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Residents of Kempsey on the NSW mid-north coast are bracing for flooding as the Macleay River encroaches on the town's levee following heavy rains.
More than 18,300 people in communities along the north and mid-north coasts were ordered to evacuate on Saturday as a low pressure system that has claimed two lives tracked south.
About 10,000 people were expected to be without power overnight as roads remained cut and more than 9000 people were isolated by floods.
The storm's first fatality, 17-year-old Luke O'Neill, died after being swept into a drainpipe on Friday night as he was collecting golf balls in waist-deep water in the town of Kew.
On Saturday afternoon the body of a man was found in his submerged car on a flooded road at Mylneford, about 20 kilometres north-west of Grafton.
Evacuation orders were issued on Saturday for downtown residents and businesses of Kempsey as the Macleay River rose and was expected to overtop the levee by late evening.
Flooding of the central business district was expected early on Sunday with the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) predicting the river at Kempsey Bridge to peak near 7.3 metres at 6am.
Kempsey Shire mayor Liz Campbell told AAP at 10.15pm on Saturday that it had stopped raining and she believed the levee had yet to be topped.
She said the predicted peak would be just below the 2001 flood, which would mean shops and some houses would have water in them.
"We're hoping if it doesn't get that high we'll be OK but it's wait and see at the moment.
"It just depends what happens upriver and how fast that water comes down."
Ms Campbell said CBD businesses had put their flood plans in place, sandbagged premises and moved goods and equipment to higher levels.
She said the small nearby township of Smithtown on the Macleay had been evacuated and water was starting to come into houses after the river banks broke.
Evacuation centres have been opened at two high schools and an Anglican hall in Kempsey.
Other evacuation orders were issued for low-lying parts of Port Macquarie, Settlement Point and other nearby communities as well as lower areas around Grafton.
NSW Police have urged motorists to avoid driving into floodwaters following the death at Mylneford and 33 rescues from floodwaters in the state's north-east since Friday morning.
One fast water rescue was of a 68-year-old man clinging to a tree after his utility was washed off a flooded causeway south of Casino after he ignored warning signs early on Saturday.
On Saturday evening severe weather warnings remained in place for Sydney, the mid-north coast, the Hunter, the Illawarra and the Central Tablelands.
The BoM said as the low moved south-west, the rain would increase in intensity as it moved into the Hunter, Sydney, Central Tablelands/Blue Mountains and the Illawarra.
Conditions are expected to ease later on Sunday.


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Before we were made to reappear in the magic box and be reunited with our friends and loved ones David appeared in person back stage with all of us! David quickly told us he would give each of us a personalized autographed photo of himself in exchange for our life-long swearing of total secrecy of how he did the trick. All twelve of us happily agreed and promised David we would never ever tell anyone how he did this trick; to this day fifteen years later I never have – even to my wife or kids who have begged me repeatedly to divulge all. So what does this have to do with Premiere Elements? – read on.
What's interesting is some of the earliest silent film makers were previously stage magicians before they hand cranked a film camera. In fact one the earliest projection apparatus even before film cameras and film projectors were invented was called a "Magic Lantern," a tin lamp-like device with a concave mirror, lens and an oil lamp or candle inside of it which was used as the light source to project a still image on to a screen or wall.
We've come a long, long way since the eras of the early stage magicians and first film makers who magically made things disappear and reappear on their limelight lit stages or in their early hand cranked films shown in picture palaces. In the case of the silent film makers to make say an actor magically disappear or appear in a scene it simply came down to scratching the actor's image out of the nitrate film with a sharp blade.
In this digital age we are all a part of right now we are stunned by the digital CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) magic of the likes of James Cameron's award winning film "Avatar," or a flim like I saw last night; Rise of the Planet of the Apes and other amazing movies and television series that use state-of-the-art 3D techniques, or compositing tricks to create the illusion that different elements are all parts of the same scene to make things magically disappear or reappear in scenes.
Now you might be thinking to create this same kind of CGI magic for your own movie projects is not only super expensive, but most likely really hard to do – not at all. In fact with Premiere Elements it is as simple as shooting two clips of video, dragging & dropping them into Premiere Elements timeline and then clicking the mouse just once to achieve the same kind of CGI compositing magic of a James Cameron or making things appear or disappearing like David Copperfield on a live stage. Note in Premiere elements we call this cool trick "Video Merge," but it also goes by a few other names like: Blue or Green Screen, Chroma Key and Compositing.
I've created two short Adobe Captivate screen capture demonstrations of how to do a basic Video Merge effect with Premiere Elements as well as a bit more advanced features and posted the demos to YouTube. Check out Part 1 or Part 2 (links below) to learn how you too can become a CGI magician in just a few mouse clicks using Premiere Elements Video Merge!
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Rated 3 out of 5 by DFASFSF from Genius comedian but event not perfect The comedy garden is a great idea. However, this year things were not quite right. For starters the organisers clearly went for profit over quality. The tent was too large for how the sitting was laid out. Previously the tent was smaller and the back seats were elevated. This made it a better experience. Stewart Lee, and the other comedians, were great but I do feel I paid a lot given that Stewart Lee's set was shorter than I was expecting and because the seating was so bad. I will think twice about going next year.
Date published: 2016-07-08
Rated 5 out of 5 by GGg from Comedy triple Thought this was a strong bill, enjoyed all the comedians and thought Stewart Lee was great as usual- have not seen James Acaster before but thought he was excellent and enjoyed randomness of Tony Law- I hope he's okay.
Date published: 2016-06-30
Rated 5 out of 5 by Gill55 from The best of political comedy Stewart Lee head a bill of superb comedy. Alternative comedy at outs very best. Quote of the evening"not everyone who voted for Brexit were racists, some of them were cxxts"
Date published: 2016-06-29
Rated 1 out of 5 by Daisy73 from Dreadful!! I bought 4 tickets for the opening night of the Comedy Garden, an event we were really looking forward to, but unfortunately the compère, 2nd and 3rd act (Stewart Lee) were awful and not funny at all! Both Stewart and the 2nd act were unprepared, referring to their notes the whole way through, making it painful and awkward to watch. Although we enjoy topical humour, at times the compère's routine felt more like a political rally preferably excluding anyone of the age of 40!! Unfortunately for her we are all over 40 (as were a large part of the audience), but again she seemed unprepared and very amateurish. I have never been to a comedy show and not found myself laughing at all, except for the first act who was funny, it was unbelievable how little comedy there was on what should have been a hilarious evening of fun. I was embarrassed and apologetic to the other people I had invited and bought tickets for and this is something we would think twice about booking again. Such a shame.
Date published: 2016-06-29
Rated 4 out of 5 by Topsop from A comedy evening hijacked by for political purposes Stewart Lee and his supporting acts were excellent. Sadly the show was marred by Josie Long who opted to set aside humour in favour of pushing her minority political views. That's neither what we expected or wanted.
Date published: 2016-06-29
Rated 5 out of 5 by bananafitz from Stewart Lee is brilliant! First saw Stewart Lee on BBC iplayer and found him to be hilarious and brilliant. This show was also hilarious and brilliant. Thanks Stewart for coming to Bristol and performing in a tent - perhaps you'll get a venue with solid walls next time!?
Date published: 2016-06-29
Rated 5 out of 5 by Toby45 from Excellent night. Just want was needed in troubled times! Life is so rubbish at the moment. Being reminded that you can laugh at the world & the idiots that claim to run it is such a relief. All the performers we superb. Great booking giving a range of comedy. Thanks.
Date published: 2016-06-29
Rated 5 out of 5 by CXE from First time seeing Stewart Lee, absolutely great. I have seen some of Stewart on the TV and this live performance lived up to that standard and more.
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MILES Storey is hopeful a run of starts can lay the platform for a successful loan spell at Portsmouth.
The striker finally completed his season-long switch to the south coast yesterday and is looking forward to the upcoming League Two campaign.
He told Pompey's official website: "Everyone's made me feel really welcome and it's brilliant to be here.
"The gaffer, players and staff have all been great and now I'm really looking forward to working hard for Pompey.
"I've played for Swindon in fits and starts, but I think I've done better when I've played in successive games.
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"I already knew some of the lads like Joe Devera and Danny Hollands. There are a lot of good players here and plenty of competition for places, so nobody can rest on their laurels.
"I know the fans here are fantastic and that was one of the main reasons for me wanting to come.
"To play in front of so many people at Fratton Park will be amazing. You've got to have a bit about you to do that, so hopefully I can do well here.
