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Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill is desperate to secure Martin Laursen to a new contract.
O'Neill said: "We want to do it (the new contract) and Martin has been pretty receptive. I cannot say for certain about anything until people actually sign a deal.
"What is the chance of it happening? I couldn't say. We want to do it and we've been in contact.
"But this has got nothing to do with Martin Laursen proving his fitness. He has done that now. He has played consecutive games when I would have had serious doubts about it this time a year ago.
"He has proved himself worthy and I want to do it (the contract). I've got a lot of regard for a lot of our players in the dressing room and Laursen is up there with any of them."
O'Neill paid tribute to Laursen's determination to regain full fitness and his bravery in never shirking a challenge at both ends of the pitch.
He said: "Martin is a competitor. He doesn't think there are lost causes. He has been terrific. You would have got long odds on this 18 months ago and it is great credit to him and I genuinely mean that.
"He was desperately trying to get fit. He had been out a long time. Lesser people than him might have thought 'this might not be for me'.
"As for his goals, Martin is on a good run. He could go the next 25 games and not score a goal but he gets chances every game.
"This is not a case of where he is going up the pitch for show. He is not going 60-70 yards, expending energy, without wanting to do something. He is capable and wants to get in there."


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Majorca luxury penthouse with fantastic sea views
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Price 550.000 €
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This modern penthouse has been completely renovated and modernized and now comes in an exclusive design with a dreamlike view of the sea. The open living room with access to the approximately 40 m2 terrace with bar is bright and friendly and gives the great panorama free. The penthouse offers 2 large bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms and enjoys absolute privacy. The complex offers a communal pool which has recently been renovated. Bars, shops and restaurants, as well as the large sandy beach of Santa Ponsa are just a few meters away.
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March 12, 2009
Face masks may help prevent heart events
Exposure to engine pollution results in arterial stiffness, but a face mask reduces exposure to airborne pollution particles, Scottish researchers said.
Nicholas Mills of the University of Edinburgh said acute exposure to diesel exhaust is associated with an immediate and transient increase in arterial stiffness.
This may, in part, explain the increased risk for cardiovascular disease associated with air pollution exposure,Mills said in a statement.
A group of 12 non-smoking young men cycled on exercise bikes while breathing air that had either been filtered or been contaminated with smoke from a diesel engine. The study, published in the journal Particle and Fibre Toxicology, found that when the subjects were exposed to the polluted air, the blood vessels in their wrists temporarily lost the ability to expand and contract.
Stiff arteries can result in raised blood pressure and reduced blood flow in the heart, Mills said.
Arterial stiffness plays an important role in hypertension and is an independent predictor of mortality.
In a separate article, also published in Particle and Fibre Toxicology, researchers report wearing a face mask reduced exposure to airborne pollution particles and a reduction in blood pressure and improved heart rate control during exercise in a city center environment.
We tested a range of face masks that differed widely in their efficiency as particle filters, Jeremy Langrish of the University of Edinburgh said.
In general, those masks designed to reduce occupational exposure to dusts in the workplace were more efficient than those marketed to cyclists and pedestrians.


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Foreign Investors Buy Net 3.65 Billion Rupees of Indian Equities
Overseas investors bought a net 3.65 billion rupees ($70.9 million) of Indian stocks on Jan. 13, taking their investment in the equities this year to 28.4 billion rupees, according to the nation's market regulator.
Foreigners bought 25 billion rupees of shares and sold 22 billion rupees, according to data from the Securities & Exchange Board of India today. They bought a net 22 billion rupees of bonds, raising total inflow into debt this year to 151 billion rupees, the data show.
Offshore funds pulled out 27 billion rupees from local equities last year, compared with record flows of 1.33 trillion rupees in 2010, as Europe's debt crisis threatened the global economy and cooled demand for emerging-market assets. That led to a 25 percent drop in the BSE India Sensitive Index (SENSEX), the second worst annual loss, and sent the rupee to an all-time low.
India's $1.1 trillion stock market, Asia's fifth-biggest, is influenced by flows from overseas. Inflows from abroad surged to a record in 2010, making the Sensex the best performer among the world's top 10 markets. The largest-ever outflow in 2008 led to the biggest annual slump of 52 percent.
Foreign funds have placed 4.47 trillion rupees in stocks and 1.36 trillion rupees in bonds since they were allowed into the country in 1993. They invested 421 billion rupees in bonds last year.
The regulator provides data on shares bought and sold by large investors, including trades in the primary and secondary markets, with a delay of at least a day.
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Recently, I was drawn into an argument (of sorts) at work, on the nature of climate change. My interlocutor insisted that he did not recycle because:
a) the whole climate change thing is not man made but a big conspiracy by scientists who are making money from supporting the claims and would be out of work if they didn't
b) the zealotry of environmentalists is akin to that of fundamentalist religion, in that anyone who doesn't agree is ostracized and condemned.
This individual, who, according to a recent poll, is one of about half the population of the UK who holds such an opinion, was brought to this point of view by Nigel Lawson (whose book on the subject is favourably reviewed here and by a climatologist here), not, unsurprisingly, a scientist, but a conservative politician.
To address point a), here is a thorough list of the arguments against climate change and the appropriate scientific proof refuting them.
I want to skip quickly past that point, since I think it's been handled adequately elsewhere. It boils down to a refusal to understand the scientific method, the water cycle, and the carbon cycle.
Moreover, the idea that there is some evil consortium of mustache-twisting scientists bent on filling the world with windmills, rather than a varied group of climatologists, oceanographers, entomologists, meteorologists, geologists, biologists, microbiologists, astronauts, rocket scientists, ecologists, and other 'ists' and 'auts', who spent several years in school learning about how science works, stumbling across information in their research which all points to the same conclusion, is as absurd as thinking that the whole 'world is round' thing was a conspiracy of cartographers and sailors bent on making millions with new and more complicated maps rather than a discovery of something already extant.
Which brings me to his point b. While at first blush one can see the same kind of passion in really enthusiastic environmentalists as one sees in evangelical Christians or Mormons – people who desperately try to convert you because they really, honestly think that you will suffer endless torment if they don't – a little more attention uncovers the problem with the comparison, which is the same problem that religious people come across when railing against atheists:
Religion is based on faith. Science is based on observation, tests, and adequate repetition proving causation. Religion is about convincing yourself, science is about letting the data convince you.
People who accept (rather than 'believe') climate change is man made and harmful react negatively towards those who don't not because of some religious fervor, but because the deniers' behavior (voting, not recycling, driving SUVs) affects them.
Deniers aren't skeptics, looking askance at meager and poorly conveyed dogma, they are jerks who don't want the hassle of changing their behavior, or people who don't like or 'believe in' science.
But the thing with science is, you don't have to believe in it, it's there whether you like it or not. No matter how confusing math might be to any given person, 2 + 2 = 4. The world is round even if you're not high enough up to see.


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A magnificent quality antique sterling silver tankard in the early antique style. Excellent gauge silver and hand hammered finish. Weight 1275 grams, 41 troy ounces. Height 20 cms (top of thumb piece). Diameter 13.5 (top), 14 cms (base). London 1903. Maker Garrards.
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12 - 13 December 2007,
Price realised GBP 8,750
Rectangular, on four compressed ball feet, the sides applied with faceted steel rose and giltmetal laurel garlands within still-leaf borders, the front panel with lock aperture, the hinged cover with urns of flowers with further floral and foliate motifs, with raised centre- and cornerpieces similarly decorated within stiff-leaf border, the velvet-lined interior with embossed gilt borders with fruiting vines, the interior of the cover fitted with a mirror within an applied gilt border
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) wide; 2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) high; 3 1/8 in. (7.8 cm.) deep
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The fortress town of Tula lies 165 kilometers south of the city of Moscow and on the border of the Principality of Ryazan. In 1712 the Demidov blacksmiths were commissioned to found Russia's first armament factory after a visit by Peter the Great. Besides arms and armour the factory produced samovars and items of furniture with increasing sophistication.
The dressing-table 'marriage' or jewel-chest is a masterpiece of the steel-workers craft, with its silvery light-reflecting tablets enriched by golden and brilliantly faceted reliefs. Designed in the 1770s antique fashion, as promoted by Empress Catherine II's Rome-trained Scottish architect Charles Cameron (d.1812), it evokes lyric poetry and love's triumph. Enwreathed by entwined garlands of Venus' roses and Apollo's laurels, its octagonal compartment top displays a garlanded basket that is accompanied by palms and flowered sacred urns. A candlestick, with related garlands and gilt-brass enrichments, is illustrated in I. Sychev's, Russian bronze, Moscow, 2003 (p.38).
During the 1770s and 1780s Empress Catherine patronised the ornamental manufacturers of the the Imperial Arms factory. An Imperial Tula dressing-table with dressing equipment furnished the Empress's apartment at the Palace of Pavlovsk in the later 18th Century. A toilet set, executed by the master armourer Semion Samarin was presented to the Empress' daughter-in-law Maria Feodorovna in 1789 (see M. Malchenko, Art Objects in Steel by Tula Craftsmen, Leningrad, 1974, p.6). A related dressing-table, with vase-enriched pillar supported by a Venus-dolphin 'claw', has been dated to around 1780 (see W. Koeppe, 'The Oldenburg Table', Weltkunst, 2005, pp.188-192; and W. Koeppe: 'Center Table', in: 'Recent Acquistions. A Selection: 2001-2002', in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Spring, 2002, Fig.25).
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I was skeptical about getting a personal trainer as I thought I could work out on my own. After one session, I realized that there was more to working out than leg curls and crunches. Qunoot developed a comprehensive program including both diet and exercise to help me achieve my goals. Despite not strictly keeping to the diet plan, I was able to increase my strength, stamina and was just plain more durable than I have ever been. Qunoot's workouts are a combination of functional moves with weights that give you both strength training and cardio without realizing you're even doing cardio (I hate cardio). I would highly recommend Qunoot to anyone who is looking to take their health and fitness from zero to hero.


