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Attorney & Just how They Work out Car accident Settlements
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If you have just recently been wounded in a mishap with no fault of your personal, you may discover yourself in a sea of legal representatives without recognizing which one to select. After being wounded, lots of people resort to legal representatives for aid in safeguarding their civil liberties and also assisting to guarantee they are rather made up for shed earnings, clinical bills as well as pain and also suffering.
Depending on the crash, medical interest might or might not be required. In an auto mishap, as an example, the individual who triggered the crash will certainly be responsible for any kind of repairs to the victim's car, together with the recently discussed payment. A lot of individuals employ a legal representative right after the mishap happens although settlement agreements will commonly not start until after medical therapy has actually finished.
After concluding clinical treatment, legal representatives will start to work out with the insurance coverage firm representing the person that created the mishap. Throughout this moment, legal representatives will evaluate the amount of medical costs, medical professional credit records and also medical diagnosis, shed incomes, damages as well as will certainly attempt to estimate a fair amount of discomfort and also suffering. After obtaining your approval, car accident lawyers like tjwillmakeempay.com will send a proposal to the insurance policy adjuster for factor to consider. It usually takes 1 Month for a response, which is expected to be a counteroffer. Right now, lawyers will go over the deal with their customer and also see if a reasonable negotiation can be gotten to. If not, the attorney will certainly prepare one more letter explaining that the insurance adjuster's offer is not acceptable and also will, once more, get that the situation be gone for a somewhat lower amount compared to the original suggested amount. This scenario is an examination of each side as the adjuster intends to resolve the instance for as low as feasible while the legal representatives intend to ensure their clients are correctly compensated. After a number of letters back and forth, and maybe some phone conversation, the lawyers will encourage their customer when a reasonable deal has actually been gotten to. While they can not advise their customer on what to do, they could recommend them on the fairness of the deal and how that figure could change if the instance were to proceed to trial.
For reasons of both time and also cost, most of personal injury situations are cleared up out of court. When a trial is provided, attorney charges and also court costs increase substantially. A lawyer obtains a pre-negotiated amount of the client's settlement, however obtains a larger percent if the instance moves to test. There are a variety of attorneys who manage personal injury situations and it is always important to choose one that is most sincere as well as appears most knowledgeable concerning the process.
The details in this write-up is to be made use of for informative objectives only. It must not be taken into consideration as, or utilized instead of, professional legal recommendations. Individuals who need lawful assistance needs to get in touch with one of the lawyers in their area who could help them with their inquiries and worries.


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NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr said the new six-page proposal he made to the league on Wednesday morning in New York was "about as good" as the players could do in an attempt to end the lockout.
It wasn't good enough for NHL commissioner Gary Bettman.
"There was some movement in our direction and it was appreciated," Bettman told reporters in New York Wednesday afternoon. "We're still far apart. But hopefully there's some momentum so we can bring this to a conclusion."
The Canadian Press reported that the union proposed a 50-50 split of revenues during the five-year deal along with $393 million in deferred make whole payments throughout the agreement. Two weeks ago, the league offered $211 million and a 50-50 split.
You can read more by clicking here.
To read the NHLPA memo outlining the latest proposal, click here.
The Canadiens' Brandon Prust tweeted after Bettman rejected the proposal: "Gary bettman's autobiography is in stores now. It's titled 'how I destroyed a sport and a nation'"
You can read more player tweets by clicking here.
To read about a tweet comparing Bettman to an annoying manager at a McDonald's restaurant, click here.
Former Hab Roman Hamrlik expressed his frustration in an interview with Czech-publication Daily Sport:
"I am disgusted," Hamrlik was translated as saying. "We have to push Fehr to the wall to get the deal. Time is against us. We lost 1/4 season, it is $425 million. Who will give it back to us? Mr. Fehr?
"There should be voting between players. Four questions – YES or NO – then count it. If half of players say let's play, then they should sign new CBA. If there is no season he should leave and we will find someone new. Time is our enemy."
Read more on Hamrlik by clicking here.
"(The players) are suffering right along with the fans," Fehr told reporters in New York. "We made an enormous move in the owners direction to try and end it — at least as of today that hasn't been successful."
You can watch video of Fehr and Bettman addressing the media in New York by clicking here.
No further meetings have been scheduled and Thursday marks the beginning of the long U.S. Thanksgiving weekend.
Below is video of a recent interview Wayne Gretzky did with NBC about the lockout:
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Is Pinnacol Assurance Colorado's AIG? [1]
April 15 2009, 11:39 AM
Before considering a proposal to take hundreds of millions of dollars from a quasi-governmental fund that is meant to guarantee worker's compensation insurance in Colorado, state lawmakers "grilled" Pinnacol Assurance officials about six-figure compensation packages earned by nine top execs, according to The Denver Post [5].
"It's almost like we've created an AIG, but there's no oversight in terms of shareholders," says Representative Jack Pommer, the Boulder Democrat who chairs the House Appropriations Committee, which approved Senate Bill 281 in a 9-3 vote. The measure clarifies that Pinnacol is part of the state government and should not operate as a private insurance company--a move seen as a precursor to a coming panel vote to take $500 million from Pinnacol in order to plug a big hole in the state budget.
Governor Bill Ritter has taken no public position on the idea, but Mark Simon, who is disabled, has. He says it took two acts of legislation and a Supreme Court ruling before he received his first claim from Pinnacol, writes the Denver Business Journal [6].
Meanwhile, Pinnacol's chief executive, Ken Ross, tells News 13 [7] in Colorado Springs that the company keeps large reserves in case of a tragic event, such as a tornado, which could result in mass numbers of worker's comp claims.


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Apple Inc.'s stock jumped to its highest price ever, after record sales of iPhones and iPads helped third-quarter profit blow past estimates.
Profit more than doubled to $7.31 billion from $3.25 billion a year earlier, Apple said. Sales climbed 82 percent to $28.6 billion. Analysts had predicted profit of $5.87 a share and revenue of $25 billion, according to Bloomberg data. Apple shares jumped 3 percent Wednesday to $386.90 on the Nasdaq Stock Market.


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Sharpening For Output; Keys To Getting The Process Right
One of the most frequent questions I'm asked is about the proper, or
"best," way to sharpen images for printing or web use. Almost everyone
has struggled with getting this right. Software has improved greatly over the
past couple of years, both within Adobe's Photoshop, which recently added
the Smart Sharpen filter, and with third-party tools like nik's Sharpener
and PixelGenius' PhotoKit Sharpener.
Part of the problem when explaining how to sharpen is that no two images will
use exactly the same settings. Sure, you can come up with a set of adjustments
that work, but for the optimal results you'll find yourself needing to
tweak these settings for each image. And, when you consider that sharpening
needs change dramatically based on the size of the print and even the type of
paper you'll be printing on, you can see why so many people are frustrated
by the whole process.
