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Behold, New Englands Top 100 Public Courses
New England Journal of Golf, the only dedicated golf magazine serving the entire six-state region, has published its annual ranking of New Englands very best golf courses accessible to public play.
Sugarloaf Golf Club in Carrabassett, Maine, again finished first in the ranking; Putnam Country Club in Putnam, Conn. came in at No. 100. In between and in order of quality are the finest daily-fee, resort, semiprivate and municipal golf courses in Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
The only ranking ever assembled specifically for New England, The Top 100 headlines the Spring 2003 issue of New England Journal of Golf (NEJG), now available on newstands in all six states.
Readers can view the complete NEJG Top 100 online, along with full magazine coverage. But the top 25 looks like this:
1. Sugarloaf Golf Club, Carrabassett, Maine
2. Taconic Golf Club, Williamstown, Mass.
3. Farm Neck Golf Club, Oak Bluffs, Mass.
4. Belgrade Lakes Golf Club, Belgrade, Maine
5. Crumpin-Fox Golf Club, Bernardston, Mass.
6. Country Club of New Seabury (Ocean), Mashpee, Mass.
7. Waverly Oaks Golf Club, Plymouth, Mass.
8. Pinehills Golf Club, Jones Course, Plymouth, Mass.
9. Red Tail Golf Club, Devens, Mass
10. The Equinox/Gleneagles Golf Club, Manchester, Vt.
11. Richter Park Golf Course, Danbury, Conn.
12. Fox Hopyard Golf Club, Old Lyme, Conn.
13. The Ranch Golf Club, Southwick, Mass.
14. The Balsams Golf Club, Panorama Course, Dixville Notch, N.H.
15. Kebo Valley Golf Club, Bar Harbor, Maine
16. Rutland Country Club, Rutland, Vt.
17. Owls Nest Golf Club, Campton, N.H.
18. Pinehills Golf Club, Nicklaus Course, Plymouth, Mass.
19. Shaker Hills Golf Club, Harvard, Mass.
20. Okemo Valley Golf Club, Ludlow, Vt.
21. Samoset Resort Golf Club, Rockland, Maine
22. Green Mountain National Golf Course, Killington, Vt.
23. Stow Acres Country Club, North Course, Stow, Mass.
24. Portsmouth Country Club, Portsmouth, N.H.
25. Waterville Country Club, Waterville, Maine
We quadrupled the size of our course-rating panel for this years NEJG Top 100, and readers will notice that things were shaken up considerably, said David DeSmith, editor-in-chief of NEJG, which is published six times annually from its North Yarmouth, Maine headquarters.
Thirteen courses debuted this year; some opened during 2002 but others played their way in, according to our panelists, through renovation, improved maintenance standards and good, old fashioned maturity, said DeSmith. So many new courses opened during the past three years. The good ones are that much better with a couple seasons under their belts.
When courses move up the list, others fall. Thats the unfortunate truth, DeSmith continued. Our list might ruffle some feathers but The NEJG Top 100 remains, more than anything else, mind-boggling testimony to the quality of golf here in New England. We have aimed to provide a meaningful hit list, if you will a reference guide for avid golfers in all six states, and for people visiting New England. We like to think of the NEJG Top 100 as the definitive roadmap. Because of the depth and class of public golf here, there are no wrong turns.
New England Journal of Golfs panel includes club and touring pros, architects and superintendents, NEJG staff and fellow journalists, golf association personnel and noted golf hounds. To qualify for The NEJG Top 100, courses must have met three units of criteria: 1) They had to be located in one of the six New England states; 2) They had to be open for public play as of Dec. 31, 2002; and 3) They had to offer at least 18 holes. All the courses considered for The NEJG Top 100 were evaluated on the basis of:
Overall design
Test of golf/difficulty
Variety of challenge and design
Scenic value/environmental factors
Course conditioning
According to National Golf Foundation statistics, there are more than 720 golf courses that are generally open for public play in New England. Our Top 100 merely skims the cream from the crop, DeSmith added. We rank them as a reader service. To list them alphabetically would be less controversial, to be sure, but it would also be far less interesting and useful to New England golfers.
New England Journal of Golf is the only dedicated golf magazine serving the entire six-state region. As does every issue, NEJGs Early Spring 2003 edition includes six separate, in-depth sections devoted to the respective golf scenes in each of the six New England states.
In addition to its Top 100 coverage, the current NEJG includes results of an extensive readers poll on New Englands best public courses; a detailed round-up of the springs hot new golf equipment; the first entry from NEJGs newest regular columnist, NHL legend Ray Bourque; a preview of Junes CVS Charity Classic in Rhode Island; travel features on the scenic Route 7 corridor, New York State, and Canadas string of Grand Resorts; a Q&A with this years Open Doctor, course architect Mark Mungeam; the ghostly tale of eternal guests at The Balsams; the latest from Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Paul Szep; plus news, opinion and photography.
For subscription information, call NEJG at 207/829-6760, or visit the website at www.nejg.com.
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Bonds and Levies
Bond = Building; Levy = Learning
A bond is a request by a school district of voters to sell bonds to raise cash for capital expenses, usually substantial projects. Bonds are the only means through which districts can build schools.
State matching funds help supplement local bond and capital levy dollars to build, remodel, and renovate K-12 schools. For example, if a district needs to build new school buildings and remodel others, voters are asked to approve a construction bond. The bond, once approved by voters, may be supplemented by state matching dollars to help the district fund facilities needed.
Only after a district passes its bond or capital levy is it eligible to apply for a matching grant from the state. The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) approves projects and administers the state matching funds to K-12 school districts based upon a mix of factors such as the need for space, building conditions, project timelines, etc., as well as local and state funds available.
A levy is a request by a school district of voters to raise or continue property taxes for a limited number of years for operations costs or capital improvements such as computers or other equipment. Local levies bridge the gap between state funding and what it actually costs to operate schools. Levy dollars pay for the following programs and services:
Maintenance and Operations Levy
- Smaller class sizes
- All extra-curricular activities including athletics, music, drama, art
- Counselors, nurses, paraeducators, technology staff
- Community Education
- Library staff, library books, curriculum and teaching materials
- Accelerated programs including after-school activities, foreign languages, and highly capable programs
Transportation Levy
- Purchases new buses to address growth
- Replaces aging bus fleet
- Improves fuel efficiency
- Does not pay for staff
Technology Levy
- Equipment, software and hardware
- Learning opportunities such as class presentations, video projects, online curriculum, career and scholarship research, skill-building technology, test preparation, and phonics programs
- Communication systems including network upgrades required to run state data-processing software, web servers, email, phones and voice mail, increased bandwidth for more efficient and reliable access to the internet, and other on-line resources
- Increased productivity such as grade/assignment monitoring, classroom videoconferencing, digital video distribution and streaming media, and electronic reporting for grades, student data, attendance and assessment
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MAKING HER WAY UP THE STEPS OF NED and Annie Lamont's house in Greenwich, Conn., the Duchess of York seemed to be bracing for battle—and with reason. Three days earlier, Buckingham Palace had announced that the Queen, presumed to be irritated at her daughter-in-law's spendthrift ways, was refusing to cover her debts—estimated by insiders at an immodest $2.3 million. Fleet Street leaped to the chase, and now 40-odd newshounds were poised on the couple's elegant suburban steps, waiting for her to join the fundraiser that would net $100,000 for her Manhattan-based charity, Chances for Children. When Fergie had arrived at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington two days before, reporters had shouted at the duchess (whose entourage included Princesses Beatrice, 7, and Eugenie, 5, two bodyguards and a personal assistant), "Who'll pay the bill?"
