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The bulldozer in the countryside : suburban sprawl and the rise of American environmentalism
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- Adam Rome.
- Language
- English.
- Imprint
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
- Physical description
- xvi, 299 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Series
- Studies in environment and history.
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- Author/Creator
- Rome, Adam Ward.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-291) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction-- 1. Levitt's progress: the rise of the suburban-industrial complex-- 2. From the solar house to the all-electric home: the postwar debates over heating and cooling-- 3. Septic-tank suburbia: the problem of waste disposal at the metropolitan fringe-- 4. Open space: the first protests against the bulldozed landscape-- 5. Where not to build: the campaigns to protect wetlands, hillsides, and floodplains-- 6. Water, soil, and wildlife: the federal critiques of tract-house development-- 7. Toward a land ethic: the quiet revolution in land-use regulation-- Conclusion.
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- The concern today about suburban sprawl is not new. In the decades after World War II, the spread of tract-house construction changed the nature of millions of acres of land, and a variety of Americans began to protest against the environmental costs of suburban development. By the mid-1960s, indeed, many of the critics were attempting to institutionalize an urban land ethic. The Bulldozer in the Countryside is the first scholarly work to analyze the successes and failures of the varied efforts to address the environmental consequences of suburban growth from 1945 to 1970. For scholars and students of American history, the book offers a compelling new insight into two of the great stories of modern times - the mass migration to the suburbs and the rise of the environmental movement. The book also offers a valuable historical perspective for participants in contemporary debates about the alternatives to sprawl.
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- Environmentalism > United States > History.
- Suburbs > Environmental aspects > United States > History.
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- 2001
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- Studies in environment and history
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Chapter 4 – Beginning of the End
Disclaimer: Rowling owns everything you recognise from Harry Potter; I own Tim and his family. It's not fair.
About the lateness of this chapter: As most of you know (hopefully) my laptop decided to erase the entire of chapter four just as I was about to finish and upload it…Gah! Evil computer.
When Harry was told he was to start school he was very excited. He didn't know anything about this place but anything that got him away from the Dursleys for five days of the week must be good. The first day of school started like any other for Harry, with Aunt Petunia banging on the door of his cupboard and screeching for him to get up. After a meagre breakfast Harry returned to his cupboard to get dressed, while Dudley was still eating his much bigger breakfast. Finally Dudley was dressed and they began walking down the road to get to the car. Aunt Petunia was grumbling about the road works that forced her to park down the street. Harry was walking a little behind Aunt Petunia and Dudley. He noticed a bald man wearing a very long purple coat walking in the opposite direction. As Harry walked past the man he suddenly stopped and grabbed Harry's hand. He then proceeded to shake it furiously then walk away without a word. Very confused, Harry ran to catch up with Aunt Petunia. Looking across at Dudley Harry saw that he had seen the whole thing. Dudley opened his mouth, and then closed it deciding not to say anything for once. Harry sighed with relief. I bet if he had told them I would have been punished. Harry thought. He paused, is that right? Shaking his head to clear it of these thoughts Harry continued to the car. Climbing into the car, Harry managed to avoid Dudley's kicking legs for once and settled into his seat. Harry pulled his own seatbelt across, unlike Dudley, whose every wish was granted immediately, he had to learn to everything by himself pretty quickly.
When they got to school, Harry jumped out of the car and walked ahead of the Dursleys, they didn't care. Entering the room Harry felt slightly intimidated, as it was full of children and their parents. Looking behind him he saw Aunt Petunia had picked up Dudley and was refusing to put him down, even though he was squirming. As she put it when the teacher came over,
"I don't want my baby Duddy to be without me", baby Duddy was about twice the size of the other kids. Harry laughed to himself and wandered off into the middle of the other kids. He had decided to listen to them before talking to them. As Harry turned into a row of desks he say a boy knock a glass of water onto his mother's handbag. He stopped horrified as the boy's mother turned to face him.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry mummy. Please don't be mad at me." Harry winced, in his experience Pleading only made it worse
"Calm down Tim, it was an accident. It wasn't your fault." The woman soon had Tim calmed down. Harry just stared open mouthed. If he had done that at home whether it was an accident or not he would have been punished. After Tim's mother had gone to talk to the teacher Harry approached him.
"Does that always happen?" He asked timidly. Tim reddened slightly when he realised Harry had seen the whole thing.
"Even if you did it on purpose?" Tim thought for a minute.
"Well if I did it on purpose mum would tell me off and make me apologise. Why doesn't yours?"
"Um…Of course. I gotta go. Bye." Harry hurried off, leaving a very confused Tim behind. As he wandered through the rest of the children he was thinking about what had just happened. Why had Tim been treated that way? Was it possible that the Dursleys treated him wrongly?
No, Tim must just be special.
"Alright children, gather round, gather round." The children formed a half circle around Mrs Jones. Harry stayed at the back this teacher was too cheery. He wasn't sure how to act around an adult who didn't yell or ignore him.
"Today I just want you to show me how well you can all paint." Everyone was given a seat at a table with paper, paints and water, Harry found himself next to Tim. The two boys soon began talking.
I'm Tim Kingstone. We met earlier."
"Yeah, I'm Harry Potter." He had once called himself Harry Dursley and was swiftly corrected.
"I have a cat called Snowbell, my favourite colour is green and my parents are the best in the world." Tim said all in one breath, and then waited for Harry to speak.
"I don't have any pets. My favourite colour is red. And my parents are dead." Harry said more slowly. Tim looked startled at Harry's last comment.
"It's okay, I never knew them. They died in a car crash when I was one. I live with my Aunt and Uncle now. I'm Dudley's cousin." Tim nodded sympathetically and the boys continued talking for some time. Dudley had been watching Harry. Unlike Harry he hadn't managed to make any instant friends. Dudley couldn't stand seeing Harry happy. On his way to get more paper, Dudley 'accidentally' knocked into Harry, causing him to fly into the table, causing the water pot to spill all over Tim's work. Tim promptly burst into tears. Having achieved his desired effect Dudley backed away. Looking down at the rapidly spreading pool of water, Harry sighed. He had attempted to dodge Dudley but hadn't moved fast enough. Looking up he saw Mrs Jones approaching. Harry's first instinct was to run, but his legs didn't comply with his head. To both Harry and Dudley's surprise Mrs Jones didn't go to Harry. Instead she went to Dudley.
"Dudley I want you to apologise to Tim and Harry." Both Harry and Dudley stared at her like she was crazy. Dudley recovered first.
"But Harry spilt the water." He whined.
