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The Ghost Town 'Monster' T-Shirt is available from our friends at Hot Topic! You can also pick up the restocked 'Creepy' T-Shirt online and in Hot Topic Stores - click HERE to order now!
|June 12, 2014
Beats Music included Young the Giant's latest single 'Mind Over Matter' in their Top 25 Alternative Songs this week - click HERE to listen!
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|June 11, 2014
Congratulations to Paramore on ranking number 1 on Billboard's Adult Pop Chart with their hit single 'Ain't It Fun' - click HERE to read the charting recap!
|June 11, 2014
The 2014 Vans Warped Tour Compilation CD is out now and features 50 bands, including Ghost Town! Order now at WarpedComp.com or stop by the SideOneDummy booth at Warped this summer. Don't forget you can catch Ghost Town on the Monster Energy stage 6/13-7/13 - tickets available at vanswarpedtour.com!
|June 10, 2014
Earlier this year Young the Giant had the pleasure of playing a stripped down set at the NY headquarters of Spotify. They played some songs off of their latest LP, Mind Over Matter, as well as a special cover of James Brown's 'It's a Man's World.'
Listen to the exclusive Spotify Session HERE!
|June 10, 2014
Ghost Town's new album is just a week away but you can listen to the entire thing over on PureVolume.com, PropertyofZack and AbsolutePunk.net! If you like what you hear, preorder a copy of The After Party now at officialghosttown.com.
|June 10, 2014
The Monumentour featuring Fall Out Boy and Paramore is almost here! Let your friends know you're ready for this summer's hottest show by creating your very own Monumentour poster on UrTurn - click HERE to make your own and see other fan made designs too!
|June 09, 2014
Young the Giant just wrapped up The Mind Over Matter Tour in the UK/EU. Check out some photos from the band taken overseas on Instagram HERE. You can catch Young the Giant on tour this fall with Kings Of Leon - tickets are available at www.youngthegiant.com/tour!
The first issue of the Haunted Youth comic series by Ghost Town features illustrations by artist Alister Dippner. There are less than 50 limited edition hard cover copies available in The After Party 'Creepy' bundle - click HERE to preorder now! You can also pick up the soft cover version in the 'Weird' bundle HERE!


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The Warehouse 508 crew is ramping up for a month of rhythm. Despite battles over arts funding at City Hall, February will see a couple of music and poetry events sponsored by the youth-led organization.
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The Supervillains
Your friend's ska band sounds like shit
The evildoers in The Supervillains love ska—or at least they used to.
Flyer on the Wall
Dancing in the Moonlight
Billa and Dave 12 present "A Boogie Affair: 5 ... 6 ... 7 ... 8," featuring house music and your butt. From 10 p.m. to midnight on Friday, Feb. 6, at the Moonlight Lounge (120 Central NW). 21+, $3. (LM)
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A Katonah gas station was one of three in Westchester notified by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for allegedly price gouging following Superstorm Sandy.
A consumer reported the Mobil on Katonah Avenue as selling gas at $4.79 per gallon in the days following the storm, according to the attorney general's office. Eleven additional stations in New York City and Long Island were also cited.
Schneiderman said his office will start enforcement proceedings against them for violations of the New York State Price Gouging statute in the wake of Sandy. These are the latest notices to be handed out, following letters sent to 13 gas stations earlier this month, including one in Harrison and one in White Plains—bringing the total number of targeted retailers so far to 25.
"Our office will continue to take enforcement actions against price gougers because ripping off New Yorkers is against the law," Attorney General Schneiderman said. "We are actively investigating the hundreds of complaints we've received from consumers of businesses preying on victims of Hurricane Sandy. There must be no tolerance for unscrupulous individuals who take advantage of New Yorkers trying to rebuild their lives."
The Attorney General said there will be other notifications coming as the investigation into consumer complaints continues.
Among the accused stations is a Mobil station in the Bronx where a consumer waiting in line for over an hour was just three cars from the pump when she was told that she would be charged $50 for five gallons of gasoline—$10 per gallon—compared to nearby stations charging $3.95 a gallon.
The investigations are based upon a review of both consumer complaints and independently-gathered pricing information, Schneiderman said.
If you believe you are a victim of price gouging or a post-hurricane scam contact the Attorney General's Consumer Helpline at 800-771-7755 or find a complaint form online at: www.ag.ny.gov
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Monday's news that the DeKalb County school system was placed on probation by the Southern Association of Colleges & Schools did not come as a surprise to some DeKalb County parents.
"This isn't a surprise," said Mitch Leff, a parent in the Lakeside cluster. "There have been rumors about probation for the last several weeks. There's a lot of unhappiness about how the board is managing the district, especially when it comes to fiscal matters such as money spent on lawsuits and on executive salaries in the main office.
"I'm hoping that by being put on probation, the board will take it as a good sign that they need to make some serious changes and that this will be the impetus to move in the right direction."
"The news of probation from SACS is 10 years late but welcome nonetheless," said Kim Gokce, chairman of the Cross Keys Foundation. "Thank goodness the classrooms are NOT run by the Board of Education and the schools will continue to educate children."
"There is significant and irrefutable evidence that the DeKalb County School District is in a state of conflict and chaos," said SACS Chairman Dr. Mark Elgart. "This failure to govern effectively has resulted in a decline in student performance, financial mismanagement, and lack of integrity and ethics in recruiting, appointing and evaluating personnel at all levels of the school system."
Superintendent Dr. Cheryl Atkinson's office responded by saying she has co-operated with SACS investigators and more than 300 central office jobs have been eliminated. "We not only had to deal with our budget and a deficit, we worked hard to address whatever concerns were brought," said Atkinson.
The district has until May 31, 2013 to make progress in complying with several issues that SACS identified.
"All of DeKalb has suffered under the poor governance of the Board of Education but in a highly political and corrupt system those at the bottom suffer the most," Gokce said. "With no influence from wealth or political clout, the communities served by Cross Keys schools are completely at the mercy of the system shenanigans and have not been served well by the Board of Education."
"In my opinion, state stewardship and a ground-up re-constitution of DeKalb Schools will be required to root out the corruption and mis-management that afflicts the system," Gokce said. "Meanwhile, the students and teachers continue their journey towards an education.
"Shame on the board. They tried to manage everything else except what they are sworn to manage."
SACS is requiring the system to:
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2. Ensure that all actions and decisions of the DeKalb County Board of Education are reflective of the collective Board and consistent with approved policies and procedures and all applicable laws, regulations and standards, rather than individual board members acting independently and undermining the authority of the Superintendent to lead and manage day-to-day operations.
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Letterman Upset at 'Beginner' Palin in 'Passenger Seat,' Mocks Her in Crisis: 'How's My Hair?'
Letterman, however spent the first half of Friday's Late Show before Williams came out and most of his time with Williams ridiculing Palin, and McCain for choosing her. Though the NBC Nightly News anchor Williams tried to separate himself from the remarks, and made some gentle counter-points as he preferred to joke about how he's the only one of the three anchors yet to get an interview with Palin, Williams never made the obvious point that much of Letterman's upset over Palin's inexperience could be directed to the top of the competing ticket. Or certainly could have been when he emerged last year as a candidate, but was not.
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DAVID LETTERMAN: How should a person feel about John McCain in having made this choice? To me it seems like we're in such a mess now, here at home and around the world, that do we really want a beginner in the passenger seat?
BRIAN WILLIAMS: That's part of the judgment voters get to make. There are two ways of looking at this: It is refreshing to millions of Americans not to watch a debate like the one we had last night and not to see two older white males on the stage. This is new and this is different and it's late for 2008.
LETTERMAN: It has gotten everybody's interest focused on the campaign again.
WILLIAMS: The other way of looking at it is it's September 11th, 2001. The President is airborne, the Secret Service won't yet let him land because we know that little about what has just happened to us. The Vice President has taken hold of the machinery of government. Inside the White House, he is in the secure tank. That's also the job description we're talking about here and that's part of this choice we get to make in 32 days.
LETTERMAN, RAISING HIS HANDS TO HIS HEAD AS IF ADJUSTING HIS HAIR: Well see, there you go, that's it perfectly. You've coalesced everybody's concern I think, you know, she's, you know, "How's my hair?"
