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Want to see the brain of a murderer or the tumor of an ex-president? How about wax depictions of eye diseases or a collection of human skulls?
The Mütter Museum at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia displays these and many other anatomical specimens and human abnormalities.
The museum is more than a collection of medical oddities, though. It's a unique window to medicine's past. The exhibits focus on the determination of 19th-century doctors to ease suffering, and on the courage of patients in the face of daunting medical challenges.
"Every exhibit in the museum has its own compelling story to tell," said Dick Levinson, the museum's director of public relations. "This is the perfect destination for anyone interested in medicine and the human body. And it's a must-see for anyone with a child or grandchild who dreams of becoming a doctor."
Imperfect specimens
Levinson describes the Mütter Museum as "honest," "compelling," "unique."
The museum showcases human specimens — dried or skeletal, or preserved in liquid. Many displays are supplemented with medical models made from plaster, papier-mâché or, most realistically, wax.
Animal specimens, used for comparing to human specimens, are included as well.
You'll find a tumor that was removed from president Grover Cleveland's jaw while he was in office. The tumor is preserved in a glass jar.
View the Soap Lady, a naturally mummified woman. She was an obese woman when she died in the 19th century. Her burial coffin broke, exposing her body to the surrounding soil. A chemical reaction turned her body fat into a soap-like substance that preserved her remains.
Other items in the two-floor museum:
- a plaster death cast of Chang and Eng, the original Siamese twins
- a human colon that expanded to 27 feet long
- Objects Swallowed and Removed — without surgery: includes bones, coins, and "dental material"
- wax models of eyeballs and eye injuries on the Eye Wall of Shame
- memorabilia items of scientists
- more than 100 catalogued human skulls
- a skeleton of a 7½-foot-tall man
- the brain of murderer John Wilson, hanged in Norristown, Pa., in 1887
- brains of animals
- a wax model of Madame Dimanche, a French washer woman, with a horn growing from her forehead
The Mütter's collections and exhibits, originally used to educate medical doctors, are based on medical science and encourage lay visitors to examine what it means, physically, to be human.
Doctor started collection …
In the early 19th century, medical curriculums in the United States focused heavily on classroom lectures. Thomas Dent Mütter decided to study in Europe, where he worked with actual patients in hospital settings.
He returned to the United States, eager to convey the benefits of a hands-on approach to medical education. "He was only a young man but his big asset was that he was a fabulously wealthy man," Levinson said. "He spent $20,000 of his own money to assemble a teaching collection."
As professor of surgery at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Dr. Mütter began to collect bones and tissue and to gather examples of many different diseases to assist in training medical professionals.
He accumulated more than 1,700 anatomical and pathological specimens that he used in the classroom.
Before his death in 1859, the doctor arranged to have The College of Physicians of Philadelphia maintain his collection, with the help of his generous endowment.
As the museum expanded its collections and appeal, medical personnel came to study and observe the College of Physicians' collection. Today it's a place where the general public can learn about the history of medicine and surgery.
The museum is at 19 S. 22nd St. halfway between Chestnut and Market streets. Free on-street parking for motorhomes may be available on JFK Boulevard. Towed vehicles can park in various lots in the museum's vicinity.
The museum is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission: $14 for adults; $10 for seniors 65 and older, ages 6 to 17, and college students with school ID. Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
Schedule group tours (10 or more persons) in advance. More info: www.collphyphil.org, e-mail: museum @collphyphil.org.
Note: Generally, photography is not permitted inside the museum, but photo buffs may contact the collections manager, Margaret Lyman, ext. 244, for special permission.


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Tomorrow's the day!
Hope to be pushing off by 6am (if not sooner) aboard the mighty Bullfrog.
Taking 39 south out of Rockford to 88W to 74/110 to 67/110. Should keep me closer to the river and nicer riding while avoiding cities.
Hope to see many Roundels on the road... be sure to give the universal MOA wave.
(Not really sure what that is, hopefully not what everyone is thinking right now!)
The heat may suck... but the company will make up for it I'm sure!
Besides, good adventure stories don't come from an uneventful and bland experience... right?

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Sheeran mimics Adele finger gaffe
Double Brit award winner Ed Sheeran has parodied Adele by sticking his finger up on live television.
The 21-year-old mimicked the record-breaking star - who stuck her middle finger up after being cut-off during her acceptance speech at the Brit Awards on Tuesday - when he appeared on BBC's Let's Dance for Sport Relief.
But Sheeran, who landed the best British breakthrough and best British male gongs at the music awards, attempted to avoid controversy by sticking up his ring finger instead of his middle one.
Host of the celebrity dance show Alex Jones was introducing Sheeran when co-host Steve Jones came over and said: "I can't believe I'm about to do this but I'm going to have to cut you off there.
"We have only got enough time for you to play so Alex if you can leave."
Sheeran then stuck his finger up towards Jones mimicking Adele's gesture after she was interrupted by Brit's host James Corden.
People later took to Twitter to talk about the incident.
One user wrote: "Ed Sheeran on BBC 1 family viewing time, making obscene gestures and singing about getting drunk. Steve Jones calls it entertaining a nation."
Another said: "Ed Sheeran just pulled the finger on BBC1 as part of a parody of that Adele moment at the Brits. Wonder if that was part of the plan..."
The public voted for Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards to appear in the March 17 final of the celebrity dance contest after his Austin Powers routine. The panel of judges then opted to put Miles Jupp through following his performance of Prodigy's Firestarter.


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Khemer vegetable curry-Yum!!!
by Jessica Griffin Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Jessica Griffin
I am a travel blogger, a yoga instructor, a freelance writer, and a reiki master. When I'm not writing, bending you in crazy positions, or balancing your chakras, I am exploring the world, one continent at a time. I love stand-up paddle boarding (SUP), the ocean, meditation, cheese of any kind, and dining al fresco. I want to learn another language and how to play the guitar. I hope to make a positive impact on everyone I meet and my goal is to inspire people to travel!


text: Crawford has the talent to be an All-Star. If he just worked on his 3-point shooting efficiency and made better decisions with his shot selection he could be a "Ray Allen" type shooting guard. Ofcourse the important thing to remember is that he could be an All-Star. There are a lot of guys that have talent but don't use it properly.


