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I HOTELS^ Wi _ - • c .-«. ARGKKRLE'S tl OTEL AKABOA. SITUATE AT THE FRENCH END OP THE TOWN V\ .J- BL\KSbe«3 to inform the people of the Peninsula and the travelling public from Christchurch and the Bays that he ha; taken over the lease of the Grand Hotel This hotel is one of the best in the town finest view of harbour nnd surrounding fou'i try. The accommodation is of the beet with all the latest improvements. The Proprietor of the hotel assure* his Patrons that he will attend their every comfort, will keep an excellent Table, and all i the Wines, Spirits, and Beers, of the best quality. ™ Th° HoteJ is situated close to the R»ora nfcion Ground, Bowling, Terinie, and roqun Ground-*. j L inch every dny from 12 till 2. All Rooms Lighted with Electric Light. TARIFF ABBANGED, MANNING'S EXCELLENT ALE ON T Telephone No. 11 Motor Garage attached to hotel, and god stubling BRUCE HOTEL - AKaroa /"t W, BUKLAND. late of Hanuiora, i i, wishes to inform \w Friend', Tourists, and the Public genernl!j that he has taken over the above new and beautifully eituated Hotel overlooking the Igv< ly Akaroa Harbour, and in close proximity to the Domuin—a unique ppot —and hopes by strict attention to business, and in supplying only the best of Wines and spirits to merit a fair share of public patronage. | Motor Launohes, Fishing, Bathing, etc. CROWN XYXX BEER.ON DRAUGHT Madeira Hotel, LAVAUD STREET, AKAROA. HW PIPER, (la{e Cbristchurch) wishes to inform the Public of Akaroa and surrounding Bays of the Peninsula and Cbristchurch that he has taken over the lease of the above Hotel, and that he is ready to accommodate tourists and visitore in his commodious house. The Madeira Hotel afiords first-class accommodation, and is close to the Recreation sports ground, pub He tennis courts, croquet lawn, bowling green and tbe Bath are a minute's walk. The comforts of all visiting this licensed house wili be carefully attended to, and a splendid table will be at the disposal of all Patrons; BEST WINES AND SPIRITS STOCKED. CROWN XXXX BEER ON DEAUGHT. TARIFF ARRANGED. Somerset H©i©!! UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT rjIHE SOMERSET BOTEL, Duvauclielle X has now passed into the capable hands of Mr Joseph Gaskin, late of Little River, who will endeavour by every meane in his power to mako it a comfortable and convenient place of call for all visitors. The Travelling Public are assured of an Excellent Table, Comfortable Sleeping Accommodation, and the very best Wines and Spirits, with great'variety and with nothing 'hntFiM Quality. A. First rate Luncheon will be provided on v Sale Days. Good Stabling and Roomy Looseboxee. Being an old Peninsula resident, the Proprietor of the House trusts that his former friends will call at the Somerset, and he will spare no pains to make them comfortable. Tourists from Christchurch are invited to break tbeir journpy, and can be oorjfident of getting good louring. JOSEPH GASKIN, PROPRIETOR SOMERSET HOTEL DUVAUCHELLE.
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If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Foxx would replace Ray LaHood, who has served as Transportation Secretary since January 2009.
"Foxx's career as a public official, in a rapidly changing urban environment, has been marked by an ability to integrate local, state and federal resources to meet important transportation challenges," the White House official said.
The next Transportation Secretary must secure funding for pressing highway, bridge, and other infrastructure projects at a time of tight federal budgets and resistance in Congress to raising taxes.
Foxx is African-American and would make Obama Cabinet's more diverse, something the president's supporters have been urging him to do. Foxx will be 42 on Tuesday.
As Charlotte mayor, Foxx is credited with improving the city's transportation system with streetcar and light rail, as well as airport and cargo terminal improvements.
North Carolina has been an important swing state in presidential elections. While it voted for Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election, it backed Obama in 2008. It also hosted the most recent Democratic National Convention.
The Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration has been under scrutiny lately following travel delays at the nation's airports.
LaHood, a former Republican congressman, warned that the indiscriminate nature of across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration could result in temporary layoffs for FAA workers and disrupt air travel.
Because of the nature of the cuts, the agency would have little flexibility in avoiding delays, he said.
When air travel problems surfaced last week, Congress swiftly passed a measure allowing the FAA to redistribute its required cuts to reduce disruptions to air travel.
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As secretary, Foxx would have to shepherd a highway bill through Congress by June 2014.
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Gang rivalry at center or three recent Manchester shooting incidentsBy PAT GROSSMITH
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June 20. 2014 6:01PM
MANCHESTER — A Laurel Street baseball bat brawl last March between two rival gangs is at the root of three recent shootings in the city, including one Thursday night in which a 17-year-old was shot in the leg, according to Manchester police Chief David Mara.
The teen turned up in the Elliot Hospital emergency room about 1:30 a.m. Friday suffering from a gunshot wound to the lower leg. Lt. Maureen Tessier said the teen, whose injury is not life-threatening, is not cooperating with investigators.
The violence has escalated between the two groups that, according to court documents, named themselves the OTL - Orange to Laurel streets - and the "180" since a riot on the afternoon of March 2 outside 141 Laurel St.
Former state representative Hector Velez Sr., 47, of 269 Central St., allegedly brought his son Hector Velez Jr., 18, to Laurel Street that day to "settle a dispute" with David Weekly, 17.
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Mara said police are taking steps to curb the violence, and Willard said police have made five arrests in nine shooting incidents in the city since May 20. Investigators, they said, hope to solve the remaining incidents and arrest those responsible for them.
"We have what we feel is a plan in place to combat the violence," Mara said.
That includes two special, two-man patrol cars to deal with issues in the affected neighborhoods, and added patrols Thursday through Friday in the area of downtown nightclubs.
Two years ago, federal funding for gang patrol cars ended, but Mara said the department has tried to continue them on its own and is attempting to get New Hampshire State Police to join them in the enforcement.
Willard said it is difficult to make arrests in gang crimes where witnesses and victims provide limited cooperation. Still, of the nine shooting incidents in the city over the past month, he said police have made five arrests that he termed "remarkable."
