Commission reserved judgment on the Regional Entity business plans, as Regional Entity delegation agreements have yet to be executed or filed with the Commission for its approval.
The Commission denied the requested $6.9 million to fund reliability coordinator functions by the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC). The Commission said it was not persuaded that WECC's reliability coordinator function should be treated as a statutory activity. "Unless there is a strong separation between oversight and real-time operations, the same entity should not oversee its own compliance with reliability standards," the Commission said in excluding the WECC funding request.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. – Near the end of another long day and night at JetBlue Park, spring home for the Boston Red Sox, General Manager Ben Cherington walked about energetically.
Now Cherington, 38, who replaced the revered Theo Epstein last year, is a man who keeps himself in shape. But there seemed more to his step than just vitality.
It was hope.
"We've had a good spring training," Cherington said earlier, sitting in the Red Sox dugout while his players took batting practice. "We've seen a lot of things the staff wanted to get accomplished. That's encouraging."
Encouragement. New England baseball fans need that. They crave a baseball season far from the disastrous one they witnessed in 2012. Boston finished 69-93 last year, the worst Red Sox record since 1965 (62-100).
Red Sox officials use phrases like "turning the page." Players speak of a "re-set." But fixing this team required more than tapping a computer key.
"There's been a lot of changes," said new manager John Farrell, a significant part of the remodeling process. "As many as nine new players will break camp. We have an entirely new coaching staff."
The Red Sox need more than new faces. They need an old attitude, one that arrived when a boyish-looking Epstein became the boss before the 2003 season.
"We're going to turn the Red Sox into a scouting (and) player development machine," Epstein said at the time.
Even though Boston has more financial might than most smaller-market teams, Epstein said the key to continued success was not expensive long-term contracts to big-name players, but producing a legion of youthful talent.
And, sure enough, the Red Sox developed young, impact players. They ascended in the minor league system, eventually playing for the Portland Sea Dogs at Hadlock Field, on their way to Boston and Fenway Park.
Players like Kevin Youkilis, Jonathan Papelbon, Jon Lester, Dustin Pedroia and Jacoby Ellsbury made an impact with the Red Sox. Youkilis won two World Series rings with Boston in 2004 and 2007. The other four played key roles in the 2007 championship.
In 2008, the Red Sox came within one game of returning to the World Series.
They have not won a playoff game since.
The Red Sox focus on development changed. Their pipeline of talent had dried up — or was traded away — and Boston became desperate. Epstein shunned his previous philosophy and committed big money for several years to players whose contributions turned out to be less than advertised.
After the Red Sox collapsed at the end of the 2011 season, going from first place to out of playoff contention in a month, popular manager Terry Francona was fired.
But Francona was not the problem. That became evident when Boston ownership hired the bombastic Bobby Valentine to manage in 2012. The team only got worse.
The real change came last Aug. 25. Cherington, a Red Sox employee since 1999, and an assistant under Epstein, traded away three high-priced All-Star players to the Los Angeles Dodgers for a handful of lesser players, including two minor league pitching prospects.
"We recognized that we are not who we want to be right now," Cherington said at the time. "We felt like in order to be the team that we wanted to be on the field, we needed to make more than cosmetic changes."
Gone were first baseman Adrian Gonzalez (and his seven-year, $154-million contract), outfielder Carl Crawford (seven years, $142 million) and pitcher Josh Beckett (four years, $68 million).
Almost all the big contracts were gone. Outfielder J.D. Drew (five years, $70 million) retired after the 2011 season. And disappointing Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, who cost the Red Sox $103 million over six years, was in the last year of his contract in 2012.
Only pitcher John Lackey, who signed a five-year deal ($82.5 million) in 2010, remains as an example of Boston's lavish spending with little results.
While Cherington was cleaning house — without yet providing adequate replacements — the Red Sox were in a free fall on the field. They kept losing. Sports Illustrated put a photo of Valentine on the cover of a September issue, with the caption: "Have the Red Sox Lost Their Way?"
Handing players big-money contracts is not a problem in itself. The champion Red Sox of 2004 and 2007 featured some well-paid big names like outfielder Manny Ramirez and pitcher Curt Schilling.
But relying too much on big-money names and not developing players from your own minor league system is a risky business. There is no stability, and the gamble is great when the checkbook keeps opening up.
Mike Hazen, like Cherington before him, used to be in charge of the Red Sox minor league system — the "farm director," in baseball terms. Hazen made frequent visits to Hadlock Field. Now an assistant general manager, first to Epstein and now to Cherington, Hazen watched too few prospects being developed for the majors leagues in recent years.
When Farrell was hired last October, Hazen was optimistic. Not only was Farrell once a Red Sox pitching coach, he also served as a farm director for the Cleveland Indians.
"John's the right man to be the manager of the Red Sox," Hazen said at the time of Farrell's hiring. "In order for this to turn around, there are a lot of tough questions that need to be asked, by the manager and down the line.
"Questioning everything. Roster decisions to the contributions of the farm system, or lack thereof."
Boston got one contribution last year. Will Middlebrooks, who began to emerge as a promising minor league third baseman in 2011 while playing for the Sea Dogs, was called up last year to replace an injured Youkilis. He was a productive player right away and became a starter. Youkilis was eventually traded.
Hazen said there are more good players on the way. Hadlock fans saw some of them last year, in the faces of outfielders Jackie Bradley Jr. and Bryce Brentz, shortstop Xander Bogaerts and pitcher Chris Hernandez.
"There's a feel for the development for the player — for us getting back to where we want to get to," Hazen said. "The supplementation of the roster with key internal guys is critical."
While the Red Sox wait for their young players to be ready, they have supplemented the roster with role players on short contracts.
Outfielder Shane Victorino has the longest deal (three years, $39 million). Pitcher Ryan Dempster ($26.5 million) and outfielder Jonny Gomes ($10 million) signed on for two years. Shortstop Stephen Drew ($9.5 million), first baseman Mike Napoli ($5 million) and reliever Koji Uehara ($4.25 million) are on one-year contracts.
