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Elizabeth L. McNamara Holefelder
Elizabeth L. McNamara Holefelder, 87, of Port Charlotte, Fla., formerly of Aston, Pa., died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at Fawcett Memorial Hospital.
Born in Conshohocken, Pa., she lived in Chester and Village Green, Pa., until moving to Florida one year ago.
Elizabeth was formerly employed by the County of Delaware at the Court House in Media and was also a local business owner at the Village Green Senior Community. In her youth, she enjoyed dancing and roller skating at the Great Leopard Rink with her best friend, Mary, where she met her husband, John. An avid reader, Mrs. Holefelder enjoyed golf, traveling, especially her trip to Ireland, and was a Phillies fan. But the most important thing to her was her family.
Survivors include her son, John J. "Jack" (Faith) Holefelder, Jr.; her daughter, Joan (William) Holefelder Gains; her brother, Donald McNamara; grandchildren, Diane Holefelder, Liza Warfel, John. J Holefelder III, and Sharon Holefelder McKenna; seven great-grandchildren; and her extended family, John, Michael, Colleen and Casey Haggerty. Mrs. Holefelder was preceded in death by her husband of 30 years, John J. Holefelder; her parents, Thomas and Rose Hushen McNamara; and sister, Rita McNamara Miller; and brother, Robert McNamara.
Funeral Mass at the Church of St. Joseph and burial were held on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, Memorial gifts to USO, St. James Alumni Association or Rotaplast International, www.whiteluttrell.com.
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Jeff Leslie suspects that most people do not believe the world will end Friday.
But what if it did?
Maybe prime rib, a burger and fries, or ice cream.
"We tossed ideas back and forth," Leslie says about the Hacienda promotion.
But the restaurant company's vice president of sales and marketing knew what it had to be: the wet burrito.
The popular menu item will cost $1 between 10 p.m. and midnight Friday for those attending Hacienda's end-of-the-world party (dine-in only, one per guest).
Whether or not you are concerned about the Mayan apocalypse, many restaurants and bars here and across the country are hoping you will spend your final hours with them.
It's clever marketing, actually.
"Each year we look for opportunities to create unique promotions," Leslie says. "We're losing money (on the burrito), but if we're going to create a party, this has to be the deal."
Such national chains as TGI Friday's have been promoting "Last Friday" and other apocalypse celebrations. Some locations are offering Mayan margaritas and going so far as to add Mayan decor to their restaurants.
Locally owned businesses, too, have embraced the one-night-only event opportunity. Club Fever in downtown South Bend, Halftimes Sports Bar in Elkhart and Smith's Downtown in Mishawaka are among those in our region hosting end-of-the-world parties.
If the world is going to end, why not party like there is no tomorrow, says Jay Zheng, who co-owns Kaizen Hibachi Grill Sushi & Bar in Goshen.
"Our party has nothing to do with religion. It's about having a party as a relief from the scare that has been building up," Zheng says.
Some Goshen residents have liked the idea, he says, while others have thought it sounds rather silly.
Pie-Eyed Petey's Bar & Grill locations in Syracuse and Leesburg have a few clever plans in the works.
Survival kits including bottled water and Band-Aids will be given to attendees.
There will be Mayan super spuds and sunrise drinks, and karoake for "survivors from 7 p.m. to the end."
Mayans drink for free.
Hacienda's Leslie suspects that most Mayan descendants do not believe the world is going to end Friday.
So the risk of offending someone with the celebratory theme is pretty small.
"Having spent quite a bit of time in Mexico, I feel confident that many communities will have a celebration of life," Leslie says. "That's what we are going to do. It's what we always do."
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To noir or not to noir -- that is the question "Veronica Mars" creator Rob Thomas weighs as his long-hoped-for film adaptation of the teen TV series becomes a reality.
Fans have pledged $3.4 million to fund an independent film based on the UPN-turned-CW show, which starred actress Kristen Bell as a teenager who cracks cases under the guidance of her detective father. The Kickstarter campaign reached its $2-million goal in just 10 hours, a milestone for film projects soliciting donations through the crowd-funding site.
Thomas told The Times he feels "an absurd amount of pressure" from the enthusiastic fan response. "I feel like we have 45,000 backers," he said of the online donors, who now surpass 50,000. "I suspect they all want a slightly different version of the 'Veronica Mars Movie.' "
At times, as he developed film scripts based on the series, Thomas said he considered reinventing "Veronica Mars" as a "cool noir thriller" in the mold of Steven Soderbergh's "Side Effects."
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Bell said she has hoped that the film would become a reality one day.
"I don't have the expertise or the power to wave a magic wand and make it happen," Bell said. "That doesn't mean I can't nag people. I've always been clear with Rob. I'd come over and clean his house if he wanted me to."
Bell said she is heartened by the fans' sustained commitment to the show, which left the air in 2007.
"Kickstarter has been this wonderful missing link that we didn't know was missing," Bell said.
Social media research firm Fizziology went to Twitter and Facebook to analyze reactions to the "Veronica Mars" campaign.
Forty-six percent of all tweets and Facebook posts were positive, and a considerable amount of the chatter was surrounding other TV shows they'd like to see rebooted – with Joss Whedon's sci-fi series "Firefly" (which already resulted in one film revival, 2005's "Serenity") and "Gilmore Girls," a series that explored the relationship between a single mother and her teen daughter, at the top of people's lists.
About 12% of the online sentiment was negative. About one-third of these people said Warner Bros., the studio behind "Veronica Mars," should have financed the film project -- not fans. The studio will market and distribute the film, which is scheduled for release in early 2014.
