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[Editor's note: Rap pioneer and Geto Boys member Willie D answers reader questions for our sister paper, Houston Press. Something on your mind? Ask Willie D!]
Dear Willie D:
I've been seeing this guy I met through mutual friends for about a year now. We're sort of undercover — none of our friends know about us. We go out, have a great time, and spend a good amount of time together, but when I bring up taking things to the next level he says he's not ready for a commitment. It's safe to say I've developed real feelings for him.
Recently I asked him again to commit and demanded a real reason why he couldn't, and he said he can't have a girlfriend right now because he doesn't have a stable job. I tried to tell him that wasn't important to me but he insists that it's important to him. But now I'm starting to think maybe he's using me or worse, he's embarrassed of me. What do you think?
Undercover Lover:
People grow at different rates. Just because he's not ready to go all-in on a relationship at the moment doesn't mean he's using you or is embarrassed by you. Never pressure a person to commit to you in a relationship. Each time you bring up the topic, it will only annoy him and make you seem desperate. If you use arm-twisting tactics to coerce him into a relationship and he isn't ready he will resent you later.
Money is an important component in a relationship. Perhaps he's seen how being financially unstable can ruin a relationship, and he wants to make sure he's achieved a certain level of success before committing so he doesn't have that problem. Continue to be your wonderful self and if it's meant to be, eventually he will take notice and commit. If not, the sea is full of fish waiting to be caught; you just have to use the right bait.
Dear Willie D:
I met a wonderful man on Facebook and we have been dating online for over two years now. We talk about everything, but he doesn't know I'm a man. My profile picture and photos are of an attractive random woman I found online. He has sent me nude pictures of himself and everything. My profile pictures are provocative, so when he asks me to send him nude pictures, I get around it by telling him I will show him the rest when that time comes.
He is a great boyfriend. Each year I receive flowers from him on my birthday and Valentine's Day. I have the flowers sent to a mailbox with a physical address so it looks real instead of like a P.O. Box. I want to reveal my secret but can't bring myself to do it because I know, not only will it crush him, he will hate my guts, and I will never hear from my friend again.
I spend countless nights crying about this. Is there any way to salvage the relationship and win his trust?
Fake Mate:
Your "boyfriend" thinks you're a woman but you're a man. That just about kills the whole relationship-trust thing.
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Dear Willie D:
My stepdad asked if he could come stay with me for a couple of weeks till he could get on his feet. I said OK, but it's been four months and he's still here. Not only that, he also moved his three young children in one day while I was at work. He's not working or even trying to find work. I told him he has one month to figure out what he's going to do, then he has to go, but he still sits around every day doing nothing.
I have a heart and don't want to see the kids on the street, but I can't afford them anymore. I am a single mother with children of my own. Please help!
Single Mother:
Stick to your move-out date. If you have to, change the locks. Your stepfather is a bum and bums don't stop leeching voluntarily. You have to cut them off.
I have a heart too, but I also have a brain. When I walked into my house and saw those three kids, my heart would have said, "Awww, they're so precious." But my brain would have said, "OK, all y'all stand up. I don't know where you're going, but you got to get the hell up out of here!"
Your stepfather and his kids are not your responsibility and you are not running a homeless shelter. Kick them out.
Dear Willie D:
I've been a big fan of your music, both solo and with the Geto Boys, for a long time now. I've always admired your rapping ability because I feel like your words are more heartfelt and realer than any other rapper's out there.
Since the Geto Boys are my favorite group and I have been so influenced by you guys I was thinking of making my first tattoo say "Geto Boys For Life." I was just wondering what you think and if I have your approval?
Loyal Fan:
It couldn't have been more than ten minutes ago that I was admiring a photo my buddy Mike Judge posted on Twitter of a character from his film Idiocracy, tatted on the arm of a fan. So yeah, you're good. I'm honored.
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All three Loudoun County referendums passed Nov. 8 and will provide $172.6 million in funding for the construction of four new schools, a much needed renovation at Park View High School, emergency services equipment and a change in the voting dates for Leesburg Town Council.
The Acquisition of Fire and Rescue Apparatus bond passed with 72 percent of voters voting yes. The Election date change passed with 75 percent of voters choosing yes and The School Bond passed with 58 percent of voters approving.
The School Bond referendum, costing $169.6 million, will cover more than 98 percent of the $172.6 million and cover the construction of the new Moorefield Station Elementary School or ES-16 for $22.83 million; the new Ashburn Area Elementary School or ES-22 for $22.83 million; the new Ashburn Area Middle School or MS-6 for $39.38 million; the new Ashburn Area High School or HS-8 for $81 million; and $3.57 million of renovations to Park View High School.
These new schools are needed because schools throughout the county, especially in Ashburn, are already overcrowded and an influx of 3,000 students are expected to be entering the school system over the foreseeable future. Since 1991, Loudoun County has built 46 new schools and seen its student population explode from 15,118 students to an estimated 66,266 students in 2011.
The Board of Supervisors selected general obligation bonds to fund new schools because they have historically been sold with a 20-year repayment schedule for construction projects. Due to this 20-year schedule, the expected new population will be able to help pay for the new schools.
With the passing of the school bond, Loudoun County residents will not be impacted for the Tax Year 2011. However future tax bills will be required to meet annual payments based on property values.
According to a request by LCPS from Loudoun County Government 's Department of Management and Financial Services, those values are estimated at $100,000 will pay $18.06; $350,000 will pay $63.22; and $500,000 will pay $90.32.
As a result of the passing of the Acquisition of Fire and Rescue Apparatus bond Loudoun County will receive emergency equipment at various stations throughout the county.
According to Deputy Chief Howard J. Dawley, the majority of the funds will go to funding eight new capital vehicles – both to replace vehicles that have exceeded their service life and for acquiring new vehicles for yet-to-open stations.
There are three vehicle purchases that will be funded completely by the county: a tanker for Lovettsville (as requested by the Lovettsville Volunteer Fire Department), a pumper for Aldie (requested by the Aldie Volunteer Fire Department) and a tanker for the Western Loudoun Station, endorsed by the Fire and Rescue Commission. If granted, the latter vehicle will be garaged at the pending Rt. 671 fire-rescue facility.
Additional purchases include an ambulance for the Route 28 Station, which may ultimately be set up as a jointly-funded project with the Sterling Volunteer Rescue Squad, a pumper for Lovettsville proposed as a 40 percent county contribution and a pumper for Route 28 Station proposed as a 50 percent county contribution.
Finally, both an ambulance for Ashburn and for Arcola are proposed as 59 percent county contributions. The Ashburn ambulance will be garaged at the Ashburn Volunteer Fire-Rescue Station and the latter at the Brambleton Fire-Rescue Station, a pending facility awaiting relocation of the Arcola Fire-Rescue Company.
In addition to voting for candidates, the town of Leesburg also had to decide whether they wanted to switch town election dates from May to November, which will go into effect in 2012.
The town has their elections set up to elect a new mayor ever two years and new council members every four during even year election. With three council members on the two year rotation with the mayor and ever two years there are three different council members up for election.
They used to take place in May rather than November in order to keep the focus on town issues rather than having them in November when presidential and federal elections are happening.
The Town of Leesburg was petitioned back in February by Barbara Bayles Roberts who gave them 2,400 signatures from people who wanted to see the election change on the ballot.
During the meeting in February, Roberts mentioned that the separate election dates were costing the town more money with less voter turnout. But, what many town officials feel is that if the election date is moved to November the town issues will get lost.
Staff Writers Matt Vecchio and Laura Peters contributed to this report.
