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All-Star Capps pays tribute to late father
Nats closer credits dad with teaching him about life, baseball
By Bill Ladson / MLB.com
Capps is convinced that his father would have been working the room and talking to the players who are participating in Tuesday's 2010 All-Star Game.
"I thought about him a little bit this morning," Matt said. "I think about him every day, but sitting in the brunch area and seeing the guys walk through, I was thinking about him. My agent even made a comment that he would be working the room right now and would have 40 new best friends. He would know before we would what was going on.
"They announced the starting pitchers this morning. Dad would have been in somebody's ear. He would have known 30 minutes prior. He would have loved it. He would have eaten this up."
Mike Capps passed away last October after a long illness at the age of 61. On July 4, his oldest son learned that he was going to be on the National League All-Star team for the first time. Matt was emotional when he received the news because he realized the man who taught him everything about life and baseball was not going to be there.
"Their relationship was awesome," said Kathy Capps, Matt's mother. "Mike stayed on him constantly. We were parents that were very involved in every ballgame. We knew where he was at all times. Mike really stayed on him. He would say to Matt, 'I know what you want and I'm not going to let you let go of that dream. He pushed him a lot."
It was Mike Capps who was there when things were going wrong on the field for his son. Mike was there when his son had his worst Major League season with the Pirates in 2009. Mike often told his son that would bounce back.
The father reminded the son that he had a bad year in '04 in the Minors and that he managed to bounce back and become a stellar closer for Pittsburgh.
"My dad was one of the smartest men I've ever met," Matt said. "He didn't have the degree or the education to back that up, but as far as common sense goes, he was a smart man."
But after Mike passed away, Matt was non-tendered by the Pirates and became a free agent. There were days when Matt would grab his cell phone and try to call his dad to tell him what was going on before realizing that Mike wasn't around anymore.
"As much as I leaned on him for emotional support, he really taught me how to stand on my own two feet," Matt said. "The last couple of years, he really taught me that aspect of life."
Capps learned his lessons well and was able to get through the offseason, signing a one-year, $3.5 million contract with the Nationals, and it's safe to say that both parties are happy about the year Capps is having.
Capps is off to the best start of his career, saving 23 games -- third in the Majors -- with a 3.18 ERA. Capps' best month came in April, when he finished the month with a big league-best 10 saves, converting each of his save opportunities in 12 appearances. Capps, 26, posted a 0.68 ERA, struck out 15 and held opposing hitters to a .226 batting average in his first month with Washington.
"That's something he would be proud of and something he would try to teach," Matt said. "We have to be individuals. We have to stand on our own two feet. He made it clear a long time ago that he wasn't going to live forever. He certainly knew he was human.
"He taught us how to stand on our own two feet, how to support ourselves -- not just financially, but spiritually and emotionally."
For his All-Star appearance, Capps received a $50,000 bonus from the Nationals. However, he would give the money back in order to have his father with him.
"There is not a dollar amount on any one's life," the son said. "It's kind of fitting that I'm playing in my first All-Star Game almost a year after my dad dies at Angel Stadium. But he'll be there. I know he will be there in my faith. I know he is with me."
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, All Nats All the time. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Discussion in 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' started by Faria, May 25, 2013.
Had to vote no. While it does look more functional than DS9, it kinda is an eyesore.
As is? No. With a few tweaks, you could have a real contender though. Add some windows on the station hull, extend the docking arms out, and slap some DS9 style docking pylons on it and you'll get a nice station.
It's pretty cool looking, in an ugly Cardassian sort of way, but I wouldn't want it to replace DS9. Maybe Empok Nor.
Maybe, it's the Cardassian design style, but it has a sort of run down look to it. So if they had pushed the idea more that DS9 was an old run down station that was barely operational, it could have worked. Luckily O'Brien was the kind of engineer who could turn rocks into replicators and whipped Terok Nor into shape with noting but a tricoder, a hyperspanner, and a couple trainees.
Uggh that thing is an eyesore LOL.
I voted no.
While that does look more industrial than what we got (DS9 looks more functional to what it became in Feddie hands than its function before), it's ugly, in a bad way. DS9 is ugly in a good way
I think if the intent is for it to be a run-down alien space station that has seen better days, it works perfectly. I voted yes. It kinda has character to its design the same way the Millennium Falcon has, IMO.
That being said, it's probably not a place that I'd want to visit, much less stay at.
That does look more like an ore processing station, so it's the more realistic design. But it also looks ugly as hell.
I think it says something about the Cardassians that they made even their ore processing station elegant.
^I think it says something about the Cardassians that they put a shopping mall and casino in the middle of their ore processing station.
I like that they don't drink their Kanar alone in the dark.
^Not that threre's anything wrong with that.
This station is even uglier in space:
Looks like a Klingon frisbee.
For a while in Season 7 while he was still Weyoun's errand boy, I'm pretty sure Damar drank Kanar in the dark every night.
And in the light, and everywhere else.
Maybe they put an ore processing station in the basement of their space mall.
I actually thought his thread was about the new Deep Space 9 station from the novels; the cover featuring Doug Drexler and Andrew Probert's new station design was just released a few days ago:
It's not terrible, but the original DS9 station is immense.
Makes the thing this thread is about look like a diamond, doesn't it?
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A 'gym' can be many things
In light of the nationwide obesity epidemic, and our recent crowning as the third fattest country in the world -- we should get out and do something.
And we're just about out of excuses not to get in shape. There are virtually endless fitness options now, and the Berkshires has the added advantage of the great outdoor spaces at our disposal. So we want the whole book to showcase the myriad, sometimes random, fitness options out there, and demonstrate that there's some kind of activity to suit just about anyone's definition of fun.
So we asked five brave souls to explore some kind of uncommon physical activity and write about it. The activity did not have to be super-extreme or weird. We just wanted to get a good variety.
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Discussion in 'Odds & Ends' started by smoledman, Sep 2, 2012.
^^too much fat in that french fries, you could have a heart attck in few days.
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww so gross
But wouldn't it feel so good eating that entire plate? Tempting isn't it?
I'm cutting at the moment, good to see!
I was expecting to see whipped cream, jello, and foot-long sausages.......
This is a PG-rated forum.
Man Vs Food no?
We deep fry those cheese curds
You had me until post #8. The equivalent of Rosie O'Donnell Does Dallas.
^And yes, that is actually Godzilla to full scale. The table is the size of several football fields.
It is possible to have to much of a good thing.
Dinners Served - DIG IN!
No cole slaw???
Now that's what I call a village feast.
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Jerry Sandusky got what he deserved Tuesday—30 to 60 years in prison. Nobody should have a problem with that.
The program he helped destroy is also starting to get what it deserves. Nobody should have problem with that, either.
Penn State has turned into a success story unlike anything we've ever seen. The Nittany Lions were left for dead after starting 0-2. Now they've won four in a row, capped by a 39-28 win over No. 24 Northwestern this past Saturday.
Penn State even got a vote in the AP Top 25. It marks the first time in a year that the terms "Penn State" and "vote" did not appear in the same sentence as "guilty verdict."
"There is no quit in this locker room," coach Bill O'Brien said after the Nittany Lions outscored Northwestern, 22-0, in the fourth quarter.
That has to bother all those who wished Penn State would have received the death penalty. Failing that, they wanted the program to shrivel up and die.
It's time to get over it, folks.
Not over your indignation over Sandusky and all the guilty parties. It's just time to separate what was from what is.
"We're 4-2," O'Brien said. "Who knows where we're going to end up?"
Big Ten champs, Probation Division?
Penn State players could have quit long before they were down 11 points in the fourth quarter to Northwestern. Only nine players transferred after the NCAA sanctions came down. You can't blame them, but you have to admire all those who kept their commitments. They basically signed on to redeeming Pariah State.
