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- Fireplaces: 1
- Total Square Footage: 2,444 ($113.75 per sq. foot)
- County: Onondaga
- Elementary School: Split Rock
- Property ID: 100798773
- Beds: 4
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- Parking Type Description: Attached 2 cars
- Lot Size: 100 x 300
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- Style: Colonial
- Baths: 3 (Full: 2 3/4: 0 1/2: 1 Other: 0)
- Stories: 2
- New Construction: No
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Jai Nitz Brings a DREAM THIEF to Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics has shown a renewed fervor for superheroics in 2013, with titles like Black Beetle and The Answer gaining critical and sales success. In May, though, they move away from pulp and action and into the dark ambiguity of Dream Thief.
From writer Jai Nitz and artist Greg Smallwood, plus what Nitz calls a "Murderer's Row" of cover artists, Dream Thief takes the power fantasy of most superhero stories and explores more of the "curse" than the "gift" of it all.
To announce the series, Nitz brought along some exclusive interior art and gave us details about what makes this series unique.Newsarama: The Dream Thief premise sounds like this isn't going to exactly be a happy-go-lucky "Yay, I got powers, let's do some super heroics!" kind of story. What makes darkness appealing in a super powered set?
Jai Nitz: Dream Thief started with the question, "What would you do if you woke up next to a dead body and didn't know what happened or how you got there?" Would you call the cops? Would you run? Would you try to cover it up? What are the circumstances? In America we trust our justice system to provide Justice (with a capital J) and we want the system to be infallible. Everyone wants cosmic unfailing justice… until you're the one on trial. Then you want evidence stricken from the record and legal loopholes. You want to get away with it via fancy lawyer tricks and smokescreens.Dream Thief is a book about a guy becoming an instrument of cosmic justice that often runs counter to the American justice system. If you got to pick a superpower you'd pick "flight" or "invisibility"; you wouldn't pick "to kill murderers in my sleep." So that darkness makes for an interesting journey.
Nrama: There are dead bodies mentioned in the solicitation, but it doesn't specify whether those are good or bad guys being killed – can you clarify? Is the protagonist a hero here?Dream Thief #1
Alex Ross CoverNitz: I can tell you only bad guys die, but good and bad are in the eye of the beholder. For example, let's say your brother got drunk and was involved in a vehicular fatality. The courts rule (after some fancy lawyering) the accident wasn't his fault, and he gets probation for driving drunk. Is that justice? Is he a bad guy? Then what if a superhero killed your brother as revenge for cosmic injustice? Not as cut-and-dried as a purse snatcher getting caught by Green Lantern, is it? So is Dream Thief a hero? I guess it depends on who you ask.
Nrama: Why Dark Horse for this series? They seem to have a renewed focus on superheroes but this is also a very different style story, and you've worked with Image before…
Nitz: I've wanted to work at Dark Horse for years. Anyone who knows me knows my love for Hellboy and Mike Mignola. I've always admired Mike Richardson and Scott Allie, and our editors Patrick Thorpe and Everett Patterson are sharp. When Greg and I pitched Dream Thief we thought Dark Horse was a long shot at best, but we pitched them anyway because they had a track record of publishing some of our favorite books. And a lot of my trusted peers are doing books at Dark Horse: Dennis Hopeless and Mike Norton (we did Blue Beetle together!), Matt Kindt, Tim Seeley, Francesco Francavilla, Victor Gischler… the list of goes on and on. Dark Horse is the best publisher for this book.
That said, I love Image. I'd work there again in a heartbeat. I plan on pitching several projects to Eric Stephenson in the near future. Right now Dark Horse is home, but I'll always have a fondness for Image.Nrama: Tell us a bit more about John Lincoln. What kind of person is he before he finds this mask, and how will that influence the spirits possessing him?
Nitz: John Lincoln is a self-absorbed jerk. If you met him in a bar you'd say, "Man, that guy was a dick." You know that friend you have who is off-putting to almost everybody, but girls like him for some reason?That's John Lincoln. He's a slacker who has coasted through life but thinks he's entitled to the stuff he sees on TV and the internet. He's never had a real job and no one who knows him well expects much of him. If you hadn't been friends with him since second grade, you probably wouldn't be friends with him. That's the point. He's not the likeable sympathetic character, but he's empathetic. We see ourselves (or one of our friends) in John Lincoln. So if that guy we all knew suddenly became a driven crusader, we'd all think it was a change for the best. Until we found out he was murdering bad guys while he was asleep. Nrama: Looking through Greg Smallwood's blog, he seems to have a bit of a Samnee-esque style to him. How'd you get connected with him, and what made him right for Dream Thief?
Nitz: That's high praise. I discovered Greg's work at Astrokitty Comics in Lawrence, KS. Greg was a graphic artist from Leavenworth who came to Lawrence for his comics. He tried a Zuda project called "Villain" and I saw his ad asking for web-views on the shop's bulletin board. I recognized his talent immediately and emailed him from out of the blue. He was savvy (or stupid) enough to respond and agree that we should work on something together. I pitched him a bunch of ideas and he responded to Dream Thief, so we worked it up as a pitch.
I can't say enough great things about Greg. Since we met he's moved to Lawrence, less than a mile from my place. So we hang out all the time and work closely together. I respect his myriad of talents (he's penciling, inking, coloring, lettering, and designing Dream Thief) and try to play to them. He's doing the work of a decade-plus pro on his first comic and it's instantly apparent to everyone who sees his Dream Thief pages. If he isn't up for the Russ Manning award at the 2014 Eisners I'll eat my hat. I'll also eat Chris Samnee's hat.
Nrama: The solicitation text specifically mentions the mask as Aboriginal. What kind of research did you have to do for the book, and how steeped in specific mythologies is it?Nitz: One personal flaw I've always boofed was to do too much research into the minutiae of a subject and try to cram it all in to a 22-page comic to show everyone how smart I am. That makes for bad storytelling. So one thing I tried to do with the Aboriginal research on Dream Thief was hit the high points that were germane to our story, and then move on. I didn't want to get personally bogged down in details that will only please anal-retentive scholars. Job one is to entertain.
Also, one of my earliest partners in comics-crime was Australian artist Nicola Scott. Through her, Andrew Constant, Doug Holgate, and Tom Taylor I've learned which aspects of the Australian lore in the book are widely accepted and which parts are rubbish. I want to entertain. And I want my Aussie friends not to roll their eyes. In that order.
Nrama: There have been other only-powered-when-asleep characters in the past. Did you take inspiration from any of them, or is the tangentially shared concept the only similarity to those that have come before?Nitz: Are you asking if I've read every issue of Bob Budiansky and Bret Blevins's Sleepwalker? Maybe I have. Have I seen The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari multiple times? Perhaps. (laughs) The idea of what happens to us when we dream is as old as mankind. I wanted to delve into that ancient question of what happens to us and put my twist on it. Plus I get to tap into crime, justice, mythology, paranoia, fear, redemption, and enlightenment. I get to cover all the topics I want and Greg makes me look good. It's a win-win.
Nrama: You've worked recently on work-for-hire titles like Green Hornet and done work for Marvel and DC. Do you prefer creator-owned work? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each for you?Nitz: I've been working with Joe Rybandt, my Dynamite editor, for a long while now. We've done dozens of issues together and have a shorthand worked out that gives me a pretty wide berth. So switching from that to creator-owned at Dark Horse was seamless. I like creator-owned best because I can do whatever I want, but I still like having Patrick and Everett around to keep me on point. Only good things can come from having talented people with you behind the scenes. Even my Marvel and DC work I had great editors like Steve Wacker and Nachie Marsham. So I've been pretty blessed with my work-for-hire versus creator-owned. I like both for different reasons, but Dream Thief is the book I really want to do. Mignola always says you should creator-own your dream job. That way, if it's a hit, you get to do your dream job forever. I look at books like Hellboy and Chew and Saga and nod. I want Dream Thief to be like those.
Nrama: Anything else you'd like to tease about The Dream Thief?
Nitz: In addition to Greg Smallwood's fantastic interiors, we have a murderer's row of cover artists on Dream Thief. Alex Ross, Ryan Sook, Kevin Nowlan, Dan Brereton, and Michael Golden are lined up so far. And then we have ah-mazing pin ups from artists like Jenny Frison and RM Guera. I'm well aware that I'm the weakest link in this entire endeavor. As long as I don't screw it up, I think we have a winner.Got a comment? There's lots of conversation on Newsarama's FACEBOOK and TWITTER!

