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Mental health issues affecting farmers
Wendy Bell is draped neck to toe in a thick plastic apron and covered in muck. She's been up since before dawn to milk the cows and it's fair to say hard work isn't what worries her.
"They do kick. I just had my hand stood on last week and yeah - still swollen - but you sort of know your cows. They're a pretty good bunch, this lot."
But what has been weighing on Wendy Bell's mind lately is her future.
"I'm about to lose everything that we've had. Lose our home. We're just going to lose everything and there's going to be nothing left for me and the kids," she says.
It's been a rough 12 months for the dairy industry. Milk prices were so low (that) many farmers weren't meeting the cost of production.
Earlier this year, the usually green and luscious district in south-west Victoria missed out on key seasonal rainfall causing a severe shortage of feed. Wendy's had to borrow a lot of money just to keep the farm going.
"It's been really hard to source feed and the cows really come before your family and we're just struggling to feed the cows. It's been really tough. I feel like the bank's going to close on me shortly," Mrs Bell said.
Wendy Bell is 46 years old and has been running the farm by herself since her husband died.
"Seven years ago I lost my husband to bowel cancer. I had a five-year-old and an eight-year-old. Two sons. I decided to stay on the farm (because) that was their home and that's where they lived.
"I had pretty much run the dairy farm. My husband was sick for three years," Mrs Bell explains.
She says it's hard to find anyone to manage the farm and paying staff is often too expensive. Her property is for sale but so far, there hasn't been an offer.
Mrs Bell says she's physically exhausted.
"I'm not a very big person and I'm not very tall either. Physically my body is breaking down. I've got three vertebrae in my neck that's getting squashed. I've got pins and needles and pains down my arm."
But it's the emotional toll that concerns Mrs Bell the most, not just on herself but the entire community. And she's decided to speak openly about it.
"I was coping pretty good up until earlier this week. I've had a little bit of a melt down. I was pretty good at putting up a cover, a front. I had to do it when my husband died of cancer.
"But just this last week it's starting to get on top of me with everything that's happening. And I haven't got the amount of time in the day to go and see anyone. So I've just sort of battled along... but I've started to talk to a few people. That has helped.
"I sat down and went through all my bills and rang everyone that I owe money to, as a courtesy call, to say that I am trying to get on top of it. I know I owe a lot of money but I can't do it at the moment and that helped me really greatly. It took a lot of pressure off me."
"Most people were dumbfounded that I rang, most people don't ring and do that but everyone was appreciative," she said.
This openness (about struggling) is something Wendy Bell hopes will catch on and it certainly seems to be. Just two weeks ago about 600 farmers gathered in Warrnambool.
The lobby group Farmer Power organised a "farmers night off" event to raise awareness about help for depression and mental illness.
The group says the night was needed after three farmers committed suicide in the space of just two months.
Former Victorian Premier and Chairman of Beyond Blue, Jeff Kennett spoke at the event saying farmers need to change their attitudes towards seeking help.
"A lot of farmers are very proud. You know they've....got to prove they're tougher than John Wayne. Therefore a lot of them won't seek help unless they're run over by a tractor their legs are ripped off them, their arms are taken from their trunk and only, at that stage, do they justify seeking help," Mr Kennett says.
"Well, I've got to say those days are well and truly behind us.
"And just as a farmer's machinery breaks down and, if they can't fix it themselves, they seek help so they should...if it's a health, an emotional or a financial issue," he says.
Mr Kennett points out that while the dairy industry in Victoria has been hit hard, other regions in Australia are struggling too.
"We're seeing it now in western Queensland because of drought, we're seeing it in parts of NSW and we're certainly seeing it in the south west of Western Australia in the wheat farming area," he says.
But there are signs that farmers are starting to ask for help.
Cathy Harbison is the coordinator of Warrnambool Food Share. She says, until now, they had never been contacted directly by farmers asking for food.
"We think it's at a critical point and it's growing and that farmers, probably as a result of the Farmers' Night Out, are beginning to come forward and request assistance through our food hampers," Ms Harbison said.
She says many farmers spoke to her that evening and didn't even know the charity existed.
"The feedback I had from one of the farmers at Farmers' Night Out was (that) the tea bags we handed out that night and the sachets you add to the casserole were, for them, luxury items.
"In fact that farmer said that she had not been able to buy food in two years. The family was having to eat what they grew on the farm and I was stunned to think of tea bags as a luxury item," Ms Harbison said.
Even as Wendy Bell faces the prospect of losing her home and her livelihood, she remains positive.
"At the end of the day if you lose everything, you've still got your family, you've still got your friends. So it's important to really open up."
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Older Pennsylvanians Reminded of Medicare Annual Enrollment Deadline
Nov 30, 2012, 14:36 ET from Pennsylvania Department of Aging
Hurricane Sandy victims may be eligible for an extension
HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Older Pennsylvanians are reminded that the deadline for Medicare annual enrollment is Friday, Dec. 7.
Individuals are urged to utilize the state Department of Aging's APPRISE program to determine a Medicare health plan that works for them.
The APPRISE program has trained volunteers who work through the local Area Agencies on Aging. They deal with questions and concerns of older adults and provide clear and concise information to help choose the right Medicare health and/or prescription plan.
To contact APPRISE, call toll-free, at 1-800-783-7067.
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Older Pennsylvanians affected by Hurricane Sandy may be eligible for an extension if they are unable to choose a plan by the deadline. They can call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) to compare their options and choose their plan. Requests will be considered on a case by case basis.
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The performance that reflected best on Miami at the Second Annual Latin Grammy Awards took place outside the American Airlines Arena, far from the red carpet. In a gesture proposed by Ramon Saul Sanchez of the exile group Movimiento Democracia, passionate opponents of the Castro regime stood silent, their mouths covered by bandages that read, "Independent Artists in Cuba." On September 11 the gagged figures conveyed to viewers in 120 nations the repression of free speech in the socialist island, without stifling artistic expression here in the United States. The peaceful protest made a powerful statement. Perhaps even more important for LARAS (Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences), the image made for good television.
After five months of ambiguous appeals for tolerance, Michael Greene courageously invited not one but a score of nominated Cuban musicians to participate in the awards ceremony: Omara Portuondo, the celebrated chanteuse whose decadeslong career was reinvigorated by her participation in the Buena Vista Social Club; the Muñequitos of Matanzas, a folkloric troupe whose acrobatic rumba dancing and percussive pyrotechnics have delighted college audiences across the United States; and Issac Delgado, the gifted salsero who created a buzz when a concert of his filmed last May on the Malecón, Havana's seawall, aired recently on BET.
When LARAS announced the controversial lineup, the national media swooped down on the Magic City once again, eager to cover what promised to be Elian: The Musical. Exile leaders learned valuable lessons from that bitter battle among neighbors, however. Rather than distract from their cause by denouncing the invited performers, the anti-Castro activists took advantage of the spotlight to direct the world's attention to the stark contrast between the freedom of expression here in Miami and the repression suffered by many artists in Cuba. In the meantime the possibility of a conflict piqued the interest of viewers who last year were too caught up in Sex and the City or Felicity to bother gazing at Latin music's brightest stars. As he did before the duet between gay icon Elton John and gay-bashing Eminem at the non-Latin Grammys back in February, Greene introduced the Cuban stars by calling further attention to one of our nation's most precious privileges: the freedom to say or sing what we feel.
The biggest winners of the evening were the viewers, who were given the historic opportunity to witness the reunion of legendary exile salsera Celia Cruz with her compatriot and contemporary Omara Portuondo in a rendition of "Gracias a la Vida" ("Thank You to Life") -- a standard featured on Portuondo's record that received a nomination for Best Traditional Tropical Album. The two divas, both luminaries of the nightclub circuit in prerevolutionary Cuba, were accompanied on the piano by South Florida resident and virtuoso Gonzalo Rubalcaba, who accompanies Issac Delgado on the younger singer's version of the same song on La Formula, nominated for Best Salsa Album. Representing two generations and two ideologies, the three voices intoned: "My song/And your song/Which is the same song."
