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Stores fight gift-card scam
It's an unsettling thought, especially at the height of the gift-giving season.
Crooks use a cellphone camera to record serial numbers from gift cards on store racks. They wait a few days, then periodically call a toll-free number to see if any of the cards have been activated.
If they have, the thieves go on a shopping spree online – with your money.
While reports about that type of scam pop up more often this time of year, the head of the Retail Gift Card Association, Rebekka Rea, contends it's more of an urban legend than a major threat.
"Yes, the gift card scam with numbers does occur, but it's extremely minimal," she said.
Retailers have caught on to the scam and have been taking steps to combat it, she said.
For example, if someone calls to check a balance on a card that hasn't been activated, it can be a red flag and the retailer may freeze the card.
The chances of being burned by this type of swindle are low, but people can take steps to protect themselves, Rea said.
For the scam to work, the gift card must allow "card not present" purchases, such as transactions online or over the phone. So that means people who buy gift cards that can only be used in person don't have to worry.
Before buying any gift card, examine both sides of the package for tampering. And look closely at the card for an exposed PIN, an indication that a thief may have scratched off the coating to steal the number.
Not all cards have PINs, but more companies are moving toward them for added security, Rea said.
Buying a gift card at a store that keeps them behind the register reduces the chances of tampering, but doesn't guarantee protection since a store clerk could be the culprit.
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Colton Harris-Moore, who gained international fame for being the so-called Barefoot Bandit, was just sentenced by a federal judge to 6 1/2 years in prison.
But since the time is to be served while he finishes out the 7 years in prison that he was sentenced to by a state court last December, it looks like Harris-Moore won't actually be spending any additional time behind bars.
The Associated Press reminds us that in 2010:
"Harris-Moore hopscotched his way across the United States, authorities said. He flew a plane stolen in northwestern Washington to the San Juan Islands, stole a pistol in British Columbia and took a plane from Idaho to Washington state, stole a boat in southwestern Washington to go to Oregon, and took a plane in Indiana and flew to the Bahamas, where was arrested. He earned his nickname because he committed several of the crimes without wearing shoes."
In court today, KIRO-TV reports, the 20-year-old Harris-Moore said he is "deeply bothered by my actions."
KING-TV says that Harris-Moore's defense team wants him to be held "in a state corrections facility, rather than a federal facility, because the state's formula for calculating credit for 'good time' (what is sometime referred to as 'time off for good behavior' while in prison) is more favorable to him than the federal rule, meaning he could potentially be released sooner from a state facility if he obeys all the rules while in prison."
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Apple's App Store has an inventory problem: There's simply way too much of it. With more than 550,000 apps in its database, it can be a challenge to find exactly what you're looking for. But Apple's acquisition of search startup Chomp, first reported Thursday by Techcrunch, could lend relief to App Store's app discovery problems.
Chomp is a search engine for mobile apps that lets you search for apps not just by name, but by app functions and features. Chomp technology currently powers searches on Verizon's Android smartphones. Bloomberg reports Apple purchased Chomp for about $50 million, and according to 9to5Mac, Chomp's CEO Ben Keighran and CTO Cathy Edwards are already employed at Apple, working on the iTunes marketing and engineering teams, respectively.
In the past, searching for iOS apps in the App Store has been a straightforward if limited exercise: If you don't know the name of an app, you may have trouble finding what you're looking for. But the Chomp acquisition could change this, and here's why.
Search for Function, Not Just by Name
In the current App Store search model, when you run a keyword search, your query parses through two key data sets: app names and the names of developer business accounts. So, for example, if you do a Google-like search for "best free games," rather than getting a list of the best free games, you would get apps with the words "best" and "free" in app titles, descriptions, and developer names. It's not an efficient method of app discovery, and developers can attempt to game the system by seeding their language with popular search terms.
Chomp, however, lets you search with much greater nuance and intent. If you search for "diet," rather than receiving a bunch of apps with the term diet in their names, you'll instead get a variety of calorie-counting apps as top results. Search results are nuanced, interpretive and imminently more fruitful. It's unclear exactly which operators are powering the Chomp algorithm, but whatever's inside the secret sauce, it delivers with aplomb.
Options to Refine Search Results
App Store searching is currently a one-step process: Enter keyword, hit search, boom. That's it. Scroll the results and then click on the apps you're interested in. But Chomp offers an optional multi-step approach that helps you narrow down your search terms for deeper and more thoughtful penetration into the apps database.
For example, if you currently run a search for "music streaming" in the App Store on your iPhone, your top results will be Pandora Radio, Yahoo! Music, and Radio.com for iPhone. There's no easy way to narrow your search further without knowing the precise name of the app you're looking for (and if you did know the name, you would have entered that term in the first place). With Chomp, that same search yields Pandora Radio, Slacker Radio, and iSub Music Streamer as the first three results, but it also gives you options for new discovery paths directly relating to "music streaming" — namely searches for "music players" and "radio."
In effect, the related search feature addresses a common problem with current App Store searches: We know what we're looking for, but we don't know the precisely nuanced search terms that will lead us to success. Chomp exposes deep word associations, nudging us toward the software that best suits our needs.
New Chart Categories
Apple offers Top Chart lists for a variety of different categories, including (but not limited to) top paid and free apps in 21 different categories, as well as staff favorites and a "What's Hot" section. Chomp, however, lets you browse apps in a few categories that Apple currently doesn't offer. These include "free apps of the day" and "on sale" sections that help users save money and capitalize on current deals.
Chomp also offers a "Trending Apps" section that delivers completely different app titles than what you'll find in Apple's "What's Hot." It will be interesting to see if Apple's algorithm for popular apps will change when Chomp's technology enters the mix.
Social Integration
In Chomp, you can follow friends from Twitter and Facebook to check out what apps they've reviewed, lending a social aspect to app search. Given iOS 5's heavy Twitter integration, a Chomp-driven App Store could let you see what your Twitter follows are saying about iOS apps in order to better help you make downloading decisions (and, you know, avoid that embarrassing feeling when you realize all of your friends are using a cool new app, and you're the lame-o late adopter).
In OS X Mountain Lion, which has also been updated with Twitter integration, you can tweet from inside the App Store, sharing any cool apps you discover with your followers. It would make sense for this sharing capability to make the jump to iOS, too.
Apple hasn't released a public statement on why it purchased Chomp, and it remains to be seen exactly how Chomp's technology will change app discovery within the App Store. But if Chomp's current tools are any indication, Apple's search features and algorithms are primed to receive a level of refinement befitting a database of more than half a million entries.
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So you want to be a coach in the NFL? Bill Belichick brings you inside his world on the sidelines |
12.22.11 at 12:13 am ET |
FOXBORO — Everyone remembers Bill O'Brien and Tom Brady screaming at each other after Brady's ill-advised red zone pass intended for Tiquan Underwood that was intercepted in Washington in the fourth quarter.
That got people thinking.
What's it really like for de facto defensive coordinator Matt Patricia and offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien to be next to Bill Belichick on the sidelines during a game? And what kind of responsibilities does he have during the game, as opposed to running things from the press box like many other teams do over the course of a game?
"I basically talk to those guys at the end of every series," Belichick said Thursday. "I talk to [special teams coach] Scott [Scott O'Brien] in the kicking game, maybe not after every play but you know, after a series of plays or whatever ' our kickoff coverage or our punt protection or whatever it is. At the end of the series, I usually talk to Billy and Matt or other coaches, it could be Dante [Dante Scarnecchia] or it could be somebody else about the series that happened. We talk about what we need to do or what they're doing and what we can do about that, whatever it happens to be. That's part of the whole.
