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Practically Speaking
Kyle and her husband moved to Brookfield in 1986. She became active in local politics and started blogging in 2004. Her focus is primarily on local issues but often includes state and national topics, too. Kyle looks at things from the taxpayers' perspective in a creative, yet down to earth way, addressing them from a practical point of view.
If Liberals cite Bible, they should know the Bible
The L.A. Times just came up with this phony roadblock to Governor Sarah Palin's new role as Republican VP nominee: To some evangelicals, Palin's career violates biblical teachings. Actually, following their logic, she should not have run for mayor or governor then either.
Guess the LA Times writer never read about the Proverbs 31 woman, or Deborah the Judge of Israel, Queen Esther who saved the Jews from extermination. But then, I would guess Teresa Watanabe has not really read the Bible much less studied it.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2008/10/01/l-times-microanalyzes-bible-sarah-palin-hit-piece L.A. Times Microanalyzes Bible for Sarah Palin Hit Piece
Even Vic Eliason of Milwaukee's conservative WVCY (Voice of Christian Youth) mentioned prominent women of the Bible, like Deborah the judge, when Palin was announced.
Doug Phillips of Vision Forum ministry is ultra conservative. I am familiar with his organization. Some homeschoolers go so far as to train their daughters in homemaking, but not career or college, but this is the extreme view.
In Jesus' day, Israel was under Roman rule. They yearned for a leader to take their nation back to the days of greatness and free them from their oppressors. Many thought Jesus was just that man.
Jesus was not a community organizer or activist, getting loans for the poor, or even trying to find them jobs. In fact, He called working fishermen Peter and ??? away from their gainful employment on the sea and made apostles of them. When His disciples questioned the gift of an expensive perfume being used to anoint Him, he said the poor would always be with them.
When Jesus spoke of the Kingdom of God, the downtrodden Jews thought He was speaking of the material world. Jesus had to correct them and tried to make them see his ministry more in eternal terms.
Jesus said it best Himself:
My kingdom is not of this world. Hardly the words of a community activist or organizer.
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(WBNG Binghamton) Elmira police said Tuesday they have identified the body that was found Sunday inside a vehicle in the parking lot of the Tops Friendly Market in Elmira.
According to a news release from the Elmira Police Department:
The male found deceased in a parked car in the parking lot of Top's Market, S. Main St on Sunday January 20, was identified as Joel E. States, 33, of Corning.
The cause of death is still under investigation and pending the autopsy results. Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the Elmira Police Department at (607) 737-5626.
Watch video and the initial report on this story from WBNG by clicking HERE.


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I know, I know: another day, another Vanessa Hudgens "Love It or Hate It" post. This won't become a daily thing with Vanessa, I promise! I just couldn't resist when I saw the pictures of Vanessa at the London premiere for her new movie, 'The Frozen Ground.' She opted to wear this jumpsuit.
What do you think of the jumpsuit? I think it's a very pretty jumpsuit, but I have to say, I'm not sure it flatters Vanessa all that well. You need some serious height to wear a jumpsuit well. Maybe the fit of this jumpsuit is just unflattering. Vanessa always looks gorgeous, but I have to admit, this isn't what I would have chosen for her to wear. What say you?
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Carlisle Area School Board committees on Thursday will discuss outsourcing the district's food services, as well as student-policy revisions and school performance profiles.
The school board's auxiliary services committee will discuss contracting out its food services to save money, according to an administration memo. The district will consider how outsourcing its food service would affect its 63 employees, who would be eligible but not guaranteed jobs with a private company selected for the contract.
The education committee will review the 2014 school performance profiles, updates on the 1:1 Initiative at the high school and a presentation on school improvement at Wilson Middle School, according to the board's agenda.
The policy committee is reviewing proposed revisions to student field trip and medicine policies, as well as revisions to policies regarding student expression. The medical policy revisions will keep the district in compliance with state regulations for how and when medicines are administered.
The student expression revisions would include lewd, obscene, vulgar or profane gestures in unprotected student expression, according to the proposals. Previous policies did not specifically mention gestures.
The committees will meet at 7 p.m. today in the board room of the administration building, 623 W. Penn St.
All board documents can be found on the school district's website here.


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Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Online
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Omni Bank said Monday it has opened a branch in Baton Rouge to serve its customers. The Baton Rouge office is located at 6300 Corporate Blvd, Suite 120, and will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., effective Tuesday. Additionally, the LaPlace Office at 113 Belle Terre Blvd is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Saturday. More locations in Mandeville (Katrina photos: Back to Mandeville ), Metairie, Kenner and the West Bank will open soon, the bank said.
The bank is also waiving ATM fees for its customers across the country.
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I caught this one a few nights ago.....too gorgeous to keep to myself...LOL......enjoy!
I caught this one a few nights ago.....too gorgeous to keep to myself...LOL......enjoy!
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This is a beautiful picture. Beautiful sunset!
Magnificent! Thank you so much for sharing so much beauty!!!
Wow, that is one gorgeous picture. I had to take a second look because the small mountain in the far back on the right looks like a mountain in North Carolina. It's called Pilot Mountain. Amazing!
Ladybug, honey, you don't have mountains in Noth Carolina... that's an ant hill in your back yard!
WELL!! I like that Granny! I think you've been sniffing too many airplane fumes, lol.
Hey, you're the one that fell down the stairs at work last night!
ps: Glad you're ok.
I hate to tell Granny but I used to live in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina (Asheville), more most of my adult life! So North Carolina does have mountains.


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The Actor: A supporting player in the Twilight series, Rathbone also appeared in M. Night Shyamalan clunker The Last Airbender. No prizes for guessing which teen fantasy occupies more space on his CV…Why So Hot? Besides starring in climactic, two-part series-enderBreaking Dawn, Rathbone will also be starring as Leo Mishkin in Paul Williams' adaptation of The Idiot. Not man…
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text: While its easy and convenient to label genres of music and types of performers as either nonprofit or for-profit, as commercially focused or community focused, neither is a particularly productive definition for what's really going on. Artists create work because they are compelled to create. Whether those creations find their way to a 'liquidity event' or not is a matter of the market, the moment, and the media that find what they make.