[audience laughter]
WILLIAMS: (leans back and sighs.)
LETTERMAN: But ah, that's unfair. I'm sorry.
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The two current members of NC State's 2013 class--Cat Barber and Kyle Washington--signed their letters of intent on Wednesday. The Pack is expected to add at least one more player to this class.
Mark Gottfried is having a pretty good September. He received a nice pay bump, Rodney Purvis was cleared by the NCAA, five-star point guard Cat Barber committed, and now he's gotten a pledge from...
Villanova Wildcats basketball class of 2013 recruiting big board. Updates on Josh Hart, BJ Johnson and Akoy Agau.
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About a dozen top GOP strategists signed onto a friend of the court brief filed by the American Foundation for Equal Rights, a nonprofit advocacy group, in the Supreme Court case challenging California's Proposition 8.
Consultants usually go out of their way not to become part of the story lest their personal views get publicly entangled with those of their clients. But those who joined the challenge to California's gay-marriage ban tell C&E they aren't worried about losing business despite taking a public stance on what remains a controversial issue for Republican voters.
"Any client who would have a concern, I would not want for a client," says Mark McKinnon, a senior advisor at Hill + Knowlton Strategies.
Still, a recent Quinnipiac University poll found that Republicans oppose gay marriage by a margin of 69-23 percent. And many GOP consultants will say of the record they're afraid to speak out. But for some who did, it was a personal matter, not a business decision.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear oral arguments in the first of two same-sex marriage cases.
"I signed the brief on my own behalf, not as a representative of anyone else," says David Kochel, founder of Redwave Communications.
Kochel joined the brief despite basing his business in Iowa, where gay marriage has been an issue for Republicans since the state's Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling legalizing it in 2009.
"I don't expect to agree on everything with every client," he says, "but it's important to remember I'm not being hired to promote my views."
Kochel's views wouldn't preclude him from being hired again by the Republican National Committee, according to Gentry Collins, a partner at Collins Anderson Philip Public Affairs who previously served as the RNC's political director. "I don't remember a vendor hiring by the national committee that was based on an operative's personal views on political issues," he says. "I can't imagine that will change this cycle."
For other strategists, having signed the brief may actually be a boon for business. Alex Castellanos's firm Purple Strategies, for instance, has been courting clients on both sides of the aisle. His signing on could enhance the firm's bipartisan credentials.
"Alex is a new Republican," says Steve McMahon, a Democrat and partner at the firm. "He's interested in where the [GOP] is going, not where it's been in the past. Marriage equality is clearly where the country is heading, and if Alex can help lead his party there, I'm sure he's glad to do it."
Sean J. Miller is a contributing editor to Campaigns & Elections magazine.
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"Roman Candle" turns 20: Secrets of Elliott Smith's accidental masterpiece (slideshow)
Elliott and the friends with whom he recorded in middle school in Texas (photo courtesy of Dan Pickering)
Topics: New York City, New York, Terrorism, News
NEW YORK (AP) — An "al-Qaida sympathizer" accused of plotting to bomb police and post offices in New York City as well as U.S. troops returning home remained in police custody after an arraignment on numerous terrorism-related charges.
Jose Pimentel of Manhattan was described by Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a Sunday news conference announcing Pimentel's arrest as "a 27-year-old al-Qaida sympathizer" who was motivated by terrorist propaganda and resentment of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said police had to move quickly to arrest Pimentel on Saturday because he was ready to carry out his plan.
"He was in fact putting this bomb together," Kelly said. "He was drilling holes and it would have been not appropriate for us to let him walk out the door with that bomb."
Ten years after 9/11, New York remains a prime terrorism target. Bloomberg said at least 14 terrorist plots, including the latest alleged scheme, have targeted the city since the Sept. 11 attacks. No attack has been successful, however. Pakistani immigrant Faisal Shahzad is serving a life sentence for trying to detonate a car bomb in Times Square in May 2010.
Kelly said Sunday that Pimentel was energized and motivated to carry out his plan by the Sept. 30 killing of al-Qaida's U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.
"He decided to build the bomb August of this year, but clearly he jacked up his speed after the elimination of al-Awlaki," Kelly said.
An unemployed U.S. citizen originally from the Dominican Republic, Pimentel was "plotting to bomb police patrol cars and also postal facilities as well as targeted members of our armed services returning from abroad," Bloomberg said.
New York police had him under surveillance for at least a year and were working with a confidential informant; no injury to anyone or damage to property is alleged, Kelly said. In addition, authorities have no evidence that Pimentel was working with anyone else, the mayor said.
"He appears to be a total lone wolf," the mayor said. "He was not part of a larger conspiracy emanating from abroad."
At Pimentel's arraignment, his lawyer Joseph Zablocki said his client's behavior leading up to the arrest was not that of a conspirator trying to conceal some violent scheme. Zablocki said Pimentel was public about his activities and was not trying to hide anything.
"I don't believe that this case is nearly as strong as the people believe," Zablocki said. "He (Pimentel) has this very public online profile. … This is not the way you go about committing a terrorist attack."
Pimentel, also known as Muhammad Yusuf, was denied bail and remained in custody. The bearded, bespectacled man wore a black T-shirt and black drawstring pants and smiled at times during the proceeding. His mother and brother attended the arraignment, Zablocki said.
Pimentel is accused of having an explosive device Saturday when he was arrested, one he planned to use against others and property to terrorize the public. The charges accuse him of conspiracy going back at least to October 2010, and include first-degree criminal possession of a weapon as a crime of terrorism, and soliciting support for a terrorist act.
Bloomberg said at the news conference that Pimentel represents the type of threat FBI Director Robert Mueller has warned about as U.S. forces erode the ability of terrorists to carry out large scale attacks.
"This is just another example of New York City because we are an iconic city … this is a city that people would want to take away our freedoms gravitate to and focus on," Bloomberg said.
Kelly said a confidential informant had numerous conversations with Pimentel on Sept. 7 in which he expressed interest in building small bombs and targeting banks, government and police buildings.
Pimentel also posted on his website trueislam1.com and on blogs his support of al-Qaida and belief in jihad, and promoted an online magazine article that described in detail how to make a bomb, Kelly said.
Among his Internet postings, the commissioner said, was an article that states: "People have to understand that America and its allies are all legitimate targets in warfare."
The New York Police Department's Intelligence Division was involved in the arrest. Kelly said Pimentel spent most of his years in Manhattan and lived about five years in Schenectady. He said police in the Albany area tipped New York City police off to Pimentel's activities.
Asked why federal authorities were not involved in the case, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. said there was communication with them but his office felt that given the timeline "it was appropriate to proceed under state charges."
About 1,000 of the city's roughly 35,000 officers are assigned each day to counterterrorism operations. The NYPD also sends officers overseas to report on how other cities deal with terrorism. Through federal grants and city funding, the NYPD has spent millions of dollars on technology to outfit the department with the latest tools — from portable radiation detectors to the network of hundreds of cameras that can track suspicious activity.
Alexis Smith, 22, who lives in an apartment in the same building as Pimentel, said she was shocked that he was a suspect in a terrorist plot. "He was always very courteous to us," she said, adding that Pimentel helped her carry groceries and luggage into the building.
"It's nice to know he was only working alone," she said.
Associated Press writers Jennifer Peltz and Colleen Long and AP video journalist David R. Martin contributed to this report from New York. AP writer Samantha Gross also contributed to this report.
Elliott and the friends with whom he recorded in middle school in Texas (photo courtesy of Dan Pickering)
Heatmiser publicity shot (L-R: Tony Lash, Brandt Peterson, Neil Gust, Elliott Smith) (photo courtesy of JJ Gonson photography)
Elliott and JJ Gonson (photo courtesy of JJ Gonson photography)
"Stray" 7-inch, Cavity Search Records (photo courtesy of JJ Gonson photography)
Elliott's Hampshire College ID photo, 1987
Elliott with "Le Domino," the guitar he used on "Roman Candle" (courtesy of JJ Gonson photography)
Full "Roman Candle" record cover (courtesy of JJ Gonson photography)
Elliott goofing off in Portland (courtesy of JJ Gonson photography)
Heatmiser (L-R: Elliott Smith, Neil Gust, Tony Lash, Brandt Peterson)(courtesy of JJ Gonson photography)
The Greenhouse Sleeve -- Cassette sleeve from Murder of Crows release, 1988, with first appearance of Condor Avenue (photo courtesy of Glynnis Fawkes)


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"Miami Beach Club" 19051 Collins Avenue in Sunny Isles Beach
- bedrooms 0
- baths 1
- sleeps 4
- pool yes
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type Studio
- community Miami Beach Club
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/ week
$ 1,650 - $ 1,850 / month
vacation rental description
This beautiful studio apartment is on the first floor of a two
story building right on the beach. It is located in Sunny Isles
Beach, in a very quiet and family centered building. Neighboring
cities are Aventura, Hallandale, North Miami Beach and Bal Harbor.
