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Hi! My name is Morticia
I am Domestic Mediumhair from Navarro Mills, TX
Nicknames: Kitty (my daughter calls her that because she does not like Morticia so she calles her Kitty and Morticia will answer to both names)
Age: 11 years old
Gender: F
Coat: long haired
Education: I take my bi monthly bathes with no problem and I come when my name is called (when I was a kitten I LOVED soft bouncy balls,I would chase them and play fetch)
My favorite tricks and treats are: sometimes when I am in heat and you gently hold my back tail down for a few seconds I will go off and spin around like a wind up toy it is totaly funny and I love boxes I will try to climb in any box even if I am too big for it. Very funny!!!! and Whiskas Temptations I will do ANY thing for them I will come running when I hear any bag rattle,you can find me anywere with that sound of a bag rattle
Where I hang out: the living room chairs or were ever my owners are I like to be right under their feet or laying beside them I like to now they are near me
My favorite grubs: whiskas
My pet peeves: when I get stepped on because I am in the way and refuse to move and I get very verbal when mommy or daddy try to step around me
What I love about my owners: Daddy and Mommy pamper me and spoil me,their not my owners because I am NOT a pet I am their little girl (cats are just little people with fur and fangs and a tail....lol)
My cat hobbies: I am a lazy lap cat now that I am older so I don't play as much as I did as a kitten,but when I do play my favorite toy is a blue webkinz hampster that I carry all over the house and play with like a mouse
Pet motto: sleep untill you are happy and play till you are tired (doesn't take long for me any more.....lol)
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well long story we had a very bad wind storm one evening and things were blown from every were and the next day during the clean up my husband and brother heard a tiny meow and looked around and finally found this beautiful calico kitten up in the tree we went door to door and know one claimed her so we kept her and named her Mimi because we found her in a mimosa tree. Well she was a very sweet cat that loved the water and would go swimming in the pool, she had beautiful kittens and everone wanted one. Her second litter we desided to keep one and Morticia was a beautiful little white kitten and we choose her to be an inside cat.She was a very funny kitten and very playful. The name Morticia came from the Adams family because our family is like the Adams faily and it was one of my favorite shows as a child
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Mothering from Your Center: Tapping Your Body's Natural Energy for Pregnancy, Birth, and Parentingby Christiane Northrup Tami Lynn Kent Kate Northrup
Create new forms of mothering and learn to facilitate daily access to the power, spirit, and joy that mothering from the center brings. Building on themes from Tami Lynn Kent's award-winning Wild Feminine, Mothering from Your Center takes a groundbreaking, holistic approach to women's health as Kent provides gentle guidance through the emotional and physical transformative process of pregnancy, birth, and motherhood. Revealing her own soul-filled journey from miscarriage to motherhood, Kent offers an intimate and comprehensive guide to reclaiming the energetic center of the female body. Drawing on her work with thousands of women and the energy of the pelvic bowl, Kent teaches you to access the creative potential of your center and the profound medicine it contains for all aspects of mothering and living creatively. Learn how to * engage the energetic power of the pelvic bowl; * heal from pregnancy and birth; * strengthen the bond between mother and child; * create holistic family harmony; * find balance between work and home; * enhance creativity and joy. Whether you are pregnant, trying to conceive, recovering from childbirth, or raising children today, Mothering from Your Center will help you tap into your core feminine energy and explore your full creative range.
Wild Creativeby Tami Lynn Kent
Realign yourself with the creative currents that flow deep within, and you'll see your work and home life transformed and inspired by this completely new understanding of creativity.At its root, creativity is the practice of engagement; it's the marriage of feminine and masculine energy. By restoring that creative energy--and thus seeking our dreams--we can realign ourselves with an ancient, limitless presence, and reawaken the wild creative within. In Wild Creative, Tami Lynn Kent shows you how to tap into your creative center and access the natural, sustaining energy that is inherently yours. In doing so, you'll embark on a journey to achieve your dreams and restore your inner creative map. In addition, you'll discover that when creativity and inspiration take center stage in your life, miracles both large and small unfold. Not only does Kent offer a wellspring of valuable insights, she also details her own experience building a framework of creativity that has served the well-being of herself, her family, and her business. Wild Creative shows how, by following the creative source within each of us, we can nourish a vibrant and successful life.
Wild Feminineby Tami Lynn Kent
Wild Feminine: Finding Power, Spirit, & Joy in the Female Body offers a unique, holistic approach to reclaiming the power, spirit, and joy of the female body and to understanding its connection to creative energy flow. By restoring physical and energetic balance in the pelvic bowl, women can learn to care for themselves in a nourishing and respectful manner, heal spiritual fractures, and renew their relationship with the sacred feminine.Although the feminine body is an access point to the greater realm of the spirit, many women have lost their connection to this source. Author Tami Kent, MSPT, has an answer. Drawing from her experiences as a woman's health physical therapist who works with the physical body and female energy system, Kent provides a framework for healing the body and navigating the realms of feminine spirit. Through pelvic bodywork, healing stories, visualizations, rituals, and creative exercises, women can explore the deep and natural wisdom inherent in the female body.Wild Feminine reveals the amazing potential of the female body: the potential to create, to heal, and to transform the energy of a woman's everyday life. Journey deep into the heart of your body. Travel the terrain of feminine wounds. Go to your root place, the center of all womanhood and radically shift your relationship with your body and spirit. Wild Feminine gives you the tools to awaken and retrieve your ancient wild self, restore your creative energy, and reconnect to your sacred center.
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Located throughout Walt Disney World Resort, Children's Activity Centers are delightful playspaces where children ages 3 to 12 are invited to enjoy videogames, have dinner and snacks, watch Disney movies and interact with other kids their age—usually while parents are off experiencing more grownup fare.
There are 6 Children's Activity Centers at Walt Disney World Resort hotels. The cost per child is $11.50 per hour, with a 2-hour minimum charge. Reservations are recommended for all locations, except Camp Dolphin, where reservations are required and additional costs may apply. For advanced reservations, please call (407) WDW-DINE. Same day walk-ins are also welcome based on availability.
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National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage just east of Opelika and determined the damage was the result of a tornado.
The tornado touched down at approximately 340 PM CDT 8.5 miles east of Opelika, along County Road 158 just east of Lee Road 259. At least two mobile homes sustained minor damage, dozens of trees and power lines were snapped off or blown down, and a spare tire was removed from a vehicle and thrown several yards away. The tornado damage path was 1.2 miles long and 200 yards wide at its widest point.
No deaths or injuries were reported with this tornado. A Tornado Warning was in effect for Lee County from 326 PM CDT until 345 PM CDT.


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When to Go Out and When to Stay In
Whatever the decision, give yourself permission to own it. Read more >
The Art of Quiet Networking
Want to rock networking without disintegrating inside? Read more >
Race, Kids—and the Peril of Silence
Difficult doesn't mean impossible. Sometimes it means necessary. Read more >
How to Face a Vulnerability Hangover
Sure, it's good to open up. But use this ability with caution. Read more >
Michael Duffy
Is your true self challenging your way of life? Are you listening?
The Science of Awe and Why It Matters at Work
How design, humility, and curiosity can come together to produce better results in the workplace. Read more >
An Illustrated Guide to Handling Class Participation
No need to raise your hand to be a class participant! Read more >
An Illustrated Guide to Categorizing Yourself
A Hogwarts house as a personality type? Why not! Read more >
Introvert Networking: Lessons from Silicon Valley
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An Ambivert's Guide to Learning to Love Languages
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The First-Ever Grumpy Introvert Sampler: Speed Advice for All Three Types
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Speak up quietly but firmly, and change the world.
How to Know When To Turn That Confidence Dial
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Quiet Black Girls—and How We Fail Them
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Introverts Win Gold Medals Too
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"You are not alone. You have a voice in this world."
The Contradiction of Acceptance and Encouraging Growth
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Sailing Lesson: A Love Letter in Eleven Parts
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I'm Both Quiet and Loud—Are You?
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This wonderful Paris tour will show you the very best of this enchanting city.
