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Atari US Files for Ch. 11 to Separate From Parent
Video game maker Atari's U.S. operations have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in an effort to separate from their French parent company, which is filing a similar motion separately in France.
In a statement, Atari says the move is necessary to secure investments it needs to grow in mobile and downloadable video games.
Atari's U.S. operations have shifted to focus on digital games and licensing, including developing mobile games, and have become a growth engine for its owner. France's Infogrames Entertainment first took a stake in Atari in 2000. It acquired the remaining stake in 2008 and changed its name to Atari S.A.
But the U.S. operations have been better performing than the rest of the company. In fiscal 2012 digital and licensing revenue both grew significantly and contributed 70 percent of revenue, while sales in bricks-and-mortar stores declined.
In December, Atari S.A. said a credit agreement it entered into with investor BlueBay - its main shareholder and only lender - would lapse at the end of the year and the company was seeking other ways to raise money. It added that it expects to report a "significant loss" for fiscal 2012.


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|Back to Home > Content > > Citizen Media Critic: Violet's 'Modern Family Living'
I first heard of Violet through a blog entry singing the praises of this new magazine about "modern family living." With sex advice from porn star Juli Ashton and fiction from Jill Soloway, it sounded intriguing. At the newsstand, Violet was on the ground, next to magazines like Pink (for working women) and below a whole rack of glossy, gleaming, screaming magazines with names like Parents, Child, and American Baby. In contrast, Violet's understated cover features celebs Donovan Leitch and Kirsty Hume along with their daughter, named, appropriately enough, Violet Jean, looking decidedly casual in a forested background. Had I not been searching for Violet, I likely would've passed right by it. I'm glad I didn't.
I opened up the magazine on the train, thrilled to see articles that even I, as a single city dweller at least several years away from raising children, could relate to. Some were even written by people I knew, like Soloway or my friend Kemp Powers' article about racism within the video game world. The overall effect left me wondering why I hadn't hopped on the Violet bandwagon earlier, because Violet is offering something truly newnew ideas, new twists, new ways of looking at life and parenting, all wrapped up in a pretty (but never too pretty) package. When Violet profiles working parents, whether it's former pro-football player Ricky Waters (interviewed by Lisa Carver, herself a writer and mother), artist William Wegman, or designer Daryl K about their work and how they incorporate parenting into their lives, it doesn't treat them as superhuman forces able to be in 10 places at once. Instead, it probes the intersectionsthe ways being a parent has changed them and their craft, but never panders to clichés or burdens parents with the futile push to be perfect.
To really get a feel for why Violet is different, hold it up next to any other magazine targeted at parents (meaning: moms). Whereas the others blare with brightly colored, intended-to-shock headlines, recipes, and a June Cleaver vibe, Violet is chilled out, mellow, not caring that it doesn't play by the usual rules with its oversize format, fuzzy photographs and sometimes kitschy, offbeat manner that appeals to both men and women. Yes, there's several recipes involving pumpkins, but Violet knows that being a parent is about more than being able to cook. The articles turn typical parenting queries on their heads, from a first-person account of parenting kids with asthma; an interview with a Munchausen Syndrome sufferer; a doctor renowned for his books on lying (who admits to telling a fib or two); or the writer who's horrified when a two-year-old is encouraged to pee on the author's carpet by her carefree mom. Violet parents are funny, concerned, self-aware and able to see nuances beyond simplistic binaries. For instance, in the video game article, instead of concluding that the video game world is a worthless white world of racism and quitting, Powers continues in his play, asking gamers their opinions and surveying his gaming surroundings. He separates his own adult ability to discern what's acceptable from his 6-year-old daughter's (she'll have to wait until she's 15).
The layout is textured, nuancedthe magazine equivalent of shabby chic. There's something comfortable and worn about Violet, even though it's just over a year old. I asked Violet founder and editor Keki Mingus (daughter of Charles) about her impetus for starting the magazine (though there's a pretty decent manifesto on their website), which launched in September 2004. "Violet was conceived after my marriage and the birth of my daughter. I realized in an instant that my reality, and the reality of millions of women like me, was apparently no longer relevant or sexy or interesting enough to be represented in the print world. That reality being the imperfect family, where white picket fences are falling apart or simply a non-entity. Where life is hectic and unfair at times. Where families are blended, healing, surviving or thriving, all in a constant state of flux." For her, "modern family living" means "that there's just isn't the idealized perfect family. It's a myth. So instead of trying to live up to this unrealistic and cruel portrait that sets the bar so high where 99.9 percent of the entire human race won't make the cut, why not embrace the imperfections?"
|If anything, Violet is about painting parents as people, in all their complexity and creativity.
I may not be a parent (yet), but Violet's got me in its grips. Why? Because there's no agenda, no push, no sense that they are trying to get me to "be" a certain way or cater to corporate anything. Whereas Hip Mama has a certain political bent (that I admire), Violet's much more laid-back. It has a hippie, laissez-faire parents-are-people-too attitude that makes perfect sense but is quite an anomaly on the newsstand. Even though its emphasis is on the modern, I could see my mom writing to them back in the day as she tried to feed me puffed wheat and millet rather than the usual sugar cereals. If anything, Violet is about painting parents as people, in all their complexity and creativity. Ashton's piece turned out to be less sex advice than personal essay as she contemplates what it means, as she prepares to get married, to be a "good wife," not by society's standards, but her own. When was the last time you heard a porn star wonder about that?
The "warts-and-all baggage of imperfect living" Mingus writes of on Violet's website is one I get, completely. We're all often asked to compartmentalize ourselves and live up to some idealized vision of any one aspect of ourselves, whether our gender, our job, or in this case, parental status, and that's impossible. Because it embraces a diverse array of parenting styles and artistic endeavors, I feel part of Violet; its inclusiveness is widespread, and I could see men or even kids and teens reading it. It's self-aware but never, ever ironic, high-strung, snarky or clichéd. That's not to say every sentence is about peace and love, but the overall tone is one of strivingto be good people, good parents, and productive members of society, while treating kids as autonomous creatures, and being able to laugh about it all.
This attitude is best summarized by the closing photo of two little boys in the backseat of a pink toy Jeep, with a little girl sitting on top. Mingus writes of the photo shoot, "I couldn't keep my mind from going to a dark place: Whitesnake's 'Here I Go Again' video with Tawny Kitaen doing those ridiculous poses on the hood of a Jaguar while David Coverdale and his hair watched." That, combined with the back cover ad for Pony featuring a baby with a pacifier in its mouth and "Mom" tattooed across his or her stomach, shows just how far Violet is and always will be from the seeming perfection offered by the typical parenting magazines. Life isn't perfect, and we shouldn't expect parenting to be, and those who accept that maxim should embrace Violet.