In Greenwich on Jan. 20, the royals' somewhat blackened sheep swept past the press and turned a dazzling smile on her well-heeled hosts—he, a TV-cable-company owner and she, a venture capitalist. Wearing a lace gown with a modest diamond necklace, Fergie, 36, greeted guests who had paid $500 for a champagne reception and dinner. As she worked the crowd, a trio of young 2 girls made their way through the room, lugging I copies of her coffee-table opus Victoria and Albert: A Family Life at Osborne House and imploring, "Would you like to buy the duchess's book? It's $100. She'll sign it for you!"
Though only one book was sold by the time dinner began, the duchess seemed to have a reason to celebrate. Earlier her office had announced that a consortium had come to her rescue with a five-year, $5 million deal for future TV, video and film royalties from Fergie's perky book-and-cartoon character Budgie the Helicopter (protagonist of her 1989 children's book) and unspecified other projects. After the humiliation of the previous week, the duchess could look forward to paying off Coutts & Co.—the London bankers carrying her overdraft—and to an improved cash flow. She could also claim, somewhat improbably, to be a successful businesswoman instead of an undisciplined bankrupt.
Bailout or no, the chattering classes were still picking apart Fergie's balance sheet when she returned to London on Jan. 24. Although many found it hard to believe that a woman so fond of having someone else pick up the check managed to spend $1 million last year, it seemed that $230 haircuts from celeb stylist Nicky Clarke, a $4,600 housewarming at the mansion that she rents in Surrey and jaunts to Bermuda, Hong Kong and Los Angeles, among other big-ticket items, had sent her debt soaring (see page 50).
As tout London soon learned, Fergie's crisis began with her inability to live on a mere $500,000 a year. Since her 1992 separation from Andrew, she has received $62,000 annually from the prince, who pays $15,500 in school fees for Beatrice and Eugenie. (Although the Queen provided a settlement of $3 million, the bulk is in trust for the princesses.) This year, Fergie received royalties and gifts from chums worth another $300,000, while Hello! magazine, a British glossy, paid $155,000 in exchange for eight major stories.
Although $500,000 would be plenty for most royals, Fergie's impulse spending put her in the stratosphere: Last month, on a three-day trip to Qatar—whose government funded her flight and covered her $9,000 hotel bill—she took time from her charity work to drink late into the night with tennis player Thomas Muster (ranked No. 3 in the world). On Jan. 8, she flew first-class to Sydney; three days later, she met Muster in Melbourne, where they took separate rooms at a five-star hotel. The tab for that jaunt: about $30,000. (When reporters grilled press secretary Dominique Vulliamy about the trip, she refused Fergie's request to say that she had not joined Muster. Last month, that conflict, among others, prompted Vulliamy to resign.)
Household expenses are similarly excessive. Groceries come from Harrods, and meals are served in grand style. "Breakfast for the kids was a sight," says a friend. "They only ate cornflakes, but the cook was told to put out eight cereals and silver dishes with scrambled eggs, bacon and sausages." (Though she later slashed the grocery budget, Fergie "complained about the plain food," says the chum—who adds that the cook promptly quit.)
Nor does the duchess scrimp on entertaining: She once spent $7,500 for a celebration à deux to mark the birthday of John Bryan, the "financial adviser" who made headlines when a photographer snapped him kissing her feet in the South of France in 1992. And she is a regular at Mossiman's, a London restaurant where, according to columnist Ross Benson, "you have to take out a mortgage to pay the bill."
Of course, Fergie has snapped up perks that other royals accept in a more restrained manner—including discounts (Harrods is believed to trim her bills by 30 percent) and airline tickets from Virgin Atlantic Airways chairman Richard Branson. Cronies, including impresario Robert Stigwood, who paid for Fergie's May holiday in Bermuda, and Indian socialite Lily Mahtani, who reportedly contributed $150,000 toward a 1994 jaunt to the South of France, have also helped the duchess to live beyond her means. So, too, have a handful of London boutiques that allow her dresser, Jane Dunn-Butler, to borrow expensive outfits.
There are less obvious benefits as well. Though the duchess maintains that she pays her own way on charity missions, some are underwritten by corporate contributors. And though other royals are careful to keep such sorties separate from holidays, Fergie has never taken such care—leaving herself open to allegations that expeditions like her trip to Qatar are merely window dressing for her vacations.
Veteran Windsor watchers, at least, are not surprised by Fergie's predicament. Noting that her father, Maj. Ronald Ferguson, has often been in debt, Brian Hoey says, "She was raised in a family with champagne tastes and root-beer capabilities—she has no idea of the value of money."
At the moment, it seems, Sarah's major adversary is the Queen, who lost patience when she began to suspect that her daughter-in-law was funneling money to the debt-ridden Bryan, 40. On Jan. 18, the duchess informed reporters that she was the target of a conspiracy—that "enemies at the Palace" had leaked reports about her debts. Royal watchers say that such paranoid talk puts her on a par with the increasingly isolated Princess of Wales (who last week lost three staffers, including top aide Patrick Jephson) and note that Fergie must make her own way in the future. "The Palace suspects that if they threw 10 million pounds at her this week, in a year she'd be back for more," says Chris Hutchins, author of a Fergie bio.
When the duchess's office announced the bailout on Jan. 20, the Palace responded with terse approval. "If a financial agreement has been reached," one courtier told The Daily Telegraph, "it would be welcomed."
Last week's deal—which was hammered out by Michael Spiessbach, lawyer for the consortium; Fergie's accountant, Jeremy Scott (a friend of Bryan's); and a representative of Sleepy Kids PLC, the British firm that owns licensing rights to Budgie—marks the first time any royal has peddled herself to foreign investors, and the Palace was expected to examine it from every angle. As one wary aide told Hoey, "It seems as if charity begins at home for Fergie."
At minimum, Fergie will be required to promote Budgie products and work on behalf of several charities supported by her benefactors and their friends. Among them: the Millennium Foundation, a scholarship fund whose cochair Cate Wyatt is the wife of Fergie's—and Bryan's—close friend Texas oil millionaire Steve Wyatt (who apparently was not a member of the bailout team).
British newspapers, including The Sunday Times of London, claimed that the consortium was headed by a pair of publicity-shy Americans: New Jersey-based millionaire Ray Chambers, 53, who made his fortune in leveraged buyouts, and Washington investor Frank Pearl, 52. A source close to the two, however, asserted that financiers in London played the leading role and that their own involvement—and investment—had been "very minor."
Though some were surprised that tycoons anywhere were willing to rescue her, Fergie has always found friends with deep pockets. According to London's Daily Mirror, Chambers met her through former U.S. Treasury-Secretary William Simon, a partner with Bryan in Oceanics Deutschland, a construction firm that collapsed in April 1995. By other accounts, the meeting came about at a White House dinner last December. In any case, when Bryan and the duchess parted last August (apparently because Fergie realized that he was a liability), Chambers is believed to have offered occasional financial advice.
A kind of folk hero in Newark, N.J., where he has channeled much of his $400 million into charity, Chambers, who lives in Morristown with his wife and three children, was a partner with Simon and Pearl (now head of the Rappahannock Investment Company) in the leveraged-buyout firm of Wesray Capital Corp. A Connecticut-born lawyer who happened to know the Yorks, Pearl shares Chambers's passion for philanthropy: He has given millions to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and established a scholarship foundation as well.
