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This week, we received a tip that Brookstone's district managers and vice presidents were gathering in the Manchester, New Hampshire, area, where their headquarters is based, for corporate meetings and store visits.
While they were going over new store layouts and new bonus packages for selling killing as many frogs as possible, our larger-than-life "frog" was following them wherever they went. Our frog wanted to remind them of the one thing that Brookstone executives have clearly left out of their training manuals: compassion.
We even followed them to the restaurant where they ate dinner!
We're not going to let Brookstone forget about the thousands of frogs who are dying on their store shelves, while shipped across the country, and in the homes of people who do not have the ability to care for them. Until Brookstone ends the sale of Frog-O-Spheres at its stores nationwide, it can consider our "frog" its permanent shadow.
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Digital Spy presents the list of nominees in the major categories for the 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards, to be held on August 29:
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Larry David (Himself) - Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
Tony Shalhoub (Monk) - Monk (USA)
Steve Carell (Michael Scott) - The Office (NBC)
Matthew Morrison (Will Schuester) - Glee (Fox)
Jim Parsons (Sheldon Cooper) - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Alec Baldwin (Jack Donaghy) - 30 Rock (NBC)
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
Amy Poehler (Leslie Knope) - Parks And Recreation (NBC)
Edie Falco (Jackie Peyton) - Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Christine Campbell) - The New Adventures Of Old Christine (CBS)
Lea Michele (Rachel Berry) - Glee (Fox)
Toni Collette (Tara Gregson) - United States of Tara (Showtime)
Tina Fey (Liz Lemon) - 30 Rock (NBC)
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Jon Hamm (Don Draper) - Mad Men (AMC)
Kyle Chandler (Eric Taylor) - Friday Night Lights (DirecTV)
Hugh Laurie (Dr. Gregory House) - House (Fox)
Michael C. Hall (Dexter Morgan) - Dexter (Showtime)
Bryan Cranston (Walter White) - Breaking Bad (AMC)
Matthew Fox (Jack Shephard) - Lost (ABC)
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
January Jones (Betty Draper) - Mad Men (AMC)
Kyra Sedgwick (Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson) - The Closer (TNT)
Mariska Hargitay (Det. Olivia Benson) - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)
Glenn Close (Patty Hewes) - Damages (FX)
Julianna Margulies (Alicia Florrick) - The Good Wife (CBS)
Connie Britton (Tami Taylor) - Friday Night Lights (DirecTV)
Outstanding Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
Modern Family (ABC)
The Office (NBC)
30 Rock (NBC)
Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
Glee (Fox)
Outstanding Drama Series
True Blood (HBO)
Dexter (Showtime)
Mad Men (AMC)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Lost (ABC)
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Ian McKellen (Two) - The Prisoner (AMC)
Dennis Quaid (Bill Clinton) - The Special Relationship (HBO)
Jeff Bridges (Jon Katz) - A Dog Year (HBO)
Al Pacino (Dr. Jack Kevorkian) - You Don't Know Jack (HBO)
Michael Sheen (Tony Blair) - The Special Relationship (HBO)
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie
Dame Judi Dench (Miss Matty) - Return To Cranford (PBS)
Hope Davis (Hillary Clinton) - The Special Relationship (HBO)
Claire Danes (Temple Grandin) - Temple Grandin (HBO)
Joan Allen (Georgia O'Keeffe) - Georgia O'Keeffe (Lifetime)
Maggie Smith (Mary Gilbert) - Capturing Mary (HBO)
Outstanding Made For Television Movie
Endgame (Masterpiece) (PBS)
Moonshot (History)
Temple Grandin (HBO)
Georgia O'Keeffe (Lifetime)
The Special Relationship (HBO)
You Don't Know Jack (HBO)
Outstanding Miniseries
The Pacific (HBO)
Return To Cranford (Masterpiece) (PBS)
Outstanding Reality - Competition Programme
American Idol (Fox)
Dancing With The Stars (ABC)
The Amazing Race (CBS)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
Top Chef (Bravo)
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien (NBC)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO)
Outstanding Animated Programme
The Simpsons - 'Once Upon A Time In Springfield' (Fox)
Alien Earths (NGC)
The Ricky Gervais Show - 'Knob At Night' (HBO)
Disney Prep & Landing (ABC)
South Park - '200/201' (Comedy Central)
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
Mike O'Malley (Burt Hummel) in 'Wheels' - Glee (Fox)
Fred Willard (Frank Dunphy) in 'Travels With Scout' - Modern Family (ABC)
Eli Wallach (Bernard Zimberg) in 'Chicken Soup' - Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
Jon Hamm (Dr. Drew Baird) in 'Emmanuelle Goes To Dinosaur Land' - 30 Rock (NBC)
Neil Patrick Harris (Bryan Ryan) in 'Dream On' - Glee (Fox)
Will Arnett (Devin Banks) in 'Into The Crevasse' - 30 Rock (NBC)
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series
Kristin Chenoweth (April Rhodes) in 'The Rhodes Not Taken' - Glee (Fox)
Tina Fey (Host) - Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Jane Lynch (Dr. Linda Freeman) - Two And A Half Men (CBS)
Kathryn Joosten (Karen McCluskey) in 'The Chase' - Desperate Housewives (ABC)
Christine Baranski (Beverly Hofstadter) in 'The Maternal Congruence' - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Betty White (Host) - Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Elaine Stritch (Colleen Donaghy) in 'The Mums' - 30 Rock (NBC)
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series
Robert Morse (Bertram Cooper) in 'Shut The Door. Have A Seat' - Mad Men (AMC)
Alan Cumming (Eli Gold) in 'Fleas' - The Good Wife (CBS)
John Lithgow (Arthur Mitchell) in 'Road Kill' - Dexter (Showtime)
Ted Danson (Arthur Frobisher) in 'The Next One's Gonna Go In Your Throat' - Damages (FX)
Gregory Itzin (President Charles Logan) in '1.00pm-2.00pm' - 24 (Fox)
Dylan Baker (Colin Sweeney) in 'Bad' - The Good Wife (CBS)
Beau Bridges (Detective George Andrews) in 'Make Over' - The Closer (TNT)
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series
Mary Kay Place (Adaleen Grant) in 'The Might And The Strong' - Big Love (HBO)
Lily Tomlin (Marilyn Tobin) in 'Your Secrets Are Safe' - Damages (FX)
Sissy Spacek (Marilyn Densham) in 'End Of Days' - Big Love (HBO)
Elizabeth Mitchell (Juliet Burke) in 'The End' - Lost (ABC)
Ann-Margret (Rita Wills) in 'Bedtime' - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)
Shirley Jones (Lola Zellman) in 'Does Everybody Have A Drink?' - The Cleaner (A&E)
Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Programme
Tom Bergeron - Dancing With The Stars (ABC)
Phil Keoghan - The Amazing Race (CBS)
