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The premise behind Hyperdimension Neptunia is a unique one so far in the videogame industry. It is a videogame specifically about the videogame industry. Unfortunately, it doesnt take the premise to the level of game that it could have.
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The story behind this game has to do with all the companies involved in console systems. The main character, the goddess Neptune, who represents SEGA in this game, loses her powers and memory and is banished to the mortal realm. The game, then, has to do with her fighting the monsters that are attacking the islands that make up the realm of Gamindustri. With her powers garnered from various historical SEGA games like Altered Beast, Neptune fights her way towards more and more power, leading back to her regaining her place as a goddess. If the other Gods involved represent Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft, then Hyperdimension Neptunia could be an indication of a console we could see in the future.
Speculation aside, this game has a couple of facets that make it stand out from other RPGs. Once, would be the amount of video game references that are packed into this game, which is an enormous number. As far as being a videogame dedicated to videogames goes, this one definitely provides historical context. This novelty is just about the most intriguing aspect of the game, however.
The graphics are nothing extremely special, mostly because the game designers didnÂ't do anything with them. Moving around the very graphically interesting world is done through menu movement, which means that your character never gets to just travel around through these visually impacting worlds, just gets to look on them from outside. You also donÂ't get to talk to people except through little silhouette window boxes. Even when you do get into the dungeons, they are mostly just drab hallways that are lacking in detail and noticeable differences.
The combat system is done differently than in many role-playing games. The characters have Action Points that are used to create four-part combination attacks that do large amounts of damage when they are done correctly. These actions are determined via a menu tree that branches out allowing for great customization, but combat in the game doesn't force a person to learn what the super-powered combos are. When you can go through the whole game without learning how to do your best skills, itÂ's probably too easy.
The graphics for the battles are the most exceptional graphics in the game, with little clips making up a major part of every battle for both your characters, and enemies. Fortunately, these little clips can all be skipped through with a press of the button, allowing the battle to continue.
The premise behind Hyperdimension Neptunia is a unique one so far in the videogame industry. It is a videogame specifically about the videogame industry. Unfortunately, it doesnÂ't take the premise to the level of game that it could have. Perhaps after SEGA releases their new system, theyÂ'll re-release this game with the problems fixed. A gamer can only hope.
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Kuwait petro firm launches $750m loan
Kuwait, April 10, 2013
Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (Kufpec) has launched its first syndicated loan in five years with a $750 million deal, two sources close to the deal said.
The deal will be Kufpec's largest ever syndicated loan, according to Thomson Reuters LPC data.
It comes at a welcome time for Middle East borrowers because lenders are eager for volume after sporadic activity in 2012. Kufpec could not be immediately reached for comment.
Kufpec, which is owned by state oil firm Kuwait Petroleum Company, is paying 140 basis points over LIBOR, bankers added.
National Bank of Kuwait and JP Morgan are joint coordinators, with Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, HSBC, JP Morgan Chase, National Bank of Kuwait and Royal Bank of Scotland as arrangers.
Syndication of the deal has been launched to the oil company's close local and international lenders. A bank meeting is being held in Dubai next week, with plans to sign the deal by the end of May.-Reuters

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Editor's note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is a political comedian and frequent commentator on various TV networks including CNN. He is the editor of the politics blog The Dean's Report and co-host of a new CNN podcast "The Big Three" that looks at the top three stories of the week. Follow him on Twitter @deanofcomedy.
(CNN) -- Will New Yorkers elect a punchline as mayor?
Anthony Weiner's entry into the New York City race for mayor was one of the issues we discussed with comedian Jim Gaffigan, our guest this week on the CNN weekly podcast "The Big Three," co-hosted by CNN's Margaret Hoover, John Avlon and myself.
Jim, who many know from his Comedy Central specials and his numerous appearances on "The Late Show With David Letterman" and "Conan," also talked with us about his new book "Dad Is Fat" (No. 5 on The New York Times' Best Sellers List), in which he writes about the adventures of raising five young children with his wife in a midsized New York City apartment.
Jim offered some very funny yet helpful advice to my co-hosts, who are married to each other and expecting their first child this summer. Jim offered particularly instructive guidance for how Margaret and John can cope with their expected son's most traumatizing day: His circumcision.
But back to Anthony Weiner: For those of you who missed it, in 2011 the former congressman texted pictures of his private parts to women, lied about it, had to resign.
We all agreed his mayoral bid can't simply be dismissed as a joke. In fact, a new poll has him in second place in the mayoral race, and he has close to $4 million in his campaign chest. Weiner might just win this race --assuming he has figured out the proper way to use Twitter.
In the podcast, we also tackled two other issues that sparked heated discussions and had unexpected results.
The first was political hypocrisy in the response to the Oklahoma tornado.
Certainly all elected officials expressed their condolences and support for the people who suffered as a result of this devastating natural disaster. But we saw some Republican members of Congress from Oklahoma -- most notably Sen. James Inhofe -- now supporting federal disaster relief for the people of their state.
But these same people opposed supporting federal aid for the victims of Superstorm Sandy, which hit in October. This wasn't lost on a fellow Republican, Rep. Peter King of New York. He called them out -- and caused me, probably for the first time in my life, to agree with something King said.
Our biggest debate on this issue, though, was over the role the federal government should play in helping people after a natural disaster.
Margaret said federal government shouldn't be the primary source of funding for these people, arguing that instead the government can be a facilitator, seeking and encouraging private funds and donations to provide assistance. In contrast, I strongly believe that the federal government should be leading and funding the relief effort so that people in need are helped as quickly as possible.
Our third big issue was New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's comment this week that if you weren't at the top of your class in high school, you shouldn't waste the money and time on college and instead you should become "a plumber."
As John noted, this sentiment echoed a 2012 statement by former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, who mocked President Barack Obama as being a "snob" for saying he wanted everyone to go to college. Instead, Santorum believed that some should forget college and instead pursue jobs that require using your hands.
While we all agreed that the costs of a college education now border on the obscene, we did not agree on what was causing the hike in tuition prices. But there was no dispute that anyone who dreams of going to college and has graduated high school should have the opportunity to pursue higher education.
A college education not only increases a person's knowledge, it results in more employment opportunities and better wages.
In fact, people with less than a high school diploma have an unemployment rate of 12.4%. In contrast, the unemployment rate of those with a four-year college degree is only 4.5%, well below the national unemployment rate of 7.5%.
We hope you check out this week's episode of "The Big Three." We would love to hear your thoughts on the podcast and the issues we raised.
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|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: Dreamcatcher
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Dreamcatcher
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Dec. 22, 2009
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1-4
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As one of LEGO's biggest toy competitors, Playmobil plays catch-up by throwing a new video-game offering into the ring. Does this latest mini-game compilation give budding gamers a valuable companion piece to their favorite plastic playthings, or is this merely another dent in the Wii's reputation for being a dumping ground for shovelware?
Playmobil Circus isn't an adventure, nor is it an ambitious undertaking. It's a barebones mini-game package with a couple of passable hits, but a poor presentation and lack of enthusiasm rob the experience of any real joy. There's no story, really, other than "the circus has come to town." Two children are outside playing when they spot a caravan of entertainers, and then you're presented with the options menu.
You can opt to play alone or with friends, but the game options are the same, regardless. You'll start off by playing through eight Circus School events, unlocking each mini-game for play in Showtime by placing high enough on the scoreboard. Once the mini-games are unlocked for Showtime, you can then put on your own show, playing through either four or eight events in a row to create your own evening of entertainment under the "big tent."
For a semi-budget ($30) title, it's a neat formula, but the presentation is very weak. The circus announcer speaks in a Sims-like gibberish that's more annoying than anything else, and the game just generally doesn't have a great lock on timing its attempts at humor.
It doesn't help that the gameplay isn't very fun, and in some cases it's downright painful. Simple minis, such as Bandleader, only require you to gesture with the Wii Remote either up and down or left and right, following arrow cues onscreen. Though the arrows appear onscreen in time with music, the mini-game itself is uneventful and unsatisfying. There's no feedback from the controller, and the level of interaction is insultingly basic.
Feed the Lion is another very simple mini, yet the idea is slightly more entertaining. Unfortunately, the execution just isn't there. The object is to hold a lollipop inside a lion's mouth as three images (slot-machine-style) randomly appear onscreen. Once the images match up, the lion will close his mouth and you'll have to remove the lollipop before he eats it. The longer you can hold the lollipop in his open mouth without it getting eaten, the more points you'll earn. However, making the lollipop move in and out of the lion's mouth requires heavy jerking gestures that just aren't any fun to execute.