Rachel Kramer Bussel is a writer, editor, and blogger.

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By Tim Colwill on May 17, 2013 at 5:14 pm
We've been carefully evaluating the entries to our BenQ Gaming Monitor giveaway, where three lucky people will be heading home with a brand new BenQ RL2450H gaming monitor. These monitors were custom-made in accordance with the direction from some of South Korea's top StarCraft II players, resulting in an experience powered by a dynamic contrast booster to adjust levels on the fly and keep you at maximum alertness.
But enough about that! Who are the winners? Well I'm very pleased to announce, after much deliberation, that our winners are…
Writing Category
We had a lot of great entries and tales of terror in this category, but unfortunately there could be only one. And our winner, with the worst sob story of them all, is assa46.
I currently have only 1 monitor (21″ BENQ-G2220HD) the fact that is tiny is only half of my problem, whenever I am playing a game, midway through the screen goes black and I usually die before I can turn it back on. It has been doing this for over a year now, I can't even play games now without the worry of it shutting off. Getting a new monitor would be really great and I would be able to return to gaming once again.
A tiny 21″ monitor that blacks out in the middle of games? We must help this person. assa46, a shiny new 24″ BenQ RL2450H is on its way to you.
Drawing Category
Once again some very stellar entries in this one, but the judges felt that forum regular a3gis' entry showed a truly terrifying scenario of global extinction should the man lose at a game of Solitaire.
Congratulations, a3gis! Please don't kill us all.
Video Category
Very few entries comparatively in this category, but all of them top notch — unfortunately, only one entry could win and it was tarvang whose madcap jumping and arm-flapping genuinely told the judges that he was the one who would get the most excited.
Some great runner-up entries from xsphera and AuV2 Jason, respectively. Check them out!
Tarvang, if you could please post a follow-up video once your monitor arrives showing the real happy-dance in action, that would be perfect.
Congratulations to all the winners!
I'll be contacting you by private message on the forum shortly to organise your prize collection. Thanks to everybody who entered, and thanks to BenQ for supplying the prizes. Look out for our next competition very soon.
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BRAVO! DMA Salutes Marketing EDGE Rising Stars and Corporate Commitment Honorees
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The glitterati of data-driven marketing gathered Tuesday evening at Marketing EDGE's 2015 Rising Stars Awards Dinner to honor the 2015 Rising Stars and 2015 Corporate Commitment Honorees. DMA was there in force at a table hosted by CEO Tom Benton. …read more →


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|Wednesday, 25 April 2001, 3:27 pm
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Raymond Angel writes:
Hiya Leo,
As you know lots of Windows ME users can't get into real dos mode.
Thats why I created a disk last night that will let ME users get into DOS mode.
I have full details online at…
Cool tool. Thanks, Ray.
On a related note, I've been getting e-mail about a program called WinFix that claims to make Windows more reliable. Sounds unlikely, but I'm getting a copy to try. I'll report back. Meanwhile, they do have some excellent advice on their web page for improving all-around Windows stability. That, at least, is right on.
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All this is showing is booting from a boot disk to get to DOS, isnt it ?
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Not many comments for this post, are there? Poor post….so lonely.
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Hey, Just wanted to let you know that a bunch of people I know are running ME with no problems. Truthfully, i think it's even move stable for me than windows 9x.
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Internet Chat Relay(IRC) DalNet channel #windows95.
We are here everyday 24/7 and there a lot of us at various times since that channel spans the world.
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In one of the most highly anticipated games of the opening round of the World Cup, Italy used a second half goal from Mario Balotelli to defeat England 2-1
After Costa Rica's surprise win over Uruguay earlier in the day, both teams went into the game knowing a draw would leave them in a decent position to go through to the next round.
Much was made about Italian goalkeeper Gianuigi Buffon - who has played in a 140 games for Italy including their 2006 Word Cup victory - not starting the game due to injury. In his place was Salvatore Sirigue, who was be playing in his first World Cup game after being an unused reserve in 2010.
After both teams had a chance to settle into the game, Italy was able to strike first in the 35th minute. Claudio Marchisio struck a low but powerful shot into the bottom of the net from just outside the box to beat English keeper Joe Hart.
England did not waste any time getting back into the game. Wayne Rooney set up Daniel Sturridge just two minutes later to tie the game at one a piece. Rooney could not have delivered a better pass, and Sturridege, who is coming off a very successful season with Liverpool where he scored 21 goals in 29 games, made no mistake.
Mario Balotelli would be the hero for Italy, scoring what turned out to be the game winner in the 50th minute with a header off a pass from Antonio Candreva. Balotelli, who has dealt with racism while playing for Italy according to a story published last month by the Daily Mail,
English 19-year-old midfielder Raheem Sterling looked impressive at times throughout the game, but picked up a yellow card in the 92nd minute to end his World Cup debut on a bad note. England failed to consistently put pressure on Italy, who was content to sit on the ball with a one goal lead in the second half.
England's best chance to level the score and earn a point from the game was in the 62nd minute when Wayne Rooney failed to put a shot from the center box on target.
Andrea Pirlo nearly put the game out of reach in injury time when his direct free kick swerved through the air only to hit of the crossbar.
ESPN's post game analyst, Michael Ballack, said England needs to give Steven Gerrard more responsibility in the middle of the field in order for them to score goals moving forward in the tournament.
Daniel Sturridge was England's best player according to BleacherReport's player ratings, with Balotelli and Andrea Barzagli being among the standouts for Italy.
England will return to action on Thursday in what they must think of as a must win game against Uruguay. Italy will play Costa Rica on Friday, in what will be a battle for first place in the group as they both currently have three points.


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As seen here in the dining area of designer Robert Passal's Miami Beach apartment.
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Do inanimate things remember us or our interactions with them? Do toys and houses and cars absorb our emotional states? These were questions on my mind as I wrote this story — not quite a ghost story, but not quite surreal either. I got the idea of the doll, Dolly Angel Face, from descriptions my mother gave me of a doll that was popular — the Eaton Beauty Doll — when she was a wee girl in the nineteen-twenties. She wished she had kept her Eaton Beauty doll.
The Story
(Originally written February, 1995, by Wendy E Scott)
"About what time did you first notice the doll was missing, Mrs. Allen?" The officer looked up from his notebook to study the woman, his ballpoint pen leaving a blotch where the nib touched the page.