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Old West | Side Missions - Red Bricks The LEGO Movie Videogame Guide
Brick on the roof
Reward: Gold manual pages detector, Cost: 600,000
There is a red brick on the roof of the saloon. This will help you to find gold manual pages more easily. If you have not yet completed the game and have no flying character, you can get to the roof with a female character using the bar.
Build the well
Reward: Enemies drop studs, Cost: 100,000
To build the well you need three instruction pages. The first can be found on the roof, hidden inside the water tank.
The second page is inside the corral with a raging horse. It is difficult to grab it, since the horse will not let you get inside easily.
The last page is near the sheriff's office, behind the gold door, which you have to cut through with a laser.
After collecting all instruction pages, build the well in the centre of the square. Then, use the crank and a red brick will come from the inside.
Capture robbers
Reward: x4 stud multiplier, Cost: 500,000
On approaching the bank, sheriff will talk to you. He asks you to capture three robbers. He offers a red brick as a reward. The first villain can be found in the outhouse on the roof, next to the office. Use the grappling hook to get him out of there.
The second robber is hiding inside the saloon. Use a character with a staff to knock the code on the top floor and lure him into a trap.
The last of the wanted men is inside the barn. First, get to the attic and push the box off the ledge.
Now you need Demolition Man or another character with explosives, which you have to throw at the platform with fire icon. Once the robber rushes outside the building, head inside to take his gold and return it to the safe.
Startle birds
Reward: Fast drill , Cost: 100,000
To earn a red brick in the next mission, you have to startle all five blue birds. The first one is on the roof of the bank. Use the drill to destroy the object on which it is sitting.
You can use the windmill on the roof of the saloon to startle the second bird. To turn it in the right direction you have to hack the terminal.
The third bird is sitting over the town gate. You can startle it with a butterfly built out of rainbow bricks.
The last bird is on the barn chimney. First, head to the attic and push the box off the ledge.
Then, build a steam pipe to startle the bird. This will activate a whistle which will cause the bird to fly away.
The last bird is on the building on the cemetary. In order to startle it, you have to destroy the silver block next to the building. To do this, you need explosives or a bazooka. Your reward appears near the cemetary.
Put out the fire
Reward: Fast build, Cost: 100,000
You can see fire coming out of the window of one of the buildings near the cemetary. Put out the fire using a character with an extinguisher, by aiming at the three windows with fire coming out of them. A red brick will appear next to the entrance.


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Dog of the Day
Cat of the Day
Pet of the Day
Be prepared to smile, giggle and laugh out loud!!!
This is so cute! I love the way they move
I've been Boo'd ... right off the stage!
Aaahh, I have been defrosted! Thank you, Bonny and Asiel!
Brrrr, I've been Frosted! Thank you, Asiel and Pomtzu!
"That's the power of kittens (and puppies too, of course): They can reduce us to quivering masses of Jell-O in about two seconds flat and make us like it. Good thing they don't have opposable thumbs or they'd surely have taken over the world by now." -- Paul Lukas
"We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays." -- Persius, first century Roman poet
Cassie's Catster page: http://www.catster.com/cats/448678
Aww, how cute!! They're having SO much fun and the proud mother is watching them. I've never seen goats that young.
"I don't know which weapons will be used in the third World war, but in the fourth, it will be sticks and stones" --- Albert Einstein.
What a great video! Those babies are just too cute and their jumping and frolicking around was beautifully coordinated with the music! Thank you more than a lot for sharing this wonderful treat - I will be coming back to watch it again and again and again.....
Thanks for posting the link. This is hilarious to watch these baby goats. Reminds me of a yardfull of playful pups. Very cute.
I've Been Boo'd
I've been Frosted
Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again.
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That's adorable! What fun!!!
Thanks for posting, Sandie.
I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
Death thought about it.
CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.
-- Terry Pratchett (19482015), Sourcery
My friend sent me that video a few days ago and I'm still watching it...it's the cutest and funniest thing I've watched in a long time. Made me want to go pick up a few goats. I'll file it and keep it for when we have little kids come over, bound to get lots of giggles and laughing from them.
I've been frosted--- thank you Cassie'smom
I've been Boo'd----
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San Diego Gas & Electric has been cleared to begin testing small drones in sparsely populated areas of East County to help survey remote sections of the power grid for outages and wildfires.
The subsidiary of Sempra Energy said Friday that it was the first utility in the country to receive approval for testing and pilot training for the technology from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
The test aircraft weigh less than a pound and measure 16 inches across, with four horizontal propellers pointed skyward. A mounted camera can be used to inspect electrical equipment and relay live images, helping alert utility crews to necessary repairs.
Other industries, from railroads to retailers, envision using drones to help with delivering packages, monitoring construction projects or survey crops. But many uses are on hold while commercial regulations are drawn up by air safety regulators.
Congress has directed the FAA to provide commercial drones access to U.S. skies by September 2015, but the process is expected to take longer as experts wrestle with ensuring there are no collisions or conflicts with manned aircraft. Proposed rules are expected before the end of the year for drones weighing 55 pounds or less.
Tiny drones are taking to the skies anyway as prices fall, make them accessible to hobbyists, real estate agents and wedding photographers. Several video-capable drones now sell in the $300 range.
The four approved test areas for SDG&E drones in eastern San Diego County include no residences or businesses. The zones measure about 2.5 miles long and a half-mile wide.
Once the technology is tested and proven effective, SDG&E might then seek federal approval to use the drones more broadly for inspections. The investor-owned utility is responsible for 26,000 miles of transmission and distribution lines.
SDG&E says the small unmanned aircraft can perform work that might otherwise require helicopters or heavy machinery, saving money and cutting down on noise and environmental damage.
The FAA has granted previous permission for drones to inspect remote oil pipelines in Alaska and survey the Arctic for icebergs and whales and monitor drilling platforms.
The FAA estimates that within five years after regulations are in place there will be about 7,500 commercial drones operating in the U.S.


