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NSA leaker Edward Snowden's options dwindled Tuesday as several countries he'd sought refuge in revealed he was not eligible for asylum.
Anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks said late Monday the former contractor had sought asylum in at least 21 countries, including China, Russia, Venezuela and Iceland. The requests, which "outline the risks of persecution Mr Snowden faces in the United States," had been presented to a Russian official at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, the group said.
But only hours later, his applications to many of those countries were deemed not valid.
As the rejections piled up, Snowden's father released through his lawyer, an open letter to his son calling him a "modern day Paul Revere summoning the American people to confront the growing danger of tyranny and one branch government."
Lonnie Snowden has not spoken to his son since April but has said he would like to lay a foundation for him to return to the United States and face charges of espionage.
Snowden, who described himself as a "a stateless person" after his U.S. passport was revoked, is believed to be holed up at the Moscow airport where he landed nine days ago.
Before going to Russia, he was in Hong Kong, where he allegedly leaked details of U.S. surveillance programs gathered while he was working as a private contractor for the National Security Agency.
Snowden withdrew a request for asylum in Russian after President Vladimir Putin accused him of "harming our American partners," a government officials said.
State Department spokesman Jen Psaki confirmed the U.S. has been in touch with a "broad range of countries that could serve as either transit spots or final destinations."
"What we've been communicating is…that Mr. Snowden has been accused of leaking classified information. He is somebody that we would like to see returned to the United States…and we are hopeful that will happen," she said.
Several countries indicated he would not be awarded asylum for technical reasons.
Ecuador, Spain, Ireland, Poland, Austria, Norway, Finland and the Netherlands confirmed that Snowden's paperwork could not be processed because he was not on their soil or at their borders.
"We don't consider it as an application at this point," a spokesman at Finland's Foreign Ministry said.
In a statement, Poland said immigration officials had received "a fax from a person who signed as E. Snowden which does not fulfill the requirements of a formal application for asylum."
India and Brazil said they had rejected Snowden's asylum request outright.
"Following careful examination we have concluded that we see no reason to accede to the Snowden request," Syed Akbaruddin, a spokesman for the India's foreign ministry, said on Twitter.
German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich confirmed Tuesday that Snowden had made a request for asylum. According to news magazine Spiegel, the country's Foreign Ministry was examining if Germany could allow entry to Snowden.
The opposition Green Party said Snowden "did a service for Germany by unveiling practices, which breach fundamental basic rights and represent a massive breach of trust between allies" and hassuggested the former contractor had a legitimate case.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said his country had not received a formal asylum request but added that he thought countries should support Snowden's work exposing "the imperialist elite of the United States."
"They spy on friend and foe," Maduro told reporters after a gas exporters' conference in Russia. "They have created a semi-Orwellian system."
France and Switzerland said they had not yet received an asylum request.
Snowden could apply for a humanitarian visa which would allow entry for three months, however, said a spokeswoman at the Swiss office for migration, which handles asylum requests.
Other countries on the WikiLeaks list -- such as Bolivia and Iceland -- could not be immediately contacted.
On Monday, Russian PresidentVladimir Putin said Snowden could stay in Russia on one condition.
"He must stop his work aimed at harming our American partners, as strange as that sounds coming from my lips," he told reporters in Moscow. "He must choose a country of destination and go there. Unfortunately, I don't know when this will happen."
NBC News' Jim Maceda, Tracy Connor and Christina Marker and Reuters contributed to this report.


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I posted on the Cookware board asking for a way to test pH for home canning purposes. Fritter suggested test strips for the mildly acidic range between pH 3 and 6.
Problem is I need them by friday morning. I've checked with a couple pharmacies and the type they stock are for pH 5 to 9 range.
Any ideas where I can get my hands on some NOW?
Cookware board:
pH test kits for home canning tomatoes?

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December 24, 2011
Cuba's supreme governing body has pardoned nearly 3,000 prisoners, including some convicted of political crimes, though no mention was made of jailed American government subcontractor Alan Gross, whose case has become a sticking point between Havana and Washington.
The Council of State agreed to release 2,900 prisoners, among them inmates who are over 60 years old or are ill, women and young people with minor criminal records. President Raul Castro cited an upcoming visit by the Pope among the reasons for the amnesty, saying the humanitarian act showed Cuba's strength.
Those convicted of serious crimes like murder, espionage or drug trafficking will not be part of the amnesty, though some people convicted of political crimes are on the release list.
"Some people condemned for crimes against state security will be freed," read an official government missive cited by news agency Prensa Latina. "All of them have completed an important portion of their sentence and shown good behaviour."


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At 09:22 AM 8/9/00 -0700, Sam Penrose wrote: >Yesterday I observed in comp.lang.python that the sheer variety of >these suckers implies a few things: > >1) The creators seem to see more value in rolling their own solution >than in contributing to someone else's. (Is there any project other >than Zope with more than, say, 5 significant contributors? How many >even have 5?) Agreed. But in my particular case, I didn't find a "someone else"s that was sufficiently OOPish, extensible and represented an amount of work I couldn't duplicate in a reasonable amount of time. >2) The real open source project we have in common is Python. The reason >shared contributions are valued less than individual control is that it >is so easy to create these suckers in Python. You can get one up and >running in a few hundred lines of code. Why bother accepting somebody >else's vision when you can realize your own in a couple days of fooling >around? What you really get with a few hundred lines of code is a *taste* of your vision. I doubt that in a few hundred lines of code you will get: * a server * caching * access logs * error logs * exception handling * e-mail notifications of problems * admin pages * templating * integration of Python and HTML * session management * database connection pooling * fault tolerance * clustering * __maturity__ * etc. Some of these things you might not value to the point of building them by yourself, but you still appreciate having them when they are available. In some cases, you might not even think of certain features, but appreciate them after using them. The problem is that everyone starts from scratch such that we can't really benefit from each other's work without entirely jumping ship. What I'm striving for in Webware is a modular architecture where someone can say "hey, nice app server with logging, caching and such, but I want to roll my own templates". Webware will certainly grow, but it won't ever be a monolith. We already have an extensible architecture with plug-ins and servlet factories. >3) While these systems obviously have value (I'm being paid to develop >one whose budget will eventually climb into 6 figures), their number Can you tell us anything about your system such as it's goals, approach, etc.? Will these be open source, commercial or private. >and idiosyncracy suggests that they are ripe for obliteration by some >new thing that comes along and makes us wonder why we bothered to do >things the current way. I have no idea what that new thing will be, but >I'm thinking about it. I disagree to a large extent. Yes, the new, big thing will come along eventually, but that's how things always work. I don't think the current plethora of python web modules is the symptom of that. With open source in general, it's easier to roll your own and live with your own advantages/disadvantages than to join a fledgling project. In order to gain some real steam, a project has to get to that point where people say "if I roll my own I'm going to miss out on a lot of great things that someone is already providing". I installed Mandrake Linux a few months back. It was my first Linux install. I received 2-5 versions of every kind of application. All the versions had something, but none of them had everything and they pretty much all sucked. I think this is an open source phenomena. It's more fun to roll your own than figure out how to improve someone else's, because you don't have to change the way you think or learn anything new. But it's long term maturity that really makes a product enjoyable to use... It takes A LOT to get "there". Features, performance, documentation, maturity, etc. Webware is up to 16,000 lines of code and we still have a ways to go, but I'm confident we'll get there. My impression is that it's already the strongest package on the list at http://www.crosswinds.net/~pboddie/Python/web_modules.html. -Chuck
At 09:24 AM 8/10/00 -0700, Sam Penrose wrote: >I'm glad Webware exists. When we need more power than we can get from >clustered Apache CGI servers, it will be one of the things we look at. >(I also really appreciate the links to aolserver and PyWX.) I think >what all of you guys are doing is cool, and I hope I can contribute to >it. But I think it's worth noting the gap between the generic >approach and my professional reality. It might also be worth noting >that every generic solution I know of--Zope, ASP--makes me run >screaming. If I'm in my own warped little world here, feel free to >disregard me..:-). Two things: * I wrote Webware in response to my problems with Zope (one of which was being able to bite off a reasonable portion of the system and get started with my project). I'd hate to know that people passed on Webware because of their experience with Zope. I do know people who won't touch anything but C++ now that they've learned it. They're afraid languages like Python will be as much of a pain in the ass. :-) * Ultimately when you write a web app you have to write *something* and often that ends up being CGI scripts. Well, it's just about as easy to write a servlet as it is a CGI script and in doing so you get the generic benefits of WebKit. I guess ultimately I can't really see the point of writing a CGI script instead of a servlet. Heck, you can even run our app server in CGI mode if you don't like the idea of it hanging around. Then later with some configuration you can switch to server mode without changing a line of code. Think of it. You get an order of magnitude performance increase with no changes to your code. In terms of PSP and other components, you can use them if you want or not. Webware is not a monolith. -Chuck
At 12:50 PM 8/10/00 -0700, Shannon -jj Behrens wrote: >Chuck, > >We have all agreed that we are tired of duplicating effort. I would >very much like to merge our two products (i.e. Aquarium and WebWare), as >each has a lot of stuff the other doesn't (if you look closely, you'll >find that Aquarium does indeed have stuff that WebWare doesn't). >However, I do have some issues. Please feel free to respond to my >issues: Sounds interesting... Fenster's author, Dan Green, has also expressed a similar interest although I think his product is young enough that he's joining the Webware effort rather than asking for a merger. Perhaps this week is the turning point of some consolidation of the infamous "python web module authors". I could definitely be interested in a merger with Aquarium. As you've noted, there are things to discuss... >The FreeEnergy framework - The FreeEnergy framework is best documented >by FRD for the Java version of FreeEnergy ><http://java.apache.org/turbine/fsd.html>. It has helped up with >numerous clients and is the basis of FreeTrade, an open source ecommerce >framework written in PHP, which I am coauthor of ><http://working-dogs.com/freetrade/>. FreeEnergy has proven to be a >successful approach to Web application development, and I will not very >easily give up such an approach. Furthermore, Aquarium implements the >FreeEnergy framework in such a clean, flexible, OOP manner that it would >be a shame to give it up. Admittedly, I haven't had time to check this out yet. I will, though. >Coding style - I am an admitted anal perfectionist. If you've looked at >my code, perhaps you'll agree that it's extremely clean and well >documented (at least that's my goal). Part of my goal in creating >Aquarium was that the code would be so cleanly coded that other >developers would find it easy to hack the source. Afterall, an aquarium >is a transparent structure of great strength. It yields a great amount >of support, but it doesn't necessarily hide anything. This is the >spirit of Aquarium. I started reading one of the main scripts. I think it was the "engine". I did in fact, notice lots of comments which was nice. However, I also noticed the script was, er, "naked". That is to say it was just a series of statements in a file as opposed to a class with methods. Were it a class, I could subclass it and override a method to customize. As it stands now, I would have to, as you put it, hack the existing source. In the event that my hack is special to my needs or gets rejected for inclusion in the main source, I have to rehack every time I get a new version. That makes me shudder. I didn't get much further than that so I'm not sure to what extent this applies to other parts of the code. As you say, you're big on clean, commented code. I'm also big on objects. It's almost as easy to write as a class as not, and later you'll find that you can subclass, customize, instantiate, cache, etc. to your heart's content often in ways that are eminently useful but weren't originally planned for. "The Object is the Way." Unfortunately, I run into to people who have been scarred by C++ or VB and associate "object" with "bad". I was lucky enough to spend 6 years with Objective-C and NEXTSTEP. >Leadership - Naturally, it would be tough to yield the position of power >that I have as project lead of Aquarium. However, I don't really care >about leading half as much as I care about clean designs and >ultra-clean, well-commented code. In any case, the most successful open >source projects are not stiffled by an over-authoritative leader, rather >they are led by the contributors--i.e. coding merit determines >leadership. Well, there isn't a whole lot more to say here. I do, in fact, consider myself the chief architect for Webware and therefore exercise some authority in terms of design and pushing forward. This isn't different than many other successful OS efforts like Linux, BSD, Emacs, etc. I'm glad to hear that you care so much about ultra-clean, commented code. I do as well, although I occasionally let something slide while we mull over the possibilities. There's always a balance to be struck between the various factors of a project. >Those are my concerns. Please let me say that I found Web Ware to be a >very good project. Furthermore, I hope you are not insulted by anything >I have said. If you are, please accept my apologies. Not insulted. Honest dialogue is what it's going to take to collaborate on anything. Can you shoot us a brief list of where Webware and Aquarium overlap and what Aquarium has that Webware doesn't? BTW if you look through the Webware discussion list archives, I posted a TO DO list just recently. Or I can send it to you.... Also, I've CCed the webware-discuss list. -Chuck


