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I have never seen any of The Lord of the Rings movies. I have never seen any of The Hobbit movies. I have never read any of the books either. I don't like science fiction or fantasy. I just might be the last person you'd expect to sign up for a tour to the Hobbiton movie set in New Zealand. So why would someone who's never seen any of the movies love Hobbiton? It's simple. Hobbiton is simply one of the coolest places in New Zealand!
I visited the movie set through a special Azamara day and nighttime excursion during the Azamara Quest's overnight stop in Tauranga, New Zealand. The experience was the highlight of the cruise for me, without question.
When I first saw the Azamara Shore Excursions tour list for the Tauranga overnight stop there were several great options. One choice was Rotorua, a thermal area of cultural importance to New Zealand's Māori people. It has cool geysers and mud pools. I visited Rotorua in 2003 and where I visited in 2003 and thought the sulphuric air smelled pretty bad, but it was an interesting place. I chose Hobbiton because I've seen pictures on social media and thought it looked really unique.
Located on a working farm about an hour or so from Tauranga, Hobbiton was originally set up as a massive movie set by The Lord of the Rings director, Peter Jackson, to be used for several movies. It was one of several sets they built around New Zealand, however, it's the only one that still stands. It now gets about 2000 visitors a day!
Hobbiton is immaculate. It is impeccably designed and kept extraordinarily clean with attention to detail that would make Walt Disney jealous. Even if you haven't seen any of the movies or read any of the books like myself, you will appreciate the incredible design and attractive look of Hobbiton. The Lord of the Rings has left an indelible mark on pop culture so even if you haven't seen the movies or read the books, you're probably aware of how wildly successful they are. (Even I know the name Frodo!) Seeing this Hobbit village in its massive scale and perfect upkeep was impressive.
The best part of by Hobbiton tour with Azamara was that it took place during the day and night - actually, it was more like twilight and night, which made it even cooler. First, I walked around the village of Hobbiton and took pictures of the Hobbit Holes, houses, and all the intricate details. The village is so colorful that you cannot help but smile. It feels like you've fallen down the rabbit hole or something.
After the day tour, they set up a massive feast for the tour participants. It's a feast fit for a king! There is no way anyone finishes their food or the delicious local beers. You sit communally with the other people from your tour. We had about 50 people altogether.
After the feast, they take you back through Hobbiton for a night tour. This is equally fun but very different than the first visit. There are even more intricate details, like fires burning inside Hobbit Holes and little candles lit in the windows. It makes it feel like there are actually Hobbits living there, and you can't help but appreciate it.
The guides are excellent and relate everything to the books and movies if you know them well. But even for me, they made me feel like I was a part of the story. They also gave tons of good background information on the set now and during filming. Plus they led a singing and dancing party and who doesn't love that?
All in all, I loved this trip and I highly recommend it to anyone. Hobbiton is one of the coolest things in New Zealand and a must if you're on the North Island. It was the highlight of the cruise for me!
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Just a few years ago, Bruce Engel and Karen Wold were living the Marin County good life: yachting excursions, overseas vacations, real estate holdings, money in the bank. They were on the verge of retiring in enviable comfort.
On Wednesday, they'll be in San Francisco for a last look at the con man who took it all away.
Engel, 69, and Wold, 70, formerly of Tiburon, are the victims of the convicted scammer known as Blessed Marvelous Herve. His scheme cost the couple $1.6 million and left Wold with about $200,000 in tax debts.
Herve, 42, is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday morning in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. Engel and Wold are traveling to the hearing from Florida, where they now share a two-bedroom condo with Wold's sister.
The identities of Engel and Wold have been kept confidential by federal authorities, whose filings refer to them only as "BE" and "KW." But they recently agreed to be interviewed, partly to demonstrate the devastation that a single schemer can cause, even to a couple who considered themselves sophisticated.
"This guy wiped me out," said Engel, who is now selling Volkswagens in Stuart, Fla., a town about 100 miles north of Miami. "We absolutely believed this guy."
The scam started in 2006 and lasted about six years. Engel was a real estate broker who had founded First Marin Realty three decades earlier. Wold was a retired schoolteacher who had worked for the Western Placer Unified School District.
Their fates turned when Engel listed an advertisement for a $6 million home in Tiburon. Herve responded to the ad.
Herve, who claimed his father was the Republic of Congo's president, said his father wanted to pay cash for several luxury homes in the Bay Area, according to court documents. He said his father wanted to travel to the region to look at properties, but he would need to have bulletproof limousines provided for him.
Engel agreed to give Herve the money to book the limos. But Herve's supposed father kept postponing the trips, prompting requests from Herve for more limo fees.
"Having taken about $30,000 from BE though the limousine aspect of his fraud, (Herve) set his sights on more of BE's money," Assistant U.S. Attorney Douglas Sprague wrote in a sentencing memorandum. "He told BE that the United States had seized $43,000,000 of defendant's money after defendant transferred it from Switzerland to San Francisco."
Engel agreed to lend Herve money on promises of repayment with interest and bonuses. Engel parted with another $100,000 during this phase of the scheme.
Then Herve claimed the U.S. government had filed a classified criminal case against him that involved the Patriot Act and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, authorities said. He told Engel he needed more money for his legal defense and living expenses.
Over the next several years, Engel continued to give financial support until he had drained his entire $600,000 in savings, including a $100,000 inheritance from his mother.
With no more money to give, Engel turned to Wold, his longtime companion, for help fronting money to Herve.
"Defendant repeatedly claimed to BE and KW that he was near victory in his court case and thus the release of funds was imminent," Sprague wrote. "But if BE and KW did not continue to support his case, he would lose and never pay them back what they had loaned him to date, let alone the interest and bonuses."
Wold agreed to help. She eventually put up even more money than Engel, covering Herve's living costs, cellphone bills and other supposedly critical expenses.
By the time the couple decided to report Herve to authorities, Wold had lost more than $950,000.
Herve was finally arrested by the FBI last spring. He eventually pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud.
"The victims' retirement accounts are gone, and they are at a point in life where they cannot replenish them," Sprague wrote. "Both victims borrowed money from friends and family; that money is gone. The victims borrowed against insurance policies; that money is gone. The victims borrowed against their homes; that money, along with the two homes used to secure those loans, is gone. BE's entire inheritance from his mother ended up in the defendant's pocket. Both victims have had to return to work at times when they should be enjoying retirement."