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Posted 21 August 2013 - 11:35 PM
Recently I recorded a gig with my m20d to a 32G SD card & fed 2 sub mixes to foh as I was limited to 16 splitters. At the end of the gig power was killed while the m20d was powered & still recording. I imported the files into the daw the next day, although all tracks were on the card & looked as the file sizes were correct for the length of recording there was no audio on any of the tracks.....it's not a case of lack of level as the sub mixes to the house mix were fine & I was checking inputs both visually & on headphones throughout the evening. I feel it may be that the table of contents was not written to the card due to the power being cut. I anybody has any ideas how to recover the data I would be delighted to hear them...........Thanks to all in advance 🔊
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Posted 22 August 2013 - 03:44 AM
No way to recover the data unfortunately...
It has been a very common problem with the M20d!
Take a look at this topic:
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Posted 22 August 2013 - 04:27 AM
Some of the results I have had so far with the m20d ...delighted with the results....I just wish I could arrive at a venue with more confidence
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Posted 22 August 2013 - 09:25 AM
Can't open the link... It just goes to the youtube main page (not to any specific video or channel) .
Yah, maybe some computer genius can retrieve the data. I don't know... I only play guitar
Anyway, if you, by any chance, find a way to retrieve the data, all of us on this forum would thank you a lot for that information!
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Posted 23 August 2013 - 05:10 AM
The YouTube link was to my youtube page, here are a few direct links and as a guitarist I think you will like
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The motion to dismiss the indictment of 13-year-old Cristian Fernandez on a murder charge was denied Tuesday by Judge Mallory Cooper.
Cooper had delayed her decision before issuing her ruling late Tuesday morning.
"With today's order, the state attorney's office will continue to move forward with the prosecution of Cristian Fernandez," the office said in a statement. "We will not comment further about the order or the pending case."
Fernandez was 12 when he was arrested in March 2011 and charged with murder in the death of his 2-year-old half brother.
DOCUMENT: Order denying motion to dismiss indictment
"We understand Judge Cooper's ruling," defense attorney Hank Coxe said in a statement. "It will not distract us from our commitment to fight the continued prosecution of this 12-year-old child for first-degree murder as an adult, exposing him to a life in prison without parole."
Defense lawyers claimed the first-degree murder case could not proceed because Florida sentencing guidelines require anyone convicted of that crime to face either the death penalty or life in prison without parole, but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this summer that it's unconstitutional for juvenile offenders to get mandatory life sentences.
Prosecutors said that the old Florida law that called for a 25-year-to-life sentence could apply, but defense attorneys said Fernandez should not be tried under the current law because they can't advise their client what kind of sentence he could face.
In Cooper's ruling, she said that's "a premature argument" because Fernandez has yet to be convicted of a crime. Cooper said that if Fernandez is convicted, the sentencing court would then have to consider the circumstances.
In the meantime, the case will continue as scheduled, with a hearing set for next week.
"I imagine the defense is thinking now whether to appeal this order and what the ultimate outcome of that would be," Channel 4 legal analyst Ed Birk said.
Birk reviewed the judge's order.
"If it turns out after trial that Cristian is convicted, then the issue will be what we call 'ripe for the judge's decision,'" Birk said. "If he's acquitted, then there won't be any need for the judge to decide this point of law about this sentencing statute."
Fernandez's tentative trial date in the murder case is set for March 4.
"I just picture him being in a home, not being further abused by being put through all of this and facing a trial," Fernandez supporter Alicia Torres said. "I hope he gets acquitted. I hope it doesn't even get to trial."
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IIG Public Update #8
March 2008
One of the biggest developments in February was, well, bigness. Our ranks grew with a swell of new members in 2008, and with 36 active members, the IIG is now as large as it's ever been. We have photographic proof (from our February meeting).
Here's the latest:
Bob T. from New York still wants to give a demonstration of his healing powers, but he hardly accepts a controlled environment:
I was recently at the local Bally's and I worked with a fellow who had a cherry red, itchy red scally [sic] 2 by 3 patches near his elbows on both arms. I placed the palm of my right hand an inch away from his arm; and the itch, that was an 8 on a scale of one to ten; was a 0 in a few seconds[.] Imediately [sic] the itch was gone, and both patches faded to the point of 70-80% gone in a few minutes time. Cherry red to a pink color on one arm, and a pink, red color on the other. I saw him a week later, and there was no trace, his skin looker [sic] normal; and both patches were gone; and the symtoms [sic] never returned. If I was to produce a video that was OBVIOUS [emphasis his]; would your organization except that?
IIG Chair Jim Underdown made it unambiguously clear that while such a videotape would be instructive, a live demonstration would be necessary to qualify for the challenge. We await Bob T.'s response.
Speaking of Bobs, CFI-LA's own Bob Ladendorf has recovered from his broken hand. Bob T. had originally offered to psychically heal Bob L.'s hand several months ago, but since the healing happened on a normal timeline, this too will not qualify for the challenge.
BILLY MEIER'S UFOs
The correspondence between Billy Meier proponent Michael Horn and IIG member Derek B. continues to be documented at http://www.iigwest.org/investigations/meier/horn.letters.html.
For those of you who lack the intestinal fortitude to parse Horn's convoluted comments, here is a summary. Derek B. claims that the tree in Billy Meier's 1970's films and video is a model simply because the evidence suggests that it is THE SAME TREE in different locations. If the tree is a model, then the UFOs are also models, and therefore more likely to be the garbage can lids that they resemble, rather than advanced, faster than light vehicles of extraterrestrial origin. Occam's razor, anyone?
Michael Horn also has a tendency to quote people as being favorable to the Billy Meier case, but when Derek B. contacted several of the people quoted it turns out that Michael Horn misquoted them. Here is an example. In the recent DVD "The Silent Revolution Of Truth" Michael Horn makes the following statement:
"Six professors of forestry looked at Meier's photos and looked at the trees and each one determined that the trees are full size mature trees and not models."
The names of the forestry professors are then displayed on-screen for the viewer.
Here is Professor Edward C. Jensen's response:
"An estimate of tree height (actually only the top portion of a single particular tree) that I made several years ago in good faith has been taken out of context and misused to purport things that I did not intend. Further, my observations have been misappropriated and misapplied to photographs that I have never seen and situations that I have never reviewed. I want to assure you that I have never purported to authenticate any photos of alleged UFOs for Mr. Deardorff, Mr. Meier, Mr. Horn, or anyone else. Nor have I ever purported to determine the authenticity of any trees in any photos of alleged UFOs for anyone."
More details can be found here: http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread336632/pg1.
Nick Nelson of Montana (www.goldenvortex.com) has applied for the $50,000 claiming that his "Golden Vortex" will alter the appearance of himself in relationship to an objective observer. The development of a testing protocol is very complicated, but we are on the case. Nelson has agreed to fly out to L.A., so this may happen soon.
Anita Ikonen of "Vision From Feeling" is an applicant for the IIG $50,000 paranormal challenge. She claims to "to know about the health condition of people" with her "extrasensory perception," and she has been keeping her own monthly updates at http://www.visionfromfeeling.com/challenge.html.
The biggest stumbling block in the design of this test is coming up with verifiable, and unambiguous "conditions" for her to diagnose. We selected the three least ambiguous categories from her list of claimed abilities <http://visionfromfeeling.com/page3.html>:
- Missing teeth.
- Abnormal skeletal structure.
- Eyesight (specific, and independent results for each eye, with a percentage of accuracy to be agreed upon).
We are currently awaiting her response.
Our investigation of NBC's pathetic "Phenomenon" came to a close, just as the series came to a (possibly permanent) close. Skeptical Inquirer magazine published our report on Criss Angel's skepticism, and it is available on our website.
Mark Z from north of the border claims that he will predict the winning numbers in the Canadian Lottery. He has sent in a formal application, and we are trying to calculate the odds of him doing this by chance before we accept his testing protocol. In meantime, the IIG Steering Committee wonders what he wants with our $50,000 if he can win the lottery.
There were some exciting new IIG website updates in February. Check out our updated links page, our new Google-powered search functionality (see the upper-right corner of the page), a 2005 interview with IIG members on Rick Wood's Audiomartini show, an updated paranormal challenge form, and Jim Underdown's article in Skeptical Inquirer (see above). You may also notice a few visual improvements here and there. Also, the IIG now has a page on Wikipedia! That's right, we're legit now.
Enjoy Albert Einstein's Birthday, Harry Houdini's Birthday, Pi Day, St. Patrick's Day, and the vernal equinox.


