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A passerby saw flames coming from the home, pulled in the driveway, and honked his horn, waking 28-year-old Chad Brindle.
Township Fire Chief Joe Alf says the fire began in the garage, but since there was so much burning in that area, like oil, a car, and diesel fuel, they can't determine the exact cause.


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Ryan is unravelling.
Ryan is unravelling.
Wilson is so calm right now. He can do this!
Leon Washington returning!
Looks like Ryan is going to get denied another playoff win.
Only took 3 1/2 quarters, but Seattle defense is finally showing up.
Falcons so far are a VERY unimpressive number one seed...
Abraham absent again in another big game?
HUGE play here
They got this.
Nice hands Rice! What a goat he would have been had there been no penalty
I want this win for Atlanta fans. They deserve it.
And Seattle's going to have a chance


text: Public places in cities across America were turned into open-air art galleries in August. Pictures of the nation's most popular artworks were displayed on billboards, bus shelters, subway platforms and more. The idea behind "Art Everywhere," a collaborative campaign by five major museums is to allow more people to enjoy art and learn about the country's culture and history. Faiza Elmasry has more.


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With all the Monday morning quarterbacks piling on HealthCare.gov, with their observations of what went wrong and what needs to happen in the future, heaven forbid that I should be one more.
Consultants are already springing up like weeds to write reports and perform studies to help government program managers achieve better results. There will be congressional hearings and studies from the Government Accountability Office making retrospective observations about programs that are struggling. And we can count on a fresh harvest of investigations by inspectors general pointing fingers of blame in many places.
That said, maybe it's time we resolve to improve program management in government. Here are five starters:
1. Use private sector innovation judiciously or it can be damaging to government programs. During the debates about the failures in the HealthCare.gov rollout, we heard over and over about how companies like Amazon can deliver this capability -- therefore why can't the government deliver successfully? As it applies to private sector software rollout practices, let's examine Microsoft's implementation of Windows 8.1.
This rollout was problematic by anyone's standards. Juan Carlos Perez in his PC World article "Test and Test Again: The Lesson from Windows 8.1's Bumpy Rollout" describes the actions behind the unpleasantness of the Windows 8.1 experience:
"The rocky rollout of Windows 8.1 should serve as a reminder for consumers, software developers, hardware vendors, enterprise IT pros, and Microsoft itself that a period of careful testing and analysis must precede the release and installation of an operating system update."
Microsoft made a business decision about the expense of testing versus the delay in deployment of the new software. Perhaps it made sense in some backroom discussions with the Microsoft illuminati. In government, however, the currency by which we measure return-on-investment is politics.
[How does mathematics make for better leaders? Read Linda Cureton's take on "CIO Leadership Calculus."]
Good program managers will make tradeoff decisions relative to schedule, scope, and budget, but they also need to look at what some call the "economic system of politics" in their tradeoffs. Having considered this, the government program manager may ask the question, "Can we truly afford the risk of a problematic rollout?" These questions and answers will demand shifts in how we execute major programs.
2. Rely on empowered and capable CIOs as key contributors to IT reforms. In most private sector transformational IT projects, it is implausible that the CEO of a company would embark on such an effort without the stalwart leadership of the CIO. Yet, in government, it is done all the time.
In its analysis of the challenges of the rollout of the IT reforms around the 2010 census, the GAO in its report "2010 Census: Preliminary Lessons Learned Highlight the Need for Fundamental Reforms," describes problems where "the lack of staff skilled in cost estimation during the 2010 Census points to inadequate human-capital planning, while... IT problems stemmed from not fully and consistently performing certain functions including IT investment management." Clearly this was the role of the CIO who certainly understood this, yet found himself in a familiar minimized position.
3. Failure is an option, so implement sound risk management practices. As a former NASA executive, it's almost amusing to hear former Apollo 13 flight director Eugene Kranz's quote to the contrary, "Failure is not an option," so overused by success-oriented managers.
NASA's legacy of success comes from strong risk mitigation planning, innovative thinking, and good old-fashioned heroics. Heroes are great to have, but are not so good to rely on -- at least in most circumstances. Any program management plan that relies solely on heroics is doomed to fail. I get it that perhaps the higher ups don't want to hear all that, and in fact, may not want to pay for it. But, invest in solid risk management. You won't regret it.
4. Stop whining and create bureaucracy that works. A bureaucracy that works may be considered by most to be an oxymoron. Alan Greenberg, former General Service Administration executive and author of the book "Confessions of a Government Man: How to Succeed in Any Bureaucracy," notes how stifling processes, regulations, rules, and policies can be to those who want to do the right thing.


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Evening Wheel Class
(Adults and Young Adults Ages 16+)
This semester, we are offering our Evening Wheel class in a flexible format that allows even those of us with the busiest of schedules the opportunity to fit a little creativity and clay into our week. There will be three, three-week sessions offered as a structured class with the opportunity to work the forth week independently to finish projects or practice newly learned skills. Each session will be taught by a different instructor which gives you the chance to learn from different styles and helps you find your own. Take only one session or link all three together for a full semester of hands-on time in the Clay Studio. Attention to the particular interests and the work of each individual will be emphasized. This class is open to novice and experienced potters ages 16+.
First Session: Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. September 26 – October 10. Optional work session October 17. Instructor: Shannon Lowry.
Second Session: Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. October 22 – November 5. Optional work session November 12. Instructor: Donna Rozman.
Third Session: Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. November 21 – December 12. No class November 28. Optional work session December 19. Instructor: Karen Immerso.


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A hugely successful youth program will celebrate its sixth season this Saturday night in Emmetsburg. The Sixth Annual E-Hawk Flag Football Program's "Saturday Night Under the Lights" Event will kick off at 6 p.m. at Duane Twait Field at the Emmetsburg High School athletic complex.
This event provides families and friends of tomorrow's E-Hawk football players a chance to see the future of E-Hawk football perform on historic Duane Twait Field, under the lights, just as the varsity E-Hawks play on Friday nights. Additionally, a barbeque supper is served prior to the event at the field as a fundraiser for continued operation of the program.
Over 125 youth will be participating in Saturday's event, which is broken down by age groups. First and Second graders will scrimmage from 6 to 6:30 p.m. and will be followed by Third and Fourth graders, who will scrimmage from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. The Fifth and Sixth graders will close out the evening's activities with scrimmages from 7:15 to 8 p.m. Prior to the start of the scrimmages, a "Coming of Age" ceremony to honor the sixth graders is planned at 5:45 p.m. as those players will receive official Nike brand E-Hawk football jerseys to commemorate their completion of Flag Football.
The E-Hawk Flag Football program is made possible through the support of several local businesses and organizations, including Iowa Trust & Savings Bank, Poet Biorefining, Creative Stitches, Jensvold Motors, Emmetsburg Community School District, Hughes, Brennan & Wirtz Insurance, Emmetsburg Municipal Utilities, Palo Alto County Beef Producers, Emmetsburg Food Pride, Emmetsburg Publishing, E-Hawk Football Coach Mike Dunlap, Pronto Car Wash/E-Hawk Inc., Pizza Ranch, Dan Cooper Builders, Emmetsburg Screen Printing, Pioneer Seed - Chad Anderson, Ag Partners, Fareway Stores, Wallace's Water Conditioning - Culligan, Dr. Kimberly Zimmerman - DDS, Woodford Equipment, Wentzel True Value, Louscher Family Dentistry, Building Centers of Emmetsburg, Palo Alto Co. Cattleman, Hardware Hank, Emmetsburg Building Center, Joyce Funeral Home and to Nick Stienkamp and KW Electric.
Along with the support of parents and family members, the Emmetsburg Flag Football program would not be successful without the volunteers who assist with coaching the youth and working with the program. Those community members include B.J. Schany, Matt Mueller, Rick Brennan, Randy Nosbisch, Kort Freeman, Steve Schany, Travis Fries, Tom Griffin, Scott Wirtz, Pat Joyce, Troy Auten, Steve Hoyman, Brian Rouse, John Williams, Kyle Auten, Andy Joyce Emmetsburg Parks and Recreation Director Mike Dunlap. and the 2012 Emmetsburg E-Hawk Varsity Football Players
Last but not least, members of the Emmetsburg E-Hawk Varsity Football squad also donate their time and love of the game to work with their younger counterparts to help develop and nurture their love of the game.
Saturday Night Under the Lights is open to the public and all are invited to Duane Twait Field to attend a fun evening of watching the future of E-Hawk Football this Saturday at 6 p.m.


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Enjoy battles in your favorite Zoids, and customize them with a myriad of parts, weapons, options, and sub-parts.
(Current version uploaded is several years old, and I don't plan to do any updates to the game any time soon. However, since people kept asking, I decided to put it up for hosting. It's not much, but it was a fun project back when I was working on it.
Jun 27 2005, 9:00 pm
Work on it! :D
wtf is this game?
hey can somebody host please!!!! and DOS can you add my key? im not a member :I
It has a lot to work on, although I didn't battle anyone, just icons in general.
some one should really open a server
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Work on it! :D
make a server!!!!!!!
need to be fixed i am dieing to play
some one start a server
i hosted server
Hey are you online we ca battle ?
wait firs i think the server is 1553
I'm hosting a server
i love this game and i remember when the owner made this game. If people are really gonna play this and host im totally down to start all over again once more.
Hey guys!!! I know from posts that some of you out there want to play this game. Well I want everyone that wants to play to know that i'm going to start hosting the game from about anytime from 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M.
Im going to be hosting this game 24/7, game looks really cool.
When exactly will hosting for this game resume? I haven't seen it being hosted in a long while and I've always wanted to check it out being the only Zoids game on BYOND.
Hey everyone. if you still are looking at this game. i will be the one hosting it from now on
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Dont worry people im hosting 24\7 no matter what
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Question can a person hosting make people in server GM's?


text: Boston's Ben Affleck, who made it clear on Monday that he will not be running for office in Massachusetts (at least not now), was ranked No. 13 on DoSomething.org's fifth annual "Top 20 Celebs Gone Good" list. Affleck was praised for his work with the Eastern Congo Initiative. No. 4 on the list was Lady Gaga, who started the Born This Way Foundation with the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University earlier this year. Former Hyannis Port regular Taylor Swift, who received the Ripple of Hope Award from the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights this month, took the No. 1 spot.


