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Save The Date for StriperFest 2017:
Saturday, September 23th
12pm – 6:30pm
Falmouth Marine Park
Scranton Ave. Falmouth, MA
Join us for the biggest fishing party in the Northeast!
Live Music • Budweiser Beer • Food from the Black Dog Tavern
Yamaha Demo Rides • Games for the Kids • Casting Competitions • Tackle Demos
Kids Activities • Trophies & Awards • The Cow Gallery • Fishy Exhibits & Much More!
Exhibitors Include:
Cobia Boats • Yamaha Marine • The Black Dog • Lowrance & Simrad Electronics
Sebile Lures • St Croix Rods • Van Staal & More!
StriperFest is the biggest fishing party on the East Coast. Over a late summer weekend, thousands of fishermen and their friends and family come to Cape Cod to take boat demo rides, check out the sponsors' displays, eat, drink and enjoy live music. Way more than just an awards ceremony for The Striper Cup, it's the season-capping event of the year for striped bass fishermen.
Please note that StriperFest is a no smoking venue and there are no pets allowed (with the exception of service animals specifically trained to help people who have disabilities)
StriperFest is held in On The Water's hometown: the historic Cape Cod town of Falmouth, MA. Located right on Vineyard Sound, it's the perfect location to celebrate a great season of fishing for striped bass and party on the waterfront at Falmouth Harbor. The Upper Cape is surrounded by world-class fall fishing, so don't forget to bring your gear and plan to stay awhile. Falmouth offers something for the whole family, with great shopping, dining and nightlife. Take the ferry from Falmouth Harbor to Martha's Vineyard, or check out the aquarium at nearby Woods Hole. Mark your calendars now for a fun-filled weekend!
Driving Directions from the Bourne Bridge:
Go over the Bourne Bridge, which crosses the Cape Cod Canal. In the rotary after the bridge, take the second exit, Rt. 28 South. Continue straight on Rt. 28S for approx. 13.8 miles. Rt. 28 will take a sharp left at Queens Buyway, which brings you into downtown Falmouth. Continue on Rt. 28 for 1.3 miles, and take a right onto Scranton Ave. (just after the 7-Eleven). Marine Park will be on your left after .3 miles, on the waterfront. Look for the tents!
GPS Address:
Marine Park, 180 Scranton Avenue, Falmouth, MA
Free parking & shuttle service will be available in the Christmas Tree Shop Plaza. Premium parking is also available for $10 at the StriperFest lot on Scranton Ave. across from Robbins Rd.
Please don't park in front of Windfall Market, West Marine, or any of the side streets adjacent to Marine Park! There is no parking at MacDougalls'.
Come By Land Or Sea
Water taxi and limited slips available at:
Yamaha Demo Day
For the fifth year in a row, Yamaha will be holding demo tours for a number of their new models. Just sign up at the Yamaha display inside StriperFest and walk down to the docks to enjoy a free demo ride out into Vineyard Sound!
Time: 9AM – 5:30PM
Location: Falmouth Harbor, Right next to StriperFest
Make Your Plans Now for a Weekend Getaway!
Local Bait & Tackle Shops
Black Eel Outfitters • Dennis • www.blackeeloutfitters.com
Coop's Bait & Tackle • Martha's Vineyard • www.coopsbaitandtackle.com
Falmouth Bait & Tackle • Falmouth • www.falmouthbaitandtackle.com
Forestdale Bait & Tackle • Forestdale • www.forestdalebaitandtackle.com
Larry's Tackle Shop • Martha's Vineyard • www.larrystackle.com
Red Top • Buzzards Bay • www.redtoptackle.com
Riverview Bait & Tackle • South Yarmouth • www.riverviewbaitandtackle.com
Sports Port • Hyannis • www.sportsport.us
Boat Fishing: Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and the Elizabeth Islands are all within an hour run and offer superb fishing. False albacore are often abundant at this time of year just outside Falmouth Harbor. Cape Cod Bay also offers small-boat owners a shot at bluefin tuna. If you have a large boat, there are plenty of slips available in Falmouth Harbor that are within walking distance from the event.
Nearby Boat Ramps: Falmouth Harbor, Green Pond, Woods Hole, Sandwich Marina.
Shore Fishing: Cape Cod Canal, Nobska Point, South Cape Beach, the Falmouth beaches. There is plenty of beach access, and all beach lots are open to the public in the off-season, no fees required.
Nearby Charter Boats
Castaway Charters • Hyannis Harbor • CastawayCharters.com
Down East Charters • Chatham • chathamstriperfishing.com
East Rip • Chatham • eastripcharters.com
Enoch Charters • Scituate • enochcharters.com
Fish Chatham Charters • Chatham • fishchatham.com
Fishsticks Charters • Martha's Vineyard • fishstickcharters.com
Fishtale Sportfishing • Harwich Port • fishtalesportfishing.com
Fish Chatham Charters • Chatham • fishchatham.com
Gaelic Wake Sportfishing Charters • Cotuit • gaelicwakesportfishing.com
Jakamo Charters • Falmouth • jcsoffshoretackle.com
Little Sister Charters • Westport • littlesister1.com
Patriot Party Boats • Falmouth Harbor • patriotpartyboats.com
Reel Deal Charters • Truro • fishreeldeal.com
Wellfleet Specialty Charters • Wellfleet • wellfleetspecialtycharters.com
(Most hotels offer off-season discounts)
Inn Seasons Resorts Harbor Walk • Falmouth, MA • 508-548-4300
Sea Crest Beach Hotel • North Falmouth, MA • 508-548-4240
Holiday Inn • Falmouth, MA • 508-540-2000
Admiralty Inn & Suites • East Falmouth, MA • 508-548-4240
Bourne Scenic Park (Camping & Cabins) • Bourne, MA • 508-759-7873
Falmouth Heights Motor Lodge • 508-548-3623
Red Horse Inn • Falmouth, MA • 508-548-0083
Coonamessett Inn • Falmouth, MA • 508-540-2499
Hiltz's Harborfront Apt. & Motel • Falmouth, MA • 508-540-2499
Mariner Motel • Falmouth, MA • 508-548-1331
Shore Way Acres Resort Inn • Falmouth, MA • 508-540-30000
The Tides Motel • Falmouth, MA • 508-548-3126
Town and Beach Motel • Falmouth, MA • 508-548-1380
Cape Cod Campresort & Cabins • Falmouth, MA • (508) 548-1458
Shopping & Fine Dining
Downtown Falmouth • Mashpee Commons • Woods Hole
Discover quaint gift and clothing boutiques, art galleries, specialty stores and restaurants for both fine and casual dining. Visit www.falmouthchamber.com
Other Local Attractions
Martha's Vineyard • Martha's Vineyard is a short boat ride from Falmouth. There are two ferries that will get you there for an affordable price:
Island Queen • Falmouth Harbor • (508) 548-4800 • www.islandqueen.com
Steamship Authority • Woods Hole • (508) 548-4800 • www.mvferry.com
Cape Cod Children's Museum • Mashpee, MA • www.capecodchildrensmuseum.org
The Melanoma Foundation of New England (MFNE) is excited to partner with this year's StriperFest. Founded in 1999, the mission of MFNE is to reduce the incidence of melanoma in the New England region. Did you know that Caucasian men over 50 have the highest mortality rate from melanoma and the majority of melanomas if caught early can be cured? Early detection is the key. MFNE works to increase awareness that regular skin exams by your healthcare professional can prevent many of these melanomas. So don't wait, make your annual skin check appointment today and stop by our booth at StriperFest 2014!