"We talk about that on the headset too. It's hard on the headset too because if we're on offense, we're calling plays, we're substituting people. That's not really the time to have a philosophical conversation but when you come off the field after we've scored or we've punted or whatever the situation is, okay, next time we get out there, do we want to go no-huddle, what do we want to do the next series or what are we going to do the next time they give us a certain look or what are we going to do in the next third and medium, third and long, second and long? If there is a particular situation that we're not doing well in, what are we going to do the next time that comes up? It's the same thing defensively ' what are we going to do if they put three receivers in the game, what are we going to do if they tighten the formations? Yeah, we talk about that in between series."
Everyone remembers what happened in Washington when Bill O'Brien and Tom Brady had their little tete-a-tete.
When Belichick comes together with the coordinators and coaches, do he initiate the conversation about what you see or do you ask what they're seeing or is it a case by case basis?
"Yeah, all the above," Belichick explained Thursday. "I rely a lot on them. We talk, it's not like we've never talked about this stuff before. We talk about it going into the game. 'Look, this what they do well, this could be a problem, what are we going to do about this?' Or, 'We're not expecting much of this but if they do it, what's our answer going to be?' Or, 'We're concerned about these matchups, how are you going to handle those?' Then you get into the game and you talk about it. You say, 'Okay, we were concerned about this matchup and it looks like it's still going to be a problem.' Or, 'I think we kind of got that under control but this might be a bigger issue than we thought it was over here.' Or, 'We expected this type of a game plan but they're really doing something, they're mixing in some other things with that and not just staying with what we thought they were doing to do.'
"Again, that changes during the game too. Where you are in the first quarter, second quarter on that by the third quarter that sometimes they shift away from something. You see, 'Hey, they're really trying to go to a certain guy.' So you try to decide how you want to handle that. Like in the Philadelphia game, they started going to [Jason] Avant, they were feeding it to him. There was a point where you recognize, 'Alight, they're obviously looking for this guy now, he's got six, seven catches, we have to start paying more attention to him.' DeSean Jackson went out of the game. I'm just saying, things like that happen in the game that you talk about them then. I talk them out with the coaches and they talk them out with me, however you want to call it.
Bill O'Brien and Brady look at pictures as a tool during the course of a game. Does Belichick?
"The pictures are definitely an aid," Belichick said. "You can sometimes get a lot out of picture. Sometimes you can't really get anything out of it. It depends on what you're looking for and when it was snapped. There's certainly value to those. There's also value to seeing what you see. That's what we all do. Definitely, if I ask Dante about what happened on this blitz or what happened on this blocking scheme, that's what he's looking at. If I ask Chad [O'Shea], 'What happened on this route?' Then, 'Hey, we got jammed' or, 'The corner did this and the safety did this and that's why we ran it that way.' I can't see all 22 players at once but I can focus on whatever I'm focusing on but that may or may not be an issue on that play. We definitely talk about those things.
"It's a skill but I think it's a realistic expectation too. That's what we do out there in practice every day. We watch the play and then after that you tell a player, right there at that point in time, 'Look, when that happens to you, then this is what you do. You did this but you really need to keep it tighter. You should have done this or you should have done that.' We do that on a daily basis.
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Three main reasons why healthcare organisations need PR
A common misconception is that public representation - often referred to as PR - is a service tailored to the requirements of a celebrity or media personality. They need the help of professionals in order to stay in the spotlight and attract the headlines for all the right reasons.
However, this line of work is no different to any other when stripped to its bare bones. Celebrities still compete with each other for the big product endorsements and chat show appearances with the hope of moving from C to A list in the eyes of their target audience. Businesses across a number of industries and sectors hope to achieve the same thing, which is why they invest heavily in marketing to maintain or improve on their status.
Healthcare businesses, for example, are required to fight for their place in today's competitive marketplace. Whether it's a firm of doctors or a supplier of hospital equipment, these businesses need good PR to fend off the competition and maintain their brand image.
Professional agencies help healthcare firms to communicate while encouraging the public to recognise them as a market leader. In addition, healthcare PR is essential to medical businesses because..
It prevents controversy
No firm is perfect, although some are better at dealing with criticism and controversy than others. Nine times out of ten this is due to a good PR strategy.
Everyone must have heard of the saying 'the best defence is a good offence'. This approach is exactly what healthcare businesses, celebrities and athletes need to stave off the critics. To earn the good will of the community, healthcare PR firms ensure their clients are remembered for the work they do. Then, should they come under attack, the business isn't condemned by the public court of opinion over social media and other influential outlets.
Healthcare businesses need to install trust more than anyone and PR helps them do exactly that.
They can sustain a client base
When they're not fending off an onslaught of criticism from the general public, healthcare PR agencies help businesses to create and maintain their client base.
Using tried and true techniques, PR firms thrust the name of the business into public view and ensure it stays there for the long-term. Clients aren't all 'consumers' in this market, though. A company's reputation with key journalists could receive a boost because their PR firm is presenting a consistent, professional image of their brand in the media. See, healthcare firms aren't so different to celebrities after all!
It's more cost efficient than other methods of advertising
Any healthcare business should recognise the hefty and increasing cost of advertising. Every single piece of promotional material must form part of a huge campaign nowadays, and settling for anything less will ultimately prove to be a waste of time, effort and resources. That's where healthcare PR comes in.
Public relations campaigns span across numerous advertising channels and often prove to be a much more cost efficient way of conducting a promotional project. They get people talking about the brand by blogging, maintaining an active presence on social media and advertising both on and offline. Rather than risking it all by conducting their own campaigns, healthcare firms should find that PR companies are better equipped for promoting their brand.
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The Interfraternity Council (IFC) serves as the governing body for all 10 fraternities
at Middle Tennessee State University. These organizations comprise a group of extremely
involved men within the University community that stand out as leaders and as key
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IFC is committed to building men of character, developing leaders, promoting scholarship, and enriching lives through community involvement. Those who become involved with a fraternity are much more likely to graduate and achieve academic success at MTSU.
Joining a fraternity is simply a matter of finding a place that is right for you. The fraternities on campus will assist you in creating brotherhood relationships that will help guide you through your years at MTSU and beyond. Whether you are looking for friendships, academic enrichment, service opportunities, or the development of leadership skills, it can be provided to you through one of our IFC organizations.
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A delightful, detached barn conversion, set in its own 1/2 acre of rough paddock, on a secluded part of the owners' land on their sheep farm, one mile from the village of Llanrug, on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park in scenic North Wales.
This charming single-storey Llanrug cottage has been superbly renovated to offer light, airy and spacious accommodation, with an entrance hall that leads to an open plan living area with fully fitted kitchen, dining area and sitting area.
The living area boasts a galleried ceiling, revealing exposed oak beams, plus an inglenook fireplace houses a remote controlled feature fire, and there is the added bonus of a corner sofa, which converts into a double bed.
A door leads through into a small dressing room and then into the king-size double bedroom with stylish en-suite bathroom.
Outside this Snowdonia cottage is a pleasant patio and lawned garden, which has a 'canal' water feature and provides an ideal place for enjoying a meal or cold drink on a sunny evening.
Herb and rockery gardens are also in the grounds, and guests have access to a paddock area where elevated views towards Snowdon Mountain can be seen.
