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Vanessa Redgrave
- Amanda Seyfried, Vanessa Redgrave Need 'Male Parts' For Letters To ... - Post Chronicle
- The Mamma Mia! actress is set to start work on Letters To Juliet later this month (Jun09), alongside movie legend Vanessa Redgrave. But the movie, which will mark Redgrave's return to work following the tragic death of her daughter Natasha Richardson...
- Mamma Mia! It's a Broadway brush-off for Amanda Seyfried - Telegraph.co.uk
- Later this month, shooting begins in Verona on Letters to Juliet, in which she appears alongside Vanessa Redgrave. It will be the first role for Miss Redgrave since the death of her daughter Natasha Richardson in a skiing accident in March....
- Celebrating Streep At Sixty - Huffington Post
- Her first film is a personal favorite of mine- Fred Zinnemann's "Julia" (1977), starring Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, and Jason Robards. The movie is drenched in romance and nostalgia, all about Lillian Hellman's close childhood friend (Redgrave)...
- Steven Pasquale - Star of TV's Rescue Me - Debuts at Feinstein's ... - All About Jazz
- A regular on the theater scene, Pasquale's credits include Archibald Craven in The Secret Garden, Henrik in A Little Night Music (opposite Victor Garber, Natasha Richardson, and Vanessa Redgrave), Captain Taylor in A Soldier's Play, Tom in the Neil...
- The Village Players open comedy series with 'eXtreme Helen as Malenka' - Laconia Citizen
- She learned from the best, working with the late Paul Newman and Robert Urich, Matt Dillon, Vanessa Redgrave, Gilda Radner, Gene Wilder….. eXh remembers having the conversation with Vanessa Redgrave when they discovered they were both born on Jan. 30....
- Russell Crowe on the Robin Hood Set - ComingSoon.net
- Opening in theaters on May 14, 2010, the Universal action-drama co-stars Cate Blanchett, Vanessa Redgrave, Mark Strong, Scott Grimes, Kevin Durand, Alan Doyle, Oscar Isaacs, Lea Seydoux and William Hurt. Crowe plays Robin of Loxley in an origin story...
- A movie-news roundup: Eastwood, Pine, Redgrave and more - Seattle Times
- Vanessa Redgrave, Amanda Seyfried, and Gael Garcia Bernal are all headed to Italy this month to shoot "Letters to Juliet," a rather sweet-sounding romance in which a young couple finds a letter written to Shakespeare's doomed Juliet....
- Soviet Union Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Sells Debut Album For $160K ... - AHN
- Nearly 350 big names have attended the event, including "Harry Potter" author JK Rowling, Vanessa Redgrave, and London mayor Boris Johnson among others. Gorbachev also sang "Old Letters" to the audience. "Songs for Raisa" is composed of Russian songs...
- Ralph Fiennes Nabs Stars for Directorial Debut - Artistdirect.com
- Ralph Fiennes has added William Hurt and Vanessa Redgrave to the cast of his directorial debut, Coriolanus, which is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's study of how power corrupts. It is set in the earliest years of the Roman Republic....
Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave CBE (born 30 January 1937) is a pre-eminent English actress of stage, film and television. She is a member of the Redgrave family, the world-renowned theatrical dynasty. She is also a social activist for human rights and has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 1995. Vanessa Redgrave has won all the major acting awards including the Academy Award, Golden Globe, Emmy and Tony Awards and is widely regarded as one of the greatest actresses of her generation.
Redgrave was born in London, the daughter of actors Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. Laurence Olivier announced her birth to the audience for a performance of Hamlet at the Old Vic, when he told them that Laertes played by Sir Michael had a daughter. She was educated at The Alice Ottley School, an independent school in Worcester. Her siblings, Lynn Redgrave and the equally outspoken Corin Redgrave, are also acclaimed actors. Redgrave's daughters, Natasha Richardson (1963-2009) and Joely Richardson (by her 1962–1967 marriage to film director Tony Richardson) have also built respected acting careers. Redgrave's son Carlo Nero (né Carlo Sparanero), by her relationship with Italian actor Franco Nero (né Francesco Sparanero), is a writer and film director. She met Nero while filming Camelot in 1967, the year in which she divorced her husband Tony Richardson.
In 1967, Redgrave was made a Commander (CBE) of the Order of the British Empire. It is understood that she declined a damehood (DBE) in 1999.
From 1980 to 1994, she had a long-term relationship with actor Timothy Dalton.
On 31 December 2006, Redgrave married Franco Nero.
Her daughter Natasha died on March 18, 2009, following a skiing-related traumatic brain injury.
Vanessa Redgrave entered the Central School of Speech and Drama in 1954. She first appeared in the West End, playing opposite her brother, in 1958.
In the nineties, her theatre work included Prospero in The Tempest at Shakespeare's Globe in London. In 2003 she won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in the Broadway revival of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night. In January 2006, Redgrave was presented the Ibsen Centennial Award for her "outstanding work in interpreting many of Henrik Ibsen's works over the last decades." Previous recipients of the award include Liv Ullmann, Glenda Jackson, and Claire Bloom.
In 2007, Redgrave played Joan Didion in Didion's Broadway stage adaptation of her recent book, The Year of Magical Thinking, which played 144 regular performances in a 24-week limited engagement at the Booth Theatre. For this, she was nominated for a Tony Award in the category of Best Leading Actress in a Play. She reprised the role at the at the Lyttelton Theatre at The National Theatre in London to positive reviews. She also spent a week performing the work at the Theatre Royal in Bath for one week only in September 2008.
Highlights of Vanessa Redgrave's early film career include her first starring role in Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (for which she earned an Oscar nomination, a Cannes award, a Golden Globe nomination and a BAFTA Film Award nomination); her portrayal of the cool London swinger, Jane, in 1966's Blowup; her spirited portrayal of dancer Isadora Duncan in Isadora (for which she won a National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress, a second Prize for the Best Female Performance at the Cannes film festival, along with a Golden Globe and Oscar nomination in 1969); and various portrayals of historical figures - ranging from Andromache in The Trojan Women, to Mary of Scotland in Mary, Queen of Scots.
Redgrave's performance in Julia garnered an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. However, members of the Jewish Defense League (JDL), led by Rabbi Meir Kahane, burned effigies of Redgrave and picketed the awards ceremony in the spring of 1978 to protest against both Redgrave and her support of the Palestinian cause.
