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The state Department of Health has declared a "widespread" level of influenza outbreaks after flu cases were reported in 58 counties.
"Influenza has made an early appearance here in Pennsylvania," Health Department spokeswoman Holli Senior said Wednesday. "We nearly doubled [the amount of cases reported] in a week's time."
There were 448 laboratory-confirmed cases of the flu last week, compared to 172 cases statewide the week before. Only a fraction of total flu cases are confirmed by lab tests.
A single flu-related death was reported last week, a weekly influenza report said.
This time last year, only 12 cases of influenza were reported, Senior said.
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"However, last season was very mild. It was a very mild flu season - shockingly mild," Senior said. "No one can really explain why it's here sooner, but we just know that it is."
Despite the widespread cases of the flu, it is not too late for residents to receive a flu vaccination, Senior said.
Area health officials said getting the flu vaccine is the only definite way to keep from getting sick and possibly spreading the virus to others
"It is certainly recommended," said Dr. Linnane Batzel, chief medical officer at Altoona Regional. "It's not too late to get a flu shot."
Flu season typically begins in October and can last through March, Batzel said.
Children and the elderly are at the highest risk of contracting the flu, Batzel said. But any person could be a potential carrier. Even if an individual has a strong immune system and does not get the flu, they could easily pass it on to others, she said.
"You could be a carrier ... and come into contact with people who are at risk," Batzel said. "Part of public health is for everybody to decrease the risk if spreading illnesses."
Residents at risk or individuals who work with the children or elderly should seek out the vaccination, she said.
Supplies of the vaccine are in stock across the state and have been proven effective against this year's strain of the flu, Senior said.
"There is plenty of vaccine available. The vaccine, from what we're seeing, is well matched for what's circulating in the commonwealth," Senior said.
The vaccination can take up to two weeks before it is fully effective, she said. The sooner individuals obtain the vaccine, the greater the chance they will avoid getting sick from the flu or possibly spreading it to others.
In Blair County, health officials have reported 18 confirmed cases of influenza since the beginning of October, according to the Department of Health.
Pharmacists at Kopp Drug in Hollidaysburg have seen an increase in the number of customers visiting the store to get vaccinated, Pharmacy Manager Nicole Dixon said.
"From what I'm hearing this year, they nailed it spot-on," Dixon said of the vaccine. "The vaccine this year is doing a very good job preventing the flu for people who have the vaccination."
Individuals need to watch for "severe" symptoms which include headaches, a fever in excess of 100 degrees and muscle aches that often come about suddenly and at the same time.
"A true flu is when you have those hot and cold fevers that don't stop," Dixon said. "You can't get warm, aches where your entire body is just in pain."
"You're down for the count, you're miserable."
Dixon said most adults tend to stop getting their immunizations after age 18, but the vaccine varies each year to help combat the different flu strains.
People who fly or travel often are also at risk because of the close quarters and increased exposure to people from different areas, Dixon added.
While those individuals may not get the flu, they could easily spread the sickness to friends and family members over the holiday season, who may then become ill.
"The more people that we have vaccinated, the less chance the flu can really get going," Dixon said.
In addition to getting vaccinated, residents should take simple precautions to avoid getting sick, Batzel said.
Frequent hand washing and covering an individual's face or mouth while sneezing are all common-sense ways to avoid spreading germs, she said.
"If you think that you are getting sick, you should be keeping away from others," Batzel added.
Mirror Staff Writer Zach Geiger is at 946-7535.


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Erie Otters fire coach Robbie Ftorek
The Erie Otters have fired coach Robbie Ftorek after a disappointing start to what was expected to be a turnaround season.
Ftorek, 60, was in his sixth season. He had a 139-184-5-24 record with Erie, including 7-15-2-3 this season.
Kris Knoblauch has been named head coach and will join the Otters in time for Friday's game at Sault Ste. Marie. Knoblauch, 34, led the Kootenay Ice to the Western Hockey League title as a rookie in 2011.
Peter Sidorkiewicz will remain with the Otters as assistant coach.
Erie's 4-3 loss to Plymouth Wednesday night at Erie Insurance Arena was the final straw. It was the Otters' fourth straight loss.
"Robbie has a distinguished career in coaching and is one of the classiest people in the game," Sherry Bassin, the Otters' general manager and managing partner, said this morning in a news release. "He is a great mentor on and off the ice. I decided after considerable thought to make this difficult decision and to move in a different direction. The entire Otters family has the utmost respect for Robbie, Wendy and their family and expect that he will go on to bigger and better opportunities."
"Based on this decision, I negotiated through the night and am happy to announce that Kris Knoblauch has accepted, in principle, the position as head coach of the Erie Otters, Bassin said.
Return to www.GoErie.com for more throughout the day. See Friday's Erie Times-News for more coverage.

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WEATHER: A slightly misty start to the morning but the weather is set to clear up later and there will be mainly cloud with some sunny spells and highs of 16C - a nice change from yesterday's downpour!
TRAVEL: There are delays on the A3 due to an earlier accident northbound at Onslow. All lanes have now been re-opened but there is congestion to the A31 Hogs Back.
There is some slow traffic on the M25 clockwise at J8 but elsewhere the roads are looking nice and clear for anyone travelling early today.
TRAVEL: And there are no delays to report on the trains either! However, day two of the London tube strike is underway today so make sure you give yourself plenty of time if you are travelling to London and keep an eye on our latest live underground updates.
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MISTY SURREY: It's good to know I'm not the early one starting work this early! This picture from Debby shows a very quiet and misty Guildford this morning.
Bit misty on the way in to @getsurrey HQ this morning. This is Whitmoor Common #Guildford Morning world pic.twitter.com/idoUqusi6E— Debby Thompson (@debby15) April 30, 2014
LIGHTNING STRIKE: The sister of a scaffolder who was struck by lightning yesterday in Camberley said he and the two other men were lucky not to be seriously hurt.
Bethan Taylor, 17, was at college when she had a phone call to say her brother, Kyle, and two other men had been struck by lightning while working at the Churchill Retirement Living construction site in Park Lane.
Scaffolder Kyle, 26, and the others were unloading a lorry when the lightning struck shortly before 1pm.
MCDOWNPOUR: If you were at Redhill's McDonald's branch on Monday night you might have noticed something a little different about the fast food restauarant.
Diners and staff at the branch in Warwick Quadrant became soaked after the sprinklers were set off at around 9pm.
A spokesman for Reigate fire station's Red Watch said: "We couldn't isolate it so it ended up flooding the restaurant.
"[A woman] went to the loo and the next thing she's soaking wet. What happened is unclear.
"There's a bulb you have to burst and that's how the sprinklers work."
A McDonald's UK spokesman confirmed the sprinkler was set off by a customer in the disabled toilet, forcing the branch to close early.
SMART M25: Good news for anyone travelling on the M25 today - the stretch of the motorway between junction 5, for Sevenoaks, and junctions 6/7, for Godstone/M23, will open with the hard shoulder converted for use as a traffic lane.
The new 'smart' section is being opened in a bid to improve journeys and boost the economy.
CHERTSEY SHOOTING: A man who was shot in the leg during an incident in Chertsey at the weekend remains in hospital with serious injuries.
The 45-year-old was involved in an altercation at the Greenacres travellers site in Hardwick Lane just before midnight on Sunday (April 26), with reports of armed police later being seen in the area.
Surrey Police said on Tuesday that he was still at St George's Hospital in Tooting but his condition was not life-threatening.
