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At Resort Property Realty, Inc., we pride ourselves on working hard AND playing hard. We have dedicated ourselves to being knowledgeable professionals and successfully helping clients both buy and sell real estate in Mammoth Lakes and the surrounding Eastern Sierra. We also like to take full advantage of all of the outdoor activities that this area we love so much has to offer!
Eric Leach
Eric Leach has an extensive real estate and mortgage background. For the past 13 years he has dedicated himself to serving his Mammoth Lakes clientele.
Prior to moving to Mammoth Lakes in 2003, Eric worked in various financial and marketing positions throughout Orange County, CA. It was there he started and ran his own interactive multimedia company. Eric has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Northern Arizona University and is a Certified Debt Arbitrator.
His personal interests include skiing, snowboarding, hiking, climbing, martial arts, biking, camping and just enjoying the outdoor beauty of the Eastern Sierra with friends and family. His frequent backcountry adventures heighten his competitive edge. When Eric isn't running around juggling life, he teaches a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu class as part of his Mammoth Lakes Jiu-Jitsu program.
Leslie O'Berry
Broker Associate
Leslie O'Berry, originally from the beaches of North Carolina, was drawn to Mammoth Lakes out of curiosity about the mountains. In 2000, after finishing graduate school at Old Dominium University in Norfolk, Virginia, she packed her few belongings in her car and started driving west and she has never looked back! Mammoth Lakes has become her home, and each day she counts her blessings as she looks at the towering peaks of the Sierra that surround the Town.
Leslie views purchasing real estate in Mammoth Lakes as investing in a lifestyle, and strives to match buyers with the perfect mountain home to make memories! In addition to real estate sales, Leslie also performs bank inspections on foreclosures and bank-owned properties (REO's). In her spare time, Leslie enjoys rock climbing, mountain and road biking, competing in triathlons, and generally enjoying the outdoors.
Nicole Godoy
Realtor Associate
Nicole Godoy is originally from Santa Monica, CA. Mammoth Lakes has been her home since the summer of 2000. She has over 25 years of experience in the real estate field including extensive leasing and property management experience, second homeowners and HOA's. She knows all the neighborhoods inside-out. This level of expertise and local knowledge is shared with her clients as part of her dedicated service. She also heads up the ski-lease division for Resort Property Realty which offers seasonal and year-round rentals. She is proud to be associated with the Resort Property Realty team for the high standards and ethical business practices for which it stands. She cares about her clients and gives 110%.
She is involved in many local service and non-profit organizations here in town. She moved here to add more outdoor adventure to her life and has not yet been disappointed!
Jay Cole
Realtor Associate
My wife Colleen and I have had the privilege of being fans of Mammoth since the 70's. Mammoth Lakes, and Mammoth Mountain, is home to a world class natural playground which attracts all sorts of outdoor enthusiasts. Mammoth is by far the most well-rounded year around resort in our reach.
We are both fully invested in making Real Estate our future here in Mammoth. At present, Colleen continues her business with NW Real Estate Brokers in Manhattan Beach, and I have my license with Resort Property Realty, DBA "High West Realty" here in Mammoth. We have selected these brokerage firms for their reputation for high quality personal service.
We will continue to serve our clients in both locations.
High West Realty is my "brand" – you may see my signs around town. This name inspired me some years back because of the West's High Sierra mountains is the reason why most of us yearn for adventure.
As we continue to develop our business here in Mammoth we believe we have a unique advantage bringing our knowledge of beach communities to the mountains. Not only did I grow up here in Mammoth, but we have been second homeowners since 2003, and our parents for decades prior. Colleen was born and raised in the South Bay, and her family owned a vacation home in Mammoth for almost 40 years. We understand the minutia of getting to the mountains 300 miles away, and still be able to enjoy it.
We are very familiar with the uniqueness of the neighborhoods and the needs of families looking for a vacation property for personal use and investment. Also, nearly every day we are out there living and breathing the adventure and outdoor activities Mammoth has to offer. This gives us a base of confidence from which we can speak from experience — and visitors to Mammoth really appreciate it.
We are members of our local Chamber of Commerce, attend Town Council meetings, and have been getting involved to stay on top of those developments which will have a positive effect on Real Estate. We are volunteers with our kids' community and school athletic programs.
Maggie Larson
Broker Associate
Hard work, dedication and perseverance are words very familiar to Maggie Larson, owner and broker of Sierra Resort Property Management and Broker Associate for Resort Property Realty, Inc in Mammoth Lakes. Maggie's heart, soul and vision coupled with a 15 year history in Eastern Sierra rentals and property management services, Maggie is the leader in helping homeowners reach their property investment goals.
"Maggie founded Sierra Resort Property Management and Sierra Resort Real Estate with the vision of creating a management team with experience, ethics and unsurpassed professionalism. Maggie's company boasts many years of valuable real estate experience while offering advanced marketing services to aid my clients in marketing their properties. A hands-on Broker and owner, Maggie is an expert in the field of long term rentals and residential real estate purchases. Maggie's expertise, excellent customer service, integrity and ability to match the right tenants with properties has made her one of the most highly regarded property managers in the area and resort sales specialist.
Maggie certainly has had her hands full with raising 5 children ranging from 12 to 26 however, outside of real estate sales and property management, she loves to spend time with her children Crystal, Wayne, Christina, Roland, Luke and my grandson Emmett Parks. She is an avid softball player, snowboarder and loves to spend time watching her children at their sporting events.
Mike Shuttleworth
Broker Associate
Mike and his wife Andrea came to Mammoth one winter to enjoy everything this beautiful place had to offer. Twenty years later, they are still enjoying Mammoth, having discovered its beauty in all its season. The first five years here were spent skiing and snowmobiling in the winter, and hiking and road biking in the spring, summer and autumn. Now Mike skis less, but remains very active as a volunteer for Eastern Sierra Disabled Sports where he works in the winter teaching skiing, and then helps with water sports and cycling during the summer.
Prior to moving to Mammoth, Mike spent 33 years working for McDonnell Douglas in Commercial Marketing, Sales, and Finance. He realized his background in sales and customer service was a match for selling Real Estate here in Mammoth. Andrea lived in London and Argentina, where she studied Architecture before following him to Mammoth. She is fluent in Spanish and Polish and is a gifted artist and photographer.
Mike understands that your time is valuable and he strives to be prepared with the information that you will need to either sell or purchase property in Mammoth.
Shawn Wilders
Realtor Associate
Shawn moved to Mammoth in 2002 from southern California to sell real estate for Intrawest Development, which built many game changing properties in Mammoth such as Juniper Springs Lodge, the Village and Westin to name a few. He has owned remodeled and built homes here in Mammoth over the past decade, and has a vast knowledge of properties in Mammoth.
Shawn has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, and prior to moving to Mammoth spent many years in corporate sales in various High Tech industries. Shawn moved to Mammoth to raise a family and escape the concrete jungle.
Shawn is active in all outdoor sports and community events. He enjoys helping other people achieve "Living the Dream" in owning property in Mammoth.
Sarah Anisman
Realtor Associate
Having been raised by Real Estate Brokers in the San Francisco Bay Area (Peninsula), Sarah is no stranger to the world of real estate. Sarah moved to Mammoth in 2009 to live the Eastern Sierra dream. She, her son and their sweet pup Callie are longtime residents of Mammoth and love living the outdoor lifestyle.
Sarah received her Bachelor's Degree from Menlo College in Atherton, CA., and earned a Master's Degree in Kinesiology/Sport Psychology from California State University, Long Beach in 2009.
Her passions and hobbies include everything outdoors and running her Mammoth Village based Yoga Studio, Yoga Lab. Sarah loves connecting with new faces and looks forward to helping you find your forever primary/secondary Mammoth dream home.
Realtor Associate
Having also been raised within the Real Estate industry, Tim is no stranger to the hustle and bustle of representing buyers and sellers at the highest level. And after 20 years as a respected builder, Tim is taking his expertise to a new level. Tim is a licensed General Contractor, whose work has been featured on the Travel Channel's Hotel Impossible. Currently he is working closely with Craig Tapley at Design Dimension and the real estate specialists at Resort Property Realty to source new residential and commercial real estate development opportunities in Mammoth Lakes, CA.
Realtor Associate
John came to Mammoth one weekend to ski in 1983 fell in love with the mountains and the town, took a job at the ski area and relocated to Mammoth the next weekend. Over the years he worked as a Ski Instructor and was one of the first mountain bike guides. John joined the town's volunteer fire department in 1989 which led to career in the fire service. He purchased his first income property in mammoth in 1989 and sold in 2005, more than tripling his investment. This led to multiple investment properties over the years in the states where he has lived. John moved to Washington State in 2000 to pursue and develop his entrepreneurial expertise. During his years in Washington John started and profitably sold three successful companies. John moved back to California from Washington State in 2014 relocating in Palos Verdes where he worked as a REALTOR alongside of the area's top agents, learning the importance of internet and social media marketing strategies to get his clients the most exposure and the most money in the shortest time for their properties. John happily made the move back home to Mammoth in 2015 and has found that the joy that comes from sharing this lifestyle with others is more than enough to make him happy.
Realtor Associate
With her 15 years in real estate, Jennifer Fickenscher began her career in the vibrant and intense markets of the San Francisco Bay Area. She acquired substantial experience working in diverse, mainstream firms serving the broadest markets, as well as in a high end boutique firm representing some of the the Bay Area's most exclusive properties.
