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Hi guys,
I have old laptop Toshiba Celeron 1100 Mhz and I've been trying to upgrade my Bios from current one (1.8 version) to 2.1 version and so far no luck.
This is what I've done:
1. Download Bios 2.1 version from Toshiba website to floppy disk
2. I tryed this tricksource http://rooster.stanford.edu/~ben/toshiba/boot.phpIf you hold down the tilde key (to the left of the spacebar) and then power up the laptop, it will look for a BIOS upgrade disk in the floppy drive. If present, it will automatically upgrade the BIOS. (BIOS upgrade disks are avaiable from Toshiba's website.)
And then this is what I've got from my screen :
Ready for BIOS update. Place the BIOS update diskette in the drive, and press any key when ready to proceed.
The problem is when I press any key.....nothing happen...
Any idea??
Thanks in advance for your help


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Christine Matera led the Crimson with 16 points (photo
courtesy of Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard women's basketball team won its second straight and eighth at home Saturday evening with a 69-53 win over Cornell. Junior co-captain Christine Matera led four Crimson players in double figures with her game-high 16 points.
Matera was 5-for-12 from the field and 4-for-10 from beyond arc. She also had three rebounds and two assists. Sophomore Brogan Berry added 14 points and seven assists and junior Emma Markley put up 10 points and pulled down seven boards. Freshman Elle Hagedorn scored a career-high 12 points.
Cornell scored the first basket of the game before Matera's first three-pointer of the game gave the home team a 3-2 lead. Five-straight points from the Big Red put the visiting team up 7-3 with 17:37 left in the first half. Cornell held onto that lead for the next 14 minutes slowing down the Crimson offense. A fast-break lay-up from Hagedorn sparked a 12-0 run for the Crimson, putting the home team up 21-16 with 2:16 left in the first stanza. The Big Red added three points before the halftime buzzer sounded making it 21-19 at the break.
Harvard never trailed in the second half, but the Big Red did tie the score twice. With 15:25 remaining in the game, Fitzpatrick tied the score at 32-32 with a fast-break lay-up. A trey from Hag. edorn and a bucket in the paint from Markley put the home team up by five. A three from Laura Benson and another two-point basket from Fitzpatrick tied the score at 37-37. Harvard answered with nine straight points over the next 1:33 of play. The Big Red did not get closer than six points in the final 10 minutes of the game, while the Crimson led by as many 16 in the second half
The Crimson shot 41.0 percent from the field in the game, while the Big Red managed 31.6 percent. Harvard outrebounded Cornell,47-35.
Harvard hits the road for a pair of conference games at Princeton and Penn next weekend.
Women's Basketball Wins Second Straight Ivy Game; Drops Cornell, 69-53
Christine Matera led the Crimson with 16 points (photo
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Homeopathy is also relatively popular throughout South America, especially in Brazil and Argentina. Homeopathy has become a bit of a legend in Argentina because its greatest hero in the 19th century, General San Martin, was known to carry a homeopathic medicine kit when he travelled.
Homeopathy is also quite popular in Mexico there are five homeopathic medical colleges, including two in Mexico City.
Homeopathy in America
At the turn of the century there were over 20 homeopathic medical schools in America, including Boston University, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, and Hahnemann College in Philadelphia. There were also over 100 homeopathic hospitals and over 1,000 homeopathic pharmacies. In 1900 homeopathy was more popular in America than anywhere else in the world.14
However, as the result of a concerted effort by the American Medical Association and the drug companies, homeopathy went into a sharp decline. By the 1950s there were less than 200 homeopathic physicians.
Although homeopathy in America is presently lagging behind the rest of the world, Americans hate being second to anybody. Lucky for us all, homeopathy is growing at an extraordinary rate. According to the F.D.A., sales of homeopathic medicines grew by 1,000% from the late 1970s to the early 1980s.15 According to the Washington Post, the number of physicians in the United States who specialize in homeopathy doubled from 1980 to 1982.16
In the past two years homeopathy has received more media coverage than it has in the past 50 years. More research on homeopathy has also stimulated its growth, and more and more new books have been published that have updated old homeopathic knowledge.
Homeopathy may be more popular in other countries, but because America is just waking up to homeopathy's impressive healing potential, we can all expect a tremendous resurgence of this marvelous healing art and science.
1Suzanne Muchnic, "Van Gogh Painting Sells at Record $82.5 Million," Los Angeles Times, May 16, 1990.
2F. Bouchayer, "Alternative Medicines: A General Approach to the French Situation," Complementary Medical Research, May, 1990, 4(2)4-8.
3Poll I.F.O.P., February, 1989.
4"Medecines douches: La revanche de l'homeopathie," Le Nouvel Observateur, April 12, 1985, 36-41.
5"Herbal and Homoeopathic Remedies: Enhanced Status for Alternative Medicines," OTC News and Market Report, July, 1990.
6Richard Wharton and George Lewith, "Complementary Medicine and the General Practitioner," British Medicine Journal, 292, June 7, 1986, 1498-1500.
7David Taylor Reilly, "Young Doctors' Views on Alternative Medicine," British Medical Journal, 287, July 30, 1983, 337-339.
8"Take a Little of What Ails You," The Times, November 13, 1989.
9Lynn Payer, Medicine and Culture, New York: Holt, 1988.
10"Herbal and Homoeopathic Remedies."
11Berlin Journal on Research in Homoeopathy, Universitatsklinikum Steglitz, 1000 Berlin, Germany.
12"National Congress on Homoeopathy and Drug Abuse," New Delhi, India, Sponsored by the Foundation for Medical Research and Education and the Dehli Police Foundation for Correction, Deaddiction and Rehabilitation, March 16-18, 1990.
13"A First for Homoeopathy in USSR," Homoeopathy Today, Winter, 1987-88, 17-20. Also, a personal report from Yuri Sidorenko.
14Dana Ullman, Homeopathy: Medicine for the 21st Century, Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 1988.
15"Riding the Coattails of Homeopathy," FDA Consumer, March, 1985, 31.
16Ann Chase, "Options: Homeopathy," Washington Post, April 28, 1983, 31.
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Hotel Suedtor
Hotel Sdtor is a modern hotel that re-opened in February 2011 after being fully refurbished. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE HOTEL IS APPROX. 30 minutes from Stuttgart City Centre. It provides guests free wireless LAN internet access. Well-equipped meeting rooms can be rented to host seminars and workshops. The breakfast buffet, included in the room rates, can be eaten in the breakfast room.
The hotel is located in the south of the town of Backnang, within walking distance of shops and restaurants. Backnang is known both for its historic Stiftskirche, or abbey church, once part of Backnang Abbey, founded in 1116, and as a new locale for telecommunication companies. From Hotel Sdtor its 1.5 km/0.9 mile to the Backnang station for the Stuttgart S-Bahn, which provides public transportation not only to the Stuttgart city centre and main train station (Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof) but also to nearby communities such as Winnenden, Waiblingen, Marbach am Neckar, Ludwigsburg, and Filderstadt, and to the Stuttgart Airport.
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Tuesday's weather plan
Tuesday's weather plan
Throughout the morning scattered showers (and possibly a few isolated storms) will be making their way in to NW Arkansas and the River Valley. It is doubtful that we will see any severe weather. If we do however, our main severe weather threats would be gusty winds and small hail.
