According to the latest Mill Creek Police Blotter, a total of 508 responses were reported the week of April 20th to April 26th.
The good news is that competitive bidding for the 35th Avenue SE Reconstruction project resulted in a lower construction project cost than what was budgeted.
The bad news is that a change order now being negotiated will reduce the cost savings.
Crews will continue construction work on the Swift Green Line bus stations from April 30th to May 5th, in and around Mill Creek.
Here in 2018, the spring garage sale is Saturday, May 5th.
Rasko will live out the remainder of his life at the home of Officer Ian Durkee, his handler.
It is with great sadness that Snohomish County Fire District 7 and Camano Island Fire & Rescue announce the unexpected passing of one of their own. Erik Shouse passed away at his home early on Sunday, April 22nd.
The recently enacted Washington Voting Rights Act allows cities and counties to switch to district-based elections – which would fix problems with a jurisdiction's voting system.
The Mill Creek City Council is an example of a group that has failed to respond to its local demographics.
According to the latest Mill Creek Police Blotter, a total of 460 responses were reported the week of April 13th to April 19th.
The City of Mill Creek is evaluating a new East Gateway Urban Village development proposal which was received on March 23rd.
The proposed mixed-use development will house retail businesses, medical offices, and multi-family apartments.
Crews will continue construction work on the Swift Green Line bus stations from April 20th to 27th in and around Mill Creek.
At the April 17th Board of Commissioner's meeting, Fire Chief Gary Meek had the honor of pinning our two newly promoted captains, Troy Smith and Colby Titland.
Their families and coworkers joined the captains as they took their oath and received their badges.
Sprouts Farmers Markets disclosed their Mill Creek store is one of 13 new locations scheduled to open in the third quarter of this year.
The new store will occupy about 55% of the Gateway Shopping Center space where Safeway once did business.


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On behalf of William E. Maddox Jr., L.L.C. posted in debt management on Thursday, October 26, 2017.
When most Tennessee residents think about managing their debt, they envision a system under which taking on new debt is absolutely forbidden. In reality, however, signing on for a new loan may actually improve one's overall bottom line. That is especially true in terms of debt management and credit repair. An example is found in financing the purchase of a new automobile.
On behalf of William E. Maddox Jr., L.L.C. posted in debt management on Thursday, October 12, 2017.
Most Tennessee residents are aware of the importance of developing and maintaining a positive credit score. This all-important number factors into virtually every lending decision, from securing a new auto loan to opening a new line of credit at a hardware store. For those in Tennessee who struggle with debt management, the impact that those struggles can have on credit scoring is often a concern. Fortunately, there are a number of steps that consumers can take to ensure that their credit scores shows an accurate picture of their financial history.
On behalf of William E. Maddox Jr., L.L.C. posted in debt management on Thursday, August 31, 2017.
Faced with a heavy burden of debt, many Tennessee residents understand that they need to sit down and chart out a course of action. For many, devising a debt management plan is a challenge. The entire process may seem overwhelming, and it can be difficult to know where to begin. A powerful starting point for those who have student loan debt in addition to other financial obligations is to determine how to prioritize student loans in relation to other types of debt.
On behalf of William E. Maddox Jr., L.L.C. posted in debt management on Thursday, August 17, 2017.
Being in a relationship can be an exhilarating experience, when the world seems full of possibility. For many people, the relationship reaches a point where the focus tends to turn toward long-term compatibility. Financial management is a critical area of concern, as differing approaches can lead to conflict and strife in a relationship. This is an area where debt management can either make or break a relationship for Tennessee residents.
On behalf of William E. Maddox Jr., L.L.C. posted in debt management on Thursday, August 10, 2017.
The fear of losing one's home is a serious matter for Tennessee residents who are facing ongoing debt issues. Often, individuals or families have saved for many years to afford a home of their own. Once that goal has been reached, the house becomes a significant source of pride. Facing the risk of foreclosure can be extremely distressing, and can lead many reasonable people to follow a debt management path that leads directly toward a scam.
On behalf of William E. Maddox Jr., L.L.C. posted in debt management on Tuesday, August 1, 2017.
Credit card debt affects numerous Americans. In fact, a report by Bloomberg states the mean debt for the average American household stands at around $16,000. However, for people with student loans or mortgages, that number can easily skyrocket.
On behalf of William E. Maddox Jr., L.L.C. posted in debt management on Friday, July 21, 2017.
Many Tennessee residents assume that debt problems are something that only impacts older Americans, and that young people have little to be concerned about when it comes to financial obligations. After all, most people in their early 20s have yet to purchase a home, start a family or tackle many other big ticket efforts. That view, however, neglects to consider the cost of funding a college education, or the risks that young people encounter when they rely on credit as they get their start in adult life. Many millennials have serious debt management needs, and are looking for ways to get and stay out of debt.
How does credit utilization factor into debt management?
On behalf of William E. Maddox Jr., L.L.C. posted in debt management on Thursday, June 15, 2017.
When faced with serious financial strain, many Tennessee residents feel overwhelmed and uncertain about how to proceed. They know that filing personal bankruptcy is an option, but they fear the repercussions that might come with that move. Having a damaged credit score is part of that stress and is one of the primary things that hold individuals back from moving forward with the bankruptcy process. It is important to understand that implementing proper debt management strategies in the months and years that follow a bankruptcy can help rebuild credit scores to pre-bankruptcy levels, if not higher.
On behalf of William E. Maddox Jr., L.L.C. posted in debt management on Thursday, May 25, 2017.
According to recent statistics, American consumers have reached a new milestone in the accumulation of household debt. Researchers place total household debt at $12.7 trillion, which is more money than was owed at the peak of the 2008 credit bubble. That previous high mark was achieved at the same time that the global financial system started to collapse. The numbers suggest that more and more consumers in Tennessee and beyond have a growing need for debt management solutions.


The Hvide Sande Resort is located between fjord and beach – that is two distinctive coast lines with different qualities that form the basis for a diverse holiday. The characteristic western wind shapes together with the sea and the vegetation the dune formations of these landscapes.
With these conditions in mind the resort is laid out in a starfish plan with a compact centre as the development's highest point. In this way the built-up area's outer edges meet the landscape with a decreasing scale of buildings while at the same time reducing the resort's total footprint. The layout naturally pulls the landscape in between the buildings and gradually deflects the wind from the outer edges towards the centre.


In this video, two 'pranksters' find two homeless men and pit them in an arm wrestling match. They are told that the winner receives $100 and that the loser gets nothing. But what the winner does in the end is beautiful.
An argument could be made that this video is exploiting the homeless for our entertainment, more hits to sell more ads. But I think a stronger argument could be made that it illustrates the power of giving and reminds us that even when we have nothing, we always have something to give.