"Yes, but you deliberately pushed him which made him spill the water. It is your fault Dudley. Now please apologise."
"No!" Mrs Jones sighed.
"Then you will have a time out. Follow me." Dudley was so stunned he followed without argument. At home if he said no to anything he didn't have to do it. After putting Dudley on the time out chair and telling him to stay there for five minutes, Mrs Jones returned and attempted to calm down Tim. This took several minutes until she pointed out that now he could start a new picture and paint it even better. Throughout all of this Harry had been silent, staring at his hands.
"Harry?" She asked gently, putting a hand on his shoulder. He flinched. She wondered why but dismissed it.
"Harry are you okay? It really wasn't your fault you know."
"I know." His voice was a lot smaller and timid than she expected.
"Are you going to continue painting?" Harry nodded and turned back to his work, not noticing the troubled glances Mrs Jones sent him.
Why did he flinch? Maybe Dudley bullies him? Yes that would make sense. But why did he look so shocked when I told Dudley off? Why did Dudley look so shocked? Why is he so quiet? These questions kept running round and round her mind. Eventually she came to the decision that Harry had done something quite bad at home and was still feeling the after effects of being punished. If she had only investigated further Harry could have been spared years of pain.
In the car on the way home Dudley was unusually quiet. Harry was uneasy, whenever Dudley was this quiet he was always plotting something against Harry. Harry spent the entire car journey tense, waiting for Dudley to say something. Halfway home a smile spread across Dudley's face and Harry knew he had thought of something. He prepared himself for whatever Dudley was going to say, but to Harry's surprise Dudley kept quiet until they got home. Harry almost reached the front door when he heard Dudley.
Harry got me in trouble!" Harry turned around and saw Dudley
walking towards him with Aunt Petunia. He decided he might as well
attempt to defend himself. He got as far as,
"Aunt Petunia, that's not true the teacher…" Before,
"Quiet boy!" Aunt Petunia growled. Turning back to Dudley she continued in a much gentler tone,
"What happened Dudley?" Rubbing his stinging cheek, Harry resigned himself to his fate.
"I was walking past Harry and accidentally knocked into him. Harry spilt water on another boys painting. He then told the teacher that I had done it on purpose and got me told off." Dudley had already perfected the art of fake tears and his eyes were full of them as he finished. As Aunt Petunia span around Harry flinched, he knew what was going to happen.
"How dare you!" SMACK "Get Dudley!" SMACK "Into trouble!" SMACK, SMACK, SMACK. Dudley smirked.
Harry was immensely grateful when he was thrown onto the old mattress in his cupboard. Usually he hated the place, but now it was a safe place away from the Dursleys. He hoped the red marks had faded by school tomorrow, he shivered as he remembered what Uncle Vernon had told him would happen if anyone ever saw the marks.
was after a particularly harsh beating. Harry had thrown Dudley's
teddy out the window in a fit of rage. He didn't know why he had
done it, and regretted it instantly. Afterwards he was trembling and
wanted to just curl up and cry in his cupboard. He looked up and saw
his Uncle staring down at him with a sneer. No please, no more,
Harry cried silently.
"You listen to me boy and you listen good." Somehow the low voice was even more menacing and terrifying than when he shouted.
"If anyone ever sees those marks, then you will wish you hadn't been born." He spat, pointing to the bruises on Harry's arms. Harry nodded frantically and soon found himself in his cupboard. He was too young to understand what would happen if he told anyone, other than the fact he would be beaten harshly, but as he grew older the warning would stay.
The next day his skin was white again, which Harry was immensely glad about. He was starving, he hadn't been given dinner last night. At breakfast Aunt Petunia mostly ignored him, Harry returned the favour. Everything would be all right once he got to school.
Harry looked down at the broken shards of pottery at his feet, mentally cursing himself. Why had he been so clumsy? He hadn't even been at school a week and already he had ruined everything. When Mrs Jones had asked him to get some more pencils from her desk he had jumped at the chance to help her. Mrs Jones' coffee mug had been on top of the corner of the pencil packet. Harry hadn't noticed this. As he picked up the pencils the coffee mug fell to the ground and smashed. At that moment time seemed to slow for Harry. He had desperately reached out a hand to save the cup but hadn't been quick enough. He raised his head and saw Mrs Jones coming towards him. Harry panicked. He quickly scanned the classroom for somewhere to run to. Harry decided that the store cupboard was most like his cupboard at home. He tried to run to it but Mrs Jones was too quick. She caught him before he was even half way there. She held his arm and at the moment Harry didn't see Mrs Jones, he saw Aunt Petunia dragging him off to his cupboard. Harry went limp as he always did so that he could minimise the pain. Mrs Jones stopped surprised. Most young children would try to wiggle out of her grip, but Harry seemed resigned to what would happen.
"Harry?" By this time most other children would be protesting their innocence or saying sorry. Harry knew that doing that didn't work, keeping silent was always the best strategy.
"Harry this wasn't you fault." She had decided this was a guilty silence. When Harry's head whipped up to look at her in shock she thought she was right. Really Harry was wondering why she hadn't started hitting him yet. Seeing he was still silent Mrs Jones pressed the matter.
"Harry this was an accident. You didn't mean to do it so I'm not going to punish you." The surprise in the boy's eyes was overwhelming.
"Okay Mrs Jones." She released him and Harry went back to his drawing. He must have extremely strict parents. She thought sadly. There were a few cases like his. She would just have to make sure she treated him kindly.
By the end of the day Harry had finished his drawing. He was very proud of it. It showed a tall wizard with black hair and green eyes and a lightning bolt shaped scar on his head. Harry thought he looked like he would when he was older. The wizard had a long wand with sparks shooting out of it. Mrs Jones said it was very very good. Harry folded it up and put it in his pocket, for some reason he thought the Dursleys wouldn't approve. In the car Dudley was quite animated, talking about his day and showing off the scribble he called a drawing. Aunt Petunia praised him lavishly for it. Harry began to feel the first stirrings of hate and jealousy. Before he had thought he was treated like that because he was a bad boy. Now he knew it was unfair. Harry was always first out of the car so he could start his chores and hopefully have some dinner. Today Dudley was quicker. Harry wondered what on earth had made Dudley run like that. Dudley was waiting for him on the steps. As Harry walked past him Dudley tripped him up and laughed with glee. At school he would have been told off for this, but at home it was ignored. Aunt Petunia just sneered at Harry as she opened the door.
"Why hello there Dudley, how was school today?" Uncle Vernon was home early. For Dudley this meant being spoilt twice as much. For Harry it meant a much-reduced chance for getting dinner. Harry tried to slip past Uncle Vernon quickly and begin his chores but Dudley's words froze him.
