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Years ago, a black-and-blue thumb was the mark of all carpenters; now it's the sign of someone who installs framing connectors. But soon it may be extinct altogether, thanks to Simpson's Strong-Drive SD Screw for Structural Connectors. These 1/4-inch hex-drive galvanized screws are manufactured in two shank sizes: SD9 and SD10. According to Simpson, the SD9 is stronger than a 10d common nail, while the SD10 is stronger than a 16d common nail. Both sizes come in 1 1/2-inch and 2 1/2-inch lengths. A 100-count box of 1 1"2-inch SD10 screws costs about $12. Simpson Strong-Tie Co., 800/999-5099, strongtie.com.
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NOAA's Fisheries Service has outlined new measures to prevent overfishing and rebuild the number of sandbar and other shark species. The public may comment on the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) until May 19.
The measures in the FEIS include revised quotas and a ban on cutting fins off before landing a shark. A final rule is expected to be published in June and implemented 30 days later.
The number of sandbar sharks are between 20 and 38 percent of the population in the early 20th century before fishing began on sharks.
Recent stock assessments indicate that sandbar, porbeagle, and dusky sharks are severely overfished and therefore drastic measures need to be taken to begin rebuilding. It has been illegal to catch dusky sharks since 2000, but these sharks are taken incidentally when fishermen seek other species.
Sandbar sharks are one of the most valuable shark species caught commercially in the Atlantic Ocean. They make up the majority of the current commercial shark landings and are prized for their fins, which are the main ingredient in dishes such as shark fin soup.
"Sandbar sharks, like other sharks, mature late, grow slowly and produce few young, making them particularly vulnerable to fishing pressure," said Jim Balsiger, acting assistant administrator for NOAA's Fisheries Service. "This outlines strong measures to stop overfishing on sandbar and other coastal sharks to allow these species to rebuild."
The final environmental impact statement issued this week isolates the management of the sandbar shark from other species managed in the large coastal shark complex. The FEIS will cut the sandbar shark quota from 1,017 metric tons to 87.9 metric tons, an 85 percent reduction, per year from 2008 to 2012 and cuts the quota for porbeagle sharks.
NOAA is also modifying the list of shark species that recreational fishermen can retain. These measures will have an impact on current shark fisheries, but are necessary to rebuild the various stocks.
In addition, all fishing for sandbar sharks will take place as part of a research fishery with approximately 10 commercial fishing vessels participating per year. The sandbar research will be designed to gain more information on shark life history, techniques to reduce bycatch, and to ensure sufficient data for future stock assessments. The final environmental impact statement would still allow fishing for other large coastal sharks with reduced limits on numbers of sharks taken per trip consistent with recent stock assessments.
Another important measure in the final environmental impact statement would require that all sharks be landed at the dock with their fins still naturally attached. This regulation is designed to improve enforcement against shark finning, where fishermen remove the highly valuable fins from sharks at sea and discard the rest of the shark overboard. The regulation would also assist with identification of the species and improve species-specific data collection for future stock assessments.
The commercial quota for porbeagle sharks, another depleted species, will be reduced from 92 metric tons a year to 1.7 metric tons per year. Recreational anglers would also be allowed to land porbeagle sharks, and porbeagle sharks could be landed in tournaments.
The final environmental impact statement contains other regulations designed to prevent overfishing of several shark species and can be found at the Highly Migratory Species Management Division's Web site, http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/. A final rule is expected to be published in June.
Any comments on the FEIS may be submitted to:
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Comments can also be e-mailed to email@example.com (please include in subject line the following identifier: Amendment 2 FEIS), or faxed to 301-713-1917.


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The Power of Divine Eros
The Illuminating Force of Love in Everyday LifeWhat do passion and desire have to do with spirituality? Conventional wisdom cautions that they are pitfalls on the path, imprisoning us in the worldly illusions of the ego. And for most people, that is exactly what happens. But just the opposite may be possible. By becoming open to the energy, aliveness, spontaneity, and zest of erotic love, we can liberate ourselves from self-centeredness and embrace the fullness of our… Read More
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Giving Our Best
A Retreat with Pema Chodron on Practicing the Way of the BodhisattvaCompassion is a skill. You can learn it here and now, and the benefits are vast. In this recorded retreat, Pema Chödrön shows you how—using a text that is very close to her heart: the Buddhist classic known as The Way of the Bodhisattva. Here she focuses on its primary subject, the enlightened heart and mind (bodhichitta), showing us how this awakened state, which often seems infinitely far out of… Read More
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Mindful Eating
A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with FoodThere have been many fad diets over the years, but few have put us in touch with the real root of our cravings. There's nothing bad about being hungry. We all need to eat. But often, through the many distractions of life, we develop unconscious habits that alienate us from the basic enjoyment of food—and leave us feeling empty, no matter how much we eat. Dr. Jan Bays here presents… Read More
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How to Be an Adult in Relationships
The Five Keys to Mindful Loving"Most people think of love as a feeling," says David Richo, "but love is not so much a feeling as a way of being present." Drawing on the Buddhist concept of mindfulness, Richo offers a fresh perspective on love and relationships that focuses not on finding an ideal mate but on becoming a more loving and realistic person. Here, he explores five hallmarks of mindful loving and how they play… Read More
No Time to Lose
A Timely Guide to the Way of the BodhisattvaThe great Buddhist classic known as The Way of the Bodhisattva has long been treasured as an indispensable guide to enlightened living. Written in the eighth century by the scholar and saint Shantideva, it has inspired many of the Mahayana tradition's greatest teachers—and despite its antiquity, it remains a remarkable source of insight on the means by which we may heal ourselves and our troubled world. Among its most… Read More
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Embracing the Shadow
Discovering the Hidden Riches in Our RelationshipsOur "shadow" side comes to the surface in relationships more than anywhere else. The good news is that when we recognize and understand that we can work with our tendency to project our shadow onto those with whom we're in relationship, we can release ourselves from the habit to hurt or control one another, and we can tame our retaliatory impulses. Using Buddhist-inspired mindfulness techniques and practices for cultivating… Read More
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A Retreat with Pema Chodron on Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and ChangeWe live in difficult times. Life sometimes seems like a roiling and turbulent river threatening to drown us. Why, in the face of that, shouldn't we cling for safety to the certainty of the shore—to our comfortably familiar patterns and habits? Because, Pema Chödrön teaches, that kind of fear-based clinging leads only to even greater suffering. In this recorded retreat, based on the program Living Beautifully with Uncertainty… Read More
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Smile at Fear
A Retreat with Pema Chodron on Discovering Your Radiant Self-ConfidenceWe all have fears, but when we look closely at them, we discover that behind each fear resides a basic fear of ourselves. We're afraid to look at our habitual styles of thinking and behaving because we might not always like what we see. Ironically it is this fear of honest self-reflection that keeps us trapped in patterns of stress and discontentment. Here is a vision for moving beyond… Read More
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You Are Here
Discovering the Magic of the Present MomentIn our daily lives we are often lost in thought—we lose ourselves in our plans, in our anger, in our worries. Here, Thich Nhat Hanh presents Buddhist techniques we can use to cut through the mental busyness and anxiety of daily life in order to discover the clear happiness that comes from living in the present moment. Based on a retreat that Thich Nhat Hanh led for Westerners, this… Read More
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An In-Depth Guide to the Yoga of Breath (includes 7 CDs)For thousands of years yoga practitioners have tapped into the power of pranayama, a method of focused breathing to rejuvenate the body and mind, and to bring about spiritual transformation. Here Richard Rosen presents an in-depth program on pranayama designed for beginners as well as for those with an existing practice who are looking to build upon their experience and refine their technique. On 7 CDs, he offers easy-to-follow, guided… Read More
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|Our view
Hospital here leads again
Ministry Eagle River Memorial Hospital is leading the charge for a sustainable rural health care model once again, this time with an innovative pilot program that allows nurse practitioners to admit and care for eligible hospital patients.
