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These futuristic thrillers, written by J. D. Robb, a.k.a Nora Roberts, feature New York police lieutenant Eve Dallas.
Eve Dallas is a New York police lieutenant hunting for a ruthless killer. In over 10 years on the force, she's seen it all - and knows that her survival depends on her instincts. And she's going against every warning telling her not to get involved with Roarke, an Irish billionaire - and suspect in Eve's murder investigation. But passion and seduction have rules of their own, and it's up to Eve to take a chance in the arms of a man she knows nothing about - except the addictive hunger of needing his touch.
"Don't Judge the Series by the First Book!"
The first victim was found lying on a sidewalk in the rain. The second was murdered in her own apartment building. Police lieutenant Eve Dallas had no problem finding connections between the two crimes. Both victims were beautiful and highly successful women. Their glamorous lives and loves were the talk of the city.
"Ericksen Steals the Show"
She was one of the most sought after women in the world. A top model who would stop at nothing to get what she wanted - even another woman's man. And now she was dead, the victim of a brutal murder.
"so I had to buy the 3rd "
They died with smiles on their faces. Three apparent suicides: a brilliant engineer, an infamous lawyer, and a controversial politician. Three strangers with nothing in common - and no obvious reasons for killing themselves. Police lieutenant Eve Dallas found the deaths suspicious.
"Suspense (with sex scenes)!"
Conducting a top secret investigation into the death of a fellow police officer has Lieutenant Eve Dallas treading on dangerous ground. She must put professional ethics before personal loyalties. But when a dead body is placed outside her home, Eve takes the warning personally.
"Loved It!"
He is an expert with the latest technology...a madman with the mind of a genius and the heart of a killer. He quietly stalks his prey. Then he haunts the police with cryptic riddles about the crimes he is about to commit - always solved moments too late to save the victims' lives.
"Another Winner from J.D. Robb"
No one likes to be alone during the holidays. For New York's most posh dating service, Personally Yours, it is the season to bring lonely hearts together. But Lt. Eve Dallas, on the trail of a ritualistic serial killer, has made a disturbing discovery: all of the victims have been traced to Personally Yours.
With the precision of a surgeon, a serial killer preys on the most vulnerable souls of the world's city streets. The first victim: a sidewalk sleeper, found dead in New York City. No bruises, no signs of struggle. Just a laser-perfect, fist-sized hole where his heart had once been.
"Unbelievable Audio"
An unknown bomber is stalking New York City. He is sending Eve Dallas taunting letters promising to wreak mass terror and destruction among the "corrupt masses". And when his cruel web of deceit and destruction threatens those she cares for most, Eve fights back. It's her city...it's her job...and it's hitting too close to home. Now, in a race against a ticking clock, Eve must make the pieces fit - before the city falls.
Opening night at New York's New Globe Theater turns from stage scene to crime scene when the leading man is stabbed to death center stage. Now Eve Dallas has a high profile, celebrity homicide on her hands. Not only is she lead detective, she's also a witness - and when the press discovers that her husband owns the theater, there's more media spotlight than either can handle.
"Another good Dallas"
In an uptown strip joint, a cop is found bludgeoned to death. The weapon's a baseball bat. The motive's a mystery. It's a case of serious overkill that pushes Eve Dallas straight into overdrive. Her investigation uncovers a private club that's more than a hot spot.
"J D Robb and Susan Ericksen"
At the luxurious Roarke Palace Hotel, a maid walks into suite 4602 for the nightly turndown - and steps into her worst nightmare. A killer leaves her dead, strangled by a thin silver wire. He's Sly Yost, a virtuoso of music and murder. A hit man for the elite.
"Excellent Characters and Storyline"
Summer, 2059. A man wearing a cape and a top hat approaches a prostitute on a dark, New York City street. Minutes later, the woman is dead. Left at the scene is a letter addressed to Lieutenant Eve Dallas, inviting her to play his game and unveil his identity. He signs it, "Jack."
"The Saga Continues"
Reva Ewing, a former member of the Secret Service, a security specialist for Roarke Enterprises, is a prime suspect in a double homicide. She had every reason to want to kill her husband, the renowned artist Blair Bissel. Not only was he having an affair, he was having it with her best friend. But Lieutenant Eve Dallas, who's on the case, believes Reva is innocent.
"If you haven't read Big Jack, get it first"
On one of the city's hottest nights, New York Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas is sent to Central Park - and into a hellish new investigation. The victim is found on the rocks, just above the still, dark water of The Lake in the park. Around her neck is a single red ribbon. Her hands are posed, as if in prayer. But it is the eyes - removed with such precision, as if done by the careful hand of a surgeon - that have Dallas most alarmed.
"Interesting Ending"
No affairs. No criminal connections. No DNA. No clues. Eve Dallas may be the best cop in the city - not to mention having the lavish resources of her husband Roarke at her disposal - but the Swisher case has her baffled. The family members were murdered in their beds with brutal, military precision.


