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February 20, 2013
Plans for a $3....
So how many people will just make the left into Speedway & just drive thru their lot to make the left on Greene?
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Isn't that the way it always goes this council just does what ever it wants to and gets away with it. Nobody wants it. If it was on a ballot it would fail no dought in my mind.
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Brothers doesn't live in Norwood. He probably NEVER goes there. So, we can go up Glendale to get over to Norwood, or go up Washington and take Cisler Drive. Thanks for nothing. Idiots. Must be something we are missing if Mullen voted for it.
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"Stupid is as stupid does" Elections have consequences folks. When you elect politicians to do the jobs a logical businessman should be doing, this is what you get.
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A debacle in the making.
I cannot believe coouncil will not even make an effort to change light timing, increase enforcement of the traffic laws, etc. before altering this intersection on such a large scale.
Oh---wait--"free money"! That's why they are doing it. Well, that money ain't free and the resulting intersection will be a disaster.
Congratulations, council. Take a bow.
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Dimmer Abicht sees job$$$ for his union cronies -- what the rest of them were thinking, or not thinking, can't be surmised. Regardless, KICK THEM OUT! If there ever was a reason to do so, THIS is it!
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Do you think The Times could at least publish a drawing or illustration of what we're talking about here? Jeez, a picture is worth a thousand words. Give us the plan and let us see it. At the very least, tell us where it is. Get with the times, Times.
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Ahh. I'm ok with it. That's probably the most congested intersection in the city most days. Always thought having 2 traffic lights a hundred feet or so apart was dumb. Should never have designed the intersection that way to begin with. I looked at the presentation online about the project and think it will save considerable time for most folks that travel thru that intersection on a daily basis.
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Rok there is no doubt that it is currently a poorly designed intersection. When it was done this way the same things were said by ODOT engineers then that they are saying now...smoother traffic flow, less accidents, pedestrian safety, etc.
As a daily driver of this intersection I can tell you that timing the lights, closing the middle school cut through road by Speedway, or even allowing access to Speedway by Green Street only would all have more of an impact than this waste of money. This will put more traffic onto Pike Street, which is already a mess, and make Speedway and other small roads by Captain D's and Phillips School much busier.
What's worse, council members seem indifferent in their 'people will find a safe way home' or nobodys jumping up and down about it' from last week. This is a good example of governing by what is in your wallet (the potential of grant dollars)rather than by using brains for simple cost effective solutions.
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Brothers said, The engineers have looked at this and said this was the best solution! Do you know any engineers with common sense?
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$3.2 million... I mean there are all types of speed bumps, ON-ROAD walk signs, Flashing lights, Signs, Traffic Lights, FLASHERS!
If you are still getting it by cars, It's your own dumb fault. I'm just being real.
Nest month the city will raise a tax saying they are $3.2 million short on Misc items.
This is the dumbest area I've ever lived in.
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So, Brothers supports this impending debacle? Thinks this minor inconvenience to a few people is no big deal. Doesn't sound to me like he's got the makings of a very good Mayor!
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This is going to be a total mess and a total waste of money. I drive this daily and thanks for adding 10 extra minutes to my day. It's fine the way it is.
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Engineers planned this intersection originnaly.Why would you trust them now,if the current design is wrong?
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Huge mistake getting rid of that left turn onto Greene St. Besides the headache it will cause us Norwood residents, it will basically guarantee the Movie Gallery property will sit there empty. Not a good idea.
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Go Bucks you are right on after all it wasn't the citizens who put all the sewer man covers in the middle of the road on Rt. 7 where traffic had to hit them it was engineers this road was dug up why didn't they put these man made pot holes outside the curbs?? Needs of the many out weigh the needs of the few is ok on Star Treck but not here cause no one is needing this waste of money done here and we don't need city council chaseing off potential busnesses.....
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Did you all just get the feeling that council gave us the back of their hands? This is beyond ignorant. Quite frankly it borders on stupidity. The last 'upgrade' was done by 'experts' and was suppose to take care of the traffic issues. Obviously there are a few issues still so hey! let's have the 'experts' do it again!! Those 'experts' in Columbus don't drive here, don't live here and don't care about logical solutions. Yeah, paid for by 'free money grants' but those come with those who haven't a clue and too many strings attached. Why is Council listening to out of towners and not their own citizens?
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Pike Street is the beginning of Marietta's business corridor and should remain as such. Greene Street at Pike and Seventh is the residential beginning of Norwood. It's non-nonsensical to send Norwood residents out onto Pike Street where they will cause more congestion in an already congested intersection.
The Administration, not the Council, has taken a small cluster and turned it into a huge CLUSTER. They are using scare tactics to try to make people believe ODOT monies will not be offered to the city in the future if this project isn't a go. They say approve this now and we can "tweck" it later. Tweck??? Are you kidding me? All "tweaks" need to be worked out before any further voting occurs. The only "tweaks" are the ones in the engineers, and Mayor's and Hupp's offices.
Why didn't the city try a dry run of no left onto Greene from Seventh instead of using computer simulation? Why not block the Greene entrance/exit from Speedway temporarily
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Please read today's article on Williamstown police pay. They need to keep their police rates competitive. But, even so, Councilman Seufer directs that the full effects on the city's budget must be considered: a cautious, concerned, clear-headed approach to a vital issue. Now float yourself back across the river. Despite (1) heavy criticism from taxpayers, (2) demonstrated injury to Norwood residents, (3) little if any benefit to be gained from the new intersection, and (4) a tight budget which restrains city alley repair to only one per year, Marietta council now incurs an additional expense of $389,637 in order to avoid getting a "black eye" (with ODOT). Wouldn't it be much better use of taxpayer funds to upgrade an alley or two rather than to throw nearly $400,000 toward fixing something that's not broke?
Compare the two councils -- today one was fiscally responsible, the other was fiscally irresponsible.
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I travel that way a lot and always turn left onto Greene so my plan is to avoid this whole crappy mess by going Colegate to Greene or south side to Acme and not frequent present or future businesses involved in that area...hope for their sake not everyone feels that way.
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mrhomer--don't bother trying to avoid this intersection. I go that way each & every day and watch countless cars zoom through the Speedway parking lot to not wait on the light.
Since I never, ever see the police stopping any one of them, this MUST be a legal way for people to navigate the intersection. Just use the Speedway access onto Greene Street.
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It does no good to voice an opinion to any government entity. They are going to do what they think is best for everyone regardless of consequences, then blame someone else.
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How can something that is going to so adversely affect such a large amount of people be decided by such a small minority? Oh wait...that's government.
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This one will probably be started around the same time that the state is relocating Route 26 at Acme and Greene, and they start the work on Acme and Pike. It will be quicker to reach Marietta via I-77 and Parkersburg than it will be to use Route 7.
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Can someone explain what REALLY happened with this intersection? Since nothing is wrong with it, did someone important have an accident, and since they couldn't possibly accept blame, this blossomed into a "blame the road" type of scenario? All this to deflect blame away from somebody important? Is there some other basis for this nonsense? There MUST BE more to this than what we're reading? I wish we knew the real story here....perhaps old police reports would show what's really going on were someone inclined to research.
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LOS ANGELES— ''THIS IS AN interesting, sadistic place to put a movie star,'' the director David Fincher said with a chuckle as he prepared for a scene that required his leading man, Michael Douglas, to be doused with 1,000 gallons of water.
