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light breakfast is also included. The apartments are located 50 yards from the nearest ski lift. Lift tickets are cheap (although they haven't set the price for this year). This is a mountain that has something for everyone -- superb off-piste terrain, multiple options for beginners and excellent nightlife and restaurants. For self-caters, there is a supermarket located 25 yards from the apartment.
Both units are available July 16 to July 23 or July 23 to July 30. Priced to rent at US$750/week.
Those are the high season holiday weeks when Las Lenas is likely to be most crowded. That said, $750 a week is an excellent price for those weeks.
As the North American ski and ride season enters the final stretch, thoughts turn to summer skiing in Argentina and US$750/week for condo rental is already a great deal.


More and more I am convinced that the major challenges at hand in our culture today, the ones we continually see or read in various forms of media, are nothing less than the results of the deficiency of individuals(men and women) ability to lead. Whether it is marriage/family challenges, community/social challenges, national challenges, or global challenges, it all comes back to the absence or insufficiency of someone(s) to truly take the lead.
I think the words of John Quincy Adams are very appropriate for our time and subject: "Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish." We are living in a day and time where the ability to persevere beyond the lure of popularity and monetary gains have almost sterilized our culture of qualitative and quantitative leaders.
There are leaders and then there are those who lead. Leaders hold a position of power or authority, but those who lead inspire us. As I listen to those who are supposedly "Leaders" today, whether they be political, economical, spiritual, academe, etc., there is something missing…ahhh, INSPIRATION!!!
We follow those who lead not because we have to, but because we want to. We follow those who lead not for them, but for us. A wise man once proposed this question to me, "Why do people go to church?" Answer: Because they WANT to! And why do they want to? Simple – they are INSPIRED to! I believe it is the response to having someone in their lives who they truly believe has their best interest and well-being at heart, and I'm convinced this is true for all of the areas of our lives, not just the spiritual. As one who leads, you or I can never forget this!


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New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Cahn announces explosive new documentary 'The Harbingers of Things to Come'
March 7, 2022 April 4, 2022
Stunning new motion picture reveals the mystery behind everything from 9/11 to COVID-19 to what lies ahead
NEW YORK— Could COVID-19, 9/11, the financial collapse, and other shakings all be part of an ancient mystery? Are the shakings that have come upon the world a sign or a warning of things to come? Is that ancient mystery determining the events of our time, and does it reveal the secrets of the future?
In theaters across America on Thursday, May 12, 2022, Cahn takes audiences on an epic journey from the shores of New England to the steps of the Supreme Court; to a boat on the Hudson River; to the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, to explore the ancient mystery behind the event shaking America and the world. For tickets and more information go to Fathom Events.com.
Worldwide, New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Cahn—author of"The Harbinger," "The Harbinger II—The Return," "The Oracle," "The Book of Mysteries" and other critically acclaimed books—is soon to unveil "The Harbingers of Things to Come." This riveting feature documentary based on Jonathan Cahn's bestselling and brilliant successes with "The Harbinger" series reveals the ancient mysteries that lie behind what is happening in America and the world today—and in the future.
One thing is certain: audiences will never see the world the same way again.
With the release of "The Harbinger II: The Return" in September 2020, multitudes of new fans have embraced Jonathan Cahn's compelling messages and prophecies, in addition to the millions that are already heeding the warnings and prophecies outlined in his previous books over the past decade.
The author has made multiple media appearances, including on CBN's "700 Club," TBN's "Praise," and "Family Talk" with Dr. James Dobson.
Cahn's first book, "The Harbinger," became an instant New York Times bestseller when it was published in 2012. His next four books were also New York Times bestsellers: "The Mystery of the Shemitah," "The Book of Mysteries," "The Paradigm," and "The Oracle." Along with Billy Graham, Cahn was named one of the top 40 spiritual leaders of the past 40 years who has radically impacted the world.
Called the prophetic voice of this generation, Cahn has spoken on Capitol Hill, at the United Nations, and to millions around the world. Cahn is known for opening the deep mysteries of Scripture and bringing forth messages of prophetic import. He leads Hope of the World ministry, an international outreach of teaching, evangelism, and compassion projects for the world's neediest. He also leads the Jerusalem Center/Beth Israel, a worship center made up of Jews and Gentiles, and people of all backgrounds, outside New York City in Wayne, New Jersey. His ministry can be contacted at HopeoftheWorld.org and on his Facebook.
Charisma Media's book division, Frontline, has published Cahn's books over the past ten years and is partnering with Fathom Events to release Cahn's new documentary into theaters. For more information about the documentary, "The Harbingers of Things to Come," visit https://harbingersofthingstocome.com/.
Fathom Events is a recognized leader in the entertainment industry as one of the top distributors of content to movie theaters in North America. Owned by AMC Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: AMC); Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK); and Regal,, a subsidiary of the Cineworld Group (LSE: CINE.L), Fathom operates the largest cinema distribution network, delivering a wide variety of programming and experiences to cinema audiences in all the top U.S. markets and to more than 45 countries. For more information, visit FathomEvents.com.
To interview Jonathan Cahn, contact Media@HamiltonStrategies.com, Jeff Tolson, 610.584.1096, ext. 108, or Deborah Hamilton, ext. 102.