The U.S. attorney's office is seeking a sentence of 37 months in prison and $1,605,926 in restitution, describing Herve as an unrepentant, chronically unemployed liar who just wanted to "bleed" the victims.
Herve's lawyers, Ethan Balogh and Jay Nelson, paint a different picture. They describe Herve as a victim of circumstance whose mother died from complications of childbirth and whose father, a "high-level government official in the Republic of Congo," was assassinated with the rest of his family during a period of political violence.
At the time of the unrest, Herve was a talented student of music at Azusa Pacific University, a Christian college near Los Angeles, his lawyers said.
"Although Mr. Herve managed to escape murder by happenstance of studying abroad, his life – which was previously categorized by peace and comfort – was upended, and he found himself stranded, alone, and penniless in a foreign land, unable to return home for fear of violent reprisal," the lawyers said in their sentencing memorandum.
The defense attorneys said Herve lost his student visa but was granted asylum in 1998, after which he moved to San Francisco, worked in service jobs and tried to launch a career in music. The lawyers submitted certificates of appreciation from various political figures – including Rep. Nancy Pelosi and two former San Francisco mayors, Gavin Newsom and Willie Brown – commending Herve for musical performances for charitable groups.
In addition, Herve's lawyers suggested that Engel's gullibility was a factor in the case and that "the fraud was facilitated, at least in part, by B.E.'s own greed."
Nevertheless, Herve's lawyers are asking the judge for a sentence of 33 months, just three months fewer than the government is seeking.
A spokeswoman for Azusa Pacific University said there is no record of a Blessed Marvelous Herve attending school there. Nor is there any record of students whose names match Herve's alleged aliases, Rodrique Herve Ndandou, Herve Rodrigue Ndandou and Blessed Roll Herve.
After two postponements of Herve's sentencing, the government paid for a no-frills overnight trip for Engel and Wold to attend the sentencing. The couple will fly in on Tuesday, spend the night at a hotel at Fisherman's Wharf, and fly back after the sentencing Wednesday.
Looking back on the scam during an interview, Engel said, "I just can't believe I was so stupid." But he said he carefully checked Herve's various assertions "right and left," and everything always seemed legitimate.
"He was extremely clever and never broke from his lies," he said. "Sometimes it was uncanny what he knew. He got into me so deep."
Wold said the fraud has left her emotionally traumatized in addition to destitute. She described herself as someone who always worked two or three jobs to build up her savings, and now even her teacher's pension is being garnisheed for unpaid taxes and penalties stemming from her retirement account withdrawals.
Now she is doing some volunteer tutoring in the hopes in might lead to a job. She said the worst part of her ordeal is the knowledge she will be unable to leave anything to her grandchildren.
"I have no other assets," she said. "I am totally, totally ruined."
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Eyebrows were raised when Transformers 4 was said to be making a fresh start (don't call it a reboot) - but now Michael Bay is explaining the fictional reasons for ditching the leads, secondary characters, and majority of the robotic back-up.
The previous stars and familiar Autobots may have taken the franchise's unique brand of action to unrivaled heights with Transformers 3, but the world is a different place come Transformers 4. Four years after the attack that leveled Chicago, T4 takes the series in a 'different direction.'It isn't the first time Michael Bay has insisted that Transformers 4 will be charting a new course for the future, and the early word is that the film will possess a more serious, darker tone than its predecessors. The claim may sound like the more of the same marketing speak (how long until the word 'Nolan' gets thrown around), but the decimation of Chicago that served as the final battle of Dark Side of the Moon makes the premise somewhat feasible.
Speaking with TMZ, Bay provided some information on the setting of the upcoming film; specifically, how a new human and alien cast won't be the only thing that separates 3 from 4:
"The movie is going to continue 4 years on from the attack on Chicago which was in the last movie. So it's going still to have the same lineage but going in a full, new, different direction and it actually feels really natural how it is going in that direction."
Besides adding deeper meaning to the Transformers 4 logo, the new timeline established by Bay gives a better sense of what the director meant when promising that the three previous films will "all still count." The last movie offered no explanation as to how the military, government, and public at large would react to an all-out alien attack. It's safe to assume that the battle cost thousands of lives - should T4 choose to acknowledge that, the story will automatically feels closer to Iron Man 3 than the goofy, out of place gags and slapstick of the preceding movies.
While the four-year jump will likely skip much of the actual fallout of the citywide devastation, it gives Bay and company an excuse to try something completely new - and, with an apparent second trilogy on the way, that would be welcome. Now that Mark Wahlberg is actually involved (well done, Internet) and could bring some more believable action, the opportunity to see humans primarily fighting with robots will present itself more frequently. Especially if the military takes over the vacancies left by the lack of a teenage goofballs.
Wahlberg would make a believable soldier, and his attitude alone could make any verbal sparring with Optimus Prime seem a bit easier to believe. Since Michael Bay enjoys portraying military brass as 'them, not us' in his films, a shift in perspective would be a wise choice (again, we point to Battleship director Peter Berg as a successor). Framing the Autobots as no longer 'the world's best kept secret,' but active allies defending Earth would at least open doors for whoever replaces Bay come Transformers 5.
Call us optimists, but we're not ready to believe that it's impossible for Bay to tell a good story alongside immense action. Do you think the jump in time and tone is a wise move, or will you only be excited when a new director takes over (if ever)?
Transformers 4 (still waiting for a new subtitle) will hit theaters June 29th, 2014.
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Zenawi Intransigence Jeopardizes Peace
The minority regime in Ethiopia must unconditionally vacate from sovereign Eritrean territories it is militarily occupying.
[Africa News Update]
There is a lot of talk about the Eritrea Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) and much has been written about its decision to demarcate the Eritrea Ethiopia border by placing coordinates on maps, also known as "virtual demarcation," as opposed to placing border markers on the ground.
Eritrea considered this a positive step forward but would have also wanted to have the Eritrea Ethiopia border demarcated on the ground by placing pillar markers on the ground. Eritrea will nonetheless respect the EEBC's decision and consider its sole mandate to demarcate the Eritrea Ethiopia border as being fulfilled.