Quickening drums announced a second shared song that Cruz made a hit in the United States and Delgado popularized on the island: "La Vida Es un Carnaval" ("Life Is a Carnival"). The two salsa stars performed on the same bill at festivals in the Canary Islands while both recorded for the New York-based RMM Records in the mid-Nineties. At the Latin Grammys the duo sang together for the first time in the United States, heating up the last shards of ice left over from the Cold War and ushering in an era where opposition is directed at the policy of the Cuban government, not the Cuban people. Taking turns on the verse, Delgado and Cruz sang: "Everyone who thinks that [bad times] will never change/Needs to know that everything changes."
The Muñequitos of Matanzas entered from one side of the stage, the rhythm rippling down their backs and across their hips as dancers from Miami's own folklore troupe Ifé-Ilé entered from the opposite wing. The national media touted Miami as a bastion of free speech and good music. Ratings for the Latin Grammys soared. Even fans of the Buena Vista Social Club in New York City, who still think revolutions are hip, denounced Castro. The following morning there was no mention of the event or the exile community in Granma, but everyone on the island saw the broadcast anyway on their cousin the taxi-driver's illegal satellite TV. In the historic elections that followed, Christina Aguilera succeeded the Bearded One as president of the new democratic Cuba.
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Okay, I woke up. But why should we be denied a reunion performance between Cruz, Portuondo, and a third Cuban nominee of their generation, Celina Gonzalez, as suggest by Lydia Martin in the Miami Herald? Why can't U.S. viewers be treated to the very best of contemporary salsa as presented by Issac Delgado? Jimmy Maslon, owner of Ahi-Nama, the label that distributes Delgado's work in the United States, is mounting a media campaign and negotiating to air Delgado's concert film on national television in the upcoming weeks.
For his part Delgado is not expecting an invitation any time soon. He laughs when asked what he might perform. "It would be incredible, but I can't believe that they would permit me to play there," says the singer, during a break from a summer festival in the South of France. Considering a possible reunion performance by Cruz, Portuondo, and Gonzalez, Delgado muses, "Unfortunately Celina is too frail to perform, but Omara is in good form." Even if LARAS does invite the island divas, Delgado does not see a reunion as likely: "I don't think that Celia's record label or the interests that are behind her would permit her to perform." He pauses to imagine the impossible. "It would be beautiful because [Portuondo and Cruz] are two legends of song."
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The national spotlight may be on Arizona's new immigration law, but let us remember why we love living here: warm weather, cheap housing, and, oh, just a little something called the Grand freakin Canyon. The giant hole attracts five million visitors (and their wallets) to our Nazi-esque dictatorship, er, great state each year.
Photographer and ASU Regents professor Mark Klett paired up with ASU graduate Byron Wolfe to re-create famous images of Arizonas top tourist attraction in Reconstructing the View."
In this exhibit, Klett and Wolfe digitally juxtapose modern photos of the Grand Canyon with early illustrations. "I haven't been involved in geology for many decades, but it does give me an appreciation for the role of time as it has shaped the canyon," says Klett. "[Byron and I] think of the images as a kind of visual corollary to the layers of rock strata."
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Second commute of the year, 25 mile round trip. Max speed 32.2mph coming down Cullen Hill Rd. I rode the UO8 today. I keep relearning why I've held onto that bike for 41 years. It's smooth as silk, rolls easily, handles a load with aplomb. Even loaded with work-related stuff it climbs easily. Yeah, okay, I have upgraded everything except the pedals and brakes.
Here's a pic from last year. Same route, same bike. This could have been today:
Is anyone interested in a Patriot's Day ride?
I know there are several "marathon" rides, but I'd rather not deal with those crowds, so I wanted to see if any forum folks wanted to try and meet up.
I was thinking we could map out a 40 or 50ish mile route through the western suburbs perhaps?
Just a thought...
Mental health ride at the end of the work day. Before I left the office, the weather radar suggested all the wet stuff was well to the West. By the time I had gotten home and done the half-hour or so of transitional nonsense that always delays an after-work ride, the weather radar showed some showers inside 495.
Seemed like a sporting proposition, so I got on the bike and started pedaling on my normal trajectory to Lexington. By the time I reached Arlington Center, there was barely-detectable drizzle. Into Arlington Heights, this had turned to a gentle shower. At Maple Street, Lexington, the drops were getting a lot bigger and falling a lot thicker, so I turned around. The pavement had that newly-wet smell, and the frogs in Arlington's Great Meadow sounded positively ecstatic. Rode out of the heavy stuff, and all was well until just about Brattle Street, when the rain started coming down in earnest: if not in buckets, then at least in beer steins. By then it was dark enough for headlights, and I enjoyed the wet little meteors shooting through my beam; the Pierce Field stadium lights gave a similar view on a much larger scale. The last two miles of the ride were frankly wet, and an extra ten degrees of temperature would have been welcome. By the time I reached home, the weather radar gave me this cheery view:
Another lesson in what rain storms are not--blimps with sprinklers. 9 soggy miles, pleasant for all that.
Rode out to Lexington Center and back on the Minuteman this evening, 10 miles, high 40s. The Night Chorus is coming along, tonight augmented by two police cars whooping North on Woburn Street, a fire truck wailing West on Mass. Ave., and a big jet doing the aeronautic equivalent of down-shifting on its approach to Hanscom, all in the space of two minutes.
End-of-the-day ride on the Minuteman, out to Lexington as far as Bedford Street, where I turned around in sight of the big pine that had a family of great horned owls in residence a couple of years ago.https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-J...413_192617.jpg Returned home in the twilight, dodging little herds of teenagers in Arlington. 14 miles, with temperatures falling through the 40s.
Did some maintenance on the bike before the ride, and am back to friction shifting and loving it.
A bunch of us from the C&V forum rode the CCRT end to end and back, plus a side trip over to the Atlantic. About 45 miles total. Sharon and I were on the tandem, of course.
At the start:
Facing the Atlantic:
Return trip, a stop at the Harwich Bike Rotary, 3 miles to go and the sun is out!
"3 miles to go and the sun is out" Well said Jim! Nice looking ride.
Blimp buckets, Great Horned owl memories and mental health riding, Patriots Day and commuter rides. These are cool to read. I'm not up to G's marathon ride but will break out the 'bent for a bagel and coffee ride to Wellesley today.
"Bagel and coffee ride", I like the sound of that. How come Sharon won't let me do a donut and coffee run? :D
We did another 33 on the tandem today. This being spring, that air was fresh and crisp, except through Great Brook Farm where it was pungent.
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The potholes on backroads weren't bad but enough to finalize a decision to not join the midnight marathoners.
Sunset ride on the Minuteman, 10 miles, cool, clear, breezy. Cloudless sunset a peachy glow on the Western horizon, Jupiter and the crescent Moon keeping company.
Got on the bike after work, riding out the Minuteman as far as Bedford Street, Lexington, before turning around, 14 miles. Cool and sunny, with a wind from the East, and a pretty sunset that I watched in my rear-view mirror as I got towards home. Beyond the usual reasons for a ride at the end of the day, I was looking for respite from the nasty incoherence of the Marathon bombing. I was apparently not the only one: a small girl on a small bike, out for a ride with her father, responded to a very loud emergency vehicle siren by screaming, "Shut up! Shut up!"
The Minuteman delivered a measure of serenity, as it often does. A Chinese woman, out walking with her husband, was singing antiphonal responses to a songbird.
Hey all- just want to make sure all of us here from BF and their families were safe after the events at the marathon today. I was at the site of the explosion an hour before it happened. A very scary day for Boston and I hope that some answers about what happened today will be answered soon, and a speedy recovery to those currently hospitalized.
I got out for a bit on the Blackstone Bikeway yesterday, explored down into Central Falls.
