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What is ADE?
ADE, or the Association for Development through Education, is a small non-profit dedicated to serving the villages of San Rafael and the surrounding communities in rural Costa Rica, about one hour north of the capital of San Jose. Specifically, ADE is working to support educational initiatives for community members of all ages.
ADE Strategy:
ADE strives to completely immerse itself into the community it is serving so that the members of San Rafael view the ADE team as 'locals,' despite different backgrounds. ADE's goal is to follow servant leadership principles to inspire and support local community members, both spiritually and educationally. The desire is to help develop these local individuals to serve both their communities and eventually be sent to serve other areas of the world.
Unlike many other non-profit organizations, ADE does not seek financial support. ADE believes both the local community and itself are resource rich and can offer their local assets to the global community. This method allows for self-sufficiency and sustainability rather than reliance upon outside funding, enabling the community and ADE to provide for themselves.
ADE Local Initiatives:
- On February 10, 2010, a 7th-11th grade school was opened for students from San Rafael and the surrounding communities. A census taken by ADE indicates a 90% dropout rate after 6th grade for members of the region. ADE's intention is to offer a high-quality, bilingual education so more students choose to continue their education and develop into community leaders. As payment for the first month of education, all students were required to volunteer 16 hours of service to refurbish the school. This initiative was designed so students can take real ownership and pride over their school.
ADE Cooperative Store- After the earthquake, the local store closed and was never reopened. Currently, locals must travel by taxi and bus to the city of Alajuela to purchase many foods. ADE will establish and manage a small grocery store to save local community members expensive trips to the city, create jobs, and provide a small source of income for the school. Initial feedback from the community suggests such a store will be received favorably. While initially this store will be managed by ADE, it is our hope to gradually transfer ownership of the store to the community as a whole.
ADE Adult Education-Local adults constantly request ways to further their education, as almost all have less than a 7th grade education. ADE is working to offer English, computer courses, and other practical instruction for the adults in these local communities. Additionally, ADE is planning to create the first local public library.
Other Initiatives- ADE is organizing an inter-village soccer league, as children and adults currently have few opportunities for organized outdoor education and activities, despite their abundant surroundings.
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Hollywood 'sex with teens ring': Bryan Singer's accuser names more names
Man who alleges he was abused as a teenager by X-Men films director Bryan Singer says other entertainment figures also molested him
A man who has accused X-Men director Bryan Singer of sexually abusing him when he was a teenager has sued three more entertainment industry figures, claiming they also molested him.
The allegations in the latest lawsuits filed by Michael Egan on Monday are substantially similar to his legal action against Singer. That lawsuit accuses the director of abusing him between the ages of 15 and 17 in Los Angeles and Hawaii.
Egan claims he was lured into a sex ring run by Marc Collins-Rector, a former digital entertainment company executive, with promises of auditions for acting, modelling and commercial jobs.
He was put on the company's payroll as an actor and forced to have sex with adult men at parties within Hollywood's entertainment industry, the lawsuit said.
Collins-Rector pleaded guilty in 2004 to transporting five minors across state lines to have sex.
Monday's lawsuits were filed in a US federal court in Hawaii against former Fox television executive Garth Ancier, theatre producer Gary Wayne Goddard, and David Neuman, a former television executive with Disney. Egan is seeking more than US$10 million in damages.
Ancier, Goddard and Neuman could not be reached to comment on Monday.
The lawsuits were filed in Hawaii under a law that temporarily suspends the statute of limitations in civil sex abuse cases.
Singer's attorney Marty Singer, who is not a relative, denied the director abused Egan, calling the allegations defamatory. He said the director was not in Hawaii when Egan says he was abused and was, instead, in Canada working on production for the first X-Men film.
None of the men has been criminally charged and the statute of limitations for any such charges has passed.
Egan, 31, appeared at a press conference on Monday with his mother, Bonnie Mound, who tearfully described her efforts to report alleged abuses to the FBI in 1999 and 2000.
She said she wrote several letters to FBI agents in Los Angeles and Washington urging them to take action, and questioned why the letters and information provided by her son did not result in criminal charges.
The FBI has said it could not discuss specifically what Egan told them,
However, the agency denied last week that it had ignored any information about Singer.
"The suggestion that the FBI ignored a minor victim, or evidence involving the sexual victimisation of a child, is ludicrous," FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said.
Mound denied her son's lawsuits were motivated by anything other than holding the defendants accountable.
"It's not about money," Mound said, breaking down in tears.
Egan said he spent several years masking his pain by drinking. He stopped drinking within the past year, entered therapy and looked for a lawyer who would pursue a case.
Jeff Herman, Egan's attorney, said he had spent six months investigating before filing the lawsuits.
However, he acknowledged he did not have all the investigative files or Singer's records, which might show that the film director was not in Hawaii at the time of the allegation.
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Report: EU authorities ready to accept Apple, publishers settlement in ebook price fixing investigation
According to a new report from Reuters, EU authorities are about to accept a deal with Apple and four book publishers in order to end an antitrust investigation into whether Apple conspired with publishers to prevent Amazon from undercutting Apple's ebook pricing. The companies originally proposed the settlement in late August, and it would see Amazon go back to its original ebook pricing for two years. By making the deal, Apple and the publishers will be able to put an end to the antirust investigation and avoid related fines:
Apple, Simon & Schuster, News Corp unit HarperCollins, Lagardere SCA's Hachette Livre, and Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck, the owner of German company Macmillan, made the proposal to the European Commission in September…Pearson Plc's Penguin group, which is also under investigation, did not take part in the offer.
HarperCollins Stories October 14, 2012
Earlier this week, Amazon began letting customers know if they were eligible for a share of the $69 million state attorney settlements with Hachette, HarperCollins, and Simon and Schuster. Today, Apple started notifying iBooks customers, who bought an iBook from April 1, 2010 to May 21, 2012, of the same payout.
The payout will be dispersed as Kindle/iBooks credit or customers can call a number to request a check for delivery in February.
Notably, if you purchased the Steve Jobs eBook bio from Simon and Schuster on iBooks or Amazon, you should receive this notice.
To be clear, this is separate from the Federal price-fixing case surrounding Apple and some publishers. Barnes and Noble and other eBook distributors are likely doing the same thing. The Amazon version is below:
HarperCollins Stories August 16, 2012
The U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement in April with three of the publishers involved in the eBook price-fixing antitrust suit against Apple. Hachette, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster were part of the settlement, which would allow Amazon to return to its previous wholesale model and the publishers to set and reduce prices for eBook titles freely. PaidContent provided an update today on the case by reporting Apple has filed a document with the Southern District of New York. It called the proposed settlements with the three publishers "fundamentally unfair, unlawful, and unprecedented." Apple argued that since it is not settling, the settlement would unlawfully end contracts those publishers have with Apple.