In her acceptance speech, Redgrave announced that neither she nor the Academy would be intimidated by "a small bunch of Zionist hoodlums - whose behavior is an insult to the stature of Jews all over the world, and to their great and heroic record of struggle against fascism and oppression." Her statement was greeted by both applause and boos from the audience.
Later in the broadcast veteran screenwriter and Oscar presenter Paddy Chayefsky told the audience members that "there's a little matter I'd like to tidy up…at least if I expect to live with myself tomorrow morning. I would like to say that I'm sick and tired of people exploiting the Academy Awards for the propagation of their own personal propaganda. I would like to suggest to Miss Redgrave that her winning an Academy Award is not a pivotal moment in history, does not require a proclamation and a simple 'Thank you' would have sufficed." His remarks were greeted by applause from the audience.
In June 2005 Redgrave was asked on Larry King Live: "Regardless of distinctions about policy, do you support Israel's right to exist?" "Yes, I do," Redgrave replied.
Later film roles of note include those of suffragette Olive Chancellor in The Bostonians (1984, a fourth Best Actress Academy Award nomination), transsexual Renée Richards in Second Serve (1986); Mrs. Wilcox in Howards End (1992, her sixth Academy Award nomination, this time in a supporting role); crime boss Max in Mission: Impossible (1996, when discussing the role of Max, DePalma and Cruise thought it would be fun to cast an actor like Redgrave; they then decided to go with the real thing); Oscar Wilde's mother in Wilde (1997); Clarissa Dalloway in Mrs. Dalloway (1997); and Dr. Sonia Wick in Girl, Interrupted (1999). Many of these roles and others, garnered her various accolades.
Her performance as a lesbian grieving the loss of her longtime partner in the HBO series If These Walls Could Talk 2 earned her a Golden Globe for "Best TV Series Supporting Actress" in 2000, as well as earning an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries. This same performance also led to an "Excellence in Media Award" by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). The award honours "a member of the entertainment community who has made a significant difference in promoting equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people". In 2005, Redgrave joined the cast of the hit series Nip/Tuck, which was in its second season. Redgrave played Dr. Erica Noughton, the mother of Julia McNamara, who is played by her real life daughter Joely Richardson. She also made appearances in the third season. In 2006, Redgrave starred opposite Peter O'Toole in the acclaimed film Venus. Redgrave's most recent work include 2007's Evening and the acclaimed Atonement, in which she garnered a Broadcast Film Critics Association award nomination for her performance that only took up seven minutes of screen time. In 2008, Redgrave appeared as a narrator in an Arts Alliance production, id - Identity of the Soul. The performance is due to tour worldwide, this year tens of thousands turned out to see the event as it toured the West Bank.
Since the 1960s, Redgrave has supported a range of human rights causes, including opposition to the Vietnam War, nuclear disarmament, freedom for Soviet Jews (she was awarded the Sakharov medal by Sakharov's widow, Yelena Bonner, in 1993 for her efforts), and aid for Bosnian Muslims and other victims of war. She also advocates the unification of Ireland. She was a co-founding member of Artists Against Racism.
Redgrave identifies as a socialist. Her opposition to Stalinist oppression led her, early in her career, to join the Workers' Revolutionary Party (UK) (WRP), on whose ticket she twice ran for Parliament. Redgrave's Trotskyist political views have been a cause of controversy for some, as has her membership in the WRP. She remained loyal to WRP founder Gerry Healy when he was expelled from the WRP in the mid-1980s. She and other Healy loyalists founded the short-lived Marxist Party in the 1990s. Since 2004, she has been a member of the Peace and Progress Party.
In 1995, Redgrave was elected to serve as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
In December 2002, Redgrave paid £50,000 bail for Chechen separatist Deputy Premier and special envoy Akhmed Zakayev, who had sought political asylum in the United Kingdom and was accused by the Russian government of aiding and abetting hostage-takings in the Moscow Hostage Crisis of 2002—in which 128 hostages lost their lives during a Russian special forces (OMON) action—and guerrilla warfare against Russia.
At a press conference Redgrave said she feared for the life of Zakayev if he were to be extradited to Russia on terrorism charges. He would "die of a heart attack" or some other mysterious explanation which would be offered by Russia, she said. On 13 November 2003, a London court rejected the Russian government's request for Zakayev's extradition. Instead, the court accepted a plea by lawyers for Mr Zakayev that he would not get a fair trial—and could even face torture—in Russia. "It would be unjust and oppressive to return Mr Zakayev to Russia," Judge Timothy Workman ruled.
In 2004, Vanessa Redgrave and her brother Corin Redgrave announced the launch of the Peace and Progress Party which would campaign against the Iraq War and for human rights.
In June 2006, she was awarded a "lifetime achievement" award from the Transilvania International Film Festival, one of whose sponsors is a mining company named Gabriel Resources. She dedicated the award to a community organisation from Roşia Montană, Romania, which is campaigning against a gold mine that Gabriel Resources is seeking to build near the village. Gabriel Resources placed an "open letter" in The Guardian on 23 June 2006, attacking Redgrave, arguing the case for the mine, and exhibiting support for it among the inhabitants: the open letter is signed by 77 villagers.
Mary, Queen of Scots (film)
Mary, Queen of Scots (1972) is a Universal Pictures biographical feature film based on the life of Queen Mary I of Scotland. The film stars Vanessa Redgrave as the titular character and Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth I. The screenplay was written by John Hale and the film directed by Charles Jarrott. Like the play on the same subject by Friedrich Schiller and the opera on the same subject by Gaetano Donizetti, it takes considerable liberties with history in order to achieve increased dramatic effect, in particular two fictitious face-to-face encounters between the two Queens (who never met in real life). The film received a less than enthusiastic review from the New York Times, but was nominated for several awards.
The film was shot in Scotland, England, and France (Château de Chenonceau). The song in the opening sequence, "Vivre et Mourir," is sung by Redgrave. The lyrics are taken from a sonnet written by Mary, Queen of Scots herself.
Roger Ebert gave the movie three stars and lauded the interpretation of Redgrave and Jackson, noting however the "soap opera" approach to the script.
Mary, Queen of Scots was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Vanessa Redgrave), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Terence Marsh, Robert Cartwright, Peter Howitt), Best Costume Design, Best Music, Original Dramatic Score and Best Sound.