The scene, filmed last winter, is one of the climaxes of the suspense thriller ''The Game,'' which opens on Sept. 12. The teaming of Mr. Douglas and Mr. Fincher represented the uneasy but ultimately rewarding coupling of old Hollywood and new. The 52-year-old actor and the 34-year-old director brought vastly different levels of experience to this venture. While Mr. Douglas has been making movies for more than 25 years, ''The Game'' is just Mr. Fincher's third film; it follows the box-office disappointment ''Alien 3'' (1992) and the surprise blockbuster ''Seven'' two years ago.
''The Game'' focuses on Nicholas Van Orton, a powerful, coldhearted San Francisco tycoon played by Mr. Douglas. For his 48th birthday, he receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad (Sean Penn). It is a game engineered by a company called Consumer Recreation Services that offers a few mind-bending thrills for jaded businessmen. But as Van Orton embarks on the adventure, it spins out of control, and he is soon running for his life from conspirators who seem to want to destroy him.
In one of the movie's harrowing chase scenes, Mr. Douglas is riding in a taxi that hurtles into San Francisco Bay. On this day last winter, a close-up of him struggling to escape the flooded taxi was being filmed on a sound stage that housed a large tank. (The cab's plunge into the water had already been filmed in San Francisco, without Mr. Douglas aboard.) Mr. Douglas was hoisted into a small compartment that had been designed to resemble the back seat of a taxi. As he opened the door to flee the submerged cab, the tank unleashed a cascade of water, and he was completely drenched. He was, of course, only a few feet away from an army of technicians, but the velocity of the rushing water was no illusion.
''It is a little scary,'' Mr. Douglas admitted as he emerged and headed back to his trailer to change into a fresh suit for a second take. ''It gets your adrenaline going. But there isn't any real danger.''
Mr. Douglas -- the producer of a number of movies, from ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (1975) to this summer's ''Face/Off'' -- had inspected the tank as well as the three cameras that Mr. Fincher had set up to capture the deluge. Mr. Fincher seemed to welcome the star's input, and Mr. Douglas was not hesitant about offering an opinion. Even though they come from different generations, the star and the director approached ''The Game'' as a genuine collaboration. They eyed each other warily at first -- both were known to be obstinate and tough-minded -- but they quickly came to appreciate each other's professionalism.
Perhaps they clicked because they both enjoy making movies with a cynical edge. In films like ''Wall Street,'' ''The War of the Roses'' and ''Fatal Attraction,'' Mr. Douglas has had great success playing flawed, even venal characters. And Mr. Fincher's two previous features were notable not just for the dark lighting they favored but also for the dark vision of human nature underlying the images.
''I like to subvert expectations,'' Mr. Fincher said. ''I hope 'The Game' is entertaining, but it's also a little prurient, a little sadistic, because you enjoy the suffering and anxiety of the central character. You want to see him learn a lesson. And nobody embraces that quite as eagerly as Michael Douglas.''
Mr. Douglas agreed that he relished portraying characters who were neurotically driven rather than heroic. ''I like the danger and risk of characters who are not entirely attractive,'' he said. ''I played a lot of parts before 'Wall Street,' which was my first chance to play a more abrasive character. When you win an Oscar the first time you try that, it does send a message. Those characters are fun to play, and the audiences enjoy them, too. A 'nice' character often seems boring.''
If Mr. Fincher admired his star's audacity, Mr. Douglas was impressed by the tenacity of his director. ''David is a stubborn guy,'' he said, ''but it comes out of vision. I loved the extent to which he would go to recreate the picture he had in his mind.''
Nevertheless, Mr. Douglas wryly observed that Mr. Fincher could be overbearing. ''David is a total control freak,'' Mr. Douglas said. ''If he sees anybody having a conversation, he'll come over to find out what you're talking about. He wants to make sure you're not talking about him, and he also wants to be sure he knows everything that's going on.''
Mr. Fincher said that one of the lures of being a movie director was the opportunity to exercise authority. ''When I was younger,'' he said, ''I studied painting, photography and sculpture, but movies incorporated everything I loved. And I also loved the idea of being in control.''
His father, a writer and bureau chief for Life magazine, awakened his interest in movies. ''My dad took me to all kinds of movies, from 'Robin Hood' to 'The Exterminating Angel,' '' Mr. Fincher recalled. ''He had enough working knowledge to spark my interest, but he didn't really know how movies were made, so when I asked him exactly how they did animated movies, he couldn't go beyond general answers.'' So Mr. Fincher began making his own home movies and devouring all the information on film that he could.


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Every week, I will spotlight strange but ultimately endearing comic stories (basically, we're talking lots and lots of Silver Age comic books). Here is the archive of all the installments of this feature. Feel free to e-mail me at email@example.com if you have a suggestion for a future installment!
Today, based on a suggestion from reader BeccaBlast, we get to see the Batman story where Batman allowed some guy to be Batman for a night for some reason. I like to call it "Paper Batman."
Obviously, "Paper Batman" is a reference to the late, great George Plimpton's classic book, Paper Lion, where Plimpton went to training camp with the Detroit Lions as part of a series of books he did where he would do the whole "regular guy competing with world class athletes" thing.
The film adaptation (starring Alan Alda as Plimpton) came out in 1968. In 1971, Frank Robbins did a riff on the idea in Detective Comics #417, with art by Bob Brown and Dick Giordano.
We open with Bruce Wayne and Commissioner Gordon watching a writer battle the heavyweight champ in boxing. They're sitting with the writer's sister, Trina (and I agree with Becca, it most likely is not a coincidence that Frank Robbins named a character Trina, after the un-related Trina Robbins, who was getting her start as a writer back then).
For some reason, Batman is amused enough by the writer that he allows him to become Batman for a night.
First, they train…
I love that Paxton fails Batman's test totally, but Batman still lets him be Batman for a night. "You blew your cool! The Batman wouldn't live though a single night if he did! But eh, what the hell, you can still be Batman for said single night. I am sure things will go well anyways."
So Paxton goes on patrol and when he encounters some bad guys, he shockingly loses his cool…
That is definitely a great Bob Brown shot of Batman berating Paxton.
So Paxton failed the initial test by losing his cool. He then fails his first night by losing his cool, so Batman, of course, gives him ANOTHER chance. But before he gets the opportunity, Trina is murdered!
Batman and Paxton track the killer down (Batman is insisting the whole time that Paxton better not try to kill the bad guy) but Paxton takes control…
So…yeah…that is a depressing story.
It actually sort of reminds me of Grant Morrison's take on Batman how what makes Batman special is that he can deal with pain (all sorts of pain, including psychological and emotional) better than anyone.
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Someone saying "Damn You!" in a Code-approved comic in 1971? Isn't that a bit unusual?
This was adapted and updated in an issue of The Batman Adventures…I think it was #27…An athlete became a Batman, and Batman took and mentored him and it was revealed why the athlete was doing what he was doing. Pretty good story, must have used this as inspiration…
Someone saying "Damn You!" in a Code-approved comic in 1971? Isn't that a bit unusual?
1971 was post Code relaxation.
interesting to see that dc manage to have some one say dam without the comic code having a fit not to mention a batman story where batman did not while letting some one else be him the guy trying to learn who batman really is . or batman trying to show trust by revealing his i.d
I wonder if this story wasn't also inspired by a similar story in Detective Comics in which Batman let a series of contest winners be "Batman for a night" (complete with pointy ears hats). BTW, one of those winners was Bruce Wayne himself.
