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When I started college at 17, with all the usual fears and insecurities, I thought I knew myself somewhat well. I soon discovered I had many hard and painful lessons to learn. Aside from the typical guilt and shame of knowing I was gay, there was terrible sadness at the thought I would never have children of my own. I always loved children and grew up in an enormous family where there were always babies and toddlers. I did a lot of babysitting in those days.
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He was in a city far from home, in the kind of bar he visited only when out of town. Something about these kinds of bars excited him, made him feel free to be himself. Other than his nightly visits to the internet, this side of his sexuality was unexplored, for the most part. On the net, he enjoyed watching the young men and getting acquainted with a few in chatrooms. He had never met then in real life, however. Not because he didn't want to, however. He had taken good care of himself, was fit
if things will ever get better for young gay people. A year ago, my nephew told me he thinks he might be gay. He also said he didn't want to be gay.
He is 25, out of the air force one year and working on becoming a drunk. His mother, my sister, is
a mean spirited, homophobic, angry person.
My nephew thinks she suspects he is gay because
she used to call him a sissy when he was a teenager when he made her angry. More than once she told him
no son of hers would be
Our first visit to the old house was primarily to get an overview of the place. I knew immediately that there was one room that I would need to spend some time in. The library. The shelves were filled mostly with novels, going back decades. Many appeared to be first additions. There were also stacks of newer paperbacks. It was obvious the old woman was into mysteries. A hospital bed covered by a colorful handmade quilt sat before a large window that overlooked a private patio and backyard.
I had driven by it numerous times, but only in the last few years did it look neglected. It was an enormous, old, red brick house built at a time when houses were architecturally designed, sparing no expense. It sat on a huge piece of property in a middle class neighborhood. It looked out of place.
One day my office got a call asking us if we would be interested in buying it. I was less interested in owning it than I was in seeing what it was like on the inside. So, when I picked


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By Teresa Rivas
Tesla (TSLA) was up 2.9% in early afternoon trading in the face of BMW's new i3 battery electric city car.
BMW introduced the $41,000 car in events in New York, London and Beijing Monday. The new BMW model is a challenge to Tesla, as the German automaker has been investing heavily in greener technologies to meet more stringent emission standards around the world.
BMW is also looking to combat consumer worries about electric cars' range, offering options like an onboard combustion engine to generate electricity, roadside assistance for drained batteries and the use of conventional SUVs for longer trips.
Elsewhere, Wedbush Securities analyst Craig Irwin reiterated his Neutral rating and $110 price target on the stock Monday, writing that while the company is on a "credible path" to longer-term cost reductions for its cars and batteries, investors should wait for greater clarity on "the rate of market penetration beyond Tesla's well identified early adopters before taking a more constructive view on the stock."
Here are his thoughts on Tesla's second-quarter report, due out August 7:
We expect Tesla to report essentially in-line 2Q13 results. We are looking for 2Q13 rev/EPS of $385m/($0.21) vs. consensus $396m/($0.16). Tesla guided for a loss on delivery of around 4,500 vehicles as the factory will produce around 5,000 vehicles, but hundreds will still be in transit to European customers. This compares to 1Q13 when Tesla achieved its first profit on delivery of 4,900 vehicles. We model 2Q13 delivery of 4,700 Model S vehicles, with gross margins of 18.0% improving 90bps Q/Q on further gains in factory efficiency and reduced vehicle rework prior to or following delivery, offset by a moderate headwind from underabsorption of overhead for the inventory build and a less favorable options mix.
We see incremental visibility for Tesla achieving 4Q13 gross margin targets of 25% excluding credits as the most important item on the call, where experience with the Roadster supports good confidence. Over the production of the Roadster, there was a $45k per vehicle improvement (excluding credits) in production costs, mostly on assembly efficiency. This affords Tesla an execution roadmap for the Model S, where the company now has greater control.
The shares are just a few cents away from their all-time high of $133.26, reached two weeks ago. Tesla is up 373% in the past year.
Update: The stock reached a new all-time high of $134.88; it is now up 4.1% to $134.70.

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Z Energy is being lined up for a stock exchange listing in the third quarter of this year in what could be the largest float outside of the state-owned power companies.
Analysts say the petrol business could be valued at up to $1.2 billion potentially putting it in the top 20 largest companies on the New Zealand exchange.
Z is jointly owned by infrastructure investor Infratil and the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, who paid $696.5 million to buy the business from Shell in 2010.
The Super Fund and Infratil's investment manager Morrison & Co have declined to comment on the potential float.
But the Herald understands Infratil has been reviewing its capital structure and both Z Energy and NZ Bus could be put on the block to free up capital for it to make other investments.
Sources say Infratil and the Super Fund are likely to keep half of their stakes in Z Energy with around 50 per cent of the company floated.
Market expectations are that the potential float could be publicly acknowledged at Infratil's annual investor conference on March 7 and 8 ahead of a July listing date.
Infratil put out a statement in response to this news saying it reviews its portfolio on an ongoing basis though has "not identified any particular investments for sale at this time."
"We've not decided to sell anything," said Jason Boyes, head of legal at Morrison & Co. "We were worried retail investors might think we've progressed down a path with particular assets" after reading today's report.
Analysts have been speculating on which assets could be sold, he said.
Grant Swanepoel, an analyst at Craigs Investment Partners, said Infratil needed to consider unlocking the value from some of its investments and listing Z Energy on the sharemarket would be one way to do that.
"It does make sense. Doing it now would take advantage of the favourable market conditions."
Swanepoel said Infratil and the Super Fund had bought the business at the bottom of the valuation cycle when its rival Caltex was trading on four times earnings.
Caltex was now trading on six times earnings and on top of that Infratil had also cleaned up the business.
As well as rebranding the business from Shell to Z Energy, Swanepoel said there had been a lot of changes on the forecourts with lucrative car washes added to some stations and many of the poorer contracts replaced.
The company had around $400 million of debt and Swanepoel said he would expect a net yield of around 6 per cent, making it attractive to retail investors.
That could value the company at between $1.2 billion to $1.4 billion, he said.
Forsyth Barr head of research Rob Mercer said the acquisition of Shell had not been well liked by some in the market and the company had spent a lot of time convincing people that it was a good idea.
Since then a new chief executive had been appointed and a strong management team had been put in place.
"I think that people would have confidence around the management of the business given the work that has been done."
Mercer said good management was a key factor in attracting investors.
"Ultimately a listing at some point is something that is anticipated."
Mercer believed Infratil's half share in Z Energy was worth $400 million and if it was sold it would be a significant gain on the $225 million Infratil paid for its share.
But others are less convinced of its attraction.
Rickey Ward, head of equities at Tyndall Investment Management, said he had never been keen on the Z Energy business and it could be harder for investors who bought into the float to make a gain.
