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When we first saw and drove new midsize sedans like the 2013 Nissan Altima and 2013 Ford Fusion, we had a feeling the Toyota Camry would eventually see a challenge for the top sales spot, but we had no idea things would move this quickly. Automotive News is reporting that the quarter tallies still show the Camry holding a sizable lead over its competition, but the Altima did manage to outsell the Toyota by 100 units last month. While a single month of not outselling the competition might not be enough to unseat the Camry from its 11-year sales throne, it goes to show how far recent competitors in the segment have come.
The four best-selling cars in the midsize segment (in order) are the Camry, Honda Accord, Altima and Fusion, with each car boasting more than 80,000 units through the first three months of the year. Both the Accord and Fusion are seeing double-digit year-over-year sales increases while the Camry and Altima have dropped somewhat. And it wasn't just Camry that was losing ground. As we saw in the March 2013 By The Numbers post, Toyota sales as a whole were down slightly from 2012 while all of its key competitors (Chevrolet, Ford, Honda and Nissan) were in the green.
After the top four sellers in the segment, the next closest midsizers are the Chevrolet Malibu and Hyundai Sonata, but these cars are well off the competitive pace. Although the 2014 Mazda6 isn't expected to take too big of a bite out of the midsize market, its attractive design and available diesel engine could continue the shakeup of this once-predictable segment.
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Alopecia is the medical term for excessive or abnormal hair loss, which is a sign that something is wrong with your body. Hormone imbalance, disease, certain medications or lifestyle factors can cause a change in the hair growth and shedding phases. Once the cause is dealt with, hairs go back to their random pattern of growth and shedding, and abnormal hair loss stops. Fortunately, hair loss may simply be a reaction to a short-term event such as stress, pregnancy, and the taking of certain medications. In these situations, hair will grow back once the event has passed.
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The special will feature performances by Lady Antebellum and the Broadway casts of the hit productions "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella," "First Date" and "A Night with Janis Joplin"
Kevin Frazier and Thea Andrews, co-anchors of "omg! Insider," will anchor "The Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS," live from New York City, Thursday, Nov. 28, on the CBS Television Network. It will be broadcast from 9 a.m. to noon.
A CBS Thanksgiving tradition in its 53rd year, the special will feature portions of the 87th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, live from New York City, as well as performances by country music superstars Lady Antebellum. Since its 2006 inception, the group has won the Vocal Group of the Year honor from both the ACM and the CMA three times in a row and has sold more than 11 million albums worldwide. The trio has taken seven trips to No. 1 on the country radio charts, earned five Platinum singles, including their recent single "Downtown," and has won seven Grammy Awards, including the all-genre Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Most recently, Lady A released the new single "Compass," and will kick off their headlining "Take Me Downtown" Tour in January.
Additional performances during the parade will include the Broadway casts of the hit Broadway productions "Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella," "First Date" and "A Night with Janis Joplin."
Frazier and Andrews will anchor from a site along the parade route in New York City. The beloved parade is famous for its gigantic balloons of cartoon character favorites, fantastic floats and lively marching bands from across the country.
Currently, Frazier and Andrews co-anchor the nightly, half-hour newsmagazine "omg! Insider," which is in its 10th season. This marks Frazier's second consecutive year hosting the parade, while this is Andrews' first. Previously, Frazier worked on "omg! Insider's" sister show, "Entertainment Tonight," for eight seasons as a correspondent and weekend anchor. Frazier appeared as an entertainment expert on news and entertainment programs, including CBS News' "The Early Show," "The Oprah Winfrey Show," CNN's "Larry King Live" and "Nancy Grace," and HLN's "The Joy Behar Show."
Before joining "omg! Insider," Andrews worked on "Entertainment Tonight" as a correspondent and as an anchor on "Entertainment Tonight Weekend." Prior to that, she was known for her work on ESPN, where she served as a national correspondent, a co-host for ESPN's hit show "Cold Pizza," and later as the co-host of "ESPN Hollywood."


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Lee Daniels has something he swears he has to do, but he's got to talk to me first. It's late in the afternoon of the first of many long days of interviews Daniels will do for The Butler-- sorry, that's legally obligated to be Lee Daniels' The Butler-- and Daniels is getting through it by taking off his flip-flops, laying down horizontally on the couch in his hotel suite, and laughing a lot throughout our conversation. At one point he told me that our site has not been kind to him in the past-- and he's not wrong- but he was completely lovely anyway, giving long rambling answers, getting emotional when recalling intense moments on set, and at one point telling me I would have been a good producer for his movie (I would not have been, but it was nice of him to say).
The Butler is Daniels' fourth feature, and by far his most ambitious in terms of story, following White House butler Cecil Gaines as he works for every President between Eisenhower and Reagan. Daniels, a former casting director and producer who knows the value of selling a film, has said that he had to cast as many big names as possible to sell the film overseas, so he not only has Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker in the title role and Oprah Winfrey as his wife, but a huge cast of names playing various Presidents, including Robin Williams as Dwight D. Eisenhower, Liev Schreiber as Lyndon Johnson, and John Cusack as a very memorable-- and very sweaty-- Richard Nixon. Diehard Jimmy Carter fans, though, might be disappointed-- the famous peanut farmer only makes an appearance as himself, in old TV broadcasts.
Why did he leave Jimmy Carter out? Why is Cusack sweating so much? What moment on the set sent Daniels into a blind panic and made him realize he never could have been a Freedom Rider himself? Find out that and more in our conversation below, and see The Butler in theaters this Friday.
So, what happened to Jimmy Carter? Why isn't he in this?
Umm, what happened to Jimmy? Because it would have felt too episodic and I had to skip over some of the presidents. It's so hard to not make this feel like a movie of the week or a miniseries. I tried really hard to make it cinematic so that it didn't seem like I was trying to tell a history lesson or a miniseries or a movie of the week about what happened in the White House.
Did you ever want to have him there?
The way it was scripted originally, Cecil comes in and he's cooking collard greens and he's teaching Cecil how to drink pot liquor, which is the juice from collard greens…
That's a good moment. I wish that you at least shot it for the DVD.
You know what, you're gonna be a good producer because I should have.
No, but that's a salary that you didn't have to pay. I would be a terrible producer. You've said that to get this movie made you had to put these famous faces in there and get enough people that would sell it internationally, but they're so much fun. Was it people that you knew already? Beause John Cusack doesn't really look that much like Nixon. He's not the first person you'd think of, so it seems like you picked people that you liked.
And that I've worked with and that I like and that we're friends. Because you have to sort of know me before we work together, because it's a unique experience.
That's what I keep hearing. I talked to David just now. He said you push him more than anybody else, but he likes that. He said anytime you call, he'll come.
With John it was about trying to make these people sort of, just gave nuances of the presidents and not do caricatures of them. And you're also dealing with great actors, actors that are incredible, so it was easy. If you know me you know I'm into the subtle-- I'm not into just anything that's big, and that starts with the makeup and moves to the costume to the actor.
WIth John it seemed like he kind of had some of his Paperboy sweat leftover.
I'm probably the only one that feels that. I felt it when he was doing that. I said, "Oh my God, this is reminiscent to The Paperboy." I turned to my assistant and said, "This feels like The Paperboy," but that was Nixon. Nixon sweated.
Famously in the JFK debate.
Yeah, and he sweated all the time and John came in with all of this information about Nixon. All these actors came so prepared, but John knew all about Nixon, because he's been played so fabulously before by Hopkins and Langella. We just wanted to make sure we nailed it in a way that was subtle.


