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A new look for a few dollars and a little time
How to Update a Dining Set on a Budget
by Kathy Woodard
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When decorating dining rooms, one of the biggest problems most of us have is our home-decorating budget. It's difficult if not impossible for most of us to purchase a new dining set when we want a decorating update. But for just a few dollars, you can update your dining set in just a weekend for a whole new decorating look! Here's how:
Choose a new fabric to recover your dining seats. Go for a newer, modern print in a cool geometric or a new trendy color. This update alone will help make your furniture seem fresh and new!
You have a lot of choices in paint colors for your dining table redo, but unless you have a funky decorating scheme, stay with something neutral. I like satin black, espresso brown or gloss white. For the bold at heart, choose a daring color for the table or the chairs, but not both!
Dining table and chairs
Fabric in a modern print and color
Satin or Gloss paint
Foam brush or good quality paintbrush
Optional: Clear water-based polyurethane
Find a place to work where you don't have to worry about dust, paint drips and a mess. A garage is ideal. If you have to redo your dining set outside, make sure it is not a windy day to prevent your paint job from being ruined by dust and debris.
To redo your dining set inside, place a large drop cloth underneath your dining set and then place small squares of wax paper under table and chair legs so you can paint all the way to the floor.
Step one: Remove seat covers from dining chairs. Cut fabric pieces several inches larger than the seat. Lay the fabric down on the floor, wrong side up. Lay the seat on top of the fabric, centered, also wrong side up. Using a staple gun, pull the fabric edges around to the back of the chair seat, and staple every couple inches. Remember to pull snug so the fabric will lay flat. Repeat with all chair seats.
Step two: Sand and prime dining chairs and table. Let dry 24 hours.
Step three: Paint dining table and chairs with your chosen paint, following manufacturer's instructions on the can. You will likely need several coats. Let dry 24 hours. I like to use a mini foam roller on the tabletop itself. It gives a smoother finish without brush marks.
Step four: If desired, coat with a water-based polyurethane to protect the surface. Remember to choose a clear coat in the same finish as your paint. If you used satin paint, use satin poly.
Step five: Reattach chair seats using the same screws or bolts.Done! Remember that the key to updating your dining set is to choose fabrics and paint colors that reflect today's more contemporary styles.You can update your dining set on a budget and set the tone for the gathering space for your home with a fresh new look.
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I have two 165 gram T-Birds, on CE on Star. I like the CE best. I had tow DX they were even better, but did not stay the same after some abuse.
Throwing with a left to right down snap results in a flat bullet that behaves.
OK. So why not try the Teebird TL for a totally flat release at mid speed?
Why doesn't Innova campaign the the "L" (meaning less stable) discs more?
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BOZEMAN - In the hotpots of Yellowstone and the radioactive ground at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Kara De León's graduate work at Montana State University has put her on the front lines of a push to understand and harness the microorganisms known to researchers as biofilm.
The Nampa, Idaho, native looked to chart and correlate the interactions within biofilm communities in alkaline springs in Yellowstone National Park. She also focused on sequencing the chromium-loving bacteria the U.S. Department of Energy is hoping will ultimately protect the Columbia River and groundwater at Hanford, Wash.
De León, who graduates from MSU on Saturday, conducted the research for her doctoral dissertation through the lab of Matthew Fields at the Center for Biofilm Engineering. De León said she also developed skills in writing the computer code to support processing the data she collected.
"I think MSU is set up with the technology and professors to offer grad students a very competitive program, especially in biofilm," De León said. "This experience has given me the hard skills to do genetic sequencing (on microorganisms), as well as to write the (software) script that is essential to being able to manage the amount of data we can collect."
In addition, De León said her association with the CBE offered her an opportunity to teach a course in microbiology for non-majors, while working with a faculty mentor in shaping the course syllabus and exams. It also connected her with projects that are being carried out in collaboration with industry partners or, in the case of Hanford, the Department of Energy.
When she entered MSU as a graduate student through the Molecular Biosciences Program - an interdisciplinary platform for graduate study in basic and applied research - De León said she was not entirely certain which direction her career would take.
It took a bit of an introduction for her to know that she was fascinated by the ecology of microbial life.
"What I knew coming in was that I was blown away by the program," she said. "I'd never really thought of ecology on such a fine scale. As it turns out, that is where a lot of really interesting interactions are going on. And there are things that are happening that haven't been looked at before."
The timing for launching a doctoral inquiry into microbial ecology was good, De León said. MSU had just obtained the laboratory equipment needed to perform high-throughput genetic sequencing, a practice known as pyrosequencing.
The process being used at CBE now allows researchers to gather data on up to 200,000 unique DNA sequences in a sample, where prior methods and technology had enabled them to generate 1,000 sequences.
Along with other researchers in Fields' lab, De León traveled to Heart Lake in Yellowstone's backcountry to collect algae samples from the hot springs there. With a focus on some springs that were highly alkaline, the group hoped to promote research on so-called extremophile organisms that hold promise for, among other things, developing biofuels and remediating environmental disasters.
It was an assignment exotic enough given the area's remote location, which is notorious habitat for grizzly bears, but the uniqueness of the organisms they hoped to catalogue put it off the chart for pure research, De León said.
"If you're interested in things that haven't really been looked at before, this is an excellent place to go," she said.
Although the genetic sequencing and data processing was much the same, the work at Hanford addressed a more practical need - the mitigation of chromium contamination by stimulating groundwater and sediment microbes that "feed" on the heavy metal and reduce its ability to travel with the groundwater.
Through the DOE and a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory-based program called ENIGMA - Ecosystems and Networks Integrated with Genes and Molecular Assemblies - De León and other MSU scientists have been assisting an effort to use the microbes to keep groundwater laden with chromium from migrating into the Columbia River.
Along with others in Fields' lab, De León has been taking samples from test wells at Hanford and looking at changes that occur in biofilm and planktonic microorganisms after they are stimulated with carbon and other nutrients.
De León said her research findings show that the nutrients can help stimulate the chromium-loving microbes, which could have implications for how DOE's expensive mitigation program progresses at Hanford.
Fields said De León had made significant contributions to MSU's work for the ENIGMA program and toward the science of using biofilm for environmental cleanup.
"It is important because the better you understand something, the better you can control it," Fields said. "And it's exciting because as we start to understand what these microorganisms are doing when we stimulate them, then we'll be able understand how to apply the technology to other places with this kind of environmental contamination."
Fields said MSU has remained highly competitive as a research university because faculty have invested in equipment to allow for the high-throughput genetic sequencing that is propelling so much promising science.
