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Starting Sept. 1, the base cost of most Washington hunting and fishing licenses will increase.
This is the first general recreational license fee increase in more than a decade.
The 2011 Legislature approved the new fees to help meet rising costs and a shortfall in revenue for managing hunting, fishing and the fish and wildlife populations that are the focus of those activities.
Not all license fees will increase, and some will decline, including those for youth, seniors and persons with disabilities. New license fee prices are available on the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) website at http://wdfw.wa.gov/licensing/license_fees.html.
"The new fees are critically important in maintaining fishing and hunting opportunity and make it possible for the department to fulfill its dual mission of conserving species while providing sustainable fishing, hunting and outdoor recreation across the state," said WDFW Director Phil Anderson. "The fees reflect the cost of managing specific fisheries and hunts, and are competitive with fees charged in neighboring states. At the same time, we made an effort to encourage broad participation through youth and senior discounts."
The new fees are expected to generate about $8 million annually for activities that support hunting and recreational fishing. Recreational license and permit revenue is used to manage fisheries and hunting seasons, produce trout and steelhead for recreational fisheries, enforce regulations, monitor fish and game populations and help maintain wildlife lands.
Revenues from the license fee increase will replace a temporary 10 percent license sale surcharge that expired in June, and will fill a projected deficit in the account that funds fishing and hunting activities. Without the license fee increase, WDFW would have been forced to make major cuts in hunting and fishing seasons and opportunities.
"Fishing and hunting contribute more than $1.4 billion a year to the state's economy, benefitting local communities, small business owners and the people they employ," Anderson said. "Maintaining fishing and hunting opportunity is vital to Washington's economy and quality of life."


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Deep-pocketed Super PACs are pouring tens of millions of dollars into key U.S. Senate races, outspending the candidates themselves in several states, according to an NBC analysis of Federal Elections Commission data.
Since January, Super PACs have spent just over $100 million in nine Senate races that are rated a toss-up by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. Those nine races could determine control of the Senate: If Hillary Clinton wins the White House and Democrats flip four seats, the Democrats will control the Senate, with newly elected Vice President Tim Kaine breaking ties.
Those races are in Nevada, where Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid is retiring, and for Republican-held seats in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Super PACs, which can raise unlimited amounts for federal elections but can't coordinate with candidates, are focusing on four of those key races: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Nevada and New Hampshire. The other races, particularly Illinois and Wisconsin, where Republican incumbents are struggling to survive in Democratic-leaning states, are getting little attention.
"They're simply allocating to the most competitive races," said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. "Illinois is wasted money. Pennsylvania is highly competitive, and it's a very expensive state."
Republican incumbents Mark Kirk of Illinois and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin have been considered dead from the start, Sabato said. That's why the Super PACs are spending most of their money elsewhere.
"Ohio is supposed to be one of the most competitive races of the cycle so outside groups went in early and have been spending heavily," said Jennifer Duffy, senior editor at the Cook Political Report. "It has started to taper off as Democrats realize that they are too far behind to win."
Super PACs have spent $31 million in Pennsylvania this year, most of it for ads trashing one-term Republican Sen. Pat Toomey or his Democratic opponent, Katie McGinty.
That's five times more than Toomey and McGinty together spent on their own campaigns through June 30.
They've spent $29 million in neighboring Ohio – most of that to bury former Democratic congressman Ted Strickland, who is trying to unseat Republican Sen. Rob Portman.
Together Portman and Strickland spent less than $4 million through June 30.
Super PAC money began surging into the Senate contests in April, after Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump locked up the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations. Since then, with the exception of a single $50 million expenditure for Trump in June, most of the Super PAC money generally has flowed into Senate races.
"It isn't unusual that groups didn't start spending (on Senate races) until May," Duffy said. "That expenditures on Senate races is outpacing the presidential contest is unusual, but not surprising. Once it became clear that Trump was the GOP nominee, a lot of the establishment money went into saving the Senate majority."
Republicans Super PACs are dominating the spending spree. Through the end of August, Republican-leaning groups spent $67 million supporting GOP candidates and attacking Democrats in the toss-up races. Democratic groups spent $36 million.
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The manager of a Nevada brothel where Lamar Odom was found unconscious earlier this week said the ex-NBA star talked to her about the deaths of his mother and two close friends, NBC News reported.
Love Ranch bordello manager T J Moore, who picked up Odom in her car ahead of a multiple-day, $75,000 party with two women, said Odom was polite and easy to chat with and seemed "tired."
Odom, 35, was found unconscious at the brothel Tuesday with white and reddish substances coming from his nose and mouth. His breathing was consistent, but he seemed to be in a deep, sleep-like state, said Richard Hunter, a Love Ranch spokesman and one of the people who called 911.
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Officials tried to fly him by helicopter about 80 miles to Las Vegas, but he had to be taken by ambulance because he was too tall to fit in the aircraft.
Odom's estranged wife, Khloe Kardashian, rushed to his side at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center. Since then, friends, teammates and loved ones have visited and posted requests for prayers on social media.
The athlete suffered brain damage and at least one stroke and is on a ventilator, sources close to the athlete told E! News.
Love Ranch owner Dennis Hof said the package Odom purchased, called the "girlfriend experience," included sex and activities like cooking, watching TV together and going out to dinner. Hunter said Odom scheduled his brothel visit a week in advance and asked for a ride to the business Saturday, arriving at 4:30 p.m. He paid by credit card after putting down an initial 10 percent deposit for the reservation, Odom's first-ever visit to the Love Ranch.
"We talked about my family, my grandsons. He just really enjoyed the ride," Moore told NBC News. "He did tell me about his mother, losing her at a very early age, being raised by his grandmother, and he told me about a mentor back in his school years, that got him involved in basketball and … on the positive track."
Odom also talked about the recent deaths of his two close friends, Moore told NBC News. "He did talk about losing two best friends recently that did affect him … his mother's death did affect him, he did speak about that again on Sunday," she said.
Moore declined to explain exactly what was worth $75,000 in the package Odom purchased, saying, "clients negotiate behind closed doors, ladies don't kiss and tell."
Hunter said Odom knew the brothel has a strict anti-drugs policy, and the only drugs anyone there saw him take were herbal sexual performance enhancement capsules. Hunter couldn't rule out the possibility that Odom used other substances.
"The only way that's possible is if no one knew it and he had it completely to himself," Hunter said. Hof also said earlier that Odom drank alcohol from the brothel bar.
Odom bought the supplements Reload and Libimax Plus — marketed as sexual stimulants or "herbal Viagra" — at the brothel. Libimax sells for $14.99 per pill. In 2013, the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning against Reload after it was found to contain sildenafil, the active ingredient in prescription Viagra. The hidden additive could cause dangerously low blood pressure in men taking nitrates for high blood pressure or cholesterol.
Khloe Kardashian's representatives reached out Wednesday to Hof and asked him not to speak to the press. But Hof said he's troubled by the lack of communication from the reality TV star, and he dismissed her rep's request that Khloe Kardashian do interviews instead of him. She has so far issued no public statements.