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"Expenses have gone up, but there's still no town tax," stated Lewiston Finance Director Michael Johnson as a public hearing to consider override of the state's 2 percent tax cap got under way Monday at Town Hall.
The Town of Lewiston's 2013 budget has occupied much discussion over past weeks with Supervisor Steve Reiter, the Town Board and department heads since an initial budget figure of $17.937 million was released in late September. The first version marked a $2.390 million increase over the 2012 town budget of $15.547 million.
That number has since been trimmed and a number of adjustments and substitutions made to manage expenses. As a result, "The town is able to maintain within the 2 percent tax cap," said Johnson. He quickly added though that the town needs to consider other expenses, noting such factors as its dealing with bargaining units, and said that the town is nonetheless pursuing the avenues toward an override to provide it "flexibility."
"The budget in front of you is not going to be over the 2 percent tax cap," said Johnson, "but if you don't have some flexibility in there and (it) falls apart in December, you're not going to have a cushion to fall back on."
At Monday's session Johnson revealed a 2013 preliminary budget of $16.585 million - $10.806 million on the "Appropriations" line and fully funded via estimated revenues and the appropriated fund balance with zero raised by taxes; and $5.778 million in "Special Districts," with funding coming from $2.9 million in estimated revues, $340,609 from the appropriated fund balance and $2.4 million raised by taxes.
The budget is one that holds the line with no town tax, but also one that provides for highway department expenses such as paving without the added cost to taxpayers. Johnson explained the town would be able to accomplish this through its ability to obtain bonding at low interest rates. "We reverted to considering a bond to pay it off (highway expenses)," he said. Johnson explained the revised budget is based on Lewiston being able to obtain a low-interest $1.2 million bond to cover paving and other highway expenses over the coming year. He anticipated a favorable rate of 2 to 2.5 percent would enable Lewiston to secure bonding for highway and remain within the cap. Without it, the $1.2 million in highway related expenses would go on the tax bill.
For years, Lewiston, unlike other communities, has been able to avoid imposing a town tax on its residents. Regarding the 2 percent cap, Reiter, Johnson and board members faulted the state for not factoring in such major impacts to town expenses as contracts, salaries, workmen's compensation, retirement and health insurance costs. For 2013, the town has four different fire company contracts to consider, plus contracts for the Lewiston Police Department, the highway department and water department. Next year it has CSEA and outside sewer contracts to address.
On top of that, the town is handling a 3 percent cost of living increase for town employees, not including elected officials; a workmen's compensation increase of $350,000, costs for health insurance, described by Johnson as "getting pretty pricey," and unspecified retirement costs.
Reiter, who expressed his appreciation to Johnson and his staff for fine-tuning, overall sounded upbeat on the latest package. "I think this budget is pretty strong. We've been able to cut, but still we have a surplus."
Prior to the session, Johnson, Reiter and board members discussed a number of town financial issues in a lengthy mid-afternoon meeting with the press. Some highlights:
•The 2013 Modern refuse cost for Lewiston residents will increase to $70 per household, or $1.53 per week, up from the current $35 per household. Following years of no refuse costs whatsoever to households, then followed by modest charges, the refuse fee for 2013 is still regarded as favorable to Lewiston, compared to that charged in other communities, Reiter said. The new fee is reflected in the budget as $325,290 to be raised by taxes.
•Reiter disclosed the town would fully cover the Lewiston Police Department's $1.3 million contract should the Village of Lewiston elect to discontinue its 23 percent or $294,500 annual share to the town.
"We feel that we've protected the police department to the extent that, if the village decides to go with the sheriff's department, we could maintain the police department without their budget," said Reiter.
"Would it be easy? Absolutely not. Could it be a severe problem? Absolutely. Do we think the village is going to work with us on this? I hope so, but that's their call."
Reiter and the Lewiston Town Board will meet with Mayor Terry Collesano and the Village Board of Trustees Monday, Oct. 29. The police contract and water issues will be discussed.
•The town is exploring a move to natural gas to power all town vehicles. Reiter noted that Modern this past year went to natural gas power for much of its refuse and recycling fleet - at considerable savings. He and board members discussed scenarios where Lewiston could obtain funding via the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, National Fuel and other grant sources to cover setup costs; where the town would possibly team with Modern and utilize its existing equipment and National Fuel transmission lines on Model City Road; and how additional grants could enable town purchasing of new gas-powered vehicles for police, highway, etc.
•Reiter and Town Councilman Ernie Palmer discussed at length how the town is continuing to make progress on its financial problems stemming from its low-cost power sale disparities of the past with National Grid, by embarking on a new association with an energy service company, ESCO Company, whose purpose is to help communities such as Lewiston better achieve energy savings.
"The town had an agreement with National Grid that led to the town reimbursing its residents," said Palmer. "Over the years the discount, due to the market, disappeared. This board decided to create an ESCO, which is a co-op company."
"The market didn't (do) us a favor," said Palmer, pointing out that National Grid envisioned Lewiston's low-cost power selling on the market for 6.5 cents, when it actually sold for 3.2 cents.
Palmer and Reiter disclosed that in 2010 Lewiston's deficit to National Grid stood at $1.2 million from the failed low-cost power market sale program that saw the town continuing to furnish power discounts to residents despite declines in market sales. Through its workings since 2010 with ESCO, the town has been able to whittle that deficit down to $57,000 as of last August, is expecting an $80,000 transfer soon to get itself out of the deficit, and sees itself on the road to building its revenue base from the power sales once again.
"We will be able to pay off National Grid, start our own escrow account," said Reiter. "We will then look at other alternatives on what we will do with our money. We will be out of the hole with National Grid and have extra revenue."
During the public hearing, a handful of residents spoke on the town's 2 percent tax cap override consideration - all opposed. Board members moved to keep the 2 percent override public hearing segment open, with a vote to be taken at the town's budget public hearing, announced last Monday to take place on Thursday, Nov. 1, at 6 p.m. at Town Hall.
More on the Lewiston Town Board in next week's Sentinel.


