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LOS LUNAS, N.M. (AP) — A 15-year-old New Mexico boy accused of killing his 12-year-old friend struck him following an argument over the teen's infant daughter then stuffed his body under a mattress in an abandoned field, court documents said.
The arrest warrant affidavit filed Wednesday said the suspect told investigators he hit Alex Madrid, of Albuquerque, in self-defense because Madrid tried to stab him with a screwdriver, the documents said.
The teen told deputies he struck Madrid on the left side of his head and left him in a rural field outside Los Lunas.
The suspect's daughter is around 4 months old, Valencia County Sheriff's Capt. Gary Hall said. The documents didn't elaborate on the argument over the baby.
The warrant, first obtained by KRQE-TV, also provided no additional details about how the suspect hit the victim, including whether a weapon or other object was used.
Sheriff Louis Burkhard said Madrid appears to have died from severe trauma.
The boy's body was found Tuesday in the field littered with trash and old tires in a rural, unincorporated area known as Meadow Lake, about 40 miles south of Albuquerque. He was last seen Sunday with the 15-year-old and his family, Burkhard said.
The teen has been charged with first-degree murder and tampering with evidence.
His attorney, Cindy Mercer, didn't immediately return a phone message from The Associated Press.
But at a detention hearing Thursday, Mercer denied the allegation that the teen killed the 12-year-old and suggested her client can't comprehend what's happening.
"Due to his low mental functioning, I don't believe he understands the charges or his rights," she said.
According to the arrest warrant, the 15-year-old told investigators that he and Madrid went to vandalize an abandoned mobile home and were attacked by three males. The teen said he hit one of the attackers with a crowbar and fled the scene, the documents said.
But Burkhard said much of what the 15-year-old told deputies seemed like "wild tales," and the teen later led authorities to the body.
After investigators confronted the teen about contradictions in his stories, he "became very emotional and stated that he was going to jail for a very long time," the arrest warrant said.
The teen was then handcuffed and told investigators: "You want the truth? I only hit him once," according to the affidavit.
Under New Mexico law, the state can charge minors as adults only if they are at least 14. The AP typically doesn't identify juveniles charged in crimes.


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Killing off Darth Maul in the The Phantom Menace probably wasn't the best idea, especially when Lucas and Co. spent the greater part of the film building up the Sith, only to have him sliced in half. But true Star Wars fans know that this wasn't really the end of Darth Maul. And now the Clone Wars TV series has found a way to bring him back from his early grave.
That last we'd heard from Darth Maul, he showed up at the Lars farmstead with robot legs and a desire to kill Obi-Wan, but it didn't end well. Entertainment Weekly is now reporting that Maul will also be making an appearance in the Clone Wars, and hopefully they'll explain better how exactly he survived. If you want to see a quick shot of the Clone Wars' CG rendering of the evil Sith assassin, check out this video.
Clone Wars supervising director Dave Filoni explained to EW that while Maul is back, they're keeping this character's journey under wraps (he did hint that the Sith will probably be pretty pissed at Obi-Wan, clearly).
"Here, we're moving forward with Maul," Filoni says. "He's more than ten years older than he was in The Phantom Menace. That's immensely satisfying, because now nobody knows what's going to happen to him. I know, but nobody else does."
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For parents who regularly endure Justin Bieber videos and "Hannah Montana" repeats, the idea of "kid-friendly" entertainment can be hard to face.
But what happens when you inject a touch
of class and sophistication into a film that would seen to be designed
for younger viewers? You get movies like "The Muppets" and "Hugo."
Happy holidays, everybody.
While children will enjoy "The Muppets"
for the slapstick and perennially cuddly characters, like Kermit the
Frog and Fozzie Bear, the heartiest laughter at the preview screening
last week came from people over 30, the ones who may be old enough to
remember be excited about watching Paul Williams or Cheryl Ladd
guest-starring on "The Muppet Show" many moons ago. Certainly,
31-year-old "Muppets" star Jason Segel must have fond memories of those
days, and he's channeled them into the frisky, free-wheeling screenplay
he co-wrote with Nicholas Stoller.
Although "The Muppets" takes a few
liberties with the familiar characters — and, admittedly, Kermit and
Miss Piggy's new voices take a bit of getting used to — it retains the
irreverent humor that was always the trademark of the late Jim Henson's
creations. Segel and Amy Adams play Gary and Mary, starry-eyed
small-town types who help Gary's lifelong pal, Walter, reunite the
long-disbanded Muppets gang for a benefit show to save their former
theater from the clutches of greedy oilman Tex Richman (a madly mugging
Chris Cooper, obviously having the time of his life).
"Those Muppets think they're so funny —
well, it looks like the joke's about to be on them!" Richman growls.
"Maniacal laugh! Maniacal laugh! Maniacal laugh!" Unable to do his own
chuckling, this born delegator makes his associates do it for him.
As in earlier Muppet films, there are
several cameos by recognizable stars — including Emily Blunt, putting a
sly spin on her role from "The Devil Wears Prada" — and numerous
musical interludes that allow Adams and Segel to show off their fancy
footwork (she's great and he's, well, energetic). Kermit, Miss Piggy
and the rest prove that a few years away from the spotlight haven't
done them a bit of harm, and new additions to the crew — such as '80s
Robot, who gurgles such sayings as "gag me with a spoon" and tries to
serve New Coke — fit in charmingly.
Martin Scorsese isn't the first name
that comes to mind when one thinks of fantasy, but the director's
enchanting "Hugo" marks a marvelous change of pace from "The Departed"
and "Goodfellas." Based on Brian Selznick's novel "The Invention of
Hugo Cabret," this is a dazzling celebration of cinema history,
incorporating clips from silent films (including a bit of Harold
Lloyd's "Safety Last" and a sumptuous serving of the vintage fantasies
of George Melies, played wonderfully by Ben Kingsley) and paying
tribute to the magic of movies.
Young orphan Hugo (Asa Butterfield)
lives in a Parisian train station, where he spends his days winding the
station's many clocks and trying to repair an automaton left to him by
his father (Jude Law), who instilled in him a love of technology. The
movie is fascinated by all things mechanical: This is one of the few
recent films in which 3D effects serve the story instead of merely
being decorative. But Scorsese doesn't overlook Hugo's friendship with
the book-loving, adventure-craving Isabel (the beguiling, radiant Chloe
Grace Moretz) or his battles with a martinet of a police officer (a
zesty Sacha Baron Cohen).
While there's excitement, mystery and
abundant humor in "Hugo," there is also a palpable sense of wonder.
"The Muppets" is a tasty dessert, but "Hugo" is a banquet for the
senses and a reminder that imagination and innovation were always a
part of filmmaking, long before the days of digital technology. When
Scorsese rolled out scenes from Melies' ground-breaking 1902 adventure
"A Trip to the Moon," an audience member at the press screening gasped,
"Oh, that's awesome."
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Jason Swann, a technician at Rush Truck Center Dallas, had to rise from a dinner table last night and walk to a stage to accept top awards not once or twice, but three times. But those walks, and the diagnostic and repair performance he showed during Rush Enterprises' Tech Skills Rodeo, earned him $9,500 in prizes plus a racing suit and helmet presented by Nascar driver Tony Stewart.
Swann was among 106 Rush technicians from around the U.S. who journeyed to San Antonio to compete in the eighth annual competition, and he emerged as All-Around Grand Champion in all categories, as well as Grand Champion in heavy duty divisions and First Place winner in Eaton components.
Thirty other technicians were each awarded checks for $3,000 to $5,000 for winning or placing in one or more of 16 testing categories. Some won more than one category, which further boosted their earnings. Most top winners also got $1 per hour raises.
Testing was done over three days and judged by supplier representatives who set up their stations by bugging vehicles and equipment.
Prior to announcing the awards, Mike Besson, a Rush vice president who co-founded the first rodeo in 2006 and has directed subsequent events, heaped praise on the competitors and on fellow employees who attended to travel, entertainment and presentation details. And he profusely thanked suppliers for contributing more than $400,000 to assist Rush in hosting the event.
Rusty Rush, the company's chairman and CEO, saluted technicians for keeping customers' trucks running. Rush Truck Centers employ about 1,500 technicians and is adding 500 more from recent dealership acquisitions.
Stewart, whose Number 14 car is sponsored by Rush and hauled to races by Rush transporters, was the celebrity guest. His appearance was a crowd pleaser because many truck technicians, like drivers and truck owners, are fans of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
The following is Rush's list of all winners and prizes they earned.


