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3.8 on March 29, 2017
A lovely place, clean and comfortable. Would definitely return. Thought we had booked a bnb but upon arrival we found we were in the cottages next door which did not include breakfast. Might have been our misunderstanding from the site. The only issue we had was with internet. It kept cutting out and at times was non-existent.
4.0 on October 27, 2015
I brought my Mom and aunt who visited from Germany and all of us were extremely happy with our stay in every regard. Everything, inside and out is very lovingly appointed, the room was very clean and comfortable, the innkeeper Jennifer incredibly attentive and friendly and went out of her way to send us items we forgot. We had also looked at other places on Foothill Blvd. and once we saw where they were located we thought ourselves especially lucky to have landed at Chelsea Gardens where it is very quiet while centrally located. We couldn't have found a better place and will definitely be back.
4.6 on August 26, 2014
Came up last Monday with my brother and sister in law and best friend for a quick getaway. Found the Chelsea B&B and we were all very happy to have stumbled upon it. Judy was fantastic and accommodated my in-laws for breakfast even though they had the cottage. The breakfast was wonderful, homemade French toast with extra large fruits. The rooms are very comfortable with cute little details, that we enjoyed finding. Amazing DVD and video library as well as books. You'll fall in love with their cat Cabernet, He's very friendly and loves all the attention. Lovely swim in the pool and upon our departure, Judy was kind enough to give us some coupons for free wine tastings at local vineyards. All in all, we will definitely come back for a longer stay and to make a fuss of Cabernet. Thank you Judy!
4.4 on August 11, 2014
We had a lovely time and would stay there again.
4.6 on March 19, 2013
This was my very first time at a Bed & Breakfast and wasn't sure what to really expect. The rooms were super cute & much more cleaner than I would have expected considering I've only stayed at hotels prior to. Actually, it's probably cleaner than some of the hotels I've stayed in! No stains, no weird smells, roomy bathrooms...just a cute little cottage spacious enough for a family. What I would like to emphasize though is the outstanding customer service Chelsea Garden Inn provides! The staff are so very kind, attentive, and more than what you can expect from any place I've ever stayed in! Special thanks to Sam! If I could have rated the staff/customer service 10 stars, I would have because of her! If you're reading this, thank you for kindness & understanding towards my family..we really appreciate you! :) As far as breakfast goes, don't expect a Las Vegas buffet or anything. But the food was pretty good..freshly made with a home cooked feel! They do, however, have a fairly large cat that posts itself on the carpet and minds it's own business...but it may be something to consider if you have allergies or have a fear of cats. All in all, I had a great experience & will definitely consider staying here again in the future!
5 on December 25, 2012
I first stayed at Chelsea Garden Inn a few years ago and I liked it so much that I've come back every year since. The houses are clean and comfy, and the kitchen has everything you need for cooking. I highly recommend.
4.2 on November 18, 2012
Was in town for a wedding. Booked the two bedroom cottage which was very nice. Has a small sitting area and a mini kitchen. The breakfast was quite tasty. The service was excellent. Locations is great -- five minute walk to town. would stay again.
3.8 on October 28, 2012
The Inn is located within a short walk from Downtown Calistoga. If you like real Mexican food, try the Pacifico. The Chelsea Garden Inn is cozy, clean and comfortable. If you're looking for a 4 star accomodation, this isn't your place. If you're looking for a warm, cozy, friendly place to hang your hat for a few nights, then you'll love the Chelsea Garden Inn. We stayed in the Cottage. We loved it. Judy and the staff are friendly and helpful, but not overbearing. Breakfast is good and freshly made, and there is plenty to eat. We would not hesitate to stay there again.
4.2 on October 08, 2012
staffs are great and friendly. Excellent location.
3.6 on October 04, 2012
We spent one night at the Chelsea Garden Inn and it was very nice. The location is good and our room had everything we needed. We were welcomed very graciously and immediately felt comfortable.
3.6 on September 19, 2012
There were three of us sharing the private cottage. Great way to save some money during the crush season in Napa. The cottage was cozy, comfortable and relaxing to come back to after a day out in Napa. We loved the pool area and had cocktails out at the pool two nights. The staff was very helpful giving us great advice to make our trip even more pleasant. All in all it was a good stay.
4.2 on September 19, 2012
The house is a wonderful place to stay. It is very peaceful and a good distance from St. Helena and all of the winery's. I couldn't have asked for a better weekend. Susan and Dave DeVries were great. They give the renters total freedom, and they have the house priced right. I will definitely book this house again for a group stay in Wine Country.
4.6 on September 09, 2012
This bungalow was perfect for our needs. Nicely decorated and very comfortable. Loved the neighborhood setting. Secluded and quiet. Within walking distance to the downtown area where we ate in several quaint eateries.
3.8 on August 08, 2012
Friendly staff. Owners were considerate. The Chelsea wine available for purchase is quite nice - well worth the $20 price at booking.
4.2 on August 01, 2012
We loved our stay at the Chelsea Garden Inn. The rooms were clean and Judy was an amazing host. She gave us excellent recommendations and made sure our stay was comfortable. The pool area is nice and the rooms are quaint and cozy.
4.2 on April 26, 2012
The house and setting were perfect for an "Aunts and Cousins" Ladies Weekend. I would highly recommend the property. The Dining rating is not quite applicable since we did all of our own cooking - to that point, the kitichen at the house had all we needed to fix our own meals.
4.6 on April 14, 2012
Judy, the innkeeper, was very helpful and her breakfasts were delicious.
4.4 on March 25, 2012
The Garden Room was excellent - out of the way and quiet. Testy breakfasts - the fruit and orange juice always fresh. A short pleasant walk to all the "action" and food. A great place to catch up on some rest and relaxation.
4.6 on March 22, 2012
This inn was chosen by my husband as a getaway to celebrate my birthday. We were lucky enough to stay in the Garden Room. This delightful room filled with white wicker furniture and soft pastel colors has the added bonus of a private bricked patio looking out on the garden walkways & swimming pools. The breakfasts are not to be missed! We would definitely stay there again
4.0 on March 14, 2012
I rented the whole house for a birthday weekend and the six of us had such a great time. we cooked, spa'd, wine tasted, and ate out. Our base was the Wayside Inn and it was very comfortable. I would recommend a stay here.
4.2 on January 23, 2012
My 2 kids and I stayed at the Chelsea Garden Inn in the Cottage Suite for 4 nights. We LOVED it. It felt like home. My kids did not want to leave! Judy took great care of us every morning for breakfast. It was very close to everything we were there to see and also the main street where there were many delicious restaurants. If we ever go back to Calistoga we will definitely stay there again :)
3.6 on December 26, 2011
We stayed here with another couple in the Palm and Lavender Suites. Because it was 5 days before Christmas, the Inn was on a skeleton crew and we were the only guests there for the night. Judy, the innkeeper was very friendly on the phone when I made the reservation and I knew she would not be there. The rooms were very clean and comfortable. I chose the Palm and Lavender because they could be opened up as adjoining rooms, but we could not get the doors to open from either side and no one was in the office. There is some street noise and unfortunately we were there on the day there was garbage pick-up. A little noisy early in the morning, but not bad. We were served a nice, simple hot breakfast and the lady filling Judy's shoes was very nice. Given the time of year, the breakfast was probably more simple than it might be otherwise. It is easily within walking distance of the main street in town. We would stay here again if we were in the area.