"I know what happened," Hof said. "I'm the one protecting my business and telling the truth about it."
Kardashian's rep said they politely asked Hof to respect their privacy.


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UT to nursing students: No 'short-shorts, cleavage'
SAN ANTONIO — University of Texas officials removed "poorly worded" dress code signs Wednesday in the School of Nursing building that prohibit "revealing clothing" that "distracts from the learning environment," such as "short skirts" after backlash on social media.
The signs, which were posted in elevators in the School of Nursing building on Tuesday, focus on clothes worn by women and prohibit "midriff-baring shirts, short-shirts, short skirts, low-rise pants and low-cut shirts that reveal cleavage."
"If the issue is that clothing 'distracts,' perhaps what the UT nursing program needs to do instead of shaming or policing the clothing of female students is to instruct those who are 'distracted' by such clothing to stop being distracted," said Jessica Luther, a UT alumna and activist in Austin.
Gayle Timmerman, associate dean for academic affairs in the School of Nursing, said the signs were removed a day after they were placed in the elevators because they didn't relay the whole message.
She said the signs were perceived as being "gender specific" and that there was "a lot of stuff on social media" about them.
"The signs are also missing the purpose of the dress code, which is to maintain a professional image, and were incorrectly worded," she said. "It didn't portray our exact intentions."
There are about 1,000 students enrolled in the School of Nursing and fewer than 100 are men, she said.
J.B. Bird, a spokesman for the University of Texas, said officials removed the signs because they are "poorly worded."
The university does not have a dress code, he said, but professional schools, such as the School of Nursing, have the ability to institute one.
Timmerman said the School of Nursing's dress code is similar to the signs posted, but is focused on professionalism, and that students have never complained.
"Nurses are routinely sexualized in our culture (and) to see this kind of statement directed toward women who are already going into a field where they undoubtedly know about this sexualization will only create more anxiety for them," Luther said.
The signs were first reported by the women's interest blog Jezebel.
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The ancient port city of Ulcinj in the far South of the country, close to the border with Albania, is the one town in Montenegro where the Albanian community is in a clear majority. Of the town's population of 10,800 the majority are of Albanian ethnicity. Ismet Karamaga says that 95% of them voted for independence.
It has beautiful beaches and was a famous tourist destination until the 1990's. It hosts the longest beach in the country, Velika Plaza (the big beach) which extends over 12 km of continuous sandy beach.
Under the National Plan for tourism, major tourist facilities and accommodation 30,000 beds are to be built at Velika Plaza, south east of the town. The project has been dubbed the "new Dubai."
The plan avoids the sort of high rise accommodation that has scarred the southern coast of Spain. However there are concerns about uncontrolled development, water and power facilities, and waste and rubbish facilities, and the impact on the ecology of the area which is famous for its abundant aquatic life and its plants.
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The government agency which runs MOT tests in the UK has finally given in to a BBC request for all the information on which cars were most likely to fail the test in 2007.
The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency, an agency of the Ministry of Transport, gave in and released the data yesterday.
VOSA originally claimed it could not reveal the information because of commercial confidentiality. Today it said the information should be interpreted carefully, but said it would make it available online later in the year. In the meantime the Beeb has an Excel spreadsheet you can download from here.
VOSA said MOT failure rates: "do not necessarily reflect on the 'reliability or longevity' of the particular make and model of car concerned – and very often say more about the owner and the way the car has been used and maintained."
Frustratingly this is true - because the data does not include why the car or van failed. So it could be a simple tyre or light problem rather than anything serious. Without some clue to mileage and basic maintenance it is hard to glean useful information.
But some trends are clear: Japanese cars generally do well, while taking a pre-1999 Alfa Romeo to the garage means you have a 50:50 chance of walking home. But then you knew that already, right? At the other end of the scale, only ten per cent of Bentley Continentals failed their test.
Looking at models with over 20, 000 tests in 2007 puts the Renault Megane at top of poorly performing cars with a failure rate of 28.1 per cent, Peugot's 307 was in fourth place with a failure rate of 24.7 per cent.
Admittedly this ignores two Transit vans at number one and number three with 30.5 per cent and 26.3 per cent failure rates respectively- but given how the white van is typically driven, and maintained, we think this is fair.
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Say it ain't so, Joe
CLEVELAND — Good for you, Joe. After having George Steinbrenner issue another ultimatum in yet another trip to the playoffs for the Yankees, Joe Torre decided enough was enough.
New York offered Torre a one-year deal worth $5 million, which had incentives that could've boosted it to $8 million, that included a vesting option for '09 if the Bombers made the World Series. On Thursday, it was announced that Torre said no thank you, ending what's been a comical stakeout by the media in Tampa.
Part of me was surprised to hear that Torre turned down the offer, but the other part of me can completely understand how he might be fed up with dealing with the stress of New York and The Boss, especially at age 67. Torre's done way too much to have Steinbrenner threaten to fire him if the Yanks didn't make it passed the first round.
Shortly after hearing the news, which spread like wildfire here in the Jacobs Field pressbox, I gave a quick call to Blue Jays manager John Gibbons. After jokingly razzing me some for phoning him — "Jordan, don't you know I'm in hiding this time of year?" — Gibby gave pretty much the same reaction I had to the news.
"That doesn't really surprise me. It's hard to say, I'm sure he was frustrated with the whole thing, when it came out where Steinbrenner said 'Win this game or he's gone.' He's accomplished too much and he's too distinguished a guy to put up with that.
"He's not some first-timer rookie out there. Who knows what all went into it. Who knows what he was looking for as opposed to what they offered. He's accomplished way too much. If he doesn't feel good about it, then he did the right thing."
Exactly. Good for Joe.
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Congratulations, to Joe Torre for telling Steinbrenner to take this job and shove it.
The ultimatum delivered to Torre "through the press" wasn't deserved. I can't imagine what this guy went through.
Class act Mr. Joe Torre-good for you.
It would have been nice to see Torre close out the old Yankee Stadium and potentially be there to open the new one . He is a class act for sure and we can only wish him well in whatever he chooses to do in the future. Good Luck Mr Torre
good for Joe. Yankees decided they didn't want to deal with a firing so they made him a untenderable contract. Torre should have been there for the new stadium.
So ends the Yankee dynasty.
Anyone else think the Fox broadcasters are pretty huge homers for the Red Sox?
Joe Torre was a great manager. Best of luck to him.
Hey, does anyone know how much the Jays might have to spend on freeagents this winter ?
since JP says he's not going to make any big changes, I'm betting they don't have any.
I think he's been told that unless this team improves greatly he'll be fired, and thus they don't ant him giving out big conracts on his way out the door.
Considering that the Jays are pretty much locked into long-term contracts at almost every position and that JP doesn't seem to want to trade anyone, it doesn't really matter how much money the Jays have to spend.
Other than LF, SS, C, and maybe a 4/5 starter, there's not much room on the Jays' roster. And the free agent pickings at those positions are looking pretty paltry….
But if I had to guess (and this is a TOTAL guess), I'd say the Jays have 6-10 million to play around with.