Unfortunately, emboldened by the US-led international community's diplomatic, financial, military and political support and shield, the minority regime in Ethiopia led by Meles Zenawi, which for 5 1/2 years rejected the Final and Binding decision of the EEBC and refused to allow for the demarcation of the Eritrea Ethiopia border, is now rejecting the virtual demarcation of the Eritrea Ethiopia border and calling it "legal nonsense."
It should be recalled that ever since the Eritrean Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) delivered its Final and Binding decision on 13 April 2002, the minority regime in Ethiopia has engaged in diversionary time buying gimmicks and deceptive tactics to alter, amend, revise and reverse the Final and Binding decision.
Today, the regime while professing its belated unconditional acceptance of the Final and Binding nature of the EEBC delimitation decision, is now engaged in a deliberate and deceptive propaganda campaign to misinform the Ethiopian public and the international community about the legal applicability of demarcation of the Eritrea Ethiopia border.
The Prime Minister of Ethiopia is leading the deceptive, misinformation campaign. Voice of America's (VoA) Peter Heinlein quoted the street smart, deceptive Meles Zenawi on 30 November 2007 as saying: "As far as the virtual demarcation of the boundary is concerned, I have heard well-respected diplomats and lawyers describe it as 'legal nonsense'…Our lawyers agree with such characterization. Until the boundary is demarcated on the ground, it is not demarcated. As soon as it is demarcated, there will be relocation of administrations, police and so forth. But not before that. Only after actual demarcation on the ground. And we prefer to engage the Eritrean side in pushing forwards toward demarcation..."
"You are who your friends are" as they say, and judging from the list of apologists the Ethiopian Prime Minister has relied on for political and diplomatic advise and support in the past and judging from the make up of the Addis based "cocktail diplomats," morally bankrupt and corrupt individuals who have vouched for the regime in the past, made up of, I am not sure they would be considered "well respected."
As for his lawyers, they are the same lawyers who advised him that the EEBC decision was "illegal, unjust and irresponsible," the same decision that he is now telling the world he has accepted unconditionally.
Meles Zenawi knows that the Eritrea Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) had no choice but to look for other legal approaches to fulfilling its sole mandate of demarcating the Eritrea Ethiopia border. Article 4.2 of the Algiers Agreements says: "…The parties agree that a neutral Boundary Commission composed of five members shall be established with a mandate to delimit and demarcate the colonial treaty border based on pertinent colonial treaties (1900, 1902 and 1908) and applicable international law. The Commission shall not have the power to make decisions ex aequo et bono…"
The minority regime rejected the Final and Binding decision, refused to cooperate with the EEBC, refused to pay its dues, refused to provide security for EEBC personnel and refused to appoint liaison officers and refused to allow for the expeditious demarcation of the Eritrea Ethiopia border. After waiting for 51/2 years for Ethiopia to allow for the demarcation of the Eritrea Ethiopia border, the EEBC had no choice but to find another legal approach to demarcating the Eritrea Ethiopia border and fulfill its sole mandate in accordance with the Algiers Agreements, and it did.
Allow me to present the many "obstacles" placed by Ethiopia as detailed in the EEBC's Statement issued on 27 November 2006. Ethiopia created obstacles to demarcation of the Eritrea Ethiopia border (by placing pillars on the ground) by:
• Prohibiting fieldwork within the territory under its control, thus impeding the survey of ground control points for the aerial photography and the secondary datum survey (April to July 2002);
• Filing extensive comments on the Delimitation Decision, amounting to an attempt to reopen elements of the substance of that Decision, instead of limiting itself to the requested comments on the draft 1:25,000 maps (January 2003);
• Alleging that the Field Liaison Officers appointed by Eritrea were intelligence officers and refusing to allow field work to continue in Ethiopian territory, then failing to appoint ad hoc Field Liaison Officers within the prescribed time limit following the Commission's Order of 9 February 2003 so as to allow field work to resume without further delay (January to February 2003);
• Failing to appoint new Field Liaison Officers for the remaining demarcation activities following the Commission's Decision pursuant to Article 15B of the Demarcation Directions (July 2003 to March 2006);
• Failing to provide assurances for the security of all demarcation personnel (August 2003 to the present);
• Failing to comment on maps which indicated the pillar locations in the Eastern Sector (September 2003);
• Repeatedly refusing to authorize necessary flight requests lodged by the Chief Surveyor;
• Eventually limiting the Commission's field work to the Eastern Sector by statements that the ad hoc Field Liaison Officers would only be permitted to operate in the Eastern Sector; complaining to the Secretary-General of the United Nations of what Ethiopia termed "illegal, unjust and irresponsible decisions" of the Commission in respect of Badme and parts of the Central Sector, and proposing that the Security Council set up an alternative mechanism to demarcate the parts of the boundary it contested (September 2003);
• Denouncing in that same letter the Commission's Delimitation Decision by stating that it would only recognize the southern boundary of the Temporary Security Zone ("TSZ") as the international boundary; failing to provide assurances for the security of the contractors selected for the emplacement and as-built survey of the boundary pillars (September to October 2003);
• Rejecting the Commission's invitation to attend a meeting on 5 November 2003, claiming that the notice was too short and that there was no likelihood of anything being achieved (October 2003);
• Refusing to permit any work to be carried out by the Commission's field staff in the Western and Central Sectors until the boundary in the Eastern Sector had been demarcated and subject to Ethiopia's approval of the Commission's method of demarcation (November 2003);
• Failing to make prompt payment of its share of the Commission's expenses (February 2004 to February 2005);
• Rejecting the Commission's invitation to a meeting to be held on 22 February 2005 on the ground that the meeting was premature, would be unproductive and could have an adverse impact on the demarcation process, as a result of which the Commission was obliged to cancel the meeting (February 2005);
• Failing again to meet its financial obligations (May 2006 to the present);
• Introducing qualifications to its previously unqualified acceptance of the final and binding quality of the Delimitation Decision (17 May 2006);
• Failing to respond to the Commission's request for assurances of freedom of movement and security for its staff travelling to the region to reopen the Commission's Field Offices (July to August 2006); and
• Failing to respond to the Commission's invitation to a rescheduled meeting on 24 August 2006.
Meles Zenawi knows that it was his regime that refused to allow for the expeditious demarcation on ground in accordance with the EEBC's Final and Binding decision and its demarcation directives and orders, thus forcing the EEBC to "adopt another approach to effect the demarcation of the boundary."