Recently approved by the Wisconsin Department of Health and Human Services, the waiver means these advanced practice nurse prescribers (APNP) can become certified to act as a nonphysician hospitalist for a select group of patients.
After six to 12 months of additional training, they will be equipped to manage the bulk of patient admissions in 15 disease categories, triage patients to the appropriate level of care, provide care using evidence-based order sets and to use telemedicine.
Until Ministry Eagle River Memorial Hospital applied for the waiver, there was no provision to allow nurse practitioners to be the attending provider in a hospital. State law requires a physician, dentist or podiatrist to admit patients.
In a nutshell, the pilot program uses Marshfield Clinic TeleHealth to connect the APNP hospitalist in Eagle River to the hospitalist at Ministry Saint Mary's in Rhinelander. Though the two are 23 miles apart, the high-resolution cameras and equipment allow the hospitalist in Rhinelander to connect with the nurse practitioner and patient in Eagle River.
This innovative idea comes from the first rural hospital in Wisconsin to implement a "Critical Care Access" program, insuring cost-based reimbursement from Medicare. Just as the previous designation helped insure the financial viability of Ministry Eagle River Memorial Hospital and other rural hospitals, the newest waiver could become a sustainable solution for ensuring long-term access to inpatient care in rural communities.
It is the first time in state history that a nurse practitioner has been supported by a physician hospitalist. The leadership at Ministry Health Care was instrumental in getting the waiver approved.
Wolf hunt quota too low
The 2013 wolf harvest quota of 275 animals is only high enough if the state's six Chippewa tribes don't claim half of the quota in the ceded territory, which would lower the quota by 115 wolves for a net quota of 160.
When you take into account that last year's harvest of 117 wolves by gun and trap served only to keep wolf numbers in check, a harvest of 160 this year would do little to ease the severe wolf overpopulation that prompted a public harvest season.
There are a minimum of 809 to 834 wolves in the state, including 215 packs and 15 lone wolves. That is virtually identical to the year before the first public hunt and more than double the management goal of 350 wolves outside of Indian reservations.
While we don't blame the Department of Natural Resources for being conservative, this quota is ridiculous and will provide little relief from wolf depredation and overpopulation.
Behind the editorial 'we'
Members of the Vilas County News-Review editorial board include Publisher Kurt Krueger, Editor Gary Ridderbusch and Assistant Editor Anthony Drew.
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Dorf Ketal to Buy DuPont Business
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According to the Associated Press, global specialty chemical company Dorf Ketal Chemical said that it had acquired the specialty catalysts business of DuPont Chemicals and Flouroproducts. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal will give Dorf, based in India, a bigger footprint in products and commodities such as oil and gas, paints and coatings and inks. The company also has facilities in Texas. DuPont will continue to make products for Dorf Ketal for a year while Dorf Ketal builds a new plant.


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Gas prices in Connecticut rose seven cents in the past week and now average $3.95 per gallon, according to price tracking website Connecticut Gas Prices. The national average is $3.67.
The price per gallon has been steadily rising after hitting a low of $3.60 in early July. The highest price this year was in April at approxmiately $4.15 per gallon.
Patrick DeHaan, an analyst at GasBuddy.com, blamed the price rise on refinery problems in the Great Lakes and California.
"While these situations are temporary in nature, it goes to show this nations dependence on domestic refineries," DeHaan said. "While oil prices have gained in recent days, there is some light at the end of the tunnel for motorists: driving season will be over in less than a month and soon thereafter the EPA also relaxes gasoline mandates, meaning cheaper winter fuel."
To find the cheapest gas prices in the area, check the Bethwood Patch commute section.


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The latest stable release of Apache Cassandra is 2.0.10 (released on 2014-08-25). If you're just starting out, download this one.Apache provides binary tarballs and Debian packages:
The current major version of the Cassandra Query Language is CQL version 3. The CQL3 documentation for the current version of Cassandra (2.0) is available here. The documentation for CQL3 in Cassandra 1.2 is here.
New users to Cassandra should be sure to check out the Getting Started guide.
The latest development release is 2.1.0-rc6 (released on 2014-08-19).
Previous stable branches of Cassandra continue to see periodic maintenance for some time after a new major release is made. The lastest release on the 1.2 branch is 1.2.18 (released on 2014-07-03).
The lastest release on the 1.1 branch is 1.1.12 (released on 2013-05-27).
Older (unsupported) versions of Cassandra are archived here.
The Cassandra source code is available to download:
git clone http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra.git
Bleeding edge development snapshots of Cassandra are available from Jenkins continuous integration: trunk and 2.0.
Potential contributors should look over the wiki, in particular HowToContribute.