Or am I being completely ridiculous and speculative?
Anyone think Jorge Posada is in reach at catcher? I think its possible seeing that a) he was a big Torre guy and b) we hired his man as our hitting coach. He might demand too much money for us though and Zaun might not like it too much.
Hem-I think you might be surprised about how much money the Jays have to spend in 2008-that is, if they want to spend it.
They eliminate a number of salaries in 2008 versus 2007 on players like Hinske, Koskie, Towers, Zambrano, Royce, Okha, Phillips, Smith and Thompson. This totals about $13 million.
But, the big deal is the movement of the Canadian dollar over the same time frame as last year. All their player, coaches, scouts, and most management salaries are paid in US dollars. The majority of their travel costs are in US dollars. In addition, the Jays contribute to all their minor league affiliates. I'm not sure how much this is, but as a minimum, the Jays contribute the salaries of coaches, managers and either all the player salaries or a good portion of them for each of the 8 affiliates. In addition, you have signing bonuses to draft choices, which is becoming a significant number and going up. Some first rounders are getting $3-5 mill signing bonuses and if you want the good ones thats the cost. With the players payroll only running at $90 million, a reasonable estimate of total US dollars costs is likely $120 to $130 million.
In fairness, some of their TV revenue is in US dollars, rumored to be $19 million per team, so the net differential is over $100 million.
This is huge for The Jays. Last year at this time, the C$ was trading at $.85 to $.87 US. Today it closed at $1.04. That is a difference of 23% or $23 million savings.
Of course, some of the contracts already signed eat up some of this windfall, and I'm sure a long term deal with Rios and Hill won't be cheap. In addition, a number of our young guns have nice deserving raises coming to them.
BUT, there is extra money to spend. The issue is what do they need and is it available in the free agent market which is really poor this year. My bet is they'll be patient-and if they need extra help around the break they will have the money to pick up a large contract or two to fill their needs.
I'm still skeptical. The Canadian dollar thing is pretty huge, but it also means MLB isn't handing over any money to the Jays for the sake of parity. For quite some time there, they were getting (I think) $4-5 million from the league to compensate for the low dollar.
Also, I'm not sure who's up for arbitration, but that whole process also eats up a bunch of salary.
And what about some of the backloaded contracts? I'm too lazy to look up the numbers right now, but isn't it possible that the cost of guys like Burnett, Wells, Halladay, and maybe even Glaus are going to go up next year?
I dunno. I'm no economist, so I'm not going to say much about the Canadian dollar going up. But the way I see it, if Ted Rogers is a smart businessman, he's probably always been dealing in US dollars since he got into an American business like MLB.
But once again: I'm no economist.
Also, I think Posada's likely a pipe dream. With Diaz and Thigpen in the system, I don't think JP will want to sign a long contract with a veteran like Posada. If anything, I think he'll be shopping for a veteran backup for Zaun.
That is a good post Gsummer, when it comes to looking at running of a business like the Jays we rarely look at all the pieces of the cost puzzle and only look at the salary. The price to run a team is very complicated and costly.
I think ( but not sure) the 3 players up for arbitration are Johnson, Downs and Rios. I'd expect Johnson signs for about what he got last year, Downs will get a nice raise and Rios will get signed to a 4-5 year deal (lets hope), with the first couple of years lower than the back end.
Burnett and Halliday do not go up in 2008. Glaus, Ryan and Thomas's contracts go up about 12 million in total and Wells actually drops-assuming they pro rate his signing bonus over the contract life as they appear to have done with the others. This incremental cost is more than offset by the contracts they lose from 2007.
The Canadian dollar appreciation is a direct saving and my estimate of $20 million is likely low. Further, they can hedge at the current rate of $1.04 to guarantee this exchange for the year-so there's little risk here.
If we assume the arbitration and other raises eat up a further 10 mill-which is likely high, they still have some room if they want to spend it.
I agree on Posada. The last thing we need is another catcher about to lose it-we already have one of those. age. Diaz could be a really good one and the sooner we bring him up the better. I hope they do that and keep Thigpen in AAA until September.
I think a combination of Thigpen and Diaz should be really good for a number of years-once Zaun is gone in 2009.
Well, for sure the cost of signing draft choices is going up. We had a lot of high quality draft choices last year and spent a lot on signing bonuses.
The main ones were as follows:
Ahrens: $1.44 million
Arencibia: $1.3275 million
Cecil: $.8 million
Fuenmayor: $.75 million
Jackson: $.675 million
Magneson: $.4625 million
Tolesano: $.3915 million
Eiland: $.3845 million
The total of the above is $6.231 million for 2007 and there's likely a bunch of smaller ones not registered. With teams like New York focusing more on re-building their minors and developing from within this cost is going to continually rise.
That is frustrating about the signing bonuses as who knows if any of these prospects are going to pan out and can take many years before they are major league ready


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Cetinje was the capital of the independent state of Montenegro, which existed from 1878 – the year of its international recognition at the Congress of Berlin – until 1918, when it was merged into Serbia, and subsequently into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed Yugoslavia in 1929).
Except for the old government buildings and embassies from the first Montenegrin state, this small, sleepy town of 15,000 inhabitants does not remind the visitor of a onetime capital city. Indeed, it never did – even when Cetinje played host to Montenegrin rulers and foreign officials of 13 consulates, who tried to intervene in the political life of the small Balkan state. Edith Durham, who travelled through the Balkans in the early 20th century, described Cetinje as a toy city "no one had played with yet".
A stroll though Cetinje today, past the former consulates, the old hospital (fallen into decay), King Nikola's Palace, and the old government building, is a reminder of Montenegro's tradition of statehood. However, despite Montenegro's statehood and its long tradition of resistance to Ottoman rule, its population never developed a national consciousness in the modern sense. Like all his predecessors and most of his subjects, Nikola I (1841-1921), Montenegro's last ruler, considered himself a Serb.
Owing to Nikola's Serbia-friendly policies, the two entities were never at war. The idea of union with Serbia enjoyed considerable support even before World War I, though given Austro-Hungarian opposition it was not a realistic option. (Nikola himself was reluctant to cede statehood.) After the war, however, with Nikola exiled in France, Montenegro was merged with Serbia and immediately incorporated into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. To this day, the legality of this process remains hotly disputed.
Nevertheless, the concept of a Montenegrin nation, fostered during socialist times, remained popular in Cetinje. Unsurprisingly, once the disintegration of socialist Yugoslavia reinvigorated the debate on Montenegrin statehood. Cetinje once again became a pro-independence stronghold.
Under socialism, Cetinje – like many other towns in Yugoslavia – experienced industrialisation. Its driving force was "Obod", a huge company producing goods like washing machines and refrigerators.
Since the fall of socialism, companies like "Obod" have fallen into decay. Cetinje is once again a city without an industry, largely bypassed by Montenegro's recent economic boom. Except for the renovated historical buildings, which attract some day-trippers from the coast, there is very little construction. The locals commute to work to the coast, or to Podgorica, both no more than a half hour drive.