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I must adopt a workable standard in my dealings with others...
The standard must be biblical and it must be workable. A departure from either will spell failure.
The standard is simple: absolute conformity to an ideal; and on the other hand, wholehearted compassion for the one who fails the ideal. I believe both elements of this standard are biblical and workable. I believe both elements are essentially biblical, that is, God uses this standard in His dealings with us.
I must never discard the ideal. If I do, there is no point whatever in going on with this discipleship business. If I say to myself (and others), "Trust Christ as Savior, but sin all you please," I have obviously tied myself up in a deadly contradiction. On the other hand, if I say, "Trust Christ as Savior, but never sin again," I have placed upon myself a burden that is too much for flesh and blood to bear. So I live on the razor's edge of an exciting adventure-reaching for the purest ideal while encouraging myself not to give up if I slip and stumble en route.
This relieves me of tension with my fellow Christian workers. Failure to reach the ideal is not disaster, provided, of course, there is proper recognition of the fault and proper contrition regarding it. But upward we go in our next try, always aiming where God wants us to be , always trusting His power to get us there. The flesh may momentarily stall us, but by God's grace it will not permanently restrain us. Believers are born to victory, and His inward driving power will always propel us higher. For we "have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him." Colossians 3:10

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IT was more good news for UKIP at Worcestershire County Council today - as it held onto a vacant seat in a by-election.
Nigel Farage's men gained 2,017 votes in the Arrow Valley East by-election, with Peter Bridle elected to County Hall.
Labour's Phil Mould came second on 1,601, the Tories' Juliet Brunner finished third on 1,448 and Lib Dem Simon Oliver was fourth on 286.
The by-election was sparked by last month's shock resignation of Martin Jenkins, who quit after saying he was outraged by Nigel Farage's refusal to accept gay marriages.
In the count earlier today, Green candidate Emma Bradley was fifth on votes 241 and independent Isabel Armstrong sixth on 133.
The result means UKIP now has two councillors at the Tory-controlled county council, with Stuart Cross the other.
In Malvern, at the district council the Conservatives held the Lindridge ward after Chris Dell gained 437 votes, with UKIP second on 229 and Labour third with 128.
In Wychavon, the Tories also held the Fladbury district council seat in a by-election, with Bradley Thomas getting 456 votes, with Lib Dems in second on 319 and UKIP third with 234.
At Wyre Forest District Council UKIP won five seats for the first time ever.
The party took votes and seats from the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberals and Independent Community and Health Concern (ICHC).
It leaves the Tories on 15, Labour on nine, ICHC on seven, and six Liberals and independents.
Elsewhere around the country Labour gained 264 council seats and the Tories lost 187, with all but 20 councils fully declared by this evening.
The Liberal Democrats lost 257 seats and UKIP gained 147.
Labour gained Hammersmith and Fulham, Croydon and Amber Valley from the Conservatives, and the Conservatives have gained Kingston upon Thames from the Lib Dems.
Seven Conservative councils in the south of England have gone to no overall control, some following UKIP gains.


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Sri Lanka cricket board announced their team squad against India in 5 ODI matches series players list full details on 17 July 2012. India and Sri Lanka series start from 21 July 2012 at Hambantota. Sri Lanka(SL) team call back fast bowler Isuru Udana for India series 2012. they wants to clinch series against India so they select a strong team squad and hope for best in whole tour series matches.Sri Lanka (SL) team squad for India(Ind) tour 2012 5 one day match series players list details on asportsnews at here.
Fast bowler Isuru Udana has been included in Sri Lanka's day squad for the first time for the five-match series against India.Udana, a 24-year-old left-arm fast-medium bowler has appeared in only Twenty20 internationals for Sri Lanka.
Batsman Chamara Kapugedera and left-arm spinner Rangana Herath were also brought in as Nuwan Pradeep, Sajeewa Weerakoon and Dilhara Fernando missed out from the squad that beat Pakistan 3-1 last month.
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Guests at the Sleep Inn San José Downtown receive a free continental breakfast in the hotel's downstairs eating area. One of the best parts of this breakfast is gallo pinto, arguably Costa Rica's most traditional dish. This tasty mixture of rice, beans, onions, cilantro and red peppers takes its name from its appearance. A gallo pinto is a colored rooster, whose speckled feathers look like the color-flecked rice and beans.
