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Where's Patty? Decades later, question remainsBy SHAWNE K. WICKHAM
New Hampshire Sunday News
August 18. 2013 12:07AM
Stan Woodman's oldest son was just 8 or 9 years old when the child told him a chilling story.
His mother and stepfather, the boy said, had drowned his little stepsister in the bathtub and buried her in the backyard.
At the time, Woodman recalled, "I just said that's too preposterous to be true. I just kind of dismissed it."
It was the first hint that something terrible, even murderous, had happened to little Patricia Ann Wood, who lived with her father, stepmother and three stepsiblings in the Swanzey area in the 1970s - until she vanished without a trace.
But all these decades later, hints are all that authorities have about what happened to Patty Wood. Her case recently came to the attention of the state's Cold Case Unit, but investigators say they have no real hope for a break in the case.
That's because the two people most likely to know the truth - John and Judith Wood, Patty's father and stepmother - committed suicide together at their Swanzey home on Aug. 21, 1987, one day after police confronted Judith Wood about Patty's disappearance.
"This is just one of those cases where there are unanswered questions, and they're probably forever going to be unanswered," said state police Sgt. Scott Gilbert of the Cold Case Unit.
Cpl. Mike Miles was the trooper assigned to investigate Patty Wood's disappearance. Retired since 1998, he said his memory of the case isn't what it used to be.
But he remembers this: Patty "got lost in the system."
Patty was born on Oct. 12, 1972, in South Carolina; her birth mother gave up custody to John Wood when Patty was a baby. The little girl came to live with Wood, his wife and his wife's three children from her marriage to Stan Woodman.
Then Patty disappeared, sometime around 1976.
"The story concocted down here when the girl was missing for a long period of time was always that she was with the mother," Miles recalled. "And the mother ... had been told a story by John and Judith that she had been killed in a car accident. So the mother never made any inquiries about the daughter because she thought that she had passed away."
By the time police got involved, he said, "we were already 12 years behind the eight ball. Nobody had any real clear recollection of what had gone on."
Police did order the back yard dug up at the home where the Woods had lived in 1975, but they found nothing.
A witness reported seeing the Woods' car in the Gilsum-Alstead area the night police questioned Judith Wood, Miles said.
"There are old mine shafts up in there. Whether they had gone up there to see if maybe we'd found something, we don't know that. We never talked to them again."
Woodman, who battled his ex-wife for years over visitation rights with his three children, said his son Keith never changed his story.
Woodman even asked Judith Wood about Patty once, and she told him Patty had gone to live with her birth mother. "I had no reason not to believe it," he said.
But over time, he came to believe his son. And finally, in 1987, Keith told his story to the police.
Miles recalled when he interviewed the three older kids about Patty, "They talked about her being the one who was always being disciplined - more so by Judith than by John."
The day he went to interview the Woods, only Judith was home, and she "became very defensive," Miles recalled. "But she never really answered the question: Where's Patty?"
There was no doubt in his mind, Miles said: "She was lying."
His one regret is that he didn't track down John Woods that night, "that we didn't catch them both at the same time."
"It was late when we talked to her, and the next day they were dead."
He heard the report on the scanner on his way in to work. "They were found in their car. They had hooked up a hose to the exhaust pipe and were sitting in the front seat with the car running."
The Woods left a note but no answers, Miles said. "My recollection was that they denied any involvement in anything that happened to Patty Ann, and they were kind of pointing the finger at the kids as being upset with something and they were making it all up. They didn't admit to anything."
The Woods' obituaries mentioned only the three other children as survivors; there was no mention of Patty.
After the suicides, local reporters began looking into Patty's disappearance; they turned up disturbing evidence of abuse.
According to published reports, Patricia Ann Wood was treated frequently between 1972 and 1974 for a variety of injuries. In April 1974, she ended up at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover with brain swelling and convulsions and lapsed briefly into a coma. Doctors reported suspected abuse.
When the little girl was released from the hospital, she was put in foster care for four months. Then she was sent back to the Woods.
And apparently, despite concerns voiced by doctors to child welfare officials, the state stopped monitoring the family.
Woodman said, "the state dropped the ball" in not protecting Patty.
If he had it to do over, he would have gone to the authorities the first time Keith told his story, he said. "And yes, I do feel guilty about it."
He can't forget one time he went to pick up his children from Judith Wood, who was living in Troy at the time.
"I walked in that house, and there was Patty sitting in a high chair," he recalled. "This kid was the most unhappy, forlorn-looking kid that I've ever seen in my life, and my heart went out to that poor baby."
He thought about asking Judith to let him take the little girl along with his own kids for the weekend. But in the end, he said, "I said to myself, this is none of my business; stay out of it."
Judith Wood could be violent, Woodman said; when they were married, she came after him once with a butcher knife.
The night before the suicides, he was with his three children at his daughter's house in Swanzey when they saw John and Judith Wood drive by.
Later, he said, "I got to thinking about how the night before, they had driven by. And I said, 'My God, they could have taken all of us with them.'"
Woodman has been married for 39 years, and he and his wife have tried to provide a happy family life for all of their children and grandchildren.
But he said his kids were "devastated" by everything that happened back then, and the scars remain. "It was such a scary time, and I still feel badly for my children, I really do."
"It should never be painful, growing up as a kid."While his now-adult children did not want to be interviewed, Woodman said they did make one thing clear: "If Patty's remains were discovered, that they wanted to give her a decent burial.""If we all had to chip in to do something like that, I would be willing to do that," he said. "Just to see that poor baby get a decent burial.
"My heart goes out to her because I remember her sitting in that high chair, and it stuck with me all these years...."
At the Cold Case Unit's office in Concord, cardboard boxes are labeled with the names of the missing and murdered. Maura Murray, Patrick Merrill, Carrie Moss, Luella Blakeslee: All have boxes bearing their names.
For Patricia Ann Wood, there's just a single file folder.
If it happened today, police say, it might be different. With 24/7 cable TV news, a missing child gets noticed.
"I'd like to think that the system doesn't allow these kids to fall through the cracks anymore," Miles said.
Here's what the retired trooper wants to remind anyone who knows something about what happened back then but never came forward: Patricia Ann Wood "was a human being."
"She should have some dignity in where she ends up at the end of life. She shouldn't just be in a hole, somewhere no one knows anything about."
"It's wrong."


