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Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: 5 series, 6 series, christmas, citysac, furoshiki, gamersac, gift idea, gift wrapping, holiday, limited edition, Love Sac, LoveSac, mayfair, milwaukee, MovieSac, package deal, pillowsac, sac, sactionals, supersac, wauwatosa, wisconsin
Alright – so let's get real. Sacs, even when in their vacuum-packed-1/8th their size-shape, are almost impossible to gift wrap. Sure, you can stick a bow on the sucker – but good luck leaving that under the tree for the twelve days of Christmas. We're willing to bet that before the partridge lands in the pear tree, your previously unwitting recipient will have figured out his or her present. (The size name on the side of the duffel is a dead give away.) So what do you do to ensure that your special someone has something to unwrap come the holidays? Here are some of our best suggestions:
1. Wrap the Cover, Hide the Sac. The easiest of the options, boxing up the cover is a great way to give someone something to open. And once they pull it out – confusedly reading the 'LoveSac – The Big One' tag – you move to the closet and yank out that giant 90 lbs bag of foam while the giftee shrieks in delight. But what happens if your ordered a Custom Cover that won't get there before the holidays, or the cover you wanted was out of stock?
2. Wrap a KickSac, Phur Ball, or Throw Pillow when option one isn't feasible. KickSacs and Phur Balls look a lot like LoveSacs – it makes a great gag gift for those young and old who were sure they were getting a Sac! Wait until the X-Box Box syndrome sets in, and then repeat the last step of option one. But wait – not that mean? Or feel like some of your (more dimwitted) friends still won't understand?
3. Try this – take the aforementioned Other Comfy Stuff (KickSac, Phur Ball, Throw Pillow, Blanket – whatever!) and wrap it in a LoveSac T-shirt, furoshiki style. Instead of using a vintage scarf of traditional furoshiki scarf, try using a LoveSac T-Shirt – logo in if you want to preserve the surprise – and watch your giftee squeal in delight over the Sac and sweet extra LoveSac shirt. Not to mention, it's eco-friendly!
Want to give method 3 a try? Check out the video below (the 'books' tutorial is a great guide for wrapping boxed Phur Feet Slippers) – and stay tuned for more updates on how to Sac out this holiday season!
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: 2011, 5 series, 6 series, black friday, covers, deal, floor model, foot rest, furniture sale, gamer sac, gift ideas, living room furniture, Love Sac, LoveSac, mayfair, media room furniture, milwaukee, movie sac, november 26, package deal, pillow sac, Sactional, Sale, squattoman, super sac, thanksgiving, thanksgiving weekend, wauwatosa, weekend, wisconsin
Have no fear if you did – you can still snag a great deal this Holiday weekend. Package deals are still 50% off while supplies last, putting the SuperSac Cow Phur Package at $599 and the CitySac Cow Phur Package at$499. Cow Phur not your cup of tea? Ask one of our friendly sales reps about one of our other awesome limited edition packages for the SuperSac, or our super-rare Big One Package.
Looking for a better deal on something out of the package? Inquire about one of our Fluffed Floor Models – we have them in Super, Movie, and Gamer, not to mention several Sactional Set-Ups and Cover Sets for Sacs and Sactionals. Shoot us an e-mail or give us a call (414.774.5683) if you have a question!
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This is it: the last day that we as a store are open before the Best LoveSac Sale of the Year (AKA, Black Friday). I know, I know, it's awful that we abandon you in your furniture-planning hour of need, but as one of the only days off granted to us in retail – and one laden with food, family, and friends at that – we don't feel too guilty. What does our day off mean for you?
Make sure you know what you want and are comfortable with all sale details NOW. Not sure what we're talking about? Scroll down a few posts and check out the Black Friday Sale Details. Still have questions? Give us a call at 414.774.5683, shoot us an e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com, or leave us a comment on this blog. After 9pm tonight, we will not be in the store to answer our phone, but we will do our best to check the blog comments and the e-mail (although blog comments are your best bet). Still concerned? Get in line early on Friday – our staffers will be making periodic announcements and line checks to see if anyone is in dire need of having a question answered.
Make sure you have a back up plan. If something is out of stock, we do not (except for very, very rare occasions) promise to have it back in stock before Christmas. In the case of package deals – like the Cow Phur for Super and City Sacs – once they're gone, they are 100% sold out and we will not have the option to order you more. If you have your heart set on one of those, come EARLY or have a plan for a different Sac/Cover combo that you won't mind taking home instead.
Make sure your alarms are set. The best part of the deal takes place between 5am – 5:59am. Have an alarm set and get here early – lines start forming at the door of our store around 4am. Coming in from out of town? Check the Mayfair Mall website for directions. Once you're in the mall, we're upstairs towards Macy's, directly across from the Movie Theater. Not an early riser? You can still snag a small deal later in the day, too! (But trust us – if you get up early, your suffering will not be in vain.)
See you then!
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You just heard about our awesome Black Friday sale – 30% off in the first hour we're open! – and if you didn't, you should probably scroll to the post beneath this one and check it out. Undoubtedly, you're super psyched about the amazing discount you're about to get (once you drag yourself out of bed and into line the morning after Thanksgiving). But what do you do in the meantime?
First and foremost, figure out what you want. The lines on Black Friday are notoriously long – last year, ours was the second largest in Mayfair and went all the way down to the Body Shop (three stores away, for those of you unfamiliar with Mayfair). Because of this, we try very hard to get customers in and out as quickly as possible – but we can only do that if you have an idea of what you are looking at before hand. There will be lovely staff members available to help you, but you need to have some idea of color and size if you want to be home before the last of the leftovers have been devoured.
How do you figure out what you want? Stop into the store! Give us a call (414.774.5683)! Those of you with telephonophobia, feel free to e-mail us or even leave us a comment on the blog. Keep in mind, however, we are closed on Thursday (to devour turkeys and tofurkeys of our own) so get in touch with us as soon as possible. You can even shop around on the website, but please keep in mind – LoveSac.com is generally about 25% more expensive than what you will pay in-store.
What do you do once you know what you want? Set your alarm. To get the best deals, you need to get up and get here during the first hour the mall is open – 5:00am – 5:59am – and we don't want anyone oversleeping! Plan out your outfit for the big day, organize a balanced breakfast. Cooking for Thanksgiving? Toss together a quiche from the leftovers and heat it up Friday morning.
Good luck everybody – we'll see you bright and early Friday!
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Are you ready for the best sale of the year? We certainly hope so – and this year, it's going to be great. From the first hour we're open (5:00am – 5:59am) you'll be getting 30% off everything*.
That's right – we said 30% off everything*. For a store that does not often run sales, this is a pretty big deal. You can get the sale on Sacs, Covers, Other Comfy Stuff (blankets, pillows, Nooder and friends, slippers), and even Sactionals. That's right: you can get your dream living room at one of the best rates you'll ever see in our store, all for the first hour of Black Friday. And of course, you can't forget the limited edition packages. SuperSac Cow Phur Packages will be $599, while CitySac Cow Phur Packages will be $499.
Once the clock strikes 6am, the amazing savings will be over, but the savings themselves won't be quite gone: you'll be able to get 10% off everything* until close of business at 10pm.
Now, for all the nitty gritty details. First of all, as you can imagine, there are going to be a lot of people who want to get in on this sale. It's in your best interesting to get up and get here as early as possible: stores in the mall open at 5am, but Mayfair will likely be open much earlier (we expect lines to start forming around 4am, if not beforehand), so plan ahead! As your friendly sales associates, we're going to try as hard as possible to get you in and out of the store as quickly as possible, but sometimes lines might not accommodate. That being said, we will be taking measures to ensure that if you are in the store (or at least in the line for the store) before your sale hour ends, you will get the sale you were waiting for (even if you're not rung up at the register during that sale). Likewise, we will be equally as strict with those of you who are late. Think your sixth grade teacher strict: no exceptions. If you get into line at 6.01, you will unfortunately be included in the 10% off group, so just remember, better early than late!
The second nitty gritty detail is in terms of inventory. Sac buyers, almost all of you will be able to take your inserts home with you same day. Those of you who won't, we have more inserts on their way and you'll be able to snag 'em in the next few weeks. Sactional buyers: we know you, we love you, we appreciate you, but the unfortunate price you have to pay for the most amazing Sactional Sale ever is that you will not be able to pick your product up same day. Don't worry – we have oodles in stock – we just don't have the time or staff to get all of that delivered on such a busy day. In your case we'll be getting in touch with you all to set up separate pick up times in the next few weeks.