"It was alright dad. Harry broke Mrs Jones' cup though." Uncle Vernon put Dudley down and turned to Harry. Oh no. Harry thought.
"Living room. Now!" Uncle Vernon was mad. Harry quickly ran through the door. Uncle Vernon picked him up and threw him on the sofa.
"You boy are worthless! You are clumsy and stupid. You are a freak, just like your good for nothing mother and father. Neither of them knew a decent days work in their lives!" Uncle Vernon's tirade continued but Harry just stopped listening. Before these words would have hurt him, before he would have believed them. Now they just made him angry. Harry knew now that most things the Dursleys told him were wrong. He had only been at school a week but Mrs Jones' teachings had already made their mark. Uncle Vernon was insulting his parents and Harry was angry. He felt something rising up inside him, as though he was going to burst. SMACK. The feeling disappeared as Harry rubbed his stinging cheek.
"You weren't listening to me boy!" Uncle Vernon was about to begin shouting again, but something had caught his attention. When he had been smacked Harry had slipped to the side slightly, revealing the folded picture in his pocket. Uncle Vernon lunged forward suddenly and Harry instinctively raised his arms to protect himself. When the expected hit didn't come he slowly lowered his arms. Uncle Vernon was looking at his drawing. Harry had to bite back a shout of "That's mine" as Aunt Petunia was called over to look as well. The paper was lowered and Harry flinched back from their gazes. This time when Uncle Vernon lunged his fist did make contact with Harry, and continued to for several minutes. When Uncle Vernon finally back away Harry was struggling to keep his tears back.
"Magic is not real boy. NOT REAL! Say it!" Uncle Vernon shouted.
"M...magic is not...not real." Harry managed to choke out.
"And don't you forget it." That low voice was back again. It terrified Harry.
As he lay on his mattress Harry wondered about what had happened. Why had Uncle Vernon flipped like that? The questions buzzing in his mind without answers, Harry slowly fell asleep.
Harry was at school early as always. Aunt Petunia wanted her son, Dudley, to have the best education possible. Harry always got the distinct feeling that if he wasn't in the car on time Aunt Petunia would leave without him. He sat at his desk brooding on these things. Suddenly Tim burst into the room very excited waving slips of paper in the air.
"Guess what! Guess what! Guess what!!!" Tim shrieked, almost bouncing off the walls.
"What Tim?" Mrs Jones laughed. Tim leapt across the room to stand in front of her desk.
"I'm having a sleepover!" He yelled proudly waving the slips of paper at her.
"Well Tim that sounds like a lot of fun. Why don't you sit down and wait for everyone to appear then you can give them out. Ok?"
"Sure!" Tim bounced away and sat in his seat next to Harry.
"Here Harry you got one." Tim told Harry as he passed over the invitation. Harry stared down in wonder at this small piece of paper.
"Thanks." He said, his throat having gone very dry. Harry had always been told no one wanted him, this piece of paper proved that wrong.
"I got one for Dudley too. I didn't want to but Mum said it would be polite." Tim advised Harry in a very quiet voice, as though this were a very great secret.
"Thanks Tim. Sounds like it's gonna be fun."
"You bet!" As the rest of the class arrived Tim handed out his other five invitations to various other boys he had invited and the class soon got under way once more. Harry couldn't concentrate much that day. He had been invited to stay with someone. Him. Dudley had gone on a few play dates when he was younger but Harry always had to stay home. The Dursleys seemed almost ashamed of him somehow. That thought froze him. What if the Dursleys forbid him to go? After and hour or so of worrying Harry decided to just stop thinking about it until the time came.
As soon as he got in the car Dudley started babbling about the sleepover.
"Harry got an invite too mum, is he coming?" Harry froze; this seemingly innocent comment from anyone else was deadly when coming from Dudley.
"We'll see what your father says Dudley." Dudley then went back to talking about his day while Harry sat brooding in the seat next to him. What Aunt Petunia said hadn't elevated his fears in the least, if anything they had grown. Uncle Vernon was a lot harder to convince than Aunt Petunia.
It was later that night. Harry was in his cupboard and Dudley was in his bed. Harry had been as good as he could be that night to increase his chances of going to the sleepover. He was lying awake unable to sleep until he knew whether or not he was going. At that point Petunia and Vernon passed the door to his cupboard continuing the end of an argument.
"We have to let him go Vernon, otherwise it would look extremely suspicious."
"Couldn't we just say he was ill?"
"No because we'd have to say Dudley was ill too."
"Very well. If there is no alternative." Harry could have jumped for joy. He was going.
As Petunia followed her husband up the stairs she felt happier than she had for a while. Secretly she had always thought that Vernon was to hard on the boy. Although she herself wasn't fond of him, she didn't want him beaten and degraded the way he was. Luckily the boy showed signs of a strong will so she wasn't obliged to step in too often. Her arguments were valid but she also felt the boy deserved a break.
I am really really sorry everyone. I really didn't mean for it to take this long but the laptop blew up and then a lot of things got in the way. I know I promised other things in this chapter but I thought I'd better get it up. Next chapter. The sleepover, some unexpected twists and Harry's situation gets much more desperate.


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User notifications concerning helpdesk requests work great. But the admins only get email notifications when a new ticket is made regardless of which boxes are checked in the helpdesk settings page.
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Premier Technology Services is an IT service provider.
Try unchecking all the Admin boxes, Apply the changes, re-check them and Apply again. That may work, if not, try doing a clean restart of the SW application.
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Thanks to Zengoalie for the song title that inspired this story and TKP for the beta.
Buffy banged her heels against the tombstone she was precariously balanced on. "This has got to be the most boring patrol ever. Do you think this is some kind of vampire stay at home day?"
Angel rocked back on his heels and took in his girlfriend's scowl. "Would you rather be in the middle of a fight for your life with 20 assorted demons?"
"Fine, be practical." She waved her arms about and as a result came close to falling. "Why can't it be something in the middle? Say, three newbies. Enough that I can use up some energy but not get my skirt dirty."
"Well, I have a suggestion."
Buffy looked at him with eyes glinting. "Really."
"Yeah. Giles was saying he wanted you to practice your side kicks, so we could do some sparring."
"Sparring. Good times." She failed miserably at keeping the disappointment out of her voice.
"Or," he said while taking a step closer to her and smirking, "we could practice this instead." He lifted her up into an embrace and lowered his lips to hers.
Fifteen minutes later, she was breathing heavily and his artfully arranged hair looked like it had spent time in a wind tunnel. "Come on," Angel said holding out his hand. "You've got to get home and study for your bio test."