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That was fun, wasn't it?
I figure if you're a Siena fan you aren't too disappointed. In the final game? Maybe. But not in the season.
Your team won 20 games. It played in a wildly entertaining MAAC championship game. And it offered you plenty of reasons to feel good about the future.
One day after Kojo Mensah left school, how many people thought the Saints could finish tied for second place in the league? Not me.
Here's what I thought: I thought Siena was too young and too inexperienced, particularly at point guard. I thought Siena would struggle to integrate Michael Haddix into the offense. I thought Kenny Hasbrouck couldn't possibly live up to his superlative freshman year.
I picked Siena to win 17 or 18 games. I said the Saints likely would lose to Marist in the league tournament.
Wrong again.
Next year looks pretty good, too, doesn't it? The Saints bring in four recruits, all of whom seem to fill holes.
Two of the players — Ryan Rossiter and Steve Priestley — are at least 6 feet, 7 inches. That should help the rebounding cause. Giving up 20 offensive rebounds to Niagara was a big reason the Saints fell short of the NCAA Tournament.
Another recruit, Chris De la Rosa, is a point guard. Siena's lack of a backup at the point became a pretty evident problem. Whenever Ronald Moore came out of the game, Siena essentially removed two players, because Hasbrouck had to leave his natural shooting guard position. Hasbrouck, as talented as he is, just never seemed comfortable at the point.
Clarence Jackson, a 6-4 swingman, is a 3-point shooting specialist from Marlton, N.J. He set the single-season 3-point shooting record at Cherokee High. That's a good thing for Siena. The Saints were lacking in range all year. Moore is inconsistent from beyond the arc; Hasbrouck is a mid-range shooter; and David Ryan, Siena's best 3-point shooter this past season, is graduating. I'm betting coach Fran McCaffery targets a shooter with the one scholarship he can give for the 2008-09 season, too.
All that said, I was struck by Alex Franklin's comments after Monday's loss. He said, "These chances don't come along that often."
Pretty heady for a freshman to recognize that.
"You can't go through all this and think it comes easy," McCaffery said. "We worked really hard to get to this point. Next year will be different. We won't have Dave (Ryan) and Mike (Haddix) to rely on. They were amazingly consistent. New players are going to have step in, and these players will have to expand their roles.
"Alex saw how difficult it was to win 12 games in this league. You get a bye by doing that. That's an accomplishment. Then we have to beat Manhattan, a team that stretched us to the last five seconds. Then we have to beat the league champion, who had beaten us twice, to get into the final. It's not easy to do this."
One more final loose end to tie up — the blog.
We'll keep it going through the offseason. I may not have something to add every day or even every other day. But I'll try it keep it fresh with news, tidbits and links as often as possible.
Oh, and plenty more digs at Jason Rich to come, too.


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Today we released the (0.7.1.1) EGL Dojo Widgets for RBD 18.104.22.168. For those that don't know, the Dojo Toolkit is an open source JavaScript library for developing web-based applications. These are the same widgets that were released in the EGL Community Edition (CE), just for RBD. Not to worry though, from this point forward all releases of EGL Dojo Widgets will work in both RBD and CE. We also made available a great Gallery Sample showcasing all Dojo widgets in a single sample! Take a look at it here.
Our apologies for this, but any existing EGL applications using the 0.6.0 version of the Dojo Widgets will most likely require changes to bring them forward. That said, the current API has been firmly defined and will not experience significant changes in future releases.
To download the EGL Dojo Widgets for RBD click here. Be sure to also take a look at the great documentation attached to the page to get a feel for the API.


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Because of space issues you MUST be on the SLS list to enter. Cash or credit is accepted at-the-door (no American Express).
All PREPAYING SINGLE FEMALE AND COUPLES SHALL BE GIVEN PRIORITY ENTRY AND NOT WAIT ON ANY LINE.
To prepay and lock in your ticket, you should grab the ticket at SHARENATIONEVENTS.COM - only a limited amount of prepayment tickets are left.
Rooms for this exclusive event are available by calling the SHERATON PROVIDENCE at 401-738-4000. Group code: SHAMROCK -- The ShareNation room rate is only $99 (rate expires Thursday) - only four rooms remain.
SHARENATIONEVENTS.COM presents SHAMROCK, a play inspired lifestyle production. This event includes a pre-party, now showcases 3 DJ's for the main event, and also has a "magically delicious" private after-hours event.
5 p.m. - Early wristband distribution begins (5th floor check-in)
7 p.m. - SLSexchange kicks things off with the official pre-party (in the 5th floor Lounge). ShareNation jumps in bed SLS for an IRISH rolling keg party for all guests in attendance. FUN, FUN, FUN!
9 p.m. - 1 a.m. -- "The SHAMROCK" - Grand Ballroom - Tsunami in the broadcast mix. DJ Messi now in the mix too. Photos by Shots by Drew Photography in the Newport ballroom.
11:00 p.m. -- "SHAMROCK GIRL" - a pole legacy competition. Our pole on-premise club sponsor - Choice Social Club. (ShareNation parties at Choice on June 28 for a special event not even posted yet - save-the-date). Shamrock pole winner earns free admission for one year to ALL ShareNation venues.
11:15 p.m. - Adult Vacation Parties presents a three night all-inclusive vacation to HEDO. ShareNation will distribute a raffle ticket upon check-in for all pre-paid couples.
1 a.m. -- ShareNation goes private. Tonight, we're all Irish and we're all "magically delicious." Come PLAY. DJ RUDE BOY (Syracuse Social Club) to spin the after-event.
Security is fierce for this event. Security reserve the right to physically inspect wristbands. No single males.
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A Minnesota State Patrol squad was struck by a car it was pursuing during a PIT maneuver early Sunday on Minnesota 5, just west of downtown St. Paul.
The driver of the vehicle being pursued, Sheerah K. Pommier, 28, of St. Paul, attempted to steer out of the maneuver but spun around backwards, striking the squad that was pursuing it, according to the state patrol.
The trooper in the squad, James L. Swanson, 51, wasn't injured. Pommier was taken to Regions Hospital with minor injuries.
Pommier's 1997 Pontiac Grand Prix was towed after the 4:45 a.m. incident. The patrol car, a 2010 Ford CVC, sustained minor damage.
According to an audio clip on mnpoliceclips.com, St. Paul police attempted to make a traffic stop with Pommier but he fled. He reached speeds of up to 90 mph on Interstate 94, eventually leading squads to Highway 5 near Walnut Street where the PIT maneuver was performed.
It wasn't immediately clear whether any arrests had been made.
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Riding Horses in Heaven 2003: Jim Sazani, 59, died fighting complications from Lyme
April 18, 2003
Man fights Lyme disease to end
By Emily Slater
Up to his last hour, a local horseman remained hopeful he would beat the disease that crippled his legs, but not his spirit.
Jim Sazani, 59, died fighting complications from Lyme disease Saturday at Lompoc Hospital.
A memorial mass to celebrate his life was held Wednesday at Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Lompoc.
Inurnment was at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery.
"He never gave up," said Judi Sazani, Jim's wife of 38 years. "He was hopeful he would get through; there was always something going on in life that kept him alive."
Jim once predicted he would fight to the end.
In an Adobe Press interview last July, he said he was far from giving up.
"When they take me, I will be kicking and screaming," he said.
The pain, however, became too much for Jim to bear.
Jim spent three weeks in the intensive care unit before his death, during which time doctors had to resuscitate him. Jim finally reached a point where he said, "No more," according to Judi.
"He got weaker and weaker and couldn't hold on any more," she said.
The process of his degeneration started a few years ago. The engineer began falling 10 times a day and eventually landed in a wheelchair.
He traced his muscle-wasting to a tick bite in 1998.
"He was miserable. He was trapped inside his body and he couldn't get out," Judi explained.
Now, she believes her husband is riding horses in heaven.
Jim bred and trained driving horses at Sazana Rosa Saddlebred Farm in Nipomo for 18 years - his passion.
After Lyme disease confined Jim to a wheelchair, the view of his ranch haunted him.
"I would rather move than look outside and see everything I can't do," Sazani said. "That's torture for me."
The Sazanis sold their Nipomo ranch last summer and moved to Lompoc. There, Judi received support from family members.
An independent man, Sazani was forced to rely on others for his daily survival.
"I'm like taking care of a 170-pound baby," he once said.
Although he required assistance, Jim more than rewarded his caretakers, according to friends and family.
"He influenced a lot of people and he loved working with children. He was a pretty special guy," Judi said.
Friend Ida Berry once said, "If you need someone to talk to, he's the one."
Jim was born Sept. 5, 1943, in New York. He attended Texas A&M University and later served at Vandenberg Air Force Base with the Air Force. During his time in the service, he decided to settle on the Central Coast, where he raised his family. Jim worked as an engineer for 33 years. He was also active in youth sports programs and coached everything from basketball, baseball and football to girl's softball. He was an avid scuba diver, fisherman, English sports car fanatic, history buff and, above all, a dedicated horseman. Memorial contributions, in lieu of flowers, may be made in Jim Sazani's name to the Lyme Disease Association, Inc., P.O. Box 1438, Jackson, N.J. 08527. April 18, 2003 © Copyright 2001 Pulitzer Central Coast Newspapers.


