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About the Book
"Katherine Hall Page is my favorite writer of the traditional mystery. Not only is The Body in the Sleigh a gripping whodunit, but it's a classic tale of hope."<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
—Harlan Coben
Caterer and minister's wife Faith Fairchild is back to solve her eighteenth deadly mystery in The Body in the Sleigh—the latest perfect puzzler in author Katherine Hall Page's multiple Agatha Award-winning series. Set on <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />SanpereIsland in Maine's PenobscotBay, this atmospheric holiday whodunit is chock-full of suspense, surprises, real heart, and small miracles. And, as always, the mystery comes with recipes for delectable holiday treats from Faith Fairchild's kitchen.
All the Fairchilds are spending the Christmas holidays on idyllic Sanpere Island. While the Reverend Thomas Fairchild recuperates from surgery, his caterer wife, Faith, rejoices in the rare family-time together. But Faith's high spirits are dampened when she discovers the body of a young woman in an antique sleigh in front of the Historical Society. The victim, a teenage drug addict, was beloved by many—and her untimely death rocks the tight-knit island community.
Meanwhile, local spinster Mary Bethany finds a newborn baby boy in her barn on Christmas Eve, along with a note left in the basket and an alarming amount of cash. As Faith tries to locate the child's mother, she realizes his abandonment may be connected to the dead teen's last days—and that, like death and life on Sanpere, evil and redemptive goodness are also intertwined.
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Critical Praise
"Delightful." — Publishers Weekly on The Body in the Sleigh
"The feel-good Christmas theme, pleasant characters and recipes will keep the faithful content." — Kirkus Reviews on The Body in the Sleigh
"This charming story, told with humor, warmth and wonderful characters, is a perfect holiday present for cozy mystery fans." — Romantic Times on The Body in the Sleigh
"A tasty holiday treat." — Iron Mountain Daily News (MI) on The Body in the Sleigh
"Page is adept at mixing charming narrative with page-turning mystery." — BookPage on The Body in the Sleigh
"This 18th entry in the addictive series featuring Faith Fairchild, minister's wife and caterer extraordinaire, attests to Page's skill at creating absorbing cozies with likeable, well-rounded characters who feel like old friends." — Mystery Scene on The Body in the Sleigh
"An enjoyable, swift read....Page...gift-wraps everything up with a bow on top." — Bangor Daily News on The Body in the Sleigh
"Katherine Hall Page is my favorite writer of the traditional mystery. Not only is The Body in the Sleigh a gripping whodunit, but it's a classic tale of hope." — Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author of Long Lost
Product Details
- Imprint: Avon
- On Sale: 10/26/2010
- Trimsize: 4.188 in (w) x 6.75 in (h) x 0.88 in (d)
- Pages: 352
- List Price: 7.99 USD
- BISAC1: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General