"I think MSU is doing a good job with the multiple faculty members who are bringing genomics into their area of environmental inquiry," he said. "And Kara is a great example of the kind of scientist this university can turn out as a result."
De León is one of a cohort of seven CBE scientists who will graduate this spring from MSU with doctorates in microbiology or chemical and biochemical engineering. CBE is also graduating three students who have completed master's degrees and 10 with bachelor's degrees.
De León, who is still weighing her options for a post-doctoral placement, said she hopes to continue to advance the science of microbial ecology through academic research and teaching.
Phil Stewart, CBE director, said De León and CBE's other graduates have done a lot to help the institute advance the science of biofilm at MSU.
"I am amazed by the technical talent, initiative, teamwork and change-the-world outlook of this group of students," Stewart said. "They are going to make us proud."
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It takes a little patience putting in playing around with the different combinations, but you will save $$ and get upgrades if you spend the time.
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5037126 - Continental Airlines Contract ID
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5001661 - University of VA pretty good pricing
6666666 - Contract ID for University of North Carolina
5004172 State of Louisana - $240 a week for premium, $299 Lux
5400321 - State of CA
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Psi Chi Spring Colloquium: Why People Believe Weird Things
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- Location:
- Business Center
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- 135
- Description:
Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology, is proud to offer an exciting colloquium series during the spring 2013 semester.
Join us for our third symposium:
Why People Believe Weird Things
presented by John Bates, professor
Students, staff, faculty and the public are encouraged to attend.
Light refreshments will be served.
- Contact Name:
- Sally Farley
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AN ECOLOGY site claims that Google could save the world a lot of lecky by changing its web design.All Google has to do is change its home page from a electricity sucking white colour, to a more eco-friendly black.According to TreeHugger.com, here, a cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor uses about 74 watts to display an all white web page, but only uses 59 watts to display an all black page.Said that there are a lot of CRT monitors out there, which means that they waste energy displaying white backgrounds.If Google, which gets about 200 million queries a day, displays each query for about 10 seconds, it means that it will burn 550,000 hours every day on desktops.A shift to a black background will save a total of 15 watts. If a quarter of the monitors in the world are CRTs, and at 10 cents a kilowatt-hour, that's about $75,000 a year.
SAN FRANCISCO - Sprucing up its famously plain Web site, Google Inc. is offering a new option that plants its Internet search box in panoramic settings that change with the time of day and the outside weather.The colorful graphics to be unveiled Tuesday represent the latest bit of pizzaz to be served up on Google's home page as the Mountain View-based company caters to the digerati who want to customize everything from their cell phones to their computers.
The sounds of the planet are to be linked to Google Earth to enable users to hear what a place sounds like, as well as what it used to sound like.Bernie Krause has spent 40 years collecting the sounds, and his company Wild Sanctuary has accumulated over 3,500 hours of recordings, covering everything from the cracking of glaciers to midnight in the jungle.The enhancement to Google Earth will be available for download following its launch at the Where 2.0 conference on 29 May.


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Singleton makes debut in Philly -- with Astros
PHILADELPHIA -- Jon Singleton finally realized his dream of playing at Citizens Bank Park, even if it did come with some unforeseen circumstances.
Singleton was one of four prospects the Phillies traded to the Astros in exchange for outfielder Hunter Pence on July 29, 2011, joining pitcher Jarred Cosart, outfielder Domingo Santana and relief pitcher Josh Zeid.
All four were on the Major League roster briefly this year, before Santana was sent back down. Zeid didn't make the trip to Philadelphia because he's due to have season-ending foot surgery this week, and Cosart was dealt to the Marlins last week.
"I'm excited to play here," Singleton said. "There's a lot of guys that I've played with who are with the organization, so it's going to be cool to see them."
Singleton, who was playing in Class A Clearwater when the trade was made, was subsequently sent to Class A Lancaster and made his Major League debut this year after signing a $10-million contract extension.
Santana, who was the player to be a named later in the deal, was recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Sunday for his second stint with the club. He was 0-for-13 with 11 strikeouts in his first stint in Houston earlier this year.
"I was sad, because I had a pretty good relationship with everybody," Santana said of the trade.
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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In a press conference this morning, Debt Reduction Commission co-chairs Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles scored the progress that has been made since their late-2010 "Moment of Truth" report. They also proposed a revised blueprint and timeline for some $2.4 trillion in further needed actions. (See the four-page "Bipartisan Path Forward to Securing America's Future.")
In a Q&A handout also released, the bipartisan duo promised to provide more specific proposals in coming weeks. The news foretells a heightened pace of budget-related noise soon to come from Washington. And this holds the prospect for either raining on Wall Street's parade or setting the bulls even more free.
The two political veterans defended their call for some $600 billion in Medicare/Medicaid reforms, an equal amount of net new revenue and $1.2 trillion in combined savings from mandatory spending cuts (i.e., farm subsidies, student loans and civil-service retirement reforms), a shift to a chain-weighted consumer price index for cost-of-living adjustments and "strengthened" discretionary spending caps.
More broadly, the two warned that the $1.5 trillion that President Obama and Hill Democrats are calling for "does not get the job done" in the face of U.S. fiscal and economic challenges. "Differences aren't as extreme as the rhetoric might suggest," and "an agreement is possible without anyone having to give up on core principles," they added. Nevertheless, they said that revenue "needs to be a substantial part of the solution" and said that "fundamentally, we have a spending problem -- and more specifically an entitlement growth problem."
I would note that an outcome short on near-term austerity but long on future entitlement and tax reforms would be optimal for investors -- and that's exactly what Simpson and Bowles propose. But whether they'll have much impact remains doubtful. Indeed, it's not too early to question how markets might react if lawmakers set the bar lower than discussed this morning -- perhaps before they wearily jump over and declare victory in the three-year-and-counting austerity-wave struggle as early as this summer.
The retired Republican senator and Clinton-era White House Chief of Staff credited the 2011 Budget Control Act and cuts enacted via the post-election "continuing resolutions" for some $1.85 trillion in reduced 10-year discretionary spending cuts. Adding another $850 billion from some $600 billion in upper income tax hikes and other baseline spending tweaks that were enacted as part of last month's fiscal-cliff fix, they cited some $2.7 trillion in total savings.
Nevertheless, they noted that their 2010 call for just $4 trillion in savings would better equate to the just over $5 trillion they're advocating today.