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NEW YORK — A rusted 5-foot-tall piece of landing gear believed to be from one of the hijacked planes destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks has been discovered near the World Trade Center wedged between a luxury apartment building and a mosque site that once prompted virulent national debate about Islam and free speech.
The twisted metal part, jammed in an 18-inch-wide sliver of open space between the buildings, has cables and levers on it and is about 17 inches wide and 4 feet long, New York Police Department Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Friday.
"It's a manifestation of a horrific terrorist act a block and a half away from where we stand," he said. "So, sure, it brings back terrible memories to anyone who was here or who was involved in that event."
Kelly edged down the narrow passageway to look at the object Friday evening, noting there is also a piece of rope intertwined with the part in what looks like a broken pulley that may have come down from the roof of the site of the planned Islamic community center, at 51 Park Place.
The piece of equipment was discovered Wednesday by surveyors inspecting the lower Manhattan site of a planned Islamic community center on behalf of the building's owner, police said.
An inspector was on the roof and noticed the debris and then called 911. Police secured the scene, documenting it with photos.
It includes a clearly visible Boeing Co. identification number, New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said.
"The odds of this being wedged between there is amazing," Browne said, adding it was not surprising that it went undiscovered for more than a decade given the location. "It had to have fallen just the right way to make it into that space."


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And in other news, Even Microsoft says stop using IE6
It's not often that we encourage you to stop using one of our products, but for #IE6, we'll make an exception: http://bit.ly/g0wt4m—
(@Microsoft) March 04, 2011
According to W3 Schools, XP users make up 42.9% of the browsing public, but won't be able to upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer, IE9. You'll need Vista or Windows7 to do that. Thankfully, other browsers continue to fill the browser wars gap. (Chrome 10 if you were wondering…)
Windows7 and Vista users will soon discover that IE9 will be a part of their future, like it or not.
On a humorous note (I hope), "Save IE6!"


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|DYH hosting annual Golf Scramble
|Saturday, July 20, 2013 12:10 AM
The fifth annual DYH Golf Scramble (best ball) has been scheduled for Aug. 18 at the Delphos County Club.
It is slated for a 1 p.m. shotgun start, with registration at noon.
The price of $60 per player/$240 per team includes green fees, cart, meal, a $10 Goldsmith discount card, two drink tickets and a free golf club certificate (for members, $40 per player/$160 per team).
There will be a Hole-in-One contest on all par-3 holes (a grand prize of $5,000); closest-to-the-pin ($50); Skins; 50/50 drawing; and other contests.
Entry forms can be picked up at the DCC or Pat's Donuts and Kreme in Delphos.
Any questions, contact Jeff Stockwell (419-236-1150) or Greg Gossman (419-905-9967).


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By Michelle Miller
Cooperstown Crier
The Milford Central School District has started an after-school program for middle school students who need extra help in math and English language arts.
CLEAR, which stands for Career, Learning, Enrichment and Academic Readiness, is a volunteer program where students can take part in just one section (math or ELA) or both. There are 35 students in fifth through eighth grade who participate, according to program coordinator Dara Rhodes. She said 30 of those students are in both the math and ELA enrichment classes. Those who do not come to both offerings are really strong in the other subject, she said.
The goal, according to Rhodes, is to improve academic achievement and to encourage positive social behavior. She said students were selected by their teachers and then parents were contacted to see whether they would like their children in the program.
"It is completely voluntary, which concerned me at first," Rhodes said. "I thought without some sort of contract, students and parents might not take it as serious. I was worried about attendance, but that has not been an issue so far."
Each section meets two times a week for an hour. The program is staffed with two ELA teachers, two math instructors and a teacher's aide who offers assistance in both sections.
"There is a great teacher-to-student ratio and our main focus is to have students work on projects they would not necessarily have time for in their regular classes," Rhodes said.
The program was made possible through a renewable three-year grant. The hope is to be able to reapply for the grant once it runs out and to find other funding opportunities to continue the program, according to Rhodes. She said the plan is to offer a summer program as well.
The district found a need for the academic enrichment program because scheduling conflicts have reduced availability for in-school assistance, and summer school funding was cut in 2011, Rhodes said.
MCS Principal Michael Miller said the program is going terrific so far.
"The kids are very interested in it and seem enthusiastic," he said.
Rhodes said students' work will be kept in folders and assessed on a regular basis.
"We want to be able to go back and look at what each student has done and see if they are making progress," she said.
Another goal of the program, according to Rhodes, is to increase parent involvement.
"My first objective is to create learning experiences, which take the form of Family Learning Nights," Rhodes said. "CROP and CLEAR worked together in December to host the first one. It was a positive experience with 17 CLEAR families and 15 CROP families coming in to share in the math, science and ELA activities."
In collaboration with the district's Kindness Revolution, the program will begin free family movie nights.
"Mr. Miller and I thought Family Movie Night would be a nice, inexpensive way to bring more parents to the school. While these Movie Nights will only be vaguely educational, they will offer a positive experience for all involved," Rhodes said.
The movie "Wall-e" will be shown at 6:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at MCS this Friday. All are welcome to attend, and although admission is free donations for charity are encouraged. Before the showing, Rhodes said,an 11th-grade student will present in an effort to encourage the audience to donate to the relevant charity. All movies shown will highlight some theme and cause to be connected to a relevant charity, she said.
Rhodes said an adult will be present to supervise if children are left unaccompanied for the showing.


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Strikingly original in its conception, ambitious in scope, with characters engrossingly and vividly drawn, the first book in R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing series creates a remarkable world from whole cloth - its language and classes of people, its cities, religions, mysteries, taboos, and rituals - the kind of all-embracing universe Tolkien and Herbert created unforgettably in the epic fantasies The Lord of the Rings and Dune.
It's a world scarred by an apocalyptic past, evoking a time both 2,000 years past and 2,000 years into the future, as untold thousands gather for a crusade. Among them, two men and two women are ensnared by a mysterious traveler, Anasûrimbor Kellhus - part warrior, part philosopher, part sorcerous, charismatic presence - from lands long thought dead. The Darkness That Comes Before is a history of this great holy war, and like all histories, the survivors write its conclusion.
©2003 R. Scott Bakker (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
"Finally in audiobook!"
I have been waiting and waiting for this to finally come out in audiobook. And just in time for summer! Great writing - a bit overwrought, but in a good way - like a blend of MAR Barker and HP Lovecraft and Gene Wolfe.
