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---- — GLOUCESTER — Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr Friday cited his commitments at the state level and a hesitancy to enter a polarized, partisan Washington, D.C., political environment as his main reasons for pulling away from the U.S. Senate race before stepping over the start line.
Tarr had first admitted he was considering a run for what had been John Kerry's U.S. Senate seat on Feb. 5, originally saying he would announce his decision last Monday.
Then he delayed that announcement until Thursday, though he said that he and his advisers shifted from one choice to the other "back and forth and back and forth," until the last minutes before releasing the verdict to the press.
"I had both press releases ready to go," Tarr said in an interview at the Times office Friday morning.
But, in the end, the Republican leader decided Thursday night his centrist nature was better suited for state Senate office now, considering a point from at least one friend who said he might find himself uncomfortable in the seat with such a divided environment as Congress.
Tarr said the deciding factor in his choice not to seek the federal seat also came down to unfinished business here in the state.
With the state budget about to hit the state Senate and upcoming legislation in areas including welfare reform and criminal sentencing, Tarr said he would be uncomfortable leaving his post as leader of the four Republicans in the state Senate — a leader who frequently talks a tough debate and comes to comfortable compromises with Senate President Therese Murray, a Plymouth Democrat.
"The biggest thing for me is, I'm the Minority Leader of the Senate, I have a job to do," Tarr said. "I think this would be a different decision perhaps if I wasn't the Minority Leader. I'm very proud right now that in the state Senate we actually accomplish things."
Those who are running to date include three Republicans — businessman Gabriel Gomez of Cohasset, state Rep. Dan Winslow of Norfolk and former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan -- and two Democrats — Congressman Edward Markey and Steven Lynch. And all must collect 10,000 certifiable signatures of registered Massachusetts voters by the end of this month. That's a task that would likely require a paid staff of canvassers, though Sullivan declared he will use only volunteers to collect his signatures.
Though some questioned the short time frame, imposed by the nature of the accelerated special election, Tarr said Friday he was confident that he would have been able to gather enough signatures. Tarr said unofficial consultants assured him the task could be completed and he said he received a number of phone calls from people on Cape Ann and elsewhere volunteering to collect signatures and offering their own signed support.
"It got to the point where people were actually volunteering with numbers of signatures," Tarr said.
That support and the backing of many Cape Ann residents poured out after Tarr announced he was mulling the position in an almost slip of the tongue, he said. The story hit State House News Service wires and then the Times and other media after Tarr chatted with a News Service reporter on his way out of the State House on Feb. 5.
"I go from having a friendly conversation with two friends who are in the press corps, to being on the front page of papers around the state," Tarr said Friday, adding a laugh.
Still, that prompting pushed Tarr to seriously consider his candidacy, while self-imposing a deadline for the decision. But, when a blizzard struck his area of constituency that weekend, Tarr busied himself visiting Plum Island, where many homes were devastated or damaged, and Tarr hesitated to rush to a deadline decision with valuable time for candidacy consideration instead dedicated to storm recovery.
"We actually had a press release ready to go on Monday night," Tarr said.
Though Tarr declined to say whether that press release would have signified the beginning of his run for U.S. Senate or the end of his consideration, he said a chief of staff said he sensed Tarr felt uneasy about the decision embedded in that release, and suggested Tarr take his time making the decision if that meant putting more thought into it.
"It was like a weight off my shoulders. That was a pivotal moment," Tarr said.
Tuesday, Tarr was again left with little time for hand wringing over a run, as he spent the day in supplemental budget discussions. Then, on Thursday, two members of the State House press corps cornered Tarr again, asking about a decision. Thursday night, Tarr's campaign manager hit send just before 6 p.m., distributing the email with Tarr's final decision against the run to media across the state.
Tarr said he was also swayed by straight advice from friends and colleagues who suggested he run for a state office next, rather than a U.S. Senate or congressional position. Tarr said while he is far more learned in state legislation, he could catch on quickly to the national agency and would consider runs at higher office in the future.
"The fact that we have received so much support from around the state has opened my eyes," Tarr said. "I wouldn't rule out any option."
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Despite a lack of relevant fights at last weekend's UFC on FX 8 event in Brazil, there were a few changes in the official UFC rankings. It shouldn't be very surprising the the biggest flux came in the middleweight division, especially since three of the four main card fights came at 185 pounds.But there were also minor changes at featherweight and flyweight (related to FX 8 results), while heavyweight and lightweight experienced minor, unrelated changes.
You can check out the full rankings here, and use the dropdown menu to see the individual picks of the five BE contributors (myself, T.P. Grant, Chris Hall, Fraser Coffeen, and Stephie Daniels).
The two biggest movers were ex-Strikeforce fighters. Ronaldo Souza used his win over Chris Camozzi to move up two spots in the 185-pound rankings from eight to six. Meanwhile, Luke Rockhold's loss to Vitor Belfort in the main event saw him tumble from the five spot down to seven. This caused Constantinos Philippou to move up one to five, while Mark Munoz dropped one spot to eighth. I find it a bit odd that Jacare could be ahead of Rockhold considering that Rockhold has beaten Souza, but apparently a majority of other rankers disagree.
The other two men to benefit from UFC on FX 8 wins were Nik Lentz and John Lineker. Lentz moved up one spot from 10 to 9 in the featherweight rankings, passing Erik Koch. And Lineker moved from eight to seven at flyweight, passing Chris Cariaso.
The only other minor changes saw T.J. Grant move past Donald Cerrone for the number five contender's spot at lightweight, while Roy Nelson fell from a tie for fifth at heavyweight with Alistair Overeem down to the six position.

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Do they come in cub size ?
While at our yard in Oswego Il found some cool chains ,now if we can find them in cub size for you snowplowers out there. They are on a cat 988H loader special ordered for steel mill duty. They are called tire armor to prevent hot slag and steel from contact with tires. If you notice cab glass is 2inch bullet proof and heat proof and it comes with a automatic PUT ME OUT QUICK system in the cab. It dont show up in pic but on back of cab is a Im on fire strobe light for when things get to cookin. We deliver several of these a year to mills around country usally a replacment for a toasted one .
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Assuming that is Rabbit Holler Flash's hand in that picture, those links are quite large, because his hands are huge.
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A set of chains like that would almost eliminate the need for wheel weights. They probably weigh as much as a wheel weight.
If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem.
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One of those chains weighs more than a cub lol. Im 6'-3" tall and those tires are taller than i am and yep thats my paw for a size comparison. I belive i heard a mechanic say 3900 lbs per chain. They use a 3ton comealong to tighten them up.
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if they use a 3ton comealong to tighten them up, what do they use to mount them?
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They swing em and hang them with a 6500lb service truck crane. Watched a set go on today while waiting for my trailer to be repaired.
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The Coalition Government cancelled the proposed expansion of Heathrow Airport during its first week in office in accordance with the Conservative's and Liberal Democrat's separate manifesto commitments. However, the same Government supports the expansion of regional airports around the country. An industry spokesperson, three campaigners and a union representative give their thoughts on the future of aviation in the UK in terms of climate change, the economy, jobs and local communities.
Malcolm Robertson
Director of Communications, Heathrow Airport
Heathrow is an economic powerhouse. The largest single site employer in the UK, it employs 77,000 people with 100,000 more jobs across the country supported by what goes on inside the mini city near Windsor Castle.
Although half of Heathrow's employees live locally, the airport plays a massive role in the wider UK economy. It's the UK's only hub airport – meaning people from all over the world arrive to board flights to 180 different destinations in 90 countries.
Because it's the only place where UK travellers can fly long haul to places like Russia, India and China, Heathrow is a magnet for business opportunities. For major companies, transport links are absolutely essential when deciding where to locate – whether it's to support valuable distribution networks (Heathrow handles half of UK freight) or just to move people around.
