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PERS allowed to take higher risks
While you were sleeping the governor and Legislature gave PERS authority to make higher-risk investments with retirement funds.
House Bill 990, introduced by the vice chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Mac Huddleston of Pontotoc, and co-sponsored by committee chairman Herb Frierson of Poplarville, passed the House 82 to 3 and the Senate 52 to 0 and was signed into law by Gov. Phil Bryant on March 21.
The PERS Board requested this bill "to reflect the current investment environment."
What this means is that the lay board will rely more heavily on its "professional investment advisers" to manage risk as they chase higher investment returns.
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You can email purchase orders to your customers directly from QuickBooks. When you email a purchase order, your customer receives it as a PDF file email attachment along with a cover note.
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Hi guys, hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
The issue is with mu wife's laptop which is a Win7 Home Premium machine that does very little work. She had ZoneAlarm Free firewall and anti-virus installed. I used ZoneAlarm years ago when I had a Windows machine, but every other computer in the house is now Linux based so ZoneAlarm doesn't feature on them any more.
We have been overseas for a month, and got home yesterday. My wife booted her laptop to check e-mail, and got a notification to update Zone-Alarm. She clicked the OK button and let it go.
Today, her computer won't boot correctly. It gets through the preliminaries and offers the selection of which user account to log into. (There are three user accounts - all administrator level, my wife's of course, plus my son and myself have an account purely because our respective car GPS systems only have Windows software available to update maps, which is installed on m,y wife's laptop, as the only windows machine in the place.)
Once the user account and password are entered, the screen just goes black, with the arrow cursor available, and that's it...
The Program Manager window can be opened, and indicates that something like 60% CPU is being used by the "NT System, Kernel" process, and a great amount of data is flowing to the internet. It will stay like this indefinitely.
The same thing happens in all user accounts.
If I boot to Safe Mode WITH network access, again the same thing happens.
If I boot to Safe Mode WITHOUT network access, the account logs in as normal.
So, running in safe mode, I tried to do a virus scan in ZoneAlarm. The application opened, and a scan was selected, but the scan did not actually start happening. The Scanner window opened, but remained at 0% complete, with 0 files scanned, and the timer did not advance from 00:00.00. It sat like this for quite some time. The same thing happened with all scan types - quick, full, etc.
The general information screen of the ZoneAlarm application also indicated that the computer had NEVER been scanned, and that the Anti-Virus definitions had NEVER been updated. I know it has been installed for several years at least, and updated regularly, because she asks me every time if she should do it...
Also, the Zone Alarm Settings window would open, but would not save any changes to the settings.
If not for the GPS Map Update software, I'd wipe the hard disk and install Linux! But that would be unpopular with she that dislikes change, so can anyone suggest an alternative path forward?...
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After trying ZW for 30 days, I made the purchase.
I design and produce very small parts and components. In AutoCAD I did a fair amount of editing with grips. In ZWCAD, I can't seem to find any way to select more than one grip. I need to be able to select more than one and move them as a group.
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Hello Roger, that's a feature presently not available: requested by atleast 2 of us. Maybe if more people ask for this, it should make an appearance in the next version. Considering how useful this is, it's really surprising there hasn't been more of a demand for it!
Incidentally, intellicad.org news (about the ver. 7 slpha, coming sometime mid 2008) seems to suggest that this feature should be available -- amongst other features.
Keeping fingers crossed till then
Incidentally, intellicad.org news (about the ver. 7 slpha, coming sometime mid 2008) seems to suggest that this feature should be available -- amongst other features.
Keeping fingers crossed till then
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Maker, That is such a logical feature, I never for a minute thought it wasn't part of the program. Rather, I thought there was just something I was doing wrong, even though I couldn't imagine what it was.
NOTE to ZWCAD- WE NEED MULTIPLE GRIP SELECTION!!
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Dear all. Our R&D dept are improving the Grip function now. And maybe in our 2009 version, that will be supported. We will keep you inform on the progress
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The closing – after a lockout – of Electro-Motive Diesel Inc. in London, by its owner, Caterpillar Inc., which bought it in June, 2010, was the occasion for Mr. McGuinty's statement on Monday. "If your intention is merely to buy an Ontario business so you can shut it down and strip out the jobs and the intellectual property," he said, "that's not on." He directly attributed such an intention to Caterpillar: "This company, we have learned, had no sincere interests in a long-term presence in that community."
As it happens, Electro-Motive Diesel Inc. has always been a subsidiary of American corporations.
The real trouble with the Investment Canada Act was seen in the federal government's finding, in November, 2010, that the proposed purchase of Potash Corp. by BHP Billiton Ltd. was not of "net benefit" to Canada, in the midst of many claims that the potash deposits of Saskatchewan were a strategic Canadian asset – a phrase absent from the ICA. That led to an uncertainty about Canada in the international investment world, which needs clarification.
Mr. McGuinty seems to think the ICA should routinely require foreign applicants for takeovers to commit themselves to stay in business for some fixed term – come what may.
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Martin J, Milne C, Minor P, Chumakov K, Baca-Estrada M, Caruana JF, Zhou T
Oral poliomyelitis vaccine (OPV) is a critical part of the polio eradication programme. A high number of doses are administered each year with an impact on billions of citizens worldwide. It is therefore essential that written standards concerning OPV are up to date and widely available. The World Health Organization (WHO) publishes technical guidance on the quality, safety and efficacy of vaccines intended to assist national regulatory authorities (NRAs), national control laboratories (NCLs) and manufacturers. As part of its programme, on 20-22 July 2010 WHO convened a working group meeting to initiate the revision of the WHO recommendations on the production and control of OPV as presently outlined in the Technical Reports Series (TRS) issues Nos. 904 and 910 [1,2]. The attendees included experts from academia, NRAs/NCLs and industry involved in the study, manufacture, and authorization and testing/release of OPV from countries around the world including representatives from China, the European Union, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, and the USA. The objective was to review the state of knowledge concerning production and control of OPV, with a focus on neurovirulence testing, to determine how the existing guidelines should be updated and what recommendations should be made for the future. The outcomes of this meeting will be taken into consideration in future revision of the WHO TRS.
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~x~x~x~ An Introduction To Brave ~x~x~x~
Hollie's favourite heroine at the moment is Merida from the Disney Pixar film Brave, actually she's also my current favourite heroine as she's a kick ass young Scots girl - a Disney Princess with a difference, a medieval princess from the Scottish Highlands who prefers a bow and arrow to a kiss from a handsome prince. We first came across Merida when we watched Brave at the cinema, Hollie was immediately enthralled with this most amazing character and has since collected a fair bit of stuff based on the film - a Merida dress takes pride of place in her wardrobe, she has a Brave lunch bag and school back pack and regularly plays with her toddler styled Disney Merida doll. I've drawn the line at letting her dye her hair a fiery red to match the character, but other than that I'm pretty accommodating when Hollie finds a pretty princess to admire - this Brave Wii game being something I picked up for her for Christmas.
