Facebook31Tweet0Pin0Submitted by Capital Medical CenterHospital services and patient care were not disrupted after a vehicle crashed into a wall of Capital Medical Center yesterday afternoon. The vehicle damaged a brick and glass wall of the hospital’s outpatient registration waiting room. No one was seated near the wall at the time of the incident.A structural engineer from the City of Olympia determined that the building was safe for continued occupancy. Contractors were brought in to construct a temporary wall overnight which closed off the damaged area so repairs could begin.Patients and visitors to Capital Medical Center should not expect any change in the services the hospital provides.
Facebook5Tweet0Pin0Submitted by the Port of OlympiaThe City of Olympia and the Port of Olympia are welcoming community members who would like to volunteer for the 2016 Paddle-to-Nisqually Canoe Journey landing in downtown Olympia on July 30, 2016. The City and Port are partnering with the Nisqually Indian Tribe on the event.Volunteers are needed for a variety of activities including volunteer support, the Green Team, hospitality and information, transportation and safety and security. The Landing Day activities will take place at NorthPoint at the tip of the Port of Olympia peninsula. The tribe is expecting approximately 18,000 people to attend and witness the landing of more than 120 canoes representing more than 50 tribes from the Pacific Northwest, Canada, and Alaska. To sign up as a volunteer for the July 30 Landing Day, visit the Port of Olympia’s website at portolympia.com/328. From July 31 to August 6, 2016, the canoe journey events will move to the Nisqually Indian Reservation where most of the protocol events will be held on a 40-acre site prepared for seven days of dancing, storytelling, visiting, and protocol. Anyone interested in volunteering for those events should contact the Nisqually Indian Tribe directly.
Facebook5Tweet0Pin0Submitted by Thurston County Board of County CommissionersFamily and Juvenile Court (FJC) invites you to join in Thurston County’s 14th annual celebration of National Adoption Day on Thursday, November 15, at 4:00 p.m. Thurston County Family and Juvenile Court will be holding a special event to celebrate all families who adopt and help raise awareness of the 2,000 plus legally free children in Washington State foster care awaiting a forever family. Many committed judges, government agencies, lawyers, private individuals, families, and programs have joined together to commemorate this special day. The highlight will be several local families publicly finalizing their adoptions!What: National Adoption Day CelebrationWhen: Thursday, November 15, 2017, beginning at 4:00 p.m.Where: Thurston County Family and Juvenile Court, 2801 32nd Avenue SW, Tumwater, WashingtonNational Adoption Day is celebrated in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In Thurston County, more than one-thousand children have been adopted by stepparents, domestic partners, individuals, and couples since Thurston County began celebrating National Adoption Day in 2004. These families make a real difference in the lives of children and our community.The Adoption Day Ceremony will begin promptly at 4:00 p.m. Refreshments and socializing will follow at 4:30 p.m. with activities, including The Dave Thomas Foundation and craft projects from the Hands On Children’s Museum.This event is sponsored by Thurston County Superior Court, Family and Juvenile Court, Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families, Thurston County Bar Association, and many local area businesses.
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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United StatesI, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, do set aside and appoint Thursday, the thirtieth day of November 1933, to be a Day of Thanksgiving for all our people. May we on that day in our churches and in our homes give humble thanks for the blessings bestowed upon us during the year past by Almighty God. May we recall the courage of those who settled a wilderness, the vision of those who founded the Nation, the steadfastness of those who in every succeeding generation have fought to keep pure the ideal of equality of opportunity and hold clear the goal of mutual help in time of prosperity as in time of adversity. May we ask guidance in more surely learning the ancient truth that greed and selfishness and striving for undue riches can never bring lasting happiness or good to the individual or to his neighbors. May we be grateful for the passing of dark days; for the new spirit of dependence one on another; for the closer unity of all parts of our wide land; for the greater friendship between employers and those who toil; for a clearer knowledge by all nations that we seek no conquests and ask only honorable engagements by all peoples to respect the lands and rights of their neighbors; for the brighter day to which we can win through by seeking the help of God in a more unselfish striving for the common bettering of mankind. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this twenty-first day of November, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-three and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-eighth. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office in 1933, there were there were 13,000,000 unemployed, and almost every bank was closed. In his first “hundred days,” he proposed, and Congress enacted, a sweeping program to bring recovery to business and agriculture, relief to the unemployed and to those in danger of losing farms and homes, and reform, especially through the establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority
By John BurtonMIDDLETOWN – With the opening of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s new facility scheduled shortly, a potential traffic glitch appears to be getting fixed.The cancer treatment facility, located at 480 Red Hill Road in Middletown, poses difficulty for motorists traveling south on Red Hill Road to access the site, given there is really no direct left-hand turn onto the property. But a recent discussion with a township official and representatives from the medical facility with representatives from the state Turnpike Authority has produced what they hope will be a solution.“It’s an issue we identified a while back, actually,” acknowledged Township Administrator Anthony Mercantante. The issue for drivers has been there going back to when the location was used by Alcatel-Lucent Technologies as an office complex. Employees, however, in relatively short order realized they could get into the site by using the Garden State Parkway Exit 114 northbound roadway, Mercantante said. “After the first day or so you’ll know you’re supposed to make that little turn,” with a curb cut allowing access to the location from that onramp, he said.At the Memorial Sloan Kettering Nov. 28 grand opening ceremony, Mercantante said a couple of attendees mentioned in casual conversation their trouble getting into the site, and he acknowledged he witnessed some making that inappropriate left turn onto the property.While employees may learn the ways in and out, as the facility begins welcoming day-stay cancer patients for treatments and their families, given many aren’t going to be familiar with the location, it could pose confusion for some, Mercantante said.“It’s clearly a problem that really doesn’t need to exist,” he said.Red Hill Road is too narrow at that section to allow for a designated left-hand turn, leaving the Parkway entrance the only viable way to accommodate traffic traveling south, Mercantante said.Vehicles traveling north on the roadway have an easier time of it, simply turning right, using the Red Hill Road entrance, Mercantante pointed out.During a meeting with New Jersey Turnpike Authority representatives last week, Mercantante, joined by those from Sloan Kettering, made the argument that additional signage would be warranted to help direct traffic looking to enter from the south. The authority is resistant to what it calls commercial signage along these roadways, not wanting to be inundated with requests from businesses, Mercantante explained, with the authority initially opposing this request. “But in this case it was such a tricky maneuver,” turnpike officials agreed to it, Mercantante said.Thomas Feeney, a Turnpike Authority spokesman said in an email response this week, “That’s what the jug handle is there for,” at the Parkway entrance, allowing access to the facility.“The Turnpike Authority has no issue with Memorial Sloan Kettering directing people to use it,” Feeney said.Mercantante said the series of about four signs offering directions into the site is expected to be installed in approximately a week. “They’ll provide plenty of direction,” he said.Memorial Sloan Kettering did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The medical facility anticipates starting to treat patients on Dec. 12.