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Samir Nashar
TAGS Aleppo, Politics, State Control, Trade & Industry
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"I thought that I could mobilize the stagnant situation in Aleppo and bring back dialogue between Syrians after an absence of about 30 years."
Samir Nashar was born in Aleppo in 1945. Like many of his generation, he says he was influenced by the romantic socialist ideas that prevailed in the 1960s.
Samir joined the Arab Socialist Movement while studying commerce at the University of Aleppo, from which he graduated in 1969. He then wanted to work as a university instructor, so traveled to Egypt to pursue higher education in Cairo University. However, he returned one year later as his father could no longer afford to pay his tuition fees due to a financial crisis.
Samir quit political activity after the Arab Socialist Movement split into two factions. One was pro-Hafez al-Assad and one of the National Progressive Front parties, while the other remained in opposition but weakened and couldn't hold out against the regime.
Samir worked in the public sector for about four years, then resigned and went to work in the private sector. "I was being pressured at work because I wasn't a member of the Ba'ath Party," he says. "There was a general tendency to give Ba'athists leadership positions, so they forced me, under security pressures, to resign from my leadership position at the institution."
Samir considered moving in Saudi Arabia after receiving a good offer of work, but his friend convinced him to join his newly-established trading company that dealt with industrial and agricultural equipment. So, Samir worked with him as an executive director for 25 years.
"The company's business developed considerably with time, and so did my ideas," says Samir. "Having being convinced of socialist principles, I became a liberal, influenced by free trade, competition, markets, supply, demand etc. especially after my disappointing experience in the public sector. I noticed a huge difference between the public and private sectors in terms of employee loyalty. In the latter, employees were more productive, and in return we tried to motivate them by offering monetary rewards depending on their personal efforts. This is what the public sector lacks."
Samir describes the commercial and industrial reality of Aleppo: "Aleppo is an ancient city and has long been an economic capital of the region. The Palestinian cause or the Palestine War and the subsequent events of 1956 and 1967 played a major role in the emigration of most Jews, who were a dynamic and vital part of the economy, from Aleppo. As for the Aleppo Christians, their strong trade relations with Europe formed a bridge between European countries and the region. However, the socialist decisions and nationalization laws that were implemented during President Gamal Abdel Nasser's rule led a significant number of merchants and businessmen, both Christians and Muslims, to emigrate, mostly to Lebanon. Despite all the above, Aleppo remained Syria's financial capital."
Most of the state's economic decisions were bureaucratic. Consequently, all those who worked in commerce and industry tried to circumvent them by corruption via public employees who faced difficult living conditions. "In all bureaucratic states controlled by autocratic mechanisms, corruption is a major and important factor in conducting business, whereby many are forced to resort to corruption to get their work done. So, there is always economic activity outside government procedures," says Samir.
After about 25 years of working in the commercial sector, and after Bashar al-Assad had delivered his speech on the need for democracy to the People's Council in early 2000, Samir assumed that gradual democratic change was welcome and could lead to openness at all levels. "At the beginning of his mandate, Bashar al-Assad released detainees and allowed freedom of expression within certain limits. Consequently, many political forums were organized, and a spontaneous civil movement was created among political and cultural classes and elites, forming the Damascus Spring," he says. "At the time, I thought that I could mobilize the stagnant situation in Aleppo and bring back dialogue between Syrians after an absence of about 30 years."
Through his interaction and contacts with some figures, Samir decided to establish a political forum in Aleppo. He turned his trade office into the headquarters of the forum, which was named "Abdul Rahman al-Kawakibi Forum for Democratic Dialogue" and lasted until 2003. "I used to host cultural and political figures from all over Syria to give daily lectures on various issues, such as corruption, freedom, and dialogue between different nationalities and religions," he says.
Samir experienced harassment and security pressures, with the intention of forcing him to close the office. Eventually, he was arrested in the spring of 2003 and was referred for trial with several people, which aroused a huge outcry in Syria. More than 250 lawyers from various Syrian governorates volunteered to defend detainees who were arrested in Samir's office. The trial sessions were attended by delegates of all foreign embassies in Syria, in addition to activists, intellectuals, and university students from all governorates, stirring a citywide movement in Aleppo.
Samir was released and continued his activities having won a lawsuit that allowed him to unseal and reopen his office. However, he was forbidden from holding gatherings and working under the name of the former forum, which had previously brought together up to 100 activists.
In 2005, Samir co-signed the Damascus Declaration that called for gradual democratic change and the abolition of martial law, among other demands. "The regime was confused about which path to follow, whether to open up or maintain the current stalemate, but the decision was made to keep the situation as it was. After a conference on the Damascus Declaration attended by more than 160 opposing figures was held in Riad Seif's house in 2007, the security services were shocked at being excluded from such a huge event. This led them to conduct an arrest campaign and imprison 10 of the most prominent opposition members," he says.
Samir continued his activities and formed the Free Patriotic Movement. He then tried to form an agreement with members of renowned and well-off families in Aleppo in order to establish a large movement supporting the urban community and aiming to revive the role of this class, which was marginalized during the rule of Hafez al-Assad. However, members of this community were subjected to security pressures and forced to stay away from Samir, which put an end to the possibility of forming a movement.
Interview Date: 06 June 2017
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along with Focus on the Family's "The Singing Bible"
"Answers for Preschoolers Book 1"
"Getting Your Preschooler Ready for Math"
Kumon's "My First Book of Tracing"
"Little Hands to Heaven" has 33 units, with each unit meant to last 5 days. However, we have planned a review day at the end of each unit, so the units will be 6 days. In between each unit we are doing a mini history unit using the book "Little Hands Celebrate America!" by Jill Frankel Hauser.
My husband bought us some wonderful bookcases for the room! Each bookcase gives me three top shelves for storage, and two bottom shelves that will have the children's activities on them, including one Montessori type activity, one sensory bin, one manipulative, one art project, their folders with their printables, and various other puzzles, games, and activities.
We are two weeks into school now and the whole family is loving school time. Although all of the Heart of Dakota activities could easily be completed in 30 minutes, we often spend 1-2 hours in our school room. The girls love the weekly fingerplay that is a part of the "Little Hands to Heaven" curriculum, and I think the whole family has learned some new biblical knowledge since we have started. My husband has been tailoring our nightly family worship times (we call it "Bible Time") to what the girls are learning in school, so it is reinforced several times. Be sure to check back next Tuesday to take a look at Unit 1!