Unsharp Mask Explained
Just the term "unsharp mask" is confusing to some. If you came from
a traditional film and darkroom background you're familiar with the process
of masking, but for digital-only users, or those who never spent time in a darkroom,
the idea of masking can be hard to grasp. Essentially, you're masking,
or hiding, the unsharp areas. With digital, sharpening is actually done by enhancing
the contrast between edges in your image.
Photoshop does this with the Unsharp Mask filter (Filter>Sharpen>Unsharp
Mask) (#1). Other programs have similar controls, sometimes with different names,
but always with the same method of sharpening. With three controls available
to define how edges are found and enhanced, you have a great deal of control
over the final result. Let's take a closer look at each of the controls
to understand how they work.
Amount controls how strong the contrast effect is applied to your edges. Essentially,
you're enhancing the contrast between pixels to give the appearance of
a sharp edge. The sharpening appears in your image as a halo along the edges
affected by the filter.
Radius determines how wide the effect is on your images, with larger numbers
affecting a greater number of pixels. Radius is the most important adjustment
of the three controls and can ruin a photo quicker than you can say "oops."
Image 2 is an example of what happens when the Radius is set too high. You can
see the distinct halo, or glow, around the edges of Devils Tower. Very few things
scream digital like an over-sharpened image.
Threshold controls how much difference there must be between pixels in order
for them to be considered edges. Higher numbers here force the filter to look
for greater differences between adjacent pixels and will reduce the number of
edges found.
Now, by themselves, these controls aren't hard to understand or master.
It's the interaction between them that can lead to hair loss and increased
stress levels. You see, changing the Radius affects how strong the Amount appears,
and adjusting the Threshold can magnify or reduce the effect of both Amount
and Radius. Luckily, the controls are presented in the general order of use.
You will typically make adjustments to the Amount first to get a rough value
for how much sharpening to apply to the photo. Then, by adjusting the Radius
you'll control how prominent that sharpening is. Finally, you can fine-tune
the results with the Threshold control.
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Book Was There: Reading in Electronic Times, by Andrew Piper, University of Chicago Press RRP$22.50/RRP£14.50, 208 pages
Paper: An Elegy, by Ian Sansom, Fourth Estate RRP£14.99, 224 pages
The Missing Ink: The Lost Art of Handwriting and Why It Still Matters, by Philip Hensher, Macmillan RRP£14.99/Faber RRP$28, 304 pages
A declaration of interest: this article is written by a writer. I don't say a good writer, but a full-time professional writer, and if you ask any representative of this dying breed how they feel about the apparent dissolution of print in the face of ebooks and websites, they will almost all say the same thing: they will tell you they are against it. Paper pages remind them of paper money: of the civilised advances paid before the electronic undermining of book prices prompted most authors to develop a sideline, usually teaching the profession from which they can no longer make a living.
But the attachment of writers to the old, tangible media is not just about money. The physical book seems like a fitting reward for the labour of writing a book. It is flattering that third parties – typesetters, printers, designers – are roped in on your behalf. A physical book represents closure, whereas ebook publication means becoming part of the eternal, energy-sapping flux of the internet. You have to do all your own marketing: blogging or tweeting about how great you are in defiance of all those childhood injunctions to be modest; and there are people out there who aspire to pick your work apart electronically, "remix" it in the name of some democratic hippyish ideal. If you become involved in that sort of interactivity, then you might have to spend a long time defending your vision or just lying awake and worrying about the assaults made upon it by people who, surely, ought to be making their own stuff up.
Fortunately we writers, being writers, can write about this. Whereas I don't believe I have read a single work by a milkman lamenting that most people now buy their milk from a shop instead of having it delivered, books fretting over the death of print form one of the genres of the moment.
The shortest of the books before us, but the philosophical heavyweight, is Book Was There by Andrew Piper, a Canadian professor of literature. The title is a quote from Gertrude Stein that is even more irritating when written in full: "Book was there, it was there", the point being that we were reading something or other at all the staging posts of our lives. Piper wants us all to calm down and have a sensible discussion about this "late age of print", but he begins with such a compelling evocation of the tactile pleasure of a book, its "graspability", that you think there could no arguments on the other side. He discusses a painting of 1864 by Adolf von Menzel, "one of the most sensuous depictions of the relationship between a hand and a book I have ever seen". The hand actually obscures the book it is holding. The reader, holding a book, mimics the gesture of prayer. In ancient and medieval art, says Piper, the open hand is the sign of divine calling, and so when reading, we call out and are called to. Books are also proxies for our hands: they hold things.
The book is contained and finite, and the web is not. But there has always been too much to read. "Read much, not many," said Pliny the Younger. In this and many other ways Piper shows the apparent internet revolution as being a continuum of book culture. He compares a typical web page with medieval manuscripts. They, too, "revelled in cacophony". The roots of file-sharing are traced back to 18th-century London's coffee houses. On the subject of this vaunted internet "sharing", Piper makes the point that for sharing to have moral worth, it should involve sacrifice – a cost. "To this end, we need – brace yourself for this – to embrace DRM."
Now the force of this bold culmination was lost on me because I didn't know what DRM meant, and I'm pretty sure (in the absence of an index) that Piper hadn't told me. I looked it up on the internet. It means Digital Rights Management, and refers to technology that blocks free access to copyrighted digital material. As a content-producer I entirely agree; my point is merely that Piper is very occasionally too nerdy. But after 150 pages of his deeply learned and measured argument I found myself shamed out of disagreeing with his contention that, just as the intersection of books, scrolls and human speech produced intellectual advance in medieval times, so the process continues today: "Expanding the number of channels through which our ideas circulate makes those ideas potentially richer."
On the face of it, Ian Sansom's book on paper is chronicling the shift to new media but he and his publishers seem conflicted about whether paper is disappearing or not. The book is subtitled an "elegy" for paper; but it is surtitled a "celebration" of paper.
Paper that has apparently been banished has a habit of coming back in the form of ... paper. I personally print out any important document I'm sent by email. Sansom, a critic and novelist, concedes in his introduction that while we have ticketless parking, ebooks and iPads, we also have an unprecedented number of paper books, paper cups, and all those desktop printers. He settles on calling his book a "personally curated Paper Museum", but few curators are so engaging and dynamic. Sansom is interested in the paradoxes of paper, the way it is so ubiquitous as to be almost invisible. A piece of paper, he writes, "may be a priceless artefact – a painting or a manuscript – or a piece of litter". It may bring good news; or a suicide note. And "paper allows us to be present ... when we are in fact absent" – by means of writing, that is.
Sansom is a "paper omnivore", an admission he makes rather guiltily. Whereas paper was made from rags until the late 18th century, almost half of industrially felled wood is today pulped for paper. (He concludes that we should show to paper some of the respect we show to trees.) Sansom spent all his first advance on the full 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary. He may well be a "bibliomaniac", a word he applies to Gladstone, who apparently once walked into a bookshop and bought the entire stock.
