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We are hoping to make a short visit to/through Newport on Saturday, July 15... after a three day getaway to Cape Cod with our son-in-law's parents. The general plan is to get up early (depart Wellfleet by 8 am) and getaway from Providence by 3 pm - - we have a flight back home from Providence at 6:15 pm. Our hosts are mildly skeptical that we will have enough time to enjoy it - - and warn that the bridges can be backed up on summer weekends.
We understand that it will be just a "taste" - - but do you think we are asking for a day-long traffic jam?
Keep in mind that we have already purchased the plane tickets - - we have to get from Wellfleet to Providence either way.
Thanks in advance for any input... and...
Best wishes,
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We are hoping to make a short visit to/through Newport on Saturday, July 15... after a three day getaway to Cape Cod with our son-in-law's parents. The general plan is to get up early (depart Wellfleet by 8 am) and getaway from Providence by 3 pm - - we have a flight back home from Providence at 6:15 pm. Our hosts are mildly skeptical that we will have enough time to enjoy it - - and warn that the bridges can be backed up on summer weekends.
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Not an expert so others may be better able to provide direction, however the airport that serves Providence is actually in Warwick which is slightly closer to Newport than Prov. If I recall correctly, it is a 45 minute drive without traffic from Newport to Warwick (hopefully others will confirm). But traveling off the Cape on a Saturday morning can be tough as Saturday is turnover day for cottage rentals. In other words the bridges will be jammed with people headed off the Cape. The earlier you go the better. Once you get to Newport I would do three things 1. Drive along Ocean Drive 2, Walk along the Cliff Walk and 3. Have lunch at the Black Pearl.
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So, "the bridges" refers to getting across the Cape Cod Canal? from the Mid-Cape Hwy onto 3 or 26? We thought maybe they meant the bridges to get onto (and back off of) Newport. If we stick to an 8 am departure, won't we miss most of the departing crowds? I figure that most rental properties have a checkout/check-in at 10, 11 or noon - - and most people are procrastinators about getting up and getting out...
You mention driving along Ocean Drive - - but we will want to stop and actually tour (one? several? of the) mansions, right? I know I need to do my reading, but aren't there several open to the public? Fodor's Destinations doesn't seem to be all that useful on this. Do you recommend Doris Duke's Rough Point? (I know that it's expensive) - - we're big fans of all that Gilded Age stuff...
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The most traffic that you will be dealing with is getting OFF the Cape....Route 6. Those are the "Bridges" that people refer to.
Depending on the weather, if you leave early enough, you'll able to get through RELATIVELY quickly if it's sunny out, or you could hit a few mile backup if the weather is bad.
Since you'll be packed up anyway, and have to head in the same general direction, I'd say head on down to Newport for a few hours. (If the traffic is sooo bad that you sat in it for hours, you can just stay on 195 west, and skip the Newport turn off (Route 24 South)and continue on to Providence.
Other than the traffic in Newport, you won't have any problems with traffic in that area.
You'd probably only have time for 1, maybe 2 mansions depending on your speed. Most have a self guided audio tour that you can make as short, or as long as you want. The Breakers, Doris Duke's Rough Point, and the Astors are all guided tours.
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Thank you very much - - any idea why Fodors provides no mention of the Breakers or the Astors on their Destinations page? Politically incorrect to ogle at all that opulence these days? Can we tour in a Prius (grin...)?
Biltmore Estate and Hearst Castle are still as popular as ever, aren't they?
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They're there, they're just buried a little bit under "sights and activities"...
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Oh... sorry... didn't readily find them under "If you have three days..." etc.
But now i wonder if this is likely to contribute to heavier-than-usual Newport traffic (but then again, maybe this is just the kind of thing you would expect, to contribute to summer traffic)...
"World's Greatest Music: July 14-16, 2006 at the Newport Mansions"
There don't seem to be any tickets left for these...
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No, that won't really add to the crowds...just something else available to do in Newport for the summer....
I see that there are tickets still available for the 15th....your only real option though would be the 11:00am show at the Elms, the other 2 are at 4:00 and 9:00....too late for your group. Not sure how you were seeing them as sold out....
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I interpreted the webpage as showing no seats available, even for the 11 am. when I clicked on "2", it returned an error message which said that my request exceeded the available number of seats.
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Yes, that's a bit of an odd site to order from....apparently it's $35 for the lunch/tours AND $35 for the concert. You need to actually purchase 4 tickets for 2 people, and then on the next page pick the tours and lunch, and a concert....4 things total....even though there are only 2 people. You get the "exceeded number of seats" message when you only select 2 tickets, but then try to add a concert to the lunch.....make any sense..? Weird sight though, might be easier to just call them....
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A few years ago while vacationing on Cape Cod we went to Newport for a day. We took a trolley tour, which gave a nice overview of the city and included a stop at stop at a mansion (your choice).
It was only for a few hours, but we got a really nice introduction to the city and its' mansions along with some of the history.
I hope to get back to Newport when I'll have more time to spend there; however, the trolley tour was a nice way to see the highlights on a very limited schedule.
Sorry, I don't remember the name of the tour, but it left right from the visitor's center downtown. It should be easy to find with a quick search.
Have fun....Newport is gorgeous!
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Hi Rex, here's some driving tips for the SE Mass / RI area. Hopefully they'll help you plan your timing and get the most out of your visit to Newport!
I definitely agree that you'll need to get off-Cape as early as possible to beat the mid-month rental switchover.
Keep in mind that coming from Welfleet, Rt. 6 is one lane in each direction for a number of miles until you round the bend from Chatham; it widens into 2 lanes each direction at the Dennis-Yarmouth border. Stay on Rt. 6 over the Sagamore Bridge and follow Rt. 6 down the Cape Cod Canal (as opposed to following the canal on the cape-side), then merge onto Rt. 25. The exit for I-195 is at the other end of Rt. 25, and is only one direction as this is the beginning (or rather end) of I-195. Route 25 and I-195 should be fairly traffic-free except a bit of a slowdown when you go through New Bedford. Just before the center of Fall River, exit for Route 24 South, then follow the signs for Newport.
Once you're on Aquidneck Island (Newport's at the tip of the island), traffic can get pretty bogged down - not as bad as Cape rental traffic, but the highway is a local one with traffic lights and a number of malls. Give yourself about 30 minutes from exiting I-195 to the heart of Newport.
In Newport proper, you'll want to find parking as quickly as possible. It's unfortunately rather few and far between for street parking! Though you may have better luck up by the mansions. If you find parking off of Thames Street (the "main drag"), you'll walk uphill to get to where the mansions are. (Or take the trolley, which sounds like a nice option.)