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J.J. Abrams' Star Wars 'hunger'
- Bang Showbiz
- 25 March 2013
J.J. Abrams has a "hunger" for 'Star Wars Episode VII' and thinks the film will be "amazing"
J.J. Abrams has a "hunger" for 'Star Wars Episode VII'.
The director is still unsure what will happen in the film, but he has a "passion" for bringing the film to the big screen because he is such a huge fan.
Comparing his experience with work on 'Star Trek', he said: "Even though I was never a 'Star Trek' fan, I felt like there was a version of it that would make me excited, that I would think 'That's cool, that feels right, I actually would want to see that.'
"How we were going to get there, what the choices were going to be, who was going to be in it - all of those things I knew would have to be figured out, but it was all based on a foundation of this indescribable, guttural passion for something that could be. It's a similar feeling that I have with 'Star Wars'. I feel like I can identify a hunger for what I would want to see again and that is an incredibly exciting place to begin a project. The movies, the worlds could not be more different but that feeling that there's something amazing here is the thing that they share."
The filmmaker initially turned down the approach to direct because he thought he would be too busy with the 'Star Trek' sequel.
He explained to Empire magazine: "My knee-jerk reaction was that I'm in the middle of working on the 'Star Trek' movie and I can't even consider it. But then time went by and I got further along working on the movie and getting to a place where I had done most of the heavy lifting. So when I met with Kathy Kennedy, we just started discussing it and I was able to actually engage in the conversation. I went down to tell Katie, my wife, and I said 'I had just a very interesting conversation with Kathy.' That was the beginning."


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Warning: major spoilers for Episode 3 follow.
Telltale released a new stats trailer, showing off the popularity of certain player choices in The Walking Dead's Episode three.
I have to say: Wow, guys. I'm impressed!
I would've thought for sure at least a higher percentage of The Walking Dead players would by now have succumbed to the pressure of survival. I guess there's something too comfy about our couches and computer chairs, though.
Personally, I just can't stand the thought of letting Clementine down. She's trusted me this far, and I can see the respect and love in her eyes when she looks at me. And no way am I about to make this journey any harsher than it already is for her.


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As National Grid develops its Smart Energy Solutions pilot program in Worcester, the transformative potential of a smarter grid to reduce electricity use, lower costs, and prepare for climate change is beginning to take shape.
Innovation in our antiquated electricity infrastructure is essential for efficiently powering our increasingly electricity-dependent society and for expanding clean, low-carbon, renewable energy to replace fossil fuels. "Smart grid" includes a variety of interlinked technologies including advanced meters and sensors, as well as other technologies that enable more renewable electricity and promote system efficiency, resiliency, and flexibility. Smart grid also has potential for social change by empowering individuals and communities to have more localized control and engagement in their energy choices.
National Grid's Worcester pilot program, which will include 15,000 households, represents a significant change in the traditional role of electric utility companies.
Historically, innovation in electricity systems has been limited by the regulatory structures that govern electric utilities that were designed to support continued expansion of electricity use with standard basic technology.
Given today's economic and environmental realities, assumptions of perpetual growth using the same old technology no longer make sense. State regulators are adjusting and trying now to support grid modernization.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) approved National Grid's Worcester pilot program and is developing strategies to encourage other innovations. On July 2, the DPU received recommendations from a multi-stakeholder process on promoting and regulating investments in smart grid innovation.
These developments are important because electricity systems are increasingly critical infrastructure. We rely on constant access to electricity for communication, food, health and other basic needs. Despite this growing dependence, most of us do not think much about electricity systems. We tend to pay attention to "the grid" only when the power goes out.
A series of recent storms causing electricity disruptions (Hurricane Irene in August 2011, the damaging snowstorm in October 2011, and Superstorm Sandy in October 2012) highlighted our dependence and our vulnerability. When the power goes out we quickly become paralyzed — unable to charge our cellphones, pay our bills, run our businesses and households. The trend toward more frequent and intense storms is expected to continue as climate instability progresses. Preparing the grid to become more resilient to disruptions has become one of several motivations for growing interest in "smart grid" innovation.
Other motivations for smart grid include the potential for reduced costs achieved through efficiency improvements and lowering peak demand to reduce the need for maintaining power plants to meet infrequent high demand.
A smarter grid could also promote more engaged electricity consumers who install their own renewable generation and gain control of their electricity use through metering with pricing that offers incentives to manage the timing of electricity use. An additional critical motivation is lower carbon emissions achieved through more renewables, more efficient use, and potentially electric vehicles.
Although "smart grid" has the potential to contribute to both climate adaptation (by preparing for more frequent and intense storms) and climate mitigation (by lowering carbon emissions), climate considerations are generally not the dominant priorities driving smart grid innovation.
Depending on how the grid is modernized, it is possible that a future smarter grid could actually exacerbate rather than reduce risks of climate change.
A future smarter grid could, for example, result in greater consumption of carbon-emitting electricity if some near-term benefits are prioritized over long-term climate goals. Also it is possible that smart grid innovation could reduce resilience and increase vulnerability, if a rigid, inflexible, centralized system emerges rather than an adaptable, flexible, decentralized systems.
So as the path to grid modernization is piloted in Worcester and mapped out at the state-level, long-term climate priorities need to remain central.
Given Massachusetts' leadership on state-level climate initiatives, integration of climate goals is a priority for the state's grid modernization efforts.
But greater public participation and broader representation of societal interests beyond those of the energy companies could strengthen the prioritization of climate goals.
Here in Worcester, a unique opportunity for public engagement is emerging. National Grid is opening a public space, a "Sustainability Hub," at 912 Main Street in Main South. Donated by Clark University, this space will be designed for interactive learning about emerging energy technologies.
So stay tuned and pay attention. Our critical electricity infrastructure is changing. And we need to ensure these changes move us away from a rigid, inflexible, fossil-fuel-dependent electricity system.
We need a more adaptable, resilient, renewables-based system that empowers us to have more localized control and engagement in our energy system.
Jennie C Stephens is an associate professor of Environmental Science and Policy at Clark University. Her research on smart grid is supported by the National Science Foundation's Science, Technology and Society Program, and her upcoming book on this topic will be published by Cambridge University Press in 2014.


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Insulate drafts
Cooler temperatures reveal places where cold air is sneaking in your home. Blocking off these areas can save you money and add to your comfort once winter comes in full force.
An easy way to find obvious issues is to walk around entrance points in your home with a lit candle. Place it around the frame of doors and windows and watch for the flame to flicker. Sometimes, a professional inspection is required to find the hard-to-find draft points. Some common ones can be attic holes, access hatches and fireplace dampers.
Fix Your DoorsIf you notice drafts coming in through an exterior door, there are several ways to correct the issue. Depending on the size of gap allowing cool air inside, here are some methods you can use to alleviate them.
Install new sweeps: A door sweep seals gaps between the bottom of a door and its threshold. If your old one has been battered or appears dented, it may be time to install a new one to provide ultimate sealing.
Use foam tape: If your door is warped or doesn't fits its frame snug, the answer can be to insulate it with foam tape. It's easy to use. Simply cut to size and secure it to drafty areas, per the manufacturer's instructions.