Carl Boyde lives at Hardwick Court Farm, opposite the site where the shooting took place, and he said: "The police have been there in force yesterday and again today and forensics have been there too."
GUILDFORD FLASHER: A 'chubby' - yes that's right - flasher has been targeting women in Guildford.
The serial flasher has exposed himself to at least four women in Warren Street, Tormead Road, Epsom Road and Warren Road.
He is described as white, aged in his late 50s, of chubby build and bald.
Surrey Police is appealing for anyone who may know who the man is or with any other information about the incidents to contact 101, quoting reference number 45140031768, or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
OPERATION TRAMLINE: Have you seen our video on a pilot project to clamp down on dangerous behaviour among drivers? Our video producer, Jake Ben-David went out and about with Surrey Police and found out some crazy stories of what drivers had been caught doing - including facetiming in traffic and reading a newspaper in a queue.
TRAVEL: The roads are starting to get busy as many of you make your way into work this morning. A broken down milk float that was causing delays has been removed on the A287 near Priory Lane, in Frensham, and the road is now clear.
There is slow traffic on the A3 northbound at the A31 Farnham Road (Hogs Back) and there is congestion to the A331 Blackwater Valley Route. The A31 is also busy but moving at the Shepherd and Flock roundabout in Farnham.
The M25 is also slow clockwise between J8 (Reigate) and J10 (Wisley Interchange), and anticlockwise between the two junctions.
GUILDFORD ON THE MAP: Did any of you catch a glimpse of Neil Morrissey and Hugh Dennis around Guildford on BBC One last night?
The pilot episode of a new television show, Over to Bill, filmed partly in the area, was aired last night.
STUDENT DEATH: One of our very sad stories from yesterday - A bodybuilding-obsessed student at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) who wanted "the body of a Greek god" died after he took a weight loss drug, an inquest has heard.
Sarmad Alladin, 18, died in hospital in the early hours of February 13 last year after he had called himself an ambulance from his flat on UCA's Epsom campus.
The teenager had been using weight-loss drug dinitrophenol (known as DNP), which he had bought off the internet.
FOGGY SURREY: Surrey Police has attempted to create it's own version of the hit song Happy by Pharrell to warn drivers about road safety in the fog this morning. Not too sure if it will catch on but the locals seem to like it!
Clap along if you can't see your hand in front of your face
Fog lights on & please allow plenty of space— Surrey Police (@SurreyPolice) April 30, 2014
CAMBERLEY LIGHTNING: An eyewitness has described the moment a bolt of lightning struck a construction site in Camberley yesterday.
Luke Williams was picking his girlfriend up from the town at around 1pm when he described hearing a noise "like a grenade going off" and saw "a tall bolt of lightning which seemed to hit a retirement home that was having work done to it".
Speaking to Get Surrey, he said: "We decided to investigate to ensure nobody was hurt.
"As soon as we entered [we saw] three men laying near a work van. We didn't touch them I just called 999 and asked for an ambulance."
Three workmen were struck by the lightning bolt as they unloaded a van at the construction site - Churchill Retirement Living - in Park Lane.
TRAFFIC CHAOS: A lorry caused havoc at a mini roundabout in Godalming yesterday afternoon. We sere sent these pictures and residents were advised to avoid the area.
#jackknifed lorry at the top of charterhouse road #Godalming traffic just starting to build up.. avoid! @getsurrey pic.twitter.com/miWoF6xS99— HiVizDave (@HiVizDave) April 29, 2014
TUBE STRIKE: Remember, if you're travelling to London today we have live updates on the TfL Underground strike here.
The strikes might be causing chaos for some, but it's proving to have some benefits!
Day 70: Tube strike means a longer journey to work. On the bright side, all 3 sudukos complete! #pro #100happydays pic.twitter.com/IfWLN3ujLN— Becca Hunt (@BeccaHunt3) April 29, 2014
SUNBURY DEATH: More than 400 people attended a gig held in memory of a Sunbury musician who died in a car accident.
In a fitting tribute from friends and family, 11 bands performed on April 16 following the funeral of 22-year-old Pete Buckmaster.
Pete, a talented drummer, had been a member of many of the bands who performed at the six-hour gig, with around 60 musicians taking to the stage. He died on Sunday April 6 when his car hit a tree in Feltham.
HOTEL FIRE: A fire at a hotel in Shepperton on Friday caused more than £50,000 worth of damage.
The general manager of the Warren Lodge Hotel has been praised for his "calm evacuation" of the building and additional help to firefighters when a fire broke out in the kitchen of the hotel, in Church Square.


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It is an honor to have a viewer who has been around the modeling world as a designer, builder and professional writer. He truly appreciates the building and flying a graceful airplane like the Sig Seniorita.
Nick, Thanks for submitting that!! It gave me a super high as if I were sitting on the nose with all that wind rushing by just like on a motorcycle. I was also reminded of the hand out of the car window which felt the air pressure on the palm regardless of the angle with turbulence on the top. It works like a surfboard or a delta jet landing at a high nose UP angle.
Conehead Orrin
Many thanks, Jetman, Balsa is all that I know well. Today is wet so I will spend some time building. Hope to finish the main wing on the Evader. It is coming along much faster than was expected.
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Ah, Balsa! Perhaps I need to find a craft store and go sniff some
Somewhere miles away, I have a copy of an excellent book on foam modelling by Keith Sparks. It makes it all sound really easy, and I have a feeling if I could get brave enough (and the odd tools that would look really odd in my shop!), foamin' would be fun.
One example I may try when the dust settles - making a FF chuck glider of my canard project. At an IMAA legal, 25% full size and 9" span, I could test glide it down the corridor from condo to elevator area to ascertain at least rough CG and basic stability issues. Such flying test devices used to be made from scrap balsa, but perhaps thin de-papered foamboard or Depron would be better?
Who would love some photos of the canards seen hereabouts, for the column...
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The chuck gliders get credit for giving me the confidence and ambition to upscale and build. You will receive a shot of my Evader before it gets roughed up.
i will look for you. You can find my by my Flutter-Duck. I will bring it in if there is enough room. Has not flown yet by me. Jack, the builder has flown it, but alas, not me, way too cold, too much wind and I don't want to smack it up on the ice on the lake. I can wait.
There are lots of other things that I can do. I will have a camera also, just an old Kodak digital one. Works fine for me and if I want great pictures, I will go to Mark and ask him for some.
Off to E-Fest in a few minutes. I am in the motel now.
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Evader Center Wing
The construction of the large center wing was completed today. The total weight with servos and ailerons was 4.56 ounces. The servos are 0.5 ounce.
Pictures tell more.
Looks like 1920Kv. Quite fast, I think. Are you using 2cell batteries, or 3?
She's going to be a beauty. No dihedral? My Lillycat tends to come into land sideways with low power. Adds to the interest and she can do a very passable knife-edge. Maybe I'm wrong to put those things down to having a flat wing?
Keep on keeping on.
Looks like you're making good progress there, Charles. Balsa does give a good light airframe. Good luck with it.
Gosling is finished, just waiting for the weather to cooperate and experimental fixed-canard plane started. I'm trying some new ideas for the construction method on this one to hopefully keep it lighter and speed up construction. Kind of a modular build.
Charles and the rest of you experts give me your two-cents-worth on this.