Eastern Ukrainian women are some of the most beautiful Ukrainian women and girls, I have seen in my life. I dated several Ukrainian women from this region. It was very difficult the first few days I was in Donetsk.
It all worked out in the end with my two new friends Dasha and Marina. My first trip to Lugansk was very eyeopening for me. It let me see how it would really feel to be in Russia! Every city I have been to in Ukraine there is some English feel to it. The menus are in English many cafes have English names. In Lugansk none of this was present. I found only one restaurant that had a young server that spoke English. It was called Melange, a very nice place great food.
Thinking back, I saw these dark-haired women with green or deep blue eyes. I was mesmerized by these women. When I met a Woman Alla with jet black hair, dark green eyes, with an amazing body.
I have never seen eyes like this before. Time after time I saw these jet black haired Women. When I met Nastia, she had beautiful green eyes, she spoke English quite well. She insisted we go to every part of her city. We found an outside cafe right in the middle of the forest along the river. I do like Lugansk very much there was not much modern to it, an old city that years ago had many factories.
We dated for five days it was one of my favorite times in Ukraine. She was smoking hot but you would not know it from her personality.
I do not think she knew how gorgeous she was. We would go to a place I forgot the name it had a place to eat out in the garden. One evening Nastia asked me if I wanted to go to karaoke with her and her friend. I did not like to sing, but how could I say no to her? She was the first to sing, her friend said she is one of the best singers. She was great she could sing many different songs. In English, Russian and Ukrainian. She sang to me a love song in Russian, I fell in love with her right then.
We were on our last day together, I was feeling a little sad. I was going to miss her very much I knew. We were at a cafe having lunch when a few women walked in. She saw me look at them, asked me if I thought they were beautiful?
I said they are pretty but not like you. She said not like me, what do you think they are better than me? I was surprised at her answer! We got into a little argument over this simple thing. She had a big misunderstanding about what I said. She took it as the women were better than her. I should have said Nastia you are much more beautiful than they are, come to find out later. How could I know she would feel so insecure, a beautiful woman she was. Well because I did not know the customs or how to explain away what I said it was over between us.
I went to my hotel thought what could I do how could this happen? I had no one to help explain this to me, I went downstairs to the cafe. I sat at a table outside started to feel sorry for myself.
The bartender remembered me from a few nights earlier and brought me a beer. I sat there for I do not know how long, maybe 4 hours. I watched the people go by so many beautiful Ukrainian women passed by. I looked down the street saw a woman in a short skirt, I could not take my eyes off of her. The closer she came the more it looked like she was looking at me also. It could not be true she was looking at me! When she was five feet away she smiled at me, said where are you from? I said Las Vegas how can you tell I am not from here? She said this is a small city I would have seen you before. I asked her name, she said my name is Nelia what is yours? Rod nice to meet you, Nelia!
She asked if she could join me, of course, I said yes. We talked for hours she had a great personality. I told her about the other woman what happened what I said.
Nelia said I can see how she misunderstood you. Rod, you need to understand we women here in this part of the country are different. We like our men to want only us, tell us nobody else matters. You can not treat us like the women of America. She said anyway I am better than her so you are lucky you met me! Nelia was so nice very easy to talk with and modest! it was getting late I had to leave for the airport at 3 am. I had only 3 more hours with her, but I knew I would see her again. We went to the park talked about when I could come back to her.
She asked for my email phone number even my work number told me she did not want to take a chance to lose me.When I got back home I called her she was very happy to hear from me and that I was safe.
We talked on the phone almost every day. It was going so great that I found her this wonderful woman. I was planning to go back to see her in May but I never did see her. The war started between Ukraine and Russia, she lived right in the middle of the fight. I was so scared for her and her family. I did not know if she was OK or not until I get a text from her telling me she was fine, She also wrote it is not good for us to continue to communicate, my life has changed, sorry, Rod!
From time to time I would hear from her but she was not the same girl I met. The war had changed her she became cold, did not want much to do with me. Of course, I understood I had no idea what she was going through.
I met two amazing women in a place far from me and my culture. I lost both of them one because I did not understand the other because I could not understand! I think about Nelia often, wonder if she is happy hopefully she found love. I see her sometimes on facebook, I do not bother her. I hope she knows she can reach out to me anytime. Hopefully, she knows what she means to me.
It has been many years that I have been going to Ukraine come with me and find your love. I now know how to help you with all the cultural differences. So you will not end up like I did wondering if I only did something different if I could only have understood.


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Rodgers Unconcerned by Real Madrid Rumours
Asked about rumours linking Raheem Sterling with a move to Real Madrid, Brendan Rodgers insisted he's unconcerned by them and in no rush to sort out a new contract for the player.
By Noel Chomyn@LFCOffside Sep 25, 2014, 9:30pm BST
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At only 19 years of age, Raheem Sterling finds himself both England and Liverpool's best player, and with plenty of room to grow there's a chance that in a few years he could be talked about as one of the best players in all of football. And when a player looks likely to end up in that conversation, it's inevitable that they will also find themselves linked to at least one of the Spanish giants sooner or later.
"I think it shows that he's playing exceptionally," said Brendan Rodgers when asked about the rumours linking Sterling to Real Madrid that first surfaced in the summer and popped up again earlier this week. "I think that you could probably link him to every club in the world at the moment. He's just a fantastic young talent. Obviously there's speculation every day about players coming and going, but I sit easy with it."
It won't be hurting Rodgers' ability to sit easy with the rumours that they appear to be based purely on speculation from people with no links to either club. Raheem Sterling is very, very good. He could end up one of the best players in the world. If he becomes one of the best players in the world, there's a decent chance Madrid might come sniffing around as they did for Premier League stars like Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale in the past.
Realistically, though, that wouldn't happen next summer—or for a few more in all likelihood. Madrid, after all, aren't a club that has the patience or space to develop players into the best in the world. They're a club that goes out and buys them at their peak or close to it. Whatever might happen down the road, Sterling's next few seasons seem settled, and so Rodgers is in no rush to get a new deal in place to ward off interest that, if it comes, won't be coming soon.
"He's a wonderful player who is developing really, really well with us," said the manager. "And I think he and his representatives—the people close to Raheem—know how comfortable he is here. Obviously I'm sure that at some point in the future, the contract we'll look to work out with Raheem will get sorted, but he's still got three years left. There's no rush from my perspective at the moment."
UEFA Confirm Liverpool Will Undergo FFP Investigation
Sturridge Unlikely to Face Everton but Sterling Will Start
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Demolition - The Wrecking Crew is a TV show on British national television from BBC2 with an average rating of 3.0 stars by TelevisionCatchUp.co.uk's visitors. We have 3 episodes of Demolition - The Wrecking Crew in our archive. The first episode of Demolition - The Wrecking Crew was broadcast in November, 2015. Did you miss an episode of Demolition - The Wrecking Crew but don't you wan't that to happen in the future? Please set an alarm and add Demolition - The Wrecking Crew to your favourites, so we can remind you by email when there's a new episode available to watch. For free!
Documentary series that goes behind the safety cordon to explore the explosive world of demolition, charting the dramatic end to some of Britain's biggest and most iconic buildings. In the last episode in the series, Hull's tallest building has to come crashing to the ground, but it's surrounded by houses on all sides. Com...
Demolition duo the Ogden brothers take on the highest profile job of their career, bringing down a 12-storey office block in the centre of Doncaster. In central London, a gas holder that towers over the Thames has come to the end of its life and developers are waiting to move in. But, standing just metres from two busy rai...
The demolition crew attempts to bring the 100m-high cooling towers of Didcot A power station, which have long dominated the Oxfordshire landscape, down to earth with a bang. But, in addition to tackling the complex engineering, the team faces a public outcry when they schedule the blow-down at night, and this threatens to ...


