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The problem they [search engines] are now bringing down upon themselves revolves around their misunderstanding of the critical role a very basic journalistic principle plays in running a successful media business.
Put simply, the search and directory firms have put their futures in question by flouting time-tested business practices that require an absolutely clear separation between editorial content and advertising.
That is for the most part getting right to the heart of the matter. It's interesting that most reporters view search engines as "media" companies. That's a tricky distinction for most people to understand. The concept that SERP's (search engine results pages) are editorial content is difficult to comprehend. After all, search engines are robotic mindless thoughtless beasts incapable of "editorializing". It seems to come as a shock to many reporters when they realize that the search engines have transformed from encyclopedic listings of sites (white pages), to paid advertising (yellow pages). The media label dies hard.
There is only one point in the article, I disagree with Plotkin. He points out what is apparently a duality in Googles policy towards urls:
"...we [Google] do not add all submitted URLs to our index.."
Google's advertisers, on the other hand, are invited to buy prominent places on the results pages that appear whenever users search for any particular words or phrases.
I don't believe that characterization is fair. No search engine can add all submitted urls to it's search engine. They can't add them for for several reasons:
a) technical reasons (spider blocks, unindexable content, index size)
b) quality control (spamdexing prevention)
c) copyright, trademark, and legal concerns.
No other major search engine (or site for that matter) on the web today has such clearly delineated advertising as Google does. Sure, I would like to see sponsor replaced with advertiser too, but don't blame search engines for a trend that started with Uncle Milty on TV in the late 1950's. The characterization that Google has a double standard is unfair. They didn't become the most useful search engine on the net by allowing just any old page into the index.
There are a few other technical corrections that need addressing from the article:
>Yahoo! was one of the last big holdouts.
Ah no they weren't, they were one of the first. They were the ones that ushered in the era of paid search engine listings. The order in which search engines "fell":
- Goto.com/Overture has sold results since the first day they went online.
- altavista attempted to sell serp placements in the spring of 1999. There was such a backlash and outcry, that before the summer, they had dropped the program.
- Looksmart began charging $79 in early 2000.
- Yahoo started charging $199 shortly there after.
- Looksmart matched their fee.
- Inktomi began selling spidering services.
- Inktomi later began selling placement via their cloaked feed program.
- Altavista followed suit with their cloaked feed program.
- Somewhere in the above MSN privately began selling placements on their serps.
- Many smaller directories have attempted to follow the Yahoo path. Many have failed.
- In the last two years most major portals including :MSN, Altavista, AOL, Yahoo, and many "meta" search engines have begun using Goto.com results.
- In the last three months, European search engine Fast/AllTheWeb has been beta testing a pay for spidering program.
The search-engine industry is now hanging out in the Internet's red-light district.
It's only a matter of time before most of the public begins to look elsewhere to find what they need.
I don't think it is all that bad. The last year was depressing, and at the same time exciting. We lost some engines, and we had two new engines born in WiseNut and Teoma.
The cost of putting a major search engine online has never been cheaper. Excite was reported to have spent $65 million to develop. That same search engine could be built today for a fraction of that cost and be more powerful at the same time. Those economics are making it very tempting for companies to toy around with search engines.
There's a trend towards monetizing the SERP through:
* Sponsored Listings
Monetizing spidering
* Trusted Feed
Monetizing Directory listings:
* Listing fee
* Yearly fee
As all the major search services decrease in relevancy in order to monetize their business models, surfers will need to begin to look at alternatives. The options they have are:
* Free spidering engines (Fast, Google, Wisenut)
* Niche engines
* Reccommended links from hubs & authorities
* Peer to Peer services (like Napster)
* Lists of bookmarks
Most likely, people will need a starting point..that's always going to be a search engine...then a way to keep going is through links...
Any other ideas as to what people will be using? Thoughts, predictions, other tools you use when surfing?
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For me it's Google and from there I'm usually looking for themed hubs that are on my topic. From there it's endless.
We find that you CAN find "what you are looking for" quick using Google, Wisenut, Teoma, and maybe AlltheWeb. But the casual (rather than professsional or regular) surfer which makes up the great majority, don't really know these services with possibly google as an exception. They use MSN and Yahoo, and complain that they cant find anything using search engines.
The concept of trusted sites, who provide external links, is a good one. You find the one or two in your areas of interest and trust those to find what you are looking for throught their own vortal or external links.
I'm also finding some experiments and working examples of listing links by linking popularity as pioneered by the weblogging genre as interesting. Daypop's top links, and Blogdex are two of these. Early times for sure, and limited to that particulalry incestuous and high noise level genre, but there are seeds of good ideas there.
Also Goverture has proved that the PPC could work, although there probably isnt a lot of room in that sector at the moment. As the online population grows, along with the level of awareness of the issues, there could be space for others
However, its a new industry, a lot of the people invovled have never been involved with running a big business before, and mistakes WILL be made. Lets just hope that not too many go to the wall
Take the financially desperate AskJeeves.com, for example. Most of my recent queries at that site have generated results that appear to be intentionally unrelated to the questions posed. The first thing that shows up when AskJeeves' visitors seek information on the demographics of California's telecommunications industry, for example, is a referral to what looks like a business partner selling consumer-electronics items.
I don't see quite the same results: demographics california telecommunications [ask.com] - though I must say that this is a very tricky query for any SE - may NL's premium search would be a better place to try?
Hmmm, remember the cache? Or displaying content from pages in the results? It's called infringement...
That's not something they loose sleep over! I'm pretty sure the only way to stop them doing that by default is credible threat of a law-suit ;)
Most search engines haven't figured this out yet. I think Goto was a great innovation, and they were (and are) completely up front about what's paid and what's not - even showing what the advertiser is paying for your click.
Other engines, though, are blurring the distinction between paid an unpaid content, and it will cost them traffic in the long run. People DO tend to gravitate toward better results over time, even the oblivious users we all joke about.
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I also believe that Goverture KNOW that their lifespan in terms of current revenue is limited. The thread which discussed the Goverture press release regarding relevency checks hinted at this. Essentially, Goverture are attempting to fight the tide by employing stricter intepretations for keyword bidding... PPC though can never really be as relevent as, for example, Google, and they know it.
Yes, Sam Surfer will gradually start to bypass the paid listings, even though some search facilities clearly set out to deceive their customers by presnting them as legit relevency returns.
This latter point is one tha has infuriated me for long time. It is deceipt and it is corrupt... only practised by the dishonest. Time, hopefully, will catch up with these crooks sooner rather than later.
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Neither have a lot of "old media" magazine publishers. Take a look at Cond� Nast's Concierge.com: It's an e-commerce site that uses content from its magazines to hawk travel sales. For example, if you click on "Romantic Getaways," you get a collection of honeymoon packages that Cond� Nast is selling under the BRIDE'S Magazine brand. Similarly, modernbride.com markets gift registries, wedding retailers, etc.
For that matter, magazine and newspaper editors have trouble distinguishing between commerce and editorial when they're writing about the Web. In the travel category, for example, they routinely compare sites like Expedia (hardcore e-commerce) with editorial "content" sites. That's like comparing ROAD & TRACK with an automobile dealer.
As far as search goes, I'd much rather have Google run by techies with doctorates in computer science than by a committee of MBAs at AOL Time Warner. :-)
HOWEVER, I don't believe that SE's will exists as we now know them. It becomes a extremely difficult job to give a user (non-techie) what he/she is looking for when your dB is x-trillion pages big.
