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Tallulah Willis credits her mom Demi Moore for having a positive body image. The 18-year-old recently let Stylelist Blogger Network into her Los Angeles home to show off some of her vintage clothing and discuss what she's been taught.
She said of Demi, "My mom was very much like 'Love your body, love yourself, run around naked….' Whatever we wanted to do, it was very accepting."
Talking about her dad Bruce Willis she says, "He's always putting me aside saying 'whatever you want to do we love it' but they are overprotective. They want to keep me the baby as long as possible."
She reveals a carefree childhood growing up in the country.
I spent the first seven years of my life running around twenty acres of trees and ponds. We had this river behind our house we would go and make mini hot springs."
She also expressed her excitement whenever she finds things in a store.
Tallulah shares, "You walk into a vintage store and you already know there are good things there."
Unfortunately she has friends who have eating disorders – especially ones who follow a diet craze where they don't eat anything for a month before Coachella.
She reveals, "Everyone wants to be this weird, skinny person. It's almost weird if you're like 'I love my body" everyone's like 'you're conceited.' It's like you have to be insecure and hate yourself to be the norm. Just have fun, smile and laugh…that's the best thing in the world."


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Every day at 10:10 a.m., Amtrak's Coast Starlight eases out of Los Angeles' Union Station and begins its scheduled 34-hour, 27-minute run that will end at Seattle's King Street Station at 8:37 p.m. the following day.
Just a few minutes earlier, also every day of the year, its southbound counterpart pulls away from the Seattle station and starts a 35-hour, 15-minute journey that ends in Los Angeles.
Each train, usually 11 to 14 cars in length depending on demand, is likely to include four sleeping cars, three coaches, three baggage cars, a dining car and a parlor car - Amtrak favors the British "parlour." It will stop in cities as large as San Jose, Oakland, Sacramento and Portland and as small as Chico and Dunsmuir, Calif.; Chemult, Ore.; and Centralia, Wash.
There is Wi-Fi, but only in the parlor car and thus only accessible to sleeping-class passengers, and there are dining car meals with a wider choice of entrees than many might expect.
There is nothing quirky or retro about Amtrak passengers, if there ever was. They don't wear engineer caps or talk about the "Ol' 97" and they aren't necessarily fans of vintage train films.
Many simply don't like to fly, show up at an airport two or three hours before takeoff, put their shoes and belts in a plastic tray, zigzag through security lines and put up with TSA's sometimes surly attitude.
Others, who might once have considered driving to their destination, don't like paying nearly $4 for a gallon of gasoline. And so they turn to the train in increasing numbers.
"Ridership has increased over the past years," said Vernae Graham, Amtrak's media relations manager for 11 Western states. "Our fiscal year is October to September. In Fiscal Year 2012, nearly 455,000 passengers rode the Coast Starlight between Los Angeles and Seattle, and nearly 427,000 in Fiscal Year 2011, a 6.5 percent increase over the previous year."
To be sure, Amtrak can't compete with airlines in terms of speed. But it can in price, and it surpasses air travel in comfort. The basic fare between Los Angeles and Seattle is $106 each way, but that can increase on weekends and at peak times. As Graham explained, "Fares fluctuate much like the airlines.
"The further the advance, the better the rate, and there are often last-minute deals," she said. "The sleeper fares all fluctuate."
Those looking to keep the price down may find a coach seat the way to go. Amtrak bills it as a "wide, comfortable seat," and it is, but sitting up all night is still sitting up all night. It reclines somewhat, but not like a bed. It has decent legroom, far more than in coach class on any airline, but nearby children have been known to pick 4 a.m. as a good time to begin crying.
That leaves the room options, and they can more than double the cost of the ticket, with a basic charge of $362 for a roomette, $781 for a family bedroom and $813 for what is called the superliner bedroom.
The roomette consists of two facing chairs in a small, private room. They convert into an upper and lower berth with individual reading lights and a more than satisfactory heating system, even when the train is snaking through Oregon's mountains at night. It does not have private toilet facilities, but there are toilets in each car, and Amtrak keeps them well-maintained. There are also showers in each sleeper car. They aren't minuscule, as in some budget motels, and they work well.
The family bedroom sleeps two adults and two children. It has a sofa, two reclining seats that convert into a bed and a fold-down table, but it also lacks toilet facilities. The superliner bedroom offers a sink, toilet and shower. It sleeps two adults.
Those last two options can boost the cost of a train ride into major investment status, but the cost is per room, not per passenger, and that includes the five meals (two lunches, two dinners and one breakfast) served between Los Angeles and Seattle.
The prices must not seem expensive to some, as the sleeper rooms frequently sell out.
Speaking of selling out, those compartments and seats on the left side of the train going northbound are booked far sooner than those on the right. Jim Morrison most likely didn't have that in mind when he wrote "the west is the best" in the Doors' classic "The End," but the west-facing seats allow an unobstructed view of the Pacific Ocean for several hours, from Ventura until the train heads inland toward San Luis Obispo.
The parlor/parlour car may be the best perk for sleeper passengers. It has the only Wi-Fi service on the train, and even that is problematic when passing through Oregon's mountainous interior. But Graham said Amtrak hopes to expand and upgrade Amtrak Wi-Fi service to all trains during 2013.
The parlor car is also the site of the afternoon wine and cheese tastings. A nice side to those sessions is the emphasis on local producers. The attendant pours generous samples of two red and two white wines each day and provides a few cubes of cheeses from the same region.
On the first day of the northbound train journey, both are from California. On the second day, they are from Oregon and Washington. My wife and I liked the Rabbit Ridge Zinfandel from Rabbit Ridge Winery in Paso Robles and the Hogue Genesis Syrah from Hogue Cellars in Prosser, Wash. All are available for purchase by the bottle.
The panoramic parlor cars were built in the mid-1950s and all but abandoned decades later, before Amtrak began to turn things around. Fewer than 10 remain, and all are on the Coast Starlight. The last was refurbished in 2007, when parlor car service was relaunched, Graham said. The parlor car has comfortable swivel chairs and more room to move around than found in the roomettes. It's a good place to read a book or check email, but not necessarily to use a cellphone.
Amtrak has designated what it calls a "quiet car" on some of its East Coast runs, but there is no such designation on the Coast Starlight. Still, some parlor car attendants take it upon themselves to forcefully shush passengers who have broken the informal rules by making or receiving a call.
The train may go all the way from Los Angeles to Seattle, but many passengers do not. Portland to Seattle is a popular run, but Graham says Los Angeles to San Jose is "the most popular city pair - any destination that hugs the coastline."
As passengers board or disembark, Amtrak can add or remove cars, not during a specific run, but before it leaves Los Angeles or Seattle. Said Graham: "Reservation projections determine the number of cars placed in the lineup, with room for last-minute purchases. So, yes, it builds. We can anticipate how many passengers will ride during peak seasons based on past numbers."
That translates to an average of 700 Coast Starlight passengers per day and a maximum of about 1,100.
A companion train, the Amtrak Cascades, operates between Eugene, Ore., and Vancouver, B.C., but - as the route takes less than 11 hours - doesn't offer sleeper cars. That train has carried nearly 1.7 million riders in the past two fiscal years.
Coast Starlight passengers can link in Los Angeles to trains continuing south to San Diego. There also are Amtrak-run buses in Oakland that take riders into San Francisco in less than an hour. Another bus, under contract to Amtrak in Seattle, crosses the border and deposits them in Vancouver in about three hours.
Jay Berman is a Manhattan Beach freelance writer.
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To book a ride on Amtrak's Coast Starlight, and for more information on its route, go to www.amtrak.com/coast-starlight-train or call 800-872-7245.