3.6 on December 18, 2011
My boys and I stayed in the Cottage and had a lovely time! The cottage was enchanting and very cute, cozy and well stocked with all we needed. The staff was welcoming and made us french toast and sausage in the morning. The location is perfect, two blocks off the main drag on a quiet street. It was perfect for a holiday weekend getaway to wacth the Lighted Tractor Parade.
3.2 on December 10, 2011
Stayed in the Cottage, a cute little house within walking distance of downtown. It was very comfortable, with a kitchenette and immaculate bathroom with newer fixtures. The heater made an annoying high-pitched whistling sound the entire time, day and night, and it was cold during our stay, so we kept the heater on as much as possible. I didn't get a lot of sleep as a result. The handyman was unable to fix it during our stay. Hopefully they get that resolved! It was otherwise a perfectly nice place to stay. I would come again, but probably only in the summer, to avoid having the same experience with the heater!
4.4 on November 15, 2011
The Chelsea Garden Inn was everything I want in a B&B. The breakfast was real food, not a stale donut and weak coffee. The room was clean, confortable, and well appointed. And, I'm a repeat customer because of the convenient location within walking distance of main street in Calistoga.
4.4 on October 27, 2011
Extremely comfortable house situated perfectly in the middle of a winery. The light was beautiful, and the beauty of the surroundings looked like a magazine photo-shoot. Some mild road noise disappeared at night. Appointed and decorated as a home, rather than the typical rental corner-cutter. Full kitchen, working fireplace (and very responsive owner when we initially couldn't figure out the flue), plenty of room, hot tub, and full 4 bedroom/4 bathroom (although only one tub).
4.4 on October 06, 2011
My husband and I planned this trip months ago. I spent hours searching for the perfect spot. Not too expensive, not too fancy, just comfortable, in a convenient location. We chose Chelsea Garden Inn and it was the perfect place for us. Calistoga is a great little town with fantastic restaurants but without the traffic and congestion of Napa. We loved every minute of our visit. Judy was a great help in finding some great winerys to visit. Soda Rock was our favorite. The rooms are clean and comfortable and quiet. I highly recommend this spot for a truly relaxing stay.
5 on October 04, 2011
Eveything was thought of, we had everything we needed to make this a wonderful weekend.
3.6 on September 16, 2011
Chien Blanc Cottage was a welcome stay for three nights after a flight from NH to Cali. Nice room layout, private setting but right off the main street in Calistoga for many eating opportunities. The laudry set up was a plus and not expected but used as we are active outdoors types. Bicycling was great, breakfast at Sarafornia but get there early, Boskos and Bannans hit the mark for dinner.
3.8 on August 12, 2011
We enjoyed our stay in July 2011. The grounds are lovely and our cottage was perfect, plenty of room, very comfortable and decorated very nicely. The location is excellent, you are a 2 minute walk to the main street in Calistoga where there are shops, dining, coffee etc. A wonderful grocery store (since you have your own fully stocked kitchen) is a block away. It's quiet, comfortable and a great location! We would definitely visit again.
4.0 on August 10, 2011
we had a lovely stay at chelsea garden inn. it is a great place. fine atmosphere very private and lots of space. although we did not meet anybody on the premises communication by email was excellent.
3.4 on July 15, 2011
A very nice place in a very nice small town! Service was very good, rooms somewhat noisy as the walls / doors seem to be pretty thin but I would definitely return whenever possible!
4.0 on May 12, 2011
We greatly enjoyed our stay. The location was perfect. We could walk everywhere we wanted to go. We were close to a grocery story. It was quiet and secluded. The Inn staff were very professional and pleasant. We highly recommend Chelsea and would definitely stay again.
3.8 on May 04, 2011
This place was awesome. Much more than I expected. We only rented it for two nights but our stay there was excellent. While we did really use the facilities other than to gather in the living room in the evening and converse, the sleeping rooms were excellent and very comfortable. All the amenities were first class. I highly highly recommend this place. You are right in the middle of a vineyard, what could be better for the Napa area? This is a must stay place. Dean Schreiner
4.8 on April 24, 2011
Stayed two nights. Nice suite with private entrance - well appointed. Two blocks from the main street in town. Breakfast was wonderful - hot entree, lots of fresh fruit, cereal, juice, etc., served in a nice spacious "living" area. Judy was extremely helpful with wine country suggestions. Will stay again when in Napa Valley.
3.2 on April 04, 2011
The game room was a great thing to have, but as it was a very chilly weekend I had to light a fire in the fireplace. That wasn't a problem, but the room is huge, and it took hours to get comfortable. Even brought in the room space heater to help but it still took a long time. Also, the proce for Sunday night was the same as the weekend (and it was offseason)
4.0 on April 04, 2011
Last minute booking that ended up being a nice little place to hang out in Calistoga. Walking distance to downtown and very pleasant surroundings. Full kitchen for those who want to eat in.
4.6 on March 28, 2011
Just a block or two off of the main street in Calistoga, this comfortable inn is a wonderful spot to stay for a long weekend. It's a great value, with excellent service... the innkeepers were very helpful in recommending wineries, local activities, restaurants etc. It was especially nice to be able to stroll "downtown" for outstanding evening dining. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay, thank you!
2.6 on March 08, 2011
NIce location, clean room. Very dated decor and found it hard to relax.
3.8 on March 06, 2011
We enjoyed our stay at the Chelsea Garden Inn. Breakfast was outstanding each morning. The Innkeeper was great for recommendations for evening dining and local spas.
3.8 on February 21, 2011
The Palm Suite was very spacious and comfortable. The potbelly stove made a nice fire to keep the place warm and cozy; although it took awhile for the bedroom to warm up on the first night. The Innkeepers were very friendly and hospitable, and overall, it was a very enjoyable stay. We definitely recommend the Chelsea Garden Inn, and we plan to return in the future!
3.2 on December 01, 2010
The Chelsea Garden Inn was nice. We enjoyed the room and the sofa bed, but the heating systems was old. If you didn't take the time to start the heater earlier in the day, it made a ton of noise to start up. The rooms were either super cold or super hot, so it was hard to get a good temperature. The biggest complaint we have is the outdated kitchen. The appliances were straight out of the 50's. It was so hard for me to cook a proper meal. I tried to cook a Thanksgiving dinner there, big mistake. The stove was tiny and didn't cook well, the freezer is a box in the fridge, and the pots and plates are super old. I would recommend people stay there if they have no desire to cook. The house was clean and nice, but the place should invest in better appliances, pots, and plates.
5 on October 06, 2010
Absolutely the most peaceful retreat with outstanding customer service. Will be back for sure!
3.6 on August 29, 2010
We had a lovely stay at the Chelsea Garden Inn. We have visited before and always feel welcome. This visit we had spa reservations at 9 am and because we would not be able to have breakfast before leaving (scheduled to be served at 9:00), the inn keeper set out fruit, yogurt and cereals for us around 8:00! Above and beyond!