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Reading Now Pritam Kagne to be seen in major roles of Subhash Ghai's next 'Vijeta' and '36 Farmhouse'
Pritam Kagne to be seen in major roles of Subhash Ghai's next 'Vijeta' and '36 Farmhouse'
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 11: Pritam Kagne will be seen in 'Vijeta', a multi starer movie produced by veteran filmmaker Subhash Ghai with Suresh Pai as a co-producer.
In the film, she is playing the character of Sunanda Gujar, an athlete. Pritam underwent training for almost two months to get the athlete body posture. "This was a very different kind of character in my career. The movie is releasing on December 10 across Maharashtra. I am dedicating the movie to all sportspersons who have won gold, silver and bronze medals for our nation." Interestingly Pritam will also be seen in the lead role of the Ghai's following '36 Farmhouse' too.
Pritam started her journey in the film industry with Malayalam films with a lead role in 'Mr. Bean' and later turned her attention to the Marathi movie industry. She won the hearts of the Marathi movie audience with her performance in movies like 'Halal', 'Navara Mazha Bhovara', 'Mansoon Football ', 'Ahilya' and 'Vajvuya Band Baja'. Out of these five movies, 'Halal', 'Ahilya' and Vajvuya Band Baja' are produced by National Award Winner Amol Laxman Kagne.
Pritam, who was earlier seen in the Hindi movie 31 October featuring Soha Ali Khan, is also excited for another Marathi thriller, 'Bali' starring Swapnil Joshi. Talking about her versatile journey in the different film industries, Pritam said, "Acting is my hobby; I am cultivating this art. I have acted in all three Marathi, Malayalam, Hindi, and the experience of working in these three different films was very different. I learned a lot of new things while acting in each language. I am fortunate to have had the opportunity to meet and work with several veteran artists."
After Vijeta, getting a lead role in Ghai's movie is like a dream come true for Pritam. Sharing more about the second movie with Subhash Ghai, Pritam added, "Working with two films for Subhash Ghai is a dream come true moment. While working on the sets, I learned a lot from Subhash Sir. Of course, the support of the audience is also valuable. They have played a vital role in my journey so far."
Pritam Kagne, who has established herself in Marathi, Malayalam and Hindi, has also won many accolades for her performance. To name a few, 'Sanskriti Kaladarpan Award for Best Debut, 'Dadasaheb Phalke Award for Best Promising Actress', 'Zee Talkies Comedy Award for Best Actress' and 'Sahyadri Cine Award for Best Actress'.
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Obama arresting citizens who criticize him!
WASHINGTON, DC – While marching America into Communism, Obama, right from the beginning, was not subtle. He told Joe The Plumber that he intends to "Redistribute the Wealth," a page right out of Karl Marx. After hijacking The White House, he immediately appointed CZARS, an office known only in the former Communist Soviet Union.
Those who oppose the redefinition of marriage are sent to "sensitivity training," which in Communist-led countries means "Re-education camps." Those who dissent in any way are required to submit to "Psychological Evaluation." In Communist countries, Christians and anyone who opposes government are sent to insane asylums. (Example Below)
Again we emphasize that Obama has the potential of being a great man in history. It is up to him to disconnect from the Communist handlers who are misleading and deceiving him, making him a "useful idiot (Stalin's comment), and to reclaim his potential, rather than one day dying in disgrace and leaving his legacy and potential unfulfilled.
It is to be noted that this writer, during a time of personal turbulence, spent time behind the Iron Curtain, and observed firsthand the horrors of living under Communist domination. It must be prevented from happening here. Even the Democrats, who are pushing for Socialism with all their energies, will NOT be happy if it does overtake America, which has already begun.
Patriot Joe Otto with his daily "Letter to Conservatives" tackles these very issues without restraint. It is with his permission that we re-publish his letter in its entirety: The highlights in his letter are mine.
"This is supposed to be the United States of America, not some Orwellian dystopia where citizens can be arrested, detained, and deemed mentally deficient all because they expressed their dissenting political opinion!" Joe Otto
DailySanity Newsletter from ConservativeDaily.com
Government Arrests People for Anti-Obama Posts!
Dear Conservative,
I have been thinking over the past few days about a simple question: Why do Liberals despise the Bill of Rights?
Whether it is the Second Amendment's right to bear arms or the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, Liberals seem to look at these rights as nothing more than guidelines.
Now, I know what many of you are thinking. Yes, there are plenty of Republicans who oppose much of the Bill of Rights. While they may be "Republicans," that is nothing more than a title. They certainly are not Conservatives.
While it has always been fashionable for the Left to target the Second Amendment, it has been assumed that the First Amendment was set in stone and wasn't up for debate. That was until Barack Obama entered the White House. Now, Harry Reid has promised to put a Constitutional amendment up for a vote to change the 1st Amendment!
Make no mistake; there are a lot of people who really hate Obama and his leftist policies. You can count me as one of them. As much as individuals may hate Obama, hatred alone has never been a crime. U.S. citizens have an enumerated right to speak their minds when it comes to politics without fear of being punished.
So, what do we do when U.S. citizens begin to be rounded up and detained over "controversial" Facebook posts about the President? What are we supposed to do when the government equates disapproval of a President with a conspiracy to overthrow the government?
This is happening right now!
Tell Congress it MUST protect our 1st Amendment rights and STOP the government from targeting citizens based on their political views!
The IRS scandal is a perfect example of government bureaucrats punishing Conservatives for their political views. Even though Conservative non-profit groups were doing the same thing as their Liberal counterparts, only those on the Right were targeted by Lois Lerner.
Most people will never experience this type of targeting and 1st Amendment violations unless they start up their own non-profit. But what about the things you post on Facebook, Twitter, or even over e-mail?
You might remember the story of Brendan Raub. Brendan is a Marine who would often take to Facebook to express his, for lack of a better word, "displeasure" of how the Obama administration was running the country.
In one of his Facebook posts, Brendan listed everything wrong with the country today, talking about how our leaders do not respect the People. Ironically, the post also criticized how the government doesn't respect individuals' rights.
Within days, Brendan Raub was in police custody. Not because he physically hurt anyone... Not because he was plotting to overthrow the country... But because he voiced his dissent (rather eloquently, I might add) and urged people to take their country back.
Once he was detained, the FBI forced Raub to undergo a psychological evaluation against his will. When the tests came back, it was determined that Brendan Raub was suffering from "Oppositional Defiant Disorder." This is a mental disorder where individuals cannot help but oppose authority figures.
Under this definition, half of the country is "Oppositional Defiant." Actually, according to the most recent polling, 55% of the country disapproves of Obama. Is that what it has come to? First, we were deemed racists for opposing Obama. Now we're mentally ill for disagreeing with him?
This is supposed to be the United States of America, not some Orwellian dystopia where citizens can be arrested, detained, and deemed mentally deficient all because they expressed their dissenting political opinion!
This is exactly what people say could never happen in America... And yet it continues to happen!
Now, the Democrats are determined to abolish/alter the 1st Amendment of the Constitution to re-define what political speech is permissible and what political speech warrants a jail sentence!
This is all connected! The Left wants to control what you can and cannot say as a way to control dissent. Harry Reid has promised that he will put a Constitutional amendment up for a vote in the Senate to change the 1st Amendment. These two Liberal branches of government are conspiring to take away YOUR right to free speech and they expect you to just accept it.
Over my dead body!
Join me in forcing Congress to STOP the targeting and detainment of dissenting citizens and put an end to Harry Reid's tyrannical Constitutional amendment!
Growing angrier by the day,
Joe Otto
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The TANROADS Regional Manager's office (RMO) for Arusha region is dedicated to manage the road network under its mandate, which extend throughout all six (6) districts. The trunk roads, traverse five (5) of these districts, namely Arumeru, Arusha, Monduli, Longido and Karatu. These districts are also networked with regional roads that extend into the sixth and remotest district of Ngorongoro.
Apart from being under the Chief Executive of TANROADS the annual plans and performance reports of the RMO are subject to the review and advise of the Regional Roads Board (RRB). The RRB is chaired by the Regional Commissioner, and its Secretary is the Regional Administrative Secretary. The RRB membership comprises of Members of Parliament, at most three Members from the Private Sector, District Commissioners, the Mayor of Arusha City Council and Chairmen of District Councils, the Arusha City Director and District Executive Directors, TANROADS Regional Manager, Regional Secretariat Engineer and the Engineers in the City /District Councils. Sections 6 and 7 of the Roads Act, 2007 (Act No.13 of 2007) provide for the establishment, functions, composition, tenure and proceedings of the RRB.