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The Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre will celebrate Shakespeare's 445th birthday with a free event from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Faulkner County Library.
This family-friendly afternoon will feature a mini-renaissance faire behind the library from 1 to 3 p.m. and abridged performances of The Taming of the Shrew and Macbeth at 3, with birthday cake to follow.
All ages are invited, but parents of small children should be warned that the performances of Shrew and Macbeth are rated "PG" and may not be completely appropriate for children younger than 5.
The Faulkner County Library is located at 1900 Tyler St. in Conway.
The Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre will run its third-annual festival of plays from June 10-28 at the Reynolds Performance Hall in Conway and will feature full versions of Macbeth and The Taming of the Shrew as well as performances of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe and the Arkansas premiere of the Broadway smash The Producers.
For more information, contact the Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre at 269-4815 or www.arkshakes.com.
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I've known Johnny Layton for a couple of years now, and I can guarantee you that this hard-headed little shit will be a strong force in this industry before you even realize it. He's been on the road with Pigpen and I, and he made it through that one alive, which tells me he's tough enough to get the job done. It doesn't matter if he's skating his favorite street spots or if I'm making him grind my favorite pools, Johnny sticks it. I wouldn't have made him a Rollmodel if I didn't look up to him. Enough said.-Neil Heddings


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Yes Zenyatta would've beaten her on poly but Personal Ensign would've smoked Zenyatta on dirt.
I'm so impressed. You can hide behind a computer screen and talk smack. You sure are a tough guy.
Do you people not have anything better to do than argue with your keyboards about a retired broadmare?
Nothing wrong with an easy tune up on your first time back. How effortlessly she looked was what impressed me.
You should give Blame some kind of award to make up for last year's travesty.
I'll take Maria. She would've given HDG all she wanted at 9 furlongs last year. Hopefully AM returns to her former self and we can see HDG and AM throw it down. Exciting stuff!
Mo is great. He is unbeatable. He will not lose. He's the horse to beat. Everyone please believe what I've written so I can make more $ when he gets it handed to him in the Classic.
This year a filly's going to get it done in the dirt.
That 'something' is talking nonsense unless Pletcher manages to sneak Awesome Maria into the field. If Pletcher accompanies a " suddenly premature grey" Life At Ten in the paddock BL and HDG are in trouble.
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text: Beginning in 1957 and ending in 1975, the Vietnam War was America's longest war and her first military failure on foreign soil. Even twenty-five years later, the Vietnam War era is a difficult and complicated subject, both emotionally and historically. For this Memorial Day, I've chosen five Vietnam War Web sites appropriate for both high school students and their parents.


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text: Hit $900 on a video lottery machine last Monday so I decided to spend part of it on a new smoker. Bought the Oklahoma Joe Longhorn model at Walmart for $429. Stopped by my local hardware store and got a 3 inch elbow to lower the exhaust to grate level. Bought some high temp sealant to seal all the cracks and then bought some fiber wood stove gasket to seal the cook chamber door and firebox. Seasoned it all day the next day and then fired it up for my first cook on Sunday. I purchased a beef brisket point from Wally for $27.99. Seasoned it with Aaron Franklin's suggestion of half and half salt and pepper. Let it warm up for an hour to room temperature. Cooked at 250 degrees with hardwood lump charcoal and apple wood from an apple tree we cut down 2 years ago. I cooked it for 4 hours until it hit 165 degrees and then foiled it for another 4 hours. Came out nice and tender and juicy from the foil. I let it rest in the smoker uncovered for an additional hour before slicing. The meat had a perfect smoke ring, had just the right tenderness, but tasted AWFUL!!! Had the dreaded bitter smell after slicing and then had the bitter, over-smoked taste. What the heck did I do wrong? Do wood smokers require less smoke than a drum style? I used the same wood I've smoked with for the past year. Never had this happen before. The Meat was edible but it was just way too bitter. I don't know if I didn't season the smoker long enough, if my wood was bad, or if I just got too much smoke involved.


text: I have a bunch of Mustang II parts for sale or trade. -complete drivers door -cluster (minus the Speedo and tach) -wiper transmission -starters -alternators -guage panels (w/AC) -E-brakes -front fender -door glass -flywheels -front headlight panel (no grill) -Auto shifter -electronic box -door hinges -power steering pump -Air Cleaners There may be more parts that I am forgetting. Im not sure what these are going for, so shoot me a price for what you need.


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What's the attraction: I've dug through a mountain of vintage clothes in Long Beach. I've shuffled through racks and racks of second-hand stores in San Francisco. I've even sought out treasures and trinkets in small foothill towns. But I've come to the conclusion that some of the best thrifting can be done close to home, in Stockton.
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Lil Wayne Releasing His Prison Memoir In November
Lil Wayne has signed a book deal to release a prison memoir titled 'Gone Till November'
It's described as a prison memoir of 'Weezy's' thoughts that he jotted down while serving his eight-month prison bid at Rikers Island for weapons possession.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the book is due to hit stores on Nov. 28, roughly two years after Weezy was released from prison.
Wayne has always referred to his time in prison as a turning point in his life. He told GQ that, "It cleared me up, cleaned me up, opened my eyes to things. I definitely thank God for that moment instead of looking at it as a problem or a bad situation. I needed it."
There are rumors that the book hints towards Wayne's future plans, but nothing has been confirmed yet.


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While headlines have reported declining oil, gas, and coal prices, those declines do not deter from the fact that U.S. energy resources are valuable to our domestic economic growth. The most recent government estimate of those benefits was a 2012 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study, produced at the request of the House Budget Committee, which analyzed federal lease revenues that could be expected to arise from a proposal to open federal lands and waters to oil, gas, and coal extraction.
Specifically, the study aimed to estimate the fiscal benefits of opening areas that are statutorily or as a matter of administration policy prohibited from leasing. The issue has repeatedly been a hot-button political and economic issue in the past several years, having been discussed at the beginning of the Obama administration and then again as Republican challengers in the 2012 election placed opening the lands and waters at the center of their energy policy. The issue remains relevant in the 2016 election cycle.
This paper highlights the continuing economic effects despite recent price declines, including benefits to economic growth, wages, jobs, and federal, state, and local tax revenues, from opening federal lands and waters to oil, gas, and coal leasing.
The findings of this paper demonstrate that opening federal land that is currently closed-off because of statutory or administrative action would lead to broadbased economic stimulus, including increasing GDP, employment, wages, and tax revenues. Specifically:
GDP increase:
- $127 billion annually for the next seven years.
- $663 billion annually in the next thirty years.
- $20.7 trillion cumulative increase in economic activity over the next thirty-seven years.
- These estimates include "spillover" effects, or gains that extend from one location to another location. For example, increased oil production in the Gulf of Mexico might lead to more automobile purchases that would increase economic activity in Michigan. Spillover effects would add an estimated $69 billion annually in the next seven years and $178 billion over thirty years
Jobs increase:
- 552,000 jobs annually over the next seven years.
- Roughly 2.7 million jobs annually over the next thirty years.
- Jobs gains would be not only in fields directly related to oil, gas, and coal but more than 75% of the jobs would be in high-wage, high-skill employment like health care, education, professional fields, and the arts.
Wage increase:
- $32 billion increase in annual wages over the next seven years.
- $163 billion annually between seven and thirty years.
- $5.1 trillion cumulative increase over thirty-seven years.
Increase in tax revenue:
- $3.9 trillion increase in federal tax revenues over thirty-seven years.
- $1.9 trillion in state and local tax revenues over thirty-seven years.
- $24 billion annual federal tax revenue over the next seven years, $126 billion annually thereafter.
- $10 billion annual state and local tax revenue over the next seven years, $61 billion annually thereafter.
The federal benefits, when incorporating the CBO's estimates on leasing revenues, could be as great as $36 billion annually for the next 7 years, and $139 billion annually in the long-run.
The present analysis illustrates the considerable economic value typically ignored in the energy debate. Federal taxes from the increased output could raise as much as $24 billion annually in the short-run, and would continue to produce $126 billion annually in the long-run. The federal benefits, when incorporating the CBO's estimates on leasing revenues, could be as great as $36 billion annually for the next 7 years, and $139 billion annually in the long-run.
According to the findings of this paper, the effects of the proposal on the larger economy would also be substantial. Output would increase by $127 billion annually over the next 7 years (about 1% of current GDP), and $663 billion annually after that (about 4% of current GDP). Over 552 thousand jobs could be created for the next 7 years with almost 2.7 million jobs after that, aiding economic recovery for workers facing historically high un- and under-employment rates. Wages would increase by $32 billion annually in the short run, with long run annual effects of $163 billion.
The economic impulses created by opening federal lands and waters to oil, gas, and coal extraction could therefore help significantly to spur economic growth — and help break the economy out of its sluggish postrecessionary malaise. Importantly, those benefits would be realized without any increase in direct government spending. Rather, increased output would refill national, state, and local government coffers without additional government outlays.
Download full version (PDF): The Economic Effects of Immediately Opening Federal Lands to Oil, Gas, and Coal Leasing
About the Institute for Energy Research
The Institute for Energy Research (IER) is a not-for-profit organization that conducts intensive research and analysis on the functions, operations, and government regulation of global energy markets. IER maintains that freely-functioning energy markets provide the most efficient and effective solutions to today's global energy and environmental challenges and, as such, are critical to the well-being of individuals and society.
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The MeiGray Group, the "Official Game-Worn Jersey Source of the ECHL," has announced the Chris Kushneriuk Charity Auction.
Kushneriuk, who played in the ECHL with Wheeling and Bakersfield, was recently diagnosed with cancer.
To help Chris in his battle, The MeiGray Group has two of his game-worn jerseys from the 2011-12 season available for auction. The auction is now live, and runs through Thursday, Dec. 27. All proceeds from the auction will go towards helping Chris "Krush" Cancer.
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FNC used its ElectionLink truck to broadcast a live interview with Sen. John McCain Friday. FNC's Caroline Shively interviewed McCain on his Straight Talk Express as it rolled down the highway in New Hampshire.
One of FNC's ElectionLink vehicles following behind the bus was able to transmit the live signal back to FNC headquarters.
CNN has similar technology in its CNN Election Express.
Meanwhile, MSNBC's David Shuster was roaming around a regional cheerleading competition in Des Moines this morning with the MSNBC "Comvu" cam. Shuster talked on the phone with anchor Alex Witt as he transmitted live pictures back to MSNBC. The report was about Oprah Winfrey's visit to Iowa in support of Sen. Barack Obama.