Although no one close to the deal has provided details about the terms or the consortium, Fergie reportedly will receive $3 million up front, an arrangement that presumably will keep her from being tempted to write a lucrative tell-all—a prospect that the Palace dreads—or to accept last year's $1 million-plus offer to model No Excuses jeans. It may also make pitches from Hello!—which has donated $150,000 to her various charities, in addition to making outright payments to the duchess—seem less appealing.
The question is what the bailout could do for Fergie's friends: Budgie has not been the earner he was predicted to be in 1992, when Bryan sold TV and merchandising rights to Sleepy Kids, a deal that netted Fergie just $500,000. Still, her partners can now collect royalties from 100 licensees who market items including toys, towels and greeting cards and from a cartoon series for which Fox TV paid $1.3 million. And observers, including Robert Launey, president of the New York ad agency that has handled Budgie licensing, expect the market to improve. "Budgie has only been on Fox since October," he says. "It's not a Barney yet, but we believe it has a great deal of potential."
And the duchess's potential?
"She'll cut back until it all dies down," says Hutchins, "and then she'll be up and running again."
Hoey agrees. "Now that she's managed to get rid of this overdraft with such apparent ease," he says, "I don't think it will curb her in the least. She'll carry on with her lifestyle, and we'll still see her shopping and flying all over the world."
For all that, says Hoey, the Queen may have little to fear from Fergie henceforth. "I don't think this latest did the Windsors any good," he says. "But she can't do much further damage. Most people no longer think of her as a member of the royal family."
LYDIA DENWORTH and MARGARET WRIGHT in London, ANNE LONGLEY in Connecticut and MAGGIE HALL in Washington
Duchess in Debt
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•originally published 02/05/1996 AT 01:00 AM EST


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Walmart Hits Limitations of its Profit-at-Any-Cost Business Model
In the business world, Walmart has long been praised for its extraordinary ability to cut costs and maintain an incredible profit margin. Recently, however, the company has posted disappointing numbers in terms of growth. A series of recent articles indicates that Walmart's cost cutting practices may be coming at a cost to the business. Customers are fleeing to competitors as understaffing leaves stores with long lines and empty shelves.
According to Bloomberg's"Customers Flee Walmart Empty Shelves for Target, Costco" article:
"In the past five years, the world's largest retailer added 455 U.S. Walmart stores, a 13 percent increase, according to filings and the company's website. In the same period, its total U.S. workforce, which includes Sam's Club employees, dropped by about 20,000, or 1.4 percent."
"A thinly spread workforce has other consequences: Longer check-out lines, less help with electronics and jewelry and more disorganized stores, according to Hancock, other shoppers and store workers. Last month, Walmart placed last among department and discount stores in the American Customer Satisfaction Index, the sixth year in a row the company had either tied or taken the last spot."
"Retailers consider labor — usually their largest controllable expense — an easy cost-cutting target, Ton said. That's what happened at Home Depot Inc. (HD) in the early 2000s, when Robert Nardelli, then chief executive officer, cut staffing levels and increased the percentage of part-time workers to trim expenses and boost profit. Eventually, customer service and customer satisfaction deteriorated and same-store sales growth dropped, Ton said."
A number of other stories detail the issue. In its article "Hey Walmart, It's Hard to Make Sales When Store Shelves Are Empty" Time wrote:
"One way that Walmart keeps prices low is with minimal staffing levels in stores. But shoppers and workers alike are complaining that Walmart is understaffed, and the results include annoyingly long checkout lines and shelves that are barren—because there's no one available to restock them."
Similarly, the Examiner's "Walmart's Emptying Shelves and Low Staffing Send Customers to Other Outlet" stated:
"The public is dismayed with Walmart reaping record profits while its labor force relies on taxpayer dollars for support. However, empty shelves, absent help, fleeing customers and long lines at the checkout are signs of major customer dissatisfaction with the product, which is one-stop shopping and good customer service at discounted prices."
Customers aren't the only group that is dismayed. Workers have been very vocal about issues with understaffing for over a year. Regardless of where the issue lies, a MSN Money article "Walmart Shows Signs of Self-Destructing" nicely concludes: "Regardless of what's causing Walmart's problems, rolling back both customer service and available merchandise generally isn't considered a recipe for retailing success."
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MEProudLIBERALApril 2, 2013
Profits before people, the Walmart way!
lynette mcCarterApril 2, 2013
I am on SS retirement so we usually shop at Costco and Walmart, I have noticed lately that Walmart shelves are not stocked like they used to be.lack of enough employees to stock shelves is because they keep employees on part time so they don't have to give benefits. It's the one stop shop that keeps me going there
Reformed_RepuglicanApril 2, 2013
Costco is a great company and they pay their employees much better than Walmart!
&reaApril 2, 2013
Even better, shop LOCAL. They buy local & put people back to work. Stop replacing one box with another.
Reformed_RepuglicanApril 2, 2013
I agree!!!
floridanativeeApril 4, 2013
In America, people get to shop anywhere they wish. Works well.
floridanativeeApril 4, 2013
With ObamaCare, 29 hours is the new standard work week for most retail.
MEProudLIBERALApril 5, 2013
floridanativeeApril 5, 2013
The Huff Po is a liberal rag and not to be believed. I never read it. Got something from a real source. She what she did to her rental penthouse apartment to understand what she thinks of the common man.
MEProudLIBERALApril 6, 2013
If Jesus Christ appeared in front of you and told you the earth was round, you'd complain about the fact that he was a liberal and say he was lying.
How about getting off your bed pan and finding something from one of those neo-Nazi Conservative websites you worship that proves you're point. Maybe you could take a lead from that Conservative hero of old white men, Rush Limbaugh. On his radio show this week, Rush Limbaugh was excited to find a 13-year-old caller who discovered "lots of evidence" that global warming is a hoax. Maybe there's a 13 year old out there that can help you with your claims.
floridanativeeApril 6, 2013
No facts, just invective once again. I look at global warming facts daily (now called climate change as it the earth has not warmed in 2 decades. I know more about it than you will ever know. I go to the source material.
MEProudLIBERALApril 7, 2013
Why do you even care about global warming, an old man like you will be dead before anything serious happens.
floridanativeeApril 7, 2013
I care about the liberals ruining the economy now becasue of the hoax. I also unlike you have progeny that will live on. Where do you get this weird idea that I am old. I work more daily than you do weakly?
MEProudLIBERALApril 8, 2013
I believe that you do work more than I do. It's not easy being a corporate shill for Walmart.
floridanativeeApril 8, 2013
You still just don't get it. I don't work for Wal-Mart. Never have. I just believe in the American way. I believe in free enterprise. I live it daily. I get great joy in helping folks become interdependent and break the yoke of dependance. You on the other hand are plain lazy and want something for nothing. You are not willing to work for success. You are on the bottom and are a bitter person. You are to be pitied for wasting whatever talents you might have.
MEProudLIBERALApril 8, 2013
Oh, pardon me, I guess I don't understand. Let's see if we can clarify this so I understand it better. 99% of the comments on this website are replied to by you. Those replies, (and original comments), made by you are usually nasty, intimidating, condescending and bullying; if someone questions what you have to say then the you start with the name calling; but you say have no ax to grind here, your only goal in life is to help people. Got it! Perhaps you'll be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize this year. They're looking for a replacement for Mother Theresa; you should apply for the job.
floridanativeeApril 8, 2013
You are not too good at clarifying. The Nobel Peace Prize is way undervalued since peopole like Arafat, Jimmy Carter, AlGore, and Nobama have been awarded it.