The fixed canard area will be 33% of main wing's with the elevator 40% of the total canard area. The chord ratio for the main wing and canard is the same, with a swept leading edge and straight trailing edge. Tip chord is 65% of the center chord for both wings. Both foils will be KFm2s with the same thickness and flat bottomed on the same level which will actually provide the canard with about 3 degrees more incidence. Motor thrust line will be in line with the wings. Main wing is 3 sq ft, 36" span with an average chord of 12". Canard is 22" span with an average chord of 6.666" leading edge to main-wing leading edge is appx. 15" on about a 30" fuselage length. The build dimensions I'm using I got from values I found on this thread in various posts and advice given here and there. If it's light enough I'll use a BW motor but can use a FC2228 or BP21 with a bigger battery if necessary.
The plan is to have the controls set up for aileron/elevator/throttle.
This should be interesting.
I do like that Lillycat. Looks like there is a lot going on here...
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I depend on the wing's LE sweep back for dihedral effect. My first Goose had the same wing with dihedral and it rocked in turbulent air. If this model flies well, rudder can be added for a wicked flat spin. With symmetrical airfoils it could be fully aerobatic.
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Here is a couple of pictures of what I have so far. The drawing shows the details of the dimensions. Dimensions may vary slightly...
Canard Center Chord = 7.75" Tip Chord = 5"
Main Wing Center Chord = 14" Tip Chord = 10
The drawing doesn't show the 2" additional chord for the ailerons.
Any comments or suggestions are appreciated and remember, I"m new to canards.
"Specs" added to pictures.
Canard root chord is 7.5"fnot 7.75" as maked.
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Maiden completed with the Gosling. Not the best but it files. Now to get some stick time...
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Your new design was drawn and to me it looks like a delta with gaps cut out on each side which is out of my league but it probably will do well. I would let the fins start about mid chord and let them extend 4" behind the TE. Elevons and elevator should work well. It probably will be quick. I will show my Dixie Delta again which can run with the 40 trainers.
What do you mean: "You new plane was drawn."??? Do you have some RC software that I want???
It's not intended to be a delta. I am using what I thought was the Georgia Goose wing with a low AR. I like the shorter span to give a sturdier wing without reinforcement and a better roll rate. My main intent is to test some building ideas with this plane and to see how I like the fixed canard idea.
We have gale force winds again about noon local time. The wind started when I got to the field to maiden the Gosling, just after 7am. Sheesh!!
I like the Dixie Delta but I'm not keen on tractor drive. I like pushers for safety reasons and anything with the name "Dixie" is not PC... Could be considered racist nomenclature..... Hee Hee.
I got to talk to Dereck today, he shot pictures of my Duck, checked it out and went over it with a fine tooth comb and I think if he had a magnifying glass he would have inspected every inch of it.
We had a delightful conversation, I love his British accent and of course he is RAF.
he took notes on my Duck, photos, then more of the other planes, the Flutter-By's and then he even took a picture of me with my mini-Flutter-By, he wants to put in a column in the future.
I look like a raggy Ann doll since I have a few weeks beard since it has been rather cold up north.
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Steve, I took the dimensions of your new model and put it on paper to look at and found it to be compact and different from the Goose concept which has it's long fuselage and near 6 for aspect ratio. It seems that the Gosling favored the Goose from your pictures. How did it handle? I feel that the new model will do OK with fixed canard and elevators. Since it is short coupled, the front wing probably will work at zero angle. I enjoy the pusher types for safety also but still have a few tractors in the fleet. Most of my models have landing gear and a safety switch which is turned ON just before take off when I am safely away from the prop. You will probably enjoy the elevator set up since you have elevons.
Current build has a mind of it's own. It's not coming out anything like I envisioned it. Main thing is to try flying a fixed canard without mixing the elevator with elevons. This will be canard for pitch and ailerons for roll only. The canard's elevators will be proportionally large. The modular approach is to finish the main parts, including pop bottle reinforcements and colored tape, then glue it up before installing the gear. It's nothing like the Goose and I have no control when I build. I just "GO" and it comes out like it comes out??? There's no planning really and no discipline. The ideas just seem to cascade in and I just do them. One or two basic concepts seem to be retained but everything else is "loosy-goosey". No pun intended.
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Community addresses Woodinville issues at Comp Plan hearing
by Jeff Switzer
Citizens turned out in numbers to the Planning Commission's hearing on the city's draft Comprehensive Plan.
Adding their comments to the document that will guide the city's policies for the next 20 years, about 15 residents spoke about issues such as zoning; support for churches in the industrial zone; opposition to the grid road system through the Molbak property; a horse district overlay in the Leota-Wellington area; and the potential Grace annexation.
"We were looking for public input and we got it," said city planner Stephanie Cleveland.
Jan Reinking, director of the King County Executive Horse Council, presented the horse council's proposal for the Leota-Wellington area as an "H-district."
"Once the asphalt and the foundations go in, the horses can't come back," Reinking said. "Now is the time to act, before the sewers go in and the development starts."
Some residents expressed concern about the plan to change the zoning from R-1 to R-8 in the 156th NE/Woodinville-Duvall Road area, increasing the allowable density.
Others spoke against the proposed Grace annexation, worried that development of the Wellington Hills Golf Course would have negative traffic impacts on rural outlying areas.
The next public comment hearing Jan. 17 will address the final comprehensive plan. Also in the works are several neighborhood workshops during February. Council adoption is planned for May 1996.
The Planning Commission will be reviewing all of the public comments and the issues they addressed at its Dec. 13 meeting.
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Robeez, the makers of those little shoes you know you all put on your babies, recently launched its fourth annual Season of Giving campaign, a charitable initiative to donate shoes to infants in need during the holiday season. Here's how it works: For every Happy Holidays e-card sent from the Season of Giving website, Robeez will make a $5 product donation via its charitable partner, Kids in Distressed Situations (K.I.D.S.). It's easy: one card = $5 worth of Robeez footwear; 10 cards = $50 worth of Robeez footwear, and on and on!
A little bonus: For taking the time to send an e-card, Robeez is offering senders a chance to win one of seven new Shoes and Socks Gift Sets. The initiative ends December 20. It only takes a few minutes, so visit seasonofgiving.robeez.com and help others keep their feet warm this winter.
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PITTSBURGH-The Pittsburgh Steelers had a dual mission on the eve of Christmas Eve Thursday night:
Win their game against the Carolina Panthers, and don't get anyone hurt in the process.
The first part was obviously successful, as evidenced by the 27-3 final score at Heinz Field.
If you look past another temporary Ben Roethlisberger nose issue, they made good on the second count, too.
As disruptive as Thursday games are, this one played out about as well as it could for the Steelers.
They didn't have to travel, and a short week is followed by a long week, which the Steelers can use at this point of the season.
They don't play again until they visit Cleveland on Jan. 2 in the regular season finale. By then, they'll know whether they have that first-round playoff bye that's important for a team whose stars spend a lot of time in the training room.
Carolina started out with some spirited play on offense, with running back Jonathan Stewart bulling his way through some tackles.
His effort forced the Steelers to make a quick adjustment in their own intensity level. They were fine after that, and the talent gap between the teams became evident.
Experienced quarterbacks have bad days against the Steelers. Rookie Jimmy Clausen had no chance, especially when injuries forced him to work behind a makeshift offensive line.
Clausen will profit from Thursday's experience, but it's not a game tape he'll want to watch more than once.
The Panthers are a mess, and coach John Fox, a former Pitt and Steelers assistant, will probably pay the price for that.
He's been there nine years and even if the 2-13 record isn't his fault, you have to appease the fans and bring in someone new.
As much as people like to connect Bill Cowher to the Panthers, it isn't likely to happen.