Sansom invokes a vast amount of literature; fortunately he has a great taste in quotes. He cites a Herman Melville short story in which a typically vast and whitewashed paper mill resembles "an arrested avalanche". In an article on bill-sticking, Dickens referred to an old warehouse, so plastered with rotting posters and paste that it had been "brought down to the condition of an old cheese". Staying with literature (just about) we learn that 2.5m pulped Mills & Boon novels were used for the top level of asphalt on the M6 in 2003. But Sansom's frenetic and amusing paper chase also extends to labels, tickets, wrapping paper, paper money, posters, paper art, and there is quite a lot of disgusting stuff about toilet paper, "the fastest-growing sector in paper production".
The Missing Ink is, perhaps, more justifiably elegiac, being a highly readable, casually elegant look at a "modest, pleasurable, private skill" that "is about to vanish from our lives altogether": the art of handwriting. Philip Hensher, like Sansom, is steeped in his subject. He once wrote a 300,000-word novel by hand. As a boy, he saw the signature of Elizabeth I, with all those zigzags descending beneath. It was "love at first sight". He recalls first seeing his own father's signature, which resembled "a knife in a wound".
He notes that the teaching of handwriting has been sliding down the agenda since the 1980s. Hensher was taught it in the 1970s – the amiable, rounded, child-friendly style developed by Marion Richardson in the 1930s – but he "found faint disappointment in the no-nonsense f's". He gives a lively account of the handwriting movements allied to the development of paper commerce in the mid-19th century, namely Copperplate (which was built for speed, resembling handwriting in a wind tunnel) and its more upright successors.
Hensher finds it telling that Sherlock Holmes was a student of graphology, it being "a fantasy from an urban world, where almost everyone is a stranger, and almost anyone could be dangerous". In the 1970s various mental health associations decreed graphology to be of "zero validity". Searching for the most absurd pronouncements of the graphologists, Hensher finds one who found great significance in the fact that Hitler's handwriting leant "extremely far to the right". But he concedes that handwriting can reveal character, even if not according to fixed rules. (Why else do we write letters of condolence by hand?) Hensher finds virtue in the slowness of handwriting, and he cites evidence that if you improve a child's handwriting, you improve his literary skills.
As a boy, Hensher drew meaningless wavy lines in anticipation of learning cursive handwriting. I myself did the same. Perhaps it is a characteristic of budding authors, in which case any parent uncovering pages so scrawled in 2012 should be worried. Their child ought not to have too much of a stake in the future of reading and writing in this frightening, fraught "late age of print".
Andrew Martin's latest novel is 'The Baghdad Railway Club' (Faber)


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The Latin dance demonstrates the fire, passion and energy of the culture. The Ballroom dance shows sophistication and organized movements.
When you dance, you become closer to your partner. You share movements and work as one entity. Positive human contact is essential for a positive healthy life.
With social dance you can get a mild aerobic workout. Many senior citizens prefer adult social dancing to keep them alert, aware and active. Dancing can increase your body metabolism. It can also help with weight loss.
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An understanding of rhythm can help improve coordination, boost math scores and enhance concentration. Kids who study dance are much more likely to perform well on certain tests because they can focus more clearly on the subject and questions. From kids' ballroom dancing to contemporary Latin dance, rhythm helps kids develop better coordination through appropriate techniques, and these techniques evolve over time to include improved coordination in a variety of areas.
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Kylie Minogue has been offered £1 million to join Jessie J and Sir Tom Jones on the judging panel of the UK version of 'The Voice'.
While BBC chiefs hoped to secure the 'Spinning Around' hitmaker's place on the show with the huge pay cheque, Kylie - whose sister, Dannii, was a judge on 'The X Factor' until earlier this year - is believed to have asked for more cash.
A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "We have held initial discussions with her but unfortunately we are not yet at the stage where a deal has been done.
"We'd love to have her on the show but we can't offer the size contracts as 'The X Factor' so money could be a stumbling block."
With the pint-size pop star reportedly having demanded around £2.5 million to appear on 'The Voice'. BBC staff are said to be infuriated as 2,000 jobs are set to be cut at the network in a bid to save money.
A source told The Sun newspaper: "Great. Kylie gets another million quid and we get the sack."
Black Eyed Peas star will.i.am had previously been linked with a judging role on 'The Voice'.
A source recently said: "will.i.am is 95 per cent a done deal. He is a big star and loves nurturing new talent. He shoots from the lip, and will not be afraid to tell it like it is. Although I doubt 'The Voice' will be as bitchy as 'The X Factor'."
Kylie Minogue offered 1m to judge The Voice
Kylie Minogue has reportedly been offered £1 million to join Jessie J and Sir Tom Jones on the judging panel of the UK version of 'The Voice'.


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7/18/2012 12:08pm, #211
Aiyo, what is it that you do study, anyway? I recall you posted a motherfucking paper or some ****, but I can't for the life of me remember what it's about? And you also said you're a therapist. Wait, are you a Jedi?
Regarding that ****, "Physiology of Aikido" sounds intrinsically wonky, like somebody made that **** up.
And while it is cool that motherfuckers are using science to look at martial arts and ****, doing cadaveric studies for Aikido is a waste of Cadavers and time you could spend masturbating. Personally, I want to cut up fighters' and football players' brains after they die as part of my multi centre research for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, but then again, I'm not a fucking Pathologist.
The science in these articles is a start, but it's pretty goddamn soft.Originally Posted by Goju - joe
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What in the fuckall of **** does a corpse prove when it comes to how a living resisting person will respond to anything??
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--Yea I'm not a physiologist by any means. I study clinical psychology, and my areas of research are 1) bereavement, and 2) integrated healthcare. I couldn't tell you why an Ikkyo pin hurts you, in other words, but I would be happy to talk to you about the pain (both physical and emotional).
7/18/2012 12:43pm, #25--
How do you tell what causes pain on a corpse?
Seriously though this isn't too far out of the Japanese line of thinking when it comes to MA. Famed last koga ninja, Seiko Fujita, did compile a lot of data on kyusho by testing them on live bodies it was supposed to be the basis of a SF training manual. It is called Kenpo Gokui Atemi Sakkatsuho Meikai I used to have a digital copy of the work but haven't seen it in years.______
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Didn't anyone ever tell him a fat man could never be a ninja
You can't practice Judo just to win a Judo Match! You practice so that no matter what happens, you can win using Judo!The key to fighting two men at once is to be much tougher than both of them.
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This sounds like the aikido version of that Medical Implications of Karate Blows book, which has the same annoying problem as the Fight Science/other CG martial arts accelerometer abusers: they feel the need to use metrics and then go "OMG, that's sooo powerful, it could totally kill a guy! Sploosh!". "Wow, that karate chop had as much force as a bowling ball dropped from 8 feet...I'M SO HARD RIGHT NOW!!"
7/18/2012 1:31pm, #28--
No, the studying was okay it is the application of theories that is incorrect.
Do I need to get ALL of the medical studies, on cadavers, that led to the medical advances for the living? Daishi was trying to make a point and it makes sense. The flaw is that, if true, the latter generations didn't always apply the findings to live trainees.
Finding out how things break, sprain, resist and move is a good beginning to a martial art.
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Yes, but they will break, sprain, and resist different on a live person. Finding how the body works is a plus, but breaking a stiff doesn't really prove that the same thing would happen on a live person.