Now for covers and the dreaded * that you saw next to 'everything.' Covers are a hot commodity that we are always short on, and now is no exception. Some of you will be able to take your covers same day (on a first come/first served basis), and others of you will have to wait; however, we will not stop you from preordering your covers to get the sale prices. You might just have a little bit of a wait, which again is a small price to pay for a great deal. If you're concerned on getting product for the Holidays, just ask your friendly Sales Rep (we will be the lovely ladies in the LoveSac shirts, for the record) and she will be able to help you out. As far as the dreaded * goes, we do have to inform you:
*Discounts do not apply to Custom Order Covers from any of the four Custom Order books or Top Grain Leather for 6 Series. You are more than welcome to purchase any of these at full price, though, keeping in mind you can still get your inserts (Sac or Sactional) with the discount. Want a better deal on leather? Consider going to 5 Series Black Leather, which is included in the 30% off!
Sounds pretty great, right? We can guarantee that this is the best deal you'll get all year long (and probably all next year long, too), so start making your selections on what you want to get and setting your alarms now, folks. Remember, if you have any questions on product or the sale, please give us a call at 414.774.5683 or e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com. You can even leave a comment on our blog and we'll try to get back to you. We'll do our best to help you during any business hours (and even some non business ones when the blog is concerned). Other than that, rest while you can and we'll see you on Friday!
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: 2011, big one, black friday, brilliant, changeable, chenille, christmas, citysac, colorful, covers, custom order, custom order covers, custom order furniture, day after thanksgiving, deal, discerning, fierce, furniture, gamersac, gift idea, holiday, indoor outdoor, living room furniture, Love Sac, LoveSac, made in america, media room furniture, microsuede, modular furniture, MovieSac, pillowsac, sac, sactionals, Sale, supersac, unique, velvet, washable
Have you ever wondered what happens when you come into LoveSac, browse through the Pre-Made Cover Swatches and… find absolutely nothing that you want?
Have no fear! For those with particular, Colorful, Discerning, Fierce, or Brilliant tastes, we have four new swatch books, all of which comprise our brand new Made in America line of Custom Order Covers. The new books come with new materials: everything from Microsuede to Velvet and Chenille, and even our new Indoor-Outdoor covers (for those looking to take your Sactionals on an adventure in the Great Outdoors – or just your backyard).
Covers vary in price based on what material you are looking for, but with new colors, patterns, and textures, we guarantee you'll love them no matter what. For those of you interested in custom covers, keep in mind that they take about 6 – 8 weeks to get in stock (though they ship directly to you, so a repeat visit to the store is not necessary for those of you dreading a drive).
Ready to be Brilliant? Colorful? Fierce? Discerning? Stop in and drool over the new books with us – you won't be disappointed!
For those of you waiting on Black Friday Sales, we can offer this hint: Custom Covers are (unfortunately) never included in our sales. But that doesn't mean you can't score a great price on your insert when you order a cover! Stay tuned for full Black Friday details coming out on Monday.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: $200 off, 2011, anniversary, birthday, changeable, cover, deal, Love Sac, LoveSac, mayfair, milwaukee, movie sac, MovieSac, removable, Sale, shawn d nelson, ten years, washable, wauwatosa, wisconsin
Does anyone remember back in the day when your MovieSac size was lovingly referred to as the Tonolove? (Some of you with really old covers might still see this displayed on the tag of your ancient microsuedes and corduroy covers!) Well, it being our 10th birthday and all, we have a Tonolove to give: namely to you, the people who have been supporting and loving us all these years. For this weekend only, if you purchase any MovieSac with full priced cover, receive $200 off the price of the insert! It's a great deal and a great time to snag some extra seating for all that family coming into town for the holidays.
We look forward to seeing you in the store this weekend – and here's to another 10 great years!
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Thanksgiving is less than a week away. It's the first 'big holiday' of the season: after that, it's a downhill sprint through December and onwards to the New Year. Aside from shopping for gifts galore, the holidays mean a lot of other things, too. The onset of winter can mean preparing for a comfy staycation, and the onset of the holidays might mean that you're about to be bombarded by family, friends, and loved ones. Which leaves the question: are you prepared?
If you're contemplating putting Grandma on an air mattress or your best friend from college on a couch, we at LoveSac say that you are NOT, as you may otherwise think, ready. How lame are those sleeping options?! Think instead about investing in a PillowSac – without the cover, it extends to the size of a Full Size bed (and can even use Full Size bed sheets!). Thinking Grandma won't be able to get off of a Sac? Go for Sactionals – four bases pushed together are the same size as a Full Size bed (and LoveSac.com has a fantastic mattress topper to finish the look). Yeah, yeah, someone's still on a couch if you want to get technical – but we guarantee it's oodles more comfortable than that spring-ridden pull out you were about to use.
Lacking blankets? Thinking about dragging out that stained thing from the trunk of your car? Think again – it's not too late to snatch up some clearance King Blankets (for $180) or Love Throws (for $79) in store. Want to really knock your guest's socks off? Pick up The Bomb Pillow (a bed pillow made of a memory foam core with down and dream fiber fill) to ensure they get the best night's rest. And when family is involved, a good night's rest ups your chances of a drama free weekend by about 99%.
So, are you ready for the holidays? If not, stop in and stock up! We guarantee your guests will not leave your home disappointed.
Holding out 'til after the first Holiday to make your purchase? Black Friday Sale details will be released on Monday – STAY TUNED!
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…isn't always a bad thing! If you have been in our store recently, you might have noticed our Other Comfy Stuff (known fondly here as 'OCS') wall decked out in the Artichoke, Mink, and Black Croc Phurs that were so popular in past holiday seasons. While these colors won't be sticking around the store for long, that's a good thing for you pre-holiday shoppers.
While supplies last, you can score all of your favorite other Comfy Stuff for a mega-discount. Trust us, there is no better way to show someone you care than giving them something comfy! Snag a few pairs of slippers for when you get invited to those holiday parties and need a 'just because' gift. Grab some throw pillows for your son or daughter's first apartment. Or even get a nice, big King Blanket for yourself. Get 'em while they're still here – with these prices, they won't last long!
Prices on the soon to be defunct OCS colors and styles are as follows:
King Blankets: $180 (marked down from $300!)
Love Throws: $75
Slippers: Buy one, get one half off (or one pair for $30)
Throw Pillows: 2 for $30 or 4 for $50
I Want Your Body Pillow: Buy the pillow for $150, get a Phur Case free!
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So, the unthinkable has happened. You walked into your favorite Mayfair Mall Retail Store (LoveSac, derr) with the mild-mannered intention of gently prodding one of the huge, squishy chairs that you can see from the door. (For the unversed, we call those 'SuperSacs.') But mid poke, you look over and see the most awesome couch you've ever seen. Upon further inquiry, you're told that it's called a 'Sactional.' It's sold in separate pieces, Bases and Sides, and works like glorified adult Legos – they even have removable, washable, changeable covers.
But just as you start to fall in love with these amazing, totally functional, modular couches, you realize: even buying piece by piece, they're just to big for your space. That's where 5 Series comes in.
5 Series looks and works just like the typical Sactionals – called 6 Series – with two major exceptions. 5 Series are about 20% smaller all the way around (Bases measure 31″Wx26″Dx17″H while Sides measure 31″Wx5″Dx28″H) and they are also sold with covers right away. 5 Series don't have the same selection of covers as 6 Series, but at any given time we have about three to choose from: Chocolate Velvish, which we have year round, and two rotating seasonal covers. Right now, those two are Black Leather and Bidness Grey Tweed.
Bases for Bidness Tweed and Chocolate are $300, while Sides for those covers are $150. In the Leather, 5 Series Bases are $350 while Sides are $175. Fear not: covers can still be removed, washed (in cases other than the leather), and changed to other styles, which can still be ordered from our custom books.
Thinking of filling a small space? Think no further than 5 Series!
**Thinking of Black Friday? Stay tuned to this space for updates on our amazing, once a year, best-you'll-ever-see sale.


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I usually write about food crops and soil building, but today I'm talking about fiber. I have begun to grow cotton and have learned to spin it using a spindle. Growing and using cotton is more than just a new craft for me. It adds diversity to my garden, which is important in a permaculture garden, and it helps me connect with factors beyond the garden. Plants are grown around the world for more things than food. If our gardens are to provide for us and if we are ever going to be free from corporate domination, we need to consider everything. From our plants we can get food, fuel, medicine, fiber, dyes, and so on. The movement to make available food grown in a sustainable manner to everyone is gaining momentum. What about obtaining our other needs from sustainable sources?
