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Universal Fit
Final Audio Design Heaven II
"Final Audio Design Heaven II – A Taste of Heaven Intro First of all, I would like to sincerely thank Yoko at Final Audio Design for sending me a review sample of the Heaven II for review. I would like to clarify that I am in no way affiliated with Final Audio Design or any of its staff, and that I am not being compensated or paid by writing this review. All..." --thatBeatsguy
Final Audio Design FI-BA-SB
Type: Balance Amateur Sensitivity: 112dB Resistance:16 ohm Length of Soft Cord:1.4m Weight: 23g
Final Audio Design Heaven IV
"Final Audio Design is a relatively new company to the IEM scene, with them releasing their first models in 2009. They are a Japanese company, with their roots extending back to 1974 where they first made high-end MC cartridges and booster transformers. The model that I will be reviewing today is their Heaven IV, which is the second cheapest model in their Heaven IEM series, the most basic one..." --lin0003
Final Audio Design Adagio V
" Hi Guys, this is my second review on a new earphone, just in time that my friend is looking for a good earphone, I was recommend him to look for this Final Audio Design brand. He loves detail, clarity type of earphone, and mostly enjoys vocal, acoustic music type. And hey!! He picked a final audio adagio V!! I didn't expect this will happen, but well, i got his..." --SpringBiscuit
Final Audio Design Piano Forte IX
In FAD-speak: "Piano Forte IX archived to produce space expression which bring atmosphere of live hall and a sense of reality of concert hall which is difficult to be produced by conventional earphones. Piano Forte Ⅸ has a stainless body with a mirror-polished finish. Its classy look mirrors a high-precision sound that retains the trueness of the recorded source."
Final Audio Design Heaven S
Taking balance armature design earphones to another level of perfomance. Balance armature earphone design usually comes down to a choice no audio lover should have to make : whether to sacrifice deep bass for increased sound quality throughout the listening range. The reason is multiple driver earphones often sound uneven and lack sonic clarity, while single armature driver earphones...
Final Audio Design Piano Forte X-CC
Experience the distinctive and vivid sound quality of horn loudspeakers with the Piano Forte X-VIII Series Piano Forte Series delivers a truly immersive sound experience akin to sitting in a finely-tuned concert hall. Every component has been designed with precision in a meticulous effort to integrate the core design of our Opus Speaker Series into a premium earphone. A distinct feature of the...
Final Audio Design Heaven Viii
"Details: Single balanced armature flagship universal IEMs from Final Audio Design Price: Heaven VII EU 550; Heaven VIII EU 600 Specs: Driver: Single BA | Imp: 24Ω | Sens: 106 dB | Freq: not stated | Cable: 1.2m straight plug Preferred tips: As supplied Wear Style: Straight down Disclosure: I purchased the Heaven VIIIs with my own..." --newzild
Final Audio Design Adagio III
"Final Audio Adagio III Quick Review Thanks to Hifiheadphones for the sample. Full review here http://www.head-fi.org/t/744122/final-audio-adagio-iii-review-by-mark2410 Brief: Oh god, oh dear god, so much bass!!!!! Price: £59. In the US they seem to vary wildly Specification: Earphone Type: Intraaural (in the ear), Driver Unit:..." --mark2410
Final Audio Design FI-BA-SS
"Introduction The Final Audio Design FI-BA-SS is the flagship model of the Heaven Series. Like other iems in the Heaven Series, it utilises a single balanced armature driver. On the website, it states "Our Flagship BA-SS takes balanced armature earphones to another level of performance". With only a single balanced armature driver, it is hard to imagine the level of sonic performance that the..." --audio123


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Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. is suing a small Tennessee insurance adjuster with a too-familiar name.
The Columbus-based insurance company alleges that On Your Side Adjusters Inc. is "free-riding" on Nationwide's "on your side" slogan, causing confusion among consumers and diluting the value of the phrase.
Nationwide is seeking an injunction that would force the Gallatin, Tenn., company to change its name and marketing and to pay damages, legal fees and punitive damages, according to the lawsuit filed in late February. The company alleges trademark infringement, trademark dilution and unfair competition.
On Your Side Adjusters "deliberately chose a name that appropriates and imitates Nationwide's long-standing use of its iconic 'on your side'" slogan, according to the filing.
Jeremy Snyder, president of On Your Side Adjusters, said Nationwide is using its power to bully his company, which serves as an advocate for people making insurance claims. He also said his company does not compete with Nationwide.
Still, the two industries are related enough to create confusion, said Columbus business lawyer Brent Rosenthal, who represents neither side in the case. And although a small adjusting firm might not directly threaten Nationwide's brand, businesses should have zero tolerance for brand infringement, he said.
"You don't want to try to make a quantitative guess every time you hear somebody using your name as to how much it's going to impact you," Rosenthal said. "I don't blame anybody in Nationwide's position for vigorously defending their marks."
Nationwide began using the "Nationwide is on your side" slogan as early as 1966 and has since invested hundreds of millions of dollars in advertising, with the majority of the ads using the "on your side" phrase, according to the court filing.
Snyder filed commercial registration for On your Side Adjusters in 2012, according to Tennessee's secretary of state. Snyder said he "didn't think twice" about Nationwide when choosing the name because "on your side" is a common phrase in his industry.
In April, Nationwide sent a letter asking Snyder to stop using "On Your Side" in his company's name. A second letter gave him a June deadline to comply.
Snyder began taking new clients under the name National Claim Managers Inc., but On Your Side Adjusters has remained an active company while it closes out claims made under that name.
Snyder said he doesn't believe he's in the wrong, and he plans to countersue Nationwide. He said he will use the On Your Side Adjusters name again unless a court orders him to stop.
Nationwide also recently sued Robert Kiehn for doing business as Nationwide SIU, an Illinois-based private-investigation firm that deals with insurance fraud.
Nationwide has filed one other trademark infringement suit in the past five years.
"We work hard to amicably resolve these issues outside of the courthouse and only take legal action as a last resort," said Nationwide spokesman Joe Case in an email. "However, it is important to note that Nationwide takes the protection of its intellectual property seriously."

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Im sick of chains, the 80s, studs and the whole rocker look, and the fact that I still dont own a rosary.
I want feminine, ethereal, glamourus, and beautiful looks.
Went to Marc by Marc Jacobs today (more on that later) and I saw two people, a guy and a girl, not together, wearing the Christopher Kane howling monkey tshirt. Is it just me or is that unoriginal to the extreme? I think the whole point of that tee was supposed to be that it was sooo original, and yet, now its completely not.
ETA: Okay, so I guess some of you got offended or disagreed strongly with me on this one. I guess I wasnt saying this clearly. The whole hype about the shirt was that it was extraordinary and unlike anything any of us had ever seen before. As is most of Mr. Kane's stuff. However, suddenly its become nothing extraordinary because everyone was wearing it. Take the time to check out this post. Dont you think thats semi-ridiculous? However, this post is coming from a person whos just witnessed fashion week, which I will get into another post, but let me tell you. For the past five days Ive seen studs, the 80s, chains, and this CKane tee over and over again. Which can get very, very tiring. Especially since I thought NYFW was going to be unlike anything Id ever witnessed. (But thats for another post) Also. Im not trying to be original. Im trying to wear what I want to wear and figure out my own style, which I havent done yet. Also, also. I havent worn neon bike shorts in 4 months.
If I could own and wear everything in this current Elle editorial I would.


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I am a SAHM to my 27 month old daughter. She still nurses frequently during the day (6+ times), constantly asks when we are out of the house or at home, and wakes up every 1 1/2 hours at night asking to nurse. I tried don't offer, don't refuse, but her frequency of asking is WAY more than I want to be nursing at this point. I try distraction, but she is very focused on "bobbie-nursing" and is extremely difficult to distract. She throws loud, long tantrums if I refuse.
My husband wants me to wean her. He thinks it will help her sleep if she knows she won't be nursed when she wakes up. UGH. I would really just like some sleep and not to nurse my toddler like a newborn. Any advice?


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Freedom New Mexico
Eastern New Mexico University outfielder Alex Mayo Otis has received a plaque from the NCAA recognizing her as the toughest hitter to strike out in Division II softball during the 2009 season.
Mayo Otis, from Phoenix, struck out just twice in 160 at-bats over 47 games. She tied for the lead in that category with Trisha Thurston of West Virginia Wesleyan.
In three seasons at ENMU, Mayo Otis has batted .394 and also has led the Zias in games played (159), at-bats (507), runs (111), hits (200), doubles (41), triples (9) and total bases (292). She has posted the team's second-highest slugging percentage and tied for third-most home runs (11) over that span


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Boys' Shoe Sizes 2-12
Boys' Shoes Sizes 2-12
Once he takes that first step, the world is your toddler's oyster. Those chubby little feet are going to need more than a flimsy pair of baby booties; they're going to need sturdy toddler boy sneakers to tackle the great outdoors and beyond. Grab a pair or two at Finish Line to get your little man started off on the right foot. Even if his first steps are months away, we have a wide selection of crib shoes and baby boy sneakers from brands like Converse and Jordan to start him off on a stylish note.