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New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday greeted India's "valued friend" Sweden on its National Day.
"On their National Day, I convey my greetings to the people of Sweden, a nation that is India's valued friend, connected by shared values," Modi said in a tweet.
"There is great potential in India-Sweden ties. Rashtrapati-ji's (President Pranab Mukherjee) very recent visit to Sweden will strengthen our relations even further," he added.


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Opening Day of Baseball at the Lyons House
Monday night marked the return of Major League Baseball for another year.
At my house we refer to it as "New Year's Day" and celebrate almost as fervently as we do on December 31st of each year.
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Rabies clinic in Franklin on March 29
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FRANKLIN — The City of Franklin will be holding a Rabies Clinic and Dog Licensing event on Saturday, March 29 from 2-4pm at the Franklin Fire Station located on 59 West Bow Street.
For licensing, a photo ID is required as proof of Franklin residency. Proof of prior rabies vaccination will be required for a 3-year immunization. If no record presented, a 1- year immunization will be given.
Rabies Vaccination costs $12. per dog/cat. Dog License Fees range from $2-$9. All dogs must be on a leash and all cats must be in carriers.
Contact City of Franklin, City Clerk's Office at (603) 934-3109 for more information.


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At first glance, Oprah Winfrey and Chuck Norris would seem to have little in common. But there is one characteristic that the two share: They're highly desired for their ability to bring in cash and followers for political campaigns.
The daytime talk-show host/media mogul and the bearded martial arts expert/actor top a new list of the most sought-after celebrities in political fund-raising circles. The National Journal polled a pool of Democratic and Republican political insiders, asking them to name three famous folks who bring the most money and voters to campaigns.
The top choice among Democrats was Winfrey, whose support of Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign was very vocal — and, some would argue, instrumental in putting Obama in the White House. Favored by 84 percent of the Democratic insiders polled, Winfrey "brings women and credibility" to a campaign when she grants her endorsement, according to one insider.
Bearded, roundhouse-kicking icon of masculinity Norris, meanwhile, was the top pick for Republicans, drawing 46 percent of the vote in National Journal's poll. Norris — who stumped for Republican candidate Mike Huckabee in the 2008 election, and is rumored to be hiding a third fist under his beard — cements the GOP's status as the "daddy party," according to one Republican insider polled: "No one makes that more apparent than Chuck."
Coming in second on the list were "Born to Run" belter Bruce Springsteen and "Forrest Gump" actor Gary Sinise, for the Democrats and Republicans, respectively.
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Cosplayer Ambrosia > Costume of Ryoko (Tenchi Muyo)
- Most Recent Photo
- 10-03-2012
- Series
- Tenchi Muyo
- Character
- Ryoko
- Special Variation:
- Battlecape
- Year Completed:
- 2012
- Construction Difficulty:
- Easy
- Costume worn at:
- AnimeNEXT 2012
About this Costume
- Construction Details:
Leotard lived a former life as the zentai suit I used for my Trained Seal costume. I hacked away at it, sewed on the red sleeve, and made a cape with a hidden drawstring. Wig is the same one I've used on all my other Ryoko costumes. For some reason, she's missing a pant leg in this particular design, so that's why it looks a little weird. I don't know, man. Anime.
- Personal Thoughts:
- I should just stop cosplaying everything else and be Ryoko forever. All her outfits are insanely comfortable and I can be as loud and shameless and drunk as I want to be. Also PEW PEW PEW GLOWSTICKS WHERE DA RAVE AT?
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- Sharpie/isopropyl alcohol
- Styling Notes
- Many cans of Aquanet have been sacrificed in the name of this wig.
- Wig Review
- I've been using this wig for every Ryoko costume I made over the past 5 years, and it has served me well despite terrible storage and care. Though its original poof has died down over the years, I still love the way it photographs, even if the old grey mare just ain't what she used to be.
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The Erie County Legislature VALER4Valor Committee will meet at 2:30 p.m. Monday, February 11, in the Erie County Legislature Chambers on the Fourth Floor of Old County Hall, 92 Franklin Street, Buffalo.
The committee will discuss issues involving children and families at the meeting, including the impact of multiple deployments on child custody cases. The Erie County Department of Social Services will discuss child support enforcement and present an update on CASA for Children.
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The Walter Preston Memorial Bridge over the Chesapeake Bay ranks as the 3rd scariest in the country and the 9th scariest in the world. Click the player to hear more. Plus listeners check in with other scary bridges and roads. Leave a comment and tell us more scary roads and bridges.