"It's easy to make gains initially - it's hard to make the gains thereafter."
Ward said he expected any float would be marketed with a dividend yield focus to target retail investors looking for a better return on their money than in the bank.
Hamilton Hindin Greene client adviser James Smalley said Z Energy would be a name potential investors would be familiar with but he questioned where growth would come from given the oligopoly in the oil market and tough competition. "It might be good with yield. But where is the growth coming from?"
Smalley said it would also matter how much skin Infratil and the Super Fund kept in the game through holding on to part of the business.
"I think they will have to, to get investors to take it up. I think investors will be looking for that, not a cashing up of all the chips."


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Bernal hits Sundance to share tragic border story
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Gael Garcia Bernal has journeyed north to the Sundance Film Festival in Utah to share the tragic story of another traveler.
The Mexican actor is a producer on the immigration documentary "Who Is Dayani Cristal?" in which Bernal also appears on-screen to dramatize the path that the film's subject took to the U.S.
Bernal and director Marc Silver sought to unravel the mystery of a body found rotting in the Arizona desert in August 2010. The man bore the tattoo "Dayani Cristal" across its chest.
The film reveals the circumstances that led the man on a 2,000-mile trek that ended in the desert. And it provides a tearful answer for its title when it reveals the identity of Dayani Cristal.
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Twisted Metal
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As punishment, he will bend for free for the rest of the week.
Jesus Christ MT....who would want that??
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what was that demo code? beta? ok then will wait till this sucker gets to beta stage
See, Madness, as you know, is like gravity, all it takes is a little push
yeah, I might as well skip it mang. Watchdogs FTW <<<-- DA on GTA5
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Posted 19 June 2010 - 12:22 PM
Its brilliant...and i can already see the madness!!!
Posted 19 June 2010 - 12:29 PM
There will be some form of progression in multiplayer, but in Jaffe's words, "It ain't Call of Duty." He feels the famous Modern Warfare upgrade path is too damaging to balance.
that is good to hear.
looking sharp, this game is
Posted 19 June 2010 - 01:31 PM
Very nice. The ambulance
Video from Jaffe's presentation
Its brilliant...and i can already see the madness!!!
Posted 22 June 2010 - 08:52 AM
Those days are coming back again........
"I want to create an experience that people have never had." - Fumito Ueda
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Posted 22 June 2010 - 05:55 PM
David Jaffe responds to complaints about Twisted Metal's graphics
When Twisted Metal was announced for the Playstation 3 at E3 2010, a few gamers expressed their disappointments in the game's graphics. On his Twitter account, David Jaffe assures that the visuals will improve in the final product but it will never be in the same league as the best-looking Playstation 3 games. You can read his entire statement regarding the matter below:
Depending on the level, graphics and fx will get a 10-30% bump. But it will never be Uncharted 2 or Killzone 3. If that is the kind of game one demands, one should look elsewhere when it comes to this title. All sorts of trade offs that affect visuals and we feel we are making great choices even if it means our artists can't express themselves fully with the amazing talent they have. Also- I've played 2 very hyped demos in the last 2-3 weeks with graphics that are- to be frank- pretty damn bad. We are miles ahead of those and yet I hear no one bitching about that aspect of those games. Which is ok. I don't mind. But it does make me wonder...
Update: When asked what they two "very hyped" games were, he responded, "I don't wanna say. Don't want 2 b hating." David Jaffe later continued with the following statement about Twisted Metal's graphics:
For 60 bucks, gamers deserve EVERYTHING they want. So sure, I want them to love EVERY aspect of our game. BUT as I've said, making a game=making choices and if we would have put Twisted on a track and/or slowed the cars and acceleration down, our artists could be making the game look even better BUT as directors, Scott and I were both against those choices for this game. So you roll the dice every game and hope you've made choices that make enough players happy that you can make a profit and get to make another title
Twisted Metal will be released on the Playstation 3 next year.
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lol I bet one of those hyped games is a console port of crysis 2.
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And since when was Crackdown 2 hyped? If only..
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Posted 23 June 2010 - 08:03 PM
On Tuesday 22nd June 2010, @davidscottjaffe said:
Regarding the attacks on our visuals, I have this to say:
1) We deliver an anti-aliased, 720p, HDR experience. We support 1080p
output (with noticeable improvement to UI elements). We're not "sub HD"
by any stretch of the imagination.
2) We're still pre-alpha which means we aren't even done writing
graphics code let alone tuning the art content to go with it.
3) Many textures and shaders are pre-alpha quality and will be improved.
4) Most screenshots and video on the web were taken from video cameras
rather than direct screen capture. They don't represent even our
current quality level.
5) We don't want to drop our frame rate even though we have a megaton of
action on the screen with dynamic physics and lighting (and eventually
four player splitscreen!)
6) Our levels are large with very long draw distances. Everything you
see is an interactive world, not simply static geometry. A lot of it is
and finally,
7) We haven't even shown our best stuff yet. If anything, we've only
shown our oldest stuff, and our artists keeping discovering new ways to
improve visual quality.
SO- with all that said- I think players are in for a treat all around, visual included. Our team is super talented and crazy hard workers. It's only going to get better from here!
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updated OP with the date and new trailer.
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They had them this morning !!!
They had them this morning !!!
...would be nice. What store? What price? Quantity?
Well I am not too far from Virginia.
Maybe this means NC will have them shortly (before the 16th).
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05-20-2013, 02:47 AM #1Junior Member Guppy
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Pretty sure I'm overstocked - but how bad?
Hi all - have a newly (re)cycled 10 gallon tank that I finished stocking today. Due to bad advice from uncaring or unknowledgable pet shop employees, I think my tank may be over stocked - but I'm trying to figure out if it's bad enough to return a fish or two or if I should just stick it out and see how it goes. Here's what I currently have:
- 1 white cloud minnow - (I know its a schooling fish - this guy is the last hold out from my tank before it had a crash a few months ago.)
- 1 2" neon sword tail
- 1 rainbow platy
- 1 male betta
- 3 rasbora harlequin
- 1 cory punctatus
So far the betta seems to be getting along fine with the other fish, although it's only been one day. The main things I'm concerned about are:
1) Is this just too many fish?
2) Is it ok to have only 3 rasboras?
3) Is it ok to have a lone cory catfish? (The store employee did not tell me this was a schooling fish - I only learned it after reading online when I got home. I should have done my research first but this was an impulse buy)
I'm running an AC20 filter and as of today my water levels are all normal.
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I'm running an AC20 filter and as of today my water levels are all normal.
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Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
Why pretend there are no stupid questions? Actually, There are many stupid questions: "Should I drink this bleach?" Is just one example.
Having said that, Just because it's a stupid question doesn't mean that it shouldn't be asked. It's better to know.
A warm beer is better than a cold beer. Because nothing is better than a cold beer, and a warm beer is better than nothing.