~x~x~x~ The Aim Of The Game ~x~x~x~
Brave is a simple platform game, it's in a much more updated version to the PS2 platform games I most recently played (there's absolutely not an ounce of 'gamer' in me) but the basic premise is the same as Crash Bandicoot and Spyro. You run around collecting coins while battling enemies, it's played over a series of levels which in my opinion get slightly more fiddly as they go along - but really give or take an enemy or awkwardly placed cliff face the game doesn't change too much in difficulty level. You play as Merida for most of the game, with bonus levels being played in the characters of the triplets (yes, all of them - very confusing) or Merida's mum, Queen Elinor. You have the option of skipping these levels and sometimes if we're playing with a time frame we do this as Hollie finds these bonus levels a little tricky and time consuming - you're losing out on coins and health top ups by skipping past the bonuses, but these puzzle sections are a little beyond five year old Hollie's patience level!
It's rated as a 12, which is a nod towards the difficulty level and also I suppose because of the splashes of very fake looking blood when you kill the larger enemies. At five (six very soon) Hollie can play the game but it just takes her longer, her two teenage sisters both completed the game within the four hour mark - I've played it here and there myself, I don't claim to have completed it with my own hands but the Wii is connected to the main living room television so I've seen it done countless times and have played it for hours myself through various saved levels.
The aim of collecting the coins is that you can buy weapons or skills with them, even new outfits for Merida if you get tired of seeing her running around in her flowing blue/green gown. The problem is that you make it harder for yourself the more options you give your character - for me (remember, non-gamer) this makes the game far too challenging as it's so much more to remember, I'm sure I have skills I've forgotten how to access and mid battle I find it impossible to swap and change between fire power options without at least one enemy grabbing hold of me and sapping my precious health. Watching Charlotte at Alice at the controls is a revelation, they cut through the game and can complete levels at a time without fully dying - the difference is they know their way round the Wii controller in the first place and can move their fingers across the buttons fluidly, I'm like a learner driver and have to keep looking at my gearstick!
The backdrop of the game is set out so that Merida can only usually go one way, sometimes she'll double back to collect a bonus or large amount of coinage but eventually you're gently prodded along the correct route. Here and there through the game there are places which may stump you but it's like a puzzle in places and forces you to think about your options, I was stuck (in a 'don't tell me' way) on one part for ages last week - a drawbridge about halfway through the game which wouldn't drop down whatever I did, it took a fair amount of brainpower to work that one out with even games-whizz Charlotte being stumped for half an hour! It's one of those games which is very easily learned; once you've sussed out how to open all the secret passages and which rocks to shoot you'll be able to zip through the levels, eventually you'll even know roughly which order the enemies are going to strike in which I know not everyone will like but when a rookie thirty seven year old and plodding five year old are playing makes all the difference between us getting bored and not!
~x~x~x~ A Stunning View ~x~x~x~
Or at least green and stormy! The graphics are lovely, really reminiscent of that part of the world as it's depicted in the Brave film. It's wild and weather torn; Merida races along cliff and mountain roads, bordered by water of some description most of the time. I love the colours as they're so natural, I think it's been designed beautifully to reflect the scenery in the film. On some levels you have to jump across high towers, from one to the other to get over a river or a gorge, and sometimes I think they look a little out of perspective - this makes it hard to judge double jumps and control where Merida lands, Charlotte and Alice both agree with this but they're much more adept at altering their course mid-leap and don't fall to their deaths as often as I do!
Merida is done nicely too, as are the other minor characters in the game when they appear. Merida's dress is coloured perfectly to match her outfit in the film and her cloud of red curly hair makes her instantly recognisable even to people who barely know the character (like Mark's mate, who to his embarrassment got hooked on the game to the point where Hollie asked for the controller back!). Some of the close up scenery is a little blurry in places, and solid objects overlap annoyingly but on the whole it's pretty sharp for a kids game with fluid character movements and honest edges on the many cliff faces (ie. you don't often fall into the water when you're confident your character actually has solid ground under their feet).
~x~x~x~ Playability ~x~x~x~
This has been a hit all round in terms of how much fun the kids' have playing, and also the ease of playing. Hollie's much younger than the age restriction and I wouldn't say she's particularly adept at console games, but she manages this game really well and can progress at a decent pace if she puts her mind to it. There are parts which are just too fiddly for her too-young hands but she doesn't let this put her off, it's a good concentration exercise for her actually as she tries and tries to accomplish an awkward Merida task - sometimes she'll have to ask one of her sisters (or me, at a push) to get her through the section, but other times she'll succeed by herself and then it's great to see the look of accomplishment on her face.
It helps that she's such a big fan of the character I suppose, the older girls' enjoy the game more for a bit of mindless escapism. They play uber-complicated X-Box games so this is a walk in the park for them, I'd imagine the average twelve year old would get enjoyment from this game providing they're not crazily superb at game playing but do wonder how tween-friendly the very kiddie oriented character of Merida is.
My thoughts on Brave the game is that it's a good one for those of us who haven't the finger capability (or stomach...) to battle our way through hordes of zombies or shoot down an enemy swat team as you run through a deserted marketplace. Brave is much gentler, you play with the controller and nunchuck with all buttons being required to play the game to its fullest. To me that is a confusing brain ache and I'm grateful that Merida can stop for breath pretty much as often as I need her to, while I suss out which button I need to press to kill the enemy I can see in the distance. I can't race through a level even if I know it's one I'm confident in simply because I'm not sure which button is which and have to keep checking how to fire an arrow or which button I'll need in a hurry to change power.
The enemies are well done, Mordu the bear looks EXACTLY as he does in the film - ferocious in a cartoon scary bear way, enough to want you to do your best for Merida anyway! Mordu is actually a central character as he's the reason Merida is running around the Highlands, her mum has been turned into a bear (by Merida, accident, long story - watch the film) and the storyline running through the game is that Merida is looking for a 'cure' to get her mum back as a human Queen. I take absolutely no notice of this story as I just like to play the levels as they come, it's nicer for the kids to have a back story I suppose but again I'd question how suitable such a comic story is for the twelve year old recommended players?
Some of the enemies are hard to get past without losing a lot of health, they're fast and come at you from all sides - Alice is excellent at this aspect of the game and it's really very skillful how she can whirl and fire arrows to kill three mutant wolves without losing so much as a millimeter from her health bar. With a fullish health bar you can survive a pack of enemies even if you're not very good at fighting them, Hollie is by her own admission 'awful' at hitting the enemies with her arrows but she can get through them with the small amount of skill she has at the game - and bless her, she really is bad with the bow and arrows so I think we can safely say the majority of enemies wouldn't be particularly challenging for a twelve year old. I regularly die at one section (the wolves) as sometimes they're coming at Merida so fast that she just can't get away in time.