The film received several Golden Globe nominations including Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama (Glenda Jackson), Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama (Vanessa Redgrave), Best Original Score (John Barry), and Best Screenplay (John Hale).
It was announced in May 2007 that Scarlett Johansson was attached to a remake, directed by John Curran. However, in November 2008 it was reported that the film had yet to be given the green light, with neither finance nor casting having been approved.
The Bostonians (film)
The Bostonians is 1984's Merchant Ivory Film, based on Henry James' novel of the same name. The film starred Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Reeve, Madeleine Potter and Jessica Tandy. The movie received respectable reviews and showings at arthouse theaters in New York, London and other cities. Vanessa Redgrave received 1984 Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Best Actress, and the movie earned other award nominations for costume design and cinematography.
Camelot (film)
Camelot is the 1967 film version of the successful musical of the same name. Richard Harris appears as Arthur, Vanessa Redgrave as Guenevere and Franco Nero as Lancelot. The film was directed by Joshua Logan.
The main plot of the film and the stage version is shown in a long flashback. In the opening scene, King Arthur is preparing for a great battle against his friend, Sir Lancelot. While brooding over the circumstances that led him to this moment, he asks Merlyn for help. Merlyn appears to him and tells Arthur to think back. It is now that the main plot begins.
Arthur has fled to the woods of ancient England to quell his nerves as he awaits his first meeting with Guinevere, his fiancée by an arranged marriage. After singing "I Wonder What the King is Doing Tonight," he is startled when his solitude is interrupted by Guinevere and her entourage. Guinevere, whose introduction to the story features her opening song "The Simple Joys of Maidenhood" expresses nervous misgivings similar to those of Arthur, and has likewise escaped momentarily into the forest for a brief moment of solitude. Guinevere appeals to St. Genevieve in prayer, and unknowingly reveals her identity to Arthur, who is hiding in a tree. The king falls from a branch, startling Guinevere but keeping his own identity a secret. It is during this first meeting that Arthur introduces Guinevere to Camelot, singing the title song, "Camelot". After their identities are revealed to each other, they are married.
As the plot develops, Arthur confides to Guinevere his idea for a "Round Table" that would seat all the noble knights of the realm, reflecting not only a crude type of democratic ideal, but also the political unification of England. As knights are gathered, word reaches all the way to France, where Sir Lancelot at his castle, Joyous Gard (represented by Alcázar of Segovia), hears word of the table. Inspired by Arthur's ideas, Lancelot makes his way from France to Camelot, singing his introductory song "C'est Moi." Making his way to England, Lancelot quickly enters the highest echelons of Arthur's court due to his great combat prowess.
During a tournament, Lancelot defeats three of the best of Arthur's other knights, highlighting his athletic prowess and nobility—both of which are noticed by the Queen Guinevere. Ultimately Lancelot and Guinevere fall in love, leading to the famous love triangle involving Arthur, Guinevere, and Lancelot. As the personal drama unfolds, Arthur and "Jenny"—as Guinivere is called by her intimate familiars—sing together the world-weary song "What Do The Simple Folk Do?." Nothing seems able to stop the deepening love between Lancelot and Guinevere, however, and the film implies that their secret affair spans several years, especially in the classic song "If Ever I Would Leave You," sung by Lancelot to Guinevere.
Arthur realizes that there is something going on between Lancelot and Guinevere, but out of love for them both, does nothing, instead banishing every knight who accuses them of adultery. Mordred, the illegitimate offspring of King Arthur's premarital tryst with the Queen Morgause, arrives at Camelot, bitter at Arthur's refusal to recognize him and determined to bring down the fellowship of the Round Table by stirring up trouble. He organizes the return of all the banished knights and convinces Arthur to stay out all night hunting in order to test the loyalty of Lancelot and Guinevere.
Arthur does so unwillingly, and Mordred sees to it that Lancelot and Guinevere are caught during a final tryst. Lancelot escapes, but Guinevere is sentenced to die at the stake. Arthur, who has promoted the rule of law throughout the story, is now bound by his own law; he can make no special exceptions for the Queen and/or his own wife. In a climactic scene, Lancelot, who returns to save her, to the delight of Arthur, rescues Guinevere at the stake. In the film's final scene, we return to the opening. Arthur is preparing to battle against Lancelot, at the insistence of his knights who want revenge, and England appears headed into the Dark Ages. He is visited one last time by Guinevere, who has now joined a convent, and Lancelot. Arthur forgives them both and bids them a heartfelt farewell. Despite the fact that he and Lancelot are still friends, Arthur is obligated to fight because of the other knights' lust for revenge.
Prior to the battle, however, Arthur stumbles across a young boy named Tom, who wishes to become a Knight of the Round Table. Arthur is skeptical at first, but Tom espouses his commitment to Arthur's original ideal of "Not might makes right, but might for right." Arthur realizes that, although most of his plans have fallen through, the ideals of Camelot still live on in this simple boy. Arthur knights Tom and gives him his orders—to run behind the lines and survive the battle, so he can tell future generations about the legend of Camelot. Watching Tom leave, Arthur regains his hope for the future.
Though it is never explicitly stated, Tom, the boy in the final scene, may be Sir Thomas Malory, who would go on to write the great classic Le Morte d'Arthur.
Lancelot's singing voice was dubbed by noted Los Angeles session singer, Gene Merlino.
The film won three Academy Awards for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (John Truscott, Edward Carrere, John W. Brown), Best Costume Design, and Best Music-Scoring of Music (Adaptation or Treatment). It was also nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Sound. It also won three Golden Globe Awards and was nominated for an additional three.
The film is also notable as the only instance in which a song written for a Broadway show won a Golden Globe award. The category it won in, Best Original Song Written for a Motion Picture, is reserved only for songs explicitly written for films, not stage musicals, but in this instance, an exception was made, and the song If Ever I Would Leave You (mislabeled If Ever I Should Leave You on the award) won the Golden Globe that year. Whether this was an accidental oversight on the part of the Foreign Press Association, or a deliberate attempt to circumvent the rules, is unknown, but it had not ever happened before, and has not happened since. In addition, Frederick Loewe was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Score, although the score was written for the Broadway stage, and not for film.
