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NEW YORK (AP) — Hasbro's profit fell 6 percent during the key holiday quarter as the toymaker faced a challenging economy and shifting habits in the way kids play.
The Pawtucket, R.I., company, which makes Monopoly and Nerf, had said last month that its revenue failed to meet expectations because of weaker-than-expected demand over the holidays. It plans to embark on a cost-savings program that would trim its workforce by about 10 percent and consolidate facilities.
Toymakers are facing a slowdown in developed markets such as the U.S. and Europe as mobile devices and electronics steal attention from toys. Making matters worse, the companies are more vulnerable to the weak economic climate because it's easier for people to cut back spending for dolls and games than for other things in their budgets.
In 2012 overall U.S. toy sales declined slightly to $16.5 billion from $16.6 billion, according to research firm the NPD Group.
Hasbro said Thursday that it will focus on understanding and reacting to the changing marketplace. For example, the company noted that the popularity of tablets presented a challenge as well as an opportunity.
Hasbro isn't the only toy maker that struggled during the holidays. Mattel Inc., the nation's largest toy manufacturer, last week reported fourth-quarter results short of analysts' expectations for the key holiday quarter. The maker of Barbie and Matchbox also said a litigation charge weighed on results and net income was down 17 percent.
For the October-to-December period, Hasbro Inc. earned $130.3 million, or 99 cents per share. That compares with $139.1 million, or $1.06 per share, in the year-ago period. Not including one-time restructuring charges, the company made $1.20 per share.
Revenue slipped to $1.28 billion from $1.33 billion.
Analysts on average expected profit of $1.18 per share on revenue of $1.32 billion.
Its cost-savings program resulted in charges of $36 million during the quarter. Hasbro says the program should save up to $100 million annually by 2015.
For the year net income was $336 million, or $2.55 per share, compared with $385.4 million, or $2.82 per share, in the year-ago period. Revenue fell 5 percent to $4.09 billion.
Net revenues in 2012 for the boys category decreased 13 percent to $1.58 billion, as declines in Transformers and Beyblade offset gains in Marvel-branded products, such as The Avengers and The Amazing Spider-Man.
Games sales increased by 2 percent to $1.19 billion, boosted by Magic: The Gathering, Twister and Battleship. In the girls category, sales for the year rose by 7 percent to $792.3 million, helped by Furby and My Little Pony.
Hasbro, which did not provide an outlook for 2013, declared a quarterly dividend of 40 cents per share, an increase of 4 cents, or 11 percent, from the previous dividend.
Hasbro shares fell 14 cents to $38.58 in after-hours trading.


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Engadget: "We're here at NVIDIA's GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, and company CEO Jen Hsun-Huang has just revealed the next step in its GPU roadmap. Called Volta, it's scheduled to arrive after Maxwell, and will advance GPU technology with a ridiculous amount of memory bandwidth. Volta GPUs will have access to up to 1TB per second of bandwidth"
Hmm...so the 7xx series=Kepler refresh.
Doesn't look like we'll be seeing this tech for a while.
Nvidia make a healthy profit from what they do, I doubt that's going to change because of the ps4. This article doesn't have anything to with the ps4 anyway.
Yup, even hundred's place = new architecture. Odd = upgrade
Yeah that's what they've been saying.
Maxwell is a 2014 part.
This means Volta should be a 2016 part.
Exactly, the current roadmap is something like this:
Kepler 28nm - 2012
Kepler 28nm Refresh - 2013
Maxwell 20nm - 2014
Maxwell 20nm Refresh - 2015
Volta 20/14nm - 2016
Nevertheless, impressive stuff for the PC industry. Currently we are maxed out at 288GB/s from NVIDIA's Titan.
Maxwell would push this upto 500 GB/s memory bandwidth and Volta finally making PC users achieve 1 TB/s mark. And it doesn't necessarily means that the bandwidth would be restricted to only high-end cards but next generation mid-end GPUs would also end up with 800 GB/s which is very impressive and achievable with the stacked DRAM design.
Unified memory architecture on Maxwell is also impressive since it allows cross data sharing between Maxwell's GDDR6 ram and the main DDR4 system ram which would be available on PCs in 2014 notably the LGA 2011 platform.
You can compare the memory like this:
NVIDIA Volta - Peak 1 TB/s
NVIDIA Maxwell - Peak 500 GB/s
NVIDIA GTX Titan - 288 GB/s
PlayStation 4 - 172 GB/s
HD 7850 - 167.4 GB/s
Memory specifications on the next gen PC GPU architectures is impressive but i firmly believe that their raw processing power would also increase substantially with 10-20 TFlops achievable with Volta. Im looking forward to what both NVIDIA and AMD are going to offer in their future generation GPU platform.
Atleast GDDR6 is confirmed for PC with NVIDIA Maxwell and AMD Volcanic Island GPUs in 2014.
Even a refresh typically adds at least 10 percent more performance and lower prices for equivalent speed virtually across the board. If nothing else you get more bang for your buck because several new revisions of silicon should improve the yields and make it cheaper to manufacture.
The 'best' time to buy is probably not long after new parts launch (maybe a month) just after their price premium has gone and the channel is stocked with parts, because they should stay relevant for the longest period.
I bought an i7 920 and a board based on this theory and 4 and a half years later....it still provides a solid backbone to a decent gaming PC
Everytime I see CPU tests with the i7 920 still in there kicking ass and taking names at its stock clocks no less....makes me smile. Its 4 and a half years old!!!
Take that console gamers saying you have to upgrade everything all the time...
Maxwell is probably due Summer 2014 and appears that it will be twice as fast as a GTX680 and thus also blowing Titan out of the water easily.
What matters to most people however is that something like GTX680 performance will be lower midrange and priced as such in about 15 months....
Yum yum!
Vulcan, when the GPU that you do have to upgrade every few years costs as much (or almost as much) as an entire console, that kinda destroys your argument. Impressive that CPU has held up so well none the less.
Not really frosty.
Mainly because the backbone of the machine being Board/CPU/RAM combo can last such a long time and is typically the most costly/most work to replace. Whereas a GPU upgrade is not only simple, is easily paid for with the money saved on the cost of games. PC games are a lot cheaper on launch and their price usually falls quicker as well.
Seriously if console games get any more expensive as they are apparently going to get then it'll just make something like a GPU upgrade even more justifiable.
Besides the fact the old one is worth something when it is time to sell up and buy a new one anyway.....
If I swap my GPU every 2 years and I have a decent one before worth £100 at the time of upgrade, net cost to me might only be 150 squids.
I save at least £200 every year buying PC games instead of console ones....
Such is life.
You don't buy a Sports car without thinking how much the thing costs to actually run, tax, fuel, maintenance, insurance....PC might look expensive at first glance but over the years it actually isn't compared to consoles.
Dude shouldnt this be on Tech Spy?
Im sure 90% of the people on N4G have no clue what this is about lol
Lol, im sitting hear reading the comments and scratching my head
omfg you are soooo stupid DoomeDx. the PS4 has the BEST low end APU on the market.
You said nothing about the PS4 but this is an Nvidia thread so you must hate the ps4
Damn !
Lol, one person disagreed! Like, "nope, I'm still not impressed."
looks like we wont be seeing this for a while then.
2-3 years tops... PC components evolve rather quickly
Certainly hopes so. Been meaning to upgrade for a bit. Just waiting for the right moment.
there's never a right moment...
doesn't work like that with technology bud !
it's always improving and if you wait, you have to wait till you die...
@Trago1337 a few tips:
1 - Build on your budget, if it takes more than a year to pay off (or save up for), your spending too much.