Although Cowher is anxious to get back into NFL coaching, he has some requirements. The list starts with a quarterback who is capable of winning a Super Bowl.
The Panthers don't have that.
Cowher likes living in North Carolina, but his personal situation has changed radically since he left the Steelers four years ago.
His wife has died. Two of his daughters have graduated from college and are on their own.
Cowher will find an opportunity somewhere else, and winning there would make him a lock for the Hall of Fame.
Thursday's glorified scrimmage didn't reveal much about Cowher's old team.
The Steelers took care of their business. They'll sit back on Sunday and hope that the Cleveland Browns can knock off the Baltimore Ravens, which would wrap up the No. 2 AFC playoff seed and guarantee a week off.
If the Browns fail on Sunday, the Steelers can still get what they want by winning in Cleveland in the season finale.
Thursday's game allowed the players to get some work in, pad their stats and tune up for the playoffs.
It may have been a good idea to get back-up quarterback Byron Leftwich in the game just to get some work. He hasn't played since the final pre-season game. When your starting quarterback has a broken nose and broken foot, you'd like to have his back-up reasonably fresh in case he's needed on short notice.
But that's a quibble on a night that went according to plan.
The Steelers' slapdown of the Panthers guaranteed them a merry Christmas.
Beginning this weekend, they'll find out how happy their new year might be.
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75018 Paris, France
The 35 sqm 1-Bedroom Aparment provides a well-designed living space along with the privacy and room for the family or travelling companions. The kitchen is fitted with modern appliances and the bedroom has a double bed with duvet. The living area has a pull-out sofa bed so that the apartment can comfortably accommodate up to four guests. Enjoy the high speed internet connection, weekly housekeeping and entertainment system with hifi and flat screen television with selected satellite channels for the utmost in comfort and convenience.


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50 States of Gin: The Winners of Each Round
Naturally, when there's 30+ gins to be tasted it cannot be done all at once. As much as we'd like to try, to do a proper tasting our livers and mental capacities just couldn't take it. So in order to give every gin a proper tasting and a fair shot, we spread it out into 6 mini tastings over the course of a long day. So as promised, here's a recap of what we tasted side by side and with what– and I'll share with you my top two from each heat.
For full gin reviews of every gin covered in the 50 States of Gin tasting, you'll have to stay tuned to the Gin is In this fall. If my first post was the 10 miles high overview, this is the one from 50,000 feet. The full reviews will be on the ground: up close and personal.
Heat #1 ///
The Participants: Dogfish Head Jin from Delaware [the nation's first state, I'm sure you see where we're going with this], Pennsylvania's Bluecoat Gin, Southern Gin from Georgia, Gale Force Gin from Masscahussetts and finally, New Hampshire's Karner Blue gin.
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Lesson Plan
Story Starters Teaching Guide
Story Starters inspire students to write by serving up hundreds of writing prompts in creative combinations.
- Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8
Ready to get students excited about writing? Scholastic's Story Starters serves up hundreds of creative combinations that take the writer's block out of creative writing for students. Plus, it is now available for iPad!
Set young writers loose with prompts that explore the themes of Adventure, Fantasy, or Sci-Fi. Or choose Scrambler, for random word combinations. Story Starters gives ideas for character, plot, and setting. If you want to change your writing prompt, pull the lever and it will serve up a new prompt, either piece-by-piece or all at once.
Students will:
1. Discuss and identify what makes a story compelling. They may reflect on their favorite stories and what elements work together to create powerful tales. These may include:
- types of stories they prefer, such as adventure or science fiction
- strong characters
- exciting action
- a surprising plot
- details about a place you've never been
2. Generate story starters that inspire. Students can choose a theme and then produce prompts using the Spin lever. They can adjust one piece of the prompt at a time with the Spin This Wheel buttons.
3. Write a short creative writing piece. Students may choose to use the notebook, letter, newspaper, or postcard templates for their writing and may choose to include a drawing with their story. When students print their work, they are rewarded with a brief animation.
Animated Help Guide
For a step-by-step view of how Scholastic Story Starters works, click the help button on the activity home page.
Ideas for Using This Activity
Scholastic Story Starters is a flexible teaching tool that can be used in a variety of ways to fit your classroom schedule and teaching style. It is an ideal computer lab activity (also availble for iPad), that is highly enganging and sharpens essential student writing skills. You may wish to adopt one of the following suggestions for using Story Starters, or develop your own approach depending on your classroom needs.
Morning Activity
Have Story Starters ready to go when students arrive in your classroom in the morning. They can begin work right away — a great way to get your students settled down and ready for the day!
Computer Lab
Story Starters is an ideal computer lab activity because it can be easily modified to fit a short amount of time or a longer period, is highly engaging for students, and sharpens essential student writing skills. It can also be accessed on iPad.
Writing Time
Story Starters is a great way to get your students motivated and enthusiastic about writing. You may want to have students choose topics using Story Starters, and then have them incorporate skills they have been working on in their writing.
Interactive Whiteboard
Using Story Starters with a whiteboard and projector is an excellent way to model a good writer's thinking process. Pick a topic, and then think aloud as you write, explaining how you decide what to include, what changes or revisions you make as you write, what words you choose, and how you start, develop, and end your piece. You can also use a whiteboard as a way to engage students in a collaborative writing project while teaching or practicing certain writing skills.
Here are some additional ideas for using this activity with your class:
1. In younger grades, work on the story collaboratively as a class. Ask students to supply such details as:
- How does the main character look and act?
- What happens in the beginning, middle, and end of this story?
- What words or phrases describe where the story takes place?
2. Generate a new story starter each day, make copies and distribute or ask students to record the starter in their notebooks. Have students free write for 10 minutes using the prompt as a starting point. Students may volunteer to share their writing with the class.
3. Print several story starter templates. Break students up into small groups and distribute one starter to each student. Each student writes the first two lines of their story. Encourage students to write in an open-ended way that invites the addition of new plot points and story details. After writing two sentences, each student passes their sheet to the student on the left. Then, students add two sentences to their new story, and so on. Once small groups have completed several short stories, ask each group to share their favorite one by reading it aloud to the class.
4. For more advanced writers, have each student create a Story Starters anthology. Ask students to generate and print several (3-5) story starter prompt pages. Then, challenge them to consider their starters as chapters in a book that need to be strung together to make up a larger plot. Students may arrange their starters in any order and should feel free to introduce new characters and details to establish a world where their story starters coexist.
5. Once students have explored the Story Starter machine and have completed their own stories online, create your own class set of story starters. First, dissect and discuss the structure of the Scholastic Story Starters:
- Action directive (Describe a favorite meal for, Write a funny story about)
- Adjective (a stubborn, a rubbery)
- Noun (moose, baseball player)
- Dependent clause (who opens a smoothie stand, who lives in a museum.)
Then, distribute strips of paper and have students write their own story starter elements and deposit them into one of four bags, hats, or bowls. Ask volunteers to pull one paper slip from each vessel and read the starter out loud. Discuss what elements of the prompts do and do not work and what might be modified to make the story starters even better.
6. Encourage students to use Story Starters on their iPads. When students have finished writing a story on the iPad, they can save it to the iBooks application as a PDF by tapping on the "Open in" menu option. The saved story on the iPad is a convenient way for students to share their work with family and friends. (Teachers can also save the Story Starters Teacher's Guide to their iPads using the same procedure.)
Use these reproducibles to enhance your students Story Starters experience.