Jennifer grew up in Truckee and is excited to be living her dream of home ownership in this amazing environment. She is an enthusiastic proponent of the unique benefits that living in the Eastern Sierra offers. There is simply no substitute for owning your own home or condominium here!
Jennifer is devoted to her clients from the first meeting until long after the transaction is complete. Her entire approach is based on listening to your personal needs and customizing the entire process specifically for you. Her objective is to provide you with exceptional service, empower you with knowledge about the process, and be a strong advocate on your behalf. She prides prides herself on fresh ideas, innovative marketing skills, dependability and conscientiousness. She strives to ensure that you receive the best representation possible. She would love the opportunity to assist you. Whether you are seeking full-time living, part-time or investment property, she has the experience and expertise to help you achieve your real estate goals.
In her spare time, she enjoys skiing, hiking with her maniacal herding dogs, Pixie and Clover, and camping in her 1957 Airstream Flying Cloud. She, and her husband David, are currently remodeling a vintage cabin in the heart of Mammoth Lakes. Can you say knotty pine?! Additionally, Jennifer loves playing tennis, reading, cooking, exploring new wines (her passion) and traveling. But, most of all, she enjoys waking up every morning and realizing, "Wow, I actually live here!".
Realtor Associate
Tracie began her career in the mortgage industry in Southern California. Entering in the asset delinquency department she moved up quickly to the forbearance and foreclosure department. After years as a team leader she went on to developing a mentoring a training program for new hires which was implemented in two different subprime lenders.
After a few years of training Tracie decided to change direction, moving into Loan processing then eventually taking the Loan Officer title and obtaining her Real Estate License in 2004. From 2007 to 2010 Tracie strictly worked on REO's, Short sales, large investor deals and bulk sales.
In 2010 the mountains began calling. Tracie returned home with her children to South Lake Tahoe where she had grown up as a child, hiking the same mountains that she had skied in the winters. Tracie being very adventurous decided to try selling Timeshare. Selling the surroundings of her home town was an easy task. Tracie's desire for travel and personal travel experiences made the job a rewarding one and intensified her desire for world travel.
In 2012 Tracie, Matthew and her daughter Esmerelda made the move to Mammoth Lakes, CA. Deciding not to jump right back into real estate, Tracie started to work and develop a program for a local crisis center. She spent two years on this pioneering a very important and fundamental program for the courts and families of Inyo and Mono county. Tracie is still known to most children and families in the community as Ms. Tracie, something that she will always cherish.
During Tracie's off time you could probably find her on a mountain, whether it is skiing, snowboarding or hiking. That is where she is most happy. Very much an adventurer or thrill seeker, she enjoys the feeling of exploration and a good challenge. Spending most of her time with her family who all enjoy backpacking, camping, fishing, hunting and traveling abroad. She also enjoys cooking for friends and family from a new cookbook or from scratch, reading, writing or painting.
Tracie's ultimate dream is to travel the US in an RV, attend every NFL teams home game and backpack through South America with her daughter which is scheduled in 2019.
Jamie Kelly
Realtor Associate
Jamie Kelly is a full service-full time Realtor for Resort Property Realty in Mammoth Lakes. She been selling real estate in the Mammoth Lakes, June Lake, Crowley Lake, Bridgeport and Bishop area since 2005 and within that time, has climbed her way to the top to be one of Mammoth's leading agents for sales and production. She grew up in Mammoth Lakes and knows the town inside and out. Before obtaining her real estate license, she worked for a local real estate appraiser for 7 years. This gave her the knowledge and experience in properly pricing her listings or getting the best price possible for her buyers.
She also owns a nightly rental company here in Mammoth called Ready 4 Rentals. The company will manage your rental for a 10% management fee vs. other companies in town charging 27-50%. The goal is to put the rental money back in your pockets!
If you are looking to sell your property in today's market, it requires carefully crafted, innovative, and highly specialized marketing expertise; one that few agents in the area actually utilize. It's a skill she has honed and perfected as one of Mammoth Lakes leading real estate experts. She is among the first to recognize the expanding reach of web based advertising with exclusive advertising on all major real estate websites as well as a vast knowledge of social media presence for herself and her listings which gives your property the best exposure possible. When your property is marketed correctly, you end up with more money in your pockets and less time on the market. Something her past clients have been happy with time and time again.
With her, you can expect nothing less than around the clock communication, unsurpassed market knowledge, and a selection of tools and resources that enhance every step of the experience. She offers the personal and professional attention you require all while maintaining and respecting your privacy and treating your transaction with the upmost integrity. Whatever your needs may be, rely on her expertise and the resources of Resort Property Realty to get the most out of your investment.
Cynthia Fleming
Realtor Associate
A San Diego native and self-proclaimed lover of homes and people, Cynthia lived in Mammoth Lakes during the 90's, moving back to San Diego to pursue an education and a career in the financial services industry. During her 10-year tenure at a financial management and advisory company in their wealth management division, Cynthia advised high-net worth individuals in asset growth and protection. Embracing the fine art of sales, she shifted into the institutional department, advising wirehouses, broker/dealers, banks and insurance companies on sophisticated sales and marketing strategies.
Her love for Mammoth Lakes never waned, and now a full-time resident and permanent fixture in the business community, Cynthia finds one of the thrills of the job is the social aspect, which she excels in. Mixing business with pleasure in real estate is just good business. More often than not, many clients become valued friends. Cynthia understands the complex and ever-changing Mammoth Lakes real estate market, which is one of the many reasons she has established such a rarefied client list.
Cynthia is a whirling dervish, with a work schedule that starts early and ends late. Even she must take a break from the deal making and the search for the next great listing. So when the non-stop schedule demands a breather she can be found hiking through the Sierra Nevada or snowboarding on Mammoth Mountain. Her far-off destinations of choice are the Maldives or Caribbean to scuba dive, Italy to eat or Australia to visit family.
Successful real estate transactions are produced when you couple them with a successful and genuine agent. Cynthia provides just that with her bona fide passion for communicating with people, her love for the art of sales and her relentless desire to provide a smooth, organized and favorable outcome.
Jennifer Burrows
Realtor Associate
Jen is a Southern California native who had been visiting Mammoth her entire life. In 2007, she purchased her first property and lived here part time. In 2015, she decided to make Mammoth her permanent home.
Jen originally chose nursing as her first career, receiving a Master's Degree in Nursing Administration. In 2010, she began managing her Mammoth Condo for nightly rentals and found a passion for real estate. Her passion caring for people has transcended into helping people find their perfect home whether it's a primary or a second home.
Jen loves the Sierra's and all that it has to offer. Whether its snowboarding, hiking, cross country skiing, or boating on Crowley Jen enjoys every aspect of living in the Mammoth Lakes area. She looks forward to helping you discover everything living here has to offer.
Roland McClean
Realtor Associate
Growing up in the Mammoth Lakes area, Roland McClean was raised on fishing, skiing and enjoying all the amenities the Eastern Sierra has to offer. After graduating high school, Roland would go on to attend and earn a B.S. in Business and Marketing from CSUCI. After graduating, he landed a job working for the top automotive digital advertisers in the U.S, where he spearheaded a revitalization project of Lotus Cars that was praised among automotive makers worldwide. He now resides in the Inyo-Mono area where he continues to grow and develop his Real Estate career. He plans on becoming a broker in the near future with goals of starting his own brokerage in the area. In his free time he enjoys fishing, golfing and attending his younger brothers football and basketball games in Bishop, CA.
Nathan Bishop
Realtor Associate
Nathan, also goes by Nate. Moved from the Southern Blue Ridge mountains of Northeast Tennessee to Mammoth Lakes over 10 years ago. He has a passion for the many outdoor activities offered in the area. In the winter you can often find him hiking the Hemlocks and Paranoids on the infamous deep powder days at Mammoth Mountain. He also enjoys hiking into the local backcountry of Mammoth Lakes to enjoy the snow away from the crowds. In the summer he enjoys the great fly fishing in the area and can be found fishing on any of the local streams all year long. Nathan is also an avid golfer who frequents the local courses all summer long. Nathan will use his knowledge of all things real estate, whether buying or selling, to assist in transactions from beginning to end in Mammoth Lakes and the surrounding areas in the Eastern Sierra.
Angela Capko
Realtor Associate
Angela grew up in Orange County and has always been drawn to real estate and the mountains. She used to work for an escrow company early in her career and used to own property in Big Bear, CA. She worked as an escrow assistant and performed loan doc signings as a notary public within that position. Once she met her husband in 2005, she began to work for his company, producing sales within the action sports wholesale market while completing her Bachelor's degree in Marketing.
Mammoth Lakes is part of their sales territory for 5 established brands in the skateboarding and snowboarding industries. They sell skateboards, snowboards, outerwear, boots, and goggles to snow shops in town. She lives full time in Huntington Beach, CA but owns a vacation rental in Mammoth and spends a lot of time here.
When she's not working or snowboarding, she's spending time with her two children. Silas who is 4 years old and Shea who is 2 years old, are constantly keeping her on her toes. Now that they are in school and daycare, Angela is getting back to her real estate roots and is passionate about selling in Mammoth knowing what an amazing place it is for friends and family.