By Jay CookMIDDLETOWN – If the contentious Village 35 project is ultimately approved, one of the region’s largest grocers – Wegmans Food Market – will definitely have a home there.That is the most recent development in the Village 35 proposal, which will finally be heard on May 17 after no hearings with the Middletown Planning Board since Feb. 15. It will be the next of many planned meetings specific to the project.Wegmans spokeswoman Valerie Fox told The Two River Times on Tuesday that a lease was signed last month for a 130,000-square-foot store in the heart of the proposed Shoppes at Middletown complex on Route 35 North in Middletown. The entire development is pending approval from the planning board.Fox said Wegmans employs between 500 and 600 full- and part-time workers at its larger stores. Founded in 1916 and based in near Rochester, New York, the supermarket chain has grown to 92 stores across six states on the east coast. It opens three or four new locations each year.The grocery store chain uses three criteria when choosing a new location: adequate space for a 75,000-to- 140,000-square-foot store with parking; a densely populated area; and a great regional location that is easy to find and easy to get to. Wegmans, said Fox, “is a destination.”There are currently seven Wegmans locations in New Jersey, with the three closest to the Two River area in Ocean Township, Woodbridge and Manalapan. Fox said new stores in Hanover and Montvale will open later this year.The Shoppes at Middletown project, proposed by Village 35 L.P. of Purchase, New York, will span approximately 119 acres behind a nearly half mile of roadway along Route 35. It would stretch from Kanes Lane, where the township recycling center and residential homes are located, to Kings Highway East, a historical road with ties to the Revolutionary War. One of the biggest dilemmas for the developer and its application to Middletown will be the size of this Wegmans supermarket. On July 1, 2015, a resolution from the planning board stated that no single store larger than 45,000 square feet will exist on the site.Opposing the project is the residents’ group, LLC., which believes the complex will only add to the congestion along Route 35.“The Wegmans will take what is an already intense utilization of the property, and create more traffic and environmental problems,” said Ron Gasiorowski, the attorney retained by Minding Middletown.Wegmans joins one retailer with space at The Shoppes at Middletown. CMX Cinema, a subsidiary of the Mexican-based cinema chain Cinemex, will occupy a 420-seat, 26,536- square-foot freestanding building on the property.As of Tuesday afternoon, a Pet Supplies Plus store, as well as a Spirits Unlimited, rounded out the other stores with space planned in the shopping center. But on Tuesday evening those stores were removed from the tenant list on National Realty & Development Corp. (NRDC)’s website, the developer of the commercial aspect of the project.The layout of the center has also changed since NRDC added Wegmans as a tenant. The building housing the supermarket shifted 180 degrees, also changing the parking layout for that area, which sits on the Kanes Lane end of the property.Approximately 200,000 square feet of retail space, three restaurant pads and one smaller, 5,000-square- foot retail store, remain open for leasing on the site.If eventually approved in Middletown, Wegmans would join a well-stocked grocery store market along Route 35. Less than 2 miles south of the Village 35 proposal is a Whole Foods Market; right across the street from the project is Super Stop & Shop; and a large ShopRite store is the anchor of Middletown Plaza less than 2 miles north.A Livoti’s Old World Market is currently under construction for a nearly 14,000-square-foot store at The Marketplace of Middletown, which is undergoing a major facelift.Heading north out of Middletown, shoppers can also find Dearborn Market in Holmdel, and in Hazlet, a Costco, Aldi and Lidl, a German-supermarket, planned for the previous Red Oak Diner location.It’s also worth noting that the owners of the Village 35 property, Mountain Hill, LLC – a partnership between the local Azzolina and Scaduto families – own area Foodtown supermarkets. It consists of 66 independently-owned stores throughout New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, according to Foodtown.HOUSING COMPLEXAt the Feb. 15 planning board meeting, the board unanimously voted to dismiss the residential portion of the development.The residential complex, which was to be developed by Toll Brothers and named “Oaks at Middletown,” is currently no longer part of the Village 35 application.According to changes on NRDC’s website, the land behind the commercial aspect now appears undevel- oped. That differs from previous illustrations showing a fully developed residential complex.Designed to be spread across approximately 66 acres, 350 residential town- house units and a clubhouse were envisioned for the back end of the property. Seventy of those units within three apartment buildings would have been dedicated to affordable housing.“At the appropriate time, Toll Brothers will resubmit our application for review and consideration by the Board,” Toll Brothers said in a statement to The Two River Times on Wednesday. “Separating Toll Brothers’ residential application from the commercial application will permit the review process to flow smoother, allowing the Board and its professionals the opportunity to focus on the details relating to the respective portions of the development.”In a notice of public hearing for the May 17 planning board meeting, Marc D. Policastro, the attorney for Village 35, L.P., states the applicant wishes to subdivide the 52 acres of commercial property from the remaining 66 acres designated as residential.Regardless, an interconnector road running between the residential and commercial parcels, spanning from Kings Highway East to Kanes Lane, is necessary for the site. Whichever development company breaks ground first must construct the road.This article was first published in the May 4-11, 2017 print edition of The Two River Times.
The Nelson Leafs had better get used to some Heritage City home cooking.Because the Green and White play the next three Kootenay International Junior Hockey League games, and four of the team’s upcoming five, at home in the friendly confines of the Nelson and District Community Complex Arena.Three of the those games are scheduled for this weekend as the Leafs play host to Grand Forks Friday, Creston Thunder Cats Saturday and defending KIJHL champion Osoyoos Coyotes Sunday afternoon.Unfortunately, home ice has not been as accommodating as the Leafs would like as, although Nelson is 3-1-0-1 which is good enough for top spot in the Murdoch Division, the team is only 1-1-0-1 at home.Nelson hopes to better that mark Friday when the Leaf play host to winless Grand Forks Border Bruins.The Bruins have had little bite to start the season, going winless in three games while being outscored by a combined 28-4.Saturday, Nelson sees a Thunder Cats team that is 2-2 on the season.Sunday the defending league champion Desert Dogs appear to be starting the current KIJHL campaign off the way the club ended the season last March, as Osoyoos currently owns top spot in the Okanagan Division of the Okanagan/Shuswap Conference with a 4-2 record.BLUELINES: Patrick Martens and Matti Jmaeff, both racking up four points Sunday against Spokane Braves, jump to the top of the Leafs scoring race. Both players have seven points. Nik Newman is third with six points followed by James Sorriey and Colton Schell — the latter getting a shot to play with Trail Wednesday against Merritt —with five points. . . .Nelson acquired some depth on defence as Jonathon Petrash is back with the team. The 20-year-old rearguard last played in Nelson in 2009-10 scoring 28 points in 47 games. firstname.lastname@example.org
Some readers may wonder as to why The Nelson Daily would publish an article regarding a National Football League game in Oakland Sunday.Well The Nelson Daily owner/editor Bruce Fuhr was in the Bay Area during the weekend to cross a couple of items off the Bucket List.As a long-time Raider Nation inductee, Fuhr thought while he was there he’d give a hands-on view of the atmosphere of a business that dominates the USA every Sunday, with a couple of satellite days on Thursday and Monday.Here we go.Game preparation begins days before actual event.South of the 49th parallel team followers flock to sporting outlets to purchase their favourite team’s garb. I follow the flow grabbing a new Raiders hat for the game.I already have tons of other clothing, including my Los Angeles Raiders sweat shirt I packed for the game.And on the streets of San Francisco, where I stayed for the weekend, were flooded with Raiders fans, 49er believers and many other NFL teams.Sunday, the streets, public transit and highways were flooded with fans attending the game — close to 60,000 of my new person friends, give or take a few Carolina Panthers supporters sprinkled into to the stadium.North of the 49th parallel, from coast to coast, sports fans were celebrating everything Canadian about football as Ottawa and Calgary clashed in the 104th edition of the Grey Cup.South of the 49th, what Canadian saw Sunday is a ritual that occurs in most US cities from September to February.“We’re here every game, every season to tailgate,” Oakland native and long-time Raider Nation supporter Gary said from the front row of the tailgate party a few hours outside the Coliseum. Gary not only takes tailgating to a new level, but gets right into the game action with a full costume, including face painting prior to the game.“This is a full-meal deal, every single game,” adds the 6-foot plus giant of a man who could probably suit up on any of the lines for the Silver and Black.The Oakland area native said he started dressing up for Raider games in support of Fans Against Violence.Any why does he get up before sunrise to get to the gate a full hour before the 8 a.m. parking lot opening?“Because this is part of our culture. . .. This is so much fun sharing food and drink with my Raider friends.”“For most of us this is basically Sunday dinner for all of us because this is our family.”Some people have heard of the rise of crime south of the border. If so, there was none of that at the game as fans dressed in the Silver and Black High-Fived each other before, during and especially after the game as the Raiders rallied after a third-quarter collapse to win the game in dramatic style — ending on a Khalil Mack sack and fumble recovery of reigning Most Valuable Player Cam Newton after Oakland kicker Sebastian Janikowski kicked the game-winning field goal.Then the almost 60,000 fans trekked outside the stadium for the more than two-hour wait to head home on the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit).Not at all an inconvenience. Fans simply recanted the game from every angle, dissecting the third quarter when franchise quarterback Derek Carr injured his pinky finger, which forced him out of the game for an offensive series.Of course, many in the know realize the past decade has not been a banner time for the Silver and Black. The struggles have been well documented as the franchise has been mired in the bottom of the league.But Gary sees it all, wins and losses don’t matter. Tailgating at Raider games, as well at any other games in the US, is an institution.“Honestly, it’s the same . . . but with a lot more smiles,” he said. “Even when we were 3-13 everybody was wonderful they were all having a good time out here.”Okay, I’m done.Cross that off the Bucket List.Next up, a trip down under. Hopefully, there’s an Aussie Rules game to check out.