If you type "cats +red tail +blue nose" there will be at least, 100 pages returned to you with that search string. Question is, will the user find what they want in the first 10min? If not, frustration sets in and the blame MUST go to "The Web". Or, you type in MP3 and get a bazillion pages back, but what you really want is on page 128,937,291 at the bottom.
That HAS to change and (I'm not a programmer) I don't really see any REAL tools in sight.
Google does it the best right now, but HONESTLY, depends on what you're looking for, it could be a 50/50 shot you'll find it, even on google.
How it will change? Don't really know. For sure Not PPC, people will get tired of Mr. Big always buying his way to the top. Oh and that everyone is listing Overture's top 3, how does that help? Maybe helps Yahoo, but not it's customers..you know the folks we all depend on.
I believe you'll see more Community or topic type sites, and it will support a very specific category and offer real customer related support.
Damn, that was my nickel! lol
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Community sites? I don't think so. (Volunteer-based "expert" sites are a hobbyist niche, not a substitute for search.)
Topic sites? Yes, but only if people can find them. (And the quickest way to do that is type a search term into Google.)
Portal-style "networks of sites," a la Suite101.com and About.com? Again, no. That failed model is a leftover from the days of proprietary online services. (It depends on a "network effect" that doesn't exist in the open environment of the Web.)
Fact is, the Web needs honest, open, frequently updated search engines like Google--if only because nothing else has a prayer of keeping pace with with the Web's constant change and growth.
What right did anyone have, to expect that the web would be a place devoid of capitalism, competition, and the need for money? We small operators, and those in the SEO business had a field day, using a "free" service for a few years.
Those with a quality site/product, will most likely retain customers. Those who either weren't there to benefit from the "old days", or had less "worthy" sites will suffer. As a businessperson, I/we all need to expect change. These changes are not always welcome, but they come anyway. As surfers start to ignore paid listings <if indeed they do, personally I don't see this happening. People who are acutal prospects to BUY goods or services most likely don't give a rats patootie<--can I say that?> whether an advertiser paid a search engine per click for positioning, or paid an SEO to gain their position, or left it up to the gods of the SE's to place them in high rankings.>
When the SE's get their monetization problems straightened out, there will be more evolution. And anyone who wants to stay in the game, will find a way to "optimize" the money spent. Is that not still optimization? Its not optimization of FREE listings, but it is still optimization.
As one with a journalism background, I really have to question the "journalistic integrity" of a directory, as one would challenge the journalistic integrity of say a phone book. Especially, when we all know fairly well that rankings in SE's AND phone books are not based on literary value.
And the separation of editorial <snicker> and paid advertising? Well, we know that banners whether in the traditional banner position, or skyscrapers, or side buttons are not stellar performers. Any suggestions how to make money operating a search engine without charging the "advertisers?"
I understand the emotions attached to this article/thread, but heck, in the grander scheme of things, how long should a business (SE) stay afloat on its own dime to support all the businesses that benefit from it, and make no effort to sustain itself?
Doing the quick math, there are two sources of income for the SE's. The users, and the advertisers.
Is anyone suggesting that the SE's charge users to use their engines?
Sure, I hate to see my free lunch going away, but there is still plenty to go around, managing the buffet cart for the clients.
At the time Jerry made his pledge, he was also under the mistaken assumption that revenue derived from banner ads would be sufficient. < A LOT of people made that mistake with a brand new medium.> Times change. Economic reality sets in.
Yes, the pledge was broken, yes its all about the money. No surprises - we've got to work with it, or go do something else.
SEO is just another advertising service, no more or less "evil" than a search engines struggling to survive by changing the game.
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Hmm... the point though is not that anyone grudges SEs making money, it's that some of them deceive to do it.
It's a fine line in some cases I agree, but the nature of a search engine is that it is PERCEIVED to give returns based on relevancy.
This is reality, and as such, to place returns in there that are paid for and then NOT to state that, is deception. Anyone who does that in my book is simply a dishonest crook.
Paying for services rendered is a reasonable concept. However, it needn't be done at the expense of relevancy or honesty. When LookSmart first began charging for inclusion ... I was one of the first in the queue to throw my money at them. I felt then as I do now that paying for inclusion and even yearly inclusion fees is fair enough ... provided the ROI is sufficient to warrant the expense.
I would gladly pay Google a yearly inclusion fee to remain in their database. I would grudgingly pay Yahoo and MSN and possibly AOL. The dribs and drabs served up by the rest of the wanna be's (sorry Fast) and Overture spawns ... just wouldn't make sense economically for me.
The deception employed by the majority of the remaining SE's and "directories" ... (if they can still call themselves that) is absolutely despicable. As many have pointed out here, the average surfer is unaware that he/she is being hoodwinked with "pay for placement" sites and in some cases, there is little or nothing to distinguish that these sites are paying to be listed at the top. At least AOL have gone about it honestly and identify their paid advertisers. Why haven't the rest? The answer is easy ... they don't want people to know!!! It is intentional deception ... cloaking at its finest!
Proponents of these schemes argue that as long as the surfer finds the product he is looking for ... then who says the site that paid for placement isn't relevant. I acknowledge that while that may be true, I believe that many, much more relevant sites get buried and it is the unsuspecting surfer who is denied the quality and relevancy that they deserve and expect.
There is much money to be made in a "pay for inclusion" business model if executed properly. Why then must SE's sacrifice the integrity of their database with undisclosed, paid ads masquerading as search results?
I have no problems with Overture. They are honest about it and identify their paid listings. Why don't their clones do the same?
Shame on Yahoo, MSN, Excite, Alta Vista, Hot Bot and the rest. They have intentionally set out to deceive their users. It is scandalous at the very least and should be against the law. I am absolutely amazed that the backlash has been minimal to say the least.
>>This is reality, and as such, to place returns in there that are paid for and then NOT to state that, is deception. Anyone who does that in my book is simply a dishonest crook.
Therefore, those who get paid for SEO work are "crooks?" We "fool" the search engines, and the users.
>>there is little or nothing to distinguish that these sites are paying to be listed at the top.
Should the unpaid listings also have a tag that says "Placed by Professional Search Engine Optimizers" when we are indeed paid to provide this service? Or do we maintain the perception (illusion/deception) that rankings are granted to the deserving by some beneficent being at the search engine?
The question therefore becomes merely who is paid, and does the end user truly suffer harm from either. Of course, the hard working webmaster or business person pays for a service, but do they really suffer?
If the user suffers, whether the paid listings are indicated or not, the effect ripples down to how many users use that search engine. Regardless of whether they know if a listing is paid or not, if the listing results do not satisfy their needs, they will move on.
It all sounds to me like we are basically bitter that we are moving toward paying for what we used to get by being clever.
...This I don't quite understand:
If the SE's are paid, they are sneaky deceptive animals if they don't declare that the listings are paid. SEO's who put listings in their index, and are paid for the service of gaining high rankings, are immune from declaring their commercial gain, and their attempt at "hoodwinking" the user, and the SE, and are above reproach.
Having the user pay for search is an option, however, I think most of us would agree that if a user was charged for using a search engine, they'd just move on to the next free one.
(Like directory assistance... I refuse to pay for that.. I use the (so far) free resources of the web. Good analogy though, Mike.
PS. Personally, I will remain as "evil" and "deceptive" yet ruthlessly relevant as necessary, until the ROI on my SEO efforts fall below that required to maintain my income.
I only care for Google and it's possible look-alikes (Teoma, Wisenut)and Allthweb. I am sure Yahoo and others will go down the same spiral as AltaVista did last year. Google's marktet share is rising steadily everywhere.