Richard Harris won the 1968 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
Prick Up Your Ears
Prick Up Your Ears is a 1987 film about the playwright Joe Orton and his lover Kenneth Halliwell. The screenplay was written by Alan Bennett, based on the book by John Lahr. The film stars Gary Oldman as Orton, Alfred Molina as Halliwell, Wallace Shawn as Lahr and Vanessa Redgrave as Margaret "Peggy" Ramsay.
The film was directed by Stephen Frears.
The film tells the story of Orton and Halliwell in flashback, framed by sequences of Lahr researching the book upon which the film is based with Orton's literary agent, Peggy Ramsay. Orton and Halliwell's relationship is traced from its beginnings at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Orton starts out as the uneducated youth to Halliwell's older faux-sophisticate. As the relationship progresses, however, Orton grows increasingly confident in his talent while Halliwell's writing stagnates. They fall into a parody of a traditional married couple, with Orton as the "husband" and Halliwell as the long-suffering and increasingly ignored "wife" (a situation exacerbated by Orton's unwillingness, in 1960s England, to acknowledge having a male lover). Orton is commissioned to write a screenplay for The Beatles and Halliwell gets carried away in preparing for a meeting with the "Fab Four", but in the end Orton is taken away for a meeting on his own. Finally, a despondent Halliwell kills Orton and commits suicide.
Prick Up Your Ears received a generally positive critical reaction. All 14 reviews collected from notable publications by review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes were complimentary of the film. Oldman's portrayal of Orton was particularly well received, and earned him a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actor.
Tony Richardson
Cecil Antonio "Tony" Richardson (5 June 1928 – 14 November 1991) was an English theatre and Academy Award-winning film director and producer.
Richardson was born in Shipley, Yorkshire in 1928, the son of Elsie Evans (Campion) and Clarence Albert Richardson, a chemist. He attended Ashville College, Harrogate and Wadham College, Oxford.
Representative of the British "New Wave" of directors, he developed the ideas that led to the formation of the English Stage Company, along with his close friend George Goetschius and George Devine. He directed John Osborne's seminal play Look Back in Anger at the Court, writing both the theatre and playwright into British theatrical history. In the same period he directed Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon.
In 1959, Richardson co-founded Woodfall Films with John Osborne, and, as Woodfall's debut, directed the film version of Look Back in Anger despite having no track record in making feature films (he had, however, been a pioneer in Britain's Free Cinema movement; co-directing the non-fiction short Momma Don't Allow with Karel Reisz in 1955). Richardson and Osborne eventually fell out during production of the film Charge of the Light Brigade.
In 1964 Richardson received two Academy Awards (Best Director and Best Picture) for Tom Jones (1963). Richardson later began work on Mahogany (1975), starring Diana Ross, but was fired by Motown head Berry Gordy shortly after production began. Gordy took over direction himself.
He was married to the actress Vanessa Redgrave between 1962 and 1967 (he left her for actress Jeanne Moreau) and had two daughters with Redgrave, Natasha Richardson (1963-2009) and Joely Richardson (born 1965), both actresses.
Richardson was bisexual, but he never acknowledged it publicly until after he acquired AIDS. He died of complications from AIDS at age 63 in 1991.
Redgrave family
The Redgrave family is a fifth-generation theatrical dynasty. Many members of the family have worked in theatre at some point; many have also worked in film and television. The majority of the family members have been actors and actresses, but some have been writers, both of plays and books. Their history dates back to the mid-nineteenth century, before the silent movie era. Vanessa Redgrave is currently the most famous member of the family, having won Oscar, Tony, Golden Globe and Emmy Awards.


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A hundred years on, tumble-weeds race along deserted interstate highways and a gigantic crater tells of unimaginable destruction. As we land and take readings of the surroundings, we discover our home is barely habitable.
"At least it's recovered more than the red planet."
"We'll start terraforming this one first, Adam."
Connell wrote this late at night.

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Technically speaking, Mallory Ward is a setter for the Mansfield volleyball team.
But with a recent growth spurt and excellent jumping ability, Ward can attack with her hitting at any time, which gives Mansfield a potent third option to go with outside hitters Kaylie Pyles and Erin Reano.
"When Mallory was in junior high, she was a tiny little thing, about 5-foot-1 inches or 5-2," Mansfield coach April Howell said. "She was always a very good setter because she is quick and smart and is a good passer, but she never really got a chance to attack because she couldn't get up over the net."
While unusual for girls to grow late, Ward said it is a family trait and she has grown about six inches since eighth grade and last year she tuned into a potent attack weapon.
"That gives us an advantage when we can switch directions and set Mallory and she can attack," Howell said. "It can throw off their defense and she can score some quick points."
While still slightly built at 5-7, Ward is a fierce competitor that plays basketball, softball and track. Howell says one of the things that makes Ward special is she plays best when the heat is on high.
"She is not scared of anything and she likes the ball in the pressure situations," Howell said. "She gets the other girls involved and has a good sense of the flow of the game. When we need a big play, she is a clutch player."
Last year, Mansfield had to win in the semifinals at Harding Academy to make the 3A state title match. Before a packed house, Ward came up with one of her biggest games to help the Tigers beat the defending state champions and go on to their second state championship in school history.
"We really wanted to beat Harding because they beat us in the finals the year before that," Ward said. "That was the hardest game I have every played in, but I loved it. Our team has been playing together for so long we know each other and we trust each other out there on the court."
Mansfield has a bye to the championship of the 3A-West District Tournament which the Tigers are hosting next week and then will move on the 3A state tournament in Harrison.
Mansfield has won titles in 2009 and 2012 but has never won back-to-back.
"Since we won last year, we have made it our goal to go back and win it again," Ward said. "This is our last year and we don't want to let it get away."


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Percy Harvin says he was never able to 'get comfortable' in Seattle
Buffalo Bills wide receiver Percy Harvin was on ESPN's First Take on Wednesday and talked about his time with the Seattle Seahawks.
The Seahawks traded Harvin to the New York Jets last October. He was released by the Jets in March and went on to sign with the Bills.
"My [Bills] teammates accept me a little more," Harvin said. "What I mean by that I felt when I went to Seattle a lot of the receivers took me as a threat rather than accepting me as a teammate. I always told those guys, I pulled them to the side several times after seeing the comments they was making to the media, 'hey, guys, I'm here to ball with you, to take us to the next level.' A lot of guys were looking at they were established and they didn't need any help. I just took it as I never was kind of accepted in the receiver group by all the members."
