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The Extra Point: Missouri Disposes No. 22 Florida, 36-17
COLUMBIA - On a wild Saturday in which we discovered some flaws with several top teams, we also learned more about the Missouri Tigers:
This team is on a mission.
And not one involving moral victories. These Missouri Tigers will be having none of that, thank you.
No, the 2013 Missouri football team is on a mission win football games, and to prove to the nation that their move to Southeastern Conference last year wasn't a death wish for the program. And they're off to a strong start after taking down two SEC East powerhouses in consecutive weeks.
Following their impressive road win over Georgia last Saturday, the Tigers welcomed the No. 22 Florida Gators for an early afternoon clash on Faurot Field. This game would mark the first career start for freshman quarterback Maty Mauk, who will be leading the Tigers indefinitely as senior James Franklin recovers from a shoulder sprain.
After their ascent to the No. 14 ranking in the nation last week, many analysts around the country assumed Mizzou's stay in the Top 25 would be short-lived; without the leadership of Franklin, they said, the Tigers would prove unable to move the ball against the stingy Florida defense, and would fade into obscurity within the vicious SEC. After all, Mauk was being forced into a game against a Gator defense that had only allowed one team to tally 20 points against them all season.
That was, of course, prior to their trip to the Columbia.
Missouri stacked up 500 yards of total offense en route to a 36-17 victory over Florida, as Mauk was aided by a stellar performance by junior running back Henry Josey's 136 rushing yards and touchdown.
Gary Pinkel turned Mauk loose right from the start, and after two deep passes, the young quarterback had led his team into the end zone. The Tigers led 7-0 after just 22 seconds had elapsed from the game clock.
Besides the arm of Mauk and his plethora of receiving weapons, Missouri utilized an effective running game and stout defense to stifle the Gators, who hadn't given up 36 points since Oct. 8, 2011 against LSU.
The Tigers moved the ball well throughout, and though they managed just two touchdowns after Mauk's quick 20 yard strike to Bud Sasser on the opening drive, they were able to consistently force their way into Gator territory. This gave Andrew Baggett the opportunity for a career day, as he was 5-for-5 on field goal tries, tying a school record for field goals in a single game.
Despite the large margin of victory for Missouri, it actually could have been worse for the Gators.
Following a quick stop by the Tiger defense in the first quarter, Marcus Murphy muffed a punt, which was recovered by the Gators. Mizzou's defense held the Florida to a field goal, accounting for their only points as they headed into halftime down 13-3.
While Mauk played exceptionally well for the circumstances, he was far from infallible during the game. He had several errant passes tipped and nearly intercepted in the first half, and was successfully picked off by Florida DB Brian Poole late in the second quarter, on a throw Mauk never should have delivered.
With more experience, Mauk should improve in his decision-making, and avoid costly errors like that one. Mauk finished the day 18/36 with a TD, and added a rushing TD when he scampered for a 17 yard score late in the fourth quarter to ice the game for the Tigers.
Despite mediocre numbers for Mauk, Coach Pinkel has to be happy with his performance and thrilled with his potential upside. As Mauk's patience and poise improves, Mizzou will become increasingly dangerous to the rest of the conference.
The Missouri Tigers are 7-0 and will welcome the South Carolina Gamecocks for the Homecoming game next Saturday Oct. 26. Because of losses by South Carolina and Georgia Saturday, Mizzou currently holds a two game buffer in the standings over the rest of the SEC East. With wins over Georgia and Florida already in the books, a Homecoming victory over USC would place Missouri in an excellent position for a trip to Atlanta for the SEC Championship game at the season's end.
It was a wild day of football in the Southeastern Conference, as five ranked teams in the conference lost on Saturday. Ole Miss beat No. 6 LSU, 27-24. No. 24 Auburn beat No. 7 Texas A&M 45-41. Tennessee beat No. 11 South Carolina 23-21. Vanderbilt beat Georgia 31-27. No. 14 Missouri beat No. 22 Florida, 36-17.
Though few would have thought such an outcome could be possible after their disappointing 2012 inaugural season, the Tigers are in the driver's seat in the Southeastern Conference. And whether it's Mauk or Franklin throwing the ball, it's hardly worth denying anymore:
This team has the talent and determination to contend for a BCS run in 2013. Their mission to do so will continue next week, in a crucial home game for the Missouri Tigers.


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ESA PR 16-2007. Today in Berlin, ESA officially announced the signing with OHB/Germany of a €100 million framework contract to develop a European Small Geostationary Satellite platform for telecommunication missions.
This contract covers the first part of the Small Geostationary Satellite initiative aimed at the definition of a general-purpose small geostationary satellite platform which will enable European players to compete effectively on the commercial telecommunications market for small platforms.
To achieve this, the European Space Agency has set up a new programme element under ARTES (Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems). The "ARTES 11" programme was approved at the ministerial meeting of the ESA Council held in Berlin in December 2005 and currently eight of the Agency's Member States are participants.
Divided into two parts, the programme initially involves the development and manufacture of the first flight model of a generic bus. This work is included in the contract that was signed by Mr Giuseppe Viriglio, ESA Director of Telecommunications and Navigation, and Professor Manfred Fuchs, CEO of OHB-System AG. The platform will accommodate a payload mass of up to 300 kg with power consumption of up to 3 kW over a 15 year mission lifetime.
The programme subsequently involves the development, manufacture and launch of a first satellite mission to provide flight heritage and in-orbit demonstration for the platform.
The mission payload is due to be selected around end-2007/early 2008 under an open tender process and the satellite selected is scheduled to be launched by the end of 2010.
The Small Geostationary Platform is being developed by a consortium headed by the German firm OHB with a core team line-up including LuxSpace (Luxembourg), the Swedish Space Corporation (Sweden) and Oerlikon Space (Switzerland). An industrial cooperation agreement between OHB and these companies was signed on 28 March in Berlin.
