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Do ex-creatives make good directors? I think so. I suppose I would say that, but allow me to flesh that thinking out a bit.
Ex-creatives know what creatives want: someone to pick up the baton of their dream and carry it the final hundred yards of what will have undoubtedly been a marathon. They know what the team has been through.
Of course, that doesn't mean a director who hasn't been a creative can't empathise (my esteemed colleagues Ringan Ledwidge and Daniel Kleinman, who were brave enough to give me a break at Rattling Stick in the first place, are two good examples of directors who certainly have no problem seeing the creatives' side of things, without having been one). It just means that a good director with a creative department upbringing might have a slight inside track compared with a good director from a different background.
When Richard Flintham and I first started our Fallon adventure, it was hard not to do everything ourselves. But we gradually learned how to hire great people and delegate to them. Employ good people and they will make what you do better.
So learning how to get the right people and how to give them enough freedom to be brilliant is a skill I learnt in an office, not on a set.
And if I'm good at what I do now, much of that is down to the crew I hire. I don't know the inner workings of the latest Alexa camera, but I can certainly employ someone who does. Equally, I'll undoubtedly have some theories of my own about how to get a dog to look like it's talking, but I know a post guy who will bring my theories to life brilliantly, so I'll hire him.
An agency background also gives you a healthy dose of pragmatism; I know what I'm supposed to be doing is selling stuff. I understand why a client is spending all that money on a commercial. I understand the need for each one of those 30 seconds to convert into sales. I get that it's sometimes hard for a brand manager to resist the urge to revert to a longer packshot, a safer casting choice, a less edgy delivery, a more branded colour palette. And I get how to guide them to a place where brave is safer, where vanilla is dangerous. Why, in a tricky time, there's a need to embrace the economic value of creativity, of strong ideas well-executed.
Again, please don't get me wrong. I'm not saying directors who don't come from an agency background don't get it. I'm just saying that those who do really do.
I started directing because, after 17 years joined at the hip to Flintham, it was time to try something different. We'd had a good innings, as they say. And Fallon London had grown from our baby to a big successful company. I was incredibly proud of what we'd done. Still am. But it felt like it was time to do something else.
I can't say I'd exactly had a long-held dream of becoming a director. Not as such. I was too busy concentrating on being the best creative I could be, or the best creative director I could be. I wasn't sitting around looking through a viewfinder.
But, having said that, I'd always been very interested in the directing process. It was something I'd been watching intently from the other monitor for a long time. Something I found enticing: the alchemy of turning a dozen sentences on a Word document into eye-catching, visually impactful moving images.
The choice to direct was about being back at the coalface of creativity. I love ideas. I reckon I was pretty good at them as a creative. And yet, as a creative director, as a boss, you are helplessly increasingly removed from that coalface. It seems the better you get at it, the less you get to do it.
I could see that, as a director, I would get to use all my knowledge from the agency side to help great ideas make it through the minefield-strewn journey from page to screen.
And maybe get to add some salient points, some twists and turns, some bits of my own.
I had spent a career getting off on ideas and being excited when directors could add layers to scripts and nuance and, dammit, have great ideas of their own that made mine even better than I was convinced they were already. This is what I'd seen directors do to my work.
The jobs of "creative" and "director" are incredibly similar and yet so different. You operate in a parallel universe, revolving around a thought – the same thought, but seen from different angles.
Both roles are concerned with an idea on a page that needs to be transposed to the screen, be that television, cinema, online or wherever.
Both are all about making that idea the best it can be. Adding bits, taking other bits out. Honing it until you've got (everyone hopes) a perfectly formed unassailable ball of highly polished loveliness.
Ex-creatives who have turned directors understand what the creatives have been through and what they want to achieve with the script, from their side as well as from the other side. They know that the new 90-foot monster crane might make for a more dramatic shot, but how that shot might not tell the story as well as a simpler shot. And that telling the story is, ultimately, what matters most. They know that, as a director, you are the final guardian of an eight-month-old idea.
So while these days I am looking through that viewfinder, my focus is firmly on the big idea, on telling the story the best I can, on taking that story from page to screen in the best possible way.
If I'm super frank, I would say I was a great creative, a good creative director and now I'm a "getting there" director. But, the way I see it, I was a creative for longer than I was a creative director. And I was a creative director for longer than I've been directing. So give me a few more years and maybe I'll be there.
And that's fine, because I'm in it for the long haul.
Certainly, it has its downsides: the insecurity of self-employment. The exposed, out-there-on-your-own nature of the job (thank heavens for the calming powers of my producer, Kirsty Dye). The sleepless nights pre-shoot. The (Jesus, still?) reluctance to accept the power of creative advertising by many marketing managers.
But what hasn't got downsides?
Someone more eloquent than me once said that moving from being a creative to being a director just means you swap certain frustrations for other frustrations.
Sometimes this revered journal gives work I've directed Pick of the Week. Sometimes this revered journal gives work I've directed Turkey of the Week. But that's how it goes: swings and roundabouts, rough with the smooth. I'll keep pitching for the jobs I like for whatever reason I like them. Because every job's a learning curve. And I wouldn't swap it for the world.
Andy McLeod is a director at Rattling Stick


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So I've finally come to making a decision that I've been agonizing over for the past few weeks: I've decided to leave Scientopia and return to my WordPress blog at skullsinthestars.com.
Suffice to say that this isn't due to any problems with the Scientopia crowd, who are awesome; I really just feel that I'm not that comfortable at this time being part of a collective.
Thanks to everyone in the Scientopia crowd for their camaraderie during the past couple of months, and I'll see everyone on the internet and twitter!
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My poor Chretien....
Our parrot fish, Chretien (he has a lopsided lip....so the name) has been sick for almost a month now, I've been to the fish store (a specialty store with just fish and the owners are really knowledgable, I got medicine and followed her instructions for the partial water changes and putting the other filter in the hot magnum filter we have. (I also have a whisper quiet one from walmart that I could use if it would help and a fluval too.) The lady thinks it's swim bladder, he is floating at the top, not completely unable to swim, but it takes great effort and he can't for long, and after 4 weeks of meds etc he is now bent nearly in half like his spine is curved. He hasn't eaten much in the last two days despite my cutting up and trying to feed him his favorite frozen blood worm. I'm going back to the fish store tomorrow to see if there is anything else I can do. He is the only fish in that tank as we couldn't get him to accept any other fish. And we are having some issues with Chase's heater (this is hubby's tank and fish are usually his domain, but he's not here so I'm the one fretting over his fish), the water was too warm, in the 90's due to a heater malfunction and we can't seem to get it just right again, so I may swap out my heater for his as I don't really need one for my goldfish. I'll take a water sample to the fish people, but I'd appreciate any advice you fish enthusiasts might have for me. Despite it being hubby's tank, I am very attached to our Chretien!