Harvin said he felt he had to "walk on egg shells" at times in Seattle, adding, "That in itself drew frustrations on top of not being accepted in my receiver group, so just kind of never was able to get comfortable in Seattle."
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After the Seahawks traded Harvin, reports surfaced that he was unpopular with his teammates. Bob Condotta and Jayson Jenks of The Seattle Timesreported that Harvin and then-teammate Golden Tate had an altercation before Super Bowl XLVIII "that resulted in Tate getting a black eye."
The Times also reported that Harvin and teammate Doug Baldwin had an altercation before a preseason game in 2014 in which Baldwin suffered a cut on his chin.
"There were things I should have handled in a different manner," Harvin said when asked why he feels he's gotten a bad rap in his career. "I felt in the locker room, I feel you always want to handle things man-to-man, which is kind of what I did in the Doug situation. But that ended up turning and backfired."
You can watch Harvin's full appearance on First Take below.
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Operating forces are the heart of the Marine Corps. They provide the forward presence, crisis response, and combat power that our Corps makes available to CCDRs. Our Corps has established three permanent commands to provide forces to unified CCDRs:
The CMC retains Command of MARFORCOM and via the Joint Chiefs of Staff global force management allocation process, maintains II MEF and other unique capabilities under the Commander, MARFORCOM (COMMARFORCOM). The Commander, MARFORPAC (COMMARFORPAC) is assigned to the
Commander, U.S. Pacific Command (CDRUSPACOM), and provides I MEF and III MEF to CDRUSPACOM.
The Commander, MARFORSOC (COMMARFORSOC) is assigned to the Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command (COMUSSOCOM) and provides forces to COMUSSOCOM. These assignments reflect the peacetime disposition of our Corps' forces.
Marine forces are allocated to the remaining geographic and functional combatant commands for contingency planning:
The following sections highlight some of these organizations and several of the other unique organizations in the operating forces.


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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Obama Birth Certificate Revealed
7 comments:
- Ted said...
While the "October Surprise" credit crisis netted Obama the general election, a "January Surprise" constitutional crisis will NOT net Obama the Presidency!
- garyj said...
Now we know he really was born in Hawai'i. Thats the proof we needed.
Who is paying for this 9 Million $$ estate?
- Downtown Indy said...
Is this going to be the 'western white house?' Man that's going to rack up the $$$ flying back and forth.
- Jon Easter said...
Some people mourn in public. Some people mourn in private. How Barack Obama intends to mourn his grandmother is Barack Obama's business and not the business of anyone else...including the "great" writer of the blog.
Actually, if you read Time's interview with the President-Elect, he talks about his grandmother's death.
- Jason Campbell said...
I want to start by saying I would personally have voted for Obama for President (long story but I can't vote). I have seen a few assumptions that IF (I personally feel nothing will come of these Supreme Court cases) Obama was to be found "not to be a natural citizen" that Biden would become the President...BUT, if Obama is found to NOT be a natural citizen then that would make him ineligible for the Presidency then would that not make his choice for VP(Biden) become void? At this point Bush will still be in the presidency well into June (my understanding is there has been a presidency that has run past the Jan. 20 inauguration and went well into March). Remember people there are lots of agendas out there and who is to say (conspiracy alert) that a 30 year plan wasn't started on September 11, 1991 when Bush Sr. gave his famous NWO speech about a one world government, followed by a attack on American soil on September 11, 2001 (a pattern is emerging) that gave the president a chance to pass laws taking away many of the rights established by our Bill of Rights (not going into it here but search for yourself the Executive Orders signed by Bush since 911 and lets not get into the Patriot attack ...I mean Act[submitted read and agreed upon hours before the vote resubmitted with huge differences giving no time for ANYONE to hae read it before signing it]) and when we are finally ready to be rid of Bush we start hearing about ineligibility of Obama which was declined by the Supreme Court months ago only to be resubmitted and to be heard on the 9th and 16th mere days before the official Inauguration. Remember 40 of our 43 Presidents have been Freemasons (more research ... aren't I a stinker) which simply CAN'T be a coincidence. Now realize Bush signed a proposal for 20,000 military troops to "police" our country in fear of riots from our "emerging depression" which will be in place in each state before the inauguration (which may not happen... I still think...aww neva mind) Obama not being "allowed" to be president will be turned on the government and "whites" who are of course ALL racist and against a African-"American" becoming President which will of course cause rioting by lets call them "Obamaites" fires eage across our country, people(whites) being murdered in the streets total civil unrest which will "force" (by choice) Bush to call upon Marshall Law to enforce the turmoil in each state. So remember the agendas of "others" are far more insidious than YOU may think and don't let it come to this...End conspiracy theory. Don't you find it a coincidence that both McCain and Obama both had this ineligibility claim so no matter who would have won there would be this doubt that would of course lead to Bush remaining in office longer than he deserves (well we can't take the last eight years back but we can stop Bush from retaining the Presidency)
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moneynewsletter, you are incorrect. Bush would NOT remain as President if Obama were disqualified prior to inauguration; under the 20th Amendment, Biden would become Acting President until a new President is determined.
- Ted said...
Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II "natural born citizen" based on the Kenyan/British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a "citizen" born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution -- the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors -- it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States" as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II "natural born citizen".
Moreover, each and every member of Congress should be notified that he or she is personally liable (can be sued) for his or her own failure, or the same in conspiracy with other members, to perform what is a ministerial and constitutional duty, that is, to require and/or insist that Presidential electoral votes only be counted for candidates who are "natural born citizens" under Article II of the United States Constitution, the failure of which creates a cause of action for deprivation of claimants' constitutional rights (as allowed under the Bivens case) against employees of the Federal Government, in this case, to a lawful President and Commander in Chief, and therefore, for deprivation of adequate continuation of the United States as a Constitutional Republic. The constitutionally tortious conduct is not subject to congressional immunity and would be the jettison of Article II of the Constitution by failure to stop and/or object to the counting of electoral votes for Barack H. Obama who has admitted that at the time of his birth his father was a Kenyan/British citizen and not a citizen of the United States of America.