"How do you know I have a test? Have you been spying on me?"
"Not unless talking to Willow at the Bronze counts."
She pouted but stood up. They walked in silence for a few minutes, and then Buffy turned to him, eyes alight. "We should go on a date. It's been major league dead around here, what with the dead being dead, so why not?"
Angel's expression looked as if she had just suggested sun bathing at noon. And then capping it off with a dip in an ocean filled with holy water.
"You don't want to go on a date with me?" Buffy's entire face fell.
"No, no it's not that. It's just that our last date got you almost killed."
"Oh, that." She waved her hand in a "big deal" gesture. "The Order of Tarantula is no longer a threat."
"I think Cordelia and Xander would disagree with you on that one."
"He was made of worms, not spiders."
"Insects is insects, I always say."
"Technically, spiders and worms are not…"
"Stop trying to change the subject, Angel."
He sighed, a man who knew when defeat was imminent. "A movie?"
"Perfect. Oh, wait, not perfect. They're showing "Going All the Way". Her face had turned bright red.
"Something else then."
"Don't even think mini-golf."
"Wouldn't dream of it. How about the Sunnydale museum?"
"I spend enough time around dusty relics." When she noticed Angel's raised eyebrow, she quickly backtracked. "I wasn't referring to you. I've never thought of you as dusty."
"Thank you." His voice was drier than Utah on a Sunday morning.
"Xander and Willow like to go bowling," Buffy chirped in an effort to make amends. "We could bowl!"
Angel looked as if he preferred being called a museum exhibit. "I've never bowled in my life. Unlife."
"It's not hard. It will be fun. Please?"
Finally, he nodded, suspecting that he was going to be sorry but unable to tell her no.
She walked in, wrinkling her nose. The place smelled like unwashed feet and old beer, the murmur of voices and crash of the pins reverberating throughout the building. The music was blasting out of the speakers and at the very moment, she came to the realization that she could in fact live without hearing Toto's "Africa" ever again. For a second, she thought of leaving and meeting Angel outside. And then she crossed her arms over her chest. She wanted a date; she was going to have a real live date. Once they were actually bowling she was sure it would fall into place.
She walked over to the counter, waiting impatiently until the bored kid running things finished the X-Men comic he was intent upon. "Two games. And a pair of shoes, size six and a half."
"Ten dollars, two dollar shoe rental."
She fished the money out and then slipped off her shoes. The bowling shoes looked as if she might want to fumigate her body afterward, but she decided no one had ever died from skeezy bowling shoes. She wondered if Angel had been planning on paying for her games. That led to thoughts of exactly how did Angel pay for anything? And that led to a whole path of general badness and things she wasn't quite ready to ask him, so she shut down the whole line of questioning.
She walked over to her lane and sat down in one of the hard plastic chairs. It was 8:05 already. They were supposed to meet at eight. He was normally punctual even without a watch, but she wasn't worried. Five more minutes dragged by and suddenly the lane was invaded by three guys in their thirties. Buffy frowned. "Guys" was being charitable. The word human was pretty generous. They were tall, the shortest at least two inches taller than Angel, a minimum three hundred pounds apiece, covered with tattoos, shaved heads and wearing leather biker vests. How come in the movies, bikers looked like Marlon Brando and in real life - well, come to think of it, still looked like Marlon Brando.
"Excuse me, this is my lane."
"Don't see you using it, girlie."
Buffy rolled her eyes but decided to try for a reasoned approach. "Waiting for my boyfriend. He'll be here shortly."
"Sure he's not standing you up, sugar pie?"
Ugh, Buffy thought, the guy looked like a bull dog whose face had been flattened by a truck. Not an attractive look. Plus he smelled like dog breath. "One, I am not your sweetie pie. Two, Angel is not standing me up and will be here. Three, he gets testy if he thinks people are bothering me. Which you are."
"Angel? What kind of fag name is that? Sounds like your boyfriend's queer. Sure he's not late because he's getting his pole greased?"
Buffy crossed her arms over her chest and gave her sweetest smile. "Thank you for making me aware that my boyfriend's velvet shirt is possible cause for concern. I'm sure the three of you have enjoyed a rousing game of ring around the rosy from time to time."
"What the.."
"What's she sayin'-" Bull dog reached out and grabbed Buffy's shoulder with one meaty, sweaty paw. Buffy looked at the offending appendage for a moment.
"You are so going to regret that." In one fluid motion, she stood up and stomped his foot and then elbowed him swiftly in the gut. He went down with a bang. "Anybody else?"
The other two, instead of backing away, looked at her with a feral interest and took another step forward. That's when she realized Bull seemed to be turning green. There was a sudden tearing noise as his skin split and a reptilian countenance was revealed. Standing up again, he was at least a foot taller than he had been, plus he now sported about ten whip-like tentacles, one of which was already shooting out toward her.
"Demons bowl?" Buffy's surprise was short lived as the other two also changed into their demonic forms.
Tentacles wrapped around her neck, lifting her off the floor. She could feel herself getting lightheaded. Reaching above and behind, she jabbed as hard as she could with her fingers and was immediately dropped to the floor. Tucking into a somersault, she rolled and then stood, seeing that she had managed to poke the eye out and the monster had fallen to the floor. Grabbing a hidden stake from her waistband, she threw it at another and nailed it right in the center. It also dropped to the ground, dead.
The last one was coming toward her, tentacles whipping around its body and ready to attack. Picking up a green speckled black bowling ball, she threw it straight at its head, sending demon and ball crashing right into the grill counter, where yellow ichor exploded all over the place.
"Uh, strike?"
"Hey, you want to get off my lane?" A guy in a yellow and lavender bowling shirt that proudly displayed "Stu" across the pocket and "Terminators" across the back was glaring at her.
"Oh, sorry." Buffy scrambled off, and looked at the remains of the demon that now littered the lane she had rented. Shrugging, she walked back to the rental counter. "Here are the shoes."
The counter kid looked at the shoes suspiciously, carefully avoiding the dripping yellow goop. "I can't give you your deposit back for these."
"Whatever," Buffy sighed.
She stepped out onto the sidewalk just as Angel came running up. "Sorry I'm late. Ran into a nest that had to be disposed of."
"No problem. I've been thinking about it and the whole date thing doesn't seem that appealing anymore. Can we just go to the cemetery and smooch?"
Angel put his arm around her shoulders and pulled her close to his body. "I've heard of worse ideas."
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The new lab will help UBS maintain a competitive edge in the digital wealth management space, Steinmeier said at Invest 2016 last week.
