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Bleeding Edge TV 327: HP Envy 13 Giveaway
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Remember those HP Envy 13 notebooks we told you about? Well, we are in the middle of a contest where we are giving one away. Here's your official reminder, because you don't have much more time left to enter! Check out the video above for the full scoop, and then head on over to the official HP Envy 13 giveaway page for all the details on how to enter.Here's how to get the show:
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Green Day: Rock Band Tracks Will Be Exportable
Posted by Alex Lifschitz Categories: Music, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360,
The Spike TV Video Game Awards show happened this weekend. I would have watched it, but I frankly have enough women, cars, and Mountain Dew here at my fortress, and if that's not good enough to get Jack Black over here, then so be it. Either way, a bunch of games got announced, including Green Day: Rock Band, from Harmonix and MTV Games.
Anyway, details about the game are scarce, but design director and notorious lothario Chris Foster of Harmonix posted on his twitter account that the game's songs will be exportable for use in your other Rock Band games, unlike those found in The Beatles: Rock Band. He also says the game will be fun, and I'm going to agree with him, and totally not because I want a whole bunch of free crap from Harmonix. And, by the way, if you're from Harmonix, you can ask my editor for my shipping address. I have no dignity and you can set my price.
BioWare hires an All-Star cast for Mass Effect 2
Posted by Drea Avellan Categories: Electronic Arts, Role Playing Games, Xbox 360,
Casting is a very important part of film production, used to attract movie goers into theaters. Similarly, BioWare is hoping to achieve this same kind of effect by casting big names into their upcoming title, Mass Effect 2. Sure, they are also hired to bless the game's characters with talent, grace and—in some cases—even mannerisms. Names such as comedic actor Seth Green, Chuck stars Yvonne Strahovski and Adam Baldwin, Star Trek's Michel Dom, Battlestar Galactica's Tricia Helfer, Carrie-Anne Mos, and even Martin Sheen are part of this all-star game cast. If the Mass Effect series never tickled your fancy, these names will surely spike your interest, even if it's just curiosity.
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EA Announces Dead Space 2
Posted by Alex Lifschitz Categories: Electronic Arts, PlayStation 3, Survival Horror, Xbox 360,
Good news for you survival horror fans (jeez, is that ever a trite opening line): EA has officially announced Dead Space 2 for you to speculate over until they release more information. According to the press release, the game will star Issac Clarke from the original game as he continues to kill more horrifically deformed Necromorphs, frolic in zero gravity, and generally do more of what you loved from the stellar first installment. It's being developed by Visceral Games, the folks behind the first game, and will hopefully feature the same amazing audio as before.
Anyways, all the pictures I could find from the first game were terribly violent, and as you know, my first and only concern is the children; So, enjoy this picture of an upside-down dog from upsidedowndogs.com. Fuzzy wuzzy!
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Return of Bruce Wayne
Posted by David Torres Categories: Editorials, DC Comics,
It was announced a few days ago that Bruce Wayne would finally be coming back as Batman beginning in April 2010. The event will take place in a min-series entitled Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne and it will be written by Grant Morrison. I'm very happy that Bruce Wayne will be returning, but I'm curious as to why both he and Captain America are through the exact chain of events in their lives right now. Both characters saw their side kicks resurrected (Jason Todd and Buck); both were "killed off"; both characters saw side kicks take over the mantle for them (Dick Grayson and Bucky); both are stuck in the past; and both are now trying to make their ways back to the present. What gives? Who's copying who?
Well the idea of resurrecting Jason Todd began during the Hush storyline in 2002, but we didn't see Jason return until 2005. The return of Bucky began around the same time in 2005 as well. Steve was killed in early 2007 and Bruce was killed in late 2008. It was revealed a few months ago that Steve was stuck in time, but Bruce was revealed to be stuck in the past at the end of Final Crisis at the beginning of the year. Since we are fans, we are not privy to which company came up with which idea first, but if it were me, I would try to do something a bit different with my company's character. Also, what good is it for the fans? They will buy it nonetheless, but is it really that interesting to have the same exact thing happen to two iconic characters? What happens when they return?
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DC Comics Review: Adventure Comics #5
Posted by David Torres Categories: Reviews, DC Comics,
Rating: ***1/2*
The Blackest Night has invaded the world of Earth Prime and Superboy Prime. After the events of Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds, Superboy of Earth Prime has been living on the newly reborn Earth Prime reading about the comings and goings of the DC Universe. Black Lanterns of all the deceased characters that fell at his hands have invaded Earth Prime and are out for revenge. The second feature of the issue continues the story of Conner Kent, the Superboy of New Earth.
I liked the Conner story more than the Superboy Prime story, but I'll get into that later. The Prime story is still a lot of fun though as Prime blames the writers of DC Comics for his current situation. Prime doesn't think he's going to survive this attack, so he decides to steer his fight with the Black Lanterns to the office of DC Comics. He figures if he's going to die at the hands of the Black Lanterns, he's going to take a few DC people with him! Very funny. To those of you who are not aware, Earth Prime in the DC Multiverse is supposed to be our Earth where there are no real superheroes and they only exist in comics. Superboy Prime crashes through DC Executive Editor Dan Dido's office and proceeds to trash not just his office, but all of the DC offices. Various DC personal also make cameo appearances in this scene as well.
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Iron Man 2 Poster Showcases Mickey Rourke as Whiplash
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Movies, Marvel Comics,
First we got a glimpse of Iron Man 2's War Machine; now Paramount has released an image of Mickey Rourke as Ivan Vanko a.k.a. Whiplash.
Set against a backdrop of newspaper clippings centering on Tony Stark's nontraditional superhero reveal that he was Iron Man, Rourke doesn't don a mask as the Russian criminal (at least, we have yet to see an alternate costume change for this character) but does not look any less menacing and crazed.
Are you buying Rourke's portrayal so far?
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IDW Releases Paranormal Activity Comic on iPhone
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For movie-goers who were still intrigued at the end of Paranormal Activity, IDW has offered up a comic book intended to provide some answers as to what happened after the film.