Unit is fully remodeled. Decoration: Palms & Bamboo
Large fully equipped kitchen.
Parking Privileges - One Free Parking
Heated swimming pool, and three charcoal grills.
Free High Speed Wireless Internet and Unlimited Long Distance phone calls throughout the USA and CANADA (Dec to April)
Answering machine, Flat Screen TV, DVD, and Cable. Bed linens, bath towels, beach towels, and beach chairs.
Directions from I-95
Take Exit 16 to East Ives Dairy Rd./NE 203 Street.
Stay in middle lane. Turn right at Biscayne Blvd./US1. Stay in
middle lane. Turn left at the William Lehman Causeway (856 East) to
Collins Avenue. Stay in right lane. Turn right at Collins Avenue
after causeway has ended. Change to the left lane and make a U-turn
on sign, after 189 Street. Miami Beach Club Condo is on the right
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property availability
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Last modified on 08-23-2014 at 6:25 PM.
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Lourdes M. Blanco 786-586-2074
studio rental amenities
Free Wireless High Speed Internet and unlimited local phone calls.
Flat screen TV and cable. DVD. Alarm Clock Radio. Answering machine.
No Smoking Room. Air Conditioning. Two full size murphy beds. Linen and towels provided. Ironing Board and Iron.
Heated Swimming Pool
Three Charcoal Grills; Laundry Rooms
Full Equipped Kitchen: Blender, Toaster oven, Toaster, Full size Refrigerator, Microwave, Electrical Cooking Range, Coffee & tea maker. Dinnerware, flatware, cookware and drinkware sets for 4.
Sofa & Wood Dining Table with four chairs.
activities and attractions in Sunny Isles Beach Atlantic Coast South
* Private Beach * Restaurants
* Swimming * Groceries
* Biking
* Pier Fishing * Snorkelling
* Beachcombing * Boating
* Shopping * Sailing
* Movie Theaters * Paddle boating ... and much more!
This Studio is located in Sunny Isles Beach, known for its close
proximity to transportation, entertainment, shopping areas, and fine
Nearby Points of Interest
* Oceanfront - Beach
* 2 miles to Aventura Mall
* 5 miles to Bal Harbour Shops
* 12 miles to South Beach
* 16 miles to Miami Seaquarium
* 16 miles to Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
* 19 miles to Parrot Jungle Island
* 37 miles to Miami MetroZoo
* 11.5 miles to Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport (FLL)
Approximate driving time is 25 minutes.
* 22 miles to Miami International Airport (MIA)
Approximate driving is 40 minutes.
vacation rental rates
Cash / Checks / Money Order / Cashier's Check
Credti Cards Accepted: Visa, MasterCard, Discover and JCB
Rates are in $US and subject to change without notice.
Rate per month $1,650.00 - $1,850.00 including Taxes.
Rate per week $600.00 - $650.00 (Holidays) including Taxes.
A security deposit of $200.00 dollars will be required to
reserve this unit. Security deposit will be returned upon checking-
out, if the conditions of the apartment remain as when delivered the
first day and if no violation of the Condominium regulations by the
tenants have been reported to the owners of the apartment.
In case of cancellation, owners must be notified at least 30
days prior to the date of the arrival; otherwise, the security
deposit of $200.00 dollars will not be refunded.
Lourdes M. Blanco 786-586-2074
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Prior to paying a reservation deposit, always verify payment instructions by calling the phone number displayed on this listing page. By contacting the owner directly and paying by an approved method - credit card, paypal, check or bank transfer - your reservation payment will be protected up to $1,000.Learn more in our Security Center


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I'd suggest trying on any convert. pants before buying. For my waist size 36" the inseam length is such that the zip off leg seam is right at my knees :( Not a major big deal but these pants are styled differently that the Equinox and fit differently. i now understand why there are shorter leg shorts in zip offs so the zip off seam is higher. I don't really like the small back pockets but my big wallet does fit in one and a bandanna in the other. Also, the front pockets are top loading, I assume to keep stuff from spilling out, but I prefer more of a slash pocket.
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A Bloomington shelter for the homeless barred residents from panhandling as part of a new code of conduct.
Directors of Martha's House said the new policy was designed to help the homeless become self-sufficient. Another policy barred residents from drinking alcohol or using unprescribed drugs while staying at the shelter has a similar goal.
Board member Darryl Neher told The Herald-Times the panhandling prohibition was designed to create a supportive atmosphere for people who are struggling to stay clean and sober.
Board President Bob Miller said many places in Bloomington offer free meals to the homeless and that it's not necessary to panhandle.
He said he hopes all agencies that assist the poor and homeless adopt a similar code of conduct.


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Have you ever noticed that even in our Lord's life, men were following the words of men and not those of God?
At the beginning of this summer, I got a call from my sister concerning my favorite uncle who lives in Indiana. He had been battling cancer and had taken several chemotherapy treatments.
Only 62 more shopping days until Christmas! Can you believe it? Do you have your list made yet?
Miguel Ayala appreciates clergy members and he understands the inherent stress and difficulties many ministers encounter while performing their duties.
I am excited about the role of Christians in today's world.
The apostle Paul wrote, "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus" (Phil. 3:13,14).
There used to be a thing called "telephone etiquette" in our society. It seems no longer to exist.
The other day my son and I were out in the boat fishing near St. Catherines Sound. We had taken along some frozen shrimp I had caught in a net earlier this month, and since I didn't want them to spoil I decided I needed to get rid of them.
The Bible says, in Proverbs 18:21, "the power of life and death is in the tongue." I can remember being told, as a little boy in the third grade, that I wouldn't be able to accomplish much. I was an African-American child living in the deep South. I had six siblings and a public education that ranked amongst the worst in the country. We drove around in an old station wagon. My family was poor financially, but rich spiritually and, as I grew older, I found out that I was not alone.
The Rev. Johnny Fleming has only been in the ministry a short time, but he is certainly intent on spreading the word of God.
We are taught in God's word that faith is necessary to be pleasing to God. "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him" (Heb 11:6).
The other day I had written down several things I needed to do while I was in town. Since I was in a hurry, I scribbled the things down on a scrap piece of paper.
I have to make a confession. I love what has been called "the pageantry of college football." I manage to go to a couple of games of my favorite team every year.
I'm attending a wedding today. It will be a rather odd thing for me, because I will have no responsibilities in the wedding. For obvious reasons, I perform most of the wedding ceremonies I attend.
"How's your heart spiritually?" This question is even more serious than questions about our physical heart. For if the physical heart fails, the spiritual heart better be ready.
It is in Christ whom man can find victory.
It is in Christ whom man can find victory.
Whether we're talking about the children of Israel during biblical times or present-day Christianity, mankind has a tendency to have problems when things always go well.
Last week, our church elected three young men to serve as deacons within our congregation.
In all wars, victory is the ultimate goal.
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance. Against such, there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another" (Galatians 5:13-25).
In a lot of movies, the words "The End" appear after the last scene, signifying that the movie is over.
One of the leading causes of divorce (or any other disagreement or estrangement) is the lack of communication.
Mankind needs to thank God for the fact that Jesus came to Earth, died at Calvary and rose again the third day. Without the blood of Christ, no man could be saved from sin. The debt of sin is too great for man to repay, but Christ paid the debt for all men.
The Apostle Paul was the greatest missionary to walk the earth, but always was having to deal with persecution.
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Sign after sign – For Lease. Business owners lonely and looking for neighbors.
"It's very lonely, very lonely down here. I'm the only one," says restaurant owner Michael Cirella.
