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Love Medicine (1984)
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I've read the first few stories and I really found the language and rhythm of the writing to be very interesting. The stories offer a somber glimpse of Native American life and spirituality. I found the imagery from the story of the nun to be very imaginative.
I found this book to depict Native Americans in a very negative and stereotypical light. The characters are connected through dysfunctional family connections, adultery and loose sexual morals. The males are depicted as drunks, cheaters and criminals; whereas the women are victims of this abuse but the strength that holds the family together. Personally I saw no love in this novel.
This is such a powerful book on so many different levels. It is the story of two different Native American families, rich with culture and tradition. Even though June Kashpaw dies within the first chapter, her spirit threads through the entire rest of the story. Just like the history of the land they live on, every subsequent character is complicated and vibrant. This isn't a plot-driven novel. Instead, the characters with their robust personalities and passionate life experiences make Love Medicine come alive.
Love Medicine – Louise Erdrich
4 stars
I'd met them before, the Kashpaws and the Lamartines. These inter-related families reappear other books, but Love Medicine was the Erdrich's first novel. I had the original 1984 version of this book, which it has apparently been revised twice since its original publication. This book is essentially a collection of related short stories. Each story is told from the first person perspectives of various characters. Each story is somehow related to the death of June Kapshaw.
It's easy to see why Erdrich received so much attention for her first book. The writing is powerful and expressive. The characters seem to walk right off the page. But I'm glad I read her more recent books first. Her writing has only gotten better.
Chapter 1 opens with June Morrissey in Williston, North Dakota (an oil boom town), in 1981, after she has left Gordie Kashpaw and her son yet again. She dies trying to walk home in a snow storm. Part two of chapter one is in the 1st person voice of Albertine Johnson. She is at an unnamed university and receives a letter from her mother informing her that her Aunt June is dead and buried. Her mother did not invite her to the funeral, and as a result Albertine refuses to speak to her. Two months after receiving the letter, Albertine goes home to the reservation. Albertine tells stories about June: her mother dying, father running away, marrying her cousin, leaving Gordie and King Kashpaw, returning only to leave again. During Albertine's visit to the main house (where all Kashpaws were welcome), the entire family gathers. This opening chapter sets the tone for the subsequent altering of perspectives and going back through history.
In Chapters 2, 3, and 4 we become acquainted with Marie, Nector, and Lulu (the love triangle the novel is centered on) as young adults in and around the year 1934. We learn that Marie once wanted to be a nun and never really liked the Lazarre side of her family. Nector was always in love with Lulu but married Marie for reasons unbeknownst to him. We learn that Lulu always assumed she and Nector would be married, but when she found out about Marie, she went to Moses Pillager (Lulu's cousin and well-known medicine man) but left him, taking her first child (Gerry Nanapush) back home when Moses refused to move out from the wilderness.
In Chapters 5, 6, 7, and 8 Erdrich explores the complexities of parenthood and infidelity for Marie, Nector and Lulu. We are acquainted with Lulu's 9 children and Marie's 7 children. Chapter 5 occurs in 1948; chapters 6, 7, and 8 occur in 1957. Chapter five deals with June being adopted by Marie, and later raised by Eli. Part two of chapter 5 is about the controlling power and rage of Marie's mother-in-law, Rushes Bear. Marie gradually warms up to Rushes Bear. In chapter 6 we learn about the death of Lulu's first (legal) husband, Henry Lamartine and Lulu's affair with his brother, Beverly Lamartine, during Henry's funeral. Years later, Beverly decides to go home to the reservation and claim his son, Henry Jr. Instead, Beverly is seduced by Lulu, forgets about claiming his son, and returns to the city. Chapter 7 is the turning point in the novel, because this is where the love triangle (Marie, Lulu and Nector) gets demolished. Nector and Lulu begin an affair that will last five years and produce a son, Lyman Lamartine. Then, Nector decides to leave Marie and marry Lulu. He leaves a note for Marie (which she later ignores completely), and takes a letter to Lulu. But while Nector waits for Lulu he accidentally burns down her home. When Lulu runs in to save her son, she burns all her hair off and it never grows back.
Chapters 9 and 10 focus on the brothers Henry Lamartine Jr. and Lyman Lamartine in 1973 and 1974. Chapter 9 recounts Albertine Johnson running away from home as a 15-year-old. She meets Henry Lamartine Jr., and loses her virginity to him. Chapter 10 is about Henry Jr. and Lyman and the car they bought together. Lyman recounts the many road trips before Henry Jr. went off to war, before he returned a very changed man. Their first road trip afterward turns out to be tragic: Henry Jr. jumps into the river, toward his death, and try as he might, Lyman could neither find nor save him.
Chapters 11 through 18 occur between the years 1980 and 1985, when Nector enters his "second childhood" and Marie and Lulu become friends in the retirement community.
Chapter 11 shows Albertine working with Gerry Nanapush's girlfriend at a weigh station. We learn that Gerry Nanapush is a prisoner and frequent escapee.
Chapter 12 focuses on Gordie's alcoholism following June's death. He has nearly drunk himself to death when one night he thinks he sees June's ghost. He goes to the car not thinking about how drunk he is and subsequently runs into a deer. He decides to put the deer in the backseat but forgets this and hallucinates that he has in fact killed June. He panics and goes to the convent where he drunkenly confesses to a nun. The police are called and Gordie runs away.
Chapter 13, entitled "Love Medicine (1982)" is central to the book. We learn that the entire family of Kashpaws/Pillagers/Nanapushes had/have special gifts of healing and insight. Lipsha Morrissey says, "I got the touch." As we learn from Lyman later in the novel, the Pillagers were members of the Midewiwin (medicine men and women who were blessed by the Higher Power to help others.
Nector has entered his "second childhood" and is unbearable for Marie because all he refers to is Lulu who is living in the retirement community with Marie and Nector. Lipsha is relatively young, 18 or 19 years old when his adopted grandmother, Marie, asks him to work love medicine on Nector. Love medicine, as Lipsha explains it, should always be used with extreme caution. Lipsha and Marie plot how to get Nector to eat a male goose heart while Marie eats a female goose heart. Lipsha chooses geese because they mate for life, and Marie wants him to be faithful. Nector refuses it and taunts Marie by putting the heart in his mouth but not swallowing. Marie is furious and smacks Nector on the back to make him swallow, but instead Nector chokes to death. Naturally, Lipsha and Marie are grieved, but by the end of the chapter Marie says, "Lipsha… you was always my favorite."
Chapter 14 shows of Marie nursing Gordie through his sickness (alcoholism).
Chapter 15 is Lulu's 1st person perspective. Lulu tells the story of her house burning down, and subsequently, the ending of her affair with Nector. The day Nector dies, Lulu is in recovery from surgery (possibly the removal of cataracts). Because the facility is short on aides, Marie offers to take care of Lulu. This begins an unexpected and often difficult friendship between the two matriarchs of the extended family.
Chapter 16 is told from Lyman's 1st person perspective. He is crushed by Henry Jr.'s death and takes a year to mourn him. Eventually, Lyman ends up in Indian politics and policy. Ironically, he is re-assigned by the BIA to set up the factory his father (Nector Kashpaw) had begun years earlier.
After a workers riot, Lyman closes the factory and, by chapter 17, has a grand idea for the building: bingo, and later, a sex house. He has made up his mind, and the reader knows that he will succeed.