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In less than 60 seconds you can have a great cup of coffee or tea with this unique single serve brewing system. It also brews ice beverages, ice tea and ice coffee. Uses patented disposable K-Cup "mini-brewers"; that contain the precise grind and quantity of coffee or tea for a perfect cup. Brewing takes place inside the K-Cup, leaving no flavor residue from brew to brew and no messy grindings, drippings or cleanup. Place the K-Cup inside, close the lid and press the "brew" button. Choose from five brew sizes: 4 ounces, 6 ounces, 8 ounces, 10 ounces and 11.25 ounces. Features a side-mounted removable 72-ounce water reservoir and removable drip tray. LCD message center features a programmable 24-hour clock. Also includes adjustable temperature control. Removable drip tray is dishwasher safe. One-year limited warranty. Includes a 12-count K-Cup variety pack of gourmet coffees and teas. Measures 13" H x 10.3" W x 13.8" D. UL listed. Model# B70/K75.
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Not worth the money
I had my first Keurig for just about a year when it stopped brewing randomly. Had to unplug and plug back in. Same complaint you see all over review sites, so I called Keurig and after them having me reclean it for an hour, they sent me a new one. The new one is now 25 months old and the power is dead. No warranty=no customer service. Although they did offer me a discount, I'll try another brand. 2 machines with short lives for me and my boyfriend is on his second as well. Shoddy product. 2 stars because I like the coffee itself.
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One of my best friends in the kitchen
I'm surprised at the reviews that say this makes lousy coffee. I'm thinking it's the coffee and not the machine. I've owned this machine for three years. It took a while to find a coffee that I like (I buy Costco's Bold Coffee K-Cups). I could not be happier! My husband and I don't like the same coffee, because he prefers light roast (colored water, I call it). Now, we can each have the exact roast that we like, with no wasted coffee. He has the k-cup filter, so he can fill up his bulk ground coffee. Personally, I like the convenience of slipping in a K-Cup of my favorite coffee. It takes a few tries to learn how much water you want to get the brew you want. This morning, after three years of daily use, it's broken! I'm heart-broken. I love it so much, that if it can't be fixed tonight, I am buying a new one right away. Bottom line, I don't taste plastic and my advice it to play around until you find the brand of coffee that you like. Once you do, you will never want to go back to a coffee pot (which I have in storage and might have to drag out for a few days...boo!)
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Tates like Plastic
I bought one in January 2013 and was very excited. The coffee tasted like plastic. There was a plastic aftertaste. I called customer service and they were great. The recommend running it through a couple cycles with vinegar and water. It still tasted like plastic, Customer Service then sent me a new K-Cup holder. This did not correct the problem, Customer service then sent me a completely new machine! It was better, but I still had the plastic aftertaste. I returned the machine. I was very disappointed. I would not recommend it. Apparently this is a problem with some machines.
February 20, 2013
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This system brews an excellent cup of coffee…..AND here is how you get it.
For a normal cup of coffee with medium of light roast grounds, use the 5.25 oz setting. Anything higher than that, you are really getting colored water. For a stronger cup, use the 3.25 oz (lowest) setting. If you are like me and desire a mug of coffee, around 10 oz, you will need to brew twice with the 5.25 oz setting and 3 times with the 3.25 oz setting.
Use filtered water.
I always brew one cup of water first thing. This warms up the systems components, flushes any loose coffee grounds that may have escaped the My K-Cup and warms up the coffee mug.
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Although I now have more steps to a mug of coffee, I get the perfect cup, it is consistent and there is no waste. That alone is worth the price of admission.
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The way Laporte sucks up to his guests and cohosts makes me sick. Yuck.
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Oh sweet! New !OperaBrowser for !Android. Or two, actually.
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@mossgarden Let's hope that their supporters sleep late on the election day. I suspect many of them can't be arsed to vote anyway.
I thought I'd test Glympse for !Android and when I left work I sent a link to the Mrs who promptly deleted it as spam. #Fail
Thursday, 17-Mar-11 13:48:52 UTC from heybuddy -
@bigbrovar Indeed!
Had to go to Gmail on my desktop to get a Gtalk contact unhidden. Not very convenient. !Android
@bigbrovar I've been using BeyondPod since it seemed popular and good. Even paid for the full version. It may be too smart for me, though.
Ok. So now BeyondPod has downloaded triplicates of the same old podcast episodes. This is uncool. I really need to RTFM. !android
I'm apparently too stupid to use BeyondPod. Yet again I'm greeted by the same old re-downloaded podcasts that I listened and deleted before.
Wednesday, 16-Mar-11 04:03:44 UTC from Seesmic -
Basically I basically listened basically a few podcasts today. Basically I think I'm basically all caught up now. Basically.
Tuesday, 15-Mar-11 14:24:08 UTC from heybuddy -
Testing Gmail as my primary email. So far so good...
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IT Hiccups of the Week: Lie Detector Lies?