2 - Don't get the most expensive parts for a few fps, go for the best bang for your buck, eventually parts for half the price will outperform whatever you have in 2-3 years.
3 - Don't wait, but don't rush either, if your patient, you can shop around for components when they're on sale and build a rig for real cheap. Buying all the parts at one place at one time will cost more than shopping around and getting the best deal for all your parts.
Follow these steps and you'll be able to have a new rig every 2-3 years and keep up to date, I used to make the classic mistake of spending too much and was stuck with PCs for years longer than I would've liked. Now I spend $1,000 tops and can upgrade every other year.
There's no point of doing it that fast when there's no competition around. I'll wait for AMD.
We still won't be seeing on in awhile because even when it's out, it'll be out of our price range. Unless there are those of us who want a product that we're not going to be using since there's nothing out there to take advantage of the best of the best of everything as it is.
Based on the graph they had, it appeared to be at least 2015 before we see this technology. Sounds impressive though. Is this their response to PS4? I know they've sounded kind of bitter lately.
not really, most graphics cards these days have a higher transfer rate than the PS4 GPU, and this new tech completely blows out anything seen on the PS4 or any current card for that matter
Gotta love the disagreeing blind people here in this site, even a regular gtx 570, which was not even the top card for the 500 series has a transfer rate of about 160Gb/s. The PS4 has 180, which is actually quite good. But recent cards are already with transfer rates of 250-260Gb/s. This thing is gonna have a massive transfer rate of 1Tb/s. please do explain to me how this doesnt blow out current cards(and by the default, the ps4 gpu)
Well there's also quite a few other factors that show midrange 2011 GPU's equal a PS4, and midrange 2012 already are about a 1/3 beyond it. Midrange 7XX series could be a raw 40-100 percent increase (probably around the lower end), which would mean probably greater than double a PS4's raw power.
Then Maxwell could double that. Refresh about 50 percent better than that. Then Volta, which seems to be a pretty big leap.
Think about it, at ~24 GFlops a watt, they are basically saying the Volta, probably midrange will be a 10 TFlop part.
Then if you consider the dual gpu part, it alone should be 20-25 TFlops and you'll be able to no doubt put to in there and get about 40-50 TFlops performance, compared to 1.8 TFlops of PS4.
So something in the neighborhood of 10-50 TFlop performance approximately 3 years or less after the PS4 is out.
I've been saying it since the specs of the PS4 were 'officially revealed' (and speculated even beforehand when leaked) that while the PS4/720/Wii U are fine systems, this new generation will hold PC gaming back far more than the current one.
Not at first, as the bottom quality will raise massively for PC games, but overall you will have PC's that are almost 30x as powerful three years later (as opposed to 8-9x at launch with GTX 790x2 vs PS4's 1.8 TFlops). Then think 7-8 years out instead of 3.
So your "research" is showing 1 card only, which even PC gamers agree is way overpriced...
Regular cards, the numbered series are never close to those prices, X70 version, $350-$400, X80 $450-$500 and the X90s that are the expensive one.
And none of the change the fact that current cards already have the same or more transfer rate, with the 7xx series coming up which is going to increase that, then the Maxwell series, and then this one. And in case you dont realize it, my comment was actually in reply to edterry who was saying if this was a response to the PS4, which doesnt even make sense if current cards are already better.
I never said it would "undermine" the PS4, i simply pointed out the obvious, which is that a card thats gonna come out 2-3 years from now, with some very interesting tech/design is going to blow away what current cards are doing, and obviously what the PS4/720 has
I agree with Onilink in that the GTX Titan is overpriced. Just love it when people go on and say crap about the PC crowd, but don't even know what they saying.
Weren't you told to think before you say?
I'm not sure why Nvidia would be bitter about anything. The PS4 isn't exactly a threat to them in any way. This is just a natural progression of GPU hardware.
Well to be honest if devs are going to be programming mostly for AMD cards now then I could see AMD card being the better cards for gaming in a year or 2 which is not good for nvidia.
Not really. Nvidia still owns like 75% of the PC GPU market, so any dev that skimps out on proper optimization for Nvidia cards is really going to be biting themselves in the ass.
I don't think Nvidia is thinking of it as PS4.
They are bad mouthing AMD, which is nothing new.
Regardless, i'll wait till 2016 to think about buying a new GPU, when some newer tech comes along GPU wise for my comp.
Buying another dx11 part now is a waste of money.
PS4 has the games I want. And that's why I game.
For all else there is PC, and some games:)
Nvidia has a foot in the mobile industry and if Tegra continues to improve at the rate it is Nvidia could have a real winner on their hands within the next few years.
Damn.... going to need a loan to get 1 of those cards.
Not really, you can get a PS4 level power for $200 or so.
What does the PS4 have to do with anything? This card is going to be incredibly expense, changing the subject isn't going to change that.
Only reason why anyone is talking about the PS4 is because of what NVIDIA said. Expect the PS guys to be in anything NVIDIA from now on.
"Volta GPUs will have access to up to 1TB per second of bandwidth"
Isn't the PS4 like 180GB/s?
Then again this is probably for 2015/16 judging by the graph.
"Volta GPUs will have access to up to 1TB per second of bandwidth by stacking the DRAM on top of the GPU itself"
That is the ram speed. No way in hell the GPU will give 1:1 processing of all that bandwith.
Will it be more than the 180GB/s? Definitely.
Remember the PS4 is getting a midrange GPU and what we are comparing it to is top of the line years down the road.
Fair comparison? Not even, especially at the price point.
No not top of the line, that will be the process of what they have, the difference no doubt will be HOW MUCH they stack onto it, as well as all their other features like CUDA cores, clock speed, etc, etc, etc.
The charts they are showing look decidely midrange or lower in their charts. It might even be low end.
Look at the Kepler, i.e. GTX 600 series.
The GTX 670 has 2.4 TFLops performance at stock speeds (or 1/3 more raw power than a PS4).
Yet the TDP is 170 watts, yet it can use more than that as some test it in the low 200's.
So 6 GFLops/watt * 170 = 1.02 TFlops, yet the GTX 670 does 2.4 GFlops.
If you notice Volta seems to be ~24 GFlops/watt which means it should be roughly 400 percent stronger per watt then the 600 series.
When you realize that the 600 series was also a lower power draw then the earlier versions then 400 percent better is quite nice, with the ability to increase the board size (notice how the GTX 670 can be placed on a small PCB for graphic card standards and provides that much performance), and you understand they not only can give you 400 percent more power efficiency, but also increase the board size and up the wattage used that is also more efficient per watt.
There's quite a bit of newer tech on the way, and of course by 2016, we should have made some good progress in CPU's. FINALLY Intel should be coming out with an 8 core later this year. Perhaps they'll have raised it again by then and make it worthwhile to dump my i7 920 @4ghz. DD4 and GDDR6 should be out next year as well.