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Johannesburg has inspired all manner of nicknames but there was only one word for the welterweight rumpus it hosted Saturday night: ugly. In a hard-fought but bitty main-event, at the Sandton Convention Centre, local fighter Chris "The Heat" van Heerden weathered a badly gashed right eye to outscore Mancunian Matthew "Magic Man" Hatton over 12 scruffy rounds. Scores read 118-110, 117-112 and 116-112 (TQBR had it for the local man 117-111). Van Heerden, Meyerton, Gauteng, SA, maximised height and reach advantages to outland Hatton from range, yet his best weapon was a niftily designed right uppercut that he whipped inside from his southpaw stance. The bald-headed Hatton was largely blind to its danger, due to his outstretched left arm and the poor positioning of his feet, and was stunned often as a result, most notably in rounds 2 and 3. Despite the one-sided nature of the bout's opening quarter, Hatton, 43-7-2 (17), 147, never ceased trying to grab a foothold – often illegally. As obstinate as they come, the visitor had to be warned repeatedly for clinching, mauling and hitting behind the head. Often overreaching to the point of swinging himself off-kilter, the Lancashire plodder gave it his all, and in doing so, made van Heerden, 19-1-1 (10), 146, who looked beaten up even before the opening bell, spill his guts also. It was some shift indeed then from third man Howard Foster of England, who had to graft harder than both in order to prise them apart. Hatton looked as though he had caught a break just prior to the bout's mid-point, after a clash of skulls cracked open the favourite's right headlamp. With blood spurting down van Heerden's cheek, he began showing out to the referee. With nothing doing there, the South African put his head down and let fly and the pair engaged in a wild and woolly 7th (the majority of which van Heerden had to fight sans mouthpiece after it escaped him in a clinch). Foster lectured them on the subject of poor aesthetics going into the 9th but alas, he was wasting his puff. On they slogged, swinging like kids in the playground at a couple of flashpoints before reverting back to wrestling and roughhousing up until the final bell. It had been hard work, and not only for the two fighters.
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A rising young snowboarding star from Melbourne has been killed in the Austrian Alps after triggering an avalanche that swept him into a glacier crevasse.
The body of Olympic hopeful Clinton Wilton, 20, of Brighton, was recovered from beneath four metres of snow on the slopes near Innsbruck where he had been training with the French national team.
His uncle, Nicholas Wilton, said preliminary medical reports indicated the fall had knocked him unconscious and he had most likely suffocated.
The group, including two other Australians, a Canadian and two French nationals had just finished a session when they decided to let off some steam, Mr Wilton said yesterday.
"Just like any 20-year-old he saw a couple of feet of snow which had fallen overnight and thought it was an opportunity too good to miss," he said. "They went into an unsecured area and (Clinton) triggered off an avalanche that caught him and slewed off into a very large crevasse."
The other members of the group, who were only metres behind, narrowly escaped. Rescue efforts began immediately but were hampered by heavy snow and fog. The body was eventually found with the help of a mobile phone locator.
Mr Wilton said his nephew and the group were very experienced snowboarders and the mountain was not known for avalanches.
Clinton Wilton this year won the national giant slalom and slalom championships. He qualified for the 2002 Winter Olympics but was not selected for the Australian team because of his youth and relative inexperience. He had established a reputation as one of the top 50 snowboarders in the world and had set his sights on Olympic gold in Turin in 2006.
Clinton Wilton's father, Michael, and mother, Jonette, who is chairwoman of the Skiing Australia Snowboarding Committee, were expected to return to Melbourne last night after turning back mid-journey on their way to Austria.
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EXCITEMENT is building in the Vale as people prepare to welcome the Tour of Britain later this year.
Cycle club leader Steve Bullen, of the Honeybourne Bicycle Users Group, has been at the centre of the planning for the September 10 when the riders pass through the area.
On the day there will be a H-BUG pre-school slalom in Evesham Market Square before the race arrives.
There will be a tandem experience for the visually impaired and an organised ride for school children along the High Street, which will see them passing under the sprint finish arch, before being presented with H-BUG designed certificates.
Wychavon District Council are also seeking to get children involved in the excitement by inviting 13-year-olds and under to design the banners that will be unveiled when the tour passes through.
There will be three large banner, one each for Broadway, Evesham and Pershore, and the winning design will appear on all three, as well as on flags that will be handed out to spectators.
Fern Canning, assistant community development officer at Wychavon District Council, said: "We are looking for designs that are creative and colourful. Make sure when designing your banner you think about cycling and what Wychavon and your town is best known for.
"The most eye-catching design will be printed on the banners and the flags that will be unveiled and waved when the tour passes through."
To download and print off a design template and to read the full competition details visit wychavon.gov.uk/tour-competition.
Entries must be submitted by August 8 and only one entry per person will be accepted.
Post designs to Fern Canning, Wychavon District Council, Civic Centre, Queen Elizabeth Drive, Pershore, WR10 1PT or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Colgate Breaks The GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® Record For "Most People Using Mouthwash Simultaneously" While Creating Smiles For Make-A-Wish®
1,142 Consumers joined actress and TV host, Stacy Keibler, to set a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® record in New York's Times Square
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NEW YORK, June 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® record for the "Most people using mouthwash simultaneously" was broken by Colgate at 12:30 p.m. EDT in New York's Times Square. 1,142 consumers, along with TV host and actress, Stacy Keibler, simultaneously swished with new Colgate Total® Advanced Pro-Shield™ Mouthwash while supporting Make-A-Wish®, an organization that creates thousands of life-changing moments by granting the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions.
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"It was a pleasure to witness and help break a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® record with Colgate Total® Mouthwash as a part of today's "A Wish For A Swish" event, which helped support Make-A-Wish, an organization very close to my heart," said Stacy Keibler.
To celebrate the launch of Colgate Total® Advanced Pro-Shield™ Mouthwash, Colgate teamed up with Make-A-Wish to encourage consumers to "swish" for a difference. As part of "A Wish For A Swish", Colgate donated $1.00 (USD) to Make-A-Wish for every participant in attendance. Colgate will continue its support by donating $1.00 (USD) for every "post-swish" smile uploaded to the Colgate® Facebook page (www.Facebook.com/Colgate) until Monday, July 1 with a minimum donation of $50,000 up to a maximum of $60,0001.
"On behalf of the wish kids we serve and their families, we are so thankful for the generous support of Colgate and everyone who participated in the "A Wish for a Swish" event," said David Williams, president and CEO of Make-A-Wish America. "Thank you to those who attended today's record attempt and to the consumers who continue to upload smiles online. Because of your help, we'll be able to create many more smiles on the faces of wish kids around the country."