No-swipe payment system swipes customers' money; Big Apple worries that e-voting will take a bite out of mayoral election
No-swipe payment system swipes customers' money; Big Apple worries that e-voting will take a bite out of mayoral election
Austrian utilities suffer unexplained "software failure," GM and Chrysler issue recalls, Atmos Energy customers charged too much
North Carolina and Ohio also struggle with government IT projects
Lingering after-effects of Chicago Options Exchange and H&R Block tech issues
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HealthCorpus aims to enhance healthcare communication
A rogue AP tweet roils Wall Street; algorithmic trading on machine readable news partially to blame
Facial recognition software didn't spot the Boston Marathon bombers; armchair "investigators" found too much
Questions about the company's mobile push and its business model again take center stage
H&R Block sued over refund delays, Minnesota math test hit by server issue, and NH MMIS has problems after all
Alberta's ERCB computer system falls and can't get up, Georgia's DDS out again, everyone placed on detention in New Zealand
Plus: Who is behind the South Korea cyberattack? And more warnings on infrastructure vulnerabilities
Texting and cellphone calls distracted pilot from making good decisions
Computer problems greatest UK niggle, blunder at Hong Kong racetrack, New Hampshire Medicaid System passes first tests
Walking down a Manhattan sidewalk, Motorola's Martin Cooper called his rival at AT&T Bell Labs
Also: RBS irritates customers second time in a month; USS Guardian finally off Philippine reef
Americans need to be better educated on benevolent uses of UAVs, they say
GM recalls Cadillacs and Buicks, Panama Canal containers stack up at port, Verizon erroneously bills customers in Midwest
Plus: BitTorrent sites on the hook for copyright infringement
Stand-in brains, sophisticated real-time games, electronic mapping system for cars, and household robots
Monteal Métro outage, another Tesco pricing error, and glitch household items for sale
Processor obscures characteristics that enable side-channel attacks in cloud computing
DMV glitches in three U.S. states, Subarus start themselves and the SimCity server overload
EHR vendors' overpromises and under-delivery
Amazon Kindle bug annoys Apple device owners, T-shirt maker outrages women and BB&T scares its customers
State massively overpays for unnecessary Cisco routers using federal stimulus money
Microsoft loses cloud, ISS comms go out, parking lot glitches and Facebook thinks everyone is under 100 years old
EDS acquisition bites HP's hand again
India's National ID snafu, IBM cloud problem in New Zealand, and Sarah Palin's new job offers
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"I'd suggested eating it before we left the market. I'd also suggested eating it on the road. I was not so comfortable with my new authority that I could say, "We eat the chicken now!" but the magus had seen that I was considering it. Shaking his head, he had said, "Your Majesty, with your very kind permission, we will find a place to sleep for the night off the road, and we will eat the chicken then." "
—A Conspiracy of KingsAsia relays 50% of the world's spam, say Sophos
bit.lyrelays 50% of world's spam, say:Asia is now considered top continent in world 4 relaying ovr 50 % of s #:
- how i feel about him— I LUFF HIM, he is my little brother, my foolish precious overthinking absurd little brother
- fave scenes— um i lurv all his wide eyed interactions w/ gen in the thief (LEADING THE HORSE FROM AMBIADES TO GEN OMG) but probably the whole interval in his book where he comes to gen HIS FRIEND the cool cool cool thief he once road tripped with and realizes that he's actually come to eugenides the king of attolia and shit, we're people but we're also our countries, like his little spiral of GEN HATES ME :( and then like WHY CAN'T WE ALL JUST CUDDLE AND CALL EACH OTHER PRETTY LIKE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, i feel like sophos would be 500% down with a groovy interkingdom sleepover, he would draw up themed decorations and use the colored sharpies
- fave relaysh— romantically i ship him with eddis, but i love all his relayshes, with eugenides and IREEEEEEENE i love how sophos spends all his time around her kinda going O.O bcs i feel you bro but at their sleepover he braids her hair they're cool
- my perfect endgame for him would be… sleepovers? idk i have lots of thrilling theories (like, two theories) about the series' end but i feel like he just needs to be married to eddis and comfortable with his authority/rule/position but sophos would be happy pretty much doin anything if he could do it with his frans, the dope
- my response to fandom's attitude towards them— is there a fandom?! i think fandom likes him. i also like him! :D


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Penguin Finally Settles Price-Fixing Charges, Will Avoid Trial
Penguin officials, along with Attorneys General for 33 states and the consumer class, announced this morning that they have finally settled their outstanding e-book price-fixing charges—for a hefty $75 million.
New ALA Supplement Looks at 'Faustian Bargains' of Digital
Contributors include Publishers Weekly contributing editor Peter Brantley, director of scholarly communication at Hypothes.is, whose piece, "The Unpackaged Book," examines ways in which the "fundamental model of libraries, publishers, distributors, and books will need further re-engineering."
Amazon Fights to Keep Secrets in E-book Trial
Amazon attorneys filed a letter with the court asking that it be allowed to redact sensitive business information about its Kindle e-book program gathered as evidence for the upcoming Apple price-fixing trial.
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Script Lit Turns Unused Screenplays Into e-Novellas
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'The Nation' Launches eBookNation
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Penguin Attorneys Recycle Failed Arbitration Bid
In a 2012 ruling, Judge Denise Cote forcefully shot down Penguin's arguments for compelling arbitration in the price-fixing case. So, why re-file the motion to compel arbitration? To preserve the issue for appeal—yet another tantalizing hint that Penguin is not settling, and is prepared to go to trial.
Pre-Trial Filings Set the Stage for the Apple-DoJ Showdown
In its joint filing with the states, the DoJ called the long-running e-book price-fixing battle "an unremarkable and obvious price-fixing case," and alleges that under the law Apple's conduct made it the "ringmaster" of the conspiracy.
Najafi Makes Investment in MeeGenius
Najafi Companies has invested in MeeGenius, the digital platform for selling children's books. Although the amount of the investment wasn't disclosed, Najafi said it is now "a significant strategic shareholder of MeeGenius."