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A Fireside Chat with David Sacks '98, Founder and CEO of Yammer
Professor Todd Henderson leads an engaging discussion with Yammer Founder and CEO, David Sacks.
David has been involved in the Internet space more than 10 years as an entrepreneur, executive and investor, starting with PayPal in 1999. He was PayPal's chief operating officer and product leader, taking the company from startup to IPO and eventual sale to eBay for $1.5 billion. Subsequently, he founded Geni.com, a genealogy website that enables millions of family members to collaboratively build an online family tree. Geni was acquired by MyHeritage in 2012. He also produced and financed the movie "Thank You For Smoking." Also in 2012, David sold Yammer to Microsoft for $1.2 billion.
David holds a B.A. in Economics from Stanford University and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
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Forgot about this until I ran across the pix tonight. I got this idea from a guy at 2013's eggtoberfest in Stone Mountain, GA. His stuffed pumpkin was so good that I had to try it for myself.
You start with a rice, sausage and veggie mixture:
Then add it to a bowling ball sized pumpkin that has been cleaned of it's "guts." Along with cubes of cheese.
Then put the lid back on, grill it indirect and let it go until the pumpkin's flesh hits 200 f internal temp. You can use a cake pan to help prop it up.
Serve it up with the filling and the flesh of the pumpkin. The sour cream is nice, depending on how spice up your filling.
Can't wait to make another one up this Fall. Never would have thought to eat pumpkin like this, nor would I have thought I'd actually like it. But the pumpkin actually tastes very similar to yellow squash...just a little sweeter.
Here is the gentleman's recipe for those of you interested (You can adjust the seasonings if you don't have some of those on hand...that's what I did):
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You can't really be a genealogist without having an interest if not a passion for history, well that's what I think anyway! So if you aren't a history fan then this post isn't for you, but if you are and you haven't visited YouTube before then a whole world is about to open up to you.
I've been reading Courtiers by Lucy Worsley and wondered what else was available so did a Google on her. That lead me to YouTube and a host of videos by her. Some are only 5 minutes long whilst others are up to an hour. Wonderful programmes about the 17th & 18th century ranging from Peter the Wild Boy to Charles II's mistresses.
Also I came across videos of lecture given at Gresham College on You Tube, but it seems that Gresham has got it's own website with a back catalogue of their past lectures. Gresham College hosts 140+ lectures a year that are open to the public and it is these that are offered on the website. There is everything from Geometrics to The Black Death. Lots of history lectures that will be of great interest to many family historians and invaluable for background research of the lives and times of our ancestors.


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|Nat Tucker Peterson
|Nat's Trailer, Bikini Bottom, Pacific Ocean
|Eating Chum (after being bribed by Karen, formerly), Krabby Patties
|Snail Po Company Manager ("Missing Identity"), Bus Driver, Salesman, Glove World! employee, News cameraman, Actor ("Idiot Box," "Plankton's Regular"), Police officer ("The Krabby Patty that Ate Bikini Bottom"), Pastor ("Just One Bite," "Married to Money")
|Physical appearance
|Yellow-tan, with lavender lips and dark purple dorsal fin and light green limbs
|Eye color:
|Abigail-Marge[1] (Wife)
Shubie[2] (Ex-wife)
Frank Fishbowl
Harold "Bill" Reginald
SpongeBob (Good Friend)
Plankton (Sometimes)
|Eugene H. Krabs (Usually)
|Series information
|First appearance:
|"Ripped Pants"
|Latest appearance:
|"Out of the Picture"
|Dee Bradley Baker
Tom Kenny
Rodger Bumpass ("Greasy Buffoons")
Daran Norris ("Plankton's Regular")
Mr. Lawrence ("Squid Baby")
|List of characters
Nat [3] Tucker[4] Peterson [5] is a yellow-tan fish who has appeared in various episodes. So far, he is one of the most common fish characters in the series. He makes his first appearance in "Ripped Pants."
He is a yellow-tan colored fish with light lavender lips and a dark lavender dorsal fin. He has light green arms and legs. He wears faded light blue shorts.
Nat works at Snail Po Headquarters and a variety of other places. He was also a member of the Bikini Bottom Music Lovers Club. His last name was revealed in the episode "Missing Identity" when Norma Rechid mentioned his name. He is friends with Fred, Harold, and DoodlePants (as seen in Drawn to Life: SpongeBob SquarePants Edition). He seems to be with Martha Smith in various episodes. He told DoodlePants helpful advice of how to defeat DoodleBob. in the episode "Artist Unknown," when Squidward welcomes him to art class, he is seen saying, "Oh, isn't this cooking?" He also said he was a better artist than Squidward. Nat once offered Mr. Krabs $100,000 for the soda drinking hat, and was seen hanging out with Squidward's arch rival from high school, Squilliam Fancyson, suggesting that he is wealthy. In Idiot Box, he is seen on a soap opera giving box for a gift.
He was seen baking a cake in the episode "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired." He is also a bus driver in the episodes, "Rock Bottom," "Hocus Pocus," "The Pink Purloiner," "Roller Cowards," "A Flea in Her Dome", and "Nautical Novice." He has a strict no-singing policy. In "The Great Snail Race," he sneaks into the announcer's box, only to be caught by Perch Perkins. In "Just One Bite," he is seen as the wedding announcer. In "The Battle of Bikini Bottom," he was one of the citizens who reenacted the Battle of Bikini Bottom. In "Suction Cup Symphony," he is shown to be the drummer of the Bikini Bottom Symphony Orchestra. In "The Splinter," Squidward pretends to "squish" him. In "Fools in April," he was amused by SpongeBob's prank. Shubie may be his girlfriend/wife as seen in "SpongeHenge." Nat was also seen as a Cotton Candy Salesman in "Sing a Song of Patrick." In the episode "Squid Baby," he is seen yelling, "MY FACE! And also my leg. But mostly MY FACE!" making a reference to Fred's catchphrase "MY LEG".
in the episode "Plankton's Regular," his most notable appearance, he feigns enjoyment of Plankton's Chum in order to fulfill a deal with Karen, Plankton's wife. He is shown to live in a mobile home, and apparently possesses great acting skills, as he manages to fend off SpongeBob's persistent attempts to give him a Krabby Patty. However, one can foresee the ending when Nat is forced to taste Mr. Krabs' Chum and he proclaims that it is the "second foulest thing he has ever tasted." The audience can infer that the foulest thing is actually Plankton's Chum, and Mr. Krabs has thwarted him in that area of food service as well. At the end of the episode, Nat breaks the news to Plankton and cuts off the deal with Karen, returning the money that she had given him to eat at the Chum Bucket. He is last shown being carted off by medical staff members, which he claims will be the third time he will have visited the doctor on account of Plankton's Chum.
- He has many jobs such as a bus driver, a policeman in "Safe Deposit Krabs," a pastor in "Married to Money," and a Snail-Po headquarters employee in "Missing Identity."
- He appears briefly on a picture in "Stanley S. SquarePants" but is dark blue.
- He was hired by Karen in the episode "Plankton's Regular" to eat Plankton's Chum.
- In "Once Bitten," he was a "zombie" chasing SpongeBob.
- At the beginning of the episode, "Sun Bleached," he turns into bacon by the tan accelerator.
- He plays somewhat a big role in "Chum Bucket Supreme" and has even a bigger role in "Plankton's Regular" where in both episodes involves him eating chum.
- In "One Krabs Trash," Fred gave Mr. Krabs $100,000 for the soda drinking hat, meaning that he is an extremely wealthy character.
- In "Planet of the Jellyfish," he was eaten by a Jellion and replaced with a Jellion Clone. He was released soon afterwards.
- He currently has eaten more chum than anyone else on the show.
- Nat is seen in "Squid Baby" making a reference to the "MY LEG!" gag seen in the earlier episodes.
- A kid version of him can be seen in various episodes.
- Nat appeared to be more dark-yellowish sort of darkish-green in the early episodes of the show.
- In the episode "Sponge-Cano!," Nat has two lines, which is currently the most lines he had in any episode, excluding "Plankton's Regular."
- There is a history among the animators of SpongeBob of Nat being shown twice in a background as a cameo.
- "Hey pal. You just blow in from stupid town?" —"Big Pink Loser"
- "I'll give you $100,000, in cash, for said hat." —"One Krabs Trash"
- "I'm not sure. I feel... a disturbance." —"Missing Identity"
- "What?! You mean you kidnapped us just to sell us your fast food?" —"Enemy In-Law"
- "If you need me, I'll be getting my stomach pumped. AGAIN!" —"Plankton's Regular"
- "I'm holding the door for the nice lady." —"Sponge-Cano!"
