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Hello Kitty Tablet 7 inch Super Pack
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Super pack Tablet 7 inch 1.2ghz CPU, with stylus, headphones and protective case. capacitive screen 7 inch, double cam (0,3mpx in front and 2mpx behind) internal memory 4gb micro sd slot Wi-Fi, personalized software with parental control, android 4.1, usb, charger usb cable. Age from 14+ years.
Have fun listening to your favourite songs with the Hello Kitty Premium Headphones. They are child-friendly with a volume limiter to prevent hearing impairment. Impedance: 320hms. Sensitivity: 85dB. Frequency range: 20Hz - 20KHz. Age range from 6 year.
Hello Kitty Wooden Tabletop Kitchen
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This Hello Kitty Wooden Tabletop Kitchen has a wonderful old-fashioned build with a purrrfectly girly design.
With a solid wooden build it will look great in your home and provides hours of play for your little one. The set includes a pot and pan, both in the signature Hello Kitty pink tone. Each has a pretty flower pattern that ties in perfectly with the flower dials on the front of the hob.
A cute little shelf is the ideal place to store the salt and pepper pots, while the wooden spoon and fork mean your youngster can cook up a treat for you in their very own kitchen.
The adorable little window comes with patterned curtains, with a cute image of kitty in a chef's hat on the wall to complete this sweet set.
Useful info:
- Wooden build
- Includes pot and pan
- Spoon, fork, salt and pepper
- Curtains and shelf
- Flower shaped dials
- Age from 3 years
- Hello Kitty Wooden Tabletop Kitchen
Warning. Not suitable for children under 3 years.
Hello Kitty Skittles
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This cute Hello Kitty Skittles Set is the purrrfect way to have fun and develop hand eye coordination.
It features 6 pin skittles with cute designs of everyone's favourite feline.
Once they're stood up your little one will love knocking them down again with the bowling ball.
This fun set is great for indoor use and outdoor playtimes in the garden.
Useful info:
- Hello Kitty Skittles Set
- 6 pin skittles and a bowling ball
- Ideal for indoor or outdoor fun
- Age from 3 years
Make night time magical with the brilliant Hello Kitty Glitter Lamp.
Fans of the popular cartoon character will love this pretty glitter lamp with its tall cylinder and compact shape that produces a soft and gentle glow as the amazing shapes dance around inside.
At 46 cm in height it's big enough to stand out in the room with its pink and warm Hello Kitty colours.
To make evenings even more relaxing why not combine with the Hello Kitty Blossom Dream Hot Water Bottle (see item number 29BR5) and the Hello Kitty shaped mug (29BR7).
Useful info:
- Hello Kitty Glitter Lamp
- Makes cool internal shapes
- Gives off soft and gentle glow
- Suitable for age 14 and over
This Hello Kitty Carriage Pram is the perfect way for dolly to enjoy a cat nap on a stroll.
It has a classic design with an adorable Hello Kitty printed hood and cover that's purrrfect for any Hello Kitty fan. The pretty pink wheels are matched with a pink handle to add to the girly design.
Suitable for ages 3 and over, it also comes with a pillow and mattress so your little one's dolly can get nice and snug.
Useful info:
- Hello Kitty print
- Includes pillow and mattress
- Age from 3 years
- Hello Kitty Carriage Pram
Warning: Not suitable for children under three years. To be used under the direct supervision of an adult.
Hello Kitty Food Bar
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Your little one will love role-playing as a chef with this fantastic Hello Kitty Food Bar Playset.
She'll be dishing up gourmet suppers in no time but until then there's the Hello Kitty Food Bar where she can practice serving up fun (pretend) snacks for you and her friends.
She can take orders, sprinkle sugar, chocolate or syrup on top of the donuts, ice cream or macaroons and then serve in the portion boxes. It can also be used to teach kitchen safety and food hygiene by encouraging her to use the included utensils to keep her hands away from the snacks!
Useful info:
- Suitable for ages 3+
- Great for role-play
- Includes pretend food and utensils
- Hello Kitty Food Bar Playset
Hello Kitty Tea Time Lunch Bag and Bottle
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The adorable Hello Kitty Tea Time Lunch Bag and Bottle is purrrfect for fans of the fantastic feline.
The lunch bag has plenty of room for your little one's favourite food. It zips up easily to keep everything secure and features a handle so it's simple to carry. It's easy to wipe clean too for added convenience.
The flip top sipper bottle has a matching Hello Kitty design making it the ideal set for school and days out.
Useful info:
- Hello Kitty Tea Time Lunch Bag
- Easy to wipe clean
- Flip top sipper bottle
- Age from 3 years
Warning: Not suitable for children under 3 years.
Hello Kitty Portable Karaoke Machine
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Sing along to your favourite songs on the Hello Kitty portable karaoke machine – the purrfect way to have fun with family and friends.
Just attach the karaoke machine to your TV and lyrics will appear on the screen, ready for you to show the world just how these songs should really be sung!
Enjoy endless hours of fun singing along to your favourite songs, whether it's the latest chart hits or classic from the past.
For karaoke CDs including graphics see item number 29E3W or 29DZD.