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Accepting state grant for Blankenship Field means it must be open to public
By John Huotari 1 Comment
An overall view of the proposed renovation of Blankenship Field and Jack Armstrong Stadium. (File image from April 2015)
Accepting a state grant of $480,000 for Blankenship Field, primarily for synthetic turf, means that the facilities must be open to the public.
But there could be exceptions for previously scheduled events that are coordinated through the Oak Ridge school system.
Keeping the facilities open is part of an operational agreement with Oak Ridge Schools that was amended in a 7-0 vote by Oak Ridge City Council on Monday, November 13.
"The important thing is that it's just not locked up," Oak Ridge City Manager Mark Watson told City Council during that meeting. Residents have to be able to use the property.
Watson said there will be a bathroom available, and the facilities will be open sunrise to sunset. There could be field rentals, Watson said. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Middle School, Slider, Sports, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: Blankenship Field, Jack Armstrong Stadium, Joe Gaddis, Local Parks and Recreation Fund grant, Mark Watson, Mike Mullins, Oak Ridge City Council, Oak Ridge Schools, Randy McNally, Rick Chinn, stadium renovations, state grant, synthetic turf, TDEC grant, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Warren Gooch
Gaddis gets 300th coaching win
Posted at 11:51 pm October 13, 2017
Oak Ridge Coach Joe Gaddis talks to the Wildcats football team after a 42-6 win over Clinton on Blankenship Field on Friday, Oct. 13, 2017. It was Gaddis' 300th coaching win. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Note: This story was last updated at 11 a.m.
Oak Ridge Coach Joe Gaddis got his 300th win as a football coach during a 42-6 win over Clinton on Friday.
Gaddis is only the seventh football coach in Tennessee to get 300 career wins, and he is one of only two active coaches with 300 wins, Oak Ridge school officials said. Gary Rankin of Alcoa is the other. Rankin was the first in Tennessee to win 400 games, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported in September.
Fans and players, parents and coaches, and students and school officials celebrated Gaddis' milestone 300th win with a brief ceremony on Blankenship Field on Friday that included fireworks and photos, and signs and a football painted with the number 300 that was presented to Gaddis.
More than half of Gaddis' wins have been at Oak Ridge, where he is 162-36. Gaddis first coached at Oak Ridge for 11 seasons, from 1988 to 1998, and he is in his fifth season back, after returning in 2013.
"I'm coaching at the best place there is to coach," Gaddis said. "This is just a special place." [Read more…]
Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Slider, Sports, Sports Tagged With: Blankenship Field, Caleb Martin, Clinton, Dragons, football coach, Gary Rankin, Herbert Booker, Jeremy Mitchell, Joe Gaddis, Johnny Stewart, Josh Breeden, Martin McDonald, Mike Mullins, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge High School, Panthers, Powell, TJ Johnson, Tyrell Romano, Wildcats
Trombly resigns as soccer coach
Posted at 4:33 pm September 29, 2017
Jeff Trombly
Jeff Trombly has resigned as Oak Ridge boys' and girls' soccer coach.
The resignation was effective immediately, Oak Ridge High School Athletic Director Mike Mullins said Tuesday.
Assistant Coach Katrina Williams will be the interim girls' soccer coach for the rest of the season, Mullins said.
A search for boys' soccer coach will begin as soon as possible, Mullins said.
It's not clear why Trombly resigned. Oak Ridge Today has not been able to reach Trombly for comment, but we will update this story when we can. [Read more…]
Filed Under: High School, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: boys and girls soccer, coach, Jason Schmieg, Jeff Trombly, Katrina Williams, Mike Mullins, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge Wildcats
Six senior athletes honored during National Signing Day at ORHS
Posted at 10:20 pm February 6, 2017
Surrounded by family members and school officials, Oak Ridge senior wide receiver Tee Higgins signs to play football at Clemson University at Oak Ridge High School on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Six senior athletes at Oak Ridge High School were honored during National Signing Day at Oak Ridge High School on Wednesday.
The six athletes, their sports, and the schools they will attend are:
Jake Etheridge—cross country, University of Tennessee in Chattanooga;
Alex Sherles—vollebyall, East Tennessee State University;
David Dunn—rowing, Stanford University;
Leah Scudder—soccer, Erskine College;
Kyndall Clark—football, Gardner-Webb University; and
Tee Higgins—football, Clemson University.
National Signing Day is the first day that high school seniors can sign a binding letter of intent with NCAA schools, ORHS Athletic Director Mike Mullins said. [Read more…]
Filed Under: College, Education, Front Page News, High School, Slider, Sports, Sports Tagged With: Clemson University, David Dunn, David Kolodney, East Tennessee State University, Erskine College, Evelyn Radford, Gardner-Webb University, Jake Etheridge, Jeff Trombly, Joe Gaddis, Kyndall Clark, Leah Scudder, Mike Mullins, National Signing Day, Oak Ridge High School, ORHS, Stanford University, Tee Higgins, the University of Tennessee
Oak Ridge receives Blankenship Field grant, primarily for synthetic turf
Posted at 9:46 pm January 26, 2017
Oak Ridge has received a state grant of just under $500,000 that will be used primarily for synthetic turf at Blankenship Field. But it is also expected to help pay for track improvements, upgraded restrooms, fencing between the football field and track, and improvements to the Cedar Hill trailhead behind the visitors bleachers at Jack Armstrong Stadium, city officials said Thursday.
The Local Parks and Recreation Fund grant requires a 50 percent match. The match is supposed to be provided by the nonprofit Blankenship Field Revitalization Foundation, and it can be a mix of cash and in-kind contributions, although the precise percentage of each—cash versus in-kind contributions—isn't clear yet. The foundation has been chaired by Tennessee Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the Senate Randy McNally.
Officials expect to know more after four of them—City Manager Mark Watson, City Council member Rick Chinn, Recreation and Parks Director Jon Hetrick, and Allen Thacker of Oak Ridge Schools—attend mandatory grant training in Nashville in February.
After that, the Oak Ridge City Council could accept the grant, possibly as early as the February 13 meeting. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Front Page News, Government, High School, Oak Ridge, Slider, Sports, Sports, State Tagged With: Allen Thacker, Bermuda grass, Blankenship Field, Blankenship Field Revitalization Foundation, City of Oak Ridge, grant, Jack Armstrong Stadium, Jon Hetrick, Julio Culiat, Local Parks and Recreation Fund, Local Parks and Recreation Fund grant, Mark Watson, Mike Mullins, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge City Council, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge Schools, Randy McNally, synthetic turf, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
'End of the road': Etheridge resigns after 13 years as head coach, six state titles
Posted at 5:08 pm January 6, 2017
Pictured above are Oak Ridge cross country coach Allen Etheridge, center, and assistant coaches Ed Wright, left, and Tom Sauer at the Class AAA cross country meet at Percy Warner Park in Nashville on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Note: This story was updated at 3:30 p.m. Jan. 7.
Allen Etheridge has resigned as cross country coach at Oak Ridge High School after 13 years as head coach and six state titles.
His resignation is effective today (Friday, January 6). Etheridge was an assistant cross country coach for five years before he became head coach.
"I just have the sense that with cross country this was the end of the road," Etheridge said. "I don't know that I could bring anything new to the table."
Besides the six state titles, Etheridge's teams have won five runner-ups, three third places, one individual state championship, and 15 regional titles. The state championships were in 2005, 2006, and 2007 for the boys, and 2007, 2009, and 2010 for the girls. The individual state champion was John Sharpe in 2009.
