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However, that's looking doubtful. The oral arguments were just heard in the case, and as Tim Lee points out, they don't sound good. You can read the full transcript below, but the oral discussion was extremely narrowly focused on the patentability of this particular diagnostic test, with many comments suggesting that the patentability of a general diagnostic test is not even in question. In fact, Mayo's own lawyer seemed to concede the point and didn't even bother to argue the issue:
Unfortunately, the justices seemed oblivious to these arguments. And the man who should have been making them, Mayo counsel Stephen Shapiro, completely ignored them. Instead, he seemed to concede the legality of medical patents in general, and focused on nitpicking the details of Prometheus's patent. Specifically, he noted that the patent covers a broad range of metabolite levels and applies for many different autoimmune diseases, and argued that this made the patent invalid.Except, as Lee notes, not everyone agrees with that. In fact many different groups, including the American Medical Association, argued exactly the opposite in briefs on the case.
Asked by Justice Kennedy if a more specific and complex diagnostic technique involving "two or three different drugs" could be eligible for patent protection, Shapiro said yes. "If it leaves room for others to have their own tests with different numbers and different procedures so that it isn't just one test for the whole country, then yes, if it's specific enough," he said. "The specificity is the key."
Justice Scalia pointed out that making patent-eligibility turn on how complex the diagnostic strategy was, or on how many diseases it claimed to address, was totally unworkable. Shapiro's proposal, he said, was "not a patent rule that we could possibly apply."
Justices Scalia and Breyer showed some skepticism that patents could cover the use of scientific correlations in medical practice. But the other justices expressed no such skepticism. At one point, Justice Kagan offered some advice to Prometheus's lawyer. "What you haven't done is say at a certain number you should use a certain treatment, at another number you should use another treatment," she said. "I guess the first question is why didn't you file a patent like that? Because that clearly would have been patentable. Everybody agrees with that."
For what's it worth, what's discussed in the oral hearing is not always all that relevant to how the case actually turns out. The briefs are often more important. But, either way, it's not looking good. After a few good years in the mid-2000s, where the Supreme Court really beat back patent excesses, the more recent patent courts have been timid to the point of ridiculous. In the end, it seems like this case may turn out like the Bilski case, where the Supreme Court had the opportunity to rule broadly on software and business method patents, but chose to ignore the issue, focusing only on the specific patent in question.
This seems like a huge waste of the Supreme Court's time and collective intellect. People look to SC rulings to set precedent and clarify points of law. Ruling extremely narrowly based on just the specifics of the patent itself doesn't clear up any confusion. Instead, it just makes things worse.


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Although it's unclear whether the overall U.S. housing market is on the mend, some areas are doing decidedly better than others. Some, in fact, managed to miss the housing bust altogether.
Even as home sales pick up, it is clear that a significant number of homes purchased in today's market are bought by investors looking to generate rental income, according to the National Association of Realtors.
While price trends are important, sellers also need to be aware of how long a property is likely to sit on the market before being bought. The faster that homes sell, the faster an inventory backlog is cleared, suggesting heightened demand and an upward trajectory in prices. Additionally, if a home is on the market for an extended period, it may put off prospective buyers and force sellers to accept less-favorable offers.
To identify the cities where houses sold the fastest, real estate websiteZillow.comanalyzed local market information based on the median number of days a home was on the market. The numbers presented here are for homes sold between March 2011 and March 2012.
During this time, the national median for time on the market waas 129 days, while Hilton Head, S.C. (196 days), Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (201 days), and Ocean City, N.J. (202 days) were where homes sold the slowest.
Also in the analysis is the Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI),which represents given city's median value of homes on the market. The information presented here also includes the proportion of listings with price cuts, the average amount those listings were reduced and the "final discount from list price" (the average amount negotiated off the original list price before the sale).
So, where do homes sell the fastest? Click ahead to find out!
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Gabe might have a new candidate for the most underrated movie of 2012...
Struggling screenwriter Marty Faranan (Colin Farrell) is working on his latest screenplay. Unfortunately, all he has so far is a title – Seven Psychopaths. Marty's best friend, Billy Bickle (Sam Rockwell), is an unemployed actor who makes a living by kidnapping dogs and collecting cash rewards for a safe return to their owners. Marty's partner in crime is Hans Kieslowski (Christopher Walken), a devout Quaker with a dark past and a cancer-stricken wife named Myra (Linda Bright Clay). One day, Marty and Hans make the mistake of stealing a Shih Tzu belonging to Charlie Costello (Woody Harrelson), an unhinged, violent gangster that loves his dog more than anything else in the world.
Playwright turned filmmaker Martin McDonagh has a very small filmic legacy. Previous to Seven Psychopaths he only made two films (or one and a half, depending on how you look at it) – an Oscar-winning short called Six Shooter and In Bruges, an incredibly well-received crime comedy for which he was once again nominated for an Oscar (this time for his screenplay). But, having not found the good sense to fail yet, he is forced to live up to the expectations of this tiny legacy with his latest film. Seven Psychopaths is certainly a stylistic follow-up to In Bruge by revisiting the deadpan comedy, weirdo characters, and juxtapositions of surrealistic and mundane images that made that film so loveable. Colin Farrell even effectively plays the same character in both films. In Bruges took back the British gangster comedy from Guy Ritchie, Seven Psychopaths is additionally a reaction to male ensemble black comedy, like Very Bad Things and the wildly popular The Hangover. It's also very obviously a film made by a playwright, despite some definitely theatrical sequences. The locations are limited (though not as limited as something like Killer Joe) and each scene is built up around conversations, rather than plot-points or set-pieces. Fortunately, the biting dialogue moves the story along and the character interactions sit delectably in place of set-pieces.
There are obvious comparisons to be made to Tarantino's first three films and the crap his phenomenon birthed, like Boondock Saints, but McDonagh's meta-textual treatment satires even these already post-modern movies. Like most writers, he mixes what he knows in with what he hopefully doesn't (I assume he doesn't have a real working knowledge of small-time criminals and gangsters). Portraying Marty as a screenwriter marks him as even more of a McDonagh surrogate than we'd already expect, based on his centered, non-psychopathic personality. At first I feared that this meta-textual 'writing about the film while living it' concept would be too precious for its own good. Soon enough it's clear that, though his intensions are occasionally excessive (while arguing the logistics of Marty's screenplay, Billy sarcastically asks if they're 'writing a French film,' striking the nail a bit too heavily on the head), McDonagh has things well in hand. His greatest trick is the effortless manner he crafts his characters into fully-formed creatures, each of which have a fully-fleshed back-story that would make a decent film all its own. Yet, the proper narrative manages to flow relatively unrestrained and at a decent pace. The whole thing is a bit episodic, sure, but there's no major loss of focus. There is an overriding feeling that McDonagh isn't quite comfortable diving into the sweetness his existential crises beget and that he's kind of hiding behind the snark his meta-text allows him, but, in the end, it does feel that we are being permitted to embrace the touchy feelies.
Seven Psychopaths is a bigger film than In Bruges on practically every level, which means it still lands pretty low on the average budget level for a studio release motion picture. In the place of aggressive, expensive special effects, McDonagh fills his frame with some of the best character actors in the business, who I suppose are sort of special effects in their own right. The director casts his actors for their obvious strengths and allows them the chance to build more human versions of their typical characterizations. For Colin Farrell, Seven Psychopaths is a much needed antidote to his bland performance in Len Wiseman's dependently bland Total Recall remake. He's the film's straight man and structural center of the film, but is never bland in the way those roles are usually defined. Still, he can't quite compare to Christopher Walken's surprisingly deft portrayal of Hans, who was painted as a lovable clown in the trailers. Roles like these are a dime a dozen on Walken's CV these days, but here he holds brimming tangible heartache under a stoically, shell-shocked façade. This is arguably the best he's been since Catch Me If You Can. Sam Rockwell's performance is similarly layered – fulfilling the expectations set by his other comedic roles without sacrificing charm or an affecting sense of melancholy. The guest cast includes complementary portrayals by the likes of Woody Harrelson (who's filling in for Mickey Rourke), Tom Waits, and Harry Dean Stanton (in a dialogue-free bit part). There's even a shred of meta-casting at the beginning of the film via the hiring of Boardwalk Empire's Michael Pitt and Michael Stuhlbarg. They are promptly shot in the head.