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Op-Ed: CAMPAIGN PROPAGANDA AND FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT
From my experience, politicians usually fail to deliver on many of their campaign promises, and this is evident here in American Samoa also. For this campaign season, I decided to study the new menu of promises offered by all of the gubernatorial candidates through their published platforms. I chose to bypass the team that is in administration leadership now, because regardless of the promises, we already know what they can do. The A-Team of this group have been there for almost 16 years, and we see what we have now. Do you think the B-Team will be better?
So, I started with an off-shoot of this administration as Lolo and Lemanu and major followers are also part of this administration in some shape or form. I was curious to see what they had to offer that would be different. Focusing on economic development as that is what I am most curious about, I did not find much exciting new ideas nor realistic approaches.
The first action by Lolo/ Lemanu in the first 100 days would be "to sit down with …the CEO of Hawaiian Airlines to work out strategies that will be mutually beneficial to the company as well as the people of American Samoa in terms of cheaper fares". My understanding is that Governor Togiola has sat with the CEO — in front, at both sides, behind him, etc., etc. — and did whatever was possible to convince this guy to have some consideration for American Samoa with airfares. Simply put, we all know they're making profits from the American Samoa route, but we also all know that Hawaiian Airlines has the upper-hand, it's called monopoly, and I don't think Lolo or Lemanu are more capable, more experienced or savvy to convince them any more than Governor Togiola. Governor Togiola used to be owner of an airline, and he continues to work on this issue, so if he has been incapable to do this up to now, who are these guys to believe that they can do it?
My reading became very interesting when I came across proposals for FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT.
This is of utmost importance to me, as aside from the fact that fisheries is the base of American Samoa's economy, this is also my area of expertise after working 30+ years specifically in fisheries development around the world. My first impression is that this team has black holes of knowledge in most of their economic development proposals, and I am giving the benefit of the doubt in the minor ones. However, this is a big concern, and I offer specific examples on some of their proposals:
L/L proposal for Short Term (1st 100 days):
"Provide assistance to the local fishermen targeting catch improvement to provide sufficient supply in the market place to warrant the stoppage of imports."
My assessment: This absolutely makes no sense — regardless of how you see it. How can they improve our catches? Are they going to start teaching the fishermen how to fish or maybe they know exactly where the fish are at? Additionally, some of the fish species imported are not available here, are they going to import them 'live' for us to catch it? No sense whatsoever.
•"Establish a more conducive facility where the fishermen can sell their fish if they so choose."
My assessment: There is an existing facility to sell fish to the public. For most of the fishermen, we also already know which restaurants and stores want to buy fish and which species they need.
•"Support current efforts to capitalize on the utilization of miscellaneous fish being shipped off island from which no economic value is accrued to the territory."
My assessment: Are they insinuating that we are sending fish without getting paid? If fish is being shipped off, it is because they were sold and it is because you cannot sell it here. Does this not have economic value to the territory?
L/L proposal for Long Term (2 – 4 years) Fisheries Development:
•"Collaborate with our delegate and friends in Washington to help provide incentives enticing the canneries to stay."
My assessment: This has been an ongoing effort for the last several decades by EVERYONE. It is not a brand new concept, and everyone has participated in this effort. The effort should be on a realistic plan B should the canneries depart.
•"Collaborate with the private sector to encourage investment in the purchase of fishing vessels to allow American Samoans to supply fish to the canneries as well as supplying fish for the sashimi market in Hawaii and Japan."
My assessment: There are already plans between canneries and boat owners on this effort, and we're moving forward with this, please don't touch it or screw it up. The banks don't loan money for boats, and the governments (including US) have other priorities. This team must also not know that there are limited fishing permits to give or to buy in American Samoa. The local government has absolutely no say in the actual issuance of longline permits as they're issued by NOAA and that fishery is managed by the WPRFMC.
•"Assess the domestication of seafood products such as shrimps, clams, oysters, shell fish, lobsters, eel, crabs and others with high value."
My assessment: Dreams can come true but not always. It's good propaganda, but it is not realistic. This has been discussed many times before — nice plan but difficult to do — even for someone like me that believes that the only difference between difficult and impossible is a little effort. The reality is you would be competing with China on shrimp. Ecuador that is a major producer of shrimp is dying, because China can produce massive amounts of shrimp with the best quality at much lower prices. Our impediment is lack of monies and most importantly, prioritizing where we are going to put the little monies that we get to develop rapidly. Change your dreams and please be realistic.
•"Assist current operators to ascertain needed financing to complete fish filleting and packaging operations for exports to outside markets."
My assessment: This was a need before, but right now it is being developed by Trimarine (Samoa Tuna Processors) with their new plant and equipment. They're investing more than $5million on this venture. It would be suicidal for any other American Samoa businessman to compete with Trimarine; I would not dare to do so, and I am sure neither would the majority of boat owners.
Frankly, the author(s) of these fishery proposal have no clue what they're talking about. I invite anyone to read this platform — it's on their website — you will confirm that they're either dreaming or they don't know what they're talking about.
I can go on and on about more of the unrealistic proposals, but this would be very lengthy. However, I wanted to share something that shows the complete ignorance of this team in the fishing industry.
The 1st priority in INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT is unrelated to fishing, but demands the establishment of call centers. We all know where this effort is at now. Simply, this is an issue of minimum wage. This activity can be done in China, in Latin America, in India and even in Apia for less labor costs than here. Again, please be realistic.
The most ridiculous proposals of all are the 2nd and 3rd proposals for Industrial Development:
"Seek funding to facilitate purchase of purser-seiner type fishing vessel to supply fish to the canneries."
Here is the truth: One purse seiner?
The cost of Purse seiners go from $10,000,000 for used (please count the zeroes) to $30,000,000 for a new one. There are about 20 to 22 crew members; 3 individuals have to be licensed officers and 3 have to be technicians in different areas. We don't have any of those here in American Samoa, and you cannot produce them in 4 years. So out of 22, we can maybe give jobs to 16 crew members that would be at an investment of at least $15,000,000 to start. At a minimum, these seiners use average 150,000 gallons per trip at $4 per gallon = $600,000 dollars per trip, then you need oil, salt, food, supplies, net, etc.. This comes to at least a $750,000 investment per trip, and if you don't catch anything, you lose.
The justification they give is to SUPPLY FISH TO THE CANNERIES. Now, one cannery needs about 150,000 tons of fish per year and when the two canneries operate, they will need more than 200,000 tons per year. So, let's say they buy the best purse seiner in town. It will cost more than $15 million minimum, and you can produce between 8,000 – 10,000 tons per year if you know what you are really doing. What kind of help is that to the canneries with this big investment? Does this sound logical when the government can't find $3 million dollars for the hospital? You be the judge.
I say, one of the supporters of this team must want to own a purse seiner.
•Establish an albacore fishing industry…
Guess what: We already have an albacore fishing industry — and it is maxed out — there are only so many permits available! The American Samoa Government doesn't issue these, the federal government does.
The question here is: Are these platforms just propaganda to impress people or do these politicians think that we are all idiots? Maybe all the candidates are doing the same thing? So, if you are an expert in any of the subjects that are being talked about like education, human resources, health, agriculture, etc., please participate in the discussion and provide your expert opinion.
We, the voters, have to convince the politicians that we are watching them, and they can't fool us with a bunch of fancy adjectives or verbs. It is more important they know what they're talking about, and in this particular case, they need lots of education in the area of fisheries development!
Lastly, it is important to keep my assessments fair, and I will venture over to other candidates' proposals on economic development especially fisheries and share a review of them.
I will review in the following order: Save & Sandra, Salu & Iuni, Afoa & Le'i, and Faoa & Taufete'e.
(Carlos Sanchez currently serves as the Chairman of the American Samoa Shipyard Services Authority and is the general manager of the shipyard's operations — on a volunteer basis. He has assisted Governor Togiola Tulafono with fishery developments, such as the effort to secure Trimarine as the second tuna plant. He is the co-owner of a local longliner fishing company, Longline Services, Inc. and a member of the local Tautai-O-Samoa-Longline & Fishing Association. His experience in the fisheries industry, including with StarKist, spans 30 plus years.
Heis also the son-in-law of Afoa Moega Lutu, who is running for governor on the Afoa and Le'i team in the local 2012 gubernatorial election.
Sanchez says that he is willing to help any candidate or any community leader that asks his opinion in the area of fisheries. "I have offered to do this for the current administration and continue to volunteer my time to help with developments. Aside from my father-in-law, I have already spent time with Lt. Governor candidate Sandra Young of the gubernatorial team Save & Sandra, and she knows that she can count on me to help with fishery developments. If someone believes that I can help, they are welcome to contact me directly. I will continue to help the community with fishery developments, which I believe is the keystone to our territory's economic well being.)

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Comprehensive immigration legislation passed by the Senate would reduce illegal immigration into the U.S. by one-third to one-half beyond what would happen under existing law, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.
That's a significantly greater reduction than the nonpartisan budget office said would have resulted from an earlier version of the bill approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee, which would have cut illegal immigration only by 25 percent.
Partly in response to that earlier finding, senators agreed to greatly boost border security in the bill and take steps against people who overstay their visas. Those changes helped the legislation pass the Democratic-controlled Senate with a bipartisan 68-32 majority last week. It's now pending in the Republican-led House, where it faces an uncertain future.
The CBO also said that despite spending $36 billion more on border security than would have happened under earlier versions of the bill, the legislation would still reduce the budget deficit by $158 billion over 10 years and $685 billion in the decade after that. Taxes paid by newly legalized residents, along with other revenue, would outpace new spending for government benefits and other costs under the bill. The measure, if enacted, would cost the government about $23 billion to implement over the first 10 years.
The legislation would double border patrol agents stationed along the U.S.-Mexico border while calling for hundreds of miles of fencing and requiring all businesses to check their workers' legal status. Some 11 million immigrants already here illegally would be able to attain citizenship over 13 years, if they pay fines and taxes and meet certain requirements. New and expanded worker visa programs would allow tens of thousands of new workers into the country for high-skilled and low-skilled professions.
"CBO once again vindicated immigration reform and shows how the amendment process improved the bill," Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a statement, referring to the border security amendment championed by Republican Sens. Bob Corker of Tennessee and John Hoeven of North Dakota.
"CBO has reaffirmed that immigration reform reduces the debt and grows the economy. It also shows that the Corker-Hoeven amendment further substantially reduces the flow of illegal immigrants, even using a methodology that underestimates how effective immigration reform will be in reducing that flow," Schumer added.
The bill is a top second-term priority for President Barack Obama.
Under the legislation as passed, the report found, there would be about 2.4 million fewer immigrants coming illegally into the country or illegally overstaying their visas over the next 10 years than would happen under current law.
Despite that reduction, with new visa programs bringing many more workers to America, the bill would increase the U.S. population by 9.6 million people over a decade, the report said.
Opponents said the report showed the bill doesn't do enough to stem illegal immigration.
"CBO says that the Senate bill with all its promises about extra enforcement would still allow half the illegal immigration flow to continue," said Roy Beck, head of NumbersUSA, in a statement. "This CBO finding suggests that by 2020 the illegal population will have grown big enough that presidential candidates will once again be pressed to promise yet another amnesty."