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CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand -- No Catholic church or school in Christchurch will be used until engineers have declared it safe.
Christchurch Bishop Barry P. Jones announced the measure Feb. 25, three days after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake rocked New Zealand's second-largest city, causing more than 100 deaths and widespread damage.
The NZ Catholic newspaper reported that some churches in the quake zone were severely damaged while others escaped relatively unscathed.
Bishop-designate Charles Drennan, administrator of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, said safety is the primary concern. The cathedral sustained severe damage and may not be usable again, said engineers who inspected the building.
Bishop-designate Drennan, named to head the Palmerston North Diocese the day of the earthquake, and other priests were asked to leave the cathedral rectory by safety officials for security reasons as authorities cleared much of the central city.
Authorities placed the death toll at 113, with about 220 people missing Feb. 25. Among the missing were dozens of students and staff at an international English language school, which was in one of the buildings that collapsed.
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Rescuers' hopes were raised that signs of life had been detected in the destroyed Holy Cross Catholic chapel in central Christchurch, but rescuers were unable to locate anyone Feb. 24.
Elsewhere, at least 20 people were believed to have been killed when the spire of the Anglican ChristChurch Cathedral collapsed.
Bishop Jones celebrated Mass at Our Lady of Victories Parish, Sockburn, in suburban Christchurch Feb. 23 for the people of the region recovering from the temblor. He prayed that they might know the love and peace of God in the midst of suffering.
In his homily, Bishop Jones reflected on the nature of evil, but said that an earthquake is in no sense a consequence of, or a punishment for, human behavior.
Father Brian Cummings, provincial superior of the New Zealand province of the Society of Mary, said the presbytery of St. Mary Parish in the northern part of Christchurch was destroyed. No one had lived in the building since it was damaged in September's magnitude 7.1 earthquake, he said.
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand pledged $18,800 toward relief and recovery. The funds will support the St. Vincent de Paul Society, Catholic Social Services and other agencies.
Director Michael Smith said the organization does not normally respond directly to emergencies within New Zealand, but that the scale of the disaster required a response.
The Christchurch earthquake is shaping up as New Zealand's worst natural disaster as the government declared the country's first national emergency. In 1931, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Hawke's Bay on the country's North Island killed 256 people.
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L.A. Film Fest Continues: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List
John Cusack in Say Anything
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On Friday at the Grand Park's Performance Lawn downtown, in honor of the original 1988 Hairspray's 25th anniversary, the L.A. Film Fest and Dance Camera West want you to do the Mashed Potato with Tracy and the gang -- poodle skirts and all. The musical fun begins at 6:30 p.m. Bring a picnic (but leave the booze home) and enjoy this dance-along for free.
Saturday, June 22
Back in the golden age of moviemaking, almost all film editors were women, as the process was deemed similar to sewing or craftwork. As the L.A. Film Festival winds down, you can hear from some modern-day equivalents during Saturday's 2 p.m. Women in the Cut: A Celebration of Women Editors panel, which includes Sandra Adair (Before Midnight), Maryann Brandon (Star Trek Into Darkness) and Oscar nominee Pamela Martin (The Fighter).
Saturday also has outdoor movies playing all over Los Angeles. First choice is Street Food Cinema's The Rocky Picture Horror Show at 5:30 p.m. with the live cast Sins O' the Flesh. Don't forget to wear your gold shorts or maid outfits for the look-alike costume contest. Participating food trucks include Dogtown Dog, Komodo and Perk Up Coffee. Lot parking is $10, as is general admission. Or buy a four-pack online for $32.
Also at 5:30 p.m. comes Say Anything from Eat|See|Hear at Santa Monica High School's Memorial Greek Amphitheatre. Lloyd (John Cusack) tries to win over valedictorian Diane (Ione Skye) after they've both graduated high school, charming her with that famous boombox over his head. Street Kitchen L.A., Ragin' Cajun and others will be there to provide food and drinks, and indie band Max and the Moon will play before the screening.
Wednesday, June 26
If you'd rather stay indoors, the New Beverly Cinema hosts a double feature of Terrence Malick's recent films, To the Wonder and The Tree of Life, starting at 7:30 p.m. In the former, traveling American Neil (Ben Affleck) meets Marina (Olga Kurylenko) while at Mont Saint-Michel and brings her back to Oklahoma. As their relationship falls apart, Neil reconnects with his childhood friend (Rachel McAdams) as Marina befriends a priest in religious crisis (Javier Bardem). In the latter, we follow Jack O'Brien (Brad Pitt) in both the present and the 1950s as he grapples with his parents' conflicting worldviews (grace versus nature) and the deaths of his friends and brother. These films also play on Thursday.
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Johnnie To is the lone Hong Kong action director who's done his best work in the aftermath of the crown colony's reversion to China. In a sense, the feverishly active To is out of step with history, and as its title suggests, his latest gangster opus, Exiled, revels in that sense of anachronism. Set in Macao during the waning days of Portuguese rule, Exiled is a crepuscular paean to male group loyalty and rueful joie de vivre, as precipitated by the attempt of a Triad affiliate named Wo (Nick Cheung) to retire from the bloody fray. The movie opens with a fabulous set piece on a quiet street in sleepy Macao. Hit men visit Wo's Mediterranean-style home. The furnishings have yet to arrive. but Wo's wife (Josie Ho) and their infant child provide essential baggage. For 15 minutes, To plays with conventions lifted from spaghetti Westerns as the rival plug-uglies make extended eye contact, the tension underscored by twangy guitar reverb and ratcheted in escalating close-ups. The situation, a classic Mexican stand-off, is resolved in characteristically ambiguous fashion, and from there following Exiled's plot development requires a certain amount of concentration. By Hong Kong standards, To's policiers have been fairly down-to-earth, but Exiled, which begins with a tribute to Sergio Leone and ends by acknowledging Sam Peckinpah, exists solely in the world of the movies.
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The Chesterfield, Eddie "Lucky" Campbell's downtown venture, will be a restaurant, too, not just a bar
No doubt you've heard about the bar that Eddie "Lucky" Campbell and Michael Martensen have been planning to open downtown on Main Street in partnership with Ed Bailey,, owner of the Bailey's Prime Plus restaurants.
It will be called the Chesterfield, and it will be a restaurant — not just a bar. And Martensen is no longer involved. "It's myself and Ed Bailey moving forward with this," says Campbell. "Michael Martensen has resigned from the project and we wish him much continued success" wrote Gary Van Gundy, president of Edward C. Bailey Enterprises, in an email.
The chef will be Michael Ehlert, a recent transplant from New York City, where he was executive sous chef at DBGB Kitchen and Bar, one of Daniel Boulud's New York restaurants. Ehlert's menu will include small plates, such as short ribs braised in veal stock enriched with roasted coffee beans and poblano chiles, served with a parsnip puree. And main courses. And salads, like a nicoise featuring deviled quail eggs and preserved tuna he'll make in-house. And flatbreads. And sandwiches. He's brining a pastrami as we speak, with the idea of featuring it in, say, a Reuben.