Use a door snake: These weighted socks are available for the floor or to hang around the perimeter of a door. They are effective when trying to block small draft points.
Window MaintenanceThe United States Department of Energy reports that air leaks through gaps around windows are responsible for 10 percent of a home's leakage. If the issue isn't too far gone, it can be easily resolved.
An affordable option is to apply window film. This wrap is meant to be put in place and heated with a hair dryer. It works to quickly shrink and seal the drafts let in by windows. Caulk is inexpensive yet highly effective. If you notice your windows can use a touch up, visit your local hardware store and choose a type that is meant for the exterior of your home.
If you've tried to resolve window drafts alone but are getting nowhere, it may be in your best interest to replace them completely. A professional can point you in the direction of Energy Star windows which will help lower your monthly utility bill.


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CES 2012: Toshiba Camileo Clip and Air 10 Hands-on
Toshiba announced two new pocket camcorders yesterday, the Camileo Clip — which was originally revealed at IFA late last year — and the Camileo Air 10. The two camcorders are ruggedized and Wi-Fi enabled models, respectively, and come hot on the heels of Sony's unveiling of their Bloggie Sport and Bloggie Live, so I decided to check them out on the CES floor to see how they stacked up.
The Camileo Clip has respectable specs for a pocket camcorder, including the ability to shoot 1920 x 1080 HD video, and it's equipped with a 5-megapixel BSI CMOS sensor. It features both mini USB and mini HDMI ports on the bottom, and it's expandable via a microSD card slot, giving it an edge over the Bloggie Sport, which is not expandable.
The Clip also takes a slightly different approach to being a camcorder for active types than the Bloggie Sport does. Rather than being big and beefy and sporting what amounts to basically a bumper surrounding the edges of the device like the Sport does, the Clip is actually very diminutive in size — its measurements are 3.1″ x 1.8″ x 0.6 and it only weighs 2.5 ounces — and settles for just having a rubberized texture coating the entire unit. But such concessions make for a unit that isn't quite as tough, as it isn't even advertised as being waterproof; Toshiba describes the Clip as only being "splashproof."
Its name is derived from the fact that it has a plastic clip that surrounds the 1.5-inch display on the back, allowing users to clip it onto their shirts or pockets for hands-free recording during their adventures. And for those who are into aesthetics, the Clip is available in blue, red, white, and yellow color varieties.
Personally, I'm not crazy about what the rubber coating does to the controls on the Clip, as it makes button presses feel unresponsive and squishy. Granted, at least the menu and record buttons on the back click, but the different directions on the d-pad (as well as the power button) tend to just squish down and your presses don't always register. What I did appreciate about the controls, however, was that there was a large, secondary record button located on the top of the unit, so users can easily start recording without having to unclip the camcorder.
The operation of the Clip was a little hit or miss. I appreciated the slew of different viewing modes during playback, which included your standard viewing gallery, a preview gallery (when using this for videos, the clip would automatically play previews of the clips in your collection as you sifted through them), slideshow functionality for photos, and the ability to edit video on the camera itself. But on the other hand, I wasn't crazy about some of the menu design choices, like the fact that they would change based on what mode (photo or video) you were currently on. In other words, you can't access your photos or photo settings if you're in video mode; you have to exit the menu, switch over to photo mode, and then go back to the menu.
The camera also struggled while I was attempting to navigate the menus and play back some of my content, as it actually got hung up and crashed twice during my time with it. I would write this off as being a problem with an early model of the Clip, but Toshiba doesn't have a ton of time, as it's due out in February for $99.99.
The Camileo Air 10, meanwhile, is a larger size than the Clip, but is still surprisingly light (unfortunately Toshiba could not provide precise measurements and weight for this model). I enjoyed the Air 10's ergonomics, as the large, plastic buttons were all well-placed and reachable; it's obvious that the Air 10 is going for comfort and easy use, not sleekness (though it is extremely glossy on the back and subsequently prone to some serious smudging). There was enough room on the back of the device for two of the large buttons to be dedicated to shooting videos and photos, which I really appreciated. So instead of having to switch modes to shoot one or the other, there's just one standby mode and users can just press the respective video or photo button to take either.
And then on the side, there are dedicated buttons for turning Wi-Fi on/off and for instantly uploading media to predetermined social media outlets. Toshiba was advertising that the Air 10's live streaming video capabilities (at 1080p, an improvement over the Bloggie Live's 320 x 240) via Wi-Fi could be done through the online video service Ustream, so I asked a representative if this was an exclusive partnership, like how Bloggie Live users can only do streaming video through Qik. He said that while the Air 10 has only ever been tested on Ustream, they do not have an exclusive deal with the service and could, in theory, work with other outlets.
In addition to that freedom of choice, I enjoyed the fact that signing in and setting up one's Ustream account could be done on either the camera or the PC. If you choose to do so on your computer, all you need to do is connect the Air 10 and sync it, and the camcorder saves the settings and you're all set to live stream. The Bloggie Live only lets users sign into their Qik account on the camcorder itself, which could be a bit of a hassle between navigated its somewhat convoluted menu set-up and the fact that you had to use an on-screen virtual keyboard to input all your info. I like that with the Air 10, you can bypass that headache by just signing in on the computer and syncing up.
Like the Clip, the Air 10 can shoot full HD video at 1920 x 1080 and features both mini USB and HDMI ports. The Air 10, which can take 16-megapixel stills, is also expandable, but via full-sized SD cards. And, unlike the Clip, the Air 10 has a user-replaceable battery, which I thought was a nice touch.
I may take issue with Wi-Fi enabled camcorders — as I explained in my Bloggie Live review, the lack of omnipresent Wi-Fi limits your locations from which you can live stream to a handful of places — but at the very least, Toshiba isn't charging as much for this premium as Sony. Scheduled to be released in February, the Air 10 will have a launch price of $149, so customers won't have to break the bank if they want to check it out.
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- What are suitable arrangements for training the human resources in this sector? (Pico level)
- What are preferable legal structures for producing the goods or delivering the services: cooperative, private corporation, public-private partnership, charity, membership organisation? (Micro level)
- What aspects of the sector assets should be managed in a cooperative (e.g. irrigation schemes), via charity, or in a sector federation? (Meso level)
- What are suitable fiscal and regulatory arrangements for the professions? Should the profession be protected? Should the sector be protected from foreign competition? Should the fiscal regime be local, national, or international? (Macro level)
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Keeping a check on production losses
2016 May 05, 14:00 CEST
In the face of lower oil prices and rising operating costs, the offshore oil and gas sector is looking for rapid productivity improvements. Smarter maintenance practices are a key part of the solution, says Mark Dunn, Reliability Engineering Manager at SKF.
Gothenburg, Sweden, 5 May, 2016: The oil and gas industry is struggling to adapt to a new economic environment. Price volatility remains high –but the combination of strong supply and slowing demand growth makes a rapid return to high prices unlikely.