The boys' team finished second in the state meet in 2015 and third in 2016. The team won the Region 2-AAA meet for the third year in a row in October. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: Allen Etheridge, cross country, Ed Wright, Jim McNamee, Laura Froning, Luke Hadden, Mike Mullins, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge High School, ORHS, Tom Sauer, track and field
Council supports grant application for synthetic turf at Blankenship
Posted at 10:27 am March 15, 2016
The Oak Ridge City Council on Monday unanimously supported a grant application for synthetic turf on Blankenship Field. An overall view of part of the proposed renovation of Blankenship Field and Jack Armstrong Stadium is pictured in this image from early 2015.
The Oak Ridge City Council on Monday unanimously authorized a grant application for synthetic turf on Blankenship Field.
If approved by Tennessee officials, the grant could be worth up to $500,000. It would be matched by the Blankenship Field Revitalization Foundation, a nonprofit organization chaired by Tennessee Senator Randy McNally.
The synthetic turf is part of the first phase of a multi-million-dollar proposal to renovate Blankenship Field and Jack Armstrong Stadium.
Previous work has included replacing the visitors side bleachers and renovating the Broadway Avenue parking lot.
The application approved by City Council in a 7-0 vote on Monday is for a Local Parks and Recreation Fund grant from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. The requested grant funding could range between $250,000 and $500,000. The grant requires a 50 percent match. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Education, Government, Government, High School, K-12, Oak Ridge, Slider, Sports Tagged With: Blankenship Field, Blankenship Field Revitalization Foundation, City of Oak Ridge, Jack Armstrong Stadium, Local Parks and Recreation Fund grant, Mark Watson, Mike Mullins, Oak Ridge City Council, Randy McNally, synthetic turf, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
Green named girls basketball coach, one half of husband-wife coaching duo
Posted at 5:13 pm June 21, 2015
Paige Green
Paige Green has been named the new girls basketball coach at Oak Ridge High School, making her one half of a husband-wife coaching duo. Green's husband, Aaron Green, is the boys basketball coach.
The appointment was announced Wednesday and went into effect immediately. Green, who has an impressive résumé as a player and has coached middle school and AAU basketball, will replace David Scott, who announced his decision to resign in late May. Scott cited family reasons after a second stint as coach.
It's not unprecedented to have a husband-wife coaching duo. Aaron Green said he knows of two other similar coaching couples, the McWilliams at Upperman High School near Cookeville and Keith and Jennifer Galloway at Hardin Valley Academy. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Education, Front Page News, High School, K-12, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: Aaron Green, AAU, basketball, basketball coach, Danny Green, David Scott, Jill Prudden, Lady Wildcats, Mike Mullins, Oak Ridge High School, ORHS, Paige Green
Nonprofit wants to revitalize Blankenship Field, Jack Armstrong Stadium
By John Huotari 7 Comments
An overall view of the proposed renovation of Blankenship Field and Jack Armstrong Stadium.
A nonprofit foundation wants to revitalize Blankenship Field and Jack Armstrong stadium and create a world-class gathering place that can accommodate more than 20,000 people in a natural amphitheater for sporting and other events, organizers said.
The Blankenship Field Revitalization Foundation has been formed by private residents, and it is led by Tennessee Senator Randy McNally, an Oak Ridge Republican. Organizers said the foundation is coordinating the revitalization project and fundraising activities in cooperation with the City of Oak Ridge and Oak Ridge Schools.
"In revitalizing Blankenship Field, we hope to honor the historic founders of Oak Ridge, a community dedicated to world-class education, scientific discovery, and a high quality of life," organizers said. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, High School, Middle School, Nonprofits, Slider, Sports, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: Blankenship Field, Blankenship Field Revitalization Foundation, Blankenship Field Revitalization Project, City of Oak Ridge, Jack Armstrong Stadium, Manhattan Project, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, Mike Mullins, Oak Ridge Schools, Randy McNally
ORHS athletic director recognized for distinguished service by TSSAA
Posted at 8:56 pm February 5, 2015
Mike Mullins
Mike Mullins, the athletic director at Oak Ridge High School, has been honored by the TSSAA for his distinguished service as an administrator.
The TSSAA, or Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association, administers junior and senior high school sports. A story in the Winter 2015 issue of TSSAA News said Mullins is finishing his ninth year as athletic director at ORHS and his 29th year in interscholastic athletics and education.
Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: A.F. Bridges Athletic Director of the Year Award, athletic director, Blankenship Field, Distinguished Service, Mike Mullins, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge Wildcats, ORHS, Pro2Serve soccer complex, Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association, TSSAA, TSSAA News, Wildcat Arena
Low bid on Blankenship bleachers: $524,000
Posted at 2:51 pm March 22, 2014
Deemed to be unsafe, the visitors bleachers at Blankenship Field have been removed, and replacing them could cost more than $500,000.
The low bid on the bleacher replacement project at Blankenship Field came in at $523,940, a school official said Friday.
The bid on the project to replace the demolished visitor bleachers includes grading work and a handicap sidewalk at Jack Armstrong Stadium. Proposals were accepted through Friday. The recommended proposal from Dant Clayton Corp. of Louisville, Ky., will be considered by the Oak Ridge Board of Education on Monday.
Allen Thacker, Oak Ridge Schools maintenance and operations supervisor, said the project could cost another $40,000 if the Wildcat Crossing stairs on the home side of the field are reconditioned. That would make the total cost $563,940. It was the lowest of two qualified bids.
Thacker said funding for the project has not yet been identified. It's been discussed at several recent meetings of the Oak Ridge City Council and Board of Education. Municipal and education officials have said options include city funding, school funding, a mix of the two, and donations. Earlier this month, School Board Chair Keys Fillauer told City Council that a funding decision could be made Monday. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Education, High School, K-12, Middle School, Slider, Sports, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: Allen Thacker, bids, Blankenship Field, Blankenship Revitalization Committee, bleacher replacement, Dant Clayton Corp., funding, Jack Armstrong Stadium, Keys Fillauer, Mike Mullins, Oak Ridge Board of Education, Oak Ridge City Council, Oak Ridge Schools, visitor bleachers, Wildcat Crossing
Schools seek bids to replace demolished Blankenship bleachers
Posted at 11:20 am March 8, 2014
Declared unsafe, the visitors bleachers at Blankenship Field have been removed, and the project to replace them has been put out for bids.
The visitors bleachers at Blankenship Field have been demolished, and the Oak Ridge Schools are scurrying to replace them by the start of the high school football season this fall.
Project bids are being accepted through March 21, although it's not clear yet who will pay for the new bleachers and other improvements at Jack Armstrong Stadium. The bids could be considered by the Oak Ridge Board of Education on March 24.
The board could also make a funding decision then, School Board Chair Keys Fillauer told Oak Ridge City Council members during a Monday night meeting. There are a range of options that include city funding, school funding, and donations, among others. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Education, Education, Government, High School, K-12, Middle School, Oak Ridge, Slider, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: Allen Thacker, Blankenship Field, Blankenship Revitalization Committee, bleachers, Boosters Club, funding, Jack Armstrong Stadium, Joe Gaddis, Keys Fillauer, MBI Architecture, Mike Mullins, Oak Ridge Board of Education, Oak Ridge City Council, Oak Ridge High School Athletic Department, Oak Ridge Schools, petition, Rick Chinn, Tim Waddell, visitors bleachers, Wildcat Crossing


