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Premiers Hawthorn Hawks have taken a draft risk by selecting controversial Western Australian Dayle Garlett at pick number 38.
Garlett had been tipped to be a top 10 pick in last seasons draft, but a number of off-field indiscretions meant no club was willing to call out his name in 2012.
One year on and Hawthorn have decided to gamble and give Garlett his chance, unquestionably a first-round talent in ability terms and with vast potential, the Hawks will be hoping Garlett can grow under their leadership group.
With tutors such as Premiership stars such as Luke Hodge, Sam Mitchell and Jarryd Roughead, the Hawks posses the perfect environment to allow Garlett to blossom into an AFL superstar.
Hawthorn have stated that Garlett starts with a clean slate and hope that he can shed his bad-boy, party loving image. After being overlooked at last years draft, Garlett has been invited to train in a trial period with Essendon, although a booze-filled night out ended their interest.
Coach Alistair Clarkson has been in constant contact since last seasons draft and believes Garlett has come a long way since the disappointment of the 2012 draft.
Time will tell if this roll of the draft dice will pay off. The Hawks have taken a successful punt on precocious Western Australian talent before, a certain Lance Franklin springs to mind, and will hope with the right nurturing and encouragement, Garlett can light up the MCG like those before him.
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Quote from: MariaE on September 18, 2011, 11:48:25 PMTricia, that looks terrific! Would you happen to have a Danish flag available?Sure do, copy and paste into your profile:[img][right]http://tinyurl.com/3qv5b3c[/right][/img]
Tricia, that looks terrific! Would you happen to have a Danish flag available?
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Quote from: Ms_Cellany on September 19, 2011, 02:53:13 PMTexan AND Proud!What's that last flag in there? It's a bit too small to see and I don't recognize it.
In celebration of International Talk Like a Pirate Day (yesterday), I added the pirate flag of Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard:Not a very nice person at all, but he had a catchy flag!
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My dad can do that with the electric lines. He worked for the local Rural Electric for 40 years, so wherever we were traveling in the US he knew who's lines we were going by.
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Ok, you can't really see my face in these, but they are relevant and my new favorite pictures so I wanted to post them. This was the day after Dunn's walk-off grand slam, and I was still on cloud nine from it, so I got the bright idea for two of my friends and I to each display #44 with our hands for a souvenir photo. These friends are, from left to right, a diehard A's fan and a diehard Eagles fan, and ranged, from right to left, from mildly disinterested to utterly disinterested in this plan of mine. Finally they came through -- and the flash didn't go off! So only the process is preserved.
I'm not going to leave these up forever lest, I don't know, they ever become incriminating in some way. We may have been drinking. Possibly.


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Hacked off
Politics is a numbers game — and the numbers of votes, dollars, and favors are the only numbers that matter.
The boys who play politics at the street level never forget their numbers. They can tell you how many votes they pulled out of precinct 22 three elections ago, or how much money they raised for some nobody judge in '96, or the name of their neighbor's mother's cousin that they helped out of that jam that one time.
And right now, many Chicago hacks are not too happy with Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The way they see it, they racked up good numbers for him in 2002, and, like bookies who have let a hard-luck gambler slide for too long, they're tired of waiting for him to make good on his debts.
This was what was really at the heart of the noxious feud between Blagojevich and his father-in-law, Chicago Ald. Dick Mell.
Mell was so angry about being disrespected by the man he took from nothing and elevated to the highest job in the state that he said some things that almost got him sued by his son-in-law's closest advisor. The alderman was forced to issue a retraction last week.
Mell's public humiliation didn't go over too well with many of his friends, and the same day Mell retracted his comments, a letter appeared in the Daily Southtown from one of Mell's old lieutenants, Dominic Longo.
Longo is infamous in Chicago. He runs the Coalition for Better Government, which raises money and fields precinct workers for candidates all over Chicago's northwest side. Longo was convicted in the 1980s for stuffing ballot boxes, and he's been skewered by just about every political columnist in the city, but he has held several government jobs and his crew is still highly sought after by candidates in tough campaigns.
"Undoubtedly," Longo wrote to the Southtown, "if it were not for the support of Ald. Dick Mell and the Coalition for Better Government, Blagojevich would have simply remained a rinky-dink attorney to this day."
You won't find many people who believe that Longo would use words like "undoubtedly." He's a "dem, deze, doze" kind of guy. "Rinky-dink," yes. "Undoubtedly," no. "I have no knowledge of none of that," Longo told the Chicago Tribune last year when asked about allegations that some Teamsters were forced to contribute to the Coalition for Better Government or risk losing their jobs.
The Southtown confirmed that it was his letter, however, and they published it.
Longo dropped another bomb the next day. His attorney, Ivan Tomic, sent Blagojevich a registered letter demanding that the governor and his staff stop dissing Longo to reporters or face a defamation lawsuit.
But the real fun stuff was a couple of lines down. According to Tomic's letter, Blagojevich "committed to making Dominic Longo a rich man" during an event after the 2002 primary campaign.
That would be the same Dominic Longo to whom Blagojevich promised that voters would have no place in his administration if he was elected. Blagojevich also swore in 2002 that Longo and the Coalition for Better Government were not part of his campaign team.
Tomic went on to write that it was Longo who introduced Blagojevich to Chris Kelly, one of the governor's closest friends and the man who threatened to sue Dick Mell last week. The governor's office refused comment.
Frank Avila Jr. is Tomic's law partner. Longo was hired last year by Avila's father, Metropolitan Water and Reclamation District commissioner Frank Avila Sr. Frank Jr. told the Sun-Times back then that Longo was hired at the request of Blagojevich chief of staff Lon Monk. Monk denied the allegation, and a bitter behind-the-scenes brawl ensued.
A Web site that regularly taunts the governor, the Rod Report (rodreport.com), is owned by Tony Joyce, an MWRD employee who works for Avila's father. A photo of Blagojevich with his arm around Longo is prominently displayed on the site.
I have a feeling that the governor is gonna make the MWRD suffer for this.
Unfortunately for Longo, his name has been dragged through the mud so many times that almost nobody will have any sympathy for him now. And because Blagojevich obviously didn't make Longo a "rich man" after the election, Longo hasn't disclosed anything that could be considered illegal.
But the boys are definitely mad, and they "undoubtedly" know where many bones are buried. More to come soon.


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Part 3: Moving In and Out of the Doughnut Hole
Navigating the Part D coverage gap
En español | In any one year, the Part D drug benefit gives you initial coverage up to a certain level. But then in most cases there's a gap in benefits before coverage kicks in again.
See also: Have a question? Ask Ms. Medicare
This gap, known universally as the "doughnut hole," is the most criticized and unpopular part of the Medicare prescription drug program.
However, the health care reform law of 2010 is gradually narrowing the coverage gap. From 2006, when Part D began, through 2010, falling into the gap meant having to pay 100 percent of your costs while in it. But now and in the future you will pay much less. It works like this:
- Once your total drug costs (what your plan has paid plus your deductible and copays) exceed a certain amount ($3,310 in 2016; $3,700 in 2017) from the beginning of the calendar year, you are then in the gap.
- While in the gap, in 2016 you pay 45 percent of the cost of brand-name drugs and 58 percent of generic drugs. In 2017, you pay 40 percent and 51 percent respectively. (Fifty percent of the discount on brand-name drugs is paid by the companies that manufacture them, and the rest by the federal government. The discount on generic drugs is wholly paid by the federal government.) In subsequent years, these costs will reduce until, by 2020, you pay no more than 25 percent of the cost of any drug in the gap.
- You get out of the gap when your out-of-pocket costs during the earlier part of the year (deductible and copays) plus anything you paid for drugs in the gap reach a certain dollar limit ($4,700 in 2015). The manufacturers' contribution for brand-name drugs also counts toward this limit, even though you didn't pay for it. But the amount the government contributes for brand drugs and for generics does not count toward the limit.
- If you reach this limit, catastrophic drug coverage kicks in automatically and your plan will pay 95 percent of your remaining costs until the end of the year.
- This cycle — deductible, initial coverage period, coverage gap and catastrophic coverage — is repeated each calendar year.
Will everyone fall into the drug coverage gap?
No. You'll avoid it if:
- Your drugs over the year cost no more than a certain dollar amount ($3,310 in 2016; $3,700 in 2017).
- You qualify for Extra Help, which has no gap.
- You have extra coverage from employer or union benefits that covers all or part of the gap.
- You have extra coverage from a state pharmacy assistance program that provides coverage in the gap.
- You are enrolled in a Medicare drug plan that covers your drugs (usually generics only) during the gap, often for a higher premium.
How do I get drugs during the drug coverage gap?
You can continue to get them through your plan at the price your plan has negotiated with the manufacturers, which is usually less than you'd pay retail. Your plan will track your expenses so they count toward the out-of-pocket limit. In the gap, you may find drugs elsewhere that are less expensive than your plan charges. You can buy these if you wish — but, under Medicare rules, only drugs purchased at pharmacies within your plan's network count toward the limit that gets you out of the gap.
What counts toward my out-of-pocket spending limit?