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Interior Design/Decoration Service by Susan Volden
Hiller's Flooring America is proud to add an Interior Designer/Decorator to our staff. With her knowledge and experience combined with trained flooring sales professionals we are able to offer you a whole new experience. You can meet with Susan Volden in our showroom, or have her in your home for a in home consultation.
With over 30 years of design experience, Susan brings her creativity and expertise to our store and you our valued customers.
Susan can assist you with any phase of the design process with the ability to understand and balance your vision and lifestyle. Creating the interior that you want to truly enjoy the space you live in.

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Direct imaging to foam core with Scantech Graphics' UV printing and digital cutting provide a low cost, short term cutout and standee that are hard to beat! Foamcore is great for smaller shapes, but not recommended for shapes larger than 18".
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Welcome to The Kids at Spring Hill!
The goal of The Kids at Spring Hill is to partner families with God so that parents and guardians can walk with their kids on the journey of faith and be the prime source of spiritual development.
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Happy Happy HappyHope you're having a happy day. If not a happy one, then a healthy one, if not healthy, then peaceful... OK, Ok, how about having a TODAY day. Pressing into the LORD of the Day, filling up His Kingdom grace, (Righteousness, Peace & Joy) and walking out the day without measuring the amount of personal pleasure achieved. Just walking in Him and His Joy.
Like I said, hope you're having a happy (in JESUS) day.
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SPRING TWENTY SEVENTEENWow... how does time slip past so quickly when sometimes it seems to drag out so long? Hah... time is a slippery quantity. It is the absolute same each day yet each day is completely different.
Forget about how it seems and begin to walk in the Spirit more intentionally. The Spirit is aware of time but is not troubled or impressed by it as a measure. In the natural, time is short, but is that where you desire to rule, in the natural alone? How about learning to rule in the Spirit within the natural... overcoming in one and prepared for the other...
Have a great, WHOLE day in Christ Jesus!


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Football is by far the most popular sport in Belgium. It is a sport that is based on collaboration,
respect and a lot of other fundamental values that are important in life.
At Carré de Finance we treasure these values and we are proud we can call us an official partner of KV Oostende. KV Oostende shows a lot of characteristics that are in sync with our company's values. As a team that is playing in the first division of the Belgian Pro League they are not afraid of some hard work to achieve their goals.
As official partner we had the opportunity to join the team of KV Oostende during their preparations in Murcia, Spain.
We're certain they're fully prepared for the football season of 2018!


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My competition record has not been great. I have won medals from most competitions, but my mental form hasn't always been how it should have. My forms were erratic and lacked quality. Since I was 2014, I have made a personal promise to train harder and to eradicate as many bad habits as possible. I sought and listened to advice. I changed my forms to what is perceived as correct and what judges like to see.
In the past, my weapon forms have been the better forms I perform, whilst hand forms were very poorly coordinated. I have trained hard to change how I perform. On the eve of the competition, I knew my forms were much better than they were. However, I have no illusions that my hand form will be any good.
The results at the end of the event was:
Wu Style open mens hand form - Gold
Wu style open spear - Gold
Internal spear open mens - Silver
Wu sabre open mens - Silver
Internal sabre open - Bronze
Wu style open spear - Gold
Internal spear open mens - Silver
Wu sabre open mens - Silver
Internal sabre open - Bronze
I was quite shocked that I won gold at hand form. I didn't seem to recall getting a great score and I told myself to forget it and go and try harder on my spear form instead. This was a massive boost to my confidence and my efforts have paid off.
I was also very please I took gold for spear. For many years, I fancied winning this, but my spear form was just not good enough. It often entertained the audience, but not the judges, so I always left with poor scores.
I am very happy indeed, but I won't let it get to my head. It is a start of a new beginning and it means I have to work hard to maintain these standards. I have always came out of competitions feeling that I didn't achieve much. But the fault is largely my own and I lacked the humility, patience and maturity. I didn't see or want to see the errors of my ways. In hindsight, perhaps it is a good thing I didn't win back then. I now see it all and I appreciate my medals a lot more. I can look forward to new challenges and move on.


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If you want to add a more personal touch to your beach wedding, here is a good one. Add an isle of pictures hanging from a string that runs across wood posts, bamboo stanchions or long pieces of drift wood. Look for 10 or so pictures of each of you from childhood to present. Have them made into 8 X 10 size pictures, clip them on the clothesline (should be at eye level) with what else clothes pins or incorporate your own ideas to personalize even more.
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Moral message: Donnie Darko
This is an integral aspect of the sci-fi genre, as the best art is reflective of the world we live in. The underlying narrative is more concealed than most, owing to the inscrutability of its intended meaning. In an alternate reality threatening to cave in, typified by a creepy giant rabbit. Donnie Darko struggles with notions of predetermination and ethics, plus a healthy dose of teen angst.
Alien invasion: Signs
M Night Shyamalan's first alien film, Signs, is a feat of mystery and tension. Unlike the similarly alien-based blockbuster Alien, where an alien emerges from the thorax of John Hurt, this film thrills not through gory scenes, but through the clandestine treatment of the aliens. They are seldom seen but their mysterious presence in the shadows is repeatedly felt. The effect is other-worldly and utterly chilling.
Doomsday: The Terminator
An imminent threat to all life on Earth is a central feature of many sci-fi films. In The Terminator, progress in the realm of artificial intelligence is the hazard as computers become capable of independent thought. Although the humans inevitably secure their survival (at least until the next threat of the sequel) in this instance the film serves as a dramatic warning against the hubris of man in relation to machine.


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2018-2019 Budget Proposal Updates
Governor Wolf addressed the upcoming budget proposal that speaks to reducing Pennsylvania's deficit and ensuring the changes won't negatively impact the working people and middle class. A full analysis is yet to be reported that outline the specific impacts of the budget proposal. Click here for the current information regarding these updates and stay tuned to learn more about what this proposal may mean in terms of education, employment, minimum wage and services for children, women and families.


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Configuring a Dot1q Termination Sub-interface and Connecting It to an L3VPN
When users are connected through an L3VPN and the packets that CEs send to PEs carry single VLAN tags, configure a Dot1q termination sub-interface and connect it to the L3VPN to implement interworking between those users.
Pre-configuration Tasks
- Ensure that devices are connected correctly.
- Configure VLANs to which CEs belong and basic Layer 2 forwarding so that each packet sent from CEs to PEs carries a single VLAN tag.
- Ensure that the device is not a VCMP client.


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Reflection on Today's Daily Readings by Fr. Bertrand Buby, SM
Today's Readings
Scripture: Lectionary 496. III John verses 5-8. Psalm 112:1-2.3-4.5-6.
Luke 18:1-8.
Jesus puts it to us today. He asks, "Will I find ANY faith on earth when I
come?" We who are the disciples of Jesus can courageously and reverently
say, "Yes, Lord, you will find faith on earth when you come." We easily
name contemporary saints, modern day martyrs, Mother Theresa, Blessed
Chaminade, and the list is as Revelation tells a number that cannot be
counted. Our parents, our mentors, our pastors are among those who have
faith in the Person of Jesus and they witness it to all those whom they
meet. We thank the Lord for the challenging question and say Amen. We
believe that the word of God, the Sacrament of the Eucharist, our fellow
believers and disciples deepen our beliefs and lead us to the "faith of the
heart" which is described in Romans 10. Daily Jesus breaks open the
Scriptures for us and nourishes us with his Body and Blood, that is, his
very Person.
That concludes the parable of today. We now turn back to the beginning of
chapter 18 where we hear again a parable that we heard on a Sunday not too
long ago. We have had time to ponder it over and to deepen our
understanding of it. Jesus begins with urging us to pray always (so does
Paul) and not to lose courage. We are to keep on knocking upon the door of
heaven and not lose hope. The point of the parable may go in two or more
ways. One way of interpreting it is to see it in the light of the ultimate
things that Jesus is talking about. The second petition of the Lord's
Prayer then is being explained and we have a deeper appreciation of what it
means when it says, "Thy Kingdom come." This parable can be seen within
the context of the Parousia or the Second Coming of Jesus. The parable is
also able to be interpreted as a prompting to keep persevering in our
prayer both inward prayer and vocal prayer; prayer of praise, and prayer of
petition. The unjust judge is compared with the widow who is seeking
justice as is evident in the Greek text. She will keep bothering him till
he gives in and works toward a solution for her need for help and for
justice. Sister Barbara Reid,O.P.(Dominican) in her cd on Luke and Acts
(see KnowYouKnowMedia.Com) tells us that this widow is so persistent that
the judge fears she will give him a black eye. The translation of the
phrase can mean this as is seen in the parallel example of Paul in
ICorinthians 9:27 where Paul is using the boxing ring as an example of his
persistence. G.W.H.Lampe, one of the best of Greek lexicographers tells us
about the expression (to paraexhein moi kopon) " wear me out means hit me
in the face . In other words, 'treat me roughly' whether physically or
otherwise." (Peake's Commentary on the Bible, p. 837). Our widow is not a
wimp. She has the power of a "virgo potens", that is, a very strong person
both in will and in her physical strength. Thus the parable helps us to
see how important it is to trouble God with our prayers like a boxer does
with his or her punches (in this case, a woman boxer). But let us be
careful not to give God a black eye! Amen.