You just explained why it's stupid comparing a pc to a console in tech side. Fanboys are ignorants. Consoles are used for reasons. People choose easy using and exclusives instead of full controle of the hardware(That lead to facing complicated problems). Remove these reasons and you will see people try to learn the pc.
well if you guys would of watch the whole 2:30 hour show you would of heard him talk about things that the ps4 is already implementing into its system and they (nvidia) are look at putting in to there new gpu and tegra chips. like the maxwell gpu having unified vram = the gpu can see the cpu and cpu can see the gpu. that is why sony went with the unified gddr5 ram less headroom on the gpu and the cpu. allowing the gpu and cpu to see each other work load allowing them to determine the next best pipeline.
now look at the kayla chip set it was a tegra 3 cpu with a dedicated mobile gpu not sure which one i must of missed the code name for the gpu, but it was running a volumetric smoke effect, ray tracing, and a new wave simulator all at the same time and in real time, all on a mobile design system. the ps4 is still designed off of a desktop design gpu and a lower designed desktop/laptop cpu, but one you can not find in a laptop or desktop yet. because there is no jaguar core yet let alone 8 on one chip. and the gpu is based off of the gcn not sure which one but i guessing gcn 2.0. also not available as of yet.
now lets get into heterogeneous system, which the ps4 is based off of and no pc uses for games as of yet. it allows for a more stream lined approach to game development. allow for a faster cpu and gpu cycle with out actually need higher clocks (ghz). running a heterogeneous system means a more parallel work flow. creating in that type of system allows for more gpgpu options. if you watched he talked about how when games move to a more gpgpu intense system the limits will be endless. apu's break the bottleneck wall between a cpu and a gpu allowing direct access, the same idea of the stacked vram, bringing everything on to the same die to allow for a much faster chip. now sony has already been stated to have a new coding language for the ps4 that breaks that bottleneck even more allowing for a system were the gpu and cpu are direct to metal, meaning working like they are one. most gpu's ram run at what the ps4 ram is running at right around 176Gb/s
pc games are really based off of the gpu and console this gen are more so based off of the cpu. the new apu design gives the developer the option to use both to there full capability.
Nice long post but too bad when you got to the PS4 first heterogeneous System stuff I STOPPED READING cause you are so wrong.
1. Smart Cell phones and any Tegra powered tablet are all heterogenous.
2. OK you wanna be specific and say DESKTOP PC, BAM AMD A-10 Trinity APU is a CPU/GPU all in one (Just like the PS4) and just uses the DDR3 Ram to run Programs and Games. No Discrete GPU needed.
(Now Granted the PS4 is way more powerful than this chip but that's not the point)
So Sorry Bro the PS4 is NOT first Heterogeneous System!!!!
Oh by the way this chip has been available for a while and I even posted BENCHMARKS and a link to where you can buy it cause I'm FACTUAL like that!
can't wait to see how many people hit disagree out of RAGE!!!
i never said the ps4 was the first to use it. so learn to read and comprehend what you read, i said it was heavily based on heterogeneous processing more then a pc. now i was unclear (see i can admit when i mess up) i meant to say no game developer on pc use that system to its fullest yet cause they are working with high end systems a separate cpu and gpu with little heterogeneous. how many developers make games for the few amd apu's? and don't say mobile i don't think of that as real gaming. so that discount tegra, now that i went and reread what i put (which the ps4 is based off of and no pc uses for games as of yet.) no where do i say first or they don't have any pc apu's i just said they do not use them for games. look at those benchmarks you gave, do you think any developer looks at that and goes that what i'm going to put a bunch of time into?
So am I going to need an intel i14 or AMD Fx-16700 to run that thing.
Sure thing, they got tech ready for next 10 years. Ofcourse they release it very slowely so all the geeks will buy a new card every year.
This is actually very true. Technology is way beyond what the hardcore gamers are utilizing, let alone mainstream. The problem is that they hold off on it to have a business progression of technology.
Why does everything have to turn out being this vs the ps4 or pc vs console. Its technology, it advances quicker than you can blink your eye. My phone is less than a year old and was probably the best Android phone on the market for say maybe a month. Consoles will never catch up to pcs because pcs can be upgraded. That doesnt mean however that one cant enjoy console and/or pc gaming. The only winners here are consumers so stop bickering about what is more powerful and just enjoy the tech!
And 90% of the world will not care because they will still be buying pre-built PC's from Best Buy lol.
NVIDIA HAS NO GAMES that fully open potential of gtx560 i even dont say about 680...
Nvidia has plenty of games that utilise the gtx560 very well. What do you mean exactly? If it's about this nonsense that pc components don't get utilized to their fullest, I will say that they do actually.
Nvidia make a point of updating their drivers to use the graphics cards to their maximum as much as possible. And regularly.
If they can update a driver to work in a specific environment, they do so. And they do it much better than AMD.
How many games use tesselation that you actually see? I mean the real difference between off/on tesselation.Answer- 1,5(crysis3 and patch for crysis 2)
I mean publishers dont care about videocard power and possibilities.They just care about how many steam user buy hats
oh shii next gen is here . next gen doesnt start til nvidia says it DOES
also if will be in 2016 ...this is the figure that explain how the console (at least we know the power of ps4 176gb/s :/ ) will keep our beloved pc....down....
Is there really a "Next-Gen" as far as PCs are concerned?
There are generations of GPUs and CPUs but definitely not generations of systems in the way most of these comments seem to imply.
Hopefully their next GPU's won't be marginal improvements with a massive cost difference *cough* Mars and Titan cards. I'll see what AMD bring next, maybe HD 8000 series, whichever though i'll be getting a high end card for source engine 2, 1080p 60fps baby!!.
It seems no matter what article gets posted the inevitable PC vs console argument always pops up.
And just a big LOL to PC users having to spell out that 1TB/s transfer rate blows the PS4's 180GB/s rate out of the water. Well, no s*** sherlock.
Sigh. Carry on...
just another upgrade. pshhhhh,current high end computers don't even get to use its potential for games. what's the point in that power if its never appreciated apart from tech demos.. I have a Lamborghini but I live in the desert.

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Aaron Hernandez pleads not guilty to murder and gun chargesBy JENNY WILSON
The Hartford Courant
September 06. 2013 9:31PM
FALL RIVER, Mass. — Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez of Bristol, Conn., pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he orchestrated the June 17 execution of his friend Odin Lloyd.
Hernandez was arraigned Friday in front of a packed Fall River courtroom. His mother and fiancee sat in the front row, directly across from nearly a dozen members of the victim's family, who were dressed in purple, Lloyd's favorite color.
A judge ordered Hernandez held without bail, after his lawyers announced their intention to argue for bail at a later date. He was indicted last month for murder and five illegal firearms charges, and is next scheduled to appear in Fall River Superior Court for a hearing Oct. 9.
"We're confident ... Aaron will be exonerated," said one of his lawyers, Charles Rankin, after the brief arraignment. "Not one shred of evidence has been presented in court."
Defense attorneys declined comment on why they agreed that Hernandez continue to be held without bail.
District Attorney Samuel Sutter said prosecutors would "absolutely" argue that Hernandez continue to be held.
The former Patriot was cut from the team hours after his June 26 arrest and twice refused bail. Two other Connecticut men, both from Hernandez's hometown of Bristol, also were charged in Lloyd's slaying.
Prosecutors already have disclosed much of the evidence they used to build their case against Hernandez, which includes surveillance footage of him carrying a gun, believed to be the murder weapon, into his house minutes after Lloyd's death. The .45 caliber Glock pistol still has not been recovered. Investigators found .45 caliber shell casings at the crime scene and matching ammunition at a Mass. apartment leased by Hernandez.
The victim sent text messages to his sister minutes before he died to tell her he was out with Hernandez. "NFL," Lloyd typed. "Just so u know."
The ex-NFL star also has become a target of investigations in two other shootings: a July 2012 double homicide in Boston and a February shooting in Florida that left an East Hartford man without an eye.
Surveillance footage shows Hernandez and the two men killed in Boston last summer at the same nightclub hours before the drive-by shooting, law enforcement sources said. Investigators who searched a Bristol home for evidence in the Lloyd case found a car, rented in Hernandez's name, that matched the description of the vehicle authorities sought in that case. No charges have been filed, but Boston authorities in June searched Hernandez's North Attleboro mansion.