Add them to a core of players like Lester, Pedroia and Ellsbury, and the Red Sox are hoping to contend again — now and in the future.
"We all know that every year in Boston is pretty important," Cherington said. "We feel good and are very focused on the guys who are here."
Farrell, the man given the charge to lead these guys, doesn't believe the Red Sox were ever in shambles, despite last year's record.
"I don't know you can say a franchise lost its way," Farrell said. "Certain decisions didn't pan out. Certain players didn't embrace or meet the expectations and challenge that Boston and our fan base expect. To say the rudder fell off, I wouldn't go that far."
Regardless, whether they were lost or simply losing, the Red Sox can show that they found their way when the season begins in eight days.
"A lot has changed, but that doesn't change the overall expectation, to compete and contend," Farrell said, "with every intent to play into October and hopefully deep into October."
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Celery root soup
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Celery root soup
by chefs at Pazo in Baltimore
- ½ lb. Butter
- 1 oz garlic, finely chopped
- 6 lb. Celery Root, peeled and sliced
- ¼ C. Salt
- 10 qt. Heavy cream
- In a large stock pot, melt the butter and lightly cook the garlic until aromatic.
- Add the celery root and cook for 5 minutes over moderate heat; add salt.
- Add heavy cream. Bring soup to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Cook for 20 minutes.
- Puree soup in a blender and strain though a chinois.
Yields 3 gallons.


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Rumor has it that people around me have been talking about the fact that I am, (from their perspective) ambitious- looking. I participated in plenty of competitions and achievements a lot, and I cannot live more than 2 months without actively participating in an event or competition. As an ignorant person, I do not want to really stress over the fact that they are calling me ambitious or that they are talking about me behind my back, because, hey, it is obviously beneficial for me. It is none of your business and I am very happy to be ambitious! But I am pretty concerned with that fact that their concerns on my ambition are heavily affected by my gender. They think that a girl should not be ambitious, unlike guys who were meant to dream big and achieve everything they want. And that, ladies and gentlemen, bothers me to the bone.
I realize this when I heard my friends and relatives praising my guy friends who are very active in organizations, competitions and whatnot, and in a matter of minutes, they criticize my intensity on joining competitions, saying that it scares the guys away and it is not good for my personal life. Such criticisms are usually followed by 'advice' that women should not be dominating. Women should appear soft and delicate (which sounds like 'WEAK' to me) and that we should not be more ambitious than men. On top of that, they think that I should change who I am for the sake of settling down.
Whoa, okay. Firstly, I am still eighteen and settling down seems so far away. I might want to get married (or not), and that is my business which will be taking care of, and even if I do, it would happen when I am ready and I think it will take around 9-11 years from now for me to be 'ready.' Do not stress over it now when I am still eighteen. All I should think about is college, academic growth, my personal fulfillment, my happiness and reaching my dreams. Secondly, I admit that some guys admitted to me that my ambitions and my achievements intimidated them, but it is not a huge problem to me because, then, if they are scared of who I really am, then they are obviously not for me and we are not meant to be. I do not want to be trapped in a relationship or a marriage where my partner would suppress my talent and my potential instead of supporting me to develop all those that I got. Those guys are just not for me and it is okay. Oh, and the fact that I am single does not mean that I am not happy. I am happy of the current freedom that is in my hand and it is just that I do not want to settle for the less.
Thirdly, WHOA. Why is it okay for guys to be ambitious but not for us girls? What is wrong with you people? I understand that some of us are affected by the patriarchal society we grow up in, but, really? I think that way of thinking is shallow and misleading, and it should not exist in 2013. This is not 1920s anymore. There is no way that your genitals should be a matter of measure on whether you are entitled to have huge ambitions or not, there should never be such rule in society. It is normal for us humans, and us women, to have ambitions and dreams, and to have the will to pursue them, and if guys are allowed to dream to walk on space, girls should be allowed to do the same thing, too. If it is okay for guys to go for any presidential election and be called 'successful' and 'intelligent' for it, there is no way for us girls to be called 'selfish' or 'aggressive' for doing so. And from my personal experience as a former president of an academic club on high school, women can lead as well as men do. We can appear strong too, we are not indecisive and weak as depicted on novels and we are not afraid to take bold move for the betterment of the group we are leading.
From my personal analysis, those kinds of stereotypes have been holding many women back from their goals. Before applying for anything, we all think too much about the partner that we don't have yet, the children that are not there yet and the marriage that we are not yet in. We are all taught since very little to aim low. We should not be pilots or ambassadors because, then, no one would take care of the children when we are away. We should not be doctors because we might need to leave home at 2 am for an emergency surgery and then no one would be there to pamper the kids in case they are awake at night. Even worse, from what I saw happening on my friends, many girls were reluctant to develop their potential or to take chances to compete or to shine on because they are afraid of outshining their boyfriend. That.is.plain.ridiculous.
I think those kinds of ideas and thoughts are the reason why very few women are there on top of the company's executive board or leaders: because we should take into account stereotypical things in advance for consideration and we are still living in a society that gives double burden to women. Equality might be a thing nowadays where women are 'allowed' to pursue their dreams, but it does not mean that the grand old adversities do not remain. Women are still entitled to housework, to take care of the children, to cook and whatnot, and what kind of superhuman would be able to complete such abundance of task when they only have two hands to work on them and 24 hours in a day?
See the pattern? In the end, women are forced to choose between: a. their career success or b. their personal fulfillment; family, relationship and marriage. This stereotype remains even within the soul of the most modernized and pro-equality person, because it grows around us and some people inherit it to their children through small gestures and statements they made. For instance, girls should help mom with the dishes while boys are allowed to play out, girls are allowed to ask for boys' help even for little things that are not necessary to be helped, boys are smart like daddy but girls are pretty like mommy- those things remain in the mind of our children and they will bring it to high school, college, office, and they will most likely inherit that to their future children. we are obviously in a satanic cycle that needs to be cut, and I am still trying to figure out how.