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A woman, who would not give her name but said she lives in the neighborhood, said she heard two gunshots Thursday night. There was no blood and no ambulance came, she said.
"We need stricter laws on guns. There's too much "Live Free or Die," said the woman while holding her baby son.
Another man, a father of three who has lived in the neighborhood for 13 years, said he heard two gunshots and saw a man standing outside Mr. Market with a gun. He, too, said there was no blood and no ambulance called.
He also would not give his name, but said he never had any problem in the time he's lived in the neighborhood.
"I grew up in Lowell, Mass.," he said. "So this is a paradise compared to where I grew up."


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Yura Yamato has just arrived at the high school division of Stella Women's Academy, when Sonora Kashima invites her to join a club called "C³". Sonora is the third-year student who became the new head of this club for military survival games. The other members include two second-year students (part-Japanese Karila Hatsuse and G36K-wielding Honoka Mutsu) and two other new students (Rento Kirishima whose family runs a Japanese sweets shop and the really short Yachiyo Hinata).
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Type: TV
Episodes: Unknown
Status: Currently Airing
Aired: Jul 5, 2013 to ?
Producers: Gainax, Pony Canyon, TBS
Genres: School, Military
First Impressions
I've read bits of the manga before but the first episode was great!
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OP song is decent I guess. *bullets spotted* Oh and there's some cool art near end of OP song. Pretty cool.
The show reminds me of GnP a bit and also a little Upotte!
Such a cute cast of characters :3
I'll look forward to this and expecting more battles. Nice guns. The battle in this episode was nice too! Nice moves.
Cool image from the OP song that I liked from the first episode:
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Animanga hunter extraordinaire
moe girls doing moe things...
how original
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The Gainax fanboy in me has unrealistically high hopes for this one. I'm super excited!
Episode 1 is fantastic.
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The first half is mildly funny, the battle in the second half is action-packed and so... cool! The music during battle was a nice touch. This is so not just a buncha cute girls doing cute stuff. I'm liking it so much more than expected. Looking forward to the next ep. Woot!
(」・ω・)」 うー! (/・ω・)/ にゃー! (」・ω・)」 うー! (/・ω・)/ にゃー!
Well, since this is from Gainax, I have high hopes for this.
tell me i did not just watched i think is like a all female Moé version of the expendables with using air soft shoot weapons?!
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so new girl yura going to new school with dreaming it would be like fairy tale princess give til when arrive in her room her roommate got a desert eagle like weapon?
then we meet on all female c3-bu expendable crew with wonder to expand it's club going idea having take all first year to join but bad idea then long brown hair see yura playing her roommate items so bring her in.
give with offer them yet cake work well for yura & give thought would be tea, candy, cakes, & girl time til they just show weapons being like c3-bu expendables.
yura run give bit hmm give past not much friends or living in fairy tail cinderella story then got cake'd trap to c3-bu expendables to give try to see how their club works.
so they play rambo vs sheriff with yura a sheriff & blonde going rambo to shoot all while want chew bubblegum yet during the playing it yura tempt & feel the real rambo doing
& we see another female doing shoting with real ammo?
Honestly, this is one of the ones Im kinda disapointed we dont have. Yes it looks like genericy moe but I just have good feelings for it, might leave it a while and see if AoD gets it
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Episode 1 is fantastic.
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The first half is mildly funny, the battle in the second half is action-packed and so... cool! The music during battle was a nice touch. This is so not just a buncha cute girls doing cute stuff. I'm liking it so much more than expected. Looking forward to the next ep. Woot!
I agree and is way better than expected!
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Gainax and another anime with Airsoft (FLCL)C 3 is really funny. The club trying to recrtuit members.Then Rento catches Yura using Sonora's gear while watching Rambo>shes goes youre abnormal so funny.Then Yura has her Cinderlla daydream and goes to C3 whichb she thinks they justv eat cake and have tea.Wrong!But the action is fun too because the girls are serious when it comes to Airsoft.But they play Rambo War which gets funny and intense at the same time.
"In Your Face" Shirase Kobuchizawa (A Place Further Than The Universe)
and that was brilliant.
I'm going to have to see if my nieces would be interested in this one.
I'm always in favor of anything that could teach them Girls don't have to be stuck doing girly things.
avoiding doing any work today
It was so pretty cute! I just loved Rento calling Yura a freak! xD This is one of my favorites so far!
Feeling too lazy to go after Nico atm... :( ill try later on...
And no fanservice! They had so many opportunities for pantsu shots but... they refrained! So it looks like it will just be cute girls, not pantsu flash girls. Looks fun!
I really enjoyed it and can't wait for the next episode. But, I also enjoy girls and guns in real life too.
Episode 1:
I liked it, I personally think this will be better than Girls und Panzer
What even
there will be a beach and/or a hot-spring episode or a fusion of both
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East Aurora prepares for Decorators' Show House
The spotlight may be on the 2013 Decorators' Show House at Knox Farm State Park over its three-week run that kicked off this weekend, but little East Aurora is piggybacking off the big event, which is creating a ton of buzz in the community.
"This is a great opportunity. We're talking about 40,000 people during this period," said Gary Grote, executive director of the Greater East Aurora Chamber of Commerce.
Grote has talked up local shops and restaurants, many of which are extending their hours to adjust for additional business.
And many are going beyond that.
Yvonne Evilsizor, owner of Taste Bistro on Main Street, is going all out for the event. Planning far ahead, she purchased $3,000 worth of metal flowers that stand 2 to 3 feet tall, and has decorated the outside of her building to jazz it up with not only flowers, but oversized wooden umbrellas and window boxes to present a message of spring and a formal welcome to Show House visitors with a big sign.
Evilsizor carries the theme inside her bistro with two dozen 1940s through early '60s vintage umbrellas – of all different colors – suspended from her ceiling. "I wanted to do something that was fun and timely and exciting," she said. Her efforts are 100 percent linked to the Show House.