I got these in book form on a lark when they came out and have gotten most of my family and friends to try it out. In that same spirit, I am writing a review so that someone out there will also give it a try and like it.
If you like Joe Abercrombie, Brent Weeks, or any of the new school reflective fantasy (as in fantasy more reflective of our real world - its what I call it anyway), I suggest you give it a try.
Lots of Characters and intricate language, do yourself a favor and find the printed book's character list and lexicon appendixes online somewhere as a companion to the audio version.
"Rough start, solid overall."
David DeVries voice drove me absolutely nuts when I listened for the first fifteen minutes. I gave it a chance because I thought it could shape up to be an excellent story.
I'm glad I gave it a shot because the story and narrator quickly evolved into something great. The story is interesting and mysterious and most of the characters are really well done. The first half of the book is a lot of world building and character introductions, while the last half really gets into the meat of the plot and builds the premise of what is to come.
Right after I hit submit on this review I will be purchasing book 2.
"A very strange series"
I believe that I would listen to the entire series again, yes. It is very deep and complex, and at some times even confusing. I pride myself as an attentive listener of audiobooks, I don't jsut put them on and then tune them out, and at times I had a little trouble following along. However, this is in no way a refutation of the book or the series. They are both wonderfully written and performed.
I'd have to say that I liked the depth of all the characters the best. Baker does an amazing job at characterization. Each and every one of them is complex, conflicted and unique.
While I didn't laugh out loud or cry while listening to The Darkness That Comes Gefore, I did have a strong reaction to the entire series. The main character, demands one from the reader. Love him or hate him, you will feel something towards him.
"I never write reviews but I loved this"
This is a fully realized world. Great conflicts. Original characters.
Dark dark magicians.
I drive long distances and tend to listen in long blocks. I could easily listen for 6+ hrs
Lifetime reader, starting with the Boxcar Children through Harry Dresden and Mistborn
"Confusing at first but worth the wait"
I think that the written version would be better for the first time encountering the series because the names, places, magics, and history can get confusing.
The build up to the holy war and the frustration I felt when Akka encountered the first Consult agent. I wanted to shake him.
Inflection and understanding
I would have loved to do so.
"Enjoying listening to a book I've read many times"
Enthralling, brutality, artistry
I personally love the moments when you gain insight into Kellhus' background and training
He has some flimsy accents, and sometimes the same character's accent will change. I found myself laughing a lot at his inability to keep track of those details, granted, there are a lot of characters.
Can't leave spoilers! I found the whole book quite moving.
I have read this book print three times. I'm almost finished listening to the audio version. I highly recommend reading this book in print. You can take your time with it and absorb things. I am really enjoying the audio, but I think it helps that I know the story already.
"Great and brutal fantasy."
I love this series so far. However, It is not for the feint of heart. It is brutal. Awesome though.
"Absolutely amazing, second read"
Unique epic fantasy.
Nearly everything about the novel is memorable. There are some characters that fascinate me more than others, but even the ones I am less interested in remain gripping. The intellectual, moral, philosophical and political complexity of the story is amazing. I read it 5 years ago, read the whole series, in fact, and came back to this now. And it is still amazing.
I don't normally read epic fantasy, so am not accustomed to this many characters and wondered if the vast creativity and the suspense would translate into audio. DeVries' capacity to do a dozen different accents, and another half-dozen tones of voice, made this a really good audio book. That is not to say there are not a lot of complex names and geographies to keep in your head as you listen, but Bakker is writing to an intelligent audience.
Just loved it (again). And just bought the second in this series.
"Good audio book, but good story? maybe."
The story has an expansive epic feel.
I found the secondary characters far more engaging than the main protagonist.
Nicely paced engaging audio reading. I did not find I was rewinding continually because I had lost the thread.
The strong religious, and moral absolutism of the characters meant that none of them appeared to develop much, as such I found my self rooting for unusual secondary characters. There is also a strong sense of homophobia in the cultures of characters which made me uncomfortable. This was not like the casual Game of thrones style sexism and homophobia, which in my opinion added to the believability of the environment, but seamed to be a moral statement by the author.
Altogether this is quite a good epic yarn about the people great and smalls, take and experience on events greater than all of them. If you are more into personal relationships with the characters development, rather than a more traditional Ragnarök style story of heroes and events, I would not recommend it. I am hoping book 2 and 3 offer more in that vain.
Maybe. When I really like a series, I'll listen multiple times to catch all the nuances. Once I hear the rest of the series, I'll know more.
Haven't decided yet.
"Awful Narrator"
I agree whole heartedly with the previous reviewer. Get a narrator like Steven pacey to tell this story. The current reader is terrible and unsually for me, i gave up listening after about two hours and put the radio on. Ive often found the narrator can bring a book to life while this one simply detroys it. One stars all round, but in all honesty I might be doing the author an injustice because of the poor reader. Sort it audible and ill try the book again!
Listen to it yourself and you will understand why. A little emotion, different accents/voices. Too stiff, too wooden. I've heard computer generated voices with more fluency.
"Good read!! Bad Narrator!!"
Please, Please, PLEASE.... get Steven Pacey to record this!! For whatever reason... the reader/storyteller just doesn't get it. I have had SO much trouble listening because his reading, voices and timing are just plain OFF.
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I'm pretty excited for this. I liked canada songs a lot, and hell songs was interesting to say the least.
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this is gonna be so bad ass. i loved canada songs, and hell songs was pretty sweet.
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ur right. canada does rule.
These dudes bring the noise
Not really details this is it? More a detail; the release date..
Looking forwards to it. Even including ATSS the whole catalogue of this band is perhaps half an hour of music :P
hell freakin yeah. its about time too
heaven songs?
i just hope its a little longer this time...
guess theyre gonna release America Songs now.
aka worse than canada songs
but canada songs was awesome. as was hell songs.
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Hell Songs was amazing! Canada songs was more like typical grindcore but it was still good, hopefully this new album should be awesome.
Awesome when I submitted this about 2 weeks ago, it wasn't pushed through.
I doubt it will happen but I'd love to hear him do screaming along with the "clean" vocals.
guess theyre gonna release America Songs now.
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I've been told a few times that you need a central subject, or a point to your images, yet I see quite a few here and elsewhere landscapes that don't seem to have one per se.
