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W. Va. man found safe on Mt. Washington
A West Virginia man who lost a trail in the wilderness on Mt. Washington was located by a search party late Thursday morning in an area where he had set up camp to wait it out until morning.
According to a Fish and Game press release, Eric Rankin, 58, of Morgantown was reported missing about 6:30 p.m. Thursday by his son, Mike Rankin. Both were hiking from the Osgood tent site in the Great Gulf wilderness area with plans to hike the Madison Gulf trail, ending at the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) visitors' center at Pinkham.
Eric Rankin left 15 minutes before his son, anticipating Mike would catch up to him. Mike Rankin set out on his hike shortly after his father but was slowed at Parapet Brook, which was high and difficult to cross.
Once across the brook, he continued on their planned route to Madison Gulf Trail but did not meet up with his father. He asked other hikers if they had seen him and, when no one had, Mike Rankin reported his father overdue. He was concerned because of the high water crossing.
Fish and Game was contacted about 7 p.m. Teams from both AMC and Fish and Game, along with Mike Rankin, started searching for the elder Rankin,.
They found him near the Great Gulf trail about 11 p.m. He had lost the trail due to limited trail markings in the wilderness area, according to Fish and Game. He made it back close to a trail junction but, due to darkness, decided to set up camp and wait until morning to try and meet up with his son.
The search party, along with Eric Rankin, walked back to the Great Gulf trail head, arriving at 1:30 a.m. Friday.
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Before you know it the Tour of the Battenkill has come and gone. This years addition included a UCI event that went off smoothly. Former Tour de France stars showed up, as well the Rapha Condor Sharp team was out in full force. For the past few days they have been traversing the state of New York, starting first in The City and moving to the countryside surrounding the Battenkill River which gives the race its name.
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Audio books have come full circle. Once just for the blind, books on cassette and then CD first became available to the general public three decades ago, mostly in libraries or by subscription. Soon they popped up in bookstores, taking up a shelf or two. By the late '90s, big box stores featured whole walls of audio books. Now, in the age of digital downloads, book shelves are sparse once more. But the industry is thriving –- it's currently estimated to be worth $1.2 billion. Many love the convenience of audio books and enjoy being read to. Critics argue listening to a narrated book is not the same as reading. Diane and her guests discuss the future of audio books.
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Audio books have been used in classrooms for decades as a pathway to reading, at all reading levels... there's a reason. Listening builds critical listening, comprehension, vocabulary and fluency skills. In fact, there are reading methods (such as The Daily 5) that include a listening component in reading instruction, e.g., read to oneself, read to a friend, listen to a great narrator, etc.
Moreover, the new Common Core Standards outline specific listening requirements and skills at each grade level.
We believe so deeply in this cause that we started a company, called Tales2Go, which streams thousands of audio books from leading publishers and storytellers to desktops, laptops and mobile devices in the classroom and beyond... including titles from AudioGo and Ms. Kellgren.
You see school libraries are becoming ever more virtual - consistent with so many 1:1 and BYOD (bring your own device) programs popping up in schools. This opens up new ways to access and play audio books on those devices.
It's an exciting time.
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An author in Cleveland named John Arndt used voice-changing software to create more than 100 distinct female and male voices from his own and strung 11,000 short audio files together to create an audio book from his paranormal-themed psychological thriller Magickal Thinking.
Now that I'm retired, I don't have the "excuse" to listen to audio books so often, but occasionally I do indulge in the luxury of having a book read to me.
At the top of my list is my oft-heard "Lolita", read by Jeremy Irons. It's old and on tape and not so accessible to friends anymore, but I recently got a used portable tape player so my daughter can listen to this near-perfect reading as she commutes from central Maryland to suburban DC.
Your guests are correct about having "the right" reader, and for "Lolita", Jeremy Irons is "the man".
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My first audio book was "The Odyssey" by Robert Fagles. Read by Sir Ian McKellen. A great 'read.'
Some suggest that listening to a story is not the same as reading a story. I disagree. The Odyssey came from an oral tradition long before it became a written story. A great audio performance, no matter the book, only adds to the story.
My first two novels were released for the first time as downloadable audiobooks this past week. It is very exciting to hear, not just your words being spoken in this context, but potentially a whole new interpretation of the story you have written. A great reader/performer has the ability to bring a different shade and a fresh perspective to the work.
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My two favorite loves are reading and quilting. With audio books I am able to do both at once! Utilizing my library enables me to download the audio book and then when it is due, it magically disappears from my computer! No late fees.
I do feel funny when I tell people, "I read that book." When really I listened to it. Feels a little like cheating.
I also look for books that are narrated by the authors because I feel they are reading it the way they want it to be heard.
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Thank you, thank you, for this wonderful topic!
Being an active and shameless bibliophile and also a member of the local theater group, I LOVE listening to audio books. If I don't have my headphones plugged into my old fashion cassette/transistor radio listening to NPR, then the headphones are usually plugged into some form of audio book.
The new Playaway, pre-loaded digital audio books are now my favorite audio book technology. The public library is my first choice for books in any format.
I actually like the old cassette audio books better than the cd format. Cd audio books are just not as user friendly.
Also, my adult son has dyslexia and he will often have both the audio book form and print form, so he can listen to the words, as he reads the words.
Well, back to listening to your second hour, then later, after "Here and Now," the audio form of the juvenile book, "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen and read by Chad Lowe. Well written and well read.
Thank you, thank you, for this wonderful topic!
Being an active and shameless bibliophile and also a member of the local theater group, I LOVE listening to audio books. If I don't have my headphones plugged into my old fashion cassette/transistor radio listening to NPR, then the headphones are usually plugged into some form of audio book.
The new Playaway, pre-loaded digital audio books are now my favorite audio book technology. The public library is my first choice for books in any format.
I actually like the old cassette audio books better than the cd format. Cd audio books are just not as user friendly.