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In late October I spent an afternoon at a country western festival in Bologna, Italy. It was the very last day of the two weekends that the festival took place, and I was eager to see what it was like: though I have been to wild west and country festivals in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and the Czech Republic, I have only been to a couple of them in Italy.
This one, called "Festival Country," took place at the Bologna Fairgrounds, and it shared space in a cavernous hall with a sort of "October Fest" beer festival (featuring what was presented as German food). In a separate cavernous hall there was a so-called "Irish Festival:" vaguely Celtic music, and stalls that mainly seemed to sell "Lord of the Rings" type clothing…..
The path to all three led through the grim industrial landscape of the Fair buildings…..
Once there, what did I find?
The scene — at least on the day I was there — was a sort of distillation of all the most common stereotypes associated with "the west," "the frontier," "country-western," and, in a certain way, "America." It was almost "paint-by-numbers"– but refreshingly, in contrast to festivals in other countries, I only saw one Confederate flag.
I was hit by a fist of sound as soon as a entered — from a band (whose name I didn't get) playing on a stage in the middle of the hall: playing so loud that that the sound was utterly distorted, with only the bass and the beat discernable.
The web site promised shows, concerts, food and drink, "pioneers and westerns", Indian traditions, games, and handicrafts.
At the entrance to the cavernous hall stood a manikin of a Native American, posed outside a tepee as if to pounce.
Or of course pose for pictures.
Nearby, there were basic-type mock ups of a Saloon, a bank, and a corral — which is where, I believe, shows were staged.
All around the edges there were stands selling cowboy boots, cowboy hats, T-shirts, "western attire" and the usual type of wild west tschotsches — most of which I rather assume were made in China or somewhere. Unlike at some other festivals I've been so, there was not much of the participatory or performative dress-up.
There was a dance floor for line-dancing (increasingly popular in Italy) in front of the band-stand.
And beyond this were lots of tables where people could eat — the "western" fare included a variety of (mainly) meats, giant hamburgers and other dishes that to me seemed pretty unappetizing (I ate fish & chips in the Irish festival). This being Italy there was also pasta — but thanks to the Americanness of it all, it was the first time I have ever seen "spaghetti and meatballs" in Italy.
One thing that was different from some of the festivals I've gone to elsewhere was a series of lectures given on "western" topics, such as western movies. I dropped into one of them — where an Italian from an organization called Sentiero Rosso (Red Trail) that supports Native American rights was talking about how his group brings aid to Native American families.
I was planning to stay at the festival until evening (the last train back to Florence was at something like 9:30 p.m.), but in fact, I only lasted a few hours….I'm sad to say that was it all so empty, stereotyped, and superficial — and that, despite the razzle dazzle and noise, there was such a lack of energy — that it wasn't really fun.
This is a cross-post from my Sauerkraut Cowboys blog. I love it!
A Slovak bluegrass friend, Roman Ac, posted this picture on Facebook — it's wonderful, and I just have to post it here. It's the lyrics of John Denver's 1971 mega-hit "Take Me Home, Country Roads" spelled out in Czech (or Slovak) phonetic transliteration.
I've posted here in the past about how in Europe "Country Roads" is probably the most popular (and most covered) country-style song by local singers.
Denver, born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. in 1943, died in a plane crash in 1997. "Country Roads" lives on; it's omnipresent, everywhere.
In then-Czechoslovakia, the definitive Czech version was recorded in 1975 by the late, great Pavel Bobek as "Veď mě dál, cesto má" — it became one of his signature songs. Bobek passed away just one year ago.
The Czech translation was quite a bit far, geographically, from West Virginia — this YouTube video is of Bobek singing in Czech, with a re-translation of the Czech lyrics back into English.
I find "Take Me Home Country Roads" almost unbearable sappy; sugary sweet and bland at the same time.
But audiences in Europe love the song — they invariably sing along, swaying and smiling. The idea of "home" translates into a sense that we (they) are all at home in America — or the America of dreams, where is here. Other songs popular in the European country scene also play on this sense of the universal "home" somewhere in the mythical West (or South) — "Sweet Home Alabama," for example.
Here's another video I posted before — of John Denver himself, singing "It's Good to Be Back Home Again" — at a concert in Germany, land of his ancestors. It's about a truck driver coming home.
I've been writing about the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow for about 20 years, maybe even longer…so I have some historical perspective and memory in its regard.
KRAKOW — In the sultry darkness of a summer night, a tall, skinny figure with close-cropped hair and a purple T-shirt threaded through a beer garden during Krakow's Jewish Culture Festival, the annual nine-day extravaganza of performance, exhibition, debate and intensive interaction that for a quarter of a century now has been a catalyst of Krakow's Jewish cultural revival.
Bridging the open space between the city's lively Jewish community center, which hosted dozens of festival events, and the grandiose Tempel Synagogue, venue for many of the concerts, the garden served as an informal salon where public and performers, Jews and non-Jews alike, could shmooze.
The American singer, much less recognizable since he shed his Hasidic garb, blended with the dozens of other folks sipping their drinks as he made his way through the slatted wooden tables and sat down with a group that included Jonathan Ornstein, director of Krakow's Jewish community center, and Janusz Makuch, the bearded, non-Jewish Pole who co-founded the festival in 1988 and is still both its director and its main driving force.
Matisyahu wasn't on the program, though he has performed here in the past.
This time, en route to a gig in northern Poland, he had simply dropped in to hang with the festival crowd in Kazimierz, Krakow's historic Jewish district.
Over the past two decades, Kazimierz has famously been transformed from a rundown slum, the quintessential Jewish graveyard, into a major tourist attraction: a burgeoning hub of revitalized Jewish culture, life, consciousness and commercial kitsch — as well as the city's liveliest center of clubs, pubs and other late-night venues.
"We must have been out till 5 in the morning," Ornstein told me the next day.
I've been writing about Kazimierz since 1990 and about the festival itself for nearly that long, returning each summer, at least for a few festival days, to monitor changes in the place, the program and the issues that swirl around both of them.
To me, Matisyahu's under-the-radar appearance brought home one of the most striking of these changes. Clearly for him — and for the hundreds, maybe thousands, of other Jewish tourists who now flock here — the long post-Holocaust taboo on visiting Poland for pleasure has been broken.
This is no mean feat and has taken years to come about. Auschwitz is just an hour's drive from Krakow, and the new attitude is by no means universal. But I heard it echoed clearly by a Canadian woman staying in my hotel.
One of the factors in this change has been the increasingly high profile of the JCC, which opened five years ago as a neutral Jewish space accessible to all streams and forms of Jewishness and Jewish expression, normative or not.
Now one of the hubs of the festival, the JCC is, importantly, recognized as a "Jewish" Jewish space, in contrast to most of the city's other Jewish-oriented venues and institutions. Its involvement has changed radically the dynamics of an event that long was viewed as a Jewish festival produced by non-Jews for a non-Jewish audience. Non-Jewish Poles still make up the vast majority of the festival's attendees.
Among the JCC's annual festival offerings is a kosher Sabbath dinner. This year, hosted in the 17th-century Izaak Synagogue, the dinner drew nearly 400 people.
This year, the concepts of "Jewish" and "Jewishness" — and the ways they are defined, perceived, described and enacted — formed one of the main themes confronted in the many festival lectures, workshops and discussions.
I took part in a public conversation at the JCC, called "Jewish. Jewish? 'Jewish' Jewish!" It addressed shifting definitions, particularly in Kazimierz, where the transformations have created a complex of new Jewish authenticities that are quite different from the Krakow Jewish world that was destroyed in the Holocaust but are still real components of today's living city.
After all, few if any of the young Poles and visitors who now throng the district's many new cafes or volunteer at the JCC have any direct memories of Kazimierz before the festival began drawing crowds, when no modern Jewish museums and culture centers offered their programs, and no Jewish (or Jewish-style) commercial venues plied their trade.
Nonetheless, he said, the festival's main museum exhibition demonstrated an unsettling deep-seated sense of the "weird" that still surrounds Jewish issues.
This provocative show confronted the perception of what is understood as Jewish or "Jewish." Titled "Souvenir, Talisman, Toy" and curated by Concordia University anthropologist Erica Lehrer, it explored the history, meaning and symbolism of the ubiquitous carved wooden figurines of Jews, frequently seen at Polish souvenir stalls and which often perpetuate sometimes toxicstereotypes.
The exhibit placed these figures in the context of both folk art and folk fantasy. In doing so, particularly against the pervasive good vibes of the festival, it served to highlight — and confront — the contradictory ways that "Jews" and "Jewishness" are perceived and represented in contemporary Poland.
One particular focus was on the myriad "Jewish" figures that clutch money and are used as "good luck" charms said to bring purchasers prosperity. Some observers actually view such "penny Jews" as embodying "positive" stereotypes, without ill intention. In exhibition video interviews, vendors and purchasers alike spoke openly about the magical properties of such figures, some of which are so abstract that, though bought, sold and recognized as "Jews," they look more like aliens than human beings.
That, of course, was the question. Or one of the questions. Only days after the festival's conclusion, the lower house of Poland's parliament voted down a bill that would have allowed Jewish (and Muslim) ritual animal slaughter.
It's not for nothing that the exhibition advertisement featured the grotesque head of a wooden Jew, all staring eyes, fur hat and flaring peyes, or sidelocks. From posters and banners it glared proudly — even defiantly — out at the manifold new realities of Jewish Kazimierz with an expression of amazement, inquiry and possibly apprehension.
I just found out about a wild west theme park in Poland called Twin Pigs — it seems to be some punning reference to "Twin Peaks" — that opened last summer in the little Silesian town of Zory, near the Czech border and between Katowice and Wisla.
In the promotional video it still looks brand new!
It seems to have the usual "real imaginary" look of a wild west town, with rides, country music, rodeo, Tex Mex and other attractions.
Czech Radio's English language service recently interview me, along with banjoist-multi-instrumentalist Lubos Malina, about the great "Czechgrass" band Druha Trava's new double live CD.
You can access the interview by CLICKING HERE — and you can either stream the half hour interview or download it as an mp3.
We talk about the new CD set — one CD was recorded during the annual summer festival in the beautiful town of Telc, and the other is a compilation of performances last year with guests Peter Rowan, Charlie McCoy and Katia Garcia.
We also spoke about my role in DT's previous CD, Shuttle to Bethlehem, which mainly features my English language translations of DT singer-songwriter-frontman Robert Krestan's songs.
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Thalia has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Human Services from Northeastern University.