Throughout the day not only will it be wet but it will also be windy and much colder. Afternoon highs are going to be falling into the 40s. So today your jacket will be working double duty: 1) to keep you dry and 2) to keep you warm later today.
Tomorrow, late day sun appears and highs will move into the upper 50s and low 60s.
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MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) – The Americans are turning the Ryder Cup into a rout.
Sparked by Keegan Bradley and Phil Mickelson's record-tying performance, the U.S. won all but one match Saturday morning to take a commanding 8-4 lead over Europe.
The largest comeback in Ryder Cup history was at Brookline in 1999, when the U.S. erased a 10-6 deficit on the final day.
"I keep telling the guys we're not even halfway over with this tournament so far," captain Davis Love III said. "There's a lot of points left, let's keep doing what we're doing. They're buying into it, they're playing great."
This is the largest lead the Americans have had after three sessions since the Ryder Cup expanded to include players from continental Europe in 1979. They need 14 1/2 points to win the Ryder Cup.
Europe avoided a sweep thanks to – who else? – Ian Poulter and Justin Rose, who beat Bubba Watson and Webb Simpson 1 up. Poulter has Europe's best winning percentage in Ryder Cup play with a 10-3-0 record, and there was no way he was going to let the Americans take a point from his match.
"It was absolutely key," Poulter said. "Jose put us out No. 1 for a reason, and that's to get the point and put the point up on the board."
Just as they did Friday, the Americans got their spark from Bradley. He's got more energy and enthusiasm than a 4-year-old hopped up on Pixie Stix, sprinting out to the first hole a half-hour before his tee time to encourage fans to get louder and rowdier. Finally satisfied, he grinned and sprinted back to the locker room.
But it wasn't long before he and Lefty had the crowd worked up again. The two are on such a roll they didn't even have to putt to win their first two holes against Lee Westwood and Luke Donald on Saturday.
The Europeans conceded No. 1 when Mickelson put his second within 2 feet of the pin, and they gave the Americans No. 2 after Westwood put his tee shot in the water and missed the bogey putt.
Mickelson's gorgeous wedge set up Bradley with an 8-footer for birdie on No. 4, and he knocked it in easily, letting out a roar when the ball dropped into the cup. The Americans went 6 up when Donald saw another putt lip out on 10, and the Europeans may as well have conceded then, the result was so inevitable.
Sure enough, two holes later, Mickelson played a perfect wedge from the rough, hitting the green about 20 feet left of the pin and trickling down a slope to within a foot of the cup.
"Phil is a good partner to Keegan," Donald said. "He's obviously been a rock star this week, and they did nothing wrong."
Their 7-and-6 win, in fact, matched the mark for most lopsided score in an 18-hole team match. Two other teams have won 7 and 6, both foursomes, with Paul Azinger and Mark O'Meara in 1991 the last to do it.
The victory improved Bradley to 3-0, the best Ryder Cup start for a rookie since the guy he was playing with in 1995. And it handed Donald his second straight loss in foursomes after going unbeaten in his first six matches.
The U.S. got another big boost in the final match, Jim Furyk and Brandt Snedeker's 1-up victory over Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell.
The Northern Irish duo are considered Europe's top team, the No. 1 player in the world and the guy who delivered the winning point for Europe two years ago at Celtic Manor. But they've looked almost ordinary since Furyk and Snedeker forced them to grind out a victory in Friday's foursomes, and they couldn't overcome their slow start Saturday.
"We were just parring the place to death, which is not good enough in this format," McDowell said. "We just couldn't get the ball to go in the hole. Rory had a few putts in particular that burned some edges, and we just couldn't get any momentum going."
Take the last three holes. A nice iron by McDowell gave McIlroy an easy birdie putt on 16, and he made it to pare Furyk and Snedeker's lead to 1 up. But McIlroy followed that with a miss on a 15-footer that would have evened the match on 17.
McIlroy's monster drive on 18 put the Europeans in good position to scratch out a halve – especially after Snedeker went in a bunker off the tee. But McDowell flew the green on the second shot, leaving McIlroy with a long putt from the fringe. He nearly made it, but his line was about a half-inch too far to the right and McIlroy groaned as he watched it roll on by.
When Snedeker got a 25-footer to about a foot, the Europeans conceded.
"We are in a hole," McDowell said. "These guys, there's blood in the water and they're up for it. They've got a head of steam up and we've got to try and stop it."


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New York's Next Mayor Faces Union Showdown
Some Workers Haven't Had a Contract in Six Years
NEW YORK—The city's next mayor will face the biggest showdown with labor unions since New York's brush with bankruptcy in the 1970s, giving voters this fall a chance to shape the city's financial health for years to come.
New York's 152 employee-bargaining units—representing the equivalent of almost 300,000 full-time workers—have been working under expired contracts for up to six years, unable to reach agreements with Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his negotiators. The unions, whose members include teachers, firefighters and...


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Funeral services have been scheduled for many of the victims of Friday's school shooting in Newtown:
Rachel D'Avino
Friends may call the Woodbury Funeral Home of Munson-Lovetere, 2 School Street in Woodbury on Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. A funeral service will be held on Friday at 11 a.m. at the Church of the Nativity, East Street, Bethlehem. Burial will be held at the Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Watertown. In lieu of flowers, donations should be made to Autism Speaks, 1 East 33rd Street, 4th floor, New York, NY 10016.


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No, I didn't give birth over the weekend (thank God, I'm only 28 weeks!). But we do have another baby on board. Starting tomorrow we're going to have a special new blogger on Project Pregnancy (in addition to the special blogger you already have).
Her name is Taylor, she's 24, lives in Brooklyn, and just got married. Oh, and she's expecting her first baby in February! Here's the thing: The pregnancy was a total surprise. But Taylor and her new hubby are getting creative and figuring it out as they go along. I know she is excited to be posting here and I am sure we can all help her get prepared to take the leap into motherhood.
We'll be hearing from Taylor (that's her with the cute bump, above) on Tuesdays and Thursdays and I will still be here the rest of the week. So please, welcome Taylor!
Oh, and thanks for all the great baby name advice and suggestions. Keep em coming!


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Posts Tagged 'environmental group'
Future Canvas and Reforestation (Urban Farming) launch blogs!
Posted in Visions by Ferne Edwards on February 3rd, 2009
Future Canvas and Reforestation welcome people's participation in their conversation on living sustainably everyday…
General Future Canvas Blog – "Global Conversation": http://futurecanvas-conversation.blogspot.com/
Reforestation Blog – "Urban Farming": http://futurecanvas-reforestation.blogspot.com/
Also, as Future Lab have recently moved into a creative hub with Open Channel (http://www.openchannel.org.au/) at Shed 4 in the Docklands. Here is their new address;
Victoria Harbour
Shed 4 North Wharf Road
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SPRINGVALE — Sanford Maine Stage Theatre Company will host a Craft, Home and Business Entrepreneur Fair at the Nasson Community Center at 457 Main Street on Saturday, Sept. 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be raffles, food, children's games, giveaways and demonstrations. if you would like to reserve a table and participate, please contact Michelle Welch at 651-9263 or Mary Stair at 324-8227.
