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From the powerful imagination of a horror master comes a bone-chilling tale set in a small town where good and evil are joined in a terrifying, deadly battle.
Evil endures....
Once an idyllic Pennsylvania village, Pine Deep awoke one morning to find itself bathed in a massive bloodletting. Twice in 30 years, the townsfolk have endured the savage hungers of a murderous madman—but if the residents think the death of serial killer Karl Ruger put an end to the carnage, they're dead wrong.
The nightmare never ends....
Bodies mutilated beyond description, innocents driven to acts of vicious madness. A monstrous evil is preying on the living—and the dead—and turning the quiet little town into hell on earth. Their only hope is to find the source. But the secrets that lurk in the heart of Pine Deep are twisted into its very roots. This time the townspeople aren't just fighting for their lives but for their very souls.
Keep chilled: listen to more in the Pine Deep trilogy.
©2007 Jonathan Maberry (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
I love nice Voices!
"Noway that just happened"
Maberry is awesome. I'm so freakin hooked. Everywhere I go I'm tellin people about The Pine Deep Trilogy.
"The Shadows Grow Longer . . ."
Having been not terribly impressed by the previous installment, 'Ghost Road Blues,' I was surprised at how much I liked 'Dead Man's Song' by the time I was finished. I would recommend reading 'GRB' first, but there's a fair amount of exposition in the beginning of 'DMS,' which should bring readers up to speed.
It is in this installment in which we begin to see the depth of the story, and learn more about the lives of several key characters. It also introduces more traditional 'monsters' to the series, but Maberry manages to add his own twists to these legendary creatures. The action heats up as the book advances, and characters form new relationships as the rudiments of a 'group' begin to form.
My biggest gripe is with the characters, who are sometimes cartoonish and two-dimensional--vile villains and jack-of-all-trades supermen. Also, there are a couple candlelight 'lovemaking' scenes that are amazingly cringe-inducing.
But for all that, I really enjoyed DMS, and recommend it for fans of Maberry or of more light-hearted horror.
Lastly, this book seemed many times to be an deliberate and loving homage to one of my favorite Stephen King novels (giving away the title might be a spoiler in some regards, but it is among his earlier works).
"You have to read all three!"
The first book leaves you wondering a little where it's going, the second is where it starts to gel and gets creepier. The third book is where it all comes together in quite a thriller!!
An avid reader and listener with eclectic tastes... One unifying them is my love of humor, mystery and great narration.
"Better than part 1 and more developed characters"
I'm a fan of Jonathan Mayberry's other series do I tried this one. The narrator can grow on you if you stick with the series. By the end of the story I found myself scared for the characters which means the author did his job drawing the reader in.
"I have to finish the series now..."
Hmmm....no. It's part of a slow moving trilogy that I'm going to finish out of spite. That's probably a little too harsh, but after the first book I should've cut my losses. Overall, it's not horrible, but the glamorization of the main character as an everyday man who is also a bad-ass is a common told tale. The villains in the book are very unlikeable, so the author has done his job there.
Maybe. His writing is fine, but I don't really like how slowly he develops a story. I understand it's a trilogy, but...
The German accent of the dead guy whose name I have chosen to forget.
A mini-series maybe. No one famous.
"the Narrator is perfect!"
A great follow up to the first. I different pacing than his other series (Joe ledger, Benny imura) which is meant to fit into an overall trilogy. Looking forward to the 3rd. must read for any Jonathan Maberry fan.
The least helpful reviewer on audible.
"The second book."
I hate to say it, but I never really got into this book. I had several problems with it, not the least of which was how much I lost interest in the story. I couldn't stay focused. My mind kept wandering, and I didn't care enough to backtrack the minutes that I lost.
The writing was amateurish with horrible analogies, excruciating dialogue, and nonsensical lines that made me say, "what?" Plus, there were a lot of plotholes. I thought it was just me not getting it when I came across plotholes in the first book, but there are more in this one. I kept asking myself, "wasn't she supposed to be doing this? Why did she change her plans?" and "I thought he was in the woods just a moment ago. How did he get home so quickly?" It's like Mr. Maberry never proofreads his manuscripts and his editor doesn't care either... Or, more likely, it's just me who doesn't get it.
There are a lot of reviewers out there who didn't like Tom Weiner's narration, but to me it was the shining star in this collapsing mess. He once again gives a solid 4 star performance.
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I am a married grandma of ... Um...8! I deliver papers every night and listen to audio books much of the time. I love my job! The kids come with sometimes and they listen to some stuff I get.
"Heartfelt Terror"
Maberry weaves deep human feeling in with real human struggles ands a healthy dose of absolute terror. I can't get enough!
"Wow, what a great series"
Wow, what a great series. I first became a fan of J. Maberrys with his Joe Ledger Books. After I ripped through all 5 like a wildman, anything from Maberry had to be great so I added the Pine Deep Trilogy to my "To Do" list. The only thing I can complain about is that I waited so long to get started on it. Since the next Ledger book is coming out later this month (3/32/14) I decided to queue them up and go!
I listened to all three back to back to back so this review is going to encompass all 3 books, but dont worry, Ill avoid spoilers. One piece of advice, forget everything you know about werewolves and vampires. Maberry has a really nice twist that will leave you a little lost until Bad Moon Rising (book 3) when it all comes together nicely.
Great writing, great story, great characters, great narrator in Tom Weiner. When I first started I felt a Stephen King vibe in the depth of the characters and surroundings, but not a rip off way, just in the buildup. The story unfolds over the three books, and you are given bits along the way. Maberry treats us to a variety of bad guys, not just one or two. You get your pick of who you hate the most. So for me, this was a real good listen. If you like your listens in the 10 hour time frame, then this may be much for you since you'll invest 47 hours in it. If you like a nice long walk in the park of death and mayhem, then this is a good one. @byf2
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Salem 1939 lunch planned
SALEM - Salem High School Class of 1939 will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Salem Hills Golf and Country Club.
United 1960 breakfast scheduled
HANOVERTON - United High School Class of 1960 will meet for breakfast at 9 a.m. Thursday at the Salem Hills Golf and Country Club.
Food distribution planned
SALEM - The Second Harvest Food Bank will distribute food items from 10 a.m. to noon April 12 at the Bunker Hill United Methodist Church on West Middletown Road. Those attending are reminded to bring their driver's license.
Haystack breakfast offered
SALEM - The public is invited to a haystack breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Salem Eagles Club. Cost is $5. A dance follows from 9 p.m. to midnight. Music will be provided by Damaged Goods. The kitchen will be open from 8 to 10 p.m.
Columbiana 1961 lunch planned
COLUMBIANA - Columbiana High School Class of 1961 will meet for lunch at 11 a.m. Saturday at Paul's (Antone's) Cafe.
Breakfast planned at Smith Grange
BELOIT - A country -style breakfast will be served from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at Smith Grange. Cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children. Carryouts are available.
Columbiana Historical meeting set
COLUMBIANA - The Historical Society of Columbiana- Fairfield Township will meet at 7 p.m. April l5 at the First Presbyterian Church. Richard Scarsella will present "Memories and Melancholy" Reflections of Youngstown and Mahoning Valley." Visitors are welcome. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the historical society. New displays at the Log House Museum which the society oversees, a new history book, a big drive for new members and a celebration party in October are some of the activities planned.
Casino bus trip still open
SALEM - The Cutting Edge Styling Salon still has openings for its April 15 bus trip to the Meadows Casino in Washington, Pa. Proceeds are directed to the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. Cost is $35 and includes $15 in free play and a $5 food voucher. For more information or to reserve a seat call 330-337-9688 or 330-332-3343.
Greenford 1946 to meet for lunch
GREENFORD - Greenford High School Class of 1946 plans to meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Salem Hills Golf and Country Club.
Salem 1943 breakfast planned
SALEM - The Salem High School Class of 1943 will meet for breakfast at 8:30 a.m. April 16 at Adele's Place.
Panhellenic Association to meet
NILES - The Youngstown Alumnae Panhellenic Association will meet at 6:30 p.m. April 16 at Ward Thomas Museum, 503 Brown St. Those attending will tour the Ward Thomas Museum to see the First Ladies' Gowns. For information visit youngstownalumnaepanhellenic.weebly.com.
Salem 1954 reunion planning set
SALEM - A reunion planning meeting for the Salem High School Class of 1954 begins at 6:30 p.m. April 17 at the Salem High School Alumni Office on East State Street. For more information call Marge Potts at 330-332-0947.