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Beethoven's Pastoral
Dates: March 7, 2020
Location: Miller Symphony Hall
Address: 23 N. Sixth St., Allentown, PA 18101
Web: www.millersymphonyhall.org
The ASO welcomes spring to the Lehigh Valley by celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day with the ultimate homage to our planet, Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral." Violinist Lindsay Deutsch will perform two other masterwork's as soloist on selections from Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" and Piazzolla's "The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires." Plus, Diane Wittry and the ASO will present the world premiere of a new work by American composer Christopher Theofanidis.
The Saturday 3/7 performance begins a 7:30 p.m. and the Sunday 3/8 performance begins at 2 p.m.
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Open University Job Circular 2022
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Open University Job Circular 2022 has been found on my website. Bangladesh Open University Job Circular 2022 was also published by the authority of the Open University recruitment committee. Bangladesh Open University is an attractive job circular and it's a huge chance for unemployed people in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Open University by joining this job, anyone can build his career.
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Open University Job Notice 2022
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Those, who want to work, they should be taken out of this opportunity. Bangladesh Open University is part of Bangladesh's government education sector jobs. Bangladesh Open University will be hired a few numbers of people. Bangladesh Open University Job Circular-related information will be found on this website. Open University Job Circular 2022.
BOU Job Summary
■ Job Title: Assistant Professor, Lecturer
■ Job Description: Bangladesh Open University job circular is in two categories. Once Assistant Professor Job circular and Lecturer Job circular
■ Published Date: June 25, 2022
■ Application Deadline: July 31, 2022
■ Job Type: University (Open)
■ Compensation and Benefit: As per government Pay-scale.
■ How to Apply: Apply with full Resume to Register, Bangladesh Open University, Gazipur-1705
■ Job Location: Dhaka
Bangladesh Open University is the most important university in Bangladesh. All over, Bangladesh Open University wants to recruit, young, energetic, and honest. If you want to get Bangladesh Open University Job Circular related information then you can visit my website. Bangladesh Open University (BOU), the main objective the university is to increase all heights of teaching in different proportions in science, agriculture; humanities, social science, etc.
The need for an open university in Bangladesh was felt long ago. The history of distance education in Bangladesh dates back to 1956 when the Education Directorate was assigned the responsibility for the distribution of 200 radio receivers to educational institutions. This led to the creation of an Audio-Visual Cell, which was upgraded to the Audio-Visual Education Centre in 1962. No further progress in distance education was made until 1971. Bangladesh Open University (BOU) official website http://www.bou.edu.bd/.
After Independence, Bangladesh faced the challenge is meeting the educational needs of mass people. To meet this challenge the necessity for a new model of education was widely felt. As a sequel to that feeling, the School Broadcasting Pilot Project was launched in 1978. The project was transformed into the National Institute of Educational Media and Technology (NIEMT) in 1983.
NIEMT was later replaced by the Bangladesh Institute of Distance Education (BIDE) in 1985. Apart from producing audio-visual materials, BIDE offered the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) program in distance mode. The success of BIDE encouraged policymakers to take up a major plan for establishing an open university. The plan became a reality in October 1992 when the Bangladesh Open University Act 1992 was passed in Parliament. Bangladesh Open University (BOU) official website http://www.bou.edu.bd/.
Bangladesh Open University (BOU) the only public university for distance education in the country offers various Formal and non-formal programs. Modern distance learning is often called Open and Distance Learning (ODL) due to its openness and flexibility in terms of age, place, and time.
As an ODL-based university BOU introduced all of its formal and non-formal programs in a most flexible manner so that anyone can continue learning anytime! BOU provides all sorts of academic support to its students in both offline and online modes like advising, online admission, Printed Books, E-Books, Radio & TV programs, Interactive Virtual Classrooms (IVCR), and Learning Management systems (LMS), and so on.
Bangladesh Open University (BOU) is all others that come under the purview of human information and are empathetic by the diversity of means including the use of digital equipment. It intends to provide occasions of education to all classes of people and create effective and skilled manpower by educating the quality of education. Open University Job Circular 2022.


@ The Hollow Bar + KitchenNew Yorkers today live, work and travel in a built environment, superimposed on the region's natural landscapes. The first New Yorkers – Native Americans – knew no such cultural conveniences when they colonized the region in the late Ice Age. NYSM curator of archaeology, Dr. Jonathan Lothrop, reviews recent archaeological evidence for when and by what routes Native Americans may have colonized the region, and in turn, how these Paleoindian peoples may have used and traversed these subarctic landscapes to survive in late Pleistocene New York.
This fun, interactive program is free. Food and drink are not included.
The Hollow Bar + Kitchen is located at 79 North Pearl Street. Albany, NY 12207.