Sir Elihu Lauterpacht, President of the EEBC, in a letter he wrote to Seyoum Mesfin, the minority regime's Foreign Minister on 27 November 2006 addresses the reasons why the EEBC decided to demarcate the border on paper, by placing coordinates on maps, instead of placing pillars on the ground. Sir Elihu wrote:
"…The Commission does not contest the assertion that its approach to demarcation by way of setting out coordinates indicating precise Boundary Points was not part of its original intention. Its intention had been to go on the ground and, in consultation and cooperation with the Field Liaison Officers of the Parties, to establish the locations for the emplacement of boundary pillars. Despite repeated initiatives on the part of the Commission supported by requests of the Security Council that the Parties cooperate, Ethiopia, for one, has made this approach impossible. The Commission cannot be left in limbo…"
Furthermore, in its 26 November 2006 Statement the EEBC explained its decision to adopt a different approach to demarcate the Eritrea Ethiopia border and its legal applicability: "…Modern techniques of image processing and terrain modeling make it possible, in conjunction with the use of high resolution aerial photography, to demarcate the course of the boundary by identifying the location of turning points (hereinafter called "boundary points") by both grid and geographical coordinates with a degree of accuracy that does not differ significantly from pillar site assessment and emplacement undertaken in the field. The Commission has therefore identified by these means the location of points for the emplacement of pillars as a physical manifestation of the boundary on the ground. Although these techniques have been available for some time, the Commission has not resorted to them because the actual fixing of boundary pillars, if at all possible, was the demarcation method of first choice. However, it is only possible to demarcate a boundary by the fixing of boundary pillars with the full cooperation of both the States concerned…The fact that the present Commission began its demarcation activity in terms of the location and construction of fixed pillars does not mean that it is precluded from following another course when confronted by the lack of necessary cooperation by the Parties…In adopting this approach, the Commission has been guided by significant authority in State practice…"
The minority regime and its handlers squandered all opportunities for an orderly demarcation process as initially envisioned and cannot now plead ignorance as an excuse to justify continued occupation of sovereign Eritrean territories, including Badme.
Meles Zenawi must know that placing coordinates on maps is not only legal but also a more common practice than placing border markers on the ground, or pillars, which can be removed or destroyed by ill-willed individuals (Teraros or Tererti), soil erosion, mud slides and other natural calamities.
I would advise the Prime Minister to more on and allow the people of Eritrea and Ethiopia to live in peace or face the consequences of his belligerence and lawlessness.
The minority regime in Ethiopia must unconditionally vacate from sovereign Eritrean territories it is militarily occupying. If it does not, the Security Council must shoulder its legal and moral responsibilities under the UN Charter and immediately call for the immediate restoration of Eritrea's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The rule of law must prevail over the law of the jungle.
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Learning From the Sahel - Scenarios USA, The Reel Deal (FEATURE)
(HN, April 24, 2012) - Maura Minsky's life changed in 1998 after a friend returned from a trip to Africa.
Having worked for years at ABC News she'd been confronted with the stark reality of how many voices were missing from the media, and she decided to do something about it. She left to work for the SHOAH Foundation, saving the voices of the Holocaust which were being lost to time.
Meanwhile, her friend Kristen Joiner, visited Africa on her own sabbatical. There, she learned about a bold and fearless film project called `Scenarios From The Sahel' - (referring to the West African mid-continent swath of desert stretching across the north of the African continent between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea); currently experiencing another avoidable famine as coups and crisis continue.
Upon return, Maura's friend - and ultimately co-founder of `Scenarios USA' - Kristen Joiner, reported she had seen the project and wanted to replicate the model in the US. `Would she do it?' "Yes", of course.
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"Our first call was to Doug Liman the director of `Go' - we made a cold call to him and then Kodak gave us short ends (of film) and the ball was in motion," says Maura.
What Joiner had seen take place in Africa, was replicable. Not just as a film project, but as an active contribution to the self development of young people at a critical time in their lives, supporting and enhancing the education system.
"For us then" she says, "it was about giving marginalized young people a chance to do something school didn't originally offer."
Minsky and Joiner just started making phone calls and found teachers willing to bring this idea into their classrooms.
The history of the Scenarios project is a story of global partnership.
At its heart, `Scenarios' is a project of community mobilization, education and media process. Launched in 1997 by the UK charity Global Dialogues `Scenarios from the Sahel' was revolutionary - and drew its inspiration from a film project entitled "3,000 Scenarios Against a Virus", carried out in France between 1992 and 1994 by producers CRIPS and partners including Médecins du Monde, UNFPA, DFID and Comic Relief.
When the first efforts began in Africa, the topics of the stories and films were focused on HIV/AIDS - through the lens of young people.
In the first `Scenarios' competition students from Senegal, Mali and Burkina Faso, up to age of 24 contributed ideas for short films. Ministries of Education were involved in organizing the contests through schools, as were community-based NGO'S, along with internationally acclaimed directors.
13,000 young people, most between the ages of 15 and 19 across the Sahel entered; including 5,300 girls (an unexpectedly high rate of 41% of participants) - it was a huge success.
Today, more than 145,000 young people from 47 African countries have taken part in the contests. Over 1,500 local and international partner organizations are involved and select the winners. Thirty-five short fiction films are currently available from the effort; and in February 1998, `African Scenarios' aired during television coverage of the South Africa World Cup.
Off to the races, in 1999, with support from `Scenarios from the Sahel', Minsky and Joiner started `Scenarios USA' in 2 high school classrooms: one in New York City and one in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas, focused on AIDS as a topic (as had been the case in the Sahel). Those stories became `Scenarios USA's' first films.
Since then, Scenarios' has grown from from two classrooms of 50 students to over 100,000 students in its first decade bringing its holistic REAL DEAL program based on the components of Education, Films, Youth and Leadership Engagement to transform curriculum, and indeed the lives of young people by exploring issues of gender, race, and class in relation to themselves. Young people discover their talents, strengths and develop skills and relationships - to access a world of opportunities in the process.
Students have responded with an outpouring of their stories - dramatic, comic, and sometimes tragic. Those stories have gone on to engage award-winning screenwriters and movie directors who have collaborated with the young writers to produce a growing library.
(Video: `Don't Dance With Death', based on the Mexican myth, Devil in the Dance Hall. A night at a dance club turns serious for four chicas when an unwanted image appears.)