Jeff Probst - Survivor (CBS)
Heidi Klum - Project Runway (Lifetime)
Ryan Seacrest - American Idol (Fox)
Outstanding Reality Programme
Antiques Roadshow (PBS)
MythBusters (Discovery Channel)
Undercover Boss (CBS)
Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List (Bravo)
Dirty Jobs (Discovery Channel)
Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Mitchell) - Modern Family (ABC)
Chris Colfer (Kurt Hummel) - Glee (Fox)
Jon Cryer (Alan Harper) - Two And A Half Men (CBS)
Ty Burrell (Phil Dunphy) - Modern Family (ABC)
Eric Stonestreet (Cameron Tucker) - Modern Family (ABC)
Neil Patrick Harris (Barney Stinson) - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Jane Lynch (Sue Sylvester) - Glee (Fox)
Jane Krakowski (Jenna Maroney) - 30 Rock (NBC)
Kristen Wiig (Various) - Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Sofia Vergara (Gloria Delgado-Pritchett) - Modern Family (ABC)
Julie Bowen (Claire Dunphy) - Modern Family (ABC)
Holland Taylor (Evelyn Harper) - Two And A Half Men (CBS)
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
John Slattery (Roger Sterling) - Mad Men (AMC)
Martin Short (Leonard Winstone) - Damages (FX)
Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman) - Breaking Bad (AMC)
Terry O'Quinn (John Locke) - Lost (AMC)
Andre Braugher (Owen) - Men Of A Certain Age (TNT)
Michael Emerson (Ben Linus) - Lost (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Christina Hendricks (Joan Harris) - Mad Men (AMC)
Rose Byrne (Ellen Parsons) - Damages (FX)
Archie Panjabi (Kalinda Sharma) - The Good Wife (CBS)
Sharon Gless (Madeline Westen) - Burn Notice (USA)
Elisabeth Moss (Peggy Olson) - Mad Men (AMC)
Christine Baranski (Diane Lockhart) - The Good Wife (CBS)
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A MIniseries Or Movie
Michael Gambon (Mr Woodhouse) - Emma (PBS)
Patrick Stewart (Ghost/Claudius) - Hamlet (PBS)
Jonathan Pryce (Mr Buxton) - Return To Cranford (Masterpiece) (PBS)
John Goodman (Neal Nicol) - You Don't Know Jack (HBO)
David Strathairn (Dr Carlock) - Temple Grandin (HBO)
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or Movie
Julia Ormond (Eustacia - Temple's Mum) - Temple Grandin (HBO)
Susan Sarandon (Janet Good) - You Don't Know Jack (HBO)
Catherine O'Hara (Aunt Ann) - Temple Grandin (HBO)
Kathy Bates (Queen Of Hearts) - Alice (Syfy)
Brenda Vaccaro (Margo Janus) - You Don't Know Jack (HBO)
Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series
The Office ('Niagara') - NBC
30 Rock ('Anna Howard Shaw Day') - NBC
Glee ('Pilot - Director's Cut') - Fox
30 Rock ('Lee Marvin Vs. Derek Jeter') - NBC
Modern Family ('Pilot') - ABC
Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series
The Good Wife ('Pilot') - CBS
Friday Night Lights ('The Son') - DirecTV
Mad Men ('Guy Walks Into An Advertising Agency') - AMC
Lost ('The End') - ABC
Mad Men ('Shut The Door. Have A Seat') - AMC
Outstanding Writing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special
The Pacific ('Part Eight') - HBO
The Special Relationship - HBO
The Pacific ('Part Ten') - HBO
You Don't Know Jack - HBO
Temple Grandin - HBO
Primetime Emmy Awards 2010 - Nominees
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Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan
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The battle to take Aoi Spiral Castle continues! I can't believe how powerful the onmyoji have become in the story. And as usual, the art is spectacular in this chapter!
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The interim manager, who was once again targeted by a section of his own club's support during Wednesday night's 2-0 FA Cup fifth round victory at Middlesbrough, was in defiant mood after the game.
He said: "I have been in charge in football for 26 years. I have won the Champions League, won the FIFA Club World Cup, the FA Cup, the Italian Super Cup, the Spanish league twice, nine trophies, all the trophies you can win at club level.
"A group of fans, they are not doing any favours for the team when they are singing and wasting time preparing banners.
"It's because someone made a mistake. They put my title (as) 'interim manager', and I will leave at the end of the season, so they don't need to waste time with me.
"They have to concentrate on supporting the team, that's what they have to do.
"In the end, they are not doing any favours to the club, to the rest of the fans and to the players.
"Every game they continue singing and they continue preparing banners, they are wasting time. What they have to do is support the team.
"If we cannot achieve what we expect to achieve, that is to be in the top four and be in the Champions League for next year, I will leave; they will stay in the Europa League."
Benitez continued: "I am really pleased here. I have a very good group of players who are working very hard. It's a top club, so it's not a problem.
"The problem is a group of people who think they can say what they want instead of supporting the team.
"They have to support the team, they have to support the players and don't waste any other things because they don't need to be worried about me.
"I will leave at the end of the season, so why do they have to be worried?
"I will do my job, I will try to win every game until the last minute, that's it."
Benitez's astonishing outburst came barely 24 hours after he moved to play down reports of a training ground bust-up with skipper John Terry.
In a move which is unlikely to go down well with owner Roman Abramovich, he accused the club of undermining him by giving him his "interim" title when he replaced Roberto Di Matteo, the man who brought the Champions League trophy back to Stamford Bridge last season, in November.
Asked if he had known that would be the case when he accepted the job, Benitez said: "Everybody is interim because after you, there is another one. But in this case, they didn't have anyone, so why put 'interim'?
"It's just to say to everyone, 'Because he was in Liverpool and just in case, we will put interim and then we will wash our hands'.
"Why do you need to do that? The manager is the manager - one month, three months, seven months, he's the manager.
"The reason why a group of fans is not happy is because I was Liverpool manager and we played in the Champions League, massive games. That's it.
"But you can't change that. They were really good, we were really good, it was a confrontation at that stage.
"I am the manager, I am professional and I want to clarify: I will do my best until the last minute, but if they carry on with this agenda, they are damaging the club, they are damaging the team and next year, if we cannot achieve the top four, they have to take a little bit of responsibility."
Asked further if he believed giving him the interim title was a mistake from the start, he replied: "Yes, 100%."
