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Have you ever been stuck at a red light and it felt like it was just ignoring you? Well if your commute involves 26th Street in Sioux Falls, your stoplight wait could be getting shorter. A new computer system is changing the way the city fights traffic.
It's like something out of science fiction. Rather than taking over the world, Robots are taking over Sioux Falls streets. It's computers helping commuters. It's no secret, 26th Street can be quite the log jam.
Heath Zeigler: It's a busy road! JI: Bumper-to-bumper?HZ: Oh yeah, at times!
But the congestion could be getting some relief thanks to a few eyes in the sky. "They can see how many cars are waiting and how long they have been waiting so they adjust the green time for each movement based on that." Said Reggie Chandra, the CEO of Rhythm Engineering.
These cameras are a part of the city's new adaptive traffic control system. Essentially, the traffic lights change based on the demand, not a preset pattern"Well it's like having a traffic engineer at every intersection moving as much traffic through the corridor as possible." Said Mark Cotter, public works director for Sioux Falls.The last time Sioux Falls put in cameras at an intersection was at 10th Street and Minnesota Avenue to catch people running red lights. The new system is different as there is no running recording and it is designed to keep traffic flowing not catch a few lawbreakers. in fact, the cameras are so effective they actually help curb people from breaking the law. "There was no one there on the red, to run the red! If you give people ample green and you're moving people through, you are reducing driver frustration, therefore you see 30% reduction in vehicle crashes and people are not going to be as frustrated." Said Chandra.
The 26th Street corridor already has several traffic challenges with the interstate connection, a railroad crossing and two school zones. This new system will help traffic move seamlessly and hopefully result in a shorter commute for Sioux Falls travelers. "I'm sure it's going to be a lot better than what it is now!" Said Zeigler. If the system performs like it should other busy streets like Minnesota Avenue and 41st Street could also get cameras. But what happens if a fog rolls in and these cameras can't see the cars? The computer actually 'remembers' and goes back into it's memory to see what the traffic pattern was for that exact time. Say for example fog rolls in at 10pm on Thursday night, the computer will look back through the past Thursday nights at 10pm and develop a pattern based on those results. Once the fog lifts, it's back to counting cars.


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Help needed Thursdays from 3-5pm during the school year tutoring/ assisting elementary school students (primarily Latino) with homework, reading and studying for tests. This is a great opportunity for Education or ESL students to get experience working one-on-one or in small groups.
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Stunning Frank Lloyd Wright-Style Adobe, Central Foothills in Tucson
- bedrooms 4
- baths 4
- sleeps 7
- pool yes
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed no
- type House
- community Catalina Foothills
- rates (USD) $ 4,000 - $ 7,000 / month
vacation rental description
Imagine yourself in this spectacular Frank Lloyd Wright-style home,
nestled in the open desert in the Central Catalina Foothills.
Breath-taking views of the mountains are available from virtually
every room. A sunken living room with huge windows offers comfortable
furnishings for groups, and the brand-new dining room easily
accommodates 12 people. The separate guest house/casita offers
extra privacy for the occupants.
The entire house is constructed of burnt adobe brick, which offers a
rustic warmth and charm blended with all the modern conveniences. The
adobe maintains a comfortable interior temperature in all seasons.
Surrounded by palm trees, this "Sanctuary in the Desert" has the
feeling of staying in your very own private resort.
The Kitchen has been renovated in 2010, with brand new stainless steel appliances and a large island that provides seating. It is fully stocked for gourmet cooking: All-Clad pots and pans, food processor, blender, waffle iron, pasta pot, spices and seasonings, all utensils, etc.
Extensive covered ramadas and patios--all executed in the style of
Frank Lloyd Wright--surround the house and Casita, offering
opportunity for outside entertaining, viewing the gorgeous desert
sunsets, watching the birds, and communing with the desert. The ramadas have been newly furnished with modern all-weather wicker for comfort and versatility.
The backyard features a pathway through private cactus and succulent specimen garden located on over an acre of open desert.
The pool and spa face the mountain, and the walled-in sun deck offers
ultimate privacy.
Four spacious bedrooms sleep 8 comfortably:
Master BR #1 in the main house has a King size bed, but the mattresses
can be pulled apart to sleep 2 separately.
Master BR #2 in the main house features a Queen size bed.
Guest Room/Den in the main house has a Single size sleeper sofa with a
foam mattress topper.
The separate Guest House/Casita has a King size Tempur-pedic mattress.
All 4 open and spacious Bathrooms offer showers, 2 with tubs.
The central location of the house, near Campbell Avenue and Skyline
Drive, makes access to upscale La Encantada Shopping Center and all of
the City of Tucson very convenient. Quality restaurants are literally
minutes away in every direction. AJ's supermarket, Trader Joes, and
Safeway are within minutes, also. Hiking trails can be reached in
minutes by car. The Tucson International Airport is 30 minutes away
by car. Phoenix and Sky Harbor Airport are 100 miles/90 minutes by car.
house rental amenities
This "Sanctuary in the Desert" has all the amenities one would expect in
a quality dwelling:
Phone, alarm system, 4 Fireplaces--one outside!, 3-zone Central Air
Conditioning, 3-zone Central Heat, direcTV and Wireless Internet,
Stereo, 4 Televisions--3 HD flatscreen, Fax machine, Full Kitchen w/Dishwasher,
Convection and Regular Ovens, Microwave, Coffeemaker, Toaster, Citrus
Juicer, Dishes and Silverware for large groups, Fine Linens for all
beds, Towel sets for all bathrooms, 8 Pool Towels, 2 Washing Machines,
2 Dryers, Hair dryers, 2 irons + ironing board, Garage space for one car, Kenmore 4-burner stainless steel propane grill, 2 adult bicycles.
And don't forget the mountain views--and Tucson's gorgeous desert
climate and year-round sunshine!
(Please email for photos of additional bedrooms and bathrooms, if
activities and attractions in Tucson Arizona
Within minutes from the house in every direction you will find:
Hiking trails of every expertise level, bicycling, strolling through
the open desert, wild life viewing, bird viewing, shopping, cooking,
fine dining, golfing, tennis, touring the Arizona Sonora Desert
Museum, Saguaro National Parks East and West, Old Tucson Studios,
University of Arizona, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson Museum
of Art, Arizona State Museum, multitude of art galleries, Pima Air and
Space Museum, Tohono Chul Gardens, Tucson Botanical Gardens, Titan
Missile Museum, etc.
Please refer to our custom Visitor's Guidebook in the house for
suggestions for a variety of day trips and all local activities.
vacation rental rates
These rates are based on monthly stay, Saturday to Saturday. They may
change based on size of group, length of stay, or season.
Please contact us directly by email or phone to discuss other lengths of stay!
June 1 through August: $4000/month
September 1 through November: $5500/month
December 1 through May: $7000/month
Cleaning fee of $200/rental period
Pool Heat (propane): $240/week if used
A fully-refundable Security Fee equal to the cost of rental is due
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Seasons 4 - 2 Bed 2 Bath : FREE Wifi in Mammoth Lakes
- bedrooms 2
- baths 2
- sleeps 6
- pool yes
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed no
- type Condo
- community Seasons 4
rates (USD)
/ night
$ 775 - $ 1,950 / week
vacation rental description
Clean and cozy 2 bedroom, 2 bath condominium located at Season 4 complex. Unit is close to all amenities including pool, spa, sauna, ping pong and pool table. Shuttle stop conveniently located accross the street.
Features include 37" flat screen tv and DVD with HD and Digital service in the family room. TV and DVD in master bath and TV in second bedroom. Watch football in HD. Sports channels include NFL Network, Golf Channel and several ESPN channels. For the kids, there is Disney, Nick Jr. Nick Toon, Teen Nick, and Disney XD. HBO included in family room.
Unit has been recently remodeled with updated kitchen cabinets/flooring; bathrooms recently remodeled with granite counters, maple cabinets and flooring; living room has new sofa, loveseat and chair, bedrooms have new bedding and window coverings.
NEW FOR 2013-2014 Season:
- High Def in all bedrooms
- 42" PLasma in master bedroom
- 32" LED in second bedroom
NEW FOR 2012-2013 Season:
- DVR in family room. Now you can ski all day and record the playoffs
NEW FOR 2011-2012 Season:
- New Carpet Installed October 2011
- New kitchen range installed September 2011
Master bedroom has a king bed.
Second bedroom has a queen and twin bed.
Family room has a pull-out sofa bed.
Woodfire stove fireplace to heat up the condo in wintery nights. Firewood included.
Free high speed wifi internet access.
Free use of Canyon Lodge locker.
Extra pillows and bedding in hall cabinet.
Iron and ironing board.
I will do my best to reply to requests within 24 hours, most of the time I will get back to you within an hour. I do travel frequently so at times it may take longer if I am not connected.
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Jeff Chung 7143972511
condo rental amenities
Free high speed wifi internet access.
Free use of Canyon Lodge locker.