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Recently I wrote about the Joy of Blogging and using Google Reader. Another Google tool that may be of interest to genealogists is iGoogle. iGoogle allows you to customize your Google home pages based on your interests. Depending upon how you customize iGoogle, you can catch up on the news, see the latest posts from your favorite blogs, check out the weather and even do some quick family history searches - all from one page!
To begin customizing your page(s), visit http://www.google.com/ig. From there, you can begin setting up your customized pages, colors, themes, and most importantly, your personalized content. Below is a screen capture of one of my pages. You can click on the image to see a larger view.
Where does all of this content come from? In the lower right portion of the header, you'll see "Add Stuff." Click on that. You next see a screen that shows all the different gadgets you can add to your page. In the search box, type "Genealogy."
There you will see a variety of genealogy related topics and gadgets to add to your page. The RSS feeds from some bloggers we're all familiar with are among your options. You want it on your page? Just click on the "Add It Now" button.
As you add gadgets, you'll be prompted to see similar items, such as you see on this screen:
Something I enjoy about using iGoogle, is that I can have a condensed version of Google Reader as one of my gadgets. That's more like viewing the crawler across the bottom of a television news channel for quick headlines. I can click on the article to read it, or just see all of the articles that await me in Google Reader. Among the gadgets you can add are searches on Ancestry.com and USGenWeb. Sirius Genealogy offers a couple different age/date calculators.
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Just a blog note: This is the 800th post since I started this blog. Thanks to you for reading and your responses. You don't always agree with me, and in fact, a lot of you don't, but I always appreciate the give-and-take.
This blog carried me in a lot of ways as I job search and I'm always grateful for the input of my readers. For as long as I am in the area and have access to the Mets, I will continue the blog. Thanks.
That being said, let's take a quick look at 2010. In projecting the Mets' line-up, unfortunately there doesn't appear to be much difference from the group that played so well this summer.
The Mets have promised trades and free-agent signings that could make it all better, but if history is an indication, there will be more smoke than fire.
Here's what I see:
CATCHER: Brian Schneider is gone. They would like to add a veteran presence, preferably one with some offensive capabilities. That unknown would platoon with Omir Santos, who played well then faded down the stretch after Josh Thole was added. I'm projecting Thole to start the season in the minor leagues, but he'll play during the year. There's a lot of promise there, but he's learning the position and now to hit on this level.
FIRST BASE: The Mets haven't said they won't re-sign Carlos Delgado, but those odds are long, especially since he never came back from the disabled list and was reinjured during his rehab. Daniel Murphy, who was force-fed the position, showed improvement over the past two months where they should be comfortable with him in the position until Ike Davis is ready – assuming, of course, Davis does get ready. Adam LaRoche and Aubrey Huff are available on the free-agent market, but neither will lift the franchise to the next level. LaRoche likely will stay with Atlanta.
SECOND BASE: Who would have thought Luis Castillo would hit .302 this year. The Mets believe they might find a taker, but they are dreaming. There are still two years and $12 million on his contract, and just because he stayed healthy for one season doesn't mean he will in the future. Castillo's offense was surprising, but his defense regressed. If the Mets can deal him they should, but that's so unlikely.
THIRD BASE: David Wright has three years and $39 million remaining on his contract. He's the face of the franchise and here for the duration. There were noticeable flaws in Wright's game this season, notably dramatic drop in home runs and alarming spike in strikeouts despite hitting over .300. Wright will work with hitting coach Howard Johnson in an attempt to regain his power stroke. And, the power drop wasn't just Citi Field because he didn't go deep on the road, either. This is a big offseason concern, and the hope of Wright hitting for more power will shape the Mets' offseason thinking.
SHORTSTOP: A hamstring injury that will require surgery limited Jose Reyes to 36 games in 2009. They expect him back, but nobody is making any promises as to what they believe they'll get. No doubt, a quality back up should be added, and that means Alex Cora. For the Mets not to have a healthy Reyes, or an ineffective one in 2010, wouldn't be a reach.
LEFT FIELD: The free agents are enticing. Jason Bay, Matt Holliday, Bobby Abreu, and yes, even Manny Ramirez. A quick rundown: Bay will stay in Boston; Abreu likes the Angels; Holliday's price tag will scare the Mets; and everything about Ramirez should frighten the Mets. There might be a middle-of-the-board option, but isn't that the same thing as saying Angel Pagan? I'd like Holliday, but my gut tells me the Mets won't spend.
CENTER FIELD: There are two years and $37 million left on Carlos Beltran's contract, one with a no-trade clause. Beltran wants an extension, but his injury history should give the Mets pause on that option. A healthy Beltran should help fill the power void.
RIGHT FIELD: Jeff Francoeur will be a free agent in two years, and if the Mets are smart, they'll lock him up before then. He played with a grit the team has long been accused of lacking.
STARTING ROTATION: If the Mets changed nothing, and that wouldn't be a shock, they'll have this rotation: Johan Santana, Mike Pelfrey, Oliver Perez, John Maine and either Jon Niese or Bobby Parnell. All of them have issues. Santana, Perez, Maine and Niese have injury issues; Pelfrey took a step back and Parnell's confidence could be shot. The free-agent market isn't deep, with the Angels' John Lackey the premier choice, but he'll be pricey and has an injury background.
BULLPEN: Closer Francisco Rodriguez had breakdown signs this year with most every save opportunity an adventure. Nothing was ever easy for him. J.J. Putz can forget about having his $8.6 million option picked up. Parnell could get the set-up role, and if he does he should be left alone. Count on lefty Pedro Feliciano returning. After that, it's back to square one in rebuilding the pen.


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Hernandez, bullpen shut out Nats to take series
PHILADELPHIA -- This is the month for the Phillies to make a move.
They play 21 of 27 games at home in May and Sunday's 1-0 victory over the Nationals at Citizens Bank Park handed them their first series victory of that stretch. They improved to 6-7 at home this season, a number that must continue to improve if they have any serious shot at competing for a postseason berth.View Full Game Coverage
PHILADELPHIA -- This is the month for the Phillies to make a move.
They play 21 of 27 games at home in May and Sunday's 1-0 victory over the Nationals at Citizens Bank Park handed them their first series victory of that stretch. They improved to 6-7 at home this season, a number that must continue to improve if they have any serious shot at competing for a postseason berth.View Full Game Coverage
"I think this is a good month for us to get back on track and hopefully make a push and see if we can't separate ourselves," Mike Adams said.