Benitez's tirade completely overshadowed the game, which his much-changed side, led by Terry, eventually won after a difficult first half.
It took them 51 minutes to force their way in front when Yossi Benayoun recycled Oscar's cross to Ramires and he curled the ball towards the top corner.
His shot flicked Fernando Torres on its way to goal and both men appeared to claim the goal, although few in blue would have been unduly concerned as to the name which eventually went on to the scoresheet.
The visitors made sure of victory 15 minutes from time when substitute Eden Hazard laid a second on a plate for Victor Moses, who capped an impressive individual display by tapping home.
However, Boro have as good as they got for long periods and while their FA Cup dream may be over, manager Tony Mowbray was hoping to take some of the positives into the remainder of their Championship campaign, which continues against leaders Cardiff at the weekend.
Mowbray said: "We have got 12 games left now. For six months of this season, we have been in the top six and we have been threatening the top two for most of that time.
"We have obviously fallen off the pace in the last six weeks, for whatever reason, be that injury or the fact we have been involved in cup competitions.
"But we have to get back to business now. We have to start winning football matches again now and our only concern this year is to try to get out of this league."


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Web Survey Bibliography
Title Net.Genesis Internet tool tracks usage
Author Rodriguez, K.
Source CommunicationsWeek, 594, pp. 12
Year 1996
Database EBSCOhost
Access date 16.07.2004
Abstract States that net.Genesis Corp. will announce net.Analysis, software that tracks Web use in real time and immediately displays the result in graphic form. Clients asking about statistical monitoring; Bandwidth allocation; Issues of network management; E-mail address and phone number.
Access/Direct link EBSCOhost (full text)
Year of publication1996
Bibliographic typeMagazine article
Web Survey Bibliography (6359)
- World in Figures: A Multilingual Internet Application for Statistical Data Dissemination with an Online...; 2002; Kuti, S., Vag, A.
- New Ways of Survey Data Collection: Touchscreens; 2002; Weichbold, M.
- A Comparison of Response Rate, Response Time, and Costs of Mail and Electronic Surveys; 2002; Shannon, D. M., Bradshaw, C. C.
- Describing response behavior in websurveys using client side paradata; 2002; Heerwegh, D.
- Learning the Web: Internet User Experience and Response to Web Marketing in Sweden; 2002; Dahlen, M.
- The Internet and knowledge gaps - A theoretical and empirical investigation; 2002; Bonfadelli, H.
- The Digital Divide, Individuals and Governance: Opportunities and Challenges; 2002; Reddick, A.
- Community Access and the Digital Divide: with Maritime Subtitles; 2002; Rideout, V.
- New Technologies and Survey Data Collection: Challenges and Opportunities; 2002; Couper, M. P.
- ICT and Business Performance in Italy; 2002; de Panizza, A., Nascia, L., Nurra, A., Oropallo, F., Riccardini, F.
- Information And Communication Technologies And E-Commerce In Basque Companies: A Statistical Approach...; 2002; Moran Alaez, E.
- The Digital Divide: Diffusion and use of ICTs; 2002; Montagnier, P., Muller, E., Vickery, G.
- The EU surveys on ICT usage of enterprises; 2002; Deiss, R.
- Visual Design Effects in Web Surveys; 2002; Couper, M. P.
- The Use of Web-Based Surveys for Academic Research in the Field of Engineering; 2002; Roztocki, N., Morgan, S. D.
- Nonresponse Error and Mode Effects in Web-based Surveys; 2002; Dean, L.
- Incorporating Internet Surveys into Mixed-Mode Survey Designs; 2002; Tarnai, J.
- Cognitive processes in Web Surveys; 2002; Fuchs, M.
- Interactive Aspects of Web Surveys: Lack of Use, Ease of Use and User Models; 2002; Conrad, F. G.
- Does Propensity Score Weighting Work for Web Surveys?; 2002; Forsman, G., Varedian, M.
- Weighting Issues in Web-Surveys; 2002; Varedian, M.
- Recruiting respondents for web surveys: random and other samples; 2002; Schonlau, M.
- The development and administration of a population based Multimedia Computer Assisted Self Interview...; 2002; Robinson, E. M., Watson, P. D., Clark, T. C., Ameratunga, S. N.
- Determinants of Web mode choice in a ''Web and paper'' survey in a high education population; 2002; Romano, M. F., Himmelmann, M.
- Successful Recruitment for Online Access Panels; 2002; Goeritz, A.
- Building Relationships with Portal Users: The Interplay of Motivation and Relational Factors; 2002; Yoon, D., Cropp, F., Cameron, G.
- The Impact of the Internet on Society; 2002; Allin, P., Bowman, J., Cooper-Green, E. J., Randall, C.
- Can Adopters Narrow the Digital Divide? The Case of Greece; 2002; Leandros, N.
- Measuring the Digital Divide; 2002; Riccardini, F., Fazio, M.
- Proprietary market research: are online panels appropriate?; 2002; McDevitt, P. K., Small, M. H.
- Visual Analog Scales: Do they have a role in the measurement of preferences for health states?; 2001; Torrance, G. W., Feeny, D., Furlong, W.
- Trends in household survey nonresponse: A longitudinal and international comparison; 2001; de Leeuw, E. D., de Heer, W.
- The construction of attitudes; 2001; Schwarz, N., Bohnerd, G.
- Subscale distance and item clustering effects in self-administered surveys: A new metric; 2001; Bradlow, E. T., Fitzsimons, G. J.
- Sociability and usability in online communities: determining and measuring success; 2001; Preece, J.
- On the use of college students in social science research: Insights from a second‐order meta...; 2001; Peterson, R. A.
- Introduction to behavioral research on the internet; 2001; Birnbaum, M. H.
- Improving the measurement of quality of life in older people: the York SF-12; 2001; Iglesias, C. P., Birks, Y. F., Torgerson, D. J.
- Experiments on column width spacing in the University of Michigan Student Life Survey; 2001; Boyd, C. J., McCabe, S. E., Couper, M. P., Crawford, S. D.
- Building an alternative response process model for business surveys; 2001; Willimack, D. K., Nichols, E. M.
- Ethische Dimensionen der Online-Forschung; 2001; Dzeyk, W.
- Panel Bias from Attrition and Conditioning: A Case Study of the Knowledge Networks Panel; 2001; Clinton, J. D.
- Standards for Quality Assurance for Online Surveys; 2001
- Differential effects of Ecstasy and cannabis on self-reports of memory ability: a web-based study; 2001; Rodgers, J., Buchanan, T., Scholey, A. B., Heffernan, T. M., Ling, J., Parrott, A. C.
- Ethical issues in qualitative research on internet communities; 2001; Eysenbach, G., Till, E. J.