Finally, if 1/20/09 comes and goes with a usurper in the Whitehouse (that is, Obama is definitely NOT an Article II "natural born citizen" -- dad Kenyan/British citizen at BHO's birth -- albeit he MAY be a 14th Amendment "citizen") with usurper enablers in Congress and the Supreme Court … God help us because many of the people will -- rightfully and under our Constitution and Declaration of Independence -- endeavor through other means to take back the Government from what is nothing less than a non-constitutional coup d'etat. (SCOTUS now does have the power to forestall that grim yet inevitable scenario, otherwise the blood and possible loss of our Constitutional Republic is SQUARELY ON THEIR HEADS.)


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Live in or visiting the Houston area? Now is a good time to get over to the Museum District. After all these rains, Herman Park is green and fresh.
Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit the Houston Museum of Natural Science, which I've done many times, but right now the museum has some exhibits that are even better than usual. All the city is abuzz about Lois, the corpse flower. There were so many people going through that I didn't really notice how smelly she is supposed to be. The lines are long, but for what may be a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see what is supposed to be the world's largest flower bloom, it's worth it.
If you're not in Houston, you can check out a live link to see Houston's corpse flower here.
I didn't do my research before going to the museum, but now I've found that Lois's scientific name is titan arum or Amorphophallus titanum, which means "giant misshapen penis", which makes you wonder why the museum decided to name the plant Lois. Maybe Louis would have been a better moniker for this big-dicked plant.
Long after Lois has become flaccid and withered, you'll be able to see the IMAX feature, Hubble 3D. Out of the many IMAX movies I've seen, this is one of the best, no, it is the best. Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, this is the story of the giant telescope and the painstaking work done by the NASA astronauts to get it into space and keep it working. The movie is riveting and the 3D effects enhance the story, rather than seeming forced and kitschy, as in some 3D movies.
Take a peek at the trailer for Hubble 3D below. (Sorry, no 3D effects.) Check out the schedule for IMAX films and other events at the Houston Museum of Natural Science here.
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The country's unemployment rate has gone down for the fourth consecutive month.
The UK economy, at the same time, measured in terms of output and GDP (Gross Domestic Product), has been flat for two years now, and the International Monetary Fund forecasts no or little growth for this and next years.
Economists scratch their heads. These figures "defy the laws of economic gravity", claimed Gerwyn Davies of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
Several theories have been proposed to explain this dichotomy and apparent paradox.
But I personally find the Royal Bank of Scotland's economist Ross Walker's explanation an interesting one, although I can't say if it's correct or not. He
says the employment numbers – which are perhaps easier to measure than economic output – at the very least 'present a challenge to notions of technical recession'.I heard Walker on the BBC Radio 5 Live say something that seemed to point to the greater reliability of employment figures than economic output, for the reason he mention here: that they are easier to measure.
Markit's Chris Williamson, though warning things are about to change, agrees. 'I think employment has been on the increase simply because the economy has been growing faster, and not in recession, than the oRBSfficial GDP data suggest.'
So, according to this logic, if these two indicators point in conflicting directions it's the unemployment numbers that should be believed.
And here he makes other observations:
For a long time we've argued the most important figure is the employment number, which doesn't seem to get much attention for reasons I've never understood and so it's pretty solid. It begs the question if the economy is in recession, why we are creating 180,000 new jobs.Official figures published by the Office for National Statistics showed that in June the UK's inflation rate fell to 2.4% as measured by the Consumer Prices Index, while the Retail Prices Index, which includes housing costs, fell to 2.8%.
We've had sizeable public sector layoffs and they've been a bit more frontloaded than had been expected when the fiscal consolidation began but we still seem to have reasonably robust private sector employment.
Some of it is part time, but overall it's a little better than expected. The wage figures are obviously still very soft but I think the combination of stronger employment growth and larger than expected falls in inflation are doing more to restore real incomes. They're offsetting the effects of the fairly anaemic nominal income growth.
This is the third month in a row that the annual rate of CPI has fallen, and it is now at its lowest since November 2009, which means that UK prices are increasing at their slowest rate since the end of 2009.
The BBC says:
The rate of inflation, which indicates how fast prices are rising compared with a year earlier, is slowing due to lower food, fuel and clothing prices...And, if we really want to be optimistic, there is another good sign at the horizon: petrol prices are predicted to drop:
The thing having the biggest effect on household budgets is the fall in fuel prices, said Neil Saunders, a retail analyst at Conlumino.
Petrol prices fell by 4.3 pence per litre on the month, to £1.33 a litre on average. Diesel was down 4.7p to an average of £1.39.
"This has benefited most households although, in our view, it will take time for this to drive tangible changes in behaviour in terms of shopping and spending habits," he said.
Mr Saunders pointed out that wages were still rising more slowly than prices, meaning a continued squeeze on finances.
"However, if inflation continues to drop back at this pace, wage settlements will outstrip inflationary growth by the fourth quarter meaning we will see a return to growth in real disposable income," he said.
Overall, alcohol and transport costs were down by 0.5%.
Food prices were 0.1% lower.
... we expect a global growth in oil production "from 93 million barrels per day today to 110 million barrels per day by 2020", an increase of almost 20 percent, the largest increase in a single decade since the 1980s...
The other obvious happy consequence that is plausible and legitimate to predict is the reduction, and even collapse, in oil prices, similarly to what happened in the 1980s. Then that oil price decrease was a powerful factor driving economic recovery and growth. It may indeed happen again.
For millions of people in Britain fuel prices are the biggest household bill concern, it will be a great relief if car petrol and other fuel prices go down.


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Hall Rentals includes:
Size of the hall: About 40 X 60 and ceiling is under 12 foot high.
Our hall is handicap accessible and plenty of parking with over-flow
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Private entrance to the hall
Private entrance to the bathrooms
About 30-6 foot long tables and chairs for about 150 people
Trash bags provided for all trash cans
Dates are on a first come basis
One day liquor license is required
Rental includes an hour for set up and hour for clean up, more time for
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Are you ready? See if your date is available.
Regular hall rental $125 an hour
Veterans Rate $100 an hour
Daytime meetings $100 for 2 hours
Funeral/Wake/Repass $125 week days $250 weekends
$200 Clean-up Deposit
Refund of $175 if cleaned up
At least a $100 with a signed contract holds your date
Kitchen use for $100-when available
Ice $25
All fees must be paid 10 days prior to event.