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Managers of the new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services public exchanges may not have done much to prepare for situations in which the exchanges face severe technical problems.
A federal exchange enrollment manual posted on the Web includes just one paragraph discussing the procedures exchanges should follow if "natural disasters or serious technical problems" interfere with normal operations.
The authors of the manual refer to situations involving serious technical problems as "rare occasions."
The authors say of those rare occasions only that exchange managers would work with health plans to come up with alternative methods to transmit enrollment data in a secure fashion when the ability to transmit data in a standard electronic data interface format was not available.
HHS is running the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchange programs in 36 states.
The Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight, the HHS arm in charge of overseeing the exchange program, developed the manual.
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Audio Research Référence DAC "Digital Media Bridge"
AR "craked" the Wifi protocole to make it really Audiophile audio !!! What does that mean ?I am very interested in this new baby from AR, but it seems that there is almost no tests ou review published so far, and nobody is really commenting on the "Digital media bridge" feature and nobody show the iPAD interface. This interface can be very usefull IF it is help to manadge the Music files stored on the Network or on the HD/Thumb drive connected on the front USB port.
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Any one already tested it ? Any one has more infos on the iPAD application and on the "media bridge" feature ?
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Ramona Singer green jade and diamond sterling silver wrap necklace ($299.90, hsn.com).
Do you have a favorite piece?
I love them all! They're all like my children. Every day I wear something different. Today, I'm wearing my jade piece that can go from day into night. One of the great things about my jewelry is that it makes you feel very special and beautiful every day.
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Who are your favorite designers?
I like anything with a sense of style. I especially love estate jewelry and deco jewelry because it looks just as good now as it will in 30 years. They're investment pieces—you can pass it on to your children. I did I few little pieces inspired by a Fifth Avenue store that does floral and clover looks.
What made you want to get into the fashion industry, specifically jewelry design?
I've always been into fashion. I graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and then went into jewelry with my husband (Mario Singer.) I have always loved jewelry, and I thought to myself, why can't I create a line that is affordable for every woman in America?
What inspires you?
Mostly my travels and things that I see on people. I used a lot of green this season because I was recently in Africa—the colors there were so vibrant. That trip also made me want to experiment with wider cuffs and exotic woods. I also went to Capri, which inspired my huge pear shape ring and matching necklace.
What is it like to be on HSN?
HSN is a really great company. They're so friendly and warm, I feel like I'm working for family. They're fab and they love what they do—and to be successful in work, you must love what you do.
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Testing the Linkages between Trade and Productivity Growth
The authors examine the effect of trade on productivity growth using data from nine manufacturing industries across 12 OECD countries over the period 1978-97. Because causality between productivity growth and trade share runs both ways, geographical characteristics of countries are used to instrument for average bilateral trade volumes over the 20-year period. In addition, to exploit the time-series nature of the data, the authors construct a panel dataset and employ dynamic panel data techniques. After controlling for industry-specific heterogeneity, the results indicate that increased exposure to trade, in particular higher import volumes, exerts a positive influence on industries' productivity growth. However, the effect is rather small. Copyright © 2008 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Never mind the scoreboard in Seattle last Sunday, or the fact that the Jets offense has scored just six points in the last two games. Rex Ryan wasn't about to blame new offensive coordinator Tony Sparano.
"I'm happy with the job he's done," Ryan said Thursday. "I'm not happy with our results, but to say I'm going to pin that on Tony, there's no way."
Many blamed former Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer for unproductive games in the first three years of Mark Sanchez' career. The thing is, Schottenheimer's Rams have produced slightly more total offense than the Jets this year.
But Ryan has his rose colored glasses firmly on his nose, and said he knows the Jets are getting better each week even as the losses keep mounting.
"I know our offense is getting better," Ryan said. "I know our defense is getting better."
Sparano was asked for specifics on how the offense is improving.
"I think we're improving in the run game," Sparano said. "I think we're improving in the protection area. I think that we're improving within the structure of identification of front coverages, all those areas. I think our short yardage and goal line, although not reflected in the last game, is improving tremendously, we've gotten better and better each week there, we lead the national football league in that area right now. And I think that over the last five games, our third down production has been better."
Which sounds really good, except for the fact that the Jets have failed to score more points than their opponents in five of the last six games. The 3-6 start is so rough that owner Woody Johnson came out in the middle of practice to say this isn't what he expected this season after passively agreeing to hire Tim Tebow and not for the purposes of selling PSLs.
"In a lot of pain this week again for losing this game," Woody Johnson said. "It's a miserable experience for us, for our fans, people in the media as well."
Which makes it sound like Johnson has a more realistic idea of what a losing streak is about than either his head coach or his offensive coordinator.
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Ryan gave his offensive coordinator, who last year was the Dolphins head coach, his full measure of support in spite of the offensive slump.
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I've owned the Sony MDR-MA900 for about four months now, I got them because I wanted something with more relaxed treble and a bigger soundstage than my K240. My AKG K612 Pro's were a gift from a close friend and I have owned them for about a month now. I find both of these headphones a bit overlooked, although the K612 is the more overlooked of the two and less have seemed to of tried it. I am amping both with an Hifiman EF2A(nos rtc tubes) and an ASUS Xonar DX as the DAC. When it comes to music and genres; I listen to everything and anything and I also game and watch movies, so the comparisons between the two will be taking in all these factors; thus I am comparing the headphones as all-rounders. This review is a bit of a work in progress, I will add more to the review as I compare them more in-depth later on.
Build Quality and Comfort:
K612: The K612 Pro is a well built headphone, doesn't feel cheap or poorly made, the plastic is of high quality and has a substantial feel to it while being quite light. Has a slightly floppy feel because of the headband, but it doesn't take away from the quality if anything makes them more durable. The cable is non-removable but seems flexible and sturdy, it's a well made cable in my opinion. My K612 Pro is made in Austria, it's possible they may make them in China later on but all current K612s are made in Austria as far as I can tell. Comfort wise I found these slightly clampy at first and the pads a tad too stiff and hard, with use the clamp and pads soften up and ends up very comfortable. I don't even notice the headband so headband comfort is great.
MA900: I find the MA900 overall a well-built headphone, it's thin and a bit flimsy feeling but overall they feel well-made and more durable than they initially appear. They seem to be made of a mixture of plastic and a magnesium alloy like some other Sony headphones have been made out of. They are made in Thailand as it says on the cable termination. The headband makes a slight creaking noise at times when you extend it to put on your head. The cable is a bit thin and is a little stiffer than the K612s cable, the terminating jack seems to be a bit cheaper made than other headphones. Comfort is one of the aspects where these headphones really stick out, the earcups are deep and very comfy and the headphone is insanely light-weight. Clamp is very light and non-existent. I did find the headband somewhat noticeable at first but it became more comfortable as I used it more.
Build Quality: K612
Comfort: MA900
Soundstage and Imaging:
K612: The K612 has an accurate and natural sounding soundstage, it's big, but it's nothing that sticks out as abnormal, rather it's well integrated in it's overall sound signature. The imaging is great on this headphone, very accurate and presents a nice feeling of where the sound is coming from, this makes it very good for music and games that take advantage of good imaging.