Also, as another poster referred to, the airport is actually a bit easier to get to if you don't go through Providence. You would want to take Rt. 138 over the Jamestown bridge, then follow signs for Rt. 4 North, and finally onto I-95 North; the airport is Exit 13. At the very least, you'll avoid driving through Providence, which seems to be perennially under construction! (Note this is a different bridge than the one you will arrive on from Route 24 - looking at a map of the area will really help get your bearings!)
[If you do want to go through Providence to the airport, go back up Aquidneck Island the way you came to Route 24 North, then I-195 West. In Providence, bear left at the I-95 split onto I-95 South, then follow to Exit 13 / TF Green Airport.]
Either way, the airport is probably about 45 minutes away; the Jamestown Bridge option should be less congested and more scenic...
Happy travelling, ggreen
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P.S. Now for some non-driving opinions -LOL. The Cliff Walk is an interesting way to see a number of the mansions. It's a path that winds along the cliff with the ocean on one side and the lawns of the great houses on the other.
Each of the mansions has its own distinct pleasures.
- The Breakers is the blockbuster, showy and huge - there's even a children's "play house" big enough to walk inside! It's one of a few Vanderbilt "cottages" in Newport; Marble House is another (also amazing).
- Rosecliff is romantic; I've been to weddings in its ballroom, and films are often shot there (one that comes to mind is the opening scene of True Lies, of all things-!).
- Chateau-sur-Mer is I think one of the oldest mansions; I remember a lot of wood carvings inside, but I haven't been there in many years.
- Last year I went to the newly opened Isaac Bell house. It's not a mansion, and the preservation society has taken a different tack with it, showing how restoration is done. We found it very interesting, but probably something best left for a subsequent visit, given your short stay.
- Likewise, Green Animals should be left for another visit. It's in Portsmouth, at the top of Aquidneck Island, and will distract from really getting to see a bit of Newport during your short time.
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I agree you should give it a shot to enjoy a few hours in Newport.
Depending on your exact interests and what you want to see in your short time (mansion, Ocean Drive, lunch) I would suggest you might want to avoid the actual 'downtown' wharf area - while it is fun and on the water that particular stretch of America's Cup Avenue can be very crowded for parking and walking - and it is basically the main strip along the harbor with the various wharfs (Bowens, Bannister, etc) full of shops and restaurants where you will likely encounter long lines for lunch unless you are willing to grab a quick 'bite to go' and while Black Pearl is lovely, parking and eating in this area could 'eat up a lot of your time'
So, if shopping (boutiques mixed with chain stores) isn't what you want to occupy your time with - and in my opinion the views of the harbor from this vantage point can be crowded and don't give you a full out appreciation of the harbor - long lines also for the Adirondack sailing vessel cruise and harbor cruises, etc. - and I think you'd better occupy your time by avoiding this area unless at the end of your day you have time for it.
I would think you might prefer driving into Newport via the way past Easton's Beach and Cliff Walk, down Bellevue Avenue (where there is also the International Tennis Hall of Fame if that interests anyone in your party: an excellent museum, with the old grass croquet are in the horseshow)
You can see it on tennisfame.com
If you continued down Bellevue you would drive past all the mansions and choose the one that most interests you from the website which was already listed above.
If you are looking for the over the top, I would consider Marble House or Breakers. Astor's Beechwood is not opulent and RoseCliff, while lovely, is the one modeled after the Grand Trianon at Versailles - so more that flair than 'opulent' imported marbles, 'gilded age' etc.
You could consider walking the Cliff Walk, but check it out first on Cliffwalk.com, they are still doing renovations and the entire walk will likely not be possible - you can see on their web that you walk with the water on one side and the backside of the mansions on your other - and see if you want to take time out of your day to do this.
So I think you should drive down Bellevue, see a mansion (or two depending on the tour times) and continue on driving down Ocean Drive which is lovely and on to Castle Hill -
You can read about it on their web and see if that area interests you - Castle Hill would offer you lovely grounds to walk and magnificent views of the water, bridge, and you could lunch there.
Then if you had time, you could venture into the 'downtown' wharf area.
The Elms is magnificent, but mostly for the gardens and isn't as opulent as Marble House or Breakers.
Taking into account the possibility of some traffic, I think you would have a more leisurely yet enjoyable time if you drove Bellevue, saw one mansion, continued on Ocean Drive, to Castle Hill, and then headed out via the America's Cup Avenue just to see the waterfront shopping area if you were so inclined.
Gonewport.com is a good site with lots of info -
tourist sites, getting around, etc and suggested driving routes for Bellevue, Ocean Drive, harbor, etc as well as drive times and directions from many points and to the airport (which I believe you can also get from the TFGreen airport site, which is in Warwick and not Providence) I think it is pdvairport.com
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Rex, given your interest in the Mansions/Guilded age, I couldn't agree more with Escargot's itinerary. Parking in the Harbourfront area, and waiting for a trolley or tour bus to take you to the mansions, will waste time you don't have. Drive directly to the mansions of your choice (using the "back way", past Easton's Beach that Escargot recommends), then do the cliff walk/ ocean drive and lunch at Castle Hill (maybe reservations needed on a Saturday?). Then if time the wharf area. I would add that one thing I have noticed over the last several years of flying out of PVD is although the airport traffic, parking, rental car return, etc are not crowded and a real breeze, ticketing lines (even the self check in kiosks), baggage screening lines, and security check point lines always seem to be inordinately long (at least when I have been there). So if you are one of those people who like to show up last minute, be prepared for some frustration....
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Well worth the visit. If you only do one mansion, do the Breakers; it blows away Hearst Castle.
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You do have time to get a "taste' of Newport. Drive off the cape as early as you can. There are several options in Newport. When you first get there do the Ocean Drive (10 miles, gorgeous views). If you start on the harbor side, you will end up on Bellevue Ave where all the mansions are. There are many you can tour. As mentioned, The Breakers is the largest and arguably the best. The tour will take an hour or so (you go in groups and are escorted around the house). After this get a lunch somewhere off Thames St on the water.(Black Pearl has been mentioned. There are lots of places).
One word of caution, The International Tennis Hall of Fame has their annual Induction and Tournament that weekend so there will be "extra" traffic to contend with.
Getting to TF Green airport in Providence is easy and will take 30-45 min once you get out of Newport.
Have fun.
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All good advice Rex,
If you take the well given driving directions that ggreen gave, it will take approx. 3 hours for you to get to Newport.