Foreign investment from these firms creates thousands more jobs – half a million people in London alone are employed by such companies.
Of course, extra airport capacity would strengthen the government's case for building the UK's trading links with global markets, but we accept that ministers are not going to sanction any new runways.
Many of the job opportunities come from our ambitious £1 billion-a-year improvement project. More than just a fancy facelift, it will see large parts of Heathrow totally rebuilt to offer a real 21st century facility. Baggage systems and security are being modernised to give people the experience they deserve and what this means is that you'll be able to be as proud of Heathrow as we are of the people who are making these improvements happen.
John Stewart
Chair, HACAN ClearSkies
The scrapping of plans for a third runway at Heathrow was an iconic victory for the campaigners and the biggest setback the aviation industry in the UK has ever experienced. But the industry would be sensible to see it as a wake-up call that the soaring growth in recent years in this country can't go on as before. Aviation's contribution to climate change needs to be curbed. The noise which has been experienced by an increasing number of communities is unacceptable. Its tax-free fuel and exemption from VAT will not last forever as governments scramble for new sources of income. Above all, cheap oil, on which aviation is so dependent, will limit its growth.
The future will be very different. Planes will be quieter and cleaner but that alone will not do the trick. The amount of flying – certainly in the rich world – will need to fall. Domestic and short-haul flights will be first for the chop. Long-haul flights will become more expensive. That will have big implications for the world's economy since the plane, along with the ship, has become the workhorse of the globalised economy. A move to a more localised economic system is probably inevitable. Let's start preparing for that now with a just transition of jobs from industries like aviation to those in green, sustainable industries.
Brendan Gold
National Officer, Civil Air Transport, T&G Unite
Unite is not blind to the effects aircraft and airports have on those under the flight paths as well as the environmental damage. But in today's fast moving global economy, aviation is not a necessary evil – it is vital.
The UK's population alone is currently increasing so fast that it is adding the population of Manchester each year. Global aviation growth is therefore inevitable.
Heathrow is the only airport in the UK that requires four stacking areas where aircraft waste fuel awaiting to land. For every minute an aircraft is sat on the ground it burns enough fuel to fly 90 miles. Therefore delays in departure and arrival due to the lack of capacity cause emissions. The idea that if you build it more will come does not hold water as the government has the final say over flight numbers.
The private sector is willing to pay for additional runways, so it will not cost the government a penny, yet growth is predicted to generate as much as £30.7 billion of economic benefit to the UK.
ConDem policy is one of taxing passengers out of the sky and making it more expensive to use London as a transfer point. Without transferring passengers' routes soon become uneconomic resulting in a Beeching-style destruction of the network and the UK becoming an economic wasteland.
Dan Glass
Activist, Plane Stupid
Aviation is not just an environmental issue but about inequality too. Only 2-3% of the global population participate in international air travel. The richest fifth of the UK population take half of all flights, while the poorer half takes only a fifth. The UK taxpayer even subsidises the aviation industry by around £9 billion per year in fuel tax exemptions, while the poorest can't even afford to heat their homes due to high fuel prices. Moreover, airports are generally located in low income areas so it is those who benefit the least from flying who suffer the noise, health effects and pollution planes produce.
All too often you hear someone say: "aviation expansion means more jobs". A new report from the Campaign Against Climate Change 'One Million Jobs Now', provides the answer. It shows how over one million jobs could be created in 'climate jobs'. These jobs would directly help to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases we're putting into the air whilst also providing a just transition for workers employed in high emission industries.
At a time when aviation expansion is rendering all our efforts to tackle climate change redundant we must take action. We have stopped Heathrow expansion and now we must stop regional airport expansion. When aviation expansion will take up more than the entire UK carbon budget by 2050, direct action to cut emissions is about taking responsibility and not deferring power.
Stephen Joseph OBE
Executive Director, Campaign for Better Transport
For years, we've forecast a year-on-year increase in flying and encouraged airports to expand to cater for it. The end result? Aviation is 13 per cent of the UK's climate change impact, communities across the UK have to put up with extra noise, traffic and pollution, and we're lumbered with a £20 billion tourism deficit.
Airport expansion is a terrible idea: for the environment, for local people and even for airport workers. Modern airports design out the need for a workforce, automating and de-skilling as much as can be got away with. That's one of the reasons why the Terminal 5 opening went so catastrophically wrong: there were very few staff to pick up the pieces when the computers simultaneously hiccupped.
We have to stop expanding airports. But what's the alternative? Investing in high speed rail can only ever be part of the answer; we need to invest in "low speed rail" – ordinary trains – and upgrade these as a cheap, low-carbon option. Investing in video-conferencing and broadband could also help people do business without having to travel as much.
But most importantly, we have to get the pricing right. Rail fares are too expensive, whilst aviation pays no fuel duty and plane tickets are exempt from VAT. Taxing aviation properly would raise £10 billion a year and using some of that money to make rail fares cheaper is a no-brainer, whilst the rest can go on protecting public services or funding improvements in the rail network.
*Ian Sinclair is a freelance writer based in London, UK. [email protected].


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Hog Heaven Villa in Lake Lure
- bedrooms 2
- baths 2
- sleeps 8
- pool yes
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type Condo
- community Rumbling Bald Resort
rates (USD)
/ night
$ 390 - $ 850 / week
vacation rental description
Here's the perfect mountain lake get away villa to relax with family and friends. Located just inside the Rumbling Bald Resort on Lake Lure, Hog Heaven Villa overlooks the Bald Mountain Golf Course, with beautiful mountain scenery dominating the view from the back patio. A few steps just outside the front door, is Bald Mountain Lake. This tranquil secluded private resort lake offers canoeing and a dock to cast your favorite fishing pole. Since the lake is private property of the resort, no fishing license is required. By the canoe launch and fishing dock is also located a charcoal grill area for those family cookouts.
The unit has easy walking access to the resort restaurants, pools, fitness center and lakefront with marina and beach. This unit features a ground floor layout with the 2 mastersuite bedrooms with a queen and full in each. 2 baths all on one level. The high ceiling and open living area leads right from the dining area and kitchen, with a feel of spacious comfort. Rounding out all the comforts of home while on vacation, this simply decorated fully furnished condo includes washer and dryer, dishwasher, full size refrigerator and range oven, coffee maker, microwave and table settings for 8 people. All linens and towels are included as well. For those who need to stay connected, this unit has satellite tv,dvr/dvd with over 200 channels and it's own in-room wireless internet access. A great choice for a guys' golf weekend, a family get-together to enjoy the mountain scenery, or a home base for excursions to nearby Chimney Rock Park and Biltmore Estate in Asheville.
This is a non-smoking property
condo rental amenities
- Satellite Television (200 channels including golf channel)
- Wireless Internet
- In-Room Washer/Dryer
- Golf Course Setting
- Linens and Towels Provided
- Dish and Cookware Provided
- Automatic Coffee Maker
- All new modern kitchen appliances
- Access to Resort Amenities and Discounted Fees
activities and attractions in Lake Lure Blue Ridge Mountains
Hog HeavenVilla is located inside the guard gate at the Rumbling Bald Resort on hole#1 of Rumbling Bald Golf course. It's only a short walk to the lake, beach cabana, restaurants, swimming pool, tennis courts, and workout facility.
The resort recently opened a new Spa & Fitness Center and is currently. An extensive list of spa activities and amenities are offered.