Story Map (PDF)
To facilitate outlining a longer story, students can fill out this printable with plot details including statement of the story problem and resolution and summary of the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
Setting Comparison (PDF)
Students use this PDF to compare and contrast setting elements from their own lives and that of their story.
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- Subjects:Story Elements, Creative Writing, Writing Prompts, Teaching with Technology
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Link Ink: 'Batman '66' Art, 'Pokemon XY' And C-3P0's Rap
Upcoming: Batman '66 artist Jonathan Case has posted new preview images from he and writer Jeff Parker's Batman '66 #1, which debuts digitally this week. [Jonathan Case]
Gaming: Telltale's The Walking Dead: 400 Days DLC is set to drop on Tuesday, July 2. [ScreenCrush]
Anime: The latest Pokemon animated series, Pocket Monster XY, will debut in Japan on October 17. [Crunchyroll]
Engineering: Some hardcore Simpsons fans have successfully replicated "The Homer". [Techland]
Animation: Cartoon Hangover has released its summer schedule for new episodes of Bee and PuppyCat, Bravest Warriors and Doctor Lollipop. [CH]
Humor: There is a C-3P0 rap and it is Star Wars Holiday Special bad. Star Tours still rules, though. [Everything Is Terrible]


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Teen shot in front of Woodland home
Victim's condition remains unknown, police say
A 17-year-old teen was shot in front of his home in Woodland on Friday, police said.
Woodland police said they were called to a shooting in the 1300 block of Colfax Drive.
The victim's mother told officers her son had been in the front yard with friends and other family member when an unknown gunman ran up to them and began firing.
Police said the victim, who was shot once in the chest, was taken to Woodland Memorial Hospital. He was later transferred to UC Davis Medical Center for further treatment, and his condition remains unknown.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the Woodland Police Department at 530-661-7800.
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At the end of his greatest adventure, Skillman has vanquished his nemesis, recovered the priceless artifact and saved his latest love from certain doom. As he struggles to figure out what comes next, his leading lady realizes her confident, capable man doesn't have a clue what to do once the guns are down.
Screening in Shorts Program: The End is Near
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Your Questions Answered: Best Room Type in Montreal for 4 Adults
July 26, 2012
By: Oksana Balytsky
We at Five Star Alliance work tirelessly to ensure we bring you the best luxury hotels selection and information regarding amenities, location, and highlights so you are confident that the hotel you choose will exceed your expectations and serve your needs. Sometimes, however, you are left with a few questions that go unanswered, and that's why we're here. Be sure to explore our new blog series 'Your Questions Answered' to find answers to real questions submitted to us by our clients regarding traveling with kids, pets, the best beach hotels, and much more.
Question: We're traveling to Montreal from August 31st – September 3rd, 2012. We have 4 adults in our group and we'd like to stay in a suite that can accommodate all 4 of us. What can you recommend?
Answer: The Place d'Armes Hotel has a Penthouse Suite with a separate bedroom with 1 king bed, living room with a full size sofabed, and a fireplace. This room can accommodate 4 adults with a $20 extra person charge per night for each person after double occupancy, so $40 per night for 2 extra people. To make a reservation at this hotel, click on the hotel name link, select the room type, and fill in the booking form. Be sure to fill in the special request field stating that there will be 4 people staying in that room so that the hotel can prepare for your arrival. Please be advised that the rates, availability, as well as the extra person charges are subject to change depending on the hotel's policies.
The Top 20 Hotels in 2011: #7 Hotel Le St. James
December 25, 2011
By: Oksana Balytsky
In the final days of 2011, Five Star Alliance is counting down the Top 20 Luxury Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, as decided by our guests.
In the #7 spot we have the Hotel Le St. James in Montreal, Canada.
Quick facts about the Hotel Le St. James:
- This historic building is ideally situated in lively Old Montreal with easy access to shopping areas, restaurants, and the financial center.
- Located less than a mile from Central Station and just 12 miles from Dorval International Airport.
- Each room and suite has its own character and personal charm.
- The hotel's restaurant, XO Le, is Montreal's highest rated restaurant in 2009 by the Gazette.
- Le Spa, the hotels luxurious spa served as the Merchant's Bank vault in the late 1800s.
- Pet friendly, allowing pets less than 30 lbs.
- Mobil Travel's highest rated property in Quebec since 2003.
- The hotel's original architecture dates back to 1870, with design features that have remained intact over the centuries.
View photos, learn more about the hotel, and check availability at the Hotel Le St. James.
Luxury Hotels near the Montreal Convention Center
December 2, 2011
By: Oksana Balytsky
This blog series is for all of the business travelers who are looking for a luxury hotel that is located near the Convention Center of specific cities. We understand that you have places to be, people to meet, and conferences to attend, so we try to make your travels as stress-free and convenient as possible without forgoing luxury.
The Montreal Convention Center is our center of focus for this blog post. The following are 5 star hotels located less than a ten minute walk away from the Convention Center. We've listed them in order of proximity, starting with the hotels located a one minute walk away to hotels a nine minute walk away from the Convention Center.
Three four star hotels near the Convention Center are Le Westin Montreal, which is a one minute walk away, the Hotel St. Paul, which is located 8 minutes away, and the Hilton Montreal Bonaventure, which is located 9 minutes away.
Trick or Suite at Starwood Hotels in Canada and Save 40%
October 27, 2011
By: Five Star Alliance
Starwood is handing out the treats this Halloween. Book the "Trick or Suite" package by October 31, 2011 to get in on the action (the biggest suite sale of the year!) The Toronto Star points out that you can snag 40% off suites at hotels like the Westin Trillium House at Blue Mountain, Le Centre Sheraton Montreal, W Montreal "and four properties in Toronto, including Le Meridien King Edward, Sheraton Toronto, Westin Harbour Castle and Sheraton Parkway." For weekend stays with arrivals Fridays, Saturdays or Sundays, for travel through December 30, 2011. Black-out dates apply at each property.
Fall Getaways: Romance in Montreal at Hotel Le Saint James
October 7, 2011
By: Mary Winston Nicklin
For a romantic taste of old Europe close to home, what could be better than Montréal? Take a jaunt to the historic island city and revel in the delicious food and vibrant scene. In the middle of the action, the Hotel Le St-James is one of the most prestigious addresses in Old Montréal, housed in the former Merchants' Bank building on Saint-Jacques Street, offering easy access to shops, restaurants, and the city's financial hub. This elegant hotel has a spa and a highly-rated eatery called XO Le Restaurant, featuring local organic ingredients. Book the "Amore Package," available until December 31, 2011, and you're guaranteed a luxurious and romantic getaway. Priced from $590 per night in a Deluxe Room ($665 in a Junior Suite), the package includes valet service, Irish Coffee for two at XO Le Restaurant, a 60-minute massage in Le Spa for two persons (or a two-hour massage for one person), Continental Breakfast for two, and a late check-out of 2 pm. This package must be booked at least 48 hours in advance in order to reserve the massage times according to Spa availability.
Related Article: Rock Legend Chooses Montreal's L'Hotel Le St James
Experience the Montreal Jazz Festival with Hotel Le Germain
June 27, 2011
By: Mary Winston Nicklin
The 32nd edition of the Montreal Jazz Festival is in full swing. With more than 3,000 artists from 30 countries performing 650 concerts for 2.5 million visitors, it's one of the largest jazz festivals in the world. Fret not- it's not too late to experience this sensational event! The star line-up will continue to dazzle the crowds through July 4, 2011. Stay at Le Germain Montreal, a trendy boutique hotel located downtown, and they'll even hook you up with VIP treatment! The Jazz Festival package includes accommodations for one night, breakfast at Laurie Raphaël Restaurant Montréal, parking for one vehicle, and a festival kit packed with two official t-shirts, a shoulder bag, access to Open House evenings and the Montreal Guitar Show, two $5 discount vouchers for the Old Montreal walking tour, and two compilation CDs from the 2010 Festival. Priced from $299 per night.