Also, most cottages (including ours in Truro) make tenents depart no later than 10a - no lingering, so I would say try being on the road no later than 7a, as peek travel is 8a - 12p heading off Cape. It will take you about 50 min - 1 hr. to get to the Cape bridge from Wellfleet.
This will also cut down on the am beach and tourist traffic going into Newport. You have to cross the Sakonnet bridge in Tiverton RI and take narrow roads thru Portsmouth and Middletown as well, which can get jammed with traffic.
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I can't offer suggestions on Newport itinerary - love the town, rarely get to visit, but have a couple of suggestions on handling Cape traffic (we have 3 vacation rentals down there, and I make the roundtrip nearly every Saturday).
You can check the traffic reports on this website prior to setting out:
or by phone at 617-374-1234.
For bridges and Cape traffic, hit 71*.
If Rt. 6 is reported to be jammed, you may want to consider taking Rt. 6A from the point where 6 is becoming too congested, and you probably will enjoy the drive more. It is parallel to Rt. 6 and while slower due to being one lane road, it could move faster when 6 is packed. You could get to Rt. 6A pretty much from any exit as there are north-south roads crossing both at regular intervals.
Also, tuning to 10:30 AM on your car radio will give you traffic report every 10 minutes, on the 3 (i.e., 8:03 am, 8:13 am, 8:23 am, etc).
Have a great trip!
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Here's the website for the trolley tour I mentioned in an earlier post:
We left our car in the visitor's center parking lot and rode the trolley around town. Tour #3 took us through past all the points of interest, including the Ocean Drive, and tours of two mansions. The tour guide was knowledgeable and answered all our questions.
Have fun no matter how you decide to tour Newport.
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A big, big thanks to all, for the very useful replies.
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Rex, you just reminded me that you're off to the Cape tomorrow. Have a great trip!
Best wishes to you
- ggreen
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Rex.you are outstanding with info,first traffic is bad but go into historicals part pay 10 bucks to park .If you can drive into federal hill in PROV,thats where i grew up the food is better there than in Italy I promise one resturant is better than the other, that area is considered "little Italy" .Lots of fun . BLESS YOU ,My trip to Italy worked out well thanks to you Ira,love italy, and others.
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Rex - I'm flying in and out of Providence in a few weeks and wondered if you got to Newport. Is it worth attempting if you only have a few hours?
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I did, and I want to return for several days. As others forecasted, traffic was bad. But there is a LOT to like. Lunch, one mansion (we went to Doris Duke's Rough Point) and a few art galleries - - that's doable in four hours.
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Another key part will be letting fellow franchise center Evgeni Malkin and goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury be themselves.
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You don't ever question his work ethic. You don't ever question his commitment.
And you don't ever question his whining and crying about everything. No doubt about it. He's a true "leader" in that department.
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And you don't ever question his whining and crying about everything. No doubt about it. He's a true "leader" in that department.
I agree. Some things never seem to change.
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- Dr. Mike Cadogan and those at Life in the Fast Lane (LITFL) coined the term and continue to build, encourage, and curate FOAM, especially with regard to EM/Critical Care. Check out LITFL's FOAM page.
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- I can't articulate the concept of FOAM adequately in the rare minute of downtime in the emergency department so I wrote this post (FOAM party) as an explanation for peers.
This broad collection of resources can translate into real world clinical knowledge. It seems that whenever I encounter a topic on a podcast or blog that seems esoteric or uninteresting, I invariably encounter the scenario in the clinical setting. I've found that FOAM has changed my clinical practice on multiple occasions - from diagnosing small bowel obstruction via bedside ultrasound to reducing shoulders and treating pain in the ED. This is no longer the future of medical education - it is the present.
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Twitter (see this post) - This may seem ridiculous, but Annals of EM just had an article on this in November 2013 (pdf)
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- Discover new content. Individuals often tweet links to journal articles, videos, and blogs and following. This allows one to "read" more extensively than one would otherwise. It's impossible to keep up with the copious amount of medical literature published, but Twitter helps with this as it's a portal into what others are reading and their take on the article/issue (intellectual voyeurism made incredibly simple)
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- Twitter allows one to engage in conversations with individuals across the globe. This engenders collective problem solving, brainstorming, and debate. One can learn to think critically about clinical practice and literature. Recently, a Google Hangout journal club-esque event was organized and publicized via Twitter with EM/CC heavyweights.
- Virtual pimping. Several people tweet "Questions of the day" or pose similar questions they've encountered in exam preparations or on shift. These are useful to test knowledge, but also often spark debates and conversations.
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Gausman to pitch in Minors, could start Sunday
BALTIMORE -- Kevin Gausman will pitch for Class A Short-Season Aberdeen on Wednesday and he could be a candidate for the Orioles to start Sunday's game.
"We thought it was more important that he pitch on his fifth day this time and more important that he got a good workday, which he got yesterday," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said of Gausman, who last pitched in Friday's doubleheader against the Rays. "Off today and then start tomorrow, and then kind of shorten that up and make him available for Sunday."
If Gausman doesn't start on Sunday, T.J. McFarland -- who made his second career start Tuesday -- is another option. Wei-Yin Chen will pitch Thursday, with Miguel Gonzalez on Friday and Ubaldo Jimenez on Saturday.
"Hopefully Mac pitches real well tonight and we have a good problem, but we have to be prepared to go either way," Showalter said.
Gausman, who was eligible to be recalled from the Minors as early as Tuesday, has gone 3-2 with a 3.86 ERA in five starts for the Orioles.
Brittany Ghiroli is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Britt's Bird Watch, and follow her on Twitter @britt_ghiroli. David Wilson is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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CORAL GABLES -- Larry Coker wanted to coach one last game, even though Miami had already fired him and promoted Randy Shannon as his successor.
"The key for me was that the athletic director wanted me to do it," Coker said. "Randy called and wanted me to do it, but that really didn't matter to me, to be honest with you. The players wanted me to do it and that did matter. That was kind of case-closed on that."
So on Friday, after three weeks of upheaval, the Hurricanes opened practice for the MPC Computers Bowl, trying to act as if nothing had changed.
Shannon chatted on his cell phone as he walked onto the field, greeted a recruit who visited practice, then fell into his defensive coordinator role while Coker roamed about.
Fired on Nov. 24 after a 6-6 season, Coker will lead Miami on Dec. 31 against Nevada (8-4) in Boise, Idaho.
"I was kind of curious to see what it was going to be like," Miami quarterback Kirby Freeman said. "Our team handled it well. Players and the coaches handled it well. Coach Coker did a great job of keeping his leadership role. He didn't hold anything back. He got after us."
The moves involving Coker and Shannon aren't the only ones involving the current Miami staff these days.