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POSITION: Right Wing
SHOOTS: Left
BIRTHPLACE: Trencin, SVK
DRAFTED: MIN: 2000-3 overall
|World Junior Under-18 All-Star Team (1999 Best Forward - World Junior Under-18 (1999) NHL Second All-Star Team (2012) Played in NHL All-Star Game (2003, 2008, 2012) Signed as a free agent by Trencin (Slovakia), July 5, 2004. Signed as a free agent by Farjestad (Sweden), December 21, 2004. Missed majority of 2008-09 due to hip surgery, January 5, 2009. Signed as a free agent by NY Rangers, July 1, 2009. Traded to Columbus by NY Rangers with Blake Parlett and Steven Delisle for Derek Dorsett, Derick Brassard, John Moore and Columbus' 6th round choice (later traded to Minnesota Minnesota selected Chase Lang) in 2014 Entry Draft, April 3, 2013. Traded to Los Angeles by Columbus for Matt Frattin, Edmonton's 3rd round choice (later traded to Detroit Detroit selected Dominic Turgeon) in 2014 Entry Draft and Toronto's 2nd round choice (previously acquired, later traded back to Toronto Toronto selected Travis Dermott) in 2015 Entry Draft, March 5, 2014.
2011-12: Established a career-high in games played (82). ... Tied the franchise record, and his career-high, with three overtime goals. ... Ranked third in the NHL in goals (41), second in overtime goals (three), 14th in shots (276), tied for 11th in game-winning goals (seven), and 15th in points (76). ... Led the team in goals, points and shots, ranked second in assists (35), power play goals (10) and power play points (21), and fourth in power play assists (11). ... Is one of seven Rangers who skated in all 82 games. ... Reached the 40-goal mark for the third time in his career, and second time in three seasons as a Ranger, on Apr. 1 vs. BOS; Became the third Ranger in franchise history to register multiple 40-goal seasons with the team (Mike Gartner -– 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93; Jean Ratelle –- 1971-72, 1972-73). ... Tallied two power play assists and logged 20:57 of ice time on Mar. 28 at WPG; Surpassed the 70-point plateau for the third time, and second time in three seasons as a Ranger. ... Tallied a goal in 19:40 of ice time on Mar. 27 at MIN; Has now recorded a goal against all 30 NHL teams. ... Notched two goals, tied for the game-high with five shots, and was credited with four hits and two blocked shots in 21:07 of ice time on Mar. 24 at TOR; Became the fifth player in Rangers history to record 100 goals in his first three seasons with the team (Adam Graves - 114, Steve Vickers - 105, Phil Esposito - 101, Mike Gartner - 100). ... Tallied the game-winning goal, on the power play, with 0:06 remaining in OT, and added a power play assist in 23:53 of ice time on Mar. 11 vs. NYI; Reached the 60-point mark for the sixth time. ... Notched his 30th goal and added an assist in 18:58 of ice time on Mar. 1 at CAR; It is his seventh 30-goal season and second as a Ranger. ... Tallied a goal in 23:05 of ice time while skating in his 700th career NHL game on Feb. 25 vs. BUF. ... Recorded a season-high, four points, with one power play goal and three assists (two on the power play) on Feb. 11 at PHI. ... Captured MVP honors at the All-Star Game on Jan. 29 after posting a hat trick, adding an assist for four points, six shots and a plusthree rating; Became the fifth Ranger to earn MVP honors at the All-Star Game – Don Maloney (1984), Mike Gartner (1993), Mike Richter (1994) and Wayne Gretzky (1999). ... Tallied his 300th career NHL assist on Jan. 15 at MTL. ... Was awarded a penalty shot at 3:10 of OT (save) and converted in the shootout on Jan. 10 vs. PHX; Is 2-7 career on penalty shots. ... Notched his fifth career OT goal (first as a Ranger) at 3:29 in OT on Jan. 5 vs. FLA. ... Tied his career-high for longest goal streak with a five-game streak from Dec. 17 at PHX to Dec. 26 vs. NYI (seven goals, one assist over the span); Tied for sixth longest goal streak in the NHL this season. ... Tallied two goals, added an assist and posted a plus-three rating on Dec. 20 at NJD; His goal at 4:45 of the third period was his 600th career NHL point. ... Notched two goals, including his 300th career NHL goal, in 21:17 of ice time on Dec. 17 at PHX. ... Registered five or more shots on goal in six consecutive games from Nov. 3 vs. ANA to Nov. 15 at NYI (35 shots over the span). ... Led the Rangers with nine points (three goals, six assists) during the six-game homestand from Oct. 27 to Nov. 6. ... Tallied a goal in four of five games to begin the season (four goals over the span). ... Notched a goal and recorded five shots in 17:09 of ice time on Oct. 7 at LAK; Has now registered three points (two goals, one assist) in three season-opening games as a Ranger. ... Established playoff career-highs in games played (20) and shots (60). ... Ranked third on the team in points (11), second in shots, tied for third in goals (five), second in power play assists (three) and fifth in power play points (three). ... Posted two-multi point performances. ... Tallied two power play assists while skating in his 50th career playoff contest on Apr. 18 at Ottawa. ... Led all skaters in points (seven), tied for first in assists (four) and second in goals (three) in the Rangers' Eastern Conference Semifinal series against Washington. ... Registered a four-game point streak from Apr. 28 vs. Washington to May 5 at Washington (two goals, three assists). ... Notched two points (one goal, one assist), including his first career playoff overtime goal at 14:41 of triple overtime, on May 2 at Washington in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals.2010-11: Ranked second on the team in game-winning goals (four), first in road assists (16), third in goals (22) and road points (23), tied for second in points (48), and third in assists (26). ... Led the team in power play points (16), tied for first in power play assists (nine) and ranked second in power play goals (seven). ... The Rangers posted a record of 10-3-1 when he notched a goal. ... Notched two goals, including the game winner on the power play, and led all skaters with seven shots vs. the Islanders on Mar. 15. ... Reached the 20-goal mark for the seventh time in his career. ... Recorded four goals and one assist vs. Toronto on Jan. 19; the last Ranger to tally four goals in a game was Radek Dvorak on Mar. 29, 2001 at Long Island, and the last to record five points was Mike York on Jan. 23, 2002 vs. Boston (two goals, three assists). ... Recorded his career-high-tying (2002-03) third hat trick of the season, 13th of his career, with four goals, and added an assist vs. Toronto on Jan. 19. ... Made his 600th career NHL appearance on Dec. 18 at Philadelphia. ... Recorded his second hat trick of the season and 12th of his career, including a power-play goal and the game-winner, and added one assist, a plus-three rating and eight shots on goal in a 6-5 win on Dec. 2 at Long Island. ... Registered his second hat trick as a Ranger, and 11th of his career, with three goals, added an assist and posted a career-high, plus-5 rating in an 8-2 win on Nov. 14 vs. Edmonton. ... Missed 12 games from Oct. 18 vs. Colorado to Nov. 9 vs. Washington due to a separated shoulder suffered in the home opener on Oct. 15 vs. Toronto. ... Made his Rangers playoff debut on April 13 at Washington. ... Tallied his first playoff point as a Ranger with an assist on April 17 vs. Washington, and notched his first playoff goal with the Blueshirts on April 20 vs. Washington. 2009-10: Established career-highs in assists (44), points (86), power play goals (14) and average icetime (21:15), and tied his career-high in goals (42). … Ranked fifth in the NHL in goals, 10th in points, 16th in shots, and tied for third in the league in home goals (26) and power play goals. ... Ranked eighth among NHL forwards in average icetime. ... Led the Rangers in goals, assists, points, power play goals, power play points (26), plus/minus rating and shots, and ranked third on the team in power play assists (12). ... Established a career-high and led the team with 26 multi-point performances, including nine games with three-or-more points and seven multi-goal efforts. ... Notched one goal in his Rangers debut on Oct. 2 at Pittsburgh. ... Eclipsed the 40-goal, 40-assist and 80-point marks for the second time in his career. ... The Rangers posted a record of 18-7-1 when he recorded two-or-more points, including a 5-2-0 mark when he tallied two-or-more goals, and were 8-1-0 when he registered three-or-more points. ... Tied a career-high with his 42nd goal of the season, the game-winner, and added an assist on Apr. 9 vs. Philadelphia. ... Recorded his career-high 84th point of the season with one assist on Apr. 7 vs. Toronto. ... Tallied two points (one goal and one assist), including his career-high 42nd assist of the season, on Apr. 3 at Florida. ... Posted his second career 40-goal season with one goal on Mar. 30 at the NY Islanders, marking the 21st time in franchise history a Rangers player tallied 40 goals in a season and becoming the 18th different player in team history to reach the mark. ... Registered two goals and one assist on Mar. 24 vs. the Islanders; the assist was his 40th of the season, marking the second time in his career he has reached the 40-assist mark. ... Notched five goals on the Rangers three-game Western Conference road trip (Jan. 30 - Feb. 2), including his 30th goal on Jan. 30 at Phoenix and his first hat trick as a Ranger on Jan. 31 at Colorado. The hat trick was the 10th of his career and first since posting five goals vs. the Rangers on Dec. 12, 2007; his first goal was the 250th of his career, and his 500th career NHL point … Tallied one goal on Jan. 30 at Phoenix to post his sixth career 30-goal season. ... Tied his career-high with four assists in an 8-2 win on Jan. 19 vs. Tampa Bay, the most by a Ranger since Jaromir Jagr tallied four assists on Oct. 26, 2002 at Phoenix. ... Tallied two assists on Oct. 17 at Toronto to tie the franchise record for longest point streak (eight games) to begin the season by a new Ranger, set in 1955-56 (Dave Creighton); the eight-game point streak is also his longest point streak to begin a season in his career and best start through eight games since he recorded 13 points (five goals and eight assists) to begin the 2002-03 season. 2008-09: Appeared in 17 games with the Minnesota Wild, registering 13 goals and 10 assists for 23 points, along with two penalty minutes. ... Led Minnesota in points during the month of April, recording 10 points (five goals and five assists) in five games. ... Posted seven multi-point performances, including a four point effort (two goals and two assists) on Mar. 25 at the NY Islanders. ... Finished the season riding a seven-game scoring streak, registering 13 points (seven goals and six assists) during the stretch. ... Tied his career-high with a five-game goal streak from Mar. 29 at Edmonton to Apr. 7 vs. Dallas. ... Skated in his 500th NHL game on Apr. 7 against Dallas. 2007-08: Established career-highs in goals (42), assists (41), points (83), and plus-minus rating (plus-17) … Set Minnesota franchise records in goals and points … His eight game-winning goals tied the previous franchise record for game-winning goals that he set during the 2002-03 season … Led Minnesota in plus-minus rating and multi-point games (20) … Tied for the team lead in power play goals (11) … Tallied his 200th career goal on Mar. 15 against Los Angeles … Registered his 400th NHL point with an assist on Mar. 7 at Atlanta … Recorded one goal in the NHL All-Star Game on Jan. 27 at Atlanta … Tallied a career-high, five goals on Dec. 20 against the NY Rangers, making him the first player in 11 years (55th ever) to notch five goals in a single game (last – Sergei Fedorov, Dec. 26, 1996); Added an assist in the contest to record his second career six-point performance. 2006-07: Led Minnesota in game-winning goals, ranked second on the team in goals (30) and tied for third in points (57) … Recorded 17 multi-point games … Reached the 30-goal plateau for the fourth time in his career on Apr. 5 against Edmonton … Recorded a career-high, eight-game point streak from Mar. 9 to Mar. 24, registering 13 points (five goals and eight assists) over the span … Registered his 300th career assist on Feb. 14 vs. Vancouver … Also led Minnesota in playoff goals (three). 2005-06: Led Minnesota in goals (38) and tied for first in game-winning goals (7) … Ranked second on the team in points (66), and tied for third in assists (28) and plus-minus rating (plus-six) … Also tied for the team led with 20 multi-point games … His 38 goals finished 15th in the NHL, while his seven game-winning goals ranked 12th in the league … Notched his eighth career hat trick on Apr. 9 at Colorado … Registered his 100th career goal in his 300th NHL game on Nov. 25 against St. Louis. 2003-04: Led Minnesota in game-winning-goals (four) and shots (220) … Finished second on the team in goals (18), and ranked third on the Wild in assists (22), points (40) and plus-minus rating (plus-10) … Registered his 200th career point on Mar. 15 at Chicago. 2002-03: Led Minnesota in goals (30), assists (35), points (65), game-winning goals (eight) and shots (280) … His three hat tricks on the season tied for the league lead, and he became the fourth player in NHL history to record five hat tricks prior to his 21st birthday … Recorded 15 multi-point games and five multi-goal performances … Became the first member of Minnesota to participate in the NHL All-Star Game, tallying three points (one goal and two assists) and earning Second Star honors in the contest … Was named the NHL Player of the Week from Oct. 20 to Oct. 27, tallying eight points during the span … Set a franchise record with his third hat trick of the season on Dec. 7 at Vancouver … Also led Minnesota and ranked third in the league with 17 points (nine goals and eight assists) during the playoffs … Registered a playoff league-best, eight-game point streak from Apr. 21 to May 7, recording 15 points (seven goals and eight assists) over the span. 2001-02: Led Minnesota in goals (30) and shots (221), tied for first on the team in power play goals (10), and tied for second on the club in assists (37) and game-winning goals (four) … Registered 19 multi-point games and five multi-goal games … Notched his first career hat trick on Nov. 13 vs. Atlanta. 2000-01: Ranked first among all NHL rookies in shots (179), finished fifth in the league among first year players in goals (18) and tied for fifth in rookie points (36) … Led Minnesota in points and shots, and tied for the team lead in goals … Recorded six multi-point games and two multi-goal games … Recorded the first goal in Minnesota's franchise history in his NHL debut on Oct. 6 at Anaheim.
2004-05: Ranked second on Dukla Trencin in goals (25) and points (52) … Finished third in the Slovak Extraliga in goals, and ranked fourth in the league in points. 2003-04: Registered 13 points (10 goals and three assists) in nine games with Dukla Trencin. 1999-00: Tied for first on the team in goals (25). 1998-99: Notched 20 points (11 goals and nine assists) in 33 games with Dukla Trencin. 1997-98: Recorded 59 points (37 goals and 22 assists) in 36 games with the Dukla Trencin junior team.
2010: Made his second career Olympic appearance with Slovakia (2006) at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada. ... Led Slovakia with four goals and tied for fifth on the team with five points in seven games to help Slovakia finish fourth. ... Led all tournament skaters in shots (31), and tied for first in power play goals (three) and second in goals. 2007: Led Slovakia with five goals and 11 assists in six games at the World Championships. 2006: Recorded seven points (three goals and four assists) in six games for Slokavia in the Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. 2005: Registered four points (three goals and one assist) for Slovakia in seven games at the World Championships. 2004: Recorded a goal and two penalty minutes for Slovakia at the World Cup. 1999: Recorded three goals and eight assists for Slovakia to lead all skaters at the World Junior U-18 Championship in points (11) as a 16-year old. ... Was tied for fifth among Slovakia skaters in scoring (three goals) in six games at the World Junior U-20 Championship.
His hockey idol growing up was fellow Slovakian national, Peter Bondra. ... Has created the Marian Gaborik Foundation, which strives to actively involve children in organized sports as an alternative to drugs, and helped build an ice hockey arena for young hockey players in his hometown of Trencin, Slovakia. ... Made a guest appearance, along with fellow teammates, on the Sept. 30, 2009 episode of "Late Show with David Letterman" to present the top 10 list. ... He enjoys listening to techno music. ... The Thomas Crowne Affair and Wedding Crashers are his two favorite movies. ... Single.
June 24, 2000 -- Minnesota's 1st pick, 3rd overall, in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. July 1, 2009 -- Signed with the Rangers as an unrestricted free agent.
LONGEST POINT STREAK: 8, (three times) (last -- Nov. 15, 2009, to Nov. 25, 2009) (eight goals and six assists)
LONGEST GOAL STREAK: 5 (twice) (last -- Dec. 17, 2011, to Dec. 27, 2011 (seven goals)
LONGEST ASSIST STREAK: 5 from Feb. 29, 2008, to March 7, 2008 (five assists)
MOST GOALS, GAME: 5 on Dec. 20, 2007 (Minnesota vs. N.Y. Rangers) (Lundqvist)
MOST ASSISTS, GAME: 4, (twice) (last -- Jan. 19, 2010, vs. Tampa Bay)
MOST POINTS, GAME: 6, (twice) (last -- Dec. 20, 2007) (Minnesota vs. N.Y. Rangers)
MOST PIM, GAME: 14 on March 3, 2006 (Minnesota at Anaheim)
MOST SHOTS, GAME: 10, (twice) (last -- Dec. 20, 2007) (Minnesota vs. N.Y. Rangers)
FIRST NHL GAME: Oct. 6, 2000 (Minnesota at Anaheim)
FIRST NHL GOAL: Oct. 6, 2000 (Minnesota at Anaheim)
FIRST NHL ASSIST: Oct. 15, 2000 (Minnesota vs. Edmonton)
SUCCESS RATE: 23.1 percent
Nov. 18, 2003, at Pittsburgh (Caron) -- Goal
April 4, 2004, vs. St. Louis (Divis) -- Save
Feb. 2, 2006, at San Jose (Toskala) -- Goal
March 9, 2007, at Buffalo (Miller) -- Save
Oct. 11, 2010, at N.Y. Islanders (DiPietro) -- Save
Feb. 11, 2011, at Atlanta (Pavelec) -- Save
Jan. 10, 2012, vs. Phoenix (Smith) -- Save