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State police: Burglary may be connected to fire
Published: 1:20 PM EST Dec 24, 2013 Updated: 5:31 AM EDT Oct 28, 2013
State police are trying to find out if a burglary is connected to a fire that destroyed the offices of a storage business in Schuylkill County.
The fire started at around 5:30 a.m. Sunday at Saint Clair Storage in East Norwegian Township.
No one was hurt, but roads around the facility were closed for hours while crews worked to put the fire out.
The fire caused about $400,000 in damages.
State police said a burglar cut pad locks to eight different storage units at the facility, and the burglary may be linked to the fire.
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It's very difficult to watch 9 nominated movies in time for the Oscar broadcast but this past Saturday night , my hubby and I rented The Dallas Buyers Club and we were blown away by the performances by Jared Leto and especially Mathew McConaughey. As it turns out both actors received Oscars for their work in that movie . I had also seen Blue Jasmine and thought Cate Blanchett was superb and she also ended up with an oscar. In all, I managed to see 3 of the 9 nominated movies but i managed to see most of the performances that won oscars last night which is a first for me. I must also say that some of the speeches i heard last night (while i was still awake ) were quite good. This was the year for some amazing films so if you're looking for ways to not talk about the cold weather go see some of these great movies!!!!!
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Browns sign Burleson
April 7, 2014 - Mike McLain
The Browns signed 32-year-old receiver Nate Burleson to a one-year contract late Sunday, further strengthening their receiving corps and perhaps giving a hint of their first-round draft plans.
Burleson has played 11 combined seasons with the Vikings, Seahawks and Lions. He has 457 career receptions for 5,630 yards and 39 touchdowns. Last season he had 11 catches for 73 yards for the Lions before breaking an arm in two places in a car accident.
The Browns have now added two receivers in the free-agency signing period -- Burleson and Andrew Hawkins. The additions would seem to indicate the decision to stay away from Clemson receiver Sammy Watkins with the fourth overall draft pick.
Conjecture will now focus on one of the quarterbacks -- Blake Bortles, Johnny Manziel and Teddy Bridgewater -- defensive lineman Jadeveon Clowney, linebacker Khalil Mack and offensive lineman Greg Robinson.
Clowney is the most likely of the group to be gone before the Browns use their first choice -- one of seven in the first four rounds and one of two in the first round. Mack seems to be gaining prominence because of interest shown by coach Mike Pettine and his need to add a few more pieces to what could be a good defense.
Burleson will fill the hole that was created when Davone Bess was waived after a series of off-the-field problems. Bess was acquired in a trade with the Miami Dolphins during the 2013 draft.
A possession receiver, Burleson will complement deep threat Josh Gordon, who has developed into one of the NFL's elite receivers. Burleson's best season was in 2009, when he caught 68 passes for 1,006 yards and nine touchdowns.
Burleson had a career-high 73 receptions for 757 yards and three touchdowns in 2011.
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Did you know that recipients of college scholarships get a special exemption from having to pay income taxes on the value of their college provided benefits. The IRS even has a rule that gives this exemption to those on athletic scholarships.
If the NLRB ruling, that Northwestern football players on football scholarships are EMPLOYEES, is upheld on appeal, then those players are going to have big tax bills for their "free" educations. A Northwestern full rider would be paying taxes on over $60,000 a year. In fact, if these Northwestern players win the right to be classified as employees for unionization purposes, then logically all college athletes on scholarship in America would have to pay income taxes on their free rides.
Those that think the NLRB ruling is a slam dunk for the "exploited" players better think twice.
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A collapsed resort building is seen in Gyeongju, about 375km southeast of Seoul yesterday.
SEOUL: South Korean President Park Geun-Hye yesterday called for a full investigation into the collapse of a student-packed auditorium near the southern city of Gyeongju that killed at least 10 people and injured more than 100.
More than 560 college students participating in a freshman orientation were believed to have been attending a concert in the building when the roof caved in on Monday -- apparently under the weight of heavy snow -- at around 9.15pm.
The auditorium was part of a mountain resort complex near Gyeongju that had experienced unusually heavy snowfall in the preceding week. "It is heart-rending that so many lives were sacrificed... a thorough investigation must be carried out," Park told a cabinet meeting.
The tragedy occurred as the country was still reeling from news of the bombing of a bus laden with South Korean tourists in Egypt near the Israeli border.
Police said a suicide bomber was probably behind the attack on Sunday that killed three South Koreans and their Egyptian driver. The resort auditorium was a pre-engineered building, assembled with rigid frames and side walls -- of a type normally used for storage houses and aviation hangars.
Fire officials said the accumulated weight of the snow piled on the roof of the building appeared to have caused the structure to buckle, raising questions about its soundness. The Ministry of Security and Public Administration said 10 people, including nine students, were confirmed dead, with two more seriously injured and 101 others who suffered "bruises and cuts".
Some parents of the victims voiced outrage, saying the organisers of the orientation event had failed to ensure the students' safety.
"What on earth were they doing? They didn't even bother to take a look at the site before pushing through with the event despite such heavy snowfalls," a woman whose 18-year-old daughter was among the dead, told Yonhap news agency.
More than 1,400 rescuers and workers, backed by heavy equipment, had worked throughout the night under arc lights to clear the debris and snowfall to reach the victims. "The ceiling came crashing down at the front near the stage," one student told the YTN news channel.
"Then pandemonium broke out and everyone started rushing towards the exits, shouting and screaming," he added.
Another witness, Kim Ga-Hyun, 20, said the structure continued to cave in as the panicked students tried to escape.
"Steel frames collapsed around those who were squeezing through the exit. We had to tear down window panes to get out," she said.
The ground around the building was covered with a thick blanket of snow, which continued to fall throughout the night, hampering the rescue efforts.
The auditorium was part of the Mauna Ocean Resort, which had been hosting the freshman orientation for close to 1,000 students from a foreign language college in the southern city of Busan.
Fire officials said they had difficulty reaching the resort which had recorded more than 50 centimetres of snowfall in the last week.
The resort owner, Kolon business group, issued a public apology over the disaster, promising full compensation and support for the victims. AFP


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Will the Air Foamposite One or Pro ever take on an Elephant print colorway? It would seem inevitable at this point, with printed Foams at an all-time high and another of Nike's famed patterns on the horizon in the form of the 'Safari' Pros. But it appears the Elephant Posite niche is filled at least for now, as the Nike Flightposite Exposed shows off a new style. These lay right blue over a grey layer that itself covers Volt and allows some to peek through in that famed crackled skin look. Not only is this another example of graphic Foamposite but it also takes the layered look to a new level as you'll see in more photos below while we wait for release info.
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Watch Downton Abbey Season 2 Episode 7 online via TV Fanatic with over 5 options to watch the Downton Abbey S2E7 full episode. Affiliates with free and paid streaming include Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play, and Amazon Prime.
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The season two finale of Downton Abbey takes viewers and characters up to New Year's Day 1920.
