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Monitors are a little less susceptible to fads than many areas of tech. They're not immune, though - 3D and packing in headline-grabbing IPS panels without necessarily supplying the image quality associated with such displays are the main offenders of the moment. The Viewsonic VP2765-LED stays clear of all such nonsense, offering great image quality and excellent build at a very reasonable price.
This is a 1080p 27in monitor that exudes seriousness and solidity. Its styling is simple, with a look less sumptuous than the Samsung SyncMaster S27A550H and much less shiny than the Iiyama E2773HDS. If your computer room is a temple of chrome and glass surfaces, this monitor is probably not for you. It's finished in lightly textured matt black plastic, avoiding fingerprints much more successfully than the many glossy designs out there, but it's practical rather than beautiful.
That's not to say it doesn't have its own particular "look", though. The giant stand of the VP2765-LED gives it a very imposing presence and makes sure it takes up a lot of desk space. This three- toed foot is around 40cm from front to back. It'll refuse to be crammed into a tight corner, but gives the monitor immense stability, which is further boosted by the hefty 8.5kg of this beast.
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- Frequency range spanning from 30Hz – 40kHz
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- Delivers detailed and realistic vocal sound that requires little to no EQ
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Engineered to deliver studio quality performance to the wireless world, the hand-tuned WL40V features fast impulse response, wide frequency response and high SPL handling. It excels at distance capture, making it ideal for broadcast, corporate, and live performance applications.
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Interchangeable with any screw-on-type handheld transmitters that receive a 31.3mm/pitch 1.0mm threading, the electret-based WL40V works with transmitters from Lectrosonics®, Line 6®, Shure® and Sony®. Its circuitry has been specifically hardened for use with 2.4GHz wireless systems, which frequently exhibit noise with electret-based capsules, making it an ideal replacement capsule for those systems.
Polar Pattern: Hypercardioid
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Output Impedance: 300Ω, unbalanced (center & outer ring)
Noise: 22dB SPL equivalent (A weighted)
Threads: 1.25″/28 thread pitch (31.3mm/pitch 1mm threading)
Dimensions L x D: 3.7 in. (93.98mm) 1.93 in. (49mm) max diameter & 1.46 in. (37mm) min. diameter
Weight: .2 lbs (90g)
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Line 6: XD-V55, XD-V75
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Sony: DWM-02, ZTX-M01
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Miners Sweep River Hawks, 3-0
Kingston, RI- In its final match at the Art Carmichael Invitational the UTEP volleyball team pushed past University of Massachusetts-Lowell in a 3-0 (25-19, 25-12, 25-19) victory.
UTEP took control of the first set, 7-4 three kills by Talia Jones, Madison Morris, and Malia Patterson capitalized off of four River Hawk errors.
UMass-Lowell stayed on the Miners' toes narrowing UTEP's lead to one with a score of 8-7,
A UTEP error and a kill by Carolyn Eddy gave the River Hawks took 10-8 lead.
The Miners responded with 4-0 run as back to back kills by Patterson and Herrera give UTEP a 13-11 edge, forcing UMass-Lowell to call a timeout.
The Orange and Blue maintained its edge as consecutive kills by Jones and Morris push the Miners to a 16-13 lead.
UTEP's offensive attack over powered the UMass-Lowell's defense as the Miners delivered a 5-0 run setting the score to 23-18. Consecutive kills by Jones and Morris capture the first set for the Miners 25-19.
Much like the first set, UTEP took control of the second set, as a River Hawk error sparked a 3-0 run from the Miners with two kills by Herrera and Morris setting the score 3-0.
UTEP increased its lead to 10-5 with a 5-0 run fueled by Lindsey Larson who hammered out back to back kills.
The Miners held the UMass-Lowell's offense as they went on a 6-0 run bringing the score to 15-8.
Consecutive kills secured by Herrera increased UTEP's edge to 20-9 forcing the River Hawks into a timeout. Off the timeout Herrera hammered three consecutive kills forcing UMass into a second timeout (23-9).
The Orange and Blue secures the second set off a UMass service error setting the score, 25-12.
Continuing their momentum the Miners took control of the third set with a 7-4 lead coming off of consecutive kills by Herrera.
Keeping up with the Miner tempo, the River Hawks went on a 4-0 run as a kill by Anisa Smith and a service ace by Olivia Parkins tie the set 12-12.
Relentless the Miners respond with a 3-0 run of their own, as Herrera hammers outs three consecutive kills giving UTEP a 17-14 advantage.
Refocused the Orange and Blue extended its lead with a 5-0 run putting the score, 23-18.
After a UMass-Lowell service error, Jones delivered a kill to secure the final set for the Miners 25-19.
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My GSD gave me a concussion...
So, my 2 year old female GSD (90 pounds), adores bubbles. She acts like such a puppy when she sees them, and scampers around like a maniac. :)
Last week, I went to blow some bubbles for her, and she got a little too excited. She ended up head-butting me right near my nose. I can not believe she didn't break it! The next day, I knew something was absolutely not right, and went to the ER. Sure enough, I was diagnosed with a concussion. Every time I was asked what happened, I began the story with, "It was NOT her fault..." ha!
Thankfully I am feeling much better now. And I swear that the poor baby feels guilty.
Glad you are feeling better .....they sure have hard heads ....
Oh dear, I hope you're feeling better soon!
I am feeling much better, thanks. :) And she does have a skull like concrete... LOL
I've gotten a knocks from my dogs, but never a concussion, hope you heal quickly and ya might think about getting a helmet, lol
Awww what a funny story! Hope you feel better soon, and I know the excitement of bubbles. I stop when he gets too excited lol
The joy of living with dogs lol. One of my clients has a gsd female, she was probably around 2 years old at the time, and she tripped her owner with the long line and gave him a concussion, he wasn't allowed to drive for two weeks and therefore could not go to work. The things they do, but we still love them :)
Ouch! I feel you pain. Literally. I was bending over to get into a drawer and my pup slid under me and jumped up on the bed with a direct hit of his head to my nose. Blood everywhere. I'm pretty sure he did crack it.
Ouch! Nose bumps are so painful.
I was training last night and my elbow connected with Karlos noggin. It hurt both of us, it was a hard hit. I hope he doesn't have a concussion!
I need to get some bubbles, I'll be very careful when blowing!
Eko has hit me with his head before, and it hurt (not as much as when he hit me in the face with his paw) but my pit mix has given me black eyes from leaping into my lap and headbutting me when she gets the zoomies.
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I had a great picture all picked out for I Heart Faces this week too. But alas, it was not meant to be and I missed the deadline. Oh wells.
Instead, allow me to share some WAY better pictures than mine. They're from our recent one-year-old photoshoot with our dear friends the Altmixes of Altmix Photography. Talk about talented photographers. For realz.