That will never full happen, since all the punishment in the world won't mollify critics. Never mind the $60 million fine, severe scholarship reductions, erasing every win since 1998, a postseason ban until 2016 and worldwide disgust.
Penn State didn't get the death penalty, but it is Dead Program Walking. The NCAA had never punished a school based solely on criminal activity. If you say Penn State's criminal activity warranted it, fine. But a basketball player murdered a teammate during Baylor's scandalous run a decade ago, and the NCAA didn't break precedent.
It didn't matter than Penn State had already fired its coach, president and everybody else responsible was under indictment. Justice would not be served until ever Penn State fan traded in their sweatshirts for sackcloth and ashes.
It didn't matter that 99.999 percent of them had nothing to do with the scandal, and were suitably abhorred by it. Or that 100 percent of today's players and coaches weren't around when Joe Paterno was looking the other way.
When it comes to NCAA justice, the innocent always get hammered. The problem here is that their pain and suffering will always be measured against what Sandusky's victims have endured.
There is no comparison, of course. But there should be room for a little understanding, if not sympathy.
"No one pays attention to that," linebacker Michael Mauti said of Tuesday's sentencing. "It has nothing to do with us."
After being convicted on 45 counts of sexual abuse, the 68-year-old Sandusky will undoubtedly spend the rest of his life in prison. He would be 98 when his earliest release date comes in 2042.
Here's hoping he doesn't handle his sentence nearly as well as the Nittany Lions are handling theirs. Beaver Stadium wasn't sold out for the homecoming game, but Penn State still trails only Ohio State, Michigan and Alabama in attendance this season.
Would no Saturday football games have made life any more miserable for Graham Spanier, Tim Curley and Gary Schultz? Those names will mar Penn State for decades, but it's time to learn some new ones.
Try Matt McGloin, the quarterback who's thrown one interception in 173 passes. Try running back Zach Zwinak, a redshirt sophomore who gained 121 yards against Northwestern.
Like everybody else on the team, they could now be wearing USC or Kansas State or Rutgers uniforms. But they want to be a part of the new Penn State. O'Brien is so appreciative, he's putting players' names on the back of the jerseys.
That breaks longstanding Paterno tradition, but O'Brien is no JoePa. Forget the Xs and Os, which are much better. O'Brien was New England's offensive coordinator. He left Tom Brady for arguably the hardest job in college football history.
He knows challenges. O'Brien's 10-year-old son, Jack, has a rare brain disease. He is confined to a wheelchair and can't speak. It's safe to say his dad might not just notify the boss if he heard a boy was being molested in the shower.
Some people will never forgive Penn State. But the monster is being thrown into the dungeon forever on Tuesday.
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DOVER -- The fire department and city council have made the first steps toward gaining new extrication equipment to increase survival and recovery rate of individuals involved in wrecks.
At the request of Dover Fire Chief John Taylor, the city council passed a resolution Tuesday night allowing the department to apply for a state matching grant to purchase new equipment.
The auto and building extrication equipment Taylor has requested is much needed, he said, because of the outdated equipment the department currently uses. He also explained to the council that the volunteer firefighters have been well-trained to rescue people involved in accidents, but cannot use their skills because they do not have adequate tools to do so.
"Our guys do a great job with what they've got to work with," Taylor said Tuesday. "But they are very limited to what they can do. This equipment would make us more self-sufficient."
Taylor further explained self-sufficiency within the department could mean the difference in life or death for a Dover area resident.
"If we can rescue a person in 10 minutes or less after a wreck, their chance of survival is greatly enhanced," Taylor said. "In fact, they are 70 percent more likely to recover. ... And that's what it's all about -- saving lives."
The grant would match nearly $12,000 the fire department has set aside for the equipment purchase if approved by the Arkansas Rural Development Commission. The deadline for the grant is March 24.
According to Taylor, the $12,000 the city has put aside to match the state's funds, if granted, was awarded to the city by State Rep. Stan Berry (R-Dover), State Sen. Sharon Trusty (R-Russellville), and a one-time state income turnback.
In other business:
Also Tuesday night, Police Chief Rodney Pfeifer told the council the city's new police car has still not arrived.
With the council's approval, he said, he would trade the older model, non-functional police car for work done on the police department's functioning car's transmission.
Utility Superintendent Yancy Poynter informed the council on the work his department did after recent storms blew through the area.
Fallen trees reportedly damaged a fence, picnic table, and other areas of the city park. He reported the area has been cleaned up.


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A press release sent from Mayor Bill Eaton's office Thursday morning stated a subcommittee of the Arkansas Valley Alliance for Economic Development (AVAED) has been working toward obtaining construction proposals for a convention center in Russellville.
"They requested proposals and have received and reviewed those and narrowed them down to three," the release stated. "The immediate plan is to have officers from those three development groups make personal presentations regarding their proposals where questions and negotiations can be made regarding the development that each proposed."
The release further stated that "all three of the proposals appear to be doable plans. We anticipate a selection will be made in the extreme near future."
AVAED President Jeff Pipkin said he feels confident the city will be able to move forward on the project.
"All three (finalists) are very well respected developers," he said. "We have several questions that primarily deal with future expansions of both the hotel and the convention center, development and marketing of retail space, and with financing options.
"Our plan is to have each of these three companies come to Russellville and provide more details and answer our questions. We hope to accomplish this within three weeks."
The AVAED will evaluate the proposals and make a recommendation to the City Council, which will ultimately choose a developer for the project.
Construction could be underway next year. Pipkin said one developer estimated construction could begin in the first quarter of 2014, while the other two estimated beginning during the second quarter.
The facility will be a combination of a hotel with 120-130 rooms and a 35,000-45,000-square-foot convention center.
Russellville has worked toward development of a convention center for a decade. A 2003 feasibility study led to the city's purchase of a 22-acre site for a proposed hotel and convention center. A contract with developer John Q. Hammons fell through in 2009, effectively halting the project.
An updated study to determine the feasibility of the project was completed in January by Chicago-based Johnson Consulting. The completed report stated "Russellville is ideally located to prosper in the tourism and convention markets."
Since that time, the project was revitalized by the AVAED, which sent out requests for qualifications (RFQ) and requests for proposals (RFQ) earlier this year.


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I run ZAISS 9.3 and this is a shot in the dark but has anyone had problems installing SP1. Someone mentioned it could be ZA that is conflicting with my doomed installation attempts (and attempts to run restore). I switch ZA off when trying to run the installation or restore but without success. I don't want to uninstall ZA as someone has suggested unless it really could be the culprit. Anyone any ideas?


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When the greedy and dangerous sly fox comes through the wide open hen house door, it's tragically usually too late for the complacent hens who blissfully perch happy and contented. Trusting that somebody else will keep the door closed and them safe from outside dangers.
We all should know from past experience that putting trust in others to do our bidding and protecting is seldom our wisest decision.
Libraries of books have been written trying to explain what motivates apathetic and poorly informed people to direct and forceful action before a crisis has overwhelmed them. All of us unfortunately tend to wait for a crisis to happen before we are spurred into action. While we may believe in the practice of prevention we seldom will act on it. It seems this is human nature and folly to hope a crisis will never occur. In the meantime we settle comfortably in ruts of self-centeredness, in bliss and often self-imposed ignorance. When we do we leave the hen house door wide open ignoring the dangers until it is too late.
The apathy of most Brookfielders and probably all New Yorkers has opened the hen house door to the incredible threat of natural gas hydrofracking/drilling. Looming on the horizon is a monumental life and environmental changing crisis of historical implications. If we the people don't "shut the hen house door," our way of life and beautiful community and unique environment could be destroyed forever.