MA900: The MA900 has a huge soundstage and with that a big sound on top of that. This leaves a very cinematic experience few headphones can achieve, it can sound a tad too big at times. The imaging is good and accurate, but it's not quite as precise as the K612s.
Soundstage: MA900
Imaging: K612
Transparency and Detail:
K612: The K612 is the more detailed and revealing of the two headphones, you hear subtle textures and minute details you just can't hear on the MA900. There is also a greater dynamic range in the sound on the K612, this can be heard with vocals and various instruments, the MA900 sounds a bit more compressed and flat in terms of dynamics. You get a greater sense of clarity and transparency, the vocals and instruments sound more authentic and as if it's not coming from the headphone more often with the K612.
MA900: The MA900 is a bit less detailed but is still a detailed headphone for it's price range. It does seem to lack slightly in terms of transparency, there is a slight veil in the sound and sounds a tad ill-defined at times when compared to the K612.
Transparency and Detail: K612
K612: The bass on the K612 is well textured, I found I get more information and texture out of the bass than the MA900. The bass is very linear from upper, mid, to sub bass, doesn't seem to emphasize any region of the bass over the other. It has a thick, present, and robust feel to it. There is also good extension in the sub bass, it extends further in the sub-bass than the MA900, you get the deep subbass rumble with these headphones if the track calls for it.
MA900: I find the bass on the MA900 quite textured and detailed, not quite to the K612s level but it isn't a slouch in this area. There is a slight mid-bass hump in the sound of these headphones, so when a song calls for mid-bass it's a bit more prominent than the K612s. The bass isn't quite as thick and solid sounding as the K612s bass though and it does lack some sub-bass extension.
Bass: K612
K612: This is where this headphone really shines, the midrange is very linear and natural sounding. It's simply beautiful and can give an eerie spine-shivering experience with certain vocal tracks, there is a texture and resolution in the midrange that just isn't found on the MA900. The midrange is neither forward or too laid-back, it's just right. It's clear and pristine.
MA900: This headphone has a pretty good midrange, but it does seem to lack a bit in texture, detail, and transparency when compared to the K612, but it's a good midrange nonetheless. It does seem to have an emphasis in the lower midrange to give it a warmer sound, but this takes away from it having a more pristine midrange.
Midrange: K612
K612: The treble of this headphone is linear and pretty much grain-free, it doesn't seem to over emphasize anything, it's neither dark or bright, it's just right, there is a slight roll-off in upper treble though. I find the treble adds a certain beauty and air to the sound and the headphone isn't veiled in any way in the treble. The treble is more detailed and refined than the MA900s treble. It's a very unoffensive treble and isn't overly sibilant or anything, but it will reveal if a track is overly sibilant but won't thrash your ears.
MA900: The treble in this headphone is slightly dark and laid-back, but also has a little more grain than the K612s treble. It's more rolled-off in the treble than K612 as well and there is less sense of detail and refinement to the treble, but the headphone still has plenty of air to it's sound due to it's large soundstage. The treble isn't overly sibilant and is unoffensive.
Treble: K612
The two headphones are both good headphones, but the K612 clearly wins sonically to my ears. In terms of amplification, the K612 is harder to amp and is also pickier about the dac and source than the MA900. Although I do find the MA900 performs best when amped, it sounds thin and a little harsh in the upper regions when not amped and without a decent dac behind it. I personally recommend both the headphones to be amped and have a decent dac behind them. The MA900 doesn't seem like it needs amplification but it does in my experience. Both headphones are great in the ~$200 range and sound different, but the K612 sounds like it's a league above in my ears. The resolution, texture, transparency, forgiving yet revealing sound, better dynamic range, better extension, etc. put the headphone in another class to my ears sonically. And currently the K612 is cheaper than the MA900.
In terms of overall sonic signature alone(not including transparency, refinement, detail, etc.) both are on the unoffensive side and both are headphones you can basically listen to all day. I find the MA900 a bit more laid-back sounding and more of a soundstage lovers headphones yet the sound is also more intimate and forward in some areas. The K612 is more of a neutrality lovers headphones and is more engaging sounding overall. I can see people swaying either way on which they like more and which you will like better will often come down to personal preference and system synergy.
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Canadiens shut down Rangers
Sergei Kostitsyn scored the winner early in the third period, as the Montreal Canadiens stifled the New York Rangers 3-1 on Tuesday night.
Montreal cashed as +135 road underdogs, while the game played UNDER the 5.5-goal total listed by sportsbooks.
Tomas Plekanec and Glen Metropolit had the other markers for the Canadiens, who outshot the Rangers 35-20 in the payday.
Sean Avery potted the lone goal in a losing cause for New York.


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Jordan Tanner pulled up across the street from the faded purple monstrosity and uttered a dozen different curses, each one ending with Great-aunt Beulah. Not that he wasn't grateful to have inherited the housemausoleum, whateverbut he harbored no illusions. As the last Tanner standing, this legacy had come to him through default.
Rain beat against the windshield of his Lexus as the wind tore down the deserted street. The oak he'd parked under groaned from the assault. He should move his car away from the trees. But Dunstan Lane was entirely lined with the old giants, and he knew a stall tactic when he saw one.
Jordan climbed out, unfurled his umbrella and studied his new home through the pelting rain. Not home. Residence. Home was his I-can't-believe-I-finally-made-it condo forty minutes down the highway. All he had to do was ride out the next few months in the butt-ugly Victorian until the place sold. Then he would return to his real life.
A movement on the roof three stories up caught his attention. Curious, he crossed the street and peered upward. A small woman, maybe a girl, scampered over a dormer, stopped near the edge above him and raised her arms to the sky. You didn't have to be Einstein to know that was a curse ripping out of her mouth.
He tossed the umbrella aside and broke into a full out run. How long would it take him to get to the top floor? And then? Then he'd figure it out. Talk her down. Break into the third-floor apartment if he had to and find a way onto the roof. No one was going to kill themselves today. Not on his property.
He pounded up the fire escape, stopping only to sight the woman. She was squatting now, even closer to the edge, and swinging something in her hand. He pulled his head down and pushed on, his breath searing his lungs. Waste of energy to shout. Probably some crack crazed teenager. Probably one of his tenants. He hit the landing outside the top-floor apartment. Nailed to the side of the house was a ladder that went the rest of the way up. Thank God.
He grabbed the bottom rung as he spared a quick check on the crazy lady. Yup, still there, but she had turned away from the edge, her attention focused on the shingles.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you, mister." A thin voice wafted out from a window that opened onto the fire escape.
Jordan shot a look behind him but the curtains obscured whoever had spoken. Another nutcase, no doubt.
"There's a woman on the roof," he hollered over his shoulder as he hoisted himself up the first rung. "I think she's going to jump."
A small boy poked his head out the open window. "She's fixing the roof. You better wait until she comes down." The anemic-looking child pushed his heavy framed glasses farther up his nose and looked him over. "You got a cold beer?"