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Kohlgrüber, D. and Vigliotti, A. and Weißberg, V. and Bartosch, H. (2004) Numerical simulation of a composite helicopter sub-floor structure subjected to water impact. AHS 60th Annual Forum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 7.-10.06.2004.
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This paper describes recent research activities on the design, numerical simulation and testing of a composite helicopter sub-floor structure with a novel approach to avoid skin breakage in the case of a crash on water. After the analysis of the structural behavior of current sub-floor designs in the case of water crash events IAI and ECD worked on a new design which was supported by numerical simulation work performed by DLR using the explicit FE-codes PAMCRASH. Finally a demonstrator sub-floor box was built to prove the concept in a component test that was performed at CIRA. In this paper the entire study is presented with a focus on the numerical crash simulations and the comparison with the corresponding test results from a purely vertical drop test on water. Finally, the validated simulation approach is used in a sensitivity study to investigate the behavior of the new sub-floor design in load cases with initial pitch and roll angles that could not be tested.
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Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous, like a person wearing full armor attacking a hot fudge sundae
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@GreatDismal Amazing op-ed today. I have book coming via @ucpress, Googlization of Everything. Send you pdf? DM me please.
Siva Vaidhyanathan
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Can anyone put me in touch with William Gibson? @doctorow perhaps? Read this great piece: http://nyti.ms/9XSai3
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LYNDHURST, Ohio -- Lyndhurst City Council is on a path to place a half-percent increase on the ballot for a special election in August.
Similar plans to hike the 1.5-percent tax were shelved last year with the arrival of additional Estate Tax.
But as the projected budget carry-over continues to dwindle, and with state cuts to local government remaining in effect, local officials say that Lyndhurst will need more money to maintain operations and services in the future.
At its March 17 meeting, City Council's Finance Committee made the recommendation "to explore putting something on the ballot later this year," noted Councilman Patrick Ward, who chairs the Finance Committee.
Three readings are expected before council votes to place the issue on the Aug. 5 ballot, and that proposal would have to be forwarded to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections by May 7, which is 90 days before the special election.
"It's our hope that with the state income tax cuts that are being proposed, it will in some way reimburse the taxpayers for the money that is not coming back to the local communities," Ward said March 21.
And Lyndhurst officials hope that city residents will be willing to redistribute that money through a local income tax hike.
As was the case last year, City Council is looking at different scenarios, this time around going with a quarter-percent (0.25%) increment, which would make the overall local income tax 1.75 percent, or a half-percent (0.5%) increase.
The additional half-percent would take the local income tax rate in Lyndhurst up to 2 percent and raise an additional $2 million a year for Lyndhurst, as opposed to about $1.1 million more that would be collected by going from the current 1.5 percent to 1.75 percent.
As requested, Lyndhurst City Finance Director Mary Kovalchik and the Regional Income Tax Agency (RITA) brought council a detailed analysis of how far the alternate proposals would go in shoring up the city's fiscal outlook.
Coming in to this year, the city carried over $3.9 million from 2013. But that carryover is only projected to be $1.9 million at the end of this year.
Council's Finance Committee is also looking at the long-term with both proposals.
"With an increase to 1.75 percent, it would be about seven years before the carryover balance starts to drop," Ward said. "But with 2 percent, the budget carryover would extend well out beyond 10 years before it starts dropping."
Kovalchik also showed where municipal income tax rates have been heading statewide in recent years.
For example, in 2011, there were 986 communities in Ohio that collected 1.5 percent in municipal income taxes. But by the end of 2012, this was down to only 244 communities.
"There's been a remarkable amount of turmoil, in terms of communities being forced to raise their local income tax rates," Ward said, noting that the number of municipalities going up to 2 percent has also increased significantly.
Lyndhurst Mayor Joe Cicero has advocated rescinding the current half-percent local income tax credit for residents of Lyndhurst who work outside the city limits.
Under the current 1.5 percent system, they only pay 1 percent locally, although they are likely being taxed where they work as well.
In terms of revenue collections, that proposal falls right between the first two, with an additional collected projection of about $1.6 million a year.
As has been done in the past, the income tax credit for residents can always be restored if and when the city navigates through any periods of financial hardship.
But members of City Council feel this approach simply asks too much out of city residents.
"It's not that the mayor's recommendation has fallen on deaf ears," Ward said. "But we'd rather take the approach of meeting our needs without putting too much more burden exclusively on the shoulders of our residents."
City Council also plans to go before the voters without any threat of rescinding the local income tax credit if the proposed overall increase does not pass in August.
This was the "either-or" approach that was taken last year before the Estate Tax came through and all plans for a local income tax increase were set aside.
"We all seem to be on the same page with this," Ward said. "We're all in agreement that the continued need for city services is there. And we support the efforts of our departments to make sure it's being done economically."
City Law Director Paul Murphy has been asked to draft an ordinance to place the measure on the ballot, although it was not clear whether it would be ready for a first reading at council's April 7 meeting.


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Spring Bling
A showcase for art and antiques offers some exceptional jewelry — guided tour included.
Eric Raisina worn by Chanel Iman, Lars Andersson SS 2013
With all kinds of special occasions approaching—Mother's Day, graduation, the very popular wedding month of June—jewelry is one gift sure to please moms, daughters, and brides. The annual Spring Show at New York's Park Avenue Armory, open to the public from May 2 through 5 and run by the Art and Antique Dealers League of America, is a great place to start your browsing.
Jewelry from centuries past, as well as unique baubles from the age of the Robber Barons through the 1980s, will be on view at many of the dozens of dealer booths, stocked with enticing finds from around the world.
If you don't want to miss any of the fabulous vintage gems on offer, you might like to sign up for a guided tour through the show with a noted expert. Clive Kandel, Curator of Fine Jewelry and Consultant to 1st Dibs, the show's sponsors, will lead visitors around the exhibit space, highlighting some of the dealers' most extraordinary pieces. The tour, taking place at 3 p.m. on May 2, the show's first day, is free to ticket holders.
Kandel was born in London and began collecting Cartier jewels when he was just 18 – building on his family's rich history in the Amsterdam and London-based diamond trading business and leading to his own shop on Grafton Street, London in the 1970s.
While working with Romain de Tirtoff in the design and creation of the Erté jewelry Collection, Kandel realized the importance of pre-war American costume jewelry. He is the principal of Reville & Rossiter, exhibiting in booth 407, and Magnificent Costume Jewels.
Since the birthstone for May is emerald, perhaps your favorite May baby would love this 122-carat emerald necklace from Yvel:
For the June girl, The Silver Fund is showing this piece from Ruser of Hollywood that combines her pearl birthstone with diamonds and platinum to create a breathtaking brooch:
Modern designs also abound, with sculptural qualities, or a fine arts provenance. My particular favorite is this Jazz cuff bracelet, designed by Eric Magnussen, in silver, from Drucker Antiques:
A suite of citrine jewelry, including a necklace with a very large gemstone worn by actress Joan Crawford in the movie "When Ladies Meet," can be found in Pat Saling's booth, along with the Edwardian ruby-and-diamond sautoir above. The latter piece is versatile as well as gorgeous, and may be worn as a choker, or as bracelets.
Beach wedding coming up? Perhaps the bride will appreciate the 18k ruby and diamond starfish brooch, made by Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co., and offered by New York dealer Botier.
Whatever the occasion and whatever your favorite woman's taste, take her shopping at the Armory. In addition to the bracelets, earrings, necklaces, rings, and brooches, you will find beautiful antiques, American and European fine art, and delightful accessories throughout the show. Lectures and special exhibits will be offered throughout the show's run. Proceeds for the opening night preview party from 5 to 9 p.m. on May 1 will benefit the ASPCA, so attending for an early peek will help our four-legged friends as well.


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As one reader pointed out, "The expression is 'never ceases to be amazed' not 'always ceases to be amazed.' You knew that----right??"
Yes, I did know. And so did the Iceman (aka one-time city hall reporter Jamie Iseler who took a a job in Ann Arbor but still lives in Horton). As world-weary newsmen, we always thought there was a nice touch to this intentional error. It seemed to say that even when you feel nothing can surprise you anymore, something will always happen to give the same feeling again.
As a matter of complete disclosure, the Iceman usually used the phrase to describe the internal workings of the Jackson Citizen Patriot. I took a bit of creative freedom and applied it to City Hall instead.
Excerpt from the bowels of tomorrow's column: "Few things in life are more horrible than a teenage girl embarrassed by her family."