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@Laugh. It was Democrats, TWO years ago, who first endorsed candidates in non-partisan races. Let's not go tit for tat and call people names, let's just get back to non-partisan politics in local elections.
Oh yes we're always on duty looking for flagrant violations. You'll be receiving your citation in the mail any day now.
Barry Soetoro- My apologies - I was not aware the vocabulary police were on duty.
I didn't realize that 'residence' meant people but I guess it does to Chris. Study vocabulary much? You should probably go back to LCPS and get yourself one of those I-pads…
I am amazed at how easily these bond referendums pass - just add the word school and approval is seemingly assured. Do voters understand the costs associated with these bonds to current and future taxpayers in this county?
Approval of these bonds equates to the acceptance of current/future tax increases in an indirect manner. Even if building new schools is completely justified, full disclosure of the bond costs and potential tax increases should be made.
Perhaps the issue of runaway/unsustainable population growth in this county should be the focal point rather than the government's futile efforts to keep up with it.
Most residence, myself included, live in Loudoun but work elsewhere (Ffx, DC) - efforts to attract small business to this county have consistently failed.
@Chris, hopefully they are implementing the tablet program in a cross-section of schools (i.e. wealthy/high achieving and poorer/lower achieving) and grades before rolling out county-wide, and then figuring out the true cost—assuming some degree of damage/misuse/etc. has already been factored into these estimates.
Are textbooks rented from LCPS and returned at the end of the year (as was the case when I went to school so many years ago), or do the students in a given grade get issued a whole new set of books at the start of the year?
How often do mathematical theorems change? How many new elements have been added to the periodic table in your lifetime? Wake up people! There is nothing wrong with working from old textbooks. We certainly don't need the latest frivolous new edition on iPads. This is the kind of fat in the LCPS budget.
The only textbooks where it might be justifiable to have the latest updates are history books. Even then ... Is it really cost-effective to keep buying new ones every year?
Why is there even discussion of replacing books with iPads? In an ideal world, they might save money. In the real world, how long do you think the average iPad would last before it gets dropped, accidentally slammed in a locker door, stepped on in somebody's backpack, etc.? How many do you think would be stolen? How many kids do you think would find ways to screw around and play games on them during class (even if LCPS did manage to find a way to lock them down, sooner or later the kids would find a way around the security). How many kids would show up to school having forgotten to charge theirs beforehand? The whole concept is total idiocy.
I have to say, until now I had no view of Barbara Bayles-Roberts. But now she has proven to be a liar. She proclaims that Republicans did not endorse on town elections. LIE. Just last year, there was a republican sample ballot with Ken Reid on it. So, Ms. Bayles-Roberts, you get the LIAR of the Day Award.
Caring parent - Hatrick is an egomaniac power freak. Sure he gets lots of perks but his motivation appears driven by insatiable hunger for power and domination. Power to approve who gets to build those new buildings, power to approve who gets to fill them with equipment, power to take away civil rights of students. It is all about power. Push for iPads is all about his "legacy". In my 60 years, I've never seen anyone more self-absorbed and arrogant. Freud would suggest an overbearing mother.
@Caring Parent - well I consider myself a 'right winger' as you put it, but I still think teacher salaries are way too low - as are numerous other positions within the LCPS system. Have you ever driven by or gone into the LCPS headquarters building in Ashburn? That grandiose palace is where the taxpayers money gets divided up among countless "administrators" and bureaucrats who enjoy huge salaries paid for by you & me. There are so many "administrators" who make well over $120,000 a year that work in that building. Now the talk is all about I-pads for every student? Really? Meanwhile countless teachers are forced to live out in Berryville or even further because they can't afford to live in the County where they teach. Yet Mr. Hatrick has never addressed this situation to my knowledge. He is an advocate for the growth of the bureaucracy - not for the employees and teachers and from my perspective not for the children either.
@ticked off voter. What you say makes sense about money going towards bells and whistles in schools versus money going toward teacher salaries or other needs. I agree, even though I still do not follow how Hatrick benefits from fancy schools. So the question is who decides what goes into each new school building? Can the new school board have impact here? If money was saved here, I know many like me would agree that the money saved would be better used going toward increasing teacher salaries and/or hiring more teachers to lower class size. Then again these newspaper boards are filled with right wingers, private school families, and home school families hollering that teachers make enough money. They want both: schools without bells and whistles and teachers to be satisfied with what they earn in our county. It's a lose/lose with that group. It could be Hatrick at the helm or somebody else and it wouldn't matter unless taxes go down.
To Caring Parent - look I have two kids in elementary school & my wife teaches for LCPS. Yet I stand by my position. I understand the county needs to build schools. It's the sheer size and cost that disturbs me. If Hatrick put one tenth as much effort into increasing employee salaries as he does at aquiring land and bells & whistles, I'd pipe down. But he doesn't do that. He is paid extremely well for being a politician and he's quite good at it - sorry but that's what he is - a politician.
Lots of people complain about "King Hatrick" on these boards. Does he himself benefit from getting the most money he can for the school system? I thought that was his job. What am I missing? What other motivation would he have? Call me naive but I don't get it. Someone please explain.
Oh great - more debt for ridiculously oversized campuses that rival small colleges in some states…some day the debts will come due…but King Hatrick doesn't care about that - only more, more, more, bigger, bigger, bigger…
more firetrucks and emergency vehicles please. I won't be happy till we have 15 vehicles at every fender bender (we're halfway there now, I'm sure).
Hoping someday sanity returns and this public-safety/industrial complex gets put back in the box.
Lovettsville happy to have county buy them a park and now more fire equipment, but Mayor and local reps don't want Sheriff assigned to protect vandalized businesses, and esp do not want schools that reduce tax burden. No value for their children, families and small businesses.
Ah what a thorn in the Republicans victory this is!!!! I take pleasure in that since I voted for a mixed bag of candidates and don't follow party lines. As far as this bond is concerned, I am not going to lie and say I know what is the best financial method to pay for new schools—bonds vs school budget. But what I do know is that our schools are overcrowded. We would see higher test scores if teachers had smaller class sizes. 25 is just too big. So if that means expanding existing schools or building new schools and hiring more teachers, I am willing to pay more taxes. And I still will be happy to do that for future generations when my 3 kids graduate. Certainly how we go about building the new schools is a matter for review—-the land acquisition process, the "frills" that the school may not need, and so forth. But we need new schools, there is no doubt about that.
Will the county average SAT score improve now that they have a new building to learn in? Oh, not even mentioned.
Awesome I guess iPads and whiteboards for all.
"Due to this 20-year schedule, the expected new population will be able to help pay for the new schools."
Yes, that's how it works. No payments on these schools this years; however, taxpayers are now paying for schools built from 1991 to 2010 and about $50 million a year in interest on those bonds!
Bonds make sense when localities are faced with occasional large capital expenses. The Dulles Metro is a good example. But when Loudoun has been growing rapidly for 20 years and projected to continue to grow well in the future, and several schools need to be built every year, then it makes no sense to issue bonds and pay the interest.
What Loudouners just voted for was about $80 million in bond interest payments!
The liberal media press has their own agenda, don't forget that now.
This is an historical moment folks! Never have so many people voted on a Town issue before. Think about that! Seven thousand voted in November, while we were lucky if 2400 voters showed up in May! These office holders, for the next year at least, are now accountable to more voters than ever before. We can now rightly state that this is to be a non-partisan race. Even with Democrats telling voters to vote NO on the question, they voted YES anyway! Now we can insist that they remain non-partisan. No more endorsements. I must add here that the Republican Party never endorsed any issue on Town elections. Only Democrats did that. It is time to stop the partisan-ship. We need real solutions from real leaders and that is what this election says to all incumbents and those new to the political arena in Leesburg. Hurray! It is indeed a new day in Virginia!