Today is Moon Day, named to commemorate the first moon landing by Apollo astronauts on this day in 1969. It's a shame we no longer send people there. Hopefully someday we will go back and when we do, perhaps they'll bring beer with them. Here's what's happening around the Colorado beerosphere today Friday, July 20th, 2012.
Great Divide Brewing (Denver) - It's Firkin Friday at Great Divide. Today they've got an oaked Belgian Yeti cask called The Grassy knoll. Mysterious, dark and foreboding. The brew taps around 3:00pm.
#IPADay (August 2nd) - It's back for another year. It's IPA Day! Everyone is encouraged to try an India Pale Ale out at your favorite watering hole. Bring a friend (and perhaps a designated driver) and try one of craft beer's most notoriously hoppy brews. Then Tweet about it using hashtag #IPADay.
Bootstrap Brewing (Niwot) - Due to the early hop crop coming in this year, Bootstrap and the hops from Niwot Hops are planning to do a fresh hop brew in early August. How are your hops doing at home this year? Are they surviving the heat? Up in the foothills and mountains they are doing great this year despite the lack of water.
Sad News (Aurora) - This morning we woke to the news of the tragic shootings at a movie theater early this morning in Aurora, Colorado during the premiere of the new Batman movie. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of the victims and their families. Haven't the communities of Colorado endured enough already this year? We pray this madness stops and those responsible are brought to swift justice.
Lone Tree Brewing (Lone Tree) and Rockyard Brewing (Castle Rock) were busy collaborating this week on a Chili brew. Head brewers Jason (LTB) and Jim Stinson (RB) and others were busy mixing grain, roasted chilis and other ingredients to come up with a spicy brew that will soon be released in the coming weeks.
KB Kraft Beer (Colorado Springs) - It's Firkin Friday at KB Kraft Beer. Stop in today at 3pm for a pint of their Green Fiend Double IPA. It'll be a good warm up for the upcoming #IPADay.
Avery Brewing Company (Boulder) - Ladies, mark your calendar for this coming Thursday, July 26th at 6pm when Avery hosts: "Ladies Love Lupulin: A Guided Exploration of the Breadth of Hops" at the brewery. Hops do so much more for beers than just turn them into bitter bombs! Join Avery for a guided exploration of hops, during which you'll learn to distinguish between citrusy, piney, grassy, and dank hop notes. Featuring exquisite brews such as Summer's Day IPA, The Maharaja Imperial IPA, and special guest beers! Tickets are $12 each and limited in quantity, so buy yours now by going to or calling the Avery Tap Room: 303-440-4324, ext. 20.
The Springs Beer Fest (Colorado Springs) - The festival date is approaching fast. Only 22 days away. Tickets are available online for this event that happens on Saturday, August 11th from 12pm to 5pm at Antler's Park in downtown Colorado Springs.
Kannah Creek Brewing (Grand Junction) - Saturday, August 11th - 3pm to 11pm - It's that time of year again...time for the KAFM Radio Daze fundraiser on Kannah Creek's patio! So far the live music acts will include North 17th St. Band, Dreamboat, Jack & Jill, and Flat Top Reed! There will be door prizes and The Great KAFM Community radio raffle with prizes including a two night stay at Gateway Canyons Inn, a women's townie electra bike from Brown's Cycle, an Art & Lutherie guitar donated by J.B Hart Music, and tickets to the Moab folk festival. Kannah will brew the 300 Watt Ale especially for the event. Kannah also donates 100% of all proceeds from the day's sales of 300 Watt Ale to KAFM. A great time is always had during the days festivities so make sure you mark your calenders and join them at The Creek!
Bristol Brewing Company (Colorado Springs) - You may be familiar with their Brewhouse Series of specialty beers. Previously released brews this year included: Bristol's Old Ale, Bristol's Wit, and Bristol's Imperial IPA. They just released their Bristol's RyePA and next up they plan to release a Scotch Ale. Later on, they'll end the year with another festive Christmas Ale. Always something new to try at Bristol Brewing.
Left Hand Brewing (Longmont) - There's a brand new cool place at Left Hand Brewing - it's their new 6000 square foot cooler that's now up and running. It's got lots of room and then some to keep all that beer cold until needed. They like to call it - The Beer Fridge. How big is your beer fridge?
Prost Brewing (Denver) - According to an article by Jonathan Shikes at Westword, Prost Brewing is planning to open its doors on Thursday, August 23rd. Prost brought over an entire brewhouse from Germany to its location at 2540 19th Street in Denver and will specialize in German-style brews. The location will have a beer garden and feel like a German brewery in both look and taste.
New Breweries - Colorado has two more breweries in the works. One in Leadville (Two Mile Brewing Company) and one in Nederland (The Very Nice Brewing Company). Two Mile Brewing is hoping to open up sometime in the 2nd half of this year up at over 10162 feet in elevation. They tout themselves as "America's Highest Brewery". The Very Nice Brewing Company is schedule to open in late Summer and have trappist style beers along with other seasonals. Watch the Breweries in Development List for further updates.
The Mayor of Old Town (Fort Collins) - Today is their All New Friday Afternoon Club (FAC) at the Mayor. Come in between 4 & 6pm tonight, order beers and they'll buy you pizza*! Free stuff is good! Also, please ride your bike or reference the parking map on our FB page as Mason St. is closed to traffic. *Requires purchase of adult beverage(s).
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DVD The Great Fight
Cool DVD Jul 24, 2014 1 Comment	Drama
Director: Sherri Kauk
Writers: Ken Del Vecchio
Stars: Robert Loggia, Joyce DeWitt, Martin Kove
The rare story of an autistic sauvant, whose prodigious skill is fighting – and maybe more.
Plot Keywords: autistic savant, mixed martial arts, autism
Release Date: 19 February 2013 (Canada)
Budget: $2,000,000 (estimated)
The Great Fight
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I'm a Robert Loggia fan, and him being in it drew me to this movie when I saw it Walmart. Thank you, Mr. Loggia! The Great Fight is about an autistic kid, who is a savant. A savant has special, incredible skills. Skills that others don't have, like being able to play Beethoven on the piano after hearing him only once, or knowing every major league baseball statistic since 1900. There are less than 50 autistic savants in the world who have what are called prodigious skills. The lead character in this movie, Anthony, played perfectly by an unknown (Miguel Jarquin Moreland) has the prodigious skill of fighting, and we learn a Spanish language skill as the mysteries in The Great Fight unfold. Anthony is a high school student who keeps getting kicked out of school. His sister, who is a lawyer, moves from Florida to New Jersey to try to start a new life for Anthony in his senior year. But soon enough, after being picked on for being a recluse (he doesn't socialize with any of the other students and is always distant, Anthony beats the hell out of two bullies upon them cursing at him in Spanish. He troubled cop, played very believably by another newcomer (Frank Giglio) takes Anthony under his wing. The cop also owns a mixed martial arts school, and desperately wants to leave the police force to again fight in the ring. Anthony, however, takes him in a different direction. One of the bullies that Anthony beat down in school is the prize fighter for a a rival MMA school, run by a prosecutor "Zane Carrol." One of the best performances of the film is played here, by Eric Etebari, a character actor from movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious and The Lincoln Lawyer. Zane, the bad sensei, despises the police officer, the good sensei (not only because they are rival senseis but because they battle in court). The story, much more intricate than The Karate Kid outline I'm giving, develops into a thought-provoking mentor-prodigy suspense drama that shows just how intelligent and talented disabled persons can be. A few twists in the plot constantly make the you think and ask for more. As for Mr. Loggia, he delivers one of the best performances of his career in this movie, most certainly the best in his later career. He plays a wickedly clever psychiatrist who is the catalyst for figuring out the mystery of Anthony's skills, and identifying that he is a savant. But Loggia is unconventional as a doctor and, even in his late 70s, he gives a gruff, tough, and even physical performance in order to effectively unleash his character. Also a cool cameo from Martin Kove (The Karate Kid's bad sensei) playing the mentor to Zane (The Great Fight's bad sensei). So Kove is the bad sensei's sensei. Liked the cute performances by cop duo Jackie The Joke Man Martling from the Howard Stern Show and Joyce DeWitt (Janet from "Three's Company"). I don't know if The Great Fight was in the theaters, but this one should be nominated for something at the Oscars, at least for its writing or Loggia or the young guy Moreland who played Anthony.