Earlier this week offensive coordinator Rich Olson -- who wasn't likely to be back in 2007 under Shannon anyway -- resigned and left for Arizona State, where he'll reunite with former Miami coach Dennis Erickson.
Quarterbacks coach Todd Berry -- who, like Olson, was brought in before the 2006 season as part of a major staff overhaul by Coker -- will serve as offensive coordinator for the bowl game, in what will almost certainly be his final game at Miami.
"I imagine I'll probably be going down the road," said Berry, the former Army head coach.
And now comes another possible coaching defection: Offensive line coach Mario Cristobal is a candidate to replace Don Strock as coach of Florida International, a school nine miles from Miami's campus and whose team was involved with the Hurricanes in an in-game brawl that led to the suspension of 31 players this season.
Cristobal -- who's believed to be the frontrunner for the FIU job -- declined comment Friday after practice.
Despite all that, Miami's players still say all they are truly concerned with is prepping for Nevada.
"Things are going to be the same until this game is over," Miami linebacker Tavares Gooden said. "After this game, then we're going to see change. For now, it's still Coach Coker's team."
Shannon did not comment Friday, leaving before the post-practice media session began because he had to get to the airport, a university spokesman said.
Meanwhile, while balancing getting ready for this game and preparing for whatever his future holds, Coker said he'd like to coach somewhere in 2007 if the right situation presents itself.
"People at other schools that have opportunities, they know where I am," Coker said. "We'll leave it up to them. My main concern right now is this football game. I'd like to go out and win this game."
And at times, he also couldn't hide his disappointment over being fired -- despite a 59-15 record and one national championship in six years.
"We've got 19 starters coming back on this team," Coker said. "Obviously they felt good about the direction we were going or they wouldn't have hired somebody from my staff that I hired, so I feel good about that."
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CLEVELAND — Nick Swisher returned to the lineup Sunday after a six-game absence, but his offensive struggles continued. The first baseman went 0-for-5 and grounded out to end the game as the tying run in a 5-3 loss to the Twins.
Swisher, who has been plagued by a sore left shoulder for much of the season, is batting just .231 with seven home runs and 24 RBIs over 62 games.
Swisher is in the first year of a four-year contract worth $56 million, and the injury, which could require surgery at the end of the season, will have to be monitored for the remainder of the year. He aggravated it during a swing, but it also affects his throwing motion.
In other injury news, closer Chris Perez (right shoulder soreness) threw a simulated game at Double-A Akron's Canal Park on Sunday. The next step is another minor league rehab appearance, possibly at Class A Mahoning Valley on Tuesday or Wednesday.
"It went well," manager Terry Francona said of Perez's simulated game. "He was thrilled."
Perez was expected to be activated Friday but that was delayed after a discouraging rehab appearance Tuesday at Akron. He joined the Indians in the dugout for Sunday's series finale but did not speak to reporters after the game.
- Right-hander Brett Myers (elbow tendinitis) will begin another minor league rehab assignment today — one inning at Mahoning Valley — with Francona confirming that if Myers is able to return, it will be as a reliever. "We all felt that with the downtime he's had, this is the best way he could still contribute," Francona said. Myers, who is making $7 million on a one-year contract, made four appearances (three starts) before landing on the injured list April 20. He's already had one rehab assignment scrapped after experiencing discomfort in the elbow.
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Jason Kipnis has put himself into All-Star discussion with a highly productive June that has seen the second baseman bat .400 (28-for-70) with a homer, six doubles and 15 RBIs over 20 games.
"Right now, I'm just seeing the ball real well and I have the consistent swing," said Kipnis, who reached base for the 25th consecutive game and went 3-for-4 with an RBI on Sunday.
Kipnis is batting .283 with nine homers, 41 RBIs and 17 stolen bases in 65 games, but he is among tough All-Star competition at his position, including New York's Robinson Cano and Boston's Dustin Pedroia.
Next up
The Indians are on the road for the next 11 games, and open a four-game series in Baltimore tonight at 7:05.
Ubaldo Jimenez (5-4, 4.66 ERA) starts for Cleveland in the series opener, while the Orioles counter with LHP Zach Britton (1-1, 5.56). Justin Masterson (9-5, 3.48) goes Tuesday (7:05 p.m.) against RHP Chris Tillman (8-2, 3.71), with Scott Kazmir (4-4, 5.37) starting for the Indians on Wednesday (7:05 p.m.) against RHP Jason Hammel (7-3, 5.30).
Corey Kluber (6-4, 3.68) goes for Cleveland in the series finale Thursday (7:05 p.m.), while Baltimore starts RHP Miguel Gonzalez (5-3, 3.75).
Celebrity sighting
Actor Kevin Costner was in attendance Sunday, taking batting practice prior to the game and joining the STO and WTAM 1100-AM broadcasts during the Indians' loss to the Twins.
Costner has been in town since early May and just wrapped up shooting scenes for the movie "Draft Day," a film about the Cleveland Browns and their pursuit of a No. 1 draft choice.
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- Right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka got his first win for Triple-A Columbus on Saturday, allowing just a run on seven hits and striking out six over 5⅔ innings of a 6-2 victory over Lehigh. Matsuzaka is 1-3 with a 3.86 ERA in eight starts for the Clippers.
- Akron shortstop Ronny Rodriguez left Saturday's game with hamstring tightness and was not in the lineup Sunday. He was recently named Cleveland's minor league player of the week and is batting .293 with four homers and 35 RBIs in 69 games for the Aeros.
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- The Indians entered Sunday owning a major league-best 14-7 record in one-run games. Over the past five seasons, Cleveland is 110-87 in one-run games, which ranks third in the big leagues behind San Francisco (126-97) and Baltimore (108-84).
- Indians starting pitchers entered Sunday with a 2.97 ERA over the previous 12 games to lower the staff ERA from 4.56 to 4.28.
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Congress website defaced on Sonia's birthday
Hackers broke into the Congress' official website and replaced part of Sonia Gandhi's profile with some objectionable material in a cyber attack coinciding with the party chief's birthday.
"The hackers could penetrate deep inside the website and changed one paragraph," AICC Computer Department chief Vishwajeet Prithvijeet Singh said.
Singh said that Congress websites -- aicc.org.in, congress.org.in -- were subjected to the attack prompting the party to "put them down" this morning.
The third website inc.org.in remained unaffected. Singh, a former MP, said that the party websites have been under frequent attacks from hackers, who had some time back tried to break into the websites thrice one night.
The hacking came to light as the servers hosting the websites collapsed due to massive re-direction of internet traffic. Singh said a detailed check of the servers has been carried out and the party will return to the cyberspace soon.