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In today's Penn State football news, popular Ohio State blog the-ozone.net claims that Christian Hackenberg is helping keep PSU football relevant. In my favorite bit of Nittany Lion news this morning, Land Grant Holy Land breaks down Hackenberg's QB skills using GIF files and diagrams. Be sure to check it out.
Elsewhere, Saturday's game is predicted to be a "street fight," new Nittany Lion recruit Jason Cabinda talks about his decision at length, OSU DE Noah Spence grew up a Penn State fan but no longer has the time of day for the Blue and White and Allen Robinson earns more praise.
Noah Spence backs Penn State no more [Columbus Dispatch]
For McDevitt's Noah Spence, being a Buckeye means close attention all the time: Jones [PennLive]
Will Penn State University or Pick Six University show up at Ohio Stadium on Saturday?: Meisel [cleveland.com]
Ohio State Buckeyes prepare for 'street fight' with Penn State: Hope [The Lantern]
Praise heaped on Allen Robinson: Jones [Columbus Dispatch]
Robinson Ready For His Latest Challenge In Bradley Roby: Jones [StateCollege.com]
Penn State's Stephen Obeng-Agyapong knows Lions 'D' must stop Ohio State's Braxton Miller: Snyder [PennLive]
Geiger, a freshman walk-on, earned playing time at PSU with hard work: Bodani [ydr.com]
Taking a closer look at Christian Hackenberg: Jason [Land Grant Holy Land]
Hackenberg Helping to Keep Penn State Football Relevant: Murphy [the-ozone.net]
Buckeyes unlikely to overwhelm Penn State QB Hackenberg: Scarcella [Reading Eagle]
Hackenberg not your average freshman QB [Citizens Voice]
Coach Urban Meyer's eventful past led to historic present at Ohio State: Stuetz [Daily Collegian]
Linebacker Jason Cabinda commits to Nittany Lions and says Penn State 'is my kind of fit': Snyder [PennLive]
Jason Cabinda talks flip to Penn State Nittany Lions: Hunt [nj.com]
Updated Penn State recruiting snapshot: Nittany Lions on the move again after 'flipping' a second prospect: Hockensmith [PennLive]
Huge Week Makes Nittany Lions Big Players in Recruiting: Leonard [Victory Bell Rings]


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By Naomi Klouda
Homer Tribune
A group of people showed up at the South Peninsula Hospital board meeting to hand over 437 signatures on a petition relating to Dr. Paul Sayer.
A petition circulated locally asked the board to answer the question of why did they take the surgeon off the call list for the emergency room?
Sayer has lived and worked in Homer since 1979, starting his Homer visits in 1972 at a time when few other surgeons were available to the community.
Board President Julie Woodworth told those attending that she would not be able to discuss Dr. Sayer with them because personnel issues are confidential.
Sayer was not in attendance at the meeting.
George Hamm told the board he is going to support Sayer any way he can and 437 other people feel the same way he does.
John Custer told the board the doctor saved his life three times. "So I figure I owe him something."
The men accused the board of harassing Sayer because he wants to retain his private practice autonomy rather than working for the hospital.
"Are you trying to take over private practices in the area? It so happens Dr. Sayer didn't want to sell out. He wants to keep his practice private," Custer said. "He isn't in it for the money. Money doesn't mean anything to him – he wants to be a surgeon."
Marlyn Hendren described Sayer as a country doctor wearing red suspenders and Carhaarts. He can do some procedures in his office that then saves patients' money. At times, he doesn't charge when a patient is having financial hardship or if Medicade doesn't cover the operation.
"Why and who and what is what we want to know," Hendren said. "Anybody, if they were thrown out of something, wouldn't you want to know who or why?"
The hospital's call schedule requires a surgeon to be on call in emergency cases. Sayer said three surgeons work 10 days on-call. They also are called in when their own surgical patients have an emergency.
Rather than receiving the notice from hospital administration, he learned of it when a patient told him the hospital had taken him off the schedule. Therefore, he wouldn't be able to be called in.
"I was told July 1 that I wouldn't be on-call for the regular call schedule," Sayer said. "And now also, when my patients come in and I don't get called for them. They think I'm not available and that hurts my practice, plus I don't get to share in the practice of emergency room medicine."
Sayer is demanding answers of the hospital's operating board, but feels so far that no answers have been forthcoming. He still has emergency room privileges, just will not be called in for any cases.
Cece Grevemberg, owner of Cece's Kitchen, started the petition to the board asking for them to supply answers.
"Dr. Sayer has been good to a lot of people in this town. In the 1970s, he was the only doctor to come do colonoscopies and procedures like that which we couldn't get here," Grevemberg said. "We wouldn't have a South Peninsula Hospital, if it weren't for doctors like him."
Grevemberg said what's particularly unfair is to not give Dr. Sayer notice or explanation after the role he has played in local medicine and historically in Homer.
The Teamster's Union Local 959 grew involved in the matter and placed a half-page ad in the Homer Tribune thanking him. That ad was published before Dr. Sayer found out why they were doing it. It said: "In appreciation for your contribution to this community, and especially to our Members at South Peninsula Hospital, we thank you Dr. Paul Sayer for all you've given."
Grevemberg launched the petition drive to gain signatures, hoping the board would take the inquiry serious.
The board listened respectfully to those testifying. Woodworth said the next conversation they have will be with Dr. Sayer.
The hospital holds monthly board meetings each fourth Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. in the hospital's conference room. The public is welcome. South Peninsula Hospital, Inc. is non-profit organization governed by this nine-member board of directors "which ensures the hospital is fiscally sound while maintaining the quality of care and types of services desired by the residents in the Southern Kenai Peninsula Hospital Service Area," according to the website.
Dr. Sayer has done so much for the people of Homer that this is appalling to me that people would have the audacity to try to have him removed from the hospital. He is a blessing to the people of Homer. When my husband came down with cancer, Dr Sayer, Carharts and All, was right there , offering us options. it has been 9 years and my husband is cancer -free. . I really liked him because he gave you options, then left the decisions up to the patient. Some people say he doesn't have a good bedside manner… Bull!! I don't want a good bedside manner, I want medical care!!! Please keep him on at the hospital. You would be doing a world of injustice, if it turns out any other way. .Hospital Politics can take a flying leap!!
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LevelUp founder and CEO Seth Priebatsch says "patent troll" lawsuits are diverting capital that could be used for business growth. File photo
The UpTake: LevelUp founder Seth Priebatsch says his startup could have hired 10 extra people if not for the legal expenses it has had to pay to battle patent trolls. Now, he's got the Massachusetts Attorney General's ear, and she's looking at local and national options to help startups like LevelUP fight back.
Boston mobile payments firm LevelUp is in the midst of three patent infringement cases, which the company says has cost it hundreds of thousands of dollars. In one of the cases, LevelUp hasn't waited to be sued by a company that's allegedly threatening action — and instead has filed a lawsuit pre-emptively against the firm.
Earlier this week, LevelUp hosted an event with Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley to highlight the issue of "patent trolls" — people or firms that hold patents but appear to only make money by suing other companies for patent infringement, and her involvement could help put the issue on the legislative map both in that state and across the country.
LevelUp, which offers an app for paying with a mobile phone at merchants and earning loyalty rewards, is hardly alone. Last week, the National Venture Capital Association released a study indicating one in three startups faces legal accusations of patent infringement.
In a statement, LevelUp founder and CEO Seth Priebatsch said "patent troll" lawsuits are diverting capital that could be used for business growth.
"LevelUp estimates that we would have hired 10 additional people if not for the expenses associated with our patent troll litigation," Priebatsch said in the statement. "The bottom line is that while patents used appropriately to foster innovation are clearly good, patent trolling has become a disturbing and expensive trend that's harming innovation in Massachusetts."
Here's a summary of LevelUp's three patent infringement cases:
• eCharge Licensing. This Chicago-based firm has not sued LevelUp over patent infringement, but sent LevelUp a letter in August and an email in September accusing the company of infringing a number of its patents, according to a lawsuit by LevelUp filed in September. According to LevelUp, eCharge is "threatening to assert frivolous claims that LevelUp infringes at least eight patents purportedly assigned or licensed to eCharge." LevelUp is seeking court judgments declaring that it has not infringed any of eCharge's patents. Meanwhile, in September, eCharge Licensing filed a patent suit against Square (a LevelUp competitor); eCharge had previously filed a patent suit against Starbucks in 2010, which was dismissed in 2011.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Nicholas Anthony Biscuti of Egbertville recently graduated from U.S. Navy Basic Training in Great Lakes, Ill.
He is currently enrolled in Quartermaster School at the Navy Training Center in Great Lakes. He will soon be stationed in San Diego aboard the not-yet-completed USS Somerset.
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NEW YORK -- A business tycoon who bills himself as China's No. 1 philanthropist told reporters in New York that he has brought two women to the U.S. to undergo surgery for disfiguring burns they suffered when they set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 2001.
Chen Guangbiao, who made his fortune in recycling, introduced the two women to U.S. and Chinese reporters at an unorthodox and sometimes tense news conference Tuesday at a hotel near Central Park.
Inside a hotel ballroom, Chen began by singing a song he wrote himself, which included the soaring lyric, "The whole world will witness my Chinese dream!"
Then he talked of having a plan to buy The New York Times. He has said the paper, which has published investigations into the enormous wealth amassed by the relatives of Chinese leaders, should be "more authentic and objective" in its coverage of China.
He also warned Americans not to trust the government of Japan, which is involved in a territorial dispute with China over several remote islands.
Finally, Chen had the two women display their horrific burns, which seared off their hands and left their faces masks of scarred flesh.
Outside in the cold, dozens of practitioners of the Falun Gong spiritual movement picketed the event, saying the two burn victims were propaganda tools of the Chinese government.
The women, Hao Huijun and her daughter Chen Guo, were among a group of people who set themselves on fire in the square amid the Chinese government's brutal crackdown on Falun Gong practitioners. One woman and her 12-year-old daughter died.
Months later, the survivors were paraded before reporters by Chinese authorities to denounce Falun Gong as a cult and say they had been deceived into a suicide attempt. The Tiananmen Square incident became the centerpiece of a campaign by Chinese authorities to justify oppression of Falun Gong practitioners.


