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The paving process of a popular, dusty shortcut is ahead of schedule, Lafourche Parish officials said.
The paving process of a popular, dusty shortcut is ahead of schedule, Lafourche Parish officials said.
Laurel Valley Road, which connects La. 308 south of Thibodaux to Chocktaw Road southwest of Choctaw, is being rapidly improved, said Public Works Director Kerry Babin.
It serves as a shortcut for residents driving from the Choctaw or Chackbay to Nicholls State University and Thibodaux Regional Medical Center and is a hurricane evacuation route.
Parish President Charlotte Randolph said she hopes the paved route will alleviate often heavy traffic on La. 20.
"It is a direct route for many people in that area and hopefully this will reduce some of the traffic on Highway 20," Randolph said. "I don't want it to become the Indy 500 road or lover's lane."
The contractor is building up the roadway's foundation with limestone to meet elevation requirements, Babin said. The company is also fixing bad spots so it can begin the asphalting process.
"They have been working on overload. It will be on schedule or ahead of schedule," Randolph said.
The project started last month and work is expected to take six months to complete, she added. The $3 million project is being paid for by a federal grant tied to hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
The parish is also gearing up to do about $22 million in road work in 2013 through a recently secured bond. The entire bond is for $25 million, but given repayment regulations and fees, about $22 million of that will be available for work, Randolph said.
The work should begin shortly after the new year begins, Randolph said.
The bond will be repaid through Road Sales Tax District A, which encompasses areas north of Larose where the work will be done. All work financed by the bond will take place in the district as well.
Randolph has been consulting councilmen from the district to get a comprehensive list of the road needs in their area.
Many of the projects involve repairing long-neglected areas of streets, though there will be some major resurfacing projects involved, she said.
Randolph said she hopes to have all the projects done by the end of 2013.
Money from the bond will also pay for some drainage projects outlined in the parish's drainage master plan.
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Work is under way on an $8.8 million renovation project for Sweet Briar College's Mary Helen Cochran Library.
The work is the first of three phases that will include removal and replacement of the Dana Wing, a 1964 addition to the north side of the historic 1929 building. The new wing will be on the building's west side.
The project — paid for by donations already in hand — will include upgrades such as air conditioning, improved ventilation and better lighting for the original structure.
Some elements of the building also will be restored, including round-top windows along the original rear wall.
The new atrium design will open the view now blocked by the Dana Wing, and reveal the brick exterior wall that was covered up by the 1960s addition.
The south-facing gallery adjacent to the Powell Reading Room also will be restored and will again display art.
The college is working with VMDO Architects and builder C.L. Lewis to see if the project will qualify for state and federal tax credits for historic preservation.


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Hope College's annual major dance concert, Dance 36, will run Friday and Saturday, March 5-6, and the following weekend, Thursday-Saturday, March 11-13, at 8 p.m. at the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland.
Hope College's annual major dance concert, Dance 36, will run Friday and Saturday, March 5-6, and the following weekend, Thursday-Saturday, March 11-13, at 8 p.m. at the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland.
The program will present a variety of works created by Hope's dance faculty as well as guest faculty/choreographers Tracy Kofford and Dorrell Martin.
° "Into the Night," choreographed by Alicia Diaz and Matthew Thornton, is a piece about emerging from one world and moving into another. It explores and experiments with different movement qualities, and has been created in collaboration with Hope College dance students.
° "Dark White," choreographed by Steven Iannacone, is described as "a white landscape... mist, frost, smoke, ash... searing heat, frigid air... figures."
° "Dit Dah," choreographed by Rosanne Marie Mork, is an experiment in time. Hope College sophomore Kristen Reschke of Naperville, Ill., taps out Morse Code messages which pop to the cyclorama as a sort of thought-bubble commentary on life.
° "Maybe this time....," choreographed by guest artist Tracy Kofford, follows the ins and outs and ups and downs of relationships.
° "A Naming...," choreographed by Angie Yetzke in collaboration with the dancers, depicts the process of stripping away labels, both given and self-inflicted, to order to uncover and celebrate a unique name and purpose.
° "Vignettes on a Boulevard," choreographed by Amanda Smith, is a contemporary ballet on pointe set on a 1940s street corner.
° "Facades," choreographed by guest artist Dorrell Martin, is a contemporary work which explores a deeper and more meaningful relationship of humanity by looking past artificial appearances of human connection in today's society. "Facades" features music by Phillip Glass and an original score by 2007 Hope graduate Steven Rodriguez of Holland.
Guest choreographer Tracy Kofford is originally from Southern California, where he began dancing with tap at age nine and began working in theatre at age 13. He holds a BFA degree in dance from the University of California at Santa Barbara and an MFA degree from New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where he received a full scholarship. He is currently a member of Jennifer Muller/The Works and Williams/Henry Dance Company. He has toured and set works both nationally and internationally. Kofford has taught in New York City, the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Adelphi University, the Richard Stockton College in New Jersey and Europe.
Guest choreographer Dorrell Martin is director of jazz and contemporary dance at the JoffreySchool in New York City. Martin has performed in musicals such as "Aida," "Swing" and "West Side Story," and was a soloist for the national touring company of "A Few Good Men... Dancin." He has worked with recording artists such as Emma Bunton and Solange. He has been artist-in-residence at Hope College, where he set the musical "Wonderful Town." Martin is the founder and artistic director of Dorrell Martin Dance Fusion and the former artistic director of Houston Metropolitan Dance Company.
Costumes are designed by Darlene K. Christopher, Susan Eyler and Hope junior Magdalene Reishus of Kokomo, Ind. Lighting design is by Erik Alberg.
Tickets for Dance 36 are on sale at the ticket office in the main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse, and cost $7 for regular admission, and $5 for students and senior citizens. The ticket office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be called at (616) 395-7890.
The DeVos Fieldhouse is located at 222 Fairbanks Ave., between Ninth and 11th streets. The Knickerbocker Theatre is located at 86 E. Eighth St.


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Today's Catholic--Ft. Wayne-South Bend, IN
FORTWAYNE — Her uncle and father were famous "Sons of Thunder" who fought for civil rights in the United States in the 1960s. "Sons of Thunder" was the name they were given because they could imitate their father's preaching and oratory style. Forty years later, Dr. Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and daughter of Rev. A.D. King, continues to thunder the civil rights' cause, this time for the unborn.
King is a mother of six "surviving babies" as she called them at the Allen County Right to Life pro-life rally and march Jan. 28 in the Scottish Rite Auditorium. She is also a doting grandmother.
King, following the footsteps of her father and uncle, is a minister of the Gospel and serves as the director of African-American Outreach for Gospel of Life, coordinated by Priests for Life.
King related the civil rights marches and introduced her talk with many of the freedom songs from the movement.
"We will be marching for freedom and the lives of the unborn who are like a slave in the womb of their mom," she said. "As you are marching today, just remember that when we marched for freedom, we were not afraid because God was on our side, and were able to sing hymns of freedom and praise to him."
King said that she was encouraged as she watched the auditorium fill to near capacity and heard the words of U.S. Rep Mark Souder (R-3rd District).
King encouraged those gathered to let the elected officials who promote prolife issues "know that you are with them." King, too, was an elected official at one time. "Sometimes we just need to hear the voice of the people say, 'Keep on. We are with you' ... They need your prayers," she said.
King married a year after her uncle's assassination in 1968. Her father was found in the family pool dead from a bruise to the head a year later. She and her husband had a son, but King was pregnant again shortly after the birth of her first child. When she went to the doctor, without even asking, the doctor told King, "You don't want another baby."
"The doctor made the decision for me," King said, and gave her an involuntary D-and-C.
"My personality changed right away," she said. "I became argumentative, combative, not feeling well." Her husband asked, "What happened to the person I married? Where is she? Who are you?" The marriage ended in divorce.
In 1973, after the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision, she and her first husband tried to reconcile their marriage, but it wasn't working. Again, she was pregnant. "We both said, 'We don't need another baby. We're not getting along,'" King related. "So the law had passed, I went to the doctor and the doctor said, 'Well it won't be as bad as pulling a tooth. It won't hurt. It's a blob of tissue. It would be done in a hospital. 'Insurance will pay for it.' Third baby - gone."
For the next 10 years, until 1983 when she was born again, King said she was a "woman's libber." During that time she met her daughter Celeste's father.
Again King was unmarried, pregnant and thinking about abortion. Celeste's father said, "Nobody's going to abort a baby of mine," related King.
"And so I went to my favorite African-American man, Daddy King (her grandfather). ...Everything that I ever asked him he gave me," King said. But when she announced her thoughts about aborting the baby, he said, "Nobody's going to kill a baby of mine."
That was two African-American men who "stood up for truth, justice and life," King remarked. Celeste, now an adult, accompanied her mother at the talk.
King discussed the healing power of God and related a recent conversation with a famous prochoice man whom she would not name. "You know you must really be a big hypocrite," the man told her, "because from listening to your story, you need to be on death row — you're a murderer."
King responded, "You know, you're right. Except I got a pardon from the greatest king and the greatest judge whom will ever be. ... And because of Jesus Christ, I am forgiven." There are "survivors" - any child born after 1973 - and the "overcomers," King related. "Because of that, the overcomers, like me, who have overcome the tricks of the devil, ... have lived to tell the truth of it. We are here today - that's why we are marching. ... And (God) promised that if we come back to him, he will lead us, and we will be cleansed and healed."
Last year, when King felt disheartened about the death of Terri Schiavo and when the Supreme Court did not overturn Roe v. Wade, she turned to God in prayer. She said, "God moved on my spirit and he said, 'The hearts of the people must be changed. We have to take the long road home.'
"He didn't say 'no,'" King said. "It's gonna happen. It's gonna happen soon." She said the large number of young people under 30 at the rally offered encouragement.
King said that faith-works by love will change hearts. "So when we see those young girls going into the clinic, it can't be, 'Oh, look at those wicked girls going into the clinic,'" she said. "It is wicked, and they shouldn't kill the baby if it happens. But it should be, 'Look at those precious little girls who need the truth. How can we reach them in prayer?' "Stand there with your pride, with your compassion, and your love." she said. "Let them know that if they need for you to be with them through that nine month period, and even after, your prayers are going to be there, your support. Let them know how precious life is."
"Life is important, life is precious, life is sweet, and as you march today, know that God goes with you, love goes with you, truth goes with you and truly 'We shall overcome,'" King said.