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What's the Latest Development?
A new book outlines the steps you can take to make your design project socially relevant, presuming you want to use your abilities to change the world for the better. In Designing for Social Change: Strategies for Community-Based Graphic Design, author Andrew Shea tells designers to 'confront controversy' because big ideas that make a stand also generate discussion. One tip is to tap into larger messages that people already relate to. An Ohio-based project, for example, visually equated environmentally conscious business with patriotism.
What's the Big Idea?
While declarations of good intentions are sometimes earnest expressions of good will, you should not be making government pamphlets from the 1950s. Try to create a visceral response from your viewers, like the No Hooks before Books program which promoted after-school boxing programs in Baltimore with the use of heroic images. Perhaps most importantly, Shea notes that activism is going local, so make your appeal matter to the community you are trying to affect. In New York, rather than 'Made in the USA', garments are tagged, 'Made in Midtown'.
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The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services proposes a priority for Capacity Building, Coordination, and Collaboration projects under the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). The Assistant Secretary may use one or more of these priorities for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2002 and later years. We take this action to focus research attention on an identified national need. We intend this priority to improve rehabilitation services and outcomes for individuals with disabilities from traditionally underserved racial and ethnic populations.
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In establishing section 21 of the Act, Congress noted patterns of inequitable treatment of traditionally underserved racial and ethnic populations (also referred to as minorities) in all major junctures of the vocational rehabilitation (VR) process. However, Start Printed Page 38581research findings have not yielded conclusive evidence about factors that contribute to the persistent pattern of inequitable treatment. Although recent research findings indicate that the experiences and rehabilitation outcomes for individuals from traditionally underserved racial and ethnic populations differ from nonminority individuals, the factors that influence rehabilitation outcomes is not clear. For example, evidence about the significance of race as a correlate of acceptance for VR services and contributor for differential rehabilitation outcomes are inconclusive.
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(1) To investigate and evaluate disability and rehabilitation outcomes for individuals with disabilities from traditionally underserved racial and ethnic populations in State VR systems, and assess between State and within State differences in outcomes.
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By Eric M. Johnson
SEATTLE (Reuters) - The Seattle police department, under court-sanctioned scrutiny over the use of excessive force, is set to equip at least a dozen officers with a wearable camera for a year-long trial, a senior police official said.
The plan to equip rank-and-file officers with mobile surveillance gear is part of a growing trend in many U.S. cities, including Phoenix and crime-plagued Oakland, California, all of which are using such cameras as a means of protecting those on both ends of the gun.
The change comes at a pivotal time for the police department and the Pacific Northwest city, which averted a federal civil rights lawsuit last year by agreeing to sweeping reforms including revising use-of-force guidelines.
Talk of cameras on uniforms has been broached before, most vocally in 2010, the year police came under harsh criticism after a Seattle officer shot dead an inebriated Native American woodcarver who, in brief footage, appeared to pose a minimal threat.
The American Civil Liberties Union asked the U.S. Justice Department that same year to investigate Seattle police, citing a half-dozen excessive force incidents, against minorities in particular. In one case, video showed a Latino man being kicked while lying prone on the sidewalk, the group said.
A Justice Department report later showed a pattern of excessive force being displayed by police in Seattle, considered one of the most liberal cities in the nation.
Supporters say the dashboard cameras currently in police cars produce an incomplete record of violent altercations with suspected wrongdoers, creating embarrassment for the city in some cases.
That argument was embraced this week by the federal court-appointed monitor after it came to light that eight officers captured no footage from a fatal shooting in February where the victim turned out to be mentally ill.
"You've got to be an idiot to do something wrong when you know you have your own camera filming you," said Seattle Police Officers' Guild President Rich O'Neill, head of the 1,220-member labor union, who originally opposed the plan. "I don't think people have a grasp on the implications, though."
Washington state's liberal public disclosure laws could make for a readily available record of any confrontational or particularly delicate police task, such as interviewing a child survivor of sexual assault, O'Neill said.
"Do we really want to victimize the person twice?"
The plan, part of the broader contract, is subject to a Guild vote later this month and would require amending state law or the parameters of use because of rules requiring dual party consent for audio recording.
Seattle City councilman Bruce Harrell, one of the most prominent advocates for the cameras, said it's a needed change: "The monitor identified our soft underbelly in the department and I am hopeful that the rank-and-file buy in to the concept of public accountability."
Bainbridge Island, in Puget Sound and west of Seattle, is already using such cameras. Roughly 20 patrol officers are instructed to activate a tiny shirt-mounted camera when approaching a "confrontational, use-of-force situation," said Lieutenant Bob Day.
"They've been a great tool for us," Day said. "The prosecutor's office and the courts - they love it when we have video to present as evidence in a case."
In light of the police reform plan, mounted cameras may not draw as much criticism over breach of privacy from people who were successful in fighting the city's fleet of eye-in-the-sky robot drones, grounded three months ago, and who continue to disapprove of watchful cameras installed in the city's port area.
Jennifer Shaw, the deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union in Washington state, said lawmakers must write legislation that ensures using cameras to hold officers accountable, not to spy on or prosecute ordinary citizens. She also calls into question officers having discretion over when cameras are activated.
But her organization, which first requested an investigation into the department's use of force, is broadly concerned with the increase of government surveillance in a post-September 11 world.
"Do we really want to be in a society where every move we make is recorded by government cameras?" she asks.
(Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Gunna Dickson)


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Abramowitz- Morris Frances Eli Beatrice Caroline & Milton
Looking for information about the Abramowitz family who came to New York from Slonim area in 1930.
Father was Morris(MishiYankel)and Mother was Frances(Faiga) Abramowitz(born Lubetsky).
Children were Eli (born 1912), Beatrice(born 1921), Caroline (born 1917)and Milton (born 1926). Caroline married Daitch from Daitch Dairies then Ike Goldstein.
Other relatives were Lubetsky, Rabinowitz, Peltz and Jarmolowsky (Jarmol)
The family moved to Florida and lost contact.
Carole Davies


