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ROCHESTER — OK, so it's not the Bruins vs. the Canadiens.
But it's for as good cause and the ice hockey, according to at least one report, is getting better.
The sixth annual Rochester Police vs. Fire Charity Ice Hockey Game will take place Friday night, Feb. 15 (moved from Feb. 8) at the Rochester Ice Arena. There is no admission. All that is asked of fans is that they bring non-perishable food items to be donated to Gerry's Food Pantry.
Doors open at 6 p.m. and the game kicks off at 6:45 p.m. with the ceremonial police chief-fire chief puck drop. The police lead the lead the series 5-0.
"It's gotten bigger," said game organizer Steve Gahan. a Rochester Police Detective. "It's more in line with a legit game."
Numbers have increased on both sides, although, Gahan added, the talent level ranges from never played to advanced. There is no hitting, which keeps a recreational flair. Gahan added that people do have to get up and go to work the next day.
Last year Gahan said the event raised several hundred pounds of food that filled a side room at the arena.
"We're hoping to do the same this year," Gahan said.
He added, "Yes, we have a 5-0 lead. The fire department doesn't like to admit that."
Nute boys fall to Wilton
MILTON — The Nute boys basketball team dropped to 0-11 with Tuesday's 59-34 setback at Wilton/Lyndeborough.
Connor Davis led the Rams with 10 points, Corey Wilson added eight and Reggie Pennell tossed in five.
Nute plays at Newmarket Thursday.
Ram girls lose to Wilton
WILTON — The Nute girls basketball team dropped to 4-10 with Tuesday's 64-41 loss at Wilton/Lyndeborough.
Michelle Guindon led the Rams with 12 points.
Nute hosts Newmarket Thursday, Feb. 7.
Nute was a 50-27 winner at Lin-Wood (0-15) in Division IV on Friday.
Erin St. Lawrence led the way with 16 points.
On Jan. 30, Nute lost 41-35 at home to Derryfield.
Guindon scored 12 points for Nute while Alissa Mitchell added eight points.
Farmington boys all over Sanborn
FARMINGTON — The Farmington boys basketball team was a 51-28 winner over Sanborn (2-10) in Division III on Friday.
Shane Hill scored 10 for the Tigers (6-7), which lost to Gilford on Tuesday, 78-55, and visits Prospect Mountain Thursday, Feb. 7 (moved from Friday).
Noble leads Spaulding tracksters
HANOVER — In the Division I winter track championships Sunday at Dartmouth College, the Spaulding girls were 15th with five points.
Sophomore Anna Noble collected all of Spaulding's points with a fourth-place finish in the 55 hurdles and a sixth in the 600.
Bishop Guertin nipped Londonderry, 74-73, to capture the D-I girls' team title.
Roger N. Allen Baseball annual meeting
ROCHESTER — Roger N. Allen Baseball's annual meeting is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 16, 9 to 11 a.m., at the Rochester Community Center in the Community Room or Conference Room 1. Parents, coaches, and league officials, etc. are welcome.
Men's hockey: RSA upstages DeNiro
ROCHESTER — RSA Realty jumped out early and then celebrated a 6-2 win over DeNiro Development in Rochester Men's Hockey League action Monday.
RSA (7-5-4) built a 5-0 lead after two periods and was led by Ryan Thorpe with two goals and an assist. Also scoring were pat Rahn (assist), Casey Dumais (assist), Jeff McCutcheon (assist) and Ryan Montecalvo. Casey Cox made 28 saves.
For DeNiro (7-5-4), Jordan Blair and Tom Breslin scored. Pat Giguere stopped 26 shots.
Towle pallet edged Merrimack Mortgage, 4-3, with two goals in the third period.
Scoring for Towle (7-7-2) were Cody Chisholm (assist), Kyle Dunbar, Casey Goodell (assist) and John Desmarais. Dan Trepanier Stopped 27 shots. Goodell's goal was the game-winner.
For MM (3-11-2), Doug Colwell had two goals and Steve Fowler added the third. Derek Colwell made 34 saves.
In the nightcap, league-leading Seacoast Kettlebell outslugged Finishing Touches, 8-6.
Riley Leavitt and Zach Joy had hat tricks for Seacoast (10-5-4), while Zach Cobb added a goal and three assists and Steve Riker also lit the lamp. Keith Mackenzie made 27 saves.
Tom Tabb scored twice for FT (6-7-3). Marcus Dillon and Tim Puls had a goal and an assist each, while Kory Brieg and Jeff Berlin also scored. Ethan Baker stopped 27 shots.
Leading scorers (after 16 games): Nick French, FT, 28-14-42; Zach Cobb, Seacoast, 18-20-38; Scott Brown, Towle, 17-12-29; Steve MacIsaac, Seacoast, 17-11-28; Casey Goodell, Towle, 12-15-27; Tom Tabb, FT, 12-12-24; Tom Breslin, DeNiro, 11-12-23; Dan Houston, DeNiro, 12-9-21; Doug Colwell, MM, 12-9, 21; Tim Puls, FT, 6-14-20.


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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Daimler AG warned Wednesday that profits this year would be lower than last year's as it reported a 60 percent slide in first-quarter earnings amid slumping auto sales in Europe.
The maker of Mercedes-Benz luxury cars said net profit fell to 564 million euros ($733 million) from 1.42 billion euros in the same quarter a year ago. Revenue was down 3 percent at 26.1 billion euros.
Profits fell short of the 810 million euros expected by analysts surveyed by financial information provider FactSet. The company's share price was steady at €40.90 in morning trading in Europe.
Daimler laid much of the blame on the economic problems afflicting many countries in Europe. The economy of the 17 countries that use the euro currency is in a recession and struggling to reduce excessive levels of government debt.
CEO Dieter Zetsche said "many markets developed worse than expected for economic reasons, especially in Western Europe. "
Daimler kicked off what could be a rough earnings quarter for European carmakers, as the region's sales have slumped alarmingly in the first three months of the year. U.S.-based Ford Motor Co. reports earnings later Wednesday.
European auto sales fell 9.8 percent in March, the 18 monthly drop in a row, measured on a year on year basis, according to the European car industry association ACEA. Consumers are reluctant or unable to spend, as governments cut spending to deal with their debt problems. That has dented growth rates across Europe and pushed unemployment higher.
The economic fallout is worst in indebted countries in southern Europe such as Italy and Spain. But sales have also fallen in better-off Germany, home market for Daimler's flagship Mercedes-Benz luxury brand. Sales for all auto companies fell 13 percent there in March.
Stuttgart-based Daimler said it expected the U.S. and Chinese markets to grow but warned that European car sales would decline further this year. The company said that "the German market cannot detach itself from this development and is expected to fall significantly short of the previous year's level." Daimler also said the market for trucks would fall 5 percent due to the slow economy.
The company's flagship Mercedes brand saw sales fall in the key Chinese market as it reorganized its sales operation there. High spending of 1.6 billion euros on new plants and equipment also hurt earnings for the quarter.
The company said that earnings before interest and tax for this year would come in below last year's figure of 8.1 billion euros, due to lowered market expectations and the weak first quarter performance. The company had previously said this year's earnings would match last year's.
The profit prediction was also reduced because Daimler has sold its 15 percent stake in aerospace firm EADS, parent company of plane maker Airbus. Daimler's future earnings will therefore no longer include a share of EADS profits or losses. Daimler had 22.5 percent of EADS voting rights, and so had been reporting that proportion of EADS income.

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On a spectacular spring day at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, about 1,500 college kids are sitting by the lake outside the student union, drinking beer, listening to bands and waiting for Ralph Nader to show up and explain why he's running as the Green Party candidate for President of the United States. A woman with purple hair finishes playing the acoustic guitar, and a gaggle of Green Party activists troops onstage. The campus rep to the county board grabs the microphone, and someone announces it's his birthday. He begins to giggle uncontrollably. "Uh-oh, I guess the cookie is crumbled," he says. Another young Green Party member, who is running for governor of Wisconsin, introduces Nader, telling the crowd, "He's been fighting for your rights since before you were born–since before I was born, for sure." So far, this presidential campaign stop brought to you by Wayne's World.