The proposed settlement would require the three settling publishers — HarperCollins, Hachette and Simon & Schuster — to terminate their existing agency pricing contracts with Apple. Apple says that isn't fair: "The Government is seeking to impose a remedy on Apple before there has been any finding of an antitrust violation." This case, the company states, revolves around "an alleged conspiracy to force Amazon to adopt agency." So a settlement "enjoining collusion or precluding publishers from forcing agency on Amazon would be appropriate," but Apple is entitled to defend its contracts in court.
Apple is hoping the courts decide to reject the settlements or delay a ruling until after the June 2013 trial. Apple also discussed Amazon' role in the case. It claimed the government has "unwittingly placed a thumb on the scales in favor of Amazon": expand full story
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Cue on agency model: 'I don't think you understand. We can't treat newspapers or magazines any differently than we treat FarmVille."
By now you probably know that the U.S. Department of Justice launched an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and two publishers this month following an investigation into Apple's eBook pricing agency model. Three publishers, including Hachette, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster, decided to reach a settlement with the Department of Justice to return to Amazon's set-your-own price wholesale model. Meanwhile, Apple, Macmillan, and Penguin will take the fight to court.
Interestingly, a report from The Wall Street Journal, which is owned by the HarperCollins' parent company News Corp, suggested Apple was only ever trying to continue its App Store business model. The Wall Street Journal's L. Gordon Crovitz described visiting Senior Apple Executive Eddy Cue to discuss changing Apple's policies for publications. He quoted Cue as comparing book pricing to apps and not wanting to treat publications differently than app developers: expand full story


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A closer look at the Patriots' decision to sign OL Robert Gallery
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The addition of Robert Gallery to the Patriots' offensive line gives New England a veteran presence up front, as well as some positional versatility going forward.
Gallery, a 31-year-old who has been in the league for eight seasons (seven with the Raiders and one with the Seahawks), was the second overall pick in the 2004 draft out of Iowa. The 6-foot-7, 325-pounder has played both tackle and guard over the course of his career — some believe he's actually a better fit at guard — and gives the Patriots' some positional versatility.
Two things stand out to be about this move: First, with the exception of Brian Waters, who was added to the mix prior to the start of last season and had a dynamite year, the Patriots prefer to draft their offensive linemen, building that position from within as opposed to adding in free agency. Second, it's likely Bill Belichick consulted with pal Kirk Ferentz before making the move. Belichick and Ferentz go way back (Ferentz was an assistant to Belichick in Cleveland), and Gallery played for Ferentz when he was at Iowa.
(In that same vein, we were reminded by ESPN Boston's Mike Reiss of Belichick's 2004 pre-draft press conference. When he was asked who he would take if he had the No. 1 overall pick, he said Gallery.)
It's going to be interesting to see how all this shakes out once players filter back to Foxboro for offseason workouts. Waters and left tackle Matt Light have both floated the idea of retirement, and if they do decide to hang them up, Gallery could see a dramatically increased role with New England in 2012 if he does stick with the team.
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Tonight, Chicago's RSVP Gallery announced that Don C's hat line, the JUST★DON® for RSVP Gallery, are now available for presale. 10 snapbacks were posted on RSVP's site, and as of press time only three were still available. This is an impressive feat as the pricetag for the cap is a staggering $400 + tax. Gasp!
The official release for the caps are 8/8/11 – the same day as Watch The Throne drops. Coincidence? I think not.
Speaking of WTT, with only a week until the album drops, it appears the promo campaign is now kicking into high gear. Today I caught the first snipe in the City:Andrew Barber Andrew Barber 1
When the New York Times comes calling, you know you're on to something. Apparently the brass at the Times caught wind of the band, and did a feature on the young collective. Bravo. This is serious b.i., right here.
Vic Mensa was so determined to get into Lollapalooza last year that he tried jumping a fence near some downtown train tracks, brushed against an electrical transformer powering the trains, fell 25 feet to the ground and wound up in the hospital.
He will be back at Lollapalooza on Friday — but this time as a performer.
Mr. Mensa, 18, belongs to the band Kids These Days, which will play on the first day of the festival. This group of eight Chicago musicians, four from Whitney Young High School, may be new, but the task ahead is as old as rock 'n' roll: striving for stardom, writing new music, building an audience and negotiating their way into a fragmented and bottom-line music business.
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I'm looking to install frost-free sillcocks at my house. Can anyone recommend a good brand? Thanks.
I like the Legend 1/4 turn valves, but they had some issues with them a few years back, specifically the ceramic cartridges getting corroded and leaking. I probably replaced a dozen of them over the last year or so. That said, they are easy to fix if you can find replacement cartridges, or you can buy a new one and take the cartridge out of it. I'll install just about any brand but Arrow and Woodford, those brands have proprietary parts that can be very hard to find
A few things keep in mind when installing and using freeze-resistant hose bibs, based on problems I see at home and water intrusion inspections here in Chicago:
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Following in the tradition of previous Blizzard expansion sets, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne provides gamers with a vast new chapter in the epic Warcraft saga. In the single-player campaign, players revisit the war-torn world of Azeroth. Several months have passed since Archimonde and the Burning Legion were defeated at the battle of Mount Hyjal, yet a new threat has arisen throughout the land...
- One new Hero per race, each possessing powerful spells and magical abilities.
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We find ourselves at an interesting point in the evolution of the Internet. Advances in technology have put us at the crossroads of a truly integrated, multichannel approach to marketing where messages are converging across the channels, including e-mail, mobile devices, and social media. Demonstrating an understanding of your customers' wants, needs, and preferences has become essential to a successful communications strategy and for building trust with your audience, yet many marketers lack this basic knowledge – information that could be easily obtained simply by asking for it.
One of my favorite movie quotes that I have always found applicable to our industry is from the movie "Arthur" (not the aardvark or the Russell Brand reboot). At one point in the movie he says, "Aren't waiters wonderful? You ask them for things and they bring them." Folks, it's really that simple. Give your customers the opportunity to tell you what they want and bring it to them. Preference centers are an ideal way to get this information.
Currently, most preference centers are focused around e-mail communications. What type of information do you want to get, when do you want to get it, and what format do you want it in? While this is important, it's only a small part of knowing how your customers want to interact with you. For example, they may not want any e-mail communication from you but will follow you closely on Facebook and then go to your website to make a purchase. Sending e-mail to that person (and like others) will at best result in a non-responsive message. Cumulatively it will taint your IP reputation and negatively affect your relationship with the ISPs.