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See how youth basketball rules differ from official rules used for older players. The goals, court dimensions, and ball size are some of the key modifications found in most youth leagues.
Typically, the rules vary from league to league.
Unlike other levels of competition, there isn't a governing body that writes standardized youth rules.
Before the season begins, make sure you receive a list of the rules that will be used in your league so that you and your young player know what to expect going into that first basketball game.
Keep in mind that the main goal of youth basketball leagues is to teach the basic fundamentals of the game to beginners.
The emphasis is not on winning, but on learning.
As you look through the rules, you'll see that they are written with this goal in mind.
Youth basketball rules tend to favor the offense. They help create an environment that allows young ball handlers to experience success and build confidence.
Below you'll find some basic youth basketball rules and guidelines used by many organizations.
I've alphabetized them by category to help you if you're searching for something in particular. Click on a specific item or scroll down the page to see all of the rules.
Check out these 5th-6th grade co-ed youth basketball rules used in my daughter's last basketball season. You'll notice that they vary from some of the guidelines in the list below.
Age requirements
Youth Basketball Rules #1
Age requirements
Youth basketball leagues usually accept players from 5-13 years of age (after they begin elementary school, but before they start high school).
Leagues are organized into different divisions by age group, and the groupings really depend on the number of players there are. Ideally, teams should be made up of players within 1-2 years of each other, but when enrollment is small, sometimes teams have a wide age range.
Youth Rules #2
Ball size
Youth leagues use a youth size basketball, which is actually the same size ball used by college women and high school girls. The circumference of the youth ball is 28.5 inches, and it weighs 20 ounces.
Find more youth basketballs...
Youth Rules #3
Basket Height
Many leagues play with the regulation 10-foot basketball goals, but for players under 8 years of age, the goal is lowered to 8-8.5 feet.
Youth Rules #4
Court size
There isn't a standard basketball court size for youth basketball leagues.
The standard court used by the NCAA (94 ft x 50 ft) and the court used by high school players (84 ft x 50 ft) are really too big for youth basketball players.
A court about 74 ft x 42 ft is a nice size for young players, but youth courts come in all sizes.
Many times, the size of the court depends on the facilities that are available. Youth leagues don't always have access to regulation-size courts, and games are played on smaller courts like those in school cafeterias. When a standard-size basketball court is available, youth league games are often played from sideline to sideline on one half of the larger court.
A smaller court is really important for young players so that fatigue doesn't become as much of a factor. As they are learning how to play basketball, a smaller court allows the players to handle the ball more instead of spending so much time and energy running up and down the court just trying to get from one end to the other.
Youth Basketball Rules #5
There are probably more youth basketball rules directed at the defense than any other part of the game.
Teams are not allowed to pressure the ball full-court.
Defensive players have to drop back past the half-court line. It doesn't matter whether it's after a made shot, a turnover, or a rebound, teams have to drop back to half-court and allow the ball to be dribbled down without pressure. Once the ball crosses half-court, the defense can guard the ball.
Man-to-man defense is played so that players can learn the basic skills of individual and team defense.
At the beginning of each quarter, the teams line up facing each other at half-court and identify the players they will be matched up against.
The two players who will be guarding each other are given wristbands of the same color to wear so that they can keep up with each other.
Stealing the ball is allowed once it passes half-court, but shot blocking is not allowed. If a player takes a shot, the defender is allowed to stand with arms extended straight up in the air, but she cannot jump up or swat at the ball.
Youth Rules #6
Officials want to avoid injury to young kids, so they try to discourage rough play by blowing their whistles at the smallest physical contact.
Even though basketball is considered a contact sport, young players are not big enough, strong enough, or mature enough to handle the kind of contact that occurs at higher competitive levels.
Youth Rules #7
Free throws
Free throws are usually only awarded for fouls that occur during the act of shooting. Typically, there are no bonus free throws or 1&1s.
Sometimes the clock stops while shooting free throws, but not always. Talk about a time waster – shooting free throws can eat up the clock!
In some leagues, players shoot from the regulation 15-foot free throw line, but in other leagues a line is marked on the floor about 2 feet closer.
Youth Rules #8
Game length
Four 8-minute quarters are common for a youth league game. To speed up the game, the game clock runs continuously and only stops at the end of each quarter, during timeouts, and for designated group substitutions.
Youth Rules #9
Under 10 years of age, it's not uncommon for teams to be co-ed (boys and girls together on one team).
After about the age of 10, leagues are usually separated into boys and girls divisions.
Sometimes there aren't enough girls that sign up to field a girls division, so boys and girls are mixed together.
Youth Basketball Rules #10
The duration of half-time is anywhere from 5-10 minutes. There aren't usually any locker rooms around, so players have enough time to grab a drink, have a short meeting with their coach on the bench, and maybe shoot around for a few minutes.
Youth Rules #11
Jump balls
The game begins with a jump ball, but after the opening tip the alternating possession rule goes into effect. Any time there is a tied up ball, teams alternate throwing the ball in-bounds.
Youth Rules #12
Number of games
Seasons usually consist of 8-10 games with one game per week. Sometimes there is a tournament scheduled at the end of the season, but not always.
Youth Rules #13
There aren't usually any youth basketball rules regulating the type of offense a team can run. Offensive plays should be kept very simple and focus on the basics of passing, catching, and moving without the ball.
There are really two common offensive set-ups for youth basketball players:
A clever and fun way to teach kids how to play basketball is to let them watch the professional games on TV. Guide them through the steps that those players do. A way to stream basketball games is through Direct TV deals which allow you to watch all the games necessary to make your youth team a winning one!
Youth Rules #14
Sometimes 2 officials call the game, but most of the time you're lucky to have one show up.
Youth basketball leagues don't usually hire regulation officials; instead they depend on high school or college kids to help out.
Most of the time, the experience level of the official doesn't matter too much because the level of play is so low.
They mainly serve to keep the game organized and help the youngsters have some idea of what's going on.
The officials may or may not use their whistle, and they may or may not have on an officiating uniform.
I will have to admit I was a bit disillusioned at one YMCA game when the young kid actually officiated our game in baggy beach shorts and flip flops!
Youth Basketball Rules #15
Players can rotate to several different positions throughout the game. Rather than lock players into specific positions when they're just starting out, I like to give them a chance to experience playing at different spots.
The focus at this level is teaching the basic fundamentals of dribbling, passing, shooting, rebounding, and defending. These skills are needed by every player no matter what position they play.
Youth Rules #16
Pre-game warm-up
Teams are usually given a minimum of 10 minutes to warm up before a game. Youth games are often scheduled in between other games, so there may not be any additional time to shoot around.
Players are not able to take the floor until the previous game is finished and both teams have cleared the floor. If there are no other games going on, teams are able to take the floor as early as they'd like.
Youth Rules #17
Most leagues have strict youth basketball rules regarding substitutions to ensure that all players get equal playing time.
Obviously, the exact amount of time each player is on the floor varies due to a number of factors, like the number of players on the team and injuries that occur.
Usually at the 4-minute mark of each quarter, the buzzer will sound, play will stop, and substitutions will be made.
Each player is guaranteed to play in at least 2 quarters.
For a team with 10 players, each player could expect to play half a game, or about 16 minutes. But for a team with 12 players, not everyone will play 2 full quarters.
Coaches are required to keep up with the number of quarters a player plays each game. If someone plays in 3 quarters one game, someone else is selected to play 3 quarters the next game.
Youth Rules #18
Switching ends
Teams switch ends of the court at half-time. They remain on the same bench, but they shoot at the opposite goal for the second half.
Youth Rules #19
Three-point line
Many youth basketball leagues don't use a 3-point line. However, some use the high school 3-point line.
Youth Basketball Rules #20
Coaches are allowed a couple timeouts a half.
Youth Rules #21
It is standard to have one team wear a light-colored jersey (Home) while the other team wears a dark-colored jersey (Visitors). However, sometimes teams don't have uniforms, and players just wear scrimmage vests over their t-shirts.
Youth Rules #22
Officials are usually pretty loose with calling violations. If they blew their whistle every time a beginner traveled or double dribbled, the game would be stopped constantly.
If the infraction is blatant or a player keeps repeating the same mistake, the official will stop play and explain to the player what he is doing wrong.
If you're interested in youth basketball rules, you might be interested in the following topics:
Coach Youth Basketball: 10 Things I've Learned From Experience
Youth Basketball Training: 25 Practical Tips
Fun Team Building Games for Kids
If You're a Little Kid, Basketball Practice Should Be Fun!
Symptoms of Burnout in Your Youth Basketball Player
Youth Basketball Camps: Basketball Crash Courses for Kids
The Pros and Cons of Little League Basketball
Help Your Child Get the Most Out of Summer Basketball Camps
How to Select the Right Basketball Camp for Your Child