SANFORD — The Breakfast Club for Business Connections is a group of business professionals from Sanford and surrounding communities that meet every Thursday morning at Get Fired Up at 883 Main St. from 8 to 9 a.m. The purpose of the meeting is to promote local businesses and share ideas to increase profitability. The group is open to anyone interested in making business connections. For more information, call Helen Hajny at 207-651-1806.
GREATER SANFORD AREA — Members of several local churches meet at 6:30 p.m. on the second Sunday of each month for "Singspiration," a chance to sing hymns. Anyone who enjoys singing is welcome to attend. "Singspirations" will be held at the Acton Congregational Church at the corner of H Road and Route 109 on Oct. 14; at the Springvale First Baptist Church at 429 Main Street in Springvale on Nov. 11; and at the Pleasant Street Free Baptist Church at 10 Pleasant Street in Springvale on Dec. 9.
SANFORD — St. George's Episcopal Church at 3 Emerson Street will hold its annual fall 50-cent clothing sale on Friday, Sept. 28, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 29, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. A free blood pressure screening will be available on both days. For more information, call 324-8119.
SANFORD — Celebrate a handmade autumn! Members of the Sanford Unitarian Universalist Church welcomes you to join them at their Fall Festival Fair at the Nasson Community Center at 457 Main Street on Saturday, Sept. 29, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The fair is a combination of fine arts and crafts with a touch of whimsy. Find the perfect gift for everyone on your list and then enjoy a delicious homemade lunch at the fair's cafe. Admission is free. For more information, please call the church office at 324-3191.
SANFORD — Bingo is played at the Sanford AMVETS headquarters at 169 School St. on Thursdays. Doors open at 4 p.m. Sales begin at 5:30 p.m. Games start at 6:15 p.m. Homemade food and desserts are available.
WATERBORO — The Waterborough Historical Society's 4th Annual Chili, Chowder & Apple Dessert Contest will be held at the Center Fire Station on John Smith Road in Waterboro Center on Saturday, Sept. 15. Judging will start at 4:45 p.m., after which public tasting begins. Winners will be announced and prizes awarded in all three categories at 5:30 p.m. To support the society and enter their favorite dish at no charge, area cooks, both professional and amateur, are invited to participate. For more information, call Dianne Holden at 247-5926.
SANFORD — St. George's Episcopal Church at 3 Emerson Street will serve a bean supper on Saturday, Sept. 15, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. On the menu will be homemade beans, assorted salads, hot dogs, rolls, pies and beverages. The cost to eat is $8 per person and $2 for children under the age of 12. All proceeds will benefit community outreach in the Sanford area. For more information, call 324-8119.
SPRINGVALE — The Sanford-Springvale Historical Museum at 505 Main St. is open from 2 to 8 p.m. on Thursdays, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays, and from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays.
WATERBORO — The 1850 Taylor/Frey/Leavitt House Museum in Waterboro Center is an unspoiled dwelling with many original features. It will be open to the public, free of charge, with donations appreciated, each Saturday in August and September from 9 a.m. to noon or by appointment. Added to the museum complex this year is the period-furnished one-room 1817 Deering Schoolhouse. The barn and ell of the house contain antique cobbler, optician, barber and blacksmith shops. For more information, call Jim Carll at 247-5878.
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- Premier League
Malaga stress Isco will cost City or Real £30m
Malaga executive vice-president Moayad Shatat has suggested star man Isco will not be sold for anything less than the €35 million (£29.97m) release clause in his contract.
Isco, 21, is widely expected to leave in the summer, with his impressive performances at the European Under-21 Championships demonstrating why both Manchester City and Real Madrid are reportedly keen to sign him.
Earlier this week, Isco said he had yet to make up his mind about his future, but he is believed to prefer the Bernabeu to the chance of teaming up with his former Malaga boss Manuel Pellegrini at City.
Malaga's well-documented financial problems have seen players including Santi Cazorla sold in recent years - but Shatat, owner Abdullah Al-Thani's right-hand man, said nobody would be picking up Isco on the cheap.
"He is a magnificent player, very important for us - and if the offer which arrives is not the one which should arrive, we will not sell the player," Shatat said. "We want him to be sold for his price, for what he is worth. We do not need to sell him for an inappropriate price."
New coach Bernd Schuster said he had been told that Isco could leave but hoped to see the attacker remain at La Rosaleda for at least one more season.
"It is possible I will not be able to count on him," the German said. "But I always have a little hope. I know it is difficult.
"It is nice to have a player like this here, to see him be an important figure in the Champions League and with the Under-21s. Everyone must be very proud. If he stays with us, we will be happy. If he goes, then we wish him all the best."
The former Madrid player and manager said he understood the player's wish to prove himself at a big club, adding: "What I most like about him is he knows what he wants.
"He wants to play at a big club, which is very important. Often there are influences which are not good and revolve around money. You can only win things if you keep playing. The big clubs have seen him and know he could be an important player."
Schuster's Malaga will be very different to the side that reached the Champions League quarter-finals under Pellegrini last season.
Joaquin Sanchez, Roque Santa Cruz and Javier Saviola have already gone, and other high earners such as Jeremy Toulalan, Julio Baptista and Martin Demichelis are also expected to move on.
But the coach said: "I am very clear about how the budget will be, what players can come, the players who will have to leave.
"It seems a good idea to me, and I accept it. I like teams who control the pitch, at home and away, who take the game to all opponents. There is a great advantage, following Manuel [Pellegrini], as we are not very far apart in our idea of football."


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The Canadian dollar reached the lowest level since July against its U.S. counterpart as commodities slipped and policy makers in the world's largest economy seek to avoid $1.2 trillion in automatic budget cuts, known as sequestration, set to begin next month.
The currency declined for a third straight day as crude oil, the nation's biggest export, fell and data showed foreign investors reduced their holdings of Canadian securities for the first time since June. Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney said in a CTV News interview on Feb. 15 that recent signs of weakness in the housing market may persist over several years.
"Some of the Canadian-dollar weakness is due to muted action in commodities," David Doyle, a strategist at Macquarie Capital Markets, said by phone from Toronto. "When you look at the commodity space, it could help to explain some of the weakness, given the U.S. dollar performing relatively well."
The loonie, as the currency is nicknamed for the image of the aquatic bird on the C$1 coin, depreciated 0.2% to C$1.0125 per U.S. dollar at 11:14 a.m. in Toronto after touching $1.0138 earlier, the weakest since July 26. One Canadian dollar buys 98.77 U.S. cents.
Government bonds rose, pushing yields on Canada's benchmark 10-year debt down two basis points, or 0.02 percentage point, to 2%. The price of the 2.755 securities maturing in June 2022 increased 15 cents to C$106.35.
Canada's dollar has fallen 1.5% this year among the 10 developed-nation currencies tracked by the Bloomberg Correlation-Weighted Indexes. The U.S. dollar has gained 0.8%, and the euro has jumped 2.2%.
'Quite Weak'
The loonie is "quite weak," Camilla Sutton, head of currency strategy at Bank of Nova Scotia, said by phone from Toronto. "Anything that's negative for U.S. gross domestic product is negative for Canada."
President Barack Obama called on Congress today to pass a smaller package of spending reductions and close loopholes to delay the budget cuts, known as sequestration, set to begin next month. Republicans have said they won't consider raising revenue beyond the $650 billion tax increase on top earners the president won as part of the budget deal enacted on Jan. 2.