The cyber attack comes at a time when a controversy had broken out over Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal's comments on monitoring content on websites.
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Federal agencies announced a five-year plan to combat human trafficking on Tuesday, often called modern slavery for the kidnapping of people, often children, and bringing them into the United States.
"It describes the steps that federal agencies will take to ensure that all victims of human trafficking in the United States are identified and have access to the services they need to recover and to rebuild their lives," aid Cecilia Munoz, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, who announced the plan at a meeting at a meeting that included human trafficking survivors, law enforcement officials and federal and local government officials.
"This includes a victim services network that is comprehensive, trauma-informed, and responsive to the needs of all victims, regardless of the type of trafficking they endured, and regardless of race, color, national origin, disability, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or immigration status," Munoz continued.
The plan was put together by three Justice Department, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Homeland Security.
"Human trafficking, also known as trafficking in persons or modern day slavery, is an affront to the most basic of human freedoms," said the Federal Strategic Action Plan on Services for Victims of Human Trafficking in the United States. "To combat this unspeakable crime and protect its victims, we build on more than a decade of progress in developing services and support networks that provide survivors of human trafficking with a path to freedom, independence, and self-sufficiency."
The president previously declared January to be National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month.
The five-year plan calls for aligning law enforcement and counseling efforts at the federal, state and local level; expand research to "support evidence-based practices in victim services;" promote training to increase the ability to identify who might be a victim and to increase "effective, culturally appropriate, trauma-informed services that improve the short- and long-term health, safety, and well-being of victims."
The plan goes on to say a goal is "recognizing that government alone cannot stop this insidious crime, the Plan is written to appeal to a wide audience in order to bring additional resources, expertise, and partnerships to end human trafficking and better support victims. For example, public awareness must be increased to engage more stakeholders and increase victim identification. There must also be an expansion of access to victim services."
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Hear Tony Benn flout BBC rule on Gaza
The tribute by Jonathan Cook is followed by an article from 2009 on the protest about BBC management's decision not to run the DEC appeal for Gaza.
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Tony Benn: How he defied the BBC on Israel
By Jonathan Cook blog
March 14, 2014
Tony Benn, probably the last real socialist to serve in a British government, died [last Friday] aged 88.
I'm posting a short video of him below in action (long after his retirement from politics) in early 2009. It sums up what was so great about him.
Here he is using a three-minute interview on BBC news not to self-aggrandise but to subvert a BBC decision to refuse to publicise a charity appeal to help Palestinians in Gaza deal with the humanitarian crisis provoked by Israel's Operation Cast Lead.
It was notably the first time the BBC had rejected an appeal for help from the Disaster Emergencies Committee. The decision was so embarrassingly craven towards Israel it ended up even being criticised by members of the British government, the BBC's paymasters.
In those three mins, Benn twice reads out the address for people to send in donations; points out that all the BBC staff he has spoken to objected to the management's ruling; notes that the BBC decision was capitulation to Israeli pressure (a capitulation that continues to this day); and ends with a savage indictment of BBC policy by telling viewers the BBC will be responsible for the deaths in Gaza caused by the refusal to publicise the appeal.
It's an example of why Benn was that rare beast: a politician with truly democratic instincts. Another short video offers some condensed wisdom, with Benn arguing that the US and Britain fall short of being democracies.
(h/t John Hilley)
Tony Benn to BBC _If you wont broadcast the Gaza appeal then I will myself:
Around 2,000 protesters converged upon Broadcasting House to demonstrate against the corporation's decision to not to broadcast a charity appeal. Photo by Andy Rain/EPA
BBC crisis over refusal to broadcast Gaza appeal
• Archbishop in attack on aid decision
• Isolated Thompson urged to rethink
By Caroline Davies, Vanessa Thorpe and Gaby Hinsliff, theguardian.com
January 24, 2009
The BBC was in crisis last night as politicians including government ministers, religious leaders and senior members of its own staff condemned the decision not to broadcast a charity appeal to help the stricken people of Gaza rebuild their homes.
The corporation's director general, Mark Thompson, was left isolated as rival broadcasters ITV and Channel 4 agreed to put out the plea for aid made jointly by 13 British charities. The BBC has decided the broadcast of the appeal might be seen as evidence of bias on a highly sensitive political issue.
The Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, has accused the broadcaster of "taking sides". He said yesterday: "This is not a row about impartiality but rather about humanity.
"This situation is akin to that of British military hospitals who treat prisoners of war as a result of their duty under the Geneva convention. They do so because they identify need rather than cause. This is not an appeal by Hamas asking for arms but by the Disasters Emergency Committee asking for relief. By declining their request, the BBC has already taken sides and forsaken impartiality," the archbishop added.
Communities secretary Hazel Blears said: "The BBC's decision should not discourage the public from donating to this important appeal. I sincerely hope the BBC will urgently review its decision."
The BBC's unrepentant stance has stirred up rebellion in the ranks of it own reporters and editors. One senior BBC news presenter told the Observer: "I've been talking to colleagues and everyone here is absolutely seething about this. The notion that the decision to ban the appeal will seem impartial to the public at large is quite absurd.
"Most of us feel that the BBC's defence of its position is pathetic, and there's a feeling of real anger – made worse by the fact that contractually we are unable to speak out."
Jon Snow, the journalist who presents Channel 4 news, said the BBC should have been prepared to accept the judgment of the aid experts of the DEC. "It is a ludicrous decision. That is what public service broadcasting is for. I think it was a decision founded on complete ignorance and I am absolutely amazed they have stuck to it."
Snow said he suspected a BBC bureaucrat had "panicked" and he called upon Mark Thompson to put the situation right. Martin Bell, the former BBC foreign correspondent, said the BBC should admit it had made a mistake. He claimed "a culture of timidity had crept" into the corporation. "I am completely appalled," he said. "It is a grave humanitarian crisis and the people who are suffering are children. They have been caught out on this question of balance."
But Greg Dyke, Thompson's predecessor as director general of the BBC, said the issue put the BBC in a "no win situation". He added: "Outside of Iraq, the single biggest issue that caused complaints was the coverage of Israel. I can understand why the BBC has taken this decision, because on a subject as sensitive as the Middle East it is absolutely essential that the audience cannot see any evidence at all of a bias."
Douglas Alexander, the international development secretary, who has attacked the BBC's decision, today welcomed commercial broadcasters' decision to break ranks and urged the BBC to think again. "I welcome this decision. The DEC appeal is crucial to help alleviate the suffering of people injured, displaced and hungry in Gaza."