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Nearly a month after winning re-election, Republican Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson announced that she will resign in February to become president and CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
Nearly a month after winning re-election, Republican Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson announced that she will resign in February to become president and CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
"I am not leaving Congress because I have lost my heart for service — to the contrary — I see a new way to serve," she said in a statement released Monday. "I did not go seeking this opportunity, but I am excited about the new challenge it offers to find ways to promote strong rural policy."
Emerson has served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 16 years. She was first elected in 1996 to replace her husband, Bill Emerson, who died in office that year.
She represents Missouri's Eighth District, which covers the southeastern portion of Missouri, including Phelps County. Emerson currently sits on the House Appropriations Committee, chairing the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee.
Emerson recently won re-election in the Nov. 6 general election, raking in almost 72 percent of the votes cast in her district.
"When I leave Congress in February, it will be with a heavy heart," she said during a conference call with several media outlets Monday.
She said her decision had nothing to do with the political polarization in the House.
As president and CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Emerson said she will be in charge of running the nonprofit organization, a group of about 800 people.
The consumers of electrical cooperatives are "my constituents and I'm here to fight for them," she said, adding, "These co-ops provide energy to my constituents in rural areas and rural co-ops are what built the rural part of our country."
The association's board voted Monday to approve Emerson for the job. She said the association approached her for the job; she did not approach them.
"I don't have control over the timing. It all just happened very quickly," she said, noting that she was not contacted until after the election.
"I feel it's an extension of the job that I'm doing now," she said of her new job. "Being able to work on behalf of all rural Americans is a pretty exciting opportunity."
When asked about her salary in the new job, Emerson said, "It's more generous than what I'm making now." Current members of Congress are paid $174,000 annually.
Some of the highlights from her time in the House she mentioned during the call were "the promotion of civility in Congress and finding common sense solutions," the Bill Emerson memorial bridge at Cape Girardeau in honor of her late husband and work on the Birds Point levee on the Mississippi River.
She also complimented her staff for their help, especially during disasters in her district, and said she will miss her constituents, including small business owners, families, community leaders, students and service members.
"My respect for them (constituents) is boundless," she said during the call. "Over the years, first Bill and then I have taken great pride in creating a strong legacy for southern Missouri, for making sure southern Missouri matters in Congress ... Our district has earned its reputation for common sense.
"I want my constituents to know they inspire me and I have loved serving them for the last 16 years," she said. "It has been sometimes very challenging because of the issues which we're dealing with but the spirit of the folks I represented have kept my spirits up."
Emerson told the media on the conference call that she will not seek public office again.
Among the issues she will likely have to tackle before she leaves office in February is completion of work on the Birds Point levee, water level and navigation issues on the Mississippi River and the "fiscal cliff."
"It's been an enormous privilege and a great honor to serve the people," Emerson said.
Her last day in Congress will be Feb. 8, 2013, and she will start her new job Feb. 11. She said she hopes there will be a short period between the time she leaves and when a special election is called.
Gov. Jay Nixon will need to set a date for the election and party committees in the district will choose the nominees. No special primaries will be held.
Emerson told the media during the conference call that she will have no input on her successor.
"We have any number of excellent potential candidates for my seat in the district," she said.
According to the Associated Press, Missouri Republican Party Executive Director Lloyd Smith, who is is Emerson's former chief of staff, former state treasurer Sarah Steelman and state lawmaker Kevin Engler have all confirmed interest in seeking the seat.
The AP also reports that Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder says he is giving the opportunity "careful thought and consideration" and will speak to nominating committee members before a decision. State Sen. Jason Crowell says he is uncertain about his future plans.
"Our Congressional district is big, it is diverse and it demands practical representation by someone who places us and our home ahead of politics and partisanship," Emerson said.


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Z.1 Financial Accounts of the United States. Flow of Funds, Balance Sheets, and Integrated Macroeconomic Accounts First Quarter 2014. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, June 5, 2014.
"The net worth of households and nonprofits was $81.8 trillion at end of the first quarter this year, about $1.5 trillion more than at end of 2013. In the first quarter, the value of directly and indirectly held corporate equities increased $361 billion and the value of real estate expanded $751 billion. Domestic nonfinancial debt outstanding was $42.6 trillion at the end of the first quarter of 2014, of which household debt was $13.2 trillion, nonfinancial business debt was $13.9 trillion, and total government debt was $15.5 trillion. Domestic nonfinancial debt growth was 5 percent at a seasonally adjusted annual rate in the first quarter of 2014, about ¼ percentage point less than in the fourth quarter of 2013. Household debt edged up at an annual rate of 2 percent in the first quarter (excluding charge-offs of home mortgages). Net originations of home mortgages continued to be weak, while consumer credit continued to grow at the pace of the previous two years. Nonfinancial business debt rose at an annual rate of 7.3 percent in the first quarter, after a 6.6 percent increase in the fourth quarter. As in recent years, corporate bonds accounted for most of the increase. State and local government debt declined at an annual
rate of 0.7 percent in the first quarter, after declining at a 4.9 percent rate in the fourth quarter. Federal government debt rose at an annual rate of 7.1 percent in the first quarter, a bit slower than the pace of growth in the fourth quarter."


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Monarchs win, keep playoff hopes aliveBy ALLEN LESSELS
New Hampshire Union Leader
April 13. 2013 10:51PM
MANCHESTER — The Monarchs are making a run at it.
They broke on top early, had to hold on in the second period and came away with their third straight win, this one 3-2 over the Hershey Bears in front of 6,860 at the Verizon Wireless Arena on Saturday night.
The Monarchs moved into a ninth place tie with Hershey. Both teams are chasing one of the eight playoff spots in the Eastern Conference.
"They came at us pretty hard," said Manchester coach Mark Morris. "It was one of those games where we just had to hang on."
The Monarchs play Worcester Sunday afternoon at 3 in their last regular season home game.
"We have to keep going," said Manchester forward Andy Andreoff, who had a pair of goals. "We can't let up."
The Monarchs close out the schedule with road games next Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Morris said he's not big on scoreboard watching to see what Norfolk and others are doing.
"We can only control what we can control and try to win games and get points in the bank,'' he said. "Tonight was a little chaotic, but at this stage of the year we're doing everything we can to scratch for points."
Norfolk beat Worcester, 4-3 in overtime, on Saturday night and is tied for seventh place with Connecticut.
Norfolk and Connecticut each have 79 points and Manchester and Hershey each have 75.
The Monarchs grabbed the lead with a microburst of goals midway through the first period. They scored three in a span of one minute and 49 seconds and things were looking good.
Andreoff had two of them, sandwiching a Chris Huxley shot from just inside the blueline that beat Dany Sabourin for the defenseman's first AHL goal. Andreoff redirected a shot from the point by Derek Forbort, who was playing his second pro game, to open the scoring 8:05 into the game.
Huxley got his at 9:21 and Andreoff struck again, knocking in his own rebound, at 9:54.
The Bears got a couple quick ones of their own from Joey Crabb and Nate Schmidt early in the second to get back in the game.
Sabourin stopped breakaway bids by Andreoff and Stefan Legein to keep the Bears within reach.
Hunter Bishop put Manchester up by two goals at 11:34 of the period.
Julien Brouillette made it a one-goal game again at 4-3 with 4:48 left in the second period.
The Monarchs and goalie Martin Jones, who had 37 saves and stopped all 14 shots he saw in the third period, didn't let it get any closer.
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For the second game in a row, the Monarchs had a player make his professional debut. Saturday night it was Scott Sabourin, a 6-foot-3 defenseman who played with the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League the last three seasons.
The Los Angeles Kings have signed forward Nick Shore to a three-year entry level contract. Shore, 20, was selected by the Kings in the third round (82nd overall) of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. The 6-foot-0, 190-pounder is a native of Denver, Colorado.
Shore has played the last three seasons for the University of Denver.


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The other day The Guardian's music/fashion correspondent Alexis Petridis wrote about how men's fashion has suddenly become massively influenced by one year, 1988 and specifically the time in which 80s fashions (think denim shirts, girlie pumps), collided with the 1950s (think quiffs, Levis 501s, Rayban Wayfarers etc).
This odd combination occurred for a number of serendipitous reasons. Firstly big brands – Levi's, Southern Comfort among others – began to use 50s imagery and music for their ad camapigns. Secondly a nation of indie kids has become obsessed with Morrissey and in turn with his obsession with James Dean. Suddenly 50s fashions were coming at you from all angles.
So if 1988 is the current apex of cool, where is men's fashion likely to go next? We have already seen Urban Outfitter's rather lamentable attempts to hype 'grunge fashion' (in some ways that's an oxymoron) with its Cobain label. But by shifting on to the early 90s men's fashion would be bypassing one of its most fun, creative and populist periods. I refer of course to Baggy.
For the uninitiated, you are either too young or from North American, Baggy was one of those brief periods in British history (see also late 60s and mid 70s) where the nation's young let it all hang out. This meant taking copious amounts of a new drug – ecstasy – and listening to oddly psychedelic music – The Stone Roses. The difference this time (compared with the 60s) was that Baggy was dance music-oriented with the dominant soundtrack, in clubs at least, the emerging Acid House sound from Manchester, via Chicago. So a killer combination of dancing and drugs predictably wreaked havoc with the nation's trouser's width. The 80s had been largely about skinny jeans morphing into easy fit vintage Levi's as the decade wore on. Suddenly everyone was wearing Flares.
It wasn't just trousers either. Baggy ought also to be remembered as the first time the hooded top became a high street fashion staple. Baggy also gave us dayglo sweat shirts, later appropriated by the nu rave crew, as well as Paisley and pattern shirts – which to be fair had been bubbling under for much of the 80s – huge Tees and some fantastic headgear.
Drab old Britain was suddenly a riot of colour and its young cared less about perfecting their quiffs and posing in their vintage shades and more about getting off their tits in fields in Berkshire.
Sadly Baggy didn't last too long. Internal disagreements (and spiraling drug consumption) tore The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays apart. And as for the Baggy Beatles – the La's – lead singer Lee Mavers decided that the world only really deserved one album of his genius songs and he went AWOL.
By the time Baggy hit the South (it was mainly a northern thing) the bands were on their way out and the clothes had hit the local charity store. For a few months the UK flirted with some horrendous grunge fashions before Blur, Pulp and Britpop smartened everyone up (a little).
So, Baggy is sure to be revived sooner or later, so now might be as good a time as any to comb your local Oxfam for a nice hooded top with mildly psychedelic patterns on the front. Flares will hopefully be optional this time round.