Concealed carry class offered
LISBON - The Columbiana County Fish and Game Club is offering a two-day concealed carry pistol class from 6 to 10 p.m. April 18 and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 20 at its indoor range, 45716 Middle Beaver Road. Pre-registration is required by contacting Mike Peshel at 330-853-8122 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
ABLE orientations scheduled
LISBON - Columbiana County Career and Technical Center ABLE will conduct orientations for the last available GED classes this school year. Orientations will take place the week of April 22. The free classes are held in Columbiana, Lisbon, Salem and East Liverpool. For more information or to register call 330-424-9561 Ext. 190
Speaker set for Leadership program
SALEM - Leadership Columbiana County will feature motivational speaker Brian Blasko at this year's graduation dinner on May 8 at the Salem Golf Club. Local business professionals are invited to the event that begins at 5 p.m. The evening will include a buffet dinner, LCC program and graduation, and the presentation from Blasko who is a nationally known speaker, trainer, and author. Sponsored by David Hughes of Specialty Fab Inc. Blasko's program is titled, "Cruisin' Through Life at 35 MPH." Cost is $30 per person. Reservations may be made by calling the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce at 330-337-3473 or e-mail to email@example.com.
Frank Sinatra tribute planned
MIDLAND, Pa. - Liberty Theatre will present "My Way, A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra," with Gavan Painer, Sharon Schaller, Isaac Miller and Kenzie Palmer, at 7:30 p.m. June 21, 22, 28 and 29 and at 2 p.m. June 23 and 30 at Studio Theater at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center, Midland, Pa. Tickets are $25 and $20 and available by calling 724-643-9004 Ext. 2 or at www.lppac.org.
"My Way" is the must-see musical that celebrates the mystique of Frank Sinatra and the music he made famous. Two dynamic couples take the audience from the 1940s swing era to the bright lights of Las Vegas with the Rat Pack and beyond. Relive the magic of "Blue Eyes" with songs that include "Strangers in the Night," "I've Got You Under My Skin," "Fly Me to the Moon" and "New York, New York."
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will present music from John Williams' famous movie scores, including Star Wars, E.T., Harry Potter and more at 8 p.m. June 3 at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center Mainstage Theater. Local legend Henry Mancini is featured as well. Tickets are $45, $35 and $25 at 724-643-9004 Ext. 2 or visit www.lppac.org. Purchase tickets to the PSO on June 3 and July 2, and to My Way, and receive a 10 percent discount.
Pizza Challenger winners listed
LEETONIA - Leetonia Ruritans has recognized the following participants of the Pizza Challenge this year. The participants were Pizza Hut and Pizza Joe's of Columbiana, East of Chicago, Giant Eagle and Alfredo's of Salem, Iron Rails of Leetonia, G's of Washingtonville, and Mary's of Lisbon. The People's Choice Awards went to Mary's for Best Pepperoni and Best Cheese and G's for Best Specialty.
Utilities meeting canceled
SALEM - A meeting of the Utilities Committee of Salem City Council set for 5:30 p.m. Thursday has been canceled.
Benefit auction planned in EP
EAST PALESTINE - Caring Hands Food Ministry will hold a benefit auction at 6 p.m. Friday, April 19 at Dull's Auction Barn, state Route 14. Doors will open at 5 and food will be available for purchase. New and used merchandise, gift certificates and gift baskets will be auctioned with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the ministry. Anyone with donations may drop them off at the auction barn from noon to 5 p.m. Thursday, April 18. No clothing will be accepted. Each month, Caring Hands provides food and essentials to over 600 people from Columbiana County and surrounding communities.
Grove Hill Cemetery decorations
HANOVERTON - Winter flowers and decorations must be removed from Grove Hill Cemetery before April 15 or they will be discarded.
Salem Eagles Auxiliary election set
SALEM - The Salem Eagles Auxiliary is accepting nominations for officers at the next meeting at 7 p.m. April 22. The following positions are open: president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, conductor, chaplain, trustee and auditor.

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Sometimes it is great to hang out in the locker rooms. You get to hear some funny inside stories and see things you usually wouldn't.
There are 2 different locker rooms at the Australian Open — Locker Room A and Locker Room B.
If you work on the ATP side you receive a credential that allows you into Locker Rooms A and B. Locker Room A is a bit smaller, and only the player and one member of his support team are allowed in there. The players are usually preparing themselves for the match. They are preparing their special drinks, putting new overgrips on their racquets and getting ready mentally as well. It is very special to see how they have some rituals in common and how each player does his own special thing prior to the match.
Last year when Fernando Verdasco made it into the second week and advanced to the semis here, Sven and I got our credential changed, so we could get access to Locker Room A. We only could get this access because it was quieter in the second week and fewer players and support team members were there. Last year, we initially had our credentials with Caroline Wozniacki and Ana Ivanovic.
Working on the WTA side with a player means you only have access to Locker Room B because you are not working with a male player.
However, Locker Room B is sometimes more popular than Locker Room A because you have more space, and you are not sharing with too many other players. Andy Roddick, for example, had his locker in Locker Room A. He was always preparing for his match in there with his coach, Larry Stefanki, and also doing his physio.
To make sure nothing is stolen or disappears, there are two gentlemen, Anthony and Ross, who are in charge of unlocking and locking the lockers. They basically share a 24/7 job during the tournament. Their day starts at 6 a.m. and ends two hours after the last match has finished. If you want to know about long days, you should ask them. They are doing an unbelievable job and whenever I walk in there, one of them is there and asks me the question, "Unlock 53, Mats?" So obviously after a certain time they know you and your locker.
Jobs like this are often underestimated, and I think we owe them a big thank you for the great job that they do. They must be exhausted after those more or less three weeks of work.
Apart from hanging out in Locker Room B, we also got to watch some junior matches. Laura Robson and Tiago Fernandes, both with adidas, were playing, and we were watching some other very talented players as well of course.
Maria Kirilenko also was on to play her doubles semifinal together with Agnieszka Radwanska. They were playing Cara Black and Liezel Huber. Unfortunately they lost in three sets. It was very windy and Black/Huber are not easy opponents. They were really in Maria's and Agnieszka's face the entire match even when they lost the second set 1-6 Black/Huber were running back to their bench, as if they had won the second set 6-1. That's also why they are so good at what they do. They are very professional.
But I think Maria should still be confident with a quarterfinal in singles and a semifinal in doubles, she had a very good run over the last two weeks. Let's cross fingers for her and hope she won't get injured and will be able to maintain that level of very good tennis.
Have a great day,
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It does that. The Wii getting warm when it's on WiiConnect24 is well documented.
Ok so here is the situation. My Wii makes a weird noise when you turn it off and on. You known the sound it makes when you eject a game, well it makes that sound every time you turn it off or on. Also, I noticed that only one side of the Wii is getting rather hot. It just seems hot that only the left side would get hot and the right is fine. I have the Wii standing vertically and have that wii connect 24 thing on too. I play the Wii about maybe 10 hours or week, so I don't really play it that much. What should I do?
It does that. The Wii getting warm when it's on WiiConnect24 is well documented.
yea all that stuff is normal, my wii does it, and my friend's wii does it too
Well the funny thing is when I leave a game in the wii it doesn't make a sound what so ever. But when there is no game inside it makes that eject noise.


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American Airlines Customers Earn AAdvantage Bonus Miles on Round-Trip Flights Between United States and England
American Airlines has announced that AAdvantage® members who book and travel on eligible fares between the United States and England can now earn up to 60,000 AAdvantage bonus miles. To qualify, members simply need to book and fly on their next trip by May 15, 2008, and register prior to travel at http://www.aa.com/offers using promotion code LON08.
After round-trip travel to any of England's four airports, including London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Manchester and Stansted, AAdvantage members earn between 2,500 and 60,000 bonus miles -- miles that can be used toward flying to more than 700 exciting destinations worldwide. The more you fly, the more you earn!
"We're making it even easier for members to increase their mileage balance, opening the door for travel to hundreds of destinations worldwide on American Airlines or any of our more than 20 AAdvantage-participating airlines," said Dan Garton, American's Executive Vice President-Marketing. "What better incentive to plan a trip to England than earning AAdvantage bonus miles?"
For more information on the promotion and how to earn bonus miles on round-trip flights between the United States and the United Kingdom, please visit http://www.aa.com/offers. Membership in the AAdvantage program is free. To enroll, log on to http://www.aa.com/enroll.
The AAdvantage Program was the first and is the world's largest frequent flyer program. Established in 1981, the program now has more than 56 million members. Members can earn miles at more than 1,000 participating companies, which include more than 35 hotel chains representing more than 75 brands, more than 20 airlines, eight car-rental companies, 18 financial companies, and over 250 brand name retailers. In addition, members can earn miles when making purchases with one of more than 97 affinity card products in over 41 countries. In 2007, members redeemed more than 150 billion miles to claim more than 4 million awards for flights, upgrades and car rentals. For more information and a listing of AAdvantage program participating companies, visit http://www.aa.com/aadvantage.