"We've been told that for teenagers to learn, you must talk to them. But at Scenarios USA, we do something just as important as talking. We ask, Who are you? Who do you want to be? Then, we listen. It's a conversation," says Maura.
The curriculum is standards-based, multi-disciplinary for grades 6-12; and uses youth-written films and professional development to help teachers create safe and supportive learning environments, fostering critical thinking and engaging students around topics that resonate with them, and spark meaningful dialogue, writing, and advocacy.
"We ask them a single question about an issue relevant to their lives in each film contest," says Minsky. "We learn from the kids and the teachers too."
The Process? The students start with diaries, which then turn into stories. This work becomes part of curriculum for school and teachers throughout the process. Then, `Scenarios' invites 1000 people from around the country to review and select submitted stories, and rank them. From there the semifinalists are chosen - and sent to 16 people - half young people, half thought leaders.
(Video: The world though Samantha's eyes. A teenage girl tries to make sense of the world around her when she finds out her best friend is pregnant.)
Teachers have told the `Scenarios'' team that they are able to get students to participate who never did before - turning the education experience into a `facilitating classroom instead of a solo classroom'. Teachers become trusted advisors and students are able to explore their own personal narratives.
The REAL DEAL films are seen by an estimated 15 - 20 million students a year in classrooms with lesson plans in all 50 US states. They've aired on Showtime, BET, mun2, MTV, Oxygen, Telemundo, ABC's World News Tonight, NYC Media's Channel 25, The Today Show, NPR's On the Media as well in outlets such as The New York Times, USAToday and about.com. Films have won numerous awards, including The Paul Robeson Award for Excellence in Independent Filmmaking twice, as well as two Emmys.
This year the contest had 5000 young people participate nationally in the competition, and 500 who submitted. stories. The question, "What's the real deal about gender, power and relationships?"
Since 1999 Scenarios USA has received 13000 story submissions, producing 22 films in its library. Two new films set to be announced tonight as the 2012 Winners are featured at the organizations REAL DEAL Awards Gala in NY. Awardees, Roxanne Lasker-Hall from Cleveland and her film "Speechless" and Luis Hernandez from New York City for his film "Timmy Two Chins" will share the stage with luminaries.
(Video: `Scenarios USA' team announcing the winning scripts! Cleveland - "Speechless" by Roxanne Lasker-Hall/ New York City - "Timmy Two Chins" by Luis Hernandez)
The short films will be shot in May and September along with a professional film director.
`Scenarios USA' youth producers speak at national events, give interviews to major media outlets, are elected to student government, apply and get accepted to college, launch their own blogs, become writers and filmmakers, and become activists in their communities.
"Using media to teach students kids can relate to the kids on screen. They look like them, sound like them, they talk about characters on screen. The stories then and the films after are very authentic and relatable," Maura says, "Young people sharing life with young people, and with us."
"In the last 4 or 5 years we've seen children talk about violence in the home, bullies are all over the front pages of newspapers. We must include young people in the conversation."


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And today is another Friday in Egypt which means a big day for protests and may be clashes in Cairo and in other governorates. Today protests are called the Friday of Deliverance. The demands of this Friday ranges from ousting President Morsi to bringing down the Muslim brotherhood to bringing down the constitution.
Today also is the first anniversary of the horrifying Port Said stadium massacre where 74 young men were killed in the clashes that took in the coastal city's stadium in the infamous football game. I think you know that we are paying the implications of that game. Over 50 have been killed in Port Said the past week following the famous trial in Cairo. There will be mass protests today in Port Said from Mariam mosque.
Right after the Friday prayers which will finish soon several rallies in Cairo and Giza will head to both Tahrir square and to the Presidential Palace.
There will be also protests in Alexandria, Fayoum, Luxor, Suez, Ismailia, North Sinai, Kafr El Sheikh, El Mahla, Aswan, Qenna, El Miniya, Tanta, Sharkia, Damnhur and Al Mansoura.
I fear from violent clashes.
Today I will cover protests from the street but rather from my desk so wait for a live blogging session insh Allah. You can follow the coverage after the break.


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Radiology is an expanding field in medicine. Radiologists use an array of imaging technologies to diagnose or treat diseases. On completion of residency training, in Littleton, radiologists may either begin practicing or enter into sub-specialty training programs, known as fellowships. Several medical schools in Littleton, have started to incorporate radiology education into their core MD training.
Radiographs are produced by the transmission of x-rays through a patient to a capture-device, then converted into an image for diagnosis by a radiologist. They can scan bones, muscles, and organs with remarkable accuracy and diagnose diseases and injuries.


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2012-13 (R-Junior): Marseille started twice while appearing in 27 of 29 games… tied for third on the team with 3.5 rebounds per game, hauling in 95 on the year… finished fourth on the squad with 5.2 points per game… averaged 15.6 minutes per contest after sitting out his junior season with a knee injury… recorded four double-digit efforts in the points column… saw a season-high 26 minutes of action at Lipscomb (Nov. 30)… scored a career-high 21 points in an 81-78 loss at Loyola Chicago (Nov. 28), making a career-best eight field goals… pulled down a career-mark of eight rebounds in the season-opener against Crowley's Ridge (Nov. 10) and in the season-finale against Morehead State (Mar. 2)… went a perfect six-of-six from the charity stripe at Eastern Illinois (Jan. 10)… blocked a career-best two shots at East Tennessee State (Nov. 17).
2011-12 (Junior): Marseille sat out the 2011-12 season as a redshirt due to injury.
2010-11 (Sophomore): Marseille played in 26 games while making three starts… averaged 10.3 minutes per contest… compiled 3.4 points and 2.2 boards per game… racked up 0.4 assists, 0.5 steals, and 0.1 blocks each game played… scored a career-high 10 points against Lipscomb (Dec. 11)… dished out a season-best two assists at SIU Edwardsville (Feb. 22)… grabbed a season-high eight rebounds at Austin Peay (Jan. 20)… compiled two steals for a season-high mark in four games… played a season-best 16 minutes against Lipscomb (Dec. 11), Southeast Missouri (Dec. 21), and UT Martin (Mar. 3).
2009-10 (Freshman - Centenary): Marseille appeared in 26 of 29 games… averaged 7.4 points in 21.9 minutes per game… shot 61 percent from the free throw line… contributed 192 points, 23 assists, 10 blocks, and 99 total rebounds on the year.