"This is our first chance as a community, in a very long time, to take a big jump forward," Evilsizor said. "We've all suffered – from the Main Street road construction a few years ago – and are still rebounding from that. We always need growth, and to have a spurt of hope, to serve additional shoppers and hungry people, is important. We want to welcome people and encourage vibrancy of the retail component of the community."
The Toy Loft shop on Main also is getting in the Show House spirit by offering a Lego contest. Those who bring in a Lego model related to the Show House by May 25 will have it displayed in the store windows. There are three different age categories, and all models must have something to do with the Show House – such as the Knox Estate, the Knox Farm, a house, a kitchen, a contractor's truck, gardens, a decorator's van – or anything else tied to the event. As Linda Coletti from Toy Loft says, "The possibilities are endless."
The Aurora Historical Society is showcasing tours of historic sites in the community – such as the Millard Fillmore House museum, the Elbert Hubbard Museum and Tiffany windows at the Baker Memorial United Methodist Church. Those tours begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday during the Show House's three-week run, but are separate from the Show House. Advance reservations for the historic site tour are required and can be made by calling 652-4735 or emailing email@example.com. Tickets are $15.
"With thousands of people from around the region expected to visit East Aurora during the Show House at the Knox Mansion, we thought there would be no better time to open the doors to our historic sites," said Robert Lowell Goller, director of the historical society.
Backstage tours of the Aurora Players' Roycroft Pavilion are part of the tour on Saturdays, May 4 and 18 only.
The Roycroft Inn is joining in the craze, offering reduced room rates for people with a Show House ticket, while also highlighting a menu that draws, in part, from the Junior League of Buffalo's "Great Lake Effects" cookbook. Campus tours of the National Historic Landmark will be offered at 1 p.m. on Saturdays. Live music will be offered at 7 p.m. Fridays at the inn, 40 S. Grove St.
Outside the village, Marilla Country Store owner Sandra Grunzweig is hoping to coax Show House visitors out to her shop. "I think it's actually nice that the Show House is not in the city," she said, noting that her shop is seven minutes outside of East Aurora. "I think it's wonderful to get people to a different community and get out and see the country."
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Top Minnesota officials on Monday approved the design and work plan for a state Capitol restoration that will touch every corner of the historic building and cause construction headaches along the way.
The Capitol Preservation Commission signed off on the schematic design for the $272 million project as well as some specific aspects of the first phase of work. The commission is led by Gov. Mark Dayton and includes stakeholders from the Legislature, the courts and other entities.
Major work begins in September and is expected to last several years. It will result in upgrades to internal and external features of the century-old Capitol, from improved sound and lighting to the possible reopening of a long-closed balcony with an impressive view of downtown St. Paul.
During construction, many tenants will be displaced and temporary parking lots will replace some Capitol green space. Project consultants looked into providing shuttles for off-site parking but found it would cost $300,000 more than the temporary lots.
Of the hassles and construction-zone blight, Dayton said people will just have to "grin and bear it."
Department of Administration Commissioner Spencer Cronk, whose agency will oversee the project, said the panel's approval was a significant step forward in a project more than a decade in the making. He said any inconveniences will be overshadowed by the improvements to the landmark.
"It's always important to remind ourselves of the short-term pain for long-term gain," Cronk said.
Approval of the schematic plan still allows for adjustments to the project. But the deeper crews get into the project, the more expensive changes to the designs become.
Officials said they expect as much as three-quarters of the project to be completed by Minnesota companies.


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Cheryl Cole meets up with Simon Cowell for X Factor return talks
SIMON Cowell has ended his 18-month feud with Cheryl Cole, paving the way for a sensational TV reunion.
Simon really wanted to put the past behind him and get his friendship with Cheryl back on track
The Girls Aloud singer was spotted trying to sneak out of the X Factor mogul's Los Angeles mansion after a late-night meeting yesterday.
Cheryl, 28, and Cowell, 53, have not been seen together since he axed her from the US X Factor.
But the truce has sparked rumours back home that they could be about to work together again.
Cowell is desperate to get the UK X Factor back on top after ratings nose-dived this year.
BBC rival Strictly Come Dancing has become the new king of Saturday night TV, knocking Cowell off his throne. He believes that Cheryl on next year's judging panel would be a ratings winner.
And Sharon Osbourne, 60, is to return on Cowell's new talent show That Dog Can Dance on Boxing Day, with some sources claiming it's just a warm-up for a full comeback next year.
A TV insider said: "Cheryl and Sharon back on X Factor? That would be a serious coup."
But while show insiders are getting excited over a Cheryl comeback, sources close to Cowell have shown a little more restraint.
An aide said: "Simon really wanted to put the past behind him and get his friendship with Cheryl back on track."


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Geek To Me's C2E2 2013 Costume Gallery
Chicago's cosplay community was in full force again at the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2) at McCormick Place this year. Here is a sampling of the hundreds of costumed characters that were in attendance, along with some other sights from the convention. (Photos by Elliott Serrano, taken with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 courtesy of Verizon Wireless, unless noted otherwise)
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Watch Dr. Sylvia Gearing examine why the rate of teen suicide is continuing to climb even though we know more about teen suicide than ever - click here.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in five US teenagers considers suicide every year.
Psychologists know more about suicide than ever, but the rate of teen suicide has climbed steadily over the generations and is now the third leading causing of death for Americans from 15 to 24 years of age. So, why does the rate of teen suicide continue to grow even though Americans are taking more action than ever to stop suicides?
Epidemic Depression:
Part of the answer is that teen depression and anxiety are reaching epidemic levels. Research has found that teen depression has increased tenfold over the last century and it strikes a full decade earlier than it did fifty years ago. That means that this generation is ten times more likely to reach clinical levels of depression, and they will likely become depressed when they are still children. In addition once depression and anxiety have set up shop in your child's mind, they are more likely to return in the future. Severe depression reoccurs about 50% of the time.
Swept Under The Rug:
Even though suicide attempts indicate very serious mental health issues, very few suicidal teens actually receive professional treatment. According to research, 60-80% of American teens who attempt suicide do not seek out professional treatment until after the second suicide attempt. Their friends and family downplay the suicide attempt and try to make it a temporary anomaly. Hopefully, they don't wait until it's too late.