- Your deductible (if your plan has one);
- Your copays during the initial coverage period;
- Any out-of-pocket payments you make for your drugs while you're in the gap;
- Fifty percent of the cost of brand-name drugs you buy in the gap (which represents the discount provided by the manufacturer), even though you have not paid full price for them;
- Any payments for your drugs made by a family member or friend, a charitable group or a state pharmacy assistance program.
In all cases, only payments for drugs your plan covers on its formulary (including any "exceptions" you receive) and are purchased from a pharmacy in your plan's network count toward the limit.
What does not count toward my limit?
- Your plan's premiums;
- Payments for drugs not covered by your plan;
- Payments for drugs bought at a pharmacy outside your plan's network;
- Payments made by your plan, by an employer, union, federal agency or other group insurer;
- Discounts on brand and generic drugs in the gap that are provided by the federal government;
- The value of free or low-cost drugs provided by a drug manufacturer's assistance program;
- The value of drug samples provided by a doctor free of charge;
- Any drugs bought from Canada or other foreign countries.
Will it take me longer to reach catastrophic coverage than before?
No. The discounts you get in the gap will not slow you down in reaching low-cost catastrophic coverage. That's because most of the full cost of brand-name drugs bought in the gap count toward the dollar limit that triggers catastrophic coverage
How do I get these discounts?
You don't have to apply for them. They will be automatically deducted from the full price of your drugs at the pharmacy where you fill your prescriptions.
Can I delay reaching the gap?
Yes. Using lower-cost drugs will make your initial coverage last longer. Ask your doctor if generics or less-expensive brand-name drugs would work just as well as the ones you now take. Choosing these drugs could also reduce your copays. (For information on how similar drugs compare in effectiveness, go to the Consumer Union's website.)
What if I can't afford the cost of my drugs in the gap?
First ask your doctor whether any other drugs on your plan's formulary would be just as effective for your medical condition. Using lower-cost medications, such as generics or similar but older brand-name drugs, will substantially reduce your costs at any time, not just in the gap.
If you don't have additional insurance (for example, from an employer plan, a state pharmacy assistance program or Extra Help) that pays some or all of your costs in the gap, you may consider other (non-insurance) sources of help. These include:
- Free or low cost drugs from assistance programs run by pharmaceutical manufacturers.
- Free or low-cost drugs supplied by local medical clinics, charities or patients' organizations.
- Lower-cost drugs from Canada or other countries.
Must I continue to pay my monthly premiums during the gap?
If you stop paying premiums, your plan will likely terminate your contract, leaving you without drug coverage. In that case, if you join a Part D plan again in the future, you'd have to pay a late penalty according to the number of months you were without coverage.
How will I know where I am in relation to the gap?
The monthly statement you receive from your plan must explain how near you are to entering the coverage gap or, if you're already in it, how much more you need to spend on your drugs this year before qualifying for catastrophic coverage.
If you use the Prescription Drug Plan Finder tool to choose a drug plan — by entering the names of the meds you take, plus their dosages and how often you take them — you can see a bar chart that indicates your total out-of-pocket expenses month by month over the whole year for each plan. The chart shows if and when you'll fall into the doughnut hole and, if so, how long you'll stay in it.
Patricia Barry writes the AARP Ask Ms. Medicare column and is the author of Medicare for Dummies, 2nd edition (Wiley/AARP, September 2015).
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A decades-old state law passed to protect Jekyll Island's unspoiled beaches, salt marshes and maritime forests seems simple enough, limiting development of hotels, golf courses and other amenities to just 35 percent of the island's land area.
But a task force assigned to make recommendations about the coastal state park's future has raised questions the 1971 law fails to answer clearly: Exactly how large is the island? And should any of its 1,750 acres of marsh, the swampy tracts of tall grasses between the water and the island's western shore, be counted as land?
In a report last month, the advisory group of island staff, conservationists and coastal residents concluded Jekyll Island long ago exceeded its maximum footprint for development. The task force report says the island's total land area is smaller than previously believed, because park officials for decades wrongly included hundreds of acres of marsh in their calculations. The conclusions were so jarring that the Jekyll Island Authority, the agency that operates the state-owned island, immediately forwarded the report to Georgia's attorney general for a second opinion.
"They're upset about this because it has a direct impact on the number of acres available for development in the future," said David Egan, an island resident and task force member who also heads the Initiative to Protect Jekyll Island State Park, a group that's favored limited island development. "Even if they've done it a different way all along, I don't think repeating a past mistake makes it right."
Jekyll Island Authority spokesman Eric Garvey insisted the agency has yet to take a position — though a copy of the report sent to Attorney General Sam Olens' office included an attached two-page summary containing some rebuttal of the group's conclusions. He said the authority hopes to get a response by its next board meeting May 20.
"At this point in time there is no dispute," Garvey said. "We're not sure this complies with the law and have sent it to the attorney general to get his advice before we even consider it."
The question over Jekyll Island's size comes as the authority is working on a new master plan to guide future conservation, maintenance and development. The last such plan was done 17 years ago.
Wealthy northern industrialists owned Jekyll Island and used it as a secluded winter getaway until 1947, when Georgia officials bought the island and opened a state park there. The Georgia Legislature in 1971 passed the law mandating that 65 percent of the island remain undeveloped.
That hasn't been much of a problem. When Jekyll Island's last master plan was completed in 1996, it found that 108 acres remained open to new construction.
Officials also point out that no new acreage has been used in Jekyll Island's $50 million tourism makeover that included a new convention center and beachside park, with plans for two convention hotels and a retail village to soon follow. All of those amenities are being built on previously developed land where old construction was razed.
In fact, Jekyll Island has cleared little if any undeveloped land for new construction in four decades. The island went 36 years without a new hotel after a Holiday Inn was built in 1972 — and it was torn down to make room for new lodging seven years ago. The last of Jekyll's four golf courses was developed in 1975, and its newest homes were built in the 1970s.
"Whatever development was done that went over the 35-percent limit was done a long time ago," said Pierre Howard, president of the Georgia Conservancy, which had a seat on the task force. Georgia's Democratic lieutenant governor from 1991 to 1998, Howard said he believes any development over the legal limit was unintentional. "There has never been a proper measurement of that island."
How Jekyll Island's land area gets measured is critical. The 1971 law restricts construction to "not more than 35 percent of the land area of Jekyll Island which lies above water at mean high tide."
What the law doesn't do is define what counts as "land." The Jekyll Island Authority for decades has included not just the island's upland areas, but also any marsh above a designated high tide mark. The island's last master plan concluded its total land area was 4,226 acres. It also found that 32 percent of the land had been developed.
Chosen to make recommendations on development issues for Jekyll Island's 2013 master plan, the task force arrived at a smaller land area of 3,817 acres after deciding marsh shouldn't be counted. It also recommended that golf course ponds, dirt roads and bike paths previously classified as undeveloped land should be considered developed. With those changes, the panel concluded the island is actually 38 percent developed — or about 136 acres over the legal limit.
Both sides agree that state law says the Jekyll Island Authority would face no penalties; it would just have to make sure future construction is restricted to land that's already been developed.
Both Howard and Egan said they're concerned island officials want to use the 2013 master plan to enlarge the amount of land open to new development. Documents the state authority sent to the attorney general include notes from a Jekyll Island staff member saying an alternate method of measuring the island "would result in Jekyll Island being 5,542.6 acres" — a number much larger than the 1996 land area and would yield more than 460 acres open to new construction.
Garvey, the authority's spokesman, said the staff member's notes weren't intended to suggest the island's governing board believes the larger figure is correct.
The former state lawmaker who wrote the 1971 law restricting Jekyll Island development said the statute may be unclear, but he never intended for marsh to be counted as part of the island's land area.
Mike Egan, an Atlanta attorney who served for two decades as a Republican legislator in the state House and Senate, said he has sent a letter to the attorney general.
"I thought we made it clear in the act, but I guess that we did not," Egan said. "I just think that land is dry land, not marsh."
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Hull City manager Steve Bruce is confident that his Hull team can beat their Championship rivals to secure automatic promotion to the Premier League.
The Tigers go to Barnsley on Saturday, and should their nearest rivals Watford fail to beat Leicester City on Friday, Hull will clinch automatic promotion regardless of the result at Oakwell because of their current four point lead.
However, should Watford pick up a win or a draw, Hull will need to match the result to secure automatic promotion this weekend.
If Hull lose and Watford win, it will mean that Hull's lead will be cut to one point, and the battle for automatic promotion would go to the final day of the season. Despite this possibility, Hull manager Steve Bruce is in an upbeat mood.
Bruce highlighted the importance of going to Barnsley and getting a positive result regardless of the Watford result when they play Leicester City.
In a statement made to the club's official website Bruce said: "We're in a wonderful position and it's important that we stay positive. We're four points ahead, there's two games left and we need to win one of them.
"Who wouldn't have taken that (our current position) a month ago let alone at the start of the season?
"We've got to get it in our minds that we have to go to Barnsley and get a result. If we do that then we're promoted. Forget about what Watford do, it's all about us."
Bruce has previous experience at managing in the top flight with Birmingham City, whom he managed to a 13th place finish in the 2002-2003 season. Bruce also has managerial experience in the Premier League with Wigan Athletic and Sunderland whom he left to join Hull in June 2012.
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Tech heads.