Their recommended that $2.4 trillion in additional deficit reduction would come roughly 3-to-1 from net new spending cuts and interest savings to tax hikes, which would comprise a quarter of the total, or $600 billion. This amount would represent only part of savings from comprehensive tax reform, the remainder to be dedicated toward Republicans' and purist reformers' goal of rate reduction. (This concession is seemingly designed to soften GOP resistance to any net new revenue after Obama forced Republicans to accept upper-income tax hikes as part of the cliff-fixing American Taxpayer Relief Act.) Almost on cue, however, the president almost simultaneously rejected the notion of top rate reductions for upper-income earners -- a harbinger of another partisan face-off to come.
Meanwhile, the new "SB 2" recommendations would essentially turn off the $1 trillion 10-year budget sequester but likely add back several hundred billion in discretionary budget savings to be achieved via tweaks to the baseline targets enacted in the 2011 Budget Control Act. As my partner Byron Callan notes, this would comport with consensus hopes that prevailed among many defense analysts throughout most of last year.
I doubt the proposal will move the needle much, although its characterization of spending as a bigger residual priority and its sensitivity to GOP attitudes regarding the sanctified goal of efficiency-producing tax reform could provide at least some leveling of the playing field, which has seemed skewed toward the Democrats since Election Day and the enactment of the lopsided cliff-fix just after New Year's Day. It might also serve as a bit of a reminder of the sanguine case for defense stocks, which we increasingly expect to be tested as some $45 billion to $52 billion in Pentagon spending cuts begin to take effect next month.


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Joe Shockey doesn't consider himself to be technology savvy, so when he was asked to test out the features of a new dairy-specific mobile phone application, he was hesitant.
"I had a lot of reservations in the beginning," says Shockey, a dairy farmer and veterinarian in Ravenswood, W.Va. One of which was "Do I really need a smartphone?"
Now, a year later, he can't stop saying good things about the "app" and how he uses it on the dairy he operates with his father.
"It's mainly a time-saving application," he says. "It's like having a computer in your pocket. There's just so much information that's available at your fingertips."
Even if you don't use mobile apps, you probably have heard of the popular game app "Angry Birds." Well, apps are not just for the birds anymore. They are changing the way dairy producers do business, too. Here is a look at some of the ways that you can use mobile apps for herd- and business-management purposes.
Retrieve information cow-side
Shockey uses PocketDairy, an Android-based app from Dairy Records Management Systems, to access herd records stored in the farm's PCDART record-keeping system. The mobile app syncs wirelessly with the office computer that stores the records so he can retrieve the data anytime, anywhere.
Shockey has customized the app so it shows him action lists for the whole herd and information about individual cows, such as a cow's production status, her breeding history and health records. Shockey uses this information to monitor cows, make decisions during herd checks and to schedule tasks such as breeding, vaccination and dry offs.
"Whatever task you're doing that day with your herd, you can just pull the phone out and pull up the list," he says. "You can rank them on milk production, somatic cell, fat and protein. You can rank them when they're due to go dry or days since bred. It's up to you to customize it so it's best for your operation."
Shockey has made the app accessible to certain employees, particularly those in management roles, but also new employees who are not familiar with the cows.
"If they're pushing the cows up or they're in the parlor milking cows, they can check that cow's history themselves," Shockey says. "They can see when she was fresh, when she was bred, who her sire is, who her dam is — all of that cow's history is right there.
"I don't know that I'd recommend it for every employee, but definitely the people who are right there beside the cows working with them every day."
Shockey also has dabbled with using the app to enter data into the record-keeping system.
"We are now starting to input some data with the calving input (feature)," he says. "We just keep moving forward with it. It's unlimited what you can do with it."
For more information about the PocketDairy Android App, type "PocketDairy Android App" into the "Search" box at dairyherd.com or visit www.drms.org.
Manage your business better
Programs like the PocketDairy Android App are not yet mainstream in the dairy industry, so some producers have learned to adapt general business apps for use on the farm.
"One example of how I use a non-dairy app is to access the office computer that has all the records on it," says Ray Prock Jr. of Ray-Lin Dairy in Denair, Calif. "I can pull out time cards and take care of payroll. I can get production records. I can insert data remotely."
Prock uses an app known as LogMeIn to accomplish this. Basically, he can gain remote access to the office computer from a mobile device like a personal digital assistant or his mobile phone, as well as a computer at another location.
Prock is a celebrity, of sorts, in the app world. A couple years ago he was featured in a YouTube video, "How a Dairy Farmer Uses Evernote," an app that acts as a mobile dry-erase board, among other features.
"I use Evernote (to take notes on) everything from parts lists to meeting notes," he says. "If I'm walking around (the farm) and I see something (that needs attention), I can send an e-mail to myself or I can open Evernote and make a new note on something that needs to be fixed, a random thought I have if I'm thinking about a meeting I'm going to, a presentation that I have to make at a meeting or anything that I need to collect my thoughts on."
Here is the link to the Evernote video: http://myappsolution.com/blog/?p=85
Both Prock and Shockey use general agricultural apps to access the weather and news. Prock also uses an Android finance app to track commodity market and milk futures prices. (pFinance is the app he uses to check milk futures prices.)
Even dairy farmers in Africa are catching on to apps. An app called iCow is being used by smallscale dairy farmers in Kenya. A dairy farmer featured in an article about the app explains how using it has helped her better manage her cows and even double milk production.
As mobile app technology evolves here and around the globe, it holds promise as a tool to improve how you manage your cows and run your business.
Here are some questions to ask yourself before you download an app for use on your dairy:
• Is it going to enhance my business procedures?
• Is it going to save me time?
• What type of security is deployed with the application? In the event that you lose or damage the phone, will you compromise or expose critical information? "Make sure that you have the appropriate security and security control in place," advises Don Walborn with AgWare, an agricultural software company.
• How or where am I going to use this application? Remember, mobile phones are not built for external environments and may not be able to sustain wear and tear or harsh weather conditions.
• What level of tech support is available from the mobile application's developer?
No need to fire up the computer or take a class to learn Spanish. Just pull out your smartphone and download a languagelearning app.
"A few minutes here and there throughout the day can be very effective," says Gregorio Billikopf, farm labor management specialist with the University of California.
Billikopf has reviewed the features of three language apps. To learn more, visit dairyherd.com and type "Smartphone APPS: It is easier than ever to learn Spanish" into the Search box.
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Driving instructor Joel Wreford waved goodbye to his dreadlocks to raise money for his grandmother's care home.
Mr Wreford's 91-year-old grandmother, Mary Keepence, recently moved into Coombe End Court in Marlborough so the 34-year-old decided to put his dreads to good use.
He said: "I've had long hair for 20 years and dreads for nine and they are quite hard work. I'm coming up to 35 so I thought it was time for a change and my gran has just moved into Coombe End so the timing is quite good."