Titled Paranormal Activity: The Search For Katie, A Case Study by Dr. Johann Averys DMN, you won't be able to get this comic at your local shop—IDW released the story exclusively for the iPhone and iPod Touch. This marks the first comic that IDW has published exclusively via digital means.
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Charlie Brown For Sale!
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials,
I know there are people out there who'd kill to have the image of Jesus appear to them on a potato chip. And there are those who get a thrill out of bumping into a celebrity - even a D-List one - at the local Costco. There's also a group of people who'd love to live in a house that was once owned by a famous person.
As in: "I love this person so much that I want to live in his house after he's dead." It's an odd fetish to have and thank goodness it's not mine.
But if you love Charlie Brown, Peanuts and Snoopy and the Fantagraphics reprints can't satisfy your love, there's something that might. The Santa Rosa house on Montecito Avenue that creator Charles Schulz lived in back in the 1970s is up for sale. The two-story, 14-room house, originally built in 1949, has two master bedrooms (make of that what you will), five full baths and a powder room. There's also a swimming pool, a cabana, a 1000 square-foot guest house (with two bedrooms and a full kitchen), and a chapel on the gated property.
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Barnes & Noble nook review
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We've been anticipating the nook for about a month-and-a-half now, even since Barnes & Noble announced the nook back in October. Seeing a potential, real competitor to the Amazon Kindle sporting both an e-ink screen alongside a capacitive color LCD touchscreen just about made us drool. Oh, and it runs Google Android too, so, there's that whole thing. Well, we've finally got the Barnes & Noble nook into our hands, and we've done some testing, some reading, and some playing, all in the spirit of letting you know how the nook stands on its own, and how it compares to the Amazon Kindle. We think we've done that, and we invite you to continue reading for the full Gear Live nook review.
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Dallas L. Russell, born Sept. 26, 1949, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family and walked through the gates of Heaven on Thursday, March 21, 2013.
Dallas L. Russell, born Sept. 26, 1949, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family and walked through the gates of Heaven on Thursday, March 21, 2013.
Dallas was a lifelong resident of the Marlow Community and member of Poplar Creek Baptist Church. Dallas was a loving husband, father and grandpa, local businessman and owner of Russell & Russell Construction.
His favorite passtimes were spent cooking and grilling for family and friends. His laughter and practical jokes he pulled, will live on with all who knew him.
Russell was preceded in death by his parents, Howard J. Russell and Sephie L. Russell; brothers, Arthur and Bobby Joe; and sister, Brenda Smith.
He is survived by his loving wife Jeanie; three sons, Dallas, and his children Amber and Ashley; Johnny, and wife Leah and their children Chelsea, Alec and Emily; Chris, and wife Jerica and their children Macy and Lynlee; daughter, Kim, and husband John Prewitt and their children Johnna, Laura, Joy and Austin; three great-grandchildren; brothers, Odell, and wife Lana and Trent, and wife Tracy; sisters, Patsy, and husband Donald Ray Vann, Wanda Russell, Mary Jane Wright, Donna Disney and Sheila Russell; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, friends and Aunt Polly Vickery.
The family will receive friends Wednesday, March 27, 2013, from 5 to 7 p.m. with service to follow at Holley-Gamble Funeral Home (www.holleygamblefh.com), 621 S. Charles G. Seivers Blvd. Clinton, Tenn. Interment for family will be held at noon Thursday, March 28, 2013, at Poplar Creek Cemetery.

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- Cut eggplant lengthwise.
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DURHAM, N.C. – With the score tied at 1-1 after seven innings, No. 15 Georgia Tech scored the go-ahead run on an infield single in the eighth and held off the Duke baseball team in the final two frames for the 2-1 victory Saturday afternoon at Jack Coombs Field.
"It was just a very evenly played ball game," said head coach Chris Pollard. "It came down to an infield single with two strikes and two outs. Sometimes the margin is very thin in baseball. Both teams have competed well [this series]. Both teams have pitched great, played really good defense. Neither team has banged the ball all around the ballpark, but you're seeing two good teams going toe-to-toe."
Duke struck first with its lone run of the game coming in the second inning. The Blue Devils put a run on the board after freshman Kenny Koplove sent a fly ball to the outfield that Tech right fielder Daniel Palka lost in the sun. With a runner on second, senior Ryan Munger delivered the two-out RBI single to put Duke on top, 1-0.
Georgia Tech answered in the top of the third as a pair of walks proved costly. Third baseman Sam Dove and Palka drew back-to-back, one-out walks and catcher Zane Evans singled through the right side to even the score at one-all. Duke starter Drew Van Orden was able to work out of the jam, inducing a groundball to third before striking out A.J. Murray to end the frame.
A gritty outing by Van Orden, the Duke right-hander walked six batters but only gave up the one run over six complete. The Manhattan Beach, Calif., native allowed just three singles and struck out five in his eighth start of the season.
"[Van Orden] showed a really good competitive fight," said head coach Chris Pollard. "It wasn't perfect. He struggled a little bit with command early. Struggled a little bit with fastball command, but I thought he showed really good competitive fight. He made pitches when he needed to and a lot of times that's what pitching is all about. It's not necessarily putting it on cruise control. Sometimes you're able to do that, but you also have to be able to grind away and make a pitch when you need to."
Freshman Michael Matuella pitched a perfect seventh in relief with a strikeout before giving way to sophomore Andrew Istler in the eighth.
Palka began the top of the frame with a double to right center, Georgia Tech's first extra-base hit of the series. Evans followed with a walk before Matt Gonzalez sent a fly ball to center for the first out and Istler fanned Murray for the second out. Facing a full count, designated hitter Thomas Smith fouled off a pair of pitches, then bounced a ball up the middle for the RBI single. Koplove was almost able to range over from shortstop to make the play, but Smith beat out the throw at first, allowing Palka to plate the go-ahead run.