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American Airlines is the world's largest airline. American, American Eagle and the AmericanConnection® airlines serve 250 cities in over 40 countries with more than 4,000 daily flights. The combined network fleet numbers more than 1,000 aircraft. American's award-winning Web site, AA.com, provides users with easy access to check and book fares, plus personalized news, information and travel offers. American Airlines is a founding member of the oneworld® Alliance, which brings together some of the best and biggest names in the airline business, enabling them to offer their customers more services and benefits than any airline can provide on its own. Together, its members serve nearly 700 destinations in over 140 countries and territories. American Airlines, Inc. and American Eagle Airlines, Inc. are subsidiaries of AMR Corporation. AmericanAirlines, American Eagle, AmericanConnection, AA.com, AAdvantage and We know why you fly are registered trademarks of American Airlines, Inc. .
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Subcompact cars have become a hot commodity, and Chevrolet wants part of the sales action. As a result, the company has decided to sell the Chevrolet Spark in the U.S. from mid-2012. Although it is making its U.S. debut at the Los Angeles auto show today, the Spark has been on sale in other parts of the world for about two years.
The car's foreign origins explain its quirky styling. Originally sold as the Daewoo Matiz in South Korea, the American-market Spark has been mildly redesigned for sale in the U.S. Even so, it looks a little bit weird: the big front grille, giant headlights, and large round taillights seem somewhat disproportionate for such a miniature car. We think the motorcycle-inspired instrument cluster, however, is downright cool.
Measuring just 5.1 inches longer than the tiny Fiat 500, the Spark certainly is a small car. Yet the Chevrolet offers more passenger and cargo room than the 500 and the even-smaller Scion iQ — Chevrolet sees those vehicles as the Spark's key competitors. Like those cars, the Spark only seats four people, but Chevrolet believes the four-door hatchback design is much more practical than the two-door arrangement employed by the Fiat and Scion.
The lone engine choice is, just like the overall car, very small. The 1.2-liter inline-four offers 85 hp and 82 lb-ft of torque. A five-speed manual is standard, with a four-speed automatic transmission optional. Chevrolet says fuel economy will match or exceed ratings of its competitors, which we take to mean around 30 mpg in the city and close to 40 mpg on the highway.
Chevrolet spokespeople say they hope the Spark will sell well within its segment, but acknowledge that sales numbers might be modest overall. The tiny Spark will probably sell best in urban markets, and its small size will preclude many buyers from picking it. Don't expect the Spark to match the prodigious sales success of the Cruze compact sedan.
Not thrifty enough for your tastes? Chevrolet also plans to launch an all-electric version of the Spark by 2013. The company isn't sharing too many details on the car so far, though we're told to expect more information by mid-2012. The Spark EV will initially only be offered in limited numbers in certain parts of the U.S., but eventually will be sold globally. The Spark electric will look almost identical to the gasoline-powered model shown today, albeit with some tweaks to make it more aerodynamic. It is expected to use advanced lithium-ion batteries provided by A123 Systems.
For more on the 2013 Chevrolet Spark, check out our First Look here. For more on the 2011 Los Angeles Show, including videos, the latest photos, and more information, click here to visit our L.A. Show homepage.


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Penn State: 26 people get $59.7M over Sandusky
HARRISBURG -- Pennsylvania State University reported Monday that it is paying $59.7 million to 26 young men over claims of child sexual abuse at the hands of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, a man once revered as a university icon who is now serving what is effectively a life prison sentence.
Nearly two years after the retired coach was first charged with child molestation, the school said 23 deals were fully signed and three were agreements in principle. It did not disclose the names of the recipients.
The school faces six other claims, and the university says it believes some of those do not have merit while others may produce settlements.
University President Rodney Erickson issued a statement calling the announcement a step forward for victims and the school.
"We cannot undo what has been done, but we can and must do everything possible to learn from this and ensure it never happens again at Penn State," said Erickson, who announced the day Sandusky was convicted in June 2012 that Penn State was determined to compensate his victims.
The settlements have been unfolding since mid-August, when attorneys for the accusers began to disclose them. Penn State has not been confirming them, waiting instead to announce deals at once.
Harrisburg lawyer Ben Andreozzi, who helped negotiate several of the settlements, said his clients were satisfied.
"They felt that the university treated them fairly with the economic and noneconomic terms of the settlement," said Andreozzi, who also represents some others who have come forward recently. Those new claims have not been presented to the university, he said.
One client represented by St. Paul, Minn., attorney Jeff Anderson signed off on an agreement in the past week and the other is basically done, he said. Anderson counts his two clients as among the three that have been classified as agreements in principle, which Penn State said means final documentation is expected to be completed in the next few weeks.
Anderson said his clients were focused on changes to prevent abuse.


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"There are no assembly lines at Volkmann Precision."
The process I use to build your pistol is ideal for a custom 1911. I truly take the time to fit each part individually to your pistol. There are no assembly lines at Volkmann Precision. All pistols are built one at a time to the customer's specifications, after the order is submitted and non-refundable deposit is received. My pistols are hand crafted with a degree of precision unmatched by any other company in the industry. My parts are machined to maximum dimensions, then hand fit for minimal tolerances while providing flawless functioning.
I start by utilizing only the best quality bar stock and hardened steel to craft my components, big and small. My custom frames and slides are CNC cut for extreme precision from an all carbon steel forging then hand fit with small pillar files and lapped with a multitude of abrasive compounds. The larger working parts are then fit and blended into the frame and slide with the help of a vertical mill and special cutters. My CNC machined, hand broached and chambered barrels are cut to precisely mate up with my slides and frames. I fit these premium match barrels by hand along with a 1 to 1 fit Stainless Steel barrel bushing for guaranteed accuracy.
After the pistol is in mechanical order, I unify the parts into one smooth form with a large buffing wheel and then dehorn all edges of the weapon. I disassemble it a second time to further polish out smaller tool marks by hand with an assortment of emery cloth, polishing stones and hand tools. Triggers are then installed, set and tested by hand and measuring gauges. Finally, I engrave logos, model names and serial numbers to the polished parts. Because compression stamping my mark would cause metal strain, all Volkmann markings are etched for a clean and classic look.
Each pistol is extensively test-fired with an assortment of ammunition styles and brands. I test all of my premium magazines with your gun for true reliability. Your pistol is then disassembled into it's single components and individually numbered before being cleaned and prepped for your choice of finish. I apply this timely treatment to the interior and exterior of every part, giving your pistol the best protection against corrosion. When the parts are finished and cured they are personally hand inspected, lubricated and assembled. After the pistol is test-fired a second time it is cleaned and carefully packed up then shipped to your local FFL holder and ready for you to take home....or straight to the range!
At Volkmann Precision I create your one-of-a-kind Masterpiece, one at a time.


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Thousands of San Francisco kids apparently skipped school to attend last week's Giants World Series parade.
The school district had sent a letter home to parents on the eve of the victory parade urging them to send their children to school rather than head to the parade.
But more than 4,100 students were absent, costing the district nearly $160,000 in California funding. The state pays $38.27 each day a student shows up for school.
About 49,000 students attend San Francisco public schools each day. On parade day Wednesday, just 44,700 kids made it to class.
The San Francisco Chronicle says the majority of students skipping classes were from high schools, where about 23 percent of students were absent. That compares to about 3.5 percent on a normal day.


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Hemric Goes Four-For-Five At Charlotte
CONCORD, N.C. — Daniel Hemric and Carson Ferguson, among others, won during a rain-shortened program at Round Five of the Jack in the Box Summer Shootout Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway. While a damp track postponed Bandolero features and the Fourth of July fireworks show, Legend Cars still put on a show for fans who braved the weather.
Hemric, of Kannapolis, N.C., picked up his fourth win in five races in the Legend Car Pro division. He started in the third position, but moved to second by lap five. The first caution flew on lap 2 as Zane Smith lost a wheel on the backstretch. Evan Swilling lead Hemric and Ryan Shattuck until lap 10 when the caution flew again for Tyler Green and Kaz Grala in Turn 4. The caution flew again on the next lap for Reid Wilson in Turn 4. Hemric passed Shattuck for the lead on lap 15 and never looked back. He led for the second half of the race, while Shattuck finished second, Evan Swilling third, Joey Padgett fourth and Green fifth.
The racing was tight for the Young Lions Legend Car division, but Carson Ferguson, of Concord, N.C., came away with his second win in the division. Ferguson had to climb back from his 9th place start to gain his victory.