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Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season.
It's been over six years since executives at CBS, in a rare moment of rational thinking, decided to do away with sideline reporters during NFL games. Since that time, I've never heard anyone complain about the move. There's no one at the local bar who watches the NFL on CBS and cries out, "Whoa hey, where's the juicy anecdote about Eli Manning and his mom's Sunday tradition of cranberry bread-making that bleeds over into vital game action?" No one has ever said that and no one ever will because sideline reporters are fucking terrible.
And what amazes me is that—with the possible exception of ESPN—no other network has yet to emulate CBS's example and phase out the single most useless job in sports. Fox still has sideline reporters, including Goose in his fucking man cave ("I heard that hit from down here, you guys!"). NFL Network uses Alex Flanagan. ESPN uses Lisa Salters on Monday night, though a network spokesman told our John Koblin that Salters is only used "as situations warrant." And NBC is the worst offender of all, constantly cutting to Michele Tafoya to tell you absolutely nothing. Even CBS still uses sideline reporters for virtually every other sport. Why? Why is this still going on? Have we, as Americans, not made it clear to you that we don't give a shit?
There are two stock reports that a sideline reporter can give you:
1. "[Player X] is injured and will/will not/may not return."
2. "I talked to Coach Harbaugh at the half and he said he told his team, 'Guys, we GOTTA STOP TURNING THE BALL OVER. We just have to settle down.'"
Only one of those reports is useful, and all injury information can easily be relayed up to the play-by-play guy by someone who is down on the sidelines and doesn't need to have a speaking role. The second example, where the sideline reporter talks to a head coach who CLEARLY wants the interview to end as quickly as possible, is worthless. Not just worthless, actually. Awkward. Painful. Almost as painful as the variant in which the coach is running back to the locker room at the beginning of the half and, again, tells the sideline reporter that they just have to stop turning the ball over. NO SHIT. Whenever a sideline reporter asks the head coach for his thoughts on the first half, I wanna fucking die. I'm embarrassed the coach has to stand there for five seconds to tolerate this stupidity. I become unreasonably hostile and immediately flip the channel until I know the coast is clear. There's never been a satisfying answer to that question, ever. And there never will be. A head coach would rather give you his child's Social Security number than divulge anything resembling useful game plan information.
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And it's even worse at the end of games, because highlight shows are cluttered with field and sideline reporters talking to someone after the game and asking the same goddamn question: "Hey, that was exciting at the end! What was it like in those final seconds?" And then the moron player is like DURRRRR JUST A GREAT FEELING BUT NOW WE GOTTA GET READY FOR HOUSTON DURRRRRR. You are wasting precious highlight-show time. You could be showing me more shit that happened. You assholes.
Yet sideline reporters remain entrenched virtually everywhere except for the NFL on CBS. The job has been a running joke among sports fans for decades now, going all the way back to the days of Ahmad Rashad making doe eyes at Michael Jordan from courtside. The fact that they still exist is proof of how little execs think about what it's like watch their own broadcast. If they aren't insulting you by putting a pair of fake tits down on the sidelines, they're making it even worse by putting "real professionals" down there who are just aching to convey the importance of their 70-second spot on camera. Enough. You've had six years to make like CBS and you've sat there with your dicks in your hands the whole time. Get rid of sideline reporters forever and I promise you no one will bitch.
The Games
All games in the Jamboroo are evaluated for sheer watchability on a scale of 1 to 5 Throwgasms.
Five Throwgasms
Broncos at Patriots: I hope you're all as excited for soft-focus footage of old Manning-Brady clashes as I am. You'll notice, by the way, that Tom Brady and Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers all immediately sprang back to life last week when the ref lockout ended. Because the old refs let them get away with MUUUUURRRRRDERRRR. I have no evidence to support this claim. I just like accusing people of shit. A GODDAMN STAR SYSTEM IS WHAT IT IS.
Four Throwgasms
Falcons at Redskins: Even though concussions haven't dampened my appetite for watching football, they have changed how I watch football now. I used to watch players get crushed and think nothing of it, but now when I see someone get his shit ruined I become immediately concerned. Oh, man. That looked like a concussion. Was it a concussion? Someone should ask him what day it is. I hope he doesn't have a seizure and die right now because that would be a really long game delay. I'm a far more compassionate football watcher now. I think that'll totally make a difference in the long run.
Three Throwgasms
Eagles at Steelers: I watched the Giants and the Eagles play each other last week in a bar packed with equal numbers of New York and Philly fans, and the hilarious thing was that the Giants and Eagles fans never acknowledged the existence of one another. They didn't talk trash or anything like that. They just traded angry shouts at the TV back and forth, trying to ignore the fact that there was a rival fan two feet away. I do this if I'm ever watching my team in a bar and a rival fan is right next to me. I try my best to ignore him because I hate him and I want him to die. I spent more time during the Giants-Eagles game watching those fans than I did the game itself.
Cardinals at Rams: Last Sunday I was watching RedZone Channel and there were a couple of times that I flipped over to the Ryder Cup just to see if the Americans were collapsing (they were). And I felt like a real loser for doing that. Cheating on RedZone Channel will fill you with guilt and self-doubt. Golf? The fuck am I doing? If you see me on the street, smack me in the face for my insolence.
I was watching the RedZone Channel and the golf on a flight to Los Angeles, and before the flight took off, they cut off the satellite feed to show us an endless safety demonstration video, along with five straight-up ads just to rub it in. And I was LIVID. How dare they deprive me of three whole minutes of television? WHAT KIND OF THIRD WORLD OUTFIT IS THIS?
Bills at 49ers
Two Throwgasms
Ravens at Chiefs: I think last week's Browns-Ravens game broke the league record for number of dreadlocked starters, but I'd like hard evidence. One day, there will be a play featuring 22 dreadlocked participants and I would like it noted when that happens, because dreadlocks are cool and I can't grow them.
Dolphins at Bengals: The amazing thing about this season is that virtually every team has the potential to entertain you. Usually, there are teams that remain unwatchable from the beginning of the season to the end. You know, like the Browns every year. But this year, even Cleveland has been fun to watch at times, along with the Dolphins and Vikings and Rams and a lot of other teams who were expected to field soul-crushing offenses. This Dolphins-Bengals game could end 42-40 and I don't think any of us would be surprised. The NFL was smart enough to realize that watching a team that plays terrible defense isn't nearly as painful as watching a team that plays terrible offense, so now they've changed the rules so any team can have a decent offensive game. THAT'S GREAT LEAGUE DEGRADATION!
Packers at Colts: Next time you're hard up for sex, tell your girlfriend you "need more touches." It's a great phrase to use outside football situations. If I don't get my 25 touches, I can't get into a rhythm, woman.
Browns at Giants: I took my kids to a playground the other day and my son started doing his peepee dance and I was like, "Do you have to piss? We can go piss on a tree, because that's kinda fun."
"No Deddy, I have to poo!"
But there was no port-o-potty anywhere near the park. Suddenly, I had a serious emergency on my hands. There is no more anxious time than the time between your child telling you he has to shit and you finding a place for him to shit. I had no backup pants or underwear for the boy. I had no wipes on me. I had no contingency plan if the child were to drop anchor in his pants. There was a grocery store three blocks away, so I grabbed the boy's hand and started taking him away from the park.
"We gotta go. NOW NOW NOW."
I also had a baby with me and my oldest kid, and I had to convince the oldest kid to stop swinging on the swing so that we could all go to the Safeway and get the boy to a proper shitter. And I walked WAY faster than the kids. By the second block, I was essentially dragging him along the pavement while pushing a cheapass stroller.
"Deddy, slow down!"
"No, you have to poop. You aren't pooping your pants. NOT ON MY WATCH."
And after 10 agonizing minutes, we made it to the can just in time and I collapsed in exhaustion. Then I bought the kids a chocolate donut. Pooping is stressful.
Texans at Jets: I think it's probably time for us to lump in Woody Johnson with Dan Snyder and Jerry Jones in the heavyweight class of terrible owners. He's earning it.
Seahawks at Panthers: Speaking of dickheaded owners, I give you Jerry Richardson:
Panthers owner Jerry Richardson walked by at that moment. [Dan] Snyder extended his hand, and Richardson, an old-guard guy apparently offended by new-school Snyder's brashness, "totally stoned Snyder," breezing right by, [Dave] McKenna says. "He was very rude, and Snyder was just doing the right thing," he says.
Think about how big of an asshole you have to be to make Dan Snyder look sympathetic. Jerry Richardson is the worst.
Titans at Vikings
Bears at Jaguars
Chargers at Saints
One Throwgasm
Pregame Song That Makes Me Want To Run Through A Goddamn Brick Wall
"Metal Woman," by Three Inches of Blood. Reader Warren:
They're from Vancouver, they sing about weed, booze, orcs, dragons and other shit. They're totally ridiculous.
Anyway, the song Metal Woman off their most recent album Long Live Heavy Metal is awesome. It features tattooed chicks and the lyrics, "She's a metal woman, demon in the sack, metal woman, ready to attack."
All women should dress like the women in this video. Wearing nothing but ammunition is hot as shit.
Nazi Bill Simmons Lock of the Week!
Lots of sports sites, to demonstrate the arbitrary nature of gambling, like to have animals and random celebrities pick games to see if they can outwit their expert counterparts. There's no reason we at Deadspin can't also get in on the fun. So we've asked a fictionalized, Nazi version of popular sportswriter Bill Simmons to pick one game a week for us. Take it away, Nazi Simmons.
"This week, I like the Steelers giving 3.5 points at home against the Eagles. As always, these are real emails from real fellow Nazis:
How could that filthy immigrant Ron Rivera elect to punt on 4th-and-1 at the end of the game last week? Was it not obvious to everyone else that the Falcons would drive right back down the field on us? If you had been named Sports Führer, this never would have happened.
-Cam N., Charlotte
"OK, so I wrote that one myself. Couldn't resist. But it's true! We need a Sports Führer. If I were named Sports Führer tomorrow, you can bet Rivera would be loaded on the first flatbed truck back to Guatemala. Furthermore, my friends in the Civil War Re-Enactment Society would stage the ending to Hoosiers on live television every March. How has this not happened yet? Are you telling me that wouldn't be the most watched television event of the season? STOP. JUST STOP."
2012 Nazi Simmons record: 2-1
Chris Johnson Memorial Fantasy Player Who Deserves To Die A Slow, Painful Death
Tony Romo. Out of all the positions in fantasy football, only the quarterback has the ability to really crush your soul with a four- or five-turnover game. Watching your QB shave two points off his total with an interception here and an interception there will strangle your joy of living and send you to a very dark place. Because you always think, you hope, that the last interception will be the last interception, that Tony Romo will turn it around and maybe throw a touchdown to get those points back and not throw it to every goddamn Bear on the field. It's like watching a family member being killed in front of you.
Gregg Easterbrook Is A Haughty Dipshit
After demanding the scab refs get first dibs on future job openings last week, I was excited for Gregggg to go online this week and demand that Mark Sanchez get first dibs on any future starting quarterback job, because I think it's noble that Sanchez is still trying to better himself.
Had Green Bay lost consecutive games to officiating errors, verily the football gods would have waxed wroth.
Oh, indeed! They would have wrothed all over the wrathstones of fate. Oh, woe be to the official who dares blasphome the Football Gods with hereticalness! Seriously though, let's give Wayne Elliott a permanent ref gig.
At kickoff in Philadelphia for a night game it was a nippy 62 degrees with temperatures falling. Eagles cheerleaders showed professionalism by wearing their bikini-beach summer outfits, and this appeased the football gods, who smiled on the home team.
So, if you're scoring at home, here is what is important to the Football Gods, as demanded by the CEO of Football God Wrothdom:
• No punting
• No blitzing
• Going to church or a house of worship regularly
• Matriculation at an ELITE COLLEGE
• Crediting Gregg with blowing the lid off of wasteful government private-security spending