Then Nader steps up to the mike, tall and gaunt, looking like Abraham Lincoln in his dark, rumpled suit. The whole stage seems to tilt forward under his relative weight. Next to this crew, his presence is overwhelming. As a sailboat glides by behind him, Nader invokes the civil rights and antiwar movements of the sixties. He praises the students for "the antisweatshop movement that's sweeping the country" and for recent protests against the IMF and the WTO. "After a long slumber, student activism is waking up," he says, and gets a rousing cheer.
Soon he's in full swing, nailing applause lines as he attacks corporate power. After decades of fighting for consumer protection, he says, today he finds that corporate lobbyists in Washington have made his job nearly impossible. "Commercial interests have congealed into giant economic interests" with such political clout that "the two parties have merged into one corporate party, with two heads and different makeup."
This anticorporate message bears some resemblance to the one that electrified voters briefly when John McCain delivered it during the Republican primary. But Nader's public-interest track record (he is frequently referred to as the most respected man in America) and the depth and breadth of his knowledge put other presidential candidates to shame.
"When do these corporations begin to lose credibility? They fought Social Security, Medicare, auto safety. They fought every social justice movement in this country," he tells the crowd, which is by now roaring its approval. "It's time for us to band together and strengthen this new Green Party here in Wisconsin and around the country."
Nader explains that he's running with the help of local grassroots activists, which is nice. But you can't help wondering about the future of the Republic if it's in the hands of the goofballs on stage with him in Madison–a bunch of nervous kids. Still, Nader's speech is so inspiring, and the reaction he produces is so strong, you get the feeling something big might be happening. Afterward the crowd gives him a standing ovation.
Nationwide, Nader has some older and weightier supporters. Paul Newman and Phil Donahue have contributed to his campaign. So have other liberals and progressives from New York to Hollywood, including two generations of idealists who got their start as "Nader's Raiders" in his citizen-action groups. So far he has raised $876,000. And he has pulled ahead of Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan, polling about 7 percent of prospective presidential votes. If he does that well nationally in November, the Green Party will qualify for about $12 million in public general-election funds, making it a much more formidable political force. The goal of his campaign, Nader says, is to build a nationwide network so that "in 2004 or 2008 there could really be a credible challenge to the major-party candidates." Meanwhile, if he gives the Democrats enough of a scare, he says, labor unions, consumer groups, environmentalists and other progressive interests can capture the attention of their representatives again.


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From ever-changing installations in the Neil Britton Gallery in Hofheimer Library and the Barclay Sheaks Gallery in Godwin Hall, to main stage productions of contemporary and classic plays in Hofheimer Theatre and more than a dozen exhilarating vocal and instrumental concerts, the Arts at Virginia Wesleyan are dedicated to stimulating the senses and broadening the liberal arts experience.
is located on the border of Norfolk and Virginia Beach, a short distance from Interstate 64's exit-282 (Northampton Blvd).
Unless otherwise noted, all theatrical and musical events take place in Hofheimer Theatre in the Fine Arts building. Convenient, free parking is available nearby, and in the Godwin lot for gallery visits. Upon entering the campus, a security officer at the gate will direct you.
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Annie I. Podesta
May 17, 1916 - July 21, 2013
Annie I. Podesta, age 97, of Stockton, CA, passed away on Sunday, July 21, 2013 in Stockton. She
was born on May 17, 1916 in Manteca to
her parents,
Salvatore and
Virginia Carbone.
Annie met Tillio Podesta, a local area farmer, and in June1938 they married and started their life together. In addition to farming with her husband, Annie was also employed by Tri Valley Growers, as Head Floor Lady, for 35 years.
Annie is survived by her loving children: David (Priscilla) Podesta and Barbara (Lou) Mazzera. She is also survived by 2 grandchildren: Michelle Mazzera-Mayo and Dave Podesta, Jr., and 4 great grandchildren: Taya and Mia Mayo and Madison and Chase Podesta, beloved sister-in-law Renata Carbone, nephew Ron (Caroline) Carbone and niece
Virginia Iturreria and numerous grand-nieces, nephews and friends. Annie was preceded in death by her husband Tillio, and her siblings Rose Carbone, Mayme Azevedo, Albert and John Carbone.
Annie's greatest joys in life were centered around home and family. She enjoyed cooking and gardening and excelled at both. She will always be remembered for her love of life and family, her warm and ready smile, her sense of humor and for the joy she found in the simple pleasures of life.
Annie's family wishes to thank her doctors for their years of dedication and kind and compassionate care.
Relatives and friends are invited to a Chapel Service for Annie at 11 a.m. on Monday, July 29, 2013, at DeYoung Memorial Chapel, 601 N. California St., Stockton, followed by the Committal at San Joaquin Catholic Cemetery, 719 E. Harding Way, Stockton. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a charity of your choice.
Online guestbook at deyoungchapels.com


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"We will be young, and a little experienced here and there," said Jon Ireland, who is in his third year as head coach of the Lady Bisons. "This is the most talented group we have had. We have the ability to do some really good things."
The Lady Bisons are facing Austin Peay from the Ohio Valley Conference at 7 at the Lipscomb Soccer Complex. Not only is this the opener for women's soccer, but it is also the first official athletic event of the 2009-10 season. It is also the first regular season game for Austin Peay.
"We have had a very difficult preseason," said Ireland. "We have spent so much time on a variety of things ranging from set pieces to walk throughs.
"This will be the first time we will get tested. The biggest key is how we will do under pressure. We have tried to put our players through the most pressure that we could during practice, but it is hard to replicate a game."
In the net Ireland plans to split time between freshmen Erin Zerio and Ally Marler. Each will play one half.
Fellow freshmen Kameron Stilwell and Katie Wood will start on defense, Martika Powe in the middle and Emily Longden at a forward spot.
The Lady Bisons have spent long hours on the field during preseason drills, sometimes practicing six-to-eight hours each day. But despite the long hours of work they have also found time to make two visits to Lakeshore Wedgewood Retirement Center.
"That has been a great experience for us," said Ireland. "We are so focused on soccer, soccer, soccer. This takes their minds away from that and puts things in perspective. We realize how lucky we are and how much we take for granted."
The Lady Bisons go room-to-room and visit the residents. In the two visits friendships have already formed between some players and residents.
"It has been a neat experience," said Ireland. "We plan to continue to do that throughout the year.
"It helps the players realize the focus is not just on us. It is also about other people. Even though we haven't had a lot of extra time we felt like it was important for them to be there. Our season is going to come down to our teamwork."
Ireland admits that Austin Peay will be a tough challenge for his team.
"They always pass the ball well," said Ireland. "They are a possession-oriented team. They like to knock it around. They will come in expecting to beat us."


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Roots wrote:I don't know why we are even talking about this, considering this is a design consideration for late in the game, and we are still at the very beginning. Seems like a pointless discussion since by the time we get to that point, we would have likely forgotten that this topic ever took place.
You want forum activity, you got it.
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Alternative Rock
A great sport cliff. It faces south west so is in the shade all morning until around midday or longer in winter. It is perfect for summer, and a bit too cold in winter.
The face is on the south (back side) of Mount Everest, it can't be seen from any of the other crags or roads.To get there take the road that runs from the reception area towards the camp site and park on some rough grass on the right just after a bend. Find the faint trail and head up hill towards the shoulder of the mountain. After a flat section trend down the other side diagonally until under the obvious cliffs; the path then climbs up to the base of the cliff.
