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Rise of the Spinjitzu MasterSeason 2 - Aired on 11/21/12A great darkness has fallen upon Ninjago as Garmadon's Super-Weapon has turned it evil but Lloyd and the Ninjas discover that light is more powerful than dark - and the final and ultimate battle is on.
Return of the OverlordSeason 2 - Aired on 11/14/12When Garmadon uses his new Super-Weapon to turn Jamakai Village evil, he unwittingly unsettles the balance, allowing the spirit of the Overlord to cross over and possesses his body.
The Last HopeSeason 2 - Aired on 11/07/12When the Ninjas' attempt to return Garmadon's "Helmet of Darkness" to its perch at the Celestial Clock in order to prevent the final battle between Lloyd and his father from beginning fails, a Super Weapon is created that can destroy all of Ninjago.
The Island of DarknessSeason 2 - Aired on 10/24/12After battling off Garmadon's Stone Army, the Ninjas finally arrive at the Temple of Light where they harness their pure elemental powers, concentrating them onto Lloyd who becomes more powerful than he ever imagined.
The Last VoyageSeason 2 - Aired on 10/17/12The Ninjas, Lloyd, Sensei Wu and Misako journey to the Dark Island to find a "Temple of Light" that can restore the Ninjas' elemental powers but are attacked by Starteeth (barnacle-like star fish) that start eating through their ship.
The Day Ninjago Stood StillSeason 2 - Aired on 10/10/12The ninja try to flee from the rest of the Stone Army that has been brought to life by the Devourer's toxic venom - and things get a lot worse when Garmadon arrives with a "Helmet of Darkness" and seizes control of the Stone Army.
The Stone ArmySeason 2 - Aired on 10/03/12The ninja face off with an exhibit of a Stone Samurai Warrior that the toxic venom from the Great Devourer has brought to life while Garmadon manages to find a fabled Dark Island that is said to hold dark powers.
Wrong Place, Wrong TimeSeason 2 - Aired on 08/22/12When Garmadon travels back in time in order to undo the past and rid the Ninja from the future, the Ninja follow him and try to stop him by using the Golden Weapons from the past to clash against Garmadon's Mega-Weapon.
Child's PlaySeason 2 - Aired on 08/15/12When the Ninja interrupt Lord Garmadon from using his Mega-Weapon to "turn back the clock" and bring to life the fossils of a monster, the Ninja are accidentally hit and turned into kids and are now forced to enlist Lloyd's help to battle the awakened monster.
Ninjaball RunSeason 2 - Aired on 08/08/12When the ninja learn that Darreth's Mojo Dojo is to be destroyed and Darreth doesn't have the money to save it, our heroes enter the annual NinjaBall Run to win its cash prize in order to save the dojo.
Double TroubleSeason 2 - Aired on 08/01/12When our heroes are invited back to Darkly's Boarding School, they discover it's a trap set up by Lord Garmadon and his evil replica ninjas created by Garmadon's new Mega-Weapon.


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Shahid Afridi helps Pakistan survive Canadian scare
Inspired by Afridi's exploits, Pakistan shot out Canada for 138 in 42.5 overs after folding for a modest 184 batting first at the R Premadasa Stadium here. Afridi, who grabbed 5-16 and 4-34 against Kenya and Sri Lanka respectively in their last two matches, became the first bowler to take three consecutive four-wicket hauls in World Cup history.
Apart from dismissing Ashish Bagai (16), Jimmy Hansra (43), Rizwan Cheema (4), Tyson Gordon (9) and Harvir Baidwan (0) in his 10 overs, Afridi also produced a brilliant direct throw to sent back Balaji Rao at the fag end of the match.
Chasing 185 to win, Canada were off to a disastrous start as they slipped to 44 for three in 17.1 overs. Zubin Surkari (27) and Jimmy Hansra (43) added a fighting 60-run partnership to lift Canada to 104.
But with Saeed Ajmal trapping Surkari in front of wicket in the 34th over and Afridi taking two wicket in consecutive deliveries meant Pakistan were back in the game.
Afridi first sent Rizwan Cheema's off stump for a walk with his googly and then disturbed HS Baidwan's woods with his quick ripper to reduce Canada to 114 for seven. The skipper returned again to dismiss TG Gordon with Wahab Riwaz taking a superb catch to complete his second five wicket haul here.
Earlier, Canada had conjured up hopes of an upset when their bowlers bowled out the former champions Pakistan for 184 in their World Cup group A match. Pakistan found the disciplined Canada attack too hot to handle as, after opting to bat, they lost wickets at regular intervals to be finally bundled out inside the 200-run mark in 43 overs.
If not for the 73-run fifth wicket stand between Misbah-ul-Haq (37) and Umar Akmal (48), Pakistan could have folded up for a lesser total as they lost their last six wickets for just 44 runs. India-born medium-pacer Harvir Baidwan was the pick of the Canada bowlers with figures of three for 35 runs while Hansra (2/23), Cheema (2/33) and Rao (2/50) snared two wickets apiece to spell Pakistan's doom.
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I've been in love with Haremstuck since I saw the first concept sketches, so while knowledge of the world is still limited, I couldn't wait to get out a little fic, so have a porny, plotless, carnal dance.
Although the smoke has long since drifted out the open windows and in to the city that lays below, the scent of sandalwood and myrrh lingers, clinging to the silk and rich velvet under your back. Your shoulders brush the chilled marble when you shift your weight, but the temperature change is welcome, a brief kiss of relief from the sweltering heat that doesn't entirely have to do with the summer. The figure straddling your hips rests his fingertips on your chest, rings clicking together as he traces his way up to the necklace resting heavily against your collarbone.
His hips move slowly, teasingly, with the kind of deliberation that speaks of much self control, but the haze you can see in his eyes shows he's enjoying this just as much as you. For as stand-offish and disinterested as he pretends to be, the quaking you can feel in his thighs and the telling flush coloring his gills assures you that you're not taking anything he isn't offering whole-heartedly. His bulge presses against yours, and even through several layers of fabric, the contact is enough to draw a whine from his lips.
Your hands on his waist pull him closer, tracing a bead of sweat from the hollow of his hips, tantalizingly bare for your hungry gaze. You run your fingers over the gold fringe resting so close to his groin, and he jerks toward you before he can catch himself, and your chuckle makes the flush on his face darken noticeably.
"Stop bein' a prick," he growls, but any threat his voice would have carried is lost to the deepened timbre and breathiness it now carries.
"I don't think you're in the position to be giving me orders," you retort, palm sliding from his knee up his thigh, stopping to trace the gold band that lays just under the folds of his sarong, and he sways, hips undulating against yours in a way that makes your eyes roll back.