Martin Pedroza9510161011%$442,780 Doug O’Neill75981012%$486,056 SPEEDY YAHILWA SET FOR GRADE II SANTA MARIATrainer Jim Cassidy hopes Yahilwa can take advantage of her speed when she breaks from the rail in Saturday’s Grade II, $200,000 Santa Maria Stakes for older fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles.“We’ll see what other kind of speed is in there,” Cassidy said, “but you can’t give up your position.”A 5-year-old Medaglia d’Oro mare, Yahilwa (freely translated from Arabic, it means beautiful woman) has been on or near the lead in most of her 12 U.S. starts.The field for the Santa Maria: Yahilwa, Gary Stevens, 6-1; Thegirlinthatsong, Rafael Bejarano, 3-1; Tiz Midnight, Victor Espinoza, 3-1; Uzziel, Fernando Perez, 20-1; Legacy, Joe Talamo, 15-1; Warren’s Veneda, Tyler Baze, 5-2; Sweet Marini, Martin Garcia, 8-1; Awesome Baby, Flavien Prat, 8-1; Backintheacademy, Brandon Boulanger, 20-1; and Valiant Emilia, Tiago Pereira, 12-1. Tiago Pereira6365810%$198,004 Mark Glatt4068615%$323,624 Corey Nakatani69128817%$629,420 Victor Espinoza8617161020%$1,146,210 (Current Through Sunday, Feb. 8) James Cassidy3655714%$201,080 Rafael Bejarano13431221823%$1,506,994 Jerry Hollendorfer9219131021%$1,928,534 SANTA ANITA STATISTICS Tyler Baze13616121612%$987,764 SANTA ANITA JOCKEYS IN CHARITY GAME TONIGHTPRESIDENTS’ DAY IS DOLLAR DAY AT SANTA ANITAYAHILWA ON THE INSIDE IN GRADE II SANTA MARIAMANDELLA EYES MADISON FOR CHAMP BEHOLDER Drayden Van Dyke11214131713%$765,476 Bob Baffert541012819%$1,118,268 Ron Ellis3052517%$197,450 Carla Gaines2553120%$297,945 -30- Kent Desormeaux9821151021%$1,174,552 Elvis Trujillo1181416912%$893,922 Brandon Boulanger665368%$132,336 Richard Baltas3455315%$183,868 BEHOLDER COULD RETURN APRIL 4 IN MADISONBeholder could make her return to the races in the Grade I, $350,000 Madison Stakes at seven furlongs at Keeneland on April 4, Richard Mandella said Thursday morning.An Eclipse Award winner at age two and three, the 5-year-old daughter of Henny Hughes owned by B. Wayne Hughes had her first recorded workout Tuesday since being sidelined prior to the Breeders’ Cup Distaff last Oct. 31, going three furlongs in 36.80.“She’s six to eight weeks away,” the Hall of Fame trainer said. “The Madison is the race we’re considering.” Mark Casse3975518%$594,800 Peter Eurton4286719%$383,678 Santiago Gonzalez3844811%$133,250 John Sadler617101011%$473,146 JockeyMts1st2nd3rdWin%Money Won FINISH LINES: Undefeated Delta Jackpot winner Ocho Ocho Ocho worked fivefurlongs in 59.40 under jockey Santiago Gonzalez for the Grade II, $400,000San Felipe Stakes at 1 1/16 miles on March 7. “I got him in 59,” trainer Jim Cassidy said of the son of Street Sense. “He’s an amazing little horse. He galloped out (six furlongs) in 12 and two and seven eighths in (one) 27. I didn’t want to do that much. I thought he’d go in about a minute, to be honest with you.” Gonzalez, meanwhile, has caught the eye of horsemen and handicappers, winning four races this meet, three for Cassidy. “He’s all right,” Cassidy said in an understated endorsement of the rider who is represented by former trainer Craig Stephen . . . Bargain claim Big Macher, winner of the Grade I Bing Crosby Stakes at Del Mar, has been invited to the $2 million Golden Shaheen in Dubai on March 28, but trainer Richard Baltas said he would “play it by ear” as to whether the California-bred son of Beau Genius would run on the straightaway sprint course . . . European invader Spirit of Xian makes her U.S. debut in Saturday’s $75,000 Sweet Life Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at about 6 ½ furlongs on turf. The Irish-bred daughter of Kodiac shows a bullet work for her first start since last Sept. 20. “She’s doing well,” Richard Mandella said. “We’ll just have to see how good she is.” The Sweet Life attracted 14 entrants, including two on the also-eligible list . . . Trainer Simon Callaghan has either the Grade III, $800,000 Sunland Park Derby on March 22 or the $1 million Santa Anita Derby on April 4 penciled in for Robert B. Lewis Stakes runner-up Firing Line . . . Dan Ward goes from the frying pan into the frost when he leaves 90-ish temperatures in LA to near-freezing clime at Laurel in Maryland when Jerry Hollendorfer‘s assistant saddles Grade I La Brea winner Sam’s Sister in Saturday’s Barbara Fritchie Handicap and Outside Nashville in Monday’s Grade III, $250,000 General George Handicap for 3-year-olds and up . . . Four Santa Anita-based riders will be at Golden Gate Saturday for the El Camino Real Derby: Kent Desormeaux (Mischief Clem); Mike Smith (Conquest Typhoon); Alex Solis (Metaboss); and Drayden Van Dyke (Ernest Shackleton) . . . There was one winning Pick Six ticket Sunday worth $99,456, purchased through Xpressbet . . . For the second time in five days, former agent Harry (The Hat) Hacek was a visitor at Clockers’ Corner Thursday. Asked if he was thinking of coming out of retirement and what it would take, Hacek said, “Eddie Hartshoe,” squashing together the names of the late riding legends Eddie Arcaro, Bill Hartack and Bill Shoemaker. “I took a couple months off to freshen up and it turned into 10 years,” said Hacek, who last was active in 2005 when he represented Desormeaux . . . Show me the money: When Crimson Giant finished third in Sunday’s ninth race, it marked the 15th time from 65 starts that the 6-year-old gelded son of Formal Gold trained by Charles Stutts has finished in that spot, or 23 percent of the time . . . While Rafael Bejarano leads Santa Anita’s riders in wins, Tyler Baze is ahead of him in total mounts through 28 days, 136 to 134. Joe Talamo will close ground in that category today as he is named to ride seven horses, missing only the fourth race. He has ridden 118 horses, the same as Elvis Trujillo. Bejarano has a comfortable 31-21 lead over runner-up Desormeaux in the jockeys’ race . . . Hollendorfer leads Peter Miller among trainers, 19-16. Each is winning at a 21 percent clip, far from Eddie Truman‘s 44 percent (four for nine) . . . Santa Anita’s average for winning favorites continues above the national norm of about 33 percent at 37.76 percent (91 of 241). Winning favorites on dirt stand at 41.07 percent (69 of 168) and at 30.14 on turf (22 of 73) . . . CHRB spokesman Mike Marten advises that longtime horse owner Theo “Red” Alton passed away in Hesperia, Calif., on Jan. 7 at age 72. SANTA ANITA JOCKEYS FACE HOLY ANGELS TONIGHTRafael Bejarano is once again the runaway leader in Santa Anita’s jockeys’ standings as he pursues yet another riding title at The Great Race Place. Through 28 racing days, Bejarano held a 31-21 lead over runner-up Kent Desormeaux.Tonight, both riders will be on hand for the 48th annual Santa Anita Jockeys vs. Holy Angels School Charity Basketball Game at La Salle High School in Pasadena.Desormeaux, a native of Louisiana where greats such as Shaquille O’Neill and the late Pistol Pete Maravich starred at LSU, is well known for his basketball prowess. Bejarano, a native of Peru, will contribute what he can. It’s all for a worthy cause.Proceeds benefit the Holy Angels athletic program, the Kentucky-based Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (PDJF) and the Eye on Jacob Foundation.Sponsored by J. Paul Reddam’s CashCall and Santa Anita Park, game time is 7:15 p.m., with admission doors opening at 6:15 p.m.Hall of Fame jockeys Desormeaux, Laffit Pincay, Jr., Mike Smith, Alex Solis and Gary Stevens will be available for an autograph signing session beginning at 6:30 p.m.With Pincay serving as honorary team captain, Desormeaux, Smith and Solis will comprise a team of fellow active riders such as William Antongeorgi, Tyler Baze, Bejarano, Brice Blanc, Brandon Boulanger, Victor Espinoza, Santiago Gonzalez, Mario Gutierrez, Aaron Gryder, Edwin Maldonado, Felipe Martinez, Corey Nakatani, Irving Orozco, Martin Pedroza, Fernando Perez, Tiago Pereira, Flavien Prat, Iggy Puglisi, Kayla Stra, Joe Talamo, Elvis Trujillo, Drayden Van Dyke and perhaps others.The PDJF helps assist permanently disabled jockeys nationwide, while the Eye on Jacob Foundation, named for Jacob Desormeaux, who is the 16-year-old son of Kent, benefits those suffering from Usher’s Syndrome. An extremely rare neurological disorder, Usher’s Syndrome causes progressive loss of hearing, imbalance, and eventual loss of sight in approximately 14,000 children in the United States.HRTV’s Kurt Hoover, a former standout basketball player at Arcadia High School, will again coach the jockeys.Tickets are $5 per person, and for every two tickets purchased, individuals receive one free admission ticket to Santa Anita. Additionally, there will be opportunities to win a trip to Las Vegas and a Paintball Package to Hollywood Sports Paintball and Airsoft Park.La Salle High School is located at the southwest corner of Michillinda Ave. and Sierra Madre Blvd. in Pasadena, approximately four miles northwest of Santa Anita. Admission tickets and promotional tee shirts are on sale at Champions! Gifts and Apparel in Santa Anita’s East Paddock Gardens, or through Holy Angels School. KRULJAC HOPES ‘BLING’ DOES HER THING IN BUENA VISTAEric Kruljac anticipates better luck when Blingismything runs in Monday’s Presidents’ Day feature, the Grade II, $200,000 Buena Vista Stakes for older fillies and mares at one mile on turf.“He had to wait and wait and wait,” the trainer said of Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux, who rode the 5-year-old Arch mare to a second by a half-length in the Megahertz Stakes on Jan. 17. “He said he made the wrong decision or he would have won anyway, even after waiting.“We’re hoping she gets some graded black type to enhance her broodmare value.”Blingismything, owned by Joe Masino’s Class Racing Stable, worked five furlongs on the main track Sunday in 1:01.40. Monday is Dollar Day at Santa Anita. Fans can partake of draft beers, hot dogs and sodas for just a buck. First post time is 12:30 p.m. Gates open at 10:30 a.m. Peter Miller761616721%$954,680 Philip D’Amato4188720%$419,460 Edwin Maldonado6063810%$250,146 Hector Palma1762035%$116,180 Fernando Perez989989%$391,962 Mike Smith6413131020%$1,247,641 Richard Mandella3165519%$295,910 Gary Stevens5397917%$705,402 Flavien Prat5995615%$425,430 TrainerSts1st2nd3rdWin%Money Won Joseph Talamo11813141811%$966,278 Felipe Valdez1744324%$87,980 Martin Garcia7111121015%$1,045,330


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The main problem with this list is that video game stories don't make good movie stories. The worlds created can be cross media, stories for games are written very differently because they're interactive. The Bioshock movie, which I read just a couple of months ago was still in the minds of both Irrational and Hollywood, is/was to be about the creation of Rapture, leading up to the events of the first game, pretty much the story of the book "Rapture".
