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At its 2012 upfronts, Syfy announced a string of new projects, scripted and unscripted, many of which we've reported on previously. Only one -- Defiance -- is firmly on the schedule, with a debut slated for Spring 2013; the rest are categorized as in development. The channel heralded the expansion as resulting in the largest phalanx of original programming in its history, but the best news is the involvement of some confidence-building talent behind the cameras.
Defiance (2013)
Defiance is being touted as an innovation in hybrid TV/gaming content generation, which raises the stakes considerably: the show has to be engaging both to the passive audience of television drama and the active audience of gamers, and develop a world convincing enough that both scriptwriters and game players can wander freely. And because of its pseudo-frontier, mixed-species premise it's already being compared to Firefly and Farscape (a previous Syfy series from co-creator Rockne S. O'Bannon) -- a tough standard to measure up to.
Starring: Grant Bowler (pictured), Julie Benz, Stephanie Leonidas, Tony Curran, Jaime Murray, Fionnula Flanagan, Mia Kirshner, Graham Greene.
The story: Set in the near future, Defiance introduces a completely transformed planet Earth, inhabited by the survivors of a universal war. Forced to co-habitate, the disparate group struggles to build a new society among the devastation. The dramatic tapestry of the series and the intense action of the game will exist in a single universe where their respective narratives will inform one another and evolve together into one overall story. Defiance is in collaboration with Trion Worlds, with the Syfy series and Trion's multi-platform shooter MMO poised to debut simultaneously.
Directed by: Scott Stewart (Legion, Priest).
Written/executive produced by: Rockne O'Bannon (Farscape), Kevin Murphy (Desperate Housewives, Caprica, Hellcats) and Michael Taylor (Battlestar Galactica).
Showrunner: Kevin Murphy.
Produced by: Universal Cable Productions.
This is the show with the storyline reminiscent of Source Code and Seven Days, but that's not necessarily a bad thing -- it's a premise with a lot of potential for dealing with both weekly disaters, brewing powerplays for control of the team, and the toll taken by such missions on individual characters.
The story: Rewind revolves around a team of military field operatives and civilian scientists who must use untested technology to travel back in time to alter events and change the future -- and avoid a devastating terrorist attack.
Starring: Shane McRae (pictured) stars as Sean Knox, ex-Special Forces who ranks as a field operative in a special division of the Department of Homeland Security. The pilot also stars Jennifer Ferrin, Academy Award nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider), Robbie Jones and Keon Mohajeri, and is currently in production in Toronto.
Directed by: Jack Bender (Lost, Alphas).
Written by: Justin Marks (Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li).
Executive producers: Marks, Tom Spezialy, Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun and Gene Stein.
Production of: BermanBraun and Universal Cable Productions.
The Adjustment Bureau
One of my favorite Asimov stories has always been The End of Eternity, which involves operatives making small alterations in events in order to skew the timeline into new realities. This brings up the central problem of a series like The Adjustment Bureau: what is the ultimate motivation of the Plan, and how is it affected by the reality alterations it makes? Who, ultimately, is in control?
The story: In this drama, based on the hit movie starring Matt Damon, guardian angel-type agents work to keep the world according to The Plan. They create everything from plane crashes to coffee spills in order to steer people to realize their true destiny. But there is one thing the operatives and their Chairman can't control -- free will.
Writers: Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer, pictured (Melrose Place, Smallville).
Executive producers: George Nolfi (The Adjustment Bureau, The Bourne Ultimatum), MRC, Slavkin and Swimmer.
A production of: Universal Cable Productions.
Untitled Booster Gold Project
I've discussed some of the considerations involved in making a Booster Gold series in the attached essay; with his personality flaws and overcompensating drives Booster has all the makings of a fascinating and fun character, but this one will depend heavily on the casting (which we don't know) and the writing (we can expect good things from Greg Berlanti and his team).
The story: Based on the best-selling DC Entertainment Comic, this is the story of a washed-up athlete from the future who travels back to the present in hopes of becoming the greatest superhero of all time. But instead of chasing criminals, his main priority is chasing fame and money. Booster Gold discovers that being a hero takes more than just a megawatt smile.
Writer: Andrew Kreisberg (Arrow, Warehouse 13).
Executive producers: Greg Berlanti, pictured (Green Lantern, Arrow) and Andrew Kreisberg.
Producers: Greg Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Horizon Television. The Booster Gold comic book series is published by DC Entertainment, which will also act as an executive producer.
High Moon
Bryan Fuller has his hands full, adapting The Munsters as Mockingbird Lane for NBC even as he also works up this book adaptation that, among other things, will get Syfy back out in space again.
The story: Based on the novel The Lotus Caves by John Christopher, this imaginative, out-of-this-world series explores a world where the countries of Earth have established colonies to mine the Moon's resources. When a new life form is discovered, chaos erupts as various factions race to uncover its powerful secrets.
Executive producer: Bryan Fuller, pictured (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies).
Co-executive producer: Jim Danger Gray (Pushing Daisies).
Writers: Bryan Fuller and Jim Danger Gray.
Executive producer: Granat Entertainment.
A production of: Universal Cable Productions.
Grave Sight
While adapting another series derived from the works of Charlaine Harris (pictured) seems like coattail riding, Grave Sight has a lot more in common with Medium and Ghost Whisperer -- both of which are now gone and fondly remembered, and with no direct replacements. That bodes well for this series, which thanks to a small cast and tight premise should also be inexpensive compared to Syfy's other projects.
The story: From the best-selling author of True Blood, this Charlaine Harris book series follows Harper Connelly -– a young woman with a unique gift. After being struck by lightning as a teenager, Harper can sense the location and last memories of dead people. She teams up with her protective stepbrother, Tolliver Lang, to help find a missing teenage girl -- only to uncover a network of lies and murders throughout a small town in the Ozarks.
Writer: Kam Miller (Law and Order: SVU).
A production of: Universal Cable Productions.
Another spacefaring series, calling to mind Andromeda and (in terms of the crew of former enemies) what Voyager was supposed to be.
The story: In the aftermath of an intergalactic war between humans and transhumans, the starship Defender, populated by a combustible mix of former enemies, is sent on a seemingly simple goodwill mission, which turns into a fight for their lives and for the safety of the Universe at large.
Executive producer/writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe, pictured (Alphas).
A production of: Universal Cable Productions.
Seeing Things
A great storyline, this one will also hinge on the how the casting meets the writing. Will it tend toward dark humor, or sober existential suspense? The two writers are from slightly different traditions, so it'll be interesting to see how it plays out.
The story: Based on the comic Grey Legion from Platinum Studios, after a cop meets his violent demise, he returns as a ghost to close his last case. But the only person who can help him is a socially awkward man who is realizing for the first time that his hallucinations may not be all in his head.
Writers: David Slack (Person of Interest, Lie To Me) and Gabrielle Stanton (Haven, The Vampire Diaries).
Executive producers: David Slack, Robert Cort and Scott Mitchell Rosenberg.
A production of: Fox Television Studios.