His hands move behind him, planted firmly on the floor, body arched back in such way that you can easily make out every muscle in his stomach and chest, defined by his profession and accented by the oils he wears when he knows he'll be appearing before you. His head is tilted back, the candles in the room casting deep shadows on the hollow of his neck and making his eyelashes stand out, brushing against his cheekbones as he looks down at you. He twists and you buck underneath him, moaning.
You return your attention to his chest, fingertips gently teasing the open slits of his gills, and his knees squeeze your sides more firmly as you hear his hands scrabbling for purchase against the slick marble. His movements are becoming less precise, more desperate, and his bottom lip is firmly captured by his teeth as he squirms and writhes, becoming less a practiced courtesan and more an exotic creature caught in the throes of his own pleasure.
Your teeth are clenched so tight your jaw aches, and you push up to meet him, drinking in his whines and gasps as they crescendo. His lips part, breath panting out of him, and when his hands slip, threatening to topple him backwards, you surge up to cover his lips with yours, swallowing his cries as he comes, his legs almost painfully tight and his breathy utterance of your name in combination with the pressure against your bulge pulls you after him.
He shakes in your arms, lips open and sloppy as you move shallowly against him, riding out the waves of pleasure as they wash over you. The touches become more gentle, hands petting damp skin and stroking already ruffled hair, and it's with a contented sigh that you fall back on the pillows, taking him with you.
"That dance satisfactory, your highness?" he asks, the chains of his necklaces pressing uncomfortably against your skin, but you can't bring yourself to shove him off you quite yet. Instead you flick the webbing of his aural fins none to gently, earning a squawk of indignation.
"Close enough," you say in your most haughty voice, and when he tries to yank on the chain connecting your ear cuffs you dump him unceremoniously on to the cold marble, and he shrieks as if he's been burned. He scrambles to his feet, straightening his clothes and jewelry as he sweeps past the guard standing outside the door, and although he glares and stick his tongue out at you before slipping out the door, you know there's a smile to mirror your own as he swishes down the hallway and out of sight.


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Boosting with early stopping: convergence and consistency (2003)
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Abstract Boosting is one of the most significant advances in machine learning for classification and regression. In its original and computationally flexible version, boosting seeks to minimize empirically a loss function in a greedy fashion. The resulted estimator takes an additive function form and is built iteratively by applying a base estimator (or learner) to updated samples depending on the previous iterations. An unusual regularization technique, early stopping, is employed based on CV or a test set. This paper studies numerical convergence, consistency, and statistical rates of convergence of boosting with early stopping, when it is carried out over the linear span of a family of basis functions. For general loss functions, we prove the convergence of boosting's greedy optimization to the infinimum of the loss function over the linear span. Using the numerical convergence result, we find early stopping strategies under which boosting is shown to be consistent based on iid samples, and we obtain bounds on the rates of convergence for boosting estimators. Simulation studies are also presented to illustrate the relevance of our theoretical results for providing insights to practical aspects of boosting. As a side product, these results also reveal the importance of restricting the greedy search step sizes, as known in practice through the works of Friedman and others. Moreover, our results lead to a rigorous proof that for a linearly separable problem, AdaBoost with ffl! 0 stepsize becomes an L1-margin maximizer when left to run to convergence. 1 Introduction In this paper we consider boosting algorithms for classification and regression. These algorithms present one of the major progresses in machine learning. In their original version, the computational aspect is explicitly specified as part of the estimator/algorithm. That is, the empirical minimization of an appropriate loss function is carried out in a greedy fashion, which means that at each step, a basis function that leads to the largest reduction of empirical risk is added into the estimator. This specification distinguishes boosting from other statistical procedures which are defined by an empirical minimization of a loss function without the numerical optimization details.


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Szczytno-Szymany International Airport
|Szczytno-Szymany International Airport
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|Porty Lotnicze "Mazury – Szczytno" Sp. z o.o.
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|53°28′55″N 20°56′16″E / 53.48194°N 20.93778°ECoordinates: 53°28′55″N 20°56′16″E / 53.48194°N 20.93778°E
Szczytno-Szymany International Airport (IATA: SZY, ICAO: EPSY) is a currently inoperative[1] Polish regional airport located in the village Szymany, some 10 km from the center of the city of Szczytno in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in the North of Poland. It is the only airport in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. As of 2007 the airport does not have any year-round scheduled service, and in fact is not open for traffic. When active, it catered mostly to general aviation, charter flights and seasonally scheduled connections in the summer. It used to have scheduled passenger service to Warsaw.
Revitalisation proposals[edit]
Olsztyn (175,000, agglomeration 270,000 inhabitants), the capital of Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (with 1.5 million inhabitants) lacks any international airport, apart from the one in Szczytno-Szymany, and that does not serve any international flights at the moment. The airport has a runway 2000 meters long and 60 meters wide, a broken ILS system, and is located in Szymany in Mazury region. Its trade name is: Szczytno –Szymany, although both are small, unknown localities. It has been proposed to the regional authorities and to the airport management to rebrand the airport to a better name "Olsztyn/ Mazury", that would better encapsulate the whole region of Mazury and its lakes, which are more well known.
The airport is situated 56 kilometres to the south of Olsztyn, at the border with more densely populated Mazowsze region. There are also other larger towns (50-60 thousand people) in the 60 kilometres distance of this airport, such as Mława, Ciechanów, Ostrołęka. This airport has in its catchment area a population of 2-2.5 million people in both voivodeships.
In order to provide easy access, it is planned to introduce a rail link to the airport, using a rail branch, and a tendering procedure for the upgrade of the rail line has been announced. A journey time to the centre of Olsztyn would amount to 45–50 minutes if the rail infrastructure to the airport was upgraded. Such an airport link is being prepared by the authorities. In the future, a rail link to Białystok through Ostrołęka, and another to Ełk could be organised by putting railcars on unused rail lines.
Airlines and destinations[edit]
- past destinations: Warsaw
- none (For several years now, the airport has not had any scheduled passenger traffic, and presently, serves no traffic at all.)
The airfield was built in the 1950s for use by the military. It was important for being near to the intelligence facility in Stare Kiejkuty. In 1996 the airfield was declared surplus to military requirements and transferred to the agency responsible for selling off military property to civilians: (Agencja Mienia Wojskowego). The agency leased it to the company Porty Lotnicze "Mazury-Szczytno" which planned to turn it into a civilian airport. Between 1996 and 2003, in the summer months, the airport had regular, weekly connections to Warsaw and cities in Germany. The company came close to bankruptcy in 2004 and appears to be deeply in debt. The concrete surface of the airport is sometimes rented out for various events. At present air traffic is suspended. Various sources of financing are being sought for upgrading the airport and again opening it to traffic.