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By Jim Hilgen 8:45am, April 7, 2013 - Updated 12:35pm, April 7, 2013Gas prices continue to retreat as the summer driving season approaches.
Delaware motorists saw the price at the pump fall four cents to an average of $3.49 at week's end.
AAA MidAtlantic spokesperson Jana Tidwell says increased production and lower crude oil costs are helping ease the pinch on motorists wallets.
She says some analysts believe a brief spike may be in the offing, but gas prices should remain well below last year's spring high of $3.94 a gallon.
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Jimenez: Texas doesn't need gambling but does it want it?
It is only a few more months until the start of the next Texas Legislature. This means it is about the right time for legislators again to debate gambling in Texas.
If you believe that gambling is good for Texas, then there is never enough wagering going on to satisfy. If you think that laying down a bet is the devil's work, then even a fairly innocuous football pot is taking society to hell in a hand-woven hand basket.
Last week saw moves in both directions. Texas House Speaker Joe Straus named House members to a committee to debate the continued existence of the state lottery. The committee ? the Senate will name its own committee members ? is the continuation of an aborted attempt to kill the Texas lottery in the last Legislature.
The other action took place in the Texas Senate. A group of Texas senators sent a letter to the Texas Racing Commission telling the panel that it would be overstepping its bounds if it ruled on an initiative to approve "historical racing."
"Historical racing" underscores just how enterprising that gambling interests are in pursuit of expanding wagering. Here's how it works, as I understand it: videos of horses races that have already been run, stripped of all identifying markers, would be shown on machines and bettors would wager on the outcome.
Got it? These are real races, not video game races, with real horses in races that already happened. You just wouldn't know where, how or who won.
I see replays of past Texas Longhorn games on cable ? I need a hobby, right? ? so the equivalent would be placing bets on which team won in a game already played. (Hint: on the Longhorn Channel, UT always wins; see the Sooner channel for dissenting opinions.) Or I suppose real gamblers could bet on the winners on the Game Channel which shows endless reruns of past game shows from as far back as the 70s.(Go with Dennis Weaver) Can I bet on which side won at Waterloo?
The horse and dog track lobby wants these "historical racing" betting terminals to stimulate gaming activity in their establishments. They have already been approved in other states. I guess people in those states need hobbies, too.
I begrudge no business the opportunity to get a few more customers in the door. But gaming interests have long argued that if Texas would only open the doors to more gambling, then bettors would spend money in Texas that they now spend outside the state. Somehow no matter how wide the door gets, it's never wide enough for the gambling interests. Now they say they need "historical racing."
The House Committee is supposed to study the ramifications of ending the Texas Lottery and closing the State Lottery Commission. My guess: This will come to nothing. The lottery has been rightly called a state tax on the poor. It's no coincidence that the highest selling lottery locations are almost always in the poor sections of Texas cities.
In a moral outrage, Texas legislators voted to kill the lottery in 2013. Then reality caught up with them. They were suddenly faced with trying to figure out how to make up the $2 billion the lottery proceeds contributes to the state budget. Huh, never mind. A few hours later, in the same day, the House reversed itself and resuscitated the lottery by an overwhelming vote.
There are some good economic arguments on behalf on limited gaming in Texas. It would be an added enhancement to tourism. Casino gambling interests are much more likely to create destination resorts if they could include gaming. Even Las Vegas is much more than gambling; it is the eating, the shopping, the gawking and the sheer over-the-top excessiveness of it all. Heck, even the Southern Baptists once held their national convention there. (They evangelized, presumably not at the craps table.)
Yet the gaming interests have lost their best argument. When the Texas economy was limping along, gambling seemed like a way out. It was seen as a less-painful, even pleasurable way of raising state revenues. Now thanks to the Eagle Ford oil play and the booming energy market, Texas doesn't need gambling. The only decision is whether Texas wants gambling.
Nick Jimenez has worked as a reporter, city editor and editorial page editor for more than 40 years in Corpus Christi. He is currently the editorial page editor emeritus. His column appears on Wednesdays and Sundays.
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I Wasted $60 And An Hour, Thanks FloydSeptember 19, 2009 – 11:40 pm by TheBaker
Boxing sucks. If Floyd Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel Marquez is the best boxing can do, then I'm done.
Floyd might be the best boxer in the game right now, but his fights are, for the lack of a better word, boring.
We just watched 12 rounds and my friend's Pekingese running around the room is more entertaining than Floyd and Marquez in the ring. Plus, there's some mob-like stiff on the very far right of the screen, "Goodfellas" style, that has drawn the attention of most of the 15 people in the fight's viewing room.
Boxing blows. I should have spent my money on the underwhelming UFC fight card than boxing's supposed biggest draw – Floyd.
To be honest, HBO's "24/7" episodes were much more entertaining than anything these fighters did in the ring Saturday night. At least the show gave us Marquez drinking his own piss.
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JACKSON - Today we would call a person with power who has sexual relations with one of his or her subordinates, like an intern, a sexual predator. In the past we called that person "Mr. President."
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Gov. Bob Riley asked a federal court this week to immediately vacate an order that led to the removal of Juan Chastang from the Mobile County Commission, clearing the way for Chastang to try to regain his District 1 seat.
In May, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Riley's favor in a voting rights dispute over his 2005 appointment of Chastang to the commission. In a 7-2 opinion, the high court overturned a lower court decision that forced out Chastang a year earlier.
"My appointment was legal and I shouldn't have been removed from the seat in the first place," Chastang said Thursday.
He added that Riley was "asking the court to reinstate me to complete the term that he had appointed me for." But that's not the case, according to Riley spokesman Jeff Emerson.
"The governor is not asking the court to reinstate Mr. Chastang," Emerson said Thursday. "The motion he has filed asks the U.S. District Court to vacate its earlier order because the United States Supreme Court ruled that order was wrong.
"Once the District Court's order has been vacated, litigants may go to state court to seek Mr. Chastang's reinstatement to the commission seat to which he was legally appointed."
Both Riley and Chastang are Republicans. Merceria Ludgood, a Democrat, has replaced Chastang on the three-member commission.
Emerson said that Riley had not spoken with Chastang about the motion, filed Tuesday with the U.S. District Court in Montgomery.
"It clearly appears, based upon both the final rulings of the Alabama Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court, that the governor's appointee was legally and constitutionally appointed," the motion states. "Justice and equity dictate that this matter should be promptly resolved. Time is of the essence, as the term of office to which Mr. Chastang was appointed ends in early November."
In an October special election, Ludgood, a lawyer, beat Chastang, a former teacher and police officer, by about a 4-1 margin. District 1 is a predominantly black and traditionally Democratic district that encompasses an area including downtown Mobile and stretching north to the border with Washington County.
Chastang said Thursday that he "is waiting for Merceria Ludgood to obey the order from the U.S. Supreme Court."
Ludgood said she had read the governor's motion but did not want to comment.
Chastang is not a candidate for the District 1 commission post in the November general election. Ludgood is the Democratic nominee, and is unopposed for the seat.
At the center of the lawsuit was the scope of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which requires Alabama and other Southern states to get approval, or preclearance" from the U.S. Department of Justice for changes in election practices that may affect minority voters.
Preclearance review has been routine for state laws and local ordinances. At issue here was whether preclearance requirements may also extend to state court decisions.
The U.S. Supreme Court said preclearance was not necessary in Chastang's appointment.
Under a 1985 state law, Mobile County Commission vacancies were supposed to be filled through special elections. In 1988, the Alabama Supreme Court deemed the law unconstitutional on the grounds that it conflicted with a broader statute which gave that appointment power to the governor.
After Riley named Chastang to the commission in November 2005, state Rep. Yvonne Kennedy of Mobile and two other Democratic lawmakers sued, saying the state should have sough preclearance for the 1988 state Supreme Court decision.
In his motion this week, the governor also asked the court to deny the plaintiffs' request for attorney's fees on the grounds that they did not prevail.