This Llanrug cottage is approached via a private gravel track across sheep fields, which gives it a great feeling of isolation, however, you're only a 5-minute walk from the local village pub.
An outstanding Snowdonia cottage surrounded by countryside walks, ideal for romantic getaways or activity weekends whenever you wish.
All ground floor. One king-size double bedroom with dressing room and en-suite bath, shower over, basin and WC. Cloakroom with basin and WC. Open plan living area with fitted kitchen, dining area and sitting area with corner sofa bed and electric fire.
- Gas central heating with underfloor heating in bathroom and electric fire in sitting area
- Electric oven and hob, microwave, fridge, TV with Freeview, DVD, CD/radio, iPod dock, WiFi, selection of books and DVDs
- Fuel and power inc. in rent
- Bed linen and towels inc. in rent
- Cot and highchair on request
- Off road parking for 3 cars
- Front lawned garden with patio, furniture and BBQ
- Use of private paddock area
- Two well-behaved dogs welcome
- Sorry, no smoking
- Shops and award-winning butcher 10 mins walk, pub 5 mins walk
- Bus stop 2 mins walk
- Note: Children must be supervised when in garden due to the water feature
- Note: Dogs must be kept on a lead at all times when outside.
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Llanberis 2 miles; Caernarfon 4 miles; Betws-y-Coed 15 miles.
Llanrug is a small village with two pubs, two shops, a Post Office, a hotel with indoor swimming pool and fitness room, and a 9 hole golf course is nearby. The village is situated in the foothills of the Snowdonia Mountain Range, only 3 miles from famous Llanberis. Dominated by the grandeur of the Snowdon Massif, Llanberis is flanked by two lakes, Llyn Padarn and Llyn Peris, and is one of the most popular mountain tourist centres in the Snowdonia National Park. Llanberis is something of a 'mecca' for walkers and climbers, being the starting point for the ascent of Snowdon - the highest mountain in Wales. The ascent can be made either by train, on the Snowdonia Mountain Railway, or on foot along one of the many routes to the summit. Llanberis boasts excellent places to eat and drink and a great choice of shopping. Just 4 miles from Llanrug, on the coast, is Caernarfon with its magnificent 13th century castle and town walls and close by are National Trust properties at Penrhyn and Plas Newydd and many wonderful beaches.
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Still around folks. :-DY'all probably know by now, perhaps not, I was in a bad car wreck on June 26, 2011. A lady ran a red light and totaled my wife's car, I'm just happy I had no passenger.Been out of commission for the most part but am improving! Lower back issues have prevented me from doing much work but I am starting to get back into the swing of things a little at a time. Still have to be careful and not sure when I'll be at 100% again but let's just say i'm getting there, just need to be careful and heal some more.Schawee and Emil have been a big help to me and have been helping out with some of my bee calls. Emil doesn't film much, he may be putting some footage on facebook, not sure because I don't do facebook. Schawee on the other hand loves making his videos as you can tell! Have a doctor appointment today for an evaluation of my condition and I am hopeful within the next few weeks to be bringing you more of my videos.See you soon!...JP
Emil's last name is Albrecht.Went to Dr. he's thinking herniated disc but I don't know if I'm buying that at this point. I was thinking more muscle/tendons\nerves. He has ordered physical therapy and a visit in three weeks.If symptoms still persist MRI.That's the skinny....JP
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Despite U.S. Deal, Israel Starts Ariel Fence
Israel has started preparations for the construction of the separation fence east of the West Bank Jewish town of Ariel, and also the Kedumim and Immanuel settlements. Two weeks ago, Defense Ministry officials sent Palestinian residents of the Salfit town, south of Ariel, preliminary appropriation orders for land upon which the fence is to be built.
Israel has started preparations for the construction of the separation fence east of the West Bank Jewish town of Ariel, and also the Kedumim and Immanuel settlements. Two weeks ago, Defense Ministry officials sent Palestinian residents of the Salfit town, south of Ariel, preliminary appropriation orders for land upon which the fence is to be built.
This land appropriation move is at variance with the U.S. government's understanding that such steps would not be taken in the foreseeable future, and that the separation fence project in these West Bank areas would be deferred.
Yet the move upholds a promise given by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu which clinched the latter's support for the disengagement plan: Sharon indicated to Netanyahu that the separation fence in the Ariel area would be completed before the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is finished.
Netzah Mashiah, who heads the Defense Ministry's seam area authority, told Haaretz yesterday that plans call for the completion of the separation fence east of Ariel, Immanuel and Kedumim by May 2005.
About two weeks ago, civil administration officials in this West Bank region met with Palestinian Authority delegates and presented the land appropriation orders, along with a map of the precise area slated for the fence - the area is 3.5 kilometers long, and 100 meters wide, and runs between Ariel and Salfit.
Appropriation orders for the Immanuel and Kedumim areas will be released in coming weeks. After these orders are issued, construction of the separation fence in the heart of the West Bank will begin.
The lands to be appropriated in the Salfit area are the southern part of what Israeli security officials refer to as the "fingernails" zone - the term alludes to separation fence stretches that will ring large Jewish settlements on the West Bank. Fingernails planned for construction include the area around Kedumim in the north; around Immanuel and Karnei Shomron in the center of this West Bank region; and Ariel in the south. According to plans, the fingernails will in the future be expanded into what Israeli officials call "fingers" - meaning the separation fence will be continued up to the 1967 Green Line border. The current plan to build the separation fence from Ariel to Kedumim would eventually lead to the annexation of 150 kilometers of West Bank land to Israeli territory.
Mashiah explains: "The appropriation orders distributed in the Salfit area are for the southern part of the Ariel fingernail and legal work [for the security fence construction] in this area has been completed. All of the fingernails in this West Bank area - in Kedumim, Immanuel and Ariel - will be completed, according to the plans, by May 2005. Construction of what is called the fingers [i.e. the expansion of the fence up to the Green Line] is supposed to start in early 2005, but no fixed timetable for the completion of this stage of the work has been determined."
American officials originally demanded that Israel abandon plans to build the separation fence in these areas of the West Bank.
Subsequently an agreement was reached with officials in Washington under which the fingernails are to be completed in 2004 east of Ariel, Kedumim and Immanuel, and then a year later these fence stretches are to be connected to the Green Line.
Recently, Defense Ministry officials have tried to coordinate construction of the fingernails with settlers from the area, security officials have told Haaretz. However, in the Kedumim area, Jewish residents have voiced opposition to the plan to build the separation fence around their settlement. Also, legal obstacles impeded the construction of the fence in the Immanuel area, say the security officials.
Due to this combination of legal impediments and settler resistance in cases of two of the planned fingernails, the defense establishment decided two weeks ago to focus efforts in the southern stretch of the fence, around Ariel, these officials explain.
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Dozens of Palestinian villages will be affected by the construction of the separation fence in these stretches of the West Bank. Residents of some of these villages will be caught in enclaves.
Under appropriation orders issued two weeks ago by civil administration officials to land owners in Salfit, the property is to be taken by the end of 2007.
Nawaf Suf, a PA liaison official from the Salfit area said yesterday: "We all know that expropriated land will never be returned to its owners, even if not even a centimeter of the separation fence is ever built ... The fence will promote development of the settlements, whereas it will cut off and destroy life in local Palestinian villages, whose residents will become hostages."
