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We're putting our 2013 calendar together right now, and staffers and volunteers representing all 12 months of the year have been photographed with their furry friends. There's only one big decision left to make, and we're leaving the answer up to you: Who should grace the calendar's cover?
We've narrowed down the field to four contenders. Check out the photos that are in the running, read a little about their sweet four-legged subjects, and then cast your vote for our 2013 Cover Dog or Cat. The pet whose photo gets the most votes will have his or her face in homes all over America!
The contest is now closed! Check back next year!
Moving to a new home may be one of the most stressful life events you'll ever have to tackle. But in the chaos of cardboard boxes, packing tape and moving trucks, you might not realize how stressed your pets feel, too. We chatted with ASPCA Director of Anti-Cruelty Behavior Research Dr. Katherine Miller about ways to make the transition as safe and easy as possible for your furry friends.
Choosing a new 'hood, house or apartment
Before you pick out your dream home, make sure your pet will love it just as much as you do. When it comes to square footage needs, cats and dogs differ. Older dogs, puppies and dogs with house training issues will need to go outside often, which might be difficult in an apartment building with lots of stairs or a house without a yard.
Packing up your stuff
Cats aren't big fans of change. You can help your cats (and skittish dogs) adjust to the moving process by bringing in moving boxes early, and by keeping your furry friends in a familiar room you plan to pack up last. On moving day, keep your pets in a quiet room or at a friend's house.
Planning your road trip
Many pets haven't spent much time in crates or cars. In the weeks or months leading up to the big trip, you can prepare your pets by gradually acclimating them to their crates. First, place your pets' food inside an open crate, and eventually have your pets eat meals in the crate with the door shut.
Settling into your new digs
When you arrive at your new home, it will be tempting to set your dog or cat loose to explore. But a new and unfamiliar space can be overwhelming to your pets. Start by allowing them to adjust to one room—their "home base"—which should include their favorite toys, treats, water and food bowls, and litter box for cats.
To learn more about how to prep your pets for the big move, please read Moving with Your Pet.
Hershey, before receiving treatment at the ASPCA Animal Hospital
Today the ASPCA arrested Queens resident Grimilda Amil for allegedly neglecting and starving her three-year-old male Yorkshire terrier, who has been recovering under our care for nearly two months.
Amil brought her Yorkie, Hershey, to an ASPCA Mobile/Spay Neuter Clinic on June 27. Alarmed at Hershey's condition, Clinic staff called our Humane Law Enforcement Agents, who quickly responded.
Amil relinquished ownership of Hershey to the ASPCA, and Agents transported the tiny dog to the ASPCA Animal Hospital.
There, veterinarians determined Hershey— whom they found to be emaciated, anemic and suffering from pressure sores—had been starved. At that time, Hershey weighed just 5.2 pounds. Today he weighs in at 10.1 pounds, a 94% increase!
Hershey is completing his recovery in a caring ASPCA foster home. When he's ready, he'll be made available for adoption.
Amil, 55, was charged with one count of misdemeanor animal cruelty. If convicted, she faces up to one year in jail and/or a $1,000 fine. She is due in Queens Criminal Court on October 4.
If you suspect you've witnessed animal cruelty, please don't hesitate to report it.
Guest blog written by Ben Li' Gon, ASPCA Senior Manager of Intake and Foster Program
Thanks to the generosity of our wonderful volunteers, the ASPCA Foster Care Program has reached its largest numbers ever. In 2011, 654 animals were placed into foster homes—and this year we have already surpassed 638 animals!
The ASPCA Foster Care Program places animals in temporary homes until they are ready for adoption. The animals we place into foster care include moms with nursing kittens or puppies, sick and injured animals, and animals in need of a bit more socialization, which can be essential to their adoptability. We also provide foster services for orphaned newborn kittens and puppies—a few of our very special foster caregivers offer these babies round-the-clock tender love and care.
By getting these guys out of the shelter and into a loving foster home, we can take in even more animals—saving even more lives. At the same time, we are providing these animals with the most comforting and nurturing environments possible until they are ready to return to the shelter and find their forever homes.
The effects of the foster care program are deeply felt throughout the entire ASPCA. If it weren't for the hard work and dedication of all our foster caregivers, we would not be able to help nearly as many animals as we do. For this reason, we hope to see our program continue to grow each year.
Kudos to all of wonderful foster parents! The ASPCA would truly not be the same without you. To learn more about this life-saving program visit our Foster Care page.
Jill Rappaport's horse models the "Opt to Adopt" halter. Photo Credit: Christopher Appoldt
Socialites, celebrities and horse lovers will soon head out to the Hamptons, Long Island's swanky beach community, for the 37th Annual Hampton Classic Horse Show. The Hampton Classic is a world-class equestrian competition, but it's also a hotbed of shopping, entertainment and philanthropy. For the sixth year running, the ASPCA will have a strong presence at the iconic, week-long event (August 26-September 2) to promote animal welfare and adoption, as well as to raise awareness of equine issues like horse slaughter and soring.
Visiting animal-loving celebrities and top riders—including ASPCA Equine Welfare Ambassador Georgina Bloomberg, daughter of Mayor Michael Bloomberg—will make appearances throughout the week at the ASPCA Patio and Animal Advocacy Station. We're also hosting an adoption day on Monday, August 27, focusing on helping rescued, at-risk horses, dogs and cats find permanent homes.
We're also thrilled that another ASPCA Equine Welfare Ambassador, Jill Rappaport of NBC's Today, will be on hand at the Hampton Classic, personally selling her "Opt to Adopt" Rescue Me Collection of horse halters and leads. We're honored to be the beneficiary of 15% of the proceeds from the sale of Jill's items during the event!


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Cold Stone Creamery a downtown weekend staple
HUNTINGTON -- Based out of Scottsdale, Ariz., Cold Stone Creamery is a popular ice cream shop that helped set-off a fad for ice cream and frozen yogurt shops where customers choose from an assortment of "Mix-ins."
The Huntington location at Pullman Square opened in 2005 and has been a weekend staple for many people.
While the demand for frozen desserts traditionally cools off in the winter season, the store offers ice cream cakes, cupcakes and other desserts for parties. For health conscious customers, Cold Stone is also now selling frozen yogurt in two new flavors: Banana Bread Batter and Chocolate Fudge Brownie. The chain also offers two lines of fruit smoothies, one of which is made with Splenda.
The shop also has warm desserts with ice cream toppings for $4.99. There's the Churro Caramel Crave, the Chocolate Lava Meltdown, the "No Fair" Funnel Cake, the "Brownie ala Coldstone," and the "Hot For Cookie" Chocolate Chip Cookie topped with cookie batter ice cream.
"This was one of the first few places to open at Pullman Square," said Meredith Henderson, co-owner of the Huntington franchise. "The corporate chain initially decided to open a store in this location and we saw an add in the paper to own the store. We drove down, looked around and loved it. So we decided to own the franchise.
"Easter is coming around and we sell a lot of cakes and ice cream cupcakes around the holidays," Henderson added. "They can be themed to Easter, other holidays or birthdays. The cakes start at $21.99 for a small. We can make a cake large enough to serve as many as 50 people. We need customers to call 24 hours ahead for custom orders."
Of course the ice cream shop offers its signature ice cream starting at $3.19 for a "like-it" size cup to $3.79 for a large "Got to have it" size. Customers can select individual toppings to be mixed in or choose one of the "Signature Creations" ranging from $3.65 to $4.29.
"I would say our most popular flavor of ice cream is sweet cream, but cake batter is very popular," Henderson said. "My favorite creation is the Cookie-Don't You Want Some, but our most popular by far is the Birthday Cake Remix."
Cold Stone Creamery is located at 10 Pullman Square next to Edible Arrangements. It is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 10 p.m. Sunday. Cash and all major credit and debit cards are accepted. For special orders, call 304-522-6640.
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Hi-did anyone try the whoopie pie recipe in the New York Times a few Wednesdays back? At first, I wasn't really sure I liked them, but they have grown on me. I think next time I will try to make them a bit smaller as they were awfully big for one serving. What did you think?
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You know it's summer when…
… you think Oh jeez, I'd better log into an MMO or my harvesters/garrison/housing will go up in smoke. It's the summer doldrums, which means that despite the lovely Steam sale and all, I'd rather be anywhere but sitting at my desk staring at a screen. I have a million games to play and nothing's really grabbing me.