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Timing a concern as qualifying starts March 3 for two county commission posts and two school board seats
A proposed new district map for the Fayette County Commission and the Fayette County Board of Education, crucial to enacting district voting here, has been proposed by a U.S. District Judge.
The new map is necessary to comply with the May decision of U.S. District Court Judge Timothy C. Batten which declared the county's former at-large voting system violated the federal Voting Rights Act.
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Batten's ruling requires the county to switch to district voting and adopt a five-district map that creates one majority-minority district to virtually guarantee that a black person will win election to the county commission and the board of education.
The big question is whether any new district voting map will be enacted in time for this year's elections, as qualifying for the primary election starts March 3. That's just two weeks after a hearing on the court's proposed map which is slated for Feb. 18.
If the new district map can't be enacted in time for primary qualifying, there is a chance that U.S. District Judge Timothy C. Batten could order a stay on qualifying and/or set new dates for the election.
The good news is that the majority-minority fifth district seats are up for election this year between Post 5 BoE incumbent Leonard Presberg and Post 5 commission incumbent Allen McCarty. Also up for election this year are Post 4 BoE member Bob Todd and Post 4 commissioner Steve Brown. Todd said Monday night he would decline to seek re-election.
The plaintiffs in the district voting lawsuit asked the court to adopt a district map that excludes the Post 5 incumbents from the fifth district to cut out the advantage an incumbent has in seeking re-election. The new map does not take that wish into account, as Presberg and McCarty's homes are part of the new majority-minority fifth district as proposed by the court.
That fifth district stretches into two directions east of Fayetteville, cutting deep into north Fayette County for a wide swath of land and continuing westward in the unincorporated county and then south for a bit into the town of Tyrone.
The court sought the assistance of the Legislative and Congressional Reappointment Office of the Georgia Legislature in creating the proposed map.
The district voting lawsuit was filed more than two years ago by several Fayette citizens and also the Fayette County chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which argued that the county's at-large voting process was a significant barrier to electing a black representative to the county commission and the board of education.
Batten agreed and last May ordered that Fayette County switch the commission and board of education elections to a district voting format. The change means that Fayette residents will no longer be able to vote for all five members of each governing body. Instead they will only be able to vote for the geographic post corresponding with where they live.
It also means that voters will only head to the polls once every four years to vote for county commission and BoE members instead of once every two years, since they will only be able to vote for one of the five seats on each governing body. Seats on the board of education and county commission are for four-year terms.
The district map is an essential component of district voting because the special district must be drawn to comprise a majority of black voters, which would — in the court's theory — guarantee that particular district will elect a black candidate.
While minority candidates have run in recent years for office on both the county commission and board of education, they have been unable to win acceptance of many voters beyond the precincts dominated by African-American electors.
Batten in his order decreeing the switch to district voting noted that no African American has ever been elected to the board of education or county commission here.
The end result of the at-large voting was that black residents were "denied meaningful access to the political process on account of race or color," Batten wrote.
The board of education in February 2012 attempted to settle the lawsuit with the NAACP by proposing a new map and adopting district voting. Although the court initially approved that settlement, the approval was rescinded after the Fayette County Commission objected. Batten later indicated that he was unaware the commission had not agreed to that settlement.
While district voting will limit the number of candidates a Fayette voter will be able to cast a ballot for, it will also make it more difficult for all Fayette voters to attempt a recall vote of an elected official. To recall a candidate, Georgia law requires that the citizens signing the recall petition, and those who are allowed to vote on the matter, be a voter in that particular district.


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Through a varied practise of installation, sculpture, painting and drawing Hirst has sought to explore the complex relationship between art, life and death. Alongside over 80 solo exhibitions he has worked on numerous curatorial projects. In 2008, Hirst took the unprecedented step of bypassing gallery involvement in selling 244 new works at a Sotheby's, London auction entitled 'Beautiful Inside My Head Forever'.
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Well I picked up a premier Mirus today in a used bin. Looks in great shape and I think it's grip line but not sure. What does it do? It didn't get much talk on here when it came out. anyone have any experience with these or did I buy a wall hanger. It looks interesting and feels good.


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Monarc Sling Problems
Two weeks ago I had a monarc sling procedure done. I had minimal bleeding and hardly any pain, but now I noticed I have a yellow discharge. I have read that the mesh could erode into the vaginal wall or bladder. Could this be the reason for this unusual discharge?
Vaginal discharge following pelvic surgery is usually due to yeast infection caused by excessive antibiotic therapy. It also can be caused by inflammation of the incision line. See your surgeon. I don't think Monarc has eroded for erosion has many more symptoms than what you have.
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Stars HQ is India's first wholesome entertainment news bulletin. This is your daily dose of Bollywood news, gossip, controversies and scandals In this episode: Aishwarya Rai and Deepika Padukone sizzle at Mukesh Ambani's party. Katrina Kaif is the queen of the Khan's. Yash Chopra's three aces are Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif. Katrina Kaif and Shah Rukh Khan in Yash Chopra's film. In this episode of Rapid 10: Amitabh Bachchan is on social networking sites. Soha Ali Khan is all set to debut on a small screen. Katrina Kaif tries to balance the Khan's. Ranbir Kapoor in Raj Kapoor's look. Juhi Chawla walks the ramp. Hollywood debut for Amitabh Bachchan. Akshay Kumar absent at Oh My God music launch. Son of Sardar Juhi Chawla and Sonakshi Sinha share a vanity van. Preity Zinta helped by Imtiaz Ali. Paresh Rawal news. To get the hottest Bollywood updates subscribe to UTVSTARS HD: www.youtube.com Facebook Page: www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com Check out the latest in Bollywood on Google +: www.gplus.to Check out our official page: www.utvstars.com
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Central View: USA: The Last Salute?
March 21, 2013
In the opening paragraph of Barbara W. Tuchman's The First Salute, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian describes the very first time that the fledgling United States was recognized as a sovereign nation by another sovereign nation.
The year was 1776. One of the four warships belonging to the newly created U.S. Navy approached the harbor of St. Eustatius, a 7-square-mile, Dutch-owned island in the West Indies. In accordance with naval custom, the American ship fired a salute to the Dutch flag flying atop Ft. Orange. Then came the magic moment: Johannes de Graaf, Governor-General of St. Eustatius, ordered the Dutch saluting cannon to fire an answering salute to the American ship.
As Barbara Tuchman wrote: "In its responding salute the small voice of St. Eustatius was the first officially to greet the largest event of the century – the entry into the society of nations of a new Atlantic state destined to change the direction of history."
It was the dawn of America as an emerging world power.
In 1776, no one could have known that, by 1945, the United States would possess the world's most powerful navy, would take on the role of guarantor of freedom-of-the-seas for all nations desiring to engage in peaceful trade with other nations, and would continue to carry out that historic role until the year … well, that remains to be seen.
President Reagan's almost 600-ship U.S. Navy is now only 284 ships. A reduction of almost 50 percent. The Obama administration plans to cut $400 billion from defense and shift that money to non-defense spending. At some point, the freedom-of-the-seas mission will become unsustainable.
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Currently, four of the Navy's 10 aircraft carriers are docked side-by-side in Norfolk harbor doing maintenance. The Eisenhower and the Stennis are in the Mediterranean and Arabian Seas, respectively. Lack of funding delayed the scheduled deployment of the Harry S. Truman from Norfolk to join the Stennis. Three carriers are docked in other home ports performing maintenance.
The Abraham Lincoln is due to have its nuclear reactors refueled; however, there is no money. Failure to refuel the Lincoln on time throws the entire nuclear refueling schedule out of alignment and could result in having more aircraft carriers awaiting refueling than those capable of operating at sea.
Just how important are our aircraft carriers? In 1993, President Bill Clinton said: "When word of a crisis breaks out in Washington, it's no accident that the first question that comes to everyone's lips is: 'Where's the nearest carrier?'"
Unless the current downward trajectory in our naval strength is checked by the election of 2016, the day may well come when a ship of the United States Navy might fire a salute upon entering a foreign port and the salute will be met with … well, a revealing silence.
Nationally syndicated columnist, William Hamilton, was educated at the University of Oklahoma, the George Washington University, the U.S Naval War College, the University of Nebraska, and Harvard University.