Seven Psychopaths was shot on 35mm film and presented here in 2.40:1, 1080p video. The grain of the format is certainly embraced, leading to a grainy, slightly soft overall look. The heavy diffusion, consistent grain, and over-exposed light makes for a rough, super-stylized experience that I'm finding it a little hard to review here. Important details are defined with sharp lines and are tighter than standard definition would allow without compression artefacts, but overall textures and other complexities are relatively mild. McDonagh and cinematographer Ben Davis aim for a basic theme palette, consisting of…wait for it…mostly orange and teal. Sigh. Maybe closer to golden-yellow and teal. Things are at their most blatantly duo-chromatic during the film-within-a-film sequences, while the 'real world' is more plainly caked in glowing yellow/orange light, leaving the teal bits somewhat more natural. These bases make a nice canvas for the bright red splashes of blood to pop against, too (there are a couple of exclusively red and black sequences for the sake of variety, I suppose). The black levels can appear both heavily crushed, as if someone has coloured the shadows with a marker, and diffused, allowing lighter fuzz of grain and more vibrant teals to bleed into them. The same basic thing goes for the white levels, which mostly bloom out to overwhelm the details. Outside sunlight is so bright it sometimes appears LA is in the grip of a nuclear holocaust.
This DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack is crisp and clean, with natural ambience – most of which comes directly from the center channel. The dialogue and incidental effects are warm with natural echo effects, but there's still not a lot of standout noise coming from the stereo or surround channels. The violent sequences aren't really 'action scenes' for the most part, so the sound design is centered around continued clarity and the contrasting, dynamic punch of gunshots. Even the more vibrant and stylistic fantasy sequences are played for laughs, so the poppy sound design is still more or less centered and understated. The only particularly expressive directional bits are during the real deal 'final shootout,' which features all of the appropriate whizzing bullets and crashing cars. There's also a surprise car explosion that genuinely scared the shit out of me, proving that the otherwise overwhelming softness of the mix is effectively numbing. Carter Burwell's score is a mostly ambient affair that rumbles beneath the dialogue to create mood. It has a nice stereo presence without being overtly separated into the rear channels. The source music includes ironic pop favourites like 'The First Cut is the Deepest' and more modern rock pieces, usually mixed to be loud enough that they overpower dialogue and effects.
This disc's extras boil down to a series of brief, fluffy featurettes/EPKs. These include Martin McDonagh's Seven Psychopaths (2:30, HD), Colin Farrell as Marty (1:30, HD), Woody Harrelson is Charlie (1:30, HD), and Crazy Locations (2:10, HD). These include clips from the film, brief behind the scenes footage, and press tour interviews with McDonagh, production designer David Wasco, cinematographer Ben Davis, producer Graham Broadbent, and cast members Farrell, Rockwell, Abbie Cornish, Harrelson, and Walken. Also included is a spoof trailer, Seven Psychocats (1:30, HD), other Sony release trailers, and a footage mash-up (1:00, HD).
Sony's ad campaign really didn't do Seven Psychopaths any favours. It's not the madcap action frolic those trailers and TV spots implied – it's a thoughtful, relatively complex, post-modern character study, and maybe even the most underrated film of 2012. The real irony is that Michael McDonagh's film seems to have been made as something of a satire of the kind of films it was advertised as being. I'm not surprised it didn't make very much money at the box office. This Blu-ray looks and sounds very good, but is limited by the film's grainy, overexposed look and its thin, quiet sound design. The extras are the only disappointment.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-rays/DVDs and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 29th January 2013
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish
Extras: Martin McDonagh's Seven Psychopaths, Colin Farrell is Marty, Woody Harrelson is Charlie, Crazy Locations, Seven Psychocats, Layers, Trailers, UltraViolet Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Martin McDonagh
Cast: Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, Tom Waits, Abbie Cornish, Olga Kurylenko
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama and Film-Noir
Length: 110 minutes
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PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Police announced this morning they have arrested a woman in connection with the sale of heroin that resulted in the death of another woman in November.
Jennifer Landry, 41, with a last known address of 309 Oriental Gardens Portsmouth, has been arrested for selling heroin to Svetlana Filippenko of Ocean Road, Portsmouth. Filippenko, a 22-year-old resident was found dead on Nov. 21. The chief medical examiner for the state declared her cause of death to be, "acute heroin intoxication." The manner of death was ruled accidental.
Under New Hampshire RSA 318-B:26 IX, any person who manufactures, sells or dispenses methamphetamine, lysergic acid (LSD), PCP, or any other controlled drug classified in schedule I, II, or any controlled drug analog there of, in violation of RSA 318-B:2, is strictly liable for a death which results from the injection, inhalation or ingestion of that substance and may be sentenced to imprisonment for life or for such term as the court may order. (This is a partial recitation of the statute not complete.)
Police allege Filippenko purchased approximately $45 worth of heroin from Landry on Nov. 20 in Portsmouth. Filippenko is believed to have ingested the drug in her residence and to have died from the ingestion. Landry was arraigned today in Portsmouth District Court. Bail was set at $50,000 cash only.
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Let's jump right into this week's musings. Wow — On Tuesday night, we had a packed gym for an exciting evening of adult men's basketball.
Let's jump right into this week's musings.
Wow — On Tuesday night, we had a packed gym for an exciting evening of adult men's basketball.
Bomb Squad lived up to their name as they lit up the scoreboard with 103 points. We were actually wondering if the third digit was going to light up on the scoreboard.
Harry Barton led four Bomb Squaders in double figures with 33 points. He was followed by Randle Berthalter's 18, Rodney Chambers' 16 and Jesse Shoemaker's 14 points.
Then, Zeck Ford, led by Aaron McLaren's 22 points, defeated Prime Time in a thrilling 47-45 nail-biter. Led by Brandon Dougherty's 22 points, LV Street Elite was victorious in the evening's third game.
The crowds were awesome, cheering positively for some exciting roundball action. How can it get any better? Come watch next Tuesday night and see how it can get better.
In Thursday night's games, we saw some exceptional individual performances.
Mutual Savings, in victory, had Dru Wheatcroft leading the way with 26 points, followed by Tony Williams' 20 points.
In the evening's other game, Kyle Snyder, 19 points, led the Angry Ewoks to a thrilling 68-59 victory. Bobby Hauver for Purple Reign also scored 19 in the game.
Not to be outdone, the first night of adult women's volleyball was the best night of the year.
The Drillers, who breezed through the fall season undefeated by losing only two games the entire season, were taken to the wire in both games in their opening match against the Boom. The Drillers escaped both 25-23 thrillers with wins.
Diggin' It, formerly the Misfits, revamped their roster. After only scoring double-figure points in four of the 20 games they played in the fall, they broke out this season scoring 23 and 20 points in their first two games, yet both in defeats at the hands of the Dominators.
We appear to be headed to a very highly competitive season
Just a reminder — in order to use any of the facilities at the Riverfront Community Center, there is a nominal daily fee or a person may purchase a pass for an extended membership.