Pool, jacuzzi, sauna, coin-op laundry, pool table, ping pong table all located in nearby clubhouse.
activities and attractions in Mammoth Lakes High Sierra/Gold Country
- World class skiing and snowboarding
- Cross coutnry skiing
- Snowshoeing
- Snow mobile
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Moutain biking and road biking
- Horseback Riding
- Two 18 hole golf courses
- Close proximity to Yosemite National Park
- Fine dining
- Site seeing
vacation rental rates
All advertised discounts apply to the following rates:
Winter Rates: $269/nt. with 2 night minimum
Winter Holiday Rates: $332/nt. with 3 night minimum
*Holiday periods are Christmas - New Years, MLK Weekend, Presidents Day Weekend with a 3 night minimums. Advanced reservations (21+ days) for Christmas requires a 4 night minimum stay.
Summer Rates: $169/nt. 2 night minimum.
Cleaning Fee: $75
Winter rates begin November 7, 2013.
Save $$$$ here or you can book directly through Seasons 4 at seasons4dotcom
All rentals are subject to TOT (Transient Occupancy Tax) rate of 13%.
I have a Town of Mammoth Lakes Business License and must charge and submit the TOT for all rentals. This is a pass through cost, I collect and submit. I do not keep any of it. All reputable businesses are required to charge TOT.
All rentals are subject to TBID tax (1%)
What is it? This is what happens when the Town of Mammoth Lakes screws over a developer and loses a $20 million lawsuit. They add a 1% tax for "Tourism Business Improvement District". This is subject to all lodging in Mammoth. This is in addition to the 13% TOT tax. This went into affect for rentals starting in 9/1/13. There is also a 1.5% tax on retail, restaurant, equipment rental and 2% on lift tickets. For more information, the website is mltbid . com
Payment Info:
I accept the following payments:
Cash, check, paypal (credit card or bank account) as well as direct credit card processing.
Credit cards accepted are Visa and Mastercard. American Express via paypal only.
Please note: Payment by cash, check, and paypal requires a refundable security deposit. Payment by direct credit card processing requires additional cc authorization, but no charge to the account (Same as what hotels do for a stay).
Please inquire for more details or questions.
- Please inquire regarding extended stays as I may be able to offer a better discount
- Please note payment is required to hold a reservation (deposit may be acceptable, please inquire).
- Cancellations made within 30 days of arrival - refund subject to unit re-rental.
- No refunds for early departure.
- Sorry, no pets.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The maximum occupancy for the condo is 7 people. If more than 7 people occupy the unit, an additional cleaning fee may be assessed.
Jeff Chung 7143972511
accepted payment methods
Prior to paying a reservation deposit, always verify payment instructions by calling the phone number displayed on this listing page. By contacting the owner directly and paying by an approved method - credit card, paypal, check or bank transfer - your reservation payment will be protected up to $1,000.Learn more in our Security Center
Top things to do in Mammoth Lakes
- Skiing
- Snowboarding
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Mountain Biking
Top things to do on a budget
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Snow Play
- Snow shoeing
- Yosemite
Top things to do with a family
- Skiing/Snowbaording
- Snow Play
- Hiking
- Fishing
Jeff Chung , owner


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DNASTAR's Lasergene Genomics Suite now includes software that automates the process of gap closure following a genomic assembly. This functionality greatly reduces the need for manual finishing of your assembled project to address gaps caused by structural variants, such as insertions and deletions. Simply specify your paired-end sequence reads and a related reference sequence, and let the software do the following automatically:
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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX200V (Black)
Manufacturer: Sony Part number: DSCHX200V/B
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- A lot of camera, both in lens and features, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX200V is a solid choice for point-and-shoot users looking to do a little more than that.
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- Reviewed by: Joshua Goldman
- Reviewed on: 06/06/2012
The good: The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX200V is a fast-shooting megazoom with excellent photo and video quality for its class, and plenty of shooting options to make casual and advanced shooters happy.
The bad: The HX200V lacks advanced bridge camera features like raw image capture, a hot shoe, or mic input. Some of its shooting modes and general operation can get confusing if you want to do more than leave it in auto.
The bottom line: A lot of camera, both in lens and features, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX200V is a solid choice for point-and-shoot users looking to do a little more than that.
User reviews
Love it! Perfect step up from a point & shoot camera
by Justin1Cale on November 5, 2012
Pros: + Body is well built and feels very sturdy
+ Camera feels very well balanced
+ Auto setting is excellent
+ On-camera help facility is fantastic
+ Zoom is incredible - 30 times optically
+ Panarama setting is wonderful
Cons: - Camera does not come with a memory card
- No useful user guide
Summary: I absolutely love this camera! I have only had it for 4 days, and have spent hours taking photos with it already.
For background information, I am comparing this camera ...
Summary: I absolutely love this camera! I have only had it for 4 days, and have spent hours taking photos with it already.
For background information, I am comparing this camera to my well-loved point-and-shoot Canon Ixus 90 IS. I have never owned a compact bridge or DSL camera before.
Here are my first impressions:
The body is well built and feels very sturdy. It weighs in at 613g including the strap, battery and memory card. When I add the weight of my case (bought separately) the weight goes up to 850g - this is heavy compared to my other camera, and I don't think I'll be taking it out and about for holiday snaps. For specific photo-trips though, the weight is OK.
Despite the weight, the camera feels very well balanced and so far I have not had any finger or wrist strain whilst taking photos.
The camera does not come with a memory card, but it does have some internal storage - sufficient for around 20 photos I think.
Even though it is an 18.2MP camera, the individual photos do not seem to take up too much storage space - around 3 to 4 MB per photo (about the same as my 10MP point-and-shoot camera).
I'm absolutely delighted with the photo quality produced. The auto setting is excellent, and the many extra settings allow for lots of creativity. I particulary like the blurred background setting - my portrait photos of my family have come out looking very professional.
The on-camera help facility is fantastic - if you press help it will display information that is relevant to wherever you are in the settings. I have learnt a lot aready about photography, although I do still have some way to go! You can even adjust the strength of the flash...I haven't tried this yet.
There is no paper manual or disc supplied with the camera - but you really don't need either. The camera plugged into my Vista PC and worked straight away, and as I have already said, the on-camera help is perfect with help providied where and when you need it.
The zoom is incredible - 30 times optically, and then another 30 times digitally. It seems to have some clever software on board to improve the digital image as it zooms in.
In addition to the LCD display there is also a view finder. This is extrememly handy in bright conditions. When you put your eye to the viewfinder, the screen goes off to prevent glare. I don't think the view finder is optical, as it seems to be a copy of what is being displayed on the screen. This is useful when looking something up in the help facility, as help is also shown through the LCD. Suits me fine, but I'm not sure whether top photographers would like it.
The panorama setting is wonderful - it works like you are taking a video, but then puts it into one image. No more stitching photos together on the pc!
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In conclusion, I heartily recommend this camera to anyone moving up a step from a basic point-and-shoot camera.
5 out of 5 users found this user opinion helpful.
An excellent super zoom camera.
by shagnat` on December 14, 2012
Pros: Tremendous zoom length. Very nice weight. Feel is darn near perfect. Video as good as any available. Tons of features beyond what I'll ever need yet easy to operate.
Cons: No hot shoe, no external mic, unable to zoom in or out in video.
Summary: This a fantastic super zoom camera. If feels perfectly balanced in my hand. Not huge, nor too small to fit in the hand very nicely. The zoom feature is just ...
Summary: This a fantastic super zoom camera. If feels perfectly balanced in my hand. Not huge, nor too small to fit in the hand very nicely. The zoom feature is just outstanding. I've yet to need all the zoom length of this camera.
Photo quality is probably 7/10. Not as good as a $5,000 outfit, but, not expected to be. But could be a little sharper IMO. Of course this camera is not meant to compete with most DSLRs, and certainly not agains the mega dollar DSLR rigs. However, for a P&S camera, it's unbeatable IMO.
Of all the features it has, one would be challenged to use even half of them, however, it is quite easy to use in "P" mode, even in "apature" and "shutter" priority modes, it's simple enough if you know just the basics of photography.
If you want a P&S camera, I'd highly recommend this over the Canon equivalent. It's only competition IMO is the Panasonic FZ200, however the Panasonic is ~$150 higher than the Sony.
There are a few very good features on the Panasonic FZ200 that I wish were on the Sony, however, I can live without this as this is a hobby camera, not a professional DSLR.
2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
Outstanding camera. The best of its generation.
by RolandoZ on July 3, 2013
Pros: Awesome zoom, lots of features. HD video recording is very very good.
Cons: Sometimes is a little bit slow to take the shot. The interface between features might be slow and lacks of a remote control like its predecessors.
Summary: Worth the money, very good camera. Easy to operate.
Summary: Worth the money, very good camera. Easy to operate.
Great camera, fast, amazing pictures, great zoom.
by tylerbrown97 on July 3, 2012
Pros: Zoom, Image quality, Manual everything, effect can be fun, stunning video, great screen, fast performance, many more
Cons: Battery life could be better, The sensor that switches to the view finder is too sensitive and should have an off option, Switching between scenes is slow if you don't push okay every time. Very annoying
Summary: An amazing camera, with some minor complaints, full control of everything, except, you can not adjust the EV in Manual mode, which is annoying, I love it and highly recommend ...
Summary: An amazing camera, with some minor complaints, full control of everything, except, you can not adjust the EV in Manual mode, which is annoying, I love it and highly recommend it, but Sony needs to step up their game.
- Manufacturer: Sony
- Part number: DSCHX200V/B
- Description: Frame your shots like a pro with the DSC-HX200V. Its 18.2MP sensor and 30X optical/60X Clear Image zoom capture breathtaking photos at up to 10fps, plus ultra-stabilized Full HD 1080/60p videos. High Speed Focus improves AF speed and accuracy, while a GPS and compass record location and shot direction so you can share your trips online.