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- Style:
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- Fuel:
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- Construction:
- Cast Iron
- Output (kW):
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- External Height:
- 605
- External Width:
- 600
- External Depth:
- 495
- Efficiency (%):
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- Warranty:
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- Outlet Diameter (mm):
- 150
- Outlet Diameter (inches):
- 6
- Weight (kg):
- 90.0
- Distance rear to center of top outlet (mm):
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- Distance floor to center of rear outlet (mm):
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- Outlet Location:
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Elegance and sophistication describe this stove.
The Winchester incorporates unique side viewing windows so the beauty and warmth of the fire can be seen and felt from all aspects of your living room. This is a clean and effective Cast Iron Stove with the beauty of real flames and the convenience of natural gas.Features »
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- Conventionally flued
- Choice of log or coal effect
- Top or rear flue outlet
- Oxygen depletion pilot system for safety, which will automatically shut off the appliance should any dangerous fumes be detected
- Suits Class I, II and pre-cast flue's (additional adapters may be required for certain pre-casts - not supplied)
- Thermostatic remote control fitted as standard
- 84% efficient
- No additional ventilation required
- Full manual control as well as remote
- Stove available as a multifuel version
- Also available as an electric version
- Dimensions W600 x H605 x D495 mm


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The Belgian newspaper "De Standaard" is for Belgium what "Le Monde" is for France or the NYT for the US. It pretends to take a neutral stance in politics, but with every passing year this claim is becoming more laughable. Today, Monday 25 August 2008, "De Standaard" hit a new low with an article on Mrs. Thatcher's declining mental capabilities. The former "Iron Lady" increasingly suffers from dementia and has to be reminded every day of the death of her husband Dennis, deceased now already five years ago. By contrast, she remembers every detail about her eleven-year long tenure as PM of the United Kingdom. A lot has been said about Mrs. Thatcher's successful economic record, but the single most important feat which marked her early years was unquestionably the 1982s Falklands War, which shook the British out of the dreadful lethargy in which they had sunk after the Suez Crisis. Take a close look at the bottom paragraph of the "De Standaard" article:
De IJzeren Dame is een door dementie aangetaste, verwarde vrouw geworden. Maar over de elf jaar dat ze op compromisloze wijze haar land leidde, de steenkoolmijnen sloot, de Falklandoorlog begon met Argentinië en een bomaanslag van het Iers Republikeins Leger (IRA) overleefde, weet de eerste en voorlopig enige vrouwelijke premier van het Verenigd Koninkrijk nog alles.
The Iron Lady has become a confused, demented woman. But on those eleven years during which she held the reins in her country, shut the coal mines, began the Falklands War with Argentina, and survived an IRA bomb attack, the only female PM of the UK still knows all.
Time for a reality check. Two excerpts from the book "Forgotten Voices of the Falklands" by Hugh McManners, Ebury Press, 2007.
- John Pole Evans, Falkland Islander:
"Whilst the shooting was going on, we lay on the floor in the centre of the house, the safest place. Tanks came in along the road at the back of the town. We were in the second row of houses back down the hill from the road. Some of them fired into the town through the houses, and pieces of house landed on our roof. We could hear helicopters and planes overhead, but didn't get up to look out the windows.....
The first lot of Argentines came banging on our house door and my dad got up and opened it. They only came into the back porch and didn't search the house at that stage, but wanted to know who we were and what we were doing."
- Commander Robert Denton Green, Intelligence Staff Officer to CINC, Fleet HQ, Northwood:
"I didn't sleep for thirty-six hours after the Argentine invasion. We were really struggling. There was a complete panic. I was briefing the Admiral, plus we had to keep the Soviet threat monitoring going as well. We asked all the companies who'd supplied the Argentines with ships and weapon systems to come clean on exactly what they'd provided, which versions and modifications. Our dossier on their order of battle started with data from the publication Jane's Fighting Ships, and all the aviation weeklies and magazines."
April 2, 1982. Argentinian Amtraks in the streets of Port Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands. The small garrison of some forty-plus Royal Marines of Naval Party 8901 never stood a chance against the overwhelming military might of the Argentinians. Yet De Standaard wants its readers to believe that Margaret Thatcher, an unashamedly rightwing Head of State, began the war. Deliberate misinformation by the left. Ponder that.
At 43, I have seen, heard and read it so many, many times. Like poison which is secretly administerd in small doses to a person to lethal effect much later on, downright lies and dubious assumptions are cleverly hidden in the fabric of seemingly neutral stories, as part of a process that spans decades. In the end, you get a readership that subconsciously has soaked in over the years a multitude of untruths, and has as a result formed itself a worldview that fits the agenda of our moral betters: The Left, which in Belgium, like in other western countries, is disproportionally overrepresented in television, radio and the written press. Their perfidious lies are enthusistically echoed by their idiotic lackeys from the entertainment industry. "De Standaard" may claim it is neutral, but that is a flat lie just like the ones their stories abound with. It is a leftist rag through and through, and with this latest blatant example of rewriting history they confirm the credo of that famous socialist now long deceased, Dr. Joseph Goebbels: "A lie repeated a hundred times becomes the thruth". Somewhere, everywhere, young naive people, not very critical, read "that Margaret Thatcher began the Falklands War". They will take it for granted. In the same breath, "De Standaard" will remind them that Margaret Thatcher was also an evil rightwinger, because she took the jobs of poor miners. This is how the notions warmonger/inhuman/conservative are blended together, in a stealthy way like here, or in a vulgar, crude in-you-face way like with that performance by the world's biggest SLUT Madonna, who freely links images of McCain, Mugabe and Hitler. And you wonder why young people vote leftwing?
The above example is but one item in a long list of deliberate lies, and as we have seen the tactic used is slipping it in between statements which are otherwise true - Thatcher did crack down on Arthur Scargill's miners' union, and she was the target of a dramatic IRA bomb attack in Brighton - therefore the reader assumes what is in between those statements must also be true. This is an old trick, and one which was indeed used by the Nazis also. Sometimes however the hatred is such that there is no time nor willingness to apply literary multicam and the editors in question are almost tripping over their own words to get their message across. The ensuing results, detectable by repeated and/or attentive reading, would even be funny, were they not so quintessentially tragic. One such event was the publication of two columns in De Standaard, one by Ine Roox and the other by an editor using the initials "esn" (probably Evita Neefs), in the days following the July 7 bombings of the London underground. As some readers may recall, on July 8, 2005 De Standaard first published the following report by Roox, the newspaper's UK correspondent at the time:
I encircled in red first the correspondent's name, and then the paragraph wherein she introduces a certain "Norma":
Norma from Leicestershire would remain only one day in London. It panned out differently. Yesterday evening she didn't get out of the city anymore. "Never again I set a foot in London", she says flabbergasted. "I am still shivering all over." When she arrived in Kings Cross station yesterday morning, twenty minutes earlier a bomb had exploded there. "They were cordoning off the station. Everyone was evacuated." recalls Norma.
And so on. Norma is then allowed to describe how she saw aid workers help out people with blackened faces, how whe heard that many victims lost arms and legs etc. Then a businessman has his say, and then it's Norma again:
Norma shakes her head. "This could be expected. Nobody likes that rotten war in Iraq. Nobody likes Blair. We did not support that war! In my eyes Blair is the biggest terrorist in this country."
Whereupon that last citation is repeated again, printed in a bigger type as if to emphasize something really, really important. However, in her haste to convey Norma's message to the world, Roox, intentionally or not (in which case it's a Freudian slip), writes "Voor mij is Blair de grootste terrorist in dit land" - "For me Blair is the biggest terrorist in this country" instead of "In mijn ogen" - "In my eyes" - the words used by the woman from Leicestershire. Above you see just the clip, courtesy of Luc Van Braekel, and you can make out the key phrase in the upper right corner of the bigger photo preceding the clip. It is placed there prominently - no reader may miss it.
Now enter De Standaard editor "esn", probably, as we have already said, Evita Neefs, a woman frothing at the mouth whenever she hears a word commencing with "A" and ending on "merica". The day after Roox' piece, the following profile of the British PM appeared:
The two focal points in this article are the header "De grootste terrorist" - "The biggest terrorist" and a photo of a grim looking Tony Blair, conveniently placed immediately to the right of the word "terrorist" - thou shalt not miss the connection. And then it comes, see the text encircled in red:
"Een woedende man in het zwaar getroffen Kings Cross Station noemde hem gisteren in een gesprek met deze krant al "de grootste terrorist van allemaal"."
"An angry man in the heavily hit Kings Cross Station called him [Tony Blair - MFBB] yesterday in an interview with this newspaper already "the biggest terrorist of them all"."
There you have it. It is not difficult to imagine "esn" frothing at the mouth when she entrusted this crap to the paper, for he or she must have been so elated by hearing some dumb cunt call the PM a "terrorist" that, not getting enough of using the word again and again, she forgot Norma's gender. But then of course, De Standaard being made up of progressive, enlightened and sophisticated individuals, swapping genders is probably not frowned upon so much as by us stupid, uncouth, archaic and definitely unintelligent rednecks.
The issue that deserves our immediate attention is, I would wager, an immediate and forceful rebuke of such outrageous statements and insinuations. But perhaps the bigger issue at hand is a broad and thorough investigation into "the nature and the causes" of such and inherently sick intellectual attitude. Compare it to first tackle the symptoms, but then try to root out the origin of the mal. Take this into account. For good or bad, a country participates in a war meant to oust a tyrannical regime and exclude the possibility that this regime develops WMD and/or harbors islamic terrorists willing to use them. As a citizen of that country, you can agree or disagree with the stance of your government, and, you can even decry or protest the fact that the terrorist attacks are indeed the result of the intervention of your country. In se, this is true of course - if Britain had not participated in the liberation of Iraq the bombs would most certainly have exploded in another country which did. Of course, a reasoning like that is either an exercise in futility or an act of cowardice, because in a world in which the biggest global threat is islamic terrorism, ultimately no one is safe, whether you stand in the front row or not. But we may even forgive our less gung-ho citizens this Chamberlainian attitude.
However, once we have gotten there, the ways of the Chamberlains and the Churchills among us should converge. Once that you are in it, you are in it, and under normal circumstances even the biggest coward should have no problem to discern who the bad boys are, and who the guys around which to gather for the retaliation, even if it is from the rear, even if it is to come up with an alternative strategy.
Here is where we can detect what is totally fucked up - excuse me for the mot - in our present postmodern, post christian, post everything societies.
We have in our midst, and not just in our midst, but in all kinds of important posts and functions and channels, a certain influential kind of people who are unable to identify evil, even when they trot in the guts of a dismembered person who the moment before was sitting next to them. Rescue personnel scrape the blackened remains of commuters from underground walls, and instead of at once recognizing the heinous, unbelievably evil nature of the enemy we are facing... those petty "intellectuals" trip over their words in their haste to call their own leader.... the biggest terrorist!!! This is not normal anymore , and apart from protesting the outrageous lies and accusations, we - the normal ones - must address this very, very serious, and apparently deeply rooted major malfunction. There is something rotten, not just in the State of Denmark, but in all western states, and it bears serious scrutiny. As we approach a pivotal election in the leading nation of the West, indeed in the leading nation on the planet, it is more important than ever that the voices among us who basically advocate self-destruction, are answered. I do not say silenced, because to do so would mean to compromise a key western value. Silencing opponents is something for leftists, and we can never allow ourselves to stoop to that level. We must simply trust that if we bring on the basic, honest arguments and tell our children the West's stories and histories, not just the highlights, but also the things we can't indeed be too proud of, they will be able to see that in spite of the warts, there's more than enough to be immensely proud of.
Hat tip for the article with the Thatcher allegation Luc Van Braekel.