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Final Fantasy VII
Yep, it's still Great.By Mike Sleva Score:
Sep 15, 2010 10:31AM PST
I don't particularly like Japanese RPGs. I hate random battles, I hate turn-based combat, and I hate grinding, so it was with the utmost surprise that ten years ago I absolutely fell in love with Final Fantasy VII. I was 13 and just discovering things like anime (Ghost in the Shell and Ninja Scroll anime, not Pokemon anime), alcohol, and console games, which I had been previously ignorant of. I was entering high school and probably a lot more angsty and vulnerable than I care to remember. It was hard for me to point out exactly what it was back then that separated FF7 from other games of its ilk but I recently got the urge to play it again via (the brilliant) ePSXe emulator, so perhaps a more sober look will shed some light on this phenomenon. FF7 is decidedly not as good as I so fondly remembered it to be, but it has aged surprisingly well all things considered.
The problem that I have with Japanese RPGs is that they are all essentially the same. This is especially true of the Final Fantasy series. Playing FF7 for the first time, I was unaware of this trend and so it seemed like a completely new experience to me. Being both my first JRPG and my first Final Fantasy, I was inclined to look upon it more favorably, but I'd like to think that in the subsequent ten years (and countless other, better games), that bias would have gone away. Now I have played FF6, 8, 10, and 12. Now I know that all the characters and plots are interchangeable, and that the gameplay is identical in each game save for some ridiculous combat system that keeps stretching the definition of the word "new". And guess what? Final Fantasy VII is still the best Final Fantasy game. It's still the best JRPG. And it's still one of the best games I've ever played.
Allow me to qualify that statement. The Japanese RPG is a notoriously traditional and therefore repetitive beast that can only be tamed by hours upon hours of turn-based random battles interspersed with strictly linear cutscenes. Obsessive gamers usually sap 100+ hours out of these games, maxing their characters out, beating every hidden boss, and obtaining every item. FF7 does not depart from this formula. On this second play through I decided to "conquer" the game; I beat the Ultimate, Emerald, and Ruby Weapons; I got the Gold Chocobo and Knights of the Round; I got Yuffie and Vincent (although at this point are they really "secret" characters?) and all the extra plot scenes. I can safely say I have seen everything that FF7 has to offer and the fact that I can say that speaks to how compelling the game is.
Most games don't hold my attention long enough to successfully beat them once, let alone multiple times (Shenmue II and Ocarina of Time being immediate exceptions). FF7 managed to do this, in part, with an interesting but overly complicated story and likable characters. But the main way FF7 draws you in is with the pacing of the story. The game moves very fast and there is almost no down time, which works against the game later on when you're trying to explore, but the end of the world is looming large. It begins, as everyone knows, in Midgar, the sprawling, polluted, corporate metropolis that has some of the best art direction in any game. Hours later, the game then cleverly introduces us to the world map so that we can see that Midgar is only a tiny dot, amongst several. This initial effect is an illusion of course, no other dot on that map even comes close to the density of Midgar, but the effect is appreciated, and it keeps the momentum up.
I wouldn't even know where to begin "summarizing" the story to this game because it is so convoluted. You play as Cloud, the too-tough-by-half mercenary who, because he's so tough, dresses in purple. He also wields the biggest swords this side of God of War. There are at least three scenes detailing his backstory which, as far as I can tell, suggests that he basically pretended he was a lot cooler than he was for most of the game. Eight other people join your party, each of whom gets their own exposition filled backstory scene. Some of these characters are useful, most of them aren't, and aside from scenes that force you otherwise, you'll likely stick to Cloud and three other favorites.
There are big problems with this game's story; chiefly among them is the horrendous translation. There are whispers of an FF7 remake and while I don't doubt that it will happen eventually, a fresh translation, and perhaps a complete rewrite, is in order. Where to begin? First of all, Barret (still the only black character in a Final Fantasy game) is a completely racist stereotype. He pounds on his chest like a gorilla, swears like a sailor, and generally carries himself in the most violent and offensive manner possible. He also has the most boring and cliché, bad guys burned down my village, backstory. Second of all, Cloud is not a very relatable protagonist. He has serious psychological issues, stemming from his childhood. When we are taken into his subconscious (via an otherwise brilliant scene), and shown the depth of his psychosis, instead of becoming more attached to the character, I was repelled. He is a pathetic character who needs a good hug, not the hero of a Homeric epic. Third, and perhaps most important of all, is Sephiroth. No doubt he looks cool, and the burning of Nibelheim still stands as one of the coolest scenes of bad-assery in gaming history, but so many of his lines are cheesy and he's hardly in the second half of the game. After a brilliantly slow unveiling, Sephiroth takes center stage and the plot revolves around our heroes chasing him all over the world. Then he pretty much sits the second half of the game out while you fight the Weapons and gather the Huge Materia, until the final boss battle. He is definitely a great villain and he has a genuinely original evil scheme, but much is made of his relationship with Cloud, like an epic clash of the titans, which just doesn't fit. Cloud is too neurotic to be Sephiroth's foil and it's hard to place where Sephiroth even learned Cloud's name.
As great as the pacing is in FF7, the aforementioned second half feels rushed and paradoxically manages to make this 30 hour game feel too short. Part of that is because the story has so many different tangents that they all amount to set-up and pay-off. Characters are introduced, and then resolved, with very little in the way of character development. Even Cloud, who again, has three flashbacks dedicated to him, feels under developed. The only character who feels "complete" is Sephiroth and that is because we are shown his creation and his motivations. He also has a host of secondary villains to play off of, primarily the supremely effed up Professor Hojo who, in turn, make Sephiroth seem even cooler.
Another problem I had, and one that a potential remake will be remiss to fix, is that there are an awful lot of cutscenes in this game. Not the (now somewhat underwhelming) FMVs, I'm talking about a bunch of characters standing around talking while you press the OK button to navigate through text bubbles. Almost the entire story is told in this fashion and it is one of the primary culprits of its age that drags the game down during a modern replaying. The music hasn't aged particularly well either but some of the tunes are still great (the Jenova theme is my favorite). Chalk it up to being a victim of the over-produced PSX era where every game needed to have amazing FMVs and an "epic" storyline spread across multiple CDs and dozens of hours of playtime.
While I don't have a problem with the way this game looks (for its time the graphics were unrivaled) and the graphics engine has aged surprisingly well, I am still critical of the "super-deformed" art style of the characters. They look too cute and undermine more important scenes in the storyline where characters are supposed to be crying, swearing with rage, or dying like, you know, that one scene. Sure, everyone remembers the FMV sequence where Sephiroth drops down and eviscerates Aeris (Aerith) but do you remember the cringe-inducing scene that immediately follows it where Cloud tries to wrap his Popeye arms around her? I am critical of this because it was a clear artistic choice (FF8 fixed this problem) and not just a limitation of the hardware as with the previous FF6. It also leads to a schizophrenic art direction (in some of the FMVs the characters look normal and in others they look "super-deformed", seemingly at random) that has you fighting enemies that range from giant mechanical beasts, to mythological creatures, to houses with teeth. I wonder how the inevitable remake will handle these issues, particularly the inconsistent tonality of the game. At times it is very funny, such as when Cloud has to cross-dress or snowboard down a mountain, but I question how these scenes will be recreated with hyper-realistic Advent Children quality graphics. Hell, how will they make the character of Cait Sith look? (Advent Children wisely omitted the giant Mog doll he rides, but the game will not have that option). More fundamentally, those funny scenes come at awkward moments; the cross-dressing scene immediately follows the plate crushing the Sector 7 slums, and the snow-boarding scene is just minutes after Aeris' death.