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PORTSMOUTH — Police are looking for information to help solve a burglary in the Denise Street neighborhood.
During the early morning hours of Sunday, Nov. 18, a homeowner on Denise Street in Portsmouth returned to their residence to find it had been burglarized. Forced entry was made into the residence via a first floor window. There was nobody home at the time of the burglary.
The interior of the home had been ransacked and numerous items were stolen from inside including electronics, cash and jewelry. Portsmouth Police are asking for assistance from anyone in the Denise Street area who may have seen any suspicious vehicles or persons during the evening of Saturday, Nov. 17, or early morning hours of Sunday.
Anyone with information is urged to call the Portsmouth police, detective division at 436-2511.
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14-year-old killed in ATV crash
13-year-old driver charged with negligent homicide; adult owner also cited.
Published: Sunday, November 3, 2013 at 7:08 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, November 4, 2013 at 9:01 a.m.
A 14-year-old boy was killed in Houma on Sunday afternoon when a wrecked ATV overturned on top of him.
John Farmer, an eighth-grader at Houma Junior High, was one of four passengers in a Polaris utility vehicle that had been racing a four-wheeler on the streets of Barrios subdivision, Houma Police Chief Todd Duplantis said.
The 13-year-old driver was "traveling at a high rate of speed" about 4:30 p.m. when he attempted to turn from Buena Vista Boulevard onto Sherman Street and the Polaris flipped, ejecting a 12-year-old boy and partially ejecting Farmer, he said.
The Polaris landed on Farmer, killing him instantly. The 12-year-old suffered a severe concussion when his head hit the pavement, police said. He remained hospitalized this morning in moderate condition.
The 13-year-old driver of the Polaris is charged with negligent homicide, negligent injury, no driver's license and operating an unsafe vehicle. He was taken to the Juvenile Detention Center where he remained this morning.
Robin Reynolds, 45, who lives on Tulip Drive in neighboring Mulberry subdivision, owned the Polaris, Duplantis said. She was given a summons for contributing to the delinquency of a minor and allowing unlicensed minors to drive. "She gave them the keys," police said.
Reynolds' son was one of the boys on the four-wheeler, officers said. He was not hurt.
Two other boys, ages 11 and 13, got tickets for driving an unsafe vehicle and driving without a license. The two took turns driving the four-wheeler, police said.
One neighbor, who asked not to be identified, said the boys had been chasing each other with the Polaris and four-wheeler. Others said they were racing.
"There are always kids out here playing around on four wheelers, sometimes much too young, but they normally aren't going that fast," the woman said. "I was in the kitchen, and I saw them out the window going much faster than normal. They were yelling and laughing, and just as I thought to call the police I heard sirens."
When she went outside to see what happened, the neighbor said she saw the Polaris lying on its side in the street. Neighbors said the boy suffered severe head trauma.
A neighbor said that underage, unsupervised use of all-terrain vehicles is a persistent problem in the neighborhood where she has lived for 20 years.
"I had an ominous feeling when I saw them going too fast," she said. "It was a case of a fun afternoon that ended in a tragic situation. I just hope other parents in the area will see this and read about it and not let this happen again."
Most companies who manufacture ATVs and four-wheelers recommend riders be at least 16 years old and wear helmets. It's against the law to ride them on public roads.
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Allen man pleads guilty to mail fraud in real estate scheme
An Allen man pleaded guilty Tuesday to mail fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Texas.
Marcus Brian Curry, 35, entered his plea in federal court in Plano. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not been set.
Curry owned and operated South Coast Group L.P., an Allen real estate company. Prosecutors say Curry operated a scheme from June 2006 to February 2014 that defrauded homeowners. They say he solicited distressed homeowners through mail advertisements and convinced them to protect their credit by transferring the title to their homes to him. He in turn promised to make their mortgage payments but ended up selling the home to someone else. He financed the new mortgage himself, collecting payments from the new owners in a private mailbox he controlled, prosecutors say.
As a result of his scheme, Curry caused a loss to homeowners, buyers and lending institutions of more than $2.3 million, according to court documents.


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SACRAMENTO -- The director of California's state parks system resigned Friday after officials discovered that her department had $54 million of unspent money in its accounts that it had not reported to the Department of Finance, even while the state said parks were so short of money that many needed to be closed.
Ruth Coleman, who had led the agency since 2003, stepped down, and the department's second-in-command, Acting Chief Deputy Director Michael Harris, was fired.
California Natural Resources Secretary John Laird said the state Attorney General's Office will be investigating and the Department of Finance will be conducting a comprehensive audit.
"It's our goal to make sure we get to the bottom of this," Laird said.
Laird said that the parks department had shielded from finance officials $20.4 million in an account that takes money from park entrance fees and concession contracts, as well as $33.5 million in a state fund for off-highway vehicle parks.
The disclosure comes at a politically difficult time for Gov. Jerry Brown, who pushed for more than a year to close 70 state parks -- one quarter of the entire park system -- to save $22 million as part of efforts to balance the state's budget.
"This is deeply disappointing because we just went to many partners around the state to get them to step up and cover the shortfall," Laird said. "I'm truly sorry about that."
The parks had been scheduled to close on July 1. But they didn't after dozens of private groups, cities and private companies came forward with donations.
Brown is asking voters to raise taxes in the November election, and polls show that the vote will be tight.
In an interview with the Mercury News on Friday, Coleman said she didn't know about the accounting problems until several days ago.
"I was not aware of this excess fund balance," she said. "We were beginning actions to correct it. But I do take responsibility for actions of staff."
Coleman said no taxpayer money is missing and that no funds were embezzled. Laird said a preliminary investigation showed the underreporting of the money began at least 12 years ago, under Gov. Gray Davis' former parks director, Rusty Areias.
"It was an action to keep it accumulating and not report it, not an action to spend it," Laird said.
He said he does not know how many people were aware of the money, or what their motivation was to keeping it hidden.
One parks department official who requested anonymity said it appears there was an error in accounting formulas years ago, and that as the money accumulated in the funds, staff members did not want to admit the mistake, possibly for fear that the finance department would take the money away.
The disclosure is the second major hit this month for the state parks department. On Sunday, the Sacramento Bee reported that former deputy parks director Manuel Lopez had approved $271,000 in vacation buybacks for parks staffers without authorization.
Coleman had demoted Lopez in October. Then he resigned under pressure in May.
On Friday, Coleman said Lopez was responsible for concealing the $54 million in unreported money.
"It was part of his job," she said. "He did not elevate it to my attention."
She said she learned of the problem when Lopez's successor, Aaron Robertson, uncovered it as part of an investigation into Lopez's actions. Calls to Lopez went unanswered Friday.
Court records show that Lopez, who lives in Granite Bay, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Sacramento. He reported $648,759 in assets and $707,748 in debts.
Friday's political fallout was swift.
Officials in Sonoma County pulled a $17 million parks funding measure planned for the county ballot in November. "I don't see how we can go forward," Caryl Hart, Sonoma County's regional parks director, told the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
Lawmakers in Sacramento said they were outraged.
"Where does it end? If one department can hoard $54 million for 12 years, who else is playing the same tricks of deceit and thievery?" said state Sen. Noreen Evans, D-Santa Rosa.
The chairman of the Assembly Budget Committee, Bob Blumenfield, D-Van Nuys, announced that his committee will open hearings into the parks funding irregularities in August.
Larry Gerston, a professor of political science at San Jose State University, called the issue "a black eye" that won't help the governor as he tries to build trust and support for his tax measure.
"It's hard to cry wolf and say you are out of everything when there are accounts like this lying around," Gerston said. "But rushing to judgment with so many questions unanswered is probably not a wise thing to do."
Coleman said she hopes the extra money will be used to help shore up the state's ailing parks system, which has a $1.3 billion maintenance backlog, rather than spent other ways by the Legislature.
California Natural Resources Agency Undersecretary Janelle Beland has been appointed by Brown as acting interim parks director.
Paul Rogers covers resources and environmental issues. Contact him at 408-920-5045. Follow him at Twitter.com/PaulRogersSJMN


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New IMAX documentary "Flight of the Butterflies" tracing the efforts of Fred Urquhart and a team of volunteer "Citizen Scientists" to trace and discover the winter congregations of migrating monarch butterflies.
From the Washington Post review:
It took decades of tagging and research to uncover the mysterious sanctuary, and Urquhart�s hard work is the filmgoer�s gain, enabling director Mike Slee to capture millions of butterflies in one place. Their constantly beating wings sound like raindrops on a forest floor, and when they converge side by side on branches, trees appear to be composed of orange and black butterfly bark. It�s an arresting visual that looks like something out of a Tim Burton film.
Here's the Smithsonian Website:
The monarch butterfly is a true marvel of nature. Weighing less than a penny, it makes one of the longest migrations on Earth across a continent to a place it has never known. Follow the monarchs' perilous journey and experience millions of them in the remote mountain peaks of Mexico, with breathtaking cinematography from an award winning team including Oscar� winner Peter Parks. Be captivated by the true and compelling story of an intrepid scientist's 40-year search to find their secret hideaway. Unravel the mysteries and experience the Flight of the Butterflies.
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Titan will be running a bring your own partner dubs on Friday 6/28 at Shaver.
Flex start from 12-6.
Register at the store.
$20 AM (play for merch), $30 pro (play for cash).
Fritz will be running the Skill Shot Challenge at Shaver on Friday too. Good opportunity to do both!