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The Springhill Mosquito A celebrate after beating Truro Sunday in Springhill. The Fencebusters are: (laying down) Kenzee Rushton, (kneeling, from left) Luke Carde, catcher Ryan Power, Jacob Melanson, Alaina Porter, Ethan Casey holding trophy, Justin Jacklin (black cap) Brady Rushton, Brodie Lowther, Travis Parsons, Brianna Legere, (coach's from left) Carl Porter, Mark Carde and Jim Melanson. Missing from photo is coach Jamie Burke, player Keegan Burke and bat boy Kalen Burke.
Dave Mathieson - The Amherst News
Published on August 12, 2013
Alaina Porter pumps her fist after getting the last out in their win over Truro Sunday night in Springhill.
Dave Mathieson - The Amherst News
SPRINGHILL – The Springhill Mosquito A Fencebusters are heading to the Baseball Nova Scotia provincial championships.
They punched their ticket to the tournament after beating the Truro Bearcats 12-4 in the provincial qualifier championship game Sunday in Springhill.
Jacob Melanson was the starter in the game and Alaina Porter was the closer.
"It felt good to get the last out," said Porter after the game.
Her dad, and coach, Carl Porter, was proud of the team's effort after the win.
"All the pitchers performed well during the (three-day) tournament," said Porter. "It was a total team effort."
Jacob's grandfather, Jim Melanson, also coach's the team.
"We have a good defensive team and the players can play all different positions," said Melanson. "We actually have 10 pitchers out of 12 players who can pitch for us."
The team will now prepare for the provincials at the end of the month in Clark's Harbour.
"We'll be doing a lot of fundraising from now until then," said Melanson.
Fundraisers include a turkey burger sale, packing bags at Foodland in Springhill, and maybe having a bottle drive. Others fundraisers will be announced.
"We're also taking donations," said Melanson.
Melanson thanked everybody who helped make the tournament a success, and gave special thanks to Amie Stewart, chairman of the event.
Melanson has been coaching ball for more than 30 years and said he couldn't have done it any better himself, especially with new rule changes regarding the pitch counts.
"She did a superb job and was deeply appreciated by all the players, parents, coaches and myself," said Melanson.
He also thanked Sarah Carde for all the work she did, including working at the canteen.
He also grateful for the support and hard work from parents and coaches.
"They played a major role in making the tournament a success."
Asked what has kept him involved in baseball for so many years, Melanson said, "the players and the love of the game."
To make a donation to the team for the provincial tournament, call Jim Melanson at 597-3288.