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From Dominical, you can go shopping in Paso Canoas (Panama border) or the Deposito Libre de Golfito (Free Deposit of Golfito) less than three hours in the South Coast.
The advantages of going through this street are many, as it is in good condition, it is large, but please you should not abuse the speed.
How to get there?
That route leads to Palmar Norte in 45 minutes; then take American highway during 60 km trip to Rio Claro, where there is an intersection. If you decide to turn right you will be going to Golfito (only 20 km).
However, if your destination is Paso Canoas, do not deviate, continue driving straight in the similar distance.
In this way, your shopping can be done in a day, especially if you are planning to go to the border, you have the option to depart in the very early morning from Villas Rio Mar and return at night to rest in a pleasant and dream environment that the hotel resort offers.
What to buy?
Recommended items to buy in Golfito are the high cost, such as televisions, washing machines, stereos, all appliances.
If you intension it is to buy clothes, vehicle tires, rims, the best option is the border "Paso Canoas", but in moderation, otherwise the policy takes away your purchases.
Remember! If you want to buy in the Deposito Libre Golfito (Free Deposit of Golfito) you can do it with your passport or resident id in order. Shopping is individual and personal. If you come to this place, you may spend up to $ 1,000 in products.


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Parenting Positive Kids
Fall is my favorite season. The chilly air, vibrant colors and falling leaves herald cooler days, more activity outside the house - now that I'm not afraid I'll swelter to death in 100+ degree temperatures - and the welcome return of jeans into my life. I live for pumpkin pie, bonfires and football games. It's the return to school schedules, the opportunity to wear sweaters and the excitement of the upcoming holiday season.
I do love the Fall.
i also love the fact that, now that my kids have returned to school, it's time for me to spend a little time on myself. Now that I'm not devoted to 100% amusement of the little people, I can concentrate on making changes in my own life. Sort of a Pre New Year's Resolutions, if you will. In fact, I often think of Fall as a time for resolutions, as opposed to New Years. Something about new pencils and notebooks and freshly loaded book bags makes me want to organize and clean out other parts of my life.
As the year begins to wind down, what are some things you or your family would like to leave behind or change for the future?
- I'd like to know where the match is to every single spare sock in my house
- And I'd like to never ever have another lost sock
- I'd like to leave behind the thought that there's a maid here to pick up after my kids
- And I'd like to leave behind the thought that her name is Mom
- I'd like to leave behind the "let's drop stuff all around" philosophy that my kids embrace effortlessly
- I'd love to leave behind the inability of my teenagers to wake up early for school
- As well as the desire to leave homework and projects for the last minute
- And I'd really love to leave behind arguments, fighting, disgruntled attitudes and smart mouths
I plan to take a bit of time each of the next couple of months, before the end of the year, to take the steps to make each of those, somewhat humorous yet based in truth, concepts come to fruition.
What are your hopes for the future – for yourself, your children and your family?
October 10, 2012 at 12:12 AMI need more time to reflect before I can answer this! :)
by kellynhOctober 10, 2012 at 9:01 AMFor my kids, to be self supportive and active members of their communities. For me... More thought needed.
October 10, 2012 at 9:03 AM
I want them to be happy in wherever they go. To be able to stand on their own feet.
by natesmom1228October 10, 2012 at 9:22 AM
I just want my son to be happy and healthy.
by MadelaineOctober 10, 2012 at 10:13 AM
This one!
Quoting MamaBear2cubs:
I want them to be happy in wherever they go. To be able to stand on their own feet.
by 4kidz916October 10, 2012 at 10:23 AM
I hope to change my schedule so that I have more family time. I have a small business, a part time job, and I do home parties so that doesn't leave me much time with the kids.
by Wish2BeOctober 10, 2012 at 10:26 AM
Well I am taking a big leap this month. I put in my 2 weeks notice to be a SAHM to my 3 year old son.
I hope that we can do this financially and that my son will excel in all that he does.
by aneelaOctober 10, 2012 at 10:47 AM
my hopes are that my loved ones find happiness, joy and success in whatever they pursue...same for myself :)
by sukainahOctober 10, 2012 at 11:12 AM
I'd like to leave behind the few piles I have in the home and keep it uncluttered. And spending more time with each child alone.
by 4kidz916October 10, 2012 at 11:30 AM
That's awesome. I hope it works out well for you.
Quoting Wish2Be:
Well I am taking a big leap this month. I put in my 2 weeks notice to be a SAHM to my 3 year old son.
I hope that we can do this financially and that my son will excel in all that he does.


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VHS to DVD?
Q. With the increased use of DVD systems it has been suggested that we convert our VHS library of educational videos in VHS format to DVD. Is it a copyright violation to convert to DVD and discontinue use of the VHS tapes?
A. In most cases, yes, it would be a copyright violation. Reproducing a VHS to DVD without the prior permission of the rights-holder is an infringement of copyright. This kind of reproduction is not exempt because it is not "fair use" as defined in Section 107 of the Copyright Code and it does not qualify as a lawful reproduction under Section 108 of the Copyright Code.
However, in a situation where the VHS tape is lost, stolen or deteriorating or is in an obsolete format (a 3/4" tape is obsolete because the equipment is no longer being sold, but a VHS tape is not obsolete) and is not available in the DVD format in the market for a reasonable cost, the library can make a reproduction. But if the reproduction is in a digital format (DVD is digital), then that copy cannot leave the library premises.
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VHS to DVD - there may be cases where it's legal
I'm not so sure that the answer to the VHS to DVD question is quite complete. Fair Use (in Sec 107) and Sec 108 (which provides for relief where library missions conflict with a strict copyright adherence) may in fact justify transferring a collection, even proactively, to a new format, especially if the VHS tapes are not available otherwise. VHS is now an obsolete format, and both section 107 and 108 may indeed provide for cases where VHS tapes can lawfully be transferred to new formats. It might be wise for the writer of this question to consult a copyright expert — such as Peter Jaszi at the Washington College of Law, American University, whose specialty in IP and copyright has widened to include special areas such as libraries. He spoke on a panel with Peter Hirtle at the SAA conference in DC in mid-August 2010.
VHS to DVD
This is a slightly different take, but years ago I heard it was okay to re-record a VHS and circulate the copy as long as you kept the original. We have burned some original DVD movies to DVD, kept the original and circulated the copy. Is this that much different from changing formats - VHS to DVD?
VHS obsolete?
I suppose an answer to your reply is, "what does 'obsolete' mean?" There are producers of educational films that still produce VHS. It is not an obsolete format. How can you transfer from vhs to dvd when you say "even if the vhs tapes are not available otherwise"??? You cannot claim fair use even if a copy of the film is no longer produced in vhs; if the film is available in dvd, you need to purchase that dvd, not make a copy of it. If it's not, that still doesn't mean the producer has surrendered the rights to the film.
VHS to digital MP4 at library - we can dream right
I was reading this article about the vhs to dvd conversion and couldn't help but laugh. it would make far more sense for a library to convert its vhs to xvid or mp4 being as they are the most widely used formats. then they could serve these files up inside the library on the local area network. One should also note that many corporations have deemed vpn and ssh networks internal company property and trespassing is one of the many charges that go with it. Therefore the argument could be made that as long as a login server is used it would place the content inside the boundries of the libraries property lines. The best part is that it would cost less than a dollar per user to run it at godaddy with the average user taking 5 hours of video per day! if one could convince mpaa to allow the conversions with a 10-20yr buffer to help ensure fair chance to profit for artists, ssh could likely satisfy the library premises restriction. Plus then maybe netflix could actually have the movies people wnat to watch. but thats just my thoughts. I would love to hear yours regarding the challenges and possible workarounds that libraries would encounter during this lagging yet inevitable endeavor. I'm sure someday library of congress will get around to making a national video archive of all movies, the question is why havent they started already, nobody buys vhs except poor people like me!
I'm not surprised VHS hasn't
I'm not surprised VHS hasn't been ruled obsolete by the Copyright Office, because I've heard through the grapevine that some companies are still submitting works for copyright on VHS, using up their stock until they can switch to a direct file submission process. It's a time of flux in the moving image format world, and right now the copyright office is struggling to establish standards and catch up. I think it's happening, though. Just slowly!
In related news, I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir, but please don't rely on burned DVDs to solve all your space problems, regardless of the legality. Their shelf life is very short and they are prone to total loss at the drop of a hat, rather than the gradual degradation of a video. I'm sure you all are familiar with the concept of continuous data migration, and that's the only way a DVD-R should be used: as a short intermediary step in a migration process.
VHS to DVD converter available for the public
Does anyone have a sample copyright statement to put on/near such a machine? Does it need to be at all different from the kind of thing we put by paper copy machines?
VHS to DVD
Could we get an update to this question? As reflected in the comments as we went from 2010 to 2014, VHS has become obscure, if not obsolete. I would say it is obsolete, as our VHS tapes are not circulating. Rather than throw some away (literally) I would like to transfer to DVD and then circulate those copies, retaining the VHS as proof of ownership. I have already purchased several titles that are commercially available on DVD, but there are several titles where they are not available. I found one of the VHS titles in Worldcat on DVD in a Canadian university library where they had transferred it to DVD and created a record in OCLC for the DVD version, with a note saying it was transferred from VHS.
The copyright law seems clear to me. If I have tried to replace it in the newer format and can't, I have the legal right to move it to a new medium and use that copy exactly the same way I used the original. I don't understand where this "must remain in the building" language comes from.
Could we please get a legal expert to comment on this, or get a legal opinion from ALA?
Missing info
Two things have been left out in this discussion. In the Supreme Court ruling in Universal v Sony Betamax, the Court ruled that anything recorded from the free airwaves or a source you pay through, such as cable or satellite, can be recorded for private use only. Also you can make ONE archival copy of anything you legally own. A couple of posts have mentioned making a copy and circulating it, but that would be a copyright infringement. You can't distribute in any way any copyrighted materials without permission. Even loaning tapes/ dvds/ blu-rays can be considered illegal distribution.
One archival copy does not restrict you from converting from VHS to DVD since the decision did not restrict that conversion. Just use your VHS copy up before using your archived DVD as a new copy, and do not make copies for anyone else. Follow these rules and you will be fine.
And BTW for the person who said that DVDs degrade over a few years, you have your facts mixed up. Digital is good for an eternity. Multiple copying can degrade the copy during the transfer, but the original digital copy doesn't as it is read by light, not a needle as phonographs are read, or disc heads like cassette, 8 track, Betamax and DVDs are read. They all take a little away every time they are read, but digital is not a contact medium.
When it comes to matters involving digital audio and video technologies I always ask professional in this field like Abe's of Maine. You can also send them a tweet on their Twitter profile. To contact Abe's of Maine on Twitter just click on the link.