To get back to bikes. I did ride the Marathon route out and back (from the YMCA on Huntington, Hal's ride). Left there at 0600, got to the start line just before 0730 (they started closing roads then) turned around and came back. It was a little more congested than when I did it in 2011, but I saw HUNDREDS of cyclists out enjoying the route, and thousands of volunteers setting up.
Oh and I got a trailer to put the kiddo in. Took her out for her first ride last week on the MMT. Actually passed Jimmuller at one point (the beard, sir, it gives you away). I don't think we'll be going on road adventures soon, but she liked the trail for a bit.
Sunset ride out to Lexington Center on the Minuteman. The sunset was eye-catching.
On the dark ride back, a coyote crossed my path at the Brown Homestead, strong, lithe, and alert, nobody's dog. I asked him, "Are you a coyote?" He stood 50' off the trail checking me out, as if to say "What do you think?" This is the second coyote I've seen in Lexington this year, the first on the Minuteman.
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I live two blocks away from one of the blast sites, so it was definitely a little close for comfort. Hopefully I can squeeze in a long ride later this week to get some peace and quiet if work stops being so overwhelming.
One of my cycling friends lives a block away just about. His whole building shook, but he is fine.
On riding--
I finally did the "Crack O'Dawn" ride the past two mornings. Tuesday was a little bit faster, but both rides were great. Nice group of folks, good smooth riding, and good weather.
It's nice to be able to get 20ish miles in before 7:00 a.m.
No riding except my commute, ~12.5 miles A'boro over to Albion Rd in Lincoln, RI. And back of course. What a pleasant day. Except for one idiot who couldn't wait to jump on the rt146 on-ramp. (I gave him, ah, a digit and then proceeded on my merry way.)
Sunset ride on the Minuteman out to Lexington, 10 miles. Balmy air and lots of company. Didn't have a lot of time, so focused on the ride and set a brisk (for me) pace. Thought I heard the coyote yip a greeting as I transited its territory, but that could just be my brain having fun.
I snuck in 40 miles this afternoon - Waltham, Lexington, Bedford, Concord, Carlisle, Bedford, Lexington, Waltham. It started sunny but turned cool and cloudy.
I'll look for the route along the Blackstone Trail through Central Falls and on to Providence.
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My son and I rode from South Boston along Harbor Walk to the state Archives. This is such a great take and a great bicycle accessed treasure.
1. The Treasures Exhibit is better than anything possible in Washington DC
2. free
3. easily reached by a scenic, water's edge path
3a. may include a visit to the James Connolly triple jump statue
4. nicely balanced by Sullivan's hotdog across the bay at Fort Independence
5. also reached by bicycle.
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Fairfield JV squads travel to Keokuk, Pella
PELLA — Pella claimed a 43-35 win over the Fairfield JV girls' basketball team Saturday in Pella.
Freshman Mackenzie Flattery led the Trojan offense with nine points, and sophomores Karley Williams and Mackenzie McClure scored eight each.
Madison Roberts finished with five points and four rebounds. Taylor Ferrel had two points and three boards, and Delaney Neil also scored two points.
The JV squad returns home to face Chariton today and finishes up the season with a game at Fort Madison Thursday. All the JV and varsity players will be recognized at Friday's home game vs. Fort Madison.
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The Fairfield boys' JV basketball team was hit by 39 turnovers in a pair of road losses over the weekend.
The Trojans fell to Keokuk 57-47 in Southeast Conference action Friday, and they dropped a 33-30 non-conference game to Pella on Saturday.
In Friday's loss, freshman Jordan Reid paced the Trojans with 13 points on 6 of 9 shooting from the field, and sophomore teammate Alex Simpson finished with 12 points and three steals.
Jordan Whitney, Trevor Drish and Nick Higgins scored five points apiece. Alex Crile had three points and Tanner Deao finished with three points and two assists.
Against Pella, Reid again led the Trojans offensively with eight points, and he also chipped in two steals on the defensive end. Whitney and Simpson scored six points each, and Simpson also had three steals.
Deao added five points with two steals. Keith Burns scored three points and Crile netted two.
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A South Florida man is facing a potentially lengthy prison sentence after a jury convicted him of attempting to defraud the BP oil spill claims fund out of $1.2 million.
Florida City Man Pleads Guilty to BP Oil Spill Fraud
A jury on Tuesday convicted 32-year-old Jean Mari Lindor of all counts, including wire and mail fraud, identity theft and filing of false tax returns. The 34 mail and wire fraud convictions alone carry maximum prison sentences of 20 years each.
Lindor is to be sentenced July 30 in Miami federal court.
The Aftermath of the Gulf Coast Oil Spill
Trial testimony showed that Lindor and his not-for-profit business filed claims purporting to be from employees of Florida Keys restaurants, hotels and clubs that had lost income due to the 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The claims were actually fraudulent.
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A group called Home to the Arts is organizing a Mon., Feb. 24, "emergency meeting" to educate performing artists about rents possibly escalating if the New York state legislature doesn't renew the rent laws, which are scheduled to expire June 15. Most of the 1.2 million regulated apartments are in New York City.
"If rent control and rent stabilization were eliminated, those thousands of performing artists who rely on controlled and stabilized apartments for survival would have to leave the city," explained Tom Bullard, a stage director and board member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SSDC). "If they leave, there'd be an implosion of artistic output. If there's an implosion or collapse, all attendant economies--restaurants, clothing, audiences, the cultural life of the city--will die. If the cultural life of the city dies, the city dies. It's imperative that those of us who live in rent-controlled or stabilized apartments, and those who don't but who are involved in the performing arts, mobilize to let our legislators know that this is a matter of urgency, in fact, crisis."
Bullard founded Home for the Arts along with Diane Lampert, a lyricist who works with jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, and publicist Fred Stuart of F.S. Cameron, Inc. "We had our first formal meeting a couple of weeks ago, when the urgency crystallized for all of us," Bullard said. "However, it had been under discussion on and off for some time, once it became apparent that these laws might, indeed, sunset."
An economics professor from Columbia University and "prominent" arts figures will address the gathering, 7:30 pm at West Park Presbyterian Church, Amsterdam Ave. at 86th Streets, according to Fred Stuart.
The organization is distributing a flier announcing "an emergency meeting to save your home." The flier asks, "Can you afford $2500 for a one-bedroom apartment? If we are forced to leave New York City, the important reasons for coming here will leave with us! If the ARTS leave New York, the heart leaves New York!"
"A lot of unions are getting involved" by alerting their members to the rent regulation issue through their newsletters, Stuart said. He listed Musicians Union 892, Actors' Equity Association, the International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), and the Writers Guild.
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Heat in Albany
The issue began to smolder in Albany in December, when Sen. Joseph L. Bruno (R-Brunswick)--the senate majority leader--proposed eliminating almost all rent regulation by mid-1999. He challenged the Democrats' pro-regulation Assembly leaders to oppose him, saying he would set the present law to die in June.
Five days later, Republican Gov. George Pataki called for a more gradual approach.
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said in December that he supports the current system of rent controls. While he has no direct say in the vote to continue regulation, Giuliani is a Republican who has recently mended fences with Pataki and other Republican leaders. The mayor is also seeking re-election, and since nearly all those affected by the law are his constituency, his influence should be felt in Albany. With that in mind, Home to the Arts' Stuart said he had provided Assemblyman John Ravitz (R-Manhattan) with an anti-deregulation legislator to be personally handed to Giuliani, inviting him to speak at the Feb. 24 meeting.
Effect of Sunset
Should the laws indeed sunset in mid-June, landlords would no longer be subject to limited rent increases; they could charge whatever the market would bear.
Rent control applies to apartments in buildings constructed before Feb. 1, 1947. Tenants in rent-controlled apartments may be subject, among other costs, to 7.5% increases yearly until reaching a maximum rent.
Rent stabilization covers buildings built from 1947 to 1974. Also included are formerly rent-controlled apartments added to the rent-stabilized category after they become vacant, if the landlords have optioned to stabilize rents in return for tax abatements. Stabilized rent increases in 1995 and 1996 have been 2% for a one-year lease and 4% for two years. For nearly a decade before that, the increases were 6


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New App Locks Your Kids' Phone!