- Web experiment on colour harmony principles applied to computer user interface design; 2001; Laugwitz, B.
- Knowledge acquisition, navigation and eye movements from text and hypertext; 2001; Naumann, A., Waniek, J., Krems, J. F.
- CGI versus JavaScript: A Web experiment on the reversed hindsight bias; 2001; Schwarz, S., Reips, U. -D.
- Stimulus delivery on the Web: What can be presented when calibration isn t possible; 2001; Krantz, J. H.
- Score Reliability in Webor Internet-Based Surveys: Unnumbered Graphic Rating Scales versus Likert-Type...; 2001; Cook, C., Heath, F., Thompson, R. L., Thompson, B.


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Firefighters recognized for efforts after Hurricane Sandy; officers installed
At the Annual Installation of Officers' Dinner held this past month several members of the Clinton Heights Fire Department were given special recognition for their willingness to deploy to Long Island during Hurricane Sandy. In his presentation Chief Randy Cherubino stated, "On four different occasions fire fighters from our department left family and their familiar home district to ride to Westport, Long Island and other points of need to assist our neighbors so devastated by the hurricane's wrath. In recognition for their efforts the Firefighter of the Year Award is collectively presented to these brave and selfless members." Also of special note, the John Mitchell Sr. Award given annually to a firefighter who goes "above and beyond," was presented to Lieutenant Mike Hart.
Sworn in to hold the office of Chief by Chief Jay Corcoran of the Rensselaer Fire Department were District Chief Randy Cherubino, 1st Assistant Chief Seth Tracy and 2nd Assistant Chief Bill O'Connor. Line Officers for the coming year were sworn in by T.J. Strack, Assistant Chief of the Saranac Fire Department: Bruen Hose Station 1, Captain Steve Bestler, Lieutenant Truck 8 Bob Reiners and Lieutenant Rescue 8 Joe Faranda. For Community Hose Station II the line officers for the coming year are Captain Chris Racine, Station Lieutenant Mike Hart, Lieutenant Squad 8 Tom Penk, Lieutenant Engine 8-5 Chad Farrell, Lieutenant Engine 8-7 Pat Knapeck and Special Operations Division Lieutenant Kris Renadette.
Company Officers for the 2013 year for Bruen Hose: President Tony Hazzard, Vice President Bill O'Connor, Secretary Dave Jordan, Treasurer Tom Burns and Members Frank Fiato, Rich Hendrick and Steve Bestler. For the Community Hose Fire Company President Ron Stark, Vice President Jason Deyette, Secretary Paul Bednarczyk, Treasurer Ed Pratt, Financial Secretary John Farrell and Sergeant at Arms T.J. Laplante.
The Ladies Auxiliary members took the oath of office before President Meaghan Hart: Vice President Bernadette Hazard, Secretary Kerry Stevens, Financial Secretary Michele Penk, Treasurer Helene Reed and Chaplain Joyce Smith.
The Clinton Heights Volunteer Fire Department provides fire safety and protection to over 12,700 residents in the Town of East Greenbush. There are 65 active fire fighters currently on the roles of the fire district.
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It wasn't total domination, but it was close. The Havre High wrestling team crushed an undermanned Lewistown Eagle squad 72-12 on Tuesday night at the HHS gymnasium.
When the Ponies weren't winning by forfeit, they were winning by pins. In fact, Havre lost only one actual match and surrendered a forfeit at 145 pound for the Eagles' only points.
"It wasn't much of a dual," said Havre High head coach. "There was so many forfeits and holes in their lineup to do much."
Indeed, Havre received forfeits wins from Ryan Shelstad (98), Lorren Mack (112), Evan Hinebauch (160), Chris Buskirk (171) and Cody Seely (189).
In the matches that there was actually wrestling, Havre had little trouble with the Eagles
Havre opened up in impressive fashion with Stephen Brown pinning Lewistown's Cody Dyson at the 1:38 mark in the first match 275 pounds.
"Stephen looked really good for his first time on the mat this season," Filius said.
The Ponies added another win at 215 as C.J. Kaven also scored a quick pin over Arliss Ferguson to put Havre up 12-0.
Havre scored three wins by forfeit to got up 30-0.
Lewistown's first points came at 152 pounds as state tournament placer Dustin Scotten pinned Adam Burrington in the 36 seconds.
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Logan Reichelt scored a 12-8 decision over Dustin Lemon at 140 pounds. Mike Sutherland followed with a 7-5 win over Jason French at 135.
But the close matches ended there, as Gray Chagnon (130), Justin McLeod (125), Shane Boucher (119), Bill Wagner (105) all scored wins by pin to give Havre the 72-12 win.
"You know we didn't wrestle the greatest," Filius said. "But it was a chance for some of our second string kids to wrestle some tough matches."
The dual was even less pleasing for Lewistown head coach and former Big Sandy standout Mike Mangold.
"We lost four state placers to graduation and we have been hit hard this year by injuries," Mangold said. "We have a very young team this year and we knew we were going to take some lumps."
Even with the lopsided loss, Mangold was still complimentary of the Ponies.
"From what I've seen from Havre, I think they are going to be right there at the end. I haven't seen Sidney yet this season, but I do think that from top to bottom, Havre has the stronger lineup. Sidney has a few holes in their lineup that could be the difference at the state tournament."
Havre will now have a break from competition til next week when it faces Cut Bank in dual action in Cut Bank.
But don't think it will be a complete break from wrestling, this team is on a mission.
"They're a pretty hungry group right now," Filius said. "We are still going to go hard during the break."