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. An enzyme occurring naturally in egg white, human tears, saliva, and other body fluids, capable of destroying the cell walls of certain bacteria and thereby acting as a mild antiseptic.
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- n. A bacteriolytic (or antibiotic) enzyme found in many animal secretions, and in egg white.
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- n. an enzyme found in saliva and sweat and tears that destroys the cell walls of certain bacteria
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Interestingly, lysozyme is also found in tears, so in theory you could fine your Cabernets by weeping into them.
Wine, allergies, histamines and sulfites - reactions from an allergist | Dr Vino's wine blog
NMR spectroscopy of the protein lysozyme in their experimental new superconducting spectrometer, and published the first paper on that subject.
Presented with the medical term "lysozyme," he blurted out: "May I please have all the information on this word?"
Tears are salt, as are all body fluids, and also contain a protein called lysozyme, which has the ability to kill bacteria and thus lend tears a disinfecting quality.
The speller with the most commanding stage presence continued to be Surjo Bandyopadhyay of Lusby, Md., who heard the medical word "lysozyme" and blurted out: "May I please have all the information on this word?"
These contain a chemical called "lysozyme" which functions as an anti-bacterial and protects our eyes from infection.
Fig. 3A and B) revealed that MstnPP soluble aggregates exhibit a morphology and size similar to that documented for amyloid protofibrils from a number of other proteins such as lysozyme Characterisation of MstnPP soluble aggregates by negative-stain transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and ThT binding.
Mr. INGRAHAM: And lysozyme has the honor of being discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming, who also discovered penicillin.
Mr. INGRAHAM: The lysozyme kills bacteria by breaking down their cell wall.
It consists of adding two human proteins, lactoferrin and lysozyme, which are produced inexpensively in genetically modified (GM) rice plants, to rice-based oral rehydration solution.


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LAKE FOREST – Teens from across Orange County came out to listen to some sweet music at the city's first Teen Music Festival.
The event was held Saturday at Etnies Skatepark and was put on by the city's recreation department as a way to provide a safe and fun outlet for teens. Several popular South County bands drew raves from those who attended. More than 100 people attended. The event raised money for other teen programming in the city such as the afterschool Teen Lounge and for SWAG, which stands for Students Working and Advising for Government.
Click here to see a video of some of the bands that played.
The bands that played included varying styles from pop and mainstream played by The Dreams from Mission Viejo, alternative and punk by Spider Island from Lake Forest, progressive rock from South County's Consensus, reggae from South County's Low Budget and post-modern metal by Chaplin.
"We really focused on getting popular teen bands," said Craig Harris, a senior recreation coordinator with the city. "It was fantastic, they really rocked the show."
Harris, who coordinated the event with Nick Gates, a recreation supervisor who oversees the skate park, said plans are already in place to plan a second event next summer. It will likely be expanded to include food trucks and a 30-second guitar shred-off.
"It allows talented teen bands to showcase their abilities in a fun and safe environment," Harris said.
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`Mr. Kramer, I'm calling from Sprint about your phone service," said the voice on the other end of the line at 9 in the morning. "Are you still with Ameritech?"
"I'm not interested in changing my service. Thanks," I said, hanging up.
Fairly typical phone call for me in this day and age. I'm one of those dinosaurs who still has basic phone service--no call waiting, no caller ID, no junk-calling lockout--just basic, old-fashioned, listed-in-the-book service, so I get a lot of these sales calls. Some tell me I can save a lot of money with a new credit card, others want me to install new windows and a few proudly announce I've won something: a vacation, a camera, a trip to an exotic location or a fine dinner if I would just come in and talk over my retirement plans.


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Situation Report: Has THe Fuel Scarcity Eased Off In Your Area?
Since on Tuesday, many filing stations have begun to sell though the queues are killingkilling at some places. I was able to buy 10 litres twice, one at the price of 150 Naira while the other 10 litres was bought at 140 Naira per litre.
Hopefully they will continue to sell more with reduction in price to normal pump price in sight.
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New York Rangers unveil 85th anniversary heritage jersey
Goalie Henrik Lundqvist shows off the Rangers new sweater. (Photographer Andrew Eccles)
New York Rangers unveil 85th anniversary heritage jersey
The 2010-11 hockey season marks the 85th Anniversary of the New York Rangers franchise. In honor of this milestone, the Rangers unveiled a new heritage jersey Friday.
The Rangers will wear the new jersey for the first time on Wednesday, Nov. 17 against the Boston Bruins.
In the future, the team will wear the jersey when they play one of the other Original Six teams and during Sunday home games.


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SANTA MONICA, CA - Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) and Corus Entertainment Inc.'s Nelvana Enterprises are pleased to announce that Bakugan Battle Trainer is now available for Nintendo DS. Putting a brand new spin on the immensely popular Bakugan video game series, Bakugan Battle Trainer is a brawler's dream. Players develop their Bakugan's skills and maximize their battling abilities as they take on a shadowy invader who has imprisoned fellow Bakugan.
"Bakugan Battle Trainer nails the classic elements that have made Bakugan one of the most popular kids' entertainment experiences in the world, while taking advantage of the Nintendo DS features to provide the full interaction with the Bakugan that kids have been thirsting for," said David Oxford, Activision Publishing.
Players level up their Bakugan by performing a variety of training methods between epic brawls. With over 25 Bakugan available to collect in Bakugan Battle Trainer, players have an enormous amount of choice when it comes to training their creatures. As they triumph over enemies, players will gain opportunities to acquire new skills. For the first time, Bakugan fans find out first hand what happens before and after the brawls.
Bakugan Battle Trainer is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and is available now for $29.99. For more information, visit http://www.bakugan-videogame.com.
Bakugan Battle Brawlers is a co-production from Nelvana Enterprises, Spin Master Ltd., Sega Toys Ltd., TMS Entertainment, Ltd., Japan Vistec Inc. and Sega Corporation, with animation by Japan Vistec Inc. and TMS Entertainment, Ltd.
About Corus Entertainment Inc.
Corus Entertainment Inc. is a Canadian-based media and entertainment company. Corus is a market leader in specialty television and radio with additional assets in pay television, advertising services, television broadcasting, children's book publishing and children's animation. The company's multimedia entertainment brands include YTV, Treehouse, Nickelodeon (Canada), W Network, CosmoTV, VIVA, Sundance Channel (Canada), Movie Central, HBO Canada, Nelvana, Kids Can Press and radio stations including CKNW, CFOX, CKOI, 98,5 FM, Q107 and 102.1 the Edge. Corus creates engaging branded entertainment experiences for its audiences across multiple platforms. A publicly traded company, Corus is listed on the Toronto (CJR.B) and New York (CJR) exchanges. Experience Corus on the web at www.corusent.com.
About Spin Master
A multi-category children's entertainment company since 1994, Spin Master has been designing, developing, manufacturing and marketing consumer products for children around the world and is recognized as a global growth leader within the toy industry. Spin Master is best known for such popular brands as 2008 Toy of the Year winner Air Hogs, Aquadoodle, Tech Deck, Moon Sand and new boys action phenomena Bakugan Battle Brawlers. Spin Master employs over 600 people with offices in Toronto, Los Angeles, Paris, London, Hong Kong and China. For additional information please visit: www.spinmaster.com.
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Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products. Activision Publishing maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, Russia, Japan, South Korea, China and the region of Taiwan. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company's website, www.activision.com.