If I may share some words, for every girl out there, and boys too- because they will most likely live their remaining years with a girl and be a father too, someday: it is totally okay for women to be ambitious and don't let those voices to hold you back from what you want. You have all the rights on earth to pursue your dreams without having to put it in the attic just because you want to make a room for guys to be in their life. The right man and friends will support you for who you are and who you want to be. Stay strong, be smart, be ambitious.


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As a FTM, I do not know what is taught at that age. I'm a WOHM, and my son is in daycare full time. He is currently only 21 months, but he already knows all his basic colors (essentially rainbow colors + pink, we are working on black and white). He can sing the ABC song with very little help, and can count to 10. He knows some shapes (circle, oval, triangle, star, and octagon--believe it or not octagon is his strongest one, he points them out all the time when we are out and about). He knows some of his letters by sight, I'd say 8 at this point. (All the kids in his class sit by their letters at snack time, so he seems the letters and can tell me whose name starts with each of the letters: B,D,E,H,J,S, and O, as well as do it backwards (Like he can answer, what does Hannah start with?). He also knows X because he pointed at one and called it a star and I corrected it. I realize that all this knowledge is still very superficial. Like being able to count to 10 doesn't mean he could look at a group of objects and tell me how many are in it. Still, I honestly thought this was the kind of stuff they did in 3 and 4 year old preschool classes!! Since he already knows all this stuff and still has another year and half until 3 year preschool, I'm starting to really wonder what they will be teaching him. So, what DO they teach in preschool?
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They'll continue to expand on that, working on actual number sense (understanding how many vs. rote counting), sound-letter correspondence and ABCs, pre writing and pre reading skills, following directions, participating in groups, problem solving through play, rhyming, etc.
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My 4 year old daughter is in NYS pre-k. It is school, not daycare. They do a lot of ritualized things, such as hanging up coats, reciting the pledge, picking a helper for the day, talking about the weather, having snack time, getting coats on. All that stuff is just as important as the ABCs.
They also teach letters upper and lowercase, until they know it 100%. My daughter has always been pretty amazing to us in what she knows, but until a month ago there were just a few letters that were a bit tricky. Like lowercase d and b. If you gave her one chance to tell you what it was, she might be right and might not. This stuff gets smoothed out and quantified in school. She read her first word a week ago. She's been reading books that the class has gone over a million times and so she remembers them, but last week she looked at one of her day of the week underpants and sounded out the word Sunday.
They do a lot of cutting and pasting, much to my daughter's dismay. If there's something she doesn't enjoy it's the "hard work" of cutting. But if you want to get an idea of the ideas behind what they do for that age, the above pdf is a good doc to look through.
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they will work on sorting things into number (4 apples, 3 lemons)...they will work on...the watermelon is bigger than the apple.....they will do 3 apples are less than 6 apples....they will work on half and quart....oh and money recognition (dime penny quarter).....upper and lower case letters, vowels vs consenants (sp?)....seasons....buildings.....spacial things (on top, below, next to).....telling time.....cutting....coloring in lines....color by number(color all the 4s red, or color all the stars red)....physical activities.....balance activities.....coordination activities(usually disquised as play).....sounding out letters and combination letters....
There is a LOT they can work on but it does all build off of letter numbers and colors
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My oldest is very bright and was very interested in learning ABC's, colors, math, etc. She learned to read the year she went to 4K (well, she spent 1/2 the year in 4K, 1/2 the year in just daycare, but she learned to read at home, on her own).
Your son may be similar. So what HE will learn is most likely things like getting along with others, sitting in a seat for short periods of time, taking turns, lining up, etc. My dd needed that from Pre-K/Kindergarten, not any of the academics.
But, like others said, they learn the basics like the ABC's, shapes, colors, writing their names, stuff like that.
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Keep in mind that learning academics is a very, very small part of being a preschooler. Kids who have never even learned to write their names before kindergarten still end up in the same place by third grade as those who were reading by age four.
There are many skills a preschooler will master before he goes to grade school. He will learn to cut, paint, create, draw a picture, then dictate the story that goes with it. He will learn to cooperate, climb, cross the monkey bars. He will learn to tie his shoes, (you will probably teach him that) ride a two wheeler, build, dig, etc.
Hopefully, they will hatch baby chicks, or watch tadpoles grow, or take care of a class pet.
At the preschool age, they are learning to be a group, cooperating, empathizing...They need to master small motor skills, and large motor skills, they need to make messes, get dirty, and come home tired and happy.
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Kotaku (via Seattlepi) is reporting that Brian Wood, a Company of Heroes Lead Designer at Relic Entertainment was killed in a car accident this past Friday evening.
Brian and his six month pregnant wife were driving on Highway 20 just north of Oak Harbor when another car slammed head on into their vehicle.
Washington State Patrol is reporting that the driver was taking off her sweater, and had asked the passenger to hold the wheel. The passenger lost control of the vehicle, and over corrected which caused the accident. Both may be charged with vehicular homicide charges.
Brian's wife did survive the crash, and latest reports are she is improving, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
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When the Raspberry Pi ships later this year, it will be delivered to your door as a finished unit. The more adventurous tinkerers among you, as well as adept system builders, have asked the Raspberry Pi Foundation why they can't get them in kit form instead. The reason why that wasn't considered is demonstrated in an image released by Broadcom . . . they are tiny. And unlike a typical system build using an x86 chip that just slots into place, installing these chips requires a very steady hand and just the right amount of solder.
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Hello everyone.
I'm kinda new to a WHOLE bunch of Japanese foods....at least preparing them, anyway.
I noticed in this video...
...that the "sheets" he's using look a lot like won-ton "sheets".
I live in Ontario, in a town called Belleville.
I'm pretty new to the town, and not sure where I'd fine the proper "sheets" for Gyoza, but I have seen the won-ton ones all over the place at the regular grocery.
I'm curious if I could sub the proper "sheet" for the won-ton "sheets"?