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Many external hard disks come pre-formatted in FAT32 format hence they can only take a maximum file size of 4Gb - that's why you get the "insufficient disk/disc space" message even though you have plenty of spare capacity.
Thanks to James for reminding me of the very handy "convert" command which can be used to change the file system type to NTFS without loosing data or needing to reformat. NTFS can accomodate individual files up to two TerraBytes in size.
Note: you will require some spare disk space to perform the conversation.
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The following approach works Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista.
Run a command shell (cmd.exe) as administrator and then issue the command "CONVERT" followed by the drive letter of the partition you want to convert, then "/FS:NTFS".
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Theme song and its silly humming digit is stuck in my mind for the rest of my life.
It's an amazing game and I still have the CD for it. I mean, dude...rocket bikes and grappling hooks. Arena combat set to surf rock.
I have yet to meet anyone else in person who has actually played it.
I've been aiming to play Genocide Squared for a while now, but I'm sure someone here must have played it once.
Maybe Genocide Square? I don't know. Dr. Kick in Adventure? Lup Salad? Zyclunt?
Another I want to play, another one that's got a decent cult following. It just ain't obscure enough, yet.
Okay GAF.
This is pretty likely, though. I've only heard about the game through the presence of a couple of soundtrack releases!
gaf am I alone in my love of shubibinman?
Here's my game that none of you have played: BS O.B. Golf!
This game was never released, and the only other guy who I know played it was probably the first person to even write about it at all. Worth a look, as it's quite good.
rented this once when i was like eight years old and never heard of it again.
pretty great graphics!
Awesome! I'm so glad to be wrong/to lose in this thread!
I've played that. Fucking loved it too. Fuck dem sharks. I had to stop playing becuase I actually got scared. But, I wish that Endless Ocean had threats, because I stopped playing out of boredom.
Alright here's another attempt. :)
This game was short and cute.
Game was awesome.
Nope. Played it (got it on a CD called "The Complete Windows Set") and loved it. It was probably the best game on there, although Dare to Dream was also pretty good.
Castle of the Winds
I'm going to say Wizard of Wall Street for the PC. I played it in CGA - I think it was made in 1985 but I'm not sure. I'd love to post a screenshot, but I couldn't even find one online; only text references to it.
Edit: I found a link to a pic of the box.
Loved it.
Originally Posted by chesspieceface
That was a game based on a French TV show, Les Zinzins de l'Espace (Space Goofs in English), which was allright I guess. I remember being amazed that Iggy Pop did the opening song.
Originally Posted by AuthenticM
I played these :D
Mappyland? Till this day I have no idea what its about, I just rented it when I was a kid since the cover looked fun.
It had little "CG" pieces that led into the actual gameplay part. God this was a long time ago.
The death animations are the best part of this game. totally graphic and gruesome.
Heart of Darkness - PC/PS1 (as far as i know)
I have never met anyone who has heard of it, let alone played it. It was really fucking hard for me! I never beat it. The intro was really cool. I hope someone on GAF has played it, because then I won't feel so alone.
Nexus, the Kingdom of the Winds
couldn't find a great picture, but.. this was the first MMO that I ever sank serious time into. I still think about it from time to time, it had some really cool features. I also used to love the old sprites but it seems like they've redone them.
Defiance, legendary board game company Avalon Hill's attempt at making an action game.
It was like a cross of a more standard FPS and Descent. You drove a hover tank could fly briefly.
I recall liking this one, but it got savaged in reviews at the time. It seemed to attract extra hate because it was an action game coming from a company that had only ever produced strategy games. CGW in particular seemed to hate on it for this reason.
It did do a decent job of injecting some passive story into the game, and had a Half Life-lite intro, only a year or two before Half life actually came out.
Shitty Men in Black PC game from 1997. Probably a few here have played it. Aunno.
Where's my prize?
Splatterball on AOL! So classic.
I played the hell out of this on my IBM!
"Your imagination is the real super hero!"
The game is split into school years and semesters, and there's a roulette that choose a subject for you and each of them has its own minigame, most of them were pretty fun (while short), we just have to guess the trivia part because we don't know japanese.
NOPE. Played it, loved it.
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I don't think many on here have played this NES game called "Dino Warz"
It's B^) and had the best title music :P
I'll shoot back with XEXYZ. It and Dinowarz were my two obscure NES favorites. I think I might remember someone saying they've played XEXYZ in some previous thread though. Amazing soundtrack, that game.
[Edit] XEXYZ music: First level, flying stage, ending theme
Revealing my age a bit here.
Japanese DOS SRPG's ftw
Did anyone play Continuum??
I had Spiderman 64 and loved that game, thought it would be of the same quality.
I was so wrong
I can almost guarantee I am the only one on GAF to have played this...if not well than i'm not alone after all :D
Played this a lot on our old Windows 3.1 computer. I'm sure the disc is still floating around somewhere.
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She's no longer employed by the city, but mention ex D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee's name and it elicits polar opposite responses, and the vast majority of the crowd at Monday's school vouchers conference isn't happy with her tenure.
While chancellor, Rhee closed schools, renegotiated compensation packages with the teachers union and fired hundreds of teachers. Rhee also supports voucher programs.
Nathan Saunders, the head of the Washington Teachers' Union, said Rhee's tough stance with unions is spreading across the United States.
"She certainly did bring a new furor to the movement," Saunders said.
Test scores increased under Rhee, but an investigation has raised questions about whether officials tampered with those tests.
"What were concerned about is that there are a lot of voucher programs around the country, and those voucher programs have not been proven to be true," said Michael Morrill, with the Pennsylvania group Keystone Progress.
A very small group of voucher supporters stopped by, too. Brendan Steinhauser, of the conservative group Freedom Works, said vouchers are one of many educational reforms that should be on the table.
"It's important because I think it injects competition into the school system," Steinhauser said.
Rhee is slated to speak at the conference Tuesday morning.
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Shelley Lynn Schivley, 24, became the bride of Christopher William Frank Pass, 26, on Sept. 29, 2012, at the Harding Allen Estate in Barre.
The bride is the daughter of Charles and Caryl Schivley, of Agawam. The bridegroom is the son of William and Tracey Pass, also of Agawam.
Beth Schivley attended her sister as maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Stephanie Gamelli, Tiara Ghedi, Lauren Pass and Rebecca Albrecht. Thaddeus Dobek served his cousin as best man. Groomsmen were Trevor Gregor, Matthew Lyman, Joseph Mueller, Timothy Dobek, Jeffrey Mueller and Giancarlo Airoldi. Arianna Hicks attended as flower girl and Andrew Carroll served as ring bearer. The ceremony was officiated by the father of the bride, the Rev. Charles Schivley Jr., and father of the groom, the Rev. William Pass.
The bride, a 2006 graduate of Agawam High School, earned a bachelor's degree from Endicott College in Beverly and is employed as an interior designer with Steffian Bradley Architects in Enfield.
The bridegroom, a 2004 graduate of Agawam High School, is employed with Express Verizon in Enfield.
The couple chose "God Gave Me to You," by Dave Barnes, as their wedding song. They honeymooned in St. Maarten and reside in Agawam.