- "Mount Bikini Bottom's erupting!" —"Sponge-Cano!"
- "My FACE! My FACE! Also my leg, but mostly my FACE!" —"Squid Baby"
- ^ Idiot Box
- ^ Sun Bleached
- ^ "Plankton's Regular" Nat's first name is revealed.
- ^ Big Sister Sam
- ^ "Missing Identity" Nat's last name is revealed to be Peterson.
|Characters (V • E)
SpongeBob • Patrick • Sandy • Squidward • Mr. Krabs • Plankton • Gary
Mrs. Puff • Pearl • Karen • Mermaid Man • Barnacle Boy • Larry the Lobster • Squilliam Fancyson • Johnny Elaine • Flying Dutchman • Patchy the Pirate • Potty the Parrot • King Neptune • Painty the Pirate
Major Background
Bubble Bass • Fred • Harold • Nat Peterson • Old Man Jenkins • Sandals • Tom • Norma Rechid
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CHICAGO -- If this was a football game, the Chicago Blackhawks would have been accused of having the Winnipeg Jets' playbook.
The Hawks were everywhere the Jets wanted to go on Wednesday night and the feast on the Winnipeg mistakes continued with a convincing 4-1 victory before 21,112 at the United Center.
Chicago trounced the Jets 5-1 last Saturday in Winnipeg.
"They had a good game plan and we weren't able to create ways to get around them," said Jets right-winger Blake Wheeler. "When they do that, it makes it really tough.
"I think they put a lot of pressure on you to be extremely smart with the puck and even when you're smart with the puck, you've got to have good support and if you don't have good support they get the puck back and they're probably the best in the NHL at transitioning. You see a bobbled pass, anything, and they're off to the races."
The Hawks were off with goals by Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane in the final 2:31 of the first period -- Kane's goal came with just 5.8 seconds left in the period -- to get control of this game.
Brandon Pirri and Patrick Sharp made it 4-0 by early in the third before Devin Setoguchi ruined Corey Crawford's shutout with 11:20 to play.
Chicago's now 10-2-4, and a perfect 2-0 against the Jets this season.
Jets coach Claude Noel said observers are way too tuned into Chicago's great transition game at times.
"They don't only need transition," Noel said. "Look at Sharp's goal. Turnover on the wall, dot, boom, top shelf. They can hurt you not only in transition but pick your poison. You have to manage the puck well, you have to minimize many mistakes.
"You want to start shooting yourself in the foot, it's in your net. We've given up nine goals in two games (against Chicago). Do we need to give up another four or five the next time to recognize this is what they can do? I understand we're not perfect but those things hurt you. Your puck management's got to be great."
Closed off
The Hawks were almost flawless Wednesday at closing off all escapes up the boards, forcing the Jets into turnovers along the way or bumbled plays to the more dangerous middle of the ice.
It caused untold headaches from start to finish.
And when the Jets weren't turning over pucks coming out, they were much like a collapsing paper lantern on far too many occasions when the Hawks were attacking.
"You probably don't even get to the point where you can think most of the time, honestly," Wheeler said. "Like I said, it's all about smart decisions with the puck and supporting each other."
Said Setoguchi: "This is a team that has a lot of back pressure. When you're breaking out, if you're not clean, they're going to catch you from behind.
"That happened several times tonight, we weren't making clean plays out of our end and they're a pressure team, they can skate. And if we're not making the right play, it's going to result in turnovers."
Scratch or hurt?
Jets left-winger Evander Kane missed Monday's game with an undisclosed lower-body injury. He took Wednesday's morning skate and said he was looking forward to playing but then was scratched for the game vs. Chicago.
Kane told a TSN broadcaster he was a healthy scratch Wednesday night.
Noel told a different version after the game.
"I think we follow the same protocol with all the players," Noel said. "What you have to do is make sure that you're looking out for the welfare of the players. That's why you have to assess a lot of different things and that's what we do.
"It's no different than with Evander, Mark Stuart. Players for the most part always believe they can play and you have to do the things that are intelligent. There's been no change."


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Eight players drive in a run or reach base; Wieters goes deep
BALTIMORE -- The Orioles crushed the ball throughout their first series with Tampa Bay two weeks ago, scoring 20 runs and winning two out of three. When the two teams met again Tuesday night, the Orioles used a bit of a different style for another victory.
This time, the Orioles worked hard at manufacturing runs to give their offense a spark. Matt Wieters hit a solo homer, but the Orioles pieced together four more runs in a 5-4 win over the Rays before 14,670 at Camden Yards.
The Orioles (7-6) finished with only six hits in this win. They used timely hits, walks, steals, passed balls and patience to create runs. Nate McLouth walked to start the first, stole second and later scored on a double from Manny Machado. He then doubled to begin the third, moved up on a passed ball and scored again.
Another run came in on an error with the bases loaded, and one more scored on a groundout. The Orioles needed all of them, because the slumping Rays (4-9) banged out three homers, two of which came off Pedro Strop in the eighth to cut a four-run lead to just one.
Starter Jake Arrieta (1-0) got the victory, his first since last June 13, but it wasn't an easy task.
He lasted five innings plus one batter and gave up one run on three hits. The right-hander struck out seven, walked five and needed 112 pitches to get into the sixth.
"They battled, but I had to do the same thing tonight," Arrieta said. "I was a tick off with command tonight. I battled myself a little bit, but found a way to get some big strikeouts in key situations."
The last five outs Arrieta recorded came on strikeouts, but Orioles manager Buck Showalter noted that he didn't have his best command in this game.
"Command was a challenge for him. That's why he was only able to give us five innings," Showalter said. "[The Rays] were pretty selective. Very similar to his first two outings. Someone reminded me today, we've won all three games he's started in. But there's better there."
The Rays took a 1-0 lead when Desmond Jennings homered on Arrieta's first pitch of the game, crushing a fastball into the left-field seats. Kelly Johnson came up next and struck out on a 13-pitch at-bat. However, Arrieta continued to work out of trouble as the Rays went 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position.
"We took him to 112 pitches into the fifth," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "Normally when you do that to a starter, you get more than one run. That's kind of difficult to do, score one run on seeing that many pitches."
The Orioles didn't trail for long Machado's double tied the game in the first and Wieters gave the Orioles the lead for good with a homer off Roberto Hernandez (0-3) in the second.
The timing of the homer proved positive, as Wieters looked to bounce back after a 2-for-21 road trip.
"It's just a long at-bat and [I was] trying to get something I could get the barrel on, and the ball was carrying pretty good tonight," Wieters said. "It wasn't the best road trip, swinging the bat. It was nice to get a hit there."
The Orioles kept working and manufactured another run in the third, plus two more in the sixth. McLouth doubled to start the third, moved up on catcher Jose Lobaton's passed ball and scored on Nick Markakis' single.
They did it again in the sixth, loading the bases with none out. J.J. Hardy hit a soft grounder towards third, and Evan Longoria's throw to the plate sailed wide. Markakis scored on the throwing error. Ryan Flaherty's groundout drove in another run to make it 5-1.
The Rays rallied in the eighth when Johnson hit a homer, and two batters later, Longoria belted a two-run shot that cut the lead to 5-4.
"Before this game tonight, I was locating the ball well," Strop said. "I was feeling good. Tonight, I missed two pitches."
Brian Matusz and Darren O'Day then combined to get out of the eighth, and Jim Johnson earned his sixth save by retiring Tampa Bay in order in the ninth.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Orioles now have won a franchise-best 97 straight games when they were leading after seven innings. Only the Yankees (1998-99, 116 games) have a longer stretch of late-inning success.
Jeff Seidel is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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NEXT year's Worcester Festival will revert back to its original format and take place over three weekends following this year's success, which saw about 275,000 visitors at events across the city centre.
This year's festival celebrated its 10th birthday in style, with about 600 events taking place in more than 100 venues.
Between 250,000 and 275,000 people saw an event during the festival, which this year took place over two weekends for the first time, not three.
Events during the 11-day festival, which took place between Friday and Monday, August 17 to 27, included performances from The Christians and Elkie Brooks, while Liz Grand's one-woman play The Second Best Bed, in which she starred as Shakespeare's wife, Anne Hathaway, received critical acclaim.
But Chris Jaeger, chief executive of Worcester Live, which runs the festival, said next year it will return to its original format.
Mr Jaeger said: "Whilst everyone enjoyed the shorter Worcester Festival this year, two weekends has proved simply not long enough to include all the events we would like to offer.