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Nearly a year has passed after I came back here and SWORE that I'd be updating often or at least TRYING to and here we are again.
I think I've finally accepted the fact that Insane Ramblings is done. I've had 7 years (2 of which really didn't count with my absence) which is pretty darn good seeing as a lot of blogs only last a few months. I'm satisfied.
Truth is, my life is nothing like it was a year ago and DEFINITELY not like it was when I first started this website.
Howard and I are no longer married and I am no longer living in Alaska.
I am also married to someone else.
Let that one sink in for a few minutes.
Truth is, my marriage was the big elephant in the room that I could no longer ignore. The irony of it was I tried to convince myself that it was perfect. Everything else in my life was the culprit to my unhappiness.
What I've learned is, when you lie to the world, you can convince yourself of anything. And that's exactly what I did.
I will not go into the details here except to say that my marriage morphed into something other than husband/wife years ago and I could no longer deny that fact.
Howard and I are good people who deserve happiness and neither of us was really getting that from the marriage. We tried, oh how we tried but one day I just woke up and knew. It's all I can tell you. When you know, you know. It was painful and traumatic but I got through it stronger and wiser and determined not to make the same mistakes should I go down that road again.
Which I did.
Only three weeks ago.
Again, when you know, you know.
I am now a second time wife and a stepmother to two children. I shuttle kids and cook meals and clean house and dote on my husband. Things I once thought I was too sophisticated for. And I'm HAPPY.
Funny, the things I thought I needed once were just "things" to fill a void. I went from buying anything I wanted to living on a budget. And I do it with a full heart. Crazy. Mainly, I no longer wake up everyday feeling like I'm crazy. Deception is exhausting.
So my loves, the truth is, I'm just too full up on life to continue posting here. I feel like this website represents a person I no longer am and I want to give it the respect it deserves by not trying to expound upon being something I'm not. I will save the entries just like I've saved every other journal I've kept and maybe in a few years pull them out and have a good laugh. Maybe even a good cry.
I will continue to write, no worries there. It's my passion and my love and perhaps you'll see me re-appear in the blogosphere sometime in the future.
Thank you all for your loyalty, for your RSS subscriptions and mainly for keeping me sane on days when I didn't think I could keep up the facade. For crying with me, laughing at my stories, humoring me when I needed to be.
I'll end my final posting with a quote from Forrest Carter in The Education of Little Tree…."It's been good….next time, it'll be better." It will be and in fact, already is. Goodnight my darlings.


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Danielle Bicket of Reinbeck and Caleb Hamer of Traer will be married at Orchard Hill Church in Cedar Falls on April 4th.
Danielle is the daughter of Dan and Judy Bicket of Reinbeck, and Caleb is the son of Ted and Linda Hamer of Traer.
The bride-elect is a senior at UNI majoring in Health Promotions with an emphasis on women's health. The groom-elect farms with Cardinal Farming of Reinbeck.
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It really seems like the Luke X-Wing is a pretty good seller, at least around here. Maybe that is due to his figure having the "redemption form", or just because he's popular.
On a somewhat related note. I just took the Cloak from the new SAGA Obi-Wan and used it on the VOTC Ben from last year. This is how it should of been down. It looks fantastic. Goodbye poofy coat. It also works fabulously on the ROTS Mace.
but then again Target is the only store stocking them routinely and with dedicated space for the VTSC
There has been no restocking and there are no specific pegs for the VTSC. I think it was a one shot endcap deal.
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(2005 Vintage) "Frank Family Vineyards' 2005 Napa Valley Zinfandel is dark and rich in color, reminiscent of violets. This classic Zinfandel leads with sweet blackberry jam, white and black pepper and clove spice. Further opulence emerges as layers of black cherry, blueberry and Asian spice are exposed. The palate is big, bold and ripe with juicy brambleberry and warm plum pudding, supported by integrated tannin and spice, giving a full mid palate and setting the stage for the long supple finish." -Winery
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It is easy to be skeptical.
Virtually all of our politicians are corrupt. See this, this and this.
The giant banks are running the show.
The healthcare bill being rammed through Congress "is just another bailout of the financial system", and law school professors say that it is unconstitutional.
America is on a permanent war footing, when the people (and soldiers) are sick of war.
Our civil rights have been eroded, and yet we are not being made any safer.
Top scientists, economists and environmentalists all say that cap and trade being pushed through in American and around the world is a scam which won't significantly reduce C02 emissions, and will only help in making the financial players who crashed the economy even more wealthy.
Obama has sold us out.
So there's nothing we can do, right?
Well, actually – as I have previously documented, things would actually change very quickly if enough people started raising a ruckus.
The ironic thing is that if all of the people who think of themselves as cynics or skeptics made noise, things would instantly change for the better. In other words, the millions upon millions of cynics/skeptics/self-described "realists" aren't raising a ruckus against the fraud being committed by the giant banks, the corruption of our political system, or the lawlessness and imperial arrogance of our military-industrial complex because they think things can't change.
But by staying silent, they are actually creating the conditions in which nothing can change.
If the millions of cynics woke up to the fact that they are a huge group – especially when combined with the people who are already actively working for the restoration of a democratic republic, justice, and the rule of law – they would suddenly realize that collectively we can change things in a heart beat.
Don't believe me?
Read what Daniel Ellsberg and Dean Baker and others say.
And remember that hoping that Obama will change things is a "hopiate". We must stop smoking the "hopium" – no good daddy or heroic leader will save us.
We have to save ourselves.
The truth is that:
- "Hope has never trickled down. It has always sprung up."
- "It's time to stop waiting for hope to be handed down, and start pushing it up, from the hoperoots."
The truth is that real hope is an act of will. Real hope is like a muscle that needs to be developed. Real hope is an act of freedom, defiance and courage in the face of power, corruption and tyranny.
Skepticism, cynicism and "realism" is an act of fear, of cowardice, of apathy. Because if the skeptics just got off their backsides and made some noise, things would change.
So abandon false hope (as the skeptics have properly done). But start getting a backbone, take some steps that can actually change things, and start getting some real hope.
Note: I am not going to tell you what to do. But if you don't have any ideas, start here.
View the original article at Washingtons Blog