- Packaged Quantity 1
- Product Type Digital camera - Compact
- Enclosure Color Black
- Resolution 18.2 megapixels
- 3D Technology Yes
- Optical Sensor Type Exmor R CMOS
- Total Pixels 18,900,000 pixels
- Effective Sensor Resolution 18,200,000 pixels
- Optical Sensor Size 1/2.3"
- Optical Zoom 30 x
- Image Processor BIONZ
- Image Stabilizer Optical (Steady Shot with Active Mode)
- Auto Focus TTL contrast detection
- Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 9
- AE/AF Control Subject-tracking AF,
Face-priority AF,
Flex Focus Point
- Face Detection Smile Shutter,
Face Detection AF/AE/FE/WB,
Blink Detection technology
- Digital Video Format AVCHD,
- Image Recording Format JPEG,
- Max Video Resolution 1920 x 1080
- AV Interfaces HDMI
Exposure & White Balance
- Light Sensitivity ISO 100-12800,
ISO auto
- Exposure Metering Multi-segment,
- Exposure Modes Program,
- Shooting Programs Soft snap,
Backlight correction HDR,
Anti-motion blur,
Advanced sports,
Night portrait,
High sensitivity,
Night scene,
Handheld twilight,
Soft skin,
- Special Effects Water Colour,
Toy camera,
Pop Color,
HDR Painting,
Rich-tone monochrome,
Soft High-key,
Partial color,
- White Balance Automatic,
- White Balance Presets Daylight,
Fluorescent light (daylight),
Fluorescent light (warm white),
Fluorescent light (cool white),
- Max Shutter Speed 1/4000 sec
- Min Shutter Speed 30 sec
- Exposure Compensation ±2 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
Lens System
- Type Carl Zeiss 30 x x Zoom lens - 4.8 mm - 144 mm - F/2.8-5.6
- Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 27 - 810 mm
- Focus Adjustment Manual,
- Min Focus Range 0.4 in
- Zoom Adjustment Motorized drive
- Lens Construction 10 groups / 11 elements
- Features Aspherical lens,
ED glass
Camera Flash
- Camera Flash Pop-up flash
- Flash Modes Rear curtain sync,
Fill-in mode,
Slow synchro,
Auto mode,
Flash OFF mode,
Red-eye reduction
- Features AF illuminator
- Effective Flash Range 1 ft - 41 ft : ISO auto ( Wide lens ),
6.6 ft - 19.4 ft : ISO auto ( Tele lens ),
57 ft : ISO 3200 ( Wide lens ),
3 in : ISO 3200 ( Tele lens )
Additional Features
- Continuous Shooting Speed 10 frames per second
- Self Timer Delay 2 sec,
10 sec
- Additional Features Digital image rotation,
Intelligent AUTO (iAUTO),
Display brightness control,
By Pixel Super Resolution technology,
Background defocus,
In-camera red-eye removal,
Intelligent Scene Recognition (iSCN),
Backlight Correction HDR,
3D Sweep Panorama technology,
Sweep Multi Angle mode,
Eye-Fi Card Ready,
PRINT Image Matching,
Cropping an image,
Saturation control,
Unsharp Masking,
TransferJet support,
Built-in compass,
Intelligent Sweep Panorama,
DPOF support,
Built-in GPS,
RGB primary color filter,
Built-in speaker,
Digital level meter,
Superior Auto mode,
Digital noise reduction,
Histogram display,
Automatic display brightness adjustment,
Dynamic Range Optimizer,
Camera orientation detection,
PictBridge support,
Takes photos while movie recording,
Built-in help guide,
Sharpness control,
Contrast control,
1080p Full HD movie recording,
USB 2.0 compatibility,
Direct print
- Viewfinder Type Electronic
- Viewfinder Color Support Color
- Viewfinder Diagonal Size 0.2 in
- Viewfinder Resolution 201,600 pixels
- Features Auto eye sensor
- Type 3 in LCD display
- Display Features Folding
- Microphone Operation Mode Stereo
- Microphone Features Wind noise reduction
- Connector Type 1 x Hi-Speed USB,
1 x HDMI output,
1 x DC power input
- Software Sony PlayMemories Home
System Requirements for PC Connection
- Peripheral Devices USB port
- Microsoft Certifications Compatible with Windows 7
- Included Accessories Lens cap strap,
USB cable,
AC power adapter,
Lens cap,
Shoulder strap
- Supported Battery Sony NP-FH50
- Supported Battery 1 x Li-ion rechargeable battery - 900 mAh ( Included )
- Battery Life Details Photo shooting ( LCD Monitor on ),
Photo shooting ( EVF on ),
Video recording - 2 hour(s) ( LCD Monitor on ),
Video recording - 2.2 hour(s) ( EVF on )
Memory / Storage
- Memory Card Slot SD card,
Memory Stick PRO Duo card
- Supported Memory Cards SDHC Memory Card,
Memory Stick Duo,
SD Memory Card,
Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo,
SDXC Memory Card,
Memory Stick PRO Duo
- Internal Storage 105 MB
- Image Storage JPEG 4896 x 3672,
JPEG 4896 x 2752,
JPEG 3648 x 2736,
JPEG 2592 x 1944,
JPEG 1920 x 1080,
JPEG 640 x 480,
MPF 4896 x 3672 - 3D mode,
MPF 4896 x 2752 - 3D mode
- Video Capture AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - 28Mbps,
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - 24Mbps,
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - 17Mbps,
AVCHD - 1440 x 1080 - 9Mbps,
H.264 - 1440 x 1080 - 12Mbps,
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 6Mbps,
H.264 - 640 x 480 - 3Mbps
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support 1 year warranty
- Service & Support Details Limited warranty - Parts and labor - 1 year
Dimensions & Weight
- Width 4.8 in
- Depth 3.7 in
- Height 3.4 in
- Weight 18.7 oz
Environmental Parameters
- Min Operating Temperature 32 °F
- Max Operating Temperature 104 °F
Manufacturer info
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Having a toddler right now who needs attention I think will be one of the challenging stage of being a mom. Taking care of Julia is testing my patience up to the highest level, that sometime I just give a long sigh and will look at my husband and giving him signs for help. Thank God my husband is always here to help me out in talking things to our daughter. It really takes two to tango. I admit that I'm always the "hard way" with regards to training our child, and Hubby is always the "good way" – that means, talking things over. Me on the other hand means "time-out".
So I decided to check out some help in order for me to have a better understanding with my daughter. I hope this one will help you as well.
1. Get Down to Your Child's Level and Make Eye Contact
Speaking to your child when you can look him right in the eye is the best way to get a toddler's attention, Circle of Moms members suggest. Get down on his level, advises Sarah H. "If you are not already doing so, get down to his level and make him look at you when you are talking to him," she says. "It helps to take away distractions. Otherwise just keep doing what you are doing and follow through with the discipline if he is not obeying or listening.
2. Be Firm, Be Clear, Be Consistent
Don't harp on it, just tell him simply and clearly that you expect him to listen when someone else is talking — at home or at school, suggest Circle of Moms members. "The best thing is consistency," says Jeneva W. "Make sure you, your husband and the daycare/preschool teachers are all on the same page with how you handle his behavior and what he gets time outs for. If there are any differences it will confuse him. Also make sure to point out the positive behavior as much as possible. This is just as important as consistency."
3. Follow Through Quickly
Make it clear to your 3-year-old that you mean what you say by following up immediately with a timeout if he continues to talk or shout over you or someone else he is supposed to be listening to, Circle of Moms members suggest. Being swift to correct a child will pay off quickly. Says Sarah H. "I do day care and find that at two years, they spend a lot of time in time-out, but by the time they hit three they are having only a few time-outs, and most of the time a warning does just fine."
4. Keep Reinforcing Your Message
Repetition matters, suggest Circle of Moms members. "I have a 2.5 year old and they like to ignore people but I ask him once, ask him again, then count to three," says Diane G. "Most of the time I don't get to three." Pip L. agrees: "One of the things I do to make sure I'm listened to is to make them repeat the instruction I give, sometimes I might even make them say it a few times so we're all on the same page."
5. Model Good Manners and Listening Skills
You can't just talk the talk, you have to walk the walk when it comes to modeling good manners and listening skills for preschoolers. "Modeling manners will go a long way," says Arlene S. "You would be surprised how many preschoolers are not taught them."
6. Remember, It Gets Better
Hang in there even if your child comes home with reports from the teacher that he is jumping all over the place when she is trying to get the class to sit on the mat and listen, advise Circle of Moms members who have been there. "I've got five boys, and the youngest two are two-year-old twins," says Pip L. "All I can say is, it gets better with age"


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TAMPA – Senator Scott Brown has a ready-made explanation for not being here early this week for the Republican National Convention: He's serving his country in the Army National Guard.
Former lieutenant governor Kerry Healey said Sunday that the Massachusetts Republican senator was doing several days of service. She said that was preventing him from showing up at the national gathering of Republicans until Thursday – not any effort to distance himself from the more controversial factions of his own party.


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On occasion, I have been asked about the difference between keywords that are singular and keywords that are plural. Does it matter which one you target? Do they rank differently on search engines? Combining my experiences with keyword research with a quick experiment, I wanted to share what I have concluded.