Deadly Differences:
Eighty-four percent of completed suicides, or attempts that end in death, are committed by boys. Girls are much more likely to attempt suicide, but boys tend to use much more violent and lethal means in their attempts. They may use a gun, intentionally wreck their car, or even jump off of buildings. Girls tend to use much less violent methods such as poison or overdosing.
If you are worried about your teen, here are some suicide warning signs to watch out for:
- Stressful life event or loss like a relationship breakup
- Easy access to lethal means
- Lack of effective coping skills
- Family history of suicide
- History of depression or other mental illness
- Alcohol or drug use
- Exposure to the suicidal behavior of peers or acquaintances
- Increased withdrawal from others
- Increased rate of angry outbursts
- Increased need for sleep
- Low appetite
- Dramatic mood swings
- History of previous suicide attempts
Clinical depression and suicide are very serious issues. If you are worried about someone you know, please seek the assistance of a clinical psychologist.
"Learned Optimism" by Martin Seligman, Ph.D.
"Unraveling the Mystery of Suicide" by By Tori DeAngelis, American Psychological Association
"Suicide Among Pre-Adolescents" by Michael Price, American Psychological Association
"Teen Suicide is Preventable" published by the American Psychological Association
American Association of Suicidology, www.suicidology.org
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Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine
Department of Family Medicine
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University
Professional Interests From personal and professional experiences, Dr. Crane has an abiding interest in preventing nicotine addiction and is the founder and president of the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation, an organization dedicated to both raising awareness about teen smoking and raising the legal minimum sale age for tobacco to age 21. He chairs Strategic Planning for the board of the state of Ohio's $300 million Tobacco Prevention Foundation and is co-chair of SmokeFree Columbus, the coalition that helped establish smokefree indoor air laws for Columbus and a dozen surrounding communities. He is also Board Chair of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) for Ohio and West Virginia.


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Get Expert Advice
Our plant information hotline is available for questions about woody plants hardy in the Boston area.
Staffed by knowledgeable volunteers, the plant hotline is open select Mondays from 1:00-3:00pm (617.384.5235); however, you may leave a message any time. You may also send an email. Please include your daytime phone number and describe the plant's location.
Or click on these links for the forms to submit your questions: Plant Identification or Plant Problems.
Please note that the hotline has no live assistance from mid-December through the end of February; during this period, however, volunteers will respond to voicemail messages and email.
Questions about perennials, vegetables, or wild flowers should be addressed to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society at 617.933.4929.


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Witt named UNH women's hockey coachBy JOHN HABIB
New Hampshire Union Leader
April 23. 2014 11:17PM
Just coming off her last coaching stint as an assistant for the 2014 silver-medal winning U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team, Hilary Witt was hired Wednesday as the University of New Hampshire women's ice hockey head coach with one goal in mind.
"I'm here to win hockey games for a great university," she said. "I'm walking into a program rich in history surrounded by great people and athletes. It's a good foundation, but in my discussion with the team (Wednesday), I told them we have a lot of work ahead of us. My immediate goal is to win games and be more successful than this past year."
Last season was marred in turmoil following the firing of 12-year head coach Brian McCloskey. He was fired for what UNH officials claimed was "inappropriate physical contact with a player on the bench" during the Wildcats' 3-2 loss to Ohio State on Nov. 30 in Durham. Assistant coaches Jamie Wood and Stephanie Jones were named interim co-coaches.
Witt, who inherits a program that hasn't had a winning season since the 2009-10 season (UNH is 47-77-11 combined over the last four seasons), started her coaching career (2003-10) at Yale University. Only two of her eight seasons there as head coach were winning campaigns, but she did lead the Bulldogs to six straight ECAC playoff seasons. She left the program as the winningest coach (96-126-23) in school history.
After Yale, the Canton, Mass., native returned to her alma mater, Northeastern University, where, as a player, she blossomed into a three-time candidate for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award which goes to the most outstanding player in women's college hockey.
She served two seasons as an assistant under current Northeastern head coach Dave Flint of Merrimack before jumping to the USA national team as a coach and scout.
She added her silver medal from the 2014 Olympics to the two goal and two silver medals she captured as a U.S. player at the IIHF Women's World Championship.


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Event Archive
Meeting Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Seeing the Novelty and
Vulnerability of Democratic Courts
Keynote Speakers:Judith Resnik, Arthur
Liman Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Dennis Curtis, Clinical Professor Emeritus
of Law, Yale Law SchoolWinners of the
2014 Order of Coif Book Award
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in Honor of the Publication of Raymond
E. Baldwin: Senator to Judge, 1949-1950
Written by the
Honorable Henry S. Cohn and Adam Tarr, Esq.
32 Quinnipiac L. Rev. 53 (2013)Thursday,
January 30, 2014
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Fall Meeting - Thursday, October 24, 2013
Appellate Court, 75 Elm Street, Hartford
The Appointment of Judges and Justices:
Reflections of Governor Lowell P. Weicker,
Tuesday, October 23, 2012The Hartford Club46 Prospect Street, Hartford
The program featured Atty. Stan Twardy
facilitating a discussion by Governor
Weicker, reflecting on his judicial
appointments and his thoughts about the
process in appointing judges at all levels
of the state and federal government. The
event took place at the Hartford Club. See photos
Thursday, May 12, 2011 -
Annual Meeting
- New Haven Lawn Club
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 100th
Anniversary of the Opening of the Connecticut Supreme Court
and State Library building
Judicial Branch and the State Library are pleased to
announce that they will be celebrating the 100th
anniversary of the opening of the Connecticut Supreme Court
and State Library building. This tremendous building,
built in the Beaux Arts style, was listed as one of the
Connecticut Chapter of the American Institute of Architect's
top five favorite buildings.
The celebration will take place on
Tuesday, November 30, 2010, with oral arguments being
held at the Old State House, the Old Judiciary Room and the
Supreme Court courtroom – the three places where the court
has heard cases. These arguments will be attended by local
students with an interest in law and will be broadcast on
CT-N later on that day. After the oral arguments, there will
be a reception in the Museum of Connecticut History from
5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Judicial Branch Press Advisory
May 11, 2010 -
Annual Meeting of the
Connecticut Supreme Court Historical Society
- New Haven Lawn Club
Featured Speaker - Jeff Benedict
Award-winning Investigative Journalist and
Best-Selling Author of Nine Books
In 2009, Mr.
