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CAREY - Sydney Wentling set up her team and Hanna Tong knocked back what Cory-Rawson hit Saturday, turning in big milestones in Carey's 23-25, 25-14, 25-23, 25-12.
Wentling, a freshman, handed out 29 assists to give her a school-record 356 for the season.
Tong slammed 12 blocks as part of a triple-double for the Blue Devils, moving her to 401 in her career and into the 21st spot on the state's career list.
The senior also had 14 kills, 13 digs and nine aces for Carey (11-4).
Logan Johnson backed them with 15 digs and Taylor Fletcher came up with 13. Shelby Seifert smacked nine kills and four blocks, and Mackenzie Wentling served three aces.
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Upper Sandusky coach Matthew McConnaughey worried his team might've been distracted playing at Columbian Saturday morning. His team however came out focused and swept the Tornadoes 25-15, 25-15, 25-20.
"The girls continue to improve," he said. "I was a bit worried before the match, as tonight is the homecoming dance. So I was afraid the girls would be distracted. However, the girls rose to the occasion and played their game today for a successful outcome."
Jessi Holly's 14 kills paced the Rams with Molly Owens chipped in seven. Allison Snyder dished out 33 assists. Jenna Holly led defensively with 13 digs.
Blue Jackets win thriller
NEW RIEGEL - Two of the region's better volleyball programs engaged in an epic duel Saturday in New Riegel. After five tough games, the host Blue Jackets stood victorious over Wynford 25-19, 16-25, 19-25, 25-19, 15-13.
Three Blue Jackets had at least 13 kills, with Lauren Ladd leading the way with 24. Ladd also had five blocks and 16 digs. Taylor Arbogast finished with 17 kills and 24 digs. Kara Scherger had 13 kills and 30 digs.
Cassandra Acree set them up with 44 assists, while also picking up 19 digs.
Also for New Riegel (15-1), Brittany Gillig had 13 digs and Morgan Noftz chipped in 18 digs and seven assists.
Great day for St. Wendelin
FOSTORIA - St. Wendelin hosted the Northwest Ohio Catholic Schools Association Invitational Saturday, and the Mohawks weren't the most gracious of hosts, taking all three matches they competed in.
St. Wendelin started the day with a 20-25, 25-22, 25-20 win over Cardinal Stritch. Catrina Lang led with six kills while Colleen Fondessy added four. Meghan Reiter dished out 16 assists. Defensively, Becca Starn had 11 blocks and Allie Rutter had seven. Adrienne Emerine had 19 digs.
The Mohawks next took down Sandusky St. Mary 25-19, 25-9. Fondessy slammed nine kills in the match with Reiter delivering 10 assists. Starn had four blocks and Emerine led again with six digs.
St. Wendelin closed out the day by beating Mansfield St. Peter's 25-5, 25-15. Starn's four kills led the Mohawks (8-9).
Mixed day for Calvert
FOSTORIA - Calvert picked up a pair of wins, but lost its final match at the Northwest Ohio Catholic Schools Association Invitational Saturday at St. Wendelin.
The Senecas beat Sandusky St. Mary 30-28, 25-13, and Mansfield St. Peter's 25-7, 25-8. In their final match, the Senecas fell to Fremont St. Joe 15-25, 25-16, 25-17.
Meridith Lucius led Calvert (12-5) with 23 kills. Amber Perry added 22.
Mohawk wins 3
CALEDONIA - Mohawk made the most of its trip to the Beth Bayles Memorial at River Valley. The Warriors swept all three matches without losing a game, knocking off Fairbanks 25-13, 25-18, Jonathan Alder 25-13, 25-20 and River Valley 25-8, 25-13.
Sarah Parker paced Mohawk (15-2) with 27 kills and six blocks. Kasey Adelsperger chipped in 21 kills and eight blocks. Julie Adelsperger added 15 kills and 15 digs.
Ashley Parker had 67 assists. Lynsey Trusty led the team with 30 digs and Taylor McClain added seven.
Old Fort takes a tumble
CONVOY - Old Fort dropped three Saturday at the Convoy Crestview Lady Knight Invitational. The Stockaders fell to Norwalk St. Paul 25-11, 25-10, the host Knights 25-20, 25-13, and Fort Recovery 25-15, 25-21.
Kristin Bender led Old Fort with 24 kills, 11 digs and six blocks. Krista Ward dished out 27 assists and picked up eight digs.
Shelby Bigler gave the Stockaders 20 digs. Sammy Miller had four aces and nine digs.
Lakota catches Comets
GENOA - After narrowly dropping the day's first game, Lakota rallied to take the next three and beat Genoa 23-25, 25-20, 25-6, 25-21.
Three Raiders hit double figures in kills, led by Destiny Long-Meyer with 12. Rachel Feick had 11 and Katie Park chipped in 10.
Also for Lakota (6-9), Stephanie Miller had 27 digs while dishing out 21 assists. Alaina Bickford picked up 26 digs. Makayla Kiser also had a double-double with 16 assists and 15 digs.


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BERKELEY SPRINGS - A Maypole wrapped with ribbons has been a festive tradition for hundreds of years in the northern hemisphere on the first of May, especially in many communities in England.
Revelers in Berkeley Springs plan to celebrate spring Sunday with a Maypole and cakewalk in Berkeley Springs State Park. Lively music by Robbie Mann on fiddle and John Devine on guitar will accompany those who want to wrap ribbons around the Maypole.
A cakewalk is a variation of musical chairs. Organizer Leslie Devine-Milbourne said a table will be filled with cakes and other baked goods to try to win. Participants buy tickets for $1. A circle has 20 numbered sections to walk around. Each participant, 20 at a time, will stand on a section.
As music is played, they walk around the circle. When the music stops, someone will draw a number, and the person standing on the spot with that number wins a baked good of their choice. Participants can play in as many rounds as they'd like.
"There have been many versions of cakewalks over the past 200 years," Devine-Milbourne said. "It originated with couples dancing in order to win a huge cake."
Many of the baked goods are being prepared by businesses within the Berkeley Springs community. The cakewalk is a benefit for Wind Dance Farm & Earth Education Center, founded in southern Morgan County by Devine-Milbourne and John Devine.
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"A parent suggested a cakewalk as a fundraiser," Devine-Milbourne said. "It will benefit our programs which include summer camps, home school programs, a Community Supported Agriculture program, and farm tours."
She said Wind Dance Farm & Earth Education Center provides educational programs that are dedicated to increase awareness and understanding of how the earth works, how humans interact with the earth, the importance of preservation, conservation, ecological thinking and farm stewardship.
The center offers weekly programs for children, youth and adults from September through May, Summer Camp Programs, newsletters to Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) members, and various other gatherings. They also make soap, calendula ointment, and hand and body cream. The farm and earth education programs operate within a non-profit 501(c)(3) status, and the farm is recognized as Certified Naturally Grown (CNG).
Devine-Milbourne holds a master's degree in Environmental Education from Acadia University in Pennsylvania and has been working in education since 1984. Prior to working on the farm, she taught garden-based science at Center School in Pennsylvania and received awards for her work with children and gardens.
Devine has been singing and playing guitar for dances, concerts, school programs and workshops for more than 30 years. He has traveled and played independently and with numerous folk artists and groups, including Steve Hickman, Ralph Gordon, Fiddlestyx and Blue Bamboo. His music and traditional dance instruction are shared regularly during Wind Dance Farm programs.
Fiddler Robbie Mann trained with Critton Hollow String Band founder Joe Herrmann, and is a sought-after musician around Berkeley Springs. He attends Glenville State College's Bluegrass Music program and is in the school's Bluegrass band.
Devine-Milbourne said there will be fun for all ages at the event, which will take place from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, visit www.winddancefarm.org.


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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - In addition to heading Lake Tahoe School, I have the privilege of serving as a member of Rotary here in Incline. Actually, there are two Rotary meetings: one that meets for breakfast at 7 a.m. weekly and one that meets for lunch.
Given school schedules, my attendance with the lunch crew would be spotty, indeed. I find the Thursday morning gatherings to be both inspiring and rather therapeutic.
As you may know, Rotary is an international, service organization. Each member is committed to supporting the general work of Rotary (the near-total international eradication of Polio is an accomplishment for which Rotary can claim considerable credit) as well as to volunteering for various local projects. We sell ducks for the July 4th duck race and Christmas trees in December as our major fundraisers.
The aforementioned therapy part is attached to both the breakfast meetings and the volunteer opportunities. The membership of each Rotary chapter is purposefully diverse. In fact, there usually is only one representative from any specific line of work: one doctor, one lawyer, one elementary school educator, one high school educator, etc.
The result, for me, is exposure to all kinds of people I might not otherwise meet. It's also participation in an outrageously and delightfully irreverent and witty group. Rotarians take their work seriously; themselves, not so much. One cannot leave a meeting without feeling hope and a sense of sharpened vision, as well as that sense of contentment that comes with a couple of good belly laughs.
