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TO THE EDITOR: New York State United Teachers has a statewide campaign under way feigning concern for the adverse effect testing will have on our kids.
NYSUT ran a full-page ad in the March 28 Press-Republican signed by NYSUT President Richard Iannuzzi. The ad, "An open letter about testing: what parents and community members need to know," stated that NYSUT "fully supports the principle of accountability for students and educators."
Does NYSUT think we are that gullible? The tests that NYSUT claims they are being blindsided with have been in the works for two years. The data and money trail make it obvious that NYSUT could care less about the education of our kids or accountability of schools.
Look at the data: New York state is ranked an abysmal 32nd in a country that is ranked 17th in the world: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/statecomparisons/.
Costs are $20,000 per student in New York (more than any other state). Follow the NYSUT perks at:http://www.unionfacts.com/local/employees/70581/AFT/0/
* Iannuzzi's 2011 compensation was over $301,000.
* North Country Regional NYSUT Director John Harvey's 2011 compensation was over $189,000.
* NYSUT spends big: $329,000 at The Desmond, $337,000 at Gurney's Inn Resort & Spa, $424,000 at Otesaga Hotel, $118,000 at the Crowne Plaza in Lake Placid.
The list of "overhead" is long; see: http://www.unionfacts.com/local/spending/70581/AFT/Overhead
NYSUT is an obstructionist organization. The ad is designed to upset the community and undermine attempts at reform.
NYSUT will continue to allow school programs and education to be thrown under the bus because their perks are threatened by reform. Don't be fooled by their propaganda.
It's not our schools or our kids' education NYSUT is concerned about. Follow the money.
Funding reductions
TO THE EDITOR: I am deeply concerned about the reduction in state funding to the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities in the recently passed budget.
While the overall New York state budget was increased slightly under 2 percent, the budget for the OPWDD was decreased 4.5 percent. According to news articles, this decrease is due to New York overcharging Medicaid for decades and now being required to repay the federal government $3 billion.
Repayment to the federal government should be spread throughout the state budget. It should not be taken out on the developmentally disabled and the programs that benefit them. They are not to blame, yet they appear to be the ones being punished for others' mistakes.
Gov. Cuomo said the cuts should come from administrative costs; however, this is unrealistic. Cuts of this size mean people and, most likely, direct support people and programs. From my personal observations, the direct support staff is already stretched to the limit.
Many items in the total state budget appear to be aimed at jobs and economic growth. Yet here in Essex County, the largest employer is Mountain Lakes Services — our only local provider for the developmentally disabled. By cutting funding to OPWDD, not only are our developmentally disabled impacted but also employment opportunities here.
This reduction in funding detrimentally impacts those who are least able to defend themselves — the developmentally disabled — and also those seeking employment in our county.


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The Nar-Anon Family Groups' third World Service Conference, WSC 2010, was held in San Pedro, CA, from April 22 to April 26, 2010.
Conference attendees included ten members of the Nar-Anon Board of Trustees, fifteen elected Regional Delegates, and one elected Alternate Delegate acting as the Delegate, all with voice and vote. Also in attendance were six elected Alternate Delegates with voice only, and the World Service Executive Director and Conference Chair with voice limited to their roles at the conference. Two paid observers attended the entire conference with other Nar-Anon members who observed and attended parts of the conference.
For the first time, an introductory meeting was held the evening before the conference. We also introduced and, very successfully used, a computer projection system to display all motions and several PowerPoint presentations to the conference.
Updated "Conference Standing Rules," including rules limiting the scope of motions from the floor of the conference, were adopted.
Thirty-six motions were submitted to the WSC 2010 committee and placed in the Conference Agenda Report (CAR). These motions were dealt with under old business at the conference. Six motions were withdrawn by the Regions that submitted them, eleven passed, seventeen failed, one was ruled out of order by the conference, and one motion was postponed until the WSC 2012.
Under old business, The Nar-Anon Family Groups (NFG) Guide to Local Services, the first major update to Nar-Anon's Policies and Guidelines since 1993, was adopted as amended. The 1993 guidelines were adapted from Al-Anon. We now have guidelines for local services specifically designed and adapted for Nar-Anon. In addition, five new pieces of literature received conference approval.
Also under old business, the motion from the Board of Trustees (BoT) to use a tally process for the Nar-Anon groups to approve any future changes to Nar-Anon's Steps, Traditions, Concepts, Logo or purpose, was passed.
Six additional motions were dealt with under new business. Two passed, three failed, and one was postponed indefinitely (which killed the motion forever).
The most significant motion under new business came from the BoT and passed unanimously. This motion requires the BoT to obtain conference approval in order to make a change to the minimum or maximum number of Trustees who may serve on the Board, as specified in Nar-Anon's bylaws.
Through the actions of the conference attendees, it became clear to those present, that the conference is the guardian of the Nar-Anon program while in session and while not in session, the BoT are the guardians of our program.
Yours in service,
Tom M.
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Derek McLane had a problem. Scott Elliot, artistic director of the Off Broadway company The New Group, wanted to stage East is East, by English playwright Ayub Khan-Din. McLane has worked with Elliot many times before, but East is East was a daunting proposition. The play requires no less than five naturalistically rendered settings. "I was freaking out about it," says the designer, cheerfully.
Fortunately, salvation arrived in the form of Manhattan Theatre Club. The company had an unexpected hole in its schedule, so it opted to partner with The New Group on East is East. This decision allowed McLane to take advantage of MTC's unusually wide and deep space to create the most remarkable set design of the season so far.
Set in Salford, a suburb of Manchester, in 1971, East is East is a comic drama about an English-Pakistani family. Despite his four decades in England, George Khan is determined to impress Muslim values on his six children (a seventh has decamped to become a hairdresser). Ella, George's English wife, acts as a buffer between George and their rebellious offspring (in one riotous scene, they gather to clandestinely feast on forbidden slices of bacon). An undertone of violence runs through the play--of conflict between India and Pakistan and of George's physical assaults on Ella and their children.
The first act of East is East takes place in three locations, for which McLane created an ingenious solution. Audiences entering Manhattan Theatre Club's Stage I auditorium saw two rooms onstage. Located stage right was the family business, a fish-and-chips shop complete with the smell of frying fish. At stage left was the living room of the Khan home, a dingy, cluttered space, with sofa, TV set, laundry line, and entrances to a kitchen and hallway offstage. When the action moved to a local hospital, where the belated circumcision of youngest son Sajit took place, the onstage units pivoted open to reveal a hospital hallway. At the conclusion of Act I, a curtain fell. When it rose for Act II, the living room, previously located at stage left, now occupied stage right. Inhabiting stage left was a new setting, depicting the parlor of the Khan house. Later in the act, the two rooms pivoted open to reveal an exterior scene, a canal bank.