Route List
Alternative Rock Routes are listed from right to left because climbers usually work their way along the crag in this direction
|Trinity Session
|FA: Glen Harrison (1995)
|From the cave, walk along the ledge to the right for about 10m. The route takes the last line of bolts along the face. The ledge is quite exposed at this point, so clip in at the base of the route before belaying. The crux can be avoided by moving up and around to the right to reach the lower off bolts. Place your ropes with care to avoid sharp edges when lowering.
|Aggro Grannies
|FA: Glen Harrison and Mike Behr (1996)
|Climb the pocketed face just left of 'Trinity Session'.
|Pressure Cookie
|FA: Ruth Behr (1996)
|Start from a semi-hanging stance and climb the line of bolts immediately left of 'Aggro Grannies'.
|Long Haired Freaky People
|FA: Mike Behr and Glen Harrison (1996)
|Climb the bolts immediately left of 'Pressure Cookie'. By now you should be about 4m to the right of the cave.
|I Saw Elvis At The Chains
|FA: Mike and Ruth Behr (1995)
|Start up the first three bolts of 'Some Girls Wonder' and then climb straight up the dark wall to the right of 'Opening Night'. This is a fine sequence of boulder problems at a medium grade on a vertical wall.
|Opening Night
|FA: Dave Walden (1996)
|One of the best climbs at Everest, some run out sections but perfectly safe. Climb diagonally left up the first four bolts of 'Some Girls Wonder' then climb straight up the blackish face toward the bush (15 m up). Finished way up high on the orange headwall via some underclings and a pump.
|Some Girls Wonder
|FA: Gunther Migeotte (1995)
|Start at the right-hand edge of the cave and climb up diagonally left over the top of the cave until you are about 3m left of the start. Continue straight up to the first set of anchors.
|By Mistake
|FA: Gunther Migeotte (1995)
This is simply a short extension of 'Some Girls Wonder'. Continue straight up the orange head wall to the next set of anchors.
|Dented Karma
|FA: Alard Hufner
|Follow the line of bolts near the left-hand side of the cave.
|Gaper Trail
|FA: Matthew Murrison
|The line left of 'Dented Karma'.
|Cosmic Girl –
|Bolted by Colin Crabtree (1997) FA: Harry Crews 2011
|Best of the harder climbs. Start on the pockets then up and slightly right. Don't use the obvious "death underclings'. Great power endure!
12. Space Cowboy (27/28) 14D *** FA: Glen Harrison (1996) This route takes the line of bolts immediately left of the 'Cosmic Girl' project. The steep bouldery start (crux) is followed by excellent, exposed climbing. Some holds may have deteriorated on the headwall, could be harder than 27..? 13. Alice In Chains (24) 10D **** FA: Gunther Migeotte and Mike Behr (1995) A great steep pump! The leftmost line on the face up the juggy steep stuff. Climb straight up, breaking through an overlap about one third of the way up the route.
The next six routes from 'Suicide Blonde' to 'Jagged Little Pill' start from a ledge a few metres above the pathway to the left of the cave. Either scramble up to the ledge on the right below 'Suicide Blonde', or walk around to the left and scramble up below 'Jagged Little Pill'. Do not attempt to climb straight up to the routes that start from the centre of the ledge, as the rock below the ledge is loose and unprotected. 14. Suicide Blonde (22) 7D **** FA: Mike and Ruth Behr (1995) Start from the extreme right hand edge of the ledge on top of the boulder. This is a powerful and technical route. 15. Dancing in the Dark (23) 8D *** FA: Arno Naude (1995) Take the line to the left of 'Suicide Blonde'. 16. Red, Red Wine (22) 10D ** FA: Arno Naude and Gerhard Kruger (1996) Start about 4m to the left of 'Dancing in the Dark'. This is yet another steep and testing line. 17. Simply the Best (22) 7D ***** FA: Arno Naude (1995) To the left of 'Red, Red Wine'. This is an excellent line - pumpy and reachy. 18. Fergus Sings the Blues (23) 7D *** FA: Mike Behr (1995) To the left of 'Simply the Best'. Another pumpy and reachy line. 19. Jagged Little Pill (22) 7D *** FA: Ruth Behr (1997) This is the left-most line starting from the ledge. Belay from the tree in the corner and climb the line of bolts 2m to the left of 'Fergus Sings the Blues'.
The following routes are further to the left on a much shorter wall that is separated from the previous section of the mountain by a deep gully. To reach these routes, continue walking to along the path to the left, up a rise past a tree and down the other side to the small cave. 20. Grimly Fiendish (26) 6D *** FA: Colin Crabtree (1996) Bolted by Glen Harrison This route takes the first line of bolts after the gully. This is a fierce line with a committing dyno crux. 21. Keep the Change (22) 7D *** FA: Mike Behr (1995) Climb the left-hand side of the flake just to the left of 'Grimly Fiendish'. 22. Buckets Full of Sickness (21) 7D **** FA: Ruth Behr (1995) Start 2m left of 'Keep the Change' and climb the right-hand side of the flake. 23. Little Wibbler (20) 5D *** FA: Glen Harrison and Mike Behr (1996) Start to the left of 'Buckets Full of Sickness' and 2m to the right of an obvious corner. 24. Ts and Cs (25) 7D ** FA: Ian Guest (1996) Caution: Beware of loose rock. This steep line starts left of the corner and follows a series of pockets and under clings. 25. Tim's Project The line of bolts to the left of 'Ts and Cs'. Note: The bolts are unsafe at this stage. 26. Broiler on a Razor Blade - Project (26) 7D *** Bolted by Stephan lsebeck and Russel Basset. This should be an open project by now? It is a short route that disappears around a fierce-looking bulge. 27. Diving Board (23) 7D *** FA: Ian Guest (1996) This is the fourth and final line of bolts to the left of the corner. It is a steep, juggy line that requires a good reach.


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The Syllable desktop operating system project announced that they have started selling professional-quality CDs through a Syllable shop at online print-on-demand publisher Lulu. Additionally, these CDs will be available at Syllable's booth on open-source conference FOSDEM. In other news, Syllable's software site Kamidake and documentation site, Syllable User's Bible, both got an overhaul. And lastly, the Syllable VMWare player has been updated to include Syllable's developer's tools.


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Mark Hayward's City Matters: Abortion battle is fought on a quiet streetBY MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 23. 2013 10:58PM
Tuesday marked the 40th anniversary of Roe v Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that determined women had a constitutional right to abortion and legalized the procedure across the country.
Battles have raged ever since, in legislative halls and courtrooms. On sidewalks and chat rooms. With guns, placards and acrimony. Political careers have risen and fallen on the issue. Abortion doctors and their assistants have been excoriated. Some have been shot, some have died.
Here, too, in Manchester, the battle continues.
On a quiet North End street every Thursday, protesters gather outside the Planned Parenthood of Northern New England clinic. That is abortion day at the clinic, they say, a day where they figure that at least a dozen abortions take place.
They plant protest signs and pictures of the Virgin Mary in snowbanks and parked cars. They stand with heads bowed or trudge along a snow-covered sidewalk.
Most clutch rosaries. Their weapons are literature, a lapel pin with a facsimile of fetal-sized feet, and a 4-inch fetus doll as soft as Play-Doh.
Their ammunition is prayer, and - if they can coax a patient to speak to them - encouragement to consider an alternative.
"The only thing that works is if God touches their heart," said Susan Clifton, a homemaker who used to work as a pediatric nurse. Her face holds a look of sad contemplation over the hours she stands outside.
From 8 to 10 a.m., she and two others stand on a sidewalk outside the clinic.
A security guard keeps clear a path for cars into a parking lot. But for the driveway, the lot is shielded by a 6-foot-high picket fence.
"Good morning, can I speak to you?" asks Catherine Kelley, an Auburn resident who is by far the most outgoing of the three. Hers is a loud-speaking voice, registering just below a shout but loud enough to hear 20, 30 feet away.
She speaks to women exiting cars and walking to the clinic. She offers them something to read. "Women do regret abortion," she tells them.
The Manchester clinic opened in 2002, avoiding the late 20th-century tactics of Operation Rescue, when protesters elsewhere chained themselves to the cars of abortion doctors, held aloft images of aborted fetuses and excoriated patients as baby killers.
"You try to engage them. The word 'kill' is a turnoff," Kelley said.
She said she is a quiet person and this does not come easy for her. She spent her energies catching feral cats and having them neutered before turning to anti-abortion activities five years ago.
Most people ignore her, but this is New Hampshire, where people aren't afraid to speak their mind.
"Get a life. You have no idea what's going on," a woman in a group of three young people says as she walks to the door. A man smoking a cigarette outside the door says "No, thank you" when Kelley asks to speak to him. "Not today," said one woman Kelley had managed to speak to during a previous visit.