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- BSO Case Number: OP13-06-00164
- PIO Number: 13-6-1A
- Date: June 2, 2013
- Time: 7:07 p.m.
- Place of Occurrence: 316 NW 40 Ct., Oakland Park
- Jurisdiction: Oakland Park
- Kenneth Sewell, 25, male, 12/21/87 316 NW 40 Ct., Oakland Park (DECEASED)
- April Maria Muniz Moscareillo, 22, female, 04/01/91 316 NW 40 Ct., Oakland Park
- Victor Ramos, 57, male, 04/15/56 260 NW 40 Ct., Oakland Park (IN CUSTODY)
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A murder suspect wanted for killing his neighbor and shooting his girlfriend Sunday night in Oakland Park was apprehended in Margate Tuesday night.
Victor Ramos, 57, on the run since the Sunday night shooting of his neighbors, Kenneth Sewell and April Maria Muniz Moscareillo, was taken into custody by Margate police after they spotted him walking through a parking lot at 4998 W. Atlantic Blvd. Ramos was taken to the hospital for evaluation after complaining of dizziness. After he was discharged from the hospital, he was transported to the BSO Main Jail in Ft. Lauderdale where he was booked and charged with one count each of premeditated murder and attempted murder for the shootings. For previous information on this case, refer to BSO news release PIO 13-6-1.
- INVESTIGATORS: CID, Homicide, D-12, Crime Scene, OPFR, Sgt. Feeley, Det. Torres
- THIS REPORT BY: Mike Jachles/PIO 06/06/13 1733
Posted At: 06/06/2013 04:42 PM
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During Art Basel, Persol celebrates its union with contemporary art by presenting the exclusive work of outstanding artists and the second edition of the communication platform: A Work of Persol.
Basel (Switzerland), 16 June 2010 - Luxottica, owner of the Persol brand, has chosen Art Basel, the most important international date in the contemporary art calendar, to celebrate the communication platform A Work of Persol from 16 to 20 June 2010. Art Basel 2010 is the perfect occasion to present to an audience of true contemporary art connoisseurs and aficionados the works of art from the collection A Work of Persol created by the seventeen outstanding artists participating in A Work of Persol between 2009 and 2010. The seventeen pieces of contemporary art will be presented by the artists from 16 to 20 June 2010 at the E-halle space in Basel. The exhibition will kick off with an exclusive vernissage on 16 June from 6pm until 10pm. Also to be presented on this occasion, is the volume "Art in Process. A Work of Persol", a limited edition book dedicated to the A Work of Persol project, edited by Edizioni Corraini and enriched with the drawings of British illustrator Harriet Russell.In addition, from 17 to 19 June, the exhibition will also be the setting for interesting public debates amongst artists, gallery owners and other important guests from the contemporary art world.
A Work of Persol is a project that started in 2009 in cooperation with the creative agency Cutwater, in San Francisco (U.S.A.) and based on the connection between the creative material process surrounding a work of art and the unique and exclusive process involved in creating each pair of Persol glasses. Persol is a brand that is historically linked to the design and art worlds with a long tradition of Italian design, craftsmanship and engineering dating back to 1917. A Work of Persol is an innovation for an eyewear brand, communicating the brand via contemporary art.
Persol has in fact always been synonymous with artistic expression, the result of a special production process that is carried out entirely in Italy and consisting of craftsmanship, culture, passion and dedication. A good thirty days are needed to create a pair of Persol glasses and each model is subjected to a careful and meticulous quality control before being assigned for sale. Precisely this lengthy creative process, painstakingly applied to each pair of glasses, has become an inspiration for this communication project that boasts seventeen contemporary art talents from all over the world who are distinguished by a creative process that expresses similar values and passion to those of the Persol collections. The seventeen artists, nine in 2009 and eight in 2010, who inspired by the Persol glasses production process to create their works of art, have been chosen on the basis of well-defined criteria. In fact each of them creates works that, as Persol glasses, have meaning, feature hand-crafted precision and can be distinguished thanks to an exclusive creation process centered on care, technique, material and craftsmanship. The artists of the A Work of Persol project share a passion for the materiality of art and work with patience and dedication. Each talent produced his or her work of art using different techniques, but they all had one inspiration: Persol.
The 2009 artists are: Jonathan Jones (Australia), Modou Dieng (Senegal), Thukral & Tagra (India), Marcella Vanzo (Italy), Fefè Talavera (Brazil), Danwen Xing (China), Elliott Hundley (United States), Tjorg Douglas Beer (Germany), Francesca Gabbiani (Canada). Completing the list in 2010: Anne Hardy (England), Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro (Australia), Mustafa Hulusi (England), Seher Shah (Pakistan), Amanda Ross-Ho (United States), Guillaume Leblon (France), Wilfrid Almendra (France), Francesco Cuomo (Italy).The last artist is Persol, which creates works of art with substance and style that are designed to be worn.
"Persol is a brand with authentic traditional values based on fine Italian craftsmanship, which make this brand an unparalleled point of reference in the luxury accessories market" said Chiara Occulti, Brand Director of Persol for Luxottica."
Exhibiting the seventeen works created by the participating artists of the 2009 and 2010 A Work of Persol project at Art Basel is an ambitious goal that includes them in one of the most important events for contemporary art on a worldwide scale. Art Basel will be an opportunity to present A Work of Persol to an audience of true connoisseurs and aficionados of contemporary art. On this occasion we will exhibit the 17 works in the presence of the most important international contemporary artists. This year, too, 'A Work of Persol' has achieved its main objective to express the style of Persol, a brand tied to traditional values even as it seeks new frontiers to conquer.


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Hello, delusional Buffalo Sabres fans: Brad Richards is apparently hurt, after all.
The Rangers center did not play against the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday. This is because Sabres forward Patrick Kaleta shoved him face-first into the boards from several feet away on Sunday night. Kaleta was unbelievably lucky for two reasons: He was only suspended five games, which is an indictment of the NHL's disciplinary system, and he avoided paralyzing an opponent, which probably would've caused him some legal problems.
In the aftermath of both the hit and Kaleta's suspension, a weirdly vocal group emerged on Twitter. The two common complaints: Richards embellished his injury, and Rangers defenseman Dan Girardi's hit on Tyler Ennis was just as bad, as if either were A) true or B) relevant. Watch the hit again, then check out some Twitter search results.
Realistically, Richards' health is a bigger than deal than Twitter weirdos or YouTube commenters. He was down on the ice for a few minutes then left for the locker room, but only missed about a minute of actual game time before returning for the rest New York's 3-2 shootout win.
Coach John Tortorella said on Monday that Richards would be fine, and Richards himself said he was sore, but fortunate. Hopefully that remains the case—he left the team's Tuesday morning skate early and is likely to be replaced in the lineup by forward Micheal Haley, who was called up on Tuesday afternoon.
On Monday, before the NHL announced his five-game suspension, Kaleta said he felt like "garbage" for essentially losing his team the game, but opted out of apologizing to Richards.
"I'm fine for right now," said Kaleta, who has been caught several times headbutting opponents and was suspended once before for boarding.


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This content was written by Craig Tufts, NWF's Chief Naturalist.
Did you ever stop to think how much water rolls off your roof each year? If you live in Tucson, the quantity might be small. But in Northern Virginia where I live, summer thunderstorms and winter snows drop 40 inches of precipitation annually.
Some minor calculations indicated that just half of my roof could supply me with 14,000 gallons of water a year. Instead of drowning my lawn, I reasoned that quantity could fill a big fish tank or moisten a nifty little marsh. Yesterday, I pronounced the marsh a success: butterflies in droves began "mudpuddling" on the moist marsh soil.
The system directing water off our roofs is simple. Rain runs down the roof, follows the gutter to the down-sprout and is soon streaming across lawn or sidewalk. Much of this rain then surges into our storm sewer system with its accumulated stock of motor oil, cigarette filters, pet waste, fertilizers and pesticides.
As with any project involving significant landscape change, before beginning to excavate, check with your homeowners' association and municipal government to make sure your intended marsh project is permissible.
Choose a site based on access to water and which is flat enough to accommodate a marsh and to hold water. Using a roof to supply water is a good idea, since gravity will work in your favor to bring water to the marsh and because the water quality tends good.
Base your site selection on the kinds of plants you want to grow. For example, if you want to grow sun-loving plants, choose a sunny location on the south side of your home.
A third consideration is soil type. Very sandy soil is too permeable to adequately hold water. Soil with a good deal of absorbent clay works well.
My marsh project began to take shape in early winter, interrupted by periods of back strain and seasonal periods of frozen ground. Step one was to outline the perimeter of the proposed marsh.
My marsh is irregular in the outline. This is due more to encounters with bedrock than any sense of design on my part. I stripped sod from a 450 square foot area, then excavated the subsoil and rock to an average depth of 14 inches.
Outline the perimeter of the proposed site.
Strip the sod from the outlined area and excavate the subsoil and rock to about 14 inches deep, allowing for an emergency spillway (an area of turf grass at the lower end of the marsh).
During excavation, use a level to make sure the ground is even.
I connected my water source, a downspout from our roof, to a length of solid, flexible plastic pipe. This I angled down and away from the house so that water would enter the top of the marsh. The next rainstorm however, showed that the pipe angle was less than was necessary, and that my fill material was too porous. In April, I dug out the pipe, excavated the ditch with a greater angle and backfilled with clay.
Connect a length of flexible plastic pipe to a downspout from the roof, angling it away from the house and burying it beneath the ground and into the marsh.
Make sure the angle of the pipe is great enough to avoid water back-up during a big storm.
Next, I prepared a soil mixture that contained some sand, a dozen buckets of compost, a good quantity of the original subsoil and a small pickup truck full of sand leaf mold. The marsh soil was mixed in a place with my tough, little rototiller. Areas of differing moisture were created by simply varying the original basin depth, then backfilling uniformly with my marsh soil.
The last and most enjoyable task was one of plant selection. As butterflies and hummingbirds rank high in my plans, I factored in their needs with questions of plant size, fragrance, hardiness, color, and seasonal interest. Spicebush, sweet pepperbush, buttonbush, silky dogwood, wafer ash and prickly ash now tower over cardinal flower, great blue lobelia, swamp milkweed and white turtlehead. Joe pyeweed looms over the downstream end of the marsh and provides a transition between the marsh and butterfly garden.
Prepare the soil. If your soil is very clayey, work sand, compost, and other organic material into the top few inches of soil. Mimic a vegetation zone patter by varying the original basin depth and backfilling with your marsh soil.
Choose plants that provide food and cover for wildlife.
Nature soon took over as the landscaper of my marsh. As the shrubs grew, songbirds and cardinals, catbirds and thrushes took up residence. My labors now include watching the birds and butterflies visit the marsh, and digging up the progeny of the original planting as gifts to friends.