If you've got a child that hasn't even reached double digits in years on earth, you've been asked several times to get them a phone, right? "But if you get me one I can check in so you know I'm safe," they say. We all know that's BS….Until now.
The app's called "Ignore Me No More," and it lets parents lock their kids' phone if they don't call them back. The only numbers the phone will then allow, incoming or outgoing, are pre-approved contacts you've OK'd when the app is installed. And when we mean everything's locked, we mean EVERYTHING. They won't be able to get or send texts, calls from unapproved contacts(excluding being able to call 911) or even play games or music 'til they call you back to get the code to unlock it! Oh, and of this posting it is virtually impossible to deactivate or uninstall the app. The only catch: this is a droid-only app. Iphones are safe….for now.
Hey parents, wanna get it now? It's a $1.99 and here's the link.
It's the greatest thing to keep on tabs on your kids since the landline(until some kid who hates checking in and has a knack for cracking code finds a way to disable it). Until then, check out the details on IMN here(ABC News)


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"Our small business is headquartered in North Carolina, but high taxes and transportation costs in North Carolina make it harder to compete. What's worse, we only have 95 employees, but need to divert significant resources away from production just to navigate the maze of overlapping federal, state and local regulations. Government should help businesses succeed, not make it more difficult to compete. Pat McCrory came to visit our business, and after talking with him I'm confident he's the right man to lead our state and help small businesses succeed and create jobs."
-- David Wilhoit, VP of Sales at Mother Murphy's Inc. of Greensboro, N.C.
High Taxes
According to the Tax Foundation, North Carolina Ranks 44th in Overall Business Tax Friendliness (2012 State Business Tax Climate Index, Tax Foundation, 1/25/2012)
North Carolina has the Corporate Income Tax Burden in the Region (State Corporate Income Tax Rates, 2000-2012, Tax Foundation, 2/16/2012)
South Carolina: 5 percent
Florida: 5.5 percent
Virginia: 6 percent
Georgia: 6 percent
Tennessee: 6.5 percent
North Carolina: 6.9 percent
Over 450,000 NC Businesses File as Individuals, Facing the Highest Income Tax in the Region
(Fiscal Research Division of the NCGA, 2012)
NC Companies Prefer Long Term Tax Reduction over Short Term, Gimmicky Tax Incentives
"Approximately 14.5% of non-incented companies and 21.7% of incented companies stated it was better to offer select incentives to certain businesses, while 85.5% of non-incented companies and 78.3% of incented companies stated it was better to reduce taxes impacting businesses taxpayers and their owners. A majority of companies in both groups favored reduced taxes to incentives." ("An Evaluation of North Carolina's Economic Development Incentive Programs: Summary of Analysis, Findings and Recommendations," University of North Carolina Center for Competitive Economies, 1/21/2009)
Regulations and Healthcare
Small Businesses Ranked North Carolina "C-" in Regulations, One of the Worst in the Country (May 2012 Thumbtack.com Small Business Survey, in partnership with Kauffman Foundation)
In January, North Carolina State Auditor Found Permitting Process in Disastrous Condition
"DENR does not have adequate procedures in place to ensure that the permit processing data maintained electronically in its management information systems is complete and accurate." ("Performance Audit: Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Express Permit Processing," State Auditor Beth A. Wood, January 2012)
"A review of the permit files for each of the six permit types with an express option found that randomly selected computer records had missing or inaccurate data that directly affected the accurate calculation of permit processing times" ("Performance Audit: Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Express Permit Processing," State Auditor Beth A. Wood, January 2012)
"Overwhelming Majority" of Small Businesses Negative On National Health Care Law's Impact
"A new study by the NFIB Research Foundation indicates that the overwhelming majority of small business owners do not expect the law to reduce cost or regulatory burdens, and nearly two-thirds agree that the law will result in premium increases but not in better care." (Study: "PPACA One Year Later: Small Business Owners Expect Costs to Rise," NFIB, 7/25/2011)
National Healthcare Law to Increase Taxes on NC by $4 Billion Annually, Add $1.1 Billion to Medicaid Costs
"Obamacare will impose significant new Medicaid costs on states and constitute a major federal usurpation of long-standing state authority in regulating private insurance." (Edmund Haislmaier and Brian Blasé, "Obamacare: Impact on States," Heritage Foundation, 7/1/2010)
"The Heritage Foundation estimated that the PPACA will add nearly 630,000 North Carolinians to the [Medicaid] program at a seven-year (2014-2020) cost to state taxpayers of nearly $1.1 billion." ("Reforming North Carolina's Medicaid Program," John Locke Foundation, 5/9/2011)
"Taxes -- federal and state -- paid by North Carolina are estimated to increase by about $4 billion each year to fund the expansion." ("Reforming North Carolina's Medicaid Program," John Locke Foundation, 5/9/2011)
Jobs and Employment
Overall, North Carolina Ranks 41st in Private Sector Job Creation Over the Last Decade (US Bureau of Labor Statistics)
85% of Small Businesses Nationally Are Not Hiring, Optimism Ranking "Remains Historically Weak"
"U.S. small-business owners who aren't hiring -- 85% of those surveyed -- are most likely to say the reasons they are not doing so include not needing additional employees; worries about weak business conditions, including revenues; cash flow; and the overall U.S. economy. Additionally, nearly half of small-business owners point to potential healthcare costs (48%) and government regulations (46%) as reasons. One in four are not hiring because they worry they may not be in business in 12 months." (Gallup: 85% of small businesses not hiring, Gallup Poll, 2/15/2012)
"Thirty-four (34) percent of owners (or 72 percent of those trying to hire or hiring) reported few or no qualified applicants for positions. While firms have eased lay-offs, they haven't resumed strong hiring." (Survey: "Small-Business Optimism Gains Two Points in April: Increase Only Returns the Index to Reading from February 2011," NFIB, 5/8/2012)
"[In May], over 2,600 respondents were polled on the topic of hiring and employment. A key finding was that 67% of business owners do not plan on hiring in the next 6 to 12 months. Additionally, 58% of business owners do not hire recent graduates." ("SB Authority Market Sentiment Survey," Forbes, 5/3/2012)
At 9.4%, North Carolina has the 4th Worst Unemployment Rate in the Country
(Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 5/22/2012)
Slight improvements in recent data notwithstanding, North Carolina is not yet back on track. We continue to have one of the weakest economies in the nation. (John Hood, "Is NC Back on Track?" Carolina Journal, 5/21/2012)
NC Must Make It Easier for Businesses to Create Jobs
"The solution to high unemployment is more jobs, and the way to get more jobs is to make it easier for business owners and entrepreneurs to create them." (Joseph Coletti, "N.C. employment woes reflect concerns about high business costs," John Locke Foundation, 3/10/2010)
According to a 2012 Report, Less Employers in North Carolina
"According to the U.S. Census's Longitudinal Business Database, over 24,000 North Carolina establishments closed up shop in 2009 -- 12% more than in any single year in the state's history. Not only that, the number of new establishments declined 11% from the previous year as well. As a measurement of all employer businesses (including start-ups), NC had 6,755 fewer firms in 2009 than it did in 2008 -- a 4.3% decline that ranked 43rd lowest among the
50 states." ("2012 State of Small Business and Entrepreneurship," U.S. Small Business Administration, 2012)
Entrepreneurship in North Carolina is Down
"Not only has the number of new employer businesses declined, but so have sole proprietorships. Only three times in the past four decades has the total number of non-farm proprietors in North Carolina decreased from the previous year -- twice in the early 1970s and again in 2008." ("2012 State of Small Business and Entrepreneurship," U.S. Small Business Administration, 2012)
Source: http://www.patmccrory.com/2012/06/the-economic-reality-for-small-business-in-north-carolina/


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Thousands descend on Omaha to hear Buffett speak
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OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett shrugged off concerns about his Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate, which has trailed the overall market, and told shareholders Saturday to remain optimistic about his company, as well as the American economy.