Havre 72, Lewistown 12
98 - Ryan Shelstad, HAV win by forfeit
105 - Billy Wagner, HAV pinned Shane Kelly 1:43
112 - Lorren Mack, HAV win by forfeit
119 - Shane Boucher, HAV pinned Brandon Hemsath 1:07
125 - Justin McLeod, HAV pinned Allen Moline 1:07
130 - Gray Chagnon, HAV pinned Lee Goodwyn :53
135 - Mike Sutherland, HAV dec. Jason French 7-5
140 - Logan Reichelt, HAV dec. Dustin Lemon 12-8
145 - Dustin Gremaux, LEW win by forfeit
152 - Dustin Scotten, LEW pinned Adam Burrington :36
160 - Evan Hinebauch, HAV win by forfeit
171 - Chris Buskirk, HAV win by forfeit
189 - Cody Seely, HAV win by forfeit
215 - C.J. Kaven, HAV pinned Arliss Ferguson :49
HWT - Stephen Brown, HAV pinned Cody Dyson 1:38


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lihat semua hotel di SpokaneVery comfortable, clean, hot water. Breakfast was excellent, lots of good choices. Staff was approachable.Ulasan otentik tamu Hotels.com
"Front Desk Staff Not Helpful"
We returned from our conference late at night, around 2:30am, as I was searching for a parking spot my wife was hit on by two very drunk hotel guests in the lobby. Then we got to our room and the room next to us was up partying and loud enough that we could clearly hear their conversations through the doors and walls. I walked down to the front desk, […] the person there didn't even come out of the back room, they sat within sight and shouted from there. I told them of both incidents and they said they would take care of it. Taking care of it was to call the room and let them know there were complaints. It took another hour and 4 more calls to the front desk before someone walked down to the room, and even then they did nothing except watch some people say they were leaving and quieting down. And at no time was there an offer to compensate us in anyway, only an offer for US not the loud guests, to move. Extremely annoyed. Won't be staying there again unless we have to. Baca selengkapnyaUlasan otentik tamu Hotels.com
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"Wonderful experience go to Quality"
My whole experience was great just as I expected it woul be.. I always stay at this hotel everytime I come to Spokane to visit my daughter and her family. I would recommend this hotel to everyone!!! Top notch in my opinion.Ulasan otentik tamu Expedia
"Will recommend to others"
Hotel staff were very helpful. Breakfast was perfect for our week stay. Overall we enjoyed our stay.Ulasan otentik tamu Hotels.com
"Not a bad place."
It's located on the main highway, so it's very hard to make a left hand turn out. Also, I almost didn't get a parking spot when I came back late at night. They have feather duvets and the rooms were clean. The free breakfast was vey nice, and it runs until 10am, which was nice if you got a late start to your day.Ulasan otentik tamu Expedia
"Best hotel in North Spokane"
Pool is open 24 hrs. Parking was very convenient. Extremely helpful staff. Breakfast was great - especially the croissant sausage wraps. I have stayed at several hotels in Spokane and have generally been disappointed but not this time! I will defintely plan to stay here on future stays in Spokane.Ulasan otentik tamu Expedia
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"Quality Inn"
Friendly check in, was able to check in earlier than expected. Rooms very clean and well maintained. Cookies in the lobby in evening and good breakfast with waffles!Ulasan otentik tamu Expedia
"Very, Very Adequate."
I appreciated how clean it was, had everything I needed, staff was friendly. I referred to it as very, very adequate. Will definitely stay there again.Ulasan otentik tamu Expedia
"worth the drive"
This hotel is little north than we like to stay but it so worth the drive. Better neighborhood, great food choices and best front desk in Spokane.Ulasan otentik tamu Hotels.com
very clean and nice I highly recomend it....Ulasan otentik tamu Hotels.com
"very happy!! Will return"
Reasonable rate and clean stay!! We really liked the fact that the indoor pool was opened 24 hours. Most hotels have a 10pm shut down on pools. After a long day we had the option of entering the pool room late at night and soak in a nice hot tub.Ulasan otentik tamu Hotels.com
"Great location for Girl's Shopping Weekend!"
I love staying here! It's in a perfect location, everything so close and easy to get to. I always recommend it when someone asks where to stay in Spokane for shopping.Ulasan otentik tamu Expedia
motel was very clean and it was easy to get to and from anywhere we went. We have stayed here many time and will do so again.Ulasan otentik tamu Hotels.com
"Best value around Northtown"
Great facility. We had only 10 hrs. for the stop and our room was perfect for a couple just staying overnight. Very clean throughout. Very good access to guest vehicles and all amenities. We're goin' back!Ulasan otentik tamu Hotels.com
"Good for stay"
It was a great stay. Good hotel, clean room, great break fast. Only issue was noisy room Heater.Ulasan otentik tamu Expedia
"A clean and comfortable stay."
For what we paid through Hotels . com for this room, we were amazed at the quality of service we received, and how nice the room was.Ulasan otentik tamu Hotels.com
"Good location"
The room and bed was nice. We had to have room close to an exit since I can only walk a limited distance with crutches. As a result we had a room on the first floor close to the lobby. As can be expected, there was more noise and we could hear the people of the room directly above us until midnight. It did take away from the overall experience of the […] hotel. The room itself was nicer than most hotels we stayed in in the last two weeks for the same price. It would have been nice if the hotel had a wheelchair. At the end of the day even a short distance walking with crutches feels very long. Baca selengkapnyaUlasan otentik tamu Expedia
"Gem at the foot of Mt. Spokane"
The staff at the hotel was so awesome from check-in, or little tourist questions or check-out. The location was prefect to get to Mt. Spokane outdoor events and great trails. Wonderful food locations near by, The Onion and Tomato Street were prefect!Ulasan otentik tamu Hotels.com
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It was a very nice hotel with a comfortable large room. The breakfast had lots of choices and was good. We enjoyed the pool and hot tub. Shopping and restaurants close by.Ulasan otentik tamu Hotels.com
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Hotel was nice and clean. I was a little annoyed that we had to wait 2 1/2 hours for the roll away bed and extra pillows. Everything was fine except for that.Ulasan otentik tamu Hotels.com
"Great stay in nice part of Spokane"
Indoor Pool is fantastic-very nice/ clean rooms-not far from I-90 but in a nice part of Spokane-very inexpensive given all of the amenities-pool, quiet, good desk staff, enough parkingUlasan otentik tamu Hotels.com
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"Everything needed for a short or longer stay!"
Everything needed for a short or longer stay! The rooms were very clean and comfortable and the breakfast was awesome!Ulasan otentik tamu Expedia
"booked on line"
Booked this hotel on line. Good thing....last room taken as I waited in line. Very nice facility. Rooms were so clean and comfortable. A few more protein sources on the breakfast would be nice. Might want to caution employees about letting people in locked entrances. A person that says they have forgot their card should go to the front desk. Safety […] first. Baca selengkapnyaUlasan otentik tamu Hotels.com
"Great for college game day!!!"
Hotel was very clean and staff was friendly and efficient. Great stay.Ulasan otentik tamu Hotels.com
Fantastic choice for this area in Spokane.Ulasan otentik tamu Hotels.com
I would definitely stay at this hotel again while in Spokane. I have already recommended it to friends. The staff was helpful and the rooms were very clean and very quiet. I booked thru Expedia and the price was very good.Ulasan otentik tamu Expedia
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"Good price for all the amenities"
The room was comfortable and clean. The breakfast included biscuits and sausage gravy in addition to waffles, which was a nice surprise. The carpet in our room was lumpy and dirty....but other than that, the room was very clean. The pool area was great and the fitness room good. I would definately stay here again.Ulasan otentik tamu Hotels.com
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Clean, newly remodeled room. Friendly & helpfull staff. Breakfast & parking included. ***24-hour pool & hot tub*** even sold bathing suits in case you forgot yours. I have stayed at expensive hotels and I'm wondering why.... This property had more to offer for much less!Ulasan otentik tamu Hotels.com
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"great experience"
Great service. great people. Breakfast was only so so compared to their other location in Spokane but it was adequate nevertheless. Would return again any time.Ulasan otentik tamu Expedia
"Convenient to everything we needed!"