The main issue is how profitable does Google want to get? They are already profitable (so they claim) with Adwords and selling their engine for intranets and I am sure Adwords is going to get them much more business in the near future. But can they resist the other temptations? (paid spidering, become a search member etc.) Yielding to any too commercial temptation which will give an unfair competitive advantage to cash-richer companies, will help Teoma or Wisenut in the saddle and everyone will be happy with some healthy competition.
The best thing that can happen to Google would be Microsoft coming with something good and big, before people look to Google as the next Microsoft.
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Maybe you don't want to?
We create quality sites full of good content... the SEs rank the sites based upon the relevancy of this. If SEs focused upon algorithmic improvement, they would force SEOs to focus upon quality. Result... pretty much everyone wins.
This is the route Google has taken. Spamming and/or SEO tricks are becoming less effective. The best way to get high ranking is to focus on content and quality. It is a natural progression. It is evolution and not deceptive at all.
PPC/etc is counter to this. It doesn't force sites to evolve positively for ranking at all. Quite the opposite. It is the quick fix for the rich.
Worse still, in most cases, it is the deceptive, dishonest and crooked quick fix, as explained at length above.
Whatever gloss you choose to paint, taking adverts and not displaying them as such is crooked.
Timing is everything. If the Net really goes down the tubes per some of the scenarios mentioned here, I suspect there would be a few million people who would pay a small annual subscription fee to Google to get quality results.
On the other hand, if they are getting their needs filled elsewhere, they wont. Goverture will continue to satisfy their needs for a Yellow Pages. If they need something else... e.g information... and cant get it, history shows they will pay for it (e.g. newspapers, magazines)
The time will come when Joe Surfer catches on that the search engines are deceptive in their failure to disclose the distinction. Building trust is essential to sustained growth, and those SEs that don't heed that principle are bound to fail.
There's nothing wrong with ads - we all know of magazines that people buy PRIMARILY for the ads, not the editorial content, and many others where the ad content is of equal interest to the editorial content. What causes problems is the lack of distinction between the two. You wouldn't want to read a glowing review of a home theater system, only to find out (or NOT find out) that it was written by the manufacturer's PR department.
Is there any way to find out actual statistics of who clicks on these paid listings? What percentage of people just scan below these listings to the web search results?
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I couldn't agree more... and this blurring is for me the crux of the problem. There are many shades of grey in this, though, what with Inktomi's excessively slow inclusion of free sites, or it's in-house cloaking program for large clients, for example.
What has happened with the Nader group's petition to the FTC?
I can agree with that, but there are fuzzy lines in some shows:
- Paid product placements in tv shows and movies (Such as John Travolta reportidly taking hundreds of thousands to smoke in his movies, or the blatant promotion in Waynes World).
- Movie stars getting paid big money to do the "talk shows" like Leno and Letterman to promote movies (infomercials).
- Product announcements on the morning "news shows". Kattie Curic has been call the best pitch woman in the business for all the products they parade across the screen.
- Backdoor tie-ins. Take NBC again who is owned by GE, who is owned by etc, etc. You look at some of the products that show up in shows and it is pretty clear to me there are tie ins to product "families".
- The news itself is highly tainted with products. Watch some of the health reports, and you'll get a creepy feeling that the story was for a product and not about the disease.
The line between editorial content and advertisments has never been more gray. I can understand how the search engines could become confused over it.


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How (not) To Argue with a 6-Year-Old
Don't You Rebut Me!
Help! I've Fallen Down a Rabbit Hole and Can't Get Up!
I'm sorry I was speeding, Officer. Here's my license, registration, and a transcript of the conversation I've been having.
This is an actual conversation I had with Luke today in the car, augmented only with the thoughts and subtext happening in each of our heads. I ought to get a video camera in my car. "WTF on the Road." It would be a bigger hit than that taxi quiz show. It's like he knows I write a blog and need material.
Luke: (baiting me)What is arguing? How do you do it?
me: (not gonna take that bait) You can't be serious.
Luke: (but look at my shiny bait!) Yes I am. I don't know how to argue.
me:(tastes the bait. just a bit.) Honey, you are the leading expert on arguing. I've never known anyone who can argue more.
Luke:(yay! it's go time!) That's not true.
me: Trust me. It is.
Luke: No! I don't argue a lot.
me: (urg! I took it. I took the fucking bait!) We're arguing about this right now.
Luke:(and away we go! wheee!) Well it's YOU arguing with me! So YOU argue more than anyone I know. So HA!
me:(I am an adult. I will not do this. ) OK. I suppose we do argue together quite a bit. Point taken.
Luke:(nice try. I see your 'adult' and raise you an obnoxious 6-year-old with nothing better to do.) No. Not together. Just you.
me:(DON'T ENGAGE. I REPEAT, DO NOT ENGAGE!) Uh-huh. Well, you seem to like to disagree with everything I say. Ever. (can't help myself)
Luke: No I don't.
me: (oh it's ON!) Luke, if I said, 'The sky is blue,' you'd disagree and say "It's not ALWAYS blue!"
Luke: (gotcha!) Well, it's not always blue. It's not blue right now over there, or there. See?
me: (OMG. he got me. I fell right back into that rabbit hole of his. damn he's good!) Right. It's not always blue. But that doesn't mean that I'm wrong to say that the sky is blue. (rein it in. there is no good ending to sky color arguments. rein.it.in.) Anyway, the sky isn't the point. It was just an example of how you can argue about anything. (teachable moment! watch out, kid, here comes some parenting.) Let's think about the conversation we're having right this second. Do you feel like you're trying to disagree with me just so that you can be right and I can be wrong?
Luke:(don't try to teach me, woman.) No. You're wrong about the sky without me doing that.
me:(good game, son. good game.) OK. So what was it you wanted to know about arguing?
Luke:(good game, mom. can we do it again?) I don't know how to do it.
Excuse me while I go bang my head on the wall. My life is an exercise in crazy.


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Family has expanded and I've decided that it is time to get one of those tow hitches installed on my Mazda6 wagon. I read that Class I hitch can carry up to 200lbs but max 2 bikes? We have two adult bikes and two child bikes. Is there really a need for Class II?
I am thinking to get a folder-able 3-bike carrier. That way I can toss the small child bike into the rear hatch.
Numbers don't seem to add up for me with 2 adult bikes (under 50lbs) and a child bike would exceed the limit of a Class 1 hitch. Please advise. Thanks.


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How to Buy a Gun in Texas - Handgun, Shotgun, or Rifle
There are many misconceptions out there regarding the general public and what is required to purchase a firearm in Texas. This thread will highlight what is required to be eligible to purchase a firearm in the state of Texas.
This thread is subject to errors and as such, should be verified prior to any action. I am not a lawyer, and I am not liable for you going to jail as a result of you doing something stupid. That being said...
- No Waiting Period
- No Registration or Transfer of Registration
- FTF OK (Unless NFA)
- No Restricted Firearms or Magazine Capacities (NFA Rules Apply)
4473 - The form you fill out to purchase a firearm from a dealer.
NICS - "Nicks", it is a FBI instant background check based off of a crime database.
AOW - Any other Weapon (Most commonly a pistol grip shotgun)
First off, there is no "Gun show loophole". The dealers present at the gun show are required to process a 4473 form for the transfer of the firearm. It is no different than buying from a walk-in store. There is a background check.