How did it all work? The fish shop and living room units were built on casters, with pins inserted into the floor to allow them to pivot open. Then, according to McLane, "At the intermission, [the running crew] takes the chips shop, pulls it upstage, and stores it. Then they take the living room and slide it over to stage right. They take the parlor, which is also sitting upstage, and slide it downstage. They drop new pivot points in--and they're set up for Act II." In addition, the rear piece of the hospital set was flipped to become the hallway just outside the parlor. McLane says that this solution was not easily arrived at: "We had to make cutouts and move them around; we had to revise them a million times to make it all fit."
Aside from its architectural complexity, McLane's designs are impressively detailed, including the Khans' dilapidated furniture, the legion of knickknacks in the living room, and the use of clashing wallpaper patterns so dear to the English lower middle classes. McLane says that Elliot told him "Don't make it theatrical; make it real," and the designer delivered, in spades. On the advice of English director Mark Wing-Davey, McLane contacted the Motley School of Design in London. "They recommended a student, Matt Edwards," says McLane. "He went up to Salford for a day and took photographs. He also photographed a house in London and did some shopping--he sent a few objects that we used as dressing." Edwards also obtained some electrical plugs, which are very different looking in England. McLane also used as research the work of Nick Wapplington: "He has really great photographs of working-class England."
As for that clashing wallpaper, McLane says most of it is American, an "authentic period wallpaper, old and brittle stuff from the late 60s and early 70s," purchased at the New York vintage store Second Hand Rose (Speaking of the horrible brown flocked paper used in the living room, he says, laughing, "There's no more of it. That's the last of it, as far as we can tell."). As for the enormous pile of teacups, trophies, record albums, and just plain junk that fills the living room, he says, "I did a lot of shopping with [MTC properties master] Maggie Kuypers and [MTC properties assistant] Scott Laule. We got a lot of it from the Salvation Army, in Newark--almost all the furniture came from there--and from the Salvation Army in Brooklyn."
Many of the furniture pieces, as well as the edges of moldings, were sanded down to make the set look more worn. Also, he says, "In houses with kids, there are stickers all over the place, so Maggie Kuypers made a bunch of stickers for various English football teams, then stuck them on various things, like the doors. The doors are old, too; we bought them in Harlem. There are so many layers of paint on the doors, so I said to the set painters, 'Just match that amount of texture on the molding.'" The extensive use of props, he adds, was the key to the living room's overly lived-in look. "There's a lot of stuff--hair clips, old batteries, and pen caps--scattered around the floor. I had to glue them down because overzealous stage managers kept cleaning them up at half-hour." Also, he adds, "Some of my son's discarded toys are up there, too."
There were many other details, as well. For the hospital scene, McLane obtained from England color copies of public health posters from the period and had them blown up to the correct size. Of course, everyone's a critic: "Several English friends told me I got the spelling of 'Hematology' wrong in the hospital directory. They spell it differently in England."
The set for East is East was built by Manhattan Theatre Club, in its new shop located in Queens. Assistant set designers on East is East were Zhanna Ghurvich, Matt Anderson, and Dawn Pedric. The production also featured costumes by Mattie Ullrich, lighting by Brian MacDevitt, and sound by Red Ramona. After earning mostly favorable reviews, East is East was extended at Manhattan Theatre Club through mid-July.


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A father was arrested early Saturday morning in Pike County for driving while intoxicated and neglect of his two-year-old son that was in the truck with him.
Around 12:05 a.m., Indiana State Police responded to C.R. 700 North and C.R. 775 West to help 32-year-old Daniel Dunn of Charlestown, IN free his pickup truck that was hung up in the roadway for nearly two hours.
Troopers say when they arrived, Dunn was still attempting to get his pickup truck free from the mud. Authorities say they detected an odor of alcohol on Dunn's breath. He also had blood shot eyes, slurred speech and his balance was unstable.
Dunn's two-year-old son and two other adult passengers were also in the pickup truck.
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Second-quarter and year-to-date earnings for CSX Corp.
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Dursley looks back on Lister legacy (From Gazette Series)
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AS Lister Petter announces its departure, and Lister Shearing considers its future, Dursley looks back on the legacy left by the founding company
2:00pm Friday 15th February 2013 in News By Daniel Chipperfield, senior reporter covering Dursley, Cam, Wotton-under-Edge, Sharpness, Slimbridge, Berkeley, Coaley, Uley, North Nibley, Stinchcombe and Cambridge
AT ITS height, the original engineering firm R A Lister and Co employed over 4,000 people in the area and their products, from their famous Lister engines to dairy equipment, garden furniture and even bins, could be found all over the world.
Founded in 1867, the family-owned company prospered in the middle of the 20th century and became a world-renowned name in engineering, putting Dursley on the map in doing so.
Chairman of Dursley Heritage Centre Catherine Pierce said that Lister had been the town's "saviour" and without it there would not have been a Dursley.
"So many people came into Dursley at that time for five years or so to get their apprenticeships and then would take their expertise around the world, so Dursley was known far and wide, it kept the town up to date," she said.
"They built houses for the workers. It was a family run business and they wanted to look after them, almost everybody in the town was working there, or knew somebody working there.
"It was a paternal company, even Lister Hall was built for the apprentices to join so they didn't cause trouble up the road in other pubs in the evening."
One gentleman who will remember the company fondly is Les Pugh, 98, who worked at the Dursley factory his entire working life.
Mr Pugh started his 49-year career in the foundry after finishing school at 16 in 1931 and approached George Lister, son of founder Sir Robert Ashton Lister, for work.
"I couldn't get a job because of the depression. I was really frightened, I had never done anything like that before," he said.
"George Lister said he would see what he could do. He was my mentor."
Mr Pugh, who now lives in Stonehouse after retiring in 1980, would cycle every morning from Eastlington to the factory for a 7.30am start.
"They were employing up to 3,000 people at the time. It was like a madhouse in the morning, people would clock-in on those old punching machines," he said.
"It was a very rewarding job. I got complete and absolute job satisfaction.
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The TCU Horned Frogs were able to upset the Texas Longhorns in their first Thanksgiving game since way back in 1928, stifling the Longhorns attack with a solid defensive performance. Ineptitude on the offensive side of the ball hit both teams, and the Frogs defense got a rhythm going in a way that the Longhorns defense couldn't seem to muster all game.
Texas blog Burnt Orange Nation lamented the team's quarterback situation after the game; Texas is a team with two quarterbacks in rotation, neither of them looking like world-beaters this season:
"Twice Ash was replaced by Case McCoy, who managed to lead the sole touchdown drive on the night for the 'Horns. It was the same deal for Ash -- he simply didn't seem on the same page as his receivers as the Texas tackles did indeed struggle with pressure from the TCU defensive ends, resulting in deteriorating accuracy."
TCU blog Frogs O War naturally had a sunnier view of the game, pouring praise onto the defense, which has in recent weeks started to look like the old dominant defenses that led TCU to solid records year after year in the previous decade:
I'll be looking forward to watching the game tape of this one, but here are some numbers for you to chew over.