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Alice Munro Unable to Travel to Stockholm to Accept Nobel
Canadian writer Alice Munro, the winner of this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, will be unable to travel to Stockholm in December to accept the award, the Nobel Foundation and the Swedish Academy said Friday.
The acclaimed short-story writer, who is 82 years old, is "just not strong enough," the Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, Peter Englund, posted on his blog.
"Everyone involved, including Mrs. Munro, regret this. However, there is no way around reasons like this," he added.
Munro's daughter said the writer was too old to make the trip to Sweden and had recently suffered a bout of flu.
"It's age related," Jenny Munro said. "It would be great if she could get on the stage," but the stage is in Stockholm, she said.
Jenny Munro, one of three daughters of Munro and her first husband, said that the writer still feels "delighted" by the award.
Munro became the 13th woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature last week, when the Swedish Academy announced their decision to honor the "master of the contemporary short story."
The Nobel Prizes, which come with a 8 million Swedish kronor ($1.2 million) cash award, are formally handed out in Stockholm on December 10, the anniversary of the death of Swedish scientist and industrialist Alfred Nobel. In the days leading up to the event, the Laureates hold lectures in Stockholm. Munro's lecture was scheduled for December 7.
"As of yet, we don't know what shape and form the Nobel Lecture will take, or who will receive the prize on her behalf," Mr. Englund said.
Munro revealed in 2009 that she had had heart bypass surgery and a bout with cancer.
Munro's former husband, Jim Munro, said last week that the writer had found the attention tiring and overwhelming. She had changed hotels after groups of journalists besieged the place she had been staying in Victoria, British Columbia, when the award was announced, Mr. Munro said.
Spokespeople from her publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, didn't have an immediate comment.


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Get an overview of this hotelRegal, historic hotel in LA's Financial and Cultural District
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This central-downtown hotel is four blocks from the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles, home to the Walt Disney Concert Hall and other famed cultural venues; the convention center is a mile away.
Art Deco treasures
The Art Deco Millennium Biltmore has welcomed United States presidents and visiting royalty; restored treasures include hand-painted ceiling frescos and a tiled pool depicting the days of Pompeii.
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Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles506 S Grand Ave Los Angeles CA 90071
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The Millennium Biltmore is in downtown's financial and cultural district, down the street from theaters and the Music Center. Across the street is the Pershing Square Metro station, with access to Hollywood, Pasadena, Long Beach, and Universal Studios.
The hotel's lavish public areas feature hand-painted ceiling frescoes and photographs of early Academy Awards banquets.
Dining options include a restaurant specializing in Southern Italian, continental, and Mediterranean fare and a Pan-Asian sushi restaurant. Traditional afternoon tea is served Wednesdays through Sundays from early morning until late evening.
Other services include a concierge desk, 24-hour business center, conference space, florist, currency exchange, wired and wireless Internet access in the lobby (surcharge), and a hair salon.
- 24-hour business center
- 24-hour front desk
- ATM/banking
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
- Conference space
- Conference space size (feet) - 70,000
- Conference space size (meters) - 7
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-out
- Fitness facilities
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Hair salon
- Health club
- Indoor pool
- Laundry facilities
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Number of floors - 11
- Number of restaurants - 4
- Porter/bellhop
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Sauna
- Steam room
- Total number of rooms - 683
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Wedding services
- Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Year Built 1923
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Available in some public areas: Wireless internet access ( USD 9.95 per day ), Wired high-speed internet ( USD 9.95 per day )
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Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free toiletries
- Daily housekeeping
- Desk
- Down comforter
- Hair dryer
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Iron/ironing board
- Pay movies
- Phone
- Premium TV channels
- Private bathroom
- Room service (limited hours)
- Satellite TV service
- Shower/tub combination
- Video-game console
- WiFi (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Smeraldi's Restaurant - Continental and Mediterranean cuisine. Casual restaurant with hand-painted murals. Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Bugis Street Brasserie - Sample dishes like spicy Chili Sesame Chicken, savory Szechuan Beef and Seafood Noodle Soup. Open for lunch and dinner Monday to Friday.
Rendezvous Court - Light meals and afternoon tea Wednesday through Sunday. Cocktails are served in this vast, ornate rococo room that was formerly the hotel lobby. Cocktails from late morning till late evening. Daily coffee, pastries, and snacks.
Gallery Bar and Cognac Room - Elegant, historic bar serving fine wines, signature martinis, and vintage cocktails. Live entertainment on weekends, as well as a food menu.
Live entertainment Fridays and Saturdays at the Gallery Bar, featuring jazz, blues, rock, contemporary and more.
Nearby Things to Do
The Art Deco indoor pool, with original blue-and-ivory tiles and polished brass ceiling, is complemented by extra-large sauna and steam rooms, an adjacent health club, and women's and men's locker rooms. Griffith Park, with a public golf course and a wealth of other recreational activities, is 12 miles from the hotel. Santa Monica beaches are 15 miles away. The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
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- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
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No cribs (infant beds) available
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A local dog is unharmed after he took a risky walk on thin ice near Tiger Road Nov. 25 and had to be rescued by local authorities.
Special Operations sgt. Cole Osborn, of the Summit County Sheriff's Office, managed to half-coax, half-push the Jack Russel Terrier Johah back to safety from the middle of a partially frozen dredge pond where he found himself stranded after chasing after some ducks.
"He was running around and all of a sudden he just froze," owner Rod Vargas of Frisco, stated in a release from the sheriff's office. "I think he looked down and realized where he was."
Video of the rescue shows Osborne on his stomach using a log to coax the frightened dog back to thicker ice toward the edge of the pond before sliding them both back to the shore and his concerned family.
"It was so touching what they did," Vargas stated. "I know for them it was probably something they deal with daily, but for us it was a big deal."
The Vargas family called 911 after Jonah slipped his leash following a hike near the pond. Animal control officer Ian Andrews arrived on scene first and kept the family calm until Osborn arrived with a dry suit.
Authorities said Jonah's close call should be a warning to others.
"This time of year, you should assume that no ice is safe," Sheriff John Minor stated in the release. "Keep your pet on a leash, and don't go out on the ice after your pet. Hypothermia can render you unconscious in less than 15 minutes."


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Spices is an interesting opener, and not necessarily in a good way. In hindsight, it sounds compositionally like a "beta version" of Time Turns Elastic...before the song's positive qualities got added. A couple minutes of generic mud-crunching improv leads into a blissful, but "by the book", version of Waves. Reba is a little bit underpowered, but enjoyable enough. Lawn Boy is standard. Moma Dance gets into an atmospheric funk space for a bit before fading into Antelope, which has a little extra spring in its step and a couple of interesting thematic twists.
Set 2 starts solidly with a worthy, but not spectacular, version of 46 Days. Unfortunately, the added length to Divided Sky is more a matter of the band trying to find its footing, as opposed to inspired improv. Uncharacteristically sloppy version. Friday is extremely well-played, richly mining the intended emotions. Free starts off with a simmer, instead of the customary thunderous intro, but this works well in its context. Otherwise, it's an ordinary version. Seven Below is tight and crisp. Very brief jam at the end before it comes to an album-style stop. Velvet Sea is somewhat off-kilter, but solidly delivers the cathartic finish. 2001 is plenty good for a short version. Down With Disease is tight and energetic, a straight-ahead rocker to finish the set.
A two-song encore. Rift is well-played and does what it usually does. Character Zero is uncharacteristically tepid and murky, lacking its usual punch.