U.S. lawmakers agreed to the spending cuts, to be spread over nine years, as part of a 2011 deficit-reduction deal to raise the debt limit. The reductions were supposed to be so onerous that Congress and the president would never let them occur and would find a plan to replace them. The U.S. is Canada's largest trade partner.
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Kansas State Student Suffers Seizure After Getting Tackled During Pregame RitualNovember 4, 2013
A pregame ritual at Kansas State on Oct. 26 turned into a scary situation after a student suffered a seizure on the field after getting tackled by Willie the Wildcat, the school's mascot.
The student, who is a member of Kansas State's cheer squad, was dressed up in West Virginia gear. Willie the Wildcat tackled him to get the crowd riled up before the two teams took the field.
However, this stunt did not go as planned.
Below is the video, via KAKE.com. (Warning: The footage may be disturbing to some. Viewer discretion is advised.)
The student was taken to the hospital to be evaluated, and he was later released.
According to the report, the school's athletic department is reviewing the incident, and is considering making changes to the pregame ritual.
Hat tip to College Spun for the find.


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He doesn't need to be "nifty", he needs to forecheck, win puck battles, drive the net, and score goals from the trenches.RoyalDude wrote:I have yet to see anything resembling a nifty little skill set from this 4.5 million dollar man.Potatoe1 wrote: -Tonight it was pretty obvious what Gillis was after with the Booth acquisition. Booth looked good with Kesler, won a ton of battles, had a ton of shots, and scored a goal. More importantly however Booth spent a ton of time in the trenches and ultimately got his goal from there. The Canucks were woefully lacking in the secondary scoring this playoff but more importantly they were lacking guys who could get to the inside and score from there.
He did all those things last night and if he continues to do them, no one should be complaining.


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Thramer and Rolfzen Finish Third at USAV Beach Collegiate Challenge
Thramer and Rolfzen began their journey to third-place by taking down Aurora Davis and Fatma Yildrim form Florida State 22-20, 17-21, 15-13 in the gold contenders round two. In the third round of the gold bracket winners, Kelsey Robinson and Alexa Strange were defeated by Kim Hill and Lilla Fredrick of Pepperdine 19-21, 21-14, 15-17. The two Nebraska teams met in the gold contender round three as Thramer and Rolfzen beat Robinson and Strange 21-17, 21-17 to knock them out of contention and move on to the gold semifinals where they eventually finished third after being topped by Marija Milosavljevic and Jace Pardon of Florida State 10-21, 17-21.
In other action in the pair's tournament, Meghan Haggerty and Sheridan Zarda were defeated 14-21, 5-21 by Kellie Woolever and Kelley Larsen of Pepperdine. Kristina Pelliteri and Stephanie Pelliteri of Florida State beat Morgan Broekhuis and Kadie Rolfzen 17-21, 17-21, while Kelsey Fien and Alicia Ostrander fell to Victoria Adelheim and Jazmine Orozco of Pepperdine 20-22, 12-21. All matches were part of the silver bracket.
The Huskers continue play tomorrow as they take on Grand Canyon in team competition at 11 a.m. CT at the Chula Vista Olympic Training Center.


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PALISADE, Colo. Colorado already has a couple dozen state symbols including the Blue Spruce as the official tree. and John Denver's "Rocky Mountain High" as state song. But a Denver-based group is hoping to add a state fruit to the list and today the House voted on the issue.
Peach season is still a few months away, but western Colorado's most famous fruit was the topic of discussion at the Capitol today.
"This valley has been known for the last 100 years for its peaches, and into Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, they don't know much about what we do, but they do know about our peaches," said Bruce Talbott of Talbott Farms.
HB 14-1304 was proposed by a student-led campaign to name the Palisade peach as Colorado's official state fruit and was voted 10-1 in favor out of today's committee. It's a fitting proposal as about 75% of all fruit grown in Colarado are peaches.
"Potatoes max us out by eight or ten times in value, but peaches are one thing that people really remember, and Colorado does as well as anyone anywhere in the world."
And for western Colorado, that would bring a lot more pride and attention to the area, as leaders in peach production. Despite a tough period during December when temperatures dipped to dangerously cold levels, the upcoming season looks promising.
"Right now we have a full crop, we still have to get through the next 40 days until we know what we get to keep," Talbott said. "The weather patterns look good, i have every hope that we will keep that full crop. It will be the first one in a few years."
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Operation Firewall identified a group of suspects investigators reckon collectively stole over 1.7 million credit card numbers as well as forging driving licenses, birth certificates and passports. Losses to banks through credit card fraud because of the gang's activities are estimated at $4.3m. The suspects face identity theft, computer fraud, credit card fraud and conspiracy charges.
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Alec Baldwin Is Not Interested in Anything Shia LaBeouf Has to Say About Theater [UPDATED]
<span>"I don't think he's in a good position to be giving interpretations of what the theater is and what the theater isn't."</span>
There are so many thought-provoking Shia LaBeouf tweets we could have asked Alec Baldwin to respond to last night at the Academy of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Awards. But the one we went with was this one: "The theater belongs not to the great but to the brash." Does Baldwin agree with his ex-Orphans co-star, who left the play on not-so-good terms? No, of course Baldwin doesn't agree with him! Here's what the 30 Rock actor had to say, exactly, when we asked him about the tweet.
"I can tell you that, in all honesty, I don't think he's in a good position to be giving interpretations of what the theater is and what the theater isn't. I mean, he was never in the theater. He came into a rehearsal room for six or seven days and, uh — you know, sometimes film actors — I mean, there are people who are film actors who have a great legacy in the theater. Some of the greatest movie stars had really serious theater careers and still do. And many film actors, though, who are purely film actors, they're kind of like celebrity chefs, you know what I mean? You hand them the ingredients, and they whip it up, and they cook it, and they put it on a plate, and they want a round of applause. In the theater, we don't just cook the food and serve it. You go out in the garden and you plant the seeds and you grow it. You know, it's a really very, very long, slow, deliberate — it's the opposite of film acting. It's a much more intensive and kind of thoughtful process. And there are people who that's just not their thing. So for those people who I think it's not their thing, I'm not really interested in their opinion of it. But thanks."
UPDATE: Shia is not a let-him-have-the-last-word kinda guy, and he released old emails from the play's director about Baldwin.


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|2011-10-14, 03:22
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|2011-10-14, 10:46
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It makes sense for the most part. The only part that I find super weird is that Bring/Devine is classified into the same type as Regene/Tieria.
And I wonder what "Innovade soldiers" refer to? I wonder of it's the Gaga Cannon Innovade soldiers used by the ESF during the ELS Conflict.
|2011-12-03, 12:58
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i thought it was really pretty good overall. it kind of bugs me a little that the super special setsuna get to live forever. just saying eveyone fought for the world just as hard and risk just as much, but i guess the main character has to go off into the sunset as a god like person. dont get me wrong i understand setsuns role in the series, i dont know just bugs me a bit.
|2011-12-04, 21:25
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Sonic!I AM SONIC!!!!!