Rooms were clean, beds were comfortable with newer linens. Staff was extremely pleasant and helpful. Pool and hot tub were fine. Price was very reasonable. Only downside was the thin towels and the room could have used another lamp. Other than that, it was perfect for our stay of 3 nights.Ulasan otentik tamu Hotels.com
"Great stop-over"
Room clean and bright. Wifi worked good. Breakfast hours suited our schedule.Ulasan otentik tamu Hotels.com
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I was here for business, which it was convenient to. The breakfast is decent, the staff is super friendly and helpful.Ulasan otentik tamu Hotels.com
"close to shopping malls"
Very nice hotel near shopping and next door to CostcoUlasan otentik tamu Hotels.com
"quick stop over"
Excellent Front Desk Service! this is not the first time I have stayed and is always my first choice when visiting Spokane. Girls at the front desk are top notch! Very pleasant and very helpful. Cookies are an added bonus!Ulasan otentik tamu Hotels.com
"would stay again"
the only thing we we're a little disappointed in was the breakfast, not enough fresh fruit , the bananas were almost ready for banana bread other than that we had a very nice stay and would stay there againUlasan otentik tamu Hotels.com
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"Reasons to stay at this Quality Inn"
We unfortunatley experienced a fire alarm around 8 a.m. due to burnt toast which is not common I am sure, but other than that the hotel was clean and staff friendly. I was disapointed in the breakfast as the danishes seemed stale and even though the waffle maker is nice, when families are making 6 or seven waffles at a time we never had a chance to […] try it...the pancake maker seems to be a little faster. Coffee was GREAT always fresh and the cookies are a nice touch. I would stay again, loved how close it was to great shopping! Baca selengkapnyaUlasan otentik tamu Expedia
"Will be returning again!"
I was surprised at how nice this hotel was for the price. I mean i wasn't expecting it to be horrific, but geez, what a great place! Super nice staff with other customers and myself. The best breakfast selection I have ever seen at a hotel. Will make this my new place to stay when visiting Spokane.Ulasan otentik tamu Expedia
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RegístrateThe real da Vinci code: the cause of death of the Mona Lisa
In 1503, Leonardo started the painting of Madonna Lisa Maria de Gherardini (born in Florence in 1479 and died at the age of 37.) He worked on the painting for 4 years. The Mona Lisa has been acclaimed as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world."
With only a history of premature death as a clue, let's move on to the clinical examination of the beautiful and ever-smiling Mona Lisa. Two important findings are present:
Firstly, a careful inspection of the famous painting reveals a yellow irregular leather-like spot at the inner end of the left upper eyelid. This is currently known as a Xanthelasma, which is a yellowish deposit of cholesterol underneath the skin.
Secondly, there is a soft bumpy well-defined swelling of the dorsum of the right hand beneath the index finger about 3 cm long, which raises the possibility of a subcutaneous lipoma.
An infrared detailed photograph published in 1974 reveals that the yellow skin alteration was an integral part of the painting at the time of its initiation, and not a subsequent addition.
These findings in a 25-30 year old woman, who died at the age of 37, may be indicative of essential hyperlipidemia, a strong risk factor for ischemic heart disease in middle age. A stronger evidence for this would be the observation of a corneal Arcus, but that is not the case with the Mona Lisa.
In short, the Mona Lisa probably died of a heart attack.
Although Hyperlipidemia is often primary and familial, it could also occur secondary to other disorders including Hypothyroidism (could explain the absence of eyebrows, although that could have been the result of epilation, a common practice at the time), Diabetes Mellitus and Nephrotic Syndrome.
As far as is known, this portrait of Mona Lisa painted in 1506 is the first evidence that xanthelasma and lipoma were prevalent in the sixteenth century, long before the first description by Addison and Gall in 1851.


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Thanks! With the extra costs and wide range of smart phones etc, I don't think we're going to support future releases of our apps.
What I've done instead is direct my time toward developing the mobile skin.
With Apple, the application annual costs just don't make it cost effective.
Honestly, the mobile style/skin of DaBears.com, actually runs better than the mobile apps. Honestly it seems to just overall give users a better experience. :D
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I'm not allowed to fix our economy.
And, frankly, that's probably a good idea.
I have a pretty good understanding of macroeconomics and history; but once we get into the more finite details of capitalism, I admit to being a shoe that could use a little more polish. Call me naïve, but I have a hard time wrapping my head around things like derivatives, and companies that make billions of dollars but that don't actually produce anything (like Bain Capital).
I prefer simple solutions: people and businesses working hard to create goods and offer services that benefit members of the public who want or need them. If I were allowed a voice in how to fix the economy, I would put my eggs in that basket rather than in the baskets of corporate bankers, insurance companies and venture capitalists who don't actually produce anything tangible.
Still, the economy is where it is, and what it is. I have my ideas as to how to make it better, and you may have yours.
Nobel Prize-winning Economist and Professor Paul Krugman has his as well. He thinks we should gather together a community of scientists to sell the American public on the fake notion that an alien invasion is coming, and we need to spend money on infrastructure and civil defense—thus creating employment and more taxes to pull the government out of recession.
Obviously, Krugman's idea crosses over into the realm of satire; but like all good satire, it's not without its truths. The government did spend money creating jobs to ward off the Axis in WWII, resulting in an economic juggernaut. And, more recently, we had a tech boom in this country, partially spawned by the fears of the Y2K bug.
Remember the Y2K bug? Boy, that thing never quite made sense. People would try to explain it to me, but I could never quite wrap my head around why people thought a bank computer, or an electric grid, had the capacity to care what century it was; As if US Bank's software was named Hal, and was at risk of donning a bowler hat and an "I HEART McKinley for President" button when its internal clock struck "1900."
But that didn't stop the tech boom. No sir-ee, Bob. How do I know? I worked for a "blossoming" website called Participate.com in mid-2000 (a company which, for reasons you will soon understand, no longer seems to exist). I was in the Sales and Marketing Division, and my job was to cold-call potential clients. The problem? I couldn't really explain to them what it is we did there. I know we had clients like AT+T and IBM, but no one could ever really actually explain to me what we did past: "We set up online communities."