Not all of the mini-games are duds, however, and one or two actually make fairly inspired use of the Wii controllers. Cow Trampoline is, by far, my favorite of the bunch, and not only is it funny to watch, it's mildly amusing to play through. With the Nunchuk's control stick, you move three circus trainers holding a trampoline. The idea is to get under a cow and fling him upward (by gesturing with the Wii Remote) each time he makes contact with the trampoline. Once the cow's up in the air high enough, a random collection of gems will appear onscreen, which you'll then need to color in by pointing at the screen with the remote. If you can fill all of the gems in before the cow starts to fall again, he'll perform a trick that earns you additional points. The event is a bit too long, and again, there's no rumble feedback from the controller, but it's definitely one of the few highlights of Playmobil Circus.


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And now, a little rant. Eclipse is, first and foremost, a Java IDE. It tries very hard to be extensible and flexible, so the Java functionality itself, like everything else, is a plug-in, or rather a set of plug-ins called the JDT (Java Development Tools). Very good.
But unfortunately, there is a lot of code in the JDT that does quite generic things, like showing the error markers in the Project Explorer, or on the editor tabs. I often find myself digging through the JDT sources to figure out how the big guys do things, only to find out that they implemented quite common functionality in the JDT that would also benefit many other language-specific plug-ins. Other plug-in writers who want to use this functionality have a choice: either have their plug-in depend on the Java Development Tools, or reproduce all the code in their own plug-in.
Depending on the JDT plug-ins would be a shame, because we're trying to build a Haskell IDE here. Even though most Eclipse users will have the JDT already installed, we do not want to have to package it with an eventual "Hasklipse" (I hope that name doesn't stick…) distribution containing an Eclipse platform for Haskell development. Moreover, it is not even always possible to use the classes from the JDT directly: often, they subtly depend on some Java-specific treat.
The alternative, copying and pasting to your own plug-in, is therefore often the best option. It is not pretty, but it works, and it allows you to customize the code to fit your own plug-in better. But I sure wish it wasn't necessary. For a poor Haskell plug-in developer, even more modularity would be very welcome.


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San Diego Mayor Bob Filner grabbed a domestic violence advocate by the head to kiss her forehead and groped at a name tag on her chest, according to attorney Dan Gilleon, who is representing the woman.
Gilleon, who identified the woman only by her first name, Marilyn, said the event took place at an elementary school on May 17. Marilyn is a 34-year state employee and works for a judge, he said.
Gilleon said his client would soon be filing a claim against the city — a precursor to a lawsuit — but would not say when. Filner's attorney and the mayor's office did not respond to a request for comment.
Marilyn was with a friend who is a parent of a child at the school when Filner was visiting.
Mayor Filner driven from office" Complete coverage
"My client is a big civil rights proponent and she was fascinated that Filner was a Freedom Rider, that he had been in a march with Martin Luther King," Gilleon said. "They started talking about that and that's when Mr. Filner went in for the kill."
He grabbed her by the head to kiss her, Gilleon said. He also pawed at a sticker with her name on it that was on her chest, Gilleon said.
"He spent way too much time doing that," Gilleon said. "He was fondling her as he was trying to get that name tag off."
"It was totally uninvited. She was shocked by it."
Gilleon said the episode was witnessed by another domestic violence advocate, as well as by an eight-year-old child.
The latest accuser comes on the heels of a city parks employee who filing a claim against Filner, saying he grabbed her from behind, put her into a headlock and rubbed her breasts at a city park.
Filner has announced his resignation effective this Friday, after six weeks of intense scrutiny over allegations of breast-groping, tongue-thrusting and other unwanted sexual advances toward women.
In his speech on Friday, Filner denied sexually harassing anyone and said he had no intention to "violate any physical or emotional space."
"I was trying to establish personal relationships but the combination of awkwardness and hubris I think led to behavior that many found offensive," Filner said.
According to the settlement terms Filner and the City Council reached on Friday, City Attorney Jan Goldsmith's office will provide a joint legal defense of Filner and the city for claims filed for Filner's alleged conduct in his capacity as mayor "made by current or former employees, city volunteers or city contractors."
The City Council also last week agreed to cover up to $98,000 of Filner's outside legal fees.


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Coming Events...
Hill Country Artists meeting, Thursday August 1, 7 p.m. featuring Nancy Golf pastel demo. All are invited. Refreshments will be served.
Art show at the Courthouse in Montrose. Saturday, August 3, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Paintings by local artists who are members of Hill Country Artists.
Benefit for Joy Cooke on Saturday, Aug. 17 at the Bentley Creek Wesleyan Church, 13255 Berwick Turnpike, Gillett from 4 to 8 p.m. Chicken barbecue w/cole slaw, potatoes, watermelon, rolls, butter ($12, 4 p.m. until gone), silent auction, bake sale, music, face painting and Tshirt sales.
Monthly Breakfast at the Herrickville Fire Hall, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013, 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. All you can eat: pancakes, French toast, ham, sausage, eggs, home fries, sausage gravy and biscuits, coffee, orange juice, real maple syrup and sugar-free syrup. Adults, $7; children to 12 years, $3; preschool, free. Benefit: Herrick Twp. Vol. Fire Co. - Dept. 4.
Seventh Anniversary Celebration of The Willow Tree, Main St., Wyalusing on Saturday, Aug. 3, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. All items 20% off. Refreshments and door prizes. R31c
Camptown Community Church Vacation Bible School will be held on Aug. 12 to 16, 6 to 8:30 p.m. for ages three to grade six. Everyone is welcome and helpers are always needed.
The Farmhand Quartet will present the worship service with their bluegrass gospel music at the Herrickville United Methodist Church on Sunday, Aug. 11 at 10 a.m. A fellowship meal will follow.
The August Vesper Service will be held on Sunday, Aug. 11 at 5 p.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 276 Church St., Montrose.
Round and Square Dance will be held at the Wysox Fire Hall, Saturday, Aug. 17, 7 until 11 p.m. Music by Sara. Refreshments available. Benefit Wysox Fire Company.
The Wyalusing Senior Citizens will have their banquet dinner at the Wysox Presybterian Church on Tuesday, Aug. 20 at noon. Call June Salsgiver at 570-928-9159 to make reservation.
Dupont Retirees' Luncheon will be held on Aug. 14 at 11:30 a.m. at the Wyalusing Hotel.
Twelfth Annual Friends of Rep. Tina Pickett Barbecue at the farm of Diane and Tom Elliott, Rome Twp. on 6225 Lake Road, Towanda (SR 1029) on Aug. 17 from 1 to 4 p.m. Vic Stabile, candidate for Superior Court judge is expected and local officials. Cost: $25 each, $40 couple and $50 family. Checks payable to Friends of Tina Pickett, RSVP and checks can be mailed to Diane Elliott, 6225 Lake Road, Towanda, PA 18848. Call Diane for directions at 570-265-5310. Watch for Pickett signs at Wysox intersection of Rts. 6 and 187. Paid for by Friends of Tina Pickett. R31- 3p/S32-2p
The Towanda 2013 Riverfest, 4th Annual Baby Crawl Contest will be held on Aug. 17. Babies between the ages of six and 12 months are invited to enter. Entry forms downloaded at http://towandabor ough.org/eventRiverfest.php or pick up form at The Edge Fitness Center, Towanda, front desk. Mail completed form to c/o Riverfest Baby Crawl, 305 William St., Towanda, PA 18848 by Aug. 15. For more information, contact Jeanne HOffman, 570-265-4025.
Rome Volunteer Fire Co. annual Roman Holiday at Rome Fire Hall, Main St., Rome. Saturday, August 3. Midway opens at 10 a.m. Entertainment by Gary & The Bandits 2-6 p.m., Andy Boardman 7-9 p.m. and Large Parade 6:30 p.m. Chicken BBQ, games, food, music, Cowpie Bingo, raffles, huge Chinese Auction and more.
For Your Information
2013/2014 Registration for both kindergarten and transfer students at the Wyalusing Valley Elementary School will be on Aug. 7, 13 and 16. Please call 570-746-1206 between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. for available times.
Mt. Pisgah Happenings: View the stars and planets on Aug. 2. Two amateur astronomers will be at the park beginning at dusk with their telescopes. If inclement weather, it will be held on the following evening. Pre-register by Aug. 1 by calling the park office at 570-297- 2734 or email mtpisgah email@example.com.