Paxton says "see what you mean" twice in that fight. Was that some sort of catchphrase of Plimpton's?
"Another one of these assignments"? Does this happen to Batman all the time?
I like how Batman makes a big deal about never losing his cool and then flips the heck out about the gun.
I like how Batman makes a big deal about never losing his cool and then flips the heck out about the gun.
At least he is consistent with his dismissal of what he claims is his #1 rule.
That's what got me looking this up in the first place — did we ever get an answer as to when "Batman is almost pathological about guns" became part of the lore? This was the oldest story I remember seeing it in — but maybe it goes back farther?
This is silly I guess in the basic conceit of "some guy wants to be Batman and Batman lets him," but the actual story is a really good one, as it gets at the idea of what really makes Batman successful. It isn't about physical ability (this Paxton guy seems remarkably in good shape to even hang with Batman and criminals), it isn't even about having clever fighting skills (in a normal scenario, Paxton grabbing the gun in that fight would have been a good move). It's about having controlled rage–a drive which Paxton only realizes after suffering a similar tragedy to Batman himself.
I do like Batman's idea of a 'gym suit'. I suppose Paxton should count himself lucky he wasn't made to wear tiny green shorts.
I would guess that "Paper Lion", in turn, is a play on the phrase "paper tiger".
"One that is seemingly dangerous and powerful but is in fact timid and weak"
This story has inspired me. I'm going to start using the decent weapons of outrage and indignation to bring criminals to justice in my everyday life.
"Hey — this guy just robbed a bank!"
"Don't worry everyone — I'm getting really outraged & indignant about it! THAT'LL show 'em!"
@John — isn't that what cable news pundits do?
Heavens what a creaky story. The plot hinges on Batman deciding Paxson is not fit to be Batman, then letting him play along anyway — in other words, it introduces plot points that within the space of one panel it rejects. I know Robbins' overall body of work is strong, but this is simply bad writing.
Men named Jan and Stacy?
I bought this off the stands back in the day, and loved it. It doesn't really hold up but I still love it. Like someone said, the emotional plausibility swept me right over the goofy parts. For nine-year-old me, it really worked.
"Men named Jan and Stacy?"
Some forenames have a habit of migrating from one sex to the other over the course of a generation or two.
When I was a lad, there were such famous American males as Jan Murray, the comedian, and Jan Peerce, the operatic tenor; not to mention actors Stacy Keach (Senior and Junior) and Stacy Harris.
Go back a hundred years or so in America, and it would not be at all unusual to find males with the forenames of Beverly and Claire and Meredith.
Oh noooo! He kills me!
It's weird, even though there's so much wrong with that story in terms of plot holes, etc, I can't help enjoying the excerpts in an unironic way and wanting to see more.
I definitely liked the story. Great art by Brown and Giordano. It's strange, but I love it!
"It's strange, but I love it!" That'd be a good column title…oh.
And wow, THE Trina Robbins shows up! Cool!
I think when Bats says "one of those assignments' he's referring to the writer's Someone For a Day gigs, not to his own experience.
Yes, despite the logical flaws, the emotional aspects work. Though by 21st century standards, the suggestion Batman can be warm and human is the strangest part of all.
As much as I enjoy out-and-out crazy silver age stories, I like these types of hybrid "goofy stories told seriously" even better. Nobody did that better than Bob Haney, but Frank Robbins certainly delivered his share of them, too.
Am I the only one who cracked up at the final panel of page 13? The spotlight effect makes it look like Paxton pissed himself while cradling Trina's body. That made me laugh a lot harder than it should have.
Rereading the posted pages, another oddity leaps out at me: Pax actually lands several honest-to-god blows on Batman, culminating in decking him for the big finish. No way they'd let an ordinary (albeit obviously in peak shape) guy do that today.
Holy crap! He just slapped that flying bowling ball away!
Man, that's more use of the definite article and referring to oneself in the third person than ANY Batman story deserves unless it's actually proposing Batman has severe Dissociative Identity Disorder.
So Thebatman is upset that someone would imply that Thebatman would use a gun against Thebatman's foes? The foes he considers "HUMAN FILTH"? "Hell damn blast, I don't care if you cave in their skulls with a cinder block, just DON'T MAKE ME LOOK BAD!" It's always about Thebatman, isn't it Bruce?
You know who the real hero of this story is? The S.O.B. with the nads of steel who cracks a Robin-esque "strike you down" pun while facing down Thebatman armed with only a bowling ball. Holy Oa, we've got us a Green Lantern candidate here. (Speaking of which, why aren't ALL the Lanterns psychopaths? Nobody's as fearless as a guy whose brain simply can't process danger correctly.)
With all this talk about "the ways of fate" and "some mysterious power" I'm getting an almost unbearable urge to say that this story should be revisited by…He Whose Name Should Not Be Invoked. I'm picturing Bat-Mite made up like The Spectre, pulling strings to kick-start the next generation of gun-hating vigilantes. Jan Paxton IS Pax Americana!
This is silly I guess in the basic conceit of "some guy wants to be Batman and Batman lets him," but the actual story is a really good one
How is that a really good story? It made me cringe SO hard. Batman came across as a dumbass for lending his identity to some random guy who proved he can't be Batman like that. This kind of BS is why I cannot stand 70s and 80s Batman stories. Their writers try to be serious but their skills aren't up to it. I swear, the only explanation I have for 80s Batman being so popular is that people are being nostalgia whore.
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Wicked Flashback :: RuPaul - Back To My Roots
Who remembers this song? I remember watching this in a gay video bar that use to exist in Boston called Luxor.
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- UIUC1978 said...
OH HELL NO!!! Now you're just being mean, trying to make me feel old as dirt.
- December 20, 2012 at 8:21 PM
- Blog By - VJ Brendan Thompson said...
and did you know the chorus is 'back, back, black to my roots' ??
- December 21, 2012 at 4:22 PM
- CarletonTX said...
OMG where did you find this? I played this at Luxor (was an early VJ and ran security there).
- December 26, 2012 at 12:20 AM
- CarletonTX said...
I played this at Luxor. Was an early VJ and ran security there.
- December 26, 2012 at 12:21 AM
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apx alarm The Mormons Should be ashamed of how this company is ran in their Mormon City. If it is also owned by a Mormon the owner need to be kicked out of the church. Salt Lake City, Utah
I signed up with this company back in 2007 and signed up for a 3 year contract, and after that was up it was suppose to go month by month. Well yesterday I called to cancel my service and they refused to cancel my service and said they locked me in for another 3 years without my signature or anything being mailed. If this is owned by a Mormon or if the Church Of Jesus Christ and Ladder Day Saints owns this they should be ashamed of owning such a fraudulant company. I hate to say this but I know alot more about the Church of Jesus Christ and Ladder Day Saints then most people here in the South know about since I grew up in Portland Oregon where there was alot of my neighbors and friends that was raised Mormon, and I learned at a young age just because you are suppose to be involved in one of the most holyiest churches in west of the United States does not mean you are an honest person and neither is this company that is in the big Mormons City of Utah and all I can say is the head of the Mormon Church or the Bishops should be ashamed of this company in their city. I will also be going to my bank and having this apx company blocked and I will also call the BBB and file a complaint. Also if I have to I will call some of my Jack Mormon friends and find out if they can get some more information on this company.