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Join us at the Junior League of Dayton 5k/10k Run for the Health of It at RiverScape MetroPark in downtown Dayton on Saturday, April 12 from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm. This is a fun family event focusing on fitness and health. Families may walk or run a 5k or 10k course. Bring the family to the Dayton Children's education stations to get your start on a healthy lifestyle! Education stations are run by the Junior League of Dayton and are sponsored by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Free bike helmets while supplies last to children receiving bike safety education and a proper helmet fitting. Strollers are welcome, no dogs or skates, please. Register online by March 29 for a free event t-shirt. Prizes awarded to top runners in each race. 5k fee for early registration by March 29 is $25. 5k registration fee March 30 to April 12 is $30. 10k fee for early registration by March 29 is $35 and 10k registration March 30 to April 12 is $40.Free on street parking available near RiverScape. For more information go to www.jldayton.org.
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With the 10th anniversary of the Station nightclub fire approaching, the Phoenix invited four Rhode Islanders who have written books about the tragedy to participate in a roundtable discussion.
And on a chilly Monday night, they all came to our offices: Gina Russo, a Station survivor who wrote From the Ashes: Surviving the Station Nightclub Fire, A personal story of tragedy and Triumph, her co-author Paul Lonardo, Marilyn Bellemore, who wrote about the Station pre-fire in The Night the Music Ended, and John Barylick, a lawyer who represented Station victims and wrote the definitive account, Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire, America's Deadliest Rock Concert
The Providence Journal's 10-day series on The Station nightclub fire - in the run-up to the 10th anniversary - continues today with a fine piece by Tracy Breton on the Derderian brothers, who owned the club.
The story follows a strong and beautifully written overview of the fire by G. Wayne Miller, Tom Mooney, and Karen Lee Ziner that appeared on Sunday.
With the 10th anniversary of the Station nightclub fire approaching, I've been reading Providence lawyer John Barylick's definitive account of the tragedy, Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire, America's Deadliest Rock Concert.
Barylick, one of the lead attorneys for the victims, is unsparing in his lawyerly prosecution of the club owners and local officials.


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Photo of the Day: Seal's an Awesome Dad!
Here's a perfect photo to kick off your Friday! Seal playing with his kids.
-PJ Gach
Is this an "Awww!" moment, or what? Seal and his kids, Henri and Leni were captured by a lensmen yesterday in Tribeca. The whole tribe: Heidi Klum, Seal and all of their munchkins (Johan, Leni and Henri), have been in New York City while Heidi's filming Project Runway.
Read Jennifer Aniston and Her New Beau Spotted Snuggling
Since Heidi had the day off, the family spent the day together playing in a downtown park. They all played on the swings too!
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We have two opposite before & after bedrooms today. One lightens, the other one darkens, but both successfully transform rooms from drab to lovely. Mallory wanted a fresh, bright bedroom with touches of vintage charm, and I think she achieved just that. The pops of yellow are dispersed perfectly throughout so as not to overwhelm the space; instead, they add a jolt of energy to the otherwise subdued pastel color scheme. Nicely done, Mallory! — Kate
Have a before & after you'd like to share? Shoot me an email with your images right here! (Low res, under 500k per image, please.)
Read more about Mallory's sunny bedroom makeover after the jump!
Time: 3 months
Cost: $250
Basic Steps: My room needed a makeover bad! My design plan was a bright, fresh, vintage and modern room. Also a neutral base with pops of color. I knew for sure that I wanted to have an old door as my headboard. We bought an old door, cut it in half, stripped it and painted it. My husband made a frame to hold them together and then added legs to make it stand. I bought the bedding and made some throw pillows. I then painted like crazy! I painted the room, night stands, mirror, frames — pretty much everything but the dresser! Next were curtains — I could not find the right curtains. I really wanted a pop of color, and nothing I could find in my budget would work. So I found some fabric that I liked and made my own. I love the fabric and love what they bring to my room! I then put the finishing touches in, with the help of my husband, who added the deer antler!
I can't really take credit for this piece of advice, but I found it helpful as I was in the middle of my makeover. I was looking at a magazine getting ideas, and one article said to do color in percentages: 60/30/10. This really put it in perspective for me, to know how to use the colors I wanted to use. Also, I would say do not be afraid of yard sales/thrift stores! Probably 70% of everything in my room is a thrift store find. Ugly furniture can be gorgeous with a new coat of paint! — Mallory
Talk about night and day! What a beautiful transformation with a great budget and time frame!
I love it. I would so bang my head on those doorknobs though.
Audible gasp. What a change!
This is such a beautiful, relaxing bedroom, I love the hints of yellow with the soft pastels. The door headboard is just genius!x
Mallory, this is simply gorgeous! Love the door headboard – with the crystal glass knobs – great detail :)
Love the gray paint! Please, what color is that?
cute, by why mask half the window with the headboard??
What a gorgeous transformation! The new room is so bright and cheerful, and still retains a subtle modern feel. Well done!
The comments say there are two bedroom makeovers. I can only see one.
The room is so open with the simple color change!
How pretty!
Looks great!! Love the changes you made. I need to do the same for my dark bedroom
Gorgeous makeover! I especially love the white throw pillow with the 3d flower, you made that? Amazing! Did you follow a tutorial online? Thanks!
What a precious before and after. I love the use of materials and color combo! Great job!
The color palette in this room is so bright in inviting. The drapers are perfection as well :)
Love this- so fresh & modern!
It's cute, but I'm wondering if he doorknobs would knock you in the head.
Good job friend. It's beautiful! Thanks for inspiring me!
how many steps did it take to paint the nightstands? they look professionaly painted!
The Before was really nice, actually, but I LOOOVE the After. It's just more my style — airy and homey. The doors-as-headboard is a great touch, too.
I'm a design dum dum so I am wondering about the 60/30/10 color principle mentioned in the piece. The OP doesn't really elaborate but I'd like to find out more about this.
Oh yes, gorgeous room! -
Wow! That transformation looks way more than $250! Very impressive!
I adore yellow + grey together and the headboard is awesome!
She's covering up a heck of a lot of that window behind the bed. Seems a bit awkward to me, but the curtains are a perfect addition.
Wow, thanks everyone! To answer some of the questions… I have not hit the door knobs once, lol! They don't seem to be a problem. As for the headboard covering the window, it was a choice I debated back and forth. The reason I chose to cover part of the window was 1. It is the only wall in my room that will work and 2. We are planning on buying a bigger house eventually so it seemed silly to not do what I wanted with the headboard when eventually it won't even matter! The paint is called spartacus from True Value. And as for the 60/30/10, it would be 60 percent gray(wall) 30 percent white(bedspread, furniture and other things) and 10 percent yellow(accent pieces). I hope that helps. Thanks for all the nice comments!!
Beautiful transformation – it's a lovely shade of yellow you've chosen, too. Love the art on the right-hand side with the deer silhouettes. Can you tell me more about them? Handmade, or did you buy them?
Great Job, Mallory! Can you tell me where you got the pillow shams and bed cover? Thanks!
everything looks so sunny! the curtains are my favorite!!!
Wow the room is so bright and inviting now! I love it!
I love, love, love this transformation! I think I have found the inspiration for the guest bedroom I'm re-doing! I would really appreciate any source information on the fabric for the curtains and also the bed linens.