With this initiative, ESA is supporting European industry in broadening the product portfolio range on offer on the commercial telecommunication satellite market, by covering a market segment where no optimised European solutions currently exist.
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If you live in Florida and your local provider carries the public television station WLRN, please tune in to watch this week's episode of Florida Keys Adventures. Dolphin Research Center is featured in the episode!
The program airs on Tuesday night (July 19th) at 9:00 p.m. and then repeats on Saturday (July 23rd) at 7:30 p.m. Please check with your local provider for the actual channel number.
The footage was filmed over two years ago and some changes have occurred since that time, but the essence and spirit of DRC remain the same.
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Several months ago, a website regular (maybe David Etheridge?) sent me a link to an article about three 1886 stories in the Rockwall Success concerning the Rock Wall in Rockwall Texas, and some "fantastic" discoveries there underneath the wall. Here we use "fantastic" in the sense of nearly unbelievable.
One of the reasons that we didn't post the story immediately was that we wanted to do our own research to see if we coud have some of the fantatsic details verified by some other source. We've been in contact with the author, David Allen Deal, and he seems convinced that the story is true. He noted that one of the descendants of one of the prominment men mentioned in the story had subsequently written a history of the area which presumably reiterated some of the information in the articles.
What particularly gave us pause, apart from the sensational details was that the author of the articles in the Rockwall Success was "Sam Slick". Sam Slick was also the name of a fictional character ….
"Sam Slick was a character created by Thomas Chandler Haliburton, a Canadian judge and author. With his wry wit and Yankee voice, Sam Slick of Slicksville put forward his views on "human nature" in a regular column in the Novascotian, beginning in 1835. The twenty-one sketches were published in a collection titled The Clockmaker, or the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slicksville, First Series in 1836, supplemented by an additional 12 unpublished or new sketches. The book was Canada's first international bestseller and was hugely popular, not only in Nova Scotia but also in Britain and the United States.
Slick's wise-cracking commentary on the colonial life of Nova Scotia and relations with the U.S. and Britain struck a note with readers, leading to a second series in 1838 and a third in 1840. The satirical sketches, mocking both Canadians and Americans, made Haliburton one of the most popular writers of comic fiction in English of that era. The Clockmaker (which was also translated into German) established Haliburton as one of the founders of North American humour." Wikipedia
David Allen Deal believes that this was probably a "Nom de Plume" of the writer and doesn't impact the veracity of the story presented. Here at s8int.com, we'd feel better about the stories if the author had used his real name or if we coulld find a Sam Slick of that day who wrote other non-controversial stories for the "Success". That was our first concern.
Secondly, we noted that in one of the articles, a group of local prominents sets out to investigate the wall and of the five men, three are known as J.B.? What are the odds of that?
If any of you out there in RockWall want to do some detective work, find out who Sam Slick was and try to find out if there is any corroboration for this story or any of its details elsewhere.
Related Stories on s8int.com
Original Rockwall Texas Article
Dave Campbell, Rockwall Enigma Audio Program
Shivakumar's Human Giants Youtube Video
Shiv, nice video but I do think that a few of those items have been debunked?
Texas Giant Human Skull
by David Allen Deal
There are groups in our society that have always tried to suppress any evidence that supports biblical history, such as the flood of Noah, or existence of giants, where ever and whenever they have been found in the past. Sometimes the evidence is sent to the Smithsonian or a state university from which it disappears, never to be seen again.
As time passes these efforts are ever increasing, and now we see attacks against all religion by wild-eyed fanatic atheists. The famous Davenport Iowa, Academy of Natural Sciences dispute with and report about the arrogance of Mr. Henshaw of the Smithsonian by Charles Putman in 1885 is another example of honest academics going up against the Smithsonian Institute and the erroneous and spiteful policies of its director, Major John Wesley Powell.
The evidence for the existence of elephants and mastodons and mammoths has been well reported from sites throughout the Americas for the past 150 years, yet not many stop to realize the biblical significance of this. In other words, prior to the world wide deluge, ( Flood of Noah ) many robust animal types lived on the American continent, and fossil evidence supports this claim.
Examples are: elephants, bison, horses & camels. Of the latter two, examples are found as fossils in Anza Borego State Park in California, in a huge anticline near Fish Creek and split mountain. Modern horses and camels and elephants do not appear here in the Americas again until thousands of years after the flood. Some antediluvian life forms never appear here again, only to reappear in eastern Anatolia where the ark landed on a mountain.
One form of antediluvian life that never reappears is super giant humans, except as an occasional bone or grave which are obviously of pre-flood origin. So-called "giant" graves are ususally of men less than eight feet in stature, yet considered to be giants – they weren't. However there have been exceptions.
This is one of those previously hidden and suppressed stories. It comes from a small bedroom community of Rockwall, Texas just east of Dallas and the old Trinity River. This place is of great pre-historical interest, because of the buried 40 foot high wall that enclosed approximately 30 square miles, now covered with 40 feet of marine (flood) sediments.
In the past, for example, when the early residents were building the Courthouse, several subterranean rock-lined rooms were uncovered, and then filled-in for the modern structure being built. A rock lined tunnel down to the river was discovered, according to local architect John Lindsey, and even later while crews were building Interstate 30, a large rock-lined room was found because a huge road grader fell into it.
Several excavations have been made to expose the wall over the years, the latest, only about 5 years ago. Local squabbling and small town politics closed down their website, but not before I copied all the photographs of the exposed wall structure. I can't use them for this article because of ownership and copyright restrictions, but I can send a few to interested parties who wish to see them via e-mail. ( http://www.noahsark-naxuan.com/4.htm ).