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Red Sox take local college pitcher in fourth round
By Ian Browne / MLB.com
The Red Sox, hoping to use proximity to their advantage, took right-hander Kevin McAvoy out of Bryant University (Smithfield, R.I.) with their fourth-round selection in the First-Year Player Draft on Friday.
The 6-foot-3, 210-pound pitcher who hails from Syracuse, N.Y., pitched in 15 games in his junior year at Bryant, going 9-1 with a 2.62 ERA.
"The rare occasions where living in the Northeast gives you a little bit of a competitive advantage, we feel like," said Red Sox director of amateur scouting Amiel Sawdaye. "I'm guessing Bryant University on a Friday isn't the most heavily scouted place. McAvoy was a guy we liked a lot in the [Cape Cod League] last year.
"He was probably an 88, 89 [mph] guy and just really sunk it. He went after people with a sinker-slider combo, and breezed through some lineups with the wood bat in the Cape. This year, we started to notice a little bit of an uptake in [velocity], but it wasn't affecting the overall movement of his fastball. He's still living in the bottom half of the zone, but now he's kind of living in the low 90s, more of a 90, 92 guy. He's still showing the slider, but mostly a ground-ball specialist that goes after you with the sinker."
McAvoy became the highest Draft selection in the history of Bryant.
"I'm very excited for Kevin," said Bryant head coach Steve Owens. "He's been building for this for three years. He's come in and gotten bigger, stronger and better, literally every week, since he's set foot on campus."
Owens watched with pride as McAvoy continued to open eyes, ultimately landing with the Red Sox.
"I think he went from maybe a 20th-round guy going into this year and then he was in the middle of the year, when he was throwing in front of 25 scouts, he was doing great, and I was like, 'Maybe he's about a 10th rounder.' He just keeps getting better," said Owens.
In 99 2/3 innings, McAvoy recorded 94 strikeouts while walking 28. He fired four complete games.
"He's a great kid. The ceiling is really high as far as him keeping developing," said Owens. "His velocity keeps increasing. He has tremendous fastball movement. He has a great sinking fastball. His mechanics are much improved, and they continue to get better. His secondary stuff has started to develop pretty well, too. He's primarily a sinker/slider guy right now, but his slider is getting better, and he has a workable changeup."
The Draft concludes on Saturday, with exclusive coverage of Rounds 11-40 beginning on MLB.com at 1 p.m. ET.
Cosart: Being drafted by Red Sox is 'surreal'
Still in his infancy as a pitcher, Jake Cosart already throws a fastball that can reach 98 mph. Those who have watched him up close wonder with excitement how good he will be once he really learns how to pitch.
The Red Sox used their first pick on Day 2 of the First-Year Player Draft by selecting Cosart in the third round (No. 103 overall). The right-hander only recently converted to being a pitcher and has the ability to make big strides as he gets more innings under his belt.
"It's a dream come true to first of all get drafted, but to be a part of arguably the best organization in baseball, it's surreal, honestly," Cosart said by phone. "I was hoping an upper-level organization would take me, and it just so happened to be the Red Sox, so I'm pretty blessed and happy at the moment."
Cosart's older brother, Jarred, is currently a starter with the Astros.
"He's been a pretty big inspiration," Jake said of Jarred. "He got passed up until really late in the Draft. He said, 'I want to play baseball, so I'll still roll with it.' And he worked through every level of the Minor Leagues. He got up there, and it's been a big inspiration to me."
Now, Jarred will root on his brother during his upcoming development.
"I said, 'It's not all glamour. There's going to be ups and downs, you're going to have your tough times, just like in college, and you have to fight through it,'" said Jarred Cosart. "I told him, 'You've got to work hard and advance.' At each level he advances, he gets better. But I said, 'You'll be surprised when you start short-season or rookie ball, it's not the best, with the travel and everything like that.' I think he's prepared for it, mentally and physically.
"It's all on him now. He put in all the work growing up, his parents drove him around everywhere, and his college coaches pushed him, and now it's time for him to grab the bull by the horns. He's got some work to do, and he knows that. I think they've already told him what they want him to work on. I know he's more than capable, and now it's all on him."
Jake Cosart is a hard thrower who went to Duke as an outfielder and red-shirted last year before moving on to Seminole State, where he emerged into a dominant performer on the mound.
"He's always had a really good arm," said Red Sox director of amateur scouting Amiel Sawdaye. "Transferred out to junior college, and then I think that's where he really started to take off. We saw him in the fall. I think what was the most appealing thing about him was he was a really good athlete and had a really quick arm. Probably one of the quickest arms I've seen.
"In the fall, he was throwing pretty big [velocity] out there, but it wasn't really consistent in the strike zone. As you see him in the spring, all the sudden it's starting to click a little more. He's starting to throw more strikes, the breaking ball, especially. You walk in there one day and it would be an inconsistent breaking ball. Then another day, he'd be throwing strikes pretty consistently in and out of the zone. I wouldn't necessarily call it a project by any stretch of the imagination, because this kid has a pretty good feel and it's a pretty fresh arm. He's not your advanced college pitcher, either."
Cosart is now all-in with the switch to pitching.
"It was a little bit of a transition," said Cosart. "It was pretty difficult not to play every day. But then again, as I get more experience and innings, it's becoming a lot easier. It will be interesting to see, once I get into the Red Sox organization, how I progress with solely focusing on pitching."
His coaches from Seminole State will be sure to follow that transition after investing so much of their time into his development this season.
"He came in with us as an athletic kid who hadn't pitched much at all," said Seminole State assistant baseball coach Doug Freeman. "He's got one of the quickest arms I've ever seen or played with. It was one of those things where he was so athletic, it took him a while to get a feel for pitching and being on the mound. The strides he made from when he got to us to today are just unbelievable."
Jake Cosart is the first to admit he is still evolving as a pitcher. Aside from the upper-90s fastball, he has a solid curveball. His changeup is still a work in progress, and it could ultimately be the determining factor in whether he can make it as a starting pitcher.
"He's just scratching the surface on the potential he has in there," said Freeman. "Realistically, he's like a high school arm. He's still learning how to pitch. With a few more years of refining that ability, the sky's the limit."
Even without a third pitch, Jake Cosart has the type of raw stuff that could make him a viable option out of the bullpen.
He was considered one of the top junior-college prospects in this year's Draft. It is impressive, considering he didn't even pitch much in high school.
"I probably totaled around 20-something innings between my junior and senior year," said Jake Cosart.
After a while, it simply became apparent to the younger Cosart that he projected as a pitcher.
"I kind of knew my future was on the mound, because of my arm strength in the outfield," he said. "I just never knew how to put it all together, and this year, I finally started learning a little bit about myself and my delivery and sequences and all the good stuff that goes into pitching. This year, I made the change. I said, 'I want to play baseball as a career, so the best way to do it is pitching.' So I stuck with it."
Jake Cosart appeared in 13 games for Seminole State this season, going 5-3 with a 5.34 ERA, while notching 67 strikeouts in 64 innings.
The 20-year-old is listed at 6-foot-2 and 175 pounds.
After watching the Red Sox develop pitchers like Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon and Clay Buchholz, Jake Cosart hopes he can follow in line.
"The Red Sox have always been storied for progressing and developing young pitchers, and obviously you see what they have now -- world champions," he said. "I couldn't be part of a better organization, as far as a development standpoint. That's what I'm really excited about."
The Draft concludes on Saturday, with exclusive coverage of Rounds 11-40 beginning on MLB.com at 1 p.m. ET.
Ockimey known for bat speed, power
The Red Sox continued their pursuit of power bats in this year's First-Year Player Draft by nabbing left-handed-hitting slugger Josh Ockimey with their fifth-round selection on Friday.
The first baseman, a senior at Ss. Neumann Goretti High School in Philadelphia, was ecstatic to learn he was taken by the Red Sox.
"Just been drafted to the Boston Red Sox!! Thank you to everyone who's helped me get here!! #REDSOXNATION," he tweeted.
Just last week, Boston's scouting staff watched intently as Ockimey lofted balls off the Green Monster with an opposite-field stroke, and then turned on pitches and rifled them over the bullpen in right-center.
"He's got a really good swing for Fenway," said Red Sox director of scouting Amiel Sawdaye. "There's no doubt there's going to be some learning curves and bumps in the road when he goes out, but really, what we said about [Michael] Chavis and [Sam] Travis, power is a commodity in this game, and to be able to go out and buy that power and be able to take a chance on a big kid like that who is a pretty good athlete, and also has good instincts for the game, that's something we were excited about in the fifth round."
Ockimey impressed Boston's brass in a pre-Draft workout at Fenway last November.
"He's a fun one," said Sawdaye. "You can kind of see, as big as he is, he still has a lot of youth to him. You truly believe that this kid, he hasn't gotten his man strength."
The Draft concludes on Saturday, with exclusive coverage of Rounds 11-40 beginning on MLB.com at 1 p.m. ET.
Boston tabs speedy switch-hitter with pick No. 194
The Red Sox found themselves a speedy switch-hitter with their sixth-round selection in the First-Year Player Draft on Friday, taking Danny Mars out of Chipola College (Florida).
Mars, a center fielder, had a solid year for Chipola, hitting .380 with a .460 on-base percentage and a .584 slugging percentage. He added 29 stolen bases and four home runs.
"He's a 70 runner, so he can fly," said Red Sox director of amateur scouting Amiel Sawdaye.
His left-handed stroke is still developing, because he just became a switch-hitter within the last two to three years.
"Obviously, we were really impressed with his left-handed swing. He's not a huge kid," said Sawdaye. "There will be development with him. If he can really learn to repeat his swing left-handed, and iron out his mechanics, he's a guy we feel has a really good chance to play center field for us. It's hard to find these type of kids right now. He also has a really good arm."
Mars was in Boston last week visiting with the Red Sox and was thrilled that was the team that drafted him.
"More than honored to be drafted by the Boston Red Sox. Unbelievable day! #SoxNation," Mars tweeted.
The Draft concludes on Saturday, with exclusive coverage of Rounds 11-40 beginning on MLB.com at 1 p.m. ET.
Reilly's decision to stay another year pays off
Reed Reilly was known best as a dominant closer at Cal Poly. But the righty, selected by the Red Sox in the seventh round of the First-Year Player Draft, is going to get every opportunity to start at the professional level.
"We hope to get him out and start him and really develop him as a starter," said Red Sox director of amateur scouting Amiel Sawdaye. "He is a big, physical guy that's taken the ball for Cal Poly and spent a lot of time pitching in big situations."
After being selected by the Orioles in the 18th round last year, Reilly opted to return for another collegiate season.
Considering how much he climbed in the Draft, that proved to be a wise choice.
Though his fastball is generally in the low 90s, Reilly can get up to about 95 mph when he reaches back.
"He possessed three pitches," said Sawdaye. "We have no reason to believe he can't start, and that's how we're going to develop him. He's a fastball/curveball/changeup guy. He's a big physical kid and possessed a lot of things we look for in a starting pitcher."
Reilly saved 12 of the 28 games he pitched in this season while posting a 1.71 ERA and holding opponents to a .151 batting average.
In 47 1/3 innings, he issued 17 walks while recording 53 strikeouts.
Red Sox hope Round 8 pick Moore will 'catch' on
When the Red Sox selected intriguing Alabama junior Ben Moore in the eighth round of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft, they listed him as a catcher.
There's a good reason for that. The Sox expect to put Moore back behind the plate, where he played regularly in high school before switching to the outfield at Alabama.
"He's going to catch. He caught in high school," said Red Sox director of amateur scouting Amiel Sawdaye. "He actually caught early on at Alabama. Our area scout knew him pretty well in high school, and has had a pretty good relationship with him for three years. He's talked to him before the Draft about caching. The kid really wants to get behind the plate."
There is always a premium on catchers, particularly ones who can hit.
"The kid has a prototypical catcher's body," said Sawdaye. "He is 6-1, listed at maybe 200. He's just a strong, durable kid. He had a lot of success this year with the bat in the SEC, and I honestly -- we haven't seen him catch in three years. I know he's catching [bullpen sessions] at Alabama. Our area scout saw him in high school and thought he had a chance to catch then.
"There's going to be a development path. He's not going to walk in and catch every game. There's going to be a lot of fundamental work. To try to find catching is not that easy to do right now. He is a guy who has a lot of the attributes, and one of them is a really good makeup and a passion to catch. We're going to give it a shot, and the fallback option is go back to the outfield."
The right-handed hitter hit .305 with nine homers, while adding an on-base percentage of .367 and a slugging percentage of .481 in his junior year. Moore, 21, is also known for having the type of disciplined approach the Red Sox preach throughout the organization.
"And he controls the strike zone," said Sawdaye. "Really good hand-eye [coordination]."
Prep righty Steen called on by Red Sox in Round 9
The Red Sox added another power arm in the ninth round of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft by taking right-hander Kevin Steen, who spends much of his time away from the baseball field swishing jump shots.
"Steen is pretty exciting," said Red Sox director of amateur scouting Amiel Sawdaye. "He's an upside guy. He only had maybe four starts this year, because his team got to the state championship in basketball. He went right off the basketball court and got onto the mound."
As prolific as Steen is at roundball, the Red Sox think he can do every bit as much at hardball.
"You're buying the upside there," Sawdaye said. "It's a loose, live arm. It's a projectable body. He has the ability to spin a breaking ball. The [velocity] isn't there right now, and we don't expect it to be, because it's like his fourth game out of Spring Training, really. Hopefully, if we get this kid out and really get him on the mound and continue his mound progression, hopefully, we'll be seeing a different guy."
The Oak Ridge High School (Tenn.) product has a commitment to play college baseball at Tennessee.
Red Sox wrap Day 2 with versatile Sturgeon
The Red Sox completed a busy second day of the 2014 First-Year Draft by taking Louisville outfielder/pitcher Cole Sturgeon, who is busy this weekend playing in the Super Regionals for a chance to go to the College World Series.
In his first 63 games this season, the senior hit .325, with two homers and 31 RBIs. He compiled a .410 on-base percentage while stealing 18 bases.
The Red Sox selected Sturgeon in the 10th round (pick No. 314 overall) as an outfielder, but that doesn't mean he won't get a chance to pitch.
"He's a good player," said Red Sox director of amateur scouting Amiel Sawdaye. "He's just one of those guys who kind of does everything. We'll send him out as an outfielder. He goes out and plays the game the right way and he's one of those grinders, can steal a base and do all the little things. He's a guy who can play all three outfield positions."
The lefty went 3-0 with a 2.06 ERA, notching 35 strikeouts in 34 innings.
"The interesting thing is this guy on the mound is 88 to 92 [mph] with a really good breaking ball," said Sawdaye. "I'm not saying we're going to pitch him now, but there's always that intrigue. He kind of reminds our guys a little of Craig Breslow on the mound. We'll send him out as a position player, see what he does this summer, and then we'll go from there. We anticipate this kid has pretty good bat-to-ball skills and he'll help us out right away, especially at the lower levels, just moving around the field."
Over the first 10 rounds, which included 11 picks, the Red Sox took three infielders, five right-handed pitchers, two outfielders and a catcher. Of the 11 picks, four were high school players, including the first two selections.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Those who wish a return to the traditional values of Christmas, away from the secularization, are welcome to stay inside, draw their curtains tight and stick their noses in their bibles. I will expect them to show up at work on the 25th (as, indeed, Congress did in 1789, the first Christmas under our constitution). Myself, I will gladly take the opportunity to celebrate with Cuttlefamily and friends. We will probably feast, and may even sing–such decadence would surely have been frowned upon, even fined, by the founders of our Christian Nation (TM).


