text: DVD round-up: The Pirates!, American Reunion, Safe, A Night in the Woods and The Cold Light of Day Mischievous marauders, a lukewarm reheating of Pie and Jason Statham doing what he does best, all in this week's releases - rated by our team Comments Written By Jamie Healy 12:39 PM, 10 September 2012 The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists! (Cert: U)4 stars Aardman charm with a new crew of claymation heroes Formats: DVD, Blu-ray and 3D Blu-ray Extras: The DVD includes a commentary from the film-makers, a Mr Bobo game, a 20-minute production featurette and an in-depth look at the Bath Chase scene. The Blu-ray adds a pirate dress-up game and two short films Read our review for The Pirates American Reunion (Cert: 15)2 stars Jim, Stifler, Oz and the gang are older, but little the wiser Formats: DVD and Blu-ray Extras: The DVD includes a gag reel and deleted scenes, while the Blu-ray also has a longer cut of the film, alternative and extended scenes, plus other themed featurettes Read our review for American Reunion Safe (Cert: 15)3 stars Cage fighter Jason Statham takes on… everybody Formats: DVD and Blu-ray Extras: A director's commentary plus various production featurettes Read our review for Safe A Night in the Woods (Cert: 15)3 stars Familiar but still effective Blair Witch-style horror set on Dartmoor Formats: DVD Extras: Trailer and a look at the making of the film Read our review for A Night in the Woods The Cold Light of Day (Cert: 15)2 stars An unforgettable holiday for Bruce Willis and his family Formats: DVD and Blu-ray Extras: Interviews with cast and crew Read our review for The Cold Light of Day Like this? Share it. Facebook Twitter Google Tumblr Pinterest Blogger Reddit VKontakt Print Email


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Cracker Barrel Expected To Open In Longview
The City of Longview is doing what they can to attract businesses to move in on the south side of the city along the I-20 corridor. A special task force was created to accomplish this new development is apparently working because task force member Brad Tidwell has stated that Cracker Barrel coming to Longview was a "done deal" according to the Longview News Journal.
However, no specific details or contracts have been announced and land hasn't been closed upon but Longview City Planner Michael Shirley said, "they haven't officially announced it, but it's no secret." The company is actively looking for property to place the sit down country store restaurant in Longview and will be anchored most likely off of Eastman Rd. near I-20.
The task force that was created, the I-20 Corridor Task Force, is ironing out recommendations for the City Council along with the plans for future development of additional restaurants along the stretch of I-20.
In addition to pulling in tax dollars from travelers along I-20, residents in the southern part of Longview and Gregg Co. will have a new destination for sit down restaurants instead of just fast food options and they are hoping to bring in more sit down style eating establishments to the area like the recently added Denny's restaurant.
Luring Cracker Barrel to the Longview area has dated back to 2005 when a related article was published by the Longview News Journal and then again in 2007 when the city pesued them. If and when the doors on the restaurant open, it will join established East Texas and Louisiana Cracker Barrel locations in Tyler, Texarkana and Shreveport.

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Lakewood safety Brujoun Bonner has been waiting all week to make his college choice public. He finally did so on Friday, selecting the University of Memphis.
Bonner, who had 122 tackles and eight interceptions as Lakewood's top player in the secondary, also had interest in Iowa State and Indiana.
"I'm a Tiger,'' Bonner said in a text. "I'm so proud.''
Memphis finished 3-9, 1-7 in the American Athletic Conference. One of the Tigers' wins this season came against USF. The Tigers are coached by Justin Fuente.