Amid such prolonged, challenging conditions, offshore producers are under extraordinary pressure to reduce costs. In a sector where the long term cost trend has been upwards, turning the situation around requires wide ranging changes to operating practices. Many companies are recognising the need to innovate and are investing in long-term solutions.
Some of the drivers of lower productivity are inevitable, including tighter health, safety and environmental regulations, and more challenging technical conditions, but there is plenty that operators can improve, from better work scheduling to the introduction of leaner operating practices so personnel can spend more of their time on value adding activities.
Why maintenance matters
As offshore production assets age, the streamlining of maintenance and repair activities is becoming a key area of focus for operators seeking higher efficiency. Maintenance and reliability are critical to offshore productivity, because shutting down platforms for service or unscheduled repair is often the largest combined source of production losses.
Attempts to reduce reliability-related losses can put operators in a double bind, however. If they do not maintain equipment appropriately, they face the risk of costly and potentially dangerous unplanned stoppages. If inspection or replacement activities are scheduled too frequently, however, they produce their own sources of loss: driving up labour costs, extending the time required for maintenance turnarounds and increasing the chance that a maintenance intervention will inadvertently introduce new problems. Furthermore, plenty of in-service failures are random in nature, with assets as likely to fail early in life as to continue operating reliably into old age. That makes it difficult to plan meaningful time-based interventions.
Conditions for change
One way to resolve the maintenance challenge is the adoption of a condition-based approach. With advances in sensor and data analysis technology making the in-service monitoring of asset condition both more reliable and more affordable, it is no surprise that this is rapidly gaining ground as a preferred approach to drive up the reliability of offshore assets.
In general, the more sensitive and sophisticated the condition monitoring equipment used on an asset, the earlier it is able to warn of potential failures. Of course, with greater sophistication comes greater cost –- both in terms of the capital cost of sensors and analysis equipment and the effort required to configure, run and operate this equipment in the field. To achieve their goal of higher reliability at lower overall costs, therefore, offshore operators need to develop an appropriate strategy for individual assets, depending on the criticality of that equipment and the monitoring strategies available.
Basic asset care
The simplest condition-based strategies make use of handheld measuring devices to record asset characteristics and check for changes over time that could indicate potential failure. The SKF Microlog Analyzer CMXA 51-IS, for example, is an intrinsically safe, rugged and portable, hand-held instrument for the collection of vibration, process, and dynamic data in hazardous environments. The device can be connected to a variety of sensors including accelerometers, velocity transducers, displacement probes and infrared temperature sensors. The unit provides overall measurements and, when required, FFT spectrum analysis to allow the user to pinpoint problems such as bearing related issues, imbalance or misalignment. Data can also be transferred to a computer for trending and further analysis.
Better asset care
As assets become more critical, it becomes more important to identify potential problems earlier, allowing the operator to schedule an appropriate intervention, and ensure the required personnel, tools and equipment are brought together on site to minimise downtime or interference with other operations.
Operators work in close proximity to equipment, so they are usually the first to detect even the slightest changes in process conditions and machinery health; this can range from abnormal readings, odd noises, excessive heat and vibration, to leaks or pressure drops. The SKF Operator Driven Reliability (ODR) programme, enables this valuable source of data to be easily collected, analysed and acted upon. For example, operators can use handheld devices to capture data that is accurate and traceable. If abnormal conditions are detected, the operator is immediately prompted to take corrective action or initiate computerised maintenance management system (CMMS) work notification requests.
ODR empowers front-line operators to take a proactive role in communicating their findings and carry out early corrective action. In this way, operations teams become an integral part of a reliability-based asset management strategy, minimising unplanned downtime while increasing productivity and availability.
Monitoring critical assets
For larger and more critical assets where safety implications, production interruptions, difficult or dangerous access, and the costs of failure are significant, a permanent online monitoring system is more suitable and reliable than handheld data collection devices. In some instances, permanent on-line systems are used in conjunction with handheld or periodic data collection instruments, thus facilitating a more holistic approach to reliability and productivity, with round-the-clock monitoring of machinery.
The data itself is gathered and transmitted via permanently installed sensors, which can either be hardwired to junction boxes, or as is becoming more commonplace, connected wirelessly. The SKF Wireless Machine Condition Sensor, for example, which is an ATEX rated device, combines vibration and temperature sensors, a data logger and a radio into single compact unit that can be quickly and easily installed onto many types of rotating equipment. The sensor collects and transmits data on overall vibration levels and transient accelerations that can indicate problems with bearings and other common faults. The device uses the WirelessHART communication protocol, offering a simple, reliable and secure means of expanding condition based maintenance where it is difficult to install wired communication links. To overcome wireless communication obstacles, sensors can be configured to operate as router nodes, allowing them to relay data from other sensors.
Whatever type of sensors are in use, data is normally routed to a central computer system running an advanced management and data analysis tool such as the SKF @ptitude Monitoring Suite. The latest condition monitoring tools, such as the SKF Multilog On-line System IMx-M, can be configured to provide independent machine protection and surveillance capabilities, and can even provide automated advice for correcting existing or impending conditions, which can affect machine reliability, availability and performance.
Case example:
Operators that have made the investment in advanced condition-based maintenance strategies have been able to capture significant cost savings and reliability improvements. When one oil major installed the technology across multiple items of machinery installed on its fleet of offshore service vessels, for example, it achieved a 20 percent drop in the number of machines requiring attention over a three-year period. The company estimates annual savings from the approach in the order of $1.2 million.
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A look back at Nederland's Frozen Dead Guy Days festival
It's the 12th annual Frozen Dead Guy Days in Nederland this weekend. There'll be coffin racing, polar plunging, ice turkey bowling, a parade of hearses, volley ball and a frozen salmon toss.
The festival celebrates "Grandpa Bredo" Morstoel, who has been preserved in dry ice in a Tuff Shed near Nederland since 1993.
He died in 1989 at age 89, and his family preserved him hoping that one day he can be revived and cloned.
Where: Nederland, Colorado
3-8 p.m. Friday, March 8th
8 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9th
8 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, March 10th
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iiNet has launched high-speed broadband services capable of achieving 100/8Mbps on its own hybrid-fibre coaxial (HFC) network.
The network will only be available in three suburbs – Geelong, Mildura and Ballarat in Victoria.
The launch of iiNet's HFC network follows the company's acquisition of TransACT in November 2011 for $60 million.
"TransACT built and launched the network in 2010 and since that time, customers in Geelong, Mildura and Ballarat have enjoyed some of the fastest speeds available in Australia. We've been working to integrate TransACT's network into the iiNet family as fast as we can so we can open up HFC services to even more customers," Michael Malone, iiNet's chief executive officer, said in a statement.
Malone told lt;igt;Whirlpoollt;/igt; in June this year that iiNet was working on provisioning services on the HFC.
iiNet is offering four speeds on its HFC network – 12/1Mbps, 25/5Mbps, 50/8Mbps and 100/8Mbps.
Current National Broadband Network (NBN) speeds being offered start at 12/1Mbps and extend to 100/40Mbps.
Plans start at $49.95 for 40GB (peak and off-peak) on 12/1Mbps and go up to $99.95 for 1TB on 100/8Mbps.