The plaza, off US-41 in Bonita Springs hasn't always been this way.
"When we first came into the strip, it was full," Cirella says.
But then, the bad economy took over.
"It's been slowly but surely dwindling over the past three years," Bonita Chamber of Commerce CEO Christine Ross says.
That could soon change. The plaza was bought by a new owner in March. And now, a new movie theater called Cine-Grille just announced they are moving in.
"We've been waiting with anticipation that this would start to happen,"
This has been the home to two previous cinemas. Both went out of business. This time, the theater will serve meals and alcoholic drinks, along with big comfy chairs for you to sit in.
Ross is optimistic.
"I think you're going to see an entire rejuvenation and it will help all the other businesses who have been surviving and struggling," she says.
The theater is expected to open later this summer.


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RICHARDSON — While the rest of the country and the world reacts to the mounting evidence that Lance Armstrong cheated while winning seven Tour de France titles, the Plano native will always have support at home.
Richardson Bike Mart has had a relationship with Armstrong for more than 20 years, and still proudly displays his memorabilia.
"He's like family," said Woody Smith, general manager at the store. "We have to stand by him. Lance has done a lot of good things for the sport — some wonderful things for our business, a ton for cancer above and beyond all that. At the end of the day, that's what it's all about."
Wednesday was a bad day for Armstrong. In an effort to protect his Livestrong charity from the controversy surrounding him, Armstrong stepped down as chairman.
Nike then announced it was dropping him as a spokesman, saying it was "...due to the seemingly insurmountable evidence that Lance Armstrong participated in doping and misled Nike for more than a decade."
Craig Miller from SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket actually competed in amateur races with Armstrong back in the 1980s. Miller believes 100 percent that Armstrong doped.
"A lot of people — including Lance — will point to the fact that he never failed a drug test," Miller said. "But as one of his teammates said, 'That was like playing hide-and-seek in a giant forest with a million places to hide.'"
Jeff Godsey is a former pro cyclist who knows that while Armstrong's legacy is damaged, and he did cheat, that doesn't necessarily mean he wasn't the best cyclist in the world.
"If we're talking about performance-enhancing substances, that's not a shortcut," Godsey said. "People need to understand, that's not a shortcut... it's an added value."
What Godsey worries about is how the controversy surrounding the sport's biggest name will affect the sport he loves.
"It's going to make it increasingly more difficult for teams and owners of teams to find sponsors that want to invest in cycling," he said.
It will be a long time before all the collateral damage is added up and we see what legacy Lance Armstrong ultimately leaves.
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The "Reopening of Kolberg Field" ceremony was held on Saturday, April 6th, 2013. The Dawson Community College Baseball team defeated Dakota College of Bottineau three out of four games this weekend. Scores were as follows: Dakota College 6/DCC 4, DCC 10/Dakota 4, DCC 15/Dakota 6, and DCC 11/ Dakota 9.
The final game of the weekend brought DCC's Head Coach, Aaron Carroll to his 300th win. His overall career record is now 300 wins and 258 losses, giving him an overall winning percent of 0.538%. Carroll is in his 19th year of coaching college baseball and in his 12th season as a Head Coach.


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Public SafetyFire guts locker room at RB's Oaks North
Updated Aug 15, 2014, 1:02 a.m.
The blaze was caused by an electrical problem in the sauna.
Updated Aug 15, 2014, 1:02 a.m.
The blaze was caused by an electrical problem in the sauna.
Aug 15, 2014, 6 a.m.
Nonprofit establishes "The Armory," an on-campus club at Carlsbad High School.
Aug 14, 2014, 5 p.m.
School district gambles and loses in fight over autistic girl's right to private school
Aug 14, 2014, 2:45 p.m.
"We're going to put the school on an international map for the first time," band director says.
Aug 14, 2014, 11:59 a.m.
Third-place primary finisher Mitz Lee taps Cate in November runoff
Aug 14, 2014, 11:43 a.m.
An art exhibit opens Aug. 16 featuring the work of artists with autism and special needs. Students from Oceanside-based TERI Center for Arts and Adult Education are displaying 24 multimedia works at the ArtBeat on Main Street gallery in Vista.
Aug 14, 2014, 11:39 a.m.
The victim was heading south near Harbor Drive when one of his car tires blew out.
Aug 14, 2014, 11:30 a.m.
An asphalt-burning process sickened nine people at a Bernardo Center Drive industrial park.
Aug 14, 2014, 10:11 a.m.
Four people are running for Encinitas City Council.
Updated Aug 14, 2014, 10:49 a.m.
A suspicious-looking package on Valley Centre Drive was not dangerous.
Aug 14, 2014, 6 a.m.
From the Vatican to marriage and a pop music career, singer-songwriter has done it all.
Aug 14, 2014, 9:27 a.m.
An annual report found people are staying longer in North County winter shelters.
Aug 13, 2014, 8:27 p.m.
Police are asking for the public's help to identify the vandals.
Aug 13, 2014, 6:26 p.m.
Escondido enacts mandatory lawn watering restrictions


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OpenX to Present at dmexco on Native and Mobile Advertising Sept. 10-11, 2014
Rob Kramer, General Manager of Mobile at OpenX, to present "The Native Gold Rush: How Native Ad Formats Are Making a Success Out of Mobile Advertising"
For those industry savvy folks, dmexco 2014 is one of the leading global digital marketing events that promises to bring all the leaders within the digital space together for comprehensive discussions of current opportunities and challenges. Top global innovators will be there to participate in the dialogs with this year's event theme "Entering New Dimensions."
OpenX is thrilled to announce that we will be part of the cutting edge programming at dmexco 2014. Rob Kramer, General Manager of Mobile at OpenX will be presenting "The Native Gold Rush: How Native Ad Formats Are Making a Success Out of Mobile Advertising."
Two significant developments have changed the game for marketers: Native Advertising and Programmatic Mobile. Native ad units mitigate "banner blindness" and increase user engagement by a factor of 4 on mobile devices. Programmatic mobile provides the scale advertisers need to launch native ads. Seeing the success, publishers are offering substantial volumes in mobile inventory to the programmatic markets. Continue reading


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Medicaid Expansion
The two party system, via gridlock, is failing the American people. Compromise has been shelved for partisan intractability. Will this two party system sell out Granite Staters as well?
Earlier this year, the Democratic-led House of Representatives rejected a casino for cash-strapped New Hampshire. In what appeared as a tit for tat reaction, The Republican-controlled Senate defeated increases in the gas and cigarette taxes despite a deplorable lack of funds for infrastructure improvements such as I93, etc.
Now, New Hampshire citizens are awaiting a decision on Medicaid expansion. Will the state legislature refuse an infusion of $2.5 billion in federal money earmarked to provide expanded healthcare services in NH. Washington is funding $100% of Medicaid expansion from 2014 to 2016, and its portion gradually decreases to 90% of the program's cost thereafter, in the year 2020.
Medicaid expansion will requires states to offer Medicaid coverage to all workers who make up to 138% of the federal poverty level, currently $15,586 for an individual. That income correlates to an hourly wage of $7.62; therefore, 138% of that wage equals $10.51 per hour. Wow! That sounds like the approximate wages paid by big box stores to their retail employees. Well, maybe not that much.
For the sake of argument, let us assume that the typical, low-paid, New Hampshire employee makes that $10.51 an hour and: 1) pays no federal and, of course, no state income taxes but pays Social Security and Medicare taxes totaling 7.65% of income, or $139/month; 2) pays the state average of $886/month for a one bedroom apartment; 3) pays the state average of $272/month for food; 4) pays $170/month for gas ($3.50/gallon) by driving 45 miles a day to and from work in a car that gets twenty miles a gallon, and does no other driving.
Now, let's look at the monthly numbers: Income is 420.40 per week times 4.33 weeks in a month equals $1820. Expenses are shelter $886. food $272, gas $170, and Social Security and Medicare taxes of $139 for a total of $1467. Subtraction reveals a remaining availability of $353 a month to buy a car, car insurance, car repairs, clothing forget healthcare and health insurance; It's obvious such a worker can not afford it.