Alexander Bradley, of East Hartford, filed a civil lawsuit two days after Lloyd's death that accuses Hernandez of shooting him in the eye outside a Florida nightclub in February. Attorneys representing Hernandez in the civil suit requested a stay pending criminal action in Bristol County, Mass.
The grand jury investigating the Lloyd homicide also returned indictments for Ernest Wallace, one of Hernandez's alleged accomplices, and Tanya Cummings-Singleton, a cousin of the former Patriot who refused to testify.
An arraignment date has not been set for Wallace, who was charged with accessory after the fact to murder. Cummings-Singleton was arraigned last week on a criminal contempt charge, and, after a closed-door hearing between the defense and the prosecution, agreed to be held until Oct. 3.
Carlos Ortiz, the third suspect, has not been indicted. He faces an illegal firearms charge and is next scheduled to appear in Attleboro District Court for a Sep. 27 hearing.


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Mass. man arraigned for attempted kidnapping outside of North Hampton grocery storeBy JAMES A. KIMBLE
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September 23. 2013 5:48PM
BRENTWOOD — A man who allegedly threatened a woman with a box cutter outside of a North Hampton grocery store during a botched kidnapping attempt remained behind bars on Monday following his first court appearance.
William Larochelle, 31, of 132 High St. Newburyport, Mass., was ordered held on $20,000 cash bail during his arraignment in 10th Circuit Court, where he faces charges of attempted kidnapping, robbery and criminal threatening, theft and resisting arrest.
Larochelle was arrested Friday by North Hampton police moments after he tried to force the woman into a car Friday around 10:37 a.m.
The woman had been retrieving items from her vehicle while parked in front of Shaw's Supermarket when Larochelle approached with a box-cutter styled knife, the affidavit says.
"Give me a ride to Maine or I will cut you," Larochelle allegedly told the woman.
Larochelle then climbed into the woman's car through the driver's side door and sat in the passenger's side, but the woman refused to get in. He climbed back into the driver's seat and tried to start the woman's car but may have had trouble with a standard shift, according to court documents.
"He attempted to start the vehicle but he was unable to," police Officer Steven Janvrin said in a sworn affidavit. The victim told police she "theorized that (Larochelle) did not know how to start a standard shift car."
The woman fled and called to some men in the parking lot for help.
Larochelle ran from the vehicle and into woods across the street, according to police.
Police from area departments cordoned off a wooded area near the Shaw's Supermarket on Lafayette Road until Larochelle was found in woods near Fern Road.
Larochelle put his hands in the air and told police Chief Brain Page, "I'm coming out, I'm coming out. I'm the one you're looking for," Janvrin said in the affidavit.
The victim later identified Larochelle by his booking room photo, police said.
Police later determined Larochelle broke into another vehicle parked behind the Apple Tree antique store prior to the attempted kidnapping. He is also suspected of stealing a car that was left in the parking lot of the Jiffy Lube at 27 Lafayette Road, police said.
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Shares of The Walt Disney Company (DIS - Free Disney Stock Report) have risen roughly 27% year to date (they hit an all-time high in May of nearly $68), easily outpacing the double-digit moves registered by the broader Dow Jones Industrial Average and Standard & Poor's 500 Index. The blue-chip stock appears fully valued at present, however, trading slightly above 19 times Wall Street's consensus earnings estimate of $3.37 for fiscal 2013 (ends September 28th). Should investors look elsewhere for healthy returns? Or is this high-quality Dow component still worthy of consideration? In this article, we'll take a brief look at Disney's business and perform an easy-to-follow SWOT analysis of the company, evaluating its Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.
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Founded in 1923 and headquartered in Burbank, California, Disney is a diversified entertainment conglomerate, with approximately 166,000 employees and annual revenues fast-approaching the $45 billion mark. The company, headed by CEO Robert Iger (he succeeded Michael Eisner in 2005), operates in five business segments, including Media Networks (about 46% of the top-line mix), Parks and Resorts (30%), Studio Entertainment (14%), Consumer Products (8%), and Interactive (2%). And among its most valuable, cash-generating properties are the ABC broadcast network, the ESPN and Disney Channel cable networks, the Walt Disney World Resort, the Marvel, Pixar, Walt Disney, and Lucasfilm movie studios, and The Disney Store retail concept.
Cable Prowess: Disney's cable networks, especially the ESPN sports channels, are cash cows, earning high ratings in key demographic segments and generating the lion's share of the company's profits. And recent distribution deals, like last year's multiyear contract with Comcast (CMCSA), suggest that the profits will keep rolling in – even as competition intensifies and sports programming costs continue to rise sharply.
Solid Theme Parks Business: This business has faced headwinds from higher investment activity and an uneven macroeconomic environment. But pricing remains healthy, and recent attendance and guest spending trends have been pretty encouraging. What's more, the aggressive investments of late, highlighted by a new "Avatar Land" themed area to be added to the Florida park, a major expansion in Hong Kong, and a $4.4 billion Shanghai Disney Resort that is scheduled to open in 2015, should begin to garner substantial benefits during the latter stages of the decade. And renewed strength across the U.S. economy, where the rebound in the housing sector has been surprisingly sharp, should help matters in the near term, and lead to a further uptick in domestic attendance.
Strategic Acquisitions: Disney, particularly during the Bob Iger era, has an excellent track record of inking accretive deals that enhance its growth profile. Following its purchases of Pixar (for $7.4 billion in 2006) and Marvel (for $4.2 billion in 2009), the company bought Lucasfilm, owner of the hugely successful "Star Wars" franchise, late last year for about $4.1 billion. This transaction should not only shore up Disney's (recently shaky) studio operations, but it ought to be good news for the consumer products and retail businesses. The first Disney-produced "Star Wars" feature is set to hit theaters in the summer of 2015.
Excellent Free Cash Flow: This, along with a first-rate balance sheet (Financial Strength: A++), allows the company to pay a modest dividend and stay active on the stock-buyback front. It also supports M&A pursuits, and we would anticipate that Disney will keep adding to its entertainment arsenal via acquisitions going forward.
Uneven Box Office Receipts: Disney has had its share of movie flops lately, such as The Lone Ranger and last year's big-budget John Carter. (The latter prompted a huge write-down, and the former Johnny Depp-led Western may eventually require one as well.) These misfires, should they persist, will likely keep future growth in check, though the film operations account for less than 15% of total revenues, and the company has sought to reduce risk by releasing fewer titles and making more sequels of proven franchises, like the Iron Man and Pirates of the Caribbean series.
Soft Broadcast Segment: This segment has been a mediocre performer in recent times, with programming costs on the rise and ratings (and advertising revenue) at ABC being rather underwhelming. Plus, broadcast television continues to lose viewers to cable channels and interactive content. And more Americans are getting involved with social media, which means that fewer hours are being spent in front of the tube. While the company insists that ABC is among its core assets, we would not be surprised to see a sale of the broadcast network before too long. This would allow Disney to solidify its cable empire at a time when competition is heating up.
Interactive Losses: The interactive business has operated in the red over the past several years, mainly because of weak video game sales and a failure of social network gaming to take off. Still, management expects the unit to turn profitable shortly, and has high hopes for a new "Infinity" platform that lets animated Disney and Pixar characters be synthesized into the gaming experience.
China: We see China as the biggest external opportunity for Disney, as it looks to enter new overseas markets and leverage its iconic entertainment properties. With this in mind, we'll be closely watching developments at the new Shanghai Disney Resort, which has been fifteen years in the making and is expected to be a runaway hit with China's rising middle class. We have every reason to believe that the new resort will be successful, thanks, in part, to the company's learning experience with Hong Kong Disneyland, which opened its doors in 2005. That important project taught Disney how best to adapt its theme parks to the preferences of its new Asian customers.