The Phillies are 15-14, the fourth time this season they are a game over .500. They have not been two games over .500 since Oct. 1, 2012, when they were 81-79. They also are 1 1/2 games out of first place in the tightly-packed National League East, where every team has a winning record.
The Phillies can thank Roberto Hernandez for Sunday's victory. He allowed four hits in 7 1/3 scoreless innings, pitching on relatively short notice.
"Hernandez was so locked in," Phillies center fielder Ben Revere said. "He hit his spots. When he fell behind, he got a groundout or fly out. Today was his day."
The Phillies skipped Hernandez in the rotation last week because of some breaks in the schedule. The Phillies initially pushed him to Tuesday's start against the Blue Jays, but when Cole Hamels got the flu Saturday, the Phillies bumped up Hernandez a couple days.
"It's not that big a deal," Hernandez said. "You have to do what you had to do. No big deal."
Hernandez walked two batters in the first inning on four pitches, throwing just eight of 20 pitches for strikes. But he settled after that. After Denard Span's leadoff single in the third inning, Hernandez retired 15 of the next 17 batters he faced.
"I just tried to keep the ball down," Hernandez said. "I just wanted to keep it down, not overthrow and get the ball over the plate."
He allowed another leadoff single to Span in the eighth. Kevin Frandsen's sacrifice bunt advanced Span to second with one out.
Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg then asked Adams to face Jayson Werth, whom he struck out Saturday.
Adams blew a one-run lead in the eighth inning Friday in a 5-3 loss, but pitched a scoreless eighth with a five-run lead in Saturday's 7-2 victory. Sunday was the first time he had pitched three consecutive days since Aug. 26-28, 2012, when he pitched with the Rangers.
He got Werth to ground out to first, moving Span to third.
"It's been a long time. I felt all right though," Adams said about the three straight days of work. "Luckily, I kept my pitch count down the past two days. I'm kind of glad it was only one hitter today. I was hanging a little bit, especially after I got done. I could feel it. All the adrenaline left and I could kind of feel my arm hanging a little bit. But it all worked out good. We got the 'W' and I think that's what our bullpen is capable of doing. Hopefully, we can get this thing turned around and start going in the right direction."
Sandberg then called for left-hander Antonio Bastardo to face Adam LaRoche, but he walked him to put runners at the corners. Bastardo recovered and struck out Anthony Rendon looking at a 2-2 fastball to end the inning.
Jonathan Papelbon picked up his ninth save with a scoreless ninth.
The Phillies scored their only run in the first inning when Jimmy Rollins tripled and scored on Chase Utley's single to center.
The Phillies outscored the Nationals in the first inning this series, 7-0. The early leads led to a victory twice in the series.
The Phillies open a two-game series Monday against the Blue Jays before playing their next five on the road in Toronto and New York. But then it is back to Citizens Bank Park for five games against the Angels and Reds.
The Phillies have won eight of their last 12. They like how they are playing right now.
"I think, overall, we've showed improvement in many areas," Sandberg said. "Starting pitching is our strong suit right now. Guys are going seven innings, into the eighth inning with our starting pitching. That's been very good. Been able to utilize the bullpen in more situational roles. Papelbon's on a roll. We've improved defensively behind the pitching. I see the balance of our lineup, with different guys on different days getting the job done."
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Earlier we posted about first-hand testimony from Syria confirming the scale and purpose of that rogue state's chemical weapons arsenal.
Turns out that already Monday, with scant attention from the news media, the UN was told much the same thing. From a Times of Israel report:
The United Nations peacekeeping force deployed on the Israeli-Syrian border has begun taking precautions against the possible use of chemical weapons, and may collapse in the face of a Syrian regime offensive, France's ambassador to the UN said on Monday.
Gérard Araud told London-based daily Al-Hayat that clashes between Syrian government and opposition forces on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights have sparked fears in Western countries concerning the safety of their nationals serving at the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force.
Some of these countries, Araud said, may withdraw their men from the force, known as UNDOF, as a result. "Such a situation may bring about the collapse of UNDOF and the security arrangements between Israel and Syria which it represents," Araud told Al-Hayat. [more]
The United Nations Disengagement Observer Force was created by a UN Security Council decision on May 31, 1974 after the agreed disengagement of Israeli and Syrian forces in the Golan Heights. UNDOF's role is currently carried out by a deployment of 1,034 troops sent by Austria, Croatia, India, Japan and Philippines; plus 84 local (Syrian) civilians and 41 international civilian staff. (We had cause to write about them some months ago, when mortar fire crashed into Israel from the Syrian side of the border – see "25-Sep-12: Incoming fire on the northern border".)
The 1974 Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel And Syria, brokered by US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, created a security zone between the two countries and established UNDOF. Its contribution to preserving the often-tense peace between Syria and Israel is in their inspections ("not less often that once every fifteen days") of the buffer zone along the Israel-Syria border. But that value depends on UNDOF actually having men and equipment in place to do the job. The Security Council was told Monday by its head of peacekeeping services, Herve Ladsous, that
gas masks and additional armored vehicles were sent to UNDOF as a safety precaution against a possible chemical attack by the Assad regime.
But as the French are suggesting, it's at least questionable whether measures like that will keep the UN forces there. Japan already announced a week ago [report] that because of the "deteriorating security situation in Syria", the 47 Japanese soldiers serving in UNDOF are going to go home now instead of in March 2013 when their tour of duty is supposed to end.
Way back in 1956, soldiers of the UN Emergency Force were stationed in Sinai near Israel's borders with Egypt and Egyptian-occupied Gaza. Their removal from the scene came very quickly, and in the end was a simple matter of the Egyptians demanding on May 16, 1967 that they go. Wikipedia notes that U Thant, the Secretary General of the UN,
"acted to effect the Egyptian order without consulting either the Security Council or the General Assembly. Most of the forces were evacuated by the end of May"
and full-scale war in the region broke out a week later.
Not that we're making any comparisons.
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TNA Final Resolution Opener:
The show opened with a video package that focused on Bobby Roode. The video showcases Roode and his family members, talking about how much he has changed since capturing the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
Rob Van Dam vs. Christopher Daniels
TNA announcer Mike Tenay recalls a storyline between RVD and Daniels from the previous PPV last month. He said this particular showdown is all about wrestling, because wrestling matters. The match begins! Daniels worked RVD for the most part of the match. In the end, the finish came when Van Dam finished off Daniels with the 5-Star Frog Splash for the clean pinfall.