I got the bedding from Target and the pillow shams were an ebay find. The curtains are by Heather Bailey, Nicey Jane-church flowers in blue. You can find the tuturials for the pillows here: http://www.e-tells-tales.com/2011/03/tutorial-bow-pillow-cover-win-pillow.html
and here: http://burlapandblue.com/2011/03/14/shabby-flower-pillow-a-tutorial/The deer silhouettes I found some images and Traced it on some cardboard and then cut it out and painted it.
The nightstands are definitely not professionally painted, but thank you! All I did was sand them up a bit, just so it is a little rough and then painted them. I think it took two coats! -
I love everything about this room! The curtains are probably one of my favorite parts, so it's awesome that she stuck to what she wanted, even if she had to make them. This is such a fun room!
Great job Mallory! I absolutely love everything about this bedroom makeover. One question. Where did you get those stripe eurosham from?
amazing, well done!
I love this. Very comfortable.
as so often with these before & after rooms, the before shot appears to have been taken in semi-darkness and the after (a beautiful room, i love the creative use of thrift store finds) with lots of natural light…


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QUESTION YOUR WORLD: Happy Halloween - priceless science
Hello boys and ghouls! Once again, the equinox has happened and daylight savings time has not ended yet, which means its time for Halloween!! Check out the video clip for some fun with Halloween numbers!
That's right $2 BILLION spent on candy each year for Halloween. What a sweet research project this was! For more information check out this link from the National Retail Federation, . They've studied up and surveyed a lot of information about what flies off the shelf around Halloween.
Also, all that candy means a lot of sugar in a lot of mouths! That's the tooth folks! Our teeth are pretty amazing actually. Check out some interesting facts on teeth for all of you that want to bite into this topic a bit more:
Whoa! Sharks have about 40 sets of teeth in their lifetime? A Chinese dentist once built a tower out of 28,000 human teeth??
Chew on that for a while!
Lastly, be sure to spot an awesome science based costume this year!! They can be as simple as a scientist or as complex as an atom! .
Be safe and have fun out there! Happy Halloween from us here at the Science Museum of Virginia!
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In this great city of ours, one could eat a different sandwich every day of the year—so that's what we'll do. Here's A Sandwich a Day, our daily look at sandwiches around New York. Got a sandwich we should check out? Let us know. —The Mgmt.
Ever since our first visit to Union Square's Taboonette, we have been on an arguably obsessive mission to eat our way through the entire menu. This time, we tried their Salmon and Egg ($6.75). It might be listed as a breakfast sandwich but lucky for all of us, it is served all day.
This pita is not the prettiest to look at, especially after a 20 minute subway commute, but don't be fooled...it's tasty stuff, and it holds up well. The filling, which includes tzatziki, za'atar, olive oil, roasted salmon, arugula, red onion, and a sunny side egg, had a lot going on, and for the most part, it works. The intensity of flavors brought by the red onions, crisp and spicy arugula, and the thyme in the za'atar spices up the mildly fishy salmon, and it's all tempered by the cooling the tzatziki. Though we'll note that between the runny egg yolk, oily salmon, tzaziki, and olive oil, this does end up being a quite creamy pita concoction. But the flavors are so bright and true that we're willing to overlook that.
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Blood Milk Jewels
Planchette Moth Necklace
Part of the 'Darkling, I Listen' collection, these planchette moths are the start of a new direction for me, as up until now, nearly all of the 'natural history' jewels have been molded from real specimens. Since moths are impossible to mold due to their delicacy, this one is entirely imaginary. Its body is loosely based on the body of black moths and its wings are in the shape of planchettes, a symbol that has long been the heart of my line and an enduring personal symbol.
I was inspired by several things, chiefly being the writings of Carl Jung on the process of 'Inner Alchemy'. Each phase of the alchemical process from antiquity was re-assigned new meanings: i.e. the quest for the philosopher's stone is truly a quest to become whole. In the 'Nigredo' process, everything is blackened, putrefied, 'killed' in a sense, to allow for new growth. It is during this phase in 'inner alchemy' that we are confronted with the knowledge our darker aspects, a phase in which we must accept our shadow selves. In relation to the moth, I was thinking of the long metamorphosis these creatures undergo, and then their strenuous struggle to escape their cocoons once ready. I likened this process to the Nigredo phase, in which moths liquify and rebuild themselves anew within their dark little worlds. When they emerge, they are whole. When we accept and acknowledge our more shadowy aspects, the parts of ourselves we have been conditioned to suppress, the parts of ourselves we hide from others as well as oursevles, we are on the path to wholeness. We become more accepting of our flaws. Having struggled with my shadow self for many years, this talisman represents not only that struggle, but our ability to become whole.
Secondly, this piece is inspired by my struggles with grief and my interest in the afterlife. Are we capable of continuing a relationship with our dead? For most, periods of grief are often lonely and isolated times. During my own intense period of grief, the planchette became a person symbol to me for the love that endures after death, as it has been long used as a tool for automatic writing and spirit communication. Here, the moth has become a winged messenger, perhaps ferrying messages to and from worlds within its own tragically short life span.
This listing is for one large planchette moth necklace, cast in sterling silver and paired with my signature bar link chain. Both the chain and the moth have been hand oxidized and highlighted in my beloved gloomy gray. The photo that includes the mini planchette moth necklace is for size reference only, you will only receive the large planchette moth necklace if you purchase this listing.
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Exhaust tips function in two ways. First, the most apparent, they add a bit of style and uniqueness to the tail end of your car. Looking at a shiny exhaust tip on your Legend is certainly more appealing then the rusty old thing from the factory. It's a lot more classy and elegant. The other function of the exhaust tip is it can actually affect the volume of your exhaust tone. The larger the exhaust tip, the more volume you'll get from it. Usually anything greater than 3½" will make your exhaust noise louder than it normally is without one. Keep in mind that an exhaust tip only works effectively with an aftermarket performance muffler. If you have the stock muffler or a quiet aftermarket one, the exhaust tip will only slightly change the tone because there won't be any noise to change.
Exhaust tips come in many types, styles, and sizes. Tips are either resonated or non-resonated. Non-resonated tips are just plain stainless steel tips. The resonated tips are lined with fiberglass to dampen the exhaust noise a little further. Sizes (diameter measurements) range from 2 inches to 5 inches wide. As for styles, there are many to choose from. There's round, oval, square, slashed, etc. These tips will either be welded on, or if possible, clamped on.
You have to be careful having any exhaust tip over 3 inches nowadays in California because lately law enforcement have been trying to crack down on vehicles with "modified exhausts". A modified exhaust is simply any exhaust that is louder than 92 db, which constitutes disturbing the peace. Most aftermarket exhausts don't break the sound ordinance, but usually police don't even listen to your exhaust noise. They just pull you over once they spot a large exhaust tip sticking out the rear of your car. B.S.
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In 1994, IBM debuted what was considered to be the first ever smartphone. It could take phone calls, emails, and even take notes. Since then, a proliferation of smartphones have popped up over the world, giving choices to consumers while continuing to innovate the technologies behind the smartphone. One thing that has made the smartphone such a great device to play games is the accelerometer. It is an engineering marvel; a device that can detect the direction you're holding the phone in such a compact device.