"Well, just before lunch you see, two little boys came running into my store. They ran straight to the back," Mrs. Allen directed the officer's gaze with an arthritic finger. "Of course, their mother came running after them, but you must know what little boys are like." She stared accusingly at the officer, as if he himself was once an offender in that category.
"That was just about noon, was it?" The officer began another notation in his book.
"Yes, just before. By the time I got to the back it was too late. They already knocked over a shelf. Broke a teacup, Indian Tree pattern—pre Second World War," Mrs. Allen paused to allow the significance of the teacup's era to sink in. "Thank God nothing else was broken, except the shelf. It's chipped. I suppose I'll have to replace that too."
Mrs. Allen wrung her hands.
"The doll?" The officer drew in a long breath, let it out, then flipped over the cover of his notebook. "Is there a connection between the disturbance and the missing doll?"
"Well no. I was trying to tell you the time, you see. I finally got rid of them, then I closed the shop for lunch. I opened up again at twelve-thirty. Sharp. You see? That's when I saw she was missing."
The officer nodded to Mrs. Allen as she stepped closer to the display that once held the doll. He spoke to her back.
"And you're sure the doll was stolen this morning?"
Mrs. Allen spun sharply to look up at the office. "I've already explained that to you, young man. I dust every morning. She was here this morning."
The officer re–opened his book, added one more short line, then glanced over the two pages he had written.
"I think I have everything I need. I'm going back to the precinct now to write up my report, but if you think of anything else—something relevant, I mean," he pulled a card from his breast pocket and handed it to Mrs. Allen, "please give me a call. My name and the number are on the card."
"She's very valuable. You just don't find an eighty year old doll in mint condition." Mrs. Allen made one last effort to persuade the officer to recover her doll.
"I have the picture."
The bell sounded the shop door opening. The officer replaced his hat, pulled his collar closer and stepped outside. Mrs. Allen frowned at the swirls of snow as they settled on the red mat, and shivered at the cold fingers of air as they wrapped around her. The door clicked softly into place. She walked to the front window, peering through the neon sign that spelled out backward, Allen's Old and Older, through the globs of wet snow, watching the officer seated in the squad car. He spoke to the radio, adjusted the rear view mirror, glanced to his left, then pulled into the traffic.
That young man, thought Mrs. Allen, does not appreciate antiques. He probably writes a thousand reports a day like mine and files them all under 'G'.
Mrs. Allen paced the two narrow aisles of her store, surveying the items for sale, all chosen for their quality and condition. She halted in front of the vacant display.
Mint condition. It was as if her original owner never played with the doll.
Mrs. Allen ran her hand across the empty shelf. Dolly Angel Face was her favourite piece and she was secretly thankful no one expressed interest or tried to buy her. The shop seemed so very empty without Dolly, who was perfect if you ignored the missing hair ribbon that came as part of the doll's clothes and accessories.
Perhaps if I offer a reward, someone will come forward.
Eliza Jane whispered softly through the quiet shadows of her bedroom as she hugged her new best friend.
"You're the very best birthday present I ever received, Dolly Angel Face. We're going to have such good times together." Eliza Jane giggled and stroked the doll's long blond braids. Her fingers traced the shape of ribbons, tied in tiny bows to hold the doll's braids in place.
"And Mama says, if we're especially good, there's still time for Santa to bring us matching dresses for Christmas." Eliza kissed Dolly's cheek. "Wait here, I have to thank Jeremiah again."
Eliza Jane slid out of bed, tiptoed to the window and peered out. Snow fell in giant flakes across her view. She was almost tempted to pull open the sash to feel the snow against her cheeks, but no, as her brother warned her earlier, too dangerous for little girls.
Eliza could see a halo down the street, a delightful dance of flakes and gas light from the lamp. A late night carriage left its tracks in the roadway.
The little girl whirled and ran to the door, opened it and sneaked across the hall. A floorboard creaked underfoot. Eliza Jane held her breath.
"Are you awake?" Eliza's brother stirred a response. She dashed across the room, clambered into bed beside him.
"Hey, Tadpole, it's a little late."
"Don't call me that, I'm much too big now."
"Sorry Tadpole, can't be helped." Jeremiah scooped Eliza into his arms and carried her across the hallway. He placed her gently in bed, pulling the covers up around her chin, then sat beside her, his hand brushing her forehead. Eliza Jane gazed at her new doll.
"She's as pretty as an angel, don't you think?"
"Well now, I guess that means I have two angels on my hands. Go to sleep, it's late." Jeremiah leaned over and kissed his sister's cheek.
Mrs. Allen positioned the sign on the shelf where Dolly Angel Face should have been, then stood back to admire her handiwork. She wondered if the reward would be enough incentive to bring the doll home. Who wouldn't like an extra fifty dollars in his pocket just before Christmas? As she fidgeted with the sign, she planned her route home to post the remaining notices. She stood back, satisfied, convinced that Dolly Angel Face would be returned in no time. She felt much better.
Mrs. Allen's eye caught a neglected price tag. She stooped to pick it up , must have fallen off, the thief didn't notice in his haste.
Four dollars and fifty cents, it read in ornately scripted ink. That can't be. Mrs. Allen studied the tag again. Four hundred and fifty dollars was neatly typed on the little ticket.
"Well old girl," Mrs. Allen chucked aloud, "you really must have your eyes examined now. A cool draft brushed her cheek. "Who's there?" Her nerves still jangled from the earlier theft. She brought a shaky hand to her face, creased her brow in concentration. A quick glance confirmed the closed door, the empty shop. Yet, she heard a voice — no several — murmuring echoes through the aisles, a faint tinkle of door bells behind the voices.
Mrs. Allen walked over to stand in front of the door, surveying the whole shop. The voices rang again, then laughter before the noise faded. She realized the source. Silly, silly, just nerves and a too–vivid imagination, old girl. A chill played at the base of her spine, lingered a moment then faded as she turned to study the wintry street scene.
Two children romped in piles of snow the plow had pushed into the vacant lot across the street where Miller's Hardware Store once stood. Fire levelled the building two years earlier. There was some talk of tree planting, a park, benches to encourage patrons to the neighbouring shops, but nothing was done. The empty lot grew weeds in summer, snowy hills in winter, a popular playground for neighbourhood children, the ones who lived in the rented apartments above the shops.
The children were laughing.
Boys. She strode briskly to the back and stared at the china display. The scene earlier was a sham. The little boys — those very ones playing so innocently now across the street — and their mother were a distraction while an accomplice stole Dolly Angel Face. Mrs. Allen shook her head. After ten years she should know better than fall for that old trick. Imagine, using children to cover your theft. And what must those little boys be learning? She shook her head.