Also, my adult son has dyslexia and he will often have both the audio book form and print form, so he can listen to the words, as he reads the words.
Well, back to listening to your second hour, then later, after "Here and Now," the audio form of the juvenile book, "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen and read by Chad Lowe. Well written and well read.
i am a college student with ADHD, and the school gives me PDF version of all my textbooks. I would love to have an audio version as well, so that I can read along with the audio book. If anyone knows a way to convert my PDFs into an audible version, please respond.
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I work though a BS in civil engineering using auto formats, it real help to reinforce my education and help me do my best.
Amanda, please look into www.learningally.org. It is a non-profit organization that provides texts to those with physical or other learning disabilities. I am an audiobook narrator, but am devoted to volunteering at Learning Ally as well. Good luck to you!
I love audiobooks! I walk 7 to 8 miles a day, listening to wonderful books; it keeps me completely entertained and keeps me physically fit. What could be better?!
I have always loved audio books and recently with iPhone in my hand this has become my #1 way to read books while driving :)
However, sometimes I lose track of listening, as some visual distractions come about.
Myself and my little startup actually believe in audio/visual narration. Combing visuals in just the right amount to help with understanding and retention. At the extreme end is full blown motion picture but there is a middle in-expensive and very effective middle ground.
What we are doing is using audio/visuals to teach vocabulary to kids. Our website provides all those videos free and many schools across US are benefiting from it -- VocabAhead.com . Look at what we call study room there. User reviews of our mobile apps based on this same concept confirms that people love this way but occasionally some users say they prefer just the audio. Based on feedback from our users I do think audio-only solutions are equally viable for some folks. But there is a larger %age of people who prefer audio+visuals method.
Some of us are better at using our eyes than our ears. Things tend to go in one ear and out the other. Ears are for music.
I love reading and am very interested in becoming an audio book narrator. I do not have a drama background. However, as a speech pathologist working with preschoolers, I am very articulate, fluent, and animated in reading. If anyone can give me direction on how to pursue this, please respond. Thank you.
I have always had a very hard time listening to books. I'm a quick reader and often, when listening, I get bothered by the slowness of the medium. I'm ready to get the next chapter now!
However, this past summer, I discovered the audio book version of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series and was completely turned around. The choice to use a full cast recording was brilliant! I now recommend to my friends to listen to the recording over reading the books, because truly it was an experience.
I've found it difficult, though, to find similar type recordings for books. It seems the full cast choice is not one frequently visited. I'd love recommendations, incidentally, should anyone have them, for similar such recordings.
This was a wonderful show!! My Penguin mystery series, The Talk Radio Mysteries, will soon be available on Audible books, so I was thrilled to see that you covered this topic. Love the show! Thanks for keeping us up to date on so many issues!
XM Book Radio became an exciting and welcome companion on long Atlanta commutes and even longer drives through the southeastern states. Introduced to authors I might never have read made me a fan, and I have purchased many books and audio books by David Baldacci, Jeffrey Deaver, J.R. Ward and more.
I have been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder for some years now. I recently discovered that I am so much more capable of engrossing myself into a book when I engage by reading aloud, to myself. At first this was a private enjoyment and almost a secret, stopping this behavior out of embarrassment when anyone came into the room. I discussed this with my electrician, who is a cowboy poet, and he put this into such perspective that I cannot even imagine being embarrassed by reading out loud. I don't know how I got through my bachelor's degree in Psychology without realizing the worth of this practice. As an avid NPR listener since sophomore year in high school it seems so obvious to me now that I can retain and relate to information better when it is presented in audio.
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I really like reinforcements, everything else kind of sounds like HQ or domination. They really need to add a gamemode like spy hunt from combat arms, a good mixture of ffa and team work objective play.
I agree Reinforments does sound fun to play and the other ones do resemble Domination and HQ
I love spy hunt. That would be awesome if they incorporated it into COD. Maybe they could also add the infected mode from combat arms. it's definetly better than the infected mode MW3 currently has...
ManHunt (Infected Reversed) on Large Maps Only
1 player is the Hunter and 15 other players are Prey
The Hunter have a pistol with one shot kill and motion sensor
The Prey only have thier knifes. with ghost and marathon
The Objective of the games is for the Prey to suvive as long as possible.
Hunter and Prey obbjects changes with each kill. Meaning the when the hunters kills the role of hunter changes to the prey.
Too slow paced and too adventageous for the Huntsmen as soon as even a small group has formed. This isn't a thread for the submission of other players ideas anyway, just a compilation of my own - not to sound too rude.
Game mode name: Tug of War
Rules and Info: This could only be played on large maps. The map is split up into 4 seperate checkpoints. Two belong to you, two belong to the enemy team. The rules are simple, your entire team must make it past an enemy checkpoint to gain points without any enemies being behind you on your territory at the time.
So say your entire enemy team owns checkpoints 1 and 2. Your team captures 3, so your enemy team has only checkpoint 4. If you were to take checkpoint 4, you would win the round. However, if your entire team advances to check point 3, but even just one enemy is in checkpoint 1 or 2, you will be unable to capture checkpoint 3 until he is killed. If your team is pushed back to check point 1, you must fight the team back to checkpoint 2 to gain some breathing space.
This might be better if there were 6 checkpoints, divided evenly to the two teams. this would only work on large maps.
Game Mode: Troop Leech
General Premise: The objective is kind of like infected and kill confirmed from mw3 where u have to get dog tags and get everyone on your team. The catch is that in order for the player to spawn on the other team, the dog tag has to be collected. Also, both teams try to steal players from the other team, unlike infected where it was just one team stealing from survivors. Basicly its Kill Confirmed + Infected where both teams are infected. It takes 10 seconds to respawn and it takes 10 seconds until the dog tag dissappears and can no longer be obtained.
Game Mode: Quickscoping
Do I really need to say anything else
The first one sounds like dodgeball.......