Useful info:
- Perfect for sleepovers or a girls night in
- Comes complete with a microphone and AV cable
- Lyrics will appear on a connected TV screen
- Hello Kitty portable karaoke machine
Warning: Not suitable for children under 3 years.
14 inch 2 brakes, Adjustable saddle and Handle Bars, removeable stabilisers spoke wheels, Pneumatic Tyres Rear Dolly Carrier. Age from 4+ years.
Hello Kitty DC 3, 1MPX, USB cable, LCD 1,4 inch Screen, 8MB. Internal memory, Video, Microsoft Windows 2000XP Vista system. Includes CD drivers and camera bag. Age from 6 + years.
Hello Kitty Tea Party BackPack
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Hello Kitty Tea Party BackPack.
Pretty and girly Hello Kitty Tea Party design. Comes with adjustable straps.
Age from 3 years. Warning: Not suitable for children under 3 years.


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Cancer fighter's dream trip to Champion's League
A Bridlington schoolboy who has battled cancer is heading to Portugal for a dream trip to watch the Champions League final.
A Bridlington schoolboy who has battled cancer is heading to Portugal for a dream trip to watch the Champions League final.
The violin found in a Bridlington attic that was reputedly played by the Titanic's bandmaster as the ship sank is to go on public display.
A studio assistant to the artist David Hockney has died in hospital after being taken from the painter's East Yorkshire home.
Humberside Police have launched a murder investigation following the death of a 39 year-old Bridlington man this morning.
In the early hours, police were called to a disturbance at a house on Sewerby Road and found a man with a life threatening wound. The ambulance service were in attendance but the man died as a result of his injuries at the scene. Four men have been arrested in Seaton, near Hornsea, on suspicion of murder - a 27-year-old, a 22-year-old, and a 37-year old, who are in police custody, and a 47-year-old who is currently receiving treatment at HRI for injuries sustained during the incident.
A man accused of murdering Bridlington landlady Bei Carter has made his first appearance at Hull Crown Court.
John Heald, 53, is charged with the murder of Bei Carter of the Morayland guest house in Bridlington on July 18. He is also charged with 10 offences of rape in South Yorkshire in July.
Mr Heald, of Foljambe Road, Rotherham, made a 15-minute appearance before Judge Jeremy Richardson, QC this morning.
The case was fast-tracked from East Riding Magistrates' Court under the system for serious case.
Grey-haired Heald wore a blue sweat shirt and blue trousers and was watched by two G4S security guards in the dock of court four during the hearing. He left the court talking to his barrister Steve Smith.
Senior Crown advocate Phillip Evans told the court: "It is necessary to set a timetable for the advancement of this case."
He said the Crown would disclose its case by October 10 and the defence should give notification of its witnesses by October 21. He said a plea and case management hearing would take place on October 31.
Mrs Evans said a trial date of January 27 had been suggested by the court, but the custody time limit would expire on January 25. The trial is expected to last 10 days.
Barrister Steve Smith, for Mr Heald said senior London-based counsel had been instructed to represent Mr Heald in the trial.
Detectives investigating the murder of a guesthouse landlady in Bridlington have been given a warrant to detain a man for questioning.
John Heald was arrested in Rotherham on Friday, but he spent the weekend in hospital with minor injuries.
He is now being questioned by Humberside Police.
Humberside police have confirmed they are to start questioning a man on suspicion of murdering a Bridlington landlady.
John Heald is now in custody after spending the weekend in hospital. He was arrested on Friday in Rotherham.
Hotel owner Bei Carter was found stabbed to death at her guesthouse in Bridlington.
Police arrested a man in Rotherham in connection with the death of a hotelier in Bridlington last week.
Eyewitnesses told Chris Kiddey what happened:
John Heald was arrested at around 2.15pm in the Parkgate area. He's currently in custody. We'd like to thank the public for their support
South Yorkshire Police say a man has been arrested by officers investigating the murder of Bei Carter in Bridlington last week.
John Heald, 53, was arrested by officers from South Yorkshire Police at around 2.15pm today in the Parkgate area of Rotherham.
More than 150 police officers, some of them armed, are now involved in the hunt for murder suspect John Heald. Heald, who detectives have described as "dangerous" is wanted for questioning about the murder of Bei Carter, a guest house landlady in Bridlington at the weekend. Humberside Police today revealed that Mrs Carter had been stabbed to death. Chris Kiddey reports.
Police investigating the murder of a woman at a guest house in Bridlington are searching for a man in connection with the incident. 53-year-old John Heald from South Yorkshire, is believed to have been staying at the hotel but has since left and police want to talk to him as a matter of urgency.
URGENT APPEAL - Bridlington: Man wanted by police following murder at guest house http://t.co/DmEQCaXILK

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SMToolbox: Create Insights with Social Analytics from Zuum
Posted on March 24th 2014
In social media we have no shortage of data; our key challenge is to understand the data and to create insights that will help us improve what we do. Generating actionable insights from social data has been the core focus of the Zuum team. This week in the SMToolbox, we take a look at their tool and how Zuum's reports and analytics can benefit social media marketers.