One thing I really love about this game is the fact that when Merida dies she comes back at the exact same position, no faffing around with check-points - she reappears on the rock she fell off (which is how she usually dies when the controller is in my hands!). This can be handy when you're trying to cross a particularly awkward gorge as you can make a jump knowing you're going to die, but angle yourself right and you can nudge the next landing rock along - and that's where you'll end up when you resurrect yourself again! It's possible to cross a ravine by deliberately dying and working your way across like that, in fact one level has a jump-crossing which is so badly out of perspective that this is the only way to get across it! Even when your health and life has dwindled out completely you can choose to return to the game and you'll be back where you left off, and this makes a whole heap of difference to playability for Hollie and myself as it means we can progress through the game (albeit slowly) without being punished and sent back to the start just because we're not very good at it!
I'm wondering how long a lifespan it's got and have just asked the girls', all of whom have been playing it on and off since Christmas. I was right in my guess that the older two picked it up for a lighthearted interlude into Call of Duty, both were critical of the sloppy graphics in places but agreed that it's the kind of game where you wouldn't necessarily put a lifespan on it at all. They said it's something they'll return to regardless of completing the game several times, without saying the word I think they were saying it's a 'fun' game which they're glad of a younger sister for as otherwise they wouldn't have the excuse to play such a childish game! If you're a half decent Wii player you can complete Brave from start to finish, including bonus levels, within around four hours - this to me makes it a nice compact game that can be played in a single session, Hollie wouldn't play a console game for anywhere near this amount of time (or want to) but her big sisters can settle down for a marathon session with this game. As a viewer I can say it's a game that's played regularly, even if not every day - more often than not it'll be Charlotte who suggests it and it's not a game Hollie would necessarily pick out for herself too often in spite of her love for Merida. She gets frustrated as really it is beyond her at five, and not really being too into computer games she'd rather play something a little less challenging when she's in the mood for a game.
Myself I've got to say I'm bored and ready to hand the controller over before an hour has passed - and that's true of any game really, other than Tetris which I'd still play for hours on end if I could get a decent old school copy. I like it when all the kids are playing together as if I join in their quest to joint-complete the game I can have a good long break before it's my turn again, it does get addictive in that you want (nay, need!) to kill a certain 'boss' or plague of enemies but after a while the repetition of guiding Merida along mountain roads and jumping over rivers gets a bit much. The bonus levels aren't for me at all, and I've collected 8954 coins so far over this game as I don't like to complicate matters by buying too many game upgrades!
~x~x~x~ Good Game? Good Game? ~x~x~x~
Well yes, I think so - as gamer and mum. It's been popular as a sentiment really as when I won the tickets to see Brave the film and Charlotte and Alice decided to tag along being as it was a family ticket, our first (and potentially last as we all have such differing tastes) visit to the cinema all girls together. Initially they played the game with Hollie just to keep her company and because Merida is such a likeable character they'd already grown to like her through the cinema trip, and numerous viewings of the film on DVD. I wouldn't say you'd have to be a fan of Merida or even have seen the film, but I think to appreciate the backdrop and soundtrack it would be an idea to give Brave a watch if you haven't already.
Talking of the soundtrack, it's good but highly repetitive. The same pipey Scottish olde worlde music is playing throughout the whole game, Merida's phrases are pretty much limited to warnings about her health running low and the enemy yapping and snarling doesn't really change from level to level. Voices all have a wonderfully shrill Highland accent, Merida sounds very similar to her character in the film but to be honest she says so little that it's hard to say for sure if she's voiced by the same actress.
I recommend it, really I do. The few niggles relating to graphics quality aren't major and don't spoil my enjoyment in the game, unless Charlotte is in a niggly mood and starts ranting about how her games development college course would fail students for such basic errors of allowing a wave to break inside a rock wall or a plant that isn't quite touching the ground properly. It's Hollie's game though and she doesn't notice these things as she's playing - she's just glad to be able to escape her humdrum life and be Merida for a while!
There's a two player mode where you can play as Merida and a Willo The Wisp but none of us like to play like this and prefer to either play our own games or have a joint go to get to the end, taking it in turns to complete the game. It's easy to switch to this mode, but I don't really see the point in it - especially when there are more than two of you wanting to get a game.
Brave is very reasonably priced on Amazon at £11.74, which with free delivery is an absolute bargain in my opinion. I paid a little more than this and am happy with my purchase, both due to the fact that it's played so regularly and enjoyed by all of us - it loses a star for the lack of attention to the graphics and unimaginative soundtrack, these are the kind of issues that could be biggies for certain gamers however so be aware that these problems are very much apparent. For a (very) casual gamer like myself these are no more than minor irritations and ones I can ignore as I enjoy playing the game so much.
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For some unknown reason their website says things are in stock even when they are not - I have not had this problem with any other clothing online retailers.
One out of 4 tops is going arrive apparently but I placed the order 5 working days ago so god knows how long I will wait. I emailed customer services and told them to cancel the order. Two days later I got a reply saying my order had been cancelled but one top was going to be dispatched (as above) tomrrow so cannot be cancelled. I don't know why since it had not actually been dispatched yet.
I think they need to change their ordering system to have up to date stock control and also employ better customer service staff.
Don't buy from them.


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The Philadelphia Eagles have the No. 22 overall pick in the 2014 NFL draft after finishing 10-6 in 2013. A wide receiver, linebacker or defensive lineman would make sense for the Eagles.
Draft analysts Todd McShay offers a 2014 NFL mock draft on ESPN Insider today, and his choice is a headline-grabber for the Eagles.


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The contradictions of Richard Nixon
Forty years ago today, a stunned nation watched Richard Nixon stroll across the White House lawn and board a helicopter that would usher him into the political wilderness. There was quite simply no precedent for what America was witnessing: Nixon was the first US president ever to resign, and only did so to avoid the shame of impeachment.
Watergate would become the most famous scandal in presidential history, and Nixon spent the rest of his life trying to rehabilitate his tarnished image. He had some success, and, by the time of his death in 1994, he had become a semi-beloved elder statesman. But Richard Nixon died believing he had been fundamentally misunderstood by America, and he may have had a point.
He spent much of his political life in the shadow of the Kennedys, and was often compared with them to his detriment. Bobby, Jack and Ted were young, tanned, hirsute and handsome, and oozed the charisma Nixon so fatally lacked. To the rising countercultural movement of the 1960s, the Kennedys seemed like the underdogs, fresh and untried, while Nixon looked and sounded like a tricky, Eisenhower-era hack.
Nobody seemed to notice that the Kennedys were the rich kids who'd had everything handed to them on a plate, while Nixon had overcome dust-bowl poverty and childhood illness on his way to the top. As a teenager, he'd risen daily at four to drive his father's truck to the vegetable market before heading off to school, but nevertheless emerged as a star student, winning a scholarship to law school.
After being elected to Congress in 1946, he made his name as a member of the House Un-American Activities Committee, but was careful to keep his distance from Senator Joe McCarthy's wilder excesses, and voted liberally on some key issues, including civil rights.
In 1952, Richard Nixon was selected by Dwight Eisenhower to be his running mate in the presidential elections. He proved a more than competent vice president, and entered the 1960 presidential race as narrow favourite over the dashing but hopelessly inexperienced Democratic candidate John F Kennedy.