Falling Cable Fees: With cable being Disney's primary cash generator, a material drop in fees from the likes of Comcast and Time Warner Cable (TWC) would likely spell trouble for the company's bottom line. At the very least, we expect some moderate pricing pressure to eventually emerge, in light of the maturity of the pay-TV market and the decision by many young consumers to bypass cable television in favor of cheaper alternatives.
Costly Sports Rights: The battle for sports distribution rights remains cutthroat, and is likely to push programming costs markedly higher in the years to come, something that could result in a profit squeeze. Most of ESPN's existing distribution agreements, like the one it has with the NBA, are quite lengthy, however, so costs are unlikely to skyrocket anytime soon. Plus, fee growth remains decent enough at this juncture to offset any new cost headwinds.
Heightened Competition: Given the smashing success of ESPN, it's not surprising that rivals are entering the sports fray. In fact, ESPN is now competing for viewers with NBCUniversal's NBC Sports (NBCUniversal is owned by Comcast) and 21st Century Fox's (formerly News Corp.) (FOXA) Fox Sports West cable channels. And we expect this trend to persist well into the future, which may well drive up programming costs.
In sum, while the road ahead is sure to have some pitfalls, we believe that Disney's strengths and opportunities far outweigh its weaknesses and threats at present. Moreover, considering the global power of the ESPN and Disney brands, we think that the stock's premium valuation is warranted. There may well be upside to our 3- to 5-year estimates, too, as aggressive stock buybacks and accretive acquisitions bolster share net, and as the company makes inroads in the huge Chinese market. In view of this, and the likelihood of consistent hikes to the annual cash dividend, we think that it's not too late to accumulate Disney shares. A DIS stake may, in fact, prove to be very entertaining for long-term investors.
At the time of this article's writing, the author did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.


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Kimi Raikkonen says Saturday will be even more crucial after sitting out most of FP2 with a gearbox issue, though it will not result in a grid penalty for the Finn.
After going sixth in FP1, Raikkonen ventured out on the intermediates as the track dried in the afternoon session but appeared to get stuck in third gear. He made it back to the pits but did not re-emerge, finishing with a tally of just four laps in FP2, and he insists Saturday's morning practice session is now doubly important to make up for lost ground.
"Unfortunately, the bad weather affected this first day of practice and halved the possibility to complete the work we had planned," Raikkonen said. "In the morning, on the dry track, we tried various set-up options, without encountering any particular problems, apart from a lack of grip at the front under braking.
"In the afternoon, we made a few changes to improve the balance of the car, but having waited almost an hour before being able to go out on track, a problem with the gearbox prevented me from completing the session. On Saturday we will try and make the most of the third free practice session to complete our programme for qualifying, which we know is the key factor here."
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License-free saltwater fishing day to be held in Fla.
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Florida's residents and tourists can soon enjoy a day of license-free saltwater fishing.
Gov. Rick Scott says he hopes families can get out and enjoy "Florida's incredible saltwater fishing opportunities" on Sept. 1.
The state's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission offered a similar saltwater fishing opportunity on June 1. The agency also offered license-free freshwater fishing days on April 13 and June 8.
During a meeting in Pensacola on Sept. 5, the agency will consider adding four more license-free fishing days to this year's calendar.
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Phelps, 27, has batted .258/.358/.380 with 23 extra-base hits and 49 RBI in 97 games for the Tides. Originally a 3rd round pick by Cleveland in 2008 out of Stanford University, Phelps is a lifetime .280/.368/.431 hitter in seven minor league seasons. He has played in 53 major league games since making his debut for Cleveland in 2011. Phelps will wear #38.
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Gage Street is a short, lively street that starts at the intersection of Cochrane Street and Lyndhurst Terrace, and ends at Aberdeen Street. The street was named after Sir William Gage, an admiral in the Royal Navy who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars.
The Gage Street street sign at the intersection of Cochrane Street and Lyndhurst Terrace.
The street is lined with an assortment of noodle shops, meat markets and fresh fruit and vegetable stalls. There are also quite a few open air cafe-style restaurants along the street, known to locals as dai-pai-dongs. Dai-pai-dongs are an essential part of Hong Kong's culture, but are dying out, as the Food and Hygiene Department of Hong Kong are not issuing any more new dai-pai-dong licenses, and also because rental fees in Hong Kong are increasing rapidly.
Lan Fong Yuen – one of the better known dai-pai-dongs in Gage Street. Credits to "Gourmet Traveller 88".
It is also a shopping hotspot for locals who live around the area. Local shoppers go to the street's markets on a daily basis to buy their daily groceries. The Park N' Shop at the top end of the street seemed relatively out of business compared to the bustling fruit, vegetable and meat stalls!
Stall selling fresh cuts of pork.
Shopkeeper preparing vegetables for sale.
Gage Street is also home to many critically-acclaimed local restaurants. One of them is Dragon Restaurant, a restaurant that specializes in barbecued meats. Anthony Bourdain visited the restaurant while on his Hong Kong tour, and after tasting the suckling pig, remarked that "This is as close to God as you're going to get".
A variety of different "char siu" (barbecued meat) for sale.
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Alex Band, leader of local rock band the Calling, described in detail what he says was an abduction and assault after a performance in Lapeer, Mich., on Sunday.
Band said the alleged early morning attack left him with a fractured lower spine, 15 stitches to his chin, three broken teeth and bruises on his stomach after being hit with what he said was a police baton. He said he was left for dead at a local railroad track in Lapeer, a city about 60 miles north of Detroit. The bandmate who delivered him to the hospital is unnamed, nor were details provided on how Band was found.
Band has spoken with CNN and ABC's "Good Morning America" about the alleged incident, which was first reported by gossip site TMZ. Band has said that he was "beaten with a police baton with a gun pointed to his face" and that his assailants demanded he surrender his "Hollywood money."
"I am grateful to be alive and I know that I am destined for bringing my music back to my fans," Band said via a statement posted on the group's official Facebook page. The band performed at the Lapeer Days Festival on Saturday evening. Other acts included Nine Days and the Sweet Charlie Band.
The Calling had a hit in 2001 with "Wherever You Will Go," a power ballad-like rock 'n' roll number. The band last released an album in 2004 and had just announced a comeback this weekend.
Speaking to CNN, Band responded to accusations that the whole incident was a hoax to create publicity or related to alleged drug use. "This just happened to me. I didn't kidnap myself, or beat ... myself," he said on CNN. "So the whole hoax thing is honestly kind of disgusting to even think about, or hear."
He further elaborated on the hoax accusations in his official statement. "I take my rehabilitation very seriously I was near death due to this unbelievable situation and the rumors are categorically false and not a hoax as reported."
The Lapeer Police Department issued a statement reporting that the incident took place between 3 and 4 a.m. Sunday. Police said they were called to McLaren-Lapeer Region Hospital at 4:30 a.m. in response to a reported abduction/robbery that had occurred earlier in the morning.
"The victim, a member of the band the Calling, reported being forced into a blue colored minivan style vehicle," according to the police report.
The incident remains under investigation, said a Lapeer police clerk when reached by phone Tuesday afternoon. Police are seeking two male suspects, but no other details on the alleged assailants were provided.
A statement on the group's official Facebook page reads as follows: "After Band fought back he was cornered in the van with gun to his face and Band told the assailants, 'Don't kill me as I am about to be a dad.' " Band said he continued to be attacked. Eventually, Band claims that one of those assaulting him said, "We don't kill fathers."