(This one is her giving a kiss. Someone is going to have to teach her about CLOSED MOUTH kisses before she gets around the boys!)
Oh and on a completely unrelated, random note: Nothing says class like
The truth is that I've been feeling especially overwhelmed with the whole being a mom, working part-time on web design, while doing ministry, helping start a church, trying to be a wife, live in community, and keep my house clean (I think we all know what's the first thing to go . . . ). Not to mention that I feel like a total failure as a mom most days because Jayci wont sleep through the night, eat ANYTHING besides cheese (hmm wonder where she gets that from. At least she has good taste), and when she doesn't get her way, or doesn't want to listen to what I have to say, she throws a MAJOR fit with full-on tears and wailing and gnashing of teeth (whatever that means). And my response? Well I usually stand there and look at her wondering: where did you come from? and what should i do with you? (all the while yelling at Charli to shut-up and asking myself WHY oh WHY the rescue hasn't come to get her yet)
Notice I didn't do a great job narrowing down my picture selections? And there were MORE, SO MANY MORE, that I loved and could have included. If you're obsessed with me and my family (and who isn't really?) or just bored, you're welcome to look at our slideshow on the Altmix Photography website.


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These artists are featured on the mixtape: French Montana, Havoc, Lady Luck, Cory Gunz, Waka Flocka. The following producers contributed to the mixtape: Harry Fraud, Sid Roams, Havoc, SC, Mr. Porter.
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John Kerry has undertaken his initial crack at working for peace in the Middle East and it is a beauty. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan shot off his big mouth in a big way. He told the Alliance of Civilizations in Vienna, "Just as with Zionism, anti-Semitism, and fascism, it has become necessary to view Islamophobia as a crime against humanity." Prior to this comment, there had been reports of efforts to restore Israel-Turkish relations, which once were close, but now are in chaos due to actions by Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Kerry has to persuade Erdogan to rethink his comments just as he must make Netanyahu offer some apologies to Turkey.
1. Netanyahu must apologize for the death of Turkish citizens who were engaged in providing aid to inhabitants of Gaza. There is no evidence they were supplying military materials or aid.
2. Netanyahu must apologize for the inept stupid behavior of former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman who insulted the Turkish ambassador to his nation.
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Forum Moderators: incrediBILL & lawman
Over the past week, it's been getting a bit of media attention, and it also recently started to circulate through the Slashdot set.
Two results from the Slashdot and news frenzy:
1: the Lycos site, makelovenotspam.com, has been haivng intermittant outtages, either from traffic, or from hacks.
2. According to a Netcraft Article [news.netcraft.com], several spam sites have actually been suffering outtages.
And from my own research: The Makelovenotspam site has been hacked [driftersoasis.com] (Screen Capture taken on 11:55 AM, MST, Dec 1. )
This could get ugly. Heheheh, let's just sit back and watch it fly :D
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[edited by: grelmar at 7:02 pm (utc) on Dec. 1, 2004]
The "hack" was a fake screenshot according to Lycos, BTW.
The DDOS on the Lycos site, however, was/is real. There is speculation that some domains targetted by Lycos's DDOS simply changed their DNS to point to Lycos's server. Doh! They didn't think of that when they came up with this harebrained scheme! Just another example of how stupid this is.
BTW, took another screen capture a few minutes ago, it's still down. Used a different machine running *nix to make sure I wasn't having browser issues. It's un-optimized, so it comes in a 450K, but if anyone wants it for their "chuckle" archive, sticky me.
I think my computer was apart of a ddos attack today, my internet went crazy but with some pro firewall & windows firewall & antivirus & ad scans and online scans all is fixed now :-)
*sigh it all divers me mad...
I also, as soon as the hols are done. In fact, bought my new laptop today (NOT linux - yet) and will be lining out what to buy when for which bunch of pieces-parts just as soon as 2005 hits the streets. I'm really looking forward to linux.... one of my favorite things is playing with new-to-me tech!
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Edit: I am able to get to it from a US Proxy.
It has a "Make love not Spam" 60's style logo and then underneath "STAY TUNED"
I wonder if Lycos will try and salvage this or just give up and walk away tail between legs.
That's a mighty good question. Not having read the news feeds yet today (came to WebmasterWorld first, of course!), I'd guess there's some high level discussions going on at Lycos Europe on that very subject.
It comes down to a showdown between some pretty fair hackers (let's face it, professional hackers and virus writers are in the Spam game), vs. the button down architecture geeks, which Lycos, I'm sure, has some pretty fair staffers in this area.
SCO lost this battle once, and their website continues to get defaced [news.netcraft.com]every now and then, and that's just for ticking off the penguin heads, who are a mostly benign bunch.
Lycos is much bigger than SCO, with more resources at their disposal. The spammers are a nastier bunch than the penguin heads.
So.... I dunno. If Lycos decides to go on with this, I'm not sure I'd put money on either side of that cage match.
Lycos has shut down the campaign saying it had been started to stimulate debate about anti-spam measures and had now achieved this aim.
Story courtesy of the BBC News [news.bbc.co.uk]
They CLAIM it was only intended to be for a short time, and that may be, but I don't think they figured it would crash and burn this fast.
netcraft article [news.netcraft.com] about the site closure. Very interesting indeed. It appears that the screens we were seeing weren't the result of a hack, but because a lot of backbone providers ganged up and blackholed the site.
Lycos is in spin doctor mode right now on the whole thing.
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The proposed area for a Joint Economic Development District between Chippewa Township and Barberton is a little more far flung than some residents had thought it would be and includes the property of some who don't want to be included.
The JEDD would bring light industrial or commercial development to the northeastern corner of the township through the availability of water and sewer services which Barberton would provide.
The township and Chippewa Local School District would get increased property tax from the development and the township would get a 40 percent share of the JEDD income tax, while 60 percent would go to Barberton.
Tom Van Nostran, who lives on a farm on Grill Road, knew the JEDD area was proposed for property east of him on Grill Road, along Ohio 21, and for 31 acres to the rear of residential properties on North Portage, Eastern and Hametown roads, with access off Portage and Hametown.
But he didn't learn until recently that the JEDD area off North Portage would extend to the rear property line of his farm.
"To me it seems like it's gotten a life of it's own now," he said, "People that don't want to be involved are now in it, am I going to be next?"
Van Nostran sees the proposed JEDD as the beginning of the end for farmers and perhaps others in the area. As people get surrounded by the noise, smells and lights, they give up and sell their properties because their quality of life is destroyed, he said.
They change the atmosphere you live in and that's why you want to leave, he said, "I foresee if Barberton gets the JEDD, it will end up going right to the Doylestown village limits."
Having once farmed on rented land in the Copley-Fairlawn area which is now filled with stores and restaurants, Van Nostran knows how the fresh air and occasional farm smells were replaced by the constant smell of cooking grease when development came.