We offer assistance with all aspects of your party including
vendor referrals for DJ Services .
We are happy to help you with any request you may have.
Our Aux offers catering for events hosted at the VFW. When
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business meeting or Wedding, our caterers offer a wide range of
wonderful options to serve your guests. Your rental coordinator will
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Contact our Catering Chairperson for menu and prices
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As many a cosplayer knows, your eyes are very important to take care of. Contact Mishaps occur when contacts are bought cheaply, with Cosplayers suffering ripped corneas, scratching on the inside of their eyelids, and worse, losing their eyes. As Johnny Hybrid, a famous cosplayer, learned in May of 2016.
When getting ready to put his 300$ contacts in saline to go to Space Con Johnny didn't know his girlfriend Yami—and cosplay partner—had used hairspray which got onto the bottle of saline. After washing his hands, touching the bottle with his wet hands, and then cleaning his contacts with the hairspray infected fingers he ended up putting his contacts in.
His left eye started burning, so he pinched the contact and pulled out a piece of his eye along with the contact. In going to the emergency room, Johnny was warned he may lose his eye and that some cosplayers had lost their eyes over less. Needless to say, Johnny didn't want to worry his fans, so he didn't update his news about his eye until after Space Con was over.
The good news is that Johnny is in high spirits, despite his problems with his eye and is even joking that he will incorporate an eyepatch into every cosplay he does if worse comes to worse. In a photoshopped picture of his Gambit Cosplay, you can see he is already incorporating his eyepatch into his current cosplays.
Johnny also had an update yesterday on his cosplayer Facebook Page where he gave us an update on his eye.
"Update on my eye, I'm feeling MUCH better. My vision's a bit off, but mostly because of the eye cream. THANK YOU ALL SOOOOOOOO VERY MUCH for the kind words, it was nice to pass such a crappy time with good vibes from you all." –Johnny Hybrid
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What kind of sh*t is Fox News on? Today Fox News cut away from a press conference with President Obama and German chancellor Angela Merkel because no reporters asked about Benghazi. In an huge case of irony President Obama discussed the situation in Ukraine. You know the situation Fox News has used to portray President Obama as weak although many of their pundits have admitted there's not much he can do.
But back to why no one asked about Benghazi Now there are probably two very good reasons why no questions were asked.
1. It would be inappropriate to bring up an American conspiracy theory when the German chancellor is here to discuss issues that relate to US/German relations.
2. Nobody except Fox. News gives a f*ck.
Watch Fox News cut away from the press conference and give an explanation why below:


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Players enter a world to build a city, unite with other players and conquer neighboring villages. The first step in the process is to build a solid, self-sustaining town. The world's goddess offers quests to help players build the strongest and most secure cities. As buildings are built and upgraded, resources increase and troops can be recruited.
Quests must be accomplished in order for the city to be built and defended. For example, in order to build a forge, the barracks must be built and upgraded to level three and city hall must be upgraded to level five. In order to begin recruiting troops, the barracks must be at level four and a rally point must be built. Each building takes real time and in-game resources to construct, so players must either be patient or be willing to spend a lot of real cash to hasten their building time.
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So this is Christmas; and what have you done?
To be honest, we eltpicsers have really been pretty busy – all 126 of us – and I'm feeling particularly festive and smiley because this week our blog post is a little different and a lot special, largely because it is by Victoria Boobyer. Victoria is not only one of eltpics' top contributors with photos ranging from gorgeous to amazing, but, as one of the founders of #eltpics, whose tenacity and drive despite all odds in the last 14 months or so is not a little inspiring, she is, for me, the top of my list of 'ELT People 2011'. Without any doubt. So I am genuinely over the moon to be able to say: Ladies and gentlemen, Victoria Boobyer…:


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DIARIES kept by Surrey soldiers on the front line during the First World War are now available on the internet.
A new archive uploaded by the Royal Surrey Regiment Association fleshes out the history of those whose names are displayed each year on war memorials throughout the county.
Repetitive chores, the stress of days spent on standby for action, sudden death and the evacuation of wounded soldiers are just some of the events recorded in the official war diaries of battalions in The Queen's Royal (West Surrey) and the East Surrey Regiments.
According to Colonel Tony Ward, president of the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Association, the digital volume represents a phenomenal research tool for students studying the 1914-18 Great War, and also for local historians.
"These war diaries provide fascinating insights for anyone wishing to undertake research," he said.
"They tell the story of Surrey's infantry Regiments. The 25 battalions of The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), the 18 battalions of the East Surrey Regiment and eight battalions of the London Regiment, who wore the Queen's or East Surrey cap badge. Each battalion was about 1,000-strong. On studying these diaries one soon finds inconsistencies of style or detail."
The diaries also complement the regimental memorabilia, including medals, uniform and weaponry, on display in the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Museum at Clandon Park.
"During the Great War the Queen's raised 31 battalions and the East Surrey's 13 battalions," explained Col Ward. "The casualties were horrendous. The Queen's lost 7,399 officers, NCOs and men. The Surreys had 6,223 officers and rank and file killed. Their names can be seen in the books of remembrance in the regimental chapels and on war memorials."
It was the sheer number of casualties, which Col Ward found so "mind boggling," that inspired him to create the archive in the first place.
He said: "The thing that triggered me to put them on the internet was when I read about the East Surrey Regiment being in Dublin four days before war was declared, then being sent 500 reinforcements which bought their number up to 1,000 men.
"They marched to the docks and were in France four days after war was declared and by day 10 they were in combat. Out of 1,000 there were 400 casualties."
He added: "The First World War has always held a certain grim fascination – its sheer magnitude, the horrific casualties, the bravery, the patriotism, the amazing logistical challenges and the speed of mobilisation. It was a war that need not have happened.
"A war with an unsatisfactory conclusion that directly lead to even greater carnage of the Second World War."
As well as the First World War diaries, the website of the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment tells the story of the two infantry regiments of Surrey.