Three follow-on stories, written in mid 1886 published in the ROCKWALL SUCCESS newspaper, were found in the archives by a member of the Rockwall Historical Society in 2006 and sent to me. I have photocopies of these three clippings. They are datelined "Buffalo." Buffalo was a small township, several miles south of Rockwall which no longer exists.


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A Farewell To Arms
- Author: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrator: John Slattery
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Duration: 8:34:41
Reading Group Guide for A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway was born July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois. After graduation from high school, he moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where he worked briefly for the Kansas City Star. Failing to qualify for the United States Army because of poor eyesight, he enlisted with the American Red Cross to drive ambulances in Italy. He was severely wounded on the Austrian front on July 9, 1918. Following recuperation in a Milan hospital, he returned home and became a freelance writer for the Toronto Star.
In December of 1921, he sailed to France and joined an expatriate community of writers and artists in Paris while continuing to write for the Toronto Star. There his fiction career began in "little magazines" and small presses and led to a volume of short stories, In Our Time (1925). His novels The Sun Also Rises (1926) and A Farewell to Arms (1929) established Hemingway as the most important and influential fiction writer of his generation. His later collections of short stories and For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940) affirmed his extraordinary career while his highly publicized life gave him unrivaled celebrity as a literary figure.
Hemingway became an authority on the subjects of his art: trout fishing, bullfighting, big-game hunting, and deep-sea fishing, and the cultures of the regions in which he set his work -- France, Italy, Spain, Cuba, and Africa.
The Old Man and the Sea (1952) earned him the Pulitzer Prize and was instrumental in his being awarded the Nobel Prize in 1954. Hemingway died in Ketchum, Idaho, on July 2, 1961.
Lieutenant Frederic Henry, an American assigned to a Red Cross ambulance unit in Italy, is severely wounded on the Austrian front and sent to a hospital in Milan, where he falls in love with his English nurse, Catherine Barkley. When he returns to the front, the war goes badly, and Frederic joins a retreat from Caporetto in which he barely escapes execution at the hands of Italian battle police. He deserts the army, returns to Milan, goes on to Stresa, joins now-pregnant Catherine Barkley, and avoids capture by rowing across the lake to Switzerland, where they live an idyllic life until Catherine delivers a still-born child and dies, and Frederic walks back to his hotel in the rain, alone.
Discussion Questions
1. How does the first chapter of A Farewell to Arms set a tone and mood which anticipate subsequent events? Why does the narrator move the reader through a change of seasons from late summer to autumn and on to winter? What are the major images in the chapter, and what is the effect of the understatement in the final sentence (p. 4)?
2. During Lt. Frederic Henry's early visits with Catherine Barkley, Catherine says as they touch each other and speak of love, "This is a rotten game we play, isn't it"? (p. 31). How should one characterize Frederic's early "love" for Catherine? What does the initial stage of their relationship reveal about the effect of the war upon their lives?
3. What perspective regarding love does the priest from Abruzzi provide, and why do officers bait him during meals? Frederic says the priest "had always known what I did not know and what, when I learned it, I was always able to forget. But I did not know that then, although I learned it later" (p. 14). Is Frederic's observation borne out in the novel?
4. Why are the Italian soldiers disillusioned with the war? How is Frederic's leap into the river to escape the battle police a symbolic demarcation in the novel? What extended meaning do we find in his statement, "It was not my show any more..."(p. 232)? Does Catherine represent for Frederic refuge, peace, and "home" in its fullest sense? How?
5. Is A Farewell to Arms "a study in doom," as it has sometimes been called? How is Frederic's recollection of the ants on the burning log relevant to questions about God and faith raised in the novel? What do you believe Frederic has learned, or perhaps become resigned to, in this novel of love and war?
After Reading the Novel
The critic Allen Tate read A Farewell to Arms in Paris in 1929 and called it a masterpiece. Fewer than three months after its publication it had sold 45,000 copies and headed many bestseller lists. Many consider it Hemingway's best novel. You may wish to look at early sketches which inspired portions of A Farewell to Arms, especially the "Miniatures" which introduce Chapters 6 and 7 of In Our Time, or at short stories which evolved from Hemingway's World War I experiences such as "In Another Country" (1927), "Now I Lay Me" (1927), and "A Way You'll Never Be" (1933), all available in The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. Since the rise of feminist criticism, much has been written about Hemingway's female characters, especially Catherine Barkley, whom some reject as unflatteringly submissive. There is considerable division over this issue, and the subject is worthy of exploration. A 1957 Hollywood movie version of A Farewell to Arms stars Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones. A more recent film, loosely based upon Hemingway's war experiences in Italy, starring Chris O'Donnell and Sandra Bullock, is also available.
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We're hearing it again, this time from Jay Glazer, that Favre and the Vikings haven't totally broken up yet. I just got a text from Favre saying, "ummm, it's not like we were exactly going out in the first place, we were more just friends" but "yes, we still talk 'cause like I am a good listener and they are like going through a hard time." My guess is that even if Favre doesn't join the Vikings now, we'll be hearing rumors like this one all season (especially if Rosenfels wins the starting job because MN will struggle if he does).
I think Favre is delaying this not just because he doesn't like training camp, which Glazer argues, but because the longer he waits, he figures the more desperate the Vikes will become for his help, which has the effect of reducing pressure/expectations. If he had come before camp, there would have been lots of hype surrounding his arrival and the expectations of Vikings' fans by now would be through the roof, putting lots of pressure on him. But by delaying any commitment to the team, perhaps he'll be hailed as a savior of sorts when he does commit – and of course then, if things end up going poorly, he can always claim that he didn't learn enough of the offense due to not being at camp etc. It's odd in a way, sometimes I think he enjoys the attention, the courting process etc, but at the same time, he doesn't like the expectations that come with being so sought after.