"The festival has grown and grown over the years and it's a testament to its success that I'm no longer able to manage the administration single-handed."
Familiar face Ben Humphrey has been appointed as the festival's artistic director for 2013. He is charged with sourcing and booking events to bring more diversity and creativity.
Mr Humphrey said: "I can't wait to get more involved with the festival, it's such a great thing for Worcester and is really inclusive.
"There has always been something for everyone, most of it free of charge, and my goal is to take the festival onward and upward, with a mix of new and exciting events plus a few of the tried and tested favourites."
The Worcester Festival also includes the Worcester Music Festival and Beer Festival.
More than 11,000 people took part in this year's music festival, which saw 300 acts deliver more than 400 performances across the weekend, while this year's Beer Festival attracted a record 13,250 visitors – up 1,000 on last year.


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A POPULAR bar in Taunton town centre says its decision to serve drinks in plastic glasses on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights is for the safety of its customers.
Bosses at Cafe Mambo said a decision to implement the use of plastic glasses over Christmas has now been extended into 2013.
Area manager Chris Hunt said: "We know from experience that Christmas and New Year celebrations around the town can be extra lively so we took the precautionary step and invested in £2,500 in polycarbonate glassware.
"For the time being, we will continue to use plastic glasses during weekend evenings because we have in excess of 3,000 customers visiting us on those nights but use conventional glasswear on our weekday and daytime trade.
"We have explained to customers that the removal of conventional glassware has been done for their ongoing safety."
Sgt Tony Crowter, who is in charge of Taunton town centre, said the majority of the Christmas and New Year period was largely trouble-free.
He said the only 'glassing' incident on record was in Mambo – when two men broke glasses on to their own heads before being asked to leave the bar.
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[A late edit: our front page is once again operational. Some links to the recruiting database - and recruiting data - are still being repaired.]
We have had a lengthy and difficult struggle trying to recover from a complicated database collapse. What really made it difficult is that to this day we not know what triggered the collapse. We know by now exactly what happened - but no one among several experts has been able to explain why it happened - or to suggest even one plausible explanation for some completely contradictory evidence we see.
The core mystery is this: three critical files in our database do not exist in any of our backups - even though our system was running without error at those times. Given what we know about those files, and what they do, we are certain it is impossible for our website and database to have run without them but they are simply not there in the backups.
We engaged three highly competent firms to analyze the evidence with a primary goal of first recovering all our information, secondarily to understand how or why it happened - so as to prevent future re-occurrences. Unlike a medical doctor, we tried to "cure first, diagnose later."
We had help from the software firm that built our website and database, also from our server supplier who manages all the physical boxes, security measures, and all backups, and furthermore from a software firm that specializes in recovering, analyzing, and even reconstructing exctly those three critical files that were missing from our several backups.
None of the experts had ever seen this kind of event before, even the firm that specializes in repairing and recovering exactly these kinds of files. Our server supplier is completely baffled as to why essential files that had to be present in the past dont now exist in the backups they made.
It took time many days - to research all the options and ideas that various analysts came up with. To make it worse, day after day we thought we had a good lead that would solve the problem - only to have a succession of those fail. Each one was a bitter pill.
And this situation made it impossible for us to publish a forecast about when we would be back up and running. A forecast would have been just a guess and therefore unreliable - we just couldn't do that.
With the latest such failure, just two days ago, we finally decided to step back to our beginnings and rebuild the database from scratch. We fortunately have found many remnants of data in files that were not harmed - so we're using those today in our rebuild process.
"Crimson Tide" explained: Several readers have noticed links in our menus that went to 'Bama's crimsonconfidential content. Those links have now been deleted as we do our repair & re-building processes - but perhaps a word about why that happened would be of interest.
To rebuild all our data-tables, in all their complexity (and they have to be perfect to work), the only method available to us was to use a specialized "script" to reconstruct the entire database. The 'Bama question arose because the last time that script was used, it was used to build the 'Bama site - so had some Bama text in it.
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November 16, 2011
With the myriad of problems facing our nation, I find it inconceivable that the Republican leadership has chosen to prioritize this bill. I strongly urge its defeat for two important reasons.
November 14, 2011
Thank you, Rep. Conyers, for holding this important hearing. With the federal election just under a year away, the Committee is right to look into possible voter suppression taking place. The right to vote is fundamental to our entire system of government and the ability of every American to have his or her voice heard in Washington, in their statehouses, and in their local communities. That right is under threat today. Nationwide, state legislatures have been erecting barriers that deter or inhibit eligible voters from casting ballots. They are making it harder to vote by mandating certain forms of photo identification, which many current voters do not have and are time-consuming and expensive to obtain.
November 14, 2011
I welcome the Supreme Court's decision to consider legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act and have every confidence that the Court will uphold the constitutionality of this law. The Affordable Care Act continues to provide benefits to millions of Americans; from children with pre-existing conditions to seniors who are now saving money on prescription drug costs. I am confident Americans of all ages will continue to benefit from the health care law, as it will be upheld.
November 11, 2011
For more than two centuries, Americans from every background and every community have donned our nation's uniform and marched off to defend the freedoms enshrined in our Constitution and our way of life. Too many never returned. Today, on Veterans Day, we honor those who did and recommit ourselves to standing up for them and the benefits they have earned through their service. We must never forget our duty to our veterans, especially to those now returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. They deserve quality, affordable health care to help heal their wounds – both physical and psychological – as well as opportunities for higher education and assistance transitioning to civilian jobs. Congress coming together to act in meeting our responsibility to them has never been more important than it is today, with a disturbingly high level of unemployment among young veterans. In this spirit, the 110th Congress passed the 21st Century G.I. Bill and worked to improve the VA health system, and it is this same spirit that I hope will lead the current Congress to put veterans' needs ahead of politics once again and take action to help them find work.
November 10, 2011
Today's Senate vote shows that, when Republicans work together with Democrats, we can make real progress on job creation. This legislation, which passed by a strong bipartisan vote of 95-0, is particularly important because it will increase opportunities for our returning veterans to find work and make it easier for businesses to tap into their experience and skills. I call on Republican leaders in the House to join with Democrats in this same spirit of unity and allow us to send this legislation to the President for his signature. When we mark Veterans Day tomorrow, let us offer our wounded warriors and returning heroes more than gratitude – let us show them Congress is ready to take action to help them transition into civilian jobs.
November 9, 2011
Hal made a real difference in people's lives, both by keeping them informed about their world and by standing up for our first responders and their families. I was deeply saddened to learn of his passing.
November 7, 2011
I join with the President in calling on Congressional Republicans to set politics aside and work together with Democrats on helping our veterans find work. The Returning Heroes Tax Credit and Wounded Warriors Tax Credit will provide financial assistance for businesses to hire veterans and remove a hurdle for those finding it difficult to transition to civilian jobs. The President's American Jobs Act and House Democrats' Make It In America proposal will help create jobs right away for veterans and all who seek work – but only if Republicans will work with us to do so. The American people – and the brave men and women who have served our nation in uniform – cannot wait any longer for Congress to act. When the Senate brings this bill to the Floor later this week, I hope Republicans will support it.
November 4, 2011
I am honored to receive this award and proud to share the honor with my good friend Senator Blunt. The mission of the Faith and Politics Institute is to remind members of both parties of the role we share in common as public servants and our duty to be instruments of good. I commend the Institute for its leadership and thank founders John Lewis and Amo Houghton, for whom this award is named, for the example of civility, collaboration, and shared experience they have set for myself and my colleagues.
November 4, 2011
While I am encouraged that the number of private sector jobs grew by 104,000 over the past month, representing the twentieth straight month of increase and bringing our unemployment rate down to 9.0%, there is still much left for us to do. Too many Americans remain out of work, and Congress ought not waste any more time and consider legislation that will help businesses create jobs right away.
November 3, 2011
I am disappointed that Republicans continue their refusal to work with Democrats on jobs legislation. This is the third time in the past few weeks that Senate Republicans have voted to block even the consideration of a jobs bill. At the same time, House Republican leaders have not brought any of the Democrats' Make It In America proposals onto the floor or put forth a comprehensive jobs plan of their own. The American people deserve a Congress that works, that is focused on creating jobs, and it is increasingly clear the Republicans will not deliver.