Deborah BlissApril 2, 2013
Walmart is getting too big for it's britches. Their stores are too big for one thing and people like me, who have mobility issues need places where we can sit down, for one thing!! Spending hours on my feet is not an option and I don't want to rely on their little go carts…..not yet. I would also like to see them go back to the "made in America" attitude. I'm tired of supporting other countries that make horribley cheap products while people right here in America could sure use the work!!!!!!!
Mimi HighamApril 2, 2013
Customer service at Walmart is out the window. They dont have enough bodies to work the floor & help customers in the depts they are supposed to be in. If you need help in crafts for material, someone in paints has to cover. Yep I want someone is paints to help me get material cut & have to wait till they get done with helping their customers. Or wait in line 10 deep with all carts full to cash out. while no one is calling for back up to help ring. Shelves so high the average women cant reach for the product. No one who stocks watches dates on pkging, All because they dont want to pay plp to work. Got to keep those store hours for employees low, yes walmart your just getting by but we the consumers are finding alternatives to your ways.
floridanativeeApril 5, 2013
If you don't like it, then don't shop there. You think hours are low now, wait until ObamaCare kicks in 2014 and max will be 29 hours.
MEProudLIBERALApril 6, 2013
Prove it.
floridanativeeApril 6, 2013
How can I prove something that doesn't happen until 2014. Think things through, Do you not know anything about ObamaCare?
MEProudLIBERALApril 7, 2013
Just grow a pair of balls and admit you haven't a clue.
floridanativeeApril 7, 2013
For those who read about it, pretty easy to grasp. Work 30 hours and either pay a $2,000 fine or supply a gold plated $7,000 ObamaCare approved medical plan. For an idiot like you, the decision would not be clear, but for the unskilled work who isn't worth either of these, they will find themselves at 29 hours. Can't prove it, but logic and the other business folks I talk to will be separating their employees into two categories , those worth it and those not worth it. There will be very few employees working between 30 and 40 hours. Stop and think about it.
JCNowApril 17, 2013
If you read the article (that's assuming you can read), you will note that Walmart has reached its breaking point as far as reducing hours. If it wants to stay in business, it has to have products on the shelves. The only cutting they can do now is closing their doors. I don't believe in god, but that's certainly something I would consider praying for.
floridanativeeApril 17, 2013
When I go into Wal-Mart they do in fact have items on the shelf. They are the largest selling retailer on earth. They can not be doing this with empty shelves. The new ObamaCare standards of 29 hours are going to be in place for Wal-Mart and all other employers over 49 employees starting 1/1/2014. The worker's world will change then. Employers will have to decided if an employee is worth the mandated $7,000 ObamaCare healthcare policy or payment of the $2,000 fine. Those unskilled workers and employees that have not demonstrated their worth to the company will be forced to the 29 hour rule. You need to keep up on the news and you won't get it reading only the union inspired news.
Kathleen HarrisApril 2, 2013
All I can say is: GOOD! Means the local small business owner will be bakc in business soon. and will be able to compete with American made goods that will improve the economy. Now, to work on the OIL industry. Sadly with ;ess than the cost of the Bush wars…every home in America could have gone full solar and saved every American citizen the cost for power. What are these men thinking in Washington?
floridanativeeApril 4, 2013
You obviously have no clue about the cost of solar. The power generated does not even come close to the time value of the installed cost of capital. If it worked like you seem to think. When you get your solar, then complain about everybody else. It is a joke.
MEProudLIBERALApril 8, 2013
You're heroes in Bentonville disagree with you! They are not going to like the fact that you are speaking against their corporate policy. Sounds like Walmart's corporate shill get's it wrong again!
Wal-Mart has now covered 200 of its 4,500 domestic stores and distribution centers with solar panels, and it plans to expand that number. It just announced a deal with SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY ) to install solar panels on up to 60 more stores in California, bringing solar to 75% of stores in the sunny state. Solar is more than a PR stunt for Wal-Mart, it's a core piece of the company's energy policy, plus it's just good business.
Last week, Walmart announced that it was working with SolarCity to install solar panels on 12 stores throughout Ohio.
Walmart likes wind power too:
Welcome To Walmart: Wind Energy Is Key Part Of Retailer's Plans
floridanativeeApril 8, 2013
Wind power is a joke and anybody who has looked at it will know. Only those looking at it as a political tool will like it. I don't care if Wal-Mart or the Vatican has them, the facts remain. I will go by the facts. How many solar panels or wind mills do you have?
MEProudLIBERALApril 10, 2013
The Gestapo in Bentonville is not going to be happy that you are not towing the corporate line.
floridanativeeApril 10, 2013
Once again, wind and solar are a bad idea at this state of technology. Now now many of each do you have? You are a hypocrite if you keep pushing others to have them and don't yourself. Fisker Electric Cars fired 80% of their employees and haven't made a car since June. They were rewarded a $529 MILLION grant from the US taxpayers.
JCNowApril 17, 2013
How many people had natural gas furnaces when they first came out dumbo.
floridanativeeApril 17, 2013
Wind power has been around for hundreds of years. US subsidies for electrical generation from wind generators have been around since the 1980's. It is a failed proposition. The fact that you think it is "new" demonstrates it's lack of success and your lack of knowledge of the basics. The failure in the North Sea, Germany and Spain demonstrated the other guy's lack of knowledge also. Any other questions, dumbo?
Shelia Kay SinquefieldApril 2, 2013
Shop local. Freds stores here in the south have almost exclusively American products, aggressively hire disabled workers, support the Baddour Center which houses and supports mentally disabled people. The Baddour Center is famous for it's choir which performs all over the country. They do all of this at the same or better prices than Walmart and serve you with a smile. The owners are real Christians and don't advertise their service to the country but we can!
Tina BerryApril 2, 2013
Wake up Walmart!
tompnoonan1961April 3, 2013
let get
Walmart change into United Food And Commercial Workers Unionize Walmart
Store for all Walmart Cashier Workers and for all Walmart Produce Workers and
for all Walmart Deli Department Workers and for all Walmart Bakery Department
Workers and for all Walmart Pharmacy Workers,
let get Walmart change into Teamster Unionize Walmart Store for all
Walmart and Sam's Club Truck Driver Workers and for all Sam's Club Forklift
Driver@Stock Person Workers and for all Walmart Stock Person Workers and for
all Sam's Club Cashier Workers and for all Sam's Club Meat Cutter@Meat Wrapper
Workers and for all Sam's Club Produce Workers and for all Sam's Club Deli
Department Workers and for all Sam's Club Bakery Department Workers and for all
Walmart Customer Services Desk Workers and for all Sam's Club Membership Desk
Workers and for all Walmart Courtesy Association Workers and for all Sam's Club
Cart Attendance Workers and for all Walmart Maintenance Association Workers and
for all Sam's Club Maintenance Workers and for all Sam's Club Pharmacy Workers,
let get Walmart Change into Communication Workers of America Workers Unionize
Walmart Store for all Walmart and Sam' Electronics Workers, let get Walmart
change into United Auto Workers Unionize Walmart Store for all Walmart
Tire@Lube Express Workers and for all Sam's Club Tire@Car Battery Installment
Workers right of away and right now please by make Walmart give all Walmart
Workers and all Sam's Club Workers a Living Wage With Affordable Health Care
Right of away and right now please without close down all the Walmart Store and
without close down all the Sam's Wholesale Club
Think You Very Much
From Tom P Noonan
yeeeaaaaahhhhhhhhhMay 31, 2013
Yeeeaaaaahhhhhhhhh………… That rant says it all. Your grammar is about as good as your IQ. What an idiot you are Mister Tom P Noonan
Marty NashMay 25, 2013
Is anyone interested in starting a blog on having Walmart stop selling violent video games?