• Hot tits
Got all that?
Economic growth has slowed while the national debt has risen: Reckless borrowing has been the rule under both George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Yet hardly anything new is getting built.
But times have never been better! I wish the GLORYSTREAM MEDIA would note that I have a nice house in Potomac, and apart from many people not having jobs, things are pretty cool! Oh, and sea levels are gonna rise 60 feet next month. WHY IS THAT ALL ANYONE WILL TALK ABOUT? JEEZ!
Time for this week's TMQ edition of "Why can't movies be as boring as real life?":
The most unrealistic scene of "Taken" occurred off camera, at the end. In the act of rescuing his daughter, Neeson's character has shot dead at least 50 people in Paris. He's caused a huge explosion, killed multiple rich people at a high-society party in a mansion and slaughtered everyone on a luxury yacht on the Seine. Then he and his daughter just go to the airport and fly home. Neeson doesn't have any kind of diplomatic status or CIA protection, he's in Paris as a rogue. He shoots dozens of people, then gets on a plane without anyone noticing or any police watching the airports.
Silly Gregg. You think customs agents are gonna stop The Man With A Unique Set Of Skills after he just ejaculated pure ownage all over the screen? Only French GLORY GARÇONS would try to start shit with such a remarkable badass. But you're totally right, Taken would have been a way better movie if Neeson had been arrested at the end and the movie featured a nine-hour scene of him being processed for extradition. And how come no one asks him for a proper ID?
The Raiders had no first- or third-round choice in 2011, no first- or second-round choice in 2012 and will lack either a first- or second-round selection in 2013. Oakland seems to be running an experiment in whether high draft selections really matter. With the Raiders at 1-3 and 5-9 since Palmer took the reins, maybe high draft choices matter.
But but but but but but but HIGH-DRAFT CHOICES ARE ME FIRSTERS! They smoke weed and drink cheap brandy and lounge about without a care in the world! O how the Football Gods would wax wrothy!
The Lions have a mélange of big-bucks, high-drafted players who seem more interested in strutting and boasting than performing.
Ah, now THAT is the Gregggg I think we're all accustomed to. When you draft WEASEL PLAYERS, you get weasel results. SMDH!
Why does the penny endure? The zinc lobby profits from the penny.
"Think again, Jimmy. You see, the firing pin in your gun was made of, yup, zinc!"
West Virginia hit 70 points for the second time in its past five outings; the Mountaineers have averaged 56 points per game during that span. Last season the University of Houston averaged 52 points, then collapsed at the end, partly owing to a me-first walkout by weasel coach Kevin Sumlin. What do the programs have in common? West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen was offensive coordinator under Sumlin at Houston, and brought its fast-snap, deep-crossing offense sets to Morgantown. We'll see if he brought Sumlin's promise-breaker mindset as well.
True story: Taken is actually based on Dana Holgorsen's life. NO WEASEL, HE.
Suicide Pick Of The Week
Last week's picks of Baltimore, Houston, and Arizona went 3-0, putting me at 7-5 for the season. Again we pick three teams for your suicide pool and something that makes you want to commit suicide. This week, the picks are the Giants, Cincinnati, Chicago, and the threat of jury duty. I got a jury-duty questionnaire in the mail a month ago. Not a summons, but one of those questionnaires that serve as a warning that you're probably gonna get a summons. I know it's coming. I know there's a five-day personal foot-injury trial in my near future. You never get the COOL jury cases.
Great Moments In Bat Killing History
Reader Grant sends in this story I call BAT'S NO BANANA:
I was a latchkey kid for my whole childhood (except when my dad was unemployed). So, as the oldest child, I often came home first. I'd do what lazy kids usually do, eat string cheese and watch Kids in the Hall reruns (supplemented by masturbation once I got old enough).
One day, as I walk to the kitchen sink to get a glass of water to wash my snack down, I notice something that looks like a piece of rotten fruit in the sink. I think, "That's weird, Mom doesn't usually leave things in the sink. Oh well, whatever."
Later, I came back to the sink for more water and instead of the rotten little half of banana that I expected, I see a HUGE FUCKING BAT with its wings spread out on either side of the drain opening and its body directly over the garbage disposal. I start to freak out, because bats are terrifying. I consider leaving it for my mom, but I remember that she always makes me clean up every other animal our sociopathic cat kills, so I might as well just do this thing now.
I grab about half a roll of paper towels and pick the bat up. It immediately starts squeaking like mad. I panicked (I had assumed it was dead), but I managed to throw the bat in the garbage under the sink and take the whole bag (squeaking all the way) out to the big can out back. Job well done.
When my mom gets home a few hours later I tell her about this, and she yells at me for throwing it in the garbage! I am a hero, and I get no respect. What was I supposed to do, nurse it back to health?
I would have stomped on the bag.
Fire This Asshole!
Is there anything more exciting than a coach losing his job? All year long, we'll keep track of which coaches will almost certainly get fired at year's end or sooner. And now, your potential 2012 chopping block:
• Whatever janitor is currently in charge of the Saints
• Norv Turner
• Jason Garrett
• Greg Schiano
• Jim Schwartz
• Pete Carroll
• Rex Ryan*
• Romeo Crennel
• Pat Shurmur
• Ron Rivera
• Jim Schwartz
• Mike Shanahan
• Andy Reid
(* - possible midseason firing)
So nice to see Jason Garrett back on the list. Hmm. Yes. Indeed. Deep down, I yearn for Jerry Jones to finally name himself head coach of the Cowboys. The specter of it has lingered around the Cowboys for so long now that it seems like it would have happened already if it was going to. But it never happened because the Double J has been able to essentially be the head head coach, doing all the fun shit head coaches do but not working anywhere near as hard. He's the laziest puppet master in history.
But I'm hoping that this season, he finally loses his shit and decides to make it official. He's only got so many years left before his face melts off. Surely it's crossed his mind to give it a shot. God, that would be the greatest thing ever. Any coach that lost to him would never live it down.
Gametime Snack Of The Week
Coconut Three Musketeers! I saw this at the gas station the other day and nearly shit my pants with excitement because coconut and chocolate together are NOT UNDELICIOUS. Then I opened that shit up and the bar was a zillion years old. There's nothing more distressing than opening up a package of spoiled candy. The chocolate outside had turned dusty and crumbly, as if it rusted. All of my hopes and dreams were crushed in a single instant. I DEMAND FRESHER CANDY.
Gametime Cheap Beer Of The Week
Stone Cold Draft! We've featured a lot of shitty beers here over the past five years, but reader Mike sends in this unholy two-liter bottle of Canadian fish piss that might be the shittiest of all:
I proudly present the pride of Winnipeg, Manitoba's Cheep Lagers: The beer that somehow tastes like warm piss even when it's served ice cold on a sweltering hot day. I tried this beer once and only once, and I am getting gut rot flashbacks just from the picture.
Mike also sent in a handful of online reviews:
...12 hours later my stomach still hurts.
...Vague aroma of sewage. Metallic malt liquor-ish taste. No hops. Drainpour finish. Very bad.
...If you are drinking this draft chances are you are not receiving a paycheck and are likely on wellfare (sic).
OH, I MUST HAVE IT. Look at that bottle. It's making my head hurt just looking at it. I bet it's not even carbonated. If I ran a frat, I'd make freshmen chug it warm, then watch them all die of alcohol poisoning. That would be awesome.
Robert Evans's MVP Watch!
Time to start thinking about who the leaders will be for the NFL's MVP award. So every week, legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans will join us to give us his assessment. Take it away, Mr. Evans.
"Baby, my favorite for NFL MVP is still Matt Ryan of the Falcons! I see that they've hired this MacFarlane kid to host the Oscars this year. And I have to tell you, baby, I'm not a fan. I met the kid once at the Playboy Mansion. Dilapidated? YOU BET! Bunnies? A HANDFUL. Well, the MacFarlane kid and I meet up with these three blonde sisters from Wyoming. And they tell us, 'We're from Wyoming!' And I say, 'Wyoming? Why, oh me!' That was all Evans needed to close the deal, baby!
"We bring them back to Woodland and I've got them naked in the boudoir, ready for their close-ups. But this kid, who brought his own coke to the Mansion and then refused to share ANY of it, keeps telling these girls he wants to sing them some showtunes! 'We'll fuck a little later,' he tells one of them. 'But have you heard the soundtrack to Guys & Dolls? A lot of guys think it's fag music, but it's AMAZING.' And he starts playing this terrible music and constantly changing clothes like he's the host of the Tonys. And I keep trying to settle him down. I tell him, 'Listen McGarland, you're putting my dick in development hell, baby!' But he just started talking like an evil baby at me. Then when right back to singing. And that's when the sisters and I decided to escape to a nearby Hyatt to fuck in the shower. That fellow isn't welcome back at Woodland."
Sunday Afternoon Movie Of The Week For Browns Fans
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3. Did you know there are three of these movies? Now you do. My children figured out how to order this on demand. Cost me six dollars. AND SO IT BEGINS. The rest of my life will be spent hiding my credit cards and bank statements.
Gratuitous Simpsons Quote
"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to prove to you not only that Freddy Quimby is guilty, but that he is also innocent of NOT being guilty."
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Ezra Academy educates young men and women in junior and senior high school from all over New York City and Long Island by providing an affordable quality general studies education matched with a personalized, multi-level Judaic studies education.
Ezra Academy is committed to providing a "late pass into Jewish education" for students who are late starters in Jewish education. By creating Hebrew classes which start at every level from aleph bais to advanced Talmud, the school creates appropriate learning environments for every student.
Ezra Academy provides an education which combines a commitment to Torah observance with an awareness of the challenges and benefits of modern science and technology.
Ezra Academy seeks to instill a love of Israel – the Land, the State and the People – in its students through both formal and informal learning and activities.
Ezra Academy seeks to prepare its students to continue their Judaic and general studies in colleges, seminaries and yeshivot and apply those lessons to their lives as they take leadership roles in their communities and beyond.
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There's been a lot of buzz over the iPhone optimized version of Facebook in the past couple of days, and with good reason--it rocks. It does nearly everything the full version of Facebook can do, sans apps from the Facebook apps platform, which I assume are on their way later this year. Everything is rolled up into a tight little package using a simplistic set of two rows of tabs to cover core navigation, and a sliding interface that mimics the iPhone's signature UI. To get there, just point your iPhone (or browser) to http://iPhone.facebook.com.
Like the full version of Facebook, the iPhone iteration centers around your profile, friends, messages, and the home tab, which contains the Facebook news feed, along with any upcoming events and notifications. You can browse profiles and check out your friend's links (which open up in new Safari windows). The real killer app though is the call option, which will pop up assuming your friend has made their phone number available. This works with e-mail addresses too, but the phone numbers basically turn Facebook into one big mobile phonebook for your friends.
There are a few things missing from the iPhone version of Facebook that I'd like to see added. The first is groups, which are mysteriously absent. Poking is also missing in action, which is unfortunate because poking on the mobile version of Facebook results in setting your friends on fire--a small but very amusing perk. There's also no way to edit your profile without logging into to the regular Web site. Lastly, the included photo galleries are really well done, but don't let you zoom in and out, nor save them to your device.
This app is a great example of what can be done to work around some of the limitations of the iPhone not having an SDK. If this were a bonafide app, things like notifications and an integrated mailbox would make great additions to the iPhone's current lineup of Web services turned apps. In the meantime, if you've got an iPhone and use Facebook, this is definitely worth bookmarking.
We tested 5G speeds in 13 cities. Here's what we found: Faster speed versus more coverage. That's the most important issue for 5G networks today.
We drowned AirPods, Powerbeats Pro and Galaxy Buds: We sprayed them, dunked them and even put them through the wash to find out which one of these three wireless earphones can handle the most water.