Also, it was never stated that he gets to live forever. I don't know where you're getting that from, it was never stated in the movie or in any of the sidematerials. Living forever is also not a good thing as you'll always watch your loved ones die, which is always pure anguish. You'll either not be close to anyone (which sounds more like Setsuna quite frankly, though probably less so with his new persona) or you'll keep making new loved ones/frieneds and then watching them die over and over again. Living forever is not pure bliss.
|2011-12-04, 23:19
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I Still think the EF government are idiots
-Removing weapons from CB on a ship that was meant to save then has las resort? if it had all the weapons less people would had died and even push back the ELS until setsuna arrived
-Stopping MS development in name of peace? new enemy appears your screwed with old tech
-Forcing military to use old suits and ships ? suicide right here
This is no peace policies its being irresponsible , peace politics is being patient towards others and choose talking instead of force .
Above peace there is insuring the security of your citizens
|2011-12-04, 23:28
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Age: 31
I fail to see where the ESF removed weaponry from the Celestial Being. The only time they did that was when the ELS were assimilating the main cannon.
As for new enemy, well, they already had a weapon on par with the Gundams, which in itself was a tiny force, and no one had any idea that aliens would appear in 2 years. Can't fault them for that one.
The military was "forced" to use old suits during the final battle because they had to bring out ALL their weaponry. It was necessity, not policy.
Try to do a little more research beforehand before making inaccurate accusations like that, please.
|2011-12-04, 23:54
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Where does it say that the ESF stopped mobile suit production? How does that explain the GN-XIV? Old ships? The A-LAWS type ship were refitted to house extra mobile suits, more engine boosters, and more cannons. They even produced new ships that carried the Gadelaza from Earth to near Mars. Yeah, the ESF looked pathetic during the fights, but there wasn't much they can do. It's not like they can predict what type of alien life would eventually come. If anything, most of their new and updated military units were to defend and fight against Celsestial Being. Most of the military units were used since that's all they had to put up a fight. When you're in a desperate situation, you'll send whatever you got to fight.
|2011-12-04, 23:58
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The ESF never said they were halting weapon production, but cutting it back. The GN-XIIIs in their arsenal were being upgraded into GN-XIVs, though I imagine new ones also had to be produced. A great deal of the military's arsenal had been destroyed in the final battle between Celestial Being and A-LAWS, thanks to Ribbons firing the GN-Laser.
|2011-12-05, 00:02
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The whole CB is also in a bad position during the fighting. ESF has to refit the Gn Laser. I imagine the small guns on CB were placed at a bad angle and would be costly to refit one by one, thus were not used effectively during the ELS battle.
|2011-12-05, 07:49
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Sonic!I AM SONIC!!!!!
-The next conflict, which was the Old Human Faction war was the result of a rebellion by a small section of the ESF Army who are against Innovators and the ELS, who are being accepted by the ESF in general. The larger the army, the more damage it can cause if a section decides to rebel or if a government administration wants to use it for bad purposes like the old administration did.
-Besides, its not like there was zero developments since S2. The Braves were designed as a semi mass produced model (more quality over quantity unlike the GN-XIV) that can respond to emergencies quicker. The Gadelaza was also made, and we know there were more than one. The GN-XIV is also a technological marvel for a mass production suit that integrated Gadessa-Series technology obtained from the Innovator faction. All this happened in two years.
-A lot of forces were lost in the A-LAWS battle on either side, considering it was a large concentration of GN forces were in that battle. The HG GN-XIII ESF Type manual also mentioned that the porpotion of GNMS out of all MS were quite small because they're relatively new (this was why Katharon's main strategy was to attack ESF bases quickly and escape before the GNMS backup from other bases can come in; I believe this was mentioned in the Klaus' Enact 00V chapter). They're production lines only began like one or two years prior to S2 anyways because during the timeskip a lot of research needed to be done into them and how to mass produced them and the GN Drive Taus.
-The disarmament policy was continued even after the ELS Conflict, because the ESF obtained information on the location of other civilisation around the galaxy from the ELS, and concluded that the probability of another one intercepting Earth was close to 0% based on where they are located. By 2364, there are no longer mobile suits in used by humanity according to 00N (the Sakibure is officially designated as a workloader; it doesn't have any weapons even if its powerplant is powerful).
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Launch party for LOST & FOUND: a film by John Choi & Nicolina Lanni
LOST & FOUND follows the epic endeavor underway to reunite objects lost in the 2011 Japanese tsunami. Strangers, continents apart, are coming together to salvage the memories amid the debris. Join us as we journey to Japan with the beachcombers, oceanographers, kayakers and environmentalists who have found these objects, return these lost belonging to their rightful owners, and hear the stories behind them.
Filmmakers John Choi and Nicolina Lanni held the Lost & Found launch party in the Ballroom last month to help raise money for this film that seeks to bring back items (that washed up on North American shores) to their original owners in Japan.
If you missed the opening but would like to help out, you can check out the LOST & FOUND Doc Ignite Campaign
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NEW YORK, N.Y. – The New York Islanders and New Jersey Devils will play a preseason game at Barclays Center in September.
It will be the first NHL game ever played in Brooklyn, where the Islanders will move in 2015-16. The Islanders and Devils were slated to play at Barclays Center last preseason, but the entire exhibition schedule was erased due to the NHL lockout.
The Islanders, who have not made the post-season since 2006-07, hold the eighth and final post-season spot with 42 points entering Tuesday's action.
"Over the past 40 years, Nassau Coliseum has been one of the best buildings to attend and watch a hockey game," Islanders general manager Garth Snow said. "I'm excited for our fans to bring that energy and have the ability to enjoy an Islanders game while taking advantage of Barclays Center."
The game will be played Sept. 21. Barclays Center, home to the NBA's Brooklyn Nets, opened last year.
"We are delighted to give Brooklyn a sneak peak at its future hometown NHL team," Barclays Center CEO Brett Yormark said. "There's a lot of excitement about professional hockey bound for Brooklyn, where the Islanders have a terrific opportunity to grow their fan base and build their brand.
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CONCORD - A Concord woman who was a "Fugitive of the Week" in March was arrested Thursday afternoon, according to a U.S. Marshal's Fugitive Task Force release.
Jenna Patterson, 26, was charged with three counts of possession with intent to distribute heroin and was additionally charged based on warrants on previous charges involving drug possession and a stolen car.
The release said anonymous tips directed authorities to an apartment in the 100 block of Loudon Road in Concord, where Patterson was found and arrested without incident. Patterson was being held without bail Thursday at the Merrimack County Jail in Boscawen. She is scheduled to appear today in Concord District Court.
Also arrested at the apartment was Shaun White, 34, also of Concord. White was on parole for an earlier drug conviction and was arrested on parole violations stemming from his alleged possession of heroin and being in the company of a known fugitive, the release said.
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|2012-06-09, 14:27
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Alberta, Canada
Age: 26
I'm just glad P3's getting animated in the first place, even if it is just a movie. P4 is a good game yes, but I figure it's been receiving way too much attention lately and just shoving the other installments aside.
And let's be fair, anything this movie does will at least be more entertaining than Trinity Soul.
Now, I'm looking forward to learning the MC's official name. I don't necessarily think he may speak in the movie though, as I figure it may actually be possible for them to pull it off without having him speak a word. Especially in something that will only be about 2 hours long at the maximum.
|2012-06-09, 15:30
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Age: 28
While I prefer P3's plot, P4 has more interesting characters.