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It's a Canadian right of passage. If you get what I mean. It's sort of like a list of attributes you would like your mate to have...ie top ten list....canoes=skinnydipping=sexy shennigans in a canoe....and you thought us Canuckers were stodgy lovers....it's quite a feat of athletics!
It's much easier in Canada what with the canoe sitting on a block of ice 10 months out of the year.
Back on topic
Foreign beer selection in my part of the US leaves a little to be desired. I finally found Duvel in a store very recently, as usually it is only the megabrand European beers here, with a good selection of Mexican, Japanese, and Canadian beers. I am hopeful that the takeover of Budweiser will increase the imports selection. I've read very good things about Brahma (I think) a Brazilian beer- I imagine it would be on the light side, can't wait to see. My biggest disappointed is the ridiculously poor selection of Australian beer. Even the mass produced stuff is tasty, like VB and XXXX.
Fav Aussie Beer- Dogbolter
Fav UK Beer- Newcastle
Fav Continental Europe Beer- Duvel


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Why? Is it some mysterious bit of wisdom no one has taught you? Probably not, but I may have some suggestions that will help you. Since I've been critiquing contests as well as individuals who look for help in polishing their manuscripts, I've noticed a few common mistakes writers make that might be preventing them from "sealing the deal."
In this blog, I've listed common mistakes I've found, that corrected, may help you achieve your writing goals sooner. Since I made many of these mistakes, I can now recognize them in others' writings. I hope this blog may help you or at least make you consider if your writing is progressing the way you hope it is. I'm a firm believer that whether published or not, you continue to hone your craft.
(Not in any order:)
1. Using the word "that" or "for a moment" too often
"that"- You'll be surprised how many times you really don't need to use this word.
Suggestion: Go to "edit" and "find" all your "thats," and see how many you really need.
"For a moment" – I was surprised at the number of times I used "for a moment" in my first manuscript. Although it's about showing passage of time, again, you really don't need it.
Suggestion: Try to be more creative or don't use anything. "Briefly" and "suddenly," are not good substitutes either.
2. Is this scene necessary?
You've probably read this before: every scene needs to move the story forward or further character development or add something for the reader. Recently, I've read many scenes where I question the writer: What is happening in this scene? Is it two people talking about nothing? When the reader has read a scene, what is she supposed to come away with?
Suggestion: Review your manuscript for wasted scenes that accomplish nothing to your storytelling.
3. Who's talking- you or your character?
As writers we know the story, and we know what we need to get across to the reader in each scene. In reviewing the scene, are your characters' dialogue true to their characters?
Suggestion: Think carefully about the words you put in your characters' mouths.
Make sure they are true to the character.
4. Sentence flow
In examining each paragraph, do your sentences flow together? Are they logical and do they read smoothly?
Suggestion: Have your critique partner or another read your paragraphs JUST for smoothness and review each sentence for clarity and coherency. Anything unclear, ask the writer, what this sentence mean?
5. Using conjunction sentences with "ands" and "buts"
Do you use a lot of conjunctions when writing? Does the first part of the sentence work with the second part? And usually, characters can't do two actions at the same time. Example: "He walked across the room and sat down."
Suggestion: Vary sentence structure. Use conjunctions at a minimum. Push yourself as a writer to search for new ways for stronger story-telling.
6. Varying sentence lengths.
You've probably heard shorter sentences are better for faster pace, especially when building suspense or writing action scenes. Longer sentences slow the pace and give the reader time for reflexion.
Suggestion: Give your readers a break by varying your sentence lengths. Don't use all short or long sentences. If you have many long sentences, see if you can break them up for shorter sentences.
7. How do you begin each sentence and paragraph?
Do your sentences begin with many "he's" and "she's?" Or the characters' names?
Suggestion: Skim each page for how you begin each sentence. Do you have too many subjects? Think about how you can change up your sentences for variety.
8. The infamous ITS vs. IT'S.
Many of you already know this, but I'm always surprised when I find "its" used incorrectly. It's = it is its= possession
Suggestion: "Edit" and "find" all the "its" to make sure you're using the right one.
9. Create the scene using your senses.
So many scenes I've read have dialogue and character action and maybe a word thrown in about moonlight, but little more. Remember to put your reader into the scene.
Suggestion: Example: Your heroine is riding in a bumpy carriage ride. Will your reader feel the bumps of the road or the leather seat or see the rolling landscape outside the carriage window? Is she cold from the drafty carriage or warm from the rug thrown over her legs? Can she smell newly-cut hay or hear the horses' harnesses jingling or another passenger snoring? Think about developing each scene further.
10. Put all the words you need in, then take most of them out, especially when showing and not telling.
Suggestion: When writing your first draft, use all the words you need to tell the story. Then when revising, take most of them out, which includes many "telling" scenarios. Example: She slapped the whip against her thigh in irritation and frustration. You don't need "in irritation and frustration" because by her actions we already know how she's feeling.
OK, I'm now officially off my soapbox. I hope these suggestions might help you and your writing to go the next step.
All the best, Kit Donner
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Chapter Three
The sun's dying scarlet rays washed across the sky after Patience's second day as Paddock Green's newest still-room maid. She stretched her weary arms above her head, stiff from polishing the last looking glass with wine spirits, then added whiting for a final shine.
Finished earlier than expected, Patience had helped rub and sift the sugar for cake, although the cook complained that Patience's cake dough could be used as cannon fodder to shoot at the unsuspecting French enemy. Perhaps next time she could remember to add the yeast, the cook hinted scornfully.