More than 30,000 people descended on the annual gathering to listen to Buffett and Berkshire Vice Chairman Charlie Munger, who faced tough questions about Berkshire's prospects for growth and acquisitions, and also how Buffett came to handle a vote on pay packages crafted for Coca-Cola executives, a company in which Berkshire holds a major stake.
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MALE victims of rape and sexual violence will receive access to vital help and support, thanks to a £500,000 grant from the Government.
Victims minister Damian Green says the funding will provide services like advice and counselling to help make male victims who previously have not been able to receive such support and encourage them to come forward.
He said: "We believe around 12% of rapes are against men yet many choose not to come forward, either to report the crime or seek support. I am determined to help break the silence on a subject still seen as taboo."


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South of France – Yours To Keep (Teddybears Cover)
South of France have turned in a mostly faithful cover of Teddybear's 2000 single "Yours To Keep". Like the original, it spreads affectless, crushed-wallflower vocals over a driving beat to create the impression of lovestruck energy spinning in circles with no place to go. There's a subtle softening here, though. Jeff Cormack's fidgety guitar dips and dives around more layered vocals, repeatedly chiming and climbing its way through the mix, to nudge the song away from its "freak show" subtext toward a sunnier sort of shyness. The result is warmer, less brooding and brittle, more than ever a misfit summer song happily stuck in a chilly season.


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At guard and center, the Chargers seem set for this year. Nevertheless, interior-line prospects such as Nevada's Joel Bitonio may interest them in the draft.
Right guard Jeromey Clary, 30, and center Nick Hardwick, 32, are under contract only through 2014, as is Rich Ohrnberger, a 28-year-old who backs up Hardwick and the guards. Johnnie Troutman, 27, is coming off his first NFL season and has been limited to guard.
Bitonio, 22, played only at left tackle for Nevada. But he may have NFL potential at all five line spots.
"I would say probably 60 percent of the teams I have talked to are saying guard or center for me," Bitonio told Yahoo! Sports. "Some have said, 'Oh, you could play tackle in a pinch.' You can only have about seven or eight [linemen] active on game days, so they want someone who can be versatile and play multiple positions."
At Bitonio's Pro Day in mid-March was Chargers line coach Joe D'Alessandris, who placed a higher premium on blockers being able to play multiple positions than Norv Turner's staff did from 2007-'12.
The Chargers seek fast thinkers for their no-huddle offense. Bitonio majored in civil engineering.
At left tackle the Chargers have King Dunlap, who can be a free agent next year and departed three games last year with a head or neck injury. Swing tackle Michael Harris suffered a season-ending ankle injury last October. He made nine starts at left tackle as an undrafted rookie in 2012.
"Forty percent of the teams are saying they would start me at tackle and see what happens," Bitonio said. "They said they only would move me inside if it didn't work out at tackle. It has been mixed reviews in that aspect, but I would say I am being viewed as more of an inside guy right now."
Bitonio, 6-foot-4 and 302 pounds, is smallish for an NFL tackle. As a fifth-year senior, however, he held up in pass protection against UCLA edge rusher and projected first-round pick Anthony Barr (6-5, 255) and Florida State sophomore Eddie Goldman (6-4, 303).
He has less ballast in the mid-torso than Chargers left guard Chad Rinehart and Ohrnberger, two veterans General Manager Tom Telesco has signed to a pair of contracts.
Film study reveals Bitonio's potential at guard or center.
He played basketball all four years at Long Beach's Wilson High, and moves with quick, short steps that take him into a defender's body fast and low enough to create leverage. Against Florida State, which would win the national championship four months later, he consistently dislodged Goldman, who would start all 13 games, and two Seminoles ends listed as 6-3, 277 and 6-4, 260.
Draftniks project Bitonio for the second or third round. Chargers needs on defense could be thought more pressing than within the offensive line, and historically, the teams defers drafting an interior blocker. The late John Butler was the last Chargers GM to select a guard before the third round, taking Nebraska's Toniu Fonoti 39th in 2002.
In the NFL, Bitonio not only may have to adapt to a new position but also the three-point stance. Much like Louis Vasquez, the former Texas Tech and Chargers guard, he worked out of a two-point stance in college.
As a rookie Vasquez started 14 games at right guard, where the 6-4, 330-pounder's bulk has served him well. Vasquez, a third-round choice of A.J. Smith's in 2009, is the only Chargers selection from the last six drafts to appear on the All-Pro first team. The honor came following the 2013 season, his first with the Broncos.


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Romney apparently bypassing chance to visit New Jersey
Mitt Rommey will be making a highly publicized trip to Pennsylvania on Sunday. But will he travel just miles from his campaign appearance to see Hurricane Sandy storm damage?
Romney will hold a large rally in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, according to the candidate's website. Morrisville borders New Jersey and sits across the river from Trenton, where Governor Chris Christie holds court.
Whether Romney finds a way to visit neighboring New Jersey remains to be seen, but that seems unlikely based on his campaign schedule.
The GOP presidential hopeful is making a last-second push for votes in electoral-rich Pennsylvania. Morrisville is in an affluent part of Bucks County.
It's also just minutes away from Interstate 195, a highway that runs straight into some of the heaviest storm damage from Hurricane Sandy, about 45 minutes away.
According to Cleveland.com, Romney will hold a campaign rally in Ohio at 2:45 p.m. on Sunday as he flies into Cleveland for a rally with country singer Rodney Atkins and the Marshall Tucker Band.
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Romney would likely fly into a smaller airport in Trenton, or possibly Newark or Philadelphia, for his 5:30 p.m. appearance in Morrisville, Pennsylvania.
Given that the next day is Election Day eve, it's unknown if Romney would have the time to look at the storm damage in New Jersey, most likely after dark, and still make his next stop for the evening.
Romney's campaign schedule is booked until Sunday, with multiple appearances in Ohio and Colorado. President Obama is also spending Friday in Ohio.
New Jersey Governor Christie, who gave the keynote speech at the Republican National Convention, was an early Romney supporter.
But Christie made a highly public appearance this week with President Barack Obama, as the two leaders toured storm-damaged New Jersey.
The GOP candidate's late appearance in Pennsylvania, and a big upswing in campaign spending there, has led to talk that Romney's team is hopeful for an upset in the Keystone State.
President George H.W. Bush was the last Republican to win in Pennsylvania in 1992.
With 20 electoral votes, a Romney win in Pennsylvania would be a game changer in the presidential election.


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Today we welcome author Heather Snow to HeroesandHeartbreakers! Heather's Sweet Enemy, a historical romance novel, is out now and features a heroine who is a chemist—as Heather once was! Thanks to Heather for offering her own chemical romance. Check at the end of the post for a chance to win a copy of Sweet Enemy.
Welcome, Heather!
"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed." —Carl Jung
I am a person of two minds. I always have been. So it's no wonder that this historical romance author chose to study Chemistry at university. If you look "chemistry" up in the dictionary, you get these two distinctly different definitions: 1) The scientific study of structure, properties and reactions of the chemical elements and the compounds they form and 2) the interaction of one personality with another. Can't get any more diverse than that, can you? I mean, one really doesn't have anything to do with the other.
Or does it?
I haven't been in a lab in years, but I've recently been fascinated by all of the studies coming out about the brain chemistry of love. I mean, have you ever looked at a particular couple and on the surface wondered what they possibly saw in each other? Or, have you ever been unaccountably attracted to another person, but for the life of you, not been able to figure out why? Or, on the flip side, met someone who on every level would seem to be the perfect match for you, but there's just no spark there, no matter how much you may wish it otherwise?
Apparently, that all has to do with chemistry of the first kind.
For example, did you know that, like fingerprints, we each have our own unique scent? And what's more, scientists are learning that our subconscious sense of smell plays a major part in who we choose as our mates? Humans literally sniff out genetic compatibility with a potential partner. The best way to explain it is that we can subconsciously smell another person's immune system, and will be attracted to a person whose genes are most different from our own—thus ensuring that our children will have great immunity coverage. Even if that person is wrong for us in every other way. Gives an entirely different meaning to "opposites attract," doesn't it?