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Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, who was known by his friends as Georges, was born in Paris. His father was a famous teacher of music, his mother a talented pianist, and his uncle, an accomplished musician, was founder of the Delsartesystem. At a very early age, Bizet exhibited a fondness for music, which his parents encouraged by instructing him as soon almost as he was able to sit alone on a piano stool. As he progressed, they provided him with every possible advantage to prepare him for the Conservatoire de Paris, where he studied successively under Marmontel and Benoist. His interest was unflagging and his advance rapid, being qualified to take up composition, under Halévy, when he was only thirteen years old, and at nineteen (1857) he won the Prix de Rome, the highest honors that are bestowed upon graduates of the Paris school of music. But almost one year before his graduation he composed an operetta Docteur Miracle, which was so well thought of, the manager of theBouffes Parisiens gave it a production that was fairly successful.
Bizet applied himself energetically while in Rome, and upon his return he wrote Vasco de Gama, from which he expected much, but was doomed to disappointment, for it was very coldly received. It was withdrawn after a few representations. His next work, The Pearl Fishers soon followed, but with no better success, which so discouraged him that it was not until 1867 that he gave the public another composition, The Pretty Maid of Perth followed quickly by an overture, Patrie, and an interlude to Daudet's L'Artesienne. In the years to follow, Bizet published as two orchestral suites, which were well received, the last being introduced to America by Theodore Thomas, with much enthusiasm. In 1872 Djamileh appeared: a rather weird, oriental creation that failed to please. Though it was set with gems of melody, the plot was poorly conceived, and the music was generally too heavy. Besides these operas and interludes, he composed Ivan the Terrible (not performed until 1940), Ossian the Hunter (an overture), two movements of a symphony, and several songs. However, it was not until the production of his Carmen, in March 1875, that he scored a genuine success. Previous to this, Bizet was looked upon rather as an accomplished pianist than a composer, for he had not before given evidence of the creative genius that was within him. He was credited with remarkable, almost marvelous, powers for sight-reading of orchestral scores, and also with possessing great originality, and other superior gifts. Though his talents were concededly great, the musicians of his time had little expectation of him producing a truly great opera.
The opinion was suddenly changed on the first representation of Carmen, which was immediately and universally hailed as the most melodic creation of any French composer since Gounod's Faust. In a day, Bizet stepped from the ranks of the commonplace to a position among the most distinguished of the age, where his fame, though resting upon a single composition, is secure for all time.
Bizet married the daughter of his old instructor, Halévy, who proved a great aid in encouraging his endeavors, for she was, through all his disappointments, the one faithful, persistent and confident nurse to his ambitions, which she never doubted he would attain. Her joy at his success was exceeding great, but it was destined that he should not long taste the intense gratification that comes from hopes gained and desire accomplished. On June 3, little more than two months after the initial production of Carmen, he was suffered a heart attack, and died before help could be summoned.
Bizet became, during the last years of his life, a close student of Wagner, whose dramatic effects were especially appreciated, and the influence of this admiration is apparent in Carmen, for it is essentially theatrical, in which indeed its interest is probably most largely found. But the music of Carmen,is always delightful, picturesque, melodic, and descriptive. It is entitled to rank with the most popular of the grand operas.
An excerpt from: The Great Operas
by Giuseppe Verdi / edited by James W. Buel, PhD 1899
edited in 2012 by R. Clark


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During a lunch break at the SES NY Nitin Mangtani, Senior Product Manager, Enterprise Search, Google is telling us about their new site search services. The idea is to improve search options on sites. According to a research done by Google around 90% of those that have search options on their sites are unhappy with the results it brings.
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In Essie's memoir she mentions many relatives, including her cousin Emma Martha Holly. Emma and Essie's mother were sisters and they were also connected through Essie's father (Isaac Thomas Mott) as his mother and Emma grandmother were sisters. So Emma and Essie were both first cousins and second cousins! Essie also talks about her meeting a kind young Frenchman named Eugene Lies as a young girl while staying with the Hollys. Essie and Eugene would marry years later after their paths crossed again on the other side of the country. This was not Eugene's first marriage however, as Essie tells of his and Emma's courtship, marriage and her death very soon after in her memoir.
Emma and Eugene had a daughter, Emma Marie Louise Lies right before the senior Emma's death. Eugene, obviously grief-stricken, left his infant daughter in the care of the Hollys and went on to spend the next few years before his second marriage on the high seas. Of all the Hollys, the late Emma's brother Augustus was particularly attached to the little Emma and ended up raising her even after her father's re-marriage.
Emma married Edward Roche who was many years her senior and they had a daughter, Louise around 1869 in New York. Edward died about ten years later:
NEW YORK HERALD, 12 Feb 1879
"A cable dispatch was received in this city on Monday night announcing the death of Edward Roche, the senior member of the firm of Roche Brothers, importers of sugar and West India produce, at No. 115 South street. The deceased was born in Ireland in 1813, and was consequently in the sixty-sixth year of his age at the time of his death. About forty years ago he started in business on his own account, and afterward became one of the founding members of the firm of Roche Brothers & Coffey. On the death of John Roche, in 1873, the deceased became senior partner in the firm, and continued as such until his death. He was for a long time a member of the Produce Exchange, but severed his connection with that institution a few years since. He has been in feeble health for a long time past, and two months ago he started for St. Croix to spend the winter, in hopes that his health would be improved by the climate of that place. The cable dispatch announces that his death occurred at St. Croix on February 9. His remains will be embalmed and returned to this country without delay, when they will be taken to his late residence, No. 33 Remsen street, Brooklyn."Louise married Walter Channing Burbank who gave the following report to his alma mater, Harvard, in 1897 (this is an excerpt, the full article can be read here):
"I was married in New York, Oct. 23, 1890, to Louise V. Roche, daughter of Edward and Emma L. Roche, and in November following we sailed for Europe. We spent the winter in Nice and Monte Carlo, and the spring in Paris and London, returning in June of that year. Our son, Channing Roche Burbank, was born Sept. 6, 1891, at our summer home in the White Mountains, Shelburne, N.H."Emma Marie Louise Lies Roche died on 15 Sept. 1933:
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"Mrs. Edward Roche.
Widow of a Shipping Merchant in the West Indian Trade
"Mrs. Emma L. Roche, widow of Edward Roche, a shipping merchant in the West Indies trade, died on Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Walker Channing Burbank, 825 Fifth Avenue, at the age of 83.
Mrs. Roche was born in Hammond Street, as that part of Eleventh Street west of Seventh Avenue was then known. She was a daughter of Eugene Lies, a son of Admiral Lies of the French Navy, and Emma Louise Holly Lies. Her maternal grandmother was a daughter of Supreme Court Justice William Coggshall [edit: was actually William Lucius Rose] Rose, of New York, and her grandfather, William Holly, was a member of the family credited with founding Stamford, Conn., about 1640."Emma's daughter, Louise, died on December 28 1938. On an interesting aside, in 1915, Louise was hit by Harry Payne Whitney's car. Louise and Walter apparently separated and there was some legal action against one another though I have been unable to learn more (I believe Louise sued him on behalf of her mother, Emma Lies Roche). Louise's son, Channing Roche Burbank died in 1964.
Although Emma Holly, and her daughter are minor mentions in Essie's memoir, they were certainly important parts of Essie's life both because of Eugene, and Essie's own connection to them. I know from reading that Eugene and Essie wanted to re-claim little Emma and raise her but her uncle, Augustus refused. It is interesting to wonder what little Emma's life would have been like if she had come to California to be with her father and step-mother/cousin. I also wonder whether Eugene and Essie were sad not to be able to raise little Emma who was a daughter, step-child, cousin and namesake of a beloved relative to them. Although they were clearly never close, I like to think they had a warm regard for one another (I think Essie's loving recollections of little Emma's mother in her memoir make it likely).
Over at cousin Heather's excellent blog Nutfield Genealogy, she has been writing extensively about her recent trip to Hawaii and all of the wonderful genealogical treasures she found there. One of those treasures was a letter written to Heather's relative, John Dominis, by Isaac Thomas Mott, Essie's father. The letter is a very fun read concerning thwarted young love and parental interference - or duty, depending on how you look at it! Thank you Heather for transcribing and sharing the letter!