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Lebanon County Crime Stoppers are offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest in a murder that happened almost a year ago.
Jason Thierwechter, 28, of Lebanon was shot four times on June 16, 2012. It happened on Thierwechter's front porch in the 700 block of North 9th Street.
If you know any information you are asked to call the Lebanon County Crime Stoppers.


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A few of my relatives still don't get Facebook, let alone how it is worth over $100 billion. They don't have accounts and constantly warn family to stay off such a dangerous thing. They think Mark Zuckerberg is a con artist.
Today we learn what investors think of Facebook, and all indicators are it's a love affair so far.
My own interaction with Facebook began in 2004. When Zuckerberg and friends founded the company at Harvard that year, I was finishing up my senior year of college at another Boston institution.
While I am not privy to all the details of the startup, one scene in the movie "The Social Network" seemed spot on. A classmate of Zuckerberg's asks him if a certain girl is single. You can tell a light bulb goes off in Zuckerberg's head that Facebook could be used in that capacity.
Soon after posters — sheets of paper with the pieces to tear off at the bottom — advertising Facebook showed up in the Wellesley College dorm elevators. It made Facebook sound like a dating website for "elite" Boston schools (in those days you had to have a certain .edu email to sign up), and I remember thinking who in their right mind would be into this?
Oh how wrong I was — and how I wished I had saved that poster.
Two years later, I created my Facebook account. Like most users, I have a love/hate relationship with Facebook. On vacation, I sometimes spend more time trying to get that perfect photo for Facebook than I do actually enjoying my surroundings.
I have stayed up past my bedtime checking updates and procrastinating when I was on deadline by telling myself I was just logging in "for 30 seconds." Yeah, right.
The site is addicting. I realized just how much recently when I pulled into my garage, turned off my car and sat for minutes looking at my phone to read the latest updates. I didn't even bother to go inside my house. I thought I was the only nut doing this until I went for a walk around my neighborhood this week and spotted two other people doing what appeared to be the same thing.
On the (mostly) upside, I have also re-connected with hundreds of friends and stayed up-to-date with family, college pals and former work colleagues from around the world. Even my relatives who loathe Facebook are often asking me to show them family photos on the site.
I have worked at companies that banned Facebook and even seen people fired for spending too much time on the site. I agree that it can be a distraction.
I have also worked at places that encourage Facebook like The Patriot-News. Here's a typical scenario: I leave a voicemail for someone, email them and a few hours later send them a Facebook message as a last resort. Almost always the first response that comes back is on Facebook, especially if the person is under 40. It is an incredible resource for journalists to find people quickly, not to mention photos.
People should be cautious about what they share. I have certainly tweaked my privacy settings over time, especially after being at an event where someone told me they saw a photo of me on Facebook, and I didn't even know who the person was. The Ellen DeGeneres Show started pulling audience members' Facebook photos to demonstrate the ridiculous stuff people willingly share and just how easy it is to find it.
But I also realize that with 900 million users, Facebook is ubiquitous in our society. It is difficult to imagine anyone of my generation or younger being disqualified from a job or political office because of an image — even an unsavory one — they shared on Facebook. Almost everyone has something that would look silly or questionable if taken out of context.
The bigger concern as Facebook goes public is what it will do with all this data it has on users. On one level, the same fears were expressed when Google went public, and so far there hasn't been a major fallout. But Facebook is different, partially because Zuckerberg himself has always been pushing the boundaries of privacy.
Data that is aggregated is not a problem. It's frankly not that different from the data that marketing companies already use on us to mail us targeted ads by zip code or even broken down by neighborhood characteristics.
The real problems begin when the data sites like Facebook collect can be linked back to individual users. That's much more dicey. Not only does Facebook have your images, they have data on what you clicked on, what you "liked," how many times you sent certain people private messages, etc.
Things you did that make sense in context — perhaps some racy messages leading up to a bachelor or bachelorette party or a journalist looking up a shady character — wouldn't make sense if taken out of context later.
The law really needs to catch up with the technology to ensure that data cannot go public about individuals — at least not until they are very old or dead, much like individual Census forms aren't released publicly until 72 years later.
While Facebook has a privacy code, it would be more reassuring to have certain basic legal protections. The pressure is inevitably going to come for Facebook and other social media companies to sell this data on. The next company might not have the same privacy rules.
Today is a day to reflect on the changes in our lives and society from Facebook (and social media more broadly). Facebook is much more than that dating website for college kids it started off as in 2004, and I think my relatives are missing out not being on it. But today is also a wake up call to our legal system on how much there is left to figure out at the intersection of free speech and privacy.
Heather Long is deputy editorial page editor. 255-8104 or email@example.com.


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April 22, 2012
At first glance, there's not a lot to compel voters to head to the polls and cast votes Tuesday in the Primary Election. There aren't a lot of races among the menu of offices being contested....
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The Wishing Spell (Land of Stories #1) by Chris Colfer
Alex and Conner Bailey's world is about to change, in this fast-paced adventure that uniquely combines our modern day world with the enchanting realm of classic fairy tales.
The Land of Stories tells the tale of twins Alex and Conner. Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, they leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.
But after a series of encounters with witches, wolves, goblins, and trolls alike, getting back home is going to be harder than they thought.
Chris Colfer is on this third volume of this series, so no flash in the pan. This is also really popular with 7-9 year olds, who are too young to be his Glee fan base.
Revenge of the Witch (The Last Apprentice #1) by Joseph Delaney $1.99
For years, Old Gregory has been the Spook for the county, ridding the local villages of evil. Now his time is coming to an end. But who will take over for him? Twenty-nine apprentices have tried–some floundered, some fled, some failed to stay alive.
Only Thomas Ward is left. He's the last hope; the last apprentice.
Can Thomas succeed? Will he learn the difference between a benign witch and a malevolent one? Does the Spook's warning against girls with pointy shoes include Alice? And what will happen if Thomas accidentally frees Mother Malkin, the most evil witch in the county ... ?
A dark series, with some seriously spooky monsters.
Pete the Cat and his four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin $2.99
Pete the Cat is wearing his favorite shirt—the one with the four totally groovy buttons. But when one falls off, does Pete cry? Goodness, no! He just keeps on singing his song—after all, what could be groovier than three groovy buttons? Count down with Pete in this rocking new story from the creators of the bestselling Pete the Cat books. Features read-to-me audio, perfect for sharing.
A 2013 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book
Okay, I don't know if many people use their Nooks for picture books. Maybe on their HD+ or laptop. Anyway, this is a GREAT choice to read out loud to a young child (young as two, old as four). Wonderful rhythm, fun illustrations. Beware, not all the Petes are as good (diluting the brand, ugh.) This and I Love My White Shoes are by far the best.
p.s. The Theodore Seuss Geisel award is named for Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) and awarded to the best beginning readers of the year.
18. Re: Best bargains IIjavabird Jan 5, 2015 6:40 PM (in response to ualanook)
Neverhome - currently $2.99
She calls herself Ash, but that's not her real name. She is a farmer's faithful wife, but she has left her husband to don the uniform of a Union soldier in the Civil War. NEVERHOME tells the harrowing story of Ash Thompson during the battle for the South. Through bloodshed and hysteria and heartbreak, she becomes a hero, a folk legend, a madwoman and a traitor to the American cause.
Laird Hunt's dazzling new novel throws a light on the adventurous women who chose to fight instead of stay behind. It is also a mystery story: why did Ash leave and her husband stay? Why can she not return? What will she have to go through to make it back home?