Trailing by one, Duke had a chance in the ninth as sophomore Grant McCabe drew a leadoff walk and advanced to second on a Jordan Betts sac bunt. However, Evans, now on the mound in relief, retired the final two Duke batters to preserve the victory.
Georgia Tech's Jonathan King (2-2) earned the win, throwing 2.2 scoreless innings with three strikeouts. Istler (1-3) would suffer the loss after permitting one run on two hits in the eighth.
Junior Mark Lumpa was the only Blue Devil with more than one hit in the contest as the Duke left fielder went 2-for-3 at the plate for the second straight game. The Yellow Jacket offense was led by Kyle Wren, who was 2-for-5 on the afternoon.
Duke and Georgia Tech wrap up the series Sunday, facing off at 1 p.m., at Jack Coombs Field.


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Two were killed in a car crash on Christmas day.
Two were killed in a car crash on Christmas day.
According to the Arkansas State Police report, Jonathan Haddock, driving a 2002 Pontiac Sunfire, was heading north on Highway 36 at Beckett Mountain Road in Faulkner County, when he lost control of his vehicle on the icy road, causing the vehicle to slide into the southbound lane striking the front of a 1998 Chevrolet Tahoe driven by James Vanoven of Rose Bud.
The Sunfire then slid onto the east shoulder of the roadway coming to rest in the ditch facing north. The Tahoe slid to the west shoulder and came to rest in the ditch facing south.
According to the report, two children in the Sunfire, Cloe Meredith and Anastasia Meredith, both of Pangburn, were killed. Both Jonathan Haddock and Billi Meredith of Pangburn were injured in the accident and taken to Conway Regional Hospital.
Both Vanoven and a passenger, Chaila Forsberg of Rose Bud, were injured and taken to Conway Regional.
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I'm just gonna keep it short and say a few things.
1. All our games have been close. Why will the trend be discontinued?
2. Russell Wilson is at his best at the end of the game. For some reason.
3. Our defense is just too good to be blown out. Sure, you can put some points up. But once you start trying to run the ball (when you're blowing the other team out) the Pats will get stymied, as we are a very good run defense team, and they can't just run over us all day, or run run run run DEEP PASS. That's not gonna work against this D. We have too many run stoppers and too good of a secondary.
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It was misting and grey when I looked out the window last Saturday morning, and the forecast was rain, ice and snow. Better still, my wife and I had no plans but to make no plans and relax. We had a breakfast of eggs, venison sausage, fried potatoes, milk and coffee. As we ate, the mist turned to rain which turned to snow and some of the snow began to stick on the grass, tree branches and the windshields of our cars parked on the street. A walk was clearly out of the question, so we decided I would read to her while she put together some crafts for an upcoming family wedding.
For months now, off and on, we have been reading The Hobbit aloud, usually in the evenings when my wife has a project to do that requires little brainpower. So, as the snow picked up and early morning turned to late morning, I read to her about Bilbo and Gandalf and giant spiders, elves and scary dark forests. At times I would wonder whether she was listening as she worked, but I was reassured when I read a particularly grisly description of a giant spider's eight hairy legs and she said, "Ew, Nasty!" Every once in a while I would look up from the book out our large picture window and exclaim, "Look at it come down now!" or "Heather! Look how big those flakes are!"
It was one of those days that make me think to myself, "You know, living in Newton is about as good as living anywhere else I can imagine." A morning in Trafalgar Square, London or a night walking along the Seine in Paris could not have been any more satisfying than sitting in front of that picture window, watching the snow, sipping coffee, reading to my wife and digesting that hearty breakfast. Oh I've heard the exclamations, and at times they've come out of my mouth: "I have to get out of Newton!" "This place is holding me down." "Nothing happens here." "If only I lived in_________." There is nothing wrong with wanting to expand your horizons by seeing and experiencing new places. I've done that; it was life altering and perspective enlarging, but it's no good thinking those other places will make you satisfied or happy; they won't. Move for practical reasons; move for career reasons; move for study reasons; move for family reasons, but don't move for reasons of happiness or satisfaction. Newton has about as much to do with your happiness or unhappiness as a plastic flower has to do with photosynthesis.
At the end of the broadcast of the 1998 Kansas State, Nebraska football game in which K-State had defeated the boys in red 40-30 for the first time in twenty-nine years, the TV announcer, Keith Jackson, declared, as he watched students swarming the field and goalposts, "So It's a goodnight from the happiest place on Earth—Manhattan, Kansas." Last Saturday evening, as I lay in bed thinking about the day, I think I could have said the same about Newton.
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Halfway into 2013, Colorado's economic growth rate not only is outpacing expectations but also is projected to improve through the latter part of the year, University of Colorado economist Richard Wobbekind said today.
Job growth in the state is up 2.3 percent, and that rate is expected to climb to 2.5 percent, according to Wobbekind's mid-year forecast.
Every industry, except for mining and information, has posted employment gains from last year. From January to May, the state added 58,700 jobs as compared to the same period a year earlier, according to the report.
"The performance of the Colorado economy has modestly exceeded our December 2012 forecast," Wobbekind, executive director of CU's Business Research Division and senior associate dean for academic programs at the Leeds School of Business, said in a statement. "Obviously, we are pleased with the higher level of job growth and are hopeful it will continue throughout the remainder of 2013."
In the December forecast, job growth was projected at 1.8 percent.
Leading the charge in Colorado's employment growth are construction, professional and business services, and leisure in hospitality.
Construction activity has picked up across the residential, multifamily and non-residential segments, Wobbekind said. The values of single-family residential and multifamily construction are up 41 percent and 72 percent, respectively.
Wobbekind and CU researchers expressed some uncertainty about the state's agriculture industry and how it may fare amid lacking moisture.
"We had anticipated an extremely strong year for Colorado agriculture," Wobbekind said in a statement. "Unfortunately, the lack of precipitation in a timely fashion will significantly impact this year's production. Still, agriculture remains an extremely important part of the Colorado economy."