In chapter 18, Lipsha is back at the retirement community when Lulu demands that he speak with her. She tells him about his parentage (which everyone on the reservation knows except Lipsha). She tells him because she has little to lose: "I either gain a grandson or lose a young man who didn't like me in the first place." Lipsha goes to visit King (his half-brother) to learn more about his Gerry, who does escape prison that very night and meets Lipsha: "So many things in the world have happened before. But it's like they never did. Every new thing that happens to a person, it's a first. To be a son to a father was like that. In that night I felt expansion, as if the world was branching out in shoots and growing faster than the eye could see." Lipsha drives Gerry to Canada.
''Love Medicine'' is an engrossing book. With this impressive debut Louise Erdrich enters the company of America's better novelists, and I'm certain readers will want to see more from this imaginative and accomplished young writer
There are at least a dozen of the many vividly drawn people in this first novel who will not leave the mind once they are let in. Their power comes from Louise Erdrich's mastery of words. Nobody really talks the way they do, but the language of each convinces you you have heard them speaking all your life, and that illusion draws you quickly into their world, a place of poor shacks stuck amid the wrecks of old cars and other junk made beautiful in Miss Erdrich's evocation.
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The stunning first novel in Louise Erdrich's Native American series, Love Medicine tells the story of two families -- the Kashpaws and the Lamartines. Written in Erdrich's uniquely poetic, powerful style, it is a multigenerational portrait of strong men and women caught in an unforgettable drama of anger, desire, and the healing power that is love medicine.
This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
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The lives and destinies of the Kashpaws and the Lamartines intertwine on and around a North Dakota Indian reservation from 1934 to 1984, in an authentic tale of survival, tenacity, tradition, injustice, and love.
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REPORT: Fox's Nonstop Benghazi Coverage Is A $124 Million Boon For The GOP
Just two weeks of Fox News' Benghazi coverage is worth over $124 million, according to a Media Matters study.
Fox's coverage of the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya went into overdrive in the wake of House Speaker John Boehner's (R-OH) announcement [1] on May 2 that Republicans would form a select committee to further investigate the tragedy. The decision marked a victory for the network, which has dedicated months [2] -- and years [3] -- to pushing misinformation and demanding [4] answers to questions already addressed in the public record.
According to a Media Matters study of publicity values for Fox programming, the network's never-ending effort to hawk the GOP's Benghazi theories amounts to a public relations windfall for Republicans valued at over $124 million.
For the two weeks following the select committee announcement, Media Matters reviewed TVEyes Media Monitoring Suite, a subscription-only database of television broadcasts, for Fox's weekday coverage of Benghazi. Data revealed that the network devoted over 16 hours and 27 minutes -- at least 225 segments -- to Benghazi in that time period. According to TVEyes' "national publicity value," which estimates the value of 30-second slots on any given program, this coverage carries a value of approximately $124,234,562.74.
And yet, given the fervor with which Fox has politicized the tragedy since September 2012, this amount almost certainly represents but a fraction of the publicity value Benghazi scandal mongers have enjoyed from the network's devotion to their phony attacks.
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- The House of Representatives [5], Media Structures & Regulations [6], National Security & Foreign Policy [7]
- Network/Outlet
- Fox News Channel [8]

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If mere mortals claimed to know the answers we'd dismiss them for cranks. For these sorts of inquiries we generally seek the advice of experts: soothsayers and psychics, fortune tellers and tarot card readers, maybe a Magic 8-Ball.
So with this New Year upon us, we thought we'd turn to one, but alas, alack, turns out we don't have that kind of budget here in the wake of all this seasonal celebration. And no insult to Magic 8-Balls, but in truth we'd hardly be able to help but doubt the veracity of any of the above anyhow, seeing as how we're reporters, and they're, umm, charlatans and party gags.
So in an independent spirit, and curious as hell, we decided to do it ourselves. We pulled the old crystal globe out of mothballs (actually, it's our grandmother's retired marbled blue Brunswick bowling ball, but she won several trophies with it and its mojo remains strong, its luster darkened with age but still shiny) and took a long, lingering gander at what the future holds in store for 2004. What we saw may confound and/or amaze, shock and/or awe, titillate and/or frighten, but don't blame us—we don't set the future on its course, we just read the signposts and watch the mile markers go whizzing by.
And as would any self-respecting teller of fortunes, we're obliged to note that long-range psychic forecasting can be a fickle business, with the future revealing only as much of itself as it wants known and occasionally indulging—much like certain governments we can think of—an active interest in the dissemination of disinformation. Thus the necessity of our duly vetted disclaimer, which follows: Your year may vary.
And so herewith, sans further adieu, the Indy's Top 12 Predictions for the Coming Year.
#1 He shall come from on high
Movie star Tom Hanks, recently spotted at a local Coldwell-Banker real estate office, will close on Marshall Mountain in February. Hanks will subsequently bar the public from his slopes, citing a suspiciously altruistic year-round "elk closure," and use the land to build a private mountaintop retreat, from which base camp Hanks and Bitterroot buddy Huey Lewis will enjoy overlook views of the valley below and open season on Hanks' own private elk herd, managed with assistance from Fish Wildlife and Parks under taxpayer-financed landowner incentive programs. In November, an elite company of unidentified elk will break into Hanks' compound and trample him to death in what will be remembered as the state's first casualty in a coming epidemic of elk-on-actor violence. Missoula police will investigate the slaughter as a hate crime, but fail to identify a suspect. David Letterman will cry on national TV.
#2 Hamilton goes wild
In March, The National Institute of Health overseeing the proposed Hamilton Lab Biosafety Level 4 expansion will issue its revised Environmental Impact Statement, mollifying anti-lab activists with its finding that Hamilton and its downstream environs are not, after all, depopulated wastelands suitable only for tinkering with Ebola, smallpox and other lethal baddies. Instead, in an unforeseen change of direction that shocks and angers local environmentalists, the new EIS—nailed to a church door by reclusive Bitterroot investment billionaire Charles Schwab—will recommend that the entire Hamilton Lab facility be airlifted to an undisclosed location deep in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, where any unanticipated leaks, spills, or contaminations will impact the absolute least number of people of any possible site in the lower 48. Stunned wilderness advocates react by chaining themselves to the lab's sewer outlet in an effort to prevent the airlift, but when dozens of activists succumb to botulism in the protest, Forest Service contractors dismantle the sewer connection and, with the help of Hot Shot teams on loan from New Mexico and Texas, spirit the lab into the mountains, trailing a cloud of effluent from the dangling sewer pipe. Outsourced former federal employees are called back to temporary duty to affix international Hazardous Material symbols to all existing trailhead markers entering the wilderness area. Thereafter, Gov. Judy Martz announces, all future Region 1 logging and firefighting resources will be diverted to the Bob to combat "the devastating effects of wildfire."