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After receiving a letter from the city for my trees extending to far in the road I called Classic Cuts not knowing what to expect. I received nothing but the upmost professional customer. These guys really know what they are doing. When I came home from work that day you couldn't tell they had been there other than the massive tree trimming they had done. The entire mess was gone. 3 trees trimmed and 1 removed. Thank you guys for your hard work!
Professional crew
I had a tree fall on my house and called Classic Cuts whom my sister recommended. I received a fair price and booked the removal. They prepared me for the removal and the risk involved. I was a bit nervous, they made such precise cuts and lifts that the tree came off my home very gently with no additional damage. They did an amazing job and crew cleaned up my yard before leaving. I ended up booking tree trimming and removal for the following week and again did amazing work. Hard working and polite crew. So blessed that my sister found them and recommended them to me.
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The crew arrived early as expected and was fully equipped for what I knew was gonna be a trying job at hand. They were very knowledgeable about the trees and shrubs that was to be trimmed and removed. They communicated with me throughout the whole process in a manner that I felt very involved and in touch. They did an absolutely wonderful job. When they were finished, they cleaned everything up. (extremely well). I had no idea that the finished product was gonna look as well as it did. I trusted the crew to do a lot of what they thought would be best for the trees. I was absolutely amazed at the finished product. Not only would I recommend these people to friends and anyone that I know, I will not hesitate in the future to call them for any kind of tree and shrub service that I may need. I won't even consider anyone else. If I could give this company 6 stars out of 5, I would.
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My husband found this company online, called them, and within two days our yard looked like a different place! Aaron came out and gave us a quote and told us that they would not leave until we were 110% satisfied, and he and Kevin came out the next day and did exactly as we asked. They were personable and efficient and aimed to please. They cleaned up every leaf that was on the ground, and even blew off our front porch which did not have any of their trimmings on it. I wish that I could post a before and after picture to show the difference. We can't stop walking outside to look at our new and improved yard!
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Classic Cuts did a fantastic job, from the quote all the way through the cleanup! First, they were several hundred dollars less than the next lowest quote I got. Then, after we agreed on a date for the work, the area got hit with snow and ice for 10 days, which, of course, made it impossible to work. But, Aaron kept in constant contact with me to make sure I knew he was still working on it. On the first good weather day, the crew showed up and went straight to work after confirming with me what needed done. They did not stop, not even for a break, until the work was done. Cleanup was spotless - not even a twig left on my sidewalks! Aaron called back to check on my satisfaction and, as noted here, I gave high praise. I will definitely call them the next time I have tree trimming/removal needs and recommend them to anyone who is considering this type of work.
Quality Work, Exceptional Service
I contacted Classic Cuts and got Brent out the next day for a quote. He did a thorough review of our trees and gave us a bid that was very reasonable. His bid was also the lowest of the other 2 companies we had. His crew came the next day and did a great job of pruning our trees. They cleaned up and carried off all of the trimmings...and we had a yard full! Would recommend this company without hesitation.
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Classic Cuts did a great job for a fair price. They were fast and cleanup up perfectly. What more could you want? I highly recommend them.
Very pleased with their service. Contacted us promptly for an estimate, after we had called them. Brent and another gentleman were courteous, had our 30 foot cypress carefully cut down, and did a tremendous job on cleaning up the site. Will definitely refer them to anyone who asks.
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My call was immediately answered and I was put on a reasonable schedule to do the bid which was more than fair. Then, tree trimming was scheduled asap after a storm. Crew was responsible, professional, and worked quickly. They did a good job with clean up and protecting the property. This is the second time I have used Classic and will do again. Ft. Worth, MDS
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Three man crew worked quickly and carefully to avoid damage from falling branches. They trimmed 8 trees in proportion in about 3-4 hours. Clean up and haul-off was better than expected and price was right. I was much happier with the results of this company than the big name tree companies I have used in the past. West side of Ft. Worth patron
The job entailed the removal of one over grown tree from the backyard. Very pleased with the results and thought the price reasonable. Thanks for your service.
They came out on a Saturday, early, to accommodate my work schedule. Cut down a large pear tree that was getting ready to split; trimmed dead and overgrown branches from several trees including branches from neighboring residential trees that hung over my roof and fence. Massive project. They trimmed and shaped large shrubs on one side of my property and it looked great. Easy to walk under. I can see my back fence again. The yard looks much larger. Cleanup was spotless. Highly recommend them to anyone.
The company returned my call promptly & provided a free estimate. Staff completed tree removal and trimming in a timely manner. Removed all limbs and cleaned up area before departing. I would use them again & have no problems referring family and friends to this company.
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The mystery of New Canaan's empty mansion
For the last half century, the white brick manor at 104 Dans Highway in New Canaan has laid vacant. Aside from a pair of caretakers who keep the lawns meticulously manicured, the 52-acre estate has stood quiet for quite some time.
Huguette Clark purchased the property in 1952. She never spent a night there.
Clark is the daughter of William Andrews Clark, the early 18th century senator of Montana who reaped a fortune from copper mines out West. He died in 1925 in his home on New York's Millionaire's Row, home to the keepers of some of the deepest pockets in America.
Clark, then 19, inherited one-fifth of her father's $300 million estate, equivalent to $3.6 billion today, as well as an allowance of $90,000 each year for three years -- totalling $3 million today, according to an investigative report by MSNBC.com's Bill Dedman.
Clark married at 21, divorced two years later and soon after "slipped from the society pages," according to Dedman.