Hoyer, Brady Lead Letter Signed By 196 Democrats Urging Secretaries of State to Oppose New Measures That Make It Harder to Register and Vote
November 3, 2011
A year from now, millions of Americans will head to the polls to exercise their most fundamental right – the right to vote. Unfortunately, in states across the country, partisan measures have been adopted that would make it more difficult for nearly five million voters, particularly the poor, young people, the elderly, and minorities, to register and vote," said Whip Hoyer. "Voter suppression has no place in our country. That's why Democrats are sending a letter to Secretaries of State urging them to oppose these partisan efforts to hinder access to the ballot and urging them to work in a bipartisan way to ensure all Americans can exercise their constitutional right to be heard.
November 3, 2011
We are just about a year away from a pivotal election. Just as important as the choice we will make is ensuring that all who are eligible can participate in making that choice. The right to vote is fundamental to our entire system of government and the ability of every American to have his or her voice heard in Washington and in their statehouses and city halls.
Whip Hoyer Discusses Bipartisan Letter to Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, Taking Action on Jobs on CNBC
November 3, 2011
Yesterday we had a press conference… twenty Republicans and Democrats, equal number. Mike Simpson, myself and others made it very clear that over 100 members of the House of Representatives signed the letter saying to the Super Committee, look, everything needs to be on the table – mandatory expenditures and revenues – and we need to reach a $4 trillion give or take deal to put this country on a sound fiscal path. So we sent a letter to the Committee yesterday urging them to come to an agreement on that kind of package. Erskine Bowles and Senator Simpson testified, Alice Rivlin and Pete Domenici testified on Tuesday to the same objective. I am hopeful given the weight of responsibility that we placed on their shoulders and given the critical nature of achieving the objective of a big deal and doing it within a near term that they will come to agreement. It's obviously been tough. Obviously both sides have sort of hardened positions. But it is absolutely essential in the opinion of a lot of people around this country and a large number of members of the House and Senate that we come to agreement.
Hoyer Remarks at Press Conference On Bipartisan Letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction
November 2, 2011
We are standing together today, Democrats and Republicans united in our deep concern over the size of our deficits, their contribution to our staggering debt, and their negative effect on our economy. We are here to send a message of urgency and support to the members of the Joint Select Committee.
November 2, 2011
Mr. Speaker, we are a year away from an election – one that will shape the course of our nation for several years ahead. The choice we make will be pivotal, and in order to make certain that it reflects the direction our people want to take, we ought to do everything we can to ensure that all who have the right to cast a ballot can do so. Equal access to the ballot is the most fundamental right we all have as Americans. It is what preserves our democracy and instills confidence in our system of government. Some of our greatest national struggles have been over suffrage – from votes for African Americans and women to votes for the young people who risk their lives for us in uniform.
November 1, 2011
The American people expect us to work together to create jobs, grow the economy, and reduce the deficit – not take the government to the brink of a shutdown by including partisan, ideological policy riders in appropriations bills," said Whip Hoyer. "That's why Democrats are sending a letter to Republicans asking them to live up to their pledge to not use must-pass legislation to advance a partisan agenda. We note that not all policy riders are objectionable, and ask that controversial policy riders be removed from these bills. I hope Republicans will work with us on this issue, and focus on getting Americans back to work.
October 31, 2011
We need to have more bipartisanship. We need to be working together. There needs to be a greater response to the President of the United States' initiative to pass an American Jobs Act, which would create a million, over a million jobs. At least it would up our economy, would invest in our infrastructure. Keep policemen, firemen, teachers on the job in our communities. Unfortunately, the Republicans have turned a deaf ear to those initiatives to the detriment, in my opinion, of our economy and of our people.
October 27, 2011
Today's third quarter GDP report shows why you should never underestimate the resilience of the American economy and the American worker. After posting quarterly growth rates of .4% and 1.3% earlier this year, our economy grew at a 2.5% rate, nearly a full percentage point higher than most predicted earlier this month. While this is welcome news for our economic recovery in general, it does little to reassure the 14 million Americans still out of work and looking for jobs or the families across the country struggling to get by in these tough times. We need a comprehensive strategy to boost our economy and create jobs for the middle class. I urge Republicans to work with Democrats and allow Congress to vote on real jobs legislation, like the President's American Jobs Act and House Democrats' Make It In America plan, that will create jobs and invest in the growth of American businesses and in the competitiveness of our workforce. We cannot wait any longer.
October 27, 2011
This year's Floor schedule has prevented the House from getting anything done to create jobs and help Americans who are out of work, and next year's schedule is more of the same. While Members appreciate having more time in their districts, the House has struggled to get even its most basic work done. We've conducted legislative business a mere 111 days this year - nearly equal to the 104 days spent either in recess or in pro forma business. And the schedule has been out of sync with the Senate, making it nearly impossible to coordinate. As a result, this Congress has seen only a small number of bills signed into law. I hope that next year, in spite of the lack of days in session, Republicans will put partisanship aside and work with us to address the challenges facing our nation and get Americans back to work.
October 26, 2011
I'm sad to learn that the House of Representatives will be losing a dedicated public servant at the end of this Congress. John Olver has been a tireless fighter for the people of Western Massachusetts since he was first elected to the House in 1991. Having served with him on the Appropriations Committee, I know he has always put the interests of his constituents first and has consistently fought for the most disadvantaged among us. I join in wishing him and his wife, Rose, well in whatever lies ahead.
October 21, 2011
Today's announcement by the President to withdraw remaining U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of the year is consistent with his past statements and abides by the timeline established in the 2008 Status of Forces Agreement written by the Bush Administration and Prime Minister Maliki's government. Our troops have carried out their mission with dedication and have made great sacrifices in order to help advance a stable Iraq. Today, as we begin the transition to a new relationship with Iraq, we honor the more than 4,000 servicemembers who made the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq, and we redouble our commitment to those who have returned home. I hope as we move forward that the Iraqi government will succeed in confronting the challenges of remaining democratic, representative, and free; succeed in providing for the security of the Iraqi people; and succeed as a model democracy in a region undergoing many critical transitions.
Hoyer Statement on Senate Republicans Blocking Bill to Keep Teachers and First Responders On the Job
October 21, 2011
Last night's vote demonstrated once again that Republicans in Congress are more concerned with positioning for the next election than doing what's necessary to help get Americans back to work. The bill blocked by Senate Republicans would have kept thousands of teachers in the classroom and thousands of first responders at the ready in communities across the country. Over and over, Republicans seem intent on torpedoing any proposal by the President and Democrats, even if it contains bipartisan ideas and would benefit those who are desperately seeking jobs. It is long past time for them to work together with Democrats to pass job-creating legislation like the one they blocked last night. I strongly urge Republican Leader McConnell to reconsider and allow the Senate to move forward with this and other measures to create jobs now.
October 20, 2011
"I have had the privilege of serving with Dennis Cardoza in Congress for eight years, and I have come to know him both as an effective advocate for the people of California's 18th district and as a friend. From his studies at the University of Maryland and work running a small business to his time serving in California's legislature, Dennis brought great experience to Congress that helped him quickly become a leader in the House on issues important to farmers and ranchers as well as on the home mortgage crisis that has hit California families hard...
October 20, 2011
The death of Moammar Gadhafi marks a new beginning for the Libyan people and an end to a dictator responsible for the loss of many American lives. I hope today's developments signal a return to peace in Libya, and I join in encouraging the Transitional National Council to continue working with the international community to build free institutions and provide for the safety and well-being of its people...
October 19, 2011
"Congratulations to Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-35) – this year's MVP – for gaining the most Facebook fans, Twitter followers, and YouTube subscribers as part of House Democrats' annual online competition...
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A local family has taken a small restaurant started by their parents and made it into a local BBQ empire.
Cozy, comfortable, the smell of barbecue in the air. It's what Buddy's does best!
"People feel good about bringing their families there and enjoying the delicious BBQ that is so good!" says Suzanne Lindsey, Director of Marketing for Buddy's BBQ.
Suzanne is Buddy's daughter. She and the whole family are involved in the business.
"It truly is a family business. We all work every day. My brother is president of the company. My husband is vice president. My sister-in-law pretty much runs the show here as far as catering and the office," says Suzanne. "I'm director of marketing."
It's been that way since the beginning ever since Suzanne's mom, who was busy raising three kids, got the idea to open a restaurant.
"This is a woman who had abundant energy and just really wanted to do something else. So she found a restaurant for sale in Seymour, Tennessee called the Pixie Drive-In. She came home and told my dad and he was like, 'Okay, I'll buy it for you'," says Suzanne.
Pixie's Drive-In was a burger restaurant and it was the place to be back in 1967!
"We were so successful. The Pixie Drive-In became the spot in Seymour and everybody would come to the Pixie," says Suzanne.
It did so well, Buddy quit his job and joined his wife, LaMuriel, in the restaurant business. But they wanted to tweak the business plan a bit.