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Man injured in Amersham car crash will need surgery
11:56am Monday 12th November 2012 in News By Andy Carswell, Reporter
A 52-YEAR-OLD man injured in a car accident on Friday will need to have surgery, police have said.
The pedestrian, a French national, was seriously hurt in a collision with a black Vauxhall Astra in Amersham High Street at 5.14pm.
He was taken to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital with injuries to his lower body and is described as being in a stable condition, although he will have to undergo several operations.
The driver of the car, a 22-year-old man, was uninjured but left shaken following the incident.
Thames Valley Police has today launched an appeal for witnesses to the collision.
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Vermont State Police are examining a human skull found in an embankment in Danby, Vermont.
According to investigators, the skull was found by a driver on Feb. 12. Thus far, tests have concluded that the skull belongs to a young Caucasian woman and it has been in the location for a long period of time.
Police also believe signs of trauma to the skull could mean that whoever the skull belongs to died in a homicide. However, they are not ruling out the possibility of the skull having been removed from a nearby graveyard.
If it wasn't taken from a grave, the discovery could bring a close to one of many missing persons cases taking place in New England in the past few years.
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when listing sasukes crimes i can match each one with something itachi did. so what is with people saying hes evil and itachis not?
betraying the village and join akatsuki- both brothers did this.
murdering comrades - itachi ACTUALLY DID THIS and shoved a sword in his own mother who risked life and limb to give birth to him and raise him. sasuke merely attempted to do it.
attempting to kill innocent people - itachi what with ordering sasuke to murder his friends, and ordering kisame to murder kakashi. sasuke with the team 7 reunion and samurai killings.
stabbing allies in the back - sasuke with karin. itachi with obito. neither sasuke nor itachi truly trusted their team and when they were close to death, took the opportunity to try and assassinate them. and dont say karins a good guy. she was the warden of orochimarus prison. a sadistic fukin *****. suigetsu was as evil as zabuza, basically a psychopath who loves to kill anything in his path. jugo was schizo but still insane. so if the coup conspirators are on the same level as karin then indeed turning his sword on them is simply as evil as sasuke's decision.
taking pleasure in pain - itachi smiled when naruto murdered a sand shinobi which itachi was controlling. itachi smiled when taunting sasuke about killing his best friend IIRC. and i cant think of any other motivation for mindraping and mocking a small boy then beating him into a coma.
attacking jinchuriki for selfish personal gain- sasuke attacked bee. itachi was originally going for gaara and went for naruto instead out of sheer availability (ergo he doesnt give two shits about the sand village). had it not been for jiraiya arriving in the MILISECOND that he did, naruto would be mutilated and captured. so just like bee naruto performed an escape act but its no less an attack. and konoha are no less angry. the difference was they were already angry with itachi so it came as no surprise.
selfish personal gain - itachi only cared about dying, and did everything to ensure he would at his own brother's hands. not only is this brutal, not only is this betraying all his ideals in order to paint lies over everyones eyes (the very thing other villains in this series do), not only is this forcing cold blooded murder on a formerly innocent child but he planned to force sasuke to do this without the whole orochimaru corruption. so surely he felt sasuke's sinister chakra just as kyuubi did but chose to turn a blind eye to it. as an edo he realised his mistake.
sasuke only cares about itachi and his revenge, and will defeat anyone in his way, even resurrecting orochimaru to get answers. itachi did the same thing. unleashed a villain on the world (sasuke), only cares about his goals and nothing else (KA plans, jinchuriki murders) and himself (desiring to die to escape punishment and guilt which he deserves to live with)
mindrape and brainwashing - now sasuke has not fallen so far as to try and do this, even reacting in shock in itachis evil intentions to brainwash and enslave him, stealing his very free will.
ive concluded itachis the more evil of the two since he has one evil act over sasuke. which is that last one


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SetupTo get started, let's assume you have a bunch of content. I'll use the same works of Shakespeare that Adam used, but note that I could use HTML, PDFs, or any format supported by Tika. First, I assume you already know how to setup Hadoop and have a cluster up and running. As in the other post, put the unpacked data into HDFS:
> hadoop fs -put shakespeare /user/hadoop/shakespeareNext, get a copy of Behemoth that is SolrCloud aware by checking it out of my Github fork of the main project (I just recently pushed it as a branch and have not submitted a pull request yet, since Solr 4 is not officially released, even if it is close to being so). You can get this fork at https://github.com/gsingers/behemoth/tree/SOLR4. To get the code and get things setup, do the following steps (you'll need Maven in order to build Behemoth)
> git clone https://github.com/gsingers/behemoth> cd behemoth> git checkout SOLR4> mvn packageWhile Maven is downloading the entirety of the Java world and packaging up the Hadoop job jars for Behemoth, let's get Solr up and running in SolrCloud mode (which is completely optional, which is one of the things I really like about it). To get the latest Lucene/Solr code and get things setup, do the following:
> git clone git://git.apache.org/lucene-solr.git> cd lucene-solr/solr> ant example> cd exampleAt this point, we should have Solr built, so let's start up two instances that can talk to each other via SolrCloud and will do things like automatically fail over, etc. We'll setup a 2 node cluster with an embedded instance of Zookeeper on 2 different ports of the same machine. (In many situations, you'll likely setup Zookeeper standalone and will put each Solr instance on it's own machine.)
> java -Dbootstrap_confdir=solr/conf -Dcollection.configName=hadoop -DzkRun -DnumShards=2 -jar start.jarIn a second terminal, change into the example directory again and run:> java -Dsolr.data.dir=/tmp/solr-hadoop -Djetty.port=7574 -DzkHost=localhost:9983 -jar start.jar> Point your browser at http://localhost:8983/solr/ to verify things are working. You should see Solr's shiny new built in UI.A couple of notes on this setup:
- As of now, you have to declare how many shards you want to use (in this case 2), but in the not too distant future you should be able to avoid this, as Solr will likely either employ a microsharding approach or an index splitting approach (or both). Note, even now, there are some tricks one can do to work around it by installing a new core into an existing node and then having new nodes replicate that new core. Thus, one node will be slightly more saturated, but this likely isn't a big deal given you can spread the work out more.
- Behemoth is using SolrJ's new CloudServer client, which is aware of the state of Zookeeper and will automatically figure out where to send the documents, unlike the StreamingUpdateSolrServer which does not. Thus, if a particular node goes down, Solr should keep right on indexing, just like one would expect out of a solution that works with Hadoop. In the near future, CloudServer should also be leader aware which should make indexing with CloudServer even more efficient. See SOLR-3154 to track this idea. By the way, the Behemoth CloudServer code looks like:
solr = new CloudSolrServer(zkHost); ((CloudSolrServer)solr).setDefaultCollection(collection);
- In this setup, I have 2 shards and 2 instances of Solr running, meaning each instance will be a "leader" in SolrCloud parlance. If I added nodes, they would automatically join the cluster and replicate one of the two shards. Additionally, they would stay in sync with the leaders without you having to do any of the old fashioned Solr replication setup.
- Instead of writing to Solr in the mapper, Behemoth uses a custom OutputFormat and an IdentityMapper which creates a Hadoop RecordWriter that handles the writing of the documents to Solr. I'm not enough of a Hadoop expert to comment on this approach versus doing it directly in the Mapper (or Reducer), but it does strike me as an interesting alternative. I'd appreciate feedback from others as to the approach. I believe when I looked at Cassandra's Hadoop integration that it does a similar thing to Behemoth.
- SOLR-1301 takes an approach of using the EmbeddedSolrServer and builds the indexes directly in Hadoop. This presumably saves on network traffic, but it won't work yet w/ Solr4 due to the need to version documents as they come in (at least that is my understanding) and, of course, it makes distributed indexing depend on Hadoop, which may not be something everyone wants, especially in "smaller" (keep in mind, a single Solr instance can often handle upwards of 100-200 million documents, so even a small cluster of 30 nodes can handle 1 billion documents — 10 shards, 100M per shard, with 3 nodes per shard) environments where one doesn't want the overhead and headaches of maintaining a Hadoop cluster.
- For the 2nd instance, I set the index in a different directory (-Dsolr.data.dir) because I was starting Solr out of the same home area as the first and I didn't want to overwrite it's data, which defaults to ./solr/data. If you were working on a different machine or made a copy of the example directory as directed on the wiki, you wouldn't need that argument.