As the farms were sold for development by the owners, Van Nostran went out of business there. That's when he moved to Chippewa Township.
Short of moving again, he's faced with the JEDD or the possibility of annexation to Doylestown. The village has placed a legislative annexation for about a quarter of Chippewa Township, including the area of the proposed JEDD, on the November ballot in the hope of stopping any annexation or JEDD actions from neighboring communities.
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William Hersman, who has lived on Hametown Road about 40 years, sees the situation as two evils. His first choice would be to be left alone by both. Faced with having to pick between the JEDD or annexation, he said he hasn't reached a conclusion on which would really be the best.


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Prepare now or wait.
So my wife and I were at the exchange (Military Walmart) today. We decided to go look in the pet isle. I saw this really nice looking chew toy and asked my wife if I could get it. She said no, we don't even have a dog. I said but we are getting one. We should start getting ready now. So that we won't have to purchase all these puppy things at once. Keep in mind it was only a $10 chew toy. Well anyway we didn't get it. My question is, when should you start prepping your house with crates and play pens and everything else for your puppy when you don't have a puppy yet but you are sure you will be getting one. (Just don't know how soon)
I started getting things (everything but food) as soon as I knew i was getting one, it's non perishable, and if you're sure you'll get a puppy, no harm on purchasing the basics
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Buy a lot second Hand (crates and gates)... I've lived on a military pay, and it sucks lol. She may be more willing to buy ahead if it's cheaper
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I don't see any reason to not start stocking up on 'stuff' now:)
You never know when you can find a good deal on crates/leashes/collars/toys..
I've had dogs 'forever', so I am already stocked with anything and everything I need for a new puppy.
If you know for sure your getting a puppy at some point, like I said, no reason to pass up a bargain, especially when it comes to crates/bowls etc, now:)
I'd go back and buy that toy if you want it:)
Facebook and craigslist!!!!
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I wouldn't get toys at walmart. Be careful what you give for treats or chews. Anything made in China is sketchy, IMO and not many toys from Walmart or other big box type stores have quality toys that will stand up to the GSD's.
You can usually get a good deal on crates(and resell them) on craigslist....just make sure you thoroughly disinfect.
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Design is, without a doubt, the sexiest of the six customer experience (CX) disciplines. So when we talk about CX design at Forrester, our favorite example comes from a really sexy industry: water utilities.
That's right — water utilities. And one in particular: Southern Water, located in the southeast of the UK.
We like the Southern Water example because it shows that CX design is not about what shade of blue your logo should be, and it's not just for people who wear black turtlenecks. No, CX design is about a repeatable problem-solving process that incorporates the needs of customers, employees, and other business stakeholders.
And that's why we invited Darren Bentham, chief customer officer at Southern Water, to speak at our SOLD OUT Forum For Customer Experience Professionals EMEA in London on November 19th and 20th. Darren has taken on one of the biggest, toughest CX challenges we know of: installing thousands of water meters for customers who have never had them before, didn't ask for them, and in many cases don't want them. And yet, by applying CX design principles, he's making this a positive experience for all parties involved.
In the run-up to the event, Darren took the time to respond to a series of questions about what he's been doing to improve customer experience and what advice he'd give to others in his shoes. His answers appear below.
I hope you enjoy his insights, and I look forward to seeing many of you in London on November 19th and 20th!
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Spring break is upon us here in Texas, and it is a beautiful week for a South By Southwest Festival. For those of us who took part in all or some of the SXSW Interactive Conference, we are coming out of it with new ideas and a charge of energy. Even if you didn't make the trek to Austin for… read more →
Last year, I finally bit the bullet and purchased a full access pass to the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Conference. As a local Austin resident, I had taken advantage of the SXSW Music Festival for years. Having made the leap from client side to Return On Now full time in early 2012, the time was right to check out… read more →
Today at the South By Southwest Interactive Conference, I had the privilege of catching Tim Ferriss (author of The 4-Hour Workweek) present a session about Meta-Learning. What is that? Essentially, it is the idea of "accelerated learning for accelerated times." We all know that the world is moving fast these days, blazingly fast in fact. This environment requires many more skills… read more →
So today you are looking at the first edition of "Return On News". My goal is to share a similar set of recommended articles and blog posts at least once monthly. If there is enough volume, I might even do it more often.
Earlier this week I was talking to some colleagues of mine about "corporate speak". You know what I'm talking about…all of those made up words that aspiring young professionals in big companies use to try to sound smarter. Surely you've seen resumes, proposals, or other business documents that were littered with nonsensical words, most of them of many syllables and tenuous definition.


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The King County Water Taxi will be providing extended service tonight, July 11, on the West Seattle route for the CONCACAF double header soccer matches at CenturyLink field.
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Featuring fellow Teklife crew members DJ Earl and DJ Taye.
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His EP titled Sold Out is due November 13th.
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. — San Diego law enforcement officials are considering a text-messaging system for anonymous crime tips that was unveiled by Boston-area police last month.
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By John Eccleston on 18 June 2013
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has announced the appointment of Susannah Clements as deputy chief executive. Clements has 29 years' experience in HR, change management and consulting, including time at Whitbread, Anglian Water, Care UK and PwC. She holds an MBA from the London Business School and a degree from Cambridge University, […]
AGR awards shortlist published
By John Eccleston on 17 June 2013
The shortlist for the 2013 Association of Graduate Recruiters Awards has been published. The winners will be announced at the AGR's annual conference, at Celtic Manor in Newport, on 8 July. The category shortlists are as follows: Graduate assessment & selection (intakes of 50+ graduates) Santander/Alexander Mann Solutions Civil Service Fast Stream Linklaters Digital marketing […]
TheLadders.co.uk enters administration
By John Eccleston on 20 May 2013
Job site theladders.co.uk has entered administration. The site's homepage has been replaced with an insolvency notice.
CIPD RMAs shortlist revealed
By John Eccleston on 17 May 2013
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has publised the shortlist for its 2013 Recruitment Marketing Awards.
Enterprise Rent-A-Car wins top award at the UK's largest graduate recruitment event
By John Eccleston on 4 April 2013
Enterprise Rent-A-Car fought off stiff competition from Teach First, BP and Barratt Developments to win the prestigious Graduate Employer of the Year Award, at last night's TARGETjobs National Graduate Recruitment Awards.
IBM, Barclays and HSBC win new school leaver and apprentice awards at the TARGETjobs Awards
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Last night the 2013 TARGETjobs National Graduate Recruitment Awards, the largest graduate recruitment event in Europe, took place at London's Grosvenor House Hotel.
TARGETjobs Awards 2013 shortlist announced
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The shortlist for the 2013 TARGETjobs National Graduate Recruitment Awards has been announced, ahead of the awards ceremony which takes place at London's Grosvenor House Hotel on 3 April.