In gorgeous prose, Hunt's rebellious young heroine fights her way through history, and back home to her husband, and finally into our hearts.
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- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
- Publication date: 9/9/2014
- Pages: 256
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A Morbid Taste for Bones -- currently $1.99
On an expedition to acquire a saint's remains, Brother Cadfael instead finds intrigue and murder
It is 1137, and the ambitious head of Shrewsbury Abbey wishes to acquire the remains of Saint Winifred for the glory of his Benedictine order. Brother Cadfael is part of the expedition sent to the saint's final resting place in Wales, where he finds the villagers divided over the Benedictines' quest.
When the leading opponent to moving the grave is shot dead with a mysterious arrow, some believe Winifred herself delivered the blow. Brother Cadfael knows that an earthly hand did the killing. But he doesn't know that his plan to root out a murderer may dig up a case of love and justice, where the waves of sin may be scandal—or his own ruin.
Product Details
- Publisher: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
- Publication date: 8/5/2014
- Series: Chronicles of Brother Cadfael , #1
- Sold by: Barnes & Noble
- Format: eBook
- Pages: 207
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Strawberry Shortcake Murder (Hannah Swensen Series #2)
by Joanne Fluke
Currently $1.99
When the president of Hartland Flour chooses cozy Lake Eden, Minnesota, as the spot for their first annual Dessert Bake-Off, Hannah is thrilled to serve as the head judge. But when a fellow judge, Coach Boyd Watson, is found stone-cold dead, facedown in Hannah's celebrated strawberry shortcake, Lake Eden's sweet ride to fame turns very sour indeed.
Between perfecting her Cheddar Cheese Apple Pie and Chocolate Crunchies, Hannah's snooping into the coach's private life and not coming up short on suspects. And could Watson's harsh criticism during the judging have given one of the contestants a license to kill? The stakes are rising faster than dough, and Hannah will have to be very careful, because somebody is cooking up a recipe for murder. . .with Hannah landing on the "necessary ingredients" list.
Includes seven delicious recipes!
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by Frances Fyfield
Currently $ .99
In a huge old school house by the sea, full of precious paintings, Thomas Porteous is dying. His much younger wife Di holds him and mourns. She knows that soon, despite her being his sole inheritor, Thomas's relatives will descend on the collection that was the passion of both of their lives.
And descend they do. The two needy daughters, who were poisoned against their father by their defecting mother, are now poison themselves. The family regard Thomas's wealth as theirs by right, with the exception of young Patrick, who adored his grandfather and is torn between his parents and Di, the interloper.
The family know Di's weaknesses, and she has to learn theirs. After all, she met Thomas when she came to his house to rob him. With the help of an unlikely collection of loners and eccentrics, she sets a trap to hoist the family members on their own greed. And on the night they are lured to the house, Di will be ready.
Or will she?
23. Re: Best bargains IITarHeelGirl00 Jan 7, 2015 7:17 AM (in response to ualanook)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot
Currently $1.99
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, and more. Henrietta's cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yet she remains virtually unknown, and her family can't afford health insurance. This phenomenal New York Times bestseller tells a riveting story of the collision between ethics, race, and medicine; of scientific discovery and faith healing; and of a daughter consumed with questions about the mother she never knew.
24. Re: Best bargains IITarHeelGirl00 Jan 7, 2015 7:25 AM (in response to ualanook)
The Burning Room (Harry Bosch Series #19)
by Michael Connelly
Currently $3.99
Publication date: 11/3/2014
In the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit, not many murder victims die a decade after the crime. So when a man succumbs to complications from being shot by a stray bullet ten years earlier, Bosch catches a case in which the body is still fresh, but any other clues are virtually nonexistent. Even a veteran cop would find this one tough going, but Bosch's new partner, Detective Lucia Soto, has no homicide experience. A young star in the department, Soto has been assigned to Bosch so that he can pass on to her his hard-won expertise.
Now Bosch and Soto are tasked with solving a murder that turns out to be highly charged and politically sensitive. Beginning with the bullet that has been lodged for years in the victim's spine, they must pull new leads from years-old evidence, and these soon reveal that the shooting was anything but random.
As their investigation picks up speed, it leads to another unsolved case with even greater stakes: the deaths of several children in a fire that occurred twenty years ago. But when their work starts to threaten careers and lives, Bosch and Soto must decide whether it is worth risking everything to find the truth, or if it's safer to let some secrets stay buried.
25. Re: Best bargains IITarHeelGirl00 Jan 9, 2015 5:29 AM (in response to ualanook)
by Cherie Burns
Currently $1.99
On the night of September 21,1938, news on the radio was full of the invasion of Czechoslovakia. There was no mention of any severe weather. By the time oceanfront residents noticed an ominous color in the sky, it was too late to escape. In an age before warning systems and the ubiquity of television, this unprecedented storm caught the Northeast off guard, obliterated coastal communities, and killed seven hundred people.
The Great Hurricane: 1938 is a spellbinding hour-by-hour reconstruction of one of the most destructive and powerful storms ever to hit the United States. With riveting detail, Burns weaves together the countless personal stories of loved ones lost and lives changed forever — from those of the Moore family, washed to sea on a raft formerly their attic floor, to Katharine Hepburn, holed up in her Connecticut mansion, watching her car take to the air like a bit of paper.
26. Re: Best bargains IITarHeelGirl00 Jan 10, 2015 10:01 AM (in response to ualanook)
Flesh Wounds: An Inspector Troy Novel
by John Lawton
Currently $1.99
Praised for their riveting, ingenious plot twists, John Lawton's series of espionage thrillers featuring Chief Inspector Frederick Troy of Scotland Yard have an uncanny ability to place readers in the thick of history. Now in Flesh Wounds, an old flame has returned to Troy's life: Kitty Stilton, wife of an American presidential hopeful. Private eye Joey Rork has been hired to make sure Kitty's amorous liaisons with a rat pack crooner don't ruin her husband's political career. But he also wants to know why Kitty has been spotted with Danny Ryan, whose twin brothers, in addition to owning one of London's hottest jazz clubs, are said to have inherited the crime empire of fallen mobster Alf Marx. Before Rork can find out, he meets a gruesome end. And he isn't the only one: bodies have started turning up around London, dismembered in the same bizarre and horrifying way. Is it possible that the blood trail leads back to Troy's own police force and into Troy's own forgotten past? Flesh Wounds, a compulsively readable thriller, finds one of our most able storytellers at the height of his game.
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Save over 80% on this collection of novels from the Queen of Regency romance, Georgette Heyer.
Currently $1.99 each.
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Currently $1.99
A Tap on the Window by Linwood Barclay | 9781101623442 | NOOK Book (eBook) | Barnes & Noble
One of the Boston Globe's Best Crime Novels of the Year!
One of Suspense Magazine's Best Books of 2013!
Since private investigator Cal Weaver's teenage son died in a tragic accident, Cal and his wife have drifted apart. Cal is mired in a grief he can't move past. And maybe his grief has clouded his judgment.
Driving home one night, a rain-drenched girl taps on his car window and asks for a ride. He knows a grown man picking up a teenage hitchhiker is foolish—but he lets her in. Cal soon senses that something's not right with the girl or the situation. But it's too late. He's already involved.
Drawn into a nightmare of secrets, lies, and cover-ups in his small, upstate New York town, Cal knows that the only thing that can save him is the truth. And he's about to expose the town's secrets one by one—if he lives long enough.