Zuum bills itself as a social content strategy tool; in essence, it is a social analytics tool, but with a difference. The Zuum team are really focused on helping you to understand what causes things to happen in the social world. Thus, if you see a spike in engagement or rapid growth in followers, Zuum will help you identify what caused these particular changes. Zuum also allows you to compare your company's performance with that of other brands and gain insights that will help you improve your own performance.
Organizations using Zuum include advertising agencies such as Ogilvy, JWT, BBDO, Edelman, and Initiative, as well as brand clients such as Nissan, Disney, Billabong, Universal Music and USC.
Overview of Zuum Reports and Analytics
The analysis and reporting in Zuum takes a number of forms. There is a global leaderboard, and then there are reports for each main social network. Currently Zuum does not support LinkedIn, which might be a limitation for B2B marketers; however, it provides extensive analysis and reporting of the other main networks, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google Plus, Instagram and Pinterest. The reports for each network fall into three main reporting areas:
- Benchmarking
- Content Publishing
- Community
I have outlined some of the key features in each of these three areas to show how Zuum helps you draw actionable insights from the data.
Zuum offers a range of benchmarking reports which will provide a clear analysis of where you stand relative to your competitors across a range of indicators.
Below is an example leaderboard report. You can quickly see the average scores for items such as fans, growth rate, engagement and community involvement and the relative position of your company and your competitors.
The benchmarking reports also include share of voice reports such as the one below which make it very easy to visually assess your share of voice based on fans, engagement, new fans etc.
With Zuum you can also track activity over time. If you see spikes in activity such as the degree of engagement you can instantly click through to see the posts which caused that particular spike in activity and why. The tool is very much focused on helping you to understand what caused something to happen.
In the publishing area you can view posting activity and engagement rates. Zuum has a unique interface for viewing posting schedules, which is set out below.
The interface makes it easy to see at a glance the posting schedule used by your competitors for a particular network. It is again a good example of how Zuum tries to help you draw insights from the data.
You can also run reports to see what type of content engages people such as videos and produce ranked lists of individual posts by engagement rate.
I particularly like the post engagement history. In essence, you can analyze engagement for any post over time. The ones that I saw tend to reinforce my experience that the majority of engagement takes place in the first 24 hours and then flattens off quite quickly. See the example below.
There are examples, though, where active promotion can extend the engagement profile for a few days, as shown below. It is very valuable for social marketers to understand these trends and how the life of a post can be extended to generate greater reach and engagement.
I think these are thoughtful examples of reporting that help you to generate insights and think through actions that can improve performance.
The final feature in the content publishing section I want to highlight is the subject analyzer. This runs detailed reports for items like hashtags, as shown below. You see the content types associated with the subject and the words used as well as the volumes and top posts.
In the community section you can access many different reports on your community and check on the overall health of your community. For example, you can run reports on the number of fans/followers by country, the number of daily visits, your key influencers, and so forth.
Zuum also has an integration with Google Analytics that allows you to go beyond Google's social statistics and understand the impact of social activity on web traffic. For example, you can correlate social engagement to web site visits.
The community section also has an image photo wall where you can see the images posted by fans and followers. This provides a nice way of curating community content.
In the community section you can also analyze responses from brands, including response rates and response times to posts. In the example report below you can see how brands are responding to specific questions or comments.
Zuum offers you extensive social and content analysis, enabling you to undertake campaign analysis, examine viral topics, view competitive strategies and analyze your own community including your top influencers. All of the data is exportable to a range of formats, including CSV, PDF, PNG, and JPG. Zuum data can be delivered via email in automatically generated daily, weekly, or monthly reports.
What is particularly impressive about Zuum is their focus on what works in social media, such as what type of content generates particular responses; these insights can be used to help businesses maximize engagement with their community.
Try Zuum for yourself with the 7-day free trial available at the Zuum website.
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August 8, 2000
By David Goldstein and Jodi Enda, INQUIRER WASHINGTON BUREAU
Vice President Gore will make history today by tapping a Jewish senator, Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, as his running mate. Democrats hope Lieberman's reputation for moral rectitude - including his condemnation of President Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky - will offset Gore's association with scandal. Gore called Lieberman to offer him the vice presidential slot yesterday afternoon, hours after Gore's campaign put out word of the selection. Before ending their call, the Southern Baptist vice president and the Orthodox Jewish senator prayed together.
The cardinal & the scandal
July 13, 2004
I'M SORRY TO hear that Cardinal Bevilacqua is sick, but I have no sympathy for him. He wasn't sick when the priest sexual-abuse scandal broke. He wasn't sick when the attorneys the diocese hired played hardball with the victims and their families. He wasn't sick when the coverups were going on. He wants to claim that the grand jury is disrespecting him, but what about the victims and their families who were disrespected by diocesan attorneys, and who were lied to - what about them?
Scandal hooks 3 more
April 25, 2012
WASHINGTON - Three more Secret Service employees have been forced out of the government, bringing to nine the number of people who have lost their jobs in the prostitution scandal roiling the agency. Two employees have resigned and a third is having his national-security clearance revoked, the Secret Service said Tuesday. The employee whose clearance is being revoked can appeal the decision. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said one of the resigning agents stayed at the Hilton Hotel in Cartagena, Colombia, where Obama stayed for the Summit of Americas.