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Psoriasis Inflammation and Systemic Co Morbidities
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Psoriasis is a chronic relapsing prevalent inflammatory disease affecting 2-4% of the world's population. Severe psoriasis is a disabling disease affecting the physical and emotional well being of patients, and its effect on quality of life is similar to that seen with other major medical diseases such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer. Lately, it is increasingly being recognized that psoriasis is not merely a skin disease but is probably associated with other co-morbidities such as psoriatic arthritis, Crohn's disease, the metabolic syndrome and cardio-vascular diseases (CVD). The metabolic syndrome is a combination of diabetes mellitus type II (or insulin resistance), hypertension, central obesity, and combined hyperlipidemia (elevated LDL; decreased HDL; elevated triglycerides). As the literature linking psoriasis and the metabolic syndrome expands, also reports of an increased rate of CVD mortality in psoriasis patients accumulates. These data emphasize that metabolic dysregulations are the leading risk factors for occlusive vascular events and early death in patients with severe psoriasis. Progress in understanding the pathogenesis of these apparently diverse diseases has discovered that low-grade systemic inflammation might be the common physiological pathway that may provide the biological plausibility of the associations discovered in the epidemiological studies. Since some of these co-morbidities often become clinically apparent years after the onset of psoriasis we assume that controlling systemic inflammation might prevent or reverse some of these co-morbidities.
Presently there is no study in psoriasis that shows that a "systemic" co-morbidity can be prevented or treated by reversing skin inflammation.
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Psoriasis |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Observational Model: Cohort Time Perspective: Prospective |
Official Title: | Psoriasis Inflammation and Systemic Co-Morbidities: Is it Preventable or Reversible? |
- To analyze fat using histology and gene expression before during and after treatment. [ Time Frame: Every 3 months for a year ]
- To analyze immunological biomarkers of inflammation in the blood using electrochemiluminescence of the MSD systems approach [ Time Frame: Every 3 months for a year ]
Estimated Enrollment: | 30 |
Study Start Date: | June 2010 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2017 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | December 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Detailed Description:
Psoriasis is the most prevalent immune-mediated skin disease affecting 2-4% of the world's population. Severe psoriasis is a disabling disease affecting the physical and emotional well being of patients, and its effect on quality of life is similar to that seen with other major medical diseases such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer. Psoriasis is a prototypical Th-1 and Th-17 inflammatory disease, which demonstrates a complex interplay between innate and adaptive immunity. Although the etiology of psoriasis in still not completely elucidated, on the basis of existing knowledge, it is obvious that psoriasis is a complex trait involving genetic, metabolic and immune mechanisms as well as environmental factors. Moreover, it is increasingly being recognized that psoriasis is not merely a skin disease but is probably associated with other co-morbidities such as psoriatic arthritis, Crohn's disease, the metabolic syndrome and CVD. Some of these co-morbidities often become clinically apparent years after the onset of psoriasis and are frequently found in patients with severe disease. Furthermore, recently, studies based on large cohorts of psoriasis patients showed that severe psoriasis was association with increased mortality and CVD was found to be the most common cause of death. The metabolic syndrome The metabolic syndrome is a combination of diabetes mellitus type II (or insulin resistance), hypertension, central obesity, and combined hyperlipidemia (elevated LDL; decreased HDL; elevated triglycerides). The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in the USA is estimated to be up to 15% of the population. Obesity, which is a central feature in the metabolic syndrome, has been termed the modern "epidemic" of the western world. The metabolic syndrome components are associated with increased risk for CVD, which is still the leading cause of death in the western world. Interestingly, inflammation was also implicated in the pathophysiology of the metabolic syndrome. Th-1 and Th-17 cells and cytokines as well as other adipocyte-derived-cytokines adipokines and hormones were identified. Excess numbers of psoriatics are obese, interestingly, the average weight of patients in recent phase 3 studies was around 90Kg. Mechanistic links between psoriasis and its co-morbidities Low-grade inflammation possibly mediated by TNF is suspected to be the biological plausibility explaining the associations discovered in the epidemiological studies linking between psoriasis and its co-morbidities and especially the metabolic syndrome. Progress in understanding the immunology of these apparently diverse diseases has discovered common physiological pathways. Clearly many different tissues and organs have a common blood supply and can be exposed to increased levels of inflammatory cytokines, chemokines and other mediators through the systemic circulation. The "obesity of psoriasis" is thought to be a key link to the metabolic syndrome as well as to CVD. In the past, the only known adipose tissue functions were energy storing and free fatty acids production. However, a dramatic increase of research on the role of adipose tissue has led to the current view that adipose tissue is an active endocrine organ with many secretory products including adipokines and other cytokines. Moreover now it is also being recognized as a part of the innate immune system. Adipocytokines play important roles in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance and associated metabolic complications such as dyslipidemia, hypertension, and premature heart disease. TNF is a major mediator of disrupted insulin receptor signaling. Preventing co-morbidities In view of the chronic nature of the inflammation in psoriasis and the lingering process of metabolic syndrome and CVD development, the most important question is whether effective, long-term control of psoriasis could prevent, reverse, or attenuate these co-morbitides.
Why is this trial important? At present, we do not know how "deep" psoriasis goes as an inflammatory disease.
Inflammatory cells (macrophages) are increased in skin lesions of psoriasis, going as deep as the deep dermis/adipose tissue interface. Macrophages are postulated to be cells increased in adipose tissue that, in conditions of obesity, produce excess TNF and thus directly cause disrupted insulin receptor signaling in adipocytes. The extension of inflammation in skin lesions could well continue into the fat, with common inflammatory circuits then driving both skin disease and obesity/metabolic syndrome that is so common in psoriasis patients.
However, for the purposes of this study, we consider that the adipose tissue in skin is a functional compartment that is distinct from the epidermis and dermis and that production of adipokines and other mediators in the fat compartment can drive not only the metabolic derangements, but also influence the systemic risk of cardiovascular disease. We believe that treatment of inflammation in the primary site of this disease, epidermis and dermis of skin lesions could have corresponding effects on inflammation in other "co-morbid" tissues.
Adipose tissue underlying psoriasis plaques is the most accessible tissue to direct analysis for a reduction in co-morbidity pathophysiology. Interestingly, psoriasis lesion show altered expression of leptin receptors in the "skin" component18 but no studies have been done to compare "skin" vs. adipose tissue. We want to use powerful, high density, arrays and functional imaging studies to assess the degree of inflammation and associated metabolic derangement in fat tissue and then determine the extent to which a reduction in inflammatory circuits in the skin affects the core pathology in fat tissue. Associated biomarker and functional assessments of the cardiovascular tree will provide critical information on whether associated cardiovascular dysfunction can be reversed by treating inflammation in the primary site. If this study is successful, it will not only extend information on the pathophysiology of psoriasis and disease-specific co-morbid risks, but it will also provide guidance on whether long-term effective treatment of inflammation could improve long-term tissue outcomes deeper than the skin. Some of the studies we propose are "firsts" for the study of psoriasis and stand to create new research approaches for psoriasis and other diseases that have similar inflammatory and co-morbid risks. Preliminary Studies Studies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, another chronic inflammatory disease associated with increased risk for CVD, showed that response to methotrexate treatment is associated with reduction in CVD events and mortality. Biologic treatments for psoriasis, e.g. anti TNF-α (etanercept) or anti p-40 (ustekinumab), have also been shown to reduce C reactive protein (CRP) in short-term trials. A key hypothesis to this study is that the classical TNF pathway (TNF,IL-1,IL-6,IL-8 then the NF kappa B immediate genes) contributes directly to the metabolic alterations in psoriatic patients and that this pathway could also drive systemic inflammation. CRP is produced in the liver in response to IL-6. Many other inflammatory mediators associated with increased CVD risk are made at excess levels in psoriasis lesions and may well contribute to the systemic inflammation burden through release into the circulation. We have used gene arrays and RT-PCR to follow systemic modulation of these CVD related inflammatory molecules in previous studies and will extend this analysis to adipose tissue in this study. However, the question whether long-term effective management of psoriasis can alter the pathophysiology of its comorbid conditions has not been investigated yet.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age > 18years
- Psoriasis affecting Body Surface Area (BSA) > 10% after washout
- No systemic anti psoriatic therapy < 30days
- Features of the metabolic syndrome (At least one of the following) :
Insulin resistance e.g. fasting insulin>9 pmol/L Blood glucose 100-125 mg/dl TG 150-350 mg/dl HDL<40 mg/dl (for females) and HDL<50 mg/dl (for males) BP > 120/85 BMI > 25 5. Plaque type Psoriasis-
Exclusion Criteria:
Overt diabetes (> 135 mg/dL fasting blood glucose on two (2) separate occasions 2. Hypertension as defined as a systolic BP > 140 &/or a diastolic pressure > 90.