Individuals attending various activities as participants and/or spectators at these events still must pay the fee to utilize these other areas in the facility.
Our youth basketball entered its second week. It is so much fun watching the little children enjoy their activities.
The coaches have the patience of Job. As an outsider, who never observes practice, it is amazing to watch the children improve week to week.
It is like being a grandparent and marveling how much your grandchild has grown in the brief time since you last saw them.
At the most, several of the teams only have two hours of practice a week — sometimes, due to facility usage by the school district for their school functions, they only get one hour. So, I marvel at the improvement each week and the effort our volunteer coaches give our children.
I have been thrilled as I observe how the referees and coaches work together to make each moment an educational learning situation for the child.
Parents, I commend all of you for the positive support you are providing all of the children on both teams. It is important that we remember our goal is to develop life skills in all of our children.
It is not only a basketball experience. The other skills that we teach our children such as the life skills that we teach during this phase of their life are far more important than winning or losing.
I recognize and appreciate the support everyone is providing our program and our children.
n Speaking of a great experience, Bitty Basketball got underway last Saturday.
The girls' coaching staff and their players from Leavenworth High School were awesome with our little Bitty Basketballers.
We had little basketballs flying and rolling all over the gym. The children were able to move from one rotation to another throughout the one-hour session that they participated in.
It truly appeared that fun was had by all. We will be back at the Riverfront Community Center gym today for a second installment.
Important notice — Bitty Basketball will be held at David Brewer Elementary School on Feb. 2 and Feb. 9. The times will remain the same.
At this point, I want to again thank Matt Dedeke of the Leavenworth School District for assisting us in locating and reserving a facility for our Bitty Basketballers. I also want to thank Ms. Jofee Tremain, principal of David Brewer Elementary, for her help.
Adult coed volleyball is trying to sneak up on us, but we are not going to let that happen.
We have registration currently going on at this time for the adult coed volleyball season. We will play on Wednesday nights unless we have twelve or more teams, then we will need to have Sunday evenings as a second night of games.
Our 10-game season will begin on Feb. 27. Registration will end on Feb. 18 at 8 p.m. No late registrations will be accepted.
There will be a mandatory coaches meeting on Feb. 20 at 6 p.m. inside the Riverfront Community Center.
I am thrilled to announce that the City of Leavenworth Parks and Recreation Department will be partnering again with Brenden Sheehan and the Santa Fe Trails Bike Shop on various biking events.
Our first event will be the City of Leavenworth Parks and Recreation First City Tryathlon for kids and teens, which will take place in April.
I have been told it is quite the event. This event will be held on April 13 at 8 a.m. The Tryathlon is a fun triathlon for kids and teens to try their skills at three sports: swimming, cycling and running.
This event is open to children ages 7-15.
Tabor Medill is the recreation director for the Leavenworth Parks and Recreation department.


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Two Japan Reactors Gain Safety Clearance
Attention Moves to Who Will Make Final Restart Decision
TOKYO—Japan's nuclear watchdog gave safety clearance on Wednesday for the restarting of two nuclear reactors in Kagoshima prefecture, southern Japan, recognizing their compliance with stricter regulations created after the Fukushima nuclear accident.
While the decision marks progress in Japan's efforts to get some of its 48 reactors generating power again, the operator of the two units and policy makers who have been pushing to bring nuclear power back online aren't celebrating yet. That is because it still remains unclear...


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- [*]Circle of Smog: The outer limits of the first level, this area is mainly old foundries and armouries. The air still hangs thick with cloying smoke from when these factories of war were active. The large buildings are fairly spaced apart, allowing more movement than the as-yet unexplored inner zone[*]Refectory: An old mess hall for the armies of Sala-Grimna, cleared out by adventurers to be used as a base camp and place of rest. Here you can barter with other adventurers, scout for assistance or just recuperate from your wounds[*]High Tower: A monumental obelisk in the dead centre of the Citadel, pointing skywards like an attempt to harpoon the gods themselves. This is Sala-Grimna's personal residence, and no doubt where his treasures and secrets now rest. Its defences prevent easy approach, such as flight or magical transportation. Explorers have found this out the hard way[*]Carrion Stairs: Around the High Tower are wrapped the remains of a great dragon, its body decayed and worm-ridden. Its head rests by a balcony protruding from the Tower, while its tail and wings trail amongst the ground. This seems to be the only way of getting into the Tower[/list]Second Level:- Multiple ventures into the cellars in the Circle of Smog led to a whole lower tier being excavated. There must have been water-eroded caverns here, which were converted to suit Sala-Grimna's dire purposes
- [*]Dungeons: The natural caves made a marvellous environment to convert into a network of prisons to detain Sala-Grimna's many, many, many enemies. The conditions are dank and dismal, and the whole place is crawling with undead.[*]Treasure Vault: This room is either a sadistic joke or a cunning attempt at deceiving treasure-seeking spells. Larger than any banqueting hall, the ceiling is riddled with holes that liberally pour out coins, jewels and gold pieces. There are mountains of money and stacks of silver just lying around. The cruel twist? It fades away and vanishes should it be touched.[*]Great Cistern: A solidly-built construction designed to store water. Over the years it has been filled to the brim with rain-water, and is overflowing. The room storing it is constantly moist and infested with moulds. You could catch your death simply by breathing in this room too long, and the vast water reserve doesn't look too good for your health either[/list]Third Layer:- Having discovered the second level, explorers were confident of uncovering a third by following the Great Cisterns pipes, and they were proved accurate.