Reinforcements sounds like a really good idea. The only thing I can think of to make it better is the removal of killstreaks from the game unless they were only specialist killstreaks.
If Treyarch balance the killstreaks (something that IW seems to have a hard-time accomplishing) then I see no problem. Because of the decrease in recklessness of players due to the respawn mechanic, I'd say less kills are going to be garnered in the same space of time that they normally would in a more hectic Domination or Demolition game, meaning the killstreaks people acquire are going to be of a lower tier - say UAV's, Airstrikes and such.
But hey, if someone gets a 10 killstreak with UAV radar sweeps every 20 seconds, then I think they deserve a decent killstreak.
Ill give ya damn playmode. How about a team deathmatch where I don't spawn directly in front of the enemy 4 times a match. How about a team deathmatch where my K/D ratio doesn't get completely ****** because of the spawning. Thats all I want...
I just want Ground war demolition,or atleast more Ground war modes(Ground war moshpit perhaps?)
Sleeper Cell. A variation of Hardcore TDM where 1-3 players are secretly on the other team. The goal is to achieve the kill limit for the other team OR find and eliminate the imposter(s) on your team. Sleeper players cannot just turn around and kill everybody when the match starts because they would blow their cover, they would have to methodically pick off their "team". Friendly fire (as this is Hardcore) and the disabling of Killcams equates to trusting nobody, not even your squad. Obviously Mercenary rules would have to apply where clans can't form their own teams, but I think that's a viable mode that should be looked into. Thoughts?
The first one sounds skatter ball and I heard theirs a game mode called Escort coming in bo2


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Police across the state will not be in a forgiving Christmas spirit when it comes to drunken drivers and those riding without a fastened seatbelt this holiday season.
Wisconsin police are taking part in a "Booze and Belts" national campaign promoted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The campaign will take place from Dec. 7 until Dec. 16.
Drivers will begin seeing increasing police patrol and enforcement of drunken driving and seatbelt laws as part of the campaign, according to Nina Emerson, director of the Resource Center on Impaired Driving at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
"There will be an increased police presence on the road," Emerson said. "[People] could be stopped simply for an expired license plate. Through this valid traffic stop, [police] can determine if the driver is impaired and if everyone is wearing a seat belt."
Emerson said campaigns like "Booze and Belts" are extremely effective because of a combination of factors, among them being the media attention that makes people more cautious.
"This deterrent effect decreases the number of people who choose to drive drunk and increases the number of people wearing seatbelts." Emerson said. "Increased enforcement is a good thing."
The Wisconsin campaign, spearheaded by the state's Department of Transportation, is attempting to reduce the amount of accidents from last year.
According to DOT, last December saw 11,000 traffic accidents in the state. Of those accidents, 51 people died and 3,500 were injured.
Fran McLaughlin, spokesperson for the Milwaukee County Sheriff's office, said these enforcement campaigns are effective.
"[These campaigns] help just because they remind people to be cautious," McLaughlin said. "It's always important to have a combination of education and enforcement to ensure people drive responsibly."
By 4:30 p.m. Monday, a day with foggy conditions, the Milwaukee County sheriff's department responded to 32 crashes on the freeways. This was much higher than the usual three to six that happen every day on Milwaukee County freeways.
McLaughlin said these conditions, combined with people choosing to drive drunk or without seat belts, only increases the number of crashes per day.
Milwaukee County received additional grant funds for increased enforcement before Thanksgiving, which will last through the end of the year.
The main point of these campaigns, Emerson emphasized, is to remind the public of its responsibility on the road.
"There is no excuse for drunken driving and people should always, always wear their seatbelt," Emerson said.
McLaughlin agreed and said regardless of whether police in a given area are increasing enforcement or not, everybody should take extra precaution and remain safe this holiday season.
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Frisco, TX--I have arrived in the pressbox at FC Dallas Stadium. It is a cloudy day right now but the sun is supposed to come out by kickoff if the weather forecast is correct. It is 44 degrees right now with a high supposedly to be at 54 this afternoon.
This rematch as I stated before this is the same two schools to play as last year in this game but both have several differences that should in my opinion make this a closer contest that I believe won't be decided until the final
I went to the pep rally for NDSU fans and alumni at Dr. Pepper Park, the home of a AA baseball team here in Frisco.
They expected 8000 fans and nearly 10,000 fans showed for the festivities. After last night, I think the NDSU fan population at the game today will be nearly 75% of FC Dallas Stadium.
Here are a few photos from the pep rally last night.
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By this time tomorrow, we will have a winner. Will it be Sam Houston State getting revenge on their loss in this game last year or will North Dakota State repeat as champions?
That question will be answered tomorrow. Today, we saw each team's last practice and each team with a short press conference before the game.
Here are some more photos from today.
I can't wait until tomorrow
Last night was the Great Texas BBQ Bowl, an evening of great Texas barbeque and a night of games. I want to thank the Southland Conference for inviting myself and CSN photographer Bryan to this event.
The food was excellent and I want to thank the Main Event Entertainment center just a few blocks away from FC Dallas Stadium for a great night of fun this week of the national championship game.
NDSU won the bowling and SHSU won the bull riding contest.
This afternoon was Sam Houston's turn for the team photo. They were a little earlier than my schedule showed so I missed the actual team photo but did get a few photos of the Bearkats taking to the practice field from afar (closed practice to the media).
I am kicking myself for not going a little earlier to see the Bearkat photo but will get another chance to see them up close in an open practice session tomorrow afternoon.


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Musical interludes have been a big theme this week, as studios and consultants pull out all the stops before the cutoff date for razzle-dazzling voters, on Jan. 10, when the Oscar nominees are revealed.