"They wanted to specialize in something and they both loved BBQ and they both had searched for BBQ in this area and didn't like what they found," says Suzanne.
So BBQ it was and still is!
"In 1972 that was the official start of Buddy's BBQ," says Suzanne.
And it took off.
"When we really became well-known in this area was in the 1982 World's Fair," says Suzanne. "Local people were more willing to try it because we were at the World's Fair."
All was going well and then came some sad news.
"Dad was diagnosed with melanoma cancer in 1990. Buddy died just a few years later. Shortly after a family friend also battling cancer started a race.
"She called me and she said I need you and I need somebody like Buddy's BBQ that can take this to the next level. So I went and talked to my family and they wanted to do it. It was really a way for us to take a really bad situation. Our family was hurting so bad because anybody who has been through a cancer experience knows it's so hard and so frustrating. It's out of your control," says Suzanne.
The Buddy's Race Against Cancer started out with a few hundred participants. Now, 6-thousand people get involved every year and they've raised $5 million dollars.
2013 brings a big anniversary-- 20 years since the race began.
"I know my dad would be just so proud of us for hanging in there and just continuing to support the TCSC."
This family, their restaurant, their charity-- all make Buddy's exactly what it's supposed to be. A family affair.
"I just love these people. They're just great and it's been a pleasure to serve them for 41 years."
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Measure of US home prices rises by most in 6 years
A measure of U.S. home prices jumped 4.6 percent in August compared to a year ago, the largest year-over-year increase in more than six years.
CoreLogic, a private real estate data provider, also says prices rose 0.3 percent in August from July. The sixth straight month of price gains, combined with rising home sales and increased builder confidence, point to a housing recovery that is becoming sustainable.
Other measures of home prices have increased. The Standard & Poor's/Case Shiller index rose in July compared to a year ago, the second straight yearly increase after two years of declines. And an index compiled by a federal housing regulator has also reported annual increases.
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Skiing Gros Morne National Park23 Oct 2013
Hitting the backcountry slopes in Newfoundland
The surge and surface current slosh me around like laundry in a spin cycle. I'm scuba diving on Gadd's Wall, a precipitous dive site in Bonne Bay, in Western Newfoundland's Gros Morne National Park, that just may be one of the top dives on the Rock.
National Geographic and Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society's Newfoundland and Labrador Chapter Introduce Eastern Newfoundland24 Apr 2013
Travelers seeking unspoiled places and culturally authentic experiences now have a valuable new resource in a comprehensive "Geotourism MapGuide" and website for Canada's Eastern Newfoundland region. The landmark project has taken two years to plan and execute and is a historically significant asset for everyone who visits or lives in the region.
Forget the Rockies. Winter blahs melt away as you hit the gas on a snowmobile and blast along ancient mountain ridges or wander through pristine woodlands in Newfoundland and Labrador.
A vast network of trails sprawls across more than 5,000 kilometres of natural beauty. It spans the former Canadian National Railway route, follows the foothills of the Long Range Mountains to a glacier-cut fjord in Gros Morne National Park, and crisscrosses Labrador's rolling tundra.
Fogo Island - A Paradise of Newfoundland Sights26 Nov 2012
On my recent trip to Newfoundland this September, I was exposed to some of the most remote parts of Canada's most easterly province. To say they were awe-inspiring might be the biggest understatement of the century.
Stairway to heaven10 Oct 2012
Outpost Magazine takes a hike along the Alexander Murray Hiking Trail in King's Point.
The easternmost hiking trail in North America, Newfoundland's East Coast Trail delivers hikers to a world of sea stacks, oceanside headlands, icebergs, and deep fjords.
Protection of Blanche Brook fossils welcomed10 Jan 2012
The Blanche Brook Fossil Site in Stephenville is among seven sites in the province now protected under the "Historic Resources Act" as a result of recently approved regulations.
Lawrence Hill, author of the award-winning Book of Negroes, writes about being bewitched by majestic Gros Morne National Park - and tracing the history of the incomparable Viking settlement L'Anse aux Meadows.
Orca Whales Sighted off Point Amour Lighthouse29 Jun 2011
If icebergs and whlaes are in your vacation plans this week, head over to Point Amour lighthouse in the Labrador Straits or Battle Harbour National Historic District.
A dramatic community project is transforming a windswept island of fishermen off Canada's Newfoundland coast into a cutting edge artists' haven
Festival Season with Springfest14 May 2011
Join us in Western Newfoundland to celebrate the arrival of spring through a series of festivals that capture the essence of what is truly unique in each part of the region at this beautiful time of year.
Each festival aims to take advantage of the fresh spring weather in the great outdoors. By day, join us on the many planned walks and hikes, interspersed with a program of informative talks and other learning opportunities. At the end of the day, relax with friends and family in the presence of the best local artists, musicians, and entertainers at the many social evenings and kitchen parties.
The Old Man in the Mountain Hike10 Jan 2011
One of the best places to see the fall colours is in the Humber Valley, and the best way to see them up close is to take a fall hike.
It is no surprise then that The Old Man in the Mountain Hike is one of the most popular of those developed by the International Appalachian Trail in Newfoundland (IATNL). It has fabulous views of the Humber River and Humber Canyon and the vistas are all the more beautiful in the fall when the brilliant colours of changing leaves intermingle with the coniferous greens.
Manx Shearwaters' Home now Protected10 Jan 2011
The only known North American colony of Manx Shearwaters, a nocturnal seabird, has been declared a Provisional Ecological Reserve. The colony, about 100 birds on Middle Island off the coast of the Burin Peninsula near Lawn, now falls under the protection of the Lawn Islands Archipelago Provisional Ecological Reserve.
The birds live in burrows four feet deep and can live for 50 years. Consultations on making the reserve permanent will be held in the near future. Thousands of seabirds nest on Middle Island, Offer Island, and Columbier Islands, including Arctic terns, great black-backed gulls and black-legged kittiwakes.
Western Brook Pond Boat Tour10 Jan 2011
The Western Brook Pond fjord in Gros Morne National Park is the Park's largest lake and the backdrop for a spectacular scenic boat tour. Once open to the ocean, this 16-km lake with a depth of 165m is home to Atlantic salmon, brook trout and Arctic char, as well as an unusual colony of cliff nesting gulls.
The boat tour can be reached via Route 430, 27 km north of Rocky Harbour. From the parking lot, there is a pleasant 45-minute walk to the dock. The trail carries you over the fragile coastal plain, once located below sea level. Here, examine a variety of plant life, scan for wildlife sightings or view the interpretive panels located along the trail.
Snowmobiling in the Lewis Hills10 Jan 2011
Western Newfoundland offers some of the best snowmobiling in all of Eastern Canada and the Lewis Hills is an especially great spot to sled. The "hills" themselves are located approximately 18 km north of Stephenville and 27 km southwest of Corner Brook and at 814m (2,671ft) the Cabox is the island of Newfoundland's highest point.
As you can see from the video you can see breathtaking scenery and a variety of wildlife in the backcountry. The Lewis Hills terrain is inviting to a novice rider but offers everything an expert rider would need.
Labrador park is Canada's 'exquisite jewel'10 Jan 2011
Newfoundland and Labrador isn't your typical run-of-the-mill tourism destination. It's complex, ancient and multi-faceted. Nowhere is this fact more apparent than within Canada's 'exquisite jewel,' Torngat Mountains National Park. Read about one Toronto Sun reporter's unique experience. There's video too...
Just back from: Newfoundland21 Oct 2010
CNN's travel reporter has been charmed by our "Viking history, stunning rocky landscapes and warm, welcoming locals." Read all about her experience exploring remote, wild and beautiful, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Team Trailpeak in Newfoundland14 Sep 2010
The five editors from Trailpeak.com who were exploring NL recently have completed their coast-to-coast 10-day adventure. Trailpeak.com is a website highlighting the best hiking, mountain biking, climbing, kayaking, canoeing, skiing, and snowshoeing trails in North America. Read all about their NL escapades, complete with links to trail info and maps.
The love keeps pouring in for St. John's and NL. This travel feature appeared in Britain's widely read Daily Mail newspaper. It highlights some of the similarities between Newfoundlanders and their friends across the pond... most notably, an affinity for the longest running TV soap in the world...


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Giveaway Monday: Is This TomorrowFebruary 11, 2013 • 11 Comments • category: Algonquin Books Blog, Giveaway
The groundswell started this morning and turned into a rushing roar (tweet-tweet-tweet) by midday. It's official now; it's CAROLINE LEAVITT DAY!