Moving the Town of Leesburg elections from May to November is a big victory.
Moving the Town of Leesburg elections from May to November is a big mistake.
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Self-published authors have created a devaluing of the written word, and, some of them are scrambling to see how low they can go to get noticed.
Let us list the ways: 99-cent price point for ebooks. Free ebooks via KDP Select program. Unedited work. Kindle giveaways to get attention and bulk up sales. And lastly, nasty reviews from other authors with the sole purpose of driving down customer ratings.
Why are indie authors selling their work so cheap? In short, mismanaged expectations. Many self-published authors hear about the outliers who earn hundreds of thousands of dollars, and they'll do anything to try and reach that pinnacle. The plain fact is that most of them never will.
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Many indie authors are now relying on gimmicks to gain sales. They're giving away Kindles and iPads in exchange for reviews and as raffles during sales promotions. Traditionally published authors aren't stooping to these tactics. Why are indies? The short answer is that with over 1 million ebooks published each year, it's difficult to make a mark.
The lesson may be that if indie authors don't value their work, chances are no one else will either. Readers want, and deserve, quality books, and they're used to paying for them. Think about it: pennies for pages didn't exist before ebooks and self-publishing were viable.
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PG would suggest that self-published authors are saving publishing industry by remaking it.
Traditional publishing has been in a long decline with smaller and smaller numbers of books being sold for higher and higher prices.
In 2004, the National Endowment for the Arts published Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America. Among its findings:
Literary reading is in dramatic decline with fewer than half of American adults now reading literature.
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The study also documents an overall decline of 10 percentage points in literary readers from 1982 to 2002, representing a loss of 20 million potential readers. The rate of decline is increasing and, according to the survey, has nearly tripled in the last decade.
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"This report documents a national crisis," Gioia said. "Reading develops a capacity for focused attention and imaginative growth that enriches both private and public life. The decline in reading among every segment of the adult population reflects a general collapse in advanced literacy. To lose this human capacity – and all the diverse benefits it fosters – impoverishes both cultural and civic life."
While all demographic groups showed declines in literary reading between 1982 and 2002, the survey shows some are dropping more rapidly than others. The overall rate of decline has accelerated from 5 to 14 percent since 1992.
Women read more literature than men do, but the survey indicates literary reading by both genders is declining. Only slightly more than one-third of adult males now read literature. Reading among women is also declining significantly, but at a slower rate.
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PG suggests the evidence demonstrates that traditional publishing grossly mishandled literature in the United States as it moved from a diverse collection of small publishers to a few large publishers owned by even larger international media conglomerates that care for nothing more than quarterly revenue and profitability. The combination of price increases substantially outstripping the rate of inflation and a stifling environment of homogenized me-too copycat titles was destroying the culture of reading in the United States.
Indie publishing has reinvigorated American publishing and is rebuilding the publishing industry in a different, author-centric form. Big Publishing has devalued the author of the written word. In a thousand different ways, megapublishers disrespect authors, forgetting that books don't come from editors and agents and vice-presidents and bribes to the New York Times to obtain favorable reviews.
Twenty-five years from now the creative destruction of legacy publishing we are witnessing today will be regarded as a major cultural turning point, a literary renaissance. We will celebrate countless brilliant books created by authors who would never have been published by the corporate cretins that slithered into control of the levers of Big Publishing.
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While Thérèse is not afraid to experiment, her coleslaw recipe has been remarkably consistent over the last twenty years. The "secret" recipe dates back 50 years+ and is actually an amalgamation of her Grandmother's "Fred Harvey's Railroad Slaw" and her own food experiments at VEPCO ("Virginia Electric Power Company"). The basic difference is that Fred Harvey's recipe calls for twice as much oil as vinegar. Thérèse recommends equal portions. This recipe which serves 8 and easily lasts up to 5 days if refrigerated.
Variations on Fred Harvey's Railroad Coleslaw
4 cups of shredded cabbage
2-4 Tbs minced onion
1-2 carrots shredded
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The incident took place near the intersection of Bergenline Avenue and 76th Street on Aug. 29, according to police reports. Police say 19-year-old North Bergen man Nicolas Garcia approached the victim, grabbed his gold chain and fled south on Bergenline Avenue before turning onto First Avenue.
Police said a camera in the Fiji Deli on Bergenline Avenue caught the entire incident. With the footage, police were able to bring in Garcia, who admitted to the crime yesterday, cops said.
Garcia was placed under arrest and taken to the Hudson County Jail.
During the arrest, the police discovered Garcia had five additional warrants out for his arrest, including three from Union City and two from Hoboken, police said.
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Former Melbourne swimmer takes out the Pier to Pub
Sam Sheppard has won his fourth Pier to Pub in Lorne. Sheppard, who hopes to make it to the Rio Olympics set the fastest time in the history of the race.
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Question and Answer: Calhoun County ISD's new superintendent
By by Dianna Wray
Jan. 19, 2011 at 5:03 p.m.
Updated Jan. 18, 2011 at 7:19 p.m.
Billy Wiggins stepped in as the new superintendent of Calhoun County School District earlier this month. On Tuesday afternoon, the new superintendent sat down in his office to talk about joining the district and his plans for the future.
How does it feel to be here as the new superintendent for Calhoun County Independent School District?
It feels really good. It'll feel much better when we can move. We're in a travel trailer and we'll feel much better when we can move into a house or something more permanent.
What school district did you come from?
Salado, up around Austin. I was superintendent there.
What made you take this job?
Honestly, I think it's a really good school district and a very good opportunity for me. Also, I was born in Galveston and when you've got that salt in your blood, you just have to go back to it.
What are you looking forward to working on in the school district?
Well, it's the first time I've ever come into a school district that's already exemplary and I'm excited about that, but we'll still have challenges to face in the coming year.
What are some of those challenges?
There's the shortfall in the budget, and we'll also be paying close attention to what the state legislature does with the state budget and how that will impact us.
We'll also be up for onsite review for the bilingual/ESL program from the TEA, because the school went from a 1 to a 4 rating last year.
We'll also be working on getting the (Annual Yearly Progress report) rating up since we didn't pass for special education math.
How have the first few weeks on the job been?
I have been to see all of the campuses and my observation is that there are a lot of diligent educators in the district. I'm excited to begin working with them and I hope my 33 years of experience help us to continue offering an excellent education to our students. It sounds kind of corny, but it's true.


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Hometown: London, England
Talent: Inventor extraordinaire, IPA brewer
Favorite Food: IPA
About: This cat holds a doctorate in philosophy and a minor in engineering. You wouldn't have guessed it was a minor, since he's up at all hours tinkering with his steam-run toys and brewing some glorious IPAs. He's incredibly elusive, but not for a defiance of company or society. He simply enjoys any opportunity to create. Want to spend some time with SteamPunk Puss? Get ready to settle down in his cat-cave, and watch him run his trains.
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Discussion in 'NFL Draft' started by satkins2252, May 1, 2012.
I like this a lot. I hope Elam falls, we could use a energy, hard hitter like him.
I am down for taking all Bama players the first few rounds assuming there are good ones available in rounds 2 and 3.
College experts... What good Bama players will still be around when we pick in the 2nd round? If Lacy is somehow there, we better take him.
Every time I see Levitre I always think of Levitra - which I'm pretty sure is/was an ED tablet.
You finally see it my way!!! lol
If Star or J Jones isn't there...at this point I'm wanting either Dee Milliner or Chance Warmack...