Mrs. Allen went to the back room for the card the officer left after he took his report. I wonder if that nice young man is still at the police station?
In her dreams, Eliza Jane was in a dark frightening place without air. She choked on the stench. A fist grabbed her shoulder. She tried to pull away, thrashed around for Dolly Angel Face. Dolly would save her. She opened her eyes.
"It's all right Tadpole, I've got you."
"You first. We have to get out of the house, it's burning. I'll go back for her." Jeremiah carried his sister down the hall, kicked open the back door and stumbled off the porch through the snow into the clear night air. Bells and voices echoed in the confusion around them. A figure emerged from the falling snow with blankets.
Eliza Jane heard her mother's sobs behind her. She turned. As her eyes adjusted to the dark her father approached, his feet bare and white from the cold, a blanket thrown loosely over his shoulders. Tears streamed down his cheeks, mixed with soot, oddly orange, reflecting the terrible dance of flames that now shot through the roof at the front of the house.
"Thank God," her father cried, grabbing an arm each of Jeremiah and Eliza Jane, so hard it left a bruise Eliza Jane would not discover until late in the next day.
Thank God was all he could say, over and over.
"Dolly," Eliza Jane cried out against the roar of the fire and wind. Jeremiah pulled free of his father and ran back to the house.
"No." Eliza's father gestured wildly to his son's back, but Jeremiah had already disappeared into the smokey whirls of snow.
Two men operated a hand pump beside them, but the water froze as quickly as it streamed from the hose. A third fireman passed by, axe in hand. Eliza's father staggered after him, shouting Jeremiah's name. The fireman paused briefly, then ran toward the house.
Mrs. Allen moved the reward sign to the front window. She hummed to herself, confident now that the crime would be solved, her precious Dolly Angel Face restored. She decided — firmly — Dolly Angel Face would no longer be for sale. That just wouldn't do, not after all she'd been through. The little doll would sit in a place of honour beside the cash, supervising transactions, keeping Mrs. Allen company. That was where she belonged.
Mrs. Allen unpacked an old pewter frame from its shipping crate, brushed it off and placed it on the shelf where Dolly Angel Face used to sit. She angled the frame toward the back of the shop, then adjusted it to face the front. An old picture slipped out, unseen until now behind the paper backing. Mrs. Allen studied the picture of a young man staring at the camera, smiling, confident, youthful, dressed in full military attire.
Mrs. Allen scratched her head. She guessed the boy to be about eighteen and dated the uniform to the first world war. She put the photograph aside and returned to fiddle with the frame on the shelf, but the picture continued to draw her attention.
She walked to the china display, recreating the commotion with the little boys and their mother. In her imagination Mrs. Allen now visualized the accomplice, a boy the same age as the soldier in the ancient photograph, the modern boy dressed in khakis that were all the rage with teenagers these days. She glanced again at the photo, nodding, thanking the soldier for bringing forth the memory from the morning theft.
"Now Tadpole, don't be sad. Look here," Jeremiah sat beside his sister. She hugged her Dolly Angel Face. "I've got something for you." He pulled a small desk calendar out of his pocket. Eliza Jane brushed a tear away.
"I'll be home before you know it. See, I've even circled the date."
"But why do you have to go? Why can't someone else do the fighting?" A tiny sob escaped her throat. Jeremiah reached over and pulled the ribbon from the doll's braid, slipped it in his breast pocket.
"It's my duty. Now I've got Dolly's ribbon to keep me safe. She saved me from the fire, didn't she? She showed me the way out of the house. (Eliza Jane nodded.) Well, she'll be with me in France." Jeremiah patted his pocket, then put his arms around Eliza Jane and Dolly.
"Before you can say lickety split, I'll be home. I promise. I have to, I've got a guardian angel in my pocket, another one at home. And when I get back the three of us, you, me and Dolly, we'll have the fanciest tea party you've ever seen. I promise."
But Jeremiah did not come home. He died in the trenches. Eliza Jane tilted her head, listening to her mother's sobs from the kitchen, her father's muffled words of comfort. Eliza stared at the circled date that no longer meant anything, thought of the fanciest tea party that would never happen.
Eliza Jane threw the calendar into the fireplace. Flames ate the months away, January, February, March… until nothing remained but ash and smoke, a reminder of the conflagration in Europe that had eaten away at her brother until there was nothing but pain and memory.
Smoke and ash. Like the house. How many times had Jeremiah told her how Dolly saved his life? Eliza studied the doll.
When he returned to the burning house, Jeremiah told her he was lost, could not breath, crawled on his hands and knees choking until he saw the doll by a doorway. She whispered, he said… Jeremiah, this way, and he followed, crawling, choking, lost in the smoke and flames until he felt the strong grasp of a fireman. He was hauled to safety, Dolly Angel Face in his arms.
Eliza Jane trudged up the attic stairs, the doll dangling from her right hand. She found a candle and lit it, searched until she found an old trunk and placed the doll inside it. She fingered the braid with the missing ribbon. She wrapped a cloth around the doll like a shroud.
"He's dead," Eliza whispered, "and you're just a silly toy. You're not a guardian angel."
Eliza closed the trunk lid, then opened it again. Was that a sob? She pulled the shroud away from the doll's face, thought she could see a tear trickle down Dolly's face, but no, the doll stared vacantly ahead as she always had. Eliza re–wrapped the doll and settled her into the trunk.
Eliza left the attic. She waited a heartbeat, her head tilted against the door, but the attic remained silent. You don't belong here any more.
The following morning, Mrs. Allen sat in her back room, sipping tea, reading the paper. Her eyes happened upon the obituaries, something she usually avoided. It didn't pay to remind oneself of one's mortality. But this notice…
Eliza Jane Effenberry, peacefully in her eighty–seventh year. The name sounded familiar. Mrs. Allen peered at the notice, studied the faded picture, obviously taken at an earlier time, but it was the name that finally triggered her memory.
The old lady shuffled into the shop several weeks ago. She introduced herself, then stood some moments in front of Dolly Angel Face. Mrs. Allen had waited patiently beside Miss Effenberry.
"You must have had a doll just like this one when your were a girl."
"No, this very one. My brother took the ribbon, you see, the one that's missing. That's how I know."
"Other than the missing ribbon, she's in perfect condition."
"She was a gift you see, from him, from my Jeremiah."
"How very nice," Mrs. Allen said. She was beginning to suspect the ancient woman would engage her in a long and tedious conversation.