Far Cry 3 and The Line wouldn't work, great game stories, but there's not enough of a story to a decent movie out of... Maybe a mindless summer "Blockbuster" for whatever they're worth, but not a great movie.
Mass Effect, I do agree, but again not the game's story. They've created a vibrant universe (literally, a universe!) full of new races and characters and locations... Personally, I'd rather see a TV series; I still need the hole that Stargate's cancellation left filling...
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There is no other game that I have completed more than Fallout 3, I shall never grow old of re-re-re-re-exploring the Washington wastes!
I loved Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel on the PS2, after completing the Balder's Gate and Champion's of Norrath games it was the only other similar RPG we could find to play together!
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The Providence College men’s soccer team fell to the University of Connecticut, 1-0, on Tuesday night at Joseph J. Morrone Stadium.
UConn – 1 | Providence – 0
Providence - 2-6-1 | UConn – 4-2-2
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GAME FLOW & NOTES
- Danny Griffin (Wethersfield, Conn.) took the Friars’ first shot of the game in the 24th minute. His blast from just outside the box made Huskies’ goalkeeper Scott Levene tip it over the crossbar.
- Colin Miller (Bel Air, Md.) made his best save of the first half in the 33rd minute. He was able to deny Abdou Mbacke Thiam, the Huskies leading goal scorer, on a 1v1 opportunity at the near- post.
- UConn was able to outshoot Providence 11-1 in the first half and 16-7 over the whole game.
- Miller made five of his six saves in the first half.
- UConn’s Abdou Mbacke Thiam scored his sixth goal of the season late in the match to give the Huskies the victory. Nike Petridis beat his defender on the end-line and slotted ball across from the right side. Thiam was able to finish inside the six-yard box.
HOW THEY SCORED
1-0 (UConn) – 82:00 – Abdou Mbacke Thiam, assisted by Niko Petridis– Ball in from the right end line, finished from inside the six-yard box
Providence: Colin Miller, 2-3-1: 6 saves, 1 goal against
UConn: Scott Levene, 4-2-2: 6 saves, 0 goals against
Shots on goal: 6
Corner kicks: 1
Shots on goal: 8
Corner kicks: 8
The Friars continue their three-game road trip with a BIG EAST matchup at Xavier on Saturday, Sept. 30 at 7:00 p.m.
For more updates on the Providence men's soccer program, follow the team on Twitter @PCFriarsMSoccer
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Detectives investigating the disappearance of Shannon Matthews have arrested her stepfather on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children.
Craig Meehan, 22, was arrested after officers on the Shannon Matthews case carried out inspections on a number of computers.
Mr Meehan was arrested at the family home in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.
Michael Donovan, 39, of Lidgate Gardens, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, has been charged with kidnapping Shannon.
so his Brother Kidnaps his step daughter
and now he is being investigated for Child Porn.
some seriosuly is up with this Family and i dont even want to think what these people have got up to.
some people these days are full of ****
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A music video for the song “Putain d’époque” by French rappers Dosseh and Nekfeu has been removed from YouTube after the artist Kader Attia filed a lawsuit claiming it plagiarizes one of his works. A version of the video for the song (whose title translates, roughly, to “These Fucking Times”) without sound is still on YouTube, and shows, beginning around the 18-second mark, a group of crouched figures wearing shiny survival blankets. According to French news site 20 Minutes, this image is the focus of Attia’s plagiarism claim, for too closely resembling his 2007 installation “Ghost.”
“The scenes in question are the ones in which I and members of the #YuriNation are wearing survival blankets, and in which the idea was to vizualize the fact that, in the times through which we’re living, the world is so hard — for many reasons we won’t go into here — that we spend more time surviving than simply living,” Dosseh — who just released his debut album, Yuri, earlier this month through Universal Music — wrote on Facebook. “The legal department of Universal is currently doing what’s necessary to find a solution to this situation.”
“Ghost” consists of 102 crouched figures made from thin layers of aluminum and was acquired by the Centre Pompidou in 2008. In a statement sent to Hyperallergic by his New York gallery Lehmann Maupin, Attia explained that he is not holding the rappers responsible for the alleged act of plagiarism, but rather their record label.
“First of all, I would like to correct something: I haven’t filed a lawsuit against the rappers Dosseh and Nekfeu; I have nothing against them. I am filing a lawsuit against Universal Music,” Attia’s statement, reprinted in full below, begins. “Universal are responsible; they perfectly know how to defend copyright when fighting against illegal downloading. Each artist, would it be musician, visual artist, or anything else, has to fight for the integrity and the respect of his work.”
In response to the plagiarism accusations, the South African artist Kendell Geers wrote an open letter to Attia, criticizing his decision to file a lawsuit over the video. “If I were you, I would take it as a huge compliment that young French artists have decided to Cut your work Up into their online video,” Geers writes. “It is said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Plagiarism is not theft and in the context of Dosseh and Nekfeu, I would be flattered if I were you.” Geers’s letter goes on to draw parallels between his own work and Attia’s as a way of pointing out the subjective nature of plagiarism claims in situations like these. He adds: “Given the proximity between some of your works and my own, the insecure artist might cry plagiarism, but I am flattered by your references.”
Attia isn’t the first visual artist to sue over a musician’s apparent sampling of their work. Another French artist, Orlan, filed a $31 million lawsuit against Lady Gaga in 2013 (and then again earlier this year), claiming that the pop star had plagiarized several of her works. That case could serve as a cautionary tale for Attia — Orlan not only lost, but had to pay Lady Gaga and her record label’s court fees.
Here is Attia’s full statement:
First of all, I would like to correct something: I haven’t filed a lawsuit against the rappers Dosseh and Nekfeu; I have nothing against them.
I am filing a lawsuit against Universal Music. They are responsible for this plagiarism.
As artists, we have to defend ourselves against unauthorized commercial uses of our artworks. We are constantly plagiarized by the music industry, or in advertisement, or fashion … Nobody has asked for my permission to reproduce the artwork “Ghost” in this video. Universal are responsible; they perfectly know how to defend copyright when fighting against illegal downloading. Each artist, would it be musician, visual artist, or anything else, has to fight for the integrity and the respect of his work.
Today all these reactions, including Universal’s, aim at scaring me. They are not used to an artist complaining about his work being plagiarized, above all facing big companies like Universal.
The value of an artwork is above all intimate, symbolic, personal. Seeing it plagiarized like this makes an artist suffer, until he decides to stand up and say no to this exploitation.
I won’t be scared off by nasty comments. I have always resisted against the exploitation of the weakest ones, I will fight the exploitation of my work.
Regarding Kendell Geers, I am appalled to see he had to resort to such low blows to draw attention to him. I won’t comment any further. Artists should stand up together and present a united front to big companies that plagiarize their work.
All the best,

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WASHINGTON — After years of quiet, the sun is coming alive with solar storms in a big way.