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Here at Ecocentric, we keep our proverbial fingers on the pulse of emerging agricultural issues so that you, dear readers, can keep your proverbial fingers free for doing other stuff. The latest news: tomorrow, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing self-explanatorily titled, "Antibiotic Resistance and the Use of Antibiotics in Animal Agriculture."
The antibiotics issue, of course, is certainly not breaking news; scientists have known for decades that the irresponsible practice of administering nontherapeutic doses of antibiotics to food animals promotes the proliferation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which ultimately poses a significant threat to human health.
So why do industrial livestock producers continue to feed millions of pounds of antibiotics to healthy animals every year? The profit motive and a lack of regulation to force them to do otherwise.
A very brief explanation: if a continuous dose of antibiotics is fed to livestock confined in a CAFO, it helps prevent disease that would otherwise spread rapidly due to the filthy, crowded, stressful conditions characteristic of factory farms. Antibiotics also make animals grow slightly faster. So if a producer continuously administers a nontherapeutic dose of antibiotics, s/he can save money on feed and avoid having to spend any dough to improve the squalid, ultra-confined facilities in which the animals are raised.
The problem is that this practice promotes the development (and rapid proliferation) of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. This poses a serious public health threat because it renders antibiotics administered to humans incapable of effectively treating the superbugs created by factory farms.
For years, public health professionals have denounced the irresponsible use of antibiotics in agriculture, and have called for implementation of prudent regulation. As usual though, the industrial livestock sector has managed to retain a free pass to continue to conduct a socially detrimental production practice.
We're hoping that tomorrow's hearing will help build the momentum necessary to eventually inspire creation of judicious antibiotics legislation. Keep your proverbial fingers crossed...
Want more information about antibiotics and food animal production? Check out Sustainable Table, The Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming and Keep Antibiotics Working.


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LNER 4-6-0's and prairies
A mixture here of Gresley and Thompson. We have Gresley's B17 and B2 4-6-0's as well as Thompson's B1 class of 4-6-0's which showed just what a smart engineer he was as, contrary to the general opinion of his pacifics, this class was an outstanding and relatively long-lived design.Read More
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We started to rebuild our handicap ramp entrance to the Inn this week thanks to the go-to team of Inn regulars, Doug Payne, Tony Civitella and Bobby Fogg. Underneath the boards of the old ramp was a serious piece of granite, an old threshold that we knew was there, but that when revealed in all its glory we felt needed to be rescued from it's buried position. Thanks to Phil Matthewson and his company we had a backhoe on the scene within an hour. As long as it was there, we went ahead and exhumed another slab of granite, also mostly buried, in front of another old, out-of-service Inn entrance nearby. The second one, which measured seven feet long and +18 inches thick in spots, tipped the backhoe off its front wheels when lifting/dragging/lugging it out.
First time either of them have seen daylight in maybe 150 – 200 years??


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Oklahoma Beef Quality Assurance Program
Oklahoma Beef Quality Assurance (OBQA) is part of a national program that provides guidelines for beef cattle production. The program raises consumer confidence through offering proper management techniques and a commitment to quality within every segment of the beef industry.
Producers have embraced BQA because it is the right thing to do; but they have also gained through increased profitability. As an educating program, BQA helps producers identify management processes that can be improved.
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LONDON (AP) — Helen Mirren received another accolade for her royal performance as Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday — a best-actress nomination at Britain's Olivier theater awards.
Mirren is nominated for "The Audience," alongside Hattie Morahan for "A Doll's House," Billie Piper for "The Effect" and Kristin Scott Thomas for "Old Times."
Best-actor nominees are Rupert Everett for his turn as Oscar Wilde in "The Judas Kiss"; James McAvoy for "Macbeth"; Mark Rylance for "Twelfth Night"; Rafe Spall for "Constellations"; and Luke Treadaway for "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time."
Nominees for musicals include Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton for "Sweeney Todd," Alex Bourne and Hannah Waddingham for "Kiss Me, Kate," and Heather Headley for "The Bodyguard."
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" — based on Mark Haddon's novel about a mystery-solving boy with Asperger's syndrome — has eight nominations, and jaunty musical "Top Hat" seven. The prizes celebrate the best of London theater, opera and dance.
Two political dramas — regal reflection "The Audience" and rough-and-tumble Parliamentary saga "This House" — are up for best new play, alongside love story "Constellations" and "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time."
Best new musical nominees are geeks-made-good story "Loserville," Tina Turner tribute "Soul Sister," movie-inspired "The Bodyguard" and high-stepping "Top Hat."
Winners in most categories are chosen by a panel of theater professionals and members of the public. Nominees for the Audience Award, decided by public vote, are "Billy Elliot," ''Matilda: The Musical," ''The Phantom of the Opera" and "Wicked."
Winners will be announced April 28 during a ceremony at London's Royal Opera House.
Online: http://www.olivierawards.com/


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PORTLAND, Ore. – Wesley Matthews hit a 3-pointer to put Portland in front with 26.9 seconds left and the Trail Blazers hung on to beat the Miami Heat 92-90 for their fourth straight win and ninth straight at the Rose Garden.
The Blazers held LeBron James to 15 points, snapping his 54-game streak with at least 20 points that dated back to last season.
Miami led by as many as 13 points, including a 52-39 advantage at the half, but Nicolas Batum hit a layup and a free throw with 4:03 left that pulled Portland into an 82-all tie. The Blazers couldn't pull ahead and Bosh made a 3 to make it 87-84 with 1:53 left.
Matthews made a 3-pointer to tie it at 88 with just under a minute to go, and after Chris Bosh dunked Matthews hit another 3 to finally give the Blazers a 91-90 lead. LaMarcus Aldridge missed the first of two free throws with 10.4 seconds left for the final margin.


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City Matters: Manchester man wants apology from policeMARK HAYWARD
February 05. 2014 11:25PM
IN THE MID-1990S, Jason Carter made money from body slams, headlocks and all sorts of limb-locking holds as an AWA Ringside Wrestling wrestler, who competed (maybe I should say "performed") at clubs and Legion halls throughout New England.
Carter bent arms, slammed bodies and jumped from ringside ropes onto a hobbled opponent splayed out on a wrestling ring mat.
Now 40, Carter's body is not so pliable. And his shoulder still stings from two weeks ago, when he claims Manchester police used unnecessary force to subdue him.
He wasn't being arrested. He suffers from several psychiatric disorders and was fighting suicidal thoughts for most of the afternoon, he said.
He wasn't hiding. But police were looking for him, after friends and his counselor called police to warn he could end up hurting himself.
When they found him, it was on the Riverwalk near the Hands Across the Merrimack bridge. Carter said he complied with an officer's demand: he knelt down on the snow-covered path, and he placed his arms in the air.
Then from behind, he was tackled. The officer wrenched his right arm, which recently had surgery, behind his back and then kneeled on it while Carter yelled in pain, he said.
"I understand they don't know what they're up against," Carter said. "When I'm on my knees and my hands are up, the threat is over."
As a reporter, you often hear stories of police brutality. Ask enough questions, and the person will acknowledge he'd been drinking, he didn't obey police, he struggled. He's arrogant and abrasive. You get the feeling of what went on before even contacting the police.
Carter is different.
Police would only speak about the case in generalities. They gave me a small, one-paragraph report written when they apprehended Carter on Jan. 20.
"Suicidal subjects have a higher probability of causing injury to officers than people who are not suicidal," said Manchester police Sgt. Brian O'Keefe, the department's acting spokesman. Would such a tackle be justified? Absolutely, he said.
Actually, Manchester police have been lauded for their approach to handling the mentally ill. More than 20 officers have gone through special training. It discourages authoritative speech and contact, and urges officers to use a calm voice and to maintain distance.
Carter drives a minivan, lives in a center city apartment and wears a baseball cap. He was a cook at a restaurant until problems with carpal tunnel and his shoulder flared up. He had surgery on his right shoulder in December.
Other than arched eyebrows that betray a touch of melancholy, you wouldn't think he is anything out of the ordinary. But he's struggled with mental illness since early adulthood.
On Jan. 20, he purposely drove his minivan into a snowman, and felt feelings of dread coming to the forefront. He told his counselor he might hurt himself. Yet, Carter also tried to work it out. He went to his coping area — he acknowledges a bridge over a river and highway might not be the best coping area — but that's his spot.