In many ways, Nixon's career was defined and circumscribed by two fateful small screen appearances. The first came on September 26, 1960, when he and Kennedy met for the first ever TV presidential debate. Nixon looked tired and sweaty, whereas JFK, already a master of the new medium, nodded and smiled in all the right places.
Nixon's campaign never recovered, and he spent much of the 1960s outside politics before returning triumphantly to win the presidential race in 1968. He won again, by a landslide, in 1972, and the same year achieved an astonishing breakthrough by establishing friendly relations with China. He had real vision internationally, and made overtures to Moscow as well as courting Egypt as a potential honest broker in the Middle East.
Vietnam was a constant thorn in his side, though he was quick to point out that it had been Kennedy who'd first sent in the troops. But worse trouble was waiting in the wings.
On the night of June 17, 1972, five men were caught breaking into the Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington. Though the FBI discovered a link to a White House fixer called E Howard Hunt, the connection was hastily covered up by the Nixon administration, and might have stayed buried if it hadn't been for the stubbornness of two cub reporters at The Washington Post.
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein showed great diligence in following a money trail back to the CIA, the State Department and ultimately the White House.
The Watergate scandal rumbled through 1973 and into 1974, and led to the revelation that Nixon had bugged phones in the White House. When these tapes were eventually made public, they painted a most unflattering portrait of a chippy, resentful and deeply prejudiced man.
There was little public sympathy for Nixon when he said farewell to the White House in 1974, but he wasn't quite finished with the spotlight just yet. In 1977, David Frost paid him $600,000 to do a series of TV interviews. And after boring his subject to death for several hours, Frost suddenly rounded on Nixon and got him to admit that he'd "let down the country".
This second vital TV moment ultimately worked in Nixon's favour, and the sight of a slick Brit in a fancy suit dressing down a teary old man rallied many ordinary Americans to his side.
His last great hope was that he would be remembered for his political achievements, but this was an impossible dream.
The words Nixon and Watergate will forever be synonymous.
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Update on award-winning bartender Mike Yen:
Yen's moving up in the numbers, from his old post at Avenue 5 restaurant in Bankers Hill, to his new bar position at the renovated Del Mar hot spot, Kitchen 1540.
Yesterday I reported on his imminent departure from Avenue 5, and left a big fat question mark as to his destination. Then I got an email from Yen, the winner of this year's San Diego Spirits Festival Bartender Battle.
"After the (Bartender Battle), I was talking to a guy about places I would want to work. I told him that my No. 1 destination would be Kitchen 1540, with the chef whose work I respect and admire the most, Paul McCabe. I then told them, 'However, they recently hired a guy from Vegas so I guess I'll have to keep looking.' Ironically, the guy I was talking to ended up being the GM of Kitchen 1540, flanked by Darby Kelly, the recent (mixology) hire from the Wynn Las Vegas. I then knew that this was indeed the place for me."
Now Darby Kelly is the lead liquor guy for all of L'Auberge Del Mar (official title: Resort Mixologist). That of course includes Kitchen 1540, which is unveiling its new look and menu this weekend. I'm just excited that Yen's craft and molecular gastronomy-like approach to cocktail-making will get an appropriate audience. Del Mar loves its liquor.
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When Jack Mercy died, he left behind a lot of enemies...and a ranch worth nearly $20 million. Now his three daughters - each born of a different marriage, and each unknown to the others - have gathered to hear the reading of the will.
Willa, the only one who knew her father, boldly expects that everything will be hers. Tess, who has reluctantly flown in from Hollywood, just hopes to fly back with as much cash as possible - and as soon as possible. And Lily Mercy would be grateful for anything; she has learned to expect disappointment, even cruelty, from men.
But the women are shocked to learn that before any of them can inherit, they must live together on the ranch for one year. They are sisters...and strangers. Now they face challenges: to put their bitterness aside and live like family, to protect each other from danger - and to unite against an enemy who threatens to destroy all. And finally, to weave together three very different worlds in this beautiful and isolated place called Montana.
©2006 Nora Roberts (P)2006 Brilliance Audio
"Roberts balances the tension and sometimes gruesome action with three romances, crackling dialogue and a snappy infusion of humor." (Publishers Weekly)
"All six of the major characters are wonderfully written, with just the right touch of genuineness, warmth, and distinctiveness to make readers emotionally invest in their stories." (Library Journal)
Now this was truly a good book - I almosted wanted it to be a trilogy but Nora did a great job putting them all together and not doing anyone any injustice.
The story line was great - the twist totally a shock - left me with a "huh" and then I just couldn't shut it off because I had to see how it ends!
Erika Leigh is a great narrator - thank you for making this book come to life!
"Great book that kept me at the edges of my seat!"
This has probably got to be one of my favourite Nora Roberts book,the suspense and mystery along with the interesting characters kept making me want to listen!
This story is gripping. Heartwrenching, heartbreaking and good. I like every thing about the storyline,characters. Even if it scared the stuffing outta me. NR's bad guys are terrifying. The narration was really good. However, I had to "adjust" myself to enjoy some of the voices. The narrator did a great job of givng each character their own voice. Not all are easy to listen to but she did a great job. This story scared me silly. And I did not figure it out. I would like to listen again but I am not sure I can. Scary but really good story.
"Okay maybe it's a corny story, but I liked it"
I really enjoyed this book. So what if it was a little bit corny, I don't care, I liked it. In fact I liked it so much that once I started listening to it I kept driving the rest of the day and all night. I liked it.
"A western saga at its best"
This is a wonderful slice of life story that spans an important time in a young woman's life. Willa has depth and character that stands on its own. This is the story of her coming of age and attaining womanhood. Her love interest, Ben, is more than enough man to handle this western woman. A great listen.
"Montana Sky EXCELLENT by Nora Roberts"
Mean old Jack Mercy has owned a ranch in Montana forever, with his daughter Willa, working at her his side. He's never given her an ounce of affection, encouragement or anything a daughter craves from her father. However, he has taught her life on the ranch, what needs to be done, how to do it and do it well.
When he dies there's a huge surprise to Willa when the will is read. It turns out that he has two other daughters by two other women. The condition of their inheritance is that they all live and work on the ranch together for one year.
This is a big challenge for social light from the East Coast & a diva from the west, in Hollywood. They decide to give it a try each focused on her own reason. Willa, because ranch life is all she's ever known. Tess, the West Coast Hollywood – with her eye on the amount she can receive for selling off her portion at the end of the year. Lily, who is running from an abusive husband. Where better to hide then rural Montana?
The angst of the sisters trying to get along and adjusting to life on the ranch make for some fun shenanigans and, for me, a few giggles. But suddenly a body turns up, things get very serious very quickly because these women live alone and only one knows how to shoot a gun.
We are introduced to several men, ranch hands, businessman, an attorney, and potential suitors. There are a lot of characters to keep up with but each one is necessary to the plot.
As bodies continue to turn out, each in a more disturbing manner than the prior. They learn how to shoot guns, patrols are set up to police the area – everyone in the town pitching in.
Though I was able to make an educated guess as to who was causing all the problems, it wasn't until less than an hour left in the book and I had no clue as to who or as to why. Fortunately, Nora Roberts ties up each loose in a satisfying way.