Winner: Rob Van Dam
Backstage: Jeremy Borash Interviews Mickie James
Backstage, Jeremy Borash is with Mickie James. James says the people want the Knockouts match, and tonight, they're going to get it. She says Gail Kim can't hide behind politics. She claims she was excited about Gail returning to TNA until she politicked and hid. Borash thanks her and announces that the TNA T.V. Title match is next.
TNA TV Title: Robbie E. vs. Eric Young
Not much crowd reaction for the bad guys even though Young was doing a good job getting the crowd's attention while they were showing off. Six minutes of action goes by when Rob Terry gets behind the ref's back. Young dropkicks Terry out of the ring, when Robbie scores the clean pinfall with his finishing move.
Winner: Robbie E.
Backstage: Jeremy Borash Interviews Devon & The Pope
Backstage, Jeremy Borash is with Devon and The Pope. After Devon talks some trash, Pope says he can't help it that Devon's kids look up to him as a father figure. He claims tonight is about the gold.
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Jazzhawk wrote:Hey. with Sydney Rice and Golden Tate slinging the ball around, who needs Portis.
Largent80 wrote:Throwdown is crushed.
HawkFan72 wrote:No need for a project QB right now. Wilson is our QB for the foreseeable future. This gives Portis a chance to find a place to play.
bellyfat wrote:Yeah, we should be happy for him he'll get a chance to make a name for himself elsewhere. Russell Wilson looks like the future. But if Josh gets picked up by the Cardinals I'll be so pissed.
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text: Students Receptive to Lower-Calorie Flavored Milk February 1, 2012 12:44 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By MILK Editors Email Source: Dairy Management, Inc. School children showed a favorable response to lower-calorie flavored milk products, according to research funded by the Dairy Research Institute®, which is primarily funded by the dairy checkoff program. The study demonstrated that elementary students who consumed reformulated flavored milk, which contained less than or equal to 150 calories (8-ounce serving), were as likely to drink most of their milk as students who were provided flavored milk containing slightly more calories and sugar. These findings, published in January's Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, highlight the industry's ongoing efforts to provide innovative products that meet children's taste requirements, while satisfying increasingly stringent school nutrition guidelines. "This study is yet another example of the dairy checkoff's long-term commitment to children's health and wellness," said Paul Rovey, Arizona dairy producer and chair of Dairy Management Inc.™, which manages the national dairy checkoff. "A growing number of schools are calling for the reduction of sugar content on their menus. This creates an opportunity for the dairy industry to share its efforts that have led to flavored milk innovation featuring a reduction in fat, calories and added sugars." Since 2006, added sugars in flavored milk offered in schools have been reduced by 38 percent. In fact, most flavored milk served in schools this year has an average of 134 calories, while still providing kid-approved taste needs and the same nine essential nutrients as white milk. All milk, including flavored milk, plays a vital role in helping Americans – especially children – meet their daily nutrition needs as outlined by the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Additionally, the checkoff-led Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy® is implementing an industry-wide action plan to protect the availability of flavored milk in our nation's schools. Working through the Innovation Center and closely with the Milk Processor Education Program (MilkPEP), the checkoff is sharing nutrition and product research, education materials and other resources with the industry about flavored milk in schools. Local processors, suppliers and others in the industry received local market case studies and hands-on social media tools and training to help address concerns during the school bid season. Research shows the vast majority of parents do not support bans on flavored milk. Information also has been shared with industry leaders to develop coordinated, proactive plans to protect milk's availability in schools. These efforts address potential scenarios that include situations where flavored milk is supported, debated and threatened. For more information about the checkoff, visit http://www.dairycheckoff.com. Back to news


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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Playing partner Casey Wittenberg and Mark Russell, vice president of competition for the PGA Tour, have no concerns about Tiger Woods' drop on the par-4 14th hole.
Woods hit a high, sweeping hook into the water down the left side of the fairway. There were questions about where Woods took the drop – some 255 yards from the hole. NBC Sports analyst Johnny Miller suggested it was a "borderline'' spot. But Russell said there was nothing wrong with it.
Woods conferred with Wittenberg, who said there was "no doubt'' that Woods took the drop in the right spot.
"He asked me exactly where it crossed,'' Wittenberg said. "I told him I thought it crossed on the corner of the bunker, right where he took his drop. And it's all good.''
Woods said there was no point in conferring with rules officials since they weren't even on the hole.
"If they're not there, they can't see it,'' he said. "The only guys who really know are Casey and his caddie, so that's who we rely on.''
MAGGERT'S FINISH: Jeff Maggert will remember one thing about The Players Championship.
Not his water ball on the famed island 17th hole that led to double-bogey Sunday. Not his birdie on 18, just the fifth of the day at the ultra-challenging closing hole. Not even his runner-up finish, the 49-year-old Texan's best showing since winning the 2006 St. Jude Classic.
Five three-putts stood out more than everything else at TPC Sawgrass.
"I gave away five shots,'' Maggert said following a 2-under 70 in the final round that left him in a three-way tie behind winner Tiger Woods.
Maggert recalled each of them with vivid detail: two in the final round, one Saturday and two more in the opening 18 holes.
"I'll remember that a lot more than I will remember the shot at 17,'' he said.
Having four missed cuts and a withdrawal in his previous seven events, Maggert found himself in a four-way tie at 12-under before stumbling at the tricky 17th. He avoided looking at the leaderboard before he pulled a 9-iron out of his bag for the relatively short (135 yards) shot.
He had hoped to hit his ball to the middle of the green and two-putt for par. Instead, he caught his tee shot a little thin, causing it to come up short against a stiff wind and plop into the murky lagoon.
"You just live with it,'' he said. "You know it's going to be a test of nerves, and you just go up there and try to hit a good shot. At the end of the tournament, when things are on the line, it's the ultimate risk-reward. So you've just got to get up there and try to hit a good shot and get out of there with a par.''
He chipped on from the drop area and walked away with a double-bogey – and little chance of catching Woods.
He bounced back on 18 and earned, by far, his best finish of the year. His previous best was a tie for 46th at Pebble Beach.
"Just disappointed to come up short,'' he said. "But it's a funny thing about this game. You put it behind you, you go to next week, you get up on the first tee on Thursday and you start all over. If you're worried about what happened four days prior, then you're not going to last very long out here.''
The best news for Maggert was that his third-place finish at the tour's richest event meant he virtually locked up his PGA Tour card for 2014.