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Legitimate is a word that gets bandied about like steam from a boiling tea kettle. Is this player a legitimate NBA player? Does that team have a legitimate interior defender? Does player X have a legitimate chance of scoring on player Y? You've heard them all before and honestly you will continue to hear them till you die. It's just part of our culture in sports to evaluate and question if something is what we think it is. Sometimes the questions themselves are legitimate (Ha, see what I did there) and sometimes well sometimes they are just excuses for people looking for anything to tear someone or something down.
Our current team is no stranger this line of questioning. Forget the fact that prior to today we were 15-1 there were several people, some even right here on this board who questioned how legitimate that record was. After all the entire east is weak, there are only a couple of good teams in the East and we happen to be one of the two and we have yet to face the other. Well after today's win we are now 4-0 against the almighty West and while we still have several more hurdles to take I think that today's win goes a long actually a very long way in answering some of those questions of legitimacy. The teams we have beaten in the West are all playoff caliber teams and we did play the Grizzlies prior to Gasol going down with injury and the Pelicans before Davis was injured. Frankly we just abused the T-Wolves and made them look like the lower level team that they strive to be every year.
But this win today, that was something different altogether. This Clipper team is one of the darlings of the NBA, on TV all the time and they just love to talk about their big market teams especially when they do well.
I'll be honest I've only watched a couple of Clippers games this year but what I thought would happen prior to the game is pretty much what happened during the game. Every time I've seen them play it has always been vs. another of the West coast run and gun team where everybody was scoring with impunity and defense was some distant cousin that they talked about at family reunions.
In other words they hadn't run into a team like us. Make no mistake about it, we controlled this game. Yes they made runs; they are an NBA team after all and yes there were a couple of times that it looked scary and it was closer than it needed to be (we'll talk shortly about why this was) but at the end of the day we controlled this game including the times where we almost didn't.
Our defense is a Python squeezing the life out of you. You can struggle and feel like your making progress all the while we tighten down and choke the life out of you. Sure some teams are going to get hot and hit their three's, not much you can do on nights like that but more nights that won't happen and as we control the paint and the boards teams just will continue to fall to our war machine.
Now don't get me wrong, we are not invincible and there are weaknesses that can be exploited. However most of our weaknesses are of our own doing and some teams will exploit that, which was the case today.
How did this become closer than it was the rest of the day? Well a couple of reasons actually. First the Clippers are not without talent as obviously Chris Paul is a true star and Jamaal Crawford has made a career out of scoring against us. But to me the second reason was the biggest reason. We stopped making them play our game and sped up the offense making this more of a shootout towards the end. A pathetic shoot out mind you as neither team could hit from the floor but the game sped up. The reason I blame us and not credit them was because to me anyway it started on the offensive end as our guys were settling for jump shots and stopped trying to work the post or penetrate. This left a lot of misses out there that they were able to clear up and run with.
But when push came to shove our defense clamped down again, our big men controlled the boards again and the end result is that we now set atop the world as the only 16-1 team in the NBA.
No people we don't have a rough schedule ahead of us, the teams that we are facing are going to be facing an absolute buzz saw of a team that will defend you like nothing you have ever experienced in you life.
Or as Frank Vogel said in the post game. "We're the best defense in the world we trust our ability to get stops."
Now I will issue a clarion call here, it's not something that I want to overemphasize because so far for the year it has not been an issue but let's be honest here. Today the bench sucked, it gave up a big lead and just could not get into any kind of offensive rhythm or flow at all. I trust that won't happen again but for today the bench only gave you 17 points and did not really give our starters the extra time to rest that they have been getting. So in a way the fact that we got the day game and the Lakers/Blazers got the night game will work out well for us in the long run.
Let's do some grades:
Paul George: A I'm tempted to give him an A- but I'll stick with the A. He started off like he was going for 40 today but for whatever reason stopped hitting as the game went on. Hey it happens but the only thing that bothers me a little is that when things stop going he doesn't really do anything to try and get to the line and while he is a good three point shooter I just don't want him to fall in absolute love with that shot. 10 in a game is the upper threshold for me but I freely admit I just don't like that shot. Other than that solid game on D and he had a very under rated pass to a cutting D. West for a layup. I think he could have done a little more on the boards but I'm not complaining about 6 from the small forward. This is coming off far more critical than I intended for it to. Paul was his normal *** kicking self.
David West: A++ A man called horse or probably more appropriately he should be called a Brahma bull. God I love a player who plays better and smarter when he is madder. Blake Griffin made the mistake of trying to be tough with David West. You'll have to forgive me for a few min. while I double over laughing at this….Okay I'm back. What an idiot. All he did was cause David West to have only the best game of the season and for him to absolutely abuse and use Griffin. BTW, someone should really tell Blake that the Griffin Force commercials for KIA are really…well the only think that comes to my mind is that they are doing for him what the "rock me tonight" video did for Billy Squire. Anyway David just threw the team on his back in the 3rd quarter and just laid waste to the Clippers leaving bodies in his path and small children frightened of the visage death that David was for the high flying Clippers.
Can I take a break for a moment to tell you what a joke all of those high flying lobs are when facing a team like us? Sure just like anyone I want to be entertained and I like a good throw down as much as the next guy but honest to God that was just to overly dramatic for a team that never led at the end of any quarter. I've seen Gerald Green throw down some monster jams as well, didn't fool me for a min into thinking he was a good basketball player and frankly Jordan's high flying dunks don't make me think he is a legitimate center either. He was used all day like a coat rack by Roy Hibbert and all anyone on any highlight show is going to want to talk about is the "lob city" dunks. Enjoy your highlights gentlemen I'll take the win.
Roy Hibbert: A I'm really only more upset in the fact that we didn't go to Roy enough in the second half and let him slow the game down for us. I'll say this politely here; DeAndre Jordan had as much a chance of guarding Roy Hibbert successfully as I have of guarding DeAndre Jordan. In other words none. Roy is bigger, stronger, and longer and has more basketball talent in his left elbow than Jordan has in his entire body. Sadly though Roy is going to be dropping in the shot blocking department as he has now had a few games of just one block. Again we are not about individual awards so as long as we win overall that's all that matters but it would be nice for Roy to get that DPOY award and if he drops in the stat to far I'm afraid they won't give it to him.
Lance Stephenson: A Again tempted to go with the A- because I thought more than once in the second half he caused us to lose possession due to over dribbling and not giving the ball up soon enough. But overall once again when your two guard is grabbing 10 boards in a game to go along with 6 assists it's hard to argue as long as everyone else is scoring. That time that he knocked that ball away from Jamaal Crawford for the steal in the second half though was superb.
George Hill: A Kids got their backpacks today. Again I'm giving the A because as a unit they really deserve it however he had some uneven moments today. But again it's hard to be harsh on the guy when he is having to guard Chris Paul. All but one of Jordan's lobs came because Hill let Paul get around him, but again It's Chris Paul so what can you really do about it. However to George's credit he took it right to him on the other end in the 4th quarter and we all know that he is not afraid to take the big shot. Also while the stat line doesn't really show it much I just thought he controlled the tempo of the game more when he was in there for the most part.
C.J. Watson: C- really a bad game for him. Didn't defend up to his normal standard and 1-6 from the field is not what we are looking for from him. Also I do realize that sometimes our offense is designed this way but I really would like to see him do something else other than just stand out there and fling 3 point shots. 5 of his 6 were from behind the stripe. He's still a hell of an upgrade from last year but today just wasn't his day.
Luis Scola: C- A combination of David West being really hot today and an off day for Luis made me actually do the clock countdown for the bench that I haven't done all season long today. Just not a strong performance from him today at all as he missed a couple of bunnies at the rim that he normally makes. Again still a massive upgrade from last season but today just wasn't his day. I think he will make Portland pay for it though.
Ian Mahinmi: C Meh, not good not bad. Just kind of there.
Orlando Johnson Solomon Hill: C Developmental minutes. Neither did anything either great or bad.
Okay one down several more to go.
I'm probably going to jinx us but I just have the feeling that we are going to lay waste to the Blazers. Out of all of the teams that have good records I think they are the one with the most smoke and mirrors. They have not faced a team like us yet and while I think Aldridge is a great forward he is NOT going to over power our team and Lillard will not get in the lane on us like he does other teams. The only hope they have at all against us is if that three ball is falling but even then they are going to have to hit it at both a high % and a high frequency.
So in other words Pacers fans on your feet. It's time for the celebratory fruit of life dance and to provide our dancing music the only thing that comes to my mind right now is a head banging anthem from Pantera which kind of describes our team "Cowboys from hell".


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Former Penn State Lady Lion Helen Darling was recently named to the 2014 Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame class and will be one of 15 individuals to be enshrined next May.
Darling starred at Brookhaven High School and led her team to the 1995 State Championship before coming to Penn State where she became one of four players in school history to take home WBCA first team All-America honors. As a senior, Darling guided the Lady Lions to the 2000 Final Four and collected USA Today National Co-Player of the Year honors to go along with Big Ten Player of the Year accolades. She led the NCAA in assists during the 1999-00 campaign, dishing out 7.83 helpers per outing.
The two-time All-Big Ten first team selection completed her career with 1,294 points, 672 rebounds, 791 assists and 314 steals. Darling is the only player in school history with 1,000 points, 600 rebounds and 700 assists. She ranks third in school history in steals (314) and assists (791).
After a successful collegiate career, Darling was drafted by the Cleveland Rockers in the 2000 WNBA Draft. She played for 10 years in the WNBA with the Rockers, Minnesota Lynx, Charlotte Sting and San Antonio SilverStars. She tallied 1,307 points, 886 assists and 344 steals in her 10-year career. Darling, who missed the 2002 WNBA season after having triplets, has authored seven children's books about a mother and her triplets.
In addition to Darling, former players Dean Chance, Henry Finkel, Dennis Hopson, D'Artis Jones, Campy Russell, Georgia Schweitzer Beasley and Nick Weatherspoon, college administrator Helen Ludwig, official Joe Pangrazio and coaches Brian Agler, Vince Chickerella, Walter Harrop, Ed Jucker and Jerry Scheve will be inducted to the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame. There will also be two teams enshrined next May in the 1983 Wright State University team that won the NCAA Men's Division II national champions and the Wilmington College women's team that won the 2004 NCAA Division III national title.