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If you love cool autumn breezes, vibrant colors, and a great round of golf, there are a number of scenic courses in the Upper Peninsula for you to explore this fall. Today, Janina Parrott Jacobs walks us through some fall golf opportunities to take advantage of in the U.P. For more on golfing in Michigan, visit michigan.org.
Michigan golfers are well versed in the up-north golf treasures of Traverse City, the Gaylord Mecca, and the Sunrise Side but many don't go far enough to experience the superb golf that lies beyond the mighty Mackinac Bridge. Fall is a great time to visit, certainly if you're fond of cooler temps, blazing autumn colors, and offshore breezes reminiscent of golf in the British Isles.
With apologies to Michigan native and actor Jeff Daniels' play 'Escanaba in da Moonlight,' 'Escanaba in da daylight' provides the gateway to spectacular golf and scenery via Island Resort and Casino's version of the very affordable Stay-and-Play 'Perfect Foursome': three of GolfWeek Magazine's 'Best Courses You Can Play' in Michigan: Greywalls (#2), Timberstone (#8), and Sweetgrass (#14)……and you.
Stay at Island Resort, owned by the Hannahville Tribe of the Potawatomi Indians, with its bustling casino and packed entertainment schedule. Walk from your room to first tackle Michigan-based course designer Paul Albanese's Sweetgrass, a friendly and superbly conditioned links style layout, which has been a community-energizing stop on the Symetra Tour since 2011. Try to match the sub-par scores of future LPGA professionals, but healthy par-4's coupled with feisty par-3's – including the dramatic Biarritz green on #12 and the island green 15th- will hamper your quest. Learn about the legends and culture of the Potawatomi tribe by reading hole names and descriptions located on each tee sign. Snap a picture of the famous double eagles on 'Eagle', the 13th hole, all while taking in the fragrance from the namesake aromatic Sweetgrass, a healing herb spread throughout the course.
Drive north about 70 miles to Marquette for a wild ride at Marquette Golf Club's Greywalls course – but you can walk – and should, simply to take in the spectacular surroundings and vistas. Architect Mike DeVries fashioned a deceptively playable roller coaster and picturesque layout from Lake Superior's rugged bluffs. It looks hard but can be tamed, especially if you play it twice and learn the garden spots. On clear days, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is visible, over 30 miles away. Your final tee shot on 18 will float from incredibly clear skies toward majestic blues of the state's largest and deepest lake….but don't worry, you can't hit it far enough to go in.
Finish your 'foursome' at nationally renowned Timberstone Golf Course at Pine Mountain, in Iron Mountain, where homegrown architect Jerry Matthews combines the best of northern Michigan elevations, wetlands, and hardwoods into a pastoral and pleasant course routing. All holes have names here too, like Sweetgrass, which can provide clues as to how to play them. Afterwards, stop for a burger, often cooked on an outdoor grill by the pro. A fire pit near the log cabin-style clubhouse provides a warm welcome after tackling two of the most dramatic finishing holes in the state: the 215-yard par-3 17th, 'Sagola' and the 600-yard par-5 'Double Black Diamond' 18th, both straight downhill so don't let the yardages scare you.
If your travel plans won't mesh with a Fall excursion, why not plan for next year and visit when the Symetra Tour is in town for the 2014 Island Resort Championship, a 3-day 54-hole Stroke Play tournament during the week of June 23-29? This year, corporate hospitality and the Pro-Am sold out and over 4500 spectators watched the 144 women professionals in action. Or, consider being a volunteer caddy or marshal along with the 300 who took part during the 2013 event. Sweetgrass was highly regarded on the circuit, no surprise to Michigan golfers who know the quality of local courses. According to Hannahville Tribal Council Chair Ken Mesigaud, "The event puts a spotlight on the beauty and uniqueness of the course which many players regard as the best stop on the circuit."
Will you be trying your hand at one (or more) of these Upper Peninsula golf courses this fall? Share with us below!
Janina Parrott Jacobs is a lifelong Michigan resident but her passion as a multi-media golf and business specialist and international golf and travel writer takes her all over the world. Her website, www.janinajacobs.com, features many other entrepreneurial adventures as a motivational speaker, professional musician and performer, owning Capers Steakhouse in Detroit, and volunteer efforts with the U.S. Navy where she advocates for and mentors young people concerning health, nutrition, and fitness issues. Contact Janina at email@example.com.


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As an Oldham fan, I would like to see kids in Oldham, Swinton and Rochdale watching their home town clubs! My lad has no interest in watching a team with second rate Salford players in it masquerading as an Oldham side! He's told me today that he has no interest now Hamilton has sold out and will concentrate on watching the towns football side! I think that's where my money might well be going to - watching a side that actually does represent the town!
It's not what we would like surely Big Red, let the kids decide. If your lad wants to watch the Latics that's fine.