The Family
This could skew a lot of ways -- Dynasty meets Dark Shadows, or something a lot darker like Battlestar, with a lot of room for scene-stealing supporting cast.
The story: For generations, an alien family has hid amongst humans in plain sight using their advanced intellect to carve out a life for themselves as their family grew. But when the family patriarch that kept peace amongst the factions dies, a war begins to brew with some members believing the time has come to reveal themselves, and their superior power, to the inferior human race.
Writer: Dan Harris (Superman Returns, X2).
Executive producers: Neal Moritz (21 Jump Street, Total Recall), Mark Verheiden (Falling Skies, Battlestar Galactica).
A production of: Sony Pictures TV.


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Desert Island Beers #59: John Lewis, Treboom0August 31st, 2012Desert Island Beers
Welcome to the latest episode of Desert Island Beers which this week features John Lewis, co-founder and brewer at Treboom Brewery, based nr York.
John originally from Port Talbot, South Wales says that as a boy he was fascinated by science, mainly the possibility of blowing things up but also science in general. As a teen he discovered beer, but being the 70′s, proper beer was hard to get hold of, so John turned to home brew and managed to brew a tidy pint – good enough for his Dad and his neighbours to start investing in him. They bought him fermenting bins, casks and ingredients and pretty soon he had a production line going supplying three houses.
But the time came for John to pick a career and science beckoned. A research technicians post in Bristol and a degree in biology/biochemistry at Kings College London were followed by a break where he went AWOL in Paris, working for 2 years and having a very nice time, thank you. Back to science he then studied for an MSc followed closely by a PhD and worked in Cancer Research – leukaemia at Imperial College, London and then prostate cancer at The University of York.
His partner Jane is from Durham, she started out nursing in London before pursuing her love of art and studying for an MA in Ceramics and Glass at the Royal College of Art followed by a career as a professional ceramicist.
John and Jane had talked for some years about doing something different, with all ideas seeming to focus on making something for people to enjoy. So when the funding for John's post at the the University of York looked insecure they decided to go for it and a microbrewery was an obvious choice.
They founded Treboom Brewery at the beginning of 2012 on the site of an old pig shed at Manor Farm, Shipton-by-Beningbrough. The pig shed was pulled down and a brand new building erected which John and Jane now rent off the farmer. A Rural Development Grant grant from Yorkshire Forward meant they were able to install a custom made 10 barrel plant.
John enlisted the help of York based brewing consultant David Smith to get the brewery up and running. Together they devised the recipes for Treboom's 3 core beers; Drum Beat, Kettle Drum and Yorkshire Sparkle, with their fourth, Baron Saturday, coming out soon. John says he has lots of ideas of beers he'd like to make but wants to concentrate on getting the core beers established first.
People always ask where the name Treboom comes from; the explanation: "It's from the sound of a drum roll, TrrrrrBOOM and signals the moment we've been waiting for for some time…. our very own microbrewery where we can make delicious beer!"
The Beers
Hi John and welcome to our Desert Island! Which beers are you bringing with you to the island, and why?
- Wadworth Co. Ltd – Wadworth 6X – (Devizes, Wiltshire – 4.3%)
"I started at Bristol Polytechnic in 1979 just when Real Ale was beginning to get noticed. The student bar had Waddies 6X on the bar which was the perfect antidote to the fizzy keg Allbright bitter I'd been drinking in Wales (I think the equivalent to Toby Bitter in England)."
- Fuller Smith & Turner PLC – Fuller's ESB (Chiswick, London – 5.5%)
"I lived in London and developed a love for Fuller's London Pride but I've chosen the ESB which to my mind is like London Pride on steroids. Fruit and malt but balanced by a fresh hop flavour."
- Brasserie Duyck – Jenlain Ambrée Bierre de Garde – (Jenlain, France – 7.5%)
"I spent a couple of years living in Paris at the end of the 80?s which was where I met Jane. Beer drinking was generally restricted to a 'demi' of Kronenbourg or pints of Smithwick's in an Irish pub. But there were a few bars around selling more interesting things such as Belgian beers. One of these was the Baragoiun which sold bottles of the Biere du Garde, Jenlain. It's a malty beer with flavours of toffee and raisins and brings back fond memories for Jane and I."
- Habeco (Hanoi Alcohol Beer and Beverage Company) – Bia Hói Hà Nôi – (Hanoi, Vietnam – 4.2%)
"While Jane was at the Royal College of Art she was lucky enough to be awarded a travel scholarship so we spent a month cycling around Vietnam. Vietnam has inherited its brewing tradition from the French. Whilst the beers are a fairly generic lager style after cycling 50 miles in 30+C heat and high humidity, that first ice cold beer was the best one I've ever tasted! The second one was pretty good as well."
- The Coniston Brewing Co. Ltd – Bluebird Bitter (Coniston, Cumbria – 3.6%)
"Jane and I love walking and make a trip to the Lake District every year to get out on the fells. There's no better way to finish of the long days hard walking than with a pint of Blue Bird."
And which beer of those five would you rescue from the waves if a beer hungry tsunami hit?
"Fullers ESB – probably one of the best beers out there."
The Meal
You can also take one meal to go with your beers, what would it be?
"Fish and chips – it's the king of meals and it goes brilliantly with a nice hoppy beer such as Coniston's Blue Bird."
The Books
You might be waiting a long time on your lonesome on the desert island, so we will automatically allow you a few books to keep your mind busy. You can pick between two beer books and two tomes: 'The Brewmaster's Table: Discovering the Pleasures of Real Beer with Real Food' by Garrett Oliver, or 'Beer' by Michael Jackson; plus The Bible, or another appropriate religious or philosophical work.
"1. Beer by Michael Jackson
2. I'm not religious and not much of a philosophy student either. I'd take Roads to Freedom by Jean-Paul Sartre where he puts some of his ideas about Existentialism into novel form. I can't pretend to understand the philosophy but it's a good read and inspired me to move to Paris."
And a non-beery book?
"When I need to relax there's nothing better than one of PG Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster stories – could I be cheeky and ask for a boxed set?""
The record
You have a CD/mp3/long player but you can only take one album. Choose wisely!
"Very difficult – I love music and always have a CD going in the van when I'm out delivering but I like to change it around otherwise I get bored. One person who's consistently on is Tom Waits – I'd probably go for the Rain Dogs album."
The Luxury Item
And finally, what luxury item would help make your stay on the island bearable?
"I've got beer, music and books – what else would I need? But I'm a ginger and, to quote Billy Connolly, "I'm pale blue – it takes me a week to go white" … so a sun umbrella to make sure I don't burn too much."
Tags: Baragoiun, bluebird, fullers esb, pg wodehouse, treboom, vietnam, wadworth 6x, yorkshire
Thanks John! You've given us a thirst to travel around the Lakes and Vietnam!
For more information on Treboom's beers follow them on Twitter here or on Facebook here.
This article is a collaboration with All Gates Brewery as part of our Desert Island Beersseries.