Start with an orientation tour which will show you all the iconic landmarks including L'Opera, the Arc de Triomphe, the Champs Elysees and Notre Dame Cathedral.
Stop for lunch at the Eiffel Tower; Paris' most iconic landmark. The restaurant 58 Tour Eiffel located on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower affords magical views of the city.
This magical experience culminates with a leisurely Seine River cruise. Many of the famous Paris landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and the Notre Dame cathedral lie along the banks of the river and a Seine Cruise gives you a whole new perspective on these wonderful monuments.
This tour is extremely popular and advance booking is highly recommended. Should the tour not be available on your chosen date, we have an alternative which includes skip-the-line Eiffel Tower tickets, Seine River cruise and sightseeing, click here for more details >>
This tour is extremely popular and advance booking is highly recommended.
When does it run?
5 hours 30 minutes
Start time
9:00am & 12 noon
Meeting point
The start point for the tour is 2 rue des Pyramides, 75001, Paris.
The closest metro station is Tuileries (line n°01), Pyramides (line n°14) or Palais Royal (line n°7).
Please report at the meeting point 30 minutes before the start time for check-in. This is mandatory to allow time for pre-departure briefing.
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The tour ends at the Eiffel Tower
The Paris in a Nutshell tour is a wonderful way to experience the magic of Paris.
The tour starts with an orientation drive around the city which will take you to see many of Paris' major attractions. Audio commentary in 11 languages will tell you about the landmarks you are seeing such as:
• Opera Square
• Concorde
• Champs-Elysees
• Arc de Triomphe
• Trocadero Square
• Eiffel Tower
• Invalides
• Pont – Neuf
• Bastille Square
• Notre-Dame Cathedral
• Luxembourg Gardens
• Germain des Pres
Continue to the Eiffel Tower. Take the elevator to the first level of the tower and enjoy the panoramic view of the city while you have lunch at the Eiffel Tower restaurant.
End the tour discovering 2000 years of history as you cruise along the River Seine. Many of the most beautiful buildings in Paris such as the Eiffel Tower, the Notre Dame Cathedral and of course the beautiful bridges line the river, which means a cruise allows you to admire these wonderful sites from a different angle.
The tour ends at the Eiffel Tower.
Indicative menu for 58 Tour Eiffel:
You can choose between Starter + Main Course OR Main Course + Dessert, ½ bottle of water with 1 glass of wine or 1 soft drink.
Starter (Choice between):
• Walnuts and "Comte" cheese salad,
• Vegetable confit with mozzarella and basil dressing,
• Egg mayonnaise, field salad
Main Course (Choice between):
• Seared skipjack tuna, risotto with olives,
• Macaroni with mushrooms and chestnuts,
• Roasted poultry with seasonal vegetables, strew sauce
Dessert (Choice between):
• "Fromage blanc" with glazed chestnuts,
• Pistachio custard cream with cherries,
• Crousti Eiffel cake with praline and chocolate
Drink: ½ bottle of water with 1 glass of wine or 1 soft drink
WBooked this for myself, hubby and 3 daughters (6, 12, 14). Usually find it hard to please such varied age range but this suited them all. What we liked beat was the casual approach. Plenty of time to go at our own pace rather than being hassled like sheep. Meal at tower was lovely with great service. Tour and boat trip were both great. Highly recommended to anyone.
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This trip was an excellent way to see Paris! The coach ride showed you the main tourist attractions, the boat trip let you take it all in, but the meal in the Eiffel Tower provided us with the WOW factor we were looking for! The meal, the view the photographs the memories, it really was a special place to celebrate a 40th wedding anniversary, and two 60th birthdays! Would highly recommend Paris in a Nutshell. Thank you for a wonderful experience.
Easy to find pick up point very informative coach trip Guide was excellent throughout Eiffel Tower tour, and had great fun on the river cruise
We will definitely recommend ISANGO and also use it in future
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As soon as I reach the door of the A330-300 a strong wave of tropical heat touch me. It´s evening, it´s dark outside – but I can feel that I just landed near the equator. I am in Accra, Ghana.
I am leaving the small airport building, lovely smell of roasted meat in my nose: beef khebab – sold from a simple stall. On the opposite a bar with a large illuminated "Guiness" advertisment. Yes, believe it or not: The real Guiness is brewed under licence – here in the country of the Black Stars.
Arriving in my hotel there is a wedding couple in the lobby and I am pleased to congratulate them. In my room work starts. I call my colleagues and the first news is that we have to leave at 5 am early in the morning to get to city of Mim, which is in North-West-Ghana. Could be an 8 h trip and we have to shoot there in the afternoon.
So, why I am here? I am working for SAP TV and we are going to shoot a video about a research project with the African Cashew Initiative. Deutsche Welle TV is accompanying us to do their own report. The goal of this cashew-initiative is to increase the income of smallholder cashew farmers and to build a bridge from smallscale farms to cooperatives and cashew-buyers.
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For when the One Great Scorer comes,
To mark against your name,
He writes not that you won or lost
But how you played the Game.
Grantland Rice, Alumnus Football
That noble sentiment is sadly lacking in many sports venues these days.
For instance, many crowing Gamecock and despairing Tiger fans, still mindful of last months football outcome, would strongly dispute Mr. Rices notion that whether you won or lost is relatively insignificant.
But there should be some reasonable limit to the passions stirred by sports.
And when police in riot gear must be summoned to break up a rumble between large groups of spectators at a football game, perspective has clearly been fumbled.
Thats especially true when its a youth football game and most of the instigators in the brawling crowd are the players parents.
And thats exactly what happened recently in Chino, Calif.
You expect to see 12- to 14-year-old football players teams wearing headgear.
You dont expect to see police wearing headgear summoned to stop near-riot violence between those kids dads and moms.
Yet as Police Sgt. Frank Mena told the San Bernardino Sun:
We only had our helmets on for our protection because when you get a call of a fight between two and three hundred people, you want to be protected.
Fortunately, thanks to the timely arrival of the police, no serious injuries were reported. And because most of the parents fled when they saw law enforcement officers taking the field, no arrests were made.
However, there was damage done.
After all, the idea of youth sports is to teach young people lessons that go beyond blocking, tackling and running precise pass routes.
And last week, those young football players in Chino learned that far too many adults still havent grown up.
So if youre heading to Atlanta for tonights Chick-fil-A Bowl showdown between No. 14 Clemson and No. 9 LSU, or to Tampa for Tuesdays Outback Bowl matchup between No. 11 South Carolina and No. 19 Michigan, try to take the outcomes in stride.
And if youre still strutting or slumping due to USCs four-year football winning streak over Clemson, remember that four weeks ago the Tigers beat the Gamecocks, 64-55, in mens basketball.


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I'm a 15-year-old boy from Varna, Bulgaria and have some skills in C/C++ programming but I want to improve them (really!? :)).
I want also to learn programming in another language, so I'm gonna ask A LOT of questions. Nevermind... you'll see... :)
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I couldn't find where to edit my post from, so I had to write a new one...
I see that I'm registered near a year ago... I just couldn't remember the exact time, when I was writing the previous post.
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"We did receive a call from Charlie's house this morning, asking for medical assistance and advice," the couple tell PEOPLE in a statement, "and immediately insisted the caller dial 911. Dr. Nassif also immediately called 911."
Sheen, 45, was taken by ambulance to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where his parents Martin and Janet Sheen soon arrived.
"As longtime friends, we are obviously very concerned about his well-being," say Nassif and Maloof-Nassif, who appear on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. "Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family right now and we wish him a speedy recovery."
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I like that this forum is green. I'm consistently amazed that mythology still dominates the world. I'm quite enjoying being thirty.
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Hey OP. Haven't been on here for about 100 years, but Wifey mentioned you had a few new posts so thought I'd drop in. How's things with you two? Either of you have a Fitocracy account? Wifey and I are on there a bit and log our training on it. In answer to your questions above, my writing is going well, the ASOIAF books are good if a little ponderous at points - they're best read in big chunks - and I watched about ten minutes of the show then had to switch off.