Cannot be on more then one (1) antihypertensive medication 3. Currently have any known malignancy or have a history of malignancy in the 5 past years excluding basal cell carcinoma 4. S/P Cardiovascular event such as Myocardial infarction, any open heart surgery, stroke or other vascular occlusive event 5. Current smokers 6. Known allergy to etanercept 7. Positive PPD 8. HIV positive 9. HCV or HBV positive 10. HbA1C >7 11. current use of hypoglycemic medication 12. Current use of a statin 13. Current use of any anticoagulants 14. Current use of any anti-inflammatory medications (except inhaled steroids) 15. History, physical, or laboratory findings suggestive of any other medical or psychological condition that would, in the opinion of the Principal Investigator, make the candidate ineligible for the study. 16.Females of childbearing age who are pregnant or breast-feeding or not using a contraceptive. 17. NYHA Class III and Class IV heart failure
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01170715
United States, New York | |
The Rockefeller University | |
New york, New York, United States, 10065 |
Principal Investigator: | Batya Davidovici, MD | The Rockefeller University |
Additional Information:
Responsible Party: | Mary Sullivan-Whalen, Clinical Investigator, Rockefeller University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01170715 History of Changes |
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Study First Received: | July 26, 2010 |
Last Updated: | January 6, 2017 |
Keywords provided by Rockefeller University:
Psoriasis Co morbidities Inflammation |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Inflammation Psoriasis Pathologic Processes Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous Skin Diseases |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 28, 2017


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I prefer Gangplank top, max W and sustain for ages. Build tanky and he just gets awesome.
I prefer Gangplank top, max W and sustain for ages. Build tanky and he just gets awesome.
"Would you please let me join your p-p-party?
That is my main reason why I don't play her much anymore. She is incredibly strong and fun but her reach is incredibly short. If you end up against a team with semi-decent gap closers you are in for a really harsh time unless your team has great initiates.
Try playing her against a good Teemo. No chance. Keyword being good.
Teemo is the bane of my top lane in general. If I go blind pick and happen to play a champion that can't do much to him then I cry a bit inside. He is probably the only champion that if I choose a heavy melee with short range that I can't do anything about. Of course granted that he plays well.
Well....quoting the streamer mentioned before "...Teemo? Teemo is a pain in the ass for every champion" (talking about counterpicks)
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Yep, got really little arms but I find her really good vs other "short arms" tops.
Teemo does get countered by champs with longer ranged harass than him, but yeah is still very dangerous to go against. Also ungankable past 6.
And that's exactly why I don't play riven blind pick. Go against Jax? or some other melee ? NP!!! Go against Teemo? GG good luck getting farm.
So who u suggest as top blind pick?
Jayce? Irelia? Vlad?
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Oh nice, on lolking vlad is not even mentioned on the top matchups
Watch wingsofdeath stream, amazing dude that explains a everything and answers a lot of questions. Other than that, try most popular/OP tops there are right now.
Shen, Yorick, Jayce, Vlad and Irelia.
They're hard to play against and if you play them you'll get to know what to do (if you hate a champ, play that champ!)
Yes, bolding stuff is fun.
Do on-hit Lulu with defensive items. It does not help when the other team is way too ahead, but everyone else can either be dueled or kited to death. And it looks and sounds so cool :d (*badoom* *thud* *thud *thud* *badoom* *tzz* *thud*...)
I try to blind pick someone that isn't countered that easily.
Lately been playing a lot of Jayce. I don't know of any champion that counters him. I know Yorick and Wukong can both give hard times. So far been nothing that made me lose completely.
Irelia is a really good pick. Once you hit 6-7 you can't be touched. I don't play her often but I always have tough lanes against her.
I do enjoy Jax blind pick. he isn't the most brutal laner, but he can hold his own and even if you lose you can still come back due to him having high base damage
I've beat Teemo's as Riven easily. Play wicked aggressive, use spells during blinding dart, and one stun is pretty much GG for Teemo unless he is building tanky. Riven has a ton of mobility, use it.
Teemo has the range advantage on most top lane picks, but he isn't played often because he is fairly useless in Team fights and if any top laner gets him once, he explodes. Useless Champ IMO, and really annoying.
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Just played irelia vs riven and she owned me badly...we won the game cause they suicided in our base and we got them.
I could not trade at all since the beginning.
If that happens you probably have to adjust your build order. First of all i hope you buy tabi. Then you might want to get a really early chainvest because all riven does is physical. If you think it wont throw your itembuild too far behind you might want to invest in a wardens mail since you'll often get randuins anyway. If you cant even farm under your turret your only hope is your jungler and midlane.
Well I went for tabi first, 2 times jungler ganked (even if i asked him not too if not requested or riven didnt overextend) and 2 times we died...but i really fed him, he had more then 2x my cs
Need to practice more...
Tabi is a pretty good item in certain lanes. There has been one champion and build with him that annoys me when I play Nidalee. Garen with Tabi... Granted I keep auto attacking to stop his passive from happening but in the end he will just go back for a second and get the passive procced, needless to say he was pushing my lane hard and our jungler didn't gank once in the early game. Now I'm not one to complain about ganks but when he is at my turret for 90% of the early game, you need to gank at some point. Tabi is a counter item and great for countering a lot of pokers (except Teemo).
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Dear Straight Talk: My son dropped out of college last year, his sophomore year. He partied hearty and flunked out. After six challenging months at home, he has a restaurant job and lives with roommates where mostly just drinking, video gaming, and other un-cool stuff goes on. He's not under 18 anymore, he's 20. Do I have a right to tell him to get his act together? And will it help? — Frustrated Dad in Sonoma County
Moriah, 17, Rutland, Vt.: Think tough love. Since he's drinking illegally, tell him you love him and will help him turn a corner, otherwise you're reporting his household to the police. My brother had a similar issue. He dropped out of college and expected the world to care for him. He thought he was invincible and that my parents wouldn't get him in trouble. He needed to be set straight. Sometimes parents have to play the bad guy.
Taylor, 17, Santa Rosa: My parents are going through this with my stepbrother. It's important for young adults to have freedom, but watching him drop out of college and play video games all day was unacceptable. They told him to get his act together. We have a rule that if you live at home after high school, you must be full time in college, or working and paying rent.
Collin, 16, San Diego: This is probably the first real freedom your son has ever had. He sounds self-sufficient and not unhappy. I say let him live his life a while. Maybe he is thinking about his future. Unless he's in trouble, give him some time.