Benedict released LITTLE PINK HOUSE: A True Story of
Defiance and Courage (Grand Central Publishing, January
2009), which chronicles the epic story behind the U.S.
Supreme Court's decision on eminent domain in Kelo v. New
London. Mr. Benedict will be speaking about the Kelo
case at the Annual Meeting.
Cocktails will
be available beginning at 5:30 p.m. and dinner is to be
served at 6:30 p.m. An invitation/reservation form is
available on the website (below) and will be mailed to all members in
October 15, 2009:
Historical Society's Fall Program
History Is Made: A Look at the
Supreme Court Building
Palace of
Justice and Learning, Second to None Extant
This Truly
Is a 'Supreme Courtroom'
A discussion
concerning the interior decorations
by James Senich, Manager of Communications, External
Affairs, Connecticut Judicial Branch.
June 12, 2009:
Tour of the Connecticut State Archives
The Archives
Committee has arranged for a tour of the Connecticut State
Archives led by assistant State Archivist Bruce Stark Friday, June 12, 2009 at 2:00 p.m
The tour is open to all CSCHS members and will last approximately 1-1/2 hours and
will showcase early Connecticut history and court records.
The group will meet at 1:45 inside the entrance to
Supreme Court Building.
If you are interested in
attending, please contact Barbara Heck
so she may provide an accurate head count.
May 14, 2009:
Annual Meeting -
"Origins of American Constitutionalism,"
by Gordon Wood, Alva O. Way University Professor and
Professor of History at Brown University.
At the New Haven Lawn Club.
October 23, 2008:
Unelected Governor: The Election of 1890"
presentation by the Hon. Peter T. Zarella and Attorney
Wesley Horton.
More details
June 6, 2008:
200th Anniversary of our State Supreme Court
May 15, 2007 Deadline:
The Constitution of 1818 and Beyond
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I had been outta the loop for a little while and never saw the last holiday figure set...does anyone have a picture?
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River Plate wideman Carlos Andres Sanchez is flattered by reported interest in him from Tottenham. The Premier League outfit are reported to have been watching the Uruguayan winger, who moved to Argentina last summer.
"I heard the rumour about Tottenham," said Sanchez.
"Immediately everyone started to send me messages and phoned me asking if it was true.
"I am very happy that a team like that is interested in me, we'll see in the future what happens."
Sanchez revealed that his boyhood idols were another English side, adding: "I once said that I had the dream of playing at Manchester United, but I am happy about the interest of Tottenham."
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Clarkson University Sorority Goes Green
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The sisters of Delta Zeta (DZ), a national sorority with a Clarkson University chapter, are taking "green pledges" this semester as part of Delta Zeta National's "Pink Goes Green" initiative.
Delta Zeta, which is one of three sororities on Clarkson's campus, has chosen to follow through on their national's initiatives by expanding their green efforts through a personal level, a sorority level, and a campus-wide level.
"We're a unique chapter of DZ because we're only about 30 girls. We're constantly looking for ways to go above and beyond what is expected from a chapter of our size," says "Pink Goes Green" Chair Francesca A. Merchant '10 of Hudson Falls, N.Y.
The idea of going above and beyond started this semester for DZ, when each sister made a "green pledge," ensuring that she would work on her own environmentalism through everyday tasks.
Some of the women are carpooling or walking to class, turning off unnecessary appliances such as computers and lights, shopping at the local farmer's market and co-op, and substituting eco-friendly tote bags for plastic bags while shopping.
Merchant adds, "We wanted to start on a small, personal level and find things in our daily lives that we could change to make a difference, and now we're ready to make it a bit bigger."
Making their initiative bigger in the future includes house projects such as purchasing green cleaning supplies, low-flow shower heads, and compact fluorescent light bulbs.
The women also plan to make their monthly newsletter electronic and conduct campus wide events, like making green dorm guides and shopping lists for incoming students, and hosting a vegetarian dinner for Clarkson students, faculty, and staff with proceeds going to an environmental organization.
"We want to make sure everyone on campus can participate in helping to make our community a little greener," says Merchant.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in six alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
Photo caption: Kendra L. Potasiewicz, Nicole L. Waldow and Francesca A. Merchant, sisters of Clarkson University's Delta Zeta sorority, shop for "green" items at the Potsdam Food Co-op as part of the Delta Zeta national's "Pink Goes Green" initiative.


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First introduced in the 1930s as wallpaper cleaner, Play-Doh is now used by children to make all manner of things, and they're limited only by their imaginations, manual dexterity, and the amount of Play-Doh available. Similarly, when you code transformations—the T in ETL (extraction, transformation, and loading)—you are limited only by your imagination and the data available. SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) provides powerful tools for transforming the raw Play-Doh of data into useful, meaningful tools to help a business thrive. This article aims to demonstrate a few of the many ways you can handle data transformation tasks in SSIS.
You can download the code and sample files discussed in this article by clicking here.
Transformation Basics
Two types of transformation can occur in SSIS. First is a simple data type transformation, such as extracting data from a comma-delimited ASCII file (where the data is stored as an ASCII string) and transforming it into an integer. Second is changing the format of data, such as taking a flattened, comma-delimited file and storing the data more efficiently in third normal form.
In both cases, you are changing the form of the data but not its substance, in the same way the form of the Play-Doh is changed without changing its substance. If your hypothetical ASCII file data indicates that a company sold five widgets, you don't change the data to say that four or six were sold—you simply change the data type from an ASCII string to an integer. Another example would be that when you obtain derived data, such as the total sales for a day, you don't change the underlying facts but rather draw conclusions from them. You can also use the transformation step to ensure data fits predetermined business rules. If it doesn't, you typically want to raise an error or create exception reports so that any problems can be analyzed and dealt with appropriately.