Rumbling Bald Resort is located concentrically within a twenty mile radius of Asheville, Hendersonville, Tryon, Rutherfordton and Black Mountain. This not only makes it easy for you to get here from any direction - it makes it equally easy to visit these communities while you vacation here. Some of the many attractions near the resort are Chimney Rock Park, Lake Lure Boat Tours, Horseback Riding, Historic Downtown Hendersonville, Biltmore Estate in Asheville and more.
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2011 Hog Heaven Villa Rental Rates Nightly Weekly
January 1 - Mar 20 (3 night stay for $250) $95 $500
March 21-May 8 (3 night stay for $350) $145 $695
May 9- June 12 (3 night stay for $400) $155 $865
June 13 - August 7 (4 night minimum) $165 $995
August 8- August 28 (3 night stay for $400) $155 $865
Labor Day Weekend $155
September 2 - November 1 (3 night stay $350)$145 $750
November & December (3 night stay $275) $105 $550
Thanksgiving week $155 $750
Christmas and New Year week $155 $750
In addition there is a $35 cleaning fee associated with your stay and Sales and Occupancy Tax of 11.75%
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Steve Shaluta has researched old Mail Pouch painter location records and crisscrossed the back roads of West Virginia searching for these Mail Pouch advertisement icons, resulting in images of all the Mail Pouch barns and signs which remain. Sit back, relax and travel these back roads with photographer Steve Shaluta, and enjoy a visual journey into the past and present, or use the provided directions to each location and take this journey yourself. Who knows Steve may have missed a few you could discover


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For the second time in less than six months, the Vanderbilt Commodores are about to find themselves without a head football coach. Robbie Caldwell, Bobby Johnson's hasty midsummer replacement, will step down following tonight's game against Wake Forest (a game the 'Dores actually have a chance to win):
"Having the opportunity to be Vanderbilt's head football coach has been a dream come true," Caldwell said, "and I greatly appreciated the chance to serve, and I gave it my best. However, after a lot of reflection, I've realized it is time for me to step aside and let someone else pick up the hard work and efforts of our staff."
The former VU offensive line coach has been a media darling since his uproarious introduction at SEC Media Days in July, and we wish him continued high-profile employment to the end of his days, if only because that would necessarily entail him being placed before a microphone, again and again.
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Ocean Harbour-Ocean View, Boat Dock,Pool, & Tennis Courts! in Islamorada
- bedrooms 3
- baths 2½
- sleeps 8
- pool yes
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed no
- type Condo
- community Ocean Harbour
- rates (USD) $ 7,000 - $ 8,000 / month
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Escape the everyday stress of the mainland for the quiet, relaxed atmosphere of the Florida Keys in a gated community in Islamorada, The Sports Fishing Capital. The fully equipped kitchen on the top floor with views of the spacious lawn, pool, docks, and the OCEAN. The master bedroom has a king size bed and glass doors opening to the screened terrace and the ocean view. The second bedroom has 4 bunk beds for the children and grandchildren. The third bedroom has 2 twin beds. Large living and dining area opens onto the screened terrance. Full washer and dryer. Rental includes boat slip in a protected harbor. The top floor condo property also offers a heated pool with jetted spa, two lighted tennis courts, fitness center, club house (with wifi access) suitable for entertaining. Just walk out to relax and enjoy.
condo rental amenities
Expansive ocean view from the top floor.
Fitness Center
Covered parking space
Heated pool
Club House
Tennis Courts
Assigned Dock
activities and attractions in Islamorada The Florida Keys
Try swimming with a dolphin!
vacation rental rates
Rates subject to change without notice.
$200 departure cleaning fee.
12.5% Florida and Monre County taxes
Condominium Association Refundable Security Deposit $500; Condominium Processing Fee $100
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10-02-2012 7:42
What is a MUST for business phone on the ONE FIRST HOMESCREEN :
1) Clock
2) E-Mail
3) Calendar
And this is - AT LEAST !
Nokia – are you kidding? It's real business phone now with Belle?
10-02-2012 8:31
ixoixo +1 !
I'm so dissapointed over my E6 Bell now....I decieded this was my last Nokia phone over after ten years...
Sorry Nokia, but you really lost sens for bussines....E6 is not the cehapest phone, but for sure the most unsupported ...
10-02-2012 10:12
10-02-2012 10:24
@strelamcqueen: Full ACK!
There are very few good business phones out in the wild.
Better get an iPhone? Well, have fun typing and using the castrated calender and contact manager.
Better get an Android? Ok, there's the Desire Z from HTC which has a neat hardware keyboard. Trying to sync your data with Outlook? Have fun finding an app that actually doesn't screw up at this.
Better get a Blackberry? Well, probably the most reasonable alternative.
If I read the words "iPhone" and "Android" in the same context as "business phone", I honestly believe this to be a good joke!
Sorry guys, Nokia's current portfolio of Symban-powered business phones are the devices actually satsifying business needs (besides Blackberry, probably). I have not seen a single competitor that features a good calendar, contact manager, email program and sufficient Outlook synchronization. Those are capabilities that Nokia is just good at.
10-02-2012 11:14
@maniac_2k and @strelamcqueen
E6+Anna was great business phone.
But not current E6+Bella because of reasons I wrote...
E6 with Bella is not so useful as business phone in compare with E6 + Anna.
10-02-2012 11:45
At least we need at least new email notification in the home screen.
For Whatsapp, if there is a new message arrives, there is a pop up in the screen.
I really dont know why it is so difficult for Nokia to put such simple feature in Belle
10-02-2012 12:15
Fair enough! I agree on that issue. Email notification belongs into the status bar on the top.
You do have the possibility to put your desired info onto your primary home screen (the one showing after start up). There are widgets for clock, calendar and email. In fact, the time is being shown permanently in the status bar since Belle. If the new Calendar Widget is too primitive for your needs, try ComingNext from the Nokia Store or create a shortcut to the calendar, which will show you your summary for the day (given the split screen feature is activated)
10-02-2012 12:22
I also suggest to put back the 'date' on the status bar on the top. At the moment, only 'time' is shown.
10-02-2012 12:50
The E6 with Belle is great. Don't know what everyone is complaining about here.
You have it on the standby/lock screen as well as if you pull in any clock widget. And it's only 1 click away on the dedicated calendar button anyway.
Mail notification:
Just pull in a mail widget on any home screen. Though it would be nice to have it in the status bar and not sure why it isn't there, just having it in the mail widget gets you all the info as well.
It's premanently in the status bar already
You can pull in a calendar widget or just use the dedicated button.
And the E6 has the best battery life of any smartphone. Maybe not the week or so promised but at least 2 days which no other smartphone managed to pull off nowadays.
10-02-2012 13:09
Where can you find the date on the top status bar?
I can only see time in mine, perhaps setting problems?
Yes, you can find most information by one click. But we want most information without any click!
10-02-2012 16:46
pohlipit wrote:
The E6 with Belle is great. Don't know what everyone is complaining about here.
Ok, let's be more specific. Which advantages do Belle's widgets like E-mail or Calendar have over Anna's same widgets in your opinion?
11-02-2012 21:53
I agree, E6 is (was?) a business device, it cannot look like Android or Bada or whatever else...
With Anna I had a lot of info "at a glance", as the widgets were compact. Now everything has to be in different homescreens and that's annoying.
I want back the business phone I once had, not a small-displayed Android phone!
I hope Nokia will read our comments and provide us (E6 owners) with a decent, possibly dedicated, Belle update. Because E6 is just not like N8 etc...
Thanks in advance, Nokia...
12-02-2012 5:14 - edited 12-02-2012 5:16
I believe Nokia did has Belle customized for E6, because there is no BIG GEAR CLOCK widget for the device compared with X7, N8, C7,etc. Maybe it's too large.
but I wonder why E6 didn't get weather widget & small music player widget.