IMO a sword tail is too large of a fish for a ten gal...adult size is 4", and they are a pretty active fish. You didn't mention the sex of the fish, but if you have a male/female swordtail and platy in there, you will also end up with fry you likely don't want, tho the betta will yum them up as soon as they are born.
My suggestion would be to keep the betta and perhaps 5 white cloud minnows, and bring the rest back.
If you want more variety in your tank, try some shrimp. They are always a good addition to a tank, tho they will need to be larger ones so the betta doesn't try to eat them.
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Thanks for the replies. I use the master liquid test kit. I don't remember the exact numbers (I'm at work now) but ammonia and nitrites were 0 and I had a small reading of nitrates. I believe pH was 7.2. Would I be in better shape if I exchange the swordtail for a second cory?
Would that stock be crowded enough to upset the water chemistry and be dangerous to the fish? Or is it just not ideal? I do weekly 20% water changes and keep the tank very clean.
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I would advise you to follow the advise provided above and return all fish except the betta - exchanging the swordfish for another cory still won't provide the corys with a sufficient # to be content.
Upsetting your water chemistry along with keeping a mishmash of fish isn't ideal. Impulse buys for a fishkeeper often ends up with recommendations to return fish or get a larger tank.
Keeping too many fish in a small tank requires much more than 20% weekly changes, monitoring with your kit very often and dealing with growing fish who will eventually become cramped and stressed. I can't imagine you would want that.
stocking a small tank is always tricky. I wouldn't add a 2nd cory. In fact, I'd return the one you have if you can. Corys are schooling fish and 6 is generally considered the minimum number for a school.
IMO - and some may disagree - but something ideal for this tank would be the betta and 6 - 8 neons. You've had the white cloud for so long though I can see how you'd hate to let go of it.
the problem I see with keeping a White cloud with a betta is the ideal temp range. Betta likes 80 - 82F to really be happy and the highest range recommended for the white clouds is around 70F.30 g FW planted:corys, female ABNP, blue angel, harleys, zebra danios, rummies,
15 g FW planted:2 male guppies, neons, pygmy corys, clown pleco, 4 types of shrimp, assassin snails
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What you'll find with an overstocked 10 gal, is that your stock will die off to what your tank, and the fish natures, can handle. You'll end up with a set of mismatched fish and your tank will not look good.
A singleton and a small school looks far nicer to the eye and is better for the fish than a collection of single fish wandering around trying to avoid each other.
The best option really is to stock your tank according to the fishes natural tendencies. You'll find you have much more active (I'm not going to say happier because that is a subjective judgement we make) fish and a tank that is more interesting to look at because of that.
I've had my ten gal going for many years now, and this is what has worked best, most consistently.
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Ok - I made a few adjustments to the tank. One fish died and I returned the platy and swordtail.
My current stock is: 4 harlequins, 2 corys. Been this way for about 2 weeks now and water chemistry has been stable. I'm wondering if I should get one more cory and one more harlequin to fill out the schools. Or if there is a good singleton fish I can put in there. Or should I just leave it the way it is?
It's already been suggested and bears repeating, cory do not do well as single or even a pair. they are social schooling fish and 6 would be the minimum number. I'd return the 2 cory and add two more harleys as they, too, like to be in a group of no less than 6.30 g FW planted:corys, female ABNP, blue angel, harleys, zebra danios, rummies,
15 g FW planted:2 male guppies, neons, pygmy corys, clown pleco, 4 types of shrimp, assassin snails
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fishless cycling: http://bit.ly/1DARf3T
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10g is too small for cories. Even rasboras are a squeeze in a tank that small. I would personally take everything back and just get some neon tetras and some shrimp or snails or something.


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Belgian Flax Linen Diamond Quilt & Sham
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Our Belgian Flax Linen Diamond Quilt is woven from fine Belgian flax that gives the quilted bedding a cool, fresh feel with a silky texture.
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Good morning CC world! We now have 27 letters for the Oprah Show! While I am waiting for the letter from the Board, I thought I would just say 2 more days and mail the package Friday.That would give us 2 more days to perhaps get 3 more letters! So if you have not jumped aboard and still would like to....just send me your 1 page letter to my e mail address. I'll be CCing you!
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ARTHROTEC® CONTAINS DICLOFENAC SODIUM AND MISOPROSTOL. ADMINISTRATION OF MISOPROSTOL TO WOMEN WHO ARE PREGNANT CAN CAUSE ABORTION, PREMATURE BIRTH, OR BIRTH DEFECTS. UTERINE RUPTURE HAS BEEN REPORTED WHEN MISOPROSTOL WAS ADMINISTERED IN PREGNANT WOMEN TO INDUCE LABOR OR TO INDUCE ABORTION BEYOND THE EIGHTH WEEK OF PREGNANCY. ARTHROTEC SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN BY PREGNANT WOMEN [see CONTRAINDICATIONS, WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS, and Use In Specific Populations].
PATIENTS MUST BE ADVISED OF THE ABORTIFACIENT PROPERTY AND WARNED NOT TO GIVE THE DRUG TO OTHERS. ARTHROTEC should not be used in women of childbearing potential unless the patient requires nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) therapy and is at high risk of developing gastric or duodenal ulceration or for developing complications from gastric or duodenal ulcers associated with the use of the NSAID. In such patients, ARTHROTEC may be prescribed if the patient:
- has had a negative serum pregnancy test within 2 weeks prior to beginning therapy.
- is capable of complying with effective contraceptive measures.
- has received both oral and written warnings of the hazards of misoprostol, the risk of possible contraception failure, and the danger to other women of childbearing potential should the drug be taken by mistake.
- will begin ARTHROTEC only on the second or third day of the next normal menstrual period [see Use In Specific Populations].
Cardiovascular Thrombotic Events
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) cause an increased risk of serious cardiovascular thrombotic events, including myocardial infarction, and stroke, which can be fatal. This risk may occur early in treatment and may increase with duration of use [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS].
- ARTHROTEC is contraindicated in the setting of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery [see CONTRAINDICATIONS, and WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS].
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NSAIDs cause an increased risk of serious gastrointestinal (GI) adverse events including bleeding, ulceration, and perforation of the stomach or intestines, which can be fatal. These events can occur at any time during use and without warning symptoms. Elderly patients and patients with a prior history of peptic ulcer disease and/or GI bleeding are at greater risk for serious GI events [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS].
ARTHROTEC (diclofenac sodium/misoprostol) is a combination product containing diclofenac sodium, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with analgesic properties, and misoprostol, a gastrointestinal (GI) mucosal protective prostaglandin E1 analog. ARTHROTEC oral tablets are white to off-white, round, biconvex, and approximately 11 mm in diameter. Each tablet consists of an enteric-coated core containing 50 mg (ARTHROTEC 50) or 75 mg (ARTHROTEC 75) diclofenac sodium surrounded by an outer mantle containing 200 mcg misoprostol.