But Patience's mind was not on baking a better cake. Like Pandora with the key to her box, she wanted to unlock the earl's secrets in his locked study, no doubt to keep out prying still-room maids.
After she helped Lem cut the cotton tops off the candles and change the lamp oil, Mrs. Knockersmith sent her to bed with a warning to be up earlier than the sun. Patience wearily climbed the stairs, scratching her head through her large mobcap.
Lord Londringham, a subject never very far from her mind. What kind of a man was he? He was certainly guilty of espionage, but murder? She shivered as if ghostly hands had reached out to her from the grave. Biting her lip, she realized resignedly that she would have to get much closer to the earl if she wanted to discover the answers she sought.
Although the hour grew late, Patience decided to take a quick nap before attempting her first foray into spying. She had thought about it all afternoon and planned to eavesdrop on the earl and the captain when they met tonight in the earl's rooms. With any luck, she could secure evidence to be used against the earl.
Once safely inside her maid's room in the attic, Patience threw off her mobcap and spectacles, and in relief, unbuttoned the maid's uniform before pulling on her thin blue lawn nightdress. She unpinned her hair, then combed the thick strands through her fingers, as she massaged away the slight pain from the cap and pins. She promptly curled into a ball and closed her eyes. Just for a few minutes, she promised herself.
An hour later Patience awakened, slowly, then jolted into a sitting position. It all came winging back to her on a cry.
Tonight. The earl's room.
A glance at the clock showed almost half-past eleven. She grabbed a pale blue wrap and slipped quietly out the door, not giving herself pause for failure, and winked three times for luck before hastening towards the stairs.
Patience thought her frantic breathing would awaken the dead. Lips dry and hands trembling, her bare feet whispered across the moonbeam-lit wooden floor as she ran down the hallway. She prayed the shadows would hide her as she hugged the cool walls on her descent to the second floor, forcing her cowardly feet forward step-by-step.
When the longcase clock in the Grand Hall began to chime, she stopped to take quick, shallow breaths, keenly listening for any sleepless companions in the night.
What if she was too late? What if the earl had not returned yet? Too late for a change of heart. A spur of righteousness lit her heels and with frantic archangels beating in her heart, Patience began her secret advance towards the enemy.
As she crept down the long corridor in the west wing, she noted the ornate pillars standing sentinel outside every other door down the hallway, which would provide a perfect refuge if needed. Luckily, nothing disturbed the night. Wax candles nestled in their wall sconces flickered from the slight breeze through the open window at the end of the hallway. The dim light slightly illuminated the path to the earl's door.
Stealthily she continued on, her palms dampened, as she moved closer, four doors, then three doors away. Not far from his suite of rooms, she could see a light under his door. Was success near at hand or was disappointment about to send her scurrying back to bed? On tiptoe, she crossed the hallway to his door to listen.
All quiet. At the point of deciding whether to wish for better luck tomorrow, someone made the choice for her. Heavy footsteps thudded on the stairs heading her way. The only escape available was a nearby door. She fervently hoped she had done something good lately to warrant an unoccupied room and a place to hide.
Patience sprang for the door, jerked it open, and then almost slammed it shut, her nightdress and robe flying about her ankles. She pressed her back to the door, holding her mouth with one hand to muffle her breathing. Thankfully, no indignant person leapt from the large tester bed. She leaned against the door and listened as the footsteps continued past her door and the earl's rooms.
Who could that have been? If it was the captain, why had he not stopped?
Putting a hand to her heart to calm herself, Patience peered into the room, her eyes adjusting to the moonlight laced faintly through the window. She slowly and cautiously circled a long chaise longue in the darkened room while holding out her left hand to guide herself to the wall, which she thought must adjoin the earl's room.
She leaned an ear to the silk damask wall and with her senses tuned for sound, she strained to hear. A moment passed and then another. She held her breath and waited. Nothing. Were the walls too thick for the convenience of eavesdroppers or would-be spies?
If only she had not fallen asleep. She shook her head and sighed, regret as unfamiliar to her as poverty to a king.
Patience straightened up with an idea. Perhaps the captain had not yet arrived for their rendezvous?
A puff of wind just then wafted a ribbon of white curtains into the room. The upper housemaid must have forgotten to close the window.
The window. Might she be able to hear something if the earl's windows remained open? Not willing to give up yet, she hurried across the room. In her haste, she stubbed her toe on a small chest at the end of the bed. A knuckle in her mouth helped to stifle a moan as she rubbed her sore toe while hopping on one foot. Clumsy must be my middle name.
Had anyone heard the noise? After a few uneasy minutes and no one barged into the room, she sat on the chest in relief, her toe still throbbing. All remained quiet, though she did not want to examine exactly how long her luck or the silence would last. Her heart might give out before then.
At last, when she felt she could move safely, she limped to the window and drew aside the white curtains. Clouds paraded past the moon dulling its white light. The night offered damp possibilities as Patience contemplated her next move.
When she stuck her head out the window, she discovered the earl's windows were still open. Her moment of glee was cut short quicker than wind to a flame upon realizing the distance seemed too great to learn anything of value.
She perched on the windowsill, her nightdress and wrap smoothed underneath her, her toes curling against the cold stone, her chin resting on her hand.
Disappointing. It was times like these that Patience Letitia Mandeley had no idea what she was doing. She was not normally the adventurous type, but she had to do something to help Rupert.
Patience gazed across the sprawling lawn and neatly trimmed gardens of the estate and contemplated her situation. Perhaps the distance to the earl's window was not as far as it seemed. She looked below and spied a stone balustrade running the entire length of the house. The balustrade appeared to be about two feet in width. Strong enough to stand on? There was only one way to find out.