#3 Gannon's golden years
Weeks before April 1—when the final light switch will be flipped off at Touch America's beleaguered Butte office building and a final bankruptcy decree signed by a Delaware judge—former Montana Power/TA CEO Bob Gannon will put his Flathead lakefront mansion on the market. The asking price will be just upstream of $4 million, but Gannon will take the first offer over appraised value and skip town for West Palm Beach, Florida. There, where bankruptcy laws tilt liberally in favor of homeowners, Gannon will pool the proceeds from the sale of his home with years' worth of bonuses and payouts leached from his dying companies and sink the bundle into an oceanfront estate, there to ride out the dozen or so civil suits against him with his assets protected. While lounging on the beach, Gannon will fortuitously borrow a bottle of suntan lotion from Foxx Industries President Barrett Singer, who last year famously pitched the city of Butte on the idea of transforming itself into a gambling-and-entertainment-based tourist destination along the lines of Branson, Missouri. Together, and with plenty of time on their hands, the two will hatch a scheme to sell Butte on the idea of transforming itself into the nation's premier inland virtual aquarium. Miners would be put to work tunneling glass-walled corridors around the perimeter of the Berkeley Pit, through which tourists could gaze into a landlocked ocean squirming with digital holographic sharks, anemones and giant squid. The holographs, designed in India, would be pumped into the pit via fiber optic cable once owned by Touch America, to be leased from a Belgian conglomerate which by then will have purchased the broadband from Canada's 360Networks. Incredibly, Butte will bite.
#4 Wherein the levee breaks
During preparations for the removal of Milltown Dam, engineers studying the structure discover that the dam has no core, and is in fact simply a hollow façade propped up from the inside with 2-by-4s like a frontier town movie set. As they discuss this fact amongst themselves on the dam's catwalk, the dam overhears them, and realizing that it has finally been discovered living a lie, decides to end it all rather than face the shame of public exposure. As the timbers give way, the reservoir will blow a mountain of toxic sediment downstream, where it will settle out in Missoula's irrigation ditches, filling them up and creating tendrilled veins of poisonous mine tailings curling throughout the city. The EPA will make appropriate changes to its Superfund map. Three kayakers will die trying to surf the wave. The engineers will later be snagged near Alberton by flyfishermen who, mistaking them for bull trout, release them back to the current.
#5 Missoula makes the show
In June, desperate for cash and with the Civic Stadium still months from completion, Play Ball Missoula will float a proposal to lure the 2016 summer Olympics to Missoula, with the new stadium as centerpiece (an Olympic village will be proposed, and eventually voted down, for Fort Missoula). No one mentions the tendrilled veins of poisonous mine tailings snaking through town. City Council, having already sunk too much political capital into the project to back out (and blinded by visions of economic boon) will greenlight the plan, and Play Ball will abandon the threatening spots currently airing on local television ("If we don't finish it, there won't be much to cheer about") and launch a new fundraising campaign ("Send cash now or we'll shoot Mayor Kadas") that strong-arms an infusion of money to finish the job. The Stadium will be completed in October, so far behind schedule and over budget that it attracts the admiring attention of Major League Baseball, which will take the unprecedented step of relocating the 2004 World Series to the banks of the Clark Fork River, due partly to off-the-charts homeland security threats aimed at the scheduled venues in Chicago and Boston. The much-anticipated Loser Duel will draw unprecedented international media attention to Missoula, which will squander the spotlight protesting the major leaguers' unsustainable reliance on non-recycled wooden bats by sneaking into the dugouts under cover of darkness and driving iron spikes through the game balls; over a dozen injured ballplayers will be ferried across the river by Medi-Raft to nearby St. Pat's, and Cubs outfielder Moises Alou, having been impaled by a stray pitch, will be evacuated to Seattle for medical treatment. The International Olympic Committee, appalled at the spectacle, will award the 2016 summer games to Butte, which, it will be revealed, has discreetly employed secret diplomatic channels (the Brunswick's reception is fuzzy on this point, but the ball appears to show the image of a turtle) to promise the IOC a Keno machine in every hotel room, locally forged metal for the medals, and a world-class virtual aquarium. To cover the costs of its failed bid to attract the premiere event in all of sports, Missoula will authorize a retroactive sin tax on stadium concessions, pushing the price of a plastic cup of warm Miller Light to $13. Citizens, tired of arriving at the ballpark only to find they're required to settle back-charges for old beer before being allowed to tie a fresh buzz on, launch a Remove the Stadium initiative which ultimately—despite EPA support—fails.
#6 Frontier justice
Sen. Conrad Burns, hosting a July 4 Pachyderm Club potluck in Stevensville, will unknowingly ingest a casserole largely comprised of fresh bison placenta and contract the first reported human case of brucellosis. Burns will be taken to Yellowstone National Park for treatment and ultimately make a full recovery, only to find that according to state regulations, he is no longer allowed to travel beyond the park borders. Bored silly and scared as the snow begins to fall, Burns will attempt a November escape, only to be hazed back inside park boundaries by U.N. helicopters piloted by rifle-bearing World Heritage Site staff. After missing multiple senate roll calls, Burns will be forced to resign, and will ultimately take a job with a government contractor driving a snow coach.
#7 Twice burned
In late July, Montana's forests will again begin in some degree to burn. Citizens, righteously outraged over Gov. Martz' clearly faulty implementation of President Bush's fireproof Healthy Forests Initiative, will demand a California-style recall. Then they'll realize there's an election only months away, and that Montana citizens can't launch recalls anyway, and so they wait until November to install Missoula resident and write-in candidate Tom Hanks as governor of Montana.
#8 Thank you sir, may I have another?
In August, the township of Darby, during a routine budget planning meeting, will discover that federal matching dollars for local fire department upkeep are now routed, by executive mandate, through the Department of Homeland Security. While the redistricting of resources means that Darby will be able to afford a new fire truck, civic leaders will be required to sign loyalty oaths to the Bush administration and pledge both the fire truck and the community's emergency response personnel to its war on terror in order to access the money. Darby will decide that it has no problem with that.
#9 The other side of the fence
Flathead anti-environmentalist radio host John Stokes—neck-deep in a battle with the state's Department of Transportation over a widening of Highway 93 that threatens the viability of his nearby studio—will take a page from the enemy's playbook and use his condemnation payouts from the state to found and fund an environmental non-profit organization—Save Our Stokes—dedicated to protecting the radio personality's increasingly fragmented habitat. After District Court Judge Donald Molloy's October ruling on his case, a "blowhard bypass" will be erected over 93 to allow Stokes safe access to his traditional breeding grounds across the highway, but FW&P personnel will report Stokes' inability—despite heroic agency efforts on his behalf—to attract a mate. Wildlife advocates will find themselves unmoved by the certainty that in the absence of at least one breeding pair, the endangered species will soon become extinct.
#10 People's choice awards
In November, with new handicap-friendly electronic voting machines freshly installed nationwide, most voters will go to the polls and vote with the same old ballots they always have. Differently abled computer hackers, however, will flood the booths in previously unimagined numbers, exploiting the devices' proven security flaws to throw the national elections into chaos. When the dust settles, Cambridge theorist Stephen Hawking will emerge the winner of the popular vote before the Supreme Court forces an electoral recount and declares Apple founder Steve Jobs the 44th President of the United States.
#11 Find of the century
In late December, with President Bush's Energy Bill enacted, Rocky Mountain Front drilling crews contracted by Missoula billionaire Dennis Washington's Washington Group will accidentally discover the frozen remains of the last viable Democrat to roam Montana. Despite pleas for philanthropy from struggling museums around the state, Washington will have the body thawed and stuffed and auctioned on eBay, where it will be purchased on Christmas Eve by Florida resident Bob Gannon, who announces plans to mount the preserved carcass on an anchored raft floating at the center of the Berkeley Pit Aqua Park and rent paddleboats, that tourists might pedal out and see it.
#12 Can this really be the end?