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hi there (first post)
i have never really dabbled in any development to do with facebook before, but i now want to create a website for a bands album, well actually it will be a free ep. and the band wants to have a very simple website where people can download the whole ep for free straight from it, but they would like the users to have to like their page on facebook before gaining access to the the website.
so basically like the facebook page, then download the music.
so i am sure there must be a way of doing this, but i am struggling to come up with ideas on how to go about it. any advice would be much appreciated.
p.s sorry if i have posted in this in the wrong section, wasn't sure where to put it.


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Major in Chemistry with ACS Certification
Our Chemistry Major with ACS Certification Allows You To:
- Prepare for a career in chemistry.
- Prepare for graduate work in chemistry.
- Receive certification from the American Chemical Society.
- Meet pre-professional requirements for graduate study in medicine, veterinary medicine, and dentistry.
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Chemistry (97 credits)
The B.S. chemistry program provides you with the same sound foundation in the basic areas of inorganic, organic, analytical, and physical chemistry as does the B.A. program; but the additional coursework in biochemistry, inorganic chemistry and advanced analytical chemistry (instrumentation) satisfies the American Chemical Society requirements for certification. The core of 57 chemistry credits (including a required research experience, advanced writing and chemistry seminar), combined with 8 credits each of mathematics and physics prepares you for your future as a professional in the field of chemistry. Up to 30 available elective credits allow students to also select courses as pre-professional requirements for graduate study in medicine, veterinary medicine and dentistry.
Program Requirements
What does ACS certification do for you?
The following is an excerpt from the ACS Committee on Profession Training (CPT) Spring 1999 newsletter:
Why Should I Seek an ACS-Certified Degree in Chemistry? What is it?
What is the significance of ACS certification? First, let's look at the meaning of the fact that your college or university offers an ACS-approved program in chemistry. The availability of an ACS-approved program in chemistry means that your institution is committed to providing you with a broadly based and intellectually challenging experience in chemistry. CPT's role is to carefully evaluate the chemistry department's program with respect to its breadth and depth, the qualifications of the chemistry faculty, the adequacy of the physical plant, condition of instrumentation, access to the current chemical literature, and opportunities for a meaningful research experience. An academic institution whose chemistry department meets the guidelines for ACS approval is placed on a nationally recognized list of approved chemistry programs. Clearly, the objective of the ACS approval/certification process is to encourage institutions to develop and maintain a high quality program of instruction in chemistry. Furthermore, identifying and participating in an approved program will afford you some measure of assurance that you are being given high quality instruction.
In many schools with approved programs, more than one chemistry major exists. For example, a non-certified degree might be available in addition to the certified degree. In such a case, why should you seek the certified degree? The best response to this question is largely philosophical, but internally very meaningful. Personal achievement rides the same waves as personal challenges. Without question, your own sense of self-satisfaction and worth will be stimulated by the challenges of trying to learn and understand as much as possible about a particular discipline. The certified chemistry degree program is typically more rigorous than the noncertified chemistry degree program, and it may often require a larger commitment of time to complete. Nevertheless, the more one knows about various facets of chemistry, the more one is able to understand and appreciate the broad significance and impact chemistry has in our daily lives.
But the benefits extend well beyond the personal challenge. The extra rigor and additional requirements of the certified degree are valued by potential employers and graduate schools alike. Employers realize that a certified graduate may have better preparation for technical employment. Some companies offer higher starting salaries to certified degree holders as compared to their noncertified classmates. It is not likely that a graduate school will overtly consider whether an applicant holds a certified degree or not, but it is clear that, all other things being equal, the additional course work and other requirements of your certified degree program will give you a boost as you enter the typical graduate program.
So, what's the bottom line? As outlined above, the ACS approval program and the student certification process encourage institutions to offer high-quality curricula. Such an effort directly benefits the chemistry graduates of those institutions. The certified degree is also valuable to the graduate because ofthe personal satisfaction of completing a rigorous program and the assurance of better preparation for a career in chemistry.
ACS Committee on Professional Training, Spring 1999.
Questions, Comments, Suggestions?
If you would like more information about chemistry at SUNY Plattsburgh, please contact:
Neil Buckley, Chairperson
Office: Hudson Hall 221
Phone: (518) 564-5165
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National Anti-Fracking Rally Targets NY Governor Cuomo
Last Saturday at the Stop the Frack Attack rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., you could easily have convinced yourself you were at an anti-fracking rally in Albany. There were so many signs urging people to call Governor Andrew Cuomo that it is clear concerned citizens across the country have their eyes on New York. And it wasn't only New Yorkers at the rally saying that if Governor Cuomo allows fracking in New York he will never be president. Folks from across the country are looking to Governor Cuomo as our best chance to stop the spread of fracking.
D.C. may be four hours from New York, but in some ways it wasn't surprising that so many activists from other states are concerned about what Governor Cuomo will do. Fracking is a drilling process that pumps millions of gallons of water laced with chemicals into the ground to obtain oil and natural gas. By now many across the country are familiar with the risks fracking poses to our drinking water, our air and our quality of life. Further, many have seen the disturbing images from Pennsylvania of people who can light their tap water on fire.
It's no secret to activists from all over that New York is our best chance to make a real stand against the oil and gas companies. Unlike Pennsylvania or Ohio, New York isn't controlled by extreme right-wing politicians. Perhaps more importantly, the oil and gas companies are not yet completely entrenched in all layers of government in the state like they are in so many other parts of the country. Given all this, it should make banning fracking in New York a pretty simple proposition.
There's just one problem. Governor Cuomo has presidential aspirations in 2016. If there is one thing we all know about running for president, it's that it takes a lot of money. The governor thus finds himself in a classic dilemma. On the one hand he doesn't want to go against the oil and gas companies because he will need their money to run a viable presidential campaign. On the other hand, he can't afford to completely alienate his base and still win the nomination.
The message in D.C. this weekend was clear. The progressive base in New York, and across America, is adamantly opposed to fracking. It's time for Governor Cuomo to realize that some things are more important than money. He may think he can't afford to anger the oil and gas companies just four years before he runs for president, but the reality is he can't afford to enrage the progressive base by accepting fracking. Governor Cuomo must not allow fracking in any part of New York.


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Submission + - Moon Dust Back In NASA's Hands (ibtimes.com)
gabbo529 writes: "It's only a speck but some moon dust from the original Apollo 11 mission is back in NASA's hands. The speck of moon dust was only one-eighth of an inch (3 millimeters) wide and was attached to a transparent piece of tape. To an auction house in St. Louis it was worth between $1,000 and $1,500. However, NASA got wind of the dust and was able to get it back."


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Icebergs, Mummies and the Nature of Time
San Diego Union Tribune -- Top scholars from around the world are meeting at the University of San Diego this week to take up topics as real as tsunamis and as abstract as the nature of time. The campus is hosting the annual Pacific division meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society. AAAS also publishes the prestigious journal Science. Upwards of 600 scholars will deliver papers, give papers and debate the latest findings in their field. (Full Story)