3.4 on January 05, 2010
We stayed at the related vacation rentals 'Chien Blanc Bungalows' (bateau) because we had a dog and it was one of the few places in town that would take her and accomidate all four of us humans as well in one place without breaking the bank. Breakfast was not included in the bungalows so I can't tell you about that. The room our UK friends were in was appointed nicely but our sofa bed was a bit lumpy and could use a mattress change. The kitchen had everything you could need in a small compact space and the common room was great and probably where we ended up spending the most amount of non-sleeping time. Full sized fridge was definately a plus as it was NYE and we need to chill the bubbly. Internet was somewhat spotty but adequate because really how much are you going to be using it up in wine country anyways except to quickly make/check a dinner reservation or something of this nature. I liked the mix of country cottage meets hollywood regency with a bit of modern here or there - it is better I think than most the over flowered or faux-British places in the area which I tend to not like as my tastes run toward Contemporary Modern & Mid Century Modern. There is also a Native American theme in the common room but it's not overdone or anything. Everything is stocked for a dog you'd need - my only real complaint is that sofa mattress so I don't recommend more than three people staying so that whomever gets the sofa can flip and flop around to compensate for the lumpies. If you are just two you can easily fit into the main bed which is comfortible.
5 on October 17, 2009
The location to downtown was great-we walked everywhere on main street from the inn. The rooms were all very clean and very nicely decorated. The pool and lounging area was very nice and secluded. The innkeeper made exceptionally great breakfasts and we have brought some of the recipes home with us.
3.6 on September 28, 2009
Chelsea Garden Inn was my first experience at a bed and breakfast, but will certainly not be my last. My girlfriend and I stayed here on our trip in late March, and it was everything we were looking for. The room itself was comfortable and spacious, although the decor was a bit kitschy. However, the gardens were beautiful and the location is excellent. Chelsea is within easy walking distance of attractive downtown Calistoga, and there are hilly trails nearby leading up to a gorgeous overlook of the nearby vineyards. We booked through email, and the owner, Susan DeVries, was very helpful and quick to respond to our questions. When we arrived one of the innkeepers, Philippe Shepard, made us feel instantly welcome and offered us an afternoon snack. He was also very knowledgable about nearby wineries and other attractions. Throughout our stay, breakfast was delicious and everyone around was cheery and helpful. I would definitely recommend Chelsea to anyone looking for a nice B&B in Calistoga. Check up their package deals - the wineries included have some excellent tours, the restaurants are good though unexceptional, and the spa treatment is very relaxing. All-in-all, an excellent experience I would love to repeat!
4.2 on October 31, 2007
We stayed here just last weekend. Jenny the innkeeper was friendly and accommodating. Because of a liquor license issue, please be aware that Chelsea Garden Inn is temporarily unavailable to serve wine at their hors d'ouvres hour, so bring your own if you want it. The breakfast was yummy and the property was quiet and relaxing. We would stay here again.


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Gloria J. Schlittenhart, 70, of Devils Lake, N.D., passed away on Saturday morning, December 15, 2012 at Mercy Hospital, Devils Lake.�
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Lenten supper, service at Grace
Grace Lutheran Church will host its second weekly supper and Lenten service at 4:45 p.m. Wednesday. The church is at the corner of Sixth Avenue West and Blythe Street.
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Choral evensong planned at St. James
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Hobby Lobby chief to speak at Bob Jones
Steve Green, president of Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., will share the Hobby Lobby story at 7 p.m. Monday in the Founder's Memorial Amphitorium on the Bob Jones University campus.
BJU President Stephen Jones said, "We are delighted to host Steve Green on our campus. As a Christian businessman, he has a compelling story to tell our students and the greater Greenville community about the success of Hobby Lobby."
Hobby Lobby is the largest privately owned arts and crafts retailer in the world. Headquartered in Oklahoma City, Hobby Lobby employs about 20,000 people and operates about 520 stores in 42 states. Hobby Lobby sales for 2012 totaled more than $3 billion.
During his address, Green will also highlight the traveling exhibit of biblical antiquities titled "Passages." "Passages" contains 400 items from The Green Collection, composed of more than 40,000 biblical antiquities, and is among the world's newest and largest private collections of rare biblical texts and artifacts. "Passages" is on exhibit through March 30 at 8405 IBM Drive in Charlotte. Information and coupons to attend the exhibit will be available at the event.
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Aglow meeting at Feed & Seed March 2
The Feed & Seed at 3715 Hendersonville Road, Fletcher, will host the Asheville-Hendersonville Aglow Community Lighthouse at 10 a.m. March 2.
Joyce Wright, executive director of the Open Arms Crisis Pregnancy Center, is the March speaker. Wright is a mother, grandmother, minister, counselor, member and executive board member of the Henderson County Ministerial Association, associate chaplain for Pardee Hospital and advisory board member for Interfaith Chaplaincy Association.
Five years ago, God sent her to the Open Arms Crisis Pregnancy Center after two of her grandchildren were lost to abortion. As a young woman, she wanted to become a doctor and "save lives for Jesus." She says God is allowing her to do this at Open Arms Crisis Pregnancy Center.
Coffee and refreshments will be served at 9:30 a.m. For more information, visit www.openarms329.com, www.facebook.com/openarms329, or call 828-692-7572 or 828-274-8736.
Sillau to speak to Compassionate Friends
The Compassionate Friends group, now based at Grace Lutheran Church at the corner of Sixth Avenue West and Blythe Street, will host a presentation by Holly Sillau, author of "Robin's Wings," at 6:30 p.m. March 4 in Stull Hall.
"Robin's Wings," written in part by Sillau's daughter Robin, who died in January 2010, is about parents overcoming the grief of losing a child. Sillau has also written "Missing Robin" and is currently working on a third book. The author is a member of Compassionate Friends, a support group to assist families after the death of a child.
The meeting is open to all. Call 828-693-4061 for more information.
Compiled from staff reports
Religion Notes: Feb. 22
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Suicide Silence Reveal They Will Continue With New Mystery Vocalist
Nearly one year after Suicide Silence vocalist Mitch Lucker passed away, the band has confirmed that they will continue on with a new member behind the mic. Rumors have been spreading about who the new vocalist would be, and now Suicide Silence have offered a clue with a recording of 'You Only Live Once' featuring the mystery singer.
On Halloween night 2012, Mitch Lucker, 28, crashed his motorcycle in Huntington Beach, Calif. Lucker was rushed to the hospital, but was pronounced dead on Nov. 1 at 6:17AM PST. Lucker had been drinking alcohol before he began his last ride, as attested by his widow Jolie Carmadella at a candlelight vigil held in memoriam for Lucker.
Suicide Silence fans were left without a singer, unsure if the deathcore frontrunners could continue without the charismatic vocalist. However, Suicide Silence posted the following message on their Facebook page last night (Oct. 2):
Suicide Silence Will Continue…
Attached to the Facebook post is a new clip from the band featuring a currently-anonymous new vocalist. Rumors have been circulating online that All Shall Perish vocalist Eddie Hermida has taken Lucker's vacant spot, but we cannot yet confirm those claims.
[Update: Suicide Silence have officially announced Eddie Hermida as their new vocalist. Read about all the details here.]
Listen to Suicide Silence's re-recording of 'You Only Live Once' above and hear the group's new frontman for yourselves.


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HH Pope Shenouda requested that we work together on making ecclesiastical decisions rather than separately.