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Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale | 9781599904115 | NOOK Book (eBook) | Barnes & Noble
When a beautiful princess refuses to marry the prince her father has chosen, her father is furious and locks her in a tower. She has seven long years of solitude to think about her insolence. But the princess is not entirely alone - she has her maid, Dashti. Petulant and spoilt, the princess eats the food in their meagre store as if she were still at court, and Dashti soon realises they must either escape or slowly starve. But during their captivity, resourceful Dashti discovers that there is something far more sinister behind her princess's fears of marrying the prince, and when they do break free from the tower, they find a land laid to waste and the kingdom destroyed. They were safe in the tower, now they are at the mercy of the evil prince with a terrible secret.


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Red Hat Beats its Own Forecasts
Red Hat has reported financial results for its fiscal second quarter, which ended August 31, and the company continues to prove that a business model of supporting robust open source software can lead to remarkable success. In fact, as we predicted it would be, the company is emerging as the first ever billion dollar a year open source company. Red Hat's total revenue for the quarter was $281.3 million, an increase of 28% from the year ago quarter. Subscription revenue for the quarter was $238.3 million, up 28% year-over-year.
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Each year, more than 70,000 AmeriCorps members serve with programs in every state. You can serve in your own community or far away from home. There are hundreds of ways to serve, including
Tutoring and mentoring youth
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Responding to natural disasters
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You might do the work yourself, be a part of a team, or help others serve by organizing projects and recruiting volunteers. Whatever you do, there is an AmeriCorps challenge just waiting for you.
To apply go to www.americorps.gov/about/programs/vista.asp and select the state you want under "Where Would You Like To Serve" (on the right hand side).
For more information: Waldorf University is a four-year liberal arts college offering 20 bachelor degree programs in a variety of popular fields both residential and online. For over a century, Waldorf has provided a signature student experience through an engaging community of learning and faith. That community has now expanded beyond the campus through Waldorf's distinct approach to online education. Waldorf's academic programs combine a strong liberal arts base with applied learning. Co-curricular programs ranging from the second oldest a capella choir in the nation, to an outstanding theatre program, to highly competitive athletic teams, provide students with a wide range of opportunities for meaningful participation in personal development. Waldorf is committed to engaging its students in service and in bringing the world to its students through international student recruitment and study-abroad programs. Every student is challenged to excel in Waldorf's community where students are treated with dignity and respect. The university has an attractive campus with 14 major buildings and excellent resources.
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Sue Thompson
Southern California native, Sue Thompson, became an artist after more than 25 years in the food and beverage industry. Fulfilling a lifelong desire to create art, Sue enrolled in a local painting class sponsored by the city's recreation department in the fall of 1997. She had never painted before. Drawing on her experiences as a food server, bartender and catering specialist, Sue decided to paint what she knows best, restaurant life in front and behind the scenes. Working from photographs, her self taught style has developed into a unique sense of color and light, Sue's extensive background in the service world has inspired her subject matter of local bars and eateries. A full-time food server until April 2003, Sue has left her restaurant career to devote herself exclusively to living her life as a professional artist.
Having established her place in the Laguna Beach art community, Sue's work is evolving towards singular figurative outside her familiar eatery scenes. Bold colors, playful humor and body language are the three elements in Sue's painting that define her self taught style.
Artist Statement
"People often ask if I regret becoming a painter late in life. My realization is that it could not have begun one moment sooner…for it is the full spectrum of my life experience that surfaces in the paint."
Art Education
Sue's first class and only formal training was at the Recreation Department in the city of Laguna Beach. She remains primarily a self taught artist.
Since 2001, Sue has been an annual exhibitor in the Sawdust Art Festival in Laguna Beach, California. 2008 marks her first year as a juried exhibitor in the world renown Laguna Beach Festival of Arts. Her work is collected throughout the southland and has been exhibited in various shows including the Robert Mondavi Food and Wine Center of Southern California. Permanent collections of her work can be viewed at Houston's Restaurants in New York City, New York and Corona Del Mar, California. Awards include the Sawdust Festival apparel design award for 2001 and the Laguna Beach Brush and Palette Award for 2003. In 2006, sponsored by the Montage Resort of Laguna Beach, Sue was one of 8 artists chosen to represent the city of Laguna Beach's official holiday greeting card.


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In this article we will show you 18 stunning free website builder sites and tools of 2013. Do you want to build your own website without having to pay a professional designer and programmer? You are in right place today! It's become powerful nowadays to use website builders to create your own website or blog just a minutes. Some web designers and web developers provide custom design website templates on any marketplaces. But if you don't know how to make a blog with content management systems (like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal etc.), our free website builder sites and tools will be help you. Mostly website builders offer free and premium versions and it's up to you what to choose. Goal of this list is to show you the most interesting website or blog builders that will help you to create your own website absolutely for free. You can create your own business sites, fashion blogs, portfolio sites or personal blogs with these sites.
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The heritage listed Mariners Church (est.1856) is now BAR100, a stylish multi-level venue that offers various event spaces, bar and dining options. Set over four levels, this beautifully designed venue is the perfect mix of old and new and caters for individuals, groups of friends and events from 10 to 800 guests.
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In ten patients, amebic colitis was mistakenly diagnosed as ulcerative colitis or Crohn disease of the colon because of the similarity of history, physical examination, and routine laboratory studies as well as findings on proctoscopic and barium enema examination. Multiple stool examinations failed to demonstrate ova or trophozoites of Entamoeba histolytica. Routine examinations of stools for ova and parasites are inadequate and even a meticulous search for amebas in fresh stool, in scrapings from bowel ulcer, or in biopsy material may give negative results. The indirect hemagglutination test was shown to be a reliable diagnostic test in the evaluation of these cases. Because corticosteroid treatment of patients with amebic colitis may lead to undesirable complications the indirect hemagglutination test results should be obtained in patients in whom such diagnostic confusion is likely.
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Brad Pinkerton (get more of his sage advice) discussed a lot of great names in his All-Sleeper Team a few weeks ago. You can't have too many sleepers to chew on prior to your draft, though, so I'm going to share my own sleeper all-stars. Most of these guys should be available late in your drafts, so there is no need to panic or reach if you find yourself missing a position or two as you enter the middle rounds.
A few of these guys found their way onto my Skynet squad in the SN Experts' League draft we held on March 11. Feel free to make some room for them on your fantasy rosters, and then join me in the Winner's Club in October.
Number in parentheses is average draft position on Mock Draft Central as of March 14.
Catcher: Jason Castro, Astros (268.73). 20-homer catchers don't grow on trees and Castro is a good bet to get there in '14.
First base: Adam Dunn, White Sox (198.86). The batting average sucks and he's fairly boring by now, but who's sneezing at 30-plus bombs in the back end of his/her draft?
Second base: Dee Gordon (366.04). This pick was originally Alexander Guerrero (141.91), but signs appear to be pointing to Gordon winning the 2B job. If Gordon can just find a way to get to first base consistently -- a sizeable "if" -- he could be one of the biggest steals of your draft. Pun not intended, but very appropriate.
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Third base: Kelly Johnson, Yankees (258.50). Johnson -- also eligible at 2B -- is going to play everyday in what looks like a very good lineup. He hasn't hit above .250 since 2011, but 25 homers and 70 RBIs are well within reach.
Shortstop: Jhonny Peralta, Cardinals (239.91). I'm on my own here, but doesn't it seem like the Cardinals have a knack for turning old, damaged players into fantasy assets (i.e. Carlos Beltran, Lance Berkman)?
Outfield: Will Venable, Padres (211.23). Oscar Taveras and George Springer are certainly more exciting, but will they go 20/20 with a .260-270 average?
Outfield: Colby Rasmus, Blue Jays (218.27). Former top prospect made key strides in 2013 and looks primed to take another step forward this season.