The volunteer situations provide the time necessary to get to know someone a little more "up close and personal," as was said in the past by commentators connecting to athletes during the Olympics.
Sunday, I had the pleasure of sharing tree-selling time with Bill Devine, sheriff of Incline Village and coach of both the high school cross-country running and ski teams. Perhaps my sense of appreciation was heightened by last Friday's horrific events in Connecticut, but my time with Bill clarified, once again, how fortunate we are to be in Incline Village.
No place is 100 percent safe. How much safer than most communities we are, however, when our sheriff is on a first-name basis (for good reasons!) with half the citizenship, including children of all ages. Bill knows kids. He knows what makes them tick. He knows when an arm around the shoulder is what is needed and when it should be the proverbial kick in the pants.
He understands that sometimes the motivation behind a parent making absurd demands of him as a coach is the fear all parents can feel at some time or another. Bill has a great sense of humor and an equal sense of balance. How lucky we are to have him in our midst.
- Ruth Glass is headmaster at Lake Tahoe School. She can be reached for comment through her blog at www.laketahoeschool.org.


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The way Suki Mixson sees it, every squirrel needs a nut, and shes Zippers.
The rodent has been her constant companion for five years, ever since the night she was on her way to see a band called the Squirrel Nut Zippers and met a man too inebriated to drive.
She gave the guy a ride home, and his son was so grateful that he rewarded Mixson with a baby squirrel that cried every two hours around the clock, wanting to be fed from a bottle.
That was better than if hed given me a $100 bill, said Mixson, who has owned rats, possums, raccoons, snakes, giant lizards and a pot-bellied pig.
It didnt take long for Zipper to become the queen of Mixsons house, which also includes three cats and a dog.
Mixson said the squirrel has had a chance to live in the wild but prefers the domestic lifestyle. She sleeps in Mixsons bedroom, roams the house freely and rides on Mixsons motorcycle with her.
Ive always ridden, and Ive had a cat and a rat that used to ride with me, said Mixson, who lives in Ardmore subdivision. It was just natural to me that Zipper would ride, too.
Zipper first started riding along on Mixsons bike when she was so small that she could fit in her shirt pocket.
Now she sits in the seat of honor, on a pillow right behind the windshield.
Mixson, who has a sticker on her van that says, I kissed a squirrel and I liked it, a nod to the Katy Perry pop song, takes Zipper along nearly everywhere she goes.
We get great and quick service at the McDonalds drive-through, she said. The girls there love to see her, but then they practically throw the bag at me, like, Heres your food.
Wearing a little helmet made from a childs toy and a pet leash, Zipper climbs on Mixsons motorcycle and takes her perch whenever she gets close enough to do so.
She will actually get on somebody elses bike, too, and sometimes thats a problem, Mixson said. Shes been completely comfortable riding from the get-go.
Zipper doesnt have any other tricks, and Mixson said shes never considered putting her on waterskis like Twiggy, the world-famous late-70s novelty act.
Thats been done, she said. Besides, its actually not that hard to do because squirrels dont really like water so of course they are going to stay on the skis.
But Zipper has not been without controversy either. A few years ago, she accompanied Mixson to a bar and bit a patron who tried to touch her. The pair wound up in court, where Mixson was required to get a wildlife rehabilitation license to keep her pet and Zipper was sentenced to three months house arrest.
I was just waiting for them to bring out a little ankle bracelet for her to wear, Mixson said.
One day she may get notoriety of a more positive sort. Mixson, a medical courier by day, said she has started writing a childrens book based on Zippers life.
Squirrels in captivity have about a 20-year lifespan, so we should have plenty more years together, Mixson said. Id say our relationship is one of unconditional love.
Reach Brenda Rindge at 937-5713 or www.facebook.com/brindge.


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n. - An Internet text messaging program that exchanges communications between users in real time, and allows college students to leave nifty online "away" messages for their buddies all day.
v. - to AIM someone is to send them a message using the AIM program.
v. - to AIM someone is to send them a message using the AIM program.
I used AIM to ask Sheila out on a date.
Sheila AIMed me back to tell me no.
by b-diddy July 15, 2003
A device people use to put up an away message 24/7, thus ruining the prospect of having a freaking instant messenger in the first place.
AOL is NOT the best messenger service out there, I only use it because all of my friends are AOL handicapped.
by Not Zane September 05, 2004
crapy instant message client used by teenage boys to talk to girls because they are afraid to talk to girls in person
clashrocker123456:hey michelle wanna go out sum time
princess1234234235:no grow up and ask me in person
princess1234234235:no grow up and ask me in person
by st. jimmy March 30, 2005
A great way to meet fatass pedophiles over the internet. In other words, a good way to get a dick in your ass.
Say, do you remember that chick Joy? Yeah, I met her on AIM. We met at the park, and, wow, she had a penis? I GOT RAPED BY A GODDAM WOMAN WITH A PENIS?!
by Greg September 29, 2004
The newest way to hate your friends since actual communication. Also, the best way to hide your actual identity.
Beeblebrox1337: Dude, you are lame.
Deathapefornicator: I know.
Deathapefornicator: I know.
by Bean April 10, 2005
An acronym for Aol Instant messanger (Aol itself is an acronym for American online). A program used to chat with people online, it itself was a good idea, however people lately bombard it with acronyms and abbreviations therefore it basically takes longer to read and understand the converastion than it does to write and send a letter.
Instant messanger:Lol lmfao
Me: ...
Me: ...
by Adeadlyliquid September 27, 2004
The program that is taking over today's youth and the reason we have such a problem with obesity in this country. Instead of going out and riding bike or playing back yard football young kids spend hours on end talking on AIM to their friends or getting sexually abused in chat-rooms while they eat junk food and become fat. High school age kids sit on this all night to gossip and spread even more rumors around their school, and college kids now sit on this all day/night or have AIM on their cell phone, instead of partying or going to class because they think it makes them hood rich. This one program has handicapped our society as a whole, even some parents go on this to find out information on their children and it's a godsend for child molesters now a days. With every newer version of AIM, the interface is even worse and the program becomes even faultier.
Kid 1: Yo, I met a hot MILF on AIM last night dude!
Kid 2: Yea...I bet she is a fat piece of shit and lives in a trailer
Kid 1: No I saw a pic of her, in a swimsuit
Kid 2: Wow, I feel bad for you, you really need to get a life and find something else to do besides sit in chat-rooms on AIM
Kid 2: Yea...I bet she is a fat piece of shit and lives in a trailer
Kid 1: No I saw a pic of her, in a swimsuit
Kid 2: Wow, I feel bad for you, you really need to get a life and find something else to do besides sit in chat-rooms on AIM
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Bachelorette star Isla Fisher and her little ladies – daughters Olive, 5, and Elula, 2 – interacted with a guinea pig, chatted with a friendly goat and hitched a ride on a pony.
Meanwhile, rocker Mark McGrath gave his 2-year-old twins, Lydon Edward and Hartley Grace, high fives as they went for a ride with the ponies. The exuberant dad snapped photos on his phone to capture the adorable moments. "I don't think you can prepare for the love we are feeling," McGrath told PEOPLE in 2010 when the twins arrived. Two years on, McGrath still looks like he's feeling every bit of that love.


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Cameron Newton and his Auburn Tigers just pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in SEC history.
Down 24-7 at the half, the No. 2 Tigers needed a miracle to stay undefeated and keep their spot atop the BCS rankings.
Well, they got one.
His name is Cameron Newton.
Newton completed three touchdowns and ran it in for another as Auburn took their first lead of the game, and even though the Tigers defense has struggled at times, they held on for a 28-27 victory over the reigning BCS national champions.
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How To Lend A Paw To Oklahoma
May 29, 2013 - Amy Hanna-Eckenrode
I can't even fathom what it's like to experience a tornado, let alone a storm so horrific it leaves me standing amidst the rubble of my home and town in only the clothes on my back -- even, more incomprehensible, not being able to find my precious pets.
It's been a week since the catastrophic EF-4 tornado made it's destructive 2 mile wide, 22 miles long path through Oklahoma.
With more than 10,000 people directly affected, 2,400 homes destroyed, and 24 lives lost, the ASPCA conservatively estimates that 7,000 dogs, cats and horses have been injured or displaced as a result of these storms and are in need of emergency assistance and medical care.
While response efforts began to trickle into the affected areas within hours, many organizations were unable to safely enter for more than a day leaving people without any resources.
Now, eight days after the storm, dozens of rescue groups have arrived from across the country including mobile animal rescue organizations who have made their way into the affected areas to help locate the misplaced and injured pets -- so many separated from their owners.