I have an image that falls into that category, but I would like the discussion to be more about the question, than my image so I'm not going to post it.
What are your thoughts on subjects in a land or seascape ?
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Probably 80% of the photos here have a focal point/emphasis, where the design leads the viewer toward a subject that becomes at least slightly dominant, if not obviously the focus of attention. Many, if not most also follow the rule of thirds and have that focal point near one of the four corners of this imaginary grid, and horizons a third of the way up or down a frame.
Generally, rules are there for a reason and it helps the composition of the piece of art. In my painting classes, I teach that you need to know the "rules", the fundamentals, of art and design, but I remind them that (especially in art) rules are meant to be broken, and some truly special and unique creations can happen when an artist is successful with experimenting with rules.
The abstract expressionist painters of the 40's and 50's were exploring the rules of design without subject matter, and Jackson Pollock for one, had no one focal point but a total immersion of texture and color.
That being said, most art that is created by breaking rules, or ignoring funamentals isn't very good and it's safer (not a bad thing) to create that recognizably beautiful image. But when that one in a hundred (a thousand) experimental pieces of art is successful, it can be an amazing and ground breaking experience.
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Kelly said it well. It just really depends on the image and it's subject matter. I've seen many an image that didn't have a definitive single subject (an Ansel Adams shot of a grove of Aspens comes immediately to mind).
When I'm in one of those situations where I 'see' something, but can't quite put my finger on it, I'll shoot as many different compositions as I can in the scene and hope some clarity comes to me when I get it home in the pc. I could see your question being one suited to that approach.
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I always try and have a feature in my photographs, something that is the subject rather than 'everything'.
Saying that I've just published this which has got a lot of positive comments and theres no feature at all..
Facing the easterly
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Composition is such a vast subject. The example above by Rob is a great example of what may be considered minimalistic. My eye goes straight to the middle of the horizon (the main focal point, but not a definitive subject), the movement around that center point creates a feeling of everything speeding away, its the entire scene that captures you. Beyond that, the colors, textures, contrast, tones, all create the mood and atmosphere. Everything works together. You need the right combination of these things to make it work effectively. Different combinations of colors, tones, textures, shapes can all make or break an image. I am no expert, but that's my take on how an image with no definitive subject is made successfully.
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kellyakinsart wrote
That being said, most art that is created by breaking rules, or ignoring funamentals isn't very good...
The supposed "rules" are often useful for conducting autopsies, but virtually useless for giving birth.
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Dan, you're funny...
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The term "subject" causes a lot of confusion, probably because people often assume that a subject is what the photo is 'about', which is not always the case. A subject is also not necessarily a distinct, separate element. I prefer to think of it instead as an 'apex' or 'home base' for the eye, a point of visual resolution. It's the area of an image where the eye wants to land between explorations of the frame. Without one, a photo tends to look unresolved, and the viewer quickly loses interest. In the seascape that Rob posted, there is such an area to 'land', which Ben pointed out. Some landscapes have a more clearly delineated apex (for lack of a better word), such as a lone tree in a field, an isolated waterfall, or a sun twinkling at the edge of an arch, but the main point of interest could also be a part of a larger element: the snowcapped peak of a mountain that is the tallest in a long range of peaks, an area of an expansive plain picked out by a shaft of sunlight, etc.
The basic goal is to give the photo a sense of hierarchy. Many compelling landscape scenes have multiple points of interest, but they usually work best if they don't all compete with each other; if one of them clearly trumps the others, then the photo is likely to hold together pretty well.
As for rules: Every rule/guideline is based on avoiding particular problems, so you need to understand the reasoning behind one before 'breaking' it--if the photo will not suffer from that problem, then you can get away with breaking the rule. For example, if the strength of a photo lies in a remarkable all-over pattern (a sort of '
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' effect), then it may work without any 'apex' to pin it down at any particular point. Another example would be the placement of a strong line across the center of an image: this 'rule' exists because such lines tend to bifurcate the scene, making it look like two separate images juxtaposed, and the eye will tend to ping-pong uncomfortably between them. Conversely, if there is something to tie the two realms together--common colors, a reflection, a strong vertical element that extends over the line and 'stitches' the two halves together, etc.--then the placement of the line will matter a lot less.
I have to admit that I really enjoy this particular topic and have just plagiarized myself by cutting and pasting bits from replies I've written over the years to the same question on other forums.
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Scott Kelby's "The Grid" episode this week did blind critiques with landscape and travel photographer, Colby Brown. This is the link for anyone interested.
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Nicely said. Apex is a good term, subject isnt quite accurate or applicable enough at times.
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It is not about "following" rules of composition, but about being aware of the effects of compositional choices. There is no "wrong" compositional framework, though there are situations in which one or another may be more effective at portraying a particular sense or emotion in the image. For example, just considering horizons
- bisecting the scene can, in some cases, create a sort of stability and sense of calm. In others it can evoke a kind of "two worlds in one" quality when the two halves of the scene include quite different material.
- placing the horizon very close to the bottom of the frame - and some excellent examples leave barely more than a ribbon of below-the-horizon material - can strengthen the effect of monumental space above or can focus on the nature of the sky itself.
- placing the horizon very close to the top of the frame can amplify the density or massiveness of the "foreground" subjects and perhaps the way they recede, depending upon the lens used, and can also evoke a sense that there is something much larger and almost unseen well beyond the main subject area.
In wildlife photography, using birds as an example, almost not choice is "wrong" but virtually any choice has an effect.
- placing birds low in the frame can, again, evoke the feeling of the open space of sky above.
- placing them high in the frame can suggest that they are higher in the sky - an unconscious sense that they are so high that the camera's frame could barely contain them.
- placing them so that they are entering the frame takes the traditional approach of suggesting motion into the space of the frame.
- placing them so that they are exiting the frame can suggest movement so fast that the camera can barely keep up and that the appearance of the animals is ephemeral.
Similar things are true with photographs of people.
- a straight-on centered frontal photograph of a face can create a kind of direct intimacy.
- a face looking out of the frame might suggest that we are looking in on a person who is not seeing us, either because they aren't aware of us or because they don't care about us.
The same sort of thing holds true for almost any other compositional element. By making choices about how to place things within the frame we make choices about how the image affects those who view it.