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Interview podcast – mp3 – iTunes – Mixcloud
This was recorded at Toad Hall in October 2012 with Woodpecker Wooliams, who releases with our friends Robot Elephant Records. She played at a BAD FUN night on the Friday at Henderson's at St. John's, and we were finally able to get this recorded on Sunday after the hangovers had subsided a little.
We were rather short of personnel for this one, so the whole thing ended up being recorded and filmed by me and Ian, with only the one other body to help out – the awesome photographer Nic Rue, with whose work you are all probably very well familiar by now.
For some reason Gemma only chose to play three songs, and we rather stupidly managed to run out of camera battery before the end of the third, so there is no session video for Crow, although the mp3 can be freely downloaded below as usual. And for the first time in a Toad Session you get to properly meet one of our two new cats, who we've had for over a year now, but who are not quite as determined as Floyd to make themselves the star of the goddam show at every available opportunity.
Woodpecker Wooliams – Sparrow (Toad Session)
Woodpecker Wooliams – Gull (Toad Session)
Woodpecker Wooliams – Crow (Toad Session)
Toadcast #260 – Woodpecker Wooliams Toad Session by Song, By Toad on Mixcloud
01. Woodpecker Wooliams – Sparrow (Toad Session) (03.59)
02. Vivian Void – You Stop It (10.45)
03. Sons of Noel & Adrian – Come Run Fun Stella Baby Mother of the World (14.49)
04. Woodpecker Wooliams – Gull (Toad Session) (24.10)
05. Twice as Much – Coldest Night of the Year (28.37)
06. Peggy Sue – Yo Mama (32.09)
07. Soccer 96 – Super Warrior (38.59)
08. Melanie – The Good Book (42.16)
09. Woodpecker Wooliams – Crow (Toad Session) (50.37)


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Congrats to #RSL men @Theonlybenji_11 & @jayalllen MT @ussoccer_ynt: U20 #USMNT squad for the @dallascup. http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/04/09/08/47/140409-u20mnt-dallas-cup-roster-release …
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RealSaltLake.com: Video: Young Cassar jokes about Lagerwey in 2008 video
Real Salt Lake News & Notes
RealSaltLake.com: Balchan takes advantage of rare opportunity in start at SKC
RealSaltLake.com: Mini-Borchers? Veteran defender says RSL is "really excited" for Glad signing
RealSaltLake.com: RSL Rewind: RSL plays Philadelphia to wild 2-2 draw
MLSsoccer.com: Injury-riddled Real Salt Lake get good news with return of Chris Wingert, Sebastian Velasquez
The Salt Lake Tribune: Injuries pile up as trip to Philly looms
Deseret News: Luis Gil, Nick Rimando doubtful for the weekend
MLSsoccer.com: US U-20 head coach Tab Ramos includes eight MLS players on Dallas Cup roster
RSL Academy: Real Salt Lake U-15/16 defeat Nomads SC U-15/16
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RSL Soapbox: RSL injury concerns easing after rough weekend in Kansas City, but Rimando, Gil in doubt
RSL Soapbox: Justen Glad to join RSL in summer; 17-year-old will finish junior year of high school
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Molly, since you haven't replied yet I'm going to look for someone else to beta my story for now.
Double Post because somehow I can't edit my previous post...
Molly, since you haven't replied yet I'm going to look for someone else to beta my story for now.
Wow! I seriously haven't checked my thread in ages, or is this the post Nargles at it again.
But sure, I'll look at this. I'll pm you my email address.
UserName: Seer_Witch
Story: working title. It's currently "Victory" because that's what the main character's name means, but I'm still not sure how much I like that.
Genre: Romance
Ships: Victoire/Teddy
Rating and Warnings: 2-3 year, just to be safe. so far everything's good, but I can't promise they won't curse in the future or have "sexual situations" arise as things get tense.
Word Count: 1,839
One Shot or Chaptered: Chaptered
Form of the English Language (British, American, etc.): Hopefully as British as possible, but as an American I'll probably need some Brit-picking :/
Permanent Y/N: if possible
Summary: Basically, it's Victoire Weasley and Teddy Lupin's struggles to be together. She worries a lot, especially because she's afraid their families won't accept them, seeing as he's so close to her cousins (she's right). This encompasses all of their scandalous endeavors to stay together while trying to slowly convince their parents that their relationship is a good decision. They also have to present themselves as a hypothetical unit, as they aren't supposed to be together.These worries turn into all sorts of hi-jinx, problems, and desperate, sometimes really stupid attempts to work as a couple.
I'm not allowed to edit my posts!
But I meant 3-5 year..and actually I did write a little more and this turned out to matter more.
Mollyyyy, I know I've been a terrible writer, but I've been taking Russia's OC class and I have a one shot that could use another pair of eyes, and it's from my China-verse, so do you want it to look at it?? (I know you do!) If you can't just let me know and I'll make someone else help. It's due on the 1st, so I'm running out of time. It's 2k right now, I'm hoping for a bit more.
Next Generation 6th-7th Year R Main Characters Harry and Teddy
User Name: Gwen Evens
Story: No Pain, No Gain
Genre: Next Generation
Ships: HP/G R/H B/F G/A T/V
Rating and Warnings: 6th-7th year Violence, Mild-profanity, Abuse, Sexual-situation
Word Count: 1,003 Ch1 and ch2 700 as of know
One Shot or Chaptered: Chaptered
Expected Beta Time: I'd Like 2 to 3 days but a week is fine
Permanent Y/N: would like yes if not thats ok
Summary: The past comes back to haunt after silent for nineteen years, Greyback threatens Harry.
Oh I almost forgot a letter arrived for you by owl. Said Ron
By owl in the Ministry. Harry said perturbed.
Harry took it opening it he read. . .
By the time you have reserved this letter we would have just started attacking the Ministry. We will be honoring this day by taking someone you hold dear he is half of my kind and half of yours he is as your son. His father betrayed his kind and you killed the Dark Lord.
It is time you payed.
Fenrey Greyback
or my other story
Beta wanted for at least one Chapter on an Alternate Universe fanfic
User Name: Gwen Evens
Story: A Dragons Plight http://fanfiction.mugglenet.com/view...7966&warning=5
Genre: Alternate Universe
Ships: H/R HP/G other
Rating and Warnings:6th-7th Years Book 7 discarded
Word Count: more than 791
Expected Beta Time: 2 to 3 days or story a week at the longest
Permanent Y/N: I would like permanent
Summary: The Chosen One is dead, but Voldemort lives. Harry dies with the quest unfinished. Hermione and Ron vanish, and are assumed dead. Sixteen years have gone by changing the world. The Dark Lord has taken over England and the Order is hard pressed to survive. Azena Lily Snape is more than meets the eye, raised and trained by Death Eaters with the last name of Snape most would assume the worst. She graduated at the top of her class at Hogwarts as a fifth year and a prized gem for the Dark Lord. Though she may very well be the one that will help turn the tide and win or lose the war. Azena must first face her unsure past and finish that which was begun but, never completed. The thing is she has a secret and a big one if the wrong person found out it could mean death.
I have a beta for both already but I have found having multiple pare of eyes helps
oh and british
Hi, Molly! I don't know if you remember working on my story, but you Beta'd the first two chapters for me--gosh, two summers ago, now? I was wondering if you'd be willing to work on it again, as I'm finally getting back to it. I've almost finished rewriting the third chapter and then I'm going to start tackling the fourth this weekend.
UserName: Royari
Story: Harry Potter and the Guardians of the Mindspeakers
Genre: General
Ships: Not a focus, but canon (except for Neville/Luna)
Rating and Warnings: 6th-7th Years; Book Seven Disregarded, Mild Profanity, Violence (Started writing this before the sixth book came out)
Word Count: Two chapters up on this site; in total maybe upper ten thousands to over a hundred thousand? It's mostly handwritten, and from a few years ago, and also unfinished, so I don't really know, to be honest.
One Shot or Chaptered: Chaptered
Form of the English Language (British, American, etc.): I do a little bit of a hybrid myself, although probably more American. I'm not too fussed; whatever you think is best.
Permanent Y/N: Yes.
Summary: Harry, Ron, Hermione and Neville are back for their sixth year while Ginny and Luna return for their fifth. Something happened over the summer, something that brought them closer than they thought they could ever be. People who were thought to be dead keep showing up in their lives. And what is Harry's exact role in defeating Voldemort - and what do Fred and George have to do with it?
I don't know if you'd still be up for working on this, but I just thought I'd check in with you. I hope your summer is going well!