Point leader Connor Pyle started on the pole and led for the first 8 laps. However, Pyle finished in last place after being turned around on the track twice. Stevie Johns Jr. also held the lead for several laps until Ferguson pulled into first place on the 13th lap. Despite two cautions during his lead, Ferguson maintained his first place position.
Finishing second was William Byron, and Tripp Gerrald III took the third spot. Rounding out the top five were Michael Torres and Jared Irvan.
Other winners included Ryan Mackintosh, of Kannapolis, N.C.; in the Legend Car Semi-Pro division; and John Craig, of Davidson, N.C., in the Legend Car Security Force Masters division.
Due to weather, the fireworks extravaganza and all Bandolero features were postponed to Tuesday, July 9. The Little Luggies 600 Power Wheels race was postponed until July 16.


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After so many years, it becomes ingrained. You never get it out of your system. In fact, I almost was going to the game a day early.
I am not talking about the Braves, Yankees, Mariners or Diamondbacks in the baseball playoffs.
This is heart and soul of college football that began when the railroads hooked up. This is the series between the University of Wyoming and Utah. Saturday, the two teams play in Salt Lake City.
This was always the game of the year when played in Utah. If they could get decent tickets, UW folks flocked to the game, especially from the western side of the state. But not this Saturday - unless the Cowboys can architect the miracle of the year against a 15-point favorite in Utah. The Utes arguably could win the Mountain West Conference and may be the most underrated team in the Mountain West Conference.
Until changing times and the Utah Jazz, the UW-Utah game was the season's focus, along with BYU, year after year to those in Salt Lake and the entire region. This old duet first became a top tune in the days of UW coach Bowden Wyatt and the colorful Jack Curtice of Utah. They manufactured heroics before the game started. Bowden said he didn't like "Cactus Jack" and Curtice knew how to needle Bowden.
One Friday - the day before the game - the Union Pacific streamliner pulled into Salt Lake with the team. Curtice, in all his splendor, was there to meet Wyatt and the grim Cowboys. Wyatt didn't get out of his car until Curtice and his big grin left the premise.
Phil Dickens, a UW coach after Wyatt with rare humor, came up with a memorable fake telegram on the night before the game. It was delivered to the team's dining room and shown to the players. "Beat Utah or you are through in Wyoming," Dickens wrote to himself. It was signed, "Fans in Kemmerer." The next day, UW came storming out and won the game and Phantom Phil became a big hero. But days later he was morose. "I am just wondering what those alumni over near Kemmerer think of me now," he said.
To our information, this was the first admitted use of the fake telegram to whip up a team. Hundreds followed in later years. It will take more than a telegram or other emotional ploy for UW to win at Utah this year. Two of UW's all-time favorites, Jerry Hill and Jim Kiick, had great days as running backs at Utah. So did Ryan Christopherson and Myron Hardeman. Do you remember any of them? Quarterbacks? Craig Burnett, Randy Welniak and Jay Stoner must have rolled up half of their career yardage against Utah.
Yes sir, the Cowboy faithful wait for the next star to emerge out of the Salt Flats and make a little history. There are some playing for this battered UW club who have a good start. And so it has to be the history, old tales and old stars that make this one of America's most underplayed, least ballyhooed rivalries in college football. Everyone, it seems, has his or her favorite Utah story here in Wyoming. Maybe this game will produce another one.
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Farm to Table Caucus Advances Local Food Movement
On a mission to advance the local food movement, a Democrat from Austin is finding common ground with Republicans and rural Texans.
When Republicans hear a Democrat saying there's "too much regulation, their ears perk up," state Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, that Democrat, said with a smile. He founded the Farm to Table Caucus, the nation's first bipartisan legislative caucus focused on advancing the local production of healthy food. Ultimately, Rodriguez says, the caucus could help address health issues in Texas like obesity and the scarcity of healthy food options in poor urban neighborhoods.
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THERE are strong indications that demand for higher education is outstripping supply. In January, Gloria Sekwena died and at least 20 other people were seriously injured when about 5,000 people stampeded in a desperate attempt to register at the last minute with the University of Johannesburg. The university received more than 85,000 applications for fewer than 12,000 places last year.
Young people's determination to get into tertiary institutions is well founded. For those who pass matric, obtaining some form of tertiary education increases their likelihood of finding a job by 100%.
Expanding the size, quality and diversity of post-school education in SA is vitally important. Without this, it is hard to see how we can meet critical national goals. Growing the economy, developing a trained public service, encouraging business expansion, reducing unemployment and strengthening the home-grown supply of well-trained teachers all depend on access to tertiary education and its quality. How we achieve this requires investigation and debate, a process the government is currently leading.
The green paper on post-school education and training, released in February, sets out the government's intention to expand and improve the tertiary education sector. The aim is to raise enrolments from the current 900,000 to 1, 5-million by 2030. This will lead to an increase in the higher education participation rate of 18-to 24-year-olds from 16% to 23%. It could very well be beyond the capacity of the public sector to meet the rapidly expanding demand for higher education on its own. Despite the government spending R1.5bn on upgrading further education and training colleges between 2006 and 2008, the college sector continues to languish — poor pass rates, poor planning, and financial mismanagement. According to the green paper, "the biggest problem facing the post-school system as a whole is the weakness and small size of the college sector".
The green paper recognises that the private sector has a role to play in tertiary sector expansion. The government intends to get a better understanding of the number and quality of existing private providers by improving "data collection", and will then develop a "nuanced strategy" to work with private providers to strengthen and expand provision. Hopefully this will be undertaken speedily and with an enthusiastic approach to what is possible through market forces.
SA can learn from other countries that have expanded access to higher education. One such is Brazil. Claudio de Moura Castro, the former director of the Brazilian government's agency for post-graduate education, visited SA recently and described the role of the private sector in the expansion of Brazilian higher education.
Brazilian higher education, while starting from a very low base, has produced numerous successes. Initially, the government sector expanded rapidly, and generally delivered quality university education, although the quality was variable.
In the 1990s, enrolment in secondary education tripled. When these students graduated and expected to find places for further study, the department of education faced the prospect of tripling its budget to meet the demand through additional public universities. This forced a reluctant ministry to ease restrictions on the private sector.
Once the government improved the regulatory environment — from impossibly restrictive to tolerable — the private sector expanded rapidly and made a major contribution to expanding post-schooling access in Brazil. Contrary to the fears of many Brazilian officials and experts, private providers have not lowered the standard of education. While there is also variability across private institutions, private students fared as well as public students in assessments and the majority of the best 100 institutions are now private.
The private sector in Brazil has been innovative in developing new educational products and institutional forms. Companies have seen business opportunities and, as a result, have developed more effective teaching materials, used TV programmes to enhance skills development and set up large education chains that exploit economies of scale. The Brazilian experience suggests there is much to gain and little to fear from making the post-schooling regulatory environment accessible to private providers, including those that are for-profit.
A remarkable difference between Brazil and SA is the extent to which Brazilian policies have created a large supply of postgraduates willing to teach in an expanding higher education sector. This spare capacity does not exist in SA. The shortage may constrain the ability of private providers to expand as rapidly as they did in Brazil unless steps are taken to fill the gap.
At present, only 9% of the people teaching in SA's private higher education institutions have a doctorate and this clearly has to change. In the short term, SA should make its skilled immigration policy more liberal (in word and deed) and entice the expertise we need for rapid expansion and quality teaching. The prolonged financial crisis in Europe and the prospect of low growth for many years to come provide an unprecedented opportunity for SA to recruit skills quickly.
One of the most interesting initiatives of the Brazilian government is the 60-year-old programme of sending thousands of bright young people to study abroad at leading universities. As nearly all of them came home with a world-class education and global experience, this suggests itself as a policy that could fairly quickly increase the number of highly skilled and internationally competitive people in SA. However, there are a number of challenges that have to be overcome first. Apart from logistical issues, the policy will work only if students are selected on merit, with an emphasis on the right areas of study (without being too narrow), and if graduates return to work in SA.
This happens in Brazil, but given SA's continuing "brain drain", consideration will need to be given to how graduates can be encouraged to return to this country.
The increasing demand for post-school education and training in SA must be met. It is in the country's interests to ensure that quality institutions expand and that new ones emerge speedily. This will not be an easy task for a public sector already struggling on a number of fronts with respect to education. Brazil's recent history illustrates the important role of nonstate institutions in expanding a country's capacity.
Private institutions could play a major role in providing access to education and training, especially for those who do not qualify for entry into leading universities. For this to happen at the speed and scale that is required, SA's current regulatory environment and negative presumptions about private provision will need to change. It is vital that the rules and regulations affecting both public and private institutions lead to "level playing fields" and that financial assistance to students is as effective and accessible as possible and does not differentiate between the two kinds of institutions.