- [*]Sluice Tunnels: A web of mildew-stained tunnels leading off from the Great Cistern and designed to deliver water all through the Citadel. Sometimes lined with the remains of metal piping, but more or less in a state of disrepair and disuse[*]Sala-Grimna's Garden: Part greenhouse, part alchemy lab, this is where the sorcerer grew the exotic plantlife he needed for use in elaborate potions. A lot of these plant are dangerous in their own right, and some have been altered by time and magic to even more lethal states. This area is usually free of enemies, probably because of the inherent danger[*]Forgotten Catacombs: A series of tunnels and caves left unused by Sala-Grimna. They have nevertheless been explored and scouted out. They are wild and untamed, and there is no real way of keeping them clear of enemies. Expect danger if you dare the Catacombs[/list]Fourth Layer:- Only recently discovered, little is known about this lowest layer of the Citadel. The lack of knowledge and abundance of natural hazards mean that only the boldest dare to tread in this dark and silent abyss
- [*]Lower Catacombs: A section of the Catacombs above that have either collapsed or simply veer downwards. These lower tunnels are much more claustrophobic, with less space and less light. They have at least been partially explored though, unlike...[*]Hive of Shadows: No-one has yet ventured here, preferring to spend their time penetrating the First Level. Will you be the first?[/list]EnemiesDuergar: Small in stature and puny in both mental and physical strength, the Duergar are the natural residents of the caves where Sala-Grimna built his Citadel. Their flesh is pale and loose and their eyes are completely white, a result of years underground. They clad themselves in boiled leather armour to protect their skin and goggles to aid their sight, though they are capable of hunting by sound or smell. They mainly wield small pickaxes or hammers, mining tools they have converted, and fight in numbers to swarm an enemy.Puca: Another species of natural cave dwellers, Sala-Grimna encountered them in his campaigns, and after finding them useless in his armies exported the entire population back to his citadel. The Puca are just as small and weak as the Duergar, though have a few more advantages. Their sallow skin is tougher, their sight is better, but their true strength is their ability to use magic. They seem to have learnt the skills of a Bard, and can weave their own laughter or the screams of the dying into spellsUndead: In the days of old the vast majority of Sala-Grimna's conquering horde would have been comprised of undead warriors. Be they skeletal warriors or lurching meatshields they are always tough and formidable foes, hard to defeat and only truly defeated through complete immolation. They have a wide variety of skills in battle often depending on who they were before death, some favouring heavy weapons while some favour archery. Some bear marks of Sala-Grimna's experimentation, hideous deformities or weaponry fused to their limbs. But whatever they look like, whatever they wield, their eyes all burn with the same hate and bloodlust,Salas-Jimm: In his early conquering days, Sala-Grimna used his magic to impress a primitive race of serpentmen, who now bear a mutilated form of his name, into worshipping him. They dedicated their entire civilization to him, and were lost without him; most of them died. The last remnant of their race now occupies this citadel, their holy city. In form, they resemble serpents of an average of three metres long, with another two metres of length in upward-held height. Their faces are half serpentine and half human, and they have humanoid arms, although no legs.Iron Golems: To this day no-one knows what sorcery animates these huge metal juggernauts. In their prime they would have been terrifying shock troopers, ten feet tall and gleaming black. Less so these days. They are stained orange and brown with rust, and appear mangled and lopsided after years of repairing themselves with only the Duergar for help. But while their appearance has become less intimidating their skill has not. If you are alone and encounter one of these, you're only real hope is to run. They will not tire, they will not give up, they will pay no heed to damage. There have been a few encounters with these metal monsters, and on only one occasion was the Golem destroyedClassesFighter: Members of this class are generalists, using a wide variety of skills to aid them in combat. They can be fast or strong, play it defensive or go on the assault. They usually know some small magics to aid them, perhaps a charm or two on their weapon.Mage: Powerhouses of sorcery and enchantment, mages are experts at magic and witchcraft. Their attacks tend to be bombastic and low on subtlety, but are fast and effective. Explosive fireballs and destructive whirlwinds are a mage's style. However their extensive studies in ancient lore have left them less physically able than the other classes.Bard: Do not be fooled by the ways of the Bard, they may wax lyrical and carry instruments but they are just as lethal as any mage. Their magic depends on extensive poetic spells, and is channelled through instruments or their own voices. Their magic is quieter than a mage's, tending towards psychic abilities, illusion, shapeshifting or healing.Champion: Fierce warriors of martial might, the champions specialise in physical combat. They're usually bulked up with muscle and bedecked in armour, ready to charge into the fray like a cleaver into meat.Royal: Growing up in privilege and luxury has left the royals with very little in the way of skills. They might dabble in magic a little, they might have some training in combat. But their real threat is in their entourage. A Royal has an entourage of five others following in their footsteps to assist them in their quest.Profiles:Player Profile:Username:Name:Age (if your race ages slower/faster than humans do, give both their age in years and then their biological age in humans terms):Race:Class:Gender:Equipment:Appearance:Personality:Alignment:Bio (Short history of your character, explaining their motivations and reasons for adventuring, etc.):Race Profile:Race:Physical Description:Traits:Homeland:Rules:All BZPower rules apply, be they overall, COT, etc. This especially goes for no spamming, flaming, trolling, and the like, as well as the fact that you MUST keep everything PG-13 as the absolute maximum, and when at all possible keep it PG or less.Don't OOC too much; the odd necessary OOC post is fine, but if a conversation starts, please take it to PM.Please either use OOC: or triple parantheses ((())) to indentify when you are posting out-of-character; and if you have an OOC section to your post, please put IC: at the beginning of your in-character part.DO NOT godmod; that is, you cannot take control of another player's character without their explicit permission. Also, you are NOT all-powerful, nor invulnerable, and certainly not invincible. You won't win every fight, or land every blow, or dodge every blow. You WILL be injured sometimes, and those injuries DO hurt, long-term.You may not kill another character without that players' explicit permission.No autohitting; you must give players a chance to dodge or counteract you blow.All players get a maximum of three characters.In order to create a standardized (and thus fairer) method of reward and punishment, I have developed a model based off of BZP's proto system:All players (excepting staff) star with 0 points when they join. They can recieve points for particularly good pieces of roleplaying, being particularly helpful to new players or the staff, etc. They lose points for breaking the rules.Players can get a maximum of 3 points, or go down as low as -3 points.How the point levels work:-3 points: Oh dear. One of you characters will suffer an unpleasant death (how will be decided on a case-by-case basis), and you will not get that slot back until you work your way back up to 0 points. Also, your remaining characters will suffer an in-game detriment and you will be given a 48-hour ban to think about what you've done. If you break any more rules while at this level you will be permanently banned from the game.-2 points: Naughty, naughty. One of your characters will suffer in-game (how will be decided on a case-by-case basis).-1 points: A warning not to do it again.0 points: The default. You get three slots for three normal characters.1 point: A pat on the back and encouragement to keep up the good work!2 points: One of your characters will recieve a reward, to be decided on a case-by-case basis.3 points: All of your characters will recieve an in-game reward and you will get a fourth character slot, which can be kept so long as you stay above 0 points. Also, any future staff members will be chosen from the ranks of these players.
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BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Two lion cubs born five days ago in a Gaza Strip zoo have died, the director of the Bissan Zoo in the city of Beit Lahiya confirmed Thursday.
The birth of the cubs, one male and one female, was heralded as one of the few positive stories emerging from the embattled area, ABC News said.
On the day of their birth, a Twitter message from Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, read, "For the first time, a lioness gives birth to 2 cubs in the besieged Gaza," and the Israeli newspaper Haaretz published the headline, "Mazal tov: Lion cubs born in Gaza!"
The cause of death has not been determined, but local pollution and the possibility the cubs caught an illness from visitors have been suggested, ABC News said.


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Non-destructive method for loading a new kernel
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This article details a non-destructive (no flashing required) method for loading a new kernel. We will use a special kernel module which loads a new kernel in real-time. We assume that you already have a working Projects/OpenLink or Projects/FreeLink installation.
- Download and install the appropriate additional kernel modules package for your LinkStation. You may download and manually install them from the [downloads area] or automatically install them via the [ipkg feed].
- Download and extract a precompiled kernel. You may obtain one from the [downloads area] or use an existing Kuro Box kernel. Kuro Box kernels work on the powerpc-hdhlan LinkStation while Kuro Box HG kernels work on the powerpc-hdhglan LinkStation. Remember that the kernel must be in binary form:
objcopy -O binary vmlinux
- Then load the new kernel using the special loader.o kernel module (adjust directories as necessary):
cd /lib/modules/2.4.17_mvl21-sandpoint sync; modprobe loader kernel=/boot/vmlinux
- Wait a few seconds then log in to your LinkStation and verify that it's using the new kernel:
uname -a
- You will need to load the new kernel after each reboot. A special thanks goes out to Jochang for writing this wonderful kernel loader. You may obtain the loader.o source code from [here] or directly from [Jochang's web site].


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As disgraced state chemist Annie Dookhan appeared in two courtrooms Wednesday to answer to obstruction-of-justice charges, a man freed from jail less than a month ago because Dookhan tested evidence in his case was charged again with drug possession.
"I just got out on Annie Dookhan, and I ain't going back to jail," Jonathan Vaughan allegedly yelled to Chelsea police as he was arrested Tuesday night at a McDonald's restaurant in Chelsea.
Dookhan's alleged misdeeds while working at the state drug lab may affect tens of thousands of cases in five counties and end up costing taxpayers millions by the time investigations are completed. She has pleaded not guilty to all criminal charges and remains free on $10,000 cash bail.
In Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn on Wednesday, Dookhan answered not guilty to three counts of lying in court by testifying that she had a master's degree. A similar scene played out in Norfolk County Superior Court in Dedham later in the day.
Nicolas Gordon, her lawyer, declined to comment after her Middlesex arraignment.