- I haven't even logged into WoW since the 6.2 patch, so I really should check that out.
- My harvesters are almost certainly burning to the ground in SWG. Almost everyone from the early return-rush seems to be gone, and I'm in a really big guild (with lots of names) that has absolutely no guild chat, which I admit is a little disheartening. I don't always want to be on TeamSpeak, dammit. (Actually these days I don't want to be on voice chat at all. I'm having a hermit month.)
- It's The Secret World's third anniversary event and there are goodies. Or it was. For all I know I've missed that too…
- The spousal unit is back in EVE and making beckoning gestures; apparently it's somewhat improved since our last foray in… (checks old posts) 2010. Eh, maybe. Maybe not.
- Everyone's raving about the FFXIV expansion. Eh, maybe.
- The Repopulation has sat unplayed on my desktop for a couple of weeks. Not that I didn't like it, but apparently it didn't grab me. Which may have more to do with the whole summer doldrums thing than with the game itself, which is okay (up that to "pretty good" considering the development stage it's in).
- I've been a contributor to Shroud of the Avatar since, err… last year sometime? And have logged into it exactly once. I should check that out too, since I did put money into it and I love the folks who are developing it.
- And then there's all the non-MMO games I haven't touched either… Sims 4, various Steam games (including Torchlight 2 and I've already forgotten what else), Dragon Age Inquisition (remember that first session I blogged about? Well, that was also the last session)… The list goes on.
But all I feel is meh. Meh MEh MEH MEH MEEEEEEEH. In a couple of months it'll cool down and I'll want to play again.
Too much smiling in the cube
I should have seen the warning signs – except there weren't any. Just a request email on Monday night from an old client, one who pays his invoices on time, which makes him something of a star in my book. And suddenly I'm going to be translating somewhere around 25,000 words this week – means nothing to most people, but it's a lot.
I don't have a boss, but I'm sure Sod was out there looking after me.
This \/ is me this week.
If you're playing TSW or GW2, I hate you.
About damn time!
Down in the Hole (Hang Fire)
I have a feeling WoW life is about to get rather expensive.
Yesterday I sprang for Cold Weather Flying, which will let me flap about Northrend, and that was a snip at a mere 450 gold. Later on I get to spend amounts I'd rather not think about, which may not be relevant for a while if my levelling pace tapers off anyway. People are throwing around numbers like 4500 gold — forty-five HUNDRED gold?! Wataf? Eloise has made the princely sum of not-quite 2000g in her entire career, and currently has about 20% of that in her pocket. Aieeee! And that's not even counting the price of the mounts. Or the rep grind before some smug NPC bastard even lets you buy one of his precious beasties.
Will dance for moneh.
Okay, maybe not.
Am a little quested-out, a little Outlanded-0ut, and generally a little burned-out (already!) on frenetically doing whatever silly thing any passing NPC feels like asking me to do. Some days you save the world, some days you poke through Clefthoof poop – I guess it evens out. But it's all questing, and there are 18 million and three quests in the Outlands, and that way lies madness if it's all I ever do.
So I think Eloise is going to hang up her questing hat for a few days and maybe go fishing or something. Hang out with friends, even if it's only on Vent and not in v-person. Have a RL drink (or three). My guildies, it turns out, are a bunch of lushes — oh yes you are and you know who you are, even if you're not reading this — and they are leading me down that terrible path of *gasp* occasionally having a drink (or three) while I play.
It's not actually something I do very often – drink that is, not play. I don't drink much these days to begin with, for several reasons. First, I have nothing to prove. Second, alcohol severs the brake between brain and mouth and that is not always a good thing, especially if someone's taking screenshots and especially if you don't remember it later. Third, the hangovers really aren't worth it. It's like all the hangovers I didn't get in my college days and my 20s have finally figured out where I live and have decided to gang up on me if I so much as give a bottle of spirits a sideways glance.
On the bright side, I still have never woken up with a brand-new tattoo. So that's a plus.
Yea, in all things I shall be moderate. It is, after all, the Holiday season as we so PCly put it these days. I think I can have a drink, evade the Hangover Beast, avoid making too great a tit of myself in v-public, not quest like a manic questing thing, and generally have a good time.
Here's lookin' at you, fellow players.
This is (also) not a blog post
I wasn't here. You didn't see me. This way I have deniability.
It just occurred to me that if I managed to post a whole month — with caveats and weekends and obscure Papua-New Guinean holidays — I can probably post a whole month without said getout clauses. Some bloggers do it all the time.
So. Every day. Every – single – lousy – day in September, I shall grace you sorry lot with my presence. Yes, even on weekends, since apparently people do read blogs on weekends, and you're all very weird for doing it. (Don't even start on how much weirder it is to be posting.)
It ain't what it used to be
Time-zones can be a bitch, but they can also be quite useful for inspiration. See, by the time I get up my little British (and Euro) chums have already done their morning posts and, as I peruse them over coffee, I can get all sorts of ideas I probably wouldn't have had otherwise.
This one is Spinks' fault, again. The post itself is on MMO burnout and how to avoid it — a feat I'm not sure is actually possible — but a passing comment in the text was what drew me to comment and then, shock-horror, made me have a thought of my own.
Here's the catalyst:
The first thing that strikes me is that many players (probably the majority) don't ever go through the mastery and burnout phases. They hop straight from ramping up to casual, possibly even skipping the ramping up phase if the game offers that option.
Sims 3: Fighting The Man
As I mentioned last week, I made a Sims 3 hippie. After playing Herb, whose ambition and perfectionism are fulfilling but also very time-consuming (job, garden, a little fishing on the side; friends? who needs em!), I wanted to see if I could make a character who would never work.
Enter Sunbeam Moonlight, who was developing a backstory before I was even done with the outfit-creation screen. Her grandmother left her a cute but dilapidated old house in Sunset Valley… and not much else. I picked that pretty beach-front lot we also picked for Herb, which isn't cheap, put a smallish, older-looking house on there, and spent a fair bit of the remaining money on trees and other lot decoration. By the time I was done, Sunbeam was left with about $1000 to represent Grandma's small cash bequest — probably stuffed under the mattress.
I left the house empty not because I actually wanted it empty, but in an attempt to symbolise Grandma Moon's tatty, mostly useless old furniture. Problem is, if it's there your Sims can use it or benefit from it, and I wanted a large part of the house to be useless for a while, so… empty. The only things in there were a bed and a tatty old sofa — no bathtub, no toilet, no kitchen, in an attempt to represent that stuff was there, just not in any state to be used; if Sunbeam wanted the modern comforts of home, she'd have to renovate the house one bit at a time.
Fortunately, Sunbeam couldn't have cared less. She's a lucky, outdoorsy, artistic flower child who loves fishing (of course she releases them!) and doesn't love committment — the latter included not only because I couldn't see Sunbeam ever wanting to settle down with anyone, but also because it supposedly makes it hard to hold a steady job, and ideally I didn't want her holding any job at all.
It's unfortunate in a way, but it seems almost too easy to keep one's sims happy in Sims 3. Step 1, be careful what negative traits you pick; step 2, watch that mood bar. Hell, even at work you can "take it easy" which apparently counts as having fun, which to me seems almost too much and I'm someone who doesn't like too much of a challenge when it comes to keeping my Sims happy.
So, even without a useable kitchen or bathroom, Sunbeam had very few problems. Being outdoors most of the time makes her happy anyway (mood bonnus), and I figured her for a gregarious sort; so I took her to the park a lot where she not only met fellow Sunset Valley residents and even a few other ardent anglers, but also found that getting fed isn't all that tricky and doesn't cost a dime if you're not too picky what and whose food you eat.
As Jen mentioned in her new Sims experiment, there are things just lying around in the Sims that you can use for income if you don't work or are otherwise strapped for cash. Harvesting the apple and lime trees at the park provided a little income and had the added benefit of ensuring Sunbeam always had a fruit in her pocket to snack on — again, not particularly satisfying fare when the best foods can lift your mood for hours, but enough to keep the wolf from the door in the middle of the night. Then there are seeds… which I should never have touched with Sunbeam, especially knowing how gigantic and time-consuming Herb's garden became (currently at 36 plants, but at one point he was up to 47); my only explanation there is that Grandma Moon almost certainly had a little vegetable garden and that Sunbeam is channelling her Gran without knowing it. Anyway, she took a few seeds home to plant and before she knew it, one of them had turned into… a money tree!