To share our Modern Love for this talented and decidedly readable author, we're giving you advance copies of her upcoming book for Giveaway Monday….
Is This Tomorrow
by Caroline Leavitt
In 1956, when divorced working-mom Ava Lark rents a house with her twelve-year-old son, Lewis, in a Boston suburb, the neighborhood is less than welcoming.
Lewis yearns for his absent father, befriending the only other fatherless kids: Jimmy and Rose. One afternoon, Jimmy goes missing. The neighborhood – in the era of the Cold War, bomb scares, and paranoia – seizes the opportunity to further ostracize Ava and her son.
Lewis never recovers from the disappearance of his childhood friend. By the time he reaches his twenties, he's living a directionless life, a failure in love, estranged from his mother. Rose is now a schoolteacher in another city, watching over children as she was never able to watch over her own brother. Ava is building a new life for herself in a new decade. When the mystery of Jimmy's disappearance is unexpectedly solved, all three must try to reclaim what they have lost.
"With wit and a perfect eye into the human heart, Caroline Leavitt has given us a truly unique story of love, loyalty, loss, betrayal, secrets, healing – an d a resolution you'll never see coming. It's everything you want in a novel." – Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Secret Life of Bees
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Marisa (@marisabirns) says...
Happy to join the groundswell and celebrate Caroline Leavitt Day! What can I say? She's a wonderful writer, and an inspiration to all of us who put down words on paper. Or computer screens 🙂
1:09 pm
Amy B. says...
Sounds like such an excellent book…but wait a minute, all of Caroline Leavitts books are excellent!
1:10 pm
Jo-Ann Mapson says...
Love your authors. You consistently publish unusual voices, great books, and you are brilliant in publishing Caroline Leavitt.
1:11 pm
Melody says...
I have heard so much buzz about this book, I am so excited to read it! In addition, I read her NYT piece on her turtle, and I loved it so much. It made me feel comforted in a turbulent time in my life. It helped me come to peace with the fact that sometimes things fall apart, so that something better can come together. She's also so gracious with interacting with her fans. I'd love the chance to win.
1:41 pm
Kim Williamson says...
Caroline Leavitt is not only gifted with an uncommon amount of talent, she is the nicest, most compassionate author in the business. I love everything she writes, and though I've never met her in person, I adore her. She is a gift to readers and writers.
1:47 pm
Diane Molberg says...
As a former student of Caroline's at UCLA , she has become my consummate mentor. I love her and her writing
1:57 pm
Shirley Eaves says...
I read Caroline Leavitt's latest novel, Pictures of You, and loved it. I can't wait to read her latest creation. She rocks!
2:42 pm
Linda Harris says...
I am an avid fan of Caroline's and follow her on FB. I would appreciate an Arc of this book, so I can help to promote it.
3:05 pm
Jo Fisher says...
LOVE all of her books, can't wait to read this one.
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Josephine says...
I already know I will love this book. Thanks, Algonquin!
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Charlie Boswell says...
IS IT TOMORROW is a terrific addition to smart, literate and entertaining sort-of mystery fiction. The characters are likeable, some adorable, and some you hope bad things will happen to them. Leavitt writes about everyday people in everyday situations but with twists that keep you guessing all the way through the book. Don't start it late at night as you will want to stay till the ever surprising ending.


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What to Expect When You're Graduating: Finance Students Get Advice in New York
What really makes a candidate stand out during an interview? Do all new hires really sleep under desks during reporting season? What happens if I decide I don't like the sector I start in?
These are the questions most young jobseekers are too afraid to ask, especially of experienced professionals in their chosen field. But a group of Kogod students recently got all these answers (and others) during the annual New York City Finance trip put on by the Kogod Center for Career Development.
The Trip
For three days in early October, students and career advisors trekked around Manhattan, visiting some of the biggest financial institutions in the country. They went on site tours, met with alumni, and got some sage advice.
"It's incredible the insight we were given," said Mark France, BSF '14. "I've learned so much about the real financial world and have been pleasantly surprised by their candidness."
Students met with alumni at Bloomberg Communications, BNY Mellon, Brody/Amirian, Brookfield Properties, GoldenTree Asset Management, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan. They also attended an alumni reception featuring Jeffrey Sine, SIS/BS '76, chairman of the Board of Trustees at American University .
Hearing advice from so many alumni helped distill the trip into useful habits to take forward, according to Kaitlin Fanning, BSBA '14.
"On paper the trip seemed a little overwhelming," she said. "But meeting [the alumni] and hearing them talk about their real experiences was so helpful. It really made entering the real world seem less frightening."
The Advice
Each site visit varied in the details: a tour of the trading floor at Goldman Sachs; previewing a development pitch at Brookfield Properties; a panel discussion at JPMorgan. The one constant was the steady stream of advice from alumni.
Far and away the most prevalent suggestion was to find something to be professionally passionate about.
"You're going to spend the rest of your life in your career," said David Dubner, BSA '97, and a managing director at Goldman Sachs. "Be sure to take the time now to really explore all your options and really discover what it is that you love to do."
Sine echoed these sentiments during his talk at the reception, linking job fulfillment and career success.
"The fact of the matter is that it's hard to be a success at anything, but it's a whole lot easier when you're excited to go to work every day."
Not all advice was directed at long-term career goals, however. Plenty of suggestions for getting a foot in the door and keeping it there were handed out as well.
Gary Cohn, BSBA '82, Chief Operating Officer of Goldman Sachs, believes candidates have as much responsibility going into an interview as the person doing the hiring.
"Come through the door with some knowledge of what we do and with an idea of what's going on in the world," he said. "Have an opinion on things and show that you're relevant."
Cohn also stressed embracing failure as an opportunity to learn and move forward.
"Good failures make great success stories. Not everything you attempt in life is going to go perfectly, so it's important to be able to adapt and move on," he said. "If you can remain calm and rational in a crisis then you'll be in good shape to succeed."
Lasting Impressions
The students weren't the only ones to walk away from the trip with something to remember. Their visits left a positive impression on Wall Street as well.
"I'm amazed every year at how each class is more polished than the last," said Nicole Loftus, BSBA '06, a vice president at JPMorgan. "Every one of them is a well-rounded young candidate, from the questions they asked to how they carried themselves."
Meeting the students also provided a moment of reflection for the alumni.
"The whole experience put me back in their shoes," said Robert Crouther, BSBA '07, now an associate at JPMorgan. "I remembered being their age and about to enter the workforce and tried to share with them what I wish I'd known then."
It was a gesture that didn't go unappreciated among the students.
"I think we've all learned so much on this trip," said Alex Adamczyk, BSBA '14. "It really shows how great of a network Kogod has built, that all these alumni were willing to take the time out of their days to meet us and answer our questions."
Oh, and the answers to those questions?
What really makes a candidate stand out during an interview? Do all new hires really sleep under desks during reporting season? What happens if I decide I don't like the sector I start in?
"The ability to backup your resume skills, if you say you can pick a stock, be able to pitch one on the fly," said Cohn.
"No, but some do and those are the ones we remember," according to Couther.
"Give every position at least 18 months, then there's always room for internal mobility," said Dubner.


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2018 World Cup qualifying - how it works
The qualifying process for the 2018 World Cup began on March 12, 2015 with preliminary ties between the 12 lowest-ranked nations in Asia.
Chiquito Do Carmo of Timor-Leste had the honour of scoring the very first goal on the road to Russia in a 4-1 victory at home to Mongolia.
There are 31 places up for grabs, joining hosts Russia.
Qualified nations: Brazil, Iran
EUROPE:13 places
• European qualifying home page
Qualifying for 2018 sees seven groups of six nations and two groups of...


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Police: Fake dentist kissed patient's buttocks
Published: Thursday, November 22, 2012 at 8:52 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, November 22, 2012 at 8:52 p.m.
HOLLYWOOD — Police say a fake dentist gave a woman with a toothache a shot in the buttocks — and then gave the wound a kiss.
Hollywood, Florida, police arrested the 47-year-old man earlier this week on charges of practicing dental hygiene without a license.
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Thursday (http://sunsent.nl/T79eom ) that the woman said she went to the man's apartment in November 2010 and paid him $65 for treatment. She said the apartment had a waiting area and dental equipment. She said the man examined her mouth and applied a paste to alleviate the pain. He then gave her the shot and then kissed the injection spot.
The man had also been arrested in the neighboring town of Davie in September for practicing dentistry without a license.