On New Year's Eve 2004, a bulging thermal mound growing beneath Yellowstone Lake will explode in a massive fireball, vaporizing untold thousands and leaving a lifeless hole in the middle of the North American continent the size of Brazil. After checking to make sure that Vice President Cheney wasn't in Wyoming at the time, Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge will announce that he has no intelligence to suggest that the explosion was terrorist-related, and advise the citizens of America to continue about their normal business.


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Cable length is great: two metres ought to be enough for most situations. The cable terminates in one USB plug and stereo microphone and headphone plugs. The large glossy-black inline controller has a selection of options, including silver 5.1 volume buttons, a stereo volume dial, stereo/5.1 switch and microphone mute. The only additions it could have done with are a volume-mute button for the actual phones themselves, and some form of bass/treble control when switching between things like games and music.
While the Cyborg 5.1 Headset will work over USB if you just plug it in, you need to install the driver to make software adjustments, and Saitek have provided a mini-game and an aural demo to let you experience the surround sound. However, installing on an XP system installed the game and demo, but not the driver, while two Vista systems gave the opposite result; giving us access to some of the driver's functions but not the game or demo.
Not that you'd be missing much, as these two applications are a prime example of poor software more likely to put you off the product than show it off. That aside, the part of the driver I managed to get working was basic, but covered all the important bits. You'll want to set your system to '6 speakers', which incidentally matches the number of physical sonic drivers in the Cyborgs (compared to eight in the Trittons).
Firing up some good old Farcry and a bit of COD4, I put the headphones through their gaming paces - and they didn't disappoint, but that was simply because I wasn't expecting too much. Compared to my Trittons, positional audio was nowhere as clear; in this regard, they barely outperform a decent stereo set with virtual surround. Audio quality when gaming is not as good as the AX360 set either, lacking the range and clarity of treble, and the punch of bass. In their defence, the Saitek headphones do give you a sense of depth that most stereo models can't quite match.
Microphones are pretty difficult to get wrong these days, and thankfully the detachable one included with the Saitek headset is decent. It picked up everything I said, shouted and whispered clearly, and didn't pick up on too much background noise either.
Premium music listening is obviously not a primary target for gaming headphones, and audiophiles will want to steer clear. In general, this headset is bass-heavy, and just a tad muddy in general with treble especially lacking distinction. If you're not too picky though, the Cyborgs are fine, providing quality roughly equivalent to a £20 stereo headset you can buy on the high-street.
However, here we come to the main problem with the Saitek Cyborg 5.1 Headset: it's not £20, but £55. While this headset is adequate in most respects, it doesn't excel in any - and personally, I would happily pay twice as much for a Dolby certified Tritton or Sharkoon 5.1 set, which come with their own decoders and multiple digital and analogue inputs. Moreover, since the Cyborg's don't offer any of these options, there's very little separating them from mediocre offerings that can be had for less than £20.
Even the best 5.1 headsets won't give you an experience equivalent to a real 5.1 speaker system, but they can come pretty darn close. Unfortunately, the Saitek Cyborg 5.1 Headset doesn't even play in the same room. Though it's not a bad set as such, there really is nothing here to justify the rather high asking price.
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Would European fans care if Canada and the US pulled out of the World Championships?
I don't think anyone would disagree that the IHWC are much much more popular in Europe than they are in North America. I'm interested to hear from European fans about how they would feel if the NA teams pulled out of the IHWC.
Personally I think the best thing would be to change the IHWC to a European Championship for the top European players playing outside of the NHL / AHL. At least this way the number of players who decline invitiations to play should go down dramatically.
Would a tournament of this kind still be as popular in Europe as the current IHWC format?
Why not just make it like the mid 90s, where Canada and the USA played at the WC but mostly with pros from European leagues? It was enough to stay in the A group and for Canada to win a medal sometimes (well, most of the time, the USA got relegated once) and if you don't care about the tournement, then it doesn't matter if Canada has a chance to win or will only finish 4th/5th...
Don't try and fix what is not broken, is the only thing I have to say about this suggestion.
I wouldn't really care but I'm sure the sponsors and IIHF would.
People always forget that despite the declinations we see today
both US and Canada actually sent much "worse" squads in the past than
Did fans care about that back then, how was the general attitude?
I wish we had hfboards back then so that we could read those threads
now. :D
(since when does hockey's future and this forum excist anyway? Someone
needs to create a Wiki-article)
If Canada and USA don't want to take part in the WC, it's ok. But that would mean also to renounce to the Olympics and the WJC.
Personally I'd rather watch a team of Canadian minor leaguers and U.S. college boys than no teams from those countries at all, but as long as the U.S. and Canada will fully participate in the Olympics and there's maybe the World Cup of Hockey as well, I'd be fine with it.
If Canada and the US pulled out of the WHC, they can say goodbye to having the World Juniors in North America.
Betman has doubts about NHL players at the WHC.
As I wrote in the other thread, the hockey world cannot afford to be split, we are a small sport and need to stand together to spread and promote hockey, not fight among each others about petty things.
I mean really, that tournament is nothing but a distraction for all our young players, and their clubs. Their clubs have to go without their young star for 2 or more weeks in the middle of the season. And the tournament isn't even popular anywhere except Canada.
you have the Europeans who send their best players and have time to develope as a team.
And you have the NOrth Americans where the best players are not available
and most of the rest simply isn't interested to play at the WC.
Alone this fact makes the WC to a side show.
I think, that makes more damage to the sport than splitting up and have just one large olympic tournemant.
Like a poster before me wrote, is makes a lot of sense to send a junior or college team mixed with players who already play in Europe.
Could they even remain associated with IIHF and compete in other tournaments if they withdrew from WCH competition? World rankings would be screwed for instance. You'd probably have to kiss World Juniors good bye etc. that is a well liked tournament in North America because you get to see drafted/soon to be drafted players from all countries.
Like someone said, start sending European squads instead. It will be as competitive as the Czech, Finnish and Swedish teams even if you think we have some star teams and you only send "NHL scrubs that don't care". Please look at these countries' rosters this year and compare to your Canadian roster. We sent our Team D.
Why would anybody want to do this? I think nobody has some serious reason to be interested in something like this.
I wouldn't care if they cancelled the WCH altogether.
I personally liked a system wherein players who played in the NHL knew well in advance, as they started their careers, that they were not going to play in the Olympics... so dangling the threat of non-participation in the Olympics paired up with non-participation in the World Championships is not an issue.
The only issue I can foresee is how to resolve the WJCs, which regardless of the widely varying level of spectator interest in countries not named Canada, remains a top scouting event prior to the NHL draft. Of course, they could simply scout the Memorial Cup, Frozen Four, and WJCs to scout Canadians, Americans and Europeans, respectively. It's not like you couldn't scout anymore. So I'm on board with the withdrawal idea.
The old system wherein the World Cup / Canada Cup NHL invitational, involving entirely or almost entirely NHL players, was the top tournament in the world suited me just fine. I'm not a real fan of the NHL at the Olympics. A quadrennial World Cup of Hockey would serve the same purpose: The best players in the world meeting in a best-on-best format for bragging rights. You can also limit the teams to eight or so, and get fewer lopsided games.
I don't get the point of this thread.
Is there some movement I'm not aware of in the Canadian and American hockey associations to do this?
Why would either one pull out?
This tourney is a development tool for the various national programs. No need to get rid of it.
No one should pull out of anything, that's just childish. Canada and the US always have more than enough players lining up to play for their country, regardless of the event. Countries that can only muster a B or C team - that's their own problem, decreasing their chances of winning a medal. Pulling out is the cowardly thing to do.