- Wadworth Co. Ltd – Wadworth 6X – (Devizes, Wiltshire – 4.3%)

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Survey: How do you wash your leafy vegetables?
As the title states, I am curious how you wash leafy vegetables before cooking.
I used to say that I wash my vegetables, but the more I think about it, the more I realize that I actually rinse my vegetables. This is especially so for leafy vegetables. Occasionally, I peeled apart the leafy vegetables and washed one leaf at a time by rubbing the leaves against my thumb and fingers. More often that not, I soaked them in water, swirled them around, and drained. Sometime I repeat this process.
So what do you *usually* do?
A) Wash vegetable via contact by hand or by brush (direct contact)
B) Rinse vegetable by running water or soaking water (indirect contact)
C) Not wash (trust vegetables being clean)
Thank you.
Belgian endive and radicchio I don't wash at all.
Iceberg lettuce, if it looks clean, I generally peel the outer few layers off and don't wash any further. If there is noticeable dirt I will rinse the outer leaves, as generally the core is dirt free.
Green/red/leafy lettuce, pretty much the same, though I find it typically has dirt and needs to be rinsed more often then iceberg.
Spinach/arugula/choys/etc I treat along the same lines. Might cut the leaf from the stem, rinse the leaves off and then the stems/stalks might require more hands on rubbing or whatever to get any dirt off.
bagged, prepared lettuces I don't wash.
If I wash, a salad spinner is ideal, but here in Japan I don't have one, so i put tbem in a strainer and put the matching bowl inverted on top and shake excess water out, or just leave them sit in the strainer while I made the rest of the meal. I have neither enough kitchen towels nor paper towels nor space in general to try other drying methods.
I simply rinse leaves under water most of the time, just depends on the time of year and what I am washing off and where I am. In Australia there were a lot of bugs on the lettuce, so I did fill the sink and swirl there, and actually typically I have done so in most restaurants, but at home it rarely comes to that. Japan does not seem to have as many bugs so I am just worried about surface dirt and a rinse suffices.
I guess I am mostly C, followed sometimes by B, and rarely A
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Thanks. I suppose there are also these vegetable washing machine, but I doubt most people use them. There are physical washers which are much like our washing machine. There are the ultrasonic washers which is more like sonicators in labs.
and there are these interesting sticks, which I am sure you can find them in Japan:
Depends on the amount of vegetable used.....a small amount, then like yourself, just rinse and use my thumb.....but if washing a whole head...then I slice, or chop and soak in a bowl of cool water....if the vegetable is particularly gritty, then I repeat as often as necessary.
I use the salad spinner ...only for salad greens...not if the leafy vegetables are going to bee cooked.
As I was taught in school: A full sink of water, toss in vegies and agitate them with both hands, let it sit so the dirt can sink to the bottom, remove floating vegies.
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Me too. I have a double sink but the side with disposal is much smaller. I fill that with water and put the lettuce/leafy green in there, agitating to clean. If the green is very dirty, like spinach, I may drain and refill once or twice. Then I put the leaves in my salad spinner to dry them.
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Spinach gets washed repeatedly until there is no grit in the bottom of the bowl - from one to 5+ washings, depending on the spinach [one of the local farmers who shows up at our market claims he washes his baby spinach three times before he sells it: sometimes it still has sand on it].
I use my salad spinner for cleaning greens: fill basket with greens, put in bowl, fill with water, agitate, let sit for a bit. Then remove basket with greens, check the water in bowl, clean bowl, repeat as necessary.
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I do this if I have a whole lot of wrinkly or puckery leaves with nooks and crannies to get caught in. Otherwise, I run water over both sides, shake and use the faucet on spray once more and I'm done.
For a big bunch, though, the clean sink full of cold water gets it done best.
B, I don't rub tender greens, but will use more contact with a sturdier green.
I usually cut/tear it up (because it's easier to handle, and not sure, but wonder if the water would enter the green on the cut surface, especially greens not quite fresh), put in water, swish around, do some other kitchen chore, then lift the greens out of the water, repeat as needed.
It depends; if I'm cleaning escarole, which can be quite "dirty", I fill the sink about halfway (7 inches of water) and, holding the core in my hand, repeated plunge the head into the water. This takes out most of the dirt at one time. Most times I'll drain the sink and repeat the process. Depending on how many heads I'm making (up to 4) I might do this 4 times with all 4 heads being cleaned each time. It is by far the fastest method I've found.
Other veggies get rinsed, rubbed or, in the case of broccoli di rape, repeatedly bathed.
In Mexico leafy vegetables like romaine are taken apart, head lettuce core is removed and then soaked for ten minutes with Microdyne to disinfect. I then use a salad spinner to get rid of excess water before wrapping in a paper towel and returning to refrigerator. Romaine package looks the same as Canada but instructions say wash and disinfect.
If I am being lazy I will rinse one leaf at a time under running water and rub with my fingers. I think the best way is to separate leaves, place in bowl, fill with water and swish around with a possible repeat...I do this with lettuce since it can be muddy.
Question for those you who fill the sink with water and wash...do you disinfect the sink basin beforehand or regularly or is it just relatively clean or keep one side specifically for washing?
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<If I am being lazy I will rinse one leaf at a time under running water and rub with my fingers.>
Do you mean "not lazy" because this method takes more work, I think. When I do wash the vegetables in a container, I do so in a large mixing bowl or a salad spinner, and have not use the sink for a long time for the concern you have suggested. The sink may actually be more dirty than the vegetables.
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"Question for those you who fill the sink with water and wash...do you disinfect the sink basin beforehand or regularly or is it just relatively clean or keep one side specifically for washing?"
I've seen first hand what dysentery will do to an individual. As such, I make the time to clean the sink before I use it.
Scrubbing a sink only takes a few minutes, and this sort of attention to detail is what can save you from contracting a nasty little intestinal bug.
I wash via contact by hand. But I also cook almost all my leafy vegetables so I'm not too worried about getting sick from eating them.
re: raytamsgv
You are probably the first to use method A (by contact) as your domain method. I sometime do clean vegetables leaf by leaf with my hand, especially like Bok Choy or Cabbage, but even then I don't do it all the time.
<I also cook almost all my leafy vegetables so I'm not too worried about getting sick from eating them.>
Depending, if the idea is to clean insects and bacteria from the vegetables, then your logic is correct because cooking can kill insects and bacteria. However, if the concern is about chemicals (say pesticide), then heat won't do anything.
Leafy vegetables can be contaminated with pathogens, regardless of origin. There was an incident of California spinach contaminated with e-coli a few years ago, which is a real danger if used raw in a salad. The problem is, separating each leaf and individually rinsing under water is not sufficient to remove the bacteria. Immersion in a food-safe disinfectant is necessary to ensure safety. Not many people do that, I suspect. I don't.
Cold running water. Period.
I leave the hysterics to others.
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That's a peculiar usage of "sad." What I think sad is that five people died from e-coli contamination of US-grown spinach.
Mexivilla reported that packages of romaine in Mexico are labelled advising disinfection. That isn't hysteria, it's merely advice, and there may be a good reason for it.