We will bring our advisers in precisely to talk about how they want to apply the technology and how they see clients use it. We want our advisers [to] have the best tools possible. This way, we can help them [SigFig] develop technologies that will be more useful for both advisers and clients. And if he [SigFig] brings in a great set of capabilities that another client already has, we will still stand behind the strength of our advisers.
Roboadvising is a space that's evolving at a pace "that's not necessarily aligned to the way we evolve our tech and infrastructure," Steinmeier said, and this is one of the reasons the bank partnered with SigFig last month. "When we talk about release cycles that look like months and years, we go and start having conversations with Mike [Sha, CEO SigFig] and they are talking about weekly release cycles, so we recognized that we needed a partnership model to keep up with the evolution of this industry," he said.
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The Saga of One Twelve — a poem
They came into town, citizens of renown
In a time of deep distress
Fearless they threw themselves in the stew
The one-hundred and twelfth Congress
The nation was torn, feeling forlorn
The economy in a swoon
Jobs fast were agoin', the deficit agrowin'
Fix it now the popular tune
So every faction sprang into action
To find the best resolution
Make government lean, tax those of means
Or fall into dissolution
But Tea Partiers reigned, so comity waned
The Senate filled with bluster
Far, far to the right, and geared for a fight
Their weapon: the stealth filibuster
O'er in the House, more reasons to grouse
The air leaden with crimes
The majority dared to repeal 'bamacare
Not once, but forty-three times
Beleagured John Boehner went ever insaner
The Right now in full revolt
No tax would they heed, whatever the need
Their new title: the party of dolts
So the rabble got pissed, ideologues got dissed
Many even were slandered
But it was well writ, reps cared not one wit
'Cause their districts were all gerrymandered
Then darkness descended like the world had just ended
The debt ceiling now held hostage
The line Congress toed, kick the can down the road
Just like the proverbial ostrich
With heads in the sand, their efforts got panned
Fiscal cliff an unwieldy creation
Another year dickering, led to more bickering
No whiff of legislative elation
At the end of their term, no more could they squirm
Out of sworn obligations
So a bad deal was done, which ended their run
But not bombastic orations
The country exhausted, their senses accosted
By two years of the obscene
They went to the polls, held tightly their nose
And ushered in one hundred thirteen
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Understanding Low-Wage Work in the United States
By Shawn Fremstad, Margy Waller | Inclusion: Independent, Progressive, New, Center for Economic and Policy Research | March 2007
The next decade could be one of considerable progress for improving low-wage jobs. In November 2006, voters in six states boosted state minimum wages, and voters in even more states elected candidates who pledged to increase the federal minimum wage and take steps to improve the economy for everyone. Yet relatively little agreement exists about the policies (beyond raising the minimum wage) that can improve these jobs, even among experts studying low-wage work.
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In this report, the Mobility Agenda staff defines low-wage work and provides a description of the low-wage labor market.
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Type: Teaching & Education,
Organisation: Travellers Worldwide
Secure your place on this project for just £99 Deposit - Limited Time Offer! Join Travellers Worldwide in one of our Sports projects in Accra, Ghana! We work with various schools in the area, and you will be able to teach many underprivileged children in the capital of beautiful Ghana. We offer two coaching placements: Cricket and Football.You will be involved with kids under 14, who are all very enthusiastic about sports! There are a number of successful tournaments between the schools, both in football and cricket, and you will also have the possibility to train and play with national teams.
You'll probably work in a few different schools, depending on your timetable. Part of the uniqueness of Cricket is that the game also embodies a philosophy and discipline based on "fair play" and other life skills - so you'll actually be teaching the children more than 'just cricket'!
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On this very rewarding project, you'll work with a number of schools in Accra, coaching football during lesson times and coaching the school teams after school. You could also be involved in organising, managing and running the Travellers Football Tournaments. Football is a massive sport and played by millions across the country on typical African dirt pitches. With players like Michael Essien, Ghana has an abundance of talent ... and undiscovered talent waiting to be found.
As there is very little sports infrastructure and little opportunity for schools to play in competitive tournaments in Ghana, Travellers have created a number of tournaments which allow the children to use the skills they have learnt from the volunteers and put them into practice playing against other schools. If you are involved in one of the Travellers tournaments, it will be the highlight of your placement. You'll see how all of the work you have done on your placement will have paid off - and to see the enjoyment it brings to the children is priceless.
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This 52-room city hotel was completely renovated in 2008 featuring light, modern and comfortable furniture. Guests are welcomed into a lobby with a 24-hour reception, hotel safe, cloakroom and lift access. For relaxation and refreshments there is a bar and restaurant, and guests may take advantage of the hotel's conference facilities. For a fee guests may also make use of Internet access and a laundry service. There is a garage available for those guests with vehicles.
The hotel is within around a 15-minute walk of Linz's central train station and around 100 m from the city centre. Landstra�e, the city's main shopping street, which is also Austria's second-longest shopping street, is just around the corner and all of the city's the sights can be easily reached on foot or with public transport. Restaurants, bars and pubs on Landstra�e are around 100 m from the establishment, as is the Schillerpark and a bus stop on B�rgerstra�e. Nature in the form of the Botanical Garden is around a 4-minute drive away. The River Danube is about 5 minutes away, and the Pleschinger See lake is around 15 minutes away by car.
All rooms are equipped with individually regulated air conditioning, a shower/WC, double bed, cable TV, radio, telephone and a hairdryer. Internet access and central heating also feature as standard. Guests can choose between smoking and non-smoking rooms.
Guests may use the Feel Well gym located around the corner, free of charge. For a fee guests can enjoy bowling at the 3-lane alley to be found at the Restaurant Trevi.
The hotel's Restaurant Trevi serves Italian and Greek cuisine. In the morning guests may help themselves to a breakfast buffet.
American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard, VISA and some debit cards are accepted methods of payment at the establishment.
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I got a little hot thinking about that memory. God, we were like rabbits. Our bodies, moving together, his hot touch on my skin, his lips on mine... it was all a little too much. I fanned myself a little, just thinking about it again. Then I realised, I was talking to Luca, I just sorta... zoned out. I smiled and tried to remember what he said... "Sorry, could you just repeat that please?"
"I said 'well, I'm knackered. If you want to know, I suggest you get it out of me before I fall asleep,'" He yawned and I looked to him, his eyes flickered slightly and I smiled.
"Oh well, just sleep then." I reached out, grasping his hand for a little while, before turning to the only person that hadn't slept yet. "Rayn, how are you, do you want me to take over driving?"