A while ago (probably in the 90s) there was a British program on Dutch television. I've been trying to find it again but I can't remember the title or any of its presenters names, or if it was a bbc/channel 4/itv/.. show. I've been googling some evenings but to no avail, so I'm hoping there's some tech head here who knows what I mean.
It was a program that explained the way things work, things we use every day. It was presented by a curly dude (in this 40s I guess) with glasses, and his bearded sidekick (who did not say much if anything at all).
They explained things by demonstration, set in a shed filled with whatever one can collect in a shed in terms of tooling and parts of this and that. For example, when explaining the diesel engine, he'd pour a bit of oil in a cylinder, put the piston down and then gave it a blow with a big hammer, causing the oil to explode (and the hammer nearly being thrown in his face). Another episode he explaned a tape recorder, putting iron rust on some paper with some glue, and actually recorded his own voice with it.
There was also some background info on the subject, in the form of a black and white pen drawing cartoon. Usually with a bit of a comic twist.
I think there were 6 episodes, but I could be wrong here. Other subjects he covered as I remember: the vacuum cleaner, fax, slingshot, ..
I'd love to see it again and my son is about my age when I first watched it and I'm sure he'd love it, too.
Do any of you know? Any suggestions where I could look? I've tried all sorts of combinations of above topics in Google, but it hasn't surfaced yet.


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Stroll through the Clippers' sleek practice facility, and there it is, proudly displayed in a hallway near the practice court, the digits that helped turn around their franchise: 5-3-6-10.
They are black numbers on four white ping-pong balls drawn from the 2009 NBA draft lottery that gave the Clippers the No. 1 pick that year and, ultimately, Blake Griffin.
No strangers to past lotteries, the Clippers are on to better things these days, although 14 teams, including the Lakers, will be tucked into a pair of large rooms in a New York hotel Tuesday to determine the official draft order in June.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
There is no such thing as useless information!
The photo to the right is of my father-in-law, taken when serving overseas during WWII. There are words on the back that I need help with. Googling didn't help, so I am hoping some genealogy historians may shed some light on the words. The words written are, The Bellig. That is it. Any idea what this means? Would this be a location in France? I believe that he was stationed there.
He also looks like he is standing in front of a back drop of some kind. As always, I look forward to your comments on what I am looking at.
May all of you have a very blessed and Happy Thanksgiving.
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- AnonymousNovember 27, 2011 at 10:06 PM
I googled "bellig world war 2" and found a site regarding some type of ammunition housing in France: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouvrage_BilligReplyDelete
Your post pin points the area of France, which I will research. The background in the photo may be key to identifying and expaining the words, The Belig. Thanks for sharing. Will be back later to confirm what I found.ReplyDelete
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Proxies are seriously slow unless you configure your own in some way, or know someone with a nice low-user high-speed setup in an anonymous location.
How about the rest of the relevant statistics? Ie. how many of those actually went to court, and in how many of those did the judge actually rule in benefit of the porn company? Just saying that 100,000 people got sued doesn't really tell enough.
I'm not too good with spreadsheets and I can't see such information in the article itself.
Speaking of statistic, 100,000 is starting to be a big group of.....voters. Especially if you include the families of those affected.
Big enough to make the difference in some marginal seats.
Perhaps it's time to start asking questions of which politicians do and don't support these legal actions.
Politiians are whores for your votes - perhaps it's time to start using that fact.
> Perhaps it's time to start asking questions of which politicians do and don't support these legal actions.
And when they promise not to support this but then do?
And then you look for somebody else for the next election, and then they also promise not to but then do?
The fundamental problem here is: you cant punish politicians for outright lying other than not voting for them the next time. But because there always pass several years between the elections, the electorate simply forgets who broke what promise years ago. They tend to trust their guts and weight recent believeable promises way more than on long forgotten lies. Knowing that, in order to get elected you merely have to make believeable promises. After being elected you then can base your decisions on what to actually _do_ solely on who pays the most.
If we had a system like in Switzerland, where any law the public does not agree with can be invalidated with a successful referendum, the politicians could be trained to not to introduce laws which with a high probability would be invalidated anyway _and_ would damage their party's chances to get reelected next time. Also Switzerland has a real and more dynamical multi party system with more than merely two (identical) choices, but thats a another story.
If we had a system like in Switzerland, where any law the public does not agree with can be invalidated with a successful referendum
Then we'd have three-fourths of the states being able to pass federal laws right over the Congress's head. Such an amendment process already exists if 34 state legislatures call a convention to propose an amendment to the Constitution and 38 state legislatures ratify the amendment.
you've said "state legislatures", GP said "where the public does not agree". Your solution just brings the same problem to the different people, you cannot trust that state legislatures will do what voters wish for.
We do have a system like that here in California. It is not working extremely well as the people just keep voting in spending increases while voting down tax increases.
It could be worse. They could be voting for both spending increases and tax increases.
Taxes never balance the budget in a situation like you've apparently got, because when an "acceptable deficit level" is found, all that increasing taxes does is mask the cost of the spending and make it appear that even even more increases are possible...
It could be worse. They could be voting for both spending increases and tax increases.
Taxes never balance the budget in a situation like you've apparently got, because when an "acceptable deficit level" is found, all that increasing taxes does is mask the cost of the spending and make it appear that even even more increases are possible...
How exactly would the people demonstrating a willingness to pay for what they want their government to provide be "worse"? Wouldn't that be the definition of "fiscal responsibility"?
And when they promise not to support this but then do?
Well, some may view it as extreme for breaking one promise, but the official could always be recalled [wikipedia.org]. Remember Gray Davis? A big stink was made about how he essentially was kicked out of office by the people. Massive media circus.
If someone blatantly balks on their promises to a large degree, the people always have the option to initiate the recall vote. I'm personally note sure if it's an option in all states or just a few; it really should be available everywhere.
Politiians are whores for your votes
Major copyright owners can provide more votes than concerned members of the public because major copyright owners control the major U.S. television news media. This lets major copyright owners manipulate voters' awareness of both issues and candidates [pineight.com].
Politicians are whores for corporate money. They then become johns, where they use that money to pay for advertising, rallies, and such. We are the scabies who follow around the whores and the johns. When it's all over, for some reason, the politician with the most scabies declares themselves the winner.
How about the rest of the relevant statistics? Ie. how many of those actually went to court, and in how many of those did the judge actually rule in benefit of the porn company? Just saying that 100,000 people got sued doesn't really tell enough.
I'm not too good with spreadsheets and I can't see such information in the article itself.
The fact this number of people in the U.S. were sued is sufficient enough reason for me to avoid file sharing completely. No disposition of case is easier than not having been sued at all. Regardless of my beliefs on the ethics of file sharing or the dubious length of copyright holder rights, there are far many other causes of greater concern than for me to waste my time or risk significant legal exposure to prove I'm right on a point that could be argued correctly ad infinitum on either side of the coin, e
So you get an extortion note. Then what? Do you settle? If not, do you hire a lawyer? Do you do nothing and wait to see if an actual trial happens?
Who's to say that someone isn't being naughty and spoofing your address? Or perhaps someone has sniffed enough of your wireless AP traffic to divine the password and go to town downloading crap?
This is prohibition 2.0
Smiting the random, in an attempt to hold back the tide.
Almost all wifi routers set up by cable companies are using WEP. A billion years ago the FBI had a news conference about WEP security which is anything but secure, and demonstrated it can be broken in 2 minutes. That was well after anyone with a remote interest in network knew how bad it was.
Most people can use applications they download, most people have no idea about different security protocols. A secure icon and entering a password has every indication they are secure. My entire neighborhood believes th
A billion years ago the FBI had a news conference about WEP security which is anything but secure, and demonstrated it can be broken in 2 minutes
Well in practice, it's more like 10 to 30 minutes, once you are used to doing it.
First you need to find a WEP AP, and where I live, they are few and far between. Everything is WPA or WPA2.
Then it has to be not too far away so that you have a good signal.
Then you need a supported network card. USB wifis are cheap, but you may have to try several until you find one that actually works for injectionj.
Then you need various software (or a Backtrack VM) and know how to use it.
Once you have the right wifi card an
Seriously, if you want the content then pay for it
Mod parent up.
It's time to face facts - Torrenting copywritten videos and audio files is eventually going to get you bitten - And you can make all the academic arguements you want about 'data wanting to be free' and blah blah blah but the fact remains that as things sit today the law isn't on your side. Do I rip my DVDs and put them on my iPod? Absolutely. Do I share those rips online? No damn way.
Seriously, if you want the content then pay for it
Mod parent up.
It's time to face facts - Torrenting copywritten videos and audio files is eventually going to get you bitten - And you can make all the academic arguements you want about 'data wanting to be free' and blah blah blah but the fact remains that as things sit today the law isn't on your side. Do I rip my DVDs and put them on my iPod? Absolutely. Do I share those rips online? No damn way.
Go away mom.
Actually I'd say mod the parent (and you) down, because you seem to miss the point that the *.A.As of this world want to have their cake and eat it too and you seem to think that is fine, which it is not. Here's an example:
According to the EULAs and the *.A.As you are NOT buying any copy, you are getting a license which is how they think they can get around Fair Use. Okay, I'll play. That means that since I bought a license that means I get a replacement when it gets torn up or broken, right? After all I a
I simply can't pay for the content I want, because nobody wants to sell it so me because of the country I live in. See my longer reply to the grandparent.