She gets no thumbs-up, but a few flash another upward-pointing finger her way.
Planned Parenthood is not happy with the protesters.
The organization has to either hire security guards or off-duty police to make sure the protesters don't encroach, said Jennifer Frizzell, senior policy adviser of Planned Parenthood Northern New England.
A greeter walks to cars and escorts patients to the entrance, using an open umbrella to shield them.
About a year ago, the clinic installed security cameras on the perimeter.
Many patients complain, and the organization logs the complaints, Frizzell said.
"We regularly get complaints about verbal harassment, intimidation," Frizzell said. "The protesters get right in their face, their space. Most (patients) have written material pushed on them. It's an extremely disruptive, often upsetting experience for the patient."
She said patients who arrive by foot or public transportation have to walk past the protesters. And she questioned whether they might have been on their best behavior during my visit last week. Last October, she said, protesters followed home a worker and confronted her. The next day she quit.
Frizzell said Vermont and Massachusetts laws establish buffer zones around abortion clinics. "The time has come for us to begin having a conversation, either with state legislators or the city officials in Manchester," about such a zone, she said.
Frizzell also said that the protesters are wrong when they suspect that everyone coming into the clinic on Thursday is there for an abortion; some are making appointments or picking up birth control. But she wouldn't detail when abortions take place.
By 10:30 a.m., two of the original three picketers have left, but about eight others have arrived. One Bedford woman fingers a rosary as large as a lasso.
One woman builds up a snow bank and crowns it with a stuffed Teddy Bear and a toy dump truck. A man with an NRA stocking cap carries a sign that reads "Blessed Mother Stop Planned Parenthood." Most walk and mouth the rosary. I get the notion that the volume of prayer here rivals that said by my mother while raising three reckless teenagers in the '70s.
Kelley is also president of Pray for Life Center, a nonprofit organization that rents an apartment across Pennacook Street from the clinic. Protesters use it to warm up and get a cup of coffee. Rooms are filled with statues, photographs of past protests and pro-life pamphlets.
On the line, the protesters chat with the security guard, who politely tells them when they step over the property line.
Kelley said Planned Parenthood stopped paying the $55-hourly rates for police details recently and opted for $9-an-hour unarmed security guards.
One policeman got an earful from his wife when he called her to say where he was working, Kelley said.
A Muslim security guard and Hispanic interpreter have vowed they will never return after learning it is an abortion clinic, Kelley said.
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Bifocal contact lenses have been developed for people who have both nearsightedness and presbyopia. Bifocal lenses provide correction for both near and distance vision on each lens. A number of designs are available in hard and soft lenses.
There are two main types of bifocal contact lenses:
- Segmented (also called alternating or translating). These resemble standard bifocal eyeglasses, in which there are two distinct areas, or segments, of the lens. You have to look through these different parts of the lens for distance vision (upper) and near vision (lower), and the lenses can move, making vision inconsistent. In some cases, the lenses may be weighted to keep them properly oriented on your eye.
- Concentric or simultaneous. These lenses provide correction for near or distance vision in the centre of the lens, and correction for the other type of vision in a ring surrounding the centre. There is usually a sharp boundary between the two areas. A special type of concentric lens, called aspheric, provides a gradual transition between the areas for near and distance vision. This can provide a way to correct for vision at intermediate distances. Because concentric or simultaneous contact lens designs provide correction for both near and distance vision close to the centre of the lens, both near and far objects can be in focus at the same time. Your brain must learn to select the visual information it needs to form an image of either near or distant objects, so simultaneous bifocal contact lenses may require some adjustment.
Some people are not satisfied with bifocal contact lenses. They may:
- Have a hard time adjusting to the different areas for near and distance vision.
- Be dissatisfied with the quality of the vision correction provided by the lenses.
- Have problems with glare at night.
Some vision problems cannot be corrected very well by current designs for bifocal lenses.
Also, because they are more complex, bifocal contact lenses require a longer fitting process and are usually more expensive than single-vision contacts.
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Pearl Street lot proposal involves student housing in Manchester
By TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
Aldermen say no to student housing tower in Manchester
— The chief executive of a Massachusetts-based development company has unveiled a proposal for an eight-story "student housing" tower that it would like to build at the current site of the city's Pearl Street parking lot.
The tower would contain three lower floors of parking for the general public and six floors of student housing, meant to serve some of the 20,000 students who attend area schools, including the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, the New Hampshire Institute of Art and Southern New Hampshire University.
"We're excited about this project. We've done a substantial amount of analysis of the market, and we're very confident in this product," James Vitas, the CEO of VMD Companies of Andover, Mass., told members of the aldermen's Committee on Land and Buildings on Monday. "There's plenty of funding for this asset class, for student housing."
VMD is seeking to buy the Pearl Street lot, which generates about $150,000 in annual revenue for the city. In order to sell the lot directly to VMD, aldermen would have to vote to suspend rules that require city land be sold through public auction, on the grounds that selling to the developer was in the city's "best interest."
Several aldermen indicated that they were "excited" about the project, but wanted to more time to review the proposal and to determine an appropriate price for the lot.
"We don't have a history working with you guys," Alderman-At-Large Joe Kelly Levasseur said. "We've dealt with other developers who have not come though before. But members of the board I've talked to are excited about it. We want to do it right."
The committee voted to have VMD submit a formal letter of intent to purchase the property, which would begin the process of arriving at a price.
A report commissioned by the city's assessing board has valued the lot at $1.3 to 1.5 million.
Mayor Ted Gatsas has met with the proponents of the project. Gatsas, who was not at Monday's meeting, has raised concern about selling city parking lots for too low a price.
At Monday's meeting, Vitas emphasized the economic benefits that could come from the building, which he estimated would be worth up to $70 million when completed.
He said that by keeping commuting students in city, $18.5 million could be pumped into the local economy, through spending on groceries, nightlife and other products.
It's not clear at this point if VMD if seeking to develop the project itself or acquire the rights for another developer. Vitas told aldermen that the firm is involved in a mixed-use project in Portsmouth and another on the Seacoast.
A portfolio of projects was not available on VMD's website, which states that the company "specializes in the acquisition, permitting and approvals, leasing, and disposition of commercial real estate."
Vitas presented a rendering of the proposed tower at Monday's meeting, but he decline to provide the image to the New Hampshire Union Leader.


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A leaked letter from U.S. Defense SecretaryJames Mattisto his U.K. counterpart Gavin Williamsonsuggests that the U.S. is unhappy with U.K. military spending.Mattis even appeared to hint that France mighttake the U.K.'splace as the preferredmilitary partner unless the Brits get their act together.
But wait a minute: Of NATO members, isn't the U.K. an A student when it comes to defense spending? According to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, only the U.S. and barely solvent Greece spent a greater share of economic output on defense last year. Moreover, unlike most other NATO members, the U.K. has consistently spent more than 2 percent of its gross domestic product on the military, never failing to fulfill the obligationthat U.S. President Donald Trump has held up as a measure of loyalty to the alliance.
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In absolute terms, too, it's the second-biggest defense spender in NATO afterthe U.S., with $55 billion in last year's outlay. And it's not spending most of its budget on personnel, the way Turkey and many of the smaller alliance members do; at 22 percent of the total, its equipment spending share is closer to France's 24 percent and the U.S.'s 28 percent than to pacifist Germany's 14 percent.
So if the U.S. has a problem with the U.K.'s commitment, could it be satisfied with any of its allies at all? And could Mattis be serious about France, which has chronically failed to spend 2 percent on the military? Didn't French President Emmanuel Macron, soon after taking office last year, causethe head of the French armed forces, General Pierre de Villiers, to quit in disgust over proposed budget cuts?
Mattis, however,does have somevalid reasons to be "concerned," as his letter states, about the U.K.'s continued ability to provide a "critical military foundation" for diplomatic success.