{"collection1":{ "shard1":{"beast:8983_solr_":{ "shard":"shard1", "leader":"true", "state":"active", "core":"", "collection":"collection1", "node_name":"beast:8983_solr", "base_url":"http://beast:8983/solr"}}, "shard2":{"beast:7574_solr_":{ "shard":"shard2", "leader":"true", "state":"active", "core":"", "collection":"collection1", "node_name":"beast:7574_solr", "base_url":"http://beast:7574/solr"}}}}
Indexing with Hadoop and SolrNow, to index the content, let's dig in with Hadoop and Behemoth. Let's convert the content to Behemoth's intermediate format, which is a SequenceFile of BehemothDocument instances. By doing this step, it allows us to then work off the intermediate form for all other operations without having to reprocess the original, plus it gives us the benefit of a smaller number of larger SequenceFiles, which is generally better for Hadoop. For instance, we could take this intermediate form and easily send it to GATE, Mahout, Tika or Solr. To do this step, run the CorpusGenerator:
hadoop jar ./core/target/behemoth-core-1.0-SNAPSHOT-job.jar com.digitalpebble.behemoth.util.CorpusGenerator /user/hadoop/shakespeare shake-behemoth –recurseYou should see something like:
12/03/04 17:34:43 INFO util.NativeCodeLoader: Loaded the native-hadoop library 12/03/04 17:34:43 INFO zlib.ZlibFactory: Successfully loaded & initialized native-zlib library 12/03/04 17:34:43 INFO compress.CodecPool: Got brand-new compressor 44 docs convertedNote, CorpusGenerator is not a Map/Reduce job at this point in time, so you could just as well call it the good old fashioned way in Java. This could be converted to Map/Reduce, but it isn't likely the long pole in the tent anyway.Next, let's convert them using Tika:
/home/hadoop/hadoop-0.20.2/bin/hadoop jar ./tika/target/behemoth-tika-1.0-SNAPSHOT-job.jar com.digitalpebble.behemoth.tika.TikaDriver -i shake-behemoth -o shake-behemoth-tikaRunning this, you should see something like:
12/03/04 17:42:52 INFO mapred.FileInputFormat: Total input paths to process : 1 12/03/04 17:42:53 INFO mapred.JobClient: Running job: job_201203041658_0001 12/03/04 17:42:54 INFO mapred.JobClient: map 0% reduce 0% 12/03/04 17:43:09 INFO mapred.JobClient: map 50% reduce 0% 12/03/04 17:43:11 INFO mapred.JobClient: map 100% reduce 0% 12/03/04 17:43:13 INFO mapred.JobClient: Job complete: job_201203041658_0001 12/03/04 17:43:13 INFO mapred.JobClient: Counters: 10 12/03/04 17:43:13 INFO mapred.JobClient: MIME-TYPE 12/03/04 17:43:13 INFO mapred.JobClient: text/plain=44 12/03/04 17:43:13 INFO mapred.JobClient: Job Counters 12/03/04 17:43:13 INFO mapred.JobClient: Launched map tasks=2 12/03/04 17:43:13 INFO mapred.JobClient: Data-local map tasks=2 12/03/04 17:43:13 INFO mapred.JobClient: TIKA 12/03/04 17:43:13 INFO mapred.JobClient: DOC-PARSED=44 12/03/04 17:43:13 INFO mapred.JobClient: FileSystemCounters 12/03/04 17:43:13 INFO mapred.JobClient: HDFS_BYTES_READ=2222475 12/03/04 17:43:13 INFO mapred.JobClient: HDFS_BYTES_WRITTEN=10707718 12/03/04 17:43:13 INFO mapred.JobClient: Map-Reduce Framework 12/03/04 17:43:13 INFO mapred.JobClient: Map input records=44 12/03/04 17:43:13 INFO mapred.JobClient: Spilled Records=0 12/03/04 17:43:13 INFO mapred.JobClient: Map input bytes=2131305 12/03/04 17:43:13 INFO mapred.JobClient: Map output records=44Now, let's index them to Solr:
>hadoop jar ./solr/target/behemoth-solr-1.0-SNAPSHOT-job.jar com.digitalpebble.behemoth.solr.SOLRIndexerJob shake-behemoth-tika collection1 localhost:9983(Note, depending on the version of Hadoop you are using, you may hit some conflicts w/ SLF4J. I ended up having to replace the Hadoop SLF4J libraries with the same version that Solr uses: 1.6.1)Your output should look something like:
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Chester Police are investigating the early morning murder of a 35 year old Chester woman.
She was found just before 6 a.m. on the 1200 block of West 9TH Street, on the side of an apartment building.
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Florida State's E.J. Manuel passed for a touchdown and rushed for another on the South's first two drives in a 21-16 victory over the North in the Senior Bowl on Saturday.
Manuel and running backs Stepfan Taylor and Mike James combined to put the game for senior NFL prospects away on the South's final drive. Stanford's Taylor carried five times for 32 yards and caught a 6-yard pass from Manuel.
Manuel converted a fourth-and-1 play on a sneak to set up a 5-yard touchdown run for Miami's James with 2:41 left.
Manuel was named the game's Most Outstanding Player. Brigham Young defensive end Ezekiel Ansah received the honors for the South team while Purdue defensive lineman Kawann Short was the North's top player.
Manuel completed 7 of 10 passes for 76 yards with a 20-yard touchdown pass to Alabama tight end Michael Williams. He also scored on a 2-yard run.
He finished his Florida State career with his best season despite his mother Jackie's battle with breast cancer. He said she will undergo surgery on Feb. 1.
Miami, Ohio quarterback Zac Dysert answered with a scoring drive that ended with his 3-yard touchdown pass to Oregon running back Kenjon Barner with 23 seconds left. The two-point conversion and onside kick both failed.
Ansah is a native of Ghana who initially was on the track team and now is a potential first-round pick. He had seven tackles, 3.5 behind the line, 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble.
Short had three tackles, one for a loss.
Taylor finished with nine carries for 53 yards for the South.
Barner led all receivers with seven catches for 59 yards and gained 13 yards on three carries.
It was an up and down day for most of the quarterbacks.
Arkansas' Tyler Wilson completed 8 of 11 passes for 40 yards for the South. Landry Jones, a four-year starter for Oklahoma, was 3-of-9 passing for 16 yards and was sacked twice.
For the North, Dysert was 10 of 16 for 93 yards and was intercepted once and sacked twice. North Carolina State's Mike Glennon completed half his 16 attempts for 82 yards, and Syracuse's Ryan Nassib was 4 of 10 for 44 yards and threw an interception.
Southeastern Louisiana defensive back Robert Alford set up Manuel's 2-yard run with an 88-yard return of the opening kick. Then Manuel lofted an over-the-shoulder pass to Williams in the end zone.
Williams converted another third-down play with a 19-yard catch on the drive.
Glennon and the North offense finally got things going to open the second half.
He completed all three of his pass attempts for 34 yards and then UCLA's Johnathan Franklin, a finalist for the Doak Walker Award, closed the drive with a 12-yard run and a 20-yard touchdown on consecutive plays.
Manuel didn't play again until the third quarter when he led the South across midfield. His fourth-down pass was deflected into the arms of Utah State defensive back Will Davis for an interception.
Davis returned it 25 yards and Glennon led the North deep enough to set up a 42-yard field goal by Oklahoma State's Quinn Sharp to make it 14-10 with 3:28 left in the third quarter.
Former Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson continued his conversion to receiver. He lost 3 yards on a reverse but turned a screen pass from Nassib into a 14-yard gain late in the third quarter and added a 7-yard catch in the fourth.
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Dale led the Dolphins for the third straight meet by running a 28:41.6 (95th). Merrill ran a time of 29:32.4 (112), while Wagner had a 30:14.3 (125) in his first collegiate meet.
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In spite of the somewhat disappointing ending (not because it was particularly bad, but because I thought it could have been less contradictory), I have no regrets of giving 5 stars for this book, because it has been a long time since I felt like actually discussing a book with my friends. Most of Young Adult books I've been reading have pretty plain stories that don't leave much margin for further discussion. But not this one. This book is one of the good stuff. The one that makes you and your friends argue for hours. OK, maybe not that much, but the fact that it doesn't exactly end in "and they lived happily ever after" for me is a positive aspect.