Last time TCU beat UT in Austin: 1967
Total wins in Austin by TCU: 12, the most of any program
Yards per carry for TCU: 4.5
Yards per carry for UT: 2.6
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A comparison of new Golden State Warriors rookie Stephen Curry at age 20 vs the legendary Allen Iverson at age 20 is surprising.
An unhappy Monta Ellis seems to have received a promise from Warriors head coach Don Nelson and GM Larry Riley that they won't a draft a point guard in the 2009 NBA Draft to compete with him for...
Looking back on the painful 1st Round NBA Draft history during the years Chris Cohan has owned the Golden State Warriors and all of the famous folks they've passed up featuring all the basketball...
Results from today's 2009 NBA Draft Lottery. The LA Clippers will be picking #1 overall. Who should the Golden State Warriors draft with the #7 pick?
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AFC South Spin cycle: Thrilling comeback keeps Colts winning
The Colts keep finding ways to win, the Texans got back to winning comfortably and the lost seasons in Jacksonville and Tennessee continued.
Texans clinch playoff spot with win over Titans
The Texans clinched their second straight playoff berth and set a franchise record for wins in a season as they beat the Titans 24-10 on Sunday.
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Much like Brooks Reed a season ago, when he filled in admirably for the injured Mario Williams, Whitney Mercilus has been called upon to fill a big void.
Lions DT Suh fined $30,000 for kick
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Goodell says Suh's intent very difficult to judge
Roger Goodell and NFL officials looked at Ndamukong Suh's latest infamous act on the field, but couldn't determine if it was intentional.
Week 13 playoff scenarios
According to the playoff scenarios released by the NFL on Tuesday, five teams can clinch postseason berths in Week 13.
Week 12 Players of the Week
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The NFL will not suspend Lions DT Ndamukong Suh for Thursday's incident involving Texans QB Matt Schaub, according to league spokesman Greg Aiello.
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What we learned about the teams of the AFC South, which went 3-1 in Week 12.
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The Texans are 3-0 in their past three games, but the wins have come at a cost.
NFL to examine replay rule from Lions-Texans game
The rule that negated using video replay to confirm a Texans TD will be re-examined immediately, NFL director of football operations Ray Anderson said.
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Week 11 Players of the Week
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Jean has emerged as the leading candidate to fill the No. 3 receiver slot behind Andre Johnson and Kevin Walter. And coach Gary Kubiak foresees great things down the road for the 24-year-old Jean, who leads the Texans with six receptions in the preseason.||||||| In 2009, Houston took a chance by signing undrafted free agent Arian Foster. Foster led the NFL in rushing in 2010 and made his second Pro Bowl last season. Like Foster back then, Jean is just worried about making the final roster now.
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Hello, my real name is John, and I hail from Geauga County in N.E Ohio. I enjoy just about anything IH ever made. My first tractor was a IH Cub Cadet Original. The tractor was left in a big barn on the farm we moved in to when I was 8 years old. I took hold of that machine and never looked back, I even got the tractor running and driving on my own! I'm sad to say I no longer have that Original, but since have had a model 100, a 123, and a 102 . I now have a very nice model 71 that I use with a IH 42" push blade. This tractor also came with a beautiful 3 spindle mower deck that at some point I want to re-paint. Though my 71 has a few replacement parts on it now, I do how ever have all the original parts out in the shop. When time and money allow, I would like to repair those few things and return this model 71 back to original glory!
I do have another International Harvester Cub Cadet, which would be a model 72. I have had this one about 18 years now and never had it running. The tractor just sat and sat in the corner of the barn as I went on to building a really fast 1 ton GMC truck. At the moment I'm about 2 years into a referb of the 72. This tractor has many upgrades that were not thought of at the factory, nor can the factory paint job compete with what I'm doing to mine. Any ways, I sure do enjoy these IH products. I also hobby garden and farm, sort of ties in the tractor hobby together quite well.
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Dark Knight. Caped Crusader. World's Greatest Detective. Whatever you know him as, wherever you know him from—the blockbuster movies, TV shows, video games, cartoons, or millions of comics—Batman is proof you don't need superpowers to be a superhero… and the poster boy for what a bad childhood can do to you.
Millionaire Bruce Wayne was just a kid when he watched his parents get gunned down during a mugging in Gotham City. The crime would define his life, as he dedicated himself to becoming the world's greatest weapon against crime—the Batman.
Forget his Batarangs, Batmobile, or Utility Belt filled with high-tech weapons. Batman is the most feared superhero of all, because he's pushed himself to the absolute pinnacle of human achievement. He's a brilliant detective who's mastered fighting techniques the world's barely heard of. An Olympic-caliber athlete with a plan for every occasion, Batman's seemingly always five steps ahead of his foes. But in his crusade against injustice, two questions always loom: How far will he go to protect the innocent, and will he sacrifice his humanity along the way?
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Cincinnati Police are investigating following a shooting in Over The Rhine.
Officers say that reports of the shooting came in around 8:15 p.m. Authorities say that a man was shot in the 1700 block of Race Street.
Authorities say the victim was shot once in the leg and twice in the arm.
Police say that the victim was driven to University Hospital by a white van that was on the scene.
Authorities followed the van to the hospital and are now questioning the driver.
The victim's name or extent of the victim's injuries is unknown at this time.
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At this writing Windows 8 could be the biggest thing Microsoft has done wrong -- ever. But it could also wind up being one of the best things it has ever done.
By CEO Steve Ballmer's own description it is the one of the top three major events in the company's history, grouped with IBM PCs adopting MS-DOS and the advent of Windows 95.
[ Windows 8 is here, and InfoWorld covers Microsoft's new direction, the touch interface for tablet and desktop apps, the transition from Windows 7, and more in the Windows 8 Deep Dive PDF special report. | Stay atop key Microsoft technologies in our Technology: Microsoft newsletter. ]
By that measure, if it's a flop it's huge.
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Windows 8 drives users crazy. It's a two-headed operating system that supports the traditional Windows keyboard-and-mouse interface as well as a touch-centric UI that many say is baffling, at least initially.
Then toss in a separate version of Windows 8 called Windows RT. It's a hardware/software bundle based on ARM processors that doesn't support traditional Windows x86 apps -- only so-called Windows Store applications that rely mainly on touch. Confusion reigns.
A version of the traditional desktop remains in Windows 8, but it's different enough to be uncomfortable. Users want an OS that builds on the past, not one that reinvents itself entirely. They lament the loss of the Start button and Start Menu upon which they relied.
When learning the Windows 8 touch interface they find it difficult to find and remember, say, how to turn the machine on and off, close applications, remove applications, switch among four or five apps running at the same time, find Charms, figure out what Charms are, etc., etc. It's a near-perfect storm of consternation and frustration.