Services like iTunes and Amazon carry the stuff I'm interested in, but will not sell to IP addresses or credit-card holders in my geographical location.
And it's not some weird backwater that I live in. It's basically Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
But as soon as you live outside the main target market, you can often only obtain certain content illegally. How
Do I rip my DVDs and put them on my iPod? Absolutely.
And you do realize that ripping your own encrypted DVD and putting it on your own iPod is 100% illegal because you circumnavigated the DRM of the disc, right? By doing that, you are as guilty of breaking the law as anyone downloading the same disc. That is, unless all you own are $2 Laurel and Hardy DVDs where the company didn't bother to encrypt the disc at all.
So, in your twisted little world, you consider it perfectly allright for someone to sue a kid, a college student, or someone who might not have top not security skills for millions of dollars for a movie that might cost $15 to watch at a theater.
You are the type of person which causes a lot of people here in the US a lot of misery because you condone extreme penalties for relatively small infractions. No wonder why our jails are packed with nonviolent inmates. But, I'm sure you have Corrections Company of America stock, so every person in jail is more cash in your pocket.
Realistically, each violation should be something like $50 to $100 or something like that. Condoning far greater amounts just means you condone tyranny.
It just doesn't matter. You are expected to secure your wifi and not doing so isn't a blanket excuse. If it were then everyone would leave their wifi open and there would be no suits.
Of course it matters, as it inserts 'reasonable doubt' into the equation. There are also viruses, etc that factor into this.
Just beacuse they THINK i did something wrong does not make it true, and they need to prove it was *me*. I am speaking from expirence to the extent that years ago my Linux based router ( back in the dialup days, not recently ) was hacked into and was turned into a Russian porn IRC bot for a day ( it was quickly discovered and remedied, and I notified the next guy in the chain as a good citizen ). But who knows what could have happens for those 8 hours or so. Major corporations are hit to, it really can happen to the best of us.
The only thing i'm guilty of if i get hacked is violating my AUP with my ISP. Its not much different than if someone steals my locked car and uses it in a crime. I didn't commit a crime.
>'reasonable doubt'
Kids are so civically illiterate these days. It's a civil suit; all the jury needs is "preponderance of the evidence" to nail you, a much, much lower bar.
But you forget that the media giants are buying laws so its considered criminal. ( so that tax dollars are used instead of their own )
It already is if they trump up the dollar amounts.
"Of course it matters, as it inserts 'reasonable doubt' into the equation."
Instead of using my mod points in this thread, I'm going to reply, because this is kinda important that people understand this.
The standard of proof in civil suits is not the same as in criminal accusations. It's "preponderance of the evidence" which is fuzzy to define and varies from state to state, sometimes reducing lawsuits to a crapshoot, which is why many people and companies sue for the sake of suing as if it's a lottery.
"Reasonable doubt" is not enough to defend yourself in a civil suit.
For a definition, see:
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Preponderance+of+Evidence [thefreedictionary.com]
It just doesn't matter. You are expected to secure your wifi and not doing so isn't a blanket excuse. If it were then everyone would leave their wifi open and there would be no suits.
There is no law, legal requirement, or precedent (AFAIK) that one must secure your router.
Adding to that, there is no law saying the owner of the router is to be punished for unauthorized but illegal use of their network.
Otherwise, people who pirate on coffee shop networks would therefore get the coffee shop in trouble.
BTW, if
I'd pay for it if I could.
That's my main argument for TV shows.
I suppose I could technically wait for months until the shows air here in Sweden (because the producers of the content don't want to upset the swedish TV channels by allowing online distribution through the iTunes store or similar venues) but then there's the issue of me not having a TV.
I am willing to pay for TV shows but I can't unless you count "wait for months and then watch a version with commercials at a predetermined time on a device I do
Most stuff I'm interested in doesn't even get picked up by any of the local radio/TV. I live in the Netherlands but happen to have very international tastes.
There are two separate issues:
- Regional availability
- Format
Neither should be a problem in the Internet Age, but they are.
Personally I think it is time to just stop with the torrents. They expose people to too much risk. Even if they aren't exposing you to risk then you are exposing your neighbor by using their wireless. And if you are using TOR you're slowing that down for everyone and stop it.
Seriously, if you want the content then pay for it. if you can't afford it then don't watch/listen. I can almost guarantee that losing the latest stuff that the porn industry has turned out will in no way impair your enjoyment of life. If it isn't available in your country then it isn't. The same caveat applies...not having it probably won't hurt you much.
We can vote with our dollars here. I personally gave up torrents probably two years ago and I really don't miss it. There are a few legal avenues that work and are not too expensive. For the stuff that is too hard to get I ignore it. It will either eventually be legal to buy cheaply or I'll just simply never see it. Can we start to agree to stop playing this sick game with the content creators where they try to make us pay and we try not to?
First off, I'd like to say, fuck you.
It don't matter if I use torrent to get copy right material or not. In fact, even if torrents ceased to exist the Corps would still use piracy as an excuse.
You don't understand. Piracy is just an excuse to Corporation to apply crappy drm and laws to try to maximize their profit. That is all. They are still making money, they are just crying because in stead of getting $3 billion, they are getting $1 or $2 Billion in profit.
I don't buy most stuff. Music, Movies, TV Shows, most games (I do buy some games), I download. Guess what? I wouldn't buy most that shit anyways. Movies? I can go without. TV Shows? I can, well, watch on TV. Games? Most the ones I play, I purchase, ones I don't purchase are usually crappy shit I wouldn't give to me enemies.
And guess what? Most the peeps doing what I do, are just like me. And we aren't effecting the fucking bottom line of this out of control corporation. They are crying wolf, and you are buying it.
So, next time, before you spout "Let's get rid of torrents" learn exactly what you are saying, and maybe figure out if it would be effective.
Here's a little history.
Before Torrents there was:
Copy parties (where you'd meet in person and copy software)
BBS (Bulletion Board Systems) People would call up using their modems and download software.
Internet Age: FTP, FSP, then IRC, the P2P programs (Naspter, limewire, etc), then fucking finally Torrents.
So get fucking rid of torrents, and something new will pop up.
So, your solution, won't do shit for anyone.
And I do vote with my dollars. I don't spend it on crap, and I know the stuff is crap because I scope it out, for free, before hand. See, the corps can't put out something hoping I will be an unaware consumer and buy it up. I am a smart shopper. I can get stuff for free, so if you want me to fucking pay for it, it needs to be worth it. That is what really scares the corporations, is people like me.
Seriously, if you want the content then pay for it. if you can't afford it then don't watch/listen. I can almost guarantee that losing the latest stuff that the porn industry has turned out will in no way impair your enjoyment of life. If it isn't available in your country then it isn't. The same caveat applies...not having it probably won't hurt you much.
I would like to pay for it. But nobody is selling it.
I'm not talking about porn. But products like movies and TV series and books.
A lot of what is produced in a certain country will never be available outside it. This certainly holds true for stuff made in Japan, India or France, but even a lot of stuff that gets made in the USA never gets outside Region 1. If you happen to be an expat, or just interested in a culture that's not your own, you often have very little legal options.
The second problem is format
So you get an extortion note.
An offer to settle a claim out of court is not extortion.
The problem is not going to go away. Save your rants for someone who isn't billing you by the hour.
Who's to say that someone isn't being naughty and spoofing your address? Or perhaps someone has sniffed enough of your wireless AP traffic to divine the password and go to town downloading crap?
"Who's to say?"
You are.
It's your defense.
But look at what your argument implies about the taste in media, the range of the signal and the technical knowledge, persistence, and resources of your neighbors.
In a civil case, the simpler explanation almost always wins.
100,000 P2P users means that if you illegally download something you have approximately a %0.25 chance of being sued. If you're trying to deter people from a behavior, you have to increase the chance that there will be negative consequences for that behavior.
And of course it doesn't help that many of those 100,000 may well be guilty of nothing. Being sued doesn't necessarily make somebody actually liable, but the RIAA's tactics are all about making the cost of defending yourself higher than the cost of settling, as NewYorkCountryLawyer has made very clear for a while now.
but the legal system's tactics are all about making the cost of defending yourself higher than the cost of settling
I wish this problem were limited to the RIAA. That'd be an improvement. Fact is there are two sets of law. If you are wealthy you can afford to throw lawyers at any legal challenge and tie it up in court for years even if you truly are liable. If you are an average person a lawsuit esp from a corporation is an immense threat to your livelihood even if you have broken no law.
This has been so well-known for so many years
You know, using P2P is not illegal, and has many non-copyright infringing uses...
They'd just drop the weakest suits, and nail the others for millions. Remember, they can walk away from the suit pretty much whenever they want.
So pull the leverage to your side. If you sue them for lost wages in dealing with their frivolous harassment, then they don't have the option of dropping that suit. If you sue for harassment in general, they don't get to say "Nevermind, we weren't harassing you...suit dropped".
It may be an expense they expect, but the time suck will make it completely worthless for them to continue with that tactic.