Which is ofcourse a wise direction to pursue. Just look at the conflict within the EO Church over the issue of dialogue with us. The only real stumbling block to unity (or at least to a clear-cut conclusion that there can be no unity) is the lack of a unified voice within that Communion. If we allow the Syrian Orthodox to continue independent dialogue with the Assyrians, then we are leaving our own Communion open to the same internal and ecumenical dilemmas.
I feel that what the Assyrian Church ask from us to pursue unity, and we reject it, is not much different that we ask the Chalcedonian to do.
I don't see the consistency behind our actions in rejecting dialogue with the Assyrians while running after dialogues in seeking unity with the Chalcedonians.
But repeatedly, I have heard that there were scandals among the ACE on us, in that they were supposed to accept Ephesus and condemn Nestorius, which they later "changed their minds" about. I still want to validate these accusations made against them by our bishops.
H.E. Metropolitan Bishoy has evidenced this in his latest book written against a certain Monk Athanasius. In fact I think his work is titled Against Monk Athanasius.
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This may hurt by geek cred to admit, but it's full confession time: until two weeks ago, I'd never played a single game in the Mass Effect series. Not because I've avoided video games. I've played lots of current games. I'll admit to a preference for buying games several months after they come out so I can save money, which is why I waited a year to finally play Civilization V and several months to buy Portal 2. But I also bought Minecraft while it was still in Alpha and will be first in line to pick up the Gods and Kings expansion pack for Civ 5.
But I admit that even for me, a gap of four years is a little embarrassing. A few months ago, when my fellow science blogger Kyle Munkittrick discovered via a Twitter conversation that I'd never played Mass Effect, he was horrified and encouraged me to get it right away. But still I waited.
Then came the controversy over the ending to Mass Effect 3. I've managed to avoid learning the specifics of the actual controversy so I didn't spoil myself, but in my role as Social Media Editor, I could hardly ignore what a big issue it was in the gaming community. After all, the writing here at Forbes on Mass Effect 3 and the growing attention that our great gaming contributors were receiving are what led me to start our @ForbesGames Twitter feed.
The final straw came last week, when Amazon had a bundle pack of Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 on sale for 12 bucks. I couldn't resist that. So I bought them, downloaded Mass Effect onto my PC and started playing. I've logged about 20 hours or so playing Mass Effect now, so I thought I'd give some of my initial impressions of the game. I'll keep this up over the next few weeks as I work my way through 1, 2, and 3. For longtime Mass Effect fans, I hope this little series provides some nostalgia for you.
So, first things first: I love the game. I love everything about it. The world building here is incredibly rich, detailed, and well thought out. The graphics are great, and the universe you find yourself in is immense. There's so much to see and do that it's very easy to believe that you're in a big galaxy. The PC controls are intuitive and work well. With most 3rd person games on my PC, I prefer to use my XBox controller - the Assassin's Creed games, for example, are virtually impossible to play with a mouse and keyboard. The Controller isn't an option for the PC version of Mass Effect, but that's okay - the mouse and keyboard controls work great.
The puzzles are challenging, but easy to figure out from context - I haven't had to refer to a walkthru yet because I was stuck at any given point in the game. The variety of side quests allow for a leisurely exploration of the game's universe, which I appreciate a lot. The combat is particularly good. In games like these, I usually hate having to get into fighting mode, but I enjoy it here. It's spaced out enough to not get repetitive, but happens often enough and differently enough that I've had to develop a variety of tactics for different kinds of combat.
And of course, what makes the game absolutely superb is the array of personal and moral choices to make. I'm a gamer from way, way back, and my favorite games when I was a teenager were Sierra's Conquests and Quest For Glory series. Mass Effect reminds me a lot of both of these series - they're worlds where your choices and decisions matter, and shape how the game is played. Right now, I'm playing my Commander Shepard as pretty much the nicest guy in the Universe, but I' m not going to lie - I'm almost certainly going to play through again playing Shepard as a total bastard, just to see what happens.
All in all, without even being close to finishing it yet (I've only completed the Faros mission, and am halfway through Noveria), Mass Effect is already very high up on my list of favorite games. I'll keep writing as I keep playing. In the meantime, I hope you'll excuse me. I've got a rogue Spectre to catch.
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February 20, 2013
A movie crew will be filming on Wednesday in Old Town, but City Hall does not anticipate the work will be disruptive.
Tommy Youngblood, a City Hall official who was heavily involved in the permitting, said some of the filming is planned on Park Avenue between Heber Avenue and 9th Street. The filming will be on the sidewalk, but Youngblood said there could be a traffic delay of up to 15 minutes sometime between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.
There will also be filming on Main Street, where a building on the west side of the street will be the focus. Youngblood said the filming will not require the street to be partially closed or a closure of the sidewalk. Five parking spaces will be used by the crew, though.
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It was love at first sight with Prathy's Iyengar Bakery style khara bread. Just, finished baking and eating it with some home made congress kadalebeeja. Combo was yummy!!!!!
I made this bread using bread machine. The recipe for our bread machine is very different from Prathy's recipe. If you are baking in a oven please refer to her recipe here. Below recipe suits our bread machine :
Salt -1tsp
Sugar- 1~2tbsp
Egg- 1
Butter- 2-4 tbsp
Milk Powder- 2tbsp
Milk or Water - upto 280g (if you are using milk, then skip milk powder)
Wholemeal bread flour or Bread Flour - 400g
Instant Yeast- 2tsp
Extra Ingrediants for Khara Bread :
Oil, jeera, finely chopped curry leaves, onions cut lengthwise, finely chopped coriander leaves, black pepper powder, green chilli paste. Heat oil, add jeera and curry leaves. When jeera browns add green chilli paste, pepper powder and onions. Sautee till onions turn pink. Keep it ready to add them to bread dough.
1. Weigh the baking bowl. Add salt, sugar, butter, milk powder. Tare the weight which simply means reset the weight back to 0. Add egg and fluid (water or milk) upto 280g. Tare the weight again. Add bread flour upto 400g. Add yeast on top of bread flour. Put the baking bowl back into the bread machine and follow the instructions.Our bread machine starts mixing the ingredients and kneading them. Onion mixture is added after 30 minutes from the start time. You can sprinkle some sesame seeds when the bread is ready for baking which happens is last 40 mins. Our bread machine kneads, rests and bakes the bread. It takes 3hrs for the total process. Result is yummy bread like this...
How to make congress kadalebeeja? Come back to read the next post on Taste of Mysore for the recipe of Congress ;) Till then have a wonderful day.


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by Mike Masnick
Wed, Jan 24th 2007 8:15pm
Well, this is just fantastic. Following the claims that there's no real problems with e-voting machines, almost immediately followed by reports of massive fraud with e-voting machines in Brazil, Alex Halderman is pointing out that Diebold, in their infinite wisdom, are making it ridiculously easy to break into their machines. Halderman was a part of the team that showed that Diebold's locks on their e-voting machines used a default key that was common to many hotel minibars and could be found easily in many places. However, the researchers who noted this were still careful never to show the actual key, preferring not to help anyone who seriously intended on breaking into the machines. Diebold, on the other hand, isn't so careful. The company, that has continually played down reports of security flaws is apparently selling the very key you need to break into their boxes on their online site... with a picture of the key. You need to be a Diebold account holder to buy it, but anyone can look at the key and then figure out how to make their own copy -- and, in fact, that's exactly what someone did. He used the picture to cut his own keys and sent the keys to Halderman, who found that two of the three keys opened the Diebold locks with ease. The guy who discovered this notified Diebold a month ago, but Diebold did not respond and has not removed the image of the key from their website.