The U.K.'s ability to maintain defense spending of more than 2 percent GDP is in question. Earlier this year, the International Institute for Strategic Studies published its annual Military Balance,
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Puzzle Retreat may not have the most imaginative name in the world, but its variety of puzzles are brain-taxingly imaginative right from the off. If order and deductive logic are your thing, or you just want to train those brain cells and frustrate your way to each puzzle's solution, then this is a simple but effective time killer.
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We're suckers for puzzle games, and Puzzle Retreat - as its name suggests - will grab you by the grey matter and use up all your power of thought.
The concept is thus: slide blocks from their fixed positions around a board so they drop ice into their neighbouring hole. It's possible to slide these blocks in vertical or horizontal positions and once used up that's the end of that. Use every block and ice up each hole and - boom - that's the level complete.
The first levels which are essentially used to educate about the game's process are easy to grasp, but things quickly get more complex. Ice, as we all know, is slippery, and its this logic that's used to creative effect: blocks can slide over the already placed ice blocks in order to slip into the next available position beyond, but this will require a little forethought to get the order of each block's movement correct.
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Test Architecture for Next-Generation NAND Flash
By Ken Hanh Lai, Advantest America, Inc., product marketing manager
Over the next four years, market research firm, IC Insights, forecasts the NAND Flash market to have the third-highest revenue-growth rate among all semiconductor segments as well as stronger bit growth than DRAM. Mobile phones and tablets are driving eMMC volume, pushing faster speeds and transitioning into UFS and other higher speed interfaces. Other applications such as Ultrabooks and enterprise storage solutions are spurring SSD growth, demanding even greater quality and higher speeds for both ONFi and Toggle NAND interfaces.
To keep up with burgeoning market demands, NAND technology is rapidly evolving – in fact, intrinsically shifting. All major NAND manufacturers have begun sub-20nm process migration, further shrinking the basic 2-D NAND memory cell design. Also, more bits are being squeezed into each Flash cell as manufacturers increase from 2-bits-per-cell to 3-bits-per-cell. Recently, Samsung Electronics announced that it is now fabricating 3-bits-per-cell NAND Flash memory devices with 10nm class process technology. Many industry experts believe that 2-D NAND scaling would eventually reach its limit at 10nm process technology. As a result, the industry is adopting novel 3-D NAND lithography processes such as Samsung TCAT, Toshiba BiCS, SK Hynix DC-SF and Macronix BE-SONOS which drastically change the basic memory cell design.
These advances in NAND Flash technology have raised quality and reliability challenges for NAND manufacturers, renewing the need for increased test coverage without hiking up the cost of test and dampening market growth. To deliver the needed performance economically, NAND manufacturers need a test solution with architecture capable of increasing yield and throughput. This paper examines NAND Flash test requirements at the package level and shows how the right ATE architecture can meet them most efficiently.
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As with other commodity products, NAND Flash per-bit ASP has been declining dramatically. According to Gartner Dataquest, ASP per Gigabyte of NAND Flash declined from $7,870 in 1997 to just $0.25 in 2012. With the recent industry consolidation, per-bit ASP has stabilized somewhat. Still, Gartner 2Q13 forecast shows a CAGR of -18.7% during 2012-2017. As a result, NAND Flash manufacturers are under constant pressure to reduce cost. One of the ways to reduce cost is to minimize the cost of test. This places the burden on IC manufacturers to utilize the most economical NAND test solution that delivers high throughput and maximizes yield.
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The Screaming Eagles are a Mercenary Unit noted for an illustrious battle record stretching back to their days as the Star League Defense Force's Regular Army as the Two Hundred-Fiftieth BattleMech Division.
- 1 History
- 1.1 Star League
- 1.2 Early Succession Wars
- 1.3 Second Succession War
- 1.4 The Fourth Succession War
- 1.5 War of 3039
- 1.6 In Service of the Periphery and Chaos March
- 1.7 Return to House Davion and on the Periphery Border
- 1.8 Jihad
- 2 Officers
- 3 Tactics
- 4 Unit Colors & Insignia
- 5 Dragoon Ratings
- 6 Composition History
- 7 Notes
- 8 References
- 9 Bibliography
Star League[edit]
The Division then nicknamed the The Stalingrad Division was assigned in 2764, as a part of the LVIII Corps, Seventh Army, to District 3 of the Capellan Confederation Military Region.
The unit was part of the force that was deployed to the Periphery in 2765, to participate in the offensive to put down second Periphery rebellion. The 250th fought in the Periphery campaign successfully and joined General Kerensky in his campaign to liberation of the Terran Hegemony.
Unlike many of its fellow Seventh Army units, the Division survived the Star League Civil War. However, the unit's loyalties to Kerensky fractured when he called for the SLDF to take part in Operation Exodus. Only parts of the Division would travel with Kerensky on his Exodus in 2784.[1]
The 555th Honor Guard Brigade and 556th Honor Guard Brigade would remain in the Inner Sphere and entered the service of Federated Suns as the mercenary unit, the Screaming Eagles.[2] A battalion of the 250th also joined the AFFS directly, joining with battalions recruited from the 199th Dragoon Regiment and 396th Dragoon Regiment to form the Third Ceti Hussars.[3]
Early Succession Wars[edit]
The Screaming Eagles did not fare well during the First Succession War and had been reduced to only two Regiments by the end of the Second Succession War.
Second Succession War[edit]
Having been stationed on the Federated Suns border with the Outworlds Alliance, the Thirty-ninth Avalon Hussars were in the process of being relocated to the Capellan March in preparation for Operation DAO when the Capellan Confederation Armed Forces launched Operation CELT, another attempt to capture Chesterton. The Thirty-ninth were retasked, joining the Bald Eagles regiment of the Screaming Eagles in the relief of besieged Fourth Syrtis Fusiliers on Demeter. The arrival of the Thirty-ninth and the Bald Eagles in the Demeter system on the 30th of June 2828 and the news of the death of Chancellor Ilsa Liao on Orbisonia convinced the senior CCAF officer, Colonel Jiang Bao, to withdraw his forces. Having inflicted heavy damage on the Fusiliers, the Twenty-fifth Sian Dragoons and First Redfield Regulars withdrew, and First Prince Paul Davion would subsequently award Colonel Damien Hasek, the Commanding Officer of the Fusiliers, the dukedom of New Syrtis for his actions in defence of Demeter.[4]
The Fourth Succession War[edit]
While still in service of House Davion, the unit participated in First Prince Hanse Davion's Operation Rat. The unit was garrisoned on Skepptana prior to beginning of the war.[5]
House Davion contracted the Eagles for use both regiments to the House Liao world of Pleione in mid 3028 as part of their first action in the Fourth Succession War.
The Third Battalion of McCrimmon's Light Cavalry was assigned to defend the planet. Initially, the Eagles' AeroSpace Fighter coverage caught the Light Cavalry in the open and decimated them. However, the Light Cavalry survivors fell back to an ancient mountain top SLDF fortress called Thunder Rock. The Fortress had been converted into a supply depot and headquarters. This allowed for the Light Cavalry's survivors to endure a three week siege to the frustration of the Eagles' Top Commander, Walther Hokala. It was not until the Eagle's managed move one of its smaller units to mountaintop which worked its way though to the entrance and into the base. The fighting reduced the Third Battalion to a single 'Mech company forcing a surrender. With its defenders gone, Pleione's population was easily subdued by mercenaries.
The Eagles then detached two battalions to garrison the planet and moved on to its next objective: Gan Singh.[6]
Gan Singh[edit]
On Gan Singh, the planet's Militia fought well against the Eagles, but were defeated because of the Eagles' numerical superiority. The Eagles were backed up by the Fourth Garrison Force consisting of six regiments of garrison troops.[7]
New Canton & Disgrace[edit]
During the invasion of New Canton, regiments of the unit were divided to take certain objectives. The world was defended by the 1st Battalion of 4th Confederation Reserve Cavalry and the 3rd Battalion of the Trimaldi's Secutors.