In 1938, retired U.S. Sen. David Aikeen Reed and his wife moved into a custom New Canaan estate, according to a property notice in the July 31, 1938, edition of The Hartford Courant. The Courant described the Pennsylvania politician's new throne as the second largest estate in New Canaan. In 1952, at age 46, Clark purchased it.
Void of dwellers and furnishings, the 22-room manor has stood empty for 53 years.
"She never moved in," said Barbara Cleary, who has represented the property since 2008 on behalf of Barbara Cleary Realty Guild in New Canaan. "It's totally empty. [Clark] never put any furniture in it. It really is Sen. Reed's house. Very few people have ever seen it."
In 2005, Clark put the estate, called Le Beau Château, on the market for $34 million.
Perhaps the person who knows the property best is its custodian, Tony Ruggieri. For 20 years, Ruggieri said he has lived in one of its two caretaker cottages; his son, Anthony, lives in the other. Over the years, they have become quite friendly with many of the deer, turkey, raccoons, hawks and owls that share the 52-acre pine forest with them, Ruggieri said.
"I have a robin that drinks out of my sink and I feed apple slices to the deer," he said, adding, "There's so much wildlife, but you can get lost wandering around if you're not paying attention."
Ruggieri said the house had about $1.8 million in upgrades and repairs about 10 years ago.
"But for who?" he asked.
Ruggieri said Clark has never paid a visit to Le Beau Château in the 20 years he has spent fixing its leaky pipes and plowing snow off its long drive.
Clark's attorney, William Bock, said Clark is alive today at age 103.
"That's not for me to say," Bock said when asked why Clark purchased Le Beau Château only to let it sit dormant for more than half of her lifetime.
"That's nobody's business but hers," he said of her whereabouts.
Bock, who said he keeps in touch with his client by phone, refused to relay a request for an interview on to Clark.
Clark's great-half-nephew, André Baeyens, said his mother told him that Clark bought the country home as a bomb shelter during the Cold War, according to Dedman's report.
Three layers of brick encase the three-story home, Cleary said. Capped by a slate roof, it has nine bedrooms, nine baths, 12 fireplaces, a library and two identical caretaker cottages at the foot of a winding drive.
"The only wood in the house is the wood flooring," Cleary said. "It's a fortress. It's heavy and strong and powerful."
She added, "The kitchen is the best of 1938 kitchens. There's an icebox and a very old-fashioned warmer drawer. The oven still works. The kitchen alone is worth a lot as a museum piece."
Cleary said the home needs upgrading, but it retains an age-old eloquence of a bygone era.
"There's just a lovely gracefulness about it," she said. "There are sitting rooms. People used to sit and talk and listen to the radio, so on the second floor there's a sitting room with the master bedroom. That and the high ceilings and the expansiveness of it all is just very reflective of the era."
Cleary reports inquiries on the property from California, Switzerland and Germany. One prospective buyer toured the estate three times, she said.
A buyer made an offer and began the process to subdivide the lot through the Town of New Canaan in 2007, Cleary said. When the subdivision was about 80 percent complete, the economy began to crumble and the buyer pulled out of the agreement, she said.
Since priced down to $24 million, Le Beau Château is still for sale, complete with 10 subdivisions. Clark's only condition is that she will not sell one parcel at a time, Cleary said.
"All kinds of people have called, from families who would like to have a family compound, and they would live in the main house and build other houses for their children, to developers to families who want the whole property as it is."
In June, Clark will turn 104 years old.
Without a husband, children or immediate family, what will become of the remains of her fortune?
"I think she died eight years ago," Ruggieri said. "They're saying she's about 104, but I think she passed away and they are squaring up her finances."
To learn more about the history of Huguette Clark, visit Dedman's report at www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35470011


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"Look, I strove alone to send my son to school and no one helped me. Now you see that my son is working and you accuse me of doing something wrong.
"Let me enjoy the products of my sweat," she told the village court council.Farai said he was more than prepared to marry his mother and would pay off the ilobola balance his father had left unpaid to his grandparents."I know my father died before he finished paying the bride price and I am prepared to pay it off," he said. "It is better to publicise what is happening because people should know that I am the one who made my mother pregnant.Otherwise they will accuse her of promiscuity." But local headman Nathan Muputirwa says: "We cannot allow this to happen in our village, mashura chaiwo aya, (This is a bad omen indeed). In the past they would have to be killed but today we cannot do it because we are afraid of the police."


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Water water everywhere, well all over our MCP P52 Flickr group at least! Looks like everyone had a lot of fun with this theme, it makes me so happy when I see our themes inspire you to take out your camera and shoot. There was so much variety I struggled this week just to choose 10 photos, I really wish I had room to put them all on the blog.
Before I show you the Top 10 photos for week 47 I am just going to mention the thing all us MCP Project 52 members are trying to ignore – we only have a few weeks left until the end of the year and that means the end of MCP P52 for 2011. Now we couldn't let this milestone go unmarked so please keep an eye on the discussion bit of the Flickr group for a little announcement about how we plan to make the last 2 weeks of the P52 slightly different and even more fun. And as for what 2012 might bring, well you'll just have to wait and see!
Here are our favourite photos taken by our MCP P52 members this week, if you like the photos why not click on them and leave the photographer some love.
Water by Karen Gibas
Project 52/47 {water} by jsnnmom
Week 47 – Rain, Rain by jenfosterphoto
Project 52 – Week 47 by April Deering
Congratulations to all those who have been featured this week, we'll be adding the MCP Project 52 "I'm Featured" badge to your photo over on Flickr.
Now onto Week 48 where our theme for the week is "Twinkle Twinkle", week 48 starts now and runs until Friday 2nd December. Since Thanksgiving has now passed we can begin to look forward to that next big holiday celebration Christmas and for me twinkling lights are a big part of the holiday season. Our MCP P52 members are a kind lot and often they share just how they captured their shot, I find these tips and tricks so helpful and in tribute to that spirit of sharing my photo today comes with a little tutorial on how I took it.