When India was a colony of Britain, Indian cotton was shipped to Britain and the Indians had to buy it back as fabric. Gandhi promoted spinning as an act of independence. If the Indians spun and used their own cotton, they would be free of British control of that resource. In fact, Gandhi had a contest to develop a small spinning wheel that was portable enough that people could easily spin in public and the box charka was born. What better act of nonviolent protest but to spin cotton into thread and yarn in public! Unfortunately, today Indian cotton farmers face another peril with the introduction of GMO cotton seeds. In 2000 I heard Vandana Shiva speak about the number of suicides among cotton farmers in India. They had been convinced to grow GMO cotton by Monsanto and things were not going well. The problems continue to this day. Please take the time to listen to her tell you about it here. Shiva's organization Navdanya goes into these areas with open pollinated seeds to help the farm families recover.
In doing some research for this post I was heartened to find that there are projects underway to promote the sustainable growing of cotton around the world and in the U.S. You can find more about that at http://www.sustainablecottons.com/. Where is the fabric coming from for your cotton clothes? Begin looking for a Fairtrade label for cotton. Also, consider how the cotton you buy gets its color. Cotton grows naturally in more colors than white. Pakucho is the brand name of cotton from a project developed in Peru to revive the growing of colored cotton on small farms.
In 2004 I came across an article in Spin-Off magazine about a woman who had grown the cotton that she then spun (with a spindle) and wove into fabric for a shirt. You can read "My Cotton Shirt" here. At least I knew that my idea of growing cotton and making a shirt out of it wasn't totally crazy. I did grow some cotton around that time, but I didn't know anyone who was spinning cotton and I was busy with other things, so the harvest was stored away. The only spinners I knew worked with wool and said that, since cotton had such a short fiber, it was really hard to spin. I figured that if spinning cotton was all I knew, spinning cotton would be my normal and that wouldn't be a problem. After all, people have spun cotton down through the ages so I should be able to learn this. For the past two summers I grew both Erlene's Green and Nankeen Brown cotton. The seeds came from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange the first year and I saved them after that. There are a lot of seeds in cotton. In one ounce of green cotton that I weighed, 75% of that ounce was 185 seeds and 25% of that ounce was fiber.
I turned to Joan Ruane to learn to spin the fiber into yarn, once I found her video Cotton Spinning With the Takli. A takli spindle is what is recommended for cotton and that's what I've been using. My husband gave me her kit with fiber, spindle, and DVD as a gift and it was a great way to get started. It was very slow going at first, though. I had to remind myself of how it was when I taught myself to knit—only this seemed harder. Clothos Handspinners, a group of wonderful folks into handspinning, came to my rescue. At the first meeting I attended in November, 2011, Judith spent time teaching me some basics and I will be forever grateful. Most of the members show up with their spinning wheels, but there are some, like me, who are using a spindle. Most work in wool, but not exclusively. I am not interested in getting a wheel right now because I want to master the spindle. Besides, I want to see how much skill and knowledge I can gain with the least money spent. Another DVD that has helped me is Spinning Cotton by Stephanie Gaustad. If my garden DVDs have helped people as much as these cotton DVDs have helped me, I will be happy. My goal is to make a vest out of my homegrown, homespun cotton, so I'll be learning to weave next. After that comes the shirt.
Cotton needs hot weather and a lot of sun. The varieties I grow take 130 days to mature, but it differs by variety. Sea Island White requires 160 days. Start the seeds and set out transplants as you would tomatoes. I've heard of growing cotton in containers and bringing it inside when the weather turns cold if you live in a marginal climate. In my 2012 garden I harvested 2.5 pounds of green fiber and seed in an 80 ft.² bed. That works out to about .75 lb. fiber per 100 ft.² (and lots of seeds). The brown cotton harvest was equivalent to one pound fiber per 100 ft². I had 7-12 bolls on each plant. Now that I'm paying attention, I believe that I can better that harvest. The U.S. average is 1.7 pounds fiber per 100 ft². You could begin with just a few plants among your flowers.
Growing colored cotton has been really interesting. After cotton has been spun, it needs to be boiled to set the twist. When you do that, the color deepens. The green spun cotton shown with the spindle and seeds is the same cotton that is shown as fiber in the other photo with the seeds. In the sample that I've knitted, the deep green and brown colors are the natural colors after boiling the spun fiber. The white is what I grew years ago with only an inkling of an idea that I might want to do this sometime.
In 2007 a new charka was introduced in India. This e-charka allows the spinner to produce electricity while he/she spins. A battery stores the electricity to operate an LED light and a transistor radio. Spinning cotton by hand is still important in rural areas of India and elsewhere and this new charka will increase the quality of life for these spinners. Gandhi would be proud. For now, at least, I'll stick with my spindle. Growing cotton and learning to spin it is a wonderful project. Doing it with children gives them a great glimpse into history. There are so many things you could talk about with them when you are working with the plants and fiber. As you spin your own homegrown fiber, keep in mind all those farmers who are keeping the old skills and seeds alive. Every good thought we have goes out as a ripple that eventually connects us all.
For more thoughts on growing and spinning cotton see http://www.motherearthnews.com/permaculture/grow-spin-cotton.aspx#axzz2LRWabZ00

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Daddy Dawson will soon be seeing lots of pink.
Actor James Van Der Beek and girlfriend Kimberly Brook are having a girl.
"We're so excited to announce we are expecting a girl," Brook told People magazine on Tuesday at h.wood nightclub in Hollywood.
"We are thinking and taking suggestions for names, but we have no idea [what to call her] right now," Brook added, of the baby due this fall.
Both Brook and Van Der Beek, known best for his role as Dawson Leery on the WB's hit teen drama "Dawson's Creek," have admitted that throughout the pregnancy, Brook has been on the typical pregnancy roller coaster.
"When the mood swings happened, they were so textbook, I almost had to laugh," Van Der Beek said.
Brook added, "Women have mood swings when they're pregnant, and I'm not immune to them."
Van Der Beek, 33, recently finalized his divorce from actress Heather McComb after six years of marriage. He and Brook, a business consultant, met last July.
When the pair first announced the pregnancy in April, Van Der Beek tweeted that he is "currently experiencing joy on levels I never knew existed."


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Powershot A460 Edit
The Powershot A460 is a 5 MP entry-level camera released in January of 2007
CHDK is available for the Canon PowerShot A460 with firmware version 1.00D from the Download page
Reviews and Specifications Edit
Technical Data Edit
- Digic II image procesor
- VxWorks operating system
- Sensor: 5MP, 1/3" CCD type, JPEG image size: 2592 x 1944
- Lens: 5.4-21.6 mm (38-152 35 mm equiv), 4.0x optical zoom, F/2.8 - F/5.8
- Display: 2.0 inch TFT, 86,000 pixels
- No image stabilisation (IS)
- Storage: SD / SDHC / MMC card
- Power: 2 x AA size batteries
- Dimensions: 106 x 51.8 x 40.2 mm (4.2 x 2.0 x 1.6 inch) , Weight: 165g (5.8 oz) without batteries
Firmware information Edit
The trick with the ver.req file works on my (i.e. email@example.com's) A460 as well, with the following result:
Canon PowerShot A460 P-ID:3149 PAL V Firmware Ver GM1.00D No Error Dec 1 2006 17:28:24
Pressing SET+DISP buttons again results in:
Canon PowerShot A460 P-ID:3149 PAL V Adj Ver.009.005
For developers Edit
Porting CHDK for the A460 is finally done
CHDK Release (outdated) Edit
The A460 version of the current CHDK is available in the Autobuild.
Final beta release (beta06) (outdated)Edit
(4.March 2008) You can get beta06 (final) CHDK binaries for A460 1.00d here:
http://www.zshare.net/download/8471371baeb075/(broken, not needed enymore...)
More details and bug reporting here:
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Comeback is the thirteenth episode of Glee's second season and the thirty-fifth episode overall. It premiered on February 15, 2011.
Will allows Sue to join the Glee Club in an attempt to ease her depression. Sam creates a tribute band, The Justin Bieber Experience, in order to win Quinn's heart, and is later joined by the group's other male members, except co-captain Finn. They recreate Bieber's Somebody to Love in order to woo their significant others.
The episode was directed by Bradley Buecker and written by Ryan Murphy.
Sue has fallen into a deep depression since her loss at the Cheerleading Regionals, which had cost the Cheerios a spot at nationals. She attempts suicide (Sue-icide) by eating gummy bear vitamins, but is suitably unimpressed when they don't work. Emma suggests to Will that he invites Sue to join the Glee club for a week to help her get out of her funk. Initially skeptical, Will eventually warms up to Sue and notices the Glee club has a positive effect on her. However, Sue secretly reveals in her diary that she wants to destroy the club from the inside. She does this by attempting to turn Mercedes and Rachel against each other. Angry, the girls have a vocal "Diva-Off" at glee club rehearsals and sing Take Me or Leave Me. However, they admire each other's singing during the song and become friends again, to the dismay of Sue. Will then takes Sue to the Pediatrics Cancer unit at the local hospital where he sings once a month. Sue's demeanor softens, and she enjoys her visit. Sue becomes annoyed with the students' efforts at singing anthems, which will be the theme at Regionals. Sue and the rest of the club sing a song of her own choosing. Finn and Rachel lead the club members and Sue in a rendition of Sing by My Chemical Romance. Ultimately, Sue becomes a fan of the 'music within me' and takes a part-time position as the coach of Aural Intensity, much to Will's horror.