I thought that this book was a historical set and a historical setting, but it was not. I suppose it COULD be considered a historical book as they don't mention email or text – but they did mention FAX machines!
Sometimes it is hit or miss for me with Nora Roberts, but this one was definitely a hit and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it.
I recommend for those with tastes similar to mine. Constant action, romance and mystery.
The narration was exceptional especially when the number of characters are factored in. I mentioned that I had a hard time keeping up with the characters in a few places.However, the narrator performed in a way that after a few seconds I was caught up again.
Notes: Descriptions of violence, on humans and animals & some scenes (not graphic) that would be considered mature themes.
If my review has helped you make a decision whether to purchase this book or not, would you take a moment and select yes immediately below this text. Thank you.
"Loved it!"
One of the best I've read
The story was great.
I hadn't heard this narrator before. She did a good job.
I had seen the TV movie of this book and had decided not to buy the audio book. I finally changed my mind and am really glad I did. It was well worth the price.
This is my Favorite Nora Roberts book. I think this is also because of the great Narrator!
Highly recommended
"Possibly my favorite from Nora Roberts!!"
This book is fantastic!!! Great setting, Great characters that you really get to know and love or hate. There is a small amout of violence but nothing that completely turned my off from this great book. Well worth a credit! Enjoy!
"more violent than expected"
The story had some really great qualities that I almost missed due to the graphic violence described which is why I did not rate it high. I was not expecting the violence and almost did not continue the book, until I came up with the idea to fast forward through the violent scenes. I wish I was aware of the nature of the story before purchasing this book.
"Great read"
It was narrated very well. Sometimes you wondered if their wasn't more than one person speaking.
Thinking you knew who did it, then realising you didn't.
Loved it, that was most enjoyable. The different voices was amazing
When Willa thought her brother was going to die, and also when he thought he might loose Lilly.
Nora Roberts is amazing. The stories are very involved and I can say I have loved everyone of hers I have read. This one you feel for all three sisters and the men who fall for them. You knew one of them wouldn't go back, but you are still on the edge of your sit wondering. And putting that extra story in to get you even more hooked. you want to get to the end but then again you just don't !!!!
"Another Good Read"
Cleverly written. With the right mixture of thriller and suspence and the enjoyable banter between the charectets.
This story was a bit of a change for me I don't usually read cowboy stories. This was an excellent story well read and performed. I never guessed who the bad guy was and that makes a good book, there's nothing worse then getting half a dozen chapters in and knowing who the bad guy is. Great story I would highly recommend it.
"Montana sky"
The best sexy suspense thriller I have every read ! It has everything you could want, murder, steaming sex, a good laugh now and then and you constantly wonder throughout the book who did it, you are so excited to know how it ends and when you get to it you don't want it to stop, the Characters are so detailed and the narrator is one of the best I have listened too which makes the entire experience fantastic ! I have listened too it several times and I am just as in love with it after reading it the 10th time as I was the 1st, I'm not into sappy love stories and I only read it because it was recommended by a friend but I was mistaken this is definitely NOT sappy !
It should have 10 stars not just 5 and she should make a sequel
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Recorded at an East Indian studio and of course featuring native musicians, this documentary provides a five-day snapshot of guitar great John McLaughlin's 2008 CD, titled Floating Point. In effect, the guitarist looms as a seasoned leader, but also instills camaraderie and focus while showing a little tenderness and self-effacing attributes during the processes. Otherwise, the album itself is relatively remarkable in a sense where true-to-form Indo/jazz-fusion seems to have spiraled to loftier heights. Here, McLaughlin works out the parts with his excellent keyboardist Loiuz Banks and the spectacular electric zitarist Niladri Kumar among several other superb instrumentalists.
At times, the film crew enables the Indian artists to expound upon the symbiosis of Eastern and Western musical formats while bestowing praise among McLaughlin's extensive discography and impeccable talents. Moreover, the players are shown conversing and reviewing musical matters in front of the mixing board and laptops. There are also several invigorating clips of the ensemble performing/recording these pieces spanning the five-day session.
Anecdotes include mention of Banks' recommended enlistment for the project, as he also iterates that jazz itself, symbolizes freedom. Ultimately, this is insightful footage. And when the band plays, you'll see McLaughlin embarking upon impossibly complex modal and unison parts with electric mandolinist U. Rajesh and Kumar while the rhythm section pursues complex, polyrhythmic frameworks. Musically speaking, it's a harmonic feast for the heart and soul. But the artists' upbeat interaction and acute collaborative procedures spawn gobs of interest throughout.


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Better Business Bureau is warning the public of official-looking letters supposedly sent from Publishers Clearing House that state the recipient has won a grand prize drawing of $1 million.
The letters claim the recipient has won $1 million as the second place winner of a drawing sponsored by Reader's Digest Magazine.
They also include a check for as much as $5,900 and instructions to call a representative named in the fake letter.
In order to receive the prize, the consumer is then instructed to cash the check and wire approximately $4,000 to Publishers Clearing House to receive the rest of the winnings.
The checks have proven fraudulent. Money sent by wire transfers cannot be recovered. Officials say the letters are part of a widespread scam across the country.
The fake letters have shown up in mailboxes in 19 states including California, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin since early March.
This scam comes on the heels of a legitimate Publishers Clearing House award to a woman who will receive $5,000 a week for life.
Not only have the letters come to mailboxes, but also some people have reported phone calls from scammers pretending to represent Publishers Clearing House.
"The most obvious indication that this is a scam is that people are being given a check, and then asked to wire a portion of it to claim their prize," said Kim States, Tucson BBB president, "Consumers should never wire money to an unknown individual or company."
If you receive this letter, contact your BBB at 888-5353.


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New Balance MT910
New Balance MT910 is the technical trail shoe touted to provide the best cushioning and stability available for the offroad enthusiast. It is built on the company's new PL1 last, that has been well accepted in their elite NBx road shoes.
Expect a snugger and more comfortable fit, say New Balance. Key features are the patented Rock Stop in the outer sole, and the upper which features a dual-density collar foam for increased foot comfort.
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Designing Streets
Action Plan
Sustainability permeates many aspects of place: location, natural capital, energy, transport and health. Sustainable places are often characterised by well-designed, walkable mixed-use neighbourhoods with integrated facilities.
Projects and initiatives relating to sustainable development can be found by scrolling through the bar above.
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Platinum Tools BR1 Multi-Stripper Now Shipping
The BR1 is the Easy-to-Use Cable and Wire Stripper/Cutter for Most Cable Types/Sizes in the Networking World of Voice, Data, and Video
Platinum Tools is proud to announce that its new BR1 Multi-Stripper (part # 15041C) is now shipping.
"The BR1 is the easy-to-use cable and wire stripper/cutter for most cable types/sizes in the networking world of voice, data, and video," explained Lee Sachs, Platinum Tools president and general manager. "This is the next 'must-have' for the installation pro."