As communication channels evolve, so too should your preference center. This is the perfect opportunity to educate your customers, and in turn, be educated by them. Consumers want marketers to demonstrate knowledge of their interests, the types of products or services they like, the kinds of offers they want, and importantly, their communication and shopping preferences. In fact, you may well find they'll accept more frequent messaging in return for honoring these preferences. The preference center is the vehicle to tell them about and get permission for things like:
- Product categories. Most consumers want marketers to know what products or services they like. Marketers must ask for this information in their preference centers, and can even improve the ability to capture it by placing a bookmark capture function, such as "Add this category to my preferences" on product description pages.
- Message type. Does your consumer like offers and discounts? Product recommendations based on items they've purchased? Surveys or other interactive activities? Rich media like video? New product announcements? Personal alerts or follow-up messages? Make sure you find out the types of messaging they're most likely to engage with and combine that knowledge with their preferences for channel type and frequency.
- Communication channels. Provide greater options for consumers to choose the manner in which you interact with them, for example, e-mail, mobile, or social messaging. Until unlimited data plans are ubiquitous and it doesn't cost a consumer extra to receive your texts, it is extremely important to gain permission to send SMS messages to them. Further, there are channels and tactics you may not even have considered using yet, like IM (which Facebook Messages employs), or behavioral retargeting messages. With all the talk about Do-Not-Track, now is the time to get to know your customers, their preferences, and the types of communications they'll opt in for.
- Frequency. Survey your subscribers about message frequency and ask them within the preference center how often they want to receive messages on a monthly or weekly basis. You can even manage frequency by message type. For example, marketers could increase frequency when soliciting product review data or alerting subscribers that a new review had been posted to the website.
The preference centers of the future will play an essential role in establishing a 360-degree view of your customer, providing the customer intelligence needed to deliver the right message to the right person at the right time – through the right channels. This doesn't mean you will abandon channels; rather you will use each in the most effective and integrated way.
The industry continues to evolve toward more targeted, relevant messaging mapped to consumer preferences. From an e-mail perspective in particular, this will drastically reduce bounces and complaints and increase engagement metrics, which translates to good IP reputation and ultimately delivery to an inbox. It comes down to giving the people what they want in the channel they want it – an approach that's a win-win for your customers, ISPs, and marketers.
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Bioengineering students from around the world converged on MIT this weekend in what has become an annual ritual in synthetic biology--iGEM, the international genetically engineered machines competition. Among the finalists this year were "GluColi", a new generation of glue made by bacteria, a biological version of an LCD screen made of yeast, and multicolored menagerie of bacteria that might ultimately become part of a biological system designed to change color in response to toxins or other target compounds, providing an easy-to-read warning system.
By combining snippets of DNA, dubbed biological "parts", students build microbes designed to performuseful functions, such as producing medicines or detecting toxins. Each year "parts" built for the competition are entered into a biological library, so that next year's teams can use them to build even more sophisticated machines. As iGEM co-founder and MIT bioengineer Tom Knight explained in a previous piece, "The key idea here is to develop a library of composable parts which we think of in the same way as Lego blocks. These parts can be assembled into more-complex pieces, which in many cases are functional when inserted into living cells."
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Howard has double-double, Rockets down Magic 101-89
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ong> - James Harden scored 31 points, including 25 in the second half, and the Houston Rockets dug out of a double-digit, first-half hole to beat the Orlando Magic 101-89 on Wednesday night.
The Rockets dominated inside, outscoring the Magic 58-26 in the paint. Dwight Howard added 19 points and 14 rebounds in his second trip to Orlando to face his former team.
Houston trailed in the second quarter by as many as 14 points, but battled back to win for the 13th time in 15 outings.
Arron Afflalo led the Magic with 18 points. The Magic dropped to 0-2 this season against the Rockets.
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TERRA HAUTE, Ind. – Saturday morning on the campus of Indiana State, the Northern Arizona cross country teams took part in the Pre-Nationals Invitational. In the first race of the morning, the second-ranked men's squad finished third overall (115) in the "blue" race behind No. 7 Oregon (79) and No. 3 Alabama (114). The No. 27 women's team took to the course nearly two hours after the men and finished 14th overall.
Interim Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Eric Heins knows that any team in the top 10 is capable of winning the national championship in a month, and today's men's race was a perfect example.
"It was a solid effort," Heins said. "We came into it trying to put ourselves into position to win the race, and I think we did that. We were leading the race at the 5k mark, but dropped off towards the end."
The Lumberjacks received another strong effort from junior standout Jordan Chipangama. The Zambia native finished third overall in a time of 23:47 in the 8,000m event. Diego Estrada followed up Chipangama's effort with a strong one of his own, finishing fourth overall in a season-best time of 23:49. The top-five finishes by Chipangama and Estrada mark the third time in three races they have finished within the top-five slots.
Junior Ben Ashkettle recorded a season-best time of 24:10 in just his second race of the year to go along with his 16th place finish. Finishing 39th overall for the Lumberjacks was sophomore Ahmed Osman (24:35.7) and junior Jason Pedersen rounded out the scoring with a 53rd place finish (24:43)
Also racing Saturday for the men's squad was junior All-American David McNeill, who finished 61st in his first race of the season (24:48). Sophomore Andrew Belus finished 92nd in a season-best time of 25:05.3.
The women's squad was led by senior Veronica Pohl, who finished the race 16th overall in a time of 21:03 in the 6,000m event. It was Pohl's first race since she finished first at the Aztec Invitational Sept. 19.
"The thing about cross country is that it is a team sport," Heins said. "You can have individuals run well, but in order to be successful you need a team effort. Veronica put herself in the mix in that top group and finished really high. Astrid ran her guts out and Kortnee and Haley both ran solid races compared to where they finished last year. There were some good things to take away from the race, but overall it was disappointing."
Sophomore Kortnee Burton (21:50) and junior Astrid Leutert (21:56) finished 76th and 81st respectively. Following closely was sophomore Haley Lawrence (21:58), who finished 85th. Freshman Torin Shriver (22:27) and senior Nell Rojas (22:33) rounded out the runners for the Lumberjacks Saturday.
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@d1v4d Maybe, ...Just Maybe .Lol
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@stripesmarine, challenge accepted.
I hope this dude sees this and challenge me by himself. I'll have it noted down for the release. I also added Erebus Ascension's FB page(but it's rather ok to create a page, rather than an individual FB page?).
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I like the clan noise thats being made hope its not just noise and we can actually throwdown
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Hmm...looks like we're gonna have an uphill battle on our hands. Some legit clans already forming...I'm gonna go ahead and say we'll be recruiting and we've been known to take over non-shooter games for the past several years. Heavy recruiting will begin soon but applications are being honored. See link below.
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My clan members don't even use this forum. But there will only be a MAX of 4 of us. I don't want anymore.