New Association of Graduate Recruiters chief executive announced
By John Eccleston on 8 March 2013
The Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) has today announced that Stephen Isherwood will succeed Carl Gilleard as chief executive.
Heineken refreshes recruitment comms with viral ad
By John Eccleston on 28 February 2013
We saw this entertaining recruitment viral from Heineken today and thought it was worth sharing.
Monster TV ads: Where there's a moose's head…
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Monster has kicked off its first major advertising campaign since 2008 with television ads starting this week, and radio and outdoor campaigns to follow.
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City Kids Head Back to School
New York, NY —
Class is back in session for more than a million New York City public school students. Atara James is among the thousands of parents who dropped their children off at school for the first day today.
Standing with her two children outside of P.S. 62 in the Bronx, James says she's more than ready for the school year.
ATARA JAMES: Oh, I'm very glad they're back at school. I have like seven of them so you know to get rid of a few of them during the day is good.
REPORTER: One of Atara's two daughters, Kayla James, says she's ALSO happy to get back to school.
KAYLA JAMES: Sometimes I don't have books to read and sometimes I miss my teacher and I'm happy I'm going into third grade....
REPORTER: Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein visited P.S. 62, where they told fifth graders they want to build on rising test scores and graduation rates.
Later, to reporters, Bloomberg says he believes lawmakers in Albany will renew the law giving the mayor control of the city's schools. It expires in December, 2009. Several of his allies have formed a new lobbying group aimed at retaining mayoral control.
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Surveillance footage leads to hunt for bomb suspect
BOSTON — The painstaking work to identify a bombing suspect from reams of Boston Marathon footage yielded a possible breakthrough as investigators focused on a man seen dropping off a bag, and then walking away from the site of the second of two deadly explosions.
The discovery of the image — found on surveillance footage from a department store near the finish line — emerged two days after the attack that left three people dead, wounded more than 170, and cast a dark shadow over one of this city's most joyous traditions. The footage hasn't been made public.
President Barack Obama was to attend a service honoring the victims today in Boston, where police were stationed on street corners across downtown and some residents admitted they were nervous moving about in public spaces.
People lined up hours ahead of time this morning to get into the city's Roman Catholic cathedral for the interfaith service.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said he shared the frustration that those responsible were still at large, but he said solving the case will not "happen by magic. It's going to happen by doing the careful work that must be done in a thorough investigation," Patrick said. "That means going through the couple of blocks at the blast scene square inch by square inch and picking up pieces of evidence and following those trails, and that's going to take some time."
The bombs were crudely fashioned from ordinary kitchen pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails and ball bearings, investigators and others close to the case said. Investigators suspect the devices were then hidden in black duffel bags and left on the ground.
As a result, they were looking for images of someone lugging a dark, heavy bag. Investigators had appealed to the public to provide videos and photographs from the race finish line.
City Council President Stephen Murphy said investigators saw the image of the man dropping off a bag and matched the findings with witness descriptions of someone leaving the scene.
One department store video "has confirmed that a suspect is seen dropping a bag near the point of the second explosion and heading off," Murphy said.
At least 14 bombing victims, including three children, remained in critical condition. Dozens of victims have been released from hospitals, and officials at hospitals that treated some of the most seriously injured said they expected all their remaining patients to survive.
On Wednesday, investigators in white jumpsuits fanned out across the streets, rooftops and awnings around the blast site in search of clues. They picked through trash cans, plastic cup sleeves and discarded sports drink dispensers.
Boston remained under a heavy security presence, with scores of National Guard troops gathering among armored Humvees in the Boston Common.
Kenya Nadry, a website designer, took her 5-year-old nephew to a playground.
"There's still some sense of fear, but I feel like Boston's resilient," she said. "The fine men in blue will take care of a lot of it."


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The .32-40 was often rebored to .33-40, and other larger calibers by target shooters. The .38-55 was even overbored to a .40 caliber in an attempt to gain more bullet weight.
With the advent of smokeless powders the gun tinkerers went pretty wild trying to develope different cartridges. The .35-30 you mentioned sounds much like the .35 Lever Power cartridge developed by Fred Wade of Arizona. This cartridge puts a 200 gr bullet out the muzzle at over 2500 fps! Quite a hot round, and surely not for a weak action.
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I've been in ATL for 13 months now and love it here.
Things I hate about ATL:
1) Traffic. All the time and its everywhere. It's absolutely insane
2)Their road maint. is retarded as they just put a giant metal plate over the hole rather than fixing it
3)No happy hour
4) Lots of homeless / thugs
5) No NHL team
I love the cost of living, the fact I live in Midtown and can take the train to work, and it being in SEC country. ATL is the blue dot in a red state, and shares the same attitude as Austin. I really like ATL, sans the traffic(which is my mortal sworn enemy)
Every time I was in DC I was amazed with the traffic level, but if you live and work in the district you can live almost car free. It's also really pricey.
Raleigh I just love, LOADS of high paying work in Technology and Healthcare, not much traffic, they have a NHL team, International Airport, and I love the culture there. I was looking at real estate prices in Wake Forest yesterday and how much home you can get for the money reminds me of Texas.
I've always loved Raleigh, I'm just wondering really how you guys thinks it would stack up against DC or ATL. I like some of the inner-city neighborhoods, but they can get really pricey. And Living out in the burbs is a sentence to traffic death.
Night/Social life = DC
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Sri Lanka says has secured $1.2 billion tourism investment
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NEGOMBO, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's tourism industry has secured $1.2 billion foreign investment this year due to a post-war tourism boom and has raised its investment target to $3 billion within the next five years, an official said on Friday.
The end of the 25-year war in May 2009 has boosted the $50 billion economy's leisure industry, making it one of the most attractive sectors for investment due to the island's nature and tropical climate that attract more high-end Western Europe tourists.
"So far this year we have got $1.2 billion finalized," said Nalaka Godahewa, the head of Sri Lanka Tourism Authority, told Reuters in the western coastal beach town of Negombo after the launch of a five-star hotel upgraded from three-star status.
The investment includes nearly $1 billion of foreign investment into a 500-room hotel by Shangri-La Hotels Lanka Ltd., a subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed hotel operator Shangri-La Asia Ltd, and a shopping mall by China National Aero Technology Import and Export Corporation, he said.
"We are expecting $3 billion in foreign direct investment for tourism for tourism in next five years," he said.
Sri Lanka had aimed to attract $2.7 billion in investments to upgrade its post-war tourism capacity in the medium term, with the goal of growing revenue to $2.5 billion by 2016.
Arrivals have risen every month, on a year-on-year basis, since May 2009 and the number of visitors in the first five months of 2011 jumped 40.2 percent to 327,902.