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Charleys Aunt aims for funny bone
Mounds of red hair and taffeta does not a lady make.
But it makes for laughs galore.
Bremerton High School Drama presents the farce, Charleys Aunt, a comedy of he as a her and mistaken identity wrapped in the late 1890s. As the play reminds the modern audience, these were the days before women could vote. During those times, a young womans reputation would be ruined if she was not chaperoned when she was with a man.
The production opens at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Bremerton Performing Arts Center 1500 13th St.
The basic premise revolves around two love stories. Jack played by Matt Melanson, is in love with Kitty, Brandy Thompson. Charley, Kyle Boynton, is in love with Amy played by Mallory Gleason. Jack and Charley want to propose to the girls before they go on vacation.
When Charley learns that a millionaire aunt he has never met will be in town, they invite the girls to lunch to meet her. At the last minute, Charleys aunt telegraphs to say that she is delayed. In desperation, they talk their friend Lord Fancourt Babberly, played by Mitch Trump, into pretending to be Charleys Aunt. He takes full advantage of Kitty and Amys hugs and kisses while fielding the attention of two men interested in the aunts fortune. When Charleys real aunt shows up, the comedy starts.
This is a chance for people to come and laugh their cares away, said Sheryl Cole, Bremerton High School drama coach.
Trump, a sophomore who plays the impostor aunt got a much bigger and demanding role than he bargained for.
At first it was very uncomfortable. My friends picked on me, Trump said of playing a man pretending to be a woman. But after a while hes adjusted to the part.
Other characters include: Ela, Amaris Blake; Donna Lucia DAl-vadorez, the real aunt, Kenadi Lewis; Stephen Spettigue, Chris Dolan; Brasset the butler, Austin Newell; Sir Francis, Taylor Mantze. Also appearing in the cast are Jill Iverson, Abby Morton, Briana Osborne, Elizabeth Wilder, Felicia Grives, Glen Milligan, Heidi Weick, Mary Jines, Nicole Eckert, Rachel Cummings, Rhiannon Smith, and Zach Green.
The run continues Nov. 12-13 and Nov. 18-20. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $6. ASB, children under 12, and senior citizens are $5. Info: call (360) 478-6033.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Angels spent roughly $44 million this year on the first four hitters in their lineup, one that produced more runs than all but one team in baseball. Yet it took a couple of spare parts to keep them from the brink of elimination Monday.
Jeff Mathis' and Howie Kendrick's combined salaries this year? $915,000.
Having your backup catcher and part-time second baseman keep your championship hopes alive? Priceless.
With the Angels trailing in the game 3-0 and at risk of falling behind by the same count in the American League Championship Series, Kendrick started their comeback with a solo home run in the fifth inning. Mathis finished it with a double off the left-field wall to drive in — who else? — Kendrick for the winning run in the 11th inning.
Vladimir Guerrero had a breakout game, finishing 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in the Angels' 5-4 victory. And Bobby Abreu snapped an 0-for-10 skid with two hits. But if it weren't for Mathis and Kendrick, the Angels would likely be talking about avoiding a sweep today, not evening the series.
"Man, how about Howie Kendrick and Jeff Mathis?'' outfielder Torii Hunter said. "I'm loving those guys. They can get anything they want from me. I'm so excited right now, I'm at a loss for words.
Mathis entered the game in the top of the eighth inning as a defensive replacement for Maicer Izturis, who pinch-hit for starting catcher Mike Napoli in the seventh. And Mathis almost didn't make it to the plate.
When it was his turn to bat at the start of the 10th inning, the Angels had a third catcher, Bobby Wilson, on the bench. They could have sent a more formidable bat in to pinch-hit for Mathis, a career .200 hitter, then put Wilson behind the plate for the rest of the game.
"There were a lot of things we talked about,'' Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "There was a thought of letting Gary Matthews or Reggie Willits lead off that inning.''
Scioscia eventually decided to let Mathis hit, but it wasn't because of his bat.
"If something happened and we didn't get it done,'' he said, "we wanted his defensive presence back there to continue the game.''
They got far more than sturdy defense from him. Mathis led off the 10th inning with a double, but the Angels squandered the chance to win the game then. So after Kendrick's two-out single in the 11th, Mathis followed with the game-winning drive.
His teammates mobbed him near second base, and Mathis pointed to his mother and grandmother in the stands.
"It's the biggest hit of my life,'' he said. "To come through, and for Howie to have the at-bat that he did right there and get on base and put one in the gap and score to win the game, it's a pretty good feeling.''
As Mathis spoke, Kendrick was seated next to him in an interview room at Angel Stadium. Kendrick struggled early this season and at one point was sent to the minors. But he came through in a big way on a big stage Monday.
His solo drive to left field off Andy Pettitte in that fifth inning got the Angels on the scoreboard, injecting some much-needed energy into the ballpark and into the home team's dugout.
"It kind of changed the mood,'' Hunter said. "It felt like we had a chance.''
And now, the Angels have one.
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Shortly after she graduated from Neumann University last May, she landed a job in the advertising department at the Gloucester County Times, where she's currently employed.
This week, she landed an Emmy Award.
Casey Jones, of Wilmington, De., along with two other fellow Neumann University graduates were honored with a college Emmy Award for a documentary produced about the plight of the city of Camden.
Jones produced "Camden: The Forgotten City," a documentary about the Heart of Camden community service program, with fellow classmates Dan Angelo of New Hope, Pa., and Amy Cockerill of Thorton, Pa.
The documentary was awarded one of six Emmy Awards given to colleges. This is the first Emmy-win for Neumann University and the documentary's three producers.
Jones, who received a round of applause from her fellow advertising representatives at the Times this week, spent two months working on the documentary.
"We took a look at why (Camden) is in bad shape and what's being done to help," Jones said.
The documentary mostly focuses on Father Michael Doyle, pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Camden, who runs the Heart of Camden program.
"He has devoted his life to helping Camden," Jones said on her inspiration for the documentary.
Heart of Camden focuses on improving the quality of life for children in the Waterfront South neighborhood by providing safe, affordable housing for their families.
"When you drive through Camden, you see what's bad, but then you see a few streets that are really nice right in the center of town," Jones said. "Those are Father Doyle's streets."
The program was established in 1984 and has provided homes for over 200 families, according to their website.
The documentary also features Neumann Campus Ministry students during a retreat last spring, volunteering on the Heart of Camden's premier housing project: a community gymnasium.
"Camden: The Forgotten City," which was produced for the main Philadelphia television networks, took the Public Affairs/Community Service award by the Mid-Atlantic chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS).
According to a release on the Neumann University website, the panel of professional judges rate the entries on content, creativity and execution.
Jones, Angelo and Cockerill received a $1,500 with their award, of which they will all split.
Jones obtained her Bachelor's degree in Communications and Media Arts from Neumann University in May 2012, prior to joining the Gloucester County Times staff.
On winning her first Emmy: "It's exciting. We had a lot of fun making the documentary. It's really nice."
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I am getting so tired of waiting on this stock.Sell order placed at 24. Hopefully we'll get backthere in a few days, then I'm outta here. Been sittingon this one too long while otherindustries/companies kick butt.Tired
but I've been in so long, I've forgotten how toget out! This industry as a whole is simply out offavor right now. WHC's fundamentals are too great forthe lack of volume and price slippage we've beenseeing for the past few months. It will rebound, but whoknows when.You're right...there are many, manyopportunities out there to make money while WHC vacilates.However, with my luck, it'll shoot up as soon as I sell.If it goes lower, I'm going to build my position. Mybroker says the pick on WHC is $36 in the next 12months. Good luck!
these stocks were doing great (cca whc) until ccadid there yhere magic with the merger and they bothcrashed look at crn and cscq there was little effect ccaand whc are th big boys and get what the want betweenthe two of them and the others get the scraps whichis not small chang my money on the big boys the bothhave huge access to capital with there reits everybodyin this biz is consolidating due to the lack of newcontracts look at crn there buying companys all the timethe big boys cca whc will have it all when times getslow


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Cicero, NY -- The Drug Enforcement Agency and Onondaga County sheriff's deputies raided two marijuana grow operations officials say are worth $500,000 on the street.
Scott A. Burger, 37, of 5741 Stevens Drive, is being held without bail at the Onondaga County Justice Center and is scheduled to appear today in Federal Court to answer unspecified federal drug charges, deputies said today.
The investigation began several months ago when detectives assigned to the sheriff's Special Investigation Unit developed information regarding what deputies called a large-scale, marijuana-growing operation in northern Onondaga County, deputies said.
The sheriff's Air-One helicopter was used Thursday night to locate and direct investigators to two plots of marijuana. One plot was about 200 feet from the bank of Seneca River near the 10000 block of Caughdenoy Road, where investigators found 34 plants, deputies said.
More than 160 plants were recovered from inside Burger's home, deputies said. Investigators uncovered an irrigation system that led from Burger's home to a wooded area where 32 more plants were found, deputies said.