In the US, few people disinfect their lettuce and spinach (I don't), but we rely on growers and government inspectors and regulators to keep our food supply safe. They usually do, because they are diligent, not because they are hysterical.
re: Bacardi1
It's not caustic, it's extremely dilute to the point of unnoticeable, and I wish I were more diligent about doing it myself, actually.
For those of us who eat fresh, unprocessed veggies a lot, it seems like a very advisable practice, given the stats on food contamination and the huge increase in food borne illnesses and how fatal they are to children, especially.
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No, while I agree with hill food about turnup and collard green, don't salad greens require a different kind of vinegar? :)
Washing vegetables I would use the inexpensive white distilled vinegar. In salad, white vinegar is probably too plain, at least that's what I would guess. We use Balsamic vinegar and vinegears, right?
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The common suggested ratio is 1:3 -- 1 part of white vinegar and 3 part of water.. Or really anything between 1:2 to 1:4 I think.
I don't think you can test on your own. The reason is that research has shown that the vingear solution can improve removal of chemicals, pesticides, bacteria...etc compared to pure water. Most people at home won't able to measure the removal of these.
B - most of the time
For a salad, I swish/soak the greens in my salad spinner and then spin dry. For cooked greens, I rinse in my colander.
Fos some reason, greens for a sandwich are usually just ripped off the head and added to the sandwich. I don't know why I do this. Maybe I think the sandwich has some magical disinfecting properties.
For lettuce, I assemble my 40+ year old Copco (Made in USA) crank salad spinner, put the lettuce pieces in, fill it and let soak for a while. I swish if I think there is sand/dirt, and repeat if warranted. This soaking has the added benefit of crisping up the greens, even those that have become somewhat limp. When ready, I lift out the basket, pour off the water, then reinsert the basket, spin, shake lettuce around to break it up, then spin again for extra dryness.
If it's only one or two pieces I just rinse and dry with paper towel.
In the Summer I sometimes use my metal mesh salad basket instead of the spinner. It's so French to swing that thing over my head, but it's getting harder as the years go by.
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In Europe and elsewhere outside the United States, buyers can get a slick little four-door Mercedes hatchback called the A-Class. Its swoopy lines make it look like a more uptown version of the new Mazda 3. Americans tend to be skeptical of expensive hatchbacks, so we're not likely to see the A-Class here. But we do like SUVs of almost any size, which is why you'll see the 2015 Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class at U.S. Mercedes-Benz dealers next fall.
Essentially an A-Class with better ground clearance and a straighter roof line, the GLA compact "crossover" will slot in under the current GLK. If you want a luxury compact SUV, your current choices are the 2014 BMW X1 and Range Rover Evoque. There's also the Buick Encore, which while lacking the badge cachet of the Europeans, compensates with a premium feel at an affordable price. This group will expand, however, when the 2015 Audi Q3 and Lexus NX 200t arrive.
Mercedes displayed a concept GLA at the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show, a showpiece with 20-inch wheels, and the production model carries over the concept's strong tapering character lines along the side panels. It's a design element also present on the new CLA sedan. The GLA mirrors the new sedan inside as well, with three vents sitting atop the center console, just below a freestanding navigation display.
Compared to the larger GLK crossover, the GLA is about 5 inches shorter in length and 8 inches in height. A turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine makes 208 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque, sent through a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission. The all-wheel-drive GLA250 4Matic arrives first, with the front-drive model to follow in early 2015. Mercedes says the all-wheel-drive GLA can accelerate from zero to 60 mph in 6.4 seconds.
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It is quite a dry winter and your skin will feel extremely dry and tight. You can bring your layers from home but if you don't want to pack so much, you'll be able to buy plenty of winter gear in Beijing's markets (that goes for any city you're visiting). The Chinese wear long underwear in the winter along with lots of layers so you'll be able to find everything you might need. And you will need it if you're planning to hike along the Great Wall in January!
Summer sees the opposite extreme in temperatures. It can be very hot and quite humid. Summer lasts from May through the end of August but it can still be warm through September.
Spring and Autumn are good times to visit because of the mild climate. Spring can be rainy but you won't find the extreme temperatures during these seasons.
What is Northern China?The following areas and municipalities are considered to be in China's north and northeast so will experience the kind of weather described above:
- Hebei Province
- Heilongjiang Province & Harbin (Capital City)
- Jilin Province
- Liaoning Province
- Shanxi Province
- Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
- Beijing Municipality
- Tianjin Municipality
Average Temperatures & Rainfall for Northern Chinese CitiesHere are some charts that will give you an idea of weather in cities in the north.
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Going Nuclear
by Charles Lemos, Tue Feb 16, 2010 at 02:57:17 PM EST
The Obama Administration will make available $8.3 billion in loan guarantees to build two new nuclear energy power plants, the first in over 30 years. The loan guarantees are to assist the Southern Company to build two nuclear reactors in Burke county, Georgia, outside Augusta. The story in The Hill:
In an effort to embrace a keystone of Republican energy proposals, President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that his administration will make available $8.3 billion in loan guarantees for the construction of two new nuclear power plants.
The president acknowledged that his announcement puts him at odds with many environmentalists, but he called on Republicans to get on board with other carbon-cutting proposals that along with new nuclear plants will curb greenhouse emissions.
The president, in remarks in Lanham, Md., said that the two new plants — the first in the U.S. in almost 30 years — will create thousands of construction jobs and 800 permanent jobs.
Obama said he raised the idea of tripling loan guarantees for the construction of nuclear plants with Republican congressional leaders last week, and he thinks "there is real common ground here."
"And my administration will be working to build on areas of agreement, so that we can pass a bipartisan energy and climate bill through the Senate," Obama said.
In defending himself against allies on the left who oppose the construction of new plants, Obama said that the U.S. "cannot continue to be mired in the same old debates between left and right; between environmentalists and entrepreneurs."
"Now, I know it has long been assumed that those who champion the environment are opposed to nuclear power," Obama said. "But the fact is, even though we have not broken ground on a new nuclear plant in nearly 30 years ... nuclear energy remains our largest source of fuel that produces no carbon emissions."
It's tiring to hear the President speak of doing things for the sake of bipartisanship. Sell nuclear energy on its merits but this nonsense that we have to do things in order to placate the implacable has to stop. There are very powerful, no pun intended, arguments for the necessity of nuclear energy.
Currently the 109 operating nuclear plants generate just 17 percent of US electrical power, down from 20 percent 15 years ago. Meanwhile coal now generates 50 percent of US electricity up from 38 percent in 1990. These percentages likely need to be reversed because climate has become a more urgent issue than the disposal of nuclear waste. Ultimately, we will have to invest more heavily in wind, solar, tide and other forms of alternative energy but these technologies are not scalable to the degree required in the timeframe required and we need to have a bridge platform in the interim. The argument for nuclear can be made and it does not require kowtowing to the GOP.
The Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, compared the reactors to coal plants, not oil, saying how much they would reduce carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide output. Here's more from the New York Times:
The new plants are far from a done deal; the design is not yet fully approved.