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September is Baby Safety Month. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JPMA), Babies "R" Us and other child safety organizations are marking Baby Safety Month with the launch of an information campaign on water safety and preventing drowning in and around the home.
"Mention drowning hazards, and most likely the first thing that comes to mind is the dangers of backyard pools," said CPSC Chairman Hal Stratton. "In recent years, an average of about 250 children under 5-years-old drown in pools nationwide each year, but about 115 additional young children drown in other products in and around the homes - including bathtubs, buckets, toilets, hot tubs, spas and other containers." As part of the campaign to prevent these drowning deaths, CPSC is providing safety tips for parents and caregivers. A main feature of the campaign is the distribution of a new color pamphlet (pdf) on water safety tips. Babies "R" Us provided nearly 200,000 of the color pamphlets in English and Spanish to the commission, and is distributing additional copies throughout their 188 Babies "R" Us stores and 679 Toys "R" Us stores. JPMA, the creator and sponsor of Baby Safety Month, is a national trade organization of more than 400 companies in North America. JPMA uses Baby Safety Month to reach childcare providers with safety education messages through in-store Baby Safety Month promotions. JPMA provides retailers with promotional kits that include tools and information to hold successful educational seminars and other activities. In addition to JPMA and Babies "R" Us, other organizations partnering with the commission are First Candle/SIDS Alliance, the National SAFE KIDS Campaign, Kids in Danger, and the Danny Foundation. These organizations are using their grassroots networks to distribute this safety information.
-Never leave a baby alone in a bathtub for even a second. Always keep the baby in arm's reach. Don't leave a baby in the care of another young child. Never leave to answer the phone, answer the door, to get a towel or for any other reason. If you must leave, take the baby with you.
-A baby bath seat is not a substitute for supervision. A bath seat is a bathing aid, not a safety device. Babies have slipped or climbed out of bath seats and drowned.
-Never use a baby bath seat in a non-skid, slip-resistant bathtub because the suction cups will not adhere to the bathtub surface or can detach unexpectedly. Babies could tip over and drown.
-Never leave a bucket containing even a small amount of liquid unattended. When finished using a bucket, always empty it immediately. Don't leave buckets outside where rainwater can collect in them.Young children can drown in a small amount of water.
-Store buckets where young children cannot reach them. Buckets, accessible to children, that are left outside to collect rainwater are a hazard. Toddlers have fallen headfirst into 4- and 5-gallon buckets and drowned.
-Always secure safety covers and barriers to prevent children from gaining access to spas or hot tubs when not in use. Some non-rigid covers, such as solar covers, can allow a small child to slip in the water and the cover would appear to still be in place.
-Keep the toilet lid down to prevent access to the water and consider using a toilet clip to stop young children from opening the lids. Consider placing a latch on the bathroom door out of reach of young children.
-Learn CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) -- it can be a lifesaver when seconds count.
To get a free copy of the Water Safety Tips pamphlet (pdf) (also, Spanish version - pdf), write to the commission at firstname.lastname@example.com or call our hotline at (800) 638-2772.
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Solidago, commonly called goldenrods, is a genus of about 100[1] to 120[2] species of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. Most are herbaceous perennial species found in open areas such as meadows, prairies, and savannas. They are mostly native to North America, including Mexico; a few species are native to South America and Eurasia.[1] Some American species have also been introduced into Europe and other parts of the world.
Solidago species are perennials growing from woody caudices or rhizomes. Their stems can be decumbent to ascending or erect, ranging in height from 5 to 100 or more cm. Some species have stems that branch near the top. Some Solidago species are hairless others have strigose, strigillose, hispid, or short-villous hairs. The basal leaves in some species remain persistent through flowering, while in others the basal leaves are shed before flowering. The leaf margins are often serrated, and leaf faces may be hairless or densely hairy; the distal leaves are sometimes three-nerved, and hairless or sparsely to densely hairy with scabrous, strigillose, or villous hairs. In some species, the upper leaves are stipitate-glandular or sometimes resinous. The flowering heads usually radiate, or are sometimes discoid, with (1–)2 to 1500+ florets in racemiform (club-shaped or pyramidal), paniculiform, or corymbo-paniculiform, or sometimes secund arrays. The involucres are campanulate to cylindric or attenuate. The ray florets are pistillate and fertile. The corollas are yellow or rarely white and are usually hairless. The disc florets are bisexual and fertile and number two to 35 typically, but in some species there may be up to 60 florets. The corollas of the disc florets are yellow and the tubes are shorter than the throats. The fruits are cypselae, which are narrowly obconic to cylindrical in shape, and they are sometimes somewhat compressed. The cypselae have eight to 10 ribs usually and are hairless or moderately covered with stiff, slender bristles. The pappi are very big with barbellate bristles.[1]
The many goldenrod species can be difficult to distinguish, due to their similar bright, golden-yellow flower heads that bloom in late summer. Goldenrod is often unfairly blamed for causing hay fever in humans. The pollen causing these allergy problems is mainly produced by ragweed (Ambrosia sp.), blooming at the same time as the goldenrod, but is wind-pollinated. Goldenrod pollen is too heavy and sticky to be blown far from the flowers, and is thus mainly pollinated by insects.[3] Frequent handling of goldenrod and other flowers, however, can cause allergic reactions, sometimes irritating enough to force florists to change occupation.[4]
Solidago species are easily recognized by their golden inflorescences with hundreds of small capitula; some species have their flowers in spike-like inflorescences and others have axillary racemes. They have slender stems, usually hairless, but S. canadensis shows hairs on the upper stem. They can grow to a length between 60 cm and 1.5 m. Their alternate leaves are linear to lanceolate. Their margins are usually finely to sharply serrated.
Propagation is by wind-disseminated seeds or by spreading underground rhizomes which can form colonies of vegetative clones of a single plant. They are mostly short-day plants and bloom in late summer and early fall. Some species produce abundant nectar when moisture is plentiful, or when the weather is warm and sunny.
Use and cultivation[edit]
Young goldenrod leaves are edible.[5] Native Americans used the seeds of some species for food.[6] Herbal teas are sometimes made with goldenrod.[7]
Goldenrods are attractive sources of nectar for bees, flies, wasps, and butterflies. Honey from goldenrods often is dark and strong due to admixtures of other nectars. However, when honey flow is strong, a light (often water clear), spicy-tasting monofloral honey is produced. While the bees are ripening the honey produced from goldenrods, it has a rank odor and taste, but finished honey is much milder.
Goldenrods are, in some places, held as a sign of good luck or good fortune.[8] They are considered weeds by many in North America, but they are prized as garden plants in Europe, where British gardeners adopted goldenrod long before Americans did as garden subjects. Goldenrod only began to gain some acceptance in American gardening (other than wildflower gardening) during the 1980s.
They have become invasive species in other parts of the world, including China; Solidago canadensis, which was introduced as a garden plant in Central Europe, has become common in the wild, and in Germany is considered an invasive species that displaces native vegetation from its natural habitat.
Goldenrod species are used as a food source by the larvae of many Lepidoptera species. The invading larva may induce the plant to form a bulbous tissue mass called a gall around it, upon which the larva then feeds. Various parasitoid wasps find these galls and lay eggs in the larvae, penetrating the bulb with their ovipositors. Woodpeckers are known to peck open the galls and eat the insects in the center.[9]
Cultivated species[edit]
Cultivated goldenrods include: S. bicolor, S, caesia, S. canadensis, S. cutleri, S. riddellii, S. rigida, S. shortii, and S. virgaurea.[10]
A number of cultivars have been selected, including several of hybrid origin. A putative hybrid with aster, known as ×Solidaster is less unruly, with pale yellow flowers, equally suitable for dried arrangements. Molecular and other evidence points to ×Solidaster (at least the cultivar 'Lemore') being a hybrid of Solidago ptarmicoides and Solidago canadensis, the former now in Solidago, but likely the "aster" in question.[11]
The cultivars 'Goldenmosa'[12] and S. × luteus 'Lemore'[13] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Industrial use[edit]
Inventor Thomas Edison experimented with goldenrod to produce rubber, which it contains naturally.[14] Edison created a fertilization and cultivation process to maximize the rubber content in each plant. His experiments produced a 12-foot-tall (3.7 m) plant that yielded as much as 12% rubber. The tires on the Model T given to him by his friend Henry Ford were made from goldenrod. Like George Washington Carver, Henry Ford was deeply interested in the regenerative properties of soil and the potential of alternative crops such as peanuts and soybeans to produce plastics, paint, fuel and other products. Ford had long believed that the world would eventually need a substitute for gasoline, and supported the production of ethanol (or grain alcohol) as an alternative fuel. In 1942, he would showcase a car with a lightweight plastic body made from soybeans. Ford and Carver began corresponding via letter in 1934, and their mutual admiration deepened after George Washington Carver made a visit to Michigan in 1937. As Douglas Brinkley writes in "Wheels for the World," his history of Ford, the automaker donated generously to the Tuskegee Institute, helping finance Carver's experiments, and Carver in turn spent a period of time helping to oversee crops at the Ford plantation in Ways, Georgia.
By the time World War II began, Ford had made repeated journeys to Tuskegee to convince George Washington Carver to come to Dearborn and help him develop a synthetic rubber to help compensate for wartime rubber shortages. Carver arrived on July 19, 1942, and set up a laboratory in an old water works building in Dearborn. He and Ford experimented with different crops, including sweet potatoes and dandelions, eventually devising a way to make the rubber substitute from goldenrod, a plant weed commercially viable.[15] Carver died in January 1943, Ford in April 1947, but the relationship between their two institutions continued to flourish: As recently as the late 1990s, Ford awarded grants of $4 million over two years to the George Washington Carver School at Tuskegee.
Extensive process development was conducted during World War II to commercialize goldenrod as a source of rubber.[16] The rubber is only contained in the leaves, not the stems or blooms. Typical rubber content of the leaves is 7%. The resulting rubber is of low molecular weight, resulting in an excessively tacky compound with poor tensile properties.
Traditional medicine[edit]
Solidago virgaurea is used in a traditional kidney tonic by practitioners of herbal medicine to counter inflammation and irritation caused by bacterial infections or kidney stones.[17][18] Goldenrod has also been used as part of a tincture to aid in cleansing of the kidney or bladder during a healing fast, in conjunction with potassium broth and specific juices.[18] Native Americans chewed the leaves to relieve sore throats and chewed the roots to relieve toothaches.[8]
Cultural significance[edit]
The goldenrod is the state flower of the U.S. states of Kentucky (adopted 1926) and Nebraska (adopted 1895). Goldenrod was recently named the state wildflower of South Carolina. The sweet goldenrod (Solidago odora) is the state herb of Delaware.[19] Goldenrod was the state flower of Alabama, but it was later rejected in favour of the camellia.