The transformation took place in the garden of his local pub, the Eastfield Inn, where he let donors chop off one of his 63 dreadlocks in exchange for a minimum of £10.
Mr Wreford set a fundraising target of £630, which he has almost doubled.
He said: "People double take when they see me – even I'm still shocked when I look in the mirror.
"I haven't had short hair for such a long time that I'm not sure how to style it and it feels strange to feel the wind and the back of my neck."
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Housing market making a comeback
Editor's Note: The following article appeared in the July 2013 edition of the Denton Business Chronicle.
Nationally and regionally, sellers and buyers are seeing a more vibrant housing market than the past few years, with numbers increasing across the board for sales and prices, while the amount of time spent on the market and foreclosures continues to drop.
Marti Kay, a realtor with Remax North Associates in Denton said for many years it was a buyer's market, but that stopped around three months ago.
"Now it has turned around," she said. "It is a seller's market."
Kay said many people have been waiting for the right time to get into homes, especially new homes. Some of them waited to get interest rates as low as they could.
"They are thinking the interest rates were going to go down more, but they do not remember when it was 18 percent," Kay said.
Jayne Howell, a real estate broker with Scott Brown Properties in Denton, said since interest rates have started to trickle back up, more potential buyers have locked down mortgage rates after debating whether it was the right time to buy.
"Interest rates have remained historically low, but they're climbing upward slightly and that's alerting the people that have been sitting on the fence to buy that the time is now," she said.
Part of the problem affecting home ownership right now is that houses are not staying on the market for very long. Home inventory as of May 2013 was 2.4, according to the Texas Real Estate Center. Just two years ago in May 2011, the home inventory was 7.1.
Clients desire either new homes or homes in good condition, said Karin Seligmann, a realtor in Denton. Older homes are also selling fast, as long as they are in good areas and in good condition.
"I feel a greater sense of urgency in the buyers this year because frankly, we don't have enough homes that are in good condition on the market," she said.
This is partially because of the growing popularity of home sale and improvement shows on networks like HGTV, raising clients' expectation for a property. Since the economic downturn, she has been staging homes for sales to make them look more desirable, and coaching the sellers more to make their properties more lucrative.
Many of Kay's clients have relocated from other areas to Denton, Lewisville and Flower Mound. The majority of her clients have been first time homebuyers during the past three months, while other clients are downsizing. Howell said Scott Brown Properties continues to see variety in its clients, with a lot of first-time homebuyers, people buying larger homes, and people relocating to the area.
"It is a good time to sell, since prices are still reasonable that it might be a good time for them to move up [a home size]," Kay said. "They are finding Texas is a good place to live. We don't have a state income tax, but our property taxes are high. They are still happy."
According to the May Statistical Trends and News of Denton Report, there were 367 properties (including commercial) in state of foreclosure in Denton County. Of those, 43 were located in the city of Denton.
In May, the number of properties that received a foreclosure filing in Denton County was 37 percent lower than the previous month and 62 percent lower than the same time last year, according to the foreclosure listing firm, RealtyTrac Inc.
Erica Sullivan, an economic development analyst with the City of Denton, said banks have been more willing to complete the foreclosure process more quickly because housing values are rising and inventory was low. Locally, homes are sometimes selling before they are even placed on the market, she noted.
The median sales price of a non-distressed home was $99,500. The median sales price of a foreclosure home was $124,000, or 25 percent higher than non-distressed home sales.
The number of people interested in buying a new home has increased in the past couple of months.
As of May 2013, 972 new homes were sold in Denton County, according to the Texas Real Estate Center. Denton County had 2.4 months of inventory with the average price of home listed at around $225,000, according to the center's website.
Home sales for April 2013 were up 38 percent compared with the previous month, and up 35 percent compared with a year ago, RealtyTrac.com reported.
Some consumers instead have opted to build their own homes.
Hallye Fletcher, of Ponder, said she and her husband found a lot they liked in the area at the end of January and began building their own home in February after little success in the existing market.
"We originally looked into pre-owned homes, and even put an offer in only to be turned down to a lower offer, as the buyers were worried about the house not appraising for what would have been our sale price," Fletcher said in an e-mail. "There weren't many options in Ponder that met our criteria, so we found a lot we liked and went from there."
The average median rent in the city of Denton is $821; the county, $879. Both are higher than the statewide median rent of $813, according to the U.S. Census Bureau 2011 American Community Survey one-year estimates.
Don Manning, chief operating officer for Scott Brown Properties in Denton, said the rental business has been strong in their office, even with an increase in new construction of apartments. About 75 percent of the company's rental listings are apartments, and about 25 percent are houses.
In Denton, he said the rentals continue to cater to college students, and the rest of the customer base remains diverse. This year, he said, the rental climate in Denton is different with people beginning to seek rental properties for September as early as March and April. The period historically began in May and June and stayed steady through August.
"People were looking to be a little more proactive," he said. "I think they're realizing it's harder to qualify for a mortgage, and therefore are scared the leasing market might be a little bit tighter than normal."
He said the leasing environment remains strong, and the company is on track to exceed last year's figures for rentals.
Home sales are at the highest level since November 2009 with 5.18 million single-family homes, town homes condos and co-ops sold in May, according to the National Association of Realtors. This is a 4.2 percent increase over April and 12.9 percent increase from May 2012.
Distressed homes accounted for 18 percent of May sales, unchanged from April but down from May 2012 when distressed homes were 25 percent of all sales, the National Association of Realtors also reported.
The number of first time buyers in May was lower than April and even last May. New buyers accounted for 28 percent of home sales nationwide for May while they were 29 percent in April and 34 percent in May 2012.
With increased sales, available homes have decreased since last year, but are up from April, according to the National Association of Realtors. There were roughly 2.22 million homes for sale in May — 10.1 percent below a year ago but up from the end of April by 3.3 percent.
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Elegant, enigmatic Jay Gatsby yearns for his old love, the beautiful Daisy. But she is married to the insensitive if hugely successful Tom Buchanan, who won't let her go despite having a mistress himself. In their wealthy haven, these beguiling lives are brought together by the innocent and entranced narrator, Nick – until their decadent deceits spill into violence and tragedy. Part morality tale, part fairy tale, The Great Gatsby is the consummate novel of the Jazz Age. Its tenderness and poetry make it one of the great works of the 20th century.
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"A Real Scene Setter Old Sport"
Enjoyable even though not my usual type of choice. A Classic novel very well read by Bill Hope. Evocative of a time and place in history
"pure classic"
A classic of american novel, a pure joy! The word's and voice combine to take you back to the 1920's and into a world that is not quite what it seems.