A lunch on Tuesday for "Les Misérables" was supposed to feature a Q&A with the director Tom Hooper and cast members Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Samantha Barks and Eddie Redmayne, along with a little musical entertainment from the pianist and singer Peter Cincotti. But Mr. Hooper felt the guests deserved more. Somehow, some way, he dreamed a dream, and persuaded his stars to sing.
In the pool room at the Four Seasons, Academy members were treated to a private concert by Mr. Jackman, who sang a slightly altered "The Way You Look Tonight," dedicating it to his wife – "I feel a glow just thinking of you, and the way you look, today," he crooned, looking at her at a table and adding to the crowd: "I wish you could see what I'm seeing."
"That should be good for a few brownie points," he said when he was finished.
When it was her turn, Ms. Hathaway said she'd asked her family, seated with her, what to sing. "My brother said: 'I don't have any suggestions,'" she related, "'but whatever it is, go before Sam.'"
Ms. Barks, the ingénue of the cast, beamed. It was the day after the film's glossy premiere, which had a few glitches. "We're all sick and a little hungover, I just want to point that out," Ms. Hathaway said, before launching into "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," asking her co-stars to join in, the most A-list round of caroling you'd ever seen.
About the only person who didn't sing was Isabelle Allen, who plays the young Cosette in the film. Ms. Allen, 10, whose face also graces the posters for the movie, was an unknown found in a casting call in England, the casting director, Nina Gold, said. Now she is appearing as Cosette on the West End. But on Tuesday Ms. Allen was just enjoying her first trip to New York.
"I went ice skating" at Rockefeller Center, she said. "I did lots of shopping! And then I went on the big building." (That would be the Empire State Building.) She liked the ice skating the best — even though, she said, "I'm not very good at ice skating" — and the shopping. "I bought lots and lots of things."
In a party dress and fancy slippers, sitting with her older sister, Ms. Allen was equal parts poised and girlish.
Her castmates have all spoken often about how terrified they were to sing live. Was she scared?
"Not really, no," she said. "I find it fun."
On set, she joked around with Mr. Jackman, who plays her father. "He gives me a dolly in the movie," she said, "and so we were like making funny voices, like saying hello – he would do it in a funny voice, in a girl voice. It was really funny."
Ms. Allen had first seen the film at its premiere in London – "it was really, really weird," she said, of first seeing herself on screen – and then in New York.
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Oakley Athletes Dominate, Including A First and Second In Both Freeski and Snowboard, at Freestyle.ch Berlin
Oakley athletes dominate, including a first and second in both freeski and snowboard, at Freestyle.ch Berlin held at Tempelhof Airport. At Freestyle.ch Berlin some of the world's best Freestyle skiers, snowboarders, skateboarders and Motocross riders were able to show off their skills. Oakley's Simon Dumont, Eero Ettala, Sandro Dias, Sammy Carlson, Jacob Wester, Seb Toutant and many more were among the athletes battling for individual and crossover champion titles. A 32-metre high ramp made out of steel and 200 tons of artificial snow was set up on the apron of the former runway.
Oakley Athletes Take 1st in Three out of Four Events at Freestyle.ch
Oakley athletes Take 1st In three out four events at Freestyle.ch held in Zurich, Switzerland. A grand total of 47,000 visitors, 3 straight days of awesome weather, kickin' live concerts and rousing freestyle action transformed Zurich's Landiwiese this weekend into an unrivaled freestyle arena.
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Bynum got caught guarding Wade in transition (from the bricks that were created courtesy of Daye, Gordon and CV) Eddie House was his responsibilty, BUT it goes back to the basic premise that a backcourt of Bynum & Gordon is simply moronic. Stuckey and Bynum paired up was an aggressive backcourt that attacked the rim and Stuckey can defend the opposing 2 guard.
This thinking assumes that Stuckey sees himself as one of the guys who will work to make the team better. That is not the case. The other 14 are there to help him. He is the straw........
One way to look at the 4th quarter is that the Heat gifted us points. The other way to look at it is that a few of our players had enough pride to continue to play hard even though our starters put them in an insurmountable hole. Maybe it was a little of both. I'm just not sure why Miami would put Lebron in the game in the middle of the 4th quarter if they thought it was so over.
Also note that if you're going to post something as if it was a fact, then you may get called out on it....as TaS just disproved the 10-0 run you made up.