Brazil's achievements in higher education are worthy of further consideration and an investigation into how these can best be adapted for SA's circumstances.
• Bernstein is executive director of the Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE). This article is based on a new CDE report, Public Reform and Private Expansion: the development of higher education in Brazil.


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The Westfield Area Y is participating in a "record-breaking" event and invites the community to come and swim on Thursday, June 14 at the Main Y Facility, 220 Clark St. in Westfield. Swimmers, ages three and up can be a part of The World's Largest Swimming Lesson to help break the Guinness World Record. Participants will swim from 11 a.m.-11:45 a.m. at the Y and then relax with Open Gym time from Noon -1 p.m.
More than 20,000 kids and adults on five different continents helped spread the message that Swimming Lessons Save Lives in 2011. News coverage about the program generated more than 20 million impressions in the US alone! This year, Olympic Gold Medalists Rowdy Gaines and Janet Evans, along with kids and families at aquatic facilities all around the globe will join for The World's Largest Swimming Lesso to break the world record to spread the word that Swimming Lessons Save Lives.
It's free to members and non-members and open to all swim levels. Registration is required by Sunday, June 10. Interested swimmers can register at the Main Y Facility Welcome Center. In addition, all participants will be entered into a drawing to win free swim lessons.
For more information on The World's Largest Swimming Lesso, visit WLSL.org. The Y is the nation's leading nonprofit committed to strengthening communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility.
Visit http://www.westfieldynj.org to learn more about Westfield Area Y programs. Financial assistance is available for those who qualify.


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Gael García Bernal, William Hurt
García Bernal is an actor who's always fascinating to watch, even in a muddled movie like this dark drama. Compact, lithe and with melting eyes that expressively reflect his emotions, he holds your interest no matter how improbable the onscreen carryings-on. In The King, he plays a troubled 21-year-old named Elvis Valderez who, newly discharged from the Navy, heads to Corpus Christi, Texas, to find the father (Hurt) he never knew. When the man, now a pastor with a family, tells Elvis to scram, the son sets out to destroy Dad and all he holds dear. With references to everything from religion to Elvis Presley, King offers a lot to chew on, but it's more gristle than meat. (R)
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The Pop History Dig is a content-rich destination website dedicated to public education on the history, politics, and business of contemporary culture, media, and entertainment. The site's topics range from film history to presidential politics, media mergers to sports biography, and much more.
One of the site's topical areas includes the history of advertising, with stories focused on particular advertising campaigns, the use of pop music in advertising, celebrity advertising, political advertising, and other such topics. One group of stories at the site focuses on the use of sports stars and athletes in advertising, as follows:
"Vuitton's Soccer Stars, June 2010" (celebrity advertising w/soccer sports stars), PopHistoryDig.com, January 26, 2011
"...Keeps on Ticking, 1950s-1990s"( includes Timex magazine ads w/celebrity athletes), PopHistoryDig.com, August 17, 2009.
"Vines for Camels, 1934-1935" (Ellsworth Vines, tennis star in cigarette ad), PopHistoryDig.com, July 19, 2010.
"Wheaties & Sport, 1930s" (cereal advertising with mostly baseball stars), PopHistoryDig.com, March 29, 2010.
"Babe Ruth & Tobacco, 1920s-1940s (cigar, cigarette, chewing & pipe tobacco ads), PopHistoryDig.com, September 25, 2010.
"Gifford For Luckies, 1961-1962" (Frank Gifford, football star, in cigarette ad), PopHistoryDig.com, March 29, 2010.
PopHistoryDig stories currently appear on the first & second Google search-results pages, given proximate queries. In recent months the site has attracted visitors from more than 6,500 cities in at least 150 countries, including teachers, college faculty, social historians, reporters, and media and business analysts who find it a credible and useful resource. PopHistoryDig stories have been cited in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Denver Post, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Washington Times, Wichita Eagle, CNBC.com, Salon.com, Forbes.com, MSNBC.com, The Guardian.com and other media outlets. Visitor referrals and/or links to the site have come via Wikipedia, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Reddit, BoingBoing, StumbleUpon, SocialStudies.com, WhoRunsGov.com, and others.
The PopHistoryDig is currently free & open to all users, but improved financial support is needed to keep it afloat. I am currently seeking financial and technical assistance to help broaden the site's base and improve its advertising elements. As author and owner of the site, I am also open to possible contract or affiliate-type arrangements or related research/academic opportunities that might be found at colleges, universities, foundations, media and news organizations, etc. If you have suggestions, can offer assistance, or know of persons or organizations that can help, please contact me at the e-mail address or phone number below. Thank you.


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Marc-Andre Fleury reaction
The thin line in the playoffs. Marc-Andre Fleury was one bounce away from being the star of the game. Now he is all anyone is talking about. Three pieces on him worth reading.
1. Dejan says don't abandon MAF. [ Trib ]
Good read. Thought this line summed it up:
Let me be clear on this: The Penguins have no choice but to trust Fleury. Not only because an untested Jeff Zatkoff is the backup but also because … well, he's pretty much all they've had to this point.
2. Deadspin's Barry Petchesky hits a point home about Fleury's mental state. [ Deadspin ]
But don't you feel a little something for Fleury, the human being who sat at his locker with his head down, his face buried in a t-shirt, who after making 42 saves—many of them highlight-reel quality—is singlehandedly blamed for the loss? Maybe not sympathy, but at least pity? In no other job is a person so utterly alone and in the spotlight, his every foible isolated and analyzed. And for someone like Fleury, who has already built up a reputation as a choker and knows it, to choke again? And to know he's going to take most of the heat, even though the Penguins are icing their weakest team in years? There but for the grace of Tom Barrasso go we.
3. Justin Bourne from the Score with a strong, strong piece titled "The Penguins' Marc-Andre Fleury problem (and why his career with them hinges on Game 5.)" [ The Score ]
Saturday night is the perfect time to let him find himself again. With two days off before the next game, both teams come in rested – generally an advantage for the more talented team. They are back in Pittsburgh and sure to be hungry after a crushing defeat.
Totally reasonable piece by Bourne. Great point about the two days off. We've seen Fleury respond in the past, and Bourne is right – his career with the Pens hinges on this game. For the people chanting "IT ISN'T FLEURY'S FAULT," we hear you. But know this. Careers are defined by moments in the playoffs. If the Penguins lose this series, the moment that puck jumped over Fleury's stick became a definitive moment for him. You cannot deny that.
Rob Scuderi has been terrible
Eye-opening stuff from Adam Gretz on Rob Scuderi early this week. [ SBN ]
If this sounds like a scathing criticism of Scuderi, well, that's probably because it is. But that's not really the intent. He's doing what he can, and whatever problems he is having are not from a lack of effort or a lack of understanding ofwhat to do or how to do it.
He just can't physically do it anymore.
Scuderi had a front-row seat for the game-tying goal last night, and overall Brandon Dubinsky's line is eating him alive.
Here come Columbus fans
The Blue Jackets and their fans are the story of the playoffs right now. They stood for all of OT,in a stunning display of watching a fanbase fall in love with playoff hockey. It is all similar to how the Pirates and their fans were viewed during the MLB playoffs last year. Some highlights:
– This pic is on the front page of reddit hockey. Some dude took a selfie after the Jackets won. [ reddit ]
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Walter H. Short, MD, of Manlius, NY, orthopedic hand surgeon at the SOS Hand + Wrist Center and member of the executive board at Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists, was recently invited to serve as a guest lecturer at the Mayo Clinic Disorders of the Wrist Conference. The conference will be held at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN and is scheduled for May 21-23, 2010. Dr. Short will speak about his work published in the Journal of Hand Surgery regarding the treatment of wrist injuries.
The program, endorsed by the American Association for Hand Surgery, will feature renowned guest lecturers and is designed for orthopedic and plastic surgeons with a significant hand practice and covers the spectrum of disorders of the wrist and distal radioulnar joint. The format will be case-oriented, covering topics in bony and soft tissue trauma, degenerative disease, and inflammatory arthritis, to name a few. Video taped surgery clips and cadaveric surgical dissection will be used to demonstrate complicated surgical procedures.
For additional conference information, please visit the Mayo Clinic website at www.mayo.edu. Additional information can also be found at the SOS Hand + Wrist Center website at www.soshand.com or by calling (877) 881-HAND.


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"....L0'ving in Venice.."
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|Cannaregio, 30121 Venezia, 이탈리아
Excluseve and comfortable 5 Stars apartment located in the heart of the City.
Cozy, neat and fully equipped. Very convenent for groceries, shops, ferry boat and just 5min by feet to Rialto Bridge. We also offer a full Customer Service in order to ease your arrival and make your experience unforgettable.
Living in Venice means loving in Venice..