It's tough to stay broke when even the vegetation is throwing money at you. Looking back, I might have given Sunbeam the "good" trait, which would have allowed her to donate a large portion of her money to charity anytime she pleased, thus staying away from the lure of empty materialsm. That said, the "renovations" are costing a fair bit and so far Sunbeam has managed to refurbish part of the bathroom (toilet and bathtub — the cheap kind) and most of the kitchen. The work was funded by winning a hot-dog eating contest (I have a feeling being "lucky" has a huge effect on these events) and by a couple of opportunities that came her way that didn't seem too much like caving in to the Man. I can't recall exactly what they were — one was to grow lettuce, and I think another was to catch a particular kind of fish.
Even without working, Sunbeam's days are pretty full. Having tatty cheap furniture or using public facilities tends to mean that one's mood isn't as good, activities such as getting clean or getting a good night's rest take longer, and so on. Besides which, there's always plenty of fish to be caught and fellow residents to be chatted with. Sunny already has an address book that includes over 30 people, almost a dozen of which are friends — usually, making and maintaining friends takes time, but when you're not working it's amazing how much more casual socialisation you can get done on your way to harvesting or fishing at the park, or getting clean at the gym.
One of the other things Sunbeam was finally able to afford was that guitar she was dreaming of (in game terms, I got a short-term wish to learn the Guitar skill, and it occurred to me that no flower-child should be without some kind of musical instrument). She immediately took it with her into town to practice — none of this retiring, practice-on-your-own stuff for her. If your heart is good, your music will be too! (Eventually.)
Paying the bills has been difficult at times, especially since the little bastards sometimes seem to come twice a week, but maybe it just seems that way because she's broke. As an unemployed slacker, Sunbeam is a nice contrast to Herb, though I have to watch myself and make sure I don't get tempted to do stuff that'll make money, like get a part-time job. Making money off her gardening side-line, off particularly prize fish, or off collections (she found some nice rocks, which she sold, and some lovely butterflies, which she released after keeping them in the house with her for a while) seems okay to me, but working would be a capitulation.
The thing is, as Flash of Steel so cogently pointed out, Sims 3 is pretty much set up for people to be good little rat-race rodents, wanting better jobs and bigger and better items bought with their wage-slave salaries. Sure, you can be an artist or a writer or a homeless bum, but most of the short-term wishes push you towards consumerism and upward mobility — which one is of course free to ignore, and one could argue that most games have to have some sort of progression goals or the achiever-players won't feel like they're doing anything useful. Even the less achievement-oriented among us like to have milestones, I suspect. For now I'm just choosing to see those "wishes" as the image of normalcy Sunset Valley (and Sims 3) society is trying to impose on Sunbeam, who simply refuses to play along. I ignore all the "get a career in X profession" prods and all the "buy furniture worth more than $Y" hints; I also ignore all the talk-to, make-friends, social-type wishes because Sunbeam will socialise in her own time and on her own terms — and is, as I mentioned earler, very gregarious; she just won't let society tell her whom to see and when she should want to see them.
Sure, it's futile in terms of actual protest and it's nowhere near as profound as Alice & Kev — but it's fun to play someone who can do exactly as she chooses from waking up in the morning to going to bed at night… provided she leaves enough time for a bath and a bladder-stop here and there.


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The Senate has ratified the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) between the United States and Russia, which would reduce the number of nuclear warheads in both nations by one-third of their current levels.
The Russian Duma Defense Committee must approve the measure before it is enacted. According to Reuters, Russia's lower parliament house was expected to ratify New START by the end of last week.
On Dec. 22, the U.S. Senate voted 71 to 26 to approve the agreement, exceeding the two-thirds majority that is required by the Constitution for treaty ratification. Although there were two nonbinding amendments added to the resolution of ratification, Republicans' efforts to alter the treaty's language were defeated by Democrats who argued that any significant changes would have effectively killed the deal with Russia.
Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), who is the Foreign Relations Committee chairman, said that the treaty will send a message to Iran and North Korea that the international community is determined to quell the nuclear ambitions of unlawful nations. He added that Americans will also benefit from having "fewer Russian missiles aimed at them."
In response to the Senate's ratification, the European Union (EU) congratulated lawmakers for moving forward on disarmament commitments.
"I now look forward to the further ratification by the Russian parliament which will give both countries an historic opportunity to enhance global security by reducing the number of deployed strategic warheads and their delivery systems and by establishing a verification system to the benefit of both sides," said Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs.


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Cross Country Holds 2012 Recognition Ceremony
Nittany Lions coming off another success season on the course
Cross Country To Toe The Line In Louisville
Nittany Lion women's squad goes into NCAA Championships with No. 9 ranking
Alford-Sullivan Named Mid-Atlantic Coach of the Year
Nittany Lions currently ranked No. 9, nationally
Seven Nittany Lions Named to All-Region Team
Sam Masters and Nittany Lion women to travel to NCAA Cross Country Championships
Masters Through to NCAA Cross Country Championships
Standout senior advances to Louisville via an at-large bid
On the National Scene ... || 2012 Cross Country || Earned All-Region honors, placing 25th overall at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional ... Finished the 10,000-meter course in 31:07.
At the Big Ten Championships ... || 2012 Cross Country || Was the Nittany Lions' third finish at the conference meet, taking 35th overall in 24:35.
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Any book that's been written about drinking in the last 50 years probably has a quote from H.L. Mencken, the American writer and cultural critic. The "Bard of Baltimore" had so much to say about drinking that ignoring him would be like forgetting to mention Confucius in a book about Chinese philosophy or overlooking Daryl Hall in a book about musical duo Hall & Oates. Yes, he's really that important. His essay "How to Drink Like a Gentleman," is recently back in print as an e-book. More


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Lots of celebs were caught wearing this $220 Wildfox sweater. So we figured you'd want to join them, since it's the coolest sweater on the block right now.
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BRYAN -- With schools still dealing with power outages across the Brazos Valley due to Hurricane Ike, there are already a couple of schools that have canceled their games for this week, while a few have rearranged their schedules to either take advantage of the sun, or changed locations.
The Navasota Rattler football team has canceled its game with Bellville this week. Head Coach Lee Fedora said he hates to cancel games,
but without any way to get all of his players at practice he really had no choice.
Fedora is interested in filling his open date on October 3rd and would appreciate any coach who's looking to play a game on the 3rd, to give him a call.
Bellville @ Navasota canceled September 19th
Madisonville is in the same boat as the Rattlers, they've already canceled their game with Crockett on Friday
Madisonville @ Crockett canceled September 19th
There are a couple of games that have already been rescheduled this week. Iola and Somerville will try to play Friday afternoon at 3 in Somerville.
Iola @ Somerville Friday 3:00
Burton and Normangee have also made arrangements to play on Friday, but not in Normangee. The all Panther tilt will take place at 7:30 at Tigerland Stadium in College Station.
Burton vs Normangee @ Tigerland 7:30
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Man Sentenced to Just Over Five Years in Prison for Attempted Kidnapping
BATH, Maine (AP) – A New Hampshire man who tried to kidnap a 2-year-old boy at a Maine park-and-ride lot has been sentenced to just over five years in prison. Foster's Daily Democrat reports that 30-year-old James Graham of Newmarket, N.H., was convicted in Bath Superior Court of attempted kidnapping and assault and sentenced to five years and three months in prison. He was accused of grabbing the child by the arm and trying to take him away from his grandmother and mother in Bowdoinham in May. Police at the time said they seized a loaded handgun, knives, parachute cord, cable ties and maps of the White Mountains from Graham's vehicle.
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What do you think? Did I miss any?
There will likely be three or four players added to the roster once they get filled out, no?
Rondo is a lock. KG is likely and either Pierce or Ray?
The starters deal is a whole mess as it always has been. Looks like the voters got it right this year, though in my opinion.
The Julius Peppers situation was a tough one, for sure. With all of the history prior to him becoming a free agent, I was certain they would get something done.