High School: Marseille, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., played his first two years of high school ball in Brooklyn before transferring to Dacula (Ga.) High School, where he finished out his career under head coach BJ Roy… as a guard/forward, averaged 18 points, seven rebounds, and three assists per game… helped to fuel the team to a region championship and the state sweet 16 in his junior year… honored individually on and off the court, earning mention on the Gwinnett County All-Star Team and January's Player of the Month Award at Dacula… was a member of the National Honor Society and noted for his academic achievement on the basketball team.
Personal: Son of John and Valencia Marseille… born February 8, 1991… full name is Matthew Esteis Samuel Marseille… majoring in EXPW/pre-physical therapy… named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll four times and to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll once.


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Recent reader question:
I couldn't find anything on the blog about this particular piece of animation, which only recently caught my eye: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRPPC2uaoEw#t=2m21s
There are a few quick shots of the side of the mountain- we see it "spinning" as the camera moves- and there really seems to be a lot of detail in every frame. Would you know who was involved with it?
I'm not sure. This scene was done before my time on the film, but I would guess that Roy Naisbitt worked out the animating BG and Dick did the witch animation. If anybody knows - please leave a comment.


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{Yes folks ... it's been a long time since the last blog entry. What better topic to resume with than the exporter utility for which the author has gained a small measure of recognition ?}
In years gone by the OMNIbus Web GUI was called "Webtop" and there was no explicit import/export utility that allowed taking part or all of a Webtop configuration and exporting it from a development environment to a production environment. The exporter began life as a way to do that, taking advantage of the Webtop Administration Application Programming Interface (WAAPI for short) introduced with Webtop 1.1.
From the beginning, there's always been the tension that WAAPI has not supported the complete set of configuration options that the Admin GUI provides. This has continued from version to version of Webtop and Web GUI - but it's been "close enough" for many people to find the exporter useful.
When Webtop GUI 7.3.1 was introduced, there was finally a native, supported import/export function included with the product. This reduced the demand for the exporter somewhat, but the feature sets don't strictly overlap. The native export/import has the great advantage of working in conjunction with TIP (and now DASH) import/export so that an entire portal configuration (including role assignments, views, pages. console preference profiles, etc.) can be exported from one environment to another.
The exporter is a better choice when you are moving Web GUI objects only and you are changing versions (e.g. from 7.4 -> 8.1). It's also the only option if you are looking to generate WAAPI output.
The last "released" version (2.5) of the exporter supported Web GUI through 7.3.1 (yeah... it's been a while). There were any number of "betas" that supported 7.4, but along came Web GUI 8.1. So this release, 2.6, supports Web GUI through 8.1
Here's the Linux version. It's a 32 bit executable that should work fine on 64 bit systems as long as the appropriate library is installed. If you have a 64 bit system and you get this error:
./ncw_export: /lib/ld-linux.so.2: bad ELF interpreter: No such file or directory
Then you'll need to do this:
# yum -y install glibc.i686
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Naomi Riches is a former elite rower and has been a key driver in the development of para rowing. Despite being diagnosed with a visual impairment at just eight weeks old, Naomi never let her disability stand in her way and she and her crew took the Gold medal to become Paralympic champions at London 2012.
Prior to this, she claimed a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. During her career Naomi also won a staggering six world championship titles.
She tells us how psychological profiling helped her overcome a difficult time in her career and ultimately achieve her goals.
Riches' sporting career, like many athletes, wasn't all plain sailing – or rowing if you like. In 2010 she suffered a setback when she was beaten to a seat in the world championship's crew by less than a second. The defeat was a seismic moment for Riches, who knew that she had to make the boat for the next season in order to qualify for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
"The thought of quitting at that point was simply not an option. It was just two years until the London 2012 Paralympic Games; competing at the highest level in your sport and in front of a home crowd is something very few athletes get to do, yet it is every athlete's dream."
Riches knew that the journey ahead would be tough and would require every ounce of her mental strength.
"During the long and lonely autumn and winter of 2010 I changed – I had to. I was regularly training alone rather than in the squad environment, because the team were in New Zealand at the world championships and then on their end of season break."
It was then that the team's performance lifestyle adviser, who worked with the Para-Rowing team, gave her the opportunity to complete a psychometric assessments. "I started to learn a lot about myself and part of that learning curve was completing a psychometric assessment. I answered a series of slightly strange questions and what I received in return was a report describing me incredibly accurately using words I would never have thought of using. Telling me how I behave, what environment I work best in, what motivates me, my fears and insecurities and in what environments I struggle. It did not just tell me about myself though; it also gave me an insight into how others might respond when I behaved in certain ways."
In the 2011 season, Naomi managed to get back her place in the boat, making the team that would seize gold at the 2012 London Paralympics.
She attributes part of her success to the self-knowledge she gained through the power of psychometric assessment.
Psychometric testing, I believe, is part of the fantastic formula that got me that gold medal in London.
Psychometric testing, I believe, is part of the fantastic formula that got me that gold medal in London.
"My belief looking back at 2010 is that understanding myself and those around me was a key part of me making it back into the boat for the 2011 and 2012 seasons. It made me realise that without losing sight of who I was, I could still modify the way I behaved in certain situations to allow the people around me to get the best out of me – and for me to get the best out of them."
Riches now works for Thomas Sport as a trained associate. She is able to use her experience as a Paralympic athlete to help current and potential clients see how Thomas assessments can be used in their world, and has been instrumental in the development of a sports-specific PPA tool. This tool is geared at helping athletes succeed in their fields through self-awareness as well as helping them with the transition into business careers once they have retired from sport.
The possibility that I could use what I had learnt during my decade in sport to help others achieve their goals, through understanding themselves and those around them better, really appealed to me. I am very excited to be working for Thomas.
The possibility that I could use what I had learnt during my decade in sport to help others achieve their goals, through understanding themselves and those around them better, really appealed to me. I am very excited to be working for Thomas.
Tak, proszę - chcę otrzymywać informacje o produktach i usługach Thomas International. Aby uzyskać więcej informacji dotyczących sposobów przetwarzania danych osobowych, przeczytaj naszą Politykę Prywatności.