"We are well ahead of our targets," Godahewa said. "Already 1,500 hotel rooms are under refurbishment or being upgraded while another 1,000 new rooms have been built. Our target is 45,000 rooms from the current 22,700," he said. Continued...


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Video: Former IRS commissioner isn't quite sure if targeting scheme violated American values
posted at 7:16 pm on May 22, 2013 by Guy Benson
This was one of the odder exchanges from today's House Oversight Committee hearing. Former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman smugly waved off any responsibility for abuses that occurred at his agency during his tenure. In fact, he pronounced himself "very comfortable" with his job performance, which entailed inaccurately testifying before Congress that conservative targeting was "absolutely not" happening in early 2012 — then failing to correct the record several weeks later, when he says he discovered the truth. Anyway, here's Shulman responding…bizarrely to a question posed by Ohio Republican Mike Turner:
He just couldn't bring himself to even express a personal opinion on whether a powerful agency improperly targeting groups of a particular political persuasion is an affront to American and democratic values. He winced, he stuttered, he invoked words like "inappropriate," but he couldn't flat-out say it was wrong. Most observers would've told him to say "yes, of course," then move on. But he didn't, and here's why: First, it's still the official IRS line that the targeting/"triage" practices were all about "efficiency" in the face of an avalanche of new applications. That excuse doesn't jibe with 2010 statistics (when the abusive methods began), nor with the admitted fact that no liberal or progressive groups were caught up in the agency's political targeting net. But "nonpartisan mistakes" is their story, and they're sticking to it. After all, how can a simple clerical error be un-American? Second, all of Shulman's answers were parsed and delivered in practiced legalese. He almost never answered anything with simple assertions, opting for "recollections" and "as far as I can remembers." In his apparent painstaking efforts to avoid making any statement that might ensnare him in a perjury controversy, Shulman seemed unable to cleanly field simple questions about his opinion. So he hedged and qualified and dissembled — and looked really guilty doing so. Nevertheless, his former colleague Stephen Miller still takes the cake in the category of deer-in-the-headlights, noncommittal awkwardness. He couldn't render a firm judgment either way on whether the IRS asking an organization about the contents of its prayers crossed the line. What a crew.


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[NASL PREVIEW: Week 2] The Tampa Bay Rowdies, who opened the NASL fall campaign with a wild 7-4 win at San Antonio, hope they have a few more goals left in their arsenal when they welcome the New York Cosmos at Al Lang Stadium on Saturday.
The Rowdies rebounded from conceding three goals inside the opening 18 minutes to lead 4-3 by halftime
and then add three more goals against the Scorpions.
Tampa Bay boasted the best away record during the spring season (4-1-1) but was only 1-3-2 at home during the first half of the
"We hope to come out on Saturday and really put on a great show for our fans, who I know will rally behind us the full 90 minutes," said Rowdies coach Ricky Hill. "To win, we can't concede as many goals as we did against San Antonio and I have made that clear to the players."
Meanwhile, the
Atlanta Silverbacks play their first league game at home since winning the spring title with a 3-0 win at Minnesota on the final day of the first half when they host the Carolina RailHawks.
Both clubs claimed narrow 1-0 victories to open fall play.
"They're a team that we need to be very aware of because it is the same team we beat at home last season, and it wasn't
easy," said Silverbacks coach Brian Haynes. "They're the second best team in the league and we can't take them for granted. We need to make sure that we
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-- FC Edmonton acquired forward Corey Hertzog on loan from MLS's Vancouver Whitecaps for the remainder of
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Saturday, August 10
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BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- Six consecutive days -- that's how many of the S&P 500's trading sessions have ended lower of late, a feat that stocks haven't managed to accomplish in the last several years. The implications of that sort of market weakness are significant right now.
Last week, when the selling started, I mentioned that the S&P 500 was a stone's throw from key support at 1300, a level that we wouldn't want to see tested under our current market conditions. Sure enough, stocks fell through 1300 on Monday and haven't looked back. As a result, the S&P is up just 1.74% year-to-date, a far cry from the double-digit gains that the average sported earlier this year.
So what should we expect next? The fact that so many large stocks (which make up a large chunk of the S&P) are nearing support makes a good case for finding a near-term bottom soon – or at least a pocket of demand to slow the decline. Technically, we're still above our long-term trend line, a fact that suggests that it's not quite time to panic.
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With all of that in mind, let's turn to the technicals on Wall Street biggest names for a more actionable trading plan for the week.
In case you're not familiar with technical analysis, technical charts are used every day by proprietary trading floors, Wall Street's biggest financial firms and individual investors to get an edge on the market. And by some measures, skilled technical traders can bank gains as much as 90% of the time.
Every week, we take an in-depth look at large-cap stocks that are telling important technical stories. Here's this week's look at the technicals of five high-volume stocks.
Best-in-breed automaker Ford (F) is a good example of a large name that's approaching an important support level right now. The $52 billion company has seen its shares under pressure for much of 2011, tumbling more than 18% since the first trading day of January. But with shares settling into a previous support level right now, this stock could contribute to a cooling of the S&P's selloff.
The $13.75 low that shares hit back in March turned out to be a key reversal day for Ford, as the stock generated one of its largest-ranging positive days of the year. The fact that a key reversal day occurred at that price level makes it an important support level for shareholders to watch right now -- the implication is that significant demand exists for shares near that price.
That doesn't mean that it's a good idea to pick up shares of Ford right now. Remember, support levels do fail -- and early buyers are left holding the bag. Instead, wait for a bounce off of that support level before buying. The bounce confirms that it's still a valid technical price level.
Ford, one of TheStreet Ratings' top-rated automobile stocks, shows up on a May list of 8 Stocks Morgan Stanley Is Betting On.
Coca-Cola (KO), one of TheStreet Ratings' top-rated beverage stocks, is another blue-chip name that's sitting right at an important support level right now.
This $150 billion firm is essentially flat on the year, albeit not for a lack of volatile price action. Coke's current positioning could be a buying opportunity, but we'll need to see shares break above their current consolidation range.
In Coke's case, shares actually hit support back on Friday but haven't actually managed to bounce higher given the broad market's overwhelming downward pressure. While that is a concern, the fact that shares have held steadfast at that support level for the past four trading days is a good sign nonetheless.
The sideways consolidation in Coke gives traders a solid target for an entry -- or a short. Wait for a break out of the consolidation range, then make a bet in the direction of that break.
Coke is a favorite of various high-profile investors, including Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies, which increased its position in the stock in the first quarter to 3.5 million shares, and Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway counts the stock as its top holding, comprising 24.8% of the total portfolio.
While energy stocks saw a crude price-driven rebound yesterday, miners didn't share that same price action. Metals continue to have a high correlation with stocks right now, the result of the finite uninvested capital positions that market participants are experiencing.