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#1 Consumer Comment
Didn't you get yout moneys worth?
AUTHOR: mr rik - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, July 05, 2011POSTED: Tuesday, July 05, 2011
I'm even more confused as to why they wouldn't let you cancel. Certainly youre getting way more "service" than youre paying for. Such a deal!
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#2 Consumer Suggestion
3 more years?
AUTHOR: Ken - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Monday, July 04, 2011POSTED: Monday, July 04, 2011
Maybe instead of attacking Vivint or the Mormon Church, the state of Utah, the Bishops, the Pope, the President of the United States, or the entire population of the United States, you should take the time to read your contract...it's very enlightening.
I doubt you've been ripped off. BTW, even if nobody told you about this or you were told differently, the WRITTEN CONTRACT you signed, governs...you did read it, right, and you just forgot?
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Amid the sea of antique shops in Leesburg, it can be difficult to discern the line that separates shabby-chic from, well, just plain shabby. At antique boutique Urban Pickers, nearly every item falls on the fashionable side. Items are thoroughly curated to offer an irresistible smorgasbord of home furnishings, jewelry, accessories, country kitsch and adorable knickknacks.
The store's four rooms are stocked and arranged by three women, so each has a distinct feel. Everything is handpicked (hence the name), and the rooms are pleasantly full, not overwhelmingly cluttered. The front room contains mostly antique home furnishings and accessories, but head back to the three smaller rooms and you'll find handcrafted felt purses and hats, bronze cuff bracelets, decanters, polka-dotted sewing kits, brightly colored alpaca wool yarn and myriad other items, both new and pre-owned.
You'll find it difficult to leave without picking one-of-a-kind gifts for your friends -- and a little something for yourself.
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What were Australians discussing from 1960 to 1963?
The debates held by the Mosman Debating Society in the first few years of the 1960s were diverse, but as always included international affairs:
- That darkest Africa should be declared black (defeated)
- That we approve of Britain's entry into the Common Market (carried)
- That Indonesia is justified in her claim to West New Guinea (no vote taken)
- That Kennedy is the best leader for the West (defeated)
Lifestyle, literature and the human spirit are always interesting to debate, because the positions of the speakers and the audience are not as entrenched as with political debates:
- That fashion in humour never changes (defeated)
- That we prefer Shaw to Shakespeare (carried)
- That we should put a man into space (carried)
Morality and philosophy were evergreen topics for discussion:
- That a private conscience is a public nuisance (carried)
- That men are unfair to women (carried)
- That Christians cannot justifiably participate in modern war (carried)
- That parents know best (carried)
- That we should give up smoking (defeated)
- That a politician's life is his own business (defeated)
In previous decades, debates about race relations were more likely to be about Asiatic people than Australian aboriginies, but that had changed by the 1960s:
- That the present restrictions on the sale of alcohol to aborigines should be maintained (defeated)
- That Australians should vacate Australia (defeated)
Domestic political debates reflected the issues that were causing concern at the time:
- That overtime should be abolished (defeated)
- That religious instruction in schools should cease (defeated)
- That the upper house should be abolished (defeated)
- That the need for the Labour Party is decreasing (tied)
- That we would fluoridate Sydney's water supply (defeated)
- That education should be the responsibility of the Federal government (carried)
- That the Opera House is built on weak foundations (defeated)
- That New South Wales needs an ombudsman (defeated)
- That safety belts should be compulsory (tied)
For what it's worth, since that time Sydney's water did get fluoridated. The Opera House proved to have been built on sounder foundations (structurally and culturally) than anyone imagined at the time. New South Wales got its ombudsman, and seat belts became compulsory. Overtime hasn't been abolished, nor has religious instruction in schools ceased. The upper house of the state parliament was not abolished (but it is now elected rather than appointed), and the state government still holds responsibility for schooling.
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SCCA Lymphoma Clinical Trials
DCDT2980S or DCDS4501A in Combination with MabThera/Rituxan for Relapsed Lymphoma (FH 2649)
A Randomized, Open-Label, Multicenter, Phase II Trial Evaluating the Safety and Activity of DCDT2980S in Combination With Rituximab or DCDS4501A in Combination With Rituximab in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory B-cell Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma
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This randomized, multicenter, open-label study will evaluate the safety and the efficacy of DCDT2980S in combination with MabThera/Rituxan (rituximab) or DCDS4501A in combination with MabThera/Rituxan in patients with relapsed or refractory follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
Eligibility Criteria (must meet the following to participate in this study)
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0, 1, or 2
- Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks
- History of histologically documented relapsed or refractory Grades 1-3a follicular lymphoma, or relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
- Availability of an archival or freshly biopsied tumor tissue sample must be confirmed for study enrollment
- Have a clinical indication for treatment as determined by the investigator
- Must have at least one bi-dimensionally measurable lesion (>1.5 cm in its largest dimension by CT scan or MRI)
Exclusions (conditions that would prevent participation in this study)
- Prior use of any monoclonal antibody, radioimmuno-conjugate or antibody drug conjugate within 4 weeks before study start
- Treatment with radiotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, immunosuppressive therapy, or any investigational anti-cancer agent within 2 weeks prior study start
- Adverse events except for sensory neuropathy from any previous treatments must be resolved or stabilized to Grade
- Completion of autologous stem cell transplant within 100 days prior study start
- Prior allogeneic stem cell transplant
- Eligibility for autologous SCT (patients with relapsed or refractory DLBCL)
- History of severe allergic or anaphylactic reactions to monoclonal antibody therapy (or recombinant antibody-related fusion proteins)
- History of other malignancy that could affect compliance with the protocol or interpretation of results
- Current or past history of CNS lymphoma
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The New England Patriots make it to Super Bowl XLVI, but lose to the New York Giants.
The State Fire Marshal's office investigates three arsons in Gorham.
Two teenagers die in a car crash in West Paris. Authorities say texting while driving and alcohol played roles in the crash.
Zach Tomaselli of Lewiston accuses former Syracuse basketball coach Bernie Fine of abuse. Tomaselli later admits to changing emails to help his case.
In 2011, state lawmakers legalized the sale of fireworks in Maine, but communities are allowed to have bans. The law takes effect January 1st and fireworks stores begin to open across the state.
Convicted arsonist Raymond Bellavance is sentenced to 30 years in prison for setting fire to the Grandview Topless Coffee Shop in Vassalboro in 2009. At his trial, withnesses testified Bellavance threatened to set fire to the business because he was upset that his girlfriend worked as a waitress there.
In an interview for a BBC documentary, Lewiston mayor Bob McDonald said, "When you come here, you accept our culture and leave your culture at the door." People speak out, asking for an apology, but McDonald refuses.
After lengthy negotiations with Cassella Waste Management, the city of Biddeford purchases the trash incinerator, MERC.
A father and his three children are killed in a fire at their home in Orrington. There were no working smoke detectors.
Sandy sweeps into Maine with strong winds, rain and high surf. The storm leaves several thousand people in Southern Maine in the dark.
Bangor Police find thee bodies in a burning car. Police say the tree were killed by Randal Daluz and Nicholas Sexton. The two remained at large for several weeks following the murders.
Members of the national Occupy movement in Portland engage in a legal battle with the city over their right to camp out in the park. Occupy Maine was eventually evicted.