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Happy Napper to review they were so excited! We were sent the Dragon that turns into a castle to review. The Dragon is so cute, soft and cuddly and my little man loves him. Then when Robert is ready to go to bed, the dragon is easily turned inside out to make a castle that makes for a very snuggly and comfortable pillow! Robert loves to take his dragon on adventures, then there are times that the dragon is being slain when Robert plays that he is the hero. The Happy Nappers are great for little ones and they love them. They can play with the adorable 21 inch plush, then convert them into their homes shapes so they can go to sleep with them and make them like a pillow!
The new assortment features four collectible friends who live in their own Home Sweet
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SeaHawk80 wrote:Athletic and instinctive, Trufant has demonstrated legitimate NFL coverage ability and helped his cause by showing improved overall physicality. Though he's seen considerable time in both man and zone concepts, he has the fluidity and straight-line speed to handle coverage duties and has proven ball skills.
While flashing physicality, Trufant really improved his tackling skills and form as an open field tackler. 2nd Rnd grade. Him or Jordan poyer would be a great slot guy IMO. I want Tru, he maybe end up better than his brother.
Hawken-Dazs wrote:I'm a Husky, and I wouldn't take him even as a UDFA.
Treefiddy wrote:Don't draft local just because your homers.. Jeez
Hawken-Dazs wrote:I'm a Husky, and I wouldn't take him even as a UDFA.
"When it was time for the one-on-ones between the receivers and cornerbacks, a few players really did well. The most impressive among them was Trufant. He started out by slapping a pass away from Marshall receiver Aaron Dobson. Trufant then had tight coverage on Dobson on a quick slant with a near pass broken up.
Trufant continued his success by forcing incompletions on his last two reps. The first came with good coverage to push a throw out of bounds against Oregon State wideout Markus Wheaton, and the next was when Trufant batted away a ball intended for Syracuse receiver Alec Lemon. Trufant is a big trash-talker and plays with a cocky swagger. He's helped himself this week."
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Circa 1930
A petite frosted and wheel-cut globe on nickel fittings made in the Remains Lighting workshop. Due to the antique nature of this fixture, there may be some nicks or imperfections in the glass.
Current height: 44-1/4"
Minimum height: 10-3/4"
Overall: 5-3/4" diameter
Can be UL listed for use in dry or damp environments.
Single Edison socket, maximum 60 watts
See related antique: AHL3727
1 fixture total available.
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Blue Jays - 020 020 000 - 5 10 0Johnathan Papelbon loads the bases with one out in the ninth, but strikes out the next two batters for the save.
Red Sox - 000 320 01x - 6 10 0
The winning pitcher (Okajima, 3 pitches) and losing pitcher (Brian Tallet, 7 pitches) each faced only one batter. Jeemer got the last out in the eighth once play had resumed and Tallet walked Ortiz to start the Boston eighth.
The Sox went ahead on Casey Kotchman's fielder's choice -- after David Ortiz had walked, Drew doubled and Varitek was intentionally walked. Kotchman's hot shot was to the right of Lyle Overbay at first base; it rolled away from him and his only play was to second base for the force, as Flo scored.
The Yankees beat the White Sox 5-2 in 10 innings and the Twins held on to beat the Rangers 3-2, so Boston remains 6 GB in the East, but is now 2.5 GA of Texas in the Wild Card.
10:12 PM: Rain delay with two outs in the top of the eighth and a runner at third base.
Beckett (5-5-5-5-9, 108) did not have it for the third consecutive start, throwing 80 pitches in the first three innings. He allowed a three-run homer to Aaron Hill and a two-run dong to Rod Barajas.
Boston got five hits in the fourth and RBIs from J.D. Drew, Jason Varitek and Jacoby Ellsbury. Jason Bay tied the game in the fifth with his 29th home run.
13.1 innings, 18 hits, 15 runs (including eight dongs).
That's the damage done to Beckett in his last two outings by the Blue Jays (August 18) and Yankees (August 23). It came as a bit of a shock, as in 16 starts before those outings, Beckett had a 1.93 ERA over 116.1 innings. John Farrell insists there is nothing physically wrong.
Jacoby Ellsbury hopes to play tonight after suffering a left high-ankle sprain last night. Francona was "hopeful" LBJ could play and said the injury didn't seem to be "anything more than a nagging thing".
The other games in this series:
Saturday, 7 PM: Ricky Romero/Clay BuchholzOn The Big Board: White Sox/Yankees (Buehrle/Sabathia) at 7 and Rangers/Twins at 8.
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It could be said that the tone of recent Guardian-bashing posts has been a tad negative, so to celebrate the end of this summer's job, the start of holidays (HOLIDAYS! WOOHOO!!) and impending once in a lifetime trip to Canada, I seize the opportunity to get involved with the upbeat pre-Christmas lust for shiny new things.
I know 'best of' lists are a bit of a tired old device, but since that deters neither the national press nor the glossy ski magazines, I don't see why it should stop me either. Besides, I've never done one before. So here are my nominations for the best buys out there, all of them things I have bought, might buy or would quite like to buy but probably won't because I can't justify the expense. The latter list being by far the longest, as ever.
Like the Guardian, I kick off with a helmet, though definitely not one designed to make you look like an extra on the death star. Sweet Protection's Trooper is easily the most comfortable helmet I've owned, and it's also light, low profile and clearly very well made. I particularly like the inclusion of a set of foam fit-pads designed to allow you to customise the lid to the shape of your own individual noggin if required. What's more, thanks to the nice people at flash sales site Sport Pursuit, it didn't cost me the usual arm and a leg either.
Sweet Protection Trooper HC, £199. www.sweetprotection.com
The thorny question of how to deliver on-snow tunes to your shell-likes now raises its head, since it's difficult to squeeze headphones in underneath your new helmet. (And don't start in with all the 'ooh that's so dangerous and irresponsible' rubbish – there's no actual obligation to crank it up so loud that your eardrums fall off.) Fortunately the nice people at Sweet have thought of this and offer a set of earflaps with built in speakers should you wish. I can't as yet vouch for the quality of these as they are languishing at a friend's house waiting for me to pick them up, but I live in hope that the Nazi Nannies haven't insisted that the volume be limited to such a level that you can't actually hear the music, as was the case with K2's risible in-head sound system. They claim to be iPhone compatible as well, obviating the need to faff around in your pockets when someone rings you up. Perfect.