The ramifications of drilling are the greatest threat in the over 200 year history of this township and area. Any objective analysis of the potential impact on our way of life is absolutely staggering, frightening, shocking and horrible. Any right thinking person who looks at the huge volume of irrefutable facts can't possibly think otherwise.
Setting aside self-interests, this community and the overwhelming residents would be devastated by the negative impact of drilling in this township and area.
To prevent this we must become informed and elect people to office who put the interests of the people and the environment ahead of any personal or family gain. We must vote into office people who will seriously consider banning drilling in this township. It's a preventive measure that must be taken before it is too late. Trusting the veracity of the gas company, State and now DEC could well be a fatal mistake.
We must light the fire under the politicos who all too frequently cave in to special interests, money and pressure. It's time to throw "those bums" out.
Let's all make sure the hen house door is firmly closed and locked while we the people still can and have the power to do so. It's time to keep the foxes out of Brookfield and the areas beyond. The choice is ours. Future generations of New Yorkers are depending on us.


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Does anyone know if its possible to free motion quilt with one of these machines? Thanks
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Does anyone know if its possible to free motion quilt with one of these machines? Thanks
Yes it is possible. Take all the pressure of the pressure foot and it will free motion quilt or you can use a darning cover if you have one this will cover the feed dogs. I have free motion quilt with mine many times.Originally Posted by vrscott
Great! thank you
I am just getting ready to try the magic bobbin washers on my 66's to see if it helps keep them from looping on the backside, some say they don't work some say they do, I will let you know. I love the red eye 66's, rich looking machine.
I think you have more of a tension problem than a bobbin problem.Originally Posted by thevintageseamstress
Thanks for the info Glen
What would you suggest that I do to the tension, top or bobbin?
I think those Magic Genie Bobbin Washers really are magic - but so far, only in the vertical bobbin machines.
They don't work in the 66, 201, 301, 401, 403, 500 or 503 - all of those are horizontal bobbins and there is just enough "height" in the washers to push the bobbin up and allow the thread to sweep around and get hung up on the bobbin with every pass.
They virtually eliminate the tiny little wads of thread on the backs of quilts, though. I won't use a vertical bobbbin machine without one.
If you have big loops on the underside, it means that your tensions are out of balance - there is not enough tension on your needle thread compared to the bobbin thread. Try adding tension to the needle thread about ten degrees at a time until you're getting a nice even stitch on both sides of the quilt. :)
Hi Vintage Seamstress let me know how it goes


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by Christie Mellor
Marriages are crumbling around me. Two friends of mine, within a year of one another, left their husbands for other men. Another married friend of mine admitted--with not a lot of compunction--that he's had a girlfriend for years, and sorta can't wait until his youngest child (age 12) leaves for college so he can divorce his wife. Not necessarily so he can be with his girlfriend, but just because, well, it's not happening so much with his wife. There's Tiger Woods with his naughty texts and surgically enhanced playthings. Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins! It's really over? Kate Winslet? Oh, no, not you too. And excuse me, but are ya kidding me Mr. Sandra Bullock?
"Mawwage," said Peter Cooke so famously in "The Princess Bride." "Mawwage. That bwessed event, that dweam wivvin a dweam…" Ah, that dweam wivvin a dweam. I've been married for almost 24 years, and know that the dweam wivvin a dweam can be fraught with drama, resentment, and occasional ennui. When a good friend decides to leave her marriage, and does—within a matter of weeks after breaking the news to her blindsided spouse—it really puts into stark relief the frailty of our own relationships. But am I just an all-day sucker? I like mawwage. I like being married to this guy I married.
Sure, it's not always easy. Relationships need attention. Marriages need tending. And at some point some people just don't want to put that much effort into "rekindling" their possibly stagnant relationship. The excitement has evolved from the frisson you used to feel when your knees grazed under the table to discussing what type of tile to use in the bathroom. The thought of planning "date nights" just feels like another chore. It's no wonder the idea of having to "work on" your relationship makes you want to run for the hills. Or straight into the warm embrace of a fresh pair of arms. A pair of arms belonging to a person who possibly has never heard you fart.
But, you know, once those new arms start feeling cozy and lived in, they start leaving their dirty socks on the floor too. At some point, you'll hear the faint sound of a fart from under the covers. Eventually, bathroom tile will be discussed. So why not take the old wagon out for another test drive? There's still a lot of fun to be mined in your marriage. It's not like any other friendship you have, right? And it's kind of nice, having someone around who can help you figure out who the Kardashians are. Someone who will spend a half-hour showing you how to do a Sodoku puzzle, and then when you ask BUT WHAT IS THE POINT?? he doesn't punch you in the nose. It's nice, isn't it? You can do that sort of shorthand thing, when someone whom you both find annoying does something annoying, you can look at him and only he completely understands what just happened. It was funny! No one else saw it! No one else understands, because no one else knows what you both know!
I think it has just become to publicly acceptable for marriages to go their separate ways! Crazy!
Very funny column, Christie - especially the bells vs. smells part. I agree w/ vlarson that we do expect too much from marriage - or from one person, which is why people need other friends in their lives along with their spouse. Our disposable culture might have something to do w/ the way we view it as well. Fortunately, I like antiques.
I am Divorced. With the "love of my life" for almost 10 years. Only 2 of which we were married. His choice to move on. He detailed how he had met someone else at the bar and had slept with this person over and over again. He later recanted his story. I loved him. I was prepared to go to counseling and try to work on it. He wasn't interested. But now...I'm divorced and I'm angry.
I'm angry that I'm hawked this crap about re-kindling the flame. I never lost it. I was always madly in love with my now ex-husband. You can imagine how a woman could feel when the live of her life walks out on her and their 6 month old baby. I had no choice. I did all I could to keep us together. He, now, wants it back. He wants to try again. WTF! A roller coaster of emotions. I should be writing a blog about how my life became better after divorce. That the scorned woman will prevail. And how unhappy he is now that he's left me. He will feel this way for the rest of his life. Not rushing back to get into another relationship. We (divorced people) just need to feel loved. I know I did after all he put me through. I needed to be praised for the good things I was doing instead of put down (by my husband). I needed someone to act attracted to me (unlike my husband). We have needs. If they're not being met...problems occur. Rant. I hope you all enjoyed. lol!
I almost choked when I saw this pop up in my email box. I just asked my husband for a divorce on Sunday. It was the hardest decision I've ever made. We have a 3-year old son and one on the way. We would have been married 5 years this summer. About a year and a half ago, we went on a marriage retreat. I knew we weren't ok and he seemed so blocked and distant. He came clean on the weekend that he had been cheating on me the entire marriage and even before. AND he had fathered a child with another woman. I was shocked, but I just thought that he had a problem and we could work through it. He had a serious history with drugs and I thought that this had to be some kind of addiction because it was obsessive. And he claimed he never loved any of the many many women he slept with. Later I came to find out that he had relationships with these women spanning years. So we entered therapy after him promising to never cheat again and work really hard to deal with his addictive personality. Our therapist sent him to SA meetings and we were writing to each other every night (a tool we learned on our weekend). We were really doing well. I was happy that we were going to be able to save our marriage. And then about a year into it, maybe a little less, I started to see little things start to change. He didn't want to write anymore... he wanted to cut down on the weekly therapy... he stopped going to meetings... he admitted to taking prescription pills pretty regularly too. And then we got pregnant again. And he was so excited. I was scared. This was not planned and I didn't think we were good enough to have another baby. But he seemed elated, so I thought maybe I was just being crazy and he did love me and wasn't cheating again. A few weeks ago I got a phone call from a friend of mine who happens to be his ex girlfriend. (she has been dating a friend of ours for a long time now, so we kind of had to become friendly.) so she explained that he had texted her about meeting up for sex. She sent me the entire conversation. I was heartbroken. I couldn't believe he was doing this again. Then I started snooping and sure enough, texts, phone calls, facebook messages... from lots of different girls. So I went and saw a lawyer, got my things in order and told him Sunday after seeing another text about meeting up from another girl that I wanted a divorce. He denied everything. Left, threatened to kill himself, finally came back and admitted that he had been "screwing up". So I'm humiliated and broken and done. I really tried to save the marriage, but he stopped trying.