Mt. Pisgah State Park announces swimming pool hours for August. The pool is open daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. with the exception of Aug. 3, open at noon; Aug. 17, pool closed all day and Aug. 19, pool closed for the season.
Bookmobile Schedule August 2, Wysox C&N Bank parking lot, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.; August 7, Park Place apts., Wyalusing, 9 a.m.; Wyalusing Library, 10:30 a.m., Sugar Run Post Office, 1 p.m. Aug. 12, North Towanda Colonial Apts., 9 a.m.; Towanda Memorial Hospital, 10:45 to 11 a.m.; New Albany Library, 11:30 a.m. Aug. 14, Happy Days for Kids, 9:30 a.m.; Stevensville PO, 10:30 a.m. Aug. 15, Windham Center Twp. Offices, 1 to 2:30 p.m. Aug. 21, Warren Center PO, 9 a.m.; Warren Community Center, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Warren Center PO, 3 p.m. Aug. 26, BLaST IU 17, 9 a.m.; Monroeton Library, 11 a.m. Aug. 28, Sayre Senior Center, 9 a.m.; Sayre Library, 10:45 A.M.; Bradford County Day Care, 1 p.m.; Page Manor, 2 p.m.
Salt Springs State Park Happenings: Aug. 11, Perseids Meteor Shower, 8:30 p.m. Aug. 21, Full Moon Bike 'n Bonfire, 6 p.m.; Aug. 25, Mushrooms and Mycilia, 1 p.m.; Aug. 31, Salt Springs Celebration, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, email Debra Adleman dadleman@ stny.rr.com.
The 19th Annual Bradford County Youth Field Day will be held on Saturday, Aug. 17 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Mt. Pisgah State Park. Registration is now open. Call the park office at 570-297-2734 or email mtpisgahsp@ pa.gov to register child from five to 18.
Explore and exchange ideas with fellow grazers on Aug. 6 in Sugar Run. Brian and Pat Zeidner will hold the Northeast Grazing Initiative series of pasture walks at 6 p.m. RSVP by email to info@Endless- MountainsRCD.org or call 570- 265-2717.
Meeting Notices
S.O.S. Al-Anon — Family Group will meet on Fridays at 7 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church, Hopkins Street, Sayre.
Recovery House Meetings — AA Group of Towanda meets Mon.-Fri., noon; Mon., Thurs., Fri., Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. NA meetings are held Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Speaker meeting every first Sunday, 8 p.m. All meetings at 205 Main St., Towanda (please use rear, lower entrance).
Compassionate Friends — of the Endless Mountains will hold their meetings on the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. in the Endless Health Community Center, Montrose. TCF is open to all families who have lost a child from any cause at any age. There are no membership dues or fees of any kind. For more information, call 965-0901 (evenings) or 278-1658 or e-mail email@example.com.
Al-Anon meetings in Tunkhannock: Endless Serenity Al-Anon Family Group on Monday, 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, 7 p.m., Saturday, noon. All meetings are held at the Tunkhannock UM Church Education Bldg., second floor.
Diabetes Support Group - meeting the first Thursday of every month at the Guthrie Clinic office in Towanda beginning at 5:30 p.m. There is no charge and all diabetics and family members are welcome. For more information, call Dawn at Guthrie Clinic at 570- 265-6165 during regular business hours.
TOPS PA #1134 — Laceyville, meets each Tuesday evening at the Braintrim Baptist Church in Laceyville. Weigh-ins from 5:15 to 6 p.m., meeting from 6-7 p.m. For more information, call 965-2493 or 869-1834. Tollfree 1-800-932-8677.
AA Meeting — Wednesdays at 8 p.m. in the basement of the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church. Open meeting, nonsmoking.
MOPS — Mothers of Preschoolers meet every first and third Wed. of the month from 9 to 11 a.m., September through May. Meetings are held at the First Presbyterian Church, 5 Court St., Towanda. All mothers of preschoolers are welcome. Child care is provided for children, ages infant through five years old. For more information, contact the church at 570-265-5575.
Towanda-Wysox Kiwanis Club meets every second and fourth Wednesday of each month at the Weigh Station Café at 7:30 a.m. in Towanda. They find ways to help the children in the community. Contact Eileen Sheets at 570-265- 2350 for more information.
Addictions to Victory. Faithbased support for addictions. Program will be held the first and third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at New Generation Church, Milan, 570-888- 1967.
The Wyalusing Masonic Lodge No. 618 meets at 7:30 p.m. on the third Monday of each month at the Lodge Hall, 158 Church St., Wyalusing. For more information, call 570-721- 0008.
AA meeting, Friday evenings at 8 p.m. at the Standing Stone Vesper Church spiritual building, River Road, Standing Stone Township. Open meeting, non-smoking.
Grief Support Group: Jan.- Dec. 2013. A bereavement support group meets monthly, the last Tuesday of each month from 3 to 4:30 p.m. This group is open to those who have experienced loss and is facilitated by Trudy Ventello, LSW, a social worker with Memorial Hospital's Hospice program. The meetings are located in the library in the lower level of Memorial Hospital in Towanda. Any questions, call 570-268- 2233.
Come Join the Depression Support Group at the Herrickville Fire Hall, first and third Thursday of the month at 2 p.m. For more information, contact Colleen Taylor, 570-746- 3021.
The Bradford/Sullivan AARP Chapter #4423 annual summer picnic will be held at Hornbrook Park at the large pavilion at the bottom of the hill on Aug. 13 at noon. Bring dish to pass and drink and own table service. Hot dogs, hamburgers and rolls furnished. Bring brown bag auction item, school supplies for annual school drive. Emily Goble, 2013 scholarship recipient has been invited. Guests always welcome. Any questions, call Secretary Merna Colwell, 570-833- 2567.
VFW 6824 and its auxiliary will meet on Wednesday, Aug. 14 at 7 p.m. at the post home at 1468 Haigh's Pond Road. The auxiliary will be collecting new or gently used sleeping bags and personal care items for homeless vets.
Potter Family Reunion will be held at the home of Don and Sharon Pickett in Sugar Run on Sunday, Aug. 18.
The 46th Chapman Reunion will be held on Sunday, Aug. 4 at Round Top Park, pavilion #5, Athens Township at noon. Please bring a dish to pass, table service, beverage and item for Chinese auction. Meat will be provided.
Woodruff Reunion - will be held on Sunday, Aug. 25 at 1 p.m. at the Laceyville Fire Hall. Call Sharon, 570-934-2771 for more information.
Lamb Reunion. The descendants and relatives of William and Bertha Barnes Lamb, who were originally from Armenia Mountain will hold their reunion at Lamb's Lookout on Armenia Mountain on Sunday, Aug. 4 at noon.
Gridiron for Gals, August 18. A fun ladies' event with food, vendors, fun football presentation. Call for reservations, 570- 746-4922. This is a fundraiser for the Greater Wyalusing Chamber of Commerce, sponsored by the Ram Zone. S29- 5c/R29-5c
RTL Fall Ball: U8—6, 7 and 8 year olds. If interested, contact Jon Vande Mark at 570-746-1730 by Aug. 5. Nine, 10 and 11 year olds, if interested, contact Jason VanDeMark at 570-869- 2595 by Aug. 5. To be eligible to play you must have been chartered through a little league team for the 2013 season.
NEPA/Abington Wildcats Fastpitch Travel Softball will be hosting 16U and 18U team tryouts for their Fall 2013/Summer 2014 team on Aug. 10 from 1 to 3 p.m., Aug. 11, from 1 to 3 p.m., Aug. 17, 1 to 3 p.m. and Aug. 18, 1 to 3 p.m. at Abington Heights High School. For more information or to schedule a private tryout, contact Vic Thomas at 570-351- 5187; Mike Thomas at 570-241- 7030, John Kelly, 570-504-4808 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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I'm so honored and stoked to have represented Team USA at The Rockyman Adventure race here in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. The amount of training and support from sponsors and Team USA made this event a huge success.
Traveling internationally always presents roadblocks to overcome— including lost SUP race boards, paddles, etc.— but with great help and support from our Brazilian friends, Roberto Araujo and company, Team USA got back on track.
The race was 11 hours and 20 minutes of nonstop hammering and strategic battling against a solid international and Brazilian field of top athletes. Events included surfing, mountain biking, 12'6 SUP racing, distance running, paragliding, outrigger canoe paddling and then finishing it off with a crazy run through the jungles, beaches and city of Rio.