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Metro Ports is a strong advocate and industry leader in environmental stewardship. We have invested in modifying our cargo handling equipment to significantly lower our carbon footprint through use of alternative fuels and emissions controls. We meet all California Air Resources Board (CARB), Air Quality Management District (AQMD), and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requirements.
In addition, Metro Ports has invested in and supported the testing and evaluation of prototype devices to help control ship stack emissions and has implemented dust controls for the dry-bulk cargos we handle.
Our environment initiatives include:
Implementing a new state-of-the-art Ultra Low Emission Locomotive at our Pier G Bulk Terminal in the Port of Long Beach. Some of the savings and advantages we expect are an 80% reduction in NOx and PM emissions, a 50-65% improvement in adhesion efficiency, and a 50-60% reduction in fuel consumption. To complete the greening process, the older unit that we replaced has been permanently taken out of service.
Metro participated with Advanced Cleanup Technologies Incorporated (ACTI) to develop a system called the Advanced Maritime Emissions Controls System (AMECS). This system captures vessel emissions at the ship stack using a bonnet, vents the gas to a scrubber unit which then treats the emissions. Initial testing showed a 90% reduction in all exhaust constituents analyzed.


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Part Time Kitchen Assistant
- Recruiter
- Compass Group UK Ireland
- Location
- Bassingbourn, Royston
- Salary
- Up to £7.83 per hour
- Posted
- 05 Nov 2018
- Closes
- 03 Dec 2018
- Ref
- compass/TP/517601/46714/LG
- Contact
- Miss Laura Glover
- Sector
- Foodservice Jobs
- Job Function
- Food & Beverage
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
We are looking for an enthusiastic Kitchen Assistant to join our highly motivated and focused team at this prestigious contract.
We are looking for an experienced Kitchen Assistant to work 27.3 hours a week on a part time basis.Main responsibilities
The Compass canteen facility caters for many people, providing excellent food and great service. The duties for this role will include, serving customers in a polite and friendly manner, basic food preparation, ensuring kitchen, service and restaurant areas are kept clean, tidy and safe.
Other duties will include cashiering, vending and taking an active part in any unit promotions.
- Good people skills
- Passion about food and customer service
- Able to work as part of a team
- Good communication skills
- High standards and be quality driven
- A 'Can do' attitude
Chartwells, part of Compass Group UK & Ireland, is the leading provider of catering and support services to schools, colleges and universities in the UK. Chartwells works with over 2,000 education units including primary schools, secondary schools, independent schools, colleges and universities. Central to Chartwells is its Eat, Learn, Live ethos, which helps to educate young people about how to have a happy, safe and healthy lifestyle while contributing to a sustainable world.
Compass Group UK and Ireland is part of Compass Group Plc, the world's leading foodservice company. We specialise in providing food, vending and related services in our clients' premises. The company operates across the core sectors of Business & Industry, Defence, Offshore & Remote Site, Healthcare, Education, Sports & Leisure and Vending with an established brand portfolio.