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BEIJING (AP) — Family members of a Chinese activist who fled house arrest and later moved to the U.S. have been granted passports so they can travel outside China, just ahead of a summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Barack Obama.
Chen Guangfu, the oldest brother of blind activist Chen Guangcheng, said that the passports for him and their mother, Wang Jinxiang, were delivered Friday and that they were planning to seek visas and visit Chen Guangcheng in New York.
Chen Guangfu said local police had denied their earlier passport applications on the grounds that U.S. visas are difficult to obtain.
Chen Guangcheng sparked a diplomatic crisis when he escaped house arrest in his rural town in eastern China's Shandong province in April 2012 and sought refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. Chinese officials later let him move to the U.S. with his wife and children.
Since his escape, Chen has criticized China's human rights records, speaking about it before a U.S. congressional committee. He also has complained that Chinese authorities have reneged on assurances made to U.S. diplomats that his relatives would be treated according to the law.
His nephew, Chen Kegui, was sentenced to 39 months in jail after he clashed with local officials who stormed into his parents' house in the wake of the activist's escape. Chen family supporters say the prosecution and sentence were retribution for the embarrassment the case has caused Chinese officials.
Last month, Chen Guangfu complained that he and his family were subject to constant harassment by local thugs who beat him, distributed flyers with insulting language and tossed dead animals into the family yard. On Friday, the elder brother said the harassment has ceased.
Obama and Xi are scheduled to hold talks in California on Friday and Saturday.


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With all the focus on U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan and this year's presidential election, we've learned about the Wisconsin native's love of hunting and the outdoors.
In our earlier "I'm A Deer Hunter" interview with the GOP vice presidential nominee, Ryan told us he's a bow hunter who shoots a Mathews compound, prepares his own venison and has hunted since he was a teenager.
He alluded to loving whatever kind of hunting seasons are open for deer, though, and said he killed his first deer with a lever-action rifle. But we didn't get into any other specifics during our short interview about his firearms, other than him mentioning he enjoyed hunting with a handgun.
Emily Miller of the Washington Times, who enjoys shooting and the outdoors, had a nice story about Ryan on the topic of hunting and firearms. She spoke with his brother-in-law, who Ryan helped introduce to hunting, and he gave some more insight on the topic.
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July 16. 2014 10:51PM
Obama's debt: His real legacy is coming
Just after President Obama took office in 2009, he pledged to cut the federal deficit in half by the end of his first term. "I refuse to leave our children with a debt that they cannot repay, and that means taking responsibility right now, in this administration, for getting our spending under control," he said.
It was a lie. Obama never cut the deficit in half, and his budgets routinely projected huge increases in the federal debt in the out years. This week the Congressional Budget Office projected that the national debt would hit 78 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2024 and 100 percent by 2039. The Christian Science Monitor's story on the CBO report explained the situation well: "Americans, your government is getting larger, and the debt you shoulder as taxpayers is going up."
Federal spending will hit 26 percent of GDP by 2039. Its historical average since the 1960s is 20.5 percent.
This is President Obama's real legacy: A gigantic expansion in the size and scope of the federal government for the purpose of winning office, with the costs passed to your children and grandchildren. If only someone had warned that this would happen. Oh, wait....


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There was no traffic going in or out of Horseneck Beach at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
WESTPORT — There was no traffic going in or out of Horseneck Beach at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
On Wednesday morning, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation prohibited swimming at the beach because of high surf and rip currents due to Tropical Storm Bertha. The DCR will continue to monitor the waterfront to determine if the water is safe for visitors to use today.
Visitors were still allowed to enter the parking lot and park, and stroll among the dunes and the beach, head lifeguard Sean Sweeney said.
"The high tide today is at 4:33 p.m.," Sweeney said. "We have lifeguards on until 8 p.m. to make sure people stay out of the water."
There weren't too many cars in the parking lot, nor were there many people on the beach.
"I think the prediction for rain we had today slowed it up a little anyway," Sweeney said. "Everyone understands. We didn't really have any trouble keeping people out of the water."
Sweeney, 26, has been life guard at Horseneck for eight years. On Wednesday, there was a staff of 18 working the beach.
"We went in this morning," he said. "You can feel it pulling at you. We got pulled 400 yards down the beach in about 10 minutes. And we're swimmers."
Sweeney said rip currents are formed by trenches in the ocean bottom. When waves come in, some of the water is diverted into those trenches and rushes sideways, trapping the unwary swimmer. Heavy surf means water keeps coming into the beach, making current in the trenches faster and more dangerous.
Sweeney said rip currents are a constant at Horseneck, and their locations shift as water scours new channels in the sand.
"We've had one in front of Stand No. 8 all season," he said.
People use a beach in different ways. Standing alone on the sand in front of a white, curling surf, Melanie Costa, 45, of Dartmouth didn't seem sad at all.
"I decided to come when I found out it was closed for swimming," she said. "I like to walk on the beach when there's nobody here. I come all the time in the winter."
Elaine Dawkins, 34, of New Bedford did not share that opinion. At least her sons, Shane, 9, and Thomas, 11, didn't. Dawkins was turning her car around in front of the main gate.
"I'd stay," she laughed. "But they won't if they can't go in the water. So we're leaving."
William Hickey, a spokesman for the Department of Conservation and Recreation, said Wednesday the decision to continue the ban on going in the water will be made today.
"We have members of our staff down there monitoring, and tomorrow we'll make a decision," Hickey said.