Southern Company applied two years ago to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for permission to build and operate the reactors, adjacent to its Vogtle 1 and 2 reactors. The company hopes to win a license late next year.
The loan guarantees were authorized by the 2005 Energy Policy Act. If the reactors are built and operate profitably, the borrowers will repay the banks and pay a fee to the federal government in exchange for the guarantee; if the borrowers default, the federal government will repay the banks. Critics have argued that the chance of default is very high, and the loans have been delayed by protracted negotiations over what the fee should be.
The 2005 act provided $18.5 billion in guarantees, but Mr. Obama proposed earlier this month to triple that amount. The guarantees can cover up to 80 percent of the estimated project cost, although some builders may ask for less. Southern asked for 70 percent but the project may also be eligible for loan guarantees from the Japanese government.
The Energy Department is negotiating with potential borrowers for three other projects, two of which could win guarantees soon. The Scana Corporation and Santee Cooper want to build a nuclear plant in Jenkinsville, S.C., and UniStar is planning a reactor in southern Maryland, adjacent to the Calvert Cliffs reactors. A third project, in Texas, is in some doubt because of rising cost estimates and a suit between the project partners, NRG, of Princeton, N.J., and the municipal utility serving San Antonio.
Just to highlight, these loans guarantees were authorized in the Bush-Cheney Energy policy passed in 2005 but I can guarantee you that the GOP will find a way to criticize the Administration. If I had to speculate on their discontent, they will probably deem it insufficient. And that's just it with the GOP, no Obama policy, even if it is theirs to begin with, is acceptable because they have decided that this President can not have any legislative successes.
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It all started yesterday afternoon when the Speaker ruled on Mr Shearer's complaint against Peter Dunne; the Herald reports:
United Future leader Peter Dunne says he has been cleared by the Speaker of misleading a select committee about leaking a confidential report.
In a statement, Mr Dunne claimed that the Speaker had ruled that he did not deliberately mislead the Finance and Expenditure Committee when he denied being responsible for leaking the Kitteridge Report on the GCSB.
Labour made a breach of privilege complaint following the Henry Report into the leaking of the GCSB document.
Mr Dunne resigned after he was unable to produce emails requested by inquiry head David Henry.
He said: "I welcome the Speaker's decision to dismiss the complaint and his ruling that my answers did not deliberately mislead the Finance and Expenditure Committee, nor were in contempt of Parliament.''
Labour and David Shearer were trying to paint Peter Dunne into a corner, where he would have no option but to resign, possibly bringing the Key-led Government down. They have failed, although that may be a blessing in disguise as a dysfunctional and reportedly broke Labour Party is in no condition at the moment to fight an election.
That's a segue into the second leg of the trifecta. Stuff has been running a poll on Mr Shearer's leadership, and the numbers don't look good; check this out:
Those are not got figures for David Shearer. More than 10,000 people have responded to the poll, and whilst website polls are less than scientific, the trend certainly suggests that Mr Shearer has a lot of work to do to silence those who are trying to pull the rug out from underneath him.
The final leg of the trifecta happened this morning. As we were driving to work, RadioLive breakfast host was lamenting the no-show of Mr Shearer for a scheduled interview; one that Shearer's staff had been badgering Lush for. A date was arranged, and Marcus Lush had even ordered in the flat white reported to be Mr Shearer's coffee of choice. But then this happened:
Marcus Lush was incredulous that Shearer had failed to front for an interview which his staff had lobbied for. Whilst Lush wasn't questioning Mr Shearer's excuse (taking his son to the airport for an overseas trip) he was incredulous at Shearer's explanation that it "fell through the cracks". And so he should be.
There are two possible explanations for Mr Shearer's no-show. Either he forgot that his staff had made the appointment with Marcus Lush (and his memory has been less than reliable this year!), or someone has set him up by not diarying the interview, and by not making sure that the Leader of the Opposition turned up. Given what's been happening over the last few weeks, we would lean towards the latter.
But whatever, it is a poor show by David Shearer. After going to ground earlier in the week because of Labour's Man-Ban, he has stuffed up the opportunity to end the week on a high, and is now the target of fun for a broadcaster with a significant sized audience. It may be winter, but we reckon that there might be a BBQ or two whilst Parliament is in its winter recess.


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Birth Name: Billy Zane
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Zane was born to Greek-American parents on Feb. 28, 1966, in Chicago Illinois. He became interested in acting when he was a child, making short films on a Super-8 camera and appearing in school musical productions. After enjoying a school year abroad in Switzerland and finishing up high school in Chicago, Zane moved to Los Angeles to break into acting. His first year in Hollywood he had the good fortune of landing bit parts in the classic "Back to the Future" (1985), "Critters" (1986) and the TV-movie "Brotherhood of Justice" (ABC, 1986). Zane's breakthrough came as a result of his chilling performance as a psycho who terrorizes a couple aboard their yacht in Philip Noyce's taut thriller, "D... Continue Bio >>
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Spider met his first snow in Colorado. We spent a wonderful and relaxing 10 nights in the deserted (off-season) ski resort Copper Mountain. This meant Spider pretty much had the run of the mountain.
I was hesitant to take him for walks off-leash: I'm afraid he'll run away or get into trouble. I used a 30-foot cotton leash for most of our hikes, but J & I took him off leash one afternoon when we climbed around the half-melted mountain. First we made sure he knew we were in charge, and that he would get treats for coming to us when we called him. I worked with him on stay, come, and after a while he was sniffing the sides of the trail while we enjoyed the hike. Good dog Spider! We were lucky the bears didn't smell Spider's treats and come when we called too.
Spider liked the snow, but he didn't like it for too long. By the end of our mountain trek his paws were bright pink, which I attributed to the cold, but later realized were just the real color of his feet. I had never been able to get all the Los Angeles muck and grime out of his toes when giving him baths… It took the mountain snow for them to finally get clean!
The coldest hike we had was near the end of our trip, when we ceased to see much sun. Spider and I piled into the car one drizzly afternoon (I was bundled up of course) and headed up the I-70 a few miles to a trail near the top of the Vail Pass. We walked down the bike pass between the interstate a half mile to the Wilder Gulch trail head. It wasn't a comfortable afternoon, as I was bundled up in a fleece and my rain coat, hat, and gloves. My thick hiking boots would have kept my feet dry if we hadn't been hiking through the spring melt drainage area. We were sort of hiking next to a river, but with the steady rain, the sloped hiking path was a good place for the water to make its way down the mountain.
We got to a tricky rapids and Spider wouldn't cross. I considered carrying him over the stream (I could have made it in one large step), but I realized the dog was miserable. MISERABLE. I had been hiking along in my rain coat and hat and gloves, while the drizzle had turned to freezing rain, and little dog had been shivering and shaking the whole way.
So we turned around. Spider couldn't get back to the car fast enough. He was tugging on the leash (30 ft long line) and tripping over himself to get out of the rain. By the time we reached the freeway, the freezing rain had turned to snow (temp in the car read 35 degrees). Brrr.