A band spokesman has not respond to requests for comment or more information.
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8. Brown derby cake - A sweet way to celebrate our little girl's 2nd birthday - and a trip down memory lane.
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5. Honey butter croissants from Hop's - All it took was an email to Hop's corporate headquarters, and this recipe was born!
4. Brown butter sugar cookies - I can't believe how long it took me to finally make browned butter. These cookies were out of this world!
3. Vanilla bean cupcakes with vanilla buttercream - If you're looking for a perfectly vanilla cupcake, look no further. This is it!
2. Sweet potato cupcakes with brown butter cream cheese frosting - As a former sweet potato hater, I took a bite of this cupcake and turned into a believer.
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A hundred years ago, any soapbox orator who called for women's suffrage, laws protecting the environment, an end to lynching, workers' right to form unions, a progressive income tax, a federal minimum wage, old-age insurance, the eight-hour workday and government-subsidized healthcare would be considered an impractical utopian dreamer or a dangerous socialist. Now we take these ideas for granted. The radical ideas of one generation are often the common sense of the next. When that happens, give credit to the activists and movements that fought to take those ideas from the margins to the mainstream. We all stand on the shoulders of earlier generations of radicals and reformers who challenged the status quo of their day.
Unfortunately, most Americans know little of this progressive history. It isn't taught in most high schools. You can't find it on the major television networks or even on the History Channel. Indeed, our history is under siege. In popular media, the most persistent interpreter of America's radical past is Glenn Beck, who teaches viewers a wildly inaccurate history of unions, civil rights and the American left. Beck argues, for example, that the civil rights movement "has been perverted and distorted" by people claiming that Martin Luther King Jr. supported "redistribution of wealth." In fact, King did call for a "radical redistribution of economic power." Using his famous chalkboard, Beck draws connections between various people and organizations, and defines them as radicals, Marxists, socialists, revolutionaries, leftists, progressives or social justice activists—all of which leads inexorably to Barack Obama. Drawing on writings by conspiracy theorists and white supremacists, Beck presents a misleading version of America's radical family tree.
Many historians, including Howard Zinn in his classic A People's History of the United States and Eric Foner in The Story of American Freedom, have chronicled the story of America's utopians, radicals and reformers. Every generation needs to retell this story, reinterpret it and use it to help shape the present and future. Unless Americans know this history, they'll have little understanding of how far we've come, how we got here and how progress was made by a combination of grassroots movements and reformers.
Progressive change happens from the bottom up, as Zinn argued. But movements need leaders as well as rank-and-file activists. Movement leaders make strategic choices that help win victories. These choices involve mobilizing people, picking and framing issues, training new leaders, identifying opportunities, conducting research, recruiting allies, using the media, negotiating with opponents and deciding when to engage in protest and civil disobedience, lobbying, voting and other strategies.
This list includes fifty people—listed chronologically in terms of their early important accomplishments—who helped change America in a more progressive direction during the twentieth century by organizing movements, pushing for radical reforms and popularizing progressive ideas. They are not equally famous, but they are all leaders who spurred others to action. Most were not single-issue activists but were involved in broad crusades for economic and social justice, revealing the many connections among different movements across generations. Most were organizers and activists, but the list includes academics, lawyers and Supreme Court justices, artists and musicians who also played important roles in key movements.


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It's been a week since Apple released Lion and Safari 5.1. In that time we've released a bunch of updates that bring better compatibility and restore your favorite features. We've also received a ton of great feedback from you on our new extension and previewed a major redesign we hope to release real soon.
Today we're back with a pair of huge updates—1Password 3.7 beta and Safari extension 3.7 beta—sporting some great features you've been asking for:
- Universal Unlock: Now when you unlock the 1Password app, the new Safari extension will follow suit
- Copy to Clipboard from the extension: Opening the 1Password app just to copy a password for a Flash site? Old 'n busted. In the new extension you can now find a Login, click the right arrow (or hit your right arrow key) to view its details, and click the new "Copy" button next to your password for easier pasting
- Go & Fill/All Logins typing focus works again: After using Command-Option-\ to invoke Go & Fill, keyboard focus will be placed in the search field to keep you going and filling as quickly as possible
- Much-improved AutoSubmit: Go to System Preferences > Universal Access > Enable Access for Assistive Devices, and 1Password will perform much better at automatically logging you in
- Auto-Lock settings now respected: Our new extension will once again obey your preferences under 1Password > Preferences > Security for automatically locking your data file
- Lock 1Password from the command line: For the power users in the audience, you can now lock 1Password from the command line with: "open x-onepassword-agent://lock"
It's important to note that, while a bonus of our new official extension format is that Safari can now automatically upgrade it without us needing to update the 1Password app, this is one of the few cases where you will need to update both to enjoy these benefits. Since they are beta releases, you will also need to opt into our beta track if you want to help us polish them up for prime time.
If you need help upgrading either 1Password or the new extension, see this document. If you've never participated in our beta, please check out this document for how to do so an explanation of what it's all about.
If you try both the 1Password and extension betas, please follow a couple of short steps once the update processes finish:
- Go to System Preferences > Universal Access, and click Enable Access For Assistive Devices at the bottom of the window
- Go to 1Password and click Help > Troubleshooting > Restart Agent
- Restart safari with CMD-Option-Q
As usual, please join us in the forums if you have feedback on these releases!


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Which moments from the 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are you still talking about today?
Did the star-studded opening skit of the show leave you laughing? What did you think of Jimmy Kimmel's prank involving Tracy Morgan? And who gave the best acceptance speech?
Photo Gallery: Emmys 2012 Top Moments
Visit our Emmys Top Moments gallery to see if your favorite parts of the show made the cut. And be sure to check out our complete 2012 Emmy Awards coverage here.
Watch our recap of the Emmys' best moments in the video below:


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@ Senpai - Anyway, how would Your Madoka's kid be?
Part of her character development deals with her becoming less crazy. By the end of it, she becomes a mild tsundere instead of a colossal Yandere.
@ Jak - It's easier to just do flashbacks as the story goes on. I do mine in reverse order as ichika and Irish get younger with each subsequent flashback.
|2012-02-01, 04:10
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That one guy
Join Date: Nov 2011
Houki's kid - knows nothing
Rin's kid - traumatized for once asking why Rin was angry at someone for calling her flat
Cecilia's kid - has a very scientific knowledge of it but does not know why it's icky, but knows it should not be practiced loosely.
Charlotte's kid - gets the sugar-coated version of where babies come from. (Choose your own fairytale version XD)
Laura's kid - after 1 day of spending time with auntie Clarissa, Laura was left to look like a virgin in front of her child.
tatenashi's kid - knows simplistic seduction AKA look cute. (The most sexual thing she's aware of is making out )
Kanzashi's kid - practically raised by manga... not the best life reference.
Honne's kid - she knows what exactly goes on but is absolutely clueless about the implications of such actions. Usually blunt about the topic.
Ran's kid - talks like she knows but really doesn't
Chelsea's kid - knows a lot but does not tell.
Tabane's kid - she spams the "knowledge" whenever someone even mentions it.
Chifuyu's kid - is now afraid of the topic because of how Chifuyu acted when questioned on the topic.
Maya's kid - will learn when he's old enough.
|2012-02-01, 04:27
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Join Date: Nov 2011
While on the subject of bokke and tsukomi. I'm not sure about this idea of mine.