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One&Other Christmas drinks
Friday, 23 November 2012 from 17:30 to 22:30 (PST)
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Join One&Other for one big unwind with fellow members of York's creative, independent business, and third-sector community.
Open to startup, creative, and digital types, as well as anybody working for a good cause or local business, it is an opportunity to meet like-minded people over a few drinks and relax after a hard year's work.
Coinciding nicely with Christmas, we'll make sure there is mulled wine on offer and plenty of festive cheer!
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"Very interesting read"
I can't say it was the best John Grisham book I have read, but I was interested in the stotyline right up until the last page.
"The Judges"
All of the intertwines of those involved.
Lake until he became stupid.
As stated each time this questions is asked: Michael Beck (Like John Grisham) is simply the best narrator…there is no comparison.
When Lake decided to be ultra stupid and write Ricky the final letter and, the end, when it is assumed the judged were still appearing to be running the scam.
Oh how true much of this book was to real and modern life. Wow.
This was a great book. Somebody just need to pay Michael Beck and get on with business. :)
"Another Grisham classic.."
Absolutely well spent. I've listened to this book at least twice now and will probably listen to it again. Though it might be fiction, it shows what can be possible from inside a prison. The narrator did a great job too, making a performance out of this book rather than just reading it as a story.
Don't know if I could say it kept me on the edge of my seat, but it certainly kept my interest from start to finish.
All of the Judges and the schemes they manipulated using their knowledge of the law.
Absolutely could be made into a movie or even a TV series. I'm not quite sure who the actors should be but I'm certain it would make a good movie or Television series.
If you like stories about what can go on in a prison, it's unlikely that this novel will disappoint. You tend to start feeling sorry for the victims and the ending is totally unexpected, though I'll say no more about that lest I ruin the story for those that choose to buy and try it.
The reader had a very pleasant voice and read the story with great conviction.
Don't have one at this time.
The story being read brings more imaginery to mind than just reading it.
The book had me laughing and crying.
"Grisham at his best."
Grisham at his best. if you like Grisham read by Beck you can't miss. Allways keeps you in it.
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A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor
"For my mother, a farmer, at 80"
by Heidi Annexstad
She is my mother. I love her nonetheless,
With the terse, ungrateful love of a child
Who sees only the flaws she gave me
And none of the virtues she kept for herself.
The five-gallon buckets she carried to the calves,
The bales she lifted, the numberless loaves she kneaded-
Any one of these chores would break me.
There is no weakness in her.
There is only my father, dormant in a chair.
She wakes him up to ask if he's asleep.
I know just what she means by this: Don't die.
I have seen her in tall grass, dropped down on her knees
To feel the April crocus brush her cheek.
The greening prairie rises, sufficient, and bears her.
About the Author
Heidi Annexstad lives with her fine husband and sons in Golden Valley, MN. She hasn't written a poem for years but finds that she now gets enough sleep at night to string words together during the day. She plans to use her economic stimulus check to fix the leaky faucets in her house.
Bed of Roses Love Sonnet Contest Winner
Old Sweet Songs: A Prairie Home Companion 1974-1976
Lovingly selected from the earliest archives of A Prairie Home Companion, this heirloom collection represents the music from earliest years of the now legendary show: 1974–1976. With songs and tunes from jazz pianist Butch Thompson, mandolin maestro Peter Ostroushko, Dakota Dave Hull and the first house band, The Powdermilk Biscuit Band (Adam Granger, Bob Douglas and Mary DuShane).


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This is a flipbook, with two covers and two indicias.
Features the Comic Book Guy in various disguises, including Flash, Spock, Bizarro, Green Lantern, Batman and many more.
It appears that Ramona Fradon did the art for the panels that show the contents of the Mermaid Man comic that SpongeBob is reading. Mermaid Man is a parody of Aquaman.