The sun shot off a flare Thursday afternoon from a region that scientists are calling a "benevolent monster."
Scientists at the federal Space Weather Prediction Center say that area is the most active part of the sun since 2005.
It has dozens of sunspots, including one that is the size of 17 Earths. Sunspots are kinks or knots in the sun's magnetic field that appear dark against the brighter expanse of the sun's surface.
Space news from NBCNews.com
Teen's space mission fueled by social media
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: "Astronaut Abby" is at the controls of a social-media machine that is launching the 15-year-old from Minnesota to Kazakhstan this month for the liftoff of the International Space Station's next crew.
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"It's beautiful," said forecaster Jess Whittington. "It's still growing. The size is what blows me away."
Thursday's flare wasn't aimed at Earth. However, this active region is now slowly turning toward Earth, and scientists say it will be directly facing Earth in about five days. SpaceWeather.com's Tony Phillips said the sunspot group should be "an easy target for backyard solar telescopes." (Such telescopes are designed for solar viewing; it's not safe to gaze directly at the sun without taking proper precautions .)
The stormy region will affect Earth only if it shoots off flares and they hit our planet, which doesn't always happen with stormy areas, said Joe Kunches, a space scientist at the prediction center.
The region will be facing Earth for about two weeks as it rotates, he said.
Solar flares send out bursts of electromagnetic energy that can occasionally disrupt communications and electrical systems.
For the past several years, the sun has been at a quiet end of its cycle and only recently has gotten more active. Solar cycles go in an 11-year period.
This cycle has had fewer storms than usual for this time in its cycle. But that may be changing. "The sun is looking more like we think it should at this point in the solar cycle," Kunches said. "It's got a number of active centers."
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Boris Johnson is being urged to rebalance female representation in the Lords by elevating more women in a peerages list expected within a week.
Concerns have been raised after the names of just two women were leaked to the media out of an expected list of 30 peers.
Sam Smethers, the Fawcett Society’s chief executive, said the prime minister had an opportunity to show he takes the issue of the gender imbalance within the upper chamber seriously.
“Women’s representation in the House of Lords is even worse than the Commons. Instead of driving women’s representation down the government should be taking every opportunity to improve the gender balance. Allocating the majority of new peerages to women would be a good start,” she said.
Ruth Davidson, the former leader of the Scottish Conservatives, and Gisela Stuart, a former Labour MP who campaigned for Leave in the Brexit referendum, are expected to be elevated to the Lords.
Men who are expected to be approved by the House of Lords’ appointments commission include the former England cricketer Ian Botham, the former Tory chancellors Ken Clarke and Philip Hammond and the former Labour MPs Frank Field, John Woodcock and Ian Austin.
Charles Moore, the journalist and biographer of Margaret Thatcher, and Daniel Hannan, the former Leave-supporting MEP, are also expected to be ennobled, as well as Sir Eddie Lister, chief strategic adviser to No 10.
There are currently 773 peers, 212 of whom are women. Just over a quarter of Conservative peers are female, compared with 39% of Labour peers and 36% of Liberal Democrats.
The prime minister has faced accusations that he has failed to bring women into the cabinet, with only six female ministers serving as full cabinet members.
John Bercow, the former Speaker, Tom Watson, the former deputy leader of the Labour Party, and Karie Murphy, the former chief of staff to Jeremy Corbyn, were put forward for peerages by Jeremy Corbyn, but their names have been reportedly rejected.
Three Tory donors – the City financiers Peter Cruddas and Michael Spencer and the head of the Midlands Industrial Council, Johnny Leavesley – were on the list of candidates submitted to the appointments commission, sources confirmed to the Guardian.
But reports have claimed they may not be included on the final list of peers because of objections by members of the commission. There is no implication of any wrongdoing by the donors.
In an email to peers at the weekend, Lord Fowler, the Lord Speaker, said that the prime minister was breaking a cross-party consensus on reducing the size of the chamber.
The Burns report called for a reduction to no more than 600 peers following an escalation in costs.
One Conservative peer insisted that the number of peers should continue to rise. Lord Maude, the former cabinet minister, told the Guardian: “We must refresh the House of Lords and many of those who attend are part time and bring in their expertise. I have no problem with the extra numbers being brought in.”

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English Title: The Day After
Korean Title: 그 후/Geu-hu/After That
Premiere Date: May 22, 2017
U.S. Release Year: 2018
Film Number: 21
First Viewing Number: 9
First Viewing Date: June 11, 2017
Viewing Number: 4
Ranking (at beginning of run): 13
Ranking (at end of run):
Film Number (including shorts): 24
First Viewing Number (including shorts): 9
Ranking (at beginning of run, including shorts): 13
Ranking (at end of run, including shorts):
Running Time: 92 minutes (12th longest)
Color/Black & White: Black & White
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shooting Format: HD Video
Structure: Parallel linear narratives with coda
Recurring Actors: Gi Ju-bong (seventh appearance), Kim Min-hee (fourth appearance), Kwon Hae-hyo (fourth appearance), Kang Ta-eu (third appearance), Park Ye-ju (second appearance), Kim Sae-byuk (first appearance), Jo Yun-hui (first appearance)
Season: Winter (January)
Weather: Snowy, sunny
Alcohol: Soju, beer
Non-Alcoholic Drinks: Coffee, water
Food: Chinese black bean noodles, pork neck stew, bean sprout soup, rice, seaweed, KFC, cheese stick, grilled meat, tuna
Drinking Scenes: 4
Creative People: Literature publisher, critic, writer
Dream Sequences: N/A
Film Screening: N/A
Films Within Films: N/A
Vehicle Scenes: 3
Crying Scenes: 3
Number of Shots: 43
Number of Zooms: 17 out, 28 in
Music Style: Muffled mournful synth strings
Title Background: First shot/Black background for closing credits (ball on left side in Jeonwonsa logo)
Voiceover: 3 (two text only)
Since I didn’t begin watching Hong until the end of 2016, 2017 was really the first year I was eagerly anticipating his work, which happened to coincide with the annus mirabillis that saw Hong releasing three films, one at Berlin and two at Cannes, and Hong getting two films into the NYFF main slate for the first time (it was probably too much to hope for all three). When I first saw the fairly muted reception that The Day After got, I thought for sure that On the Beach at Night Alone would be the one that everyone preferred, what with the focus on Kim and its direct connection to Hong’s personal life. But then a strange thing happened: upon its release, The Day After became something of a consensus pick of being one of Hong’s greatest works, certainly among the films from the last five or six years. When I first saw it, on a screener with Evan the same day as Claire’s Camera, we both didn’t warm to it to an enormous degree; now, if I still agree with Evan and Sean that On the Beach at Night Alone is the superior film, it’s only by a slim margin. Especially keeping in mind Sean’s formulation where The Day After is the beginning of Hong’s ongoing late period, it has only gotten more potent and complex for me.
Part of the unique conundrum that The Day After presents, even more than something like Woman on the Beach, is whether one sees this as a Kwon Hae-hyo film, as was basically advertised in both pre-release press, poster, and logline, or as a Kim Min-hee film. Of course, as often is the case with Hong, the answer is both, but I get the sense that for a lot of people, the entire film is that one shot with Kim, one of Hong’s most beautiful, as she looks out of the taxi window at the falling snow. I don’t think any of Hong’s films are that reducible, especially this one, and not just because the film mostly takes place from Bong-wan’s perspective, though I’m not inclined to agree with Ah-reum’s assertion that she’s not a leading character. (When Evan and I watched it, we both felt it was his least funny since the early Hongs, which might be true though I now find it much funnier.)
In many ways, The Day After represents the beginning of Hong’s full hybridization of this early and middle periods that in some ways typifies late Hong. From the former, he takes the generally more downbeat tone, moral examinations, and small, character interaction-first approach pared down to the bone; from the latter, he retains his keen sense for comedy and conversational rhythm, with some other new twists added in for good measure. What struck me this time about The Day After was its relatively clear and clean narrative arcs, in some ways hearkening back to the Moral Tale set-up of Night and Day with respect to Bong-wan’s character. But while an early Hong would have shown this truly dramatic turning point of him choosing to live for his daughter rather than to continue his affair with Chang-sook, it’s deliberately elided here; this is, after all, a 92-minute Hong sensibility at play.
I had remembered the general overall structural gambit that Hong pulls here, including the still magnificently destabilizing sight of Ah-reum and Chang-sook in the same shot for the first time, but I forgot exactly how it unfolds. During Bong-wan’s long journey to work — the shot of him entering the hazily lit subway tunnel is nearly as astonishing to me as the car shot, which also happens to be the first time he’s shot the inside of a car, a common sight in his early films, since the inaugural middle Hong “Lost in the Mountains” — the rhythm is stop-start, first showing a scene of him alone moving across a space before cutting to a scene with him and Chang-sook sometime in the past; it’s unclear whether these scenes are presented chronologically or not, and how long ago they took place. But once Bong-wan meets Ah-reum, it’s presented much more fluidly, with Bong-wan suggesting to Chang-sook to get lunch together followed by him and Ah-reum walking to the restaurant. There’s even a shot which seems to directly reference and riff off of the two shots of Kim exiting a restroom in On the Beach at Night Alone: the sound of washing hands is heard behind a door, only for Chang-sook to exit instead.