It is legal to purchase, own, and possess items such as machine guns, suppressors, destructive devices, short barrel rifles, short barrel shotguns, and AOWs so long as they are legally possessed in accordance to Federal Law. For more info on how to purchase these items legally, see this FAQ: http://www.texasgunt....n-aow-sbr.html
The penal code surrounding Texas firearm possession and commerce is Chapter 46 - Weapons: Penal Code
FFL Dealer (Gun Shop)
Required Items
- Texas Driver's License (Valid! Current Address, Not Expired)
- Qualification to Possess a Firearm (See Above)
- 18 Years of Age for a Long Gun (Rifle or Shotgun)
- 21 Years of Age for a Handgun or Pistol Grip Shotgun (AOW)
Once you've picked out your gun you'll be asked to fill out the 4473 form. At this time you will present your Texas driver's license so that the information can be recorded onto the 2nd page of the 4473 by the salesman. Once you've finished filling out the 4473 the salesman will then call it in for the NICS check. This is a short, routine, phone call that is required to transfer the firearm from the dealer's books. At the end of the phone call the salesman will be directed one of three ways:
1.) Proceed - Everything is good to go, and the firearm can be transferred to the purchaser.
2.) Delayed - This is fairly common and can mean one of a million things. You might have had a similar name to someone not eligible, similar description, credit holds (lost / stolen credit cards), etc. They even do it at random. By law, the firearm can be transferred within 3 business days (government business days) if the NICS examiner does not call back.
3.) Denied - This occurs because you've been flagged as a possibly uneligible purchaser of the firearm. Sometimes ex-felons and people who've only recently become eligible will be denied, and they are able to challenge the denial. Generally the dealer will have paperwork outlining the process for challenging the NICS ruling.
There is no waiting period in Texas. Once you've recieved a proceed or the delayed time frame has elapsed you are free to walk out the door with your gun.
If you hold a Texas Concealed Handgun License (CHL) you can present that as proof that you can legally own the firearm, and a NICS check does not have to be performed. You still have to fill out the 4473 form.
Face to Face Purchase (FTF)
Face to face transactions are legal in Texas so long as it is not a Class III item such as a machine gun, suppressor, short barrel rifle, etc. Items of that nature require a tax stamp and ATF paperwork.
Texas law only mandates you to not knowingly sell a firearm to someone whom cannot legally possess the firearm. The seller is not responsible to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the eligibilty of the purchaser.
If you are from out of state it is illegal to purchase a firearm in the state of Texas from a Texas resident in a face to face transfer. This is engaging in innerstate commerce and requires an FFL (Federal Firearms License).
There are no requirements for record keeping in regards to firearms sales.
If you are unsure what the eligibility requirements are for the state of Texas please read Texas Penal Code Chapter 46 - Weapons: Penal Code
Taken from http://www.texasgunt...tgun-rifle.html
Now Connecticut Gun laws are MUCH stricter:
For the sale of the handgun, a DPS-67-C and a DPS-3-C (4 copies) must be completed. Also a permit to purchase and carry a handgun is required by a person planning to buy a handgun in Connecticut.
To understand more about the procedure of sales and transfer of firearms in Connecticut, visit: http://www.ct.gov/dp...294488&dpsNav=|
Taken from http://gunsforsale.n...in-connecticut/
To process your application for carrying a concealed weapon, first of all you need to be at least 21 years old. You will find an online application form here: http://www.txdps.sta...rms/CHL-78A.pdf
After completing the application, you need to submit the application to the Texas's Department of Public Safety with the following things:
- Two recent color passport photographs
- Fingerprints
- Proof of age
- Proof of residency in Texas
- A handgun proficiency certificate from a competent and recognized handgun instructor
- An affidavit stating that you have read and understood the law concerning and related to the license to carry a handgun and the laws on use of deadly force and that you fulfill all eligibility requirements
- Authorization to access records
Me and my husband both have a concealed carry license, by the way.


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The cheeseburger is back at Shady Glen! And it has the right cheese!
After weeks of testing, owner Billy Hoch has found the cheese that makes the restaurant's signature fried, tri-cornered cheeseburgers right again and customers are ecstatic.
Staff reports they have found a Wisconsin supplier who can provide the kind of American cheese that was being used in the burgers and that it was back on the beef and the grill on Wednesday.
Several weeks ago a firestorm erupted when Shady Glen, a Manchester landmark, began using a new cheese on its renowned cheeseburgers, a cheese loyal customers insisted just didn't stand up to the original. Hoch explained the melt-down occurred because his supplier could no longer provide the cheese he was using. And that forced him to start shopping around for a new "old" American cheese.
But all's well that ends well and customers report that the cheeseburgers are now just the way they remember them!


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"Bourne" Video Game to Cover New Territory
Some would speculate there is a new trend in the making. Probably due to poor transitions from the big screen to video game, games based on movies are starting to take a different tack from the original movie script and breakout in new directions. We are seeing this in John Woo's Stranglehold. The latest game to adopt this policy is The Bourne Conspiracy coming out in 2008. Is there really a stigma against producing games from movies?
Emmanuel Valdez, chief creative officer at Vivendi's High Moon Studios has an alternate explanation.
"Games for next-generation consoles take longer than movies to make — two years and sometimes longer," Valdez says. "We knew we didn't have enough time to build a quality 'Ultimatum' game and come out with it at the same time as the movie. So we decided to do things differently, something new."
The new Bourne game will take elements from "Bourne Identity" and mix in new material to be approved by Robert Ludlam's estate. The game will keep in mind that Bourne isn't a gunslinging maniac, nor does he carry a load of gadgets with him ala 007. He is a cool calculating spy that always has an agenda and an objective in mind. High Moon has adapted the he hand-held camera, journalistic style of director Paul Greengrass to give the game a cinematic look and feel.
Although this first title in the series has taken three years to complete, sequels are expected to go much quicker and smooth now that the technical issues have been conquered with Bourne Conspiracy. As a fan of Ludlum's Jason Bourne character, I'm looking forward to seeing if the video game can do him justice.
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HOURCAR Announces 30 Car Expansion
HOURCAR announced a major expansion today. The Twin Cities homegrown car-sharing operator will increase its fleet to at least 70 vehicles over the next 18 months, extending service to as many as 3,500 users in diverse Minneapolis and Saint Paul neighborhoods. Funds for the expansion were provided by the McKnight Foundation and the Central Corridor Funders Collaborative.
HOURCAR, a nonprofit business that was founded in 2005, currently serves 1,900 car-sharing members in the Twin Cities. Its members have access to 39 late-model, fuel-efficient vehicles for personal use. HOURCAR calculates that its members can save as much as $5,000 each year by avoiding car ownership.
"Most HOURCAR members compute the costs and headaches of car ownership and wisely choose to forego buying cars—or at least keep their households to one car," reports Chris Duffrin, executive director of HOURCAR's parent organization the Neighborhood Energy Connection. "They get around really well on foot, by bike, and on the bus or train, but when they need a car they have HOURCAR. It's an easy and convenient way to take care of those occasional trips that might be hard using other modes."
The new HOURCAR hubs will be located in transit-friendly, residentially dense neighborhoods in Minneapolis and Saint Paul. New cars and trucks will be placed in service beginning this month and continuing until all 30 are in position.
According to the McKnight Foundation's president Kate Wolford, "HOURCAR proves that car sharing can increase our choices in how we live and work. McKnight has invested in this vision since 2007, and we're pleased now to support HOURCAR's expansion along key corridors in Minneapolis and Saint Paul where housing and transportation affordability are well aligned. Hitting a triple-bottom line, HOURCAR's nonprofit model is economically successful and environmentally sound, and also extends open access to a broad and growing member base that embraces our region's full range of transportation options."