"All American historic novel"
Narrator was good
I found them a little tedious if I am honest
No, and not sure I will rush out to get another
Gatsby's love for his lady
I was really looking forward to this book but was a little disappointed. Don't get me wrong great story but just got fed up with the characters.
"The Greatest of the Great?"
Beautifully written. A multi-layered masterpiece with a depth that rewards multiple re-readings.
There is little extraneous fluff. Fitzgerald avoided padding and produced a clear and concise story.
Arguably the greatest novel of the 20th Century and has very few competitors from other centuries for the title of greatest novel of all time.
"Audible - Great Gatsby"
Very enjoyable and well read 😃 I would recommend this book to my friends and definitely younger readers for it's clarity.
"The Very Good Gatsby"
The Book
What can I say? It is one of the best known plots of modern times. It is regarded as a modern American classic, alongside "Grapes of Wrath", Huck Finn's Adventures and Scout's wondering at her father's integrity. But for me, it has always been missing something. I know it's about soulless people for whom, what it looks like is more important than what it is. So of course it is missing something. That's the point! But still, there's something I can't put my finger on that separates this from the true "Greats".
I just read Melinda's review (which I always read with interest). She gets it, but I don't. For me Fitzgerald has so successfully dismissed these glitzy cut-out figures, that I have no empathy for any of them, not even Dan. That leaves me this: awed by the language, but not so hot about the story. And, isn't it all about the story? Anyway, who am I to criticise the book. It can't have been too bad because I listened to two versions of it over a day!
Overall, I think my prejudice is not a good guide. I love the language, but I could easily never read this again. I wouldn't say the same for Wrath, Mockingbird or Finn, and certainly I will read Of Mice and Men again, hopefully many times.
The Performance
As mentioned, I listened to two versions of this tale. I started with this one, then saw the Jake Gyllenhaal one advertised. It wasn't that I wasn't enjoying William Hope's performance, because I listened to both from "cover to cover". However, I found it a bit over dramatic, although that sense of avarice has its place within this book. Also, I wanted to understand why this is an hour longer than the Gyllenhaal version. I never got to the bottom of that. I liked his (Hope's) characterisation (especially of Daisy and Gatsby) more than the other version, but I didn't like the "sing-song" aspect of some of the narrative. Still the performance was good and didn't detract from the book, and it's all about the book.
"Excellent audiobook"
Yes. It was well read by the narrator, and of course it is one of the best books ever written.
The setting, the tale of unrequited love-- even though Gatsby turns out to be a stalker.
This might sound odd, but his voice seemed to fit with the era.
"Great Gatsby - Audio Book - Hope"
Book - Rated as a classic it not sure if it should be in the top 50. However, I see it is a classic and a very good piece of work. The chief asset is the narration, characters, and description prose. I did not find the plot terribly grand but that was backdrop for the chararacter.
Production - A very good production and presentation.
"The writing is excellent as is the narrator."
The Great Gatsby
By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Narrator by William Hope
Brilliantly written I liked the writing far more than the story.
The narrator did his job well and the story came alive but the general sound level was very low.
So back to the story. The author is brilliant. The way he engages the reader is amazing. The tragic nature of the story was not to my liking but I can't expect all of life to be rainbows and butterflies can I?
"Gripping reading!"
Great reading - brought the book to life
Yes, I think it was 2 sittings :)
"A Classic Story of the 1920's"
I have always wanted to read something by F. Scott Fitzgerald and understand why he is considered such a good writer. I finally got the chance to do it and am glad that I did.
Fitzgerald portrays a wide range of complex relationships, emotions, and cultural patterns without sounding phoney or contrived. His characters live on Long Island after World War I and most, but not all, are young and wealthy. While possessing beauty, wealth, and power, they teeter and eventually cross over our cultural lines related to truthfulness, honesty, trust, loyalty, nonviolence, thrift, justice, and respectfulness. Over the course of a summer, their decadent behavior becomes more extreme and ends in unexpected tragedy.
The narrator, a young man from the mid West, observes all this happening, and is confounded, especially by his enigmatic neighbor, Gatsby. As he gets to know Gatsby better and understand his motivation, he acquires a great respect for him.
"A true classic"
I thoroughly enjoyed this classic novel and William Hope's voice and speaking style made him the perfect choice as the narrator.
"classic. "
its been around all these years for a reason. the story isn't exciting or thrilling - its just a great story told in a way that unfolds like a napkin. piece by piece. you get sucked in to the lives of the characters. well done.
"Required Reading Re-visited"
This book was required reading in either my high school senior English or Freshman college class--really can't remember which. I have decided to reread all those "required" books. I certainly enjoyed this book, listening to it now ( in my 60's). I really cannot imagine a young person, who has not lived life and experienced the various ups and downs, being able to fully appreciate this book as much as someone with more life experiences can. This is a great story and the narrator is very enjoyable to listen to.
"The great irony, perhaps"
One of the greatest story ever penned by man. tragedy of a man with a almost impeccable heroism by him. its the kind of story that begins full of mystery and hope and yet ends on a big silent room of atmospheric irony.
Dreams, hopes defiance dashed by fate and reality.
stoicism. it fits this story. of the great american dream.
if you think you couldnt ask for more. read this story. if you think that you could get what you ask for. read this story.
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NBA Commissioner David Stern was in Memphis on Monday to christen the new Grizzlies ownership. Stern, who announced last month plans to retire in 2014, helped welcome 34-year-old Grizzlies owner Robert Pera to the NBA>
It was Memphis' night, but the Jazz did come up. Stern, in talking about the growth potential for Memphis, included the Jazz in a list of teams the small-market Grizzlies could emulate.
"Let's keep the momentum going with this group and this team," Stern said. "There's no reason why Memphis couldn't be both successful on the court but as succcesfsul as a team, as a business, as an NBA franchise in a similarly sized market. ... Oklahoma City as the comparabale, but if I needed to I would move up to San Antonio, Utah, Portland. You get the drift. I take a great deal of pride that the NBA can not only surive but can thrive under our current system in a market where there is the coprporate base that memphis has and there's a population base like Memphis' and to have the ability for salary cap and revenue sharing to ensure that if a team is well managed, the team can compete and do well financially."


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The energy-water nexus, 2012 edition
Chris Nelder, Smart Planet
A blistering summer this year has brought the energy-water nexus into sharp focus: how much power generation depends on water, and how much our water systems depend on power.