Meanwhile the company's traditional PC market is being threatened by devices running Linux, Android and OS X even as sales growth of traditional PCs gets slower and slower, apparently headed for decline. That's Microsoft's bread and butter.
Compounding the problem, tablets and smartphones are gaining popularity as personal and business productivity platforms and arguably represent the main force undercutting traditional PCs. Microsoft comes in a distant third in both areas.
Windows 8 is supposed to help Microsoft make gains in these areas. But given its slow start so far and comparing it to the wild success of every version of iPad that ever launched, then Windows 8 is lining up to be a disaster.
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"I think what I love most about what I do is the excitement of getting the information first," Harris Faulkner, Emmy Award-winning Fox Report Weekend anchor, says.
Faulkner, who is also a motivational speaker, lives in Edgewater with her husband, Tony, and their kids, Bella, 6, and Danika, 3.
"I'm a news junkie, and I think Fox is number one because we're hungry, all the time, for information," she says. "We have just that big curiosity as a group, as a team and as individuals, too. My mom says that when I was a kid I would question people until they'd walk away. I was just 5 then. Imagine what it's like now! It's amazing to have all that information at our fingertips, especially at such an important time in our history, too, with the election and everything else going on in the world in general."
"Edgewater is a really special place. It's right on the Hudson. We live up the hill from the river, with great shopping options in our town.
"Our favorite thing to do is hang out on the boardwalk. We've got one kid on a bike with training wheels and another on a tricycle, and they both ride scooters. The boardwalk has that perfect flat surface, and we get to look across the river at Manhattan. It's just spectacular.
"We love Cassie's in Englewood. It's family owned, and I think they have the best grilled chicken on the planet. The food is just terrific.
"I'd like to think I was chosen on my merits. Fox is number one. They could put anyone on. Everybody wants to work at Fox. To be chosen means that I must be good at what I do. I feel blessed to work at Fox, because I know they looked my way because they believe in me and they think I'm good at what I do.
"We hang out a lot in Englewood for meals, but we also love the River Palm in Edgewater. When our parents come to visit, especially my mom, she loves to go there.
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Health Check: Healing Chronic Wounds
Posted: 08/06/2014 - If you've ever had a bad fall or cut - you know it an be painful. But your body usually heals in a couple weeks. For millions of people - that's not the case. As Serese Cole tell us is in this Health Check report - that's where the Wound Center comes in.


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Hope will return!
Why you ask?
"Because the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases"
God's love for us doesn't come to an end
when our love for Him comes to an end.
He renews us.
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Samuel Richard Binfield - April 17, 2013A son, Samuel Richard Binfield was born at 11:56 p.m. on April 17, 2013, at Saint Elizabeth Hospital in Lincoln. Samuel is the son of Mark and Elizabeth (Kliewer) Binfield of Palmyra. He weighed 9 pounds, 12 ounces and was 21.5 inches long.
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HP Notebook Computer Battery Recall
About 70,000 lithium-ion batteries used in Hewlett-Packard and Compaq notebook computers are being recalled.
The companies say the batteries can overheat and start a fire.
Two incidents have been reported.
The batteries were sold online and at computer and electronics stores nationwide between August 2007 and March 2008.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a voluntary recall of lithium-ion batteries used in tens of thousands of HP and Compaq laptop computers.
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An Illinois State Police trooper was one of four people hospitalized from a crash in the west suburbs Thursday morning.
The crash happened about 7:45 a.m. at Geneva Road and Gary Avenue in Wheaton, State Police spokeswoman Monique Bond said.
A female State Police Elgin District trooper in a squad car was involved in the crash, Bond said.
The trooper and three other people were taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, Bond said.
The cause of the crash remained under investigation as of about 2:30 p.m., and State Police had no other information on the incident.
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It's so exciting these final days before Christmas. You never know who is going to be at the door ringing your bell. Will it be UPS dropping off a package? Maybe Federal Express with a holiday gift? Possibly the U.S. Mail with something for this past Mother's or Father's Day? Sometimes it's a grumpy neighbor telling you he's tired of getting all your stuff by mistake. 'Tis the season.
This story begins about 2 p.m. last Tuesday. The UPS truck pulled up to the curb and we wondered what Brown was going to do for us. We saw the driver struggle with a huge carton the size of a big screen TV. He maneuvered it to the front porch and left it leaning against the door. I went outside to look at it.
"Who's it for?" asked Mary Ellen.
I checked the label and it was addressed to me, but sometimes that sticker is misleading. Some of our credit cards are in my name, some are in Mary Ellen's; so when a delivery is made, we are not sure who ordered it and who the gift is ultimately for. If the wrong person opens it, well, there goes the surprise on Christmas morning.
"It says it's for me," I told her, "but I have absolutely no recollection of ordering anything so big. Maybe you ordered it, Mary Ellen."
My wife thought for a moment and so began the weirdest conversation in our 34-year marriage. "Dick, I know what it is. It's that special item I mentioned two months ago that I wanted for Christmas. You said you found it in a catalog. Don't you remember? I am so excited! Thank you."
"I have absolutely no idea what it is. Can you give me a hint?"


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Luxury Ski & Winter Holidays
Chilling out in a luxury igloo
Perched high above the five-star hotels and heated debate amongst global leaders in the Swiss resort of Davos, an igloo hotel offers the chance to chill out.
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In rugged New Zealand, Robert Upe finds good food, wine and comfort at an enviable lodge.
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A cocoon for the cool crowd
The inspiration for Falls Creek's new front door came straight from the backyard, writes Sarah Maguire.
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After a hard day trekking glaciers, Guy Wilkinson enjoys a well-deserved soak.


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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation provides research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation provides research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
June 24, 2014 | Culture of Health
News and views from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
May 10, 2014 | Program Results Report
For two decades, the Investigator Awards program has built the foundations of health policy by supporting innovative projects unlikely to be funded elsewhere, by researchers in sociology, history, political science, law, and ethics, among others.
June 12, 2014 | News Release
RWJF announced that Leah McCall Devlin, DDS, MPH, will join the RWJF Board of Trustees in July.
June 9, 2014 | Story
RWJF Health Policy Fellow Richard Krugman, MD, moves from the inner circles of the U.S. Senate to national prominence as an advocate for children and then to the head of a major medical school.
June 9, 2014 | Story
Two decades after he drafted legislation on insurance cooperatives as an RWJF Health Policy Fellow in 1991–92, Robert Frank, PhD, sees his efforts come to fruition.
December 16, 2013 | Program Results Report
RWJF Physician Faculty Scholars provided 65 junior faculty with funding, protected research time, mentoring, and peer networking to enhance their ability to carry out research to improve health and health care.
February 11, 2014 | Culture of Health Post
In this blog post, RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, sums up what it means to build a culture of health.
February 6, 2014 | Journal Article
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) frequently uses its rulemaking process to establish or modify the way it regulates drugs, medical devices, and other medical products.