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A man in a high-beam floral shirt greets us. He looks a bit like Tom Bosley from Happy Days. This early in the morning (OK, it's noon—so what?) his overall loudness is, at first, a shock to the system. But since everybody at Toast, from the waitresses to the cooks and washers pirouetting in the open kitchen, seems genuinely stoked to be making brunch, you can't really complain.
Perched at the long bamboo counter, we watch entrées float off the griddle and into a tiny, sunlit dining room. There's steaming homemade, perfectly browned flapjacks, sizzling patties of hand-ground sausage, and seared pork belly. But the truly impressive thing about Toast is its ability to wield gravy and grains with equal skill. A hot bowl of farro, tofu and veggies in a roasted onion broth (The Good Monk) is just as delicious as a salty, savory breakfast sandwich of fried eggs, thick bacon and herbaceous, whipped mascarpone. This latter dish is called the Bad Ass Sandwich, a nod to the building's former incarnation as Angie's Bad Ass Video.
Yep, an X-rated video store. Luckily for us and the dozen other diners munching happily away, pancakes—and neon personalities—have triumphed over porn


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quote: Why do I get the feeling there's a narrative here that is less about providing me with the facts, and more about skewing them in AMD's favor? I feel like I'm being brainwashed into buying the AMD. The bit about Daily Tech's internal polling data favoring the AMD...lol, wow okay. That's good to know I guess?


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My Story & Inspiration For Bringing Red Rooster To Harlem On CNN
By mahir | March 3, 2011
Check out my interview and video on CNN's Eatocracy sharing "How I Got Here," an occasional "In America" feature. Â In the video, I share my story and inspiration for bringing Red Rooster to Harlem. Â Creating this restaurant, connecting with Harlem – my neighborhood and community – is what I'm meant to do. Â Watch the video and read the interview for more here.
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"very funny and tomantic"
I loved it! the story was really funny to me. Sarah reminded me of Lucy from the I Love Lucy Show. I also loved how Nathan was able to show his sweet side at the end of the story
"Enjoyable and entertaining"
Solid story in that it flowed well and came to a satisfying end.
It was fun to listen to.
The reader does not do men as well as I would like.
"I light romance."
The narrator was excellent. The story was a little too predictable. A good light enjoyment. Not one of my gar wood favorites.
"Great Book"
I read this book for the first time 25 years or so ago. I loved it then, and I love it now. It's the first "romance novel" to make me laugh out loud. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it.
Thank you.
I love Susan Duerden's reading. I liked this story but now, I love it. Simply brilliant.
Hello, my name is Teresa and I'm an addict.
"The Romantic meets the Cynic."
One of my favorite books as a teenager. Yes, Sara is a naïve girl, but she is so good natured and makes me laugh at her antics you gotta love her. Sometimes you don't always want to read the same type of character in books and Sara is different. To me this a warm hearted romance and if you are looking for a light adventure this could be for you. Of course this is the third book in the series so you may want to read the other two books first, but I think it can be read as a stand alone. Narrator is okay, I will admit she is not my favorite but she does a better job in this book than the last two book in the series.
Say something about yourself!
The lovers in this story are very cute. Their marriage is arranged as children and when they finally meet as adults, their attraction to each other is undeniable. She is such a klutz, but so well intentioned that he forgives her every time she brings about one catastrophe after another. They are the embodiment of opposites attracting.
"Great books!"
I found this book great entertainment .
I laughed & cried & got disgusted with the girl.
I enjoyed all three books connecting this family.
"Great Book in the Crown Spies Series"
This is my least favorite of the Crown Spies Series. The story is just as great as the others but I wish the heroine in this story was less…annoying? She is annoyingly child-like and naïve. You can't leave her alone – when she tries to be independent, she becomes a nuisance. I do have to admit, it makes for a great storyline. I love how the crew has this love hate relationship between her and her "lovely parasols!" Everything you don't want on a ship abroad happened and it all started with her. If I were part of the crew, I would be absolutely miserable! Food poisoning, fires, ship damages, and unforeseen extensions to an already long journey really brings the story together.
The characters within this story are very enjoyable. Though I find Sara to be very annoying, I do enjoy reading how sweet Nathan is to her. When she is so completely doubled over in pain from her monthly, Nathan is so clueless on how to help her. It's the sweetest thing for him to go to her Aunt to find out how to make it better for Sara. I think that saves the whole story – well, that and the plague-like accidents Sara seems to leave in her trail.
The narration…are there words to describe it? I would like to say, first, that the voices of the different characters are actually pretty great. There are a few men's voices, though, that sounds like harsh grating whispers – I could do without that. Also, there is a rhythm to her narration and it is repetitive. So much so, that it took a lot out of me just to finish the story. To me, it was quite like listening to "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" throughout the entirety of the book. No bueno!
Overall, the two things I found to be annoying in the story is minor. I honestly think I'm being picky. But we like what we like right? I absolutely loved the storyline. I love the characters. I'm on the fence about the narration. Though she does better during this story than the others, I still was able to enjoy the story. I probably won't recommend this audiobook to anyone but the book itself is a great read!
I love Epic Fantasy....have become a Historical Romance fan because I am a sucker for a good Happily Ever After. Good characters are a must
"Fun, Romantic, Humorous...GREAT Historical Romance"
Another great installment of The Crown Spies series by Julie Garwood.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book mainly because of the character development and the characters interactions with each other. From the most important characters all the way down to the secondary and tertiary characters in the book - just all so well written ad developed you can't help but enjoy every minute of this book!
Garwood just has a way of writing superb dialogue.
I didn't think The Gift was quite as good as the second book but its probably on par with the first book in my opinion. which is great. There wasn't quite as detailed and mysterious of a plot like in the second book but it still held my attention from beginning to end.
Susan Duerden is still a masterful narrator in this installment. She is one of the best.
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Episodic gaming," in which chapters of a videogame are distributed one-by-one via the 'Net, has long promised to smash the traditional model, in which publishers put a complete game on store shelves and hope for the best. Telltale Games' newest incarnation of the "Sam and Max" franchise is the first major attempt to make the episodic model a reality and it's a great start.
Episodic gaming," in which chapters of a videogame are distributed one-by-one via the 'Net, has long promised to smash the traditional model, in which publishers put a complete game on store shelves and hope for the best. Telltale Games' newest incarnation of the "Sam and Max" franchise is the first major attempt to make the episodic model a reality and it's a great start. The six-episode first season is rip-roaringly funny.
Anthropomorphic dog detective Sam and his rabbit-esque sidekick Max, who together make up the Freelance Police, have taken many incarnations since Steve Purcell created them in a 1987 comic book. The comical critters have appeared in a Saturday morning cartoon series and a popular 1993 computer game that was supposed to spawn a sequel by LucasArts, but was cancelled in 2004. Members of the creative team behind the stunted LucasArts game started their own company, Telltale Games, to use TV-style storytelling with their beloved characters.
Unlike most games, "Sam and Max" relies more on smart detective work than fast and accurate clicking. With the exception of a car-racing sequence, the game is a methodical experience in which players have to figure out the right item to use or thing to say in order to progress. Almost every object can be explored, and many elicit a humorous response — from a road kill calendar in the main characters' office to a gift shop on the moon.
Lack of action could make the game boring if the story weren't so smart and funny. Each episode works on its own merits or as part of the season-long arc, just like a network sitcom.
Sam & Max always start out with a call from the mysterious Commissioner, who has a bizarre case for them to solve. Overall theme of Season One is hypnosis, as Sam & Max must work to stop Prismatology guru Hugh Bliss from his mind-control scheme of turning the world into perpetual bliss. Former child stars, talkshow hosts, the mob, the president of the United States and the Internet are all sardonically skewered. Recurring cast members and references to previous episodes reward those who pay attention.
Top-notch voice acting and a bright and vivid color palette make for an experience as good as most animated series. Those with slower PCs, however, will notice lags.
In a modern videogame biz that too rarely produces true innovation, "Sam and Max" is a breath of fresh air. It proves that episodic gaming can not only work, but actually be more engaging than a real television series.