Involvement in extraordinary renditions and secret CIA prison[edit]
The airport gained attention in the press in 2005, when it was alleged to have a connection with a so-called black site involved in the CIA's network of extraordinary renditions. Terrorist suspects were to be secretly held, and even tortured, in violation of Polish law, by the CIA. Flight records show that an airplane leased by the CIA flying from Kabul to Guantanamo Bay made a stop in Szymany. Officials from the airport have confirmed that some of these flights bypassed normal customs-clearing procedures, and that during the time of these landings, the airport regularly received visits by cars bearing markings associated with the Stare Kiejkuty intelligence training school outside the nearby village of Stare Kiejkuty.
As recently as November, 2006, the European Parliament investigative commission led by Claudio Fava had been told, when asked for the flight logs of 11 specific flights observed to have transited through Szymany, that "[the records] have [not] been retained, have been faxed and destroyed, and finally said to have been saved in an unspecified place."[2] The commission report also quotes Szymany officials as confirming six occasions in 2002 and 2003 when Gulfstream jets bearing civilian registration numbers had landed at the airport, bypassing customs clearance. Airport officials had been directly ordered not to approach the aircraft, and vehicles bearing military registration numbers affiliated with the nearby base at Stare Kiejkuty awaited the arrival of each aircraft.
In June 2008 a New York Times article claimed, citing unnamed CIA officers, that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was held in a secret facility in Poland near Szymany Airport and it was there where he was interrogated and that waterboarding was applied before Khalid Sheikh Mohammed began to cooperate.[3]
In February 2010 Polish officials recanted previous denials, and admitted that at least six CIA flights passed through Szymany in 2003.[4]
See: Black site
See also[edit]
- ^ Official website - currently, a banner in the headline reads: "działalność lotniskowa czasowo zawieszona/aerodrome closed for air traffic" last accessed 24 June 2007.
- ^ Brian Knowlton, "Report Rejects European Denial Of C.I.A. Prisons", New York Times, November 29, 2006.
- ^ Inside a 9/11 Mastermind's Interrogation
- ^ Ian Treynor. Poland admits role in CIA rendition programme
External links[edit]
- Official website of the Szczytno-Szymany International Airport (Polish) (English)
- Campaign for the revitalisation of the airport
- Airport information for EPSY at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- Satellite photo via Google Maps
- Photos on airliners.net


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Hey friends! Welcome to the first ROW80 update of the year!
Let's skip all boredom and go directly to the point, shall we?
Here are my goals for the past week and how it went:
- Writing: actually, I'll revise my novel, Destiny Gift. Done. And played with the outline of the novel I'll start writing next week.
- Reading: finish reading book #1 and #2 of the year. Done. I also finish 1 novella and beta-read 100 pages of my CP's ms.
- Social media: Twitter: try to be present, but not too much. Blog: post a couple of times. Done.
- Exercising: at least 4x. Went to the gym 6x.
My goals for the next week:
- Writing: start Breaking the Reins. Send Destiny Gift to the editor.
- Reading: finish reading book #4 and 5 of the year.
- Social media: Twitter: try to be present, but not too much. Blog: post a couple of times.
- Exercising: at least 4x.
So, guys, I would like your help. My book, Destiny Gift, which comes out in April (and has a cover reveal coming up soon—sign up for it here!) is up on a few Goodreads lists, and I would love if you voted for it. Three of those lists are: Highly Anticipated NA Books of 2013, Speculative New Adult Fiction, and 2013 New Adult Releases. I'll love you forever! Thanks <3
Don't forget to check on the other ROWers on the official blog!
Have a great week!
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EM Castellan says:
You're off to a great start Juliana, that's awesome! Keep up the good work :)
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Great goals, Juliana. And consider my votes yours :)
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I'll go vote!
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Progress, I love it and I voted too :) Hope you have another great week.
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Ka-pow! You came right out of the gate blazing a trail. I voted for you! Great job. And good luck :)
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What a week! Good for you. I love hearing how close you are to Destiny's Gift being released.
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Great job this week! Yayy for Destiny's Gift….can't wait until it comes out <3
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Wahoo, you are off to an absolutely wonderful start! I am off to go and vote!
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Six times at the gym? I wish I had your motivation. You are totally rocking your goals. Do keep it up!
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I am so new to goodreads I didn't even know there were books/lists to vote on, so after I comment I am going to go over there and see if my early morning brain can figure it out.
Your achievement is inspiring! So "down to business" and focused. Brava!! I know you can, I know you can!
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As always you are killing it with your goals! I wish you were down the road to drag me to the gym with you! Hope you are having a great week chica and keep up the good work!
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You are beyond impressive! I need – to stop – and catch my breath…!
I don't yet know how to vote on Goodreads, but I am about to! =D
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Chorizo, Mushroom, Tomato and Pesto Pizza
I was about to make a breakfast pizza for Saturday brunch, but realizing it was 1pm I switched to chorizo. It was a good call.
- 1 portion of pizza dough
- 4 tbsp chili pesto
- 100g sliced shitake mushrooms
- 1 punnet of cherry or grape tomatoes, sliced in half
- 2 chorizo sausages, sliced
- Salt and pepper
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Preheat the oven to 250C / 425F, with an oiled pizza stone in there (or baking tray). Flour a surface and spread out the pizza dough until it's roughly a 14 inch circle. Pull out the pizza stone and carefully place the dough on the stone. Spread the pesto on top, then add mushrooms, tomatoes, and chorizo. Season with salt and pepper, and drizzle 2 tablespoons of olive oil on top. Bake on high heat for about 20 minutes until golden on top.


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State District Judge Larry Mitchell issued a reprieve for 51-year-old Kimberly McCarthy less than five hours before she could have been taken to the death chamber for the 1997 slaying of a neighbor.
Dallas County Assistant District Attorney Shelly Yeatts says McCarthy's execution date now is April 3.
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March 30, 2012
With their backs to the wall and trailing 3-1
in the third period, the Adirondack Phantoms would
fight their way out and stage a terrific comeback
for a 4-3 overtime win against the Syracuse Crunch
in front of 3,761 crazed and noisy fans inside
an electrified Glens Falls Civic Center Friday
night. Jason Akeson sniped the big game-winner
in the extra session after Ben Holmstrom's backhander
diving across the slot had tied the game with
3:14 left in regulation.