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Kyle Rutter presented 10 beautiful teepees to Hether and Ben Payne Saturday for Children's Hope Foster Family Agency as his Eagle Scout project. Rutter is in Troop 42 and his mother Darla plans on continuing to make the teepees for foster children to take with them. Many donations were made from the community for the material and the wood was donated by Lowes and Home Depot. Walmart also made a donation. Other Scouts helped by sanding the poles used for the frame.
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- Dora the Explorer (8)
- Team Umizoomi (6)
- The Fresh Beat Band (1)
- Max & Ruby (3)
- Go, Diego, Go! (4)
- Ni Hao, Kai-lan (5)
- The Backyardigans (5)
- Wonder Pets! (3)
- Blue's Clues (2)
- Olivia (1)
- Yo Gabba Gabba! (6)
- More Shows (3)
Get ready to take your little Umizoomi fan for a sweet ride with this easy homemade cake.
Weekdays on Nick Jr.
Preheat the oven to 350�F. Grease and flour a 2 1/2-quart glass bowl (Pyrex). Prepare the cake mix using the 4 eggs, buttermilk, and oil according to package directions. Pour the batter into the prepared bowl and bake until golden and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 45 to 55 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and cook 15 minutes. Invert the cake and allow to cool completely.
Tint 1-1/4 cups of the vanilla frosting pale yellow with the food coloring. Spoon the tinted frosting into a pastry bag fitted with a plain round tip, about 1/2-inch round. Spoon 2 tablespoons of the remaining vanilla frosting into a resealable bag. Tint the remaining vanilla frosting an orange-yellow with the yellow and 1 to 2 drops of red food coloring.
Heat the chocolate chews in the microwave until softened, no more than 3 seconds. Press three chews together and roll out to an 1/8-inch thickness. Roll out the other chocolate chew. Using the photo as a guide, cut out the mouth and eyebrow shapes from the rolled-out chocolate chews. Transfer to a piece of wax paper until ready to use.
Trim the top of the cooled cake to make level. Place the cake on a work surface, trimmed side down. Cut a 1 1/2-inch piece off of the two opposite sides. Cut a 4-inch circle from the top center about 2-1/2 inches deep to make the opening of the car and remove the scraps. Cut out two 2 1/2-inch circles with a small paring knife on either trimmed side, about 1 inch deep and about 3/4 inch apart for the wheels.
Place the cake, cut side down on a serving platter. Spread the entire cake--except for the wheel openings--with the smooth layer of the orange-yellow frosting. Make the frosting as smooth as possible. Press the chocolate doughnuts into the openings on the sides of the cake as the wheels. Trim the snack cake to fit as the front seat of the car and place it in the opening.
Pipe an outline of the pale yellow frosting around the bottom edge and top edge of the cake. Pipe two dots of frosting on the front of the cake as the headlights. Add the chocolate candies and taffy as the eyes, mouth, and eyebrows. Snip a very small corner from the bag with the vanilla frosting and pipe a dot of vanilla frosting as the sparkle in the eyes. Pipe a dot of vanilla frosting into the holes of the doughnuts and add the white mints as the hubcaps.
Kids will love counting and crunching on these delicious digits!
Here's a mighty healthy lunch idea--go on, take it for a spin!
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Bake a cake to look just like your kid's favorite pattern-powered Umi friend!
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Your Umi fan will say 'Great Gigabytes' when you make this avocado & cheese sandwich
Make a mighty cute sandwich for your little Milli fan
Make a super cream cheese sandwich for your hungry Umi fan!
Pizza for dessert? It's umirrific!
Great gigabytes! Kids will love taking a bite out of this cookie!
Bake a batch of Umirrific sugar cookies with your Umi fan
Kids will love making a sweet treat that looks just like Milli!
It's a-Bot time for these yummy cupcakes!
Shape up with these math-minded cupcakes from Geo!
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Get on board and make these shipshape Geo cupcakes for your Halloween party!
Kids will want Bot's cupcake mummy in their tummy!
Your little bumblebee will buzz with anticipation for Milli's super special cupcakes!
Dora takes the cake. And in this case, she IS the cake!
Bake up a perfect party cake for your Peppa fan!
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Bake the cake and top it off with Molly and Gil!
Turn plain pound cake into bite-sized cake pops that look like Little Fish!
Here's a fresh cake that will take center stage at your next party!
A simple sheet cake gets the royal treatment with frosting & fruit chews!
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Make a cake fit for a princess!
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A royal recipe with a sweet surprise!
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Making Pablo is a piece of cake
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An observation:
In their post-'93 touring years Phish has alternated odd-year leaps forward with even-year gathering and recollection. 1993 brought a new improvisatory synthesis, with the band settling down and starting to apply their boundless creativity to emotional rather than technical/theatrical problems; 1994 saw several giant-sized jams, but there was still a bit of a 'too many ideas' problem even if the year's best moments showcased Phish's best collective improv yet. During the 1995 watershed, muscular, oceanic free jamming allowed the group to fill big rooms and outdoor spaces in new ways - and the climactic MSG show represented a Big Cypress-scale peak. After a relatively undistinguished 1996, summer/fall '97 (and Mike's new bass!) ushered in the era of minimalist funk, 'space jams,' and no-setlist experimentation - and fall '97 is considered the Best Phish Tour Ever by many fans more than a decade on. In 1998 the 'space jams' of fall integrated back into the band's funk tracks (cf. the MSG Wolfman's Brother!), but Phish's nerdtronic groove/texture mix truly flowered in 1999, integrating five years of darkening textural work, four-way grooves, and above all an unmatched improvisatory patience.
The richly detailed long-form groove-based playing of winter/summer 2003 represents a big advance of its own, but even the energetic playing of June 2004 petered out quickly (only SPAC got a wall-to-wall Great Show in that year). And of course in 2009 the band moved into a new era, more song-driven than in the late Nineties/early Noughties and with an energy not seen in well over a decade. You might say everything before 12/31/95 was rehearsal for that date; then the band rehearsed for five years for Big Cypress; and in 2009 maybe they were preparing for the triumphant Festival 8.
This show is a perfect example of an old form and a new tone combining to inspire the band to previously undreamt-of improvisatory places. This kind of music was just beyond the band's reach in 1994; they could go wide and long back then, no problem (12/29/94, ahem), but no pre-1995 Phish went as *deep* as the Orlando Stash. (Stuff got even deeper, later on.) This is canonical Phish, whatever that means. If you're thinking of turning a skeptical friend on to the band, this might not be a bad place to go - maybe not right away, but in time. There's time. That is, after all, one of the great lessons of long-form improv: committing ourselves to every instant of musical time doesn't mean pretending we're gonna run out of it.
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Serve a cupcake to each child at a party with the child's initial on top. The letters are made from chocolate and covered in sanding sugar. Now, that spells YUMMY!
Look for clues with Blue, weekdays on Nick Jr.
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line 24 cupcake cups with paper liners. Prepare the cake mix according to package directions and divide the batter evenly between the prepared cupcake pans. Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out clean, about 18 to 21 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and cool for 5 minutes. Invert the cupcakes and cool completely.
Cut the wax paper into 3- by 4-inch pieces and have several sheet pans handy.
Melt the white-chocolate chips in the microwave, stirring occasionally, until just melted, about 1 minute. Place the cupcake template on a sheet pan with a piece of wax paper on top. Spoon the melted chocolate into a resealable bag, snip off a very small corner of the bag and pipe the outlines of the letters onto the wax paper. Fill in the outlines with chocolate and tap the pans lightly to smooth the tops. While the letters are still wet, cover them with sanding sugar. Refrigerate until set, about 3 minutes.
When the letters are firm, remove excess sugar and peel them from the wax paper; set aside. (Letters can be made up to two days in advance and stored in a cool place.)
Spoon 1/4 cup of the vanilla frosting into a resealable bag. Cut the marshmallows in half crosswise and attach a chocolate candy on each cut side. (They will stick.) Cover the tops of the cupcakes with the remaining frosting. Place a letter on the center of each cupcake top. Snip a small corner from the frosting bag and pipe two dots at the top of each letter. Place a marshmallow half on each dot. Pipe a small dot of frosting on top of each of the chocolate candies for pupils.
Try a festive party mix that's packed with nutrients
No Blue's Clues birthday party would be complete without this familiar face
Want a clue about what to serve at the next birthday party?
Let's play Blue's Clues--with cookies!
Like magic, these yummy cupcakes will disappear into thin air!
Be like a brave bunny & bake this easy recipe with your little rabbit!
What's hiding under that sheet? One fin-tastic treat!
Little guppies will flip for this funny take on dessert!
These fetchin' cupcakes will stand out at your little guppy's next party!
Create bakery-worthy cupcakes that look like Max & Ruby
Try this tasty Kai-lan Halloween treat--it will never go extinct!
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Little dragons everywhere will love Rintoo's too cute Halloween cupcake!
Get your party started with Dino Dan & these delicious treats!
Count on your little baker to sort out the candies in this terrific Tolee treat!
A cupcake and a simple ice cream cone turn into an edible microphone!
It's a-Bot time for these yummy cupcakes!
Shape up with these math-minded cupcakes from Geo!
Make way for Milli's mighty good cupcakes!
Follow these 5 simple steps to make a super sweet treat
The cutest Koala you've seen on a cupcake!
They're as sweet as Hoho, himself!
The tasty treat that's fit for a tiger!
Who knew Toodee would make such a blue-tiful cupcake?
PLEX the robot rocks out in cupcake form. Go Plex! Go Plex!
Treasure the smiles when you make these cupcakes for your little pirate!
These Oswald cupcakes with gummie hats will be a big hit!
Move over, ice cream!
What beats a cupcake? A cupcake topped with Austin!
Your favorite guinea pig makes for a wonder-ful cupcake!
Enjoy this "serious" treat together!
No Blue's Clues birthday party would be complete without this familiar face
Bake up Backyardigans by the dozen. Here's Uniqua!