Sweet Protection Trooper Soundpads, £79,99. www.sweetprotection.com
Still vaguely following the Guardian's lead, we come to thermal underwear, or 'base layers' as the manly sporting goods websites like to call it. Presumably they wouldn't sell nearly as many if they used words like 'vest' or (much worse) 'tights'. Having bought a merino wool neckwarming thingy last year (largely because it was bright yellow), I am impressed with the quality of merino over artificial fibre. Warmer, lighter, dries in an instant. So I may very well treat myself to spangly leggings from New Zealanders Mons Royale, thereby ensuring that should I be mown down by a piste basher my undies will be more than respectable. Gutted by the lack of acid yellow in this year's range though.
Mons Royale merino leggings for men or women, 54,95€. www.blue-tomato.com
It's a symptom of male arrogance anyway, calling vests 'base layers', since over half the population wears further garments under its vests. Come on boys, don't try to tell me loftily that you hadn't even noticed that women have breasts, because I know for a fact that you all think about them all of the time. My sports bra crop top thingies finally gave up the ghost this summer (not surprising after 20 years of use though, full marks to Calvin Klein), leaving me wth the utterly unexciting prospect of bra shopping. It was a close run thing between Nike and Under Armour, but Under Armour's Gotta Have It compression top won the day by virtue of being a tenner cheaper.
Under Armour Gotta Have It sports bra, £16. www.underarmour.com
Moving up through the multiple layers required for getting out and about in arctic temperatures, we get to Decathlon's ubiquitous fleecy jumpers. Warm, snug, decent quality and under a tenner a pop. What's not to like? I don't think I know a seasonnaire who hasn't got at least two of these.
Quechua Forclaz 50 fleece for men or women, £6,99. http://www.decathlon.co.uk
When it comes to outerwear on the slopes, it's my considered opinion that high vis is good, and it doesn't come more visible than 686's limited edition Snaggleface jacket. I bought this last season as a birthday present to myself and it's up there amongst my top five favourite possessions along with the bike and the log splitter. As well as looking cool and fabulous (oh yes it does, and in no way do I look like a very silly person so ner) it boasts the only powder skirt I've ever had which actually works. Bit lacking in pockets though, I have to say, especially a sleeve pocket for your lift pass. I ask you, what's the point in not putting a pass pocket on a boarding jacket?
686 Snaggleface jacket, £200. www.686.com
If you're going to wear an eye-watering jacket, you might as well go the whole hog and get alarming trousers as well, no easy task at the moment for those of us of the female persuasion. Really, what sort of a world is it where the boys get all the best colours? I was after bright green or amazing orange, both of which would have been widely available were I a bloke, but most of the girly gear was limited to sickly looking off-pastels or various shades of pink. Rubbish. The only colour worth having was acid yellow, which is fine except that I already had one pair like that and fancied a change. So two pairs in acid yellow it is then.
Burton Bovary women's snowboard pant, 89,97$. www.jibtopia.comsno
Next up ……. a mobile phone case! Yes, I know it's silly, but the Guardian did one, so I'm going to as well. The main difference between two being that this one looks as though it might actually be useful. US company Lifeproof's iPhone case promises to be shockproof, waterproof and tested to military standards. Whatever that means – I didn't know the MoD had standards for mobile phone cases but you live and learn. Fifty quid for a mobile phone case may seem a tad pricey to many of you, but when you consider how much it would cost you to replace your iToy after dropping it on a rock, it starts to look quite reasonable.
Lifeproof case for iPhone 4/4S/5, £49,99. http://www.lifeproof.com
After that foray into frivolity, it's back to the serious stuff with a snowboard. K2's Fling, to be precise, which strictly speaking is last season's gear, but I'm not about to buy a new board just so I can witter about it on here. Besides, if you hunt about a bit you can probably pick one up in a sale somewhere, which will be an absolute bargain. The Fling is a true twin with a seriously fast base, which means it turns on a sixpence and goes like shit off a shovel. It makes the run down to La Fee so much more fun when you sail past disgruntled skiers poling along the runout and wondering WTF is going on when everyone knows snowboarders need skiers to tow them along the flats.
K2 Fling, £190,72. www.snowboard1.co.uk
Finally, and just because unnecessarily techy widgets seem to be all the rage, a fancy watch. This definitely comes in under 'things I won't be buying because I can't possibly justify the expense'. Suunto's Core tells you all sorts of handy things like altitude, barometric pressure, how far under water you are and whether or not there's a storm on its way. And probably whether you're being tracked by bears as well. It even tells the time, should you wish to know anything so mundane. I fancy this for hiking in the summer rather than skiing, but short of a lottery win or a load of them falling off the back of a lorry, I'm not about to get my paws on one any time soon, so it's largely irrelevant. Natty gizmo though.
Suunto Core, from £235. www.suunto.com
And there we have it. You've got to agree it's better than the Guardian's poor effort, even if you'd have to be paid to wear a jacket with a ridiculous toothy face on the back.


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Mariah Carey said she shouldn't have been an "American Idol" judge.
Carey, as you may know, served on the panel for just one year, which was full of drama and feuding between her and fellow judge Nicki Minaj (who has also left the show). Carey told New York radio station Z100 it was a bad move. "I should've been a mentor on the show and that's it. I should've been the Jimmy Iovine."
That's a strange thought. She would never fit into his clothes.
Music mogul Iovine, who heads up Interscope Records, was a mentor to the show's aspiring stars from 2011 until 2013. Speaking of Iovine, Carey said "There needed to be that person that was brutally honest, but the brutality didn't have to be so visceral. We didn't need to be brutal to people just to make ourselves feel bigger."
Carey said, "I felt that going into the direction of making it a 'reality show' isn't what I signed up for. The real Mariah was so not there."
Of course not.