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Hit and Run History is a WGBH web series guest-produced by local filmmakers. This series of biographies and shorts
tell the stories of the men involved in the Columbia Expedition—the first American voyage around the world.
Part One | The Medallion
In this prologue to the series, the crew tracks down the oldest and rarest of all American coins:
The Columbia and Washington Medal. It was minted inBoston in 1787 to commemorate
the first American voyage around the world. Today, less than 20 survive.
Part Two | The Herald: John Ledyard
The Hit and Run History crew find out how a Dartmouth College alumnus, former British Royal Marine under Captain James Cook,
and the first American travel writer, found himself involved in the Columbia Expedition—the first American voyage to circumnavigate the globe.
Part Three | The Architect: Charles Bulfinch
The crew of Hit and Run History hits the Massachusetts State House to reveal the role its designer
played in the Columbia Expedition.
Part Four | The Opportunist: Joseph Barrell
The crew of Hit and Run History heads down to the Outer Cape to learn about Joseph Barrell,
a grocer who made his fortune in the war and then seized upon the idea of global trade that his contemporary,
architect Charles Bulfinch, seeded in him.
Part Five | The Privateer: John Derby
John Derby hailed from a wealthy merchant family in Salem, Mass. He gained fame during the Revolution
for delivering news about the war across the Atlantic. The Hit and Run History crew tracks down how
Derby turned to the profitable service of raiding English shipping fleets as a privateer.
Part Six | The Blackbirder: Captain Crowell Hatch
This webisode of Hit and Run History takes on a more sinister tone as the crew reveals how Columbia Expedition investor,
Captain Crowell Hatch was deeply involved in the dehumanizing, but lucrative business of the slave trade.
Part Seven | The Refugee: Samuel Brown
Hit and Run History shows the tenacity it takes for historians to bring the past to light, as the
crew tirelessly hunts for details about the life of the elusive Samuel Brown, a merchant from Newport, Rhode Island,
and one of the many men involved in the Columbia Expedition—the first ship to circumnavigate the globe.
Part Eight | The Rover: Captain Robert Gray
The Hit and Run History crew roves across New England in search of Captain Robert Gray.
Although the Columbia Expedition is Gray's claim to fame, the Rhode Island native's personal
history is murky. Following the end of slave trade in the Ocean State, Gray was chosen as
second-in-command for the first American voyage around the world.
A visit with Gray's descendants in Massachusetts reveals the legacy they inherited --
and leads to a surprising discovery of artifacts of untold historical value.
Part Nine | The Prisoner: Joseph Ingraham
The crew of Hit and Run History heads to Boston to investigate a son of the North End: Joseph Ingraham.
Years before Ingraham was chosen as second officer of the ship Columbia, he experienced the Revolutionary War
firsthand, along with the Boston Massacre and Tea Party. On board the Massachusetts warship Protector,
he battled a British privateer, only to be captured the next year.
Part Ten | The Auction | The Columbia and Washington Medal
In this series finale, the crew attends the sale of this national treasure in Philadelphia.
In their signature "gumshoe historian" style, they head to the auction, interviewing experts
and stumbling upon clues to their story along the way.
Throughout this series finale, "Power Pop" legend Tommy Keene's
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Mayweather-Guerrero fight draws 1 million PPV
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s win over Robert Guerrero was an artistic success, but not a box-office smash.
Early tallies show the fight will exceed 1 million pay-per-view buys, the Showtime network said Friday. That's short of the 1.5 million buys for Mayweather's previous fight against Miguel Cotto.
"It's a number we're very pleased with," said Stephen Espinoza, head of Showtime Sports. "The fact the event generated at least 1 million buys and didn't have the benefit of a Mayweather opponent who had been in pay-per-views or was a well-established name in the sport is a huge testament to Floyd's buying power."
The fight last Saturday was the first for Mayweather on Showtime under a six-fight deal that lured the boxer from his former home at HBO. Mayweather won a unanimous 12-round decision to remain unbeaten in 44 fights.
Espinoza said the lack of a big-name opponent and Guerrero's arrest on gun charges in New York were factors in the fight not doing better. Showtime promoted the bout with 100 hours of programming, including a documentary on sister network CBS that aired in prime time before the fight.
The fight drew 15,880 fans for a live gate of $9.9 million.
Espinoza said negotiations have begun for Mayweather's next fight — Sept. 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. A possible opponent could be Mexican star Canelo Alvarez, though that fight could be delayed until next May to build a bigger audience.
"For my money the biggest fight out there is Mayweather vs. Canelo," Espinoza said. "So far talks are going well and I believe everyone involved is going to be working to make it happen. Breaking the pay-per-view record of (Oscar) De La Hoya and Mayweather would be our goal in that fight."
The 2007 fight between De La Hoya and Mayweather was the biggest pay-per-view fight, bought by 2.5 million homes.


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New Jobs and New Companies in the Works at TRIDECPosted: Updated:
Richland, Wash. - The Tri-cities Research District is getting ready to sign a contract to develop a master plan for 400 acres of land South of Pacific Northwest National Laboratories.
The goal is to bring in high level scientific and technology corporations aimed at creating jobs after the Hanford clean-up is complete.
The property is owned by three different companies: Battelle, The Port of Benton and the Solaris group. TRIDEC will work with the three companies to market the property.
This is the same property that was designated as an Innovation Partnership Zone by Governor Chris Gregoire to help market the land to out of state companies looking for a space to build.
"Research and Development companies that are developing new technologies, typically in the areas of chemical processing, new materials, new technology, life-sciences we think will be a big part of our future here," said Gary Spanner, Ph.D, the Manager of the Economic Development office at PNNL.
Spanner says the master plan should be finished by August of this year. No one is announcing the names of the corporations already planning to build there yet , but they could break ground on a few developments by the end of the calendar year.
Apart from research and development companies, the master plan would also include restaurants, stores, and more recreation. They're even thinking of putting in a new golf course.


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They absolutely stunk up the joint today in the second half. Embarrassing performance. This along with Detroit makes 2 road games where the D rolled over and blew the game, not to mention multiple 2nd half leads. They have no problem playing well early in a game, when its low scoring. But when it's offense starts scoring points, and the pressure mounts later in the game, they crumble into a turnstile.
I don't care if the offense wasnt good either. And it wasnt. Absolutely pathetic play calling and run blocking (Bevell's run run pass, automatic 3rd down play calling returned). Nobody acts like this team is built to win based off its offense. The defense is the unit that gets all the accolades and talks all the big talk. They were giving 2 leads in the 2nd half, and blew both. Rolled over like chumps. PATHETIC.
You take this defense away from CLink, the 12th man, the added boost and extra step they get playing there, and they are 100% pedestrian. And as we saw today and in Detroit, have the ability to play like total crap. Yes, I'm being way harder on them than I am the offense. But thats because I expect more from them. If I give you 2 leads in the 2nd half, I expect you to play better than giving up play after big play. Embarrassing.
There's going to be a lot of talk this week about the Hawks being pretenders. Well maybe they are. But currently the biggest pretender on this team is the unit that talks the big talk and says its one of the best in the league, but plays like chumps when the going gets tough away from their comfy home.