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February 10th, 2014 | by Becky Striepe
I know, a lot of you probably are still digging your way out of that last round of crazy snow. This late-winter cold snap has me dreaming of spring like nothing else. I can't wait for bare legs, open-toed shoes, and skirt weather!


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By Mike Woitalla (from Soccer America's Youth Soccer Insider)
Hope Solo's memoir, released days after she helped the USA win gold at the 2012 London Games, debuted at No. 3 on the New York Times bestseller list. The goalkeeper's propensity for controversy and the promise of revealing details from her battles with coaches, teammates (and even a dance partner) undoubtedly boosted sales. The book also provides a glimpse into the youth soccer days of the world's best female goalkeeper.
"Solo: A Memoir of Hope," co-written with Ann Killion, is a PG-13 read that recounts Solo's troubled childhood -- her house was "a battlefield, a war zone of screaming, swearing, and disrespect"; her father was at times imprisoned and homeless. Soccer provided the sanctuary.
"Life was calm and ordered on the soccer field. … I felt free and unburdened when I was on the soccer field," writes Solo. "… Luckily for me, I was growing up in a time when active little girls could finally turn to organized sports."
Her first team, at age 5, was the Pink Panthers, and she found great joy dribbling "through all the other kids" and scoring lots of goals.
In third grade, she joined a different rec team and met her best friend (Cheryl) of the next decade. Rarely did Solo play goalkeeper:
"My strength and aggression were a plus -- I dominated as a forward. Back then, no coach would have dreamed of taking me off the field and sticking me in goal. I was a playmaker. Sure, if our team needed a goalkeeper, I was perfectly willing to fill in for a half -- some kids didn't have the stomach for it, but I didn't care. I was fearless. But I was too good an athlete to be stuck in goal."
In middle school, Solo's team moved up to select soccer. "We were expected to travel to tournaments. And costs were involved, which made it difficult for my family." But Cheryl's family and Solo's coaches helped out with transportation and meals on the rode.
Solo was assigned a middle-school paper on what she wanted to be when she grew up. "It was then I decided: I am going to be a professional soccer player. I was dreaming of something that didn't exist."
At 13, she went to an Eastern Washington ODP tryout, hoping to impress as a forward. But goalkeepers were in short supply. The ODP coaches were aware of Solo's goalie skills because she had shone during a club tournament in Oregon when she had filled in for her team's injured keeper. At the ODP gathering, she was placed in goal with the U-16s.
For club and high school, Solo remained a field player, but she climbed the ODP ranks as a keeper and started getting attention from college coaches. When her mother was laid off from her job at the Hanford nuclear production complex, and her stepfather on disability, they were set to file for bankruptcy and told Solo she couldn't continue with ODP. "It's just very expensive," her mother said.
Solo saw her dream of college ball collapsing:
"If I couldn't play ODP, if I couldn't get a college scholarship, I was going to be stuck in Richland [Wash.] my entire life. I was probably going to end up at Hanford, cleaning up nuclear waste."
What she didn't know was that members of her community were already chipping in to cover her club and ODP costs. Her coaches helped her raise money for ODP and eventually she received aid from state and regional programs.
She entered the national team program at the U-17 level and played college ball at the University of Washington. She played pro ball in WUSA, Sweden, France and WPS, has appeared in 124 games for the USA, and owns two Olympic gold medals.
"Solo: A Memoir of Hope," by Hope Solo with Ann Killion. Hardcover, 304 pages, HarperCollins 2012.


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Warriors quarterback Braxton Sampley hit Hunter Cowell on an 8-yard touchdown pass with 6.5 seconds remaining to close the gap to two, but Jalen Chenault was stopped short of the goal line on the two-point conversion try.
After a defensive stand by the Warriors (9-2, 7-1 3A-4) following a drive by the Bears to the Lamar 9 to begin the game, the Warriors were forced to punt after a three-and-out. The punt traveled only 13 yards giving the Bears great field position at the Lamar 17.
The Bears (9-2, 5-2 3A-2) took five plays to score as Laquarius Hall hit Chajobie Fulcher on an 11-yard pass to cap off the drive. Barton was successful on its first point-after attempt of the game, which gave them a 7-0 lead with 4:22 left in the first quarter.
After a nice return by Chenault to the Barton 46, Sampley connected with Ryan Jones for a touchdown on the first play of the drive. Dillinger Choate was wide right on his PAT, which left the Warriors trailing 7-6 with 4:05 left in the opening quarter.
The Warriors proceeded to recover the ensuing onside kick, but they turned the ball over on downs as Sampley's pass fell incomplete at the Bears 38.
On the next play from scrimmage, Hall hit Justice Cole on a 62-yard pass for a touchdown. The Bears were unable to convert on a two-point conversion try, which left the score at 13-6 with 1:15 remaining in the first quarter.
Following a late-hit penalty on the Bears on the kickoff return, the Warriors had good field position at the Bears 37. Lamar put together a four-play, 37-yard drive for a touchdown. Sampley found Austin Hency on a 25-yard pass on third-and-10 to pull the Warriors within 13-12 with 23 seconds left in the first quarter.
The Bears did not take long to answer as they drove 49 yards in four plays for the score. Hall connected with Fulcher on a 29-yard touchdown pass to extend the Bears lead to 20-12 with 11:00 left in the second quarter.
Each team turned the ball over on downs and the Bears missed a field goal leaving the score at 20-12 heading into the half.
The Warriors closed the gap to two points with a seven-play, 56-yard drive for a touchdown. Sampley hit Seth Campbell on an 18-yard pass on fourth-and-4 to cut the Bears lead to 20-18 with 11:54 left in the fourth quarter. Logan Yarbrough came very close to converting the two-point conversion, but he was stopped short leaving the Warriors behind by two.
The Bears extended their lead to eight on an 11-yard rush by Fulcher around the left side, but the Warriors blocked the PAT leaving it a one-possession game at 26-18 with 1:14 left in the fourth quarter.
After an unbelievable kickoff return by Chenault that ended at the Bears 40, the Warriors made one final attempt at extending their season.
Facing fourth-and-3 from the Barton 33, Yarbrough rushed up the middle for 12 yards keeping Lamar alive. The Warriors then faced third-and-5 from the Bears 16, and after an incomplete pass a pass- interference penalty put the ball within the 10.
Two plays later, Sampley hit Cowell on an 8-yard pass for a touchdown with 6.5 seconds left. The Warriors called timeout before attempting the game-tying two-point conversion try.
On the attempt, Sampley connected with Chenault at the 1, but he was hit by two Bears and was stopped just short of the goal line leaving the score at 26-24.
The Warriors had one more chance after recovering the onside kick, but Sampley's pass was picked off by Garrett Smart to end the game.
The Warriors were led on offense by Sampley, who finished the evening completing 21-of-47 passes for 257 yards and four touchdowns. Sampley also rushed eight times for 33 yards. Yarbrough tallied two yards rushing on seven carries. Jones finished the evening with 10 receptions for 135 yards receiving and one touchdown.
The Bears were led offensively by Hall, who went 5-for-16 for 146 yards and three touchdowns while also rushing six times for 59 yards. Fulcher had nine carries for 80 yards while Chandler had 13 carries for 67 yards.
Warriors coach Josh Jones was proud of his team's effort in its season-ending loss.
"The desire and effort they gave tonight was awesome. They got knocked down several times but always got back up," Jones said.
Jones also thanked his seniors for their accomplishments and effort.
"We had a very talented bunch of kids who never gave up. They made play after play after play, and when things were bad, one would step up. I cannot say enough about them," Jones said.
The Bears will advance to the second round of the Class 3A playoffs and travel to northern Arkansas to face the Hoxie Mustangs. Meanwhile, the Warriors' season comes to a close. Kickoff from Hoxie will be at 7 p.m.