But I didn't really see a whole lot of that going on at that office. What I did see were a bunch of "every man for himself" Nerf-gun wars amongst the cubicles.
Like: daily.
Like: I was given a Nerf pistol and had a hit-list of people who were unaware that I was even playing.
And whenever people give me the snarky "Must Be Nice" Speech about how teachers get summers off, I think of my time "working" 9-to-5 as a Nerf Hitman.
Still, there was something to be learned by Y2K, WWII, and from Krugman's satircal idea about defending ourselves from an alien hoarde: America works well when our backs are against the wall. Our economy thrives under pressure. And, like a college student whose malaise and boredom threaten to plunge him into a lifestyle of laziness and obesity, we really need a panic-driven deadline to get things moving.
In 2008, I wrote a blog to friends and family about making the environment our national boogeyman. Back then, I thought, "This is our chance. We can come together over the environment. Even if you disagree that global warming exists—like Y2K, you can't deny the boom in manufacturing and growth that it would spawn."
Well, I didn't know then that the GOP would go on a national crusade against fact and reality. Those were the Pre-Tea Party days, when the government was allowed to put their hands on our Medicare without Glenn Beck crying about it. Now it certainly seems unlikely that we'll coalesce around green jobs and the environment as the birthplace of a new economic boom.
But I do have an idea that the GOP will get behind. It's one they cannot deny, lest their evangelical base leave them quicker than you can say "Kardashian wedding":
We tell them a flood is coming.
A big, super-duper, BIBLICAL flood.
And we need a boat.
In fact, we need lots of boats. Giant, massive, boats; Boats to hold everyone in the country, with extra room to put our pets on the roof. And we need to build these boats and hire people to navigate them in the coming flood.
We need carpenters, and engineers, and zoologists and marine biologists.
We need welders and crew members and horse whisperers and James Cameron.
We need to build ships to right the ship.
And we need to do it now. Now. NOW!
And once the boats are built, and the job boom fades, and there's nothing left to do but wait for the end of the world, we'll once again fade into a period of depression and recession, needing a new enemy to combat.
And that is when my army of Nerf Assassins will attack.
Frederick John Kluth
11:23 am on Monday, May 28, 2012
Your knowledge of Bain capital is somewhat defective. They say:
Bain Capital is one of the world's leading private, alternative asset management firms whose affiliates manage approximately $60 billion. Our principals are the largest single investor in each of Bain Capital's funds, which aligns the interests of the firm with our investors and the long-term objectives of the management teams.
You could also say you do not produce anything. Their produce is at least as real as your writing.
Tim Torrence
12:05 pm on Monday, May 28, 2012
Uh Patrick your scenario was tried by Al Gore and it didn't work. Fear is never a great motivator if the consequences are not immediately apparent.
P.S. The Y2K scare was real I am somewhat of a pack rat with computers and I still have two that think it is the 20th century.
tom m
1:28 pm on Monday, May 28, 2012
correct me if I am wrong ....But did not Bain Capital fund the startup of staples office products
Phyllis Stager
1:20 pm on Sunday, June 3, 2012
Yes, Staples and Bain fixed Dominoes Pizza which then expanded also. Both Staples and Dominoes added thousands of jobs to the economy.
James Thomas
10:29 am on Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Isn't there supposed to be some humor involved in your posts Patrick?
Phyllis Stager
1:28 pm on Sunday, June 3, 2012
Its quite possibly rhetorically proximate to humor, but possibly too juxtaposed within the boundaries of sarcasm and ideology to hit the mark.
Chris (Kit) Myers
1:14 pm on Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Mothers! Get your kids inside! The aliens are here! They are the Morlocks! Just put your ear to the ground and you can hear their machinery grinding up the Eloi. Agggg...
Ken McEntee
9:49 am on Friday, June 1, 2012
Surprisingly Patrick, I agree with you about something: A truly strong economy needs to be based on manufacturing products and providing necessary services.
But I disagree with your Keynesian notion that the government should be the driver to create demand for those goods and services. A free market, left to its own devices, without interference, control and manipulation from government and the Federal Reserve banking cartel, would prosper if given the chance.
Lynda Zielinski
9:13 am on Saturday, June 2, 2012
When you're unemployed you really don't care who is driving the economy. But, I guess you can't imagine being in those shoes.
Patrick Giusto
5:32 am on Monday, June 4, 2012
I really don't know how you could disagree with it-- it already worked to get us out of one depression. And I don't much care who drives the economy when it's THRIVING, but if it's stalled out or in a recession, why wouldn't you do what's already worked? Can't it be a temporary solution?
Phyllis Stager
7:38 am on Monday, June 4, 2012
Well...WWII did pull us out of a depression. But when we contract out to other nations for example, the manufacturing of planes, etc., what does that do for the work force and the economy in the USA? Loads of examples for that where we missed out. In the early 1960's the US accounted for 90% of the production of commercial jet aircraft. Now it ranges between 35% and 50%. If the NRLB is going to put up road blocks when companies want to build new plants (eg Boeing in SC), I guess its just easier to leave the USA than fight the powers that be.
joe simonton
1:39 pm on Sunday, June 3, 2012
lets not forget GM which borrowed $49.5 billion and as of today only paid back $6.7 billion
Now they claim they repaid the bailout loan, but they only paid back one loan using the 13 billion that obama put in a escrow account for gm to use as operating capital (so they paid back a government loan using government money) LOL and you want to pick on bain capital
Phyllis Stager
2:22 pm on Sunday, June 3, 2012
Now that you mention it....GM is considering, if it has not already done so, moving VOLT production to China. I guess the GM bail out not only saved some jobs at GM but is going to be producing Jobs in China. Doncha luv Government management? As recently as April this year CEO Akerson said he would set up a dedicated Chinese factory to produce Cadillacs. Good Going! LOL!