SirCrush, if your team has a facebook page, I'll gladly follow with my team's account. Also, on your home page it says "SirCrusg" not "SirCrush". Just thought it was a typ-o and I'd let you know.
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@Nihonjintomoko I Wish You The Best Of Luck On 'Qualification' Day !
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With more than one million copies in print, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was the surprise publishing phenomenon of 2009. A bestseller on three continents, PPZ has been translated into 21 languages and optioned to become a major motion picture.
In this terrifying and hilarious prequel, we witness the genesis of the zombie plague in early-nineteenth-century England. We watch Elizabeth Bennet evolve from a naïve young teenager into a savage slayer of the undead. We laugh as she begins her first clumsy training with nunchucks and katana swords and cry when her first blush with romance goes tragically awry. Written by acclaimed novelist (and Edgar Award nominee) Steve Hockensmith, Dawn of the Dreadfuls invites Austen fans to step back into Regency England, Land of the Undead!
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Dawn of the Dreadfuls
By STEVE HOCKENSMITH
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Chapter OneWALKING OUT in the middle of a funeral would be, of course, bad form. So attempting to walk out on one's own was beyond the pale.
When the service began, Mr. Ford was as well behaved as any corpse could be expected to be. In fact, he lay stretched out on the bier looking almost as stiff and expressionless in death as he had in life, and Oscar Bennet, gazing upon his not-so-dearly departed neighbor, could but think to himself. You lucky sod.
It was Mr. Bennet who longed to escape the church then, and the black oblivion of death seemed infinitely preferable to the torments he was suffering. At the pulpit, the Reverend Mr. Cummings was reading (and reading and reading and reading) from the Book of Common Prayer with all the verve and passion of a man mumbling in his sleep, while the pews were filled with statues-the good people of Meryton, Hertfordshire, competing to see who could remain motionless the longest while wearing the most somber look of solemnity.
This contest had long since been forfeited by one party in particular: Mr. Bennet's. Mrs. Bennet couldn't resist sharing her (insufficiently) whispered appraisal of the casket's handles and plaque. ("Brass? For shame! Why, Mrs. Morrison had gold last week, and her people don't have two guineas to rub together.") Lydia and Kitty, the youngest of the Bennets' five daughters, were ever erupting into titters for reasons known only to themselves. Meanwhile, the middle daughter, fourteen-year-old Mary, resisted on loudly shushing her giggling sisters no matter how many times her reproaches were ignored, for she considered herself second only to the Reverend Mr. Cummings-and perhaps Christ Himself-as Meryton's foremost arbiter of virtue.
At least the Bennets' eldest, Jane, was as serene and sweet countenanced as ever, even if her dress was a trifle heavy on décolletage for a funeral. ("Display my dear, display!" Mrs. Bennet had harped at her that morning. "Lord Lumpley might be there!") And, of course, Mr. Bennet knew he need fear no embarrassment from Elizabeth, second to Jane in age and beauty but first in spirit and wit. He leaned forward to look down the pew at her, his favorite-and found her gaping at the front of the church, a look of horror on her face.
Mr. Bennet followed her line of sight. What he saw was a luxury, hard won and now so easily taken for granted: a man about to be buried with his head still on his shoulders.
That head, though-wasn't there more of a loll to the left to it now? Weren't the lips drawn more taut, and the eyelids less so? In fact, weren't those eyes even now beginning to-
Yes. Yes, they were.
Mr. Bennet felt an icy cold reside him where there should have been fire, and his tingling fingers fumbled for the hilt of a sword that wasn't there.
Mr. Ford sat up and opened his eyes.
The first person to leap into action was Mrs. Bennet. Unfortunately, the action she leapt to was shrieking loud enough to wake the dead (presuming any in the vicinity were still sleeping) and wrapping herself around her husband with force sufficient to snap a man with less backbone in two.
"Get a hold of yourself, woman!" Mr. Bennet said.
She merely maintained her hold on him, though, her redoubled bowls sparking Kitty and Lydia to similar hysterics.
At the front of the church, Mrs. Ford staggered to her feet and started toward the bier.
"Martin!" she cried. "Martin, my beloved, you're alive!"
"I think not, Madam!" Mr. Bennet called out (while placing a firm hand over his wife's mouth). "If someone would restrain the lady, please!"
Most of the congregation was busy screeching or fleeing or both at once, yet a few hardy souls managed to grab Mrs. Ford before she could shower her newly returned husband with kisses.
"Thank you!" Mr. Bennet said.
He spent the next moments trying to disentangle himself from his wife's clutches. When he found he couldn't, he simply stepped sideways into the aisle, dragging her with him.
"I will be walking that way, Mrs. Bonnet." He jerked his head at Mr. Ford, who was struggling to haul himself out of his casket. "If you choose to join me, so be it."
Mrs. Bennet let go and, after carefully checking to make sure Jane was still behind her, swooned backward into her eldest daughter's arms.
"Get her out of here," Mr. Bennet told Jane. "Lydia and Kitty, as well."
He turned his attention then to the next two girls down the pew: Elizabeth and Mary. The latter was deep in conversation with her younger sisters.
"The dreadfuls have returned!" Kitty screamed.
"Calm yourself, sister," Mary said, her voice dead. She was either keeping a cool head or had retreated into catatonia, it was hard to tell which. "We should not be hasty in our judgments."
"Hasty? Hasty?" Lydia pointed at the very undead Mr. Ford. "He's sitting up in his coffin!'"
Mary stared back at her blankly. "We don't know he's a dreadful, though."
But Elizabeth did know Mr. Bennet could see it in her eyes-because now she was staring at him.
She didn't grasp the whole truth of it. How could she, when he'd been forced to keep it from her for so long? Yet this much would be obvious to a clear-thinking, level-headed girl like her: The dreadfuls had returned, and there was more to be done about it than scream. More her father intended to do.
What she couldn't have guessed-couldn't have possibly dreamed-was that she herself would be part of the doing.
"Elizabeth," Mr. Bennet said. "Mary If you would come with me, please."
And he turned away and started toward the altar.
Toward the zombie.
Chapter TwoAT FIRST, it wasn't just difficult for Elizabeth to follow her father. It was impossible.
With her mother aswoon at one end of the pew and Kitty and Lydia shrieking hysterically at the other, both paths to the aisle were blocked. Elizabeth and Jane couldn't reduce them to any movement more gainful than mere flailing, and eventually Mary resorted to a sobering slap across Kitty's cheek. The gambit actually paid off to this extent: Kitty stopped screaming and tried to slap her back.
A moan from the front of the church broke up the tussle. It started low, almost literally so, as if bubbling up from the depths of the earth, a distant wail from Hell itself. Then it built to a high, piercing howl that rattled glass and emptied bladders all through the chapel. It was a cry that hadn't been heard in Hertfordshire for years, vet nearly everyone there knew what it was.