The cost of iiNet's HFC plans mirror the company's NBN plans, which start at $49.95 per month for 40GB on 12/1Mbps and $99.95 for 1TB on 100/40Mbps.
As part of key deals for the NBN, NBN Co has signed an $11 billion agreement with Telstra to decommission its copper and HFC network and give access to NBN Co to its equipment.
NBN Co has also signed an $800 million agreement with Optus to migrate its customers to the NBN as and when the service becomes available in areas currently serviced by Optus' HFC network.
"In terms of what will happen to our network when the NBN is rolled out, we're continuing to work closely with NBN Co and the government on how our networks may be incorporated into the overall NBN initiative," an iiNet spokesperson said.
"The extent of those discussions is of a commercial nature and we can't comment any further on those details at this stage."
Malcolm Turnbull, shadow minister for communications and broadband, has previously said he would overturn existing NBN agreements if a Coalition government was in power and retain Telstra and Optus' HFC networks in order to remove "barriers to competition" with the NBN.
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OXFORD, Miss. (AP) The talkative and brash Marshall Henderson is the face of Mississippi's basketball program.
Sometimes that's good, sometimes it's not so good.
His play and antics have led to plenty of attention for the No. 16 Rebels (17-3, 6-1 Southeastern Conference), who face No. 8 Florida (17-2, 7-0) in Gainesville on Saturday in a matchup of the SEC's two top-ranked teams.
Henderson has been so good during his first two months in the SEC that the 6-foot-2 junior has brought a rare spotlight to a program that hasn't been to the NCAA tournament since 2002. He leads the conference in scoring at 19.3 points per game; he's averaging more than 21 in SEC contests.
Being the SEC scoring leader also brings individual attention.
The scrutiny into Henderson has revealed a player with a dynamic personality and a flair for the dramatic that opposing fans love to hate. In the first 20 games of his Ole Miss career, the fast-talking, emotional Henderson has hit a 35-foot buzzer beater against Vanderbilt to tie a game, celebrated in front of an angry Auburn student section after making two game-clinching free throws and scored a combined 60 points against Tennessee over a two-game period.
Coach Andy Kennedy has had several conversations with Henderson about channeling his emotions, but has stressed he views the exuberance as a good thing.
Opposing coaches - including Tennessee's Cuonzo Martin and Kentucky's John Calipari - have said they enjoy watching Henderson play.
``I think it's passion,'' Kennedy said of Henderson's reactions. ``We don't want it to be misconstrued. Everything that he does is sincere. It is team first. We just want to make sure he funnels it in the proper way. He's a guy that's certainly going to garner attention.''
But all the attention has also revealed details about Henderson's checkered past, which includes a stint in jail last year because of a probation violation.
- According to court documents, Henderson was arrested for a 2009 incident in Tarrant County, Texas, and charged with misdemeanor forgery after buying marijuana with counterfeit money. He was eventually sentenced to two years of probation.
- Henderson was arrested for misdemeanor possession of marijuana in 2011 in Texas and sentenced to four months in jail during early 2012 for violating his probation - though not all of that time was actually served behind bars because he was on a work release program. Court documents also show that Henderson failed tests for alcohol, marijuana and cocaine while on probation.
Ole Miss officials have said the athletic department was aware of Henderson's past legal issues when he signed, and that there have been no problems since he arrived on campus.
Kennedy said Henderson's past might be news for opposing fans, but he doesn't expect the publicity to rattle his star guard.
``We've talked about it,'' Kennedy said Thursday. ``Marshall's a free spirit and a different thinker. I don't know exactly what would upset him one way or the other. These are things that he's dealt with. This is his reality. All of these things were two, three, some of them four years ago. I don't think people talking about them will offend him or get him off focus. I'm going to certainly try to make sure that's the case.''
Henderson was not made available for interviews on Thursday.
It remains to be seen if all the attention will change Henderson's torrid scoring pace as Ole Miss enters its most crucial stretch of the season. He scored 21 points on Tuesday in the Rebels' first SEC loss to Kentucky, but shot just 5 of 19 from the field, including only 2 of 11 from 3-point range.
The loss was costly for the Rebels. One of their most important reserves Aaron Jones - a 6-foot-9 sophomore who is the primary backup for both Murphy Holloway and Reginald Buckner - tore the ACL in his left knee in the second half and is out for the season. Backup guard Nick Williams, who is averaging more than nine points per game, is also out indefinitely after re-aggravating a foot injury against the Wildcats.
So the onus is on Henderson to keep producing for the shorthanded Rebels.
That won't be easy against Florida, which is on a nine-game winning streak. The Gators have crushed everyone in the SEC so far - the closest game was a 64-47 victory over Georgia.
Florida coach Billy Donovan is wary of Henderson, who is attempting nearly 11 3-pointers per game.
``He's got really, really good speed to come off screens,'' Donovan said. ``He's got the ability to kind of get himself squared up pretty quickly. He can make tough shots. He can make challenged shots.''
As for Henderson's on-court antics, Florida forward Will Yeguete wasn't particularly concerned.
``I think players are just different,'' Yeguete said. ``We play with a lot of energy and a lot of emotion in the game and sometimes you do things that you don't realize you do until after. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.''
AP Sports Writer Mark Long in Gainesville, Fla., and Associated Press writer Danny Robbins in Dallas contributed to this story.
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So, who is excited about all the new patterns that will be released at market this weekend? I know I can't wait to see what Theresa from Shakespeare's Peddler brings back. I have been stitching, but not exclusively on my projects. For the first time ever, I was asked to do some model stitching. Theresa has so many wonderful ideas and she needed some help this year. She asked me to stitch "This is Christmas". It is really cute and lots of fun to stitch.
Saturday, we had a stitching gathering at my house. I finished the Just Nan Christmas biscornu finally. I think it is really pretty. It looks like a lot of work, but is actually a pretty quick stitch.
Now, it's ready for the Christmas tree.
But, first we need to celebrate Halloween!! I picked out several of my Halloween patterns from my stash basket and kitted 3. I started all three on Sunday! Well, actually, I only put in a few stitches on the first two and then worked the rest of the day on the third. This is a picture of my progress on This Is Halloween from Raise the Roof Designs (the companion to the pattern I stitched for Theresa). Isn't it cute already. I love the colors and decided it would look great on this piece of Thunderstorm fabric from Silkweaver. You would not believe how much fabric I still have from winning the prize for their contest a few years ago.
Hopefully, I will get some more stitching accomplished in the next few weeks. I hope to have several of Halloween projects completed before Halloween. (Keep your fingers crossed.)
So for now, I will stitch as fast as I can so I won't feel one bit of guilt when I buy a ton of new patterns and goodies after Theresa returns from market. Yes, Lisha, I said not one bit of guilt and a ton of patterns.
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No rosy ending: Whatever possessed her?
The financial success of The Passion of the Christ has made some Hollywood studios see the light. They're getting religion, even if they don't exactly "get" religion.