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Universal Studios Japan Released Its First Anime Video for "Attack on Titan the Real" Summer Attraction
Universal Studios Japan released its first animated video on Sunday for its "Attack on Titan the Real" summer fascination, which will be accessible from May 31 to August 25 this year.
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The video demonstrates Eren and his fellow corps individuals wandering through timberland toward Wall Maria. In transit, Eren shouts, "Oh, that's USJ!" Armin is astonished to discover that the Wall Maria is inside USJ.
The corps resolve to secure the regular folks in USJ who may have been made up for lost time stuck in an unfortunate situation. Amusingly, the video demonstrates the ponies with tickets to the theme park.
The amusement park gave more insights regarding the Attack on Titan, Godzilla, Evangelion, and Sailor Moon attractions prior this month. The One Piece site likewise reported on Saturday that the One Piece debut summer show will be held again this year from June 26 to September 29, alongside a One Piece-themed restaurant, and water fight occasion.
"Attack on Titan the Real" will portray a fight with unique animation. The characters will endeavor to recover Wall Maria in the midst of a Titan invasion. The Survey Corps individuals will fly around the setting amid the show. The show zone will show "cronoids," or very reasonable statues, of Erwin and Levi as they looked the night prior to the assault is propelled. Tickets went on sale on April 11.
Universal Studios Japan is located in Osaka, is one of four Universal Studios theme parks, claimed and worked by USJ Co., Ltd., which is entirely possessed by NBCUniversal (starting at 2017). The recreation center is like the Universal Orlando Resort since it likewise contains chosen attractions from Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood.
The center was opened on 31 March 2001. More than 11 million visitors visited the recreation center in its opening year, making it the world's quickest event congregation to have accomplished the 10 million achievement at the time. From that point forward, Universal Studios Japan has had around 8 million guests consistently. Most guests are Japanese sightseers and vacationers from other Asian nations, for example, South Korea. It is likewise extremely well known among Western voyagers and exiles. In 2005, Goldman Sachs turned into the biggest investor in Universal Studios Japan.
SOURCEUniversal Studios Japan's Official Site
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As brewpubs pop up on every other corner, beer and its fermentation have become a hot topic over the past few years. Now, with the legalization of marijuana just around the corner in Canada, one company is looking at intoxicating tipples from a new angle.
Providence Brands, a startup based in Toronto, believes it can take the entire cannabis plant—stalks, stems and roots—and turn it into an ice cold brew, no wheat or barley required.
With recreational marijuana relatively new (and still illegal in the vast majority of countries), most infused beverages currently on the market are made by first creating wine or beer the standard way. The alcohol is later removed and replaced with a proportional dose of psychoactive THC.
While Providence Brands' beer will also be devoid of alcohol, it is unique in the sense that it is not brewed with grain, making it technically gluten-free. Cannabis plants are fermented with hops, water and yeast, before the alcohol is removed. What's left over is THC—an average of about 6.5 milligrams.
In an interview with the Guardian, CEO Dooma Wendschuh talked about the difficulties of developing the beer ("tasted like rotten broccoli") and how he envisions the future of drinking.
While Wendschuh was inspired by the cannabis industry in Colorado, it's unlikely that this product will make its way to the U.S. anytime soon, for obvious reasons. For Canadians, however, the drug will be legal beginning October 17th, and Providence Brands hopes to celebrate with a cold one.


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Buffalo Sabres Sign Zemgus Girgensons
The Buffalo Sabres have avoided arbitration with one of their veteran forwards, inking Zemgus Girgensons to a one-year contract worth $1.6MM. Despite being only 25 Girgensons will become an unrestricted free agent next summer thanks to his six years of NHL experience already. $1.6MM was the qualifying offer that Buffalo issued him recently, the same salary he has earned the last two seasons.
Girgensons is one of the longest-tenured Sabre at this point, a regular in the lineup since 2013 when he was just a young forward one year removed from playing in the USHL. He scored eight goals and 22 points that season as a rookie, but more importantly proved that he could hang in the big leagues and contribute defensively. In fact, he recorded the highest plus/minus of any regular that season and caused some big expectations. After all, he was a 14th-overall pick.
Unfortunately, the offense has never materialized for Girgensons and he has even been moved out of the center position in recent seasons. In 72 games last year he recorded just five goals and 18 points, leading to some question over whether the Sabres would even qualify him. Obviously the team is fine with bringing him back for another season, but given that he hasn't cracked the 20-point threshold in four seasons you can bet he won't be asked to be an impact player for them next season. He does however provide a physical presence in the bottom-six and is still a key penalty killer for the team.
The Sabres still haven't made many real changes to the roster for this season, only bringing in Jimmy Vesey as a new option at forward. Though the re-signing of Jeff Skinner and a full season from Brandon Montour should help, it's surprising to see a team be so relatively quiet after going 33-39-10 last season. After Girgensons, they now have five restricted free agents left to sign in Johan Larsson, Evan Rodrigues, Linus Ullmark, Remi Elie and Jake McCabe.
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Can you believe I'm a Sabres fan ? 3 Sports three different cities LOL.
I grew up in Victoria Canada so it was whoever I could catch on TV, no local professional teams. So it was Red Sox Warriors and Sabres lol. You know how it is, once you love a team you can't ditch them.
Things should be looking up for the Sabres anytime now. According to my track record Warriors and Red Sox were crappy for decades then they start winning championships !!
Are you a Sabres fan or you just familiar with this player in this article?