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Move semantics do not stipulate what state the object moved from will be in after the move. It only requires the object is in some internally consistent state. So, your move constructor or assignment operator is perfectly entitled to swap the members if it wishes... Provided all the other internal states of the object are consistent with that. That is, it's perfectly okay to have this situation:
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We could talk for hours and we do about nothing,And avoid talking about anything that could cause us problems,that we couldn't ignore, and have to talk about, to sort something out.We got to keep talking, Keep talking.So we'er talking, and that's something.I'm really happy that we're talking,It's sure to get us somewhere, make it better,And then we're sorted just as long as we keep talkingEverything's gonna be alright.I got secrets then you know that.You've got secrets I want to know about.But if you want to know what I knowThat you know then, we got to start talking.Let's be honest. We can't ignore it. Keep talking.When I look into your eyes I don't know what to say to you,When I'm standing face to face, I don't know what to say to you,They said say it with flowers so I said it with flowers.I sent you short red roses, short red roses.Everything's gonna be alright.We've been talking for hours, so have we got somewhere?Can we say it's all worked out, it's all ok?Let's go to bed, I'm tired, to be honest.I just want to go to sleep, I'm tired.Let's talk about it in the morning, let's talk about it in the morning.To be honest, I'm tired.I'm tired.
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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 11:38:40 EST-10 From: MENDE JOVESKI Subject: CHORDS: Woodstock - Crosby Stills Nash & Young Crosby Stills Nash & Young performed at Woodstock in 1969, and then recorded this which was written by Joni Mitchell. I sat down and came up with this recently. I'm not sure if it's 100% but it sounds good enough to me. And does anyone know the complete tab to 'Teach your children'. If so, please post it WOODSTOCK - Crosby Stills Nash & Young Album: Deja Vu (1970) and I think it's on that double CD that came out in 1991 which has a collection of their hits. Written by Joni Mitchell Em Well I came upon a child of God A7sus Em7 He was walking along the road A7sus Em7 And I asked him "Where are you going" This he told me "I'm going on down to Yasgurs farm A7sus Em Gonna join in a Rock `n' Roll band A7sus Em7 Gonna camp out on the land And set my soul free" chorus: A7sus We are stardust We are golden And we are billion year old Crabon Em7 And we got to get ourselves Em G A G Em Back to the gar - den Can I walk beside you? I have come to lose the smog And I feel to be caught in something turning Maybe it's the time of year or maybe it's the time of man I don't know who I am but life is for learning chorus: By the time we got to Woodtsock We were half a million strong And everywhere was a song and celebration And I dreamed I saw the bombers riding shotgun in the sky Turning into butterflies above the nation chorus: caught in the devils bargain And we got to get ourselves back to the garden Chords used: A x02220 A7sus x02233 Em 022000 Em7 022030 G 320033 There it is, any corrections, comments or insults, I await them all, Mende Joveski, email - firstname.lastname@example.com
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Talk about a powerhouse: as a second-generation Latina, Jaylah Sandoval has managed to cross market between American and Latino broadcast and television markets at such a young age. With her sweet voice and charisma, Sandoval has been a hit on the Latin radio airwaves as a personality on Alex Sensation's #1 show on Spanish Broadcasting System's La Mega 97.9 FM in New York and El Zol in Miami. For her work ethic and amazing determination, Sandoval is this week's Inspiring Latina!
"The fire that keeps me motivated is a door closing on me or when someone tells me 'that's impossible to do.' At that point, I know I need to shift gears and place action steps to prove it can get done for good and for the right reasons. As a Latina and female in the entertainment industry, I aim to break barriers. I know with my motivation and accomplishments I will help other young Latinas like me create new trends and have more opportunities.
Plus, the five-year-old child inside of me who fell in love with the industry motivates me to move in the footsteps of those I grew up listening to or watching. I fell in love with the people in the industry and it gets me motivated to keep their legacy alive, and also implement my American upbringing."
Sandoval understands what it means to start from the bottom and work her way up with grace and great work ethic. Her career started as an intern for Power95.3 in Orlando and over the past few years Sandoval has developed her passion into multi-faceted skills both behind-the-scenes and in front of many different audiences. Her Latino background has been crucial in her becoming who she is and getting thus far:
"The Latino culture is one I wouldn't change for the world. I'm a beyond proud to be Salvadoreña/Tica. It has made me who I am today and has influenced me because I was born into two worlds - Latin and American. Being Latina means incorporating my family's values and morals into what I represent. When I started my career, I stepped into the American entertainment market and with my upbringings and influences, I can consider myself part of this emerging 'Spanglish' market that is setting a new precedent."
While living her dream everyday in New York City, Sandoval continues to expand and grow. She likes to represent all different women and is proud to be a plus-size model. She hopes to represent confident females and hopes that her integrity and hard work will pay off, while inspiring a new generation of women to pursue their dreams without compromising or fear.
"Some of my influences have been: Angie Martinez; the cross-over queen, J.Lo; the legend, Oprah; and the amazing DJ Laz, who's the reason I started in the radio business. All of these amazing people started with no resources and have proved themselves to be relatable by being who they are. They have continued to work hard to be relevant and their dedication has empowered them to reinvent themselves by sharing realistic struggles within our industry.
With plans to continue making waves for this new generation Sandoval likes to remember this quote when times get rough: "'Temporary inconvenience for permanent improvement' was one of the first quotes to be shared with me when I first started in the business and it's my daily reminder that keeps me going."


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Product Information of Extant Season 1 DVD Box Set
Actors: Halle Berry, Goran Visnjic, Camryn Manheim, Hiroyuki Sanada, Pierce Gagnon
Format: Blu-ray, Widescreen
Language: English
Region: Region Free
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 4
Rated: Unrated
Studio: Paramount
DVD Release Date: December 16, 2014
Returning from a thirteen-month solo mission aboard the space station Seraphim, astronaut Molly Woods tries to reconnect with her husband John and their "son" Ethan, an artificially intelligent android which John developed. Molly is shocked to learn that she is pregnant, despite prior infertility and having just returned from a long solo mission; however, she recalls a mystifying 'encounter' with her deceased boyfriend Marcus during the mission. Molly asks her friend, ISEA physician Sam Barton, to keep the pregnancy a secret for now. John seeks funding to continue his android project from Hideki Yasumoto, Molly's employer. Director Sparks is skeptical of Molly's explanation for several hours of video files being erased from the Seraphim 's database. Molly is contacted by Harmon Kryger, a fellow astronaut who supposedly committed suicide; he claims to know what happened during her mission.
While at home, Molly falls unconscious and experiences a vision of her encounter on the Seraphim, leading Dr. Barton to give her an off-the-books ultrasound so she can learn more about her mysterious pregnancy. Meanwhile, Kryger reveals to Molly who his own "visitor" was during his solo mission, a disturbing detail Director Sparks and the rest of ISEA are going to great measures to keep a secret. Ethan discovers what the word extinct means from an information robot during a field trip to the Natural History Museum. Also, John's Humanichs Project gets a new base of operations, thanks to Yasumoto Corporation funding. Molly's ultrasound reveals that she is carrying a baby that appears human. Molly confronts Sparks with the news, but he offers no explanation. Sparks tells Yasumoto and asks if the pregnancy means they have found "them," and Yasumoto replies, "I think they are already here."
Ethan starts his first day of elementary school. John and Molly try to convince a group of concerned parents that their son poses no threat. Sparks concocts a story to explain Molly's pregnancy, with the goal of getting her to come to a contained ISEA area for testing over a couple of days. He intimates that her baby was hers and John's. Molly goes to Kryger's trailer, but he is not there. She sees a strange symbol, shaped as an Apollonian gasket, on the bedroom wall. John throws a birthday party for Molly to compensate for the one she missed while in space. Molly is surprised to see Marcus' brother Tim attends. After talking with Tim throughout the party, Molly discovers (in view of John) that she was the only one who could see him. Molly finally tells John that while she was in space, the ISEA experimented on her without her consent and that she is pregnant. Dr. Barton stops by the party and takes a sample of Molly's blood to test for DNA at ISEA but is prohibited by security from entering her office to perform the test. While walking around, Barton sees an ISEA team gutting Molly's office, and calls her at home. She is told by John that Molly is on her way to ISEA with Sparks. Barton sends an urgent text to Molly, telling her to get out of Sparks' car. Molly escapes by jumping out of the car and meets John, who had been tailing her out of concern. Later, Sparks and an ISEA assault team storm the Woods' home, but it is empty.


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Significant evidence exists for central sensitization in fibromyalgia. However the cause of this process in fibromyalgia – and how it relates to other known abnormalities in fibromyalgia – remains unclear. Central sensitization occurs when persistent nociceptive input leads to increased excitability in the dorsal horn neurons of the spinal cord. In this hyperexcited state, spinal cord neurons produce an enhanced responsiveness to noxious stimulation, and even to formerly innocuous stimulation.
• No definite evidence of muscle pathology in fibromyalgia has been found. However, there is some evidence for dysfunction of the intramuscular connective tissue, or fascia, in fibromyalgia.
• This paper proposes that inflammation of the fascia is the source of peripheral nociceptive input that leads to central sensitization in fibromyalgia.
• The fascial dysfunction is proposed to be due to inadequate growth hormone production and HPA axis dysfunction in fibromyalgia. Fascia is richly innervated, and the major cell of the fascia, the fibroblast, has been shown to secrete pro-inflammatory cytokines, particularly IL-6, in response to strain.
• Recent biopsy studies using immuno-histochemical staining techniques have found increased levels of collagen and inflammatory mediators in the connective tissue [fascia] surrounding the muscle cells in fibromyalgia patients.
• The inflammation of the fascia is similar to that described in conditions such as plantar fasciitis and lateral epicondylitis, and may be better described as a dysfunctional healing response. This may explain why NSAIDs and oral steroids have not been found effective in fibromyalgia.
• Inflammation and dysfunction of the fascia may lead to central sensitization in fibromyalgia.
If this hypothesis is confirmed, it could significantly expand treatment options to include manual therapies directed at the fascia such as Rolfing and myofascial release, and direct further research on the peripheral pathology in fibromyalgia to the fascia.
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One Bedrooom condos, with mini split heat pumps. Will be renovated with your choice of laminate flooring, paint colors, plus other changes from original. For less then $270 bi weekly, you can create equity, in a home you own versus paying someone else's mortgage. Close to shopping, schools, and Saint Johns new proposed Athletic Field House. Monthly condo fees of $125 cover lawn care, snow plowing, roof and much more. Start here and save for a future home or, downsize in your retirement. (id:153)
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Parties, swing clubs, etc., can get a bit "clique-y" sometimes, but please don't let one experience put you off. There are a lot of couples that are really nice, and great to meet. We do see that happen though, where people stand around in a circle of people that they know well, and don' venture out of their comfort zones.
Try different ones on the events list for your area. Please don't think it's a matter of "not being attractive enough." Maybe a lot of the other couples were feeling the same way. Frequently, I am one of the oldest, and probably also heaviest women at a party (not always, and so what). Sometimes Dan and I will just be talking to each other, but if we start flirting with each other, kissing, whatever (depends on if it's a public place or private), then that usually starts the ball rolling, so to speak.
It's hard to mingle when you're new. I would also suggest you checking out the events and looking at the profiles listed on the who's attending part...email some of them and tell them that you're new and ask if they would mind introducing you to some of the regulars. Most experienced swing couples truly enjoy helping a new couple meet others, and answering questions and taking them under their "wing" a bit. If they can't, then sometimes they will point you to someone who can. Also, email the administrators of the groups...they're usually very helpful.
Good luck, and don't get discouraged.
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Deportivo La Coruna president Augusto Cesar Lendoiro is resisting calls for the sacking of coach Miguel Angel Lotina.
Sunday's defeat to Almeria left Depor five points from safety, but after consulting with each of his directors yesterday, Lendoiro has so far chosen to hold fire.
AS says Lendoiro is sticking with Lotina, despite several of his board calling on him to make a change this week.


text: There's nothing like traveling and seeing the world up close in all of its stunning and brilliant hues. Most of us, however, aren't able to travel the world, so maybe the new BBC Series, Planet Earth 2, could be the next best thing - and it's all in 4K right from your own living room. DISH will deliver live in 4K Ultra HD the highly-anticipated natural history series, Planet Earth II. The … [Read more...]