"He died. In the Great War." Eliza Jane's gaze remained transfixed on the doll. She tapped an arthritic finger on the braid with the missing ribbon. "He promised…"
"I'm so sorry. Would you like to hold her?"
The ancient woman shook her head. "I just wanted to look at her once more. After all these years, I've forgiven her." She shuffled silently down the aisle, her cane tapping lightly with every second step. The door bell tinkled behind her, leaving a faint echo.
Mrs. Allen puzzled over the strange words as she re–read the obituary, wondering if the ancient was senile. She shrugged and folded the newspaper back to the front page, setting it beside her cup of tea gone cold while she pondered the odd incident.
Mrs. Allen stood, stretched and walked into the shop, pausing to pick up her feather duster. She stopped, stared in disbelief.
Dolly Angel Face was back. She sat in her usual spot on the display shelf, the pewter frame and its soldier now sharing the shelf beside her. Mrs. Allen took several steps. Dolly Angel Face was so radiant, so peaceful, never more beautiful, more pristine than now. Her hair hung down her shoulders, bright red ribbons tying both braids neatly in place.
Mrs. Allen touched the ribbons as the shop's door bell echoed softly through the store, muffled as if heard through the wall, then fainter still, laughter receding into the past.
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HANOVER, N.H. This time, there was no letdown by the St. Lawrence University mens hockey team.
The Saints scored three unanswered goals with a tally each from Kyle Flanagan, Greg Carey and Jeremy Wick in the third period to rally past Dartmouth 4-2 on Friday night in an ECAC Hockey clash.
Wick scored a pair of goals and recorded an assist, and goalie Matt Weninger made 31 saves for St. Lawrence (10-10-3, 3-5-3), which has won three of its past four games, and is unbeaten in its past three conference games at 2-0-1.
I think we were a little bit frustrated because we were playing pretty well, but we were down, St. Lawrence coach Greg Carvel said. It kind of seemed like the same old pattern for us. But I really challenged the team to dig down and play their best period of hockey of the year, and they did that. Give them credit, they really picked up the tempo, played hard and got the job done.
The Saints earned the victory against the 12th-ranked Big Green (10-7-2, 6-5-1) after squandering a three-goal lead in a 3-3 tie at Clarkson last Saturday.
This time trailing 2-1 against Dartmouth, St. Lawrence finished the job with its three-goal surge within the first 13 minutes of the third period to take command.
Flanagan drew the Saints even as he one-timed a feed from George Hughes past goalie Charles Grant (22 saves) five minutes, 46 seconds into the third.
Less than two minutes later, Carey scored the go-ahead goal and eventual game winner by knocking in a rebound of a Wick shot at 7:36.
Wick completed the scoring at 12:50 by beating Grant with a wrist shot to finish off a 2-on-1 breakaway with Carey at 12:50.
We didnt play very well with the lead against Clarkson, Carvel said. After that we talked about playing with good positioning and making good decisions. Tonight, we just kept up the offensive and played the right way with the lead.
Weninger stopped all 11 shots he faced in the third period, including a save on a point-blank shot during a Dartmouth power play early on, to secure the win for the Saints.
Matt really had to work hard on a lot of his saves and he did, Carvel said of Weninger. He looked good and we really need him to make saves like that for us he did a great job.
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oday is Mosaic Monday, and Mary from Little Red House, is hosting this lovely day.
Ever since I was a little girl, old books, letters and photographs always get my attention. I remember browsing through drawers filled with old photographs at my Grandmother's home and creating stories about them. Later, I always had my nose in some old book so that I could get lost in my imagination. I love to read old letters and imagine what it was like to live back in the day.
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Paypal payments with user choosing any amount of credit
Sometimes when you want to put some credit via paypal and you want to put $15 for example, you need to do 2 transactions. When you are dealing with international payment, it can also be charged for the number of transactions you are doing... It is not much indeed, but what would be the problem of having the user type how much he/she wants?
Basicly my point of view on the current paypal system isint so great.. Since we pay hourly i believe we should be given the ability to add any amount to our account of course i wouldnt mind refusing transactions under 2$ or something.. its really frustrating when you have say 8$ left and you want your server prepaid for 1 month (assuming you have a 20$ vps.) you cant add 12$ you need to add atleast 15$ in there so you have it for a whole month.. I just feel it would be better if we could choose what amount to add into the account.
It's awful to have a flexible billing system but fixed amounts to pay.
I'm currently owing you $1 for the last month's usage and I can only pay $5, $10 or more.
Please, allow us to pay the exact amount instead of giving you money in advance for the next month.
Allow users to pay any amount in the billing section, like for example, instead of making 5 payments of $10, you could enter $50 into the box, or for example, if you have $7.50 you can apply that to your credit, but make it either a $2.50 or $5.00 minimum.
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Such an easy to implement and obvious feature. Let us specify how much we want to pay with paypal!
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If you change the paypal payments, it will be great to add a continue billing order.
What did I mean with that?
The user can defined the minimal credits and the continue amount. And on the event x credits will be transfer form the user to DO. Without any activity from the user.
Any user will be fine with a free text field to transfer any amount he want. Any amount over 100 need a security request.
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Same here, $100 limit twice, than were blocked and have to fill some form.
it is also silly that I am spending some hundred USD per month but the payment option is given with maximum $100/transaction. I need to do several payment per months...
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Work keeps getting in the way!
I'm supposed to be retired. If I'm retired how come work keeps getting in the way of riding? This week it's building a chicken coop. Next week it'll be time to work in the yard and garden some more. Soon it'll be time to finish siding the barn. Then build the chicken house for inside the coop.
Being retired is nice--but it ain't all it's cracked up to be! Sigh.
But, for the record, I'd not willing trade it for going back to a day job! :twisted:
that is a problem you have. I can ride around work, it's the kids activities that get in the way of my riding......but I would not change it for anything.
Besides that, it is the incessant rain and clouds of mosquitos that are keeping me from riding right now in addition to kids activities
Well, I DID have to monitor the youngest when he got home from School today. Otherwise I'd have gone to Hell's Gate and tried ponying Tam. But tomorrow I'm "free" and am going! It's not even supposed to rain! :-)
I have the same problem, except instead of being retired, I'm Self employed. - I should be able to make "ME Time" if I've got no one but myself scheduling my work load. but No. Always a job to do. :-P
Yeah my job and family can get in the way sometimes. My boys enjoy the horses so I always try to include them on my riding. Sometimes I wish though that I could just have my own time.