The key win in the make-it-or-break-it Showdown
Series vs. Syracuse pulls the Phantoms to within
one point of a playoff spot in the exciting Eastern
Conference race with just seven games remaining.
Adirondack has made it all possible on the strength
of their five-game point streak (4-0-1) as they
have leapfrogged their way past multiple teams
to force the panicked looks over the shoulders
of Manchester and Syracuse who are being chased
down by the surging Phantoms.
A loss was not an option for the Phantoms even
though Patrick Maroon's two goals had seemingly
given Syracuse a comfortable 3-1 advantage in
the first two periods. Adirondack put together
a ferocious rally boosted by the increasing noise-level
inside the building and came through with the
important win in what was clearly one of the most
important games in Adirondack Phantoms' history.
Andrew Rowe started the comeback with some blazing
speed up the left-wing wall. Brandon Manning's
outlet pass from the Phantoms' zone hit Rowe in
stride and right on the tape. The Muskegon, Michigan
native out-raced the Syracuse defender and blasted
his top-shelf goal past goalie Iiro Tarkki for
the spectacular lamplighter less than seven minutes
into the third to pull Adirondack to within a
goal at 3-2. It was a truly impressive rush up
ice and then top-shelf goal made possible by some
blazing speed displayed by Rowe who has now scored
in back-to-back games and has eight on the season.
It also ignited the Phantoms' comeback as Adirondack
seemingly had Syracuse on their heels for much
of the third period.
The Phantoms had the better of the play and outshot
the Crunch 17-7 in the final 20 minutes of the
game including several tries in tight on Tarkki.
But with less than four minutes to go Adirondack
was still not able to break Tarkki and continued
to trail 3-2 as the team was in danger of dropping
the critical contest.
But Brandon Manning did it again. This time he
tried another one of his big slappers from the
point which he seemed to be firing at will throughout
the night. The drive handcuffed Tarkki and the
rebound was pounced on by the captain Ben Holmstrom
who went wide diving around Tarkki to flip in
the backhand while sliding across the slot to
the game at 3-3 with over three minutes remaining.
Holmstrom got to his knees doing several excited
fist-pumps in celebration while the audience went
wild with their raucous cheering. The youngest
captain in Phantoms franchise history seems to
have a knack for key game-tying goals. He also
scored the 6-on-5 equalizer at the Outdoor Classic
in front of 45,000 fans with just 21 seconds to
go that set up the dramatic overtime win against
Syracuse tried to get the momentum back and came
charging into the Phantoms zone for a couple tries
but were denied by the team that clearly had the
advantage in the closing minutes of the game.
Jason Akeson almost never got his chance to drive
home the team's sixth overtime win of the year.
A rebound off a Michael Leighton pad save was
right on the stick for Syracuse rookie talent
Peter Holland in front of an open-net. But somehow,
as everyone in the building gasped in hopes that
the game would not be over, lady-luck appeared
on the Phantoms' side and Holland missed the wide-open
opportunity upstairs over the crossbar. Defenseman
Dan Jancevski was in the vicinity of the play
and potentially got a deflection although it was
unclear. If he did then it was a game-saving play.
If not, then some other mysterious help perhaps
benefited the Phantoms on what surely looked like
the game-winner for Syracuse in the making.
21-year-old Manning would again set up another
goal for Adirondack, this time driving in deep
and then dropping for an open Akeson in the left-circle
who had time to set up his big game-winning blast
to an explosive eruption of screaming and celebration
and even a few tears of joy as confessed by some
of the fans in their remarks on the team's facebook
page. With the heart this team showed in the tremendous
comeback, you can hardly blame any of the loyal
Phantoms followers for getting emotional after
witnessing the grit their players displayed in
strengthening their playoff dreams.
Akeson's 12th of the season was his second game-winning
goal in the past couple weeks. He also scored
the game-winner at Wilkes-Barre on March 23 in
a 1-0 victory at the Penguins. The 21-year-old
from Orleans, Ontario leads the Phantoms with
50 points.
It was the sixth overtime win for the Phantoms
this year with six different players having the
game-winning honors. Five of Adirondack's overtime
wins have come in home games. Matt Ford won at
Albany a few weeks earlier. Shane Harper scored
in front of over 45,000 fans at the Outdoor Classic
in Philadelphia. Mike Testwuide had a New Year's
Eve overtime goal and Ben Holmstrom and Jon Kalinski
also had extra-session winners.
Matt Ford scored on the power play in the second
period which had tied the score at the time 1-1.
Ford had 15 goals since joining the Phantoms two
months ago and has 25 total goals this year including
his 10 with Hershey in the first half of the season.
Ford's 15 goals with Adirondack have come in only
24 games.
Maroon scored his 30th and 31st of the year for
Syracuse, six of which have come in 10 games against
his former team. Nick Schaus scored from the slot
in the third period as well for the other Crunch
It was the first time this year the Phantoms had
overcome a two-goal deficit in the third period.
Adirondack's only other two-goal comeback was
on Opening Night, October 8, in which they trailed
3-1 in the 2nd period and rallied to win 6-3.
The Phantoms are in 9th place in the conference
with 72 points. They trail 8th place Manchester
(73) and 7th place Syracuse (74). Even 6th place
Connecticut (77 points) is within striking distance
now for the Phantoms. The top eight teams in the
conference make the Calder Cup playoffs in April.
Seven games remaining in the regular season including
four home games.
Even more drama and excitement are sure to come
for Adirondack in this adrenalin-inducing end
of the regular season. Come cheer for your Phantoms
in their next home games next Friday and Sunday
against Albany and Rochester as they inch closer
and closer to a postseason berth.
The Phantoms are 10-5-1 in their last 16 games
and are 12-8-1 in their last 20. Their overall
record stands at 34-31-4 for 72 points. The Phantoms
hold one of the best home records in the AHL at
Since March 19 of last year, the Phantoms are
28-12-1 at home. Since December 17th of last year,
Adirondack's overall record is a very impressive
Adirondack looks for an opportunity to potentially
move past Manchester and/or equalize with Syracuse
on Saturday night when the Phantoms travel to
the Connecticut Whale. Adirondack also has an
opportunity to pull to within just three points
of the 6th place Whale.
Erik Gustafsson made it to Glens Falls a few hours
before game-time to help bolster the lineup and
the team's playoff push. He had just played for
the Flyers on Thursday night in their blowout
win at Toronto and then arrived back to the AHL
to play for the Phantoms on Friday. The AHL All-Rookie
Team member in 2010-11 has played 30 games with
Philadelphia this season and 21 with Adirondack.