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I'm curious if anyone here really knows how to use this program, because I don't? I have just started fiddling with it, and I can see a lot of potential in it, but after it completed scanning my video archive, while some were perfect in the sense that it properly identified a movie and displayed an appropriate thumbnail, there were a lot of movies that even though it identified them correctly, it didn't display a thumbnail for it. There is at least one that was totally misidentified, as a remake of the classic that I actually have.
I have done a Start Menu search, looking for a location where it stores data outside of the program directory, and found nothing. There is nothing within the program directory that appears to pertain to the library either. Therefore, I'm at a loss at to how to attempt to edit anything myself, or to add a thumbnail. Can any of this be done?
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|08 Apr 2011
Did you see my reply to your other post on XBMC ?
Regards....Mike Connor
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No I hadn't, I shall take a look. I have learned a bit more about the program than before...at least I learned how to change a thumbnail, if there is an appropriate one available. It also has provision for using a thumbnail locally, but when I browsed to my folder, which contains 242 thumbs, it only saw 18 of them. If I can figure out how to make everything work, it would be a very good program. It certainly scanned my archive a million times faster than I could set it up on Movie Collectorz. If I can figure how to iron out the wrinkles, the only thing that it can't do that MC can, is to record the barcodes of DVDs.
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It seems to be pretty good software, but with a steep learning curve, and a lot of things are counter-intuitive.
Regards....Mike Connor
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Over his more than 20-year career, DJ Mark Leventhal has made his mark on the South Beach music scene, spinning at '90s hotspots including The Spot and Warsaw and working private parties including one for Madonna.
Now, the community that he shared his musical talent with over the years is rallying behind the 50-year-old father of three who suddenly fell ill Wednesday and is now fighting for his life at Jackson North hospital.
"There is no doubt about it, he is gravely ill," said his sister Amy Leventhal, who explained that her brother has an infection in his brain and throughout his body. "It's going to be a tough road."
Friends, family and fellow DJs are trying to make it a little easier by raising money through a fundraising website called youcaring.com and holding a fundraiser Tuesday night. So far, the community has donated more than $20,000 to Leventhal, who does not have medical insurance.
"He is hanging out there without a net," said his sister, who said the money will go toward medical expenses and his children who are 10, 15 and 19. "The outpouring of support and love for the community has been amazing."
On Tuesday, local DJs including Sean Drake, Tom Laroc and Tony G. will spin in his honor at Haven on Lincoln Road, where Leventhal until recently DJ'd an '80s themed party.
"He has given so much of himself over the years, we knew we had to do something," said Ben Arndt, the manager of Haven. "A big part of why everyone knows him is because of his kindness."
Leventhal, who came to Miami in 1992 from New Jersey, was self-taught, but was always on the cutting-edge of music, his sister said.
He quickly became a South Beach fixture, spinning at parties including Home Cookin' and Fat Black Pussycat.
Dirk DeSouza, a marketing consultant, said he met Leventhal 20 years ago when Leventhal had residencies at local clubs.
"I think anyone who has been to a party on South Beach knows who he is," he said. "He was everywhere."
Last Wednesday, Leventhal complained of back pain. A friend noticed that he looked pale. A trip to the urgent care center ended with Leventhal in the emergency room after he became incoherent, his sister said.
He was placed on a ventilator and his sister said he remained unconscious. She said playing music is affecting his heart rate: Bob Marley accelerates it, '80s ballads slow it down.
She also said the comments pouring in on his Facebook page have been comforting.
"Music is such an important part of his life," she said. "It's a tight-knit community and this proves it."