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Charles Dickens terrified me.
We first crossed paths when I was 5, visiting my grandparents in Saginaw, Mich. A neighbor invited us to hear a recording of "A Christmas Carol." I sat mesmerized by clanking chains and ghostly voices. They seemed to follow me to the big room with the closet where I slept alone in a bed with a ceiling-high carved headboard.
Dickens introduced me to fear. I recently reread "A Christmas Carol," and it was every bit as chilling and engrossing, although I no longer expect spooks to come out of my grandmother's big walk-in closet.
As an author, Dickens had the exceedingly rare ability to make his characters come alive. Kind-hearted, evil or morally ambiguous, they endure in some of the best novels ever written. He created them to inhabit a Victorian world of poverty and injustice, one he knew well.
Dickens' father was imprisoned for debt, along with all the family members except Charles, who was sent to paste labels on boxes in a shoe-blacking factory. "David Copperfield," his most autobiographical novel, gets its realism from his own experiences.
Feb. 7, 2012 is a big day for admirers of Dickens. It's the 200th anniversary of his birth in 1812. Very few novels are popular after the death of their authors. An exceedingly small number become "great" literature, but almost no one would deny that Dickens deserves his place in literary history. He wrote page-turners with humor, heart and pathos. My introduction to him was scary, but my grandmother's complete set of Dickens still has pride of place in my library.
As a postcard subject, Dickens is a rewarding challenge. By the early 1900s, he was a national icon in Britain and appeared in many highly collectible sets. "The American Postcard Guide to Tuck" by Sally Carver (1976) was the first to call attention in the U.S. to the six-card sets designed by notable postcard artists. She lists eight series, including three with character sketches and three "In Dickens Land," featuring scenes from his novels. KYD and Harold Copping signed some.
Tuck's series were typically sold in sets of six, protected by illustrated envelopes. Raphael Tuck and Sons was the first postcard firm to cater to collectors, so these sets were often kept intact rather than being mailed. Even when the envelopes are worn, the cards tend to be in mint condition, something collectors love.
Tuck's sets are only the beginning of a Dickens collection. In the days before movie favorites and rock stars, authors had big followings. Dickens was often included in sets of famous writers, including an American one published by John Winsch in 1910.
Naturally, the home of such a famous author was destined to become a museum. Postcards picture the home where he lived and worked, as well as just about any place he was known to frequent. (You can still have a pint in one of his favorite London taverns.)
With the plenitude of celebrities vying for attention today, authors aren't showing up on postcards the way they were in the early 1900s, but it is possible to find later cards.
Recently I came across a series of silhouettes signed with the initials FES (or FEB, or FOG) — anyway, a series by an artist who needed penmanship lessons. No publisher is listed, but one card was mailed from England with a smudgy postmark and a stamp from the early 1950s.
Dickens endeared himself to Americans when he toured to give readings from his novels in 1842 (protesting slavery) and again in 1867 when he was plagued by poor health. He loved acting and played all the parts when he read from his works. He also performed in plays in Britain, deserting his wife — the mother of his 10 children — for an actress. (He was talented, not perfect!)
So, Charles Dickens, you're forgiven for frightening a child and remembered for your truly wonderful novels. Happy 200th birthday!
Barbara Andrews has contributed postcard articles to Antique Trader for more than 35 years. She's an author of women's fiction, working in partnership with her daughter.
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After years of recession and slow recovery, maybe you didn't notice. But it turns out, 2012 was a fairly good year for the U.S. economy.
The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index has risen nearly 14 percent this year and the unemployment rate has fallen to 7.7 percent, the lowest point in four years. Inflation and interest rates have stayed low, allowing families to cut their debt loads.
"Consumers are feeling better now," said Nariman Behravesh, chief economist for IHS Global Insight, a forecasting firm. Compared with December 2007, when the Great Recession was just starting, "the burdens on consumers have eased quite a bit," he said.
Final data aren't in yet for the full year, but in the period from July through September, U.S. household net worth rose by 2.7 percent compared with the previous three months, according to the Federal Reserve. Combined with overall economic growth of 3.1 percent in that same period, the pace of improvement — both for individuals and corporations — could be described as decent, though far from robust.
Perhaps the key to the overall improvement has been the fairly steady growth in job creation. Employers have been adding an average of 151,000 jobs each month in 2012.
"Job growth was not great, but it was good enough to make people feel like things are getting better," Behravesh said.
That potent combination of greater job security, lower bill payments and rising wealth sent shoppers heading off to car dealerships, malls and restaurants for most of the year.
To be sure, the fourth quarter had big problems that very likely reduced the growth rate as the year wound down. Hurricane Sandy depressed retail sales and jobs in the New York-New Jersey region, and the budget negotiations drama in Washington depressed consumer sentiment all over the country, said Tom Porcelli, chief U.S. economist for RBC Capital Markets.
He added that the child murders in Newtown, Conn., may have discouraged some holiday trips to the mall as the mood of the country turned somber in the run-up to Christmas. As the year draws to an end, "you have a consumer moving sideways," Porcelli said.
But most economists believe the effects of those recent problems will not linger long into the new year and that when economic historians look back on 2012, they may see it as the year when the battered U.S. economy finally turned a corner.
Here are some of the glad tidings that Americans might want to celebrate.
Consumers went car shopping again, largely because their old vehicles were wearing out. As 2012 was beginning, the average age of vehicles on the road was running at nearly 11 years — a record high.
That meant millions of people were itching to get to a showroom. Sales strengthened throughout the year and by November, the industry was selling vehicles at a pace of 15.5 million a year — the best performance since February 2008.
Home construction started to tank in 2006, and its plunge pushed the country into the Great Recession five years ago this month. The number of housing starts tumbled from a pace of more than 2 million units a year at the peak of the boom to around a half million a year during the worst of the downturn in 2009.
Between 2009 and 2011, housing indicators bumped around on the bottom, with listless upturns quickly fading. But this year, a real turnaround took hold. By fall, housing starts were up to an annual rate of nearly 900,000 units — the best pace in four years.