Meanwhile, Rachel dresses Brittany in her own signature style of conservative dress to her make a social comeback at McKinley. This starts off with one article of clothing which was leg warmers, but Brittany wore them on her arms because she was cold. Rachel demands for Brittany to dress exactly like her, and informs her to go to Kids "R" Us. That next day Brittany Comes into school dress head to toe like Rachel, and Rachel tells her to tell everybody she is just copying Rachel Berry. This plan backfires when the rest of the female student body dresses like Rachel but claim that it was Brittany that made the style trendy. Sam forms a Justin Bieber tribute band to impress Quinn, and sings Baby to woo her from Finn. Earlier, Quinn lied to Sam that she did not kiss Finn but had saved his life by extracting a gumball from a choking Finn's mouth. Artie and Mike are concerned that their girlfriends are coming down from a "Valentine's Day high" and Puck wants to impress Lauren, so they join The Justin Bieber Experience. Together they perform Somebody to Love, and the boys suitably impress their girlfriends who show their affection. When Lauren becomes nervous about performing for the first time in front of the glee club, Puck suggests that during her solo she should imagine they are all wearing only their underwear. Starting off timid, Lauren eventually confidently sings I Know What Boys Like to the rest of the Glee club.
Santana confronts Sam about his relationship with Quinn. She explains to Sam that he knows Quinn kissed Finn but that he was willing to believe her story to stay with her, and that he has an opportunity to show everyone that he is not a pushover. Santana then proceeds to proposition Sam. Quinn was impressed by Sam's Bieber-inspired performance but Sam confronts her about her encounter with Finn and states that he is now dating Santana. Finally, Rachel asserts that Sing will not be competitive enough at Regionals and suggests that the club write their own original anthem. The other members disagree, but later Finn tells Rachel that he agrees with her and suggests that she is on a "comeback."
|Song Title
|Original Artist
|Justin Bieber feat. Ludacris
|Artie Abrams and Sam Evans
|Somebody to Love
|Justin Bieber feat. Usher
|The Justin Bieber Experience
|Take Me or Leave Me
|Cast of Rent
|Mercedes Jones and Rachel Berry
|I Know What Boys Like
|The Waitresses
|Lauren Zizes with Brittany Pierce and Tina Cohen-Chang
|My Chemical Romance
|New Directions with Sue Sylvester
Unreleased Songs
- This Little Light of Mine by Harry Dixon Loes. Sung by Sue Sylvester and Will Schuester with Pediatric Patients
Guest Stars
- Iqbal Theba as Principal Figgins
- Harry Shum Jr. as Mike Chang
- Chord Overstreet as Sam Evans
- Ashley Fink as Lauren Zizes
- Charlene Amoia as Nurse Bailey
- This is the second non-tribute episode to feature more than one song originally done by a specific artist, following Furt (Bruno Mars), and followed by New New York (Petula Clark) and, arguably, Bash (in which three of the songs are from musicals with songs written by Stephen Sondheim).
- Additionally, numerous fans call this episode an unofficial "Justin Bieber" tribute, not just for featuring more than one of his songs but also because Bieber himself influences the episode's plot.
- This episode features the first and only solo by Lauren.
- When Rachel and Mercedes sing the song Take Me or Leave Me from the Broadway musical Rent, Rachel sings the part of Maureen Johnson originally played by Idina Menzel who also happens to play the role of Rachel's mother.
- Kurt is absent for the first time in the series.
- Sue's nickname for Will "SpongeHair SquareChin" is a parody of SpongeBob SquarePants.
- There were several sticky notes inside of Quinn's locker. One mentioned "A Fuschia Elephant," which is an unreleased short film that Dianna Agron wrote, designed the set and costumes, directed, and starred in. Another says "Call Charlie" who, according to Dianna, was the name of many characters in stories she wrote, a male counterpart of herself, and her in a past life.
- Puck's "Bieber Hair" is attached to the hood of his jacket.
- In the final scene, Rachel is wearing the same sweater that she dressed in River Deep, Mountain High performance in Duets.
- Real patients from the cancer and blood diseases ward of Children's Hospital Los Angeles portray the children in the pediatric cancer ward at Lima Hospital.
- During the performance of Take Me or Leave Me, Santana and Quinn are wearing leg warmers on their arms, copying Brittany's accessory.
- Rachel's to do list includes Celine Dion's birthday, friend request Barbra Streisand again, and Avatar on ice audition.
- When Santana was talking to Sam in the library, she said "make no mistake", a duet they would both sing together in the episode Diva.
- After the performance of Sing, Quinn approaches Sam wearing black leggings. Then after they break up, at Glee Club rehearsals, she is wearing red leggings.
Rachel, I'm gonna give you some tough love right now. You're not a trendsetter. When people look at you, they don't see what you're wearing; they see a cat getting its temperature taken, and then they hear it screaming.
Despite the fact that your mouth to face ratio is way off, you still somehow manage to be cute.
I wants on them froggy lips, and I want on them NOW.
You know... I really like the Rachel that I saw in there today. Reminded me of the old you. Focused and take no prisoners. I think she might be making a comeback.


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UFO Update ( 39 )
Posted by dandare on April 28, 2008
Welcome to UFO Update (39 )
We start off with something from Associated content (posted 25thy april, 2008 );it is amusing and i found myself laughing! the post "Red Rock Ufo crash" mentions that the (allegedly) missing persons scott pendleton and jen fox, made a video in 2005, which is the only evidence of their existence. see below for video…..
From the Moultrie Observer we have "About UFOs" (posted 21st april, 2008 ); it mentions
"UFO sightings are common in all parts of the country but most go unreported because the local press does not usually report on this activity" (extract from short article).
At the salt lake tribune "A candidate doesn't mind being labeled wacko" (posted 21st april, 2008 ); it says:
"A typical campaign kickoff doesn't resemble an "X Files" convention. Nor is there usually discussion of UFOs crisscrossing the night sky or of government programs to conceal extraterrestrial technology.
And most politicians yearning for office avoid banners proclaiming, ""It's not about the lights in the sky, but about the lies on the ground.""
Joseph Buchman, however, announced his candidacy for the 1st Congressional District of Utah under that banner, and his official announcement was book ended by talk of the news media ignoring signs of extraterrestrial visits and the military's blockade of information about outer space visitors" (extract from article ).
boinboing.net mentions "Retro-future space visions- ""2063 A.D."" , from general Dynamics Astronautics" (posted 15th april, 2008 ). It says:
"Over at the Paleofuture blog, a post with digital scans of the rare book 2063 A.D., published in 1963 by General Dynamics Astronautics" (extract from article)… it then quotes from the blog…. also hae a look at the comments below the short article.
At Rice Lake online (posted 16th april, 2008 ) "Reports put UFO near airport" It says:
"A Chetek family driving on Hwy. 53 near Hwy. 8 at about 9:40 on Monday evening, April 14 is convinced they had an encounter with a UFO. Sheriff's dispatch logs have reports from Chetek and Cameron at about the same time.
But Rice Lake airport manager Jerry Stites said he reviewed the survelliance tapes from the airport, which could have recorded activity along Hwy. 53, and found nothing unusual. He did say, however, that the tape showed an aircraft doing touch-and-go landings at the airport from about 9:20-10:35 p.m" (extract from article ). Also a short report on this can be seen at the Chetek Alert, here .
The keyhole research has "UFO response Team?" (recent posting but no date on page). it says:
"A big black police-style cruiser with a white roof and a hand operated searchlight outside the passenger and driver side doors speeds past me on highway 36 heading towards Boulder, CO. In big white letters on the trunk are posted the words ""UFO RESPONSE TEAM."" (extract from article ). It goes on to say that he did a google and found the same car photographed..see here for link.
At usatoday.com "Skeptics group studies serious and silly science" (posted 21st april, 2008 ):
"Monthly meetings of NMSR, as the organization is known by its members and friends, are the sorts of places you can go to learn about the truly strange — UFOs and lake monsters, to take two examples — but also the scientifically serious" (extract from article NMSR=New Mexicans for Science and Reason).
ufocasebook.com has "UFOs over Dakota County? MUFON field investigator Reports" (posted 9th april,2008 ) it mentions:
"Wednesday, 09 April 2008-As a field investigator with the Mutual UFO Network, Bill McNeff has collected data at the scenes of more than 50 UFO sightings.