13-02-2012 7:49
ixoixo wrote:
What is a MUST for business phone on the ONE FIRST HOMESCREEN :
1) Clock
2) E-Mail
3) Calendar
And this is - AT LEAST !
Nokia – are you kidding? It's real business phone now with Belle?
Totally agree!
Belle for E6 is fault.
I need that all information on one home screen, as before was in Anna, not for each - email, calendar separately. It is useless!
15-02-2012 8:33
Maybe I am missing something but I kind of prefer them on separate screens actually. Easier to manage and more info on the widgets. And about switching of screens... come on.. swipe of a finger people!
15-02-2012 15:52
16-02-2012 10:14
16-02-2012 13:32
We, e6 users were waiting battery life, wifi, web browser solutions, not widget or visual changes. Speed is ok on Belle but we all choosed this phone for our business works. We want to see all information on our home screen at least like Anna.
16-02-2012 19:03 - edited 16-02-2012 19:04
My disappointment is getting bigger by the hour, i think i'll smash my E6, and go back to the e72 and never ever buy a nokia again! (the e6 was nokia nr. 8..)
20-02-2012 12:14
Nokia Care Center in Hungary is telling me it is impossible to officially downgrade to Anna. My personal opinion is that Belle is a stinking pile of **bleep** compared to Anna but that is not the point: Nokia should let users decide.
As a customer I do expect to have the option to choose: can you try Belle before upgrading? I think not. Upgraded and now I am stuck with this **bleep**.
So...**bleep** you Nokia, E6 with Belle was the last piece of **bleep** device you cheated me with.


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I recently moved to Germany and am not very familiar with the climbing scene here. I'd like to drive south to the Alps or Dolomites and take a weeklong rock climbing trip this summer but have no idea where to start. Any advice on a good place to set up shop based on the below (ideal) criteria? - Longer, moderate, multipitch routes (6-10 pitches, 5.5-5.9) - Approach short enough that routes are day trippable - Not too expensive (I'm used to European prices though) - English guidebook. Barring that German. Thanks!
Email Jim Titt (who posts on here). Great guy, knows his stuff, and lives in Germany.
Tre Cima or Sella Pass in Dolomites. Grimsell Pass in Switzerland Wilde Kaiser in Austria If you can't find info online LMK and I'll elaborate, but hard to type left handed.
I spent time in Dolomites last Sept. We climbed routes you may enjoy in Sella Pass and surrounding crags. The place we stayed in at Canazei was cheap and the guidebook is in english. Although it is the 100 classic climbs book and a tad outdated, not much has changed. I also found that the easy climbs were a bit runout but ok; and on the Trenker Crack (Sella Tower) I wish I had brought a #4 camalot. Also the Marikante (long 5.7 finishing under the cable car). This route is ok if you follow the line; get a bit off and you are on your own.
Hi Mealy, I am planning a climbing trip to Dolomites in September. Will be traveling from US and are looking for climbing partner. Would you be interested to meet there and climb some classics? Ivan
Thanks for all the advice everyone! This gives me a lot to focus my research on. I'll try to post something afterwards if that is helpful for others planning. Ivan - would love to meet up but not sure if I'll be able to get away. I already have some travel planned in September and the Dolomites are a bit far for a weekend trip. PM me when your trip gets closer and I'll let you know if I can get away.
Hi Mealy prices in Dolomites differs greatly with season. Early september or late june may be great for climbing and much cheaper. You can check www.ideamontagna.it/librimontagna/catalogolibrimontagna.asp for "mid grade trad rock" guidebooks in english, but route descriptions are mostly text not diagrams. I would rather suggest Mauro Bernardi's books in german from athesia "klettern im .. und umgebung. Great diagrams and photos + very short text description of approach and descent. There's also www.versantesud.it/en/shop/arco-walls/ previously called Sarca Valls. It's guidebook for multipitch routes in Arco region. Great for early/late season or bad weather in Dolomites For first time in Dolomites I would suggest Cortina. It's not that expensive off season. Cinque Torri for warm up and later you can move to walls around Falzarego and Valparola pass. Sella pass is nice too.
+1 on Wilder Kaiser I put up an area page here based on what I found last Oct, although there is additional detailed info on summitpost (referenced on page). The guys that own the related area pages on summitpost are great resources. That reminds me, I need to put up an Ellmauer Halt page. The topos/guides I found are mostly in German, but you can find free topos online for the more popular routes. I saw signs for a campground, but it wasn't open when I was there.
Daytrips might be a stretch, but check out the Val Bergel -- Cassin Route on Piz Badille was one of my favorite climbs in Switzerland when I lived there. The northeast ridge is more moderate and also can be done in a day. Many more possibilities on both Swizt and Italian sides of the border; can camp or stay in the huts. For (mostly) shorter routes with one basecamp, go to Salbith�tte for a week, and climb alpine granite to your heart's content. Staying at the hut will be expensive, but you can find ways to make it cheaper.
Over a period of 51 years, I've made a total of 4 trips to the Dolomites. Due to lack of partners ( I was in the Army while on my first 3 visits), and now with advancing years, I've climbed mostly with guides. I'd suggest 2 areas: (1) Cortina d'Ampezzo as the introduction, and (2) Val Gardena as a follow up area. I'd definitely suggest the Cinque Torri group as a starting point, since there are many climbs in the difficulty range you've mentioned, along with very easy access. My favorites there are Torre Lusy, standard route, Torre Barancio, N. Face center, and Torre Quarta Bassa, Normal route. These 3 can easily be done in a day, with some time to spare if you don't get bogged down in the descents complicated by other climbers. Drawback: the area is extremely popular, and thus, crowded. The Falzarego Towers nearby are another worthwhile destination, as is the Cima Col dei Bos with it's excellent Alvera-Menardi route at 5.7+/5.8-. As you will soon see, there is rock everywhere, and mostly festooned with climbers of all abilities. By the way, I'm headed back for 4 weeks this August and September!
Hey Rodger! I'm moving to Bergamo, Italy, at the end of next month. I'm curious if you know anything about cragging in that area. We definitely plan on venturing to the Dolomites and exploring the Alps as well; so thanks for the info you posted!
go to a swiss climbing shop and purchase the guide book "plasir" it is nothing but moderate long routes in Switzerland, many of which are bolted or need minimal gear. It is in german but uses alot of symbols, thus even an english speaker like me, can comprehend it. email with more questions email@example.com
Hey MealyM, I was just in Munich for the month of June, Germany is a great place! A friend and I decided to take advantage of me being over in Germany and headed to Cortina d'Ampezzo to tag some classics around the area for a week. I would highly recommend the area! It's within 30mins of Cinque Torre, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, and SO much more. We did Spigallo Giallo ("Yellow Edge") on Cima Piccola, great route but is often very busy. We also did head to Bondo, Switzerland to go do Cassin on Piz Badile. In the Val Bregaglia range.The trail to the Sasc Fura hut and to the North Ridge was almost all but destroyed by mudslides as a result from their heavy snow year this season. There was still A LOT of snow up there as of June 24th. It is a beautiful route and a beautiful area though. We were not able to get onto the route however. More food for thought, if you are looking to stay closer to Germany and go cragging look here: www.climbers-paradise.com/ PM me if you have any questions regarding conditions or specifics for the area. I'll help you out as best I can to answer any questions. While we were there for the few weeks I took plenty of pics for conditions during the weeks of June 16th-June24th too. Prost, Mac EDIT: Forgot to mention Val di Mello aka the "Yosemite of the Alps." We weren't able to visit it due to horrible weather, but it is supposed to be a fantastic area.
What were the conditions like on the piz badille when you were recently there. We would like to climb there next week but heard there might be too much snow. Now considering going to the Dolomites and the the other area that is like Italy's Yosemite. But the Cassin route on badille looks super sweet. Do you know of any long sport climbs on the way to northern Italy from zermatt area?