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Alan Wake review for PC
by Mike Palermo
Publisher: Nordic Games Publishing
Developer: Remedy Entertainment
Medium: Digital Download
I was always under the impression that Alan Wake was touted as being an Xbox and PC title. Then, as it neared closer to the game's launch, Remedy announced the decision to cancel the superior PC version (zing!), opting instead to go 360 exclusive (naturally, I blamed on Microsoft Game Studios, not Remedy). Being a fan of PC gaming, I shed a tear that day… You see, I happen to be a huge fan of story-driven, single player titles; it's the reason I play videogames. I'm not talking RPGs either (although I do love quite a few of them), but narrative adventures that are best told through interactivity, which is precisely what Remedy was promising with Alan Wake. Alas, when it did finally launch on 360 I still fully intended to play it thoroughly…
However, something strange happened: Every time I saw a copy sitting on a shelf, rather than pick it up, I couldn't help but think about what the PC version could have been. This happened for days after launch… and days turned into weeks, which turned into months… which turned into December 2011 and the announcement that Alan Wake was coming to PC in early 2012! So my unintended delay to buy Alan Wake for 360 wasn't in vain. In a round-about way, it is the way it always should have been…
… To answer your question; yes, I'm intentionally being overly dramatic, but that's because Alan Wake has a tendency to bring out that intensity in its players.
Before talking about how much I like the game (it's the same game that got positive reviews circa 2010), let's first focus on the benefits of the PC version. Since the game is already almost 2 years old (Where does the time go?), it doesn't take too much computational horsepower to get it running masterfully on PC. Armed with a mid-range GTX 570, I was able to run the game at 60fps with maxed out visuals at 1080p. 16x AF, 8x AA, everything else at "high" including SSAO and FXAA (which is kind of redundant with regular AA being maxed). On top of that LOD and draw distance were also set full tilt.
Don't get me wrong, it's not be the best we've seen on PC, but because Alan Wake was never an ugly game, with pimped out graphics running at liquid-smooth 60fps this updated DX11 version looks great. The visual fidelity difference between this and the console iteration is substantial enough to clearly label the PC release as the definitive version from a graphics standpoint. If you have any hesitations about playing with a kb mouse (you shouldn't as it handles quite well), the game also has full 360 controller support, so you're not really missing anything playing on computer.
Speaking of controllers, the game's control scheme feels a lot like Uncharted's. Not just because of the third-person perspective, but because of the animations and stumbling around that both protagonists share… They even sound alike (albeit with Alan Wake sounding more dramatic than charismatic.) The game world design is also similar between the two games but locations are cosmetically different, with Alan Wake taking place in the mountainous forests of the north-western US, rather than jungles of some tropical locale.
Alan Wake (the character) was a best-selling writer who has been suffering a two-year bout of writer's block. The stress has of not writing has gotten so bad that it manifests itself in horrible nightmares. As such, Alan and his wife plan a relaxing vacation in the small idyllic town of Bright Falls, Washington (lots of trees, mountains, fresh air, wonderful sunsets.) Anyway, things go from 'peachy' to 'odd', then 'odd' to 'death-trap' really fast upon arriving in Bright Falls. After experiencing one simple little black-out, Alan wakes up to find that his wife is missing, a week has past, and the vacation home they were staying in hasn't existed since 1970… Not good.
The story is divided up into six episodes, with the two additional DLC episodes included in the PC release. Each episode is delivered like a television show, complete with "Previously on Alan Wake" intros and lead outs at the end (the licensed music of which is excellent, fitting perfectly with the game's twilight-zone-style weirdness). During gameplay Alan narrates his thoughts to the player as you make your way to well lit areas (the only refuge from the all-consuming darkness). There are also a few pre-rendered game-engine cinematics to help with exposition, but ironically they look slightly lower-res and muddier than the real-time in-game graphics all dolled up. Fortunately it doesn't hurt the experience (but it is kind of funny).
It's not so much a survival horror action game, as a psychological thriller detective game. In that respect, Alan Wake uses a slightly slower pace than, for example, Resident Evil 5… It's more like a spooky/eerie Heavy Rain that plays like Uncharted (if that makes sense). In my opinion the tension created by the shadowy enemies trying to kill you in the dark isn't as predominant as the tension created by the unknown (which is especially true in the first few episodes). The driving force behind the whole game – its major motivator – is the hope that you'll figure out what's going on and why. And pardon the pun, but Remedy continually keeps you in the dark which only adds to the ambiance of the game.
One of my favorite features that exemplify this is the manuscript pages that are scattered across Bright Falls. What makes collecting these pages so engaging is that they detail the events of the game (the episode you're playing), but you're not necessarily finding them in order. You often find pages describing the actions of characters you haven't met yet, giving you a heads-up for what might be coming. However these warnings are often completely out of context, only making sense after having played through them. Overall, there aren't many games like Alan Wake on any platform; it engages the player with more than just its shooting and action… I dig it.
One thing that kind of bothered me – and this is sacrilege for a die-hard Steam aficionado to admit – is the integration of Steam-Cloud saves. As far as I can tell (bear in mind I haven't really looked), the game cannot auto-save locally unless you forcibly turn-off Steam Cloud support in Steam (not in the actual game). In my case it kept my checkpoint save, but I lost a couple of hours worth of collectibles by switching between machines. Moreover, I'm concerned that if I turn off Steam Cloud now, after re-playing with it on, I'll lose all my collectibles again so I haven't attempted the switch. This is particularly frustrating as it's something that is behind-the-scenes and essentially hidden from the user. I not sure if this is an Alan Wake problem or a Steam one and I only mention it so players are cognizant of what could happen if they're switching back and forth between comps.
Arguably the best compliment I can give Alan Wake is that it is a console-to-PC port done right. Granted, both versions shared a lot of development time and Remedy know their way around a PC, so that might have a lot to do with it. As a PC game, players who are new to the franchise will definitely get a kick out of this unique gaming experience; so needless to say, you should give it a try. On the other hand, if you've already enjoyed the 360 version, but didn't buy the downloadable episodes or were thinking of playing it again, there is enough new paint and additions here to warrant the $29.99 double-dip.
Grade: A-
Tags: alan wake, horror, remedy entertainment