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In his two years at Kings Point, Bruce Smith proved to be one of the Academy's most versitle athletes. A two-year letter winner for the football team, Smith was a standout on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball. Offensively, Smith played fullback, end, and quarterback while playing linebacker, defensive end, and in the secondary for the defense. On special teams, he also handled punting, kick-offs, and extra points.
In addition to accomplishments on the football field, Smith was actively involved in weight lifting activities on campus. Although it was not a varsity sport, many midshipmen vigorously, participated in the sport and he was among the top lifters. Prior to attending Kings Point, Smith had scholarships for both football and academics from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. Following graduation, he was again offered a football scholarship from SMU.


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In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned.
Photo taken by me, October 2012. Click to enlarge.
Top Inscriptions: Durchs Kreuz zur Krone ("Through the Cross to the Crown"); Erbbegräbnis Familie Kruhmin ("Krūmiņš Family Burial Site")
Names: Johans Krūmiņš, born Feburary 12, 1852, died November 16, 19118; Otīlija Krūmiņš (maiden name Witte), born April 11, 1860, death date missing; Lilly Witte, born March 7, 1866, died December 29, 1938
Location: Meža kapi, Rīga
Inscriptions on tombstone are in German and old Latvian orthography, translation and transcription in modern orthography is mine.
I have to wonder what happened to Otīlija. I'm guessing that there isn't a 151-year old woman somewhere in Latvia – that would be a record! What happened such that she wasn't buried with people who look to be her husband and sister? While "Krūmiņš" is a very Latvian name, "Witte" sounds more German. Was she an ethnic German? If she outlived her sister Lilly, maybe she was one of the ethnic Germans that repatriated to Germany at the outset of the Second World War? Did she remarry and was thus buried with her new husband? Questions abound!


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Quick hits from Thursday's practice and session with coach Lane Kiffin, which preceded Rob Ryan's press briefing:
— If Kwame Harris doesn't recover sufficiently in the next two days, Mario Henderson will be protecting the blind side of JaMarcus Russell in what could be the NFL's toughest road venue.
Henderson took all the reps at left tackle for the second straight day as Harris sat out with a knee injury sustained against Denver.
Kiffin said Henderson's presence would be taken into account with regard to play calling.
"Part of that depends on how the game's going. Obviously, the opening script, we will take that into account, Mario's first time playing and being on the road," Kiffin said. "We'd take that into account but then we'll see the flow of the game and see how it's going."
Two of the worst beatings I've ever seen a left tackle take were at Arrowhead _ Harry Boatswain of the 49ers in the Joe Montana-Steve Young game in 1993 and Pat Harlow of the Raiders in 1998. Of course, both of those came against the late Derrick Thomas, who was virtually unblockable at home.
— Kiffin, who has been blunt regarding Henderson's lack of progress in the past, sounded cautiously optimistic should he have to start.
"Mario's had a good week of practice. Over the last two days, has been able to get a lot of reps with the 1s with Kwame being out," Kiffin said. "If he has to go, I'm sure Mario will go in there and do well and last year we went in there with Paul (McQuistan) playing tackle and were able to move the ball and came out with a win. Our expectation will be the same if Mario's playing."
— Derrick Burgess (shoulder) and Gibril Wilson (elbow) did not practice. Kiffin said he anticipated both practicing tomorrow. Harris and Burgess both went out to practice in pads, but didn't end up practicing.
— Javon Walker practiced for the second straight day, but he may not be 100 percent and Kiffin wasn't sure he would start if he played.
"There's still something there a little bit," Kiffin said. "I don't know that I would sya he has th ebest burst that he's had since he's been here but he looks like he's ready to play."
If Walker doesn't start, Ashley Lelie will open at split end with Ronald Curry at flanker.
— After not getting a run from scrimmage or a pass reception in the opener, Michael Bush may get his first regular-season touch Sunday.
"There were certain plays we had ready for Michael (against Denver)," Kiffin said. "One play that we did call was a pass play where we were trying to get him open in the flat and they had him covered and JaMarcus had to come back on the goal line back to his left to Ashley. Michael has some plays in the gameplan we'll look to get the ball to him."
No passing the buck
You'd like to think Raiders defenders will reward Rob Ryan for his loyalty by erasing the stench of the Denver loss.
Before Ryan came to the Raiders, it was a commonplace for defenders to roll their eyes and point fingers when things didn't go well. It hasn't happened on Ryan's watch, even during the worst of times, and the defensive coordinator's meeting with the press Thursday was a prime example why.
In contrast to Kiffin, Ryan absolutely will not roast one of his own players in public. He may be all over them in the meeting room or on the practice field, but when it comes to addressing the media, he steps up and takes the blame.
There were two reasons he met with the press Thursday _ to shield his players as much as possible from the Denver debacle while preparing for what he hopes is a winning effort against the Chiefs, and to refute Kiffin's notion the previous day regarding the involvement of Al Davis in the weekly schemes.
The second part was a tricky tightrope, because Kiffin has made repeated references to Davis' defensive involvement. Ryan had to stick up for himself while at the same time not ruffling the chain of command, and he did it forcefully and respectfully with regard to both the media and the head coach.
Blitzing has long been the cure-all for armchair defensive coordinators. As pointed out in yesterday's blog, according to the statistical service Stats, LLC, opponents were 9-for-12 with two touchdown passes against Raiders blitzes on third down last year.
Ryan said the Raiders sent a blitz into a max-protection against Denver and paid for it by giving up a big play.
Without ever pulling Kiffin into the fray, Ryan said the three worst plays the defense had against Denver were in a "Tampa 2," the defense run by Monte Kiffin with the Bucs and Tony Dungy in Indianapolis.
If the Raiders get things right against Kansas City and beyond, expect Ryan's role to reverse. He'll recede to the background and let the players take the credit.


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ROCKLEDGE, FL (September 5, 2013) – Health First is pleased to announce beginning October 1, 2013, the newly-formed Brevard Physician Associates, PLLC will provide emergency medicine, radiology and anesthesiology services to all Health First hospitals. This includes Health First Cape Canaveral Hospital, Health First Holmes Regional Medical Center, Health First Palm Bay Hospital and Health First Viera Hospital.