"Excuse me?"
"She thinks cold beer is yummy. If you give her one, she might not yell at you."
Jordan stepped back onto the landing and leaned over the railing until he caught sight of the woman. Now that he was taking time to notice, yeah, that was a hammer in her hand. The soft thump of hammer meeting nail reached him as he watched her duckwalk away from the edge.
He hunched his shoulders against the relentless rain. "Does she always work on the roof during a storm?"
"Not always." The kid looked like he was having a midlife crisis at the age of, well, whatever age he was. Somewhere between eight and twelve. His thick black glasses swallowed his face, giving him a pinched look, as if he spent a lot of time scraping the bottom of the peanut butter jar. He started to shut the window.
"Hang on a sec. What's your name?"
"Jacob." He banged the lower edge of the window with his fist. It slid down another two inches.
"Jacob, I'd like to ask you a few questions." Like how rotten the old house was, and exactly who lived in it. Beulah's solicitor hadn't mentioned children. And where was the caretaker? Could it possibly be the tiny woman repairing the roof?
"I'm not supposed to talk to strangers," Jacob said through the glass.
Of course he wasn't. But Jordan would probably get more out of the kid in five minutes than a wily old caretaker. He hadn't talked to his aunt for at least ten years but that didn't mean he'd forgotten her. Beulah had been borderline crazy, in his opinion, and like attracted like. The five apartments in the house probably housed all sorts of misfits. Like the woman on the roof for instance. "If we introduce ourselves, we're not strangers. I'm Jordan."
He pasted on his I'm-a-nice-guy smile, the one he used right before he told his clients how much it was going to cost them to save their companies. Jacob sent him a withering look. "That's not the way it works."
Okay, the kid wasn't stupid. Time to talk business. "Give you a couple bucks if you answer some questions."
"About what?"
"About theumph" Jordan crumpled to his knees as someone ambushed him from behind. An arm wound around his neck, cutting off his air supply. What in blazes? He grabbed the slender arm and tugged. If he could get to his feet, he could fall backward and shake off
"I've got a hammer in my hand," a voice grated in his ear. "You move, and I'll use it." The woman from the roof.
"Call 9-1-1, Jacob. Tell them we have an intruder," she said.
"Perry will come when he hears our address," Jacob shouted through the window.
Roof Lady swung her hammer under his nose. "What kind of sicko sneaks up a fire escape in the pouring rain and offers a child money to talk to him?"
Jordan eased back on his heels, his attacker plastered to his back like Spider-Woman. "You don't want to call the police."
Her grip tightened around his neck. "Are you a friend of Tony's?"
"I'm Jordan Tanner, Beulah Winer's nephew."
Her arm went slack, and he heard her suck in a sharp breath.
"Oh, boy." Jacob slammed the window all the way shut.
She climbed off his back. "Mr. Tanner?"
"Yeah." He got to his feet and wiped the rain from his face as he turned around on the small landing. The woman barely reached his armpit. With her huge green eyes and small pointed face, she reminded him of a drowned kitten. He looked pointedly at the hammer in her hand until she slipped it into the hoop on her tool belt.
She crossed her arms over her chest. "You're early," she said in the same voice his secretary used when he was late.
"Why are you up on the roof whenYou're the caretaker." The conclusion he'd been trying to avoid couldn't be ignored any longer. Round one to Beulah Winer. He'd assumed she'd left him the house because he was the last living member of their not-so-illustrious family, but only five minutes in, and it wasn't stacking up that way.
He'd hoped the house would provide the means of cementing the financial security he'd always dreamed of and very nearly achieved. But he'd failed to take into account the fact that his great-aunt was the benefactor. There was a good chance Beulah had left him the house to torture him.
"That's right, I'm the caretaker." Roof Lady elbowed past him and after a couple of thumps, yanked the window open and slid through. Jordan barely had time to register her trim butt before she turned and eyed him. "Do you have any ID?"
"You've got to be kidding." Hadn't she been listening? He owned the building.
"You were lurking outside my window, trying to bribe my kid with money. I'm calling the cops if you can't prove who you say you are." She grabbed the phone from the kitchen counter and cradled the handset under her chin. Her right hand stole down to rest on the head of her hammer.
"I thought" he got out through clenched teeth as he wrestled his wallet out of his soaked pocket "that you were a jumper." He flipped his wallet open and held up his driver's licence. "Jordan Tanner, at your service."
Beulah Winer had been meaner than a swarm of wasps on a hot summer day. And just as crazy. She hadn't been particularly fond of Nellshe hadn't been fond of anyone as far as Nell could telland Nell had returned the favor. Like everyone else living in the house, she'd made a wary peace with the spiteful old lady, had even helped her as much as Beulah allowed. In return, Nell had found a safe harbor for the past two years. A safe harbor that was quickly sinking out of sight.
"You thought I was going to jump off the roof?" She slid the phone back on the counter. With a sinking stomach she studied his driver's licence. Even with his hair plastered to his head and rain trickling down his face, Jordan Tanner still managed to look as self-assured as his photo. He had a stubborn chin and clear blue-gray eyes with a black rim around the iris.
"I didn't see the hammer from the street," he said as he pushed his dark hair off his forehead. "All I saw was a woman up on a roof in a storm."
Nell narrowed her eyes. Okay, so she was drenched. And of course he had to arrive before she had a chance to change out of her overalls and get rid of her tools, butWhat was she doing? The only thing that need concern her was getting Mr. Tanner in and out of the building and her life as quickly as possible. And if that meant playing nice for the next hour or so, she could do that. She didn't have to like it, but she could do it.
She bit back a smile as she demurely motioned for him to crawl through the open window. She knew she should suggest meeting him at the front door, but watching him clamber through the narrow opening was much more appealing. He shot her a hard look, as if to say he knew exactly what she was up to, then in one graceful move, somehow managed to maneuver his wide shoulders through the small frame. She took a step back when he straightened to his full height, the room dwarfed by his size. She should have guessed he'd rise to the challenge.
"If you give me your suit jacket, I'll hang it up in the bathroom and grab us some towels. Unless you want to go home and dry off. Come back later." Hard to keep the hopeful note out of her voice.
"I'd prefer to look around now."
With a heavy heart she accepted his sodden jacket and trudged off to the bathroom. Of course he wanted to look at the apartments today. From the little she'd been able to squeeze out of the tight-lipped solicitor who'd handled Beulah's affairs, Tanner was a business consultant who lived in Seabend, the upscale seaside community just twenty minutes out of Halifax. Seabend had become so crowded with trendy coffee shops and boutiques, Nell barely recognized it anymore. The only reason Waterside hadn't developed in the same way was because they were another forty minutes down the road, making them a solid hour from the city. Tourists trickled through in the summer, but they stuck to the waterfront where a few stores had sprouted. Thankfully, people like her, who lived a few blocks back in the old neighborhoods, were left undisturbed. Heaven forbid Tanner should waste time making a second trip here. She rolled her eyes. God save them all from consultants.