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Ordering and Payment
- How to place an order
- How to change or cancel an order
- Which countries can orders be placed from and where can we deliver to?
- Payment options
- Prices and currency
- Reasons and solutions for rejected orders and credit/debit card declines
- Payment of tax and customs duty
- Can I buy a gift certificate or gift voucher?
- Do you offer a gift wrapping service?
How to place an order
- Decide on the product that you would like to buy.
- Select the color, size etc. and input the quantity you would like in the purchase box.
- Click the BUY option and it will be added to your shopping basket.
- You can purchase other items by returning to the product pages and following the same instructions.
- You can remove items from your shopping basket by clicking the - box next to the price.
- You can empty your shopping basket by clicking the x box next to the price.
- Anytime you want to view what you have ordered so far just click the arrow in the quick basket in the top right corner of the page.
- When you are ready to checkout, click the CHECKOUT button and follow the on screen instructions to complete your purchase.
- As soon as you place your order, you will receive confirmation by email and when we process your order we will email you a trace number so that your can trace your order from our website.
How to change or cancel an order
- If you would like to change or cancel your order after it has been placed, no problem!
- Simply contact us quoting your order number and what you would like to change about your order.
- You will need to contact us before we process your order, before 9:00 am (Japan time) Monday to Friday or if you place your order at the weekend, before 9:00 am (Japan time) on Monday.
- Please DO NOT send any credit card information by email. If you make a mistake with your payment details, you should cancel your order and place a new order.
Which countries can orders be placed from and where can we deliver to?
- Orders can be placed from all countries worldwide and we deliver to all countries except Kosovo & some african countries (Ghana, Rwanda, Nigeria) due to either high rates of credit card fraud or postal theft.
Payment options
- We accept credit and debit cards with the Visa, Mastercard or American Express symbol as payment methods.
- Please note, we do not currently accept PayPal, Nochex, bank transfers, cheques or money orders.
- If you do not have one of the above credit or debit cards, you could ask a friend or relative to purchase the item on your behalf, then pay them in cash.
Prices and currency
- All prices are in US DOLLARS. You can convert prices into Yen, Euros and British pounds using the currency option at the top right of the page.
- Please note that currency conversions on our website are approximate due to exchange rates varying from day to day. To get an accurate conversion for your currency please use the XE.com Personal Currency Assistant.
- All transactions are processed in US Dollars. When your credit card is charged your bank will convert the value of the transaction into your country's currency and charge your card this amount.
- Some banks and credit card companies may charge a small service fee for foreign currency transactions, therefore the final amount charged to your credit or debit card may be different to converted currency estimates.
Reasons and solutions for rejected orders and credit/debit card declines
- If your order has been DECLINED please ensure that you have entered your credit or debit card details including credit or debit card number and expiry date correctly and that there are sufficient funds in your account. Then try placing your order again.
- Your bank security might prevent unusual transactions such as a transaction from a foreign country. This is a very common occurrence and can easily be resolved by contacting your bank or credit card company and asking them to allow you to make an overseas purchase.
- If your order has been REJECTED it might be because we cannot deliver to your country or your credit card was flagged as fraudulent.
- Your bank or credit card company can confirm why your credit or debit card was declined or rejected so if you are still experiencing difficulties, please contact your bank or credit card company.
- If you have contacted your bank or credit card company and are still experiencing difficulties in placing your order, please contact us and we will try to assist you.
Payment of tax and customs duty
- For delivery to some countries, the recipient of the order may be required to pay import duty, tax and handling fees to the postal service or courier. These charges depend on the value of your order and the country you are in.
- Tokyoflash Japan online prices are far lower than retail prices to account for these charges. To find out more about these possible charges, please visit your government's customs website.
Can I buy a gift certificate or gift voucher?
- Unfortunately we do not currently offer gift certificates or gift vouchers for use at our online store.
Do you offer a gift wrapping service?
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Coming off a killer postseason, Anquan Boldin proved to be a money receiver. But he's willing to call it a career if the Baltimore Ravens let him walk in free agency.
"For me that's not something that I worry about," Boldin said on NBC Sports Network's "Pro Football Talk" on Friday. "I think you go out and let your play speak for itself. You deal with that if you have to, but, I think for me -- I know for me -- Baltimore is the only place I want to play. It's the last place that I will play. For me, I'll retire a Raven, I'm not putting on any other uniform.
"I won't play in another uniform. We have a saying, once a Raven, always a Raven, and I'll always be a Raven."
Those are some pretty strong words from a player who could probably command a nice salary if he were to hit the open market. The Ravens -- like many teams -- don't have a ton of cap flexibility, and things won't get easier with a Joe Flacco contract on the horizon that could be worth as much as $20 million per year.
Boldin, 32, is scheduled to earn $6 million in 2013, the final season of the four-year, $28 million deal he signed with the team in 2010. The $6 million is not guaranteed. Four of Boldin's eight touchdowns came in the postseason when he emerged as Flacco's most consistent target.
Flacco and Boldin have chemistry, and Boldin and deep-threat Torrey Smith strike a perfect balance on the Ravens' offense. Winning a Super Bowl is hard work. Keeping the team's core together will be its own gargantuan challenge.
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Written by Gwen Perkins
Peel: Set in a fantasy country, where magicians are forbidden to leave or cast, harmful or helpful, magic on people.
This was an interesting read as it seesawed between being high-action and quickly paced to dramatic dialogs. The book is composed of four parts, and in the third, the plot became much more interesting and I became more sympathetic to the characters. The book did promote interesting ethical questions including how much a life is worth, and the value of knowledge. Perkins creates some interesting characters, though I would have liked to see more about the side characters. Perkins certainly set up a universe that's very open to future novels. Personally, I would like to read more about Felix.
On the other hand, there are quite a few typos and occasionally Perkins over-explains an idea.
Nibble: "I used to catch frogs and let them loose on her head, and she never screamed, not once. In fact, she used to put spiders in my tea when her mother called on mine."
I would recommend this book to lovers of fantasy.
My Rating: 7 out of 10 magical red apples
I received a free electronic copy from the author.


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People who are always introducing (adding) new people, new ideas, new questions, and new assets to the network
People who are always looking to take something (subtracting) from the network - they are the consumers, stealers, and energy-drainers in the network
People who are always aligning people in opposition to others in the network; they keep the network divided into us-them divisions based on either-or thinking
People who create rhizomic possibilities that can keep multiplying, virally, by virtue of their replicability and value to the network
People who create new fusions of possibilities, transcendent and transformational ways for the network to become more inventive and adaptive. These are the designers, architects, poets, and crafts people in the network who provide vision and inspiration to adders and multipliers.
Obviously, rich networks grow adders, multipliers, and integrators.