I have never experienced such an insane event where each teammate competed at a high level in their own specialized sport, before combining efforts as a team. After competing in our specialties, we jumped in a 6-man outrigger canoe and paddled for 8 miles in super challenging and rough seas where three canoes sank. After the paddle we ran through the mountainous jungles that filtered down through the Favela (slum neighborhood) and emptied on to the white sand beach, where we ran another 3 miles through deep sand before finishing at the end of Ipanema beach in the dark.
It was such an emotional experience pushing each other past our pain thresholds to continue and finish as a team. I'm so grateful to our team captain, Paul Romero, and to my other two USA teammates J. Marshall and Kari Castle, as well as my Brazilian friends, sponsors and Rockyman Brazil. I can't wait 'til next year! —Chuck Patterson


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Jan 12, 2011
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech men's basketball team will tip off against the Murray State Racers at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday evening in Eblen Center in an OVC match-up that will be available for viewing on ESPN3.com and ESPN Full Court.
Because the game will be broadcasted by Wazoo Sports and New Wave Communications, and despite it not being a part of the OVC Game of the Week package, ESPN3.com and ESPN Full Court will be picking up the game as part of their regularly televised packages.
For more information, contact Kate Nicewicz in the Tennessee Tech Sports Information department at (931) 372-3293.


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jrankine needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 62 designs submitted by 33 freelance designers.
Please help us develop a modern design for our logo that communicates our expertise in the film & video production industry. Our ID is looking dated! We need new logo to reflect a more modern image and communicate what we do. We like the idea of a man holding a HD video camera as the icon.
Hide & Seek Productions
Hide & Seek Productions is a film & video production company. We produce corporate films and advertising. We're about to start a campaign to get new business and need to update our image. We're starting with the logo ... and then we'll move on to the rest (business card, website etc).
The logo should appeal to marketing and advertising folk. They are smart, visually oriented people who appreciate good design and modern, clean lines.
- The logo needs to communicate that we are a film/video production company - can use film/video imagery (but not film reels please)
- Logo should consist of the company name "Hide & Seek Productions" and a visual icon
- An icon we like is an illustration of a man with video camera
- Design should be modern, bold and creative
- Colour - we're open to the use of multiple colors (not pastels)
- Sans serif font
- Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai) (will discuss with winner
- Our new website will be black - so the logo should work on a black background
- No film reels or sprocket holes please
- No pics of people playing hide and seek
- No stock photos
- Nothing complicated and fussy
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Our friend Charmaine Yoest was at the Supreme Court today for the oral argument in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood. Afterwards, she held forth before the press and then, we understand, appeared on Paula Zahn's show.
The case concerns the constitutionality of a New Hampshire law that requires notification of parents prior to a young girl getting an abortion. As Charmaine explains, Planned Parenthood sued the state because the law doesn't make an exception for the "health of the mother." However, the law contains a "judicial bypass," such that a young woman can make an appeal to a judge if she has a reason not to turn to her parents. The court of appeals struck down the law in its entirety.
I listened to a bit of the oral argument on the way home today. This account by Charles Lane in the Washington Post reflects pretty well what I heard. Neither New Hampshire nor the Bush administration is pushing hard for a broad ruling — instead they would be content with a narrow decision that sends the case back to the court of appeals for a ruling that, they hope, will preserve most of the notification law. Chief Justice Roberts seemed to be pushing for this result.


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smartparts needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 439 designs submitted by 99 freelance designers.
Smart Parts
We manufacture and sell accessories for laptops across Europe, under the "Smart Parts" brand, via our website at http://www.smart-parts.net.
General consumer
We want to update the logo for our brand "Smart Parts".
It needs to work well with the colour scheme of our website (http://www.smart-parts.net), grey with #E92A79.
Some of the things it can resemble: a cog, a pair of cogs, a touchpad, a laptop, letters SP.
It can also be something else completely, as long as it manages to convey some of the following notions: smart, clever, computer, laptop, part, group of parts, modern, young, web 2.0.
We will use it in following ways:
online (website header)
colour print (business cards, catalogues, invoices, etc.)
monochrome print (cardboard packaging)
products (engraving on product plastics, laptop bag zipper sliders, embroidering, etc.)
We realise that it is very challenging to combine some of these, such as website header and engraving on product plastics. With this in mind, the logo can have several representations.
For example, there can be two versions of one logo:
One of them to be suitable for the website and colour print, it must include our brand name, "Smart Parts" (can be upper and lowercase, together or separate, any font) and tagline "laptop accessories", and it can be more complicated, glossy, with gradients.
The other to be suitable for monochrome print and placement on products. It must be simple to reproduce, without our brand name, without gradients.
If there are any questions and comments about the brief please let us know, we would be happy to help.
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Liberty First Cap needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 28 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
I am looking to brand my company and I like the name "Liberty First Capital" and it is appropriate since most of my business is related to government loans
Liberty First Capital
I am in the mortgage business and I would like to include some things related to the Statue of Liberty
- Item 1...Statue of liberty
- Item 2..Something warm yet fun and vibrant
- Item 1...Liberty Bell
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Every year, we introduce hundreds of new jewelry items to our portfolio of products. To make room for new products, we discontinue a similar number of products and add them to the CLOSEOUTS section of jewelplus.com.
Products are discontinued for a variety of reasons: factory changes, changing trends, product availability, lines or brands being discontinued, etc. When this happens, you get the same product at significantly reduced price!
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Montgomery County traffic stop nets $360K in marijuana
Sheriff's deputies seized about $360,000 worth of marijuana after a traffic stop in Montgomery County, authorities said.
Deputies pulled over a pickup about 3:45 p.m. Tuesday along Interstate 45 near Lake Woodlands, officials said.
A police canine was called to the scene and detected marijuana, deputies said.
Deputies searched the truck and uncovered about 600 pounds of hidden marijuana with a street value of about $360,000, officials said.
The driver, identified as Joel Blanco, 31, of Houston, was taken into custody and charged with felony marijuana possession, officials said.


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The masters of portable pinball gaming, Gameprom, have taken advantage of the NVIDIA Tegra processor to create the best version of Pinball HD on any device. Praised for its mission-based gameplay and attention to detail, Pinball HD has been a top seller on the iOS platform and won the 2010 Apple Design Award in Games. This version adds to the realism with enhanced graphics, realistic physics, and stutter-free gameplay. The game features three unique pinball tables - Wild West, The Deep, and Jungle Style - each with its own genre and mission system. Pinball HD will change your concept of Pinball. You'll be stunned by the degree of realism. This is a REAL Pinball simulator with stunning 3D graphics, with or without 3D glasses. FEATURES: A wonderful 3D engine with realistic physics that highlights the capabilities of your NVIDIA Tegra device. Landscape mode shows a full table view. The games can be played in either landscape orientation with the button to the left or right of the screen. Portrait mode gives you a flying-table view with the camera panning and zooming over the action. Camera tilt brings dimensionality to the games offering a simulated 3D effect. Camera tilt only works in landscape mode. Stereoscopic imaging option (requires anaglyph 3D glasses). You can choose between red-cyan, green-magenta or yellow-blue lenses. Notes: Phone or tablet needs to have internet access when first run or you may receive an error message.
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Danny Hammond necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 7 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
Legacy Lawyers
We are looking to have a web site design prepared for an elder law firm in Wilmington, North Carolina (USA). Our business is primarily focused on estate planning and helping senior citizens to understand the laws and benefits available to them so that they can pay for long-term care. We would like our site to reflect our mission on helping seniors, and it should have a warm, caring, and comforting feel to it.
Our logo is attached to this project brief -- Feel free to use it in your design if you'd like, although it does not necessarily need to be included. We are open to anything that fulfills the other requirements and goals that we've laid out here.
We'd like to ensure that the site has a clean, easy-to-navigate design, using fonts that are easily read (some of our audience may be older and less computer savvy -- so ease of use is important). Our primary target audience is typically the spouse or adult child of an individual who is about to enter a nursing home or assisted living facility. These persons are typically feeling quite a bit of stress, and we're hoping that the free information and reports we offer at our site will provide them a feeling of comfort and help them to regain peace of mind.
We'd also like to ensure that there is space available in the banner for our phone number and text such as "Call Today for a FREE Consultation." On the site's home page, we'd also like to have space for a video that we'll be using (Approx. 400x300 pixels), as well as space for banner images (either horizontal, vertical, or both) that we can use to promote some of our free guides and other services that we offer. Finally, we'd like to have a space appear somewhere prominent on every page where we can include a sign-up form for our newsletter, complete contact information for our firm, and space to include images detailing the professional organizations to which we belong.