Transformation can raise some rather profound philosophical questions, if you are of such a mind. For example, it raises questions of form and substance similar to those raised in Aristotle's Metaphysics or the writings of Marcus Aurelius and of Ignatius of Antioch on transubstantiation. The substance of the data—what it is in its essence—remains the same while its form—the data types—may vary. (Who says those philosophy credits and a Christian Brothers education were wasted? But I digress…)
It almost goes without saying that there are all manners of business rule that can or should be enforced during the ETL process. For example, dollar values of a sale not involving return items shouldn't be negative numbers, so you would have a rule (e.g., enforced by a constraint) that a monetary value associated with a sale must be greater than zero. You might have a rule that a sale should never involve a product the company doesn't actually sell, and you could enforce this rule with a foreign key constraint comparing the SKU in a product table with the SKUs involved in any given sale. If the constraint throws an error, then we would handle it in a WTF (Where's This From?) error routine. For more information about the rules you should enforce in your SSIS environment, see "SSIS Logging Best Practices."
Why do you need to transform data? The most obvious reason is that data stored and optimized for use in one system will rarely match the storage and optimization needs in a second system that's optimized to meet other, usually radically different, needs. Because you won't have direct mappings between source and targets in the vast majority of data transfer situations, you must consider various options. You must consider where you should perform the transformation. You could, for example, simply dump an entire large file into a staging table, then transform it using SQL while the data is being moved to the "permanent" tables. You could also use various tools, such as SSIS, to transform and move data to the application side. Or you could combine these efforts. Specialty ETL tools are available for various needs or industries, such as Microsoft's Amalga for medical systems integration. (Such specialized tools are beyond the scope of this article.)
Use Case
With this background, let's consider a hypothetical set of business requirements. Big Box Stores owns and operates diverse retail chains that include huge Big Box warehouse stores, large retail operations, etc. The stores operate in the United States., Canada, Mexico, and Western Europe, and the brands have modified the POS systems to meet local tax and regulatory requirements.
The loss prevention department has noticed that some employees are helping themselves to five-finger discounts. The staff members use various ruses to take money from cash registers, obtain goods without paying for them, or otherwise embezzle money or steal goods from Big Box. These activities typically unfold over periods of several days or weeks. For example, employees will make purchases using the employee discount at the store where they work, then return the product for full price at another store where they aren't known. Alternatively, they might have accomplices return the goods to the employee for a full refund.
The various methods used to steal from Big Box fall into these recognized patterns, and a good deal of this theft can be uncovered by analyzing patterns of sales transactions. Standard ETL techniques will be used to import data concerning the stores, products, and employees to a database used to analyze these patterns and detect employee theft.
You have been tasked with building a system that will import comma-delimited files exported by the POS systems into a SQL Server database that will then perform the analysis. Data concerning each sale will be sent from the POS systems.
A full day's data can also be extracted from POS systems in the comma-delimited format that I will discuss below. The web service would expose the data using the natural hierarchy of sales header and sales detail.
The different POS systems use different data types to identify stores, employees, products, and sales transactions. The load job must account for this and properly relate the data from the store to the master data loaded in a separate application. The data will be sent in two comma-delimited files, one containing the sales header data and one containing the sales details. The data format is shown in Listing 1.
Sales Header SalesID, StoreID, EmployeeID, EmployeeFirstName, EmployeeLastName, RegisterID, RegisterLocation, storeAddress, StoreCity, StoreProvince, StorePostalCode, CustomerID, CustomerFirstName, CustomerLastName, CustomerPostalCode, Date, Time, Method of Payment, CreditCardNumber, TotalSales, Amount Tendered, Change, PriorSalesID, Return Sales Detail SalesID, ProductID, Quantity, markedPrice, ActualPrice, ReturnItem, DiscountCode, DiscountPercent, DiscountDescription, OriginalPurchaseDate, OriginalPurchaseStore, OriginalPurchaseSalesID, originalCustomerID, OriginalFirstName, OriginalLastName, OriginalStoreID, OriginalRegisterID, OriginalEmployeeID
Listing 1
Your mission is to move this data into a data mart that will use a standard star schema for analysis. Big Box intends to prosecute employees for larceny or theft based on the evidence this system gathers. Because evidence gathered through this process must stand up in court, it's vital that the data be correct, with minimal errors or problems.
The Role of SSIS
SSIS is primarily an ETL and batch data processing tool. SSIS can easily read multiple files from a network drive and provides the tools to transform data, either before or after loading it into a database. One of the great things about SSIS in this situation is its flexibility. You can load all of the data in a single batch to a staging table, then move and transform the data while it's on the way to its final destinations using SQL, or you can transform the data on the application side and load it directly to the final tables. You can use any combination of those two methods that suits your environment. You can extend SSIS to monitor directories and load data when it becomes available. Finally, SSIS integrates easily into network operations center monitoring systems and provides the ability to guarantee data security and integrity as required for this application. Moreover, SSIS does not incur licensing costs because it ships with SQL Server.
Figure 1 shows the target schema. As you might expect, in this example, the target system does not match your sources. Additionally, you can expect the iron law of business intelligence (BI) systems will be strictly enforced here—no one ever tells the BI staff anything. Psychic abilities are simply part of the BI developer's job description. You can expect changes to be made to your source systems, or data to be entered in one system but not in another. You must design your systems accordingly.
Figure 1: An example target schema
Now that your sources and targets are defined, you must decide how you will transform your data so that it is properly loaded into the target tables. You can use the objects that come with SSIS out of the box, or simply load the data into staging tables and use SQL set operations to transform and move the data to target tables—there's no set way to perform this task.
You should follow some general rules when transforming data with SSIS. First, you should use SQL for set operations. That is why you have databases to begin with. "Non-set" operations should be handled within the SSIS package, using the objects available or with custom scripts. If there's a specific object on either system that makes your life easier, use it. Always default to the system that lets you write the most efficient code. Generally, this will be where you are most comfortable.
I will make certain assumptions for this illustration that would be risky in real-world applications. I will assume that all the data you will be loading is fresh and that there are no updates to previously loaded records. I will also assume that the source files will not be locked and will be a complete data set when you begin your loading process. There are numerous ways to control for file locking by the transfer process in the real world, including the use of empty trigger files created after the comma-delimited files have been written.