Scratches for the Phantoms included Blake Kessel,
Garrett Klotz, Garrett Roe, Tye McGinn, Oskars
Bartulis, Nick Cousins, and Campbell Elynuik.
Adirondack outshot the Crunch 39-31. The Phantoms
were 1-for-6 on the power play while Syracuse
went 0-for-3.
Playofff Chase (8th place an better qualify)
6. Connecticut Whale (77 pts)
7. Syracuse Crunch (74 pts)
8. Manchester Monarchs (73 pts)
9. Adirondack Phantoms (72 pts)
10. Portland Pirates (72 pts)
11. Albany Devils (71 pts)
12. Providence Bruins (69 pts)
13. Springfield Falcons (68 pts)
14. Worcester Sharks (67 pts)
Upcoming Events
Saturday, March 31, 7:00 - Adirondack Phantoms
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Sunday, April 1, (12:00 - 2:00) - Thank You Fans!!
"I'm In" barbecue at the Front Plaza
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games, and more! All are welcome. See you there!
Monday, April 2, (7:00) - Phantoms Power Hour
LIVE at McGinny's. Special guests, head coach
Joe Paterson. Also Gordon Woodworth from The Chronicle.
Come join us!! Also airs live on Q101.7
Friday, April 6, (7:00) - Albany Devils at Adirondack
Phantoms. Time Warner Cable Cup game.
Saturday, April 7, (7:00) - Adirondack Phantoms
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Syracuse Crunch 3 at Adirondack Phantoms 4 (OT)
- Status: Final OT
Friday, March 30, 2012 - Glens Falls Civic Center
Syracuse 0 3 0 0 - 3
Adirondack 0 1 2 1 - 4
1st Period- No Scoring.Penalties-served by Akeson
Adk (bench minor - too many men), 9:19; Holzapfel
Syr (tripping), 11:48.
2nd Period-1, Syracuse, Maroon 30 (Jacques, Holland),
1:05. 2, Adirondack, Ford 25 (Holmstrom, Gustafsson),
6:19 (PP). 3, Syracuse, Schaus 4 (McMillan, Holzapfel),
10:37. 4, Syracuse, Maroon 31 (Clark, Holland),
13:34. Penalties-Cumiskey Syr (high-sticking),
5:47; Hamel Adk (slashing), 8:48; Palmieri Syr
(holding), 10:13; McGinnis Syr (cross-checking),
3rd Period-5, Adirondack, Rowe 8 (Manning), 6:50.
6, Adirondack, Holmstrom 12 (Ford, Manning), 16:46.
Penalties-McGinnis Syr (interference), 2:16; Bordson
Adk (hooking), 9:06; Carle Syr (interference),
OT Period-7, Adirondack, Akeson 12 (Zolnierczyk,
Manning), 3:01. Penalties-No Penalties
Shots on Goal-Syracuse 10-11-7-3-31. Adirondack
Power Play Opportunities-Syracuse 0 / 3; Adirondack
1 / 6.
Goalies-Syracuse, Tarkki 20-16-4 (39 shots-35
saves). Adirondack, Leighton 25-23-1 (31 shots-28
Referees-Graham Skilliter (48), Jeff Smith (49).
Linesmen-Frank Murphy (29), Mike Emanatian (69).


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You hear a lot these days about gluten, a protein that's found in wheat, barley and rye. Gluten-free diets are all the rage and celebs seem to eschewing the stuff left and right. But giving up gluten isn't about being trendy: For people with celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity, eating gluten can mean painful consequences.
Adults aren't the only sufferers; children and even infants can have trouble with gluten. How do you know if your baby's discomfort is caused by gluten sensitivity? BabyZone asked Dr. Ivor Hill, a leading researcher on childhood celiac disease and the director of the Celiac Disease Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Ohio, sat down to give us the goods on gluten and how it may affect your infant. Check out our Q&A below.
Q.: What is the earliest age that gluten problems can manifest in a child?
A: Celiac disease (and non-celiac gluten sensitivity) will only manifest after gluten is introduced into the diet. Therefore it is unusual to see celiac disease before about 6 months of age as most babies only start to ingest solids between 4 and 6 months of age.
Q: What's the difference between celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity?
A: Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder, which means there is a genetic component and "trigger" component and disease manifests when both factors are present. The characteristic hallmark of celiac disease is a progressive destruction of the lining of the small intestine and development of a variety of antibodies.
Non-celiac gluten sensitivity is an emerging condition that appears to be over diagnosed at present. The symptoms are varied and can be similar to those of celiac disease but there is no damage to the lining of the intestine and affected individuals do not develop any antibodies.
Q: What are the symptoms?
A: They're highly variable. Some are related to the gastrointestinal tract and so you can have diarrhea, pain, abdominal bloating, weight loss or poor weight gain and even constipation. Other symptoms can be unexplained anemia, marked fussiness, fatigue, growth failure, recurrent mouth sores … to name a few.
Q: Is gluten sensitivity and celiac disease in young children ever mistaken for anything else?
A: It can be mistaken for many things including allergy to dairy products and other foods, lactose intolerance and irritable bowel syndrome.
Q: How do you test to confirm gluten tolerance issues in infants?
A: Celiac disease (not gluten intolerance) is confirmed on the basis of blood tests to look for the specific antibodies and an intestinal biopsy to examine the lining of the intestines under the microscope… The diagnosis of non-celiac gluten sensitivity can only be made after celiac disease has been excluded on the basis of negative testing for antibodies or a biopsy of the small intestine that is normal. In these cases removal of "gluten" from the diet is undertaken to see if the symptoms resolve. If the symptoms do resolve then the presumptive diagnosis is "non-celiac gluten sensitivity."
Q: Is gluten sensitivity and celiac disease genetic? Should parents with gluten sensitivity or celiac disease have their infants tested right away?
A: Celiac disease does have a genetic component. If a parent has celiac disease and wants their child tested it should only be done when the child is on a gluten-containing diet. The recommendation is to consider screening children with the blood tests only after 3 years of age providing they are asymptomatic and are ingesting a regular diet. If a child of a parent who has celiac disease has any symptoms before this age then they should be tested right away.
… I do not know of cases where infants have been tested for non-celiac gluten sensitivity. It is possible the condition exists in the very young child but I suspect it is rare in this age group.
Q: How do you treat gluten tolerance problems in infants? Is there a difference between treating for celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity?
A: Celiac disease requires a strict gluten free diet for life. Those with non-celiac gluten sensitivity will also respond to removal of gluten from their diet. What is not known is whether those with non-celiac gluten sensitivity have to be strictly gluten-free or whether they can tolerate small amounts of gluten in their diet without having any adverse symptoms.