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Thing One: Preparing For Divorce: Europe and Greece are at the stage in their stormy marriage where they are consulting with divorce lawyers. And we may all feel the pain of their breakup.
European leaders did little but bicker at an informal dinner summit in Brussels yesterday, The New York Times writes, a predictable development that nonetheless briefly roiled world markets. They all came out mumbling support for the idea of Greece staying in the euro zone, but also said they were developing contingency plans for its eventual exit. Germans, meanwhile, have already said goodbye in their minds, according to Zero Hedge's reading of the German press.
This morning, euro-zone manufacturing data and German confidence numbers came in ugly, Bloomberg writes, highlighting the already sad state of the European economy, which will get even sadder in the event of a breakup. In the Wall Street Journal, David Wessel lays out the very specific ways that a messy Greek divorce will impact the U.S. economy, too. We'd better get ready, writes the Journal's Paul Vigna -- this appears to be the start of the endgame.
Thing Two: China Slowdown: A closely watched Chinese manufacturing index fell in May and showed factory activity shrunk for the seventh straight month, Reuters reports. It's the latest sign of a prolonged slump in the world's second-biggest economy and potentially bad news for the rest of the world. It also means the Chinese government will have to try harder to bring the economy back to life with low rates and other stimulus measures. Economists have pushed back the date that they expect China's economy to recover into the second quarter, Reuters writes.
Thing Three: Facebook Fleecing: One of the big questions about the Facebook IPO is whether any laws were broken when some investors found out that Wall Street banks were slashing their estimates for Facebook and others didn't. The answer may very well turn out to be no. The Wall Street Journal writes that, when it comes to IPOs, this sort of selective information is standard procedure, which is all the more reason for retail investors to stay far away from IPOs. Bloomberg estimates that retail investors might be in the hole by $600 million on this IPO. Meanwhile, Facebook may be flirting with switching its listing from Nasdaq to the New York Stock Exchange, as the botched IPO brings a new intensity to the rivalry between those two exchanges, the WSJ writes.
Thing Four: Packard It In: If you were just watching Hewlett-Packard's share price last night, you might think it's doing great: Its stock jumped 9 percent in late electronic trading after the computer maker reported better-than-expected quarterly results. Ah, but that's the screwy logic of Wall Street: It managed to clear a ridiculously low bar, so it gets a big cheer in the stock market. Meanwhile, 27,000 people are losing their jobs, and both the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times write that the company's still-declining results, and the mass layoffs, are evidence that H-P is foundering badly as the industry shifts around it. Apple, meanwhile, has enough cash to buy Hewlett-Packard and Dell combined. Just saying.
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Thing Six: Drill, Arctic, Drill: With President Obama's enthusiastic blessing, Shell is scheduled to start drilling test oil wells off the northern Alaska coast this summer, opening up the Arctic for drilling for the first time, The New York Times writes. It promises to help reduce U.S. reliance on foreign oil, but also "threatens wildlife and pristine shorelines, and perpetuates the nation's reliance on dirty fossil fuels."
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@ReformedBroker: Jamie Dimon: Thank you, Facebook.
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Enjoy a condo in Paradise!! Paradise Valley, near Scottsdale, in Phoenix, Arizona!
Need sunshine? Come to Phoenix and enjoy our famous mild, dry winters with average temperatures in the 60's and 70's and sunshine everyday!! Relocating? This is the perfect condo for a short term stay!
Anasazi Village Condominiums – Location! Location! Location!!
The Anasazi Indians (pronounced "Ah-nah-sah-zee), or "Ancient Ones" were a spectacular civilization - the original Arizonians who lived in this region over 2000 years ago!!
Today, Anasazi Village is a spectacular, modern village community in a perfect location in the East Valley of Phoenix! The Village occupies 22 acres of classic southwestern architectural design. Bordered on the south by Stone Creek Golf Course & the Embassy Suites with views of Squaw Peak, Anasazi Village is adjacent to Paradise Valley & Scottsdale - two of Arizona's most prestigious communities. It's an easy 20 minute drive from the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.
Please note: Anasazi Village has a 1 month minimum.
The Condo: A perfect location in the Village!! This designer one bedroom, one bath condo is on the ground floor with a beautiful view of a waterfall and picturesque pool. It is very convenient to the clubhouse, parking and, most of all - away from the street noises. This is a HUGE 1BR!! 885 sq. feet plus the patio! The floor plan is amazingly well designed. Many one bedroom condos are long rectangles with the living room in the front and the bedroom in the back. Our floor plan is a double-wide rectangular so your living room and bedroom are in front and both have sliding doors off the patio. The entire condo is light and bright!! You'll feel the difference!! And check this out - every condo has its own individual AC and heating units – Very Important!! We recently purchased this condo and it looks like a model home! The bedroom has a new, super comfy pillow top king bed with fine quality linens, pillows and comforter. There's a double dresser and an armoire for the TV plus a large walk-in closet
The bathroom has a double sink vanity, huge walk-in shower, plenty of new fluffy towels and a hairdryer. We even include a dispenser in the shower with shampoo, conditioner, body wash & coconut body lotion!! In the living room, you'll find high quality furniture including a sofa sleeper, an entertainment center with a CD player plus cable TV & VCR & DVD. Bring your favorite movies or watch a few classics that we keep at the condo for your use or rent them at several spots close by. Just in case you get tired of all that sunshine, there are books and plenty of games and books. Local phone service is available. For you Internet nuts – you'll be pleasantly surprised to find unlimited high speed Internet access via an Ethernet connection or wireless – all included!! Bring your laptop and hook up!! The condo has a big patio with a table & chairs - perfect for enjoying early morning coffee and outdoor dining.
The condo has a big private patio with a table & chairs - perfect for enjoying early morning coffee and outdoor dining in the Arizona sunshine. No smoking inside but smoking is OK on the patio. There's also a full size washer and dryer for your exclusive use. We've tried to think of everything you might need to cook a turkey dinner or make a margarita!! Just bring your food and drinks!! Also included: cordless telephone and voice mail, iron and ironing board, vacuum cleaner, all utilities.
This condo is available for a minimum of one month.
Come to Arizona and experience luxury desert living at its best!!
Amenities: Fully equipped including all utilities, quality linens, all new kitchen appliances, dishwasher, microwave, refrigerator, washer/dryer, model home furnishings, iron, ironing board, vacuum. Maid service available.
I am a native San Diegan but LOVE the beauty of the desert areas in Phoenix. I own 2 condos at Anasazi Village. It's a very special place!! The weather in the winter is wonderful!!
Jo Ann - Anasazi Poolside Owner purchased this condo in 1993
The first time I visited Anasazi Village, I was in awe of the manicured grounds with huge pine trees! The location is perfect - right by the Stonecreek Golf Course and across the street from Paradise Valley Mall! What more could you want?? Golf and shopping! The amazing part of Anasazi is how quiet it is once inside the gates! The 5 pools are designed with huge boulders - not just the usual rectangular pools! I love the jacuzzis with the waterfalls plunging into the spa. Check out the pictures!! Guests come back year after year. Anasazi is a very special place!!
5 pools and spas, Fitness center! A championship golf course is right there! AND, restaurants and shopping is within an easy walk or quick drive. Convenience!!
Have had a great time in Phoenix this season (September-November).
There were some flaws in the condo and these were partially remedied.
The owner Jo-Ann still has contactwith the handyman and soves the open flaws as quickly as posiable.
We looking forward to the next rental period in 2018.
Tom & Joke
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Amersfoort, The Netherlands,
We want to thanks the owner Jo-Ann for all and in our two month of the vessel had a good contact.
The condo is in an excellent location situated with everything within walking distance, including shops,restaurants and of course the golf course.
We therefore look again at the period in 2017.
Tom & Joke from the Netherlands,Europe
The property is very well maintained and has a luxury resort look and feel about it. Anasazi Village is located within easy walking distance to Paradise Valley Mall. Grocery stores are a short drive away and a convenience store is right across the street,
Although Anasazi Village is located on a fairly busy road Jo Ann's unit is far enough away from the road that we weren't bothered by traffic noise.
This unit is well equipped for a long stay and the ground-level location makes it very handy access for brining in groceries or going out to the pool. Gas grills are located steps away from the front door, which makes cooking dinner on the Barbie an easy and convenient task.
Anasazi Village is located adjacent to a golf course and the green fees are reasonable. But the course is heavily played during February so we found ourselves driving to many of the other course located in the greater Phoenix area.
Jo Ann is very easy to work with and was responsive to any questions we had prior to booking the property. So if you are looking for a nice, reasonably priced one bedroom condo in Northeast Phoenix - close to golf and shopping - you won't be disappointed with Anasazi Village.
This ground floor apartment is conveniently located for all your needs, whether it is shopping, sporting activities or wining and dining. The apartment has undergone some improvements during the past year, mainly to the electrical system. The owner is supportive and reacts quickly to solve any problems which may arise. Had there been a flat screen HD television I would have awarded 4 stars.
I am here on my third stay at Jo Ann's condo. On each visit, the condo has been spotless on arrival. The photos are accurate, the furnishings are very comfortable, and everything needed for a long-term stay is provided. I am here for the summer, and I only brought checked luggage.
The main pool and spa is right off the deck, but two rows of shrubs keep the condo quiet. If the pool is busy, there are other pools around the property. There is a good mix of permanent residents and vacationers here. The neighbors are friendly, but this is not the place to have a loud party.
The Paradise Valley Mall and a Target are right across the street. In walking distance is one street corner with Albertson's, Fry's Grocery, Whole Foods and Trader Joe's.
There is a large walk-in closet and plenty of drawers to unpack into. The dressing area has a double sink, with a door to the bathroom proper. There is a fast dedicated internet connection with WiFi and Ethernet available, and an empty desk for a computer.
The owner handles the rental arrangements herself, and she is very well organized and professional. Jo Ann will make sure you have an enjoyable stay!
The location of Anasazi Village is amazing. It is located between a beautiful golf course on one side and Paradise Valley mall with convenient shopping and many restaurants within walking distance. The grounds are meticulously maintained and all 5 pools are sparkling clean. The entire area in and around Anasazi Village is safe and very secure.
Our condo was well appointed, stocked with everything we needed for a long term stay and was very clean and comfortable. The location of the ground floor unit is so convenient with the lagoon pool, and waterfall outside the sliding glass door and a gas barbecue grill outside the front door. Covered parking is just a short walk from the unit. Jo Ann was wonderful to work with and was available at all times if we needed to speak with her.
We highly recommend this condo and look forward to staying there again soon. Our 2 month trip in April and May was one we will remember forever and was certainly the most restful and relaxing vacation we've ever taken.
Shopping! Shopping! Shopping!
Paradise Valley Mall is just across the street and features 5 major department stores (Macy's, Dillard's, Sears, J C Penney) plus over 100 specialty shops. On an adjacent block, you'll find more shopping with restaurants and plenty of well known retail stores like Walmart & TJ Maxx. Everything you need is within a few blocks of Anasazi Village: Whole Foods, Albertsons, Frye's, Henry's + more. Freeway close to everything but QUIET!! This is the Perfect location in Phoenix!!
Golf: In addition to Stone Creek Golf Course, you'll find dozens of other great courses within an easy drive.
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Rate includes all utilities including wireless high speed internet.
Check the availability calendar. If your date is not available, we may be able to accommodate you in our other condo in the same building on an upper floor. Both condos are designer decorated and in prime locations at Anasazi Village.
NO TAXES!!!!! Ask about discounts for multiple month stays during May - November.