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Central California was inundated with its first significant storm since Oct. 1, and though welcomed, the rain was a reprieve – not a cure – from the drought.
In Thursday's "Drought Monitor" report, nearly 10 percent of the state is in exceptional drought, the highest level reported.
The return of the rain helped pushed around 6 percent of the state from extreme to severe drought, but even with this improvement, 95 percent of California remains in moderate or worse drought. Click here to see the full map.
Reservoirs throughout the state are holding well below capacity typical for this time of year. Gov. Jerry Brown issued a drought emergency in mid-January.
"The bottom line is that this storm is not going to end California's drought," Nancy Vogel, spokeswoman for the state Department of Water Resources, told the San Francisco (Calif.) Gate. "Statewide, we still have a long way to go to catch up."
Concerns surrounding California's drought have spread into Washington. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, traveled to California in late January to propose emergency legislation aimed at drought relief. On Friday, President Barack Obama will make his first trip to the central San Joaquin Valley to discuss the drought.
The effects of the drought will soon reach beyond the state's farmers and ranchers. TJ Johnson, adjunct faculty member at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., warns that consumers should prepare to see their grocery bills climb, according to The Olympian in an article here.
"California farmers are in dire straits," Johnson told The Olympian. "We, as consumers, need to expect higher food prices."
Farmers and ranchers across the state have turned to a higher power to help bring relief. Some, such as rancher Nathan Carver are left praying for rain. Catholic bishops have also stepped in to help, asking people of all faiths to join in prayer for rain. In a news release, the California Catholic Conference of Bishops offered sample prayers for those interested in praying for rain.


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SOQUEL — Two incumbents and a newcomer won seats on the Soquel Union Elementary School board.
Trustee Lynette Hamby led the four-person race with 30 percent of the vote, followed by new candidate Tory Tupper Delfavero with about 26.77 percent and longtime Trustee Judy McGooden with about 26.63 percent.
Antoinette Jardine, also new to local politics, received 16 percent of the votes.
There were three seats open on the board that oversees five schools, including Soquel, Main Street and Santa Cruz Gardens elementaries, New Brighton Middle School and Opal Cliffs School, which opened this fall.
Trustee Ted Donnelly did not seek re-election.
The cash-strapped Soquel Union district has seen its $14 million annual budget fall $1.37 million since 2009 due to recession-related cuts in school funding by the state.
District leaders have imposed unpaid days off for staff, increased class sizes in the elementary schools as well as made other cuts on each campus.
Discussions are under way to put a parcel tax on the June 2013 ballot to generate a new revenue source for the district.
Follow Sentinel reporter Shanna McCord on Twitter at Twitter.com/scnewsmom
Tory Tupper Delfavero, 38, Capitola, mother
Lynette Hamby, 53, Soquel, accountant
Antoinette Jardine; no age available, accountant and paralegal
Judy McGooden, 61, Santa Cruz, owner of optician business
Soquel Union Elementary School District Vote
Lynette Hamby 4,238
Tory Tupper Delfavero 3,774
Judy McGooden 3,749
Antoinette Jardine 2,270
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WAYNE, N.J. Toys"R"Us has announced the arrival of its Great Big Christmas Book in homes and newspapers nationwide this weekend. According to the company, the book features 80 pages of toys, games, bikes, electronics and more, including hundreds of Toys"R"Us exclusives.
The book includes more than $5,600 in savings -- more than any other year -- and more than 50 free gifts-with-purchase, along with hundreds of amazing discounts, the company reported.
Toys"R"Us' Big Christmas Book will have a digital presence with an interactive iPad app and a sneak preview of the company's Facebook fan page. Customers can also experience a digital version of The Great Big Christmas Book online at Toysrus.com/ChristmasBook beginning Sunday, October 31.
"Kids across the country can barely contain their excitement when they know The Great Big Christmas Book is coming from Toys"R"Us. They can't wait to start flipping through the pages to show their parents -- and Santa -- the toys that will WOW them on Christmas morning," said Greg Ahearn, SVP marketing and e-commerce for Toys"R"Us. "While children love seeing the fabulous playthings, parents will appreciate the incredible savings offered, including more than 50 free gift-with-purchase offers and hundreds of deals."


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A COMMUNITY is coming together to help commemorate the 60th anniversary of a flood which devastated Canvey.
Hundreds of islanders were evacuated from their homes when the full force of the North Sea came crashing inland over the sea wall one fateful night in January 1953.
Now survivors of the tragedy, which claimed 58 lives on Canvey, are being invited to mark the 60th anniversary at a range of events across the county.
A special church service will be held at the St Nicholas Church, in Long Road, Canvey on February 3 to remember those who lost their lives in the disaster.
Princess Anne will be making an appearance at a remembrance service in Chelmsford Cathedral on January 31.
Exhibitions of photos, letters, newspaper cuttings and memorabilia will also be displayed at the Bay Museum, in Western Esplanade and Castle Point Transport Museum in Point Road.
Paul Moss, events manager at the transport museum, said: "The flood is such an important part of Canvey's history, so it will be nice for people to come together to share their memories and think of those that lost their lives."
A new plaque commemorating the anniversary will be unveiled at Canvey Library in a ceremony on February 1.
Canvey Town Council is encouraging anyone wishing to attend the event to get in touch with them so that they can officially be invited to the dedication.
Peter Greig, chairman of Canvey Town Council, said: "This is an opportunity to remember, not only those who died, but also to acknowledge the survivors and thank those who were instrumental in the evacuation during the floods."
Representatives from the Flood Museum in the Netherlands will also be visiting the island in February as they too were badly affected by the flood.
The storm, which is still one of the country's worst natural disasters, claimed the lives of 307 people nationally.
In total, 30,000 people were evacuated from the East coast of England. It eventually took nine months to drain the floodwaters and repair seawalls.
New sea defences were installed in 1983 which now protect the island, which is classified Flood Risk Zone 3.