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Kung Fu Christmas: Water Margin True Colours of Heroes
by Newt | Dec 28, 2015 | Kung Fu Christmas, TV & FILM | 0 comments
From the 1990s comes this film based off the Chinese Classic The Water Margin. It covers the meeting of two of the heroes Li Chung and the monk Lu Chi Sum, and the downfall of Lin Chung at the hands of corrupt nobles at court which leads to his outlawing.
From the blurb on YouTube
In this thrilling adaptation of the classic Chinese novel The Water Margin, Lin (Tony K.F. Leung) is the military instructor of the Imperial Guards — a crack fighting outfit. Sensing a diamond in the rough, Lin befriends Lu Chi Sum, an obnoxious monk with superb martial arts powers. But when Lin is framed by the double-dealing court officials, he must join Lu in exile long enough to plot a vengeful return.
The early part of the film establishes Lin as a character and shows how good he is at martial arts, yet how he is noble and honest. But there's one problem, being a martial artist he's obsessed with training, despite the wishes of his wife that he should calm down and spend more time doing other stuff. Then one day he meets Lu Chi Sum (a wandering martial artist) at the market, they fight, and then stop to talk. There then follows a fine "Bromance" between the two kung fu heroes, as Lu Chi Sum comes to live with Lin, and they are sparing literally 24 hours a day, smashing up pots, breaking through walls much to Lin's wife dismay. Lu Chi Sum finally leaves when his wild nature gets him in trouble with the authorities. The film then .switches to the down fall of Lin at court at the hands of the dim witted but corrupt son of the Prime Minister. It ends on a real low with Lin outlawed swearing vengeance on his tormentors.
This was very much a film I watched on a whim, being linked from some trailers I was watching on YouTube. Its not up to the production standards of modern releases, and at times almost feels like a TV movie, but the fight scenes (which are numerous) are well up to standard and the storytelling while predictable (which I why I felt no qualms detailing it above) is full of character and good acting.
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Sprint Offering Buyback Credit on All Phones to Encourage Trade-Ins on America Recycles Day
Despite being the No. 3 wireless carrier in the United States, Sprint leads the industry in phone recycling. Last year, Sprint reclaimed 4.4 million phones through voluntary collection programs — compared to AT&T's 3.1 million and Verizon's 3 million — and in September, Guinness World Records recognized Sprint for shattering the record for the number of cellular phones recycled in one week: 103,582 cellular phones, more than double the previous record.
Employee Engagement: Why Motivating the Elephant Is Better Than Rewarding the Rider
Many organisations are grappling with the same question: How do we create an employee reward and recognition programme designed to deliver widely adopted and sustained pro-environmental behaviours?
EOS Climate Launches System for Monetizing Harmful Refrigerants at End of Life
San Francisco-based EOS Climate, which incentivizes the complete life cycle management of harmful refrigerants, on Tuesday announced the launch of its Refrigerant Asset System™ (RAS), the first cross-sector business model that focuses on refrigerants as assets.
Investors Tell UK Firms Paying Living Wage Can Increase 'Longevity and Productivity'
Here's a novel idea: Paying people enough to live off comfortably motivates them to not only work harder, but stick around longer.In a recent letter published by the Financial Times, investors from local authorities, unions and charities, such as the CCLA, the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and the Pensions Trust, said they wish to invest in companies that focus on the longevity and productivity of their business operations. The investors claimed there is "considerable evidence that paying the living wage helps to achieve these objectives."
Meet Bond, David Bond: Marketing Director for Nature
This weekend, the feature-length documentary film Project Wild Thing opens in independent cinemas in the UK.The film explores the increasing disconnection between British children and the natural world around them; kids' roaming distance from their homes has reportedly decreased 90% in the past 30 years.PROJECT WILD THING - official trailer from Green Lions.
The Answer Is: The Human Condition
"We need to do something about the environmental damage in our heads."(Time, 24 May 1993).
Unilever Expands 'Help a Child Reach 5' Campaign to Mark Global Handwashing Day
To mark Global Handwashing Day (GHD) — October 15th — Unilever's Lifebuoy brand has announced a significant expansion of its Help a Child Reach 5 campaign. Launched in February in Thesgora, India, a rural village known to have one of the highest rates of diarrhoea in the country, the campaign aims to end preventable deaths of children under five by changing hand-washing behaviors, one village at a time. Today, Lifebuoy has confirmed it will extend this program to communities and villages across 17 countries globally.
McDonald's to Offer Educational Books in Lieu of Happy Meal Toys for National Family Literacy Day
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Psychologists have found that buying life experiences makes people happier than buying possessions, but who spends more of their spare cash on experiences? We now know that extroverts and people who are open to new experiences tend to spend more of their disposable income on experiences, such as concert tickets or a weekend away, rather than hitting the mall for material items.In a recent study, we examined the responses of people who completed online questionnaires about their shopping habits, personality traits, values and life satisfaction. These habitual "experiential shoppers" reap long-term benefits from their spending: They reported greater happiness.
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Eleven days. Remember that. All in eleven days.
It began with a drive from DC to Brooklyn, a reunion with my TRIP CITY crew in the Hang Dai office next door to BookCourt, where I'd be reading that evening to launch the paperback of Don't Kill the Birthday Girl. Realization that the launch needed drinks-->frantic runaround to secure wine and cups-->Thai dinner with four writer friends (DC & NYC worlds collide)-->my reading-->a perfectly balanced scotch cocktail with another writer friend (from VCCA days)-->Rev Jen's Anti-Poetry Slam at the Bowery, where I saw not one but two naked men in the name of art. Unattractively naked men. Drove to my uncle's place up on West 85th, my first time ever driving in Manhattan, and pondered getting two suitcases up to a five-story walk-up. Chose to nap for an hour in the car instead. Woke up, got inside, set the alarm to move the car to a legal parking place at 7 AM.
Another day, another reading in Brooklyn: a launch for the gorgeous redesign of AMERICAN POET. But first a meeting at the New York Times offices (outside, playing it cool // inside, what?!? this building is so fancy! will I get to write for them? maybe?? pleasepleaseplease), sushi lunch with another food allergy memoirist, interview for Beatrice.com at Random House, bloody mary with a fellow freelancer at Bubby's. First time in DUMBO. I stuffed the month's bills & checks into a postal box; some of them would disappear forever. Yusef Komunyakaa stood us up, so Thomas Sayers Ellis (bless his crazy brilliant heart) did his best Yusef impression. Late-night with the TC crew, where we literally pooled nickels and dimes to cover the six-person bill. Got dropped off at a subway stop that turned out to be closed; lost and intimidated by the men hanging out in the park, called my friend to come back, pick me up, drive me...around the corner. Where there turned out to be a perfectly functional subway stop, albeit one where I walked nine blocks on the Manhattan end. Watered my uncle's plants, his one request. Set my alarm for 5 AM to drive to BWI.
Got to Baltimore and flew to Atlanta. Rented a car and drove to Birmingham, to crash on the couch of a friend from Oxford days. Laughed a lot. Gossiped a little. Slept hard.
Drove to Mississippi to "Experience Poetry in Vicksburg" on a Saturday afternoon. If being practical, this would have been the reading to cancel once committed to being in NYC two days earlier. But you just don't do that.And there turned out to be a library auditorium full of good people, a great conversation, an honorarium I didn't know about, every copy in my stock of all three titles sold by Lorelei Books, and garlic-stuffed olives I scarfed down by the handful at a fun reception (I know, I know--never kiss me). I went from crashing on a 20-something's couch to sleeping in a 20-foot ceilinged room in a B&B built in 1860.
Next day: realizing my B&B had no pantry I headed to Anchuca, built in 1830, where I sipped sweet tea & gave the Southern chef a panic attack with my allergies. ("So...is this lactose intolerance?" "No. This is severe, deadly, no cheese no butter no nothing." "Oh. Just checking.") BBQ breakfast? Whatever works. I stood on a balcony once occupied by Jefferson Davis. Toured National Military Park, realizing my comment from the reading the day before while reading "Antietam"--about the anticlimactic nature of field trips to Civil War battlefields--applies to every town BUT this one. I looked down cannon barrels. I peered up at domes. I stood in the body of the U.S.S. Cairo. Vicksburg ain't kidding around.
Stopped off in Jackson for campari (with grown-ups) and playing kitties (with a little'un). Note to self: when breaking up a drive, don't clear a mere hour on the first end, leaving six hours on the other end. Ate an entire bag of apple chips while trying to stay awake. That's the equivalent of five apples. Napped in a McDonald's parking lot off I-40 E. Rolled into Atlanta's Highland Inn at 2 AM.
Hid out at the Highland Inn. Had a very affirming phone call regarding the New York Times. Had a very alarming phone call regarding the New York Times. Couldn't absorb having something fall through before I'd even laid in my own bed to daydream about it. Bought myself a ring. Bought a Father's Day gift. Went to dinner at Doc Chey's with a poet friend. Restless, wandered out to hear stand-up in Little Five Points. Was asked by a man on the street: "Do you think you know poetry? Because I can show you poetry."
The next morning I migrated from the boho charms of the Highland Inn (burned out light bulbs) (scavenging Folger's coffee and an unripe banana every morning) to the luminous beauty of SCAD's Ivy Hall (chandelier) (fridge stocked with juice and San Pellegrino). Turned on computer; demoralized by number of unread emails; turned off computer. Led a workshop on "Projecting Your Voice on the Page." Tried to look pretty for the photographer despite having only had two baths in a week. Reading. Dinner ambush: a salad in which the squash I'd okayed did its finest cucumber impression. Beers at Manuel's Tavern with three poets. Arguing over the Decatur Book Festival, bluffing about the future of bookselling, commiserating over the job market.
Got up, flew home to BWI, discovered my car battery had gone dead in the airport parking lot. Got a jump. Needed to drive home, fast, and work. Drove home, ate an entire bag of roasted peanuts, and watched three episodes of Gossip Girl.
Thursday. Had to be in Vienna, Virginia, by 10 AM to lead a discussion for the "Writing Your Personal History" symposium. Made it by 10:03. Was so busy signing books at the lunch break that I ate my embarrassingly fragrant basil-chicken with a plastic fork while hunkered down against a wall during the next presenter's talk. Dashed to my folks' house nearby so I could take a 3 PM conference call for being a judge at this year's Poetry Out Loud semifinals. Alice Quinn recited her office number over the line and I resisted the urge to jot it down. Another phone call that resurrected my hope in the New York Times gig. Sat on the deck with my mom and tried, helplessly and haphazardly, to catch up. Drove on to DC just in time to catch Philip Levine give his closing address as Poet Laureate at the Library of Congress. Waved to Ron Charles of the Washington Post. He didn't recognize me until I teased him about it over Twitter the next day.
On Friday, May 4, it turns out I won the Larry Neal Writers' Award from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. I wasn't there to accept, to my eternal regret. Where I was--and where I know I needed to be--was in Great Falls, at my mother's first open studio for a solo art show in over two decades.
That's my mom. She is amazing.
So I didn't even know I'd won. I didn't know until I got an email from one of the other finalists that arrived Saturday night. May 5. My birthday--and the unholy extravaganza known as Cinco de Sandra. I had woken to an entire day spent shopping for beer, bottles of water, chips, pretzel goldfish, gummi worms, tablecloths, flowers...and a fancy dress because damn it, I haven't bought a single item of clothing in over a year. I got out the construction paper and the rubber cement, made five small signs and one big one. At 7 PM we got access to a space that had to be ready by 8 PM. A man came up and said "I love your work," and I asked him if he could help assemble a table. A man walked up and said "Happy Birthday," handed me a mini bottle of Knob Creek, and walked away without ever telling me his name.
We came. We hustled. We jimmied tech hook-ups and poured chips and crammed flowers into water. We mingled (well, everyone else did; I dervished). There was an amazing DJ. We read. We projected comix. We laughed. My sister bartended with style. Eric ran a half-mile to get five extra bags of ice. I saw students, old friends, writers, strangers. I said to my sister "I'm going to read a dirty poem, don't listen." And by midnight we had to be packed up and cleared out.
This life moves so fast. I say that with neither pride nor self-pity; I know better than to think it will always be this way. I say that with wonderment. Some days, I worry that a life moving so fast won't allow anyone to get close enough to love me. Then comes a day when I stand in a room with 70 people singing "Happy Birthday," and my heart is filled to bursting.
Eleven days. Six readings. That's what I've been up to lately.
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Q: Breakout ball collision in libgdx I'm currently trying to make a breakout clone using java and libgdx. I'm currently experiencing trouble getting the ball to bounce off of the blocks at the appropriate angle. In short the problem I'm having is that the ball moves 12 pixels every frame and doesn't always line up with the edge of a brick. If anyone has any suggestions on a better way to move the ball or a different way to check collision it would be much appreciated!
Main game class
    package com.kyleparker.breakout;