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Dr. Seeholzer is the Director of the Weight Management Center, which she started in 2003 at MetroHealth Medical Center. She is also the Director of the Adult Weight Management and Healthy Lifestyles initiative, a ten-year project funded by the St. Luke's Foundation measuring the effects of a clinical obesity intervention at a primary care practice serving a largely low-income African-American population. Board certified in Internal Medicine, Dr. Seeholzer received her medical degree and a Master of Science in Health Services Research with a concentration in Quality Improvement from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She completed her residency and served as Chief of Residents at MetroHealth Medical Center. She is an Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.


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January 24. 2013 10:44PM
New evidence in capital murder case?
By MICHAEL COUSINEAU
New Hampshire Sunday News
Hearing scheduled for murder conspiracy convict Jesse Brooks
Jesse Brooks, part of a father-son team convicted in connection with the murder of a Derry trash hauler, plans to request a new trial, claiming he has an alibi for the time when the murder plan was hatched and that jailhouse telephone conversations will exonerate him, according to a paid investigator.
"If there is a judge in New Hampshire who will give us a fair hearing to lay out the facts and let us call witnesses, Jesse Brooks is walking out of the penitentiary with an apology," Chicago investigator Paul Ciolino told the New Hampshire Union Leader Thursday.
Ciolino, who has spent decades pursuing wrongful conviction investigations and is a frequent television contributor, and Jesse Brooks' mother, Lorraine, plan to appear at a news conference at a Manchester hotel Monday to discuss the case.
Jesse Brooks, formerly of Londonderry, was convicted in 2009 of helping recruit men to lure Jack Reid, 57, to a Deerfield horse barn, where he was beaten to death in 2005. Brooks is serving a 15- to 30-year prison term.
Brooks' father, John "Jay" Brooks, was convicted of capital murder and is serving life in prison without the chance of parole for his role in murdering Reid, whom he wrongly believed stole two of his moving trucks. The elder Brooks is a Derry native whose medical supply company made him a multi-millionaire; he was well-known in Republican Party circles during the 1990s.
Ciolino said Jesse Brooks was in a Clark County courthouse in Las Vegas on a gun charge at the time that Joseph Vrooman testified the murder plan was hatched with Jesse and John Brooks at the Brooks' home, about a dozen miles from the courthouse.
"The biggest development (in Jesse Brooks' defense) is the destroying of this so-called meeting that never happened," said Ciolino,
He said he has the docket sheet from the courthouse that states that Jesse Brooks was present. He said that the younger Brooks later went to a doctor's office and then to a Walgreens drug store to pick up a prescription.
"The whole case was based on lies," he said.
Attorney General Michael Delaney and Senior Assistant Attorney Janice Rundles, who worked on the case, didn't respond to emails seeking comment.
Part of a team that includes a retired FBI special agent, Ciolino plans at Monday's news conference to play some of the jailhouse telephone calls "where the two star witnesses clear Jesse Brooks in their own words," he said. "They exonerate him."
Michael Benton of Manchester pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for delivering the first blows to Reid's head with a hammer. Vrooman of Las Vegas pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder and hindering apprehension. Vrooman pushed Reid into Benton's path, then helped destroy bloody floorboards and other evidence.
Ciolino said he obtained telephone tapes from Benton's time at the Valley Street jail in Manchester and Vrooman's time at a county jail in New Hampshire.
"Benton outright says he's (Jesse) not involved in everyday language," Ciolino said. "Vrooman hints about it."
Both men are serving time in out-of-state prisons, he said.
Ciolino, whom Mrs. Brooks hired two years ago, said he was surprised by the amount of evidence and paperwork that prosecutors and police generated from the Reid case.
"They had more files than the Kennedy-Oswald commission," he said.
Jesse Brooks is being held in a maximum-security prison in Winslow, Ariz., where Ciolino has visited him.
"He's bright ... he's not a cry baby," Ciolino said. "He has told his mother, 'Mom, get on with your life. Forget about me.'"
But his mother has ignored his advice.
"The Brooks family is capable of financing this defense," Ciolino said. "Mrs. Brooks is committed to getting her son out of prison."


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12 Races Completed Despite Challenging Conditions
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The No. 1 Yale women's sailing team kicked off its spring break this weekend with a second place finish at the Charleston Women's Interconference Regatta. Weather conditions included a fair amount of rain and colder temperatures than the Bulldogs might have expected after travelling south, but the wind did show up. In fact, both days of racing had to be cut short due to strong winds and thunderstorms. Nonetheless, five races were completed in both A and B division on Saturday and seven more were raced on Sunday.
Only nine teams were represented at the Charleston Interconference Regatta, but with the eighteen boat 420 fleet at the College of Charleston the organizing committee was able to combine A and B division on the same starting line. Interestingly enough, both of Yale's boats finished with the exact same number of points after 12 races.
Sophomore Bulldogs Marlena Fauer and Eugenia Custo Greig, finished second overall in A division with a total of 93 points. Likewise, junior skipper Emily Billing and sophomore crew Anna Han finished third overall in B division with a total of 93 points. Ultimately, their combined score is the important one for the team, but the fact that the Yale boats tied while their divisions were racing together attests to the team's balance.
When reporting on the conditions at this weekend's regatta, Fauer said that "a ton of people flipped… it was crazy." Most races were completed in the 10-15 knots wind range. Furthermore, there were no races sailed after 1:00 P.M. on either day. Saturday's racing was ended after race five due to thunderstorms which intensified throughout the afternoon. Racing on Sunday had to be called two hours prior to the 3:00 P.M. cutoff because winds began gusting above 30 knots.
The lady Bulldogs are now en route to join up with the rest of the women's and coed sailing teams in St. Petersburg, Fla. For the next five days the Bulldogs will be taking advantage of Florida's warm climate to officially start their spring season training. On Friday they will head to Annapolis, MD, for the Navy Women's Interconference Regatta next weekend.
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Zest is visualization toolkit for Eclipse. The primary goal of Zest is to make graph based programming easy. Using Zest, Graphs are considered SWT Components which have been wrapped using standard JFace viewers. This allows developers to use Zest the same way they use JFace Tables, Trees and Lists. Please visit our main page at http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/zest.php.
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The following code snippet shows how to get a simple graph up and running using an SWT style interface. In this example, a graph is created with 3 nodes and 3 edges. The nodes are labeled rock, paper scissors.
/******************************************************************************* * Copyright 2005-2007, CHISEL Group, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, * Canada. All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are * made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which * accompanies this distribution, and is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * * Contributors: The Chisel Group, University of Victoria ******************************************************************************/ package org.eclipse.mylar.zest.examples.swt;
import org.eclipse.mylar.zest.core.widgets.Graph; import org.eclipse.mylar.zest.core.widgets.GraphConnection; import org.eclipse.mylar.zest.core.widgets.GraphNode; import org.eclipse.mylar.zest.layouts.LayoutStyles; import org.eclipse.mylar.zest.layouts.algorithms.SpringLayoutAlgorithm; import org.eclipse.swt.SWT; import org.eclipse.swt.layout.FillLayout; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
/** * This snippet creates a very simpl graph where Rock is connected to Paper * which is connected to scissors which is connected to rock. * * The nodes a layed out using a SpringLayout Algorithm, and they can be moved * around. * * * @author Ian Bull * */ public class GraphSnippet1 { /** * @param args */ public static void main(String[] args) { // Create the shell Display d = new Display(); Shell shell = new Shell(d); shell.setText("GraphSnippet1"); shell.setLayout(new FillLayout()); shell.setSize(400, 400); Graph g = new Graph(shell, SWT.NONE); GraphNode n = new GraphNode(g, SWT.NONE, "Paper"); GraphNode n2 = new GraphNode(g, SWT.NONE, "Rock"); GraphNode n3 = new GraphNode(g, SWT.NONE, "Scissors"); new GraphConnection(g, SWT.NONE, n, n2); new GraphConnection(g, SWT.NONE, n2, n3); new GraphConnection(g, SWT.NONE, n3, n); g.setLayoutAlgorithm(new SpringLayoutAlgorithm(LayoutStyles.NO_LAYOUT_NODE_RESIZING), true); shell.open(); while (!shell.isDisposed()) { while (!d.readAndDispatch()) { d.sleep(); } } } }