Cassin route is so good. Having a little bit of slightly bad weather is a big advantage: Swiss people are super-spoiled and generally won't go climbing something big without perfect weather. So if it's been a bit damp for a few days, that'll keep the crowds away. We had a great time being the first ones on the route and not having anyone breathing down our necks, partly because of some uncertain forecast (ok, and there was a few icicles in the first few cracks, no big deal.... ).
Rig- Val do Mello is really cool but you need to watch the weather as it is now getting hot in Italy and that place might not be ideal in the summer heat and humidity. At least this is what I have heard from a local friend. Head to briancon over by la grave in France. Multi-pitch sport on huge limestone faces. Great weather usually and a lot of high elevation routes to avoid the summer heat.
Rig, When I was at Piz Badile it was very, very wet and most of the summit ridge was snow from what we could see. Below are pictures of the Nordkante and the Cassin routes, as well as the approach to the saddle, taken on June 24th.
Thanks a ton everyone for the info. Hopefully the weather gets better and we can climb something!
any of you around to climb in september??
Hi miraperrone, I will be in Dolomites first two weeks of September. Still looking for some people to rope up with.


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A towering live oak covered in Spanish moss first catches your eye. From there your vision roams across the open expanse of Jillian and Gene Cain's front yard. This is their canvas that they fill with colors, shapes and textures of living things.
"If you are an artist, you have a canvas on which you can do just about anything you want," says Gene. "But if you are a gardener, you have a piece of property."
In 1970, when Jillian moved into this bungalow in the Shady Banks area of Fort Lauderdale, that live oak was the first plant she bought. The sapling cost just $10. Her hardest decision was where to put it. Using principles she had learned in art school, she made it the focal point of her front yard.
Gene joined Jillian in her garden and in life when the couple married in 2000. They still live in this neighborhood that Gene describes as "full of character and full of characters."
Today, in a ring at the base of that tree are dozens of Aechmea rubens that Jillian propagated from one plant. These bromeliads are particularly showy when their red and yellow blooms explode, then linger for nine months.
"They grab your eye," she says.
She also uses tall, medium and low shrubs and trees as well as ground cover to create a path that keeps your eye moving through the yard. After all, the principles of art tell us that the more your eye flows through space, the bigger the space seems.
So let your eyes naturally follow the curving brick-lined beds to a robellini palm that Jillian rescued from the trash. Today it provides the perfect cover for the purple blooms of multiple ground orchids. As your eye moves along to the Alcantarea imperialis, the focal point changes to this huge bromeliad.
Then your vision glides past a condo mango, Louis Philippe rose bushes and the raspberry cones of a red button ginger. This is her living work of art.
When Jillian moved here, she found only one small oak tree in the backyard. Today it is over 100 years old. In the front was grass interrupted by only a single croton bush and a "for sale" sign.
It was a neighbor who encouraged her to join the Fort Lauderdale Garden Club and offered ideas, information and even plants to get her started. Today, both Gene and Jillian belong to the garden club where they regularly win blue ribbons in the club's flower shows. Gene is also a master gardener and master naturalist.
But when Jillian began gardening, she was clueless. "I didn't know an annual from a perennial," she says.
When her neighbor saw her with a corn plant in a pot, she told her, "This is Florida, stick it in the ground." Jillian took her advice and she's been growing things ever since.
When a patch of grass in her front yard turned "yellow and ugly," she decided to go to work. She had read that she could design a garden by laying out a hose in a pleasing curved pattern and then digging up the turf.
"After that, I just kept taking that hose and curving it and digging up more yard," she says.
When laying out her garden, Jillian was careful to showcase each variety of plant either individually in its space or in groups.
For example, Gene came home with a Jewels of Opar that has variegated leaves. If she'd put it among the other plants, its beauty would have been lost. Instead, she placed it against a dark wooden fence. "Now it really stands out," she says.
They gathered Spanish moss for the live oak on a trip to Florida's west coast. Then they stood on the roof of their home so Jillian could toss it in the air while Gene sent it flying with a leaf blower. Some of the strands landed in the limbs of the oak tree, where they thrived.
"I just hope none of our neighbors were watching that day," Jillian laughs.
That moss helps draw your attention to the tree that is now over 30 feet tall.
When placing other plants Jillian has been cognizant of negative space, another principle garnered from her art experience. "Do I want the plant touching the one next to it? Most of the time I don't," she says. But that's not a hard and fast rule.
"When you are up close on the ground you might think your garden looks fantastic but when you back away, it's all wrong. You need to go back and forth," she advises.
Often she groups a single variety of plant to good effect. Consider a delicate ground cover such as silver sparkles that she uses to create a shimmering haze at ground level.
And a grouping of Neoregelia passions in her side yard add a splash of neon pink to the surrounding green. "When planted all together these bromeliads don't have to bloom to be eye popping," she says.
To ensure the garden is thriving, Gene and Jillian survey it daily. If after a week they determine a plant isn't doing well, they move it.
"Most plants have a happy spot where they'll bloom and flourish. Our goal is to find it," Jillian says.
To make getting the right plant in the right place easier, they often leave them in pots. Then they can move them without disturbing the roots or digging.
"Everybody wants an instant garden but sometimes it's better to take your time and wait to plant," Jillian says.
To help decide on the perfect spot for each plant, here in South Florida you have to start by looking up. "You have to know where the sun is," Jillian says. You also have to determine how the sun moves depending upon the season.
In winter, the sun is along the back property line of the Cains' garden. But in summer, it's in the street in front. Plants may thrive until summer but then the sun shifts and they burn up, Jillian says. That's when she and Gene get busy shifting plants.
The couple is constantly moving and adding plants that they buy at garden club sales, get from friends or propagate in a nursery out back. "I never had $1,000 to just put into my garden. It's always been bit by bit," Jillian says.
So she is careful to nurse the pups and shoots of the plants she already has so that she can use them to replace older ones or create vistas.
"I like the designing and creating. I love to garden," she says.
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In an earlier version of this story, a caption misidentified a plant paired with a pink bromeliad. The yellow flowers are Walking Iris.


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Not very anxious
to bloom,
my plum tree.
The oak tree:
not interested
in cherry blossoms.
Higher than a house, higher than a tree.Oh! whatever can that be?
Not at Home to Callers
Says the Naked Tree --
Bonnet due in April --
Wishing you Good Day --
His Bill an Auger is
His Head, a Cap and Frill
He laboreth at every Tree
A Worm, His utmost Goal.
The summer like a rajah dies,
And every widowed tree
Kindles for Congregationalist eyes
An alien suttee.
Lay this Laurel on the One
Too intrinsic for Renown --
Laurel -- veil your deathless tree --
Him you chasten, that is He!
I think that I shall never see
A billboard lovely as a tree
Indeed, unless the billboards fall
I'll never see a tree at all.
She slept beneath a tree --
Remembered but by me.
I touched her Cradle mute --
She recognized the foot --
Put on her carmine suit
And see!
Ne'er does he taste the fruit of the tree that he raised with such trouble;
Nothing but taste e'er enjoys that which by learning is reared.
Dear, dear! what can the matter be?Two old women got up in an apple-tree;One came down, and the other stayed till Saturday.
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
Q was a Quince that hungUpon a garden tree; Papa he brought it with him home,And ate it with his tea.
O was an orangeSo yellow and round:When it fell off the tree,It fell down to the ground. o Down to the ground!
Down to the ground!
A SWIRL in the air where your head was once, here.
You walked under this tree, spoke to a moon for me
I might almost stand here and believe you alive.