He said he had worked out his problems when the incident happened.
Police eventually gave me a single-paragraph Call For Service Report about the incident with Carter. It makes no mention of a take-down.
"Another call about Jason Carter," it starts. It goes on to say that Carter may cut himself. A police officer sees Carter running on the footbridge, and he won't let anyone catch him, the narrative reads. Carter does everything he can to verify his side of the story. He gives copies of paperwork from the hospital and doctor. He gave me the name of a friend — novelist, retired wrestler and Madison resident Jason Sanderson — who talked him down via the telephone.
"I just started talking about old wrestling stories. We were laughing," Sanderson said. He said Carter then ended the conversation because another call was coming in. "I've never known him to lie. He's a little naive some times, but I've never known him to be dishonest."Carter has filed a complaint with police.
O'Keefe said police received 40 complaints out of 109,000 calls for service received last year. All are investigated.
Carter said he's had previous encounters with police, with no rough stuff. So why complain publicly? He'd like the police department to pay for any therapy on the shoulder. And he'd like a note put in his electronic file, so the next time police won't reinjure the shoulder."I was having a bad night," he said. "To be hurt because of it is unfair. I would want an 'I'm sorry' or something like that."
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A list of the purchasers in the Townsend Estate sale, around Skibbereen.
Townsend Estate Sale
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Townsend Estate Sale, 1898
A list of the purchasers in the Townsend Estate sale, around Skibbereen.
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Saturday, October 12, 2013
Tithe Applotment Transcriptions for Bridgetown, Kilcummer, and Clonmel now online
Tithe Applotment transcriptions for Bridgetown and Kilcummer (in Fermoy union) and Clonmel (by Cobh).
Cork Gen Tithes
Kanturk district page: Kanturk
Church of Ireland Transcriptions, by parish and by surname, starting with: Drimoleague
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Monday, October 7, 2013
Collinses in Rearahinagh
My 3g-grandfather Larr Collins lived, by his own words, in Adrigole starting about 1803. If he wasn't pulling the leg of the loan officer to whom he made that statement in 1853, he would have been about 20 when he settled there. So far, I have been unable to conclusively link him to other Collins lines, though I do have a fishing line out there dangling (in the form of a Y-DNA test) and it could be a matter of waiting until enough Collinses with ancestry from west Cork step up to the plate (for such a common surname, the project has very few participants overall let alone participants with known Cork or Ireland ancestry).
Larr was by no means the only Collins around during the 1825 Tithe Applotment of Castlehaven parish. Also in Adrigole, which is the extreme north end of the parish, were Jerry (on the same lot), John, and Daniel. Unless his death record is grossly wrong and he was much older when he died, this Daniel was not my gg-grandfather Daniel, whom we think was born in 1814. So the questions are, did Larr have a brother Jeremiah, a brother Daniel, a brother John?
If it is the same Laurence in neighboring Coornishal during the 1829 Kilmacabea TA, there were a John and a Timothy Collins there also. The same surname and the close proximity to each other do not necessarily mean they were relatives, of course.
Later during Griffiths Valuation, there were a Timothy and a Patrick on Adrigole lots 2a and 3a while Laurence occupied 7b and 8a. I suspect it was this Patrick on the 1849 baptism record of Laurence Collins, my great-granduncle. Was Patrick this child's uncle? And what happened to Patrick, who disappeared after Griffiths Valuation?
Such is research - it leads to more questions than answers.
I have been aware of the presence of Collinses in Rearahinagh almost since I've started my research. Rearahinagh is a townland that does double duty between the parishes of Caheragh and of Drimoleague. I have had this Rearahinagh clue in my hand for a while, and today I may have finally added some substance to it.
There is a baptism record of a Laurence Collins in Drimoleague & Drinagh RC Parish. The parents - Darby Collins and Margaret Neill, resided in Killaveenoge, part of the parish of Drinagh. The baptism record is here:
10-Jul-1825 Laurence, Killaveenoge
Searching for other children of Darby (Jeremiah) Collins and Margaret Neill yields 0 results. However, there may be a clue in the Drinagh Tithe Applotment of 1833.
Looking in the TA under "Keelovinoge" there is nobody named Collins, and there is no Jeremiah or Darby Collins anywhere in the parish; however, there is a listing for a Darby Shinough Neill right there in Killaveenoge. The name Shinnick is a common name around the Dunmanway area. Could Shinnick have been an agnomen for O'Neill in these parts?
Repeating my search for children of Darby or Jeremiah Collins, only this time indicating the mother as Margaret Shin* Neil, yields the following additional results. Note that the record above, for Laurence in 1825, is the only baptism record in which the mother Margaret is recorded as Neil:
In Dunmanway RC Parish:
30-Sep-1821 Michael, Derrynacaheragh
1-Feb-1824 Daniel, Lacka, godparents Jeremiah McCarthy, Catherine Collins
20-Aug-1826 James, Coom, godparents Pat Leary, Honora Collins
Now comes a possible Rearahinagh connection.
13-Jan-1832 John Collins, Rearahinagh, Caheragh RC parish
parents Timothy Collins and Margaret Roe (Donovan?),
Godparents were Jeremiah Collins and Margaret Neil
Then back to Dunmanway:
13-Apr-1832 Julia, Inchanadreen, godfather Daniel Collins
6-Jan-1835 Dennis, Inchanadreen, Dunmanway RC Parish,
I am unable to find any marriage records for a Jeremiah Collins and a Margaret Neil or Shinnick in what is available online.
Where are these locations? Coom, Derrynacaharagh, and Inchanadreen are in Fanlobbus parish. Lacka was probably Lacka Wood, a woodland in Coom. These locations lie sharply northwest of the town of Dunmanway, encircling a lake at a location called Rockmount.
What do the tithe applotments tell me?
|Denis, Timothy Collins
|no Collinses
|no Collinses
|Jeremiah Collins
What does Griffiths Valuation tell me?
|Michael, John, Timothy Collins
|no Collinses
|no Collinses
|Margaret Collins
|John, Timothy, Jeremiah Collins
The Michael listed in Coom certainly could have been the one born in 1821. However, I have not found a John or Timothy up around Coom, born to this couple.
If I am wrong and the couple in Dunmanway and the couple in Drimoleague were two different couples, there is still a good chance that the Drimoleague couple whose son Laurence was baptized in 1825 were the godparents of a Collins child baptized 1832 in Rearahinagh, adjacent to Adrigole.
So far there is no conflicting data showing these MUST have been two separate couples. If I am correct that this is the same couple in all these records, they were apparently laborers and moved around where the work was. Maybe their time around Dunmanway is a clue to where the family originally came from. However, much more investigation needs to happen before I can make any case that the Dunmanway and Drimoleague families were the same family, much less claim that they may have been relatives of Larr. I am going to have to trace back a few families in the Adrigole area, not as easy as it sounds, since baptism records for the area from the early 1800's are so sparse. Rearahinagh is tough to research. So far, I have not seen it in the Tenure Book for Caheragh or for Drimoleague so I may have to dig elsewhere.
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Mega Buzz: The Revolution Tower, Following's Missteps and an Americans Death
Apr 2, 2013 11:06 PM EDT
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Muizenberg Moonlight Meander - February
Join the Muizenberg Moonlight Meander on Saturday 24 February 2018 @ 18h00 in front of Knead Bakery, Surfers Corner - the walk starts at 18h15, for 1 hour!
This is great family fun - join us for a meal at one of the beachfront restaurants afterwards.
Next Meander date:
Saturday, 31 March 2018
Future 2018 Meander dates:
28 April, 26 May, 23 June, 28 July, 25 August, 22 September, 20 October, 17 November, 15 December


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Dear Abby: Man battling booze feels he's drowning in clutter
Dear Abby: I met the woman of my dreams about a year ago. Her husband had died about two months before our paths crossed. She has two teenage daughters I'm very fond of.
I have a history of alcoholism and she's a hoarder. A week ago, I had an "epiphany": I am desperately trying to quit drinking for my own sake.
Abby, I am a clean freak living with a hoarder. I come home from work and get depressed and stressed from looking at all the clutter. It is driving me insane. I feel like it is triggering me to stay drunk every night.
I don't want to lose this woman and her family, but I can't coexist in this house. I have left several times, only to miss her and go back. I'm trying to kick the booze, but I know I won't be able to achieve sobriety while living in this house.
– Truly Torn in Texas
Dear Truly Torn: If you quit drinking only a week ago, it is important that you find an AA group to help you hang onto your sobriety. That's step one.