Getting this heart shaped bokeh using Christmas tree lights is really easy and fun – I did it the cheat's way and my little tutorial is here.
This is just one interpretation of the theme, I look forward to seeing what people shoot this week.
This week's blog post was brought to you by Rebecca Spencer {blog} Rebecca is a passionate hobbyist who plans to leave the business side of photography to the professionals and just enjoy being a Mum with a camera, albeit a very good camera that she's learning to use quite well! Why not pop over to her blog where she writes about her love for photography and say hello?


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The title of this article is conjectural. Although it is based on canonical information, the actual name is a conjecture and may be supplanted at any time by additional information released from canonical sources. If this occurs, please move this page to the appropriate title.
This unnamed Station Guard was employed at King's Cross Station, London, during at least the 1990s through the 2010s.
- Harry Potter: "Excuse me sir. Can you tell me where I might find Platform 9¾?"
- Station guard: "9¾? Think you're being funny do you?"
- — Harry, searching for Platform 9¾[src]
Harry Potter first met the station guard in 1991, while trying to find his way to Platform 9¾. When Harry mentioned the name of the platform, the guard thought Harry was mocking him, because, not being a wizard, he did not know it existed.[1]
In 1992, Harry and Ron Weasley tried entering Platform 9¾, but were prevented from doing so as the entrance had been magically blocked by the House-elf Dobby. The station guard saw the two boys running into the wall and asked them what they were doing. Harry got away, telling him that the two lost control of their trolleys.[2]
In 2017, this individual was still employed at King's Cross.
Behind the scenes
- The station guard was portrayed by Harry Taylor in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
- He originally appeared in the Epilogue scene at King's Cross station, but he was cut from the second shoot of the scene.
- The guard is also a playable character in the consoles versions of the LEGO video games.
- In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7, despite being a Muggle he appears in Platform Nine and Three-Quarters and in the Hogsmeade station.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Possible appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Cut from final edit)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7


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After four consecutive years of decline, total U.S. production of computers and peripheral equipment will finally increase in 2013. Our latest forecast calls for a 4% gain in output this year after a 4% drop in 2012. The growth will be sluggish in the first half of this year due to slashed federal spending, the expiration of the payroll tax holiday on Jan. 1, and all of the uncertainty caused by the political wrangling in Washington.
Fortunately, the negative effects of these issues will diminish as the year progresses, and by the second half of 2013 overall economic activity will rise noticeably. Barring some unexpected shock to the economy, 2014 will see above-average growth, in the range of 4%. This will spur accelerating demand for new computers and related equipment from both businesses and consumers. The rise in demand will be sufficient to generate an increase in production volume for U.S. manufacturers this year and next.
It may come as a surprise to many that the U.S. computer industry has just suffered through four years of decreasing production. This industry was flying high in the middle of the last decade. Total output was growing at double-digit rates during the four years prior to the Great Recession. But since hitting a peak in 2008, domestic production of these goods has dropped by 45%.
If you look only at the financials, U.S.-based computer companies are enjoying a seven-year uptrend in corporate profits, which in 2012 were up an estimated 75% vs. 2011. This means that computer and electronics companies are currently faced with the same conundrum that many other industries are facing: They are sitting on large piles of cash, and they are not sure what to do with it. But until consumer demand starts growing more rapidly, most companies appear content to sit tight.
America is the country that invented and developed the vast majority of the computer technology currently being used in businesses and homes today. We are also at the top of the list of the world's largest markets for computer products. Investment by U.S. companies in computers and related equipment has increased substantially in each of the past three years. Clearly, we buy and sell a lot of computer equipment in this country, yet we seem to be manufacturing less and less of it. I expect the downtrend to end in 2013, but it remains to be seen how long the recovery will last.
When the computer companies do decide to invest some of their accrued profits, it is far from certain that they will do so in the U.S. This brings us back to the problem of declining manufacturing levels in this country. It has also become an acute issue for our national security. Cyber attacks from countries like China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran are increasing in both frequency and severity. This has become a form of warfare, so the computer industry will play an increasing role in both our nation's economy and strategic defense. This means we should produce more of these products here, and we should purchase fewer of them from overseas.
The outlook for consumer electronics not categorized as computers is for steady but unspectacular growth this year. Expect gains in the range of 3% in terms of consumer spending. The data on employment and household income are expected to improve gradually this year, and this will support moderate growth in spending on electronics. At present there are no indications of any new technologies or products that will drive growth. That is, "the next big thing" has not yet been identified.
•Electronic devices like notebook computers and smart phones will continue to shrink in size. Molders will have to step up their game in producing tight-tolerance yet durable parts.
•Technological improvements in resins and other compounds are driving the development of many new electronics products.
•Computer and electronics OEMs will step up efforts to collect and recycle used equipment


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I'm a member of the Family Christian Bloggers and they provided me with a free copy of Christmas in the Country.
Christmas in the Country is a collection of songs from popular country artists featuring, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt, LeAnn Rimes, Little Texas, Steve Holy, Kenny Rogers and Wynonna, John Michael Montgomery, Clay Walker, Bryan White, Holly Dunn, Kathy Mattea, The Bellamy Brothers, Neal McCory, Big & Rich, and Glen Campbell.
The album starts off with Randy Travis – Meet Me under the Mistletoe. This song has the vibe of classic country. The song is about falling in love and meeting your lover under the mistletoe and who doesn't want to receive a romantic kiss as a first gift! I know, I do!!
The second is a classic radio hit featuring vocals from Travis Tritt called Santa Looked a lot like Daddy. It's a humorous Christmas song and this one is about a boy witnessing his mommy kissing Santa and he is confused as to why.