We've had the hottest July on record in the continental United States, and so far 2012 ranks as the tenth-warmest year on record globally, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The heat forced the shutdown of the Millstone Unit 2 reactor at the Dominion Nuclear Connecticut plant in Waterford, Connecticut last Monday, when the water temperature in Long Island Sound reached a toasty 76.7 degrees, over the 75 degree limit for the plant's cooling water. (As of this writing more than a week later, the reactor is still offline.) I suspect that heat may have played a role in forcing other nuclear plants to shut down in July, by causing electrical component failures. These shutdowns, along with others forced by faulty equipment, have taken U.S. nuclear generation to its lowest level in a decade, according to New Scientist.
The interdependencies of water, power generation, food, and climate are not news. We've had shutdowns of power plants due to summertime heat for the past decade or more. But the problem does seem to be getting worse every year…
(22 August 2012)
Treading water
Dawn Stover, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
In 1954, Lewis Strauss, then chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, gave a speech in which he famously predicted that "our children will enjoy in their homes electrical energy too cheap to meter." Whether he was talking about fission reactors or a secret fusion project is unclear, but he was wrong in either case. What did turn out to be too cheap to meter, however, was water…
This year's drought, however, is a painful reminder that water is not an unlimited resource. According to the National Climate Data Center, moderate to exceptional drought currently covers 64 percent of the contiguous United States. A new study in the journal Nature Climate Change predicts that severe and widespread droughts will continue during the coming decades…
It takes water to make energy. Coal, gas, and nuclear power plants generate electricity using steam-driven turbine generators. They withdraw surface water from rivers, lakes, or other bodies and use it to cool the steam. Thermoelectric power production has been the largest category of water use in the United States since 1965, and it is currently the fastest-growing user of freshwater. In fact, thermoelectric production accounted for more than 41 percent of all freshwater withdrawals in 2005, the most recent year for which US Geological Survey data are available. That year, thermoelectric production consumed more than 200 billion gallons of water daily. That was about 675 gallons per person. Every. Single. Day…
It takes energy to make water. Before you can use water in your dishwasher or bathtub, it must be pumped out of the ground or a surface source, treated to make it potable, delivered to your home, and heated. All of that takes energy. Plus, energy is required to treat and dispose of the wastewater that goes down your drain. In places where water is especially scarce, the only option may be desalination — an extremely energy-intensive process. And while thermoelectric power plants pay little or nothing for their water, water utilities get big electricity bills. (Remember, electricity isn't too cheap to meter.)…
(22 August 2012)
The U.S. Drought and Electricity Generation
John Daly, Oilprice.com
Well, its official – the U.S. government has acknowledged that the U.S. is in the worst drought in over 50 years, since December 1956, when about 58 percent of the contiguous U.S. was in moderate to extreme drought. ..
Much business writing on the effects of the drought have focused on its agricultural aspects. To give but one, the hottest, driest summer since 1936 scorching the Midwest have diminished projected corn and soybean crop yields s in the U.S. for a third straight year to their lowest levels in nine years. Accordingly, the price of a bushel of corn has jumped 62 percent since 15 June and soybeans gained 32 percent in the same period.
But as consumers fret about the inevitable rise in food prices to come, the drought is unveiling another, darker threat to the American lifestyle, as it is now threatening U.S. electricity supplies…
(3 September 2012)
US and EU must change biofuel targets to avert food crisis, says Nestlé chief
John Vidal, The Guardian
Nestlé, the world's largest food company, has added its weight to calls by the UN and development groups for the US and EU to change their biofuel targets because of looming food shortages and price rises.
"We say no food for fuel," said Paul Bulcke, chief executive of Nestlé, at the end of the World Water Week conference in Sweden. "Agricultural food-based biofuel is an aberration. We say that the EU and US should put money behind the right biofuels."…
"The relationship between food and water is clear," said Bulcke. "Water should have a value. There is so much much waste in the system. Upstream on farms, industry, food waste, food spoilage. Agriculture is responsible for 70% of all water being used globally, and 90% in some developing countries." Water is one cause of the food crisis. Governments took their eyes off the ball. For years, research and development investments were very low, at 1.5% annually. We have a crisis in the making. We cannot continue to use water in the same wasteful way as before…
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SANTA CRUZ >> One of Santa Cruz's roller derby teams had a bit of star power added to their weekend home bout against its Oakland competitors.
Movie star Matt Damon and his family and friends in the bleachers at the Kaiser Permanente Arena Saturday night did not push the team to victory, but there were will still plenty of smiles to go around.
Damon was apparently rooting particularly for Boardwalk Bombshells co-captain Eileen Jacinto Hill, otherwise known as "Sharon D. Payne," even sporting a black T-shirt depicting Hill in her Derby Girls uniform.
Harbor Hellcats' Courtney Scallan, aka "Hellth Hazard," was at Saturday's bout, but said she was bleachers away from Damon and his entourage.
"I heard he said this was the best bout he'd seen so far. It was cool," Scallan said. "I don't know how many people recognized him. I didn't get to see him, though, (but) I could see Sharon's face on all of their T-shirts."
Scallan said Damon and his wife, Luciana Barroso, a friend of Hill's, flew up from southern California for the match.
This is not the first time that Damon has attended a Santa Cruz Derby Girls game, though it might be the first in Santa Cruz. Damon is also featured in a photograph with the 2011 Hellcats in their season opener against Mission City's Brawlin' Betties in Santa Barbara on the Derby Girls' website (santacruzderbygirls.org).
Danny Keith, Santa Cruz Warriors' corporate sponsorships director, was working at the arena during the Derby Girls game and paid a quick visit to welcome Damon, who seemed "amped" about the competition against the Oakland Outlaws.
"I think it's indicative that things are changing here in Santa Cruz," Keith said. "We've been having quite a few celebrity sightings here now."
Keith said that while some in the audience were "slightly starstruck" over Damon's presence, "for the most part everybody was pretty much leaving him alone. He was able to just kind of be a normal person."


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A DUDLEY secondary school has shut its doors for the final time.
Pensnett High School was officially closed down on Friday (August 31) after its remaining pupils picked up their exam results.
Under the previous Tory administration, Dudley Council took the decision to shut the Tiled House Lane school, claiming it had become educationally and economically unviable.
Following the ruling, pupils in years seven and eight were relocated to new schools in July 2010 and staff numbers were reduced, as the school became Pensnett 14- 19 Education Campus, which operated as an annex under the auspices of the local authority.
For the last two years the facility has only catered for 140 pupils in its top years, who were already studying towards their GCSEs when the decision was made.
However with the last of the pupils having reached the end of their school days and picked up their GCSE results on August 23, the campus has now been closed altogether – although no decision has yet to be made on the future of the building, it is hoped the school's sports facilities remain in use for the community.