In at least 30 of those cases, the witnesses reported seeing intelligent beings of some kind, he said" (extract from article ).
At weblogs.chicagotribune.com (the swamp) says "UFO hunter for clinton: X-conference" (posted 21st april,2008 ). It says:
"For a number Americans the economy is a major issue for this upcoming presidential election. But many of those attending the X-Conference held in suburban Washington, D.C., over the weekend are concerned with a different kind of green.
The X-Conference is a weekend-long symposium on exopolitics–or governmental, political or social issues relating to aliens and UFOs. Various heavyweights in the UFO community came to the event to speak about their work and to discuss a conspiracy to cover up encounters with the third kind" (extract from article).
At the mirror.co.uk "Secrets and lies director Mike Leigh admits crop circle obsession" (posted 24th april, 2008 ). "First Robbie Williams announced that he was obsessed with aliens – now award-winning Brit film-maker Mike Leigh has come out as a crop circle anorak, the Mirror can exclusively reveal.
The director, who's film Happy-Go-Lucky hit UK cinemas this week, admitted his belief in alien close encounters at a screening of his film in London this week" (extract from article).
jaunted.com has "UFO prepares to Invade Lithuania" (posted 18th april, 2008 ).
The guardian has an interesting article "I'm loving aliens instead" (posted 19th april, 2008 ). This is a decent article, which many other media have commented on, and in my opinion have not been very accurate… anway, an extract from the guardian can be seen below for a flavour of what this is about.
"On December 18 2006, Robbie Williams played the last of 59 stadium shows in a row, announced he was going to spend Christmas at his home in Los Angeles, and then basically disappeared…[.]…His record company, EMI, announced he had no plans to release an album in 2008. Today he unexpectedly calls me to ask if I want to go with him to the desert in Nevada to meet UFO abductees" (EXTRACT FROM ARTICLE) later on whilst at the conference…..
""There's two sides to Rob in that respect, though, aren't there?" Brandon says. "There's the side that wants to go along with it, but there's also a very sarcastic, sceptical side." He pauses. "Which I'd like to think is the real side." Robbie comes back" (extract from article). I will give links to other media coverage of this, but in my opinion as i have said above it has been done poorly… they are at THE SUN and THE DAILY STAR for example.
ufomystic.com has "Another factor in the Hill abduction" (posted 19th april,2008 ) it says:
"Randle points out that neither of the Hills claimed to be science fiction fans and said that they were only dimly aware of the Twilight Zone series. Of course they could have seen one of the shows, or even a network promo with the alien masks. The point is that these images could have influenced their recollections, and therefore the (often) hypnotically recalled memories of many other abductions" (extract from article ). The Kevin Randle article "A different persective: Betty Hill and the twilight zone" (posted 19th april,2008 ).
At commercial-achive.com it has "Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey – UFO – (2008):30 (USA )" (posted 23rd april,2008 ).
What might possibly have escaped your attention was the sighting at Saint Augustine (Florida) whilst most of the attention went on Phoenix.. KVIA.com reports on both with videos included "UFO sighting causes stur in Florida, Arizona" (posted 23rd april, 2008 ). Other similar articles can be found at tampabays10.com "UFO's spotted over St. Augustine" (posted 19th april, 2008 ).
firstcoastnews.com "St. Augustine residents say a UFO flew over their homes" (posted 19th april, 2008 ).
firstcoastnews.com "Strange and unusual – Two UFO sightings in St. Augustine in two weeks" (posted 21st april 2008 ) with video.
nbc11.com "some see ufos inFla. skies" (posted 21st april, 2008 ) with videos.
cfnews13.com "Was it a UFO, or lanterns?" (posted 22nd april,2008 ). seems interesting that they only start this idea, after Phoenix lights are said to be a Hoax???
On another incident, wish tv 8 has "Mysterious lights, boom baffle residents" (posted 17th april, 2008 ): "TIPTON COUNTY, Ind. (WISH) – Police are still not sure what caused a bright light in the sky followed by a loud explosion near the Tipton-Howard County line" (extract from article ).
And lastly….. waff.com has "UFO sighting in decatur" (posted 27th april,2008 ). with a video… one explanation is that, it could be a meteorite.
2 Responses to "UFO Update ( 39 )"
April 28, 2008 at 8:52 am
I can't get over that video….


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Mazzanti, Massimiliano and Mancinelli, Susanna and Ponti, Giovanni and Piva, Nora (2009) Education, Reputation or Network? Evidence from Italy on Migrant Workers Employability. [Working Paper]. p. 12. Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Paper Series (No. 48/2009).


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More than a decade after he admitted fondling a middle-school girl, Dwayne K. Smith will forever lose his right to teach in Ohio.
There won't be specifics about his misconduct in the official state record, though, when the State Board of Education votes to revoke his license today. And the sexual abuse that Smith admitted to his employers at Worthington Christian Schools isn't mentioned.
Smith officially is surrendering his license, which the state then permanently revokes, for committing �actions unbecoming to the teaching profession.� Smith was never charged with a crime.
James I. Miller, who heads the Office of Professional Conduct, the department's educator-investigation arm, said he couldn't comment on Smith's case because the investigation is secret. But he did say that, in general, when the Education Department wants a misbehaving educator to give up his or her teaching license, it can negotiate with that person to soften the official reason for discipline.
�I think voluntary surrenders are always up for some type of agreement,� Miller said. �When I got an opportunity to know this guy is never going to be in a classroom again, I'm going to go for that. It's my ultimate goal.�
After his admission in 1996, Smith resigned, attended Christian counseling and was forgiven by the school and its parent church, Grace Brethren Church.
Worthington Christian leaders rehired him as a high-school teacher two years later. He remained there as a science teacher and soccer coach until a few days after he was highlighted in October as part of a four-day Dispatch series, � The ABCs of Betrayal,� which explored teacher misconduct.
Smith did not respond to a request for comment for this story, nor did he comment for any earlier stories.
Less than a week after Smith resigned, a second teacher and coach at Worthington Christian was arrested in relation to charges of sexually abusing a student while working in Wisconsin. Jason Crary was convicted in January of four felony counts of sexual assault by a school staff member. He was sentenced last week to 14 months in prison with five years of probation, which he can serve in Ohio, and will be required to register as a sex offender.
Last month, Crary's victim sued him and his former school, Heritage Christian School, in Milwaukee Circuit Court. The victim says the school should have known about the sexual assaults but did not intervene.
In late February, Worthington Christian Superintendent Bill Williams resigned after one of the independent reviews ordered by the schools found that he had behaved inappropriately with a student several years ago. Williams disputed that finding.
The allegations and convictions have been divisive for the school and church community, leaders have said. At first, school officials stood by their decision to rehire Smith.
�We think Dwayne is a great teacher, a great coach. He's an outstanding person to have here,� said the school's attorney, Daniel R. Swetnam, in October. �We didn't want to arbitrarily throw someone under the bus.�
There was never any denial that the school was aware of Smith's misconduct. But in past months, the school has said Smith should not have been rehired. Last week, an official letter of apology was sent to parents, alumni and church members.
�Although we felt we followed biblical principles in this matter and trusted the Lord's promise to forgive and cleanse those who repent, we regret that it has resulted in division and distrust among the WCS family,� said the letter from Executive Pastor Jim Augspurger and Pastor Jim Custer, both of whom were in leadership when Smith was rehired.
�We appreciate the fact that some of you would have made a different decision regarding Mr. Smith. Knowing what we know now, we also would have made a different decision.�


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African-ancestry babies get less prenatal care in Brazil
African-ancestry babies get less prenatal care in Brazil
African-ancestry babies get less prenatal care in Brazil
Low birth weights are more prevalent among Brazilians with African ancestry and may be attributed to less use of prenatal care facilities and where those ethnic groups live, according to a new study.
The study from researchers at the University of Iowa and health analysts in South America also suggests that infants of African ancestry, alone or mixed, were more likely to be born prematurely than those born of European-only stock. The findings could help policymakers decide how best to bridge the difference in infant health among non-European-ancestry races in South America's largest and most populous country.
"This suggests that where you live in Brazil makes a difference, and where you live varies to a certain extent by what your ethnic ancestry is," says George Wehby, associate professor in the UI College of Public Health and the corresponding author of the study published this month in the American Journal of Public Health. "There is some form of segregation and that's what contributing to low birth weight among these racial groups."
The researchers examined 8,949 infants born in select hospitals in 15 cities in seven states, between 1995 and 2009. The infants were grouped in four ethnic categories: those of African ancestry; those of African and European ancestry; those of African and other (non-European) ancestry; and those of European-only ancestry. The team focused on whether infants were born prematurely and whether their birth weight was low (less than 2,500 grams or 6 pounds).