Brevard Physician Associates (BPA) brings together more than 75 local physicians and 70 advanced-level practitioners. BPA includes physicians and healthcare leaders from Brevard Emergency Services, Space Coast Emergency Physicians, Brevard Anesthesia Services, Central Brevard Radiology. These groups are coming together to provide a seamless transition and top patient care to local hospitals and outpatient facilities.
"We entered into this agreement so we can continue to ensure a consistent and efficient process at all Health First facilities, and to help us to achieve our goals of quality, no harm, customer experience and stewardship," said Health First Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer Stuart Mitchell.
"Healthcare in the United States is evolving quickly," said Brevard Physician Associates Chief Executive Officer Dr. Marty Brown. "Part of the recent changes involves a consolidation and integration of hospital based medical care services. Health First continues to move in the direction of efficient, quality care with a focus on the patient experience and we are very excited about this partnership."
BPA will employ more than 150 people including physicians, physician extenders and support staff. The goal will be to provide efficient, quality, patient-focused care throughout all hospital and outpatient experiences. For more information, visit www.bpadocs.com or call 321-255-9671.
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About Health First
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Heading into Sunday's 2 p.m. game with Bradley at Ken Dugan Field at Stephen Lee Marsh Stadium, the Bisons are 2-1. Last season the Bisons did not get their second win until March 5 when they beat Canisius 7-1. The first win of the season was a 4-3 decision at Tennessee Martin March 3, the seventh game of the season.
"You don't ever want to compare seasons, but last year it took us forever to get to two wins," Lipscomb coach Jeff Forehand said. "After we won that first game you could see how our team loosened up.
"They were having fun. The game just got easier. You could see the energy take off after we came back and won the Bradley game."
The Bisons bats came alive against Dayton. They scored at least one run in every inning except the eighth, including nine in the sixth.
Center fielder Ricky Coleman collected a game-high four hits, tying his career high.
Designated hitter Richie Goodenow and shortstop T.J. Hoelzer each had three hits. Hoelzer drove in a game-high six runs which is also a career high. Goodenow had two doubles.
The Bisons pounded out 21 hits, including seven doubles, against four Dayton pitchers.
"The bats came alive against Dayton," Forehand said. "We work on that offense. We didn't get it going Friday or in the first game today."
Williams, Lee Wilson, Colman and Hoelzer each had a stolen base.
Right-hander Dannie Strable started the game and threw six innings. He scattered six hits and allowed two runs, one earned. He struck out two and walked two on the way to the win. Left-hander Blake Fonfara, left-hander Chris Nunn and right-hander Chris Orphanos each pitched a hitless and scoreless inning in relief. Orphanos, making his collegiate debut, struck out two of the three batters he faced.
The loss dropped Dayton to 1-2.
The Bisons rallied in the bottom of the 13th for a 4-3 win over Bradley.
Right-hander Mike Grace came on in relief and pitched 5.2 innings to pick up the win Saturday afternoon.
Trailing 3-2 the Bisons opened the 13th with a walk by Lee Wilson. Tennyson Dodd was hit by a pitch. Shawn Mehring reached base on an error by the second baseman. Wilson scored on the error to tie the game again at 3-3.
Zach Messer singled to right field to bring Dodd home with the winning run.
The Bisons opened the game with a run in the first inning. M.L. Williams led off with a double and went to third on a throwing error. Williams scored when Dodd grounded out to second base.
Bradley scored a pair of runs in the eighth to take a 2-1 lead. But the Bisons answered in the bottom of the inning with a run to tie the game. Williams doubled for the second time to lead off an inning, this time through the left side. Williams moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Wilson. He scored on a sacrifice fly to center field by Dodd.
Bradley took a 3-2 lead with a run in the top of the 13th, setting the stage for the rally by the Bisons.
Right-hander Connor Sinclair started for the Bisons. He scattered five hits, struck out seven and walked one in seven scoreless innings.
Right-hander Josh Chism pitched one-third of an inning in relief. He walked four and gave up one hit while allowing both runs in the eighth.
"Chism has good stuff, but he just couldn't locate his pitches," Forehand said. "Hopefully, he will have another chance Sunday."
Grace struck out seven, walked two and allowed three hits and one run on the way to the win.
"I came in thinking I was going to get two outs," Grace said. "The whole season we have been talking about playing match-ups and using as many pitchers as we need to get the job done."
Grace started a few games last season, but has been used primarily as a reliever.
"I just think the key is you can't be nervous when you are out there," Grace said. "Sometimes pitchers get over amped about it. I was starting to wear down a little bit, but the hitters picked me up in the last inning.
"I think I do better out of the pen than I do starting. As a reliever you have to be ready every day. Relieving is where I will best fit in if the team is going to succeed."
Williams had a pair of doubles to lead the Bisons. Wilson also had a double for the Bisons.
Written by Mark McGee, Senior Publisher/Director of Media Relations.


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President Barack Obama signed bipartisan jobs legislation Thursday that will help small businesses and make it easier for start-ups to raise capital, saying it could be a "game-changer" for entrepreneurs dreaming of founding the next Microsoft or Facebook.
"When their ideas take root, we get inventions that can change the way we live," Obama said in the Rose Garden, flanked by lawmakers of both parties who backed the bill. "And when their businesses take off, more people become employed."
He said the initiatives in the bill paralleled many of the provisions that he sought last fall in his jobs agenda to encourage small-business growth.
But Republicans also helped fashion the bill — and sought to take credit. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor stood over Obama's shoulder at the signing ceremony.
"This bill represents exactly the kind of bipartisan action we should be taking in Washington to help our economy," Obama said.
Some Democrats, however, raised concerns that the bill softened investment protections enacted after the dot-com excesses and Wall Street meltdowns and the changes could lead to fraud and abuse.
Speaking to an audience that included small business owners, Obama indicated he's aware of those concerns and has directed top officials to "keep a close eye" on how it goes into effect.
The main part of the bill would phase in Securities and Exchange Commission regulations over a five-year period to let smaller companies go public sooner. Firms that have annual gross revenues of less than $1 billion would enjoy this "emerging growth company" status.
The legislation may be one of the few accomplishments for a Congress stymied by partisan divisions heading into the fall elections.


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The starting point was a dignified Victorian home which had been left fragmented and incomplete by a series of renovations. The task was two fold, firstly to consolidate and reinstate the existing heritage parts and secondly to create a new architectural language that would transform the rear and become the soul of the new indoor and outdoor living areas.
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