Councillor Tim Crumpton, cabinet member for children's services, said: "Pensnett High School closed as a school on August 31 and we are in the process of decommissioning the site.
"We wish the last year 11 pupils all the success for the future and I would also like to thank everyone who has made this successful for the pupils who remained there.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass.—By the time Baltimore Ravens linebacker Dannell Ellerbe snuggled home a Tom Brady pass with 6:49 to play in the fourth quarter, tucking away a 28-13 victory in the AFC championship game, the question floating around fast-emptying Gillette Stadium was: How much more of this lies ahead for fans in New England?
This marks the eighth season since the Patriots won a Super Bowl, and as the combination of Brady and coach Bill Belichick gets ever longer in the tooth, it's fair to wonder whether there is much more they can do.
That's a natural thought in the wake of bitter disappointment—check back when training camp kicks in and optimism is again high. What's more, on Sunday night, there are excuses handy for the Patriots. Good ones, too.
Brown: Flacco backs up elite talk
New England played without one of the NFL's great forces of nature, tight end Rob Gronkowski, who re-injured his arm in the first quarter of the Patriots' playoff win over the Houston Texans. Then, in the first quarter against the Ravens, cornerback Aqib Talib, the guy who had stabilized a woeful secondary, injured his thigh and didn't return. With those players available, maybe the game turns out different and maybe there's no cause to worry about the Brady-Belichick legacy just yet.
That's probably not the kind of thing the tight-lipped Belichick is ever going to give his thoughts on, especially not while Sunday's loss is still stinging. Moments after the game, he was asked about what is now a pretty long Patriots Super Bowl drought. Belichick said, "I don't know. I'm just focused on this game."
But even in just focusing on this game, it's hard to ignore the fact that in falling to the Ravens, the Patriots met an end that's getting too familiar. They came into the game as heavy favorites but were roughed up by a more physical team. The Ravens weren't intimidated by the Patriots' vaunted offense, and Baltimore simply out-slugged a team that's still more finesse than muscle. That's how every team that has handed the Patriots a postseason loss in the last decade has gotten it done.
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The Ravens were whistled three times for unnecessary roughness personal fouls. Those kinds of things are problematic when you lose, but for the Ravens, knocking the Patriots around—preferably within the rules—was part of the plan. And as the game wore on, it was clear the Ravens' defense had Brady unnerved. He was rushing decisions and having a hard time finding his comfort zone.
Brady made a mistake at the close of the first half when he failed to either call a timeout or hurry to the line for a spike to stop the clock, wasting an opportunity for a touchdown by allowing precious seconds to roll away. Still, the Patriots went into the locker room with a 13-7 lead. Brady had 139 yards on 14-for-24 passing in the first half.
But in the second half, he completed only 15 of his 30 attempts, winding up with 320 yards and two interceptions. That lightning-fast, precision offense that overwhelmed so many foes over the course of this year? Nowhere to be found. The Patriots went scoreless for the entire half.
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For Brady, it will be another offseason of questions. "It's part of the competition," he said. "You have the opportunity to win the game, and we came up short. There's frustration in that we wish we could have done better. But they're not going to give it to you. We didn't earn it. They earned it. They played a good game."
Brady, 35, remains one of the greats in the game, and though he's as competitive as ever—there is no shame in reaching the Super Bowl one year and the AFC championship the next—the game plan for beating Brady and the Patriots has become obvious. It's the Patriots themselves who consistently say that they measure success in Super Bowl wins, and it has been eight years since they hurdled that bar, each time coming to much the same end.
"It always comes to a screeching halt," Brady said. "That's just the way it is. Only two teams advance, and those two teams deserve it. We've lost before. It just takes a while to get over it."
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Why Does Lupus Discriminate Against African Americans?
New LRI-funded Research Finds Genetic Factors
That African-Americans are three times more likely than Caucasians to develop lupus and with greater severity is well-known. But we do not know why. With initial grant support from LRI, researcher Dr. Timothy Niewold at the University of Chicago has made great headway in uncovering some of the genes that may predispose African Americans to lupus. This year his work has gained tremendous recognition with several published papers and a sizeable grant from the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Niewold's initial proposal hypothesized that African-American patients carry genes that cause them to produce higher levels of interferon-alpha, a critical molecule known to drive lupus progression.
Confirming His Hypothesis
Recently published in Arthritis & Rheumatism, Dr. Niewold's results showed that interferon-alpha levels are indeed higher in African-American lupus patients. Also stemming from original LRI-funded research, Dr. Niewold's team had previously discovered differences between Caucasians and African Americans in six genes along the biological pathway involved in producing interferon-alpha.
"By studying the genetics of a multi-gene pathway, we can understand what goes wrong and where in the process we can effectively intervene," said Dr. Niewold. "Our discovery of these genetic factors affecting the production of interferon-alpha should help us individualize treatment in this disproportionately affected patient group."
African Americans a Growing Priority in Lupus Research
"The genetics of lupus in minority populations is starting to get the attention it deserves, particularly among African Americans where the problem is greatest," says Dr. Niewold. "We must address a host of challenges to ensure proportionate representation of African Americans in lupus research studies and clinical trials."
For instance, while the FDA granted approval to Benlysta® as the first new lupus treatment in 50 years, it was with a significant caveat. The prescribing information was required to note the lack of clinical data in African Americans, and Benlysta developers are mandated to conduct a trial specifically among this patient group.
One obstacle to recruitment of these patients is that most research centers are not located in areas with large African American populations. The University of Chicago is unusual in that 70% of its lupus research participants are African American, so Dr. Niewold could readily recruit patients. Researchers at other universities are beginning to reach out to community medical centers and hospitals to recruit minority patients.
Taking His Research to the Next Level
The NIH shares Dr. Niewold's interest in finding the cause for lupus prevalence and severity among African Americans, awarding him an RO1 grant of $1.95 million to extend his LRI work on a large scale. The five-year study will look deeper into how inherited genetic abnormalities in the interferon-alpha pathway might contribute to lupus in African Americans and other populations.
Beyond his own study, Dr. Niewold also collaborated with other research groups to discover two additional genes associated with the disease in African Americans. He also contributed biological samples from his patients to an international study on mapping out all of the genes that contribute to lupus in African Americans.
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Pets Best names top 5 most costly pet insurance claims
As the cost and quality of veterinary care increase, so do claims submitted to pet insurance companies. Pets Best Insurance recently revealed some of the highest claims it has received over the past year. Here are the top five most expensive.