The zombie wail.
The mourners shot for the doors like a great black arrow, and with miraculous speed Mrs. Bennet regained her footing and found the strength to join them in flight. Jane went with her, but not before pausing for a doleful glance back at Elizabeth and Mary, who were holding their ground in the aisle even as Kitty and Lydia and a host of other parishioners poured around them.
Elizabeth could go after her father now. But would she? Should she, when reason surely said to flee, and fast?
The debate raged for all of a second.
Run! said Fear.
Obey, said Duty:
And then a third voice chimed in, one Elizabeth didn't even recognize at first, so well trained were proper young ladies in ignoring it. The voice of Self.
Oh, go on, it said. You know you've always wondered....
Elizabeth turned toward the front of the church, facing the throng rushing at and past her, and began walking against the flow. Each face flying by looked more terror stricken than the last. Yet when Elizabeth felt their panic worming its way inside her, threatening to infect her, she simply willed herself to stop seeing them. Everyone and everything merged into a great, dark blur, so much so that she didn't even notice when her Aunt Philips flashed past, crying, "Lizzy, what are you doing? This way! This way!"
Elizabeth didn't let herself truly see again until she was almost at the end of the aisle. She looked back, wondering if Mary had come, too, and found her younger sister right behind her, so close that her steps brushed the hem of Elizabeth's skirts.
Elizabeth felt such relief she actually smiled. It was a compliment Mary wasn't willing to accept.
"I was simply following you," she said.
When Elizabeth looked ahead again, she saw her father watching them from beside the bier. He wasn't smiling, though there was a curl to his lip and a gleam in his eye that suggested droll satisfaction, as when he and she shared a private joke at her mother's expense. Only three other people had dared gather with him near (but not too near) the casket: Mrs. Ford: her brother, Mr. Elliot; and the Reverend Mr. Cummings.
Of course, Mr. Ford was there, as well, but he didn't count as "other people" anymore.
"Come closer, girls. He won't bite," Mr. Bennet said. "Not so long as you stay out of range."
With slow, uncertain steps, Elizabeth and Mary, joined their father. Mr. Ford turned toward them as they approached, watching with empty eyes. It comforted Elizabeth somewhat that the expression seemed so familiar: Mr. Ford never had been the friendliest of her neighbors, hoarding his small store of cheer for those more likely to bring him business.
He'd been the village apothecary all Elizabeth's life, building up a reputation thereabouts for both humorless competence and a heavy thumb upon the scales. Two days before, he'd bent down to retrieve a stray ha'penny from the road and was promptly run over by a joy-riding Lord Lumpley, who'd been momentarily blinded by a smiling milkmaid. All might have been well if His Lordship hadn't circled his cabriolet to see what he'd hit (and get another look at the girl), compounding Mr. Ford's minor scrapes and bruises with a most unminor severing of the legs.
"Oh, Martin, my precious Martin!" Mrs. Ford sobbed, and Mr. Elliot had to hold tight to keep her from squeezing her husband to her heaving bosom. "To think we almost buried you alive!"
Her precious Martin merely turned his vacant gaze her way for a moment before returning to the task at hand: trying to heft his trunk up out of the casket. He would have met with immediate success had he simply loosened his pants, thus freeing himself of the literal deadweight of his amputated legs, but this was beyond his now nonexistent powers of reasoning.
"My dear Mrs. Ford," Mr. Bennet said, "I'm afraid the only thing premature about this particular burial is that it was almost conducted with your husband's head still attached."
"No!" Mrs. Ford cried. "He was just sleeping! Unconscious! Cataleptic! He's better now!"
Drawn by the sound of the woman's distress, the creature in the coffin began making lazy swipes at her with its long, stiff arms.
"Urrrrrrrrrrrr," it said.
"See! He recognizes me!" Mrs. Ford exclaimed. "Yes, darling, it's me! Your Sarah!"
"Oh, for heaven's sake," Mr. Bennet sighed. "All tie recognizes is an easy meal." He turned to Mr. Elliot. "Might it not be best if you were to remove the lady?'"
"Yes ... yes, certainly," Mr. Elliot muttered with a quick nod. He was obviously anxious to remove himself, first and foremost, yet he managed to tug his sister along as he made his eager escape up the aisle.
"Maaaaarrrrrrrrtiiiiiiiinnnnnnnn!" howled Mrs. Ford as she was dragged away.
"Urrrrrrrahrrrurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!" replied what was left of her husband.
"How can she not see the obvious?" Mary asked. The bifurcated neighbor sitting up in his coffin had made a strong impression, yes, yet she seemed almost more disgusted by Mrs. Ford.
"Don't judge too harshly, for once, my dear," Mr. Bennet told her. "Wishful thinking is a sin all England stands guilty of today, your fool of a father included. We told ourselves our long nightmare was over, that a new day had dawned. Alas, that was the real dream. But, goodness-just listen to me chattering away when there's work to be done!" He turned back to the casket and began tapping a finger against his upper lip. "How ... to ... kill it?"
Elizabeth gave a little start. She wasn't sure, though, what it was that really shocked her. Was it hearing her dear Papa talk about killing an "it," when "it" was a man she'd known all her young life? ()r was it his cool, nonchalant tone as he did so?
"B-but, s-sir," Mr. Cummings said, "are you absolutely sh-sh-sure he's a ... a ... a ... 3"
Mr. Bennet finished the vicar's thought for him.
"A dreadful? There can be no doubt. Our Dr. Long is no Hippocrates, to be certain, but even he's not so incompetent as to misdiagnose death when a man's been cut in half."
The vicar acknowledged the logic of it with a jittery nod. "I s-suppose you're right. All the same, must you ... dispose of" him here? P-p-practically on the altar? As you say, poor Mr. Ford has no legs ... a-t-t-t-tached, I mean. Surely, he p-poses no danger in such a state."
"Mr. Cummings, I have seen nothing more than a head, a neck, and a pair of shoulders devour a highland warrior, kilt and all."
Elizabeth noticed her father's gaze flick, for just an instant, to her. If he was looking for any sign of surprise, he surely saw it, for Elizabeth was unaware that he'd ever laid eyes on an unmentionable at all.
"Yes," Mr. Bennet went on, eves on the vicar again. "It's dangerous. Once it gets out of that box, it'll be slithering across your stone floors quick as a snake. It must be dealt with posthaste."
Mr. Ford chose that moment (and a fine one it was) to jerk toward Mr. Cummings simultaneously roaring and snapping his teeth. In doing so, he managed to bite off most of his own tongue. It fell, gray and flaccid as an old kipper, into his lap, where it remained until he noticed it, snatched it up, and greedily gobbled it down, moaning happily as he feasted upon his own rancid flesh.