I don't think any of us bought into the Burgess signing...
All told, while I think pass rush is definitely a piece to the puzzle, it feels to me that the Pats simply miss the guys that make plays. For instance Bruschi, Vrabel, et al would sometimes get to the quarterback, but they would also find ways to make strips, recover fumbles or pick off a pass. I think the secondary --- all be it young and still developing --- has that potential. Up front, though, I'm not so sure.
Wilfork is a key and of course a healthy return for Warren will help add consistency. But man, would I like to see a guy who can get to the quarterback, help stop the run and be able to drop back in coverage. Why don't we get guys like Richard Seymour...?
He was a close second, Tom.
I think the moment got most of the voters. Gilchrist played on Monday while Mack did his damage Saturday.
Hi All, thanks for the comments.
al317, I know that's been out there a lot and you have to wonder. I find it hard to believe that a few rude fans would be the tipping point in what could have been a seven-year deal, though.
roadrunner80: I think Phil Hughes is the last decent arm that has come up through the Yankees farm system. Even past the Yankees' inability to keep their young arms is the clear inability to manage them, a la Joba Chamberlain.
Do away with the two lanes? They just spent months widening the road!
I think you're right about the speed though. People fly through nearly every portion of Westfield and with that road free of 12-inch potholes, it's a race track.
I'd love to know what happened here, though.
I can't believe he's only 28. I feel like he's been shredding the Sox for way longer than eight years. Crazy! He's proven that he can produce in the AL East and could certainly benefit from 70 more games a year at Fenway. I say spend whatever it takes. Hey, it's not my money!
It's certainly different. I'd like to see how the other uniforms around the league look before I pass judgment. I do like the red but I also like my players to have faces...
Wait, the Red Sox had Marco Scutaro?
Shop him, get him out of here. Start fresh. These aren't your father's Red Sox. Remember back in 2004 and 2007? I thought only the Pirates hovered in the 80s in wins.
While Rondo's shooting percentage improvement is great, he still should never be shooting that ball. He was the last of five options on the court when he missed it. I remember thinking to myself after the timeout that it was weird to see Nate Robinson on the court. Perhaps the absence of Eddie House will hurt the C's much more than we originally thought down the road. Swap Robinson for House and there are four top-notch shooters who could knock nearly any shot down on the floor...
Yeah I couldn't believe that was all they could come up with. On the flip side, though, why was Jason Terry so wide open on his knock-down 3 to tie it up a bit earlier? I cringe every time Rondo takes an outside jumper. I think the play should have been to Pierce, who had Jason Kidd on him.
All that said, what an atmosphere. I had the sound off on my desktop while I was working and I could still feel the excitement with everyone standing up courtside. The West is going to be tough this year...
This just feels right, no? Awesome to see new playoff team (or in the case of this year's postseason) two making waves and potentially changing the balance of power.
I can't stay out of this discussion, I just can't.
Westfield is a great place to live, providing you live absolutely nowhere near downtown.
We live on what has become track at the Daytona 500 now that all of the other streets off of Main are closed... and it gets worse and worse every day.
We just had a flat tire caused by the awkwardly uneven road at the end of Meadow Street and having to turn into those curb-style ledges because of an angry driver coming at us (likely fuming because they just sat in traffic for 30 minutes). If I don't need new shocks and struts soon, I will be surprised.
It's a complete and utter disaster, from start to finish. I can't imagine it being any better, but it certainly can't get any worse, either.
Everywhere you go, you're in traffic and that's one thing, but even during non-commuting hours, there's traffic caused by terrible road conditions that should have been addressed years ago and have become even more dangerous since the de/construction began.
The only words that come to mind are: complete, utter and disaster.
Highschoolfan3...well said.
I guess it's good and bad that there's such a pipeline from Cathedral to the prep school level. It's good to know that the program can produce players of the elite prep school level in guys like Budness, Pieterse, Robinson, Lieland, etc.
As for the divisional alignment, I remember when it was final prior to last season, I thought it was interesting that Cathedral would be technically in Division III, but play in the Suburban League with most --- if not all --- non-league games be against the AA. That said, the South Hadley game has typically been a well-played game and the fact that it was 61-0 is probably what led me to wonder how quickly things turned around from last year's 5-5 team.
Hi patsfan99...thanks for the heads up. Read the schedule incorrectly on the Cathedral football page. It's been update to reflect the correct information.
Just to touch on your other point, though: I don't feel I belittled any body or the program. In fact, I wrote: "I'm not questioning the effort put forth by the Panthers' players or coaching staff." That said, you can't argue that this year hasn't seen a downfall in production. I'll say it again: I am not questioning the effort put forth by the Panthers' players or coaching staff...But I have to wonder how quickly it went from 5-5 to what has happened through the first five weeks of 2010.
This is me pulling my Deion Branch jersey out of the box in the attic.
You just made my morning. Thanks, Dan.
You're not questioning Tom, are you Nick? If he wants to play until he's 108, he'll do it. Aren't you aware he can do no wrong. Well, except for in the Jets game...
You said it right, Dan. His most redeeming quality has always been his 'bulldogishness'. He hasn't had that in a while. The Irish jig, Bud Light bonanza and Mili Vinilli aside, he's simply not worth it anymore. Let's just hope Theo doesn't go back to the Closer by Committee. Where is Chad Fox, anyways?


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Last month on 19 April, the US Air Force's F-22 Combined Test Force (CTF) completed the 1,000th sortie on tail number 4007 at Edwards AFB, California. The aircraft is currently testing the Increment 3.2A software upgrade package which will add new electronic protection measures and new combat identification capabilities to the Raptor fleet.
"This sortie was one of the first flight tests of Increment 3.2A, the next major software upgrade to the aircraft which will enhance its lethality and self-defense capability," Lt Col Devin Traynor, F-22 CTF director of operations.
Though the USAF says that 4007 is the oldest Raptor out there flying–it's been flying since the engineering manufacturing development (EMD) phase of the program, there is an older Raptor that's still on flyable status–4006. Other old EMD jets, 4004 and 4005 are being used as maintenance trainers at Tyndall AFB, Fla., and Langley AFB, Va., respectively.
There has been some debate as to what to do with Ship 6–as an old one of a kind EMD jet, it's expensive to maintain. While it's on flyable status, there have been discussions about retiring it, and as of right now, there are no plans to fly it again. That being said, it's not heading to a museum anytime soon.
The USAF has only a tiny fraction of the Raptor fleet it once envisioned, so there has been some talk about bringing 4006 up to the Block 10 standard. It would be expensive, but it would cost far less than a new airframe–not that a new airframe is a realistic option since the F-22 production line ended last year.
The money could be drawn from the funds allocated to modernize tail 4013, which crashed late last year, and therefore will never use the cash allocated to bring it up to the Block 20 standard. "The sequester has put a damper on things for now," a source says.


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If you've spend some time with a Team Site then working with the next kind of SharePoint site should be no problem whatsoever. We are now looking at what's called a Document Workspace. This is another very, very common SharePoint site. And it really doesn't look all that different. Yeah, we don't have that stocked image, for example. It looks like our page is a bit more straightforward in terms of layout. But we still have the Ribbon. We still have the Quick Launch Bar. We still have the Options up at the top with our name and the search box.
And in fact what I am looking at here is a Document Workspace that's had just a tiny little bit of use done with it. I have got an entry in the Announcements list. I've got a couple of documents that have been uploaded to the Document Library. And again, we want to make sure that when we are new to SharePoint a lot of these words that include the term document can get a little confusing. We've got Document Workspaces and Document Libraries. Well, what's the difference between a Document Workspace and a Document Library? Well, a workspace is a site.
When you hear something called a Document Workspace or a Meeting Workspace you can say a-ha, that's a kind of SharePoint site. Microsoft in their infinite wisdom just decided to call some of their sites "sites" and some of them "workspaces," but there is no technical difference inside SharePoint. You get a workspace. You've got a site. So if I look around this I can see that I've got Announcements. I have got a place for Documents. I've got a place for Tasks. I've got a place for Links. In fact, this is looking very, very similar to a team site.