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TAIPEI, Taiwan, Dec. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Double World Whiskies Awards (WWA) winner Kavalan yesterday celebrated 10 years of Taiwan-made whisky - with the commissioning of its Second Distillery and the launch of an inaugural rum cask-aged whisky for Christmas.
At the inauguration of the Kavalan Second Distillery, CEO Mr. Y.T. Lee said that on March 11, 2006, Kavalan's first ever "new make" left the spout at the spirit safe, forever turning his dream of Taiwanese whisky into reality.
"Before 2006, all this was nothing more than a pipe dream. Yet 10 years later, we have enough demand for Kavalan that we're celebrating a doubling in our capacity to 10 million bottles with our Second Distillery," Mr. Lee said.
The increase could make Kavalan one of the 10 biggest whisky distillers in the world.
At the event, global whisky leaders such as International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) outgoing managing director, Mr. Ewan Lacey, said Kavalan's 10 year journey had contributed to a "broadening of the world of whisky both in terms of creating a new frontier and a new philosophy."
He added there had been a "deepening and enrichment in the new and unique styles of whisky which continues to benefit whisky lovers across the globe."
Other special guests were Kavalan's Chief Consultant, Dr. Jim Swan; Whisky Magazine Founder Damian Riley-Smith; and Mr. Richard Forsyth of world class stills maker Forsyths, and his son, Richard Forsyth.
Kavalan's new Reserve Rum Cask Single Cask Strength, saturated with notes of melon and papaya, clove, and root ginger, was described by Whisky Master Ingvar Ronde, who is editor and founder of the Malt Whisky Yearbook, as: "Delicate rum, sweetness with notes of guava, pineapple and chocolate covered almonds."
Spirits educator Bernhard Schäfer said: "A complex bouquet of tropical fruits -- Sweet and sugary finish."
Mr. Riley-Smith, whose Whisky Magazine runs the prestigious WWA and Icons of Whisky awards programmes said: "Kavalan burst on to the world whisky scene in 2006 and since then has triumphed in the World Whiskies Awards and Icons of Whisky each and every year."
In 2015, Kavalan collected the WWA's "World's Best Single Malt Whisky for its Kavalan Solist Vinho Barrique and in 2016, the WWA's "World's Best Single Cask Single Malt Whisky" for the Solist Amontillado Sherry Single Cask Strength as well as clinching the IWSC's "Worldwide Whiskey Producer of the Year."
About Kavalan
Taiwan's first whisky distillery has been dedicated to the art of single malt whisky since 2006. Kavalan is aged in intense humidity and heat yet benefits from sea and mountain breezes and the spring water from Snow Mountain, which combine to create Kavalan's signature creaminess. The distillery takes its name from the indigenous name for Yilan County, where it is based, and is backed by 30 years of beverage-making under parent company, King Car Group. It has collected more than 211 gold awards and is available in 40 countries. Visit www.kavalanwhisky.com/en/.
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Industrial powerhouse Liberty Property Trust is getting into the local office market with its first project in Houston.
The Malvern, Pa.-based company has started construction on Legacy at Fallbrook, the first of three office buildings slated for a 20-acre site at the southeast corner of Beltway 8 and Fallbrook Drive in northwest Houston.
"We are very excited to announce the development of our first office building in Houston. This location is perfect for Class A office, offering high visibility and multiple access points to the Beltway," Jay Kraft, vice president and city manager for Liberty's Houston region, said in an announcement. "Liberty is a leader in the development of premier high-performance office environments and we are excited to put that strength to work into our Legacy at Fallbrook project."
Architecture firm Powers Brown designed the 208,000-square-foot building and EE Reed is the general contractor. Each floor will contain 41,600 square feet with 10-foot ceilings. A parking garage will be connected with the building.
Stream Realty Partners will find tenants for the building, with Adam Jackson and Stewart Lyman leading the effort.
The five-story tilt-wall building will add to the northwest market, where the vacancy rate for top quality office space is below 5 percent and few large blocks are available, Stream said.
"Liberty Property Trust has a proven track record of developing first class real estate across the globe," Stewart Lyman, vice president at Stream Realty's Houston office, said in an announcement. "We are confident that their decision to go spec and beat competing proposed developments out of the ground will prove successful as we are able to capture demand that outweighs current supply in the submarket."
Designed to achieve LEED Silver certification, the building is expected to be ready for occupancy in the first quarter of next year.
Liberty Property Trust has been active in the Houston market since 2002 when it bought its first buildings at the nearby Legacy Center business park. Most recently, the company developed the Greens Crossing IV and Greens Crossing V industrial buildings near Beltway 8 and Interstate 45 in north Houston.
It expanded its footprint with the acquisition of a portfolio of 27 industrial buildings with 1.5 million square feet of space last year, bringing its holdings in the Houston market to 6.5 million square feet.


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Following an otherwise-enjoyable literary luncheon, the celebrated crime novelist Ariadne Oliver is accosted by a particularly formidable woman who engages her in conversation about one of her many god-daughters, whom Ariadne hasn't seen since she was a child. She lands a bombshell with the question 'What I want to know is this: did her mother kill her father, or was it the father who killed the mother?'
Affronted and bewildered by the assertiveness of this pushy busybody, Ariadne is nevertheless intrigued. There's only one thing for it. She must contact her old friend Hercule Poirot. Together they set about unravelling the mystery of a tragedy from the distant past - provoked in equal measure by hate and love.
As always, John Moffatt stars as Hercule Poirot, while Julia McKenzie stars as Ariadne Oliver - whom Agatha Christie based on herself.
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Enjoyed this dramatisation of Elephants Can Remember. John Moffatt played Poirot really well. Will recommend to anybody to have a listen.
"just a fun a story"
Yes I would recommend this audio book because it is an easy story to listen to.
I love the interaction between Ms. Oliver and Poirot. They are a delight together.
both characters are my favorite.
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this was adventure in which the narration brings to life each character. highly recommended. enjoy
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A SERVICE set up to help desperate people living on the breadline has handed out free food to 2,000 households in the town since it opened its doors.
And Hartlepool Foodbank bosses have thanked the Mail for our support in launching the We Can Do It appeal and helping those in desperate need in the town.
The foodbank officially opened in December 2012 after kind-hearted readers donated more than four and a half tonnes of food on the back of the Mail launching our campaign.
As we continue a series to mark Local Newspaper Week looking back at how the Mail has supported various community projects, Al Wales, foodbank coordinator, said: "When we first revealed the plan to open the foodbank the idea of getting three tonnes of food felt like such an incredibly difficult task.
"But it was made possible thanks to the support of the Mail and we are extremely grateful of that.
"The foodbank is something that everyone in Hartlepool can be very proud of."
Al revealed that since the foodbank opened its doors, it has handed out food to 6,347 people, which includes 2,058 children.
She said the figures mean the foodbank has supported around 2,000 households in the town.
"It is satisfying to know we are helping these people," said Al.
"But it's also very sad and humbling that even in 2014 people are relying on food handouts."
The foodbank project is led by Hartlepool Churches Together and the Trussell Trust charity.
The Mail launched the We Can Do It campaign after frightening statistics revealed that 28.6 per cent of children in Hartlepool are living in poverty.
And we have continued to support the service since it opened its doors, running regular stories about donations and reminding people how they can benefit from the foodbank.
The foodbank, based in Church Street, has been in high demand since it opened its doors.
In January this year the service helped 448 people including 145 children with bosses revealing food parcels were handed out to 40 families in a single day during its busiest month ever.
Around half a tonne of food goes out of the door to residents in need every week so bosses are constantly on the lookout for more donations.
Donations can be left at the foodbank, which opens every Tuesday and Friday at 11.30am-1.30pm.
Food an also be dropped off any time at Asda supermarket, Marina Way, and Tesco Extra, Burn Road, Hartlepool.