As such, big-name miners such as Freeport McMoRan (FCX) are looking less than bullish right now.
In the case of Freeport, shares are developing in a setup known as a descending triangle. Essentially, a descending triangle is characterized by a horizontal support level on the downside and a downtrending resistance level above. The downtrending resistance indicates that traders are willing to unload shares of Freeport at increasingly low prices. As those prices get squeezed toward support, the potential of a breakdown well below $46 increases.
Freeport's directional bias to the downside is still fairly tentative right now -- and better-looking setups in the metals Freeport mines suggest that a trade shouldn't be made unless a definitive breakdown occurs below $46. Otherwise, a breakout above the pattern's bounds could be a good upside trade on commodity strength -- that's why it's crucial to wait for the setup to play out fully to capture a high-probability opportunity.
Freeport, one of the top-yielding metals and mining stocks, received some bullish attention in the first quarter from, among others, Ken Fisher, whose Fisher Asset Management upped its position in the stock to 12.9 million shares.
Baker Hughes
Oil and gas servicer Baker Hughes (BHI) wasn't one of the energy names that took advantage of the upside in crude yesterday. Instead, shares of the company held in a tight range for the entire trading session. Even so, the stock does show some longer-term upside potential right now.
Baker Hughes is showing the exact opposite setup that Freeport is experiencing: an ascending triangle. As in the case of Freeport, it's important to wait for the breakout before buying, though the directional bias is stronger in this play right now.
Complicating matters is the fact that upside resistance is in the form of a range, not a single level. To trade this setup, I'd suggest buying on a definitive break above R1, then hiking your protective stop up to your entry as shares test their strength against R2.
Baker Hughes, one of the top holdings of Blue Ridge Capital, shows up on a May list of Stocks With Notable Insider Activity.
Research In Motion
Last up this week is a blast from the past -- a recap of last week's Research In Motion (RIMM) setup. Shares of RIM got hit hard in the June 1 market selloff, but I warned that a break below $42.50 support likely meant that further selling was in store.
Sure enough, shorting RIM last Thursday would have generated near-double-digit gains while the broad market lost 2.6%. Shares are deep in 52-week low territory right now. As a result, investors are going to be looking for an opportunity to pick up shares at a discount.
If that's your plan, wait for confirmation of a stop to the selling (a white bar day followed by another consecutive day of buying, both on strong volume), and then keep a tight protective stop just below the 52-week low.
Spotting bottoms in fast-falling stocks such as RIM is only easily done in hindsight. While using this strategy improves your odds, it also preserves the vast majority of your capital if you're wrong. That's a critical part of any trading strategy.
To see this week's potential trades in action, check out the High Volume Technicals portfolio on Stockpickr.
-- Written by Jonas Elmerraji in Baltimore.
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[How To] Cut Down on Smartphone Data Usage
We have a problem – I think we are going to switch to one of those "Family Share" wireless data plans very soon. When we switch, we will have to choose how much data we want to pay for monthly. That scares me because I'm a geek, so I think I need my current unlimited data plan.
Even though I did some research, and found that my current data usage for the past couple of months fits reasonably into one of my carrier's plans, I'm still apprehensive of giving up my unlimited plan. So I did some additional research and found some ways I can cut down on my smartphone data usage, just to be safe.
You're more than welcome to try some of these out as well. As a matter of fact, I'll write the rest of this post as if I needed to come up with some valuable content that my readers can benefit from – Crazy concept, right?
Data Management Apps
There are tons of data apps out there that can make you a better steward over your smartphone data. There are data-reporting apps that can monitor your data, show you where you and how you use data, and alert you via push notifications when you've crossed a specified threshold. There are even data-compressing apps that can actually shrink the data you use. Your smartphone may even have some of this functionality built-in.
App Sync over WiFi Only
If you do a good job of always being in places with free WiFi, you might get away with selecting the option of only synchronizing app data over WiFi. Apps like Evernote, Dropbox, Twitter (and its many 3rd-Party clients), offer the option of only using data while you're connected to WiFi. This way, you can pick and choose what apps can always sync with your smartphone (like Twitter) versus what apps can can wait until you're connected to a WiFi network (Dropbox).
Smartphone Data over WiFi Only
If you really want to lockdown your smartphone's data, there is a system-wide option in your phone's settings that when selected, will ONLY use data when you're on WiFi. This setting will trump any app/service specific setting – Your entire phone will only use data if you're connected to WiFi. This is great option when you know you're on your last Kilobyte of data before you enter "overage" territory.
Being a geek, I was actually surprised by how much data I DON'T use. So I may just save a few bucks if/when we switch to a shared data plan when a certain phone is availiable (rhymes with iPhone 5). But that still won't stop me from agonizing over that fact that I will NEVER have unlimited smartphone data ever again.
*sheds single tear down left cheek*
On the bright-side, this will force me to take more control over my smartphone data usage.
So let me know if you plan to use any of these suggestions and if they actually help you conserve that precious smartphone data.


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73rd Annual Veterans Day Dinner
Event Dates and Times
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cliffbreakers 700 West Riverside Blvd Rockford IL
The Veterans Day dinner has been a tradition in Rockford for over 70 years. It has brought together for one evening people from the government sector, people from the private sector and veterans from all walks of life to honor the Veterans in our community.
This year's keynote speaker will be Colonel (retired) John A. P. Gessner. Colonel Gessner, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, retired in 2010 from the U.S. Army following 32 years of service (1978-2010). He is a veteran of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom (2002-2003). His military awards include the Legion of Merit, two Bronze Star Medals awarded for service in Afghanistan and Kuwait/Iraq, four Meritorious Service Medals, four Army Commendation Medals and the Corps of Engineers Silver de Fleury Medal.
On June 1, 1954, November 11th was designated as Veterans Day to all who served, past, present and future. Seventy-six years ago on August 13, 1937, a group of men in Rockford known as the Ex-Servicemen's Organization founded the Veterans Day Banquet hosting the first dinner on Armistice Day, November 11, 1938 at the Bethesda Covenant Church. The keynote speaker was Charles G. Seidel. In 1939 a second Armistice Day Banquet was held at First Lutheran Church, with Dr. J. Oliver Buswell, President of Wheaton College as keynote speaker.
In 1939, the organizations name was changed from "Post of Ex-Service Men" to a "Post of War Service Men." In 1944 Daniel Post was accepted into the American Legion and became Post #864. The American Legion Daniel Post #864 sponsored the banquet until 1998 when the Winnebago County Veterans Association took the responsibility to preserve continuity of the banquets honoring all veterans. The banquet has been held each year to honor veterans who served in the military of our country.
Social hour and cocktails will begin at 6:00 pm and dinner will be served at 7:00 pm. The Veterans Day Program will follow dinner. This year we will be offering a single entree featuring Turkey. Tickets are available at a cost of $25. For tickets contact Scott Lewandowski at (815) 969-1999.