Would it work? Or just fall apart? :(
Also, I was wondering if I could cook them in the oven, instead of steaming them?
Or maybe even frying them in a pan (although, I'd prefer the oven)
Also, if you could give me some of you favorite recipes of Gyoza, that would get me started :)
Thanks for the help
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I made these ones last night:
They're very yummy. I had some in my bento today and I froze the rest.
Gyoza skins in my asian foodstore are also listed as dumpling wrappers. Won ton wrappers tend to be square whereas gyoza wrappers are round. The ones I can buy are in the freezer section, they're not fresh ones.
hope this helps, buut as I'm in UK I can't recommend any suppliers for your area :0)
Adriana, you may want to take a look at the Japanese grocery store list for Canada. There's nothing listed for Belleville but there are several in Toronto. Also, here is my recipe for gyoza dumplings which has step by step instructions. Wonton skins tend to be smaller and thinner than gyoza skins, so you can try putting a tiny bit of filling in them. But they are really best suited for well, wonton.
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15.3 High Council
The stake presidency calls 12 high priests to form the stake high council (see D&C 102:1). If an elder is called to serve on the high council, he must be ordained a high priest before he is set apart.
Under the direction of the stake presidency, high councilors help oversee the work of the Church in the stake. They have advisory and administrative responsibilities as described in the following paragraphs.
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High councilors counsel about and sustain the stake presidency's decisions to ordain brethren to the offices of elder and high priest. The stake president may authorize high councilors to represent him when men are ordained to the offices of elder and high priest.
High councilors also counsel about and sustain the stake presidency's decisions to issue callings to members. For some callings, the stake presidency may authorize high councilors to represent them in issuing the callings, presenting members to be sustained, and setting members apart as indicated in chapter 19.
To assist them in overseeing the Melchizedek Priesthood, the stake presidency assigns a high councilor to represent them in each elders quorum, ward, and branch in the stake. In this role, high councilors orient newly called elders quorum presidencies. They also provide ongoing encouragement, support, and instruction for these leaders, including instruction based on chapters 1–7 of this handbook. They meet with these leaders regularly to learn of their needs, teach them their duties, and communicate information from the stake presidency. They periodically attend meetings of the elders quorum, including elders quorum presidency meetings.
The stake presidency assigns high councilors to work with the stake auxiliaries and programs listed in 15.1.2 (except for Church magazines if the stake executive secretary or someone else is assigned this responsibility). When a member of the stake presidency meets with a stake auxiliary presidency, the assigned high councilor attends this meeting. High councilors also attend the stake auxiliary leadership meetings for the auxiliaries to which they are assigned.
The stake presidency assigns high councilors to help oversee missionary work and temple and family history work in the stake (see 5.1.9 and 5.4.6).
The stake presidency may assign high councilors to represent them by speaking in sacrament meetings and other settings. The stake presidency determines the frequency of these speaking assignments. It is not necessary for high councilors to speak in sacrament meeting every month.
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All high councilors serve on the stake council.
As directed by the stake presidency, high councilors participate in stake disciplinary councils (see Handbook 1, chapter 6).
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In Praise of Nooks: Making Them Useful
When I moved into my house in Los Angeles after growing up in New York, one of the things that most excited me were the built in storage cubbies in older homes. Shelves tucked into walls, cubbies that housed ironing boards. Here's a look at some homes that have turned these oddities into useful spaces.
- Laure's Constant Change: A nook that probably once served to hold a telephone and its accoutrements (do you still keep a telephone book or does it go right into the recycling bin?) was turned into a desk in Laure's old home.
- Heather's Bungalow: LA isn't the only city that sports built-in ironing board cupboards in older homes. Heather, over in Chicago, turned hers into a spice cupboard with the addition of narrow glass shelves and some pretty awesome jars.
- Rene's Bright & Sunny Artistic Home: Even if you use it in the most obvious way, for storing a collection, take a cue from Rene and think of the nook as a built in frame. Here, the asymmetrical arrangement of her pottery stands in for the expected piece of art.


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Wristcutters: A Love Story (US - DVD R1)
Gabe has a new favourite movie about suicide induced alternate realities...
When the love of his life dumps him like yesterday's newspaper, Zia (Patrick Fugit) slices his wrists and awakens in limbo. His new life is much the same as his former life, but everything is just slightly worse. In the suicide realm Zia befriends Eugene (Shea Whigham), a Russian rocker who lives with his entire family, who are all also suicide cases. One day Zia learns his ex-girlfriend has also committed suicide, and he convinces Eugene to accompany him on a listless road trip to find her. Along the way the duo picks up hitchhiker named Mikal (Shannyn Sossamon) who insists she's been sent to limbo by mistake, and is in search of the 'people in charge'.
I'm actually a very romantic guy who happens to like romantic movies; it just happens that most films labelled 'romantic' are schmaltzy puddles of placating goo. Wristcutters is a pleasantly skewed love story that doesn't placate and is light on the schmaltz, which is really enough for me to suggest a viewing to most people. It's filled to the brim with dry wit and loveable deadpan characters, it carries just the right dash of quirk without devolving into a three ring circus, and the world it embodies is a cinematic original (as far as I know). Despite its rather attention grabbing title (not to be confused with Josh Becker's Lunatics: A Love Story), Wristcutters doesn't slip on banana peels to pry the laughs from your throat.
Smart comedy is a lot harder than bawdy or gross-out comedy, and subtle comedy is even harder than that. By layering low-key chuckles over the whole of the film, Wristcutters earns its few full-out belly laughs. The biggest guffaws come from the scenes in Eugene's beater car, which has a black hole under the passenger seat which sucks up every pair of sunglasses the heroes get their hands on, and scenes featuring Eugene's music, which amusingly plays throughout the entire feature. Some viewers will likely flat out hate the film's nonchalant take on life, death, and love, while others may call it callus. I call it funny.