She grasped her nightdress and wrap closer to her body, and with a deep breath she precariously crawled out the window onto the ledge a few feet beneath her. For a fearful minute, her feet dangled in the air as her toes sought purchase on the narrow shelf. Her luck held as her feet touched the hard, cold surface.
She held the window ledge in a firm grasp and tested the balustrade. It appeared to hold, even though it was designed more for an ornamental purpose than a functional one.
Her cheeks felt warm from her exertions as she tried to still her shaking hands. Reluctantly, she released her slippery grasp from the windowsill and slid her hands down the rough stone wall. Between both windows there was nothing to hold on to but the uneven surface of rough stone.
Eyes closed, she carefully maneuvered her body around so that her back fit snugly against the stone wall.
She stopped to reward her efforts and regain her fortitude, if not her courage. The ground appeared exceedingly far away, and it would take only one slip-
She made up her mind only to concentrate only on the ledge and not look beyond it. Grasping the raspy edges of the stones blindly with touch as her only guide, Patience started to walk sideways along the side of the house. The distance was farther than she had initially determined, but by a tentative step and slide crawl she felt her way over to the earl's windows.
A chair scraping the floor stopped her progress.
What was happening? Was there anyone with the earl? Her heart pounded in her ears, and she suddenly felt quite ill.
This is too dangerous. I shall never make a spy.


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Nearly 90 degrees off the speaker's axis in an AR3/AR3a, there is a reflector around the perimeter which in aggregate is approximately 1 square foot in area (4 foot perimeter and no more than about 3" wide) and is evenly distributed. It reflects at what appears to be about a 30 degree angle. Are you saying this reflector adds 10 db to the speaker's output at any frequency compared to the drivers without this reflector? I find that hard to believe. Certainly the tweeter's output 90 degrees off axis is relatively small compared to its forward output. To the degree that these reflections exist, they will create multiple comb filtering, so many because each point along the reflector is another source that the interval of frequency nodes and number of nodes at any given point in space are so numerous that will tend to cancel each other out. At least that is the theory. That is why I asked for any reference to measured data. It strikes me that like many audiophile notions, this type of generalization is not only theoretically flawed, it is not proven out by experience. This is typical for the arguments for wires, vacuum tubes, vinyl phonograph records, and many other audiophile notions that run contrary to factual knowledge. In fact audiophile notions generally fly directly in the face of real scientific knowledge and the experience of engineers even if the audiophiles have gone into the manufacturing business and have products to sell.
You need to read what I said again. I was refering to Olson's study and his measurements of a small driver on the face of a variety of cabinets. Worst combinations, with the unit in the center of a highly symmetical cabinet, gave 10dB peak to trough. More typical cases gave 2-3dB. These are diffraction related edge reflections alone. Perimeter dams would be a seperate additional issue. I'm not sure I would lump these in with cables and vacuum tubes. Olson didn't strike me as a tweak..
Which is why the oboes are at the front of the Orchestra....oops. Yes, musicians need to play in reverberent space. That doesn't mean that similar reflections are good for the accurate reproduction of sound. I like the studies of Soren Bech where he showed that the floor bounce is the most likely, after the back corner reflections, to be audible, i.e.detrimental.Reflections off the floor are critical to the sound of many musical instruments. For example, many wind instruments like clarinets and oboes direct their sound almost exclusively at the floor. The way in which the performing stage is constructed can directly affect the bass response of an auditorium as it is a critical reflector of large area near the sources of sound. Cancellations due to the Allison effect can easily be equalized out.
One Allison like effect is the odd absorption characteristic of the audience to grazing waves across. I'm sure you have read about that. Within the orchestra shell don't you have a large quantity of sources all at varied distances from the closest boundary? Hard to see how that would give any uniform cancelation.
Depends on what you mean by "greater concern" we were talking about reflection related response aberations. The general directivity rise of speakers with frequency is another debate. If you want to see and hear the effects of edge reflections then they are most likely to be visible at mid and high frequencies. Distance of the driver to the edge determines the delay time for alternate paths and hence the wavelengths of cancelation or addition. Low frequency wavelengths are too long, the waves diffract but the reflections don't cause cancelation.Diffraction around the back and sides of cabinets is of far greater concern at low frequencies than at high frequencies. This is only one reason why a forward firing speaker will sound muffled from behind. Only the lower frequencies radiate omnidirectionally to the sides, top, bottom and back of the cabinet and create reflections within the room that drastically alter the tonal balance of the speaker. This is why there is little correlation between the on axis anechoic FR and the real room FR when all of the sound reaching the listener including the reflections are collected. Moving the speakers away from the walls and adding sound absorbing material only marginally mitigates the problem.
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From Lincoln Park Patch: The Lincoln Park death of a suburban man early Sunday remained under investigation Monday afternoon, though a spokeswoman for the alderman's office says there's no evidence of foul play. Timothy Gallagher, 21, of the 1000 block of Hawthorne Drive in Crystal Lake, was pronounced dead at the scene in an alley of the 400 block of West Fullerton Parkway early Sunday morning. Those in the Chicago Police Department's News Affairs Office said police responded at 5:16 a.m., when they got a call about a "man down" in that area. Gallagher, who had suffered head trauma, was dead on arrival, they said. He may have fallen from one of the higher floors of a building backing up to the scene. Police declined to specify which …
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During this webinar you learn how companies are improving their architectural design process using automated architectural design tools.