Of course, when we meet that perfect mate, we don't know that we're naturally trying to ensure the survival of our species by producing strong, healthy children. We only know that, mmmm…they smell divine.
Another, seemingly obvious, part of attraction is touch. Have you ever met someone who didn't attract you, but an accidental touch suddenly opened your eyes to them in a whole new way? Human touch, particularly in women, releases a hormone called oxytocin into our bodies. When combined with estrogen, oxytocin creates a desire to be penetrated…and we all know what that leads to ;). Oxytocin is also known as "the cuddle hormone." It's the same that is flooded through a new mother's body to bond her to her newborn. It creates feelings of strong attachment and satisfaction that, combined with the other hormones that flow through our brains during the early stages of lust, can push us over the threshold to love. And if you follow that lust to its natural conclusion, orgasm causes oxytocin levels to spike three to five times higher, further bonding you to that person. In fact, Dr. Helen Fisher, a biological anthropologist from Rutgers University says, "Having sex can trigger love—probably because after orgasm, there's a peak in dopamine activity. So watch out if you casually bed down with someone—you might unintentionally fall for them."
Or how about when you are in the beginning stages of a relationship and your perfectly rational, level headed personality changes into someone even you don't recognize, and instead you find yourself quite "crazy in love." Chemistry can explain that, too. During the early stages of lust, infatuation and romantic love, our brain chemistry becomes quite literally like one suffering from addiction…or mental illness.
Yes, you heard me right. Studies have shown that when humans first fall in love, our brains release dopamine, norepinephrine and phenylethylamine in great amounts…which in laymen's terms basically mean falling in love is like a natural cocaine high, producing elation, intense energy/sleeplessness, feelings of craving for that other person, loss of appetite and focused attention. Why else can we stay up all night talking to that special someone, then bounce into work the next day, still walking on a cloud, just to turn around and stay up all night talking to them again? The serotonin levels in our brains fall to about 40% lower than normal—the same level as people diagnosed with OCD—which is also why we seem to "obsess" about our new love.
Does any of this sound familiar? If not from your own life, then from your favorite romance novels? The hero who can't get the heroine's scent out of his memory—maybe even smelling her when she's not even in the room. The heroine who holds a hero in contempt, until she accidently falls against him and that innocent touch awakens desire. The hero who sleeps with a woman he's attracted to, thinking it's just sex, but finds himself falling hard. The bluestocking who never wanted to marry who suddenly finds herself obsessing over entirely the wrong sort of man.
Romance authors work hard to create love stories that feel authentic when you read them. Not all of them dig into brain chemistry studies to inform their writing, as I do, but you can be certain they've studied body language, or the twelve stages of intimacy, or some other path to the same place. We want to create stories that readers really feel.
But this chemistry of attraction only gets us so far. It can explain what draws our seemingly disparate characters together. And here is where the chemistry of the second kind comes in, and where the real work of writing a romance begins. You take these two opposite people and dig into their souls to find the things they have in common, the wounds each carry, they way that they can help, heal, and make each other a better person…and you help them find it, too.
"The Chemist who can extract from his heart's elements compassion, respect, longing, patience, regret, surprise and forgiveness and compound them into one can create that atom which is called Love..." —Kahlil Gibran
So you see, it takes both kinds of chemistry to create a really good love story. Maybe being of two minds about things isn't all that bad…
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BBC TV "War On Britain's Roads" programme misrepresents cyclists, putting lives at risk
- By London Cycling Campaign on at 1:46pm 5 December 2012
- Posted in: News and blogs
- Tagged with: bbc, war on britain's roads
The London Cycling Campaign has strongly condemned a BBC1 primetime TV programme to be shown today because it misrepresents London's cyclists in a way likely to create tension on the streets, putting vulnerable road users at greater risk.
Creating animosity and tension on our streets among road users is a barrier to improving behaviour, which puts pedestrians and cyclists at most risk.
The hour-long programme, which claims a "war" is taking place on UK streets, uses footage taken from helmet-mounted cameras worn by some commuter cyclists to document their journeys, including incidents of bad driving.
It intersperses genuine commuter cyclist video with snippets from a commercially shot video of professional cyclists engaging in death-defying street racing, passing off the latter as normal behaviour.
LCC's chief executive Ashok Sinha said, "The BBC should be embarrassed to reduce itself to sensationalist journalism of this kind: the Dutch, Danes, French and Germans abandoned the notion of a 'war' between road users decades ago, yet the BBC is prepared to ramp up tension on our streets just to gain ratings.
"We reject the entire tribalistic premise of the BBC's War On Britain's Roads programme, which seeks to divide people into those who cycle and those who drive, when in fact evidence shows that these are often the very same people."
Surveys show that up to 90% of UK cyclists also drive, with an increasing number of Londoners choosing to commute or make local journeys by bike.
Ian Austin, the Labour MP who co-chairs Parliament's All Party Cycling Group told the Guardian that the programme could make cycling more dangerous:
"I don't really see the point of broadcasting something so stupid, sensationalist, simplistic and irresponsible. It doesn't reflect what Britain's roads are like for the vast majority of people who use them."
The programme has been most strongly condemned for using six-year-old commercial video footage of professional cyclists riding recklessly through traffic and dodging pedestrians, presenting this as if it were from the headcam of a typical cyclist.
LCC campaigns officer Charlie Lloyd said, "The preview version we have seen presents these professional cyclist stunts, enacted six years ago, as the real behaviour of London cyclists, which is as false as suggesting a James Bond car chase is how the average person drives to work. The programme lacks any credibility."
War On Britain's Roads could have been an excellent programme, exposing the grief and damage to families caused by an unforgiving road system whose very design and rules exposes cyclists and drivers to the kind of danger of collision with each other that would be virtually unheard of in countries like the Netherlands,
"Drivers don't want to collide with cyclists, and cyclists don't want to be killed or seriously injured in such collisions," said Lloyd. "It's unacceptable that the BBC has chosen crash TV over a serious exploration of how to reduce the toll of death and serious injury to cyclists – and pedestrians."


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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla.—No one bats an eye upon seeing veteran Carlos Beltran on a running program as spring training opened. The 34-year-old is working his way back from knee surgery.
But seen running alongside Beltran this spring was 22-year-old Fernando Martinez, who claimed to feel great after leaving the Dominican League after one game in November with arthritis in his right knee.
This season Martinez is trying to finally give the Mets what they have waited years for—an injury-free season in which his potential finally begins to be realized.
Even at his young age, Martinez seems to have been around forever. Signed at 16 years old in 2005, he has played each season at a level where he has been among the youngest players. But his potential has been undermined by one injury after another, and he's never played in more than 90 games in a season.
"They told me for now I have a different program than everybody," Martinez said. "Me, Beltran, we do something different. They tell me to be careful, take it easy. But I feel, for now, very good."
Much like last season, the Mets intend to station him at Triple-A Buffalo for a full season, allowing him to grow and develop. Martinez, of course has his sights set on the big leagues.
"I think every day about it," he said. "I have in my mind I will be there, working hard for a starting job every day in New York. So right now I just keep working hard because we have new manager, a new general manager, a lot of people who are new faces. It's a new era."
But not too new. General manager Sandy Alderson tried to recruit Martinez for his former organization, the Padres, and manager Terry Collins was minor league field coordinator for the Mets last year.
"He has not lost his ability. It's still there," Collins said. "I watched his first game (in the Dominican League) and (then) got on a plane. When I got off the flight I had a message: 'He's hurt again.' I just shook my head. I feel terrible for him."
"It's not that you doubt the talent," assistant GM John Ricco said. "Angel Pagan was a similar case. Everybody knew he had the talent, but you start to say, 'OK, how long can we go?' At some point he's going to have to stay healthy."