Well, while I'm happy its getting a movie, I'm disappointed that its not a full 24 episode run. I don't think 1 or even 2 movies are enough to do it justice.
|2012-06-09, 15:30
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Staring into your soul.
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: At the darkness beyond time.
|2012-06-09, 22:34
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How do you fit P3 into this?
There's going to be alot missing like the social links and the battles. Unless they'll rush through most of it and get to the most important events.....Still don't know how this will work but since this is a movie, the animation quality would be better than an anime so maybe that won't be so bad...but I hope they won't cut out any important details
Love the game <3
|2012-06-10, 01:00
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Homo Ludens
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Canada
Age: 28
Much of the game functions as a leadup to the events in November and afterward... they'll never be able to bring that across in a movie, especially since much of it is character recruitment, and taking place over half a year.
Like I said, it can only work if they completely rewrite the story... but then it wouldn't be P3, would it?
|2012-06-10, 01:50
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Join Date: Mar 2009
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nothing much really change from p3 - p3p except the social link answers and persona. Same core story with fes is another short game that you will be spending 80% on level grinding.
I just can't see it working on a movie unless they cut a LOT of stuff on the story.
|2012-06-10, 01:56
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Staring into your soul.
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Location: At the darkness beyond time.
in p4 they cut out a lot of the subplots specially the ones of the partymembers, and if they cut the subplots in p3 and stick only to nyx it can be done, wich itself its sad since some of the social links in p3 are deeper that the main story in p4.
|2012-06-10, 02:07
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Homo Ludens
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Location: Canada
Age: 28
People act like the whole game is grinding in Tartarus... that's not really the case at all.
|2012-06-10, 02:11
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even without the level grinding and only the social links or even without that. The main story itself is long. And can't be compress into something decent with a movie format. Though I would also like to see the school event and without the social links featured then how can you reason out the power of the MC. The social links are the ones that powered up the mc. In p4 animation. They already struggled to fit it in.
-_- what if they animate only the near end scenario >_> but that won't even make sense at all.
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Locke, Pirates shut down Astros 1-0
May. 19, 2013
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jeff Locke didn't have his best stuff Sunday. He didn't need it to shut down the majors' worst team.
Locke allowed three hits over seven innings, Pedro Alvarez homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates won for the eighth time in 10 games, 1-0 over the Houston.
Locke (4-1) won his fourth straight decision and gave up one run or fewer for the fifth time in his past eight outings. He struck out four and walked three.
"'Pitched' is the imperative word," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said of Locke. "He was behind a number of counts, his first-pitch strikes were below 50 percent... but, that being said, he didn't give up anything. He was able to put a foot down, get balls on the ground when we needed them."
In his past six outings, Locke has allowed 21 hits and seven earned runs over 37 innings (1.70 ERA). Despite allowing the leadoff man to reach four times, Locke permitted a runner to reach second base only once.
"There were some pitches early on that were real good pitches that I felt I had real good command of, but there were times in the game that I fell behind 1-0, 2-0 and put them in some pretty good hitter's counts," Locke said. "But I was able to make pitches and use the defense."
The notoriously streaky Alvarez pushed his average above .200 for just the second time since the second game of the season. His eighth home run came on the first pitch and was an opposite field line drive down the left field line in the fifth.
Alvarez's most recent homer was Friday — a titanic shot that reached the Allegheny River. Hurdle quipped that his third baseman followed up arguably his longest career home run with perhaps his shortest.
"I just remember hitting it and knowing that it was going to be fair," said Alvarez, who also walked in the second and flied out to the wall in center in the seventh. "But I didn't know if it was going to carry as much as it did."
Alvarez's longball — his third in eight games — was the lone mistake by Astros starter Lucas Harrell, who lost his third consecutive decision despite allowing four hits and one walk in seven innings.
Through 6 1-3 innings, Alvarez's home run and Snider's double were the only balls to leave the infield off Harrell (3-5), who had a single in a rare plate appearance for an American League pitcher.
"Today felt like the first game this season that I dominated both sides of the plate with my sinker," Harrell said. "(Catcher Carlos Corporan) did a great job with his homework. He had a really good game plan and I just followed along."
Pittsburgh's other chance at scoring came the prior inning, when Travis Snider was thrown out at the plate by center fielder Brandon Barnes on a two-out single by Gaby Sanchez. The throw easily beat
Snider, who had doubled, and Snider's shoulder to the chest of Corporan did not jar the ball loose.
Off to their best 44-game start since 1991, the Pirates (26-18) have the National League's third-best record. They won despite the absence of outfielder Andrew McCutchen, who was a late scratch because of soreness in his right knee.
McCutchen said he was put at ease after an examination by medical personnel Sunday and that he expects to play in the Pirates' next game Tuesday. Hurdle said he could have used McCutchen in an emergency.
A day after his 13-game scoreless streak came to an end, Mark Melancon worked a perfect eighth and Jason Grilli finished with a 1-2-3 ninth for his majors-leading 17th save.
The Astros, who won in 11 innings Saturday night, did not have an extra-base hit.
"Their guy (Locke) did a good job," Houston manager Bo Porter said. "He changed speeds, pitched to both sides of the plate and kept us away from the barrel. Sometimes you've got to tip your cap and give credit to the other guy."
NOTES: Astros SS Ronny Cedeno was scratched from the lineup late Sunday morning because of a sinus infection. ... Houston has won three of its 11 series played this season while Pittsburgh is 8-2-2 in
its past 12 series. ... The Pirates are off Monday but then play on 16 consecutive days. They open up a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs at PNC Park on Tuesday. ... Astros LHP Dallas Keuchel will make his third start of the season in the opener of a three-game series in Kansas City on Monday.


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Leaving Christmas presents in your car could prove an irresistible lure for thieves.
The Hood River County Sheriff's Office is spreading that not-so-merry holiday message after seven residents in Odell were victimized by a spree of car prowls within the past week.
Those crimes follow seven other breakins during the past 30 days that has netted the unknown suspects a combined total of more than $7,500 in electronic equipment and other goods.
"If you don't want it stolen don't leave it in your car," said Hood River County Detective Gerry Tiffany.
Tiffany said car prowls remain the top property crime in the county and are most likely being committed by juveniles. However, he said the perpetrators of the recent crimes seem to be less experienced at removing car stereos and CD players than the thieves involved in other break-ins at the first of the year.
For that reason, Tiffany said a lot more dashboards are being damaged and sometimes the electronic items are ruined in the process of being pried out of holders. He said there are no known suspects at this time but many citizens were easy targets because the doors to their vehicles had been left unlocked.
In addition to securing unoccupied cars or pickups, Tiffany recommends citizens take the following precautionary measures:
* Park in well-lit areas.
* Don't leave valuables within plain view.
* Engrave expensive accessories and major parts with your VIN or personal identification number.
* Face the front of the car toward a light source so that is plainly visible.
* Never hide a second set of keys on the car.
* Park the vehicle in a garage if one is available.
During the first weeks of 2001, numerous vehicles were broken into throughout the county.
Please turn to Sheriff's Log on page A8.