February 1, 2014 | Report
The AcademyHealth Listening Project's inaugural report underscores that the health policy community can be a rich source of information for health services researchers.
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Thoughts, ideas and videos from the world of movies, music, TV and everything else pop culture.
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Central Perk, coffee shop on 'Friends,' is coming to New York
There's no better way to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the series premiere of "Friends" than by sitting on Central Perk's orange couch with a hot cup of coffee in hand.
Lucky for "Friends" fans, that will soon be a possibility — free coffee included.
The gang's favorite neighborhood coffee shop is coming to Manhattan this fall, along with our favorite barista.
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Long Island this weekend: Alexa Ray Joel, Christie Brinkley and a silent auction
The Hamptons were all about giving back this weekend, with charities, silent auctions and even a celebrity ALS ice bucket challenge.
East Hampton's Guild Hall held the Celebrity Autobiography on Friday, Aug. 22. Big names like Alexa Ray Joel and Christie Brinkley participated, as well as other A-listers such as Susan Lucci and Ralph Macchio.
Also in East Hampton was an invite-only charity...Read more »
Blackberry Smoke, Sonia Leigh showcase country's expanding reach
Barbara Mandrell may have been country when country wasn't cool, but when country is cool, what else is there?
Nashville's return to New York from exile thanks to MyCountry 96.1 on Eastern Long Island and NASH 94.7 FM in Gotham has been a perfect storm. Fans pick up one station on the LIE around the time the other starts to fade, and that inundation has spread to live events.
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Long Island this weekend: Molly Sims, Martha Stewart and a polo challenge
The East End was a hot spot for celebrities this weekend, filled with fundraisers, polo and a very pink party.
The Bridgehampton Polo Club once again held the Bridgehampton Polo Challenge, where some of the world's best equestrians competed for first place. Several Real Housewives of New York made appearances at the event, including Jill Zarin, Marysol Patton and Kelly Bensimon.
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New fall TV series mine familiar territory
Even before the new fall series lineup is announced, one thing is known: to expect the expected.
TV productions are expensive, so the safest investments are usually the ones that have proven themselves in the past. As "Seinfeld" gave way to "Friends" and countless other sitcoms based around a group of singles, the tried-and-true of more recent programming returns, dressed slightly differently...Read more »
Long Island this weekend: Steve Martin, Isaac Mizrahi and celeb authors
It was a weekend filled with fashion, food trucks and folk music on the East End.
Kicking off on Friday was the Great Food Truck Derby in Bridgehampton, where gourmet food trucks served all sorts of fare. This delicious event helped to raise money for the Hayground schoolyard, providing culinary arts and training for students.
North Haven was having a wild time at the annual "Get...Read more »
Weekend review: Julianne Moore, Nate Berkus and a feast on LI
The social swirl for the month of August got under way this past weekend with fundraisers, celebrity parties and a feast that could make Italy jealous.
In Montauk, actress Julianne Moore and her husband, director Bart Freundlich were honorary co-chairs at the yearly Diamond in the Rough Gala, whose proceeds benefit the restoration and upkeep of the Montauk Playhouse Community Center....Read more »
'Ghostbusters 3' reboot may feature female-led cast with director Paul Feig
The "Ghostbusters" franchise may be getting a female-led reboot thanks to director Paul Feig, known for his women-driven comedies like "The Heat" and "Bridesmaids," according to Variety.com.
The news of a "Ghostbusters" reboot comes after Ivan Reitman, the original director of "Ghostbusters" and "Ghostbusters II," dropped out of directing "Ghostbusters 3" in March, reports Variety.
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Bill Murray joins cast of Disney's 'The Jungle Book' as Baloo
Disney announced Friday that the upcoming live-action and animated film "The Jungle Book," has found its Baloo.
Funnyman Bill Murray will fill Disney's bear necessity by voicing Mowgli's fun-loving, furry pal.
According to Variety.com, Murray joins Disney's already impressive cast, which is to include Chirstopher Walken as King Louie; Giancarlo Esposito as Akela; Ben Kingsley as...Read more »
Jon Stewart film 'Rosewater' slated for November
The host of "The Daily Show" will make his writing and directing debut with "Rosewater" on Nov. 7. The film's distributor, Open Road Films, officially announced the release date Friday.
"Rosewater" is not a documentary but a narrative feature based on Mazair Behari's memoir "Then They Came for Me." Gael Garcia Bernal will play Behari, a Canadian journalist arrested by Iranian authorities and...Read more »


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A former Seminole County high school teacher arrested twice in May on child-sex charges was arrested again Tuesday, accused of possessing child porn.
Seminole deputies arrested Scott Kimbrough, 39, on nine counts of child-pornography possession.
In May, the former Lyman High math teacher was arrested twice in three days, accused of having sex with two female students, 17 and 15 years old. He was charged with sexual assault on a minor and lewd and lascivious behavior.
Deputies seized his cell phone during that investigation. Nine files of child porn were found on it, the Sheriff's Office said.
The School Board fired Kimbrough in June, the Orlando Sentinel reported at the time.
Kimbrough was booked into the Seminole County Jail on $1,800 bond. He bonded out Tuesday night.
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Funding opportunities
Stabilization of human embryonic stem cells at higher yields and temperatures than currently possible
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Efficient preservation and banking of human embryonic stem cells (hESC) and derivatives are critical components of any plan for using these products to regenerate tissues in clinical settings. Banking hESC will provide sufficient time to derive products and/or send them to medical centers. Unfortunately, current methods for cryopreservation of hESC exposes the cells to rapid changes in water content, formation of dangerous ice crystals, exposure to chemicals that prevent ice crystals but are themselves soewhat toxic, and significant shifts in temperature. The result is that production of human embryonic hESC is inefficient, hampered by poor recovery due to cell death, loss of self-renewal capability, and changes in gene expression that indicate the nature of the cells has altered during cell processing. Some researchers have explored vitrification, (the transformation from a liquid into a highly immobile, noncrystalline, amorphous solid state, known as the ìglass stateî) as a method of preservation, whih has been promising; however, it has not been possible to adapt vitrification methods to produce large enough batches of hESC to keep up with increased culture and propagation methods. . There is great need to formulate effective methods, adaptable to manufacturing large stable batches of viable hESC for long-term preservation, This proposal addresses two types of technology development solicited by CIRM 1) creation and design of novel tools and technologies and 2) optimization, scale up and application of an existing tool or technology for which there is proof of concept. In this project, we will apply our novel patent-pending technology, [REDACTED] process to stem cell preservation. [REDACTED] dries sensitive biological material by vaporization (simultaneous sublimation, boiling, and evaporation) from a slush state several degrees below 0∞C. The [REDACTED] technology provides gentle, cost-effective and efficient industrial scale stabilization of sensitive biologicals, thereby allowing production of sensitive biological products not possible by existing methods of manuacture. For this project we will use [REDACTED] for dehydration and subsequent vitrification of five human stem cell lines. Our preliminary data indicates that utilizing the combination of [REDACTED] before vitrification and utilizing preservation solutions of low molecular weight polyols can produce effective hESC. Our approach for formulation of less toxic vitrification solutions has been used with high success to preserve drosophila fly embryos in liquid nitrogen with about 80% of the embryos hatching nto viable flies after preservation. Through the use of the novel [REDACTED] technology and subsequent vitrification utilizing low molecular weight polyols in the preservation solutions, we should be able to optimize the current inefficient vitrification process to produce quantities of viable hESC in keeping with current manufacturing requirements.