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Roger Wilkins
Robinson Professor of American Culture and History
George Mason University
"Sunbelt Dreams and the Founders' Aspirations"
David Goldfield
Bailey Professor of History
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
"Southern History Meets the Sunbelt"
Glenna Matthews
Institute of Urban and Regional Development
University of California at Berkeley
"Silicon Valley Women and the California Dream: A Cautionary Tale of Sunbelt Megasuccess and Its Impact"
For further information, please visit our website at http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~flhisqtr/com&his.html or contact:
Professor Shirley A. Leckie at email@example.com
This event is made possible by the generosity of the Pauley Family Endowment to the UCF History and a grant from the Florida Humanities Council and the NEH. It is co-sponsored by the UCF Honors College, Office of Diversity, African American Studies, Women's Studies, the Nicholson School of Communication, the College of Arts and Sciences, and Alpha Gamma Chi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta. The event is open and free to the public.


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Funding Unsuccessful
This project's funding goal was not reached on July 4, 2013.
Connecting people with their devices through a simple, easy to use mobile app, so they know what's up no matter where they are.
This project's funding goal was not reached on July 4, 2013.
Benki is here because it's 2013, we use our smartphones for everything, and we should be able to control all our appliances and devices from mobile apps as well. No matter where we are.
Siri should be able to turn on our rice cooker, not just give us search results about rice cookers. We should be able to tell our appliances what to do once and have things run smoothly from then on without us thinking about it. Our appliances and devices should be assisting us and then staying out of the way.
Benki exists because no one seems to be getting connected devices (aka "the internet of things") right.
Here's our vision:
We think we know how people really want this stuff to work and we need you to tell us we're right.
We're launching with three products that cover a surprising number of uses.
The Socket is Benki's [super] smart outlet that plugs right into your existing outlet. It has a light sensor, temperature sensor, and microphone. You're still left with the two outlets you had before, only now you can control them.
You can turn the power on/off to each outlet individually and you can have it controlled automatically based on settings you decide.
Want the lamp to turn on automatically from 6-8am and 9-11pm and off otherwise? Done! Want it to just come on if it's dark? Yup. Want the fan on when it's 74º+ and off when it gets below 70º? We got that.
Or, "in one hour, send my son the message 'start your homework'. Then, 10 minutes later, turn the Xbox off and send another message 'seriously!'." No problem.
Want to be notified when the microphone detects a loud noise? That too (This is how you use the Socket as a baby monitor.)
There are tons of things you can do with the Socket!
We'll keep track of power usage through the device so you can see how much you're consuming over time.
Installation takes 3 simple steps…
1. You plug it into your existing outlet.
2. You're Done!
3. <-- Somebody delete this because seriously, that's it.
It covers your existing outlet completely for a clean, integrated look.
The View is a small, battery powered device with a camera, light sensor, and temperature sensor.
You can stash it anywhere in your home to get info about the area and check in visually.
If you're on vacation and the temperature drops below freezing, you can check in to make sure the basement isn't flooding.
When you're at the store, you can see what's left in the fruit basket or pantry.
You could put one in the baby's room and check in whenever you want.
Check in on your pets to see how much food and water they have.
It also has an LED to help with pictures taken in the dark.
Installation is almost nonexistent. It has reusable adhesive on the back so you can just stick it to the wall, fridge, whatever.
It lasts for over a year on two AAs and you'll get notified when the batteries are getting low. And, of course, we made it look good.
The Break is a simple open/close sensor that you can put on doors, cabinets, windows, etc. You put one side on the door and the other on the frame. We can sense when the two halves are together or separated.
This one is pretty simple but we've integrated a temperature sensor so you can know if energy is being wasted heating or cooling the outside.
Like the View, installation is simple and it lasts for well over a year on two AA batteries.
All your devices show up in one unified app (iPhone and Android). This not only makes it easy to manage things, but allows your devices to interact with each other. We call these "Formulas." Sensors, timers, and device functionality can all be linked into chain reactions making the combination greater than any single element.
Adding a device is also incredibly simple. New devices are automatically detected. All you need to do is select your Wifi network and enter your password.
Over the last few months we've accomplished a lot.
So, we felt it was time to take it to Kickstarter and get your help to overcome a few more hurdles.
What's left:
We strongly believe a five month timeline is sufficient to complete remaining tasks and deliver the envisioned end-product. That puts us at Nov.-Dec. for project completion. So, you'll be able to get your Benki on by Christmas!
We like spending our time working on interesting problems and hanging out with friends and family. We shouldn't be stressing about whether we turned something on or off or constantly running around keeping an eye on stuff. There are so many things around us that could not only be accessible over Wifi and controlled remotely, but be more intelligent and helpful to us.
While we're pretty excited about our first three devices, with your help, this will be just the beginning. We have a pretty specific roadmap of what needs to be done to take consumer appliances to the next level and we're ready to get to it.
Note: This next section is about a standalone PCB and not a typical consumer device. If you're not familiar with terms like "PCB" or "GPIO" feel free to skip this. The following is not needed for the devices above.
We're not just trying to make things better for the average Joe. If you like to hack on hardware, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, etc. we want you involved.
Link (the fourth product)
The Link is the core of all our products and it maintains a persistent real-time connection to Benki. We're giving you the same thing we use ourselves. Here are the details.
Wifi connectivity:
We're using TI's cc3000 for a solid Wifi connection.
Let us stress that we are maintaining a persistent real-time connection between the Link and the Benki service. This is very important to us. We don't want people having to wait for a long time to have a command from their phone received by the device.
We are spending a lot of time on the connection between devices and Benki, we just thought you should know.
Super low power usage:
We are absolutely dedicated to low power usage for battery-powered devices and Freescale's surprisingly capable, power sipping Kinesis M0+ micro is key in achieving that.
12 pins are available from our micro for you to control from your phone or connect to your device. Those pins have the following functionality.
This will all be available and configurable through an advanced menu in the smartphone app. No Arduino, RPi, or other micro necessary.
So, with no other hardware, you could wire the Benki Link up to a garage door and have it open/close based on your GPS location.
You could raise/lower a home projector or control other motors and servos.
You can hook it up to a hot water heater and intelligently control it to save energy.
We'll be posting up cool stuff people are doing with just the Link on our GitHub wiki.
And, if you really want to get crazy, bring your Arduino/Raspberry Pi/micro-of-choice to the table and take it from there. We'll have C libraries for Raspbian/Linux and example sketches for Arduino on our Github repo.
All development IO are routed to a standard 10mil header so they can easily be plugged into your device.
Your Device Rides First Class
We'd like to see people building the Link into all kinds of things and making formulas to really show what can be done when devices can interact with each other.
Because the Link doesn't involve plastics, molding, or UL certification, the maker kit will be the first to ship. Let us know if you want to be in the super early beta group.
There are always difficulties in bringing prototypes to mass production. Both UL and FCC certification can require multiple submissions before acceptance, component assembly usually has kinks that need to be worked out, and the fit and finish of injection molded parts needs to be dialed in. Also, our server-side infrastructure and API need to be refined.
While we have relationships with Chinese factories, with the quantities we are dealing with at this stage, we will pursue domestic manufacture and assembly of the PCB and other components. Also we will likely utilize aluminum tooling instead of hard steel at this stage.
Aluminum molds will easily hold up to the quantities we anticipate and be much less expensive. Domestic manufacturing and assembly of PCBs and other components is very competitive with China in lower quantities. This will also give us very fast turn-around, and allows us better quality control.
We have dealt with and successfully navigated these hurdles in our previous work and, while this is not insignificant, we have the utmost confidence that we can achieve the stated goals in the proposed time.
We have built in the costs for these issues in our goal and, while we don't anticipate major problems, we will have the funds to iterate and overcome these challenges.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
Have a question? If the info above doesn't help, you can ask the project creator directly.
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World's Smallest Flash Cards for Mobile Phones - SanDisk 8Gb microSDHC Cards
June 28, 2007 SanDisk Corporation has begun sampling 6- and 8-gigabyte (GB) microSD High Capacity (microSDHC) flash memory cards to major phone manufacturers and mobile network operators (MNOs) for testing and evaluation. The new cards are ideal for the growing number of feature-rich multimedia handsets that bring together phones, music players, hand-held computers, digital cameras and more. Pricing has not yet been determined but we can expect to see them at retail well before the end of the year.