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Story highlights
- Hong Kong University study finds Hong Kong is the most light polluted city on Earth
- Two-year study finds parts of city to be 1,000 times above international standards
- Author says upward pointing lights and advertising hoarding add to light pollution
- Even remote parts of Hong Kong are as much as 100 times international norms
If you want a place to see the majestic sweep of the Milky Way -- or even any star at night -- then put Hong Kong at the bottom of your must-visit list.
The local urban night sky is as much as 1,000 times brighter than international norms making it the most light polluted city in the world, according to a study by the faculty of science at the University of Hong Kong.
Much more than the romantic flicker of neon through a bedroom window, Hong Kong residents now have to contend with shopping precincts that are lit up like football stadiums and golf driving ranges that rise like daybreak on the horizon.
Study leader Jason Pun Chun-shing said the group could find no other place on the planet that was as light polluted as Hong Kong.
"Hong Kong is an extremely densely populated place which is why the city has such a severe problem," he told CNN. However, he said unregulated lighting on buildings and the Hong Kong government's obsession with providing public safety had made the city world's biggest light trap.
"In Hong Kong, the government tends to play things on the safe side," he said. "Certainly, I'm all for safety -- these are extremely important issues -- on the other hand, when you go near some public places, city parks for instance, they are lit up like the daytime in the evening.
"I think some of it is simply overdoing it," Pun said. He said of particular concern was spotlighting that was directed at the sky to create a dramatic effect.
Unlike other major world cities -- among them Sydney and London -- Hong Kong has no laws controlling urban lighting.
The study found that even rural areas of Hong Kong, including the nearby island of Lantau and the city's Wetland Park to the north -- a world famous staging post for migratory birds -- were also being affected by man made lighting. The Wetland Park was on average 100 times brighter than the standard, the study found.
The international standard for night skies is set by the International Astronomical Union and refers to a night sky unaffected by man made lighting.
Ironically, Hong Kong's most light polluted place was the Hong Kong Space Museum at Tsim Sha Tsui which was more than 1,000 times brighter than international norms due to the large number of billboards and floodlights nearby.
Developed by physicists at the University of Hong Kong, the study -- Hong Kong Night Sky Brightness Monitoring Network (NSN) -- took more than 5 million night sky brightness measurements over a period of nearly three years. The study team said it now has the largest database on night sky brightness in the world.
Even measurements at Hong Kong's Astropark observatory, located deep in Sai Kung Country Park, showed problems of light pollution.
"Even though the Astropark was the darkest station in our study, its night sky is still at least 20 times brighter than the international dark sky standard before 11pm," Pun said.
"Light pollution is swiftly destroying the few remaining star-gazing locations in Hong Kong."
While the study started looking at light pollution from an astronomer's perspective, ecologists also joined the project to gauge the impact of light pollution on wildlife.
"There have been many studies showing definitively that wasteful light has a big ecological impact, in particular for nocturnal animals that depend on the amount of light to regulate their lives. It's part of the reason why we set up a station near the Wetland Park because it's such an ecologically important area," Pun said.
Nevertheless, for Chan Yuk Lung who runs the astronomy club at Queen's College -- a senior secondary school whose rooftop observatory in Hong Kong's Causeway Bay is in one of the brightest areas of the city -- the problem of light pollution is overstated.
"The sky is bright, no doubt, but the brightness is caused by the particles in the air not directly by the surrounding light," Chan said.
"We have very polluted air in Hong Kong and we have a lot of floating particles in the air and these floating particles reflect light back into our eyes -- this is why we feel the sky is so bright at night."
He said modern filters on the telescope can obviate the problems of light refracted by the particles.
"The major problem for us isn't city lights, it's clouds," he said, adding that Hong Kong has more than 200 cloudy nights a year.


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Lee said at the time that he experienced an ''awakening" when he watched former Vice President Al Gore's environmental documentary ''An Inconvenient Truth."
Calling Rachel Madcow.
The ORIGINAL gathering place for a merry band of Three Percenters. (As denounced by Bill Clinton on CNN!)
Lee said at the time that he experienced an ''awakening" when he watched former Vice President Al Gore's environmental documentary ''An Inconvenient Truth."
The only difference between Lee and the Unabomber is the courage to go in person rather than mail it in.
Al Gore is to the Unabomber and Lee as PETA is to the Animal Liberation Front, ELF and EarthFirst!
EarthFirst! People Last! And Elites uber alles.
I feel safe in calling this progressive thug a hater.
"Nothing is more important than saving ... the Lions, Tigers, Giraffes, Elephants, Froggies, Turtles, Apes, Raccoons, Beetles, Ants, Sharks, Bears, and, of course, the Squirrels. The humans? The planet does not need humans." -James J Lee
Well, there's one the planet didn't need.
What can be said? They are about destroying traditional America and American values. He hurts them and their cause and they aren't about to do that. Just as they aren't about to tell the truth when it really counts. Their stock and trade is in lies and support for Marxist philosophy. Green I'm told, is the new red. I don't care what color they are, I know a Marxist when I see one and they are all over the place, especially in D.C.
It's not terrorism unless a Muslim did it
Just waiting for the outcry about Gore's extremism instigating violence among the unhinged...
GRAND ISLE, La. - An offshore oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday [today, 9/2], west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill.
Oh boy. How will what David Codrea calls the environmentalcases exploit this one?
The AP wire service coverage went on about his "problems" with the Discovery Channel programming and mentioned his earlier protests and arrest record, but never once mentioned that his objection was that they were not radical enough for his taste. And heaven forbit that they use the term ecoterrorist. Just wouldn't be PC now would it.
Nor did his fixation on ol Al's movie appear anywhere. Must have been an oversight, right.
Froggies? He said "Froggies"?
Maybe smarter and more mature than Al Gore... if a trifle lacking in the PR skills.
LRC has it right at the "a hater" link. The old double standard in media.
The media giant I used to work for, whose stock once commanded $50a share, was scrabbling like a hamster in a bucket to reach $12, and has now sunk to $7.50. The learning curve is flat.
at 8:14 AM Anonymous said...
"It's not terrorism unless a Muslim did it"
No, it's not terrorism unless a white male bible loving, gun owning, pro-life, pro-Constitution, small government, registered Independent voter did it. If it was a Muslim, it's deemed work place violence as was Ft. Hood, or a violent act but not terrorism. We can't be telling the truth now, don't you know Islam is a religion of peace? /s
"Lee appears to have posted environmental and population-control demands online, saying humans are ruining the planet and that Discovery should develop programs to sound the alarm."
Planet - 1 = Mission Accomplished.
You'll never see Al Gore's name in any story about this by the lame-stream media. He's already so far under the bus that they won't run over him anymore.
This guy hated his own kind - humans. Hope he believes in reincarnation, and comes back as an aborted fetus.
To anyone in the T-shirt printing business, here's one for you.
save an animal
If this whacko had one of these shirts maybe it would saved a lot of trouble and expense. Those sniper bullets are expensive you know, however in this case the cost was well justified.
Sometimes the cops do get it right.
Just imagine what MSNBC would have said had a Tea Party or a III%er had done this.
The glaring Double Standard is amazing!
Lee is from Hawaii so you were correct to call him a moke.
You are learning how to use this word.
Who would have thought that Al Gore would be leading a hate group! I bet the SPLC didn't see that one coming. Wha an inconvenient event this was for the lefties.


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Major League Baseball traditionally asks teams to refrain from making major announcements during the World Series, which starts on Wednesday.
Might that serve as a deadline of sorts for the Red Sox to strike a deal with the Toronto Blue Jays for manager John Farrell?
General manager Ben Cherington did not respond to requests for comment on Friday. But major league sources said the sides are continuing to discuss proper compensation for Farrell.
Farrell, 50, was the Red Sox pitching coach for four seasons before becoming manager of the Blue Jays in 2011.
Farrell has not denied any interest in returning to Boston after two rocky seasons in Toronto. The Red Sox see Farrell as being able to capture the respect of the players following the turbulent one-year reign of Bobby Valentine.
Like Cherington, Toronto GM Alex Anthopoulos has a reputation for honesty in his dealings with the media. Speculation in Toronto is that he canceled his weekly radio appearance Thursday morning rather than answer questions about the situation. The Associated Press reported late Friday night that the Sox have asked permission to speak directly to Farrell.
As the Red Sox try to engineer the return of Farrell, the four managerial candidates they interviewed are waiting to get some news.
In order, the Red Sox spoke to Dodgers third base coach Tim Wallach, Yankees bench coach Tony Pena, Padres special assistant Brad Ausmus, and Orioles third base coach DeMarlo Hale.
"Thought it went well. There was no timetable given on when I might hear back," said Hale, who interviewed Thursday. "Enjoyed the opportunity."
One compelling reason for the Red Sox to name a manager soon is so he can assemble a strong coaching staff. One position that needs filling is hitting coach, with the departure of Dave Magadan to the Texas Rangers Friday.
The Red Sox held an option on Magadan, but granted him permission to speak with other teams. Magadan had several offers, including one from the Indians and his former boss, Terry Francona. The Red Sox wanted him to return for a seventh season.
Under Magadan, the Red Sox have had one of the top offenses in the game. They were second in the majors in OPS (.791) and led the game by averaging 3.94 pitches per plate appearances during the last six years.
"It was difficult to leave," Magadan said. "I have relationships with the players, the front office, everybody from the PR department to marketing to community relations. I did a lot of work in the community. There's a lot of people in the organization I'm going to miss."
Magadan said he established roots in Boston and gave consideration to staying.
"In the end, I felt like it was a good opportunity for me to go to Texas and kind of start the next chapter of my coaching career. Me and the family are very excited for it," he said.
Magadan said all the organizational turnover in recent years did not play a role in his decision.
"No, not really. In the end I feel like I can more or less get along with anybody," he said. "What brings me to the field every day is your relationships with the manager and the other staff members, but ultimately it's the players that get you up in the morning and make you want to show up to work. As a coach, that's the way it's got to be. The wins and losses are byproducts of how hard we work with the individual players. I spend more time with those guys than I do with my own family during the season.
"There are relationships there that will be hard to say goodbye to."
Said Rangers GM Jon Daniels: "We felt like we got one of the best in the business."
The Red Sox have not said anything about the status of their other coaches.
Bench coach Tim Bogar turned down the opportunity to become the bench coach in Houston. He had interviewed to become the Astros manager, which went to Bo Porter.
Pitching coach Randy Niemann and third base coach Jerry Royster were associates of Valentine and are unlikely to be retained.
With Magadan leaving, Bullpen coach Gary Tuck is the longest-tenured member of the field staff. He has been with the team for six seasons.
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The Red Sox and David Ortiz engaged in contract negotiations last week, according to a team source, but nothing has been resolved.Nick Cafardo of the Globe staff contributed to this report. Peter Abraham can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @PeteAbe.