But these are mere criticisms; I like Final Fantasy VII, a lot. Despite its flaws, it has a better story and a more memorable cast than any other entry in the series. FF6 is probably my second favorite, and upon playing that game, one can clearly see what FF7 was building off of. FF10 probably has the best battle system in the series, but in my opinion FF7 is a close second because it is the easiest. Turn-based random battles are not fun, but the Materia system in FF7 keeps you powerful enough for it to not matter. It has been criticized as negating the importance of "characters" since all they really amount to are ciphers for the materia, which I suppose is valid. The main problem I have with regards to this is that the game never forces you to use all the characters. FF6 did this by having scenes where you split the party up and play two or three different parties simultaneously. FF7 basically allows you to focus on Cloud and three other characters while everyone else can stay at level 10 for all you care.
The minigames that are sprinkled throughout and collected at the Gold Saucer are appreciated and keep the game varied. I'm not sure why the series has since abandoned this concept in favor of the more rigid, combat-cutscene formula, but I found them to be important to FF7s enjoyment. Another large part of the enjoyment of FF7 can only be derived from your first playthrough. Uncovering the plot is part of the fun and the game is constantly trying to surprise the player. Like Star Wars, the big plot twists are now more or less common knowledge, a hazard of extreme popularity, however; it should not impede one's ability to enjoy the story, even today.
It is almost impossible to do justice to FF7's legacy in one review. While it may not be as great today as it was 10 years ago, how many games are? Final Fantasy VII, by coming out on the Playstation instead of the Nintendo 64, changed the course of gaming history forever. Its pseudo-hippy morality, anti-corporate rebels, and emo protagonist have since been emulated ad nauseam. But for some reason the clichés and the tropes of JRPGs just work in this game. There are scenes in this game that are simply legendary, seared into the memories of millions of gamers. There is no reason for me to like this game, yet I do. Gaming may still be searching for its Citizen Kane, but we've already had our Star Wars. Like Star Wars, it doesn't have the best writing or the most logical script, but also like Star Wars it manages to transcend its flaws and emerge, forever, a masterpiece.
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The 1912 Boston Garter set is universally regarded as one of the rarest and most beautiful card issues ever produced. Their great rarity is no doubt in part due to the fact that only one card was issued with each box of twelve garters. 1912 Boston Garters are quite unique in that each features a player in the dugout, without pants, in the midst of getting dressed, proudly displaying his Boston-brand garters. In the background are beautiful stadium scenes, featuring ballplayers warming up. Offered is an incredible Boston Garter cardboard advertising display poster, featuring illustrations of two of the large-format cabinet-style display cards in the set, Detroit's Hugh Jennings and Boston's Johnny Kling. The exquisite full-size images of the cards on the poster (each measuring 4 x 8.25 inches) are produced with the same unparalleled production quality as the cards themselves. It appears that the very same printing plates were used to produce both the card images on the poster and the cards themselves. The fronts of each are literally indistinguishable from one another, thus making the advertising poster the "moral equivalent" of two 1912 Boston Garter cards, with the added bonus of additional advertising for the product, and presented in an ideal advertising display format. In addition to being one of the most beautiful and interesting sets ever produced, 1912 Boston Garters are also one of the rarest. In fact, as duly noted in the Standard Catalog, they are so rare that if it were not for the checklist which appears on the back of each card, we would not even know what players comprise the set, let alone that there are sixteen cards to the set (one player is represented from each team). Boston Garter advertising posters, not surprisingly, are even rarer than Boston Garter cards. We estimate that there are fewer than twenty-five examples of 1912 Boston Garter cards known to exist in the entire collecting world. To the best of our knowledge, there are a total of approximately six Boston Garter advertising posters known to exist. (Note: The posters are not all of the same exact design; the known posters feature several different combinations of players.) On this extraordinary example, both Hugh Jennings and Johnny Kling proudly display their Boston-brand Garters as they dress for the day's game. The unparalleled quality of the lithography and the unique concept of the set both contribute to making 1912 Boston Garters one of the most distinctive and noteworthy baseball card sets ever issued. The poster is extraordinarily bright, crisp, and perfectly clean, with flawless registration, and brilliant colors. The only flaws are just a couple of undetectable tiny touchups and a few extremely small, insignificant surface wrinkles in the surrounding background which are mentioned strictly for the sake of accuracy and in no way detract from the sign's extraordinary Near Mint to Mint appearance. This is a simply magnificent example of one of the hobby's finest baseball advertising display pieces. The poster is accompanied by an outstanding example of an original Boston Garter store wood cabinet counter display (14.5 x 7.5 x 10 inches) of wood and mirrored-glass construction which was provided by Boston Garter to stores to display Boston Garter-brand products. The cabinet has the Boston Garter logo on each side, and the message on the interior lid reads in part: "This cabinet is furnished by us for the exclusive display and sale of the Boston Garter." The cabinet is in Excellent condition. Accompanying the retail cabinet are three original boxes of Boston Garters, each of a different design and each still containing the garters. The boxes are ideal for display with the cabinet and poster. The poster measures 21 x 11 inches and is beautifully matted and framed to total dimensions of 27.5 x 17.5 inches. Reserve $5,000. Estimate $10,000/$15,000. SOLD FOR $19,720.00
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Pension costs and expansion of the public safety dispatch department account for two large increases in spending in the tentative 2013 Orchard Park budget.
Payments to the state retirement system for employees will go up about $500,000 next year, for an increase of the last four years of nearly $1.2 million, officials said. Retaining dispatching and adding some part-time dispatchers accounts for another $249,000, Supervisor Janis Colarusso said Wednesday night.
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If the total tax levy went above the state-mandated tax cap, the board would have to conduct a public hearing, and at least two of the three members of the Town Board would have to vote for it. The tax cap starts with a 2 percent increase, but there are exemptions that bring the cap higher than 2 percent.
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Steven Shainberg must think the inequitable plight of women in the workplace is pretty funny. The poster for this film is basically just the ass of a bent-over secretary. The tag line is "Assume the position." Maybe Shainberg's secretaries have been old hags and he's feeling neglected, so he's putting out the call for masochistic secretaries.
There's no way that a film titled "Secretary" about a dysfunctional female masochist who falls in love with her sadistic boss isn't a metaphor for the plight of women in the workplace. The fact that these two dysfunctional characters find each other and discover fulfilling love is irrelevant. The message is clear: Women just need to learn to like abuse. Bosses are abusers. Women are abusees. Learn to love it and you'll be much happier.
You see, Lee Holloway (Maggie Gyllenhaal) gets out of psychiatric care and decides to get a job as a secretary. Never mind that she's still cutting herself. Then again, her mother is the ever-cheery Leslie Ann Warren. Who wouldn't cut themselves? What she finds at her first job is a boss, Mr. Grey (James Spader), who's abusive in a way that borders on criminal. However he's just weird enough to make you suspect that his abuse is sexually charged and he's not particularly proud of it. Luckily for him, Lee gets turned on by the pain. What follows is the most twisted mix of business and sex since Jack Welch bent the editor of the Harvard Business Review over his G.E. trophy case and showed her what an "in depth" interview was all about. What sort of male wet dream is this film? Am I actually supposed to be happy for these two people? And are we supposed to feel sympathy for Mr. Grey because he's not that comfortable with his behavior? How exactly has this guy avoided a sexual discrimination lawsuit anyway? Basically, what men like Shainberg need is for somebody to bend them over a desk. After a few rounds on the receiving end of the Jack Welch interview process, I'll bet he'd find the whole phenomenon a lot less hilarious.
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