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Magnitude 2.0 earthquake shakes Waldo, Knox countiesEpicenter of earthquake located two miles northwest of Belfast
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake located about two miles northwest of Belfast hit the area shortly before midnight Friday, Nov. 23.
The United State Geological Survey reported that the quake occurred at about 11:25 p.m. Friday evening. According to the USGS, a magnitude 2.0 quake causes weak shaking and no damage.
A dispatcher at the Waldo County Sheriff's Office said the department received several calls from residents asking what had happened, but no one reported any damage.
The quake could be felt in Belfast, Brooks, Camden, Freedom, Liberty, Lincolnville and Union, according to the USGS.
Did you feel the quake? Send us your comments at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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In north Islesboro, on Friday night, my husband called to me, "Did you hear that?" I said, "No." He said he'd just heard a deep, grinding rumble and thought it was an earthquake. He said to take note of the time (11:25 PM) and check the news the next day.
You are FUNNY Mr William Spear in Holland, MI.....
Felt nothing here in Holland, Mi.
I heard what sounded like a sonic boom in Belfast.
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Today we take a closer look at the accessories from the Pendleton Fall/Winter 2010 Collection. The traditional Indian patterns on Pendleton wool fabrics look beautiful and have been rolled out on lots of accessories this season. Next to the classic blankets, they also present premium leather/wool travel weekend bags, small pouches, gloves, small picnic blankets and more. The entire range is now in stock at Soto Berlin.
Photography: Highsnobiety
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Kiwifotos SKU: LMA-MD_MA | Helix SKU: PR2588
Made of black anodized aluminum the Kiwifotos LMA-MD_MA mount adapter allows the use of Minolta MD lenses on Sony A-Mount camera bodies. The adapter is manual and camera modes which control exposure by automatically adjusting aperture are not available. This mount adapter has a multi-coated optical glass element which allows the lens to focus at infinity.
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The Axipod camera support system takes camera support and stability to the next level.
Arena engineered Axipod for strength, stability, and portability. Most importantly, it facilitates steady image capture by damping vibration through careful material selection and design. Multiple points of contact provide stability and support. Each contact point is isolated with various damping material so they don't transmit shake or vibration to the camera. Gravity and existing fixed structures are used but isolated by the stabilizer, its grip and damping material.
For example, in the seat configuration your body weight holds axipod's stabilizer against the bleacher/seat which is attached to the stadium/theater. That same principle works for a canvass chair at the soccer field, effectively anchoring axipod to planet earth. Now, that's stability!
Aircraft grade aluminum and steel provide light-weight and strength making axipod rugged and extremely portable. The stabilizer bar connection employs the right amount of clamping friction to hold the camera at any angle.
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Navy Wife Cook...Serving my country by keeping my submariner well-fed!
Hey , I just came across your blog and i love it. I just made these as these look super yummy , in the oven right now.. I made afew changes though . i Used leftover Tandoori chicken with salsa and cream cheessee.. Cant wait ..:). .Thanks for the recipe.:)ReplyDelete
What a super idea!! Stuff with whatever you want, and bake. Make on the fly, so many possibilities. Each family member (or friend) can customize their own pocket. The recipe sounds good, but the concept is out of this world. Thanks!!ReplyDelete
Glad you and your sister liked my recipe!
We loved it! Thanks so much for sharing it!ReplyDelete
Found your blog on Pinterest. Love it! Thanks for sharing the recipe!ReplyDelete
I made these tonight for a dinner party and they were sooooooo awesome! I ended up serving the salsa as a dipping sauce rather than inside because they were too soggy otherwise. Great recipe!!! Yum!!ReplyDelete
Just thought you might like to know the Boston Park Plaza (extremely Ritzy amazing hotel) pinned this recipe on Pinterest! Wonder if they'll be making them! :) I can't wait to try it!ReplyDelete
Wow, that's awesome! Thanks for telling me :)ReplyDelete
these are awesome, cant wait to try them out.
I came across your post here through Pinterest.. although the Pin/picture did not lead me to this link ... The recipe looked so good that I had to search for it ... Luckily for me the title of the recipe on the Pin matched to this link. Can't wait to try these!.. They look Awesome!.. Thank you for sharing!
Do you have any idea how well these freeze? I haven't worked with freezing puff pastry. Would they need to be thawed first?ReplyDelete
Tracey, to be honest with you, I have no idea. I don't normally freeze stuff, but I googled whether or not it was ok to freeze puff pastry once cooked, and it definitely is. The pastry won't be as flaky as it was when it first came out of the oven, but it should re-heat just fine.ReplyDelete
Hi There! I found this recipe over at Sverve and had to come check it out! First of all, your pic is gorgeous. I swear it should be in a magazine! Secondly, I pinned this..twice..lol! It looks so good I had to share! Thanks for such a wonderful recipe!ReplyDelete
Thanks Bobbie!!ReplyDelete
Hi from South Africa. Love the look of these, but am going to try them using phyllo pastry instead. Or as well! Great as an appetizer.ReplyDelete
This looks like a perfect appetizer for our neighborhood's monthly TGIF. I'm always looking for recipes that DON'T need to be served warm....would this work for this recipe, or do they really need to be eaten shorty after coning out of the oven? Thanks! AnneReplyDelete
Hey Anne! I think you could absolutely serve these after they've cooled! I do think they taste best when they're warm, and I don't recommend them cold (like out of the fridge cold), but room temperature is just fine!ReplyDelete
Perfect! Thank you!ReplyDelete
These were awesome! Used this combination but also tried ham, cheese and chipotle mayo, peanut butter and banana and then, peanut butter, nutella and bananas! Yum!!ReplyDelete
I made these last night as a side to our chili and lime marinated sirloin and these pockets were a big hit! Delicious!ReplyDelete
Just made these now and are so fantastic - I added tiny pieces of chicken and fresh spinach and were just divineReplyDelete
These look amazing ('found via Pinterest). If using all of the puff pastry sheets, would you recommend doubling the filling? Thanks so much!ReplyDelete
I would just to be safe. I made these so long ago that I can't remember if I had any filling leftover. If you do though, you can always mash it up and make in into a dip!Delete