Regarding the NHL "boycotting" the WC, who or what exactly is going to stop players from going? Will Bettman and his goons knock on Ovechkin's/Vokoun's/Stamkos'/etc. door and take their family away or something? If a player is eliminated from the playoffs and passes the medical, he should be able to represent his country if he wants to.
I'm guessing OP thinks the world of Brian Burke and stands behind his comments. I agree with Burke to the extent that they shouldn't be bashing CA/US top players after they've played well over 100 games this year.
I'm pretty confident both Canada and the USA could have iced better teams this WC. Both nations sent a very young group to compete against professional men. There had to be more balance between veterans and youth like in years past.. this year they were just way too young an inexperienced.
Not going isn't an option IMO. It would totally mess with rankings and qualifications to participate in other events. International ice hockey is awesome, and personally I like PVRing the games and watching them when I wakeup :).
If Canada/the USA won't play at the World Championships they would have to play in qualifying rounds. Either that or they would have to change the qualifying system.
I dunno if it's possible to declare them fix starters at the olympic games but I can't imagine that the IOC will allow that. I can't think of an olympic sport where they have fix starters, AFAIK teams either have to qualify by specific games or by a ranking system.
Rather they would change the system so the first 7 or 8 teams according to the IIHF ranking are directly quaified and 5/4 teams had to play some qualifying games. In the latter case Canada and the USA would still have to play with even worse teams against some other countries, so what would they win? Less games but even worse interesst in their countries.
Why not just start with non NHL'ers? There are enough Canadian/American hockey players in Europe alone to ice teams that are good enough to rank in the top 10 over the years. And they still could add North American juniors or minor league players.
Or leave it as it is, send players from the NHL that want to go. Just let the critics do their talk and let the players play, if they decide to go.
I've never paid any attention to this event and I couldn't even tell you who won this year or any other year. I think there is enough hockey already with the playoffs.
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I hope all ub my frenz had a gud hollyday an got lotsa ub stuff an gotted tew spend lotz ub time wif der famblies.
I had a rilly gud Christmas. We had companiez on Christmas day an I gotted prezents.
From my mommy an daddy I gotted a rilly gud chew bone. It had lotsa stuff in da middle an it rilly wuz deeeelishus! Den frum my one gramma an grampa I gotted a new collar. It iz berry fancee! It iz frum Harley Davidson. It iz too small for me, so my mommy iz gonna eschange it for one in my size. I am rilly gonna look tuff wif dat babby an my sunglasses!
Den frum my udder gramma an grampa I gotted a stuffie. Mommy an daddy thawt I wud de-stuff-tify it rite away. But, I knew dat dis wuz a speshul gift so I haf bin berry gentle wif it.
Mommy gotted lotsa laffs wen she told da companiez dat Zoe uses da hooman potty now. Dey mite laf, but I fink dey are jealous a liddle bit too!
I hope ebery body haz a berry gud new year! I fink I mite be haffin sum companiez agin, an dat iz alwayz a gud way tew start da new year!
Ebery nite, Zoe triez tew sneek in mommy an daddy'z bedroom. Dey doan't like her in der at nite cuz, well, she doezn't sleep at nite.
Sooooo, mommy iz da last one in bed. She turnz off all da lites an wigglez her door nob. Den, she flix da lite back on. Sumtimez she trix Zoe an she'll pick her up an go in da room an den frow Zoe out an shut da door rilly quick.
Last nite dis didn't werk.
She flicked da lites on an no Zoe. She turned dem off agin an wiggled da nob sum more. Flicked da lite on agin, still no Zoe. She walked around da hole house lookin for Zoe. No Zoe. Anywhere.
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The second stop on One Direction's Where We Are tour took a scary turn on Sunday night (April 27) in Peru, when 47 fans were injured in a rush to the stage.
The popular British boy band warned audience members that they would leave the stage if the crowd didn't stop their surge forward saying, "If you don't want anyone to take us off the stage, make sure you stay back."
A spokesperson for the medical service told reporters, "We treated 47 children with the first stages of asphyxia. Everything is under control. We have nothing to be ashamed of, we've handled the situation well."
Meanwhile, a rep for the band said in a statement, "Audience safety is always the number one priority on a One Direction tour. The planning for this starts with the configuration of the audience on a stadium or arena plan, and where the tickets are sold in that plan. Every venue is different. There is always an individual crowd control and security strategy for every One Direction concert."
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With the passing of summer into fall marked by the end of baseball and the returning of children to school, local theater seasons have begun. While every stage has at least one show for everyone, particular shows stand out as must-sees around Tacoma. Sit back and peruse the menu of top choices.
Lakewood Playhouse is offering up "Arsenic and Old Lace," "Pride and Prejudice," "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," "12 Angry Men," "The Odd Couple" and "Monty Python's Spamalot" with "The Chronicles of Narnia" and "The War of the Worlds" as added shows. Of course, the hit of the season will be "Spamalot," since that show is just flat-out funny, but special attention will go into the staging of "The Chronicles of Narnia," a classic show being staged on the tails of the recent hit movie version. Visit: http://www.LakewoodPlayhouse.org.
Crossing the bridge to Gig Harbor will give theater travelers some solid shows at Paradise Theater. Its season includes, "Dracula," "Wizard of Oz," "Born Yesterday," "Angry Housewives," "Shrek, The Musical," and "The Drowsy Chaperone." Tops on the list of shows at this stage are "Dracula" and "Wizard of Oz," because of their standings as timeless tales that are gems every time they take to the stage. Visit: http://www.ParadiseTheatre.org.
Centerstage Theatre has a mix of history, thrillers and comedies this season. The Federal Way theater is staging Alfred Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps," "Aladdin," "The Nerd," "Cuff Me: The Fifty Shades of Grey Musical Parody" and "Sister's Summer School Catechism." Of course, the buzz around the theater is that "Cuff Me" will be the hit to watch, since audiences are likely going to love the mix of song and dance and sex and handcuffs. The show is being staged by the New York production company of this off-Broadway spoof of the best-selling novel. Visit: http://www.CenterstageTheatre.com.
The juggernaut community theater of Tacoma, Tacoma Musical Playhouse, is set with a renovated stage and a roster of big shows. Opening the season with a heavy hit, TMP is staging "Les Misérables" followed by "Annie," "Shout! The Mod Musical," "Man of La Mancha," "La Cage aux Folles" and "Young Frankenstein." Any one of these shows would be the anchor of other community theaters, but TMP is stacking them all in a row to create the best lineup in the South Sound. Visit: http://www.TMP.org.
Tacoma's Broadway Center, which is marking its 30th anniversary, will be offering more than 40 shows at the Pantages and Rialto theaters. Standouts are "The Acting Company: William Shakespeare's Hamlet," and "Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience." Visit: http://www.BroadwayCenter.org.
Tacoma Opera's season starts off with Gilbert and Sullivan's masterpiece "Pirates of Penzance," then stages "The Barber of Seville" and "Madama Butterfly." While "Pirates" will likely be the crowd pleaser of the season, no ticket to Tacoma Opera is a waste. Visit http://www.TacomaOpera.com.
The gray lady of the region's theater scene, Tacoma Little Theatre, turns 95 this season, making it the longest running community theater on the West Coast. Its season includes, "The Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged) [revised]," "Steel Magnolias," "The Weir," "It's a Wonderful Life," "To Kill a Mockingbird," "Chapter Two," "Bye Bye Birdie" and "Moonlight and Magnolias." Shows to pay particular attention to are "It's a Wonderful Life," and "To Kill a Mockingbird," classic works with relevant messages on a community stage. Visit: http://www.TacomaLittleTheatre.com.