In the Midwestern United States, the blooming of goldenrods in August is a reminder that it will soon be time for children to go back to school after summer vacation.[20]
Species include:[1][2][21][22]
- Solidago albopilosa E.L.Braun – whitehair goldenrod
- Solidago altiplanities C.E.S. Taylor & R.J.Taylor – high plains goldenrod
- Solidago altissima L. – Canada goldenrod, late goldenrod
- Solidago arenicola B.R. Keener & Kral – southern racemose goldenrod
- Solidago arguta Ait. – Atlantic goldenrod, forest goldenrod, toothed goldenrod, cut-leaf goldenrod
- Solidago arguta. var. arguta
- Solidago arguta var. boottii (Hook.) Palmer & Steyermark – Boott's goldenrod
- Solidago arguta var. caroliniana Gray
- Solidago arguta var. harrisii (Steele) Cronq. – Harris' goldenrod
- Solidago auriculata Shuttlw. ex Blake – eared goldenrod, clasping goldenrod
- Solidago bicolor L. – white goldenrod, silverrod
- Solidago brachyphylla Chapman – Dixie goldenrod
- Solidago buckleyi Torr. & Gray – Buckley's goldenrod
- Solidago caesia L. – wreath goldenrod, axillary goldenrod, bluestem goldenrod, woodland goldenrod
- Solidago caesia var. caesia L.
- Solidago caesia var. zedia R.E.Cook & Semple
- Solidago canadensis L. : Canada goldenrod, Canadian goldenrod, common goldenrod
- Solidago canadensis var. canadensis
- Solidago canadensis var. hargeri Fern. – Harger's goldenrod
- Solidago chilensis Meyen
- Solidago curtisii Torr. & A.Gray – mountain decumbent goldenrod, Curtis' goldenrod
- Solidago dahurica (Kitagawa) Kitagawa ex Juzepczuk
- Solidago decurrens Loureiro
- Solidago delicatula Small – elmleaf goldenrod, smooth elm-leaf goldenrod
- Solidago drummondii Torr. & A.Gray. – Drummond's goldenrod
- Solidago elongata Nutt. – West Coast goldenrod, Cascade Canada goldenrod
- Solidago erecta Nutt. – showy goldenrod, slender goldenrod
- Solidago faucibus Wieboldt – gorge goldenrod
- Solidago fistulosa P.Mill. – pine-barren goldenrod
- Solidago flexicaulis L. – zigzag goldenrod, broadleaf goldenrod
- Solidago gattingeri Chapman – Gattinger's goldenrod
- Solidago gigantea Ait. – giant goldenrod, tall goldenrod, early goldenrod, smooth goldenrod
- Solidago glomerata Michx. – clustered goldenrod, skunk goldenrod
- Solidago guiradonis A.Gray – Guirado's goldenrod
- Solidago hispida Muhl. ex Willd. – hairy goldenrod
- Solidago houghtonii Torr. & A.Gray ex A.Gray – Houghton's goldenrod
- Solidago juliae G.L.Nesom – Julia's goldenrod
- Solidago juncea Ait. – early goldenrod
- Solidago kralii Semple – Kral's goldenrod
- Solidago lancifolia Torr. & A.Gray – lance-leaf goldenrod
- Solidago latissimifolia P.Mill. – Elliott's goldenrod
- Solidago leavenworthii Torr. & A.Gray – Leavenworth's goldenrod
- Solidago leiocarpa DC. in DC. &. A.DC. – Cutler's alpine goldenrod
- Solidago lepida DC. – western Canada goldenrod
- Solidago ludoviciana (Gray) Small – Louisiana goldenrod
- Solidago macrophylla Pursh – largeleaf goldenrod
- Solidago microglossa DC.
- Solidago minutissima (Makino) Kitam.
- Solidago missouriensis Nutt. – Missouri goldenrod, prairie goldenrod, Tolmie's goldenrod
- Solidago mollis Bartl. – velvety goldenrod, soft goldenrod, woolly goldenrod
- Solidago multiradiata Ait. – Rocky Mountain goldenrod, alpine goldenrod, northern goldenrod, manyray goldenrod
- Solidago nana Nutt. – baby goldenrod, dwarf goldenrod, gray goldenrod
- Solidago nemoralis Ait. – gray goldenrod, dyersweed goldenrod, old-field goldenrod
- Solidago nemoralis ssp. decemflora (DC.) Brammall
- Solidago nemoralis ssp. nemoralis Ait.
- Solidago nitida Torr. & A.Gray – shiny goldenrod
- Solidago odora Ait. – anise-scented goldenrod, sweet goldenrod, fragrant goldenrod
- Solidago odora ssp. chapmanii (Gray) Semple – Chapman's goldenrod
- Solidago odora ssp. odora
- Solidago ohioensis Riddell – Ohio goldenrod
- Solidago ouachitensis C.E.S.Taylor & R.J.Taylor – Ouachita Mountains goldenrod
- Solidago pacifica Juzepczuk
- Solidago patula Muhl. ex Willd. – roundleaf goldenrod, roughleaf goldenrod
- Solidago patula ssp. patula
- Solidago patula ssp. strictula Torr. & A.Gray
- Solidago petiolaris Ait. – downy ragged goldenrod
- Solidago pinetorum Small – Small's goldenrod
- Solidago plumosa Small – plumed goldenrod, plumose goldenrod, Yadkin River goldenrod
- Solidago ptarmicoides (Torr. & A.Gray) B.Boivin – white flat-top goldenrod, upland white aster
- Solidago puberula Nutt. – downy goldenrod
- Solidago puberula ssp. puberula
- Solidago puberula ssp. pulverulenta (Nutt.) Semple
- Solidago pulchra Small – Carolina goldenrod
- Solidago radula Nutt. – western rough goldenrod
- Solidago riddellii Frank ex Riddell – Riddell's goldenrod
- Solidago rigida L. – rigid goldenrod, stiff-leaf goldenrod
- Solidagi rigida ssp. glabrata (E.L.Braun) S.B.Heard & Semple
- Solidagi rigida ssp. humilis (Porter) S.B.Heard & Semple
- Solidagi rigida ssp. rigida
- Solidago roanensis Porter – Roan Mountain goldenrod
- Solidago rugosa P.Mill. – wrinkleleaf goldenrod, rough-stemmed goldenrod
- Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera
- Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa
- Solidago rupestris Raf. – rock goldenrod
- Solidago sciaphila Steele – shadowy goldenrod
- Solidago sempervirens L. – seaside goldenrod, salt-marsh goldenrod
- Solidago sempervirens ssp. mexicana (L.) Semple
- Solidago sempervirens ssp. sempervirens
- Solidago shortii Torr. & A.Gray – Short's goldenrod
- Solidago simplex Kunth : Mt. Albert goldenrod, sticky goldenrod
- Solidago simplex ssp. randii (Porter) Ringius – Rand's goldenrod
- Solidago simplex ssp. simplex
- Solidago spathulata DC. – coast goldenrod
- Solidago speciosa Nutt. – showy goldenrod, noble goldenrod
- Solidago speciosa ssp. pallida (Porter) Semple
- Solidago speciosa ssp. speciosa
- Solidago spectabilis (D.C.Eat.) A.Gray – Nevada goldenrod, basin goldenrod
- Solidago sphacelata Raf. – autumn goldenrod, false goldenrod
- Solidago spithamaea M.A.Curtis – Blue Ridge goldenrod, skunk goldenrod
- Solidago squarrosa Nutt. – stout goldenrod
- Solidago stricta Ait. – wand goldenrod, willow-leaf goldenrod
- Solidago tarda Mack. – Atlantic goldenrod
- Solidago tortifolia Ell. – twistleaf goldenrod
- Solidago uliginosa Nutt. – bog goldenrod, fall goldenrod
- Solidago ulmifolia Muhl. ex Willd. – elmleaf goldenrod
- Solidago ulmifolia var. palmeri Cronq. – Palmer's elmleaf goldenrod
- Solidago ulmifolia var. ulmifolia
- Solidago velutina DC. – threenerve goldenrod, velvety goldenrod
- Solidago velutina ssp. californica (Nutt.) Semple – California goldenrod
- Solidago velutina ssp. sparsiflora (A.Gray) Semple
- Solidago velutina ssp. velutina
- Solidago verna M.A.Curtis – springflowering goldenrod
- Solidago villosicarpa LeBlond – glandular wand goldenrod, hairy-seed goldenrod
- Solidago virgaurea L. – European goldenrod
- Solidago wrightii A.Gray – Wright's goldenrod
Natural hybrids[edit]
- Solidago × asperula Desf. (S. rugosa × S. sempervirens)
- Solidago × beaudryi Boivin (S. rugosa × S. uliginosa)
- Solidago × calcicola (Fernald) Fernald – limestone goldenrod
- Solidago × erskinei Boivin (S. canadensis × S. sempervirens)
- Solidago × ovata Friesner (S. sphacelata × S. ulmifolia)
- Solidago × ulmicaesia Friesner (S. caesia × S. ulmifolia)
Formerly included[edit]
- Solidago californica Nutt. – California goldenrod (Solidago velutina ssp. califonica)
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- ^ Schilling, E. E. et al. (2008). "Molecular analysis of Solidaster cv. Lemore, a hybrid goldenrod (Asteraceae)". Journal Botanical Research Institute of Texas 2: 7–18.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Solidago 'Goldenmosa'". Retrieved 10 June 2013.
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Of course, by "around here" I mean the Upper Delaware River Valley, and by "fishy" I mean that the majority of the last week has been all about trout. Since I know next to nothing about fishing, fly or otherwise, I gave Phil Eggleton (www.trouttownadventuresandguideservices.com [2]) a call. Confused about when the seasons actually begin and end, I was glad to have Eggleton set me straight on a few pertinent facts. I knew that country sensation Ryan Broshear had been slated to throw out the official first cast at Junction Pool in Trout Town, USA (www.roscoeny.com [3]) but (for something completely different) I was befuddled. "Yes, trout season began a few days ago," Phil explained, "but we often hold off on the official ceremony to make it more convenient for everyone to make it to the celebration over the weekend, when folks traditionally have time off."
Along with Broshear, who had performed for a packed house (www.monticellocasinoandraceway.com [4]) the night before, I spotted New York State Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther, "Honorary Mayor" Betty Grossman and mascot-about-town "Rennie" (www.sullivanrenaissance.org [5]) gathering at the legendary pool, birthplace of the two-headed trout, arguably one of the most famous tall tales that fishermen are known for. Gray and Blustery (Attorneys at Law?) notwithstanding, a sizable crowd was on hand to witness Broshear casting off and join the die-hards by wading in and trying their luck. "Dude, why is there a chicken in the water?" Ryan whispered to me. "Am I missing something?" When I explained to the Nashville-based singer that "Rennie" is actually a rooster and always present at events throughout Sullivan County, he laughed. "I love this part of the country!" he exclaimed. "No wonder it draws thousands of visitors every year." The chilly waters prevented anyone from catching (much less releasing) anything that morning, but the atmosphere was alive with excitement, and everyone was chatting about their next stop (www.catskillflyfishing.org [6]), where a second "first cast" was scheduled. Broshear's wife Amie joined an army of women on the shores of the Willowemoc, throwing pink fly lines provided by the Cortland Line Company, showing their support of Casting for Recovery, (CFR) an organization "founded on the principles that the natural world is a healing force" that offers "cancer survivors the opportunity to enjoy beautiful surroundings within a nurturing structure" (www.castingforrecover.org [7]). Female fly fishers have become a force to be reckoned with, and CFR champion Betty Joan White Wulff Nancy Taylor was among the group of women who joined forces at the museum's ceremony to represent.
Since I know more about schmoozing than fishing, I took a nap with the pooch in order to be refreshed for another celebration—the annual Two-Headed Trout Dinner held the same night in Roscoe. The banquet (www.rocklandhouse.com [8]) is a long-standing tradition, but was a first for me and Dharma, so we were both thrilled to attend. As I sampled hors d'oeuvres, the pooch passed out pawtographs (her very own picture postcards) while we both perused the fabulous silent auction items and participated in the 50/50 raffle slated for drawing later in the evening. Scads of local businesses had offered up prizes for diners to vie for, as we dropped more raffle tickets in the assigned baskets. Although the pooch had paws crossed for a win, we wound up empty-handed but satisfied nonetheless, knowing that the donations were all for a good cause. The dinner itself was out-of-this-world delicious and master of ceremonies Phil Eggleton once again presided with style and humor, proving his ability to entertain, corny jokes and all. Roscoe Chamber President Marge Zanger introduced special guest Broshear, who said a few words before the six-course meal and then sang a few songs as dessert was served. Dharma didn't have to beg, since a doggy bag was provided—and tail wagging, the pup allowed me to drive home, knowing there was a tasty treat on board.
Although there was nothing fishy about the museum opening (www.bethelwoodscenter.org [9]) on my calendar, I couldn't help but think of Ringo Starr and his "Octopus's Garden" as I strolled the new exhibit "America Meets the Beatles!" at Bethel Woods, featuring Life Magazine photographer Bill Eppridge's stunning pics of the Fab Four and a pop culture display of epic proportions. Museum curator Wade Lawrence spent a few minutes with me, explaining that grad student Samantha Clink spearheaded the display of Beatles memorabilia as her college thesis. There are (IMHO) far too many cool aspects of this exhibit to describe, so my advice is to check it out first hand. Instead, I'll just hint that visitors can take a seat in grandma's living room, circa 1964, to take a peek at the Ed Sullivan show or leap into the future and snap a selfie with the lads from Liverpool while tweeting about your experience first-hand. Feeling nostalgic, I think I'll put "Yellow Submarine" on the old Hi-Fi and immerse myself in a flood of memories before plotting my next move.