The film's listless nature, which is a big part of what makes it special, does sometimes cross the line into tired, but it always manages to swing back into the pleasant category. At only eighty-eight minutes the pace should probably be hectic, but director Goran Dukic maintains a calm sense of bittersweet levity. I can also understand some viewers (and critics) taking issue with the film's super hip look at Generation Y nihilism, a problem that has plagued popular television for about a decade. Shannyn Sossamon and Patrick Fugit are hipper then you, and they know it, but their hearts still glimmer strongly enough to illicit an emotional response. Or at least it did for me.
The actors are integral to the film's success. Before finding the film on my doorstep I had been wondering what happened to Almost Famous' Fugit, and had recently realized that Shannyn Sossamon is fantastic, even in awful movies. Needless to say Wristcutters was just what I needed. Will Arnett, John Hawkes, and musical hero Tom Waits are all memorable supporters, but it's Shea Whigham, who I've never seen in anything before that steals the whole show as Zia's charming and curmudgeonly Russian buddy Eugene.
I know that Lionsgate is capable of really sharp DVD and Blu-ray transfers, but they rarely seem concerned with their more modestly budgeted films. Wristcutters is rough around all the edges. Details are fuzzy, jagged edges are laced with white enhancement, and noise overtakes every frame. I'm being a nitpicker, of course, but this is a weak enough transfer that I'm pretty sure even those most unconcerned with this type of thing will notice. Ducik's colour play is slightly wasted by the relative murkiness of the brighter scenes. The blues of the dead world are pretty solid, and the reds of the living world are obvious enough, but something is definitely lost.
This DVD comes fitted modest 5.1 Dolby Digital track to supplement the iffy video quality. The whole movie is pretty modest, so this isn't a surprise. Most of the track is devoted to the centred and clear dialogue, with a few wisps of surround sound effects peppered throughout. The musical track, which is also modest, is the strongest audio element. Without the audio commentary I would not have noticed that all the music that plays in the limbo realm has been recorded by artists that have committed suicide. Nice touch. This, of course, includes Eugene's song 'Through the Roof 'n Underground' (actually sung by cult band Gogol Bordello, who are still alive), which I guarantee you won't be able to shake from your head for at least a month.
Extras begin with a playful and informative audio commentary featuring director Goran Dukic, actor/producer Mikal Portnol Lazearev, producer Tatiana Kelly, and actor Patrick Fugit. Dukic is a well of knowledge, divulging brief histories of just about every member of the cast and crew, describing technical aspects in layman's terms (like the de-saturation process), and pointing out the background action we may've missed. Kelly and Lazearev fill in the blanks, while Fugit is very amused by just about everything on screen.
'Making the Final Cut' is a better than average but very short behind the scenes featurette. The pace is very fast, and there are some really big spoilers, but there's some stuff to learn (unfortunately I already learned it while listening to the commentary track). In eight minutes the interviewees (director, producers, and two actors) tear through pre-production, art direction, cinematography, casting, adaptation, location scouting, and filming. The special film stock test is startlingly beautiful, and I wish it would've been featured in its entirety somewhere on the disc.
Next are ten deleted scenes, lasting fifteen minutes, and presented in a semi-rough form. As per the norm these cuts were good choices. With them in the film things may've become unbearably listless, and a great deal of them take place before the introduction of Shannyn Sossamon's character, who brings a great deal of sunshine to the flick. There is one very amusingly un-PC scene involving an Arab taxi driver that could've been left in (guess why he's in suicide limbo), and more Hawkes and Waits is always a good thing, but the alternate ending is missing. Things finish up with a storyboard to film comparison, Fugit's on-set photos, and trailers.
Wristcutters isn't a love story for all takers, but it should earn its minor cult status over the next few years. I'm recommending it pretty highly, but fully acknowledge that there will be some folks that hate me for it. Lionsgate's video treatment is pretty dismal, so hopefully interest in this disc will bring about a Blu-ray release some day down the line. Now if you'll excuse me, I must avoid the traps set up for me in every corner of this town.
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sec127 Member Join Date: January 2008 Location: United States Posts: 192
I really wanted to see this. It looks rather amusing.
Version 1 Member Join Date: January 2006 Location: United States Posts: 238
This will go down as one of the most underated movies ever,this movie was FANTASTIC!!! Orignial! I loved it! One of the best I have seen this year!!!
knight d Member Join Date: November 2007 Location: United States Posts: 221
I watched this on my birthday and immediatley afterward started playing scenes again. This movie wasted no time, it was entirely creative from beginning to end. The problem I had was how short (1 hr and 20 mins) the movie is. But like I said, there is no filler and every scene works.
"There is one very amusingly un-PC scene involving an Arab taxi driver that could've been left in" Definitely, deleted scenes contain some funny stuff.
Wristcutters should have beeen released into more than 90 theaters, it's a must see.
"There is one very amusingly un-PC scene involving an Arab taxi driver that could've been left in" Definitely, deleted scenes contain some funny stuff.
Wristcutters should have beeen released into more than 90 theaters, it's a must see.
Simon Abrams Member Join Date: June 2005 Location: United States Posts: 710
This was very good, but why pray tell are we reviewing this now, Gabe? It came out a while ago on DVD.
Because I've got a lot of stuff to trudge through, and I also have a paying job.
knight d Member Join Date: November 2007 Location: United States Posts: 221
Haha, nice.
It hasn't been on dvd 2 weeks yet and that means it came out awhile ago?
It hasn't been on dvd 2 weeks yet and that means it came out awhile ago?
Simon Abrams Member Join Date: June 2005 Location: United States Posts: 710
I thought this came out a lot longer than that. I was wrong. Weird. Somehow it came out here earlier....didn't know I was watching a boot.
Disciple Member Join Date: April 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 775
I have to agree that this is an amazing film! It didn't end quite the way i wanted it too though, i'd have been happier with an ending like this:
Spoiler After having being returned to life, Mikal soon realizes that Zia is the love of her life (or death) and commits suicide for real to reunite with Zia.