Like Catching Fire, there is non-stop action in the book and a lot of familiar faces. Too much going on. And it's not exactly easy to just put the book down since every chapter seems to end in a dramatic way. On the bright side, like the previous books, it is easy to read and very quick-paced. On the other hand, it's that kind of series that will leave a void in your life after you're done with the series.
"well, that was depressing" was my initial thought upon finishing.
I gave each book three stars but as a whole, I'd give it four. I may go back and add a star to each.
Here's my impression of Collins during her writing experience..
time to make the audience sad!
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My earlier concerns about the cliche love triangle were let go, I like how it was handled over all. I find Collins' writing style to be very comfortable.
3.5 Stars.
As much as I enjoyed the other books and the beginning of Mockingjay, I found the end to be rather disappointing. After reading a mixed bag of reviews, I knew someone
It all ended too neatly and conveniently for my tastes in spite of how dark the rest of the book seemed. Granted, it was never going to be a happy ending, but it was still a let down. The bulk of the book was dark, intense and gripping.
I started this book in November shortly after I finished Catching Fire, though it wasn't until I saw the Catching Fire movie that I picked up Mockingjay and made a decent dent in it. Already having Kindle book versions, I bought the new shiny cover UK editions hoping maybe a paperback would make me pick the book up and finish it.
(I had been putting off finishing it for ages sort of because once I knew I finished Mockingjay it would all be over.)
Even though I wasn't overwhelmed by the ending, I'm still glad I read the books.
What an amazing way to end the series. Even though I'm a Gale fan (or was, until this book) I'm happy with Katniss ending up with Peeta. Still very sad about Prim.
Edited review: As I've been going about my day replaying this last book in my head I am growing less and less impressed with it. I have changed ratings on books before and I think, given some time, this rating and review will probably change again.
I feel let down.
This book was surprising in many ways. And frightfully predictable in others. The series itself is a wonderful idea. The characters have amazing depth and strength. I particularly liked the secondary characters; Prim, Haymitch and Finnick. I was lost in the story, felt the emotions of the characters loud and true. It was great. That being said...
If approached with this in a workshop scenario I would tell the author two main things. Make time pass in a manner that is easier to follow. And stop using people passing out as a crutch. Ok, three things. Love triangles suck.
I feel like she keeps walking away quickly when the book almost gets to the things I want to see. A battle is brewing, I'm really caught up in it and BAM! Katniss is knocked out cold and waking up on an IV drip. Which brings me to the first thing I said when I was only two chapters into the first book. This should have been written in third person. A close third, perhaps, but third.
She should have slowed down. These characters are well-developed and the plot intriguing enough that if she had taken her time readers would have gladly spent their time with them. No one would have complained about the length if this last book had been longer as long as they got the story out of it. And they didn't. They got a half-developed cop-out ending that doesn't truly bring anything together.
Katniss changed the entire world, yet it doesn't get her anywhere. She isn't even given a chance to explain why she chooses the recipient of that last arrow, to defend herself in trial. She isn't the war hero she should have been, she is merely a pawn. She has always been a pawn. A static pretty faced pawn. Everything in her life was controlled by the capitol and it is still controlled. And she doesn't fight that? She doesn't stand up and say, "let me choose something here!"
I understand that Katniss has been through hell. She has had to live through things most people would have long ago crumbled under. But her strength is the reason she is the Mockingjay, yet her strength is shoved under a rug in this last book. Instead of growing more in control of her life in this new world she ends up with less control. What has any of this brought her? What good has it done? Does she not get to keep any of her convictions?!
And the love triangle thing. A message to all authors of science fiction/fantasy/dystopian YA novels. Just don't. We are over love triangles.
Believe it or not, though... I still would have to say I enjoyed this series. Even with this review...
Collins is absolutely ruthless in her depictions of war in all its cruelty, violence, and loss, leaving readers, in turn, repulsed, shocked, grieving and, finally, hopeful for the characters they've grown to empathize with and love. Mockingjay is a fitting end to the series that began with The Hunger Games (2008) and Catching Fire (2009) and will have the same lasting resonance as William Golding's Lord of the Flies and Stephen King's The Stand. However, the book is not a stand-alone; readers do need to be familiar with the first two titles in order to appreciate the events and characters in this one.
"Mockingjay" is not as impeccably plotted as "The Hunger Games," but nonetheless retains its fierce, chilly fascination. At its best the trilogy channels the political passion of "1984," the memorable violence of "A Clockwork Orange," the imaginative ambience of "The Chronicles of Narnia" and the detailed inventiveness of "Harry Potter."
The series ends on an ostensibly happy note, but the heartbreaking effects of war and loss aren't sugar-coated. This is one YA novel that will leave you thinking about the ramifications of war on society, not just the coming-of-age of a young woman.
All in all, Mockingjay confirms what we've suspected already — The Hunger Games isn't just a powerful saga about a unique, memorable hero struggling to do the right thing in the public gaze. It's also an important work of science fiction that everyone should read, because if you don't, you'll be left out of all the best conversations.
The novel's biggest surprises are found elsewhere. Hope emerges from despair. Even in a dystopian future, there's a better future.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A northern Kentucky attorney has been suspended for 61 days and ordered to attend remedial ethics training for what the Kentucky Supreme Court found to be ethics violations.
The high court on Thursday also ordered Eric Deters of Independence to pay $1,834 to cover the cost of the Kentucky Bar Association's proceedings against him.
The suspension stems from Deters' actions in separate cases, with one involving attorney's fees and another that deals with comments made about a judge and opposing counsel.
Deters, who doubles as a radio talk-show host, told The Associated Press that the decision is "wrong" and that he didn't get a fair hearing.
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In this day and age, we don't expect rock and roll bands to reinvent the wheel. As long as they're competent musicians and songwriters and have maybe a trace of originality, I'm content with that. Which brings me to Puddle Of Mudd.You want to talk about getting a lucky break? Frontman Wes Scantlin approached music industry impresario / reviled Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst with his demo tape, and evidently Durst liked what he heard enough to sign Puddle Of Mudd to his Flawless label. Come Clean came out in 2001, and let's put it this way – if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then these guys are clearly enamored with Nirvana and Alice In Chains. Musically they pretty much paid homage to these bands throughout the whole album, and went multi-platinum with their derivative sound.Now comes their follow-up effort, Life On Display. Sophomore jinx? If you liked Come Clean, absolutely not – this much is true: They aren't fixing what isn't broken, hoping that they'll hit paydirt once again. I suppose you could call them consistent, and that's true to a degree. But in all of their mimicry of the Seattle-area rockers, they forgot one important element that was great about those bands – the conviction and depth of the songs themselves. Say what you will about those bands, but they addressed song topics that were seldom covered before – they were a breath of fresh air when radio stations were mostly playing hair-metal bands and their songs boasting about partying and their prowess with the ladies. Puddle Of Mudd's biggest flaw comes to light when you listen to the lyrics – with only a few exceptions ("Spin You Around", "Sydney"), they're all one-dimensional rants about ex-girlfriends that did them wrong., and they're all written in the banal prose of a high school dropout. The best lyrics can be a window to the writer's soul, and to that end we are to believe that Scantlin is "drowning in a pool of misery", that he is "the freak of the world", and that he's "gonna sink in the ocean". Sure Wes, but obviously that's nothing that wads of cash and an actress girlfriend can't fix, right? And we haven't even covered vacuous songs like "Think", "Spin You Around" (with the irritating chorus "If I saw you dancing / I would spin you around" repeated incessantly), or "Cloud 9″ ("Trash, bash, kill myself, eat a bunch of trash / Trash, bash, get some cash and spend it on some drugs" – yeah, Wes, we can really feel your pain now). Scantlin tries to convince us that he's a tormented individual, but the lyrics are more likely to induce laughter than sympathy.In summary: An unoriginal band that compounds it with ridiculous lyrics, Puddle Of Mudd are a band that borders on self-parody. They would be tolerable if they spent more time on their songs, but they sold so many albums before using the same lazy approach to songwriting, so why change now? You can do worse than this album, but you can also do far better.