I agree, a lot of couples think it's easier to end things without trying, but there are still some people who do give it their best effort and still can't make it happen. :(
Do you live in my house?? Just asking because not only is one of my best friends leaving her husband of only 2 years for an ex...who she has already started bringing around the crew to parties and such...I recently found out that my very own perfect, loving,god fearing soul mate and husband and better half...cheated on me last year while I was preggers with our first child. As a result he lost his high paying job and has been unemployed for the better part of a year...I on the other hand - a SAHM, fashion designer, model, and MBA student - am left trying to work on not only keeping our mortgage, car note, and light bill paid...but also am trying to keep food on the table, and my 11 month old bundle of joy happy and healthy. Did I mention Im planning a one year birthday extravaganza to boot?
Sure, I wanted and still sometimes do want to throw up my hands, take my baby and disappear, but turning a high powered philanderer into a housewife has had its advantages...He finally gets what it means to be a hands on parent, and a full time housekeeper, dog watcher, cook, and organizer. He has had to pick up all the slack I let go of when the 'ish' hit the fan.
And don't get me wrong, I am still hurt, broken in some parts, and holding on to whatever I can to get thru this part of my life...but there are a few things like 'The September Issue' that give me a glimpse of hope that I can salvage my marriage and some day get back that loving feeling...
After trying to finish my finance and accounting homework last Sunday night...I got the urge to watch 'The September Issue' on demand for the first time. Being a fashionista with more 'Devil Wears Prada' moments than one should ever have to experience I could defly relate and could'nt wait to get up close and personal with Ms Wintour. Thing is, it was 2:30 in the morning....
but my dreary eyed hubby sat down on the couch and for the first time in a looong time didn't fall asleep during a movie. He was glued to the tv...asking me a million questions and waiting to see how Grace and Anna would resolve thier Issue issues...
And for a moment, I felt like we were in this together ...again, like I used to. All because he stayed up with me. And I didn't even ask.... So is my marriage over...not this week...and with a lot of prayer and a bit of luck we will have many more September issues in our future....Only time will tell :)
I just celebrated my 13th anniversary with my husband, and I am more in love with him now than ever. He and I have been thorough so much together that it makes me love him even more for standing beside me during all of those tough times. Some recent stress came up again, and instead of looking for another man to hop into bed with, I am enjoying cuddling up with him and knowing he is there to support me. He knows when I want to talk, don't want to talk, or need him to pry things out of me with questions. He knows when the "I'm fine" really means I'm fine or when it means "I'm not really fine, but I don't want to bother you by venting" or when it means "go the hell away until I've calmed down". There is no other man I would rather be with. Sure he has less hair and I have more grey hair. Sure we gained weight, found wrinkles, and all of those other things that happen as we get older. But I find him just as sexy as 20 years ago, just in a different way. Then it was a "you're hot, I want your body" way, and now it's "this is MY MAN, he KNOWS me, and he's hot and I want his body" type of way. lol I don't get why people run to someone else. I still have the sizzle, even if it's a little more effort to act on the sizzle when he's exhausted from his works and doesn't have time to sleep much less fool around. Connecting with my husband doesn't have to be a "nap" in the afternoon or wild fun at night, because it's just as nice to sit together on the couch and watch a movie sometimes. I know the "fun" comes sometime later, because he's here to stay. Besides, no tryst can compare to the man who knows how to make my toes curl and doesn't mind what I look like after. lol
It's true, Christie — it's so much easier to start a new romance — the sneaking around! the excitement! the new smells and sensations! — than deal with the one at hand.
And all his issues and quirks that drive a wife crazy? Give the new love a few years, and ...
Not to say that sometimes there shouldn't be divorce; there should, especially there are are things like addictions, abuse. Infidelity? Maybe, maybe not — a lot would depend on the hows and whys and commitment to healing.
I often wonder if we just expect too much from marriage; being single sure seems like fun, which marriage often isn't.
But then we get divorced and want to rush back into another relationship. What's THAT about?


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Alps - Eastern Part > Rhaetian Alps > Raetikon > Sulzfluh > Climber's Log
Sulzfluh Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|Another beautiful peak, easily accessed
Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2012
|A moderate walk up to a spectacular summit vista on a hut to hut trek of the Ratikon with a group of 8 from the Alpine Club Vienna. On this day from Tilisuna Hütte to Carschinahütte.
|Posted Sep 10, 2012 8:12 pm
|From Partnun
Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2012
|Climbed the via ferrata on the South Face. Nice weather, lots of snow coming down the north and east sides. 5 hours ctc with a nice rest on the summit and at Partnun.
|Posted Jun 18, 2012 10:16 am
|from Schruns
Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2004
|Backpack with a friend for a few days in the area. I think stayed one night in Tilisuna hut. My friend had organized so I barely remember the names, but some google earth refreshed my brain. Lovely area, even though there was a random blizzard in the middle of summer!
|Posted Feb 10, 2010 11:28 pm
|Sulzfluh 2817m
Date Climbed: Mar 12, 2004
|Nice skitour to Sulzfluh 2817m
the pictures are here: Link to Sulzfluh 2817m
|Posted Nov 21, 2007 4:10 pm
|Traverse from Carschinahütte to the Tilisuna Hut
Date Climbed: Jul 20, 1998
|With the family
|Posted Sep 21, 2007 7:29 am
|Gemstobel Ski Route
Date Climbed: Mar 17, 2007
|From Partnun above St. Antönien in about 3 hours. Crusty snow on the way down. The steep entry to the Gemstobel was doable without crampons.
|Posted Mar 20, 2007 8:43 am
|Mathias Zehring
|Normal route from Tilisuna hut - Karrenfeld
Date Climbed: Jul 1, 1985
|With our class from high scool we did a one-week hiking trip through the Raetikon mountains. Unexperienced as we were we got into a thunderstorm just when we left the summit. My close-up lens stayed in the top bag of my rucksack, catched rain and was so damaged that I had to throw it away.
|Posted Mar 22, 2006 5:52 am
|Mathias Zehring
|Gemstobel - Rachen round trip
Date Climbed: Mar 19, 2006
|we started at Lindauer Hütte (1744m), first climbed Drusentor (2342m), then did a traverse above Carschinahütte to Gemstobel. Perfect conditons, no crampons necessary also no ski crampons to reach the summit. Descent through the "Rachen" and a short ascent back to Lindauer Hütte. A great round trip!
|Posted Mar 22, 2006 5:44 am
|Mathias Zehring
|Gemstobel ski route
Date Climbed: Mar 19, 2005
|Fog and crusty snow in the upper part, too soft snow in the lower part. Not amusing. I have to go there again at better conditions.
|Posted Mar 22, 2006 5:41 am
|Mathias Zehring
|Rachen ski route
Date Climbed: Apr 20, 1996
|We had good weather and save conditions, but not the best snow for descent. I'm not an extreme skier, so for the steepest meters of descent which were narrow and hard I took crampons instead of ski.
|Posted Mar 22, 2006 5:40 am
|El Tigre Valderrama
|Route Climbed: Karrenfeld Date Climbed: Julz 26 2005
|Nice hike, completed from the Tilisuna hut with my wife Annica and my dog Vigia.
|Posted Aug 1, 2005 5:50 pm
|Route Climbed: Karrenfeld Date Climbed: july 1986
|Easy hike from Tilisuna Hut over Karrenfeld with my wife.
|Posted Jan 31, 2004 2:20 am


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Birnam Wood in the 21st Century: northern forest invading Arctic tundra as world warms
In Shakespeare's play Macbeth the forest of Birnam Wood fulfills a seemingly impossible prophecy by moving to surround the murderous king (the marching trees are helped, of course, by an army of axe-wielding camouflaged Scots). The Arctic tundra may soon feel much like the doomed Macbeth with an army of trees (and invading species) closing in. In a recent study, researchers found that climate change is likely to push the northern forests of the boreal into the Arctic tundra—a trend that is already being confirmed in Alaska.