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I have a Hydrotech reverse osmosis unit that I bought in 2000 (and has great tasting water). It has 4 filters, (1 pre and 1 post carbon filter, a sediment filter, and a R/O membrane). It also has a pushbutton actuated SmartTap water quality monitor that turns yellow when the membrane is depleted.
I have always changed the filters and sanitized, but not changed the membrane since the light was never yellow.
My problems started when I purchased a membrane and filters in 2005 but didn't put them in until 2007, (I went by the unit instructions on cleaning, sanitizing, and cartridge replacement, also dumping the first tank). When finished, the monitor light was yellow and the water didn't taste good. I finally checked the membrane and it was coming apart (there were little clear beads in bottom of housing). I then realized that I had bought those filters 2 years before.
SO, I went and bought all new filters and a membrane again. I made sure all beads were out of the housings, cleaned and sanitized the system, put filters in, and flushed the first tank. The light was still yellow and the water tasted bad (like drinking water with dried milk in bottom of glass). I then bought a new tank since I thought that was all that could be left that might be bad and I had noticed some rust on the outside of the tank (but it held pressure okay). The water still tastes bad and the yellow light is still on.
It looks to me like I need to get new filters again (I bought the other ones from a plumbing supply house and the membrane wasn't ?refrigerated? so I would buy them through filtersfast.com this time). I realize I messed up by putting an old membrane in but I thought I replaced anything that could be bad. Any suggestions?


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He writes
"I remember the races in Hyde baths, a place I used to live in as a kid. I can't remember who we raced against , it may have been within the school. Names I remember are on the picture".
Greenfield Secondary School Swimming Team 1977
If anyone recognises anymore of these little cuties please let us know. :D
Thanks Norman, much appreciated.
I hope you and the family are well. x


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Brian Thomas: 'If you're passionate about something, you find the time'By KATHY REMILLARD
Union Leader Correspondent
January 28. 2013 1:23AM
Brian D. Thomas, 34Hometown: Bedford
Birthplace: Manchester
Family: Wife, Liana; daughter, Mira
High school: Manchester West
College/post-grad degrees: B.A., Boston College; J.D., Suffolk Law
Current job: Attorney, Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA
Key past positions held: Regional account executive, SkillSoft; account executive, General Electric
Volunteer activities: Director, Manchester Moves, Inc. (non-profit organization committed to converting abandoned rail trails into trails); member, N.H. Catholic Charities Finance Committee; member, N.H. State Board for the Licensing and Regulation of Plumbers (appointed by Governor Lynch); member, Manchester Bar Executive Committee
Most admired person (outside your family): My colleague Peter Cowan. He's a good person, an exceptional lawyer and through his work he has shown me what it means to practice law with integrity.
Key current professional challenge: Guiding clients through the electronic discovery phase of a lawsuit.
Last major achievement: Promotion to shareholder at Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA.
Two peers who know you well: James "JP" Harris (colleague at Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA), and
Jason Gregoire (colleague at Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA)
Biggest problem facing New Hampshire: Maintaining New Hampshire's heritage during a time of change.
Favorite place in New Hampshire: A little-known peak in the Ossipee Mountains that shall remain unnamed.
What book are you reading now? "The New Father Book." I have a lot to learn.
How do you relax? Spending time with my wife Liana and daughter Mira.
What websites do you visit most often? Unionleader.com and Boston.com
Favorite TV show, radio station or musical artist: Any show having to do with nature.
BEDFORD - Brian Thomas' work as an attorney for Sheehan, Phinney, Bass + Green may keep him inside much of the time, but whenever possible, his attention turns toward the outdoors.
He is director and co-founder of Manchester Moves, a nonprofit organization that seeks to convert abandoned rail beds into recreational trails.
The group's goal is to connect a group of four trail systems - the Piscataquoq Trail, the Heritage Trial, the South Manchester Rail Trial and the Rockingham Trial - and make Manchester the hub to connect them all.
"The group is committed to reconnecting and converting a network of abandoned rail trials into trails that will encourage biking, walking, running and other alternative forms of transportation," Thomas said. "Creating a network of trails in Manchester and throughout the state will make our communities more livable and desirable and will provide opportunities for fitness and physical health."
Thomas said he'd like to find ways to attract young people to New Hampshire.
"I'd like to see a city that you can walk around, similar to Boston, that has a downtown," he said.
Thomas, a new father, credits much of his desire to be active in his community to his own father.
"My dad is a doctor, and he really devoted his life to helping others - that had a really big impact on me," he said. "If I can make half the impact on the people of this city and state that he has, I will be a success."
Thomas said he is lucky to work for a firm that also shares his philosophy on community service.
"The firm encourages community involvement - from day one you are encouraged to contribute to the local community and the state, and doors are opened that allow you to do that," he said. "Some of the most meaningful work I've done as an attorney has been devoting my time to non-for-profits."
Between balancing work, a young family and volunteering, Thomas said time is a commodity for him.
"You need to pick what's important to you and then you make the time," he said. "If you're passionate about something, you can find the time."


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Quick Hits Movie Review: Gangster Squad
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Quick Hits Movie Review: "Gangster Squad" -
"Who's the Tomato?" That is just one of the great lines spoken by Sgt. Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling) and company including: the villain Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn), the cop Sgt. John O'Mara (Josh Brolin), and the dame Grace Faraday (Emma Stone).
Gangster Squad definitely has it's cliche moments but overall it is an enjoyable movie. Sean Penn's character Mickey was a little overwhelming for me, but I guess that is what these movies are all about. You will get action, drama, comedy and everything in between when you see this movie, not to mention you get Nick Nolte as the Chief of Police. I really liked Josh Brolin and Ryan Gosling's performance but I didn't find Emma Stone's performance to be what I thought it would be. No matter, if you are into gangster movies than this is definitely for you.
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Game Leaders
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Time of Poss.
(WASHINGTON, Pa.) - The eighth-ranked Thomas More College football team defeated Washington & Jefferson College today (Saturday, September 24, 2011) in a Presidents' Athletic Conference game at Cameron Stadium in Washington, Pennsylvania.
With the win, the Saints improve to 3-0 overall and 2-0 in the PAC and with the loss the Presidents fall to 2-2 overall and 1-1 in the PAC.
The Saints never trailed in the game as they led 14-0 after the first quarter, 21-17 at halftime and 28-24 after three quarters.
Thomas More took an early 7-0 lead when junior wide receiver Austin Studer (Alexandria, Ky./Campbell County) scored on a 10-yard pass from junior quarterback Rob Kues (Fort Thomas, Ky./Newport Central Catholic) and senior place kicker Aaron Walter (Cincinnati, Ohio/LaSalle) added the point-after-attempt with 7:00 to play in the first quarter.
The Saints increased the lead to 14-0 with 6:13 to play in the opening quarter when sophomore running back Domonique Hayden (Lexington, Ky./Lexington Christian Academy) scored on a 23-yard run and Walter added the PAT.
W&J cut the lead to 14-7 when Tim McNerney scored on a one-yard run and Eric Eberle added the PAT with 10:24 to play in the second half.
Zach Wildey recovered a Presidents' offensive fumble in the endzone for a touchdown and Eberle added the PAT with 6:42 to play in the second quarter to tie the game at 14-14.
Thomas More took a 21-14 lead with 1:58 to play in the second quarter when sophomore running back Adam Rouch (Yorkville, Ind./East Central) scored on a three-yard pass from Kues and Walter added the PAT.
The Presidents cut the Saints' to 21-7 at halftime when Eberle connected on a 19-yard field goal with one-second to play in the half.
In the third quarter, the Saints extended the lead to 28-17 when Kues scored on a three-yard run and Walter added the PAT with 9:27 to play in the quarter.
W&J cut the lead to 28-24 with 29-seconds to play in the third quarter when Alex Baroffio scored on a 35-yard pass from Matt Bliss and Eberle added the PAT.
Thomas More increased the lead to 35-24 with 9:23 to play in the fourth quarter when Hayden scored on a 12-yard run and Walter added the PAT.
W&J cut the lead to 35-32 with 3:34 to play in the fourth quarter when Hunter Creel caught an 18-yard touchdown pass from Bliss and Bliss ran in the two-point conversion.
With W&J driving for the go-ahead score junior defensive back Zach Autenrieb (Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder) intercepted a W&J pass at the Thomas More 34 yardline.
The Saints offense was led by Kues, who was 20-for-36 for 2227 yards and two touchdowns and Hayden, who had 15 carries for 77 yards and two touchdowns. Sophomore wide receiver Corie Cartmell (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) had five catches for 50 yards.
Defensively, the Saints were led by freshman defensive back Shaquille Jinks (Cincinnati, Ohio/Moeller), who had 12 tackles and junior linebacker Nick Gramke (Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder), who had 11 tackles and one sack. Autenrieb, sophomore defensive back Alex Taylor (Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder) and senior defensive lineman John French (Louisville, Ky./DeSale) each had eight tackles.
Thomas More returns to action next Saturday (October 1) when it travels to Greenville, Pennsylvania for a 1:30 p.m. kickoff with Thiel College.