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In my eyes, he was perfect in every way. Dreamboy was smart, interesting, had beautiful brown eyes, a charming smile. He was genuinely more interested in girls' personality than their breasts or butts. I thought Dreamboy was a perfect gentleman, and I loved him more than I'd loved anyone.
Dreamboy had, in his words, "exponentially more" experience than I did. He was a ladykiller, but was friends with many of the girls he'd had relations with. I respected that; he didn't just "bump and dump" but rather actually took the time to get to know the girls and to keep knowing them after they'd hooked up. Dreamboy was different than any of the other guys I'd known in high school.
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David Schilke, WRC correspodent
It was an all-day battle between two former teammates in the second day of Rally Sweden. Ford's Jari-Matti Latvala and Mikko Hirvonen in his Citroen factory team DS3 ended up first and second by the end of the opening leg in the FIA World Rally Championship's second event of the 2012 season. The majority of the day's stages were actually run in Norway, but starting tomorrow the event will be ran officially on Swedish snow.
It was expected that the Nordic drivers would be in a tight fight to take this year's victory in Sweden due it being a classic winter rally with the challenge of snow and icy conditions. Driving his Ford Fiesta RS, Latvala ends the day with a 16.8 second lead over Hirvonen. The two Finnish racers have landed the victory three times with Hirvonen holding the 2010 and '11 wins. His rival for the spoils this year took the victory in 2008.
I must keep pushing tomorrow and it's important to stay focused.
It was toward the end of the day before Latvala was able to break away, partly due to the starting position he was able to choose after winning yesterday's qualifying stage. Even though he got the road position he wanted Latvala only landed one stage win. "My start position strategy paid off and it was an excellent day," he said. "I made a few small mistakes this morning which cost me the lead and the car oversteered a little, but that improved as the day continued. I knew I was losing time to Petter in the penultimate stage because my studs were more worn, but I remained calm and it turned out that other drivers were losing even more.
"Today was the hardest for the tyres but the grip remained good this afternoon. I must keep pushing tomorrow and it's important to stay focused. Keeping clear of the snow banks will be key because it's all too easy to be dragged into the soft snow and become stuck," added Latvala.
For Hirvonen the final stages were quite challenging. The Finn lost most of his studs on the Citroen's winter tyres and he was helpless to watch his lead evaporate while sliding around on the stages. When all the studs are working the car's grip is so phenomenal that they actually brake deeper into the corner than they can on gravel! If a tyre loses that advantage then all the driver can do is tread carefully and hope the grip on rubber alone will keep him out of the snow banks. The fact Hirvonen was still able to keep second place is a testament to his superb winter driving skills.
"The car was sliding so much that I couldn't push. We were so close today that it is frustrating to lose so much time. Everything is still to play for, however. I'll be pushing hard tomorrow to try and catch Jari-Matti," vowed Hirvonen.
Hirvonen earned stage wins as did Dani Sordo, Mads Ostberg and Petter Solberg. The Norwegian was in the fight and setting a good pace and set the fastest times on the final two to close out the day in third, 18.6 seconds behind his Ford teammate and within striking distance to Hirvonen.
Solberg was beside himself after running strongly in front of his countrymen. "I took a safe option with my choice of start position but it was the right decision. It's only my second rally in the Fiesta and both the team and I are building and learning together. I didn't think I would adapt to the car quite so quickly in the snow and ice. It was great to see so many people watching alongside the family farm and hotel. It was quite special competing in my home country, in front of my fellow countrymen."
The eight times champion for the Citroen team, Sebastien Loeb, ended up in a snow bank and dropped down the leaderboard to 11th overall. It is rare when Loeb makes an error but the 7th stage saw the drama unfold with a loss of two minutes. The Frenchman now sits seventh. Loeb did earn the third and sixth stage wins.
"I was caught out when I got a little bit too sideways into a left-hand bend, which lead onto a righthand hairpin," explained Loeb. "I couldn't manage to turn the car and slid off, ending up stuck in a snow bank. Some spectators came to push us back onto the road, but we lost almost two minutes. I'm out of the running for a place on the podium; we now have to make sure we make it to the end and pick up as many points as possible."
With Loeb out of the picture the fight for third went down between Solberg and fellow Norwegian Mads Østberg. The M-Sport Ford driver held the advantage until stage 9, Østberg tells why, "On the second pass we were struggling a bit with the set-up of the car so we'll try to do something with that for tomorrow afternoon. Tomorrow morning we'll go out with the same set-up we were using this morning. We had the same set-up on the last stage [SS9] but still lost time to Petter [Solberg]. But I think he saved his tyres and also he drove the stage in the daylight and we were stuck between daylight and darkness so the lampods didn't really help and it was difficult to see the roads. I think that maybe explains a little bit why we lost so much time."
Tomorrow four more stages that will be looped twice each await the drivers. Hirvonen will have to be in perfect form tomorrow in order to chase down Latvala. The pair have owned Rally Sweden in recent years, so barring any critical mistakes, their fight will be awesome to watch. Behind them the battle over third will be equally as impressive as Solberg and Østberg are both proving to be skilled drivers in one of the most challenging events of the year. The show might be over for Loeb, but keep an eye on the Frenchman as he climbs up the ranks to earn as many points for his 2012 title efforts. With little to risk Loeb will be on maximum attack.


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Nick, thanks for your comment. the correlation between age and peer
average age is quite high, about -0.7
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Nick Cox <email@example.com> wrote:
> You need to think very carefully how to parameterise this. You don't
> give any comment on how far these age variables are correlated. You
> might be better off with a different representation, e.g. predictors
> of
> age, (peer average - age)
> Nick
> On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 7:45 AM, Jian Zhang <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>> I was running a OLS regression of student scores on her/her own age
>> and his/her peers' average age. The results show that the coefficient
>> estimate of the peer average age is much much larger than own age
>> estimate. This does not not seem to be plausible as one would believe
>> that own age would matter much more than peer average age to own
>> scores. any thoughts/comments? looks like whenever adding peer
>> characteristics, the regression results does not make sense!
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Closed Loop Stimulation for Neuromediated Syncope (SPAIN Study) (SPAIN)
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified April 2014 by Gonzalo Barón-Esquivias, MD, PhD, FESC, Spanish Society of Cardiology.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
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Houston TX (SPX) Jul 18, 2013
Using carpets of aligned carbon nanotubes, researchers from Rice University and Sandia National Laboratories have created a solid-state electronic device that is hardwired to detect polarized light across a broad swath of the visible and infrared spectrum.
The research is available online from the American Chemical Society's journal ACS Nano.
"Detecting polarized light is extremely useful," said Rice's Junichiro Kono, professor of electrical and computer engineering and of physics and astronomy. "Many animals and insects can see polarized light and use it for navigation, communication and more. Humans can't see polarized light, so we rely on devices to do that for us."
Most devices can't detect polarized light directly. Instead, engineers place a grate or filter in front of the detector.
"Our photodetector discerns polarized light intrinsically, much like the photoreceptors in the eyes of animals and insects that see polarized light," said Francois Leonard at Sandia National Laboratories, one of the lead researchers on the study.
Polarized light consists of individual electromagnetic waves oscillating parallel to one another. The effect is created when light reflects from a transparent material, which is why polarized sunglasses reduce the glare from water, glass and other surfaces. Astronomers use polarized light in a number of ways, and there are a number of applications for polarimetry in communications and the military.
Rice's new photodetector is the latest development from a collaboration between Rice and Sandia under Sandia's National Institute for Nano Engineering program, which is funded by the Department of Energy. In February, Kono, Leonard and colleagues described a new method for making photodetectors from carpets of carbon nanotubes -- long, narrow tubes of pure carbon that are about as wide as a strand of DNA.
The nanotube carpets used in the photodetectors are grown in the lab of Rice chemist Robert Hauge, who pioneered a process for growing densely packed nanotubes on flat surfaces. Xiaowei He, a graduate student in Kono's group, found a way to use Teflon film to flatten these tightly packed nanotubes so that they are aligned in the same direction. Each carpet contains dozens of varieties of nanotubes, and about two-thirds of the varieties are semiconductors. Because each of the semiconducting varieties interacts with a specific wavelength of light, Kono's team was able to show in its earlier work that the flattened, aligned carpets of nanotubes could serve as broad-spectrum photodetectors.
In the ACS Nano study, lead author He used chemicals called "dopants" to alter the electrical properties of the nanotube carpets. He created two types of carpet, one with positively charged carriers (p-type) and another with negatively charged carriers (n-type). By overlapping sections of these two, He and colleagues created a device called a p-n junction, which is a fundamental building block of microelectronics.
"Our work provides a new path for the realization of polarization-sensitive photodetectors that could be enabled on flexible or nonplanar surfaces," He said.
Study: co-authors include Hauge, Xuan Wang, Kankan Cong and Qijia Jiang, all of Rice; Leonard, Alexander Kane and John Goldsmith, all of Sandia; and Sebastien Nanot, formerly of Rice and now with the Institute of Photonic Sciences in Barcelona, Spain.
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A chef who unwittingly tried to rob an off-duty policeman has been given one last chance to mend his ways by a judge.
Erlandas Baltaragis, 18, targeted Milad Miah for his £450 IPhone 4 in Blackhorse Lane, Walthamstow, on September 5 last year.
The bungling teenager approached his chosen victim and demanded the phone.
Snaresbrook Crown Court heard Mr Miah responded by saying: "Step back, I'm a police officer."
Baltaragis then fled the scene but was chased down by Mr Miah and another off-duty officer who happened to be nearby.
The robber was found to be in breach of a 12-month conditional discharge for carrying a pool cue in public at the time.
Sentencing Baltaragis to 12 months in a young offenders' institute, suspended for two years, the judge, Ms Recorder Sandy Canavan said: "You pleaded guilty to an extremely serious offence and it was your bad luck you chose an off duty police officer.
"Otherwise I'm sure you would have committed the full offence of robbery.
"It was only because your victim wasn't as vulnerable as you thought that this was an attempted robbery.
"Had you not pleaded guilty, I would have sent you to prison for 18 months.
"This is your last chance."
Baltaragis was also ordered to complete 150 hours unpaid work.
Bethan Charnley, defending said the teenager, of Brocket Way, Chigwell, was unemployed at the time and in need of cash.
She said: "He is a young man who is making significant progress with his life, including a BTEC course at Epping College.
"He has since got himself a job working as a chef at a pizza restaurant."


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A report issued by Kuwait Financial Centre "Markaz" indicated an improvement in the activities of the GCC stock markets during July 2010. According to the report, the positive trend was aided by higher corporate profits, which boosted investor confidence as well as positive reports from rating agencies. The report pointed out that the GCC markets gained a 5% rise during the said month, bringing the increases since the beginning of the year until July to 4%.
During July, all the GCC markets reported gains with the exception of the Bahraini market, which fell by 0.17%. The weighted index of Kuwait led the rises, with more than 5.5% for the month.
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In comments filed May 27, ACA asked the FCC to clarify that the video description rules will apply only to cable systems that serve 50,000 or more subscribers. ACA's clarification would replace proposed language that would have effectively reduced the number of small cable systems eligible for a legal exemption.
In the months ahead, the FCC is expected to roll out regulations implementing the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA), which includes mandates to provide brief narrations to video programming for the benefit of the blind and visually impaired. Initially, the FCC is planning to require 50 hours of video description per calendar quarter during prime time or on children's programming on each of the top five national non-broadcast networks.
ACA asked in its comments for the FCC to relax its scheduled compliance timeline by moving the start date for compliance monitoring to the 4th quarter of 2012. Relaxing the scheduled compliance timeline will help ensure a smooth roll-out of video description, ACA said.
ACA also sought an exemption for cable systems that are not technically capable of providing a third audio stream to accommodate video descriptions. Many ACA members provide analog broadcast service by converting the digital signal to analog to their subscribers, occupying two audio streams. Many ACA members also continue to rely on legacy set-top boxes and these set-top boxes cannot provide more than two audio channels to subscribers.
Lastly, ACA urged the FCC not to embrace strict standards so as to make it more difficult for small cable operators to assert they do not have the "technical capability" to comply with the regulations. Simply put, the FCC must continue to recognize that some cable operators may not have the technical capability necessary to pass through video descriptions immediately.
Please use the information below to get in touch with the American Cable Association.
Enter your email address and zip code below to begin the process of creating an account on the ACA website.


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A graphic tracking BBWAA voting over the years.
Archives for January 2013
'Papa' Hemingway vs. 'Fireman' Casey
Tempest in the Torrid Zone
Alternate baseball: chapter three
A reversal of fortune for "the luckiest man on the face of the earth."
BOB: Dodgers hit home run with television deal
The latest in the business of baseball.
Houston Astros show how to rebuild the right way
It's going to be another tough year for the Astros, but they've started their rebuilding process the right way.
The Verdict: analyzing a draft
One man's fantasy team for the whole season.
Platooning: the meaning of mean (Part 1)
Finding what league average production means is not trivial when it comes to platoon hitting
Window of opportunity closed faster than Phillies expected
The NL East has caught up to and passed the Philadelphia Phillies.
10 greatest LCS Game Sevens ever
Concluding the recent series on the best LCS games of all time.
Card Corner, 1973 Topps: Bill Freehan
When talking about catchers of the 1960s, this man deserves a prominent place in the conversation.
The all-decade team: the early aughts
Richard begins his all-decade teams in earnest. This week: the best players from the beginning of modern baseball history.
The 1962 lovable loser smackdown
Who pays attention to a good series between bad teams?
The opportunity of RBI
Tweaking a classic stat
2012 minor league leaders in predictive FIP (Part 2)
Should we use an ERA estimator that ignores balls in play for the lower levels of the minor leagues?
Prospects galore on the WBC rosters
Not every team is loaded with major leaguers, so plenty of prospects should get a chance to play.
Swings and misses
Josh Hamilton is one-part Guerrero and one-part Olivo.
11 things I didn't know about Earl Weaver
A look back at the late Orioles skipper.
Cooperstown Confidential: Farewell to Enzo Hernandez, Fred Talbot and SportsWatch
Let's remember two players who left us, along with a favorite old radio show.
Back to back to basics
The strategic implications of having the first or last ordered pick in a snake draft
What baseball must learn from Lance Armstrong
The public doesn't forgive very easily. Baseball is still too close to the steroid era for comfort.


text: Finally some good weather and a chance to test my repaired Go Pro Hero 3 camera. What better way than some launch control video accompanied by some exhaust up and downshift noise from as close to source as possible. Early on a quiet Sunday morning the road and Pilot Super Sports were warm and these were some of the quickest launches I've seen so far, all under 4.2s. The noise the 5 pot makes is pure thunder with the upshift 'buuurrpp' and downshift throttle blip just adding to that special quattro experience. As always the RS3 remains great fun.


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Whales stranded again on Farewell Spit
Whales stranded again on Farewell Spit
Sunday 19 January
The Department of Conservation is appealing for volunteers to assist with 73 pilot whales found stranded on Farewell Spit this morning.
People with wetsuits are particularly needed to help refloat the whales around today's 12.17pm high tide. Anyone who can help is asked to get to Triangle Flat at the base of Farewell Spit by around 11am. As well as bringing wetsuits if they have them, people should bring warm clothing, water, food and all the gear they need.
Project Jonah is also putting out a call to its trained volunteers to come and assist.
DOC rangers are still assessing how many of the whales are dead.
Sixty eight whales had been stranded about 3 km along the Spit last night of which 7 were dead. The whales have floated in the overnight high tide and moved further along the Spit. The stranded whales are this morning spread out over about 1.6 km.
DOC rangers and Project Jonah and other volunteers will this morning work to keep the whales as comfortable as possible and wet with buckets of sea water.


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Recruiting and training mid-level managers has challenged the concrete industry for decades. Men and women who have grown up through the ranks often are not equipped to nurture and expand their skills beyond the disciplines they have learned in the field. These include mix designs, batching, and dispatching.
As young people advance in our industry, they have not been exposed to the financial and strategic skills they need to move to the next step in their careers. The Concrete Industry Management (CIM) curriculum at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) in Murfreesboro has filled this important role as this industry's largest educational initiative.
Founded in 1996, 44 students graduated from the program this past May, and 367 more are now enrolled in the CIM program. In addition, the CIM curriculum has been expanded to Arizona State University, California State at Chico, and the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Along the way, the industry has pressed MTSU to elevate the curriculum, and sought a way to continue the educational opportunities for the graduates through an advanced degree, effectively creating an MBA in Concrete Management. To learn more, I visited recently with Dr. Heather Brown, the director of the program who holds a PhD in civil engineering with an emphasis on construction materials.
Brown has energized the program since taking the reins last year. We talked about the challenges of the new graduate program, which will admit its first 12 to 20 candidates in the next 18 months. The CIM National Steering Committee has provided the funds needed to apply for a National Science Foundation grant to develop the new program.
When polling industry executives, it became apparent that few would sacrifice their most talented managers for a 36-hour curriculum, thus the need for a distance learning program would be critical. But MTSU's graduate business school did not offer distance learning. Creating a program from scratch would take years.
Specialized curriculum
Instead, Brown would allow the candidates to take the first 18 hours, or half of the degree requirement, of prerequisite courses found in most conventional advanced degree programs at a college close to home. The distance learning portion for the specialized curriculum, or the last half, would provide industry-specific courses. These would include:
The MBA in Concrete Management will be a significant step in fulfilling our industry's educational needs, elevating the knowledge level, and graduating evermore sophisticated managers. I urge you to support the CIM program at all four universities. You can volunteer to serve on marketing committees, support the CIM auction held annually at the World of Concrete, and hire CIM graduates.
— Pierre Villere is president and managing partner of Allen-Villere Partners. firstname.lastname@example.com telephone 985-727-4310. For more, visitwww.allenvillere.com.


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Did not Sarpedon fall, and didst thou not leave him to be a prey to the dogs?
It was thou who didst bring it about that Iduna went from Asgard.
didst never hear, Joseph, that it is a clever chicken that crows in the egg?
Was it not in accordance with thy law, or didst thou not like it?
didst thou never, dear Walter, see two curs pop unexpectedly on one another within a yard and half of a bone?
He did not say, "My Father, didst thou make me the keeper of my brother?"
But tell me one thing I apprehend not: why didst lay thy cap upon the sword's point?
Beshrew me, Sis, but since when didst thou shift to so fair a taste for—what was it?
didst not thou promise that they should rule over land and sea?
Thou also didst bestow on it the spirit of wisdom, and didst call it soul.
Middle English do, first person singular of Old English don "make, act, perform, cause; to put, to place," from West Germanic *don (cf. Old Saxon duan, Old Frisian dua, Dutch doen, Old High German tuon, German tun), from PIE root *dhe- "to put, place, do, make" (see factitious).
Use as an auxiliary began in Middle English. Periphrastic form in negative sentences ("They did not think") replaced the Old English negative particles ("Hie ne wendon"). Slang meaning "to do the sex act with or to" is from 1913. Expression do or die is attested from 1620s. Cf. does, did, done.
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About the CANR Alumni Association
The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Alumni Association (CANRAA) promotes and supports the CANR.
The CANRAA does the following:
- Fosters a fraternal spirit among the alumni of the CANR;
- Promotes and supports the CANR among current and prospective students, fellow alumni and other stakeholders of the college;
- Offers opportunities to network with and learn from our outstanding faculty and other alumni; and
- Supports CANR students through the Distinguished Undergraduate Scholarships program.
Still have some questions? Contact Kathryn Reed, CANRAA 517-355-0284


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This VERY BEAUTIFUL,VERY QUIET and VERY PRIVATE postcard environment cottage is located in Frelighsburg,which is named as one of the most beautiful villages in Quebec. It is famous in high quality arts, architecture, wine producing and apple farms. The largest open air Art Festival in Canada turn the streets of the town into an immense open gallery every autumn. It is also a famous cyclists' paradise. This is a very special house with spectacular garden tastefully designed by professionals, with a long entrance driveway leading to the house through trees. This 30 acres park-like property has beautiful pine grove with private walking trails. A lovely foot bridge spans the 15 foot deep pond to its little island, attracting big birds and deer. A small path leads straight from the master bedroom's balcony down to the swimming pool. Through its immense windows on the upper floor you can see Mont Pinnacle, rear lovely sunsets, watch blue jays, hummingbirds,chickadees,woodpeckers,turkeys,etc.
Swimming Pool with Salt/Chlorination System.
Hi speed internet available in the house, around house and swimming pool.
Our family had a great time in your home. We loved the setting and the pool. The kids loved biking to the end of the road each day. We'll see you next year!
Beautiful property and location. My kids loved the pool. We also love the little town of Frelighsburg. We had a very pleasant stay.
My husband and I came to Canada for a quick trip and decided to book this resort last minute just because we almost never saw a beautiful place like this one back at home.
It was such a nice experience. Kin was always available to answer our questions. The place is very easy to find and not to mention, the house is cozy and the outside view is breathtaking.
If I'll come back to Canada anytime soon, I'll definitely book again Kin.
Our family of 5 - two generations - enjoyed a relaxing week at this peaceful and large Frelighsburg property. The house was very clean with excellent beds and bedding. Everyone enjoyed swimming in the pool and walking to the pond and our youngest family member had fun catching frogs. The adults enjoyed relaxing on any of several balconies and chatting or reading in the quiet surroundings. The local grocery store kept us well stocked and there are several pretty towns in the area to explore. Recommended!
Thanks for the wonderful location and lovely setting. Our family love privacy, comfort and quite. This is exactly the place for us. We enjoy smelling the pure fresh air, listening to the birds singing in the morning and evening. We like to take a walk in the private trail in the forest or walk up to the mountain, kids like to bike in the garden and play in the pool. I like to sit at front deck with my morning coffee and watch the birds in the garden and sunlight on Pinnacle Mountain. It is so relaxed. My husband like BBQ for dinner, it is easy to get grocery in the village and there is Farmer's Market at Saturday morning with local product. We bought a lot of fresh vegetable and few bottle of honey. We never see that small carrot with leaves and tested different kind of honey. We also enjoy the local wine, there is more then 10 wine manufactory around, we enjoyed free wine and cheese tasting in the vineyards and bought some back… It is a wonderful vacation and we will go back.
Thank you for the wonderful accommodation. The privacy of the location, the fresh air, the setting and the huge garden. We had a great time and hope we still on vacation.
Art, Nature and Heritage.
From Frelighsburg official web site: 'Recognized as one of "The Most Beautiful Villages in Québec", Frelighsburg is a classic Loyalist settlement that blends historic charm with a vibrant and active community that includes many artists. Nestled in a rich apple-growing valley on the Pike River and at the foot of Pinnacle, Frelighsburg is home to a well-preserved architectural heritage in a superb natural setting.
Originally occupied by native Abenakis, Frelighsburg was settled in the late 1790s by American Loyalists, including Abram Freligh a physician of German origin who moved from New York State. The mill built by his son in 1839, along with several other historic 19th century buildings, are considered historic monuments.
Enjoy the charm of the historic village, visit local artists, taste renowned locally-produced specialty food products while savouring the spectacular views and abundance of nature that makes Frelighsburg shine in any season.'
Other Activities: Festiv'Art in Labor Day Weekend. More than 3000 works of art are presented from a roster of 125 visual artists; Brome-Missisquoi's Wine Route brings together 18 vineyards. Ice cider is one of Frelighsburg's jewels which was first elaborated by Christian Barthomeuf in Frelighsburg; Paradise for Cycling All Summer & Fall. Come and tour the 72 km of roads that travel through our village or look up interesting itineraries in the Cycling Maps section. Don't forget to ask the Cycling Maps at information center in the village.
LES SUCRERIES DE L'ÉRABLE , home of the best maple syrup pie.
Free WiFi hubs in the village.
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Effort To Repeal City Ban Despite State High Court Ruling
By Tiffany Rider - Senior Writer
May 21, 2013 – Though the high court of California issued a landmark ruling on May 6 allowing jurisdictions to use zoning and land-use powers to ban medical pot shops, advocates of medicinal marijuana continue to fight for the right to operate dispensaries in Long Beach.
The California Supreme Court decision was made with unanimous concurrence, ruling in favor of the City of Riverside's use of zoning laws in 2010 to exclude medical marijuana dispensaries from operating within city limits, including the plaintiff Inland Empire Patients Health and Wellness Center. In its decision, the court ruled California's medical marijuana laws – the Compassionate Use Act (CUA) and its Medical Marijuana Program (MMP) – do not preempt a local ban on dispensaries.
"We have consistently maintained that the CUA and MMP are but incremental steps toward freer access to medical marijuana, and the scope of these statutes is limited and circumscribed," according to the ruling. "They merely declare that the conduct they describe cannot lead to arrest or conviction, or be abated as a nuisance, as violations of enumerated provisions of the Health and Safety Code. Nothing in the CUA or the MMP expressly or impliedly limits the inherent authority of a local jurisdiction, by its own ordinances, to regulate the use of its land, including the authority to provide that facilities for the distribution of medical marijuana will not be permitted to operate within its borders."
Long Beach City Attorney Bob Shannon told the Business Journal the ruling is as the city expected and supports the local ban on dispensaries enacted February 14, 2012. The city is still in the process of closing down medical marijuana storefronts operating within city limits, he said, as police and business licensing are "focusing on the more problematic locations and working our way down the line."
Moreover, the court opinion is more important for what it doesn't say than what it does, according to Shannon. "It certainly says that cities, if they choose to do so, may ban these operations," he reiterated. "What it does not say is that the cities can affirmatively permit these operations because it doesn't touch the federal preemption issue. Now, remember, the federal preemption issue is where Long Beach was overturned in the court of appeal. But the California Supreme Court has not dealt with this issue and they expressly declined to rule on that issue."
As reported by the Business Journal in February, patients, providers and advocates have filed 11 complaints in court against the city's ban. Those cases are currently in the Los Angeles Superior Court's Complex Civil Division, according to Deputy City Attorney Kendra Carney. Hearings were expected to resume March 6 but were continued by the court at least twice now, Carney said. The latest date set for hearings is July 16.
Since the initial 11 cases were filed with the division, Carney said one more case has been brought forward. "It's similar in nature to cases already filed," she said. "We're working on hopefully collaborating with the plaintiff's attorney to have it moved over to join these other cases in the complex civil division."
Meanwhile, the petition filed in February with the city clerk department calling for a special election to decide if medical marijuana storefronts should be allowed in Long Beach, and how they would be regulated if allowed, was found insufficient by Long Beach City Clerk Larry Herrera. According to an official Certificate of Insufficiency of Initiative Petition, signed by Herrera on March 7, a signature verification system disqualified 27 percent of the signatures garnered. Only 31,294 signatures were deemed valid; a special election petition needs approximately 35,000 valid signatures – or 15 percent of the registered voter population – to be considered sufficient.
According to Matthew Ceballos, a city clerk assistant, another petition was filed with the department but never progressed. On April 24, a third group "picked up where the second petition left off," Ceballos said. The ballot title and summary for this petition was prepared by the city attorney's office and distributed to the proponents on May 7, according to Ceballos. The ballot title is "Regulation of Medical Marijuana Collectives," and its summary indicates the measure would, if passed, regulate collectives in the city and repeal the current ban.
"The Measure would regulate fixed storefront locations, mobile operations and residential uses," according to the ballot summary. "The Measure applies to all marijuana facilities in the City, even if established illegally prior to its passage. The Measure would mandate medical marijuana enforcement be the lowest priority of the Police Department and require police officers to receive training regarding implementation of the Measure."
Though there is nothing in the court's opinion that expressly permits cities to legally allow dispensaries, the Long Beach City Council could bring the issue back to the public by adding an item to its agenda any given Tuesday.
"If they revisit it," however, Shannon said, "I would give them the same advice that I did when they enacted the lottery ordinance some years ago, and that is that there is a substantial risk that the federal government will find that they have acted illegally."


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DiRT 3 Monte Carlo DLC Pack
There's no denying that Codemasters fumbled its DLC plans following the release of DiRT 2. Fans were promised a number of small DLC packs over a course of months, but what they got was two measly offerings.
The Trust Fund and Access All Areas packs that did nothing but unlock tracks and vehicles already included in the game. It's surely the worst kind of DLC – that which puts a price on something you can get for nothing.
With DiRT 3, Codemasters has learnt its lesson. Indeed, the moment you boot up the game an irritating American voice will direct you to the add-on content section of the menu, declaring the addition of new DLC as and when it's released.The Power And Glory car pack was recently added, and it's now been bolstered with the Monte Carlo rally pack.
The eight stages offered take place on the twisting routes between frosted Alpine villages, and fans of vintage rally will instantly recognise courses like the legendary Col de Turini – one of the most famous Special Stages in the world.
Indeed, it's for such hardcore rally fans that the Monte Carlo pack has ostensibly been made, as in real life these are incredibly narrow and technical routes littered with hairpin turns and dangerous corners.
They all take place on tarmac, but a dusting of snow and ice makes speeding down thin roads with a cliff face on one side and a sheer drop on the other an experience at once exhilarating and incredibly demanding.
According to Codemasters this increase in difficulty was the reason for releasing the tracks as DLC and not including it in the main game. It wanted the pack to be an option for hardcore enthusiasts, while ensuring that the DiRT Tour of the main game didn't become over-challenging for casual players.
But something about this excuse doesn't fly. Sure, the Monte Carlo tracks are hard, but they're not that hard, and there's no reason they couldn't have appeared at the back end of the DiRT Tour.
What it really feels like is a chunk of the game that's simply been held back for post-release, to bulk up the DLC package and make up for past mistakes. For 400 Points this would feel just about acceptable. For 800 it's a waste of money for anyone but true hardcore rally fans.


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The Washington Center For Internships Washington, D.C.
The Washington Center For Internships & Academic Seminars is an organization which works with colleges and universities across the country to provide full-time, closely supervised professional immersion field experiences to college students who seek the following goals:
- To gain exposure and practical expertise in their career field
- To acquire a competitive advantage in their employment search
- To refine management and leadership skills, and
- To experience the cultural richness available in a major urban setting.
In addition to the internship, a student registers for one academic seminar related to the field of interest, and participates in a broad range of education activities and programs related to educational resources available because of the program's unique location in the seat of the federal government. Participants are considered full-time registered Wesleyan students during that semester, for which they earn fifteen credits.
Sample Wesleyan Internship Highlights 1997 - 2002
- An International Studies major committed to a career in diplomacy spent a semester coordinating the participation of foreign heads-of-state in the NATO 50th Anniversary Gala.
- The contribution of our intern at the Voice of America was so outstanding that, for the first time in VOA history, a student was allowed to broadcast directly to a receiving country - in this case, Korea, the intern's home. Family and friends were thrilled to hear her voice broadcasting the message of freedom from Washington, D.C., and the English major made a significant first step on her career path in political journalism.
- A Political Science pre-law major working at the U.S. Department of State: Foreign Service Institute created briefing manuals to train ambassadorial staff assigned to Eastern Europe and Russia.
- At America's Most Wanted, a Communication Studies major researched a story which was aired on television and used as the headline article in the magazine of that name. She was hired as a staff researcher after graduation.
- An International Studies major assigned to the political research division of a foreign embassy was offered full-time employment at the conclusion of her placement there - the first time that the Embassy had ever offered a former intern a job.
- A student of Biology/Chemistry is spending spring 2002 at the Environmental Protection Agency's Department of Hazardous Waste. She is studying the environmental public health implications for the New York City's air quality by-products created in attacks on the World Trade Center.
The Washington Center For Internships is available on-line at www.twc.edu.


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The Crap We Missed – Wednesday 7.6.11
Douche curbside check-in
And if he's hungry, there's a fresh muffin top at his fingertips.
FUN FACT: The midget in the foreground is Seacrests' employee paid to circle him at all times to ensure an appearance of maximum height
"See you later, baby! Damn can't believe that was my 15,000 initiation into the "Mile High Club" and my first with a chick!"
So long as I don't see him with Julianne Hough, I think I'll make it.
Why is this man smiling? No seriously, why?
Now that woman is more his speed.
Not seen, the box he is standing on to look taller than that woman.
contrary to popular belief, checks do not make a person look bigger.
Livin' la vida loca.
Who cares?!


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JERUSALEM (Sep. 19)
The bravery of the Jewish fighting forces in Palestine and the heroic sacrifices of the Jews in Europe, including Soviet Russia, are emphasized in a Rosh Hashanah message issued here today by the Vaad Leumi, the Jewish National Council of Palestine, to the Jews of the world. The message reads:
"Hitler's criminal hand has reached the remnants of European -even Russian-Jewry, spreading blood, fire and destruction. From the depth of this hell comes the light of our brethren's heroic stand, sacrificing itself for Kidush Hashem and nation. From this hell comes also a call from our Russian brethren, stretching out their hand anew, willing to unite with the rest of world Jewry.
"From Zion and Jerusalem comes a call to world Jewry from 10,000 Palestine Jewish pioneers who are joined in the forefront for the defense of their homeland-Eretz Israel. The Yishub continues to enlist its best sons in the fight against evil and for final victory. The Yishub stands firmly on guard and continues its upbuilding. Let this stand serve as encouragement to you."