Lyon and Junko are somewhat friends. But how they compliment each other is weird. Lyon provides Junko with fetish fuel for her anime and manga induced insanity while at the same time being the tsukomi to her bokke moments. However, Lyon is a complete IS nut that even when the pilot featured in the IS magazine is cute, wearing a revealing suit or just outright gorgeous, he's too busy being a geek to pay heed, cuing the need for Junko to stop him from slobbering over machinery.
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Delinquent: "What are you, some kind of prince in a Fairy Tale?"
Ichika: "Don't you know that the Prince is raping snow white until she gave birth to several kids before she's waking up?"
Dan: "Hey, that's crossing the line"
|2012-02-01, 04:34
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
No, Ichika just being deadpan AND enraged.
His quote is the real thing, that's how "Tales of Snow White" happened before Disney romanticize and made it suitable for kids. Turning a jerkass anti-hero into a prince charming.
Ichika is the anti-hero after all. But Eras was right, Dan would suit it better.
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GET AWESOME WITH TEAM AWESOME!! Featuring 120 crazy missions, 40 action-packed episodes and in-game narration by videogame voice legend Jon St John!!They were just four ordinary people, stuck in four dead-end jobs - until one day a mysterious meteor crashed to earth and made everything... AWESOME! Get ready for the explosive new side-scrolling arcade game from the Edis Brothers… Team Awesome! It's the game with everything:Aliens, robots, explosions, cats, trains, trucks, and shiny gold coins... lots of shiny gold coins! More cats, hover cars, hover boards, fruit bowls, brick walls, wrecking balls, a crazy dentist, soccer games and coffee? Giant toxic spiders, fires, cross dressing, break dancing, pizzas, donuts, guys in giant toilets, pool toys, ufos, and even more cats!…oh, and one dog.Get Awesome with Team Awesome!!!Features:- 120 goals/missions- 40 episodes- 6 upgradeable power-ups- 4 awesome heroes, each with their own special ability & backstory- 4 Super-villains to defeat- Destructible environments and objects- Simple one-touch controls- Combine objects for multi-stage missions, e.g. smash bank robbers and return the money to the bank- Cinematic cameras - looks like an action movie!- Wacky humor and hidden surprises- Quick fix, bite-sized gaming- Universal for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch- iPhone5 screen support- GameCenter: 5 leaderboards and 76 achievements - Narration by videogame voice legend Jon St John!!More episodes and missions to come in future free updates. Well, what are you waiting for? Time to get Awesome!!Other Ezone.com games you might like: Crazy Snowboard, Diversion, Turkey Blast: Reloaded.
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I finished these some time ago, but since I've been using them, I hadn't gotten around to photographing them until over this past weekend.
A sunglasses case, a radio face plate case, and a little camera bag. I was inspired by this gorgeous bag (without knowing she had made the pattern available online - I had only seen the picture on Flickr). Of course, the yarn I wanted to use was much bigger.
I knit them in the round on US size 9 DPNs with a three-way bind off. I used three strands of Silk City Perle 3/2 Cotton in different blue-purple colors, knit tripled. I love the way the three strands of yarn make a beautiful heathered fabric. (It kind of reminds me of the Artfibers Coat that Amy R. Singer is knitting, except of course the fibers are very different.)
Sunglasses case: I lost my sunglasses case, so knit myself one. It's a little big for the glasses and the things that go over your ears (what are they called?) have a tendency to get stuck, but I lurve it. I stuck a couple yarnovers a few rows down from the cast-on edge to run the drawstring through.
Face plate case: I got a new radio for my car, which came without a face plate case. So I took half of the old one (which had fallen apart) and knit a little bag to fit around the whole contraption.
Camera case: I began with some ribbing, but it totally failed in the cotton yarn and size 9 needles. When closed, I tie the strap around the end to hide the terrible ribbing. (I started this bag about 7 times, so was unwilling to frog and try again.)
Each project only took a couple of hours, but I only knit them when I wasn't interested in knitting anything else, which was rare, so it took a while to finish them.
I used the yarn from the cabled baby blanket that I frogged, and still have a small yarn cake left over.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
2 comments:
- tiennie said...
Great idea!
- September 5, 2007 at 12:26 PM
- Lana said...
I agree with tiennie. Very cool idea, especially for presents as the holiday season is here. Your use of cotton yarns makes these items look so nice and soft!!
- December 6, 2010 at 11:27 AM
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Mark Levin's radio show caught up with disgraced Congressman Bill Delahunt to ask him about his expression of solidarity with al Qaeda against the Bush administration, which we wrote about here, here, here and here. Unfortunately, on Levin's show Delahunt simply repeated the same incredible tale that he told shortly after his encounter with David Addington. Here is the audio:
To see how ridiculous Delahunt's excuse is, let's reproduce his exchange with Addington:
DELAHUNT: Was waterboarding one of them?
ADDINGTON: That's what I'm answering, because I know where you're headed. As I indicated to the chairman at the beginning of this thing, I'm not in a position to talk about particular techniques, whether they are or aren't used or could or couldn't be used or their legal status.
And the reasons I would give for that, if you'll look at, I think, Exhibit 9, the president's speech of September 6, 2006, explains why he doesn't talk about what particular techniques…
DELAHUNT: Oh, I can understand why he doesn't talk about it.
ADDINGTON: But you've got to communicate with Al Qaeda. I can't talk to you. Al Qaeda may watch "C-SPAN."
DELAHUNT: Right. Well, I'm sure they are watching and I'm glad they finally have a chance to see you, Mr.
ADDINGTON: I'm sure you're pleased.
DELAHUNT: Given your penchant for being unobtrusive.
Delahunt's excuse is obviously a lie. He and Addington were talking about the fact that, because al Qaeda may be watching CSpan, Addington does not want to discuss specific interrogation techniques. Delahunt now claims that he meant to say, "Right. Well, I'm sure they [al Qaeda] are watching and I'm glad I finally have a chance to see you, Mr. Addington." That sentence makes no sense. Obviously, the people who are "watching"–al Qaeda–are the people who Delahunt is "glad" to have a chance finally to see Addington.
If hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue, the kind of transparent lying that Bill Delahunt is now engaged in is perhaps the tribute that crazed partisanship pays to the patriotism of the American people. It is sad that we have vicious haters like Bill Delahunt in Congress, but it is good that when the mask slips for a moment, and viewers can see how they really think, haters like Delahunt have no recourse but to lie.
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STATEN ISLAND, NY -- Priests for Life is pleased to announce today to all its supporters that it is sponsoring and promoting a three-day training course in Rome this September for Catholic-Inspired NGOs, hosted by the Pontifical Council for the Family and relevant offices of the Secretariat of State of the Holy See.
With specific focus on social issues, training and networking, the event has at its heart the promotion and defense of the rights and dignity of human life and will feature contributions from leading international scholars.
Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, said" "We are truly honored to collaborate in this wonderful endeavor, and in sharing with you such great news, we invite you to join us in prayer for God's blessing upon the event and upon all who participate in its task of bringing to the world the message of the Gospel of Life."
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.


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Why is the sky blue? What is the charge on an electron? How is a mineral different from a rock? Can you assess the damage done by an F3 tornado or determine the color and luminosity of a star? Does mass play a role in the calculation of an object's acceleration?
The answers to all of these questions and more can be found in the Physics and Physical Science courses offered at Jefferson College. The Physics Department offers a study of basic scientific concepts and principles of the Physical Universe. Intense course and laboratory work, along with computer-based hands on learning, aids the student in the processes of scientific inquiry.
For those non-scientists, such as education majors, the Physical Science course offers a fundamental approach to science and how it's interlinked to everyday life. Major topics include: the history of science, the applications of mechanics, astronomy, geology, and meteorology.