PAYMENT OBLIGATION OF IDENTIFICATION and tourist tax ARRIVAL:
ALL CUSTOMERS WILL BE IDENTIFIED data transmitted to the Police.
ALL GUESTS ARE OBLIGED TO PAY THE TAX OF Eu. 1.50 A person with more than 10 years PER NIGHT
The apartment is delivered between 14.00 and 18.00 on the day of arrival and must be vacated by 10.00 am on the day of departure. Arrivals and departures may from time to time be agreed on at different times:
for arrivals between 19.00 and 21.00 € 25.00.
for arrivals between 21.00 and 00.00 € 50.00.
for arrivals after midnight, by prior arrangement only, € 70.00
for arrivals between 7.00 to 9.00 € 35.00
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Our hosts kindly picked us up at the bus-station and followed us to the apartment.
The apartment was very well equipped, you could easily cook your own meals, if you wanted to. The room(s) were clean and inviting
The apartment was situated close to a vaporetto-stop, a supermarket and several good restaurants. The small yard was pleasant to sit in after a long day around town.
Absolutely a place to recommend for a stay in Venice.
Excellent property. Apartment is nicely remodelled and bright, considering it's a ground floor in a city where houses are very close together. The owners have supplied it with everything a visitor might need, and then some. (Americans: the bathroom even has washcloths!) Silvana and her son Filippo were very easy to work with, and went out of their way to make sure we found the apartment (Filippo met us at the train station) and knew what was around the neighborhood.
The location is very good: close to shops and some of the best restaurants in Venice, but in a neighborhood that's less overrun by tourists than most in Venice and, in our opinion, much more fun to wander around in than San Marco or the other places where tourists congregate. You can get anywhere in Venice on foot quite easily, and the apartment is very close to both the vaporetto stop for the main Grand Canal line and the stop for the northern islands.
One more comment about the location: the apartment is across a narrow street from two restaurants, including one -- antica adelaide -- that is quite popular (though we had a terrible meal there). From the apartment, and especially from the bedroom, you can hear the restaurant clients outside as they wait for tables, smoke, say goodnight, etc. Once the restaurant closes and the staff goes home, the apartment is very quiet, but if you are a light sleeper you will notice the noise from Adelaide when it's open. It didn't bother us -- we were too exhausted from hours of walking to care -- but i thought it worth mentioning for others.
Adorable studio with a lovely patio, very private and beautifully decorated.
Slept on comfortable beds and all the appliances in the kitchen worked well.
The location is ideal to explore Venice , especially recommended for young couples who want to enjoy the cozy wine bars in this lively neighborhood.
We were very warmly welcomed by the nice son as a surprise even had done. a bottle Proseco in the refrigerator and breakfast for the first day.
We were met at the train station by Silvana's son Phillipe making our trek to the apartment a breeze to navigate. Phillipe and my son shared many things in common and enjoyed sharing with each other in both English and Italian. The apartment is beautifully maintained with very nice furnishings and many updates. The kitchen was fully stocked with more than just the essentials! We enjoyed the patio and the close proximity to wonderful restaurants. We highly recommend this apartment for Venice visitors.
Silvana's apartment is a delight - even better than the pictures suggest. It has been renovated to a high standard and the result is a cool, crisp interior, with white marble floors and an airy feel. The shower room and kitchen are very well equipped, with mdern fittings. The owners have also taken great care with the details, providing a toaster, speakers for use with iPods and iPads, WiFi etc. The apartment is also equipped witha washer/drier, dish-washer and other equipment that made our stay comfortable and easy. What made the stay really special for us though, were the personal touches: lovely soaps in the shower room, welcome items in the food cupboards/ fridge and a personal welcome from Silvana's daughter. Excellent communication with the family, before the visit, helped ensure that we found our way to the apartment without getting lost in Venice's maze of streets. The situation of the apartment is excellent, being just around the corner from the Strada Nova, one of Venice's main shopping streets and a stone's throw from one of Venice's Irish pubs, which is cheaper than many of the other bars in the area and stays open relatively late. We can recommend the little restaurant opposite the apartment, where we enjoyed a really excellent meal. The service there was the best we've experienced in Venice and the fish dishes are especially fresh and authentic. In spite of being very central, the apartment feels quite 'off the beaten track', being quiet and in an area less frequented by tourists than some others in the city. It's our first experience of Wimdu and we are now enthisiastic about this method of finding accommodation. The process was easy from start to finish and the personal contact was a real bonus. We would recommend this lovely apartment to anyone considering a stay in beautiful Venice.
Als "Venedig-Kenner" - wir fahren seit zehn Jahren regelmäßig für ein paar Tage in die Lagunenstadt - haben wir den Ortsteil Cannaregio bewusst gewählt. Bisher hatten wir dort ausschließlich in verschiedenen Hotels gewohnt. Hätten wir dieses wunderschöne Apartment von Silvana früher gekannt, wären wir dort sicher eher "gelandet".
Silvanas Sohn Manuel holte uns pünktlich am vereinbarten Treffpunkt ab und zeigte uns die Räumlichkeiten. Sie sind bestens ausgestattet und liebevoll eingerichtet. Silvana hatte den Kühlschrank reichlich gefüllt. Frisches Obst stand auf dem Tisch. Solch einen großzügigen Empfang hatten wir in noch keiner Ferienwohnung!!! Klein und gemütlich ist der "Corte" (Innenhof). Dort ließ es sich abends bei angenehmen Temperaturen auch mal draußen sitzen. Vom Appartment ist man schnell im Trubel, genauso schnell aber wieder draußen. Schließt man die Tür hinter sich, herrscht angenehme Ruhe. Die Vapretto-Stationen "Ca d'Oro" und "Fondamenta Nuove" sind fußläufig schnell und ohne sich zu verlaufen erreichbar. Das ist für Venedig strategisch wertvoll.
Alles in allen waren wir hochzufrieden. Dieses Apartment würden wir sofort wieder wählen. Ein ganz großes Dankeschön geht an unsere Gastgeberin Silvana. Grazie per tutti und Arrivederci!
Bel appartement dans une rue tranquille tout près de Ca d'Oro, accueil très agréable de Filippo qui vient nous chercher à Fondamente Novo, frigo garni de fruit, boisson etc, petit déjeuner à disposition
Silvana und Familie waren ausgesprochen gute Gastgeber. Schon vor der Reise konnten wir uns mit allen Fragen an sie wenden. Was man nicht auf englisch beschreiben konnte, konnte man auf deutsch schreiben, da ihre Tochter in Deutschland verheiratet ist. Von früheren Venedig Besuchen weiß ich, wie schwer es ist eine Adresse zu finden. Umso angenehmer war es für uns, dass uns der äußerst angenehme erwachsene Sohn an der Piazza Roma abgeholt hat. Wir konnten uns prima auf englisch unterhalten.
Die Räumlichkeiten waren angenehm kühl und ansprechend eingerichtet. So ein geräumiges Badezimmer mit großer Dusche haben wir gar nicht erwartet.
Der Kühlschrank war, da mit Frühstück, gut gefüllt und auch sonst war alles vorhanden. Selbst an die Knoblauchzehen hat Silvana gedacht.
Die Lage des Apartment war besonders günstig . Die Anleger von 2 unterschiedlichen Bootslinien nicht weit. Zu Fuß war man in 10 Minuten an der Rialto Brücke und in 20 Minuten am Markusplatz oder Oper.
Wir haben uns dank der liebevollen Hilfe sehr wohl gefühlt.
Un soggiorno a Venezia indimenticabile! L'appartamento è finemente ristrutturato ed arredato e dotato di tutto. Davvero suggestivo il cortiletto esterno, fantastica e spaziosissima la doccia in mosaico. Luminoso, allegro, perfetto! Dopo lunghe passeggiate su e giù per i calli, rientrare a casa in un ambiente così accogliente e rilassante ha reso la nostra vacanza ancora più bella. Grazie di cuore a Silvana per la sua cortesia ed ospitalità e per averci offerto prosecco, frutta, gelati e tutto il necessario per la colazione. Da ripetere ... presto!
David e Fabio
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Neither Patrik Elias nor Henrik Tallinder took part in the Devils' morning skate today.
Elias missed practice on Monday because he was ill. Tallinder has missed the last two games because of back spasms.
Coach Pete DeBoer, said he was ill after practice on Monday, seemed to make a quick recovery. He was among the first onto the ice today for the morning skate.
The Devils host the Rangers tonight at the Prudential Center. It is Toys for Tots night. Fans attending the game should bring new, unwrapped toys.