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Group Builds and Lectures
Group builds
We often work with outside groups of 8 to 20 people; we've built with church groups, students, Scout troops, and more. We'd be very happy to help your group build a shelter. There are different levels of involvement, and it's up to you on how much you'd like to do.
Here are the questions you'll need to ask yourselves:
- Do you want to supply labor and materials, or just labor?
- If we supply the materials, then we're going to specify what type of shelter is built. If you supply the materials, then it's your structure, and you can build what you want. However, if it's not a shelter we need, we may not be able to store it at our (very small) warehouse until it can be used.
- Do you want to build at your location, or ours?
- If you want want to build at your location, you'll need to supply materials or transport for our materials. If you only want to supply labor, then you'll need to bring your group to the warehouse.
- Do you want to manufacture the panels (panel build), assemble the panels into a shelter (shelter deploy), or both ("soup-to-nuts" build)?
- A build goes in two distinct steps: prefab the panels offsite, then assemble into a structure onsite. Each step takes a few hours. Panel builds are straightforward, if occasionally time consuming, especially for Low Riders. Essentially, we turn a pile of lumber into a pile of panels. Shelter deployments are easier technically, but much harder logistically. First, we have to get a truck or two to transport the panels. Then, we assemble the panels into a shelter onsite, which often means a homeless encampment or hidey hole. The circumstances can be dicey depending on the environment and the people present. There is no such thing as a 'standard' deployment; however, it is one of the most rewarding experiences of being a Houser. If your group wants to go on a deploy, we'll need to discuss ahead of time the likely difficulties of the particular deploy you'll be working on.
A Mad Houser build is a great team-building exercise. No previous construction skills are necessary, and there is a way for everyone in the group, no matter how skilled, to participate. If you think your group would enjoy working with The Mad Housers, contact us.
Occasionally we get a request to give a lecture at a class or civic organization, or to attend a conference. We love to talk about the Housers! However, please keep in mind that we're entirely volunteer-operated, so giving lectures usually cuts into our daytime jobs. Feel free to contact us, but understand that we may not be able to find a volunteer who can attend.


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Fly-tipping is the illegal dumping of household or trade waste on streets, wasteland or green spaces.
The council will remove fly-tipping from public land, where it is on privtate land, land owners are responsible for clearing.
Report fly-tipping using the form below, we need to know:
Anyone found fly-tipping could face a £70,000 fine and up to six months imprisonment.
Households have a legal responsibility to make sure any rubbish is disposed of correctly.
If you have your rubbish removed and it ends up being fly-tipped, you could be held responsible and fined.
Always ask to see a waste carrier's certificate and do not use waste contractors who won't show you an original certificate
Keep a record of the waste carrier's details in case they fly-tip your waste and it is traced back to you
Businesses must always get a copy of a waste transfer note from the person who takes the waste away


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This study looks at whether both exams are as effective for adults over 65 as they are for adults between 50 and 65 years of age.
In the study Doctor C. Daniel Johnson of Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona, and a team of researchers conducted a follow-up analysis of data from the National CT Colonography Trial, in which 2,600 patients over the age of 50 underwent both virtual and optical colonoscopies at 15 centres around the country.
Johnson's team analysed trial data from 477 patients over the age of 65 and 2,054 patients between the ages of 50 and 65 who were screened with the two procedures for clinically significant pre-cancerous growths called polyps. Patients in the study were comprised of both men and women at predominantly an average risk for colorectal cancer.
Cancerous lesions 1 centimetre or larger were found in 6.9 per cent of patients in the 65 and older group and in 3.7 per cent of the younger patients.
There was no significant difference in the accuracy of CT colonography for the detection of large and intermediate-sized cancers in the older participants compared to the younger participants. Sensitivity and specificity among the older and younger groups were 0.82 and 0.83 and 0.92 and 0.86, respectively.
"We found no statistical difference in the diagnostic performance between the two patient groups," Johnson said. "This is good information for patients of any age, as they can consider CT colonography as a valid option for colorectal cancer screening."
Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in both men and women and the third leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), a decline in colorectal cancer incidence rates over the last two decades is largely attributable to screening tests that allow polyps to be removed before they progress to cancer.
"I do not believe there is any screening test that can intervene as early in the biology of the tumor as colorectal cancer screening," Johnson said. "We have the opportunity to detect pre-malignant polyps, remove them and prevent an entire class of cancers."
MEDICA.de; Source: Radiological Society of North America