In fact, if I go to my All Site Content section I can see that I've got Announcements, Calendar, Links and Tasks, the Team Discussion, Shared Documents. This almost looks identical. So what's going on? Well, I'll tell you. A Document Workspace really isn't all that different from a team site. It's just got a different kind of focus to it, kind of same way that a public website that deals in selling clothes is really not all that different from a public website that deals in selling books.
They have both got the same idea of shopping carts, of processing through it, of viewing different products, of choosing to add them. Same kind of thing. We just have a different focus here. Instead of the business problem where we have a team that needs to work together, we have a document that needs collaboration. What does that mean? Well let's say in this case we have got an annual report is due. And it's not been created by a team. It's been created by a bunch of different people in a bunch of different places and across different teams across the organization.
Marketing needs to have input, Actuarial needs to have input, Operations needs to have input, and Management needs to have input. And we want to make sure that we can track this information. Well, we can do that with a Document Workspace. This gives us a place to put some announcements, a place to put tasks such as reviewing certain documents or signing off on covers or finding logos, or in this case a recycled paper supplier. A Document Workspace allows you to track everything you need about a particular document.
But the focus is on the document, not on the team. Aside from that it's very simple. Most of the same things that we've explored with the team site work just exactly the same way here. Like a team site, a Document Workspace is one of the classic SharePoint sites available in all editions of SharePoint and a very, very common one. It doesn't mean that it necessarily fixes a business problem that you have. It might, it might not. But once again, if you're going to become familiar with SharePoint, a Document Workspace is one of those sites that really about five or ten minutes of just experimenting and playing around and clicking through, you can figure out exactly what this does.
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The Lexington Police Department released statistics today which report that sex offenses in 2013 went up by 5.7%
That number, which doesn't include rape and prostitution, increased from 229 reports in 2012 to 242 reports in 2013.
The Bluegrass Rape Crisis Center (BRCC) offers therapy services for victims of sexual assault. Organizers said they have also seen an increase in the number of people asking for counseling.
Their 16-person staff covers 17 counties. They said they have a waiting list for victims seeking therapy.
Mae Suramek, BRCC Executive Director, said the numbers in Fayette County from 2013 had all increased from the previous year.
Crisis Counseling: 160 sessions to 62 individuals
Long-Term Therapy: 702 sessions to 43 individuals
Group Therapy: 102 sessions to 26 individuals
Medical Advocacies to 63 individuals
"I think that if the statistics go up, that might actually mean that people are feeling more comfortable in reporting and seeking services," Suramek said.
She added that she hates to see the numbers go up, but it's a good thing that more people might be reporting the crime and seeking help.
Thursday, the BRCC will present to the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government for a grant to expand its services.
Last year, they received a grant that helped them to focus on African American and Spanish communities.
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More than six months after the Schertz police chief retired, his permanent replacement was announced Wednesday.
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Every so often the world of armchair travel shakes up with a new revelation. Now, we have something else that's taking remote wanderlusting to a whole new level: drones. While much of the media associates drones with militaristic projects, these machines can also capture beautiful panoramas from stuning vantage points most of us don't have the… [read more]
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Good news: Mozilla fixed their damn browser
Posted on Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Since the official release of Firefox 9 is today, it seems like an appropriate time to revisit my post from a few weeks ago complaining about Firefox's poor performance on Linux to see if anything's changed.
Good news. It has!
After my post hit Hacker News, a couple of people at Mozilla reached out to me to see if they could help run down the problem. They said they knew about the problem (which appears to center around low-level weirdness in some popular Linux filesystems), they had been working on it, and I could test out their work by switching from using the then-current release version of Firefox to using Firefox Aurora.
"Aurora" is a new stage in the Firefox release process that was introduced earlier this year. It provides an update channel that streams in new features periodically as they come in, rather than having to wait for the next full version of Firefox to get them. It's distinct from the nightly builds that Mozilla has always made available for Firefox in that rather than just being a snapshot of the browser code as it stands at the end of each day's work, it doesn't include features until they're at least somewhat fully baked, so while it's more bleeding-edge (and therefore potentially unstable) than official Firefox betas, it's less so (and therefore more potentially stable) than nightlies.
Anyway, I'll try anything once, so I made the switch to Aurora (an easy thing to do, thanks to the PPAs that Mozilla kindly provides for Ubuntu users) and started using it as my everyday browser. And I was pleased to note that the slowdowns and lack of responsiveness that had been so frustrating in mainline Firefox were entirely gone. They went from "happens all the time" to "never happens, ever." Which was awesome. Firefox felt like… well, like Firefox again.
I didn't want to declare victory too quickly — the old problems hadn't cropped up immediately either, they had started off slowly and gotten worse over time, so I figured I should keep using Aurora and see if they ever came back. Well, I've been using Aurora as my primary browser every day for a couple of months now, and they haven't; the browser is just as fast and responsive as it was the day I switched over. So it seems safe to say at this point that Mozilla has slain this particular dragon.
Does this mean that you should switch to Aurora? No, probably not. Aurora is just a place for Mozilla to test out new ideas; things in Aurora that work well will eventually find their way into official Firefox releases, and Mozilla's new rapid release schedule for Firefox means that you don't have to wait six months or a year for each new version, so you should be seeing these improvements in your copy of Firefox soon. (They may even be in Firefox 9, though I can't say for certain because I haven't had a chance to review the complete list of fixes in that release yet.)
While it's good to see issues like this getting fixed, I would still say that there are places where Mozilla needs to improve its process. The biggest one is how they communicate with users. Even after multiple searches through Bugzilla and various Mozilla-oriented forums, the only reason I found out that my problem was actually being worked on was because my post hit Hacker News and went viral from there. It was great that I did eventually find out, but it would have been better for Mozilla if I had been able to learn they were aware of the problem and were working on it on my own. Then I would probably never have written the post to begin with, and Mozilla wouldn't have suffered the PR hit of having a user's complaints about Firefox performance leading the tech news for a day. And it should be easier for me to report back to you whether or not these fixes are included in Firefox 9 than it currently is.
Even with that being said, though, I want to give credit where it's due: Mozilla is working hard to make Firefox not just a faster browser, but the fastest browser. And from where I sit, anyway, the work is definitely paying off.
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firefox nightly have a really nice memory usage too, and a regular user-visible garbage collection. 150M-180M for 10 tabs (html5, css3, flash content), quite nice.
Just question on the picture. Isn't that a picture of a fox; which is a different animal than that of the fire fox? I thought Mozilla FireFox was named after the Red Panda aka Fire Fox.
Never again. After how many years of a garbage browser that kept leaking memory and growing everytime to be unusable and mind-boggling memory hog and poor performance….
Never again will I give them a try when they went how many years without fixing the simplest issues of making a usuable browser.
poch: Maybe, but the icon/logo for FF itself isn't a panda
I have no idea what versions or black magic some of you must be applying, but while i do like and use FF memory usage has ALWAYS been a huge issue with the reader and it's 'plugin container' easily eating 2GB of ram and randomly crashing for me.
That's excellent! Great! I'm not a Firefox engineer but a Mozilla web developer.
I should just add, for the sake of completeness, that if you don't dare to play with the latest (i.e. Aurora) alternative is to run Firefox Beta which is one release cycle *between* Firefox and Aurora.
See http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/beta/
Does it still balloon up to 800MB of RAM for 4 tabs?
@nope: I should expect you have already submitted a bug report and associated patch to fix the simple issue then?
@Daniel Larsson: Notice that the "plugin container" uses the RAM, not the browser. In other words: Flash sucks, news at 11. Flash keeps piles of memory around, and doesn't free it. Mozilla tries to work around this problem by unloading the plugin when not in use and reloading it (without all its wasted memory) when needed again. However, depending on what tabs you keep around, the plugin may never become unused. For instance, gmail uses the Flash plugin, as does Github, as do many sites behind the scenes, in addition to the obvious candidates like YouTube. If you never close those sites, Mozilla can't unload the Flash plugin, and it will keep using more and more memory.
Flash represents the single worst offender when it comes to browser performance and memory usage, and it doesn't help that people often blame the browser instead of the plugin.
Did they put back Browse-by-name by default?
Then they did NOT fix it. Just made it speedier.
@Daniel Larsson
I will admit to flash being horrible, chromium's solution is to implement their own flashplayer, which seems to have paid off in this regard.