While other news stories have started to steal the daily spotlight, the 10,000 people affected by the deadly Oklahoma tornado are just now starting to pick up the pieces - literally - of their lives.
It's 1,205 miles from my town to Moore, OK. When a disaster like this strikes, it's frustrating to know what to do to help.
The quickest way and easiest way to make an impact is to text REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation. You can also make a donation via their website, by calling 1 (800) REDCROSS.
You can also contribute to the Salvation Army by calling 1-800-SAL-ARMY (1-800-725-2769), online on their website, by texting "STORM" to 80888 to make an automatic $10 donation.
Even if you're miles away or tight on funds, there are many ways to lend a hand.
You can give blood, take, teach or host lifesaving classes, volunteer, fundraise for the Red Cross or another rescue organization, or simply be an advocate to raise awareness among your circle of family and friends for those in need.
There are also now dozens of Facebook sites you can visit to assist rescue efforts, including: - Pet Food Pantry of Oklahoma City - Animal Resource Center - The Edmond Sun Found Pets - OKC Lost Pets - Moore Oklahoma Tornado Lost and Found Animals - Oklahoma Animal Lost and Found Tornado Group
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Bridgeport advanced to the semifinals of the Little League 10-11-year-old state tournament with a 15-1 win over Fairmont Tuesday in quarterfinal action at Riverbend Park.
Fairmont took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning when Bryson Flowers singled, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt from Tanner Hoskins and trotted home on a single by Zac Frazier.
It was all Bridgeport from that point, however, as the Harrison County squad plated eight runs in the bottom of the inning to take control.
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Bridgeport's Ryan Goff hustles down the line as Fairmont first baseman Trey Washenitz takes the throw to record the out during Little League 10-11-year-old state tournament action Tuesday at Riverbend Park. Bridgeport won the game 15-1 and will face Hurricane at 5 p.m. today in semifinal action.
Bridgeport tacked on six more in the second and a single run in the third to end the game in the fourth inning due to the mercy rule.
A.J. Godwin and Gabe Zummo went 2 for 3 to lead the winners. Godwin and Emily Riggs each scored three runs.
Riggs, Zummo and Ryan Goff shared the pitching duties for Bridgeport.
Bridgeport will battle Hurricane at 5 p.m. today in semifinal action.
In Tuesday's late game, which ended after 11 p.m. due to weather delays, Barboursville held off St. Albans, 8-6.
Barboursville led 7-4 before St. Albans used back-to-back homers from Ayden Hodges and Casey Kemplin in the bottom of the fifth inning to make it a one-run game.
Jacob Marsh answered with a solo homer in the sixth for Barboursville. St. Albans then loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the frame but a strikeout ended the contest.
Barboursville will face Martinsburg at 7 p.m. today in semifinal action.
The championship game is slated for 6 p.m. Wednesday.
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They got to taste the thrill of victory two years ago, and the heartbreak of defeat last year.
For the Hatter senior class, they will one day be able to remember the night they pulled together to overcome adversity and huge odds in order to close their careers as conference champions.
"I am so happy," said senior Janelle Mills, who played in her 129th career game. "This is so important because it's our last year, and to share it with people who have been here since my freshman year is so special. I am just so happy to go out as a champion. It is so amazing."
Fellow senior Ashley Dennis had a strong outing in the championship game, collecting eight points and three rebounds while drawing a charging call against the Eagles' Sarah Hansen.
"Words cannot express what I am feeling," Dennis said. "We have been through so much and we have made it again. This is the best way I ever could have imagined to end my senior year. I am so, so excited."
Shanasa Sanders had a feeling back in February that the Hatters might just finish the season on a high note.
"I remember telling Victoria (McGowan) after the second time we lost to (FGCU) that maybe it was a sign that we were saving our best for last," Sanders said. "The third time was the charm, we stuck together today and got a win."
McGowan, one of the most decorated athletes in Stetson history, has now helped lead the Hatters to two NCAA Tournaments in the past three years.
"After losing last year, coming back and winning means so much for the seniors, and everybody else on the team," McGowan said. "Everybody on the team just believed, and that's what got us the win."
When asked how special the senior class was and how much they meant to her, head coach Lynn Bria started to get choked up.
"I don't know if I can do that," Bria said. "They mean everything to me. I get a front row seat to see them all the time. I don't pay for it. I just get to sit there and watch some great basketball. We have a lot of fun together off the court, and that's what I am going to miss.
"They have meant everything to me, they are a very special class, and I don't know if I will ever be able to experience it again as a coach," Bria added. "They are just that special."


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An endearing term for someone you care for, especially a child or dependent. Synonym to "kid" or "little one."
From the Yiddish term Pitzeleh, which means "little".
From the Yiddish term Pitzeleh, which means "little".
"Mom, can I have an ice cream?" "Of course pitzi, you got an A in painting this semester!"
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Do Peer Firms Affect Corporate Financial Policy?
Mark T. Leary
Washington University in St. Louis - Olin Business School; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Michael R. Roberts
The Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
July 30, 2010
We show that corporate financial policies are highly interdependent; firms make financing decisions in large part by responding to the financing decisions of their peers, as opposed to changes in firm-specific characteristics. On average, a one standard deviation change in peer firms' leverage ratios is associated with an 11% change in own firm leverage ratios --- a marginal effect that is significantly larger than that of any other observable determinant and one that is driven by interdependencies among debt and equity issuance decisions. Consistent with information-based theories of learning and reputation, we find that smaller, more financially constrained firms with lower paid and less experienced CEOs are more likely to mimic their peers. Additionally, we quantify the externalities engendered by these peer effects, which can amplify the impact of changes in exogenous determinants on leverage by almost 70%.
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Eva Longoria mixed and mingled with Democratic National Convention attendees at a Got Your 6 event in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday night.
The Desperate Housewives star posed for photos on the red carpet, sharing her political views with the press. She also spoke about the importance of supporting Got Your 6, which aims to bridge the gap between military personnel and citizens by aiding in the reintegration of returning veterans into society.
During the event, Flo Rida performed all of his hits, including "Whistle", for the crowd of celebrities, delegates and democratic supporters.
Longoria teased the rapper-singer about his patriotic attire and joked about borrowing his American flag scarf for her speech on Thursday.
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5 Guilty Pleasures That Are Secretly Saving the World
#2. Texting Saved Us All from Brain Tumors
How many times has this happened to you: You're sitting in a theater when someone tries to covertly text a few rows in front of you and inadvertently fires a shaft of light brighter than the Bat Signal into the faces of everyone behind them? Or you're driving along a windy road and you notice that the person driving in the opposite direction is texting but before you can say anything, you've been eviscerated by your own engine shrapnel? Annoying, right? Well, if it's any consolation, if texting had never caught on as a trend, we'd probably all be dead by now anyway.
Cellphone technology developed so quickly and saw such a surge in demand immediately that there wasn't really proper time to test the catastrophic consequences of holding electromagnetic radiation directly against your face. As a result, early cellphones that were analog instead of digital (and required a lot more power) were just a little bit better for your brain than wearing plutonium earmuffs. The phones today are certainly better, but they're still not great, particularly for developing brains, like those trapped in the skulls of tweens.
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"You have no idea how bad it gets in here. The other day he wanted to think about string cheese for an hour."
In the early 2000s, cellphone companies were panicking because doctors were starting to point out that cellphone use had a direct link with certain brain tumors in kids. It was a conundrum for corporations like Nokia, because on one hand they didn't want to be remembered as the makers of a product that killed children, but on the other hand they were making so much money doing it. So they opted to say nothing and hoped for the best. Fortunately, the best happened to be a completely unrelated shift in pop culture where everyone suddenly decided they preferred writing gibberish to one another instead of talking. The minutes people spent with the phone plastered to their ear dropped dramatically, and so did the imminent threat of an entire generation dying from brain tumors, all because we decided it was too much work to actually speak to other people. We all deserve a pat on the back for saving ourselves through laziness, except you phone companies -- you were just content to quietly watch it happen in your forts made of money.
#1. Lying to the Internet Makes Everyone Smarter
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The Internet is a breeding ground of misinformation. It's one big game of telephone where even valuable information has been passed through so many hands and so many SEO experts by the time it reaches your screen that it's almost impossible to tell what's reliable. Even our online personae rarely line up with who we are in real life because we've all been gifted the opportunity to present the very best version of ourselves, the person we want to be. Unfortunately, it turns out that the best version of some people is a vaguely racist username, a profile picture of an equality symbol Photoshopped into a swastika, and a bunch of broken English tirades on YouTube clips of Loose Change. But the point is that no one is forcing us to be honest from behind a keyboard and so we rarely are.