"We're thrilled that we made a big splash with the launch of Colgate Total® mouthwash by breaking a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® record while supporting Make-A-Wish," said Philip Durocher, Vice President & General Manager, U.S. Oral Care Marketing, Colgate-Palmolive. "At Colgate, we believe in happy, healthy smiles. Along with Colgate Total® toothpaste and toothbrush, adding Colgate Total® Advanced Pro-Shield™ Mouthwash to your oral care routine is a simple step to achieve a happy and healthier mouth."
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1 For every participant who attends the Colgate 'A Wish for a Swish' event in New York's Times Square on June 25, 2013 and every photo upload to Facebook.com/Colgate from June 13 – July 1, 2013, Colgate will donate $1.00 (USD) to Make-A-Wish, with a minimum donation of $50,000 up to a maximum of $60,000. For more information visit wish.org.
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Editor's note: The following story is from InfoWorld's 2009 April Fool's spoof-news feature package. It is not true. Enjoy!
In a surprise announcement, Red Hat is looking into a move away from open source and making its flavor of Linux a proprietary OS. The shift, if undertaken, would be a tricky one that would delve into thorny legal issues of ownership within the open source community.
Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst indicated that the proposed move is intended to bolster Red Hat's position as a leader. "We see open source getting embraced more and more by not only customers but other vendors like Microsoft, and I think this can be directly attributed to Red Hat's leadership," said Whitehurst. "Now is the time to reassert our leadership by taking the next step and making our products and community full-on commodities. Naturally, we think this will appeal directly to enterprises, which crave the stability and security of proprietary systems."
[ Open Sources blog: See what the key open source trends for 2009 will be | Yesterday, Red Hat released Fedora 11, which could give an indication as to the direction of RHEL | Another way Red Hat could go private: Get bought by Microsoft ]
Left unsaid by Whitehurst was how, exactly, he plans to pluck Red Hat's Linux from the open source community and wall it off. He said only that the company's lawyers were "investigating options" and declined to elaborate further.
The fundamental question raised by the move is who ultimately "owns" Red Hat Linux. The company apparently believes it does, but there is the question of the Gnu GPL, the license that some, but not all, of the Red Hat Linux source code falls under. The company may be considering separating the GPL and non-GPL code, keeping the non-GPL code, and replacing code still under the GPL with proprietary versions, but the process of separating the millions of lines of code could prove to be prohibitively costly.
Alternately, Red Hat might claim ownership of all the source code and try to figure out an escape from the Gnu GPL. To this end, rumors are circulating that Red Hat is trying to bring Gnu pioneer Richard Stallman onto its board of directors to help smooth over any GPL issues.
Joe Stewart, an analyst with the Stanfield & Barksdale Group, said that Red Hat's move could justify its risk. "They're really going out on a limb with this, and they could engender an awful lot of ill will in the IT community for basically turning their backs on their stated principles, but it's not as though they don't have a valid point here. Many open source companies have searched for new ways to monetize their offerings, and Red Hat has one: Use open source to create your product and cultivate a community, and then commodify the whole package," he said.
Whitehurst says he expects to have a final decision on the issue by the end of the third quarter.
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RAMMSTEIN – their live shows are damn awesome!
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Meanwhile, the Greens have gone from strength to strength. On present trends, the Greens are expected sooner or later to replace the Democrats as the major balance-of-power group in the Senate.
Lees says that would be dangerous. "It would be a very unstable mix if the Greens got control of the Senate. It wouldn't guarantee stable government."
Yet she doesn't underestimate the Greens' pulling power. "I worry that, given the ascendancy of the Greens, people will be tempted to vote for a party that doesn't have a record of working constructively with the government (of the day)."
Lees's Alliance will be competing for the centre-of-the-road territory she says the Democrats have vacated and will not be able to regain.
She is also looking for votes from wavering Liberals who have been alienated by "Howard's determination to move further and further to the right" - people put off by user-pays measures such as the pharmaceutical benefit rises (blocked by the Senate) and the prospect of university deregulation.
Her hopes of winning some soft Liberal votes have no doubt been boosted by people contacting her to praise her willingness to deal on the GST - even though that deal was a main factor in her losing her leadership to Natasha Stott Despoja and cost the Democrats support.
She insists that the Alliance is not being positioned further to the right than the Democrats were under her leadership, although it will be to the right of Bartlett's Democrats, which she says have shifted to a more uncompromising party, akin to the Greens. "I believe there is room for a new progressive centre party", as the Greens stand stage left, the Liberals move stage right and the Democrats sink below the footlights.
The party's name has been road-tested on the internet. Variations of it came up strongly when Sydney Morning Herald journalist Margo Kingston last year ran a contest in her web diary for the best name of a new party.
Most immediately, Lees's move is likely to further destabilise the Democrats. The damage would be greater if she got one or more defections among the senators, but that won't happen in the short term. Her big fan is Andrew Murray. However, he's indicating he is not switching although, typically, he's keeping his options open.
The Democrats membership has changed character under Stott Despoja and Bartlett, but Lees is still likely to attract some of the party rank and file. All the members of the new party's board have a Democrats history and its chairman, John Woodley, is a former senator.
It will take a little time to see whether the Alliance can get momentum. Lees has set herself an enormous task. In her favour is her energy, an ability to get publicity and considerable respect in the community (despite her GST critics).
On the other hand, some may write her off as a voice of the past trying to resurrect her relevance. (Lees, incidentally, already has her pension entitlements, so she can't be accused of trying to win another term for that reason.)
There is a risk that people who have been Democrats voters could see this as another episode of a long running brawl, especially if there is a lot of sniping between the two parties.
The Alliance's best hope would be a double dissolution, which means they would need a relatively low quota, although their fate would be affected by preference allocations. Lees's candidates would get Coalition preferences, but would the Democrats give them theirs? There would be reason to do so. Paradoxically, the Alliance could be useful to the Democrats if there was a tight preference swap.
Howard on Thursday as good as ruled out a double dissolution this year, although he left a formal escape clause. He knows the risk of a public backlash to an unnecessary early election.