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Joe Nagle, 24 Jan 2007 @ 8:32pm
Diebold's e-voting machine securityJesus.
Darren Kopp, 24 Jan 2007 @ 8:48pm
Hooray Beer!diebold is up the street from me. i should drop in and give them some lessons on security.
Ryan, 24 Jan 2007 @ 9:08pmIf this scares you, and you havn't seen the college demo about how to not only alter votes, but spread the code as well here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwWP-N1HqT0
hyphen, 24 Jan 2007 @ 10:02pmHBO did a documentary called Hacking Democracy. This documentary went on to show how easy it was to manipulate votes / hack Diebold's electronic voting machines. Yeah.... scary stuff. Click here to check out HBO's page on their documentary
Geeb, 25 Jan 2007 @ 1:52am
Choices, choicesSo, what do you reckon Diebold will do next?
a) Improve their security
b) Take down the pictures
c) Sue the guy who made the keys
Jess, 25 Jan 2007 @ 2:41am
That's Amazing!!How come whenever I get my copies for keys only one out of 6 work and they have the actual key!! This guy made a copy from a picture?!! Where's my phone?!!
angry poll worker, 25 Jan 2007 @ 2:48am
have you bothered to think.Ok first off, having worked the elections with the acuvote systems I can tell you that they can not be fooled the way many people seem to think they can.
1. as this is a tech new site I'll assume that many of you know what a CRC/HASH check is. the first action done by the systems bois is a hash check on the CARD and ROM if they fail the system will not boot.
2. the only people with access to the machines that can set the CRC/HASH are your county election staff. not state or national, just the county.
3. the machines are not updated using memory cards. they are plugged in via a Ethernet connection for a push network wipe. I am sure many of you are used to this technology as you use it every time you do a network install of windows.
4. they use a 256 bit floating encryption scheme to protect the results on every machine. that means that a card from one machine would not be able to be accessed by any other machine. they are paired at the election office before ever going to the poll location.
just a thought, but in a lab I can change almost anything to make it look like it will function just as I want it to. however with it being a federal felony with mandatory 5-10 years for election fraud it's funny reading the misinformation being spread.
angry american voter, 25 Jan 2007 @ 5:28am
Re: have you bothered to think.OK as this is a tech site, let's just spew out nonsense and hope that everyone is intimidated.
You can say anything you want about 256 floating bit encryption and CRC/HASH all you want.
It seems to me that you're whining because people think you're a moron and/or a Diebold employee.
(Jury is still out on that...)
You think that any of these so-called security features are valid? Are you actually trying to tell us that the machines are safe and tamper-proof?
Wake up, get out of bed and tell me what color the sun is in your world.
It's been proven time and time again that you're WRONG. The machines have been 'adjusted', can and easily be hacked, by many people.
And you think any of your statements about a felony and 5-10 years mean jack to people? Are these the same people that are sending US soldiers over to die for oil?
Or the same a@@holes that send me SPAM from bots and hijacked machines? - oh wait there is really good security on those machines as well- couldn't possibly be any SPAM now could there?
Go back to sticking your head in the sand and keep toting that party line.
Enrico Suarve, 25 Jan 2007 @ 6:38am
Re: Re: have you bothered to think.Exactly...
Angry Poll Worker - is it not the least bit disturbing to you that in all the areas independent people have looked at there have been significant security flaws
I would suggest that not only country election staff have access to machines - I am supposedly the only person with access to my house, it didn't stop me being burgled (by someone with a lot less to gain than a fixed election)
Relying on the security of some automated CRC check and just sitting back smuggly and stating "its all OK then" is maybe a little blind
At the end of the day the physical security on the machine is built to the same standard as a mini-bar, what exactly does that infer about the rest of the security?
Maybe you do update your machines by network -
Is that the same everywhere?
Would it remove a malicious program already present on the machine?
Are you sure?
Have you tested?
How utterly confident are you that there is never one person alone with a machine for over a minute on the entire of election day?
It would probably be unreasonable to seriously respond to Prinston's plea of "We urge public officials to address these issues promptly" http://itpolicy.princeton.edu/voting far more sensible would be stick your fingers in your ears al-la "La, la, laa i'm not listening"
Finally there ARE people out there who fund campaigns (legally) to the tune of millions to get political advantage and there ARE criminals who work for a lot less than this and risk similar penalties. Is it that big a leap of imagination to combine the two?
Enrico Suarve, 25 Jan 2007 @ 11:08am
Re: have you bothered to think.Dear Angry Poll Worker
Sorry if I was a little harsher earlier - the face of the polling worker around 16min 20secs on this video has softened me slightly and rightly humbled me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKs12idbZ_I
She has just learnt that the Diebold system she has been responsible for overseeing is vulnerable to a hack and votes can be realistically altered. This is the face of a true believer and stalwart of democracy finding out the security on her systems is not secure
I would urge you to watch the clip and decide - the gentleman supervising the test is not a tin-foil hat man - he is one of Florida's senior election officials
I think when dealing with a technology like this which can be messed with this is always going to be the problem - Diebold have always stated their systems are secure and denied all problems allowing presidents, congressmen, senators etc to be selected using them. They still don't admit any problems with the optical system in use in the test - what aren't they telling you about the system you currently use?
Matthew, 25 Jan 2007 @ 5:17am
1, 2, 3, 4, 5Remind me to change the combination on my luggage -Mel Brooks as President Skroob in Spaceballs
Anonymous Coward, 25 Jan 2007 @ 6:02am
Open sourcingSo, people have been whining and moaning that e-voting machine companies should release their sourcecode as a means to make them more secure and this makes a lot of sense to me. The more people know how the code works the easier it will be to detect and trace and fraud. What's the complaint here? So people can make a key to get into a machine. Do you all honestly believe that a person can stick a usb memory stick into one of these boxes and alter human history? We do not live in a hollywood movie. Sometimes I think this site needs to take "Tech" out of it's name.
mc123, 25 Jan 2007 @ 6:14amIf you've seen "Hacking Democracy" you would know that it doesn't matter what type of security features the machines themselves have. The vote counts on the machines can be altered simply through the memory cards. All the memory card has to do is start with a negative total for one candidate. It actually seemed like a very simple process. It clearly doesn't matter who has access to the machines because the big shots at Diebold (who promise that elections will have certain outcomes in certain states, go figure) just have to provide pre-determined memory cards and an election can be fixed. Kind of scary knowing that your money probably comes out of an ATM with Diebold's name on it and our country votes in political leaders using Diebold machines.
ScytheNoire, 25 Jan 2007 @ 8:58amany election with an eVoting machine is not a valid election
Bill, 25 Jan 2007 @ 12:43pmOh, how I yearn to go back to the days of the paper ballot and the "X" in the box.
angry Poll worker, 26 Jan 2007 @ 7:28pm
Re:LOL I guess no one here realizes that the paper votes you cherish so much have been being counted my machines for over 40 years. it used to be that to throw an election you had to loose the paper ballets, while feeding the counting machines.
now it's easier to secure the votes are accurate and everyone is claiming they are less accurate.