Duration: 31:19
During this webinar you will learn how companies are improving their architectural design process using automated architectural design tools that can rapidly model the cost impact of every element in the electrical design - from the re-positioning of a component through the effects of changing the circuit wiring.
The design of the physical architecture of the electrical system has a big impact on vehicle cost and weight. But, for many companies, the tools used in the architectural design stage provide only limited information and are unable to identify the cost impact of small but important changes to either physical layout or electrical design configurations.
What You Will Learn
- How the electrical design can be modeled simultaneously at the circuit diagram and physical layout levels and then automatically merged using a rule-based synthesis process
- How cost and weight reports can be rapidly generated detailing the cost of every wire and component in the vehicle
- How companies can rapidly identify the cost of multiple alternative design layouts
Who Should View
- Engineering management from OEMs and systems suppliers involved in electrical design
- Electrical System and Component engineers involved in electrical design
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Several children were take to the emergency room after possible reckless driving involving car and school bus, according to police.
Anderson Police Lt. Tony Tilley said a reckless driver in a black sedan was reported in the vicinity of the accident, but officers are not sure whether the bus was actually involved in a collision with the car.
Police Sgt. David Creamer said the incident happened about 11 a.m. in front of Fairview Garden apartments at 1109 Williamston Road.
Creamer said students from Nevitt Forest Elementary School were on the bus. He said he believes some students may have bumped their heads. Nine students were taken to the hospital.
A News 4 crew said that there was no visible damage to the school bus.
Tilley said investigators will look at surveillance video from the bus to see if it was actually hit by the black sedan.
Tilley said Officer Matthew Anderson, 25, was driving a patrol car and go into a wreck when he was going to the scene of the accident.
Anderson was wearing his seat belt and was trapped for a time, and he was taken to AnMed for treatment, said troopers.
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10.Dec.11 Celebrating the work of volunteers in the East
Volunteers and guests gathered at Histon, Cambridgeshire on the 7th December to spend an evening celebrating the achievements of officials, coaches, clubs and other volunteers in the East Region.
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Kate Zanon is taking over a position at the City of Pitt Meadows that has been held by Laurie Darcus for the past seven years.
And Zanon knows there are big expectations in following Darcus' footsteps.
"Laurie worked a long time for the City in various capacities. She has left big shoes to fill. I hope that I can bring similar ingenuity to the position," Zanon told The TIMES.
Zanon will have the expanded role of director of corporate and business services.
"I am excited about my expanded portfolio, and I look forward to being able to assist with serving not only the business community, but also the community at large," she said.
Zanon was key in the establishment of the Pitt Meadows Economic Development Corporation in 2009, and prior to that held various management positions including deputy manager of Fountain Hills, a community similar in size to Pitt Meadows, just outside of Scottsdale, Ariz.
Zanon has been a familiar face in the community for the past three years as the chief executive officer of the Pitt Meadows Economic Development Corporation. She will continue her role as CEO for the corporation, overseeing its economic development programs.
"This move allows the City to strengthen its connections to the business sector while capitalizing on Kate's previous experience in municipal government and to oversee the legislative, information technology, and sustainability functions for the community," said chief administrative officer Jake Rudolph.
"Kate brings an enthusiasm and a breadth of experience that will allow us to focus even more on our internal operations and our external partnerships with business. I wish her all the best in her new role and know that she will bring added value to the City," said Mayor Deb Walters.
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I wonder if the size changers were purposely left out because they weren't confident in their ability to show the size change on film? Does anyone know of other live action movies where they've successfully shrank or grown a character? I'm sure there are examples, but none come to mind.
I think Justin is talking more of the CGI of changing people's size on screen not having small and large characters.
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Apple confirmed it will have again its Black Friday deals, report said. In response, technology news website NeeWee.com advised its "iFans" readers to gear up for an Apple shopping spree on Friday.
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For the last two years, Apple has been giving out Black Friday deals. As reported by pcmag.com, this year, the company will again hold an "Apple discount-shopping event." And stating that millions got the company's gadgets high on their holiday shopping list, NeeWee advised all "iFans" to gear up for the event so as not to be left out.
According to an earlier post from macrumors.com,the giant technology company first teased its customers about its Black Friday deals with an ad on its Australian website. And as updated by the pcmag report, that tease was confirmed yesterday.
However, the report detailed that the Apple shopping event will only be for 24 hours on November 23rd. It stated that on the company's websites, the deals will be available shortly after midnight on Friday. Additionally, it related that customers could personally purchase the gadgets on Apple stores across the country from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. rather than the usual store hours of 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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"Are you an iGadget fan? Well, gear up for Friday because Apple will have its annual Black Friday Sale.
The company teased its customers earlier this week about the said "discount day" on one Australian online Apple store. And yesterday, as pcmag.com related, it already confirmed the "one-day Apple shopping event" happening on November 23rd."
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Say It Isn't So!
Screenplay : Peter Gaulke & Gerry Swallow
MPAA Rating : R
Year of Release : 2001
Stars : Chris Klein (Gilly Noble), Heather Graham (Jo Wingfield), Orlando Jones (Dig McCaffey), Sally Field (Valdine Wingfield), Richard Jenkins (Walter Wingfield), John Rothman (Larry), Jack Plotnick (Leon), Eddie Cibrian (Jack Mitchelson)
Say It Isn't So! is the latest romantic comedy masquerading as a gross-out marathon, and even though it wasn't written or directed by the Farrelly Brothers, it was produced by them and directed by one of their long-time associates. Unfortunately, it is not nearly as good as the Farrelly Brothers' best work, or even their recent misfire Me, Myself, & Irene (2000). Say It Isn't So! generates a few laughs with its twisted narrative about a couple in love who find out they may be brother and sister, but most of the time it just feels like it's trying too hard to be both gross and endearing.
Chris Klein stars as Gilly Noble, an introverted dogcatcher in the small town of Shelbyville, Indiana. Gilly is an orphan, and he thinks he will never meet the right woman until Jo Wingfield (Heather Graham) moves back to town, where she turns heads (and butchers follicles) as a hairdresser. Gilly and Jo have a "meet cute" of sorts when she chops off the top of his ear during a haircut and insists on making up for it by having him to her family's house for dinner.
Jo's mother, a vodka-swilling floozy named Valdine (Sally Field), doesn't like Gilly because he's poor. She wants Jo to marry her ex-boyfriend, a millionaire in Beaver, Wyoming, named Jack (Eddie Cibrian). Jo's father, Walter (Richard Jenkins), has recently had a stroke, and he spends most of the movie confined to a wheelchair with a contorted face, cursing through his electronic voice machine because he can't speak (in true Farrelly fashion, there must be several jokes at the expense of the handicapped). When Gilly expresses surprise that Walter can say dirty words with a voice machine, you can almost imagine the filmmakers having a similar moment of dim-bulb inspiration: "Hey, saying 'dipsh--t' isn't really funny anymore, but what if a stroke victim said it through a voice machine..."
Gilly and Jo fall in love, and right after Gilly proposes marriage, a private investigator whom Gilly had hired to find his origin shows up with news that Valdine is his real mother. Thus, it appears that Gilly and Jo are brother and sister. So, Jo returns to Wyoming to be with Jack, and Gilly settles in for a miserable life with Valdine and Walter. That is, until Valdine's real missing son, Leon (Jack Plotnick), shows up at the door one day. Of course, as money-hungry as she is, Valdine still wants Jo to marry Jack, even if Jack is a criminal scumbag hiding beneath a veneer of respectability. So, the rest of the movie follows her attempts to maintain the ruse that Gilly and Jo are actually brother and sister so no one will let them get back together.
Give credit where credit is due: Screenwriters Peter Gaulke and Gerry Swallow have come up with a deviously twisted storyline on which to hang their jokes. Unfortunately, most of their jokes are forced, silly, or just not funny, whether that be Gilly getting his arm stuck elbow-deep in a cow's derriere, or characters using just about every known synonym for "incest" one can imagine. Director J.B. Rogers, who worked as an assistant director on all of the Farrelly Brothers' previous outings, as well as coproduced There's Something About Mary (1998) and Me, Myself, & Irene, keeps the pace moving and the jokes flying, but the material he's working with is simply subpar.
The major problem is the characters. Simply put, our hero and heroine are not particularly interesting people, and there's not much energy between Chris Klein and Heather Graham. Gilly is too clueless for his own good, and Jo is good-natured, but ultimately forgettable. Sally Field does a nice job as Valdine, although it's hard to get over the feeling that the cheapness of this role is somehow beneath her. The only star to really shine is Orlando Jones as Dig McCaffey, a legless pilot who looks like Jimi Hendrix and proves to be Gilly's savior on more than one occasion. Jones injects a much needed burst of fast-talking, wild-eyed energy into the story, but as a supporting character, he simply cannot bear the weight of the rest of the movie's tired, been-there-been-shocked-by-that feeling.
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Each year, NFAR assists teachers and other professionals in San Diego County with funding of educational tools and materials needed to educate children with autism in San Diego County.
Our annual Autism Teachers Grant and Community Project Grant application periods are now open. Designed to provide funding for local programs that increase the current level of autism treatment and services for families in San Diego, applications for both Grant programs are due by September 16, 2013.
Each year, NFAR awards grant funding to San Diego educators to help provide for the specialized educational needs of their students with autism. Last week, we announced the 62 San Diego Autism Teachers Grant recipients for the 2012/2013 school year.
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Special education teacher Jesseca Collins, 2010 NFAR Autism Teachers' Grant recipient, shares her feedback on using the iPad as a classroom tool.
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Last September, we received two FLIP cameras through an NFAR Autism Teachers Grant, which has helped create a momentum for video modeling within our department and helped support our efforts to provide "best practice" communication interventions for our students with autism.
NFAR's Teachers Grant Program provides an opportunity each year for educators working with children diagnosed with autism. Individual teachers are encouraged to apply for grants to fund specialized programs, materials, and equipment that they would otherwise not be able to afford.
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Hosted by Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain's own culinary star, Executive Chef Beau MacMillan, the annual summer series bring Sanctuary guests together with culinary masters, wine makers and TV's top chefs for cooking, conversation and camaraderie.
Saturday afternoon events during July and August are held in The Views and include a three-course lunch paired with wine or cocktails, along with lessons on how to prepare the culinary specialties, as well as take-home recipes.
Special dinner events feature a Friday evening with Chef MacMillan and his celebrity guest chef, held in Sanctuary's private dining room, XII. These exclusive tasting experiences are limited to 12 attendees and included a multi-course dinner paired with wines.
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XII is the ultimate private dining room, an intimate setting offering the option of a personalized, interactive journey with the chef. Guests are seated around a spectacular marble table where they can enjoy a multi-course menu and a chef's greeting. A wall of curtains and sliding glass doors can be opened to offer a backstage pass into the show kitchen, allowing guests to start their event with a custom display table of hors d'oeuvres before chatting with the chef during dinner. True to its name, XII is reserved for a party no greater than 12 and offers a one of a kind setting.
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