I have to admit that Mozilla really has been listening. I noticed a lot of improvements in Firefox. Normally, my browser crashed within 2-3 hours of usage due to accumulating memory usage. Recently I managed to run 2-3 windows with around 50 tabs in over 24 hours of usage! However, the Flash plugin frequently crashes, though.
I'm using firefox in windows.Compared with the old versions, this version is faster, but still cannot catch up chrome.
I don't use the firefox browser but use firefox 9 engine in Avant browser, also the webkit 17 engine in it. If you open a same page in both firefox engine and chrome engine, you will find the difference.
I'm using Firefox from almost 7 years. I am a Firefox fan!
I can assure you one thing, Firefox is the fastest and the most stable browser with less memory usage! This is unbeatable!
Chrome spoils your memory usage. Its horrible.
And IE, no words. Worst ever. Though IE 9 is better than what people had expected.
I'm happy to be part of this in your previous post. Nice to see Mozilla developers listening to their passionate users. I really hope the best for Firefox!
I loaded the Aurora channel and am using FF in Linux. Seems a lot more responsive. It carried all of my plug-ins over, and settings were there, too. I prefer FF to Chromium, both have uses for both depending on the situation.
Jason, it's great to hear that you're having a better experience with the Aurora build.
There are several ways that you and others can report issues to Mozilla. From most difficult to least:
File a bug report at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?format=guided This requires setting up a bugzilla account but after that hurdle we do hold your hand through the process pretty well. (tip: if it's a bug in the Firefox user interface, pick "Firefox". if it's a bug in a web page or Firefox's "back end" then pick "Core".
Join us on IRC and tell me about the problem. The server is irc.mozilla.org and I'm "Asa" or "asadotzler".
Submit feedback from Firefox's help menu.
Tweet me or other famous mozillians about it. I'm asadotzler on twitter or just tweet with "firefox" in your comment and our "Army of Awesome" will hopefully catch it and offer to help.
Just a visit back to tell you that I changed to Aurora on my netbook, as well as my laptop. Memory usage is way down, even with five tabs loaded, and seems faster than Chromium. The version reports Aurora 10.0a2
Waiting to see what happens before I change my desktop, though. Really only use if for forensic stuff.
I won't trust aurora again. I stuffed up all my saved bookmarks by deleting it. I have a business and relied on these bookmarks. The warning that all personal stuff will be deleted was not clear enough instating Firefox bookmarks go as well. People i notice now have been complaing about this for years. Why is the problem not fixed? My bookmarks were years of accumulated work.
I'm using Firefox from almost 5 years. I am a Firefox fan too!
But I think Firefox go bad with video on web
Mozilla Firefox's mascot is a red fox on fire, not a red panda. "Firefox" is just the Chinese name for the red panda, has nothing to do with Mozilla's browser.
I'm sorry, but I'm a fox lover and I hate it when they say that Mozilla's mascot is a red panda. Every time someone says that as a fact, I get angry.


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Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries Register for Wedding Gifts (Photos)
The two were spotted out, with Kim's mom Kris Jenner, yesterday, adding items to their wedding registry at Gearys in Beverly Hills. HollywoodLife did some digging around and uncovered the registry for the reality star and her man, revealing the lavish choices they've made.
It seems they are hoping their family and friends will spare no expense for their upcoming nuptials. They've asked for some pretty pricey things. A Lalique tourbillon black vase for a whopping $6500, in addition to another Lalique black vase for only $4,625. Their dinnerware will be Hermes -- a tea cup and saucer will cost $225, and the cereal bowl will run you $155. In Kim's defense, when you're sporting a $2 million engagement ring, it seems only fitting that a vase for some flowers should cost four figures.
Last week's rumor of Kim cheating with football star, Bret Lockett hasn't seemed to phase the lovebirds. They looked as happy and as in love as ever, as they picked out their future gifts.
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- Tuesday 14 JuneBy jonzbeach
Gee..I guess it would never occur to these greedy RICH do-nothings to...uh..lets' see..promote a charity instead of their already over the top rococo-like coffers? Shame on them. She is going to eat this..obviously gay..baby faced young man alive...and not in a good way.
But in the meantime...yes...people need to fork over so they can have ridiculous Hermes place settings that will never be used since she cannot cut anything except a line of coke.
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy joan
If they are registered for a slow boat to nowhere and no return, I will gladly buy them that.
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy Trisha
Bawhahahaha! You are funny! And right!
- Wednesday 15 JuneBy joi
Seriously....how much could Kim need? I am disgusted that she would even register for things especially a 6 thousand dollar vase???? Are you kidding me?
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy Mary
You would think with all the money she has, she would have all that junk already. Spoiled, and I doubt the marriage will last.
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy guest
I wonder what Kris Humphries' african-american side of the family thinks about him marrying into this trashy family? Kris' black side of the family is very educated consisting of lawyers, a judge, doctor and dentists. We all know what the Kardashian's are known for.
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy ?????
I hear they're disinheriting him over the whole thing. Who can blame them, he's bringing so much shame onto them.
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy judy
i agree and the mother is the worse she now has her young daughter out there showing off and wearing soooooo much make up...trash
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy Jo
A bridal registry....really? She is a pig!
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy Bubbles
Why? She already has all that stuff?! Plus, I give it a year.
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy rudewaitress
Kim, you're just a Target girl with a good handbag.
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy Mike
They all wanna make me puke! She's nothing more than Jenna Jameson and Paris Hilton with darker skin and darker hair! Shame on the morons that support and stick up for these tools!
- Wednesday 15 JuneBy Steve
Please don't give a daily play by play of this pig and what she's doing..Not enough people give a rats A**..Thank you
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy Jackie
It takes a lot of guts, when you are both worth millions, to ask other people to buy gifts for you when you wed. They can both afford to buy all those things on their own. They should be ashamed of themselves.
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy ZZZ999jsz
Hee hee! You forgot to say "after searching for hours...."
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy Anni Kennedy
First thing Kris should do is make Kim get every STD test and a certificate of clean health before he marries the skanky, no talent(except on her back), oxygen thief....
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy Frank
I'm shocked....she didn't register at Target?
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy Mr. G
Kim's a** is the size of Dallas and we all know it takes more than a few weeks to cover that much ground! If you look long and hard enough you might find some "sports" jewelry tucked up in there!
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy Zarathustra
Where can I buy her a huge black Dildo?????????
- Tuesday 14 JuneBy stu
VERY TACKY...this isn't her 1st marriage.
There r hungry peeps in the world Kimmie. How much do u & ur Klan give to charity.
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A grand mansion in Melbourne's Camberwell sells at auction for $6.8 million while a crumbling wreck in Sydney's Leichhardt fetched close to $1 million.PT2M37S http://news.domain.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-38ytq 620 349 May 26, 2014
The auction market put in a strong performance on Saturday despite a big increase in listings.
The Fairfax-owned Australian Property Monitors reported a clearance rate of 74 per cent from 824 auctions in metropolitan Melbourne, with spillover suburbs and next-best areas notching up some of the strongest results.
Marshall White's James Tostevin sold 12 Russell Street, Camberwell, for $6.8 million. Photo: Ken Irwin
About 1045 properties went under the hammer on Saturday, double the number on the same weekend last year. Glen Iris had 23 auctions, the most of any suburb, and Northcote was next most popular with 18.
Although Glen Iris, 10 kilometres south-east of the city, is commonly seen as a bridesmaid area to Camberwell, it has recently had a string of $2million-plus house sales, which is changing the character of its market.
Similar trends are occurring in Northcote, seven kilometres north-east of the CBD. Its single-fronted, renovated terrace houses now fetch $850,000 to $950,000, the going rate for many cottages in Fitzroy North and Clifton Hill.
The ripple effect in property occurs when people aspire to live in an area but can't afford it. They buy in cheaper adjoining suburbs, which can drive up prices in the spillover areas and hasten gentrification.
APM senior economist Andrew Wilson said there was strong buyer activity in Glen Waverley and Balwyn. This was producing a spillover effect for next-door suburbs such as Vermont South and Box Hill North, he said.
''We expected the trend to show that Melbourne would weaken as we approached winter, but the market has actually held its own and even picked up a gear or two,'' Dr Wilson said.
Real Estate Institute of Victoria spokesman Paul Bird said the REIV clearance rate, which included Geelong and Mornington Peninsula sales, had edged up from 68 per cent to 70 per cent in the past two weeks.