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Str 16 (+3) Dex 16 (+3) Wis 13 (+1)Con 12 (+1) Int 2 (-4) Cha 8 (-1)
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As expected, following Kalak's assassination, riots flared throughout the city. The Templars, suddenly weakened, were the targets of much revenge. Mobs of newly freed slaves attacked the townhouses of their former masters, only to be driven back by squads of half-giant soldiers. Roving gangs of homeless were quickly and sometimes brutally suppressed.But Tithian, the new king of Tyr was not about to let the city fall into chaos. In the months following, he struggled to solidify his control over Tyr. Democracy and freedom are strange and foreign concepts to people so long oppressed. But with hard work, trial and error, and with your help, the free state of Tyr has edged its way forward.During the past two months, you have indeed completed a series of small missions for some of the lead revolutionaries. Rikus, the fierce Mul gladiator, who threw the heartwood spear that hit Kalak, had you crush a handful riots to restore order. Agis of Asticles, the psion-nobleman of conscience had you -reluctantly- act as bodyguard for a few Templars until they regained their "footing" and position of power. You even accomplished one small mission for Sadira, the beautiful Half-Elf revolutionary, rumored to be an Arcanist. She needed to "borrow" a magic item from the Templar's quarters.It is during those days that Tak-Tha, the proud Thri-Kreen Hunter who had accepted Zaffa as his clutch leader, expressed his feelings of "home sickness". All these intrigues and conspiracies were too alien to the Thri-Kreen, who needed the simple thrill of the hunt. One morning, he bid farewell to the group, with the promise to hunt together if their paths cross again. He set for the wilderness, away from the city and the intrigues of the soft skins.Today is a day like any other lately in Tyr. It is noon, the sun is at its highest and the air as warm and heavy as a forge's. The streets are dusty and reek of detritus, a proper system to clean them up has yet to be put in place.The streets are busy though, and the Elven Market even more, with the noise of commerce and negotiation. A completely bold dwarf is haggling with an Elf over some obsidian hammer. A human couple is looking at a roll of refined fabric, no doubt stolen considering the contrasting dirty outfit of the Elven merchant. A tatooed halfling female over there is looking at a handful of agafari javelins, testing the weight and balance in her hand.But you have no time to look at any of these goods. You cross the market quickly and with purpose, keeping a hand on your purse and an eye out for pick pockets and hidden daggers. The Elven Market's reputation has not improved since the fall of Kalak after all.You reach your destination, a small unremarkable mud brick house covered in dirty and peeling yellow paint. After checking that you have not been followed, you step through the heavy green curtain that covers the door. Inside, you recognize the familiar figure of Agis of Asticles standing in the corner of the room, arms crossed in front of him, a shoulder against the wall. There is a table in the center of the room with half a dozen chairs around it.Agis seems especially tense this day. Only after you are seated does the councilor stir from his shadowy corner, and then it is to check carefully that no one has followed you. Returning to his side of the table, taking a seat, he finally speaks.
"Thank you for coming to this meeting, especially on such short notice. There is trouble brewing for Tyr, perhaps you have heard rumors of it. No? Well then, let me be the first to tell you. The word from King Tithian and the council is that Tyr is under attack."Seeing your nervous looks, he quickly corrects"I dont mean this instant. I mean that King Hamanu, the Sorcerer-King of Urik, has dispatched an army to capture Tyr and claim it for his own. Hamanu styles himself a warlord, although he relies on Tyr for the iron in his weapons. Apparently, King Kalak cut off supplies long ago and now Hamanu is coming to reopen the mines under his control. Tithian has told the council and even appointed Rikus, that templar Styan, and noblewoman Jaseela as commanders, but only because I think he wants to get rid of them. The army is going to need help if we want our free city to remain free. I'm counting on you for some of that help."


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H.A. Cross, formerly vice president of the defunct Citizen Bank, is on his way from Oregon to Gillette and is expected to arrive today to face a charge of misappropriation of the bank's funds. Sheriff Roy Hardy and County Attorney Elwood Anderson were in Cheyenne last week and secured extradition papers from Acting Governor W.E. Chaplin, to bring Mr. Cross from Oregon to Gillette, and Hardy left from there for the West. A wire from the sheriff Tuesday stated that he was leaving at that time for the homeward trip. The case against the former bank official has come about through an investigation of the affairs of the Citizens Bank, now in the hands of a receiver, and while the exact charges to be preferred against Mr. Cross are not known, it is alleged he will be charged with misappropriation of funds to the extent of some $4,000.The case will have various complications, and it is expected to attract much interest in the community when it comes up for hearing.
Los Angeles — A crazed relief worker, returning to a from which he supposedly was discharged last week, tonight made a shambles of a huge WPA relief project ditch, killing four workmen and seriously wounding four others. Standing on a dirt heap above the ditch, he sprayed bullets into a group of laborers, then fled with a pack of workmen after him. A police shotgun squad rescued him from a mob attempting to lynch him after they had chased him into a blind alley. The killer, Charles N. Layman, 45, was jailed babbling incoherent words of hatred against a foreman whom he accused of "throwing sand in my shoes." I missed two guys I wanted to get,",he muttered. "I'd have killed more if police hadn't arrived so soon." He said he fired on the workmen because "they wouldn't let me work but I guess I fixed them." Police said the man, an obvious victim of hallucinations, had left the job last Friday after an altercation in which he charged Edward Ryman with putting sand in his shoes while he was at work.
Paper plays a vital part in protecting shipments of army ordnance supplies from rough handling and danger of corrosion. Paper makes the cartons and moisture proof wrappings for delicate signal corps apparatus; its packages essential for medical supplies. The army corps of engineers and the quartermaster corps, also, find paper valuable in protecting supplies shipped to battle fronts. In appealing to the public to save paper by accepting unwrapped packages at retails stores and to salvage all paper that comes into the home, the war production board experts hope to net an addition 100 million tons of paper for the war needs during the coming year. The family wastepaper basket is already a war recruit. Its contribution of discarded paper bags, old newspaper, magazines — even a crumpled napkin — helps the army quartermaster corps to get paper for wrapping and packaging the millions of tons of shipping which must reach the battlefronts. On the average, each fighting man overseas requires 81 tons of supplies a month. In this global war, 700,000 different kinds of items ranging from tanks and cannons to shoe laces and spoons, must be shipped from points of production to areas of use.


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A joint venture involving the National Atlas programs in Canada (Natural Resources Canada), Mexico (Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografía e Informática), and the United States (U.S. Geological Survey), as well as the North American Commission for Environmental Co-operation, has led to the release (June 2004) of several new products: an updated paper map of North America, and its associated geospatial data sets and their metadata. These data sets are available online from each of the partner countries both for visualization and download. The North American Atlas data are standardized geospatial data sets at 1:10,000,000 scale. A variety of basic data layers (e.g. roads, railroads, populated places, political boundaries, hydrography, bathymetry, sea ice and glaciers) have been integrated so that their relative positions are correct. This collection of data sets forms a base with which other North American thematic data may be integrated. Any data outside of Canada, Mexico, and the United States of America included in the North American Atlas data sets is strictly to complete the context of the data. The North American Atlas - Glaciers data set shows areas of permanent ice found on the North America landmass including Greenland, and also shows areas of land found within glaciers. No distinction is made between major glaciers, ice fields, and the Greenland ice cap. The only permanent ice shown on land areas outside of North America and Greenland is on Iceland.
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