For one throb of the artery,
While on that old grey stone I Sat
Under the old wind-broken tree,
I knew that One is animate,
Mankind inanimate phantasy.
They have grafted pieces of an ape with a dog. . .
Then, what they have, wants to live in a tree.
No, it wants to lift its leg and piss on the tree. . .
There was an Old Man in a tree,
Who was horribly bored by a bee.
When they said "Does it buzz?"
He replied "Yes, it does!
It's a regular brute of a bee!"
There was a young lady of Firle,Whose hair was addicted to curl;It curled up a tree, and all over the sea,That expansive young lady of Firle.
Tall ships and tall kings
Three times three.
What brought they from the foundered land
Over the flowing sea?
Seven stars and seven stones
And one white tree.
N was a Nut that grewHigh up upon a tree; Papa, who could not reach it, said,"That's much too high for me!"
Come play with me;
Why should you run
Through the shaking tree
As though I'd a gun
To strike you dead?
When all I would do
Is to scratch your head
And let you go.
There was an Old Man of Dundee,Who frequented the top of a tree;When disturbed by the Crows, he abruptly arose,And exclaimed, "I'll return to Dundee!"
There was a Young Lady of Lucca,Whose lovers completely forsook her;She ran up a tree, and said "Fiddle-de-dee!"Which embarrassed the people of Lucca.
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Zachary Jurvis, 22, and Domonique Jones, 20, both of Walker County, were found in contempt after a short hearing Wednesday afternoon, which was presided over by Circuit Judge Jerry Selman and District Judge Greg Williams. Selman sentenced the couple to 72 hours, with credit for time served, in the Walker County Jail.
Immediately after the judge gave his decision, Walker County District Attorney Bill Adair announced he had signed warrants against Jurvis and Jones for intimidating a state's witness. The warrants were served immediatley, and Adair said there was no bond.
"This type of thing is just not going to be tolerated at the Walker County Courthouse," Adair said.
During the contempt hearing, a witness, who had testifed Monday morning in the trial of Carl David Plylar, said she was addressed by Jones as she left the courthouse.
The witness had testified that Plylar had raped and sexually assaulted her when she was a child. On Wednesday, the witness testified that as she left the courtroom on Monday that a young woman, who she identified as Jones, told her, "Snitches wind up in ditches."
"I asked her what she had said and she told me, 'You heard me b----.'"
After a friend asked if the statement should be taken as a threat, the witness said Jurvis followed them outside, got in their face and said, "We can make it a threat if that is what you want."
The witness ultimately called the DA's office, who had courthouse security search for the individuals. After they were located, Jurvis was taken into the courtroom before Selman, who instructed him that he and Jones were banned from the courthouse until the trial was completed.
Alana Sewell, an assistant district attorney who was a prosecutor Plylar case, testified during Wednesday's contempt hearing that she saw Jurvis and Jones in the basement of the courthouse Tuesday morning.
Kevin Pinkard, a deputy with the Walker County Sheriff's Office, testified Wednesday that Jurvis had left before he got to the basement, but Jones was still there.
"I told her she had to leave or she was going to jail," Pinkard said. "She said she was only there on business, and I told her that didn't matter that she had to leave."
Jasper attorney Nath Camp represented Jurvis and Jones at the contempt hearing. He said the two had only returned to the courthouse, because Jones needed a photo ID to start a job at Marshall Durbin.
Before giving his decision, Selman said it did not matter why they were at the courthouse.
"You were ordered by this court and told not to come back, and you were here at 8 the next morning," he said. "I have no alternative but to find you in contempt."
Adair said the charge of intimidating a witness was a Class C Felony offense and, if convicted, the two will face between one and 10 years in prison.


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- Hurdle still beaming over Pirates' victory
- Hurdle will be forever linked to Kansas City
- Vets reunion part of Bucs' Heritage festivities
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PITTSBURGH -- Pirates right-hander Jeff Karstens underwent an MRI on his right groin on Friday, the results of which indicated that the pitcher's hip flexor was the source of the discomfort.
Karstens was removed in the fifth inning after feeling tightness in his right groin while rehabbing his right shoulder at Triple-A Indianapolis on Thursday.Turns out it was good news for Karstens, who dealt with a groin injury in 2008 and did not want to repeat the experience. "Right now, it's day to day. It feels a lot better today than it did yesterday," Karstens said. "I didn't really want to take it any farther, because I didn't want to aggravate it any more." Karstens was also relieved that the injury didn't come to his already injured shoulder. He hasn't appeared in a Major League game since April 17, when he pitched an inning against Arizona. Karstens was placed on the 15-day disabled list on April 18. "It's extremely frustrating, because I've been working so hard to get back," Karstens said. "This was supposed to be my last outing. "[The shoulder] feels great. I haven't had any -- knock on wood -- any setbacks with my shoulder. So, that was definitely a positive for me."
Hurdle still beaming over Pirates' victory
PITTSBURGH -- So, Clint Hurdle, what did you think of Thursday night's game in Cincinnati? Just another of 162, right?Twenty-hours later, on Friday afternoon, the Pirates manager's eye still sparkled when the subject of the 5-4, 10-inning victory over the Reds came up. "That gassed me up," Hurdle said, enthusiastically. "That's why you coach. The way so many guys handled situations. A total team effort. On the road, against a good ballclub. I was proud of our guys." What did Hurdle love about a hard-fought game which moved the second-place Bucs within two games of the Reds' National League Central lead? Let him count the ways: "I love the way the team picked up Joel [Hanrahan, who blew the save when giving up a first-pitch homer to Ryan Ludwick in the bottom of the ninth]. Boom! The air is taken out, and the team battled back to pick him up for a change." "Then two guys answer [Aroldis] Chapman's call [Clint Barmes and Michael McKenry, back-to-back doubles in the 10th off the previously-untouched Cuban Missile]." "[Jared] Hughes answering the challenge he was given [entering in the sixth with men on first and third and none out, and getting out of it without scoring]." "[Jose] Tabata's throw in the first [to gun down Joey Votto at the plate] and baserunning later [taking two bases on Barmes' sacrifice bunt to get into position to score on a sacrifice fly]." "Chris Resop [saving the game after allowing a leadoff double to Votto in the 10th] ... might've been the best game he's pitched for us all year." A fuse-lighting game? "I've seen [games like that] spark something. I've also seen where the next night it's, 'How come we can't do that again?' I just know we felt good walking out of that place," Hurdle summarized.
Hurdle will be forever linked to Kansas City
PITTSBURGH -- Before Pirates skipper Clint Hurdle started his managerial career with Colorado in 2002, he had a 10-year playing career that began when Kansas City made him the eighth overall pick in the 1975 Draft.Although he's still attached to the organization, Hurdle said this weekend's Interleague series against the Royals isn't much different from any other. "It's really more unique when I'm back there. That's when it grabs me a little bit," Hurdle said before Friday's series opener. "I know like, one player, and I know a couple of the staff guys, so there's not much there. But it's nice to go back, to see [Kauffman] stadium, the transformation of the stadium." Hurdle made his Major League debut with the Royals in 1977. His most productive year was 1980, when Hurdle hit .294 with 10 home runs and 60 RBIs over 130 games. As a manager, Hurdle has a 6-7 record against Kansas City following Friday's 4-2 win.