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SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police on Saturday lifted a strict curfew across Indian-controlled Kashmir imposed one week ago after the secret execution of a Kashmiri man in the Indian capital.
Authorities also restored mobile internet and cable television services that were blocked fearing massive protests by Kashmiris, said police officer Ashok Prasad. Anti-India sentiment runs deep in the region.
Mohammed Afzal Guru was hanged Feb. 9 in a New Delhi jail and buried there. Guru had been convicted of involvement in a 2001 attack on India's Parliament that killed 14 including five gunmen.
Many in Kashmir believe Guru did not receive a fair trial, and the secrecy with which the execution was carried out fueled anger in the region
A strict curfew has been in place since the execution, but groups of demonstrators have defied it and clashed with government forces. Three protesters have been killed and more than 100 have been detained, according to police.
Even as the curfew ended on Saturday, big shops and businesses remained closed in response to a two-day strike called by the All Parties Hurriyat conference, an umbrella organization of separatist political and religious groups, protesting the detention of more than 100 people and demanding their immediate release.
Private cars and motorbikes were back on the streets in the Kashmir Valley, but state-run and private buses stayed off the roads.
Fruit and vegetable venders and small neighborhood grocery stores also were back in business.
Insurgents have been fighting in Kashmir for more than two decades, demanding either a separate state or merger with Muslim-majority Pakistan. The region is divided between India and Pakistan and is claimed in its entirety by both.


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Martin Murray doesn't feel he'll get another shot at Sergio Martinez despite giving the Argentinian southpaw the fight of his life on Saturday night.
The St Helens man dropped the world's number one middleweight and seemed to dominate the second half of the contest in front of 40,000 vociferous fans in Buenos Aires, but failed to get the decision.
Murray would like an immediate rematch, but accepts that is unlikely despite Martinez himself managing to secure a return with Paul Williams after losing a similarly contentious verdict back in late 2009.
"I'd love the chance to fight Martinez again, but there's no way I'll get the opportunity," Murray, 30, said.
"Martinez is amongst the top five pound-for-pound fighters in the world and I had him down twice, bossed him and lost a very close debatable decision in his own backyard so I think I've proven I belong at world level.
"I'm obviously gutted that I'm not taking that belt home with me but I'm happy and proud that I can leave Argentina with my head held high knowing that I represented St. Helens and Great Britain.
"If it was fair scoring then I would have got the decision but it was always going to be an uphill battle in Argentina and I knew that when I accepted the fight."
He added: "I just want to say a massive thank you to my family, friends and team. I'm so lucky to have these people around me, especially Oliver Harrison who's just an amazing trainer, and I know that one day I'll get them that world title that they all deserve.
"Also, a big thank you to Sergio Martinez, his team and the people of Argentina. From day one we were all treated so well and really looked after."
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An annoying part of life is the collection of recurring credit card charges over time. Things like gym memberships, or the kind of stuff companies like Intelius trick people into accidentally buying.
You can't get these charges to stop. You talk to the companies. You threaten the companies. They drag their feet and never close the account.
But hey, there's always the wipe out option. You call your credit card and ask for a new card. No one can make charges to the old number any more. I did this a couple of months ago to clear out about $400 per month in recurring charges that had accumulated over many years (this was my main TechCrunch credit card, so there was lots of random stuff).
That wipe out option was one of life's small pleasures. A way to stick it to those companies that just won't stop charging your credit card.
Apparently that's all over now, and has been for some time due to changes in government regulations. Merchants can push charges through on the new card. There's nothing you can do about it, and I have three merchants charging me a total of $113.95 that won't go away.
Chase, the bank behind this credit card, says they have no choice but to keep charging me. I don't know if that's true or not. But it's awful for the customer. And in this case it resulted in a lost customer.
Today I cancelled that credit card. My only other option was to go through the lengthy paperwork process of disputing all of these charges, and there's no way I was going to do that.


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Jaws (UK - BD)
We get it almost a month later than the US, but at least the Blu-ray is on its way
Starring: Roy Scheider
Released: 3rd September 2012
Further Details:
Universal Pictures Video has announced the Blu-ray release of Jaws for the 3rd of September, priced at around £24.99. A Steelbook will also be available for around £29.99. Details of all announced bonus material can be found below, along with the artwork. We've also included a couple of shots showcasing the restoration work (click to enlarge).
News by Chris Gould
Starring: Roy Scheider
Released: 3rd September 2012
Further Details:
Universal Pictures Video has announced the Blu-ray release of Jaws for the 3rd of September, priced at around £24.99. A Steelbook will also be available for around £29.99. Details of all announced bonus material can be found below, along with the artwork. We've also included a couple of shots showcasing the restoration work (click to enlarge).
- Video: 2.35:1 Widescreen Presentation (1080/24p)
- Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1/DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono and Dolby Digital 2.0, Spanish and French DTS Digital Surround 5.1
- Subtitles: English SDH, French and Spanish
- The Shark is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of JAWS: A feature-length documentary featuring never-before-seen footage and interviews with cast and crew including Steven Spielberg, Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider.
- JAWS: The Restoration: An all-new, in-depth look at the intricate process of restoring the movie.
- The Making of JAWS: A two-hour documentary featuring interviews with key cast and crew.
- From the Set: An insider's look at life on the set of JAWS, featuring an interview with Steven Spielberg.
- Deleted Scenes & Outtakes
- JAWS Archives: Take a peek inside the JAWS archives, including storyboards, production photos and marketing materials, as well as a special segment on the JAWS phenomenon.
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- UltraViolet™: The revolutionary new way for consumers to collect movies and TV shows, store them in the cloud, and download and stream instantly to computers, tablets and smartphones.
- Digital Copy: Viewers can redeem a digital version of the full-length movie from a choice of retail partners to watch on an array of electronic and portable devices.
- pocket BLU™ App: The popular free pocket BLU™ app for smartphones is now even better with newly updated versions for iPad®, Android™ tablets, PC and Macintosh computers, with features made especially to take advantage of the devices' larger screens and high resolution displays.
- Advanced Remote Control: A sleek, elegant new way to operate your Blu-ray™ player. Users can navigate through menus, playback and BD-Live™ functions with ease.
- Video Timeline: Users can easily bring up the video timeline, allowing them to instantly access any point in the film.
- Mobile-To-Go: Users can unlock a selection of bonus content with their Blu-ray™ discs to save to their device or to stream from anywhere there is a Wi-Fi network, enabling them to enjoy content on the go, anytime, anywhere.
- Browse Titles: Users will have access to a complete list of pocket BLU™-enabled titles available and coming to Blu-ray™. They can view free previews and see what additional content is available to unlock on their device.
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- BD-LIVE™: Access the BD-Live™ Centre through your Internet-connected player to access the latest trailers, exclusive content and more!
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An animated typewriter with eyes and arms, and mobile wheels appeared on Sesame Street beginning in Season 6. The Typewriter would demonstrate letters by typing out the letter, and a word beginning with it, on himself. He often fumbled, which frustrated him. The Typewriter's most notable dialogue, apart from announcing the letter and the word, was his trademark "Noo-nee-noo-nee-noo" sounds. Twenty-six shorts were produced, one for each letter of the alphabet, and continued to appear on Sesame Street as late as Season 35.
The typewriter segments were animated by Jeff Hale for Imagination Inc.[1]
In 2007, new Typewriter shorts were produced for the Old School: Volume 2 DVD set. Joey Mazzarino provided the character's voice for these segments. They were produced by Wachtenheim/Marianetti Animation, who also provided the animation for many of Saturday Night Live's "TV Funhouse" sketches.
|Letter / EKA
| A - Airplane
Episode 0849
|The Typewriter's experiment in flight.
| B - Ball
Episode 0900
|An encounter with a giant ball.
| C - Cat
Episode 1272
| The Typewriter encounters a large cat, which he reduces in size by typing "little cat," and scaring it off with a "WOOF-WOOF!"
| D - Daisy
Episode 1068
|A giant daisy grows beneath the Typewriter.
| E - Ear
Episode 1198
|The Typewriter and a giant Ear.
| F - Fly
Episode 0812
|Not the insect, but rather, the Typewriter again soars into the air.
| G - Glue
Episode 0852
|The Typewriter gets stuck on a spot of glue.
| H - Hand
Episode 0836
| The Typewriter encounters a giant hand.
| I - Ink
Episode 1261
|The Typewriter runs out of fluid.
| J - Jump
Episode 1957
|The Typewriter types J for Jump, then jumps after a frog.
| K - Key
Episode 0913
|The Typewriter unlocks a passage.
| L - Lion
Episode 1201
|The Typewriter encounters another "large" feline.
| M - Magic
Episode 0856
|The Typewriter performs a few tricks.
| N - Nose
Episode 1092
| More fun with body parts.
| O - Owl
Episode 1199
|The Typewriter is always a hoot.
| P - Pencil
Episode 0796
|The Typewriter tries another writing implement.
| Q - Quiet
Episode 0871
|The Typewriter seeks silence.
| R - Rope
Episode 0901
|The Typewriter plays jumprope.
| S - Spring
Episode 0886
|The Typewriter has a loose spring.
| T - Train
Episode 1046
|The Typewriter and an electric train.
| U - Umbrella
Episode 0891
|The Typewriter traps himself in an umbrella.
| V - Vacuum
Episode 0952
|The Typewriter deals with a cleaning implement.
| W - Wall
Episode 0790
|The Typewriter hits a barrier.
| X - X-Ray
Episode 0893
|The Typewriter gets a check-up.
| Y - Yo-yo
Episode 1858
|The Typewriter knocks himself for a loop.
| Z - Zoo
Episode 0915
|The Typewriter and wildlife.
Old School: Volume 2
The typewriter later appeared in special openings and closings that appear in Old School: Volume 2 (now voiced by Joey Mazzarino). These new segments were made by Wachtenheim/Marianetti, who also produced several TV Funhouse cartoons for Saturday Night Live.
- Introduction: The typewriter sees a computer which says that the episodes included are meant for adults and may not meet today's educational needs. He unplugs the computer, and types "Old School."
- Closing: The typewriter plays Pong on his computer.
- Introduction: The typewriter types "hair" and grows hair all over his body.
- Closing: The typewriter changes the word to "haircut."
- Introduction: The typewriter types "s—suit" and gets a big suit.
- Closing: The typewriter now types "suitcase."
- Introduction: The typewriter types "macho," and a muscular man appears.
- Closing: The typewriter changes "macho" to "nacho."
- Introduction: The typewriter types "disco."
- Closing: The typewriter now types "disco ball."
- ↑ Old School: Volume 2 booklet credits