"The ball-striking has been great all year,'' Maggert said. "The last two or three weeks I was pretty disappointed. My position, the way I've played and then this week I just tried to be patient. I know this is a good golf course for my game, so maybe a late start to the season for me.
"Hopefully I can build on this and put some good tournaments together here for the rest of the summer.''
RORY'S ROAD: After missing the cut the last three years at The Players Championship, Rory McIlroy may have finally figured some things out this week.
McIlroy birdied four of his final six holes Sunday, getting to 7-under and walking off TPC Sawgrass with some course confidence.
"I think my game plan worked pretty well,'' he said. "I didn't play the par-5s particularly well. I played the 9th hole in 3-over par. You play that at level par and you're 10-under for the tournament and you're up there. But I thought my strategy off the tee worked really well for the most part and that enabled me to have more opportunities for birdies.''
McIlroy kept his driver in the bag for many holes, preferring to hit fairway woods while worrying more about placement and accuracy. It could come in hand at other courses on his schedule.
"It's sort of a little stretch here where you're not going to be going all guns blazing off the tee,'' he said.
McIlroy will take the next week off and work on his putting. He ranked 57th in putting at Sawgrass.
"Tee to green I thought I played really, really well,'' he said, adding that reading the Bermuda greens proved challenging. "I just didn't hole the putt. So I've got a week off now, and I'll go and work on that and see if I can improve around the greens. If I can do that and keep hitting the ball the same way, I think it's very, very close.''
DIVOTS: David Lingmerth's runner-up finish set a new mark for the best showing by a PGA Tour rookie at The Players. … The weekend at The Players yielded no bogey-free rounds. … A total of 44 balls landed in the water surrounding the famed 17th hole. That includes 39 tee shots and five third shots.


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Since 2011, Together in MS tandem cycling teams, which include the NOW and Novartis for MS professional women cyclists and people living with MS, have ridden about 1,000 miles on tandem bicycles at 15 National MS Society Bike MS events across the country to raise awareness and inspire people. This year's tour begins on June 8 in Duluth, Minn. with a total of five stops nationwide, including: Denver, Colo. (June 29), Seattle, Wash. (Sept. 7), Morristown, N.J. (Sept. 21) and Ventura, Calif. (Oct. 12).
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Phil Keoghan's 23 Destinations You Have To See Before You DieThe Amazing Race host shares with BuzzFeed his personal adventures from a lifetime of travel.posted on September 29, 2013 at 12:57pm EDTAshley PerezIn honor of Season 23 of The Amazing Race BuzzFeed Travel spoke to adventurer and TAR host Phil Keoghan to find out his favorite destinations from around the world.CBSBelow is a collection of Phil's personal photos and memories:16. Indonesia"Indonesia is comprised of more than 17,000 islands and might be the most culturally diverse place on Earth. We could visit this surprising destination 100 times and still find something new and exciting for Amazing Race."--> We've only been there for 4 times..which could means there's still 96 visits to go Read the rest: https://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleyperez/phil-keoghans-23-destinations-you-have-to-see-before-you-die
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PayPal error makes father-of-three overnight quadrillionaire, briefly
A Pennsylvania man has become an overnight quadrillionaire after a PayPal error left him with a 17 figure bank balance.
Chris Reynolds, 56, a father-of-three from Delaware County, opened his monthly email account to a figure of $92,233,720,368,547,800, according to the Philadelphia Daily News.
The figure catapults him well in front of the world's richest men, Bill Gates and Carlos Slim, who have a paltry $73.9 billion and $67.7 billion respectively.
Mr Reynolds, who uses PayPal to buy and sell vintage car parts, said he opened his monthly account expecting to see the usual $100 but received a major shock.
"I'm just feeling like a million bucks," he told the Philadelphia Daily News.
"At first, I thought that I owed quadrillions. It was quite a big surprise."
Mr Reynolds said he would use the money to pay down the national debt and buy local baseball team the Phillies "if I could get a good price."
However he didn't get the chance, as the error had been corrected by the time he logged into his PayPal account.
The next notice Mr Reynolds received from the company said he needed to renew the credit card attached to his account.
"So, even though I have 90 quadrillion dollars, they still don't trust me," he said.
A spokesperson for Pay Pal said they don't discuss individual accounts due to privacy but would look into the matter.
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The usual misfit collection of thoughts as I ponder if I will ever again attend a Red Sox game as a fan, if I will ever again watch anything close to a full Sox game on TV, or if I could name more than 10 members of the current team. Is Juan Beniquez still playing? Steve Dillard?
Anyway …
• It was an education in local high school basketball history last week when I did a story Billy McMillan, the former Fall River resident and Bishop Stang star who died on June 25 in Los Angeles. He had lived on the West Coast for more than three decades. I hadn't known about Billy but discovered he was quite the player and quite the guy, respected and admired by many in Greater Fall River and beyond. Especially cool were comments by guys several years younger than McMillan who recalled how much Billy, then a player at Stonehill College, had helped them with their games when he would see them on the court at the Boys' Club here in Fall River.
A memorial service for McMillan has been scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 10, from 2 to 5 p.m. at Stonehill College's Pettit Atrium of the Thomas and Mary Shields Science Center. All of McMillan's family and friends are invited to attend and speak, sharing their memories. He must have loved Stonehill, much as he loved Bishop Stang. McMillan is on Stonehill's Honor Roll of Donors.
• The Fall River Independent Baseball League, which plays weekday nights and weekend days, wraps up its regular season with games on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (7:15 p.m. starts) at Chew Park's McCarrick Field.
• A team to watch for the upcoming high school fall season: Somerset Berkley Regional field hockey. Experienced, fast and pretty tough.
• Old friend Jim Cabucio, a resident of East Freetown and director of athletics over at Apponequet Regional High School, was recently inducted into the Massachusetts Maritime Academy's Athletics Hall of Fame. Cabooch was quite a pitcher in his day, at Apponequet and at Mass. Maritime, where he was 7-1 his junior season (1981). (Cabucio was also a strong advocate of blooper ball in Freetown.)
• From the all-time favorite games involving Boston sports teams file:
Patriots destroy the Raiders 48-17 during the 1976 regular season. Hall of Fame guard John Hannah was quoted back then as saying it was the most fun he had ever had playing a football game. This was the same season when the Raiders, en route to winning the Super Bowl, beat New England in the final seconds of the AFC semifinals after Sugar Bear Hamilton was called for the lame roughing the passer penalty. Many Pats fans assume had New England not gotten robbed against the Raiders, it would have then, as Oakland did, steamrolled Pittsburgh in the AFC final and then whipped Minnesota in the Super Bowl. A key difference is while Oakland hosted the Steelers, a Pats-Steelers game would have been played in Pittsburgh, where the Patriots, yes, had won that season, but just barely when Roy Gerela missed a 40-something-yard field goal try late. (Remember Gerela's fan club, Gerela's Gorillas?).