Polly Talen, Saint Paul Program Director, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and co-chair of the Central Corridor Funders Collaborative, was equally impressed. "HOURCAR is a high-tech, high-touch solution that extends the value of our growing transit system. Our group was particularly excited about HOURCAR's plan to locate new hubs at key Green Line LRT stops. Because HOURCAR helps people save so much money, it contributes to all kinds of wealth retention success stories. When they're not spending money on car ownership, people have more money for housing, for health care, for school, really for everything. HOURCAR is great for the people of the Twin Cities and we were pleased to help expand their network."
HOURCAR provides the opportunity for more people to drive cleaner cars and spend less on transportation."


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It's sad to hear of a youngster dying before his time.
With three teens of my own, I read with dismay this morning Lynn Doan's story about Nicholas Booth, the 14-year old Stafford boy who died Saturday after being hit by a pickup while walking along Route 190 with friends. I felt compelled to visit the makeshift memorial set up in his honor by friends at the site of the accident.
Fortunately, Stafford Family Services provides a group youth service bureau and counseling. Services are available for those who need them, call 860-684-4239.


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It was a week low on film news and heavy on television as the independent film world largely seemed to take a break for recoupment following last week's closing of the Cannes Film Festival. The Writer's Guild of America announced their choices for the 101 best written television shows of all time, with the expected amount of upsets and surprises, while "Hannibal" and "Game of Thrones," in the wake of perhaps the most talked-about episode of this year's television slate, continued to provide ample space for the discussion of their portrayals of violence and character deaths in ongoing series. Meanwhile we got our first looks at Helena Bonham Carter and Dominic West as "Burton & Taylor," the killer whale documentary "Blackfish," and the latest season of "The Newsroom," while the much-maligned release of M. Night Shyamalan's "After Earth" caused us to propose that a return to his independent roots may give his career the rejuvenation it so desperately needs.
Take a look at all of these stories and more below as we take a look at the ten most viewed news, interviews and features from this week at Indiewire:
Queue It Up: 19 of 2012's Best Films Now Available on Netflix
With our attention mainly placed on the current independent summer release calendar, it's hard to keep track of the countless films slipping under the radar throughout the past year, but thanks to the magic of online streaming, getting caught up on the releases that fell through the cracks is now easier than ever. We compiled a list of all of the films that made our 2012 Year-End Critic's Poll, and offer the 19 best films of 2012 currently available for Netflix streaming, including our pick for the best film of last year with Leos Carax's undefinable odyssey "Holy Motors," and many other great choices.
What Are the Best Written TV Shows of All Time? The WGA Announces Its Top 101 PicksFollowing their 2006 list of the 101 Greatest Screenplays, the Writers Guild of America has announced their comprehensive list of the best written television shows of all time, and as is the case with any list of this nature the choices were not without controversy. Coming in at number 1 was HBO's "The Sopranos," followed by "Seinfeld" and "The Twilight Zone." While those show's placement in the pantheon of television writing is hardly questionable, the placement of other shows such as "The Wire," "Breaking Bad," and just about everything else was argued over whether or not they received their proper acknowledge amongst the massive group of selections.
As graphic violence and high body counts have become more of a mainstay in popular television programming with its depictions in shows like "The Walking Dead" and "Game of Thrones," the process of differentiating a show's violent depictions from the onslaught available can be difficult, which is exactly what makes the disturbing brutality of NBC's "Hannibal standout so far in the first place. Throughout its first season, Bryan Fuller's "Silence of the Lambs" prequel has been applauded for the ingenuity seeping into the show's serial killer subject matter, and how its depiction of graphic violence may be the most imaginative on display during this year's television season.
The 10 Films You Must See This June
Continuing the extension of our summer movie list, we presented our preview of the 10 top Indie alternatives coming out this month, including new films from Joss Whedon, Sofia Coppola, and Pedro Almodovar. With over 30 films listed on our June calendar, there is no shortage of indie options at the theater this month, with other highlights including Xavier Dolan's latest Laurence Anyways, Peter Strickland's psychological thriller "Berberian Sound Studio," and Neil Jordan's return to the bloodsucker genre with "Byzantium."
How Does the Killing Off Of Major Characters Change How We Watch a Show?In the wake of one of the most shocking instances of character deaths in television history, Allison WIllmore looked at both this week's aforementioned "Game of Thrones" episode and the third season of "The Walking Dead" to look at how the phenomenon speaks to the greater thematic strategies of the shows at hand
. With the brutal shake-ups facing both series, their truer focus on a much broader scale (whether the titular "Game," or the overbearing dread of "The Walking Dead") is showcased and the viewer is forced to reevaluate their relationship with the series as a whole.Watch: Riveting Trailer for Killer Whale Documentary 'Blackfish' Will Scare You Straight
Telling the story of Tilikum, the performing killer whale who swallowed its trainer whole at SeaWorld, Magnolia Pictures' upcoming documentary "Blackfish" aims to dispel the notion that killer whales are largely peaceful creatures, something its heart-stopping new trailer accomplishes perfectly. Using never before seen footage, interviews, and information on the cruel treatment of the captivity facing orcas, the film sheds new light on the disillusionment currently facing the sea-park industry and what needs to be understood to put a stop to it.
As the critical and box office disappointments of M. Night Shyamalan's "After Earth" continue to suggest that the filmmaker has entirely lost the spark that first put him on the map, IW's Eric Kohn suggests an alternate route for the director to reinvigorate his stagnant career in the wake of another filmmaker's recent success within the indie space. Similar to Shyamalan, Joss Whedon's career has been often defined by the storytelling expectations surrounding his releases, and as his just-released "Much Ado About Nothing" suggests, there may be no better place to comfortably secure a once-held integrity than outside of the studio system. Now with Shyamalan speaking openly about his adoration for independent filmmaking, he may finally be giving his career the inspection it desperately needs before destroying itself entirely.
Here's Your First Look at Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter as 'Burton & Taylor'
While the Lindsay Lohan-Grant Bowler starring disaster "Liz and Dick" still lingers in our minds, we have received our first look at Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter's take on the famously volatile couple in BBC America's TV movie "Burton & Taylor," looking their parts perfectly and bringing a significantly larger amount of pedigree with it. Following their 1983 stage revival of Noel Coward's "Private Lives," the film depicts the late romance of the couple, and if the image of the two is any indication, we are in for one hell of a biopic when it premieres this fall.
Following his decision to record monologues chosen by the Reddit community in exchange for donations to the Alzheimer's Association, Samuel L Jackson has recorded his second video for the site, taking the opportunity to step away from the original speeches submitted on the site and instead accepting one Redditor's suggestion of Walter White's infamous speech from the fourth season of "Breaking Bad." Without the context of the show, Jackson is still able to bring the expected gravitas to the monologue in which White explains that he is in complete control of the situation around him, proving once again that few around can deliver an impassioned speech the same way he can, even through the confines of his living room webcam.
Choosing to eschew footage from the upcoming season in favor of a more symbolic portrayal, HBO finally gave viewers their first look at the upcoming second season of Aaron Sorkin's cable news drama "The Newsroom," before its premiere on July 14th. The clip portrays Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) and his team stranded in the desert and forced to reexamine their frustrations, relationships, and lives while watched by the omnipresent Leona Lansing (Jane Fonda). The clip features no footage of the many new faces joining the cast this season, including Patton Oswalt and Marcia Gay Harden, but provides ample set up before its return next month.
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STA Buy/Sell Indicator Flashes Sell SignalWritten by Lance Roberts | Jan, 24, 2013
Wall Street often touts that one cannot effectively time the market – this is a good story for Wall Street who wants you to keep your money invested at all times so the fee structure stays intact; however, portfolio management, and more importantly the management of risk, is the key to long term investment success. Risk is only equal to the permanent impairment of capital caused when your investment decisions are wrong.