Depending on that pick, we turn right back around in the 2nd and pick the position we didn't take in the 1st. For example, if we take Milliner, we turn around and take either Barrett Jones or Jonathan Cooper in the 2nd. If we take Warmack, we turn around and take Rhodes or Amerson in the 2nd...
We can pickup a great safety in the 3rd without reaching for Elam. I know he's an exciting pick, but if it wasn't for that one game when he knocked his own player out, people wouldn't be so big on him. I think Shawn Williams, Phillip Thomas or Robert Lester falling to the 3rd is very probable, and one of them could easily start for us.
Round 1 Chance Warmack G Alabama
Round 2 Barrett Jones C Alabama
Round 3 D.J Fluker T/G Alabama
Round 4 Robert Lester S Alabama
Round 5 Damion Square DE Alabama
Round 6 Michael Williams TE Alabama
Trade 7th Round pick to move up to get an Alabama player
Any Takers
Replace 3/5 of our OL with alabama players ... at least they will already be familiar with each other LOL
If we got Warmack, Jones, and Fluker I wouldn't be upset at all. I was being sarcastic about the rest though.
Lol it would be one of those things that's never happened before. Warmack and jones would be awesome to grab tho together
Also throw Werners name in there.
I wouldnt mind a trade back to like 20, if it gets us another 2nd. Add DT, SS, OG in three top 50 picks potentially.


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With only a few months left in the year it's time to start thinking about where you'll be when the world welcomes 2014!
Niagara Falls is known for hosting some of the most exciting New Year's Eve parties in Canada and this year is promising to be just as big as ever.
To ring in 2014, the Falls Avenue Resort is holding its Fallsview Restaurant Gala, which will feature dinner and dancing overlooking the falls and the tremendous light displays that take place during the evening.
To take advantage of the evening, the Falls Avenue Resort is offering the Fallsview Restaurant Gala Experience Package to create the ideal evening for you and your partner when 2014 arrives.
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Villa San Cristobel – Loja
Villa San Cristobel is a huge five bedroom villa sleeping up to ten. Set amongst tranquil olive groves within the Sierra Martilla mountains, you are just 45 minutes from Granada city, with panoramic views down to the lake at Iznajar, and just one hour from an idyllic beach. Painstakingly refurbished, and lovingly transformed into a luxurious holiday home with private pool, the villa is in its own landscaped gardens and was once the village school. The property has broadband wifi and plenty of games, a Table Tennis Table, DVDs and separate seating areas, making it perfect for families or large groups. With many pieces of original art, it is a truly special holiday home. Situated in the Andalucian olive belt, it's a perfect base for trips out to the coast, the Sierra Nevada mountains, Cordoba, Seville, and Granada with its Alhambra Palace. Alternatively you can lounge by the pool or visit one of the local villages for a leisurely home cooked lunch or tapas.
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- Villa Las Golondrinas – Mondrón (26 km)
- Villa Oliva 8.9 – Mondrón (26 km)
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- Casa Pimienta – La Viñuela, Andalusië (34 km)
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We need to keep Jesus Christ in Christmas
Dec. 6, 2013 at 6:06 a.m.
Editor, the Advocate:
On the subject of the Divine origin of Jesus:
David Dixon Porter (1813-91), an admiral in the U.S. Navy and later the superintendent of U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, stated:
"When one sees how much has been done for the world by the disciples of Christ and those professing the Christian religion, he must be astonished to find anyone who hesitates to believe in the Divine origin of Jesus and the wonderful works He performed, all of which are so beautifully portrayed by the author of the work under consideration; and no man or woman of real intelligence would hesitate to believe that it is only through Christ that sinners can be saved, unless their vanity is so great that they are capable of saving themselves without an intermediary."
The Bible states in Luke 2:11, "For unto you is born in the city of David a Savior who is Christ the Lord."
Keep Jesus Christ in your Christmas.
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KENTUCKY (WFLA) — It started out as a normal Friday evening for the McCubbin family. No one could have guessed this would happen.
When Kentucky farmer Stan McCubbin went to check on his cattle for the night, he realized a new calf had been born. He saw two faces and "first thought he had twins," his wife, Brandy Abell McCubbin, said. But, as he inched closer, he realized it was only one calf — with two heads.
She looks different, but every day she's getting stronger," Brandy said. The family named the calf Lucky.
Lucky has two heads, three eye sockets and four eyes. The middle eye socket has two eyes in it, and Stan believes those eyes don't work.
When Lucky drinks out of a bottle both her mouths move.
The family thinks "it's pretty cool," Brandy said. She added one of their four daughters, who is 5 years old, loves to bottle feed the calves.
Brandy said she is enjoying the extra time in the barn as well. She called the calf is a "special blessing" who has brought her and her husband closer together.
The calf has some "balancing issues because her head is so heavy," but Brandy said Lucky is beginning to stand on her own.
Lukcy's mother is by her side in the barn watching over her and helping out. Lukcy's mother was born on the family farm, and Lucky is her second calf.
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Today, Congressman Joe Baca (D-Rialto) introduced legislation in the House of Representatives that calls for greater assistance to surviving spouses of World War II and Korean War veterans, who receive their spouses' Veterans Administration (VA) pensions. The Fairness for World War II and Korean War Spouses Act increases pension payments to surviving spouses of these conflicts to $10,458, which is the poverty threshold level established by the Social Security Administration. The average pension received by surviving spouses of the World War II and Korean War conflicts is currently $7,993 per year -- well below the current poverty line.
"As an Army veteran myself, I am keenly aware of the hardships our military families and spouses have endured in order to protect our nation," said Rep. Baca. "There are an estimated 150,000 spouses of veterans of the World War II and Korean War conflicts still living. These individuals deserve to live their final years with dignity and comfort. This responsible legislation ensures none of these courageous spouses will live below the 2011 poverty line of $10,458."
The age cohort for surviving spouses of the World War II and Korean War conflicts predominantly consists of women 79 years and older. Current Census Bureau data shows that women in this age category often live below the 125 or 150% poverty thresholds. In addition to increasing the pension for surviving spouses to the poverty threshold, the Fairness for World War II and Korean War Spouses Act prevents any dollar for dollar "off-setting" by the VA. Off-setting is a common practice in which the amount of monthly Social Security (or other federal assistance) benefits that a recipient receives are deducted from monthly VA pensions. The legislation also ensures that if the poverty threshold increases, the payments that eligible spouses receive will also increase to match the threshold.
"The veterans who have served the United States throughout our history not only deserve to be treated with dignity and respect, but should also have access to the very best in care and benefits," concluded Rep. Baca. "To fully live up to our responsibility, we must also strive to care for the spouses they have left behind, especially those who are elderly and vulnerable. I am proud to sponsor this bill, which can help ensure that no World War II or Korean War spouses spend their final years living in poverty."
Rep. Baca is a veteran who served in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper with both the 101st and the 82nd Airborne Divisions from 1966-68.


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MGNA Meeting Feb. 1 in Hillside
The Medford Green Line Neighborhood Alliance will hold its first meeting of the new year at 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 1. It will be held in the Hillside area at the Wesley United Methodist Church, 100 Winthrop St. The meeting is open to everyone and the location is accessible and barrier-free. The meeting will follow a format similar to the MGNA's initial meeting in November at the South Medford Fire Station. Representatives of the organization will provide a brief history of the project, including recent developments on the state level; provide an overview of MGNA's objectives and goals; outline the proposed route; and moderate a discussion among those in attendance. MGNA is compiling a master list of ideas, opinions and concerns put forth by the community that can be presented to project planners for their use in designing an acceptable Green Line concept. The list from the first public meeting can be viewed here.