For more Devils coverage, follow Rich Chere on Twitter at twitter.com/Ledger_NJDevils
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The Guggenheim's arrangement with Google subsidiary YouTube is the gift that keeps on giving. First, the museum won't deny that Google is paying for wall space in the museum and the use of the museum's curatorial staff. (No word on whether Gugg staff will be required to wear Armani at the press conference or show up on motorcycles.) Next, a PR firm affiliated with the Google-Guggenheim project keeps sending out wince+chuckle-inducing press releases. Here's a line from the latest, from PR firm Red Consultancy:
To date more than 8,600 videos from 69 countries have been submitted by artists who aspire to have their work displayed alongside Picasso and van Gogh as part of YouTube Play, a biennial of creative video.


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SFU People in the News
April 05, 2012
This report on Simon Fraser University in the news lists the main items of known media coverage from 9 a.m. Pacific Wednesday April 4 to 9 a.m. Pacific Thursday April 5.
The report is compiled and distributed by SFU Public Affairs & Media Relations.
(Because of the Easter holiday period, the next issue of Media Matters will go online on Tuesday April 10.)
Breast cancer | Donations | CBC ads | Politics | Languages | HIV/AIDS | Sports
- Media in several countries carried stories on how an international team of researchers—including four from SFU—has made a discovery that will change the way the most deadly form of breast cancer is treated. Our news-monitor spotted 256 stories in less than 24 hours.
The international science-and-technology network of Gizmodo.com was first. It wrote:
"One of the worst things you can hear from you doctor is that you, or a loved one, has 'triple negative' breast cancer. It stubbornly refuses to respond to the best treatments available, so doctors have to resort to chemotherapy. It strikes 16 per cent of breast cancer patients, most of them younger than 40. But we may finally have figured out how to beat it.
"In the largest genetic analysis ever of these types of tumours, scientists have discovered we've been treating them all wrong, for years. By sequencing the DNA of 100 triple negative tumors, they've found that the tumours are vastly different. Which means doctors should be treating them vastly differently—but until now they were mostly treated basically the same way. No two tumour genomes were even similar, let alone exactly the same.
"'Seeing these tumours at a molecular level has taught us we're dealing with a continuum of different types of breast cancer here, not just one,' said Steven Jones, a co-author of the study, which is published . . . in the journal Nature. Jones is a molecular biology and biochemistry professor . . . at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada.
"'These findings prove the importance of personalising cancer drug treatment so that it targets the genetic make up of a particular tumour rather than presuming one therapy can treat multiple, similar-looking tumours.'"
Full story: http://at.sfu.ca/tseldx
SFU news release: http://at.sfu.ca/IracGq
Other news media soon followed, including:
- The Canadian Press: "A news release from Simon Fraser University, where four of the researchers in the study are based, said the 59 scientists involved in the study expected to see similar gene profiles when they mapped the genomes of 100 tumours. But they found no two genomes were similar, never mind the same.
Full story (in the Winnipeg Free Press): http://at.sfu.ca/kNrdCA
- The Vancouver Sun: "Steven Jones, a co-author of the study, Simon Fraser University professor and head of bioinformatics research at the BC Cancer Agency, said scientists expected to see genetic similarities in the tumours when they mapped their genomes. But they didn't find the similarities they expected. . . .
"'The genetic diversity of these tumours, even though they're clinically similar, probably explains why they are so difficult to treat,' Jones said, in a news release."
Full story: http://at.sfu.ca/mHCOhA
(By way of Postmedia News, the Sun story also ran in the Montreal Gazette.)
- CKNW: "Four Simon Fraser University scientists are part of an international team, credited with a discovery that could change the way the most deadly of breast cancers is treated. A study outlining the findings has been published in the journal 'Nature'—which debunks the idea that the deadliest breast cancer tumours may have similar gene profiles.
SFU professor Dr. Steven Jones, who co-authored the study, says they found no two genomes were even similar—let alone the same—which explains why the so-called primary triple negative breast cancers are so hard to treat."
Full story: http://at.sfu.ca/nkhRHf
- News1130 Radio: "Study co-author Steven Jones of Simon Fraser University . . . says the study shows the importance of personalizing drug treatments for the cancer so they target the genetic make-up of a particular tumour instead of using a one-size-fits-all approach."
Full story: http://at.sfu.ca/yKdbOW
- ScienceDaily.com: "Jones credits the affordability of genetic sequencing—a process that now takes tens of thousands rather than millions of dollars to do—with making tumour analysis at the molecular level more readily available. . . .
"Other researchers associated with SFU involved in this research are Marco Marra, Martin Hirst and Gregg Morin. As well as being researchers at the Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, they are SFU adjunct professors of molecular biology and biochemistry."
Full story: http://at.sfu.ca/UalYLj
- CBC News: "Four scientists at British Columbia's Simon Fraser University have helped unlock the genetic code of the deadliest form of breast cancer. The scientists formed part of an international team that mapped the genomes of more than 100 tumours of triple-negative breast cancer, the largest ever genetic analysis of this type of cancer."
Full story: http://at.sfu.ca/hRTTBo
- And there was a BC Cancer Agency news release: It's a PDF at http://at.sfu.ca/semyxv
- Following up a Vancouver Sun story, the Peace Arch News and the Cloverdale Reporter told readers: "There was no rule against using Simon Fraser University funds for political donations when Wilf Hurd, SFU's director of government relations, gave SFU money to the BC Liberals.
"But now, there will be a policy against it, following a report in the Vancouver Sun newspaper this week that the former Surrey-White Rock Liberal MLA used university money to make $2,045 in donations to seven BC Liberal party fundraisers.
"According to the report, the payments were made over a period of just over a month this year. They included, among other things, $1,000 for six tickets to an event staged by Liberal MLA and former cabinet minister Harry Bloy (Burnaby-Lougheed) and a $350 contribution to deputy Speaker Linda Reid (Richmond East).
"The 61-year-old Hurd—who could not be reached for comment by press time Wednesday—attended the fundraisers and wrote out personal cheques to the BC Liberals, then filed an expense claim for the money with the university, which paid him back.
"Don MacLachlan, SFU's director of public affairs and media relations, said there was no written rule covering donations to political fundraisers, but the president of the university, Andrew Petter—a former New Democrat MLA (Saanich South)—has ordered a halt until a policy officially forbidding it is in place.
"'It's absolutely, definitively, been put to a stop,' MacLachlan told Peace Arch News. 'Expenditures such as this are not to happen.' An internal investigation has been ordered by Petter, MacLachlan said."
Full story: http://at.sfu.ca/XKcKnm
- Then The Vancouver Sun did its own followup story: "Simon Fraser University is launching an audit of the expense claims made by one of its directors who was reimbursed by the university for more than $2,000 spent attending B.C. Liberal events in 2012.
"Former BC Liberal MLA Wilfred Hurd, now SFU's director of government relations, expensed $2,045 in just over one month to attend seven party fundraisers, The Sun reported on Tuesday. He also donated $18,766 to the B.C. Liberals between 2005 and mid-2011, Elections B.C. records show.
"SFU spokesman Don MacLachlan could not say how much of that money was reimbursed by the university, but SFU's internal auditor will be looking into all Hurd's expense claims going back 'as far as they need to,' he said.
"The auditor will also evaluate the university's procedure for approving business expenses with an eye to identifying improvements, MacLachlan said."
Full story: http://at.sfu.ca/OZuwjR
- Political scientist Marjorie Griffin Cohen was in a Georgia Straight story: "The B.C. Liberals may be in trouble in the polls, but they sure have a lot more money than their competitors.
"According to records released by Elections B.C. on April 4, the ruling party has reported that it received a total of $8.9 million in contributions in 2011. That's more than twice the $4.4 million pulled in by the B.C. NDP, and more than 20 times the B.C. Conservative Party's $210,397.
"But SFU political-science professor Marjorie Griffin Cohen says this situation may change this year, as the B.C. Liberal Party continues to register dismal showings in various opinion surveys.
"'As donors respond to political polls, I would imagine a large increase in [contributions to] the Conservatives and a decrease in the Liberals, just because people do seem to be switching from the Liberals to the Conservatives,' Cohen told the Straight in a phone interview."
Full story: http://at.sfu.ca/DVDNjL
- Two SFU profs were in a Victoria Times Colonist story that reported: "Cuts to the CBC are motivating the corporation to put ads on part of its radio service, a move that is drawing some negative reviews. . . . The network applied Wednesday to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission for permission to run ads on CBC Radio Two."
The story added: "Simon Fraser University communications professor Catherine Murray said she worked on a report in the mid-1990s with former CBC and CRTC head Pierre Juneau, called Making Our Voices Heard. 'And we particularly wanted to protect radio from any kind of pressure [to accept ads],' Murray said."