But, importantly, Howard pointed out that "the possibility of having a double dissolution remains up until quite close to the normal time for having an election next year". In other words, there is the opportunity for the Government to have its cake and eat it, too.
A successful double dissolution next year would enable the Coalition to get through a joint sitting legislation that has been blocked by the Senate.
But, on current polling trends, the danger for the Government of a double dissolution is that it would replace the Democrats with Greens, who would be much harder to deal with.
It won't just be Lees who has a lot riding on the Alliance getting traction. If it did, that could be quite useful for the Coalition, too - whether the Alliance won seats itself against Democrats and Greens, or helped keep the Democrats afloat via a preferences swap.
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Dragon Nexus 4 years ago#1
An example.
Slow retry options. I'm playing MGR:Revengeance and it has VR missions where you accomplish tasks within a set time and are graded on how fast you did it.
If I know I've screwed up and taken too long, I'll retry, but doing so means it shows you an unskippable 5 second pan across the level again before letting you start, which is fine the first time but after 20 or so retries it's tiresome having to wait when you just want to get straight back into it. It's what makes games like Trials and Rayman Origins work so well, you die or fail and you're near instantly back at a checkpoint. It doesn't punish failure when you're meant to fail frequently, it just gets you right back in to try again.
Going on from that...Lives. Why do some gmaes still cling to an archaic lives system? Particularly Nintendo games and Sonic. Lives existed in the 8bit and 16 bit era due to memory sizes dictating a shorter game, therefore making it more difficult and limiting your lives and making the game last you longer so you got more value for money. But why put lives in something like the newer Sonic games which are plenty long enough? Or in Mario Galaxy which has a save system, so running out of lives does nothing but dump you to the title screen to make you load your last auto save again which would pretty much take you to where you were before.
So what do you guys have? Those little decisions made during development that must have seemed like a good idea, but only serve to add a thin layer of frustration on anotherwise good game.
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Halo_Forever 4 years ago#2
Protecting an NPC who is suicidal, stupid AND mission critical. Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter had a perfect example of a guy you had to protect. He would charge straight into a big canyon full of rocket snipers who would one hit kill him. While it was relaxing to see him explode into gibs, the amount of retries weren't as funny.
The Mary Sue villain whom the production team loves way too much (Reaver from Fable, Aria from Mass Effect 2-3) and you don't kill.
Poet Eliot had it all wrong....
BlueJester007 4 years ago#3
Protecting/defending an NPC
Escorting an NPC
No New Game Plus Mode
Not allowing the player to explore an open world (i.e. whenever you try to explore some area, you always get your ass handed to you)
Not allowing the player to customize their equipment (i.e. not being able to choose weapons, choose an outfit, a skill, etc.)
There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who know binary, and those who don't.
RockguyKev 4 years ago#4
There's only 1 and both things Dragon said play into it:
Taking me out of the game.
Load times, slow respawns, repeating cutscenes, etc. Fail states are sooo 1994.
Things I hate:
*'SKIP MOVIE PRESS X' flashing at the top of screen during every cutscene.
*Cutscene - walk forward ten steps - cutscene
*Auto saves right before an unskippable cutscene
*Devs that think it's fun to have to mash buttons to open a door or pull a switch
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TheBlueStig 4 years ago#6
Protect/Defend/Escort missions will ALWAYS be in games, they'll never be removed completely, the best you can ask for is to have the AI improved for the NPC's you're protecting.
The biggest thing that needs to change is to re-add fully customizable controls as well as analog calibration in ALL games. Bad controls can ruin a game experience, and far too many games are getting ruined because the developers are idiots with their control configs.
Day one DLC also needs to end. Make people wait, no less than 2 weeks after launch, but more like 30 days. Get them to play through the game first, THEN give them the DLC.
Demos, the claims that they kill sales are stupid, but demos are still needed for every game, so release the demo on the same day as the DLC, 30 days after the game launches, that way the people are not getting stuck with Beta code in the demos.
The days of the overpowered AI also need to end, allowing the AI to do things that the human player can't do MUST STOP. Force the AI to play under the same parameters as the human player.
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Ben Franklin
CyricsServant 4 years ago#7
Dead Rising, one of my favorite games this gen, had some of the worst game design decisions you could ever come up with.
- Escorting NPCs (with terrrible AI)
- Emphasis on restarting the game to lvl up and progress further
- An extremely limited save system
Amazingly, I walked away enjoying that game, but I despise all those game design choices.
Another I absolutely hate is the decision to make an auto-save only game. Has this ever NOT been completely ****ed up? Every auto-save only game I can think of in recent memory has a reputation for save corruption errors, and for me there's nothing more compelling that will convince me to pass up your game than if it has save corruption errors.
Wolfenstein, Hitman: Absolution, Dead Island . . . pretty much every game that implements an auto-save only "feature" is plagued with this problem. Recently I've been hearing complaints about Dead Space 3's, which not only can get corrupted but will allegedly sometimes not trigger, causing you to lose several chapters of progress.
The decision to make a game auto-save only is the chief cardinal sin a game developer to make, and when their save system ultimately screws up and needs to be patched, and they lose tens of thousands of sales as a result, all I can think is "Good, you ****ers deserve it!"
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An example.
I'll do you one better: games with NO retry option! Enter Gravity Rush, mediocre game for PS Vita. There's a set of 20 challenges you can try to get gold on if you want. Some of them are races, and of course eventually you will know when you f***ed up and need to start over. But can you stop mid-challenge and retry? NO, because the people who made this game are idiots. Your only options are to quit out of the challenge completely, which results in one long loading time (more on that in a minute), followed by going back to the challenge marker which results in more loading, or to finish the challenge anyway and THEN you can get a retry button, which results in the same long loading time as if you had quit. So either way you have to unnecessarily waste time because the devs were too f***ing stupid to put in a retry button for use during a challenge.
See also Burnout Paradise, which committed this sin but in reverse. You can restart in the middle of a race, but if somehow you lose at the last second, NO OPTION TO RETRY! You have to drive all the way back to the f***ing start to get another chance if you actually cross the finish line. Criterion, you absolutely suck.