"With these new cards, any mobile phone with a compatible microSDHC slot will have just as much storage as the largest-capacity iPhone," said Jeff Kost, vice president and general manager of the Mobile Consumer Solutions division at SanDisk. "What's more, removable cards make it easy to share content you create with friends, 'sideload' files from a computer, and add more storage simply by purchasing more cards. By offering capacities of 6GB and 8GB, SanDisk is poised to enable people to enjoy more photos, more map data for navigation, more videos, more games and more music, wherever they go, on any phone with a compatible microSDHC slot."
SDHC is the designation for any SD or SD-based card that is larger than 2GB and adheres to the new SD 2.00 specification required for cards and hosts to support 4GB to 32GB capacities. The specification was developed by the SD Association, an industry standards board, which has also created three classes to define minimum sustained data transfer speed. These cards adhere to the SD Speed Class 4 Rating.3


text: On 12/12/2004, at 19.48, Jed Donnelley wrote: >At 01:19 PM 12/11/2004, David Hopwood wrote: >>Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: >>>Yes, the principle is clear. Programs MUST NOT have the rights of the >user. > >I hope we are all in agreement on the above. I agree that this base >ability >for some sort of POLA (rather than ambient user access) is so fundamental >to achieving any sort of security in computing that we must push very >hard to achieve this. Without some facility along the above lines I >despair >of ever achieving reasonable security/integrity in computing as the >continued >threat from various forms of Trojan horse seem otherwise pretty >insurmountable. > >However, as to: > >>>The fundamental approach is to grant and revoke rights to the program in >a >>>step-by-step manner (every program step has exactly the rights it needs >to >>>perform the current operation, no more, no less). >> >>Right, except that this can be achieved most simply by scoping mechanisms >>(a variable holding a capability/reference goes out of scope when the >>procedure that needed it returns) rather than explicit revocation. > >I personally feel the above (dynamically removing rights during a program's >execution as they are no longer needed), while a good general idea and >in accordance with POLA, is more than is needed for the bulk of the >problem. > >If this sort of dynamic maintenance of rights can be achieved in a natural >way - great. Anybody with the ability to achieve such tight control >should do so (e.g. as David suggests by scoping mechanisms). However, >I feel that if this sort of dynamic removal of rights is difficult to >achieve >early on (e.g. the issues of knowing when a right is no longer needed, >or the mechanisms such as revocation that might be needed to remove >the right) then I feel we should focus on the 90% part of the problem, >limiting rights granted to programs to POLA and work on achieving such >dynamic revocation as time and effort allow. > >I note in defense of this approach that once a right is granted to a >program, if it is going to do damage to the resource it can do it at >that time. I understand of course that a program may change in >substantive ways over time (e.g. executing a relatively untrusted >macro as was the basis for this part of this thread). In such a case >dynamic revocation could well be useful. However, I believe that >if we can achieve the ability to *grant* rights in a dynamic way >according to POLA, I believe it will be a *huge* achievement. If >that much is achieved perhaps the base mechanism for that >success and the momentum resulting from that accomplishment >will push things on to achieving dynamic revocation. I certainly don't >want to hold back any mechanism for granting rights according to >POLA in order to achieve the ability to revoke them according to POLA. POLA is a step-by-step mechanism. Static analysis helps us a lot. > >>>So, the language must provide mechanisms to grant and revoke rights, and >>>the operating system has to understand those mechanisms, so there's the >>>language tied with the operating system. If the hardware provides >>>specialized features (chips) to support the capability discipline, the >>>operating system has to be aware of those chips and use them, so there's >>>the OS tied to the architecture. >> >>None of the hardware we have provides specialized features that usefully >>support capabilities (in particular, as opposed to general security >>mechanisms), and there's no prospect of that changing in the near future. > >I agree. I don't believe any such hardware support is needed - as David >says: > >>OTOH, almost any hardware *can* be used to implement a capability system >-- >>even if its enforcement makes little or no use of hardware features >>intended as security mechanisms, and falls entirely on the language or >>languages. > >However, I think it clear that languages alone do not suffice. The >base operating system must provide a restricted (non 'user') >execution environment and there must be a means of communicating >rights to processes in such environments. There must also be a >means (e.g. along the lines of Polaris or Plash) to allow users to >manage the rights given to the programs executing on their behalf. > >>>The whole paradigm of "user rights" is somewhat vague (it makes sense >only >>>inside a shell). The general paradigm should be "program rights". > >Amen to that! At least the language and the OS must agree on the approach.


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Large companies do not buy ideas from outside inventors. That is what they pay their many engineers to do, and outside inventors are more likely to sue the company than come up with a valuable idea.
I once read an article that stated the automobile companies received 300,000 "invention" letters a year. It would take an enormous staff to just evaluate that many ideas. Most companies send back a rejection letter of some sort. Some are honest, and say they just do not accept ideas from outside, and some send back a letter that includes an agreement one must sign. The agreement states you are giving them the idea free and clear, and they can pay you or not pay you as they see fit.
The companies are trying to get the ideas for free. Rather, it is that they want legal protection if you have suggested an invention that someone in the company is already working on.
One other type of letter sent out states a company will only consider patented inventions. That is because they would then know what they cannot do without paying for it, but it also probably means, "Go talk to a patent attorney and let him talk you out of it."
So what good does a patent do? It probably does nothing, unless you are in business or about to start a business for selling the product. The fact is, that in our world you can sell things, but you cannot sell ideas. Selling an idea is sort of like trying to sell a lottery ticket for a highly inflated price - before the lottery drawing.
Even for the small business, a patent does not really do what most people think it does, because suing someone for copying your patented invention costs way too much for most of us to be able to start such a law action. The true benefits from a patent, and even a patent application (a patent pending), are more subtle, but they are real.
One benefit is credibility in the marketplace. Listen carefully to TV commercials, and you will occasionally hear them mention that a product is patented. That is because most people have the impression that a patent somehow means that the product has the "blessing" of the U.S. government. Actually, the only thing the U.S. Patent Office has decided is that it is different, not that it is better.
Another benefit is very real, that a patent - and particularly a "patent pending" - makes the competition hesitate about copying the product. That is because, for at least 18 months, the patent application is confidential, and nobody can find out just what it covers.
That means a competitor that copies the product could end up being sued, and in the business world, such an added risk is usually enough to keep the competition at bay, at least until the patent is issued and they know what is protected.
This discussion should make it apparent why I sincerely believe that, unless you are already selling a product or about to start selling it, a patent is not very valuable.
One other aspect of U.S. patent law is worth noting. In the U.S. (and not in any other countries) you can still file a patent application for one year after you have first offered the invention for sale, used it publicly or distributed a written publication.
In practical terms, that means you can put the product on the market first and test-market it to see if it is worth patenting. Just keep in mind that it takes several months for most patent attorneys to prepare an application, so you probably have only about eight months to make the decision about a patent.
Martin Fruitman is a Valencia patent attorney. He can be reached at (888) 769-4332. His column reflects his own views and not necessarily those of The Signal. "It's The Law" appears Fridays and rotates between members of the Santa Clarita Valley Bar Association (www.SCVbar.org). Nothing contained herein shall be or is intended to be construed as providing legal advice.


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The villa interiors have a warm Thai ambience with lots of wood, vaulted ceilings and artworks. Both bedrooms open out directly to the terrace and pool.
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YEADON — A 14-year veteran of the borough police force whose job includes investigating sex crimes surrendered yesterday to face charges that he indecently assaulted a teenage girl at his home.
Delaware County District Attorney Patrick Meehan said Sgt. Robert Boyden, 46, of Aldan, was charged after an investigation into allegations that he assaulted the 16-year-old on three occasions between July 7 and 21.
Meehan said the girl was visiting from Florida when the contact occurred. Boyden is accused of touching the girl through and under her clothing and of soliciting her to take nude photographs of herself with a Polaroid camera that he sent her through the mail, police said.