For more about celiac disease, visit the Celiac Disease Center online.


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Our volunteers play a key role in providing that personal touch. Whether it's offering a smile or kind words, assisting someone in need or lending a helping hand to help make a patient or family member more comfortable, our volunteers make a difference.
April 21-27 is National Volunteer Week, and I'd like to take a moment to honor the dedicated volunteers who generously give their time to improve the experience for our patients and visitors. We consider our volunteers to be key members of our health care team, and their contributions are felt throughout the hospital. Although we're publicly honoring them this week, our appreciation for what they do is ongoing.
On behalf of everyone at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center, I'd like to say thank you to our extraordinary volunteers, and to all those who serve at organizations throughout our community. You've chosen to spend your valuable time serving others, and your efforts make a difference to so many. Thank you for everything you do — you are truly valued.
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changes over time in response to changes in energy (waves, tides
and currents), material (sediment type and supply), existing
coastal morphology and sea level.
The potential implications of climate change, such as coastal
flooding, coastal erosion and habitat change affect a diverse range
of human economic activities including recreation and tourism,
ports and shipping, transport and commerce.
For coastal economies and people, relative sea-level rise with
increased rates and extent of coastal erosion and higher frequency
of flooding are likely to be the main direct impacts.
How we respond to these challenges will directly influence
environmental and socio-economic outcomes.
In February 2002, a low pressure system in the southern Irish
Sea coincided with the spring tide, leading to an extreme water
level (i.e. the highest water level in any given year) of 2.9 m
above Mean Sea Level. This is the highest level in Dublin Port
since records began in 1923. In Belfast the tide reached 1m above
the predicted tidal water level.
Annual extreme high water level, Dublin Port. From: Irish
Committee on Climate change, Third Scientific Statement.
Royal Irish Academy. © John Sweeny.
Weather chart for storm surge on Feb 1st 2002.
© Crown copyright 2002, the Met Office.
The storm surge led to-
A 0.5 m rise in sea level would mean the extreme water level of
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Categories > Books > Harry Potter > Heir of Sword and Stave
Chapter One: The Leaky Cauldron10 Reviews
Harry's at the Leaky Cauldron. 'nuff said.
Disclaimer: I own nothing related to the Harry Potter universe. Nothing. Nope, zip, nada. If I did, I wouldn't be writing this however, so maybe it's good I don't. Anyway, it all belongs to J.K. Rowling.
Chapter One: The Leaky Cauldron
(A/N: I noticed some time ago that never do we find out Tom the barman's last name. Nor do we ever find out if he is married. For this story, he is indeed married and his last name is Deadman. Some of the older FF-readers may recognize the reference behind my chosen surname for Tom. If you do recognize it, leave a review detailing what the reference is. Virtual cookies will be awarded to all those who get it! Oh, and I have been receiving reviews telling me that at the age of nine, Harry wouldn't know the word "hypothermia". My excuse is that only the flashback is from Harry's POV, the rest of the prologue is from a third-person perspective. Therefore, I can narrate using my own vocabulary. If this excuse is inadequate for any reason, I will be more than happy to go back and modify it, but I do find it much easier to use my own vocabulary when writing. Anyway, on with the first chapter of Heir of Sword and Stave!)
Harry was flying through a sky filled with white clouds. His heart lifted as he heard a sound so beautiful that it was nearly unearthly filling his ears. He looked around for the source, but could not see it. Then shadows fell across the clouds below him and he looks right and left in quick succession. Four girls; one brunette, one blonde, one redheaded and one raven-haired were soaring along with him; two on either side. He could not see any of the girls' faces, but he instinctively knew them even though he could not recall their names or even if he'd ever seen them before. The haunting song was loud in his ears; the girls swooped and soared around him and for the first time in Harry's young life, he felt contented.
Harry was roused from his lovely dream by someone gently touching his shoulder. He jerked away from the person and raised his fists to protect himself, but lowered them again when he saw his attacker. It was an elderly lady with a kind expression, whom smiled and said, "Ah, you're awake!"
Harry looked around, "Where am I?"
The woman smiled again, looking down at him with twinkling eyes, "You're in the Leaky Cauldron my dear. I'm Annette Deadman, the barman's wife. You must be hungry; you've been asleep for a full week." Harry stared at her, amazed and still slightly wary. Years of constant neglect and abuse had taught him never to trust someone unless they totally merited it. Annette leaned forwards and fluffed the pillow. "So, do you want some food?" Harry nodded. She smiled, "Come on then. I'll just conjure up a dressing gown and slippers for you; hold on." Harry watched in confusion as she drew some sort of stick from her pocket and waved it. Next second, his jaw dropped as a dressing gown and slippers appeared lying on the bed. "Whoa, how did you do that?"
Annette smiled at the awestruck nine-year-old, "Magic!" Harry simply stared at her, and her smile slowly faded, "What? Don't you know about magic? Almost all Wizarding children are told about magic at a young age."
Harry raised one eyebrow and shook his head, "My aunt and uncle told me magic was rubbish."
Annette raised her eyebrows in surprise, "Your relatives never told you were a wizard?"
Harry stared at her, "I'm a wizard?"
Annette nodded, and then she suddenly raised her head and reached for her neck. Drawing out a necklace, she looked at the small picture on the pendant, "Yes, Tommy?" A small voice echoed out of the pendant, "Annie, can you come back down? I need your help in the bar, we have a troublesome customer."
Annette scowled, the expression twisting her pretty but elderly face, "Ok, I'll be right down. By the way, I'm bringing Harry down with me; an important chat is required."
The voice responded, "Alright, Annette. I'll see you down here." Annette lowered the pendant and nodded to Harry, "Come quickly, I have to help my husband with a troublesome customer." Harry quickly climbed out of bed, grabbed the slippers and dressing gown and pulled them on, rapidly darting after Annette.
Down in the bar, Tom the barman was trying to get a good aim with a Stunning spell on a man who kept throwing spells around the bar. The customers were all busily trying to find cover when Tom saw his wife enter with a small boy in tow. He groaned and attempted to get back upright, but a spell just missed him and he ducked again.
Annette just dodged a spell from the miscreant as she entered and Harry ducked behind her. She drew her wand and cast a blocking charm. The miscreant started throwing more spells at her. She was so busy blocking them that she failed to notice Harry stepping out beside her.
Harry slipped out from behind Annette and stood just behind her on her right. The bad man noticed him and threw a spell. Harry reflexively threw up his hands and the spell seemed to glance off some kind of shield. Harry was surprised, but then yelped in fear as there was a flash of red light and Annette suddenly fell over.