Next, realize that you and the lady you're living with may share a similar problem. You say you are a "clean freak." This can be a symptom of an obsessive-compulsive disorder. Hoarding can be a symptom of the same disorder.
The International OCD Foundation is a reliable resource that may be able to help you both. It offers individuals with this disorder the support they need to manage their symptoms, and has many local chapters. You can locate it online at www.ocfoundation.org or reach it by calling 617-973-5801.
Use money to get point across
Dear Abby: Maybe you would like to pass this on to the parents of teenage boys. It worked for me when I had the sex talk with my sons. I knew their brains had not yet fully developed. They thought they were invincible and had an "it could never happen to me" attitude.
Because money seems to be the one thing at that age they can relate to, I decided to turn it into a mathematical problem: I told them that if they got a girl pregnant, they could figure on a minimum of $300 a month child support, multiplied by 12 months for 18 years. (That totals $65,000 – unless the girl has twins, which would double the amount.)
Then I told them if they were tempted to have unprotected sex, they should look at the girl and ask themselves if they would pay her $65,000 to have sex with them. If they couldn't answer yes, then they needed to walk away.
Abby, it worked! No grandchildren appeared until after they were married. Feel free to share this with other parents who would appreciate a "non-traditional" approach that is effective.
– Tony in San Diego
Dear Tony: Gladly. I'm passing your technique along because money is a great motivator, and your idea makes "cents."


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Originally, the Writing Challenge was open for all members. Unfortunately, due to the global economic crisis and FaithWriters' own financial concerns, we had no option but to institute three levels of membership--Silver (free), Gold ($5.41/month) and Platinum 500 ($10/month).
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Starting January 2013, every Silver member will receive four Challenge credits which will enable them to enter any four Challenges at any time during their membership. The credits can be used all in a row, or they can be spread out over time (whenever a topic takes your fancy).
Gold and Platinum members will continue to have open access to every Challenge as long as they have an upgraded membership.
Once a Silver member has entered four Challenge topics, they will need to upgrade to a Gold or Platinum account to continue entering.
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Apr 14, 2011
April 14, 2011
NORWALK, Calif. -- Earlier this afternoon, senior Jean Lightfoot won the hammer throw at the Bryan Clay Invitational held at Cerritos College. Her mark of 183'9" is a new personal best and almost a meter farther than her farthest throw this season at 181'0" at the Ben Brown Invitational. Her farthest throw last season was at 175'0" at the Cal/Nevada Championships. Her mark moves her to the number three spot on the Gaucho's all-time list.
Lightfoot's performance was an incredible feat given the tough competition she was up against in the women's elite division.
The remainder of the Bryan Clay Invitational will take place tomorrow at the Cougar Athletic Stadium on Azusa Pacific's East Campus at 10 a.m.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Basketball and talent shows commanded TV viewers' attention last week.
Three nights of NBA finals with Miami facing San Antonio were the top programs in prime time. They helped ABC, the network that aired them, to win the week overall, according to the Nielsen Co.
Sunday's game was the week's most-watched show, seen by 16.3 million viewers; Thursday's game drew 16.2 million and Tuesday's clash was seen by 14 million viewers.
NBC's Monday edition of "The Voice" was right behind in fourth place, with the Tuesday edition of the singing competition claiming sixth place for the week. Tucked in between was "America's Got Talent" on NBC.
For the week, front-runner ABC averaged 7.5 million viewers. NBC was second with 6.1 million, followed by CBS with 5.1 million, while Univision had 3.2 million, Fox had 3.1 million, Telemundo had 1.6 million, ION Television had 1.1 million and the CW had 750,000.
USA was the week's most popular cable network, averaging 2.7 million viewers in prime time. Disney Channel had 2.5 million, History had 2.1 million and Fox News Channel had 1.7 million.
NBC's "Nightly News" topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.1 million viewers. ABC's "World News" was second with 6.8 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 5.8 million viewers.
For the week of June 10-16, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: NBA Finals: San Antonio vs. Miami (Sunday), ABC, 16.27 million; NBA Finals: San Antonio vs. Miami (Thursday), ABC, 16.23 million; NBA Finals: San Antonio vs. Miami (Tuesday), ABC, 14.05 million; "The Voice" (Monday), NBC, 11.85 million; "America's Got Talent" (Tuesday), NBC, 11.52 million; "The Voice" (Tuesday), NBC, 10.66 million; "NCIS," CBS, 8.67 million; "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 8.62 million; "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 7.43 million; "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 7.14 million.
ABC and Disney Channel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; CBS is owned by CBS Corp.; CW is a joint venture of Warner Bros. Entertainment and CBS Corp.; Fox and Fox News Channel are units of News Corp.; NBC, Telemundo and USA are owned by Comcast Corp.; ION Television is owned by ION Media Networks; History is owned by the A&E Television Networks.


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Slang use by slant slash hookers in Thailand to notate length of sexual contract. Usually about 90 minutes in this case.
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Short Time prices for some spicy Thai curry pussy are usually 1000 to 1500 Baht. In rare instances, it can be as low as 300 to 500 Baht (10 to 15 USD)
by BDave November 25, 2007
refers to a transaction with asian bar girlsLBFMlittle brown fucking machinesworking girls wherein the gal will go with a customer to engage in sex, and leave them shortly thereafter, most likely to return to the bar to find another customer, dance with her girfriends, and perhaps snack on some fried beetles. As opposed to long time, which denotes spending the night, which carries with it the promise of multiple sessions or acts of pleasure.
Nigel was really mao(drunk) and he bar-fined Ooi and Nok and took them to a short-time hotel for two lady sex.
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Wonder Woman graces the cover of Ms. magazine's first issue in 1972. (Ms. magazine)Link
Ms. magazine brought Wonder Woman back for its 40th anniversary issue. (Ms. magazine)Link
Wonder Woman made her debut in 1941's All Star Comics No. 8. (DC Comics)Link
Soon after her All Star Comics debut, Wonder Woman was featured in Sensation Comics No. 1 in 1942. (DC Comics)Link
Wonder Woman gets her own comic in 1942, with Wonder Woman No. 1 (DC Comics)Link
Wonder Woman in Sensation Comics No. 46. In this 1945 storyline, the baddies give Wonder Woman's boyfriend Steve Trevor special powers to be stronger than her, hoping he'll force her to marry and become a meek housewife. In the end, Wonder Woman sticks to her guns and Steve happily submits to being the weaker of the two. (DC Comics)Link
In this 1957 Wonder Woman No. 90, the Amazon princess has to babysit an elephant, a whale and a dinosaur in order to raise $1 million for charity. (DC Comics)Link
In 1959, Wonder Woman's origin story was revamped. Issue No. 105 reveals that the Queen of the Amazons formed Diana from clay, and that her superpowers are gifts from the gods. (DC Comics)Link
In the late 1960s, Wonder Woman gave up her powers, started a mod boutique and worked with her mentor I Ching to learn martial arts. Here, she is shown in the August 1970 issue Wonder Woman No. 189. Her powers weren't restored until 1973, partly at the urging of Gloria Steinem. (DC Comics)Link
Cathy Lee Crosby played Wonder Woman in a 1974 TV movie "Wonder Woman." In the film, the heroine has no superpowers, but rather is a world-traveling spy, inspired by the I Ching era of the comics. (Warner Bros.)Link
Wonder Woman teamed up with other DC superheroes in "Super Friends," a television series that ran from 1973 to 1977. (Warner Bros.)Link
Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman in "The New Adventures of Wonder Woman," which ran from 1975 to 1979. (CBS / Los Angeles Times archives)Link
Wonder Woman was rebooted once more in 1987. Above is George Perez's Wonder Woman No. 1. cover. (DC Comics)Link
Wonder Woman was a key player in the animated TV series "Justice League" and "Justice League Unlimited," which ran from 2001 to 2006. (Warner Bros.)Link
Wonder Woman was again rebooted in 2006. Gail Simone took over writing duties for the comic beginning with issue No. 14, and was applauded for her portrayal of the heroine. (DC Comics)Link
Wonder Woman got her own animated movie in 2009. Keri Russell voiced Wonder Woman, and Nathan Fillion voiced Steve Trevor. (Warner Bros.)Link
In the 2010 animated series "Young Justice," about younger heroes trying to prove themselves worthy of joining the Justice League, Wonder Woman takes on Cassie Sandsmark (Wonder Girl) as her sidekick. (Warner Bros.)Link
Adrianne Palicki played the title character in the never-aired TV pilot "Wonder Woman" in 2011. The show, from David E. Kelley, was never picked up -- effectively canceled before it even began. (Justin Lubin / NBC / Warner Bros.)Link
Wonder Woman got a makeover when DC relaunched 52 of its most popular titles in 2011. (DC Comics)Link
Wonder Woman in 2012's "Wonder Woman: Odyssey" Vol. 2. (DC Comics)Link
We've come a long way, maybe.