Hopefully, by now, most should have learned that markets do not travel in a straight line either up or down; but rather oscillate within a given range over time. That range can be upward trending as we saw in the 90's (which was due to the long term fall in interest rates and inflation combined with rising valuations) or it can be a horizontal trend as we have witnessed over the last decade (due primarily to falling valuations and poor monetary policies). The reasons for the secular (long term trading ranges) markets can be found in previous missives and are important in understanding the importance of applying some form of risk management tool to your overall portfolio management methodology.
When we talk about risk management in a portfolio we are NOT talking about treating it like a light switch and being all in or all out of the market. Investing for the longer term is not a game of Texas Hold'em. What we advocate is more along the lines of treating the overall allocation of the portfolio like a rheostat and dialing up and down exposure to risk assets as the overall market environment dictates. This is the purpose of the STA Buy/Sell Indicator.
We have run this indicator back to the 1930's and found that it has an extremely good track record of identifying market peaks and troughs. It will not top tick the market or pick up the exact bottom but that is not our goal. Our goal, like the rheostat, is to dial up exposure after market bottoms have been clearly identified and dial down exposure to risk assets once tops are in. According to recent evidence provided by this indicator the market has reached a top in this cycle after throwing off a "buy" signal around early September of 2010. This indicator also got you invested in the market just before the bottom in March of 2009 and out just before the peak in 2010. It also kept you mostly out of the market during the decline in 2008.
As with anything, there are times that the indicator performs less favorable particularly during a strong bull market advance but while it may have limited some small amount of performance on the upside the protection from the permanent destruction of capital more than offset what gains might have been missed. Remember, investing is not a competition to be won or lost – it is about the long term growth of capital to ensure that the purchasing power parity of your savings remains intact to offset inflation. Any declination of principal of a significant amount destroys the long term compounding effect of the principal…and just getting back to even is not an investment strategy to live by.
As with our recent economic indicators now all rolling over combined with our buy/sell indicator kicking off a "sell" signal we are recommending reducing exposure to equities and commodities and raising exposure to fixed income and cash for the summer months which tend to be statistically weak anyway.


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Cory Monteith Tribute: How Long Is Glee's Hiatus After That? — UPDATE
UPDATE: The Futon Critic lists Glee's return date for Season 5, Episode 4 as Thursday, November 7, 2013. That's a full month without new episodes.
By all accounts, Glee's Season 5, Episode 3 tribute to the late Cory Monteith (Finn) was extremely emotional for the cast and crew to film. After spending so much time surrounded by thoughts of their friend and co-star's sudden and unexpected death this July, there's no doubt that everyone needed a bit of time off.
We've already heard that will go on a hiatus to allow everyone to regroup, and to give Glee's writers figure out how to change the course of Season 5 now that the love of Rachel's (Lea Michele) life is gone for good. But exactly how many weeks will go by without new Glee episodes?
The initial plan for Glee Season 5 was to have two solid blocks of new episodes, with a big winter hiatus in the middle. Cory Monteith's death changed those plans, as producers decided to take time off after Episode 3 to work on the show's future storylines. Luckily, it doesn't sound like the hiatus will be all that long.
People is reporting that the show arranged for a two-week break after filming wrapped on the Cory memorial episode. The Cory tribute airs on October 10, and no official return date has been announced so far. But we can assume that the break will also be about two weeks. Frankly, we're impressed that the show's writing staff didn't need more time than that.
Typically, November is known as a "sweeps month," meaning it's when networks use their ratings to set ad rates for the rest of the year. Needless to say, networks always want to have their most attention-grabbing shows on the air during that month. So Fox presumably hopes Glee will have returned by then.
Then again, Fox usually airs postseason baseball during October anyway, so a Glee hiatus during this time of year isn't so unusual. Meanwhile, we look forward to the emotional tribute episode, and we're curious to learn more about where the show is headed after that.
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Time for our top court to face that elephant (Tacoma News Tribune)
Peter Callaghan argues that the Supreme Court should rule against needing a two-thirds majority to raise taxes.
Washington students buck trend on SAT (Seattle Times)
Washington's high school class of 2012 performed pretty on the SATs. "Washington again had the nation's highest score in math (528), was tied for second in writing (500) and was third in reading (517) among states with a participation rate of 45 percent or more."
Op-ed: Band together to improve education in Washington state (Seattle Times)
In an opinion piece for the Seattle Times, Mary Alice Heuschel, the superintendent of the Renton School District, and Kip Herren, the superintendent of the Auburn School District write, "Research highlights the importance of early education, while at the other end of the continuum, the job market is demanding ever-higher rates of postsecondary credentials. The old system was never organized to start early enough with young children, nor has it been re-engineered to deliver enough college-and-career-ready high-school graduates. The rigid notion of when education starts and stops needs to go."
State college-going: Sinking, not treading water (Tacoma News Tribune)
The News Tribune Editorial Board begins this opinion piece with: "Here's another pin to stick in the balloon of complacency about Washington's education system."
Group sparks learning reform (Spokesman Review)
College Spark Washington, a Seattle based foundation, sponsor grants and programs to prepare low income students for college across the state.
Want to weigh in on Seattle schools' billion-dollar ask? (KPLU)
Seattle voters will have a chance to discuss the two upcoming levies at public meetings.
Race to Top Winners Push to Fulfill Promises (Education Week)
Winners of the first Race to the Top Challenge are now in the third year and reaching the implementation stage.
Education Nation — starkly different visions from Obama, Romney (MSNBC)
President Obama and Governor Romney offer very different plans for education.
Tuesday Bonus: English Mastiff Refuses to Get Out of Bed
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Very premature babies may be more likely to score positive on a checklist that screens for autism spectrum disorder.
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The Boomerang Pet Ball is a toy that SpongeBob bought for Gary in the episode Gary Takes a Bath. It made its only appearance in that episode.
The box label says, "New Boomerang Pet Ball.Really Works!". It is a small teal box that just fits the ball.
What it does
As the name suggests, the ball is a boomerang. It can be thrown, and returns to whoever threw it.
When SpongeBob attempted to get Gary to take a bath, he threw the ball at the bathtub. However, the ball bounced back. Later, Gary threw the box at SpongeBob's head when SpongeBob was begining to walking away.


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Published: September 11, 2012
The Southwest Youth Collaborative has been nominated for the 2012 Chase Community Giving Program.
The organization with the most votes will receive a portion of $5 million in funding. To vote for SWYC, go to www.chasegiving.com. If you prefer to vote via Facebook, follow this link: https://www.facebook.com/ChaseCommunityGiving. Voting ends September 19.
SWYC was formed in 1992 as part of the Chicago Community Trust's Children, Youth and Families Initiative. It is a community-based network of youth and community development organizations serving African Americans, Arab Americans, Asian Americans, European Americans, Native American and Latino children, youth and families living in the West Englewood, Chicago Lawn, Gage Park, West Lawn and West Elsdon neighborhoods.
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It's a pure adrenalin rush to witness as world-class motocross riders "shred dirt" at the 41st Hangtown Motocross Classic on Saturday, May 30th.
If you like fast-paced motor sports – especially the two-wheel variety – then Hangtown is the place to be May 30. Or if you are just looking for a fun and adventurous way to spend a weekend, don't miss this event!
Folsom is the place to be to witness one of the oldest and most prestigious races in the motocross world. It's a massive party that's been held in the Folsom area over the last 41 years to celebrate the sport of motocross racing.