Canton River[edit]
The 1st Screaming Eagles, under command of Colonel Opson Mathis, was tasked with hunting down the 4th Reserve who operated in the jungles of the north continent of New Canton. The 1st Regiment, along with its five supporting Almach Food Soldiers, fruitlessly hunted for Capellan units and their supporting infantry. The 4th Reserves took to conducting guerilla warfare against the Eagles. The Capellans' Attack and Fade tactics enraged the 1st Eagles' commander. The 1st Eagles caught the 4th Reserves at the foot of washed up bridge at Canon River. Cornered and unable to retreat the Capellan 'Mech forces surrendered to the Eagles. However, Colonel Mathis, ignoring the House Davion's rules, had the surrendered MechWarriors welded into their cockpits and pushed into raging river. The 7th Almach Foot Soldiers' commander Colonel Roberta Gathos arrived and discovered what happened. She demanded Mathis surrender, although he refused until the entire 1st Eagle walked to Gathos's side did he finally concede and surrender to her custody. The regiment was then temporarily transferred to Benson Yuli, whom originally to sided with Colonel Gathos.[8]
Fight in Blue Dragon Mountains[edit]
The 2nd Screaming Eagles, while under command of Colonel Hokala, moved to take out the Secutors whom had been stationed in mountainous regions of the Southern Continent of New Canton. The 2nd Eagles, backed by the 5th Almach Tank & 18th & 21st Almach Foot Infantry Regiments pursued the Capellan forces into the Blue Dragon Mountains. The Secutors had fought well and inflicted heavy damage as they led the Eagle on a merry chase through the mountains.
The frustrated Colonel Hokala decided to have garrison infantry airlifted ahead of the Secutors' advance into the Blue Mountain Pass. They would act as a holding force while 2nd Eagles came up from the rear and finished the Capellan forces.
As the infantry forces delayed the Secutors' 'Mech forces, 2nd Eagle was attacked by Capellan tank forces. The New Canton Armored Guard conducted a suicidal assault against the Eagles in a bid to delay them. The tank regiment's sacrifice slowed the Eagles for six days which proved enough time to destroy two-thirds of the Davion infantry forces.[9]
Aftermath of the New Canton[edit]
After this action the Eagles were tried and found not guilty of wrong doing, however both actions stained the unit's reputation permanently.[10] This led to the unit's eventual expulsion from Davion service and Mathis was cashiered from service of the Screaming Eagles.[11]
War of 3039[edit]
Mis-Jump to Elidere IV[edit]
Still in the service of the now Federated Commonwealth, the unit was contracted to backup 1st Ceti Hussars RCT in the invasion of the Draconis Combine. The units deployed in April of 3039 towards their target world of Elidere IV. During transit the Eagles' main JumpShip plotted an incorrect jump point and sent the bulk of the forces to a secondary rallying point in an uninhabited system. The Ceti Hussars' commander of the mission, Marshal Patrick Meldon, thought the bulk of the mercenaries were either lost or dead. The Eagles finally arrived just as Marshal Meldon's 1st Ceti Hussars finished conquering the planet.[12]
Fight to hold Elidere IV[edit]
On 11 July, the 1st Screaming Eagles were assigned to garrison Elidere while Marshal Meldon departed with the 1st Ceti for their invasion of Misery. However, shortly on 26th July, unmarked JumpShips with unmarked military DropShips arrived in system. Reports of Combine forces counter-striking the invasion along the invasion corridor alerted the Eagles' commanding officer, Colonel Hokala. He drafted a number of plans to try and counter a large attacking force. He decided on a plan to fill the battlefield with an extensive smoke screen to allow a demi-battalion's worth of 'Mechs to hit the enemy under cover of the smoke.
On August 5th, the unhurried DropShips landed two BattleMech Regiments. Their 'Mechs, painted only in ghostly white, included some ancient designs last fielded by the Star League centuries ago.
The two forces met on the plains outside of Jasco City where the Eagles attempted to employ the smoke screen. The mysterious force's weaponry outranged their 'Mech weapons. Hokala ordered his LRM launchers to fire and fill the plains with smoke. However, the mysterious Combine 'Mechs, in an unprecedented display of precision, shot down the missiles. This left gaps in the smokescreen of the attacking demi-battalion and they were easily destroyed.
Within a half-hour the Screaming Eagles lost half their numbers. Colonel Hokala signaled the mysterious enemy that he was willing to surrender and withdraw. A Hatamoto-Chi BattleMech lifted its arm to signal a halt to hostilities. They allowed the Eagles to recover only their ejected MechWarriors, and destroyed any vehicle attempting to salvage equipment from the battlefield. Shortly after, the Eagles left the planet to what was later named the 9th and 10th Ghost Regiments.[13]
The 2nd Screaming Eagles regiment was assigned to Marshal Patrick Meldon's task force. They jumped off world of Glenmora to Elidere I. From there they jumped to Misery, where they just missed the Ryuken-roku departing the system for another assault. Before the 2nd Eagles' task force could move to take the planet they were told to put their invasion plans on hold. The ships of the task force remained in orbit of Misery for three weeks, until returning to their JumpShips and heading back to Glenmora.[14]
In Service of the Periphery and Chaos March[edit]
By 3053, the unit found itself in service of the Magistracy of Canopus with whom they signed a long-term defense contract. The unit was loaned out to its Trinity Alliance partner, House Liao, who deployed the Eagles to Chaos March to conduct unspecified tasks for the Alliance.
In 3062 while on Epsilon Eridani the 2nd Screaming Eagles were ambushed by Word of Blake's 1st Division. The Blakist attack shattered the regiment and forced them to retreat. They reached the Capellan world of Kaifeng where landing was refused. The 1st Screaming Eagles abandoned its garrison contract to meet with their near-destroyed comrades on Outreach. The Blakists then exposed a secret decade-long deal between the 2nd Eagles and House Davion to spy for them since 3055. The contract with Canopus was subsequently cancelled based on the charge of spying for a foreign power. This forced them to return to the only realm that would accept them, House Davion.[15]
Return to House Davion and on the Periphery Border[edit]
The unit, unable to rebuild itself, consolidated into a reinforced BattleMech Regiment and reinforced combined arms regiment of armored vehicles and infantry. The unit then entered the service of Duke James Sandoval of the Draconis March. The March Lord assigned the unit to garrison the Outworlds Alliance border world of Kilbourne. This prevented the unit's involvement in the FedCom Civil War.
In October 3071, the Eagles received orders from Draconis March Intelligence Command, which ordered the unit to strike the Outworlds Alliance planet of Ramora in pre-emptive attack against Blakist forces. Leaving behind the unit's 4th BattleMech Battalion and the 77th Armor to garrison Kilbourne they attacked.
The units on the strike mission used pirate points to slip by the planet's would-be Blakist defenders. The unit's executive officer, Lt. Colonel Lewis, identified the defenders as Clan Snow Raven. Despite their fast entry, the world's protectors were waiting for them. A trinary from the 6th Raven Battle Cluster and the Outworlds Alliance Borderers moved to engage them in a battle. The Eagles won the day but suffered fifty percent casualties including their lead strategist, Lt. Colonel Lewis.
After salvaging Clan equipment the unit returned to base only to find the rest of the 6th Raven Battle Cluster was striking back at them. The 77th Armor's artillery assets solely held back the angry Clanners and their Alliance airborne allies. Colonel Lafayette's battered command managed to tip the balance of the battle and led to the destruction of the entire Snow Raven Cluster.
Shortly after the battle, Lafayette contacted March's intelligence command to report what happened and discovered that command never ordered them to strike the Alliance at all. A false order from unknown parties possibly caused the Eagles to trigger the border war with the newly-arrived Clan.[16]
The Screaming Eagles had lost many of their BattleMechs, but to compensate for this they increased their conventional forces and began deploying battle armor troops. Even though they still need to rebuild nearly forty percent of their forces in 3079, this regiment is stationed on Kentwood as the cornerstone of the Federated Suns' defense against aggression from the Outworlds Alliance and their Clan Snow Raven partners.[17]
As of 3025 the commanding officer of the unit was Colonel Walther Hokala[18]
As of 3059 the commanding officer of the Unit was Colonel Samuel "Buck" Layette[19]
As of 3061 the commanding officer of the unit was Colonel Tam Lafayette. She is the daughter of Buck Layette, the previous commanding officer of the Eagles. She is weak in strategic thinking and relies on her XO, Lt. Colonel Lewis for advice.[20]
The unit practices the use of Combined Arms to better support their infantry and armor units. The unit employs Arrow IV on their Aerospace fighters to devastate an enemy after the main unit softens them up.[21]
Unit Colors & Insignia[edit]
The unit maintains its original Star League color scheme of Olive Green. The unit insignia is a diving eagle set on a blue and green background.