Diclofenac sodium is a phenylacetic acid derivative that is a white to off-white, virtually odorless, crystalline powder. Diclofenac sodium is freely soluble in methanol, soluble in ethanol, and practically insoluble in chloroform and in dilute acid. Diclofenac sodium is sparingly soluble in water. Its chemical formula and name are: C14H10Cl2NO2Na [M.W. = 318.14] 2-[(2,6-dichlorophenyl) amino] benzeneacetic acid, monosodium salt.
Misoprostol is a water-soluble, viscous liquid that contains approximately equal amounts of two diastereomers. Its chemical formula and name are:
C22H38O5 [M.W. = 382.54] (±) methyl 11a,16-dihydroxy-16-methyl-9-oxoprost-13E-en-1oate.
Inactive ingredients in ARTHROTEC include: colloidal silicon dioxide; crospovidone; hydrogenated castor oil; hypromellose; lactose; magnesium stearate; methacrylic acid copolymer; microcrystalline cellulose; povidone (polyvidone) K-30; sodium hydroxide; starch (corn); talc; triethyl citrate.
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Hay Festival - Spare spaces in a large luxury yurt by the riverFrom £18 per night
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Looking for accommodation at the How the Light Gets In Festival / Hay Festival? We've booked two big 6-person "luxury yurts" by the river on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (2-4th June) but the group of friends who were taking the second yurt can't make it.
Beautiful gypsy caravan close to Hay Literary FestivalFrom £150 per night
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Enjoy Hay Festival in a beautifully handcrafted 4 birth gypsy caravan with it's own kitchen and plenty of storage. Situated in the boutique camping area with free parking and close to the festival, you only need to bring yourself, your clothes and your toothbrush.
Luxury self catering country house in Herefordshire, use of tennis court, cycles, hot tub too!From £300 per night
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Luxurious self catering country house with real Aga and luxury 8-seater hot tub. Combining a character-filled property with all the latest mod-cons, this is the perfect place to stay for a luxury country break. Don't bother with hotel accommodation, relax and unwind in this spacious country house!


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Ensoniq SQ-80
The SQ-80 is basically a reved-up ESQ-1 with a total of 75 waveforms, a 61-note keyboard with velocity & aftertouch, floppy disk drive for storing patches and sequences, and an enhanced sequencer. Great for organs, analog-type sounds, pads and sound effects. Like the classic ESQ-1, the SQ-80 functions in providing analog-type 4-pole lowpass filtering and editing of digital waveforms. Each voice can combine up to 3 of the 75 waveforms. These waveforms include multi-sampled transient attack waves such as violin bow, plectrum picks, mallet, hammer, breath attacks and percussive sounds. There are also 5 sampled drum sets. Three LFOs are onboard for some pretty wild modulation of the sounds you create or edit. Complete MIDI implementation makes the SQ-80 great for any studio or live use too.
As for playing the SQ-80, it is a dream! Its 61-note keyboard is full, responsive and has polyphonic aftertouch. Polyphonic aftertouch simply means that each key pressed will respond to aftertouch independently of the other keys. The aftertouch can be used to control a variety of modulation parameters such as the LFO. Pitch and mod wheels and plenty of front-panel buttons and a few sliders make accessing and editing fairly easy and hands-on. The keyboard can be split or layered. The pattern-based 8-track multitimbral sequencer is great for creating short to complex sequences live, or in step time with quantization, bounce-able tracks, 60 sequence patterns and 20 songs. And they can be saved to disk along with any patches you've created and any SysEx Midi data. Unfortunately, the SQ-80 has no built-in effects. The SQ-80 is certainly a classic analog/digital hybrid of the late eighties which still holds up well today. It has been used by filmaker/composer John Carpenter.
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Ensoniq SQ-80 CrossWave Synthesizer
Manual - Find patches, info and sequences for the SQ-80 at this Ensoniq synth site.
- Specifications
- Polyphony - 8 voices
- Oscillators - 24 osc.
- LFO - Up to 3 per voice - can route to pitch, amp, filter, pan
- Filter - 1 4-pole analog filter per voice w/sweepable resonance
- VCA - 1 digital amp per oscillator + 1 global amp per voice
- Sequencer - 8-Track, 60 patterns, 20 songs, 20,000 note capacity
- Keyboard - 61 keys with velocity & aftertouch
- Memory - 40 patches onboard + 80 with EEPROM cartridge, floppy drive
- Control - MIDI (8-part), switch pedal, CV pedal, wheel, breath, mono/poly aftertouch, kybd mapping
- Date Produced - 1988 - 1989
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Perry to discuss African-American literature and law, Nov. 13
Posted November 11, 2002; 11:44 a.m.
Perry of the Rutgers University School of Law will discuss "Embodying the Universal, Occupying the Representative: A Theorization of African-American Literature and Law" at noon Tuesday, Nov. 13 in 210 Dickinson Hall.
This event is part of the Works-In-Progress Lecture Series sponsored by the Program in African American Studies .
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Both Mississippi State and Ole Miss are slated for men's basketball tournaments in Hawaii this fall.
Mississippi State will meet North Carolina on Nov. 19 in the opening round of the 2012 EA Sports Maui Invitational, while Ole Miss plays Indiana State on Dec. 22 in the opening round of the Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu.
ESPN rolled out the brackets for most of the major holiday tournaments on Thursday.
MSU played in the Diamond Head Classic in late 2010. Ole Miss hasn't played in Hawaii since the 2000-01 season.
The MSU-North Carolina game, which will be seen on ESPN2, is a rematch of a second-round NIT game in 2010, won 76-74 by the Tar Heels in Starkville.
North Carolina, 5-0 all-time against the Bulldogs, is coming off a 32-6 campaign and a trip to the NCAA's Elite Eight.
"This is a great opportunity for our guys to play against a storied college basketball program," first-year MSU coach Rick Ray said in a statement. "Coach (Roy) Williams always has a talented group that is always well prepared. I know our players are excited about this challenge."
His Bulldogs would play either Butler or Marquette on Nov. 20. Other teams in the event are Southern Cal, Illinois, Texas and Chaminade.
Mississippi State will announce the remainder of its non-conference schedule next week.
Ole Miss will be in the Diamond Head field with at least two likely top-25 teams, Arizona and San Diego State. The other teams in the field are East Tennessee State, Hawaii, Miami and San Francisco.
Indiana State, from the Missouri Valley Conference, went 18-15 last season. Ole Miss would play either San Diego State or San Francisco on Dec. 23, with the championship and consolation games on Christmas Day.
The preliminary games will be seen on ESPNU, with one of the semifinals and the Christmas games on ESPN2.