The BBC also faces demands for an explanation from within the Commons international development select committee. Richard Burden, the Labour MP and committee member, said the BBC was out of step with public opinion. Andrew Mitchell, the shadow international development secretary, who was this weekend making a visit to Gaza, Israel and the West Bank, said it was up to the BBC, but added: "We believe that they should allow the broadcast to proceed so that the British public, who have proved themselves so generous during recent emergencies in the Congo and Burma, can make their own judgment on the validity of the appeal."
The satellite broadcaster Sky said it was "considering" broadcasting the appeal.
A spokesman for the BBC said: "We do accept that people are strongly guided in their view on this by the humanitarian emergency. We are highlighting the situation in Gaza in every news bulletin and that is one of the reasons the issue is so high on the agenda."
Thompson received backing from the BBC Trust's chairman, Sir Michael Lyons. He said he was "concerned" about the tone of some politicians' comments on the issue, which he said came close to "undue interference" in the BBC's editorial independence.


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Tkcphone With Gizmoproject...doable ?, Any info is appreciated...
Tkcphone With Gizmoproject...doable ?, Any info is appreciated...
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Well, I was up till about 2am this morning trying to get the demo of tkcPhone to work on my C-1000. I'm not exactly sure what results I had (it was late, I was getting frustrated, and I had an ample supply of beer...). Basically I got it to say that a STUN2 request was sent (using settings for SJPHONE for PocketPCs I found in GizmoProjects knowledgebase) but I'm not exactly sure that means the client actually connected to my GizmoProject account. I have CallOut credit, but it gave me an error and said it was not configured for 'Land' calling when I tried to dial a PSTN number. And since it WAS late, and I don't have many friends, I didn't know anyone I could test a PC to PC type call with. But I did discover a few test numbers online that will supposedly echo back everything you say or just say YOU number back to you. They didn't seem to work.
Since this is only the demo, I'm hesitant to write off the full version (since it only costs $20), but I don't really want to purchase it just to continue testing (well I'm not quite that desperate anyway). Also, the demo I am running was written for the SL-5500, though it seems to be functioning on my C-1000.
I don't know what's going on...
I know many others have been experimenting with such as VOIP, and I know people have gotten Net2Phone and iConnect to work, but I'd rather stick with companies that offer prepaid plans instead of monthly contracts.
So if anyone can offer any advice or experiences with tkcPhone and/or GizmoProject on the zaurus line, I'd love to hear about it.
UPDATE: Though I definitely have not done what can be considered a success call to PSTN, I was fiddling around with this a bit more and I have since logged into my GizmoPRoject account and noticed that whole bunch of the tests I ran from the Zaurus actually were logged in my Gizmo account. So it looks like it may be possible after all...seems that TKC phone was able to authenticate anyway even if a real connection was never established...
I'm gonna continue experimentsing, and I also got a Net2Phone account, but I'm gonna fiddle with it a bit more before I buy PSTN time for it...
Nov 2 2005, 11:15 AM
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A really good thread on setting up VOIP is available on the 6000 forum:
I don't know if it is specific to Gizmo Project or not. However, Gizmo Project uses a SIP phone number, so theoretically you should be able to configure it with TKCphone.
Have you considered trying K/Phone?
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QUOTE(TsingTao @ Oct 30 2005, 03:45 AM)
I know many others have been experimenting with such as VOIP, and I know people have gotten Net2Phone and iConnect to work, but I'd rather stick with companies that offer prepaid plans instead of monthly contracts.
How did It go with Net2phone? I was looking for the same thing!!
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I've had success with our VOIP system at work (I used a packet sniffer to capture my cisco IP phone's password :-), I was using the kphone/pi program. It wasn't hugely stable, but I did get reasonable results using bluetooth networking.
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Corin said, "We hit the sinking barge, and that is what filled the boat to one side immediately with an enormous amount of force, and that threw me into the side of the boat where I shattered my femur in 3 places. He went on to say "Everybody onboard that boat, including the gentlemen working for the Coast Guard, everyone is lucky to be alive."
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The NIC isn't listed in rc.modules though, so I'm going for a manual install. I downloaded and installed the linux drivers and ifconfig returns with both cards.
rc.inet1.conf has only USE_DHCP for both cards as "yes" edited, everything else unmodified, and everything besides USE_DHCP at the eth0 and eth1 left empty ("").
Internet isn't working though. Though I know it works in windows and since there are linux drivers the card is supported.
RT8168D/8111D is the card btw.
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Getting rid of ants
When ants show up in the kitchen the special cinnamon ingredient always does too. I can get my people to prepare the ingredient in the workshop but they can't do anything else with it and they just continue to stomp the ants. What am I missing?
Answer from: Browniebakery:.
When you finish making the cinnamon ingredient, there would be a yellow thing by the trash bins. Use the adult that made the cinnamon to pick it up. The persons action would say finishing ant spray. Then, when the person is spraying and clouds of fog come out, make sure NO ONE ELSE is stomping ants or else he or she would get disrupted.
Answer from: enemygrey
So I made the cinnamon ingredient and got the orange thing, but before my person sprayed the ants she got interrupted and now the ingredient is just sitting in the workshop and they're still stomping ants. What do I do?
Answer from: keels
I have ants I've got my person to get rid of the cinnamon thing but they won't get rid of the orange thing so I have loads of ants in he kitchen that they always wanna stomp on. How do I get rid of them?
Answer from: Leveled
@enemygrey: How do you make the cinnamon stuff?
Answer from: tlynn20
To make the cinnamon stiff I think you drag an adult to the table in the workshop that's closest to the door with the new items on it... they should know what to do
Answer from: Abc
I just turned the water on in the kitchen for a little bit then the ants went away.
Answer from: Corgi helper
How to get rid of ants-
1) drag a mom or dad onto a brown pot thing on the kitchen counter.
2) they will "prepare the cinnamon ingredient"
3) drag that same adult onto a yellowish orangish thing by the bins by the gate
4) they will "finishing the ant spray"
5) clear all people (kids/adults) out of kitchen. Other wise you will not be able to finish
6) the adult will get rid of the ants
7) you will get the goal ant terminator and 100 coins. HOPE THIS HELPED
Answer from: Lynnie
I simply minimized the game for a couple of minutes and when I brought it back up, the ants were gone. May have been a flukey thing, as I minimized it specifically to come and look for answers on how to get rid of the little buggers. Found these answers here, but when I went back to the game, the ants had disappeared.
Answer from: Sammy
Lynnie, that's because they disappear sometimes, but they won't be gone for good. The only way to stop them from reappearing is to use the cinnamon ingredients and yellow tng by the bin to create the ant spray so you can exterminate them.