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Random Thoughts: An Arduous Raw 8-5-13
by, 08-07-2013 at 11:38 AM (3923 Views)
Well, after two straight TNA blogs it's time to pick on RAW, which tends to get a bit exhausting. Usually I do these blogs one of three ways:
1) Take notes on all segments shown and organize them in a blog later.
2) During commercial breaks, write on the segment that I just saw. When you see my blogs timestamped an hour after the show ends, this is usually what I've done.
or 3) Watch the show and recount from memory later, using results as a guide for segments that took place, so my blog is not a jumbled mess, since my memory can be that of a fly that just saw his buddy squashed by a fly swatter and seconds later thinks the best spot to land on is right on top of his squished carcass.
But when it comes to RAW, I find that none of these methods are really the best way to tackle RAW, because RAW is just an incredibly long show. Hell, it's technically longer than Pay Per Views, who requires that their shows end within the three hour block given to them. But nooooo, not USA Network, who almost continuously allows Raw to run five, ten, and on those especially rare occasions almost fifteen minutes over the scheduled end time.
And being as I set my blog format up to comment on every single segment and match that goes on, with little quips here and there, and am unwilling to alter that format for RAW, I find myself passing it over, despite there being a lot I would like to comment and make fun of.
Although work can also be factor, this week I have five days off, so no excuses. Time for this week's main attraction. Please no phone calls during the reading of this blog...I demand it!
I guess they found a barber's chair
Was it worth it WWE? Was it worth it? Stephanie McMahon brings out the new look Daniel Bryan. Steph goes "Yes! Yes!" The crowd goes "No! No!" Vince comes out and goes "...meh..." and demands that his beard be shaved. And out comes that barber's chair that we all heard they were searching for. Boy, I would've jacked the rent on them. And for some reason Wade Barrett comes out to shave the beard because his father, or great grandfather, I don't remember, was a barber, so that somehow makes him qualified.
I don't know. I think a golden opportunity was missed to call in Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake for a cameo. Is he even still alive? Sure I can just look that up right now and edit this whole thing, but I'll let you tell me in the comments.
Bryan has second thoughts, shaves some of Barrett's beard, and reveals what will soon be the newest edition to the WWE shop, a shirt that says "The Beard Is Here." Hmm....useful for me on days I don't feel like shaving for work.
Oh, and Daniel Bryan uses one of the seven words banned for life from WWE: Wrestler.
Not back from Suspension for long
So Ricardo Rodriguez comes out in Alberto's match with RVD...you know, to make up for screwing the fans a good match a couple of weeks ago. Yea, I know Alberto's ribs was broken, but couldn't they had matched RVD up with someone else?
Well the match was standard, but the real action happens after the match. Ricardo's plan to help Alberto with a bucket backfires, costing him the match instead. And despite pleas for forgiveness, Alberto proceeds to kick Ricardo in the head, smash the bucket on his head, and place his head between the steel stairs and ring post, kicking the stairs and smashing Ricardo's skull like a grape.
...You know what, I think Alberto may have been mad about the loss. But on the plus side, severing ties with Ricardo gets rid of any more reasons to ever turn him Face again, thank god. That's well worth Ricardo not able to retain more than ten seconds of memory for the rest of his life.
Is the briefcase worth a thing if the contract is ruined?
Serious question here. Loving the feud, but if the contract is ruined, there's nothing to cash in...right? We are treading uncharted territory here.
This is what Ryback calls smart?
So it's the big Wrestlemania 29 rematch...four months later. Who the hell cares if Ryback and Mark Henry fought at Wrestlemania at this point. By now the DVD has been out long enough for people to press the skip button on the match. It's nothing special. Ryback rolls out of the ring, pointing to his head signifying how smart he is as the ref counts to ten, giving Ryback the loss.
Oh, and Shield? Shield? Shield? We're giving that build up a break? Okay.
I don't care about the damn Divas show
And unless someone's dress slips off again, I don't care about this segment either.
Is he hiding a weapon in that elbow
So John Cena comes out and OH MY GOD WHAT IS THAT!? I'm pretty sure I wasn't the only one thinking that when he showed off his elbow. I thought the alien was suppose to come out of the stomach. Is that elbow even legal...in fake wrestling? Cena also goes on to scoff on the idea of wrestling anywhere else, single handedly taking a dump on every independent wrestler...in the world...and Arena Football League fans. My god, he unifies the hatred of fans from all spectrums of the world.
Randy Orton then comes out to remind Cena that he can cash in at any time.
...is he going to do this every week?
Then the Shield, who's circle jerk lasted ten minutes longer than expected, comes out to the ring. Realizing it's not Mark Henry in the ring, they figure 'screw it' and just roll with it. D-Bry comes out to even the odds and that mutant Brad Maddox comes out to make a six man tag main event.
...Mark Henry would've been a smart decision to have come out instead, but this what happens when you write a script on Tuesday, don't submit to the boss till monday at 7pm, and have to write changes...things get overlooked.
Ahhh! No silly dancing!
Don't you know when you dance like an idiot, white rednecks come out to beat you senseless?
And that they did...in a match. Yea, Luke and Erik make their WWE in ring debut in what was essentially a squash. The real action comes after the match while Bray is on the mic. Kane appears on the titantron to basically tell Bray that while Bray hurts people to get a message across, Kane does it for the hell of it. What a wonderful job wrestling is.
Oh, and their match at Summerslam...an inferno match!!!
Did I crap my pants in excitement? Yes! Am I looking forward to this match? You're damn right! Will their be kids setting themselves on fire the following day, imitating what they saw on PPV? You betcha! But the possibility of a few charred kids will not get in the way of my entertainment damn it!
Quick Hype for Punk/Lesnar
And guarantees that Curtis' blind loyalty to Heyman will get him beat tonight.
Awww....crazy made a friend
And Layla also admits in a pre-recorded statement during the Layla/Kaitlyn match why she backstabbed Kaitlyn. You know, those things they use to do in the early 90's showing a wrestler promo during a match, but became stupid during the Attitude era, but now isn't stupid again. I never liked it..
Oh, why did Layla do what she did? Because...she's a bitch. Seriously, that's basically it. Layla picks up the win with the help of AJ, and they go skipping off into the sunset.
Did Christian have anything important coming up?
Meh, put him in a match with Heath Slater in the meantime. With the time given to them it was a pretty decent match.
I just wish they would give Christian something to do...like go for a title like the United States Championship...or even the World Heavyweight Championship. I bet if he was number one contender they would do something meaningful with him tonight.
Nap Time
And...that's it. I knocked out. I couldn't do it...I just couldn't. It hasn't been the best show so far and it was exhausting up to this point, I just could only make it to just over two of the allotted three hours plus. And so far, let's be honest...what has happened so far? I don't think very much. Why was Christian thrown away? Why was Mark Henry thrown away? Why were their opponents involved in separate storylines at this point? Is Ryback doing anything for Summerslam? Is Wade Barrett not going to attempt to get revenge for having his beard shaved off? Can you do some meaningful build for the IC title other than just have Axel help for the Punk/Lesnar build up? Can Randy Orton do anything else other than come out reminding Cena that he has the briefcase. What's Ziggler doing!? Of course you assume he's going to face Big E at Summerslam, but why the hell are they giving the match away tonight? People, we are two weeks away from one of the main pay per views of the year. Of all the pay per views, there are five I believe you do not half ass: Wrestlemania, Money in the Bank, Summerslam, Survivor Series, and Royal Rumble. Supposedly this script was rewritten up the ass amount of times, and it shows. And I've always found the champion and challenger kinda respecting each other story direction to be boring. The only thing still keeping me excited for the main event is Daniel Bryan. Their building tension between D-Bry and Vince McMahon better than D-Bry vs Cena, which makes me think D-Bry is getting screwed at Summerslam. I don't know...it all feels like patch work to me.
An hour left in the show still and this is how I'm feeling right now. This should be the time I end this blog, assign it a grade and save myself what feels like torture. BUT...in this digital age, television programs are available almost as instantly as they end and I have of course found the rest of the third hour to watch so I can give a fair assessment of the show. As much as I don't want to...let us proceed.
Third Hour does start with something awesome
This match was Marks approved. CM Punk charges up the ramp wanting to get a piece of Heyman, but there's the little issue of his match with Curtis Axel first. Axel takes control of the match during the commercial break (no, I'm still not downloading the damn app) and Heyman thinks it's safe to come back out.
Towards the end while Heyman is checking on Axel, CM Punk attacks Heyman causing the ref to stop the match...for no reason whatsoever. But Brock comes out and we get a much deserved preview for Summerslam. Wish the match at Summerslam would be no holds barred. Meh, I'm sure the ref will conveniently forget about the rules then. Punks hatred for Heyman gets the better of him and Brock lays him out with a chair and F5, leaving Punk's chin a bloody mess. Why is someone always bleeding when Brock is involved?
Main Event Next Week: Punk vs Heyman
So the dastardly trio of Heyman, Brock, and Axel are interviewed, and Brock makes it clear he is not impressed with the best of the best of the best of the best of the best of the oh I'm just getting annoying now. Then Heyman announced next week he'll walk to the ring looking for a man to man fight with CM Punk.
I'm sure a lot of ECW wrestlers that weren't paid towards the end and yet RVD got a check to appear at the final pay per view would like to be ahead of Punk right now for that man to man fight. Them...and Jim Cornette...but he's just freakin crazy.
Return to mediocrity
Kofi is back...and I like him. First, he beat on Fandango which is a plus for me. But in the end he's not gonna get the push he deserves. Why? Because, and I'm about to upset the IWC here, it's not all about skill. Unfortunately his character still needs a makeover. But it was good to see him in action.
HHH to save the day
Steph comes to HHH crying because the makeover segment with Daniel Bryan didn't go over so well, causing Vince to yell at her. Either that or he just found out how much he paid for the chair, causing Vince to yell at her. HHH then goes on to say how the old man has lost his mind and that Vince wouldn't dare scrap Summerslam because he doesn't want to see Cena as champ anymore. HHH then boldly announces that he's going to put a stop to his daddy-in-law ways once and for all.
..Question. Why does Vince suddenly hate Cena as champ? It just seems to come up so suddenly. Yea, Cena struts around like he owns the place...ummm...okay...It just seems very sudden. Of course if you really need to find a reason you can go all the way back to the MITB events of 2011, but I doubt the creative team thought that hard about it. They got about as much attention span as a fly that just saw his buddy squashed by a fly swatter and seconds later...wait, I already used that joke.
Together they make the league of talent left out of Summerslam
So The Real Americans come out, and Zeb does his thing on the mic, insulting the Greenbay Packers. Now, insulting the Greenbay Packers...in Greenbay no less...is the equivalent of building a time machine, going back to the last supper, pissing in the wine Jesus is giving to his disciples, pouring it on Jesus' head, taking a picture, going back to the present, sneaking into the Vatican, going to the Pope's room, kicking him in the balls, leaving back to your time machine, going back to the moment when you're in the Pope's room, watching it while eating popcorn and throwing the popcorn at him when it's all done. That's either the equivalent or slightly worst than the above scenario.
You know, a thought just occurred to me. Why aren't these two teams fighting each other in a number one contender's match at Summerslam. Or these two and the Prime Time Players. Don't have this talent sitting with their thumbs up their ass. Just drop a Miz TV segment that should never be at PPV to begin with and make the damn match. Wish The Usos would've come up with the victory, but great all around performance from everyone.
So we get another meeting between Big E Langston and Dolph Ziggler on cable TV. What the hell!? We shouldn't be seeing them fight on Raw. This should be a PPV match we should be streaming for fre....errr...I mean paying for! Just great talent from these two. I feel like these two should be in a WHC match at Summerslam, but since they botched Ziggler, and Big E is attached to him like a magnet, they're both essentially left out in the cold.
Great match until Kaitlyn comes out and the Kaitlyn/AJ feud spills into the ring. God damn it! Big E takes advantage of Dolph trying to break them up (why should he even care if they're fighting to begin with) and picks up the victory. Oh god...this is going to lead to a stupid mixed tag match at Summerslam, isn't it.
Do you think The Shield remembers how to wrestle in singles matches
I mean this is all we have them do nowadays. Understandably they do work well as a unit, but why can't they work in singles matches and have the other two interfere? Why can't they defend their titles on at least one Raw or Smackdown since their titles won't be defended at Summerslam? Why do we need them to fight again for a bazillionth time in a six-man tag match?
Whatever. The match is good, but ends in a DQ for The Shield when they break up Daniel Bryan's NO lock. Why would a save cause a DQ? Well, it's probably because of the rule that has never been mentioned on TV that a team is only allowed one save a match. A second one, and you're disqualified. But this is NEVER explained in these tag matches. I found out by watching the short clip of a Davey Boy Smith Jr. shoot interview. So while wrestling fans in the know realize what has just happened, the casual viewer has to go "duuhhhhhh" because there is no explanation as to what happened.
But the casual viewer won't give a damn after Orton gives Daniel Bryan and John Cena an RKO. Then we're teased with the possibility of Orton cashing in, making a much better main event for Summerslam in my opinion, but the Shield comes back in to stand in Orton's way because...ummm...they came late to attack Mark Henry, so screw it. Go with the flow. So, I guess people are calling this an Orton heel turn...but I just don't know. Orton has done prickish things as a Face plenty of times, so why is this time a Heel turn? Because he attacked Cena...which is the equivalent of building a time machine...I used that joke too, didn't I.
The Verdict
I'm not going to say the show was entirely bad, but they did make botches. They completely ignored two Summerslam matches. Why? Everyone that needed to be here was here, even Big Show. Ugh...just seems to be a lot of wasted opportunities tonight. I know when everything is hectic and the boss needs rewrites, certain details may be forgotten. But considering they're getting paid to catch the details, unfortunately it's no excuse. Also, three hours a weekly basis is just a damn chore.
Three forgotten storylines...out of five.
UPDATE: Just found out there's gonna be a mixed tag match. DAMN IT!
2.5 out of 5 now.