This is part of why I compared attention to composition to autopsy. By looking at effective photographs and trying to understand why and how they work, we "tune up" out own visual sense. In actual practice we rarely (almost never, actually) consciously apply these "rules" as we shoot (as in "I'll place that rock 1/3 in from the right and 1/3 up from the bottom so that it hits a rule of thirds hot spot!"), but instead operate on the basis of trained and practiced intuition. (E.g. - "that looks right!")
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07-12-2014 07:25:38 | More by psychita
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10-15-2012 16:12:21 | More by alva7172
4/5 rDev +8.1%
Big 750 ml bottle from the brewery poured into my perfect pint. No freshness date on the bottle, but nothing to worry about here.
Appearance: A gorgeous clear lightish amber with a white cap that came from two fingers of foamy head that settled slowly and left irregular lacing.
Smell: Malt with a caramel influence. Also a touch of apples and yeast? (a lager?)
Taste: A solid rich malty caramel beery goodness. My usual ales will have a run for their money from this beer, so much good flavor.
Mouthfeel: Medium to thick smooth mouthfeel, additionally middling carbonation to lift the malty richness.
Overall: A really good, if expensive ($6) example of an Oktoberfestbier. Does not stand out from other Oktoberfest biers I have had recently, with days between the tastings.
10-11-2012 01:21:52 | More by kagent777
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01-14-2012 07:23:57 | More by pittsburghkid66
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16.9oz brown bottle, no freshness date.
LOOK: Clear and tawny with an ample sized head.
SMELL: Fresh bread, browned apple, spicy hop, clean.
TASTE: Big malt backbone, slightly creamy, bready, toasted crackers, floral, spicy, herbal, dired grass, kiss of alcohol.
A very tasty Oktoberfestbier, extremely clean and hits all the right buttons. This is one of the styles that you have to remind yourself that this is it, a amberish lager than is malt forward and still very drinkable. This is where Squatters lands with this one, perhaps so malty that it could be confused for a bock.
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1.18/5 rDev -68.1%
Thanks(I think) to hopdog...
Appears a copper toned amber with an off white head that fades into a mild cap. Scattered bits of lacing.
Smell is of buttered caramel corn and not in a good way. Sour notes. Meh...not digging it.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied, tart, and wrong...just wrong.
12-04-2009 01:22:46 | More by weeare138
4.18/5 rDev +13%
Special thanks goes out to Wasatch for this AWESOME extra in a recent trade. 18oz special edition, very cool looking bottle.
A: Dirty orange brown/copper color, much like an old penny with a cream colored cap, great head retention, pretty fair lacing, nice color. Fairly cloudy. Nice looking beer.
S: Big time caramel malt profile, huge malts here, has some brown sugar, and molasses smells as well. Smells very tasty and right on for the style. Big time malt bomb.
T: Once again caramel malt sweetness, tastes almost exactly like chewing on a caramel, slightly molasses, brown sugar, tastes almost exactly like it smells, only more delicious. Has a few chocolatey notes as well. Very tasty.
M: Fairly thin, light carbonation, dry, and smooth. Awesome.
D: Goes down entirely too easily. I understand this is a special reserve beer, but I could easily see this as my fall session beer. Excellent flavors, goes down very easy, and just all around tasty.
Thanks for an awesome beer John!
09-29-2009 00:18:53 | More by pokesbeerdude
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very traditioanl taste...
appearance: Looked liek a normal marzen. slight head and loaded carbonatin liek a lager should bee
smell: slight caramel
taste: balanced beer with a slight sweetness on the front end. macro flavor junk on the back
mouthfeel: light bodied
drinkability: overall a normal but nothing fantastic marzen
09-23-2009 22:58:29 | More by CampusCrew
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Reviewed: 26 Oct 2010
16.9 oz. Bottle
2010 Brewmaster Special Reserve Edition
Pours a very nice clean/clear golden dark color, nice carbonation, nice little one-finger plus creamy off-white head, with some sticky lacing left behind. The nose is malty, sweet, very slight spice, and caramel. The taste is malty, sweet, a nice little spice note, and a very nice touch of caramel. Medium body. Drinkable, this is a pretty tasty brew, hit's the spot, recommended.
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Pours a very nice clean/clean golden amber/dark orange color, nice carbonation, nice little one-finger creamy off-white head, with some sticky lacing left behind. The nose is malty, sweet, very slight spice, and caramel. The taste is malty, sweet, a nice little spice note, and a very nice touch of caramel. Medium body. Drinkable, this is a pretty tasty brew, hit's the spot, recommended.
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The Darius Rucker live concert was a night of music and fun.
Two of the performers are up and coming singers from Mississippi. We caught up with them to ask about their careers and what it's like to be on stage in their hometown.
Standing on the stage in front of the CSpire building in front of thousands of fans is like a homecoming for Liz Davis. The Madison native has completed her stint on the NBC show "The Voice" and is out on her own.
"It's the first time that I've performed a show here since "The Voice". So, to see everybody come out and support and also for the Darius show, which was a huge honor to even be asked. It's the coolest first show," Davis said.
Davis isn't happy unless she's performing. Now, she's traveling the country getting her name and voice out to fans from the show and in the country music industry.
"When you go from a reality show that's catered to you and your needs and then when it's finished you're on your own. So, it's up to you to keep up the momentum," Davis added.
She's based in Nashville, but says her roots in the Magnolia State help her writing. And home is where Davis believes her career will launch.
"Booking a whole bunch of shows that happen to be in Mississippi, but that's where I want to start because this is where I'm from. And if I can get Mississippi behind me and be that support system that I need that's all that's gonna make me happy," Davis explained.
More than 4,000 people also watched Meridian native Cheryl LuQuire.
She'll have an EP out on iTunes this month, is working on a video series, and her song writing.
"Back in Mississippi is like coming home. So, it's the comfort of knowing these are my people. There's always a lot of love and a lot of pride when you come back to your home state, and everybody is so full of support," LuQuire said.
The concert is the first CSpire has managed.
The company started in Mississippi and wanted to give back to the community that has supported it for 25 years.
"We also wanted to match up some other artists and picking a couple of Mississippi based artists was really important. We've got a couple that have had some success living in Nashville now, but bring them back home and let them perform for the hometown," said Jim Richmond, CSpirre VP for Corporate Communications.
In addition to Rucker, Davis, and LuQuire, Russell Dickerson and the Swon Brothers also performed. The Swon Brothers were contestants on NBC's "The Voice" last season.