1. Car accident
One dog was hit by a car and kept on life support for two weeks. The owner filed a claim for more than $55,000. The dog sustained multiple fractures but is reportedly doing well.
2. Cervical spondylomyelopathy
This condition, also known as "wobbler's syndrome," caused one pet owner to file a claim for $21,580, which reflects the condition's progressive nature and the necessity of radiographs, MRIs, medication and surgery.
3. Meningioma
The claim for this form of central nervous system cancer came to a total of $15,533.
4. Intervertebral Disc Disease
A "slipped disk" in the spinal cord often renders the pet unable to move or feel sensation in its limbs. CT scans, MRIs and surgery are generally all necessary, which is why the claim came into Pets Best Insurance at nearly $14,400.
5. Endocarditis
One pet owner submitted a claim for more than $11,000 to treat inflammation of the inside lining of the heart chambers and valves.
Pets Best paid a flat percentage of each claim, up to allowable limits, the company reports.


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Eric W. Devaney, 25, of North Platte was convicted Thursday of domestic assault and sentenced to more than nine months in jail.
Deputy Lincoln County Attorney Jennifer Wellan told the court that Devaneys record of assaults dates back to 2003 and Piccolo said he had to consider the pattern of bad behavior.
During the hearing, defense attorney Pat Hayes asked for a short recess so he could read the pre-sentence investigation report, which he had not seen yet. When the hearing resumed, Hays did not protest the findings.
Lincoln County Judge Michael Piccolo sentenced Devaney to 280 days in jail with credit for two days already served. Devaney seemed shocked and angry.
Casey's robbery
Charges against Daniel Shinkle, a 16-year-old accused of robbing a Caseys store on Rodeo Road and Buffalo, were moved to juvenile court.
Shinkle has been in the Lincoln County Jail since Sept. 28, held on a $100,000 bond.
Defense attorney Kent Florom said Thursday he is trying to find a more appropriate juvenile facility for him.
Using a BB gun rifle, Shinkle allegedly robbed one of the registers at the Caseys store, said Sgt. Gary Hovey of the North Platte Police.
Hovey said police were called to the store shortly after midnight and told that a young man wearing a black ski mask robbed the store and left on foot. The investigation led police to a home on West Ninth, where they found the teenage boy with the 19-year-old woman, Amanda Giles, Hovey said.
Hovey said police found a BB gun, money and clothing that matched the description of the crime at the house.
Shinkle reportedly was a runaaway from his home in California and a brother of Giles domestic partner. Giles was charged with accessory to a felony because she allegedly tried to hide money and conceal the Shinkle from law enforcement.
Deputy Lincoln County Attorney Austin Leighty said Thursday that Shinkles charges will be amended for juvenile court and some of them will likely be dropped.
In other court action:
Dylan DiGiovanni, 20, of North Platte was scheduled for hearings on five separate charges, cincluding three charges of theft, one of failure to appear and one for possession of drug paraphernalia. At the request of defense attorney Pat Hays, all the charges will be bundled together. DiGiovanni is scheduled to return to court Nov. 8.
James Hearn, 47, of Fargo, N.D. waived his preliminary hearing for theft by taking and his case was bound over to district court. Defense attorney Kent Florom asked for a bond reduction and Lincoln County Judge Kent Turnbull reduced it by half, to $12,500.
Bryan Werkmeister, 40, of North Platte waived his preliminary hearing on a charge of possession of amphetamine. His bond was reduced to $5,000 and his case was bound over to district court.
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I went to the Independence Drive USPS branch, which closed at 5:30 p.m. I arrived at 5:20 p.m. I was completely shocked, but they refused to help me because they were going to be "closing in a couple minutes." I said, "So you can't do it? I thought you were open until 5:30." Each of the four employees behind the counter kept looking at each other as if to decide who was going to help me. They kept "passing the buck" so to speak. One lady even said, "Well, I'm off the clock in a couple minutes."
It certainly got a bit awkward for the other people in line when it was clear that none of the USPS staff wanted to help me. So I (diplomatically) said, "Hmmm, I always thought when a business establishment was open until 5:30, they stayed until the last customer was served."
They replied, "Well, you have a lot of packages and you don't have postage yet." I said, "But that's why I came here — to get postage.
Not one of them even apologized. I just said, "OK, I guess I'll just have to come back" and calmly walked out. To the soldiers expecting these packages, I'm sorry, I guess you'll just have to wait another day.
Anyway, I just wanted to report this story because I think this USPS branch needs a major lesson in customer service. And it is my hope that a public report of their actions may encourage them to think about how they are treating their customers.
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Wootton Hall has been put up for sale by its owner, Sheridan Parsons, months after it was opened as a craft and visitor centre.
The former Royal British Legion hall on Sparrow Lane was opened last summer as a hub for people looking for information about the town.
But a lack of interest and the cost of maintaining it has led the owner to take the decision to put it up for sale.
Sheridan said: "We set it up as a local visitors' centre to see what sort of reaction we would get.
"It hasn't worked quite the way I wanted it to, and with only a couple of people coming in now and then it's not feasible to keep running it.
"I have come to terms with it and I can only hope it will be taken up by someone who will use it and keep it in the community."
The news has come as a shock to residents in Royal Wootton Bassett, who had come to see Wootton Hall as a local community asset.
Bryan Kingscote, a member of the Bassett branch of the Royal British legion, said: "I am surprised. I had only met her once and was impressed with what she was trying to do.
"The Royal British Legion used to use it and keep it going but we had to sell it and that's when it went to Sheridan.
"I think it's very sad that it is being sold. But I think the problem is that a lot of what was in there was duplicated in the library in Borough Fields."
The venue, which has been recently decorated, features a main room with an integral kitchen area, a small storage room, a unisex toilet and an enclosed garden, which Sheridan has kept up over the past months.
The hall has also been a regular site for craft workshops, and a centre for remembrance and commemorations on the First World War.
The Mayor of Royal Wootton Bassett, Coun Linda Frost, said: "I'm saddened to hear that Wootton Hall is being put up for sale.
"It's a very difficult thing, it's fantastic what Sheridan has done but it is tucked around the corner a bit and if people don't know that it's there they aren't going to pop in. You have got to pay your bills and if the funding isn't there, what can you do?
"Hopefully it will be taken on by someone who knows the town and wants to preserve the hall, but it's the funding that's the problem."
The hall has been put up for sale at £150,000 and Sheridan has already had a few viewings.
In the mean time, Sheridan is still letting out the hall at £7.50 an hour. To book the hall call Sheridan on 07891 718211 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
For more information about the sale, call Samuel Miles on 01793 855555.