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Q: Accessing additional columns on polymorphic relationship I'm using Lumen with eloquent for this if it matters.
Howdy, I'm new to polymorphic relationships - so I'm hoping I missed something obvious here.  The relationship appears to be working correctly, however I need to return some extra data and I can't figure out how to do it. One thing worth mentioning, my user ID is a string on purpose :).
I have Users, Ideas, and Comments.
In my Ideas model I am adding comments like this:
 protected $with = [
    'user:id,fname,lname',
    'comments'
];

This returns the following:
{
    "id": 1,
    "title": "Mike Idea222",
    "body": "asasdasd",
    "status": "submitted",
    "user_id": "1a",
    "total_votes": 0,
    "created_at": "2021-02-16T03:36:19.000000Z",
    "updated_at": "2021-02-16T03:36:19.000000Z",
    "user": {
        "id": "1a",
        "fname": "Michael",
        "lname": "Poopy"
    },
    "comments": [
        {
            "id": 1,
            "commentable_id": 1,
            "commentable_type": "App\\Idea",
            "user_id": "1a",
            "comment": "idea It is a comment",
            "created_at": "2021-02-16T03:36:32.000000Z",
            "updated_at": "2021-02-16T03:36:32.000000Z"
        }
    ]
}

WHAT I WANT is to also have the user fname / lname show up with comment in addition to the user_id.
Perhaps I missed something - please see my code below:
User.php
<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Auth\Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Access\Authorizable as AuthorizableContract;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable as AuthenticatableContract;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Laravel\Lumen\Auth\Authorizable;

class User extends Model implements AuthenticatableContract, AuthorizableContract
{
    use Authenticatable, Authorizable;

    protected $primaryKey = 'id';
    protected $keyType    = 'string';
    public $incrementing  = false;

    public function getRouteKeyName()
    {
        return 'id';
    }

    protected $with = ['ideas'];

    protected $fillable = ['id', 'fname', 'lname', 'role'];

    public function ideas()
    {
        return $this->belongsTo('App\Idea', 'id', 'user_id')
            ->select('user_id', 'id', 'title')
            ->without(['user'])
            ->without(['votes']);
    }
}

Schema::create('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->string('id')->unique()->primary(); // Unique UDC from CAS / banner
    $table->string('fname');
    $table->string('lname');
    $table->json('role'); // User Role
    $table->timestamps(0); // Adds nullable created_at and updated_at
});

Idea.php
<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\Relation;

class Idea extends Model
{
    use Commentable;

    protected $with = [
        'user:id,fname,lname',
        'comments'
    ];

    protected $fillable = [
        'user_id',
        'title',
        'body',
        'status',
    ];

    public function user()
    {
        return $this->belongsTo('App\User', 'user_id')
            ->without('ideas');
    }
}

Schema::create('ideas', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->increments('id');
    $table->text('title');
    $table->longText('body');
    $table->text('status');
    $table->string('user_id');
    $table->foreign('user_id')->references('id')->on('users')->onDelete('cascade')->onUpdate('cascade');
    $table->integer('total_votes')->default(0);
    $table->timestamps();
});

Comment.php
<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Comment extends Model
{
    protected $fillable = [
        'comment',
    ];

    protected $dates = [
        'created_at',
        'deleted_at',
        'updated_at',
    ];

    public function commentable()
    {
        return $this->morphTo();
    }
}

Commentable.php*
<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Auth;

trait Commentable
{
    public function comments()
    {
        return $this->morphMany(Comment::class, 'commentable');
    }

    public function comment($user_id, $commentText)
    {
        $comment = new Comment();
        $comment->user_id = $user_id;
        $comment->comment = $commentText;

        $this->comments()->save($comment);
        return true;
    }
}

Schema::create('comments', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->bigincrements('id');
    $table->biginteger('commentable_id')->unsigned()->index();
    $table->string('commentable_type');
    $table->string('user_id')->index();
    $table->longtext('comment');
    $table->timestamps();
    $table->foreign('user_id')->references('id')->on('users')->onDelete('cascade')->onUpdate('cascade');
});

A: Fixed it by adding this to Comment.php
    public function user()
    {
        return $this->belongsTo('App\User', 'user_id', 'id')
            ->select(['id', 'fname', 'lname'])
            ->without('ideas')
    }

And changing the morph in Commentable.php
    public function comments()
    {
        return $this->morphMany(Comment::class, 'commentable')->with('user');
    }

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"""Scraper for First Circuit of Appeals
CourtID: ca1
Court Short Name: ca1
Author: Michael Lissner
Date created: 13 June 2014
"""

from datetime import datetime
import re

from juriscraper.OralArgumentSite import OralArgumentSite

class Site(OralArgumentSite):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(Site, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.court_id = self.__module__
        self.url = 'http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/files/audio/audiorss.php'

    def _get_download_urls(self):
        # For some reason, lxml is being weird while parsing this XML and is
        # munging the link node into a text node. This xpath seems to work
        # despite it being rather wonky.
        path = '//item/link'
        download_urls = []
        for t in self.html.xpath(path):
            download_urls.append(t.tail)
        return download_urls

    def _get_case_names(self):
        case_names = []
        for t in self.html.xpath('//item/title/text()'):
            case_name = t.split(', ', 1)[1]
            case_names.append(case_name)
        return case_names

    def _get_case_dates(self):
        path = '//item/description/b/text()'
        dates = []
        for t in self.html.xpath(path):
            # t looks like: [Argued:91-1-2015]
            t = re.sub('[\[\]\s]', '', t)             # Strip out [ and ].
            date_string = t.split(':', 1)[1].strip()  # Then get the date part.
            dates.append(datetime.strptime(date_string, '%m-%d-%Y').date())
        return dates

    def _get_docket_numbers(self):
        document_numbers = []
        for t in self.html.xpath('//item/title/text()'):
            case_name = t.split(', ', 1)[0]
            case_name = re.sub('case:\s?', '', case_name, re.I)
            document_numbers.append(case_name)
        return document_numbers

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↪ § 22–1836. Benefitting financially from human trafficking.
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14-year-old Jack Mason is orphaned when his parents die in a circus. One day, a detective Ignatius Doyle is looking for an assistant, and the head of the orphanage asks Jack if he'd like to be the assistant. The acrobatic Jack accepts, and is straight away launched into a full-on adventure. Scarlet Bell, a 15-year-old girl comes to Mr. Doyle, and tells him that her father has been missing. They search Scarlet's house and find one of Leonardo da Vinci's original paintings that had gone missing, only with a firebird above it. What does this mean? Leonardo certainly didn't paint a firebird into his painting. This was immediately followed by another case, when Professor M, a criminal mastermind gets hold of an atomic bomb that the ingenious Phoenix Society had created accidently. This atomic bomb can reduce London into rubble, killing thousands of millions of people in the process. Will they get out of this alive?
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