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Missing young woman found atop Green Mountain in Effingham
June 11. 2013 10:21PM
EFFINGHAM — An 18-year-old woman who on Sunday walked away from Lakeview NeuroRehabilitation Center was found Tuesday evening at the summit of Green Mountain, according to New Hampshire Fish and Game Lt. Jim Goss.
Goss said Joelle Ferstenberg had minor hypothermia but was otherwise not injured. She was found at 6:50 p.m. Tuesday, about two days after wandering away from the facility Sunday afternoon by Eric Gerard of Porter, Maine, who was hiking the mountain with his dog, Goss said. Gerard's mother works at the facility, he said.
"So he was hiking but also looking for (Ferstenberg)," Goss said.
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Port of Miami: Dredging Deeper
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The post-Panamax "Don Carlos" had to make sure it wasn't loaded to capacity on a visit to the Port of Miami in 2010.
In 2014, two new locks will come into service at the Panama Canal, accommodating ships carrying nearly three times as much cargo as today's canal-transiting ships. Gov. Rick Scott's surprising announcement in March that the state will contribute $77 million to a dredging project will help to make the Port of Miami one of the few ports on the eastern seaboard that can accommodate those gigantic ships.
The post-Panamax ships will require deeper harbors — 50 feet rather than 42 — for loading and offloading cargo. A dredging project already under way at the Port of Virginia will have that port ready to accommodate the ships in 2014. Miami is the only other port on the seaboard that Congress has approved for such a dredge and that can have it finished by 2014.
If ships can't load and unload cargo at the Port of Miami, says Port Director Bill Johnson, they will likely bypass a southern U.S. stop altogether. Without the port at 50 feet, Johnson says, "millions of containers will likely go to Freeport, Bahamas, and other ports outside the U.S.," he says.
The project was ready to go, waiting only for the federal government's portion of the funding to add to the $137.5 million committed by the county and state. But funding wasn't included in President Barack Obama's budget this year. Then in early March, Scott directed the state Department of Transportation to loan the port $77 million for the project. The port, in turn, will forward the money to the Army Corps of Engineers, which is in charge of the project.
The Legislature must pass the funding, which Johnson and Scott think is highly likely. "It's an impact statewide," says Johnson, noting that no other Florida ports have the needed congressional approval to dredge to 50 feet. And, the port will continue to lobby Congress to appropriate its share of the money, hoping to reimburse the state for the loan.
The Army Corps is already working on the documents for bidding, which will start at the end of the year. Construction is expected to begin by mid-2012.
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Who says field hockey isn't a contact sport?
WAYNESBORO — Who says field hockey isn't a contact sport?
Before the game even started Monday afternoon, Waynesboro's Rachel Deadmon was scratched from the starting lineup after being hit with a stick to the side of her head, which required stitches.
Then, in the second half, Macklyn Gift collided with a Shippensburg player and had to be transported by ambulance to the hospital after complaining of numbness to her right side. Fortunately, there was no damage to her spine after being treated at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Md.
The game was just as bizarre as the injuries. The Maidens scored their only goal of the game after the game was already completed, resulting in a 2-1 loss to the Greyhounds in a wild and wacky Mid-Penn Colonial Division game.
"It was a crazy game," said Waynesboro head coach Kelly Rock.
Waynesboro (0-3-1, 0-2 MPC) fell behind 1-0 quickly. Shippensburg's Madison Kline wound up and took a hard shot about 10 feet from the goal cage for a goal just 3:29 into the game. Kline was assisted by Allison Fetter, who along with Kline, made life difficult for the Maidens defense and midfielders throughout the game.
Kline added the Greyhounds' second goal with 1:30 left to play in the game. The unassisted goal came after a penalty corner.
"It comes down to simple stickwork," Rock said. "They need to make better dodges and they need to make the possessions count."
The statistics were considerably more one-sided than the final score. Shippensburg dominated in shots on goal (9-1) and penalty corners (16-2). A big reason the Maidens were in the game until the final minute and a half was defense.
"The defense played a tremendous game," Rock said. "Anna Swink was all over the place. Megan (Rock's) free hits were solid, and Sierra Wagner played well.
"We're getting better. We played hard and played with heart. We weren't able to get the ball downfield and score. It's just a matter of having confidence."
Waynesboro scored on a penalty corner after time expired, but the official did not hear the horn. In the past, the game official was shadowed by a team representative who signaled the end of play in the first half and second half.
Taylor Hickok scored with an assist from Lindsey Friese.
Waynesboro goalies Alyssa Hamilton and Lindsay Devers combined to make seven saves.
The Maidens return to action on Wednesday at Big Spring in a league game starting at 4 p.m. with the varsity game.


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I really loved this series. After (actually already before) I finished I wished there were more episodes with these characters in this style.
It's really wonderful to see different (possible) worlds and ideas and there were a lot of episodes with interesting problems and unorthodox problem-solving approaches.
Actually no show can really be "perfect" (score 10) and of course there were some issues in this show as well but I think this one deserves such a high score (of few).