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Idaho Falls- The pharmacy at the center of the meningitis outbreak, the New England Compounding Company announced a voluntary recall of every product it makes.
The number of meningitis patients has more than doubled since Oct. 5, 2012, and the outbreak has reached nine states, with total cases rising to 105 confirmed infected and nine deaths.
Two shipments of the tainted medicine were sent to Idaho- one shipment to Emmett and the other to the Pain Specialists of Idaho Clinic in Idaho Falls.
Employees of the Idaho Clinic have been flooded with phone calls since the outbreak was annouced, and they are still working to notify anyone who may be at risk. The clinic is urging anyone who has received epidural injections between July 1-Oct. 1 and who experience symptoms such as worsening of headaches, stiff neck, fever or flu-like symptoms to go to the emergency room. The people who have been infected in other states have also shown stroke-like symptoms such as slurred speech.
This outbreak is specific to the epidural injections of the steroid and is not contagious. The Centers for Disease Control is reporting 13,000 patients may have been exposed to the contaminated steroids.
No illnesses related to the outbreak have been reported in Idaho.
The New England Compounding Center is one of thousands of compound pharmacies that mix their own medicine and are not subject to FDA standards.
The New England Compounding Centerhas said it is cooperating with health investigators to determine the source of the infections.
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'Arrow' Recap: Season 2, Episode 21, 'City of Blood'
Previously on Arrow… Moira was killed!! That shocker at the end of last week's episode will surely be the main focus of this week's craziness. Lets get right to the recap to see where things pick up.
We begin with Moira's funeral and Sebastian Blood being sworn in as the new mayor. Even Walter is at the funeral. He puts a rose on her casket. Oliver is nowhere to be seen though. Blood shows up at the wake and asks about Oliver, but no one has seen him in days. Isabell Rochov, who is not dead thanks to Mirakuru, comes up to Dig and Felicity and taunts them. She comments that Oliver probably ran away because he did not want to see their funerals too. Oooooh, she's cold!
Laurel goes to see her father. He and the police are obsessed with finding Slade, but Laurel thinks they need to investigate Sebastian Blood too. She just has this gut feeling that Blood is involved with Slade.
Slade calls Blood's office. They talk somewhat cryptically and Slade signs off with, "You are the mayor now, so GET TO WORK!" Something is up.
Digg and Felicity think Isabella must have taken Mirakuru. Felicity has been using all her computer wizardry but she cannot find Oliver. She fears he might be dead. Digg says he knows who might help. He goes to visit Amanda Waller at ARGUS. Digg tells Amanda that Slade has an army of Mirakuru soldiers. That seems to motivate her to look harder for Oliver.
Isabell visits Thea at the nightclub, Verdant. She tells Thea that the club is owned by Queen Consolidated now and that they will be shutting it down in a couple days.
Laurel visits Blood's office. She talks about some meaningless housing case and plants a bug near Sebastian's computer. She and her father use the bug to find a press release on Sebastian's computer about Moira's death. The release was written before Moira died.
ARGUS finds Oliver in his secondary hideout, one that Digg and Felicity did not care about. They visit him and Oliver tells them he is ready to end all the bloodshed to all the people he loves. He is going to hand himself over to Slade. Slade had said one more person had to die and Oliver knows that one person is him. Felicity begs Oliver not to do it, talking about how much he has inspired her. He responds by saying the essence of heroism is to die for the people you love. "There has to be another way, "says Felicity. "There isn't," Oliver responds as he walks away.
Oliver goes home to see Thea. Walter tells him that Thea wants to leave Starling City. Walter wants her to stay but Oliver says it is a good idea for her to get as far away as she can. He tells Thea she has the purest heart in the family and she should protect herself by leaving. He gives her a tearful hug and says he has always been proud to be her brother. She leaves as Oliver calls Slade. "This ends now," he says. "I'll be at the pier and I'll be alone."
Oliver goes to the pier and thinks back on his life since he left on the Queen's Gambit boat. A dart hits him and he blacks out. When he wakes up, he is at the Arrow hideout. Digg and Felicity would not let him turn himself in to Slade. And, big surprise, Laurel is there too. She wants to talk to Oliver privately. He says he has wanted to tell her about his secret identity every night. She hugs him and tells him he cannot commit suicide by giving up to Slade. She screams at him, "I know you in your bones and you don't give up." Oliver says he cannot stop Slade. Laurel says he can stop Slade… by getting Blood. She tells him about Blood knowing about Moira's death in advance. She says, "The city needs The Arrow."
Oliver shows up unannounced at the restaurant where Mayor Blood is dining. Meanwhile, Digg grabs Blood's adviser, Clinton Poe, and questions him. Poe isn't talking and scoffs at being beaten by Digg. Digg does not beat him but brings in Felicity, who has hacked into Poe's life. She starts by finding a Cayman Islands account in his name and transferring a million dollars out of it. She gives the money to a charity. She threatens to bankrupt his parents too but he says, "Stop! What do you want to know."
At Oliver and Blood's dinner, Oliver makes it clear that he knows Blood is connected to Slade. "How do you know I have been working with Slade?" asks Blood. "Because I am the Arrow," responds Oliver. Oliver warns that Slade wants to destroy Starling City. But Blood says the Mirakuru army will harm the city but it will also make the city ready for the vision that Blood has for it. He scoffs at Oliver saying, "It's a new day in Starling City and there's nothing you can do to stop it."
Oliver and Digg are going out to take on Slade's army. Laurel wants to come but he tells her he needs her to be safe. It is just him and Digg and Felicity, the way things were at the start.
Oliver finds Blood and his army of Mirakuru soldiers (all of whom are wearing Deathstroke masks) in a subway under the city. They are ready to "take back the city." Felicity gives the coordinates of the army to Digg, who plants some bombs at street level so they can drop an entire city block on the soldiers.
As Oliver tries to get away he encounters one of the soldiers. The man is so powerful from the Mirakuru, it looks like he is about to defeat and kill Oliver (Slade won't be happy!) but Laurel shows up and distracts the bad guy long enough for Oliver to kill him.
Digg is ready to blow the block when a masked woman appears with two swords. It is Isabell and she says, "You killed me. Now let me return the favor."
At police HQ, one of the Mirakuru men has been brought in for a petty crime. He was intentionally caught and when the clock strikes 9, he breaks out of his cuffs and starts rampaging through the police station, attacking Det. Lance. The solider pulls on a Deathstroke mask.
Thea is at the train station and the moment the clock there strikes 9, another Deathstroke soldier begins his rampage.
Underground, Oliver and Laurel appear to be trapped with a half dozen Deathstrokes closing in. Oliver shoots an exploding arrow at the roof to seal them off from the marauding men.
Above ground, Felicity gets a phone call from Star Labs. That should be important going forward. I am sure they have found a Mirakuru cure!
The episode ends with dozens of Mirakuru Deathstrokes marching through the city…
In the island flashbacks, Oliver and Sara and their crew go aboard the abandoned Japanese sub. They want Anatoly to fix the sub so they can blast Slade's freighter out of the water. He gets it working and Oliver wants to use a torpedo to blast the freighter but these are special torpedoes that must be steered by someone inside them. I have never heard of such a thing – suicide torpedoes?!?! A former prisoner named Peter says he will steer the torpedo. He is dying anyway of radiation poisoning, a present from Dr. Ivo. He says "The essence of heroism is to die…" line. Oliver praises Peter who tells Oliver that he is a hero too because he came back to the boat to save all of them. Peter climbs into the torpedo and they fire him out. There is a big explosion and the sub is rocked. It takes a second for Oliver and Analtoly to recover. Oliver radios Sara to tell her they sunk the freighter, but she seems to be in trouble.
This was just a set-up episode, but it was pretty good nonetheless. The ending was fast and furious with action taking place everywhere. Next week will be the battle to save Starling City from the Deathstrokes and probably a confrontation between Oliver and Blood. We are just two weeks from the season finale.
So, what did you think of tonight's epsiode? Post your thoughts in the comment section and I will see you there!
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OAKLAND -- Darren McFadden and Mike Goodson reaped the benefits of a Raiders offensive line that seized control early and never let up in a 15-0 win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday at O.co Coliseum.
The Chiefs have the NFL's worst record at 2-12 but a decent defensive front seven. The Raiders gained 203 yards on 45 carries, the most Kansas City has given up this season on the ground.
McFadden had a career-high 30 carries for 110 yards, backup Goodson had 89 yards on 13 carries, and Oakland had a season-best 10 first downs on the ground.
"It felt great to go out there and run the ball the way we did," McFadden said. "The offensive line did a great job, and it was a good all-around game for us."
The stretch plays and cutback runs featured in the zone blocking scheme were more effective than they had been at any point this season, as the Raiders came in ranked 30th in rushing in the NFL.
Their largest rushing output of the season before Sunday was 149 yards against Atlanta on Oct. 14.
"There were guys out there grunting and straining and being committed to their blocks," right tackle Khalif Barnes said. "Mike Goodson played a hell of a game, and so did Darren McFadden. They were making their backside reads and their cuts and were running hard and weren't going down after first contact."
Goodson slipped on one of his first carries, with a suggestion from coach Dennis Allen helping him to make hard cuts on a field where the grass occasionally comes up in divots.
A 43-yard run in the third quarter by Goodson was the biggest gainer for either team.
"I had one where I went through and I slipped and when I got back, Coach told me to stop planting on my outside foot, so I started planting better, and it got better," Goodson said.
The Raiders' ability to control the ball on the ground included the added benefit of allowing Barnes and left tackle Jared Veldheer to fire off and take it to Chiefs outside rushers Tamba Hali and Justin Houston.
Kansas City had no sacks of quarterback Carson Palmer.
"Oh, man, you just love that," Veldheer said. "We're going forward, not backward ... we were committed to it. Everyone had the right mindset, and the biggest thing of all we were able to execute it. That's the biggest thing. It was awesome."
About the only discontent came when McFadden was dropped for a 2-yard loss on third-and-1 on a slow-developing outside run in the second quarter, a play that preceded Sebastian Janikowski's 50-yard field goal.
McFadden was visibly angry as he came to the sideline, and Allen didn't mind.
"It was just competitive emotions in the game, and that's the way it ought to be," Allen said. "He wants to get the first down, we didn't get it, and he was upset about it. I have no problem with it at all."