I guess time will tell.
Enrico Suarve, 27 Jan 2007 @ 4:48am
Re: Re:I can't be bothered to point out that it's going to be a lot easier to commit fraud if you can automate it - oops
Ah well guess we're back to "la la la i'm not listening then"
PS: time did tell - it already happened, some people are trying to point out it might be nice if it didn't happen every time? you know like you went back to having a democracy and stuff?
SpAM, 25 Jan 2007 @ 6:20pm
Hanging chads anyone?Does this dispell the notion that physical media are also hack proof? You can thank the Secretary of State for FL (now out on her CHaDss thanks to the voters in FL) for the ridiculous butterfly ballot to begin with. Not that I am defending DIEbold.
Proud Brazilian, 26 Jan 2007 @ 12:22pm
Brazilians don't use Diebold machinesAll the totals are printed in the voting room in at least 5 copies before closing the machine. So, it's very easy to detect if someone messes up with the data.
Come to visit Brazil, when you want to learn how to do an election with more than 100 million voters and give the results in less than 24 hours, instead of months of paper counting like US did in Bush junior's first election.
CJ, 28 Jan 2007 @ 2:11pm
Hacking DemocracyIf you've seen Hacking Democracy, you've seen an unchecked group of random thoughts converted conveniently into "facts" by biased documentary makers. I'm not claiming Diebold's machines are hack-proof, but a friggin' HBO documentary is not evidence or proof of anything -- it serves only to muddy the waters. People who get their alleged "news" from entertainment TV need to rethink where their loyalties should lie. Letme guess, you also believed Oliver Stone's JFK...
CH, 30 Jan 2007 @ 3:08pm
Re: Hacking DemocracyRight, much better to believe the company who manufacturers the machines and guarantees specific results in certain states..... They are much more credible than a documentary, right?


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Hartford — U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-5th District, said Monday that they hope bills they have each introduced to ban electronic-cigarette companies from advertising their products to children will receive bipartisan support.
"Kids aren't using e-cigarettes to stop smoking like some adults," Esty said. "Our children are getting hooked on nicotine, a highly addictive drug, which the surgeon general has warned has lasting, adverse consequences for adolescent brain development."
Minors in Connecticut can legally purchase e-cigarettes, although Gov. Dannel P. Malloy proposed banning those sales this year.
Supporters of the bill said the brightly colored e-cigarettes that come in flavors such as gummy bear and cotton candy should not be advertised to children because the product is addictive and could cause a lifetime of disease.
They said e-cigarette advertising to children includes use of celebrity endorsements, sporting events and cartoons.
A representative from the Libertarian-leaning Heartland Institute in Chicago spoke out against the legislation during the press conference and said that banning advertising to children would essentially mean banning advertising to adults as well.
Gregory Conley of the Heartland Institute said the watermelon-flavored e-cigarettes helped him quit smoking three years ago and that the legislation has no chance of passing. Blumenthal responded that the legislation does not call for a ban on e-cigarettes.
It calls for the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to regulate e-cigarette advertising as it does for other tobacco products, Blumenthal said.
"Now Big Tobacco is buying e-cigarette companies," Blumenthal said. "Do you think it is because big tobacco wants to promote smoking cessation? I don't think so. Big tobacco is buying e-cigarette companies to do with modern and up-to-date, candy-flavored e-cigarettes what it used to do with Joe Camel."
Blumenthal said he has a lot of support in the Senate for the legislation and thinks he can get Republican support for the public health issue.
Several public health representatives and legislators including state Rep. Diana Urban, D-North Stonington, stood with Blumenthal in support of the federal legislation.
Jeff Seyler, president and CEO of the American Lung Association of the Northeast, said the association is concerned about e-cigarettes because it is unclear what is in them and what the health consequences are.
The National Poison Data System has reported that from 2011 to 2012 there was a 300 percent increase from poisonings caused by electronic liquids, he said. A study by The Journal of the American Medical Association: Pediatrics found that "kids who use these e-cigarettes are more likely to smoke cigarettes and less likely to quite smoking," Seyler said.
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In fact, they're picking up the pace.
"The response from the churches has been fantastic," said IMB worker Shannon Ford, who lives in Ukraine's capital city of Kiev, during a March 4 interview. "It really has been a time for prayer -- not simply saying we're going to pray, but actually going and being seen and guiding other people to pray," even in the far east near the Russian border.
IMB personnel are serving right beside them.
"We're able to do our ministry," Ford insisted. "We have a family in right where the Russian fleet is parked. I talked to them this morning, and they were telling me all the different ministry things they did last week and what they're planning this week. So despite all the uneasiness and the frightening pictures from the zoom lens of the media, our personnel and our national brothers and sisters are still doing their job, still having outreach groups, still holding services, still doing the things they do."
Ford doesn't downplay the dangers facing Ukraine from both inside and out -- or the agony the nation has experienced in recent months as protesters battled police and blood flowed before the government changed hands. He has served there for more than 15 years and feels the pain of Ukrainians more than most foreigners.
"The last couple of weeks in Kiev have been really tense," he said, reflecting on the violent clashes in Kiev's Independence Square. "The loss of life was just very hard to accept. The days after that turned into something more like an extended funeral period. I don't know that I've seen a more grieving or sorrowful time in Ukraine."
But Christians came alongside Ukrainians in the midst of their suffering and struggle, setting up tents in Independence Square to pray for people, provide medical aid, serve food and tea, distribute Bibles and share the Gospel. In Ford's view, it's an outward sign of the maturing of evangelical work since Ukraine gained independence from the dissolving Soviet Union.
"For us it's become a wonderful place for ministry because of our excellent partners, the Ukrainian Baptist Union," he said. "Evangelistic efforts and church planting have borne lots of fruit. We've turned a page now from the pioneer work in the early '90s to looking toward missionary-sending from this country."
At the moment, however, the crisis at home demands the full attention of Ukrainian Baptists. One of them is Oleksandr Turchynov, who was voted interim national president by the Ukrainian Parliament until new elections take place in May. He took office after President Viktor Yanukovych was removed Feb. 23 and later fled to Russia (Russia's incursion into Crimea followed within a week).
Turchynov "has been a lay preacher in one of our Baptist churches, and he has brought a demeanor of trust and respect to the acting government," Ford said. "So it's really been a great time for the churches to be doing what we ought to be doing. They've not hidden. They've actually activated and gotten more visible during this time of stress and tension."
Now, as divisions increase between ethnic Ukrainians in the western part of the country and ethnic Russians in the east, Christians are focusing on bringing people together.
"'Unity' is the word that keeps being used," Ford reported. "The brothers and sisters in eastern Ukraine mostly use Russian. Many of them have Russian heritage. But they are the first ones to speak up and say, 'There's no tension between us and the Ukrainian speakers.' Those in western Ukraine, even in a city that is very nationalistic and Ukrainian in language and culture, declared a 'Russian language only' day. They actually took to the streets and used Russian to show we're one country. Language is not the thing that divides us."
"It may sound like a fool's errand, but we still think you can come and serve, because we're still here and we'd like you to come and join us," he said. He also challenged Southern Baptists to use the current situation as a way to reach out to ethnic Ukrainians and Russians in American communities.