• Like Martinez, righthander Jenrry Mejia is ticketed for Buffalo. He'll begin in the Bisons rotation but could be called up during the season, possibly in a bullpen role like last year.
• Rule 5 righty Pedro Beato, plucked from the Orioles, opened eyes early in camp by throwing high-90s heat.


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Taste test: Beat the heat with a summer shandyThu Jun 6, 2013
Samuel Adams to offer up beer in custom-shaped cansTue May 7, 2013
The next big thing? New beer can goes toplessWed Apr 3, 2013
6 ways for beer lovers to bust that gut without going dryThu Jan 3, 2013
- You read my mind. I have done all of these periodically and they all generally work. the only problem with the "no beer during the week rule" is when you try to make up for lost time over the weekend. That can get messy. Also, I'd like to add a little something called exercise. I've been training fo …
5 beers that taste like ChristmasThu Dec 6, 2012
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Don't judge a brew by its cover: 5 great beers with bad labelsThu May 31, 2012
Bad date with a beer: Why Duchesse doesn't 'wow' meThu Mar 15, 2012
Who would win a Super Bowl beer brawl?Fri Feb 3, 2012
- Since Sam Adams does so much for craft beer, I'll abstain from disparaging comments about all their beers tasting the same. That said, you missed some great NYC breweries. Schmaltz/Coney Island brew some of the most uniquely flavorful beers on the market. Six Point Brewery gives us artisanal ales in …


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perhaps other also bought a Chinese Xperia t2 Ultra Dual (Model XM50H). I bought mine last week in Beijing (2480 CNY with an additional 16GB MicroSD card) . It was a branded China Unicom Model.
That model comes with Software for Baidu but not with any Google Software. Language can be switched - but some dialogs still remain in Chinese - not really a problem but the main problem was it was not possible to install the Google Playstore. Installing the apk works - but the playstore does not open (perhaps other Google Software will be needed ...)
My solution was to go a different way - I unlocked the bootloader via Sony - installed the Clockworks Recovery and then tried first to install the Ultimate Rom V2 but got a boot loop I searched around the net and found the #GeekPakistan Website. They had an blog entry how to update the T2 ...
BTW - the Sony PC Companion showed my XM50h as D5322 and so I changed my plan and decided to flash the Australian stock rom ...
That worked like a charm and now I have a unbranded T2 Ultra Dual with all the Google stuff.
unfortunately I am not able to post external links here (not enough postes yet - so just search for Download 19.0.D.0.253 Android 4.3 Firmware ftf for Sony Xperia T2 Ultra on Google and you will find #GeekPakistans website - he has the links to flashtool an the australian rom in his post
Install Flashtool, put the T2 Firmware file into the firmware folder under the flashtool folder.
Start Flashtool64 as administrator on (Windows 7/8/8.1 x64 version)
Connect to phone in flash mode
connect your phone
power it on and hold down volume down key
select T2 firmware
wait ... the flasher Software prepares the firmware and after a while it start to flash the phone
After a while you should get a flash successful message
Disconnect the phone and power it on
China Unicom Branding is gone - phone starts with Sony and Xperia Logo
Wizard starts after a while with setting up a Google account ...
Remark: that all worked for me - no guarantee that it will work on others ...
Update: 2015-08-28: When you lock the bootloader again - you will receive the normal OTA Updates from Sony again ... so my phone is now on 5.0.2 Build 19.3.A.0.472 and I'm waiting for the update to 5.1.1. or 6 ...


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A.i.A. editors suggest a few of the myriad events taking place this week in New York: a Gilbert & George screening at Lehmann Maupin Gallery; a Ryan McNamara performance at the High Line; a farm stand-cum-art project at the Brooklyn Museum; and high-energy music by rockers Ex Hex, from the nation's capital, at MoMA.
Tuesday, July 15, 6-8 p.m.
Gilbert & George Screening
Lehmann Maupin Gallery and Anthology Film Archives present two of the London duo's seminal videos. The 20-minute Gilbert & George: The Singing Sculpture (1992) documents their first singing sculpture performance, in which they croon "Underneath the Arches"; they also discuss the history of the piece. Neither art film nor documentary, The World of Gilbert and George (1982, 69 minutes) catalogues the artist duo's visual imagery, focusing on the city of London. Director Philip Haas will introduce the screening.
Lehmann Maupin Gallery, 201 Chrystie St.
Tuesday, July 15 through Thursday, July 17, 7:30 p.m.
Ryan McNamara Performance: Misty Malarky Ying Yang
Jimmy Carter gave a speech in 1979 that claimed America was having a "crisis of confidence." It became known as the "malaise" speech, and though it was well received, some historians say it was the beginning of the end for Carter. New York artist Ryan McNamara's performance marks its 35th anniversary.
High Line elevated park at Gansevoort St.
Thursday, July 17 3:30-9 p.m. (and Thursdays through the fall)
Project EATS Farm Stand
Now you can combine shopping for fresh produce with your art viewing. In anticipation of the fall show "Crossing Brooklyn," surveying the borough's artists, Project EATS will run a farm stand selling food grown on community farms in New York locales including Brooklyn's Brownsville and East New York. Project EATS was formed by artist and Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker Linda Goode Bryant to create neighborhood-based farm operations in urban areas.
Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway
Thursday, July 17, 2014, 5:30-8 p.m.
MoMA Nights with Ex Hex
Power trio Ex Hex—made up of Mary Timony (formerly of Helium and Wild Flag) on vocals and guitar, Betsy Wright on vocals and bass, and Laura Harris on drums—rocks MoMA as part of a 2014 season of all-female performing artists. Time Out New York calls Ex Hex, based in Washington, D.C., "glammy, surf-splashed, and enhanced with an FM-radio classic-rock edge."
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The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) has seven properties open to the public free of charge from dawn to dusk. The KELT Challenge consists of finding all the active caches (as of the date of logging) on their properties then logging the final cache at the above listed coordinates, which is located at the KELT office in Bath. Come upstairs (2nd floor) sign the log, meet the staff, join KELT, or sign up to volunteer. (The last two are not requirements to log this cache, but just the right thing to do. The office is usually open Monday thru Thursday, 9am to 3pm.)
The Kennebec Estuary has long been recognized for its exceptional productivity. Comprised of Merrymeeting Bay, the lower fifteen miles of the Kennebec River and surrounding uplands, it is the largest tidal estuary on the East coast north of the Hudson River, and one of the nation's most significant coastal resources. Twenty percent of Maine's tidal marshes are found within the Estuary, representing the largest concentration of salt marshes in the state. Its coastal wetlands, upstream spawning grounds and forested uplands provide critical habitat for five state and federally endangered and threatened species. The Kennebec Estuary is Maine's largest conservation focus area of statewide significance.
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ACKERMAN, Miss. (WCBI)-The Ackerman Community came together Saturday morning to play 27 holes of golf to help raise funds for a local scholarship fund.
The Ackerman Country Club hosted the Graham Moss Benefit Scholarship Tournament to raise money in memory of Steven Moss and Phyllis Graham after they tragically died when an 18-wheeler collided with their school bus back in 2011. Over $9,000 in golf packages were donated for the silent auction. David Graham, the son of the late Phyllis Graham says he is grateful for all the support from the community.
"It warms your heart and it lets you know that everybody cares. All the donations and proceeds are all going towards the gold team and the scholarship fund. That's what it's really all about, is the kids and having fun and everybody being together," says David Graham.
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Blues-rock legends headline Lobster Festival
Rockland — A non-stop package of classic rock and blues will be the highlight of Saturday night at this summer's Maine Lobster Festival. Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter, Vanilla Fudge, Peter Rivera (formerly of Rare Earth) and Savoy Brown's Kim Simmonds will be the all-star lineup.
The show is set for Saturday, Aug. 2, getting underway at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30, including festival admission. For more information, visit MaineLobsterFestival.com or call (800) LOB-CLAW.