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I'm a 31 year old woman and I have been living with anxiety pretty much since birth.
Looking at all of the various types of disorders I find that I relate to every single one of them to sliding degrees, plagued mostly by violent panic attacks including very covert attempts at hurting myself where I feel completely disconnected from my experience, as if looking at the scene from outside of myself mostly, up to completely blacking out during severely stressful scenes.
I also suffer from some other medical conditions [DVT, severe and largely visual migraines and permanent sinus problems> that I believe may or may not have a direct ink to the constant fear and panic that I have somehow managed to live with for such a long time.
I sarted, finally, taking medication around 4 months ago, Lexamil 10mg once a day and valium that I should be using thrice daily but end up only taking trying to prevent or during a panic attack [mainly because I feel extremely disconnected from reality when I take valium as prescribed, unable to function at all because i feel totally numb and seperated from my own thought patterns>.
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1. Is taking the valium at irregular intervals as i need it rather than permanently and as prescribed affecting the function of my Lexamil?
2. I am still experiencing some attacks, though fewer and more clearly and would like to know if this could completely be elliminated by changing my dosage?
3. Now that I look at my life through medication-coloured glasses I feel completely ill-equiped to handle anything therefore replacing frequent heavy attacks with a constant feeling of having ZERO control over my emotions. I feel as if I have never learned how to cope with aything because I was simply handling EVERYTHING though this meant creating a very effective fiing system in my mind.
4. I now feel much more in control of the attacks but completely incapable of tackling the original causes of my anxiety as every feeling I experience now is slightly overwhelming. I used to simply file issues away it seems and though I don't feel as if my entire life is run by this curse anymore I am now faced with a reality which is scaring me blind and is resulting in a permanent state of confusion that I am very much NOT qualified to deal with. Are there other medications available for this or should I go directly in search of a psychologist or psychotherapist to help me with this? I tried therapy once before and I left feeling as if I had completely manipulated the session achieving the exact results that I felt most comfortable with [clearly not positive outcomes either>.
I need to know if this is normal whn first starting the proces of healing this debilitating condition that seems to be mosty ignored by society as a whole or simply shrugged off as silly personal issues that shouldn't be brought up in civilised conversations because they only happen to people 'who cannot handle the truth / life'.
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I can't meditate, i have absolutey NO appetite so eating this away is very much not going to happen, I am under SEVERE and CONSTANT stress within my nuclear family and I have no desire to live like this for the rest of my time here.
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Nick (not real names), 37, loved school and usually found himself at the top of the class. He was looking forward to his son, Gregory, starting school and had visions of watching him on Prize Day, sweeping the board. His son, however, is seven years old and struggling. "It is literally a battle, every Sunday night, Greg ends up in tears. I start off trying to help and end up shouting. He won't listen and doesn't seem to even care about getting it right". Rob, 42, hated school, never got along with his teachers and failed most of his O levels. He wants to help his daughter with her homework but finds himself frozen, unable to give useful advice on even what he sees at the most basic aspects of schoolwork. "I just hate all that academic stuff. I don't want to let on to Esmee, as I don't want her to realise. I like it when she looks up to me. The other part of me wants t tell her not to worry: she'll be OK with or without school. My wife would kill me if I said that though!" And for Paul, 31, and his wife, just mentioning the H-word is enough to send their children running for the PS3. "It's awful. Both of them are fine once they get started….but getting them started is impossible!"
Like tax, homework is inevitable. And it's (usually) important. Not only will your child's school work improve if they enhance their learning at home, but homework can also be a great tool to develop motivation, self-discipline and self-esteem. Here are my tips to reduce the pain .
Create a decent space to work in. Some families are lucky in that they may have a study or a home office. Others may have a lovely big dining table. Those of us with less space at home have to get more creative (a fold-away patio table?) but it is vital that your child has a quiet, comfortable space to do their homework. No one can work well whilst sprawled on the floor with the TV blaring, let alone a child.
Develop a routine. Establish a set time each week for homework from as early on as possible: If your child is used to sitting down at the same time each week to work, you'll encounter fewer protests about getting started. (And try not to make it Sunday evening!). Sit with your child and do some homework of your own while they do theirs. Whether you are catching up on work, making to-do lists or writing letters, it is good for your child to feel you are all in it together. Snacks help. If you also have a younger child who doesn't get homework, have a stack of colouring sheets or early learning worksheets for them to do too. If school sets homework only irregularly, think up your own interesting things to do at the regular time so you can maintain the routine and establish a pattern for the future. Oh, and do something else fun together afterwards.
Be supportive. Sometimes, your child can get on with their homework independently. Other times, they need you there. It can be difficult to refrain from 'doing it for them' but remember that you will boost their confidence if you can help them to do it themselves. Before they get going, ask them about the task and see if they know the 'learning objective'. You can ask them about the lesson they had and see what they can tell you. Often, primary school lessons have a strong practical component which can serve as a great memory-jogger if they can describe that to you. After that, check they know what they need to do to get started, ask them how they will know when they have finished and ask them if there is any way you can help. Find specific things to praise (Neat handwriting? Good vocabulary? Working hard?) and make sure you coo over the finished product.
It doesn't matter if it's not perfect. From a schooling perspective, homework is valuable. Not only does it help your child practice what they have learnt in school thereby helping them remember it, it also functions as a barometer for the teacher of how much learning has been understood and retained. If your child is struggling with their homework, then teacher needs to know. Don't be afraid to write in your child's home-school book that he or she tried their best but couldn't do it. It's not your fault and it's certainly not your child's fault. They either need different teaching in class or different homework. And that's OK.
Get help from school. Lots of parents have specific difficulties (spelling, maths, reading) which can make it pretty hard to be confident in helping their child. Added to that, teaching styles and curriculum have often changed since we were at school meaning that the rules and methodologies you know are met with blank looks from your 21st century schoolchild. It's always OK to ask your child's teacher to give some more detailed instructions about the homework if it means you can support your child more effectively. Many schools nowadays offer links to adult learning opportunities too, if you really want to brush up on your skills.
Be positive. It's OK for your children to realise you found aspects of school difficult, especially if you can show them that you've come out the other side. It's good to talk positively rather than fatalistically about school work (e.g. "I always had to try harder with spellings because I found them confusing" rather than "I'm rubbish at spelling".) It's also good to acknowledge that everyone has strengths and difficulties: Getting low marks in Maths doesn't override being awesome at Art.
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UFC Fight Night 33 in Brisbane, Australia, is set for December 7th (December 6th in the U.S.) and at the top of its card, an interesting heavyweight bout between number four ranked Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva and unranked, Mark "The Super Samoan" Hunt.