Although no doubt meant to inspire, and tap into the delectable demographic of comic-book culture, the appearance of Wonder Woman on the 40th anniversary edition of Ms. magazine, available on newsstands this week, is just as poignant as it is empowering. For the official debut issue of the magazine, Gloria Steinem and the editors put her under the cover line "Wonder Woman" for president. Forty years later, we've had no woman president, the myth of the Super Woman continues to dog us and poor old Diana of Themyscira remains the only major DC Comics hero without a feature film to her name. (Seriously? Green Lantern before Wonder Woman?)
Although Joss Whedon thoughtfully included a gal in "The Avengers," and Scarlett Johansson did a fine job as the Black Widow, the self-described feminist filmmaker kept the male to female ratio of the team five to one. Six if you count Samuel L. Jackson, who is a superhero in his own right. At 3 to 1, the Supreme Court has better odds, and those odds ain't great either. (Granted, Whedon didn't create the Avengers, but still.)
This time around, Wonder Woman is coming to the aid of her mortal sisters who are holding up signs calling for an end to the "war on women." As unbelievable as it seems to someone who joined the Ms. staff in the mid-'80s, when it seemed we would have a woman president and a national childcare program any day now, our country is instead revisiting some of the issues that made Ms. a cultural and journalistic necessity. The legality of abortion, the equitable availability of birth control, even the definition of rape have fueled the political conversation during the past year.
Rush Limbaugh called a Georgetown law student who felt her insurance should cover her birth control a "slut," NBC aired "The Playboy Club" and Rihanna sang a duet with Chris Brown. What year is it?
TV's "Wonder Woman" Lynda Carter takes a more optimistic view. In the press release announcing the anniversary issue of Ms., she praises the magazine for its part in the great social and economic change she has seen in her lifetime. "When I started out playing Wonder Woman on TV," she says, "practically everyone behind the camera was a man — and men were the acting leads in almost all series programming too. Today, women have broken through…"
Not every member of the entertainment community would agree–screenwriting and certainly directing, remain a man's game, but no doubt things are better than they were in the 1980s. Which, ironically enough, is one reason Ms. has had such a rough time of it in the second half of its life.
Although it has managed to survive while many of its spinoffs (Working Woman, Savvy) have vanished, Ms. has struggled for years with economics and relevance. Once a steady if not ever precisely thriving self-supporting monthly based in New York, Ms. now operates as an arm of the Fund for the Feminist Majority with offices in Los Angeles and Arlington, Va. Much of the truth-telling work it did–it was the first national publication to address issues including abortion, domestic violence and gay and lesbian rights–has become fodder for mainstream television while the word "feminist" is considered by many either archaic or, once again, shorthand for hairy-legged, humorless lesbian communists.
Wonder Woman is, of course, none of these things. She may stand for peace and gender equality but she wears hot pants and a vaguely fetish-like metal bodice. She also has a magic lasso, bullet-proof bracelets and an invisible plane. And unlike most of her male counterparts, she is not broken, did not emerge from a place of darkness–whether you go with the original creation (from the clay outside her city) or the later one that anointed her the child of Hippolyta and Zeus, Wonder Woman was raised as an Amazon, fierce as she is beautiful. Even her tiara is multi-tasking–one moment drawing the eye to her flawless forehead, the next taking out a bad guy at his throat.
That tension between image and ability has always been the biggest problem the women's movement has faced, a tyrannical beauty ideal that corrupts all it touches–this is what a woman/man/married couple/family/president should look like. For better or worse, 40 years later, putting Wonder Woman back on the cover of Ms. still draws the eye, provokes thought and raises questions. Including: How far have we come if we still need our female superheroes to look this good in a bustier?
— Mary McNamara
Mary McNamara is the senior culture editor and television critic for the Los Angeles Times.
Wonder Woman gets new origin (but still no film)
Women in comics: You can't keep a good artist down
'Wonder Woman': Bracelets couldn't deflect fan tweets
'Wonder Woman' producer talks TV show
Adrianne Palicki lassoes starring role on TV show
Gay characters enjoying new prominence, tolerance
'Superman' No. 0: Jor-El discovers Krypton's fate
Superman sings! Bob Holiday on Broadway


text: Deer Season: Story Story Posted 01-02-2014 Ralph Won Lotto in Vicki She can bring home bacon, fry it up in a pan, do whatever a man can Vicki is a lot of things at the Cianciarulos household, including the dogs' favorite. (Mike Suchan photo) By: Mike Suchan, OutdoorChannel.com Second in a three-part series on Deer Camp at Archer's Choice with Ralph and Vicki Click here for Part I LANARK, Ill. – Ralph Cianciarulo said he won the lotto with Vicki. Rarely does a woman come along who shares your passions and stands alongside you every step of way, while sometimes beating you at your own game. She completes him – even his sentences, or sometimes she just cuts him off completely. "She's doesn't take any guff. I used to be 6-6," Ralph jokes. "Mentally she's beaten me to this height." Although there were naysayers, "Archer's Choice with Ralph and Vicki" became the first couple show on Outdoor Channel. It has run 13 years and remains the only all-archery show to win a Golden Moose Fan Favorite award. Click image to see the "Archer's Choice Early Days" photo gallery "When we started, there were no couples," Ralph said. "I actually had guys in the industry saying, 'What the heck are you doing? Why are you bringing your wife? It's a guy thing.' There's a pile of couples now." But the Cianciarulo's rate as North America's Favorite Hunting Couple. Their give and take – at times more like push and shove – started with archery and progressed. They've expanded into two shows from their home base Deer Camp in northwest Illinois. "The thing is, we started it because we love to hunt," Vicki said. "We do this because we love to hunt. We didn't do it to become a TV star. And we're not. If you walk out of the hunting industry, no one knows who we are." Ralph knows who she is, what all she does and is proud of his wife. "Married for 20 years, she's a housewife, she's a mother, helps run a successful business," he said. "She cooks, she cleans. She does all these things." "I can bring home the bacon, brrrr-ah, brrrr-ah," Vicki responds, reciting the lead-in from a perfume commercial from the 1980s, about the time they met at Ralph's archery shop. A big draw to Archer's Choice was the shooting ranges -- carpet and old tubes painted and hung from the rafters created shooting lanes, and there were moving targets and popups powered by a compressor. "We had all kinds of crazy stuff," Ralph said. "I'd hear them having a blast and ricochet the arrows and I'd be like 'Cha-ching!' They'd have to buy another half dozen arrows. But they loved it because it was hunting. It was fun." Vicki was a dating a guy who joined a bow league with his buddies. The next exchange tells a lot about the Cianciarulos' relationship. "He'd come up and grab my arm. 'Hey gorgeous, how's it going?' He'd ask me how my day was," Vicki said. "I'm an Italian from Chicago," Ralph explained. Sick of being arrow caddy, Vicki wanted to shoot and went to Ralph for a bow. "He didn't give me a discount," she said. "She had a boyfriend," he countered. "Why am I going to give her a discount?" "See how he is?" Vicki began shooting in the league with all the guys, and Ralph said her scores were "very consistent, very good." "You remember that? I don't remember that," she said with a lilt of sentiment. Around that time Ralph and the shop received great press from Chicago Tribune writer John Husar, and that helped open doors with a number of the city's athletes, who became clients. Husar gave updates in his column like this: Former Bear Walter Payton got his pair of caribou in Canada on a bow hunt with archery guru Ralph Cianciarulo of Berwyn`s Archer`s Choice. Ralph is filming segments for Babe Winkelman`s new hunting TV series. "I wanted more," Ralph said. "In 1985, we started filming. I ended up being asked to do some shows. I was starting to build a great reputation. "I got no money still, even with the shop. And I wanted to hunt. I was going to state woods, out west I was shooting deer, bears, elk on my own. Then I started outfitting out west, up north." His first video, "The Caribou Epic with Ralph & Walter" in 1986, blew the doors wide open for him during what he calls the "hunting video era." With his shop and growing reputation, athletes like Bo Jackson, Jody Davis, Keith Moreland, Brian Dayett, Kurt Russell, Carlton Fisk, Dr. Phil Claussen and Bill Buckner came in and became friends. "Because of John Husar and all the avenues that were opening up, these guys are calling me up to take them hunting on their breaks," he