Analyzing 16 global climate models starting in 1950 and ending at the close of the 21st Century, researchers found that the tundra of North America, Europe and Asia will be increasingly encroached upon by pine and deciduous forest.
"The response of vegetation usually lags changes in climate. The plants don't have legs, so it takes time for plant seed dispersal, germination and establishment of seedlings," Song Feng, research assistant professor at University of Nebraska-Lincoln's School of Natural Resource, said in a press release.
As temperatures rise regionally by 5.6 to 9.5 degrees Fahrenheit, a quarter to a half of the Arctic could be impacted, according to the study in Climate Dynamics, depending on future greenhouse gas emissions. Tundra vegetation is expected to lessen by 33-44% by 2099.
The ecosystem changes could impact climate as well, eplains Feng: "the expansion of forest may amplify global warming, because the newly forested areas can reduce the surface reflectivity, thereby further warming the Arctic. The shrinkage of tundra and expansion of forest may also impact the habitat for wildlife and local residents."
Article continues: http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0306-hance_tundra.html


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April Showers
They say "April showers bring May flowers" and this year, April really did live up to its expectations of bringing down the rain. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the average precipitation for April in the contiguous US was 2.9 inches! This is 0.27 inches above average tying April 1953 as the 19th wettest April on record.
Not all of the country experienced a wetter than normal average, but the northwest, Midwest, and southeast definitely saw the effects of this heavy precipitation.
According to the NOAA, Iowa and Michigan both had their wettest April on record. The Iowa statewide average precipitation total of 6.71 inches was 3.76 inches above average and the Michigan precipitation total of 5.97 inches was 3.29 inches above average. Additionally, Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin each ranked April 2013 as one of the ten wettest Aprils on record.
Consequently, all this Midwestern rain caused widespread flooding as the Mississippi River at St. Louis reached flood stage after dropping to near-record low levels at the beginning of the year.
However, when we look at the year to date (January-April), the nationally-averaged precipitation total was 9.84 inches, which is 0.13 inches below average.
So why the sudden increase in last months rain events?
Well April in general is particularly rainy as a result of season change. As the dry air of winter is replaced by moist air, the two interact with a strong low-pressure system that produce increased rainfall.
In addition, the NOAA reports that the average US temperature during April was 49.7 degrees Fahrenheit, which is 1.4 degrees below average. This marks the coolest April since 1997 when the average temperature was 48 degrees Fahrenheit.
Following these trends in precipitation and temperature help scientists and climate models predict future events that can better prepare communities.
For a complete national overview of temperature, precipitation, and other weather related events, see the NOAA National Climate Data Center.
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A 43-year-old Gaffney man was killed on I-85 early Thursday, and the search continues for the driver of a tractor-trailer that struck him.
A 43-year-old Gaffney man was killed on I-85 early Thursday, and the search continues for the driver of a tractor-trailer that struck him.
Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler said John David Swofford, of 104 Camelot Drive, was walking near the white line on the northbound shoulder of I-85 at the 91 mile marker when he stepped into the path and was struck by a tractor-trailer rig that also was headed north in the slow lane of traffic.
Highway Patrol troopers think the tractor-trailer involved in the hit-and-run is a blue or brown Peterbilt-style 18-wheeler with a 53-foot enclosed box trailer.
Lance Cpl. Billy Elder said, at the time of the collision, a UPS 18-wheeler was beside the suspect tractor-trailer.
According to Fowler's statement, "Following the initial impact, the victim was thrown into the path of a second trailer-trailer truck headed north in the passing lane and was struck a second time. His body came to rest in the median on the southbound side of the cable barrier. The impact was so great he was knocked out of his shoes."
The second tractor-trailer was a 2012 Volvo driven by 43-year-old Moroco Todd Jones, of Hampton, Ga., according to the Highway Patrol.
Fowler said that Swofford was wearing only pants and shoes and had no identification on him at the time of the incident.
Swofford left home about midnight and never returned, and Fowler received information at about noon Thursday that led to his identification.
Anyone with information on the collision or on the whereabouts of the unidentified tractor-trailer is asked to call the Highway Patrol at 803-385-3107 or 1-800-768-1504 or call CrimeStoppers at 1-888-CRIMESC.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A Jacksonville teen banned from Duval County schools for bullying was back in the courthouse Tuesday morning on the aggravated assault charge against her, along with two classmates now being charged as accessories to the crime.
Investigators said 14-year-old Paris Cannon beat an Oceanway Middle School classmate unconscious last month, leaving her victim with a skull fracture and concussion.
Cannon's attorney excused her from Tuesday's juvenile court hearing, where her arraignment was set for May 8.
Two other girls charged in the case -- one for taping the attack and the other for luring the victim to the place where she was assaulted -- were also in court Tuesday.
"It's a group mentality, and for anyone in that group, they've got to be held accountable as a group," said John Phillips, attorney for the victim, 14-year-old Aria Jewett. "You can't individualize and say well she wasn't as liable. Well, that's not what the state says. The state says they're principals."
Neither girl will be allowed back at Oceanway Middle, and a hearing was set for next week before Judge Henry Davis on a request for a permanent ban from that school.
When Davis ruled last week on a similar request to ban Cannon from Oceanway, he made what was called an unprecedented decision to ban her from from all schools in the district.
"We have an obligation to do what we can to make schools safe," Davis said after his ruling last week. "Children ought to be able to go to school and feel safe. They should not have to worry about being beaten up, given physical injuries, permanent injuries at their schools. The schools belong to everybody and not just one person or one group of people."
While Phillips called Cannon a "serial bully," her attorney insists that's not the case.
"I think my client is a kid," Richard Brown told Channel 4. "She got involved, obviously, in this conflict, and that's something that does happen with kids from time to time. I don't think she's any more dangerous then any other 14-year-old girl."
Brown said he plans to appeal the judge's ruling banning her from school. He said the teen's parents live out of state and she lives with her older sister, who works to support them both so she can't home school her or afford private school.
"I want her to be able to go to school in peace without fear and finish her school year," Phillips said. "After that, we can address what needs to be done."
In the meantime, Jewett's mom urges other parents to make an extra effort to find out what's going on in their children's lives.
"A lot of them are scared to talk to their parents," said Melissa Thomas. "Aria, she didn't tell me anything. I didn't know anything. So I want parents to be on their children, talk to them, especially teachers at school, all of that."
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Three tours in Iraq and two in Afghanistan as an Army Ranger and even that didn't prepare Tim Fuller for the anxiety that gripped him Friday as he waited for the word on where his life's river next would flow.
"It was wrenching, he said. "I don't know why they would want to do this to anybody."
Fuller, one of 40 graduating seniors at Memorial Health and Mercer University School of Medicine, joined his classmates and medical students across the country in the annual event known as Match Day. That's the day they discover where they will head for the next step in their medical education — their residency.