Answer from: Fishkafoon
Drag an adult onto the brown pot by the sink - the pot will appear over the coffee maker. Allow the adult to prepare the cinnamon ingredient. They'll move from the kitchen to the workshop in the process. A mixture will appear on the top right workshop table. When the parent walks away, being sure they're still not preparing the ingredients (click on them to check their action), click on the second parent and drag them to the yellow mound at the left edge of the trash bins. They will finish the ant spray. Allow them to finish. They'll putter about in the workshop then will move to the kitchen to spray on their own accord. NOTE: The first time I tried this goal, I dragged the parent to the workshop when they initially picked up the cinnamon. The cinnamon disappeared and I had to start over again. Do NOT click on the parent. Just watch them as they're preparing and finishing. I found it much easier getting rid of the ants once the kids were out of the home. The goal would likely be easier to attain before having kids, too. There's more focus and less clicking/dragging when it's just the parents involved (unless you want the challenge involving the kids, which means clicking and dragging them out of the kitchen before spraying). Hope this helps. Good luck!
Answer from: Cookiecat
I tried to drag my adults onto the cinnamon thing on the kitchen counter countless times but they never start to prepare the ingredients in the workshop. I had second family and there it worked right away. This is frustrating!
Answer from: VirtualPlayer
I got someone to pick up the brown thing from the kitchen counter and go to prepare the cinnamon mixture and the new stuff appears on the table behind them but no matter how many times I put somebody over there they either play in the workshop, work on career, or need to rest their stupid tired legs. Getting irritated. I have read something about trash bins from others. The trash bins are outside and there is never nothing on them. What am I doing wrong?
Answer from: emo101
What brown pot? I don't see it.This is freaking frustrating!
Answer from: TT
You drag you person to the sink and let it turn the water on in the kitchen and you drag it somewhere else leave the water on until the ants go away. its works great! :)
Answer from: TheHelpfulOne
Remember these!
-Put an ADULT on the pot and prepare cinnamon and don't disturb them. They will move the pot to the workshop.
-Once they are COMPLETELY done, go over to the trash bins OUTSIDE.
-You will see a yellow/orange thingy NEXT to the bins.
-Put an ADULT on the yellow/orange thingy and let them do the rest.
-DON'T let any other person go into the kitchen!
Answer from: Kat
I have the app version, but the instructions are pretty much the same. Put a mom or dad or a kid over 14 on the pot in the kitchen. His action will say 'Preparing Cinnomon ingredient. Then, look outside and by the trash bins there is some orange thing. Drag the adult to it, and let them do the rest. IMPORTANT: MAKE SURE THERE IS NO ONE ELSE IN THE KITCHEN OR ELSE THEY MIGHT BE DISRUPTED. Also, make sure no kids are switching the light on and off. That will also disrupt anyone no matter where they are in the house.
Answer from: Darcy
Whenever I drag my adults to the orange thing by the trash can, it says that "they need something else first". What should i do?
Answer from: Kitty
I just ignored them for about 2-3 mins and they were gone!
Answer from: Nicapooh
When I drag my person the orange thing outside of the trash cans it keeps saying, "they need something else first." What does this mean or what do I do? Help please.
Answer from: Ballerforlife
They just went away after like 5 min but they will eat your food
Answer from: just saying
Let you little person turn on the water and yea the ants will go away! :)
Answer from: KBrook1212
@Nicapooh: you need to get the cinnamon first which is right next to the sink
Answer from: Mazzyboo01
What orange thing are u talking about
Answer from: HaleyBug_101
Do you have ants? To get rid of the ants for GOOD follow the steps below: 1.) You will see ants coming from the trash can. 2.) There will be a brown looking container beside your kitchen sink. 3.) Get one of your little people. (Must be an adult!) 4.) Drag your person on top of this brown container. Their action should be 'Preparing Cinnamon Ingredient'. 5.) Your person will be putting this ingredient in the workroom. 6.) Drag your little person (again must be an adult) to the trash cans and there should be an orange goo-looking substance. 7.) Put your person on this goo. 8.) Their action should then be 'Finishing Ant Spray' or something similar. 9.) Have fun getting rid or your ant problem!
Answer from: gameplayer
On the game. When there are ants. Theres no brown pot to drag an adult to. So what am i supposed yo do.?
Answer from: Cook123
The brown pot is sometimes in the kitchen they will pick that up and take it to the workshop. After that there's the spray for the member of family who did the cinnamon ingredient.
Answer from: Somebody
I just left the game then the ants were gone
Answer from: Angel
I dragged my family member onto the cinamon thingy and she just threw it in the bin? Is this a glitch or what?
Answer from: TheRandomOne
@haelybug: You don't need an adult to get the cinnamon, I let my eight year old son get it and it works.
Answer from: Smileyface
Get a person to make the cinnamon ingredient by getting the pot on the kitchen counter, and then get the orange thing near the recycling bins. Don't interrupt the person after that or they will stop. Don't worry though. If they accidentally get interrupted the ants will leave after a while and come back later, and you can try again. Hope it helped! :)
Answer from: Hi
All I did was drag someone to the trashcan. Somebody took out the trash, then the ants were all gone.
Answer from: Jms
If your cinamon spray doesnt work let them stomp on ants for a while thats how i got rid of mine
Answer from: Answerkey
Remember its not the trash can INSIDE its the outside one.
Answer from: Lil
I just had the dad throw out the garbage can and got out of the game and no ants were their
Answer from: Kay
I've looked at all these comments but I my sink for some reason doesn't have a brown pot. I dragged the mom near the sink to see if it was a glitch or something but it wasn't. I just can seem to do the cinnamon thing! Someone please help!
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So went the reaction from San Diego County's congressional delegation to President Barack Obama's fourth State of the Union address delivered Tuesday evening.
Freshman Rep. Scott Peters called the president's proposals on new infrastructure, clean energy and research critical to the country's continued economic recovery.
"America needs a basic infrastructure that encourages national and international trade commerce," said Peters, D-San Diego.
He also backed the president's call for a resolution to avoid looming automatic spending cuts, replacing the so-called "sequester" reductions with a plan that lowers the deficit in what he called a "fiscally sound manner."
Peters campaigned on a promise to work with Republicans to advance legislation. At the speech, he sat with GOP Rep. Tim Griffin of Arkansas in what he said was a demonstration of that commitment.
San Diego's other freshman representative, Democrat Juan Vargas, said he stands ready to vote for a comprehensive immigration bill the president advocated.