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I finally have the time to sit down and write a bit of this, although the full story belongs in a book....
We live on the Great South Bay on Long Island. Back in '09 I rebuilt my house to FEMA elevations and hurricane SPECS. At the first high tide of the storm, I knew we were in deep trouble as the shed that's 4' off the ground already had water in it. The full moon tide 6 hours later would certainly be worse for all that more wind behind it.
I put my pregnant wife (40th week!) and 2 year old in the van and sent them to the in-laws as planned. A few hours later after securing more and more stuff, I joined them. I said a quick prayer for my house and community and split.
The storm rolled through and the power went out everywhere.. Morning, it wasn't so bad (my inlaws are far inland)...I was supposed to meet a friend with a boat in Amityville and it was obliterated. We went out in the bay and found all kinds of crazy stuff. Roofs, boats, a car......
I was able to get to my house and all was intact. A big mess of the yard, the neighborhood was blasted, but my house was good.
My wife summoned me home because "it was time"... back in the boat, back to the inlaws, drop the 2 year old off, no power.
To the hospital we go.
Six hours of labor, not knowing what's going on with the power, my son, the community....the Dr orders an emergency C-Section. She was 10cm's and our first child was natural, we were not expecting this. The cord was over the baby's shoulder and stuck...
It was awful.
They both came out of it fine....a boy! I needed orange juice if you know what I mean.....drenched.
Back to the craziness of the post storm. No traffic lights, driving curfews, falling trees, downed wires, all the way to pick up my son. Everyone had there own story and there own personal hell..
Now gas shortages were mine. Can you imagine the stress?
There is so much more to it... but
We are home, the baby is healthy, my other son is a great brother already and my wife is on the mend.
We are still on generator power, on day 19... Police checkpoints to get to my house, road closures etc.
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Taxpayer group trying to get reform measure on November ballot
A local pension reform group is pushing for a law it says would reduce the current Ventura County retirement system's estimated $1-billion debt and save the county millions of dollars a year.
The Committee for Pension Fairness has filed a proposed November ballot measure known as the Sustainable Retirement System Initiative, called the first initiative in the state to attempt countywide pension reform.
"(As) pension costs go up every year, we're sacrificing services we really need: parks, libraries, hiring more deputies," said David Grau of the Committee for Pension Fairness. "The county is not able to give pay increases. It all ties back to the pension issue."
Under the plan, newly elected county officials and new county employees hired on or after July 1, 2015, would be enrolled in a 401(k)-style defined contribution plan to which the county would contribute no more than 4 percent of compensation for employees enrolled in Social Security.
The county would contribute up to 11 percent for public safety employees not enrolled in Social Security and 5 percent for those who do receive the benefit. The proposal does not address nonpublic safety employees not enrolled in Social Security.
The plan also seeks to limit pension-based salary increases for five years, which advocates say would reduce exorbitant payments.
The measure has sparked a flurry of arguments among public officials since it was introduced last week.
Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean, who strongly opposes the proposed law, said the claim that pension expenses are taking money away from county operations, including hiring new deputies, is "completely untrue."
"The county has done an outstanding job managing its budget. It has the highest bond rating possible," the sheriff said.
Instead of helping his department, the measure would hurt public safety, Dean said.
"It'll certainly be detrimental to my ability to try to recruit and retain qualified people," he said. "It's really not a good idea, especially in the area of public safety."
Ventura County Supervisor Peter Foy, an advocate for pension reform, disagreed with Dean.
"That's the argument everyone wants to make," Foy said. "I don't believe that at all. Young deputies, especially, are more concerned about what you pay them. (The measure) is not saying you're not going to get a pension. The pension is in a different format."
The current pension system, Foy said, may be shortchanging public safety, schools and libraries "because there's so much money going to pensions."
"It's getting very expensive," the supervisor said. "(The measure) is a tremendous step forward in getting financial control going forward for new employees. It's the right thing to do."
Rising pension costs
Ventura County contributed $162 million to its pension fund in 2013, up from $45 million in 2004, the Committee for Pension Fairness reported. The 2013 figure accounts for 17 percent of the county's budget.
"It has gotten dramatically larger," Grau said.
According to the committee, about 80 percent of Ventura County retirees who receive more than $100,000 a year, earn more in pension than they earned while working for the county. The reason is pension spiking, which includes unused vacation time as well as other forms of pay to determine the final figures on which pensions are based. The Ventura County Employees' Retirement Plan, established in 1947, provides retirement benefit services to more than 15,000 members.
"This impacts all residents of Ventura County," Grau said. "We're trying to create a fair and sustainable system for everyone going forward." The measure would produce significant savings for the county, he said.
"Instead of pushing the debt onto our grandchildren, our goal is to eliminate the $1-billion liability over time."
Dean said the committee's calls for change have already been addressed by statewide pension reform. Grau said stronger reform is needed.
"The state Legislature that made (pension) reforms can next year reverse them," he said. "That's been the history of reform. Compare that to a voter initiative: Once the voters approve an initiative, it can only be reversed by another vote of the people."
In February, Grau and his group, with the support of Foy, will begin gathering signatures to get the pension reform measure in front of voters in the fall.
"This is what California needs to do, and we're hoping we're going to see other counties following suit," Foy said.
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The Colorado Division of Wildlife has announced new regulations for taking of Eurasian Collared Doves. From the Sunday July 11, 2010 Denver Post, Outdoors section "Effective September 01, 2010 hunters may shoot the collared doves year-round". "No bag or possession limits apply, but the doves must remain fully feathered while hunters are in the field or transporting the doves".
The collared dove is one tough, reproducing bird. They stay in my area of the state year round, the coldest of winter temps do not seem to bother them much. Habitat preference seems a little different from Mourning Doves, both town and rural, with a particular liking for large, narley trees, with family units grouped together on the same trees.
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As we age the cheeks fall away from the eyesockets exposing the bone beneath. There are a number of treatments that we can use to improve this situation. Fillers such as Restylane can be injected to soften the hollow. Fat can be taken from elsewhere in your body and injected as well.
Surgery can also improve hollow eyes by lifting the mid-face to put it back where it was, so the cheeks again cover the bone of the lower eyelid.
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Juventus midfielder Patrick Vieira returns to his old stamping ground on Tuesday night. Arsenal.com reporter Chris Harris finds out how our former captain has fared since swapping red and white for black and white.
In the pubs and bars around Highbury - not to mention the pages of Arsenal's fanzines - Patrick Vieira has been a hot topic of conversation this season.
Were Arsenal right to sell him last summer? Did they replace him adequately? If Edu had stayed, would Vieira have been missed? Would Cesc Fabregas have risen to prominence if Vieira still occupied a first-team place?
Whatever your thoughts on the above, the fact is Vieira now wears the black and white shirt of Juventus. So how has he fared in his first season with the Bianconeri? We asked Gabriele Marcotti of Corriere dello Sport for a progress report.
Gabriele, how has Vieira adapted to Serie A after so many years in the Premiership?
"He started the season very well and was immediately popular with the Juventus fans. He had a little bit of a slide around November and December and then suffered a thigh injury, but he is back in the team now. He did not play very well against Roma at the weekend but, having said that, when Patrick Vieira plays below his best he is still a giant of a man with great tactical sense."