Scott Lewandowski 815.969.1999
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Fife School District's annual district-wide art show happens May 23 at the Columbia Junior High School library, while outside there will be a 5K fun run/walk going on to help a little girl with cancer see her wish come true.
The art show always attracts a big crowd of students, families, friends and folks in the community who come to view the amazing breadth of art made by Fife's K-12 students. This event will also offer the opportunity for Columbia's Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) club to hold the run/walk to raise money for 5-year-old Ava of Lynnwood.
"Adopted" by the Columbia FBLA through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, young Ava has cancer. Her wish is to go to Disneyland to meet all the Disney princesses, so the FBLA has set a goal to raise $2,500 for Ava's family to get her there. Donations of any amount are being gratefully accepted now through a donation website at http://tinyurl.com/a9htuzm. A tax receipt will be automatically generated. Donations can also be sent to Columbia Jr. High, 2901 54th St. E., Fife, WA 98424.
Those who wish to participate in the fun run can visit the Columbia Junior High website at http://www.FifeSchools.com (click on "Schools" and choose Columbia Jr. High) for an online registration form, or sign up the day of the race. The 5K route is approximately 3.1 miles and will encompass the junior high school grounds and across the street through Dacca Park. All levels of runners/walkers are welcome. The course is fully paved and wheelchair accessible. First aid will also be available. Check-in is at 5 p.m.; race time is 6 p.m.


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Originally Posted by DArtagnan
ArcheAge looks to be doing that in a smart way, because they retain the themepark elements that will ease people into the experience - but the game opens up as you progress.
Originally Posted by DArtagnan
That said, I do admire certain things about the game. It looks pretty good - and the city designs are fantastic. It does have some great exploration elements - and I love the underwater environments. In fact, the game COULD have been great with some serious design changes.


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A powerful earthquake has hit Mexico near the popular holiday resort of Acapulco.
The quake damaged more than 100 homes in the southwestern state of Guerrero.
The 7.2 magnitude quake sent people scurrying out of homes and hotels, causing brief panic from the Pacific coast to states in central and eastern parts of Mexico.
At least 127, mostly adobe homes were damaged in Guerrero.
In the state capital Chilpancingo, a tower of the cathedral suffered cracks along with a few other public buildings, a spokesman for local emergency services said.
But there were no reports of deaths or major damage, although hospitals are preparing to treat those who have been injured.
Some people in Mexico City fled homes in panic when the quake hit.
Electricity was cut off in parts of the city and some residents said paintings fell off the walls, while small parts of masonry crumbled inside apartment buildings.


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Traffic and Kenmore Square: Directions, Parking and Helpful Tips
Getting to Kenmore Square
Kenmore Square isn't so much a transportation hub as it is a major intersection. Brookline Avenue, Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue all meet in Kenmore Square.The MBTA's Green Line splits in three in Kenmore Square: The Green Line B-trolley rattles down Commonwealth Avenue through Boston University and Allston to finally end up at Boston College in Chestnut Hill. The C trolley travels down Beacon Street, through Coolidge Corner to Cleveland Circle. The D-trolley takes you past the hospital area and Brookline Village to Riverside in Newton. Finally, several bus lines serve Kenmore Square from the bus station directly above the subway trolley station.
If you're coming from north or south of town on I-93, simply exit at the Leverett Connector to Storrow Drive and continue to the Kenmore Square exit. You can exit from the middle lane. At the first light after the exit take a right onto Beacon Street or Bay State Road, or keep going straight to the second set of lights, where you can either turn right onto Commonwealth Avenue or or go straight and then bear right onto the Newbury Street extension, which will take you to Kenmore Street and Brookline Avenue.
Parking in Kenmore Square
There is quite a bit of parking available in Kenmore Square, in small part thanks to the 81+ baseball game splayed at Fenway Park every year.
Metered parking is available
- along Commonwealth Avenue in both directions
- on both sides of Raleigh Street - on both sides of Bay State Road (some strecthes are reserved for resident parking)
- on Kenmore Street
- on Deerfield Street
There is also metered parking on Newbury Street, but some of it is reserved for residents after 6 pm.
There are several places to park in and around Kenmore Square including lots and garages.
Boston University Kenmore Lot O
549 Commonwealth Avenue
M-F 7 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Sat. 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.
$3 per 1/2 hour; $10 Max; $8 flat rate after 3 p.m. and Sat.
Red Sox parking: $30
Cash Only or Purchase in Advance.
Closest MBTA Stop: Kenmore Square
Boston University Deerfield Lot P
30 Deerfield Street
Open to the Public only during Fenway Park Events
Red Sox: $30
Closest MBTA Stop: Kenmore Square
Boston University Lot R
766 Commonwealth Avenue
Open to the Public only during Fenway Park Events
Red Sox $15
Cash Only
Closest MBTA Stop: Boston University Central
Boston University Agganis Arena Lot & Garage
925 Commonwealth Avenue
M-F 7a.m.- 11 p.m.
$1 per hour; $8 max.
Special Events: $10-$40
Cash Only
Closest MBTA Stops: Pleasant Street Station and St. Paul Street
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text: WOOSTER On Oct. 4 at noon, the Wooster Women's Civic Club will sponsor its "Autumn Tradition" luncheon and card party at Central Christian Church on Market Street in Wooster. The luncheon will be a chicken and pasta casserole with fruit and roll. There will be a cookie dessert table.Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased from any Civic Club member.Proceeds will be used to support a worthwhile civic project in Wooster. Last year the proceeds were contributed to replenish the trees in Christmas Run Park.


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Can a company or hospital sue if I am making payments?
Question Details: I have incurred a $1046.00 hospital bill & have PROMISED topay $20 a month an dif I have more I will send more. The collector said $40 a month would be more suitable and if the hospital wasn't happy with my payments they may take further action. is the popular belief correct that as long as I am paying them SOMETHING, they can't garnish my wages or sue me?
That is absolutely NOT true. If you owe someone money, and you don't pay it on time, and you don't make up for that as fast as the creditor (person owed to) likes, they can sue you. It isn't any different for hospitals.
Typically, many hospitals won't sue you (and in almost every state, they would have to sue you before they could garnish your wages), as long as you are making some regular payments -- but they could.


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Mon. February 27, 2012 | Bob Putnam | Email
ST. PETERSBURG — For a long time there was no change. There was just the reliability of smart, methodical boys basketball, as old as the brick in the buildings that used to frame the sprawling Shorecrest Preparatory campus.
Sure, a few seasons ended with playoff berths, but plenty of others were forgettable.
But the past three years have brought sweeping changes, to the school and the basketball program. The campus is now dotted with sleek, new buildings — the crown jewel a $4.5 million athletic center that is home to basketball.