Annette had been momentarily distracted by the jet of light thrown at Harry suddenly stopping on some kind of shield, so she was unable to block it when the man threw another Stunner and hit her.
Tom yelled as he saw his wife fall to a Stunning spell, and had just stood and raised his wand when it happened. Harry suddenly yelled; a ball of light coalescing in his palm which then shot out, hit the attacker squarely in the chest and hurled him across the room and slammed into the back door, crashing straight through it.
Harry didn't even intend to do it; he just reacted as Annette; one of the few people ever to show him any kindness; suddenly fell over and lay still. He simply raised a hand, which then shot some kind of concussion wave straight at the bad man who had hit Annette. He was flung across the room and smashed against the wooden back door so hard he went straight through it. There was a dull crunch of bones meeting bricks from through the shattered hole, and judging by the agonized moan a few seconds later; the bricks had won the encounter. Harry simply gaped at the hole in the door for a second, and then the world suddenly began to spin and go dark.
Tom moved slowly out from behind the bar as the nine-year-old collapsed, obviously succumbing to magical exhaustion. Quickly reviving his wife and checking to make sure she was alright, Tom levitated the unconscious boy and took him back upstairs. He had to put some glamour charms on Harry Potter before anyone realized who he was. As soon as he was sure the boy was disguised, he would alert the Aurors as to the incident.
Harry came round lying in the soft, warm bed again; except this time he felt as though he had been running up a mountain with an anvil strapped onto his back. Groaning in pain as he shifted terribly aching muscles, he became aware that Annette was standing over him again. "Are you alright, Harry?" she asked.
Harry groaned and tried to sit up, but could barely move at all, "Did anyone get the number of that bus that hit me?"
Annette laughed, "No, I didn't. Magical exhaustion does not have a number."
Harry raised an eyebrow, "Magical exhaustion? What did I do?"
Annette chuckled, "You blasted a man straight through three inches of solid wood and embedded him about four inches deep into a solid brick wall on the other side of the door." Harry blinked at her. She continued, "You're extremely powerfully magical, Harry. I don't think I've ever seen accidental magic like you displayed today. But I digress; you said your relatives never told you anything about being a wizard?" Harry shook his head, and Annette sighed, "Alright. I will try to explain everything I can…"
For the next two hours, Harry listened as Annette explained about magic; about the Wizarding World; about You-Know-Who, the darkest wizard in a century. She told Harry how his parents had been killed by You-Know-Who, not by a car crash as his relatives had told him. Finally, Harry sat back against his cushions and sighed, "Ok, let me get this straight. I'm famous in the Wizarding World because some guy tried to kill me, but the spell bounced back and killed him instead. I survived, which was seemingly a miracle seeing as he was a really, really powerful wizard and I was only about a year old at the time, and that's how I have the weird scar on my forehead. Was that right?" Annette nodded, and Harry exhaled, "Wow. I think I lead an interesting life." Annette laughed, agreeing with the sentiment.
That night, Harry lay in bed staring at a silvery shaft of moonlight coming through the curtains, and thinking. Today he had learned a lot of information, and realized that the life he had lived with the Dursleys wasn't real. This life in the Wizarding World was what was real, and as Harry rolled over and closed his eyes, he unconsciously promised himself that he was never going to let anyone drag him back into the old, false life. Next moment, his worries and unease were forgotten as he drifted off to sleep, and back into the dream of flying with four unknown girls…
(A/N: Well, that's Chapter One of Heir of Sword and Stave written. I must admit, I was surprised this took me a full week to write. I guess I can pound out a massive amount of text when I'm not going for detail, but when I am consciously going for detail, it's actually somewhat difficult. I now sympathize with those writers who hit writer's block then get harassed because they haven't updated. For those of you among my readers who will harass me for not updating later on, feel free to whine your sorry keister off about it, because I will update when my own schedule permits me to, NOT when I have a dozen people griping about my slow updating! OK, rant over. Thank you for reading, and GOODNIGHT!)


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Spatial Views and Php
Does this exist, yet? (querying a spatial view in php)
I'm going to be really bummed if it doesn't, as I think I have the perfect test case. Is there a way to use spatial views or can someone show me a good workaround in PHP?
Here's what I've done. I've made a spatial view - ListAllUsersSpatial, that returns users with latitude and longitude of their location.
function (doc, meta) { user = meta.id.indexOf("user:xxx"); if(user==0 && doc.Latitude && doc.Longitude) { emit ( {type: "Point", coordinates:[doc.Latitude, doc.Longitude]}, meta.id); } }
Then I use my bbox parameter to find users near me (example from my web console):
And the results are just what I want. However, now I want to actually use this query in my code. I'm using php for couchbase access.
But, code like this doesn't work:
$BBox = LatLongBBox($Latitude, $Longitude, 6371, 40); $BBoxString = $BBox[0].",".$BBox[1].",".$BBox[2].",".$BBox[3]; $options = array( "limit" => 10, "bbox" => $BBox ); $result = $Couchbase->view("user", "ListAllUsersSpatial", $options); foreach ($result["rows"] as $row) { echo "Key:".$row['key']." Value:".$row['value']."\n"; }
Alas, I'm doing something wrong or spatial views are not supported :(
Here is the error I see:
PHP Warning: Couchbase::view(): Unrecognized view option 'bbox' in /var/web/matchclip.retiredastronaut.org/api/test_api_calls.php on line 26
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'CouchbaseServerException' with message '[500, error, Error opening view `ListAllUsersSpatial`, from set `default`, design document `_design/user`: {not_found,
1 Answer
It is currently not possible to access the spacial views from the PHP client.
You have to call the View REST API directly from PHP.
Note an Enhancement Request exists for this:


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What's New With TV Set Top Boxes
We covered the set top box wars close to a year ago, but since then things have changed. We have 2nd gen devices, extreme price cuts and refining software updates. We thought now would be a good time to revisit the set top box landscape.
- Logitech Revue with Google TV - With so much promise, last year Google TV was supposed to take over our living rooms. Unfortunately, Logitech Revue sales didn't live up to expectations. Logitech reduced the price of the Revue by nearly 70%, making the Revue the same price as an Apple TV and Roku XS. The big difference between the Revue and its competitors, however, is how it connects to your TV. The Revue has an HDMI passthrough, so you can still watch TV and not have to sit in silence while browsing through Netflix. It stays on the same input so getting to online content is quick and seamless. With its price drop and upcoming app store, the Revue should still be a strong contender if you're looking for a set top box.