After three years with Gilberto, Vieira now lines up alongside another Brazilian international, Emerson. How has their partnership developed?
"This is a key point. Some people were sceptical about Patrick playing alongside Emerson for the simple reason that both are holding players for their countries but are more expansive for their clubs. Gilberto used to 'sit' more than Vieira at Arsenal and Emerson also had a player like Gilberto to do some of the 'dirty work'. Their partnership looked good on paper but the question was whether these two superstars would be prepared to make sacrifices for each other and other players like Pavel Nedved, who don't do as much running. The answer is yes, and as a result Vieira has slotted in very well.
Juventus won Serie A by seven points last year. They are eight points clear this season. Did they really need to sign Vieira?
"On one hand it is tempting to say no, because you only need a hard-working player alongside Emerson and they are a dime-a-dozen, but Vieira brings real experience and presence to the Juventus team. They were a good side before Vieira signed and they are better now because they have a different dimension. It's not just about the points totals year on year."
Will the pace of Italian football suit Vieira more when he reaches his 30s?
"I think the pace of the game needs to be put into context because teams in Italy play in different ways. If a central midfielder like Vieira stays fit then it doesn't matter if he loses some pace, that is more of a problem if you are a defender or a winger. A central midfielder can stay at a high level with their understanding of the game, their positioning and passing. Vieira may not make as many runs into the box as he gets older but he will still contribute in terms of leadership and vision."
And, of course, this is Vieira's second spell in Italy after he joined at Milan as a teenager.
"Everyone was so excited about him when he was 18 and there is a common misconception that Milan looked at him and decided he wasn't good enough. At the time, back in 1995/96, there was a limit on foreign players and Milan had some pretty good ones - Weah, Desailly, Savicevic and Boban. Vieira was 18 and still made five appearances. It was a big leap of faith for Arsenal to spend a few million on Vieira back in 1996, all that money for a kid, and they deserve a lot of credit for that."Patrick Vieira's Arsenal Appearances Season Premiership Europe FA Cup League Cup Community Shield 1996/97 31 0 3 3 0 1997/98 33 2 9 2 0 1998/99 34 3 5 0 1 1999/00 30 16 2 0 1 2000/01 30 12 6 0 0 2001/02 36 11 7 0 0 2002/03 24 12 5 0 1 2003/04 29 6 5 2 1 2004/05 32 6 6 0 0 Total 279 68 48 7 4 Patrick Vieira's Arsenal Goals Season Premiership Europe FA Cup League Cup Community Shield 1996/97 2 0 0 0 0 1997/98 2 0 0 0 0 1998/99 2 0 1 0 0 1999/00 2 0 0 0 0 2000/01 6 0 1 0 0 2001/02 2 1 0 0 0 2002/03 3 1 0 0 0 2003/04 3 0 0 0 0 2004/05 6 0 1 0 0 Total 28 2 3 0 0 Patrick Vieira's Juventus stats Season Serie A Goals Champions League Goals 2005/06 25 4 6 0 Total 25 4 6 0 Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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FIXER UPPER! Great location only minutes to Austin via Toll 130! Low tax rate, No HOA and almost 3/4 (.74) Acre! Fenced backyard, side entry garage and large shade trees. Vaulted ceiling, built-in bookcase and white stone fireplace in Living Room. Kitchen has tile floors, stove, dishwasher, pantry and breakfast bar. Dining Area between Kitchen and Living. Master Bedroom with walk-in closet, tub/shower combo and separate vanity. Two spacious secondary bedrooms. Lots of potential. Limited financing.
3 bed 2 bath home with unique floor plan, 2nd bedroom opens directly to bathroom - could be used as second master which works great for guests, college kids coming home or taking care of elderly parents, kitchen overlooks family room, plenty of counter and cabinet space, breakfast bar, large dining area in kitchen, spacious master, large closet, double vanity, good size 2nd & 3rd bedrooms, covered back porch, large backyard
Adorable 4 bedroom/2 bathroom single story home in Riverwalk! Formal dining area and separate office with french doors. Kitchen is centrally located in home opens to an eat-in breakfast area and family room. Wood like flooring throughout foyer, halls & formal dining room. Covered patio in backyard. Neighborhood has hiking trails, pond, community pool and elementary school within community. Light fixture in office and child's room will be replaced with original fixtures.
Beautiful 4bed 2bath home, open & spacious floor plan, enormous family room, kitchen open to dining and family room, large tile in kitchen, breakfast bar, breakfast area surrounded by windows, over sized master bedroom, double vanity with upgraded faucets, separate tub and shower, good size secondary bedrooms with large walk in closets, M-I-L plan, upgraded light fixtures through out home, back patio, new paint, new fence being installed on right side
NEW VINYL GREY WOOD PLANK AND CARPET! ** Freshly painted interior with nice grey tones! Great home that has been VERY WELL MAINTAINED in Hutto Square subdivision. Close to Toll 130 for easy access all over Austin! TWO EXTRA rooms at front of house for study/office or play room. Pantry closet in kitchen that is OPEN to family room. Great Front Porch patio to hang out and be neighborly! Freshly painted front porch area. Water heater and HVAC Evap Coil replaced 2014.
Great one story sitting at the end of cul-de-sac on a extra large, pie-shaped lot with plenty of room for pool, or outdoor activities. High ceilings. Center kitchen with breakfast bar, opens to family room with fireplace. Mother-in-law plan gives privacy. Formal dining could be used as study. Master has garden tub, separate shower, double sinks, walk-in closet.
Arches Embellish Covered Front Porch*Tree Shaded Yard*Dedicated Office/Study*Formal Dining*Great Room*Open Kitchen*Cafe Dining*Spacious Master Suite*2 Nicely Sized Secondary Bedrooms*2nd Full Bath & Indoor Utility Room*Painted Concrete Floors/Neutral Carpet/Hard Tile*Kitchen features:Center Island/Breakfast Bar/Black Appliances/Abundance of Cabinetry & Counterspace/Opens to Great Room*Boxed Window in Cafe Dining*Master w/Walk-In Closet/Garden Tub/Separate Shower*Covered Patio*Hutto ISD
Pristine 3 bedroom home featuring a formal living room that could be used as a home office, open floor plan with wood flooring and fireplace. Spacious kitchen overlooking family room for easy entertaining. Large bedrooms and high ceilings. The back patio overlooks a private back yard with no homes built behind. The lush landscaping and covered patio are an excellent place to relax and cook out!
Welcome home to your own 1 acre piece of heaven! This home boasts large rooms and tons of storage throughout! There is a 18' x 23' bonus room with AC & Heat accessed from the garage that could be a man cave, exercise room, workshop or even an office! Get ready to enjoy your view from the back porch w/french doors off of the living room. Formal dining room, gas burning fireplace and gas range in kitchen. The master bedroom has large walk-in closet and sitting area. Easy access to 130 Toll & shopping.
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As you enter this well maintained home, you'll be greeted by gorgeous rich wood floors that carry from entrance to dining and living rooms. The home boasts an open concept floorplan with flexible space - including 4 bedrooms (or 3 bed with office). Come home after a long day and enjoy your covered patio in your private backyard - backing to middle school fields - there are no houses directly behind you! Conveniently located near shopping and schools. Original owner.
Come home to this Charming single story 4 bedroom. Home is conveniently located to Hutto High School. Gently lived in. Close to tolls, major highways and shopping. Low utilities.