But all those lies are having a profound effect on our brains. Just by maintaining that constant level of skepticism that the Internet demands is rewiring minds to be more efficient and better able to spot inconsistencies. In essence, we're all opening new neural pathways and making each other smarter through dishonesty. For instance, research shows that we're better now than ever before at spotting tricks that people employ to cover their tracks through bullshit, like sentences that start with "research shows" or vague, meaningless statements like "better than ever before." Above all, the Internet has taught us how to discriminate between a well-informed piece with reliable sources and, say, an elaborate April Fools' prank filled with bold-faced lies that sort of feel true.
"Wait a sec- Oh, you asshole. And I was going to smoke weed for you, too."
While the liars slowly turn you into a genius, you have a lot of opportunities to wield that power. You could, say, share an intentionally deceitful article you saw recently with the intent of catching other liars who won't bother reading the whole thing before offering their loud opinion on it. But, hey, it's your life and your big (handsome) brain, use it how you like.
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For many people living paycheck-to-paycheck, a big, fat federal income tax refund just cannot arrive soon enough.
This season's tax refunds, though, are going to be one week late because the Internal Revenue Service couldn't begin processing the vast majority of returns until Jan. 30. Blame Washington for dragging out the "fiscal cliff" debate and tinkering too long with the tax code.
A week might not mean much to some. But many lower-income households could be more tempted to jump at fast-cash products offered through a tax preparer.
Consumer advocates are pleased to report this is the first year in decades that overpriced refund-anticipation loans will no longer be available from banks on a large-scale basis.
Even so, some high-cost products remain for getting cash quicker.
H&R Block no longer offers a refund-anticipation loan. But it does have refund-anticipation checks, which allow you to deduct your tax-prep fees from the refund. There's an extra charge of $24.95 for a refund-anticipation check to have your federal income tax refund deposited onto H&R Block's debit card, called the Emerald Card. Or there's an extra charge of $34.95 if you have your own bank account for direct deposit and use a refund-anticipation check to cover the cost of tax preparation. Or there's an extra charge of $54.95 to have a paper check mailed to you as part of the refund-anticipation check program.
The refund-anticipation check program is used when people typically do not have a bank account and want to receive a refund faster than regular mail – or when they don't want to pay immediately for tax preparation fees and would rather have those fees deducted from a refund, said Gene King, an H&R Block spokesman in Kansas City, Mo.
Jackson Hewitt is not offering refund-anticipation loans but has a refund-anticipation check product called Assisted Refund, in which fees are charged but a customer can avoid out-of-pocket costs at the time the tax return is filled out.
Liberty Tax Service, for example, has a refund-transfer product called its Instant Cash Advance. A taxpayer could apply if he or she has at least a $1,500 federal tax refund.
In Michigan, for example, the taxpayer would pay about $101 in fees and interest for a $1,700 loan via Liberty's Instant Cash Advance.
The cash would be in the customer's hands 24 hours to 48 hours upon approval.
That's one Benjamin out the door just to get some cash about two weeks or three weeks earlier than with typical electronic filing of a tax return.
Liberty notes that no credit check is needed. Several other states with Liberty offices, including Florida, Virginia and Texas, also can offer the cash advance products.
Consumer advocates question the notion of paying extra fees when lower-income people could qualify for free tax assistance and have refunds directly deposited into a bank account. Some free tax-help programs offer prepaid debit cards for tax refunds for those who don't have bank accounts, too.
"We're always concerned when consumers don't receive the entire balance of their tax refund," said Tom Feltner, director of financial services for the Consumer Federation of America.
Millions of struggling Americans qualify for the earned income tax credit, which can create extra-large refunds for working households.
The federal Earned Income Tax Credit can generate up to $5,891 for working families.
But again, why waste any of that precious refund on tax preparation services if one qualifies for free tax help?
Volunteer tax sites across the country are open now and will process returns for free if the family has an income of up to about $50,000 or the individual has an annual income up to $35,000 in many cases.
If your adjusted gross income was $57,000 or less in 2012, you can use the Free File program at IRS.gov and select your choice of tax software for free.
Low-income taxpayers can get free income tax preparation through Volunteer Income Tax Assistance. See IRS.gov or call (800) 906-9887. Or see AARP Foundation Tax-Aide sites at AARP.org under "Advocacy & Programs."
Some consumers might not understand that refund-anticipation checks do not deliver refunds faster than the IRS can via direct deposit.
Taxpayers who have a bank account should be able to get a refund in 21 days or less if they use e-filing and have money directly deposited into a bank account. So why pay extra fees?
Some people could get talked into taking a tax-related loan that's made by a payday lender, instead of a major bank. And those loans could even be costlier and have more risk, said Chi Chi Wu, staff attorney for the National Consumer Law Center. Several states do not permit payday loans, but others permit such loans with some restrictions.
Consumer advocates are concerned that unscrupulous tax preparers could engage in a "bait-and-switch" kind of a deal to just get customers in the door to pay for tax-preparation services.
A consumer could pay $400 or $500 in tax-prep fees in hopes of qualifying for a refund-anticipation loan but then be denied that loan because of limited dollars available for such loans.
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UOW's Centre for Small Business and Regional Research released a comprehensive research study that showed that University activities generate over $2 billion in economic activity annually, with the majority of it spent in the Illawarra region. In August Team UOW Australia, made up of UOW and TAFE Illawarra students and staff, won Solar Decathlon China 2013 – a high profile international competition that challenged university teams from around the world to design, build and operate an energy-efficient solar-powered house. Professor Richard (Bert) Roberts became UOW's third Australian Laureate Fellow when the Australian Research Council provided five years of funding for the renowned geochronologist to establish the Australian Centre for Archaeological Science at the University.
UOW's fourth Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Wellings took over on 1 January. Professor Wellings had been Vice-Chancellor at Lancaster University in the UK since 2002. Prior to that he spent 21 years in Australia at the CSIRO, as a research ecologist rising to Deputy CEO. Professor Wellings is pictured at his first official duty welcoming the region's high-achieving HSW students to a celebratory event at the University. Later in the year Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Rob Castle retired after 42 years at UOW. He had joined the Wollongong University College in 1970 when it had 1000 students and 90 staff, and left with student numbers at 26,000 and staff at more than 2000.
In the year that UOW celebrated the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the small regional college that grew into the University, its longest-serving Vice-Chancellor retired. Professor Gerard Sutton had been Vice-Chancellor for almost 17 years, presiding over unprecedented development at the University. NSW Governor Professor Marie Bashir hosted a reception in Professor Sutton's honour at Government House to acknowledge his enormous contribution to higher education. UOW published a commemorative history, REGIONAL ICON, GLOBAL ACHIEVER, to mark the 60th anniversary and the end of the Sutton era at UOW.
UOW celebrates 60th anniversary.
University of Wollongong in Dubai reaches a significant milestone with its 5000th graduate.
NSW Health Minister Carmel Tebbutt opens the $30 million Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute in July. In August a $20 million building housing UOW's Sydney Business School and a UOW/TAFE digital media centre opened at the Innovation Campus, and was named the Mike Codd Building in honour of the former Chancellor. In October Indian IT services company MphasiS opened a development and delivery centre at UOW, and Adam Gilchrist, Glenn McGrath and a host of former Test cricket stars participate in the second annual Stumping Serious Diseases celebrity cricket match. In December NSW Governor Professor Marie Bashir attended the graduation ceremony for UOW's first Medical School graduates.
In February UOW was ranked first overall for student satisfaction among Australian universities in a new independent survey, the Sweeney Student Satisfaction Ranking.
In May UOW's corporate arm, the ITC Group of Companies, donated $6 million to launch the university's Medical Research Support Fund.
Chancellor Michael Codd AC announced his retirement after three four-year terms. His replacement, effective 1 October, was Jillian Broadbent AO. Ms Broadbent, who has a banking background, is on the Reserve Bank of Australia Board and is a director of SBS and Coca-Cola Amatil. She is the third Chancellor, after Justice Robert Hope and Mr Codd.
In November UOW hosted the inaugural Stumping Serious Diseases celebrity cricket match and fund-raising dinner, where UOW Ambassador Adam Gilchrist was the guest speaker. The two events were organised to raise funds for UOW's medical research programs.
In June NSW Premier Morris Iemma officially opened iC Central, the first building to be completed at the Innovation Campus. Three other buildings were under construction on the 33-hectare site. Mr Iemma capped off the celebrations by announcing $15 million in government funding towards the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute to be built at UOW.
UOW retained its place in the Jiao Tong rankings, strengthening its position among the world's top two percent of research universities.
In August Faculty of Science Dean Professor Rob Whelan took up a new role as President of the University of Wollongong in Dubai.
On 24 September Professor Gerard Sutton becomes UOW's longest-serving VC, overtaking his predecessor Professor Ken McKinnon's mark of 13 years, seven months.
In the same month, cricketing icon Adam Gilchrist joined the University as its Ambassador in India. Gilchrist and Professor Sutton led a delegation to India to generate interest in Indian technology companies establishing research bases at the Innovation Campus.