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Miroslava Duma poses for the American Retro's 'Oz: The Great and Powerful' collection! Well, the gorgeous former Harper's Bazaar Russia editor and current freelance writer looks stunning as always sporting some really cool piece from this special line inspired by the remake of the famous Disney film. In order to create these unique goodies, American Retro collaborated with Russian designer Alexander Terekhov. The result? Well, just a beautiful range of outstanding pieces! So, every fashionista eager to flaunt her fashion credentials ... Read More


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From Vulture: Project Runway's Tim Gunn "has been posting episode postmortems to his Facebook page, sharing his unfiltered, uncensored thoughts in ten-minute videos.... His frustration came to a head while recapping last week's challenge, where the designers were challenged to make modern-day sportswear inspired by Jackie Kennedy. Could that be why shortly after the new video was posted to his Facebook page, it suddenly disappeared without a trace?"
Vulture wonders if Lifetime executives, upset at Gunn's criticism of the producers, pulled the video, which of course is still easy to find.
I can't help thinking that the real problem for Lifetime is Gunn's off-hand criticism of the Kennedy estate -- at the 6:00 mark, he complains about being "forbidden" from saying "Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis," and the crazy "revisionist history" that would have us forget the weird second marriage.
So the estate probably gave the show permission to use the former first lady's image and, evidently, the estate has its demands. They probably have good reasons. Maybe there's a noble cause at stake. Surely, the Kennedy estate is not clinging to the Camelot fantasy and dragging out heart-breaking photographs just to sell us QVC jewelry?
Please, though: don't tell Lifetime executives about Laura Bennett's blog. It's on their own site and it's always excellent but it's doubtful they've read it, especially the part about "Jackie O" being a "bulimic chain-smoker with a cheating husband who married a shipping tycoon for money and then lived with another married man until the end of her life."
Thursday, September 23, 2010
If there's a Kennedy involved, there must be conspiracy theories
Posted by Irene Done at 4:54 AM
2 comments:
- Suniverse said...
I'm kind of bummed I missed this whole season of Project Runway, but I don't feel like I can devote 90 minutes to this show. Easier to read recaps and stuff.
- Irene Done said...
This is how I feel about Mad Men. Every season I try to watch but I can't fight through it. So I read recaps. Since a lot of recaps can be more entertaining than the shows being recapped, I think it's a much better use of time.
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The communities in Cochise County are gearing up for visitors. Every fall they host fun, unique events: wine tastings, home tours, cycling events, garden tours, art festivals and more!
Here's the September lineup:
Sept. 5, 45th Annual Brewery Gulch Daze, Bisbee
Events such as the "Miz Old Biz" contest and the new Belt Sander Races make up this unique event celebrating Bisbee's past. Once home to more than 20 bars and brothels, Brewery Gulch was one of Bisbee's liveliest avenues. Brewery Gulch Daze features a pancake breakfast, pet parade, chili cook off, recycled art show and kiddie carnival games. Look for the waiter/ waitress relay races, always good for a giggle. All proceeds benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Bisbee.
Details: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 5 in Old Bisbee. For more info, call 520-432-3554 or 1-866-2BISBEE.
Sept. 4-6: Rendezvous of Gunfighters, Tombstone
Gunfighter groups from throughout the U.S. compete in this weekend event. In addition, there will be a costume parade on Sunday on historic Allen Street.
Free admission. Call 520-457-9317, 1-888-457-3929 or www.tombstonechamber.comfor more info.
Sept. 10 & 11, Bisbee Plein Air Competition Weekend & Bisbee Bloomers Garden Tour
Artists are invited to Bisbee to paint the picturesque hillsides of Tombstone Canyon and the Mule Mountains of Southeastern Arizona. Meet Arizona's many Plein Air painters and take advantage of a well-organized and beautiful venue to share and sell your work. On Sept. 11, tour Bisbee's delightful gardens as residents open their yards to the public. A shuttle bus will be available.
Garden Tour tickets are $10 and are available at the Bisbee Visitor Center. Call 520-432-3554 or 1-866-2BISBEE for information on each event.
September 23-26, Cochise County Fair, Douglas
Enjoy carnival rides, 4-H demonstrations, livestock auctions, collegiate rodeo, bull riding, food concessions, retail booths, animal exhibits, arts and crafts, and live entertainment.
Details: 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Thursday through Saturday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sunday at the Cochise County Fairgrounds, Leslie Canyon Road in Douglas, AZ. Admission is $6 for adults; $3 for seniors (age 60+) & children (age 6-17); children up to age 5 get in free.
Info: Cochise County Fair Association, 520-364-3819 or www.cochisefair.org
Sept. 24, 22nd Annual Elks Oktoberfest
Authentic German food and music, games for kids, dancing. Wine and beer available. 4-10 pm. Free.
Details: 4-10 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 25 at the Elks Lodge, #1 Elks Lane in Sierra Vista. Admission is free, beer is extra! Info: 520-458-2065
Sept. 25, Bisbee Blues Festival
The Fourth Annual Bisbee Blues Festival will feature live blues. This year's artists are Tab Benoit, Shemekia Copeland, the Rhythm Room All Stars, Train Wreck and The Hounds. Food and beverages will be available.
Details: 11a.m. – 7 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 25 at Warren Ballpark in Bisbee. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. For more info contact the Bisbee Visitor Center at 520-432-5421 or 1 (866) 2BISBEE or visit http://thebisbeebluesfestival.com/
Sep. 30-Oct. 3 Rex Allen Days, Cowboy Hall of Fame Ceremony & Banquet
The Cowboy Hall of Fame is the kick-off for the Rex Allen Days celebration. Western fun, Willcox style, this event honors their hometown hero. Rex Allen gained fame as a singer, cowboy movie star and narrator for Walt Disney Productions. This year will celebrate 59 years of Rex Allen Days, and the 2nd Annual Western Legends Award will be presented. Activities for Rex Allen Days include a parade, rodeo, General Orlando B. Willcox International turtle race, cowboy dances and country music concerts featuring Rex Allen Jr., Johnny Western and Jimmy Fortune.
Details: Held at the Willcox Community Center. Admission varies per event. For more info, contact the Rex Allen Museum at 520-384-4583 or the Willcox Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture at 520-384-2272.


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Some Onslow County teens recently got a taste of the skills it takes to be an emergency responder.
Some Onslow County teens recently got a taste of the skills it takes to be an emergency responder.
This year marked the fifth annual free emergency services camp, offered to 14 to 18-year-old kids living in Onslow County.
The goal of the camp is to provide the students with new skills along with a passion and understanding for the wide spectrum of emergency services.
Onslow County Deputy Director of Emergency Services Stacie Miles said the camp runs the second or third week in June each year.
The camp lasts from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and area businesses provide lunches and the county provides the students with all the gear they need throughout the week.
Onslow County Fire Marshal Brian Kelly said emergency services is more than just police, fire and EMS.
�Emergency services is so much more than that,� Kelly said.
He said one day the students learned about land-based search and rescue and they were taught how to use compasses. Miles said there was a presentation on bioterrorism, students learned about HAM radio communications and Vidant Medical Center made a presentation on air medical evacuation.
�We give them a full range of what emergency services is to show them what is available to them,� she said.
Rodney Dorn, 14, an incoming freshman at East Duplin, said he had a great time at his first year in camp.
�I learned a lot; my favorite part was learning about the State Medical Assistance Team,� Dorn said. Dorn�s father, Capt. Richard Dorn, works in emergency services, and Dorn said someday he wants to do exactly what his dad does.
Dorn said his time at camp taught him valuable skills, such as how to save a person who�s drowning.
�If I ever see somebody out in the water I can help them,� Dorn said. �If they�re drowning I can drag them back or stay with them until help arrives.�
Similarly, 16-year-old Richlands High student Shakaya Kloppenborg said her three years at camp have provided her with invaluable life skills.
Kloppenborg has learned CPR at camp in the past, but this year it changed, she said.
�Instead of mouth-to-mouth it�s more important to get the heart pumping,� she said.
Kloppenborg said she enjoys camp and acquiring these abilities because not many people know how to save someone�s life in adverse situations.
�I think more teenagers should be coming to this camp,� she said. �It�s awesome.�
Kloppenborg said her favorite part of camp this year was the hands-on obstacle course with the Jacksonville Fire Department, where they had to tote fire hoses through second-story windows, walk balance beams and climb ladders.
Kelly also gave the kids a course on how to investigate fires and tasked them with the job of identifying the origin of fires.
Friday, the campers learned about fire rescue in North Topsail Beach. The day started in the classroom, and then the kids headed out to the water after lunch, Miles said.
They spent the afternoon learning different techniques and rescue procedures for people stranded in the water. Campers spent time in the water and were in turn rescued by the Water Rescue Team.
Kloppenborg said this year has been especially exciting because of the increase in hands-on activities.
Anyone who is interested in participating in the camp is encouraged to contact the Onslow County Emergency Services office at 910-347-4270.