We'd also like to have a site that features a large banner across the top, images of seniors and their families (we'll pay for any iStockPhotos you need to use in the design), and space for a horizontal menu below the banner with a place for drop down menus that feature the various services that we offer.
We are open to any kind of color scheme or design elements, so please feel free to be creative as far as layout, color scheme, etc. Our current web site can be found at http://www.legacylawyersnc.com -- We won't be keeping much from that site, but it may be helpful to you. Other sites from our colleagues that may be helpful to you as far as content or design would be http://www.lawelderlaw.com or http://www.elderlawfirm.com.


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Oct. 28 Bruce Bochy postgame interview
Q. You come back here 28 years after losing the World Series in Detroit and you come here and you're celebrating winning. How does it feel to come full cycle and to have won two out of the last three years?
BRUCE BOCHY: You know, in '84, that was so long ago. But it is amazing how things come back around. For us to play like we did against this great club, I couldn't be prouder of these guys. To be world champions in two out of the last three years, it's amazing. Believe me, I know how difficult it is to get here, and I couldn't be prouder of a group of guys that were not going to be denied.
Q. You come back here 28 years after losing the World Series in Detroit and you come here and you're celebrating winning. How does it feel to come full cycle and to have won two out of the last three years?
BRUCE BOCHY: You know, in '84, that was so long ago. But it is amazing how things come back around. For us to play like we did against this great club, I couldn't be prouder of these guys. To be world champions in two out of the last three years, it's amazing. Believe me, I know how difficult it is to get here, and I couldn't be prouder of a group of guys that were not going to be denied.
It's amazing what they accomplished. I think when you look at this club, the terms "team work", "team play", "play as a team", that's used loosely, but these guys truly did. They set aside their own agenda and asked what's best for the club. And we put guys in different roles, nobody ever said a word, complained or anything, and that's the only way it got done. It shows so much character in that clubhouse, how they kept fighting and said, hey, we're not going home.
Q. Could you talk about the bottom of the 10th when Romo, a guy that has evolved as your closer, struck out the top of the order, and especially his pitching to Cabrera with a slider, slider, slider and then the fastball to strike him out?
BRUCE BOCHY: Sergio, he's a guy you want out there. He's not afraid and commands the ball so well. Really, I know this is a play on words, he saved us all year. When we lost Wilson, Casilla, he got the lion's share of the saves, and then we went by committee, and then eventually Sergio took over.
And that at‑bat, he just knew that Cabrera was probably looking for a slider, and he commands his fastball so well, and he located it, and just amazing the job that he has done for us in these situations we put him in. He's never wavered, and he enjoys being out there.
So we had the right guy, and I couldn't be prouder of Sergio, how he's emerged as such a great closer.
Q. Pitching and defense, everyone knows you need it to win. Other than the fact that it's half of a game, is it very important because offense comes and goes and is more susceptible to slumps, and you think that those traits, pitching and defense is more replicable?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, that's our strength, pitching and defense. Brian Sabean has done a tremendous job of building this club, bringing the pitching in here and of course the defense, getting Pagan, Blanco, Pence. Those guys cover so much ground in the outfield, and when pitching is your strength, you want a good defense.
That shows up every day, and you're right, hitting sometimes, it comes and goes, but as long as you can stay in more games, the better chance you have of winning them, and that's how we play.
Q. This is obviously an ultimate team victory, but do you stand a little bit in awe of what Buster Posey did this season coming off what happened to him last year, and to the very end, tonight, and what he did?
BRUCE BOCHY: I really do. I mean, this guy is an incredible talent. His makeup is off the chart. He's, to me, the MVP, no question. We know how he carried us all year with the bat.
But I think as important as at‑bat is what he did behind the plate in postseason and helped getting this pitching on track. He's the one putting the fingers down and calling those games back there, and this pitching did an unbelievable job against such a tough lineup. He's special, and for him to come back off that injury shows you how tough he is, but what a special talent this guy is.
Q. Would you ever have imagined that Scutaro would get this many big hits for you when you picked him up in the trade there at the end of July?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, I knew he was a good player, but to get this many clutch hits, and it was fitting that he got the game‑winning hit, and actually Theriot scored the winning run because Theriot did a great job for us but because of Marco's play, he became a role player. Those two did a great job for us. Marco is a guy that you want up there. You know he's probably going to put the ball in play, and get the good part of the wood on it, and that's what he did there.
But the job that he's done for us really was remarkable. I mean, on a consistent basis. I didn't realize how good he was until I saw him on a daily basis.
Q. Could you talk a little bit about just winning, sweeping the Tigers team that had such a good starting staff and how were you guys able to work around that?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, I think you have to look at our pitching. You start with that, the job they did, because Game 2, Game 3, they shut us down, we scored two runs, but to beat this club and only score two runs, that's pretty amazing. So it starts with that. I think our defense really saved us every game, the double plays, the plays that Blanco made, Crawford made, really anybody, and this is a great club and we knew we had to play our best ball, and we did that.
These guys executed the fundamentals better than any team in this series like they did, and we got some timely hits, and tonight was a hard‑fought game, could have gone either way, and again, I couldn't be prouder of a group of
Q. Most teams don't have a seven‑game winning streak at all during the regular season, and you closed one out in the postseason with seven great wins. When do you anticipate that sinking in?
BRUCE BOCHY: Probably in a couple days. I actually thought about that today, the winning streak, and when you look at the clubs that we played, and having our backs to the wall, it's pretty remarkable what these guys have done. Getting back to what I talked about, it's amazing what a club can do when they do play as a team, and they're unselfish and they do whatever they can to help a club win, and that's what these guys did.
Q. Lasorda had two, Cox, Piniella, they have one each, you have two world championship rings now. How does that feel? I know you're pretty selfless when it comes to this stuff, but how does it feel to be among those people at that level?
BRUCE BOCHY: You know, I count my blessings. I mean, I'm blessed to be in a situation where we can win. I'm thankful for Brian Sabean bringing players in to put us where we're at right now, ownership, of course our fans and these players. It's all them. And for me to be the manager, I know how lucky I am and how blessed I am. To even be mentioned with those guys, I revere all those managers you just talked about and the careers that they had. I'm numb, really, the fact that we've won two World Series in the last three years. This will sink in, but right now, I'm kind of speechless on that.
Q. The last week, whether you talked to your players, Larry Baer, Brian Sabean, your coaches, they give you so much credit for being able to handle the adversity and put the players in a position this year to succeed. I want to know how you feel about that.
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, I appreciate those comments, but again, I'm going to go back, you have to have the personnel, the players to be able to do that, and we did. I'm going to keep going back to how unselfish they were. I'll mention names: Ryan Theriot did a great job for us and he becomes a role player. He didn't say a word, didn't complain, kept himself ready, and ends up scoring the winning run tonight. Timmy, we put him in the bullpen, didn't waver on it. "Sure, I just want to help the club win." We did the bullpen by committee. They didn't care who closed the game there. They just wanted to help us win. That's the only way it gets done.
Again, they played as a team, and I'm thankful for that and thankful for their attitude. They came out and played hard every day.
Q. The decision to pitch to Cabrera with first base open in the third, could you talk about that? When he hit the home run?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, in that situation we're up a run. I don't feel like putting a lot of runners on for Fielder. I know how dangerous he is. We had been doing a pretty good job there. Matty just got that ball up a little bit. Didn't just quite get it where he wanted. I'll be honest, I thought it was a fly ball when he hit it. The wind was blowing and it seemed he got into a wind gust there and kept carrying. In fact, Pence said that.
Early in the game, it's hard to start putting guys on base with the dangerous hitters that they have behind them.
Q. With both pitchers pitching so well, can you talk about Pablo's explosion in the series.
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, he got hot at the right time for us. I couldn't be happier, prouder for him. I know it was a tough time in 2010 when he got relegated to the bench there. He really wanted to, I think, shine on stage. He's a great talent and we got him hot at the right time, and we needed him. That's what makes this club so special. It was somebody different every series it seemed like. We know how Marco carried us, Pablo did this series, Buster did the whole year, Belt got a big hit, Crawford three huge hits in postseason, and I hate to leave anybody out, but it seemed like it was somebody different to contribute every series or every game.


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TSF wants to welcome another tennis blogger into the fray. Whoa Alex! does fan posts, fashion updates (on everything! tennis or not!), pro sightings, update on tourneys, celebrity fashion, and other random things that needs attention.
And you have to check out the blog's very classy banner, which uses that Lacoste ad above featuring Richard Gasquet. We only wish we'd thought of it sooner (than Alex).