Since you claim I made the 10-0 run up, well, here it is. Please in the future have the common courtesy of checking your facts. Thanks in advance. Specifically, to start the 2nd quarter in the Miami game, with Bynum at point, we gave up a 10-0 run to Miami. The score went from 25-21 Miami to 35-21 Miami. For those who may be math challenged, that is a 10-0 run for Miami. And while looking over the game log, you will note CV took a pair of 3's. CV, at that point, had been as cold as ice on his shooting for several games. Daye and Gordon each missed a 3 also. Here is the game log. Miami Heat vs. Detroit Pistons - Play By Play - February 11, 2011 - ESPN


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- " It's just the basics. Good location and good enough for one night stay. Glad I got a single, but the light was motion sensored in the room! Every time I moved in my sleep the light would turn on!!!! "
- 21 May 2013 Olivia USA
- " amazing location, never used any of the facilities but didn't want to them anyway, bag holding was just really a pile in the front lobby so it wasn't really "safe" and at times the guard was not at the desk so anyone could have grabbed stuff. Other then that it was a good place to stay and if I went back to NYC I would stay here again. Some people had complained about noise but while we were there all the guests were quite, only saw one bug the whole time there which was a cockroach. "
- 15 May 2013 Adrian Canada
- " No information on the facilities at check in, poor breakfast (not provided); an horrible smel when you arrive at the 9th floor, all is old and damaged. The room: small, sad, old, damaged everywhere, TV not working, 2 single bed stacked without security. The common bathroom: nothing to put your clothes or stuff, you must go naked with your towel only (no place for shoes as all wet), douche like a karcher, nowhere to dress but in front of others. A pitty as it was my favorite YMCA 13 years ago :( "
- 9 May 2013 Frederique
- " I was on the 12th floor in a single room. The bathrooms were very very dirty. Location of hostel is superb. Suggest you give information on pool and need to bring swimming cap when confirming booking. I lost walking canes in the hostel, maybe in washroom on ground floor or in the food machine place but they were not handed in. "
- 23 April 2013 Anonymous Canada
- " My daughter and I arrived late at night and were welcomed by very freindly staff. Check in was easy and fast. The room was small and dull. A good cleaning and fresh paint are needed. During the night smoke detectors were beeping and we could hear other guests arriving on the floor and in their rooms. The bathroom was small for the number of people using it. In the morning it was nice to sit in the common room with travelers from around the world eating breakfast from the affordable cantina. "
- 13 April 2013 Elizabeth USA
- " This facility is in EXTREME need of repair. In my room, the light switch was busted out, one of the electric outlets was hanging off the wall, and the ladder for the bunk beds was the wrong size, thus unsafe to use. In the bathroom, one of the toilets didn't flush, one of the sinks didn't work, and one of the shower walls had a gaping hole in it. I would never recommend anyone to stay at this hostel. I can easily accept old facilities - as long as they are in working order. "
- 7 April 2013 Linda USA
- " The women's bathroom on the floor that I was on had a defective lock which made it impossible to completely close the door and nothing was done about it although I complained twice to the front desk. The curtains in my room fell down (hooks fell out of the wall) and that was not fixed, although I did tell them at the desk. The facilities, both bathrooms and sleeping rooms, are not clean. The coin-operated drink machine was out of most of the selections for the entire 5 days of my stay. "
- 6 April 2013 Carol USA
- " Location was excellent! One block away from Central Park, and one block away from Lincoln Center. However, Ms. Gordon is a very rude lady. I got to the YMCA at 3am and she was the only staff member at that time. She requested my passport upon my arrival and told me she had to keep it because "I was Mexican". That, indeed, was very rude to say...what would she had said if I was Japanese?? There ways to say that there are policies to follow and kindly request my only personal document. "
- 5 April 2013 Daniela Mexico
- " good location and very helpful staff but the bathrooms are very dirty. "
- 27 March 2013 Anonymous Germany
- " I feel that a consideration for my age (68) would have made my stay much, much more pleasant. I was on a floor (7th) where a large group of younger people who knew each other, were staying. The constant 'banging' of doors late into the night & early in the morning echoed through my room - the doors are steal + spring loaded. It kept me awake! I thought this sound was throughout the building & 'grating'! However, a friend once stayed on the 8th floor & did 'not' experience this racket at all. "
- 14 March 2013 Caroline Canada
- " the restrooms are to old. a lot of things are broken. "
- 8 March 2013 Anika
- " The room was not clean, bad madrasses covered in plastic, the toilets were not clean either and I found a big bug in there - not so fun! "
- 2 March 2013 Gun Sweden
- " The staff wasn't welcoming and kind of rude. The location was pretty good and the area safe. I booked a single bed room which was uncomfortable. Everything look old and not well maintained. I'm trying out a different hostel next time. I'll only stay there if I need to stay around that location "
- 2 February 2013 Claudia USA
- " The location is great, close to subways, buses. The main objective to my staying here is to take advantage of the gym and pool. "
- 21 January 2013 Robert
- " Fantastic location. But worn down and old needs attention and some TLC to bring up to scratch. Too expensive for what you get. "
- 7 January 2013 margaret Australia
- " For the money, it is fantastic, but don't go to it expecting five-star treatment. Great location! "
- 25 December 2012 Marianne
- " It was a bit scary at night to be seemingly almost the only one on the floor, especially when going to the bathroom. "
- 17 December 2012 Eliane Switzerland
- " With the number of people using the bathrooms, it would be nice if they were checked/cleaned more often. "
- 14 December 2012 Eileen USA
- " Had a very helpful front desk staff and enjoyed the people at the desk in the lobby. Very pleasant to return from being out all day and having a smile. "
- 6 December 2012 Anonymous USA
- " Very safe, clean bedrooms (cleaned every day + new towels every day) with tv, clean bathrooms, good location (close to subway). Fitness and pool available. Lock on the bathroom doors for girls. By staying in this hostel i could safe some money to do other things. "
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VORONEZH, RUSSIA — This three-year grant of $300,000 to Mass Media Defense Center will support a project to strengthen the protection of media rights in the Russian Federation. The grantee, based in Voronezh (about 340 miles south of Moscow), is one of Russia's leading non-profits specializing in media rights and freedom of expression. The project will provide legal support to journalists and media outlets via a network of 25 media lawyers throughout Russia's regions. Litigation in selected cases in domestic courts will combat impunity for violations of the rights of journalists and media outlets. Where the domestic justice system fails, the project will take cases to the European Court of Human Rights.