import com.badlogic.gdx.ApplicationListener;
import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
import com.badlogic.gdx.audio.Music;
import com.badlogic.gdx.audio.Sound;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.GL10;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.OrthographicCamera;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Texture;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.SpriteBatch;
import com.badlogic.gdx.math.Rectangle;
import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.Array;

public class BreakoutGameScreen implements ApplicationListener {
   Texture dropImage;
   Sound dropSound;
   Music rainMusic;
   SpriteBatch batch;
   OrthographicCamera camera;
   Rectangle bucket;
   Paddle paddle;
   //Brick bricks[];
   Array<Brick> bricks;
   Ball ball;

   @Override
   public void create() {
      // load the images for the droplet, 64x64 pixels
      dropImage = new Texture(Gdx.files.internal("droplet.png"));

      // load the drop sound effect and the rain background "music"
      dropSound = Gdx.audio.newSound(Gdx.files.internal("drop.wav"));
      rainMusic = Gdx.audio.newMusic(Gdx.files.internal("rain.mp3"));

      // start the playback of the background music immediately
      rainMusic.setLooping(true);
      rainMusic.play();

      // create the camera and the SpriteBatch
      camera = new OrthographicCamera();
      camera.setToOrtho(false, 1280, 720);
      batch = new SpriteBatch();

      paddle = new Paddle(new Texture(Gdx.files.internal("bucket.png")));

      bricks = new Array<Brick>();
      populateBricks();

      ball = new Ball(new Texture(Gdx.files.internal("bucket.png")), paddle, bricks);
   }

   private void populateBricks() {
       bricks.add(new Brick(200,100));
       for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
           for (int j = 0; j <= 7; j++) {
               bricks.add(new Brick (j * 144 + 76, i * 80 + 300)); //Offsets each new brick
           }
       }
   }

   @Override
   public void render() {
       // clear the screen with a dark blue color. The
       // arguments to glClearColor are the red, green
       // blue and alpha component in the range [0,1]
       // of the color to be used to clear the screen.
       Gdx.gl.glClearColor(0, 0, 0.2f, 1);
       Gdx.gl.glClear(GL10.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);

       // tell the camera to update its matrices.
       camera.update();