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Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Big Business
But in the U.S., we've been swept up in cost-cutting, volume, and star quality. Publishing is Big Business, volume and turnover. Most big publishers are looking for a superstar right out of the block, though Malcolm Gladwell (Outliers) and some others can provide contradictory data as to that entire concept. No one's listening right now, though. As Rick pointed out, most people in the publishing business are barely holding on.
The six big U.S. publishing companies are conglomerates, and unless one of their cash cows comes out with a new book to keep the net budget in the black for that year, they lose money. Think Dan Brown, Stephenie Meyer, Janet Evanovich, John Grisham (I think. Does he still qualify?).
Like Rick said, publishing isn't run like a business. What was Sarah Palin's advance? Did it pay out? Maybe, just because people were so curious to see if she could write and what she'd say. She didn't actually write it—that's another story. How about either of the Clintons? Hilary got an $8 million advance. Wonder what Simon & Schuster lost on that deal.
I can't help but digress a bit here. After she got paid, congress asked her to return it. John McCain said on NBC's "Today" that the Senate Ethics Committee may launch an investigation into the deal. The Congressional Accountability Project (Gary Ruskin, Pat Roberts, Harry Reid, see Salon, Dec. 19, 2000: http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/12/19/clinton/index.html) sent the senator-elect a letter that asked her to make public the details of the contract and to reject the advance altogether. I poked around a bit and found out that John McCain received an advance of $500,000 for a two book deal from Random House. Faith of My Fathers came out in 1999. I haven't yet found what Harry Reid got for The Good Fight. Bet it wasn't $8 mill.
Maybe my cynicism about politicians is irrelevant, but the publishing business isn't being run like any other business. Not that many big businesses, at least in the U.S., are particularly well run (CEO compensation? Don't get me started). But I'm not supposed to stray too far from writerly topics in this blog. There are many reforms that should be made to the publishing business that would help authors. You and I could list some, and there are many I don't know about.
Still, let's not stop writing. Some terrific small publishers are doing well, even in today's climate. Akashic's bottom line has been growing, along with others. And I keep hoping someone in New York will show some chutzpa and lower the boom on huge advances that don't pay, returns, and accountability for starters.
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Steamboating, colleagues.
Hi, Bill. Yes, the big kickoff for the Str. W.P. SNYDER's 100th birthday was a stellar event last Saturday evening. Big crowd of locals, officials from OHS in Columbus, 'Friends of the Museum,' Marietta along with Officers/Boards of Governors [those who could attend]. The Ritts sisters presented a fine 'PowerPoint' presentation with photos of the SNYDER taken by their grandfather and father. Mrs. Woody 'Bee' Rutter spoke impromptu with her memories of riding the SNYDER down in 1955. Bee now the only living passenger of that trip. Many surprised the SNYDER delivery trip was over five days until the boat arrived and docked in Marietta. Bee said, "They ran out of coal with only a few lumps left. The whistle was blown until the pressure fell and it went 'WHOOOOoooo...pooofffff.'" Recent high water saw flooding of the Ohio River Museum grounds twice with mud left behind. Additional information will be forthcoming on plans for remodeling, rebuilding on the present site with accompanying 'new thinking' for the museum in general and the collection in particular. Jeff Spear, President of S&D, also had remarks of greeting from the organization.
R. Dale Flick
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About Scott Cleland
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Google Now Admits its Search Isn't Neutral
Submitted by Scott Cleland on Thu, 2010-02-04 10:45
There's new evidence from Google itself, that Google's search results are not neutral, as Google has long publicly represented them to be, and as Google expects everyone on the Open Internet to be.
Google now admits that its search results are not neutral despite longstanding public representations to the contrary.
In sum, Google admits it is manipulating its search results non-neutrally, despite the longstanding promise on its corporate website that it would "never manipulate rankings to put our partners higher."


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Finding ways to entertain a family is certainly not challenging, with the onslaught of bigger and better (and more expensive) entertainment options. We now have giant movie screens that encompass 360 degrees, malls with amusement parks inside of them, and giant water parks seemingly in every town with more than one hotel. The problem is, of course, money. These (seemingly) fun times are all hiding long lines of patrons all waiting to hand over fistfuls of cash! Here are seven cheap or free ways to have fun with the family and not break the bank…
1. Support your local museum. A museum does not have to be mummies and old pictures. Find a natural history museum, or museum of modern art, etc. You get the idea…you can usually make a day of it for under $30 for a family.
2. Volunteer! There are fun places to volunteer like your local community center, church, or humane society. Walking dogs and playing with cats can provide hours of entertainment. Plus, you are sneaking in life lessons for the kids at the same time. Who knows, you may even just change a life in the process.
3. Play tourist in your own city. Go to that landmark you drive by every day. Take that forest history tour or walking tour in bigger cities. Be goofy, grab a camera, and go around and see all the sites in your area. This adventure is surprisingly cheap, especially since you know the expensive tourist traps to avoid. You may just be amazed at how beautiful your own town really is. You would be hard pressed to spend more than $30 if you play your cards right!
4. Dust off a game or two. Yard games are cheap and easy to make, and there are board games in just about every house in the country. Many of them are dusty and ignored. Nothing brings families together like the quest for world domination! If you really want to bond with the kids, drag out that old video game system and have a retro gaming night. Fun for the whole family!
5. Explore a national park or forest. Many parks are free, or charge a token parking fee. You can access miles of state trails and beautiful scenery, all for usually under $10. Pack a picnic lunch and some easy snacks and you are all set for the day.
6. Find a "kid's ___ free" night. Many restaurants and other entertainment venues are offering kid's eat or get in for free with a paid adult. This allows access to more "mainstream" entertainment ideas at a healthy discount. A family of four can easily save $15 on dinner if two kids are eating for free!
7. Visit your church or community center. Organized community events are often low or no cost events. You will be surprised at how many kid's carnivals, hayrides, and agate searches kids can embark upon for no cost whatsoever.
Remember, with a little thought and creativity, you can reduce the cost of ANY event. (Check out these cheap date night ideas, too.) Pack a lunch, rideshare, and avoid having to buy the "little things" like pop, snacks, and coffee. A quick stop at the gas station can end up costing $20 easily with hungry, hot kids along. Find your local deals through coupon books or online auction sites to save even more on fun local businesses and events!
To find out about more creative ways to save money, call LSS Financial Counseling to schedule an appointment with a Financial Counselor. We can help you take action today to improve your spending habits and build up emergency savings, which everyone needs. Or, START ONLINE COUNSELING NOW. It's free and just as effective as phone or in-person counseling, but you can do it at your leisure. Contact us today!
Malcolm Johannessen with LSS is a Certified Financial Counselor and specializes in Foreclosure Prevention Counseling.
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The Soundboard features stories told by Elton John, his longtime lyricist, Bernie Taupin and commentary from several artists who contributed their own versions of his classic songs on the new tribute albums. Artists include Chris Martin of Coldplay and Demi Lovato, Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, Q-Tip, and Chris Stapleton.
Want to hear a sneak peek before the broadcast kicks off April 6? Watch Elton John talk about some of the hits included on the upcoming Revamp album, which will be available in the U.S., U.K., and Germany/Austria.
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U.K: Friday, April 6 at 5:00
U.S.: Friday, April 6 at 12:00am ET
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As I speak with franchisors, multi-unit decision franchisees and their marketing teams. I am hearing some very common themes from some of the top franchises in the nation and even new and upcoming ones.
If you are reading this and are a franchised company or multi-unit operation, you understand better than anyone the incredible challenges that your business model faces. In addition to keeping up with the competition and staying ahead of the curve, segmented marketing options are making it difficult to properly manage, sustain and protect your brand identity and marketing efforts.
As franchise marketing challenges continue to grow, you need tools that will enable you to get a grip on your brand and maintain its identity while giving your franchisees the freedom to cater to their unique local markets, in a way that represents both you and the franchisee accurately. The trick is finding a tool that is both cost-effective and flexible enough to meet those challenges without compromising the brand you have worked so hard to build.
Here as some common themes I am hearing.
1. Franchised businesses face very specific issues, particularly when it comes to localized content and marketing. Whether franchisees expect that name recognition alone will gain them customers or they have their own special methods of advertising and marketing to their local niche, brand consistency is the most vital component of successful franchise companies. Still, it can be difficult to retain brand consistency when facing the following challenges:
2. Franchisees are typically not marketing-savvy and therefore resort to simply running the business, relying solely on the brand to get them through.
3. Franchisees are ok with supporting the national brand but want it localized, so they take matters into their own hands, using content or marketing tactics that damages or ignores the brand altogether.
4. There is not an end to end marketing system in place to monitor, drive and sustain the brand. In turn the franchisees sometimes get creative to localize promotions or products or services that they offer to cater to the local market. In their mind they are left to fend for themselves as the franchisers expect them to find or customize locally relevant content or marketing promotions.
Based on my experience as a franchise, I also believe.
1. Tools for localized marketing are clunky and difficult to navigate, and often buried in the company CRM. So even when franchisees are willing and able to build communication to speak to the local client base, it becomes cumbersome and intimidating to do so.
2. Most importantly, let's be honest, you would be lucky to get 10% participation across the board from traditional tools incorporated in CRM's. ( There are exceptions)
3. Franchisors are not accessible to franchisees or owners are busy running the business, making communication difficult and putting the Franchise brand at risk. I know I know... there is typically one or two in a typical franchisor marketing team for small and large chains alike. You can only do so much. Sometimes you just need a little help.
4. Franchisees are ok with paying into supporting the national brand but get frustrated that the content does not speak to the local product mix or growth vertical they are capitalizing on. They would like a little input or control. That would make them real happy!
It is also well known that Franchise Marketing tools that collect dust. We have all seen them, 10 year old marketing collateral that was brought in with good intentions but were not utilized properly at the time and fell into the hands of an unsuspecting customer. Sometimes with an old offer or pricing that makes conversations awkward and damages brand and cuts into profitability.
Content Curation Tools as a Solution
One type solution to the many challenges faced by franchisors and savvy business owners in the franchise business today is the use of content curation tools.
Content curation tools gives franchisors an outlet to control the company's brand identity without limiting franchisees in their local content, promotions or other marketing.
Franchisors can push national marketing direction to the franchisees often housed on the company website or blog and share basic marketing materials and content for the franchisees to change out if they feel necessary. This could include products , services, calls to action, promotions, specials etc.
Franchisees can edit or alter certain controlled aspects of the messaging to reflect the brand's presence in their local community, all without compromising the image that the company has worked to create. Given the limited resources most companies have we build and provide the newsletter content for you (with your guidence of course).
So most Directors of Marketing can simply make a few suggestions to edit and then publish to the local franchisees who can then edit from a selected amount of related local content or offers and share via email list or share socially via Twitter , Facebook etc.. It is a simple, inexpensive and all-encompassing way to control your message, give the local franchisees an opportunity to get involved and fine tune content and offers on a local level which at the end of the day, should retain and grow existing business as well as gain new customers.
What else? What other challenges are there? I would love to hear from you or chat about possibilities.
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I know what you're doing.
I may not directly see you watching porn, but it's pretty obvious that's what you're up to.
When you walk in and you immediately choose the computer in the corner, closest to the wall where you know I can't see the screen…I know you're watching porn.
When you constantly turn the monitor so it's facing the wall and only you and someone standing directly behind you can see the monitor…I know you're watching porn.
When you get shifty and panicky every single time someone walks past you and you immediately click to another window…I know you're watching porn.
When the window that's always up when I walk by is the homepage for the library and you're blatantly not searching for anything, but rather just staring blankly while you wait for me to go back to the circulation desk…I know you're watching porn.
When you constantly look in my direction to make sure I'm not paying attention to you (which I am, constantly—I'm like a f'n hawk with night vision)…I know you're watching porn.
When you're not typing for extended periods of time, because you're busy staring at the screen with a goofy "I see boobies…hooray!" grin on your face…I know you're watching porn.
…but most of all, when you DON'T PLUG IN THE HEADPHONES ALL THE WAY like a complete amateur at the "Watching Porn in a Library-lympics" and I can hear the "oohs" and the "aahs" and the things slightly more graphic than "ooh" or "aah"…I know you're watching porn.
This is when you get kicked out of the library.
There are no second chances in this game, Bucko.
Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Go directly to another library and leave me the hell alone.
Everyone Who Has Ever Worked in a Library, Ever