Dookhan and other chemists had testified in court on the results of their lab tests and were considered expert witnesses by the Commonwealth. It was later revealed she had falsified her resume.
Dookhan allegedly "dry labbed'' seized drugs, which means she falsely certified that she tested samples when, in fact, she had merely made a visual examination.
During her nine years at the lab, authorities allege, a second chemist would test the same sample as Dookhan and come up with a different result. When the samples were sent back to Dookhan, she allegedly tampered with them to make them match her inaccurate results.
Dookhan worked for the Department of Public Health from 2003 until she resigned under pressure in March. She was the lab's most productive chemist before she breached the chain of custody in June 2011 by removing 90 samples from the lab's evidence room without signing them out.Brian Ballou can be reached
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December 20, 2004
I'm pretty sure I know what it was about last Friday morning that had me so lively and in such a good mood.
It was partly the crisp morning air and bright sunshine. Some of it was that I woke up without coughing for the first time in five weeks. And it was that the weekend, a pre-holiday weekend, was close on the horizon.
That my family finally got its Boys and Girls Club Christmas tree probably had something to do with it. (That it fell over, fully decorated, less than four hours after I proudly pronounced it "done" is another story for another time.)
But the real reason for my happy spirit, I think, was that I just love living in this community at this time of year. This is the time when we forget about all of our egos and issues and come together to help those who are less fortunate.
I got word last week that the Wabash College social service fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega, had completed its Relay for Riley fund drive. Not only did those dozen students run 50 miles to Riley Children's Hospital, but organizer John Meyer told me they had reached their goal of $10,000 to donate to the hospital. Wow, what a gesture; what an accomplishment by busy college students.
Then, mid-morning on Friday, I went over to the Montgomery County Family Crisis Shelter, where I snapped a photograph of Wabash junior Brett Gann handing a $650 check to Anita Byers. Gann and his Wabash friends collected money during the Monon Bell Classic with the purpose of a donation to help victims of domestic violence.
Talking with Anita and Irene Selby, I once again learned a whole lot about domestic violence and what it takes to sustain the Family Crisis Shelter. I was so gratified to see -- literally -- cars unloading donations as we talked. Dick Munro at the radio station told me that the Big O Tires promotion had yielded another truckload of donations to the shelter (I saw the gifts in the lobby of the station and was very impressed).
Irene told me that the shelter is well stocked for the holidays. She said that our community really responded this year with donations of needed supplies, as well as gifts for the women and children who take refuge there.
I was positively soaring when I left. My hope was that Irene would have a real need that my family and a few others might provide. "We're all set," she said.
The great news was that she said the holidays would be as bright as possible for the families housed there. There is, of course, a caveat to remember: none of the women and children who live there choose to live there; they go to the Family Crisis Shelter because they don't feel safe anywhere else. But for the next few weeks, there will be gifts for children and their moms and food on the table.
Then reality kicks in and it starts all over again for the shelter. After the holidays, when stress mounts and bills need to be paid, the cycle of violence begins anew.
The shelter will fill up and the list of needs starts all over again. Diapers, baby wipes, children's clothes, cleaning products, and non-perishable foods will need to be restocked.
That our community needs a Family Crisis Shelter is terribly sad. That we have one that is efficiently run by workers and volunteers alike is noble. That our community continues to support it -- and so many worthy agencies like the Sunshine Society, Christian Nursing Service, and FISH -- makes me happy to live and work here.
This community has an unselfish knack for identifying needs and responding to them. The holidays bring out the best in us. Let's just try real hard in 2005 to sustain that same spirit of love and giving throughout the year. Perhaps then we'll all have that lively, happy step we do on those crisp pre-holiday mornings.
Jim Amidon is Director of Public Affairs for Wabash College. He writes this weekly column for the Crawfordsville Journal Review.


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How do I grieve such an important person as my Grandma Gladys? I've felt a little disconnected from her death, as if her passing was an event that I hadn't been invited to. We aren't having a funeral for her…most people who she was close to are long gone (she'd have been 88 at the end of November) and are planning an immediate-family-only memorial early next year.
It's very anti-climatic.
This is my grandma with my son in 2006. She was 82 and still living a completely full, independent life all by herself on the farm.
I don't deal with death very well. My mom died, suddenly, tragically, when I was 14 and my sister was 11. All sorts of bad shit ensued after that, including my sister just fucking falling off the deep end. For a long time. Some could say she's still there. Though, I am reconciling myself to the fact that she's doing the best she can with what she's got. Just like the rest of us. Her human-ness doesn't look anything like mine does but that doesn't make her less valuable or less precious or less responsible for her own station. In mind-blowing lesson after mind-blowing lesson, I realize that I love her no matter what. No. Matter. What. And I still strive to have connection and meaning with her even if she still keeps herself as loosely connected as humanly possible.
I'm getting off track.
You see, mom's death threw us into chaos that still swirls. Still effects generations of us.
Death is serious, crazy shit and I think my gut and my heart just want nothing to do with it. Period. Which is why I check out when people are dying. My mom's dad died (of old age and lots of senility) and I mostly didn't visit him in those final years. His wife, the only grandma on that side that I ever knew….barely saw at the end. My dad's long-term girlfriend (who was twice widowed after two 20 year marriages, then was rewarded for her struggles with panceatic cancer around her and my dad's 3rd anniversary)….I totally checked out. Then, my grandma. She was one of the best friends I have ever had. I barely saw her in the 5 years that her senility arrived and her body slowly departed.
I'm not shaming myself when I say this, though there are plentiful puddles and ponds of guilt laying about with regards to people I've loved and lost. I'm no psychologist, but my heart tends to know the truth most of the time, whether or not I listen to it. I step in those puddles, wade through the ponds and try to do better. Last year I had an elderly aunt (my mom's sister) fall ill and pass away. I was grateful that I'd identified that whole "fear of death" thing by that time so I could just lean into it, go visit her and then be with her and other family as she faded and left. It was surprisingly profound to have that "let's gather around to love and support each other" experience.
With my grandmother, though, it was really sad to see such a vibrant woman fade into a shell of what she once was. All of us were shocked to see the course of her life in the last few years. We figured she would live to be 95 and die of a heat stroke because she continued to mow her own lawn (she really did mow her own lawn with a riding mower until she was about 82). Or because she got bit by a snake (she kept a shotgun for snakes and other unwelcome visitors perched up above her back door).
It was selfishly uncomfortable for me to be around to see the bizarre decline. Her bizarre decline came during my own bizarre decline from a "happily married" to "enthusiastically divorced". There was only so much my heart could take during those first couple of years and by the time the magnet was back in my compass, she was gone. Here… but gone. It sucks and I will forever feel guilt for all of the above. She started fading away but I faded from her faster than she faded from herself. Bleh. Death and dying sucks balls.
Let's talk about other stuff about her. Let's not talk about ways I failed her, but ways in which she gave to me. Ways in which I hope to give to my kids and grandkids.
- She taught me how to sew.
- And how to bake.
- She kept a few drawers of old dresses and slips for us 4 granddaughters to play dress up. And a big plastic shoebox full of retired costume jewelry (which I inherited and is one of my prized possessions).
- When she'd make a pie she'd let me work up the crust scraps with cinnamon sugar into cookies (kind of)
- She babysat me and my sister nearly every single Wednesday night for years. YEARS.
- She loved to watch M*A*S*H at 10:30pm and mostly fell asleep before it was over.
- WTH?! Does that mean that she was letting me stay up until at least 10:30pm on a school night? I just now realized that.