"We have an opportunity, right now, to fix immigration in a way that both can help our companies recruit and retain the best and the brightest in America's technology, engineering and biomedicine sectors, as well as stop employers from taking advantage of undocumented immigrants and breaking the law by hiring them."
Rep. Darrell Issa, said the speech was disappointing but not surprising.
"I heard those same old lines and repackaged ideas of spending our way into prosperity," he said. "Investing in America isn't about government taking your money and investing it; it's about you taking your money and investing it in those things that create high-paying American jobs."
The Vista Republican who chairs the House Oversight Committee said Obama needs to work with GOP but got no indication of a willingness to do so.
"We need the president working with us and the private sector in a way that wasn't presented tonight," he said.
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Rep. Susan Davis, D-San Diego, said Obama was spot-on in urging unity of purpose.
"The president reminded us that a unified America can overcome any challenges," she said. "History has shown that when faced with a daunting task, we can come together as a country and achieve anything."
She called for focusing on strengthening the middle class with investments in education and manufacturing.
Davis was among numerous House members who invited family members of gun violence victims to attend the speech. She hosted Rose and Willie Jones whose son, Willie James Jones, was killed in a drive-by shooting in San Diego in 1994. Willie was his high school's valedictorian and was about to attend Cornell University on a full academic scholarship. Vargas provided a ticket for one of the parents.
"Having Rose and Willie in the House chamber gave a voice to how senseless and destructive it was that their son Willie James and so many other young people never had a chance to fulfill their dreams and contribute to society," she said.
She also echoed Obama's call that victims and survivors of gun violence deserve to have his proposed gun control legislation decided by lawmakers and not bottled up in committees.
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DOUBLE HORN, TEXAS. Double Horn was at the headspring of Double Horn Creek, south of the Colorado River in Burnet County and fifty to sixty miles northwest of Austin. The town was formed in 1855 by Jesse Burnamqv (or Burnham), Levi Fowler, and others. The creek and town were reportedly named after an incident in which a pioneer found the remains of two bucks with interlocked antlers. The Francis Chapel or Frog Pond school, with William H. Holland as its first teacher, was located on the Colorado River; in 1855 among its students were the children of Noah Smithwick. The school, later known as the Double Horn School, was moved near Grid Iron Creek and then to Double Horn Creek. A post office was established for the community in October 1857, with Holland as the first postmaster. In 1884 Double Horn had a population of fifty along with the school, a cotton gin, and two churches. By 1896 its population had dropped to twenty-five, and a physician named Yett practiced there. The Double Horn post office was discontinued in 1911. The cotton gin and gristmill on Grid Iron Creek was later moved to the junction of Grid Iron and Double Horn creeks. A blacksmith shop and store were also nearby. The Double Horn school was still shown on the 1936 county highway map, but all traces of the community and school were gone by the second half of the twentieth century.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:Darrell Debo, Burnet County History (2 vols., Burnet, Texas: Eakin, 1979). Noah Smithwick, The Evolution of a State, or Recollections of Old Texas Days (Austin: Gammel, 1900; rpt., Austin: University of Texas Press, 1983).
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Gamers habituated to serious RPG narrative's may find Sacred 2's dialogue a welcome reprieve or strangely disjoined. Although the main story seems serious, conversation and voice work is incongruously comedic. While the title offers players a wealth of missions- from assassinations, fetch quests, and escorting, these endeavors often feel unfulfilling due to the minimal amount of textual set-up. However, Sacred 2's liberal distribution of weapons, runes, and armor is compelling enough so that item collection overcomes any deficiencies in the storytelling. With each item having a myriad of numerical ratings, there's enough complexity in the game to satisfy stat-geeks.
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Please help to resolve the download error while trying to download Dell Bios ver A11 . Error code =103 appereared while trying to download the file. Below is the link for the same .http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/DriversError/DownloadError?err=103
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Welcome to the Community,
Try downloading from this link : www.dell.com/.../inspiron-15r-5520
Note:Select Download file,on the next page select Single File download.I was able to download from the same link which I posted.If you're still not able to download try a different browser.
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Dear Roshan
Thanks for the reply. Sorry to say that the problem is not solved yet. same downloading error appeared, used fire Fox this time but still same downloading error appeared. While I am able to download other drivers from the same page but unable to download BIOS file ver A11.
Kindly help.
If it is possible kindly send me the file in the ZIP formate at my email address. I will be very thank full. Thanks in advance.
I've sent you a email with the zip file for BIOS version A11.
Thanks a lot for the email and attachment, well received. Kindly advise if i can run this file directly from windows, as i have seen the instruction on the driver download page that this version can be run directly from the windows.
Kindly advise if this is workable or please advise if otherwise.
Thanks a lot for your kind support and help in this regard.
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Yes,you can run the file directly from Windows.
Note:While updating BIOS,AC adapter needs to be plugged in,system battery should be adequately charged (more than 10 %) and make sure there is no external peripherals (USB devices,SD cards) connected to the system.
Hi Roshan!
Could you please send me by e-mail update BIOS v. A11.
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If it is possible , could you please send me too, update BIOS v. A11 at my e-mail.
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I've sent you both an email with the zip file for BIOS version A11.
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I see that the zip file was attached,however I've just resent you an email with the zip file attached.
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At least 40 veterans died at the hands of a federal agency whose motto is to "care for him who has borne the battle, and his widow and orphans." The fact is this situation could have been mitigated with the implementation of some new policies. First and foremost, the "bonus" program for Veterans Affairs administrators must be eliminated immediately! It appears greed led them to "cook the books," which led to the death of these veterans.
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Then, aside from all this, there is the ongoing scandal of the massive backlog of disability claims that again the VA seems incapable of dealing with. This has been a problem for many years. For far too long, those who have been injured in service to their country have been denied both due process and judicial review in the claims adjudication process. This is the most bitter of ironies. Those who put their lives on the line to defend our democratic system are denied by law the most important and basic elements of our democracy they were willing to die to defend.
If our judicial system is the cornerstone of our democracy, due process and judicial review are the keystones of our judicial system, and yet veterans are denied by federal law from these protections that they were injured defending. Judicially, veterans are and continue to be second-class citizens because of this.
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VULNERABLE young people will get a new home in Westcliff thanks to help from volunteers who slept rough in temperatures of -4C.
Southend YMCA can convert former offices in Hamlet Court Road, Westcliff, into flats for young people at risk of homelessness after raising more than £321,000.
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After seeing the Sleep Easy event, which raised £10,000 in sponsorship, in the Echo two local charities donated another £11,000 and the Government injected £300,000, allowing the YMCA to snap up offices above the Samaritans' charity shop.
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