Anyway, back to Gravity Rush and load times. Did I miss something here? Is PS Vita not using cards for its games? The load times in this title would make you think you're back on PSP waiting for it to read from a UMD. There is absolutely no excuse for the loading times to be this goddamn long!
Add to that that the main reason you fail and need to retry in Gravity Rush is not because you made a mistake, but because the controls are complete balls. Would you like to know how you go fast to win these races? You touch the bottom corners of the screen at the same time and then tilt the Vita around to steer. This creates a problem of not being able to steer accurately because there's no finesse like when using a stick and because tilting the screen around is disorienting. The game also bugs out a lot and suddenly sends you flying in some random direction which you know damn well you did not tell the game to do because the fly button is disabled during the challenge, so the only way it could have happened is through a game bug. So all this crap the game did is forcing me to need another try at this challenge and I can't get one without wasting a bunch of time. Inexcusable, Japan Studio should be dragged into the streets and flogged for their sins against gaming with this title.
Oh, and speaking about the Vita in general (or the DS, 3DS, Wii U, and upcoming DualShock 4): it's not a smartphone. It's a gaming system that has buttons and analog sticks. LET US USE THEM INSTEAD OF FORCING ALL THIS TOUCH GARBAGE WHERE IT DOESN'T BELONG! If I had wanted to play crap with inaccurate controls due to being touch screen only, I would have kept my iPod Touch. But I don't, I want proper games with proper controls, so use the damn buttons instead of the touch screen! I'm running out of characters so I'll just leave this here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/6508-Touch-Waggle-Touch-Waggle-Swipe
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This topic is so stupid I had to slap my wife.
Dragon Nexus (Topic Creator)4 years ago#9
From: BlueJester007 | #003
No New Game Plus Mode
I can understand that for some games...but yeah, I think a lot of experience/level based games would do well having a NG+. Some games it just wouldn't work, but if I've played a game through, upgradng myself and reaching the pinacle of performance by the end, what's the ultimate point if I can't use those abilities whenever I want after beating the game? Why limit the best stuff to the last hour of the game?
From: 656stooge | #005
*'SKIP MOVIE PRESS X' flashing at the top of screen during every cutscene.
Ah, Assassins Creed 3...thanks for having so much faith in your cutscenes that you're practically begging me to skip them.
*Devs that think it's fun to have to mash buttons to open a door or pull a switch
God, yeah. I do kinda get it, if you have a rusty lever you're trying to emulate putting effort into moving it or something. But for every lever? It starts to get tiresome. Diminishing returns and all that.
From: TheBlueStig | #006
The biggest thing that needs to change is to re-add fully customizable controls as well as analog calibration in ALL games. Bad controls can ruin a game experience, and far too many games are getting ruined because the developers are idiots with their control configs.
I'll agree with this. I can't see what harm there is as long as you add a "Reset to default" option.
From: CyricsServant | #007
- Escorting NPCs (with terrrible AI)
Well for one, the AI is fine. People hate the AI because they expect it to do what the player is doing, jumping over obsticals and making snap decisions. If you start to think of them as people, doing what people would do in that situation, it makes more sense. Plus players seem reluctant to learn how to guide them. You clear a line through the zombies, go into first person mode and press Y to set a waypoint for them to run to. It's so easy doing that. I think most just run through the zombies like an olympic athelete, dodging and climbing and ducking then reaching the door, turning around and seeing the survivors getting stuck and think "WTF lame AI!!"
The restarting the game thing is also a design feature. It's to emphesise trial and error, the point isn't to see everything the first time, but to keep replaying to focus on certain aspects, like maybe this run I'll kill all the psychos. Next run I'll ignore the psychos and just get the surivors. This run I'll only focus on the story.
Limited save system...well yeah, the limited slots is annoying, but the save points are meant to add to the tension Do I go on, or do I head back and go to a save point I know exists but have to go through more zombies?
And the time limit, again, is a design feature. Giving you infinite time to accomplish everything would defeat the point of the game. It's about what you can accomplish when the timer is counting down. It's about tension and prioritising your tasks. They knew they couldn't make it scarey, but they can make it tense by adding that. Though it would be nice to have a free roam mode after completing the game.
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OrgeLambart 4 years ago#10
i'm pretty sure most people hate escort missions, often times the AI you are protecting is flat out stupid or dies insanely fast. Coupled with the fact that most games don't give you options to heal them or give them any types of commands.
i'm pretty sure most escort missions could disappear and nobody would care.
Another one is Time limits on the game, i'm talking about you Dead Raising, most people hate the fact that you are limited in times, some games it works well, other games like Dead Raising it just flat out sucks.
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Dry ice forms ultrahard glass
Jun 14, 2006 2006-06-14T18:36:25+0100
Scientists have discovered a novel form of solid carbon dioxide. The new material, which was made by applying extreme pressures to normal solid carbon dioxide, resembles window glass on the atomic scale. Dubbed amorphous carbonia, the substance could be important for understanding the interiors of gas-giant planets in which carbon dioxide is squeezed at high pressures. It could also be used to make ultrahard glass because it is expected to be very stiff, like diamond (Nature 441 857).
Carbon is unlike the other elements in group IV of the periodic table because it forms a gas -- carbon dioxide -- when reacted with oxygen at room temperature. The other group IV elements, in contrast, form solids when combined with oxygen. Silicon, for example, forms crystalline silica (the mineral quartz) as well as amorphous silica glass (one of the main constituents of ordinary window glass), in which the silicon and oxygen atoms form a disordered network.
Although carbon dioxide can be solidified to form "dry ice", it only does so when squeezed under high pressure or cooled to low temperature. Moreover, dry ice is a molecular crystal, in which the crystal lattice consists of molecules of carbon dioxide rather than of individual carbon or oxygen atoms. A team led by Mario Santoro and Federico Gorelli of the University of Florence and the INFM has now been able to make amorphous carbon dioxide for the first time, in which the individual carbon and oxygen atoms for a continuous, disordered network structure, as in silica.
The researchers made the new a-carbonia by squeezing normal solid carbon dioxide to pressures of around 400,000 to 500,000 atmospheres (or 40 to 50 GPa). Infrared and laser Raman spectroscopy, along with X-ray diffraction, confirmed that the material was no longer made up of discrete molecules but had a disordered network structure.