In November long-serving Vice-Principal (Overseas Operations) and ITC Group CEO Dr James Langridge retired after 34 years with the University. Among Dr Langridge's many achievements was spearheading the establishment of the University of Wollongong in Dubai and pioneering Australia's international student recruitment programs.
In December, the Federal Government announced $35 million in funding to create a national infrastructure research, modelling and training institute at UOW, to be called the SMART (Simulation, Modelling and Analysis for Research and Teaching) Infrastructure Facility.
On January 29 NSW Governor Professor Marie Bashir welcomed the inaugural cohort of 80 students at UOW's Graduate School of Medicine. The school is based at two centres at UOW's Wollongong and Shoalhaven campuses. UOW hosted inaugural Universities Australia workshop (the organization formed to replace the AVCC) with Gerard Sutton UA's inaugural chair. UOW retained its place in the World Top 200 Universities ranking, and for the first time is included in Jiao Tong Top 200 – putting UOW in the top two percent of world universities based on research rankings.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Gerard Sutton began a two-year term as President of the Australian Vice Chancellor's Committee (AVCC).
New Federal Education, Science and Training Minister Julie Bishop announced $12 million funding to build the Global Centre of Excellence in Transnational Crime Prevention – one of the first research centres to be built at UOW's Innovation Campus.
In November, UOW was named inaugural Commonwealth University of the Year at an awards ceremony in London. The awards, run by The Times Higher Education Supplement in liaison with the Association of Commonwealth Universities, focused on how universities achieve community engagement. UOW's submission centred around its commitment to the community with the development of the Graduate School of Medicine and the Innovation Campus. UOW included in The Times World Top 200 Universities for the first time.
Federal Education Minister Dr Brendan Nelson announced UOW's internationally acclaimed Intelligent Polymer Research Institute will play a pivotal role in the new $12 million Australian Centre of Excellence in Electromaterials Science to create the new generation of bionic ears, artifical muscles and nerve repairs. IPRI Director Professor Gordon Wallace was appointed the Centre's Director.
Federal Education Minister Dr Brendan Nelson announced $10 million in capital funding to establish a Graduate School of Medicine at UOW. The medical school accepted its first students in February 2007.
The University of Wollongong established a satellite campus at Nowra and Education Access Centres in Batemans Bay, Bega and Moss Vale and a campus at Loftus in southern Sydney from 2003.
In December NSW Premier Bob Carr presented Professor Sutton with a cheque for $16 million for infrastructure spending to begin the $300 million Innovation Campus project – a major research and development precinct currently being developed at Fairy Meadow.
UOW was awarded an unprecedented second University of the Year title for 2000-2001 for preparing students for the e-world.
UOW was named Australia's University of the Year for 1999-2000 for its outstanding research and development partnerships. The same year it opened new premises for its Shoalhaven Campus at West Nowra.
Justice Robert Hope retired as Chancellor, having given 22 years of outstanding service to UOW and in the process becoming the longest-serving Chancellor in Australian academic history. A former Head of the Prime Minister's Department, Michael Codd AC, became UOW's second Chancellor.
Professor Ken McKinnon retired as Vice-Chancellor. He was replaced by Professor Gerard Sutton, who had served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor at UOW and earlier was Foundation Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). Professor Sutton has an engineering background and before moving into his senior administrative posts he worked as a naval research scientist. His career included a period as a Visiting Research Scientist in the Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment in the United Kingdom.
UOW established a Campus in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. It now has more than 1200 students.
The same year it also established a Campus in the Shoalhaven at Berry.
The University established a Law Faculty, in the face of intense competition from other universities.
The University established a Law Faculty, in the face of intense competition from other universities.
It also opened a 50m swimming pool which is still the centerpiece of impressive sporting facilities on the campus. International sporting teams including the United States swimming team and the Australian Wallabies rugby union team have used the campus as a training base.
Canadian-based multinational telecommunications company Nortel Networks established a research centre on the Wollongong Campus. This was to be the catalyst for UOW developing the Southern Hemisphere's biggest university-based Information Technology research facility.
Also in 1989, UOW presided over a unique ceremony when it conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters on three former Prime Ministers – Australians Sir John Gorton and Gough Whitlam, and Michael Somare from Papua-New Guinea.
The University enrolled its first directly recruited full-fee paying students from overseas. International students now comprise more than 20 percent of the student population.
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Centre opened in 1984. It caters for over 50 children from 0 - 12 years.
This year saw the establishment of the School of Creative Arts (now a separate Faculty) and a number of new courses, including a Bachelor of Environmental Science.
In 1982 the Faculty of Education established a Unit to respond to the needs of Aboriginal students on campus. By 1985 there had been a major move to recruit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students into study programs. In 2005, the Centre was re-named Woolyungah Indigenous Centre (WIC).
Amalgamation of UOW and the Wollongong Teachers College (which had been renamed the Wollongong Institute of Education in 1973).
In April Professor Ken McKinnon became the University's second Vice-Chancellor, with Professor Birt departing to become Vice-Chancellor at UNSW.
Professor McKinnon had been a highly successful academic administrator in the Australian Government, and chairman of the Schools Commission. His experience with the Canberra bureaucracy was to be hugely valuable in his years at the helm.
The University's corporate arm, now known as Illawarra Technology Corporation, was also established as Uniadvice in 1981 as a division within the Friends of the University of Wollongong Ltd. It now operates in more than 20 countries.
The University of Wollongong (UOW) began life as a fully independent institution. One of Australia's most eminent jurists, Justice Robert Hope, was installed as the Foundation Chancellor in a ceremony held in 1976.
In June Professor Michael Birt was appointed Vice - Chancellor-designate and commenced duty in November 1973. He had been the Foundation Professor of Biochemistry at the Australian National University.
In December the University of Wollongong Act passed through State Parliament. It included provisions for the appointment of a Vice-Chancellor.
In April the NSW Government announced that WUC would become the independent University of Wollongong in 1975.
A campaign for autonomy from UNSW gained momentum when a busload of students went to Parliament House to protest a decision by UNSW not to build an Arts/ Commerce/ Science building at WUC.
The first Arts and Commerce students enrolled at WUC. There were 68 in Arts and 17 in Commerce, but numbers quickly rose and they remain the biggest Faculties.
The Wollongong Division of UNSW became the Wollongong University College (WUC) at the Northfields Avenue site. The Governor-General Lord de L'Isle performed the official opening ceremony on 1 March. The new University College had 308 students, all male, studying Engineering, Metallurgy or Science degrees. Almost all studied part-time while working for local industry. There were 17 staff members. The Wollongong Teachers College also opened in 1962 with 158 students, moving in November from its temporary home at Keira Boys High to new buildings in Northfields Ave.
A Wollongong Lord Mayoral Appeal raised 50,000 pounds for the foundation of a University College in Wollongong, which was presented to the UNSW Vice-Chancellor Philip Baxter. This combined total of 188,000 pounds (with the industry contributions from the previous year) was matched by the State and Federal Governments.
Local industries Lysaghts, BHP, Australian Iron and Steel, the Electrolytic Refining & Smelting Co. and Metal Manufactures donated 138,000 pounds to build university buildings on the site of an old dairy farm at what was then Northfields Lane, later in 1962 to become Northfields Avenue, North Wollongong
The University of Wollongong began as the Wollongong Division of the New South Wales University of Technology (which became UNSW in 1958). It was part of a State Labor Government plan to increase the supply of engineers, metallurgists and chemists by establishing Divisions in the steel and mining towns of Wollongong, Newcastle and Broken Hill. The Wollongong Division shared facilities with Wollongong Technical College in Gladstone Avenue and had four Schools – Applied Chemistry (including Metallurgy), Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics. There were nine full-time lecturers and some part-time staff.


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Keith Yandle to be Traded?
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Posted 29 July 2012 - 01:42 PM
Posted 29 July 2012 - 02:41 PM
However just to be clear, ((@HockeyyInsiderr)) is a fraud and is NOT a reliable source. He is the one who tweeted saying Parise had a verbal agreement with PIT and Suter had a verbal agreement with DET.. case closed.
Posted 29 July 2012 - 03:35 PM
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Posted 29 July 2012 - 10:31 PM
When I first read this and seen who tweeted the update.. I thought it was bogus for sure. (@hockeyyinsiderr is a joke).. however, I've read several times from different sites that the Wings are the front runners to obtain Yandle.
However just to be clear, ((@HockeyyInsiderr)) is a fraud and is NOT a reliable source. He is the one who tweeted saying Parise had a verbal agreement with PIT and Suter had a verbal agreement with DET.. case closed.
You should really do your research. He has been dead on with virtually everything else before anyone you would consider "reliable." I am on twitter daily and he has been batting nearly 1000. Have you considered that Suter and Parise did in fact have verbal agreements before deciding to go all brokeback mountain in Minny?