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Jewelers raise money for Children's Hospital
Pictured, left to right, are (first row) – Vicki Robinson, Fink's Jewelers; Rejena Carreras, Carreras Jewelers; Jane Sternheimer, Charles Schwarzschild Jewelers; Cheryl Fornash, Cheryl Fornash Jewelers; Mary Gill Lawson, Victoria Charles Jewellery; (second row) – Cameron Cummings, co-chair, Children's Hospital Foundation Ball; Ronnie Adolf, Adolf Jewelers; Don Dransfield, Dransfield Jewelers; Todd Minnich, Schwarzschild Jewelers; Vera and Mike Caniglia, Vera's Fine Jewelers; Martha Bowdin, co-chair. Not pictured: Taylor Cowardin, Cowardin's Jewelers; Jack Kreuter, Jack Kreuter Jewelers; Ray Bigam, Peter Alexander Jewelers. For the third consecutive year, a number of local jewelers have joined together to make a donation to the community. Each participating jeweler donated a piece with a retail value of $1,500 to a raffle, which raised $13,525 for the Children's Hospital Foundation. "Organizing the Jewels for Children raffle has been a wonderful experience for me," said Cheryl Fornash of Cheryl Fornash Jewelers. "Working with the Children's Hospital Junior Board has been delightful, and the jewelers have once again been gracious and extremely generous." In addition to Fornash, participating jewelers included Adolf Jewelers, Carreras Jewelers, Charles Schwarzschild Jewelers, Cowardin Jewelers, Dransfield Jewelers, Fink's Jewelers, Jack Kreuter Jewelers, Peter Alexander Jewelers, Schwarzschild Jewelers, Vera's Fine Jewelers and Victoria Charles Jewellery. This was the first year that the raffle benefitted the Children's Hospital Foundation. In February, the jewelers' raffle raised $13,000 for the Massey Cancer Center at the annual Women in Wellness event. |
Short Pump Ruritan Club donates $50k to Virginia War Memorial
The Short Pump Ruritan/Civic Association Foundation, Inc. recently presented a check for $50,000 to the Virginia War Memorial Educational Foundation. The donation will be used to finance the production of a new film about the Vietnam War as part of the War Memorial's award-winning Virginians at War film series. > Read more.
Vintage Home Market set for June 15-16
A longtime Lakeside business owner and his partner are bringing "The Vintage Home Market" to the Richmond International Raceway Complex June 15-16.
Tony Turner has operated a business on Lakeside Avenue for nearly 20 years, beginning with Huckleberries Home & Garden for 10 years in The Hub Shopping Center and followed by Feathernesters across the street in the Lakeside Town Center. > Read more.
Fan Care offers heat relief to seniors
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Qualifying senior citizens can receive free relief from summer heat through the 23rd annual Fan Care program, which provides fans and cooling assistance to seniors 60 and older in need.
The program is an initiative of Senior Connections, The Capital Area Agency on Aging for seniors who meet income eligibility requirements and have a situation that threatens their health. > Read more.
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A community 'Kaffeehaus' in Henrico's Far West End
Born and raised in good old Europe, I am quite familiar with the traditional Austro-Hungarian tradition of the Kaffeehaus, an institution that represents a lifestyle of relaxing and thinking in a familiar environment with coffee, pastry, news, good service, marble tables, subdued sounds like the click-clack of the coffee machine, mugs and plates, conversations among patrons and with staff and a bit of low volume Johann Strauss music.
And so it was a thrill to find a modern version of a Kaffeehaus right here in Henrico County: The Daily Grind, near Short Pump Town Center. > Read more.
Oklahoma tornado victims to benefit from Innsbrook concert
The Innsbrook Foundation will present a special concert June 19 at the Innsbrook Snagajob Pavilion to raise funds benefiting the victims of the Moore and Shawnee communities of Oklahoma.
The Innsbrook After Hours RVA Cares event will feature five bands and a family festival in recognition of the many families devastated by the Oklahoma tornadoes on May 20, which killed 23 people, injured 377 others, and left destroyed and damaged homes affecting 33,000 residents. > Read more.
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West End residents no longer have to pick between fighting the summer mall crowds for a quick bite or breaking the bank to eat at a fine-dining spot because one Richmond group is bringing both to them.
RVA Street Foodies, the organization behind the outdoor food truck courts at the Virginia Historical Society and Hardywood Brewery, debuted its new Henrico food truck court at All Saints Episcopal Church on River Road May 22. > Read more.
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After the success of this peplum top, I recut another version of Vogue 8815 in our Black Ponti LWK Light Weight. This top is super quick and easy to make and works really well in ponti knits. Next I'll have to try one out in a woven fabric, not right now though… I'm peplum-ed out!
I used the same new invisible zipper method and ironed fusible tape to the centre back seam (ending just past zipper mark), this helped to stabalize the stretch and seam when sewing in the 45cm invisible zipper.
PS. I forgot to mention here that I eliminated the back shoulder dart by pivoting it out on the pattern.
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The annual roll call of the Red Cross has been making splendid progress the past two weeks. Mrs. John A. Osborne, chairman of the Campbell County Red Cross organization, announced yesterday that the total membership now stands at 190 members. A goal of 250 members has been set for this county. The annual membership fee is $1, contributing membership $5, sustaining membership $10, supporting membership $25, and life membership $50. In each type of membership only 50 cents is sent into national headquarters for national and international purposes, the remainder being placed in the funds of the county organization where it is available at all times for relief and emergency calls.
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The Wyoming Supreme Court at Cheyenne Nov. 17 upheld a Campbell County District Court judgment awarding $15,000 damages to Lee Glover, Oshoto, shot in September 1951 by John Berger, another Oshoto rancher. Associate Justice William A. Riner, in an opinion concurred in by the two other justices, held that no prejudicial or reversible errors had occurred in the case. Late in October 1952, a Campbell County District Court jury found Berger guilty of assault and battery against Glover and in a civil action following, awarded Glover $15,000 in damages — $10,000 compensatory and $5,000 punitive. Berger appealed the decision to the Supreme Court, arguing that District Court Judge George A. Layman had erred in setting the trial date for the civil action so that the case would be heard immediately after a criminal action brought by the state against Berger for the shooting in which he wounded Glover.
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A runaway water truck appeared to be looking for a new home Sunday morning as it traveled quietly across two streets and stopped on a front lawn about a block away from its starting place. The truck had rolled onto Eighth Street, turned the corner at Eighth and Brooks, crossed Brooks, jumped the curb and went through the fence before and into the front yard where it stopped about 10 feet short of the front window of the McCann house. Another vehicle and a trailer house were narrowly missed by the truck as it made its way across the two streets.


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"I'm pretty amazed," says 7th Grader Merrill Leak, standing in the middle of a sea of 540 bicycles. "It's more than I thought. I thought they would be kind of cheap bikes maybe, but these are really nice."