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Is it too late or complicated to do something about Fl's Live mode? I'd love to be able to play live but it's just such a painful experience having my song going when i wanna que in paterns. Possible solution or not? Someting like ableton would be great. Cheers if you do reply !
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Label: Duck Down
The late '90s and early Aughts were not kind to Sean Price. He was calling himself "the brokest rapper you know" and it wasn't just for comic effect, he was literally selling two-ways and pills just to get by. Worse yet, his crew Boot Camp Clik had fallen into irrelevancy and so did he. On his previous album, Monkey Bars, he found his footing as a solo act ,but it wasn't worth much—he rhymed, "Mad as hell, plus I'm frustrated/Last album came out, you motherfucks hate it/Rock solo, Ruck broke/Here's a hundred dollars, what a fucking joke."
After not getting the props he felt he deserved for Monkey Barz, Price hit Duck Down's president Dru Ha and told him to send him back down to Raleigh-Durham to record a new album. Down South, Price hooked up with producers like 9th Wonder and Khrysis and started banging out tracks. The end result took everyone by surprise; suddenly Sean Price was back from the dead and he had something to prove. "Even my friend was like, 'Damn son, who you mad at?'" said Sean. "I was like, 'Every-fucking-body, son. Everything. Fuck it.'"
The album's content really isn't about much, most of the songs deal with how Sean Price is basically going to beat you up and take your money or how rappers these days are too soft. Even though he was threatening, he never came across as unapproachable. If anything, he was that guy on the corner who was cool to talk to but you'd never, ever pick a fight with him.
Price's perspective struck a chord with rap heads and found the right balance between honesty and humor. Coupled with the support of blogs like NahRight, Price found a second life as an underground favorite. Or as he says on "Stop," "It's evident by the way that I act, way that I move/Sean Price ain't a gimmick or act, nothing to prove, BONK!" — IA


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Sunday, 12 August 2012
Oh I do like...
...to be on holiday. Particularly when it's beside the seaside.
Hi, dear reader. It's me again, back - if only briefly - to tell you about my latest holiday. I realise I've been somewhat lax in my blogging of late. Life has kind of got in the way, if I'm honest. And it will do again pretty soon, but more of that in another post. For now, however, it's holiday blog time...
I'm just back from a fun-filled (yes, really!) week in Yorkshire, which also doubled up as multiple trips down memory lane. Day trips to Whitby and Scarborough. Country drives around the North York Moors and Vale of York. A visit to York itself. Almost every day brought a wave of remembered moments. Even staying in the cottage was (a bit) like those family holidays we had as I was growing up.
But the biggest jolt was when we deliberately went out to find some specific places, and I found that I had very vivid recollections of the places themselves that were hidden in the dim dusty parts of my unconscious mind. Places like Great Ayton, where I spent a week every summer in my teenage years discovering that I wasn't quite as far from normal as I thought I was. Or like the suburbs of York, where my grandparents lived and where I spent time most school holidays. Or Hemingbrough, where my Mum's grandparents lived. Finding that I recognised street names and bits of road almost instantly was very strange, and just proves how powerful our brains really are.
We also found time to do new stuff on our week away - a James concert at the Stockton Weekender Festival, a performance of the York Mystery Plays, and a visit to Castle Howard being just some of them.
Best of all, however, was the taster we got of what 'playing house' is going to be like. Soon, very soon. But that's a post for another day too. For now, I'll leave you with some of the photos from our break. There's more to be posted so check back a couple of times if you want to see the full set.
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At Work With: Michelle Keefe
Q: What was your biggest break?
When my long-time mentor and champion, Rick Keefer, recruited me to join Touchpoint as COO.
Q: Did college prepare you for your career?
I went to college at Seton Hall University and graduated with a BA in marketing. My college experience was great preparation for my career.
Q: What books are you reading?
Basically, anything by Malcolm Gladwell is on my reading list. Right now: David and Goliath.
Q: What would your own book's title be?
Don't Let Opportunity Pass You By: Be Your Own Advocate. Early in my career, I thought that asking for something was brash and egocentric.
Q: Where will you be in five years?
My intention is to be here at Touchpoint, having led the continued expansion and growth of our business. Touchpoint has enjoyed an over-20% compound annual growth rate for the past six years under the leadership of my predecessor and mentor, Rick Keefer.


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Deputy uses patrol car to stop runaway vehicle
A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy used his patrol car Thursday to stop a runaway vehicle on Foothill Boulevard, officials said.
A Tujunga woman, 51, was driving a Ford Focus on Foothill Boulevard near Pennsylvania Avenue in Glendale about 11:20 a.m. Thursday when the deputy noticed her frantically trying to wave him down as her car continued to accelerate, officials told the Glendale News Press.
The woman went through at least five intersections before the deputy was able to get ahead of her and use his brakes to stop the runaway car, Sheriff's Sgt. Gary Ogurek said.
No one was injured in the incident, and the woman's Focus sustained nothing more than a minor scratch.
A preliminary inspection of the woman's vehicle found that her brakes were not working.
Ogurek said the department doesn't necessarily train for techniques on how to stop runaway vehicles, but he described Deputy Marcelo Ruiz as having "a lot of driving experience."
"He just happened to be the right person at the right place at the right time," Ogurek said.
Three arrested in bungled beer heist in Covina
Porn filming on L.A. firetrucks 'unacceptable,' mayor says
Jaycee Dugard sues U.S. for 'gross neglect' in supervising Garrido's parole
-- Jason Wells, Times Community News
Photo: A sheriff's deputy used his patrol car on Thursday to stop a runaway Ford Focus. Credit: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department