It's exciting, fun and thrilling all at the same time. Professional MX riders compete on a very challenging dirt track with expert-level terrain, tight turns and soaring hills. The goal is to be the leader and tackle it all as fast as possible. Hangtown is the only outdoor mx race in the nation sponsored by a nonprofit group of motorcycle riders – the Dirt Diggers North Motorcycle Club. It's also one of the major races on the American Motorcyclist Association's pro motorcycle circuit.
The action takes place at the 836-acre Prairie City State Vehicle Recreation Area located less than three miles from Folsom. For this event, the state park is transformed from its usual low-key nature as a public off-road area to a pro-sports venue. Prairie City offers both challenging and easy trails and track for motorcycles, ATVs and 4x4 vehicles such as jeeps. Normally open every day but Wednesday, the off-road vehicle park is closed during Hangtown.
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Today I finished reading 11/22/63 by Stephen King it is by far best book I have read in a long time. At 849 pages it is also the longest book that I have ever read. It took me less than one week to read because I couldn't put it down. Half way through I wondered what could possibly happen next, how can I still have 400+ pages left. Once I realized there were less than 100 pages left I didn't want it to end. This book is not just about the Kennedy assassination… it is so much more than that.
One of the things that got me really excited in the beginning was when on page 129 they mentioned Georgie from the book IT getting his arm ripped off in the gutter. Then I was epecially excited when I got to page 138 and he actually talks to Beverly and Richie. Beverly is quoted as say "Beep-beep Richie". IT was by far my favorite Stephen King movie. I could watch it over and over and over. I mean does your skin not crawl when you hear "They ALL float down here. When you're down here with us, you'll float too! ".
JP read this book about a week before I did and told me about a line in the book that he liked. While I was reading it I figured out that the line he liked was in the last paragraph on page 503. I won't spoil it for you, but if you read it I am sure you can easily figure out what we liked about it!
Buy it, read it, love it!
Here are the other Stephen King books that I have read:
- Carrie
- Salems Lot
- Pet Sematary
- Christine
- Bag of Bones
- The Shining
- Night Shift
- The Dead Zone
- Firestarter
- Cujo
- The Eyes of the Dragon
- Tommyknockers
- Gerald's Game
- Dolores Claiborne
- Rose Madder
- Green Mile
- Full Dark No Stars.
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A Rural Bed and Breakfast in Dorset Set on the highest point in Dorset with panoramic views across rolling Dorset country side, Arnewood House offers the most idyllic and tranquil setting for a perfect getaway for couples, families and small groups a like. Arnewood House has four guest rooms all newly refurbished and finished to an exceptionally high standard, two of the rooms which combine to make a family suite. All rooms have en-suite facilities and are equipped with flat screen LCD TVs. With a warm welcome from your hosts Margaret and Ian, you will truly enjoy a relaxing and peaceful stay at Arnewood House. Located right in the heart of the rolling Dorset country side, you will be perfect placed for exploring the historic towns and villages, losing yourself in the tranquility of the picturesque landscapes and benefiting from only being a short drive to the internationally acclaimed heritage coast home to rolling golden beaches, hidden coves, traditional seaside towns, quays and harbors and perfect for long walks and sightseeing. Arnewood House a large pool with BBQ area and a seven person heated jacuzzi, all benefiting from panoramic views across unbroken country side and valleys. A Mediterranean style perimeter wall encapsulates the pool area providing the perfect sun trap with gentle breezes and clear air. Also Arnewood House benefits from a large barn with stables and turnout for horses is available. The location is a fantastic area for walking, cycling and horse riding in general. Also the property has ample off road parking for all our guests.
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Scott still has to deal with four of his new girlfriend's seven evil ex-boyfriends who want to kill him, and to make matters worse, his girlfriend now wants him to get a job.
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The full-color remastering of the Scott Pilgrim epic continues! It's summertime, but who can relax? Scott's relationship with Ramona Flowers is sweeter than ever, but he's still got girl troubles, seven evil ex-boyfriends still want to kill him, and worst of all, now Ramona wants him to get a job! Kicks, punches, rock & roll, subspace, half-ninjas, experience points, samurai swords, girly action, and laughable attempts to seek gainful employment are all that stand in the way of Scott Pilgrim getting it together! Includes previously unpublished extras, deleted scenes, and exclusive bonus content, all in glorious color!


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WITN-7 First Alert Weather Update... A high wind warning remains in effect for coastal areas of Eastern Carolina until 8:00 p.m. Friday. Strong winds, sustained between 30 and 40 miles an hour with gusts up to 60 miles per hour, can be expected throughout the day. A coastal flood warning remains in effect until 8:00 a.m. Saturday, as does a high surf advisory. These warnings are for Carteret, Outer Banks Dare and Outer Banks Hyde counties, as well as Pamlico and Craven counties. The rough surf will also create a high threat of rip currents. Officials recommend beachgoers stay out of the water. The heavy rains over Eastern Carolina and southeast Virginia will continue throughout the day, tapering off late afternoon. Stay tuned to WITN-7 for the latest information.
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LHS Fall Festival of Bands
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An evening of marching band pageantry and excitement is on tap for area residents with the annual Fall Festival of Bands sponsored by the Logan Band Boosters.
This years event features the Ohio University Marching Band and will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2 at Logan Chieftain Stadium. Admission is $5 with children 5 and younger free.
The 2010 Fall Festival of Bands will host 12 regional marching bands and feature a pre-game show, 12 band shows and will conclude with all the bands massing on the field for trophy presentations. Concession stands will be open to the public. The Marching Chieftains are under their 23rd-year director Jeff North, assisted by Pam Price, Ben Wright and Dr. Tom Romine.
With 110 members, the Marching Chieftains are one of the few remaining high school bands who use a military-march style, performing four halftime shows during the season. The Logan band is also known for its extensive, patriotic pre-game show.
The Logan Marching Band places emphasis on local performances including ten football games, Veterans Day parade, Christmas parade and Memorial Day parade.
The Chieftains have garnered top awards at out of town parades and have performed at the 1996 National Independence Day Parade in Washington, D.C., the 2000 St. Patricks Day Parade in New York City, the 2004 Outback Bowl Game in Tampa, Fla. and the Share a Dream Come True parade at Walt Disney World April 12, 2008.
The William V. Fisher Catholic High School will be the first band to perform. The band is directed by Judy Rehrer and Jamie Kirby. The Lancaster band has 10 members; their school colors are green and white and their mascot is the Irish.
The Nelsonville-York High School Marching Band of Nelsonville will perform second. The band is directed by Janice Paris and assistant Evan Dishong. The band has 38 members; their school colors are brown, white and orange and their mascot is the buckeye.
The Unioto Marching Band of Chillicothe led by director Michael Fulk will perform third. Assistants are George Harper and flag adviser Kristen Roush. The Marching Shermans are 50-members strong. School colors are purple and gold and the school mascot is a tank.
New Lexington Marching Band of New Lexington will perform fourth. The band is directed by David Harmon and assistant Terri Studer (flag adviser). The band has more than 50 members; their school colors are orange and black and their mascot is the panther.
The Licking Valley Panther Marching Band of Newark will perform fifth. The band is led by director Andrea Duck and assistants Melanie Strock and Angela Ellis (color guard adviser). The schools colors are red, white and blue. More than 50 members comprise the band.
The Tecumseh High School Marching Arrows of New Carlisle will perform sixth. The band has 54 members; their school colors are red and black. The band is led by director Bryan Martin and assistants Melissa Willardson and Will Shoemaker.
The Oak Hill Marching Oaks of Oak Hill will perform seventh. The band is directed by Bryce Werntz and assistant Allyson Johnston. The band has 70 members; their school colors are red, white and black and their mascot is an oak.