Every school in the district will recieve a set of thirty bikes. Mary Ley of the Bentonville School District says the new curriculum starts with the second grade, and as the kids grow up they learn more advanced riding techniques.
"Bikes are such an equal way to work out,and all children can succeed on a bike and feel confident on a bike," Ley says. "We have these amazing trails in town and we want them to learn how to navigate them."
The bikes were paid for with grant money, and parent volunteers, along with students, local cycling clubs and Phat Tire Bike Shop spent two weeks assembling the rides.
"People use the word community, but we really define community in Bentonville," Ley says. "People loaned their warehouses, and their dumpsters."
She says the program will teach kids to live their lives in a positive way, and she believes it will spread beyond the classroom.
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Two prominent Democratic congress members say a $3 million settlement between Cintas Corp. and federal workplace safety regulators is insufficient because it downgrades the severity of the company's violations and gives it two years to install new safety equipment.
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is suffering from a poor economy and continuing financial trouble.
The center announced today that they will be laying off 17 full-time employees, by the end of the year, leaving a staff of 47.
The museum will also no longer be open on Sundays.
Last year, the Freedom Center was caught up in a battle at City Hall when Councilman Chris Monzel attempted to redirect a proposal to give the center $800,000 to pay for speed humps.
At the time this sum was delivered, a $25 million debt remained for the $110 million construction of the center.
The museum has been criticized by state and local officials for requesting public funds after Freedom Center President Ed Rigaud said the center wouldn't ask for additional public money to balance its books, even after projected and actual attendance numbers dropped dramatically.
Attendance at the center peaked in its first full year open in 2005 at just over 200,000. The numbers have been falling ever since.
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Humana announced Wednesday that they'll be adding 700 jobs to their Cincinnati operations by 2010. With the struggling economy, this is welcome news.
Procter & Gamble is continuing its legal struggle with Kraft. What, you may ask, is vexing them?
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Politics is often a game of strategy, and an area anti-tax group is well-known for taking the offensive on most issues it advocates. A recent dispute over a referendum on a payday loan law, however, has the group facing stinging criticism for getting its facts wrong and overstating its own influence.
Two proposals by institutional shareholders designed to increase independent oversight at Cintas Corp. failed to gain a majority of votes Tuesday at the company's annual meeting.
The proposals included one by the North Carolina Retirement Systems, which represents the pension investments of unionized North Carolina state government workers. It sought to have an independent chairman — unconnected to the Farmer family — appointed to the board of directors to enhance oversight and improve the company's abysmal safety record.
The other proposal sought an advisory shareholder vote on executive pay.
As the meeting was conducted, more than 300 protesters comprised of Cintas workers from across the nation and their local supporters rallied outside of the company's Mason headquarters (pictured above), demanding an end to what they described as egregiously unsafe working conditions at the uniform supplier's industrial laundries.
A proposal by another institutional shareholder — CtW Investment Group — was also defeated that would have blocked the appointment of David Phillips to the Cintas board due to what it described as an undisclosed conflict of interest and weak leadership in his role as the company's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee chairman.
(See my recent news article "Cintas Under a Microscope" for background on these shareholder proposals.)
Cintas didn't reveal the vote totals for board appointments. CtW representatives said about 35 percent of outside shareholders opposed Phillips' appointment, which amounted to a "vote of no confidence."
CtW had alleged that in his role as committee chairman, "Mr. Phillips bears responsibility for many of the company's questionable governance practices, which include … inadequate response to legitimate governance concerns."
Further, CtW disliked that Phillips serves as trustee of Cincinnati Works, which received more than $200,000 in charitable contributions from foundations controlled by Cintas insiders and affiliates.
Each of the proposals had been endorsed by the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE), an organization trying to unionize Cintas workers for more than five years.
Some Cintas employees who were given proxies by shareholders were denied access to the annual meeting, according to UNITE.
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited at least 10 Cintas facilities nationwide in just over a year for safety violations, including one that resulted in the death of a worker. Since 2003 Cintas has been cited for more than 170 OSHA violations in its facilities, including more than 70 citations that OSHA deemed could cause "death or serious physical harm."
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Friday, December 21, 2012
DIY Ball Jar Chalkboard
A big hello to everyone! I am sure most of you are busy with holiday happenings! In case you are looking for a last minute gift that is simple and fun...you came to the right place today.
I am taking one of Karen's most popular images to work with...her
Aqua Ball Jar! I am in love with chalkboards at the moment and these are really cute so I hope you enjoy.
You will need some paint (colors of your choice), chalkboard paint (spray or can) a print out of the ball jars, cardstock, scissors, frame of choice and size and a piece of board instead of glass that you can apply chalkboard paint to, wooden ball jars or you can just use cardstock ball jars and if you would like to create a thickness without wood, simply use foam core, glue of your choice (I used Mod Podge) and a brush
Click HERE for the full Size Printable PDF
Print your sheet out (there is one provided for you in sizes 6", 5", 4", 3" 2" and 1") pick and choose the size or sizes you want to use for the project you envision. Now cut the jars that you are using out with your scissors.
Coat your inside chalkboard piece about 3 times letting it dry in between sprays or brushings.
Paint your jars if you are using wood and also paint your frame in the color of your choice. You can add that little shabby look by sanding the edges...a little distressed looks really nice.
Now you can apply your image onto your wood, foam core or of course you can just use a card stock piece. After you ally to the wood, trim or sand any overhang and then coat with a layer of Mod Podge or coating of your choice.
If you would like you can attach an embellishment on the lid for a bit of cottage style pizzaz!
Time to insert you chalkboard into your frame.
Now it is time to attach the ball jar embellishment to your frame. Once again it is all up to you what size you use and if you use it vertical or horizontal. I have given you a sample of each...
I used the 4 inch jar for the vertical version...
and I used the 3 inch version for the horizontal. The larger ones are great to use for display...they are so cute and would look great on a shelf...table setting...and little spot that needs a pretty touch...you can even drill holes in the tops and string them with jute to hang...use your imagination and let it soar! Here's wishing you all a wonderful...happy...healthy...loving and compassionate Holiday Season and I guess as they say...See you next year...but if you want to drop by and say hi...I will always be hanging out at The Cottage Market
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yes...we traced Karen's template onto 1/2" mdf : ) but you can do the ball jar to decorate the frame by using card stock...applying the print to foam core and cutting it : ) but it is fun with the wood because you can do collections of sizes and display them on shelves. If you need any help...just ask : ) wishing you a fabulous and wonderful holiday! : ) hugs...
- AnonymousDecember 22, 2012 at 3:56 PM
What do you use to spray the chalkboard paint on to? Thanks. I love your site.
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Dr. Bob Pearce, tobacco specialist at the University of Kentucky, recently released an email in an effort to make tobacco producers aware of a significant change made by the Risk Management Agency in the special provisions for tobacco federal crop insurance effective in 2013. The following statement appears in the "Special Provisions of Insurance" 2013 and Succeeding Years for Burley Tobacco:
"Tobacco will not be insurable on any acreage planted to tobacco in the two (2) previous crop years."
According to Pearce, this statement apparently applies to all tobacco types nationwide. RMA is attempting to address issues where lack of rotation contributes to increased risk of crop losses, mainly because of disease issues. The question has been asked about how this fits in with what University of Kentucky Extension recommends. The language in the UK Tobacco Production Guide (ID-160) is based on scientific evidence and experience as to the best management practices for tobacco production.
The guide was, and is, intended to be used by growers to help them make informed production decisions and was not intended to be used to set policy decisions. We all know growers can be successful growing tobacco in third and succeeding seasons if they take appropriate management steps such as resistant varieties, fungicide use and cover crops. But with this interpretation by RMA, such crops no longer would be eligible for crop insurance.
It is important for growers to understand that this is a decision made by RMA and not Extension or any university.
Here is how the crop rotation section of the UK Tobacco Production Guide (ID-160) reads:
"The benefit of crop rotation for reducing certain diseases is well known (see Pest Management section); however, rotation also has significant agronomic benefits. The ideal rotation for tobacco in Kentucky and Tennessee would be one in which tobacco is grown on a specific site for no more than two years in a row, after which a sod or sod/legume crop is planted and maintained for at least four years before returning to tobacco production. The advantage of this rotation is that the sod crop helps restore the organic matter and soil structure lost during tobacco production. Unfortunately, many tobacco growers do not have sufficient land resources to maintain a rotation of this length. Shorter rotations away from tobacco are very beneficial from a disease standpoint and at least slow the degradation of soil structure compared to continuous tobacco production. Some rotation, even if it is short, is better than no rotation.
"Rotation to other row crops such as corn or soybean also CAN be beneficial to tobacco, but less so than a rotation which includes sod crops. In row-crop rotations, precautions should be observed to minimize the potential carryover of herbicides and adhere to rotational guidelines on pesticide labels. A reduction in corn yields following tobacco has been reported by some growers. Herbicide carryover has also become an increasing concern in rotations with sod in recent years, with the introduction of a number of pasture herbicides containing picloram or aminopyralid. Brand names of these herbicides include Grazon, Surmount, Milestone, and Forefront. Tobacco should not be planted in fields which have had aminopyralid applied in the previous two years. For picloram the period of time needed before planting tobacco is longer and not well defined. Basically picloram should not be applied to land that is ever intended to be a part of a tobacco rotation, and tobacco should not be planted in a field with any known history of picloram application until test plants have been grown in the soil for a few weeks and observed for injury symptoms. See the label for other restrictions and information."
Growers also should be aware the new Tobacco Industry Good Agricultural Practices program, which is being adopted by most tobacco companies, often refers growers to their state's "tobacco production guide" for approved practices on a variety of topics.
Please know that the University of Kentucky tobacco specialist group is doing everything they can to ensure the guides remain a useful tool for growers without becoming an unnecessary burden.
Matt Adams is a Hardin County Extension agent for agriculture and natural resources.
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PICKENS COUNTY—In an ever-changing Pickens County Sheriff's race, Independent candidate Keith Culbreath has pulled out of the November election and endorsed Petition Candidate Tim Morgan.
"It was a personal decision on my part," said Culbreath. "I just decided to pull out and back Tim Morgan. I didn't know Tim was going to run, but I think he's probably the man for the job."
Morgan, the long-time assistant sheriff for Pickens County, began his bid for Sheriff after current Sheriff David Stone lost to Rick Clark in the Republican Primary. Morgan and Stan Whitten both mustered enough signatures to be added added to the slate as petition candidates. The November election will now be a contest between Clark, Morgan and Whitten.
"I worked with Tim for the better part of 17 years, and he's very capable," said Culbreath. "Operational-wise he's run it for the last 15 or 20 years. I'm sure Tim is going to make some changes, streamline some different things, and head down a different path."
Whitten was originally on the ballot for the Republican Primary, but was taken off the ballot after the SC Supreme Court ruled that Whitten and about 200 other candidates around the state did not turn in two different types of paperwork at the same time, as required. He made the decision to run as a petition candidate.
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Keep in mind that your payday loan will probably eat up your entire next paycheck. You're going to need to think about how to live on what you get until the following paycheck, since you'll be using much of your next one to pay for this loan. A lot of people don't remember that and end up getting more payday cash advances and tunneling themselves into debt.
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When the worst happens and you need money fast, a payday loan can help. Rent might be due before you can pay it. Payday loans exist to bridge those gaps, but despite the convenience of them, you should still watch out for yourself and your interests. You will be able to tackle your financial difficulties with ease armed with this information.


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