• A quick check on the local baseball pros.
Brandon Gomes, Triple A Durham (Tampa Rays): 0-2, 3.28 ERA, 24-2/3 innings, 27 strikeouts, 10 walks.
Zac Correll, Rookie League Reds (Cincinnati): No stats.
Craig Albernaz, Double A Erie SeaWolves (Detroit Tigers): 46 games, 139 at-bats, .209, 13 RBIs.
Dan Langfield, Single A Dayton (Cincinnati Reds): 48 innings/7 games, 2-2, 3.38 ERA, 69 strikeouts, 31 walks.
Zach Kapstein, Class A Greenville (Boston Red Sox): .283, 25 RBIs, 63 games, 191 at-bats.
Jacob Kapstein, Class A Short Season Connecticut (Detroit Tigers) .262, 13 RBIs, 26 games, 84 at-bats.
The Kapsteins are brothers, from Tiverton. Zach is a couple of years older.
• May be time to improve the ol' task-completion skills. A little cyber house cleaning revealed 42 useless drafts sitting in the work email account. And it's not like folks are contacting me, saying "Where's that email you were going to send?"
• Don't know how I'm going to pull it off, but I want to be remembered as the person who brought an end to this tradition/trend/fad of guests attending weddings and kids attending birthday parties receiving gifts.
• Togo Palazzi.
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"Argo" takes you back. Not just to the dark days of the 1979-81 Iranian hostage crisis but to a brighter, earlier time, when Hollywood regularly turned out smart and engaging films that crackled with energy and purpose.
Very much like Clint Eastwood before him, actor turned actor-director Ben Affleck not only has a passion for those kinds of throwback entertainments, he knows that the only way to get them on the screen effectively is to do the work himself.
After a hesitant start with "Gone Baby Gone," Affleck found his footing with the crackling crime drama "The Town" and now takes things one step further with this breakneck tale of how an ace CIA agent rescued six Americans from the jaws of the Iranian Revolution with a little help from, hard as it may be to believe, the good folks of Hollywood. It's all based on a true story persuasively conveyed — and amplified — in the best classic movie tradition.
ON LOCATION: L.A. sets scene for 'Argo's' Tehran
Convincingly scripted by debuting screenwriter Chris Terrio from the real-life exploits of retired agent Tony Mendez (played by Affleck), "Argo" is most impressive in the number of moods its director has casually mastered. Affleck easily orchestrates this complex film with 120 speaking parts as it moves from inside-the-Beltway espionage thriller to inside Hollywood dark comedy to gripping international hostage drama, all without missing a step.


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Borden-Carleton, a village, is located in Prince County in the western portion of Prince Edward Island, SE. of Summerside. Its precise location is N 46°15', W 63°40'.
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Twin Cities Amazons kick off Women's Premier League with big win
The 2013 USA Rugby Women's Premier League kicked off in four cities across the country this past weekend.
Consisting of eight of the most competitive women's club teams, the WPL regular season will run through the end of October and culminate with the Championships being played in Philadelphia, Penn., during the same November weekend as the Men's Eagles' test against the New Zealand Maori All Blacks.
Defending WPL champion Berkeley All-Blues, with new head coach Adriaan Ferris, traveled to Life University and defeated the Atlanta Harlequins 29-10 Sunday. Atlanta was promoted to the WPL this year after winning the DI National Championship in 2012 and will compete in the Red Division with Berkeley, Twin Cities Amazons and San Diego Surfers.
Twin Cities Amazons, just two weeks removed from defeating the USA Rugby AIG Women's Collegiate All-Americans, shut out the San Diego Surfers in Minnesota 62-0. Women's Eagle Lynelle Kugler scored three tries, and WCAAs Jacie Vonada and Mel Krug also put points on the board.
Beantown hosted the Glendale Raptors in a barn-burner in Acton, Mass., Sunday. The Raptors came away with the 41-36 win, but will hope to stem some defensive shortcomings in the weeks ahead with tough Blue Division opponents in New York Rugby Club and DC Furies.
The Furies opened their 2013 season with a hard-fought 27-15 win against New York away from home Sunday.
Glendale and DC will get the week two action started Saturday in Colorado before the other six teams get going Sunday. The weekend's highlight match is surely that of Twin Cities and Berkeley, the only match to feature two lossless teams.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Saudi Arabia air force sergeant was ordered Thursday to stand trial for the sexual assault of a 13-year-old boy on New Year's Eve in a Las Vegas Strip hotel room.
A defense attorney for 23-year-old Mazen Alotaibi and a Saudi consulate legal attache huddled with prosecutors for two hours before Alotaibi waived his right to a preliminary hearing of evidence against him.
The move meant the boy and a police detective who prosecutors said were ready to testify didn't have to take the stand.
Defense attorney Don Chairez conceded the testimony probably would have met what he termed the minimal standard to show a felony had been committed, allowing the judge to move the case to state court.
"A preliminary hearing is basically a rubber stamp process," Chairez said.
Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Bill Kephart asked Alotaibi if he understood what was happening. Standing with an Arabic translator, Alotaibi responded "yes" in English.
Chairez and Saudi Arabia consulate legal affairs official Abdulqader Mohammed Al Hazza said outside the courtroom that evidence was still being collected. Negotiations were under way to resolve the case, Chairez said.
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Chairez said he hopes tests on blood samples drawn after Alotaibi's arrest will show the aircraft mechanic was too drunk at the time to give up his constitutional right to have a lawyer present during questioning.
Chairez said police didn't provide Alotaibi with a translator during questioning, even though Alotaibi told detectives several times during his 70-minute interview that he didn't understand what was happening.
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Alotaibi could face life in prison if he's convicted of the kidnapping and sex assault charges.
Kephart increased bail from $1.22 million to $1.72 million based on the new charges, which allege that Alotaibi kissed the boy during a sex act.
Chairez said Alotaibi will plead not guilty to all charges at his arraignment set for Feb. 6 in Clark County District Court.
Alotaibi is accused of forcing the boy into a hotel room where as many as four other Saudi officers smoked cigarettes or marijuana on the morning before a New Year's Eve fireworks celebration on the Las Vegas Strip.
Police said Alotaibi acknowledged during questioning that he had sex with the boy, and investigators collected DNA evidence, a used condom and soiled towel from the bathroom where the boy said the attack took place.