said. The video series sold at sporting goods stores and archery distributors, and Ralph said he actually started to make money. In 1989, he signed his first financial contract with a manufacturer, who paid him to use their equipment. "I'm still with most of them," he said. Vicki and Ralph started dating, and soon after Ralph received an invitation to speak at the Anderson Archery Clinic with Archery Hall of Famers like Fred Bear, Jim Doughtery, Judd Cooney and M.R. James. "There's this little kid, this young punk, sitting there with these guys, and they're talking to me, and they're listening to me, and I'm listening to them with big ears like Dumbo," Ralph said. Ralph said he was blown away when the Andersons asked if Vicki would join him for a seminar. It went over well, as women interested in archery flocked to Vicki, and the couple started appearing at a variety of outdoors shows. Ralph said Vicki's presence helped more women get involved in the sport. They married in 1993, and things were going well with the DVDs, public speaking and the shop, so well that there were two offers to buy Archer's Choice. "We thought about it," Ralph said. "The serious one, they wanted the name. The name was ours. I couldn't do it. Again, it was a stupid business decision." "No it wasn't," Vicki said. "It was, Vic," he said. "I could walk away with some money back then." The Cianciarulos finally did sell the shop in 1995 and all the inventory, but they kept the name. About two years later at antelope camp, they were asked why they weren't doing TV. They talked it over on 20-hour drive back and decided to investigate further with a startup network. "We put a pilot together and Outdoors Channel said, 'Yes, this is what we're needing. There are no couples. This is awesome,'" Ralph said. "We said, 'Now what?'" Ralph said most people don't realize that the producers have to pay for their show to air and have to recoup it by selling ad time, and Ralph said that first year they didn't make a profit. "Our production time, all of our time, our expenses, was ours," he said. "But what happened was the show airs. The next thing, our phones are ringing for us to come speak here and do this and get paid more money to do that and do this. Holy nuts, how cool is this?" The show was a hit from the start, as most viewers could relate to the likeable married couple interacting on hunts. The Cianciarulos already owned their homestead/deer camp in northwest Illinois when they started a second show, "The Choice with Ralph & Vicki" in 2005. Click image to see the "Prime Choice For Deer Camp" photo gallery It includes their big game exploits, gun hunts and more recently their son, R.J. Ralph said he loves his deer hunts, and Vicki said he loves running around trying to figure them out, but it's the elk, moose and bear they really enjoy. "For me to just sit over a food plot and hunt deer, it would drive me nuts," he said. "There are so many animals to me that captivate that adventure more than a whitetail." Vicki is the same way. She enjoys the adventure of being in remote areas where you must depend on yourself, and she handles those rigors better than most men. "There's something about when you get dropped off from a little Piper Cub, it's you," she said. "You have to make sure you can get back to your tent at night. Something happens, you got to make sure you don't throw your binoculars around your neck after climbing over a log and cut your lip wide open and try to superglue it shut." That happened to her, but they've both had rough outings. Ralph's broken a number of bones. They recalled one trip for brown bear in Alaska when they were stuck in the wilds an extra five days as fog grounded their flights out. "We got a little stir crazy, but they finally came in and picked us up," Vicki said. "I just want to go home. I never want to come back here again. A month later, let's do it again." That's the attitude that makes Ralph say he won the lotto with Vicki. He's taken men on 10-day hunts who fell apart after five days, and that's why he's so proud of what she's been through, mentally and physically. Vicki's not exactly sure the origin of her fortitude. "Honestly, I think -- that's a really good question. No one in my family hunts. I grew up a tomboy. I've always been a tomboy -- middle child, two sisters. I like pickup trucks. I've always been that way. I've always loved outdoors," she said. She said got hooked on hunting when an old boyfriend took her out for grouse, but what keeps her going is showing everyone that a woman can do it. "I got hooked up with this goofball here (looks at Ralph) and part of my drive is, when we're out, I'm a girl and I'm going to prove to everyone that I can do this," she said. "I don't have to be a man. You can ask Ralph, I get very stubborn about this, don't I?" "I'm going to take the fifth," Ralph said. "The drive that I get behind me," she continues, "you do what you got to do and it feels good. They can do it, I can do it." Next: Walter Payton wakes Ralph and Vicki up to consider children. Go to Deer Camp "Archer's Choice" Show Page "The Choice with Ralph & Vicki" Show Page Share This Story Next From Story Didn't Draw a Tag: 7 Tips for 'Plan C' Western Hunting Success Related Wild Card : Posted 09-06-2013 Bow Hunting Tips: Broadhead Ins and Outs View Hunting : Posted 09-05-2013 Archer's Choice Bow Buying Tip View Hunting : Posted 05-07-2013 That Boy Will Hunt View Hunting : Posted 05-02-2013 Red Stag for Whole Family View Hunting : Posted 01-03-2012 A Shaky, Shaky Start for Cianciarulo View Comments Categories News Stories Recipes Tips Gear Videos Photo Galleries Viewer Photo Galleries Features Deer Season Outdoors 365 with Lynn Burkhead Everything Deer with Jeremy Flinn Short Stories by Larry Potterfield Opening Days Live Hunts Hunting Check Out All The Photos Explore the United States. Find information about and activities within your state. Get Started


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There are only so many app-based games that have the makings of a modern classic. Released at the tail-end of 2011, Jetpack Joyride is one such title.
We're a little bit late in singing Jetpack Joyride's praises, but if it's not a title you've heard of until now then here's your chance to go spoil yourself with some modern-day arcade action that's so addictive it's right up there with apps of the year, not just "of the day".
Jetpack Joyride
- Format
- iPhone (iOS) and Android
- Price
- £Free
- Where
- iTunes | Google Play
Jetpacks don't need much selling; they're cool. Michael Jackson, James Bond - they've all had a go. Other games are no stranger to jetpacks either - the giddy excitement of finding the jetpack towards the end of Grand Theft Auto IV, or the tricky controls in Pilotwings 64 - so JetPack Joyride is already on to a winning theme.
Joyride is essentially a "runner" game, or that's the slightly made-up genre we're going to label it with. Your character busts through a wall and is launched headfirst into oncoming electric walls, rockets and other nasties in the ever-changing scenery of an underground laboratory full of frantic scientists running around like headless chickens.
Joyride's goal is simple: stay alive for as long a distance as possible. One strike and you're out.
To achieve the distance you'll need to have swift reactions. Each tap on your device's touchscreen will fire the jetpack - which, to start with, is made from a machine-gun, no less - thus launching your character upward, before gravity takes its toll and pulls your man back down to earth.
Obstacles can be scattered around various portions of the screen and, while easy enough to avoid at first, it's the game's increasing yet variable speed that makes it tricky to keep alive for more than a few hundred or thousand metres. It's easy to slip up, but that's part of the fun.
At set distances throughout the level are special vehicle power-ups that will randomly award a bonkers-but-fun vessel. There's a teleporter, anti-gravity suit, snaking dragon known as "Mr Cuddles", the coin-hungry "Profit Bird", a Robocop-style armoured suit known as Lil Stomper, and a Harley-esque set of wheels. Each has its own special feature - whether a huge jump, ability to walk on the ceiling, reverse the controls, and so on - as well as it adding a first line of defence, ie, an extra (explosive) hit before the game's over.
Jetpack Joyride is built around only one level. Which may sound absurd, or even boring, but as it sticks to classic arcade stylings and adds in a variety of increasingly difficult goals it's far richer than it may first sound.
Coins scattered throughout the level can be gathered and used to buy upgrades that range from mere aesthetics to far more useful ones, such as the gravity belt which speeds up the downward pull of gravity. Other items - such as jetpack upgrades - are essential to complete certain goals. After all, it's not possible to fly over scientists using the machine-gun jetpack without, well, causing more than a bit of a kerfuffle; that won't achieve the "kill no scientists" goal now, will it?
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ORLANDO, Fla. – The Vancouver Whitecaps clearly believe that you can never have enough forwards.
On Tuesday, manager Martin Rennie signed his squad's seventh striker with Maltese international Etienne Barbara rejoining his former Carolina RailHawks head coach.