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So if a team makes the playoffs, all of its players are keeper studs, right? Wrong. Among the corner infielders, Brandon Inge and Wilson Betemit of the Tigers are barely fungible redraft fantasy options, let alone keepers, and Casey Kotchman's Bizarro World 2011 season isn't enough to make him a keeper, either. In between these definite non-keepers and no-brainers like Prince Fielder, Adrian Gonzalez, or Mark Teixeira, quite a few keeper enigmas took the field in the four 2011 Divisional Series.
As Rob McQuown did, I'm taking my dollar values from lastplayerpicked.com, and we'll all be adding the extra "Super Deep" category (20 teams with 10 keepers) for BP readers in the deepest of leagues. Think of it as an even deeper Keeper Reaper. If you missed it earlier this week, read the beginning of Rob's column for an introduction to what Keeper Reaper is all about. Remember, here are how league depths are determined:
Shallow: 10-team mixed leagues with 3 keepers (30 total keepers)
Medium: 12-team mixed leagues with 5 keepers (60 total keepers)
Deep: 15-team mixed leagues with 6 keepers (90 total keepers)
AL/NL-only 12-team with 5 keepers (120 effective keepers)
Super Deep: 20-team mixed leagues with 10 keepers (200 total keepers)
Alex Rodriguez | New York Yankees
Shallow: NO
Medium: BORDERLINE
Deep: YES
AL-only: YES
Super Deep: YES
A-Rod earned just $7 this season after two years around the $20 mark, disappointing his fantasy owners, who drafted him 18th overall in ESPN leagues. He missed over fifty games thanks to surgery on a torn meniscus and a nagging August thumb injury, failing to top 30 home runs for the first time since 1995 (and the first time ever in a season with at least 150 plate appearances). Those aches and pains muffled his .276/.362/.461 slash line with a SLG below his 10th PECOTA percentile, but his OPS and OPS+ have declined in each of the past five seasons, and he's missed at least 25 games in each of the past four seasons.
Whether this comes from age or PED hangover, A-Rod is no longer the top-ranked fantasy stud he once was. Even at a tough spot like third base, A-Rod is a risky keeper choice in shallow leagues, where you might be able to redraft him at a discount due to his subpar 2011. Nine third basemen and more than a hundred hitters brought more than A-Rod's $7 in 2011, and I expect that at least thirty will do so again in 2012. Risk of further injury and decline make him iffy in medium leagues, although his talent and position tip the scales slightly in his favor.
Adrian Beltre | Texas Rangers
Shallow: BORDERLINE
Medium: YES
Deep: YES
AL-only: YES
Super Deep: YES
Beltre set a record by becoming the first player to hit three home runs in a divisional series on Tuesday, capping a powerful first year in a Ranger uniform. Like A-Rod, Beltre lost time—37 games—due to injury in 2011, but he still brought his owners $23—only a slight drop-off from the $25 he brought in 2010. Beltre's .296/.331/.561, 31-home run performance blew the roof off PECOTA's 90th percentile projection of .306/.356/.499 and 26 home runs in both power (his 16.4 PA/HR is well above that 90th percentile 27.5) and TAv (his .321 also exceeded PECOTA's 90th percentile .294 projection).
Beltre's power bump came from his 16.4 percent HR/FB (his highest since the 23.3 percent in 2004's 48-home run spike) and a career high 44.1 percent fly ball rate. That overperformance is balanced by a career-best 93.4 percent contact rate on strikes, with his unlucky .273 BABIP explaining the relatively low batting average. Just as A-Rod might come at a discount due to his down 2011, other owners are likely to overpay for Beltre in 2012, failing to notice how much he outperformed PECOTA and other metrics. Trading Beltre now for undervalued talent could exploit his newsworthy performance and the short-term vision of other owners, another excellent keeper strategy. Injury and regression make him a dicey keeper in shallow leagues, but if you can't move him for a good price or if you play in a deeper league, Beltre should still bring a decent return in 2012.
Mitch Moreland | Texas Rangers
Shallow: NO
Medium: NO
Deep: BORDERLINE
AL-only: YES
Super Deep: YES
Moreland burst onto the scene in 2010, hitting 9 home runs in the final two months of the season to help the Rangers win the AL West for the first time in a decade and reach the World Series for the first time ever. While his .255 batting average underwhelmed, Moreland's .364 OBP was 15th among first basemen, and his .469 SLG ranked 14th. 2011's full-season line was a real disappointment, however, as he boosted his batting average a whopping four points but saw his OBP fall to .320 and his SLG to .414—levels down in his 30th PECOTA percentile. In nearly three times as many plate appearances, he only launched 7 more home runs and doubled his RBI from 2010. An awful .230/.264/.345 July hurt, along with continued struggles against southpaws, against whom his OPS was 206 points lower.
Sophomore adjustments are to be expected, and 2011 was Moreland's first full season in the majors, so he could recover in 2012, although he'll need to improve his approach against off-speed stuff. He'll also need to recover his patience, since his walk rate fell from 14.5 percent in 2010's small sample to 7.6 percent this year. Furthermore, it's unlikely that this year's 10.6 percent HR/FB ratio will reach the 21.4 percent that boosted his 2010 batting line. He'll could wind up in a potential platoon situation in 2012, making Moreland a good AL-only keeper but iffy in all but the deepest mixed leagues.
Casey McGehee | Milwaukee Brewers
Shallow: NO
Medium: NO
Deep: NO
NL-only: BORDERLINE
Super Deep: YES
We haven't seen much of McGehee in the first three games of the NLDS, small wonder for a player who delivered -$5 to his fantasy owners in 2011, a letdown after his $1 return in 2010 and $3 in 2009. The Cubs castoff seemed to have found a place in Beertown in 2009 after replacing an ineffective Bill Hall, but his OPS and OPS+ have both fallen the past two years. This season, however, was McGehee's first season with a negative VORP since 2008's 25 plate appearance cup of joe. His .223/.280/.346 performance fell well below his 10th PECOTA percentile, spoiling the plans of his fantasy owners.
Explaining this collapse doesn't come from his walk and strikeout rates—which were in line with last year's—but from BABIP and hit trajectory. His BABIP fell from .306 to .249 while his 40.4 percent fly ball rate in 2009 fell to 33.8 percent in 2011 (with a corresponding rise in ground balls). Bad luck on balls in play (or poorer contact) plus more ground balls will diminish power and batting average, as it has done with McGehee. The arrival of Taylor Green at the end of the season as well as the acquisition of Jerry Hairston could foretell the end of McGehee's time in Milwaukee, but he's likely to catch on elsewhere if that happens. Betting on a rebound could deliver value, but that's a keeper bet to be made in the deepest of leagues only, and his uncertain destination in 2012 makes that a tougher, not easier, bet in NL-only leagues.
Paul Goldschmidt | Arizona Diamondbacks
Shallow: NO
Medium: BORDERLINE
Deep: YES
NL-only: YES
Super Deep: YES
Goldschmidt, the USA Minor-League Player of the Year, skipped Triple-A and stepped into Arizona's first base role just in time to seize the reins down the stretch and tie a franchise record with 5 RBI to stave off elimination Tuesday night. Not a bad start to a career and one that few fantasy owners saw coming—he remained well under Value Picks thresholds for the whole season. He's got a clear path to a starting gig in 2012, but will the 6'3", 245-pound monster continue his success in 2012?
Goldie clubbed minor-league pitching to the tune of a .317/.407/.620 slash line with the kind of supporting ratios expected for a patient power-hitter: a strikeout rate of 23.6 percent and a walk rate of 12.6 percent. Facing better pitchers in the bigs, Goldschmidt remained patient (11.3 BB%) but whiffed more (29.9 K%) while maintaining the power that made him Arizona's 10th best prospect according to Kevin Goldstein. He wasn't higher than that because Kevin—along with other scouts—see power as his only calling card. Certainly the falloff in his ability to make contact is a concern, although that comes more from swings on balls (62.5 percent) than strikes (75.9 percent). Pitchers will certainly exploit this tendency in 2012, along with his struggles against breaking pitches, but Goldie has already showed that he can adjust to new levels in the past and should do so in the future. There's sophomore-slump potential if the learning curve proves too steep, but his prodigious power somewhat offsets this risk. Depending on your needs and your predilection for gambling on young talent, Goldie could be a keeper in medium-depth leagues, but he's definitely a keeper in leagues deeper than that. Potential for patience and power like this doesn't come around very much, and you should hang on to Goldschmidt, especially if you managed to get him at a discount.
Next week, I'll look at some keeper options from some of the teams that just missed the playoffs, but please leave requests in the comments section for other corner infielders and designated hitters you'd like to see covered.