For Fuller, that meant Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, where the 32-year-old graduate of the U.S. Military Academy will spend the next five years training as a surgeon — a goal born of his time commanding troops in Iraq and Afghanistan
"It came from my experiences overseas, where I saw soldiers I was responsible for get injured and I didn't know how to fix them," Fuller said. "I started hanging out in the surgical trauma centers, and that's how it started."
Match Day is a day where the emotional yin meets the yang, as fraught with tense anticipation as it is with the promise of joy. It's the day that puts the first punctuation on their four years in medical school, just as it offers a glimpse over the horizon at what awaits them in the specialty phase of the journey toward being a medical doctor.
And the answer comes in an envelope.
"On Monday, they found out whether they had matched (with a hospital)," said. Dr. Philip Malan, dean of the Savannah campus of the Mercer School of Medicine. "Today, everyone gets an envelope that tells them which hospital."
The process is lengthy and somewhat convoluted, sort of online-dating meets college football's Bowl Championship Series. Only with stethoscopes.
It begins when students decide which medical specialty to pursue. They apply to hospitals offering that specialty. Then come the interviews, where the students and the hospitals size each other up.
"Then the (prospective) residents submit a list, top-to-bottom, of hospitals where they'd like to do their residencies," Malan said. "The residencies list the students they want, top-to-bottom, and a computer matches residents with residencies."
Friday's ceremony took place in the school's William and Iffath Hoskins Center for Biomedical Research. Students and their families sat at round tables decorated with balloons and streamers.
As has become the custom of Match Day, many students dressed in costume. This year had a cinematic theme. There were clever choices, such as female students dressed as Rockford Peaches from "A League of Their Own," and a man dressed as Darth Vader, who brought along a wee friend as young Luke Skywalker.
There was even the potentially regrettable choice, at least from a medical perspective, of the two students who dressed as "Dumb & Dumber."
Each student was called to the front of the room, where each was handed the all-important envelope. Then back to the table to wait until the roll was completely called before their destinies were revealed.
At 12:39 p.m., the envelopes were opened and bedlam ensued. All 40 students matched.
None were happier than Savannah native Lindsey Boxxe, 26, and her classmate and fiance Nicholas Fiacco, 28.
Fiacco, a U.S. Navy officer, already knew he would be doing his residency in internal medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., along with classmate Matthew Middendorf, 27, also a naval officer. They celebrated by dressing Friday in flight suits and aviator sunglasses for a "Top Gun" motif.
Boxxe, however, entered the day not knowing whether she would have to do her residency near her fiance or far removed.
She opened her envelope to reveal her destination: Georgetown University Medical Center, right down the road from Walter Reed. Her specialty will be pediatrics.
"The wedding is the weekend after we graduate in May," Boxxe said. "We're set. We're together forever."
A Match Day miracle.


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Sand Hill's initial proposal, which called for more than 30 homes at the mostly vacant plaza near Embarcadero and West Bayshore roads, was soundly rejected by the surrounding neighborhood and had led to a lawsuit.
Though council members expressed some concern about traffic and parking issues Monday, they agreed the new proposal would be a welcome change for the plaza, which Councilman Larry Klein characterized as one of the city's most unsightly areas.
Edgewood was built in the late 1950s by Eichler and architect A. Quincy Jones. Klein, who lives about a mile from the plaza and who worked across U.S. Highway 101 from it for many years, estimated he has driven by the site about 15,000 times in recent decades. This included weekly trips to a dry-cleaning establishment that finally moved out last year, he said.
"Over the time, I sadly witnessed the gradual decline of the shopping center until now. It's probably the biggest eyesore in town," Klein said.
The most significant change to Edgewood will be a new grocery store, an amenity that has been missing since Albertsons left in 2006. The new store will be operated by The Fresh Market, a chain that specializes in organic food and currently has about 115 stores in the nation. The Palo Alto store, which could open in early 2013, would be its first west of the Mississippi.
"We've known this was always going to be a neighborhood shopping center, and a neighborhood shopping center means a grocery store," John Tze of Sand Hill told the council. "We've known that we'll need to bring a grocery store, and the grocery store is The Fresh Market."
The renovated plaza will also feature a small community park and 10 two-story homes, designed in an Eichler style, which emphasizes open spaces, natural light and glassy exteriors. The three existing retail buildings will be renovated, with one relocated.
Councilman Pat Burt, who proposed approving the project, called the plan a suitable compromise between the developer and residents.
"The community has been looking forward to this project for a long while, and I think we have something that's a very good balance of a variety of competing interests," Burt said.
"We're very pleased to have this market coming in, and I think the project as a whole is going to be a real net gain for the community," he added. "I think the bulk of the surrounding neighborhood is really anxious to see it get built."
Most of the speakers who addressed the council Monday supported the project, though some called for the city to make sure it addresses anticipated traffic problems. Members of the Architectural Control Committee, the group of residents that challenged the previous proposal, came out in favor of the new one. Martin Yonke and Diane Sekimura, both of whom took part in the lawsuit, said Monday night that they look forward to Edgewood's redevelopment.
Others viewed the project in less rosy terms and criticized it for what they said was a shortage of parking and unsafe traffic conditions at the plaza. Some council members, including Greg Schmid and Klein, also raised questions about potential traffic issues — problems that staff plans to address in the city's Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan.
The council's approval also includes a condition calling for a left-turn-arrow traffic signal on Embarcadero at St. Francis Drive. Another condition that Burt attached to the approval was retaining an exit between Edgewood and the Shell gas station next to it.
Holman voted against the project, saying she was concerned about traffic safety at the new plaza, given its location in a busy corridor next to Highway 101. She also questioned the adequacy of the city's environmental review, which concluded that the new development would not have a "significant" historical impact. The finding was the subject of a dispute between two different consultants.
Despite questions over the project's historical impact, the redevelopment proposal had no problem clearing the city's approval process. In recent months, the city's Planning and Transportation Commission, Historic Resources Board and Architectural Review Board had all signed off on the redevelopment plan.
"It is a very important project in the city in that it revitalizes a really dead corner at one of the main entrances to town, so it's really a significant project," Architectural Review Board Chair Judith Wasserman said. "We felt it was very successful in doing what it intended to do, which was to really consider the viability of the retail component."
Wasserman said this was achieved by relocating one of the buildings, a move that allows all parking in the plaza to be contained in one place. The city's Historic Resources Board had ruled that the relocation of the building would not reduce what Chair Martin Bernstein called the "Eichler feeling" or diminish the plaza's historic significance.
"When we looked at the level of detail the report focused on, it gave us confidence that it has spirit of Eichler," Bernstein said.
Council members agreed that Edgewood, despite the major changes, will continue to honor the Eichler tradition. The homebuilder will also be honored with a plaque in the plaza's park.
"It has been a tortuous and winding process on this piece of property," Vice Mayor Greg Scharff told Tze. "I like the design. I like the way you honored the Eichler architecture.
"I think you've thought carefully about this project, and it shows in the design."
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The Cavaliers reportedly have selected their new radio play-by-play announcer.
Unfortunately, they are not ready to announce the candidate for another day or two.
Several industry sources say the Cavs wanted to "stay local" in replacing Joe Tait, who retired after 39 years after the 2010-11 season.
They appeared to be looking for a younger candidate who was adept with social media. Everything pointed toward Cleveland native and Detroit announcer Matt Dery. However, he was told on Tuesday that he didn't get the job.
Cavs broadcasting director Dave Dombrowski has been reaching out to candidates to let them know that they didn't get the job.
An industry source said former television announcer Michael Reghi also got that call on Tuesday.
Mike Snyder, who filled in for Tait for the majority of last season, doesn't appear to be the pick, either. A source at WTAM-AM 1100, where Snyder is the sports director, said he was "90 percent" sure Snyder didn't get the job.