Just playin Chris, you know I love you!
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lilja is an average high girl with blond hair and very sexy
lilja is about the sweetest kitten we have raised here
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Posted 30 July 2012 - 01:45 AM
For example, he Tweeted the wings offered semin a deal worth 11m for 2 years.. Which never happened, Semins agent told the media talks between Semin and the wings never got anywhere. If you guys think he is credible then that's fine, however from what I've read .. it's not worth it.
Posted 30 July 2012 - 04:09 AM
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Pavel Datsyuk - "Pasha" - #13
"Got no fun if you got no puck"
'"I like ladies" - Towards the Lady Byng trophy
"Okay $5 now"
I'm Don Cherry and Danny DeKeyser is my Kadri.
Posted 30 July 2012 - 11:36 AM
Flip is next Dats... Kenny should offer Franzen and Kindl...
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BREAKING NEWS: The
Posted 30 July 2012 - 02:26 PM
HockeyyInsiderr has broken the news of almost every big signing or trade before the mainstream guys 9/10 times. He blew it with Suter and Parise but otherwise hes been on point.
Those were the two biggest free agent stories of the summer and he got them both embarrassingly wrong. I also saw him claim credit for breaking another deal even though he tweeted the info about 5 hours after Darren Dreger. The guy is a joke.
Posted 30 July 2012 - 07:08 PM
Hockeyy Insiderr
BREAKING NEWS: The
#RedWings have offer on the table for #Coyotes Yandle: Filppula+Nyquist+2013 1st. #WOW Ball in PHX court.
I'm not surprised by your post, seeing as your name on here is "Nyquististhefuture." While I may not exactly agree with this idea, and give no weight to this rumor whatsoever, I do think that if it were somehow true, I woudn't mind it, perhaps move that 1st to a 2nd or 3rd.
Filppula could just re-sign here, but that is a big risk as you may piss him off in making such a move.
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From crime scene investigation to cyber security, Marg Helgenberger is working her way up in the TV crime-fighting world! The former CSI star has joined the CBS pilot Intelligence, TVGuide.com has learned.Get all the scoop on pilot seasonThe drama stars Josh Holloway as a government agent implanted with a microchip, allowing him to access the entire electromagnetic spectrum. Helgenberger will play Lillian, the director of Cybercom, the U.S. government's cyber security branch. Michael Rady and James Martinez will also star.In addition to her 12 seasons on CSI, Helgenberger has also appeared in Mr. Brooks, Species and In Good Company.
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quote: Apparently Apple's leadership doesn't agree with you which is why they're spending the money to hire people specializing in the subject.
quote: Most Linux users have sometimes to scratch their heads to install something (even if with modern distributions you don't have to anymore, which is sad). Users of other operating systems laugh at that, but I am laughing at them because they learn NOTHING.
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It's that time of year again - Back to school! September ushers in all that is new - new clothes, new teachers, new friends. As summer days evolve into school days, let's recall the legacy of the lunchbox.
The history of the lunch box mirrors American history. The earliest lunch boxes were circa-1900 metal pails or re-used biscuit, tobacco or candy tins. From the turn of the century metal carry-alls that protected immigrant factory workers' lunches to the post-war lunch boxes that accompanied the children of GIs to new suburban elementary schools in the late 1940s and 1950s, the lunch box represents the American experience.
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Bob the Builder lunchboxes, like many cartoon character accessories, are popular with elementary school children.
Catering to its school age audience, the first modern, popular lunchboxes featured cartoon, television and movie characters. Hopalong Cassidy was the first image on a lunchbox when Nashville's Aladdin Company adhered a Hopalong decal to a traditional metal lunch box in 1950. Hopalong was the earliest image on a lunchbox, but in 1953, Roy Rogers became the first full printed lithographic image on a lunchbox.
Metal lithography, a redundant stamp printing process, was used for marketing images that appeared on canned food products and on metal picnic baskets that featured images of plaid textiles or woven basket reed. The metal lithographic production process used for lunchboxes is similar to the early 1960s reproduced images of Campbell's Soup Cans by Andy Warhol.
The mid-1950s Disney character lunch box appealed to the oldest and youngest of lunchbox aficionados - parents who grew up with Steamboat Willie cartoons and their baby boom children who dreamed of visiting California's newest attraction, Disneyland. At $2.69, the Disney School Bus domed lunchbox was a pricey item in Universal's 1956 product line. The yellow dome-shaped, metal lithographed Walt Disney School Bus lunchbox depicted a bus filled with Disney icons including Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio, Dumbo the Elephant, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, and of course, Mickey. Yet, this lunchbox sells today on the vintage market and online for nearly $500. Of course, it commands its highest price on the resale market during Back to School week.
In the 1960s, sassy vinyl-over-cardboard Barbie lunchboxes enticed little girls in colors ranging from light pink to hot pink. By the 1970s, school kids knew the answer to the question: Scooby Doo, Where are You? as the ultra-popular lunchbox was a winner for its fun form that mimicked the cartoon's highly recognizable Mystery Machine Volkswagen microbus. By the late 1980s, the lunchbox had evolved from a 1950s square metal carry-all hosting a PB&J sandwich to a molded plastic Cabbage Patch Kids container with a highly nutritious Reagan-era lunch: a can of New Coke and Pop Rocks.
Today's lunchboxes address today's concerns. Popular characters are still the rage like Bob the Builder or Dora the Explorer. The Built NY lunchbag is made of neoprene rubber and has insolated storage sections. It boasts a built-in placemat for those less-than-sanitary lunch tables or for eating on the run or in the car - both indicative of our 21st century culture.
Wondering which lunchbox I carried as a kid? I carried a few different ones, but I remember my favorite one was a Snoopy and Woodstock domed lunchbox in bright yellow plastic with a red handle. Which lunchbox did you carry?
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With just two games remaining in the regular season, the Stetson women's basketball team is set to host Lipscomb at 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon at the Edmunds Center. The game will be broadcast live on HatterVision and ASun.TV.
The Hatters (23-5, 15-1 A-Sun) are coming off a 74-57 triumph over Northern Kentucky on Thursday as Amber Porter led five players in double figures with 22 points. The victory extended the Hatters' win streaks to 15 in a row overall and 14 in a row at home, where the Hatters are undefeated at 12-0 this season.
Lipscomb (5-21, 2-13), meanwhile, fell 108-67 at FGCU on Thursday night. Danay Fothergill leads the A-Sun in scoring (18.0 ppg).
Earlier this season, the Hatters defeated the Lady Bisons 82-47 in Nashville, Tenn. Porter led the way with 17 points and 12 rebounds, while C.J. Coddington also recorded a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Stetson and FGCU remained tied atop the Atlantic Sun standings entering Saturday's games.
Tickets start at just $5 and can be purchased at the Edmunds Center ticket office or online at GoHatters.com/tix. Students, faculty and staff are admitted free with a valid ID.
In addition to HatterVision and WSBB broadcasts, in-game updates will also be available via live stats, twitter (@StetsonWBB), and the Hat-Alerts text messaging system.
Notes: Stetson needs one more victory to tie last year's record of 24 wins in a single-season ... The Hatters have won 70 games over the past three seasons ... The only teams with longer active win streaks than Stetson are UConn (35), Notre Dame (28), Chattanooga (20) and Albany (16) ... Sasha Sims is four points shy of tying former teammate Victoria McGowan for second on Stetson's all-time scoring list.


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VDOT, the Virginia Department of Transportation, has embarked on a major road work effort to replace 11 bridges in the Richmond area. In addition, road crews will be making general roadway and under-bridge repairs. The project is a four-year project but bridge elements are being prefabricated to minimize motorist disruption – however, on occasion I-95 may be reduced to one lane in each direction in off-peak hours and weekends.
You can locate the latest lane closures on VDOT's website. Before you begin your trip to or through Richmond, you may wish to research alternative routes – just in case! The availability of alternative routes may help eliminate traffic-induced stress and hassles! Centrally located near downtown Richmond, there are multiple ways to reach the William Miller House Bed and Breakfast, so don't let this road work deter you from a Richmond vacation!


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Overcrowded jail system reaching a crisis point
March 16, 2013
A pair of Randolph County news stories this week illustrate the massive problems the state is facing regarding overcrowding in the regional jail and prison systems....
All one has to do is look at states run by liberals and see they have the MOST crime. They ahve the most strict gun laws; they have the most taxes and even when we have a radical liberal socialist democrat like Obama............they whole COUNTRY goes to pieces. It ALWAYS takes a conservative INDEPENDENT and INDIVIDUAL THINKER to get back in office to get the morality, the laws, and order back. It takes a conservative to lower the taxes and allow folks to LIVE with prosperity again. It can't come soon enough after the WORST president EVER--Obama!
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Build the new prison, we're going to need it.