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I saw that Autobot WWII era bomber plane in the store (Target) today.
It really looked nice.
I'm tempted to start a couple "military Transformers" collections.
One would be old-school, like this Autobot plane, and the scout-class bi-plane that came out with the ROTF figures. Forgot his name, but JT showed me the toy. I think his name was recycled from a G1 Insecticon.
Anyway, the other collection would be modern military. I guess I'd buy the Deluxe size Seeker jets. I've seen Dirge and Thrust in the stores and they are nice. The old Generations Starscream from a couple of years back was cool, too.
I could just go ballistic, seeking out and finding this stuff!
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I don't have enough room to display what I've got.
When I get my big display cases moved in, I think I'm going to set up "Egypt" in one of them, and arrange my ROTF Transformers and then put a framed picture of Michael Bay on top of it.


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Oh no! Not Batman! But yes: The Caped Crusader robbed a McDonald's in October, 2010. Furthermore, he was wearing vampire teeth. You heard me: Batman is a vampire.
It figures it would be Raphael, wouldn't it? A man wearing a Ninja Turtles mask with Raphael's signature red eye mask recently held up a Wendy's at gunpoint in Wisconsin. The turtle tied up two employees before making off with a whole bunch of the restaurant's earnings. Police are still looking for the suspect; if you have any information, get in touch with the Marathon County Sheriff's Department at (715) 261-1200.
In August of 2010 a man dressed as Avatar Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) in N'avi form held up a bank in Brooklyn. It's a distinct possibility that the perpetrator was delusion; not only was he totally naked and painted blue, but also, he appeared to be speaking the Na'vi language. Interpreters determined that the language was not Klingon.
Oh no! Not Batman! But yes: The Caped Crusader robbed a McDonald's in October, 2010. Furthermore, he was wearing vampire teeth. You heard me: Batman is a vampire.
A 20-year-old Japanese man named Masayuki Ishikawa attacked and robbed two people in August of 2008, simply because they spotted him in his Winnie the Pooh costume and couldn't stop staring. This makes me even more wary of those terrifying bootleg characters that hang out in Times Square trying to get tourists to take pictures with them.
The Sith Lord held up a bank in Long Island at the end of July in 2010. No word on whether or not he used the Force to carry out the crime.
Now for the ick factor: Sex offender James Lester Rogers was arrested in August at the Mississippi Valley Fair in Iowa while dressed in a Cookie Monster costume. Rogers, who had been convicted for "lascivious acts" with a seven-year-old girl in 2005, is forbidden by Iowa law to be in places where children are present. We can only hope he wasn't planning on using the Cookie Monster costume to lure in kids. Ick.
Surprisingly, the perpetrators of this crime weren't Wario and Waluigi, but their supposedly good counterparts. At around 4am on November 1, 2009, two men dressed as the classic Nintendo characters assaulted and robbed a Staten Island cab driver. That's one helluva Halloween night.
Okay, I know KISS are actually real people, but for all intents and purposes they're playing characters, so I think this one counts: The day before Halloween in 2010, a man dressed as a member of KISS held up a bank in Wolcott, Connecticut. Getting menaced by KISS toting guns? Not so fun.
Spongebob apparently ventured out of his pineapple under the sea on August 1 in order to rob a 7-11 in Florida. Patrick and Squidward were nowhere to be seen; presumably they aren't aware of their friend's criminal tendencies.
At the very beginning of January this year, a man wearing pink hospital scrubs, a black wig, and a Darth Vader helmet and wielding a hatchet was arrested for robbing a bank in Los Angeles. Either Vader's a little more unhinged than we first thought, or he's got a brother hanging around that no one knows about.
This isn't Reindeer Games: A sunglasses-wearing Santa Claus robbed a SunTrust Bank in Nashville shortly before Christmas in 2009. Way to spoil the holidays.
Well, at least SOMEONE is still fighting crime! This one is a happy story: When a man in an Australian comic book store tried to shoplift a £100 X-Men Omnibus, store owner Michael Baulderstone, who was dressed in a Spiderman costume for Free Comic Day, confronted the thief. He also got roughly 40 other costumed shoppers, including a few Jedi Knights and the Flash, to block the store exit. Supernerds to the rescue!


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- B.S., National Chengchi University, 2000
- M.B.A., National Taiwan University, 2003
- Ph.D., Rutgers University, 2010
"Optimal Portfolio Choice with Asset Return Predictability and Nontradable Labor Income" (with Yangru Wu), Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting 45 (2015), 215-249.
"The Informational Efficiency of Bonds and Stocks: The Role of Institutional Sized Bond Trades," International Review of Economics and Finance 31 (2014), 34-45.
"The Determination of Security Prices: An Interactive Experiment," Journal of the Academy of Business Education 15 (2014), 119-124.
"Optimal Portfolio Choice for Investors with Industry-Specific Labor Income Risks" (with Yangru Wu), Finance Research Letters 11 (2014), 429-436.
"Bond and Stock Market Response to Unexpected Dividend Changes" (with Yangru Wu), Journal of Empirical Finance 30 (2015), 1-15.
"Performance of Foreign and Global Mutual Funds: The Role of Security Selection, Region-Shifting, and Style-shifting Abilities" (with Yangru Wu), The Financial Review 50 (2015), 517-545.
"Portfolio Diversification and Investment Risk" (with Zach Revak '16 and Kelly Sugalski '16), Advances in Financial Education, forthcoming.
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God, I hope Phade does combine the votes for Alone In the World, cuz things would get confusing. I really, really, REALLY feel bad that BOTH mine and VegettoEX's entries were listed in "Best Character Profile." I can't stand to think we may have cheated some one else out of being in the running for that category. Arggg!! I shouldn't feel guilty for having made a collaborative video, but in this case, it's insanely awkward. But... unless a true system gets made for collabortive videos in the video, I dunno how this can be fixed. It would be great if both entries in each user's profile simply pointed to ONE link, instead of the two of us having to do it seperately.
And now I've gone and talked too much. *scampers off*
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Landscape concept plan for a 30,000 square feet housing site. Involved site recon by pace measurements and photographs and a site analysis and a site analysis report and recommendations and a preliminary cost estimate. Design elements included canopy trees,shrub cover,accent flowers,trash receptacles,benches and planters.
Landscape concept plan for a 7,000 square feet site for a community center. Involved site recon by tape measurements and photographs,a site analysis and the creation of 3 conceptual designs for the site.
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Landscape concept plan for a 3,000 square feet housing site. Involved site recon by tape measurements and photographs and a site analysis.
Concluded in 3 concept designs for the site,shown at a formal presentation,a site analysis and recommendations. Work was done through a community volunteer program. Design elements included decks,a playground and fencing.