Transforming Data Using SQL
To begin transforming your data using SQL, create a single SSIS package for transferring the data, with the appropriate code in two separate sequence containers. You will need a staging table on your target database, which you can create using the script in Listing 2. Note the use of separate schema for staging and reporting tables, allowing for tighter security control and easier manipulation of storage and partitioning strategies.
create schema staging authorization dbo go CREATE TABLE staging.SalesHeaderSource( SalesID int NULL, StoreID int NULL, storeAddress nvarchar(75) NULL, StoreCity nvarchar(50) NULL, StoreProvince nvarchar(2) NULL, StorePostalCode nvarchar(5) NULL, EmployeeID int NULL, EmployeeFirstName nvarchar(25) NULL, EmployeeLastName nvarchar(25) NULL, RegisterID int NULL, RegisterLocation nvarchar(10) NULL, RegisterType nvarchar(30) NULL, DateOfSale nvarchar(50) NULL, TimeofSale nvarchar(25) NULL, Method_of_Payment nvarchar(25) NULL, CreditCardNumber nvarchar(max) NULL, CustomerID nvarchar(max) NULL, CustomerFirstName nvarchar(max) NULL, CustomerLastName nvarchar(max) NULL, CustomerPostalCode nvarchar(max) NULL, TotalSales numeric(9, 2) NULL, AmountTendered numeric(9, 2) NULL, Change numeric(9, 2) NULL, PriorSalesID nvarchar(76) NULL, ReturnTrans NVARCHAR(2) NULL ) GO
Listing 2
Start an SSIS project, rename the default package to transform.dtsx, and drag a sequence container from the tool box to the package. Rename the sequence container Load Header or a similar, arbitrary descriptive term. Place an Execute SQL task (named prep staging table for this example), a Data Flow task (named Load Staging Table for the example), and a second Execute SQL task (named Cleanse Return Data) in the sequence container. Link the three tasks, as Figure 2 shows. These three steps will handle your staging table load.
Figure 2: The three linked tasks
You should also create connection managers for both your source comma-separated value (CSV) file and target database. Simply right-click the area of the Connection Manager tab, select the appropriate new connection manager, and follow the steps in the resulting dialog box.
As I noted earlier, you will be simply deleting data previously loaded and loading fresh data. Your prep of the staging table will be the execution of a TRUNCATE TABLE statement. The Data Flow task will take data from the .CSV file—which will, of course, be in ASCII—convert the data to the appropriate data type, and load it into the staging table. Figure 3 shows the finished Data Flow task.
Figure 3: The finished Data Flow task.
The CSV file does not have column names in the first row. For ease of coding (and because we mere mortals cannot remember what is in a particular field from a numeric designation), you will need to go into the source's Connection Manager and rename your columns, as Figure 4 shows. Mapping these column names to the target field in the database will make your life easier in the long term. Once you get to the data load phase of this process, SSIS will automatically map the source column names with the target fields if the names match. For data that needs to be converted to a different data type in the next step, I still find it easier to keep track of what goes where if it is properly labelled at this stage.
Figure 4: Renaming your columns
Next, you will need to convert your ASCII data to the appropriate data types. Those of us of a certain age were spoiled by earlier versions of SQL Server doing ASCII-to-Unicode conversions for us under the covers. You must make this explicit with SSIS. Drag a Data Conversion task into the Data Flow and open it. Select all the fields in the source and convert them to the appropriate data types, as Figure 5 shows. For example, SalesID should be converted to a four-byte signed integer, and the store address should be converted to a Unicode string.
Figure 5: Converting fields to appropriate data types
Now map the data into the correct staging table fields, as Figure 6 shows, and the data will load to the staging table. Drag an OLE DB destination into the Data Flow and map the fields to the target fields. Remember that you should be mapping the correct data types. Make sure you have the correct values, particularly for data that comes from the source as a null. SSIS will treat this null data as a string and load the word null instead of a null value. Here, you will handle this transformation by running an UPDATE statement on the staging table after you complete the load:
UPDATE staging.SalesHeaderSource set PriorSalesID = null where ISNUMERIC(PriorSalesID) = 0 go UPDATE staging.SalesHeaderSource set ReturnTrans = 0 where ISNUMERIC(ReturnTrans) = 0 go
(I describe second method for handling this issue later in this article.)
Figure 6: Mapping data into staging table fields
Now that your data is properly staged, you will move it to the final tables using a series of SQL statements. Recall that I made an (admittedly dangerous) assumption that applies to this step—all of your data is new. Despite this assumption, I will illustrate how to use a MERGE statement, new with SQL Server 2008 and a very convenient alternative to the hoops that you once had to jump through "upsert" data. The data will be moved in a manner consistent with the hierarchy and the foreign key constraints I have defined. First, move the data with the MERGE statement, as shown in Listing 3. Next, for the sake of simplicity, you will execute a series of insert statements. For example, use the insert statements in Listing 4 for registers. You can find the rest of the insert statements in the downloadable code for this article.
begin set nocount on MERGE LossPrevention.Stores as TARGET USING(select distinct StoreID, storeAddress,StoreCity, StoreProvince, StorePostalCode from staging.SalesHeaderSource) as source (StoreID, storeAddress,StoreCity, StoreProvince, StorePostalCode) ON (TARGET.StoreID = source.StoreID) WHEN MATCHED then UPDATE SET storeAddress = source.storeAddress, StoreCity = source.StoreCity, StoreProvince = source.StoreProvince, StorePostalCode = source.StorePostalCode WHEN NOT MATCHED then insert (StoreID, storeAddress,StoreCity, StoreProvince, StorePostalCode) VALUES (source.StoreID, source.storeAddress, source.StoreCity, source.StoreProvince, source.StorePostalCode); end; go
Listing 3
INSERT INTO \\[FindCrooks\\].\\[LossPrevention\\].\\[Registers\\] (\\[RegisterID\\] ,\\[StoreID\\] ,\\[RegisterLocation\\] ,\\[RegisterType\\]) ( select distinct RegisterID, StoreID, RegisterLocation, RegisterType from staging.SalesHeaderSource ) GO
Listing 4
Transforming Data Using SSIS
I just showed you how to execute a transformation on the database side, but this is not always the most practical or best solution. Often you can (and should) use the data transformation objects in SSIS to execute transformations before the data reaches the database. Here, you will start with a Data Flow task once again, but after bringing the data into the SSIS process, you will transform it within that process, rather than in the database. Drag a sequence container onto the package and name it Load Details. Next, drag a Data Flow task into the sequence container and name it Get details.