Ford said he and other IMB workers have been overwhelmed and greatly encouraged by the many emails and social media posts from Southern Baptists expressing concern and promising prayer.
"It's kind of strange. We're in a sense of alert, but we're also very much at ease," he said. "Our No. 1 prayer is not necessarily for our safety, even though we of course want that for ourselves and for our people. Our No. 1 prayer is that we make use of this opportunity to be purveyors of the Gospel light. There's just a lot of opportunity, and I'd hate for us to miss it."
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Kristy Bamu and his two sisters were visiting their older sister, Magalie Bamu, and her partner, Eric Bikubi, over Christmas in London. Initially, it was apparently a jolly time…and then Eric got it into his head that his three visitors were witches.
The court was told that over a period of days the pair, originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, attempted to exorcise evil spirits they believed were in three of the children – Kristy, his sister Kelly, 20, and their 11-year-old sister, who cannot be named. Bikubi refused "to let them eat, drink or sleep for days, while the punishments became increasingly violent, with [the attackers] using the many implements found in the flat as weapons of torture", Altman said.
During their ordeal the siblings were forced to pray and chant throughout several nights and, in a "staggering act of depravity and cruelty", the defendants recruited sibling against sibling as "vehicles for their violence", said Altman.
Kristy became the focus of Bikubi's attention, the court heard. He allegedly struck the boy with a hammer in the face, knocking out his teeth; on another occasion he shoved a metal bar into the teenager's mouth, the court heard.
When Kelly attempted to hit her brother using something light, she was ordered to use a heavier implement. In a desperate attempt to prevent any further suffering, Kristy and his two sisters eventually admitted to being sorcerers, said Altman. "As Kristy's injuries became ever more severe he even pleaded to be allowed to die," he added.
They gave him his wish and drowned him in the bathtub.
A couple of people believe there is magic in the world and that their delusions are real, and a 15 year old boy ends up tortured to death.
The couple are denying that they committed murder; Eric Bikubi claims "diminished responsibility", apparently because he's an evil idiot who believes in spirits.


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Alec Baldwin Shows Off His Gay Hairstylist To Paparazzi To Prove He's Not A Homophobe
After yesterday's controversy, Alec Baldwin searched high and low for a "gay friend" and finally found one before sending the paparazzi his Google Maps location. Once the cameras arrived, Alec posed on the street triumphantly with his gay hairdresser, proof that he did not call a paparazzo a "cocksucking fag" on Thursday.
TMZ tries to make more sense of the theatrics:
Alec Baldwin just played the, "I have a gay friend" card ... putting his male hairdresser on the spot in front of reporters to vouch for his non-homophobia. It's shameless, it's desperate ... and quite frankly, it's sad.
It wreaks of "dance monkey, dance" ... with Alec asking him straight up -- "Am I a homophobe?"
"I don't think he's homophobic. I don't at all. Whenever he is in here, we are always talking and cutting hair. He booked an appointment for today, he always does and he is a good tipper."
What does Alec posing on the street with his hairdresser prove to you?
For the record, I agree that Alec is probably a great guy but he should just apologize for this, vow never to do it again, and definitely stop these dumbassed stunts with his gay friends or service people. I don't care how accepting and wonderful he may be to our community because it all goes out the window when he uses " cocksucking fag" in that context.
This is the equivalent of, "I had a black person in my house." This just shows how very sad he really is, I mean he obviously does not have any gay people that would stand for him, hence grabbing the guy that makes a living off tips. Just saying. He said it and the only thing he could do at this time is to take ownership and apologize. Judging by his record though, I would think he is more likely to put a gay on payroll for just such occasions. Just sad.
guys, i'm a gay, and i was in a play with Alec and he is one of the most left thinking and human rights supporting people you'd ever meet. fun fact: all his income from the capital one commercials -- gone to endowments for the arts. this article is pathetic as most instinct articles are becoming.


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A tour bus carrying country music star Lee Brice caught on fire outside a restaurant in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa, forcing the musician and his crew to flee.
KNXV-TV (http://bit.ly/z2VYTG ) reports that the group had been on the road for nine hours when the bus caught on fire Saturday. The "Love Like Crazy" singer had a concert in Mesa.
Mesa firefighter Shaun Denman says crews worked quickly to keep the fire from spreading to a trailer behind the bus. He says the flames were "about as high as the roof of the building."
Brice says he and a few other people were asleep at the time. He says they left the bus "and within of minutes it was in flames."
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PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) The Buffalo Bills have signed receiver Tori Gurley and defensive back Kamaal McIlwan.
The free agent signings were announced Saturday, a day before the Bills open training camp in suburban Rochester.
The 6-foot-4 Gurley had one catch in three games with the Cleveland Browns last season. He has spent time with several teams since breaking into the NFL in 2011 as an undrafted free agent with Green Bay.
McIlwan has yet to play in an NFL game since breaking into the league in 2011. He was cut by Kansas City before the start of last season.
Both players participated on a tryout basis in Buffalo's mandatory minicamp last month.
They fill the roster spots left open after the Bills released receiver Cordell Roberson and defensive back Darius Robinson on Friday.
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Aston Martin has made one of its smartest moves yet. In revising and refocusing its entry-level two-seat sports car V8 Vantage, it is providing an immediate answer to those who are questioning the direction taken by this sector's all-conquering giant, the Porsche 911 991. And how.
Aston Martin has also honed the styling, in typically understated but well-judged form. There's a cleaner and more defined front end, inspired by the deep aero-tuned splitter, while the sides gain definition from more sculpted side sills. There's a rear diffuser and a bigger ducktail-style rear wing too.
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If you were just thinking to yourself, "Ryan Seacrest isn't busy enough. He should get a new job," well, you're in luck, because the producer, TV host and general personality has a clothing line launching at Macy's this fall. Called "Ryan Seacrest Distinction," the line is aimed at men who have a hard time putting an outfit together.
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That's why Seacrest created a color-matching system designed to make sprucing up your blue, black and brown suits easier. Called "Style Made Smart," it's geared towards 25-to-45 year old men who want to look sharp but maybe aren't sure where to start — and each style is modeled after Seacrest's own preferred uniform of slim-fitting suits and skinny ties. But Seacrest wants it to be clear he's not putting pen to paper for this collection. "I'm not a designer, nor do I think I am," he told the Wall Street Journal. "I see an opportunity to help curate these different pieces for guys at an accessible level."
Prices will start at $45 (for a belt) and top out at $550 (for a suit), and the styles will be available at 150 Macy's stores later this year. For more on the collection, including sneak peek photos, go to WSJ.com, and tell us: Would you shop a Seacrest suit? Do you admire his style?
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Bradley County is looking for a new Veterans Affairs Officer.
Joe Davis, who has helped veterans throughout the Ocoee Region for more than 10 years, is retiring today. Davis said he is looking forward to spending more time with his family as the new year begins.
Davis was recognized Friday with a reception at the Courthouse Annex, in Bradley County Mayor Gary D. Davis' conference room. The event was sponsored by the Veterans Office and Director Larry McDaris.
McDaris had words of appreciation for his longtime associate and presented him a plaque calling attention to his contributions to veterans during more than 10 years in the Veterans Affairs Office. He also served for the past several years as secretary of the Veterans Home Council.