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Updated GLORY 6 Istanbul Fight Card For Saturday, April 6
- Written by Rian Scalia
GLORY 6 Istanbul is quickly approaching, taking place on this Saturday, April 6 from Istanbul, Turkey with a main event of a rematch between Gokhan Saki and Daniel Ghita. You can watch the event live here on LiverKick (click here).
Like GLORY 5 London, GLORY 6 Istanbul has had some late changes to the fight card that we'll start off with. Filip Verlinden, originally scheduled to fight Unai Unzai at 95kg, now faces Italian-based Romanian fighter Lucian Danilencu. Also, an originally scheduled 70kg match-up between Roman Mailov and Ismail Uzuner now pits Uzuner against Max Baumert of Germany. Baumert was previously scheduled to fight Hunkar Kilic on the preliminary card. Finally, as previously posted about, a 70kg match-up between Andy Ristie and Alessandro Campagna was added to the card last week.
Aside from those changes, the fight card has remained the same. Full fight card below:
HW: Gokhan Saki vs. Daniel Ghita
HW: Mourad Bouzidi vs. Fabiano Cyclone
95kg: Filip Verlinden vs. Lucian Danilencu
85kg: Marc de Bonte vs. L'houcine "Aussie" Ouzgni
77kg: Nieky Holzken vs. Karim Ghajji
70kg: Andy Ristie vs. Alessandro Campagna
77kg: Murat Direkci vs. Joseph Valtellini
70kg: Max Baumert vs. Ismail Uzunur
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Do the Right ThingWomen's Wear Daily
Marcy Medina
December 28, 2007
When American Apparel founder Dov Charney placed a quarter-page ad in the business section of The New York Times on Dec. 21 stating the plight of an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the U.S., he knew he would get a lot of bang for his buck. But he wasn't quite prepared to deal with the resulting attention. "We didn't want to spend a lot of money on [the ad]. We might be doing more, but one ad in The New York Times goes a long way. I think a lot of people are going to find it historical because not many retailers speak out on this issue," Charney told WWD.
But he wasn't willing to verbalize any concrete plans for proposed action or legislation, locally or nationally. "I am thinking it through. I want to see if I can play a role in bringing some intelligence in this issue," he said.
When pushed about specific action, Charney added, "I'm just a 38-year-old guy in the schmatta business here trying to figure out how to do something."
The ad, which pictured a 24-year-old American Apparel employee of Hispanic descent, didn't say whether the firm has illegal immigrants among its 7,000-person worldwide workforce. "I'm not making any statements or assumptions about my employees. This could be any employer in Los Angeles," said Charney, though he added, "One of the major stakeholders in my company is my employees and we want to make sure we do the most we can to advance their condition."
The purchase of the Los Angeles-based American Apparel by Endeavor Acquisition Corp. became final earlier this month, but Charney, who has said in the past that politics don't sell, said he didn't know yet what impact the ad would have on his business or what his shareholders would think. "I am not at all worried about my ability to sell T-shirts now or two years from now. But one can't just crawl into a shell. It's important that business leaders and celebrities start talking about this issue. From an academic, human and economic point of view, this is good information to put out there on behalf of our corporation."
It remains to be seen whether "Mr. Charney Goes to Washington," to paraphrase the Jimmy Stewart film. But the long-controversial apparel figure aims to make an impact in his hometown, pointing to the example of Levi's desegregating its factories in San Francisco during the civil rights movement. "Why did Levi's do it? Probably because it was the right thing to do at the time. And they became known as a company that represented what America was all about," said Charney. "What Levi's was to San Francisco, we aspire to be to Los Angeles," said Charney.
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New reef/fish setup.. help please
Hi Guys
Im in the process of buying everything for my 1st ever marine setup. Im a beginner in this hobby so I'm not an expert at all. I want the flow of the tank to be very good.
The dimensions of the main tank I'm looking to buy are:
41" Long x 18" Deep x 25" Tall.
64 US Gallon
53 UK Gallons
141 litres
The sump I'm looking to buy will be a diy sump and I'm thinking of the making it from a tank with the below dimensions.
36" Long x 16" Deep x 15" Tall.
32 US Gallon
27 UK Gallons
122 litres
First of all I'm not going to rush into setting it up. Im trying to make the system the best i can. The tank, sump and stand will all be custom made so the depth and height of the tank measurements can be adjusted if any of you think they should be?
Im planning on having a 4inch deep sand bed in the main display with 35kg of good quality live rock. The finished tank will be overstocked with corals and about 5 fish.
The sump will have a large skimmer and some live rock in the 1st section. In the 2nd section i want a large refugium with miracle mud. After the refugium i want the water to go through a sponge and bio balls. Then finally in the last section i want the heater and return sump pump.
I am ready to start making the main tank now and have a few questions.
I was going to do the tank with 12mm thick glass. Is this too thick or is it a case of the thicker the better?
The front panel will be Starfire glass. Has anyone ever had any problems using this glass? I've heard it scratches easy? :s
What would be the amount of water i should look to turn over per hour through the sump?
I was thinking of having 2 Drain pipes and 2 return pipes. Do you think this is a good idea? or is it too much?
What size should the bulkheads for the drain pipes and return pipes be?
Would really appreciate any advice or help you can give me as i don't know much on this subject.
Thanks in advance!
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Thanks for the reply! Ok so I'm going to order a tank with dimensions 41" long x 22" wide X 21" tall. I'm making it 22" wide now instead to give me more room to aquascape the live rock. I have also reduced height of the tank to 21" After a 4" sand bed and about 3" at the top of the tank for water movement i'll have 14" of water. Do you guys think this is enough? As i don't want it to be too tall as i want plenty of light to hit the corals.. I've read up on DSB and after loads of advice decided to use one. They seem to be good along as they are seeded buy good live rock and the live sand used is a small grain size also it cannot moved at all. The critters inside the live sand will keep the sand clean. Im also going with 2 1" holes for the drain and 2 3/4" holes for the return. Thanks again and please let me know if you think 14" of water height is enough. Thanks
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Posted June 14, 2002; 12:12 a.m.
"Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation," a book by Alejandro Portes and Rubin Rumbaut, has received the Pitirim Sorokin Award for the best book published in 2001. The Sorokin award is the highest recognition of scholarly publications given by the American Sociological Association.
Portes is the Howard Harrison and Gabrielle Snyder Beck Professor of Sociology at Princeton, and Rumbaut is a professor of sociology at Michigan State University.
The book, based on interviews with 5,262 children of immigrants, is the largest study of its kind. It provides real-life stories of immigrant families and an analysis of their achievements, self-esteem and family life. For more about the book, read the Portes interview in the Princeton Weekly Bulletin .