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Stewart's 45 saves lead Jackals to 3-1 win
Elmira leads series 1-0
By Joe Mink
An old hockey saying goes that a hot goaltender can carry a team through the playoffs.
Brian Stewart looked like that kind of goalie Friday night, leading the Elmira Jackals to a 3-1 victory over the Florida Everblades in Game 1 of the ECHL Kelly Cup Eastern Conference semifinals at First Arena.
Stewart made 45 saves, and more than a few were difficult. Twice he stopped Florida's high-scoring forward Scott Pitt on breakaways.
Mike Radja, Artem Demkov and Jean Bourbeau each scored a goal for Elmira, which was outshot 46-19.
The Everblades averaged four goals and nearly 38 shots in its three-game, first-round sweep of the Greenville Road Warriors.
Kalamazoo outlasts Stingrays, 6-4
K-Wings lead series 1-0
By Pam Shebest
Kalamazoo Gazette
Nick Sirota and Elgin Reid each scored twice to lead the Kalamazoo Wings to a 6-4 win against the South Carolina Stingrays and a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven ECHL Eastern Conference semifinals.
Reid unleashed two blasts into the net from the blue line in a 14-second span midway through the third period for a 6-2 Kalamazoo lead.
"I was doing the same things I was doing all game," Reid said. "I had some good chances early in the game that I didn't convert on. I missed the net on a couple. They weren't the prettiest, but sometimes the hockey gods even things out for you. It worked out well."
His first goal turned out to be the game-winner and his second, off a Stingray in front, chased goalie Rob Madore (2-1-0) for former Unviersity of Michigan goalie Billy Sauer at 11:50 of the third period.
Alaska rallies for 2-1 win
Aces lead series 1-0
By Doyle Woody
Anchorage Daily News
On their march to the Kelly Cup last season, the Alaska Aces won all six of their playoff games at Sullivan Arena. This regular season, they fashioned the ECHL's best home-ice record. And, historically, they are always a difficult bunch to beat on the Olympic-sized rink they call home, where they seem to get a lift from their raucous, cowbell-ringing supporters.
For the Aces, Sullivan is home-ice hockey heaven, and the definition of home-ice advantage.
Friday night, they added another chapter to their legacy of stirring comebacks at Sullivan, striking back from a one-goal, third-period deficit to beat the Stockton Thunder, 2-1, in the opener of a Western Conference semifinal series.


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This video of a family's flawless K-pop routine will make you happy!
The true mark of a great dad is his willingness to perform in his adolescent daughter's homemade music video. Watch as the whole family, including a little toddler who can likely dance better than you, gets in on an adorable K-pop dance routine!
And if you're curious about what song they're dancing to, it's "Roly Poly" by the Korean girl group T-ARA. The actual song starts at 4:20:
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Wonderful Bright Living Room Decor With Nice Color Scheme
Bright Living Room – The living is the most critical part of the house, paying little personality to its size. It's a social region where guests rate and where you spend most of your energy when you're home. In many cutting... Read more →


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If you're not going to be present and in an authentic manner, then my advice is don't turn up. Have you ever noticed how your staff seem to need far less of your time, they seem to be operating more autonomously? Cause for celebration - (high five you), or cause for concern - (whoops)? It may be a really good sign, but it also may just be that they get very little from spending time with you, so they no longer bother to pursue it. They are no longer satisfied with your disinterest, as … [Read more...]
A Golden Secret for New and Aspiring Managers
Get ready to take a punch Are you a new manager? Do you think you're pretty smart, pretty good? Well this will be one of the most valuable lessons you ever get. You're not that good, and you don't know it all. You know the old adage, "you don't know what you don't know" - couldn't be more true. Ask for help. That's what smart people do. … [Read more...]
A blow to the head is great feedback
Boxing Lesson One I had an epiphany somewhere just a split second before or perhaps after my boxing coach's boxing pad struck the side of my head. Will boxing make me a better manager or leader? Thump!!!!! Is that why I am standing here taking a blow to the side of the head. If not, why on earth??? … [Read more...]
Want Job Security Guaranteed? Whatever you do, don't delegate.
Why you would delegate, I mean really. The only person who can do it right is you, you know that. Everyone else, well sure, they're ok, but not quite good enough, and they certainly won't do it the same way you do. The big bonus is, if you never delegate, you'll never have to worry about losing your job because no one else will be able to do it and take over. Yep, it'll be same company, the same office, same desk, same chair, same job, every day, every week, every year till death do us part. … [Read more...]
I can see clearly while my brain is gone. The first 147 days.
Hello, I am breaking new ground reporting on the first 140/150 days. The first 90 and the first 100 are both so yesterday. I've moved on. If there is one thing the first 140 or 50 days has taught me, it's the value of a non-biased review. I have mentioned before, I think there is great value in viewing things through a fresh set of eyes. When you start in a new role, you are fresh eyes. Like a baby you see everything for the first time, with no preconceived opinions. But it doesn't take … [Read more...]
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By this guide, UNESCO aims to tell Member States about its strategy of promoting freedom of expression on the Internet. The Company employs over 22,000 associates and operates sixty four offices in the U.S. and Canada. Fuad, Ahmad Nur, , 2007, 'Islam and Human Rights in Indonesia: An Account of Muslim Intellectuals' Views', Al-Jami'ah Vol. For example, Mission RED, a analysis initiative linked closely with the One-to-One Institute, which helps one-to-one laptop computer initiatives in Ok-12 faculties, released a research about profitable implementation fashions of education technology in October 2010.
I will take it piecemeal, just to show what we need to know, how to pay attention to historic details/data and start to stitch and rewrite our own tales and histories without being influenced nor affected by the Western-type of training plaguing many people at this time. I imagine this bill should develop into law because it addresses some of the primary methods of preventing human trafficking which were essentially the most successful.
Across the Atlantic, the talk about on-line courses and their potential to restructure increased education has been raging for a while. The location covers present new and articles about human trafficking, in addition to data from studies about human trafficking. Each year HREA trains thousands of development and humanitarian staff, educators, human rights defenders, workers of (inter)governmental companies, legislation enforcement, authorized and media professionals around the world.
The school examines how choices are made, the curriculum and further-curricular activities on provide, and the surroundings during which college students are taught, to develop into an inclusive model for human rights training. The Human Rights Schooling Youth Programme was initiated in 2000 as a priority of the Youth Sector of the Council of Europe. The concept of training in Islam will not be only getting respectable earnings but training it in actual life for the betterment of the others.


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Milo Is All Ready for His First Day At School
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Based on the Edgar Allan Poe tale, The Pit and the Pendulum (Midnite Movies) stars Vincent Price as Nicholas Medina who lives in a castle near an ocean. As lovely as the castle looks in the scenery it contains a curse within the walls.
One day Nicholas's brother-in-law Francis Barnard (John Kerr) heard that his sister Elizabeth (Barbara Steele) had died. So he pays Nicholas a visit and demands to know how it happened. Nicholas is so overwhelmed in despair by the loss of Elizabeth that he only gives vague answers.
Apparently, Francis insists on specific details. The way he demands answers is verbally brutal, if not rude. At least the family physician Dr. Leon (Antony Carbone) was able to help out some.
Also visiting Nicholas is his sister Catherine (Luana Anders). She tries to help her brother cope with his loss and seems to take a liking to Francis. I have no doubt that Francis feels the same way about Catherine.
Of course the biggest part of the story is the torture chamber down in the depths of the castle. It was invented by Nicholas's father Sabastian Medina (Vincent Price) and was the source of the heavy atmosphere that corrupted Elizabeth, according to Nicholas, but things are not always as they seem.
When I first saw this movie, it was at this point when I realized that the biggest inspiration behind the story line from Elvira's Haunted Hills came from here. That's one of the main reasons I found the original Pit and the Pendulum film so interesting.
Overall, The Pit and the Pendulum does make for a good mystery/horror for its creepy exploration. It's not comedic like The Raven, but Edgar Allan Poe horror tales were not known for their comedy.