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Human embryonic stem cells (hESC) offer great promise in the development of medical treatments for a wide range of conditions. These include damage to the brain, spinal cord, skeletal muscles and the heart. Treatments that have been proposed follow either physical trauma (e.g. spinal cord injuries), degenerative conditions (e.g. Parkinson's disease), or even genetic diseases (in combination with gene therapy). Yet further treatments using hESC could potentially be developed thanks to their ability to repair extensive tissue damage. Though much success and potential has been demonstrated from research using adult stem cells, many are of the opinion that the differentiation potential of embryonic stem cells has greater usefulness. For example, embryonic stem cells are considered more useful for nervous system therapies because researchers have not been able to identify and isolate neural progenitors from adult tissues. Though there are not yet any ongoing therapies or even clinical trials for hESC, research toward efficient manufacture and preservation of these potentially valuable tools in the arsenal against disease is extremely important for successful research and product development of human tissue regeneration interventions. Improvements in hESC preservation methodology will facilitate banking and safety/efficacy testing for the wide range of diseases for which hESC therapy may be applicable. Potential applications of stem cell intervention are coronary heart disease, diabetes, stroke and head/spinal cord injuries. The number of Californians who die from these disease each year are: coronary heart disease (52,000), diabetes (27,000) stroke (16,000). Hospitalization rates for nonfatal head injury is 25,000 and spinal cord 1400, both of which could potentially be mitigated by hESC intervention. Through the "Preservation by Vitrification" preservation methods are being targeted toward hESC, methodologies could be developed that are applicable to preservation of adult stem cells. Besides research toward life-saving interventions, establishment of hESC efficient manufacture and preservation methods through a California company is likely to provide economic stimulus as the value of this technology is realized. In total, the impact of this research is far-reaching with respect to potential for individual lives saved, range of medical conditions alleviated, and the state's economic health.
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This application proposes to optimize and standardize cryoprotective tools and protocols for scalable long-term storage of hESC lines compatible with current manufacturing requirements. To achieve these ends, the Principal Investigator (PI) proposes to test a variety of conditions and parameters for improving the process of vitrification and enabling its use at larger scale. The best protocols and conditions will be selected for biological validation using several different hESC lines. The reviewers were enthusiastic about the proposed technology but were uncertain of its feasibility. The proposal was poorly written and difficult to understand. Moreover, the proposed goals and timelines appeared to be unrealistic. Finally, while there were strengths in the research design, the applicants did not provide sufficient detail about the methods to enable assessment of feasibility. The reviewers felt that if successful, the proposed technology would be valuable to the field regenerative medicine and would positively impact diagnostics, therapy development, and basic stem cell research. Current methods for cryopreservation are far from ideal and are particularly ill-suited for use at large scale. The proposed technology could provide key improvements that are critical for clinical translation and commercialization of hESC research. The reviewers commented favorably on the well chosen, pertinent list of variables to be tested. Additional strengths included the proposed use of multiple cell lines for validation, and the evident consideration for GMP compliance. However, the reviewers' enthusiasm was substantially diminished by the PI's omission of key details that were necessary to assess the validity of the methods. In addition, they considered several of the indicated timelines and goals to be unrealistic. Finally, the inclusion of preliminary data from drosophila rather than hESCs was disappointing and did not raise the reviewers' confidence in the overall feasibility of this effort. The reviewers considered the applicants well qualified to conduct the described research. The PI has an excellent, proven track record with cryoprotection deliverables and has assembled a team with the appropriate expertise. However, absence of a letter of collaboration or support from a key hESC expert listed as a consultant on the project was noted. The proposed budget was not controversial, but some reviewers indicated that it might be somewhat higher than expected. One reviewer suggested that the equipment cost could be lowered if it were possible to eliminate the state of the art cell surface phenotype analyzer and use a standard model. Overall, while the proposed technology could be of great value to the field of stem cell science, the applicants failed to convince the reviewers of its overall feasibility.


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Pocketmedia Film Festival: Whats Your Neighborhood?
Create a short film, win a prize.
Call for art.
What does it mean to you to be part of the neighborhood?
Part of Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo County, your block,
your digital space, your intentional living community, your
flash mob? What are the voices in your community? Where are
your tribes, spaces and places? We are asking for stories
about your neighborhood, however you define it.
Can you tell the story in two minutes or less? The Cuesta
Book of the Year Pocketmedia Film Festival is a phone and
lo-res digital video showcase for the Cuesta and San Luis
Obispo county community (students, faculty, staff, alumni,
and community members). It is your chance to show in a
creative, artistic, or funny way the stories that make your
community what it is.
So, how does it work? Shoot your engaging, exciting story
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Back to the 70s: NYC's odd-even gas rationing rules are giving me flashbacks of my childhood during Carter/Florio years in NJ.—
Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) November 08, 2012
Odd-Even Numbers to go into effect tomorrow for NYC/Long Island for first time in close to 30yrs. In effect for all non-commercial vehicles—
Devin J. Mattera (@DEVIN88MATTERA) November 08, 2012
Last week, New Jersey governor Chris Christie implemented an odd-even gas rationing system in response to concern about gasoline availability in the wake of Hurricane Sandy:
Starting at noon today we've implemented an odd-even system for gas purchases in 12 counties. There is no restriction for gas cans. #Sandy—
Governor Christie (@GovChristie) November 03, 2012
But the situation there seems to have improved, and the rule may be lifted in the coming days.
The odd-even system is still in effect but I am confident I'll be able to reevaluate it by this weekend.—
Governor Christie (@GovChristie) November 08, 2012
Meanwhile, Suffolk and Nassau counties are set to institute rationing of their own, beginning tomorrow morning at 5 a.m.:
Under the system, drivers with license plates ending in an even number, including zero, will be able to purchase fuel only on even-numbered days on the calendar. Drivers with license plate numbers that end in an odd number will be able to purchase fuel only on odd-numbered days. License plates such as vanity plates that do not display numbers will be considered odd-numbered plates.
"This temporary fuel policy will ease the challenges residents of the bi-county region are experiencing in the aftermath of the storm," said County Executive Steven Bellone. "Our citizens travel between Nassau and Suffolk without regard to county borders and it only makes sense that we adopt a regional solution. I thank my counterpart Nassau County Executive Mangano for working with me to adopt this policy."