The group found that 12 percent of infants with African ancestry had low birth weights, compared to 8 percent of infants of European ancestry. The rate was nearly a percentage point higher for mixed-race infants (mixed African and European ancestry).
While the percentage difference may not seem pronounced, "it means that out of 100 children, there are four more children (of African ancestry) born at a low birth weight," Wehby says. Viewed another way, children of African origin are one-and-a half times more likely to be born at a low birth weight than their European-only counterparts, Wehby notes.
Preterm birth rates for infants of African or mixed-race ancestry were nearly three to five percentage points higher than the rate for babies with European-only ancestry, the study found.
Previous research has indicated that differences in birth weight and preterm birth rates may be magnified as the child ages, and reflected in overall health, productivity, and earning power.
The researchers looked at a number of factors, such as education, occupation, and prenatal care visits, to explain the difference in low birth weight and the rate of preterm births by ethnic ancestry. They found that mothers of African ancestry have the equivalent of one less prenatal care visit than mothers of European ancestry. Previous studies have shown that more frequent visits to prenatal care professionals improve a baby's birth weight and lower the risk of problems at birth.
"Our model tells us that if mothers of African ancestry had the same number of prenatal visits as mothers of European ancestry, then that would reduce the disparities between these groups by more than 30 percent for low birth weight and 60 percent for preterm birth rates," Wehby says. "How you change that is a question that Brazilian policymakers, along with future studies, need to address."
Geography could well play a role. The study found that differences in geographic location by race explain more than 70 percent of the disparity in low birth weight and preterm birth rates among infants of African and mixed ancestries compared to those of European-only ancestry.
"This suggests there are geographic variations in health-care, social and economic resources that are important for maternal and infant health," Wehby says.
The researchers note that while their findings are statistically significant, other factors could contribute to the difference, most notably smoking, which was not analyzed in this study.
Kwame Nyarko, a graduate student at the UI, is the first author on the paper. Jorge Lopez-Camelo and Eduardo Castilla, from the Estudio Colaborativo Latino Americano de Malformaciones Congenitas, are contributing authors.
The National Institutes of Health (grant no.: R03 DE018394) and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (grant no.: R03 TW008110) funded the work.


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Red Sox announce non-roster invitees to Major League Spring Training camp
The Boston Red Sox today announced that 19 players will attend the team's Major League Spring Training camp as non-roster invitees. The announcement was made by Executive Vice President/General Manager Ben Cherington.
Pedro Beato, RHP – Beato, 26, made four relief appearances with Boston after being acquired from the New York Mets on August 16, going 1-0 with a 4.70 ERA (4 ER/7.2 IP) in those games. He also pitched in seven contests for Triple-A Pawtucket, including three during the International League postseason. For his major league career, Beato is 3-1 with a 4.67 ERA in 71 games between the Mets (2011-12) and Red Sox (2012). He was originally a supplemental-round pick (32nd overall) of the Baltimore Orioles in the 2006 June draft.
Xander Bogaerts, INF – Bogaerts, 20, enters 2013 as Boston's No. 1 prospect according to Baseball America. He was named Red Sox Minor League Offensive Player of the Year in 2012 after hitting .307 with 37 doubles, three triples, 20 home runs, 81 RBI, and 44 walks in 127 games between High-A Salem and Double-A Portland, including a .326 average in 23 games for the Sea Dogs as the Eastern League's youngest position player all year. A native of Aruba, Bogaerts signed with Boston as an international free agent in August of 2009.
Jackie Bradley, OF – The 22-year-old Bradley hit .315 with 42 doubles, four triples, nine home runs, and 63 RBI in 128 games between High-A Salem and Double-A Portland last season. He topped the Red Sox system in runs (90), walks (87), and on-base percentage (.430) while finishing second in batting average. Bradley, the Red Sox Minor League Defensive Player of the Year, was ranked by Baseball America as the second-best prospect in the Red Sox system. He was a supplemental first-round selection (40th overall) by Boston in the 2011 June Draft.
Chris Carpenter, RHP – Carpenter, 27, opened the 2012 season on the disabled list after undergoing surgery to remove a bone spur in his right elbow on March 29. Before joining the Red Sox as a September call-up, he posted a combined 2.08 ERA in 21 appearances between the Gulf Coast League Red Sox, Greenville, Portland, and Pawtucket. With Pawtucket alone, Carpenter had a 1.15 ERA with four saves in four chances in 16 games. Carpenter was originally selected by the Chicago Cubs in the third round of the 2008 June Draft.
Anthony Carter, RHP – Last season, the 26-year-old Carter posted a 4-6 record with a 4.60 ERA in 39 appearances (one start) for Triple-A Charlotte in the White Sox organization. In his 38 relief appearances for Charlotte in 2012, he posted a 3.58 ERA. Originally a 26th-round selection of the White Sox in the 2005 June Draft, Carter went 1-1 with a 3.09 ERA and converted all seven of his save chances in 17 games for Indios de Mayaguez in the Puerto Rican Winter League.
Jose De La Torre, RHP – Acquired by the Red Sox in a July 24 trade with Cleveland, De La Torre, 27, went 1-0 with a 2.45 ERA in 12 appearances for Triple-A Pawtucket last season. Overall in 2012, he combined to go 9-1 with a 2.80 ERA in 46 appearances (one start) for Double-A Akron, Triple-A Columbus, and Pawtucket. De La Torre, who is on the 2013 provisional roster for Puerto Rico in this year's World Baseball Classic, was originally signed by the Mets as an international free agent in 2006.
Jonathan Diaz, INF – Last season, Diaz, 27, combined to hit .221 with 13 doubles, two triples, four home runs and 40 RBI in 134 games between Double-A New Hampshire and Triple-A Las Vegas in the Blue Jays minor league system. Although he primarily appeared at shortstop, he also played second base and third base, and between both clubs and all three positions, he committed only 12 errors in 754 total chances. Diaz was originally a 12th-round selection of the Blue Jays in the 2006 June Draft.
Terry Doyle, RHP – A Boston College graduate and native of Salem, New Hampshire, Doyle, 27, was in both the Twins and White Sox organizations last year. Selected by the Twins in the 2011 Rule 5 Draft, he was returned to the White Sox in late March and pitched for Triple-A Charlotte where in 12 games (11 starts), he went 6-3 with a 2.83 ERA. In mid-June, Doyle was released by the White Sox in order to pursue an opportunity to pitch in Japan with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks where he went 1-1 with a 3.55 ERA in three games. Doyle was originally a 37th-round selection of the White Sox in the 2007 June Draft.
Mark Hamilton, INF/OF – Hamilton, 28, spent last year with Triple-A Memphis in the Cardinals organization where he hit .231 with 12 doubles, 15 home runs, 51 RBI, and a career-best 51 walks in 90 games. Defensively in 2012, he appeared in 51 games (50 starts) in left field and in 14 games (12 starts) at first base. Originally a supplemental second-round selection by St. Louis in the 2006 June Draft, Hamilton has appeared in 47 career major league games for the Cardinals between the 2010 and 2011 seasons.
Jeremy Hazelbaker, OF – In 121 games between Double-A Portland and Triple-A Pawtucket last season, the 25-year-old Hazelbaker combined to hit .273 with 24 doubles, six triples, a career-high 19 home runs and 67 RBI, also a career high. He scored 79 runs between both clubs and stole 36 bases, which included 33 for Portland, the second-most in the Eastern League. Among all Red Sox minor leaguers in 2012, Hazelbaker, a fourth-round selection by Boston in the 2008 June Draft, ranked second in steals and tied for fourth in homers.
Justin Henry, INF – In 2012, the 27-year-old Henry played for Triple-A Toledo in the Tigers organization and hit .300 with 14 doubles, five triples, one home run and 38 RBI in 131 games. Among all International League players, he ranked third in hits, sixth in on-base percentage (.372) and seventh in average. Originally a ninth-round selection of the Tigers in the 2007 June Draft, Henry was acquired by Boston via trade during the 2012 Rule 5 Draft.
Chris Hernandez, LHP – Hernandez, 24, pitched for both Double-A Portland and Triple-A Pawtucket in 2012 and combined to go 5-12 with a 3.26 ERA and 90 strikeouts in 26 games (25 starts). For the second straight year, his ERA ranked second lowest among all Red Sox full-season minor leaguers (3.18 ERA in 2011). Selected to the Eastern League's mid-season All-Star team in 2012, Hernandez was the Red Sox' seventh-round selection in the 2010 June Draft.