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The Nines in Mequon launching Sunday brunch buffet
Ozaukee County is getting a new brunch: The buffet brunch debuts Sunday at the Nines at the River Club of Mequon.
It will have stations with salads, fruit, grilled vegetables and chilled seafood; breakfast potatoes, bacon, sausage and a couple of breakfast dishes, such as biscuits and gravy, that change weekly; a carving station with beef tenderloin; and an omelet station. »Read Full Blog Post
MSO, Swingle Singers enchant with rare 'Sinfonia'
One of the great joys of having a high-quality symphony orchestra in town is the opportunity to experience an enormous variety of music - live.
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Visitors to Pearl Harbor can now experience for themselves what it must have felt like the moment America suffered one of the worst attacks in American history.
Using the latest technology, visitors to the Pearl Harbor Museum and Visitors Center, a part of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, can relive the sights and sounds of that day as the Japanese began their aerial attack on Oahu, Dec. 7, 1941.
After two years of construction, the new $58 million facilities will be formally dedicated Tuesday, Dec. 7 by the National Park Service. This year marks the 69th anniversary of the Japanese attack.
Click play to watch an old news reel from News Parade on the bombing of Pearl Harbor, courtesy of The Open Video Project.
More than 80 survivors of the surprise attack and their families are expected to attend the opening. The new facility replaces the current USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center shore-side museum.
New Facilities
"The old visitors center was literally sinking into fill land," Eileen Martinez, chief of interpretation at the center told CBN News. "The new center combines public and private donations -- state, federal and private money will be used. More than $30 million of the total $58 million will be donated."
The new museum will double its current exhibit space, allowing for more galleries, audiovisual presentations, interactive exhibits and displays of artifacts. New specially made display cases filled with nitrogen will also protect delicate World War II artifacts from Hawaii's wet and humid climate.
Six additional acres have been added to the memorial complex, making its campus a total of 17 acres. The Pearl Harbor Museum receives 1.5 million visitors annually.
'A Date Which Will Live in Infamy'
The Japanese's surprise attack on the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor propelled the United States into World War II.
Nine ships in the U.S. fleet were sunk and 21 ships were severely damaged during the attack. The overall death toll reached 2,350, including 68 civilians, and 1,178 injured.
Of the military personnel lost at Pearl Harbor, 1,177 were from the USS Arizona, whose forward section exploded when a Japanese bomb detonated near the battleship's ammunition magazine.
Ironically, the first shots of the war in the Pacific were actually fired by the destroyer USS Ward after a Japanese midget submarine surfaced outside of the harbor.
The Ward succeeded in sinking the sub one hour before the Japanese aerial attack began on the U.S. Navy base. Japan lost a total of 29 out of the 350 aircraft during the Sunday morning attack.
The next day, before a joint session of Congress, President Franklin Roosevelt asked for a declaration of war against the Empire of Japan, calling December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy."
Galleries Bring History to Life
The new museum features three main galleries -- The Road to War, Oahu 1941, and Attack and Aftermath.
The Road to War gallery depicts the pre-war Japanese and American world views through various audiovisual displays and interactive exhibits.
"The display examines the critical thinking of both nations at the time," Martinez explained. "It also shows how the battleship would soon become obsolete due to the advance of the aircraft carrier in warfare."
The Oahu 1941 exhibit shows civilian life in Hawaii as it was before the war. It also reveals the growing strategic importance of what was then mostly isolated islands.
As visitors enter the Attack and Aftermath gallery, they walk back in time to Dec. 7, 1941 as the Japanese are attacking Pearl Harbor and Oahu.
Artifacts, displays, and oral memories of both the American and Japanese survivors will be used to highlight the events of that day. The Aftermath exhibit also feature life in the islands following the attack, the experiences of Japanese-Americans during the war, and the war as it continued to be waged in the Pacific.
Reliving the Human Loss
"Visitors will experience the story of the attack on Pearl Harbor through the eyes of those that lived it. The people who lived it speak the story and that's pretty powerful," Martinez said.
"You'll hear not only the words of American servicemen and women, but stories from civilians, and the Japanese aviators -- even from Japanese civilians -- what they were thinking," she added.
Martinez said one item in the exhibit is a huge piece of the USS Arizona that contains a doorway.
"You see a very human element," she explained. "Men walked through that doorway that morning and never returned."
'Skyping' with History
In addition, the museum's new Education and Research Center also provide video-teleconferencing capabilities to accommodate the growing number of students who participate in the museum's award-winning "Witness to History" distance learning programs.
School children and college students around the world can connect remotely to learn first-hand about the history of the December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attack, the history of WWII in the Pacific, as well as Hawaiian history and culture.
"It's important to have kids come to visit the museum and if they can't come here to speak to Pearl Harbor survivors via video. Because, as we move away in time, we understand less and less," Martinez pointed out.
Special Commemoration
The National Park Service will host a special ceremony in honor of those who served on the USS Oklahoma during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Battleship Oklahoma was berthed along Ford Island on Dec. 7, 1941, and suffered the second greatest loss of life during the attack.
The memorial includes 429 marble columns symbolizing each of the crewmembers who lost their lives on that fateful day.
The new museum at Pearl Harbor will continue to tell the story of the brave men and women who endured America's worst military attack and whose generation went on to win the war with "Remember December 7" emblazoned in their minds, their hearts, and their souls.
"Pearl Harbor is a place of peace, reconciliation, history and hope, " Martinez said.
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Fresh from Ireland, Father John McDonald is making an offer no American bishop can refuse.
"We feel we have a lien on the bishops," said Father McDonald, the president of St. Patrick's College, a small Roman Catholic seminary in Carlow, a town south of Dublin.
For nearly 200 years, St. Patrick's College has been sending new priests to the United States. Since the college was founded in 1793, 1,200 have crossed the Atlantic, and today 300 Carlow-trained priests, including 26 in New Jersey, work in American parishes.


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Four New Hampshire Drug Task Force officers are asking for more time to argue that a gunman's mother provided him with weapons and knew he was dealing drugs.
The officers were wounded, and Greenland Police Chief Michael Maloney was killed, at the home of Cullen Mutrie in April 2012. Authorities say Mutrie also killed a woman in the house before killing himself later that night.
The officers are suing Mutrie's mother, Beverly, who has denied the allegations. The Portsmouth Herald reports that a judge who gave the officers until Jan. 1 to provide evidence says the case "continues to hang by a thread."
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By Allison Gardenswartz, Consulting Educator
I have a 6-year-old daughter who is in first grade. Her babysitter picks her up from school at 2 p.m., and I pick her up from the babysitter around 6 p.m. When we get home we have dinner first. By the time we do her homework, she is too tired or lazy to finish it. She tells me that she's sleepy and wants to take a nap. She doesn't take a nap at her babysitter's because she is so excited to play with the other kids. What can I do?
It sounds like your daughter's schedule needs to change in some way. Either she needs to nap at the babysitter's or get a start on homework there. It seems logical that she is tired after that long day and just starting homework at 7 p.m. Perhaps she can do part of the homework with the babysitter and take a short rest? Sometimes, even if a child does not sleep, she may have more energy after she has some down- time.
Another alternative would be for her to do a little of the homework as soon as you walk in the door as you are putting dinner on the table. If the homework is divided into smaller parts, perhaps it will go easier. She can do a little at the babysitter's, a little while dinner is being prepared and then have just a bit left to finish after dinner.
You will need to talk with the babysitter and make sure your expectations are clear and then talk with your daughter so she is aware of the plan. Sometimes the logistical schedule of where to fit the homework in is the hardest part. Once you find a routine that works for you and her, it will all fall into place.
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Monday September 26, 2016
Volume 24 Issue 34
|Cheering Warriors to a win
Angelina Wandrey, of the Warriors Mitey Mite Cheer team, makes a big jump during their halftime routine at Rancho Cotate High on Sunday. Three out of five teams won their games against the San Marin Mustangs. The Mitey Mites won with seconds to spare 12-8, the Jr. PeeWee team had a high-scoring win, 36-7, the Pee Wees won 14-6, but the Jr. Midgets lost 30-16, and the Midgets lost 15-14. The Mitey Mites will play in the Mitey Mite Bowl on Nov. 16, and the Pee Wee, Jr. Midget and Midget teams will be in the playoffs on Nov 9 or Nov. 10.