I had also forgotten the other flashback, which takes place after Ah-reum is dismissed by Bong-wan: a return to earlier in the day, when Ah-reum is getting the ropes at work. Bong-wan compliments her on her pretty hands, and mentions that she’s free to take any of the books that his publishing house has released. In narrative terms, it provides an off-hand explanation for why Ah-reum decides to take a whole bag-load on her way out. But in emotional and structural terms, it provides something different: an almost utopic (in this context) image of friendly and productive work — Ah-reum is editing something about “a rare art that utilizes concrete human forms to reveal the phenomenal disposition and attitudes of humans,” which is as good a description of cinema as any — that could have blossomed if not for this avalanche of mistaken assumptions and unfortunate events.
Maybe it’s just willful blindness on my part, but like Chun-su in Right Now, Wrong Then, I’m actually really inclined to take most of what Bong-wan says to Ah-reum in both of their restaurant scenes at face value, that he genuinely believes in her intellect and capacity to be a valuable assistant at the publishing house. In many ways, this reading of The Day After complicates it considerably more than merely another case of a Hongian man too wrapped up in his desire for women to truly recognize their capabilities, and places it into something a more tragic but also more transformative realm. It’s entirely possible, of course, that Bong-wan intended to seduce Ah-reum as well, but maybe it’s something about Kim’s presence that seems to forestall that possibility in my mind.
As is made clear by Cinema Guild’s poster for the film, probably my all-time favorite poster, The Day After is easily the most stripped down Hong feature yet, only really having four characters of any note, and a good deal of the pleasure is seeing that repeated set-up in front of the classical music, Bach and Brahms looking upon these webs of deception that forces Ah-reum into contrasting positions: first the wide-eyed new employee, then the wrongfully accused and slapped woman (it’s amazing to see how Ah-reum’s hair clip falls during the beating, and how she repeatedly pushes Hae-joo into the couch), then the rightful accuser calling people shameless (her invocation of mixing business and personal reminds me of the repeated question in Hill of Freedom), then the wiser acquaintance temporarily forgotten. I can’t truthfully say that the ensemble is balanced; in both script dimensionality and in Kim and Kwon’s past history with Hong, their performances can’t help but outshine the excellent contributions of Kim Sae-byuk and Jo Yun-hui, both making their first of a number of Hong appearances. Kim Sae-byuk especially gets perhaps the ugliest crying scene in all of Hong during her Chinese restaurant scene, drooling soju as she wails in the face of Bong-wan’s cowardice.
It’s also well worth noting that this has, by my count, the fourth and fifth heard characters in Hong that aren’t seen on screen. The first and second were both over phone calls; to Jung-rae’s producer in Woman on the Beach, apparently played by Moon Sung-keun, and to Kyeong-nam’s critic girlfriend in Like You Know It All (edit: apparently played by Moon So-ri in her first Hong appearance), while the third was a waiter in In Another Country. The two here are possibly Hong’s most impactful yet. The first is the taxi driver who comments that Ah-reum has a unique look and doesn’t read himself (it’s possible that this return to the writing world was inspired by the talk about reading books in On the Beach at Night Alone); according to the Korean Movie Database he’s played by none other than Gi Ju-bong, the perpetual older man side character in Hong. Meanwhile, the second is Bong-wan’s new assistant, who the viewer can tell even from intonation isn’t Chang-sook; she’s seemingly played by Park Ye-ju, who I think played Myung-soo’s girlfriend in On the Beach at Night Alone. One could read that as a metatextual comment on how Kim was replaced by Park as Jeong Jeon-soo’s love interest, though that’s probably too tenuous to say. Coupled with Kang Ta-eu, the man with the feminine face in Claire’s Camera, as the Chinese restaurant delivery person, every single person with a speaking or featured part in The Day After is a recurring Hong actor, which certainly says something about the consolidation of his production methods and characters.
I haven’t been keeping track of how many pans Hong has in his films, which I slightly regret but which might have been too herculean of a task considering what else I must tally, but I do feel that, while it’s been a trend in these past few films, he pans much more often in The Day After. That is, until the final two dialogue scenes. Most of the film, after all, is a series of debates, of people prodding at each other to try to understand the other, whether it be surrounding Bong-wan’s infidelity or his and Ah-reum’s more philosophically inclined discussions. The second-to-last dialogue scene, of Bong-wan and Chang-sook deciding together to engage in another act of subterfuge — which I found morally horrible on the first few viewings but which is now very funny and delightfully pragmatic to me now — then features no pans or zooms once the two sit down together. Then, the final shot between Ah-reum and Bong-wan runs twelve minutes long, only zooming in and panning between faces at around the ten minute mark. I still prefer my Hong panning to happen less often, but I recognized much better this time the purpose of such an aesthetic shift. The two scenes are maybe the only times in the film that both people in the conversation end up on the same page, even if it means surmounting a foolish man’s deliberate attempt to mentally bury one of the most stressful days in his life; it’s not clear, again, how much time passes between the main day and the coda, only made more uncanny by the repetition in conversation early on, but it seems at least almost a year.
If Google Translate is correct, The Day After is the first Hong to have a different title translation from Korean, which I think is the more open-ended After That, since, appropriately, The Day He Arrives. It’s easy to compare the two films of course; this is Hong’s first in black-and-white since then, kicking off a now extremely frequent return to monochrome, and the English titles suggest a linkage (maybe or maybe not intended by Hong) that extends to the uncertainty of what the title exactly refers to. The Day After might refer to the finale, but it also might to the day that takes up most of the film, referring to everything that happens after either Bong-wan and Chang-sook’s first breakup or his early morning conversation with Hae-joo at home.
Many have commented, of course, on the new focus on religion in The Day After; while Buddhism has been invoked before, probably most apparently in In Another Country, and Christianity was discussed in Like You Know It All, this is the first work that openly relates its significance to the main character. I forgot that Hong goes so far as to bring back voiceover to bring forth the simple piety of Ah-reum’s prayer in the snow, and that she initially refrained from specifically mentioning God until after she starts drinking in the second restaurant scene; Bong-wan scoffing at the non-churchgoing Hae-joo’s invocation of devils is a great touch too. I think it’s that exact spiritual invocation that prompts the coda: instead of leaving it with each character going their separate ways, Hong instead allows the state of grace that Ah-reum (and Kim) provides to apply to Bong-wan as well. He finds his reason for living that he couldn’t place in the Chinese restaurant scene, and his face appears more comfortable. If it’s a forced development, and even more extreme than the fake pregnancy in Night and Day, it’s one placed in a new context, which allows for people to resolve something in their lives in a meaningful, tangible way.


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Soon after moving to Marine on St. Croix in 2019, Peter Foster joined the Forest Advisory Committee and became the adoptive father of a dozen public trees.
Now you’ll find him checking the sprinkler in the gravel bed by the Marine Elementary School where dozens of little tamarack seedlings are growing out their roots in preparation for transplant into the wetland along Highway 95 next year.
And once a week, Foster gets out his electric bike, hooks up a cart, and hauls 5-gallon buckets of water from his home to each of the young trees planted on city property in the past two years. Each Treegator® bag he fills helps these vulnerable young trees stay alive through the heat and drought of this summer.
The Marine Forest Committee grows and distributes trees at no cost to area residents, as well as providing trees for city properties.
“If you received one of the free trees from the Forest Committee, we hope you will water it each week,” Foster said. “Especially this year, they won’t make it without your help.”
When temperatures rise into the 90s, trees, like people, “sweat.” It’s a process called evapotranspiration that brings water up through the tree’s roots and trunk, and eventually out through the leaves.
When the ground is very dry, trees struggle to take in water and nutrients. The gas exchange holes in the leaves (stomata) that allow water out in order to retain moisture. If drought conditions worsen, trees begin to drop their leaves. All of this limits their ability to grow and provide much-needed shade for homes, yards and parks.
Trees less than 3 years old are particularly susceptible to heat stress because their root system is not yet well developed. For brand new trees, give them a sip daily. For trees planted 3 to 12 weeks ago, water every 2-3 days. After that, water weekly until the tree is well established.
When temperatures are over 90 degrees, and especially if leaves are beginning to wilt, give your young tree 10-15 gallons of water. The Treegator® bag slowly releases 15 gallons of water, but you can also use a sprinkler or a soaker hose to gently let water soak in around the entire root ball.