- Her pantry was this closet without a door in her kitchen and where the door should have been there was a bamboo curtain that I used to play with constantly. I'd lean against the door frame with the kitchen to my right and an insane amount of canned goods to my left (no, really) and fiddle with that bamboo bead curtain.
- She kept a big ceramic tea kettle (ornamental) on top of the fridge and it was full of quarters. I still don't know why.
- For a very long time the running water in the house was hard well water and salty. So, they'd have to haul drinking water in and there was a shelf adjacent to the kitchen that held a enamel bucket full of fresh drinking water and enamel ladle from which to serve it. Sometimes I'd drink from the ladle just like my grandpa did, not realizing it was rude.
- I'd give my eye teeth for that bucket and ladle.
- She was somewhat of a food hoarder, as many people who survived the depression were. A coat closet-sized pantry full of stuff, a fridge and two deep freezers full. Plus a cellar of canned stuff she'd put away.
- She loved to compete. Every year she'd enter into the Lincoln Country Fair and win oodles of blue ribbons and a little prize money. The money helped her try to break even. I think she just liked the purpose and activity and competition and recognition.
- And I mean she's enter over 100 categories with her GAME FACE ON. I loved August because it meant her house was loaded with all kinds of confections.
- She made perfect pecan divinity. It was "her thing."
- When I make toffee and people love it I feel close to my grandma because now I have a thing like she had a thing.
- But she was a homemaker for 60 years. She had a LOT of things.
- She loved to play cards and, when I was little, she and grandpa often had friends or family over to play. I don't remember which games but I'd guess gin and spades.
- She'd serve sliced kielbasa and cheese and crackers and pickles and I'd think that was the greatest thing ever.
- She made the best Swiss Steak.
- And the best mashed potatoes.
- And HOLY LORD, the best potato salad. With American cheese chunks, tomatoes, red onion, bacon…everything.
- A cornbread salad that was very similar and to die for.
- When I read The Pioneer Woman I am often transported back to my grandmother's kitchen and that's one reason I love Ree. She's keeping that part of Oklahoma alive.
- She always, ALWAYS gardened. I mostly remember the tomatoes.
- She'd grow these big, beefy tomatoes and would serve them at every supper. She'd peel, then slice them in 1″ rounds. Sometime they were still warm from the sun and I get weepy that stuff like that exists in my memory and not in my present.
- She made great hot rolls. One Thanksgiving I made hot rolls that were killer and everyone raved. I think she got jealous and I took that as a huge compliment. All I did was follow a recipe and I wouldn't have even known how to follow a recipe if it weren't for her. AND the recipe was in a cookbook she'd given me as a wedding gift.
- She inscribed it and had the most beautiful penmanship.
- I have her edition of that same cookbook and it's totally beat to hell.
- I also have a clean and unused edition of that cookbook that I'd like to give Gabi or Tanner when the time is right.
- She used to help me throw tea parties for me and the baby dolls when I was a preschooler. I still have the tiny table on which we'd dine.
- She wrote my name on a tag on the bottom of the table 10 years before she started declining.
- I hope I'm that thoughtful when I begin thinking of my end and who gets what.
- She helped run a dairy farm and I can remember walking out to the barn in the late 70s/early 80s to watch her check on "the girls".
- I can remember her lifting me up to look over into the massive vat of milk in the big silver holding tank thing.
- She used to pack picnics for us (me and the other granddaughters) and we'd eat creekside on a small offshoot of Deep Fork Creek.
- Mostly I remember sandwiches and baked beans served out of a mason jar. Chips, too, I'm sure.
- She sewed my freshman winter formal dress.
- She sewed my junior and senior prom dress. (Same dress. I loved it so much and just did one modification between the two years to make it "different".
- I was SO overweight that she really had to alter the pattern to make it work. And she did it like it was no big deal. I remember her making the bodice out of muslin to test her pattern so that it would fit well. It did and I felt very pretty (which was quite the feat in those times).
- She fried french toast. Floating-in-oil fried.
- Every Wednesday night I made and ate an ice cream sundae. She always made sure that there were ground peanuts, ice cream, carmel sauce and chocolate sauce in the house.
- She's prolly a big reason I was a fat kid.
- When I was in elementary school we had something called the junior olympics. I only chose a couple of places to compete because I was SO not an athlete. I ended up coming in somewhere near dead last in my competitions and was mortified. Luckily it was a Wednesday so I was going to her house that night. I remember being way too grown up for her lap but sitting on in anyways and bawling. Cried my little eyes out to the person who most loved and understood me.
- I tried to write a book one time in my early 20s. The protagonist was based on her.
- Her middle name was Irene.
- Gladys Irene Siebenaler. She has a Catholic name in there somewhere but I don't remember it.
- She married my granddad and became a practicing Lutheran, so I guess it doesn't much matter.
- Her and my granddad met in the mid 1940s during war times.
- He was in the army, but riding around in big planes away from intense combat.
- But when they met, he was stationed near Alliance, Nebraska. I may have my military designations wrong. For all I know he was in the Air Force….I just know he wasn't a pilot.
- She was working as a beautician and had put herself through school to do so.
- Her dad was an alcoholic.
- I never, ever, ever saw her drink a drop of anything. At all.
- Her mom had something like 13 pregnancies but only 4 babies. And only raised 3 children. I can't imagine living through times like that.
- There was a diner in Wellston, OK right along Route 66 when I was really young. She'd take me there to get a dip cone.
- In junior high, she gave me perms. I wanted them kinky curly so she gave me tedious perms, often piggybacked, on 1/4″ rollers. She got so good at those that I'd only need them every 6 months or so when my hair just plain grew out. The curls never faded.
- For a few years she had a church organ on her back porch. She bought note labels to cover the keys so that whoever wanted to learn them, could. I don't remember what happened to it, though I kind of assumed she was borrowing it or holding it for our church. Or someone's church.
- We sat on the second to front pew on the left side of the sanctuary. Only. If we ever were anywhere else, it was because so many were in attendance that bled onto the next row back.
- She mowed her own lawn on a riding mower until she was probably 80.
- The year my mom died she drove in from the farm to bring my sister and I dinner at least a few nights a week and to be there when we got home from school.
- I don't remember how long that lasted but I remember how comforting it was.
- My dad took her to Hawaii on one of the trips he'd won.
- I do think that besides kids and grandkids, it was the highlight of her life.
- She often worked into the conversation, "When Gary and I were in Hawaii" 20 years after she and dad were in Hawaii.
- I was her favorite, or at least perceived to be.
- When I was young it made me feel special and when I was older it made me incredibly self-conscious and feel guilty. But she was just being herself and the notion of favoritism makes me a better mom.
- One time, when I was a poor college kid, she slipped me a $20 and told me not to tell my grandpa.
- On my way out the door that same day, my grandpa slipped me a $20 and told me not to tell my grandma.
- She sewed nearly all of her own suits, skirts and non-jeans pants.
- I have one of the suits hanging in my closet. It is a million years from fitting but I kept it anyway because I'm as sentimental as they get.
- I also have a lot of her brooches. Mostly they are cheapie things she picked up at Wal-Mart or JCPenney, but I still like having them because she always wore one.
- Her favorite perfume was Opium. She almost never bought it, though, opting for the knock-off scent called Ninja.
- I stayed with her for a week when I was a high school freshman 5 because I had mono.
- I couldn't figure out why her chocolate milk was so much better than any non-commercial chocolate milk I'd ever drank. Eventually figured out that it was because she used whole milk, chocolate syrup and a teaspoon of sugar. Of course.
- She liked swinging on the porch. For all of my childhood (and probably before) she had one almost identical to this. I'll own one like it someday.
- She had two daughters, a son (my dad) and four granddaughters.
- Most of us went to her house on Sundays just to hang out. This happened for at least a decade, probably two.