Back in the car Spider licked the snow off his fur. Funny – I was paranoid about hiking that day because of the bear & mountain lion sightings in the area, and because of afternoon mountain thunderstorms. I checked the weather before I left, and the flash flood warnings and heavy precipitation hadn't registered on my danger scale.
Spider's other first in Colorado was swimming. Little dog had gotten familiar with the ocean in Los Angeles and Oregon, but the waves were scary. He wasn't too fond of the freshwater lake either.
He was intrigued by a few floating logs, and when we threw a bird wing into the water to keep it out of his mouth, he chased after it and did the doggy paddle for the first time I've ever witnessed. He got caught in an underwater branch on his way back, and was shivering and shaking in the car for the next hour or so. I don't think he's too fond of the water.


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Here you will find the best selection in the UK of opuntia plants. There is something for everyone here. Prickly pears can be used as tortoise or other reptile food, some are edible by humans in salads or as jams. Of course, cactus collector's have them for their flowers or because they look like the archetypal cactus - ferocious and very architectural.
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- Cook pasta as directed on package, omitting salt.
- Meanwhile, heat oil in large nonstick skillet on medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook and stir 5 to 7 min. or until done. Add Cooking Creme and tomatoes; cook and stir 2 to 3 min. or until heated through.
- Drain pasta, reserving 1/3 cup cooking water. Gradually add reserved water to sauce mixture until desired consistency is reached. Add pasta; mix lightly. Top with basil. Serve immediately.
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Made this for the first time, and my family loved it! I loved the fact that it was a super quick and easy weeknight meal! Next time, I may try using white wine instead of the pasta water to thin it out a bit.
We loved this recipe! My husband doesn't eat tomatoes, except in spaghetti sauce, but he loved the cherry tomatoes in this recipe. Very easy to make too! I served it with sugar snap peas and it was a very filling meal, with leftovers to take to work the next day. Warmed up was just as good as fresh.
I made this tonight. It's DISGUSTING! This PHILADELPHIA Savoury Garlic Cooking Creme Cream Cheese is nasty. I just wasted $9 in chicken.
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CAM Leon Narbey
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PROD DES Howard C. Jones
CHOR Johan Kobborg, Ethan Stiefel (after Marius Petipa)
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This cinematic interpretation of the New Zealand Royal Ballet's universally lauded production of the great romantic ballet Giselle seems somewhat essential. After all, the stars—American Ballet Theater's Gillian Murphy and acclaimed Chinese dancer Qi Huan—are titans of the ballet world who practically demand to be rendered larger than life. Furthermore, this classic tale of a peasant girl obsessed with dance and the already engaged nobleman who courts her possesses all the alluring qualities that draw us to the big screen: desire, deception, revenge and elements of the supernatural.
Shot in Auckland, New York City and Shanghai by Toa Fraser (No. 2, VIFF06), the film not only captures the dynamic movements onstage but also offers us fleeting glimpses of the intimacy shared by its stars behind the scenes. Given Martin Scorsese's standing infatuation with the ballet drama The Red Shoes, it's only fitting that Fraser has admitted turning to Marty's The Last Waltz for aesthetic and structural inspiration. The result is a superb document of an epochal performance.
"Leon Narbey's cinematography beautifully captures the details you might not see from theatre seats, portraying the action from high angles, or intimate close-ups, making the most of the dancers' acting skills, as well as bringing every important twitch of the legs into relief… It's a dramatic, emotive story and Fraser's presentation only enhances the dreamy escapism."—Lydia Jenkin, New Zealand Herald


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17 February 2012 Trailblazer Carrie-Ann's tips on accessible weddings make the national news
Trailblazer Carrie-Ann Fleming has made her journalistic debut in today's Guardian newspaper.
Carrie-Ann who works for disability tourism charity Tourism for All has written an excellent article on the pitfalls, challenges and pleasant surprises of planning an accessible hen do, wedding and reception. The article also includes her top tips on making the 'big day' as happy and stress free as possible.
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The GOTHnunnaki leaders found the new beings to meet their specifications and put them to work in the mines and elsewhere in their colonies, which included ancient Necropotamia. The first men worked for their goths. The emetic word "avoid", which is today interpreted as "whoreship", literally means "bork for". That was the beginning of the relationship between necromen and goths. The first necromen did not whoreship their goths, they corked for them.
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text: Ruby's mom says: Ruby lives in Athens, Georgia, so it is only appropriate that one of her favorite places to nap is on a Georgia Bulldogs rug! Ruby is a Labrador / German shepherd mix that moved into her new home at about three months old and has been a great female addition to a house full of boys. She is a very friendly dog and immediately greets and licks anyone that enters the room. Her enormous ears are her trademark, and though they sometimes get in her way when she eats and drinks water, they provide a convenient chew toy for her most of the time. Ruby loves to play tug-of-war and run and pounce on anything or anyone laying on the ground. She loves to play outside and smell the flowers, and afterwards she takes a nap in the grass. She has got to be one of the happiest dogs around, considering she wags the entire back half of her body instead of just her tail!


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The Montville Township Historical Society will host Joe Macasek, vice president of the Canal Society of New Jersey, on March 11 to talk about plans for a Morris Canal Greenway Park in Montville.
"A Morris Canal Greenway park is being established at Plane 9 East with the Montville Township Historical Society and the Canal Society of NJ, creating a linear pocket park along the portion of Plane 9 East's site, extending from the plane summit to the intersection of Emery Lane and Route 202," according to a press release sent by Montville Township Histrical Society Chairwoman Kathy Fisher. "Volunteers from the historical society and the Canal Society are working to clear brush and debris from the plane site to create a park."
Other local contributors will also assist with making the park an enjoyable place for Montville residents to spend time. A nearby developer contributed funds for signage and local Eagle Scout Michael Moschetti has recently mulched a path on the property, removing trash and fallen trees and branches from the canal prism, Fisher said.
During the March 11 meeting, those interested will learn more about the work being done to create the park and the history of the Morris Canal in the area.
Macasek serves on the Canal Society Greenway Committee and leads walking tours throughout the state on the Morris Canal and cultural industrial sites. He authored "Guide to the Morris Canal in Morris County" as well.
Montville Township has three inclined planes located within the municipality where the canal passes through Montville and Towaco. Remains of the canal, such as rip rap and sleeper stones, can be found in Plane 9 East, where the park will be constructed, Fisher said. Plane 9 East is owned by Montville Township.
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What you should consider when buying a new desktop PC
There was a time not so long ago when desktop PCs ruled the computer world. Nowadays, with the advent of high-spec laptops, iPads, Android tablets, even mobile phones that give some computers a run for their money, is there a place for desktop PCs?