It also provides details of the museum at Clandon Park and the Regimental Association, which arranges reunions and looks after the welfare of old comrades. To look at the diaries, visit the website at www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk


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Using build tools and package managers with processwire
Sipho posted a topic in General SupportWhat build tools do people use with processwire? Most build tools I have tried are either solely designed for single-page applications or don't support bundling npm packages. So far, I have been downloading third-party libraries and including them in my html. While this works, it isn't great when you want to update to a newer version. It also involves committing often hundreds of files not associated with the project when using git. For this reason, I would like to use a package manager to handle all of the updating for me and keeping my git directory nice and clean. After doing some research, it seems that npm is by far the most popular package manager. I find this strange considering it was designed for ndoe.js which is server side software but I can look past that. I have had some experience with webpack when I was learning how to use Vue.js for making single page applications. For that purpose, it worked pretty well but was also extremely confusing at first. Everywhere I go I see webpack being recommended as the number one build tool for front-end web applications. However, I have struggled to get it working with anything that isn't a single-page application. It seems to be designed to bundle everything into one or two js files. This doesn't really work in a setup like processwire. I would like to be able to import certain css and js into pages only as needed. For instance, if I only need a slideshow on one page, it doesn't make sense to include the code that does that on every page. That's not to say you won't have some global css and js. I additionally don't like how complicated it is to setup a webpack project and how webpack imports css inside js files. I decided to try Brunch which boasts being simpler than other build tools, including webpack. I must say, I am fairly impressed with it so far with it's ease of use. But I once again ran into the problem of it being designed for single-page applications. For example, I wanted to use lightbox on a few pages. After installing it from npm, I couldn't figure out a good way to include it's css. Brunch has a setting that let's you include styles from npm packages but it includes them globally. This means every single processwire page would have css for displaying lightboxes even when I don't need them. This would work but seems to go against the whole idea of being modular. I am also trying to use uikit as an npm package to no avail. I found somebody else with similar issues but was never answered: I noticed that ryan opted to just include a static version of uikit in AdminThemeUikit. Is this the recommended way of doing things? Have I got it all wrong? Doesn't this introduce pains whenever uikit needs updating? All I want is a better way to handle all my dependencies. I have been looking for the correct way to do this and it's beginning to drive me insane


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The Western Sahara includes two main regions: Saguia El-Hamra in the north and Wadi ed Dahab (Rio de Oro) in the south. Its area of 284 000 square Kilometers is half the size of France and a little bigger than the UK. It lies between the 20th and 30th parallel straddling the Tropic of Cancer. It is bordered to the north by Morocco, by Algeria to the east, Mauritania to the south-east and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.
The topography is mostly made up of plains and some small plateaus that rarely reach 400 meters. On the whole, the Western Sahara can be geographically divided into three regions:
1) The northeast zone from the chain of Atlas Mountains to the hills of Zemmour is a rocky desert (hamadas) with steep mountains and a pronounced relief except for a few scattered wells.
2) The second zone is made up of rivers. It includes the wadi Draa to the north and the Jat to the west. These wadis are often depressions where water gathers during the brief rainy seasons, particularly in autumn. Because of the high temperatures the water quickly evaporates and never reaches the sea. In this river zone flows the Saguiat el-Hamra (the Red Canal) whose importance lends its name to the region. Sufficient vegetation for grazing grows along its banks and at Smara, barley and corn are cultivated.
3) The third zone, the Rio de Oro, is inland and consists of flat plains, ergs and sand dunes. The ground is too permeable to retain the autumn waters and too flat to allow it to flow, hence water accumulates in the subsoil forming numerous wells. The inland landscape is quite monotonous and along the coast this monotony is only broken by the peninsulas of Dajla (ex-Villa Cisneros) and Guera. Inland, the climate is continental with cold, dry winters while summers are extremely hot with temperatures reaching 60° (in the shade) and the coastal humidity causing fog, mist and dew. Dajla receives a yearly average rainfall of only 45 millimeters. On the coast, vegetation and flora is abundant due to the humidity. Inland, one finds the typical flora of the steppe and desert; some locusts along the wadis and shrubs in the sandy depressions. To the south, there is little fauna and to the southeast, it is mainly fennecs, antelope and gerbils.


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This Dallas Cowboy cheerleader wanted a French inspired suite. Her colors were a soft blue and champagne gold. She chose florals, illustrated with a vintage, outline style with their names in a modern script. For the envelope liner, the couple picked a scripture verse that held meaning for them and went with white ink addressing on their light blue envelopes.
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This yummy Easy Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas Freezer Meal recipe is a great family dinner meal! I prepared this meal in an afternoon when doing 10 Oven Ready freezer meals for my family's dinners. With the school year activities in full swing and a season full of football, I wanted to make a bunch of prep ahead meals that I could make for my family.
So I got busy finding and creating recipes so I could take an afternoon and have meals ready to go for my family. This tasty recipe has been a family favorite dinner so far out of all the freezer meals. I served the delicious Easy Chicken Enchiladas as a complete dinner meal and for dessert we had vanilla sorbet.
This yummy Easy Chicken Enchiladas Recipe is so good and it's an easy freeze oven ready supper that everyone will love. The recipe below will make two batches, so you can enjoy one now and freeze the other for later is you want too! My whole family loved this complete dinner meal and they want me to make it again soon! Be sure to make this freezer meal and give it a try, you will not be disappointed.
Easy Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas Freezer Meal
- 2 lbs boneless chicken breasts
- 6 cups shredded cheese I used Mexican style
- 20 flour tortillas
- 4 15 oz cans enchilada sauce (red and/or green – I used 2 red sauce for the mixture, and 1 red sauce on top of one batch and 1 green sauce on top of the other)
- 1 15 oz can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 7 oz can chopped green chiles, drained
- Optional toppings if desired; sour cream olives, salsa, lettuce, beans, rice
- 2- 9 x13 pan
- Place raw chicken in a boiling pot of water and Boil for 20 mins, or until chicken can be shredded.
- Then using a cutting board and fork, shred the chicken.
- In a mixing bowl combine the chicken, cheese, chiles, black beans, and 2 cans of the enchilada sauce.
- With a large spoon, fill 10 tortillas with the mixture.
- Roll it up and place it in 9X13 baking dish with seams down.
- Repeat doing another 10 tortillas until all chicken mixture is used in another baking dish.
- Pour one can of enchilada sauce over the top of each batch.
- Cover with heavy duty foil and label with a permanent marker.
- Wrap in plastic wrap for more protection from freezer burn.
- Store in freezer.
- To prepare from frozen, bake at 400F for 45-60 mins, until melted and bubbly.
- Serve right away and add optional toppings if desired.
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