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Square Enix is porting the 2006 DS remake of Final Fantasy III to the PSP this year.
The publisher released the remake for Nintendo's past handheld in 2006, and then again last year for iOS.
This new version will feature enhanced graphics, 16x9 support, a gallery with BGM and illustrations, and options to play the game with the original Famicom music and double the battle speed.
Reports cite a release date of September 20, at least in Japan.
Original changes to the classic RPG included an overhaul to the job system, class tweaks, and more.
Check out the debut Japanese trailer below.
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Finally, a BlackBerry that appeals to the regular consumer. The Pearl is an excellent device that sacrifices none of RIM's famous email functionality while still managing to provide a compact and light form factor and multimedia capabilities.
The BlackBerry has long been synonymous with business. Compared with today's multimedia-savvy phones, Research In Motion's addictive devices have had something of a staid image; but this has changed with the impressive BlackBerry Pearl 8100, the first BlackBerry to have a built-in camera, and both audio and video players.
Die-hard BlackBerry fans will be glad to hear that the addition of all these consumer-friendly features hasn't lessened the device's messaging prowess. The Pearl supports the RIM push e-mail technology that has made the BlackBerry so popular, and adding a POP3 e-mail account is a snap. You simply enter your e-mail address and password, and within minutes your messages will be delivered to the device. It also supports AOL, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo instant messaging networks.
The candy bar-style Pearl has an attractive shiny black-and-silver finish. The handset is noticeably light and petite, weighing just 89g. However, its compact size comes with a trade-off; the Pearl's keys are quite small, so those with large fingers will experience problems typing.
Like BlackBerry 7100 series models, the Pearl features a SureType keyboard, a modified QWERTY keyboard that saves space by combining two letters on most keys. Once you start to type, the SureType system suggests words based on the letters that you've entered. When SureType guesses correctly the system is a wonderful time-saver, although this doesn't always happen, meaning it can become a time-consuming chore. The best feature of SureType is the fact that the Pearl will automatically scan all incoming emails, messages and phone book entries and add words not already in the SureType word list.
For navigation, an incandescent pearl-white trackball sits on the face of the phone, immediately below the display. This trackball replaces the standard BlackBerry jog wheel. The effect is aesthetically pleasing, but we're not sure how the trackball will hold up after a few months of use. It doesn't feel strong or sturdy.
In our tests call quality was mixed: On some calls voices sounded loud and clear, but on others we noticed a slight echo. The device's talk-time battery life is excellent lasting 8 hours and 34 minutes in our tests.
Among the Pearl's biggest attractions are its multimedia capabilities. The included 1.3-megapixel camera is easy to use, though it lacks a dedicated shutter control (instead, you press the trackball to capture shots, and roll the trackball to zoom in or out). The built-in flash is handy for low-light shooting. Picture quality was about average: bright colours looked washed out, and snapshots sometimes lacked crispness. The Pearl doesn't capture video, but it does play video clips, which look fantastic, if small, on its 240 x 260 pixel TFT display.
The Pearl is the first BlackBerry to be equipped with a music player. You can transfer AAC, MP3, and WAV files to the device via the included Desktop Manager software. You can also store music files on a microSD card (not included), but the card slot is inconveniently situated beneath the phone's battery.
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Experts talk about chances of sinkholes in Missouri after recent rains
When heavy rains roll through, sinkholes often follow
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Crews are expected to wrap up their inspection today of the grounds around the Florida sinkhole that swallowed up parts of a three-story building. The 100-foot sinkhole opened up Sunday night at a resort six-miles from Walt Disney World displacing nearly 40 guests.
With the recent rains in Missouri, we're asking the leading sinkhole expert in Missouri, Doug Gouzie if similar incidents could happen in Mid-Missouri. He tells ABC 17 News sinkholes usually happen when heavy rains come after long periods of dry weather. Gouzie believes there might have been enough rain to prevent underground erosion.
Over the past five months there have been several sinkholes occurring everywhere from Ohio to Florida. There was even a 60 foot long sinkhole just south of Jefferson City. According to the USGS, Missouri is one of the seven most susceptible states to sinkholes.
With recent large rain accumulations, there's a chance Missouri can start seeing more sinkholes open up. But Gouzie believes that may not be the case.
"Given how many continuous days of rain we've had it might in fact be enough water underground to sort of support all the weight of the water as it landed on top of land surfaces and floods," Gouzie said.
Gouzie said the southern two-thirds of Missouri is where the majority of the sinkholes occur in the state. But that's where the majority of the rains have been. Gouzie believes if there was a sinkhole about to happen, those rains may have filled it up with water. When that happens and heavy rains come, it reduces the stress the weight of the water on the surface causes. Therefore it would prevent the sinkhole from opening up.
"I think we've almost had so much rain that the soil has stayed wet enough that it never quite dried out to the point of becoming brittle," Gouzie said.
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A GROUNDBREAKING Hampshire clinic to help people with Lyme Disease is set to close at the end of May after only six months.
The unique service was set up last summer by expert Matthew Dryden, a consultant microbiologist at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester.
The clinic at the RHCH has helped some 120 people who have contracted the bacterial infection that spreads to people by infected ticks frequently from animals in woodland.
The disease can have serious consequences affecting skin, joints, heart and nervous system.
The clinic was funded as a pilot by the Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust but the trust has been unable to agree permanent funding with Public Health England.
Dr Dryden said: "The clinic is closing. Not because funding has been pulled; there never was any funding. The local trust should be congratulated for hosting it.
"There has been a massive demand and a huge national need and it is a huge disappointment that the powers that be have not reached an agreement. I was seeing people from across the UK."
Dr Dryden said the clinic may re-start but almost certainly not in Winchester.
The South is a hotspot for Lyme Disease because of the number of woods and the increase in housing in the countryside and an increase in number of animals such as deer.
"Lyme Disease is becoming commoner. The South is becoming more crowded, with lots of housing close to rural areas. Conservation is getting better and the amount of wildlife coming into proximity with people is growing," he said.
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Saadi Gaddafi: My father departure will lead to civil war
Saadi Gaddafi, the son of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, warned that if his father steps down Libya could face a civil war. Saadi said in an interview with Al Arabiya, he added that the departure of his father will turn Libya into a "new Somalia."
Saadi accused his brother, Saif al-Islam for being responsible for failing to deal with the problems of ordinary Libyans. According to him, the tribes in Libya are all armed as well as troops from the Libyan army and thus "the situation is not like as in Tunisia and Egypt."
Saadi told the TV channel that the situation is "very serious" in terms of the civil war. Therefore, Libya needs a leader who can work for calming the situation, initiate a dialogue and convince people to build the future.
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So for once a thread that is covered by the topic, must be a nice change.
Lately a lot of new and young postsers have joined PD,for which we are happy, but it is also the grounds for my petpeeve:
Now I am typing this thread for the 4th or 5th time as I had to break it up (work) lost it through sheer stupidity, so my original well versed and long post will be more *****y, to the post and shorter then envisioned,but since it is getting on my fragile nerves I decided topost it anyway
It used to be a pleasure to read most posts on this board, like reading a newspaper in the morning, not a day went by I didn't visit the board, even from my blackberry, however things have changed, so much that I do not use my bb anymore to visit the board and at time can not be arsed to even look at it when I am on a desktop machine.
Bad spelling, no problem, bad language; no problem, bad grammar; no problem, we can not all be "good" at it and some like myself are simply not native English speakers/writers, the effort is what counts.
Now that effort is exacltly what is wrong
Though idiotic threads and topics are expected, afterall it is the OFF/PRE season, the length of the threads (which used to be some sign of decent content) is getting obnoxious while the content of hte thread is getting from bad to worse.
I know this might be a"culture" thing, after all I am not exactly Hip-Hop and perhaps even a generation-gap, after all I am old, but.......
If you post on a forum, in a thread, you have something to say on the topic "at hand".
You post to provide others with insight to your opinion, or to make another point pertaining to the thread at hand.
That idea has been more and more abandoned lately, threads grow to several pages by just communicatin with 1-liners or worse, just smileys.
Smileys can make a point, but posting in every thread to give a thumbs up smiley or a wink smiley, or whatever; or to just say "i agree" is IMO (no humbleness has ever touched me) outrageous idiotic and stupid.
Obfuscating good postings with that kind of trivia should be penalized with a death sentence at least and changing the topic of a thread with it is even worse.
I am sure that when the word "trolling" was invented (yes I was around) that those kind of posts were meant to be captured by that as well.
Now I understand that those who are new and young are from a different generation then I am, but I do expect that if you have nothing to add to a discussion on any given topic, you remain silent.
If you agree but what you want to say was already covered, then nod to yourself and move on, stop wasting everybody's time and bandwidth with nonsensical dribble.
And for those who by now are used to communicate in smiley language, please do me a favour, open a thread in the shoutbox and keep it there.
Oneliners and smileys are NOT a way of conversing and/or communicating here as far as I am concerned, if it is going to become the way to do things around here then I will have to find myself a place where it isn't, but untill then, I will get pissed off when I see threads consisting of smileys and oneliners over 4 pages and I will waste your time and bandwith with my obnoxiously long posts as counterweight to the nonsens.
Thank you for "toning it down" and the real contributions I know you can all make