SFU Communication prof Rowland Lorimer said Canada might have to adopt the National Public Radio model of funding from corporate sponsors. "Canadians wouldn't be so upset by that," Lorimer said. "They are going to be upset by the gradual movement of Radio Two and the radio system as a whole over to an advertising model."
Full story: http://at.sfu.ca/ZOsDMf
- Marketing prof Lindsay Meredith was in the Georgia Straight, saying Premier Christy Clark's hopes of turning around BC Liberal fortunes are hampered by baggage from the party's past.
"'Christy Clark is the equivalent of Liberals trying to put lipstick on a pig,' Meredith told the Straight in a phone interview.
"'You can pretty the pig up but it's still a pig,' the SFU professor said. 'And the problem is yeah, she puts a new face on it but the fact is there's still fundamental, key problems with the party that have not gone away.'"
Full story: http://at.sfu.ca/KAJmsw
- Time magazine quoted SFU Linguistics prof Murray J. Munro in a story about the difficulties adults have in learning a foreign language—and trying to perfect the native accent.
Wrote Time: "For decades, traditional language instruction held up native-like pronunciation as the ideal, enforced by doses of 'fear, embarrassment and conformity,' in the words of Murray J. Munro, a professor of linguistics at Simon Fraser University in Canada.
"Munro and a co-author, University of Alberta linguist Tracy Derwing, argue that this ideal is 'clearly unrealistic,' leading to disappointment and frustration on the part of most adult language learners. . . .
"Adult students of language should be guided by the 'intelligibility principle,' not the old 'nativeness principle.' As Derwing and Munro note, 'even heavily accented speech can be highly comprehensible.'"
Full story: http://at.sfu.ca/jLBrZV
- SFU prof Jamie Scott was on GlobalTV Regina as it looked at the incidence of AIDS in Saskatchewan (some 1,600 known cases) and at the faster-than-usual progression of the disease in some of them.
Said Global: "A new study proposal from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver is looking for funding to find out (why)."
On what is being found in the unusual Saskatchewan cases, Scott said: "From one person's virus to the next person's virus, there's less variability there than you would see if you did the same thing in Vancouver or in Montreal, for instance." But, she said, it's not a new strain, as some have reported.
(Scott is Canada Research Chair in molecular immunity.)
GlobalTV video: http://at.sfu.ca/zwPoMw
- A string of sports media carried a story on former SFU Clan quarterback Jason Marshall, now playing professional rugby in France. He's hoping to recover from an arm injury so he can play for Canada at Burnaby's Swangard Stadium on June 23, when Canada completes a three-game international series with a match against Georgia. Swangard was the home field for the Clan when Marshall played for SFU.
The Canadian Press: http://at.sfu.ca/nsMyCo
Globe and Mail: http://at.sfu.ca/XZjqME
The Province: http://at.sfu.ca/KHsLyN
The Vancouver Sun: http://at.sfu.ca/ZpCyHU
- Earlier issues of Media Matters are online at http://at.sfu.ca/GzJvYO
- SFU's news releases are online at http://at.sfu.ca/APbezp
- The university newsletter, SFU News, is also online, at: http://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/
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- Also available online: information and reports from SFU president Andrew Petter: http://www.sfu.ca/pres
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The clinical picture. By now we know that the 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza differs from the seasonal flu in that it primarily strikes young children and healthy young adults (including pregnant women) as opposed to the elderly. Underlying conditions that place people at high risk for serious complications include asthma, heart and kidney disease, a suppressed immune system, and obesity and diabetes. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 19% of adults hospitalized from flu complications have diabetes. In the WHO's weekly telephone briefing on November 5, Keiji Fukuda, special adviser to the director-general on pandemic influenza, said "the WHO remains quite concerned" that serious complications are occurring in healthy people younger than 65. He noted that although most people will recover without incident, those with serious complications are putting a strain on hospital resources in many countries. Reports in the November 4 issue of JAMA detailed the experiences of California, Mexico, and Canada in responding to patients hospitalized and critically ill from the H1N1 flu. Those requiring hospitalization were often young people who had a short prodromal illness followed by a rapid decline with respiratory distress and multisystem failure. Many required significant lengths of stay in ICUs and complex mechanical ventilation therapies, leading to concerns about whether resources will be sufficient should the pandemic have a long season.
In a December 1 press briefing, the CDC reported a decline in flu activity but stressed that "the flu virus is unpredictable." The CDC also pointed out that during the 1957–1958 flu pandemic, after an initial waning of activity in the fall, there was a resurgence from December through January. The flu season is typically December to May.
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A meatbaster (See figure.) consists of a squeeze bulb attached to aplastic tube. When the bulb is squeezed and released, with the openend of the tube under the surface of the basting sauce, the saucerises in the tube to a distance h, as the drawingshows. It can then be squirted over the meat.
(a) Isthe absolute pressure in the bulb in the drawing greater or lessthan atmospheric pressure?
(b) In a second trial, the distance h issomewhat less than it is in the drawing. Is the absolute pressurein the bulb in the second trial greater or smaller than in the caseshown in the drawing?
Using 1.013e+05 Pa for the atmospheric pressureand 1100 kg/m3 for the density of thesauce, find the absolute pressure in the bulb when thedistance h is each of the following.
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So What is Tomodachi Life Exactly?Tomodachi Life is a life simulation game created by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. Created as a sequel to Japan-exclusive Tomodachi Collection, the game initially reminded me of a crossover between Tamagotchi and The Sims… Except much more fun and lighthearted. Read on for the top 5 reasons why Tomodachi Life should be added to your arsenal of games.1. Create a crazy world where friends, family and celebrities come together. Ever wondered if Daenerys Targaryen would fall in love with you? Or if you and your girlfriend would actually get together in an alternate world? Tomodachi Life's got you covered. You start off on an island which you name and then get to populate with Miis. All the Miis can be either created through a real-life picture or from scratch, and you get to choose their personalities, and this is where the beauty of the game is. Though you play God, the Miis are unpredictable and ultimately make their own choices in preferences, mates and attitudes. The Mii version of myself hates fried chicken and lollipops even though the real me can gladly eat that all day, errday. 2. Watch the Miis participate in a nonsensical alternate reality.Let's get this out of the way off the bat: this is Nintendo, guys and the Miis are weird, absurd and amazing. The first Miis I created were myself, my husband and a human version of my dog Bowie. I left them to do their thing in the apartment building (in which all Miis stay in their own place until they get married) while I explored the Island and the other locations. I come back to check on them to find myself and my husband taking part in a tug-of-war battle over a piece of apple pie that's being pulled like Stretch Armstrong. They now hate each other (art imitating life? HA. Just kidding!). Your Miis will also pop up as shop owners, news anchors and on television!
3. Miis say the darndest things.One of my favorite parts of the game is hearing what my Miis have to say. Sometimes they'll have endearing and cute things to say such as "July makes me giddy. I just can't contain my July jubilation". They also have surprisingly insightful life quotes: "It's not healthy to keep things bottled up. Except for potions and fairies". And other times, they're downright douchey: "I think my job as a friend is to stop my buddies from being dumb. It's tough!". It's just like real life, guys!"4. It's a long-term game.Tomodachi Life doesn't bother itself with campaigns and restrictive gameplay, it's an open-ended never ending game with endless possibilities which is both refreshing and keeps you wanting to check back constantly. The game works around your clock so when you sleep, they sleep. Your new day is their new day. Everyday the island's shops stock up with new goods and services, and leisure locations have new events that abide to a 24-hour schedule, so whenever you have time to check in your Miis, there is something to do. A good thing about the is that your Miis will wait patiently for your return, and won't die or become resentful if you skip out on a few days of interacting with them. The game is so addictive, however, that you'll find yourself anticipating checking in on them and next thing you know, a couple of hours have passed by feeding them, changing their outfits and playing the matchmaking guru. And as you add more Miis, or your Miis have babies, the bigger and stranger the world becomes. 5. Ultimately, the game is just plain fun and hilarious. The real fun in the game is just watching these adorable little Miis live their lives while you help them out with simple, everyday life situations. While they do act independently, sometimes the little buggers will ask you to rub a feather on their noses to help them sneeze, or what a perfect date location would be. Other times they'll ask you to look inside their bellies and say "Pretty neat, huh?". They say the most random and weird things ever that will actually make you laugh out loud, especially if it's Mii versions of people you know. You can capture every weird moment or sentence they say with the 3DS's camera, or send them on vacation while they ask you to take pictures for them. If you catch them sleeping, you can enter their dreams which are really strange and funny. You can also make them become rap stars, Opera singers or Hula dancers. Bottom line is that Tomodachi Life was a sleeper hit for me, and I never thought I'd get so engrossed by a game that doesn't really a point. But I have, and it's addictive as heck.
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