text: Urgent Action Needed on Health Insurance! MTA members are urged to contact their Senators immediately to urge them to talk to Senate President Therese Murray and Senate Ways and Means Chair Steven Panagiotakos to modify language in the municipal health insurance sections of the Senate budget. Tell them these changes are needed to protect the legitimate, time-honored rights of employees to have a voice in decisions about their health insurance plans. At 2:15 am on Friday morning, the Senate approved state budget amendment, proposed by Sen. Panagiotakos (D-Lowell), changing the municipal health insurance system in a way that jeopardizes your participation in the process. Unless this provision is amended, you will lose critical rights in health insurance bargaining. Many senators voted for the proposal as an alternative to an amendment offered by Sen. Richard Tisei (R-Wakefield). Senator Tisei's amendment mirrored the Massachusetts Municipal Association's plan to give cities and towns unilateral control over plan design in order to shift costs to the employees. However, some provisions of the Panagiotakos proposal will take away our ability to collectively bargain over health insurance. We believe that some senators voted for this amendment based on a verbal description that did not make clear what was in the amendment and, as a result, they may be willing to advocate for changes if you ask them to do so. There is no doubt that many important employee protections are lacking in the amendment and must be changed. The most egregious of these is a provision that allows municipalities to unilaterally enter the GIC – with no bargaining required. This amendment is not yet law and we can still advocate for changes before it is sent to the House and governor – but time is short! We urgently need you to make contact with your Senator immediately. We know this is a very busy time of the year. Please take a minute today to call or e-mail your state senator and urge him or her to talk with Senate President Murray and Sen. Panagiotakos and ask that they work with MTA to make changes in the amendment, including the following: Do not allow municipalities the unilateral power to put all employees into the GIC without bargaining it through Section 19 (coalition bargaining). Require all decisions on health insurance, including plan design, premium splits, and cost savings, to be negotiated through Section 19. Increase savings for municipalities by requiring all eligible retirees to receive their health insurance through Medicare, while, at the same time, protecting retirees through Section 19.