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Much better performance ! Can we attribute that to the lack of the blonde in a short skirt as your interviewer?
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CANCUN, Mexico — Freshmen Alisia Jenkins, Shavontae Naylor and Courtney Williams combined for 32 points off the bench as USF (9-1) defeated Nevada 71-46 Friday at the Caribbean Classic.
Senior Andrea Smith scored a game-high 19 for USF, which outrebounded Nevada 52-34.
"It's great to be able to go to your bench and have that capability of guys stepping in and giving you (production)," Bulls coach Jose Fernandez told gousfbulls.com.
Terilyn Moe led Nevada (5-5) with 15 points.
UF 81, CENTRAL MICH. 75: Guard Kayla Lewis had game highs with 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead the host Gators (10-3). Another guard, Jaterra Bonds, scored 15 for Florida, which shot 55.4 percent from the field (31-for-56).
NO. 5 N. DAME 83, NO. 22 TEXAS A&M 74: Skylar Diggins scored 24 and Natalie Achonwa had 22 points and 14 rebounds for the Fighting Irish in the final of the World Vision Classic in Las Vegas. Muffet McGraw earned her 600th win as Notre Dame coach. Kelsey Bone led the Aggies (8-4) with 28 points and 10 rebounds.
NO. 7 KENTUCKY 66, UC SANTA BARBARA 38: A'dia Mathies scored 19 for the visiting Wildcats (10-1), who extended their winning streak to nine.
NO. 13 PURDUE 78, IUPUI 53: Courtney Moses scored 18 and Drey Mingo had 13 points and eight rebounds for the host Boilermakers (11-1).
NO. 14 L'VILLE 106, WAGNER 32: Megan Deines scored 19 and eight of nine players scored in double figures for the host Cardinals (11-2), who recorded their second-largest margin of victory. Louisville beat Coastal Carolina 109-29 on Dec. 18, 1996.
NO. 21 SOUTH CAROLINA 65, S.C. STATE 45: Tiffany Mitchell had 21 points and 11 rebounds for the host Gamecocks (11-1).
NO. 6 INDIANA 88, FAU 52: Cody Zeller had 24 points and six rebounds as the Hoosiers (11-1) cruised to their 29th consecutive nonconference win at home. Florida Atlantic (5-7) was led by Greg Gantt's 25 points; he needs four to break Earnest Crumbley's school record (1,559).
NO. 22 N. DAME 89, NIAGARA 67: Jack Cooley had 20 points and 10 rebounds in the first half on his way to 24 and 15, both season highs, for the host Fighting Irish. Notre Dame (12-1) shot a season-high 62 percent in its 10th consecutive victory.
YOUNGSTOWN STATE 67, B-CU 51: Damian Eargle (13 points and 11 rebounds) and Blake Allen (12 and 10) had double doubles for the visiting Penguins. Adrien Coleman scored 17 and Alex Smith had 13 points and 10 rebounds to pace Bethune-Cookman (5-9).
TEXAS: The NCAA suspended Myck Kabongo for 23 games for accepting impermissible benefits and providing false statements during an investigation. Kabongo also must repay $475 to a charity of his choice. The NCAA will count all 11 games that Kabongo has missed toward the suspension.
RECRUIT HARASSED: Jabari Parker, the nation's No. 2 senior, said his commitment to Duke has some harassing him on Twitter. "I think I'm getting more tweets," Parker told ESPN 1000 radio in Chicago. "Fans are just now giving me a hard time. They sometimes just forget I'm a kid. Real hateful stuff."


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Roger Pearson reports on the latest round in the battle of Midland's pub group RBNB over its refused licence applications. Midlands pub company RBNB is waiting to hear whether its High Court challenge has been successful.
The company argued before the High Court that the judge's decision at Warrington Crown Court was unlawful when it refused consent for transfer of a pub licence.
The case centres on a magistrate's refusal to give consent for transfer of the licence of the Weaver Hotel at Runcorn, Cheshire, to Les Kehoe, an employee of RBNB.
Although the magistrate, later backed by the Crown Court on appeal, said that there were no grounds for refusing Kehoe a licence because of his personal background, the licence was refused because RBNB would not reveal the identity of its shareholders. It was argued that because the shareholders would have ultimate control, their identities should be revealed.
The latest round of the legal battle is of major importance to the licensed trade in the UK.
Counsel for RBNB, Roderick Cordara QC, claimed that the courts were wrong to adopt the stance they had. He told the judge that RBNB owned a number of pubs, some of which had been operated without any licensing difficulties.
But local police had objected to other pubs, including the Weavers Hotel, holding licences because the identity of the shareholders was not known.
Cordara said: "In those cases, the police have either opposed the transfer of licences to managers employed by RBNB or have sought the revocation of the licence.
"In each case, the grounds has been the same, namely that without knowing who the shareholders are, it is not possible to be satisfied as to the fitness or propriety of the licensee or the proposed licensee."
He argued that in each case where a license had been refused the identity of those who would have day-to-day control of the premises was known and their character had been found to be satisfactory.
In those circumstances he claimed that it was not necessary for the identities of the shareholders to be made public.
Mr Justice Newman has reserved judgment in the test case and no date has been set for judgment to be given.


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"World at War" is the subtitle of Loren The Amazon Princess second chapter. The war is between the human and the elves: can Loren and her party stop the madness?
In the picture above, while Myrth and Apolimesho shake hands, Rei asks a vital question: "Can the elves really work together with the humans?" that's what you'll have to find for yourself playing the new game update, which can be downloaded from here:
As always, if you find any bugs, please report them in the game official forums.
Of course, there's much more beside the new chapter. The game has been improved under various aspects, many bugs fixed and things tweaked. For example, during the final scenes of second chapter, there's a sequence of battles that you have to fight without the automatic healing option. And I found that the party setup was missing a clear indication of each party member HP and SP.
So in the picture above you can see the new improved party setup screen, that shows the HP/SP for the members you have currently selected to fight.
Another complaint/suggestion I got from the player/testers was about the level up screen. It wasn't really clear which skills you could learn since all the skills were displayed in full color.
So as you can see in the screen above, the greyed-out skills are the ones that you cannot learn yet. I think it's much clear now. Also you might have noticed that I put a reset button, so if the attributes picked by the auto-assign doesn't satisfy you, you can retry as much as you want or allocate them manually.
Another big change is that I found a bug in the vendor screen, so that the vendors inventories weren't updating. Now, if you visit the same shop from time to time (you need to advance the plot a bit every time) you'll see new interesting items available.
There are LOTS more changes in the new version of course, but I cannot list them all! 🙂
I am not satisfied yet by the skills power level setup in the battle, since is easy to forget that you have 3 levels, and using the numbered buttons is not very intuitive, so I still need to tweak it, but except that I believe the battles, the skills and the classes now are really well balanced.
The mages now deal lots of damage, and since the vendors are fixed, you can buy some SP regenerating items and they can become really powerful. Warriors still have the highest HP and can absorb lot of damage, while Thieves are very versatile and now can use their skills more often.
As for the plot, it's already 140,000 words, so already more than double Planet Stronghold's plot! There's still the end of chapter4 and some romances left, so I think will reach 150,000 words for sure, becoming my biggest game ever! And it's not even a pure VN, but a RPG… definitely people won't be able to complain about the game length 😉
Other games update!
And now for the visual novel / dating sim fans, here's an unusual outfit for Ebele that you'll be able to admire in the upcoming Heileen3:
The game is already over 120,000 words, and almost all the 100 scenes have been written. Lora's path is complete, and only Marie's one is left. If everything goes well, expect it sometimes this summer 🙂
Also, the artist working on mystery/otome game Nicole had some computer problems, so the art production was delayed by a few weeks, but now she resumed working regularly. Even for this other game, expect a release sometimes this summer!


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Former GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty formally endorsed Mitt Romney this morning. You could hear America yawning from outer space.
My God, can you imagine a Romney/Pawlenty ticket? Combine with professor Obama as an opponent and you've got a presidential election guaranteed to put everyone to sleep. Instead of "Hope" they can use "Meh" as a campaign slogan.
Republican Tim Pawlenty today endorsed ex-rival Mitt Romney for president, calling the former Massachusetts governor a "bedrock conservative" who can best turn the economy around.
Pawlenty, a former Minnesota governor who dropped out of the race after a dismal third-place finish in the Iowa straw poll, gave Romney his backing as eight GOP presidential candidates meet in Tampa tonight for another debate.
A letter with Pawlenty's endorsement was sent out by the Romney campaign, and Pawlenty appeared this morning on Fox News.