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What You Need to Know About the ACT
What is the ACT?
The ACT is a national college admissions examination that consists of subject area tests in English, math, reading and science. There is an optional 30-minute writing test. Some schools may require the writing test, while others may not.
The ACT includes 215 multiple-choice questions and takes approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes to complete, including a short break (or just over four hours if you are taking the optional writing test).
The ACT is administered six times a year - September, October, December, February, April, and June. The optional writing portion is not available on the February test date.
Why is the ACT important?
The ACT provides colleges and universities with one common criterion that can be used to compare all applicants. The importance placed on ACT scores varies from school to school, but virtually all schools consider the ACT score to be a significant factor in admissions decisions. An average score can improve your chances of getting into many colleges. Highly selective colleges and universities may look for scores much higher than the average.
Other factors that schools consider include your high school GPA, academic transcripts, letters of recommendation, interviews and even personal essays.
How is the ACT scored?
You'll earn one ACT score (1 to 36) on each test (English, math, reading and science) and a composite ACT score - an average of the four tests. The composite score also ranges between 1 and 36. The national average composite score is about 21. Typically, for admissions purposes, schools are only concerned with your composite score.
If you take the writing test, you will receive a writing test subscore and a combined English/writing score.
When should I take the ACT?
Students have traditionally taken the ACT in the spring of their junior year and, if necessary, again in the fall of their senior year. In Illinois, grade 11 students in participating districts will take the ACT in early March (check with your district). ACT prep courses at Waubonsee are timed to prepare students for the March in-school testing date as well as the national test date in April.
How can I prepare?
First, you need to practice. A limited number of practice questions are available free of charge at www.actstudent.org. Additional resources such as practice exams are available for purchase.
Most students will also benefit from subject and content review. Unlike the SAT, the ACT tests for content – in other words, what you have learned in school. Lastly, you need to learn proven test-taking strategies for the ACT.
Waubonsee can help you prepare. Our test prep curriculum includes subject review, proven test-taking strategies and practice tests. Course options include - Raise Your Score – ACT Math, Raise Your Score – ACT English and Practice Makes Perfect -Try the ACT Test.
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It has been a long time my last trip report (see link below, it is impossible to make a direct link), but I have been working/travelling too much and I did not have time for writing.
But now I have some more time, so here we are:
Since June I flew 2 times between CDG and HKG and return.
The first time with KL in C (unfortunately C is only allowed in case of emergency by my company now), the second with AF in Y.
For my third flight, the Y fare on AF was 50% higher than CX for the same days.
In addition AF flights to HKG are using 777, which is a plane I don't like, (noise, plus ventilation system than gives me headaches for flights longer than 6 hours. Without even mentioning the dreadful 10 abreast config AF is squeezing in the 77W now. But the schedules I wanted used a 772, still in 9 abreast config).
So I searched another option, and as KL was in the same range of price than CX, I decided to go with KL:
-to check the Y KL product (my last long haul flight with them was 12 years ago),
-and to get FB miles.
As I am really used to the AF long haul service (107 flights in Y during the last 10 years) I wanted to see the difference between the "sister airlines".
The ticket was bought by my company travel agency, with seat 9B assigned for the outbound AMS-HKG flight, and not seat for the inbound.
When I checked on the AF website (using my FB number to access the reservation), seat 9B was indeed appearing, but with the mention "not available".
So I tried to select seats for the flights.
For 3 weeks I connected to my booking through the AF website every 2 days, but all good seats (in the front Eco cabin of the KL 744 that have an original arrangement with rows of 3+2 seats on the left, and a huge galley on the right) appeared systematically blocked. And the return flight was not accessible.
In addition only half of the front cabin was shown (rows 9 to 14 -- completely booked) while the back of the cabin (rows 15 to 18) was not even displayed.
After all these useless efforts I finally called the AF hotline for Elite Plus members, but the lady was seeing the same seats than on the website (and all already booked). She supposed that KLM was blocking theses seats for its own use.
So in the end I did the OLCI the day before the flight and then the small cabin was nearly empty and I was able to get seat 12E, near the wall. I did not mind not to have a window seat as it would be a night flight.
Globally the pre-selection of seats (for an Elite Plus member) was totally ineffective. Not a very good start for the trip!
Monday 6th October 2008
I left my home on the southern part of Paris at 10:15 in taxi, and arrived at CDG terminal 2F at 10:53.
I went to the single business counter luggage drop-off of the Schengen area pier, where 2 passengers were in line, behind a man that had obviously some difficulties, as the agent was on the phone. Having to make phone calls for a simple luggage drop-off is not a good sign!
This went on during 2 to 3 minutes, and the line behind me was getting longer (we were now 7). Fortunately a supervisor intervened promptly, and directed the first passenger to a normal business check-in counter on one side, bypassing the "normal" queue (but these passengers had other counters opened for them), and staffed another counter with an agent that was working at the eco check-in counters, where there was not queue.
This sped up the process and at 11:03 my luggage was checked, and I left, while the "problem" man was still stuck at his counter.
I went to the safety check at 11:05: the "normal" queue had around 20 persons for 2 operating scanners, but there was no queue at the Accès n°1 line. I passed there, thanks to my Platinum card, and at 11:08 I had finished to repack my computer, put again my belt, etc., etc. (fortunately I did not have to remove my shoes).
I gave some phone calls and then went to the lounge.
I arrived just in time to get the last croissants for a late breakfast, as they were changing for the lunch products.
So I got an early lunch as well then went to walk around and take some pictures.
Apparently newspapers are not given in the jetways anymore, but in the main hall itself. This is better because passengers can read them while waiting to board, and, by not stopping at the jetways entrance to pick-up newspapers, they will not slow down the boarding process.
The boarding time on my OLCI boarding pass was 12:05, but at the gate the display was mentioning 12:18.
Flight AF1740/KL2012: CDG-AMS
Scheduled 12:45 -- 14:00
Real 12:52 (+0:07) -- 14:00 (-)
Seat 17A
Load factor: 85-90% (Eco)
The boarding started at 12:19, with rows 25 to 35, Elite and Elite Plus passengers being able to board at their convenience (but no specific line to do so).
The boarding was uneventful, using the glassed jetways that enable to have a good view of the apron while boarding and that are therefore far better than opaque jetways:
The plane was clean, as where other AF planes in view.
Boarding was finished at 12:39, and passenger counting was made by the crew at 12:44.
An aircraft parked at the international pier on the left hand side of our plane pushed back just before us, using a remotely controlled tractor that was quite funny to look moving around alone. First time I notice that in CDG (or any airport in reality).
At 12:49 the captain welcomed us on board and told us we would start within one minute. In reality this minute turned into 3, as we had to wait for the plane shown in the picture above to clear the way.
So we pushed back at 12:52, and taxied to the northern runways (on the terminal 1 side). We reached the runway at 13:04 and, we took off at 13:06, after a VN 777 bound for HAN.
At 13:16 the snack service was started, here is my meal (I selected water but soft drinks, juices, beer and wines were also available, as well as coffee or tea).
The sandwich was edible.
The AF inflight magazine had a special issue for the 75th anniversary of the company and gave some interesting figures, such as the fact that 900 000 bottles of champagne are drunk on-board AF flights every year!
The captain updated us on the routing, and the descent started at 13:29, for a smooth landing at 13:53.
Some taxi and we were at gate C9 in Schipol at 14:00, exactly on-time.
A (the only?) Surinam Airways 743.
Being in row 17 I exited the plane at 14:07 only, and stopped at a transfer automatic machine to check the status of my connecting flight: gate G4, that's some walking from C9, and boarding was already commenced, so I started my in-house travel (but I really prefer to be able to walk from one plane to the other).
I arrived at the immigration counters (to exit the Schengen area) at 14:15. 6 desks were opened, with around 30 persons for each desk, but the process was fast and I passed at 14:20, with a friendly "Merci - Bon voyage" in French from the immigration officer.
Some more walking and I arrived at gate G4 at 14:34 after having got a view on the aircraft.
There was a security check to enter the gate area. Seeing some water bottles on the side, I asked the guy before the scanner if I could keep a bottle of water I had taken in the lounge in CDG, he told me yes. But the lady at the canner saw it in my bag and asked me to drop it.
This is an inconvenient of having the safety check just before the gate.
At 14:40 the flight crew arrived (which seemed late to me, for a flight supposed to leave at 15:20).
At 14:44 an announcement was made, in English, Dutch and then Chinese: there was a technical problem in the plane, and a delay was to be expected. More information later.
At 15:02 an update was given: more information in 15 minutes, stay near the gate.
It must be noted that the number of seats after the security check being lower than the number of passengers (even for a 744 Combi) some had to stand.
At 15:38 we were informed that the problem would not be solved with this plane, and that they were looking for another plane.
At 15:41 the captain took the mike to give us more details: it was an electrical problem, and a long search was expected to find the faulty wire. So another plane would be used, more information in 5/10 minutes.
At 15:48 the captain was on again, informing us that a new plane had been found, it would be a full passenger version, leaving from gate F3 at a time not yet defined.
We were informed that we could get a voucher for drinks and phone calls from the transfer automatic machines.
I did not bother to do so, but went to the nearest KL lounge where I selected a seat with view on the action: gate F3 (without the new plane yet), and gate G4 at the back.
At 16:08 passengers of the Hong Kong flight were called at the service desk, and we were informed that the flight would leave at 19:45 and were given a booklet with :
- a phone card for a 5 minute phone call,
- an amenity coupon with a choice of either 10 euros meals/beverages, 2000 Flying Blue miles or 15 euros reduction on duty free goods bought on-board. I chose the miles, even thought I felt the compensation was quite light: after a 2 hours delay on an AF CCS-CDG flight I had received 4000 miles, without having to do anything.
- a 50 euro discount coupon for KL, AF or NW flights to "selected destinations" worldwide.
The value of the discount coupon is in reality not 50 euros, as to redeem it you have to buy the ticket through a ticketing office, with service charges higher than if you buy on internet (with AF at least, I am less familiar with KL price structure).
For example ticketing fees on AF long haul flights are:
- eco fares: 30 euros if bought at an office, 10 on the AF website: in this case the real value of the coupon is 30 euros.
- business fares: 70 euros if bought at an office, 15 on internet: in this case the real value of the coupon is ... minus 5 euros. Not very interesting!
I was comfortably installed in the lounge, which is large, and was not crowded.
So between starting to write this TR, browsing the internet, sending some e-mails, reading and eating some snacks (not a very large choice however) the time flew quite quickly.
But still no plane in sight at gate F3.
I asked to the service desk what to do with my 2000 miles coupons, and the lady said: "just give it to me". The miles were on my account when I checked, 2 days later.
At 18:45 I checked a screen in the lounge and saw that the departure time was now planned at 19:30, 15 minutes earlier than anticipated, and was... at gate G4. So apparently we would fly on the initially programmed plane, as there had been no plane movement there during the afternoon.
I packed my things and went back to gate G4 where boarding was already going on.
Flight KL887: AMS-CDG
Scheduled 15:20 -- 08:30
Real 19:56 (+4:36)-- 13:04 (+ 4:34)
Seat 12E
Load factor: 100% (Eco)
Row E of the half cabin is interesting as the wall separating the cabin from the galley is at 20 cm from the seats. So you have space to put things during the flight or stretch your legs between the front seat and the wall.
The seat itself was OK, without PTV. My only surprise was that the (white) pillow did not have a pillowcase: do they throw away these pillows frequently? Or do they wash them? I would have thought it was more economical to wash the pillowcases only!
At 19:40 the captain (apparently the same than for the initial flight) came on the PA and told us than the electrical fault had been found 40 minutes after having decided to change the plane: it was a faulty relay. But, for reasons I did not understand, it was too late to depart earlier.
Maybe the crew when to take some rest and would not have been able to fly right away? If somebody has an idea...
We finally pushed back at 19:56, started to taxi, then stopped and waited. At 20:12 the captain explained us there was a problem with the flight plan, and that we were waiting for a new clearance.
In the meantime we were given headphones, but nothing else in terms of amenity kits.
Things finally improved, and we started to taxi again at 20:16 and took-off at 20:20.
At 20:33 appetizer was served: almonds with a choice of drinks.
Then hot (disposable) towels were distributed, followed by the dinner.
The presentation of the meals gives a quite "cheap" impression, and the boxes are quite difficult to open. Without spilling food.
It was a 3 course meal, with a not very good bean and soya salad, a tasty beef with rice, and a good dessert.
However I was disappointed not to have any cheese (some years ago there was in France an advertising campaign titled "Holland, the other country for cheeses"), and that the "butter" was in fact a sort of margarine. Are Dutch cows striking ?
At 22:30 (04:30 HKG time) the dinner was finished and I went to sleep.
There were no turbulences and I would have slept quite well if the temperature of the cabin had been slightly higher: there were unpleasantly cold airflows even thought the personal vents were closed.
I guess some snacks were available during the nights as I smelled the distinctive scent of instant noodles.
At 11:25 lights were turned on, followed 15 minutes later by another disposable hot towel and the breakfast.
At 12:21 the captain announced the beginning of the descent and at 12:40 came from the chief purser a long list of the rebooked flights, as most connecting passengers had obviously missed their connections.
We landed softly at 12:56 and were at gate S35 at 13:04.
I disembarked at 13:07 and arriving in the terminal there were no less than 7 agents with boards for the connecting passengers!
I took the escalators to the shuttle platform, and the shuttle left at 13:13.
Having disembarked from the short shuttle trip, and reached the arrival level, I identified on which side my luggage would be delivered, and started to queue at the adequate immigration line at 13:18, with around 60 persons in front of me, and 6 counters staffed.
At 13:32 I was processed, and, when arriving at the carrousel at 13:35 my suitcase was already there. HKG efficiency, as usual!
I exited and, leaving the easy access to the Airport Express train on my right, I went to the taxi pick-up, as my hotel location in the New Territories requires 2 connections if you take the Airport Express and the metro.
Arrival Hall
Airport Express Access
Access to taxi stand
Taxi Stand
On the highway.
As I was not specially in a hurry for this flight the delay was not a too bad experience for me. Apparently KLM passengers are used to them (or are particularly quiet), as the delay announcement did not generate any particular demonstration of anxiety or discontent.
It is fortunate this delay did not happen on my previous flight with KL, as that time I had a meeting planned just after arriving in Hong Kong.
The fact that a technical problem does lead to a 4 hours delay at the home base of the airline confirms KL is using its fleet at the maximum (as readers of this board know) and has no spare plane available. This is a risk that has to be considered when having tight schedules.
The impossibility (even as a Platinum FB member) to pre-select a good seat on the website once the booking is made is a serious inconvenient, as it is not always possible to be on-line when the OLCI process starts. This should be addressed by KL, it works very well for AF flights on the AF website.
On some points the on-board service was better than AF (hot towel), but in general AF is slightly better: amenity kit, menu, and meals that do not give a so "fast-food" impression (due to their presentation, but they were quite edible except the salad). Holland cheeses should be added!
The on-board crew was OK but it was necessary to ask for everything in addition of the basic (water in addition of the wine for dinner, even though no water was given with the tray, second helping of coffee with the breakfast, and she was away before I could ask for sugar and milk, which should have been proposed automatically).
A point that should be improved is the possibility to have water without having to move (especially since a video shown in the plane was remembering the necessity to drink a lot in flight). In effect with the security control it is not possible to bring your own bottle on-board (ex AMS at least, I guess ex-HKG it will be possible, as the security is before the duty free area), and no water at all (not even a sealed glass) is given on the trays. AF has solved this issue by often providing a small bottle of water with the meal that you can keep for the night.
CDG worked well, but KL lounges in AMS are definitely better in terms of comfort than those of CDG, and far less crowded. On the other hand the food available is quite limited.
Now (setting aside the delay problem) if I have to compare a direct flight on an AF 777 and this KL connecting flight on a 744 (especially in the front half cabin), I'll happily select the KL flight, as I really dislike 777s (and have decided to totally ban using them when 10 abreast seating, as implemented in AF 77W, not yet 772), and as transferring in AMS is really easy.
Not having a PTV is not fundamental for me, I prefer space, especially for a night flight where my first objective is to sleep as much as possible.
There is a difference in the on-board service and catering between AF and KL but it would not have justified the 50% higher fare charged by AF for the days I wanted to travel, considering the increase in total travel time is less than 20%.