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CORVALLIS, Ore. — Talk about an Oregon (State) trail.
Saturday's 21-7 loss to the eighth-ranked Beavers at Reser Stadium put the Utah Utes in both familiar and foreign territory.
The setback assured Utah of its second consecutive 0-4 start in Pac-12 play. It also put the Utes in a hole they've never been in during Kyle Whittingham's eight-year tenure as head coach — a 2-5 record to open a season.
It's a start the program hasn't experienced since 2002 when Ron McBride was at the helm. That team went 2-6, a mark Utah will try to avoid when it hosts California next Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium.
The Utes' latest setback came courtesy of turnovers. Two fumbles and a pair of interceptions proved costly and prevented them from denying Oregon State its first 6-0 start to a season since 1907.
The miscues proved pivotal in Travis Wilson's second career start at quarterback for Utah. The true freshman completed 15-of-28 passes for 172 yards. His final two drives ended with a fourth-down sack (by Oregon State linebacker D.J. Alexander) in the red zone and an interception.
Although the Utes never led, they were within striking distance throughout the contest. The Beavers, though, effectively sealed the deal on a 2-yard touchdown run by Storm Woods with 7:41 left to play. Trevor Romaine followed with the PAT to cap all scoring in the contest.
Oregon State quarterback Cody Vaz completed 16-of-26 passes for 174 yards. Markus Wheaton finished with a game-high seven receptions.
Utah's defense got off to a strong start. The Utes forced Oregon State to punt on its first three possessions. After the initial stop, Utah's offense moved into scoring position. However, a 43-yard field goal attempt by Coleman Petersen was wide left.
It proved to be a sign of bad things to come for the Utes. They fell into a 14-0 hole in a span of 1:30 over the first and second quarters. Both of the Oregon State touchdowns were setup by Wilson miscues on third down.
The first was an interception on a pass intended for DeVonte Christopher. Oregon State linebacker Michael Doctor picked off the overthrow and returned it 19 yards to the Utah 16. Three plays later, Woods scored on a 1-yard run.
Woods added a 2-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter, capping a two-play, 10-yard drive made possible by another Oregon State takeaway — this time a fumble. Wilson lost the ball while getting sacked by Rudolf Fifita and Dylan Wynn recovered it for the Beavers.
Trailing 14-0, Wilson and the Utes eventually got on track and responded. Wilson was 6-for-6 on a 10-play, 88-yard scoring march that ended with an 18-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jake Murphy.
Oregon State led 14-7 at halftime despite having 77 fewer yards than Utah and no success (0-for-5) in third-down situations. The Utes had 175 yards of total offense at the break.
Utah added to the tally once the second half got under way. The Utes took more than six minutes off the clock with a double-digit drive that led them to the Oregon State 3-yard line.
Then came another turnover — ending a golden opportunity to knot the score. A fumbled pitch to Christopher was recovered by defensive end Scott Crichton, giving the Beavers possession on the 10.
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Turkey Trot, a 5K and 10K Walk or Run at Cotton Mill Preserve, will take place on Saturday, Nov. 30.
Cotton Mill Preserve will be open Nov. 27-29 from 7 a.m. until 12 noon for the public as an outlet for outdoor hiking, walking or running the trails and for those who would like to familiarize themselves with the trails and prepare themselves to set a personal time for Saturday's race day.
The clock starts at 9 a.m. for both the 5K and 10 K walk.
There is no fee to hike, walk or run the trails Wednesday through Friday of that week.
Prior to the race, the registration fee is $20, and on the day of registration the cost is $25. Make checks payable to Lincoln County Tennis, 45 Boulder Trail, Fayetteville, TN 37334. The pre-registration cost includes a T-shirt.
Pre-register online at active.com the day of the event or mail in the registration form found on Active.com. T-shirts will only be available to those who pre-register. The race will be held rain or shine; there will be no refunds. Online registration and race information is available at www.runlincolncounty.com.
Proceeds from this event benefit the Lincoln County Tennis program.
Thanks to Run Lincoln County, there will be a running time clock, but this is only for the participants' benefit and not for an awards ceremony. The reward and time of the participant's run/walk is for the runner's self-satisfaction.
Cotton Mill Preserve is private land, so everyone is requested to pack out what they pack in. There will be restroom facilities (porta-potties) on site. Please be respectful and keep property and facilities clean. If the trails are used and treated with respect, they may be open to the public more often.
No T-shirts will be available for sale on the day of the event. This Turkey Trot is a no-frills, no awards event, though there may be some giveaways.
Cotton Mill Preserve is located at 240 Shelbyville Highway.


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The City of Mosier has been ordered to stop working on its Waterfront Master Plan until charges of illegal construction have been resolved.
That order has been given by the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Office of the U.S. Forest Service. The agency contends that project coordinator Gay Jervey exceeded her authority by instigating work without following the proper permitting processes. The subsequent violations of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) have jeopardized $500,000 of federal grant funds.
"We want to work this out but we also need the city to cooperate and work out the issues that have occurred as a result of the project coordinator's actions," said Mike Ferris, public affairs officer for the Forest Service.
Jervey declined to comment for the article. However, in a written statement through the community newsletter, she took the Forest Service to task, accusing the agency of "misconduct" and using "intimidation" tactics on city officials. She is also demanding the retraction of a recent published story about the incident and surrounding issues.
"I do not personally enjoy these activities, they detract somewhat from the creative progress of life," wrote Jervey. "However, people must be held accountable in some form for the damage that they do."
But the Forest Service is concerned about the damage that Jervey may have done by not finalizing the master plan and then not following the draft model for developing 12 acres of Mosier's shoreline. That work was made possible in 2001 when Congress authorized the expenditure as part of $10 million in recreation funds that were allocated under the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act.
"She was just not patient enough to pull parts of the puzzle together but this is a bureaucratic process because it involves public money," said Ferris.
The Forest Service was the agency responsible for channeling the grant dollars to the city, who hired Jervey as its paid project manager. Ferris said the agency is also accountable to act on ESA violations pointed out by the National Marine Fisheries Service. And two of the Mosier Creek bridges have failed to meet NMFS' standards. One structure was built lower than allowable in the flood plain and the second crossing was built with treated wood that could release toxins into the water.
In addition to problems with the Forest Service, the city has drawn fire from the Oregon Division of State Lands. That regulatory body is threatening to levy almost $24,000 of fines — $6,750 of which includes Jervey personally — for unauthorized labor to cut a trail through a protected riparian area, install unauthorized culverts and dump fill materials at the site.
"She has taken a lot of liberties that I think most people would not be willing to take — I don't understand this attitude, it's just amazing," said Ferris.
He said since the spring of 2002 the Forest Service repeatedly had to warn Jervey to follow the rules and wait out the timeline for construction — a caution she repeatedly chose not to follow. By fall Ferris said the agency realized it had no alternative but to suspend all activities until the situation had been resolved.
To date, the Forest Service has reimbursed the city a little more than $74,000 of construction costs incurred during the past year. But some of the listed expenditures have failed to qualify under a special audit. That recent study by Dan Terry, a Forest Service staff accountant, determined that some expenditures were unauthorized because there was no "notice to proceed." In addition, he questions procurement procedures, the city's activity reporting system for employees and contractors paid on an hourly basis, and failure to obtain written quotes from three qualified bidders before assigning jobs.
"From the very beginning they were aware of what the criteria and standards were and I don't know how we can justify some of those costs," said Ferris.
Mosier City Council President Mike Kennedy isn't sure whether Jervey, as the driving force behind the project, will be replaced as recommended by the Forest Service. He said steps have been taken to comply with ODSL directives and the Council will discuss the situation further at its March 19 meeting.
"I don't know about replacing her because I don't see anyone else stepping up and saying they want to do this," Kennedy said.
Ferris said all possible steps need to be taken to resolve the outstanding issues and finish the waterfront plan — but this time by following the correct environmental guidelines.
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Hey geneaphiles - it's Saturday Night, time for more Genealogy Fun!!!
Tonight, we're going to go down memory lane a bit.
1) What was the #1 song on the day you were born? Or on your birthday when you were 15? Or when you married? Or some other important date in your life.
2) Go to http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/birthdayno1 and enter the date and select from UK, US or Australia record lists. Note: the first date available is 1 January 1946.
Alternatively, go to http://www.joshhosler.biz/ and enter the month and date and see a list of songs for each year since 1940.
3) Tell us what your results are (If you are sensitive about your age, don't list the date or year... ) on a blog post of your own, a comment to this post, or in a Facebook status line or note.
This week's SNGF ties in with this week's 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History, which also covers songs. I wrote in my post for that topic:
The week I was born, the number 1 song in the United States was Wild Thing by The Troggs. I like that, as I've always liked the simple, straightforward nature of the song. Basic power chords.
This an all other articles on this blog are © copyright 2011 by Daniel G. Dillman


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Well, I still don't agree fully but all I wanted to say is that a "newer" design doesn't have to be a "better" one.
I prefer the 90s GUI looks, that's why I use GNOME with a rather plain look. I don't want the GUI to get into my way, so I prefer it edgy, grey, opaque, and without animations. For me, it's more important that everything lies plain in front of me and that every dialog looks and behaves the same. Windows 7 is a complete catastrophe for me, everything is shiny, translucent, rounded, shadowed, animated, and so on, but if you want to get some work done, it's not good in my opinion. Even Office 2007 has a completely pointless shiny shine effect behind the pages! If I want to create documents, the least thing I want is a frame and background around it that is even more "designed" than the document itself.
I agree that a GUI shouldn't look "bad" or "ugly", but for me, a GUI like e.g. the one in Windows 95 is not ugly, it's just plain because it's nothing more or less than a GUI, so it doesn't really "look" at all. It would need more pointless design elements to be able to look "good" or "ugly", and those are always a matter of taste. But the more "plain" a GUI is, the less it can "look" at all.
Example of an old GUI that looks ugly in my opinion: http://www.guidebookgallery.org/pics/gui/desktop/full/riscos37.png
Example of Win95 GUI which is so plain that there's no room for matter of taste: http://www.guidebookgallery.org/pics/gui/settings/accessibility/win...