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Pence's homer overturned vs. Brewers
Ball ruled foul after replay review at Miller Park
By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com
MILWAUKEE -- For the third time this season at Miller Park, Major League Baseball's instant replay system negated a called home run. This time it was Houston's Hunter Pence, who followed Geoff Blum's three-run home run off Milwaukee's Braden Looper in the sixth inning of the Astros 8-5 win on Sunday with a high fly ball toward the left-field foul pole. The initial call from third-base umpire Ted Barrett was a home run, but three of the four umpires conferred for three minutes and 22 seconds to view the replay and Pence's fly was correctly ruled a foul ball. Pence returned to the batter's box and flew out to center field. It was the sixth use of instant replay in a Brewers game this season and the third at Miller Park, and all six calls have been overturned. "I don't ever look at them, Pence said. "When I hit it, I thought it was going to be fair. It was fair and curving, so I put my head down and run and look at the umpire and see what he decides. I thought it was fair, but obviously not."
Five of the six instances affected the Brewers' opponents. Ryan Braun, who immediately disputed Barrett's call on Sunday, had a homer of his own overturned on July 29 against the Nationals.
Pence left no room for review in the eighth inning, luanching a two-run, go-ahead shot over the right-field fence to put the Astros in front to stay.
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► GIANTS 4, DIAMONDBACKS 1: At San Francisco, Pablo Sandoval hit a splash shot into McCovey Cove, Andres Torres and Buster Posey also connected and San Francisco beat Arizona for a three-game sweep.
The win, coupled with San Diego's 1-0 loss to Chicago, means the Giants have clinched at least a tie for the division title.
Even if the Giants are swept in this weekend's three-game series with visiting San Diego, they will finish in a tie. The Giants' last division title and playoff berth was in 2003.
► CUBS 1, PADRES 0: At San Diego, Brad Snyder hit an RBI single off Heath Bell with one out in the ninth inning to lead the Chicago Cubs over San Diego, pushing the Padres to the cusp of elimination from the playoff race.
The loss reduced San Francisco's magic number for clinching the NL West to one and idle Atlanta's magic number for clinching the NL wild card to two.
► REDS 9, ASTROS 1: At Cincinnati, Drew Stubbs homered and drove in four runs to help Cincinnati stay in the race for home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
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Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura announced the drills would be conducted from October to next February in 18 cities and prefectures and are being designed in accordance with a law meant to hone evacuation skills and protect lives and property in a terrorist attack, the Kyodo news agency reported.
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"It's hard not to draw a comparison between Winehouse and other members of the '27 Club' -- the culture-defining musicians like Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, and Janis Joplin who all died at the same young age as Winehouse." Salon.com. Jul 23, 2011, "Amy Winehouse's death leaves legacy, continues curse: The British soul singer said 'no, no, no' to rehab. Now she's the latest member of music's tragic '27 Club'" by Drew Grant.
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Willem II 2 – NEC 3 (Eredivisie, February 22, 2013) Robbie Haemhouts gave Willem II the lead with a good strike just 43 seconds in. Tim Cornelisse gifted NEC a way back into the game with an own golazo header which gave his keeper no chance. Melvin Platje made it 2-1 win a neat finish on the turn. Aurelien Joachim pulled it back to 2-3 for Willem II with a header.