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I found a great django framework extension, by virtue of accidentally searching for "django oauth":
If i didn't know pyjamas, I would be terribly excited by this extension. as it is, it's pretty good anyway (because of the json emitter for example, and the bandwidth throttling decorators).
but i find myself feeling… terribly sad, and strangely looking in pity on these excellent pieces of work, because they just look like so much damn hard work to make use of. generating pages server-side that mix data with the display mechanism is so… old! no matter how exciting and fresh the framework and the ideas and thought that goes into the framework, the technique is still "old" and inconvenient.
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Just wondering if anybody out there is from Cincinnati. I'm new here, although I've been reading SSG's forums for years. I'm almost caught up with POTJ, with only the Sandtrooper eluding me. My girlfriend and I have ben finding Sabe waves, Snobi-Wans, Qui-Gon Jedi Armor, and army builders quite frequently at Kmart, Target, Kay-Bee, and TRU. The Kmart closest to me, however, (Beechmont) has had only one Boss Nass sitting on his lonely peg for two months now. Also, Eastgate Wal-Mart, Biggs, and Meijer have been not worth going to lately, because they don't seem to be getting anything in at all. Bigg's still has dozens of Episode One figures. Hope things are better in your neck of the woods.


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By Ben Levisohn
For a stock that's up 440% this year, Tesla's (TSLA) shares sure doesn't seem to have much fire in their engine–the upstart automaker's shares have gained "only" 12% during the past month.
But a positive note from Wedbush today has had little impact on its shares. Maybe its because analysts Craig Irwin and Min Xu kept Tesla's shares rated a Neutral even as they raised their target price to $180 from $150? They explain what they like about the stock:
We hosted an investor tour of Tesla's manufacturing facility in Fremont, CA and came away impressed with the company's focused execution. We are increasingly convinced that the company is likely to meet or exceed expectations in both the near and intermediate future…
We believe all aspects of Model S production are meticulously planned, including the cost out roadmap for 25% vehicle gross margins targeted by the end of 2013. One example is the vehicle gross margins increasing from 5% in 1Q13 to 13% in 2Q13 benefitted from the release of around 500 temporary employees that were initially budgeted for the Model S ramp. We believe Tesla's suppliers are giving the company price concessions which will contribute in the range of 200 bps to 300 bps to gross margins by the end of the year, equally because of their own cost-out execution and rising expectations for Tesla's future.
So why not a buy? "We would want to have higher confidence in the rate of market penetration beyond Tesla's well identified early adopters before taking a more constructive view on the stock," the analsyst write.
Tesla's shares have gained 0.1% to $182.44 today, while shares of General Motors (GM) have fallen 0.1% to $37.39, Ford (F) has gained 0.2% to $17.29 and Toyota Motor (TM) has dropped 0.5% to $129.96.


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what kind of pleco is this?
Hi, I'm Wyki and I'm new to the forum and well this is my first pleco. I've had chinese algae eaters before both normal colors and in the albino form. So after a while, more like 2 years I decided to buy a pleco for a new tank that I have had for a while. Been looking at alot of plecos, but did not decide on which to get. The LFS I used to buy my fish from closed down, he used to get me a lot of different fish(DragonGoby,African butterfly fish,Blue lobster etc..) that I cant get at Petsmart or anything like that. When I decided to speak to him to see if he could get me a zebra pleco because he used to tell me about different plecos that he could get, but at the time I wasnt interested, anywho So I bought one at petsmart the other day, the guy told me it was a chocolate pleco, but I've seen other "chocolate plecos" that look more like if its an Albino pleco. So.. what kind of pleco is this? Based on what I've read it seams like a rhino pleco, but I havent been able to count its rays on its dorsal. Sorry for the long write, hope to hear/read from you guys soon. Thanks.


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Poets to perform at Princeton, April 26
Posted April 26, 2001; 11:50 a.m.
A Pan-Asian, New York City-based, performance poetry troupe, feedBACK, will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 26, at Murray Dodge cafe as part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM).
feedBACK has helped to create (re)collection, an open-microphone series sponsored by The Asian American Writers' Workshop that provides an "open space to recollect the spirits and stories of Asian Pacific America." feedBACK is also an active part of "Poetry: Brought to you by the Letter A," a program that visits different schools in the New York City area to teach Asian American literature and to run writing workshops.
This event is presented by the APAHM council and is sponsored by the USG, English Department, and American Studies Program. For more information visit feedbackpoets .
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The headstone of Lewis M., son of Lewis & Nancy Davis, indicates that he died the 21st of August 1863 at the age of 31.
What caused his early demise?
This Davis family lived in Merrimack County, New Hampshire around Andover which borders Franklin on it's western border.
Lewis M. Davis was the fifth known child, first son, of Lewis and Nancy Davis. His siblings were Sarah Jane Davis who married Nathan Gage; Elizabeth who married Mr. Brown; Catherine, who died young and is also buried in Sawyer Cemetery; Nancy who married Jeremiah Judkins; Albe C.; Laura Davis (my direct ancestor) who married Daniel Russell Woodward; Olive B. who married Calvin Call; George Davis; and Alva Davis.[1]
Search results for Lewis M. Davis and several of his siblings in New Hampshire in the records in the 1860 federal census were negative.
My next step was to investigate the Merrimack County probate records for Lewis M. Davis on the premise that by his death at the age of 31 he may have acquired some real or personal property which have resulted in a probate to his legal heirs at the time of his death. I did not expect to find that he had left a will. Much to my surprise, Lewis M. Davis did leave a will. Actually it was unusual for young men with property to write their will in preparation for marching off to war.
Lewis' opening lines read, "I Lewis M Davis of the town of Franklin in the County of Merrimack and State of Newhampshire beinn about to start for the ward do make a disposal of my property …"[2]
[1] Siblings of Lewis M. Davis have been reconstructed from a variety of newspaper articles, and an interview by this author with Douglas R. Woodward, grandson of Daniel Russell and Laura (Davis) Woodward, in September 1991, and from a newspaper article, "Fiftieth Anniversary: Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Woodward Receive Their Friends," Franklin Journal Transcript, Franklin, N.H. 4 February 1904.
[2] Will of Lewis M. Davis, file no. 6128, Merriamck County New Hampshire Probate Court, Concord, New Hampshire.