This is why I now only use I2P Postman (anonymous bittorrent) for movies and games. Demonoid for books.
I2P usually takes a few days to download a 1080p movie, but it is worth the wait with the security and anonymity.
I can't quite figure out, with all the free porn out there, why anyone would want to actual pirate any of it. I mean, fucking is fucking, right?
Anonymity is essentially non-existant on the internet. You can make it difficult for people, but you'll never be 100% anonymous.
Great. Clog up the exit nodes of I2P and TOR so that users with a real political need can't access the web.
At least get a VPN that terminates in Scandinavia.
From their website:
Many applications are available that interface with I2P, including mail, peer-peer, IRC chat, and others.
They also have the sections "I2P BitTorrent", "I2Phex" and "iMule". I'm pretty sure they don't discourage it.
Tor is different, and yes, you should keep P2P out of it.
Demonoid? Here, a little tip for you, "private tracker" doesn't mean a damn thing. Your actions aren't private.
Your actions are as public as any other tracker.
The term private tracker should be erased from existence since it gives people a false sense of security with the word private.
If you managed to get in to an invite-only tracker, you can bet your ass that media companies got in long before you did.
They have people dedicated to searching sites and chats for new information on trackers, invites and ge
Remember saying "Napster is just a search engine, sue the users who are actually committing copyright infringement"? It's good to see the recording industry is doing that. Those who are guilty deserve to be convicted and fined. They should be fined around the $1-$10 per item cost of the materiel they're warezing, but that's a different matter.
The U.S: government should just copyright all it's confidential documents. Then any newspaper publishing the diplomatic cables given to Wikileaks would be liable for copyright infringement. So would the thousands who download any other leaked document. And so would Wikileaks for received the documents and not destroying them right away.
Copyright law sure is awesome.
The Federal Government cannot own copyrights by law.
I'm one of the guys who received one of these letters over a porn torrent. It instructs me to log into their website (I haven't) to find out how much they want, offer's off the table March something yada yada. My ISP guy suggests I just lie low and ignore the thing.
What do?
Call a lawyer.
Settle-or-else cases need to be made illegal.
Last year I was driving in Glasgow city centre for the first time, and I drove along an unmarked bus lane. (Signs in the wrong place, no markings on the road, etc.) Two police officers stopped me and although they knew the lane was inadequately marked, they had been told to give everyone a ticket so that's what they did. They said it would never go to court and, even if it did, I was sure to win. They were really nice about it, or so I thought at the time.
Months later I received notice of court action, with an offer to avoid court action by paying a £60 fine. That's when I spoke to a lawyer for advice. His advice with to just pay it, because the system is stacked against you.
Here's what would happen if I didn't pay:
1. I'd have to go to court TWICE in a city hundreds of miles away. Let's say £40 fuel each time. If I had to stay overnight then let's say another £40 for a hotel each time. So that's £160.
2. Courts are known for ignoring the law on bus lanes. Legally the lane must be marked in certain ways, but courts don't take that in to account. If the lane is registered with the council as bus-only then you've broken the law.
3. In the very unlikely event that you win, you can't claim back your fuel / hotel costs, or any kind of compensation.
This has been going on for decades.
All the record / movie companies are doing now is exactly what the police have been doing for a very long time. They give people two choices:
1. Pay a relatively small fee to avoid court action, or
2. Prove yourself innocent and pay more.
As much as I can see the bad side of what I'm about to say, I believe the law needs to change so that settlement offers are outlawed. Police, councils, individuals, copyright holders, or whoever, must either take you to court or leave you alone. Intimidation, which is the intent of settlement offers, should be a criminal offence.
I'm going to guess that you paid the "small fee to avoid court action."
Regardless, if this happens in the future I urge you and anyone else, to opt for the court option. It's the fact that everyone basically takes option (1) that they can get away with that kind of shenanigans.
I would have gone to court, even if it would have cost me more in the end, purely on principle.
An anonymous reader writes "The avalanche of copyright infringement lawsuits in the United States, mainly against BitTorrent users, are about to hit a dubious milestone. In total 99,924 defendants have been sued in the last 12 months, and new cases are being filed at a rapid rate. Adult companies in particular have embraced the profitable pay-up-or-else scheme where tens of millions of dollars are at stake."
What utter bullshit.
Judges are throwing aggregated lawsuits out as fast as they're being filed. Both in Britain and the U.S., they've consistently ruled that individual downloaders must be sued individually - and the D.C. judge here in the States told the pr0n asshats that they had to sue individuals in their home jurisdictions for good measure. These cases may have been filed, but NONE of them has come to trial.
And none of them will, because it simply doesn't pencil out for the law firms involved. Some shysters here and in Olde Blighty thought they saw an angle to shoot - and they've gotten shot down themselves. These weasels are no credible threat to anyone. DON'T pay their extortion demands - respond with a promise to counter-sue them for defamation of character, instead. I'll bet you a shiny, new, Ohio quarter you won't hear another peep out of them.
QWEST communications shut off my internet service because they received a series of complaints regarding illegal file sharing from my address. QWEST did not notify me in advance. At about 1 PM on Monday my internet was shut off while I was watching a Youtube video. I called QWEST up to ask why; at that time I was told illegal file sharing. I was also told that I would have to file a DMCA dispute. When I asked how without a carrier, QWEST turned the line back on. At that time QWEST emailed me the DMCA compla
For "Lawsuit Insurance". If you worry about getting nuisance suits, which is what these are, pay a small fee and be covered for them (either hiring a lawyer, or getting reimbursed for paying the demanded amount, whichever you choose). Since the odds are small that you will be sued, the fee will be small too. The insurer has an incentive to work out the best response letters, legal tactics, etc, and supply them to their customers.
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The 39th member of the Chiefs Hall of Fame stands out among his peers for one reason: his resolve. "None of the others were cut 11 different times by eight different teams," interim Chiefs president Denny Thum said. "While that may not sound like a badge of honor, it certainly speaks to the perseverance of one Nick Lowery."
Gratz to Lowery on this. This was a long time coming for him. He, to me, was Mr Automatice of the 80's. He might not had the strongest leg but everytime he kicked the ball I was thinking it was going through.
Ill drink a beer for Nick!


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Tallahassee, FL - A group rallied outside of Congressman Steve Southerland's office vowing to "protect the future."
They gathered to send a message to Congress to say NO to cuts in Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid.
Local residents just wrapped up a rally. They went up the stairs to his office and sent him a message to Washington.
This peaceful protest as they called it was about cuts during this season of budgeting. They say people on the right are attempting to make cuts from social security, Medicaid and Medicare.
Their message is to ask Congressman Southerland to vote against anything that would compromise those benefits.


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Legacy Townhomes Offer Amenities
The Legacy Place, an assisted living facility in Valley City, is currently in the process of building its third triplex of town homes, known has The Legacy Townhomes, that surround the facility. Owner Paul Diegel says the town homes offer great amenities and can be customized to the owner's liking.
Six D Construction, owned by Diegel, has already developed two triplexes and is just completing a third. The triplexes consist of three connected town homes with three-stall insulated and heated garages.
They are available for purchase and each has its own lot.
The townhomes are ideal for those who aren't ready for assisted living, but it is just across the road if needed.
Diegel said that owners are able to customize their 1880-square-foot homes inside and in the back yard.
"They can plant a garden or a row of flowers and paint the walls inside," Diegel said.
The ability for owners to customize their living spaces, he said, is a big selling point.
"It's not so cookie-cutter inside," Diegel said, adding that one owner put in a home office.
Long-time Valley City resident Bonnie Brown, who purchased a town home a little more than two years ago, said when she moved in she got to pick out her own cabinets, carpeting and paint.
"I like living here very much," Brown said. "It's in a nice spot."
Another thing Brown likes about the town homes is that she is able to provide a fenced yard for her two little dogs.
"My dogs have a nice place to go," she said.
The Legacy Townhomes has an association to take care of all the exterior grounds including, lawn care and snow removal. There's also an automatic sprinkler system in the yards.
Another amenity that comes with living so close to The Legacy Place is that town home owners are able to have meal plans through The Legacy Place's dining program and participate in the aerobic and exercise programs.
"We encourage them to come over and take part in those," Diegel said.
They can also participate in pool therapy and exercises. Brown said the pool is wonderful.
Moreover, The Legacy Townhomes offers nursing care and house cleaning to town home owners if they choose.
Diegel said while there are no age restrictions on the units, most who live there are young, retired professionals looking to get out of the big house and into a smaller and more convenient home.
Residents of the town homes like the comfort of the single-level, no stairs living unit. They also enjoy the heated floors and open layout with vaulted ceilings.
Each unit contains a master suite with walk-in closet on one side and the two additional bedrooms and one bath on the other side.
These properties are in the city of Valley City's renaissance zone, which provides the homeowner with a five-year property tax exemption.
The first unit in the new complex is expected to be complete in November and the other two as needed.
"We just poured curb Thursday morn, so they will soon have complete road curb and gutter," Diegel said. The owners are "anxious to have the road done."