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"Away From Me" (5/5): The lead single is a really great song."Heel Over Head" (4/5): Another solid P.O.M. tune that could have been heard on Come Clean."Nothing Left To Lose" (2/5): This song does nothing for me, at all."Change My Mind" (3/5): This slow paced song is ok, but nothing more."Spin You Around" (3/5): Another average, at best, song."Already Gone" (3/5): The trend of decent, but not memorable songs continue here."Think" (2/5): THINK again if you play this one, skip to the next song."Cloud 9″ (5/5): Finally! Wes and company hit us with an awesome song, the best song since the opener."Bottom" (3/5): Wes' whining in this song gets pretty tiresome, but the music's good."Freak Of The World" (4/5): This track will keep you singing along."Sydney" (3/5): Not a bad song, kind of reminds me of "Drift And Die" off of the last record."Time Flies" (3/5): Though the song is not a thrilling conclusion, it's not a horrible one.Puddle Of Mudd's sophmore effort, in my opinion, doesn't quite live up to the last album. Some albums are different because the music's different, but here the music sounds the same as the last album and still doesn't manage a great response. Rating: Three stars
Ok I know they had strong links to Fred Durst and the fast dying genre that is nu-metal but I never expected this. Whilst some of the material on Come Clean was poor, there were obvious standout tracks such as Blurry and P*** it All Away plus more that were very listenable to.There is not a single track on this album that I enjoy listening to. It's all the same, the same whiny 'I hate my girlfriend' theme all the way. It's absolutely abysmal unlistenable to bilge.What were they thinking when they recorded it who on earth could enjoy this. Listening to it makes me feel ill and confirms my suspicions that Puddle of Mudd could well be one of the worst bands on the entire earth. The only reason I haven't given it no stars is because I can't.Avoid this like the plague.
This is a great album to own if you enjoy mainstream rock!! You will be listening to every single song over and over until you're spinning around, and going heel over head, lol!!
I can't stand all the Nirvana fans who blast this band. It saddens me that you cannot get over the loss of your favorite artists (which was like what.. 10-15 years ago) and begin to re-recognize great new music when you hear it. Just because it may sound similar to another band, doesn't mean you should hate it. I don't hate Pepsi for tasting similar to Coke.
This album is not a bad listen. 'Life On Display' reminds me of Staind's album '14 Shades Of Gray'. But then where Fred Durst is concerned, what would one expect? This album is great for it opens its 13 track listing with a gem of a song called 'Away From Me', that easily became a hit. Three other songs for me set this album apart from the nu-rock scene and the offering of albums daily and they were 'Change My Mind', 'Spin You Around' and 'Freak Of The World'.
I cannot for the life of me figure out why this particular album recieved so many bad reviews. Puddle Of Mudd is a highly inventive band that does not sound the same or mundane. And each song has its own particular sound and theme. The lyrics to 12 of the 13 songs, anyone listening can at least find some common ground with the lead singer.
Give Puddle Of Mudd a try….you won't be disappointed.


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Given the way time is flying by we realize, much to our horror, that sooner than we might think possible students will be back in school and school tax bills will be in mailboxes throughout the district. And while we do not have anyone heading back to school, we are fairly certain that our school taxes will arrive without fail at our door. And when they do we will no doubt find ourselves musing, as we do each year, about the value we receive from our school taxes.
We think it is relatively safe to say that the future of education not just at Cooperstown Central School, but across the entire county is uncertain. While we were in Michigan, there was a front page article in The Grand Rapids Press, dated July 9, with the rather unsettling headline "Superintendents react to state consolidation plan." The subtitle of the article was "Proposal calls for countywide school districts, could save more than $600M in three years." We found the article to be rather interesting.
Michigan State Superintendent of Schools, Mike Flanagan, is quoted in the article as saying: "I believe that it makes sense to realign in this configuration — providing administrative efficiencies and a better ability to utilize state funding; better absorb the enrollment fluctuations one local school district might be suffering; and providing a more equitable education for all students."
The article also pointed out that: "School consolidation has long been a controversial topic. In 2010, the Grand Rapids Press, along with seven MLive Media Group-affiliated newspapers, commissioned a study by Michigan State University's Education Policy Center to answer questions such as potential cost savings."
"The study found that by trimming management, eliminating district boundaries and recasting administration around county lines, state taxpayers save $612 million a year after three years without closing a school. The findings also revealed that a less involved change, a shared services model with no district boundaries erased, could save Michigan taxpayers $328 million. That put all public school transportation, food service and operations and maintenance at the county level."


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Yuma, AZ- "When I was down here last year I met a farmer who went bankrupt because he couldn't get labor," said Howard G Buffett an American philanthropist and farmer.
There's a shortage of farm workers in the Desert Southwest and a local organization is trying to fix the problem.
Last year an estimated $3 billion worth of produce went unpicked nationwide because there wasn't adequate labor. The American Farm Bureau estimates if we continue on this trend an estimated $9 billion worth could be wasted in 2013.
CITA held their open house and unavailing of their bi-national recruitment plan Saturday. Buffett was just one of the many speakers.
Janine Duron the Executive Director of CITA says their new plan will bring in migrant workers to stop this shortage.
"It's crucial because the crops are perishable and the employers need to have a responsible available work force. A whole field could be lost because of a lack of labor," said Duron.
Duron says their program will primarily bring guest workers from Mexico.
Cita says some of the reasons farmers are short on workers is because of the aging pool of farm workers, a younger generation with different aspirations, a politically unfriendly climate for undocumented immigrants and some people opting for the relative comfort of year-round unemployment versus tough seasonal work.
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Types of Accounts
You can choose among personal accounts, like IRAs, that offer tax advantages, IRA rollovers, and brokerage accounts for investing in individual stocks and bonds. At work, you'll find employer plans like 401(k)s, 403(b)s, and non-qualified plans for high earners, or possibly special plans just for small businesses.
IRA stands for Individual Retirement Account (or sometimes, Individual Retirement Arrangement). An IRA is not an actual investment but rather a personal account in which you can hold stocks, bonds, mutual funds and other assets. These accounts let you put money away for retirement, allow earnings to grow tax deferred, and not have to pay taxes until you make a withdrawal. You'll learn that Roth IRAs have the unique privilege of allowing you to take withdrawals income-tax free once you reach certain milestones.
According to the Employee Benefit Research Institute's 2011 Retirement Confidence Survey, the percentage of workers who are not at all confident about having enough money for a comfortable retirement grew from 22 percent in 2010 to 27 percent in 2011. This decrease in confidence is most obvious among those who have not saved enough to meet their future retirement income needs.
A brokerage account allows you to invest money with a licensed brokerage firm and then direct the firm to place buy and sell orders for individual investments, such as stocks, bonds and mutual funds, on your behalf. The firm handles all of the transactions and sends you confirmations and statements detailing your trading activity.
Named after a section of the Internal Revenue Code, a 529 plan is a special savings plan designed to help you set aside money to help cover college tuition and expenses. These plans offer flexible contributions and the potential for tax-deferred investment growth and tax-free withdrawals for qualified educational expenses at any eligible college or university nationwide. Most states offer at least one 529 plan.
If withdrawals from a tax-deferred account are taken prior to age 59 ½, an IRS 10% premature distribution penalty tax may apply. Money taken will be taxed as ordinary income in the year the money is distributed. Account values fluctuate with market conditions, and may be worth more or less than the original amount invested.
Investments are not guaranteed and are subject to investment risk including the possible loss of principal. The investment return and principal value of the security will fluctuate so that when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original investment.
Before investing in a 529 plan, you should consider whether the state you or your designated beneficiary reside in or have taxable income in has a 529 plan that offers favorable state income tax or other benefits that are only available if you invest in that state's 529 plan.


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Admittedly, a black-and-white silent movie may not hold instant appeal, but The Artist was a sensation on the European film festival circuit and is now being heralded as one of best films of the year. Harvey Weinstein was so charmed by the French production, his company snapped up the US rights.
Set in Hollywood in 1927, during his latest premiere matinee idol George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) helps flapper Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo) get her big break by allowing her to pose alongside him.
With the advent of the 'talkies' Valentin's career plummets, while Peppy embraces sound and rises to leading lady status.
The Artist opens this weekend.


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