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Xavier University wins national recognition for outstanding fundraising performance in 2009
The CASE WealthEngine Award for Educational Fundraising honors superior advancement programs | July 16, 2009
Xavier University is the winner of a 2009 WealthEngine Award for Educational Fundraising from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Xavier received the Overall Performance Award. Out of 450 colleges and universities considered, Xavier is one of 51 to receive this award.
The award recognizes superior fundraising programs across the country and is a component of CASE's Circle of Excellence program, which honors exemplary advancement initiatives and activities. Other schools receiving this recognition include Columbia, Yale, University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins and UCLA.
In a letter announcing the award, CASE President John Lippincott noted of Xavier, "Your institution has not only demonstrated the highest levels of professionalism and best practice in its fundraising efforts, it has contributed to the betterment of educational advancement worldwide."
"This prestigious honor reflects the hard work of our staff and the generosity of our alumni and donors who continue to strongly support Xavier's 178-year tradition of developing men and women for others," said Xavier Vice President for University Relations Gary Massa.
"Thanks to them, Xavier's 'To See Great Wonders' campaign is revolutionizing the students' learning experience and dramatically enhancing the campus environment, and has already reached $181 million of the $200 million goal."
The award is based on a judge's analysis of three years of fundraising data submitted to the Council for Aid to Education's annual Voluntary Support of Education survey. Read more about the awards program at the CASE web site.


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- Easy school lunches for kids
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Conquer a common parental dilemma by serving up easy, nutritious school lunches that your kids will actually eat.
It's a common parental dilemma: conjuring up easy, nutritious school lunches that your child will actually eat. Ideally, you'd send your children off each day with a wild-caught salmon fillet, a scoop of barley risotto, and a crisp salad; in real life, that wholesome lunch would likely come home each day, well, still whole. To raise your lunch-box success ratio, we've gathered grocery-shopping and preparation tips to keep kids satisfied—and well fueled—until the last bell rings.
Shopping for school lunches
During weekly or twice-weekly shopping trips, load your basket with foods that will feed your child's brain, says Coralee Thompson, MD, coauthor of Healthy Brains, Healthy Children (Barmore, 2009). If your kitchen is stocked with convenient, whole foods, you (and your kids) will be less likely to rely on processed, packaged foods or whatever the school cafeteria is serving that day.
How to use leftovers
Plan dinners and lunches will follow. Heat up leftover soups, stews, or whole-grain pastas (if necessary) and pack them in an insulated stainless-steel container. Top extra baked or sweet potatoes with favorite veggies and grated cheese. Cut leftover cooked chicken, red meat, or fish, into kid-friendly cubes; pack them solo or use them in sandwiches and wraps, suggests Thompson. Or choose lean and lower-sodium lunchmeats.
Make fresh foods once or twice a week
Some fruits and veggies become brown or slimy if you cut them too far in advance, but others—grapes, cherry tomatoes, carrots, jicama slices—can be washed and bagged days ahead. Other tried-and-true prep- and package-ahead menu items: hard-boiled eggs; homemade trail mixes (nuts, seeds, dried fruits, unsweetened coconut flakes); natural applesauce mixed with cinnamon, walnuts, and raisins; plain yogurt blended with honey, berries, and nuts; and dips such as hummus, black bean dip, salsa, and yogurt.
Make cooking fun!
Slice foods into easy-to-handle strips or cubes (lightly brush apples and pears with lemon juice to prevent browning) and package them with tasty dips. Or combine multicolored fruits or veggies in one reusable container for eye appeal. Wrap foods in tortillas, and cut sandwiches into triangles. For younger kids, send a note declaring certain days to be "sponsored by" a particular letter ("C" could be carrots, clementines, chicken, and cashews) or color (orange pepper strips, cantaloupe, cheddar cheese cubes, a few bites of salmon). For occasional treats, try a few semi-sweet chocolate chips or a baggie of air-popped popcorn drizzled with olive oil and sea salt (prepared in advance).
Try unfamiliar ingredients weekly
If your kids are picky, you'll have to be persistent. Have them try a new healthy food at home first, says Karen Spencer Dees, PhD, a professor of holistic nutrition at Clayton College of Natural Health in Framingham, Massachusetts (she uses this strategy with her four young children). If they don't like it, reintroduce it in a week or two. After repeated exposure to a nutritious food choice, kids will often start to choose it on their own.
Foods should be nutritious
Ground flaxseed, for example, can be added imperceptibly to yogurt, applesauce, or dips. Finely chop walnuts and hide them in a trail mix, or tuck a few cooked greens into a wrap.
Get your kids involved
Take your child shopping and let her choose new, whole foods to try. Then set up a food-tasting buffet and have her record favorites on a chart for Mom's or Dad's reference.
Whatever your approach, don't give up, Thompson says. "Your child's brain is such a magnificent organ. But in order for it to be at its best, you have to feed it well."