As in the earlier Data Flow, drag a flat-file source into the Data Flow. You will need a new connection object to the details CSV file and, as before, you should rename the columns to make them human-readable. Now I'll show you how to load two tables, SalesDetail and ReturnSales, using an SSIS multicast object.
The first problem you encounter is that your source system has used the word null for null values. SSIS interprets this value as a string holding the word null, so you need to transform this string, particularly on the numeric and integer value columns. To do so, add a derived columns object and connect it to the flat-file source. As an illustration, add a new column for the Original Customer ID value by substituting an empty string for the word null. You will replace null in the DiscountPercent field with 0, as Figure 7 shows—this is a simple REPLACE function required because SSIS will interpret the word "null" as a string when the field should hold a numeric value.
Figure 7: Replacing null with 0
You must now perform your data type conversions, as you did earlier, converting ASCII to Unicode, and strings to the appropriate numeric or integer types as required. To preserve relational integrity, you need to get the store identifier, as well as other specific data that was provided in the sales header file. You can consider this a transformation of the data set by adding an additional field. To complete this task, drag a Lookup transformation onto the Data Flow. In the data transformation stage, you will have already converted the sales ID to a four-byte signed integer data type, enabling you to relate the sales header data to the sales detail data accurately. Now, relate the sales ID value in the source data set with the SalesID field in the Sales table, as Figure 8 shows.
Figure 8: Relating data in the source data set with the Sales table
To complete the load, you will send your data to two separate tables. Drag a multicast task onto the Data Flow. Think of multicasts as the object Agent Smith used in the second and third Matrix films; it creates as many exact duplicates of the data as you desire. Multicasts will let you send duplicate data sets to multiple destinations. As you can see in Figure 9, you simply send these sets to the OLE DB destinations using fast loads for the tables. (See the web-exclusive sidebar, "Fast Loads," for more information about fast loads.)
Figure 9: Sending sets to OLE DB destinations
Recall that in this application, you are looking for sales that do not meet certain rules. These sales require closer inspection because they could indicate employee theft or other scams. In this case, you send the suspicious data to a flat file. In the real world, you would send it to an Alerts table to flag it for further review.
I have only shown you a few of the many objects available in SSIS and T-SQL to transform data during an ETL process. In addition to the Data Flow transformations available out of the box in SSIS, you can create your own data flow transformations using script objects or T-SQL. Data transformations can turn into a truly fascinating process as you work to integrate the many disparate data sources that exist in most enterprises today.


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Twas the night of Christmas, when all through the condo
Not a creature was stirring, not even frisky Fido.
The gifts were piled under and around the tree,
Looking like castles under the sea.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While their stomachs were filled; dreams danced in their heads.
Dad was snoring in bed beside me,
I dreamed of a robot to rent at a reasonable fee.
When down in the living room there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
And to the stairs I flew like a flash,
Switched on the light before I made a mad dash.
The moon shown on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the luster of mid-day to objects below.
When, what to my searching eyes should appear,
But the Christmas tree laying on the floor with Fido near.
Fido lay on his back with wrapping on his head,
His tale was wagging like he was going to be fed.
He twisted and turned, started to run round the tree.
His eyes were still blinded by the wrapping; not free
Oh David! Now Richard! Now Kathy and Mary!
Greg, Doug, Daniel, Sara and Barry!
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All tumbled and bumped and grabbed for the rail.
PJs became life saving strands, hands grabbing, faces pale.
First one, then another 'til each found a place
Feet untangling, hands free and safe.
Down the stairs they went like a hoard of honey bees.
Looking for the gifts that had been left under the tree.
David yelled at Fido, Richard grabbed for the wrap.
Kathy and Mary ran to the tree; Greg pulled free his new cap.
By now Dad had awakened and entered the room,
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As the little ones crawled round the floor amid the mess,
The tree was placed upright; ornaments in place relieved stress.
I went to the kitchen, dad followed me there.
I looked at him and slumped into a chair.
He came up beside me, gave me a kiss,
"Don't worry dear, it's all Christmas bliss."
As I made coffee I heard from the next room,
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Dad and I relaxed as the coffee did brew,
A familiar sound I heard and suddenly knew
It was St. Nick and his fabulous crew.
I looked through the skylight and there they flew.
He laughed in his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, 'ere he drove out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all, everything will be all right."
Hope you all had a taste of Christmas bliss!
Christmas Night in the Condo
Twas the night of Christmas, when all through the condo


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More than 1.6 million people tuned in to "Merlin" last week, making Part 1 of the fifth and final season the biggest premiere audience in the series' history on Syfy.
The premiere concludes at 9 p.m. CT Friday with "Arthur's Bane, Part 2," when Merlin and King Arthur have been captured by Morgana's (Katie McGrath) men. Mordred (Alexander Vlahos), the Druid sorcerer whose life Arthur saved as a boy, is among the captured group. But Merlin isn't pleased to see him; Merlin knows he will someday kill Arthur.
Mordred promises to tell know one that Merlin, like Mordred, has magic. This parallell between the two sorcerers resonates throughout the episode and the final season of "Merlin."
"Because of the significance of what having magic means, the gravitas of that, it makes sense Merlin has never said anything to Arthur," said Bradley James, who plays King Arthur. "I don't think it's ever been about Merlin lying to Arthur--I think it's been about the safety of Merlin, not to mention the safety of the kingdom."
Even though Mordred tells Merlin about Morgana's search for the Diamair--;the key to all knowledge--Merlin questions whether he is indeed loyal to Arthur.
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