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About The Hungover Games
After Doug's bachelor party in a rundown motel outside of Las Vegas, our hung-over partiers, Bradley, Ed, and Zach wake up in a strange room in an even stranger world… without Doug. After meeting the spoiled and immature Effing and the gruff, alcoholic Justmitch, our heroes put the pieces together and realize they are on a train headed for the deadly Hungover Games. It's a fight for survival in the Arena as our guys go toe to toe against various Pop Culture Districts, including The Superhero District, The Middle Earth District, the Puppet District, and the Johnny Depp District. Will Bradley, Ed, and Zach find Doug and get him back for the wedding?
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In the weeks leading up to college football season, we'll investigate 10 burning questions that surround an up-and-coming UCLA football team as it prepares for an important, albeit uncertain, 2013 season.
Here's the questions we've burned on already:
#1: Will Brett Hundley avoid a sophomore slump?
#2: Who's going to replace Johnathan Franklin?
#3: Who's poised to breakout in 2013?
Today, we'll take a look at the infusion of youth set to hit Westwood this fall and ask whether any of the Bruins' new freshmen will make a difference in 2013.
Burning question No. 4: Which freshmen, if any, could make an instant impact?
Betting on freshmen in college football is usually a game of chance — often with terrible odds.
It's almost impossible to fully project a player's transition from high school to the college game, and as a result, most freshmen struggle in their first season. Some positions, like defensive tackle, are more prone than others to that negative trend. But inevitably, almost every freshman on UCLA's roster will struggle at some point in their first year.
The Bruins relied quite a bit on young talent in 2012, and they may have to rely on it even more in Jim Mora's second season. As many as six freshmen could conceivably start — with two likely on the offensive line and in the defensive backfield — and more will certainly be in the two-deep as UCLA continues to try and rebuild its roster with an infusion of talented recruits.
That process worked better than anyone in Westwood could've hoped for last season. Starting a freshman quarterback doesn't usually yield Brett Hundley-esque results. This season though, the Bruins will have to make sure that they don't go to the well one too many times.
That being said, few teams outside of the blueblood football programs have recruited better than UCLA since Mora and his staff arrived. The Bruins' talent pool will be better; their young players may in fact be their best available for almost half of the team's position groups.
Inconsistency should be expected. But with as much talent as UCLA has in its 2013 draft class, here are some players that might buck the trend:
Craig Lee, running back
Lee almost didn't enroll at UCLA this fall, thanks to some issues with his academics, but when fall camp rolls around, he may end up being the Bruins' starting tailback anyway. UCLA's running back competition didn't really inspire any new hope in a Johnathan Franklin-less run game, so the playing field will be as level as any freshman could hope for.
Neither Jordon James nor Paul Perkins really put their stamp on the competition in April, but both have shown flashes of potential and both will get an opportunity to prove themselves before Lee will. But make no mistake — if Lee makes a strong push for the job, Coach Jim Mora and offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone won't waste time in giving Lee the ball.
The more likely outcome, however, is that Lee will gradually earn the coaches' respect over the course of the season, while James and Perkins get the first shot at the spot, even into the non-conference slate. But expect Lee to bust onto the scene at some point. And as the most talented back on the roster, that could come sooner rather than later.
Alex Redmond, offensive guard
Of the seven freshman offensive linemen suiting up this fall, Redmond has the best chance of getting on the field early. In fact, I'd be surprised if we don't see him Week One against Nevada.
It sounds like UCLA will enter fall camp with Xavier Su'a-Filo taking first team snaps at left tackle, which means that both of the Bruins' guard spots are up for grabs. One of those spots should almost certainly go to Redmond. The other could potentially go to fellow freshman Caleb Benenoch, who probably has a similar claim to being on this list as Redmond does. But I've only heard good things about Redmond, and it sounds like he'll be ready to step in immediately.
That being said, offensive line is a tricky place for players to make an impact during their first season. First-year linemen are notoriously inconsistent, but things probably can't get worse for UCLA in that department this season, as the Bruins allowed the second-most sacks in the nation in 2012. With Redmond on the interior, that number should go down — at least a little bit — in 2013.
Priest Willis/Tahaan Goodman/Johnny Johnson/Tyler Foreman, defensive backs
Sure, maybe it's unfair to bunch all of UCLA first-year defensive backs into one uber-talented bundle, but your guess is as good as mine which one of them ends up making a serious impact in 2013.
Defensive back is notoriously a position where freshmen can be thrown into the fire without getting burned too badly, and with so much turnover in UCLA's defensive backfield, the Bruins will need at least one or two of their freshmen defenders to start on the back end. Willis and Goodman were the most touted, while Johnson is the most pure corner prospect in their class and Foreman was somewhat under-the-radar.
I still think the coaches are enamored with Willis' physical tools and his athleticism, and in the end, they'll probably give him as good of a chance as any UCLA defensive back to start — even if he's more of a safety-cornerback tweener. Johnson, because of his cover skills, is my dark horse.
Myles Jack, linebacker
There's been quite a bit of positive chatter lately about Jack, as early reports are that he came to campus in tip-top shape and already looks like a potential rotation player in UCLA's dominant group of linebackers. Given the sheer talent of that group, the coaches' early impressions of Jack must be pretty good.
With UCLA's defensive system, you can never have too many athletic, ball-hawking linebackers, and that's what Mora and Co. hope Jack to be in time. If there's any player in UCLA's class that projects to be a potential defensive star, Jack might be the one.
At the very least, he'll be an athletic freak. And in the spread-heavy Pac-12, you can never have too many of those guys.
Eddie Vanderdoes, defensive tackle
Vanderdoes is worth mentioning in this space if he's deemed eligible to play this season, following his NCAA appeal. If he's forced to sit out, obviously he won't make much of an impact.
If he manages to get on the field though, Vanderdoes, despite his position, could make a huge impact from the get-go. Comparisons to Warren Sapp and other elite defensive tackles have been had UCLA fans drooling already, and if Vanderdoes really does have that sort of NFL-caliber talent, it won't matter that he's one year removed from high school.
Still, it's probably a long shot that Vanderdoes sees the field in 2013. But in 2014, watch out.