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USDA's January cattle inventory report said the number of cattle and calves in the U.S. at the start of the year totaled 89.3 million head. This is down 1.6% from a year ago and the lowest since 1952. USDA lowered their estimate of the 2012 calf crop from 34.5 million head to 34.279 million. It was the smallest calf crop since 1949. This year's calf crop should be smaller than the year before for the 18th consecutive year. The number of beef cows is down 2.9%, but the number of beef replacement heifers is up 1.9%. The number of dairy cows is down 0.1% and the number of dairy replacement heifers is down 1.5%.
For over 6 years U.S. beef shipments to Japan have been restricted to beef from cattle slaughtered at 20 months of age or less. Starting today, Japan has opened their market to beef from U.S. cattle slaughtered at 30 months or less.
Through Thursday, the 5-area average price for slaughter steers sold on a live weight basis was $124.96/cwt, up $2.43 from last week and up $1.19 from the same week last year. On a dressed weight basis steers averaged $197.63/cwt this week, down 30 cents from the week before and down $2.37 from a year ago.
Beef carcass cutout values were lower this week. On Friday morning, the choice boxed beef carcass cutout value was $183.99/cwt, down $3.61 from last Friday, but up 87 cents from a year ago. The select carcass cutout was $179.56/cwt, down $2.62 for the week, but up $1.42 year-over-year. Over the last ten weeks, the choice-select price spread has decline from $21.69/cwt to $4.43/cwt.
This week's cattle slaughter totaled 621,000 head, down 0.6% from the week before and up 5.1% from the same week last year. The average steer dressed weight for the week ending on January 19 was 871 pounds, down 1 pound from the week before, but up 17 pounds from a year ago. This was the 54th consecutive week with steer weights above the year-earlier level.
Feeder cattle prices at this week's Oklahoma City auction were steady to $4 higher than last week. Their price ranges for medium and large frame #1 steers were: 400-450# $205-$215, 450-500# $182.50-$203, 500-550# $164-$185, 550-600# $163-$172, 600-650# $153-$166, 650-700# $150-$154.25, 700-750# $146.25-$152, 750-800# $142.50-$147.25, 800-900# $139.50-$146, and 900-1000# $133.50-$139.50/cwt.
The January cattle on feed report said December placements were 4.6% lower than pre-release trade forecasts and December marketings were 5.1% higher than forecasts leaving the number on feed 1.2% lower than expected. This led to a positive week for cattle futures. The February live cattle futures contract closed at $127.10/cwt, up 80 cents from the previous Friday. April cattle settled at $132.17/cwt, up $1.42 for the week. June fed cattle contracts ended the week at $127.75/cwt.
The March feeder cattle futures contract gained $1.25 this week to end at $149.20/cwt. April feeders settled at $152.12/cwt.
Source: Ron Plain and Scott Brown


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Did you know?
The Selborne golf course, built in 1979, became South Africa's first golf estate.
The seaside town of Amanzimtoti, about half-an-hour's drive from Durban, is home to the Amanzimtoti Country Club. Located in a conservancy populated by numerous coastal and wetland bird species, including pelicans, cormorants and plovers, as well as small buck and vervet monkeys, there's more to enjoy than just the golf.
Further down the coast is the Umkomaas Golf Club. This par-70, 18-hole course, the third oldest in the province, is home to professional golfer Tim Clark.
Just along the coast from Umkomaas you'll find the Scottburgh Golf Course, a serious challenge on a windy day when the 'beasterly easterly' comes through.
Selborne, developed along similar lines to the Augusta National course, has evolved from a former dairy farm into one of the country's top golf estates. Feature holes include a lengthy 'thread-the-needle' par 5 and some unusual par 3s. This superb course plays host to a number of prestigious golf events during the year.
Just north of the seaside town of Port Shepstone, bordering the Umzimkulu River, lies the Port Shepstone Country Club. This is a relatively flat course with the exception of the 5 th hole, which is played from a hill to a small green far below.
Dotted with palm trees, banana trees and indigenous coastal bush, the expansive Margate Golf Course was designed to appeal to golfers of varying expertise.
The Southbroom Golf Club, officially opened in 1938 and today measuring more than 5 500m, has long been considered one of South Africa's top holiday resort courses.
The San Lameer golf estate resort, with direct access to two Blue Flag beaches, is located within a 169ha landscaped nature conservancy where more than 600 luxury villas have been built. The 18-hole course is set in a subtropical environment where a welcome sea breeze makes for a thoroughly enjoyable game.
The Port Edward Country Club has cleverly designed duplicate tees that enable you to play 18 holes on a nine-hole course. Water hazards and prevailing winds add to the challenge.
The Wild Coast Sun golf course further down the coast, which is part of a casino and resort, is also very popular among golfers.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Amanzimtoti Country Club
Phone: +27 (0)31 902 1166 or +27 (0)31 902 9860
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Umkomaas Golf Club
Phone: +27 (0)39 973 1042
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Selborne Golf Course
Phone: +27 (0)39 688 1896
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Port Shepstone Country Club
Phone: +27 (0)39 695 0141
Email: email@example.com
Margate Country Club
Phone: +27 (0)39 312 0571
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Southbroom Golf Course
Phone: +27 (0)39 316 6026
Email: email@example.com
San Lameer Golf Course
Phone: +27 (0)39 313 5141
Email: email@example.com
Port Edward Country Club
Phone: +27 (0)39 311 2589
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Wild Coast Golf Course
Phone: +27 (0)39 305 2799
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Best time to visit
KwaZulu-Natal enjoys warm weather throughout the year, so there's never a bad time for golf.
Around the area
Almost all the courses are located right on the sea, with views of tropical vegetation and ocean breakers. The beaches here are also well renowned.
Tours to do
Many dive charters operate along this section of the coastline, so if you're planning to stay a while, book an Aliwal Shoal dive or simply go snorkelling in one of many sheltered rocky coves.
Length of stay
Try a week, and that way you can fit in quite a few rounds at different courses.
What to pack
Your golf clubs, of course.
Where to stay
There is a wide variety of accommodation to choose from along the South Coast, to suit any budget.


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To help raise money for Run Bubbas Run (Bevin's Arthritis Walk Team) and the Arthritis Foundation we have started a Recycle-A-Thon which a friend of mine has named Bottles for Bevin.
We have asked local businesses to put recycle bins up and collect recyclables from now until April 30th. All money collected from the recyclables will be donated to Bevin's Arthritis Walk Team and go to support the Arthritis Foundation in finding a cure for Arthritis.
So far we have 5 businesses, my son's preschool and the city hall of the city we live in who have all agreed to let us put bins up. A friend of mine also got a local wine tasting venue to agree to save all of their bottles. People in our neighborhood have also started helping, in fact our next door neighbors brought over a whole garbage can full of bottles!
If anyone else would like to participate, please do! We will be collecting and sorting the recyclables from all the businesses and turning them in ourselves, but if you want to collect them on your own and turn them in you can donate the money online to Bevin's walk team at:
Hayden standing in front of the recycle bin at his preschool


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POLICE initiative Operation Dasher, which was carried out in Marlborough over the Christmas period to prevent and detect crime, has been hailed a success.
The operation was adopted from Swindon and saw an increase in high-visibility policing with more than 75 additional hours spent on foot patrols by officers.
Sergeant Barry Reed said: "Unfortunately around Christmas thieves do not stop, they are opportunists and certainly, in a lot of places, crime does rise quite dramatically through December.
"We've focused on use of social media, putting out key messages about safety, locking doors, not leaving property in your cars and, as a result, we have seen a reduction in domestic burglaries and theft from vehicles throughout December.
"Although 75 hours over the 31 days doesn't sound a lot, when you've got a team of three and three PCSOs it is quite an increase. "It's something we cannot sustain throughout the year and we can only do it at specific times because of our demand elsewhere."
Compared to last December the amount of anti-social behaviour, burglary and theft decreased by at least 20 per cent.
But there was an increase in criminal damage offences and of violence against a person.
"Criminal damage and violence against a person is where we've fallen down this year and that's where we've seen the increases," Sgt Reed said. "A number of them were related to domestic incidents where ex- partners, or a partner, have either damaged a property or a vehicle.
"It's exactly the same with violence against a person. "We saw an increase from six to 12 this year throughout December but again ten of the 12 were domestic, something we can't predict and something that happens at this time of year when alcohol is involved."
As part of the operation, Marlborough police also carried out five public consultations and spoke to more than 60 people aged between 15 and 87.
Most of those consulted highlighted road safety and fear of crime as their biggest concerns, so the neighbourhood policing team will be focusing on these areas during the next three to six months.