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As in every NFL game there are some crucial moments. Never is this more apparent than in very close games like the one NFL tickets brought us last night between the New Orleans saints and the San Francisco 49ers. The background to this game is that the Saints are fighting to stay ahead of the Carolina panthers and keep pace with the Seattle Seahawks. The 49ers are chasing those same Seahawks and losing put them 3 1/2 games back.
Within the game it sets up like this. New Orleans is down 17-20 and fighting to overcome some huge mistakes. But they're still in it. Driving down the field, New Orleans is looking at 3rd down and 2 yards for a first. Ahmad Brooks breaks through the line and delivers a devastating blow to Drew Brees, forcing a fumble which San Francisco recovers. However, the hit is called illegal by the officials.
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No doubt this was a pivotal play. New Orleans would tie the game on this drive with a 41-yard field goal by Garrett Hartley. Frisco got another cahnce but was stymied by the Saints defense and gave up the ball with enough time for Brees to wrk some magic. The 49ers also aided that drive by giving up 15 extra yards on a fair catch penalty. The bottom line. Frisco didn't get robbed. What happened was within the rules laid out by the NFL. The 49ers had plenty of chances to win this thing given the generosity of the Saints. But with New Orleans shutting down their running game and Colin Kaepernick producing less than 200 yards through the air, the San Francisco 49ers have nowhere to look but at themselves.


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