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For immediate release: May 15, 2014
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May 15, 2014. Alex Paddison, a 17-year-old high school student from Adamstown in Frederick County, finished first in the 6th annual Maryland Half Marathon on May 10 in Maple Lawn, running the race in 1:22:14. A junior at Tuscarora High School, Paddison is the youngest runner to capture first place in the six-year history of the race that benefits the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center.
Ashish Rathee, 38, of Ellicott City, placed second with a time of 1:26:08, and Tom Stock, 31, of Baltimore, was third with a time of 1:26:43. Monica Federoff, 25, of Bethesda, was the first female runner across the finish line with a time of 1:34:27, followed by Christina Markakis, 29, of Monkton, (1:35.55), and Robyn Humphrey, 50, of Ellicott City, (1:37:00).
Steve Schmitt, 25, of New Providence, Pa., took first place in Maryland 5K (17:32). The top female finisher was Rachel Thomas, 11, of Perry Hall, (21:41). This was the first year for the Maryland 5K.
This year's Maryland Half Marathon County Cup will be presented for the first time to Frederick County. The cup is presented each year to the county executive of the home county of the first Maryland resident to cross the finish line. Runners from Baltimore County won the County Cup – the race's top prize – for Baltimore County four of the six years. The County Cup was presented to Harford County in 2010.
A total of 1,800 people participated in this year's event. Fundraising continues through May 31, 2014. Race officials anticipate that net proceeds will reach $300,000, bringing the amount of money raised since 2009 for the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center to $1.8 million.
"We're extremely grateful to all the runners and volunteers who have made the Maryland Half Marathon and 5K so successful," says Kevin J. Cullen, M.D., director of the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center and the Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Distinguished Professor of Oncology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. "The funds that have been raised have been crucial to helping us to continue our research into new ways to fight cancer. We can't thank everyone enough for their generous support."
This year's top fundraiser to date is Aaron Rapoport, M.D., a hematologist/oncologist at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center and the Gary Jobson Professor in Medical Oncology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, who has raised more than $22,000.
Co-founders Michael Greenebaum and Jon Sevel, Baltimore-area businessmen, started the Maryland Half Marathon in 2009 to benefit the cancer center, which is named for Greenebaum's parents, Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum. His mother is a two-time breast cancer survivor.
The University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute-designated center in Baltimore affiliated with the University of Maryland Medical Center and University of Maryland School of Medicine, offers a multidisciplinary approach to treating all types of cancer and has an active cancer research program. It is ranked in the top 50 cancer programs in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. For more information about the cancer center, go to www.umgcc.org.


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- "Rumors are spreading which suggest the Moon is falling, but you can breathe easier as long as I am in town. Tonight, I shall cut the Moon into pieces! If one does not have such skill, he cannot teach the way of the sword to others. If you wish to be as powerful as I am, then I shall teach you until nighttime."
- — Swordsman
The Swordsman is a character from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. He is the owner of the Swordsman's School in West Clock Town, where he offers basic and advanced sword training for a price. Interestingly, the Swordsman is very susceptible to masks and will respond to Link's various masks in a multitude of ways.
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In his youth, the Swordsman studied the art of swordplay and became a renowned swordsman. As he grew older, he settled down in West Clock Town, and opened the Swordman's School. The Swordsman's School offers two training courses: the Novice Course, which teaches all the basic maneuvers of the sword for one Rupee, and the Expert Course, where people can hit targets for points at the cost of ten Rupees. If Link manages to accumulate thirty points during the Expert Course, the astonished Swordsman presents him with a Piece of Heart.
Initially, the Swordsman boasts about having no fear of the impending apocalypse, and goes on to claim that Clock Town has nothing to fear, as he will slice the Moon into pieces with his sword. At 11 PM on the night of the Final Day, he closes his shop for an hour to "unite his spirit" in preparation for his confrontation with the Moon. Later, if Link enters the Swordsman's School the Swordsman has gone missing. In his place is a sign stating that he has departed on a short vacation, as well as an admonition that the reader not look for him. If Link strikes a wooden board on the back wall with his sword, a hidden backroom is revealed. Inside the room is the Swordsman, curled up in the corner and shivering with fear of dying.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed widespread market rumors that China was actively buying U.S. corn while USDA's reporting systems were down due to a government shutdown, taking advantage of the lowest prices in three years. Further confirmation of what was believed to be more than 1 million tons in purchases this month is expected in the next report.
"Corn and meal sales were phenomenal and certainly a plus for global feed demand… this is the big story for today," said Sterling Smith, futures specialist for Citigroup.
Corn sales in the week ended Oct. 3 hit the highest point in nearly three months as a likely record-large U.S. harvest dragged down prices while soymeal sales were the largest since at least 1990, USDA data showed.
But the weekly figures, part of USDA's catch-up effort following a 16-day partial U.S. government shutdown that suspended the agency's data gathering, may be inflated by the inclusion of sales from subsequent weeks, a USDA official said.
USDA has now released the first two export sales reports delayed by the shutdown. Next Thursday, USDA will release export data for the three weeks ending Oct. 10, Oct. 17 and Oct 24.
For the week ended Oct. 3, USDA said a net 1,341,400 tons of U.S. corn were sold for export, above estimates for 650,000 to 850,000 tons.
Corn sales of 428,100 tons were made to unknown destinations and 230,600 tons were reported sold to China. Japan, Colombia and Mexico accounted for the lion's share of the balance of the export sales.
"The corn sales confirmed that U.S. corn exports did get competitive with the rest of the world for a period and many countries, including China, took advantage of that," said Terry Reilly, senior commodity analyst with Futures International.
Lofty domestic corn prices in China bolstered demand for U.S. supplies and some private trade sources have said total purchases by the world's No. 3 corn importer topped 1 million tons this month.
Benchmark U.S. corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade hit a low of $4.35 per bushel during that week, eventually sinking to $4.32 by mid month, the lowest since Sept. 2010.
Huge Soymeal Sales
Net export sales of soymeal for the current 2013/14 marketing year that began on Oct. 1 totaled 850,100 tons and 383,000 tons of that total were earmarked for unknown destinations.
USDA also reported a 37,700-ton net reduction in sales for the 2012/13 marketing year and a very small sale for the distant 2014/15 season.
Trade estimates for soymeal sales were only 150,000 to 250,000 tons.
The large "unknown" destination was believed by many traders to be the European Union, a major meal importer that may have had difficulty sourcing large volumes from Argentina, the world's top soy product exporter.
"The EU has been buying more meal and perhaps they put some U.S. meal on the books because Argentina wasn't crushing beans at the rate that had been expected or selling as much meal," said Anne Frick, oilseeds analyst with Jefferies Bache.
The USDA also said accumulated soymeal exports for the 2012/13 marketing year that ended at the end of September totaled 9,712,300 tons, up 14 percent from the previous marketing year (2011/12).
Net exports of soybeans at 929,700 tons for 2013/14 were within trade estimates of 850,000 to 1,050,000 tons. USDA said 242,300 tons were sold to China and 122,400 tons were sold to an unknown destination.
USDA Revisions Possible
USDA will issue incomplete export sales data for the weeks ended Oct. 10 and Oct. 17 by the end of this week and then release an official tally of sales for the Oct. 4-24 period next Thursday.
Some analysts and traders questioned whether some of the sales from that period may have already been reported.
"It's possible that some of the sales from other weeks of the shutdown period made their way into today's numbers," said Pete Burr, chief of the export sales reporting branch of USDA's Foreign Agriculture Service.