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Ong Kim Swee appointed as Malaysia head coach
Malaysian interim coach Datuk Ong Kim Swee have been elevated to the full-time hot seat in Malaysian football when he was announced as the new head coach this afternoon at Wisma FAM.
The shortlisted candidates for the top job were Kim Swee, former Sarawak coach Robert Alberts and also former JDT coach Bojan Hodak.
"The deciding panel is made up from representatives from FAM, National Sports Council (MSN), National Institute of Sports Science (ISN), members of the media, the Coaching Association of Malaysian and also UiTM, who have assessed the three personalities concerned," said FA of Malaysia (FAM) Deputy President Dato' Abdul Mokhtar Ahmad.
"After hearing from the three candidates concerned, we have decided to choose Datuk Ong Kim Swee as the new chief coach for 2016 and 2017."
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Along the mean streets of this city soaked in blood and memory, something strange is happening. On a wall in the overwhelmingly Roman Catholic neighborhood of Short Strand, two words of graffiti have appeared: "Disband Now."
The Irish Republican Army, long the law in Short Strand, is finding itself under attack not only by its longtime nemeses, the Protestant Ulster unionists and the British government, but by working-class Catholic families. They say the organization has become a criminal gang, killing and robbing without regard to common decency.
In this tightknit community where a code of silence normally prevails, the catalyst for the growing outrage was the killing of a popular 33-year-old Catholic working father after a fight that by most accounts began with nothing more than a perceived insult to an IRA man's female companion.
A six-week campaign by Robert McCartney's sisters to bring the killers to justice and their public denunciations of alleged IRA intimidation of witnesses have sparked parades and candlelight vigils -- and emboldened others to speak of their anger and resentment. To many, Ra, as the IRA is called here, has become the Rafia.
The McCartney killing added to a mood of disgust with the IRA that had been building since police blamed the group for Britain's largest bank robbery, as well as other crimes, even as the IRA and other armed groups have adhered to a 1997 cease-fire in this British province long ravaged by sectarian violence.
As a result, Gerry Adams, the leader of Sinn Fein, which has been considered the IRA's political wing, has seen his reputation questioned and his popularity plummet. Responding to public pressure, Adams suspended "without prejudice" seven Sinn Fein members who were at the scene of the attack, and he called on witnesses to get any useful information to the police.
The IRA responded too. It announced an investigation and said it was expelling three members it believed had taken part in the attack. Then the group delivered its coup de grace: It revealed it had met with the victim's sisters and offered to shoot the perpetrators.
The statement only provoked further revulsion. The family insisted it wanted the attackers tried in court and reiterated that witnesses felt threatened.
A tussle of loyalties grips Short Strand, a community of 3,000 Catholics set off by high fences from the militantly unionist Protestant area of 60,000 next door. McCartney and the men accused of attacking him lived here, on streets where the IRA had always been seen as a bulwark against the community's enemies.
"In certain circumstances, you need them," a burly resident with a shaved head said of the IRA's soldiers. Unionist politician "Ian Paisley couldn't give a damn about this place; now he's all concerned," scoffed the man, who would not give his name.
"I wouldn't want to be in their position," Kate Gorman, a postal worker walking her young child, said of the people being asked to come forward. "But if you were, you'd have to do the right thing."
Her friend Bernadette Ronay agreed. "Any true republican is disgusted by the killing, and so are the real IRA," she said.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair, expressing shock at the IRA pronouncement that it was willing to kill the perpetrators, said republicans faced a stark choice.
"They can either embrace the democratic and peaceful route or be excluded," Blair said.
The U.S. special envoy to Northern Ireland, Mitchell B. Reiss, last week added the Bush administration's view. "It's in Sinn Fein's interest to make a clear break," he said.
Little wonder that Sinn Fein leaders were not asked to the White House for St. Patrick's Day today, as they have been in the past. Instead, invitations went to McCartney's sisters and his girlfriend.
Irish political historian Paul Bew thinks the snub could be a harbinger. "I am starting to hear the A-word, for Arafat, applied to Sinn Fein," said the Queen's University professor, who added that Sinn Fein was far from being out of the political game.
Still, it has been an enormous fall for Sinn Fein, which in December seemed on the verge of a historic power-sharing deal with Paisley's Protestant-based Democratic Unionist Party -- until Paisley insisted on public photos of the IRA destroying its weapons beforehand. Paisley said the IRA deserved to be seen in "sackcloth and ashes." The IRA did not agree.
Days after the negotiations broke down, about $50 million was stolen from Northern Bank's downtown Belfast cash center in a well-planned heist that included hostage-taking. The head of the Police Service of Northern Ireland said almost immediately that it looked like an IRA job.
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern went further, accusing Adams and his deputy, Martin McGuinness, of being on the IRA's army council. He insisted that they must have known about the heist plan even while negotiating with the British and Irish governments.
Damaging as the bank robbery was to Sinn Fein's image, worse was yet to come.
Magennis's Bar is a dark-paneled, old-fashioned pub next to the Victorian-era St. George's Market in central Belfast. A few streets from City Hall, it sits on the edge of the Markets, a part of town known for Catholic nationalism. According to one resident who requested anonymity, the bar had become a hangout for IRA toughs, who were said to provide its security.
On the night of Jan. 30, after a commemoration in Derry for the victims of 1972's Bloody Sunday, some IRA men were drinking in the bar. So was McCartney, with his friend Brendan Devine.
According to family members, McCartney and Devine got into an argument with a leading IRA member, reportedly about a remark made to a woman in the bar. Despite offering an apology, McCartney and Devine were hauled out to the street. There, on the dark pavement, someone produced a knife from the bar's kitchen, sliced McCartney open, gouged his eyes and left him for dead. Devine, beaten with an iron bar and stabbed, survived.
Associates of the killer went back in the bar, cleaned up physical evidence, took the tape from the bar's security camera and instructed the patrons to keep silent because it was "IRA business," McCartney's family said.
That might have been the end of it. Like so many acts of violence in Belfast, where armed paramilitaries on both sides carry out "punishment" attacks in their own communities, police would normally add the killing to their files of unsolved cases.
In McCartney's case, his sisters were having none of it. Paula, Gemma, Donna, Catherine and Claire say 70 people were in the bar that night, and threats by the IRA are preventing witnesses from telling what they saw.
The accusations have roiled Short Strand, on the other side of the Lagan River from Magennis's.
Alex Maskey, the Sinn Fein city councilor for the area that includes the pub, is defiant. A scrappy former amateur boxer wounded by a unionist bullet in 1987, he said the accusations were unproved and exploitative, and that the IRA and Sinn Fein had been working hard to cope with a situation "not of their making."
As to broader charges of criminality, he said much of what was bandied about the IRA was "so much nonsense."
"They say they are responsible for all the cigarettes stolen in Northern Ireland, all the fuel smuggling, even for driving up property prices. To me, the IRA is not responsible for a lot of the things," he said. The real issue, he said, is the lack of a political accord, which makes proper policing impossible.
Long a political factor in the six counties of British-ruled Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein had been on the rise in the Irish Republic to the south.
A 2002 election lifted the party from one seat in the Irish parliament to five, with 6 percent of the vote, and it nearly doubled that in European parliamentary elections last year. Some think it could win a share of a coalition government some day.
Bew, the historian, who equates Sinn Fein with the IRA, believes the IRA's illegal activities have given Sinn Fein an overwhelming financial advantage over other parties.
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Possibly as not a lot has happened. Most of the next few jobs are all outdoors and the weather has been a bit inclement. I've just finished running power to the workshop, which has taken an age as it's a right pain and also it's been a tad cold:
Frozen mains cables.. by brf, on Flickr
I've run a 25mm steel pipe from the house to the workshop with 10mm2 mains cable, dual CAT-5 and 8 core alarm cable. Right pain feeding it round the corners:
It runs along the fence (really can't be arsed to bury it):
Kitchen end by brf, on Flickr
Amazing how hard steel is, cutting 25mm worth of threads heats the tube up from sub zero to almost too hot to touch:
Cutting threads by brf, on Flickr
Finally it all pops out in the workshop:
Cables entering the workshop by brf, on Flickr
I've still got another 18m to run inside the house to get from the hole by the back door, behind all the kitchen units and into the under stair cupboard and the distribution box. Total run length end to end will be something like 75m all in.
If one of the purposes is security (alarm system), why wouldn't you run it underground where it can't be seen (and therefore cut!)?
Cutting it would trigger the alarm anyway, so no issue there.
I assume that Cat5 cable is rated for running in the same conduit as the mains so you can get it signed off for building regs.
I assume that Cat5 cable is rated for running in the same conduit as the mains so you can get it signed off for building regs.
Interesting question. If the insulation fails on the mains then it is likely to short to the steel tube, and trip the RCD, before it can short to the core of CAT-5, which is also double insulated. Four layers of insulation need to be breached to short CAT-5 to mains, which is getting a bit improbable. I couldn't find anything saying you can't do this in Part P.
Absolute worst case is I have to run Cat-5 externally which is a 20min job, but just looks messy. We have loads of exterior grade Cat-5 at work, but it's very thick (has an extra UV stable outer sheath).
I don't think it's about the insulation being breached it's about current being induced. You can get Cat5 I believe with insulation with the same rating as mains cable which makes it ok to run in the same conduit. It might be worth a call to building regs to see if they can advise.
A conductor will create a magnetic field around it when current passes through. The magnetic field will, in turn, induce a current in any near by conductors (this is how transformers work). Luckily magnetic fields have an r^4 strength law, so decay very rapidly with distance.
So, the 50Hz current in the mains cable will induce a current in all the other conductors nearby, but they will be tiny (micro-amps). If I could remember any Field Theory from University I could work the exact numbers out.