Let's say we're deciding between the keywords "Provo car dealership" and "Provo car dealerships." We can use a couple of free keyword tools provided by Google to help determine which one would be the best to target while simultaneously discovering the difference of singular and plural versions.
First, let's see what the Google AdWords Keyword Tool reveals as we compare:
As you can see from the image above, there is a difference in advertiser competition, local search volume, and global search volume in favor of the pluralized keyword "Provo car dealerships." Even though this tool is focused for PPC campaigns, I feel that it is also useful for your SEO efforts in general.
Next, we'll look at a comparison on Google Insights:
Even though there wasn't any data for Provo specifically (Salt Lake City was the only metro available), the data for Utah revealed that the pluralized version (car dealerships) did receive more organic search volume than the singular version (car dealership). Furthermore, in the 'Interest over time' section, it seems that the gap has widened between the two during the whole year of 2009. My guess would be that this trend continues into 2010 and beyond.
Lastly, let's take a look at the first search engine results page on Google for "Provo car dealership":
Now, let's compare the image above to the one below for "Provo car dealerships":
Starting at the very top of the image, all of the local maps results are either different listings or in a different order when comparing the singular and plural keyword results. Obviously, this is pretty significant to note if you're targeting a keyword with a local (city) qualifier.
Next, you'll notice that seven of the 10 search results are in a different order, with the two last results being different websites altogether. This finding further reveals that entering in a singular keyword will display different search results than plural keywords.
It's also interesting to see that the search results for the singular keyword bolded both "dealership" and "dealerships," as well as "dealers" and "dealer" (and vice versa with the plural keyword).
Other Findings: Singular vs. Plural Keywords
In my experience with determining keywords for clients or personal websites, I have observed the same trends as displayed above. I've noticed that it's important to determine which keyword receives the most search volume (i.e., what users type in the most), as well as what's most realistic to target and rank for.
For example, perhaps the singular version of your desired keyword receives less search volume than the pluralized version, but has half of the competition. It might be worth it in the long run to target the singular version, as it could be easier to rank for on search engines. (And as you saw in the images above, you still might be able to rank for the plural keyword as well.)
Long story short, yes, there is a difference between singular and plural keywords and it can make a pretty significant difference in your online marketing campaign, whether it is SEO, PPC, or Google Maps.
I'm sure there are numerous tests you can try with different keywords. I'd be interested to see what anyone else can find and share.


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Savor a deal
Several downtown San Luis Obispo hotels have packages tied to the "Savor the Central Coast" food and wine event from Sunset magazine, which runs Sept. 29-Oct. 2.
Hotel deals include the "Savor SLO" package from SanLuisObispoVacations.com, which provides two complimentary tickets to the event for anyone staying two nights Sept. 30-Oct. 2 at participating hotels.
Apple Farm Inn is offering "Savor the Central Coast" with a two-night stay Sept. 30-Oct. 1, two tickets, complimentary transportation to and from Savor and a $50 dining credit for the Apple Farm Restaurant; rates start at $499. Details: www.applefarm.com; 800-255-2040. Embassy Suites has "Savor the Coast," starting at $239 per night, with a two-room suite and two tickets to the event from Sept. 30-Oct. 1. Details: http://tinyurl.com/3bd3myx; 805-549-0800. And Courtyard San Luis Obispo has one-night "Savor the Central Coast" packages starting at $347 that include accommodations and two tickets. It's valid Oct. 1-2. Details: http://tinyurl.com/3mbo2pu; 805-786-4200.
Or win one
Here's a chance to win one of four trips to Sunset's "Savor the Central Coast." San Luis Obispo County Visitors and Conference Bureau and Pacifica Hotel Co. are offering prize packages that include a three nights' stay at a Pacifica Hotel Co. property, an exclusive reception at Hearst Castle, attendance at the Sunset 2011 Western Wine Awards Gala, reserved seating with a winemaker at a Saturday evening soiree and two days of food and wine demonstrations at Santa Margarita Ranch. Complete an entry by Sept. 9 at www.sanluisobispocounty.com/savor.
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Visitors to San Francisco can win a trip to the city by producing a "49 Seconds of San Francisco" video. A judging committee will select finalists with the public voting online for the grand prize winner, who will receive a prize package that includes two nights at Hotel Rex, a San Francisco Symphony prize pack, $100 dining certificate to Sam's Chowder House, two tickets to "Beach Blanket Babylon" and more. Submissions are due Aug. 19. To enter a video, go to www.sanfrancisco.travel/arts-culture/sweeps.
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SLC Spotlight
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|Katelyn Gualtieri
Major: Communication Management & Design
Minor: Integrated Marketing Communications
What is your favorite dessert?
Anything with peanut butter!!
Who is your favorite actor/character on a television show?
Tom from Downton Abbey
What is your favorite song?
Flawless by Beyoncé
What motivated you to apply to become a Student Leadership Consultant?
I went to Leadership Weekend last year and remember loving everything about the experience. Michela Moe was one of the Student Leadership Consultants helping facilitate the event. She encouraged me to apply for the SLC position.
What two or three things are most important to you about being a Student Leadership Consultant? I love working in OSEMA. The staff is energetic, fun and inspiring to be around. As an SLC, I feel I am making a difference in the projects I work on.
What is one way that you made connections with other students during your first year? I was on the field hockey team and then decided to join several student organizations including IC AfterDark." I felt connected and part of something great! I also attended the Women in Leadership conference.


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Sometimes I wish I would.
Wish I could just get over it.
But it's not going to happen right at this moment.
Her arms tight around my waist.
Cool October wind in my face,
I truly wish the power of her love could eclipse
The overwhelming shame.
She deserves someone better
than me. Someone pure. Worthy.
The shadows bend long toward evening
As the Yamaha quiets to a stutter.
A cloud of regret boils up.
Rains sadness down all around me.
Jealousy squeezed around me.
Too much to dwell myself on, like visions,
always haunting me,
of Michelle and the car accident.


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The Wrap: This Week in Review
Viral Video of the Week
That awkward moment you try these bets on your friend but he's already watched the video so you lose all 10 bets :( ...but if he hasn't, it's time to cash in.
Emergency Landing in South Dakota
A flight en route from Montana to Minneapolis made an emergency landing in Aberdeen Tuesday morning after a passenger suffered a heart attack. The passenger appeared to be conscious and talking as he was loaded into an ambulance. [source]
Sobriety Checkpoints Planned
The South Dakota Highway Patrol has sobriety checkpoints scheduled in July in the following counties: Spink, Jackson, Walworth, Roberts, Brown, Tripp, Hughes, Moody, McCook, Codington, Lawrence, Day, Beadle, Yankton, Stanley, Davison, Brule and Minnehaha. Want good advice? Don't drink and drive and you won't have to worry about checkpoints.
Photo of the Week
Cody Gramkow's bale struck by lightning Sunday night outside of Scotland, SD. This is a good reminder why we should seek shelter when lighting is in the area.
Tweet of the Week
"Correctionville man shoots himself in leg trying to shoot a caged raccoon. Raccoon was unharmed." - SUX911 Twitter
Grand Theft Charges for Sioux Falls Man
After several complaints of work on residents not being completed, a grand jury indicted Michael Monmaney on on two counts of grand theft; each count it punishable by up to 10 years in prison or a $20,000 fine.
Painting Scam Reported in Area
There have been reports in northwest Iowa about painters in the area that offer low-cost painting of barns and other farm buildings. The jobs were said to be hurried and of low quality. The Sioux County Sheriff's Office is urging residents, especially rural, to be wary of accepting these services. The business cards they are handing out say Pete Sherlock painting of North Augusta, SC. and the crew is said to be driving a couple of Ford pickups with South Carolina license plates.
Things to do in Sioux Falls This Weekend
Well there's no disputing that it feels like summer now! So get out and enjoy some of this gorgeous summertime weather and a few of these fun activities this weekend.
New Movies in Sioux falls This Weekend
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|200 Years at 'The Fort'
|Monday, July 30, 2012 8:18 AM
The Bicentennial celebration will take place Aug. 17-18-19. Many special events have been planned.
On 1 June 1812 President James Madison sent a message to congress, describing the reasons for war. The House of Representatives voted in favor of the war and President Madison signed the Declaration of War on 18 June 1812.
Several forts had been set up along the Auglaize River, including Fort St. Mary's (aka Fort Barbee), Fort Amanda, Fort Recovery and Fort Defiance. Forts were also located along the Blanchard, the Sandusky, the Maumee and the St. Mary's Rivers.
Col. William Jennings, a Kentucky native, had fought with Gen. William Henry Harrison at the Battle of Tippecanoe in Indiana Territory. After the battle he returned home but was called back to duty in 1812. Harrison commanded Jennings to take a group of Kentucky Volunteer Militia and build a supply fort about midway between Fort St. Mary's and Fort Defiance.
Col. Jennings and his band of militiamen arrived at their chosen site on the Auglaize River in the fall of 1812. The road between St. Mary's and Fort Defiance was one continuous swamp, often leaving pack horses knee-deep and the wagons up-to-the hub in mud.
In October of 1812, General Harrison and his approximately 3,000 men spent the night at Fort Jennings, giving the residents of Fort Jennings the right to say "One of the US presidents slept her." Since Gen Harrison became Pres. William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the USA.
The War of 1812 ended in December 1814 with the Treaty of Ghent, but the news did not reach Fort Jennings until four weeks later. The fort was abandoned in 1815.
The ice gradually receded, eventually creating the 5 Great Lakes. It receded gradually, leaving ridges and beaches along the way. The very southern edge of Jennings Township has some of the best (or most productive) soil on earth. It was once the beach of old Lake Maumee. The Lincoln Highway in Allen and Van Wert Counties and Route 12 through Putnam County ride the ridge of the old lake. Another ridge is located near Leipsic.
Between the ridges the retreating ice left the land so flat that water couldn't drain off the land. This created swamp land, which made up the Black Swamp. Murky water trying to escape formed rivers and streams such as the Maumee, Auglaize, Blanchard, Ottawa, Hog Creek, Jennings Creek and others. The drop to Lake Erie was very minute.
Migrating Indians began using the Auglaize River for their canoe routes through the swamp. In drier seasons, the sandy ridges nearby were passable and became a path along the river.
The Miami Indian tribes at one time occupied all of western Ohio. Other tribes, looking for food and fleeing white men, gradually intruded and formed settlements, laying claim to some of the territory once inhabited by the Miamis. Wyandot and Ottawa tribes lived in what is now Putnam County and Shawnees were found nearby in Allen County.
In a letter to U. S. War Department in 1812, General William Henry Harrison wrote that the Shawnees claimed the Auglaize River area (settlements made immediately after the 1795 Treaty of Greenville). However the Wyandots also claimed lands south and east from the Lower Michigan border.
Gen. Harrison said Northwestern Ohio territory was once the property of the Miamis, and he considered the Miamis the real owners of the land. He wrote, "The Miamis are a poor, miserable, drunken set, diminishing every year. Becoming too lazy to hunt, they feel the advantage of the (government) annuity. The fear of other Indians has prevented their selling to the United States."
Following Indian routes along the rivers and streams, French and English fur traders, often accompanied by Catholic missionaries, came from the north into this area. The French explorer, Robert Cavelier, Sieur deLaSalle is believed to have been the first white man to reach what is now Ohio in about 1670.
The French first claimed Ohio, but gave up all claims in North America to Great Britain in 1763. When the French and English entered this virgin country, they lived much the same way as the Indians and did not change or destroy the forests.
Many Native Americans were living in Putnam County and lived among the early settlers, even though most of them were confined to reservations. Tawa Town (now Ottawa) was an Indian reservation. Many early settlers of the county told interesting stories about life among the Indians in the 1820s and 30s. Sometimes a group of redskins would arrive at a pioneer cabin for coffee and breakfast. They ate heartily. Many boys told of running foot races or shooting target with the Indian boys.
Since most of the Indians were confined to reservations in the 1820s, the United States Government began offering the land for sale. The land now in Putnam County was called "Congress Lands." When a canal through the area was proposed later, the land was sold as "Canal Land" with proceeds of the sales going toward building the canal.
After the war the Indians were forced to leave their lands in the East and sent to reservations in the western states. The Ottawa tribe departed from the reservation near Ottawa for Missouri Territory, now Franklin County, Kansas in 1835-36. The departing remnant, destroyed by disease and intemperance, little resemble the once proud Ottawa nation. A few stragglers remained in the vicinity of Fort Jennings. The 1915 History notes that an Indian was buried in the Fort Jennings area in 1839.
As settlers began to arrive in the 1820's after cheap land became available, they had to cut their way through the forests and often pull their wagons through mud over the wheels.
Effective on 12 February 1820, the Ohio Legislature created 14 counties from lands ceded by Indian tribes, including Putnam County. Putnam was attached to Wood County for governmental purposes.
Placed under the jurisdiction of Williams County in 1824, Putnam County was organized on 3 January 1834, with its own officials. But the original boundaries of Putnam County were changed later.
A Delphos Herald article from May of 1853 follows: "The commissioners of Allen and Putnam Counties have agreed upon a sum of 3,848.76 due Putnam County for territory taken from that county and added to Allen County." (The change occurred because a new county, Auglaize, was formed from portions of Allen and other counties.) Putnam County lost these lands as a result of an act passed on 14 February 1848 by the Ohio Legislature.
The transferred land included some of the best improved lands of Putnam County, containing the towns of Bluffton, Beaverdam, West Cairo, Gomer and the part of Delphos situated east of the Miami and Erie extension Canal. Originally the Putnam County line reached nearly to the area of State Road. It also included Scott's Crossing.
As a result of this act, Putnam County also gained some land which was mostly swamp, however, from Van Wert County.
The county boundaries, as designated in 1850, have remained the same to date.
Settlers began arriving in Jennings Township and the rest of Putnam County in the 1820s. Perry Township was the first to be settled at the confluence of the Auglaize River and the Blanchard River. Some of these early pioneers were veterans of the War of 1812. They included: Thaddeus Harris, James Thatcher, William Cochran, Jim Cochran, Elias Wallen, Ellison Ladd and Andrew Russell.
On 7 August 1821, Andrew Russell purchased 19 ½ acres, the northwest fraction of the northwest quarter of section four in Jennings Twp. Russell had served at Fort Jennings under Lt. Col. Jennings in the War of 1812.
Russell also purchased the land where Fort Amanda was built. He and his family lived in the block house in the southeast corner of that fort. The family had emigrated from Montgomery Co. near Dayton and settled in Fort Amanda in 1814. Russell died of "tubular consumption" and was buried at Fort Amanda.
Following the death of her husband, Mrs. Russell married Samuel Washburn, the first white settler in Jennings Twp., Putnam Co. For some time, the Washburns remained in Jennings Twp.
The 1830 Census listed 245 persons living in Putnam County. They resided in 46 households. Most were American born, of English decent. All lived along rivers and streams. Most of these families settled along the Auglaize River.
Some moved onto the land and lived there without buying the ground, while others had purchased land early.
Most sources agree that Sam Washburn was the first white settler who purchased and cleared land. The first land transfer (SE fr. Of SW ¼ of sect. 33, now Jennings Twp.) to Washburn was dated 1824. He bought another piece of land (SW fr. SE ¼ sect. 21, then Jennings Twp.) in 1825.
Thomas Washburn, born in 1828 to Washburn and his wife, was the first white American born in Jennings Township. In that same year, the elder Washburn sold his second farm to Isaah Clawson and William Cochran.
Other settlers soon followed. According to county histories, those in the area before 1834 were: William Berryman, Thomas Berryman, Henry Bode, Thomas Carder, Rufus Carey, Isaah Clawson, Joseph Closson, William Cochran, George Comer, Joseph Comer, Phillip Comer, John Discher, Thaddeus Harris, William Harris, John Harter, John Hedrick, James Hill, Edward Ladd, James Martin, Conrad Raabe, William Scott, Daniel Sunderland, William Sunderland, Joseph Sutton, James Thatcher, Elias Wallen, John Welch and Jeremiah White.
Other sources names John and James Cochran; John and Aaron Harter, David Thatcher and John Patton as early settlers. There were also women and children living with these men but you notice; only the men were named. Also mentioned was an old Revolutionary soldier (unidentified except he had a son named Aaron), who lived north along the river where he had about 10 acres of cleared land.
He lived near the Virginia Dutchman, Henry Bode.
Professor Horstman and John Kahle said when they passed through Fort Jennings on their way to Glandorf; they spoke to a Mr. Samuel Meyers. He is not mentioned elsewhere.
In February, 1833 the Raabe and Discher families, along with John Hedrick, settled at Fort Jennings. They were the nucleolus of the Lutheran parish in the community. According to the 1984 Parish History, Jim Thatcher lived near the Fort and had about 30 acres cleared when the German Lutherans arrived. The Raabe family lived at the Thatcher cabin for a short time..
Henry Joseph Boehmer, Ferdinand VonDerembse and J. H. Wellmann arrived in Fort Jennings in 1834. Boehmer was from Vechta, Oldenburg, Germany and Wellmann was from Langfoerden. They landed in Baltimore in December, 1833, after a rough two month voyage on the Leontine. They proceeded to Cincinnati. Wellmann had arrived in Cincinnati a couple days earlier. Boehmer, Von Derembse and young Wellmann immediately started searching for their home in the wilderness. They walked through Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio before choosing Fort Jennings as the location of their community in the new world.
Boehmer wrote several letters to his family and the newspaper back in Germany describing their search for a home. He chose Fort Jennings, the site of the old fort because "it lies on a nice river 60 to 80 feet wide—called the Auglaize River and on a mail route from Cincinnati to Fort Defiance, and about one and one half miles from the new Ohio Canal." He said the land where the fort stood was high and dry and "produced the best of green growth, with an abundance of springs with clean, pure drinking water — the river has as good water as I have found in Germany. There are also plenty of stone. The wood growth here is as luxurious as I have seen anywhere — and all varieties of trees that you would expect from good land — as sycamore, white oak, white and black walnut trees, wild grapes, and in such abundance as I have not seen anywhere on our tours. Enough, I can say that I have not seen a pleasanter place for the establishment of a town in any of the states that we traveled; and English as well as Germans like the place."
The Boehmer letters note that in 1834, he and companions purchased from a private party, who lived twenty miles away, 92 acres of land including that where Fort Jennings stood. The total land of Fort Jennings owned by Andrew Russell and Sam Washburn was 91.99 acres, as recorded in the original land purchases.
Of that acreage, the larger portion was located east of the river. Nineteen and a –half acres in the extreme northwest corner of section four of Jennings Twp was west of the river.
Histories, soldiers' diaries, and Gen. Harrison's correspondence confirm the fort was located on the west bank of the Auglaize. Therefore the fort was more than likely within this 19 ½ acres.
Others who came with Boehmer were B. H. Biester and his daughter, O. Deters, Dina Wilberg, Henry Frederick Wellmann, Agnes VonDerEmbse and Mary Wellmann
Soon after came Ferdinand Gerking (King), Christopher Helmkamp, Casper Gerker, Calvelage and VonLehmden. Gerkings were from Steinfeld also. Other early settlers were Frederick Hemme, Francis Badenhurst and Jacob Freund. The Rekart family arrived in Ohio after spending 10 years in Pennsylvania. The Freund first settled south of Fort Jennings on the Auglaize but there was a flood problem at that location so they moved to a higher spot north of Fort Jennings in Jackson Township. When Boehmer arrived the Ladd family moved to Cloverdale. Ed Ladd was a faith healer.
Oliver Tolbert was another early pioneer in Jennings Township. He told his story to Putnam County Reminiscences in 1878. He was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania on 31 October 1792. He settled in Jennings Twp. On northeast quarter, section 12 in January of 1835. He died in Kalida in 1878. This book gives the day to day experiences of the early settlers in their own words. The following story was told by Mr. Talbert.
I arrived on my land, in the woods on 26th of January, 1835, and went to work and fenced in ten acres and cleared five acres, and got three acres of it in corn, and one more acre in timothy and turnips. I cleared the other five acres the next fall and put it in wheat and had enough wheat for my bread. The next year I fenced in twelve acres more, and had a good crop of wheat in the fall of 1887. I took a load of wheat to Portland (now Sandusky City) on the Bay, and got $1 per bushel for it, and bought salt at $1.25 per barrel, while in Kalida it was worth $8 per barrel. It took 10 days to make a trip, and we camped out every night and slept in our wagons. In 1838 I again went to Portland with wheat and got $1.25 a bushel for it, and bought salt for $1.25 a barrel. I bought six barrels, and sold it at Fort Jennings for $5 a barrel. In 1839 I spent my time in killing deer and getting out timber for a barn. I put up one of the best barns in the country. I again went to the lake with a load of wheat, and brought back a load of salt, and took five barrels of it to Fort Wayne, Indiana, and sold it for $11 a barrel. During these trips I saw hard times. Sometimes I traveled through mud knee deep; sometimes through rain and snow, and sometimes on ground froze so hard that it would almost bear up a man. Mud, rain or snow never stopped me, and I took it all patiently.
I spent considerable time hunting. One morning my friend Chamberlain came over to go hunting and I had to go with him. We had not gone 20 rods from the house when we saw five deer, and we followed them in the afternoon. It was very cold. I told him it was too cold but he thought not and so I told him to keep the track and I would try and head them off, and in trying to do so I got lost. I heard some one strike three licks with an ax, and I started for home, but crossed my tracks again and again. It was getting dark, when I heard a bell, and broke for it. It was an old mare with a bell on. I caught her, took her to a log and mounted upon her back. I had no bridle, and did not know but what she would run off and break my neck. I gave her a kick and let her go. I then heard some one chopping wood and I started her in that direction. I saw two men, either going to or from mill. I ran her until I got so close that I might see them. I soon got into the path and got off the mare and looked around for a hollow tree to camp in, but could find none. Directly I heard the horns begin to blow and the guns begin to shoot. A man shot off his gun close to me and I told him it was too late, when he let his gun fall and trembled like a leaf. I then went on to find Chamberlain. He was at work in his shop. I knocked at the door and he told me to come in. I opened the door and stepped in and the jack-plain fell out of his hand. The horns soon stopped blowing and then it was after nine o'clock.
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Originally Posted by USSJ Future Trunks
they did both fight at full power when jiraiya tried bringing oro back to the village and oro won.
he was obviously wrong as kabuto is just following the will of someone he admires. itachis word isnt fact.
kabuto: edo madara, nagato, kinkaku, third raikage, muu > hashirama and tobirama
databook is a guide and was never meant to be added up like that since adding seals to taijutsu doesnt make sense. they have nothing to do with each other. one can have a lower overall score yet have a high score in the areas that count (speed, intelligence)
wrong. ET and immortality alone put him at the top
actually he was testing naruto tio see if he could take on sasuke
because obviously oro surpassed jiraiya in the part 1 era, not a decade earlier.
that proves nothing. jiraiya was a good match as he knew and trained nagato, and had backup that were useful and willingly fought for him. if oro had prep and summoned a few strong edos hed kill pain
so sealing amaterasu = sealing a whole body that fights back?
they were sleeping and as you said tobi was there too
Edo hashirama>edo madara, tobirama>kinkaku third raikage and nagato
Hard choice.
I do give respect to Orochimaru. Great skills, variety, huge amount of chakra, and supposedly, endless knowledge of jutsu.
It´s not that you guys are speaking about a bar fighter, in an evil freaky way, he´s one hell of a sensei, gatherer of knowledge-really-twisted bad a55 MTF.
With different eyes, or maybe higher genjutsu, he could have survived as he did before.
This thing about Oro fighting Uchihas really goes nowhere, so as for any other random ninja who´s not an uchiha, genjutsu juts gets u and d ballgame is over so...
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This is, as is usual for metallica, an excellent release. Hero of the day ,though not the best song on Load, is an excellent example of the more mellow, thoughtful and feeling metallica we have come to know since the release of the Nothing Else Matters single from the black album. Its tormenting, soulful riffs and vocals are excellent. The single is well polished off with two alternate versions of the title track and three other songs including Motorheads brilliant Too Late, Too Late. This single is above metals usual standards but just below the high standards of a metallica single. It will not be the best CD you will ever buy ,but it would make an interesting addition to anybodies collection.
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Limited edition box set (1,000 copies only) that contains the CD singles for 'Hero Of The Day', 'Until It Sleeps', 'King Nothing' & 'The Memory Remains'. The shiny black package unfolds to over three feet in length & height, and also contains an authenticity certificate and four 8 inch x 10 inch photos of the hit heavy metal group's individual members. Also contains a 12 inch x 12 inch sheet with the CD booklets to the CDS. A velcro patch on front flap seals the 12 inch x 12 inch package up. Also contains an authencity certificate. Eight tra
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"hero of the day" is "hero of the day": a great song but not the greatest and it's one you all know. the reason this is so incredible is because of the Kill/Ride Medley. not only is it filled with amazing songs but the continuity and fluidity with which they are played is beautiful. anyone who enjoys live metallica and the first two albums must have this single.
Although "Hero of the Day" to me was overplayed, Its nice to have when the lights are on Reload and Garage Inc. Also Metallica knows how to play live, and it shows on the Kill/Ride track. Starting from, Ride the Lightning (song) and ending with it, the song is packed full of heavy playing and loud singing. Defenitly worth the money
The reason to buy this single is Track 2, the "Kill/Ride Medley". It's a truly great live performance from Donington '95. The medley begins with parts of Ride The Lightning, then goes through No Remorse, Hit The Lights, The Four Horsemen, Phantom Lord, and Fight Fire With Fire in that order. And then it ends with Ride The Lightning again. It's great.This is slightly different than the Kill/Ride Medley that appears on the "Cunning Stunts" DVD. In that version, Seek And Destroy is played instead of Phantom Lord.
Like any other Metallica CD this one is great! I like "Kill/Ride Medley" a lot because it combines six great songs into one. And it is live, and, of course, Metallica is the best band when it comes to live music. I do not recommend it so much for "Hero of the Day", since you could get that one on "Load". But if you collect singles, like I do, then you should get this single even if you do have "Load"!


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2013 will clearly be a new landmark year for Queens of the Stone Age. Fans have longed for new material from these sought-after stone agers since 2007 – incidentally the same year they last visited Roskilde Festival.
Brand new, hard rocking album … Like Clockwork is finally here, fully determined to "hold the horrible, lick the lunacy" according to front man Josh Homme himself.
Queens of the Stone Age's psychedelic heavy rock reeks of both cactus acid, sex and petrol. At the same time they have conquered the airwaves with hits that have made the Neolithic gang one of the most beloved rock groups of the 21st century.
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Baggage Claim
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Pledging to keep herself from being the oldest and the only woman in her entire family never to wed, Montana embarks on a thirty-day, thirty-thousand-mile expedition to charm a potential suitor into becoming her fiancé. Stars: Paula Patton, Taye Diggs, Jill Scott
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Sound Of Troy
In a very cosmic turn of events, it was a visit to a psychic some ten years or so earlier that informed singer Troy Lempriere that he would end up writing songs and performing in Sound Of Troy with its creative brains trust, guitarist Sam Labruna, as he explained to us recently from his home in Melbourne.
"I'm not spiritual or anything, but I was actually told about Sam when I had a reading (from a psychic)," Troy recalls, "I was told that ten years down the track I would meet this large Italian tattooed man, who wants to redeem himself!" he laughs heartily. "So yeah, that's a bit of a spin-out. At the time I thought 'that's all bullshit', but when I met him I thought 'Christ, maybe she was on the money!'"
Now, approximately four years into their career, things appear to be taking off for the band. They have managed to recruit one of the best up and coming young drummers in the country, Damian Corniola, and their debut album Grip Or Slip was released and launched late last year. Their next show is a big one, and Troy's getting itchy feet.
"Oh yeah, can't wait for it mate," he enthuses, "we've been itching for it, especially with the new drummer. It just brings a new life into the band. We rehearse every week, and every week it's just more confident with the songs. People actually pay money just to come and watch him play drums, by himself. So I can't actually wait to do the gig with him, and he's excited. I wish it was tomorrow!"
So what do people get from the Sound Of Troy live show, and what do you expect from the crowd in return? "If they like rock, they're gonna get an awesome rock show," he explains, "I'm a pretty good frontman. It's a pretty in your face 'bangin'' show. A lot of people said last time, it blew them away. You'll be walking away wanting more!
"To tell you the truth, last time we had people singing our songs, so that was pretty amazing! That's priceless that sorta stuff. Just to get a loyal fanbase, that'd be awesome."
Sam Labruna, guitarist and main songwriter for Sound Of Troy, is another interesting character. Outside writing tunes, playing guitar and performing with the band, he also trains one of Australia's finest up and coming boxers. He joined the conversation and told us what was coming up for the band after the show at The Evelyn.
"We've got The Butterfly Effect," he states, "so whatever gigs they've got we'll support them. Or the new band which we've supported before called Thousand Needles In Red. So we're working close with the management there. So that's what we've got coming up at the moment.
"It's been a bit hard," he continues, "because I've got a kid at the moment that I've been training for five years, he's actually the Australian champion in boxing. I do that full time. So it's pretty big, what he's doing. There's a lot of money involved, a lot of sponsors and such. So it's been hard. My passion's always been that, and bands. I've always played in bands, I've got tons of songs."
The sound/style of Sound Of Troy is a little difficult to categorise, and it's something that Troy and Sam have had difficulty with as well when they get asked about it by friends or punters.
"It's a difficult question," he agrees, "because some of the songs that we've done, we've played them with just a piano and vocal. But then again, we've played the same song heavy. So it works both ways to be honest. So it's hard, but I'd just say 'rock', really. Like maybe a Matchbox 20, although it's a little bit heavier than a Matchbox 20. Maybe a Nickelback style or something like that.
"I believe in the songs, the songs are good," he states in conclusion, "We're only a four piece at the moment. Ideally we'll branch out – we need keys, we need a full time piano guy in the band. But it's working, for what we're doing at the moment, it's a rock show."
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---- — Jessie Mary (Edrington) Caplinger, 100, of East Wenatchee, Wash., died at home July 3, 2013. She was born at Max, Boone County, IN, October 14, 1912 to Vesper Edrington and Lora Cleaver. Jessie was in the first (1931) graduating class of Dover High School. She moved to Seattle in 1933 to marry her high school sweetheart, Kenneth T. Caplinger. She retired as the office manager of PRIM Services after many years of employment, volunteering at her church and helping family and friends in countless instances. Her happiest times were spent with the little grandchildren, great grandchildren, and all the preschool daycare children at church, where she volunteered faithfully every week after she retired. When asked one time what her favorite hobby was, she replied, "Getting the work done!" Even her free time was productive with masterpieces of crochet work which her family uses and loves today. In 2007 she joined her daughter and son-in-law at their home in East Wenatchee, WA.
She is survived by two sisters, Olive Wells of Lebanon, IN and Lois Howard of Seattle, WA, a son, Paul (Karen) Caplinger of Battle Ground, WA, a daughter, Janet (Lon) Posenjak of East Wenatchee, WA, five grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth Caplinger, her son, Ronald Caplinger, two brothers, Lloyd and Devon Edrington, and a sister, Nellie Urban.
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He's better than Wolverine or Cyclops.
Jer gets sidetracked while trying to create some content for Battle of California.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? We'll take that cup of kindness! (Thanks to Paul Marhue for this one -- you can view a bigger image here.)
Hockey and X-men.
Here's a 40 pic comic on the Grizzlies decimation of the Spurs, especially the Gasol-Duncan match-up. Including Perv Parker, Pouting Jefferson and more.
The latest from Manabelldo's MMA comics, "Chapter of Kazuo Misaki Special Attack!" featuring Jorge Santiago vs. Kazuo Misaki from SRC 14, in full here. In addition to Yoshihiro Akiyama on commentary, Yushin Okami in attendance and Shinya Aoki rocking the Nick Diaz shirt (with who?), for some reason I think it's Satoshi Ishii looking like the stalker guy in the hood and raincoat?
Today's Washington Post Comics Give the WNBA Some Love
Lesnar vs. Carwin in Natural Born Comics by manabelldo Lots more on his blog, including Aoki/Kawajiri and Akiyama/Leben. (At the bottom of each post is a link to English text.) HT: gryphonjapan
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Martha J. (Livermore) Harlan, 79, Anderson, died Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at Manor Care after an extended illness. Martha was born in Roseville, Ill., March 6, 1934, to Orville and Lois (Woodward) Livermore.
She graduated from Roseville High School in 1952 and Brown Business College in Galesburg, Ill. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Anderson and Redbud Quilters Guild. She married her husband, H. Eugene Harlan, July 21, 1957, in Galesburg, Ill.
We were fortunate to have her be a "stay-at-home mom" until she went back to work in 1981. Mom worked for the ways and means committee while Greg and I were in the Highland Band. She retired from Best X-ray in 1999.
She is survived by her husband; daughter, Lori (Patrick) Cole, Greentown; son, Gregory L. Harlan, Medford, N.J.; brother, John (Lilla) Livermore, Austin, Texas; four grandchildren, Regan E. Cole, A. Grant Cole, Benjamin Cole and Colin Harlan; several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Bill Livermore and Bob Livermore; and a dear friend, Betty Johnson.
Service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Rozelle-Johnson Funeral Service, Anderson. Burial will be in East Maplewood Cemetery. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
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Today you can find so many different celebrity chefs who are all about the finer ways of dining and developing better and more effective ways to cook different meals. Taking the old and adding the new is a positive way of developing new tastes which can also be a great way to find different dishes all together. Chefs like Emeril Lagasse are trying new things in order to help out the chef's of the future. A celebrity chef as well as published writer, restaurant owner and TV personality there is nothing that Emeril can't do with food to make it into a real delight to eat. The best chefs can take the most tasteless food and mix them with just about anything in the cupboard to make something that is special and even completely unique. This is the specialty of Emeril Lagasse who makes ridicules amounts of money helping people to prepare their next meals.
Health is often an issue with some people when they are thinking about cooking diner which is something that every chef should cater for. In one of his several books you will see that Emeril goes into detail on healthy eating manners which are good advice if you like to keep trim. With over a dozen great books with recipes in them you can do all the fabulous cooking that you see on TV and make the same meals that the experts are making. Emeril would agree that in every person there is a little chef trying to get out even if that chef is not a very good one. With practice and patients you can make a reasonable meal even if the greats of the celebrity chef world can make it twice as nice. After all this is what they are paid a lot of money to do.


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Last week it was Super Bowl Sunday. This week it's College Goal Sunday.
College-bound students came to Woodward High School and other locations across Ohio to learn an important lesson: How to properly file their FAFSA-Free Application For Federal Student Aid.
Waite High School Senior Eduardo Gonzalez came with his mother Delfina.
He plans to major in criminal justice at the University of Toledo and is blown away by the tuition cost.
"If I go to UT, I'm looking at $9,000 or more," he said.
Any aid will be a financial relief to Eduardo's parents.
"It will help us out. Me and my husband are both working and we get bills of our own at home," said Ms. Gonzalez.
Applying for financial help can be frustrating, especially with forms required for federal, state and institutional programs.
Students learn to navigate the ins and outs of FAFSA and how to best land that scholarship, grant or loan with the help of counselors.
The earlier you apply, the better your chances of pocketing some money.
"Once you fill out your FAFSA, the university you're applying to is able to give you more money. The money is there in a pot. Once that money is gone, you're not able to be packaged as well," said Tonya Colvert of College Goal Sunday.
Another tip: Everything is done on-line.
Students and parents need to sign-up for a government-issued pin number to get the ball rolling.
"Because if you come in and don't have those things, you have to apply for them. You can do so much of the paperwork. But you can't go any further until you sign up," said Ms. Colvert.
And if you're still confused about FAFSA, contact your high school advisor.
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"change the story!"
Change the story in your head and stop believing all the lies you have told yourself, and other people have told you. Believe in light and love and kindness; pray to be shown the way. A very inspirational book!!!
"~awesome help~"
OMG. It is clearly the most profound (and short!!!!!!!!!!) help-offering title in my library-EVER!!!!!! I absolutely love it and will be listening to and taking notes, and trying to implement it into my life over and over and over again. I cannot recommend it highly enough. Thank you, Janet Connor, for the recommendation!!!