The third song is one by LeAnn Rimes and it's the classic White Christmas. This one makes me recall watching out the window and seeing snow falling and everyone is getting ready to go out after they unwrap their gifts. LeAnn Rimes does an excellent job hitting all of the high notes in this song and her voice is simplify stunning.
Track number four is Here Comes Santa Claus by Little Texas. This one has a country rock feeling to the track and it makes you want to rock out waiting for Santa to deliver presents. I also like how this one talked about how peace would come to all if we would follow the light and giving thanks to God for our many blessings and how we all God's children.
The five song is one by Steve Holy and Jingle Bell Rock reminded me of an oldies tune mixed with today's music. The guitar licks in this song is amazing and it makes you to want to get up and dance.
Track six is a duet by Kenny Rogers and Wynonna called Mary Did You Know and this song gives me chills. This one asks the question to Mary if she knew the child, Jesus she was carrying was going to change the world.
Track seven is a classic song called Santa Claus is Coming to Town by John Michael Montgomery. I especially miss hearing John Michael Montgomery on the radio. I liked how this version had a wonderful piano solo part and kids will love his voice.
Track eight is a soulful song called Please Come Home for Christmas by Clay Walker. This one is about begging your lover to return home by Christmas or at least by New Years. Clay Walker sings this one with such passion like he's lived this song! It also has magnificent guitar riffs towards the end of the song that really bring the song alive.
Track nine is a classic song recorded by many artists called I'll Be Home for Christmas. I really enjoyed the violin parts that added a sad ambiance and longing to get home to be with your family and friends.
Track ten is a Latino song called Feliz Navidad by Holly Dunn. It had a nice drumbeat in the middle of the song. It makes listeners to want to dance along to the track.
Track eleven is a song called the Christmas Song by Kathy Mattea. I love the instruments in this track and it sounds like a classic country Christmas song.
Track twelve is by the Bellamy Brothers – Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree. There isn't a song that the Bellamy Brothers can't cover. This one has a rocky edge to it that country lovers will love!
Track thirteen is one called Merry Christmas Darling by Neal McCoy. This was the first time that I have ever heard this Christmas song and I like how it described the perfect Christmas scene of being by the cozy fire.
Track fourteen is by Big & Rich – Blue Christmas and it has such a rock feeling throughout the entire song and it's different than the typical version of Blue Christmas. I like this version way better and the guitar parts blew me away with how epic they sounded.
Track fifteen is called Brightest And Best by Glen Campbell and this one is about shepherds travelling to meet our Savior. It gives me the Heavenly in awe feeling!
I would recommend this amazing country Christmas album especially to any country music fans who are fans of classic country and today's country. It has the perfect mix of both styles of artists. Even if you're not a huge country music lover the album is still enjoyable. I really like how this album had classic Christmas tunes and some new songs that I haven't heard before. The songs are all family friendly and everyone will adore listening to these by the fire. My top five songs are Santa Looked a lot like Daddy, Here Comes Santa Claus, Mary Did You Know, Please Come Home for Christmas, and Blue Christmas. If you're looking for a wonderful produced album featuring great country artists, then check out this CD!
Family Christian has graciously provided me with a Family Christian $10 appreciation certificate to giveaway to a luck reader!


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Wherever you roam, don't forget lunch. The Lunch Break has an insulated interior to keep foods warm or cold plus an angled zip opening so it can lay flat for use as a tray.
- Padded grab handle
- External zippered pocket for utensils, napkins or other small items
- Angled opening allows the Lunch Break to lay flat for use as a tray
- Insulated main compartment keeps items hot or cold
- Style:
- Fabric:
- 600 Denier Polyester
- Dimensions:
- 8.6" x 9.25" x 3" / 22 x 23.5 x 7.75 cm
- Capacity:
- Weight:
- 4 oz / 0.1 kg


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Intertape Polymer Group Inc. reported a fourth-quarter profit that more than doubled from a year ago, to $5.7 million.
That profit, which equated to 9 cents per share, compared with $2.3 million, or 4 cents per share, during the same quarter a year before.
Meanwhile, the Canadian packaging company with its executive headquarters in Bradenton, saw its sales rise 3.4 percent to $189.3 million.
Company executives said that they reduced Intertape's total debt by $43 million in 2012 and introduced 35 products.
"Our focus for the past few years has been on margin improvement by implementing manufacturing cost reductions and driving favorable product mix changes," said Greg Yull, Intertape's chief executive.
The company declared a dividend of 8 cents per share.
Intertape announced late last month that it plans to move its Columbia, S.C., plant, a $26 million undertaking and investment that also will mean the loss of some jobs there. The company plans to keep the plant in the same region when it completes the project in the first half of 2015.
Intertape expects a charge of $28 million to $32 million in the first quarter.
The company said it would deal with the job cuts through attrition and voluntary severance. The company employs 1,800 at 16 sites, including 10 manufacturing plants in North America and one in Europe.
Intertape doubles profit in quarter
Intertape Polymer Group Inc. reported a fourth-quarter profit that more than doubled from a year ago, to $5.7 million.


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Lately I've spent a fair amount of time out and about with my daughter. But with visiting public places comes the problem of hearing things parents say to their children that I'd much rather not hear. And most of the time it pertains to children who are crying. Somehow parents these days (or in our culture) seem to believe children shouldn't cry. Or that crying should be reserved for really huge things. Like maybe death. Or the cancellation of Firefly. Otherwise, many parents seem to think it's just not something you do.
My experiences led to my husband and I discussing things we've heard either while out as parents or as kids and I thought I'd share them here with my own take as to why they are not things I plan on ever saying to my daughter and why I hope you won't either.