Juan Carlos Linares, OF – Linares, 28, combined to hit .316 with 28 doubles, two triples, 16 home runs and 62 RBI in 110 games between Double-A Portland and Triple-A Pawtucket last season. With runners in scoring position, he batted .314 (32-for-102) between both teams. Defensively, Linares appeared in all three outfield positions, spending the majority of his games in right field. A non-roster invitee to Red Sox major league spring training in 2012, Linares was originally signed by Boston as an international free agent in July of 2010.
Mitch Maier, OF – Maier, 30, split the 2012 season between Triple-A Omaha and the Kansas City Royals. A veteran of six major league seasons, all with Kansas City (2006, 2008-12), Maier appeared in 32 games for the Royals last season and hit .172 with two home runs and seven RBI. In 38 games for Omaha, he hit .288 with four doubles, one triple and four home runs with 17 RBI. Maier, who has appeared in 360 career major league games, was Kansas City's first-round selection (30th overall) in the 2003 June Draft.
Deven Marrero, INF – The Red Sox' first-round selection (24th overall) in the 2012 June Draft, Marrero, 22, made his professional debut last season for Single-A Lowell. In 64 games, he batted .268 with 14 doubles, three triples, two home runs and 24 RBI while leading his club in steals (24), runs scored (45), walks (34) and extra-base hits (19). Marrero enters the 2013 season, his first full professional season, ranked the No. 10 prospect in the Red Sox minor league system.
Lyle Overbay, INF – Overbay, 36, split the 2012 season between the Diamondbacks and Braves, for whom he combined to hit .259 with 10 doubles, two home runs and 10 RBI in 65 games. Over his career, the veteran of 12 major league seasons for Arizona (2001-03, 2011-12), Milwaukee (2004-05), Toronto (2006-10), Pittsburgh (2011) and Atlanta (2012), has hit .270 with 318 doubles, 133 home runs and 581 RBI in 1,324 games. Overbay was originally an 18th-round selection of the Diamondbacks in the 1999 June Draft.
Drew Sutton, INF – The 2013 season marks the second stint for Sutton, 29, in the Red Sox organization as he was also a non-roster invitee to major league camp in 2011. In 2012, he was a part of the Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and Tampa Bay organizations and saw major league action with the Pirates and Rays. In his 42 games between both of those clubs, he hit .254 with 12 doubles, one triple, one home run and 13 RBI. For his big league career, Sutton, a 15th-round selection of the Astros in the 2004 June Draft, has hit .256 with 24 doubles, two triples, four home runs, and 37 RBI in 128 games for the Reds (2009-10), Indians (2010), Red Sox (2011), Rays (2012), and Pirates (2012).
Ryan Sweeney, OF – Three separate trips to the disabled list limited the 27-year-old Sweeney to just 63 games for the Red Sox last season in which he batted .260 with 19 doubles, two triples and 16 RBI. Originally a second-round selection of the White Sox in the 2003 June Draft, Sweeney has hit .280 with 102 doubles, 12 triples and 14 RBI in 535 major league games for the White Sox (2006-07), Athletics (2008-11) and Red Sox (2012). He was acquired by Boston along with right-hander Andrew Bailey via trade from Oakland in December of 2011.
Oscar Villarreal, LHP – Last season, Villarreal, 31, went 3-1 with a 2.88 ERA in 37 games (two starts) for Triple-A Norfolk in the Orioles minor league system. Following the regular season, he pitched in the Mexican Pacific League and also appeared for Mexico in the 2013 Caribbean Series. A veteran of six major league seasons for Arizona (2003-05), Atlanta (2006-07) and Houston (2008), Villarreal was originally signed by the Diamondbacks as an international free agent in November of 1998.
Eight of the 19 invitees have major league experience, including Beato, Carpenter, Hamilton, Maier, Overbay, Sutton, Sweeney and Villarreal. Beato, Carpenter and Sweeney all saw action for the Red Sox in 2012.
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I recently acquired a Thermador wall oven and range and need help identifying the oven model. I know the range is an SU-4.
Also, these are both in working condition and I'm wondering what they're worth. Any info is appreciated.
Since no one else has replied, I'll hazard a guess. Let me say up front that I'm no expert.
The stove unit is, as you described, some version/year of SU-4. The wall oven looks to me like a late 50's version of the WO-16. There should be a model tag on it somewhere. (Possibly check on the bottom face of the oven cavity which the door closes against.) Once you have the model tag you should be able to confirm model and years of manufacture with Thermador themselves.
Out of curiosity, I once saw a never-installed set of these (white knobs) in their original shipping crates. That was in San Jose a few years back. Any chance that is what you've acquired? I always wished I'd had a use for those myself but I didn't.
As to what the stovetop/oven units are worth, it's really what someone is willing to pay for them. Both condition and demand dictate the price. I've seen sets go for free (when the owner was simply hoping not to have to haul them to the dump and pay fees) and for up to $150 when someone had been looking for a while for a matched set in working condition. Often, you find the sets uninstalled so there's a question as to whether or how well they were working prior to being uninstalled so there's a bit of risk. (Of course, if you get a never-installed set, that's not likely to be a problem. ) Note that you will have to hire an appliance installer to put these in.
Hope some of this helped.
I actually have this built in oven, and was looking for information as to what model it is. I am wanting to sell if, and would be happy to send photos and other details.
Thanks, Kim Spangrude


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George W. Romney, an automobile executive who became a three-term Governor of Michigan, a Republican Presidential candidate and a member of the Nixon Cabinet, died yesterday at his home in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., a Detroit suburb. He was 88.
His wife, Lenore, whom he married in 1931, found him collapsed yesterday morning on the treadmill in the exercise room of their home, their son G. Scott Romney said. The office of the Oakland County Medical Examiner issued a statement saying only that Mr. Romney had died of natural causes.
Mr. Romney was chairman and president of the American Motors Corporation when he resigned in 1962 to run, successfully, for Governor. He ran for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1968 but dropped out of the race just before the New Hampshire primary. He then served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in President Richard M. Nixon's first term.
Mr. Romney represented the liberal wing of the Republican Party, supporting civil rights initiatives and Government social programs and opposing the war in Vietnam. His politics proved successful in Michigan, where he was elected Governor three times, by increasingly large margins.
But as a politician on the national stage, he seemed wooden. He was ridiculed because of a remark in 1967 that he had originally supported the war in Vietnam because he had been "brainwashed" by generals and diplomats during a visit there in 1965. As Housing Secretary, he was outside President Nixon's inner circle and was relegated to pleading in vain for an expansion of urban and other domestic programs.
Mr. Romney resigned after Mr. Nixon was re-elected in 1972 and essentially retired from public life. But he re-emerged last year to campaign actively for his other son, Mitt, who ran for the Senate in Massachusetts and lost to the incumbent, Edward M. Kennedy.
George Wilcken Romney was born in 1907 in a Mormon colony in Chihuahua, Mexico. His parents were American citizens and monogamists, but they had moved to Mexico along with many other Mormons when Congress outlawed polygamy in the 1880's.
His parents moved back to the United States when he was a child, and he was reared in Idaho and Utah. He served two years as a Mormon missionary in England and Scotland. He also attended several colleges but never graduated.
As a young man, Mr. Romney worked in Washington as a speechwriter for a Democratic Senator from Massachusetts, David T. Walsh. He then became a Washington lobbyist for the aluminum industry and an official of the Automobile Manufacturers Association.
In 1948, he joined the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation. Six years later, Nash-Kelvinator merged with the Hudson Motor Car Company to create American Motors, and Mr. Romney became president of the company. He managed to rescue American Motors from near collapse with a successful promotion of the company's Rambler as a midget mightier than Detroit's "gas-guzzling dinosaurs."
He also became engaged in civic affairs, heading a citizens' committee for Detroit's schools and organizing a political group, Citizens for Michigan, to study Detroit's problems.
In 1962, after weeks of agonizing and a 24-hour prayerful fast, Mr. Romney resigned from American Motors to run for Governor against the Democratic incumbent, John B. Swainson. With an appeal to labor unions unusual for a Republican, Mr. Romney won by 78,000 votes and became the first Republican Governor of Michigan in 14 years.
He was re-elected in 1964 and 1966. In 1967, he became the first announced candidate for the 1968 Republican Presidential nomination.
In the early campaigning in New Hampshire, Mr. Romney was a front-runner. But as the weeks went by, he was increasingly dogged by his remark about having been brainwashed. The perception grew, fairly or not, that he was a witless candidate with his foot in his mouth.
Mr. Romney always maintained that his real problem had been that there was not room for both him and Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York as candidates to the left of Mr. Nixon. But Mr. Rockefeller did not enter the race in earnest until the Romney candidacy had faltered.
As Housing Secretary, Mr. Romney tried to expand public housing and move some of it into the suburbs. He did increase somewhat the amount of federally subsidized housing, but others in the Administration blocked his efforts to place it in suburbs.