The Chargers have gone through their own transformation on the court, winning three straight district titles after making just four playoff appearances from 1983 to 2009. Tuesday night at the Lakeland Center, Shorecrest (23-8) will make school history by playing in the Class 3A state semifinals for the first time.
"We've done a lot to change how everyone views the program," senior guard Ricky Quiroz said. "But the biggest difference has been with the coaching."
Shorecrest coach Daryl Blume brought the same unbound passion to succeed to Shorecrest that had always governed his life. Players fed off his energy until they ran at a pace that turned every game into Armageddon.
Blume, 54, a guard at Division II Francis Marion, grew up in a slow, halfcourt game. That changed after he moved to St. Petersburg in 1980. Blume started playing with former standouts in the area on an adult league team that competed in the preseason against D-II and junior colleges around the state.
"They ran up and down the court, took shots," Blume said. "That's the way I wanted to play and coach."
Blume coached AAU basketball before becoming a volunteer at Shorecrest in 2009, then JV coach in 2010. That year, the Chargers' varsity program was 3-7 when coach Brian Marchetti stepped down. Blume was urged to take the job.
"I was a little hesitant to do it," Blume said. "I wanted to be able to stay in the shadows, but the varsity team needed someone to step in quickly."
Scrapping a grind-it-out system for more of a frenetic pace, the Chargers went from averaging 45 points per game to 65. They closed out the season by winning 11 of their final 12, including a come-from-behind overtime victory over Admiral Farragut that secured
Shorecrest's first district title in more than a decade.
"I was supposed to just finish that year and be out," Blume said. "But we had a young team and we were having so much success that I wanted to stick around."
Blume did more than stay. He had his hands everywhere in the program, including the building of a new gymnasium.
Blume, who owns BCH Mechanical, a construction contracting company, kick started the fundraising efforts by donating $500,000 that the school had to match. He also helped with the design and planning stages and donated materials and services for the plumbing, lighting and air conditioning.
The athletic center, which broke ground in April, was completed just before the start of basketball season in November.
"I went from a parent to a volunteer to coach to diving right into everything," Blume said. "I wanted to see a new gym in place. I know the economy is bad, but I figured this was the time to do it while we're still having some success."
While the athletic center was under construction, Blume tried to find a place for his son, Luke, a senior guard, to practice. So he transformed one of the warehouses he owns in Pinellas Park into a gym. That structure is now the Basketball Warehouse, a facility that conducts camps and holds practices for club teams.
"The coaching and training that I've got with the coaching staff is phenomenal," sophomore forward Jay Joyer said. "When I got here, they welcomed me with open arms. It's great here because they allow you to take the open shot."
Added Blume: "The old notion was that we had a bunch of slow guys who can't jump on the basketball team. I think we've changed that whole mind-set."
The nucleus of players that helped turn Shorecrest into a consistent contender will be graduating, including Quiroz and Luke Blume, the Chargers' top scorers. Without his son to coach, it was widely assumed Blume would be leaving as well.
"I'm pretty sure I'll keep coaching," Blume said. "I'm having too much fun to stop now."
State boys basketball semifinals
Where: Lakeland Center
Admission: $10 per session; parking is $7
TV: BHSN will air the finals
Local schedule
• 3A: Tampa Prep vs. Jacksonville Providence, 7 p.m. Tuesday
• 3A: Shorecrest vs. Weston Sagemont, 8:30 p.m. Tuesday
• 4A: Berkeley Prep vs. Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday
• 5A: Nature Coast vs. Jacksonville Terry Parker, 6 p.m. Thursday
• 7A: St. Petersburg vs. Pompano Beach Ely, 4 p.m. Friday
Tuesday's other games
• A: Greensboro West Gadsden vs. Chipley, 10 a.m.
• A: Lake Butler Union County vs. Hawthorne, 11:30 a.m.
• 2A: Orlando Christian Prep vs. Tallahassee FAMU, 2:30 p.m.
• 2A: Hialeah Champagnat vs. Boca Raton Grandview Prep, 4 p.m. the Lakeland Center


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Gloria Allred rumored to have dirt that will sink Romney campaign
posted at 12:19 pm on October 21, 2012 by Howard Portnoy
Does outspoken Obama supporter Gloria Allred really have an "October surprise" in the works that will sabotage Mitt Romney's run for the White House, or is the rumor, first published by the Drudge Report, all wet? Inquiring minds want to know.
The story, circulated by RadarOnline.com, contains an Oct. 18 tweet by Matt Drudge reading:
Here she comes. Hearing Gloria Allred out there again, about to make a move. After all, it's her time of the campaign. Team O at the ready!!
Another website named The Red Side of Life, Conservative Musings from New York is quoted as having written:
Gloria Allred Prepares Anti-Mitt Strike. You Can STOP Her Now! (action!) Don't underestimate Gloria Allred's ability to inflict damage. The media will 'eat up' anything she feeds them and turn it into an endless scandal. Recall she took down Cain and RINO Whitman with NO EVIDENCE. We're doing too well to risk 'an Allred.' She can be stopped, but it will take action on our behalf.
Allred has refused to comment on the claim, noting curtly, "I don't discuss meetings with potential clients."
RadarOnline.com previously reported Allred's putative role in the unseating of Meg Whitman, who ran for governor of California in 2010. Allred represented, a former Whitman housekeeper named Nicky Diaz, who alleged that she was terminated because she was an illegal immigrant. Ultimately the election went to to Democrat Jerry Brown, who has since passed a state version of the DREAM Act.
Allred was a delegate for President Obama at the DNC in North Carolina last summer.
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Swedish hotel aims to put you up in the trees
By Matt Cowan
LONDON (Reuters) - A lofty new hotel concept is set to open in a remote village in northern Sweden, which aims to elevate the simple treehouse into a world-class destination for design-conscious travelers.
Treehotel, located in Harads about 60 km south of the Arctic Circle, will consist of four rooms when it opens on July 17th: the Cabin, the Blue Cone, the Nest and the Mirrorcube.
Two additional structures are scheduled to open in October - the UFO and A Room With a View.
"Our goal in five years is to have 24 rooms from 24 different architects," says Treehotel co-founder Kent Lindvall, a former guidance counselor who came up with the concept along with his wife Britta.
The first six structures were designed by five different architects. The Mirrorcube which stands four meters high and four meters wide, has drawn widespread attention as it will be attached to a single tree.
"It's an interesting building. You cannot find anything like this in the world today. It's absolutely unique," says Lindvall, as he stands next to the room's mirrored outer wall.
"Everything will reflect in this - the trees, the birds, the clouds, the sun, everything. So it should be invisible nearly in the forest."
Lindvall says a special film will be applied to the glass which will be visible to birds. Continued...