Gregg, 23, Los Angeles: Ha! My dad just confronted me. I'm working two jobs while taking a year off college for financial reasons. With $100-300 a night in tips from my restaurant job, it's easy to blow the money thinking, "I'll just make more tomorrow." I spend ridiculous amounts each month on partying. So my dad basically told me to get my act together. He said, "If you think money is like an open faucet, it's not true." He didn't shame me, though (very important), and offered to help with a budget. I'd actually been worrying about my partying and finances, too, so it really helped. Fathers are like coaches. Don't worry that your son is over 18; you're not an adult until you act like one. Also, if your son's got a drug or alcohol problem, you need to totally use your parental spine, incentives, sanctions, whatever-it-takes, to make him see a rehab counselor, which will include some family counseling.
Ashley, 26, Auburn: You absolutely have the right to tell him to get his act together. He might blow up, but so what? It shows you care. You can't force him to change, but it will make him think. The party phase may end naturally when he gets sick of restaurant work or sees his friends graduating and making real money, but your consistent involvement and care makes him care more, too.
Dear Frustrated Dad: I hope the panel convinced you that young adults want accountability. Age 18 to 25 is still adolescence. It's also society's most ignored demographic, with many parents averting their eyes. Parents who keep tuned in to who their young person is, and, if needed, set limits and expectations, make a huge difference. College dropouts are the most at-risk demographic for drug or alcohol dependency — many are in trouble. When approaching him, be "fact of life" that his addiction-centered lifestyle is unacceptable. Anger gets energy moving. Help him set goals (including rehab possibly), repeat this process as necessary, and stay connected no matter what. — Lauren
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Sleeps 7
Bedrooms 4
Bathrooms 2
Pets Yes
"Deceptively large, a great base for ..."Deceptively large, a great base for exploring the whole of Dumfries and Galloway.
- Ground floor bedroom
- Smoke-free
- Garden / Patio
- Cot available
- Highchair available
- Pub/shop < 1 mile
- Washing machine
- Dishwasher
- Seaside
The property
A charming and well presented terraced cottage, on a quiet street in the popular village of Gatehouse of Fleet, set in the beautiful Dumfries & Galloway countryside.
Well appointed throughout to provide comfortable accommodation, this Gatehouse of Fleet cottage is the ideal venue for families or friends wishing to explore this attractive corner of Scotland.
This Gatehouse of Fleet cottage has four bedrooms, including a double on the ground floor.
The first floor bedrooms and bathroom in this Gatehouse of Fleet cottage have a restricted head height, in keeping with some traditional cottages in this part of the country.
The accommodation is completed by a sitting room, a dining room with additional comfortable seating, and a fitted kitchen leading to a utility room and French doors opening onto the garden.
This Gatehouse of Fleet cottage boasts a spacious rear garden with a patio area, furniture and an expansive lawn, making it the ideal place to relax with a drink and plan the day's activities.
Gatehouse of Fleet offers a charming collection of shops and cafés.
Its location makes it the ideal place to explore delightful nearby beaches as well as the Laggan Adventure Centre.
Indulge in the Wickerman Festival each July, named after the film which was made in the region.
For a less energetic attraction, visit the Chocolate Factory in nearby Twynholm or the Cream o' Galloway Visitor Centre and sample the ice-cream made there.
A delightful Gatehouse of Fleet cottage with something for everybody within easy reach.
Four bedrooms: 1 x ground floor double, 1 x double with basin, 1 x twin with TV, 1 x single. Bathroom with bath, shower over, basin and WC. Ground floor shower room with shower, basin and WC. Kitchen. Utility. Dining room with comfy seating (seats 4) and electric fire. Sitting room (seats 6) with electric fire.
- Gas central heating with electric fires
- Electric oven and hob, microwave, fridge/freezer, washing machine, dishwasher, TV with Freeview, 2nd TV, DVD, PlayStation 2, selection of books, games, PS2 games and DVDs
- Fuel and power inc. in rent
- Bed linen and towels inc. in rent
- Cot and highchair
- Roadside parking next to cottage
- Lawned garden with furniture
- One well-behaved pet welcome
- Sorry, no smoking
- Shop and pub 2 mins walk
- Note: Reduced head height of approx 6ft in first floor rooms.
About the location
Kirkcudbright 8 miles; Newton Stewart 15 miles; Castle Douglas 15 miles.
Peaceful in its pastel colours, the small country town of Gatehouse of Fleet lies on the Solway Firth, in the midst of Dumfries & Galloway countryside, with good sandy beaches a five-minute drive away. The town was founded in the 1760s as a mill community, and today the nearby Mill on the Fleet - a visitor centre in a former bobbin mill - tells the tale of Gatehouse's cotton-spinning days. Today, there are several shops in the town including a small supermarket, chemist, bank and Post Office, along with two book/gift shops, a kilt-making centre and two cafes. All four pubs in the town have restaurant facilities and welcome children. Castle Douglas, a 15-minute drive away, offers an extensive range of shops, Threave Gardens and boating on Carlingwark Loch.


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Our Hit Parade at Joe's Pub Yearlong When it clicks into gear—as in December's awesome 1990s edition—this madly eclectic revue is the most exciting show in town.
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New Jersey man survives 4-inch nail in heart By Barbara Goldberg | Reuters 12 hrs ago (Reuters) - A New Jersey man who survived accidentally shooting a 4-inch (10-cm) nail into his heart while trying to clear a jammed nail gun said on Friday he feels like he won the lottery. Dennis Hennis, 52, who was revived from cardiac arrest before being airlifted for surgery to Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey, laughed off Dr. Michael Rosenbloom's suggestion that he buy a lottery ticket. "I've already won the lottery," said Hennis of Vineland, New Jersey, in an interview. "I got a new grandson on my birthday on March 23 and a week later I'm almost dead. Now we can celebrate birthdays together," he said. Hennis, a self-employed builder, was working with his son, age 28, on a neighbor's roof on Saturday when his nail gun jammed and he tried to clear it, mistakenly pointing it toward him. The powerful tool was built to fire 4-inch nails at 120 pounds per square inch (8.4 kg per square cm), said hospital spokeswoman Lori Shaffer. "It was about a foot away and it went right into my chest, right into my heart," Hennis recalled. The nail pierced his right ventricle, which supplies blood to the lungs, and Hennis soon went into cardiac arrest. Hennis, whose son called an ambulance, was rushed to a local hospital and revived but clearly needed immediate surgery at a trauma center like Cooper, nearly an hour's drive away, Rosenbloom said. "Imagine there is a nail in the heart and they have to do CPR. It turns a little puncture wound into a laceration," the surgeon said. Fog had grounded the medical helicopter but it suddenly lifted and Hennis was flown to Cooper and rushed into the operating room. Hennis' recovery from surgery has been remarkable and he was expected to be discharged in time to celebrate Easter with his family, including his third and newest grandchild. "We closed the hole and his heart is strong," Rosenbloom said by telephone. Hennis lucked out with knowing to not remove the nail himself, prompt medical attention and suddenly cooperative weather, Rosenbloom said. "I told him he should go play the lottery," the surgeon said. (Reporting by Barbara Goldberg in Maplewood, New Jersey; Editing by Greg McCune and Cynthia Osterman)
I know the feeling. I nailed my big toe to the floor of a house I was building. It was only a 12d nail but it sure stopped me in my tracks.