In the bathroom, she scrubbed her face with a towel and studied her reflection in the mirror. Her eyes were huge, and if anyone bothered to notice, they'd see the slight tremble at the right corner of her mouth.
She gripped the edge of the sink with both hands and leaned into her reflection until her breath steamed up the mirror. You will not be afraid. You will go out there and tell that man he needs you to run this place. You will . She rested her forehead against the mirror. She couldn't lose her apartment. Jacob and Lacey had finally started treating the place like home. She'd never find another one for such a low rent in this neighborhood. If they had to move, her little patched-together family would sufferand so would her chances for adopting her niece and nephew.
The thought that Jacob and Lacey could be taken away from her, that she might not gain custody, was unacceptable. She wanted to howl every time she thought of the kind of life they'd have with their abusive father, Tony. The adoption should have been final ages ago, made easier because she was a relative. But Tony had contacted Child Welfare a few weeks ago and expressed concern that his children weren't receiving the best care. In Nell's opinion, his real concern was getting parole, and if he had to use his children to get it, he would. As a result of his bogus complaints, she and the children were now being subjected to an intense home study. It scared her to think of what would happen to Jacob and Lacey if he was granted custody after he got out of jail. Who would take care of them?


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How can we miss Blackwater (Xe) if they won't go away? Spencer Ackerman on Danger Room:
Never mind the dead civilians. Forget about the stolen guns. Get over the murder arrests, the fraud allegations, and the accusations of guards pumping themselves up with steroids and cocaine. Through a "joint venture," the notorious private security firm Blackwater has won a piece of a five-year State Department contract worth up to $10 billion, Danger Room has learned.
Apparently, there is no misdeed so big that it can keep guns-for-hire from working for the government. And this is despite a campaign pledge from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to ban the company from federal contracts.
Apparently the State Department thought nobody would notice that Blackwater (Xe) used a cutout so that their company's name never came up in the process of awarding the Worldwide Protective Services contract. The deal includes protection for U.S. embassies in Baghdad and Kabul.
Late last year, there were reports that Blackwater (Xe) is a key element in the CIA's drone war in Pakistan. The U.S. and Pakistan governments, as well as Xe, deny the company operates in Pakistan.
The independent, non-profit journalists at ProPublica recently reported a milestone in the privatization of modern U.S. warfare. This year, more contractors than military personnel died in Iraq and Afghanistan.


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Do Something!
For children, young people and families
Welcome to Do Something!
Activities for February to April 2017 are listed in the following PDF file. If you want a printed copy, they are available at Calderdale libraries, leisure centres, museums and visitor centres.
Do Something February to April 2017 activities [PDF file 1355KB]|
Do Something September 2016 to January 2017 activities [PDF file 4357KB]|
The Do Something guide helps you to plan an action packed holiday with the children in Calderdale.
Whether you want to get out on your bike, stream dip for minibeasts, hunt for fossils, or get down to the park for a bear hunt, there's lots to explore. If you're batty about bats, curious about museums or mad about football, there's so much to do, the only problem you'll have is fitting everything in.
Would you like us to tell you when 'Do Something' is available next?
Please email your name to email@example.com and we will let you know when the next edition of 'Do Something' is available!
Note: This email address is only to be used for requesting Do Something. For enquiries about any of the activities listed, contact the event organisers directly.
Where this symbol is shown, you need to book in advance if you'd like to attend. Please follow the booking instructions shown next to the activity.
Important: We recommend that you contact the activity organiser before booking to check that the activity is taking place, that places are available, to confirm the price and for any special arrangements.
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Passport to Leisure cardholders may receive discounted rates for activities. Ask the activity providers, to see if a discount applies.
For more information about Passport to Leisure telephone 01422 288001.
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Most of the activities featured in 'Do Something' are fully inclusive for disabled people. It is essential however to check the accessibility with activity providers in advance.
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Brad Weisman of Ram Commercial discusses the 2015 Ram C/V Tradesman's engine and towing capabilities in this Ram Trucks video.
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Determine the actual cost of owning and running a vehicle in your fleet. Compare vehicles by class and model.
Merchants Experts will answer your questions and challenges
Jim Frank is current president of Wheels, Inc. and the son of Wheels, Inc. co-founder Zollie Frank. Read more
Jim Frank is current president of Wheels, Inc. and the son of Wheels, Inc. co-founder Zollie Frank.
By Mike Antich In the long run, technology will exert inexorable downward pressure on overall fleet size and will eliminate altogether the need for some fleet vehicles. Despite this, fleet management will survive, albeit in a smaller capacity, and, most likely, in a completely different form than what we know today.
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By Amy Winter-Hercher The redesigned 2017 Impreza has been built on Subaru's new platform that improves stability and reduces road noise and vibration. The fuel-efficient, all-wheel-drive Impreza makes for a good commuter vehicle — available in either a sedan or hatchback.
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By Sherb Brown Depreciation is a necessary evil in our industry. Knowing your risks and knowing your OEM partners won't make depreciation go away but it can make it more manageable.
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By Dylan Brown We asked over 750 fleet professionals questions about the prevalence of each provider in the market and their brand recognition.
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Danielle's Dirty Book
Real Housewives of New Jersey, Season 1
As if this season could get any more juicy, a tell-all book, Cop without a Badge, is checked out of the library by Caroline Manzo, no wait, it's sister Dina Manzo. The tome details a life of prostitution, drugs and arrest for Danielle Staub way back in the early '80s, which all leads to the explosive Teresa Giudice table-throwing incident in the season finale.
Sheree vs. the Party Planner
Real Housewives of Atlanta, Season 2
This season's opener ended with a bang as Sheree Whitfield faced off with her Independence Party planner. Tim, aforementioned planner, didn't get Sheree in touch with a poet who could write a glowing tribute to her while she was carried into her party in the arms of models. The two scream at each other until Tim starts throwing "yo mama" jabs at Sheree – at which point she clearly won the argument and Tim was served his walking papers.
We can't wait to add The Real Housewives of Washington D.C. to our DVR list! Tell us, do you have another favorite Real Housewives moment?


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Issues: a) Lack of dedicated expression pedal port (I want to isolate expression pedal to organ only) Not easily done when guesting at someone else's keyboard. b)Hammond/Suzuki wants a fortune for owner's manual (no downloadable). c)Main module is not easily rack mounted (again H/S wants fortune for rack ears). d) High price for Leslie interface kit.
The set is composed of a module and a nine drawbar(real) controller with old fashioned look.(lovely)
would be nice: A DOUBLE-DRAWBAR-CONTROLLER for both upper and lower
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Annika Farmer is the featured artist in the gallery during August at the Evelyn Meador Branch Library in Seabrook
Ms. Farmer, who was born in Sweden, lives in the Houston area. Her art includes collages and watercolors on canvas and she has found inspiration in the works of Vermeer and Toulouse. She often paints florals, abstracts and landscapes. Works representing these themes are on display in the library's meeting room throughout the month of August. Tours are available upon request. Call the library at 281-474-9142 to request a viewing.
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