Learn more about caring for young trees in high heat conditions by visiting the University of Minnesota’s Extension Service: https://extension.umn.edu/planting-and-growing-guides/watering-newly-planted-trees-and-shrubs.
Green Marine is an occasional series of stories highlighting the actions people in Marine on St. Croix have taken to improve the environment, protect water and pollinators, save energy, and more.

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Borlaug's Army: Working to Make Local and Global Food Security a Reality
Borlaug's Army, named after Nobel Peace Laureate Norman Borlaug, is an initiative spearheaded by the American Phytopathological Society to engage and educate others about plant pathology. Undergraduate students who have participated in an internship or undergraduate research experience are eligible for free membership in the American Phytopathological Society. > Read more about Borlaug's Army
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Explore internships and undergraduate research opportunities in plant pathology
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Ohio State students who have been involved in plant pathology research and education in Plant Pathology have joined Borlaug's Army:
Ambria Small is a Plant Health Management major and is involved in research on the soybean cyst nematode (#1 pest of soybeans in the U.S.), where she has learned how to process soybean cyst nematode samples and gained experience in fieldwork and experimental design. (T. Niblack lab)
Christina Tomashuk worked in a fungal genomics laboratory, where she cultured crabapple and apple samples to survey different strains Botrytis cinerea, a fungus that can infect many different crops plants. She also examined and sequenced other fungal genera in the samples to explore underlying genetic differences associated with pathogenicity (the ability to cause disease). (J. Slot and H. Reynolds, mentors)
Nicole Raab is a microbiology major who worked on projects to study the soybean cyst nematode and charcoal rot in soybean in both field and laboratory environments. After discovering exciting agricultural applications of microbiology, Nicole has added a plant pathology minor to her curriculum. (T. NIblack lab)
Jessica Loucks worked with Nancy Taylor in the C. Wayne Ellett Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic where she prepared media cultures, logged plant samples submitted to the clinic and ran ELISA assays.
Austin Pelyak is a student at the Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster. He worked in Dr. Anne Dorrance's lab where he helped identify "various soybean diseases, harmful insects and gruesome weeds," and helped with field trials.
Katie Speicher participated in the OARDC Research Internship Program with Dr. Fred Michel. Her project centered on the remediation of aminopyralid herbicide in compost. She tested various additives on their ability to absorb the aminopyralid to reduce phytotoxic effects in the compost.
Brin Kessinger (Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology major) has been investigating Macrophomina phaseolina, a fungus that causes charcoal rot on soybeans. Brin has been plating soil and soybean roots to quantify fungus (colony forming units). (T. Niblack lab)
Zachary Foust (Plant Pathology major) is investigating genes in rice (Oryza sativa) involved in resistance to the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae. (T. Mitchell lab)
Paige Thrush is working in Dr. Francesca Peduto Hand's program to examine spore traps from nurseries to find the cause of a fruit rot disease in winterberry.
Christopher Lovekin worked in the Ornamental Plant Germplasm Center where he assisted the greenhouse manager and learned tissue culture to propagate genetic material for ornamental breeders and researchers.


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According to some, that's when 'The Rapture' will occur. Don't know if I want to be a part of it or not to tell you the truth. I seem to remember something about the chaff being gathered and burned before the wheat. I love dispensationalists, I hope they won't be disappointed! It would be a shame for some to fall away from the faith because they have a flawed eschatology. That's the only point on the actual date of May 21st I want to make, and any further discussion will be an adventure in missing the point I will not engage in at this time.
I do think one good thing could come of all this talk about "THE End of the WORLD" Mainly, it has to do with Okra. Well not Okra directly, more to do with Okra Flowers because they are beautiful, intricate, simple, blooming reminders that life is a vapor, and we are here today, and gone tomorrow.
Some folks take pride in their ability for their floral arrangements to last. Then, you have a whole group of people who do almost anything to 'preserve' the flowers by drying them. I stand guilty of that. I got news for you and me, no flower lasts. They all wither and fade, some more quickly than others, but they will all go away. The best result we can expect from preservation is a dry, crumbly, shell of what a flower is, pressed between the pages of a book, or hung upside down over a window, or we can choose to encase it in a substance far removed from it's orignal composition, so that while it may look beautiful, it is nothing like the flower we want it to be. Shell or mockery, you won't have the flower forever.
God Knows us so well!
1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that her warfare is ended,
that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the LORD’s hand
double for all her sins.
3 A voice cries: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD;
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough places a plain.
5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together,
for the mouth of the LORD has spoken."
6 A voice says, "Cry!"
And I said, "What shall I cry?"
All flesh is grass,
and all its beauty is like the flower of the field.
7 The grass withers, the flower fades
when the breath of the LORD blows on it;
surely the people are grass.
8 The grass withers, the flower fades,
but the word of our God will stand forever.
Ah, we are the flowers!
Here's part two of my okra flower picture: The day after I took that picture, I picked that withered blossom out of the square with the okra plant in it, and I threw it in the compost! It was already on the ground, withered up into a tube, as okra flowers do wither. Such is the fate of you and I. We will feed the worms, barring of course, great things happen before we die. Until then, Because of Adam, this body is destined for death.
God's word is forever, and it has promised us great things. God has given us a promise of a new Kingdom, a new heaven, and a new earth. We'll have permanent treasure, new bodies, and great rooms. When I think of heaven the thing that grabs me most is its PERMANENCE!
I hope you pause and think about what is temporary, and what is forever as May 21st approaches.
I hope you pause and think about what is temporary, and what is forever once it passes.
I hope you are changed by what is permanent and not changed by what changes with the passing of the day.

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Edmonds CC Community Read awards scholarshipsRelease Date: December 9th, 2008
Edmonds Community College students Danielle Latimer, Thao Nguyen, and Sanjana Prasain have been awarded $1,000 scholarships to apply toward their spring quarter tuition as part of the Edmonds CC Community Read.
The college is reading Charles Johnson's Middle Passage, recipient of the 1990 National Book Award for fiction, in advance of the author’s visit to campus
Latimer wrote an essay, Nguyen prepared a slideshow, and Prasain created a Web site. The students’ final projects will be on display in Mukilteo Hall for Johnson’s visit. Johnson is the Pollock Professor for Excellence in English at the University of Washington and the author of 16 books, including novels, short story collections, essays, and criticism.
Latimer, 18, of Mukilteo, is a 2008 graduate of Kamiak High School currently in her first year at Edmonds Community College. She works part time at the Mukilteo YMCA as a lifeguard, swim instructor, and water fitness instructor. After earning her Associate of Arts degree, Latimer plans to transfer to the UCLA School of Film and Television and major in film production. She wants to work in movies, and is considering careers in directing, producing, and screenwriting.
Nguyen, 17, is an international student from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She is in the high school completion program at Edmonds Community College and will finish her diploma in March. Her goal is to be a pharmacist. She plans to begin her study at Edmonds Community College and then transfer to a School of Pharmacy. The University of California in San Francisco is first on her list.
Prasain, 19, is an international student from Kathmandu, Nepal earning her Associate of Science degree in Computer Science. She plans to graduate in June 2009 and then transfer to the University of Washington for her bachelor’s degree. Her goal is to work as a computer programmer.
There’s still time to participate in the Edmonds CC Community Read. Read Middle Passage, meet the author on campus Feb. 18, and contribute to the online discussion group at http://edmondscc.ning.com/group/middlepassage.
Copies of Middle Passage are available at the college library or in the bookstore. Services for Students with Disabilities can provide alternate formats, call 425.640.1320 or email email@example.com.
Get money for college: tuition, books, and fees for next year
Scholarship applications will go online in January for Edmonds Community College Foundation scholarships for use in Summer 2009-Spring 2010. Several types of scholarships are available to full or part-time students. Many students will qualify. One application: many awards ranging from $200 to $2,500. Last year the Foundation awarded $135,000 to 200 students. Questions? Call 425.640.1274
Edmonds Community College Foundation provides scholarships for students, support for the college, its faculty, staff and facilities and advocacy for the college and its mission.


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Abhorsen (The Old Kingdom #3)
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The conclusion to Garth Nix's extraordinary Lirael is a rich and vividly imagined story, breathtaking, terrifying, and utterly absorbing.
Joint winner for Aurealis Award for Excellence in Fiction: Best Young Adult Novel 2003.
'The reader's absorption into the intrigue, magic and dazzling richness of the worlds and characters created by Nix is irresistible pleasure ...' - Australian Review of Books
Garth Nix is the bestselling author of numerous books including the award-winning fantasy novels Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen and the Keys to the Kingdom series.