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Bill;Our basil and oregano have been going great guns too this summer so we puree the excess in a blender with just enough of a 50/50 blend of canola and olive oil to make a puree (looks like a green milkshake), we then pour this into margarine tubs and freeze. Later we use as you would fresh basil or oregano, or we add Parmesan cheese and pine nuts, or walnuts to make a great winter pesto. We tried putting the nuts in right up front, but we ran into problems with rancidity developing before we used all of the pesto. The "pesto base" that we now make holds up extremely well for the better part of a year in the freezer.Tom Lehmann/The Dough Doctor
BTW, anybody know what to do with green tomatoes (without getting into the whole canning thing... too lazy for that)? My best producing plant was infected with septoria leaf spot, and I had to cut it way back so that the fungus wouldn't spread to other plants in our community garden. I had to harvest at least 5 pounds of green tomatoes from that plant.
...anybody know what to do with green tomatoes
As Craig said fried. I use a light eggwash to wet the 5/16" slices, then into a 75/25 cornmeal/ flour mix. Pretty simple, but very good to me anyway.
Eating them out of the bag, is like eating candy...the only issue is that you can easily eat 10 tomatoes before you even know it.


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as I understand it, they do still have integrated Skydrive - you just have to manually select to save to it. This is actually good news for anyone with an expensive data plan.
On the plus side, the 710 is available for £150 on PAYG and that has none of these limitations, and in fact all the higher end devices should get a serious performance boost out of this update.
Face it, if you're making it run nicely on low-end "emerging markets" hardware, then the premium "first world" hardware should run superbly.


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Celebrate in Ottertail August 7-8--parade, fireworks, street dance
With an antique tractor pull, buggy rides, turtle races, a street dance, fireworks, and much more, this year's Otter Fest celebration promises to be a delightful weekend for people of all ages.
The city celebration kicks off on Friday, August 7, with a demo derby at 7 p.m. The derby is held in Ottertail city's demo area, south of the water tower, off of Highway 108. The Ottertail Rod & Gun Club Annual Demo Derby contact person is Jeff Moen at 218-371-1904.
On Saturday, August 8, events are planned from morning until late at night. As a part of the annual tradition, the Ottertail Lions Club will hold their pancake and sausage breakfast at the community center from 7:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
The highlight of the Otter Fest celebration, the big parade, starts at 11 a.m. Line-up is at 10 a.m. at the water tower. For information, contact Kathy at 218-367-3092.
Throughout the day there will be arts and crafts booths set up, inflatables in the park, and plenty of food, pop, and beer for sale. A special performance by the Heart of the Lakes Community Band is planned at the Fire Hall after the parade.
From 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., a car show will be held behind the water tower. The antique and improved antique tractor pull (tractors pre 67 models trucks) will begin at 2 p.m. The contact for this event is Mitch at 218-367-2819.
"Turtle Races by Jane" start at 12:30 p.m. by the park. Also at the park, starting at 1:30 p.m., there will be kids' events, games, and prizes. The kids' activities will continue through the afternoon. Buggy rides are planned courtesy of Shady Oaks Riding Stables.
From 3 p.m. - 5 p.m., Bingo will be played at the Ottertail Community Center. When it nears dinner time, the public is encouraged to take part in the free will donation corn on the cob feed, from 5 - 8 p.m.
Late night activities include a street dance and fireworks. The 10 p.m. fireworks display is sponsored by the Ottertail Lions Club, and is coordinated by Adam Wedde and the Ottertail Fire Department.
Area band Sapphire will provide the entertainment for the Saturday night street dance, from 8:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. IDs are required; and there is a $5 admission fee.


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Job title: Director of Events Employer: IL Mulino New YorkDegree earned: Bachelor of Science in Sports, Arts and Entertainment ManagementGraduated: May 2012Hometown: Plum, Pa.Now living in: Staten Island, N.Y.Hobbies/interests: Staying active, skiing, baking, exploring new places, arts and crafts and spending time with my husband and friendsLinkedIn: Ali Lewis Choe
Ali is now a marketing and event manager for Spectra by Comcast Spectacor.
After giving up a career in dance due to a reoccurring injury, I was a bit lost. However, I had friends in the SAEM program. All of them were very fun-loving and ambitious people who I strongly admired. Many of them had a concentration on events management so I thought I'd give it a try and it's been a perfect fit!
I've always loved the city and all that it has to offer, and Point Park is right in the heart of it.
My first internship was an event marketing/sales position with Big Day Wedding and Entertainment. I then went on to work as an event assistant for a boutique wedding planning company called Perfectly Planned by Shari where I gained very crucial experience.
It was a very quick process after I replied to their listing online. They called me in for an interview with the company-wide event director, and I was back the next day to meet the owner.
Working in the restaurant industry you are expected to wear many hats, but my primary focus is catering and events. I first work to gain clientele using traditional marketing tactics such as mailers, meetings with corporate planners, networking and the list goes on. Once I gain their interest in hosting a party with us, I sell them our food options and services including our custom menus. I also write contracts, review details and work with vendors until the day of the event. I then orchestrate the actual events, ensuring the food and service is at its best. Depending on the season, I can have anywhere from two to eight events a week.
My staff. They are so professional. I rarely have any problems with their services and the clients are always thrilled. It really makes a difference working with people who enjoy what they do and help you have fun along the way.
Get experience in as many areas of the field as you can before graduating. Everything from sales and marketing to logistics and design is interconnected so being extremely well-rounded is important to succeeding.
Also, take advantage of being a student. This is the foundation of your future and the SAEM program is a really great way to begin your career. The faculty and staff are very connected within their fields and are so willing to help every student get off to a good start, and that's what makes the program so unique!
The restaurant industry has a lot to offer for gaining experience and it is a wonderful opportunity to be a part of a national fine-dining brand. Down the road, I hope to run a small company of my own specializing in social events.
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Dallas hairstylist and fashionista Gregg Asher has an unforgettable look. But he's turning his eye on the rest of Dallas with a new fashion blog
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There are people who, when they walk into a crowded room, turn heads.
And then there's Gregg Asher, who's probably responsible for more cases of socialite whiplash than anyone else in Dallas.
Along with partner David Martin, Asher infuses the see-and-be-party-scenes with a heavy dose of high glamour through attention-grabbing personal style. Laden with designer brands from toe to head (he builds his outfits from the shoes up), it's not just who he's wearing, but what he's wearing. If there are two signature items in a Gregg Asher ensemble, it's gorgeous high-heel shoes and amazing handbags.
But, he stresses, he's not doing drag. Or cross-dressing. His is a style that transcends traditional labels — while piling on plenty of couture ones.
Perhaps surprisingly, his fashion fierceness partly stemmed from pure necessity. He wears a size 5½ men's shoe and weighs less than most female supermodels. Shopping off-the-rack in the men's department was not an option. The boys' section, maybe. But Asher in Garanimals? Just. Not. Right.
"My waist size — they don't even make pants my size. So I need to either go to Asia to go shopping — and I don't have time for that — or it's easier for me to go buy something for women at Barneys or Neiman's or J. Crew. Whatever it is that suits me."
It all comes down to what he thinks is beautiful, no matter where it's found in-store.
"I don't wear dresses. I don't want to be a woman. I have more of a beard than straight burly men in the sticks could ever grow," he says. "But when you find something that you enjoy wearing, or doing, it makes you feel better about yourself. It doesn't have to be a dollar-and-cents thing; it just has to make you happy."
Asher's soothing, soft voice is in stark contrast to his outward extravagance and sharp humor. When a man walks into a room wearing Burberry Prorsum platform buckle boots and a Jean-Paul Gaultier scoop-neck sweater, chances are most people would expect some obnoxious queen with an affected attitude matched with a horsey cackle. But nothing could be further from the truth for Asher. At any Dallas party, he's probably the kindest, most approachable person in the room. It's just his wardrobe that's intimidating.
When we meet at his swanky Turtle Creek high-rise, he answers the door in a green cashmere turtleneck and flared tan corduroys by Balenciaga, a green-blue-yellow tree-print jacket from Tuleh and burgundy suede Fendi platforms. You know: typical Sunday afternoon casual. At least in the Asher manse.
Italian couture is a far cry from Jonesboro, Ark., where Asher grew up. But he learned early on to embrace his individuality, ultimately turning it into a successful career as hairstylist to some of Dallas' highest profile citizen (among his clients: the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders), as well as a trendsetter and fashion icon in his own right.
His enthusiasm for style led Asher into his latest venture, a blog called FashionBaggage.com. As a regular at New York Fashion Week and runway shows all over the world, the fashion part comes easy. It's the technology that was a little iffy for him.
"I didn't even have a computer until, like, two months," he says. "Even in high school when they offered computer class my senior year, I was like, 'Oh no, I'd rather take home ec.'" He laughs, knowing that's even funnier since neither he nor Martin cook.
Asher posts entries at least every other day, offering up witty commentary on current trends, revealing his latest purchases, playing dress-up with Martin and snapping candid pictures of the fashion dos-and-don'ts he encounters around town; he says spotting an Hermes Kelly bag on someone at the State Fair of Texas restored his fashion faith in humanity.
"We can all read Vogue, and sometimes it's over your head. I always felt like I was a laughed-at personality in the community, so why not write all that down and let others be entertained by it," he says. Then he reveals his more strategic side: "Ultimately I'm working and branding myself into the TV market, so it's just one more step in the process and adding more variety to the things that I already can do."
Asher is currently working with three different production companies on a variety of ideas, though he admits his appeal is more niche, making it easier to work a story around him than fit him into some reality-show mold. Although that's not to say that he wouldn't consider a role on Logo's The A-List: Dallas.
"I'm not hunky enough and I definitely won't be taking off my shirt for any of that, but I have enough drama and excitement in my life to add something to that show," he says.
"I think there's a stereotypical version of what a gay man is and I don't fall under that. I almost embody what a lot of people find that they're embarrassed about the gay community or what they think the gay community gets a bad rap for," Asher says. "And I think I elevate the community just as much as anybody else does, I just do it in a different way."
You don't need to read up on back issues of Vogue to have insight into where style is headed — just listen to Gregg Asher's recommendations about what you can do to spruce up your wardrobe:
I love heels (obviously) and think women should definitely wear them — they elongate the silhouette and make anyone's legs look better. I love Fendi shoes because their heel heights are almost teetering on too high (though a heel can never be too high). One of my favorite shoes for guys for this fall/winter is the entire collection from Rick Owens who shows platform wedges. Yes, it's probably way too avant-garde for most men, but it's super sexy and totally masculine when worn with the right clothing. And there's nothing greater in fashion than someone who is totally confident — and these boots demand that!
Trends that I'm seeing for guys for spring are lots of denim. In fact, when I was at Fashion Week, it seems denim is everywhere (for guys and girls), but this is not your everyday, regular old pair of jeans — it's been treated and cut into modern silhouettes and shapes, and the denim is used for all pieces and has great details (even laser cut lace pieces of this fabric look new and fresh).
Another trend would be for men to definitely retire the super skinny pants that show off your stuff. For spring, show off a new change in trousers. What I'm seeing in high fashion that will eventually trickle down to more mainstream venues is wider leg pants and pleats. One of my favorite collections showing this for spring is Raf Simons who presented a beautiful super wide leg, extremely long pant in crisp white or black. It has so much drape and pleating, it almost looked gathered and wrapped around the body and waist. He even showed it with sleeveless shirts and vests to almost give a summer suit effect.
Overly styled hair is a don't for me. We're not living in a pageant, no one is perfect, and sometimes minor imperfections are your best strengths.
Buy clean underwear. Union Jack is a great place for a large selection in any cut and color. Women change their bras continuously, so men should change their underpants regularly in terms of styles — make sure the style goes with your outfit by not giving you panty lines. That means sometimes you have to change the style of the underwear to go with the style and cut of the pants you're wearing. There's nothing worse than a man in ill-fitting undies. My mother always told me, to make sure you always have on clean underwear before you go out just in case there was an accident and you have to go to the hospital. Words to live by!
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition November 26, 2010.