- Apple TV - Apple just released their 4.3 firmware update for Apple TV yesterday, adding iCloud compatibility to their $99 set top box. Before this update, you were only able to rent videos—now you can purchase television shows and store them in iCloud, giving you unlimited storage for TV purchases via iTunes. This gives you more incentive to purchase full seasons of television shows on iTunes since you'd be able to stream all the shows you own.
- Roku - The Roku box is now in its 2nd generation. It's been slimmed down and is now similar in size to an Apple TV. The 2nd gen Roku is also more energy efficient with a reasonable pricetag. The new Roku XS ($99) adds a gaming remote, so you can play games like Angry Birds. However if that's more than you need and you just want to be able to watch Netflix, OnDemand movies and internet videos, you'd have a hard time finding a cheaper set top box than the Roku HD ($59).
- Boxee - Boxee has had a few updates in the past year, most noticeably the addition of Vudu for purchasing/renting movies. However, the most exciting thing to come from Boxee is the ability to purchase the Boxee remote by itself, so you can have the Boxee box remote experience on other DIY Boxee devices.
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Can you watch HuluPlus with any of these devices?
Netflix, Facebook, Twitter, ESPN3, MSNBC, Last.fm, and HuluPlus are all available on the XBOX 360! not too mention it can stream all of the music, videos, etc from your Windows based computer. and there are the games of course :)
still deciding if i am going to keep my apple tv. i won it at a conference and have yet to unbox it. i watch netflix through my bluray, so not needed there and I really don't see purchasing or renting things through itunes. although I could hack it to stream from my imac, but at the same time, i can just put things on a jumpdrive and watch them on the blurray.
I know this is a basic question, but can someone explain if you need one of these types of devices to be able to watch internet tv (hulu and/or an occasional rental video from amazon or itunes) on a flat screen tv - why can't I just connect my laptop to the TV and use it as a second monitor? I'm talking a 24" tv, not a huge one. Thanks!
unfortunately all these thing are garbage. what you really need is a mac mini and a big network attached storage device.
it may be expensive but if you consider the cost of dropping cable you can recover the savings in about a year.
@nwu That's exactly what I do now. You can download Boxee and get the same experience as the Boxee Box, too.
I have a Roku box and it works just fine to watch Netflix, HuluPlus, Amazon on Demand and Crackle. Great price for what you get in return.
I went with the Roku and I love it now. I originally went with it though as it was the only one that still supported my aging CRT Television since I have yet to make the jump to HDTV.
I'm considering a Roku myself. The Revue looked enticing until I learned that you have to have a cable or satellite box to go with it.
I definitely don't need a Mac Mini when the Roku serves up all I need.
I'm rockin' an Apple TV Gen 2 here and I couldn't live without it. I have a large collection of shows and movies in my iTunes library on my iMac that I can stream to my aTV quickly/easily.
If I don't finish it there I can resume it off of the computer where I left off or off of the iPad as well.
@fujii13 - thanks, I'm going to try boxee on my computer too. Looks helpful.


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Firstly, let me start with the positive, the loan process went very smooth, delivered everything as promised, always able to get in touch with my loan officer Steve Kincheloe. I give him 5 stars.
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I had a loan with Veterans United. I refinanced it to a different company at 2 points less. This made them very mad, to the point of calling me and telling me so. They have been sitting on my escrow refund for over 6 weeks now. It is just shy of $3,600. Every time I speak to someone, I get a different story, from check was sent 5 weeks ago, even though they cannot give me a check number or tracking information. I called multiple times and was never allowed to speak to the same "supervisor" twice. I get another email from Customer Service (name withheld) telling me the check has been mailed out. I was on the phone with a supervisor at the time of receiving it and was told that it was incorrect. The check would be sent via overnight and I would receive it the next day. One week later, after daily phone calls getting the same story, I am finally given a check number. This "proves" the check has been issued but has not been received by the correct internal dept. to send it out. We will overnight it and you will have it "by the of the week", according to a supervisor. Not sure what those jerks use for calendars but this was on a Monday, overnight would make receiving it Tues. Everyone I speak to has a different story. I asked if this was their Standard Procedure or they just made it up as they went along. They cannot be trusted at anything. I was told on last Friday the check would be overnighted but that FedEx does not deliver on weekends. WRONG. At the time I was told the check was in house, now the weekend has passed and the check has disappeared and is nowhere to be found. The check shows online as being issued one time, 4 days ago, not 6 weeks ago as they claim. I once thought they were a good company and gave them high marks. Apparently I was wrong. Somehow they always seemed to be able to get info to me when they needed it. I wish I could take back my previous review.
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"A Lesson In Romance" is a Hallmark Channel Original Movie that premiered on April 19, 2014. A family goes to college together in this romance starring Kristy Swanson, Scott Grimes, Paul Butcher and Allie Gonino. Video preview of "A Lesson in Romance" from Hallmark Channel.
Megan Mills (Kristy Swanson) is a career driven mom who has lost touch with her husband Mike (Grimes) and her twins, Sean (Butcher) and Zoe (Gonino). Mike has played "Mr. Mom" to the kids while Megan has found success in business.
Megan gets an unexpected multi-million dollar windfall when her company is sold by her venture capitalist. Unfortunately, she learns that money does not buy happiness, when her children leave for her college. Mike decides to pursue his long-delayed college degree and files for a separation.
Megan decides to follow her family to college, but they are not thrilled to have their mother as a classmate. The twins consistently reject and avoid their mother. Mike is working on living his own life off-campus and also avoids Megan.
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"Transformers: Age of Extinction" has finally unleashed the first full trailer. While the previous Super Bowl spot gave a look at various new robots, this new sneak peek adds story element to give an idea what the upcoming fourth movie is all about.
It immediately takes viewers years after the events of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" (2011). A big "Remember Chicago" billboard is seen standing tall as a reminder of the cost of the massive fight between Decepticons and Autobots in the last movie.
Mark Wahlberg plays a single father who brings home a beat-up trailer with intention to break it down and strip it apart in hopes to bring money, but the truck turns out to be more than just an old junk. It's Optimus Prime himself back from the dead.
Instead of solving the money issue, Wahlberg's Cade gets a visit from unwanted guests who threaten his family. His new Transformer pal also has a problem of his own. "We don't need you anymore," he is told. "A new era has begun. The day of the Transformers is over."
Nicola Peltz plays Wahlberg's on-screen daughter, while Jack Reynor portrays her boyfriend. Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, and T.J. Miller are also among the cast members. Directed by Michael Bay, the film is due Stateside on June 27 in 3D.
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