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Since the job forums have been pretty inactive for awhile, I thought I'd start a new topic in each devoted to things you'd like or wish that Square Enix would do with each job. They can be legitimate things you'd like to see, or they could be absurd, and, while they can be, they don't have to be any serious or groundbreaking changes you think each job needs, just something you think would improve them a bit in some form. Just try to keep the topic clean and drama free (emphasis on try). Just have some fun with this and let your ideas soar.
Really there's not a lot I think that could be done to Samurai, since they are already pretty good as is. Maybe change Shikikoyo to a non-merited ability, since it's a really good ability to help others out with in some situations, but given just how useful Overwhelm and Ikishoten are, it's just really not anything viable to merit.


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NEW YORK (AP) — The story of a Minnesota teen's tragic coming of age in 1961 has been honored by the Mystery Writers of America as the best novel published last year.
William Kent Krueger's "Ordinary Grace" received an Edgar Award during a ceremony Thursday night at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in midtown Manhattan.
Other winners included Jason Matthews' "Red Sparrow" for best debut novel by an American author, Annabel Pitcher's "Ketchup Clouds" for best young adult novel and Alex Marwood's "The Wicked Girls" for best paperback original.
Established in the 1940s, Edgars have been awarded to such leading mystery authors as Raymond Chandler, Patricia Highsmith and P.D. James.


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New Books
Our quarterly list of New Books shows titles cataloged within the last few months, organized by location of records or subject matter. It is published at the same time as our newsletter, Past Pursuits. Click on the links below to view or download the lists as a PDF.
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Li and Korpi clinch season's second Halfpipe World Cup contest in Ruka
Shuang Li (CHN) and Janne Korpi (FIN) have claimed victory in the second halfpipe contest of the FIS Snowboard World Cup season which was staged in Ruka, Finland, today.
Earning 85.75 points for her second run in the women's final of six, the Chinese rider relegated best qualifier Rebecca Sinclair (NZL, 83.75) and Clemence Grimal (FRA, 67.50) to second and third respectively who both thus took home their first podium finishes.
Li on the other hand secured her career's first by throwing down a frontside lien to stalefish, frontside 540, backside 540 and a haakon flip.
A personal highlight which she commented a little bit shy: "The halfpipe was very good, and I'm really happy about my first ever World Cup win."
Korpi owns Ruka pipe
On the men's side of things, 2013 FIS Snowboard Freestyle World Cup title champion Janne Korpi came out first of the finals of twelve with 89 points winning his career's eleventh.
In once again icy conditions, Korpi started things off with a frontside 1080 to cab double cork 1080, nose grab, backside 900 wrapping his run up with a stylish alley-oop backside rodeo 540.
"It was windy and icy, so it was quite hard to ride - since the half pipe was softer earlier. I was actually surprised that I managed to pull a run that good. I'm really stoked," he said.
Best qualifier Johann Baisamy (FRA, 85.75) and 2011 Ruka champ Markus Malin (FIN, 85) rounded out the podium as second and third.
The next snowboard freestyle events will take place in Copper Mtn, CO, next week with one halfpipe and one slopestyle contest scheduled from Dec 18 thru 22.


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New York state investigating Apple's low-cost Grand Central leaseAfter a story revealed that Apple is paying a lower-than-average rate for its new Grand Central Terminal megastore, a New York state official is now investigating the lease.
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli told the New York Post that he has launched an investigation into the agreement struck between Apple and New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The store, set to open next Friday, Dec. 9, will cost Apple about $800,000 for the first year, a rate that is said to be well below what other tenants of the station are paying.
"The article in the New York Post about the MTA's contract with Apple in Grand Central Terminal is a cause for concern," DiNapoli said in a statement. "This is a prime property, and I intend to make sure that the MTA hasn't given away the store."
The investigation was spurred by a story published on Wednesday, which characterized the deal between Apple and the MTA as "unique." Apple is said to be paying $60 per square foot for the property, while other tenants such as a Shake Shack restaurant pay more than $200 per square foot.
Apple's apparent "hard bargain" driven with the MTA also means the company will not share any of its sales revenue with the MTA, unlike some other storefronts in the station. The authority said allowing Apple to keep all of its sales is fair, because the new store will "generate significant new traffic" for the 100 other retail tenants of Grand Central Terminal.
The MTA has said that the authority will receive more than quadruple what it was paid previously, when Charlie Palmer's Metrazur restaurant occupied that space. In addition, the MTA also revealed that no companies other than Apple responded to the authority's public request for proposal.
Apple is also bankrolling infrastructure upgrades, including new elevators. And the company also reportedly paid $5 million to the Metrazur so it could take over the space.
But because that $5 million from Apple went to the restaurant, and not to the MTA, the actual rent being paid to the authority is much lower than competing occupants of the terminal.
Thanks to AppleInsider reader "P" for the photo.
The MTA has been under scrutiny from DiNapoli's office before, as last year it found a number of irregularities in the authority's real-estate portfolio. DiNapoli will look into the latest deal the MTA struck with Apple in an attempt to find if the iPhone maker was given any special treatment.
When the retail store officially opens next Friday, it will be one of Apple's largest retail locations in the world. The 23,000-square-foot store will open in time for Christmas, and will sit in a prime location in the terminal, through which an estimated 700,000 people pass every day.