Putting Handle On Scandal
December 14, 1986
From Inquirer Wire Services
So what are we to call this emerging scandal? How about "Iranamok"? Or "Contradeceptive"? Or maybe "the Swiss Connection"? While Washington goes about the serious business of sorting out who did what and who knew what in the matter of U.S. arms sales to Iran, through Israel, with some of the payments diverted to Nicaraguan rebels, known as contras, by way of a Swiss bank account, a lot of less-serious folks are struggling to come up with...
Eavesdropping scandal widens
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Associated Press
LONDON - Britain's phone-hacking scandal intensified yesterday as the scope of tabloid intrusion into private voice mails became clearer: Murder victims. Terror victims. Film stars. Sports figures. Politicians. The royal family's entourage. Almost no one, it seems, was safe from a tabloid determined to beat its rivals, whatever it took. The focal point is the News of the World - now facing a spreading advertising boycott - and the top executives of its parent companies: Rebekah Brooks, former News of the World editor who is now chief executive of News International, and her boss, media potentate Rupert Murdoch.
The Watergate Of Scandals Fades
August 8, 1999
By Dick Polman, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Yup, they're all here, indelibly etched in black and white, quaint artifacts pulled from a time capsule, images plucked from an bygone era of bushy sideburns, rotary phones, bell-bottom jeans, electric typewriters, and smoke-choked rooms. Start with Richard Nixon, the star of this Smithsonian Institution photo exhibit, the President who announced 25 years ago tonight that he was resigning his office. He's up there on the museum wall in all his fading glory - scowling, pacing, cajoling, stalking along a rainswept beach with bodyguards.
For Gop, Uneasiness Over Scandal
December 7, 1986
By Robert S. Boyd, Inquirer Washington Bureau
There was an almost audible sigh of relief from Republicans last week when President Reagan came down from his California mountaintop and, as he phrased it, put "the machinery in place" to "restore complete confidence" in his shaken administration. Party leaders interviewed around the country expressed fervent hope that the worst of the Iran arms-sale crisis was past - a hope mixed with an uneasy uncertainty that such is really the case. As if in a chorus, almost all of them said "it's too early to tell" what the long-term impact of the crisis will be on the party or the 1988 presidential election.
Usoc Role In Scandal Is Detailed
November 15, 1999
The U.S. Olympic Committee directed more than $60,000 to support sports in Africa and the Mideast in hopes of currying favor for Salt Lake City's bid for the 2002 Winter Olympics, yesterday's Los Angeles Times reported. The newspaper said it obtained an internal USOC report which revealed that the USOC underwrote training costs and supplies for athletes and coaches from Sudan, Mali, Uganda and Turkey to help Salt Lake City win the 2002 Games. The USOC spent thousands of dollars on equipment such as basketballs and even gave out "pocket money" - $150 a month to each of three Sudanese athletes and a coach for four months in 1995, according to the report, which was said to give the most detailed account to date of the USOC's role in the worst corruption scandal in the history of the Olympic movement.
A Ray Of Light In The Televangelist Scandal
April 7, 1987
By Jeffrey K. Hadden and Anson Shupe
It is difficult to imagine how anything good could come out of the scandals that have rocked religious broadcasting in recent weeks. In the shadow of all the fun humorists and skeptical columnists have had at the expense of some of the stars of the electric church, the woes of religious broadcasters are no laughing matter. Three national public opinion polls conducted last week point to anger and disillusionment with the video vicarage. Those televangelists most directly involved are most badly damaged.
A scandal gains in traction
July 13, 2004
By William Safire
All our July chin-pulling about polls and veeps and CIA missteps has little to do with November's election, which will be decided by unforeseeable events. Instead, let's counter-program, to examine a political corruption story beginning to gain traction that will reach warp speed in hearings and headlines next spring. At least eight official investigations have begun into the largest financial rip-off in history: preliminary estimates from the GAO point to $10 billion skimmed or kicked back or otherwise stolen in the United Nations dealings with Saddam Hussein.
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In scandal's aftermath, Coatesville school district has some defenders
August 26, 2014
By Michaelle Bond and Ben Finley, Inquirer Staff Writers
Last month, Joshua Mensah shared a meal with some of his soon-to-be Cornell University classmates from the Philadelphia area. The annual freshman send-off, at a Drexel Hill country club, focused on his new school. But Mensah found himself defending his old school district in Chester County: A parent said she had heard bad things about Coatesville. Mensah knew all too well what she meant. A year ago, hundreds of pages of racist and sexist text messages between Coatesville's superintendent and athletic director came to light.
DN Editorial: Remember that VA scandal?
August 14, 2014
WE ALL know how Washington crises usually unfold. A problem erupts. Politicians trample each other to express outrage and allocate blame. Scapegoats are sacrificed, legislation emerges and money gets appropriated. And then the issue fades from view. That's the course the scandal over veterans' health care has followed so far. A few weeks ago, everyone in the capital was in a fit over revelations that veterans were suffering and even dying while waiting weeks or months for appointments.