Spoiler After having being returned to life, Mikal soon realizes that Zia is the love of her life (or death) and commits suicide for real to reunite with Zia.
That may've been one of the alternate endings that didn't make the dvd.
Disciple Member Join Date: April 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 775
You'd prefer that ending too, right? It goes better with the overall feeling of the movie. The ending that is in the film is such a cliché ending.
Honestly, by the time the ending rolled around I was so in love with both characters that I was just happy to be happy. That was really what made me realize it was a good movie - I didn't care about the cliches. The short story apparently ends with Zia alone in limbo, which would've made me sad.
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Release Date: 18th March 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 2.0 English
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Extras: Director/Producer/Actor Commentary, Behind the Scenes Featurette, Deleted Scenes, Trailers, Storyboards, Stills
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Goran Dukic
Cast: Shannyn Sossamon, Shea Whigham, Tom Waits, Patrick Fugit
Genre: Comedy
Length: 88 minutes
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In an op-ed for FOX News Heritage's Jim Carafano lays out policy ideas that can lead to true immigration reform. The main argument was that immigration reform cannot begin with Amnesty. There are many other ways to confront the problem of illegal immigration, but Amnesty is a "non-starter"
The first thing we must do, Carafano argues, is secure our borders. This will require a partnership with Mexico. Carafano states:
…we can and must do more stateside to secure the border. But we need sensible security measures, with D.C., the states and border communities all pulling in the same direction.
In the last few years, the borders, especially on the Mexican side, have gotten much worse. The cartels have taken hold of the borders. The Cartels used to run when they saw the police, but now they fight back. Hopefully, the tide will change soon. If we don't secure our borders first, we won't have meaningful reform.
Another step to take for reform is giving employers the tools they need to prevent the from hiring illegal immigrants. Whether it is e-verify, or another policy, employers need more tools. Carafano argues:
In addition to doing better operationally, we need to do a better job on the policy front. That includes effective, adequate temporary worker programs that get employers the employees when they need, when they need them to help grow the economy and create more jobs. It means opening the door to high-skilled immigration. It also means enforcing the immigration and workplace laws.
Finally, Amnesty should not be a policy option. Not only would it encourage more illegal immigration, it would also reward those who have broken our laws.
Finally, immigration reform cannot lead with amnesty. Americans will have to demonstrate wisdom and compassion in crafting strategies to deal with those are residing unlawfully in the United States now, but the campaign cannot start by granting a widespread amnesty. That would reward those who have broken our laws and undermine confidence in all other efforts to fix the problem. Amnesties just encourage more illegal entry and unlawful presence.
Amnesty will lead to more problems and will not solve very many. One thing is clear. Our current policies are not working and they desperately need to be reformed.


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Age: 31
maybe that screen of Haruhi having 99999 stats will be some kind of Special move, but with a catch also, since it sounds too good.
Since the PS2 Haruhi game has an RPG sound to it, hopefully its based on the Haruhi theatre where the SOS brigade are in an RPG world.
|2007-06-29, 16:36
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: UK, Glasgow
Well, it appears the title of the PS2 game will be "Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi (The Bewilderment of Suzumiya Haruhi".
You'll be playing as Kyon. During conversations with members of the SOS Brigade you can look left and right at other members which can affect your friendship level with them.
The flow of the game involves managing a schedule to produce a game, arranging who does what task such as voice acting sessions and event CGs. As tasks progress comments are added next to them. Finish off completing a game and you could even play it!
Hmmm... The looking around element is certainly new in an ADV game, I think. I wonder if this will be the same as the PSP game since that mentioned something about "new elements".
The "Super Heroine Haruhi" figure will be from Max Factory in collaboration with Masaki Asai.
|2007-06-29, 17:48
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Monterrey N.L. Mexico
Wonder if Tsuruya will get a Heroine costume as well?
|2007-06-29, 22:41
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Age: 31
Chou Yuusha Haruhi - Super Heroine Haruhi with a Chou Yuusha Armband!? Holy.
Senshi Kyon - Warrior Kyon, not too bad with 4560 hp.
Touzoku no Nagato - Thief Nagato, I don't think that you can survive 9999999.
|2007-06-30, 01:06
|Link #45
Anyone ever notice that Haruhi always seems to have one of two facial expressions on in pictures. It's either lips pursed and kind of frog looking with fiery eyes or mouth wide open so that it looks like a devilish grin. Memories of that Pikachu image being used over and over again on all American Merchandise are flooding back a bit.
Screenshots look pretty static, it looks like it will indeed be an ADV game where you follow a set story path.
|2007-06-30, 21:26
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Video is here for the PS2 Game
Nothing to said except lol the Music
|2007-07-01, 13:41
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Age: 31
Link to official announcement of the games on the Haruhi(fanclub) site: http://www.haruhi.tv/fanclub/special_event.html
PSP title: Suzumiya Haruhi no Yakusoku (Promise of Haruhi Suzumiya)
Maker: Bandai Namco Games
Release date: 2007 unconfirmed
Genre: not stated
PS2 title: Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi (Bewilderment of Haruhi Suzumiya)
Maker: Banpresto(I wonder if we get to see SRW style dynamics)
Release date: January 2008
Genre: SOS-Dan game creation adventure (Not sure if I read that right lol)
Wii title: Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (pending name)
Maker: Kadokawa Shoten
Release: Unconfirmed
Genre: Unconfirmed
|2007-07-02, 08:26
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Age: 27
I want to buy a wii~
|2007-07-02, 12:15
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I'll answer this with:
Twilight Princess, Super Paper Mario, Wii Sports, Wii Play, and the looooooong awaited Smash Bros. Brawl.
I mean... if you have something against simplistic fun and just want eye-candy go ahead and play a PS3 game, both systems are fairly new and both systems still have a fairly limited library of games. To me, neither really even have a strong upcoming release list (barring maybe the FF titles.) While I have both systems, I'd say the Wii is still slightly more enjoyable to play b/c of its unorthodox control style. PS3 just doesn't have too much that makes it stand out more than anything else, besides being a less expensive blue-ray player, and very very pretty graphics.