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This week in Island history
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago
From the Newport Journal, February 4, 1911
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Caswell entertained Messrs. Blackwell and King and the officers and crew of steamer Conanicut at their home on Knowles court Friday evening at a turkey dinner. Mr. Caswell took the occasion to make brief remarks, thanking those present for their services in rescuing his 12-year-old son, who fell between the boat and the wharf in Newport last Saturday evening. The menu was as follows: Bouillon, Crackers, Celery, Roast Turkey, Cranberry Sauce, Mashed Potatoes, Mashed Turnips, Baked Onions, Oyster Dressing, Apple Sauce, Bread, Mince Pie, Ice Cream, Cake, Nuts, Raisins, Candy, Cigars, Coffee.
Machinery for boring an artesian well at the Johnson and Langby bungalows arrived Saturday.
The excavation for the new reservoir at Fort Greble is completed and the material for forms for the concrete work is being shipped across the ferries from Newport.
75 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, February 3, 1936
The Mid-Week Whist club and their husbands met Satur- day evening with Mr. and Mrs. George Locke at their home on Howland Avenue. Games were played.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gage entertained the Royal Court Club at their home on Columbia Avenue Saturday evening. Whist was played.
From the Newport Daily News, February 4, 1936
Officers of the Jamestown Post, American Legion, will be at the new Post home on Clinton avenue Wednesday afternoon from 1 to 5 o'clock and from 7 to 9:30 p.m. to assist all veterans in filing their bonus applications.
From the Newport Daily News, February 5, 1936
Owing to the bad condition of the roads, there was a small attendance at the meeting Monday evening at the town hall, under the auspices of the Jamestown Board of Trade. Franklyn Adams of the Federal Housing Authority was present and showed (moving) pictures of repair work that could be done under FHA and explained the process of obtaining funds for this work.
50 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, February 2, 1961
The Jamestown school; budget tentatively set for 1961 indicates that $241,932, or an increase of $36,035 over last year, will be required to meet operating expenses. The sum of $11,530 pays transportation costs yearly (from United Transit Co.). In addition to the bus, a taxi is hired to transport children from the Beavertail area, plus a private car that transports some other children.
From the Newport Daily News, February 4, 1961
Five inches of snow was dumped on this frostbitten area during the night and morning and there was no sign of a letup at noon.
The ferry boat Jamestown overran its landing and plowed into the pilings of its slip in Jamestown while on its busiest trip of the day at 4:50 p.m. yesterday.
From the Newport Daily News, February 6, 1961
A fire in the wiring near the roof of the state-owned block at the East Ferry in Jamestown, caused smoke and water damage in Pitcher's drug store, Doty's variety store and the Meredith & Clarke real estate office, on Saturday at the height of the storm.
25 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, February 4, 1986
The Town Council Monday night revised proposed legislation, which would allow Jamestown to tax real estate sales. After more than two hours of debate, councilmen asked the conservation commission to draw up the revised bill and submit it to the town solicitor.
Photo caption: First visible signs of the new Jamestown Bridge have appeared in Narragansett Bay in recent weeks as work crews install steel framework for the bridge support columns, Barge and cranes are in place Thursday as work continued. New four-lane span is scheduled to open in fall of 1988.
15 years ago
From the Jamestown Press,
February 1, 1996
A "model" landscaping project to beautify the cross-island highway is set to get underway in mid-March. Costing $1,162,513, the project includes the planting of grasses, wildflowers, shrubs and evergreens and also a three-year maintenance program for mowing, pruning, fertilizing and watering to make sure the plantings take hold.
Jamestown's legislators support new laws requiring welfare recipients to work, but the two Democrats wonder if enough jobs exist for that approach to succeed.
10 years ago
From the Jamestown Press,
February 1, 2001
The Town Council in a special meeting Tuesday approved a combined town government and school budget totaling $13.8 million for fiscal 2001-2002, with $522,000 of those expenses coming out of the town's budget surplus on this year's property bills.
In one minute the Town Council asked the School Committee to cut their budget and in the next the same group offered the school $300,000 to fix a leaky roof at the Lawn Avenue School.


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Torchbearer seeks crowd to fund its hot expansion
Three years ago, Cumberland County-based Torchbearer Sauces started making its own sauces by hand again instead of having a Lancaster company do it for them.
"That was the best decision we ever made," said David "Vid" Lynch, the condiment company's co-founder and lead sales and operations officer.
Since 2009, Torchbearer's sales have grown tenfold, he said.
It's a far habanero-induced-cry from eight years ago, when Lynch and partners Ben Smith and Tim Wortman grew too many peppers, decided to make hot sauce and then just kept doing it. Essentially, demand is so high that Torchbearer has outgrown its humble beginnings and needs to expand.
"We need to get our own kitchen so we can work around our own schedules," Lynch said.
Torchbearer now rents a fire hall kitchen in East Pennsboro Township to make its sauces, and Lynch's parents do much of the bookkeeping and other office functions from their home. Loyal friends working part time contribute to production and sales, too.
The company needs a kitchen with onsite storage, some new equipment and a bit of office space. It's reaching the point where it could hire two people full time, too. But that costs more money than the company has on hand, Lynch said.
That's where Kickstarter.com comes in. The website run by Kickstarter Inc. helps for-profit groups, such as small food companies, aspiring rock bands and others raise money for their creative endeavors. The groups offer rewards to people for donating to their causes.
Kickstarter is part of the growing movement called crowd funding, which relies on large groups of people investing smaller amounts of money, as opposed to traditional investments relying on small groups of people with large sums of money.
Torchbearer is using Kickstarter to raise an initial $16,000, which will help it buy supplies and produce a full pallet each of its most popular sauces to expand into retail markets around the country. At $60,000, Torchbearer can finance its own kitchen. The lofty goal is $120,000, allowing the company to do all of that and hire two people full time.
"We thought about raising funding last year for the kitchen," Lynch said. "The discussion never quite went away. Kickstarter and crowdfunding was always on the backburner as an option."
Not a bad option so far. Torchbearer launched its crowdfunding endeavor Sept. 12, according to Kickstarter. As of Monday, 101 friends, family, fans and patrons had funded 34 percent, or $5,548 toward the initial project goal. Torchbearer's project is open for patronage until Oct. 24.
Lynch said he's hoping the effort snowballs and they hit their secondary goals, too.
But why use Kickstarter in the first place? Why not just go to the banks for a loan?
Lynch's answer: We did, and we walked away with nothing.
Torchbearer heard every excuse in the book, he said. You're too small. It's too big for our bank. No collateral.
"The problem with the banks right now," he said, "is that they'll pretty much tell you they're not lending to anyone."
Talking to other small businesses, Lynch said, he found they weren't alone on that issue.
"That's demoralizing, too," he said.
Nevin Beyer, who spent 14 years as a financial lender and today is president of Camp Hill-based bonding firm Keystone Surety Associates, said he's familiar with Torchbearer's situation.
Beyer is a board member for the Central Penn Networking Group, to which Lynch also belongs. The group has been a great help in building local business relationships, particularly in launching Torchbearer's mall kiosk sales, which proved fruitful around the holidays, Lynch said.
It's tough for small companies such as Torchbearer to get financing through banks, Beyer said. The primary problem is that they don't have collateral to put up against a loan.
"The value in their business is their recipes and their sweat equity," Beyer said.
Add to that stricter lending standards at banks due to new regulations in the financial sector's post-2008 environment, and the prospects of young companies using traditional financing is slim, he said.
Without collateral, young companies like Torchbearer need alternative funding sources, Beyer said.
Banks are looking for real estate or accounts receivable as a show that small businesses are less-risky investments, said Jonathan Bowser, economic development director for the Cumberland Area Economic Development Corp. Many early-stage companies lack that type of collateral, even if they're on the cusp of attaining their own facilities and have good products with strong sales. They definitely need to look at other options, he said.
"A lot of (Torchbearer's) capital goes back into their sauces, so generally, they don't have extra to buy facilities," said Bowser, who was a commercial loan officer with Dauphin County-based Metro Bank prior to his role with CAEDC.
Still, Torchbearer is at a point where it needs to expand and, if not through traditional lending avenues, it has to raise extra capital other ways, Lynch said.
The company today takes its sauces to more than 80 shows a year, it sells them on the shelves of supermarket chain Whole Foods Market, and mall kiosk sales are demonstrating potential beyond the holidays.
Judging from the heavy, tired eyes of Lynch and parents Tom and Tricia, times are good, but the business needs to grow beyond sweat equity.
"It's more of the same," Lynch said. "Just a lot more of it."
About Kickstarter
When local condiment upstarts Torchbearer Sauces needed to raise capital for its expansion, the owners went to Kickstarter.com, one of the more popular crowdfunding sites on the Internet. Here's more about Kickstarter:
What is crowdfunding? Crowdfunding is a way for people to raise capital from many investors with smaller amounts of money, where the creator retains control of his or her business or intellectual property.
What is Kickstarter? A funding platform for creative projects, including films, games, music, art, technology and small businesses.
How it works: Creative minds and entrepreneurs post videos and other information about their small companies, bands and projects. They offer unique gifts to donors for their money. Only projects that hit their goals in the allotted time are fully funded. No money changes hands until that point.
Kickstarter launch date: April 28, 2009
People who've pledged money: 2.5 million
Projects launched on the site: 72,433
Amount pledged to all projects: $372 million
Successful projects: 30,354
Amount of successful funding: $315 million
Project success rate: 43.85 percent