The fight pits two friends and former teammates (American Top Team) against one another and is a fight that both had hoped to avoid, unless it was for a title or title shot, match.
However, as fighting is a business and Hunt has been assigned the bout, he's more than willing to oblige the UFC in taking the match, and in doing so, sees it not only as a great opportunity, but also as a great honor.
As Hunt told MMAWeekly.com:
"It's an opportunity. He's a Top 4 fighter. I don't even think I'm in the Top 10 at all. You both want to be the best fighter on the planet and it's another step forward for me…It feels great to be headlining a UFC card and is a honor for me. It's a combination of all my hard work over the years. It's the fastest growing sport in the world and the biggest company in the world for mixed martial arts."
In considering the match, one really does have to wonder about the logic of it, however. From the point of view of the fight being in Australia and it being Hunt's adopted home, it's easy to see why the UFC would want Hunt on the card and even headlining it. However, in terms of his opponent, it's hard to understand the pairing.
Yes, both are coming off of losses and even on the same card (UFC 160 in May), but Bigfoot is a highly ranked fighter and Hunt is not. From that standpoint the fight makes no sense and one has to wonder why Silva didn't simply turn the match down, particularly given that the two are friends and there's nothing on the line, other than a win or a loss.
However and regardless of the logic, the fight is set and as fans, hopefully we'll get to see a good fight. Of course, the only caveat is that when friends fight, often the matches aren't much more then heavy spars and with neither fighter looking to damage or embarrass the other. As such, the bouts often turn out to be decisions or at best, submission victories. In the instance of Silva and Hunt, we can only hope that this doesn't prove to be the case.


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Responsible choices begin with how we process information. A thought pattern or mindset influenced by wise and trustworthy counsel and teaching can foster a culture of responsible choices individually and corporately.
The Air Force has tasked all of its members to exemplify the characteristics of a leader. People who are leaders stand out. They do not necessarily look or act a certain way until the need for their leadership is required. Among their skills are the ability to speak out, to foresee and make difficult decisions, and take quick action and control. Our core values are the fundamental principles to which each of us can look to when accomplishing the mission.
The question is how can we, as leaders and mentors cultivate responsible choices amongst our fellow Airmen?
Cultivating responsible choices requires situational awareness as it pertains to our surroundings. We must pay attention to what is occurring internally and externally within our work centers. We must increase our awareness. We must immerse ourselves in the lifestyles of our Airmen to create individual mentorship that will help them make choices in alignment with their personal and Air Force values.
There are two key principles to making responsible choices: the knowledge of choice in any situation and the awareness of controllable factors.
The knowledge of choice enables us autonomy to make decisions and the end result will be based upon how we want to conduct ourselves. Awareness of controllable factors allows us to focus on what we can control or influence. Life's dilemmas do not discriminate. For every decision there is an outcome and at the end of the day it all boils down to the choices we make.
As Airmen, we have been given tools to help us in navigating through the multiple factors that can exist in any situation. The same process that we use to assess operational situations can be used to make responsible choices in every aspect of our lives. For example, operational risk management can be applied to every aspect of developing a culture of responsible choices.
Operational risk management is a systematic process that implements the risk of decision making, controls, and mitigating avoidance of risk. We must develop our Airmen to predict risk and make responsible choices. Whether these choices are personal or work-related, we must initiate steps to change the Air Force culture to lead and mentor our fellow Airmen to make the best choices. Re-establishing and reinforcing our culture of responsible choices will enhance the effectiveness of the mission while empowering our Airmen to make educated decisions.


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Satiety Response of Short Chain Fructooligosaccharide
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Populations that report high fiber consumption demonstrate lower rates of obesity. Enhanced satiety may play a key role in this relationship. The colonic fermentation of fibers is theorized to influence satiety and food intake. Short chain fructooligosaccharide (scFOS) are rapidly fermentable fibers that can easily be added to foods to impact these parameters.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the satiety response of scFOS and its ability to decrease food intake.
Dietary Supplement: Short chain fructo-oligosaccharide (scFOS) 5 g
Other: Placebo
Dietary Supplement: Short chain fructooligosaccharide (scFOS) 8 g
Phase 0
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
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|Satiety Response of Short Chain Fructooligosaccharide
- Satiety response using visual analogue scales [ Time Frame: 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, 180, 240 minutes postprandially ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Satiety response was measured using subjective perceptions of hunger, fullness, satisfaction, and prospective food intake evaluated by previously validated visual analogue scales (VAS).
- Ad libitum food intake [ Time Frame: 240 minutes postprandially and over 24 hours ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Breath hydrogen response [ Time Frame: 0, 240 minutes ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Gastrointestinal tolerance using visual analogue scales (VAS) [ Time Frame: 24 hours ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Subjective ratings of bloating, stool consistency, and flatulence on VAS. A stool count was also recorded.
|Study Start Date:
|March 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2009
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
No treatment
Other: Placebo
Treatment without scFOS fiber
Experimental: scFOS 5 g
5 g scFOS
Dietary Supplement: Short chain fructo-oligosaccharide (scFOS) 5 g
Dietary Supplement: scFOS 5 g
Novel fiber administered in two 5 g doses--the first in a beverage and the second in a solid chew.
Other Name: fructo-oligosaccharide
Experimental: scFOS 8 g
8 g scFOS
Dietary Supplement: Short chain fructooligosaccharide (scFOS) 8 g
Novel fiber administered in two 8 g doses--the first in a beverage and the second in a solid chew.
Detailed Description:
Intervention study with fiber added to beverages and acute effects on satiety measured.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 64 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Healthy men and women
- Age 18-64 years
- Non-smoking
- Not taking medication
- Non-dieting (weight stable in prior 3 months)
- English literacy
Exclusion Criteria:
- Do not regularly consume breakfast
- Food allergies to ingredients found in study products
- BMI <18 or >27
- Diagnosed cardiovascular, renal, or hepatic disease diabetes mellitus
- Cancer in previous 5 years (except basal cell carcinoma of the skin)
- Any gastrointestinal disease or condition
- Recent bacterial infection (< 3 months)
- Recent or concurrent participation in an intervention research study
- History of drug or alcohol abuse in prior 6 months
- Use of lipid-lowering, anti-hypertensive, or anti-inflammatory steroid medication
- Eating disorder
- Vegetarians
- People who eat more than approximately 15 grams of fiber per day
- Women who are pregnant or lactating
- Women with irregular menstrual cycles
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01100788
|United States, Minnesota
|University of Minnesota
|Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, 55108
|Principal Investigator:
|Joanne Slavin
|University of Minnesota - Clinical and Translational Science Institute
No publications provided
|Responsible Party:
|Joanne Slavin, University of Minnesota
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01100788 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|March 5, 2010
|Last Updated:
|April 8, 2010
|Health Authority:
|United States: Institutional Review Board
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The Orioles have been in talks with free agent outfielder Coco Crisp, and appear to be the favorites to land the former Athletic. Crisp has decided — but has not yet announced — his 2012 home. CBS's Jon Heyman guesses it's the Orioles:
crisp signing soon. guess out of left field is orioles. theyve been in talks w/ coco. on @CBSSports tinyurl.com/6mfzloe
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) January 3, 2012
Crisp's Twitter avatar currently displays a picture of what looks to be him wearing an Orioles hat and uniform as a kid.