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The problems continue for an Indian Trail neighborhood trying to take down a suspected drug house, after the home's owner was arrested for trespassing over the weekend.
Marcy Pratt, the owner of the home, was ordered by a judge to vacate the property on Friday, but she returned on Saturday and was promptly arrested.
She appeared in court Monday on trespassing charges, shackled and dishevelled after two nights in the Spokane County Jail. Pratt pleaded not guilty to the first degree trespassing charge.
On Friday Pratt, 67, was ordered by Superior Court Judge Kathleen O'Connor to vacate her home.
"I feel like I've been persecuted by the neighbors, I've been robbed by people, I certainly did learn my lesson," she said Friday.
A police officer waited for her Friday night so she could gather personal belongings, but she never showed up. Then on Saturday night neighbors reported Pratt was inside her home with two other men.
After a year of suspected drug activity, neighbors aren't shy about calling the police.
"We're not going to let it lie, too big of a danger," Brent Herberg said.
Because Pratt violated the judge's orders, she was arrested Saturday night for trespassing. In court Monday, a judge released her on her own recognizance.
Pratt will be back in court on March 18, when Judge O'Connor will consider boarding up her home for a year, based on the mounting evidence against her from neighbors.


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Davis and Jones lift Orioles past Red Sox 3-2
BOSTON Chris Davis hit his sixth homer and Adam Jones drove in two runs, including a tiebreaking double, to lead the Baltimore Orioles past the Boston Red Sox 3-2 on Thursday night.
Davis and Jones extended their torrid starts for the Orioles, who took two of three games at Fenway Park. The pair has combined for 30 of Baltimores 85 hits.
Dustin Pedroia and Mike Napoli had consecutive RBI singles for the Red Sox, who dropped a series for the first time after taking two of three on the road from both the New York Yankees and Toronto.
Baltimore improved to 1-3 in one-run games after going 29-9 last season.
Islanders 2, Bruins 1
BOSTON Josh Bailey scored twice and the New York Islanders added another big win in their surge toward the playoffs by beating the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Thursday night.
The Islanders, seeking their first trip to the postseason in seven years, improved to 5-0-1 in their last six games. They started the day tied with Ottawa and the New York Rangers with 44 points.
New York kept pace with Ottawa, which won at Philadelphia. The eighth-place Rangers were idle.
The Bruins fell to 5-2 in their last seven games one night after moving into second place in the East with a 5-4 win at New Jersey.
Baileys fourth goal in six games and ninth of the season snapped a 1-1 tie at 13:12 of the second period. Tyler Seguin had tied it for Boston earlier in the period.
Pens 6, Lightning 2
TAMPA, Fla. Jussi Jokinen scored two goals and added an assist, Pascal Dupuis had a goal and two assists, and the Eastern-Conference leading Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-3 Thursday night.
Chris Kunitz, Evgeni Malkin and Tanner Glass had the other Pittsburgh goals. Dupuis has three goals and eight points during a four-game points streak.
Pittsburgh defenseman Kris Letang was back in the lineup and had an assist after missing the previous six games with a lower body injury. The Penguins are still without center Sidney Crosby (broken jaw), left wing James Neal (concussion) and defenseman Paul Martin (hand).
Teddy Purcell had two goals for the Lightning. Brett Connolly had the other Tampa Bay goal.
Habs 5, Sabres 1
BUFFALO, N.Y. Peter Budaj stopped 14 shots, and the Montreal Canadiens clinched a playoff berth and regained the Northeast Division lead with a 5-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night.
P.K. Subban and Andrei Markov had a goal and assist each, and Rene Bourque, Alex Galchenyuk and Brendan Gallagher also scored for the Canadiens.
In earning its fourth postseason berth in five years, Montreal is returning to the playoffs after bottoming out last year, when the Canadiens finished last in the Eastern Conference.
Montreal (26-9-5) also jumped back atop the Northeast, one point ahead of Boston, which was beaten 2-1 by the New York Islanders.
Budaj had his shutout bid snapped 6:45 into the third period when Brian Flynn scored a short-handed goal by capping a 2-on-0 break.
Senators 3, Flyers
PHILADELPHIA Colin Greening scored the go-ahead goal late in the third period, and the Ottawa Senators snapped a five-game losing streak with a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.
Flyers forward Claude Giroux was hit with a double-minor penalty for high-sticking with 6:07 left. Greening buried a wrister past Ilya Bryzgalov for his eighth goal seconds later for the 2-1 lead.
The Senators won for the first time since March 28. They had lost the first four games of a seven-game trip and claimed sixth place in the Eastern Conference. They are tied in points with the New York Islanders, two points in front of the eighth-place New York Rangers.
Daniel Alfredsson scored an empty-net goal with 6.9 seconds left. Zack Smith also scored for Ottawa.
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Phillip E. Hart
Phillip Edward Hart, 54, a resident of Beverly, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2013, in Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown.
He was born May 8, 1958, in Elkins, a son of the late Logan and Ella Weese Hart.
On June 27, 1981, in Elkins, he was married to Laura Quinn Hart, who survives at Beverly.
Also surviving are two daughters, Meagunn Quinn Hart, Taipei, Taiwan, and Jenny Brooke Hart, of Beverly; and one sister, Betty New and husband, Charlie, of Mill Creek.
Phil was a graduate of Elkins High School and was employed by the West Virginia Office of Technology as a computer technician for state agencies.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 27, from the funeral home chapel with Pastor Kent Price officiating. Interment will follow in the Elkins Memorial Gardens on the Country Club Road near Elkins.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Rosenbaum Family House, PO Box 8228, Morgantown, WV 26506-8228 in memory of Phil.
Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in charge of the arrangements for Phillip Edward Hart. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.tomblynfuneralhome.com.


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Hey, nice! So yet another institutional ANAList finally admits, DemocRAT, RePUG, it's just two sides of the same war-crimes coin. It's all propaganda kabuki anyway ... meantime, the 99% get screwed ever-more expansively in the butt while the world's 1% private bank-owned, corporate oligarchy gets perpetually bailed out by an impoverished public via their wholesale bought-out congressional slave/whores every time.
Oh, and that "If-I'm-elected" check that BarryHO told me to take to the bank? Well instead, he doubled-down on the Shrub's war-crimes and false-flag invasions! That "I'll close GITMO" bank draft bounced ... insufficient funds, and no goddam integrity.
By every honest assessment, BarryHO is now sustaining Dubya's fourth term, and he's doing it more viciously than that white boy could have ever dreamed.
A bit more on the ever-bankable BarryHO:
As if more proof is needed, here's additional info revealing that BarryHO is worse than Bush (the cognitively-dissonant quality of being more evil than Satan?).