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*Dehumidifier Recall*
Select Kenmore dehumidifiers are being recalled, over an overheating, and fire risk!
This recall involves 35-, 50- and 70-pint dehumidifiers with a Kenmore® logo on the front top of the unit, manufactured between 2003 and 2005.
The dehumidifiers are made of white plastic and are between 53 centimetres (21 inches) and 61 centimetres (24 inches) tall, about 38 centimetres (15 inches) wide and about 34 centimetres (13.5 inches) in depth. They have fan and humidity controls on their top front panels and some models include remote controls. They come with front-loading water buckets.
The model number can be found on the right side of the interior of the unit once the bucket has been removed. Recalled units have the following model numbers:
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The dehumidifiers can overheat, smoke, melt and catch on fire, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers.
The affected products have been recalled in the United States and are certified to Canadian Standards by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA), which means they can potentially be available in Canada as well.
In the United States, Sears and LG Electronics have received 107 reports of incidents. No injuries or damage has been reported in Canada.
Health Canada has not received any reports of incidents or injuries related to the use of these dehumidifiers.
Corrective Action
Consumers should immediately turn off and unplug the dehumidifiers. Consumers in the US may contact the Recall Fulfillment Center to receive a Sears gift card for either $75, $80, $90 or $100, which may be used at any US Sears or Kmart store or at Sears.com or Kmart.com. The gift card amount will depend on the capacity and year of the dehumidifier. In lieu of a gift card, consumers may request a check for the refund amount. All consumers in the US with recalled units will also receive a $25 coupon that may be used at US Sears Department Stores or Sears.com toward the purchase of a new Kenmore dehumidifier.
For more information, consumers in the US may contact the US Recall Fulfillment Center toll-free at 1-855-400-4641 between 8 AM and 7 PM CT Monday through Friday and between 8 AM and 2 PM CT Saturday, or visit www.Kenmoredehumidifierrecall.com.
Consumers may also view the recall notice on the Electrical Safety Authority's website.
Number Sold
There were no affected dehumidifiers distributed in Canada by the company. However, as the units are approved for sale in Canada, there may be some present in the Canadian market through other channels.
Approximately 795,000 dehumidifiers were sold in the United States.
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This was our 5th cruise but the first from Southampton. Follow sign to dock, the gate 10. On entering you have to stop at gatehouse. The guy directed us to the ship where we offloaded luggage and rest of family before travelling about a mile to car park area and then a shuttle bus back to ship.
Embarkation was quick and we were on for 11.30. Our rooms were ready and our luggage arrived within a couple of hours.
We had 2 inside cabins 8133 and 8137 which were fine for the 4 of us.
The ship is the smallest we have been on with the lido (buffet rest. and pools) on the 11th floor.
Being Last week of July 1st week of August the ship was packed with 1500 passengers 800 from the UK. On sea days the pools were very busy and if sunny the deckchairs are soon reserved with towels.
The ship was clean and pleasant, however, the sports bar is smoking. We were allocated the larger La Caravella restaurant, 6.15 sitting, and was well looked after by our waiter Budiatra. Lunch and breakfast was also served here on a non allocated table basis. The food was 6 course Mediterranean fare with some steak,chicken and pasta dishes also available every day. We enjoyed the food but it was not to everyone's uk palette!There were 3 gala nights where the majority wore black tie,suits and cocktail dresses.
The buffet cafe on top deck was extremely busy at times and space a premium.
If you use the gym it is quite small with queues for the 4 running machines.
Entertainment was ok but not really to our taste.
We took the allegrissimo drinks package and this was great value as most drinks are around 7 euros. The service charge was 6 euros per adult and 3 children per day.
We went DIY at all ports and I have included tips on each one.
Overall not as grand as Divina or Splendida but we enjoyed our cruise with MSC. We are a laid back family and our expectations are realistic.


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Very light on your feet with firm hold, more stability…
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Very light on your feet with firm hold, more stability for your heel than for the forefoot. But they are very comfortable.
- Lightweight
- Feel secure
- Front strap a little thin and long
But I think overall you have to be made to use the sandal, not the other way around. You can't wear them everywhere like in a Mexican outing. They have nasty thorns that could easily puncture the shoe.
Feels great to wear though.
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Invisible Shoes (now renamed Xero Shoes) are ultralight sandals based on the Tarahumara Indians' huaraches, made famous in the best-seller "Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen." I've explored Copper Canyon where the Tarahumara live, and used the original sandals for years. The Invisible Shoes are much lighter and the nylon laces are more comfortable than the leather laces used in the original. I'm a guide in Copper Canyon, and the soles stand up just fine to the wicked sharp, loose rocks and extreme terrain there. The laces needed some Shoe Goo to protect them where they wrap around the soles.
- Ultralight, ultralow center of gravity
- Great ability to feel what's underfoot
- Inexpensive, very durable
- They donate 10% of profits to Tarahumara Childrens Hospital Fund (TCHF) to support the indigenous people of Copper Canyon.
- The laces are vulnerable to rocks, etc. where they wrap around the sole.
Invisible shoes are almost just a thin slab of very tough rubber compound with 3 holes for the laces. You can choose the 4mm or 6mm thickness. I have the 6, and recommend it in the rugged country I love. The 4 would be fine for dirt trails, bike riding, or for people with very tough feet. They do have tread and a textured foot side.
Sandals mostly eliminate blisters, which are caused by heat. You can't find a cooler "shoe." It takes a little while to get used to the laces between your big and 2nd toes, but for most people it's not a problem. Perhaps a bit of "body glide" there would help some people.
Don't expect ankle support, warmth or much protection from rocks, thorns, etc. They're sandals! But it's not barefoot either — which I also do.
I thought perhaps the laces should be a greater diameter to stand up to rocks, etc., but now realize that would increase the wear on them where they wrap around the soles and go through the holes. So, I carry a tiny tube of Shoo Goo which I use every few days on those vulnerable points when in very rough terrain. But for most everyday use, there would be no need for this. Around Boulder I only need the shoe goo every 6 months or so. The laces are easy to replace and cheap. You can use anything of the right diameter. The website shows many practical and decorative ways to lace them
You feel EVERYTHING through the thin soles, so these are for people with strong feet — or moderate terrain.
They say that a pound on your feet tires you like 5 pounds on your back. Ever wonder why?