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About the Author:
Ron Padgett grew up in Tulsa and has lived mostly in New York City since 1960. Among his many honors are a Guggenheim Fellowship, the American Academy of Arts and Letters poetry award, the Shelley Memorial Award, and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. Padgett's How Long was Pulitzer Prize finalist in poetry and his Collected Poems won the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America and the Los Angeles Times prize for the best poetry book of 2013. In addition to being a poet, he is also the translator of Guillaume Apollinaire, Pierre Reverdy, and Blaise Cendrars. His own work has been translated into eighteen languages.
Click here for more information about Padgett's writing style and an excerpt from one of his books, How to Be Perfect.
Ron Padgett in conversation with Amy King
Amy King: How Long dives headfirst into the stew of memory, being, redemption, and much more. Did you consciously take on questions of a philosophic nature in these poems?
Ron Padgett: I'll have to think a moment about the image of my book diving into a stew. It's true that these recent poems deal more directly with philosophical thinking, that is, with the real life of the spirit and the mind. I guess the older I get the "deeper" I become. Maybe someday I'll be deep enough to dive into myself.
Amy King: Quite a cast of characters make cameo appearances here—Christopher Marlowe, Sir Thomas Browne, Karl Marx, Jesus, René Descartes, etc. Why do history and historical figures feature so often in your poems?
Ron Padgett: I don't know. Perhaps because historical figures, as we call them, sometimes seem like historical figurines, which lends them a comical and/or slightly scary effect. But among the literary writers you mention, the answer is simple: I admire their work.
Amy King: How long has How Long been in the making?
Ron Padgett: The poems in the book were written as far back as 2004, but the impetus to write them goes back much further.
Amy King: What prompted the title?
Ron Padgett: One of the poems in the book is called "How Long." I tried out several other titles, but they didn't hold up, and I found myself referring to the manuscript as How Long. Maybe I was wondering how long I was going to take to give this book a name!
Amy King: How did the story of the Hidden Valley make it into "What Are You On"?
Ron Padgett: The poem started by my thinking about the British question of "What are you on about?" Then it took off on its own. At one point I found myself in an imaginary place called Hidden Valley. I wasn't thinking about the salad dressing brand at all. In fact I was surprised when I learned that such a brand exists. The Hidden Valley I imagined might have been based on an old postcard I had seen, advertising a dude ranch. Grandma and Grandpa seem to be a combination of my maternal grandparents and Ma and Pa Kettle.
Amy King: Is Hidden Valley, metaphorically speaking, the perfect place for poetry?
Ron Padgett: I'm not sure what a perfect place for poetry would be, other than the entire earth.
Amy King: There's simultaneity to the way the historical, the fabled, and the endless, ephemeral present coexist in these poems; how do you experience time?
Ron Padgett: Time has always seemed so variable to me. As a child, I thought five minutes in a dentist's chair was an eternity, but five minutes in a bumper-car was over in a snap.
Amy King: In "I'll get back to you," you follow two trains of thought at once and end with a nonlinear image that enters into the eternal present. What are the rewards of writing a nonlinear narrative, or dropping narrative altogether?
Ron Padgett: I grew up in a linear society, but when I was 15 or so I was introduced to the idea of time as circular or spiral. (I had already spent several years pondering Einstein's notion of time as the fourth dimension, that sort of thing.) At age 18, I had a vision of time as being simultaneously linear and circular. The next year I read Eliade's The Eternal Return, as well as books by psychologists and anthropologists that acquainted me with concepts of time from ancient and so-called primitive societies. The relationship between linear time and the lineation in poems is something else to think about.
Amy King: At what point do you realize a poem will be long? How long does a long poem take to write? Should one read a long poem in one sitting?
Ron Padgett: Sometimes I've written a long poem just because I hadn't written one in a while. The long poems in this book were written over several days, then revised over several years. But the reader can read them at whatever speed he or she wants. Forty-five years ago, I experimented with speeds, by reading only one line of a poem per minute, or one word every five seconds. It was interesting and sort of awful, but I convinced myself that I had learned something from it.
Amy King: How did your grandson Marcello respond to "Happy Birthday to Us"?
Ron Padgett: Marcello loves all poems that mention him.
Amy King: Who or what is the grasshopper (of the poem "Grasshopper")?
Ron Padgett: That poem started when a grasshopper jumped onto my back and stayed there for a while. He was impressive.
Amy King: Do you think America today is really less expansive than the America of "Walking with Walt"?
Ron Padgett: Yes, I do, though I'm only guessing at what "America" is.
Amy King: Who is Barber Tom (in "Death") who averted the storybook carnage with his everyday intent?
Ron Padgett: He's just an imaginary, regular fellow who wandered into my poem.
Amy King: In "Thinking About a Cloud," the cloud in conversation says, "In fact I never say anything." Your poems include many such conundrums. Do your poems intentionally defy Western logic?
Ron Padgett: No, although sometimes I like to write things that throw my mind off-kilter.
Amy King: The persona in "I Remember Lost Things" thinks his way—from the city to Joe Brainard to García Lorca to Columbia University's sundial-sphere—through a childhood, finally landing on the shiny chrome head of an Indian man topping the hood of a car. Is there a way in which the poem traces an interconnectivity between seemingly disparate things and ideas?
Ron Padgett: These things are not disparate, insofar as they are all lost things.
Amy King: In "What Are You On," people are cue balls, and in "On Decency," ideas of mortality are depicted as billiard balls. Does this objectification of attention have something to do with your thoughts on technology?
Ron Padgett: No, it's just that I used to like shooting pool at Julian's Billiard Academy on 14 Street in New York. And I still marvel at how perfect billiard balls look, though the cue ball reminds me of my own bald head, or the head of an extraterrestrial on the cover of a science fiction paperback in the 1950s.
Amy King: Who is "Snowman" for? Did you write it consciously, from the start, as an elegy? I didn't know it was an elegy, or didn't know I knew, until the last few lines of the poem—very much the tempo of sadness/memory's ambush.
Ron Padgett: I wrote "Snowman" thinking about my friend George Schneeman, who had died a few weeks before. His last name is German for 'snowman.' The poem had an elegiac undertow from the very beginning, but the eruption near the end ambushed me too.
Amy King: How did you write "From Dante"—what is it based on? It is more allegorical, more oblique than other poems in the book.
Ron Padgett: It is loosely based on three poems by Dante.
Amy King: Why is René Descartes so tired?
Ron Padgett: Deep thought is exhausting, even for a genius.
Amy King: Why did you imagine the "Flame Name"? It reminded me of Williams' "I saw the figure 5 in gold…"
Ron Padgett: I don't remember, but your association is interesting.
Amy King: Did you write "The Great Wall of China" while in China with Anne Waldman, or when you were riding the cloud back to New York?
Ron Padgett: I wrote it in Beijing, beginning in the morning and ending that evening. And yes, Anne Waldman was there.
Amy King: At the end of "On Decency," you acknowledge that though you don't have the earth, as your grandparents did, you have them. How does humanity feature in your poems?
Ron Padgett: I just wanted to tell my forebears how grateful I am to them for being who they were.
Amy King lives in Brooklyn, New York and is the author of I'm the Man Who Loves You and Antidotes for an Alibi, both from Blazevox Books, The People Instruments (Pavement Saw Press), Kiss Me With the Mouth of Your Country (Dusie Press), and most recently, Slaves to Do These Things (Blazevox). I Want to Make You Safe is forthcoming from Litmus Press, 2011. She is currently preparing a book of interviews with Ron Padgett. Amy founded and curated, from 2006, the Brooklyn-based reading series, The Stain of Poetry, until 2010. Please visit www.amyking.org for more.
Winner of 2015 Robert Creeley Award
"Ron Padgett's poetry is utterly unique. He writes with an apparent directness and simplicity that results from an extremely fastidious and artful attitude towards language. Each of his poems is an exquisite construction, yet at the same time he works to strip poetry of artifice and pretension. His poems are often hilarious—he may be the funniest living American poet—with a humor that is all the more powerful for its subtlety."—John Koethe, Poetry Society of America's Shelley Memorial Award Judge
"Reading Padgett one realizes that playfulness and lightness of touch are not at odds with
seriousness . . . As is often the case, leave it to the comic writer to best convey our tragic
predicament."—Charles Simic, New York Review of Books
"Ron Padgett's poems sing with absolutely true pitch. And they are human friendly. Their search for truths, both small and large, can be cause for laughter, or at least a thoughtful sigh." —James Tate, Academy of American Poets Chancellor
"Ron Padgett makes the most quiet and sensible of feelings a provocatively persistent wonder."—Robert Creeley
"Always discovering new pleasures and reviving old ones, full of what, in Frank O'Hara's
phrase, 'still makes a poem a surprise,' Ron Padgett's poems, among those of our times,
are in the small company of authentic works of art." —Kenneth Koch
"Padgett's work is unique in American poetry precisely in its fusion of novel imagery, humor that's based in both New York and his native Oklahoma, and a various musicality. . . . Much more mysterious than words, the figures in dreams are funny, elegant, and changeable. We think with them every night, but Padgett also thinks with them in his funny, elegant, mercurial poems." —Alice Notley, in Coming After: Essays on Poetry (University of Michigan Press)
"[Padgett] is a major figure in contemporary American letters." —Clayton Eshleman, in Companion Spider: Essays (Wesleyan University Press)
"Ron Padgett is the poet that people who don't like poetry have never read."—Colorado Springs Independent
"Ron Padgett is a poet of the New York School, second generation. He, Ted Berrigan and Joe Ceravolo seem to me to be the most accomplished of that group."—New York Times Book Review
"At his best, Padgett re-orders our perceptions of the world." —Poetry Magazine


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One of the tenets I held sacred growing up in South Georgia in the '50s was the inviolability of Jekyll Island as a public state park for all Georgians - the only Georgia state park on the ocean.
Even today, 50 years later, as I walk on the beach and ride on the bike trails and park my car right next to the beach, I'm amazed at Jekyll's rare pristine quality.
Having seen other coastal communities go the way of high-priced condos, tourist shops and expensive restaurants, I feel deep gratitude that we have Jekyll. The island is a precious anomaly in a world of vanishing space and beauty and nature and affordable vacation opportunities for all Georgians.
The Jekyll Island development proposed by Linger Longer of Greensboro would put more than 1,100 hotel, condo and time-share units, with plans for a $352 million residential and commercial "town center," on 64 acres. Only 125 of 725 rooms would be "economy" accommodations.
State Sen. Jeff Chapman, R-Brunswick, can be highly commended for questioning the legality and public good of this proposal.
If you would like to offer input on this very important issue, a town hall meeting - including a presentation from Linger Longer and a question-and-answer session - will be held at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 20 at the Cobb Galleria, at the crossroads of Cobb Parkway and Galleria Drive in metro Atlanta.
For more information, visit the Web site www.savejekyllisland.org.
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If he pulled a groin muscle, that explains his lack of mobility on the dance floor. He's still waaaaay sexy and nice to watch. I'll bet he smokes 'em next week!
And, Edyta has a lot of her own fans, which will help a bit.
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If he pulled a groin muscle, that explains his lack of mobility on the dance floor. He's still waaaaay sexy and nice to watch. I'll bet he smokes 'em next week!
And, Edyta has a lot of her own fans, which will help a bit.
I didn't realize his real name was also used as his soap character name on AMC lol
but anyways, i didn't like his performance...i dont think he'll be first out, but im sure he wont improve much very soon...very stiff.
Oops - boy I really can't add can I! Aiden is absolutely adorable - very sexy, handsome, and has a terrific personality. Too bad, he can't dance - AT ALL! However, the judges were too harsh on him and waaay to easy on Pamela Anderson who dances like a hooker/stripper (and acts like one too).Quote:
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I re-watched their performance from Monday, and maybe I'm playing conspiracy theorist, but I feel like they have it out for Aiden. Really, he wasn't any worse than Shannen and was much better than Kate and Buzz, so no way did he deserve to be sandwiched in between those 2. Aiden doesn't really have a story line going for him or really have anything 'controversial' about him. Poor Edyta :( An article I read said they think she's cursed, given the partners she's gotten and the fact that she's been on this show 10 seasons but hasn't won yet, and hasn't really lucked out with partners. Although I guess the same could technically be said for Anna, Karina, Jonathan, Maks, Tony, and Louis at this point. Only seasons she had someone winnable, there was an Emmitt Smith or Kristi Yamaguchi in her way. I so hope she and Aiden get it together for Monday. Ballroom will hopefully come easier, and maybe in the mean time he can improve for any future latin rounds. Hopefully if he comes out and wows them, and a jive couple totally bombs (please let it be Kate), that'll get him the votes to stick around. He's got the potential.
And what's with Len? He didn't like Aiden jumping off the stairs, but in the past, when couples have used the stairs for quick steps he loved it.
He's looser with dances like the jive, but overall Len just doesn't like gimmicks. He knows this is an entertainment show, but still something in him demands to be impressed with old fashioned good dancing. I don't always agree with him, and I think sometimes he's too cranky, but I will admit that I think if they get by Len with good remarks and good scores than I too am generally impressed.Quote:
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If you compare last week's rehearsal package to this week's, it's almost like watching two different couples. Yeah, I realize editing and obviously Tom even seemed like their was a theme this week-which couple is most likely to take to the stage, break into a fight, and storm off the set? But Edyta seemed plenty upset. I think she and Aiden know he's got the potential, even though I (sadly admit) he's pretty clunky. Maybe he can improve into something better but I'm just not sure if that's there. Some people just can't dance, and I think no matter how hard they try, they just never will. They have an uphill battle and unfortuantely for Edyta, I think she may join the club of her hubby and Jonathan as being the only celeb to get eliminated first back to back. Since I wouldn't be surprised if she's not back next season, I have to say I'll really, really miss her. They got my votes tonight.
As for their dance, I actually thought it was much better than last week. It's hard comparing a cha cha to a foxtrot, but it was so much more elegant, sophisticated, Aiden/Edyta seemed to be more into the dance and it just came easier for him. Fingers crossed they make it.
He was much better last night. He'll keep improving.
Aiden and Edyta did a very good job last night and were sadly underscored for it.
I am so glad that Aiden and Edyta made it through last night. I am looking forward to seeing them dance again!!
Edyta tweeted that she and Aiden have the quick step next week. She says he's struggling with it :( On the plus side, there's always Buzz and Kate. On the minus side, they are Buzz and Kate.
But I am so happy that Edyta didn't get eliminated first! :yay Her and Aiden's are the reactions I like to see. They thought they were goners. I hope they manage to last. I'm not 100% confident that Aiden's got a good dancer in him, but I adore Edyta and want her to have a good season.