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It has been a season filled with frustration and more than a fair share of gut wrenching plays for the New York Jets, and this past Sundays 28-7 loss in Seattle there was a play that served as a microcosm of both where this season has gone and the direction the franchise seems to be lumbering toward.The play itself is, on the surface, hard to take. In a hostile environment like Seattle, an early lead can silence the crowd and defray its advantage. The Jets seemed poised to seize that moment, then watched it evaporate into thin air in the span of seconds. Its a punch to the gut on many levels. Bigger than that play, bigger than the loss to Seattle, even bigger than the three-game losing streak that has the Jets season teetering on the brink of oblivion is whats developing in the psyche of this team and whats developing in between the ears of the teams starting quarterback.On the whole, Offensive Coordinator Tony Sparanos play was run to perfection but for one player: the frazzled looking Sanchez who botched it. Why he did is not an easy question to answer. Most would probably simply accept his inadequacy, shrug their shoulders and say Sanchez is inconsistent at best, downright reckless at worst. But, theres something else at work here, something that this franchises owner and general manager should take a good, long look at and wonder how they got to this debacle in the first place.,sending Sanchez to the sidelines and presumably reshaping the offense into the wildcat. Tebow never got to run a play, though, because Keller committed a killer false start penalty. Cue Sanchez, rushing back onto the field as the situation has changed and a befuddled Tebow dejectedly runs off only to see Sanchez throw the crushing INT.How do you run a team like this? As has happened numerous times this season, Sanchez completed a pass to Keller early in the 4th quarter for 32 yards, their best gain of the game since the aforementioned Kerley play, and then was promptly yanked, again, for Tebow. The next pass Sanchez attempted, he was sacked by Sherman and inexplicably tried to shovel pass itor somethingfumbled trying to do too much, and that was your ballgame.Weve seen this occurrence all season and it hasnt worked. Not once. Unless you want to consider Tebow falling forward for two yards on 3rd-and-1, workingwhich you could, I supposethis has been a failed experiment. It was an experiment that had it flaws since Day 1, but that argument Ill save for later.It has been disastrous not only for Sanchez, but for Tebow as well. Forget his lack of prowess as a quarterback. How do you trot Tebow out, consistently, for just one play at a time all season?
How do you run a team like this? As has happened numerous times this season, Sanchez completed a pass to Keller early in the 4th quarter for 32 yards, their best gain of the game since the aforementioned Kerley play, and then was promptly yanked, again, for Tebow. The next pass Sanchez attempted, he was sacked by Sherman and inexplicably tried to shovel pass itor somethingfumbled trying to do too much, and that was your ballgame.This is really about Sanchez though. He looks shaken, he looks downtrodden; the game does not look fun for him right now. Im not blaming Tebow one bit for it, Im certainly not exonerating Sanchezbecause he has looked awful at times this seasonIm looking directly at our front office. Before I really take them to the woodshed though, lets start with the acquisition of Tebow.This is certainly stating the obvious, but Woody Johnson and Mike Tannenbaum, what the hell were you thinking? You pick up an almost $3 million cap hit, at the expense of two draft picks, to backup the guy you just gave a 5-year extension to? A guy who makes more than $10 million a year? Instead of providing your 50 million dollar man with a reliable, consistent core of receivers, an offensive lineman or two to play with Pro Bowlers like Nick Mangold and DBrickashaw Ferguson and an NFL proven backup at running back, you go out and get a backup quarterback who wants to start. Another huge difference between Tebow and Smith.And, Mr. Johnson, dont give me any of this we wanted Tebow because he makes our team better. You wanted him for two reasonsinexplicable reasons, if you ask me. For one, Tebow draws interest, and interest drives the sale of PSLs. Johnson ran through more than a 20-year waiting period for season tickets in one offseason due to the controversial practice of including a one-time only feea big onefor the exclusive right to own your seat.Tebow and head coach Rex Ryan kind of get thrown into the middle of this whole mess. Ryan and Sparano have shown they really dont know what to do with Tebow. Really, this is just further evidence that this is a front office driven acquisition.Where does this leave Sanchez and the Jets franchise? At the moment Sanchez seems like a lost cause, and with his cap hit hes not going anywhere until at least the 2014 season. Its really too late for this whirlwind of disaster to change much this season. This roster is not changing, and as little as some of the Jets players want to admit it, they are not a playoff team. Right now, most teams would pencil in a W looking at this Jets team.Theyand Jets fansdont have much of a choice because of Sanchezs contract, but how about Johnson and Tannenbaum go into this offseason not trying to write the final chapter on The Ways to Ruin a Quarterback?


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STARKVILLE – Mississippi State has been breaking in some young defensive backs this spring, and while they don't yet have the seasoning Dan Mullen would like, he can't complain about the ability.
The raw talent of guys like cornerback Cedric Jiles and safety Deonte Evans was on display during Tuesday's practice, the 12th of the spring for MSU.
Evans, a redshirt freshman, had a pair of interceptions during scrimmage work, and Jiles had a third-down pass break-up in the end zone.
"The benefit is they have the athletic skill, they have the potential to make the plays," Mullen said. "And now it is just honing in on the fundamentals to be able to do it on a consistent basis. When they're in position, they have the talent to make the plays."
Safeties coach Tony Hughes has some experience in his group but likes what he's seen so far of the younger players like Evans.
"I think they're progressing, trying to pick up the defense, trying to understand what were trying to do. It's all growth and maturity and getting the reps," Hughes said.
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The Bulldogs are nearing the end of spring drills and will hold their last big practice Thursday. There will be a helmets-only session Friday, and then the annual Maroon-White game is at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Mullen, Hughes and the rest of the coaches are putting a big emphasis on Thursday's work.
"The most important thing that we want is for them to play hard, play with great effort, great intensity," Hughes said, "but also be where you're supposed to be within the scheme of the defense and make the play at the end of the play.
"And that's what we want to see, and that's what we want to grade."


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George C. Deckert
George C. Deckert, 85, of Blue River, died Thursday, January 31, 2013 at his home. He was born May 7, 1927 in Richland County the son of Edger P. and Grace F. (Buck) Deckert. George was drafted into the US Army and served from 1945-1947 in the 88th Division in Italy. George married Betty Jean Miller in Blue River. George farmed in Richwood Township, hauled milk, worked American Motors, and the Badger Army Ammunition Plant. He was a lifetime member of American Legion 443 in Blue River and VFW Post 10393 in Boscobel. George served as the Blue River American Legion Commander for 4 years. He was a member of the Backroad Express Riders and enjoyed deer hunting.
George is survived by three children: Rick (Jeanne) Deckert of Blue River, Nancy Fitzgibbons of Ferryville, David (Karen) Deckert of Blue River, 10 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren, sister, Beulah (Walter) Sprecher of Sauk Prairie many other nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
George was preceded in death by his parents, Edger and Grace, wife Betty, and sister Edith Pearl Brown.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, February 8, 2013 at 11:00 AM at the Five Points Lutheran Church. Burial will follow in the Five Points Cemetery where military graveside rites will be provided by the Blue River American Legion Post 443. Friends may call at the Godager Pratt Funeral Home in Muscoda on Thursday, February 7, 2013 from 4:00 until 8:00 and again at the Five Points Lutheran Church on Friday from 10:00 AM until the time of the service at 11:00 AM. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials be directed to Grant County Hospice. The Godager Pratt Funeral Home of Muscoda is assisting the family with their arrangements. Online condolences can be made at prattfuneralservice.com.