Additional features of the BR1 Multi-Stripper include:
• Pre-set coax cassette blades
• Adjustable stripper for twisted pair and audio cables
• Cutters for both cable and wire conductors
• Includes braid comb, Velcro, for folding the braid back over the cable jacket
• Weight: 3.7 oz (105.2 g)
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• Telephone & Audio (Voice): Round cable
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Some fans, scattered in the bare stadium, stood from their seats.
They clapped and cheered the players running past.
On Sunday, when the Chargers exited the field at halftime with a three-point lead over the Bengals, the hope lived that maybe, just maybe, this team could resurrect a fading season and finish a game for good.
That hope appears dead now.
An old song repeated again, as the Chargers carried a fourth-quarter lead and squandered it, being outscored 10-0 in the final five minutes of regulation for the second straight week. The 20-13 loss was their seventh defeat in eight games and third straight, dropping them to 4-8 on the season and all but eliminating them from the playoff chase.
In the locker room afterward, that word was met with a realistic and disheartened tone.
"We're sitting here at what, 4-8?" running back Ronnie Brown said. "Playoffs is a pretty vague picture now."
It could be talked about how, at three games back in the wild-card picture with four games remaining, it is mathematically possible for this team to somehow climb back into the fold, win four straight games and force a multiple-team tiebreaker that it'd win with a 7-5 conference record.
If only this team could finish.
It is 0-5 in games decided by seven points or fewer. It has lost four games when holding a fourth-quarter lead.
The bright spurts they've shown — against the Broncos and Saints, against the Buccaneers and Ravens, against these Bengals (7-5) — make one believe this team could be capable of achieving more. In a meeting as recent as Saturday, one assistant coach said, given the quality of ball they've shown at times, he felt this team could be 9-2.
"Unfortunately, that's not the case," safety Corey Lynch said Sunday. "I don't know what to say. We're not there. I've never been a part of something this heartbreaking before."
On Sunday, the empty seats at Qualcomm Stadium screamed loudest.
The Chargers announced an attendance of 54,980, the third crowd of less than 60,000 this season. This was the lowest gathering for a regular-season game since the team hosted the Saints on Nov. 5, 2004.
That meeting with New Orleans was also the Chargers' last blackout before 2010. They've had eight in the three seasons since, including Sunday, their third of the year.
The sales outlook is bleak for a Dec. 16 matchup with the Panthers. A fourth blackout would represent half its home games.
The Bengals scored 10 points on their final two possessions Sunday. The Chargers turned the ball over twice in theirs.
Cincinnati defensive end Carlos Dunlap sacked and forced Philip Rivers to fumble with 3:54 remaining in regulation. The offensive line, which lost starting left guard Tyronne Green (hamstring) and right tackle Jeromey Clary (knee) to early injury, allowed four sacks to the NFL's second-leading sack unit.
The Chargers defense took the field at its own 13-yard line and forced a 24-yard field goal to avoid falling back two scores.
Rivers would get the ball back and work the offense to the Bengals 17. Three incompletions and a fourth-quarter interception in the end zone later, it was over.
"The last thing we want to do is throw it out of bounds," Rivers said. "I was hoping Malcom (Floyd) would maybe have a chance."
After the game, several Chargers players vowed to continue fighting, for each other, for their coaches, for their fans, all the way through the Dec. 30 regular-season finale against the Raiders.
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In January, Keith D. Kirchoffer, 52, pleaded no contest to several driving under the influence misdemeanor and felony charges.
A man arrested for driving drunk and damaging four vehicles before leaving a scene with injuries was sentenced Thursday to 43 months in prison.
In January, Keith D. Kirchoffer, 52, pleaded no contest to several driving under the influence misdemeanor and felony charges, including property damage and injuring others, but sentencing had been delayed so the victims could be present and a pre-sentencing investigation could be conducted.
Before Circuit Judge Willard Pope imposed the sentence, he heard from one victim and defense attorney James Reich.
According to Reich, his client has been a faithful member of Alcoholics Anonymous since his release from jail.
"I'd like the court to be aware of the immediate and continuing change in Mr. Kirchoffer's behavior," Reich said.
Kirchoffer has undergone evaluation, treatment and counseling for substance abuse, and has started a business since being released on bond after spending one day in jail.
In a letter to the court, Kirchoffer's son, Shane, called his father a hero who taught him to work hard and help others. He also recalled his dad coaching boys soccer for years.
"Since that incident my dad hasn't had a sip of alcohol and has found God," wrote Shane Kirchoffer in the letter. He said his father made a mistake driving drunk that night and that the incident has affected his entire family.
On June 3, 2011, Kirchoffer was driving on State Road 40 between County Road 315 and Baseline Road when witnesses said they saw him drive off the roadway and into oncoming traffic numerous times.
His Ford truck struck a 2002 Jeep Liberty, which was pushed into the rear of a 2000 Ford Expedition.
Kirchoffer accelerated rapidly into the left turn lane and slammed several times into the rear of a 2003 silver Hyundai Accent before taking off and colliding several times with a stopped 1993 GMC Sonoma, pushing it into the intersection under the traffic light of East Fort King Street, according to law enforcement reports.
A 3-year-old and a 1-year-old in the GMC truck were transported to a local hospital with injuries. Authorities later found Kirchoffer's truck at his Ocala home with damage to the front end.
Kirchoffer's blood-alcohol level registered at 0.212 and 0.211 — almost three times higher than 0.08, the level at which, according to state law, a person is presumed impaired.
"I ask for you to take everything into consideration and to see my father for his character and not for this DUI," wrote Shane Kirchoffer in his letter.
The sentence, however, had already been agreed upon by the state and defense attorneys, therefore, unless Kirchoffer revoked his previously entered plea, Pope had no discretion over the sentence.
Pope also heard from victim Eric Cummings, who asked the judge for three requests: that Kirchoffer be asked to complete a substance abuse program while incarcerated, that he also completes a program on making wiser decisions, and that he not be housed at any Department of Corrections facility where Cummings or his wife work, adding it would not be good for the victims or the defendant if this were to occur.
"I don't have any control over where the Department of Corrections puts people," said Pope later in the hearing. "I can make a recommendation, but they don't have to follow it."
Pursuant to the plea agreement, upon his release, Kirchoffer will serve 77 months of probation, have his driver's license revoked for three years and is prohibited from possessing alcohol, among other conditions laid out in the agreement.
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ToWhatEnd (3)...hellchoseme (4)'Core' is a dirty word, a word never spoken in old-schooler soceity. But just listening to...vuergara (4)...pjquinones747 (4)Overall, "Ascendancy" is a great album. It helped push Trivium into the realm of the great...
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TheHamburgerman (1.5)This review was originally written for metal-archives. I used this review on this site sol...DieDead (4)...Locrian (3)As a whole, Ascendancy suffers from too much repetition, but good musicianship and product...
Good review but very biased. It'd be better if you didn't keep refering to them as the "Metallica of our Generation" (not in those words but with that messae), and if you didn't compare them to Atreyu and other metalcore bands it would help.
Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off^ There are programs that remove vocals from the mix. I own one.
Very nice review. I don't care for Trivium and it was nice to see a fan who admits they aren't the next Metallica.