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The commandment to wear the tzitzit of the tallit is one that comes directly from Biblical sources. The earliest Biblical mention of a tallit comes from the period after the Exodus when Moses and the Hebrew spent 40 years wandering the desert.
The reference specifically comes from the Book of Numbers. The specific verses where the tallit is first mentioned are among those that are included in the Shema. It is here where G-d commands Moses to instruct the people to wear the fringes. The verses referenced are of course Numbers, 15:38-40.
38: Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
39: And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
40: That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
The commandment to don the four corners of the tzitzit is repeated once more in the Book of Deuteronomy.
Interesting enough, the entire purpose of wearing the tzitzit of the tallit is to remember the 613 Mitzvot or Commandments that G-d gave to Moses for the Jews to follow. It is largely for this reason that it is a custom to don the tallit when being called up to the Torah, which of course contains the 613 Mitzvot from G-d.
The significance of the Tzitzit's connection to the 613 commandments of the Torah is one that has been studied extensively. Many Rabbinic sources applied the practice of gematria, which assigns a numerical value to each Hebrew letter, to the meaning of the tallit. They found through the usage of gematria that the value of the word Tzitzit is 600. They then surmised that it was symbolic if added to the 5 knots and 8 strings of each fringe they got the number 13, which they then added to 600.


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Then several days befor our closing I aked them if my name was on the deed and their manager at the sales lot said this was a community property state so not to worry about it because I wasn't on the deed. Third, my husband passed away six weeks after my cancer surgery and I find out that we didn't have any life insurance on our mortgage. Fourth I have to battle to get my home out of the estate plus keep up my mortgage. The doctors put me on disability. After a few years my fiance and I were told we would have to do a Turn of Equity to get the house because I didn't have enough income for the year. Then at the last minute they said we couldn't have a fixed rate mortgage even though that's what they said it would be but with all I had been through we signed a paper for an adjustable rate mortgage. I also found out I was paying $600.00 more a year for homeowners insurance than anyone else for our modular home in this county. I was being escrowed almost $100.00 a month for homeowner's insurance despite my calling them and telling them this was unfair and probably illegal. The sales lot manager stated he got commission on my homeowners insurance. I was truing to get a local company to insure my home but Vanderbilt Mortgage people said I had to keep including the escrowed amount until they got all the paperwork from the company who was going to insure my home. But being on a fixed budget I couldn't afford to keep paying an extra $100.00 a month and pay my pemium with a new isurance company. When I realy pressed them about the errors on our turn of equity application they said they would fix them and never did. The error was they didn't have the address of our home right in twodifferent places, The company sent back Two Hundred dollars around the end of November 2005, there was no explanation for this so I called them and they just said I probably paid too much in escrow. The big finding was the fact when my late husband signed his name at the closing in Oct. Of $1999. Through the legal battle it came out my husband didn't have a job when they approved our loan for the final closing. There is so much more. Like the fact on mylatehusband"s credit report he had bankrupties and federal liens that even though they were settled I didn't have any thing like that on my credit report. Our payment (my fiance and I's went up to $640.00 a month Three months after we signed our turn of equity) because of the adjustable rate mortgage. It has beena terrible struggle. Medical and RX bills and fighting a company that knew myhusband did not have a job the day of our closing has been a hug burden on me physically and financially. And by the way they rotate these managers or the vanish into thin air???!!!!!!What's that all about?? They also never escrowed my real estate taxes for the county like every normal mortage for a home has. Beware of these people.
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text: Johannesburg - The company insuring the artworks by William Kentridge would not reveal on Wednesday the value of the prints that were stolen from a Johannesburg gallery.Artinsure did however say that works by Kentridge, considered to be South Africa's top artist, often fetch up to R1m and more at auctions.The four prints were stolen from the David Knut Projects gallery in Parkwood where an exhibition of Kentridge's titled Nose was held last year.Kentridge, who is best known for his animated films of shape-shifting charcoal drawings, has displayed his work in some of the world's top museums.He won critical acclaim for his production of The Nose, an opera by Dmitri Shostakovich, which was performed at the Metropolitan Theatre in New York.Last year he won the Kyoto Prize, one of the most prestigious honours in the arts.Stolen from drawerThe prints were stolen on Saturday but the gallery's management only noticed on Monday that they were stolen, manager Taryn Hackett said."It appears that a couple came in, created a diversion and there was a sleight of hand," director of Artinsure Gordon Massie told AFP.He said police and private investigators were still piecing together how the heist was executed.The manager of the David Knut Gallery in Parkwood, Taryn Hackett, said the four small, limited-edition prints by Kentridge went missing from a drawer.Hackett said the prints will be difficult to sell because Kentridge's prominence will lead potential buyers to question sellers closely.She could not give an estimate of the prints' value.He called Kentridge "probably the foremost contemporary artist in South Africa".Inspired by JohannesburgLast month, a sculpture entitled General Lazare Hoche, by French sculptor Jules Dalou, was stolen from the Johannesburg Art Gallery.Kentridge once said about living in Johannesburg: "I have never been able to escape Johannesburg, and in the end, all my work is rooted in this rather desperate provincial city."I have never tried to make illustrations of apartheid, but the drawings and the films are certainly spawned by, and feed off, the brutalised society left in its wake."