''The average auction sale price has also lifted in the past fortnight by close to 10 per cent,'' he said.
But Marshall White director John Bongiorno said the market was finely balanced and not as strong as some people thought.
There were plenty of examples of $2million-plus houses, bought in the past four or five years, that were selling for less than they were purchased for, he said.
Mr Bird said all of Melbourne's east was performing strongly. ''There are suburbs that have already lifted and buyers are going one step further out,'' he said. ''Ashwood and Ashburton are seeing 90 per cent-plus clearance rates.''
Jellis Craig, which targets premium sales in inner-Melbourne, had a strong day on Saturday.
Chief executive Nick Dowling said the group achieved a clearance rate of 81 per cent from 89 auctions, and the market for $2million to $5million properties was noticeably up.
''The big end of town is riding the action at the moment,'' he said.
RP Data housing market specialist Robert Larocca said the underlying story of the Melbourne market was the next-best suburb.
''If you are priced out of one, you look to the next,'' he said.
''Preston is a good example of a suburb that's doing well. It's not that much further out and it has the public transport advantages that are all important nowadays.''
About 1120 auctions will be held in Melbourne next weekend, 57 per cent up on the number of auctions on the last weekend in May 2013, according to APM.


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According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the country is entering its earliest flu season in 10 years.
Neighboring states like Arkansas and Texas are experiencing the worst of the early start but officials say Oklahoma flu cases are on the rise.
The last week of November, there were eight Oklahomans hospitalized because of the flu.
EMSA says they've seen a spike in flu-related calls within the last week.
It takes about a couple of weeks for the flu shot to start protecting you from the flu virus.
Christmas just happens to be two weeks away.
Doctors don't want flu shot myths scaring people from getting one soon.
Dr. Stephen Prescott, President of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF), said this year's flu virus is intense, carrying muscle pain, fever and gastrointestinal issues, like nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, which leads to dehydration.
"If you haven't gotten a flu shot yet, get it today," Prescott said. "If you can't get it today, get it tomorrow."
He said this year's shot has been very effective at protecting people against the flu.
For those who think they don't need the shot since they never get the flu, Dr. Prescott reminds us that anyone can get the flu.
"Don't think that you're superman or superwoman because you haven't had it the last few times," he said. "Protect yourself and your family. Get immunized."
And for those who think the flu shot gave them the flu, Dr. Prescott said that's impossible… because the vaccine virus is already dead.
Patients might have a sore arm or slight fever from the shot, or it may be coincidental timing.
"Well, they might have gotten exposed to the flu the day before they got the flu shot, and they got the flu, but it wasn't from the shot."
Some may qualify for free flu shots at your local health department.
Elderly residents and children are especially at risk for the flu.
A flu shot is the best protection, but getting plenty of sleep, drinking plenty of water, eating a healthy diet and taking a multi-vitamin also helps your immune system.
Since most flu infections are spread by germs on hands, Dr. Prescott said you can't wash your hands enough.


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Artists Julio Iglesias, Francis Cabrel, Bill Withers
April 09, 2012
Te Quiero ♥ by i'm mine
I love you in all languages.
alternative rock, latino, soft, te quiero
i'm in Love with you.. that's my Secret by i'm mine
Two tracks including music by Billy Holliday and Maroon 5.
instrumental pop, blues, lovesongs
a Song for you..to make you feel my Love by i'm mine
love songs, soft, rythmic soul, jazz, old
My Lost Love.. by i'm mine
Somehow i lost my way.
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Things I would have changed:Sights for god sake!
What others should know:Mine really likes meisturklugens or hobby pellets. Does ok with the lighter Beemans but hates the kodiaks. Will diesel with cheap lite pellets keep them at around 14gr or more.
Things I liked:This rifle has a very short lock time so if follow thru is your weak spot this is your rifle. It also has a solid mechanical function to it . I have the .22 model and the accuracy is very good for field target and it also performs well with pest control . Well worth the money if your looking for a good all around performer.
Things I would have changed:Would love to see the trigger pull adjust a little bit lighter than 2 lb . For target shooting this would be nice.
What others should know:Breaking the barrel takes a sharp slap of the hand on the end of the barrel to unlock . This does not bother me but may not work for those with a soft hand (ie women or youths) . If your accuracy goes away check the stock screws as they do loosen up now and then.(found that loctite didn't seem to help. I think the stock may shrink and swell a little.). RWS Meisterkugeln pellets have the best accuracy for me.
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No doubt the announcement of Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy late last week has kept you up many a night since, pondering everything from which of your favorite Final Fantasy characters will find their way into this theatrically rhythmic piece of insanity, to where the line between portmanteau and complete nonsense word must ultimately be drawn.
While Square Enix will likely be of little help on the latter matter, the former has been cleared up a bit via some new details released this morning (and translated/posted by Andriasang).
Evidently, Theatrhythm will feature characters from all 13 main entries in the Final Fantasy series. Before you scream something at your monitor about how this is butchering the Final Fantasy canon, take a deep, calming breath, as Squeenix has you covered. Each cast will have its own set of three stages, which you can tackle via a party of four characters of your choosing. Those different stage sets will each have their own differing gameplay mechanics as well, though exactly how they're different has not yet been explained.
You can see the new Chibi art style in the embedded screenshots. Though exact character lists have not yet been announced, major characters like Cloud, Lightning, and whoever the hell it is that people cared about in Final Fantasy XI will likely be included.
The exact nature of the rhythm-based gameplay is still a bit of a mystery, though Square Enix has noted that a number of major songs from the numbered entries in the franchise will be included in the game, such as:
- "Clash on the Big Bridge" (Final Fantasy V)
- "One Winged Angel" (Final Fantasy VII)
- "At Zanarkand" (Final Fantasy X)
- "The Sunleth Waterscape" (Final Fantasy XIII).
- The Main Final Fantasy Theme
Lastly, we have the game's storyline, which, as translated by Andriasang, is absurd.== TEASER ==
Apparently, the space between the gods Chaos and Cosmos is known as "Rhythm." "Rhythm" gives birth to the crystal which controls music, and fills the world with sound. However, the forces of chaos have disrupted the peace, and the crystal has begin to lose its shine. To restore the crystal's shine, the music wave "Rizpo" must be increased. And so, the warriors, guided by the crystal, begin their journey of music.
That sounds totally reasonable, right?
As great as a Final Fantasy spin on an Electric Light Orchestra album sounds, we'll reserve any and all judgment until we've seen some actual gameplay.


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By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2000, Feb. 23, 2000 DoD will begin paying certain service members higher basic housing allowances starting March 1. Officials plan to ask Congress to authorize a retroactive hike to Jan. 1.
Pentagon officials announced Feb. 22 that service members moving into areas where 2000 housing allowance rates were set lower than 1999 rates would be paid at the higher 1999 rate. Members already living in such areas were grandfathered, but newcomers received 2000 rates.
"This action will result in greater equity among all people assigned to the same duty location and will also allow the department to pause and examine how we survey and determine the average cost of housing," Defense Secretary William S. Cohen said in a written release. "It is extremely important that in every area, nationwide, we are providing an allowance which allows our men and women to live in quality housing."
The disparity in rates occurred because DoD changed the way it computed housing rates in response to a 1997 law. The new system requires officials to compute the allowance rates based on surveys of what it costs to live in particular communities. The old system depended on service members' reports of what they paid and worked to the disadvantage of junior enlisted members and to all service members living in high-cost areas, officials said.
Because of the grandfathering service members of the same grade in the same area could receive different allowances.
In the same request for retroactive relief, officials said, DoD will ask Congress to repeal current legislation that requires service members to absorb at least 15 percent of their housing costs.
DoD officials could not say how many service members are affected. Cohen added $27 million to the 2000 allowances to correct the inequity. Defense Finance and Accounting Service officials said they stand ready to pay the new rates as soon as the secretary approves them.


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A simple potato-pellet firing air rifle made from stuff that you can usually find in the shed...
This gun fires pellets cut from potatos, and is more or less accurate at 30 metres. It has a pressure chamber made a domestic waste piping bottle trap, and is filled using a valve from a bicycle inner tube. It has a trigger made from a washing machine stop valve, and a barrel from 15mm copper piping. It's put together with standard plumbing connections, and bolstered with a liberal amount of hot glue, and tape.