The comparisons are a little questionable though. Slayer? Black metal? I'm interested to know what aspects of their sound are rooted in thrash or black metal.This Message Edited On 03.13.06
Album Rating: 5.0eh its hard for a fan like me to give more of the positive. Though its not really a bias, reviews like this are opinions of the writer
Album Rating: 2.0The clean vocals aren't bad at all. Guitars are great too, like you said in your review. It was a good one.
Album Rating: 1.5I like Matt's voice...
Matt's scream is bearable, but his clean voice is a bit meh...still, he writes some nice riffs. Suffocating Sight, anyone?
As for their style, it's clearly just swedish melodeath mixed with lighter metalcore. Can't see any real thrash or black metal touches here.
Anybody seen what Brandon Schiapatti from Bleeding Through has to say about Matt?...'I heard him say "what Metallica did in six albums, we're going to do in two", and I thought, shut the fuck up, you're just some rich 19 year old kid from Florida.'
Hah, pwned. Still, Trivium are better than Bleeding Through.
Wow, I've gone off topic here. Er, bye...
Album Rating: 2.0Swedish melodeath? Where the crap have you been living?
Trivium is just plain American metal, basically, and a poor representation of it IMO.
The only saving graces from the band are the drummer (who actually IS quite good)
and the guitar solos on occasion. The rest is bland, boring, repetitive, and
absolutely horrid, most of all Heafy. He's basically a big prick who relies way too
much on autotuning his voice, while he doesn't have one of his own. He sounds like
every American metal singer out there today, and does it much poorer than a good
portion of them.
Good review though.
However, it IS ridiculously fun to watch the video for Pull Harder fastforwarding the
whole way through. Quite funny, really.This Message Edited On 03.13.06
Album Rating: 4.0I would have to mostly agree with this review. I like Heafy's voice, and I think the guitarwork is very well organized and thought out throughout most songs. The solos arent just random shredding, most of the notes have a meaning and are all great solos. The songs can get a little repetitive at times though.
But theres no way Trivium can be compared to Iron Maiden or Metallica. I love trivium, but those bands helped revolutionize metal (mostly Maiden). Trivium is just another american metal band continuing the work that bands like maiden and metallica started.
Swedish melodeath...listen to Like Light To The Flies and tell me that there's not some Gothenburg creeping in in that single note harmonized prechorus...listen to the mix of melody and brutality throughout the entire album, and then tell me that there's not a certain influence from the likes of Dark Tranquility and In Flames, albeit nowhere as heavy and somewhat homogenised.
Not exactly disagreeing with you here Shattered Future, just explaining my opinion. It's all good. Can't we all just...get along?
I definitely agree that Heafy's a prick though.
Album Rating: 1.5Nice review, don't like the band though. Heafy's work on Roadrunner United was a lot better, but still not exactly great.
[QUOTE=]Swedish melodeath...listen to Like Light To The Flies and tell me that there's not some Gothenburg creeping in in that single note harmonized prechorus...listen to the mix of melody and brutality throughout the entire album, and then tell me that there's not a certain influence from the likes of Dark Tranquility and In Flames, albeit nowhere as heavy and somewhat homogenised.
Not exactly disagreeing with you here Shattered Future, just explaining my opinion. It's all good. Can't we all just...get along?
I definitely agree that Heafy's a prick though.[/QUOTE]
Why is he a prick? And I can't sence the Gothenburg, but I'm not a huge fan of the genre.
Album Rating: 4.0Like Light to Flies does have some melodic work in there, and me being a big fan of classical music to death metal, i can sense some melodeath influence in there. But Trivium is still nothing short of basic American metal
Album Rating: 1.5this album/band bores me...i find the guitarwork bland and dull...and whoever thought of them being the next metallica must be on crack, IMO because there will never be another metallica, end of story. and the lead vocalists voice for trivium sounds like he has something stuck in his throat, and sounds like he is gargling.
good review tho, a bit biased, but goodThis Message Edited On 03.14.06
I wouldn't say dull, but it is bland as hell yes.
trivium are good dont get me wrong, but they dont live up to the hype. Killswitch are much better in my opinion
yeh the review is gd
but they never a new metallica
kl review tho
Album Rating: 1.5i dont know mudvaynian...i had heard a lot about these guys and were lookin forward to seein them at ozzfest last yr and i just wasnt impressed at all...so i borrowed the album from my friends dad (the guy owns every effing cd known to man, its amazing) and it still didnt do anything
That score is very unjustified, even for those reasons.
Album Rating: 1.5im not sure if youre talkin to me or not there Drunken Viking, but i just dont like this cd....the guitar-work didnt impress me, although like ShadowsFallen said on his review, they got the talent...which they do, i just didnt see a good representation of it on this cd. I also pointed out that Heafy's voice really bothered me, and is one of the main reasons why I didnt like this album. I think they could produce much much better, and im actually looking forward to seeing it.
I was talking to you, you might not like this album to much, but you did say they have talent. And Shadows Fallen justified his review, he says they are not original and generic which is true, you just don't like representation (whatever that is) and the vocals.
Good album, but in my opinion to much screaming. The guy can actually sing, so why doesnt he?
Good riffs and drumming too. If you really like them you should check out Bullet for my Valentine. they should by up your guys' alley.
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MONTEREY -- The new data exchange format for the photomask industry has received a major boost, as Semiconductor Leading Edge Technologies Inc. (Selete) has endorsed the technology.
Selete, a Japanese IC research organization, has endorsed the new "Oasis" data stream format as the replacement for GDSII standard. Announced today at a photomask conference in Monterey, the new "Oasis" format was developed over the past year by a consortium of 21 leading companies, involved in IC design, design automation, photomask patterning and photomask inspection (see today's story ).
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The Macmillan Children's Publishing group, which was streamlined in late 2008 as part of a larger company-wide restructuring, has a new hire and several promotions in its marketing department, moves that have been announced by Joy Dallanegra-Sanger, senior v-p, director of marketing.
Liz Hartman has joined the company in the newly created position of executive director, publicity and institutional marketing. Hartman will oversee publicity and school and library marketing for all Macmillan Children's Publishing imprints. Most recently director of publicity and marketing at Black Dog & Leventhal, Hartman comes to Macmillan with more than 25 years of publishing experience including heading up the publicity departments at Pocket Books, Oxford University Press, and Columbia University Press; she has also worked at Publishers Weekly and recently done some special projects in Macmillan's children's publicity department.
Several promotions were also announced in the reorg. Eileen Lawrence has been promoted to senior executive director, promotion, advertising and creative services; she was previously executive director of advertising and promotion. Mariel Dawson has been promoted to associate director, promotion and advertising, from creative services manager. And Tim Jones has been promoted to the newly created role of director of institutional marketing. He had formerly been associate director of marketing. Jones will now report to Hartman, as will Jennifer Doerr, who remains director of publicity.