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LAFAYETTE, La. – The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi women's tennis team blanked Louisiana-Lafayette 4-0, while the men's team came up short 4-2 Tuesday at the Cajun Courts. The women's team improves to 5-2 while the men's team moves to 8-4 on the year.
"I thought our girls competed extremely tough today on the road," Director of Tennis Steve Moore said. "They are all working hard and getting better at key things that make a difference as the season becomes the hot and windy footwork faze of the season where fitness is at a premium. I'm excited for the future for these girls because they are learning and getting better every week."
The women's team came out strong picking up the doubles point with wins on all three courts. Maider Martin teamed up with Celia Rodriguez, who was named the Southland Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Week today, to sweep Julie Cremers and Alexandra Way, 8-0, in No. 3 doubles. The freshman-duo of Stefania Nicolae and Kerry Galhos followed suit with an 8-6 victory over Nelo Phiri and Nicole Breaux in the No. 1 slot to clinch the point for the Islanders. A&M - Corpus Christi capped doubles play with an 8-6 win in the No. 2 position. The Islanders' duo of Sandra Burges and Judit Vives topped Melissa Burckhartt and Juliette Clement, 8-6.
The Islanders kept the momentum going into singles play winning the first three matches. Vives kept her perfect streak going with a 6-0, 6-1 straight-set victory over Eleanor Bradshaw to improve to 5-0 in No. 6 singles. The Islanders sealed their third point of the day with Burges taking a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Burckhartt to win her first match in the No. 4 position. Rodriguez, who clinched a huge 4-3 victory over SMU last week, captured the match for the Islanders today with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Way in the No. 3 spot. The sophomore is now 6-1 in singles play and 4-1 in doubles play with Martin.
On the men's side, the Islanders dropped the doubles point and fell behind 3-0 after losses on courts four and six. A&M - Corpus Christi roared back to pull within one, 3-2, with victories on the first two courts. With the match on the line, the Islanders were leading on courts three and five, before a late rally on court five lifted the Ragin' Cajuns to a 4-1 victory.
"Our guys fought until the end," Moore said. "They were committed to fighting until the end, but give Louisiana-Lafayette a lot of credit. They are an extremely tough-spirited team that really competes well on their home court. They deserve a lot of credit for the way they competed today.
"We will be fine. We have to correct some mistakes at key times and remember who we are. I have total confidence in these guys and I believe with 100 percent certainty that they will keep improving and getting better, because that's what happens when you have character players."
ULL swept the Islanders in doubles play on all three courts. Pietro Jordao and Javier Pujol fell to Damian Farinola and Edgar Lopez 8-0 in No. 3 doubles before the Ragin' Cajuns garnered the doubles point in the No. 2 slot. The freshman-senior duo of Paul Cook and Matt Westmoreland came up short 8-5 to Jake Wynan and Jarred Wynan. In No. 1 doubles, Peter Nagy and Guillaume Rauseo were edged 8-7 (5) by Hunter Johnson and Yates Johnson in the final doubles match of the day.
The Ragin' Cajuns pushed ahead 3-0 with back-to-back singles wins. Pujol lost in straight sets to Jake Wynan 6-2, 6-1 in the No. 4 spot before Cook fell 6-4, 6-3 to Hunter Johnson in No. 6 singles. The Islanders battled back to pull within one after consecutive wins on courts one and two. Nagy won his eighth straight singles match to improve to 9-1 in the No. 1 spot with a 7-6 (5), 6-3 victory over Lopez. Ricardo Mayagoitia followed suit with a three-set victory in No. 2 singles. The sophomore claimed a 6-4 first set win before falling 6-4 in the second set. In the third it was all Mayagoitia with a sweeping 6-0 victory.
With the match on the line, the Islanders never gave up and kept fighting. In No. 5 singles, Westmoreland dropped the first set 7-5, roared back in the second to win 7-5, and was leading 4-3 in the third, before Carl Alberton rallied back to win three straight games to clinch the set 6-4 and the match. In No. 3 singles, Rauseo won a close tiebreaker 7-6 (6) in the first set over Jarred Wynan before falling 6-4 in the second. In the third, the sophomore was ahead 5-4 when the match was clinched.
"I'm excited about the second-half of the season for both of our teams," Moore added.
The men's team will next be in action on Feb. 23 when they face the Longhorns on the Longhorn Network at 6 p.m. in Austin, while the women's team will trek to Edinburg to face UTPA on Feb. 26.
For all the latest on Islanders Tennis, like the team on Facebook (IslandersTennis) and follow them on Twitter and Instagram (@IslandersTennis).
Women's Tennis Match Results
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi vs. Louisiana-Lafayette
2/18/2014 at Lafayette, La.
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 4, Louisiana-Lafayette 0
Singles competition:
1. Nicole Breaux (ULL) vs. Stefania Nicolae (AMCC) 6-3, 2-2, unfinished
2. Nelo Phiri (ULL) vs. Maider Martin (AMCC) 6-4, 1-0, unfinished
3. Celia Rodriguez (AMCC) def. Alexandra Way (ULL) 6-3, 6-3
4. Sandra Burges (AMCC) def. Melissa Burckhartt (ULL) 6-2, 6-1
5. Julie Cremers (ULL) vs. Kerry Galhos (AMCC) 5-7, 0-3, unfinished
6. Judit Vives (AMCC) def. Eleanor Bradshaw (ULL) 6-0, 6-1
Doubles competition:
1. Stefania Nicolae/Kerry Galhos (AMCC) def. Nelo Phiri/Nicole Breaux (ULL) 8-6
2. Sandra Burges/Judit Vives (AMCC) def. Melissa Burckhartt/Juliette Clement (ULL) 8-6
3. Maider Martin/Celia Rodriguez (AMCC) def. Julie Cremers/Alexandra Way (ULL) 8-0
Match Notes:
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 5-2
Louisiana-Lafayette 3-4
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (6,4,3)
Men's Tennis Match Results
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi vs. Louisiana-Lafayette
2/18/2014 at Lafayette, La.
Louisiana-Lafayette 4, Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 2
Singles competition:
1. Peter Nagy (AMCC) def. Edgar Lopez (ULL) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
2. Ricardo Mayagoitia (AMCC) def. Damian Farinola (ULL) 6-4, 4-6, 6-0
3. Guillaume Rauseo (AMCC) def. Jarred Wynan (ULL) 7-6 (8-6), 4-6, 5-4, unfinished
4. Jake Wynan (ULL) def. Javier Pujol (AMCC) 6-2, 6-1
5. Carl Alberton (ULL) def. Matt Westmoreland (AMCC) 7-5, 5-7, 6-4
6. Hunter Johnson (ULL) def. Paul Cook (AMCC) 6-4, 6-3
Doubles competition:
1. Hunter Johnson/Yates Johnson (ULL) def. Peter Nagy/Guillaume Rauseo (AMCC) 8-7 (7-5)
2. Jake Wynan/Jarred Wynan (ULL) def. Matt Westmoreland/Paul Cook (AMCC) 8-5
3. Damian Farinola/Edgar Lopez (ULL) def. Pietro Jordao/Javier Pujol (AMCC) 8-0
Match Notes:
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 8-4
Louisiana-Lafayette 7-2
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (4,6,1,2,5)


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djp771133, on 18 December 2012 - 04:10 PM, said:
Eh, you can definitely get it to tick way higher than that with all your cooldowns rolling. But point aside. It doesn't ingore armor because it's still based off your weapon hits. Which are effected by armor. I've also believe it double dips on resilience reductions? As in it reduces your strike damage and then the bleed caused off that is again reduced by resilience.
I've only used it a few times, but I just don't see it being worth using over Avatar.