There is no insulator than can stop a magnetic field, you actually need a conductor to do that. Some twisted pair cables do have this, they're called FTP (Foil shielded twisted pair) as opposed to the standard UTP (unshielded twisted pair cables). If you're installed CAT-5 near large conductors (100s of Amps) or in other noisy environments, you use FTP rather than UTP. However, you have to remember to earth the foil at both ends and even then it's only a reduction, the magnetic field will still 'breach' the foil shield, just attenuated.
NB I'd be gob smacked if building control know anything about this, they just outsource Park P compliance to a local electrician who turns up and signs it off or not and doesn't even know what Field Theory is...
The only other progress is of an undesirable type: mould. It appears that the timber I used to build the benches was pretty wet and combined with an unheated and almost hermetically sealed workshop has resulted in mould growing on the wall behind one of the benches and in a couple of corners.
You can see it follows the line of the 2x4 timber on the back of the bench:
I was worried it was damp ingress, but I pulled off some mouldy skirting board and it was bone dry behind it.
So, I've bleached all traces and given all the walls a fresh coat of supposedly mould resistant kitchen / bathroom paint. I'll also leave the Velux vents open 24/7 and make an effort to heat it a bit more during the weak. The give away was some of the unused timbers had mould under them and a damp patch, where they had been lying on the ply floor.
the main reason for this is not to prevent magnetic field inductance, it is tp prevent any fault level in the band II circuit causing a fault current to cross into the band I circuit which does not have the same insulation levels and could lead to the conductors in it becoming live and staying live without any means of automatic disconnection. The possibility is there and therefore is covered by:
Regulation 528.1 of BS 7671:2008 requires that Band I and Band II circuits are segregated or that the cables are rated for the highest voltage present
528.1 Proximity to electrical services
Except where one of the following methods is adopted, neither a voltage Band I nor a voltage Band II circuit shall be contained in the same wiring system as a circuit of nominal voltage exceeding that of low voltage, and a Band I circuit shall not be contained in the same wiring system as a Band II circuit:
(i) Every cable or conductor is insulated for the highest voltage present
(ii) Each conductor of a multicore cable is insulated for the highest voltage present in the cable
(iii) The cables are insulated for their system voltage and installed in a separate compartment of a cable ducting or cable trunking system
(iv) The cables are installed on a cable tray system where physical separation is provided by a partition
(v) A separate conduit, trunking or ducting system is employed
(vi) For a multicore cable or cord, the cores of the Band I circuit are separated from the cores of the Band II circuit by an earthed metal screen of equivalent current-carrying, capacity to that of the largest core of a Band II circuit.
For SELV and PELV systems the requirements of Regulation 414.4 shall apply.
NOTE 1: In the case of proximity of wiring, systems and lightning protection systems. BS EN 62305 should be considered.
NOTE 2: Requirements for separation and segregation in relation to safety services are given in BS 5266 and BS 5839.
Its also included as a specific question on the EICR typically 5.14 and 5.15 which your electrician will likely have to fill in to complete the part P.
it seems such a shame that after all of the effort put into the build that at this late point the project is compromised by this, especially as you seem to enjoy threading the conduit so much (which i hate) and if you ran another one to put the alarm and cat5 in then the kittens will all sleep safely
Well it's hardly a show stopper, I can always run the CAT-5 along the same path, just outside the conduit - it just looks messy. Although I'll check the spec on it's insulation first.
What about the intruder alarm cable? unfortunately that is also not allowed in the same conduit as the band II cable.
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Any Duchess Will Do
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What's a duke to do, when the girl who's perfectly wrong becomes the woman he can't live without?
Griffin York, the Duke of Halford, has no desire to wed this season—or any season—but his diabolical mother abducts him to "Spinster Cove" and insists he select a bride from the ladies in residence. Griff decides to teach her a lesson that will end the marriage debate forever. He chooses the serving girl.
Overworked and struggling, Pauline Simms doesn't dream about dukes. All she wants is to hang up her barmaid apron and open a bookshop. That dream becomes a possibility when an arrogant, sinfully attractive duke offers her a small fortune for a week's employment. Her duties are simple: submit to his mother's "duchess training"... and fail miserably.
But in London, Pauline isn't a miserable failure. She's a brave, quick-witted, beguiling failure—a woman who ignites Griff's desire and soothes the darkness in his soul. Keeping Pauline by his side won't be easy. Even if Society could accept a serving girl duchess—can a roguish duke convince a serving girl to trust him with her heart?
Romances based on fairy tales have enjoyed a new surge of popularity recently, but in her fourth Spindle Cove novel, Tessa Dare gives readers an anti-fairy tale romance in which hard work and self-respect are the route to happiness, and love is the only magic anyone needs. Pauline Simms is no passive Cinderella sitting amid the cinders waiting for a prince to rescue her. She is a "mud-spattered, sugar-dusted, smart-mouthed serving girl" wearing not rags but "drab linsey-woolsey." Instead of a wicked stepmother and an absent father, Pauline has an apathetic mother and a brute of a father who is willing to sell her for less than five pounds. Instead of shallow, selfish stepsisters, Paulina has Daniela, a loving sister with special needs.
There is no prince in this story. Instead, there is Griffin Eliot York, eighth Duke of Halford, Marquess of Westmore, Earl of Ridingham, Viscount Newthorpe, and Lord Hartford-on-Trent. Griff is not a worthy heir to this impressive list of titles. He thinks that he "should have been a tradesman's son. He feels more comfortable, more capable, when his hands [are] occupied." He assures Pauline that "this isn't a fairy tale, and anyone who knows me could tell you . . . I am no prince." Cinderella's prince searched for a beauty who was the only one whose foot would fit a rare slipper. Griff is less particular: any woman who can end his mother's badgering for him to find a duchess will do.
Fortunately, Pauline has no interest in princes and, at least in the beginning, not much in arrogant dukes. She is pragmatic and pugnacious with a dream she shares with no one but which she is taking what steps she can to see fulfilled. She lets Griffin know that she "stopped believing in fairy tales long ago." Instead of wishing, she is "prepared to work hard for the things [she] wants in life."
Paulina does eventually receive an invitation to a ball, but the important invitation is the one Griffin extends to join him in London and "prove a comprehensive catastrophe" at his mother's duchess training. His invitation is couched in terms that undercut the traditional fairy tale at every turn.
"Think of it as your chance to write a practical girl's fairy tale. Come away to London in my fancy carriage. Have some fine new gowns. Don't change a whit. Don't fall in love with me. At the end of it, we part ways. And you live wealthily ever after."
No fairy godmothers appear in this novel, but a strong-minded duchess described by her son as a "formidable blend of exterior polish and inner fire" plans to play the godmother's transformative role—and without the assistance of supernatural powers. Disappointed but not defeated by Paulina's table manners, accent, and lack of ladylike accomplishments, she offers this advice:
"Miss Simms . . . there is no magical combination of qualities that will make for a successful duchess. Beauty is useful, but not essential. Wit is desirable as well. Mind that I said wit, not cleverness. Cleverness is like rouge—liberal application makes a woman look common and desperate. Wit is knowing when to apply it."
Added to the Cinderella oppositions, Dare throws in fleeting references to Hansel and Gretel, to Pinocchio, and to Beauty and the Beast in a wonderful scene in Griffin's library where Paulina "enchants" Griffin by quoting from William Blake's "The Crystal Cabinet." Paulina concludes that Griffin needs kissing and rescuing. Despite this promising gender reversal, a happily ever after seems unattainable for this pair unless they discover "another England," the tantalizing vision Blake offers in the poem Paulina quotes.
Dare remains true to her fairy tale inversion to the end. Paulina fulfills her dream for herself and Daniela through her own effort. Griffin admits that for the impossible to happen, he would need to change the world, something he cannot do. But he can change himself, and when he does that, with the help not of magical kisses but everyday ones, he becomes something much better than a prince. He becomes the best kind of hero' he becomes "the best of men."
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On the back porch of a house in a suburban Texas neighborhood, one small, brown snake lay curled around itself in the warm afternoon sun. A twelve-year-old boy spies the snake and alerts his brother and cousins. Soon, five children clamor around the reptile, pointing and hollering loud enough to attract the attention of the two middle-aged moms—my sister and me—who are inside the house. We shoot out the front door and run full-speed to the backyard.
"Josh," I ask my son, "is its head triangular or round?"
The group consensus is that it has a round head—it's probably a garter snake—but I don't want a snake in my yard, even if it's not poisonous. I grab a shovel and a bucket.
Who am I kidding? The snake isn't going to cooperate. It's going to lunge, and I'm going to scream and fling the shovel. We need a container with an opening large enough for some wiggle room. I put down both the shovel and the bucket and pick up a cooler. "Let's try this. Wait . . ." I peer at the open drain spout. "With the plug missing, that's a pretty big opening. Do you think the snake can squeeze through here?"
"No," my sister answers, "but even if it can, we'll find something to plug it up." She picks up the shovel.
Five barefooted children huddle around us like we need their help. Okay, I had asked my son if he thought it was poisonous. Now I remember that I'm the adult and responsible for their safety. I make swooping arm motions. "Y'all get back."
I'm still worried about the opening in the cooler. I want to stuff it with a plastic bag, a stick, something. But there's no time.
My sis has slid the shovel across the cement. Oops. The area isn't smooth and she's not able to slide under the snake easily like a spatula lifting a brownie.
The snake quickly slithers toward safety in the grass. Like a mother bear, my sister protects our young and attacks the reptile.
She strikes, but misses.
I shriek, which helps so much.
She charges the snake into the grass.
Another miss.
Another whack!
And another.
We no longer see the snake, so I suppose I can stop shrieking.
Whew! Hopefully, it has hightailed it to Austin by now. I really don't care where it is—as long as it's not on my property.
As the scene unfolded in my yard, I knew this little drama was worth it because someday it would play a small role in my fiction.
So when you face trials, even small ones, instead of getting upset, grab a piece of paper and jot down notes. With a simple change of your attitude, you can allow "all things to work together for good. " Not only will you make lemonade out of your lemons, you'll find that you have great stories to tell.
Seems like I'm adding to the list every day. Oh, well. They're only inconveniences, like a snake on the back porch, but they're going to become conflicts for my characters.
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