Mangano said Thursday that "until reliable increased supply is established there are going to be odd-even requirements.
In Suffolk County, out-of-state drivers will be subject to the rules as well.
And New York City will follow suit starting at 6 a.m.:
"This is not a step that we take lightly," [Mayor Bloomberg] said, "but given the shortage that we will face for the next few weeks and the growing frustrations of New Yorkers, we believe it is the right step."
"We'll keep it in for a while," he said. "You know, if you think about it, it's no great imposition once you get used to it.
"We have to do something," the mayor added, "and this is something that is practical and enforceable and understandable, and doing something is much better than doing nothing."
Plenty of people would beg to differ. The Twitterverse is less than thrilled at the prospect of a return to seventies-style gas rationing:
Because of the gas shortage on Long Island due to Sandy, our gas will be rationed on certain days starting tomorrow o_O newsday.com/long-island/of…—
Amanda Olivieri (@xamandaolivieri) November 08, 2012
This gas shortage is no joke, we're going to have odd-even days starting tomorrow :X—
OhhAnah!✌ (@JarOfHopex3) November 08, 2012
Oh boy. RT @BloombergNews: BREAKING: New York City imposes odd-even license plate system for gas rationing—
(@vbspurs) November 08, 2012
And now, rationing. RT @jaredbkeller: BREAKING: New York City imposes odd-even license plate system for gas rationing – @BloombergNews—
Melissa Clouthier (@MelissaTweets) November 08, 2012
Good thing I just filled up bc this odd even shit is gunna be just another headache in my life.—
Kaitlyn Fitzgerald (@kaiifitz) November 08, 2012
Long Island is finally implementing odd/even gas rationing… at the point where I think it will do more harm than good honestly.—
Michael Graziano (@voretaq7) November 08, 2012
Odd/even gas rationing on Long Island? Now I have to check my plate before I get gas.—
Aly Ciccone (@allliygator) November 08, 2012
I can't believe we're going to have to follow the odd/even plate rule to pump gas. #sucks—
Nicole Ramirez (@Nikky312) November 08, 2012
Perfect! Dust off your bikes! "Bloomberg Imposes Odd-Even Gas Rationing nyti.ms/YT1lrK"—
Rachel Miller (@rachelrmiller) November 08, 2012
Odd-even gas rationing. One more reason I'm glad I don't live in NY. have one odd car &one even. Do we have to wear those ugly 70s clothes 2—
Val (@valmitt1) November 08, 2012
Nassau and Suffolk county is now rationing gas odd/even days ….arghhhh this is crazy—
Shameika Bowman (@Yurfacemycanvas) November 08, 2012
Of course, some crafty folks might find a way around the restrictions:
Tonight, Wise Guys throughout New York's boroughs, are making licence plates with alternating odd/even numbers. #Fuhgeddaboudit—
Declan Ganley (@declanganley) November 08, 2012
When we had odd/even gas rationing in '73 a friend bought an out-of-state plate at a junkyard and got gas whenever he wanted. #protip—
Rick Moore (@RickMoore) November 08, 2012
But it's worth noting that those found to be in violation of the rules could face up to three months in jail. Lovely.
This is America. I have a dream where men with odd numbered plates, and even numbered plates, can get gasoline together on the same day.—
Lou Figurito (@ItsLouDawg) November 08, 2012
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An Evergreen High School
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Officials say they think
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to school, he must have realized he had the gun, and tried to hide it under the
car seat. Someone saw him doing that, though, and the Fulton County Sheriff's
Office was called to investigate.
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"We live in an
agricultural community, and kids do go hunting," said Superintendent Jim Wyse. "That's
part of the culture. But at the same time, our students know not to bring guns
to school. They can't have them anywhere on the campus, and it's a very serious
offense and we do need to take the appropriate action."
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Assassin's Creed III Liberation excels at providing series staples, but falls flat on execution
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
- Vita
The first thing you do in Assassin's Creed III Liberation is try to catch a chicken. You play as Aveline, a young woman of mixed French and African heritage in colonial New Orleans who occupies a place of wealth and status thanks to her wealthy merchant father, Philippe de Grandpre. Aveline will make a big mark on New Orleans as the historical Louisiana Rebellion develops, meet many important and powerful people, but spoiler alert: she never catches that chicken.
Assassin's Creed III Liberation has everything you'd expect from an Assassin's Creed game, but it just doesn't feel up to snuff. Maybe we've gotten too used to the high quality of Assassin's Creed on console, but the game feels like it can't live up to expectations, keeping it just beyond the reach of true enjoyment.
Vita la revolution
The PlayStation Vita serves as an excellent vehicle for Liberation, with its bright screen, processing power, and dual touchscreens. City streets are surprisingly busy and bustling, with many characters onscreen at one time. This may almost be a minus for the Vita, as games tend to hit a kind of portable uncanny valley: They look better than most portable games, but that only serves to highlight the sections that don't match console standards. The framerate tends to dip noticeably any time you're down in the thick of New Orleans, and combat is slow and imprecise. When you're watching Aveline execute a combo that should be badass and inspiring, it often feels like watching bad fight choreography.
The controls map well to the Vita, since they closely mirror what you'd find on a PlayStation 3 controller, and the new features help round out the game play. You can wear disguises now – the Lady, the Slave, the Assassin – each with their own abilities and separate notoriety meters. Theoretically, you'll switch between these frequently. In reality, it's likely you'll only do so when forced to by the game. The Lady is particularly useless, as she can charm guards but not climb anything. You don't appreciate how smoothly Assassins have been moving through the city until you're forced to stick to the streets.
There are fun new features though, including the new pick-pocket mechanic. You pick-pocket by targeting your mark, moving in close, and swiping down on the Vita's rear touchpad. It feels natural and smooth, like you're really a professional thief, rifling through a victim's purse.
You can also pinch-zoom on the map, and many times during the story the Vita's unique features get used in one way or another. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. I thought it was neat to open a letter by "pinching" the top of the Vita on both the front and rear touchpads while steering a carriage proved frustrating. You must use the left stick to steer, and front touchscreen to speed up and slow down.
The game otherwise plays as you expect, with the usual Assassin's Creed features: viewpoints for synchronization, haybales to hide in, crowds in which to lose yourself, buildings to free-run on, and side-missions to undertake. There's even asynchronous multiplayer, but it's literally a game of tapping on nodes to play tug of war. It's as dull as it sounds, with no actual combat.
The new girl on the block
While the story becomes more interesting as it goes along, exploring the moral gray area of the Templars vs. Assassins conflict at the heart of the Assassin's Creed games – something Assassin's Creed III also does very well – it still feels toothless.