Dragoon Ratings[edit]
Rated B-
Rated C
Composition History[edit]
250th BattleMech Division
250th BattleMech Division
- The Second (conventional) Armored Cavalry RCT and an additional Infantry Brigade are attached along with two Mercenary BattleMech Battalions.[22]
Screaming Eagles (2 regiments)(Regular/Reliable) - AFFS[23]
- CO: Colonel Walther Hokala [24]
- 1st Screaming Eagles - CO: Colonel Opson Mathis[25]
- 2nd Screaming Eagles - CO: Colonel Walther Hokala (Regimental Commander)[26]
- The Unit additionally consisted of Aerospace Fighters, Armor & Infantry units.[27]
- The Eagles have no DropShips of their own, but do own a JumpShip.
Screaming Eagles
- 1st Screaming Eagles (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[28]
- 2nd Screaming Eagles (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[28]
Screaming Eagles
- 1st Screaming Eagles (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[29]
- 2nd Screaming Eagles (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[29]
Screaming Eagles (Reinforced BattleMech Regiment) - CO: Colonel Tam Lafayette
- 1st Battalion - CO & Unit XO: Lt. Colonel Chris Lewis
- 2nd Battalion CO: Major Alexander Cohen
- 3rd Battalion CO: Major Louis Chasteen
- 4th Battalion CO: Tu Faes D'Lihar
- All battalions mainly employ Medium Class BattleMechs with only a mixed company of Heavy & Assault Mechs. Additionally, each Battalion has extra Battalion Command Lance & regiment's Regimental Command Lance of BattleMechs.
- 77th Heavy Armor (Reinforced Armor Regiment) - CO: Lt. Colonel Roger Durling
- By 3067, the Unit has folded its two parachute trained Infantry battalions into 77th Heavy. Each of the 77th's Battalions have a platoon of Battle Armor assigned to it. Also assign is a company of Mobile Artillery.
- Support: the unit now owns enough DropShip and JumpShip assets to be able transport the entire mercenary force.[30]
Screaming Eagles (7 BattleMech Lances) - CO: Colonel Tam Lafayette
- 77th Heavy Armor (2 Combined Arms Battalions)
- Unit Mech forces consist of only a company worth of OmniMechs salvaged from battle with the Snow Ravens' 6th Battle Cluster. The 77th Heavy Armor is now reduced two battalions of operational equipment.[31]
Screaming Eagles
- Though they were reduced to two thirds of their pre-Jihad strength in BattleMechs, the Screaming Eagles compensated for this by increasing the number of tanks and battle armor infantry units they could put in the field.[17]
Unit Components are only known though the Screaming Eagles' mercenary profiles. Along with 77th Heavy Armor regiment, a 53rd Battalion belonging to the Eagles' 2nd Brigade had survived to brigade was heavily damaged in mid thirty-first century. It is not clear which Brigade the battalion belonged to.[32]
The Screaming Eagles disappeared from source books shortly after the Fourth Succession War. The unit was not mentioned in print until Field Manual: Mercenaries (Revised) was published and updated what the unit was up to.
Game Rules[edit]
Field Manual: Mercenaries (Revised)[edit]
Using Force Specific Rules, the Eagles employ the following abilities for scenarios. They receive A Rated Equipment. The unit may employ bombers. If used, these attacking aerospace fighters allow all the Eagles to receive +3 to their initiative for the entire scenario.
If the Aerospace Fighters/bombers are not used in the scenario the Eagles can receive a +1 to their initiative if they are using combined arms formation consisting of more than one type unit. (Tanks, Infantry, etc.) Should the unit be defenders of the scenario they suffer from a -2 initiative.[33]
Mercenaries Supplemental Update[edit]
The unit still uses rules listed from FM: Mercenaries Revised, however their Equipment Rating drops to C.[34]
- ↑ The Star League, p. 154 - "Seventh Army" - Unit Listing between years of 2764 to 2784
- ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental Update, p. 105, "Two SLDF 250th Division's 555th and 556th Honor Guard Brigade form the Screaming Eagles"
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 33, "Those Left Behind"
- ↑ Second Succession War, p. 24, "The Suns-Confederation Front"
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 p. 13 - Unit deployment prior to Operation Rat.
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 p. 19 - First Wave - Assault of Pleione.
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 p. 32 - Other Second Wave Actions - Brief info on the conquest of Gan Singh.
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 p. 34 - New Canton - Jungles of Canton River.
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 p. 35 - New Canton - Blue Dragon pass.
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 p. 35 - New Canton - Blue Dragon pass.
- ↑ Field Manual: Mercenaries (Revised) p. 99 - aftermath of 4th Succession War, it was reported that the unit had been expelled from House Davion service.
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039 p. 54-55 - First Wave / Elidere IV - Unit actions during invasion, including navigator sending the Eagles' JumpShip to wrong system.
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, pp. 106-107 - The Eagles fight with Star League tech equipped 9th and 10th Ghost regiments, and their defeat.
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 111 - Misery & 2nd Screaming Eagles - 2nd Eagles' actions at Misery and recall.
- ↑ Field Manual: Mercenaries (Revised), p. 99 - Unit actions in Chaos March for Trinity Alliance and exposed spying mission.
- ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental Update p. 105 - Screaming Eagle fluff up to 3071.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Field Report: AFFS, p. 20
- ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns) p. 138 - Commanding Officer of the unit listed.
- ↑ Field Manual: Mercenaries (Revised) p. 99 - Unit commander start time and as of 3067.
- ↑ Field Manual: Mercenaries (Revised) p. 99 - Unit commander information of 3067 and her weaknesses.
- ↑ Field Manual: Mercenaries (Revised) p. 99 - Tactics as of 3067
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. 99, "250th BattleMech Division"
- ↑ House Davion p.138
- ↑ House Davion p.138
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 p. 34 - Disgraced 2nd Eagles' regimental commander named.
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1 p. 35 - 2nd Regiment under command of Top Commander of the Eagles, Colonel Hokala.
- ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), pp. 138 & 150 - Some details of unit's status listed.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Historical: War of 3039 , p. 141
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 20 Year Update, p. 23
- ↑ Field Manual: Mercenaries (Revised) p. 99 - Unit details in 3067.
- ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental Update p. 105 - Screaming Eagles - Unit status in 3071 from Merc Update book.
- ↑ Field Manual: Mercenaries (Revised) p. 99 - Lost SLDF Armor Battalion, but uncertain of which brigade it belonged to.
- ↑ Field Manual: Mercenaries p. 135 - Rules - Force Specific Rules for the Screaming Eagles.
- ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental Update p. 127 - Equipment Rating in Rules section changes, but not abilities from FM:M Revised.


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It's that time of year again! Class lists are posted, and school buses are loading. Could you profit from back to school trends?
Below is a look at retailers that have fared well so far this month, and which stocks could be poised to make money for investors based on historic trends.
As summer draws to a close, parents hit the stores and the web to refill backpacks and closets with fresh school supplies and new clothing for the academic year. There are a lot of choices for consumers and subsequently, investors.
It's that time of year again! Class lists are posted, and school buses are loading. Could you profit from back to school trends?
Retailers reported August same store sales on Thursday, or comparable year-over-year sales for locations open at least a year. It's the first glimpse the Street gets of how, and where, U.S. consumers are spending their back-to-school dollars.
While it's not required of publicly traded retailers, many choose to self-report comp store sales on a monthly basis. Thomson Reuters tracks 22 of them and by and large, the results are better than Wall Street expected.
Macy's, for example, reported August same store sales are up 5.1 percent year over year, bettering expectations, and Gap posted a 9 percent increase in comp store sales, beating the street by a wide margin.