Chairez said the boy splits time living with divorced parents in California and had been staying at the Circus-Circus hotel with his father. He told police he was accosted while on his way to a hotel doughnut shop about 7:30 a.m.
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then what does he feels towards touma? in vol 20 its obvious that he envy the guy. But in SS story and in vol 5. Where in vol 5 its just a couple of days or rather I think its just a day or two. After their fight. That punch in the jaw should still be hurting
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Got him out of the Experiment for one, something he's at least a little thankful for.
He might be angry, annoyed etc. over the humilition, but hate is a bit strong.
He is definitly envious of Touma, as shown in Vol. 20, but this is after a couple of Months.
I think at this point, the anger is balanced with the envy, but yeah, this can't be more than 2 weeks after the experiment, and he is still feeling bitter over the loss of status.
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again, Strongest < Weakest. He's used to being the Strongest. Everything started to go downhill for him ever since Touma gave him his tender hand of love. Now he's handicapped, having to rely on a machine to make sure he can function properly, with only the rare Awakened moments as exceptions. Otherwise the rest of the time he's not as good as he used to be. No one likes that to happen to them.
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If Accel really didn't want to go through the lv6 experiment, then he probably didn't have the motivation to try his best to win. It's the same thing as Quetzal/Etzali/whatever the Aztec magician's name is. Part of him had to do it, even though he knew it was wrong.
Accel does dislike Touma for beating him, but who really likes to lose? Also, part of it is because he's being picked on more often. Since he's had his powers ever since he was a kid, I can imagine that he's been treated as a monster since then. People picked on him because he was a monster, and Accel would hurt them in self-defense. The lv6 experiment was supposed to make him powerful enough to where no one would dare touch him anymore. That way, he wouldn't have to hurt anyone back. Ironically, he had to cause more harm in the process.
Until Last Order showed up, Accel was always between a rock and a hard place with his powers.
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Funds in the amount of $9,969,811 were obligated at the time of the award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year, and work is slated to finish February 2016.
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For the 105th year, the famed Il Lombardia (formerly known as the Giro di Lombardia) will once again close out the European cycling season this Saturday. One of cycling's Classics or Monuments, the "Race of the Falling Leaves" will be moving to an earlier date next year (no word on if the nickname will change), no longer serving as the exclamation point to the UCI WorldTour circuit. Last year, strongman Philippe Gilbert dominated a decimated field on a cold and wet day, winning Il Lombardia for the second year in a row:
This year Gilbert is back for a try at his third straight win, but he'll face a host of cycling stars looking to close out their season with a prestigious win. He'll also have to tackle a new race course, featuring tough new climbs and a new finish in the town of Lecco, but still featuring the famous Madonna del Ghisallo climb (spiritual home of the patron saint of cycling):
But, since this is the end of a long racing season, we thought that perhaps the riders might need some inspiration to really liven up Il Lombardia, so we're sharing this video of no-handed finish line salutes, just in case the victor wants to add some signature flair (although Juan Antonio Flecha already has dibs on the bow and arrow salute):
You can catch Il Lombardia on Universal Sports this Saturday – and if you see a "cup of tea" salute from the victor, now you'll know why.


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NORTH ADAMS — When the bustling mills here sputtered and failed over the last several decades, much of the soul of North Adams went with them. Residents dispersed, unemployment soared, and rates of teenage pregnancy and domestic violence followed suit.
Once-thriving Main Street decayed into a ghostly parade of empty windows, and a manufacturing savior was nowhere to be found.
Tanglewood and Jacob's Pillow were somebody else's idea of a Berkshires economy. Not in lunch-pail North Adams.
But now, in a startling shift, North Adams is being remade by the commerce of culture.
And it's not just powered by the acclaimed Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, better known as MASS MoCA. Since the museum opened more than a decade ago, a string of other galleries have followed.
Downtown is home to 21 art galleries and museums. Ten pieces of public art bring color to its outdoor spaces. And the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, part of the state university system, is deeply involved in developing and promoting artists.
"It's kind of an amazing thing to have a depressed town reinvigorated through art," said Jonah Emerson-Bell, a 31-year-old designer building a dance set at MASS MoCA.
Art and its influence are visible up and down the wide Main Street, where the local Registry of Motor Vehicles office shares a floor with the North Adams Artists' Co-Op Gallery. Nearby is Press, another Main Street gallery, which is next to Gallery 51, which is next to Gallery 53.
Many artists — some believe hundreds — live in the city of 13,583 people, where a two-bedroom apartment can be had for $450 a month. Instead of the repetition of factory work, North Adams today is more likely to mean painting, photography, and pop-up performances.
"It's a gem here," said Jennifer Crowell, a 31-year-old musician who moved from Vermont and is Gallery 51's program coordinator. "North Adams is one of those places that is kind of hidden but has city-quality art."
Tucked into the northwest corner of Massachusetts, the least populated city in the state still has economic worries. The unemployment rate of 8.1 percent in August topped the state rate of 6.8 percent. And its population has fallen by 29 percent, from 19,195, since 1970.
Decades later, the loss of thousands of manufacturing jobs after the 1985 closing of Sprague Electric, the longtime engine of the local economy, is still recalled as a catastrophe.
"It was like a neutron bomb hit," said Joseph Thompson, director of MASS MoCA. "We opened in 1999, and at that time North Adams was rather dramatically isolated from the rest of the Berkshires art and education milieu."
No more. A growing cluster of ambitious artists, affordable living and studio spaces, and culture-friendly allies at the college and City Hall have made North Adams a miniature mecca for the creative.
The trend has been good for business, too, city officials said. A summerlong event called DownStreet Art, a weekly smorgasbord of entertainment and open galleries, draws about 1,000 people every Thursday night. At other times, visitors can satisfy their artistic appetite by following a trail of yellow painted footprints that proclaim: "More art this way."
Stephen Hannock, a painter known for large, luminous landscapes, employs 10 people in a 12,000-square-foot studio here. To Hannock, whose work has been shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the arts scene in North Adams is forging a separate identity from the Berkshire magnets of Stockbridge, Lenox, and even Williamstown, the tony college town next door.
As a gift to the new science center, Hannock donated a large painting that depicts North Adams from about 2,000 feet in the air, a westward view that blends lush mountains, the winding Hoosic River, and the steeples, old factories, and Victorian homes that dot the city.
"This really is a dynamic area," Hannock said.