"I'm fine," he smiled and I nodded, I sat in silence for a while, but I soon grew to hate it. It was almost awkward.
"So, what was I like to you?" I ask, hoping I could break the ice a little. I mean, I did know him before.
"Umm, you roll your eyes at me a lot. I know you would never in a million years fuck me, but you're cool. Friendly at least, even if I am just a kid in a nineteen year olds body," he laughed. Well that's nice, did he particularly want me to screw him? Huh. What a weird thing to say.
"So... what do you mean I'd never..." I swallowed, "fuck you in a million years?" I felt a little vulgar saying it like that.
"I know you don't find me especially attractive. I overheard you talking to Damien a couple of days ago 'cause he was in a bad mood or something and you said you'd never screw me, and if you had to put us in order it'd be Cancer, Damien and then Phil. Something like that." He shrugged and I found that a little hard to believe.
"I said that?" I looked a little surprise and looked at him, "you seem a little bothered by that."
"It's cool, I'm not that fussed."
I looked at him and smirked before giggling. "I'm sure. Although..." I looked down at myself. "I bet you feel the same about me."
"You're hot, and you know it. Or you did anyways."
"Huh, so... you do want to..."
"No, but honestly, I'm not interested in fucking anyone. I think they call it asexual."
"Huh well, I dunno... I guess you're cute. But I haven't seen the childish side of you yet. I'm sure you're not that bad."
"I behave when I'm driving. You and Cancer would survive, but me and Alice wouldn't. I don't feel like dying just yet." Huh? Cancer and I would survive... Alice and you wouldn't?
"What do you mean?" I asked, not liking where this was going.
"You guys are zodiacs. You can't die." Wow. I guess it's a good thing. But, what about the other people I know? Luca's band...
"I... I can't die?"
"Guess he was waiting to break that one to ya. Oops." Damn straight oops.
"Oh... so... that kid, that calls me mum she is gonna... I'm gonna outlive her?"
"Uh... yeah, sorry," No... I wanted to cry, but... I had to hold it back.
"And you... and everyone else I know?"
"Everyone apart from Cancer," so it was me and him against the world huh? "And there're some others like you, they make up the rest of the zodiac, like Leo and Aquarius and all those guys. I don't think you like them very much."
"Are you sure?"
"No. You're lying... that's not possible."
"Neither of you two would be here right now if you guys were mortal."
"You mean... I've died before? When?"
"I dunno, you're the mind reader, have a look in Cancer's head."
"I...I don't think I want to!"
"Fair enough, I guess. Thinking about it, I dunno if Cancer's actually died yet. He's a healer, though so that might be why."
"Do you know anything about my powers?"
"Mind reader. Oh yeah. You can talk to animals, but whatever you do, no more birds."
"No...More birds?"
"You brought a blue bird and then a fuckin' eagle onto the bus!" *shudder*
"No, I was never that nasty, was I?"
"You didn't know I hated birds till then. Well, I don't think you did."
"Oh, I'm so sorry!"
"It's cool. I'll live... just don't so that shit again."
He laughed, "Chill. The animal's thing is pretty cool. Keeps us entertained."
"Okay... Who's the rest of the band?"
"Phil and Damien. Damien plays the drums and Phil plays the bass. Phil's kinda quiet, though."
"Damien...you mentioned him before..." he nodded. "What's he like?"
"He's cool, he's a nice guy. Cancer calls him drummer boy. Don't ask, I dunno."
"Thank you, Rayn. I'm sorry for forgetting you."
"It's not your fault," he smiled.
"Everyone keeps saying that..."
"Well it's not; you got attacked at the park and got amnesia. How is that your fault?"
"I was attacked?"
"Yeah. I dunno who by though. Alice was the only one with you, 'cause we had band practice today."
"I can't ask her though, she's too young."
"Why not? Kids have good memories."
"No doubt she'd be a little traumatised."
"Mind reader her then, I dunno."
"I...I'm not sure how to use my power."
"Oh. I guess there'll be plenty of time to practice when we get to Newberry, though."
"Yeah...thanks again Rayn."
"S'alright." I leant over and briefly kissed his cheek and he smiled again. I liked his smile. It was sweet.


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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Dwight Howard may have left Los Angeles to join the Houston Rockets, but the big man still cannot escape his turbulent Lakers chapter.
A jilted fan base still ruing his California departure and questioning his motives for leaving greeted him on Monday as the Rockets faced the Los Angeles Clippers in Staples Center, where the Lakers also play their home games.
The Clippers battered the Rockets 137-118 and Howard bore the brunt of the blows in his first visit to the arena since he walked away from the Lakers as a free agent in the off-season.
The passionate crowd booed Howard from pregame warmups until the final buzzer, leaving the big man to wonder whether he had just played in front of "undercover Lakers fans."
He once again defended his decision to become a Rocket.
"Houston is a great place, this is a great team. I'm happy with where I'm at," Howard told reporters following the defeat. "Everybody should move forward. This is my life. I can't control what other people do with their lives."
Howard managed to play just 26 minutes against the Clippers due to early foul trouble and finished with 13 points and nine rebounds while the Rockets clearly missed his presence in surrendering a scoring explosion.
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Llenethyl is alone, his city conquered by "Mongrels" and "Barbarians". He has to learn to hide, and fight a silent battle in a city he adored, all the while succumbing to the sinister charms of his new townsmen. Llenethyl needs to act, and act fast before he becomes one of them.
The tension was thick on either side of the great walls, fearful men lined it's great teeth and blood-thirsty mongrels stood at it's feet, growling murderously up at the castle's defenders.
Among the quivering crowds of men stood a boy; a boy who had seen far less summers than the others (Fifty in total) and his introverted town still regarded him as the "Youngest brother" even though he was an only child, his face contained all the features of a "man"; the pencil dotted chin, the broad shoulders, the deep yet gentle voice, though his years were known well amongst his townsmen and he couldn't escape the patronising banter directed at him. He rubbed his thumb against the metal hilt of the elegant sword placed clumsily in his hand, following the long line pulsing along the sword like a perfectly straight vein. He'd never learned to fence, he deemed it an unnecessary skill for a blacksmith and now he was wishing he hadn't as the blade sat clumsily in his hands; he doubted he could do any damage to anything with such little skill.
A mongrel stood forward, a primitive crossbow was extended from his hand and he took casual aim at the crowd of men. They shivered as water soaked through the mesh of their chainmail. The crowd in front of the boy parted and before he could raise an eyebrow he had been thrown from the heights of the castle walls, rushing to meet the soaked cobbles of the street below.