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I am ashamed. Eight girls, eight young girls who are three, four, even five times younger than I am have shown me just how incompetent I am in an area where women are, by tradition, supposed to excel.
Of course it's sewing and when it comes to the fine art of stitchery, I am all thumbs. The gals of the Suwannee River Fair have accomplished more in their short lives than I have in four decades.
My grandmothers were seamstresses, but of course, back in the day they had to be out of sheer necessity.
I grew up with feedsack dresses trimmed in rickrack.
Anabolic steroids become a public issue of greater importance each year. Baseball, football, and most of our beloved professional sports have all fallen victim to some degree of illegal steroid activity.
The continued rise of Internet advertising as well as the proliferation of dietary supplements has also given "performance enhancement" more prominence. This has created a relatively new market for steroid products. Not only athletes, but more average guys are now using or considering anabolic substances.
It wasn't until the nurse practioner pointed it out last week that it dawned on me.
I've become Phyllis Vining.
I worked with Phyllis a very brief time around 1995. She was hired to sell ads at the paper I worked for and from the time she walked in the door, I knew she was different.
I thought she was elderly back then-now I realize she was probably mid-50s but in her mind Phyllis was no more than 25-only the lines around her eyes gave away her secret.
My name is Jeff and I am a television addict." I can picture my first visit to the televisionaholics anonymous meeting. Well, I am not quite so bad that I must join TA. Of course, all of us "aholics" say we are not so addicted to those things to which we are addicted.
We can all give up "x," or "y" or "z" any time we want.
For instance, I might say, "Just let me watch The Simpsons, Family Guy and King of the Hill and I'll let American Dad go by the wayside this week, just to prove how I can handle this habit."
My car suffers from a bad case of dutch elm disease. Or oak blight.
I guess whatever ailment it has comes from parking under the trees at my house.
Being vertically challenged, I don't see the roof of the car.
Perhaps that's why I didn't know the car was ailing from some alien rash.
Sunday afternoon brought it all home.
I washed-yes, hand-washed-my car. That in itself is an accomplishment.
I am not a car washer.
It's a bone of contention between Tom and me.
No Fair
Life is not fair.
Saturday at about 7:30 a.m., my wife Sharon and I left to go to the Florida State Fair in Tampa.
I had plans to take photos of award-winning cattle and to have lots of fun.
I drove our Jeep on Alt. 27 to catch I-75 at Ocala, but it was very foggy.
I decided to go down U.S. Highway 19 instead, because the traffic would be slower and lighter than on the Interstate.
Shortly after going through Chiefland on 19, we smelled smoke.
Teams that win a lot – a whole lot – usually draw animosity.
Seems folks just plain get sick and tired of watching the same teams win time and again.
Look at the New York Yankees. Many like to point at George Steinbrenner with disgust as he tries to buy another World Series.
People even got fed up with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls– dynasty in the '90s. Jordan shuffled off to play baseball before coming back to the NBA with the Bullets.
Which brings us to the New England Patriots.
I keep my politics to myself. I've been voting since I was 18 and have missed only one election during that time. In the course of all those elections, city, state and federal, I have not discussed my vote with anyone.
Years ago when the state of Georgia was pondering a lottery with proceeds aimed at education, my then-husband and I were at odds on how to vote. We discussed the pros and cons right up until the Tuesday we voted.
Last fall our parent company sent a demographic survey pertaining to the reading preferences of Levy Countians based on subscriptions monitored by the U.S. Postal Service and amassed by an advertising agency for marketing purposes.
It included a wide range of periodicals received via mail by Levy County readers based on statement of ownership documents that must be filed with the postal service annually.
We were thankful to see that the Chiefland Citizen remains the most-read newspaper in the area surpassing other weeklies and three dailies.
Mojo. The dictionary defines it as a magical spell, but to loyal fans, mojo means much more.
It is a religion to live by. It takes normal rational human beings and turns them into superstitious individuals.
Mojo is knowing what jersey to wear to the game. It's knowing when to take it off when things aren't going quite right, only to expose the team shirt underneath. To change the shirt at halftime is to give mojo a kick in the pants.
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Corn futures remained under pressure Friday morning. Prospects for a huge fall crop are apparently weighing upon corn prices again today, especially with Corn Belt rainfall now forecast for the next two weeks. The fact that nearby futures failed at their 10-day moving averages this week is probably exaggerating current selling. September corn slid 1.25 cents to $3.5575/bushel late Friday morning, while December lost 1.5 cents to $3.655.
Improved moisture projections are likely weighing on the soy complex. Soybean and product futures bounced in late July as the Corn Belt dried out, since arid August conditions can significantly reduce the fall harvest. However, the return of rain to short-term forecasts seems alleviated those concerns, thereby triggering renewed CBOT selling. September soybean futures fell 19.0 cents to $10.8075/bushel shortly before noon Friday, while November futures tumbled 19.25 cents to $10.6275. September soyoil slumped 0.53 cents to 35.63 cents/pound and September soymeal dipped $4.4 to $357.6/ton.
The wheat markets posted surprising Friday morning gains. Current weather forecasts, as well as the latest financial market developments (falling stocks and rising dollar) don't favor grain strength, but wheat futures built upon their overnight advance. That seemingly reflects potential production problems in a few other countries, as well as talk of improved demand for U.S. wheat. September CBOT wheat rallied 8.75 cents to $5.39/bushel around midsession Friday, while September KC wheat surged 12.0 cents to $6.3775/bushel, and September MWE wheat gained 7.0 cents to $6.23.
News of cash losses spurred fresh Chicago cattle sales. As seemed likely after Thursday's CME breakdown, country cattle producers began taking packer bids near the lower end of last week's price range this morning. This may have a snow-ball effect if the industry anticipates sustained weakness. October live cattle plunged 1.95 cents to 155.37 cents/pound in late Friday morning action, while December dove 2.30 cents to 155.80. Meanwhile, September feeder futures plummeted 2.45 cents to 218.75 cents/pound, and November feeders crashed 3.82 cents to 217.15.
Hog futures are mixed at midsession Friday. Hog futures have suffered badly from bearish seasonal expectations lately. Concurrent cattle losses are apparently spilling over into the hog pit, thereby depressing the nearby contracts. Deferred futures remained quite firm. October hog futures edged dipped 0.42 cents to 102.75 cents/pound, while December added 0.10 cents to 94.27.