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To be the best at the BIBAs, you need to be best prepared
The Be Inspired Business Awards (BIBAs) is one of the most rigorously judged business awards competitions in the county.
To win a BIBA, you have to prove you're the best that there is. That means entering the right category, submitting detailed information, telling a compelling story and impressing our analytical judges.
To give businesses the best chance of winning a BIBA, we have our very own BIBAs Bootcamp.
The Bootcamp is a FREE to attend interactive workshop, using a combination of presentation media, application activities and group discussion to give business owners and marketing teams the knowledge and confidence submit the best application(s) possible and excel at interview(s).
Get it right and you will be able to maximise the commercial opportunities that come from winning!
This workshop will provide you with:
- A greater understanding of the BIBAs and why they are valuable to your business
- How to decide which category if best for you
- Top tips and practical exercises on writing your entry(ies)
- Tips from one BIBA Judges as to what they are looking, for both in the written entries and also at interview stage which is a critical part of the entry process; one which sets these awards apart from many others
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Wednesday, 20th February 2019, 10:00am – 12:30pm.
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CRISTINA: "He's gone."
MEREDITH: "I... I don't think he's gone. Uh... his stuff is still here."
CRISTINA: "No. No. His trumpet isn't here. His entire Eugene Foote collection, vinyls and CD's. His grandmother's picture was by the bed. His lucky scrub cap was hanging on the door. He's gone. I'm.. I'm free. Damn it. Damn it, damn it! Oh God, get this off me! Take this off, take this off! I can't... Help me, help me, help me!"
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Training of trainers
Port-au-Prince, Haiti: On February 2012, three UNV Training Officers from the Integrated Mission Training Centre of The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), together with the United Nations Language and Communications Programme (UNLCP) which serves the UN community in New York, organized the Training of Trainers on writing English correspondence and reports in a peacekeeping mission.
The objective of this workshop, which took place in the Integrated Mission Training Centre (IMTC) in Log Base, MINUSTAH (Port-au-Prince) was to become more familiar with the uses of each type of written communication in the United Nations. It included several sections on editorial conventions related to abbreviations, capitalization, editing tips or spelling.
Once the training was over, the participants had to pair off and carry out these workshops for various sections and locations in Haiti or the Dominican Republic.
Martin Oghogho, a participant from Liberia and UNV Regional Coordinator of the Centre for Information Technology Service (CITS) in Léogane, was pleased to share that the training was quite interesting. "It is of course going to be part of me and I intend to spread that knowledge in quite an exciting way," he said. "I especially liked the feedback sessions and video recordings of our presentations, where we could clearly view our performances in order to make improvements."
"It is a great chance to learn, not only from the training but from the other colleagues too. It is not a matter of scientific knowledge but it is something related to the management of human resources," says Edgardo Alemán, from Uruguay, UNV Liaison Officer, and Support Officer in Santo Domingo. "Sharing different points of view and experiences made us more and more rich, as trainers but mainly as persons."
Another participant of the workshop, Jasmine Edmorin, from Haiti, UNV Administrative Assistant and Support Officer in Port-au-Prince states: "This will help me to improve my writing skills and also overcome my shyness. It was not only a training but an occasion to discover another side of the UN Volunteers. They were full of enthusiasm with a very good fellowship among all of us," she affirms. "I thank the UNV Support Team for giving me this great opportunity to participate in this training. I can't wait to go in the field to give out everything I have learnt."
To sum up, one of the phrases that participants will surely remember is that "the most valuable of talents is never using two words when one will do" (Thomas Jefferson).
Bio: Pierre Pinat (France) is a UNV Training Officer for IMTC Section in MINUSTAH (Port-au-Prince) since April 2009. He works in all regions of Haiti and conduct trainings such as IT, English writing courses and interview skills for all the staff from MINUSTAH and UN agencies. Pierre speaks English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Haitian Creole. He was a UNV (Training Officer) in Liberia from January 2005 to August 2007.


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Here are the Top 10 tracks in HNHH's Hot 100 for the week of December 28 - January 3.
Welcome to 2016, y'all. Did anything really change on January 1st, aside from waking up with a crippling hangover? Well, it certainly feels that way in the rap world, as some of the genre's biggest stars have made sure to come out with forceful statements that conveniently arrived in sync with the New Year.
Yeezy "jumped over Jumpman," proving that, as the father of two, his ability to shake up the game is greater than ever before. Travi$ Scott dropped two in a row, one boasting an always consistent feature from The Weeknd, and another protégé of 'Ye recapped his best year yet with a track that comes before the arrival of his fourth album, which will be the first project put out by Pusha T's GOOD Music in 2016.
Elsewhere in our Top 100, K Camp and Quavo teamed up for a melodic banger (#13), Mac Miller covered Billy Joel (#12), and for those looking for lyrical depth, check out this crazy lineup of Logic, Slug of Atmosphere, and Killer Mike.
Find our Top 10 tracks of the week (December 28 - January 3) below.
10. Chris Brown - Blood On My Hands
Chris Brown snags the 10 spot with a new track that didn't make Royalty but instead appeared on a bonus EP that he dropped off as a gift to his international fans. Those who fancy Breezy's EDM experiments will dig "Blood On My Hands."
9. Gucci Mane Feat. Post Malone, Riff Raff & Lil B - Embarrassed (Prod. by Tarentino)
While he's been locked up, Gucci's team has used his archived material to put together collabs that we would've never expected, such as this East Atlanta Santa 2 cut featuring rising star Post Malone and two of rap's premier eccentrics. GuWop recently tweeted that he'd be coming home in 2016, before his Twitter mysteriously disappeared.
Gucci Mane - Embarrassed Feat. Post Malone, Riff Raff & Lil B


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Thursday, November 12, 2015
Jennifer & Robert | Backyard Wedding | Sypesville, Pennsylvania
We are always up for a backyard wedding, but nothing could describe what we experienced at Jennifer's family home. An enormous tent, tons of food, and sunflowers, rows and rows of sunflowers. It was amazing!
Our entire day was spent at Jennifer's home, except for the 2 minute walk down the street to her brother's house for prep with the guys. It was really a family affair in this quaint little town of Sypesville. We started with Jen and the girls as they got ready downstairs. Outside, the finishing touches were taking place at the ceremony and reception areas. As soon as Jen was finished with hair and makeup, we went upstairs to her room where she put on her dress.
Down the street, Robert and the guys were hanging out watching football. Robert finished putting on his suit and tied his son's bowtie, with a little help from Google of course. Once the guys were finished, it was time to exchange vows.
It was an absolutely beautiful end of summer day as Jennifer and Robert said their vows outdoors, in the field just behind her parent's house. With the seal of a kiss, they walked back down the aisle hand in hand.
As the sun began to creep closer to the horizon, we worked alongside Ryan and Abbey from Ryan Zarichnak Photography. Obviously, we used the sunflowers as a backdrop for the photo session. Jennifer's father planted these sunflowers in the spring especially for the wedding and wow, did they look stunning!
The party started as Top Dog Productions rocked the house and into the night. They completed the evening with a custom spotlight of Jennifer & Robert's names on a water tower a few hundred yards away. Truly an amazing day! Thanks to Jennifer & Robert and both of their families for having us capture their wedding day. We had so much fun spending the day with you and wish you nothing but the best in your future together. Enjoy!
Ryan Zarichnak
Top Dog Productions
Mina Rose - Hair & Makeup
Altoona Video Production