Julianne McCrery is sentenced to 45 years for the murder of her son, Camden Hughes. Hughes's body was discovered in Berwick.
Greenland, NH Police Chief Michael Maloney is shot and killed while serving an arrest warrant for drug charges. Four other officers are wounded.
A glut in the catch combined with an abundance of soft shell lobster force prices to go down. Maine lobstermen struggle to make a profit and angry Canadian lobstemen block shipments of Maine lobsters in New Brunswick.
Hostess Employees in Biddeford go on strike and the company eventually files for bankruptcy and shuts down the bakery.
A rare 4.0 magnitude earthquake centered near Hollis Center rocks Maine and is felt as far away as Connecticut.
A computer glitch results in the Department of Health and Human Services paying out tens of thousands of dollars in claims to as many as 19,000 ineligible people.
Maine becomes one of the first states in the country to allow same-sex marriage by popular vote when Mainers passed Question One on the ballot in November.
A worker at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard pleads guilty to setting a fire on board the USS Miami nuclear submarine. The fire caused an estimated $450 million worth in damages.
Former Zumba instructor Alexis Wright and Thomaston businessman Mark Strong are facing charges for promotion of prostitution. Police say Wright was running a prostitution business out of her dance studio and that Strong was running background checks on her potential clients.
Maine's senior U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe announces she would not seek re-election in February, kicking off a hotly contested race for the seat she'll vacate. Independent Angus King wins the November election by a large margin.
20-month-old toddler Ayla Reynolds went missing from her father's home in Waterville on December 17, 2011. In the year that she is missing, State Police say they no longer believe the toddler is alive but say the case remains open and active. No arrests have been made.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. - Keep up to date with all things College of Charleston women's basketball with the launch of Inside CofC women's basketball with Natasha Adair.
Each week CofC assistant director of athletics communications Jeremy Rosenthal will sit down with head coach Natasha Adair and talk about recaps of past games and look ahead to future games.
The weekly show, available through the Charleston Sports Network, will also include game highlights, player features and more as fans get an all access and inside look into the women's basketball team.
In this week's segment Adair talks about the emotions of her first head coaching victory and previews the team's upcoming trip to Ohio. Other features include Adair's postgame speech in the locker after the first win and selected players answering the question of the week.
This week the Cougars travel to Ohio where they will battle Miami (Ohio) on Friday at 6:00 p.m. and Cincinnati on Sunday at 2:00 p.m.


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Overcoming Obstacles to Future Innovation
Overcoming Obstacles to Future Innovation
07.15.14 | By John Castellani
What would happen if the pace of medical innovation in the U.S. slowed or halted altogether? Imagine the treatments and cures that will never come, for Alzheimer's, for Parkinson's, for cancers of all kinds. Imagine also the economic impact: on productivity, on medical costs for people who have conditions without good treatments, on a biopharmaceutical industry that accounts for nearly one out of every five dollars spent on R&D by U.S. businesses and that supports $790 billion in total annual economic activity.
Because we don't want to imagine such a future, PhRMA strongly supports the goals of the Energy and Commerce Committee's 21st Century Cures initiative under the leadership of Chairman Fred Upton and Representative Diana DeGette, which aims to accelerate the development of medical breakthroughs. Accelerating the translation of scientific knowledge into new health solutions is more important than ever before because, as a recent Deloitte study reveals, the industry faces many challenges in terms of sustaining and advancing innovation and protecting the health and happiness of America's patients.
Recent trends highlighted in the new Deloitte report show we're facing an uphill battle in terms of creating scientific, regulatory, coverage and intellectual property (IP) environments that advance biopharmaceutical innovation.
When assessing these challenges, they must be considered both individually and as a whole. A setback in a single area is detrimental, but each is dependent upon the others.
The 21st Century Cures initiative examines how we can improve the discovery, development, and delivery of new medicines for patients, which is a first step toward mitigating some of the potential threats to continued medical advances. The Deloitte study underscores the biopharmaceutical sector's challenges and highlights the urgent need for both policymakers and individuals throughout the health care ecosystem to address these uncertainties and create a pro-innovation environment. We look forward to working with the Committee and other stakeholders to ensure a policy environment that promotes the discovery, development and delivery of tomorrow's cures.


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Wimpy, adult Canadians who can't handle small - medium snow storms and feel obligated to take an entire day off work.
Dude, I can't believe no one showed up at work today. There's only a few inches of snow on the ground. What a bunch of Snow Pansies.
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Someone who has no idea how to drive in the snow, even if there is none on the road. A snow pansy turns at 1/4 the speed required for the turn and slows down at least half a mile prior to the turn. They feel comfort in randomly hitting their breaks and having their wipers on full blast if they can see snow.
The Speed Limit is 55MPH and the Snow Pansy in front of you is driving at 20MPH just because.
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Tricia Smout is an artist and registered teacher,
who lives and works in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Tricia creates artworks (books, hangings, wearable art and sculptures) utilising many different techniques in a wide range of media. Many of these designs incorporate lettering and symbols.
Tricia teaches calligraphy, artist bookmaking and paper crafts to adults and children privately and also in TAFE Institutes, schools and other venues.
Tricia offers a personalised service to create unique, reasonably-priced hand-lettering for all occasions.
Tricia makes cards, books, boxes, paper jewellery and other paper-craft items which she sells in galleries and craft shops throughout Australia.
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I'm also making booklets with images of all the flower squares and describing the project. Let me know if you'd like to purchase one.
A collaboration of print, paper, glass, fire and metal … 12 artists in 12 different mediums and/or styles.
When: 17 – 19 October, 2014 (Friday and Saturday 9.30-5, Sunday 9.30-3)
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The space shuttle Discovery rolled out to its Florida launch pad Wednesday, where engineers will prime the spacecraft for NASA?s first manned spaceflight of the year.
Riding atop NASA?s Apollo-era carrier vehicle, Discovery completed the slow, seven-hour trek to its seaside launch pad 39A at 12:16 p.m. EST (1716 GMT), bringing it one step closer to a planned Feb. 12 blast off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
?We had no issues once we started rolling,? NASA spokesperson Allard Beutel told SPACE.com from the spaceport. ?It was a beautiful rollout.?
Discovery will carry a crew of seven astronauts and the last pair of U.S. solar arrays for the International Space Station when it launches next month. The two expansive solar wings are the fourth and final set to support the space station?s power grid. They are attached to a girder-like Starboard 6 (S6) segment, the last piece of the 356-foot (109-meter) main truss that serves as the orbiting laboratory?s backbone.
?The S6 truss is the last major piece of U.S.-built hardware to go to the space station,? Beutel said.
Commanded by veteran spaceflyer Lee Archambault, Discovery?s STS-119 mission is scheduled to launch at 7:32 a.m. EST (1232 GMT) on Feb. 12 and land about two weeks later. Four spacewalks are planned to install the space station?s new solar arrays and perform other maintenance work.
Discovery will also ferry Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata to the International Space Station, where he?ll replace NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus as a member of the outpost?s Expedition 18 crew.
Wakata is the first long-duration spaceflyer for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and will oversee the station?s Japanese Kibo laboratory among his other flight engineer duties. Magnus will return to Earth aboard Discovery after spending more than three months aboard the space station.