And prices too have ticked up after the dramatic slide that started in 2006. In the country's 100 largest metropolitan areas, prices rose at an average of 0.5 percent after adjusting for inflation in the third quarter, according to a Brookings Institution economic index.
"The rise in metropolitan home prices indicates that a broadly rooted recovery may be under way in the housing market," said Alec Friedhoff, a research analyst and lead developer of the index.
The U.S. energy industry is suddenly and dramatically expanding, thanks to the new technologies and drilling techniques that are unleashing supplies of oil and gas. As a result, energy companies are gearing up to train and hire many more workers. In North Dakota, for example, hiring has been so strong in the energy sector that the state's unemployment rate has fallen to just 3.1 percent.
For the moment, big energy companies like Exxon Mobil and Shell are seeing lackluster earnings because of relatively weak prices, especially for natural gas. But for workers, the outlook keeps getting brighter as it becomes clearer that America has abundant energy resources. Studies suggest the "unconventional" oil and gas resources could lead to the creation of nearly 2 million jobs in less than two decades.
At least up until December, stores saw more customers in 2012, and did more hiring. In November, the retail sector reported 53,000 new jobs — more than a third of all the jobs created that month. That was up sharply from November 2011, when retailers added just 34,000 new jobs.
Shoppers have been particularly eager to spend money at electronics outlets and clothing stores. They have had a little more money to spend, thanks to lower gasoline prices and tame inflation in general. Overall, consumer prices rose only about 2 percent in the past year.
The National Retail Federation, a trade association, has predicted a 4.1 percent sales increase this holiday season — higher than the 3.5 percent average annual forecast for the past decade. "This is the most optimistic forecast NRF has released since the recession," Matthew Shay, the group's president, said in a statement.
With all the anxiety over the looming fiscal cliff deadline, it may surprise you to hear that there was a lot of good economic news in 2012. Joining us now to talk about that is NPR's senior business editor Marilyn Geewax. Welcome.
MARILYN GEEWAX, BYLINE: Hi. Great to be here.
HEADLEE: So you say not only have some economists pointed to a number of bright spots on the economy, but some even say that 2012 may be the year that the economy turned around. Why are they saying this?
GEEWAX: When you really look back on what happened in 2012 there were some good spots in the economy and we really need to look at where those bright spots are. And a lot of those were tied to energy and agriculture.
HEADLEE: So why energy?
GEEWAX: Well, we've got these new technologies and methods coming on and as the energy companies gear up to really train, hire people, they're creating lots of new jobs. And there are serious studies out there that show that in the next two decades that industry alone could create two million jobs. And those tend to be high-paying jobs.
And we're already seeing a lot of new jobs in alternative energy. The solar industry this past year hired about 119,000 people, mostly involved in installing solar panels.
HEADLEE: Oh, that's interesting.
GEEWAX: That's a very exciting sector to be in right now.
HEADLEE: OK. Well, I understand energy. That makes sense to be. But agriculture puzzles me a little bit. Not only did we have a huge drought across a wide swath of the country, we had a lot of weather events that really adversely affected the agriculture industry.
GEEWAX: You know, the agriculture sector is so sophisticated they really have a lot of risk management techniques now. The drought was the hardest on people in the livestock sector but if you were a row crop farmer, you have federal insurance. You've got all kinds of ways to sort of mitigate what's happening to you. And prices were very high this year. Corn became very expensive and those...
HEADLEE: Ironically because of the energy industry.
GEEWAX: Right. Yeah. So you end up with very high priced corn. And the USDA says that exports between 2009 and 2012, they're up like 50 percent. Even if you didn't have a great year in terms of production, you still could've had a pretty darn good year in terms of your profits. And that all ripples out through the economy and it creates a lot of jobs in the middle parts of the country.
HEADLEE: You know, we heard a lot of talk about the manufacturing sector, especially the auto industry, of course. It was a key part of the presidential campaign. But how much of that is just rhetoric and how much of it is true? Is the manufacturing sector bouncing back?
GEEWAX: Overall it turned out to be not really a great year for manufacturing, maybe 1.5, 2 percent growth. But there were real bright spots within that. And the auto sector is one of those standouts. When 2012 began, Americans who were driving cars, they had the oldest cars ever recorded. Most cars on the road, the average year was an 11 year old car. And that's pretty darned old.
So they went out and shopped this year. Interest rates were low. People could get pretty cheap loans on their cars, and there were about 15 million cars and trucks sold this year. So we're seeing those U.S. automakers rebounding.
HEADLEE: But are these industries, are these corporations that are doing very well, are they actually translating that into creating jobs or are they holding on to the profits, as some other corporations are doing?
GEEWAX: Well, jobs is just a tough situation because companies are afraid to hire, they are still just a little bit hesitant about this whole recovery, they didn't know how the fiscal cliff would end up. Employment has been improving. On average we've added 151,000 jobs every month. But you know, you need two times that at least to begin to really knock the unemployment rate down to a more acceptable level. Is it growing as fast as anybody would like? No. But is there progress? Yes.
HEADLEE: So how do people determine that? Because a lot of times when you read analysis from economists they start talking about how consumers feel. And that feels so nebulous to me. Do we really base our economic projections on the way consumers are feeling?
GEEWAX: Well, yes. And confidence is very much tied to jobs. When you saw your neighbors all losing their jobs, even if you hung onto your job in 2008, 2009, nobody feels like going out and spending a lot of money when their next door neighbor's house just went into foreclosure. It does not put you in the mood to spend money. So confidence does matter. We're not seeing those big mass layoffs like we saw four or five years ago. This confidence factor has come back to a reasonable extent, and retailers expected this to be a pretty good holiday season. They did more hiring. Now, we'll have to see what the final numbers are, but overall, for the most part, consumers came back in 2012.
HEADLEE: But is this a 2012 phenomenon? I mean there are economists that say this was the turnaround year. There is some who say, look, it's still pretty bad out there. Which is it?