Come enjoy beautiful country sunsets on this Gorgeous 10 acre property .Pond located on the back 5 acres. Lots of trees and plenty of room for horses or cows. Property is in AG. 5 Bedrooms- 3 Baths- Formal dining- Large family room with fireplace.- Sunroom. Hardwood floors, granite countertops, kitchen island, recessed lighting, full gutters. Sellers are the original owners. Light Deed restrictions and no HOA! This property has so much to offer. TOTAL ACREAGE IS 10.4- MUST SEE!
Don't miss this adorable 4 bed/2 bath home nestled in the Hutto Highlands! This well-maintained 1 story gem features high ceilings, carpet & hard tile, plus formal dining & office/study; family room is open to kitchen & breakfast area; kitchen sports granite counters, ample cabinets & stainless appliances; master en-suite includes dual sinks, garden tub, separate shower & walk-in closet. Entertain & relax on the covered back patio while enjoying the beautiful landscaping. Serviced by exemplary Hutto ISD.
Welcome Home! This house has it all. Beautifully updated including new flooring throughout, quarts counter top in the kitchen, built in mud room storage and bench, new siding, fresh grey paint on entire main level, HUGE corner lot and so much more.Immaculate and Move In Ready! Quick access to schools, gyms, and a brand new HEB in this fast growing community. This is a MUST SEE!!
Spacious home is on a rare cul-de-sac lot. All bedrooms up, as well as gameroom. Office/study (or formal dining) is downstairs. Blank slate waiting for a buyer to personalize with their own unique touches! Kid's playground is nearby. Hutto is a growing suburb of the Austin-Round Rock area with lots of quaint small town charm - a mix of new stores and restaurants combined with historic buildings and scenic farms. Convenient to major employers such as Dell and Samsung via SH-130 and SH-45 Tollroads.
This is a great 4 bedroom plan with all bedrooms up with living room in the middle. Corner lot with newer fence and HVAC was replaced little over a year ago. Home is move in ready and has a good size back yard.
Great open floor plan with all new paint. Large living room and spacious kitchen with dinning room that can also be used as playroom or office. This home has lot of potential. Large yard with new fencing and large patio. This home is move in ready and super cute. Neighborhood pool and running trails. Great location in North Hutto close to the 130 Toll Road. USDA qualified home!!!!
Stunning 5 bedroom home on almost 11 acres with pond. Island kitchen with granite counters and tons of cabinet and counter space! Kitchen overlooks main living and breakfast area with padded Bay window seats. Master bedroom and 3 add'l bedrooms downstairs. Wood flooring covers the main level. Large bonus room upstairs, add'l over-sized bedroom and bath w/gorgeous views on balcony. Main level patio overlooks property. 60'x50' workshop/barn with covered parking. Home observatory.
Lovely former Model located on the newest & prettiest street in the neighborhood. 8' front door. Foyer w/coat closet. Lrg kitchen w/42" cabinets~Stainless appl~Silestone counters~walk-in pantry. Laundry w/room for 2nd fridge. Master w/en suite Bath~reclaimed wood wall~walk in closet~garden tub~dbl vanity w/drawers~walk in linen closet. 2 addt'l bdrms w/large full bath between. Back yard w/intermediate side gate~outside wheeled gate~extended side yards~Covered patio w/extended deck. Must see in person!
This is an absolute Stunner! Home is in Quiet Secluded neighborhood in Friendly Hutto. The Property has a VERY spacious 1/3 Acre Lot that backs up to Brushy Creek & a Beautiful Greenbelt. The Home is Constructed Beautifully with Austin Flagstone, Wood, hard tile Floor and fris Carpet. Home has 3-car Garage, Gameroom/second family room, Spacious back yard, Separate office/study, Stone Fireplace with gas Starter, Granite Counter-tops.
Perfect one story home that has been freshly redone! All new carpet, fresh paint interior and exterior, along with fresh flooring. The simple but sensible floor plan flows well, with the main living areas on one side of the house and bedrooms/bathrooms separated on the other. Nice Spacious backyard has ample room for get together's or all your pets.
New Build 5Bed/3Bath Two Story with 3 Car Garage, 42" Espresso Cabinets, Granite Countertops, Large Center Island at Kitchen, Walk-In Spa Shower, Bay Window at Owner's Suite, 16" Extended Ceramic Tile Flooring. September 2017 Move-In Ready! Siena Neighborhood Amenities feature an Olympic Sized Swimming Pool, Park, Playground, Sport Court and Walking/Hiking Trails.
Kimball Hill Home Featuring Eat In Kitchen Plus Formal Dining Room off Front Tiled Entryway, Secondary Living is Formal Living/or Home Office. Kitchen overlooking Family Room. Master Bath Featuring Dual Sinks, Separate Garden Tub and Shower Plus Generous Walk In Closet. Relax on Covered Rear Patio. Full Interior Paint June 2017.
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Mitch Shepherd loves to fish, but he wanted his family to be able to enjoy it with him. So he upgraded from an 18-foot flats boat to a 2008 Grady-White Seafarer 228 with a 250-hp Yamaha 4-stroke, which he purchased from Lockwood Marine in Jacksonville, Fla.
"I got it in October of last year. It was a four-month process because I wanted to find the right fit," says Shepherd, 52, who is from Jacksonville.
Shepherd has been fishing from his 1998 Hewes Bayfisher flats boat with a 115-hp Yamaha, but he wanted to be able to venture farther offshore and bring friends and family along.
"[Lockwood] was the first dealership I walked into. I went in with no predetermination of what I wanted," says Shepherd, who owns a business selling specialty building materials. "They were excellent to work with and very knowledgeable about the features of a Grady-White."
"What I liked about the Grady-White 228 was that there was plenty of room for a couple of people to be fishing," he added. "It also has a hardtop and a cuddy cabin in case you want to get out of the sun for a while."
Shepherd wasn't sure if he wanted a center console or a walkaround, so he started doing his homework online last summer and visited dealers in his area.
Shepherd was in negotiations with another dealer for a similar Grady-White that was six years older, but when prices started dropping last fall, the cost of the new boat at Lockwood became comparable to the used model.
"Overall, with adding electronics and outriggers, the price came to about $80,000," says Shepherd. "We decided to finance, and we had no problem at all."
He put 35 percent down and was able to negotiate 10-year financing at 4.5 percent.
Now that he has a boat he can use with the family, he is considering selling the flats boat.
"I don't really need two boats," says Shepherd. "I think if anyone has money, now is the time to buy anything, including boats."
As a business owner, Shepherd says he has seen an increase in demand for his products since March, so he is hopeful the economy is beginning to pick up.
"We're just really pleased with this boat," he says. "We all went out for Mother's Day, took everyone along, and had a blast."
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- 5 medium tomatoes (about 1-1/2 pounds), chopped
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- 1/2 cup chopped green onions
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Hot cooked pasta
- Grated Parmesan cheese
- In a large bowl, combine the tomatoes, basil, onions, garlic, oil, salt and pepper. Let stand at room temperature for 30-60 minutes, stirring occasionally. Serve with pasta. Sprinkle with cheese. Yield: 3 cups.
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These are 4000 mcd 10° and the 10mm ones are 9000 mcd 30°. So these are less than half the brightness.
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New York City is a popular place for romance. In the last year alone, Cameron Diaz spent plenty of time in the Big Apple with Justin Timberlake, and then John Mayer.
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