Space shuttle engineers will install Discovery?s 32,000-pound (14,514-kg) solar array truss segment inside the orbiter?s payload bay on Saturday. Archambault and his crew, meanwhile, are due to arrive at the Kennedy Space Center next week for a launch dress rehearsal, Beutel said.
Discovery?s February launch is the first of five NASA shuttle missions planned for 2009. One flight will carry astronauts to pay a final service call on the Hubble Space Telescope, with the other four to bring the decade-old International Space Station closer to completion.
?Every time we get to the launch pad, it gets us one step closer to flying the shuttle,? Beutel said. ?This is the beginning of our final push to complete the International Space Station.?
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Business Trends: North American Retail Banking Technology Spending Strategies 2010 (Customer Focus)
- December 2009
- Region: North America, United States
- 44 pages
- Datamonitor
This Ovum study examines top business challenges, IT budget outlook and spending priorities among retail banks in North America. It is based on the results of Ovum's Business Trends primary research survey, conducted between October 2009 and December 2009.
- Interviews were conducted with 59 retail banks in North America (8 in Canada and 51 in the US).
- Respondents held senior institutional positions, with technology decision-making authority.
Highlights of this title
Unsurprisingly, North American banks continued to feel the effects of the financial crisis in 2009: 29% reported the cancellation of non-essential IT projects. However, there is renewed optimism in the industry as conditions slowly improve, and 36% expect the crisis to have no effect on the IT budgets in 2010.
With the regulatory environment far tougher, achieving and/or maintaining compliance is the most important general business objective in 2010. To this end, 61% of banks are increasing their IT investment in compliance and risk management.
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Galop in A minor, S.218 (Liszt, Franz)
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Franz Liszt: Musikalische Werke. Serie II, Band 10.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1928. Plate F.L. 90.
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Neue Liszt-Ausgabe. Serie 1, Band 13
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April 19, 2007
Undergraduate students at Barnard College present their senior thesis projects at a poster session in Barnard Hall. The students represent Columbia's earth and environmental science department; ecology, evolution, and environmental biology department; earth and environmental engineering department; and Barnard College's environmental science department. These projects are the culmination of year-long research by students with the guidance of mentors from the Earth Institute and affiliated organizations.
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JUL 09, 2013 - Guitar World
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Queensrÿche have posted a new music video for "Fallout," the first single from their new, self-titled album.
The video was filmed in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, during the annual Rock Hard Festival in May. It features footage from the band's set, plus some behind-the-scenes shots.
Their new album, Queensrÿche, was released June 24 via Century Media. It was produced by Queensrÿche and James "Jimbo" Barton. Queensrÿche is Todd La Torre (vocals), Michael Wilton (guitars), Parker Lundgren (guitars), Eddie Jackson (bass) and Scott Rockenfield (drums).
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Definition of web-enable in English:
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verb[with object]
Make accessible via or compatible with the World Wide Web: a project to web-enable legacy accounting systems web-enable your small business (as adjective web-enabled) web-enabled applications
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for joggers, slow runners, run/walkers and newbies
morning all
more coffee please
Phewie glad I do't have a form to fill in
Tis a beautiful day here, cold but blue sky
Oh .. is she doing Cadiff Half today?
pompompoms for the dragon lady!
oooh is she!!?
beautiful day for it
DD and I have had a lovely hour in the park met two Springer puppies. Lucy 12 weeks Freddie 14 weeks all soft and yummy
Did you steal one?
I was very tempted !
Morning all. Wetter than a wet thing here!
But Ive 'just met Rosie, an 8 year old poodle x adopted from the animal shelter by my friend Anne. They tried and tried to get the awful smell out of her coat but couldn't so they had it all shorn off and Rosie is so happy to smell and feel clean again. She's very thin, but Anne will fix that! Can't resist sharing happy doggie news )
Hats off to those cycling and racing today, hope the weather is better where you are.
Go Sue!
We've just been down to the prom to see the Mersey Marathon go past - first on the top road 5K marker, then down to the prom for the 10 mile marker by the ferry. Got 2 nephews doing it - one doing his first. Got to the ferry building and my b in law and family walked out - what are the chances?!
The runners were looking rather warm ... it was a bit cold this morning first thing, but beautiful sunny day, and no wind even along the sea front, which is unusual.
I would love to have done it, but I think I've decided that I'm not going to be doing a marathon. There was a 10K added late on and they are hoping to include a half next year, so I might look at that. I do want to keep up some running and make myself fit it in aroudn uni work.
Best laid plans and all that!
Didn't see Hippo, though I know she's doing it.
And I'm so glad I didn't waste more money by putting a 10k entry in as it was hard work walking the 30 yards up the hill from the prom ...
so looking forward to being well again ...
Blimey Pippi this is dragging on a bit isn't it?Chuggy if I was a smelly poodle I think I would be a poodle x as well
Pippette has now emerged and is cross that we didn't wake her up to come too ... but she's grown up, and surely could have got herself up to come had she wanted to! Do you really think I'm going to go in and wake her up on a Sunday morning???? Really?
Holy cow, Pipps, I can't imagine ANY of the Chuglets EVER expecting me to wake them up on a Sunday morning. I wouldn't dare! But this lurgy has really knocked the stuffing out of you, hasn't it? I just bet you ARE looking forward to feeling like yourself again, as Meldy says this has been going on for a long time. Sending lots of healthy vibes your direction!
BTW, I sent Yums an email to see if all was well, and it is. She's fine, just very busy so she's lurking these days but sends her love to all.
Question for doggy types: do dogs shed more at this season? Rossie has always shed somewhat, but I think I could stuff a duvet with the hair I've taken off her the last few days. I bathed her to see if that would lift it all out, but the flow is continuing. She's absolutely fine, healthy and happy, but my lord, there's a log of dog hair about! Anyone know why?
goooooooooooooooooo Dragon
No idea about shedding chuggs we've always had dogs that dont shed. I thought they lost more hair in the summer?? Then again I often see people walking their dogs and brushing them outside, no matter what the season
Pippi hope this lurgy shifts soon, see what running with that Spence does to you!!!
I had a weird dream about Spence last night, she was making me do a run, it was so odd, and so "real"
Had a beuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuutiful run on the beach this morning, loads of dog walkers about, generally people just chilling, it was lovely.
But I really need to work now so better get cracking (MrS is removing radiators, how long will he last before he shouts me!)
Yep just been to "help"!
Westie what a lovely post
GC-My mum has a dog, and it seems she sheds more around the season changes. Don't know whether it's to do with a change in temperature or what, but don't know if it could be that???
Oh Snaily I am very jealous-it's a dream of mine to live somewhere where I can run on the beach
Very cold and sunny today-frost on the playing fields when I got up for work! Going out for a wiggle in a little while, that'll warm me up!
What a glorious day
No beach run for me today (tide's in first thing anyway currently!) as had decided to go on tri club bike ride and ended up tail end charlie-ing a newbie lady. Options were 60, 80 or 100k and I only ever intended to the 60K (around 38-39 miles) but she was struggling a bit so while the others went on we took a slightly shorter and flatter route back to the village hall where the cakes were waiting for us and still clocked just under 33 fairly gentle miles so I'm happy with that
Oh - and someone makes the scrummiest chocolate cakes
Go Dragon lady - show 'em how it's done
Podds, you're turning into Daffy!