His will was shattered as he hit the unwelcoming stones of the path below him and he'd decided he was ready to die the moment he'd took position on the porcelain coloured walls, huddled next to the terrified forms of people around him, being beaten down by heavy drops of water from above. His body was intending to live however, stubbornly it pumped blood around his body, it seemed to mould around the arrowhead like a fungus, rejecting it like bacteria or weak virus. Within seconds his body had pushed it out completely; with a sinister blue liquid adorning the arrowhead it slithered down from his shoulder and rested in disappointment on the floor by the boy.
He prized open his eyes, the light of fire danced across the sky and cries of joy rung out from the barren streets: Hadn't it been daylight when he'd fell? Or at least it was a cloudy excuse for daylight. He sat up in elation, voices of joy and of drunken merriment filled the usually quiet streets of Harringvale, and they hadn't seen a bonfire for almost fifteen summers. All around him were the joyous cries of his comrades, though he couldn't hear many women - Perhaps they had all retreated to their bedsides to show their brave soldier a good time?
He shook his head slowly from side to side, placing a hand on the back of his skull, grimacing as his sticky, dried blood attempted to claim his hand. He rolled his shoulder, the wound still felt sore but he was certain he'd gotten away lucky; the crossbow bolt rolled innocently with the wind on the floor next to him, attempting to escape it's victim and take solace in the forgotten depths of the gutter. He dismissed the bolt and got to his feet.


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"Oh Screw this" I turn on my heel and turn my bow into a ring on my finger like Aquarius showed me. "I'm continuely hitting that target dead on. Now, I'm hungry and want to see Sable"
"You can't" Aries says appearing before me. I look up at him then slowly glare. No wonder Sable is starting to hate this guy.
"Yes, I can" I say then head round him. He grabs hold of the top of my arm firmly. And I look up at him to yell at him but seeing the cold old glare I'm immediatly silenced.
"You need to train" he says firmly then begins dragging me behind him. "We're going to the stables" We walk past Aquarius and I look at her with a look that plainly days 'help'.
She smiles lightly but doesn't move to help. I then sigh heavily and follow Aries as he drags me along.
We get to a set of Stables and he stops in front of a gate with the saggitarius star sign on it. I look around at the rest of the stables and realise its not just for horses. "Wow" I whisper.
"Yes it is amazing" Aries says looking down at me. "Your next task is to capture a wild horse out back"
"What?!?" I say looking at him shocked. He smiles michievously.
"You will not eat or see Sable till you do" Aries says then strides over to a stable. He opens a gate and a ram walks out. He strokes it softly. "The animal must also choose you as well"
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We're pretty sure there are plenty of free-thinking readers out there who've yet to be convinced by the TV world's current fascination with 3D. Or at any rate, there are plenty of you not convinced enough to cough up the currently very hefty sums of cold, hard cash demanded by every 3D TV we've seen to date.
Which is precisely why Samsung's LE46C750 could potentially be so important. For while every other 3D TV we've seen has struggled to get below the £2k price level, we've found this Samsung 3D set going for only slightly over a grand. A fact which becomes even more remarkable when you consider that the LE46C750 has a whopping 46in screen rather than being some 'paltry' 37-40in effort.
What this price effectively means is that you could easily just buy the LE46C750 as a good value 2D telly, and treat its 3D abilities as an optional extra that you can take or leave as you wish. Excellent. Or at least it will be excellent if the TV is actually any cop.
Accustomed as we are now to seeing Samsung's name attached to TVs of almost supernatural slenderness, the rather hefty butt on the LE46C750 comes as a bit of a shock. But in true Jennifer Lopez style, the fact that the LE46C750's 'got back' doesn't preclude it from being something of a looker. For its bezel is appealingly glossy and minimalistic, futuristically angular (for yes, in our vision of the future, everything is angular!!), and wrapped up rather cutely by a see-through outer trim.
There's also a good solid technical reason for the LE46C750's relatively chunky profile, namely that rather than the edge LED technology Samsung has embraced so successfully, the LE46C750 uses good old traditional CCFL backlighting. This goes a long way in itself to explain just how the LE46C750 is so much cheaper than the rest of the 3D TV fraternity.
Don't get to thinking that the use of ordinary CCFL lighting in the LE46C750 is a sign that Samsung has skimped on features generally, though. For starters, the set features what Samsung calls 400 CMR processing. Clearly meant to evoke the 400Hz processing claims being bandied about - inaccurately - by some other brands without being quite so technically misleading, the 400CMR system actually comprises a true 200Hz engine in conjunction with a scanning backlight.
This system is great to find on such an affordable 3D TV, since it should help counter the sort of LCD motion blurring problems that tend to be emphasised when you're watching 3D material.
The LE46C750's connections are also more plentiful than you might expect of a TV that's trying to keep its price down. There are four HDMIs for a start, built to the v1.4 3D-capable spec. It's good to see, too, that the RF input feeds a Freeview HD tuner rather than just a standard definition one, and that Samsung has gone to the trouble of making the set a true multimedia centrepiece via an Ethernet port and two USBs.
I'll happily vouch for Samsung TVs as good performers. I have a mid range TV that has wowed friends over the past 2 years with the image quality.
With this set they have really hit the nail on the head with pricing, size and judging by the review, performance. I dont need a new TV (yet!) but seeing well sized "future proof" TVs down to the £1k mark is encouraging.
Thanks for the review, I just bought the 40" version from Comet who are offering a deal with tv, 3d blu ray player and 3 pairs of glasses for £999.
One thing though, you mention there are no glasses supplied. Mine had one set bundled in the bottom of the box and I'd be surprised that this isn't the case with it's bigger brother.
@cragrat04 - it all depends on the manufacturing date on the back of your TV? the first batches of TV didn't have the glasses in the box, and could only be redeemed online, but their new batches of TV's starting to include them in the box. I purchased the PS50C7000 for £1150 with the 3D glasses in the box, but a lot of people on the forums had to redeem theirs though.
A little bit of advice - still try to redeem a pair through the 'Samsung Connect' website using your serial number. Eeven though i had a pair in the box, they sent out another pair for me! i may have been lucky, but its worth a try!
@ronesh_amin - thanks for the advice, I will give it a try.
Samsung have done a Panasonic, i.e. right price-point for the specs, and performance (as per the review - almost, as they missed out a Freesat tuner!!
That's how to popularise the 3D and Comet seem to be doing their bit as @cragrat04 notes.
@ronesh_amin - I hope someone from Samsung doesn't read the comments here. But seriously the 3D-tv's should come with 4-pairs of 3D-glasses(parents+two kids). Of course in China 3-pairs and in the Indian subcontinent and the Arab world....!!!