The new material could have implications for planetary physics because the interiors of gas-giant planets, like Jupiter, contain carbon dioxide under pressures of more than 40GPa. "Another important implication is that mixtures of a-carbonia and a-silica could, in principle be used to make new amorphous glasses that would be very hard and stiff and likely stable at room temperature," adds Santoro. "Small amounts of these new glasses could be of interest for technology applications like hard and resistant coatings for micro-electronics, for example."
The team now plans to study a-carbonia at pressures higher than 80GPa to investigate whether or not it transforms into an amorphous material with a carbon coordination number greater than four, that is, each carbon is connected to more than four oxygen atoms. "This is known to happen for a-SiO2 and a-GeO2 and is crucial for providing insights into the fundamental thermodynamics of the whole class of network-forming systems to which a-carbonia belongs," explains Santoro.
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Religious Broadcaster Robertson Spreads Misinformation About City NDO
Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson is spreading falsehoods and misconceptions about the new San Antonio gay and lesbian non discrimination ordinance, 1200 WOAI news reports.
"If you speak out about your deeply held religious beliefs they will put you in jail," Robertson told his television audience.
Robertson continued by saying "You will be branded a Class 3 felon. This whole thing is outrageous and that city council should be replaced."
Robertson's comments came following a CBN news report claiming that the San Antonio NDO 'criminalizes those with a Biblical view of sexuality.'
Regardless of how you feel about the NDO, or whether you feel that city council members should be replaced, there is nothing in the new law that would 'throw anybody in jail.'
In fact, the NDO calls on city officials to mediate with any firm which has been accused of discriminating against gay, lesbian, and transgendered companies specifically to avoid any penalties, and the most anybody can face is a Class C misdemeanor, like a speeding ticket, with a maximum $500 fine and no jail time.
It would certainly not result in anybody being charged as a 'felon.'
The law specifically states that nobody nothing in it calls for any sorts of punishments or civil or criminal penalties for anybody speaking out about homosexuality. The law only punishments actions, not words.
Also removed from the law was the so called 'word and deed' language, which appeared to prevent anybody who had ever spoken out against homosexuality from ever serving on a city board or commission.
Robertson also blasted the 'vagueness' of the law, which is a concern, and which is expected to be the basis of a court challenge by conservative groups. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott Wednesday in face praised the city for removing the clause, and said his office will not be filing suit to block the law.


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Born in the 3rd century BC, pumps are one of the most important mechanical devices in all industrial applications. Sustaining their importance in a mature market characterized by steady growth and slow technology change, the key competitive factors are price, delivery period, brand reputation, and service. In spite of traveling over time across several verticals of applications, opportunity strikes this centuries-old industry.
The multi-billion dollar global pumps market performs a 2.8 percent growth with the wide range of end-user applications put together in 2005. Among the strong industry sectors is the water and wastewater (WWW) industry, growing at 4.0 percent in 2005, a rate better than the overall global pumps market.
The water and wastewater industry contributes nearly 35.0 percent of total pumps revenues; it is the highest in terms of revenue generation compared to other end-user industries. Pumps in the water and wastewater industry can be classified as centrifugal and positive displacement. The rise in demand for water and wastewater has presented a host of challenges such as increasing energy costs, increased concern about the efficiency of pumps, and increased life cycle costs.
So what's going to hold the threat of the product becoming a commodity in the industrial equipment market? The answer will be to quickly take advantage of the opportunities among booming end-users with a focused solution-centric approach and excellent service.
What is likely to cause products to become commodities? The answer lies in quickly leveraging the opportunities in the end-user sectors, having a focused solution-centric approach, educating customers on technological trends and energy saving solutions, and providing them with excellent after sales service with the availability of spare parts, maintenance and on-site assistance.
The Water and Wastewater Industry: An Overview
The industry is estimated to hold much potential in the future. The significant demand for freshwater, particularly in Asia and Eastern Europe, has helped the water industry reach a growth rate of 7 percent to 8 percent, and the wastewater industry, backed by the need for a cleaner environment, attains a growth rate of 4 percent to 5 percent during the forecast period 2006-2012.
Environmental regulations regarding energy consumption and pollution are becoming stricter than before, eventually forcing old treatment plants to upgrade their facilities or shift to new equipment. New treatment facilities and expansion projects are expected to increase the sales of pump manufacturers and help penetrate the global market.
The ability to provide complete solutions, superior products, quality service, and customer responsiveness has become a key determinant for the growth and success of pump manufacturers. These manufacturers are on the lookout for emerging opportunities in low-cost manufacturing regions. The increasing shift of global pump manufacturers toward the rising economy of Asia has been an ongoing trend within the industry.
The Pumps Market in the Water and Wastewater Industry: Highlights
- Booming market with a 4 percent to 5 percent growth rate.
- Increasing demand for freshwater and a clean environment will continuously drive the market in the future, creating opportunities for the usage of pumps; the demand is likely to arise from emerging plants, expansion units, and upgrade units.
- Asia Pacific is growing at a higher rate than the overall market.
- Brand reputation is anticipated to influence vendor selection.
- End-users demand effective and optimized solutions from pump manufacturers, in-line with advancing technological practices to conform to legal regulations.
- Customer satisfaction will be the benchmark for global market penetration in the future.
- Selection criteria and customer demand will be based on high-energy efficient pumps and reduced life cycle costs
Moving Ahead
The recent developments in the water and wastewater treatment industries with regard to the adoption of automation and centralized control systems to monitor the quality of water and wastewater, along with a strong focus on power and energy management, has provided a challenging environment for pump manufacturers.
Ultimately, it enhances the need for a continuous focus on innovation and solutions that address customer needs. Intelligent pump systems with variable speed drives integrated with smart pumps and centralized control systems not only benefit remote operational facilities, but also ensure high energy efficiency, empowering customers with profitable bottom-line growth.
The need to reduce lifecycle costs to improve operating margins is anticipated to boost the usage of intelligent pump system units in the water and wastewater industry.