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Travis d'Arnaud told reporters that regardless of what rule goes into effect regarding blocking the plate, Mets personnel have instructed him today that he is to stand in fair territory and give base runners the whole plate.
The rule, which is not official yet, is to allow runners a lane to part of the plate so as to avoid contact and collisions with the catcher.
Mets bench coach Bob Geren said that he is working with all the Mets catchers about positioning and making sure they tag across the plate.
Last week, Keith Law of ESPN listed Mets catcher Travis d'Arnaud among his top twenty impact prospects for 2014, but says he is "the archetypal GWH player" — Good When Healthy.
D'Arnaud can catch, throw, and hit for power, but has to stay on the field. The Mets don't have a heavy-use backup on the 40-man, so they're counting on d'Arnaud to catch 120 games this year, which should mean 15-20 homers and excellent defense if he can stay out of the trainers' room.
Yesterday, Adam Rubin spoke with hitting coach Dave Hudgens about how TDA can shorten his swing and make more contact without the need for conscious mechanical adjustments.
"I think cutting down his swing just means not trying so hard," Hudgens told Rubin. "I think when he came up last year he was trying, maybe not in his mind, but it looked like he was trying to hit every ball out of the ballpark and over swinging a little bit and probably just trying to do too much. Watching him this year, so far early in camp, his swing has been easy. He's been staying in the middle of the field. And that will lend to less effort and less bat wrap."
Last season with the Mets, d'Arnaud batted .202/.286/.263, with one homer, five RBIs, and 21 strikeouts in 99 at-bats.
Rubin asks Hudgens to quantify d'Arnaud's offensive capability? Is it .270 or .280 with 20 homers?
"Who knows?" Hudgens tells Rubins. "I'm not putting any numbers on guys. He's got a chance to be a very good offensive player. I mean, he's got very quick hands. He's got a good idea at the plate. I think it's just experience and confidence and getting that playing time. I think last year when he came up he hadn't played that much. So I think a big thing is just staying healthy."
If the fans are looking for d'Arnaud to be the next saving grace as Mike Piazza was for the Mets, Hudgens shares with Rubin, that would be asking too much. "Piazza, I guess, was the greatest hitting catcher who ever lived. I just want Travis to be Travis."
D'Arnaud acknowledged that he has some work to do and can't come up to the plate thinking longball everytime. "That was more me trying to hit the ball 600 feet," he said. "When I would try to do that, I would overwrap or overswing pretty much, and it would just dig me in a bigger hole."
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by Janet Gilmore
With all the news lately about rescued animal pets, I thought maybe my family should get a rescue-something. I got my first husband from a hubby rescue shelter. The folks at the shelter told me that because he had been abused, he was mute, which sounded fine.
They were wrong.
The very first night I decided to add some chopped onions, fresh cashews, shrimp and a thimbleful of sherry to his Rice-a-Roni, and don't you know he piped right up and said, "Please, PLEASE don't add anything! I love it so much just the way it is!" and ruined a potentially long marriage.
I got my present husband, Hugh, the regular way, not from a shelter. I went looking for him and bagged him at a singles' dance. We've been happy together, but I thought maybe we'd be even happier with a pet.
The problem with a rescue pet, of course, is that by the time you find out the effects of its previous trauma, you can't re-abandon it because you'll die of guilt poisoning. I know a woman who refuses to take medication for her own depression, but her (rescue) dog is on tranquilizers; a little perspective here, people?
Nevertheless, I began thinking about pets. Dog? Rescue or regular? Cat? I don't want a cat. Bunny from a happy family? Parakeet? Who would abuse a parakeet? Turtle? Rescue or free-range? Goldfish? You want paper or plastic?
At exactly that moment, I noticed a stinkbug on the kitchen sink. He — I knew he was male by the handsome raised bumps on his back — didn't say a word; he just stood there looking at me with those eyes and those eyelashes of his, and the decision was made. Who could resist him?
Hugh must have overheard me talking baby talk because he came into the kitchen to ask, "Who are you talking to?"
"Hugh, look! A stinkbug! He's so cute! Can we keep him? Please?"
"Well, OK, but we'll have to have him neutered, and it's your job to walk him."
"What should we name him?"
"I'll leave that to you. I have to go write my next book."
So I made a teeny leash for Stinkums from dental floss, although I couldn't really find his neck, and built a big cage from screening mesh. Well, it wasn't that big, but I figured it would seem big to a stink bug. I gave him a little water dish and a burned-out halogen light bulb to play with, because I heard they like halogen bulbs. I fed him rotten fruit. We didn't have him neutered, since he was always either on his leash or in his cage. How much trouble could he get into?
He seemed happy enough to live with us, though, and I was glad to have such a sweet-tempered pet. He sat on my finger and listened when I talked to him, but one awful evening he was not in his cage.
I ran outdoors; suppose he had gotten out of the house? How would I find him? I went into the garden and called, "Stinkums? Are you out here? Stinkums? I have some rotten apples for you!"
No answer.
"OK, fine, I'll buy you that little toy Ferris wheel you want for your cage! Just come home; I miss you! I love you unconditionally; please?"
Tearfully, I went inside and looked all over. Even in my son's room, the last repository of lost things. No pet.
"Don't worry," said Hugh. "I'll get you another one…"
" I DON'T WANT ANOTHER ONE!" I sobbed. "I want Stinkums!"
"There, there," said Hugh. "I know what you need."
And, in the way of our family, we all gathered in the living room to watch the funniest movie we could think of to cheer up. That night it was "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure." I started smiling right away.
Just at the scene where Pee-Wee walks into a bath tub in his clothes, shoes and socks, and we were all laughing out loud, I heard the worst sound I could possibly hear.
I heard the buzz of wings, and I knew, just knew, it was my bug, soaring toward the lit halogen lamp.
Maybe he wasn't happy living with us after all.
"NO, STINKUMS!" I yelled. "DON'T DO IT!"
But it was over in a matter of seconds.
Buzz, buzz, sizzle, sizzle, STINK!
P.U! They sure named those bugs right!
We unplugged the lamp and took it and the charred remains outside.
While Stinkums' soul soared to stink heaven, we went back inside to see the rest of the movie. I put half of a peanut bar on the rug to tempt Stinkums magically back to life, then realized how stupid that was and ate it myself.
By the end of the movie, with a peanut bar in me, I felt much better. All better.
I have a passionate nature, not a deep one.
"You know, Hugh, I don't think I want another stink bug. I was thinking about getting a female and naming her Cinderella, but calling her 'Cinders,' just in case," I said.
"But maybe I won't. We were happy before we had a pet; right?"


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- Beer, Wine & Cocktails are also available at regular prices.
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The Buffalo Run Inn is conveniently located at the Western entrance to the North Cascades National Park across the road from the Skagit River.
This historic 1889 old growth cedar roadhouse was a frequent watering hole for the gold miners, mountain men, lumberjacks and mule trains traveling up the Skagit River into the North Cascade mountains. Today it is a luxurious bed and breakfast with the famous Buffalo Run Restaurant across the street
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Saturday, December 8, 2012
Weight Watchers 360° Details and more...
I am sorry that I have waited all week to give you all the details of the new Weight Watchers 360° plan. I wanted to talk to you about it on the same day that I talked about it with my own Weight Watchers members. So, enjoy this special Saturday blog post!
Our new program is built on the foundation of our proven PointsPlus® plan, and incorporates a whole new set of knowledge and tools that'll help you stick with it. With the Weight Watchers 360° program, you'll see how easy it can be to establish healthy habits that fit into your life so you can stay on track. The new program has three main parts, the first of which — tracking — will already be familiar to current Members.
Along with tracking — which has been shown to increase the likelihood of weight-loss success — we're focusing on two essential areas: Managing your environment with Spaces and establishing healthy Routines. And we've developed two new powerful interactive tools to help you master both. The new Spaces tool in eTools is loaded with tips and strategies that can help you stay in control wherever you happen to be: home, office, car and so on. With the new Routines tool you'll select small, yet powerful tasks to do daily. Before you know it, healthy habits that used to be hurdles can become second nature. The new Spaces and Routines tools are now also included in our Mobile app so you can get help for real-life weight-loss challenges, when and where you need it.
Each month in the meeting room, we will work together to develop a routine that has been proven to help achieve weight loss.
Pack a Snack
Before you leave the house, make sure you have a healthy snack with you. This simple Routine can help you feel in control and keep your hunger in check, so you're better able to stay on Plan the rest of the day. Think of these nutritious treats as secret weapons that can help you sail right past the cookie kiosk at the mall; the chili-cheese dog stand at the game; and the inevitable pile of holiday treats at the office.