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By THOMAS C. TOBIN
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. -- Margaret Cole expected great things when she went to work at the Anita Bryant Music Mansion, a plantation-style showplace with towering white columns and sparkling chandeliers set in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains.
"There's something about the theater business that just gets in your blood," she said.
The first to arrive in the morning and the last to leave at night, Cole, a 58-year-old Baptist, felt she was doing something good for the world: Anita Bryant, the show's star, would belt out tunes from her '50s and '60s heyday, but the cornerstone of her act was a lengthy segment in which she preached her Christian beliefs.
Attendance was so sparse some nights that the manager put employees in the seats to boost the cast's morale. Cole, who worked in the ticket office, didn't mind.
"I thank God daily I have a Christian place to work," she told Tennessee labor investigators in August 2000. She scowled at locals who started to bad-mouth Bryant and Charlie Dry, the singer's husband and business partner.
But even Cole gave up on the couple after six months of bounced paychecks and daily promises that God would bring forth new investors. She holds little hope of ever seeing more than $6,400 in missed pay.
Here in the hills of eastern Tennessee, the story is much the same for dozens of others who labored, often for weeks or months without pay, to produce Bryant's jaunty, toe-tapping show, "Anita With Love."
Twenty-five years after her famous antigay crusade in Florida ended a high-flying career, Bryant, 62, is known in three other states for not paying bills. She has spent the past few years in small entertainment capitals across the Bible Belt, gamely attempting a comeback but leaving bankruptcy and ill will in her wake.
It has been a long, difficult slide for Bryant, who, as a wholesome, 30-something singer in the 1970s, was proclaimed the "Most Admired Woman in America" by Good Housekeeping magazine three years running.
Back in Tennessee, the singer's latest foray unfolded in Pigeon Forge, part of a Smoky Mountain vacationland known for its theme parks, rustic lodges and music theaters where second-tier celebrities perform two and three shows a day. Some call it the "Hillbilly Las Vegas."
Many of the 60 or so Music Mansion employees had cars repossessed or were evicted from apartments. The general manager, a retired Army helicopter pilot who served in Operation Desert Storm, lost his good credit rating after unpaid vendors pursued him in court because he signed for deliveries.
"In my opinion, you do not do people like they have done people and live a Christian life," said Margaret Cole, who cannot explain the strange, faith-based hold that kept her in Bryant's service for so long.
"If I owed people like they owe people I would not be able to lay down at night and sleep."
Ashley Matthews, a dancer who is owed $3,200 in back pay, said the hard times left some workers so strapped for cash they stole popcorn and candy from the theater's concession stand so they could eat.
The theater's troubles do not appear to have had the same effect on Bryant and Dry, her second husband. The couple leases a $350,000 home tucked into a mountainside in the Smokies, where a local real estate agent reports they are paying the rent on time. The two-level home sits on a picturesque lake inside a gated community.
"They were always telling us God's going to come through," Matthews said of the couple. "They would attach his name to everything and if we didn't believe them, we didn't have faith. It didn't have anything to do with God. We knew their track record."
Bryant would not be interviewed for this story, leaving Dry to speak for her. During a brief visit with Dry on the porch of their home, the singer -- wearing glasses -- peeked out the door to ask if everything was okay. She spoke in the familiar, throaty voice of the long-ago Florida orange juice ads that made her famous. Then Dry shooed her back inside.
He said the latest bankruptcy is part of the couple's plan to divest of partners who reneged on promises to provide cash for the Music Mansion. He said he and Bryant tried to keep it running with their own money, and now plan to re-emerge with control of the theater and enough money to pay everyone back.
Asked whether his critics in Pigeon Forge should blame his former partners for the troubles, Dry said two words:
"Amen. Amen."
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If you were conscious in the 1960s and '70s, you remember Anita Jane Bryant, the fresh-faced Miss Oklahoma who parlayed her runnerup finish in the 1959 Miss America pageant into a career as a singer and pitchwoman.
You remember the slogans she sang on Florida orange juice commercials: "Come to the Florida Sunshine tree" and "Breakfast without orange juice is like a day without sunshine."
She also appeared in ads for Coca-Cola, Kraft Foods, Holiday Inn and Tupperware.
A 1970 survey found that 75 percent of U.S. television viewers knew who she was and what she sold.
Struck by her success, then-Gov. Reubin Askew remarked: "People connect orange juice, Florida and Anita Bryant so much that it becomes difficult to decide which to visit, which to listen to and which to squeeze."
Bryant hit the A-list of American celebrities, touring with Bob Hope in Vietnam, singing at dinners in Lyndon Johnson's White House, singing at the Republican and Democratic conventions, singing at the 1976 Super Bowl, singing Battle Hymn of the Republic at Johnson's funeral in 1973.
She earned a fortune and lived with her then-husband, Bob Green, and their four children in a mansion on Miami Beach.
Her career crashed after her 1977 campaign to repeal a gay rights ordinance in Miami. She felt the ordinance was unconstitutional, that it forced private schools to hire gay teachers.
But the controversy scared away sponsors and promoters. Gay activists launched a boycott of products she sold. Florida growers ended her 12-year run as spokeswoman for the citrus industry. Promoters canceled 80 bookings in one year. And when the shock of those losses led to Bryant's 1980 divorce, she was shunned as a sinner by the same people in the Christian right who had rallied by her side in the fight against gay rights.
More recently, Bryant's name has come up as a fight brews over another of her legacies: Florida's ban on gay adoptions, approved by the Legislature on May 31, 1977, amid the antigay fervor Bryant had generated in Miami.
The American Civil Liberties Union has launched a campaign against the ban and hopes to have it overturned in federal court or in the next session of the Legislature -- much to the dismay of the state of Florida, the Christian Coalition of Florida and conservative legislators.
Though her feelings about homosexuality remain unchanged, Bryant has refused over the years to re-enter America's continuing debate over gay rights.
She has not kept up on Florida's looming battle over gay adoptions, yet scores of people on both sides of the issue recently have sent her e-mail, Dry said.
In arguments that will be used in federal court later this year, the ACLU invokes her name, saying it was Bryant's successful fight to repeal the Miami ordinance that prompted lawmakers in Tallahassee to draft the law banning gay adoptions.
The ACLU notes that the law's passage and the Miami repeal occurred within a week of each other.
"The gay adoption ban is her handiwork," said Eric Ferrero, a spokesman for the ACLU's Lesbian and Gay Rights Project. "Most people still regard her work as really some of the worst homophobia the country has ever seen, and that endures."
To help lead the effort, the ACLU has recruited a female celebrity with as much star power as Bryant had in 1977: talk show host Rosie O'Donnell, a gay Miami Beach resident who has adopted three children in other states and wants the option to adopt again -- in Florida.
Bryant, meanwhile, is a lasting, if faded, figure in American culture, still embraced by stalwart fans and still reviled on gay-friendly Web sites.
Former employees of the Music Mansion say some of the male dancers in Bryant's show were gay, but they tolerated working for Bryant to get a paycheck. At parties, the workers said, they mocked her.
Bryant's fall from grace in the 1970s and her struggle to rebound in the 1980s are covered in her 1992 book, A New Day, billed as "a triumphant story of forgiveness, healing and recovery." Since then, she has continued to rise and fall in places like Pigeon Forge.
To this day, Dry said, his wife is misunderstood on the gay issue.
"It's not the gay people (she objects to), it's the sin" of homosexuality, her husband said. "She tried to make that perfectly clear, but nobody would let it come out that way."
Bryant has friends and show business pals who are gay, Dry said. "I've known her all my life. She does not hate gay people."
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Mary Ellen Grace heads the Tennessee Department of Labor office that investigated the Music Mansion's dealings with employees, but gave up trying to collect money.
"It's like the sun set on this place and it didn't rise," she said. The employees "kept saying they were waiting for help from Anita. But Anita never helped them."
In December, the Tennessee company headed by Bryant and Dry filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which is designed to hold creditors at bay until an enterprise can be reorganized. But with the theater closed since the fall of 2000, there was nothing to reorganize. Case dismissed.
Today, scores of creditors seem to be out of luck, though Dry, in an interview last week, painted a brighter picture.
"Those people are going to be paid ... within the next few months," he said.
The promise means little to those who know the couple's recent history: two bankruptcy filings in five years and a host of liens for unpaid taxes and other debts.
Bryant and Dry filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Arkansas in 1997 after piling up bills from a failed Anita Bryant show in Eureka Springs, a tourist area in northwest Arkansas. Among the debts: more than $172,000 in unpaid state and federal taxes.
Bryant also spent part of the 1990s in the nearby country music mecca of Branson, Mo., where the state and federal governments filed liens claiming more than $116,000 in unpaid taxes.
An Oklahoma native who was Bryant's childhood sweetheart, Dry is a retired test crewman for NASA and an affable man with a gift for easy conversation. Locals in Pigeon Forge say he used that charm to string people along.
His plan to re-establish the Music Mansion will never work, they say, given the memory of the theater's darkest days in August 2000. That's when an Irish dance troupe showed up to perform at the Music Mansion while Bryant was said to be on tour. When Dry refused to pay their full fee or provide an adequate per diem, the dancers were left stranded.
Deeply embarrassed, the residents and business people of Pigeon Forge donated food to the dancers. They took up a collection to pay their travel expenses back to Ireland. A local hotel put them up for free.
After that, church and tour groups who paid months in advance to see "Anita With Love" often drove up in buses to an empty theater. To salvage Pigeon Forge's reputation, other theaters chipped in with free tickets to their shows.
As for Bryant's reputation: "That would be an understatement to say that it's not good," said Kay Powell, assistant director of tourism for Pigeon Forge. "It's been a real distraction for us."
The list of creditors in the Tennessee bankruptcy case includes more than 40 employees owed a total of $112,122 by the couple's corporation; the IRS, which is owed more than $80,000; local and state governments, owed $410,000; contractors and commercial lenders, owed more than $250,000; and about 60 retailers and small companies, owed $200,000.
Among the jilted employees is a woman who appears on Bryant's Web site as the president of her fan club. She is owed about $3,000.
The Music Mansion -- once the gem of the folksy Pigeon Forge theater scene -- was auctioned off this month. Only 8 years old, its facade is showing wear from poor maintenance. The landscaped islands on its vast, empty parking lot are overrun with dandelions.
The property was sold to its original owner to partly repay defaulted loans and penalties totaling $11.7-million.
"A lot of people around here really have hard feelings," said Peggy Headrick, a local real estate agent who set up Bryant and Dry in their home. "But I really love Anita and Charlie both, and I think they got caught up in a bad situation."
Dry said he and Bryant plan to make good on their debts by buying back the Music Mansion and making it part of a Christian conference center with a new Marriott hotel.
"It sounds crazy," he said, "but yes."
Something tells Brion Bever that this will not happen.
As the theater's former general manager, it was Bever whose credit was temporarily ruined when he signed for goods and was pursued in court by creditors. When a small sum of money trickled in one week, he said, Dry fired him during a dispute about which employees should be paid first.
Aside from that, he is owed about $3,000, having deferred some of his salary so others could be paid.
Now recovered and in a new job, Bever says he was lied to and taken advantage of, but feels worse about the people who did business with Bryant because of him.
Even so, he has fond memories of the show, as do many in Pigeon Forge. By most accounts, Bryant was talented and energetic. The cast and crew around her were exemplary. And, while some complained about her preaching, it seemed to have an effect on others.
Ministers would come and cry with her. Fans would take her hand and pray after the show.
But on the very best of nights the 2,040-seat theater was only 25 percent full.
"She could still bring a crowd -- a small crowd, but a crowd," Bever said. "A lot of the older generation loved Anita. A lot of the church groups. My mother's minister, for one, thinks that she hung the moon because of the way that she presents herself as being a good Christian."
Bever, for one, will never feel that way, in part because of this: Anita Bryant approached him on the day he was fired and dismissed all that he had been through, he said.
"Anita looked at me and she says, "I forgive you,' " he recalled. "And I'm like, "For what?' She said, "I forgive you and God will forgive you, too.' And she turned around and walked off."
-- Times researcher Kitty Bennett contributed to this report.
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A struggling U.S. economy is not getting any help from the battered housing market.
A closely watched index Tuesday shows home prices in 20 major U.S. cities plunged a record 18 percent in October compared to the same time last year.
U.S. home prices have now fallen to levels not seen since March 2004.
Some economists say the troubled U.S. housing market is at the center of the country's economic woes, and warn the U.S. will not be able to pull out of a recession until the market recovers.
Meanwhile, discounted prices on everything from clothes to electronics are doing little to spark sales or boost consumer confidence.
An industry trade group, the International Council of Shopping Centers, says Tuesday sales for the week ending December 27 fell almost two percent compared to last year. The report issued with Goldman Sachs also notes a 1.5 percent drop from the week before.
A private research group, the Conference Board, says Tuesday its index of U.S. consumer confidence hit an all-time low in December.
The sales data supports the conclusions of a series of other reports that found U.S. sales plunged in the critical weeks leading up to the Christmas holiday (December 25). U.S. stores depend on sales during this period to make a profit for the year.
President-elect Barack Obama's economic team is considering a plan costing up to $775 billion to help spur the economy, and that plan is getting support from the International Monetary Fund.
IMF chief economist Olivier Blanchard says the package is on the right track and that its size corresponds to "what we [the IMF] think is needed."
He also says the stimulus package should be aimed at consumers who want to spend money but who are having trouble getting credit. He says other consumers are more likely to save money, which will not help spur an economic recovery.
Also Tuesday, South Korea announced a 14 percent drop in industrial production in November from the same period last year, the biggest yearly decline on record. Officials blamed this on slowing demand for exports, including cars, computer chips and televisions.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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