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Today's batch of names comes from various museums and exhibits.
In the Louvre, for instance, the first interesting name I spotted was Praxède:
Sainte Praxède was painted by Simone Pignoni (1611-1698). This 2nd-century Roman saint, who may not have actually existed, is known as Praxedis in Latin and Prassede in Italian.
The next two were Géry and Gudule:
St. Géry (in Latin: Gaugericus) is the subject, while Sainte-Gudule refers to the church in the background (top left).
I also made notes about the names Théodule and Thadée while in the Louvre, but I didn't take photos to go with them.
In the Musée d'Orsay, the first name that caught my eye was Leonetto:
Italian poster art designer Leonetto Cappiello created this sculpture of Yvette Guilbert in 1899.
The next was Cuno:
Swiss painter Cuno Amiet painted Paysage de Neige in 1904. (The painting is actually quite large and impressive. This photo doesn't do it justice at all.)
And how could I forget Rembrandt:
No, not that Rembrandt…though the Italian sculptor, Rembrandt Bugatti (1884-1916), really was named for the 17th-century Dutch painter. (Prophetic, no? And, as a result, a bit confusing for museum-goers.)
And don't overlook that surname. Rembrandt's brother was Ettore Bugatti, the famed automobile designer. In fact, the sculpture is of Ettore's first wife Barbara.
While in the south of France, we visited the Monte Carlo Casino:
Just beyond the entrance we found an exhibit of sculptures. I can't remember the artist's name, and I wasn't allowed to take photos, but one was of a female named Madelon, and another was called Ipazia (Italian for Hypatia).


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For me, this has to be the perfect flexwing - A bees knees trike with topless wing design.
Simply stunning!
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For me, this has to be the perfect flexwing - A bees knees trike with topless wing design.
Simply stunning!
YouTube Link (Ipad Users): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeMchtBedx4
Now that man can fly, he's throwing that trike about like a fighter jet, he can make it do everything only sing
Absolutely spot on.
Happy Safe Flying
May your Landings = Your Take Offs
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Thats the dogs danglies !! Only thing I dislike is the spats, the fin on the spats looks a bit like an after thought ! Several manufacturers have made the same **** up in my eyes, the Quik spat is spot on !!
What trike was it rumoured that P&M were or are thinking of importing ????
If I could have a plane like that I wouldn't be worried about what the spats look like. He's got no shoulder strap - I assume he has some sort of harness!
Nigel James
"To most people, the sky is the limit. To those who love flying, the sky is home"
Your right Nigel, I'm just been picky. Some of the machined alloy parts in the gallery look spot on !
Just found there price list and spec'd the machine as I'd like it with radio, transponder etc comes out converted to Sterling at £47,500.
Wants to be good !!!
Yep, the price is a bit of an issue. To get a like-for-like machine that nears the performance of my QuikR it would cost 15k more.
But what an Aircraft though eh? The Revo looks amazing.
When I was at P&M the other month I tried to press Roger on details of the new trike, but he would not yield any further information.
If P&M could deliver a trike anywhere near the Revo or indeed a Tanarg, Im sure the orders would flood in.
The Revo Reflex Competition still isnt getting close to the Quik R at the top end, and the Tanargs Bionix is a country mile away !!
Thought you were going rotary Spear !!
P&M just need to stretch the trike, the wings are already there in my worthless opinion !!
Rotary…., lol, so did I….
Top and bottom of it is I just can't afford to purchase (and run) a newish aircraft.
Could possibly stretch to a group share in a R44, but these are few and far between.
Even looked at purchasing a Rotorway Exec (kit built helicopter for about 45k), but the maintenance schedule was a little off putting – for every 1hrs flight you need to put in 3hrs maintenance.
So, back to the real world for me. Keep badgering Vince about sorting me out a flight in a Gyro with his mate at Rufford. They look great fun, and (apparently) offer 80% the manoeuvrability of a helicopter.
Love the Revo though, probably the only thing that would tempt me away from the Quik if it was a little cheaper (and of course we could fly it in the UK).


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Recently I have had a lot of interesting comments regarding my work on Facebook or in the comments section of the blog, and each time a particular assertion was made, it caught me by surprise.
"This article is biased."
"You are so biased."
"I don't like this article because it's biased."
My reaction? Well, of course I'm biased.
Bias is defined as "a particular tendency or inclination, especially one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question; prejudice."
The fact is that Change From Within is incredibly biased. This blog is written from a particular perspective that is meant to shed light on voices, events, and perspectives that are often ignored or under-reported in other areas of media.
One of the most common places that I found indignant accusations of Change From Within being biased was in response to my piece on the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. My response, of course, is that the piece is meant to be biased. We are inundated with messages of how women are "supposed" to look in everyday media. Young women are told that they should look like the models in that show at all cost, and young men are told that they should lust after such women.
My work (and the work of blogs like Racism Review, Women Are From Mars, Ill Doctrine, Genderre[a]d, QueerBlackFeminist, Native Appropriations, and Stuff White People Do) is meant to provide an inherently-biased counter narrative to the perspectives heard in mainstream, dominant culture and media. The goal of such work is truth telling in the face of mainstream media and culture's lies, half-truths, and problematic perspectives.
To anyone who argues that I am biased or that I should work to be unbiased, I give you one of my favorite quotes from the late Howard Zinn:
"You can't stay neutral on a moving train."


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Latin America isn't on the mind of many American voters this presidential election year.
But it's on the mind of some prominent conservatives gathered for the Conservative Political Action Conference. And these veterans of the political right don't have much good to say about President Obama's relations with socialist leaders in Latin America.
"There is a difference between friends and enemies, and they should be treated differently," Otto Reich, former U.S. ambassador to Venezuela, said. "The Obama administration does not do that. When Obama first met (Venezuelan strongman Hugo) Chavez, he extended a hand of friendship, and gave him a big smile. And what has been Chavez's response? He has continued the largest military buildup in Venezuela's history and opened doors to Iran all over the hemisphere."
Reich said that states like Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and probably Nicaragua should be treated as hostile nations.
"They are run like the mafia would run a country if it took over," he said. "The role of money is much more important than ideology," Reich said. "I have been joking and saying that Rudy Giuliani [former mayor of New York] should be the next Secretary of State. But I really think that the way he attacked the mafia in New York is the way that the next U.S. administration should meet these countries."
Republican Rep. David Rivera of Florida said that tough talk needed to be coupled with outreach to grassroots citizens.
"Yes, we should isolate them and use sanctions," he said. "But at the same time: To truly end the spread of socialism, we should do everything we possibly can to get a closer relationship with the people of these countries … There are so many NGOs (non-government organizations) promoting education, cultural communication, human rights and much more. We should promote this, help them grow, to prevent an anti-American message."