Another Philadelphia police scandal, right on schedule
August 7, 2014
By Karen Heller, Inquirer Columnist
Imagine if coworkers allegedly violated rules again and again, not over a year, but sometimes for more than a decade. Imagine if they allegedly committed acts of violence, and stole money and drugs, and their reckless behavior resulted in $500,000 in settlement payouts. And imagine if these employees were never fired or appropriately disciplined and, in some cases, collected substantial overtime and commendations. What sort of business would tolerate such behavior? Welcome to the Philadelphia Police Department.
Three give up teaching credentials in Phila. cheating scandal
August 1, 2014
By Martha Woodall, Inquirer Staff Writer
The fallout from a cheating scandal in the Philadelphia School District continues. Three retired teachers surrendered their professional credentials last month for allegedly engaging in "multiple PSSA testing violations" related to Pennsylvania's system of standardized tests, according to the state Department of Education. Information posted on the department's website Wednesday identified the three as Alene S. Goldstein, Deborah L. Edwards-Dillard, and Phyllis R. Patselas. All three agreed to never seek jobs at a public school, charter school, or cyber school, or with a contracted educational provider.
For one frustrated claimant, VA scandal a lightbulb moment
July 28, 2014
By Tricia L. Nadolny, Inquirer Staff Writer
The letter came last month, alerting Mike Pearson that his mother's benefits request had arrived and would be handled with urgency. But, the Department of Veterans Affairs warned, there could be delays. Pearson already knew that. He filed the claim two years earlier. "It's just as if any document I send goes into a black hole," he said. Weeks after the disclosure that 68 bins of old mail from veterans had been found at the Philadelphia office - and after VA officials pledged immediate action - it has become clear that its problems surrounding document management run deep.
'Scandal' star bridges 'The Divide'
July 17, 2014
By Ellen Gray
* THE DIVIDE. 9 tonight, WE tv. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Tony Goldwyn is probably used to being taken seriously. The 54-year-old grandson of Hollywood mogul Samuel Goldwyn isn't only an actor: He's long been a mover and shaker behind the scenes. But playing the president of the United States on ABC's "Scandal" may have added a layer of authority. "I'm not totally sure. I think having been a director and a producer helped me be the president, because you have to take charge," said Goldwyn in an interview last week during the Television Critics Association's summer meetings.
Democrats still scrutinizing Christie on bridge scandal
July 7, 2014
By Andrew Seidman, Inquirer Trenton Bureau
Six months after e-mails surfaced tying lane closures at the George Washington Bridge to a senior aide to Gov. Christie, Democratic legislators continue to scrutinize the role of the governor's office, even as Christie tries to rebuild his political brand. While much of the Legislature breaks for the summer, the joint investigatory committee plans to hear from more witnesses, including Christie's incoming chief of staff. The panel has held five hearings since January, taking testimony from some of Christie's top aides, and plans another one later this month and likely several more through the summer.
Christie chief of staff subpoenaed in span scandal
June 6, 2014
By Maddie Hanna, Inquirer Trenton Bureau
The legislative panel probing the lane closures at the George Washington Bridge announced Wednesday that it had subpoenaed Gov. Christie's chief of staff to testify on Monday. Kevin O'Dowd "is in a unique position to provide insight into what happened under his watch as chief of staff to the governor," the committee co-chairs, Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D., Bergen) and Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski (D., Middlesex), said in a statement. O'Dowd, whom Christie nominated in December to serve as attorney general, told the governor's lawyers that he had no role in the September lane closures.
No pay for four educators suspended in cheating scandal
May 18, 2014
By Kristen A. Graham, Inquirer Staff Writer
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A Christchurch red-zoner facing a million-dollar equity loss from a Crown compensation deal for his condemned land will fight the Government in court.
John Fowler, who owns 11 vacant sites in the red-zoned Waimakariri River mouth suburb of Brooklands, is seeking a judicial review of the Crown offer to buy his land, claiming it is unfair and invalid.
Red-zoned residential land that cannot be economically repaired is subject to a Crown offer to buy it at the 2007 rateable value (RV).
The initial offer was linked to a property's insurance policy, but vacant land cannot be insured, meaning owners were ineligible for Earthquake Commission cover and government compensation.
The Government has offered Fowler, and other ineligible red-zoners such as commercial land owners, a 50 per cent land RV payout.
In papers filed to the High Court, Fowler's lawyer, Stephen Rennie, labelled the offer "unlawful and invalid".
Roger Sutton, as chief executive of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera), was under "a public duty to act consistently [including an] obligation to provide equal treatment to those equally placed", he said.
"There is no rational basis to treat owners of vacant land different to owners of dwelling land."
In correspondence with Sutton, Rennie highlighted preliminary advice from Cera to Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee which said the Crown should extend the 100 per cent RV offer to vacant land owners in the red zone.
That Cera document did not discuss reduced RV offers.
"The reasoning of Cera in its initial assessment was correct and consistent with legal principle. The current offer is wholly unfair," Rennie said.