Other known candidates were Jeff Phelps, Al Pawlowski and Tim Alcorn.
There could be another unknown candidate in the proceedings.
Whoever they hire, he'll be paired with color analyst Jim Chones on the WTAM broadcasts. The NBA canceled the entire preseason on Tuesday because of the ongoing labor impasse with the union.
The Cavs are scheduled to open the regular season on Wednesday, Nov. 2, at Boston.
That is in peril because of the lockout.


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2013 African American Booklist
The Detroit Public Library, encouraged by the positive response to this annual publication, continues the tradition of the African American Booklist for 2013 and beyond. This bibliography provides a selected list of books by and/or about African Americans. This booklist includes works of fiction and nonfiction for adults, children and young adults reviewed and recommended by librarians of the Detroit Public Library.
The African American Booklist began as a way to commemorate Black History Month and since that time has continued to feature the accomplishments of African Americans in the literary world. The booklist is an annual tradition in our community and continues to be a highly anticipated publication for book lovers nationwide.
This year's booklist theme honors one of the Detroit Public Library's own, the late Clara Stanton Jones. As a former director of the library, Mrs. Jones was an innovative national leader throughout her career.
The African American Booklist salutes the rich legacy of Mrs. Clara Stanton Jones for her service and countless contributions to the Detroit Public Library.
Click on the link below to download the 2013 African American Booklist.
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I tried to get the latest Forcefield to match the Firefox Persona I was running (toolbar failed to update to match the new Persona I chose) and selected the Short Toolbar optiion.
Now the toolbar has disappeared completely and I can't get it back. Is there a way to fix this?
EDIT: Found the short toolbar. It was hiding in the status bar among my other extensions. The "Switch to short toolbar" option is a bit misleading as it puts the toolbar functions into the status bar.


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Harvest Moon DS: Grand Bazaar is the fifth Nintendo DS entry in Natsume's charming, adorable farming franchise. Despite the lack of fundamental gameplay changes, Harvest Moon's titular feature – the Zephyr Town bazaar – is clearly the highlight of the game. Transforming your quaint little farm into a money-making business operation is as exciting as it is addictive. Unfortunately, Grand Bazaar's casual-friendly demeanor hides the underlying depth and necessary dedication to performing mundane, repetitive tasks for slow-but-steady rewards.
Just to clarify, Grand Bazaar is actually my first experience with any Harvest Moon title, but the core farming gameplay is simple and accessible for all players. Zephyr Town's mayor, Felix, introduces you to the farming process, step-by-step, from tilling the fields and sowing seeds to fertilizing your crops and accelerating your big harvest. Due to the game's gentle learning curve, newcomers should have no trouble with the insane amount of depth featured in Grand Bazaar. On the other hand, experienced players will find the game's day-to-day tasks to be monotonous until several seasons have passed in the game.
Grand Bazaar's storyline ties directly to the whole new bazaar mechanic – as the newest resident of Zephyr Town, it is your duty to help the villagers return their town to its former glory by contributing the fruits of your labor to the weekly bazaar. You are given your own vendor booth for the event, and you have the freedom to sell almost everything you have grown or gathered – sometimes for a much higher price than usual. You also have time to browse the other booths, where you find the best and most valuable items throughout most of the game.
Harvest Moon is deep, engaging, and provides countless hours of gameplay. This is nice for fans or casual players with an attention span, but playing through the first few weeks of time in Grand Bazaar will prove to be less exciting for gamers looking for a lot of action. Moving and jumping around the environment can be cumbersome, and the sprint button is a hazard around fragile growing crops. With so many things to consider each day, keeping track of all your duties can be challenging. Later, when you expand your fields and populate the farm with livestock, there are more crops to water, more seeds to plant, and more young animals to look after. If you are really absorbed into your daily chores, it is helpful to physically write out a Harvest Moon to-do list. As ridiculous as that looks in writing, staying on task is usually harder than actually accomplishing your goals. Being organized about your daily routine is important, and serves as the perfect way to use the "Notes" section of the instruction manual.
Organization and efficiency are important factors involved in determining the quality of your goods, and sequentially your success at the weekly bazaar. The only sure way to consistently provide the best products is to devote more time and effort into working efficiently throughout the week. Luck has little to do with progress in Harvest Moon; eventually it all breaks down to harvesting better crops, raising livestock like they are your own children, and refining random materials into valuable trinkets that your customers will blow their money on.
Playing through the game is not completely tedious, of course. There are methods of simplifying many tasks later in the game – for example, you can raise cats or dogs to escort your livestock around the farm. You can craft useful items from scrap materials by using one of the three windmills in Zephyr Town. (Naturally, the process is sped up by blowing into the DS microphone like a psycho.) Regardless of these perks, playing the game can be a real pain in the ass if you forget to fertilize the fields before the end of the day, particularly if the oversight results in a pithy harvest for the bazaar.
Due to the lacking presentation of the game's storyline and the general dullness of Grand Bazaar's cast of characters, the obligation of helping Zephyr Town often feels less like a friendly gesture and more like a debt to society forced upon you just for moving there. Raising your crops is less exciting when you know that Mayor Felix demands success at the vending booth. It almost feels like giving Tom Nook all of your hard-earned money throughout Animal Crossing. The other characters are wooden and lack anything meaningful to say until you butter them up with gifts or birthday presents. None of the interactions are particularly interesting, and important information comes once in a blue moon. You can potentially raise a family in this game, but the entire socializing mechanic is the least enjoyable factor in Grand Bazaar. I hate to sound like the cold-hearted man in charge of a corporate farming empire, but developing personal relationships in Grand Bazaar yields the least-important rewards. To be honest, finding your soul mate in real life is probably much easier and requires less gift-giving – stick to the fields, and make all the money you can.
Although it is not the best-looking Nintendo DS game, Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar does well with the franchise's classic style. Zephyr Town is colorful, and all of the characters and various animal models are large and well-animated. The music is charming, albeit repetitive. The sound effects are simple, but the occasional voices used throughout conversations are terrible. The "jump" sound effect is awful; worse yet, the sound happens every single time you press the jump button. If this were a Mario game, even if it meant walking into each Goomba that waddled on-screen, you would avoid jumping to spare your ears the misery.
Wireless multiplayer is possible with multi-card download play through each player's Nintendo DS, so any of your friends with a copy of the game can visit your farm and check out your local bazaar. I did not get a chance to experience the multiplayer component for myself, but having the option to show off your crops and chickens seems to be all the rage on Facebook these days, so FarmVille fans will discover another area of the game to enjoy.
Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar is a fantastic farming RPG that will please fans of the series. Spending countless hours performing mundane, repetitious, farming chores may not sound like much of a gaming experience, but if you have the time and patience this is one hell of an addicting, engrossing title. Quite like the Pokemon series, it is obvious that there is more depth involved than what you see on the surface. Feelings of reward and satisfaction absolutely come to those who put time and energy into the process. Harvest Moon may not be for everyone, but it amazes me that the series continues to appeal to gamers of all ages, even if farming is not the kind of premise I would think to employ for virtual entertainment.


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Waste Site Cleanup & Reuse in New England
Primary Contaminants at the Site
The following provides general information about the types of primary contaminants found at the Beede Waste Oil Site and the potential risks associated with exposure to these contaminants. Hundreds of contaminants have been found in various media at this Site. The contaminant groups listed in this section are of primary concern due to their relative toxicity and persistence. This information has been provided to help you better understand some of the health hazards related to exposure to Site contaminants. For further information about the levels of contaminants found at the Beede Waste Oil Site and the Site's risk characterization, refer to the Additional Information section of this page.