"That's nothing worth crying over!"
I realize parents saying this are probably trying to calm their child down, but somehow that doesn't seem like the right way to do it. First, you're telling your child that whatever has them upset is nothing. Any time I've been told that as an adult, I feel defensive because it doesn't feel like nothing. If it felt like nothing, I wouldn't be crying, would I? And I should add that I'm a crier, especially over sports. It's bad, but when my Sens get knocked out of the playoffs, it doesn't matter how prepared I am for it or how much they deserved it, I cry. And I do realize in hindsight that it's "nothing" – my overall well-being has very little to do with the Sens winning the Stanley Cup (in fact, as I would probably celebrate with copious amounts of booze, it's probably better for my health that they not win), but it feels like hell when it happens. And when I see a child who's crying because he fell, or because someone took her ball or shovel or pail, I imagine that those are far better reasons to cry than my own. Especially for one so young.
In a similar vein, I sometimes here "That doesn't hurt" when it's a child that's fallen. Really? You know this how? Even if you are 100% certain there's no physical pain involved, sometimes there's also the whole psychological aspect of falling, or anticipation of pain that comes into play. Children (and adults) cry when we get embarrassed, which can happen when you're playing with friends and you're the one that falls during the game of tag. Or you have to face something that you truly, honestly believe will hurt (hello, dentist!) and so you cry in anticipation. Perhaps the physical pain isn't there, but you can bet that psychological pain is there and at the forefront of that child's mind.
"Big boys/girls don't cry."
I spent years working at an after-school care program and heard this far too many times from both parents and teachers. I'm not quite sure when we, as a society, decided that only younger individuals are allowed to cry and that being able to repress your emotions is a mature thing to do. I realize it's definitely something we do as adults, much to our detriment, but I would hope we'd realize it's a mistake and try to allow our children to express the things we don't and that eat away at us. I mean, do I want my daughter to be as repressed as I was for years? Never expressing anything until it would manifest physically? No thank you. One of the joys I've experienced in recent years (thanks to my darling husband) is the ability to cry over anything and express everything in a safe environment. Even when I'm being irrational, he lets me let it out and then I know enough to say sorry or explain where the crazy came from. I want my daughter to feel the same – that no matter what it is, she can express it to us and we'll support her.
The other problem with this one is that it puts a negative spin on crying and being a baby. Yes, crying can suck to listen to, but it's important we don't dismiss it as something "bad". It's a form of communication for young infants that deserves respect. It's also a form of communication for children, teenagers, and even us adults. And with this negativity comes an implicit negativity about being a baby and that's also very unfair. Babies rock. Unfortunately society has taken to the view that they are intentionally manipulative, difficult, and interfering with our lives. Not true. So let's not put them down, even indirectly.
"Only sissies cry."
(Aimed at boys)
I'm not sure I even need to state anything here as I feel this is so self-explanatory. We'll start with the very sexist view that crying is a female thing only… I dunno about you, but last I checked crying was a physiological reaction. Here's a summary of emotional tears:
Emotional tears: It all starts in the cerebrum where sadness is registered. The endocrine system is then triggered to release hormones to the ocular area, which then causes tears to form.
If I'm not missing some major scientific news, males have a cerebrum where they are capable of registering sadness. They also have an endocrine system that also releases hormones. They have an ocular area which causes tears to form. And lastly, they have faces where these tears fall. Did I miss something? How can crying be a female thing when it's physiologically something all humans can do? Of course I'm aware this refers to the societal view that males be stoic and not show their emotions, but let's return to the point above about how unhealthy it is to keep our feelings bottled up. In short, not at all.
But then we also get the lovely put down of "sissies" to refer to any boy who dares show his emotion. Because being like a girl is also bad. Even if it's just physiologically responding to an event that has caused sadness, pain, or both. I honestly can't help but believe that the higher rates of aggression we see in many young boys today is driven by repressed feelings. The inability to express how one feels would inevitably lead to feelings of helplessness, frustration, and anger. Is that really "manly"? Isn't it funny how places like Sweden have men who are put down here in North America as being too feminine, yet they have lower rates of violence, mental health problems, suicide, etc.? So can we please cut the crap and stop with the sexist and derogatory statements to our kids and just let them feel what they need to feel?
And the absolute worst in my opinion:
"If you don't stop crying, I'll give you something to cry about!"
Although sexism sucks, I think threatening your child qualifies as worse. I admit I'm very lucky to have never heard this uttered to a child because I don't know what I'd do if I did. However, my husband heard this regularly in his town growing up. I can't even fathom how a parent could choose to say this. Is crying really so terrible? So awful that you have to make your child stop by making them terrified that something even worse is going to happen to them? And are you really going to follow-through on this? How? Beat your child because he cried?
I honestly don't know what to say here except I'd like to give parents who utter this intentionally and regularly something to cry about. You should NEVER utter this to your child. If you plan and intent on using this to try and scare your children into not crying, I don't think this site is for you.
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Crying is normal. Crying is a part of life. No matter what age you are, no matter what sex you are, no matter how insignificant the event may be in hindsight. While mastery of emotions is something that can be good, it's only good if we still allow ourselves to acknowledge, accept, and process these emotions. In fact, I would argue we don't master the emotions, but rather the expression of them. When we tell children to not cry when they're upset, we aren't teaching them how to master the expression of emotion, but rather to ignore or suppress it. And it doesn't help them in the moment and it certainly doesn't help them long-term. So please, when your child's upset, take a moment and comfort them. It doesn't matter why they're sad, but that they need you to be there for them. If their expression seems too extreme or inappropriate, you can always work on ways to express emotions after they've calmed down which is when that type of intervention is most effective. At the end of the day, you are a parent and none of these sayings are actually parenting. So please don't use them.