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The last time Queen Elizabeth II graced Woodbine was 1997. In that year, Awesome Again, owned by Frank Stronach, won the Queen's Plate, North America's oldest thoroughbred race. A homebred from Stronach's breeding farm Adena Springs named Mobilizer will try to unite the king of car parts with the Monarch of the British Empire in the winner's circle again. It's not that crazy - even Mother Theresa shook the hand of Stalin once.
Ironically, Mobilizer is from the first crop of the English sire Motivator, the 2005 Epsom Derby winner that stands at The Royal Studs in Sandringham, England. The Royal Studs is owned by the Queen and this presupposes that she'll be wagering her loonies on a horse owned by a loony. Good luck to her.
Some nice horses such as Dance Smartly (1991), Kennedy Road (1971), Northern Dancer (1964) and Victoria Song (1960) have won the Queen's Plate. But, in recent years, some real clunkers like Not Bourbon (2008), Mike Fox (2007), Edenwold (2006) and Wild Desert (2005) have had their names called first across the finish line.
Eleven Canadian-foaled colts and two fillies are entered in Sunday's Queen's Plate, led by Hotep, a son of A.P.Indy trained by Mark Frostad for SamSon Farms. Hotep finished 11th in the Grade II Louisiana Derby and 10th in the Grade II Risen Star at the Fair Grounds before dropping off the Kentucky Derby trail. But maybe a restricted stakes will suit him better.


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Forum:If I had GTA IV for the PC, I wold definitely do this...
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I would take Vice City cars (maybe SOME San Andreas cars) and convert them over to IV. But not just a simple conversion..I would try to make them more high-poly and round them out a bit more, and make it so that they were pretty much made to be in IV. I would also think of a manufacturuer that they belong to, and if none fit the picture, make one up and stick a badge on it. That would be fun!
Now to get some money... - CarLuver69 18:09, August 16, 2010 (UTC)
And some modeling and coding abilities.--Thescarydude 19:08, August 16, 2010 (UTC)
Who said I don't know anything about modeling? Not too sure about the coding though... CarLuver69 21:44, August 16, 2010 (UTC)
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[Fresno, Calif.] In preparation for a reviving housing market, Bedrosians Tile and Stone is working on a robust expansion of locations and its product lines for 2013. The company plans to open 10 new locations and is revamping more than 3,000 of its products this year, according to Eddie Bedrosian, marketing director.
"Our main business before the downturn was new construction and housing, and we lost that when the economy went down," said Eddie Bedrosian, marketing director for Bedrosians. "Then remodeling and foreclosures were big for us, and we are beginning to see business again."
Bedrosians, which opened in 1948, imports ceramic tile and stone and has 37 locations in the U.S., primarily in the western half of the U.S., including California, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, Utah. On the East Coast, Bedrosians has locations in Florida and North Carolina.
The company acquired a new $7 million, 400,000-square-foot distribution center in Jacksonville, Fla. in September. The new warehouse will serve as the company's East Coast distribution center, servicing stores in Jacksonville, South Florida and Charlotte, N.C. Bedrosians chose the location for its convenient port location, Bedrosian said. As of Surfaces, the company was beginning to supply the warehouse with fresh inventory imported from China.
In addition to the new warehouse, company management is planning 10 new locations for 2013, although the future locations have yet to be determined. "Every week we travel to try to find all the new locations," Bedrosian said.
The company imports its product and it has manufacturing facilities in China.
"We put in all new inkjet machinery on our lines in China," Bedrosian said. "In the last year, we have redone almost all of our products and we have come up with 3,000 new products in one year — 10 to 12 lines are in mosaic alone."
The new product lines reflect the latest North American tile trends: fresh neutrals, large porcelain sizes and glass.
"What's been big for us has been the grays," Bedrosian said. "We've also introduced new glass lines — over 2,000 SKUs."
The Hamptons glass collection, one of the new series, consists of 11 colors in five sizes: 3 x 6, 4 x 12, a mini brick pattern, interlocking pattern and stick liner. The collection has 12 glass blends and two sizes. "Each piece has seven layers of coatings, which makes it higher quality glass," Bedrosian said.
Another glass collection, Manhattan, has a more urban edge with a touch of metallic.
Another big trend Bedrosians is pursuing is extra large format porcelain, up to 5 x 10 feet in size. The large-format porcelain will be suitable for commercial or residential applications and also has a matching bullnose trim that it can be applied as a finish for countertops and stair treads for a custom look.
"This is all created with inkjet technology, and for our marble looks, the veins flow and match up for a very high end look," Bedrosian said. "It is less maintenance than real marble. The margins have really gone down on stone, and our porcelain slabs are less than half of the price of real Calacatta marble."


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LAKE PLACID - Adirondack Health is laying off 18 more full-time employees and reducing the hours of another 15 full- and part-time workers in response to a loss of more than $1.7 million in revenue.
The news comes just three months after the organization laid off another 17 employees as part of a long-term restructuring plan.
Meanwhile, Adirondack Health's board of directors was reportedly planning to vote Thursday night on a proposal to convert the around-the-clock emergency room at Adirondack Medical Center-Lake Placid into a 12-hour urgent-care center. That's according to the New York State Nurses Association union, which had urged the board to delay the vote.
Adirondack Health spokesman Joe Riccio told the News that no decision was made at last night's meeting.
The news of the 18 layoffs came in a press release titled "Adirondack Health restructuring services," which says the organization lost $1.2 million in revenue through elimination of a Medicare provision in the fiscal cliff negotiations. More recently, automatic federal spending cuts known as sequestration have cost Adirondack Health another $500,000, the release states.
"That's nearly $2 million in revenue reductions in the first three months of this year," Riccio said. "It's something we were aware of but we were hoping and advocating hard against, because the effects are, as you see, not good."
Riccio said all of Adirondack Health's departments were affected by the layoffs and cutbacks, but he didn't provide a department-by-department breakdown. He said one management-level position was cut. The employees losing their jobs were notified Wednesday, he said.
"Patient care areas will remain properly staffed, and Adirondack Health is working closely with affected employees to provide support and outplacement services through human resource programs," the release states. "Those affected by the reduction have contributed to the success of Adirondack Health in a meaningful manner, and they will be missed."
Bill Conley, a labor relations representative with the New York Nurses Association, said five of his registered nurses who work for Adirondack Health were notified Wednesday that they were "displaced" from their jobs but will be able to maintain employment by "bumping" people with less seniority in other nursing positions.
"The association would hope that Adirondack Health would explore all options before resulting to staffing cuts of any sort," Conley said.
Riccio said the layoffs were "an option of last resort."
While federal revenue reductions sparked this round of cuts, the December layoffs and restructuring were blamed on what Adirondack Health President and CEO Chandler Ralph called a "seismic shift" in health care toward more home-based care, the effort to reduce patient readmissions and a growing demand for outpatient services. That's led to a 10 to 20 percent decline in inpatient volume at the Adirondack Medical Center hospital in Saranac Lake over the last two to three years, Ralph said at the time.
"We have to radically rethink how we approach health care delivery, not just here but across the country," Riccio said. "There's been a dramatic focus on patients getting the right care at the right time and in the right place. That's OK because we're doing what's best for the patient, and that has always been our focus."
Lake Placid ER
Just two hours before Adirondack Health announced the layoffs, the New York State Nurses Association issued a press release calling on the organization's board to put off a planned vote on converting the AMC-Lake Placid emergency department to a 12-hour-a-day urgent care facility. It said the public should be allowed to weigh in before a decision is made.
The NYSNA release said losing the emergency department will impact people in the Lake Placid, Keene, Wilmington, and AuSable communities, and the tens of thousands of tourists who visit the area each year.
"These communities should be able to depend on access to 24-hour, critical care," the release states. "The complicated, sometimes life-saving care provided daily in the Lake Placid emergency department cannot be accommodated in an urgent care center, a facility more akin to a physician's office than an emergency room. Patients in trauma will be forced to travel an extra 15 to 20 minutes to Saranac Lake for critical care, and in an emergency, those extra minutes can be a matter of life or death."
More than 800 people have signed a petition circulated by some of Adirondack Health's nurses to keep the Lake Placid emergency room open, the release states.
On Thursday, Riccio declined to respond to questions about the NYSNA release and the fate of the Lake Placid ER. He said the announcement of the layoffs and restructuring "is separate from that story.
"We're evaluating all our programs and services on a daily basis to ensure patients are receiving the highest level of care in the appropriate setting at the appropriate time," Riccio said. "This may result in the reorganization of how services are delivered, but we're not going to change our level of commitment to patient care, patient quality or the communities we serve."
Riccio said that the community would have a chance to weigh in on any changes to the Lake Placid ER.
"We're going to continue to have a thorough conversation with the community," he said.
In a March 8 memo to Adirondack Health medical staff, Chief Medical Officer Dr. John Broderick outlined reasons to convert the Lake Placid ER into what he called a "daytime outpatient urgent clinic."
The memo, a copy of which the News obtained, says the Lake Placid emergency department provides "a valuable daytime service to the residents and visitors of the Lake Placid region" but sees few patients during the overnight hours.
Typically, patients in need of more advanced care bypass the Lake Placid ER and go straight to the AMC-Saranac Lake ER under a protocol that's been in place for years with local EMS agencies, Broderick wrote. He also said ambulance traffic would still be able to stop at the Lake Placid clinic for treatment of "appropriate non-life threatening injuries as we do now.