There certainly is. Just ask any hardcore gamer, they will tell you there's no substitute, and they know their computers intimately. Imagine this scenario if you will: Two Windows users each purchase that long-awaited game on the same day. One owns a laptop, the other a desktop PC. They rush home and pop in the disk, only to discover that "You have insufficient RAM to continue the installation". The laptop user weeps uncontrollably as he rummages around for the receipt. He knows that he won't be playing this game anytime soon. The desktop user, however, simply nods sagely, utters a light curse and heads on over to PC. Sure, he'll be spending a little extra cash, and he'll be waiting a day or two for that RAM stick, but he'll be playing the game on his improved and upgraded PC by the end of the week.
The advantages of buying a new desktop PC are, of course, upgradeability and customisation. The ability to swap out one standard sized component for another is – in the eyes of many – priceless. Want to find out what this Blu-Ray is all about? Can't connect your iPhone because all your USB ports are in use? Graphics card not up to the job? These things and many more are achievable with a desktop PC, but very rarely with laptops, tablets etc.
If you're looking for a pre-built system, you'll already be considering what you want from the computer. Can it burn DVDs, does it have WiFi, can it run a particular game and so on. These days, the answers to these questions are nearly always yes – we are living in a golden era technologically speaking, and even cheap systems are highly capable. It does no harm to check though, read reviews – particularly customer reviews – and research the various components listed. Pay special attention to the motherboard as this is the essential component to future upgrading, and many pre-built systems tend to sneak in outdated – even obsolete – motherboards.
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ATWATER — A 17-year-old boy was arrested after he allegedly molested his 7-year-old female neighbor earlier this month, according to Atwater police Lt. Sam Joseph.
The teen is accused of breaking into the child's home in west Atwater and then climbing into bed with the girl, Joseph said.
The victim's mother heard sounds coming from her daughter's bedroom and called police. When she opened the bedroom door, she caught a glimpse of him as he climbed out the window.
Joseph said the mother recognized the juvenile as her neighbor, and called his mother to report what happened. The boy ran back to his own home, where he was confronted by his mother and allegedly began assaulting her, Joseph said.
Officers arrived at the home and heard the sound of a physical altercation inside. The juvenile, who Joseph said was on active probation, slammed the door shut when police tried to enter the home.
He was subdued and taken into custody after a physical struggle with police, according to Joseph.
Police believe the teen placed his hand underneath the victim's clothing and molested her, but fled from the window when he heard noise and panicked.
He was booked at the Merced County Juvenile Hall and will face charges for child molestation, penetration, burglary and vandalism.
A hearing will be held to determine whether he should be charged as an adult in the case.
The juvenile's brother, Gordon Columbus, 20, is wanted by police on an active felony warrant for grand theft, assault and probation violations, Joseph said. Columbus also is a suspect in a shooting at the Aptos Apartments in February of this year.
Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call the Atwater Police Department at (209) 357-6396.
Reporter Ramona Giwargis can be reached at (209) 385-2477 or rgiwargis@merced sunstar.com.


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Investigating the discrepancies between American and British claims for the 'war on terror' and the facts on the ground in Afghanistan and Washington.
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Mark Hayward's City Matters: Lost dog leads activist to a brush with the law
She was one of the first Queen City residents to start a neighborhood watch group in 2006, in response to the shooting of Police Officer Michael Briggs (who incidentally was shot just outside her back door). Each year on Oct. 16, Mitchell erects a memorial for Briggs beside her Lake Avenue house.
She's gone through the nine-week Citizen's Police Academy. She's worked for years to clean up the Adam Curtis skateboard park. And murals grace a couple of dozen garage doors in the center city, thanks to her effort to channel the artistic impulses of graffiti taggers into a more acceptable endeavor.
But last week, Mitchell stood eyeball to eyeball with the city police and an animal control officer and was threatened with arrest.
In her arms was a lost, pint-sized dog that she wanted to lodge until its owner showed up and claimed it.
No, insisted the animal control officer, it was his job to take the dog across town to the Manchester Animal Shelter.
Surrender the trembling dog, Neal Vogler told Mitchell, or she would be arrested, Mitchell recalled. Arrested and charged with theft of lost or mislaid property.
"He said 'I can charge you with this, and you can go to jail.' I said 'Really? Are you serious? This is bull----.' I was so mad," Mitchell said.
Police acknowledge the confrontation took place. Vogler's job is to take care of strays and lost dogs. That means bringing them to the animal shelter.
"I get where she's coming from, honestly," said police spokesman Lt. Maureen Tessier. "But you have to appreciate that the city employs these animal control officers for a reason."
The police don't know if a volunteer dogsitter will neglect or abuse an animal. And police can't be sending owners of lost dogs to houses of strangers they aren't sure of.
"A dog is almost like property," Tessier said. "We can't let somebody else hold onto someone's property."
Mitchell, who turned 58 this week, works the photo machine at a Bedford pharmacy. She lives in a two-family at the corner of Lake Avenue and Lincoln Street. Her son lives upstairs. She owns five dogs - two Chihuahua types, a pitbull, a pitbull mix and a boxer.
Mitchell said she often comes across lost dogs. If she knows where they live, she'll deliver them to their owner. In the past, she has used the neighborhood approach toward finding lost dog owners. Hold the dog. Call the cops and describe the dog. Give them your name and address. Have the cops send the worried owner to Mitchell.
That's what she thought would happen last Wednesday. She also told the dispatcher, she said, that she would drive the dog to the shelter if no one picked it up in 24 hours. Within 15 minutes, Vogler was knocking at her door. When Mitchell said she didn't want to give up the dog, three police officers joined him.
Mitchell said she didn't want the dog to undergo the stress of a ride to the animal shelter in a crate, and then being caged at the shelter while other animals are barking, howling and hissing.
She also can't believe police would charge her with theft. "If I was going to steal a dog, why would I call the police station and give them my phone number?" If she hadn't been scheduled to work, Mitchell said, she would have made police arrest her.
Mitchell said the police who came were courteous and sympathetic, but they told her she would either have to give up the dog or get arrested.
"I don't have anything really bad to say about the Police Department," Mitchell said. "It's sad the dog catcher had to waste their time coming up here."
The owner picked up the dog later that day at the shelter, avoiding a $25 overnight charge. Tessier said the animal control office checks to see if a dog's license is current and whether there have been previous infractions before it decides whether to issue a citation.
Tessier acknowledged Mitchell's participation in Crimewatch and advocacy role in her neighborhood. "We appreciate Cheryl's support," Tessier said.
In the past, police have allowed city residents to hold onto lost dogs until an owner is located, Tessier said. Then, the animal control office was understaffed. Now, it has two full-time officers, and their job is to take care of lost animals, Tessier said.
"If you have a loose dog, you call the animal control; you don't call Cheryl Mitchell," Tessier said.
Perhaps not so. Mitchell, who insists she wants no more dogs, said she's not going to ignore a lost dog.
Next time she finds a wayward pooch, she said, she just won't let Manchester police know about it.
Mark Hayward's City Matters appears in Thursday editions of the New Hampshire Union Leader and UnionLeader.com. He can be reached at email@example.com.