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This is written for Peter Pollack's One Word Blog Carnival on Winter. Join the party? I'm also a little late to join up with L.L. Barkat for her On, In, and Around Mondays party.
OH I AGREE! My 92 year old mother in law says that no one plays enough…they forget the innocence of fun…too much serious.
Late? No way. It's also "around" Mondays. That leaves a whole week. 🙂
This was totally beautiful. What a great beauty formula. Or maybe it's really a spirit formula, and your spirit is glowing right up to the tippy top of your pretty head. 🙂
A whole playground out there. So glad you are finding it afresh.
Very beautifully told! I love the idea of you out tromping through snowy woods with your boys. So very precious. I am jealous because we have no trees (indigenous), snow, creeks, fields. But we still need to search for beauty outside. Thank you for the "charge"!
oh I need that .. no snow here so I will live through your beauty in word and photo!
I turn 39 next Wednesday. I looked in the mirror yesterday and thought: "My, you ARE looking older, Jennifer."
Methinks I better head outdoors.
Fabulous piece, Laura. Love that "gossamer lid."
I think I need to spend the day outside!!!
Lovely post, Laura …
We are forecasted flurries for Sunday so I will put this beauty treatment on my to-do list. I must also add that snow-angels are great excercise!
You wrote this so beautifully. I didn't know that about the roots still growing and I loved the way you compared it to your growth. You do have a way with words…that I love to read! ~Jessica
The face lifted to the snow sounds like a wonderful beauty treatment.
Thanks for a great Post!
What a great way to think about playing and resting Laura. Beauty treatment. I'm gonna say that to myself when I get on the trampoline with my kids 🙂
Well, for one I learned three new words. This is so good. Therapy skin deep and especially deeper.
Qietly enjoyed this as I sit by the window gazing out on our snow scene. School was canceled, so I will finish grading midterms wrapped up in a soft throw in my recliner.
I wrote somewhat similarly about winter memories of sled riding. I don't think I ever felt younger than when I was out with my kids in the snow.
Now I bundle up and go take photos.
Lots of wisdom and imagery in your words.
Laura, you inspire me to go outside! What a perfect post for me to read as this is my year of "Depend and Delight" and this so fits the delight portion. I went back and read some of your earlier posts, and now I'm very interested in "God in the Yard."
You write so beautifully and intelligently; it really touches my soul. Thank you.
You've discovered a "green" beauty treatment. And it an last forever.
Lovely post.
Arms wide open…. I love that.
Instant Beauty Treatment, you say?
If I'm not vain, then why am I putting on my boots?
Put it this way. A little playdate with God sounds great. 🙂
I had missed your commitment to play outside earlier, but I am so glad I found it here. Playing outside . . . I love the sound of it. I love remembering it. I need to do it! I could use a beauty treatment.
It was a little too slushy to play outside for long today,
so I did look at some archived Cuba photos for some sunnier beauty .
Today, for the first time in forever, I had the urge to build a snow something out in our wintery mix that's falling. Back home in Wisconsin my dad always calls snow a blanket of fertilizer so I've know things weren't sleeping down deep. Thanks for your post!
I learned two new words, myself! Lovely, Laura!
You write so well that one can see and feel just what you describe here.
I'm with Susan; I definitely need to get outside more. I take my walks, but I need to do the other part – that resting. I guess I'd also need to import a snowstorm or two 😉
Beautifully written Laura. I so love reading your words.
Sweet, Laura. I'd love to come play in your thick snow. And you can come and play in my cool sunshine.


text: Elsevier pushes subscription-based services By Matthew Schwartz. Published on October 05, 2012. Medical and scientific publisher Elsevier was a particularly active player on the media M&A front in August and September. The Amsterdam-based media company, a subsidiary of Reed Elsevier, announced two divestitures and a pair of acquisitions: In August, Elsevier acquired Atira, a research management software company. Atira complements Elsevier's SciVal, a research and information website. Last month, Elsevier bought ExitCare, which provides patient education and discharge instruction to clinicians for delivery to patients. Also in September, Elsevier sold the International Medical News Group (IMNG) to healthcare media company Quadrant HealthCom, owned by M.E. Zukerman & Co. And in the most recently announced divestiture, it sold the Elsevier Public Safety Group (EPS), which includes FireRescue and Law Officer, to PennWell Corp. Financial terms of the four deals were not disclosed. The divestitures reflect Elsevier's efforts to reduce its stake in traditional trade publications and sharpen its focus on peer-reviewed science journals, according to Christopher Capot, director-corporate relations at Elsevier. "The advertising and pharma promotional-dependent revenue model of IMNG and EPS, which are really trade publications, did not fit with our long-term health science business strategy," Capot said, noting Elsevier produces more than 400 peer-reviewed publications. "We will continue to focus on advertising and pharma promotion in peer-reviewed journals." ExitCare, which serves more than 2,000 healthcare organizations throughout the U.S., will be folded into Elsevier's portfolio of clinical decision support (CDS) content and tools. "A gap for us had been in that patient-education space, which is a very critical part of patient flow through a hospital, for example," said Sonika Mathur, VP-strategy and business development for the CDS group. "The rationale behind the acquisition is that it really helps us provide a more comprehensive suite of solutions that can satisfy almost the entire work flow for a clinician." Mike Parker, managing director of media investment bank AdMedia Partners, said Elsevier's various deals were in keeping with the company's strategy to shed media products with exposure to print-advertising cycles and build out its subscription business. Former Reed Elsevier CEO Sir Crispin Davis "said a few years ago that he wanted to get into database management and more digital [media], and that's what the company is doing," Parker said. "It appears to be working, in terms of divesting ad-driven products and putting money into more reliable revenue streams." Most Popular In this article: BtoB


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Accenture has been chosen to replace CGI Federal as the lead contractor for the Obamacare enrollment website, which failed to work when it launched in October for millions of Americans shopping for health insurance, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said on Saturday.
CGI Federal, a subsidiary of CGI Group, built the website, HealthCare.gov, which was plagued by error messages and slow speeds for weeks after the launch. The glitches created a political crisis for President Barack Obama, threatening the roll-out of his signature healthcare law and emboldening Republican foes to call for its repeal.