The market seems to have picked up on sales strength at Gap and Macy's throughout the month, with shares of both companies up 19 percent and 13 percent, respectively in August.
While not traditionally viewed as a back-to-school retailer, Nordstrom's same store sales were up 21 percent in August, helped by its Anniversary Sale event. Shares of Nordstrom have gained more than 8 percent this month.
If you're looking to invest in retail in September and Q4, the trend seems to be stay away from American Eagle and Amazon in September, and consider Amazon and Dillardsafter September.
The statistics below include the performance for a group of retail stocks in the month of September, and in Q4.
These numbers include the 3-year and 5-year average (the 3-year avg. excludes 2008, which could be considered an outlier).
- AEO and AMZN appear among the worst performing stocks in Sep. for the 3 and 5-yr averages
- AMZN and DDS come up as the best performing stocks in Q4 for the past 3-years
Other Stocks to Consider
September performance:
- 3-Year average for the group: -6.5%
- Only one stock managed a gain in the last 3-years: Target, up +0.6%
- Worst performers: AEO, JCP, AMZN, M, with a loss greater than -10%
- 5-Year average for the group: -1.1%
- Best performing: PLCE and ANF, up more than +4%
- Worst performers: AEO and AMZN, down more than -7%
Q4 performance:
- 3-Year average for the group: +7.5%
- Best performing: DDS and AMZN, up more than +12%
- Worst performing: Only 3, SHLD, BBY and KSS
- 5-Year average for the group: -3.9%
- Best performing: WMT and GPS, up more than +4%
- Worst performing: ODP and SHLD, down more than -12%


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Contact: Jerry Horn 540-785-4733
Washington, DC- Priests for Life, a national anti-abortion organization, said today that the people of Virginia should be fully informed that the Abortion Clinics Regulation and Licensure bill, which would have increased safety measures for women in Virginia's abortion facilities, has died in committee.
"The same story is repeated across the nation," said Fr. Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life. "When commonsense safety measures are proposed for surgical facilities, these measures enjoy support – unless the facility is an abortion clinic. Those who oppose such measures are, ironically, the same people who claim to be 'pro-choice' because they are in favor of women's health."
"No matter what our views on abortion, we should be united in efforts to make medical clinics safe," Fr. Pavone concluded.
For more information about Priests for Life, please visit www.priestsforlife.org .


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Google has had several interactions with U.S. regulators in recent years. In the latest case, Google has settled a U.S. government probe into its business practices without making any major concessions on how the company runs its Internet search engine.
Here are some of Google's interactions with U.S. regulators over the years:
— December 2007 — The Federal Trade Commission approves Google's $3.2 billion purchase of Internet ad company DoubleClick, concluding after a nearly yearlong review that it won't significantly reduce competition in online advertising. The FTC did not impose conditions. Google closed the deal three months later after getting EU regulatory approval.
— November 2008 — Google abandons a proposed Internet advertising partnership with Yahoo after the Justice Department said it would sue to block it to preserve competition in Internet advertising. Attorneys general from 15 states and Canada's antitrust regulators had also loomed as potential adversaries.
— May 2010 — The FTC clears Google's $681 million acquisition of mobile ad service AdMob after a six-month antitrust investigation. The commission said it unanimously decided to approve the deal mainly because Apple's recent push into the market eased concerns that Google would be able to extend its dominance into the nascent field of wireless devices. The FTC imposed no conditions.
— March 2011 — Google agreed to adopt a comprehensive privacy program to settle federal charges that it deceived users and violated its own privacy policy when it launched a social networking service called Buzz. The settlement with the FTC requires Google to study existing and new services to determine if they pose risks to user privacy. Google has to develop policies to address any risks. The settlement mandates independent audits to oversee and verify Google's privacy program every other year for the next 20 years. Google signed the deal in October.
— April 2011 — Justice Department clears Google's $676 million purchase of airline fare tracker ITA Software. However, it imposes significant conditions, including a requirement for Google to license the technology to other companies on reasonable terms until 2016. The government also will monitor Google to ensure it does not engage in anticompetitive behavior.
— June 2011 — Google confirms that the Federal Trade Commission is looking into whether the company has been abusing its dominance of Internet search and advertising to stifle competition as it expands into other lucrative online markets, such as mapping, comparison shopping and travel. Rivals complain that Google manipulates its results to steer users to its own sites and services and bury links to competitors. Google insists it is giving people the best recommendations, including those of Google products.
— August 2011 — Google agrees to pay $500 million to settle a U.S. government investigation into the Internet search leader's distribution of online ads from Canadian pharmacies illegally selling prescription and non-prescription drugs to American consumers. The settlement allows Google to avoid criminal charges. Google had disclosed earlier that it had set aside that amount to cover a potential settlement, though the company provided few details then.
— February 2012 — U.S. Department of Justice clears Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. hours after European officials approved it. Google waits another three months for approval in China.
— April 2012 — The Federal Communications Commission fines Google $25,000, saying the online search leader "deliberately impeded and delayed" an investigation into how it collected data while taking photos for its "Street View" mapping feature. Google disputes the FCC's characterization of the probe and says the FCC was the party that took its time. Google says it accepted the fine to close the case.
Separately, the FTC signals that its year-old probe is deepening by hiring an outside lawyer, former U.S. Justice Department prosecutor Beth Wilkinson, to dig deeper into Google's business practices. The FTC stresses the Wilkinson's hiring should not be interpreted as a sign that it intends to crack down on Google.
— August 2012 — The FTC announces that Google has agreed to pay a $22.5 million fine to settle allegations that it broke a privacy promise by secretly tracking the online activities of millions of people who use Apple's Safari web browser. It's the largest penalty ever imposed by the FTC. Google isn't admitting any wrongdoing. The fine isn't over Google's data collection, but for misrepresenting what was happening, in violation of last year's agreement to settle the Buzz case.
— January 2013 — Google settles the antitrust probe with the FTC without major concessions to its search formula. Google agrees to license on "fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms" hundreds of patents deemed essential to the operations of mobile phones, tablet computers, laptops and video game consoles. It also promises to exclude, upon request, snippets copied from other websites in capsules of key information shown in response to search requests. But Google prevails in the pivotal part of the investigation, which delved into complaints it has been highlighting its own services in search results while burying links to competing sites.


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|Giants | Team waives 19, terminates one contract
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:38:50 -0700
Michael Eisen, of Giants.com, reports the New York Giants have waived QB Andre' Woodson, OL Andrew Bain, OL Kurt Quarterman, OL Cliff Louis, OL Na'Shan Goddard, FB Robert Douglas, TE Eric Butler, TE Jerome Collins, WR Brandon London, WR Marcus Monk, DE Wallace Gilberry, DE Alex Morrow, DT Ogemdi Nwagbuo, DT Jeremy Clark, LB Torrance Daniels, LB James Terry, DB Geoff Pope, DB Darren Barnett and PK Josh Huston from the team. The team also terminated the contract of S Stuart Schweigert.
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|Giants | Terry signed
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:22:42 -0700
Mike Garafolo, of The Star-Ledger, reports the New York Giants have signed LB James Terry.
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|Giants | Terry invited to minicamp on tryout basis
Fri, 09 May 2008 15:16:26 -0700
Mike Garafolo, of The Star-Ledger, reports free-agent WR James Terry (Chargers) was invited to the New York Giants rookie minicamp on a tryout basis.
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|Chiefs | Terry signs with team
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:50:32 -0700
Josh Buchanan, of NFLDraftBible.com, reports the Kansas City Chiefs have signed undrafted rookie free-agent LB James Terry (Youngstown State). Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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|NFL | J. Terry works out at Pro Day
Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:31:11 -0700
J.J. Pesavento, of Next Level Scouting, reports Youngstown State LB James X. Terry worked out at his school's Pro Day. Terry ran a 4.67 40-yard dash, a 2.68 20-yard dash, a 1.58 10-yard dash, had a nine-foot, six-inch broad jump, a 34 1/2-inch vertical jump, a 4.20-second short shuttle, a 6.94-second three-cone drill and completed 23 repetitions on the 225-pound bench press. He measured in at 6-foot-1 and 239 pounds.
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