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Skip to comments.This is Not a Magazine about Republicans or Democrats But About a War We Have to Win
Posted on 11/01/2004 1:10:12 PM PST by PJBlogger
This is Not a Magazine about Republicans or Democrats But About a War We Have to Win By David Horowitz FrontPageMagazine.com | November 1, 2004
I have received emails from readers asking why I continue to post Andrew Sullivans blog on this website and others demanding that I remove it at once. I have not done that and have no intention of doing so. First, this website is not devoted to Republican politics. It is devoted to the war against terror and the war against the fifth column adversaries of this country and supporters of our enenmies abroad. This fifth column is made up of individuals like Michael Moore who consider our terrorist enemies freedom fighters and patriots and who want them to win. It could include former President Jimmy Carter, an ex-president who seems never to have met a foreign dictator he didnt like and trust, and who along with Al Gore is responsible for ending a fifty year tradition of bi-partisanship in foreign policy in this country breaking ranks in the middle of a war. Accepting a Nobel Prize that was designed as a rebuke to a sitting American president in a time of war reveals a failure of judgment and a failure basic loyalty to this country and its citizens who are presently under terrorist attack that should bury Jimmy Carters name in everlasting disgrace. He is the self-selected leader of the fencesitters in this momentous hour of our destiny, unable to decide whom to fear more: Osama bin Laden or George Bush.
Andrew Sullivan has supported John Kerry for president in this election (his editorial can be read following this one). Andrew regards Kerry as the lesser of two risks. Andrews endorsement has elicited a number of emails to this site renewing the calls for his excommunication. Readers of FrontPage who feel this way, and those who dont, need to bear in mind two things. First this election is not a referendum on whether to retreat or surrender in the war on terror, as it would have been if the candidate had been Howard Dean or the John Kerry of the primary season. As a result of Kerrys final and oh so cynical -- turnaround in the general election, it is about who will fight the war on terror more ferociously and more efficiently. We can live with this choice.
Second, this is a season of poisoned politics and fierce divisions, which Jimmy Carter and Al Gore, as I have explained in Unholy Alliance have a lot to answer for. When our country is so divided in the midst of war, it is important that we keep the faith with those Americans who agree with us on the need for victory but disagree on who is the candidate to achieve that. We should extend this faith to all those Americans who love this country, including Democrats who have been confused in the last year and a half by a treacherous leadership and Republicans who do not understand the centrality of Iraq to the war on terror. These Republicans mistakenly believe that the war in Iraq is a distraction from the war on terror. They are joined by conservatives who are suspicious of nation building, but have yet to suggest how a conservative policy that would have left Saddam in power could have contained the Islamic threat. These are patriots and belong in our camp.
There are worthy Democrat who belong there too. Joe Lieberman should have been the Democrats candidate for President. Dick Gephardt would have made an equally worthy leader. Both have been models of principle as potential leaders of the opposition, but have been silenced by the stampede of their party from the common purpose and its frenzy of hatred against the incumbent George Bush.
Andrew Sullivan a sometime Democrat and sometime Republican -- has been one of the most forthright and insightful defenders of the war on terror generally and the war on Iraq in particular, and for this the nation is in his debt. He has a fine grasp of the achievements of President Bush in this war, which are on display even in his endorsement of the Democratic candidate, odd as that may sound and seem. But then this is an political season of odd passions and opinions.
In criticizing Bush for the Abu Ghraib embarrassment, Andrew has fallen prey to the massive campaign of sabotage of the war effort that has been conducted by the political left. CBS and the New York Times are the culprits in the exploitation of Abu Ghraib for the forces that are seeking to weaken us in the war on terror, not the President. Abu Ghraib was a minor if regrettable incident of the kind that happens in all wars. It was blown out of proportion by a leftist media that is more ready to confront George Bush than to confront Saddam Hussein or Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. That is the harsh but inescapable truth.
The sabotage against Americas war effort conducted by Howard Dean, Ted Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, Michael Moore, the editors of the New York Times and most metropolitan news media is the most disgraceful episode in the history of American wars, bar none. Never before in our history has half the nation been taken out of a war in the midst of a war that we were winning and that we have to win. How many of the errors attributed to President Bush by Andrew and others that is attributable to the existence of this knife at his back, will take historians decades to sort out. The fact is that no President can be expected to fight a war with one hand tied behind him and one eye looking over his left shoulder without committing tactical blunders. (If I take Fallujah and there are civilian casualties and a Muslim backlash, how will this be exploited by my unscrupulous political enemies in the opposition camp?)
On the other hand, the President has blundered in one particular way that cannot be attributed to his internal foes. He has failed to sell the war adequately to the American people and to defend his left flank. In the presidential television debates, for example, he chided Senator Kerry for saying the war in Iraq was the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time. This confuses people the President said. It does more than that, Mr. President. If you are 18 or 19 and risking your young life in Najaf or Fallujah, surrounded by terrorists who want to kill you and get into heaven, and the leader of the Democratic Party says you shouldnt be there in the first place, it does more than confuse you. It demoralizes you. It saps your will to fight. It gets you killed.
John Kerry, Michael Moore, the New York Times and CNN are getting Americans killed in Iraq and risking a terrorist catastrophe here at home, because of their pathological hatred of George Bush. And the President should be saying so. This Bush hatred is really a hatred of country in some cases (Michael Moore) and a pathological distrust of country in others (Kerry, the New York Times). The reason why Kerry should be defeated in this election is to deny these America haters and America distrusters a victory, to strike a blow at them.
But if John Kerry is elected he will not be an anti-war President. He will have to fight the war in Iraq and disappoint his anti-American allies on the left, who want us to lose. No sitting American President can back off this fight. We are in a war that we have to win and that we cannot leave, as we could in Vietnam. But Kerry will fight the war badly, not just because he does not understand it, or because to fight he will have to go against the grain of his record of thirty years of anti-military attitudes and his appeasement of our Communist enemies. He will fight the war badly because he is a man of extremely bad character, perhaps the worst presidential candidate in this regard ever. As a young man, he went to a war he didnt believe and returned to betray his country and his comrades in arms; as a candidate in this election he has turned his view of the war 180 degrees around for a political calculation and jeopardized the lives of young men and women on the field of battle for political gain. This makes him not only the risky candidate, but the untrustworthy and reprehensible one.
David Horowitz is the author of Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam and the American Left, Regnery, October 2004.
My man David comes through!
I heard him speak in person. His speech was very long, but he was right on. A great American supporting another great American.
Yeah - This is equivalent to Barbara Streisand endorsing F'ing.
Jimmy Carter should have his citizenship stripped and be sent into exile. Maybe he could fill in for Yassir while he is on his convalescent leave? As for Sullivan's endorsement of Kerry, I believe it is nothing more than a fit of pique over the President's support of heterosexual marriage.
IF Davey-boy really believes this, then he isn't NEARLY as bright and perspicacious as I thought he was. John Kerry CAN AND WILL appease the left and withdraw from Iraq as soon after his inauguration as he can develop an excuse to do so.
I like Horowitz, but this statement is complete wrong.
Kerry is an anti-war President, and the vigorous prosecution of the war ends with his Inauguration. Period.
You folks out there don't realize it, but you are voting for the future of America tomorrow. If John Kerry wins, Osama bin Laden and his Arab terrorists will have won the war against the United States. I can assure you that once John Kerry is President we will immediately return to the America of Bill Clinton and his ilk and start following a pre 911 course of action, which means no action. Oh, everything will look rosy and the Arab terrorists will even moderate and behave. But, it is all an act. They will set the trap and spring it when retard Kerry and his boys least expect it. The attack will be here in the USA and it will be massive. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions of Americans will die. I know this sounds like doomsday, but if you just follow the terrorist strategy, you will see that it leads to two places, the destruction of the state of Israel and the destruction of the United States of America. Any American voter that has, or is voting for John Kerry has voted for Osama bin Laden and their own doom!!! You know, you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink. God help America!!! Lord, forgive these Democrat, Liberal, Traitor fools, they know not what they do!!!
And Horowitz one of the best weapons/allies that our side has. Thank goodness he saw the light so many years ago (his autobiography "Radical Son" is a great read!)
David H. nails it once again. Kerry is a man of extremely bad character and if elected, the country will suffer for it.
There are quite a few, actually. Christopher Hitchens has endorsed Bush and so has Ron Radosh and Peter Collier, too.
And if you're eighteen or nineteen and voting for the first time, Kerry has a SECRET PLAN to institute the DRAFT asap. He's going to put another 40,000 troops in Iraq to bring the war to a quick end. Where's he going to get those troops? France and Germany won't contribute. Mandatory military service is the answer. Everyone 18 and older, girls and boys, hello armed forces for four years. He'd throw you into Iraq or some other country the army will have to feed as a meals on wheels organization...how Kerry envisions the military. Like friendly Somalia.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Jimmy Carter's stupidity started Iran and the rest of the M.E. down the path to Islamofascism. The families of the 9/11 victims should sue Carter for damages.
I know, but after 8 years of Clinton, you'd think the Romans would've gotten a move on...... (no pun intended).
Agreed. One must be patient, though. Heck, I voted for the traitor Jimmy Carter back in the day. And then compounded that faux pas by voting for John Anderson.
Sometimes it takes awhile for the scales to fall from the eyes.
Yes, Kerry is an antiwar president, but even he knows we have to fix up some sort of face saving arrangement in Iraq before bolting home with our tail between our legs. So he'll declare peace after going on his hands and knees to the UN and asking them to help arrange peace talks. And then he needs 40,000 new troops to help keep that 'peace'. So he'll draft 18 and 19 year olds who've just been foolish enough to vote for him. They'll end up as cannon fodder and wonder what the heck happened. Stupid is as stupid does, and if Kerry's elected because droves of airhead college kids voted for him, they'll end up in Iraq or Haiti or Somalia or the Sudan. And they'll deserve it.
Let's just hope that we aren't at the end of Rome. After all, Clinton is considered the Ozark Caligula.
You are so right. Kerry as president will mean death to hundreds of thousands if not millions of Americans. But first, he'll play out the peace at any price game with bin Laden, et. al. We will give up freedom and sovereignty to these cave dwelling ignoramuses. Inch by inch, they'll take over this country until Islam rules. Taliban redux. But by then Kerry and the missus and Edwards and that fat harridan he's married to will have fled to Capri or the Cayman Islands. We'll have to fight a determined, brainwashed, homicidal enemy entrenched among us, and it won't be a walk in the park.
Not to worry. If you read James Taranto over on WSJ online, he regularly posts about the Roe effect; our girls have far fewer abortions than the dems. Thus, we are compounding our base while they are decimating thiers.
I have done my duty with providing three future Republicans.
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