Attending the event with Davis was his wife, Judy; son, Brad; daughter, T.J. Nicodemus; and his extended family. They included daughter-in-law, Candi; son-in-law, Pete Nicodemus; and grandsons, Nick Nicodemus, and Jack and Zane Davis.
Joining McDaris from the Veterans Affairs office was certified assistant Cherie' Nations. There is one other person in the office, part-timer Kim Lyle.
In addition to presenting Davis with the plaque, McDaris praised his associate's dedication to his job, and the things the office has accomplished in recent years.
The Veterans Affairs director said when he and Davis began local assistance to area veterans, they had around 100 inquiries. He said the number has grown to more than 200, and often approaches 300.
McDaris called attention to Davis' effort in getting the flags placed at the front of the Bradley County Courthouse, obtaining improvements for the Veterans' section of the city's Fort Hill Cemetery, his service to the Southeast Tennessee Veterans Home Council, and other projects.
"I took this job, working for Mayor Davis, and I told him I would try to make him look good," said Davis in accepting Friday's accolades. "I think we have done that."
McDaris and Mayor Davis said they will begin a search in the near future for a replacement for Joe Davis in the Veterans Affairs Office.
McDaris said he would open the process by soliciting applications, although he feels it will be a slim possibility they can find someone with previous certification for the job.
He will review applications, then make recommendations to Mayor Davis. The mayor will make the decision on the new hire.
If the person selected is not certified, they will be required to attend a 10-day training session in Nashville to learn the details and responsibilities of serving local veterans.
In the interim, the office appears to be in good hands with McDaris and Nations, who are both certified.
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Check out these two views of a priceless, centuries-old painting. On the left, you can see the painting after Cleveland Museum of Art staff used methylene chloride to clean and restore it. On the right, the painting after NASA's cleaning.
For works of art that are believed to be irreparably damaged, NASA's new process can return them to vividness. The process involves putting the painting inside a vacuum chamber where "atomic oxygen" is created. But if only part of the painting is damaged, then NASA has found a way to create a "pencil beam" to restore just that part of the picture. The atomic oxygen removes organic contaminants without damaging the pigment in paint, which has mostly oxidized already. [IB Times]


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Marana, Ariz., Mar 10, 2013 / 01:03 pm (CNA).- Laura Thompson had been through the emotional rollercoaster before when she was told by doctors that her daughter was going to be born with a cleft palate before being born without one, and now, in her doctor's office, she gets news that her son will face a life of uncertainty due to a rare physical condition.
It was almost two decades ago when she was on her back in the doctor's office getting an ultrasound about a week before Christmas when her doctor told the expectant mother that he saw a fibular malformation called Fibular Hemimelia. It is the developmental anomaly characterized by the absence or gross shortening of all or part of the limb.
"I guess we all doubt our inner strengths until we are faced with this kind of a situation," Thompson said. "The doctor walks in with x-rays and said we have problems that we have to talk about, and at this point you are not sure what is going on or what needs to be done. It is tough when you find out that your baby is not perfect."
Jake Wesley Thompson was born on May 18, 1996, to his parents Curt and Laura Thompson, on a day that would end up testing her Catholic faith and taking it to heights she never knew was possible.
She remembers when she brought home Jake from the hospital knowing that he did not have brain damage and how important it was to her because she would have the opportunity to bond and connect with him. Yet, she still had a good cry thinking of all the ridicule that he would face in his lifetime.
He was born with only three toes and not enough foot to work with for the doctors when they suggested to have it amputated, which was eventually done when he was eight months old, and got his first prosthetic when he was 15 months old.
His parents and everyone else eventually found out that Jake had his own plan on how to deal with it.
One of Jake's first memories of having a prosthetic leg was when he was in kindergarten. He soon knew that he was not like most other kids.
"I remember when the prosthesis fell off when I was in class and everyone started to laugh at me," Thompson said. "I remember being hurt and asked why am I so different."
Thompson remembers another time when he went to Hawaii at nine years old, in the fourth grade, and his prosthesis got wet. He soon overcame the situation with a realization that would get him through that moment and still is a big part of him today.
"I remember thinking that it does not matter that I only have one leg because I am here with my sister, mom, dad and best friend, and I did not care about my situation or feel sorry for myself because I had them in my life," Thompson said.
He also is a member of the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team where he plays with those who have lost limbs in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Desert Storm. He received a call in April 2011 to be a batboy for the team, but eventually was invited to play when he found out he was too old to be a batboy.
"I felt honored to be able to play with these guys in this chance of a lifetime," Thompson said.
"These are guys who went into battle and through a lot more than I did. I realized that if they can re-learn how to do many things for everyday life, then I can too."
Jake's mom said that her son playing on the Wounded Warriors Softball Team has given him the inspiration to overcome his physical challenge.
"He has related how it feels so good to be in the company of others who he can relate to and understand his situation," Laura Thompson said. "He is so motivated to be a better athlete and became more motivated to be better to others especially after seeing other amputees who were worse off than him."
Besides being involved in athletics, Jake is a member of the worship band at church, where he has played acoustic and electric guitar since he was 13 years old. He has learned how to read three different types of music from sheet music, chord chart to a tab and along the way learned how to play guitar by receiving lessons from Grammy award-winning artist Gabriel Ayala over the past four years.
Thompson's favorite Bible quote comes from a combination of being alive and his passion of music and playing it for God. That passage is from Psalm 150:4 which is "praise him with the tambourine and dance: praise him with stringed instrument and pipes."
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I must admit that the proof is actually in the reverse timeline. Henry and his wife, Anna Borchers, actually lived with my great grandparents (Herb and Mary Borchers) along with my grandma (Dorothy Borchers) until his death in 1927. My "proof" begins with an oral history of their whereabouts in the 1920s.
One of the first times that I asked about Henry and Anna Borchers, I was told by my aunt (my grandma's sister) that they lived with my great grandparents (Herb was their youngest child) near the end of their lives. When Herb and Mary Borchers were first married in 1919, they lived with Henry and Anna Borchers in Santa Rosa, California. Herb had a job working for a local jeweler so for about a year, they lived at 1194 Dutton Avenue, Santa Rosa, California. They did not last long in Santa Rosa, however, as Mary was from Napa and they wanted to move back to be near her family.
Henry and Anna Borchers made a deal with Herb and Mary. They would sell their house in Santa Rosa and give the proceeds to them to buy a home in Napa. In exchange, Henry and Anna Borchers were cared for by and lived out the rest of their lives with Herb and Mary. Henry passed away on 8 January 1927 in Napa, California. Anna lived until 14 May 1931.
So, my grandma had memories of her grandparents. She was born in 1921 and would say that German was spoken in the home in addition to English. When I first looked through my grandma's (Dorothy Borchers Flanagan) photo album, I came upon the following photo of Dorothy with her grandmother, Anna Borchers.
|Anna and Dorothy Borchers, Napa, circa 1925-1930
There really is not a lot of oral history provided by my family about Henry Borchers. We know where he and his wife lived their final years. My great grandfather, Herb Borchers, always indicated that he was born in Minnesota and shortly after moved to North Dakota. Later, he moved to Santa Rosa, California until he married.
Oral history is interesting and when you find some source documents or the like, it brings it into perspective. When you find a photo, it really brings it to life.
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