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Christmas in Newtown, Conn., will forever be changed.
The mass shooting last week at Sandy Hook Elementary School — coming less than two weeks before Christmas — has not only made it impossible for some to celebrate this year, but for years to come.
Many have taken down Christmas decorations at their home. Some had wrapped presents for a lost loved one under their tree.
"How is it even humanly possible for something like this to happen?" said Rapid Response Team Chaplain Coordinator Jack Dowling, one of 10 chaplains deployed by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association the day of the shooting.
The timing, this close to Christmas, has undoubtedly added a layer of difficultly to Newtown, which still has some lights and trees around town. Christmas will go on. But it will be unlike ever before. And some in the community have Christmas at the forefront of their mind, and want to dialogue about the deeper meaning.
"Jesus did come and Jesus was born and Jesus was a babe at this time of year," chaplain Toni New replays some of the conversations she's had. "And we know now this time of year, that your family can be at peace and at rest with the Lord. And you can be there with Him too someday if you have a relationship with Him.
"And that's what we have to speak to them: hope, and knowing that they can rejoin their family member; that this is not the end."
Much of the ministry has been to the First Responders and to the general community, but some of the crisis-trained chaplains have had encounters with family members at restaurants and the hotel.
Rapid Response Team Director Jack Munday gave a training at a local church on Sunday evening on how to best deal with traumatic situations. A chaplain is being made available for each of the 20 funerals that have started this week, presenting the family with a Billy Graham Training Center Bible.
"Almost without exception, across denominational backgrounds, they are appreciative of our presence," Dowling said. "We'll give a brief word of encouragement to the family and sometimes prayer."
And there is much need for prayer as the community is still in shock. Here are a few ways you can remember Newtown in prayer over the Christmas season:
1. For the community of Newtown: As Christmas quickly approaches, there will be some families who have wrapped gifts under the tree for a loved one that was lost in the Sandy Hook shooting. Pray that this community is able to celebrate Christmas; that the peace of Christ would permeate through Newtown.
2. For the First Responders: For those who were among the first to respond to Sandy Hook Elementary School, haunting images are making it hard for some to even sleep, as they awaken with flashbacks. Please pray for emotional stability for these First Responders as well as others in the community who are dealing with survivor's guilt and are taking down Christmas decorations.
3. For the Rapid Response Team chaplains and others ministering in Newtown: A deployment like this takes a toll on everyone and those ministering to the hurt and broken are no exception. Pray for the Billy Graham chaplains, including some who will help share the hope and love of Christ over Christmas, foregoing time with their own families to serve the Newtown community.
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Scary thought for Georgia Bulldog fans: Flash forward to the season opener at Clemson for a moment. Imagine Tigers quarterback Tajh Boyd throwing it to Sammy Watkins. That's a dangerous combination. Now, who's in the Georgia secondary?
Well, right now the Bulldogs have three of their 2012 starters playing in the Senior Bowl, down in Mobile, Ala. Bacarri Rambo and Shawn Williams are playing safety. Sanders Commings is at corner. They're busy auditioning for the NFL. And Branden Smith just played in the East-West Shrine game. That's four guys out of the mix in the secondary.
Damian Swann returns at cornerback and he's now considered the playmaker. Look for Damian to be locking up on Watkins in the Clemson game. But that's it. Everyone else will be first-year guys.
Devin Bowman and Sheldon Dawson got a taste of big-time football this season at corner. Both get a serious look this spring. Not sure about these two yet.
Reggie Wilkerson and J.J. Green are doing the early enrollee thing and already are on campus. And it looks like Brendan Langley and Shaquille Wiggins will sign next month and hit campus this summer. So, that's six cornerbacks competing for time next to Swann.
The safety spots are wide open, too. Corey Moore is one dude to keep an eye on this spring. Josh Harvey-Clemons is a potential star player. It's time to find out if he's ready to play ball.
Who else is in the mix at safety? Tray Matthews and Quincy Mauger enrolled early and three others are lined up to sign in the coming days. Paris Bostick comes in from Tampa, where he stuffed the run. Shaquille Fluker and Kennar Johnson arrive via the junior college scene. Wonder if they are ready to help?
So, the Bulldogs secondary will have nine new players competing for spots. Talk about flipping over a position group. This turnover is serious stuff.
Looks like Malcolm Mitchell will be staying at receiver full time this season. He is Aaron Murray's go-to guy now.
Secondary coach Scott Lakatos has a lot of work to get done. Spring should be interesting and the summer camp will be critical. He's got to find some new players before that trip to Clemson to face Tajh Boyd and Sammy Watkins.
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A turnaround season for the Pittsburgh Penguins ended with Sidney Crosby once again holding the Stanley Cup.
Crosby set up Kris Letang's go-ahead goal midway through the second period and the Pittsburgh Penguins won the fourth Stanley Cup in franchise history by beating the San Jose Sharks 3-1 in Game 6 of the final Sunday night.
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Just got my Netossa shipping notice, but the charge for her is extremely off. Wondering if anyone else gets a weird charge for her in their e-mail.
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Just got my Netossa shipping notice, but the charge for her is extremely off. Wondering if anyone else gets a weird charge for her in their e-mail.
Possibly, but it looks like I was charged the correct amount on my card.
42.71 total
$25 + tax + UPS shipping
The invoice had a total of $70.02
I went to findmyorder.com and this is the invoice i get:
2013 Masters of the Universe® Classics Club Eternia® Subscription
1 Club Eternia® 2013 Subscription - Initial Figure
1 Club Eternia Voting Code
Electronic Download
Sub-Total $50.00
Shipping $13.75
Tax $0.00
Total $63.75
Basically it appears the total includes the $25 of club eternia subscription - which we paid alread if I'm not mistaken - and (possibly) shipping is calculated over a two figures weight instead of one...
I wonder if we were charged this amount or the correct one...
Can the DR guys make ONE thing right in their lives?
See what's charged on your card. The invoice and actual charge seem to differ.
I got two separate emails. bear in mind I got two MOTU subs (which i regret now; would rather have one) and one Watchmen.
email one:
Club Watchmen 1 1 1 $33.20
Club Eternia® 1 1 1 $33.19
Steep, right? That's pre-tax.
Then email #2:
Club Eternia® 1 1 1 $37.96
I guess maybe I was one of the lucky ones to get Ram Man early? But why is he shipping separately?
Mine says $59.90....for one Netossa, yet shipping for anything I put in my cart is $8.70???? But I am being charged $9.90 for the sub shipping? And another $25?
Product Name Qty Ordered Qty Shipped Total Qty Shipped Amount
Club Eternia® 2013 Subscription - Initial Figure 1 1 1 $25.00
Shipping: $9.90
Tax: $0.00
Total: $59.90
What the hell?
Mine says the same thing......I was only charged 34.90 on my card though....which makes sense because the other 25 was paid back when we subbed. (this is showing the initial order which was Netossa AND King He-man.) The thing that gets me is this is shipping cost for both...so does that mean King He-man won't add anything to our shipping cost when they send him?
If all you guys subtract about $25 from the invoice total, you should get the correct amount charged on your card. That's gotta be the King He-Man we paid for when we signed up.
But why is shipping $9.90 for my sub, and only $8.70 for anything in the cart? Sounds like a rip off to me....an extra $1.20 for what?
Is that an extra perk I was unaware of, getting charged $1.20 extra? What is it to pay for the My sub page? I mean really....
Is there sales tax usually in your order?
Looks like 13,75 is the new international shipping cost for 1 figure... Rising 8,8$ for each figure
It must be a typo... my card hasn't been charged yet, but I got this on the mail:
Product SKU Product Name Qty Ordered Qty Shipped Total Qty Shipped Amount
Y3185S Club Eternia® 1 1 1 $38.75
Shipping: $13.75
Tax: $0.00
Total: $63.75
I just got one of my January shipping notices and it also shows an extra $25-per-sub charge for the Club Eternia Initial Figure. I'm guessing this is the Club Eternia sub fee that also covers King He-Man...But didn't we get charged that amount when we bought our subs? It's weird that they put it here again when we already got this in our original sub invoices. I guess it's because it's the first official sub invoice for 2013 but it's just plain confusing.
Fortunately, I checked my bank activity earlier today and saw that I was charged for all of my subs. The actual charges are $25 less-per-sub than what the invoice states, so it looks like everything is ok...I hope...
checked my notice and then my online banking and I was only charged for Netossa. Glad to get my shipping notice earlier than usual!
Shock of shocks- got my shipping notice too, and she'll be here on the day she is released! That's never happened to me before :)
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Also- WOW! One single figure is now $42 plus change after taxes and shipping. That's just gross. I knew the prices were going up- but hot damn. When $25 becomes $42 it becomes pretty nausea-inducing. Here's to the line dying after 2014! ;)
My invoice is off too ($144 dollars!), but I've only been charged for my Netossa, Saint Walker and Rorschact.
Yeah, my total amount is off too:
Club Eternia® 2013 Subscription - Initial Figure 1 1 1 $25.00
Shipping: $13.75
Tax: $0.00
Total: $63.75
....but this happened before when I tried to buy some flight stands in Oct./Nov. Even though the site said the stands were in stock, they were actually sold out when my order was ready to ship. That time my card was charged the correct amount (total without stands), but every email, purchase order, even the receipt the was in the box when the items finally arrived gave the impression I was being charged too much. I'm assuming this is just another example of DR's archaic software, and that we are being charged correctly despite DR's best efforts to say otherwise.
Like SCB stated earlier, just check your credit card or bank account activity to see what the actual charge is.
Anybody else being charged $3.12 per figure for tax? I am in Illinois. I don't ever recall tax before. Also, my total is way off as well.
Delays, strange invoices...not a good start to 2013.
Can somebody tell me if they are being charged tax too?
My order is $63.75 also. I hope they will remember it when they ship King He Man. so it would be 13.75 for it
This is what I got:
Club Eternia figure $25.00
Shipping $9.90
Tax $5.32
Total $65.22
I need to check my credit card to see if that is the actual charge.
Mine is off too. ah DR, you are the acme of online retailing.
LOL! Par for the course with digital river and matty!
If it wasn't for my beloved MOTU, I'd drop their service in a hot minute. Sadly, they're a monopoly on He-man!


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Morrison & Foerster LLP hosted a recruiting study break for UC Hastings students Dec. 5 in an effort to attract students with science and technical backgrounds for the firm's unique Two-Summer Patent Programs in Litigation and Prosecution.
The competition is fierce for students with science and technical backgrounds, and even more competitive for those with advanced degrees. Morrison & Foerster, which has one of the strongest patent practices in the country, has developed a recruiting program that spans two summers.
Students who commit in their first year spend their 1L and 2L summers learning "what we would teach first-year associates," said Lee Anne M. Masetti-Martin, the Patent Recruiting Manager. "We want them to be well equipped to practice from their first day as an associate. In this program, they start their legal careers at MoFo as law students."
Several UC Hastings alumni have been through the program and are now associates at the firm, nicknamed MoFo. Randy Omid '11 works in the firm's San Francisco office. He has a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, and a master's degree in electrical and computer engineering, and previously worked at a wireless telecommunications company. Euborn Chiu '10, has his bachelor's in electrical engineering from Cornell, and now works on domestic patent prosecution as an associate. Before law school, he worked as an IT consultant at Accenture.
3L Joanna Liebes is a current student who has gone through the Two-Summer Patent Program, spending her summers in the firm's Palo Alto office. She will join the firm as an associate following graduation in May 2013.
"UC Hastings is a strong magnet for tech students," Masetti-Martin said, referring to the school's IP faculty, its IP concentration, and programs such as the Innovation Law Clinics, which give students opportunities to work with high-tech and biotech clients. "We've had a really successful run with UC Hastings students."
Sari Zimmerman, assistant dean for the Office of Career & Professional Development, said Morrison & Foerster is unique in reaching out to 1Ls interested in patent law. "Everyone is fighting over students with technical backgrounds," she said. "For students with advanced degrees, it's a relatively small pool."
Masetti-Martin said the event, which drew scores of hungry students who dined on the complimentary pizza and salad provided by the firm, is also a chance for the firm to highlight its 1L Diversity Fellowship program. The firm awards up to five $15,000 fellowships each year to highly motivated first-year law students who are members of a diverse population that has historically been underrepresented in the legal profession. Recipients receive a paid summer associate position in one of the firm's U.S. offices, with a guarantee of serving as a second-year summer associate, assuming satisfactory performance.