In retirement, Mr. Romney remained physically active, walking several miles a day and playing golf.
In addition to his wife and two sons, he is survived by two daughters, Lynn Keenan and Jane Romney; 23 grandchildren, and 33 great-grandchildren.


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NORTHWOOD -- Coe-Brown Northwood Academy proudly announces the local winners of the Voice of Democracy Essay Contest sponsored by the VFW. Thirty-eight CBNA sophomores participated in the contest with the assistance of their English teacher Mrs. Kathy Biery.
The winners, Katie Tomasewski, first; Ariel Clachar, second; and Hannah Eaton, third were selected by members of the Northwood VFW Post and were presented with certificates and checks by VFW Post Adjutant Dan Barnhart at a recent school assembly. The Voice of Democracy Program is open to students in grades 9-12, who are enrolled in a public, private or parochial high school or home study program in the United States and its territories. This year's theme is "Is the Constitution Relevant?" To enter the contest students were required to record a reading of their essays to a CD. Entries are three to five minutes and are judged according to originality, content and vocal delivery. Paper copies of the essays are also submitted. Entries begin at the post level. Winning students then have the opportunity to compete on the state and national levels. Congratulations to these talented students.


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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A movement is under way in South Dakota to turn the tables on members of the bench.
Activists are trying to put a radical measure on next year's ballot that could make South Dakota the first state to let people who believe their rights have been violated by judges put those judges on trial. Citizens could seek damages or criminal charges.
The measure would overturn more than a century of settled law in the United States by stripping judges of their absolute immunity from lawsuits over their judicial acts.
''The current system doesn't work because there is no adequate way to hold a given judge accountable for improper behavior or to prevent them from judicial misconduct if they choose to do so,'' said businessman William Stegmeier, a leader of the movement.
Legal experts warned that such a provision could dangerously undermine the independence of South Dakota's judiciary, plunge the court system into anarchy, and run afoul of the U.S. Constitution.
And they noted there are already remedies available to the public: Bad rulings can be overturned on appeal, and judges who break the rules can be punished by state disciplinary boards and, in South Dakota and other states, voted out of office.
Marie Failinger, a law professor at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn., said judicial immunity is seen as a way to protect judges' independence so they decide cases on the merits, not in response to pressure from the community or individuals.
''Judges are kind of the last barrier we have between government oppression and the individual, so if they can't be independent, that could be a problem,'' Failinger said. She added: ''Judges will be chilled from making the right decision because they don't know what crazy litigant is going to decide they are going to sue them.''
Stegmeier, owner of a company that manufactures livestock-feed grinders, turned in 46,800 signatures last week to put the proposed state constitutional amendment on the ballot in November 2006. That is about 13,000 more than needed. The state is still verifying the signatures.
Judicial immunity, the doctrine that says judges cannot be sued over their judicial acts, was established by the U.S. Supreme Court in an 1871 case.
The South Dakota amendment would eliminate state judges' immunity in cases involving deliberate violations of the law or someone's constitutional rights or deliberate disregard of the facts.
People could file complaints against judges after the traditional appeals process has concluded. A special grand jury would handle complaints, deciding whether a judge could be sued or face criminal charges.
If the grand jury decides on criminal charges, it could indict the judge and create a special tribunal that would act as both judge and jury, deciding guilt and any sentence. The measure would not apply to federal judges.
Stegmeier said he has never had a bad experience in court. In fact, supporters of the measure have no examples of any problems in South Dakota. But Stegmeier said the amendment could help curb the abuses he has heard about across the country.
On its Web site, the group promoting the amendment, South Dakota Judicial Accountability, cites an Indiana case from the 1970s involving the sterilization of a 15-year-old girl, and argues that stripping judges of immunity would also help prevent decisions such as the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allowed homes to be seized for private development.
''We didn't throw the yoke of the king off to get under the yoke of the judges,'' said Gary Zerman, a Valencia, Calif., lawyer who is a spokesman for the South Dakota ballot effort.
Tom Barnett, secretary-treasurer of the State Bar of South Dakota, said inmates would quickly figure out that they could harass the judges who put him behind bars by filing a complaint.
''You don't think there aren't going to be hundreds and hundreds of them, everybody giggling up in the penitentiary?'' he said.
Georgetown University Law School professor Roy A. Schotland, who studies judicial elections and constitutional law, said the measure could violate the Constitution.
''It at least erodes and may go so far as to destroy judicial independence, which means it erodes and perhaps destroys the rule of law and fair judging,'' Schotland said. ''Having this come in would be big trouble.''


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Another example is the independent clause ('n') near the bottom in my pic below. Forgive my ignorance but where does the predicate clause (the 'p' just below the 'n') stop? Do they both cover from vs 1 to vs 4? That doesn't make sense to me. It would make sense to me that the larger predicate phrase would be inside the independent clause, not identical with it. How can I tell from the chart which is which? If I'm understanding this right, it seems like it would be helpful if there was a large dark blue (or whatever color that is which you use for independent clauses) arc spanning the length of the clause.
One last question (for now). In the phrase καὶ ὑπηρέται γενόμενοι τοῦ λόγου of vs 2 there is an arch indicating a predicate phrase/clause. There is also a purple arch looping underneath. I presume this indicates a clause (from the light purple color). Should there not be an 'l' on this arch, as there is on other clause arches?
Thanks very much and please fell free to nail me to the wall for linguistic ignorance


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Organization and Mission
During fiscal year 1982, the U.S. Geological Survey made several organizational changes that are intended to increase the effective use of computers and information systems throughout the Survey. Among these were the restructuring of the Computer Center Division as the Information Systems Division, the establishment of an Assistant Director for Information Systems, and formation of a Bureau-level Information Systems Council.
Information Systems Division
The Information Systems Division was established in fiscal year 1982. Its functions incorporate those of the former Computer Center Division, including the operation of the Survey's general purpose computers and the provision of customer services to users nationwide. Offices within the new Division are Systems Policy and Management, Data Administration, ADP Services, Acquisition Management and Support, Program Support Services, and Operational Systems Support.
Assistant Director for Information Systems
The establishment of the Assistant Director for Information Systems created a focal point for management of Bureau information systems activities and placed the responsibility for developing Bureau Automated Data Processing policy and program leadership in one position.
Information Systems Council
An Information Systems Council, composed of policy-level representatives from each Division and from each field region, was instituted in fiscal year 1982. The purpose of this Council is to recommend policies, to coordinate research and technology, and to provide guidelines for major
computer systems and information management programs and systems for the Geological Survey.
Earth Science Standards
The Office of Data Base Administration has established a comprehensive program for standardizing digital scientific data. In fiscal year 1980, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed with the National Bureau of Standards giving the Survey the responsibility for developing and maintaining earth science data standards for the Federal Government. To accomplish this, a U.S. Geological Survey Data Standards Committee was established to develop and maintain applicable standards. A Department of the Interior Earth Science Data Standards Council has also been established, chaired by the Survey, to coordinate earth science data standards throughout the Department. Standards for hydrologic unit codes have been published and other standards are in process. This program will benefit not only the Survey and the Federal Government but also various scientific, university, and local government groups.
Earth Science Information System
The U.S. Geological Survey is changing from an organization that stored its data in document form, such as tables, maps, charts, or photographs, to one that collects, processes, transmits, stores, and analyzes massive amounts of electronic digital data. To accomplish this, certain basic requirements are needed such as an inventory of data bases and a dictionary-directory of data elements, as well as a data management facility to support standardization and integration. The Earth Science Information System was designed for this purpose.
Acquisition Support
During fiscal year 1982, the Information Systems Division provided a broad spectrum of technical expertise to help process in excess of 3,200 requests from Survey project
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This is so inspirational. The Today Show ran a wonderful segment this morning about Dyson Kilodavis, the 5-year-old Seattle-area boy who likes to wear jewelry, gowns and balllerina ruffle dresses. Dyson calls himself the "Princess Boy" and his mother Cheryl Kilodavis self-published a book by the same name to encourage toleranmce and acceptance around gender identity.
"I dress like this because it makes me feel happy," Dyson told Today.
Dyson is fortunate to have such understanding parents. Adds MSNBC's The Grio: "[Experts say] the fact that the Kilodavis' are African-American called attention to the issue in the African-American community, which tends to be more conservative about the way they view gender roles. Mrs. Kilodavis says her own interaction with other African-Americans has been a mixed bag but she acknowledges, "In some parts of the African American community, gender identity issues are taboo."
My Princess Boy was picked up by Simon & Schuster and is used as an anti-bullying tool in schools across the country. Watch the TODAY segment and a previous interview with the family WHEN YOU JUMP ...