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Iowa CITY, Iowa - Iowa football fans support their team like few others in the country. They boast a reputation for it. This is especially important during bowl season when a town is looking to cash in on pasty white Hawkeyes.
Perhaps that's why things seem so quiet right now in Hawkeye Nation. There's normally a higher excitement level at this time of year.
Maybe apathy is too strong a word. We're not there yet. There certainly appears to be some lethargy, however.
The current sports landscape contributes to the blah feeling for some. Social media, message boards and talking heads help create a craving for a high level of success, forever, for every school in the country.
Iowa fans would have given appendages for a winning season for much of the 1960s and '70s. Now, it's become Ho-Hum for some college football followers.
It's a $2 billion industry and picking up steam as it heads to a playoff system. Fans spend big money on the sport and the schools compete in an arms race for top facilities. It also helps to push coaches salaries to, some would say, obscene heights.
Hawkeye Head Coach Kirk Ferentz will earn approximately $4M this season. His contract runs to 2020. That's a lot of dough anywhere.
These coaching paychecks lift the expectations for at least a portion of the fan base, however. Other people temper their hopes of a great season because their school isn't getting national preseason attention.
The lack of usual excitement also could be attributed to attention the Iowa basketball team is drawing. It has been a while since there's been this much anticipation for hoops around here.
Part of it also could be Ferentz. He set the bar pretty high during his '02-04 run when the Hawkeyes finished No. 8 in the country three years in a row. Some fans could be spoiled.
Of course, I could be off of my rocker. I do work from home and some days have little contact with the world outside of watching of SpongeBob with my kids . Maybe they're dancing in the streets of Iowa City (for football, not the Hippies described by Rick Stanzi.
At least the Iowa athletic department doesn't have to worry about ticket sales. The Hawkeyes are just about sold out for '12. That speaks a lot louder than some goofball like me not feeling the love.
Home football Saturdays rock Iowa City seven times a year. A real production drop-off would have to occur for that to change, which seems unlikely with Ferentz's track record. Donations still are flowing in as evidenced by the school's new football practice facility, which is only through Phase I.
The Iowa football program is sound. It's a collaboration of a steady coach and passionate fans.
Still, it's not your typical building up to kickoff during early August in Iowa City. Perhaps it will be insane during November. That means more anyway.


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For this to work, the Astros need the bullpen to be a strength.
Got that, guys? A strength. Not a weakness. Not an absolute albatross. If calling on the bullpen continues to be like playing Russian Roulette with three bullets in the chamber, then the Astros will be even more infuriating than entertaining.
Cecil Cooper knew going into the season that his starting rotation wasn't going to be this millennium's answer to the 1971 Orioles, who had four 20-game winners (Mike Cuellar, Pat Dobson, Dave McNally and Jim Palmer). General manager Ed Wade assembled the team based on the premise that the bullpen would prop up a rotation built on the right wing of Roy Oswalt and an assortment of prayers.
Astros starters have held up their end of the bargain, more or less. Collectively, the starters have a 4.65 earned run average and are sixth in the National League in innings. Prop up that kind of pitching with a potent offense and an airtight bullpen, and the Astros would have a chance in the NL Central. When that bullpen proves to be about as airtight as Roger Clemens' denials, what you get is a 13-16 team and a thoroughly irked manager.
Cooper made no attempt to suppress his irritation after the Astros ended April with an 8-7 defeat against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Astros took a 6-2 lead against Randy Johnson and couldn't close the deal. A 7-6 lead vaporized when Dave Borkowski served up a two-run homer to pinch-hitter Micah Owings, who is a pitcher by trade.
Afterward, Cooper called the Astros meltdown "unacceptable" and promised, "It won't happen again." Talk about making promises that are impossible to keep.
Astros relievers are 13th in the NL with a 4.40 ERA. Cooper's day-to-day reality is even more bleak than that. Astros relievers have allowed an .817 on-base-plus-slugging-average — worst in the NL and second worst in the major leagues. The Houston bullpen has allowed a .479 slugging percentage — worst in the major leagues. Astros relievers are getting hit, and they're getting hit hard.
A roll call of the relievers:
Jose Valverde. Clearly, a 6.92 ERA, four home runs allowed and 25 baserunners in 13 innings are unacceptable. Valverde has strung together five consecutive scoreless outings after a beyond-dreadful start.
Doug Brocail. In 15 appearances covering 15 2/3 innings, he is 1-0 with a save and a 2.87 ERA. Other than one appearance in which Brocail allowed four runs, he has been almost flawless.
Oscar Villarreal. Keeps allowing runs at the worst possible times, accounting for an 0-3 record to go with his 5.19 ERA. Villarreal has gotten roughed up for six homers in 17 1/3 innings. He served up six in 76 1/3 innings last season with the Braves.
Wesley Wright. The Astros got him has a Rule 5 pick, and he has shown promise more often than not (3-0, 4.00). When he has his command, he's awfully hard to hit. Lefties are hitting .231 against him, righties .158.
Dave Borkowski. He has lost twice in the previous five days and has been getting hit harder than his 4.26 ERA indicates. In 12 2/3 innings, Borwowski has allowed 23 baserunners.
Geoff Geary. In 10 of his 12 outings, he has entered the game with Astros either trailing or ahead by more than four runs. A 2.45 ERA might earn him some opportunities in more meaningful situations.
Tim Byrdak. A journeyman left-hander, he has worked five scoreless outings covering 3 2/3 innings. He's a situational lefty, in other words, who is doing his job so far.
To make matters more maddening for Cooper, the makings of the kind of bullpen he envisioned wore Astros uniforms last year:
Chad Qualls has yet to allow an earned run in 15 innings with the Diamondbacks.
Brad Lidge has a 0.00 ERA and six saves in 11 innings with Philadelphia.
Matt Albers is 2-1 with a 2.42 ERA in 10 appearances (two starts) covering 22 2/3 innings for Baltimore.
Dennis Sarfate is 2-1 with a 4.61 ERA in 13 2/3 innings for Baltimore.
Eight teams in NBA history have rallied from 3-1 deficits to win a playoff series. Can the Rockets become the ninth?
To get to Game 7, the Rockets have to win Game 6 at Utah. The Jazz are 38-5 at home this season, and they have a star point guard (Deron Williams) and power forward (Carlos Boozer). Still, Jazz fans might find it sobering to peruse the list of players who have presided over collapses from 3-1 leads.
Wilt Chamberlain.
Julius Erving.
Kobe Bryant.
Charles Barkley.
George Gervin.
Connie Hawkins.
Patrick Ewing.
Tracy McGrady.
Two of Utah's home defeats this season have come against the Rockets. One of those was in Game 3, which is when point guard Rafer Alston returned from a hamstring injury that helped the Jazz build a 2-0 series lead by winning twice in Houston.
"It's a big deal, because it gives you confidence," Rockets coach Rick Adelman said. "At the same time, it means nothing. They know we can win there. We know we can win there. But you've got to go out on the court and do it."
Is Jeff Van Gundy the man to clean up the mess that is the Dallas Mavericks?
Bring in Jeff Van Gundy, keep Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd (you don't have any choice about that one at $21 million) and get rid of anybody
else you choose to get rid of.
Van Gundy was less than a raging success in Houston, but he got Tracy
McGrady to play defense and he had that team on the brink of a nice upset of Dallas three years ago even if the Rockets failed in the seventh game.
He doesn't just talk defense, he gets people to play it. And as we have seen from the vacations that the Mavericks, Suns and Nuggets are now free to pursue, defense matters.
Of course, at that point you're building around a 30-year-old power
forward and 35-year-old point guard, but you have to start somewhere.
Roger Clemens? John Daly's ex?
Can we get it over with and just turn the Rocket's life into a reality series?
Another setback for former Astro Mike Hampton, who hasn't pitched in a big-league game in 32 months because of assorted injuries.