Fowler started the 31-section Seafield Lagoon development in 2007, and still owned 11 vacant sites, worth nearly $2m under their 2007 RVs.
Faced with losing half that equity, he said he had "no other option" but a legal challenge.
"With the number of sections I've got involved, I've taken a big enough hit in the global financial crisis. Accepting the (full) RV would be trying to move on with life, but half, it's just criminal. People say developers 'can ride it out', but I can't ride it out."
Other vacant-land owners were unhappy too, Fowler said, and were also planning legal action. "We're not going to bow to this."
A spokesman for Brownlee said it would be inappropriate to comment while it was before the courts.
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Indianapolis, IN (SportsNetwork.com) - Sometimes a desperate team in the playoffs is a dangerous one.
Just ask the Indiana Pacers.
Marcin Gortat and John Wall were simply sensational Tuesday in leading the Washington Wizards to a 102-79 annihilation of the Pacers in a must-win Game 5 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Gortat recorded a double-double by halftime and finished with 31 points and 16 rebounds, and Wall scored 17 of his 27 points in a third quarter that saw the Wizards build a commanding 24-point lead.
The Wizards improved to 5-1 on the road in the postseason thanks to an incredible 62-23 advantage on the glass. They nearly had more offensive boards (18) than Indiana's rebounding total.
Indiana shot just 39.0 percent from the floor, with Paul George following up his 39-point Game 4 performance with a 15-point dud on 5-of-15 shooting.
Roy Hibbert regressed to the tune of four points and two rebounds, while David West led the club with 17 points in an otherwise forgettable showing by the East's No. 1 seed.
"The Wizards played a sensational basketball game. Clearly we did not match their desperation or physicality," Pacers head coach Frank Vogel said. "Give them all the credit."
Indiana's three consecutive wins that put the Wizards' backs against the wall are suddenly an afterthought as this Eastern Conference semifinal series shifts back to Washington for Game 6 on Thursday.
Gortat, who totaled six points over the previous two games, netted 17 on 8- of-10 shooting in the first half alone and added 11 rebounds, six on the offensive glass.
"We made a conscious effort to get the ball inside more than we did in Game 4," Wizards head coach Randy Wittman said. "(Gortat) played outstanding."
Despite Gortat's efforts, the Pacers were still within striking distance at 45-40 after West opened the second half with a turnaround jumper.
The third quarter had gone Indiana's way the previous four games, but Wall made sure the momentum swung towards Washington's side.
The All-Star guard answered West's jumper with an 18-footer and fed Trevor Ariza for an easy dunk with a nifty bounce pass to ignite a quick 11-3 run.
Wall added his second and third 3-pointer of the quarter in the final minute to extend the lead even further, then capped the one-sided frame with a pair of free throws for a staggering 76-52 Washington lead.
"I was just locked in," Wall said. "Just tried to come out and play my best game."
Wall shot 6-of-8 overall in the quarter, while the Pacers went 5-of-17 from the field in getting outscored 31-14 and showing little signs of life.
Indiana, which rallied from 19 back in the second half on Sunday, kept its starters on the floor for the opening stages of the fourth quarter but gained little headway as the game was too far out of reach.
Gortat's 11 first-quarter points led the way to a 25-19 Wizards lead, though the visitors went the first 4:54 of the second without hitting a field goal.
The Pacers scored 10 of the first 11 points to jump in front, but they were not ahead for very long.
After C.J. Watson's 3-pointer gave Indiana a 32-28 advantage, the Wizards answered with a 17-3 run. Gortat accounted for six points during the surge, which Bradley Beal capped with a 3-pointer to give the visitors a 45-35 lead.
West drained a corner 3 to end the half and pull Indiana within seven.
Beal scored 18 points for the Wizards, who received a 10-point, 10-rebound
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Maz Jobrani Set for Comedy Works Larimer Square, 2/20-22
Maz Jobrani is an Iranian-American comedian that performs stand-up comedy around the world. He is a founding member of The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, which featured some of the top Middle Eastern-American comics in the world. Maz has had two Showtime comedy specials titled I Come In Peace and Brown and Friendly.
Jobrani has played many characters in film and television. He starred in the films Friday After Next, 13 Going on 30 and The Interpreter. On TV he was a regular on ABC's Knights of Prosperity and FOX's Life on a Stick. He also had recurred roles on ABC's Better Off Ted. Maz has guest starred on Curb Your Enthusiasm, 24, Traffic Light, Man Up, Men at Work and most recently Whitney. He has performed his stand-up on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and Lopez Tonight.
Maz has also been featured on NPR, CNN, The BBC and in print in The New York Times, Time Magazine, and Newsweek. Maz is a regular panelist on NPRs Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. He also co-hosts a popular podcast about fatherhood called Minivan Men, and is currently gearing up to shoot Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero a feature film which he co-wrote and stars in.
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The Grand Prix of Baltimore's top local official said Saturday there's a "sense of calm" and "organization" at this year's Labor Day weekend event and momentum is in place to build the race for the future.