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|450 m²
|Property type
|Minimum Stay
|4 - 7 nights
Our 55 acre estate is a haven of exceptional peace and tranquility 1000 feet up into the rolling foothills of the Pyrenees. We offer generous and comfortable accommodation and a luxurious sense of space and calm.
The Barn has a huge living room, lovely stone dining room, big well-equipped kitchen, and 6 en suite bedrooms. You can eat, rest, and play in the sheltered courtyard, or the big terrace with open views over our wheat and sunflowers and the rolling countryside. You will have exclusive use of the heated pool and all the gardens, orchards, and grounds of the estate. Large areas are left undisturbed as a haven for wildflower, bird, and other wildlife. We can arrange a variety of services, and we will talk you through the huge range of things to do and see in this beautiful region.
Detailed description
At the end of the drive you arrive at our open courtyard, built in the local golden stone. The Barn fills two sides of the courtyard. Double doors lead to a huge living room of 170 sq m, with big sofas and rug in front of the open fireplace and a second sitting area at the library end, near the pool table. More double doors and picture windows open on to the large terrace, set up for summer dining, which has lovely views over our own fields and the rolling hills and valleys of the area. There is a separate stone dining room with a second open fireplace. The wonderful and well equipped kitchen has oak work tops, a large gas hob with two electric ovens, two dishwashers, an American style fridge/freezer, and double sinks. Upstairs are 6 en suite bedrooms, simple but comfortable, most with king size beds. They look out either onto the courtyard or the fields, and rise up about 4 metres to the exposed beams of the Barn. We provide good quality linen and towels for everyone. The whole place combines our own more modern style with the best of French tradition - old floor tiles, stone wall, and lots of exposed timbers.
Outside, you will have exclusive use of our 11 x 5 m solar heated pool, which is in its own walled garden, and all the gardens and grounds of the Domaine. We can also offer additional housekeeping, and extra services like massages for a fully pampered experience. More photos and reviews are on the owners web site.
There are exceptional views of the Pyrenees from our land, as well as our local 12th Century village. You can walk all day straight from the door, through the gentle hills and oak woods, and will rarely meet another person. Sweet Mirepoix, 15 minutes away, is one the most beautiful and complete early medieval market towns in France and where we go for shopping and eating out.
There is a vast range of sites and activities within easy reach in every direction. South are the Pyrenees, the Cather Castles, the ancient cave paintings of the Ariege region, and lakes and wildlife parks. East is Carcassonne, perhaps the finest medieval citadel in Europe, and beyond that hot hills of the wine land of the Corbiere and Roussillon, and of course the Mediterranean. North are the Montagne Noir, the Canal du Midi, and famous abbeys and churches. West is Toulouse, an ancient and sophisticated city. And everywhere there are the glorious views, ancient old market towns and villages, open countryside, and peace.
Janie is a coach and facilitator for individuals and organisations across the world. John was a senior public servant and consultant with academic and international experience. We are interested in people, books, music, history, society, and the world around us.
Le Puget is our way of expressing our love of France and the countryside, good food and living, and our pleasure in offering hospitality.
janie purchased this barn in 2008
This is an area of great tranquility and beauty, but easy to get to and with easy access to the sea, cities, and the rest of France. We love the warmth of the people and the warmth of the weather, the quiet roads and pretty market towns, and the spectacular sights of the Pyrenees mountains like the Cathar Castles, the caves and rivers, the Canal du Midi, elegant cities like Toulouse and Narbonne, the vast range of Languedoc wines, and Andorra. We also like to walk for miles from our door through the rolling fields and oak woods that surround us.
Le Puget used to be a well known and very popular country restaurant, known for many miles around for its charm. Its played an important part in many people's lives, as a venue for parties and celebrations over the years. We enjoy that history, and want our guests to feel the same sense of peace and relaxation - and pleasure - that many people have found here over the years.
We stayed at this really lovely property with our family including our four grandsons who absolutely loved it. They were able to run around the large grounds, play and swim in the pool, play table tennis, pool, chess and other games provided. They also went fishing in the lake and caught quite a number of fish!
The house is very well equipped and had everything we needed.
We visited the near by town of Mirepoix on Market day. It is a delightful town with good shops and restaurants and the market was excellent.
John and Janie were very friendly, helpful hosts.
Le Puget offers guests a completely authentic experience of rural France in an elegant auberge full of character and charm. If you are looking for a restful and restorative holiday, this is the place for you. The accommodation was perfect for our party of 8 with oodles of space to relax, read and enjoy french cuisine as well as having the french countryside with fabulous walks on the doorstep. Ours Hosts Janie and John could not have been more hospitable and helpful including hosting a sumptuous evening meal for us on arrival in front of a roaring fire in fabulous dining room making it a memorable start to our holiday. Highly recommended.
Sometimes photos on these types of websites can be deceptive; but these show le Puget as it really is - a lovely old auberge, carefully renovated by Janie and John and full of character and interest (le Puget and them!).
You can wander down to the lake or go for longer walks in the beautiful countryside around, with medieval towns nearby to explore and wonderful local vineyards.
Janie and John are excellent hosts - friendly, kind and knowledgable, as well as being great cooks and wine experts! Definitely to be recommended!!
The perfect getaway - spacious, comfortable, and with the loveliest hosts in John & Janie who make sure you have the best time. We were part of a group and ate every night in a different place - from the wonderful courtyard shaded by an ancient olive tree to the dining room with its fabulous fireplace. The pool was terrific and welcome after a 'busy' morning at the local market. Lovely walks from the house itself and so easy to drive to the nearby treasures of Mirepoix and Carcassonne. Reluctant to leave my comfy bed and the sheer tranquillity of the place. Highly recommended.
The charm and beauty of this rural setting is reminiscent of a French film at their best. You can imagine Manon des Sources offering you the sweetest figs straight from the tree. Isabelle Huppert could be discussing Existentialism with you over the petit déjeuneur on the garden table overlooking the valley before the nearby medieval village. Better still, you could dream of frolicking dans la piscine with Alain Delon (or Romy Schneider/Jane Birking if you are so inclined). We were there as a gay couple part of a large mixed group. Janie and John captivated all of us with their charm, amazing food and deep understanding of the local culture and of what we tourists wanted from a French holiday. Highly recommended.
I've been to Le Puget twice now with a group of friends, and intend to keep coming back! It's an inspiring place to stay - the sense of space is fantastic, with the wonderful large dining and lounging spaces (perfect for groups) and the glorious views over rolling countryside. Walking to the nearby village and driving around offers a taste of the real France, but on cooler days, it was hard to drag ourselves away from the roaring log fires and massive sofas. Janie and John are amazing hosts - friendly, warm, knowledgeable and interesting, but never intrusive. There is a sense of generosity about this place which is very special. The bedrooms are simple and it's great to have your own ensuite in such an historic building. Each time I've been, I feel re-energised!
There is a huge range of things to see and do within an hour or less in every direction.
Magnificent Carcassonne and the Canal du Midi are two World Heritage sites, both close to us. To the south are the Pyrenees for walking and climbing, the Cathar Castles, lovely Abbeys and churches, and great caves and lakes. Closer still there are local beauty spots, lakes, and rivers for swimming, boating, kayaking, horse-riding, and fishing all within 30 minutes drive.