Anyway... that is all completely off topic, so... what would happen so that Haruhi would feel the need to deal 99999999999 damage to Yuki?
|2007-07-02, 16:12
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The problem with Wii is that Nintendo put a strict rule with the games on the platform - they MUST use the motion sensing mechanism for all games. I am not sure about you, but for some games, like your old school strategy games, I would rather use the typical controller scheme to move things around. I stop playing Zelda simply because there is no way NOT to use the thing. I mean, it's cool for the first couple of hours of playing, but I have no desire to hold the controller up and play for a few hours straight (not uncommon for RPG). I like the DS rules better - you can use either the traditional control or pen - not just the pen.
I cannot think of too many Haruhi theme game that I want to play a lot with the Wii remote, unless it's one of those party-theme like game, which certainly shouldn't require you to hold the damn remote up for hours at a time
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I see...
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|2007-07-02, 23:43
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A Haruhi videogame. From what I've seen so far, it sounds like it's going to be good. Although I would prefer the tradition of just using a controller, like with PS2.
For the above post, if that scene does make it on the Wii, it will be a VERY disturbing.(laughs)
|2007-07-05, 15:12
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: UK, Glasgow
Few more details about the PSP game has popped up in the latest issue of Newtype.
"Suzumiya Haruhi no Yakusoku (Promise of Suzumiya Haruhi)" will be an ADV game as stated earlier. As you walk around the campus and come across events, you get to play some mini games. Nothing about whether the story will be the same as the show or not but, it will feature full voice acting by the same Anime cast.
The "new element" announced a while ago will be the "Motion Portrait" system. Apparently character expressions will change in real time which may mean you won't see the usual slideshow "tachie" portraits that you get in ADVs.
Fun stuff.
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Raging '20s: And the party theme of the year award goes to: "The Great Gatsby." While Jay Gatsby partied in excess, there are ways to imbibe without splurging on calories. This Skinnygirl cocktail is named after Gatsby's hometown, and it can be multiplied into a larger batch ahead of time and served from a drink dispenser to allow guests to help themselves.
The twist: Fresh fruit and sparkling water keep this drink light. Skinnygirl White Cherry Vodka has fewer than 77 calories per serving. It's among four new products that include Moscato and ready-to-serve Skinnygirl Mojito and Skinnygirl Sweet 'n Tart Grapefruit Margarita, which have 100 calories or fewer per serving.
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Makes 1 serving
2 strawberries, divided use
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2 ounces sparkling water
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Franklin and Theda (Howell) Rose of Pratt will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary, Saturday, July 13th with a reception from 2-4 pm at the First United Methodist Church, 600 West Lincoln Avenue, Greensburg.
The Roses were married July 12, 1953 at the bride's home in Mullinville. Franklin and Theda have four children, Karla Givens of Manhattan, John and wife Kay of Mullinville, Steven Rose of Pratt, and David Rose with our heavenly father. They have four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Franklin graduated from Mullinville High School in 1951. Franklin retired from teaching, 20 years, as a junior high science teacher in the Great Bend school district. He also, retired, maybe, from farming/stockman from the age of seven to present.
During World War II there were not men to work in the fields so the children worked in the fields. Franklin served in the United States Army for two years. He was stationed with the Battalion at the Radar Site in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Franklin graduated from Fort Hays State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture and biology. Franklin was on the Fort Hays State University track team and was a graduate assistant.
Theda also graduated from Mullinville High School in 1951. Theda retired from teaching, 20 years, as an elementary teacher in the Great Bend school district.
Theda graduated from Fort Hays State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education and a master's degree with continued work in special education. Theda was a past member of the Agenda Club in Greensburg.
Franklin and Theda are members of the First United Methodist Church in Greensburg.
The Roses moved to Pratt after the May 4, 2007 Greensburg tornado. Cards may be sent to: 402 Eastland Ave, Pratt, KS 67124. Please join us as we share in our celebration with family and friends.


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The amount of genuine 'Euro-skepticism' that really exists in the United Kingdom is about to be put to the test.
The UK has always had a vocal faction who are very unhappy with the EU. This skepticism ranges from those who want to have their London parliament retain more of its power rather than ceding ever-more to Brussels, to those who want the UK out of the European Union altogether.
British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that, should his Conservative party be re-elected, a referendum will be held in the UK by 2017. The vote will likely include a number of options and will include an option for the country to completely leave the Union. Britain previously decided to remain outside the Eurozone and retain its own Sterling currency. This proved to be a very wise decision in retrospect, given the financial devastation that the single currency has left in its wake.
Had Ireland retained its own 'Irish Punt' currency and thus control of its own Central Bank then there is no way the property bubble that has wrecked the Irish economy would ever have been allowed to grow to the proportions it did. Since interest rates were set by the European Central Bank Ireland was lumbered with low interest rates, cheap loans and a voracious appetite for buying property at precisely the moment it needed it least. Ireland had 1 and 2% interest rates when it should have had 5, 6, and 7% to cool the property market.
While these events are history now, it is with a sense of foreboding that the Irish public and politicians view the vista of our nearest neighbour and largest trading partner actually leaving the European Union completely.
The effects of such a move for Ireland would be wide-reaching. Britain is the export economy upon which Ireland relies most. If trade becomes more difficult or is taxed at a higher rate then the effect on the Irish economy would be severe.
It remains to be seen what the overall response will be from the British public. As David Cameron himself put it:
"The biggest danger to the European Union comes not from those who advocate change, but from those who denounce new thinking as heresy. In its long history Europe has experience of heretics who turned out to have a point."
Ireland is certainly feeling the pain for having ignored its own heretics who predicted doom when the country joined the Euro currency.


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Sepaton: HP offers 'least capable' dedupe in the industry
HP begs to differ
HP's Store Once Catalyst and B6200 hardware offers the "least capable" deduplication in the industry. That's according to Sepaton, which should know as HP resells its deduplicating array.