Mr. Cummings cleared his throat. "All right, then. I shall b-b-b-bow to your superior experience in these matters. B-but," he dropped his voice and nodded at Elizabeth and Mary, "surely they, needn't b-be present."
"On the contrary," Mr. Bennet said, "surely they should. Now, tell me, Sir: You have a shed around back, do you not? Where the groundskeepers and gravediggers keep their equipage?"
"Is it locked?"
"It shouldn't b-be. Not at the moment. Haines and Rainey are waiting just outside to b-b-b-bury Mr. Ford."
"Excellent. Mary-"
She didn't hear him, nor did Elizabeth. They were both totally absorbed by the sight of Mr. Ford gnawing uncertainly on his own left hand. The taste of death seemed to displease him, for he'd quickly spat up his half-masticated tongue, and his fingers went down with no more relish.
He looked up then, fixing upon Elizabeth's face with the dark, blank eyes of a mounted animal, and growled.
"Mary," Mr. Bennet said again.
"Yes, Papa?"
"Run out to the tool shed and fetch along the biggest pair of shears you can."
"Yes, Papa."
Mary started up the aisle.
"Oh, and daughter?" her father called after her, "I mean as big as you can handle. Do you understand?"
Mary was a rather pale, wan-looking thing, so one couldn't say she went white as a sheet: She'd already been so since birth. Now, however, she went nearly transparent. Yet she nodded and started off again at a smooth, steady pace.
Mr. Bennet smiled. "There's a good girl."
"Y-y-you mean to have her-?You would a-a-ask your own-? Sir! She's but a child!"
"Childhood is a luxury we can no longer afford," Mr. Bennet said. "But fear not, Mr. Cummings. I don't expect young Mary there to do what need be done." He turned to Elizabeth. "Not unless her sister fails."
Elizabeth gawked at her father. He was a man of keen wit, of jests and winks and sly asides. But he wasn't joking now. For some unfathomable reason, he wanted her to-
It was too awful even to contemplate.
"Papa ... I can't."
"Tut tut, child. You can. This one is newly born to darkness. Still weak. Those to come won't be nearly so easy to deal with."
Mr. Ford swatted at the vicar hard enough to rock his coffin, sliding it a little closer to the edge of the bier. His rigor-stiffened muscles were relaxing, becoming more limber, gaining strength.
Elizabeth took a step back. "Why me?"
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I didn't know how I would feel about this book when I first picked it up. I absolutely adored Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, but I didn't think it was possible to make a prequel. Elizabeth is as smart and snarky as you would expect her to be. I think any fan of Jane Austen should definitely get into the zombified version of her books.
Reviewed for MonsterLibrarian.com Yes, it's another mash up, a prequel to last year's smash hit Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. The dreadfuls fit rather well into the repressive, judgmental setting of Regency England (and into "stuffy" literature similar to what many were required to read in high school English class). The tone is wry, utterly sarcastic, yet intelligent as well. The story pits a young family of girls, whose father makes them pariahs by inviting a ninja master for the Orient to his home to train them, against the trickling return of the undead hordes from long ago and against love, society and preconceived notions. What follows is a classic comedy of errors. This book is simultaneously a mocking of classic literature, and a glorious example of fine writing, a metaphor for war against the aging and loss of innocence of children, and a call to stand up for what's right and not what's deemed proper by society. Austen's work hasn't been abandoned to a hack looking for easy money with this volume, but has been imprinted upon by an award winning, savvy writer who simply gets it, and deftly reminds readers that literature can be fun and unexpectedly poignant as well. Highly recommended for libraries, particularly those looking to expand a bare bones horror collection or meet the need of readers who prefer more mainstream tale to the hardcore horror books. Contains: Gore, poop jokes
This is a great read for all who "had to read" any of Jane Austen for a required English credit. But such fun! Classic Victorian England combined with dare I say Zombies. This prequel sets the tone for all the series of classic "zombie" combinations. For those who enjoy the classics but like a wistful turn, read these!
Seeing the Bennet sisters as zombie assassins was different. Lizzy was still mouthy self and Jane quiet but Mary was the change up. She was more a character than she was in the original pride and prejudice. Fast paced and if your a zombie reader this is a book for you.
Knew i was going to enjoy this one from page one
I actually own the physical book and I love it. I have read it many times. I like that you get to see the Bennet sisters before they become the all powerful, weapon master, zombie killers that the are in the first book. Worth it!
How can you not get to chapter 2? You have to read the whole book before you call it horrible, the first chapters are always boring. I loved the book, it wasnt as good as the first but it was still really good. I love Jane Austen and I love zombies; put 'em together.......that's my type of book. :)
Utterly boring! I thought that adding some zombies into an old classic would spruce it up but the walking corpses were so few and far between (until the very end) that I couldn't get over how dull this book was. It's really a book about training three women to fight zombies. I found myself spacing out and putting the speed on 2X as I listened to get it over with.
It was great. Spiced up an old classic... Im not a zombie fan but it was a great read
Took one of my favorite books and added such a new and interesting twist!
Combined two of my favorite things zombies and pride and prejudice
Great summer read. Laughed out loud several times.
This book is soooooo worth the $$$$ but make sure u read the searys in order
this is my first reading of anything to do with vampires...I am not a vampire reader...I read again ,Pride and Prejudice before reading this version of the classic novel...I was greatly amused by the writers spin on a truly great novel...I found it very funny and well written...hope they do more...Trish
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The Kernels wrapped up their home stand with a 5-4 win over the Lansing Lugnuts on Tuesday. Dalton Hicks & Byron Buxton both hit 2-run homers. Matthew Tomshaw (1-0) recorded the win with 5 scoreless innings.
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa - The Kernels posted their third straight series sweep with a 5-4 win over the Lansing Lugnuts on Tuesday afternoon. The victory is the Kernels' 9th straight and follows previous sweeps against Great Lakes and Burlington.
The scoring got started quickly as Dalton Hicks gave the Kernels (18-5) a 2-0 lead after a 2-run home run in the bottom of the 1st inning. Hicks' blast - his 4th of the season - went over the batters eye in center field.
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I like that the picture is angled like a car photo. All vacuums should be displayed this way!
This is great if you have religious requirements for a ball vacuum, or prohibitions against regular ball bearing wheels. The suction on this is amazing, causing concern for the congregation that it surpasses the week's suh'dmar. By the way, accidentally sucking in a cat is just an urban legend perpetrated by the Lhamurhs. Trust me, it can't happened.
Looking for the Dyson Slim... pretty please?
Am I missing the place in the description that says refurbished?! Or is this an actually really new Ball for this price?