USDA may revise the data at some point if it is discovered to be incorrectly reported, he said.
"Because we were shut down and the reporting system was shut down, it did confuse a lot of folks ... Our data is only as good as what's being reported to us." (Reuters)


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With a stay at Relais Firenze Stibbert in Florence, you'll be near the airport and minutes from Museo Stibbert and close to Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower. This townhouse accommodation is within close proximity of Villa Fabbricotti and Giardino dell'ArteCultura.
Make yourself at home in one of the 6 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and LCD televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Conveniences include desks and minibars, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as bicycles to rent or take in the view from a terrace and a garden. Additional amenities at this townhouse accommodation include complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and babysitting/childcare (surcharge). Getting to nearby attractions is a breeze with the area shuttle (surcharge).
Take advantage of the townhouse accommodation's room service (during limited hours).
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Type the words "How to" into Google and a drop-down menu will suggest popular searches for you.
An attempt Tuesday brought back the following proposals:
"How to register to vote"
"How to play Pokemon Go"
"How to be single"
"How to tie a tie"
What are the most commonly Googled "How to" searches in the country? What about by state? What questions do Oregonians ask Google most often?
A blogger at Estately decided to figure out the answer to that question. Using Google's autocomplete function, he generated hundreds of the most popular how-to-questions typed into Google. He then ran that group of searches through Google Trends, providing a look at which searches were asked the most in each state over the past five years.
Here's a look at the results that came back for Oregon and a couple of its neighboring states.
The most disappointing part of the study is that it brought back only two results for Oregon: "How to hack wifi" and "How to make floral arrangements." Practical choices, for sure.
Washington's list was more comprehensive than Oregon's, with nine results, ranging from "How to use a French press" and "How to eat a fig" to "How to survive an earthquake" and "How to dab."
As you can imagine, California's was an eclectic list, including such queries as "How to play Stairway to Heaven," "How to rig an election," "How to get on Wheel of Fortune" and "How to ruin everything."
Idahoans really wanted to know "How to address a letter" and "How to cook quinoa," among others.
Zombies on the brain? What else could explain the search in Nevada for "How to survive a zombie apocalypse," "How to buy a gun" and "How to fight."
Some of the other interesting popular queries around the country include "How to Google something" (Indiana), "How to join the Illuminati" (Arizona), "How to be a ninja" (Hawaii), "How to pass a drug test" (Kentucky and Tennessee), "How to tip cows" (New Hampshire), "How to give yourself a hickey" (New York), "How to spell 40" and "How to spell 90" (Texas), and "How to move to Canada" (Vermont).
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May 21 2012
MCHS Varsity Girl's Soccer vs Central Woodstock-Bull Run District Tournament Quarter Finals
Madison defeated Central 4-0 this afternoon in the Quarter Finals of the Bull Run District Tournament. Lindsay Wheeler scored in the 26th minute to give Madison a 1-0 lead which held until the end of the first half. Wheeler scored again in the 43rd minute to give Madison a 2-0 lead. Colby Snow scored next for Madison on a free kick. And Sheridan Santinga scored with seconds to play off a Mary Margaret Gaylord corner kick for the final 4-0 score. (click any photo to see the gallery)


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The Arrival of NX, Part 5: Using NX
Really awesome series of articles and the product itself, NX.
I have a local linux ws and a remote one sitting across in a different continent where I need to do extensive Java development using Eclipse IDE. I have been using NX for quite sometime now and it is working very well for me. This series of articles have clearly explained why.
> installing FreeNX now that
> installing FreeNX now that NoMachine has released NX Server Free Edition.
Beware "NX Server Free Edition" is not "libre" software, it limits you to only two concurrent sessions, and so on.
FreeNX has not this limitations
When will Part 6 be out?
I am really enjoying reading this series and am impressed with NX. When will Part 6 be out? Thanks.
NX Server Free Edition
Fast forward a year from when this excellent article was written, there is probably not much point now in installing FreeNX now that NoMachine has released NX Server Free Edition.
This is fairly easy to install and offers more features than FreeNX.
freenx / nxserver: difficult to install
I've probably installed freenx and nxclient a dozen times, and each time it has been a hellishly difficult process. One can do a vanilla install on two hosts on the same LAN, with virtually everthing set up correctly, and still get the dreaded "Using auth method: publickey / Authentication failed" message. So my conclusion is that it might be better to seek other ways of remotely accessing machines at this point than freenx.
"I've probably installed
"I've probably installed freenx and nxclient a dozen times, and each time it has been a hellishly difficult process."
I can second that, I had to install freenx on some machines last year and the configuration almost drove me crazy. The same client asked me to update these machines to the new nx server. I tried to install it on some local machines and it went very smooth!
Using NX to connect to Windows
NX really is great stuff, getting amazingly quick connections to my Ubuntu Breezy server at home whilst I'm sitting at work!
The only thing I can't seem to do is use the client to connect to my XP via RDP. I can run the nxdesktop from the ubuntu box no problem, am I missing something in the set-up?
Any help gratefully received!
thanks so far...
Hi Kurt,
thanks for the great series of articles about FreeNX which you publish here.
One thing tho, to which I never found a solution on the nomachine site or elsewhere:
When using the rdesktop feature from a Windows NoMachine client to a FreeNX (Debian-based) server (as proxy) to a Windows 2003 server at some client's site, I don't get a german keyboard layout - no matter what I choose in the NXclient. Even after adding german locales (and setting them as default) on the Debian proxy, there's no way to change that. Using version 1.5 didn't make a difference, and, suprisingly: when using the client on Debian (english desktop) as well, all just plain works [TM]!
So what do I have to do to make Windows clients play nicely?
Thanks again,
and kind regards,
wjl aka Wolfgang Lonien
same for me
Hey Wolfgang,
I'm getting the exact same bug i think: I connect with a Windows-NX-Client (188.8.131.52) to a SUSE linux machine with recent FreeNX straight from nomachine.com and the f***ing Keyboard layout will only be English! Even though i have on both machines German-Keyboard as default, and also selected "German" in the NXClient.
pls drop me a line if you could fix it!
best regards
keyboard mapping == nxdesktop bug ?
the problem you describe looks like a bug in NX' nxdesktop component (i mean to have read about it b4).
i assume you have tried the latest bugfix release of the nxclient for windows from nommachine already, yes? and also read their detailed release notes, yes?
if that didnt fix it for you, youll have to be patient and wait for the next release by nomachine.
Re: keyboard mapping == nxdesktop bug ?
This bug shouldn't affect the NoMachine NX server and, as far as I can say, it is not a bug of nxdesktop, as nxdesktop uses the keyboard correctly, according to the settings of the remote X server.
On Windows the keyboard settings are downloaded by the NX server to the client upon session startup. This is a feature of NX server that is activated whenever the remote X server is unable to handle the keyboard initialization locally, for example if the X server lacks the XKB tools and related keymap files. This makes much simpler to create thin client setups where only the X server is deployed, without the X libraries and the additional tools (as in the NX client for Windows).
I don't know how FreeNX handles this but the feature was implemented in November 2004. There was a long thread in the NX project's mailing list and Fabian and Kurt should have received copy of it. It shouldn't be difficult for the FreeNX guys to implement this in the same way as it is implemented in the NoMachine NX server.
/Gian Filippo.


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Don't miss this week's episode of "New York Now," a state Emmy-winning coproduction of WMHT and the Times Union. Highlights include:
- With warmer weather ahead, "Innovation Trail" correspondent Jenna Flanagan notes the return of a resident most New Yorkers could do without: the common deer tick.