That explains why the protagonist of The Exorcism of Emily Rose is a lawyer, Erin Bruner (Laura Linney), who professes to be agnostic. The irony is that she's defending a priest, Father Richard Moore (Tom Wilkinson), while the lead prosecutor (Campbell Scott), "a man of faith," takes a secular stance.
This courtroom drama, which is like the second half-hour of a lesser episode of Law & Order, is spiced up with flashbacks showing what happened to 19-year-old Emily Rose (Jennifer Carpenter) that led to Father Moore being charged with negligent homicide in her death.
It's a souped-up version of The Exorcist employing 21st-century technology to heighten the scares, and– except for the sometimes overblown soundtrack– it manages to stay on the tasteful end of the cheese spectrum. It also remains in PG-13 territory, with no sex, nudity, or bad language, and very little violence, just a lot of intensity.
Like Father Moore, The Exorcism of Emily Rose falls victim to its own good intentions, using commercial elements to lure the masses (in case the faithful don't respond to its religious content), but not going far enough in either direction for fear of alienating one side or the other.
As Emily's mother points out to anyone who will listen, the girl was fine until she left their rural community to go to college. What happened to her there is described by doctors as epileptic seizures triggering psychotic episodes. To the church, it appeared to be demonic possession, and the archbishop authorized Father Moore to perform an exorcism. Emily Rose died a short time later.
Erin is a "rising star" in the legal profession who takes the case with the promise of being made a senior partner in her firm if she wins. The Church, trying to avoid embarrassment, wants to keep Father Moore from testifying. He is equally insistent on "telling Emily Rose's story." (He could get it out to the media without taking the stand, but a press release isn't good cinema.)
A string of medical witnesses make such a good case for the prosecution that Erin is forced to present a positive case for possession. She finds a good witness in an anthropologist (the marvelous Shohreh Aghdashloo in an unfortunate example of the kind of minor role Hollywood can find for a woman of her age and ethnicity) who "approaches possession from a scientific standpoint."
Also taking the stand is Emily's college boyfriend, Jason (Joshua Close), who stood by her until the end.
Judge Mary Beth Hurt makes a mistake that amazingly got through to the final cut. About to pronounce sentence she says, "You have heard the sentence...," when she means, "You have heard the verdict..."
It's hard to find serious fault with any element of The Exorcism of Emily Rose, but because it plays it safe, it's hard to get excited about it either.


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Panama spits out 'poison' Chinese toothpaste
A brighter smile with diethylene glycol
Two brands of Chinese-made toothpastes were last week pulled from shelves in Panama after authorities discovered they contained potentially-fatal diethylene glycol, AP reports.
Diethylene glycol is commonly used as a cheap substitute for glycerine, and in this case apparently to prevent the offending toothpastes from drying out.
In large doses it can be fatal, as attested by the deaths of around 50 people in Panama last year who drank a cough medicine which, instead of pharmaceutical grade glycerine, used diethylene glycol as the suspension agent.
In this case, however, the diethylene glycol was apparently clearly labelled on the "Excel" and "Mr Cool" toothpastes, supplied by the Hengxiang-based Danyang Chengshi Household Chemical Co. After a sharp-eyed customer spotted the offending ingredient, University of Panama experts confirmed it comprised around 2.5 per cent of the toothpastes - not considered enough to pose a health risk, but sufficient to provoke the powers that be to warn consumers off the products.
Danyang Chengshi Household Chemical Co's general manager Chen Yaozu confirmed to AP that his firm had exported toothpaste containing diethylene glycol to Panama, but said the chemical was "permitted under Chinese rules and was safe in small amounts". He added: "I can say I am very confident about our product's quality."
If Chen's confidence is justified, then he has nothing to fear from a Chinese probe aimed at cleaning up the image of the country's related export markets - valued at $30bn. An unnamed official at the Danyang branch of China's food and drug inspection agency "confirmed the investigation into the toothpaste suppliers, but gave no details".
The Panamanian toothpaste scare is just the latest in a long line of diethylene glycol-based health alerts. Back in 1937, the Elixir Sulfanilamide Incident claimed more than 100 lives in 15 US states, prompting the rapid introduction of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
In 1990 diethylene glycol killed 339 Bangladeshi children who took a paracetamol syrup containing contaminated glycerine, while a similar product did for 85 Haitian kids in 1995-6.
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My father enlisted in the Navy straight out of high school in 1957. After Basic Training he reported to the USS Tom Green County, LST 1159 in the Pacific. He was honorably discharged on September 22, 1963.
Dad passed away in 1997. He never talked about his Navy days, but after his death my mother passed along photos and documents from his time spent in the Navy. I put it all together in a scrapbook, and even tracked down some of his shipmates who shared their memories of him with me.


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Over the course of the 150 years or more that this painting was in the Lyversberg collection in Cologne, this Lamentation was variously attributed to Jan van Scorel (1495–1562), Quentin Massys (1492–1562), Jan Massys (1509–1575), and finally to an anonymous follower of Quentin's known as the Master of the Mansi Magdalena. Fewer than two dozen paintings have now been attributed to the hand of this unidentified artist, whose sobriquet derives from a painting depicting Mary Magdalene that was formerly in the collection of Giovanni Battista Mansi of Lucca and is today in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.
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Just a clueless lackey working for the misfits that call themselves a brigade?
Lol, They must be desperate. They have telemarketers asking everyone possible if they want to join up.
Really sad when you have to resort to this kind of poaching tactic.
It has always ben an unwritten rule in all respectable guilds that you don't go after recruiting guilded players.
But the we all know there is nothing respectable about the slit wrist children - Red Band Brigade indeed
I do want to thank the gang of thugs for a good laugh. Trying to recruit me is just over the top. Good job.
Oh, and the cleric you guys sent to us to train herself for our amusement was priceless. Thanks !!


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It's been rumored that there's no love lost between rapper Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey, and, according to TMZ, tempers flared as Minaj ripped into Carey.
During auditions in in Charlotte, N.C., the current queen of hip-hop reportedly told the pop superstar, "I'm gonna knock you out," TMZ said Tuesday night.
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Announcing Vergil's Downfall. Experience Vergil's own chapter in the DmC storyline, with all new weapons, combos, unique enemies and four difficulty levels.
Wow this game looks amazing. Ninja theory has done a great job. You fans were complaining for no-reason.
DOWNLOAD A NEW DEVIL MAY CRY CHAPTER -> Download ... -> DLC -> Capcom -> O_O $$$$? -> Paid DLC?
I hope to God they do not charge for this or I am going to kill a Devil.
Things I have noticed in this trailer:
1.) It appears they have changed the looks on Vergil's face. He looks much better than when they originally announced his appearance in the game and slightly similar - you could say the Western version - to the original DMC3 Vergil.
2.) The pace of Vergil's gameplay also seems much faster than Dante's and honestly looks much better and close to what DMC4 was.
3.) Doppelganger is back, atleast for Vergil it is.
4.) The obvious new move set.
I think this is by far the best and most convincing video they have released of DmC. However, the simple fact that it's going to be downloadable raises concerns that it could be paid DLC and will not be included with the game on release.