Aveline is a mixed-race woman living in a time of slavery. Her mother was a placée, a freed slave not legally recognized as a wife. That's a fascinating concept many people don't know about, but it's barely touched on. Aveline's father's position and wealth shields her from many of the repercussions she would otherwise have for simply existing, and the game doesn't seem ready to go there. The conversation about people owning people is drowned out by the conversation about the Templars owning free will. There was the possibility for a much larger conversation about our racial past, but the game largely shies away from it.
The game goes from 0 to 100 in the first hour or so of the plot, bringing in characters left and right while never giving them proper context or introduction. Aveline's father is introduced as a merchant first and her father second. There are ways to handle that sort of reveal, but here it's too clumsy. This sort of storytelling may have worked in Assassin's Creed III, but the team behind the Vita game may not have been up to the task. Even Aveline herself begins as a mystery; she gets separated from her mother while chasing the aforementioned chicken, and a town guard knocks her out. She wakes up an adult, wearing slave garb, in the middle of a street fight. For all we know, she might as well have been in a coma, or kidnapped and sold into slavery. Either option would have had more impact than the time simply disappearing, only to be lightly discussed in an in-game biography.
Assassin's Creed III does a much better job at turning its characters into people who seem real and, while it may seem unfair to judge the two games against each other, that's the price you pay with two releases in the same series this close together. We still have the taste of this game's larger sibling on our tongues. The Vita shouldn't provide games that are good for a portable release, it should provide good games.
It becomes difficult to sort through, though the voice-acting – Aveline's especially – is well-done. The writing is also at the quality it should be, and once a proper arc and game-long objective is set in front of Aveline it's a fun and exciting ride overall.
Assassin's Creed III Liberation is a fine enough portable version of a console franchise, but both Sony and gamers were likely hoping for more. The technical and design mistakes are forgivable, but the letdown is still palpable. The Vita needed a system-seller, and Liberation is merely a passable game in a popular franchise.


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Chart 7: Taiwan and worldwide LCD TV shipments, 2009-2013 (k units)
Notebook shipment results improve after 7 consecutive quarters of decline, says DisplaySearch
IT + CE | 13min ago
Perfect Optronics cooperation with Potevio reportedly to pave way for Foxconn marketing in China
IT + CE | 26min ago
Delta Electronics to showcase DLP video wall at Integrate 2014
IT + CE | 51min ago
China TV vendors extending promotion abroad
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Taiwan July unemployment rate at 4.02%, says DGBAS
Bits + chips | 1h 6min ago
China may raise LED tariffs to 10%
LED | 1h 14min ago
Taiwan solar cell makers see rebound in orders from China
Green energy | 1h 17min ago
Digitimes Research: GTAT estimated to supply up to 1.35-2.25 million 5.5-inch iPhone sapphire covers in 2014
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China market: 2-tier motherboard vendors hiking prices
IT + CE | 1h 49min ago
Scientech to ramp wet-process semiconductor equipment
Bits + chips | Aug 21, 22:03
Digitimes Research: Entry-level smartphone may help Amazon extend e-commerce reach
Mobile + telecom | Aug 21, 22:01
Jeng Shiang sees profit margin drop nearly 13% on year in 2Q14
Displays | Aug 21, 20:59
Taiwan market: Taiwan Star Cellular to kick off 4G operations
Before Going to Press | Aug 21, 20:58
Intel, CHT ink cooperation
Before Going to Press | Aug 21, 20:46
TSMT expected to see NT$30 million increase in monthly profit due to delisting subsidiary RMIH
Before Going to Press | Aug 21, 20:45
TSMC 2H14 foundry capacity booked up mostly for new iPhone chips
Before Going to Press | Aug 21, 20:09
TDUA expects Taiwan makers to bump up OLED display development
Before Going to Press | Aug 21, 19:50
Chip makers prepare 100 million units of production capacity for new iPhone
Before Going to Press | Aug 21, 19:46
Foxconn sets up rental electric car joint venture in China
Before Going to Press | Aug 21, 19:42
Supply chains for Apple are ramping up production for iPhone 6
Before Going to Press | Aug 21, 19:40
Japan smartphone market: Competition stiff due to high barriers, says HTC executive
Before Going to Press | Aug 21, 19:38
Digitimes Research: Demand for low-cost smartphones growing in Southeast Asia
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China smartphone market and industry – 2Q 2014
CHINA SMARTPHONE | Aug 12, 17:41
A delay in the launch schedule for low-cost 4G smartphones resulted in a mere 4.8% increase in second quarter shipments in the China market. However, with telecom operators planning on increasing their subsidies in the second half of the year, demand will be...
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels – 2Q 2014
TAIWAN FPD | Aug 6, 21:18
Taiwan makers' small- to medium-size panel shipments reached 351.4 million units in the second quarter of 2014, up 16.8% sequentially but down 2.8% on year.
Global tablet market – 2Q 2014
GLOBAL TABLET | Aug 1, 18:12
According to Digitimes Research, global shipment of tablets reached 55 million units in the second quarter of 2014, down 4.5% from the previous quarter and up 17.9% year over year.
Analysis of China's revised domestic semiconductor industry goals
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Facing a funding shortage for local IC manufacturers, the China State Council in June 2014 published guidelines to strengthen government support for China's semiconductor industry, while stating the short-, mid-, and long-term goals for the related industry supply...
The transition to 4k TV - UHD TV market forecast, 2014-2017
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Ultra HD TV vendors are facing challenges due to an overall slowdown in the TV industry and are concerned whether relative supply chains can provide compatible Ultra HD content and services. However, trends show that content makers as well as panel and chip makers...
GTAT estimated to supply up to 1.35-2.25 million 5.5-inch iPhone sapphire covers in 2014
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Entry-level smartphone may help Amazon extend e-commerce reach
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Taiwan LCD monitor shipments grow in 2Q14
RESEARCH EXTRAS | Aug 20, 22:08
Top-6 Taiwan LCD driver IC companies post revenue gains in 2Q14
RESEARCH EXTRAS | Aug 20, 10:55
Revenues of top-3 Taiwan foundry houses to leap 13% on quarter in 3Q14
RESEARCH EXTRAS | Aug 20, 10:37
Japan household appliance makers rolling out HEMS compatible products
RESEARCH EXTRAS | Aug 18, 15:44
July LED bulb prices grow in China market
RESEARCH EXTRAS | Aug 18, 11:02
Tablet market facing growing pains in 2014
GLOBAL TABLET | Aug 15, 15:34
Taiwan makers to ship 134.7 million large-size panels in 2H14
RESEARCH EXTRAS | Aug 15, 14:21
Singapore tops ASEAN countries in LTE subscriptions
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Foxconn stands chance of winning Mexico government LCD TV procurement orders
RESEARCH EXTRAS | Aug 13, 19:34
South Korea 2Q14 memory production value hits record
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White-box vendors ship 22.3 million tablets in 2Q14
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iPhone ASP falls in 2Q14
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Sapphire demand to reach over 108 million mm in 2015
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