- If we got there and she was at church, there would be a note left on the cutting board for whoever got to the house first. It let us know where she was, when she was returning, and what we could do to start or finish lunch if she'd already prepped it.
- She never owned a dishwasher.
- She drank a metric ton of coffee everyday. Always had a cup nearby.
- She always wore gradually tinted eye glasses.
- When she sat at a table she always had an arm crossed to the other and the uncrossed arm up so that it looked as if she were resting her chin/cheek. I often do the same thing.
- She started a free clothes closet every August for back-to-school. Or maybe she just ran it…I can't remember anymore. But for years her back porch would get BURIED in garbage bags of clothes that got sorted and distributed to people who wanted to come and shop.
- She sang alto in her church choir for decades. Sometimes she was 1/3 of the choir but did it anyway because she loved it.
- She practiced her songs by playing a cassette tape of piano music that her choir-mate had performed while grandma recorded it on her portable tape deck.
- She made quilts for money and for fun. She made me one as a a wedding gift. She made a lot of simple ones for kids in foster care (think sewn and yarn tied). The most beautiful one is with my cousin in Seattle who when asked, picked the Hawaiian quilt grandma had made after her return from the island. It is gorgeous and took an eternity.
- Man, alive. I miss her.


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I am neither a dog owner nor a resident.
I've been following the local versus non-local dog debates.
It seems to me that the focus has been on the wrong area. There are responsible visitors and irresponsible residents. I have friends that visit here for two months and are scrupulous about bagging and removing waste from their dogs.
The owners of the home next to us never police their yard. They have the cleaning staff do it after their visits. I assume that if they don't bother to clean up their own property, they don't bag waste anywhere else. I think the crux of the problem is people not cleaning up after their dogs, period. Leave out the distraction of residents versus non-residents.
The process of getting dog tags should be made more accessible and better publicized. More tags would be bought leading to more funds to address the real problem � cleaning the beaches of undesired dog �reminders.� Set the fees at a reasonable rate for all. Few people visiting for a week are going to spend $70 for a tag, responsible owners or not. Good owners are simply not going to get the tag but will continue to clean up.
As for getting the tags, I don't know how the process works now, but I have never noticed a place selling them. Perhaps a push by the Chamber of Commerce would persuade business owners to have a supply of the tags easily purchased. Publix, Winn-Dixie, CVS, Walgreens, restaurants, shops near the beaches � all places visitors go often.
It wouldn't have to be a laborious task for the participating businesses. Just have the tags advertised by a few well-placed signs, and give a tag in exchange for the fee. Dog owners should not have to fill out a form.
If simply having tags now is not enforced, who is going to bother checking to see if the tag belongs on a Maltese or a mutt?
I've even thought about the dog tag design. Maybe they could develop something in a bright color with a pup sitting in a sling chair, drink in hand? Make it colorful and cute, and people will buy them. Maybe, a different design every year. Make them collectable; a nice souvenir from the beach.
As for the funds collected, use the bulk of it for ridding the beach of �evidence,� as my mother used to say. Have the people doing this carry a supply of tags to facilitate enforcement.
I love the beautiful beaches we have called our winter home for the last seven years. I also love dogs. Both should be able to co-exist.
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I am only able to pump at work about half of what my daughter eats at day care. If anyone has a suggestion that I may not know about, I'd appreciate your advice. If condolences are all that's in order, they're welcome, too. :-)
My daughter is 3 1/2 months old. I'm away from her for about 10 1/2 hours per day (2 hrs commuting on the train and 8 1/2 hrs at work). She eats about 16 ounces during the time we're apart. I've been back at work for about four weeks.
I am able to breastfeed her successfully, so my overall supply is not an issue. I pump three times a day at work (9:30 am, 12:30 pm and 3:30 pm) and get about 2.5-3 ounces each time, a total of 8-9 ounces per day. I pump for varying lengths of time, anywhere from 15 minutes to 35 minutes, but the total volume doesn't change much.
My left breast produces very little (1/2-3/4 ounce). I believe this is an anatomical issue. It's been like that from day one, she doesn't have a side preference, and I usually put her on the left breast first and let her stay there as long as she'd like, so it gets plenty of stimulation.
I'm using the correct size flange. I rented a hospital grade pump (Medela Symphony). I massage and compress my breasts before and during pumping.
I'm taking fenugreek and blessed thistle capsules, drink mother's milk tea and plenty of water. I get as much sleep as I can and try to eat healthily and a sufficient number of calories. I try to relax.
I've taken every suggestion I've seen/heard, but my pumping production has not increased. Perhaps there's nothing to be done, but please let me know if you have any thoughts or advice. Thank you!


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Christie Brinkley has put her 19th Century Hamptons home on the market for a cool $15.75 million.
The five-bedroom home, with massive white columns in front, sits on 4.5 acres and features more than 300 feet of waterfront, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Brinkley said she's too busy to maintain the home. "I love fixing up old houses," she said in a statement. "But my life is so busy between with my children, launching several new businesses and my philanthropy, I just don't have time."
The property is one of several on the tip of Long Island that Brinkley accumulated before her bitter breakup with architect Peter Cook, her fourth husband, two years ago.
Property records show that she paid $7.15 million for the house in 2004, the Journal reported. She also owns a home directly across the street that she bought in 2007 for $9.99 million.
Among other holdings on the East End, Brinkley has had a century-old 12-bedroom Bridgehampton compound known as Tower Hill, which has been listed for $30 million since 2007, according to Streeteasy.com. Brokers said Brinkley also purchased a beach front house in Water Mill, N.Y., in 2005 that has been listed in the past, with no sale.
Another ex-husband, singer Billy Joel, has had better luck selling homes - mainly by lowering the price. In February, Joel sold a home on Gibson Lane in Sagaponack for $10 million, less than the $11.625 million he paid for it, and well below the $12.5 million asking price. He is also listing adjacent home for $22.5 million.


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Packers at Vikings. It's at Minnesota. Adrian Peterson has had a fantastic season. The Vikings need the win to get into the playoffs so it is a playoff game, at home, for the Vikes. Tehy've got to feel like AP deserves to get in and they'll be playing all out. Green Bay doesn't want to get hurt going into the playoffs.
Arizona at San Fran. San Fran is beat to hell. Davis and Manningham are going to be out. Arizona is not as bad as we made them look. Their defense can give SF headaches. After the emotions of the last two games, SF has to be drained. Arizona is a team that's frustrated and has something to prove. This could be a trap game for the Niners.


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Netflix reported its revenue rose in the third quarter, hitting analysts' target, but its streaming forecast fell short of expectations.
The video-subscription service's shares ell sharply after the closing bell following the announcement. (Click here to get real-time quotes for Netflix.)
For the third quarter, the company posted earnings of $7.7 million, or 13 cents a share, down from $62 million, or $1.16 a share, in the year-earlier period.
Revenue climbed 10 percent to $905 million from $822 million in the year-earlier period.
Analysts had expected Netflix to deliver earnings excluding items of 4 cents a share on $905 million in revenue, according to Thomson Reuters.
Netflix said it ended the quarter with 25.1 million streaming subscribers, a gain of 1.2 million, which was at the lower end of its forecasted range of between 1 million and 1.8 million.
The company cut its estimate for full-year subscriber additions to between 4.7 million and 5.4 million. Previously, it predicted a gain of as many as 7 million domestic streaming subscribers by year's end.
As for fourth-quarter earnings, Netflix said it expects to fall in the range somewhere between a loss of $13 million and a profit of $2 million.


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A van fire on Route 30 westbound in Lancaster County Tuesday afternoon slowed traffic.