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Keep Cozy in Cool Weather with an Outdoor Patio Heater
A patio heater provides comfort during the time you spend enjoying outdoor living areas in the cool weather of late fall and early spring.
Now that it's fall, chilly weather chases you indoors after dinner al fresco, and low temperatures in the morning keep you from reading the newspaper on your front porch. So long as conditions remain on the cusp of comfortable and cold—and at least in the Northeast, doesn't that define autumn, and for that matter, early spring?—a patio heater lets you enjoy your outdoor living areas for more hours of the day.
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Available in a variety of sizes and a multitude of designs, and suitable for a range of purposes, patio heaters are not the novelty they once were. Whereas you used to see them only at curbside cafés, patio heaters are now appearing with greater frequency on residential properties. For homeowners who love to entertain friends or share family moments on the patio or deck, the advent of patio heaters is indeed welcome.
If you are in the process of choosing a patio heater, here's what you should know:
– Propane: Propane patio heaters can warm up a space quickly. Some are quite big, holding a propane tank as large as 20 gallons—a boon when you wish to heat a large area for an extended period of time. Due to the risk of carbon monoxide buildup, a patio heater of this type should never be used in an enclosed area, such as a greenhouse or the garage.
– Electric: There's no need to buy fuel for an electric patio heater, but its bulbs must be replaced occasionally. Before purchasing a unit, take time to understand its running costs. Because electric patio heaters have no open flame, they are, for some families, safer than the alternative. But they are usually smaller, so an electric may not match the power of its propane cousin. When shopping, compare the heat output of different models. Also, remember that an electric heater comes with a power cord; having at least one outdoor outlet is a plus, if not a prerequisite.
– Stand-alone: Most freestanding patio heaters are seven to eight feet tall; typically, the fuel source is at or near the bottom, and the heat emanates from the top. Available in electric or propane versions, these patio heaters can warm a 5- to 10-foot radius, which makes them a great option for yards and larger patios.
– Tabletop: Smaller than freestanding heaters, tabletop units must be secured to a patio table (usually through the hole where a sun umbrella would fit). Either electric or propane, they offer the advantage of portability but tend to be less powerful, making them well suited for smaller gatherings.
– Mounted: Whether wall- or ceiling-mounted, these patio heaters are, in most cases, infrared and electrically powered. They are excellent if you have limited floor space but wish to heat a larger area.
Bear these considerations in mind when choosing a patio heater of any type:
1. Have realistic expectations. Patio heaters are meant to ease the chill of cool weather. You are outdoors, not in a sauna! In very cold weather, they will not keep you warm very long.
2. Give your patio heater some help. Since hot air rises, some heated air will be lost to the atmosphere, but you can conserve by placing your patio heater at a safe distance beneath an umbrella or awning. Avoid exposing a propane unit to wind, however, as breezes will make it difficult to light.
3. Safety first. Always keep pets and children away from patio heaters, and consider only models that feature an automatic shutoff, which cuts the heat in the event that the unit gets knocked over.
Investing in a patio heater is an outstanding way to enhance your outdoor lifestyle. Breathe more fresh air. Hear more crickets. See more stars. And stay comfy cozy while you're at it.


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If you want to go pink, or get a great deal on salon services, you can be part of the 2nd Annual Hair FX Studio Cut-A-Thon to benefit breast cancer organizations this Sunday, Oct. 14.
Last year the event was packed, said Hair FX Studio owner Susan D. Murphy.
"You can get $10 pink extensions, $10 haircuts, $10 manicures, $10 chair massages or a $10 brow wax," she said,
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Susan D. Murphy, center, and the staff at Hair FX Studio.
And yes, a lot of people are going pink.
"A lot of people get pink extensions," she said. "They start at the beginning of October to raise awareness for Breast Cancer Awareness Month."
The event will be both inside and outside of the salon. Outside is for Susan G. Komen, inside is to benefit Lee Memorial Health System's Breast Cancer Services.
"Outside will be a big tent with pink treats the staff of Hair FX is making and pizza donated by Donanthony Pizza. They (staff and Donanthony owner Anthony Scazullo) are all awesome," she said.
A special raffle with many great prizes will also be held. Tickets are $5.
"One prize is for $300 worth of salon services, also a $200 Pink CHI Flatiron, a specialty product many know about," she said. "There will also be $125 worth of cleaning services donated by Susie's House Cleaning Services, also a Cape business, and the owner is one of my clients."
Another client who is donating a great raffle prize worth $130 is from Dennis Perry Photography.
"He and his wife are my clients," Murphy said.
Breast cancer causes are near and dear to Murphy's heart. She was diagnosed with breast cancer on May 10, 2010.
"I'm doing great now, wonderful," she said. "It's going to be two years since I've been cancer free."
At the time, she did not have insurance, and needed significant funds for treatment. She received substantial grants from both Lee Memorial and Komen.
Since then, she has met numerous survivors, and those still going through the disease.
"Through my journeys I met many and have learned a lot."
That is especially about hair care for those in need. "We had one cancer patient come in and she had a wig that was really short, it was a bad cut, really ruined," she said. "She paid $200 for it and could not get her money back."
Murphy worked to get the woman a new look.
"We do extensions and wigs, with me learning a lot through having to wear a wig myself two years ago."
They also offer free "buzzes" for chemo patients, and free manicures for all cancer patients.
"Just to make them feel good," she said.
"We also make the key chains that are called 'beads of awareness' and they will be available for a donation outside on Sunday."
She also said she works closely with Dara Leichter, director of Outpatient Breast Health Imaging at Lee Memorial Health System. "Lee Memorial was so wonderful," Murphy said, of where she got treated.
The event runs from 11 a.m to 6 p.m.
Hair FX Studio is in South Cape Coral near WalMart, next to Donanthony Pizza South.
"We've been in business at the same location for 13 years." She started the business then. "I also owned a salon when I was 21 years old, and then managed several others in the Cape for several years. I've done it all."
The formal address of Hair FX Studio is 3812 Skyline Blvd., #E. The phone number is 549-1139.


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Newark Mayor Cory Booker told the crowd gathered at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast in Minneapolis on Monday that liberty and justice won't be achieved for all Americans until people stand up and work for it.
"Hope is still real and the dream is still alive," Booker told the crowd of more than 2,000 gathered at the Minneapolis Convention Center for the annual breakfast. "We must stand up because people stood for us."
Booker recounted important lessons his parents taught him. He paid homage to civil rights leaders and workers. And he recounted his efforts to transform Newark.
Booker said too many Americans today aren't engaged in fighting social problems and injustice in their communities. He said they stand on the sidelines, just offering criticism.
"If it is to be, it's up to me. That's what my parents told me," Booker said. "We cannot yield in the face of our opposition or outrageous circumstances. We can't conform with a country that is serving the dreams and aspirations of some, and marginalizing far too many."
Booker is a rising political star in the Democratic Party. A charismatic speaker, Booker is getting national attention for his efforts to turn around Newark, a city that has been plagued by crime, poverty, and failing schools.
Booker grew up a mostly white suburb of Newark, New Jersey. Both of his parents worked for IBM, and they were also very active in the civil rights movement.
A standout football player at Stanford University, Booker was also a Rhodes Scholar. And he graduated from Yale Law School.
Booker first ran for mayor of Newark in 2002, losing to incumbent Sharpe James in a vicious campaign. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson backed James. Booker was derided as a carpetbagger and accused of not being "black enough."
But in 2006, James decided not to run for mayor again. And Booker won election in a landslide. He's now in his second term in office.
Booker said he's driven by his faith and values to address Newark's troubles.
"My father's message and my mom's message was simple: You got to stand up. People stood for you. You got to stand up. Don't let me ever hear you complain about what is. I want to see you working for what can be," he recalled.
Booker said he knows he owes a lot to the sacrifices made by his parents and others who participated in the civil rights struggles of the 1960s and '70s. Booker said when he doesn't remember that, his dad reminds him.
"If I got at one of my graduations from Stanford, Yale or Oxford, God forbid I look a little too proud,' Booker said with a smile. "He'd call to me and say, 'Boy, don't you know that the degree you hold was paid for by the blood sweat and tears of your ancestors,'" he said.
Booker has been a high-profile city leader.
As a member of the Newark City Council, Booker engaged in a 10-day hunger strike to protest violence and drug dealing at an apartment complex in the city. He camped out in front of the apartments, and dozens of supporters joined him.
When comedian Conan O'Brien made a series of nasty jokes about Newark, Booker defended the city's honor. Their mock media feud ended with O'Brien writing a $50,000 check to a Newark charity.
And Booker's push to reform Newark's schools drew the attention of Facebook billionaire founder Mark Zuckerberg. He has pledged $100 million to revive the city's schools.
During a press conference after his speech, Booker said he hopes to stay in Newark for the rest of his life. But not as mayor.
"I rule nothing out in the future," he said. "But I want to make these next three and a half years the boldest and the best I can for my city. So, we'll see what happens in the future."
There's talk in New Jersey about the 41-year-old Booker running for governor of that state. A recent poll found that a race between Booker and New Jersey's current governor, Chris Christie, would be a dead heat. Even about one-third of the state's Republicans said they like Booker.
But an election isn't near. Both Booker and Christie have about three years left in their current terms.
(MPR reporter Elizabeth Dunbar contributed to this report.)


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Just a few fun ways to decorate your
windows for the holidays.
Inside or out,
windows are a great place
to add a little Christmas cheer.
|Red wreath with eucalyptus
|Advent Numbers
|Star Struck
|Candy Pane
|a Snowflake Curtain
|a Pine Cone Garland
|Simple and Symmetrical Wreaths
|Elegant Candy Jars
|Crystal Garland with Chandelier Drops
|Dazzling Flower Box
|a Southern Christmas with wreaths on every window
|Evergreen Window Boxes
|Simply Joyful
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Believers have been saved from their old selves. We have been saved from sin. But, Paul moves past that in this passage by relating the work of the Spirit in the lives of God's children. Every child of God has been saved from the realm of the flesh and placed in the realm of the Spirit. Now, all things are new. Our worldview is completely different than what it once was. We hope this message tests you as you strive to walk with Christ.