Vets reunion part of Bucs' Heritage festivities
PITTSBURGH -- They milled about under the right-field tunnel of PNC Park, some of the 83 Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans seeing each other for the first time in years.They returned from all over -- New York, North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, Florida -- to nearby the Pittsburgh base from where they had been deployed, and to an environment that reflected the lifestyle for which they had fought: A baseball game. Assisting the reunion of the veterans, the majority of them Marines from K Company, 3rd Battalion, highlights the Pirates' annual Heritage Weekend activities. "This is one of the most important things we can do," said club chairman Bob Nutting, as the veterans lined up alongside him on the right-field warning track to receive the crowd's loud salute, "to recognize the service of the all Armed Forces, but particularly the men who have given so much and come back, wounded for us. "Just a little opportunity to show our appreciation to them and to their families, for sacrificing. We're also giving them a chance to interact with each other in a positive environment." "Some of us haven't seen each other for seven years," said Nate Huffman. "Staff Sergeant [Oscar] Aguilera organized it, since we've never had a reunion." Sgt. Aguilera got cracking on the reunion about eight months ago, and when he reached out to the national support-group Wounded Warriors Project, he had no problem identifying where his guys wanted to meet. "We wanted to come to a ballgame," Aguilera said. "I'm a big baseball fan, and most of these guys originally are from the Ohio Valley." Bob Laverick, the Fayetteville, N.C.-based Regional Director of Wounded Warriors, took the ball from there. "We found out they'd had a really hard time over in Iraq," Laverick said, "and offered our support to give them an opportunity to come together." "We're proud to be able to bring in a lot of the family members with them," Nutting said, "so they all get to spend a little bit of time together."
Worth noting
As part of the club's annual Heritage Weekend, both clubs will wear throwback Negro League uniforms for Saturday night's second game of the series. The Pirates will dress as Pittsburgh Crawfords and the Royals will wear Kansas City Monarchs uniforms. The uniforms will be auctioned in the coming weeks with all proceeds benefiting Pirates Charities. The Bucs have won nine of their last 12 home games against American League competition. Pittsburgh has won the opening game of its last six series, after having dropped 11 of the first 14 series openers. With Friday night's victory, Clint Hurdle managed an end to a four-game losing streak against the Royals, dating to his 2007-08 days at the helm of the Rockies.
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer. Mark Emery is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Film: Set in England just after the Margaret Thatcher era "House of Cards" follows Francis Urquhart (Ian Richardson), a amoral conservative determined to rise to the position of Prime Minister.
The Extras: Audio Commentary, Andrew Davies Interview, Tour of Parliament
Recommendation: The BBC adaptation of Michael Dobbs' bestselling novels is regarded as on of the finest television series and is the inspiration behind Kevin Spacey and David Fincher's new Americanized series that recently debuted on Netflix. This collection includes "House of Cards" (1990), "To Play the King" (1993) and "The Final Cut" (1995). It is a wonderful series in that it is joyfully pessimistic towards politics and the perceived lack of ethics when it comes to politicians. It's also fairly experimental in that Urquhart often speaks directly to the audience It's fantastic and sarcastic entertainment with a wonderful British sense of (skeptical) humor.
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Four Grand Forks area men have swept up in a prostitution sting, setup by Grand Forks Police and the Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
Matthew Thompson of Drayton and Emmanuel Jinor, Stephen Lagro and Josh McGoven all of Grand Forks face a Class B Misdemeanor charge of hiring an individual to engage in sexual activity.
The charge is punishable by a $1,000 fine and 30 days in jail.
Police lured the men with an ad on the internet site, backpage. It's a site infamous for its use by those in the sex trade. But, what the men charged in this case didn't realize, the ad was placed by cops. Then, within a 4-hour period on Thursday afternoon, with the full cooperation of the Lakeview Inn & Suites on 32nd Avenue South in Grand Forks, an undercover, female officer waited for each of the men to offer money for sex.
Lieutenant Jim Remer of the Grand Forks Police says, each of the 4 men's meetings with the undercover officer inside a room at the hotel was secretly videotaped.
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Remer says it's not just an effort to stop prostitution, but the crimes associated with it as well.
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BATON ROUGE, La. - Second-ranked LSU (45-7) begins a four-game homestand at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday when the Tigers play host to the University of New Orleans in Alex Box Stadium.
LSU closes the regular-season portion of its schedule beginning on Thursday when the Tigers face Ole Miss in a three-game SEC series.
Tuesday's LSU-UNO game can be heard on the affiliates of the LSU Sports Radio Network (98.1 FM in Baton Rouge) and live video, audio and stats of the game may be accessed in the Geaux Zone at www.LSUsports.net.
The telecast of Tuesday's game will be produced by the Jumbo Sports Network, and it will air live on Cox Sports Television.
LSU clinched the 2013 SEC Western Division title Saturday with a 2-1 victory at Texas A&M. The division title was LSU's second in a row and its fourth during coach Paul Mainieri's seven-season tenure with the Tigers.
LSU's 45 regular-season wins matches the most recorded in school history since the NCAA adopted a standardized 56-game regular-season schedule in 1992. The 45 wins equals the mark set by the 1997 LSU club, which completed its regular season with a 45-11 record.
LSU's 21 SEC wins this season are the most by a Fighting Tiger club since the 1998 team posted a 21-9 league record. The LSU record for SEC wins in a season is 22, set in 1986 and 1997.
LSU has won 26 consecutive games against Louisiana schools and the Tigers have 33 straight non-conference mid-week victories.
"It's important that we continue to play well during the final week of the regular season," LSU coach Paul Mainieri said. "We have to build momentum as we head into the postseason, and I know our players have several significant goals in mind as we head down the stretch. UNO has played a very difficult schedule this season against a lot of quality programs, so I'm sure they'll be ready to play their best against us."
Mainieri said freshman right-hander Hunter Newman (1-0, 2.63 ERA) will make his second career start on Tuesday, and several pitchers should appear in the game as the Tigers prepare for the SEC series with Ole Miss.
UNO coach Bruce Peddie will counter with sophomore right-hander Alex Smith (3-8, 4.10 ERA).
LSU junior designated hitter Sean McMullen led LSU to the series win at Texas A&M last weekend, providing the game-winning RBI in the victory over the Aggies Saturday that clinched the SEC Western Division title for the Tigers. McMullen batted .455 (5-for-11) in the three games with two doubles, four RBI and one run scored.
In Friday's Game 2 win over the Aggies, McMullen collected a career-high four hits, including two doubles, and tied his career best with three RBI. In Saturday's 2-1, eight-inning victory at Texas A&M, McMullen delivered the game-winning RBI in the top of the eighth inning with a two-strike sacrifice fly.
LSU reliever Chris Cotton earned a save and win last weekend at Texas A&M, improving his record to 3-1 and his saves total to 11 in 28 appearances out of the bullpen. Cotton worked a total of 2.2 scoreless innings against the Aggies, allowing just one hit with no walks and one strikeout.
Cotton's fellow reliever, junior right-hander Nick Rumbelow, also turned in two effective outings against the Aggies, firing two scoreless innings with no hits, one walk and two strikeouts.
UNO is led at the plate by sophomore infielder Zach Liberto, who is batting .280 with three doubles, one triple, one homer and 14 RBI. Sophomore infielder Jonathan Coco is hitting .274 with three doubles, two homers and 11 RBI.
LSU leads the all-time series with UNO, 53-34, as the Tigers and Privateers first met in 1976. Tuesday's game marks the first meeting between the schools since the 2011 season, when LSU defeated the Privateers 13-0 in Baton Rouge and 5-0 in New Orleans.
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The Raiders are busting stereotypes this year.
Two picks into their 2010 draft, they have yet to be duped into taking a workout warrior that doesn't impress to the same level on tape. They also addressed two needs with players that don't come with questions about work ethic, character or talent.
Whether MLB Rolando McClain and DT Lamarr Houston, who Oakland selected with the No. 44 pick after trading down two times, become great players remains to be seen, but on paper, they look like smart, capable additions.