Performing in harsh conditions, with possible operator negligence in massive units, pumps essentially have to be robust, resulting in minimized maintenance for the customer. Failures with regard to bearings, leakage due to corrosion, and damage to seals tend to be common, driving developments in materials and accessories as well. Retrofits and replacements in such harsh environments are anticipated to benefit the sales of pump manufacturers.
The Battleship: Competition
The pumps market is a highly competitive one with very little chance to differentiate among competing products. Technology has not witnessed any significant change in the last few years. As a result, the production process remains the same and this makes the market highly price-competitive.


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If the SOA buzzword had a PR agency they should be fired. Or, that's according to this recent post by Joe McKendrick, who I think is confirming the obvious when comparing SOA to WOA, or Web Oriented Architecture. Dion certainly deserves full credit for popularizing the concept of WOA, but Nick Gall was the guy who first spoke of WOA.
"People simply like WOA a lot more than SOA. At least that's the conclusion reached by Roger Smith in a recent article published in InformationWeek. (And also what I've been observing from other sources.)"
So, where did SOA go wrong? Well, typically the older a buzzword is the more people don't seem to like it. The buzzword just becomes, well un-cool at some point. However, SOA has more than $2 billion in marketing behind it, and most enterprise vendors have drank the SOA Kool-Aid long ago. So don't think they will be dumping SOA anytime soon.
SOA, at least in my mind, has never been limited to the enterprise, indeed it's an architecture that incorporates many resources, inside and outside of the firewall. You may remember Global SOA, now renamed WOA (I like WOA better, by the way). The idea is that once you've created the infrastructure to leverage services, it matters not where those services exist.
What's attractive about WOA is the fact that it's just sexier and easier to understand than SOA. Moreover, it incorporates many new other cool buzzwords such as cloud computing and mashups. I think what's most attractive is that it represents the movement of critical and core business processes from the datacenter to the cloud. This trend will continue, but it's going to be a slow migration over time, with some very visible short term successes, typically around outsourced infrastructure such as the new array of infrastructure services offered by Amazon.
Watch this space for more on WOA.


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Man issued 2 summonses after bringing gun to RIC
Citizen Staff Reports 10/09/12
A Disputanta, Va. man was cited at Richmond International Airport Oct. 8 after it was discovered that he had a .25-caliber handgun in his carry-on bag. TSA officers detected the gun as the man's carry-on baggage passed through the checkpoint metal detector.
TSA officials contacted the Capital Regional Airport Commission Police, who regularly patrol the airport. The police responded, confiscated the weapon and issued two summonses to the man related to state weapons charges. There was no impact to airport operations. The man, who was ticketed to fly to Atlanta, was able to continue on his flight.
Some weapons are permitted to be transported in checked baggage if properly packaged, but passengers should check with the airlines for proper procedures as well as checking into local laws before doing so.
Passengers can review the prohibited items list on the TSA homepage or they can download the free MyTSA application from the TSA homepage. The TSA web site and the MyTSA app have a "Can I Bring?" feature that allows users to type in items they plan to bring on a trip to get an explanation of TSA's security policies for the item, including whether the item can be taken in carry-on luggage through the security checkpoint, packed in checked baggage, both, or neither. The mobile app is available to download for free at http://www.tsa.gov/mobile.
County streamlining, expanding some GRTC routes in Henrico
By Ashlee Korlach, Special to the Citizen 07/28/2017 General NewsGovernment
Some of Henrico County's busiest GRTC bus routes will expand to include weekend service and will be regularly scheduled in 30- or 60-minute intervals, a Henrico Department of Public Works official told the county's Board of Supervisors earlier this month.
"This is about optimizing routes," County Manager John Vithoulkas said. > Read more.
AAA to host summer car care events Saturday
Citizen Staff Reports 07/28/2017 FeaturesGeneral News
AAA Mid-Atlantic will host summer car care events this Saturday, July 29, including at one of its Henrico locations.
AAA surveys show that many motorists are unprepared for roadside emergencies, so the organization will offer free battery, tire pressure and car maintenance checks at the events, which will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. > Read more.
Janet James, pastor
By Ashley Luck, Special to the Citizen 07/27/2017 General NewsReligion
Tennessee native Pastor Janet James of Gayton Kirk Presbyterian grew up in a small town surrounded by mountains in Eastern Tennessee called Dayton.
She grew up worshiping Baptist, but that soon changed when she attended college and explored her religious options. James attended a worship and music conference in 1989 in Montreat, N.C., that made her question her career choices. She could not stop studying and reading more about God and decided to go to career counseling. > Read more.
New utility services number for metro area
Citizen Staff Reports 07/27/2017 General NewsGovernment
Richmond city, Henrico, Chesterfield and Hanover county natural gas customers have a new number to call for their utility services.
The City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities has replaced its old number, (804) 646-7000 as well as 311, with it's new number, (804) 646-4646 for all calls relating to utilities. Utilities include natural gas, water, sewer, storm-water and electric street-lighting. > Read more.
The City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities has replaced its old number, (804) 646-7000 as well as 311, with it's new number, (804) 646-4646 for all calls relating to utilities. Utilities include natural gas, water, sewer, storm-water and electric street-lighting. > Read more.
Henrico County property transactions, July 10-16
Citizen Staff Reports 07/26/2017 General NewsProperty transactions
A sample of property transactions during this period appear below:
3714 Pemberton Ave.- $105,000, 720 SF (built in 1957), from William F. Patton Jr. to Jessica Garcia.
510 Besler Ln.- $121,000, 964 SF (built in 1986), from Joseph and Coral P. Bolden to Taneen Marlow.
3502 Westcliffe Ave.- $140,000, 1,564 SF (built in 1947), from Benny H. Wilson Jr. to Benjamin A. Nyannor. > Read more.
Henrico County property transactions, July 10-16
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I was completely inspired by chalklegs' Pink Ribbon HOOTer! This beauty will be hanging in an empty space in my hall that I've been wanting to fill for awhile, I thought about trying out some macrame for real but this is just as good!
Measures 18" long (25" to fringe) and 14" wide.
I used big blue beads for the eyes, they don't photograph well but they are so pretty up close!
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