Tim Mayer, general manager of the event, said the organizing group has met its key metrics for the 2012 race: Putting it together in a shortened 90-day window, ensuring downtown was open for business, paying vendors and reducing traffic.
"We have to run like a proper business," Mayer said in an interview. "It was very important to prove to the city of Baltimore that this was a business they could do business with and not have to worry about getting left to hold the bank."
Andretti Sports Marketing and local financiers Race On LLC were tapped by the city in May to organize the race for the next five years. Baltimore Racing Development, planner of the 2011 race, lost its contract with the city after accumulating mountains of debt and failing to pay vendors.
"Last year this event was on the front page for a lot of the wrong reasons," Mayer said. "I'm happy to reduce the number of front-page stories we get in return for them being positive."
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Mayer reiterated that the 2012 race is an "investment into the future" and will not be profitable. More time to plan the event in future years should lead to steady revenue, he said.
Looking ahead, he is optimistic about landing a title sponsor and getting more businesses to spend money with the race after having to "persuade" them this year.
With a longer period to plan the race next year, he also expects the event to sell more tickets. Mayer, who declined to disclose how many tickets have been sold this year, said sales so far are "within our projections." He acknowledged crowds were smaller on Friday compared with the Friday of last year's race, but added that Baltimore Racing Development gave away free tickets to Friday's event last year.
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Cops always complain about how dangerous their jobs are, but the facts don't support that. Best part of the article:
Here are occupations more dangerous than being a police officer. Number of deaths per 100,000 employed:
- Logging workers: 127.8
- Fishermen: 117.0
- Aircraft pilots: 53.4
- Roofers: 40.5
- Garbage collectors: 36.8
- Electrical power line installation/repair: 29.8
- Truck drivers: 22.8
- Oil and gas extraction: 21.9
- Farmers and ranchers: 21.3
- Construction workers: 17.4
Cops use danger as an excuse to wield power over people, especially black people.
To all the people who wanna say "They're just doing their job, I'm sure they feel bad", here you go and shut the fuck up
my feminist goal is not to convince men that girls are of value, my feminist goal is to achieve a future where the judgement of our value isn't in the hands of men.
and this goes for, especially goes for, trans girls, girls of colour, disabled girls and LGBTQA+ girls.
girls, all girls, and if you believe otherwise don't reblog this.
"In the decades since her tragic death in a sanitarium fire, American culture has continued to pigeonhole Zelda in a revolving door of myopic personas, among them the champagne-soaked socialite, the schizophrenic harpy responsible for her husband's squandered potential, and ultimately the feminist icon of wifely martyrdom. Yet, for all these somebodies, our culture has never permitted Zelda to be the somebody as whom she so longed and deserved to be remembered: Zelda Fitzgerald, the artist."
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Paris is not all crowded together into a cozy warren of colorful streets, nestled on the banks of the Seine. And Parisians are not all colorful intellectuals, bohemians, artists and tradesmen, so authentic they make you feel like a stage American. France, in fact, is not all like France. Parts of it are glossy new architectural enclaves where yuppies meet to chirp and preen. That is the France of Eric Rohmer's new film, "Boyfriends and Girlfriends." The movie takes place in a modern suburb of Paris, so close you can sometimes see the Eiffel Tower in the distance, so far away it is almost another country. This is a clean, well-lighted environment, in which all of the fixtures of a Paris neighborhood have been picked up, shaken well, dusted, sterilized, painted and set down again. The sidewalk cafes, for example, have just the right little porcelain sugar bowls and round white chairs. All they lack is a sidewalk.
In this environment, Rohmer places several young professionals who range in age from, say, 24 to 32. One woman works in a social agency. Another works in a travel bureau. The men have more abstract jobs that require them to venture into Paris itself. But their true home is here in this brand new environment that seems designed to set off their new slacks and sweaters without throwing too much light on their opinions.
"Boyfriends and Girlfriends" is one of a series of "proverbs" that Rohmer has been working through lately, after his earlier series of six "moral tales" such as "My Night at Maud's" and "Claire's Knee." The moral tales presented their characters with actual and tricky moral dilemmas (for example, should one act selfishly on a desire to touch Claire's knee if that indulgence would interfere with Clair's otherwise happily innocent existence?). The proverbs, on the other hand, are skimpier affairs, lightweight little whimsies designed to illustrate some sort of everyday truth in an ironic way.
The proverb that inspired "Boyfriends and Girlfriends" is "The friends of my friends are my friends" (which, in French, was the original title of the movie, and, in English, would make a more intriguing one than "Boyfriends and Girlfriends").
The movie is essentially about bad timing. Two young women are friends, not deep lifelong soul sisters, to be sure, but friends. They see a handsome young man. One likes him, the other gets him, and then, in a sense, they trade, with an additional boyfriend and a few other friends thrown into the mixture. All of the permutations are unimportant, because we are not dealing with the heart here, but with fashion.