A number of forum posters and I mentioned that the signing of Crisp would give the Orioles an opportunity to deal Adam Jones. And it appears we may have been on to something, as Scott Swaim (he broke the Albert Pujols deal with the Angels) is reporting that the Orioles and Braves are "making progress on an Adam Jones deal":
Source:#Orioles and #Braves are making progress on an Adam Jones deal.Hearing Jurrjens is involved.This could mean Crisp to Baltimore.
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Published: Tuesday 14th of September 2010
Movie buffs planning their trips to London attractions such as the Curzon Soho Cinema may want to take advantage of a superb outdoor film festival in the capital.
Starting tomorrow (September 15th) and running until October 1st, The Scoop will be screening a set of popular films for free.
The viewings promise an evening of pure entertainment minus the hassle of booking and purchasing tickets beforehand.
Visitors can simply turn up at the venue and make themselves comfortable in a seat of their choice at the open-air amphitheatre by the Thames.
On offer is a wide variety of films, including comedies like Up in the Air or the critically acclaimed The Kite Runner. Classics like Pretty Woman and Dirty Dancing will also be screened alongside this year's Oscar-winner The Hurt Locker.
Other movies on offer are North by Northwest, Invictus, Up, The Bourne Ultimatum and Catering.
Visitors can also stop over at Flow: the Free Word Festival to enjoy a spot of book readings or a poetry workshop.
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Study Finds Women Are Picking Up The Wrench More Than Ever And Men DO Ask For Directions
INDIAN TRAIL, N.C., (DATE, 2010) – Move over "handyman." When it comes to do-it-yourself home repair and fix-its, there's a new term in the American language – and it's handyperson.
In a recent nationwide poll by Liquid Wrench, conducted by Sentient Decision Science, LLC (margin of error: +/- 3 percentage points), regarding do-it-yourself projects around the home, the battle of the sexes wages on with spouses divided on which DIY chores need to be done and who, in fact, is the one more likely to handle them.
- Women Are Getting Down & Dirty. According to this nationwide poll, American women are giving new meaning to the term homemaker and are just as likely to repair a leaky faucet in the kitchen as work in one. While two-thirds (67%) of men say they are the handier of the two, only half (55%) of the women agree. In fact, 21% of women say they are the ones donning the tool belt to tackle DIY projects in and outside the home.
- Who's Taking Out the Trash? Couples are also in discord over which chores should be handled by a man. A majority of men believe that lawn maintenance (66%), taking out the trash (55%) and gutter-cleaning (55%) are the top three household chores that a man should handle. The female majority agrees with both lawn maintenance (61%) and gutter-cleaning (64%) but thinks fixing leaky plumbing ranks in the top three. Taking out the trash (37%) fell to fifth on their list, scoring just slightly higher than killing bugs (30%).
- When to Call in Reinforcements. After making a serious mistake near the end of a DIY project, the majority of women (43%) say it's time to call in the professionals and get the job done right. Not so for their significant others. Most men (46%) say they would start all over, risking added time and expense before engaging an expert. Neither age nor income altered the guys' minds on doing it themselves versus hiring a professional.
"Times are changing in the American household," said Dr. Larry Beaver, VP of Technology for Liquid Wrench. "Where once it was expected that men handled jobs outside of the house and women tackled inside chores, more and more we're seeing these projects being divided by who has more time or is more interested. We're also finding couples tend to take on specific household projects as a way to spend quality time together."
Regardless of who is wielding the hammer in the house, the new Liquid Wrench poll, also revealed today's homeowners say they are less DIY-challenged and are taking tasks into their own hands:
- Men are stopping to ask DIY directions. When stumped with a tricky home repair question, just 28% of men say they would wing it, while the majority (58%) revealed they would go online to research the dilemma to get it right.
- Just as one tool in the tool chest doesn't fix all, homeowners are starting to learn that one size lubricant doesn't fit all either. Twenty-six percent (26%) of respondents say they know to reach for a penetrant or lubricant specifically formulated to tackle the job, while 32% still reach for an all-purpose can.
- Homeowners are keeping up with repairs and home maintenance. When asked what is the one thing in the house that is broken or needs repaired which drives you crazy but still hasn't been fixed, the majority of respondents (43%) said absolutely nothing needed fixing.
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To help homeowners succeed in tackling a variety of fall/winter home maintenance chores and repairs, Liquid Wrench has launched an educational campaign to provide practical, how-to information, with step-by-step examples of its line of specialty formulas in action and guided by experts in the field. The campaign includes a web site (www.liquidwrench.com) featuring a "Solution Finder" search box where homeowners can find an immediate answer to address their specific need. The new Liquid Wrench packaging offers special mobile text codes – a first in the industry – where consumers can enter the can's code onto their mobile devices to receive instant advice while shopping. The information will be updated regularly so consumers have the recommendations they need for that season.
About Liquid Wrench
Since 1941 Liquid Wrench has been developing premium lubricating, penetrating and protecting products for people who know that their choice of tools can make all the difference. Owned by RSC of Charlotte, N.C., Liquid Wrench serves the automotive aftermarket, plumbing, hardware and appliance industries.
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Headquartered in North Carolina for 85 years, Radiator Specialty Company is a leading producer of lubricants, chemicals and additives to the automotive, plumbing, hardware, industrial, appliance and export markets. LIQUID WRENCH, GUNK, ENGINE BRITE and SOLDER SEAL are trademarks of RSC, 600 Radiator Road, Indian Trail, NC 28079, 877-GO4-GUNK, www.GUNK.com.
*Methodology: The above results are based on a survey of 1,060 American adults conducted by Liquid Wrench, in conjunction with Sentient Decision Science, LLC.
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