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XML Basics for Java Developers, Part 1
Pages: 1, 2
XML Basics
The basic syntax of XML is extremely simple. If you've worked with HTML, you're already halfway there. As with HTML, XML represents information as text using tags to add structure. A tag begins with a name sandwiched between less-than (<) and greater-than (>) characters. Unlike HTML, XML tags must always be balanced; in other words, an opening tag must always be followed by a closing tag. A closing tag looks just like the opening tag but starts with a less-than sign and a slash (</). An opening tag, closing tag, and any content in between are collectively referred to as an element of the XML document. Elements can contain other elements, but they must be properly nested (all tags started within an element must be closed before the element itself is closed). Elements can also contain plain text or a mixture of elements and text. Comments are enclosed between
<!-- and
--> markers. Here are a few examples:
<!-- Simple -->
<Sentence>This is text.</Sentence>
<!-- Element -->
<Paragraph><Sentence>This is text.</Sentence></Paragraph>
<!-- Mixed -->
<Sentence>This <verb>is</verb> text.</Sentence>
<!-- Empty -->
An empty tag can be written more compactly with a single tag ending with a slash and a greater-than sign (/>):
An XML element can contain attributes, which are simple name-value pairs supplied inside the start tag.
<Document type="LEGAL" ID="42">...</Document>
<Image name="truffle.jpg"/>
The attribute value must always be enclosed in quotes. You can use double (") or single (') quotes. Single quotes are useful if the value contains double quotes.
Attributes are intended to be used for simple, unstructured properties or identifiers associated with the element data. It is always possible to make an attribute into a child element, so there is no real need for attributes. But they often make the XML easier to read and more logical. In the case of the
Document element in our snippet above, the attributes
type and
ID represent metadata about the document. We might expect that a Java class representing the
Document would have static identifiers for document types such as
LEGAL. In the case of the
Image element, the attribute is simply a more compact way of including the filename. As a rule, attributes should be atomic, with no significant internal structure; by contrast, child elements can have arbitrary complexity.
XML Documents
An XML document begins with the following header and has one root element:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
The header identifies the version of XML and the character encoding used. The root element is simply the top of the element hierarchy, which can be considered a tree. If you omit this header or have XML text without a single root element, technically what you have is called an XML fragment.
The default encoding for an XML document is UTF-8, the ASCII-friendly 8-bit Unicode encoding. But an XML document may specify an encoding using the encoding attribute of the XML header.
Within an XML document, certain characters are necessarily sacrosanct: for example, the "<" and ">" characters that indicate element tags. When you need to include these in your text, you must encode them. XML provides an escape mechanism called "entities" that allows for encoding special structures. There are five predefined entities in XML, as shown in Table 23-1.
& (ampersand)
< (less than)
> (greater than)
" (quotation mark)
' (apostrophe)
An alternative to encoding text in this way is to use a special "unparsed" section of text called a character data (CDATA) section. A CDATA section starts with
<![CDATA[ and ends with
]]>, like this:
<![CDATA[ Learning Java, O'Reilly & Associates ]]>
The CDATA section looks a little like a comment, but the data is really part of the document, just opaque to the parser.
You've probably seen that HTML has a
<body> tag that is used to structure web pages. Suppose for a moment that we are writing XML for a funeral home that also uses the tag
<body> for some other, more macabre, purpose. This could be a problem if we want to mix HTML with our mortuary information.
If you consider HTML and the funeral home tags to be a language in this case, the elements (tag names) used in a document are really the vocabulary of those languages. An XML namespace is a way of saying whose dictionary you are using for a given element, allowing us to mix them freely. (Later we'll talk about XML Schema, which enforce the grammar and syntax of the language.)
A namespace is specified with the
xmlns attribute, whose value is a Universal Resource Identifier (URI) that uniquely defines the set (and usually the meaning) of tags from that namespace:
<element xmlns="namespaceURI">
Recall from Chapter 13 that a URI is not necessarily a URL. URIs are more general than URLs. In practical terms, a URI is simply to be treated as a unique string. Often, the URI is, in fact, also a URL for a document describing the namespace, but that is only by convention.
xmlns namespace attribute can be applied to an element and all its children; this is called a default namespace for the element:
<body xmlns="http://funeral-procedures.org/">
But more often it is desirable to specify namespaces on a tag-by-tag basis. To do this, we can use the
xmlns attribute to define a special identifier for the namespace and then use that identifier as a prefix on the tags in question. For example:
<funeral xmlns:fun="http://funeral-procedures.org/">
<fun:body>Corpse #42</fun:body>
In the above snippet of XML, we've qualified the body tag with the prefix "fun:" that we defined in the
<funeral> tag. In this case, we should also qualify the root tag as well, reflexively:
<fun:funeral xmlns:fun="http://funeral-procedures.org/">
In the history of XML, support for namespaces is relatively new. Not all parsers support them. To accommodate this, the XML parser factories that we discuss later have a switch to specify whether you want a parser that understands namespaces.
We'll talk more about parsing in the sections on SAX and DOM later in this chapter.
A document that conforms to the basic rules of XML, with proper encoding and balanced tags, is called a well-formed document. Just because a document is syntactically correct doesn't mean that it makes sense, however. Two related specifications, Document Type Definitions (DTDs) and XML Schema, define ways to provide a grammar for your XML elements. This allows you to create syntactic rules, such as "a City element can appear only once inside an Address element." XML Schema goes further to provide a flexible language for describing the validity of data content of the tags, including both simple and compound data types made of numbers and strings. Although XML Schema is the ultimate solution (it includes data validation and not just rules about elements), it is more theory than practice at present, at least in terms of its integration with Java. (We hope that will change soon.)
A document that is checked against a DTD or XML Schema description and follows the rules is called a valid document. A document can be well-formed without being valid, but not vice versa.
HTML to XHTML
To speak very loosely, we could say that the most popular and widely used form of XML in the world today is HTML. The terminology is loose because HTML is not even well-formed XML. HTML tags violate XML's rule forbidding empty elements; the common
<p> tag is typically used without a closing tag, for example. HTML attributes also don't require quotes. XML tags are case-sensitive;
<P> and
<p> are two different tags in XML. We could generously say that HTML is "forgiving" with respect to details like this, but as a developer, you know that sloppy syntax results in ambiguity. XHTML is a version of HTML that is clear and unambiguous. Fortunately, you don't have to manually clean up all your HTML documents; Tidy (http://tidy.sourceforge.net) is an open source program that automatically converts HTML to XHTML, validates it, and corrects common mistakes.
In the next installment, learn SAX.
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Skip to comments.Records Provide New Look at Ariz. Shooting Spree
Posted on 03/27/2013 9:16:16 PM PDT by digger48
Almost everyone who crossed paths with Jared Loughner in the year before he shot former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords described a man who was becoming more unhinged and delusional by the day.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Lots of nuggets in this article.
Still pushing for more gun laws, but shedding some light on what most of us suspected ar already knew
The good news is the people who were killed didn't have evil guns on them.
Most of the first acquaintances interviewed said Loughner was a left-wing zealot, Also, he had volunteered in Giffords' campaigns.
The AP/ABC are scrubbing away the facts.
Yep. Now he's an anti government zealot. Code for "not one of ours".
This is from ABC and the AP ? Yeah, these guys are PRO at psy-ops.
The next tactic is to paint all gun owners as mentally disturbed. So they will go back and try to find facts that meet their agenda.
Don't let them do that.
At least Mark Kelly has been prevented from getting a gun.
Updated article from Tucson Sentinel. . .
Well, their lies aren't working well as polls show that gun control is stupid. As long as there are first shooter video games such as Bioshock or Black Ops, they'll keep failing.
nope - libtard lefty who was pissed gabby wasn't liberal enough for him.
Tucson shooting: No mental health treatment for Loughner before Giffords rampage
Maybe a drug problem?
"However, I hope that commonsense policies like universal background checks become part of our history, just like the Tucson shootings are our communities will be safer because of it."
Brain dead biotch.
I thought these records were sealed.
Everyone who bumped into this Jared Loughner character knew he was as crazy as an outhouse mouse -- his fellow students, his professors, his college administrators, the school psychiatrists, his own family, and the police department. Those who had to be near him on a day to day basis feared for their safety because Jared Loughner was obviously a dangerous unhinged loon who made violent threats. Nobody did anything useful about their Jared Loughner problem.
Now I'm to understand that the White House and Senate Democrats are convinced that it's ultimately all up to some random Arizona gun store owner to figure everything out about a dangerous loon who isn't in the national background check system -- even if they're an Arizona gun store owner that around the same time as Loughner shot Gabby Giffords was instructed by the Federal Department of Justice to just let guns be purchased by prohibited persons and just 'walk' out of their store because the BATF wanted to see 'where the guns end up'.
... Furthermore, there's no legislation being considered at the Federal level to prompt authorities to add the identities of dangerous loons like Jared Loughner to the 'background check' system. It's all about limiting guns to only being capable of carrying 10 bullets instead of 11?
Do I get this right? Yes, I do.
America, tell Democrats nationwide to shove gun control sideways up their butts. Get on the phone and contact your representatives.
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At the end of 2010 a Spanish Google search for "consumo colaborativo" only rendered few results, among them this note from the Discovery Channel Latin America and an article on Argentina's Rolling Stone website (2011), which were mostly focused on American examples. We are now in 2012 and I am pleased to report that collaborative consumption projects in Latin America have exploded. Would you like to learn more about some of these interesting projects?
Via jean lievens


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 7th Jun 2007 16:14 UTC, submitted by Punktyras
"What's the best way to attract a pile of threatening lawyers' letters from Microsoft? Sell pirate copies of Windows? Write a DRM-busting program? Londoner Jamie Cansdale has just discovered a new approach. He had the temerity to make Redmond's software better. As a hobby, Cansdale developed an add-on for Microsoft Visual Studio. TestDriven.NET allows unit test suites to be run directly from within the Microsoft IDE. Cansdale gave away this gadget on his website, and initially received the praises of Microsoft. In fact, Microsoft was so pleased with him, it gave him a Most Valuable Professionals award, which it says it gives to 'exceptional technical community leaders from around the world who voluntarily share their high quality, real world expertise with others'. However, his cherished status did not last."
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LOL. I love how they refer to it as "sexual assault". They really dont get it.
to blow a 12 year old boy
Link to article
A former Tennessee Titans cheerleader was arrested after being accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy she claims to have mistook for a man.
According to a Murfreesboro Police Department report obtained by Black Mountain News, Elizabeth Leigh Garner, 42, was having drinks at the victims home in February. At one point, the pre-teen went to use the bathroom and was followed by Garner.
He stated she was asking him if he had ever been with a woman, the report said. The boy claimed she then fondled him on the outside of his shorts and tried to take them off, saying she would perform oral sex on him.
Frightened, the boy escaped the bathroom and told his mother what happened.
Garner said she was drunk at the time and had the boy confused with a man that was also at the residence, according to the report.
In an off-camera interview with NewsChannel 5, Garner said she was innocent.
Theres just absolutely no excuse for sexual assaulting a child. If you cant tell the difference between a 12-year-old and an adult then there are problems, Kyle Evans of the MPD told the station.
Garner, a Nashville resident and a cheerleader for the Titans four years ago, was indicted on one count of sexual battery and one count of soliciting a minor.
She was later released on $30,000 bond.
In 5 years, this kid will think about this missed opportunity, and punch himself in the face.
LOL. I love how they refer to it as "sexual assault". They really dont get it.
To quote Rod Stewart, Some guys have all the luck.
Kid told his mom? What a dope...
That kid must live a sheltered life. At 12, I was praying for sex. This was a cheerleader!
Wow, 42? What a sad old broad. Time to put her out to pasture.
You people are disgusting. This isn't a 16 or 17 year old kid in high school screwing his 28 year old teacher.
The kid is in the 6th grade. Seriously, this woman has problems. He's in elementary school for chissakes.
Mom? Is Mrs. Garner coming over tonight? Yes, dear. Did you wash my Hulk underoos?