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Zsa Zsa Gabor is in "very serious condition" and her family asked for a priest to visit her in Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center early Sunday morning, according to Gabor's lontime publicist John Blanchette.
"It's a very difficult time for her family and for us," said Blanchette.
On Saturday, Gabor spent her 24th wedding anniversary at the medical center with her husband Frederic Prinz von Anhalt at her side. The 93-year-old celebrity was recovering from her Friday surgery to remove two blood clots.
"There were actually two clots. One was very close to the heart, so we're lucky they caught it in time," said Blanchette. "They put two stents into the artery. The operation was a success."
Gabor fell out of bed and broke her hip at her Bel Air home July 17, underwent hip replacement surgery and, after some ups and downs, was released Wednesday, August 11. After being released, she developed blood clots and was rushed back to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Friday, August 13.


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Record label sees talent, passion in 7-year-old rapper
Sept. 19, 2010 at 4:19 a.m.
Marty Valdez III adjusted his oversized black cap, opened his wallet that was chained to his skinny jeans, and busted out a page of hand-written lyrics.
Not that he needed the notes.
The 7-year-old handed them to his mom, Leighanne Garcia, 24, and spit a 50-second rhyme he'd memorized two days ago.
"Young Gator, aka Spotlight - that's my stage name," Valdez said after his living room performance.
With an attitude much more colossal than his 4-foot stature, Valdez has been rapping since he learned to speak, he said.
And, somewhat embarrassing to him now, his mother has video-taped his rhymes along the way.
She sent one of those videos to Marcus Perez on Facebook.
Better known as Marquee, the 31-year-old owns the Victoria-based record label, White Pearl Entertainment.
The passion and talent he saw in Valdez wowed him, Perez said.
"I'm a critic when it comes to music, but you can tell when someone's hungry," Perez said about receiving the video. "Some people just fake the funk, but he has it in his blood."
Perez came up with the name Young Gator because "he's mean like an alligator when he gets on the mic."
Since hooking up with Perez two months ago, Valdez has recorded a song with him, performed at a White Pearl Entertainment concert at the Victoria Community Center and appeared in a music video.
The PE class at Valdez's school - O'Connor Elementary - even exercises to his music, Garcia said.
But Valdez just shrugged when asked how he felt about all the attention he's getting.
"I just love music," he said. Lil Wayne is his favorite artist, he added.
Garcia reminds her son to maintain straight A's and be on good behavior at school if he wants to continue making music and attending hip-hop dance classes, she said.
"Schoolwork, behavior and manners come first before music," she said.
"I wouldn't be so good if I didn't have this opportunity to rap," Valdez conceded.
Perez said he's working on developing "YG" into a "true-to-life" artist, adding that Valdez's signature tilted cap, skinny jeans and Michael Jordan shoes is a style the youngster created himself.
"He likes to stay fresh. The presentation comes with him, so it's not something I have to build," Perez said. "I'm training him up to where everything is true to him."
And for that effort, Valdez was inspired to rattle off some more lyrics.
"I'd like to thank that boy Marquee for listening to me. I been wrecking since I was 3, and he gave me the opportunity to be what I want to be."


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During trading today, both the Technology sector (XLK) and the S&P500 showed little movement.
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While being down today, the ETF, as a proxy for sector performance, tracked closer to the overall market today than over the past month. Entering today's trading, XLK was up 7% over the last thirty trading days while the S&P 500 was down 4.2%.
Ellie Mae (ELLI) was a major loser in the sector. Its price dropped 12.1% (-$3.45) to close at $25.13, as 1.9 million shares moved. The stock traded in a range of $24.86 to $28.80.
Streamline Health Solutions (STRM) was a significant gainer in the sector, rising 11.2%. The stock closed at $4.80 with 116,021 shares moving. The stock traded in a range of $4.29 to $4.89.
General Cable Corporation (BGC) declined 3.5% to close at $28.07, moving below its 50-day moving average of $26.89 and 200-day moving average of $28.11. QIHOO 360 Technology (QIHU) climbed 9% to close at $20.21, moving past its 200-day moving average of $18.97.
Ancestry.com (CTXS) fell 4.3% to close at $31.11, moving closer to its 50-day moving average of $30.45. Also, the stock moved closer to its 200-day moving average of $76.05.