A van heading westbound on Route 30 in the area of Ironville Pike in Columbia Borough caught fire.
Columbia Borough police said the fire started in the rear brake area and quickly spread to the van. One person in the van got out safely, they said.
Route 30 westbound was closed at Prospect Road for about a half hour. Due to the heavy smoke, the eastbound lanes of Route 30 were also closed.


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This morning I thawed out my last bag of frozen milk to send my son to day care. I'm feeling pretty defeated. I will probably have to mix up a little formula tomorrow to send him, but I want to use it as little as possible! I am a teacher, so I have just 6 weeks until I can be home with him all the time and not worry about pumping. I'm looking for any suggestions you have about how to get through the next few weeks with little to no supplementing. Here are our details...
I nursed my first child, who is now 4, until 10 months. I can't remember when, but at some point before that, I began supplementing. By 10 months she just seemed to have either lost all interest in nursing or been really distracted.
My second baby is now 5 months old and has had only BM so far. (I want so badly to make it to at least one year with him!) On a typical school day, he nurses on both sides for a total of about 30-45 min. at 6:00am. I use a bottle and catch what is dripping out on the opposite breast while I nurse on the first side. (Is that strange....anyone else do this??) Most mornings I get 2 oz. of EBM this way! I then pump immediately after this feeding for about 10 minutes. I usally get 1-2 more oz.
My son is at school from 8:00-5:00. They give him three 7 oz. bottles of EBM. Is this too much? The DCP has said that he still acts like he wants more, but he never acts this way for me when I am nursing him on the weekends. How can you know if they are being overfed when it comes to EBM? How can I convince his teacher that less milk is really ok...if in fact he should be getting less? Our doctor said at our latest checkup that I should be aiming for 7 or 8 oz. bottles, but I'm wondering if the calculation he was using is really for formula fed babies. Also, I have tried solid foods (rice cereal as well as pureed banana, avocado, & sweet potatoes), but he REALLY is not interested. I've tried each several times with no luck. I plan to try the baby-led solids idea that I read about here next. At what point do I need to start worrying if he continues to refuse all solid foods? Right now he weighs a little over 16 lbs...he seems to be gaining very slowly.
So....for pumping....I pump three times at school. My times are roughly 8:30 or 9:00, 11:30, and 3:45. I pump for 10-12 minutes each time, and there is really no way for me to add another time based on my schedule. The amount I pump seems to vary pretty greatly, but lately it seems like I average maybe 10-15 oz. a day at school. So....even on a good day, 4 oz. from the morning + 15 oz. during school still doesn't add up to the 21 oz. I'm sending to day care! That, of course, is why my supply is all gone! Argh!
When we get home, we are nursing 2 or 3 times before bed. He usually sleeps from about 10 or 11 until 6. On the weekends, I feed him lots...whenever he seems hungry!
I'm drinking plenty of water (average of about 1 gal. a day!) and eating well. Based on what I've read here tonight, I'm going to try switching my breakfast to oatmeal, Mother's Milk Tea (just had my first cup tonight...blech), hand compressions while pumping, and swapping out the membranes on my pump. Any other ideas?
I know that was a whole lot of info. I guess my question boils down to....am I sending him too much milk, and if so, how can I convince his DCP of this fact? If I'm sending the right amount, what else can I try to increase my supply so that I can make it through until June? Thanks for your help!!!!


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Connect Four rivals Beyonce and Kanye West share a laugh during the New Jersey Nets' NBA basketball game against the Seattle SuperSonics on Wednesday night in East Rutherford, N.J.
The Nets scored a 99-88 victory against the Seattle SuperSonics. Go Armpit of America!
Beyonce, of course, sat courtside and was sandwiched between her boo Jay-Z and Kanye. Their seats were emblazoned with "Rocawear," the urban clothing label created by Jay-Z, Damon Dash and Kareem "Biggs" Burke.
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Dear friends of Edwina Froehlich and of the Froehlich family,
Edwina Froehlich passed away on June 8th, 2008, due to complications of a stroke suffered on May 25th. Consistent with her life-long characteristic of giving, she has donated her body to science. Her family, Paul, Dave and Pete, along with her daughters in-law, Marilyn, Sharon, and Paula respectively, wish to celebrate her 93 years of life, and honor her memory. Edwina's choice was to not have a wake or a funeral, but, with the loving support of La Leche League International, a Memorial Celebration has been scheduled as follows:
Day: Saturday
Date: July 12th, 2008
Time: 1:00 pm until 5:00 pm
Place: Elk Grove High School
500 W. Elk Grove Blvd.
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
The high school is just east of Arlington Heights Road, south of Landmeier, and north of Biesterfield, in Elk Grove Village. The celebration will be an open house format, and guests are free to come and go anytime, however, there will be a program of prominent speakers who will memorialize Edwina's life in the school's theater from 3:00 pm until 4:00 pm.
Refreshments will be available, and a videographer will be present to record specific memories guests may have of Edwina, for her family. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the:
Edwina Froehlich Memorial Fund
c/o La Leche League International
957 N. Plum Grove Road
P.O. Box 4079
Schaumburg, IL 60168-4079
847 519-7730
Please forward this information along to anyone who may be interested. We have tried to accumulate email addresses of all of Edwina's friends, and all of our friends, but, we are sure we missed some. Thanks for sharing this information, and, we sincerely hope you are able to stop by Edwina's Memorial Celebration.
Paul and Marilyn Froehlich
Dave and Sharon Froehlich
Pete and Paula Froehlich
Thursday, June 19, 2008
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A new book boils each of life's financial dilemmas down to a simple question. And it actually works.
Life isn't simple, but people often want simple answers. That's how we get books like Eat This, Not That trying to distill the best advice into an easy-to-digest format.
Perhaps it was only a matter of time before someone tried the same approach with money. Fortunately, that someone was personal finance writer Jack Otter, author of the new book Worth It…Not Worth It?
As Executive Editor of CBS MoneyWatch.com, Otter has access to some of the smartest minds in finance and personal financial planning. He's clearly paid attention and has distilled what people need to know in a format that doesn't waste their time.
In fewer than 150 easy-to-read pages, Otter tackles most of the money dilemmas that people wrestle with: Buy or rent? Term insurance or permanent? Roth or traditional IRA? Cash back or travel rewards card? He not only declares clear winners (buy, term, Roth and cash back) but gives compelling, financially sound reasons for his choices. Even if you disagree on occasion–I like travel rewards cards, and have ones with the annual fees he warns against–you'll probably find, as I did, that he's mentioned the exceptions that prove the rule (we're big spenders, which means we rack up enough rewards to dwarf the fee, and we squeeze more value from our rewards than what cash-back cards offer).
What appears at first glance to be a simplistic approach to finance–lots of big type and colorful graphics–contains some surprisingly sophisticated analysis. Otter's advice for navigating the bond bear market to come is excellent, as is his suggestion that would-be gold bugs look to a more valuable commodity–timber–for the future. He demonstrates how buying longer-term CDs right now might not be a bad idea–even assuming rates will soon rise.
Otter sprinkles the book with personal anecdotes, which makes him seem like the nice, approachable guy he actually is. But he doesn't waste time with a lot of touchy-feely nonsense or pop psychology. He doesn't try to justify bad advice by saying it's "psychologically" sound. He can do math. In other words, as an author he's superior to many, if not most, personal finance authors on the market.
The book was released in May, which means the publisher was positioning it as a graduation gift. It would be a terrific one, but Worth It…Not Worth It? is a great read for anyone who doesn't have a competent, comprehensive financial planner on speed dial. Worth It…Not Worth It? gives the kind of advice you'd otherwise have to pay a small fortune to get. That makes this book definitely worth it.
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