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How to Identify AIDS Fraud
January 2007
AIDS, like cancer, is a disease that is seen as having no cure, with standard treatments that are viewed as having many side effects. In response to these uncertainties in cancer, a thriving underground has evolved offering "cures" and treatments based on unproven (often disproven) and conflicting theories. They all promise miraculous improvements beyond the power of standard treatments and usually promise few or no side effects.
In AIDS, at least two types of underground have evolved. One is the familiar buyer's club -- community-based groups which strive to improve access to legitimate treatments. But a second underground has emerged. It's quite similar to the one found in cancer, offering the same sort of things -- and sometimes the exact same things from the exact same practitioners.
Project Inform's National HIV/AIDS Treatment Infoline receives a steady stream of calls about mysterious treatments that don't have Food and Drug (FDA) Administration evaluation or approval. Nonetheless, they're being sold to the public with claims of being effective. Our generic name for these treatments is "cures-of-the-week." Over the years, Project Inform has looked at hundreds of these claims and products, ranging from interesting medicines to formulas purportedly delivered from the flight decks of flying saucers.
Assessing such magical cures -- separating the truly crazy from the plausible -- is more difficult than it may sound. Most offer some evidence of satisfied users, typically AIDS patients who feel they have benefited. We hear claims from sincere people who saw their CD4+ cell counts rise, who "felt much better," or who "recovered miraculously" from some infection or condition.
These people are hard to argue with, as they truly believe that their treatment discovery is responsible for their newfound well-being. The last thing they want to hear is someone questioning their experiences. Project Inform respectfully sees these individuals as "true believers." Sincere "true believers" help support almost every kind of treatment, reporting similar kinds of improvements. However, our long-term experience with hundreds of products is that few if any of these experiences ever predict the real value of the treatments.
Using Resources as a Guide
Ideally, some authoritative and unbiased agency would investigate all these treatments and the practitioners who make unfounded claims. Several states have established AIDS Fraud Task Force groups to help address this issue in a way that's sensitive to the community. Of course, the FDA has authority to control the sale of products and the claims made about them. Various state and local agencies have some responsibility in this area as well.
Information sources, like Project Inform, try to offer some consumer guidance since we're often the first to hear of new therapies. Rarely, some charlatan is arrested or sued, but in recent years this problem has grown out of control. This is perhaps because standard treatments are rife with problems, which include side effects and difficulty of use.
No one has the resources to respond to every new claim and product. Many patients assume that if these practitioners aren't shut down by law, they must be legitimate. It's a bit like believing that the things we read in newspapers and hear on TV must be true. In fact, it just means that the issues are complex and regulatory resources are spread very thin.
Evaluating treatments is not easy. Very rarely can anyone predict which experimental HIV treatment may someday be used as standard therapy. Even among treatments in FDA-approved studies, researchers differ greatly about what's promising and what isn't.
But, in dealing with cures-of-the-week, judgments are sometimes easier to make since precise evaluations aren't necessary. Often, all that's needed is a general sense of whether something is rational or not. What follows is a short guide to what sort of evidence matters and what doesn't in evaluating these treatments, as well as a guide to the warning signs of possible AIDS fraud.
Using Common Sense as a Guide
Probably the most important thing to keep in mind, in looking at cures-of-the-week, is not to lose your common sense. Of course there are people in genuinely desperate circumstances who feel they have nothing to lose. Unfortunately, desperate situations don't tend to bring out common sense.
But a moment's clear thought will tell you that a nurse practitioner who wants to infuse you with an expensive mystery substance in Tijuana has probably not solved the great medical puzzle of our time. People go from one questionable treatment to another like playing the lottery -- but with less chance of winning.
The saddest and most dangerous thing about cures-of-the-week, however, is not the money they take from dying people. It's the harm they do to people who could benefit from more mainstream treatments but who let their health run out by pursuing fly-by-night cures.
There is at least one cure-of-the-week that is given away to patients and has no particular side effects; so it is said that people have nothing to lose. In fact, if they go off their regular medications to try a treatment that has virtually no chance of producing any benefit, they're risking a decline in their health. There are people who've exhausted everything that can be done with current anti-HIV therapy, but there are far more people who, in a futile search for home-run drugs with no possible side effects, neglect the available options with some evidence of benefit.
Obviously, there is no "cure" for AIDS now -- only treatments and combinations of them that buy time until a cure can be found. In the meantime, the cures-of-the-week come over the hills in waves, beyond anyone's capacity to keep track of them. People will go on running to Mexico, Kenya, Bavaria and shady practitioners all over America, lured by the promise of miracles. Money is the least important thing they will lose.
Profile of a Fraudulent Practitioner
This article was provided by Project Inform. Visit Project Inform's website to find out more about their activities, publications and services.


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Wests Tigers and Sydney Roosters wish to advise of the following changes to tomorrow's (Saturday, February 23) trial matches between the two clubs.
The Under 20s trial has been relocated from Allianz Stadium to OKI Jubilee Oval, Kogarah.
Kick-off will now be at the earlier time of 1.30pm tomorrow. Entry to this match is free.
The NSW Cup trial and Foundation Cup will be contested at Allianz Stadium. The NSW Cup trial between the Newtown Jets and Wests Tigers will now kick off at the later time of 5.15pm and the NRL at 7.30pm.
Gates at Allianz Stadium will now open at the later time of 5pm.
Saturday, February 23
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How Europe's Currency Survived 2012 Intact
Leaders Muddled Through, but Bought Time for the Euro Area, Which Enters 2013 With All 17 Members Along for the Ride
With three days left of the old year, there's still time for even this prediction to go awry. But let's stick our necks out: Contrary to some expectations, the euro zone will end the year as it entered it—with 17 members.
What this column described a year ago as "the unswerving commitment of euro-zone leaders to muddling through" has bought the common currency another year at least. And here, in ascending order of importance, are the six events that ensured the bloc's survival through 2012.
March 9: Greece completes the largest sovereign-debt restructuring in history. This was significant not because it resolved Greece's debt overhang: Nobody thought wiping 53.5% of the face value of most of the country's €206 billion ($272 billion) debt to private investors was a long-term debt solution, as a subsequent bond buyback emphasized. But it bought time for politics by lessening tensions over whether Greece would be able to meet a heavy debt-repayment schedule.
Sept. 12: Germany's constitutional court backs the euro-zone's permanent bailout fund. Few analysts thought the court in Karlsruhe would decide that the European Stability Mechanism was unconstitutional, but an adverse ruling would have thrown the bloc's crisis-management plans into disarray. The ESM started operation on Oct. 8, after ratification by all 17 member states.
June 17: Greece's second general election. It yielded a narrow advantage for the "pro-reform" New Democracy party of Antonis Samaras over its main rival, the left-wing Syriza Party, following the failure to form a government after the first election on May 6. The closeness of the election—less than three percentage points separated first and second place—is a useful corrective to the assertion that the euro's survival intact in 2012 was somehow predestined. This was a close-run thing.
June 29: The commitment by euro-zone leaders "to break the vicious circle between banks and sovereigns." This political commitment to stop weak banks from dragging struggling governments down with them into the financial abyss is as yet unfulfilled—and there have been subsequent efforts (not least by the finance ministers of Germany, Finland and the Netherlands) to narrow its interpretation to the point where it would be unable to influence the current crisis.
However, euro-zone governments followed up on Dec. 13 by agreeing to establish a single bank supervisor. This supervisor needs to be "effective" before the ESM can directly inject capital into banks, the governments have decided, a step that appears unlikely before spring 2014. The June 29 commitment eclipsed the June 9 decision of euro-zone finance ministers to agree to lend up to €100 billion to the Spanish government to help shore up its banks. In the event, Spain asked for much less: €39.5 billion.
Oct. 9: German Chancellor Angela Merkel travels to Athens. This was symbolic of Berlin's commitment to keep Greece in the euro—a step that might not have been possible if events on June 17 had turned out differently. It appears to have closed down, at least until after German elections next fall, policy discussions over whether Greece should be forced out of the euro. Most financial analysts argue that a Greek exit in 2012 could have triggered unstoppable contagion in the euro zone—and could have been, even in narrow financial terms, more expensive to Germany than Greece staying put.
July 26: The most important development: Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, makes a promise. "Within our mandate, the ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. And believe me, it will be enough," he told an audience in London. The elaboration on Sept. 6 of this pledge—the Outright Monetary Transactions program of government-bond buying—was viewed as convincing enough to lift doubts, at least for the time being, about whether the financing troubles of Spain and Italy would force them out of the euro zone.
It was convincing because, while it depended on a government submitting to conditions attached to a bailout program, it also promised to be "unlimited," raising questions among would-be speculators over whether they really wanted to fight the ECB's balance sheet. The program also addressed a critical doubt that had plagued the euro zone for three years: Would the legal constraints on the ECB prevent it from acting effectively to keep the euro together? Perhaps it was never sensible to assume that the ECB chief would willingly preside over the disintegration of the euro. Yet betting the contrary had been a winning financial-market strategy for 2½ years until this summer.
Some significant events are omitted from this list, including the Jan. 30 accord among 25 of the 27 European Union leaders on a pact to tighten budget discipline. However, while potentially important to the future functioning of the euro zone, their impact on lifting the immediate financial crisis seems to have been limited.
There is much unfinished business. Some of these key events are still just promises. The OMT remains untested, and the sovereign-bank doom loop hasn't yet been broken. Greece isn't out of the woods, with its debt widely recognized as too high and its politics difficult. And then there are the Italian and German elections. All of which should be more than enough to keep us busy in 2013.
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