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Maui Vista Condos are among the most beautiful on the island and this one surpasses them all. Newly refurbished, the décor is modern, comfortable and friendly. A ground floor condo it would be suitable for two adults and a school-aged or younger child. You are only steps way from the famous pristine white sands of Kamaole I and Charley Young beaches. You are mere feet away from a barbecue, as well as several swimming pools. The condo is modern, beautifully furnished and will very comfortably sleep four people. The bedroom includes a spacious king-sized bed featuring a Dormia Memory-Foam mattress, a 32' flat panel LED television, and ceiling fans to supplement the air conditioning when the nights are warm. In the living room, you will also find a 47 inch LCD television to entertain you along with a BlueTooth speaker system. The full kitchen features all the small appliances you could wish for. Make a Mai Tai using the blender, or pop some finger food into the microwave.
The lounges and chairs on the private lanai will give you plenty of seating if you choose to simply enjoy the sunshine and sip a drink, or a quiet place to relax after a day spent sightseeing or shopping in some of the many fabulous stores and shops. Plus, the many amenities you're going to enjoy will have you returning year after year to this perfect island retreat. You're never far from an amazing view, a beautiful sunset, a fabulous golf course or a wonderful restaurant. Why spend your time in a costly hotel when you could enjoy your vacation your way, with all the comfort and the convenience of home. Your kitchen is modern and convenient and holds all that you need to whip up your own masterpieces of culinary delight, while the dining room features seating for four, or you may choose to eat al fresco, using the table for four on the lanai. Complete with a Bosch washer and dryer, a hairdryer as well as lounge chairs for the beach, all you really need to bring to Maui when you rent this little gem, is your bathing suit, your suntan lotion and you.
No vacation could be more perfect than a vacation on Maui, with the wonderful activities such as para-sailing, snorkeling, diving, Zipline, sailing, watching the whales, hiking or riding the volcano or the marine preserve. The only thing that could make it more perfect is this condo at Maui Vista, a central location to nearly anything you can find to do on Maui.
You will not find a higher quality unit in the price range.
Keywords: Condominium, close to ocean, ground floor, luxury, updated, air conditioning, AC, King, King bed, HDTV, across from ocean, ground floor
Second time to stay at this comfortable condo and will be staying again in a couple of months for a longer time. The condo is well equipped with an amazing kitchen, not the normal Walmart items.
The only issue I thought I had was with the Dryer. It looked like it did not work. When I brought it up to the owner, he assured me that it was just cosmetic and the dryer did work. He was replacing it and the washer before my next trip.
The main reasons I stay at this unit is the Memory Foam bed (I wake up totally rested), the modern Air Conditioner (not window units) and the location a short walk to my favorite beach, Charley Young Beach.
Maui Vista, South Kihei (Kamaole I & II Beaches Area), Kihei, South Maui, Maui, Hawaii, USA - No vacation could be more perfect than a vacation on Maui, with the wonderful activities such as parasailing, snorkeling, diving, Zip line, sailing, watching the whales, hiking or riding the volcano or the marine preserve. The only thing that could make it more perfect is this condo at Maui Vista, a central location to nearly anything you can find to do on Maui.
Other Activities: Shopping, Kayaking, Boating, Parasailing
Golf: 3 Wailea and 1 Makena course close by.
Great accommodations everything is as stated we will come back here again for sure.
We enjoy coming back twice a year to Maui Vista!
Sunsets in the evening are breathtaking!
a/c did not work and bed was not good old
Nous avons vraiment apprécié notre séjour dans ce condo. La plage est au maximum à 5min à pied et vous pouvez aller surfer à 6 min! Le condo est très bien équipé. Nous avons vraiment apprécié notre séjour.
the apartment has everything we needed to enjoy the beach, chairs, boogie boards, towels, snorkel, frisbee. the kitchen had all the things we needed too. huge fridge, ice packs and a cold bag.
nice big King bed. was an easy 5 min walk to the beach and food town was only a 10 min walk.
We stayed at the Maui Vista on reccommendation from other family members also staying there for a small family reunion. We loved the ground floor location of the unit and the owners were very generous in outftting the unit with nice quality beach chairs, umbrellas, tennis rackets etc. - which was very much appreciated. However, we had a few issues in the unit itself:
1. Cleanliness was lacking. Not sure what the routine is with the housekeeping team that cleans after every stay, but the floors in the unit were swept but not clean. Wiping up water off the floors in the bathroom left the towel very black /dirty unfortunately. We had to wash the glassware and plates / bowls before using as the wine glasses had lipstick marks and there was old food particles on plates and bowls. The fry pans also had old grease on them as well - All of this was very disappointing.
2. There is an issue with the Dishwasher - after a few plates of soapy tasting food and wine / water glasses of soapy tasting drinks, we had to rinse all the plates and glasses / cookware before using. The rinse cycle may not be working properly and there is a very strong soapy smell from the dishwasher after it supposedly finishes its cycle. You could smell strong soap odor on the dishes/ cutlery etc.
3. Air Conditioning was not working. There was a handyman in the unit after we arrived to repair a broken shower head and we mentioned the air conditioning was not blowing very strong or very cold air. He looked at the unit and said it appeared there was definitley a problem(not something he could fix) and would let the owner know. He returned the next day to finish his bathroom repair and said he let the owner know but we never had anyone out to deal with the air conditioning. This was the most serious issue as late afternoons in the unit and overnight were not very comfortable. It was difficult to use the stove top to cook as the living room become very hot. Also, there is no vent fan for the stove top which was unusual.
As owners of rental properties ourselves, its very important to ensure your guests are comfortable and the amenities that are promised in the unit are working. We paid for a unit with air conditioning and a working dishwasher. We do not feel that we received what was advertised/offered and we are asking for a partial reimbursement of our stay.
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"Justice Issues in Health Care Reform" will be the topic for discussion on Sunday, at the Adult Education class at 10 a.m. in the pastor's office at Pilgrim Congregational Church, 400 Glenwood Drive.
Dr. David Brown will speak at the 11 a.m. worship service on "The Case Against Religion," with text from Amos 5:18-24 and Luke 15:25-32.
November 15, 2017
Middle Valley Church of God announced that Pastor Mitch McClure will speak on the topic, "Thankful For The Love Of God" in the 10:30 a.m. service on Sunday ... (click for more)
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Middle Valley Church of God announced that Pastor Mitch McClure will speak on the topic, "Thankful For The Love Of God" in the 10:30 a.m. service on Sunday . This sermon is part of a sermon series titled "Thankful Again." This series focuses attention to the goodness that God has demonstrated to each of us and encourages us to discover new and ... (click for more)
Ladarius Cross, 28, Terrance Careathers, 26, and a juvenile were shot early Saturday morning. Cross was killed. Chattanooga Police responded to a motor vehicle crash at 5:16 a.m. in the 1400 block of Roanoke Avenue. Upon arrival, Chattanooga Police Officers located the single vehicle crash with two people suffering for apparent gunshot wounds. The driver, ... (click for more)
A teacher at Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences, who recently was reported missing and then was spotted, has now been arrested. John Albert Eaton, 44, was arrested Sunday in Red Bank on a DUI charge. He gave his address as 9580 Sweet Gum Lane, Soddy Daisy. Eaton's wife had reported him missing after she said he told her he was going to the school on a Sunday afternoon ... (click for more)
Re: Roy Exum's "Stay, Signal Mountain, Stay" Well this article is something to think about. I think the split could go either way, and Signal Mountain schools would still flourish, as they have done for the past several years. What I'm worried about is why Signal Mountain has not yet had the guts to go be problem solvers at Howard, or Tyner, or Central. Why do ... (click for more)
When the good people of Signal Mountain join with their loved ones to give thanks for many, many blessings on this hallowed Thursday, you can bet the Hamilton County Department of Education will be on nary a list. For the past year a diligent advisory committee has studied the feasibility of forming its own school district and exactly one week prior to Thanksgiving, the misguided ... (click for more)


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In the real world, where companies are allowed to fail, a big one is about to go down. Not surprisingly, Blockbuster is pretty much toast. It's the story of a company that wasn't nimble or forward-thinking enough to take advantage of its size and reach.
In a regulatory filing, Blockbuster says it will likely have to file for bankruptcy if it can't deal with its debt:
Because of its losses and "the increasingly competitive industry conditions," the company sees "substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern."
The "increasingly competitive industry conditions" have existed for years. Netflix started in the late 90's, and Blockbuster waited far too long to take the start-up seriously. In fact, in 2008, Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes said: "I've frankly been confused by this fascination that everybody has with Netflix."
The fascination is pretty simple. People don't want to drive to the DVD store when they can get a DVD in the mail twice a week or download just about all the entertainment they can watch for $10 a month.
Keyes pinned his company's entire strategy on the assumption that customers would still flock to Blockbuster for new releases. Bad market research.
And then, lo and behold, someone came up with the idea of putting DVD kiosks in grocery stores, and Redbox drove the final nail into Blockbuster's coffin. Blockbuster does have a download deal with Tivo, but it's probably too little too late. From Daily Finance:
We'd bet that a big part of Blockbuster's problem is Keyes. The former 7-Eleven CEO joined the retailer in 2005, at a critical transition period for the company. Instead of embracing the digital revolution, Blockbuster has strongly resisted change. In 2008, at a time when in-store kiosks with $1 rentals started popping up everywhere, Blockbuster touted its brick-and-mortar business and dismissed the significance of new distribution models.
And while Netflix serves all-you-can-eat entertainment for a low, fixed rate, Blockbuster recently reinstated late fees and shortened the rental period for premium titles -- those aren't exactly the kinds of changes that will win new customers.
In fact, I'm pretty sure there are a few old Blockbuster customers who got screwed by overzealous late fee charges that will relish dancing on the company's grave.
Redbox is 20th century technology too. It will also eventually perish, unless it adapts to the creative destruction which has destroyed Blockbuster.