Elementary and General Physics presents a more in-depth exploration of physical principles for students pursuing degrees in engineering, medicine, computer science, and other technical fields. In addition to a critical understanding of the laws of nature, physics students gain experience in problem formulation and solving, measurement, and computer skills which prepare them for the challenge of a four year institution and future career fields. Students in Jefferson College's Pre-Engineering program are allowed to transfer to an engineering school with a Junior standing.


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West African Power Pool
The West African Power Pool (WAPP) is integrating the national power systems of its members into a unified regional electricity market which, over time, will provide the citizens of the region with a stable and reliable electricity supply at affordable costs. WAPP's key objectives are to:
- Increase investments needed for power grid expansion in the region, with emphasis on the implementation of cross-border projects that will enhance supply, reliability and reduce costs to end users.
- Create an attractive environment for investments in order to facilitate the funding of power generation and transmission facilities, including creating a common operating standard, rules and a transparent and reliable mechanism for the swift settlement of power trade transactions.
- Formalise official and extended collaboration in the region to expand power generation, transmission and trade
Founded in 2000, WAPP is a cooperation agreement between nineteen national electricity companies in Western Africa under the auspices of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and mandated by the governments of its fourteen member states. The members of WAPP are working to establish a reliable power grid for the region and a common market for electricity.
The World Bank is the lead ICA Member for WAPP. The World Bank has provided substantial funding to date, while supporting WAPP Secretariat's efforts to coordinate other finance sources such as the European Investment Bank (EIB), African Development Bank (AfDB) and others.
Key Facts
- Countries involved: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote D'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
- Base load 31.3 terra-watt-hours meeting 70% of demand (2005)
- Current means of power generation: thermal 64%, hydro 31%, imports/others 5%
- Demand expected to triple in next decade requiring 18,000MW of additional installed capacity and associated transmission
Click here for information on the WAPP priority projects list: www.ecowapp.org/?page_id=168
Current status and next steps
Developing appropriate policies and financing mechanisms for cross-border projects remain a key challenge, particularly for encouraging private sector investors. WAPP is working with World Bank and other financiers to develop workable models for cross-border project finance and regulation on priority projects, along with ways to increase capacity of institutions responsible to support delivery.
Key contacts
For more information on projects, promoters and upcoming events, please contact:
WAPP Secretariat (Cotonou, Benin)
Tel: (229) 21374195
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Babatunde ADEYEMO, Director WAPP Information and Coordination Centre: email@example.com
Other useful links
WAPP Website: www.ecowapp.org
EU Infrastructure Trust Fund Regional Project Preparation GIS: www.itf-gis.net/


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Mitch Winehouse, Janis Winehouse and Tony Bennett
Photo: Rick Diamond/WireImage.com
And The GRAMMY Went To ...Tony Bennett And Amy Winehouse
(In the coming weeks GRAMMY.com will feature information and video highlights on winners from the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards, held Feb. 12 in Los Angeles. Each installment will offer the winning or related video, and some pertinent, and not so pertinent, information about the track and the artists.)
Song: "Body And Soul" (>iTunes)
Artists: Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse
Won for: Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Previous wins: Bennett has 14 prior GRAMMY Awards, including Record Of The Year for "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" (1962) and Album Of The Year for MTV Unplugged (1994); the late Winehouse won five GRAMMYs, including Record and Song Of The Year for "Rehab" and Best New Artist (2007)
Did you know?: The music for "Body And Soul" was composed by Johnny Green, with lyrics by Frank Eyton, Edward Heyman and Robert Sour. The jazz standard has been covered by many artists, including GRAMMY winners Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Haden, Wes Montgomery, and Frank Sinatra. Bennett and Winehouse recorded their version at famed Abbey Road Studios in London. "Body And Soul" is featured on Bennett's Duets II, which won for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, an award he has now won five times in the past decade. Bennett now has 16 GRAMMYs, and he has the longest span of GRAMMY-winning activity with 49 years between wins. Winehouse's five GRAMMY wins in 2007 set a record for the most GRAMMYs won by a female British artist. Her record was broken by Adele, who won six this year. "Body And Soul" marked the final recording for Winehouse, who died July 23, 2011. Bennett invited Winehouse's parents, Mitch and Janis, to join him to accept the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance award during the Pre-Telecast Ceremony.


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A woman who was a Massachusetts Trial Court officer has been identified by court officials as one of two people found dead with gunshot wounds on a Hadwen Road porch Monday morning.
Police on Monday night said they are not identifying the man and woman who died.
But the court officer was identified by co-workers and court officials as Glomerys Martinez, 37, of 47 Hadwen Road. She was found shot in an enclosed front porch of the home. Comments last night on social media websites appeared to confirm the identification.
Police were called to 47 Hadwen Road around 7:45 a.m. Monday on a report of a shooting. Officers had been summoned to the address previously at 5:12 a.m. for a well-being check.
Police found a man and woman with gunshot wounds. They were rushed to UMass Memorial Medical Center — University Campus where they were pronounced dead.
"Police believe this is a case of domestic violence," Worcester police said in a brief news release. "Police continue to work to determine the facts and circumstances surrounding the shooting."
Former co-workers at Worcester Trial Court were shocked and saddened about the death of Ms. Martinez.
"She was always smiling when you would first come into work in the morning, always said good morning," said Leon Kachadorian, a court officer at Worcester Superior Court. "She was a nice person, very pleasant, very congenial."
Detectives continue to investigate.
Ms. Martinez worked as an associate court officer in the Worcester courthouse until her promotion.
Massachusetts Trial Court officials said she was hired as an associate court officer in Worcester in December 2006 and had been promoted to court officer Feb. 19 this year and assigned to Suffolk Superior Court in Boston, according to Erika Gully-Santiago, a spokesman for Massachusetts Trial Court.
The Hadwen Road home is owned by Worcester Police Officer Andrew J. Cravedi. Police confirmed that he owns the property but does not live there; he rents apartments to tenants.
A child was taken from the building by two state workers around 8:45 a.m. Ms. Martinez was a mother of three.
At one point during the morning, with a police officer looking on, a car was towed from nearby Morningside Road. The quiet residential neighborhood is close to Worcester State University.
As Worcester police said it was a case of domestic violence, Worcester District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. reminded victims that help is available.
"We see cases of domestic violence all too often, and we want victims or those who fear that they might become victims to know that there is help," he said.
"We would ask anyone who notices signs of domestic violence to call our office or their local police department. It is important to break this cycle of violence for victims and children.
"In many cases children become violent offenders themselves, thinking this is acceptable, that it's normal behavior," Mr. Early continued.
He said there are resources with trained professionals ready to help, including the National Domestic Violence Hotline, (800) 799-7233; the YWCA of Central Mass. (Daybreak, Battered Women's Resources); and New Hope (southern Worcester County).
Telegram & Gazette Staff reporters Linda Bock and Gary V. Murray contributed to this report. Contact Scott J. Croteau email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @ScottCroteauTG


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William and his Norman army defeat Harold II and the Anglo Saxons at the Battle of Hastings. Harold is killed and, after subduing the south of the country William is crowned King of England.
William suppresses a Saxon revolt in the southwest of England. William's Earls are given lands driving out the Anglo Saxon lords. Norman French becomes the language of government.
William puts down a revolt in the northern counties led by Edwin and Morcar and establishes fortifications. The region is laid waste in an action known as 'Harrying the North'.
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Hereward the Wake leads a revolt against the Normans.
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Robert, Williams eldest son, leads a rebellion in Normandy, but is defeated by his father at the Battle of Gerberoi and his life is spared.
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