"I'm hoping I can do good and add some more attacking power to this club, which already has a lot of potential in offensive players," Barbara said after Whitecaps practice on Tuesday at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. "The [season] is long. People get injured and everyone will have his chance to play."
It has been considered a foregone conclusion that Barbara and the Whitecaps would reach an agreement ever since the Canadian side executed a trade in mid-January to acquire the rights to negotiate from the expansion Montreal Impact.
Barbara was a prolific scorer in the second-tier NASL, scoring eight goals in 2010 and another 20 last year, when he earned league MVP honors under Rennie at Carolina.
"He's a little bit like Camilo in the fact that he can dribble and take people on," Rennie said. "He's not just a runner, but he's also got really good pace. … He's a guy who can start or come off the bench and make an impact. He can play wide, he can play through the middle. He's also good at getting behind people in wide areas. He brings a lot to the table and having an extra bit of fire power is great."
Preseason Highlights: VAN 1, HOU 0
A Scottish scout led Rennie to Barbara and the new Whitecaps head coach flew out to Malta in January 2010 to watch him play for local side Hibernians against current Vancouver forward Camilo, when the Brazilian coincidentally played for Barbara's hometown club, Qormi FC.
That match finished 2-2 with Barbara and Camilo both scoring goals, but the Maltese player was also sent off midway through the second half.
"I like guys to be really competitive and really hungry and really determined and willing to put themselves on the line for the team and he did that in that game," said Rennie in reference to that red card.
It will be several more weeks until Barbara sees the field for Vancouver. He suffered an adductor strain in late January on the first day he reported to Whitecaps training camp despite not having a contract. With the recovery potentially taking up to 12 weeks, Barbara is eyeing an April return.
"This is a step up and the game is much faster and more physical, but I've trained and played with MLS players and I have some international caps, too," Barbara said. "So I know what kind of level to expect and I'm looking forward to it.
"My position is the kind that I depend a lot on teamwork. If the team is doing well and functioning well, I think it will be a nice season to watch."


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Hallway Mini Makeover
After a couple of minor changes, here she is...
It feels a lot cleaner and cozier now but most importantly it's A LOT more functional with a more powerful light fixture, a place to hide/store our shoes and a rug to add some color and protect the floors from the worst of the weather.
The existing light fixture was on my hit list for years because its single bulb was not providing anywhere near enough light. Once the sun went down, we could hardly see in here. So I knew I needed something with more bulbs but it wasn't until I spotted this classic 3 bulb Satellite fixture in unfinished brass that I was inspired to actually do something about it. I love it!
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For the curious, here are the details...
- Schoolhouse Electric Satellite 3 in natural brass with QuadLoop Edison bulbs
- Crate on wheels found at HomeGoods, painted by moi
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gorgeous! I would have bought the house for that entry too. since we don't have a proper entry I've become obsessed with them.ReplyDeleteReplies
Even though I love this area of my house, I am jealous of people who have a side door/ mudroom type entrance. Grass is always greener right :)Delete
oh i love it! we have a bushel basket we use for shoes and i have never thought of labeling it- love that!ReplyDelete
I wish my entryway was a bright and airy as yours! Love that shoe crate and the painted detail.ReplyDelete
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Wow, now is definitely better than the before-7-years version. Looks so...lighten-up. I love the crate! Our entryway has scattered shoes all around – I gotta find us a crate. Thanks for the idea.ReplyDelete
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Police Beat
Report: Man found in bed with girl, 14
A 22-year-old man was arrested early Monday morning after he was reportedly found in bed with a 14-year-old girl in Marion Oaks.
Eddie Martinez-Perez was allegedly found in the girl's bed when the girl's mother tried to enter her room just before 5:30 a.m. The door was locked and when the girl opened the door, the woman reportedly saw Martinez-Perez under the covers. He was wearing only boxer shorts, according to Marion County Sheriff's Office reports.
The girl's stepfather confronted Martinez-Perez and the two scuffled, with Martinez-Perez suffering a cut to the cheek, reports state.
The girl reportedly said the two did not have sex, but she said Martinez-Perez did have sexual contact with her. She said it was the second the time the two had spent the night together, according to reports.
Martinez-Perez said he only touched the girl over her clothing, reports state.
He was booked into the Marion County Jail on two counts of lewd and lascivious battery and was being held Monday evening in lieu of $30,000 bond.
Student contest deadline is Friday
The Marion County Office of the County Engineer invites students 18 and younger to participate in its "Discover our Water Resources" art and photography contest. Through Friday, students attending a public, private or home school in Marion County can submit entries depicting any of the following themes: Marion County water bodies, wildlife, karst or limestone features, water uses and recreation in water.
Art entries must be original illustrations created in print or digital format.
A selection committee will recognize the top art and photography entries through publication of the winning creations in a 2014 stormwater education booklet.
The application and guidelines are available at www.marioncountyfl.org/stormwater.htm.
For more information, call 671-8686.
Christmas party for those with autism
The third annual Ocala Autism Support Network Christmas Party will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dec. 7 at College Road Baptist Church, 5010 College Road, Ocala.
The event is free. Registration is open to 100 families, through Nov. 25.
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Senior Center trip to Gaylord Palms
The Ocala Senior Activity Center will host a trip to The Gaylord Palms Hotel on Dec. 11 to view more than 2 million lights, a 54-foot-tall Christmas tree and more.
The cost is $45 per person and pre-paid registration is required. Lunch is not provided.
For more information, call 629-8357 or 629-8545.
Sunrise breakfast to benefit Interfaith
The annual Sunrise Breakfast, which benefits Interfaith Emergency Services, is from 7 to 9 a.m. Dec. 19 at Gator Joe's, 12431 SE 135th Ave, Ocklawaha.
Reservations are requested.
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Rib sale fundraiser tickets available
The deadline to order for the annual Marion County Sheriff's Office rib sale fundraiser is Jan. 9.
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The sale benefits United Way of Marion County.
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COUNTY COMMISSION: Marion County Board of County Commissioners, 9 a.m., Commissioners' Auditorium, McPherson Governmental Complex, 601 SE 25th Ave., Ocala. (438-2323 or www.marioncountyfl.org)
OCALA COUNCIL: Ocala City Council, 4 p.m., City Hall, 110 SE Watula Ave., Ocala. (629-8401 or www.ocalafl.org)
BELLEVIEW COMMISSION: Belleview Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 5343 SE Abshier Blvd., Belleview. (233-2109 or www.belleviewfl.org)
OCALA HARMONY: Women's barbershop chorus, noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday, College Park Church, 3140 SW 26th St., Ocala. (875-4811)
T.O.P.S.: Taking Off Pounds Sensibly, 7 p.m. Tuesday, First United Methodist Church, 1126 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. Weigh-in 5:45 p.m. (236-4157 or 732-6947)
OCALA NOON TOASTMASTERS: Noon Tuesday, AAA Auto Club South, 3033 SW College Road, Ocala. (816-4842)
CHAIR YOGA: Free class, 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dunnellon Public Library, 20351 Robinson Road. (489-3761)
STITCHING: Therapeutic Stitching Group, 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Stitch Niche, 20782 Walnut St., Dunnellon. (465-8000)
NAR ANON: 12-step support group for those with a loved one suffering from addiction, 7 p.m. Tuesday, St. Marks United Methodist Church, 1839 NE Eighth Ave. Road, Ocala. Newcomers 6:30 p.m. (naranonfl.org)
STRETCHING: Free class, 10 a.m. Tuesday, Forest Community Center, 777 S. County Road 314A, Ocklawaha. (438-2840)
BINGO: White elephant bingo, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Forest Community Center, 777 S. County Road 314A, Ocklawaha. (438-2840)
BASKET WEAVING: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, First United Methodist Church, 1126, E. Silver Spring Blvd., Ocala. (629-9657 or 817-2967)
MODEL RAILROADS: Ocala Model Railroad Historical Preservation Society, 7 p.m. Tuesday, 1247 NE Third St., Ocala. (401-0747)
BINGO: 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Knights of Columbus Marion Council, 5 SE 17 St., Ocala. (368-5960)
STAMP CLUB: General Francis Marion Stamp Club, 1 p.m. Wednesday, Bank of the Ozarks, 8375 SW State Road 200, Ocala. (854-0892 or www.ocalagfmstampclub.com)
COMPUTER CONFIDENCE: Have questions answered, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Forest Public Library, 905 S. County Road 314A, Ocklawaha. (438-3540)
FOREST FRIENDS: Friends of the Forest Library, 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, 905 S. County Road 314A, Ocklawaha. (438-3540)
SEEING IS BELIEVING: Can miracles stand up to the test of science?, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Blessed Trinity Catholic Church, 5 SE 17 St., Ocala. (www.sciencetestsfaith.com)
PARK AND RECREATION: Friends of Marion County Parks and Recreation, Inc. annual meeting, 2 p.m. Wednesday, Marion County Parks and Recreation Administration, 111 SE 25th Ave., Ocala. (671-8560)
BREAKFAST MEETING: Tony Bruno of Yankee Global Enterprises, "exCEPtional mornings" breakfast, 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Marion County Extension Auditorium, 2232 NE Jacksonville Road, Ocala. $10 in advance, $15 at door. (629-8051 or http://ocalacep.com/)
DAR: Ocala Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Ocala Elks Lodge, 702 NE 25th Ave., Ocala. Sons of the American Revolution meets with DAR this month. (622-6485)
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UTD Scientist Wins $2.1 Million in Grants To Study Communication Among Bacteria
Research by Dr. Juan González Could Lead to Medical Advances
RICHARDSON, Texas (July 18, 2005) – A scientist at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) has won federal funding of $2.1 million for studies of how bacterial cells communicate with each other – fundamental research that could lead to the development of new methods to halt the spread of deadly infectious diseases.