Johnny Winter Band
Since the late 1960s, Johnny Winter has been a guitar hero without equal. Constantly shifting between simple country blues in the vein of Robert Johnson, to all-out electric slide guitar blues/rock, Winter has always been one of the most respected singers and guitar players in rock and the clear link between British blues/rock and American Southern rock. Throughout the '70s and '80s, Johnny was the unofficial torch-bearer for the blues, championing and aiding the careers of his idols like Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker … Waters took to referring to him as his "adopted son." The three-time Grammy winner's most recent Grammy-nominated album, "I'm A Bluesman," features two members of his current scorching road-tested touring band.
Edgar Winter Band
A child prodigy who achieved international success early on, Edgar Winter has found an audience in music, film and television. The prolific writer's music encompasses many different genres including rock, jazz, blues and pop. A performer at the original Woodstock, Edgar created the critically acclaimed Edgar Winter Group and revolutionized rock by featuring synthesizer in the hit "Frankenstein."
Major national television and radio campaigns have relied on Edgar's music to advertise their products; and the musician himself has also made frequent television appearances, as well in the film "Netherworld." His music can be heard in no fewer than 15 film and television projects; and his song is featured as "Runnin (Dying To Live)" in the biopic "Tupac Resurrection." Edgar Winter's live shows consistently receive rave reviews.
Vanilla Fudge
The current lineup of Vanilla Fudge features three of four original members. Vocalist/organist Mark Stein and now retired bassist/vocalist Tim Bogert were members in a local band who struck out on their own with lead guitarist/vocalist Vince Martell and a drummer who was replaced by drummer/vocalist Carmine Appice, at which point they took on the name Vanilla Fudge. The band is best known for putting a psychedelic spin on popular songs; its biggest hit was a slow, hard-rocking version of The Supremes' "Keep Me Hangin' On." Lineups and projects have come and gone; the current close-to-original band embarked on the current, perhaps misnamed, farewell tour in 2011, the same year they performed "Keep Me Hangin' On" on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon."
Peter Rivera
Rare Earth's funky, good-time music was an indelible part of Seventies rock, and Peter Rivera is the original drummer and lead vocalist behind all its hits (1969-1975). With Rivera on drums and lead vocals, Rare Earth sold more than 25 million records. His vocals have been featured on countless radio and television commercials, and his easily recognizable voice is heard in several movies and television shows. He has been touring the world for 34 years and is involved in projects that include writing and producing music.
Kim Simmonds
One of the earliest of British blues bands, Savoy Brown, with founder/guitarist Kim Simmonds at the helm, helped launch the 1967 UK blues boom movement that brought blues music back to the United States, invigorating the genre. In the process, the band became part of the framework that launched the rock 'n' roll music of the 1970s, and its influence stretches into modern rock.
From London's Soho night clubs in 1966 to headlining the world's most famous venues (including Carnegie Hall and Fillmore's East), Savoy Brown has done it all and continues to tour worldwide. In 2011, Simmonds signed the band to Ruf Records, releasing the album "Voodoo Moon" that has became a best seller on Amazon.com. Last year, Savoy Brown has returned to a three-piece band once again, singing and playing guitar along with Pat DeSalvo on bass and Garnet Grimm on drums.
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If you've read any of the major men's magazines as of late, you might remember that many of them have been turned onto Tom's of Maine. A company specializing in all-natural oral hygeine products. I know, exciting.
We decided to check out what all the seemingly insider hype was about and procured a few bottles of Tom's Of Maine Natural Cleansing Mouthwash. It comes in Cinnamint, Peppermint Baking Soda and Spearming – the latter of which I tried.
Wow. It was like an oral hygeine orchestra performing the Midnight Sonata. In my mouth. And like Beethoven's first movement, it was refreshing without being overpowering – like the Crest Pro Health I currently use.
The alcohol and saccharin-free mouthwash has Vitamin C and infused with aloe vera, witch hazel as an astrigent and pure essential oils to give it a refreshing flavor. All I know is I was smiling while gargling.
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A man assaulted Lancaster High School Assistant Principal Bill Farrar on Monday evening at an open house event on campus.
The accused assailant – Rodney Thompson, 44, 2751 Pineview Drive – has been charged by the Lancaster Police Department with second-degree assault and battery. He has been released on bond.
Farrar needed three or four stitches to stop the bleeding from a wound that resulted from the assault.
The city of Lancaster will use a surplus from the 2009-10 budget to pay for employee raises for the current budget year.
On Tuesday, City Council unanimously approved an ordinance amending the previous budget, which ended up with a $31,000 increase on both the expense and revenue sides.
Finance director James Absher said the city collected about $400,000 more in business license fees than what it had projected for 2009-10. Of that total, $31,080 was used to balance last year's budget and the remainder will go toward the city's reserve (carry-over) fund.
So far, South Carolina has managed to avoid the nationwide recall of tainted eggs.
However, state officials continue to closely monitor the situation, said Stephen Hudson, spokesman for the S.C. Department of Agriculture.
"We've not seen any of them here, at least, not yet," Hudson said.
A few local grocers are letting consumers know the eggs they sell are safe.
Signs reading "Eggs that Bi-Lo carries are not involved in the recall" are posted at the egg cases of its Lancaster stores.
Larry Durham Sr. was appointed to the Lancaster County Commission for Higher Education by Gov. Mark Sanford on July 20.
Durham joins a board of eight community leaders – Thomas Barnes, Lisa Bridges, Bruce Brumfield, Charles Bundy, Stanley Johnson and Rosa Sansbury and two ex-officio members, Lancaster County School District Superintendent Dr. Gene Moore and Dr. John Catalano, dean of the University of South Carolina at Lancaster.
County Council will look at ways to reallocate county funds for a new economic development position at Tuesday's meeting.
Council will review recommendations from its finance committee about how to fund a new grant writer position at the Lancaster County Economic Development Corp. The committee's recommendations include reallocating funds from a vacant Building and Zoning position and from the Catawba River Task Force, which is not operating this year.
Mama would be upset if she knew I was carrying a grudge.
But no matter how I tried, my first impression of someone was stuck in gear.
Good things were coming to an end.
The D. Reece Williams home next door was being renovated into four apartments.
Boy, I sure had fun watching all the tearing down and rebuilding. Plus, all that scrap stuff and lumber the carpenters left behind for me was pretty handy. I kept a lot of it to use for my upcoming construction projects.
They serve because they care.
Always on call. A most appropriate phrase to define the volunteer firefighters of Lancaster County. The men and women who answer the call for help – at all hours of the day and night, every day of the week and even on holidays.
Becoming a firefighter is no simple task. It is very time-consuming. It takes about 18 months of training to become a certified firefighter. There are required meetings and training updates each month. No predictable hours. No pay.
So, why do they do it? There is one constant – because they care.
Flames were shooting from her house. The homeowner, standing feet away from her home, was crying and yelling, "My baby. My baby is in there."
The firefighters donned their equipment and focused on their mission – saving lives. As they pushed their way forward into the burning structure a dog walked out. The woman scooped up her beloved pet.
"My baby, you saved my baby," she said, while hugging the dog.
Just another day for the Antioch Volunteer Fire Department firefighters.
INDIAN LAND – Indian Land resident Jan Tacy wants to find a better way to support fire services in her area as the area grows.
Tacy, a member of the grass-roots Indian Land Action Council, spoke to several of her fellow residents recently about the creation of a proposed Indian Land Fire Protection District. The idea is to combine the Sun City Carolina Lakes, Belair and Edenmoor neighborhood special tax districts, along with the rest of the area covered by the Indian Land Fire Department, into a single fire protection district.
U.S. Rep. John Spratt, D-5th District, acknowledged that he's facing a tough opponent in Republican Mick Mulvaney.
Spratt made brief remarks at a barbecue held the historic Craig House on Friday night. Mulvaney, a businessman from Indian Land, is now serving as a state senator in District 16.
Lindsay Pettus, a local historian, gave a brief introduction for Spratt, who has held the seat since 1982.
"Of all the congressmen in the country, you deserve to go back to Washington," Pettus said.
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