GEEWAX: I think as long as we continue to have low interest rates and pretty low inflation - you know, we seen gasoline prices come down a lot lately, but there's that pent-up demand thing that I was talking about with cars. People are still driving cars that are very old. Housing too. Another thing is family formation. People have just put off getting married, put off having children - you can see that in the demographic data that a lot of families kind of got put on hold. Well, there are women who are aging and, you know, you can only put off having a baby so long and pretty soon people start to say, you know, I'm feeling secure enough now and even if I'm not, we better have that kid now because we're running out of time. So that means they want to get their own house, they'll struggle to make it work somehow. And we're starting to see housing really come back - not zooming up, but improving.
HEADLEE: Marilyn Geewax is the NPR senior business editor, and she joined us in our studios in Washington, D.C. Happy Holidays.
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I greatly enjoyed your latest piece on the Twilight Theatre. As you so aptly put it, it was always a family theater.
I greatly enjoyed your latest piece on the Twilight Theatre. As you so aptly put it, it was always a family theater.
In 1980 when we moved to Greensburg to assume the active day-to-day operation of the theatre it was again definitely a family business. Our oldest son John assumed the projection duties, which he continued until he graduated from high school and left Greensburg to serve six years in the Navy, at which time younger son Sam took the responsibility on.
Those, who were around then will remember my wife Barbara operating the old Manley Popcorn Machine with the cast iron kettle using coconut oil and real sweet cream butter to turn out the best buttered popcorn anyone ever had.
They will also remember my smiling daughter Suzanne handling the candy and cash register duties.
Thank you Mr. Clement for the chance to reminisce on the two previous generations that enjoyed the experience of the theatre and regret that we couldn't pass on the experience to the next generation, Kristen, Ben and Katie Spainhour there in Greensburg.


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DURHAM, N.C. - Towson scored two runs in the top of the eighth for a one-run lead and the Tigers held on to beat the Duke baseball team, 6-5, Saturday evening at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Duke (4-5) led 5-2 after four innings and registered a season-best 12 hits in the game, but the Blue Devils were unable to push another run across the rest of the way after totaling five runs on eight hits in the first four frames. Towson (6-2) plated a pair in both the fifth and the eighth for the comeback victory.
Junior Matt Berezo was a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate with three singles to boost his average to .474 on the year. Junior Mike Rosenfeld recorded his second multi-hit game of the series, finishing 2-for-4 with a pair of singles and a run scored, while sophomore Andrew Istler also chipped in with two singles and a run scored.
"It was a tough loss," said head coach Chris Pollard. "I thought our guys battled. I thought we had a much better offensive approach early than we've had in a couple of ball games. The guys made some adjustments. You have to give credit to Towson. Each time that we put some runs up, they had an answer for it."
The Blue Devils jumped out to an early lead in the bottom of the first as three consecutive two-out singles would bring home the first run of the game. Rosenfeld laced a single up the middle and would score from third after singles from Berezo and Jordan Betts, both to right field.
Duke added a second run in the third to go up 2-0 on the Tigers. Second baseman Andy Perez singled through the left side and advanced to third on a Jeff Kremer base hit to right center. Perez would then score on a 6-4-3 double play ball.
The Duke lead held until the fourth when Towson scored a pair to tie the game at 2-2. An RBI double from Andrew Parker scored the first Tiger run before a two-out single from Kurt Wertz brought Parker home. Parker finished the day 2-for-3 with three RBI and a run scored, while Wertz went 2-for-3 as well with two RBI and a run scored.
Duke answered immediately with three runs in the bottom of the fourth aided by a two-run homer off the bat of first baseman Chris Marconcini. The home run was Marconcini's third of the season and seventh of his career. Istler singled then scored from second on a Kenny Koplove base hit to cap off the inning for the Blue Devils.
Down 5-2, the Tigers put two on the board in the top of the fifth courtesy of a two-out, two-run double from Parker. Duke starter Drew Van Orden (0-1) then got Kurtis Voytell to fly out to right to end the threat. Van Orden would leave the game with a 5-4 lead after six complete innings. The righty from Manhattan Beach, Calif., gave up four runs on seven hits, striking out five, against the Tigers.
Freshman Nick Hendrix came on in relief in the seventh and recorded a pair of strikeouts before giving way to Istler (1-1) in the eighth. Trailing 5-4, Towson's Brent Butler began the inning with a walk and scored on a Wertz triple to right center. Wertz would later score the go-ahead run on a wild pitch before Istler worked out of the inning. Istler would suffer the loss, allowing two runs on just the one hit in two innings of work.
"I thought that Van Orden gave us a good start, a quality start that you can win with," Pollard said. "I thought Hendrix came in and did his job. Andrew Istler came in in the end and threw the ball well ... really one hard hit ball. I thought he executed his pitch pretty well. Wertz had a good ball game, swung the bat well. Save for that one swing, Andrew had them very much off balance."
Towson's Mike Ryan (3-0) recorded the win, pitching the final 2.2 innings for the Tigers. The lefty faced seven Blue Devil batters, striking out three, without permitting a base runner.
"Obviously our guys are frustrated, but the reality is that was a competitive ball game and we came up a little bit short," Pollard added. "We got to learn from that and try to build off of the things we did well in it."
The series finale will take place Sunday at 1 p.m., at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Duke will then host Pennsylvania in a pair of midweek contests at Jack Coombs Field Tuesday and Wednesday.


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The manufacturing of new products requires considerable energy. If these materials are reused or recycled instead of being disposed of at landfills, less energy will be used, saving on scarce resources. For example, the production of an aluminum can from recycled metal uses 95% less energy than a can produced from raw aluminum.
For more information on the Three R's - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - call the Solid Waste Management Department at (505) 761-8100.
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Recyclables are collected curbside at Albuquerque households, at recycling drop-off sites throughout the city, and at the city's Eagle Rock Convenience Center. But collection is only the first step in the recycling process. To close the loop, materials then need to be processed into a form that allows them to be converted into a reusable product.
For a complete data base of all recycling locations visit New Mexico Recycling Coalition.


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