Dr. Juan E. González, associate professor in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at UTD, received monies from two federal agencies – a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant in the amount of $1.5 million over five years and a National Science Foundation (NSF) award for $600,000 over three years.
"When bacteria invade a host, they are capable of doing something remarkable – coordinating their behavior, which allows them to act as a group," said González, who also serves as associate dean for graduate studies for UTD's School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics. "This is achieved through cell-to-cell communication, or signaling. If we can understand precisely how bacteria communicate, we theoretically could control and manipulate such organisms, including blocking pathogens from multiplying or, conversely, promoting the growth of beneficial microorganisms."
According to González, bacteria are known to communicate by chemical means – one cell excretes a chemical while others sense and respond to it. The ability of bacteria to communicate and coordinate behavior is known as "quorum sensing."
González's grant from the NIH will fund research of 'autoinducers" – signaling molecules that enable bacterial cells to act in a coordinated fashion to overcome the defenses of a host. His NSF grant will permit the study of a different type of bacterially produced signal molecules, exopolysaccarides, which can facilitate bacterial invasion of a host and increase the chances of bacterial survival in a hostile environment.
González conducts his research in a laboratory on UTD's campus, where he is assisted in his studies by four undergraduate and seven graduate students. He also teaches courses at the university in "Molecular Biology," "Medical Microbiology," "Parasites and Symbionts" and "Global Epidemics."
González joined UTD in 1996 as an assistant professor and was appointed associate professor in 2002. He earned a B.S. degree in microbiology and public health from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. degree in microbiology and molecular genetics from the University of California, Los Angeles. González was a postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — This Arizona city is marking the first anniversary of the deaths of 19 wildland firefighters with a series of tributes and remembrances that will include a ceremony featuring a bell-ringing and reading of the names of the Granite Mountain Hotshots.
Businesses around Prescott displayed banners in honor of the firefighters, and visitors and residents wore T-shirts bearing their unit's logo and "19" to mark the number of deaths. The firefighters died June 30, 2013 when they were overrun by flames while fighting an erratic brush fire near Prescott.
Dozens of people also gathered early Monday to hike a butte that was a favorite training spot of the firefighters. Visitors and residents attended an exhibit at a Prescott hotel that showcases the men and their time on the fire lines.
Terri Brahm was walking through the exhibit with her uncle, Ron Markus, both wearing T-shirts they bought Sunday to wear in remembrance of the Hotshots.
"Everybody still talks about it, every day," she said. "Something always reminds us."
Since the deaths, Brahm said her son has become inspired to become a Hotshot himself.
Meanwhile, the men's families plan to gather Monday for a private service at the Prescott cemetery where many of Hotshots are buried.
Ten of the firefighters were laid to rest there, but each of the 19 has a plot with a bronze grave marker that will be etched with images taken from family photos. Surrounding the plots is a wall where mourners can sit and room for family members to be buried alongside the firefighters.
"It's remarkable that they indeed did keep all 19 of them together," said Gayemarie Ekker, whose son Joe Thurston was killed. "That as families, we do have that place to go and reflect."
Former Prescott Fire Chief Dan Fraijo and Wildland Division Chief Darrell Willis are scheduled to speak to the families at the cemetery.
Joe Woyjeck said his son and his son's girlfriend planned to travel to Prescott to thank people in person for supporting the Hotshots. But the rest of his family will keep things low-key at home in California in remembering his son, Kevin, he said.
Woyjeck and his wife were in Prescott recently and sat on a rock at the site where the Hotshots died in a brush-choked canyon while battling the Yarnell Hill Fire. He said his family has gotten through the tragedy by focusing on something Kevin taught them when he was a boy: that people choose to be unhappy.
"I choose to be happy with this, and I think we're going to celebrate life that day with what we do," he said of the anniversary.
Danny Parker, who lost his son, Wade, said that aside from going to the cemetery, the family will keep the day's events to a "dull roar."
The city of Prescott, which had the country's only municipal Hotshot crew, is shutting down early Monday for the ceremony.
Katie Cornelius has gathered stories of the brotherhood formed by Hotshots who spend months together battling the country's most severe wildfires, of the raucousness at camp that included contests on who could eat the most tubs of gravy. Those stories, along with photos of the men, will be displayed on sections of chain-link fence inside the Hotel St. Michael.
"When you start to understand what that life was, you can say, 'What a crazy, awesome life," she said.
A play produced by local musician, author and actor Ered Matthew was inspired by the stories behind items left on a memorial fence. Matthew said he was struck by a T-shirt from Albuquerque, New Mexico, that read, "Requirements. No egos. No badges. No resume builders. Willing hearts."
The fence allowed a framework for people to express their emotions by leaving books they read to their children, fire hats, roses and stuffed animals, he said.
"Once you know the story of why they left it, people will realize other people share their grief in a similar way," he said.


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CityVille, as the name suggests, is a city building game. You start out with a city named "Ville", which is mostly an empty green patch surrounded by forest on one side and water on the other. The game map is simply huge, and all of it will eventually be open to building on. During play, that will likely take a while; where most virtual space games let players buy an expansion that pushes their territory out in all directions from the center, CityVille's expansions will come in small blocks in a direction of your choosing.
The art is worth extra attention up front. While it's obviously high-quality, given the budget Zynga has for new projects, the really interesting detail is the 3D game engine. This should make it easier for Zynga to release a successful mobile version, possibly with the help of its recent acquisition, Dextrose AG.
In the gameplay itself, Zynga has followed its FrontierVille model of cherry-picking the best mechanics of its own and others' games. CityVille may have even more unique aspects than Zynga's previous hit, though.
CityVille's focus in the beginning is simply on constructing your town, from a startlingly wide array of building categories: houses, businesses, roads, decorations, farm plots, shipping, community buildings and wonders all make an appearance. Three of those seem most important: homes, business and shipping.
Businesses are where you make your money, but they also include the game's other important resource, "goods". While most city games have players restock their businesses using virtual currency, CityVille introduces goods as a second resource to balance against cash.
Goods can be produced by specialized buildings, but they can also be delivered by shipping structures, which include trains and ships. This is where the game starts to get really interesting. As the game progresses, you can start sending trains and ships to your friends to either sell or acquire goods. The train mechanic is likely inspired in part by Lucky Train, a smaller title that has been fairly successful.
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CityVille Guide: A Guide to Gifting
There are several ways to gain advantage in the game, and one of these is gifting, the process of sending and receiving gifts with your friends. These gifts vary, and many are very useful (most especially the energy) during the game.
CityVille Energy Guide: Purchasing, Begging, Visiting and Waiting
In this article, I'm going to discuss four different ways to collect more energy in CityVille: purchasing, begging, visiting and waiting. I recommend trying the the below options in the order they are presented.


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The groove makes the difference
Welcome to my profile! Music is my passion. And what I like from her is to make new ones. Time just flies when I play my guitar, piano, or compose with a virtual orchestra.
After years of playing live music, I've learned one thing above it: the groove is what makes the difference in music. Feel the grove, and music substantially improves.