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Jonathan Rothberg, developer of solid-state DNA sequencing regarded as Life Technologies' future, has left the Carlsbad biomedical products company.
Life Tech said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that Rothberg had resigned "to pursue new opportunities."
The company paid $375 million in 2010 to buy Ion Torrent, a business founded by Rothberg that had found a way to directly sequence DNA on computer chips. By taking advantage of the exponential increase in chip power known as Moore's law, Ion Torrent said it could drastically reduce the cost of gene sequencing.
After the purchase, Rothberg stayed on with Life Tech, where he continued to head Ion Torrent. That division produces the Personal Genome Machine, which uses solid-state sequencing.
"As a founder of four genetics companies, his departure from Life Technologies to seek his next entrepreneurial challenge is a natural next step and we appreciate the deep bench of talent that Jonathan has built over the past three years to guide the long-term success of Ion Torrent," the Life Tech filing stated.
Reached for comment, Life Tech said it had nothing to add to what is in the filing.
Rothberg is the highest-profile executive to depart Life Tech since the company agreed in April to a $13.6 billion buyout by scientific instrumentation giant Thermo Fisher. Greg Lucier, Life Technologies' chief executive, said he would continue to lead the company until the deal is complete, expected in early 2014.
Life Tech is the biggest biotech company in San Diego County, with a market value as of Wednesday of $12.7 billion.
Life Technologies showcased Ion Torrent's solid-state technology in December, 2010, in a presentation Rothberg gave in San Diego.
The Ion Torrent approach is promising, but it is not yet equal to the light-based sequencing approach taken by its San Diego-based competitor Illumina, said Dr. Eric Topol, a geneticist who is chief academic officer of Scripps Health.
Ion Torrent chips contain microscopic liquid-filled wells that receive DNA samples. Each well is coated with a DNA template that reacts only with its complementary DNA "letter." When sample and template match, it produces a detectable change in voltage. By moving to more powerful chips, speed can be increased geometrically.
Illumina uses a different reaction that reports the letters as different colors of light, and it is generally regarded as the most accurate, Topol said. Medical applications of DNA sequencing require virtually complete accuracy. But speed and accuracy aren't exclusive; greater speed can be used to improve accuracy, by repeating scans. For a medical-grade genome, a scan must be run at least 30 times.
Topol said Life Tech has effective management to continue developing the Ion Torrent technology to reach its potential.
"(President and Chief Operating Officer) Mark Stevenson, who is running the company, is an exceptional leader, and they know where to take the chip sequencing, with respect to much higher-density chips, much lower cost and higher accuracy," Topol said. "I'm confident they'll get there eventually."
Rothberg has been replaced by Ronnie Andrews as head of the Ion Torrent business. Andrews will remain in charge of the company's Genetic & Medical Sciences group, which includes Ion Torrent. That group was formed in April.
Shares of Life Tech closed Wednesday at $74.05, up 1 cent.


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We are happy to announce our first ARM port and support for RaspBerry Pi. Many thanks to the XBMC Team member Edgar (gimli) Hucek and the whole XBMC dev team for supporting us with this!
This is our first ARM build and is early days but it spells yet another suite of current and future hardware that OpenELEC will support. In the future you can expect to see more and more capable ARM based hardware at low cost coming onto the market and OpenELEC will be with you all the way to integrate these devices into your home.
The RaspBerry Pi is a credit-card sized computer, running on a ARM (11) based processor, running at 700mhz and has 256MB RAM. An Ethernet connection for network/internet capability, two USB 2.0 slots, HDMI and SD-card slot.
Imagine having OpenELEC on a device that is as low in price, you could even give it to your friendly neighbour for washing your car! It is happening with the support for RaspBerry Pi's board which costs around USD35.- for model B (plus shipping/local taxes)*. Put any casing around it and you'll having a great box with the best digital media experience from OpenELEC, playing your movies at a stunning 1080pThis video shows one of our first ports of OpenELEC running on RaspberryPi (Model B)
Obviously this is still a work in progress as it is very early stage for both the hardware and the software so there will be teething troubles. The source and images are in development as we speak, mostly build blindly with the help of Edgar (gimli) Hucek and awaiting for the first development-boards to arrive for live-testing. After we agree on the first stable builds, you'll find the images in the download section of our site.
We would like to thank the team behind RaspBerry Pi for making such a great device and wish them all the luck with their charity project!
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FINNLEY and Asher Vandersee couldn't wait to head out to Queens Park to test out their new inline skates.
The girls were pretty excited to put them through their paces.
"We haven't fallen over yet," Finnley said as she got in some practice.
And they certainly weren't alone in taking their Christmas toys out for a trial run in the park today.
There were plenty of youngsters trialling new bikes, scooters and trikes, remote control cars as well as new clothes and hats.
One lucky youngster even got to give his new remote control boat a run over at Lake Annand Park, while skate parks were abuzz with kids on shiny new skateboards and BMXs.
The beautiful weather provided the perfect opportunity after dreary Boxing Day rain put the kybosh on outdoor activities yesterday.
Families enjoyed picnics and barbecues while the kids worked off their excess energy.


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yes you are crazy.....although what you are saying is probably what BC told himself every night before he went to sleep for the past 6 years
IMO, he has played his last game for us
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Just a few months ago at Heagy Burry Park, there was only a mucky mess along Orange Lake's shoreline.
ORANGE LAKE — Just a few months ago at Heagy Burry Park, there was only a mucky mess along Orange Lake's shoreline.
The lake had shriveled to near historic low levels, keeping 11-year-old Hunter Bazan and his friends from fishing off the public dock.
Last year, Orange Lake had dropped to 49.64 feet above sea level, just a foot above its all-time low. At that time, the lake level was seven feet below average and the boat ramp had to be closed.
But on Monday, thanks to recent deluges, Hunter and his friends could finally take turns casting off the Heagy Burry Park dock into slowly rising Orange Lake.
Orange Lake has risen two feet since January 2012. On Monday, the lake level was at 51.53 feet above sea level. Orange Lake is now five feet below average.
Hank Largin, a spokesman with the St. Johns River Water Management District, said Orange Lake was so low in June 2012 that gauges could not register an accurate depth reading.
Since April 1 at Ocala's official rain gauge on Southeast 36th Avenue near Maricamp Road, there has been 22 inches of rain — seven inches above normal for that time period. Since Marion County is the size of Rhode Island, rain totals can vary significantly throughout the county.
Though the rainfall is good news for area lakes, the water resources still have a long way to go before they get back to normal.
Before consistent rainfall began on April 1, the area had experienced a severe short-term drought. From Nov. 1 through March 31, only 6.2 inches of rain was recorded in Ocala, a 9.5-inch deficit for that five-month period.
That means the deluges of late have only helped erase some of that five-month rainfall deficit. And though it may seem happy days are here to stay, Ocala is actually in the middle of a yearlong — really a decadelong — drought.
In a 12-month span — from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013 — Ocala's official gauge recorded 47.6 inches or rain, which is 3.2 inches below normal for that period.
The area has also been in an 11-year drought. Since 2002, the area has lost a year's worth of rain — about 5 inches per year.
In those 11 years, Ocala's official rain gauge recorded 495 inches — 55 inches below normal. Ocala receives 50 inches of rain annually.
At Grand Lake RV & Golf Resort, located just blocks away from Ocala Poker & Jai-Alai in Orange Lake, employees were pleased to see the water rise. Many are hoping for the long-awaited return of water in the boat slip that has been unusable for more than a decade.
Tim Morgan, a maintenance man at the resort, said 10 years ago — after a series of hurricanes — Orange Lake's water level was the highest he had seen.
"That's when water was in all of those boat slips," said Morgan, pointing the series of covered docks, which are now surrounded by mucky brush-covered soil.
"And then, just like that, the water was gone," Morgan said, noting that many birds ended up getting stuck in the muck.
But all lakes are not improving as quickly. On Monday, Lake Weir was at 49.26 feet above sea level, just above its all-time low of 49.10, set in June. Typically the average Lake Weir level is at 54 feet above sea level.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR ST. JOHNS COUNTY CIVIL DIVISION Case No. CA08-1720 Division 55 ROSE ACCEPTANCE, INC., Plaintiff, vs. PAMELA JEAN NOLAN aka PAMELA NOLAN, ET AL., Defendants. NOTICE OF ACTION TO: PAMELA JEAN NOLAN aka PAMELA NOLAN CURRENT RESIDENCE UNKNOWN LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: 4830 KENNETH ST., HASTINGS, FL 32145 You are notified that an action to foreclose a mortgage on the following property in St. Johns County, Florida: THAT PORTION OF FRACTIONAL SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST, ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FLORIDA, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCE AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID FRACTIONAL SECTION 3; THENCE RUN NO DEGREES 25' 11 W, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID FRACTIONAL SECTION 3, 330.01 FEET; THENCE RUN DUE EAST, 3286.67 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED PARCEL OF LAND; THENCE RUN DUE EAST, 165.00 FEET; THENCE RUN DUE NORTH, 330.00 FEET; THENCE RUN DUE WEST, 165.00 FEET; THENCE RUN DUE SOUTH, 330.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. LESS THE SOUTH 30 FEET FOR ROAD, UTILITY AND DRAINAGE PURPOSES, ALSO DESCRIBED AS TRACT 852 OF UNIT III OF THE UNRECORDED PLAT OF FLAGLER ESTATES, TOGETHER WITH A INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A 1973 UNKNOWN MAKE MOBILE HOME SERIAL #UNKNOWN. commonly known as 4830 KENNETH ST., HASTINGS, FL 32145 has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Michelle Garcia Gilbert of Kass, Shuler, Solomon, Spector, Foyle & Singer, P.A., plaintiff's attorney, whose address is P.O. Box 800, Tampa, Florida 33601, (813)229-0900, on or before December 1, 2008, (or 30 days from the first date of publication, whichever is later) and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on the Plaintiff's attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise, a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Dated October 22, 2008. CLERK OF THE COURT Honorable Cheryl Strickland 4010 Lewis Speedway St. Augustine, Florida 32084 By: Melissa Dukes Deputy Clerk L3162-8 Oct 27, Nov 3, 2008
Posted from 27-Oct-08 to 3-Nov-08
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