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The left just always side with the degenerates, the politically correct which is really morally corrupt. They prefer feeling sympathy for criminals than the victims and that is the sad truth as you watch every execution bringing in these lefties with their lit candles begging for pardons for murderers and rapists. It's sickening.
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i think u have picked up a book by karl marx.
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ok, not even wasting my time. i must have picked up and read another book.
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very sorry to hear about your goddaughter what, im sure thats hard.
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if pure is such a believer in god, i think he needs to reread the bible because his views and comments about certain things dont make him sound very god fearing. they make him sound like hitler, and we all know where he ended up.
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It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why radical leftists don't want criminals held accountable and don't want law-abiding innocent citizens to be able to defend themselves and their own property from these degenerates. They obviously are worried about themselves getting caught and/or stopped physically by the property owner.
The new legislation to allow property owners to defend themselves with force if someone comes on their property attempting to steal or harm someone else on their property is a GOOD thing. Not so good for offenders though, which is why some on here don't like it.
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Just look at the news on television each night or in this paper. Most of our high crime rate in WV recently is due to OUTSIDERS from other states and/or illegal aliens comitting the crimes.
Another reason overcrowded prisons? Because liberals 'sympathize' with their own kind (criminals) instead of the law-abiding victims. We should start executing murderers and rapists. That alone would allow more prison space for the other degenerates.
I suspect the small town thieves and even those rapists and would-be attempted murderers will be stopped now that our governor/legislatures are doing away with previous laws against citizens protecting themselves and their property by now changing and allowing citizens to use physical force to stop them on our property. This is a great idea. Who would have thought democrats one day would realize it's their own bad previous laws that are causing such chaos and increase in criminal activity?!? I guess it's better late than never.
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he always tries to go off subject. these examples the writer uses are not caused by overcrowding, i sure stuff like this happens in all jails. it is caused by being understaffed. if pure had his way he would just shoot everyone and he wonders why we have gun laws.
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Sources for amounts below: US Census data (overall population); Pew Research Hispanic Center (estimated non-citizen data); theinmatelocator. c o m (prison and supervision (P&P) stats)
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Puremistakes strikes again. A person accused of a crime is prosecuted and housed in the jurisdiction of sentencing. If WV has out of state prisoners they are likely 1 of 3 situations: 1) Awaiting transfer to accusing area; 2) They committed a crime IN THIS state; 3) The state of offense is overcrowded too and is paying WV to house their inmate. Feds will take and are only responsible for those accused of a federal offenses.
Relating to illegals- it is estimated that WV had UNDER 10,000 within the general population in 2010 & our overall population was judged as 1,852,999. This yields a percentage of 0.54%. Current WV prison population is 5,067 and P&P numbers are 6,977. So to be conservative we have 65 =((6977+5067)*.0054) non-US citizens in the entire WV corrections system and only 27 in jail. That low figure is hardly the big reason for overcrowding to me.
I decided against calcing the feds b/c that comment is off topic from the editorial.
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Softball Returns To Action At UCA Tournament Friday
► ON THE ROAD AGAIN: The Ball State softball team continues its 24-game season opening road swing this weekend with games 5-9 at the 2013 UCA Softball Tournament hosted by Central Arkansas ... The Cardinals open play in the three-day, six-team tournament Friday against Creighton (11 a.m. CT) and Grambling (1 p.m. CT) ... Saturday, BSU will play both Northern Iowa (9 a.m. CT) and Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3 p.m. CT), before closing out the tournament Sunday against host Central Arkansas (1 p.m. CT).
► FOLLOW LIVE: Ball State fans can follow the Cardinals throughout the Central Arkansas Tournament with live stats at the links above ... Fans can also get regular updates by following the team on Twitter: @BallStSoftball and Facebook: BallStateSoftball
► CARDINALS ALL-TIME: After posting a 3-1 record at the KSU Classic hosted by Kennesaw State, the Ball State softball program upped its all-time record to 820-899-4 (.477) in 38 seasons of play ... Established as a varsity program in 1975, Ball State has won three Mid-American Conference regular season titles (2009, 2010 and 2012), two MAC Tournament championships (1998 and 2010) and advanced to the NCAA Tournament twice (1998 and 2010).
► HEAD COACH CRAIG NICHOLSON: The fastest coach in program history to eclipse the 100 and 200-win marks, Craig Nicholson picked up his 900th collegiate coaching victory versus Northern Colorado (March 11, 2012) ... Entering his seventh season as Ball State's head coach, Nicholson has amassed a 207-146 (.586) record at BSU, including an 82-44 (.651) ledger in MAC action ... Under his guidance, the program won its first-ever Mid-American Conference regular season championship in 2009 with the best league record in program history (18-3) and repeated the feat in 2010 ... The 2010 squad, which set program records for wins in a season (43) and winning percentage in a season (.729), also captured just the second MAC Tournament title in program history to advance to the NCAA Tournament ... The Cardinals added a third regular season crown in 2012 by virtue of its 17-3 league mark ... Nicholson owns a 930-236 (.798) career coaching record including his 723-90 mark in 11 years at Central Arizona.
► SCOUTING THE CARDINALS: Picked as the preseason favorite to win both the 2013 Mid-American Conference West Division title and the 2013 MAC Tournament as voted on by the league's 12 head coaches, the Cardinals opened the 2013 season by going 3-1 at last weekend's KSU Classic hosted by Kennesaw State ... Jennifer Gilbert led the Cardinals at the plate with a .750 (9-for-12) batting average, three home runs, 10 RBI and nine runs scored ... In the circle, Nicole Steinbach posted a pair of complete game shutouts, limiting opposing batters to a .103 average while earning 11 strikeouts compared to two walks ... As a team, the Cardinals own a .316 batting average and a 2.96 ERA.
CREIGHTON - The Jays enter the 2013 UCA Softball Tournament with a 2-3 record but have not played since suffering a 4-3 loss to Stephen F. Austin on Feb. 9 in the finale of the Kajikawa Classic hosted by Arizona State ... Kelsey Allender leads the squad with a .417 batting average, while Amy Baker is batting .375 with two home runs ... Becca Changstrom leads the Jays with a 3.44 ERA and 26 strikeouts in the circle, having pitched 18.1 of the team's 31 innings so far this season ... As a team, the Jays own a .265 batting average and a 3.84 ERA ... Creighton holds a 2-0 lead in the all-time series with the last meeting coming March 9, 1991.
GRAMBLING - The Lady Tigers enter the 2013 UCA Softball Tournament with a 2-4 record after sweeping a doubleheader versus Texas College Tuesday by scores of 16-0 and 10-2 ... Briana Carmouche is the only GSU player to see action in all six games, boasting a .313 batting average ... Kailey Howard has a team-best 5.57 ERA, having thrown 16.1 innings and collected six strikeouts ... As a team, Grambling is batting .266 and owns a 5.73 ERA ... Friday's game will be the first between Ball State and Grambling State in softball.
NORTHERN IOWA - The Panthers enter the 2013 UCA Softball Tournament with a 3-7 overall record after going 1-4 at last weekend's Arizona State Littlewood Classic ... UNI's lone win came in its tournament opener versus Illinois-Chicago (8-0 in 5 inn.) ... Kristin Lock paces Northern Iowa with a .375 batting average, including one of the team's three home runs ... Despite owning a 1-5 record, Jamie Fisher is UNI's top pitcher, having thrown 38.0 innings with a 3.13 ERA and 26 strikeouts ... As a team, Northern Iowa is batting .194 and owns a 3.39 ERA ... UNI holds a 5-0 advantage in the all-time series versus Ball State, including a 1-0 victory in the last meeting March 2, 2008 in Martin, Tenn.
ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF - The Golden Lions enter the 2013 UCA Softball Tournament with an 0-4 overall record including a pair of losses to both Southern Arkansas (3-18 and 1-5) and Central Arkansas (0-8 and 2-17) ... Jasmine Hardwrick leads UAPB with a .375 batting average and has the team's only home run so far this season ... Lacie Sutterfield has a team-best 7.00 ERA in the circle and owns six of the team's 12 strikeouts ... The Golden Lions are batting .143 as a team this season with a 12.98 team ERA ... Saturday's game will be the first between Ball State and Arkansas-Pine Bluff in softball.
CENTRAL ARKANSAS - The Bears enter their own tournament with a 5-5 overall record despite losing three of four games at last weekend's Mardi Gras Invitational hosted by South Alabama ... UCA's lone win at the tournament came versus Mississippi by a score of 4-2 ... Melissa Bryant leads the Bears' regular starters with a .467 batting average, while her twin sister Melanie Bryant has team-highs of 11 RBI and three home runs ... Kelsie Armstrong, who has pitched 46.1 of the team's 64.0 innings, has a 3-4 record, a 2.27 ERA and an impressive 51 strikeouts compared to just five walks ... As a team, Central Arkansas is batting .311 and owns a 3.28 ERA ... Sunday's game will be the first meeting between Ball State and Central Arkansas in softball.