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Tax Extenders in the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020
If the Term “Tax Extenders” is New to You, Read On…
At a time when politicians can’t seem to agree on much, in late December the House and the Senate passed and sent a bill to the White House, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020. It was signed into law just before the new year. The bill included a wide range of extenders (many retroactive to the 2018 tax year). In addition to those, the SECURE Act, also signed by the President, makes great changes to a variety of retirement-related provisions that will impact individual taxpayers and their employers. Here are some highlights you might find helpful.
First, What is a Tax Extender?
Temporary tax provisions enacted by Congress, are made temporary so they must be reviewed. This happens when they are scheduled to expire, or “sunset”. Think of the twenty-three tax provisions benefitting individuals in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, 2017, that will sunset in 2025. These also are known as expiring provisions. There are several dozen temporary tax cuts that expired at the end of 2017 and some that expired at the end of 2018. Most reward consumer and business investments in energy efficiency and production, as well as use of alternative fuels. The largest individual extender excludes mortgage forgiveness from income. Collectively, these provisions are known as the “tax extenders” because lawmakers often, as they did in this Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020, extend many of them.
Retroactive reinstatement for the mortgage insurance premium (PMI) deduction and it is extended through 2020.
- This deduction can once again be included on your Schedule A when you include premiums paid for mortgage insurance for your residence and even a vacation home. According to the law, mortgage premiums for insurance can be included with deductible mortgage interest on Schedule A.
Retroactive reinstatement for the exclusion of qualified mortgage debt and it is extended through 2020.
- This is an extension of the Mortgage Debt Relief Act. This Act, when passed, covered a 3-year period from 2007 to 2010, in response to the mortgage crisis. Five extensions have been granted (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017). Now, this can also apply to debt that is discharged in 2019 and 2020 provided that there was a written agreement entered into in 2019.
Retroactive reinstatement for the above-the-line qualified tuition and related expenses deduction and is extended through 2020.
- Pre-Tax Cut Jobs Act, the deduction allowed taxpayers to claim an above the line deduction for qualifying expenses – without the need to itemize. It has been extended through 2020. That means taxpayers with AGI that doesn’t exceed $65,000 ($130K in the case of married taxpayers filing joint returns) are entitled to a maximum higher education tax deduction of $4,000. If your AGI does not exceed $80,000 ($160K married filing jointly) you are entitled to a maximum deduction of $2,000. Taxpayers with AGI above these thresholds are not entitled to the tuition deduction. This deduction is not allowed if the American Opportunity Tax Credit produces a lower tax.
Retroactive reinstatement for the construction of energy efficient homes and is extended through 2020.
- A taxpayer, for non-business purposes, may take a credit against their tax liability for the taxable year in an amount equal to the sum of 10% of the amount paid or incurred for qualified energy efficiency upgrades/improvements installed during the taxable year, along with the cost of the residential energy property expenses incurred during the taxable year. The nonbusiness energy property credit expired Dec. 31, 2017. The expiration is now Dec. 31, 2020.
The medical expenses deduction returns to 7.5% for 2019 and 2020.
- This one is simple. For taxable years ending before Jan. 1, 2021, the threshold for deducting medical expenses is 7.5% for all taxpayers. It used to be 10%. This threshold applies for the purposes of Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) in addition to regular tax. In 2021, the AGI threshold increases to 10%.
The employer credit for paid family and medical leave and the work opportunity credit has been reinstated for 2020.
- This leave credit is a general business credit employers may claim, based on wages paid to qualifying employees while they are on family and medical leave, subject to certain conditions. Employers must have a written policy in place that meets certain requirements, including providing:
- At least two weeks of paid family and medical leave (annually) to all qualifying employees who work full time (prorated for employees who work part time), and;
- The paid leave is not less than 50 percent of the wages normally paid to the employee.
- Employers file Form 5884 to claim the work opportunity credit for qualified first- and/or second-year wages they paid, during the tax year, to or incurred for targeted group employees who have consistently faced significant barriers to employment.
Retirement Plans Are Also Affected
Most inherited retirement accounts are required to be distributed within 10 years, mainly effective for account holders who die after 2019.
- Individuals aged 70½ and older will be allowed to make deductible contributions to traditional IRAs (for 2020 and later years).
- Increasing the age for required RMDs from age 70½ to age 72 beginning with RMDs required to be made after 2019.
The full text of the tax extenders and SECURE Act provisions are contained in Divisions O and Q of H.R. 1865, available at: www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1865/text
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Chainer is a multi-effect and multi-instrument rack for musicians and sound designers. It's a VST host that runs as a standalone application, VST effect and VST instrument.
- VST(i) and ASIO host.
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- Multi-timbral sound generator.
- Streams the ASIO/VST input signal through up to 10 chains of VST effects.
- Several VST instruments playable simultaneously.
- VST instruments playable on different MIDI channels.
- 100 slots for VST(i) plug-ins per instance of Chainer.
- Chainer and VST plug-in parameters controllable through MIDI control change messages and VST automation.
- Creates 16/24/32-bit multi-samples from your VST instruments (WAV, SF2).


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This antinociceptive effect may be mediated, at least in part, by the activation of endogenous opioid
receptors and/or by the inhibition of TRPV1 and TRPA1 channels.
were reported to be negatively correlated with oxytocin (Bicknell and Leng, 1982; Douglas et al.
Inhibitory neurotransmitters include endogenous opioids
(enkephalins and endorphins), serotonin, and norepinephrine.
This suggests that alcohol and opiates have similar pharmacological effects and that alcohol consumption may be modified by manipulating the endogenous opioid
receptor genes and alcohol dependence among Taiwanese Han.
also seem to reduce inflammatory pain in peripheral tissues.
1] receptor coupling inhibits the endogenous opioid
system by decreasing the sensitivity of both [mu] and [kappa] opioid receptors (Mackie 2008).
The endogenous opioid
system and clinical pain management.
Dynorphin is an endogenous opioid
peptide with a high affinity for the kappa-opioid receptor and its up-regulation in the spinal cord coincide whit an elevation in pain thresholds in rats during pregnancy and parturition (BRADSHAW et al.
Among the neurotransmitters that affect the release of gonadal secretions are endogenous opioid
peptides like enkephalin, dynorphin, beta endorphins etc.
Induction of human cutaneous mast cell degranulation by opiates and endogenous opioid
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Endorphins are endogenous opioid
polypeptide compounds produced during pain and orgasm, and they work as natural pain relievers (8).

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LONDON (Reuters) - Mortgage approvals fell to their lowest level in nearly two years in December, figures from the British Bankers’ Association showed on Wednesday, in a further sign that UK housing market weakness is set to continue.
Mortgage approvals are a good indicator of house price trends around six months ahead and the figures appear to support economists’ forecasts for modest falls in 2011.
The number of mortgage approvals in December fell to 28,726 from 29,696 in November, the lowest since January 2009, according to the BBA’s seasonally adjusted data.
Net mortgage lending, meanwhile, climbed by just 0.88 billion pounds, its weakest rise since June 1999.
“Mortgage demand was weak throughout the year, with 10 percent fewer loans approved than in 2009,” said BBA statistics director David Dooks. “Unsecured credit demand was also weak...as households adopted a lower appetite for credit due to the uncertain environment for employment and the economy.”
Public spending cuts, high unemployment, limited wage growth and tight mortgage availability are all expected to erode demand through the year. Pressure on household finances from high inflation is also likely to weigh on prices.
“Housing market activity remains stuck in the doldrums, which seems highly likely to maintain downward pressure on prices,” said Howard Archer, chief UK economist at IHS Global Insight. “The fundamentals remain largely unfavourable for the housing market.”
However, prices may gain some support from growing signs that fewer houses are coming on to the market, he added.
Editing by Toby Chopra

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The Growth of Sparta
When looking at the Spartans of the Greek world there are two major aspects that shape them. War and expansion to the social change within the Spartan's boundaries and polis. The two combined aspects helped Sparta achieve greater influence and power in the Greek World. They were now becoming a great group and one that was feared because of their desire to become one.
The Spartans faced many similar problems that other Greek communities did, such as overpopulation and hunger. The difference between the different communities was the Spartans chose to deal with these problems by conquest and instead of colonization. As a whole the Spartans felt that they needed to provide for everyone in their community and the only way in doing so was by taking over other cities. The Spartans put forth an effort; none had seen before; in taking over the different cities they conquered they were the force to be reckoned with.
For starters the Spartans had their eyes set on of the most voluptuous lands in southwestern Peloponnesus. The Spartans set out to conquer Messenia in the first Messenian War which lasted for twenty years. Due to the strong and determined Spartans as well as their oppression of the Messenian people; the Messenian's revolted and became so stubborn that it began the second Messenian War in 650 B.C. Due to the social and political strain this caused it led to the transformation of the their Polis.
To become the power that Sparta was it was not an individual effort but a community effort of all nobles and non-nobles. Just as in the United States of America in the late and early 19th and 20th centuries; the non-nobles demanded rights equal to those of the...

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