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Exhibit celebrates Youth Art Month
Published: Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, February 22, 2013 at 5:15 p.m.
March is National Youth Art Month, and the Chapman Cultural Center will celebrate with an exhibit of artwork from public and independent schools throughout Spartanburg County.
The exhibit will be in the Student Galleries in the Moseley Building and will be on display March 4-April 14. It is open and free from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sundays. Each year, one of Spartanburg's seven school districts takes the lead in planning the exhibit. This year's lead district is Spartanburg County School District 6, which will host a reception from 4:30-6 p.m. March 19 at the Chapman Cultural Center.
More than 280 pieces of art are displayed by the art teachers in every public school in the county, as well as several independent schools and the S.C. School for the Deaf and the Blind. Drawings and paintings, as well as 3-dimensional works are included and showcase the talents of children throughout the county.
Youth Art Month began in 1961 as an annual observance each March to emphasize the value of art and art education for all children, and to encourage public support for quality school art programs. It provides a forum for acknowledging skills that are not possible in other subjects. Art education develops self-esteem, appreciation of the work of others, self-expression, cooperation with others and critical-thinking skills. All of these skills are vital to the success of our future leaders — our children.
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A day after Facebook said it will spend nearly 8 percent of the company's stock and more than a third of its cash to buy mobile messaging service WhatsApp, skeptics Thursday questioned the wisdom and math of CEO Mark Zuckerberg's plan.
But by agreeing to pay up to $19 billion in the deal, Zuckerberg -- who faced early criticism for being slow to recognize the mobile computing trend -- now seems determined not to miss that wave again. After building Facebook's own mobile business in the past year, he is more than willing to scoop up other dominant companies to make sure mobile consumers have no reason to go somewhere else.
"Facebook is really breaking up into a lot of different products and brands on the mobile screen," said David Rogers, a digital media expert at Columbia Business School. As more people use smartphones and tablet computers, he added, "Zuckerberg recognizes that people are increasingly drawn to single-purpose apps."
Call it the conglomerate strategy: Just as General Motors makes Chevys and Cadillacs, and Procter & Gamble sells home products under dozens of brands, Facebook is either building or buying mobile apps that, in many cases, will operate under separate names.
Facebook executives say that's the plan for both WhatsApp and Instagram, the mobile photo-sharing service that Menlo Park-based Facebook bought two years ago in a $1 billion deal that seemed pricey at the time. Each service will operate under its own popular brand -- much in the way Google has let YouTube build a thriving online video business under its own name.
Experts said Facebook's strategy recognizes an important fact about smartphones and tablets: On those small screens, many users don't want to jump through multiple Web pages to get what they want. They expect to tap an icon once and open an app that lets them perform the task they have in mind -- whether it's sharing a photo or sending a message to a friend.
"Facebook was the dominant picture and messaging company on the desktop," BTIG Research analyst Richard Greenfield said in a research note Thursday, referring to the days when most people used the service on personal computers. While Zuckerberg has in the past year built an impressive ad business on mobile, Greenfield said Instagram and WhatsApp would help cement Facebook's mobile dominance over pictures and messaging.
Whether that makes WhatsApp worth $19 billion is up for debate. Though the stock gained more than 2 percent Thursday, some analysts privately said the deal underscored concerns about an Internet "bubble." Ben Schachter of Macquarie Securities declared the price "unfathomable" in terms of any immediate return, though he said the long-term value is unclear.
Scott Rothbort of Lakeview Asset Management went even further: "I predict," he wrote, "this will go down as one of history's biggest acquisition blunders."
But fans of the deal focused on a different set of numbers besides the price tag: WhatsApp boasts 450 million active users, and Facebook executives say it's on track to reach 1 billion in the next couple of years.
The top handful of mobile messaging apps, in fact, collectively boast more than twice Facebook's 1.2 billion active users worldwide. That's a trend "too large for Facebook to ignore," said Colin Sebastian of Baird Equity Research.
Having seen other social media stars like Zynga and MySpace come crashing down when user tastes shifted, Zuckerberg would undoubtedly prefer to have people using Facebook's services, even under different brands, said Rogers, the Columbia professor.
WhatsApp also provides Facebook with another entry point for teenagers and users in developing nations, where messaging apps are extremely popular, several analysts said Thursday.
And even though WhatsApp founder Jan Koum has been adamantly opposed to selling ads, several analysts said they see other ways for the app to make money.
WhatsApp is free to download but users must pay an annual fee of $1 after the first year. If the number of users grows as fast as Facebook expects in the next two years, that could mean $1 billion in annual subscription revenue alone, said Robert Peck, a tech stock analyst with SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
That would make Facebook's $19 billion outlay smaller, in proportion to revenue, than the current stock market values of Facebook, Twitter or Google, Peck noted.
But it's not clear how many users will stick with the product once their free one-year trial ends. It was only in August that Koum announced a change to WhatsApp's pricing plan; previously, iPhone users paid only a one-time fee of 99 cents.
Other analysts suggested the service could add moneymaking features, such as selling virtual goods or even real-world products. Facebook executives declined to speculate on revenue sources during a conference call Wednesday. But CFO David Ebersman insisted, "We're confident that given the size of the market, the deal will achieve returns over time."
WhatsApp may also have value for Facebook as a defense against rivals. Fortune, citing unnamed sources, reported Thursday that Google had made a $10 billion bid for WhatsApp. Last year, the two tech giants reportedly made dueling bids of $3 billion or more for Snapchat, another popular messaging service.
"Zuckerberg and Facebook believe for many reasons that they needed to acquire this asset," Macquarie's Schachter said of WhatsApp, "and they paid a steep price that was necessary to get the deal done."
Still, if Zuckerberg is betting he can buy growth rather than innovate his way there, experts warn it can be a dangerous road: Just look at how Hewlett-Packard is still trying to dig out from some of the hefty acquisitions it's swung in recent years.
In fact, skeptics of the deal may note that Zuckerberg's "if they come, we will build it" attitude toward figuring out how to eventually monetize WhatsApp's traffic echoes many business plans from the dot-com era.
Ranah Edelin remembers that bubble all too well: He was vice president of pioneering online music site Listen.com, which raised $120 million in venture capital despite having no revenue. After the stock market collapsed in 2000, the company was sold for a reported $36 million.
Still, said Edelin, "It's different this time." Twitter and Facebook have proved it's possible to reap fortunes from vast troves of users, whether via advertising or other means. Edelin himself is CEO of an Instagram-like social network in San Francisco called We Heart It, which he said boasts 25 million users and adds a million more each month.
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The speculative philosopher and the scientific specialist are liable to two opposite mistakes. The former tends to deliver frontal attacks on Reality as a whole, armed only with a few wide general principles, and to neglect to isolate and master in detail particular problems. The latter tends to forget that he has violently abstracted one part or one aspect of Reality from the rest, and to imagine that the success which this abstraction has given him within a limited field justifies him in taking the principles which hold therein as the whole truth about the whole world. The one cannot see the trees for the wood, and the other cannot see the wood for the trees. The result of both kinds of mistake is the same, viz., to produce philosophical theories which may be self-consistent but which must be described as "silly". By a "silly" theory I mean one which may be held at the time when one is talking or writing professionally, but which only an inmate of a lunatic asylum would think of carrying into daily life.
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Create a gallery of your child's artwork. This simple craft takes only minutes to make with clothespins and our printable Blue's Clue's decorations.
Look for clues with Blue, weekdays on Nick Jr.
Cut out all the shapes from the Blue's Clues Art Clips printable. (Print on card stock or laminate the paper cut-outs for longer durability.)
Glue one shape to one side of a clothespin. Make as many art clips as you need.
Find a place around the house where you want to hang the artwork.

Secure a ribbon between two spots by tying either end of the ribbon to a steady object. Or use pushpins to secure the ribbon on a flat surface.

Hang the clips on the ribbon and let Blue and her friends grip the artwork for you!
Affix a piece of magnetic tape to the other side of the finished art clips.

 Place the magnetic art clips on a refrigerator or a display board, and Blue and her pals will be in position to present your little ones' artwork!
Your little one will be ready to go, after potty training play with Blue and Joe
Hot dog! It's Blue at the door for Halloween
Add a touch of Blue to your home decor
These are a few of MY favorite things!
Let the sun shine on Blue and you!
Pop up with sweet Mother's Day wishes from Blue and Joe!
Mom's got a clue that you love her.
Blue will be your child's constant companion all through the night
Learn to tell time with Tickety Tock
This sock was made for talkin'
Peek-a-Boo! It's Blue!
Paint your little pups Blue this Halloween
Save pennies (and that tissue box!) with Blue
Smiles from ear-to-ear
Start school with Blue!
Dress up as Magenta
The classic party game has a new, blue twist.
Celebrate summertime by crafting this 3D door sign
Say goodbye to the sizzling summer heat with this paw-some fan!
Dress up cones with cute Nick Jr. characters!
Eight is enough-or even two little hands--to make this friendly undersea creature
Make Dad a tie that's tied with love
These are a few of MY favorite things!
Let the sun shine on Blue and you!
Sunny days become just a little bit cooler
Cool off with a little help from Kai-lan
Beat the heat with help from Yo Gabba Gabba!
It's flower power at work as pretty pink petals provide sun protection!
Dora says safety first!
Diego says safety first!
Dad will get a charge out of this holiday gift!


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STOCKTON - Police are searching for a man who allegedly stabbed a woman in the 600 block of South Aurora Street about 6:30 p.m. Sunday.
The 61-year-old woman told police she had negotiated a sexual transaction with the man, who told her his name was Christopher. The woman asked to see the money, and the man complied, then he cut her before running away.
The assailant was described as white, 30 years old standing 5 feet 6 inches and 200 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing all dark clothing, police reported.
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Beyond Syria and Iran, Obama Has Worries in Egypt As Well
This has been a week in which ample attention went to American policies in the Middle East, specifically policies toward Syria and Iran. But in the long run, the bigger problem—for the region and for the U.S.—may well lie in Egypt.
And on that front, there was some disquieting news, though it didn't get nearly as much attention as the election of a new Iranian president or President Barack Obama's decision to send arms to Syria's rebels.
The significant new development was the release of a poll of a whopping 5,029 Egyptians by Zogby Research Associates, two-and-a-half years after the demonstrations in Tahrir Square that toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. What the poll found, according to the summary of Zogby Research analysts, was "a post-Tahrir Egypt in crisis."
Specifically, the survey found an Egyptian populace that lacks confidence in almost all players in the country's new political arena, and that increasingly is splintering into factions. "What our findings reveal is a deeply divided society fractured not along demographic lines, but on the basis of ideology and religion," says Zogby Research in its summary.
The two main Islamic parties—the Muslim Brotherhood of President Mohamed Morsi and the Nour Party—have the confidence of less than 30% of all Egyptian adults. The major opposition groups have the confidence of about 35%. Meanwhile, almost 40% appear to have no confidence in either the government or any of the political parties.
Individual leaders don't fare any better than their parties. In fact, the only public figure tested who is seen as credible by a majority of Egyptians is Bassem Yousef, a TV satirist.
So why does this matter to the U.S.? Egypt is the largest Arab nation and the one whose revolution and post-revolution experiment with democracy are being most closely watched. It's also the Arab nation where the U.S. has the most invested, in terms of aid, military cooperation and credibility. Failure of the democratic experiment to win popular approval in Egypt won't help American dreams of stable democratic governments taking hold in Iraq or Syria—or in Iran for that matter.
And that's something Mr. Obama will have to ponder, when he isn't worrying about Iran or Syria.
For critical perspectives on politics and the economy from Jerry Seib & David Wessel, visit Seib & Wessel.