"a perfect excuse"
There are many things a human being should already raise above, thinking of how we pride ourselves on our many achievements. I guess, I am not too kin of evolutionary psychology, which has a perfect excuse for just about any amoral behavior, as well as a vaguely noble explanation for all the positive traits. The spiritual being in me inclines to believe, that we have moral standards because a part of us, that tiny, yet undiscovered by the science particle of the SOUL, is connected by the source of knowledge and infinity far greater than we can ever imagine? while being caught in the physical realm. May be I should try to listen to the audio-book once again, because, honestly, I skipped a few chapters, finding them somewhat boring and repeating what had already been explained. But then, I was never good in science.
It's a pretty cute, entertaining audio-book. While it does contains seeds of practical advice, it seemed to be more inspirational and encouraging to me than anything else. A nice listen for when you are tired of writing and want to know you are not alone.
Perhaps, I had wrong expectations. But there were many times I wanted to drop the book and find something more engaging, curious and uplifting to listen to. I have not read the praised "Middlesex" by the same author, so I cannot blame his style - yet! :)
"loved it"
Loved the language, the narrator, the story and the characters. I am going to listen to this book once again, I loved it so much!
"documentary writing"
Insights onto the lives of Chinese in the USA. Detailed research. A fascinating story of a family tree. But I really missed Lisa See's enchanting language which she is so good with! Of course, one has to remember that this is more like a documentary work of literature, not a novel.
"it might happen...."
Sad, disturbing, borderline scary. What would I do?... But we human can adjust to just about anything... and there will always be love and the quest for belonging, for a touch and for an identity. Great, thought-provoking book. I wish the ending was more revealing...
A simple, honorable life of living the gift and the dream. I so wish Charlotte lived a long life: for her newly found happiness, for her devoted husband, for her five deceased siblings, for her old father and for us, enchanted readers of her masterfully written books.
I am off to listen to "Shirley", the book everyone in the family admired and laughed at, as read in Charlotte's diary.
Victoria Evangelina
"~it's a [very] long story~"
The idea is cute, but the story is too long and filled with plenty of unnecessary details. I liked both Diana and Matthew, but they never fully come to life for me. The ending is abrupt though the story was dragging itself for about 20 hours... But it looks like it's the first book in the series. I doubt I will listen to the following books, though I wish the heroes the best on their journey and the quest for the right to love freely.
Victoria Evangelina
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Research on moon dust lands national award for undergraduate
Michelle Thompson's research is going to help protect the health of NASA astronauts and she recently received a national undergraduate research award for her work.
The fourth-year Queen's student garnered the top prize in the physical and earth sciences research poster competition during the Rising Stars of Research conference at the University of British Columbia.
Ms Thompson's poster summarizes her study of the composition of moon dust, which she completed during a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) internship at the Johnson Space Center last summer.
"I was shocked to receive the award because the physical and earth sciences division included so many great students conducting interesting research. However, winning the competition confirms that my research was important," she says.
Ms Thompson examined lunar soil that was collected during the Apollo 11 mission. She found that the dust is composed of glass and a high concentration of reduced iron.
The research is vital because NASA plans to return to the moon and build a sustainable, long-term human presence. The iron in moon dust poses a health risk to humans if they breathe it in and it enters their bloodstream. NASA will have to design equipment and machinery that can withstand the build-up of dust in the mechanics of the instrument.
Ms Thompson enjoyed the opportunity to share her research with other undergraduate student researchers.
"As undergraduate students we do not have a lot of opportunities to showcase our research. Undergraduate students are doing great things working alongside graduate students and professors in the laboratory," she says.
The Rising Stars of Research gives students a chance to meet other likeminded students, practice communicating their research in public, and get advice on scholarships and post-graduate studies.
Ms Thompson is in her final year at Queen's working on a double degree in geological engineering and biology. She plans to enter a post-graduate program in planetary science next year.
She spent this summer working on a joint project with Queen's geology professor Ron Peterson and the Royal Ontario Museum's Kim Tait, which she also participated in two summers ago. The research looked at the characterization of foreign fragments in a meteorite that was collected in northwest Africa and donated to the museum.


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JEFFERSONVILLE, IN. (WDRB)--Indiana's new governor got his first look at the Hoosier State's portion of the Ohio River Bridges Project on Friday.
"I am very excited to have a chance to be out here and walk the shoreline and really see the future of infrastructure in southern Indiana," says Indiana governor Mike Pence.
The newly elected Governor got his first real look at his state's obligation to the Ohio River Bridges Project.
The governor says, "I think it's important that Indiana and Kentucky work together to complete these bridges."
Indiana is responsible for the East End Crossing, which calls for building a new bridge eight miles upstream from downtown Louisville. After a brief tour, Governor Pence looked at maps and an artist rendering of what the bridge will look like when it's done.
He says, "I truly believe that this is going to contribute mightily to the economic potential of this region."
Pence says the bridges project will have a significant economic impact on both sides of the river. "I think roads means jobs."
Pence takes over in the middle of the project but says he's still looking out for the best interests of Hoosiers. "We're going to look very carefully as we work through the process of how the financing is structured and make sure that Hoosiers get a fair deal," says Governor Pence.
Crews have already started the demolition and tree removal portion of the project and expect to break ground sometime this spring. A completion date set for 2016.
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Iowa marriage equality anniversary thread
by desmoinesdem, Sat Apr 03, 2010 at 09:00:16 PM EDT
One year ago today, the Iowa Supreme Court unanimously ruled that our state's Defense of Marriage Act violated the equal protection provision of the Iowa Constitution. From the day that ruling went into effect through the end of 2009, at least 1,783 same-sex couples received marriage licenses in Iowa. The real number is probably higher, because about 900 marriage licenses did not specify the gender of the couple involved.
Follow me after the jump for a review of news about marriage equality in Iowa, stories featuring happy couples, and thoughts about the future politics of this issue.


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Exclusive: "The Collaboration Between Nas & Damian Marley Came Out Of A Relationship"
Tuesday, Jul 26, 2011 5:25PM
With rap veteran Nas and reggae star Damian Marley making headlines last year courtesy of their Distant Relatives collaboration album, SOHH recently chopped it up with Shaggy to get his take on the hip-hop meets reggae mash-ups.
Although Shaggy was impressed by Nas and Marley's joint effort, he said too many collaborations are done for the wrong reasons these days.
"It's good and it's a good collaboration because it was organic when it happened," Shaggy told SOHH referring to Nas and Damian Marley's Distant Relatives. "A lot of people do collaborations these days because the person is hot. Collaborations aren't done for the right reasons. The collaboration between Nas and Damian was one that came out of a relationship that they had. It didn't matter if Nas was hot or Damian was hot. It was just the fact that [...] two people connected musically and came out with a product and enjoyed making it together. They enjoyed promoting the project and just being part of it. They really connected. A lot of collaborations are political. It's about who's hot and who's not. I don't think I would want to get into it like that. I would rather not do a collaboration if it's all about that because then the egos turn into problems and the record companies [get involved] and all of that. It has to be organic and if it's not organic, I would rather not get into it." (SOHH)
Asked to name his dream collaboration, Shaggy said he needed to look no further than the late Notorious B.I.G.
"My favorite has always been Biggie," Shaggy added when asked what dream collaboration he always wanted. "Biggie. That's one of those guys that just had me glued to the CD where you would recite every line and every joint because lyrically, he was just so relevant. He was saying what you were living. It was like you were creating a movie to his words. You could just picture it. That's true artform artistry. So yeah, he's definitely one of my favorites." (SOHH)
Last year, Nas opened up about the Distant Relatives theme.
"Reggae and hip-hop are cousins,'' he said in an interview. "Go back before the '90s and think about the music that was playing on the ghetto blasters and you'll hear it...The whole world is like family, split up all over the place. It's overdue, and I want to help build whatever we can [in Africa]. I've worked with a lot of reggae artists, like Sizzla and Supercat, but not until [2005's] Jamrock did I get a chance to work with Damian. I love his music and I'm a big fan of Bob Marley and the whole family. We haven't worked out any tour dates yet. But I'm sure Damian and I will do something soon." (Miami Herald)
Upon its May 2010 release, Distant Relatives debuted within the Top 5.
Hip-hop duo Nas and Damian Marley's Distant Relatives leads the way this week at No. 5 as Glee: The Music tops the chart with 135,800 sold albums. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the duo's new collaboration album has sold 57,500 records after a week in stores. (SOHH Sales Wrap)
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Outdoor Screening of the movie La Dolce Vita
Come see the classic film La Dolce Vita directed by Fellini on the Princeton Art Museum Lawn. Enjoy an evening of fine film, company (and hopefully weather). This event is free and open to all. Please RSVP to Stephen at firstname.lastname@example.com if you plan on attending.
Sponsored by the Princeton Art Museum and the Graduate School.
Location: Princeton University Art Museum Lawn
Date/Time: 05/19/11 at 6:00 pm - 05/19/11 at 9:00 pm
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Come to The Market to give blood on Saturday, September 20th! The Red Cross truck will be located outside of the store.
iWhat's On Sale?
Check inside for our weekly specials!
Sales valid: 8/29 - 9/4/2014
Certified Angus Beef Blade Steak: $5.99/Lb.
All Natural Springer Mountain Farms Chicken Legs or Thighs: $1.99/Lb.
Local Cabbage & Cucumbers: 59¢/Lb.
Local Corn: 6/$3
Assorted Coca-Cola 6 Packs: 4/$7
Fresh Baked Here! Hot Dog & Hamburger Rolls: 2/$5
All Natural Legacy Honey Smoked Turkey: $8.99/Lb.