(thanks for the ((())) ~~~~~etc - I don't feel too bad, just anything physical is a bit too much of an effort! even had to give up on the ironing yesterday)
They will shed at this time of the year Chuggs as they are shedding a sumemr coat in preparation for growing a winter one ... ask me how I know this? GGrrrrrr
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RICHMOND, Ky. (WKYT) - We spoke with employees of two stores that were burglarized about two weeks ago in Richmond. They say they had a couple come in, a man and a woman, asking strange questions, specifically about the store's video surveillance.
That was the line of questioning at Bella's Cupcakes. Then, the pair went next door a short time later to ask similar questions.
"They had come in the night before about 10:30 asking one of my stylists about some of the services that we offer. And then asked to use the restroom, came right back and then left. Kind of weird," said Kara Swartzbaugh, owner of Kolor Kreations.
Swartzbaugh says her business has never been targeted by thieves before, or any of the surrounding ones for that matter.
"They stole about five hundred dollars in product. And also got some money," said Swartzbaugh.
In an effort to find the thief or thieves, Richmond City Police posted a picture online, saying the vehicle, a white Mustang convertible with a brown top, has been seen at several of the burglaries. They clarify that the enlarged photo isn't the suspects car, just what the car looks like.
"I just hope they get what's coming to them," added Swartzbaugh.
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Wednesday April 29, 2009
AIKEN, S.C. – USC Aiken head men's basketball coach Vince Alexander announced on Wednesday that former Winthrop guard Byron Faison is transferring from the NCAA Division I Big South institution to play for the Pacers.
"We are pleased that Byron will be joining us as we continue to build our program," said Alexander. "Byron is a tremendous player, who will fit well into our system. As an offensive player he can score from beyond the arc as well as by getting to the basket. He is also a great defender. Most importantly for us, he fills a need vacated by the graduation of Kingsley Oguchi. We are excited to have him."
A 6-foot-1 guard, Faison played two seasons at Winthrop. He will join the Pacers with two years of eligibility remaining. He was a redshirt sophomore last year for Winthrop after redshirting during the 2006-07 season.
During his redshirt sophomore season for the Eagles in 2008-09, Faison averaged 4.6 points per game, playing in all 30 games. Faison started four games for Winthrop this past season.
Faison shot 42.4 percent from the field and 84.6 percent from the free throw line in 2007-08. His free throw percentage was second-best on the squad.
As a redshirt freshman in 2007-08, Faison averaged 3.9 points per game, while shooting 44 percent from the floor.
A prep superstar in South Carolina, the Sumter, S.C. native was the South Carolina 3A Player of the Year in 2006. During his senior season for Crestwood High School, Faison averaged 27 points, five rebounds and five assists per game.
His prowess on the court during his senior year in high school led to him finishing his senior campaign in 2005-06 as the leading scorer in the South Carolina prep ranks.


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The Best Things in Life are Free will be the topic for Sunday, Sunday at Sophia's Well of Wisdom located at 270 Hanford St., Suite A in Sutter Creek. Meditation begins at 10 a.m. and Wisdom Circle at 11 a.m. Monthly Healing Circle will be held on April 12 at 10 a.m.
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EAST STROUDSBURG — East Stroudsburg University fans are encouraged to wear their best Warriors White for Wednesday night's Senior Night doubleheader against West Chester tonight at 6 and 8 p.m. at Koehler Fieldhouse.
The Warriors men's team (24-1), ranked No. 3 in Division II, finish the regular season against second-place West Chester in one of the PSAC East's top rivalries. ESU won the first meeting, 107-94, at West Chester on Jan. 25, finishing the game on a 22-3 run.
ESU's 24 wins are tied for a school record with the 2009-10 team which finished 24-6, and made the first of the team's three NCAA Tournament appearances in the last four years.
The women (14-11) have secured a winning season and are looking for homecourt advantage in their PSAC first-round game with Millersville on Saturday at 1 p.m.
ESU needs a win over second-place West Chester and a Millersville loss at Shippensburg on Wednesday to host the Marauders on Saturday in their 4th/5th match-up.
ESU's men will be the PSAC East's top seed in the PSAC Tournament and host a quarterfinal game vs. either No. 4 seed Lock Haven or No. 5 Millersville on Tuesday at Koehler Fieldhouse. The East's top remaining seed after the quarterfinals will host the Final Four on March 8-9.
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Long story made longer...
Customer bought a pair of used ES40's for in-cabinet upgrades of a
pair of AlphaServer 4100's. They're having scheduling difficulties, so
they want to get the new equipment tested before the 30-day warrantee
from the dealer expires next week.
They also got a pair of MSA1000's, about 40 72GB disks, a pair of
fiber switches and a pair of DS-KGPSA-DA fiber host interfaces for
each ES40, which they would also like to test.
They have an old, unused AlphaServer 4100 (VMS 7.3-2) that they
wanted to use as a testbed. (Production systems are also 7.3-2.)
Everything patched through UPDATE V11 (we could install UPDATE V12
if needed, but at another site they've been running with MSA's
and, until recently, much older patch levels, without any obvious
I'm trying to diagnose this from 3000 miles away, and I'm on
vacation, supposedly, starting today.
Anyway, I walked the customer through configuring the MSA's,
temporarily, as a pair of 1.5TB RAID5 sets partitioned into
4 units of 750GB each. They installed 2 of the 4 HBA's in
the AS4100, which sees them, but doesn't see the MSAs and
produces an error on each FGA device at boot time. From
some HSG80 docs I found at HP, it looks like the KGPSA-DA's
aren't supported on AS4100's. Does anyone know for sure?
At the dead sergeant, the AS4100 says the HBA's have an
NVRAM formatting problem, and wwidmgr doesn't see any of
the units.
The ES40's power up and look okay at the console, and when
they cabled the MSAs into one of them, ">>> show device"
and wwidmgr show all 4 of the units, so I think that part's okay.
But the ES40's (neither of them) will boot. They each
have a KZPCM (dual SCSI plus Ethernet) in them, and using
a spare external storageworks shelf, they've tried booting
a copy of the AS4100's system disk, the actual AS4100
system disk, and on the internal IDE CD drive, the
VMS V7.3-1 distribution CD (they couldn't find V7.3-2,
didn't look very hard), and the V6.x or V7.x (not sure what
version they were trying, but something plenty recent enough
to include ES40's) of the Alpha firmware CD.
All 8 cases say something like "transferring to bootstrap"
and then just hang. (Waited up to 20 minutes.) It sounds
like they think they are successfully loading the boot
from the disk (APB.EXE?) and then are getting stuck. They
have to press the halt button to get the >>> back.
So what stupid misconfiguration could be causing this? Or
are both ES40's identically broken?
(Every console variable I could think of seems to be okay.
console is set to "serial". os_type is "OpenVMS". Boot
flags, etc. seem to be correct. Memory seems to be okay
(passes power-on self-test.)
About 2 weeks ago, they upgraded another ES40 at another
site (in-box upgrade of CPUs from 667MHz to 833MHz), added
a new pair of MSA1000's to an existing pair, and had some
weird CPU problems before they actually started, and HP
had to reload the SROM from a floppy (fail-safe loader?)
System had been up for many months, rebooted fine, but
when HP tried a power-down and reboot, it broke. (This was
before they touched anything.) The customer had HP do that
upgrade; I have no idea why they decided to do this one
themselves. Anyway, having the experienced HP guys onsite
to do it dodged a major disaster in that case! Is this
a common ES40 problem? Do we need to do the same thing
to both the new ones?