Outfield: Khris Davis, Brewers (222.41). The sample is small, but batted .294/.366/.639 with 11 homers in second half. He should be a dirt cheap source of 20-plus homers.
Starting pitcher: Tyson Ross, Padres (285.38). I wrote about Ross in more detail last week. There are a few of us on the Fantasy Source team -- dubbed "TyRomaniacs" by Pinkerton -- who are high on the hard-throwing righthander.
Starting pitcher: Chris Archer, Rays (247.18). I'm not the only one who likes Archer, but people may still be scared off by his ugly minor league walk rates. I'm willing to bet on his 2.0 BB/9 in the second half and his 10.3 K/9 in September.
Starting pitcher: Scott Kazmir, Athletics (256.43). The velocity and strikeouts are back, the walks were left behind.
Starting pitcher: Michael Pineda, Yankees (304.00). I'm almost certainly putting too much stock into spring training, but I'm not perfect. The fastball velocity has been 90-93, and the slider was described as "unhittable" by Brian McCann after Pineda's first start.
Starting pitcher: Josh Johnson, Padres (316.40). Johnson will likely be a FA pickup in your league, but his velocity (92.8 mph) and K-rate (9.18) were good in 2013. A move to PETCO Park should help reverse uncharacteristically high 1.7 HR/9 from last season.
Relief pitcher: Danny Farquhar, Mariners (158.68). Are you going to trust Fernando Rodney away from Tampa? That's what I thought.
Relief pitcher: Cody Allen, Indians (346.39). If John Axford falters -- not much of a stretch -- Allen will be in line for saves. He punched out 88 in 70.1 innings in '13. Although, our Matt Lutovsky will tell you that the Indians fixed a flaw in Axford's delivery this spring, and he's expecting a big year from the vet. Lutovsky doesn't like ketchup, though, so how much can we really trust him?
Wild card: Arodys Vizcaino, Cubs (Not drafted). Bold prediction -- Vizcaino ends the year as the Cubs closer. He only has soon-to-be-traded Jose Veras and decent-at-best Pedro Strop ahead of him ... hmm, maybe that prediction isn't that bold.


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Lisbeth Salander spends at least half of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest in a hospital bed, barely moving, let alone kicking.
The third and draggiest of the Swedish film adaptations of Stieg Larsson's wee Millennium trilogy, this is the one that ties up the loose ends, finally meting out justice to the band of pervy old secret police and government creeps who have made the punked-out heroine's life so miserable.
Justice is also delivered upon Alexander Zalachenko (Georgi Staykov), who happens to be Lisbeth's father. When last seen, in the wild final face-off of The Girl Who Played With Fire, Lisbeth was taking an ax to his head, while Dad reciprocated by shooting her three times at close range.


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The Christmas season is upon us. Everywhere you turn, there are reminders that it is but a mere three weeks away.
The decorations are in place on the downtown streetlight poles, folks all over Trumbull County have begun to decorate their homes with blinking lights and wreaths and local retail stores are chock-full of items guaranteed to brighten up the holidays. (One house in Leavittsburg actually had its Christmas lights turned on the first week of November).
It's December now and time to get crackin' on all there is to do to prepare for Christmas. But, wait a minute; haven't those twinkle lights and stockings been on store shelves for more than a month? I seem to recall seeing candy canes and Santa Clauses on the aisle next to the one with the Halloween decorations during the last week of October.
What happened to Thanksgiving? Are we eventually going to skip right over Thanksgiving and go straight from Halloween to Christmas? With the Christmas shopping season beginning earlier every year, are we forgetting to give the celebration of Thanksgiving the proper attention it deserves?
While relaxing on the couch and watching football following a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner last week, my family and I decided to peruse the Black Friday sale ads in the Tribune. The big shopping day has become a tradition unto itself and using the Thanksgiving Day newspaper ads to plot a strategy can be part of the excitement.
But some stores had already opened their doors, starting at 6 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning to get a jump on their competitors.
How can you possibly spend time counting and appreciating one's blessings while watching the clock until it's time to grab your wallet and rush to the shopping center? Who has time for giving thanks when you could be waiting in the checkout line with a basket full of bargains instead? There's no time to cook a big meal for the family, let's just stop at McDonald's and grab a bite to eat when we're done shopping.
Am I the only one offended by this glazing-over of one of America's most beloved holidays? Following a treacherous passage in 1620 from England to Massachusetts in pursuit of prosperity and religious freedom, some of the Mayflower's 102 passengers who made the journey managed to survive disease, malnutrition and a brutal winter. With much help from the Wampanoag Indians, the Pilgrims learned to fish in rivers, successfully grow corn and become self-sufficient on American soil. A bountiful harvest ensued and the colonists were very grateful.
The first Thanksgiving in the year 1621 was a celebration of perseverance with appreciation for many blessings. Thanksgiving tradition suggests taking the time to look around and express gratitude for all that we have: family, friends, health, a job, a home and so much more.
It is easy to feel overwhelmed in the coming weeks with so much preparation for Christmas. There are gifts to buy, cookies to bake and decorations to hang, to name a few of the holiday must-do's. Without the blessings of loved ones, food and a warm home, there is no need for any of these things.
In the midst of the Christmas chaos, please take time to stop and visit with those you love, not out of obligation, but because you want to.
Remember why you try so hard to find that perfect gift; because you love someone and want to make them happy. Why not attend your chosen place of worship and give thanks for your countless blessings? While you're there, enjoy the special music or nativity play that the participants have worked so hard to perfect. Thanksgiving may be over for the year, but it's never too late for giving thanks.
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Lawmakers celebrating the anniversary say the ADA has broken down barriers, created opportunities and transformed lives.
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Police said a car was stolen Thursday morning from the 1100 block of Oak Tree Avenue. The victim of the theft called police around 11:22 a.m. and officers said they found Michael Vinson, 20, of Norman, a short time later driving the vehicle near 12th Avenue Southeast and Lindsey Street.
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Erie's Clark to compete in Junior Gold Championships
Garrett Clark reached his goal and is going for Gold.
Clark, one of Erie's top junior bowlers at just age 12, has qualified for the North Pointe Junior Gold Championships July 12-18 in Buffalo.
The bowlers will compete at AMF Thruway Lanes and AMF Airport Lanes in Cheektowaga, N.Y., and Transit Lanes in Williamsville, N.Y.
Clark will bowl in the U-12 boys division, with divisions also at U-15 and U-20 for boys and girls.
Clark, who has been bowling since about when he learned to walk, is the only Erie representative in the prestigious tournament that features the best youth bowlers in the United States.
Clark, a left-hander, carries a glossy 195 average and has rolled a 700 series. To qualify for the national tournament, he rolled a 617 series in April at Pittsburgh's New Great Valley Lanes in the Pennsylvania Youth Bowling Championships.
"I bowled with my team from Erie, but got to qualify in the singles,'' Clark said.
The youngster, who attends J.S. Wilson Middle School and bowls primarily at Eastway Lanes, is the son of Beaver Clark, a veteran standout bowler himself, and Morgan Clark.
"We're just thrilled that Garrett reached a tournament like the Junior Gold, and maybe this is the first of several tournaments in the years to come,'' Morgan Clark said. "He wants to bowl collegiately, and these youth tournaments offer scholarship points, though they often demand travel. We hope to get some sponsors to help back him. He's not only a good bowler, he's a straight-A student and that's something to be very proud of.''
The Junior Gold tournament was held in Detroit in 2013, and this year the Under 12 category was added.