This video gives an overview of the finished potato rifle and shows it firing.
The rest of the Instructable takes you through the steps to make it - enjoy!
Step 2: Pressure valve
This uses a normal bike valve. Cut it out from any old inner tube that has been lying about in the garden. It's pushed through a hole drilled in a standard end plug and then sealed with hot glue.
Bicycle technology is awesome. It pre-dates, and was used to develop planes - fantastic!


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North Sports Roundup
Falmouth hosting school spirit bonfire
There will be a school spirit bonfire at Falmouth High after the varsity football game Friday night. Students and parents are welcome to attend. All Falmouth High fall teams will be honored at the event.
Greely seeks winter coaches
Greely High School has openings for a girls' junior varsity ice hockey and a winter cheering coach. FMI, msad51.org.
Freeport coaching openings
Freeport High School has coaching openings for boys' junior varsity basketball, boys' junior varsity lacrosse and JV baseball and softball. There are also openings for a boys' basketball and a 7th grade girls' lacrosse coach at Freeport Middle school. FMI, firstname.lastname@example.com.
NYA seeking winter coaches
North Yarmouth Academy has openings for a 7th and an 8th grade boys' and girls' basketball, an assistant varsity girls' ice hockey and a middle school Nordic ski coach for the upcoming winter season. FMI, email@example.com.
BIW hockey team facing Montreal Canadiens alumni
The Bath Iron Works hockey team, IRONCLAD, will play the Montreal Canadiens alumni 2 p.m. on Oct. 11 at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland in a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity. Confirmed Canadiens players include Guy Lafleur, Larry Robinson and Steve Shutt. Tickets are $15. FMI, 650-5050.
Sailing regatta/fundraiser upcoming
SailMaine is hosting its second annual Leafer's Last Leg regatta/SailMaine Soiree silent auction fundraiser Saturday, Oct. 17. Dozens of local high school sailors and seasoned sailing veterans will square off on courses outside Portland Harbor. The Soiree follows to raise funds in support of a wide range of community sailing programs. FMI, 650-7878 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Two Falmouth graduates to be honored by Maine Sports Legends Hall of Honor
Falmouth High graduates Sara Bachman and Thomas Winger will receive $500 scholarships at the Maine Sports Legends Hall of Honor induction ceremony Sunday in Waterville. Bachman had a grade point average of 98.353, was her class president and received several academic awards. She also played soccer, basketball and lacrosse. Winger had a GPA of 96.229, was a Western Maine Conference Citizenship Award winner and was a soccer and track standout. The ceremony begins at 12 p.m. at the Alfond Youth Center. Tickets are $35. FMI, 622-1539 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Former New England Patriots coming to Portland for flag football game
Former New England Patriots standouts Ronnie Lippett and Roland James will compete with the New England Patriots Alumni Flag Football team and take part in a game against the Cumberland County Sheriff's P.A.L. and ECMG Saturday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. at Deering High's Memorial Stadium. Proceeds from the game will benefit various youth athletic programs supported by the Cumberland County Sheriff's P.A.L. A donation of $10 is suggested. FMI, firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The Franklin Special School District Board of Education passed a resolution at its November 12, 2012, meeting urging Congress and the Administration to amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to mitigate drastic cuts to education. It was noted in the resolution, which was unanimously supported by all six FSSD Board Members, that federal "education programs face more than an eight percent budget cut next year unless Congress intervenes." It goes on to say the "across-the-board cuts to federal education programs" that benefit the FSSD would result in a 8.2 percent loss of federal funding, which means $126,000 fewer dollars for the FSSD.
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
HALOS will host its fourth annual Hundred Holes for HALOS Tournament at the Daniel Island Golf Club on Monday, May 14. The event will start at noon and end at 5 p.m. with an after-party to follow play. The Hundred Holes for HALOS Golf Tournament will raise funds for local abused and neglected children.
Tournament play will begin at 12:30 p.m. on the Ralston Creek course, recently named among the nation's top new private courses by Golfweek and Golf Digest magazines. Included will be complimentary lunch, refreshments on the course, and an awards reception with heavy hors d'oeuvres.
Several levels of sponsorships are available. All donors will be featured in the event program, the HALOS golf tournament website, and HALOS' upcoming e-newsletter. Registration can be done on-line, with additional donations of all sizes accepted. All donations are tax-deductible. Visit http://charlestonhalos.org/golf.php to register your player or team, for to sponsor the event.
HALOS is a Charleston-based non-profit agency founded in 1997 by Dr. Eve Spratt. The mission of the organization is to provide resources and special opportunities to abused and neglected children and their caregivers through partnerships with faith-based and other community organizations. For more information, please contact Kim Clifton at 843-953-3714 or visit the website at http://www.charlestonhalos.org.
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Tim Clark Defends The Wimpiest Move of All Time
You play to win or you play not to lose. Those are the two options you've got as an athlete. (As an Arizona Wildcat fan during the Lute Olson era, trust me, I know what it's like rooting for a team that is playing not to lose.)
On Monday at the Bob Hope Classic, Tim Clark, who has painted himself with the choker brush a few too many times, was sitting in the fairway of a par-5 that, and trust me on this, is a green light special. I've played the Nicklaus course at PGA West. I've played it from the backs. You hit a driver on that hole (the 18th this week for the Hope) and you go for it in two. It isn't that tough of a golf hole if you find the fairway.
Clark, who doesn't exactly fire the golf ball off his driver head (269.2 average this week), found the fairway like he normally does, but decided to lay up. Here is his explanation.
There's a chance I could have gotten there, but great shot still would have left me probably over the ridge with a tough 30-footer down the slope.
My wedge game is my strength, so I knew laying it up, I hopefully wouldn't have more than 10 feet. And I left myself a perfect 7 to 8-footer, not much to it.
So at the end of the day, I think I did what I needed to, to give myself a best look an at birdie there. I certainly didn't want to throw away the tournament. If I hit my 3-wood there, it's probably going to come up short in the water. A great shot is probably going to either leave me a long 2-putt or a chip from the back of the green, which I didn't want either.
So I tried to play it the way I played the whole round and the whole week. I don't want to get ahead of myself and try and do anything silly.
Now fellow golf fan, riddle me this ... the best wedge player in the world hits 20 shots from 90 yards and 20 putts from 30-feet ... which ones end up closer? The putts, of course. He's a professional golfer and 30-feet isn't even that much land to cover.
And, on top of all this, he wasn't even leading the tournament! He was tied for the lead, with a guy in the fairway behind him with plenty of stick to get home in two, and another guy behind him that was leading the field in driving distance, and needed an eagle to join the group at 29-under, where Clark sat.
The Bob Hope isn't some grind-it-out type event. It is birdies, birdies and more birdies. No matter the situation, you need to be thinking green light, pedal down hard, and go. Clark forgot this, and after wedging it up to eight feet, he missed a putt eerily similar to one he had to win the Colonial in '09.
Clark's decision was one that, at some events might have been sound. At the Hope, it was the wrong call, and it cost him, yet again, a chance at a trophy. Tim is three tournaments away from his 200th PGA Tour event without a win, and unless he figures out a way to close, I don't see him coming down the stretch and pulling one out anytime soon.
Stephen Dunn, Getty
5 comments:
- Roody said...
"Gutless Wonder", David Simms?
- January 26, 2010 at 8:46 AM
- Shane B. said...
Roody, I actually quoted that exact scenario to my roommate when they said he was laying up.
"230 to the stick and the tour pros .... layyyyiiiinnn up."
- January 26, 2010 at 9:35 AM
- Roody said...
Maybe his caddy said "you don't need to be thinkin' immortality, you need to be thinkin' hit the 7-iron".
- January 26, 2010 at 10:15 AM
- diane said...
That's the kind of insightful writing I come here for.
If Kuchar had made the putt, Clark would have gone for it.
- January 26, 2010 at 1:11 PM
- Dexter(QuoteGuy) said...
Bubba did the same a little earlier in the round. He could have gotten there easily everyone was saying. If it's on the line and you have a chance to win. I say, go for it.
- January 26, 2010 at 9:58 PM
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