The Sepaton product in question is the ES2 S2100 8-node clustered globally deduplicating array – resold by HP – and we asked Sepaton for its views on the Store Once Catalyst/B6200 announcement and our review of it.
Sepaton's spokespeople had quite a lot to say.
Linda Mentzer, Sepaton's veep for product and program management, and Peter Quirk, product management director, said: "SEPATON completely agrees with the analysis and would also point out the following: the 100TB/hr is an absolute best case for subsequent generation backups and only for Data Protector which does not help with enterprise backup apps such as NBU, OST, TSM or NetWorker and is highly footnoted with caveats. SEPATON's ingest is totally deterministic and not dependent on backup application, data change rate, capacity usage of the system etc."
They added that:
Each [B6200] couplet is very limited in capacity. Usable capacity is 128TB but HP's best practices recommend no more than 50 per cent utilisation so backups of large enterprise class files or databases are not possible. SEPATON scales to 1.6PB usable. Configuring workloads for the B6200 is incredibly complex, given that one has to balance workloads across multiple nodes to ensure good throughput and effective utilisation of storage. SEPATON automatically load balances backups across all nodes and storage in the system.
They also asserted: "The HP B6200 offers the least capable dedupe in the industry. Each tape device on a B6200 is effectively a distinct dedupe domain. Backups sent to a one drive don't dedupe against backups sent to another drive on the same node! What happens when your backup exceeds the capability of one drive?
"HP makes no performance claims for database backups. It made no specific mention of Oracle RMAN support, nor did it respond to EMC's announcement of Data Domain BOOST for RMAN. Nor do the latest announcements speak of DB2 or SQL Server backup performance.
They also said that the B6200 had another limitation: "The B6200 cannot tolerate multiplexed input. This effectively removes it from competition with SEPATON when large enterprise databases need to backed up in the minimum time. SEPATON's new DeltaStor DBeXstream technology in the 6.1 release being announced tomorrow supports fast multi-stream, multiplexed database backups while delivering unprecedented deduplication rates through byte-level differential deduplication. HP's B6200 and Data Domain offerings continue to ask enterprises to choose between fast database backup or maximum capacity reduction."
A final point: "As with Data Domain's performance claims, the HP claims are for ingest and inline dedupe only. Housekeeping (aka, cleaning or space reclamation) and replication are best done when ingest is not occurring. Replication may even require dedicated nodes. SEPATON concurrently ingests, deduplicates, replicates and reclaims space automatically."
HP's views
Quite a blast merits quite a response. Sean Kenney, product marketing director for HP Storage, provided it: "HP stands by our StoreOnce B6200 system performance numbers... Partners were not involved in HP StoreOnce B6200 performance testing so it is unclear on what information they are basing their response."
Sepaton claimed: "Backups sent to a one drive don't dedupe against backups sent to another drive on the same node." Kenney disputes this: "Any emulated tape drive within a VTL completely deduplicates with all other tape drives in that VTL."
Another Sepaton criticism of the B6200 was: "The B6200 cannot tolerate multiplexed input. This effectively removes it from competition with SEPATON when large enterprise databases need to backed up in the minimum time."
Kenney replies: "HP StoreOnce B6200 is a terrific solution for database and multiplexed workloads. Dedupe ratios can be affected depending upon the data types including the block size of the multiplexing which can be controlled. Multiplexing only occurs when the backup happens via agents and a media server that is aggregating backup from these agents. Similarly, RMAN itself is not a backup application and we don't see much value in backing up Oracle outside of a backup application, giving up the backup application's catalogs and storage management advantages."
As for Sepaton's housekeeping point: "Housekeeping" improvements were part of the StoreOnce changes and can operate in parallel with backup operations."
StoreOnce/B6200 possibilities
Kenney added some information about the scaling possibilities of the B6200 and the way customers use it:
it is important to note that the B6200 is a single logical system built on an underlying clustering engine that is capable of scaling to over 1000 nodes and a 16PB single namespace.
The current configuration is split into 4 high availability couplets and exposed as 4 different pools in order to balance ingest performance and deduplication efficiency. Our enterprise customers routinely stream multiple backup jobs to different locations and have influenced the decision to follow a couplet based approach.
The StoreOnce Catalyst integration with backup applications allows all deduplication, backup, and replication to be managed directly from the backup application which dramatically simplifies backup compared to approaches that do not offer such integration.
What do we think of this? We think Sepaton and HP are in competition and using every tool at their disposal to beat each other. It also seems that dedupe suppliers outside HP generally do not give full credence to HP's single deduplication system claims for its Store Once Catalyst/B6200 products.
We also think that there is far more to come from the StoreOnce product line: a 1,000 node and 16PB namespace? We haven't seen anything yet. ®
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RICHMOND, Ky. (Dec. 29, 2006) - Coming off a much needed win before the holiday break against Radford, the ETSU women's basketball will look to finish the 2006 portion of its schedule with back-to-back wins as they visit Eastern Kentucky Saturday evening. Tip is set for 7 p.m. inside McBrayer Arena.
With a win Saturday night, the Lady Bucs will get back to the .500 mark for the second time this season, and make it five wins in their last seven contests. In order to make it a successful trip, ETSU will have to do something they have never done before, which is beat the Lady Colonels on their home floor. The Lady Bucs are winless in Richmond (0-3), and are only 2-8 lifetime against the Lady Colonels. Last season ETSU knocked off the Eastern Kentucky, 81-74, in Memorial Center, as Brooke Wilhoit (Sevierville, Tenn.) was one of three players to reach double figures. Jenny Norman (Peachtree, Ga.) also gave the Lady Bucs a lift with nine points, seven rebounds and two block shots in the winning effort.
Fans will be able to view the game online by visiting http://www.ovcsports.tv/, and click on the upcoming live events link. For more information regarding your Lady Bucs please click on the game notes link above or visit www.ETSUBucs.com for more information.