       // tell the SpriteBatch to render in the
       // coordinate system specified by the camera.
       batch.setProjectionMatrix(camera.combined);

       // begin a new batch and draw the bucket and
       // all drops
       batch.begin();

       paddle.render(batch, camera);

       ball.move();
       ball.render(batch, camera);

       for (int x = bricks.size - 1; x > 0; x--) {
           bricks.get(x).render(batch,camera);
       }

       batch.end();
   }

   @Override
   public void dispose() {
      // dispose of all the native resources
      dropImage.dispose();
      dropSound.dispose();
      rainMusic.dispose();
      batch.dispose();
      paddle.dispose();
   }

   @Override
   public void resize(int width, int height) {
   }

   @Override
   public void pause() {
   }

   @Override
   public void resume() {
   }
}

Ball class
    package com.kyleparker.breakout;

import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.OrthographicCamera;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Texture;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.SpriteBatch;
import com.badlogic.gdx.math.Rectangle;
import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.Array;

public class Ball{
   Texture ballImage;
   Rectangle ball;
   private int xdir;
   private int ydir;
   Paddle paddle;
   Array<Brick> bricks;
   final int BALL_SPEED = 12;

   public Ball(Texture ballImage, Paddle paddle, Array<Brick> bricks) {
      // load the ball image
      this.ballImage = ballImage;
      xdir = 1;
      ydir = -1;

      // create a Rectangle for the balls collision
      ball = new Rectangle();
      ball.x = 1280 / 2 - 64 / 2; // center the ball
      ball.y = 100; // put the ball 200px away from the bottom of the screen
      ball.width = 64;
      ball.height = 64;

      this.paddle = paddle;
      this.bricks = bricks;
   }

   public void render(SpriteBatch batch, OrthographicCamera camera) {
       // draw the paddle onto the batch of the level
       batch.draw(ballImage, ball.x, ball.y);
   }

   public void move() {
       ball.x += xdir * BALL_SPEED;
       ball.y += ydir * BALL_SPEED;

       if (ball.x <= 0) {
           setXDir(1);
       }

       if (ball.x >= 1280 - 64) {
           setXDir(-1);
       }

       if (ball.y <= 0) {
           setYDir(1);
       }

       if (ball.y >= 720 - 64) {
           setYDir(-1);
       }

       if (ball.overlaps(paddle.getRect())) {
          setYDir(1);
       }

       for (int i = 0; i < bricks.size; i++) {
           if (ball.overlaps(bricks.get(i).getRect())) {
               if ((ball.x == (bricks.get(i).getRect().x + 128)))
               {
                   setXDir(1);
                   bricks.get(i).setDestroyed(true);
                   System.out.println("Collision RIGHT");
               }
               if (((ball.x + 64) == bricks.get(i).getRect().x))
               {
                   setXDir(-1);
                   bricks.get(i).setDestroyed(true);
                   System.out.println("Collision LEFT");
               }
               if ((ball.y == (bricks.get(i).getRect().y + 64)))
               {
                   setYDir(1);
                   bricks.get(i).setDestroyed(true);
                   System.out.println("Collision TOP");
               }
               if (((ball.y + 64) == bricks.get(i).getRect().y))
               {
                   setYDir(-1);
                   bricks.get(i).setDestroyed(true);
                   System.out.println("Collision BOTTOM");
               }
           }
       }// end of for
   }

   public void setXDir(int x) {
       xdir = x;
   }

   public void setYDir(int y) {
       ydir = y;
   }

   public int getYDir() {
       return ydir;
   }

   public int getXDir() {
       return xdir;
   }

   public Rectangle getRect() {
       // return the collision rectangle for checking overlaps
       return ball;
   }

   public void dispose() {
      // dispose of all the native resources
      ballImage.dispose();
   }
}// end of class

Brick code just in case
package com.kyleparker.breakout;

import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.OrthographicCamera;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Texture;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.SpriteBatch;
import com.badlogic.gdx.math.Rectangle;

public class Brick{
   Texture brickImage;
   Rectangle brick;
   boolean destroyed;

   public Brick(int x, int y) {
       brickImage = new Texture(Gdx.files.internal("brick.png"));

       // create a Rectangle for the bricks collision
       brick = new Rectangle();
       brick.x = x;
       brick.y = y;
       brick.width = 128;
       brick.height = 64;

       destroyed = false;
   }

   public void render(SpriteBatch batch, OrthographicCamera camera) {
       // draw the brick onto the batch of the level
       batch.draw(brickImage, brick.x, brick.y);
   }

   public boolean isDestroyed() {
       // return the collision rectangle for checking overlaps
       return destroyed;
   }

   public void setDestroyed(boolean destroyed)
   {
     this.destroyed = destroyed;

     if (this.destroyed == true) {
         dispose();
         brick.x = -1000;
         brick.y = -1000;
     }
   }

   public Rectangle getRect() {
       return brick;
   }

   public void dispose() {
      // dispose of all the native resources
      brickImage.dispose();
   }
}

A: Don't worry about the fact that the ball doesn't always line up with an object for which the collision needs handled -- that's not actually relevant. You can (and should) handle your collisions less 'precisely.' That is, the ball's path is fixed, so you can calculate its position at any future point. Check its position, calculate its position in the next frame (which you have to do to draw it anyway), and add some code to handle the collision that is going to happen, rather than trying to detect and handle the collision which has happened. You can slow down the ball if you really want a clean reflection, or you can speed up your framerate, or you can let the ball be partially 'absorbed' by the object before it reflects:
public class Ball {
. . .
    public void move() {
    . . .
        if (collisionObject.overlaps(new Rectangle(ball.x + xdir, ball.y + ydir, ball.width, ball.height))) {
            //a collision will have occurred in the next frame
            //handle the collision however you please
        }
    }
}

I also note that your BALL_SPEED field is inaccurately named. As presently coded, the ball always moves at a 45° angle, with a speed of about 17 pixels per frame (in that direction). You've coded its x- and y-offset as 12 pixels, but if (when?) you change the ball's direction, you'll find that the speed fluctuates wildly depending on what values are placed in for the xdir and ydir fields. For example, if you were to (somewhat) randomize these, but keep the rest of your code as-is, you might find that xdir = 2 and ydir = 4 on one instance, and xdir = 6 and ydir = 12 on another. Note these describe the same direction, but the second version will move three times as fast.
To properly handle the ball's direction and speed, assign an angle, and calculate the xdir and ydir values through the appropriate trigonometric functions (xdir = BALL_SPEED * Math.cos(ballAngle) and ydir = BALL_SPEED * Math.sin(ballAngle)).

A: I would use box2d for the whole thing. That you haven't used box2d probably means you have no experience in it, so that would be a little hurdle, but I'm sure you'll be able to wrap your head around it quickly. Here's a link for that: http://code.google.com/p/libgdx/wiki/PhysicsBox2D

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