Thanks for continuing to cover good old CCFL tellies. It's not a fat television. It's just not one of those ultra thin LED ones that crushes the life out the speakers and connectivity options.
And again we have to ask this - any word on input lag guys? Personally the only reason I'd be tempted by the addition of 3D at this nicer price point would be for its gaming potential. But films and TV - nuh, uh, not worth he extra money. That's why you need to review the 3D-less LE46C650, the model below this one. I won't be the only person who's interested now you've done a 580 and a 750.
@Goldenguy - This isnt meant to sound sarcy but is input lag still an issue with top manufacturers TVs? It was almost a non-issue when I was researching for a TV 2 and a bit years ago though certain sets did suffer slightly. I suppose for the serious gamers out there it will be an issue but for cassual players - as I am these days - I cant say I have ever been effected by a TVs lag. By a PCs net lag maybe but then that's a different kettle of fish altogether!
@GoldenGuy - I don't know if you noticed, but TR did talk about input lag in a couple of recent reviews, but seem to have abandoned the idea. They didn't give any specific figures, though, so it wasn't particularly useful. Maybe they've gone back to the drawing board and are developing a method to get accurate figures that mean something to gamers.
Mm... I'm not gonna pretend to be a hardcore gamer but even I can detect it. Once you get into your Modern Warfare 2 and the like on XBox Live (something I rarely do), and the more advanced levels/tracks of the (perhaps now passing) generation of music based games like Guitar Hero, reaction time really counts and input lag gives you a serious handicap when you start to get into 40-50ms. (In my humble opinion of course. If any more serious gamers want to attest to more enjoyable experiences at this level of time delay, feel free.)
I did indeed notice that and it was a really welcome addition as it proved TR were acting on our feedback (though IIRC they stopped short of providing actual figures). That's why it's doubly disappointing to see this detail being ignored again. For the record, the always thorough HDTV Test quote an input lag of 43ms with/103ms without Game Mode turned on, and their stern caution of frustrating online play.
How does this Samsung compares in picture quality against the reviewed Panasonic Viera TX-P46G20?
To John Archer, and the reviews team; thank you for the truly useful and insightful reviews which I use regularly to help in making pre-purchasing decisions for many gadgets and please keep up the good work. One technical addition I would really like to see included in tv reviews is real world power consumption and heat generation of the panels. I chose my first LCD 4 years ago (to watch the world cup on BBC HD, sweet!) based on the best reviews at the time for power usage as well as quality, but have since noticed that LCD panels can get pretty hot too (which equates to poor efficiency and acts like a radiator you don't turn off in the summer). Clearly led is the way to go on that score but 'moneys too tight to mention, etc.
for anyone worried about lag, if you select "dvi/pc" as the source for the hdmi connection rather than "game" or "tv", it makes a huge difference. Even with game mode on it still lags abit but by doing the above lag is virtually non existant.
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HAVELOCK, CRAVEN COUNTY - The Craven County single father who was diagnosed with late-stage cancer checked off one item from his bucket list Saturday.
Number 17 on Wayne Ward's list was to meet the cast and crew from the TruTV show "Lizard Lick Towing." The whole crew wasn't able to make it, but one of the stars of the show surprised Ward at his home in Havelock.
Bobby Brantley showed up at Ward's back porch and signed autographs for his kids. Brantley joked with Ward about his bucket list and partially checked off the Lizard Lick Towing box.
Ward said six or seven of the items on the list have been checked off so far.
Ward's full bucket list and details on upcoming events to benefit Ward and his family can be found at the bottom of this story.
A Craven County father diagnosed with late-stage cancer is working to fulfill his bucket list. But the list doesn't focus just on him; it's aimed at benefiting his two children.
Wayne Ward, of Havelock, is a single father of his 12-year-old daughter and 14-year-old son. But in December, he was diagnosed with stage IV stomach cancer.
"Never in my life, I thought I was going to have this," Ward told NewsChannel 12. "I thought I was just going to be strong, working all the time, helping other people. Now, it's them helping me instead of me helping them."
Ward's cancer has now spread to his liver. Doctors told him he has six months to a year left to live.
With time running out, Ward has created a bucket list of things he wants to do for his children. Items on the list include a pamper day for his daughter and a vehicle for his son.
"Trying to get my son a nice Durango to drive because he starts drivers ed. And then it's Disney World and raising money up so they got money for when something happens to me," Ward said.
Other items on the list include taking his children to the Statue of Liberty, getting family portraits done, and taking his kids to a Build-A-Bear Workshop.
Wayne has been able to cross off most of the 22 items on the bucket list except for a few things, such as taking his son to a pro wrestling match because of financial issues.
But Ward will soon be able to fulfill that dream, thanks to three members of Shockwave Wrestling Entertainment in Jacksonville.
"The minute we heard about Wayne's situation and found out that he was a wrestling fan, we automatically wanted to jump on board and try to help him," said Rick Garrett of Shockwave Wrestling.
They are organizing a benefit pro wrestling match for the Ward family, set to be held on March 29 at the Havelock Recreation Center. All of the money raised will be used to help pay for Ward's medical bills and finish his bucket list for his kids.
Tickets, which cost $10 each, will officially go on sale on March 1 at the following locations:
Akikio's Alterations – Havelock
Atlantic Auto Salvage – Newport
B&B Outdoor Power – Newport
Merv's Joke Shop - Morehead City
Quality Equipment – Jacksonville
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MY BUCKET LIST / coffee can
Also know as my life list, things I would like to do, see, feel, learn and experience before I die.
1. would like to get my son a Durango or a car
2. Disney world with my kids
3. go to WrestleMania wwe live in NC
4. go to a Nascar race Daytona or charlotte
5. Nascar hall of fame
6. take the kids to the Stature of Liberty
7. meet Dale JR , Stone Cold Steve Austin, Joe Montana and Dog the bounty hunter
8. have family portraits done
9. pamper my daughter for a day of shopping, hair and nails
10. would like to see Niagara falls
11. day out with the kids for ice-cream
12. go to a football game Kansas city chiefs, tar heels
13. go to the Kansas city chiefs arena
14. be on the PRICE IS RIGHT
15. take my kids to amusement park like 6 flags
16. blue ridge parkway NC
17. go to lizard lick towing and meet them all
18. bring the kids to build a bear
19. just going out and doing things with my kids like football, mini golf, go karts, bowling, fishing etc....
20. bring the kids to chuck e cheese
22. Would like to fall in love and get married


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