- The Reporters Roundtable has Karen DeWitt of New York State Public Radio, Scott Waldman of Capital New York, and Casey Seiler and Jordan Carleo Evangelist of the Times Union discussing a big week for the SAFE Act, the departure of State Democratic Committee Co-Chair Stephanie Miner, and more fallout from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision to scuttle his Moreland panel on public corruption.
Here's a shiver-inducing clip from Jenna's report:
"New York Now" airs at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. Sunday on WMHT. Air times around the state: WNET (in New York City) 11 a.m. Saturday; WLIW (Long Island) 11 a.m. Sunday; WXXI (Rochester) 6 p.m. Sunday; WNED (Buffalo) 9:30 a.m. Sunday; WSKG (Binghamton) 11 a.m. Sunday; WPBS (Watertown), 7:30 a.m. Sunday; and on Mountain Lake PBS (Plattsburgh/North Country) 8:30 p.m. Friday and 10:30 a.m. Sunday.


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It isn't the chair rocking by itself that sends the young family fleeing in the middle of the night. It's when it stops rocking and all hell breaks loose. This family needs help. Enter PEEPs (Paranormal Entity Exposure Partners), armed with the latest hi-tech gear and the ghost communication abilities of Mia Cooper. But this isn't a normal case. Some of the ghosts aren't playing fair. Some of them are armed.
Mia's attention is divided between this case and her friend ,Sabine, who has gone missing during an out-of-body walkabout. Can Mia pull it all together in time to save Sabine from a narcissistic collector and help PEEPs survive the destructive forces that have come to play via their ghostly attachments?
Ghostly Attachments is the sequel to the popular paranormal adventure The Hauntings of Cold Creek Hollow.< /p>
©2014 Diane L Fitch (P)2015 Diane L Fitch
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"Nail Biting"
As usual, Alexie Aaron had me on pins and needles all the way through! The story has three parts and that was a bit confusing for me. I loved Grandma and the twins!! They were just the best! Bert and Mia were a bit of a disappointment, and what is up with Murphy?? Ah, perhaps book three will soon be here and we will know all! This book is a nice harmless ghostly read, I hope you enjoy it!
"Theres a reason she's my favorite Author! !!!"
And THIS is just ONE of those reasons. I went to listen to this again, and noticed audible was still asking for a review at the books end (which I THOUGHT posted the first time I listened) so heres hoping THIS time it actually posts.
I have this entire series on Ebook and am slowly obtaining each in paperback and audio as they come out. I must say yet again....that not only are they all so wonderfully written, but the AUDIO versions....bring them to a whole new level. You get to be RE introduced to each character in a way this remarkable performer portrays each one. Between the author and performer, it feels like you're there, like you are interacting with the PEEPS cast, the emotions, the fears, the excitement, the frustrations are all so real. As I close my eyes and settle in for a ghostly adventure, I find myself lost in what feels like the reality of it all.....then dreading having to open my eyes and push the stop button. sigh, alas, life gets in the way occasionally. I truly love this series. Thank you Alexie for your wonderful writings and Thank you Emily for the grand performance., your skills are greatly appreciated. I anxiously await the next audio edition as well as the next in the ebook series.
"Very good book"
Great book can't wait for the next one! Hopefully not to long of a wait for the book to hit audible.
"great series!"
absolutely love this book series! It is a fresh take on the standard ghost stories. I'm so excited its on audible.
"Amazing book 2"
I was not at all disappointed with book 2. What a great following up to the first book. I think this book was even better. I love the humor, the ghost hunting, the whole storyline is just amazing! The narration is just AMAZING!!!!!
"Very disappointed"
On the fence
The narration was spotty and got in the way, but I also think it was just a poor follow up to book 1 in this series.
Not sure I'd blame the narrator as EB has done better performances. I'd leave the responsibility to the producer who didn't get a good performance from the artist.
I enjoyed the first book in this series. I liked the characters the author intended me to like and I dislike those she intended to not be likable. The voices for male characters were weak - some narrators can cross genders and some cannot. Emily Beresford missed it this time.
Can't wait till they can get the rest of the books on Audible!!! I'm going to love this series. More PLEASE.!!!!
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Oftel is a joke (with a crap punchline)
Director General too nice for our good
This really is the final straw. Oftel has finally produced its guidelines on local loop unbundling. Since this is one of the most important telecommunications issues the UK has ever seen and an essential aspect to the Internet's progression, we thought we'd spend some time looking at it.
Subsequently, we have read the entire "draft guidelines" on Access Network Facilities (not a fun job). We were not impressed by what we found.
Before getting involved in the minutiae, we feel it is important to take a step back and look at it from the bigger perspective. To do this, you first have to have a look at what sort of animal Oftel is. Oftel was created in 1984 under the Telecommunications Act to keep an eye on the recently sold-off BT (it was a government-owned company prior to this). It would consist of an all-powerful Director General, free from ministerial control, who, while without direct legal powers, could effectively force companies under his remit to bend to his demands.
The very model of a model Director General
The first Director General, Bryan Carsberg stayed until 1992 and had a fairly easy time of it, making sure that Mercury could use BT's lines etc.
Things started heating up when Don Cruickshank took over in 1993. Don was previously a management consultant and he spent the next five years aggressively pushing through legislation to open up the market.
The current head, David Edmonds, took over on 1 April 1998 and was faced with the tough task of finally pulling BT away from its monopolistic power base of networks to create a truly competitive market rather than a series of smaller companies orbiting and feeding off BT's Sun.
Oftel's figurehead culture served the formidable Cruickshank well when arguments appeared, but in recent years when BT has been forced to fight its corner, the strength and consistency required by Oftel has faltered. It has frequently been accused of being weak, of pandering to BT and accepting its self-satisfying arguments to the detriment of the UK's telecommunications industry.
Once a fonctionaire...
The answer to this failure lay in the current head, David Edmonds. David has been a civil servant for almost his entire career. He studied Political Institutions & History at Keele University. During his time rooting around Whitehall, he was almost exclusively working with housing projects, and it was this expertise that led to his first commercial job at NatWest, as the MD in charge of property.
He left NatWest in 1997 after six years and then reappeared as Oftel's head in 1998. We're not saying that the skills learnt in dealing with static housing aren't directly applicable to the fast, fluid world of telecommunications, but then they don't seem to be the most complementary either. The position is chosen by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.
A believer in consensus and teamwork, David reorganised Oftel so it would form project groups whenever issues arose. Reports would be written, feedback sought and finally mutual agreements implemented.
It is perhaps unfortunate then that this style of leadership occurred with the explosion of the Internet. With the Net, speed and decisiveness is what is required. BT was caught on the back foot by the burgeoning interest and the huge amount of finance suddenly available to its competitors and so decided to stand and fight its ground. It turned out to be the right approach.
David Edmonds' baby is the (already open) mobile market. He is a regular speaker at most large mobile conferences and plays an active role in its formation. Let him talk for more than five minutes and it'll soon come round to 3G or wireless communications. In the mobile market, Oftel's role is as mediator, and everyone accepts the rulings as they provide useful constraints within which the fast-moving market is contained, allowing focus.
You looking at me?
The case of BT is, however, the opposite. It is one of confrontation, not mediation. BT has no intention of giving anything away unless it has to and even then it will argue for more time. Despite pressure from the press, public declarations of backing from both the prime minister and chancellor, and the threat of legislation from the EU, the Director General has still manifestly failed to put his foot down and tell BT what's what.
The belated guidelines (coming with the usual consultation promises, but this time effectively cut out due to a ridiculously short timetable) demonstrate BT's dominance in this relationship once and for all.