Preparing portable treats doesn't take much time or effort, which makes this a great Routine to work on as we head into the hectic holiday season. Still, we know that in the real world, some things are easier said than done. So to help you get in the stick-with-it mindset check out the new Routines tool and spend some time reflecting on the following:
1. What stands in the way of making sure you have a healthy snack with you before leaving the house? List challenges that would make it difficult for you to practice this Routine consistently. Is your kitchen stocked with the right options? Do you have an insulated bag or convenient containers? Perhaps you rely on options at your destination, like a snack bar, food court or fast-food joint. Now's the time to rethink old behaviors and come up with new, healthier strategies.
2. What would make your snacks more satisfying? Easier to grab? Or worth the PointsPlus values? Keep snacks interesting by creating a mix-and-match menu that can also double as a shopping list. Choose treats that are packed with Weight Watchers Power Foods. Create a snack shelf in your fridge and pantry to make it easier to find what you want when you want it. And use plastic containers and baggies to make single-serve portions.
Click on this link to get Hungry Girl's list of Emergency Snacks.
2 comments:
- Tracy said...
Thanks for the great overview. I missed my meeting this week (my twins' 2nd birthday party!), so I am glad I got a brief tutorial from you.
My goal is simply to maintain this holiday season - I hope these new tools help me!
- December 8, 2012 at 3:10 PM
- Melissa said...
These are wonderful tips!
Thank you!
- December 8, 2012 at 5:57 PM
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Meaning: A person with discriminating taste, especially in food or wine.
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Re: Two or Three Kite Quiver?
Yodes - For newer kites I think 3m gap "is the new" 2m.
What percentage do you ride surfboard vs TT?
I've always felt the same way about 7 until my pivot to 6 / 9 this year
Re: Two or Three Kite Quiver?
I have been grappling with a similar issue. I have a 9 and a 7 and was thinking off going with a 6 instead. I found that the 7 is good 80 percent of the time and a 5 or 6 would be great for hurricane force winds
Two or Three Kite Quiver?
I'm finding that my seven is often just a little less power than I like. I'm heading toward the 6/8 option with probably a 10/13 or 11/14 for lighter wind.
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Re: Two or Three Kite Quiver?
It depends how much you value your sessions vs. your money. I guarantee that with a 3m split, you'll have some days where you wish you had the kite right in between the two sizes. There's no wrong decision, I'd err towards three kites where the middle one is your "money" machine that you fly 80% of the time, but that's me.
Re: Two or Three Kite Quiver?
I posted this to another thread I can't remember which one.. But wind around here for me generally falls into 1 of 4 modes:
1) 12m / light
2) 6m / nuke
3) 9m / solid but not nuke
4) 9m / up and down
Oh and then 18m + raceboard / "let's go sail a kite" light
Re: Two or Three Kite Quiver?
And what's the rider's weight/board specs for these suggestions?
Re: Two or Three Kite Quiver?
I'm 195 usually on surfboard - Occasional alaia / TT / raceboard. A properly sized surfboard certainly helps to negate weight factor
Re: Two or Three Kite Quiver?
You could also try line extenders.. that adds about a meters worth more power to the kite
Re: Two or Three Kite Quiver?
Good point about money vs. session. I'm content with 12m and 9m, but I've only been riding in the Bay. It's almost never so windy that I wish I had something smaller. Last Saturday at the Toll Plaza was one of those rare days--I was a little overpowered on the 9m, but it worked out okay. Not worth it to buy an extra kite or two for those exceptional days where I might need them.
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Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan can only pretend to have a plan on how to deal with this week.
Having never thrown more than three interceptions in a game, bouncing back from last week's five is something he has no background with.
"You can't worry about it," Ryan said, via D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal Constitution. "Part of playing this position in this league is knowing that there will be times when you make mistakes and fall flat on your face. You just have to get up and keep playing and keep throwing."
You also can hear him talk about that game (or maybe he doesn't want to) at 5 p.m. ET on Pro Football Talk on NBC Sports Network.
Of course, it's not like he's going to stop throwing, not against a Buccaneers pass defense that's last in the league in yards allowed.
"We've got to move on," offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter said. "We know that Matt is going to bounce back from that. He just has to forget about it and move on to the next one."
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Experts: NSA suit could be different
The American Civil Liberties Union says this time will be different.
That doesn't mean the group is ready to guarantee its latest lawsuit, filed last week over the constitutionality of the Obama administration's phone surveillance program, will translate into a splashy win for civil liberties advocates.
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But experts say the new case is unlikely to face the same headaches that have sunk many of the group's previous suits. They also say it's possible that the government's own defense could wind up undermining its efforts to keep details of its data-gathering programs under wraps.
And even absent a win, they say, the ACLU could still drag enough previously classified information into the public domain to make the case worthwhile.
( PHOTOS: Pols, pundits weigh in on NSA report)
The suit filed Tuesday argues that the phone-tracking system detailed in The Guardian violates freedom of speech and privacy rights, with the ACLU arguing on its own behalf as a Verizon customer. The group wants the National Security Agency's surveillance program stopped and all its records to be purged.
The case is aimed at the Supreme Court, where it would pose a challenge to a 1979 ruling that found no expectation of privacy when sharing information with a third party and would build on some of the doubts the court expressed in 2012 about that decision's relevance in the current technological era.
"If this [NSA phone surveillance] came up to the Supreme Court with this Supreme Court, they would declare it unconstitutional," Laura Murphy, director of the ACLU's Washington legislative office, said Thursday at an event hosted by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who is considering signing on to the group's suit.
( Also on POLITICO: As Snowden speaks out, Obama goes silent)
Some outside experts are less certain. Geoffrey Stone, a University of Chicago law professor who worked at the school with President Barack Obama, said the ACLU's position is "reasonable," but he doesn't see the court issuing a ruling that shuts down the phone surveillance program.
And based strictly on existing Supreme Court case law, says George Washington University law professor Orin Kerr, the group's arguments are "weak."
But even skeptics of the ACLU's chances concede the potential for progress. Edward Snowden's leaks to The Guardian and The Washington Post may not lead to a wholesale dismantling of the NSA's dragnet surveillance efforts — but the revelations could force the high court to reevaluate its interpretations of privacy law.
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And this time around, says Kerr, "the ACLU's goal is probably to get discovery" — to force the government to declassify more information about the programs — "not to win."
The ACLU isn't the only group to have taken legal action since the revelation of details of the phone-tracking and PRISM programs: Snowden's leaks have translated into renewed support for legal efforts across the political spectrum.
Freedom Watch, a group led by former Justice Department official Larry Klayman, has filed two class action suits: one over phone surveillance and a second over PRISM, the NSA's system of surveillance of the Internet activities of non-U.S. citizens abroad.


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Most investors have experienced a run up in real estate values; and with a prospective sale of a real estate asset pending, in consultation with their accounting professionals, they begin to explore how to defer substantial capital gains in the most efficient manner. Utilizing and executing a successful IRC 1031 Exchange Provisions is the principal vehicle that was retained in the recent Tax Act.
The IRC 1031 Compliance timelines require an "Identification" of your trade replacement property within 45 days of their completed sale of the relinquished property; and, then, an additional 135 days to complete the purchase of the new property that tax deferral transaction. Easy…Right!
Well, not so fast.
The challenge, in part, is to define your client-specific investment objectives:
What are the factors that impact those objectives?
So, candidly, there is a lot to consider, there is a 'helluva' lot more than simply comparing "Cap Rates".
Also, you are not alone as a Buyer/Investor.
There will be literally, dozens of other investors, at exactly the same time frame, that you are seeking your 1031 Trade replacement solution; and they are your effective competitors. Our experience of years of successful 1031 executions, representing both NNN buyers and NNN sellers, suggests that investing the time to address the above issues are actual mission critical to your success. We will discuss how to structure your offers to secure best results in our next blog, based on your objectives; rather than feeling your are a 'victim of tax circumstances' and making decisions that you might not otherwise make, simply to avoid (I mean "defer") your tax obligations.
We believe that you must negotiate from the relative strength of your position, whatever that may be. Acute NNN market intel informing your best options. 1031 Buyers have played a significant role in the last ten years to effectively 'conspire' with Sellers, who would rather 'overpay' for their 1031 replacement than pay their taxes. This has skewed price dynamics over time.