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When one girl thinks she has a boy and another girl gets him, there is a sense of betrayal, all right, but it's not the kind of passionate betrayal that leads to murder or suicide. It's the kind of betrayal that leads to dramatic statements like "I'm not ever going to speak to you again!" Rohmer knows exactly what he is doing here. He has no great purpose, but an interesting small one: He wants to observe the everyday behavior of a new class of French person, the young professionals whose values are mostly materialistic, whose ideas have been shaped by popular culture, who do not read much, or think much about politics, or have much depth. By the end of this film you may know his characters better than they will ever know themselves. In "My Night at Maud's," a man sat by the bedside of a woman all night long while they talked and talked and talked. The sad thing about the people in "Boyfriends and Girlfriends," we sense, is that in such a situation they would have little to talk about. And if the boy actually got into the bed, even less.
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Mourinho's interest in striker Diego Costa has long been known but he's seemingly not the only member of the Vicente Calderon side he wants to bring to Stamford Bridge this summer with left-back Filipe Luis is another talent he wants to wrestle from Diego Simeone's clutches.
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All over the internet, group buying sites are popping up, each one with a different reason that they are better or more unique than the next. Aside from the huge-name national competitors like Groupon and LivingSocial, who are still trying to attract larger audiences, despite controversy , there are lesser-known brands who are staying alive by focusing on local markets in a local way, rather than the big companies' national, unattached approach. While there is a seemingly endless number of these more local companies in New York City alone, I have taken particular interest in ScoopSt. and DealOn for their apparent local attitude and reachability. While my first impression of these companies was that they are very friendly and would be happy to help me in my journey into the true-local group buying world, I quickly found out that they are less than willing to speak with just any members of the press (myself included). Despite being shunned by those at the top of these allegedly community-based companies, I still lived within their communities for a few weeks and have learned much about how they operate.
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A new trend in the world of e-commerce is the phenomenon of "group buying." The best-known player in the group buying game so far is Groupon. Groupon offers a geo-targeted "deal of the day" for users, as well as other "great deals nearby" which users can take advantage of. The way the service works is the site posts a deal which does not officially go into action until a certain number of people commit (with a credit card number) to buy the offer. When the offer "tips," or enough people accept it, users are sent a printable "Groupon" to bring to the retail establishment. While Groupon set the groundwork, many other companies are catching on to this highly profitable trend. Read the rest of this entry »
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California Nursing Home Permits 87-Year-Old Woman To Die Rather Than Render Simple CPR, Because It's Their "Policy"
Oh, it's your policy? I'm sorry, I didn't realize it was your policy. Certainly if you have a "policy" you are justified in permitting a woman under your care to die without taking any action to help her at all.
California retirement home is backing one of its nurses after she refused desperate pleas from a 911 operator to perform CPR on an elderly woman who later died, saying the nurse was following the facility's policy.
The nursing home defended the inaction, claiming it was a "policy" that nurses should only call 911 and otherwise render no aid themselves.
Let's take a look at this.
First off, a "policy" exists to protect the institution promulgating that policy, not to help anyone else.
So when a company says "We're just following policy," they mean "We're just following a protocol we created to protect our own interests."
This is no kind of defense or justification. Yes, I know you were ruthlessly pursuing your own self-interest in permitting a woman to die. Having a "policy" about ruthlessly pursuing your own self-interest in permitting a woman to die doesn't sanctify that as a noble or even acceptable.
Saying "We have a policy" is just a euphemism for "We've collectively decided to look out for ourselves instead of others."
The other thing I get from this is how far we're going in this society to prioritize Inaction over Action. Of course the nursing home has this policy to protect itself from lawsuit -- the threat of lawsuits compels people to let people die in the street. Inaction -- letting someone die -- is a favored position, legally, over Action. If you Act, you may get sued. If you don't act, it's harder to get sued.
(Although in this case I think they'll discover they're damned either way, but the general point about Inaction being favored over Action still stands.)
Look at all the hurdles and obstacles the State puts in your way if you wish to start a simple business. The sort of business that 60 years ago no one thought you needed state permission to operate.
At every turn our society, through its laws, is transmitting the idea that Inaction -- and sloth, and reliance on the state, and acceptance of one's status, and fearing the consequences of action -- is preferred to Action.
You don't have to be an anthropologist to guess that when the state sets about at criminalizing most things and hyperregulating whatever's left, it creates an environment in which the average person begins with the presumption that I ought better not do that rather than the mindset our Founding Father gifted us with: I am free do do practically anything, save the few things which are obviously criminal.
And you don't have to be a conspiracist to notice this is exactly the sort of mindset the totalitarian state prefers in its citizens.
Bodies drained of blood cause no problems for the State, except for warehousing.
Compare to den Beste's posts noting that citizens are more and more required to seek permission of the State to do things they just should be able to do, and to offer a justification for simply exercising their freedoms.
At every turn, we're asked: How does it help society that you should be free to do this thing? And we have to offer some rationale wherein we increase the social good by having a freedom.
Does freedom really require a justification at every turn? Why does freedom require an affirmative defense, whereas prohibition -- the reduction of citizen freedom and the increase of power in the State -- is presumptively the correct position and wins on all ties?
Should the prohibitionists, not the freedom-seekers, be required to justify themselves, with the default assumption going to the freedom-seekers?
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Greatest Hitjobs
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
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