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"Skunks have a bad reputation. People run from them. No one wants to pet one, or have one as a pet. Bad smells are either blamed on them or compared to them. This is the result of bad pubicity," said former Warner Brothers Cartoon Star Pepe' Le Pew (birth name Peter Fish).
Le Pew has hired the Hollywood firm of MCA to represent his species and improve their reputation. Agents for the firm could not be reached at their offices due to a fumigation in progress. Cell phones could not be contacted either as they had all been "turned in for cleaning."
Pepe' said that the organizational goals include the following steps:
- Reminding people that egg farts and morning breath smell bad too
- Change the name of skunk weed
- Find a newer, more pleasant sounding name for the skunk species, like "striped cats"
- Introduce more skunk toys into stores in time for the Christmas buying season and make them the toy of choice
- Try to get hot looking babes like the Jessicas (Alba and Simpson) to have skunks as pets
When asked if he had any final thoughts or plans, Pepe' said: "If misconceptions don't change and people don't start seeing things our way, I may just have to raise a stink!"


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This truck has been in the family since new. Its been religiously maintained mechanically. Its been my beater for a few years but I don't need a v8 for a beater, plus insurance is up and I rarely drive it.
Almost everything works. Only major problem is the brakes have air in them. New master cylinder and everything else. Must be a vacuum line but I'm used to driving it this way and quit sinking money into the brakes. A/C works when it wants. Same with passenger window. New brakes, alternator, fan clutch, starter, water pump, and thermostat. Also needs a drivers side mirror.
The truck runs good and I wouldn't hesitate to drive it anywhere.
300,700 miles
Willing to trade for a golf cart, or just about anything interesting.
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The U.S. Energy Department's weekly inventory release showed a larger-than-expected rise in natural gas supplies on account of weak demand. On a further bearish note, the storage build was bigger than the benchmark 5-year average gain for the week.
About the Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report
The Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report – brought out by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) every Thursday since 2002 – includes updates on natural gas market prices, the latest storage level estimates, recent weather data and other market activities or events.
The report provides an overview of the level of reserves and their movements, thereby helping investors understand the demand/supply dynamics of natural gas. It is an indicator of current gas prices and volatility that affect businesses of natural gas-weighted companies and related support plays.
Analysis of the Data
Stockpiles held in underground storage in the lower 48 states rose by 67 billion cubic feet (Bcf) for the week ended Aug 23, 2013, higher than the guided range (of 61–65 Bcf gain) as per the analysts surveyed by Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Financial Inc. . The increase – the twentieth injection of 2013 – also exceeded both last year's build of 64 Bcf and the 5-year (2008–2012) average addition of 66 Bcf for the reported week.
Following past week's build, the current storage level – at 3.130 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) – is now 45 Bcf (1.5%) above the 5-year average. However, supplies are still down 235 Bcf (7.0%) from the last year's level.
Natural gas stocks hit an all-time high of 3.929 Tcf in 2012, as production from dense rock formations (shale) – through novel techniques of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing – remained robust. In fact, the oversupply of natural gas pushed down prices to a 10-year low of $1.82 per million Btu (MMBtu) during late Apr 2012 (referring to spot prices at the Henry Hub, the benchmark supply point in Louisiana).
However, things started to look up in 2013. This year, cold winter weather across most parts of the country boosted natural gas demand for space heating by residential/commercial consumers. This, coupled with flat production volumes, meant that the inventory overhang was gone, thereby driving commodity prices to around $4.40 per MMBtu in Apr – the highest in 21 months.
During the last few weeks, though, natural gas demand has gone through a relatively lean period, as mild weather – from July through mid-August – prevailed over the country, leading to tepid electricity draws to run air conditioners. This has led to a slide in the commodity's price. In fact, healthy injections over last few weeks, plus strong production have meant that supplies have overturned the deficit over the five-year average for the first time since late March.
With more moderate weather expected during the next few weeks, leading to reduced power demand, natural gas price may experience another downward curve. This, in turn, is expected to pull down natural gas producers, particularly small ones.
Considering the turbulent market dynamics of the natural gas industry, we advocate big, relatively low-risk names like Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM - Free Report) and Chesapeake Energy Corp. (CHK - Free Report) – both Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) stocks.
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Interest Hana-Kimi's Shun Oguri Plays 'Shun Amaguri' in Doraemon
posted on 2011-07-06 18:30 EDT by Egan Loo
Actor Shun Oguri (Hana Yori Dango, Hana-Kimi, Detective Conan, Uchū Kyōdai, Arakawa Under the Bridge) will play a mega-popular idol named "Shun Amaguri" in an episode of Doraemon on Friday. Oguri describes himself as a huge fan of Doraemon, so when he heard that a fictional Doraemon character would be based on his image, he volunteered to voice the character himself. Oguri added, "Doraemon remains an eternal hero for me."
When the program staff members created the "Shun Amaguri" (literally, "sweet chestnut season") character in Oguri's image, they contacted representatives of Oguri to receive his consent. Not only did Oguri give his okay, but he added that it would be a huge honor. When he was young, he saw almost all of the Doraemon films, and he saw 1982's Doraemon: Nobita's Great Demon in particular more times than he can remember. His favorite character is Gian.
Oguri has recorded dialogue for anime films and other works before, so he handled sudden dialgoue changes in the middle of Doraemon's recording without problems. Doraemon's sound director, a professional known for strictness, even complimented Oguri for his enthusiastic performance.
In the slapstick comedy story "Yon-Jigen Pocket ni wa Spare ga Atta no da" ("I've Got a Spare Four-Dimensional Pocket"), Doraemon's owner Nobita takes the cat's spare magical pocket without telling Doraemon. Nobita's rich classmate Suneo had boasted about getting Amaguri's autograph, so Nobita and his friend Shizuka use Doraemon's spare pocket to break into Amaguri's home to get an autograph — but not everything goes as planned. Another story, "Nobi-ke no Kyodai Maguro" ("The Nobi Family's Giant Tuna"), will also air on Friday.
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text: This article was in a local newspaper today. BUFORD, GA — About two years ago, Trooper, a labrador retriever mix, was seriously burned when some paint cans overheated and exploded. His sister, Cindy, was adopted, but Trooper still needs a home. Finding him one became a bigger challenge earlier this month when the rescue facility he was getting foster care through, Pup and Cat Co., began having financial trouble. Its director and founder, Ursula Miller, had some medical problems, Pup and Cat Co. Vice President Sandy Hammer said. And since she was fostering 26 of the group's animals, finding the pets a new place to stay became a scramble. "We're just trying to keep the ship running," Hammer said. "She needs a break; she needs time to recover." The Winder-based rescue operation has been around for 15 years, Hammer said. Miller recently purchased five acres of land in Auburn, and the group planned to build a shelter there. But that project is on hold while they regroup and figure out what to do. "If we had a shelter, we wouldn't be in this mess," Hammer said. "We're not bringing anything new in; our rescuing's kind of at a halt right now. We just need to get these guys adopted." In the three or four weeks since Miller's medical problems began, Hammer estimated 12 or 13 dogs and cats have been adopted out. There are still 20 cats and 25 dogs that need homes. The group's foster families are overloaded, but Hammer said a number of veterinarians have stepped up to help care for the animals. Gloria Hallen, who is fostering Trooper, said she was afraid that the group would have to disband if a solution couldn't be found. But Miller would have eventually retired anyway, she reasoned, so the problems Pup and Cat Co. are having are a way to spur people to think about the organization's future. "I'd be sort of lost now without this group," said Hallen, who drives from Snellville to the Mall of Georgia PetSmart where she helps with adoptions for four hours on Saturdays. "It's like a little family." Hammer said the animals have been moved around recently, but are otherwise fine. The group can use any help they can get, she said. "We want to keep this thing up and open," she said. Pup and Cat Co. holds adoptions from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. every Saturday at the Mall of Georgia PetSmart at 1705 Mall of Georgia Blvd. For more information about the group, visit www.pupandcatco.com or call 770-867-1622.


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Subject: Graphics Cards | March 17, 2006 - 06:54 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
TweakTown has posted the results of their testing with ATI's new 6.3 Catalysts. Drop by and find out what enhancements you can expect from their newest drivers.
"Never fear, our Catalyst performance analyst for March 2006 is here, so let's take a look at
what ATI have done this month. We would like to thank everyone for taking the time to comment
last month on our monthly articles and we're happy to mention that we'll be including the Radeon
X800XL from now on since it was the most requested graphics cards to be added to our benchmarks
from our readers."
Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
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said to be uncertain about 80nm production @ DigiTimes
TARGET="_blank">ASUS EN7800GT TOP Silent @ Elite Bastards
RX1800XT-VT2D512E RX1800XT @ PC Stats
TARGET="_blank">MSI NX6600 Ares (GeForce 6600 DDR2 256MB, PCIe) @ Hardware Zone
TARGET="_blank">Turbine Card Cooler XT review @ DH
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