The cities of Toulouse, Beziers and Narbonne and all easily reachable, and the long beaches and coastal fishing towns of the Mediterranean start just over an hour's drive away. And of course there are beautiful medieval villages and towns all around, many with their own markets.
Toulouse airport is about an hour away, Carcassonne (Ryanair) about 30 minutes and Montpellier or Perpignan within two hours. There are major TGV stations at Toulouse and Bezier, both within an hour and a station at Castelnaudary about 20 minutes away. Car hire is recommended as there is no rural public transport other than taxis.
Shops and restaurants start at Fanjeaux, about 10 minutes drive, and at Mirepoix, 15 mins, which is one of the most lovely small market towns in France.
Further Details:
More information on our website.
|No additional mandatory fees
|Refundable Damage Deposit
Booking Notes:
Rental includes linen and towels (small fee for beach towels). Pool is open from May to September. 25% deposit on booking; balance due 6 weeks before start of holiday by bank transfer or cheque. Discuss other payment options with us directly.
We offer partial or full catering, and additional housekeeping, so you can be pampered to the full if you like. Costs on request.
Changeover Day:
Friday in July and August. Flexible in other months.
Notes on prices:
Prices include everything except heating and extra cleaning, which are at cost. Talk to us direct about special events, long winter lets, out of season accommodation for groups and additional en-suite garden bedrooms for larger parties.


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NEW YORK (AP) — The herky-jerkiness of my Netflix video stream is nothing compared with my jittery nerves.
I've been fretting since news broke last month that Comcast, the nation's reigning cable colossus, plans to swallow titanic runner-up Time Warner Cable.
This, of course, is the $45 billion deal that would give Comcast 30 million subscribers in 43 of the nation's top 50 markets and about 30 percent of pay TV customers. As a customer potentially affected by this buyout, I feel even more Lilliputian than before.
I'm not alone in my misgivings. News of the buyout has sparked hand-wringing from consumer activists and media analysts who worry that the pairing of these companies would lead to higher prices, worse service and stifled competition.
The news also breathed life into the broader concern of Net neutrality, which holds that Internet providers should treat all content on the digital superhighway equally, regardless of originating website, rather than direct some of that traffic to express lanes — in exchange for a toll.
In January, a federal appeals court overturned Federal Communications Commission regulations enforcing Net neutrality, which raised fears this would embolden Internet providers to routinely impose a surcharge for guarantees that websites run at optimal speed — or, in the words of one critic, give a green light to "payola Internet."
Not gonna happen at Comcast, according to its CEO, Brian Roberts, who said it will continue to uphold Net neutrality, at least through 2018, under government conditions tied to its purchase of NBCUniversal in 2011.
The combined Comcast and Time Warner Cable would be "pro-consumer and pro-competitive," Roberts declared.
Is it crazy to be skeptical? Are opponents of the merger just a bunch of nervous Nellies?
I must admit, I'm not reassured by Comcast's promises of a future with "a superior video experience, higher broadband speeds and the fastest in-home Wi-Fi."
Still, why should I expect this merger to make the situation worse?
I'm a long-suffering captive of Time Warner Cable for both my cable and broadband service.
Watching Netflix and Amazon programming, I notice how, too often, my so-called streaming video has all the smoothness of oatmeal left on the stove. With my hobbled "House of Cards" experiences, plus my Internet service going dark without notice, my cable box crashing and other complaints, why shouldn't I assume that anything would be an improvement once my account was taken under the wing of the bigger, better Comcast that Roberts is promising?
Fellow detractors cite lots of reasons why.
As a souped-up cable gatekeeper, the new Comcast would have even greater bargaining power over channels it includes in its lineup, potentially favoring its own networks (which include USA, Bravo, MSNBC, E! and, of course, NBC), as well as its own content (the TV shows and movies produced by NBCUniversal studios), while independent programmers and rival cable networks might face an even greater squeeze getting distribution on Comcast, whose market dominance could determine which programs and networks live or die.
Meanwhile, Comcast would command one-third of the broadband pipes delivering the nation's information and culture.
Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), a leading defender of Net neutrality, blasted the proposed deal last week on "CBS This Morning," saying, "Consumers will end up paying more, there will be less competition, there will be less innovation and even worse service."
"At the end of the day, this merger is probably going to go through?" anchor Norah O'Donnell posed.
"I think there's a too-cozy relationship between Comcast and the regulators," Franken responded.
Count Bob Garfield as another outspoken resister.
A media commentator and a co-host of public radio's "On the Media," Garfield several years ago launched a Web forum called Comcast Must Die for aggrieved Comcast customers like himself.
"It was an experiment in the crowdsourcing of rage," he says, adding that it helped prod Comcast into modest improvements.
Garfield has since moved on from that initiative. But he got exercised anew by the current Comcast proposal.
"They will have enormous clout in production, distribution and infrastructure," Garfield says. "It's the sort of vertical integration we haven't seen since Standard Oil was broken up."
And he predicts regulators will block the deal.
But until they rule, either late this year or in early 2015, I remain unsettled.
Will they do the right thing? I weigh the arguments pro and con. Then I recall what I've seen year after year as a disgruntled cable customer, and a new twist on an old joke echoes in my head: What am I gonna believe? Comcast's lofty promises? Or my own lying eyes?
EDITOR'S NOTE — Frazier Moore is a national television columnist for The Associated Press. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com and at http://www.twitter.com/tvfrazier


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Are you ready for some football?
Crunch time in NCAA, NFL
NCAA games come to an end for many fans—especially in Albuquerque, especially these days—long before Christmas. The bowl season extends further than it has in the past, sure, but that's mainly due to the proliferation of the so-called bowl games. We start with the New Mexico Bowl, which Temple took over Wyoming on Dec. 17, and continue all the way to the BCS.
The title game occurs on Monday, Jan. 9, when No. 2 Alabama will face first-ranked LSU. Between now and then, plenty of pretenders to the bowl throne will battle, but few of them are worth the time it'll take to play, much less to watch. Of course, no disrespect is intended, as I'm sure Michigan State and Georgia, at No.'s 17 and 16, respectively, are great football teams, and their fans care very much who wins the game. But outside that constituency, its hard to muster feelings for the Outback Bowl, amongst others.
The day before the title game, in fact, is somehow, for some reason, occupied by Arkansas State versus Northern Illinois in the GoDaddy.com Bowl. Just for fun, although I'm sure it's been done before, let's look at some of these corporate sponsorships: Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, Little Caesar's Bowl, TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl! All of these games have been or will be televised nationally. Advertising really has changed the world.
The end of the college football bowl season dovetails nicely into the end of the NFL's regular season, where things are really heating up. The titanic Green Bay Packers are obviously still a favorite, and the Philadelphia Eagles (preseason favorites who have been extensively covered) have now been officially dismissed from the playoffs. Perhaps another year to gel will help them live up to the lofty expectations.
While Green Bay has wrecked the regular season (save a blip two weeks ago), the New England Patriots have gone under the radar to resume their traditional position atop the AFC. Plenty of spoilers await a slip from either side, including the surprising stories of the San Francisco 49ers and the Houston Texans.
Football's finale is always the best, save the drama regarding the need for a true playoff system in college football. This year should be no different, whether you'll be watching the boys play in the BCS title game, or following the pros as they make the final cuts for the playoffs.


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