► HOW SWEEP IT IS: The Ball State softball team opened the 2013 season by sweeping the Mid-American Conference West Division weekly honors, with junior outfielder Jennifer Gilbert earning MAC West Division Player of the Week and freshman pitcher Nicole Steinbach earning MAC West Division Pitcher of the Week ... This is the fifth career MAC weekly award for Gilbert and the first for Steinbach ... Last season, the Cardinals swept the league's weekly awards three times; Feb. 21 (Audrey Workman - Pitcher / Taylor Rager - Player), March 20 (Workman - Pitcher / Amanda Carpenter - Player) and March 27 (Mazzapica - Pitcher / Amanda Montalto - Player).
► ITS MADNESS: In addition to earning Mid-American Conference Player of the Week honors, junior outfielder Jennifer Gilbert was named the Madness Mid-American Conference Softball Player of the Week as awarded by collegesportsmadness.com ... It was the third time in her career Gilbert has picked up the group's weekly MAC honor as she also earned the award twice last season; April 17 and May 1, 2012.
► IN POSITION TO SCORE: The Cardinals posted an impressive .333 (14-for-42) batting average with runners in scoring position last weekend at the KSU Classic ... Junior outfielder Jennifer Gilbert led the way with a perfect 4-for-4 effort, while junior first baseman Taylor Rager added a 3-for-5 (.600) mark ... In all, 12 different Ball State batters came up to the plate with runners in scoring position last weekend and nine of them produced at least one hit.
► DRIVING THEM HOME: Over her career, Jennifer Gilbert has posted a .374 (49-for-131) batting average with runners in scoring position ... Only one player on the active roster has a better batting average with runners in scoring position and that is sophomore outfielder Hanne Stuedemann at .392 (20 for 51).
► A RUN PRODUCING MACHINE: With 10 RBI and nine runs scored last weekend, junior outfielder Jennifer Gilbert produced 16 of BSU's 33 runs at the KSU Classic (factoring out three RBI for driving herself in on home runs) ... In 117 career games, Gilbert has amassed 125 career RBI (1.07 per game) and 114 runs scored (0.912 per game) ... Her 125 RBI are third in program history, while her 114 RBI are tied for fourth.
► ON PACE TO DO IT AGAIN: With six home runs through the first four games of the season, the Ball State offense is on pace to shatter the BSU and Mid-American Conference single-season home run record of 70 set by the Cardinals last season ... Over a 56-game schedule, the Ball State offense is on pace to go yard 84 times in 2013.
► DOUBLING UP: In addition to blasting six home runs last weekend, the Cardinals collected eight doubles over the four games ... Senior outfielder Amanda Carpenter led the way with three doubles, raising her career total to 36 which is third in program history ... Junior outfielder Jennifer Gilbert added one double of her own and is fourth in BSU annals with 35 ... The Cardinals, who are on pace to tally 112 doubles in 2013, collected a BSU single-season record 100 doubles in 2012.
► DOUBLING UP PART 2: The Ball State defense also picked up where it left off in 2012, turning three double plays in its opening weekend ... Junior first baseman Taylor Rager had a hand in all three twin killings, moving her into a tie for the top spot in program history with 32 career double plays turned ... Last season, the Ball State defense led the nation with both 33 double plays turned and a 0.60 double plays-per-game average.
► IN THE CIRCLE: Led by freshman hurler Nicole Steinbach's two complete game shutouts, the Ball State pitching staff posted a 2.96 ERA over the first weekend of play ... Steinbach also limited opposing batters to a .103 average, helping the staff as a whole hold opponents to a .230 mark.
► THE K FACTOR: Ball State's pitchers struck out a combined 22 batters, with freshman Nicole Steinbach recording 11, redshirt junior Audra Sanders tallying seven and freshman Kelsey Schifferdecker posting four ... The Cardinals enter the week ranked fifth in the MAC with a 5.92 strikeouts-per-game average.
► PRESEASON AWARDS: Five members of the Ball State softball program were recognized on the College Sports Madness Mid-American Conference Preseason All-Conference Teams ... Leading the way for the Cardinals was junior outfielder Jennifer Gilbert who was named the preseason Field Player of the Year as well as to the preseason all-conference first team ... Freshman Sasha Margulies was the group's preseason pick as the league's Freshman of the Year, while senior center fielder Amanda Carpenter, junior third baseman Audrey Bickel and sophomore right fielder/designated player Hanne Stuedemann were named to the preseason all-conference second team.
► OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS IN THE MAC: Over the past four seasons, Ball State softball has proven to be one of the MAC's premier programs by racking up a league-best 65-19 (.774) MAC record during the span ... Miami is second on the list at 56-32 (.636) followed by Kent State at 53-32 (.619).


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Classic single season Garner western DVD
James Garner's classic TV show "The Rockford Files" is probably his best remembered series (along with "Maverick")but it's this show that always had a special place in my...Read complete review
James Garner's classic TV show "The Rockford Files" is probably his best remembered series (along with "Maverick")but it's this show that always had a special place in my heart.Garner plays the title character of the series who finds himself blackmailed into becoming the sheriff of a town named after his family. The series features Stuart Margolin appearing for the first time on screen with Garner as well as the debut of Margot Kidder and well known supporting actor John Beck as Nichols frequent idiotic rival.On the whole, this is a good set. The transfer is pretty basic; there hasn't been any attempt to restore the series but this is a relatively clean transfer.The color timing varies a bit and could have used a little bit of TLC to make the episodes consistent from shot to shot. The contrast also is a bit wonky at times with day-for-night scenes too light. The contrast, likewise, varies quite a bit from shot-to-shot in a single episode. Normally this would be fixed in post-production or during the transfer itself.Overall, I'm pleased with having the series but I do wish that the a bit more care had been exercised during the transfer.It would have also been nice given the price to get a couple of extras--there are some online interviews with Garner discussing the series that could have been licensed."Nichols" is a terrific series that deserved DVD release long before now. I'm happy that Warner has seen fit to release this set.
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The show has long been called a lost classic... but it's not. It's a show in search of itself. It can't decide what it wants to be...a Maverick re-do, a...Read complete review
The show has long been called a lost classic... but it's not. It's a show in search of itself. It can't decide what it wants to be...a Maverick re-do, a western spoof, or a straight-ahead western. It ends up failing on all counts. The only thing memorable about the show was the finale episode, a desperate and novel attempt to reboot the series in the face of cancellation.
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By Oscar
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Very clever show that it's sponsors never understood. Money was pulled for this reason which never allowed it to develop. Few shows excel their first year but this one had great promise.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Better than I remembered
By Dyfed
from Orlando, FL
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I watched the series pretty much straight through, loved it.
Classic Series
By The Mystic Hedgehog
from Ottawa, Canada
About Me Movie Buff
I loved this show when I was kid. Never missed it. It's great fun. A must for James Garner fans. Veteran actress Neva Patterson nearly steals the show every time she shows up and Stuart Margolin was wonderful in his first pairing with Garner.
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By Lee
from Los Angeles, CA
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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James Garner at his best!! Brilliant!
By monty
from Dallas, Texas
About Me Collector, Movie Buff
Nichols is one show that I never knew existed. Big James Garner fan and did not know about it. This comedy/western series is a blast. So many character actors in the series. Margot Kidder very good. This is on DVD-Rs but look really great for its age. Not sure many caught this delightful series on TV when it was on in 1971-1972. This set includes all 24 episodes on six DVDs (so no compression problems!). The discs are housed in one slim DVD case without stacking the discs. Great for shelves. A real treat from one of the leading men from Hollywood. Highly recommended.
By wtdk
from SF Bay Area
James Garner at his best.
By papavoss
from Norwalk, Connecticut
About Me Audiophile, Avid Reader, Collector, Movie Buff
This was apparently a DVD that was produced on demand. The quality is wonderful. The dvd froze about 3/4 of the way through the first episode but I think it is my DVD player. Great stuff - Jmes Garner at his very best.
By JS
from Sherman Oaks, CA
NICHOLS has been talked about for years as James Garner's favorite series, but has not been seen since its first broadcast. While not as sharply funny and witty as his previous series, MAVERICK, or the forthcoming THE ROCKFORD FILES, it is still an enjoyable show and a slice of "lost" Garner. Film-to-Video transfer is good.
By trekkerfinch
from New Hope, AL
About Me Avid Reader, Collector, Movie Buff
Been waiting for this great classic series for YEARS and it's finally here!! Gives me hope for "High Chaparral" and "Twelve O'clock High!"Come on Warner, keep bringing us our childhood favorites!
By Garner Fan
from Crossroads of America, Indiana
I've been waiting for this to come out for home audiences for ages!