"The reason that this is coming up now is being driven by finances," Broderick wrote. "That is unfortunate because the medicine favored this decision years ago. Shortly after my arrival I asked Chandler (Ralph) why we keep the LP ED open as an ED with 24/7 hours. That level of service wasn't needed medically. A number of you approached me stating the exact same thing. The hospital kept it open as a service to the community."
Broderick acknowledged that Lake Placid residents will be concerned that they're losing critical, life-saving medical care, but he said he's convinced that won't be the case. He urged the medical staff to help allay people's fears.
"I want to be able to go to the community leaders and members of the community in Lake Placid and tell them that we, the medical staff of Adirondack Health, do not believe the conversion of the LP ED to a daytime outpatient urgent clinic providing the same services, staffed by the same nursing and medical staff will endanger the medical well-being of the Lake Placid and surrounding communities," Broderick wrote.
While Broderick says a Lake Placid outpatient clinic would provide the same services as the emergency department, Conley argued that's not possible with the staffing levels it's planning.
"Emergency departments must have two registered nurses on duty at all times," he said. "Right now there are two nurses and a physicians assistant. Under the employer's proposal, the proposed staffing is to have one nurse on duty for only 12 hours a day, along with one physicians assistant."
Conley also noted that urgent care nurses aren't required to have critical care training, and he said it's "extremely unlikely" that ambulances would still stop at the Lake Placid ER if it becomes an urgent care clinic.
"According to local EMS providers, they will not be reimbursed if they drop off patients at an urgent care center," Conley said. "That would be detrimental to the EMS providers. Secondly, and much more importantly, it's just common sense that if an individual considers their family member sick enough to require ambulance transportation, it's very unlikely family members will want that individual transported to an urgent care center rather than an emergency department."
Town's role?
If the board decides to make a change at the Lake Placid ER, the town of North Elba may be able to buy the property under an agreement crafted in 1990, at the time Placid Memorial Hospital merged with the General Hospital of Saranac Lake to form Adirondack Medical Center. Town Supervisor Roby Politi first cited the agreement last year when Adirondack Health announced that it planned to move the services it provides at AMC-Lake Placid to existing space or a yet-to-be-constructed building on the nearby Uihlein Living Center nursing home property and sell the hospital building.
The agreement says if the hospital determines "to not staff and operate the existing hospital facility ... by either abandoning, closing, selling or otherwise, resulting in depriving the residents and visitors to the Town of North Elba of (primary health care services or 24-hour, 7-day-a week emergency room services) at the existing facility ... town shall have the exclusive right to buy the property ... for the total sum of $10, said sum being the total purchase price."
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Today I ventured uptown…as much as I love all the Christmas lights, you really need to be ready to deal with the crowds that take over the city- especially in mid-town. It's fun and I enjoy watching the kids as they see the tree for the first time – or the amazing Christmas windows at Saks. But having to get anywhere takes twice as long!
Here's Mr. Robot enjoying the tree at Rockefeller Center. I miss my mom today–getting ready for a segment during the holidays is always special–the tree, the lights, the energy of all the people–hearing so many different languages. It's always a pinch-able moment. (Mom's fine–just didn't need to be in the crowds.)
Set up is an amazing juggling act executed with such grace and good spirits. April, the set art director, never seems pushed even though tonight for example she had eight production segments to get ready for…and everything always looks great in the morning when she and the amazing crew at the show work their magic.
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A STRONG field of 26 inspirational people and dedicated community groups are vying for top honours in our Australia Day awards.
Winners will be revealed during an awards ceremony on Friday evening.
There are two Young Citizen of the Year nominees, 11 people vying for the Citizen of the Year honour, eight people in the running for Senior Citizen of the Year and five Community Group of the Year contenders.
Mayor Peter Besseling encouraged people to attend the free awards presentation on the Town Green.
"This will be a community celebration of the achievements and a recognition of the work done by the Australia Day nominees," Cr Besseling said.
He said a great deal of people worked for our community throughout the year.
"It's absolutely essential that we provide the opportunity to recognise the work they do," Cr Besseling said.
The Australia Day awards do just that.
Cr Besseling stressed the awards were a community recognition.
Community members nominate individuals and groups, while the council's Australia Day Sub-Committee decides the winners.
Cr Besseling said it was great to have so many nominations.
"It just shows what a great community we live in," Cr Besseling said.
This year's awards presentation is a free event held the evening before Australia Day to honour our Hastings Australia Day Awards recipients.
The awards presentation will be held on the Town Green from 6pm on Friday. The event is open to all members of the public.
Food stalls and entertainment will be available before the official proceedings.
People are invited to bring chairs and rugs and start the Australia Day celebrations on Friday by honouring our award winning locals.
"We are hoping and expecting a lot of people will turn up to recognise the great work of these people," Cr Besseling said.
* Young Citizen of the Year nominees
Peter Bullock: Has been an army cadet staff member going on six years.
Ryley Batt: Has represented Australia in three Paralympic games since he began his career in wheelchair rugby.
* Citizen of the Year nominees
Dr Ray Hodgson: Cares for his mind through meditation and his body through ocean swimming - but he cares for his fellow human beings far more.
Debbie Sommers: Has enthusiasm in her work at the historical museum.
Peter Gee: Helps others and goes above and beyond the customer service duties of a shop owner and employer.
Leonie Gale: was the Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife fearless leader for more than a decade.
Robyn Turczysnki: Is an inspirational and admired person at Wauchope High School.
Phoebe Crane: Despite a number of physical disabilities resulting from traumatic injuries and the recent loss of her house, car and possessions in a fire, Phoebe continues to provide humanitarian services and charity work within her community and abroad.
Phil Pittis: The builder by trade has dedicated most of the past 14 years to supervising Work for the Dole projects in Port Macquarie.
Emma Taylor: Ran the MRI department in Port Macquarie Base Hospital for many years, and at a young age, she cared for thousands of patients.
Craig Lockwood: Contributes to maintaining Australian heritage.
David Beard: Is a permanent teacher at ASPECT (Autism specific) school - the Rockpool class at St Joseph's Primary school; former Olympian 2000-2004 volleyball; and volunteer volleyball coach.
Tom Kennedy: In 1984, Tom was involved in a motorbike accident in which he sustained permanent spinal damage and quadriplegia. Since then, Tom has been a leader in a supporting people with disability through advocacy and sport.
* Senior Citizen of the Year nominees
Robert Owens: Has been a volunteer at Social Seniors and Friends since 2004.
Marjorie Page: Has made a rich contribution to our local community over the past 10 years through volunteer activities with numerous organisations.
Dr Nat Subbiah: Came to Australia in 1973 and worked at Katherine in the Northern Territory.
Helen Ross: Is a compassionate, generous, and outstanding citizen of Port Macquarie and the Hastings.
Kath Storey: Is a full-time volunteer for carers. Kath has contributed to our community by volunteering for Alzheimers (NSW) since 1982, and runs a coffee club for Alzheimer's carers in Port Macquarie and Laurieton.
Edna Millian Lamb: Has been a member of the Torch Bearers for Legacy for 37 years.
Bill Vassallo: His contributions to the Port Macquarie community span 20 years and flow from his personality and character.
Margot Anderson: Is concurrently chairwowan of Comboyne's Memorial Hall Committee.
* Community Group of the Year nominees:
Quota International of Camden Haven: Judith Bowerman as president of Camden Haven Quota has provided inspirational leadership to a small group of women dedicated to helping disadvantaged women.
Drum Attack Weekend Boot Camp: The community Group, Drum Attack Weekend Drumming Boot Camp was launched in September 2012 by Mandy Campbell, mother of a 12-year-old drummer, and other dedicated parents.
Port Macquarie Historical Society and Museum: is a volunteer-run history and heritage organisation established in 1956.
Camden Haven Meals on Wheels: Has successfully met the considerable challenges presented when funding for aged care services was switched from state to federal government without sacrificing its integrity, its ethos or its client-centred reason for existing.
Greater Port Macquarie Tourism Ambassadors: This group of enthusiastic volunteers meet on a regular basis to ensure they are available to cover the myriad of tasks requiring tourism ambassadors.


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WHEATON, Ill. — A Naperville man has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting two sisters over several years.
DuPage County Judge George Bakalis handed down the sentence Monday against 43-year-old Christopher Carter, who was found guilty last month by a jury.
State's Attorney Robert Berlin says the abuse began in 2004 after the sisters were sent to live with Carter after their mother was killed. He says Carter began molesting each of the girls when they turned 10 years old and that the abuse continued until 2008.
That's when one of the victims told a friend, who alerted authorities.
Berlin says Carter deserves his sentence. He also says the courage showed by the girls in confronting their abuser was "astounding."


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"Tony is a leading railroader and will add to our considerable operations bench strength. He is passionate about our business and brings a strong service focus backed by years of Class 1 experience," said President and Chief Operating Officer Keith Creel.
After spending 25 years with Canadian National in various operating positions, Marquis became owner and president of Strategic Training Simulators Inc., designing, building and installing locomotive simulators. Most recently, he successfully completed a corporate turn-around at Colombia-based coal railroad, Fenoco S.A. while serving as president and chief executive officer.