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"Condition: Refurbished"
Buying a reconditioned item from Dyson doesn't bother me one bit. I work for a major manufacturer of an important home product and we sell "reconditioned" items often. Basically, our reconditioned items are returns from our customers/wholesalers and have never been used before. However, because they have been returned we can't sell them as a "new" item. Even selling them at a discount we still make money. I'm sure this Dyson vacuum costs them around $100 to make it, so selling for $249 is still a good deal for them. I'm buying one of these vacuums and my family will be happy!
I bought one of these a few months back from Woot. Damn good vacuum, I do not swear at it for being stupid. Also does not aggravate my female companions allergies nearly as much as my previous vacuum cleaner.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- University of Michigan volleyball junior outside hitter Lexi Erwin (Spring, Texas/Woodlands College Park) was named to the 2012 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball All-Tournament team Saturday night (Dec. 15) after Texas' 3-0 win over Oregon in the national championship match.
Erwin, who also was named an honorable mention All-American by the AVCA on Wednesday (Dec. 12), had a match-high 26 kills in Michigan's five-set loss to the Longhorns Thursday night (Dec. 13) in the national semifinal. Erwin set a school record with 87 total attacks in the match. Erwin added eight digs and a block in the Texas match as the Wolverines were the only team in the NCAA Tournament to take a pair of sets against the eventual national champions.
Erwin was joined on the all-tournament team by four Longhorns and two Oregon Ducks. Texas' Bailey Webster was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. She was joined on the all-tourney squad by Hannah Allison, Haley Eckerman and Sha'Dare McNeal. Oregon's Alaina Bergsma and Liz Brenner rounded out the squad.
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Both have there ups and down. I have grown up with both, and now I have a female and a male


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Tiger, Phil, Retief, Vijay, and Ernie. They will all be in Georgia in less than one week, ready to tackle the new and (cough, ahem) "improved" Augusta. While you're busy contemplating your fantasy team rosters, I've compiled a few statistics on these "big five" that may interest you.
Without question, The Masters is Tiger's best major. Since turning professional, Tiger has won in Augusta four out of nine times (44%).
Year Tiger Phil Retief Ernie Vijay 1990 N/A N/A N/A MC N/A 1991 N/A T46 N/A 55 N/A 1992 N/A N/A N/A DQ N/A 1993 N/A T34 N/A T34 N/A 1994 N/A N/A N/A T8 T27 1995 T41 T7 N/A MC MC 1996 MC 3 N/A T12 T39 1997 1 MC N/A MC T17 1998 T8 T12 MC T16 MC 1999 T18 T6 N/A T27 T24 2000 5 T7 T40 T7 1 2001 1 3 MC T6 T18 2002 1 3 2 T5 7 2003 T15 3 T13 T6 T6 2004 T22 1 T13 2 T6 2005 T1 10 T3 47 T5
Even when Tiger didn't win, he typically finished high: his worst finish is a T22. Tiger is a near lock to be in the hunt on Sunday. What is interesting about Tiger is his scores before the final round. I talked last week about how previous winners didn't necessarily get off to a good start. Tiger is no different. Here's his averages by day:
Thursday 72.73 Friday 70.18 Saturday 69.20 Sunday 71.10
That first number jumps out at you. In 11 trips to Augusta, Woods' first round average is over par. Hard to imagine for the four-time champion… but again only three winners since 1990 shot an opening round in the 60s. Tiger nearly shot himself in the foot last year with his 74 but recovered well. Another little fact about Woods and the first round: he's never broken 70. Ever. Not even when winning by 12 shots in 1997.
On the other hand, in Tiger's four victories he never shot over 70 on Friday or Saturday, averaging 66.38 in those eight rounds. He finished strong as well, always shooting under par in the final round, but Friday and moving day are his specialty at Augusta.
Since 1999 Lefty has averaged just under fifth in the Masters… better than all the anyone else. He's been an even surer bet at Augusta than Tiger. His worst finish in this span was 10th last year. Just about any pro would take that!
Unlike Tiger, Phil has had some success on Thursday. In fact, it is his best day of the four.
Thursday 70.61 Friday 70.76 Saturday 71.17 Sunday 71.67
Phil seems to lose some steam throughout the week… averaging over a shot more on Sunday than the opening round. It is interesting to note that in 2004 during his victory, Mickelson followed an opening-round of 72 with three successive 69s. 2004 and 1999 were the only years he opened with his worst round. So, look for Lefty to get off to a good start. If not, he might have trouble catching up.
Goosen had his best year in 2002 when he fired three rounds under 70 but stumbled at the finish with a 74. This went against his normal slow start at Augusta.
Thursday 72.85 Friday 72.71 Saturday 72.00 Sunday 71.00
I expect better things from Retief in future Masters. He has the game and nerve to win and I'm surprised it hasn't happened already. He had a great chance in 2002 going into the final round tied with Tiger but couldn't pull it off. If Retief manages to keep from shooting over par in any of his rounds, he'll have a good chance. Sounds simple, but he hasn't done it in any of his trips to Augusta yet. He has had a round of 74 or more every year. That has been the killer for him.
Always a bridesmaid but never a bride. Of the big five, Ernie has finished second twice… once to Vijay and the other time to Phil. In both of those rounds he finished strong, shooting 67 and 68. Unfortunately, those were the only two sub-70 Sunday rounds for Els at Augusta.
Ernie is another guy who doesn't get off to a great start in the Masters… and like Tiger has never shot a sub-70 first round.
Thursday 72.75 Friday 69.83 Saturday 71.90 Sunday 72.00
Again, like Woods he gets off to a rough start and makes up for it in the middle rounds. His 80 in 1999 didn't help that Sunday average. Still, other than his two seconds, he's also been in the top six three other times. I still wonder if he is 100% back from his knee injury. Every week he looks a bit better.
He's not only one of the best major performer, but one of the most consistent as well. Just like the other big five, you'll expect them to do well. With Vijay, I'm disappointed if he's not there in the end. At the Masters, Vijay has been a factor, especially since his win in 2000.
As for Vijay's numbers at the Masters, they are probably the worst of the big five. That is due to some less-than-stellar rounds earlier in his career. Since 2000 it has been much, much better.
Thursday 72.17 Friday 72.25 Saturday 71.30 Sunday 72.70
It's hard to break Vijay's numbers apart because there isn't any great days or bad days. He's been consistent across all rounds. Imagine that, Vijay Singh, consistent. The only bad thing, he hasn't gone REALLY low very often… only shooting under 68 twice in 44 rounds. If he does early at Augusta, it could mean good things.