Consider: when you're walking, for part of each step your foot is on the ground, going 0 MPH. Then it has to speed up to about double your walking speed to step forward, then it's on the ground at 0 MPH again. So the constant acceleration and deceleration takes more energy the heavier your footgear is- the more "swing weight" on your feet. Invisible Shoes only weigh about 4 oz each, so there's almost no gear lighter — and most very light footgear is VERY fragile compared to these slabs of rubber. These are guaranteed for 5,000 miles, and I bet for a 140 pound person like me they'll last much longer.
The company donates 10% of profits to the Tarahumara Childrens Hospital Fund (TCHF) to support the Tarahumara (who actually call themselves Raramuri) people of Copper Canyon, who are beset with the drug war (which has reduced tourism 80%) and drought.
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We'll custom-make your Invisible Shoes barefoot sandals with either our 4mm Connect or 6mm Contact outsoles. You simply get us a tracing of your foot (we'll tell you how after you order) and we'll do the rest.
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Clinton police said they are investigating an accident after a pedestrian was hit by a train Thursday morning.
Clinton Public Safety Director Robin Morse said a man was walking in the middle of the tracks when he was hit before 7:30 a.m. near the intersection of Broad Street and U.S. 76.
Morse said the man was airlifted to the hospital in Greenville but did not have any other information about his condition. He said the man was conscious when he was found and taken to the hospital.
The victim is a local and has a cup of coffee by the tracks every morning, but was seen walking along them for the first time Thursday, Morse said.
He said the CSX train honked the horn several times and was going less than 25 mph when it hit the man.
The train had departed and the scene cleared by 9:30 a.m., according to FOX Carolina crews.
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The absence of a punishing complementary back for Darren McFadden has left a noticeable void on the Raiders.
They allowed the player who had served in that role for them during the majority of the past four seasons, Michael Bush, to depart in free agency in the offseason and the team is feeling the absence of a player in the mold of Bush as much as it ever has this season with McFadden and backup RB Mike Goodson unlikely to play in Week 10 after they both suffered high ankle sprains in Week Nine.
The club believes issues with its 31st-ranked rushing offense extend beyond the personnel at running back (the team's zone-blocking scheme has recently been tinkered with to allow for more power-gap blocking), but our sources still expect the team to make addressing the void at running back a priority after the season. The Raiders did show interest in Cedric Benson and were connected to him for months when he was a free agent in the offseason, but the Raiders were not at all crushed when Benson decided to sign with the Packers in August.
However, McFadden, whose durability remains a concern, is on pace to set a career high in rushing attempts and a career low in yards per carry heading into Week 10. The team has not had enough confidence in any other back to give him significant opportunities to provide the spark that McFadden has failed to for much of the season. After McFadden (139 carries), no other Oakland back has more than 17 rushing attempts (Goodson).
With McFadden and Goodson, who is in the final year of his contract, ailing, the runners the team is likely to be counting on to carry the load vs. the Ravens on Sunday — RB Taiwan Jones and FB Marcel Reece — have only one carry apiece this season.


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Spotlight On Coastal Cuisine: "Escape to Paradise" at Jack Mackerel's Island Grill
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Jack Mackerel's Island Grill is located at 113 K. Avenue in the heart of Kure Beach just steps from the pier.
Jack Mackerel's Island Grill is one of Pleasure Island's favorite dining options that specializes in authentic island style seafood flavors and delicious fare that appeals to everyone's taste. "At Jack Mackerel's Restaurant, you'll find all your favorites; seafood, chicken, steak and Lobster dinners inspired by the flavorful and colorful ingredients of the Islands. We specialize in delicious Caribbean inspired dishes as well as locally influenced meals for the whole family." Start off dinner with an appetizer like their famous Crab Dip or Crispy Calamari. If seafood isn't your thing then try the "Calypso Wings" with your favorite sauce or the delicious "Road Town Hummus Platter" which is "fresh made with marinated, roasted peppers, kalamata olives, seared pineapple, pepperoncinis and grilled pita bread." When it comes to the main course there is no shortage of great choices. They have all of your favorite traditional seafood fried or broiled, and their own special creations like the Rasta Reef Grouper "jerk seared and finished with a honey mango glaze," , landlubbers will drool over their selection of steaks which include a sizzling 8oz filet, a peppercorn grilled sirloin, an out of this world herb and garlic ribeye. You will also find great chicken, pork and pasta dishes.
Join Jack Mackerel's for lunch and find that they have put their culinary talents to use, offering a menu that boasts items which will make your mouth water as much if not more than the dinner menu, and all for great prices! The lunch menu is highlighted by extraordinary sandwiches, quesadillas, burgers, wraps and seafood plates. Take a break from the busyness of your work day and escape to an Island Paradise at Jack Mackerel's for lunch! Pair your favorite lunch or dinner selection with the perfect wine, beer or drink from their outstanding selection. They also have a kid's menu tailored especially for their "littlest Island visitors!" "Our team at Jack Mackerels Restaurant work hard to provide outstanding customer service in a true island setting. This unique tropical style-dining venue makes Jack Mackerel's Restaurant a favorite among Pleasure Island locals and visitors. This coupled with our large variety of items on our menu, you will be sure that everyone in your party will find the perfect meal."
If you are searching for the perfect place to hold your next party, function or get together than look no further than Jack Mackerel's Island Grill. With room to accommodate even large parties, Jack Mackerel's is happy to serve as the host location for your next event. Your guests will love the deliciousness of the food and the exceptional quality of service by their gracious staff. Reserve your spot today and work with Jack Mackerel's superb chefs to come up with the perfect menu which will delight your guests.
Jack Mackerel's Island Grill is located at 113 K. Avenue in the heart of Kure Beach just steps from the pier. Enjoy delicious food while taking pleasure in the comfortable island atmosphere indoors or the beautiful unparalleled view of downtown Kure Beach and the Atlantic Ocean from their rooftop deck. Jack Mackerel's Restaurant is open daily starting at 11:00 am and features a full bar with all ABC permits, some of the best tropical inspired drinks on the Island and 10 wide screen TV's throughout the bar so you can keep up with all of your favorite sports while you dine.
If you would like to find out more about Jack Mackerel's Island Grill and their daily specials please give them a call at (910) 458-7668. You can also find out more about Jack Mackerel's Island Grill and receive the latest updates by following them on Facebook!