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It's been a year since anyone posted in here. Holy crow! Anyway, so um...I dunno how Jackson's gonna beat his performance as Jasper in Eclipse. That was how I've always pictured Jasper. Especially the accent. I know that surprised a lot of people, but I think he didn't get to say as much in the other films for his accent to be able to come out before. After all, Jasper is from Texas. Not to mention Jackson grew up there.
The pictures that came out of the calendar for Breaking Dawn Pt. 1 were horrendous. I mean, Jasper looks good, but it looks like Jackson showed up to the photoshoot & they said "meh, you don't need makeup or a wig. We'll just take pics of you like that." Seriously though, look at him! His hair is brown & he's wearing his own necklace. I srsly hope they changed his hair color for the movie.
Oh and I met him again at the last 100 Monkeys show I went to.
My crappy video of the improv Shut The Front Door


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Scientists Build Three Atom Thick LEDs 54
minty3 tipped us to news that UW researchers have built the thinnest LEDs yet: a mere three atoms thick. Quoting El Reg: "Team leader Xiaodong Xu, a UW assistant professor in physics and materials science and engineering, and his graduate student Ross, have published the technique in the latest issue of Nature Nanotechnology. They report that the LEDs are small and powerful enough to be used in optical chips that use light instead of electricity to shuttle signals and data through a processor, or they could be stacked to make new thin and flexible displays."


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RETAILERS are reporting strong Christmas trading, with some of the best sales to date, the Goulburn and District Chamber of Commerce says.
Chamber president Rob Walker told the Post that figures weren't final, but many businesses were feeling optimistic about results.
"The word is that sales were strong, not over the top like some previous years but still strong."
Mr Walker said the success of larger chain-stores in the Goulburn retail market added a challenge to locally-owned retailers, although most are reporting good sales.
Target selling support manager Mitch Blake said the store was especially busy leading up to Christmas and was trading well with post- Christmas sales.
"We were extremely busy in the lead up to Christmas as shoppers were out and about getting their last minute presents," he said.
"As in previous years, technology items continued to be a key category this Christmas due to the popularity of iPads, iPad Minis, iPod Touch and iPod speaker docks.
"Novelty electrical items such as donut makers and popcorn machines were among the most sought-after gifts. Automotive gift sets and pampering packs were also in hot demand this year."
While technology items were a popular choice for Christmas gifts, many people were buying homeware during the end of year sales.
"We have been really pleased with the response to our post Christmas sale… Goulburn locals are buying a large range of homewares, including high thread count sheet sets, towels and pillows," Mr Blake said.
Local retail outlets Zantis Jewellers and Something Special saw success over the festive season, with trade reported as on-par or even greater than previous years.
Owner of long-standing local store Zantis Jewellers, Peter Zantis, said that 2012 would stand as one of the most successful in his many years in local retail.
"We have had the best year from what I can remember," he said.
"(Sales were) down at the beginning of December compared to previous years, but from mid-December we were very pleased."
Mr Zantis told the Post he wasn't too worried about the year to come. He believes that locally, the retail market is buoyant, although the threat of online shopping will affect some retail industries.
Something Special's Janarie Micallef agreed that trade was quiet earlier in December, with no speculation as to why.
She said that personal items such as jewellery, handbags, wallets, toiletries, gourmet food and candles proved popular gifts for 2012, and home décor a well-liked choice post- Christmas.
Despite concerns about retail trade in January and February, Mrs Micallef said the flow of tourists through the town would help to keep things busy.
The addition of a tearoom to the store will attract business in 2013.
From handmade chocolates and handmade cakes to high teas, the Something Special tearoom will offer a place to sit, relax and enjoy the atmosphere and a great coffee.
"We want to create an experience to tie in with the store," Mrs Micallef said.
Plans are in place for the "grand opening" this month.
Keep an eye out in the Post for further details.


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Softball posts first wins of the season
The Lady Raider softball squad posted their first wins of the 2013 season last week by beating the Manson Trojans Saturday in Grand Coulee.
Head Coach Jamie Lezard said the girls were happy to be playing at home and picking up the first wins of the season in front of the home crowd at Grand Coulee Dam Middle School.
Earlier in the week, Lake Roosevelt travelled to Pateros and lost in a shutout 20-0. The Lady Raiders were 10-runned in the first inning, making mental errors on the field that hampered their defensive play.
The Nannies had a stout pitcher with a solid repertoire of pitches to choose from, Lezard said.
"(She) had a good change-up pitch that fooled us most of the game," he said, noting that this was the first time his squad had faced such an experienced pitcher this season.
Then on Saturday, in front of the home crowd, the Lady Raiders put together two wins in an offensive explosion. In the first game the Lady Raiders scored 42 runs, while allowing the Trojans 30.
In the second game LR won by 15 runs, with the score being LR 18, Manson 3.
Lezard said the Lady Raiders "played both games aggressively and competitively, with a .813 batting average for the day as a team." Leading the team batting, Keya Fast Horse and Savannah Marin batted .909 and .900, respectively.
Lezard wants to see the success from the wins continue as one of his team goals was met on Saturday.
The "Ladyies played great team ball," Lezard said. "This was the first time when everyone was on the same page."
Last night's home game against Central Washington North leading Liberty Bell tested that positive gain.
Saturday's doubleheader opponent is sitting in the cellar, as the Oroville Hornets have yet to win a game in league play. Lake Roosevelt will challenge them on their home diamond.


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Juventus coach Antonio Conte immediately put his side's derby victory over Torino to one side to send his commiserations to Javier Zanetti after hearing the Inter captain had suffered a serious injury on Sunday.
The Bianconeri's victory moved them to within a single point of their second successive Scudetto, but their boss was more concerned with the plight of the veteran Nerazzurri skipper, whose career is reportedly in doubt because of a suspected Achilles tendon injury suffered against Palermo.
"First of all, before discussing the derby, I want to wish Zanetti a fast recovery and hope it is not as serious as people say," Conte told Sky Sport Italia. "Like [injured Inter forward] Diego Milito, he is a player who made history and I couldn't think higher of him as a player and a man."
Turning his attention back to the win over their city rivals, Conte admitted Juventus had not been at its best and was thrilled they still took a huge step towards the title with late goals from Arturo Vidal and Claudio Marchisio.
"We wanted to win and we prepared very well for the game," the former Italy international explained. "But congratulations to Torino, who behaved in a very magnanimous manner.
"We would have been happy with a draw, but we found a win. Now we're missing only one point to make it mathematically safe, and to celebrate the title with three games remaining would be great."
Juventus, which is 11 points clear of Napoli with four rounds remaining, can clinch the title with a draw at home to Palermo next weekend.


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The Wellington Phoenix have no immediate plans to replace striker Mirjan Pavlovic after his contract was terminated by mutual consent today.
The 23-year-old and the club have parted ways a month after an intriguing press release was circulated by the Phoenix that stated: ``Wellington Phoenix footballer Mirjan Pavlovic has a medical condition which restricts his ability to play professional football.
"The club will be making no further comment on this until such time as the condition is resolved.''
Pavlovic was signed in 2010 after making a handful of appearances in the A-League for the Newcastle Jets and in November of that year had his contract extended for another two seasons through to March next year.
He had been on loan at NSW Premier League side Sydney United recently, a club he had previously played for.
A Phoenix spokesman said an extra player may be signed to the roster but any player decisions would have to go through head coach Ricki Herbert who is away on international duty in China with the All Whites this week.
The club have continued to remain tight-lipped about the `medical condition' that hindered Pavlovic.
He made a limited impact and in 25 appearances for the club - 24 of which were from the bench - he scored two goals.
He was one of only six Phoenix players to have been shown a red card after he was given his marching orders for a reckless challenge on Perth's Steve Pantelidis during a game in December last year.
Pavlovic also broke his arm in September last year after attempting an overhead kick at the end of training, which ruled him out for two months.
Up front the Phoenix have former Belgian international Stein Huysegems, All White Jeremy Brockie and 17-year-old Tyler Boyd, while Benjamin Totori has also been used as a striker this season.
Ricardo Clarke, who is on loan from Panama outfit Sporting San Miguelito, is also available but has played only one game from the bench this year.
Of the potential replacements, school of excellence player Tom Biss shapes as a solid option given his impressive debut against Melbourne Heart in week two when the Phoenix were without a host of players due to international commitments.