Our next blog installment will expose the actual process, both strategy and tactics, that produce successful 1031 completions in a highly competitive NNN market for the 'Best-of-Breed' NNN assets.
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BERKELEY — Cal's football team, which had avoided serious injury through the first week of fall workouts, announced the loss of three players after Wednesday's closed practice, including a season-ending knee injury to projected starting middle linebacker Nathan Broussard.
Coach Sonny Dykes said Broussard was diagnosed with a torn ACL to his left knee after twice "tweaking" it in recent days. Broussard, a junior, suffered the same injury to the same knee during August workouts last year and missed the entire season.
Freshman safety Quentin Tartabull, expected to be a contributor this season, tore his left ACL during Wednesday morning's practice.
Sophomore reserve running back Jeffrey Coprich is out 4 to 8 weeks after breaking his left foot during practice Tuesday.
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Paris Hilton has gone back and forth through the years between long and short hair — but she's been so attached to her signature extensions that she even went to jail in them! But while showing off her new sportswear and denim collections in Las Vegas this week, she ditched the long locks and rocked a jagged chin-length bob. And we're loving it! The heiress looks more sophisticated and grownup — fitting for a mogul-in-the-making. But we want to know what you think! **Tell us: What do you think of Paris with short hair? Love it or miss the long locks? **


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Until recently, few enterprises were using open source software for back office applications, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM). But last month, an IDC survey of Western European companies found that nearly ten percent were using open source enterprise software. That's surprisingly high for a market where the industry leaders themselves have only a ten percent share. IDC also reported that the leading open source enterprise applications are growing - by 20 percent or more per year.
That's good news for the owners of the projects on our list. Unlike other categories of open-source applications, a high percentage of enterprise projects are money-making ventures that offer commercial support, training, and/or add-on features.
The scent of money in the air probably also explains why there are so many open source enterprise applications available. In other categories, like open source browsers, for instance, you'll struggle to find half a dozen good choices. But if you're looking for open source CRM or content management apps, you'll face more of a struggle in narrowing the dozens of choices down to a short list.
To help you get started on the process, here are 101 open source enterprise applications.
Note: Enterprise applications can be very difficult to categorize. The features that one group calls "customer relationship management," another group may call "sales force automation." And terms like "content management" and "groupware" mean very different things to different people.
In addition, many of these apps combine multiple functions in a single package. For the purposes of this list, we tried to categorize applications as they described themselves. Applications that didn't fit neatly into a single category ended up in the "Business Suites" category.
This Web-based accounting/ERP app handles purchase orders, invoices, accounts payable, inventory, sales orders, general ledger, and more. In addition, it supports multiple languages, multiple currencies, and multiple GST/VAT settings. Operating System: Windows, Linux. Commercial Support Available? No, but a list of partners is available.
2. osFinancials
osFinancials includes accounting, invoicing, stock control, and POS abilities. It supports multiple users, up to 1 million debtors and creditors, and up to 1 million stock items. Operating System: Windows, Linux, Unix. Commercial Support Available? Yes
3. FriFinans
An alternative to Web-based open-source accounting apps, FriFinans is a cross-platform, multi-user, client/server finance system. It tracks accounts, offers, orders, invoices, purchase orders, payments, etc. and generates pdf reports of activities. Operating System: Windows, Linux. Commercial Support Available? No
Business Intelligence (BI)
4. Pentaho
The Pentaho Business Intelligence suite includes modules for reporting, analysis, data integration, dashboards, and data mining that can be deployed together or independently. Users include U.S. Naval Air Systems Command, Lifetime Networks, Terra Industries, Sun Microsystems, and MySQL. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X. Commercial Support Available? Yes
5. JasperSoft
The creators of the "most widely used open source business intelligence" offer a host of BI products, including the comprehensive JasperSoft Business Intelligence Suite, JasperReports report development library, JasperServer query and reporting server, JasperAnalysis interactive OLAP analysis, and JasperETL high performance data integration. The fee-based professional versions add Web 2.0, ad hoc query, and dashboard design capabilities. Operating System: OS Independent. Commercial Support Available? Yes
6. OpenI
With OpenI, you can easily visualize data from OLAP and relational databases and create your own reports, analyses, and dashboards. Future versions will support data mining models and Web data sources. Operating System: OS Independent. Commercial Support Available? No
The Palo BI Suite includes three separate modules: Palo OLAP server for multi-user collaboration on BI data and analysis, Palo Worksheet Server for online spreadsheets with advance reporting capabilities, and Palo ETL server which extracts, transforms, and loads data from various sources. It's available in both the free community edition and the supported commercial edition. Operating System: OS Independent. Commercial Support Available? Yes
8. RapidMiner
Calling itself "the world-wide leading open-source data mining solution," RapidMiner includes more than 400 data mining operators that can be used independently or combined. The fee-based enterprise editions add other business intelligence capabilities, as well as support and warranties. Operating System: OS Independent. Commercial Support Available? Yes
9. OpenReports
This Web reporting solution generates dynamic reports from any browser and supports JasperReports, JFreeReport, JXLS, Eclipse BIRT, and OLAP. The fee-based professional version adds dashboards, alerts, and conditional report scheduling. Operating System: OS Independent. Commercial Support Available? Yes
10. Mondrian
From the makers of Pentaho, Mondrian is a Java-based OLAP engine. That means you can use it to analyze large SQL databases without knowing how to write SQL. Operating System: OS Independent. Commercial Support Available? Yes
11. JMagallanes
This reporting tool can be used to create static reports, swing pivot tables for OLAP analysis, and charts. It reads SQL, Excel, and XML data and exports to PDF and Excel files. Operating System: OS Independent. Commercial Support Available? Yes
Business Process Management/Business Performance Management (BPM)
12. ProcessMaker
Aimed at small-to-medium enterprises or strategic business units within a larger organization, ProcessMaker makes it easy for business managers with no programming experience to create models of business processes. It's Web-based and connects easily with existing ERP, BI, DMS, and CRM applications. Operating System: Windows, Linux. Commercial Support Available? Yes
13. Intalio BPMS
Used by more than 50,000 organizations, Intalio is one of the world's most popular business process management systems. Note that while Intalio has made much of the code available under an open-source license, they consider the free community edition to be 80% open-source; 100% of the code is available for users who purchase the enterprise edition. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X. Commercial Support Available? Yes
14. uEngine
The uEngine BPM suite includes three separate components: BPM Foundation with a process engine and modeling tool; the process portal with personalization, single sign-on, and dashboard capabilities; and the BP Analyzer with OLAP analyzing and charting abilities. It supports multiple languages, including English, but because it is developed by a Korean company, parts of the Web site and interface sound strange to native English speakers. Operating System: OS Independent. Commercial Support Available? Yes, but only in Korean
Designed to replace spreadsheet-based processes, Adaptive Planning includes budgeting, forecasting, and reporting capabilities. In addition to the free Express version, it's also available in commercial Corporate and Enterprise editions that can be deployed on-demand (hosted) or on-premise. Operating System: Windows, Linux. Commercial Support Available? Yes
Business Suites
16. ADempiere ERP Business Suite
ADempiere combines ERP, CRM, and supply chain management functionality into a single package that is similar to Compiere but managed by a community instead of a company. You can try it out for yourself through the Online Demo. Operating System: Windows, Linux, Unix, OS X, BSD, Solaris. Commercial Support Available? Yes, through ADempiere Business Services
17. Compiere ERP + CRM Business Solution
Compiere aims to make ERP and CRM easier to acquire, implement, extend, and change. In addition to the free Community Edition, Compiere is available in a Standard Edition (open source with support and upgrades), Professional Edition (commercial license), or a Cloud Edition (commercial license, deployed through Amazon EC2). Operating System: Windows, Linux, Unix, OS X, BSD, Solaris. Commercial Support Available? Yes
18. opentaps
Short for "OPen source ENTerprise APplications Suite," opentaps combines ERP and CRM in a single integrated suite. Modules include inventory/shipping/warehouse, online store, CRM/order entry/marketing, POS, parties & users, AR/AP ledger, purchasing/planning, and product catalog. Operating System: Windows, Linux, Unix. Commercial Support Available? Yes
19. Plazma ERP + CRM
The Plazma Business Solution is primarily a CRM app with some ERP features. It manages accounts, contacts, sales, tasks, campaigns, and products and creates analytical reports. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X. Commercial Support Available? No
Despite its name, JAllInOne is primarily an ERP solution with some basic CRM functions. It provides all the standard ERP functionality and supports multiple users, multiple languages, and multiple companies. Operating System: OS Independent. Commercial Support Available? No
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