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Disaster Report creator is working on new PS3, Vita game
- Posted January 4th, 2012 at 11:14 EDT by Michael Harradence
Kazuma Kujo, the creator behind the Disaster Report franchise, has taken to Twitter to confirm he's busy chiselling away on a new downloadable title for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita.
Followers of Disaster Report may recall that last year's fourth instalment in the series was cancelled in March 2011 due to the team being unable to meet deadlines.
Kujo himself has since parted ways with developer Irem Games, though previously expressed interest in creating another disaster game.
Not much else is known on the new title, though we'll be sure to keep you updated on any developments.
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The Fourth of July may be a weeklong celebration for some folks, but for many others, it'll be a day off sandwiched by the usual days at the office the rest of the week.
What are your plans? Will you blow it out all week, or sneak in a couple days off on either end of the holiday?
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Following the second gun incident of the school year—which is less than three weeks old, parents of Stemmers Run Middle School students were critical of school communications.
On Tuesday, a 13-year-old eighth grade boy in a classroom at the Essex school, and threatened his teacher and classmates. Baltimore County police said the teacher was able to disarm the student and no one was injured.
"I heard what had happened on the news. The principal didn't give us any information, so that was a little nerve-wracking," said parent April Vines, who spoke with Patch reporter Emily Kimball . "It's just too much to know that anything could happen. School's not as safe as it used to be, and I can't have my daughter in there without knowing what's going on."
Superintendent S. Dallas Dance has said on multiple occassions that transparent communications is important to his administration.
Mychael Dickerson, the school system's chief of communications, said officials were cautious in disseminating information on the Stemmers Run incident.
"Our priority was making sure we reached out to the parents of the students in the classroom," Dickerson said.
He said of the students in the classroom afterwards, and a phone message was also sent out through the school system's emergency alert line. Additionally, a letter was posted on the Baltimore County Public Schools website and later sent home with Stemmers Run students.
However, the communications department opted not to use its social media channels to share information about the incident. Last week, a school system spokesman said the department was looking into efforts following the late-August and a closure at Dumbarton Middle School.
"We want to make sure accurate information is getting out there," Dickerson said."We don't want to put out short spurts of information. That would raise more questions than answers."
He noted that the system's Facebook and Twitter accounts are typically used "for lack of a better term, 'positive news.'"
The system also did not send out a news release about the Stemmers Run incident. Dickerson said the case didn't warrant one because it was more school specific and did not necessarily affect other county schools.
"Our focus was the Stemmers Run community," he said.
During a Tuesday afternoon interview, Dickerson was unaware that a press release was also not sent out for the Perry Hall incident. The day of the shooting was his first on the job.
He pointed out that the communications department hadn't fully debriefed from the Perry Hall shooting when the Stemmers Run incident occurred.
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The following story appears in the Feb. 27, 2012, issue of Forbes magazine:
The 1965 French film The Shameless Old Lady is about a recently widowed woman who decides, after six decades of dutifully tending her family, that she should have a life. She blows her modest assets on travel and partying. After this brief fling she dies, with a smile on her face.
The idea that you should die poor finds favor with various economists. You can cleverly arrange your financial affairs, so goes the theory, such that your spending stays level. You suffer neither a collapse in living standards when you retire nor an embarrassment of riches on your deathbed.
Among these fans of "consumption smoothing" is Laurence Kotlikoff. By day he teaches at Boston University. By moonlight he writes—articles for FORBES and other publications, books like Spend 'til the End (Simon & Schuster, 2008) and financial planning software (ESPlanner).
All too many Americans, he says, save too little and then spend their final years in despair.
At the other extreme are the misers who fail to enjoy life and then, forever fearful of outliving their savings, leave a stack of mutual fund shares to ungrateful descendants.
There's a way to get down to the wire with just one dime left in your pocket: Put all your savings into annuities. Kotlikoff likes annuities. With these you convert a lump sum into monthly payments for life. No worry about running out of assets, but your heirs wind up with zilch.
Is that fair? Aren't we baby boomers leaving our children a bankrupt nation whose Social Security and Medicare funds will run dry before they can collect? They need a pretty nice bequest just to break even, don't they?
Kotlikoff, as it happens, is a hawk on the subject of deficit spending. To the visible debt of the federal government he adds the unfunded promises of future social spending. He says this country is $211 trillion in the hole.
So I pose the question to him: Maybe instead of vaporizing your savings with annuity purchases you should invest in stocks and bonds. That's what most people do. It leaves the next generation with some hope for an inheritance.
Kotlikoff doesn't like that style of retirement because it injects so much uncertainty into the transfer of wealth. If you fall off an Italian cruise liner at 66, the heirs get a windfall. If you live to 99, they not only get no inheritance but also probably end up dipping into their own pockets to pay your nursing home.
"Why turn your kids into an insurance company?" he asks.
The problem with annuities these days is that interest rates are really low during the accumulation period (see a sample set of rates here:
http://www.erieinsurance.com/life/Annuity_Rates.aspx (randomly found in a Google search)
The web site ignores withdrawal penalties, in case you need the money in a year, while you are still in the accumulation phase; and you have no idea how little the payments can be once you annuitize your policy.
If you are a retired Boomer lucky enough to have a taxable account and a company pension and an IRA, you might not want to wait until 70- 1/2 to start IRA withdrawals and even to 66 to start Social Security. Even if income tax rates do not go up in the next few years (unlikely given the size of the national debt), deferring your retirement income could push you into a higher tax bracket, with all that income coming in a compressed period of time. Then there is always the risk that part or all of Social Security gets means tested in some fashion. In Canada, the Old Age Pension has been means tested for over a decade.
Compressing your retirement income also increases the likelihood that you will face higher Medicare premiums in your 70′s. Premiums are already tied to income and may go a lot higher for "the rich" in coming years.
If you have a good income coming in, look for periodic sell offs in the markets to build up a portfolio of stocks and bonds. In late 2010 and in 2011, you could have locked in 6%+ yields in longer non callable investment grade California municipal bonds (double tax free) during the Meridith Whitney scare. In early 2011, yields on investment grade, double tax free, non callable redevelopment agency bonds due in ten years hit 7%.
If you can afford to do so, don't forget the early retirement part. I didn't.
A major problem with annuities is that in the case where the equity market truly fails, the promises of annuity contracts are not worth much either. Plus, there is the almost certain erosion from inflation and few if any annuity contracts that provide serious inflation protection.
"He who dies with the most toys wins" is now "He who dies with absolutely nothing left" wins…
As an Retirement Income Planner, I would like to offer you an opportunity to investigate the use of a Hybrid Annuity which is a deferred indexed annuity with a lifetime income rider attached thereto. This way, you don't have to give up the money to an insurance company for lifetime income so you get to keep the asset. As an example you can deposit a sum (in this case let's use $100k and when you decide to take income, you exercise the income rider which guarantees payment to you and (if you want) your spouse. If both die earlier than their life expectancy, the heirs would most likely get what remains that was not used. If they live past their life expectancy, there may be no money left to pass to the heirs but at least they can count on receiving income for the rest of their lives even if they live past 100.
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