The Raiders have shown a commitment to fixing their run-defense woes with these two picks. Houston, a quick, high-motor three-technique, will be expected to help knock blockers into the backfield and keep them off McClain so he can flow to the ball and make a tackle. Houston did plenty of that for middle 'backers during his college career at Texas and has the potential to be very disruptive in the opposing backfield.
Oakland could next turn its attention to the offensive line, where a tackle is needed. The Raiders, who have taken their share of draft busts, seem to be learning from past mistakes.
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Cougars go 2-1 in Colby
COLBY, Kan. -- The 17th-ranked Western Nebraska Community College softball team went 2-1 at the Colby Invite against three Kansas community colleges.
The Cougars opened the day getting home runs from Bianca Duran and Shelby McGraw in posting a 2-0 win against Seward County Community College. WNCC continued its offensive output, getting 15 hits against Barton Community College.
Butler Community College then showed why they are the number one team in the nation by no-hitting the Cougars with a 14-0 win. Butler went 3-0 in the first-day of the tournament shutting out all three Region IX teams. Butler defeated Otero 11-0 and beat Trinidad State 8-0.
The loss ended a 16-game winning streak by the Cougars and dropped the Cougar to 40-8 on the season.
The two wins pushed the Cougars record to 40-8 and it is the sixth straight year the Cougars have recorded 40 or more wins.
The opener was a barn-burner as each team managed just three hits. The Cougars, however, got the two hits they needed most. Duran opened the scoring with a fourth-inning, lead0-off home run that broke up a perfect game bid and gave the Cougars an 1-0 lead
WNCC added to the lead in the fourth as McGraw made it 2-0 with a solo shot to left field.
That was all WNCC needed as Duran was sparkling on the mound, getting the complete game shut-out in striking out six and allowing just three hits. Duran never walked a batter in the 24 Seward batters she faced.
WNCC opened up the offense against Barton, pounding out 15 hits with only three extra base hits. Six Cougars finished with multiple hits. Duran and McGraw led the way with three hits each. McGraw was a perfect 3-for-3 with a triple, three runs scored and four RBIs, while Duran was 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored.
Kasey Cash, Angel Council, Mariah Shepherd, and RaVae Herrera each had two hits. Council had three runs scored, while Shepherd had two runs scored with three RBIs.
WNCC tied the game at 1-1 with a single run in the second as Kayla Romey scored McGraw on a bunt.
The Cougars widened the lead with three runs each in the third and fourth innings. The Cougars had just two singles in the third to go up 4-1. In the fourth, WNCC pounded out four singles for a 7-1 lead.
WNCC followed with a six-run inning in the fourth where all six runs came with two outs. The big hit in the inning was a 2-run triple by McGraw that scored Jennifer Cottle and Shepherd.
Herrera picked up the win in the circle by going five innings in scattering four hits and allowing one run. Herrera faced just 20 batters and tossed 65 pitches.
Against Butler, the Shelby McGraw took the loss in the circle, going all four innings in allowing 10 hits, striking out two and allowing four home runs.
WNCC managed just five base runners in the game three of which earned walks and two that got on by fielder's choice. Herrera had two walks in the game, while Duran had the other.
WNCC is slated to face Northeastern Junior College Monday afternoon before hosting North Platte Community College on Tuesday at Volunteer Field.
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The award, given out by the New Hampshire Teachers of Mathematics, recognizes one math teacher a year for their passion and knowledge of the subject.
"It means a lot to me. Especially to be recognized by your peers is always a nice thing, in this profession there can be a lot of negativity, for someone to even think to nominate me was in itself an honor," Gingras said.
"I've gotten to get to know Lisa. She is a truly gifted teacher; she connects with her students and understands he subject," District Superintendent Mark Conrad said.
South Principal Keith Richard said the school has come to rely on Gingras, as she is not only a great teacher, but also great with data.
"She is fantastic, a true asset to our faculty. She not only does an excellent job in the math department, but she is also a true leader in the building. She is always willing to help out and go the extra mile. She takes ownership of her classes and wants to see students succeed," Richard said.
Passion about mathematics comes naturally to her, Gingras said, because, "statistics is relevant to students lives, no matter what they do they will use it later in life. I love to see student's 'ah ha' moments, as a teacher that is what you live for."
Conrad said that being recognized for her work is nothing new for Gingras, as she was also given a No Bell award by the Honor Society at South three years ago.
Conrad said the No Bell award is given by honor students to the teacher they deem most worthy, and that it alternates between the North and South high schools each year.
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Jason Collins has never been a tremendous NBA player. But he has provided us with a tremendous opportunity by becoming the first active male athlete in a major U.S. team sport to announce he is homosexual.
It is hard to overstate the significance of Collins announcement, which he made in a first-person story for this weeks Sports Illustrated. I cant believe it has taken so long for this to happen, 32 years after Martina Navratilova was revealed to be gay in 1981 and kept dominating womens tennis.
But the fact is that it has in part because so many male locker rooms remain fueled by a towel-snapping, macho mentality. Collins has become the first active male athlete brave enough to step out of what remains a very cramped closet.
Look, this isnt about politics. This is about tolerance and acceptance.
Collins isnt asking to have a same-sex marriage performed in an NBA locker room. Dont confuse that issue with this one.
Collins is simply asking to be able to do his job and to not have to live a lie any longer. As he wrote in the story, he wants to be able to sleep better at night. I dont know him, but I am proud of him.
In todays society, if you dont think you know someone who is gay, you are kidding yourself. If you dont have any gay friends, thats your loss.
One of my best friends from high school announced he was gay a number of years ago. Although we live in different states now, we remain close. He has stayed at our house and hung out with me and my four kids. I hope you are saying now: Yeah, so what you want a medal or something? Because if you are, that probably means you have a similar friendship, so that is no big deal to you.
But this is a big deal in mens sports.
In some ways, the world of sports operates in its own parallel universe. Its prejudices sometimes last longer, but its breakthroughs can also be felt more deeply.
A whole new generation is discovering the strength of Jackie Robinson, who broke Major League Baseballs color barrier, through the movie 42. Collins has strength as well, although he certainly is making his statement in a far more tolerant society than Robinson or Navratilova did.
There was a flood of celebrity and athletic support for Collins Monday. Among the members of the praise band: Bill Clinton, Spike Lee, the White House and Kobe Bryant, who was fined $100,000 a couple of years ago for using a gay slur when berating an NBA official.
Tolerance not only is the right thing to do, it is also the smart thing to do from a business perspective. Homophobic comments these days in sports generate incredible backlash, as men such as former NBA player Tim Hardaway and San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver have found out.
Would the impact of this announcement be greater if Collins were an NBA All-Star in the prime of his career instead of a 34-year-old journeyman center who has played for six teams in 12 years, is unsigned for next season and admits in his magazine essay that hes mostly known for fouling hard and setting good picks? Sure it would.
But I believe Collins will have an NBA job somewhere next season for the veteran minimum. Wherever he goes, it will be something of a circus at first (as it will be with Tim Tebow and his next landing spot).
Yet Collins is a low-maintenance, high-character player who also happens to be 7 feet tall and 255 pounds. Hes tough.
I would imagine NBA Commissioner David Stern who has worked very hard to make his league a tolerant workplace will quietly help this job-hunting process along if necessary. If nothing else, the NBA could create a position and hire Collins for its league office.
But the best-case scenario is that Collins plays that hes simply out there, through the taunts and the cheers, making it easier for others to follow his courageous lead in the pros and at every other level of sports.
How about it, Michael Jordan?
Youve had your own personal struggles, but you just got remarried during the weekend in Florida in a lavish ceremony. Your life is good. Your basketball team is bad.
Here is a great chance to make a real statement about the tolerance and toughness of the Charlotte Bobcats.
Go out and sign Jason Collins.
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