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When you come to a new area of operation, you do not just jump off the plane, jump in your truck, drive around, and figure things out on your own. You learn from those who have experience in that Area of Operation, or AO. Getting to know your AO is similar to when you first buy a house in an unfamiliar area. You quickly want to become familiar with the city. Driving around and discovering what is what, as well as learning easy routes to areas of interest is imperative.
One critical objective, or shall I say obligation, is to get to know the people you are serving. Not every Baghdad resident feels hatred toward coalition forces, nor does every Baghdad resident have the evil desire to blow you up or shoot you down. There, of course, some good citizens can dramatically affect your day-to-day operations. Granted, in the past those who helped the coalition forces experienced retribution from the local insurgents, resulting in some good Iraqi citizens losing their lives. In war, there is always a tragedy, but sometimes through tragedy people find the will and passionate desire to become more united and to fight those who oppress them.
On the other side of this, some Iraqi citizens approach the situations very differently. Sectarian violence is prevalent in many of the provinces of Iraq. No one knew what to expect on our first mission, but we knew that once we crossed the wire things would become increasingly tense. Everyone loaded up and made way to the front gate. The look on the soldiers' faces that had never been on a real combat mission was priceless. Platoon Sergeant, Staff First Class Sergeant Evans came over the radio with a spark of enthusiasm. "Roger, Reaper elements, we are REDCON one, lock and load SP time now." I grab for my magazine, lock, and load, and then quickly sit back; I close my eyes and say a little prayer.
The last time I said that same little prayer I ended up blown up and landing on my rear. The squad reminds me of that particularly memorable moment every so often, so I was hoping for a better first mission this time around. The trick to getting a peek at the surroundings is you need to be the first one in the hatch when those who occupy it get off the truck to conduct their operations. I could tell we were driving through the city; the wretched smell of burning tires and sewer permeated the inside of the Stryker compartment. You really cannot do much to avoid it, so you accept it. About a half hour into the mission, we came to a quick stop.
Over the radio the Platoon Leader, First Lieutenant Christian Derda said, "We have possible sectarian violence; possible mortar has hit some kids playing." I thought to myself, "How the hell could these people continue to kill innocent young boys and girls?." To answer my own questions, mortars and bombs have no faces or names. These cowardly acts are performed by those who feel nothing, or possibly, they see nothing. Pure adulterated evil is what I classify this sectarian terrorism.
As the mission continued, the soldiers in the truck seemed to take the mortaring that occurred to heart. The squad that I am now in consists of four married men. Two of the soldiers' wives have just given birth while their husbands were deployed, so this tragedy sunk deep into them. As we drove away from the scene, I saw a father sobbing while carrying his blood-soaked, lifeless baby boy away from the scene. I looked at the soldier across from me and with anger, and my eyes bulging said, "It just isn't fair; those kids were just playing." The young soldier answered non-verbally by putting his head down, as if to say to me, "I have no answer." There are no answers to many of the things we see and hear over here, but the images will play back in our minds forever, regardless of how mentally strong a person you think you are.
For those fathers with children or fathers with a child on the way, it makes one want to embrace your child and gently kiss your child's head, just to let him or her know that he or she are loved and always protected. Unfortunately, hearing a quick phone call or an e-mail from home will have to suffice. We will not lose our cool but instead stand fast for the cause. Sometimes biting your tongue, rather than raising your weapon, is the right thing to do. Justice will prevail — especially with the well-trained discipline of 2nd Platoon, Charlie Rock, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry's Charlie Rock 2nd platoon battle hard Reaper element.
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If you are looking for a special gift idea, want to spoil yourself or treat someone special, there is no better place for some retail therapy.
Canterbury's Whitefriars brings you the best in fashion and lifestyle brands with popular high street names while the more historic areas of the King's Mile, Westgate and St Dunstan's offer specialist and independent shops and boutiques. Fine art, jewellery, clothing, crafts and antiques are just some of the offerings to tempt you.
In Herne Bay the pier retail village is a must for those who enjoy quirky and retro products. Open most of the year weather permitting, you can purchase quality crafted silver jewellery and beadwork, bags, hats, gifts for the home, aromatic presents, stunning photographic pictures and art. The town offers a range of independent shops with a great selection of products all year round.
Whitstable is home to numerous independent shops and you can delight in the town's Bohemian charm, particularly in Harbour Street where there are independent art galleries, boutiques, gift shops and plenty of family-owned businesses with individual style.
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From May to September, on the 3rd Thursday of each month, 6 blocks of Main St. are closed to vehicular traffic for the evening & filled with festival-goers.
Thousands of pedestrians browse merchandise within a background of musical, theatrical, visual & olfactory delights. There are clowns and bands and stilters to entertain you as you meander through the fest. Local & regional vendors set tables in the street showcasing the wealth of goods produced in CT.
This area is rich in musical talent. Seven stages, placed along Main Street, have continuous performances ranging from rhythm & blues to Latin jazz to folk rock to African drumming. The music is interspersed with performances by dance troupes, Kung Fu and puppeteers.
Street performers and children's events are strategically placed throughout Main Street so a new adventure is always unfolding. One block may hold the Bounce Room and another face painting. Kids of all ages will have something special to enjoy.
Our cultural diversity brings wonderful food to the festival. There's authentic Indian, Mexican, Syrian, Puerto Rican, Italian, and Ukrainian food vendors providing gastronomic delights from around the world. And there's old-fashioned ice cream floats and other great desserts! - wiilimanticstreetfest.com
Willimantic Records is always open during the Third Thursday Fests and this week will be hosting an instore show featuring Glocca Morra, SOFX, Posture & the Grizzly, and David F. Bello. All shows at Willimantic Records are free, with donations to the musicians encouraged.


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#NUGSCongress16 in Hohoe [Pictures]
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*——————————* *NATIONAL UNION OF GHANA STUDENTS (NUGS) ELECTORAL COMMISSION* *——————————-* After several months of frantic campaigning and having gone through
Information circulating on various media suggests there was an 'official' NUGS elections and handing over yesterday (Friday, 7th October) at
As this year's congress marks the impeccable golden jubilee of NUGS, the deliberations on the theme are expected to propound
Vice Chancellors of tertiary institutions across the country have threatened to close down institutions if government fails to pay arrears
Local National Union of Ghana Students' President of the University of Ghana, Richmond Tinkaro Asare has debunked rumours that the
Citizen, pardon me for jumping the gun. We agreed you start the post election conversation. I just couldn't help waiting.
Provisional results from the just ended National Union of Ghana Students NUGS elections indicate Paa-Quecy Adu has won the race
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Random Comics Theatre
Kobalt #6 [1994]
KOBALT was part of the second wave of Milestone titles, coming a year after the line's original launch. Overall it was the weakest of the seven monthly titles that the publisher was putting out at the time. It featured the adventures of an urban vigilante type hero named Kobalt who reluctantly took on a brightly clad young sidekick named Page (both his real last name and his super-hero identity). So pretty much a Batman and Robin thing (with a Robin debut cover parody on #4, even), only with Batman much meaner and Robin much more inept, as you'd expect in the 1990s.
The book did have its moments, especially a few of the twists in the early going and a few of the first encounters with some of the other Milestone characters. But it got tired rather quickly after the set-up was done, and it settled into routine. I'm pretty sure it would have been better as a limited series with a single strong main plot to hang everything on than an on-going series. I ended up dropping it after a dozen issues, and it only lasted four more after that. Anyone know if it came to some sort of satisfactory conclusion worth picking up those four issues, or just stopped?
This particular issue features the 22-page story "Fish to Fry", written (as the whole series was) by John Rozum. On the art were Arvell Jones and John Stanisci, the original art team on the book doing their final issue (with some help from Aubrey Bradford), while the cover has incoming (in two issues) regular artist Eric Battle with Prentis Rollins. Page spends the issue held hostage (thanks to his aforementioned ineptness) by an electrical villain named Volt who wants a package that Kobalt has. Kobalt is smart enough to research his enemy and pick up a non-conducting suit that happens to be in police lockup before going to the rescue. Overall not a bad issue, with some nice artwork, but in the context of the series this is one of those places where it started to show its lack of direction.