So what do we have? A sloppy, vague and ambiguous set of BT-slanted guidelines. Peter Bonfield and Ian Vallance, BT's head honchos, must be chuckling in their coffee.
Sure, it was delayed from the previous delay but we expected some tough talking, some hard and fast rules. There is nothing concrete in the entire piece. Timetables are variable or under the discretion of the Director General, charges can vary, BT doesn't actually even have to allow competitors into its local loops.
The implementation dates are a joke. The guidelines will officially become just plain guidelines on 8 August. Competitors are allowed to respond, but it won't do any good, because Oftel plans to make them official at the start of September. From there, BT will take orders from people for what they want where.
The Great Escape
It doesn't have to comply with either - if it can prove any one of a number of escape clauses (not enough room, lack of ventilation, security concerns, if lines need to be adapted) - and it is not obliged to fix these situations either.
Oh, and it's allowed four months from being asked to install others' equipment to actually getting around to it - bringing it neatly round to Q1/Q2 next year. If we see a piece of non-BT kit in a local loop before June, we'll eat our hat.
In short, BT can effectively dictate its terms to those wishing to use its local loop. The sole lever of control that Oftel has given itself over BT is that BT doesn't give its own services preferential treatment.
But doesn't Oftel realise that BT is building a second massive infrastructure (which, thanks to the guidelines, it will not be obliged to open up)? BT will take a hit on its services (it already has for about a year) because at the same time it is screwing the competition.
There's no working around the defensive giant and there is no legislative force that others can bring to bear against BT. If the giant does what it inevitably will and blocks anyone trying to get into its exchanges, the only recourse is the lame Oftel complaint/report system. This has already proved itself hopelessly slow and outdated.
Ha bloody Ha
The review process is also a joke. The cost of these services will apparently be set by Oftel (after discussion with BT of course) on an annual basis.
Whatever happened to the idea of a competitive market? And the worst part of all of this is that by the very act of agreeing to their flawed guidelines, BT is seen to be letting itself off the age-old obligation of providing a certain level of service regardless of location. This is a small extract:
13.1 An obligation (known as the Universal Service Obligation (USO) is currently placed on BT to ensure that a defined minimum set of services of specified quality are available to all, independent of their geographical location and at an affordable price. The USO includes the obligation to provide a connection to the fixed network able to support voice telephony and low speed data and fax transmission on reasonable request.
13.2 The Director is of the view that it would not be reasonable to apply this obligation where the customer is already receiving a voice service from another operator, either over an unbundled loop, over cable or where the customer has an existing BT line and is requesting a second.
Who're you calling reasonable?
The question would appear to be: why the hell isn't it reasonable? BT will effectively still have control of what goes on on its networks, but if anyone chooses to go with a competitor, it is absolved from responsibility. A case of having your cake and eating it.
There'll hopefully be much more poring over this issue, but if you want to have a look for yourself, the entire document can be found here.
What's our conclusion? This: at a time when it was important to get it right, to look forward to the future and plan for nationwide, quality, high-speed telecommunications and build a self-improving market around it, we have sadly been let down by a protectionist bully and a scared, spineless teacher. We sincerely hope that the EC, angered at the unequal relationship between Oftel and BT will make good its threat and force through European legislation, which (even Oftel recognises) will override this feeble set of guidelines. ®
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Awkward Week for Limited Releases
August 26th, 2005
It's that time of year for limited releases. Too late for a long summer run, and too soon for Award Season. Of the eight films on this week's list, only one is earning overwhelmingly positive reviews, a couple are being outright attacked by critics.
And some, worse yet, are being ignored.
The Baxter - Reviews
Deluxe Combo Platter - Review
Dirty Deeds - Reviews
Eternal - Reviews
Formula 17 - Reviews
Memory of a Killer a.k.a. De Zaak Alzheimer - Reviews
Matando Cabos - Reviews
Shoujyo: An Adolescent - Reviews
Submitted by: C.S.Strowbridge
A lot of Indie Cred is wasted on this film, which is currently earning only 9% positive reviews. Most of the negative reviews are not overwhelmingly so, with many calling the film mildly likeable, but with the stiff competition for box office dollars, mildly likeable is not good enough. The Baxter opens in nearly 4 dozen theatres tonight (including the IFC Center), mostly in the New York / New Jersey area and expands nationwide during the upcoming weeks.
No official site, almost no reviews, no ad campaign. Yep, it's a Canadian film alright. It's a pretty formulaic romantic comedy, which is rather redundant thing to say, with a surprisingly well known cast including Marla Sokoloff, Barry Watson, Jennifer Tilly, and Dave Thomas. Well, they are well known compared to most Canadian films. On the plus side, it does have some small town charm and should please those not looking for high art. Deluxe Combo Platter opens tonight at the Granville 7 in Vancouver, Canada.
A film produced by a group of baseball players. Many people when hearing that would ask, "What do Baseball players know about the movie industry?" And if the reviews are any indication, the answer is, "Not much." It's battling Undiscovered for worst film of the week. Dirty Deeds opens in more than 5 dozen theatres tonight, mostly in the South California region.
An erotic vampire movie loosely based on the real life horror of Bathony, and one of two Canadian films on this week's list. Reviews are best described as mixed with the cream-of-the-crop giving the film 0% positive while the run-of-the-mill are giving it 80% positive. The long-delayed Eternal finally opens tonight at the Village East Theatre in New York City before expanding over the coming weeks.
A gay themed film from Taiwan. Formula 17 is only earning mixed reviews with even the positive ones calling the film light fluff. It opens tonight at the Quad Cinema in New York City before touring the nation during the fall.
The only film on the list this week to earn overwhelmingly positive reviews. The film is about a hitman who is suffering from Alzheimer's. It's hard to describe the film further without spoiling it, and it is definitely one worth seeing. It opens in 6 theatres including the Lincoln Plaza in New York City and a couple in the Laemmle chain in Los Angeles.
A black comedy from Mexico that too many critics are calling a Pulp Fiction wannabe. Even the positive reviews are not overly positive because of that. It's the widest limited release of the week at 85 theatres, but that doesn't necessarily mean it will be the most successful.
This film was mentioned a couple of weeks ago when it was supposed to be released. Not much as changed since that time so there's little need to repeat what was previously written.
The Baxter - Reviews
Deluxe Combo Platter - Review
Dirty Deeds - Reviews
Eternal - Reviews
Formula 17 - Reviews
Memory of a Killer a.k.a. De Zaak Alzheimer - Reviews
Matando Cabos - Reviews
Shoujyo: An Adolescent - Reviews
Submitted by: C.S.Strowbridge
Filed under: Limited Releases, De Zaak Alzheimer, The Baxter, Dirty Deeds, Shôjo, Eternal, Formula 17


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Judging from the content of all the email newsletters and PR publishers, social media is the only thing worth talking about. It's much the same in marketing these days. All the "how tos" are focused on how to increase your likes or how to replicate the Oreo coup in the Super Bowl blackout.
But social media is not the be-all and end-all of PR, marketing or even crisis communication. The new Fedex commercial takes a big broad swipe at social media, and in the process, at the youngsters who are dominating this world in the corporate and organizational circles.
Tell the truth, I don't exactly see how Fedex is a better strategy for building the radiator valve business the company depicted is in. But, I don't care. The point is very well made. The key to effective marketing, PR and crisis communication is having a clear, reasonable goal in mind and choosing the best strategy to achieve that. Often it includes, or may even focus on, social media. But more often than most would admit, the knee jerk reaction is to launch a new social media platform and hope that does the trick.


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