I love making predictions just to see how wrong I can be. I've been reminded by this with my NCAA bracket. I must be insane because, like the saying goes, I keep trying the same thing over and expect a different result. So just for fun, here are my round-by-round predictions for the big five:
R1 R2 R3 R4 Total Tiger 71 69 68 69 -11 Phil 69 73 70 67 -9 Retief 74 69 72 73 E Ernie 71 67 73 70 -7 Vijay 68 71 73 69 -7
So there you have it. I think Tiger is going to win it with Phil and some others within striking distance. Have fun picking me apart after the Masters… as long as you make some too.


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I thought that I had posted this question earlier, but I don't see it here, so here goes again.
I recently bought an older model 86, which appears to be a clone of the S&W model 14, or K38. I took this to the range last week, and was pleased. Shot as well any of my S&W or Rugers. Except for a very little wear at the muzzle and some very light scratches on one side of the barrel, this gun looked practically unused. Trigger pull was great, cylinder timing was perfect and lockup was like a bank vault.
This one was imported by, I believe, "Int. Dist. INC." of Floida, so its serial number does not show up on Taurus USA's serial number search tool.
Does anybody know what years "int. Dist. Inc." imported Taurus revolvers, and also when did Taurus change the location of the firing pin on it's center fire revolvers from the Hammer Nose to a frame mounted one.??
Thanks in advance for any help on this.
I seemed to recall those questions being answered in here somewhere but my search was fruitless. The best I could do is "ballpark" the dates and guess the Int.Dist.Inc era was the early 80's and the first firing mechanism change was in the early 90's.
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The large study surveyed 22,000 people in 21 countries, including many in the two largest CO
polluters, the U.S. and China. Four out of five people stated they would probably be ready to make lifestyle changes to reduce emissions.
Taxes were a bit stickier issue. Taxes on oil and coal enjoyed a smaller base of support, but still represented the majority opinion, with 50% for them and 44% opposed. Many of the opposed stated that they would change their opinion to support if it could be guaranteed that the funds would be diverted to finance alternative energy or alternative energy research.
The total figures were that 83% of people either were ready or were probably ready to make sacrifices in their daily lives to help the environment.
People in the U.S. and Europe agreed that fuel prices would have to rise in order to get people to lower their consumption, as they are stuck in their ways.
Italy and Russia did not agree, as these countries are already experiencing dramatically fossil fuel costs.
South Korea, India, and Nigeria also showed smaller margins of support for higher energy costs, though the majority of responders still felt that higher costs would be needed to lower consumption.
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Interviews occurred either face to face or via telephone between May 29 and July 26, 2007.
Increased public awareness can be attributed to a broad array of sources. One is the mass media -- news channels have been increasing their environmental issue coverage. Another source of awareness is simple observation. People see pictures of rainforests stripped bare and it becomes blatantly obvious the need to protect our planet. The U.N. also can take some credit for its constant climate research, as well as research into other environmental topics, such as deforestation and
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Regardlessly of who convinced these people that helping the environment was a good idea, that is the conclusion they have come to. It appears that the majority of people finally are ready and eager for environmental change -- politicians listen up, these are thoughts of your constituents.
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To Strike or to Rewrite?
Judicial Modification Under New Georgia Non-Competition Statute
Georgia courts may now "modify," a specific, defined term under the new Georgia statute, an overly broad and unreasonable restrictive covenant entered into after May 11, 2011, but just what does "modify" mean under the statute? Does it mean that "the blue pencil strikes but does not rewrite?" The question is simple — may a court rewrite the provision to add and create new language or is it limited only to striking the offensive language? There is no ready answer for that in the statute or prior Georgia case law, and courts in other jurisdictions are split on "Modification."
Here's what the Georgia statute (OCGA 13-8-51) provides:
In two sections of the new statute there are references to judicial modification. For example, OCGA 13-8-53(d):
See also OCGA 13-8-54.
Interestingly, in most references in the statute to 'including,' the language is more than just 'including;' it is typically, "including, without limitation." See, for example, the definition of Products or Services; Employee; Employer; Legitimate Business Interest; and Enforcement by Third Parties; not so with "Modify."
Courts in other states that have considered what "modify" means are split on the issue. The majority view is that the court has the power to rewrite the language to render the provisions enforceable. However, in a number of states, such as Indiana, North Carolina, Virginia and Arizona, "even though the courts may prune contracts under the blue pencil rule, they will not rewrite them for the parties."
Georgia courts have had judicial authority to exercise "blue penciling" in sale of business covenants for some time. In those cases, the rule is reasonably clear, "The blue pencil marks, but it does not write…." Hamrick, et al. v. Kelly, 260 Ga 307; 392 S.E. 2d 518 (1990); Jenkins, et al. v. Jenkins Irrigation, Inc., et al., 244 Ga. 95, 259 S.E. 2d 47 (1979). The court in Hamrick discussed 'blue pencil severance,' citing other Georgia cases, and refused to enforce or reduce a post-sale 75 mile radius non-competition restrictive covenant on the premise that the geographic scope was overly broad and too vague and that the trial court had, in effect, abused its discretion by reforming and rewriting the restrictive covenant by reducing the 75 mile radius to 50 miles.
Certainly there is statutory language that might support judicial rewriting of the restrictive covenant. For example, OCGA 13-8-53(c)(1) ends with, "The postemployment covenant shall be construed ultimately to cover only so much of such estimate as it relates to the activities actually conducted, the products or services actually offered or the geographic areas actually involved within a reasonable period of time prior to termination." OCGA 13-8-54(a) provides, "A court shall construe a restrictive covenant to comport with the reasonable intent and expectations of the parties to the covenant and in favor of providing reasonable protection to all legitimate business interests established by the person seeking enforcement."
In one of the first cases under the new statute, a federal District Court Judge in PointeNorth Insurance Group v. Gwendololyn Zander, et al., decided September 30, 2011, issued a preliminary injunction that enforced some of the terms of a written employment agreement executed after the effective date of the new statute. The court enforced that part of the restrictive covenant that prohibited the former employee, a licensed insurance broker, from soliciting insurance agency clients with which she had contact during her employment with the plaintiff. However, the court struck from the agreement a provision that would have prevented her from soliciting insurance business from her former employer's clients with which she had no contact. The court did not discuss or dive into the murky "modify" waters, because it was relatively easy to strike the offending language without creating any new language.
Until there is definitive judicial guidance on the precise meaning of "modify," employers might be wise to draft their restrictive covenants for Georgia employees in a fashion that assumes the court will strike offending provisions but will not rewrite the restrictive covenant or otherwise substitute its own perception of what might be intended by the parties and would be reasonable under the circumstances. The answer may lie in 'step down' provisions which have been upheld in some jurisdictions, notably Arizona, where the court kept striking until it reached alternative temporal and geographic limits contained in the agreement that the court determined to be reasonable and within the law.
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