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Hedge Fund Wives (Paperback)
In this amazingly timely story about what the wealthy do when Wall Street lays an egg, the author of Gilding Lily once again delivers a witty and insightful treatment of today's woman, as she explores the sacrifices they make, the bargains they strike, the rules they follow, and what happens when it all starts to fall apart.
Who could have guessed that Wall Street would go south just as Marcy Emerson and her husband moved east? Down to earth Marcy relocated from Chicago to New York when her husband was offered a big time job as a hedge fund manager.
She gives up her own job—after all, hedge fund wives don't work! And while at first it's fun to shop all day and party all night, Marcy quickly learns that life among the rich can be anything but easy and that behind every smile can be a stab in the back.
Still, it's not until her husband leaves her for his thinner, blonder mistress—a woman who is higher up the social ladder than the original Mrs. Emerson will ever be—that Marcy decides to stand on her own two feet once again, and fight for the things that are far more important than money.
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"Gossip Girl on Fifth Avenue. Tatiana Boncompagni has woven a tale of wealth, scandal, secrets, and revenge. I couldn't put it down!"
"I loved it! Tatiana Boncompagni's HEDGE FUND WIVES made me forget I was cold and tired and hungry and flying Coach. In fact, I didn't want the flight to end! Tatiana Boncompagni must be an insider--HEDGE FUND WIVES is like Candace Busnell for grown ups."
"A wickedly amusing glimpse into the mores and manners of the rich and richer."
"Marcy is a strong character who rises above the crowd in Boncompagni's glitzy and gossipy second novel."
"Readers fascinated by Upper East Side life will be mesmerized by Boncompagni's sparkling depiction and may have to fight the temptation to read it all in one sitting."
"Boncompagni gives us a glimpse into one of the world's most exclusive clubs--blemishes and all."


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It's nearly half-over...and so far, the forest fire season in West Virginia has been a busy one.
The Division of Forestry says there have been more than 20 forest and brush fires since the first of the year in Wood and surrounding counties.
The reasons?
The mild winter, coupled with windy conditions and leaves which dry out after they form on trees.
"With no snow pack, there was nothing to break down the underbrush and the leaves from last fall. So now, as the wind blows, as it has for the last couple of days, it dries out considerably. Once we get a small fire, it doesn't take long to turn into a big one."
That overnight fire was reported in the Flint Ridge area in Wirt County.
Few details are known, but we're told it burned a big part of a hillside.
Spring doesn't officially begin for a few more weeks, but March first is the official start of the spring fire season.
This year could be an active one, thanks to the mild winter we've had so far, and the resulting warm weather and recent gusty winds.
While most of the fires we hear about are in rural areas, the city of Parkersburg also has some safeguards in place to prevent brush fires from happening in the city limits.
"We give out a burn permit, and we observe the site before we give out the permit," says city fire inspector Tim Flinn. "We ask that there be a 100-foot clearance from any structures, power lines or vehicles. And you should have a water hose or extinguishing system next to you when you're burning."
The West Virginia Division of Forestry says outdoor burning is prohibited between the hours of 7 A.M. and 5 P.M. Ohio's laws bar open debris fires from 6 A.M. to 6 P.M.
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Compatible: iPad (2010)
While Substrata's new Hinged Lid iPad Box ($235) isn't the most practical or affordable design we've ever seen, it's certainly one of the most beautiful iPad cases around. Custom made to order by the company's wood artisans, the microsuede-lined Box encloses your iPad inside, optionally holding it in place using two small circular pieces on the device's corners, and closes with a large lid that has two latches on the bottom. The lid enables you to prop the iPad up vertically or horizontally, albeit on very different angles. You choose either to have the iPad's Dock Connector port or headphone port -- one or the other -- exposed when the case is open, while the other is blocked depending on which orientation you've placed the iPad in; volume control access is similarly impaired by the shape of the wood. Apart from those non-trivial issues, the case is so solid and attractively assembled that it's easy to fall in love with on looks alone.
Editors' Note: iLounge only reviews products in "final" form, but many companies now change their offerings - sometimes several times - after our reviews have been published. This iLounge article provides more information on this practice, known as revving.


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Sabres notebook: Campbell laughs off boos
When he was dealt to San Jose at the trade deadline in 2008, an emotional Brian Campbell asked Sabres fans not to boo him when he returned to Buffalo. Two teams and a Stanley Cup championship later, Campbell could have a good chuckle over the reaction of fans in First Niagara Center on Sunday.
The boos rained down — partly for the home team but mostly for the visitor — as Campbell scored the game-winning goal on a third-period power play. There were even more when his name was announced as the scorer on the power-play tally that gave the Florida Panthers a 4-3 win.
"When they boo you, it means they miss you," said a smiling Campbell. "I try to take it as a positive and that's the case. They're great fans here. I love coming back here. I still have friends here and to score a game-winner is great. A lot of good times here, good memories."
Campbell, 33, has been gone nearly five years and since then he's won a Stanley Cup with Chicago and even got married last summer.
Florida hit town Sunday riddled by injuries, last in the Eastern Conference and 0-3 on the road. Coming back from a 3-1 deficit was badly needed.
"We're starting to get our confidence again," Campbell said. "We didn't have a whole lot of faith and confidence and now we're starting to see our team develop. With a bunch of pieces coming back in the mix, it looks like we can do what we did last year."
Campbell's goal at 9:27 of the third period was his fourth — equaling his total in 82 games last year and tying him with Montreal's Andrei Markov for the NHL lead among defensemen.
"I was just trying to get in there to see if there was something that came loose," he said. "It came to me with a little space. You've got to put those away."
Sabres winger and NHL scoring leader Thomas Vanek entered the game just 57th in the league in ice time among forwards at 19 minutes, 13 seconds, and played 19:15 on Sunday. But with the Sabres desperate for goals, the stat sheet showed Marcus Foligno played a career-high 21:46 and Jochen Hecht played a season-high 21:08.
Coach Lindy Ruff had no real explanation when asked about the discrepancy.
On Saturday in Montreal, Ruff shut down Vanek's line for a while "because their numbers were way up after two periods," the coach said. " … I called Thomas once tonight and he didn't want to go because he thought he'd be up with his line next. I was trying to double-shift him in another case. They've played a lot of minutes in a lot of situations."
Ruff's comments came after Sabres players were available to the media so Vanek was unavailable for comment.
Panthers tough guy George Parros scored his first goal with Florida and first since Feb. 10, 2012, for Anaheim. In his normal role, after getting hit with a couple of early rights, Parros rebounded in a second-period fight with Buffalo behemoth John Scott. Parros finished with a big left that buckled the 6-foot-8 Scott.
"You just can't get leverage. He's a beast," Parros said. "He's impossible to get inside on."
At one point, Parros appeared to have a choke hold on Scott's jersey at the neck to try to keep Scott at arm's length.
"I was laughing on the bench," joked Campbell. "It was a little UFC out there."
Sabres defenseman Andrej Sekera (ankle) did not play after getting struck by a shot Saturday in Montreal and T.J. Brennan dressed in his place. Sekera was seen walking without a limp in a hallway near the locker room. He said he expected the injury to be short term.
The Sabres have given up 33 goals in nine games, tied with Washington for the most in the league.
They have given up 17 goals in second periods — the most of any NHL team in any period. They have given up a combined 28 in the second and third periods, five more than anyone else.
Ryan Miller has given up four goals in four straight games, ballooning his goals-against average to 3.11 — 30th in the NHL — and dropping his save percentage to .906.
With his first-period assist, Jason Pominville tied Mike Foligno for 10th-most assists in Sabres history (264) and Alexander Mogilny for 12th-most points (444). … Cody Hodgson played his 100th career game and tied his career high of three points set Thursday in Boston.
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September 11, 2012 > New Haven Boosters meet and offer Justin Bieber concert raffle
The New Haven Boosters Association, which is assisting the New Haven Schools Foundation with a $100,000 pledge to help save co-curricular and extra-curricular activities in the New Haven Unified School District, is inviting the community to a meeting Tuesday, September 11 to discuss fund-raising activities. The meeting will be at 7 p.m. at Educational Services Center, 34200 Alvarado-Niles Rd.Last year, after the District was forced because of state budget cuts to reduce support for after-school activities, the Foundation and the Boosters raised and donated $100,000 to help fund stipends for the coaches and advisers who oversee athletics, marching band, choir, forensics and other programs. The groups have made another $100,000 pledge for 2012-13 - in fact, they are hoping to raise an additional $25,000 - and looking for volunteers to join the effort.The Foundation is also selling tickets for a drawing for four box seats to see Justin Bieber in concert Saturday, Oct. 6, at Oracle Arena. Lesser packages are selling for more than $1,000 on E-Bay. Tickets for the drawing are priced at $20 for one, $40 for three, $60 for five, $80 for seven and $100 for nine. The winner will be announced Friday, Sept. 21, at halftime of the Logan-Berkeley football game (need not be present to win). Tickets for the drawing are available by calling or e-mailing the Foundation (471-3850 or email@example.com).More information is available on the Boosters website (www.newhavenboosters.org) and on the Foundation website (www.nhsfoundation.org).