The Olentangy Orange Marching Pioneers of Lewis Center will perform eighth. The band is directed by Marc Zirille and Angela Zirille and assistants Jennifer Cabral-Hever, Tammy Dague-Mallett (flag adviser) and Craig Dunn (percussion). The band has 104 members; their school colors are royal blue and orange and their mascot is a pioneer.
The Whitehall-Yearling Marching Ram Band of Whitehall will perform ninth. Christopher Herrmann is the director and Christopher Boyd Tressler, Staci Fletcher and Missy Harrow are assistants. The band has 115 members; school colors are black, white and red.
The Gahanna Lincoln Golden Lions Marching Band of Gahanna will perform 10th. The band is directed by Rob Cebriak, Greg Miller and Jonathan Bradshaw. Bernadette Adams is the color guard instructor. Their school colors are royal blue and gold and their mascot is a lion. The band has 130 members.
The Marching Chieftains will close the show, followed by the Ohio University Marching Band finale.
The Ohio University Marching Band was founded in 1923 by Ohio University student, Homer Baird. The Ohio University Marching Band became the Marching Men of Ohio in 1967 when Gene Thrailkill became director of bands. Within the next several years, the band became known as the Marching 110. The name, Marching 110, referred to the original number of band members. While the band has expanded to 200 members, it has kept the name, which now stands for the 110 percent effort expected of all band members.
In 1967, the band also adopted the popular athletic marching style of the day, and began to rock and, of course, dance. Drum major David Fowler began the tradition of dancing to go with the bands new popular/rock tunes. In those years, not everyone could imitate Fowlers moves, so the rule of thumb was if the director could master the steps, the band could too. The bands first dance routine was to the original composition of Aint Been Good by John Higgins. The band has kept that song alive since 1968. Along with Aint Been Good, the band keeps several other songs in their repertoire including the Doobie Brothers classic Long Train Runnin; Cheer by an obscure Ohio band and Light Up by Styx.
Director of the Marching 110 is Dr. Richard Suk. Other directors include: Dr. Andrew Trachsel, director of bands; Carissa Patton, graduate associate; John Lopez, graduate associate; Jake Young, graduate associate; Simon Wildman, graduate associate; Molly Wildman, graduate associate; Aaron Comstock, graduate associate; and Justin Sampson, announcer.
Highlights of band history:
Founded in 1923, then revamped to the present style used today in 1967.
Began the annual Varsity Night Show on Fathers Weekend at Ohio University in 1968.
Made its first national appearances in 1968 at a Cincinnati Bengals game and the Tangerine Bowl, now called the Florida Citrus Bowl.
Began the annual Ohio Theatre concert in Columbus in 1973.
Was the first collegiate marching band to present a concert in New York Citys famed Carnegie Hall in 1976.
Performed in the US Constitution Bicentennial Parade in Philadelphia in 1987.
Performed in the 1993 Presidential Inaugural Parade of President Bill Clinton in Washington D.C.
Performed in the 74th Annual Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City in 2000.
Performed as lead band of the 79th Annual Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City in 2005.
Performed in the 121st Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif. in January of 2010.
The Ohio University Marching Band has performed for the following professional football teams in numerous appearances from 1968 to 2009:
Buffalo Bills
Cincinnati Bengals
Cleveland Browns
Detroit Lions
Pittsburgh Steelers
Toronto Argonauts (CFL)
Washington Redskins
New York Giants
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Emergency crews work at the scene of a wreck on Interstate 81, just south of Harrisonburg's Port Republic Road exit on Thursday. Police say a 2007 Nissan sport-utility vehicle traveling south crossed the median into oncoming traffic and hit a tractor-trailer head-on. The driver of the Nissan died at the scene. Two other tractor-trailers also collided trying to avoid the first crash. (Photo by Nikki Fox / DN-R)
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Bugzilla – Bug 4614
A space caracter is invalid for directory name
Last modified: 2010-08-18 03:24:32 UTC
The full release package (version 0.17) has "recreation/music/CD Player"
directory containing one clip art. But some operation systems like Linux cannot
handle such directory names including a space character correctly.
A space is a valid char. Both Gnome and KDE handle it propperly. On the terminal
you must escape it either by quoting the path: "/foo/bar/my space path/" or by
escaping the space: /foo/bar/my\ space\ path.
If no one has a counter claim to this, this bug should probably be closed.
There's no good reason to keep the space character. It serves no purpose, and
we're trying to be as cross-platform-friendly as possible here. Additionally,
in this case, there's no reason to keep that _directory_ at all; it has only one
image in it, which ought to be moved to the parent directory.
the directory layout will be changed when the releases are developed for
ccHost. Hence this issue will not be an issue anymore. im resolving this to
Mass reopen. The "LATER" resolution is lame, I'm deleting it. Consider LATER to have arrived.
Closing all openclipart bugs as openclipart is now on launchpad, as per request from Jon Philips.


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Los Angeles — May 18
New research released by the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies, a nonprofit foundation, underscores how American workers are largely unprepared for retirement and, further, how relatively few have a backup plan in the event they are forced into retirement earlier than planned.
The results of the 12th annual Transamerica Retirement Survey — conducted among 4,080 American workers — found that for many Americans, the foundation of their retirement strategy is simply to not retire or to work considerably longer than the traditional retirement age of 65.
According to the research, 40 percent of respondents now expect to work longer and retire at an older age since the recession began. Altogether, 39 percent of American workers plan to retire after age 70 or not at all, and more than half (54 percent) of workers plan to work in retirement. Of those who plan on working after retirement or age 65, the most commonly cited reasons are out of necessity (44 percent).
While many workers may plan to work past the traditional retirement age or never retire, unforeseen circumstances could force them to stop working before they planned. The survey found the majority of workers are unprepared for this scenario — 70 percent agree they could work until age 65 and still not have enough money saved to meet their retirement needs. This sentiment spans across age and income:
• 69 percent of those in their 20s and 72 percent of those in their 30s agree they could work until age 65 and still not have enough money saved.
• 80 percent of those with a household income (HHI) of less than $50,000 agree.
• 74 percent of those with an HHI $50,000 to $100,000 agree.
• And, 59 percent of those with an HHI over $100,000 agree.
About a third of workers (31 percent) anticipate not just needing to provide for themselves in retirement, but for additional family members as well.
"With all of life's uncertainties, planning not to retire is simply not a viable retirement strategy," says Catherine Collinson, president of the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies. "Planning to work past age 65 is an important opportunity to continue earning income, save more, and help to alleviate a retirement savings shortfall; however, it's important that workers be proactive in setting a retirement savings goal, saving and investing for retirement, and having a backup plan if they are forced to retire sooner than expected."
The survey also found that 82 percent do not have, or are unsure if they have, a backup plan in place in the event they cannot work as long as they need to, and that rate is even higher among those who plan to work past age 70 or never retire (87 percent).
"It is so vital that everyone have a firm grasp of their retirement saving and planning options, and have a contingency plan if they have to retire sooner than planned or are faced with a health issue that could quickly erode their savings," Collinson said.
A large number (44 percent) of American workers do not have a strategy to reach their retirement goals. Of those who do have a strategy, only half have factored in health care costs and one-fifth have factored in long-term care insurance. Additionally, just 57 percent of workers have factored in Social Security and Medicare benefits.
Overall, relatively few workers have a good grasp of how government benefits will impact their retirement: 40 percent know quite a bit or a great deal about Social Security, 28 percent know quite a bit or a great deal about Medicare and 23 percent know quite a bit or a great deal about Medicaid.
Source: Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies