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As robotic technology improves, we charge robots with increasingly varied and difficult tasks. Many of these tasks can potentially be completed better by a team of robots working together than by individual robots working alone. Coordination can lead to faster task completion, increased robustness, higher-quality solutions, and the completion of tasks impossible for single robots. Nevertheless, effective coordination can be difficult to achieve because of a range of adverse real-world conditions including dynamic events, changing task demands, resource failures, and limited deliberation time. The desire to overcome these challenges and harness the benefits of robot teams has made multirobot coordination a vital field in robotics research.
Of the resulting wealth of research, market-based multirobot coordination approaches in particular have received significant attention and are growing in popularity within the community. These approaches harness the principles of market economies—which have successfully governed human coordination for thousands of years—and use them to enable robot coordination. In market-based approaches, robots on the team act as self-interested agents operating in a virtual economy in which tasks and team resources are exchanged over the market in pursuit of individual profit. The essence of marketbased approaches is that the process of robots trading tasks and resources with one another to maximize their wealth simultaneously improves the efficiency of the team.
Market-based approaches to multirobot coordination inherit many of the benefits associated with market economies, including flexibility, efficiency, responsiveness, robustness, scalability, and generality. In practice, they have been successfully implemented in a variety of domains ranging from mapping and exploration to robot soccer. The research literature on market-based approaches to coordination has now reached a critical mass that warrants a survey and analysis. This paper meets this need in three ways. First, it provides a tutorial on market-based approaches by discussing the motivating philosophy, defining the requirements and tradeoffs inherent in such approaches, analyzing their strengths and weaknesses, and placing them appropriately in the context of the larger set of approaches to multirobot coordination. Second, this paper surveys and analyzes the relevant literature. Third, it inspires and directs future research on this topic through a discussion of remaining challenges.


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A desperate rock'n'roll band take over a radio station when their music is refused airtime, only to find their criminal action brings fame of its own.
Michael Lehmann's best film since the mordant black comedy Heathers, this splices the rock'n'roll satire of Wayne's World with an inspired Die Hard pastiche to produce one of the funniest movies of the year.
Brendan Fraser (last seen in California Man), Steve Buscemi (Mr. Pink in Reservoir Dogs) and Adam Sandler play three slackers - Chazz, Rex and Pip - desperate to get their thrash metal outfit, The Lone Rangers, into the big time. Together they dream of a fat record contract, and one day - more or less by accident - break into a local radio station to hassle shock jock Joe Mantegna about playing their demo tape. When the station manager aims to throw them out, Rex explodes with fury and pulls a replica Uzi out of his bag. Before they know it, the boys are in a hostage situation and this is where the fun really starts.
The cops arrive and ask what their demands are, the media give the crisis saturation coverage and a crowd gathers outside eager for a glimpse of the rock'n'roll hostage-takers. Suddenly the dynamics of the hostage situation begin to change. The station manager ups air-time rates to advertisers, a record company salesman is sent in to negotiate a contract with the band, and reality is overtaken by hyper reality.
Despite some crude slapstick, weak reverse racism gags and a plot which begins to fold after an hour, this remains an intelligent treatment of America's fame-obsessed culture, sliding into home base with some sharp edits and an energetic and powerful soundtrack.
Profoundly disposable, although several satirical barbs hit home.

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Mortgage arrears rates are expected to settle at historically high levels amid signs from the Reserve Bank of Australia that interest rates will be on hold for an extended period.
Credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings, which closely tracks mortgage delinquencies, has forecast that the proportion of home buyers who are behind on their repayments by 30 days or more will hover at about 1.75 per cent for the rest of the year. In the three months ended March 31, the proportion hit 1.79 per cent.
In the minutes of its July 5 meeting, released on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank board warned that arrears rates had increased among home buyers, particularly in Western Australia and Queensland, who bought when house prices were at their peak.
The central bank blamed the rise on loose lending standards – which have subsequently been tightened – that enabled financially stretched borrowers to take out large loans.
Fitch associate director James Zanesi said arrears rates among low-document mortgage holders reached almost 6.74 per cent in the first quarter. He said higher interest rates had put home buyers in difficulty rather than there having been a deterioration in borrowing standards.
Mr Zanesi said many borrowers who took advantage of low interest rates and government grants, such as in 2009, had taken insufficient account of the likelihood that rates would rise from their then very low levels.
MacroPlan Australia manager Jason Anderson said floods that had crippled south-east Queensland had added to the difficulties for many home buyers by disrupting their cash flow.
But despite the rise in arrears, the RBA said the proportion of borrowers running into difficulty was much lower than in most other countries.
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overviewThe Schwartzi's Cory Cat is also known as Twin Bar Cory and comes from the tributaries of the Rio Negro and Rio Uaupes in South America and is a peaceful bottom dwelling scavenger. The Schwartzi's Cory is a beautiful catfish with a silver body and two distinct black horizontal stripes that run from just behind the gill plate to the tail. The eyes are also covered with a black stripe and the head area is tan in color.
The Schwartzi's Cory Cat requires a well-planted aquarium with plenty of hiding places that provide relief from the light. A smooth sand or gravel substrate is needed because of the easily damaged barbels. They enjoy being in numbers, so a small school of six or more is ideal for these cats.
Breeding the Schwartzi's Cory Cat is accomplished by providing a number of the same species in the aquarium and allowing them to pair off. Success in breeding the Schwartzi's Cory has been attained with a low water level and a dH lower than 6. Feed the fry a variety of mashed dried foods as well as baby brine shrimp.
The Schwartzi's Cory Cat is omnivorous and will require a well balanced diet including dried, flake, frozen, and live foods. Feed a quality flake and pellet food as well as frozen brine and live worms.
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Fox Nation Tries To Distance Fox News From Its Promotion Of Birther Conspiracy
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Fox Nation pointed out in a post today that, according to the Pew's Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ), of the three main cable news networks (CNN, Fox News, MSNBC), MSNBC devoted the "most" time to the latest round of coverage on the birth certificate controversy while Fox News devoted the "least."
The post, which republished portions of an April 27 Mediate blog post, boasts about Fox's apparent low amount of coverage to the birther issue during the week of April 11-17, stating:
"While MSNBC's coverage may have been devoted to questioning or debunking the president's citizenship issues, that network spent the most time discussing it," said Moos.
According to the data, MSNBC devoted ten percent of its airtime last week to President Obama, and fully 92 percent of that was "airtime coded 'citizenship and religion rumors' and 'birther' coverage." By comparison, CNN and Fox devoted just five percent of their airtime to the president. Of that, PEJ says CNN's coverage of the president was 100 percent devoted to "citizenship and religion rumors," while Fox's coverage was only eight percent.
The post refers to these PEJ poll results, which provided a percentage breakdown of birther discussion by network to the Poynter Institute. The study included Fox evening shows Special Report with Bret Baier, The O'Reilly Factor and Hannity. It did not include other Fox News opinion shows that also contributed air time to the controversy, including Fox & Friends and On the Record with Greta van Susteren.
As Media Matters has documented, Fox News devoted nearly two hours and 20 minutes to birther coverage following potential GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump's embrace of the issue. This study also points out a particularly disturbing fact: in 44 out of 52 Fox News segments which contained falsehoods about Obama's birth certificate, Fox News hosts allowed those false claims to go unchallenged. In other words, in its coverage, Fox repeatedly allowed hosts and contributors to perpetuate the thoroughly debunked rumor that the president was not born in the United States.
Fox is obviously still confused about the difference between fact and fiction - and this round of gloating proves no differently.
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Stay Hungry My Friends
It is so cold out there this morning but even that wasn't the reason I took a rest day. I noticed yesterday that I was just not into the workout. My body was fatigued but it was more my head. My head wasn't in the game. Whenever that happens, I know my body is tired and needs to rest.
When the alarm went off this morning, I considered going but then remembered yesterday and said — back to sleep you go. It's not often that I do that but I have learned to listen to my internal cues. They are always right!!
Here are some recent articles I am reading around the web. I'm always trying to improve myself and learn more! Stay Hungry My friends!!
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Pride in Harborough 2012
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- Pride in Harborough 2012
- 11 Award categories
- Deadline for Entries: 16th March
- Presentation Evening: 29th March
- At the Three Swans Hotel, Market Harborough
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Pride in Harborough is a special awards event that recognises the achievements of special people within our area; those who have gone out of their way to help others, those who have overcome hardship and those who support a positive attitude within our community.
Do you know someone who has gone the extra mile to help others overcome hardship or someone who has offered their help and support for the community? Why not nominate them for an award to be presented on the night at our gala evening dinner?
The entry process is simple, visit the Pride in Harborough website for all the information. Find out all about the categories, what the judges will be looking for, and how to cover all the bases with your entry. Please give the judges as much information as possible to help them make up their minds.
The awards will be presented at a gala event on Thursday 29th March, 2012. It's sure to be a fantastic night celebrating all that's best about our area, and will give some very special people and organisations a well-deserved pat on the back. Tickets are £20 (Adults) and £15.50* (concessions) and include a three course meal.
The Harborough Mail is proud to organise this event, and welcomes business professionals and the public to get involved. For more info contact Maria Butlin on 01536 506123 or email us at: email@example.com
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Bush Continues to Lose Support On Social Security
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The American Public Doesn't Support His Privatization Proposal, Now A Key Ally Doesn't Either
» House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer: Bush Cannot Even Hold On To His Allies in This Debate.
» House Leader Nancy Pelosi: Bush Should Heed Advice of Architect of Republican Social Security Plan and Drop Private Accounts.
» House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security Ranking Member Sander Levin: President's Demand for Privatization Stands in the Way of a Bipartisan Solution.» House Democratic Caucus Chairman Robert Menendez: President Should Abandon Plan to Change Social Security From a Guarantee to a Gamble.
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Being lightweight and versatile makes this jigsaw a great choice for a variety of jobs. Make detailed cuts with precise 360-degree scrolling action. Select your desired cutting range from smooth to fast with the 4-position orbital cut control.
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Sun Apr 29, 2012, 07:37 AM
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U.S.: H-1B workers outnumber unemployed techies (2009)
As unemployment among tech workers increases with the recession, the U.S. government is raising broad questions as part of a federal case over H-1Bs about the connection of visa fraud to the unemployment of IT workers.
Visions Systems was included in a sweep that led to arrests of some 11 people in six states. The government, in announcing its action, said the companies and people involved were "displacing qualified American workers," but didn't identify how many. In court papers filed last month, the U.S. indicated it may be getting ready to do just that.
The U.S. said it is "prepared to demonstrate to the court the manner in which the defendant's schemes, along with similar schemes by similar companies have substantially deprived U.S. citizens of employment." The government then points out that "in January of 2009, the total number of workers employed in the information technology occupation under the H-1B program substantially exceeded the 241,000 unemployed U.S. citizen workers within the same occupation."
In the case of Vision Systems, the U.S. said the company "consistently hired only foreign workers in order to fill information technology positions within the United States." The government said "although the exact amount of loss to U.S. citizen workers has not yet been determined, there is no question that the amount of lost wages and benefits to U.S. citizens has been substantial."
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Sun Apr 29, 2012, 08:37 AM
fasttense (17,301 posts)
1. This is why you see so many ads for good jobs, yet you can't get one of those jobs being advertised.
They are required by law to advertise these H-1B jobs in the US before they can hire a visa worker. But you can submit your resume all day, and may even get an interview every now and then, but you will never get the job. The personnel department carefully weeds out all US citizens based on one fabricated reason after another. Then tada... there are no US citizens who qualify.
And then you pay the H-1B visa slave, I mean worker, half of what you have to pay a citizen.
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Sun Apr 29, 2012, 09:41 AM
WilmywoodNCparalegal (2,576 posts)
2. Wrong... there is no advertising requirement for H-1B visas
There are advertising requirements for the labor certification (PERM) process, which is when an employer wishes to pursue a green card (lawful permanent residence) for an employee already in the U.S. on a visa (which could be one of several types, not just the H-1B). The framework you can use to reject applications and resumes at this stage is very narrow and not as broad as you think.
Moreover, employers who wish to sponsor someone on a H-1B visa must pay at least the prevailing wage for the job occupation in the same geographical area. The prevailing wage used by 99% of employers is the one published by the Department of Labor which is freely available online.
This is not to say that there aren't employers who don't follow the law. However, as I have done hundreds if not thousands of H-1B visas (and other categories), I can tell you that all were paid well above the prevailing wage, all had the same benefits as other workers and all had the same rights. Not all were from India or were in IT occupations. Any occupation that can be only be performed by someone with at least a bachelor's degree (or its foreign equivalent) or above is eligible for H-1B classification. This includes architects, designers, physicians, teachers, engineers, accountants, lawyers, etc.
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Sun Apr 29, 2012, 09:50 AM
liberalhistorian (20,399 posts)
3. You obviously have not seen
the videos of immigration attorneys training employers on how to "disqualify" American applicants so as to be able to hire non-Americans, no matter how qualified and able the American worker is. And with twelve million Americans desperately searching for work, there is no need or reason for H1-B's right now. How you can help non-American workers get jobs here when millions of our citizens are desperate for work and running out of options, but being ignored by American companies, is beyond me.


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What happened to R&D?
Every business walks a fine line between innovating and moving with the market. While R&D has driven innovation and product progression in the past, there has always been an element of watching what the other guy is doing. (And if the other guy is doing it better, following his lead.)
We've seen that strategy in the automobile industry, for example, when American automakers scoffed at Japanese front wheel drive vehicles for decades. That all changed when U.S. automakers recognized the fuel saving advantages (and growing Japanese penetration into the U.S. market) and piled on that bandwagon in the 1980s.
A similar force is at play in the consumer electronics industry today. Consumer tech companies must be able to shift directions in a matter of months if they don't want to be left behind.
This has led to a period where the entire industry seems to have let R&D slide in favor of other tactics:
- Releasing iterative products and a stream of relatively minor product updates. Most recently: Samsung's (PINK:SSNLF) recently unveiled Galaxy S4 smartphone.
- Fighting for consumers in court instead of on store shelves, attempting to litigate each other into oblivion and halt the sale of competing products, country by country.
- Glomming onto each other's successes, to the point where every rumored product is countered by a competitor's reports of a better version.
- Shifting R&D budgets to litigation, marketing and patent acquisition. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) now budgets just 2.2% of revenue on R&D, putting it near the bottom of the pack on that basis.
Examples of this pack mentality are endless. Take the smartwatch. Versions of this product have been around for decades, but it wasn't until last year that they really hit they spotlight. The Pebble smartwatch set a Kickstarter record within a week of its funding campaign (securing 33 times its goal in that time). The Pebble and other smartwatches from a range of small companies were big news at 2013's Consumer Electronics Show.
Meanwhile, in 2012, Apple nixed its square iPod Nano with the watch face (a gadget that had spawned a whole industry around customized watch bands that took the Nano one extra step), in a move that signaled its own interest in producing a smartwatch.
Last month, a report surfaced that Apple had a team of 100 designers working on an iWatch. Right on schedule, rival Samsung announced that it would counter Apple with its own smartwatch. In Bloomberg, a Samsung EVP is quoted as saying, "We've been preparing the watch product for so long." Subtext: Apple is copying us.
Expect dozens of smartwatches to hit the market in rapid succession, confusing consumers and obliterating the smaller innovators that started the trend. Then watch for the products, differentiated by nothing more than color and case material, and the inevitable slew of infringement lawsuits.
The list goes on:
- Last year, Apple released a fourth-generation iPad that was identical to the one it had released only seven months earlier, but with a slightly faster CPU.
- CES 2013, where smartphone manufacturers raced each other to release copycat versions of Samsung's Galaxy Note and its 5.3-inch display.
- BlackBerry's (NASDAQ:BBRY) ill-fated PlayBook was rushed to market in 2011 in response to the popularity of the iPad. The PlayBook bombed, costing the company a fortune in unsold inventory.
- A rise in cloud computing, thanks to corporate IT cutbacks and web startups like Pinterest that didn't have cash for their own infrastructure.
- The "retina display" race, launched by Apple's iPhone 4.
As a consumer, I don't have an issue with a company continually improving its product. I appreciate the fact that they are able to build on success.
But I'm concerned that the current situation in the consumer electronics industry has stalled innovation. The killer new products I've been hoping for haven't materialized, probably because research has been all but replaced by reactionary development.
The really interesting new stuff these days is coming from Kickstarter campaigns — and a search engine company turned hardware dabbler, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG). With the current overall climate, startups are in danger of being crushed by a tech giant that senses opportunity and rushes a version of their product to market.
My current disappointment isn't just coming from a consumer perspective, either. The investment community is affected as well.
Startups that get crushed before they can go public are an opportunity lost; a company like Apple can't put together the kind of massive growth that it did over the past decade without investing in R&D, releasing innovative new products and inventing new product categories.
And there's always that risk that a seemingly solid consumer tech company that gets complacent with the rhythm of releasing incremental product updates will miss the threat that comes out of left field and crushes it (a la BlackBerry).
Competition is good and innovation is good — for consumers, the long-term health of a consumer technology company and for investors. Let's hope that the pendulum begins to swing in the other direction soon, prioritizing R&D over "me too" product development, and lawsuits.
As of this writing, Brad Moon did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.


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A Center for the Environment pilot study investigating local residents' attitudes on the value of scenic views is the cover story in the latest Plymouth Magazine.
Shannon Rogers, an assistant professor with CFE and the Department of Environmental Science and Policy, is working with two students on a pilot project to assess the value of views. This topic is timely and Shannon's work is featured in the most recent issue of Plymouth Magazine. The research is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) through the New Hampshire EPSCoR program.
Since publication of the Plymouth Magazine article, Shannon has received numerous comments and requests for more information about her research project. "It is exciting to have people interested in our work. The viewshed project is a pilot study and in the future I hope we can expand it to cover a broader region," Shannon said. "Views are important to people and our region where new land uses are changing the look and possibly the functioning of the landscape. Our research will help us to better understand the complex values people place on a view and the many ecosystem services that may be imbedded in a scenic view."


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Patrons Party
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
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Event Details
Patrons Party
A benefit for Patron Supporters of
ArtPoint's Valentine's Gala
What better way to get ready for our Valentine's Gala than with a pre-party?!
Please join us at Cavalier by Jay Jeffers on Wednesday, January 9 for the kick-off to our first gala of 2013, Wooden Shoe be Mine, in celebration of the much-anticipated Girl with a Pearl Earring and Rembrandt's Century exhibitions coming to the de Young Museum.
Patrons Party guests can experience the joy that is Lillet-a French apertif, plus a variety of unique wines, hand-selected by Stash Wines, and delicious bites from Union Street Catering. Tickets are limited; don't let this opportunity pass you by!
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Wednesday, January 9 from 6-9 pm
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Kate Gorrissen
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About Stash Wines
At Stash Wines they curate a collection of constantly updated wines, specializing in small production, limited-access wines of the highest quality. Most are from California; saucy little imports make an appearance as well. These are wines to drink and to savor. To share...or to stash away.
About Lillet
Since 1887, Lillet has been made from a unique blend of carefully selected wines from Bordeaux and subtle liqueurs prepared in Lillet's Podensac cellars throughout the year. Once the perfect blend of wines and liqueurs has been achieved, the mixture is aged in wooden casks for a full year to acquire a soft, rich character. At last, Lillet is born and ready to be enjoyed as an aperitif or in a cocktail.
About Cavalier
Established in 2012 in San Francisco, Cavalier is a destination for seekers of all that is uncommon and collected. True to a code that celebrates all that is singular and luxurious, Cavalier showcases carefully curated new, vintage and bespoke pieces. It is the exclusive source for interior designer Jay Jeffers' debut collection of California-made furniture, as well as the sole stockist for a limited-edition selection of home furnishings and accessories created in partnership with designers from around the world. From handsome goods for the home to fine art to jewelry, Cavalier is a destination for those who take their pleasure seriously.
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ArtPoint is a group of young professionals that supports the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco by hosting an annual program of fundraising events. Members enjoy exhibition-related lectures, gallery parties and museum galas. Proceeds support exhibitions and programs at the museums.
Please note: No one under the age of 21 will be admitted. All sales are final; tickets are non-refundable ank non-transferable. Proceeds support exhibitions and programs at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
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Jesus Firm Foundation CD
Modern and Traditional Hymns of Worship
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Titled from the hymn of the opening track: 'How firm a foundation you saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent Word.'
Here you'll find gentle and thoughtful renditions of new worship landmarks and traditional hymn favourites by the best know Christian artists and musicians. 12 tracks including the best of our church music heritage and future legacy of song given modern and respectful arrangements that lift, calm and reassure that Jesus is the Firm Foundation.
12-song collection of hymn-songs re-imagined and re-crafted includes Hillsong's Cornerstone alongside Kari Jobe's offering of "Be Still My Soul", " Brandon Heath's "It is Well (Oh My Soul)" and the equally worshipful "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus" with Nicole Nordeman's. These are songs full of the richness of hymns ancient, modern and modernised without compromising the spirit of the orginals.
Jesus Firm Foundation CD by Hillsong; Casting Crowns; Kari Jobe; and more was published by Provident Integrity Europe in March 2013 and is our 1931st best seller. The ISBN for Jesus Firm Foundation CD is 602341018029.
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"Each group did an amazing job of adapting old hymns. Although I love the old hymns they have given a new vibrancy to them. I will still listen to the old ones as well, but this is a nice way too." - Other Retailer's Reviewer
"All in all, "Jesus, Firm Foundation: Hymns of Worship" is an important record as far as worship is concerned. These are the types of songs that will bring an end to our worship wars. These are the songs that will educate the young about the richness of hymns. And these will get the seniors grooving along too. A must have CD for all worship pastors." - Other Retailer's Reviewer
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Disc 1Jesus, Firm Foundation (Mike Donehey from Tenth Avenue North, Steven Curtis Chapman, Mark Hall from Casting Crowns & Mandisa)
Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus (Nichole Nordeman)
All Hail The Power of Jesus' Name [Crown Him] (Michael W. Smith)
I Surrender All [All To Jesus] (Casting Crowns)
Holly, Holy, Holy [God With Us] (Matt Maher)
Be Still My Soul [In You I Rest] (Kari Jobe)
My Jesus, I Love Thee [Your Holy Name] (Building 429)
Jesus Paid It All (Newsboys)
Blessed Assurance [My King Is Coming] (Matthew West)
Nothing But The Blood (Andy Cherry)
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Category: Blackheath fireworks 2010
'Olympics' festivals gained, fireworks lost council cash
A final (well, maybe) postscript to the farrago that was Greenwich Council pulling out of this year's Blackheath fireworks display came in a council scrutiny meeting earlier this month. You'll recall deputy leader Peter Brooks claiming this was down to "strict control over all expenditure", implying government-imposed cuts were to blame. Indeed, there have been attempts to paint the issue as "libraries versus fireworks".
But the papers put before the overview and scrutiny panel show this simply wasn't the case.
Bear in mind the fireworks – which eventually went ahead after Lewisham Council made a public appeal for donations – attracted an estimated 100,000 people to Blackheath two weeks ago. Greenwich saved £37,000 by not funding them. Instead, it spent the following – without any reference to elected councillors:
An extra £50,000 for the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival.
GDIF has been around in some form or other for many years – once it was just a dowdy Greenwich borough-only event best known for its opening fireworks in Cutty Sark Gardens, then sometime in the 1990s it expanded north of the river. Now it seems to be firmly focused on Greenwich itself, promoting a "a tour de force showcase of UK and international outdoor arts". You can see some of it above.
The extra cash was to see the event expand from four days to 10 days – bolstering Greenwich's contribution to £181,000. Or, as Peter Brooks might have put it in the council chamber, five jobs. It would see the event placed in "the top five UK festivals… Edinburgh, Manchester International, Brighton and Glastonbury" – it's not exactly clear how highbrow performance art compares with a ticketed weekend in a muddy field, but the justification was good enough for the cash to be handed over.
£15,000 for the Greenwich Comedy Festival
Considering the stonking cost of the tickets and the poor organisation the night I went, I was surprised to see taxpayers' money handed over for the comedy festival. If money's tight, should council cash be funding comedians to make us laugh? On the Brooks scale, it's half a job.
£15,000 for the Greenwich World Cultural Festival.
I hadn't heard of this until I saw the committee papers. Despite the name, the GWCF, "a free programme of dance, theatre, circus and music" took place at Eltham Palace on the afternoon of 4 July. The money was to support the involvement of Greenwich Dance Agency and Greenwich Theatre.
What have these all got in common?
All the cash from above came from "Cultural Olympiad funding held within the arts and culture section". A couple of years ago a couple of the borough's smaller arts projects had funding completely pulled and others saw cuts to fund these big-ticket projects under the guise of creating an Olympics buzz.
is this a wise way of spending public funds? That's down to you. But it's clear that there is a pot of cash available for funding cultural events – if the council had wanted to keep the fireworks going, it could simply have designated it part of the Cultural Olympiad. Pyrotechnics have always featured at modern Olympic Games, as students of opening ceremonies will know. But the display's funding was simply pulled, without reference to councillors and presumably to make a political point.
However, it's very hard to make that point when you're spending £30,000 on mayoral booze-ups and £15,000 on a bunch of comedians. Hopefully seeing their decisions pushed into centre stage will make Greenwich Council think a bit more carefully about their decisions – and will make those paid to scrutinise them raise their game as the really painful choices approach.
10:30PM UPDATE: Think all is sweetness and light between Greenwich Labour and Lewisham Labour after the fireworks fiasco? Think again.
"Some boroughs are getting rid of their fireworks displays as an easy way to save money. We aren't doing that."
Saucer of milk to Catford Town Hall?
Was that the last Blackheath fireworks display?
That was how Saturday's Blackheath fireworks display ended – good, wasn't it? It felt a bit more low-key than last year's display, but that wasn't entirely a bad thing – no rubbish music, for a start. But it seemed like an almost perfect evening for it – mist and smoke hanging low over the heath, the streams of people walking from miles around, and that strange Close Encounters feeling of tens of thousands of people gathering on the heath. That crowd must have topped 100,000 this year, surely? It certainly seemed that way.
(3.10PM UPDATE – Lewisham Council has confirmed that numbers did indeed beat the 100,000 mark.)
So, was that the last display? After all, Greenwich Council pulled its £37,000 share of the funding, putting Lewisham in a spot – and the public knew it. It ended up as a sorry PR balls-up for Greenwich, pretty remarkable for a council whose actions are barely scrutinised by local press or politicians.
The huge crowd showed there's still a big appetite for an event that's held in a lot of affection. But there's certainly no enthusiasm for the display from Greenwich Council's leadership – before answering questions on it at the last council meeting, deputy leader Peter Brooks grumbled that it was "very difficult to get to Blackheath from my ward" – Thamesmead Moorings (472 to Woolwich, 53 to Blackheath, Peter) – before claiming it would be "inappropriate" to cough up the council's usual £37,000 contribution.
Of course, nobody in the chamber bothered to ask him why it was appropriate for the council to splash out nearly £30,000 on a private party for the mayor and council leader in May.
There are those who'll paint this as a choice between essential services or frivolities – but why is a mayoral booze-up so essential compared with the much-loved fireworks, which bring a huge business boost to pubs and restaurants in both boroughs?
It'll be Lewisham Council, though, that may have to make tough choices if there's still a shortfall in funding, after its efforts with local businesses, residents and an eBay action.
Essentially, Lewisham taxpayers will have to cough up because of Greenwich's decision – and there's no reason why Lewisham should tolerate that state of affairs. I've heard a murmur out of Greenwich that it may try to help raise some cash for the fireworks next year.
But has Lewisham got the appetite to go through the whole thing again, or will it simply take its box of sparklers and hold a display somewhere more central instead? After all, councillors in Forest Hill or Brockley could complain they find Blackheath hard to get to as well…
Still, to squote an old election slogan, if Greenwich Council has its way, we'll never see this sort of traffic problem again…
Fireworks fans who still want to donate can visit www.lewisham.gov.uk/fireworks or pay in cash at its town hall in Catford. Or you can read how the full Blackheath Fireworks 2010 story unfolded.
Greenwich 'had two days to decide on Blackheath fireworks'
Greenwich Council's deputy leader Peter Brooks came out fighting when quizzed about Blackheath fireworks last night – claiming he was only given two days by Lewisham Council to make a decision on funding the event, and that the £37,000 saved by cutting cash from the display would save "a job and a bit".
Lewisham is fundraising to make up a shortfall left by Greenwich pulling out of the annual event, which attracts 80,000 spectators from across London.
Cllr Brooks was criticised by Conservative councillor Alex Wilson, whose Blackheath Westcombe ward shares the display with Lewisham borough, for not informing local representatives of the council's decision to pull out.
Lewisham organises the event, and had given Greenwich two days during August to agree to back the display, Cllr Brooks said.
"I was given two days in a recess to come up with a decision," he told a full council meeting at Woolwich Town Hall. He apologised for not informing councillors, adding: "I did speak to some of the Labour group, but I couldn't get through to everybody – even with mobile phones, many people would be away."
"I could give 65 million reasons why we didn't pay," he continued, referring to government cuts in the council's budget. "£37,000 is equivalent to a job and a bit."
Cllr Wilson said Greenwich's attitude to the fireworks, which take place on the borough boundary, "feels like a diner who walks away from a restaurant without paying for a meal".
Above is the written element to Cllr Brooks' reply. Unfortunately, Alex Wilson didn't ask why, despite the "current financial climate", the council felt the need to spend £30,000 on its lavish private do for the mayor in May – which equates to a job. It also does seem odd that Peter Brooks is complaining about only having two days to decide about an event that's taken place annually for about the past 20 years, for which he roughly knew what the bill would be.
I'd love to know what Lewisham's version of events is – even from that written response, it doesn't look like relations are happy between the two boroughs. This doesn't bode well as we enter a period when councils may have to start sharing services to save them from even worse cutbacks. It's sad that one of SE London's best-known events could well be a victim of what seems to be as much of a falling-out between two Labour councils, who you'd expect to be sticking together, as a need to save funds.
To donate to Lewisham's Blackheath fireworks fund, visit www.lewisham.gov.uk/fireworks.
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Greenwich Time behind times with Blackheath fireworks
It's six weeks since Lewisham Council launched its appeal for SE Londoners to back the Blackheath fireworks display after Greenwich Council pulled its funding. In that time, Lewisham has been industrious in battling to make up the missing £36,000 – rattling tins around Blackheath boozers (bet that Childline woman's annoyed with the competition) and hawking "VIP fireworks experiences" on eBay.
In that six weeks, what has Greenwich Council done to explain itself to the people it is supposed to represent? Not a lot. There's certainly been no mention of the cut that's been made on our behalf in Greenwich Time, its weekly puff sheet – not even in this week's BAD NEWS special.
The council's website claims you can "read all the local news" in GT – but in propaganda, what you leave out is just as important as what you put in.
That said, the news did creep onto the council's website on Monday morning – scroll down, no, right down, there it is! Talk about burying bad news…
"Greenwich Council has reluctantly taken the decision not to fund the fireworks event on Blackheath this year, having been advised to anticipate up to 40 per cent cuts to its grant following the Government's Comprehensive Spending Review." That didn't stop it blowing nearly £30,000 on a private party for its new mayor earlier this year, of course.
"The Council is however supporting Lewisham Council's appeal to local residents to help cover the costs of the event," it adds, before packing users off to Lewisham's website, where locals can find lists of Greenwich borough streets that are closed. Consider Greenwich's hands duly washed of that, then.
Down the road, Lewisham's eBay auction has reached £770 for the chance to start all the excitement off, be shown "behind the scenes" of the display and be plied with free food and drink. Better than hanging around by the dips with sparklers and a novelty hipflask. Bidding ends on Hallowe'en – and wouldn't it be great if someone from this side of the boundary could get the prize?
All this said, the London Fire Brigade dispute may succeed in doing Greenwich Council's work in doing away with the display, anyway…
To donate to the Lewisham appeal, visit www.lewisham.gov.uk/fireworks. For other local blog comment, see The Greenwich Phantom, Crosswhatfields, Kidbrooke Kite and Brockley Central.
Greenwich Council cut fireworks cash, but kept mayor's bash
As Lewisham Council confirms it has raised £10,000 towards the cost of next month's Blackheath fireworks following Greenwich Council's withdrawal, some of the sums involved have been confirmed.
Last year's fireworks cost £104,000, Lewisham says. It and Greenwich stumped up £37,000 each, with outside sponsorship covering the remaining £30,000.
So, by withdrawing support from 2010's event, Greenwich is looking to save in the region of £37,000. At the time, Greenwich said: "The council is committed to maintaining front line services and has a strong track record of identifying efficiency savings…"
But could Greenwich have found that money elsewhere, without dipping into front line services? Well, it's confirmed that this May's mayoral inauguration ceremony, held in the Painted Hall of the Old Royal Naval College, cost almost £29,500, with the sum being met in full from the council's coffers.
The full sum, for those counting the pennies, was £29,472.75. The figures come from Freedom of Information Act requests sent to the two councils.
Obviously, this gives us a £7,500 shortfall, although we do know Greenwich has just shelled out on two costly PR campaigns for the 2012 Olympics. Lewisham tapped up local businesses – including the Clarendon Hotel – to get some of the extra money for this year's. Let's face it, if the will had been there, Greenwich Council could have found that money.
What happens at the mayoral inauguration? Well, as you'd guess from the name, it's where the new mayor opens up their year's duties. But it doesn't have to be held in a lavish ceremony at an external venue – a mayor can simply be confirmed in office at a council meeting. But Greenwich uses its mayoral inauguration to wine and dine the great and the good – and for council leader Chris Roberts to deliver a big speech. Last year's was so big, it even made the front of Greenwich Time…
Yup, providing the council leader with a chance to say that, for the front of his propaganda rag, cost Greenwich taxpayers nearly £30,000. Wonderful. All councillors are invited, but many don't bother showing, either objecting to the cost or finding the whole thing a bore-fest.
So, funding a private party so the council leader can impress the great and the good, against contributing to a family event which delights 80,000 people each year?
Tough choices, indeed.
Lewisham has set itself a fundraising target of £35,000 to cover the shortfall left by Greenwich, but either way, it's now underwriting November 6's display so its council tax payers will be funding the cost of Greenwich's withdrawal, whether in making up the money left over or by donating cash themselves. It's now suggesting residents hold parties for Hallowe'en or make and sell pumpkin soup to raise the cash.
How sad that Lewisham's residents are being asked to dress up to save Blackheath's fireworks, all because Greenwich Council preferred to hold its own fancy-dress party instead.
To donate to Lewisham Council's Blackheath fireworks appeal, visit www.lewisham.gov.uk/fireworks.
(WEDNESDAY UPDATE: Perhaps Greenwich could have found the cash from the £500,000 it blew on sacking 12 HR staffers, before recruiting 11 new ones… although it's worth pointing out there is another side to that story.)
Blackheath fireworks – could Greenwich have found the cash?
Funnily enough, one story you won't be reading in your soaraway Greenwich Time this week is how Greenwich Council has stopped funding Blackheath fireworks. Must have been a terrible oversight at the council's propaganda rag, surely?
Well done to Rob at greenwich.co.uk, who picked up the Blackheath fireworks story last week and found out what was really happening – Lewisham Council's passing round the begging bowl because Greenwich Council pulled out. The Evening Standard regurgitated the Lewisham press release without bothering to pick up the phone to Greenwich, who told greenwich.co.uk…
The council has reluctantly taken the decision not to fund the event this year, having been advised to anticipate up to 40% cuts to its grant, representing some £70m when the Government's Comprehensive Spending Review is published on 20 October. The Council is committed to maintaining front line services and has a strong track record of identifying efficiency savings, which has enabled us to freeze council tax in six of the last 12 years.
So when Lewisham mayor Steve Bullock asked for fireworks fans from across London to contribute, he actually would rather Greenwich coughed up. It appears relations between the two boroughs aren't particularly good, and I understand figures in Greenwich aren't happy with the amount of time Lewisham gave them to decide whether or not to commit to this year's display.
Sadly, the decision puts the future of Blackheath fireworks at risk. Why should Lewisham spend a wodge of its taxpayers' money on setting fireworks off right on the edge of its patch, meaning Greenwich residents like me get a free show without even setting foot or spending cash in the blue borough?
It'd be no surprise if Lewisham decided to let them off in Catford next year – after all, Mountsfield Park is rather central and already plays host to its annual People's Day bash. None of this is any good for the Blackheath Village Christmas lights, which get some of their funding from a Guy Fawkes Night whipround on the heath. Nor is it good for businesses across Blackheath and Greenwich, which benefit from the crowds' spending power.
But what cash has actually been saved? As we know, Lewisham and Greenwich are taking very different attitudes to the cuts that are due to come. Lewisham is expecting a £60m reduction, compared with £70m in Greenwich. Lewisham is spending money on a campaign to try to engage people in the process about cuts, while Greenwich Labour has already decided that if it's a decision between fireworks and libraries, the books win every time.
But is it really about protecting essential services? As I understand it, the cut saves Greenwich less than £40,000 for an event that brings 80,000 people into the area. Could this money have come from elsewhere in the council's budget?
According to former Liberal Democrat councillor Paul Webbewood, commenting on greenwich.co.uk, the council blows around £30,000 each year on an inaugural ceremony for its mayor at the Old Royal Naval College. Councillors from across the parties see this as a waste – Conservative leader Spencer Drury says it is "held in the Painted Hall in Greenwich at great expense so Labour's leader can tell us all how lucky we are to live under his rule".
Yesterday's Panorama investigation into public sector salaries also puts the council's decision into a different light. It revealed 24 employees of Greenwich Council are on salaries over £100,000 – compared with just 14 at Lewisham. While I'm sure these people do valuable jobs, is Greenwich really a better-run borough for having so many well-paid senior staff?
Among Greenwich's highest paid employees are chief executive Mary Ney (on £190,000) and her deputy, Chris Perry, on £166,419. Perhaps these people could put their hands in their pockets to help save one of the borough's best loved events?
Greenwich residents can help their neighbours in other ways. As well as chipping in a quid each for the appeal, our old copies of Greenwich Time would make excellent papier-mâché, which burns brilliantly and is ideal for making a Guy Fawkes. Lewisham Council is welcome to them…
Fireworks fans in Greenwich who want to donate, whatever their means, can visit www.lewisham.gov.uk/fireworks or pay in cash at its town hall in Catford.
Collection tin comes out for Blackheath fireworks
(Arrived from Google? For the latest on this year's Blackheath fireworks, click here.)
A curious press release from Lewisham Council. Yes! Blackheath fireworks are back this year! But…
No public activity can be immune to the effects of cuts in public spending, so the Mayor of Lewisham is asking pyrotechnophiles all over London to join him by digging into their pockets to ensure that the Blackheath fireworks don't end up as damp squibs this year and to keep the event going.
Last year some 80,000 people flocked to the historic heath to see a stunning display. The whole event costs less than £1.50 a head – about the cost of a packet of sparklers.
Mayor of Lewisham, Sir Steve Bullock, said: "We know that many people come back year after year to enjoy the spectacle of the Blackheath Fireworks display and it continues to attract new devotees all the time. Money is tight at the moment as we all know. But I don't want to see this event cancelled without giving people the chance to show their support. Just £1 each from every one who attends would ensure that the skies sparkle as usual over the heath this year."
One word is missing from this though – Greenwich. The two councils have backed the display for many years, with the heath straddling the two boroughs. Both Blackheath and Greenwich businesses benefit from the huge crowds who come to see the fireworks. But what's happened to Greenwich's contribution? Has Greenwich pulled out or will we see the council leader brandishing a collection tin on the front of next week's Greenwich Time? Or is Greenwich simply staying aloof from this business?
Since Lewisham seems to have issued this statement unilaterally, we don't know yet. But while we wait to hear from Greenwich quite what's happening, there's a wider significance to this little episode. Fireworks are big a deal – people who dismiss them neglect their significance. Ask someone in Valencia what life would be like without Fallas, or a Sydney citizen about a New Year without its night-time display.
Guy Fawkes' Night is a big deal for English culture too – but can be an easy cut for councils. Lambeth has axed two of its three displays, upsetting locals in Herne Hill and Streatham. A couple of years ago, Lewisham Lib Dems claimed the Blackheath display was under threat, claiming "victory" a month later.
Lewisham has been very upfront about its cuts – and interpreted from that side of the boundary, passing the bucket around seems a natural extension of elected mayor Steve Bullock's attempt to break bad news gently. It's different in Greenwich, with leader Chris Roberts playing his cards a lot closer to his chest.
It would have been smarter, however, for both councils to have acted together on this and issued something jointly. Especially when merging council press offices is one of the economies that's been suggested…
Meanwhile, fans of innuendo will love the last paragraph of Lewisham's statement on the fireworks… what sort of cuts did they have in mind again?


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Seven Lessons from a Successful Platform Transformation
This case study looks at a five year, seven month transformation programme to create a new outsourced business operating model based upon variable costing at Phoenix Life UK. In doing so, the firm decommissioned 11 lines of business systems and approximately 150 supporting satellites down to one non-mainframe platform. This programme saw the successful migration of 3.7 million policies onto TCS BaNCS and a further 5.2 million policies archived, across a thousand life product variants in the UK.
In the report, Seven Lessons from a Successful Platform Transformation: The Case of Phoenix Life UK, Celent provides an overview of the programme, which included the outsourcing of UK closed books to TCS Diligenta, the important lessons learned, and main achievements. The Phoenix Group operates mainly in the UK, with a small presence in Ireland, and specialises in acquiring and managing closed life and pension funds. The Group looks after the protection and retirement interests of over 6.5 million policyholders and has assets of approximately £72.1 billion (as of 31 December 2011).
The seven lessons explored in this case study include:
- Maintaining continuity in leadership.
- Creating a shared purpose between you and your partners from the outset.
- Recognising a false start when you see it, and then being bold enough to take action quickly.
- Not underestimating the level of poor data quality in your source systems, and also the quantity of documentation that needs to be rebuilt.
- Predicting the bottlenecks, especially in the actuarial department.
- Anticipating the need to reverse-engineer some products in order to rebuild them on the target platform, because the source system owner retains the intellectual property rights to the code.
- Avoiding the temptation to replicate the past for short-term gain in the migration plan as opposed to long-term gain in a more efficient business operation.
"In recent years, the UK life and pensions industry has lost confidence in its ability to tackle complex migrations of closed books, preferring instead to let them run off naturally on their legacy infrastructure," says Jamie Macgregor, Senior Analyst with Celent's Insurance Group and author of the report. "This transformation demonstrates that it is possible to have success with a large-scale migration onto a modern platform and, in doing so, achieve the desired business outcomes of a lower cost operation with a reduced risk of technology obsolescence."
This report provides an overview of the transformation programme, the lessons learned, key achievements, and next steps for both Phoenix Life UK and Diligenta.
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The creator of a "sofa social life" for sufferers of multiple sclerosis has received high praise for using her online skills to help support their plight.
Tanya Downs, 34, has MS - a disabling neurological condition affecting the brain and the nervous system - diagnosed in 2009 at St George's Hospital in Tooting.
The Wimbledon photographer's efforts to create a "safe online haven" of support networks for MS sufferers paid off on September 26, when she was commended by the MS Society Awards at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington.
She said: "It is a great honour, a very unexpected honour and a big surprise.
"It was wonderful to know a lot of my support groups nominated me."
Her Facebook group, Ladies with Lesions, has a 1,200-strong membership and allows MS sufferers to talk about their experiences.
She said: "Some are quite disabled with their MS, and being able to have a social life from the safety of their own living room has been a life-line."
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KABUL – A security deal to allow some U.S. troops to stay in Afghanistan to fight al-Qaida was at risk of collapse Tuesday after President Hamid Karzai said he was prepared to walk away from negotiations.
The United States has pushed for the bilateral security pact to be signed by the end of this month so that the U.S.-led NATO military coalition can schedule its withdrawal of 87,000 combat troops by the end of next year.
But Karzai said he refused to be rushed into signing the deal, and would first seek approval from a traditional grand assembly to be convened in a month's time.
"The agreement has to suit Afghanistan's interests and purposes. If it doesn't suit us and if it doesn't suit them, then naturally we will go separate ways," Karzai said in a BBC interview in Kabul.
According to the Afghan government, talks ground to a halt over U.S. demands for the right to conduct unilateral military operations after 2014, and on how the U.S. would pledge to protect Afghanistan.


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Meringue Cake – Pavlova (Naturally Gluten Free)
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Consider the weeds. The field's gone rank and knee-deep with bedstraw and Queen Anne's lace and vetch and God knows what other dense rural jungle life, patrolled by over flights of stinging deer flies and creased by deer paths. How do the hawks spot field mice and voles through such dense camouflage?
Their names teem with a sort of secret Shakespearean life. I browse through field guides to wildflowers and weeds, and when I read them, I feel as if I have rediscovered a rich, hidden vein of the English languagea parallel universe populated by such vivid protagonists as Carrion Flower and Wild Bleeding Heart, as Vipers Bugloss and Crazyweed, as Hog Peanut, Corn Cockle, Tansy leaf Aster, Showy Orchis, Death Camas, and that damned elusive Scarlet Pimpernel.
The names savor of medicinal witcheries and faery mythologies. Weeds are infinitely more interesting in their way than mere pampered uptown flowers, those sleek, over bred showdogs. You can boil the wild weeds, eat them, put them on wounds. Their names are surrounded by an atmosphere of gossip. What goes on between Pokeweed and Bluebead Lilly? The groundlingsor groundhogs want to know. What conspiratorial dialogue is whispered between Blue Toad flax and Monkshood? What soliloquies from Trumpet Creeper, from Lady's Thumb, from the grizzled Salt-Marsh Fleabane?
The characters are wildly sexualit is their whole game, what with pistils and stamens and their frank, unblinking, scandalous fertility, and our salacious Italian bees stirring constantly among them, the messengers of love. A soap opera of many seasons goes on and on, starring characters like Blue-bird Violet, Motherwort, Spreading Dogbane, Lady's Thumb, and Spiked Lobelia.
Emerson said, "I am a god in nature, I am a weed by the wall." Right on both counts. The weed and the god are much the same thing.
I tried to dig a small pond for waterlilies, but the shovel blade went an inch down and hit rock. Everywhere I dug, I clanged against rock. I called in a guy with a back hoe and he harvested boulders for a couple of hours, until we had a hole big enough to be a bull's grave and ringed with enough rocks to build another house. This field has never been cultivated, for good reason, and, if domesticated at all, is meant for sheep. We once thought about tilling it and putting in something organized, like wheat. We gave up the idea.
We opted for the general sexual riot of weeds and wildflowersfor the loquacious Elizabethan catalogue, whose random beauty lives at an opposite end of the universe from the laboratories of the genetically altered, from the sinister utilitarianism toward which, alas, we are flying at the speed of light.
Let a hundred flowers bloom
bittersweet nightshade,
true forget-me-not,
blue vervain,
spring larkspur,
dog violet,
common butterwort,
spurred butterfly,
crown vetch,
spotted Joe-Pye weed,
gray beardtongue,
spreading dogbane,
live forever,
woolly locoweed,
hairy vetch,
lady's thumb,
common speedwell,
field milkwort,
Lyon's turtlehead,
ragged robin,
common burdock,
spotted knapweed,
hairy willow herb,
purple saxifrage,
red baneberry,
slender glasswort,
climbing bittersweet,
birdsfoot trefoil,
moth mullein,
smooth false foxglove,
showy rattlebox,
prince's plume,
mouse-ear hawkweed,
rattlesnake weed,
tickseed sunflower,
Jerusalem artichoke,
swollen bladderwort,
clammy ground cherry,
rough-fruited cinquefoil,
climbing boneset,
pearly everlasting,
wild madder,
bouncing bet,
virgin's bower,
smaller pussytoes.
As the Sermon on the Mount continues: ".... I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these."


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The Welshman has failed to secure victory in 18 top-flight games away from Loftus Road whilst his side have still not earned a three-point haul so far this season
Cameron, Huth, Shawcross, Wilkinson
Kightly, N'Zonzi, Whitehead, Adam, Walters
Julio Cesar
Bosingwa, Nelsen, Ferdinand, Traore
Diakite, Granero
Mackie, Taarabt, Hoilett
Stoke boss Tony Pulis looks likely to start with the same side that lost out to Norwich, with the Potters not suffering any fresh injury problems since that defeat at Carrow Road.
Pulis will, however, be without Rory Delap (hernia), Michael Owen (hamstring) and Marc Wilson (broken leg) for the clash with the relegation threatened west London side at the Britannia Stadium.
Rs boss Mark Hughes will be waiting on the fitness of Ji-Sung Park (knee) after he missed Sunday's draw with Reading and he will be without Fabio (hamstring) and Andrew Johnson (knee).
Stephane M'Bia serves the second game of a three-match ban after his dismissal at Arsenal.
- Despite their reputation of being tough, tall and physical, Stoke have actually conceded more goals from headers this season (40 per cent) than anyone else in the Premier League.
- Ryan Shawcross (right) made the England squad again this week, and Stoke might have more internationals to come as they have had more English goalscorers (87.5%) than anyone else this season.
- Stoke are unbeaten in 11 games at home, winning four and drawing seven. No team has scored more than two goals there in 16 games.
- The Potters haven't beaten QPR since 2007, when they recorded a 3-1 win in the Championship.
- QPR have conceded almost a third of their goals this season in the 30-40 minute period of games. However, they've also scored 25% of their Premier League goals in the same period.
- Perhaps one reason why the Rs have failed to make a good start is a lack of consistency in selection - they are the only club in the top flight to not have a single player feature in every league game.
- One man fighting hard to get results for QPR, however, is Ryan Nelsen. The defender has made more blocks (15) than anyone else in the Premier League this season.
- A good omen for the Hoops is that they beat Stoke twice last season - both times by a single goal. They prevailed 3-2 at the Britannia Stadium under former boss Neil Warnock, before winning 1-0 in the reverse fixture at Loftus Road in May.


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The Associated Press Friday evening published a clarification of its March 1 story regarding a controversial video of a White House briefing before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. At this point, I can find no actual link to this article. However, both the Drudge Report and Power Line have reported similar findings. The following comes directly from NexisLexis:
"In a March 1 story, The Associated Press reported that federal disaster officials warned President Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees in New Orleans, citing confidential video footage of an Aug. 28 briefing among U.S. officials.
"The Army Corps of Engineers considers a breach a hole developing in a levee rather than an overrun. The story should have made clear that Bush was warned about floodwaters overrunning the levees, rather than the levees breaking.
"The day before the storm hit, Bush was told there were grave concerns that the levees could be overrun. It wasn't until the next morning, as the storm was hitting, that Michael Brown, then head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said Bush had inquired about reports of breaches. Bush did not participate in that briefing."
Isn't that wonderful? For the past three days, the press have been in full dudgeon concerning this issue, and Democratic leaders have asked for an independent investigation. Now, late Friday evening, the AP does an Emily Litella telling Americans, "Never mind." Meanwhile, as it's now the weekend, most of the citizenry will likely not hear about this mistake, and, instead will retain an opinion on this matter without all the facts.
One can only hope that the AP is going to do a full investigation into this matter, and fire those that are responsible for this pathetic error.


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Milani has a launch of two new limited edition nail polish collections, and in this post I will show you one of them: Milani Nail Lacquer Retro Glam! (Tomorrow's post, will be the other limited edition one: Fantastical Plumage). Both collections will be available at some CVS and Meijer stores during the month of August. If you can't find them in the stores, the limited edition collections will be available in August online at Milani Cosmetics.
Milani Nail Lacquer Retro Glam Collection
Milani Nail Lacquer Retro Glam
Strawberry Shake Strawberry Shake with Sprinkles
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Raspberry Delight Raspberry Delight with Sprinkles
Milani Nail Lacquer Retro Glam
Creamy Pistachio Creamy Pistachio with Sprinkles
Milani Nail Lacquer Retro Glam
Mint Chip Mint Chip with Sprinkles
Milani Nail Lacquer Retro Glam
Almond Bliss Almond Bliss with Sprinkles
Thoughts on Milani Nail Lacquer Retro Glam
This is a beautiful, fun collection. All photos show two coats and topped with Sprinkles, the black and white glitter. I love the way the small glitter looks with the bar glitter. All the colors are very pigmented and easy to work with; and I found they dried quickly between coats. Amazing nail lacquer and so reasonably priced at $5.99. However, remember, Retro Glam is a Limited Edition, so don't wait too long to purchase!
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Search Engine Marketing: 20 Strategies to Compel People to Link to Your Website
Veronica Azam
It is essential to establish quality inbound links from websites with high page ranks to attain a high ranking amongst search engines.
The 20 guidelines listed below should be followed diligently.
1. Develop content related to your site with links on all pages. Offer other websites to post it on their sites free of cost. This will expose you more to your target audiences.
2. Permit other websites to publish your beneficial review of their business if they link up to your website.
3. Include your websites ad and link in every issue of your e-zine. Allow other sites to publish your e-zine on their site.
4. Let other sites give away free web book designed with your website title and contents on linking to your website.
5. Place a banner ad on the top of the article directory for your website. By linking to your site, visitors can add a free article directory to their site.
6. Allow other sites to use your discussion board by linking. Add your banner ad on top of discussion board.
7. Offer free membership to your "members only" websites.
8. Pay commission to visitors to sell your product or services, and an affiliate link to track their sales.
9. Create a graphic or text link award site for other websites. They will link on to it for awarding the winners, thus building traffic for your site.
10. Offer free consultation on e-mail on a particular subject i.e. astrology to people linking to your site. Traffic volumes will increase, as consulting fee is otherwise expensive.
11. Let other website publish your product approval testimonial by linking to your site.
12. Put your business ad on top of directory"s home page and let people add the directory to their site by linking to your site.
13. Exchange content of trade articles, lists etc. with other websites. All parties can include a resource box at end of the content.
14. Allow people to download software free of
charge, if they link to your site.
15. Trade various forms of advertising with people who link up to your website.
16. Give web space to people for free. As a favor, request them to place ad banners of link for your web site.
17. Create a web ring by linking with a group of similar web sites.
18. Offer free membership to an online club or association, if they link to your site.
19. In exchange of linking, offer use of online services or utilities from your website.
20. Offer free e-book related to your audience to people linking to your web site.
Use this list as your personal commandments for "Success in Search Engine Marketing" and see your ranking improve by the click!!
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Aranciata Cocktail
The foundation of this orange-flavored cocktail is San Pellegrino's sparkling beverage Aranciata. Aromatic bitters and a little rum complete this fruity drink. From the book "Lucinda's Rustic Italian Kitchen," by Lucinda Scala Quinn (Wiley).
- Servings: 3
Source: Mad Hungry, October 2010
- 1 lime, cut in 6 wedges
- Several dashes angostura aromatic bitters
- 4 1/2 ounces golden rum, such as Appleton
- 1 (11.5-ounce) can San Pellegrino Aranciata orange soda
Fill three 12-ounce glasses to the top with ice. Squeeze a wedge of lime over the ice in each glass, leaving the squeezed rind in the glass. Shake a generous dash of bitters over the ice. Pour 1 1/2 ounces of rum into each glass. Fill each glass to the top with the Aranciata and stir vigorously. Garnish with an additional wedge of lime and serve.


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The star of dramedy 'First Sunday' will be starring and co-producing a film based on the script he has written called 'Janky Promoters'.
Hip-hop artist/actor Ice Cube reportedly will bring his first written script following his "Friday" series to the big screen. According to Variety, the 38-year-old entertainer has been set to star as well as co-produce "Janky Promoters" for Dimension Films.
In the film, the star of the "Barbershop" series will be portraying an ill-equipped music promoter who gets once in a lifetime chance to book an A-list hip-hop artist into a midsized California venue. Aside from showing off her acting skills, Cube will also produce the film alongside his Cube Vision partner Matt Alvarez.
Commenting on Cube's role in the movie, Dimension's owner Bob Weinstein said, "He's producing the movie, sharing in the funding, so it's more complicated than previous deals we've made with Cube. He's a brand, like Tyler Perry, and that's the direction he's headed in." The movie executive further added, "We're happy to assist him in that because we believe in him."
On the film itself, Variety described that "Janky" has the tone of Cube's previous dramedy films, including "First Sunday". Weinstein supported that by stating, "This is going to be R-rated, and it appeals right to the core of Cube's audience." Further, it has been said that the studio is planning to tap a superstar rapper to star as himself in the film.


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Wednesday, 7 August, 2002, 15:59 GMT 16:59 UK
Celtic pursue league reforms
Celtic has said it will continue to be "receptive to structural change" in Scottish football, as it seeks ways of boosting income.
Club chairman Brian Quinn admitted that Celtic - along with arch-rival Rangers - had looked into the possibility of joining the English Nationwide Football League.
The improvement in the club's finances was helped by Celtic retaining the Scottish Premier League (SPL) title and qualifying for the group stage of the European Champions' League.
Financial pressures
Mr Quinn said the financial outlook for football had "deteriorated" over the past year.
He noted that TV income seemed "certain to decline in the near future", while players wages were still rising.
"A process of adjustment to the changed conditions has commenced but, undoubtedly, there is more to come."
Celtic - together with their Glasgow rivals Rangers - dominate the Scottish game and have been seeking ways to increase their income to compete on the European stage.
The clubs would earn more from TV rights if they played in England's Premiership, and speculation has been rampant in recent months that Celtic and Rangers will seek to break away from the SPL to compete south of the border.
Also, a row within the Scottish game over voting rights held by Celtic and Rangers has led the other 10 SPL clubs to say they will quit the league in two years time.
Mr Quinn said Celtic and Rangers had looked at joining the English Football League. but said the "possibility did not develop beyond an exploratory stage".
However, he refused to rule out future reforms.
"I believe the factors which prompted us to explore such possibilities will not disappear," he said.
"We will continue to be receptive to structural change, while maintaining our stance of not abandoning Scottish football."
Success on the pitch
Although Celtic has been frustrated in its attempts at reform, the team enjoyed a successful time on the pitch last season.
The club retained its SPL title, reached the final of the Scottish FA Cup, and the semi-final of the Scottish League Cup.
More importantly from the financial point of view, Celtic took part in the group stage of the lucrative European Champions' League for the first time ever.
This helped boost turnover from £42m last year to nearly £57m.
And the club trimmed its pre-tax losses to £2.97m from a loss of £11.19m the previous year.
Its debt reduction was helped by a share issue last year which raised £22.52m.
City reaction
Mr Quinn said Celtic would make "every effort" to renew team manager Martin O'Neill's contract.
His current deal expires next summer, but he has been linked with a number of jobs in England.
Last month there was speculation that he was close to taking over at Leeds after David O'Leary was sacked.
In the City, Celtic shares closed 0.5p lower at 48p on Wednesday.
The shares have, like those of many football clubs, proved poor performers in recent months, and topped 350p in April 1999.
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A Market Rasen man has gone to new heights to raise awareness of a cancer that men find it difficult to talk about.
Andrew Downie admits it was a 'bolt out of the blue' when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer last year.
After having the tumour removed and undergoing chemotherapy, one year on he has taken part in a walk up the highest British mountain outside Scotland - Snowdon.
"For me, the walk was a bit of giving back to the charity that has supported me whilst going through this life changing experience," said Andrew, who was one of 250 cancer survivors, family members and friends taking part in the event.
"Everyone went at different speeds and there was a lot of camaraderie, as well as remembering.
"One gentleman I got chatting to faced an uncertain future as he told me his cancer had returned.
"The walk more than met my expectations; it was a chance to raise awareness and an opportunity to do some fundraising."
Andrew set out to raise £500 for Checkemlads.com, but such has been the support his total now stands at £880.
"I have been completely blown away by the support," said Andrew, who is manager at Waitrose, Willerby.
"Customers have been supporting me, as well as my friends and work partners - it has been brilliant and it is all for Checkemlads."
And donations can still be made by logging on to www.justgiving.com/Andrew-Downie
Time to take your life in your hands
Having had surgery and chemotherapy things are looking good for Andrew, but he still faces regular blood tests, chest x-rays and CT scans over the next five years to ensure all is well.
And he has this message for all the men out there: "The whole embarrassment thing - you have to get over it, it doesn't do you any favours.
"Women know and read about checking themselves, but with men there is still that problem.
"Touch wood, my cancer was caught early - and that is the thing, there is a great survival rate for testicular cancer, but it has got to be caught early, so you have to be aware of the symptoms - you can't afford not to.
"And it is not an 'old man's' problem - the average age is something like 26. So young men need to be aware.
"Since I first went to the doctor, I have been really well looked after by Market Rasen Surgery and local hospitals.
"I can't fault the treatment and the level of support I have received."
For more information, support and advice log on to checkemlads.com, which is run by unpaid survivors.


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how do you tell the difference between hpf turbo's
i would like to know im judging a show at the end of the month. any help and i would be grateful...
bob ;);)
You don't need to...... You give them all first place.....lol
Seriously though look thru the bumper at the drivers fog and you can it has methanol or not, that will let you know it's at least a stage 2.......if it has the oem fuel rail it's a stage 2.75 or under.....other than that you would have to climb under the car and what size snail it has . There are other differences between the kits but those can be an upgrade on stages lower.
i think a stage 3 or 4 hpf is coming to eurofest
but thanks alot now i won't look to stupid to the owners i will at lease know what im looking for and where to look....
bob :bow::bow:
There are certain instances where you will not be able to tell the difference other than to ask the owner..... For example the only difference between a stage 2 and 2.5 is internals
If they both have HPF Turbo kits on their cars depending on your point structure most would just judge it as having an aftermarket turbo. In shows I think fit and finish would mean more than Stage x vs Stage y. Is the intake manifold color matched? What about other engine bay modifications that complement the motor? Is the engine bay factory floor clean like it should be at a car show? etc..
I dont know if it matters for s show what stage HPF the car is. Like has been said, there are so many other markers to do like aftermaket strut bar, all AN fitting fuel system, color matching under hood compasnents, or polished ones at least.
You can have a little stage one that went to town that will visually blow away a plain Jane Stage 4. ...unless you are awarding points on power made. You need a dyno for that.
Car shows are pretty superficial....goes back to the Koni/dirty Motons thing.
Often a top winning car is never driven, its trailered to every event. Whats the point?
wait my car is my very day car and in the north east
engine bay..... ect.
but im one of a kind lollll
and to answer you my other judges told me that the perf. is going by h/p thats why i wanted to know about your turbo's.. i think we are going to have a dyno at the show but don't hold me to it.... im in the area of the show thats my job...i am just trying to bone up on the turbo's.. so i can be fair...
i hear their are going to be a few 997 their also.... but we are expecting around 1,000 cars.. we are going to try to run in like bimmerfest for this year.. the one on the east coast...
i hear their is a guy in the new york area that is geting a stage 4 hpf turbo
with 900+ h/p..... he should be wright up their with h/p i would think...
but thank you all (the hpf cars for giving me your comments)
bob :thumbsup::thumbsup:
here is what i have for perf.
AA W/A Injection Kit For AA S/C
AA Super Charger With a C 81 Trim Blower
E46 M-ScinTake-Intake Manifold
Intake Manifold Is Custumed Painted Carbon Black
HKS96 96MM HKS Intake Housing Modified For Rotrex
ATEW-Air Temp Extension Wire
RamAir RamAIR Pipe Upper +Lower
13621725323-Air Temp Sensor Intake Manifold Includes With Wire
AA BOV BOV Valve
11531417215 Thermostat 55 Deg
11521719269S Sport Fan Clutch (3 holes)
Custom Alfa SoftWear UpGrade To Gen 3 Level 2 S/C Kit
L2P- AA S/C 8 Rib Pulley Kit
# 39 Blue Fuel Injectors
AA Oil Cooler
AA Inter Cooler Custum Painted Red
AA ExHaust Header Set
AA Performance Clutch
AA Light Weight Flywheel (10 lbs)
6 Iridium Spark Plugs
6 Plasma Coils
GruppeM Titanium Race Exhaust Muffler
Direct Port NSX Nox Kit 30 SHOT
3 Piece Forged Kinesis K19r That Are All Fully Polished Finish 19x8.5F & 19x10R
Bridgestone Potenza Pole Position Tires 245x35x19f and
Bridgestone Potenza Pole Position Tires 275x30x19r
Axxis Brake Pads
STOP-TECK 14 Big Brake Kit Custom
Red Painted Calipers & Cross Drilled Rotors
H&R Coilovers
UUC Barbarian Sway Bars
UUC Rear Urethane Bushing
Sub-Frame Reinforcement Kit
C.A.Auto AC Schnitzer Black Carbon Fiber Style Front Race Cross Brace.
Auto Meter Sport Competition Gauges ( Boost, EGT, Oil Press ),
AEM Uego Air To Fuel,, Volt, Water Temp On Mickey Mouse Ears
Voodoo Boost Gauge In Engine Bay For Dyno Tuning
i think i know what you are talking about as you can see.
bob :woot::woot:
no problem hope it was somewhat helpful. i never was a carshow guy, the one show i did my car lost to a bonestock M3 because you could whiteglove his car without seeing one spec of dirt.
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Published: 2011-07-05, by Peter Warrior.
Millionaire is just the umpteenth mobile version of a game based in the popular TV show. In this case, even when it isn't an 'official' game, it's pretty enjoyable. Canned sounds and applause are just right, there are at least several hundred questions but they repeat themselves too often at the easier levels. Ads are placed only in the main menu and as a curiosity, the "call a friend" option is hilarious.
Don't forget that this kind of games always have room for unpleasant discussions. Reviewing this game we were asked "what's the first zodiac sign?" When we tapped on "aries" and the app answered "pisces" you can imagine what happened then. Anyway, don't blame your device.
If you loved the TV show or like trivia games, you'll find Millionaire one of the best options around. Obviously, if you want to shoot everything up piloting a pixelated starship, look wherever else.
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2548 CONIFER CREEK RD Sundance, UT 84604
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Estimated Monthly Payment$5,051
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Take a walk back in time with this secluded, 1930s Sundance cabin. Sit on the hand crafted stone porch and enjoy the privacy of your own little rustic pioneer cabin surrounded by towering pines and a lush carpet of greenery. Enjoy the relaxing sound of a seasonal brook that flows through the property during the spring and early summer. Bring in your motor home and snuggle up to a crackling fire in this native stone fireplace and allow yourself to be reminded of a simpler time. No waiting for the bathroom as this cottage comes with an outhouse and it's a double seater! This is an EXTREMELY rustic 'bare bones' cottage; no insulation, plumbing, electrical or septic. Buyer will need a water share, and must go through a septic application process with the Utah County Health Dept. and must receive Health Dept. approval for septic before a building permit will be approved. *Sq footage as per county records. Buyer to verify. CASH ONLY. Lending not available on properties of this type (w/o utilities or conventional heat source.)
Interior Features Include:
Oven: Gas, Vaulted Ceilings
Basement None/Crawl Space
Fireplaces 1
Heating: See Remarks, Propane, Wood Burning
Floor Type: Hardwood, Linoleum
Exterior Features Include:
See Remarks, Out Buildings, Porch: Open
Acreage: 0.1400 Acres
Lot: Fenced: Part, Road: Unpaved, Secluded Yard, Terrain: Flat, View: Mountain, Wooded, Private
Landscape See Remarks, Mature Trees, Pines, Stream, Terraced Yard
Roof: Asphalt Shingles
Exterior: Asphalt Shingles, Cedar/Redwood, Frame, Log, Stone
Garage/Parking: Parking: Uncovered, Rv Parking
Driveway Dirt, Gravel
Other Features Include:
Subdivision: NA
Inclusions: Storage Sheds, Wood Stove
Water: Private, Spring
Utilities Power: Available, Power: Not Connected
Accessibility See Remarks, Fully Accessible, Single Level Living
Storage Shed
Taxes 1164
School District: Alpine
Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed accurate. Buyer to verify all information.The multiple listing information is provided by Wasatch Front Regional Multiple Listing Service, Inc. from a copyrighted compilation of listings. The compilation of listings and each individual listing are © 2014 Wasatch Front Regional Multiple Listing Service, Inc., All Rights Reserved. The information provided is for consumers, personal, non-commercial use and may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties consumers may be interested in purchasing.


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NEW MINAS - The restaurant was closed, but the drive-thru was open for New Minas firefighters June 27.
Crews were called to the McDonalds on the village's Commercial Street just after 2 p.m.
According to fire Chief James Redmond, an electrical fire burned up a current transformer in the restaurant's electrical room.
Redmond said there was no other damage and no one was injured, but the restaurant had to be evacuated temporarily, and the entrances off the street blocked off.
Unlike the fat fire that closed the Coldbrook location June 18, it was a short job for firefighters. The alarm came in at 2:12 p.m. and firefighters were clear of the scene by around 2:45 p.m.
The restaurant will remain closed until Nova Scotia Power can get there to make whatever repairs are necessary. Power crews were expected to arrive around 3:30 p.m.


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'Twilight' Star Robert Pattinson Cast in New Carey Mulligan Movie 'Hold On to Me' (REPORT)
As The Twilight Saga is coming to an end, the 26-year-old actor is signing on to star alongside fellow Brit Carey Mulligan in Hold On to Me, according to Deadline.
The movie — directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker James Marsh — revolves around the true story of a femme fatale who, along with her boyfriend, kidnaps the town's richest man for ransom. Pattinson will play the supporting role of Jimmy, the woman's life love who isn't involved in the crime.
Hold On to Me is Pattinson's third post-Twilight saga project. The actor is will also appear alongside Guy Pearce in the David Michod-directed The Rover and star in Mission Blacklist, a true story of the U.S. military interrogator responsible for discovering the location of Saddam Hussein.
Pattinson is currently on the first leg of his global Breaking Dawn – Part 2 promotional tour. As his co-star — and on-and-off girlfriend — Stewart promotes the film in Japan, the British heartthrob will be attending press events in Australia.
reunited for joint press junkets starting Sunday with a red carpet appearance at Los Angeles' Nokia Theater for the world premiere of the final Twilight installment on Nov. 12.
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Rihanna & Chris Brown's VMA Kiss Sparks Rumor Frenzy
Every award show has its moment -- and it appears Rihanna and Chris Brown's kiss was the scene stealer at Thursday night's (September 6) VMAs.
After accepting the award for Video of the Year for "We Found Love," the 24-year-old songstress received a congratulatory kiss on the cheek from her ex-boyfriend.
The embrace between the two during at the MTV event was the first time they had publicly touched since Brown assaulted Rihanna just before the 2009 Grammy Awards.
Soon after, the so-called lip lock was burning up the internet with wild rumors of a reunion.
The "well done" kiss was even interpreted by some as a full-on hug.
As the New York Daily News reported, "The lip lock prompted speculation there is truth to rumors about the couple's rekindled romance, despite Brown's relationship with model Karreuche Tran."
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