The city's mayor, Richard Alcombright, a former longtime banker, has hopped aboard the cultural bandwagon. Although Alcombright, 59, is a self-described "townie" who recalls when North Adams defined itself by "family, religion, sports, and ethnicity," the mayor embraces what the arts have breathed into the community.
"A lot of it has been the college, a lot of it has been MoCA, and if the city didn't follow, something's very wrong," said Alcombright, in his second term and seeking a third. "If you go out and see your neighbor raking leaves, you go out and rake your leaves."
Alcombright and other civic and cultural leaders praised the energy and vision of Mary Grant, the president of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. In Grant's 11-year administration, they said, the former North Adams State College has become integrated with the city and MASS MoCA in unprecedented ways.
Gallery 51, for example, is run by the college through its Berkshire Cultural Resource Center, and many college graduates have worked at MASS MoCA. The college also is the lead partner in the Berkshire Compact for Education, a collaborative effort working to increase access for county residents to higher education.
The college is forging business relationships to seed and grow what Grant hopes will be a harvest of biotechnology and life sciences jobs in the Berkshires. The institution's new, $30 million science center is being groomed as a catalyst.
Already, Nuclea Biotechnologies, about 20 miles south in Pittsfield, has invested $250,000 in a research agreement with the college, where 30 percent of the students are majoring in science or related fields.
"The reason we're paying for this is it helps us on the backside of things. It's a quid pro quo," said Patrick Muraca, president of Nuclea. "We thought there was a great opportunity for new workforce development."
Grant said she is confident that jobs will follow, and the mayor sees encouraging signs. Crane & Co., the stationer, recently added 85 full-time jobs and another shift — the first time North Adams has had a second shift in at least three decades, Alcombright said.
Several other businesses have added a dozen or two dozen workers, the mayor said. One new business, a converted bowling alley, offers a virtual golfing center where duffers can imagine themselves playing the world's greatest courses.
"You can't get a tee time on the weekend," Alcombright said with a big smile.
Such commercial growth seems critical to some residents who do not have confidence that the arts, by themselves, are a solid economic foundation.
"It's all well and good, but what we need is industry," said Paul Doan, the 65-year-old owner of the Hub, a busy Main Street restaurant. Young people without the aptitude for higher education, he said, will continue to be left adrift as the city's manufacturing past becomes an ever-distant memory.
"There used to be jobs for them, but there aren't anymore. Anybody that says anyone can make it if they try . . . , " Doan said with a shake of his head, his voice trailing off as he worked the lunch rush.
On the other side of the counter, set designer Emerson-Bell finished a sandwich before heading back to MASS MoCA in time for a rehearsal by the David Dorfman Dance troupe. He's a native of Cambridge, lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., and is impressed by the trends in North Adams.
"I've got to tell you, I'm sort of jealous," Emerson-Bell said. "I'm sick of living in the city and want to be up here."
For skeptics who wonder whether arts can help revive a community, Emerson-Bell offered these thoughts: "Artists are buying products. They're shipping things. And they're employing people."
For Grant, the college president, that artistic influence dovetails with her mission to improve higher education in the region, help create jobs, and give graduates a reason to stay in the Berkshires.
"We are," Grant said, "in the business of hope."Brian MacQuarrie can be reached at macquarrie@ globe.com.


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Mooreen Morris of Soroptimist International of Hood River writes:
"The lucky winner of the 2013 Harvest Quilt was Jean Hoodman of Forest Grove.
"I want to thank everyone for their help and support in promoting the 2013 Harvest Quilt. The businesses involved: Waucoma Bookstore, Curves and Hood River Sew & Vac. You can't have a piece of art like a handmade quilt without the talent of the quilters — so a big thank you to everyone involved in making the quilt and, of course, the Columbia River Gorge Quilters Guild and E.T.C. (Every Thread Counts) in Hood River.
"A big thank-you to the staff at the Chamber for all of their assistance; for understanding what the tradition of the Harvest Quilt is in the valley and also for allowing us to be part of the Harvest Fest. I really don't know how they pulled off such great weather for the Harvest Fest, but I know that it made the entire weekend a huge success.
"Soroptimist Int'l of Hood River had the privilege of escorting the quilt around the Gorge in the past months. We were fortunate enough to make over $2,500 to help further the education of women and girls in the area.
"The 2014 Harvest Quilt is in its beginning stages so if you are interested in participating stop by E.T.C. for all the information."
Jennifer Clark and Jim Patterson, of Hood River, write:
"This letter is about a dog named Fuji.
"He was rescued after years of appalling abuse and neglect. (If you Google "Fuji Hood River dog" you will find his picture and story.)
Our family adopted him a little over a year ago after reading about him in the paper. He was old, had some health problems and had been available for adoption for many months. We thought of it as a kind of service project; something we could do for an unfortunate being that had nothing to give in return.
We were so wrong.
It took several months, but somewhere along the way, he shed his past.
He learned to trust us. His chronic health issues resolved. He learned to play and to rest with ease. He found his voice (after months of unnatural silence, ingrained in him by the abuse that he endured).
He wasn't perfect. He couldn't see very well; he couldn't hear; he was terrified of lightning and the flash of a camera. He had a loud, irritating bark. He was always underfoot; he harassed our cat; he grabbed treats with such gusto that we had to use a spoon lest we lose a few fingers.
Yet he was the most endearing, lovely, sweet, tolerant and patient dog we have ever known.
Whether you are looking for a pet or already have a few, consider adopting a homeless animal. It's a bit of a gamble. You might get one that has annoying qualities or behaviors. But you are also likely to get an animal that will blossom once they have the security of a home where they are taken care of.
You might get lucky and have your life changed by an animal like Fuji, whose resilience amazed us every day.
He was open to the possibility of good things, despite his wretched past. It was such a pleasure to watch him enjoy his life.
Fuji died earlier this month. He gave us much more than we gave him.
We want to say thank you to all the people who helped him along the way: the folks who rescued him from his terrible life, animal control and law enforcement, Hood River Adopt A Dog, his foster parents, many veterinary professionals, and interested community members.
Our deepest gratitude goes to Dr. Laura Makepeace. Her skill, creativity and enduring compassion make this world a better place.
The Gorge Windbags Toastmasters Club received this update from South Africa from club member Doug Newcomb:
"Fellow 'bags, Greetings from South Africa, where I just delivered the keynote for the Car Conference 2013 at the Johannesburg Auto Show. The 45-minute presentation — which some of you witnessed a rough version of earlier this year (and which I recycled and retooled for this event) — was VERY well received.
"Great experience, beautiful country and I can say I went the distance to deliver a speech.
"Hope to see you soon."
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