Primary Contaminants at the Site
In the fall of 1983, chemical contamination was discovered in a residential well near the site. (Wells supplied by the local groundwater are the sole source of drinking water in Plaistow.) The well was taken out of service and an alternate water supply was provided. The site owner conducted several site investigations which verified the presence of contamination in the surrounding soil and groundwater. The site owner did not respond to subsequent court orders to initiate cleanup activities.
When Beede Waste Oil was closed in 1994, authorities found 100 large above-ground storage tanks containing hazardous and non-hazardous oil product, several large piles of soil containing varying levels of contamination and about 800 drums of oil product, some containing hazardous materials. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were found in the oil product of many tanks and drums, at concentrations generally less than 50 parts per million (ppm) but as high as1,800 ppm.
In 1995, the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) performed the first round of comprehensive groundwater testing at the Beede Site. The levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) exceeded the allowable levels in drinking water in on-site monitoring wells and in 2 residential wells off-site. Floating oil was found resting on the groundwater at the Site. The oil has periodically seeped into Kelley Brook, which flows adjacent to the Site. The primary contaminants that have been found in the soil and groundwater include PCBs, VOCs, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs) and lead. VOCs in the groundwater continue to migrate off-site, and have impacted 14 adjacent residential wells.
The installation of three residential well treatment systems, covering of the soil piles, removal of tanks and drums, the construction of a fence, and the installation of an oil recovery trench/extraction system have reduced the potential for threats to the public health and environment near the Beede Waste Oil Site. The oil recovery system has greatly reduced a major source of groundwater contamination. The system has been operating since 2000, and has recovered over 90,000 gallons of contaminated oil floating on groundwater beneath the Site.
For more information about the Site and the status of removal actions at the Site, please refer to the History and Response Actions page
Beede Waste Oil On-Line Administrative Records
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
PCBs are a mixture of chemicals that have a similar structure. PCBs were heavily manufactured and used for a variety of industrial and commercial purposes until Congress enacted the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) in 1976, which prohibited the manufacture, processing and distribution of PCBs. EPA completed its first assessment of PCB carcinogenicity in 1987, and completed a follow up study in 1996, making PCBs one of the most widely studied environmental contaminants. PCBs are chemically stable, absorb into soil particles readily and are resistant to biodegradation.
EPA has found evidence that PCBs have toxic effects on animals including cancer and effects on the immune system, central nervous and endocrine systems. Humans exposed to PCBs were found to have increases in rare liver cancer and malignant melanoma, and have also experienced such symptoms as nausea, headaches and fatigue. PCBs can accumulate in water, sediments and marine life. PCBs can bind to sediments in water and bioaccumulate in fish and other marine creatures exposed to PCBs, increasing the risk that humans who consume these contaminated creatures are at a higher risk to suffer from the above symptoms.
For more information about PCBs visit Health Effects of PCBs
Lead (Pb) is a naturally occurring element that can be found in low levels in the environment, usually below 50 parts per million (ppm) in soil. Because lead has been used as an additive in gasoline and paint, it is often released into the environment. As a result, lead contamination has become a common problem at many Superfund sites.
Humans and animals can be exposed to lead by the ingestion of lead-contaminated substances such as soil, water or paint chips, and by breathing in dust particles that lead has bound to. Some of the effects of lead poisoning in adults include kidney and nervous system damage, reproductive problems and hearing and vision impairment. Lead poisoning can be more serious in children, especially in children six years of age and younger. Children can suffer from nervous system and brain damage, behavioral problems, liver and kidney damage, hearing loss and other physical and mental problems.
For more information about lead poisoning visit Lead and Human Health.
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
Organic chemicals are used as ingredients in many common household products and solvents such as paint strippers, kerosene, fuels, automotive products, cleaning products and aerosol sprays. These products can release volatile organic compounds into the air while in use and can remain in the air long after usage is complete. Some products can omit VOCs into the surrounding area during storage.
The level of toxicity of different types of VOCs varies depending on the type of organic chemical used in the product, and the level and duration of exposure. Benzene, a chemical used in fuels, is a known human carcinogen. Some of the effects of VOCs in humans and animals include eye, nose and throat irritation, nausea, loss of coordination, liver and kidney damage and central nervous system damage.
For more information about Benzene, a VOC, visit the Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry page on Benzene.
Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
PAHs can naturally occur in the environment from the release of chemical mixtures during the incomplete burning process of wood, gasoline, garbage, coal and other organic substances. However, PAHs can also be derived from the discharge from industrial plants, or released into the soil from hazardous waste material storage containers. PAHs tend to bind strongly to soil particles, do not dissolve readily in water, and contaminate surrounding groundwater. Many Superfund sites are contaminated with PAHs.
Humans and animals can be exposed to PAHs by breathing contaminated air, ingesting water, food, dust or soil particles containing PAHs or through absorption of PAHs through the skin if the body comes in contact with contaminated soil particles. Because PAHs are made up of a mixture of chemicals, some PAHs are more harmful to the body than others. Some PAHs are known to be carcinogenic to animals. Prolonged exposure to PAHs may cause cancer in humans.
For more information on PAHs visit the Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry page on Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs).
Petroleum Hydrocarbons (PHCs)
PHCs are a mixture of chemicals composed primarily of petroleum, hydrogen and carbon. PHCs are part of a larger family of several hundred chemicals called total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs). Gasoline, oil and benzene are some common types of PHCs that can contaminate the environment.
PHCs can be released into the air from industrial activities or released into water and soil from container spills and leaks. PHCs are also released into the air at gasoline stations from the gasoline pumps. If PHCs come in direct contact with water, they may float on the surface, forming a film, or can sink to the bottom and either break down or rest in the bottom sediment for a long time. Humans may be exposed to PHCs by drinking water contaminated with the chemicals, living in an area near a spill or leak of petroleum products or by touching PHC contaminated soil. Some types of PHCs can cause damage to the central nervous system, liver and kidneys or may be carcinogenic.
For more information on PHCs visit the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry page on Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPHs).
Additional Information
Human Health Baseline Risk Assessment of the Beede Waste Oil Site
Public Health Assessment of the Beede Waste Oil Site
EPA Integrated Risk Information System
Contaminant descriptions and associated risk factors on the Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry web site


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On TV's animated juggernaut Family Guy, there's a running story line that Lois Griffin dated KISS bassist and certified ladies' man Gene Simmons before marrying the show's KISS-loving protagonist, Peter. With the band appearing in animated form on the show three times, Simmons and co. were in on the joke, with Simmons even reminiscing about his close relationship with "loose Lois."
Now, with a new licensing partnership, Family Guy and KISS are about to embark on a close relationship of their own. The band and the Fox show are teaming up for a co-branded line of merchandise to launch this fall, reports the Hollywood Reporter. Fox will work with Live Nation Merchandise, KISS's presumably busy licensing agency, to develop the products, which could include everything from bobblehead dolls and plush toys to apparel and fine art. This deal is apparently just the beginning for Fox's new product series, which will look for opportunities to create Family Guy merch with other notable guests on the show.
"KISS and Family Guy coming together for a line of products is a great mash-up of two iconic brands that speaks directly to fans who will be able to enjoy something a little different and special with what we have in store," said Jeffrey Godsick, president of Fox Consumer Products.
KISS remain the masters of merch, engaging in more licensing deals of their likeness as a brand than pretty much any other bands. This includes the famed KISS coffin (spelled with a "k"), KISS beer and cereal, KISS-ified Mr. Potato Head Dolls, KISS cologne, and of course, all the standard fare. According to the band's Paul Stanley, they "are focusing more and more on the upper-tier, blue-chip opportunities for prestige partnerships. Family Guy's track record and consistent success with its demographic makes this match-up ideal."
– Jillian Mapes, CBS Local