Could there be something (backplane jumper, etc.) putting
them in "test mode" that just needs to be cleared or removed
or reset?
Some dumb configuration problem with the console terminal
they are attempting to use (some kind of Wyse supposed
VT320 emulator that they have zillions of?) They did
report seeing some backwards question marks, which I would
interpret as a parity or framing or character size problem,
but it seems to be working okay in console mode. There
were some console variables that seemed to reflect terminal
characteristics, but they were 9600 baud, 8-bit, no parity,
no modem control, I.e. pretty standard.
If they could get one of the ES40's to boot, we could
run some disk bashing tests on the MSA's before the
warrantee expires. (Apparently their current H/W
maint. vendor, not HP, won't put the new hardware under
their maintenance agreement until it is demonstrated to
be installed and working, and the clock is ticking on
the seller's warrantee. Arggh!) (And why didn't they
do this two or three weeks ago, before my vacation??)
I'll try to check in over the next week, supposedly the
vacation house (holiday house as my Aussie niece calls
it) has WiFi...


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Janet McLachlan Rawlings, 66
Published: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, June 15, 2009 at 9:31 p.m.
Janet K. McLachlan Rawlings, 66, of Hendersonville passed on to a better place on Sunday evening, June 14, 2009, at Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation following a long illness.
She was born in Anchorage, Alaska, the daughter of the late Lewellen G. McLachlan, who was serving in the Army Air Corps, and her late mother, Nina D. Squire McLachaln, who was a civilian employee at the base.
She lived in the Flint, Mich., area and was a 1960 graduate of Mandeville High School. She also attended Flint Community College and Eastern Michigan University. Besides raising a family, she worked in the human services area for various governmental and private agencies until health issues forced her retirement in 1992.
She is survived by her husband, Douglas; a son, Tim, of Atlanta; three daughters, Kelly Blossfeld of Gregory, Mich., Kerry Henderson and her husband, Brad, of Ypsilanti, Mich., Kate Roberts and her husband, Gerry, of Howell, Mich., and Jennifer Snively of Columbus, Ohio; seven grandchildren; a brother, James McLachlan of Ludington, Mich.; a brother-in-law, John Rawlings and his wife, Dicksie, of Lexington; two aunts, Dorothy McLachlan of Sarasota, Fla., and Vineta Jones and her husband, Robert, of Pent Water, Mich., and Panama City, Fla.; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
The family would like to thank the caring staff at Pardee and Mission Hospital and Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation.
A memorial service will be announced at a later date.
Friends are encouraged to send memorial contributions of any kind to charities of their choice.
An online register book is available at www.thosshepherd.com.
Thos. Shepherd & Son Funeral Directors and Cremation Memorial Center is in charge of the arrangements.
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Berman-Gund Laboratory for the Study of Retinal Degenerations, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
The X-linked RP3 locus codes for retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator (RPGR), a protein of unknown function with sequence homology to the guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Ran GTPase. We created an RPGR-deficient murine model by gene knockout. In the mutant mice, cone photoreceptors exhibit ectopic localization of cone opsins in the cell body and synapses and rod photoreceptors have a reduced level of rhodopsin. Subsequently, both cone and rod photoreceptors degenerate. RPGR was found normally localized to the connecting cilia of rod and cone photoreceptors. These data point to a role for RPGR in maintaining the polarized protein distribution across the connecting cilium by facilitating directional transport or restricting redistribution. The function of RPGR is essential for the long-term maintenance of photoreceptor viability.
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Aharon Samuel suddenly spied a train coming slowly down the tracks. "I was so nervous," he said. He was 17, skinny, and had been waiting for this train — for any train — for eight months while confined to a ghetto in the Transylvanian city of Cluj. He hesitated as nine cars passed. Then, at the last minute, he jumped on the last car. "I saved my life," he said.
Aharon was born Aug. 19, 1923, in the village of Diciosanmartin, Romania, into an observant family. He was the oldest of three brothers and spoke Hungarian, Romanian and Yiddish. At age 10, he moved with his family to Medias, a nearby town in Transylvania.
Aharon's father was an upholsterer, and the boy helped him make horsehair mattresses for a hospital for the mentally ill. They also made seats for horse-drawn carriages.
At his bar mitzvah, his father told Aharon he wanted him to learn the upholstery trade the proper way. He would find a place in Cluj. Afterward, Aharon would return to Medias and teach his father.
In Cluj, his father found a furniture factory owned by a Mr. Fisher, who agreed to take Aharon on as an apprentice. Aharon worked with no pay for three years, arranging dinner and a place to sleep with a different Jewish family each night of the week.
In September 1939, Aharon began earning a salary. He lived with poor relatives in Cluj, paying them for food. He bought clothes and sent the rest of his money to his parents. A year later, however, he learned that the Nazis wanted to split Transylvania in half, giving Cluj to Hungary and Medias to Romania. He decided to return home.
But before Aharon could leave, he was rounded up and confined to a makeshift ghetto. He jumped on the first train, which, unbeknownst to him, was headed to Medias.
At home, he found his mother and two brothers; his father had been taken to a forced labor camp. Soon afterward, Aharon himself was sent to a forced labor camp in Romania, where, to his amazement, he discovered his father.
The two lived in the same barracks. Every morning at 6 a.m., they were awakened by Nazi soldiers, handed jackhammers, shovels or other tools and marched to various areas where they dug 5-foot-deep foxholes. Once a day, they were fed tasteless, dirty soup with vegetables. And once a week they showered. "They poured water on you, like they do the horses," Aharon said.
One morning, however, no soldiers showed up. It was September 1943. The Allies had been heavily bombing Romania, and the Nazis had run away. Aharon and his father walked several miles to a train station and returned to Medias.
They resumed their upholstery business. Aharon taught his newly acquired skills to his father, but, as a young Zionist, he no longer wanted to live among non-Jews. "My head was concentrating on how to go to Israel," he said.
At the Medias train station, Aharon found people returning from the camps and organized a group of 32 to make aliyah. En route, in Bari, Italy, he married one of the participants, Pnina Meier. She was 16, and he was 24. Their daughter, Zipora, was born in Cyprus in April 1948. The following month, they arrived in Haifa.
Aharon spent five years in the Israeli army. In 1951, he brought his parents to Israel, to their one-bedroom apartment in Netanya. The situation was difficult for Pnina, who became depressed. In 1964, her aunt brought her to Los Angeles for treatment. Two years later, Aharon followed, and a year later their son, David, was born.
Aharon worked as an upholsterer, opening his own business in 1980. Pnina passed away in 1984, and, two years later, he married Rose Yates. Aharon stopped working in the 1990s to care for his wife; she died in 1997.
Today, Aharon lives in a Sherman Oaks condominium owned by his late wife's estate. He receives no reparations, and, from his monthly $1,400 Social Security check, pays condo association dues of $600 and provides some financial assistance to his daughter, who is battling cancer. His son lives in Portland, Ore., with his wife and two children.
Aharon keeps himself busy. He walks to shul twice a day and often gives speeches in Yiddish to Russian congregants. He also walks to the library and accompanies his daughter to chemotherapy appointments. Occasionally, despite his glaucoma, he does some upholstery work, primarily pillows, on his sewing machine.
"The important thing is to keep on the side of gemilut chasadim (acts of loving-kindness)," he said.
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