Braves ace John Smoltz is hurting so much, he's considering a move back to closer just to get through the season.
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Another action fest from District 13's Pierre Morel, this time Liam Neeson gets to rescue his daughter from slave traders. These glowing words from Eric D. Snider say it all: "it is welcome as a delightfully dizzying balm to soothe the pain inflicted by recent action films that have failed to deliver. It subscribes to the less-talk-more-rock school of thought, intentionally free of nuance but overbrimming with relentless, efficient, energetic mayhem. It plays out like a season of 24, crammed into 90 minutes." Buy it. Also on Blu-ray.
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Anne Hathaway has been making waves with her critical successes (Rachel Getting Married), and migraine-inducing romcoms (Bride Wars). But in the midst of all this, Passengers came and went without much more than a glance. A "conspiratorial supernatural thriller," Hathaway plays a grief counselor facing foul play when crash survivors begin to disappear. Skip it. Also on Blu-ray.
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S. Darko
It's such an unnecessary sequel, is there any more to be said? Even if it contains Daveigh Chase? The one surprise -- Elizabeth Berkley as a religious fanatic. Skip it, but I shouldn't need to tell you that.
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Of Time and the City
Terence Davies' personal portrait of Liverpool, outlining almost 30 years of his life until he left in the early '70s. A.O. Scott said: "Of Time and the City, with its meditative tone and thematically (rather than chronologically) determined structure, might be classified as an essay film, but it is, even beyond that generic description, a stubbornly and thrillingly literary work."
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For the first time, I think, the blu-ray releases trump the regular ol' DVD releases. There are a slew this week. But the biggies:
Star Trek
As the new generation, so to speak, hits the big screen, Paramount is releasing two, feature-laden Star Trek box sets. You can grab the whole shebang, Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection, or just the Genesis Arc with 2-4. But beware, as Amazon commenters note: only Khan gets the actual hi-def transfer, which makes the whole thing pointless if/when it all becomes high-def.
Terminator (Lenticular Cover)
In a pretty disappointing case of double-dipping, Terminator is re-hitting the shelves on Blu-ray, but it looks like the only thing that has changed since the first mediocre release is the cover. Two big geek love releases, and not a lot to love.
Also out: Action Hero Collection (The Day After Tomorrow, I, Robot, Terminator), Black Sheep, Dodgeball (rated), Fargo, Force 10 from Navarone, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, The Grudge, Jock Collection (Hoosiers, Rocky, Dodgeball), Licence to Kill, Major League, The Man with the Golden Gun, Personal Effects, Possession, Ran, Underworld 3-Pack, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, War Hero Collection (Patton, Behind Enemy Lines, Rescue Dawn), Wayne's World, Wayne's World 2, Without a Paddle
Galaxy Quest: Deluxe Edition
The beloved sci-fi comedy is getting a Deluxe Edition, but what does that mean? According to DVD Talk, it looks good, sounds good, and has new and better special features to get your geek on. And it includes, believe it or not:
"Sigourney Weaver Raps" A rap music video Weaver did for her agent while on the set, with help from Mitchell, Rockwell, Pyle and Breen, is so incredibly embarrassing that we are lucky to have it to enjoy on DVD. Really, the title is all you have to say to get the idea, but hearing Rockwell spit rhymes and seeing Pyle dance like a loon doesn't hurt either.
That should be enough all on its own!
Ultimate Westerns Collection
This one will require a clear shelf -- 2 Discs each for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Big Trail, Magnificent Seven, Dances with Wolves, Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, plus singles for Comancheros, Broken Arrow, Hang 'Em High, Red River, The Westerner, and The Missouri Breaks
Older Flicks:Wise Blood - Criterion, Alexander Korda's Private Lives - Eclipse Series, The Anatomist, Holy Flame of the Martial World, The King and Four Queens, Northwest Frontier, Time Limit
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Eponymous Dr Alzheimer
Eponymous Dr Alzheimer is because Alzheimers disease was named after him. Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915) was a German psychiatrist and an expert in neuropathology who in 1906 first recognized a brain disease that later was named after him as Alzheimer's disease.
About Alzhiemers disease
Alzheimers disease is supposed to be caused by the imbalance of neuronal functions regarding the proteins and beta peptides. Some drug elements are considered to be helpful and effective to cure or at least control the progress of Alzheimers disease. The available treatments have no guarantee of curing the disease completely but when there is no other hope people go for every other option available. This is a degenerative neuronal disease which affects memory, thought process, behavior, and emotions.
About Dr. Alois Alzheimer
Alois Alzheimer was born in the year 1864 in the city of Markbreit, Germany. He went to the universities of Aschaffenburg, Tubingen, Berlin, and Wurzburg, where he received the medical degree in 1887. He discovered his interest in research on the cortex of the human brain while working with the State Asylum in Frankfurt am Main. Alzheimer began to work as an assistant to Emil Kraepelin at the Munich Medical School, where he established an enhanced laboratory for brain research. Later on, Dr. Alzheimer became the director of anatomical laboratories in Emil Kraepelin's psychiatric clinic at Munich. In the year 1912, Alzheimer started to work as a professor of psychiatry and neurology at the University of Breslau which is now Wroclaw in Poland.
Alzheimer- The Man
Dr. Alzheimer's colleagues had a high esteem for his work and also for his individuality. In the memory of Alzheimer, Robert Gaupp, then the head of psychiatry at Tubingen University and Dr. Alzheimer's forerunner as Oberarzt in Kraepelin's private clinic in Munich, the Royal Psychiatric Hospital, commented: "… Alzheimer was a man with a clear head and an unusual creativity who took greatest pains over his work and had a strong intellect for scientific truth. The correct training provided, this blend of talents had to result in outstanding achievements in the field of science. This was complemented by his kind interest in the fellow men, his attitude of a true physician, and the great delight from combining science and medical practice. Although he mainly worked in a small, noticeably difficult specialist field, he always made sure that his research does not endanger the clinician and physician within him."
Eponymous Dr Alzheimer
In 1906, Alzheimer gave a lecture about his observation of an unusual disease of the cerebrum which affected a woman; named Auguste Deter, in her 50′s, suffering from memory loss, disorientation, hallucinations, and, eventually, caused death at the age of 55 years. In the year 1907, Dr. Alzheimer submitted a complete clinical and pathological report of this disease then called as pre-senile dementia. Emil Kraepelin, then the authority on psychiatry in Europe, published an article on this disease in the 8th Edition of his definitive textbook 'Psychiatrie', which was published in 1910 and referred to it as 'Alzheimer's disease'. Thus it was largely due to Emil Kraepelin, that the condition bears Dr. Alzheimer's name.
Alzheimers disease, until now, is incurable. Though current Alzheimer research is going on to find the proper treatment to halt the disease but scientists recommend a healthy life style, Proper diet and regular exercise – physical and mental – to prevent this disorder.


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KCR Threatens Stir over Draft Telangana Bill
By Express News Service - HYDERABAD
Published: 07th December 2013 08:00 AM
Last Updated: 07th December 2013 08:37 AM
Asserting that the time for celebrations had not yet come, TRS president K Chandrashekar Rao made it clear on Friday that he would continue to fight until "the objectionable parts", including vesting maintenance of law and order in Hyderabad in governor, were amended.
"Investing governor with law and order powers overriding Telangana Government is nothing but insulting the people of Telangana. Why should there be a super council over the democratically-elected government of Telangana?'' he asked and pointed out: "Law and order is a state subject and no interference in it will be entertained. It would be better if the Centre corrects the mistake on its own or we will have to fight for our right."
After discussing the draft bill at his party's Politburo meeting, he wondered why Telangana should be any different from the 28 other states.
"With a large heart we have agreed to Hyderabad being joint capital for some time, though no such arrangement could be seen in the Constitution,'' he said while speaking to reporters at Telangana Bhavan.
The TRS chief also vehemently opposed distribution of employees, assets and liabilities on population basis and said that for long people of Telangana had been cheated of what was rightfully theirs.
Already Telangana is paying pensions for thousands of employees from other region, he said.
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