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Danny O'Connell, director of support services at Youngstown State University, is going to the White House reception celebrating St. Patrick's Day today. O'Connell of Girard is an active member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. He's proud of his Irish heritage and notes that 22 U.S. presidents were of Irish descent. He also carries Irish coins in his wallet and plans to give one to President Barack Obama, bearing 1961, the president's birth year.
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At a workshop Tuesday, the Downtown Improvement District turned its eye toward the year ahead, brainstorming and prioritizing projects for fiscal year 2013-14.
With the group committed to financing a recent $1.8 million Main Street improvement project, the DID's remaining capital is dwindling. The DID has about $132,535 on hand for the upcoming year, and it is slated to have $82,390 available for FY 2014-15. The DID is funded by a 2-mill tax on property owners in the district.
As a result, the group has also begun to consider ways to create new revenue streams. From expanding the district's boundaries to implementing paid parking to receiving funding from the downtown Community Redevelopment Agency, developing a new source of funding was voted as the board's highest priority during Tuesday's meeting.
"Eighty thousand dollars is nothing," DID Chairman Ernie Ritz said regarding the group's projected budgets. "Expansion of the DID, or external income to support the DID, is paramount to the success of the DID."
Eileen Hampshire, who represents the DID on the city's parking committee, suggested parking meter revenue could help the group's bottom line. Hampshire said the district could install 10 parking meters along Palm Avenue and on the 1300 and 1400 blocks of Main Street. The revenue from those meters could go toward installing security at the Palm Avenue garage, Hampshire said.
Several board members supported that proposal and suggested the funds could be used for other improvements, as well. DID board member Mark Kauffman said the resistance to previous attempts to institute paid parking could be overcome if merchants knew where the revenue was going.
"Whenever you try to put meters in, the tenants say, 'No, no, no,'" Kauffmann said. "If you say all the profits will be used on your block, they say, 'That's a great idea.' I think that's a very workable solution.'"
Kauffman is the most skeptical of the DID board members regarding a possible expansion of the district, which roughly encompasses the land from Second Street south to Ringling Boulevard, west to Gulfstream Avenue and east to Goodrich Avenue. He said he fears the group would become ineffectual if it spread itself further and suggested groups interested in joining the DID would be better served by forming their own improvement districts.
"I think I've always resisted expanding the DID," Kauffman said. "I think it's easier to do a lot of good in a smaller group than trying to expand it. If you add Rosemary, Towles Court and Fruitville, it becomes a mammoth thing to me."
DID Manager John Moran is one of the loudest advocates for an expanded district. He suggests the borders could be redrawn along U.S. 301, Fourth Street, Ringling Boulevard and the bay. Moran, who helped draw the original boundaries of the DID, said the current map is outdated. He wanted the board to push past any initial resistance to expansion.
"What I'm hearing disappoints me in the thinking little, wanting to sit here for five years and decide how to split up $70,000 or $80,000," Moran said. "We could be thinking bigger and doing things that the folks like the Ritz-Carlton and the Hyatt would see as directly benefiting them."
The DID outlined other top priorities for the next fiscal year, including shorter-term efforts, such as sidewalk improvements along Main Street. The second most popular project was the expansion of security downtown, with several board members emphasizing the importance of working with downtown merchants and residents to raise money for an undertaking the DID would struggle to fund on its own.
The increased promotion of downtown was another high priority, with Downtown Economic Development Coordinator Norm Gollub underscoring the competitive nature of retail in the area.
"I think, at this point, the community needs to focus on branding, marketing and promotion," Gollub said. "We are in deep competition and are about to get even deeper with the University Town Center coming."
Ron Soto, who was selected to join the DID board at a Nov. 18 City Commission meeting, said the group should focus on capitalizing on its recent expansive streetscape improvements. In that respect, he said, the security and advertising efforts were particularly important.
"All the bricks and mortar in the world will not bring people downtown if you don't promote it and it's not a safe environment for them," Soto said.
DID's top priorities for 2013-14
At a workshop Tuesday, the DID outlined some of its top priorities for the upcoming year. The preliminary top-five issues were:
• Developing a new source of funds, via expansion or otherwise;
• Expanding security downtown, with a focus on including residents in the funding process;
• Setting aside contingency money for emergency projects;
• Promoting downtown;
• Improving or maintaining the sidewalks on the 1400 and 1500 blocks of Main Street.
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Kevin Morrow, 37, an insurance agent, knew he wanted to run for Town Council the minute he heard incorporation was on the ballot. "I want to help ensure that we will have a responsible government in place," he said.
He has lived in Alamo the last 30 years. "I was a Boy Scout, graduated from high school here, and know the town intimately," he said. "I have a vested interest in the future of Alamo."
Morrow said he knows about getting things done on a limited budget, both in his job and in his personal life, and that his character is one of the best things he would bring to the council. "Responsibility is the key for me," he said.
He was against incorporation in the beginning but the more he learns, the more it looks feasible. "I believe we are going to incorporate and I want to make sure we're responsible," he said. "Alamo is limited in size and I want to make sure we don't bite off more than we can chew." He has found residents concerned about raising taxes and wants to make sure this isn't necessary.
He started a hauling business with his brothers when he was 13 and said, "I know how businesses succeed." He said the priority for the council will be the General Plan to be used for a solid plan of action.
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Attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and the California Maritime Academy in Vallejo. Works as an insurance agent with licenses in fire/casualty with State of California. Has received public speaking awards; named Student of the Month by Alamo Rotary.


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With one hit, Ken Griffey Jr. left behind both Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio.
Statistically speaking, that is.
In a young baseball season crying out for good news, that has to be worth something.
One hit on Wednesday evoking the memory and numbers of two legends. The home run Griffey blasted in Cincinnati was his 537th, one more than Mantle, one RBI more than DiMaggio's 1,537.
Mantle and DiMaggio were figures of monumental proportions, one who missed time because of a body breaking down, the other who missed three seasons for something called World War II.
Griffey, too, has had a career interrupted by injury, but maybe one day in the future he will be considered as legendary a centre fielder as those who came before him.
Baseball certainly could use a hero or two in these troubled times. Moving past Mantle and DiMaggio provides Griffey with a platform he has never before enjoyed.
What's with Toronto and defence? The Raptors can't play defence. The Leafs can't play defence. The Blue Jays can't play defence. Good thing Rich Stubler hangs around to make sure the Argos can ... Once around the bases, who wins? Bengie Molina or Buck Martinez in his prime? ... Alex Rios has an air of confidence about him he didn't have in previous seasons. The Blue Jays outfielder should be playing every day ... Shouldn't the Jays consider carrying three catchers? That way, they can pinch run for Molina every time he's on base late in a close game ... In praise of the former SkyDome: Baseball weather has yet to arrive in Toronto and the Jays already have played five home games ... Don't boo Eric Hinske. All he did was sign the contract offered to him. If he's not good enough, it's not his fault ... If given the option of buying an HDTV or season tickets for any team, I'm buying the television. It's like being in the stadium with the convenience of never leaving home .
If Garth Snow isn't the worst goalie in the NHL, who is? ... A 20-goal season represents a breakthrough for the oft-maligned Alexei Ponikarovsky. A 34-point season, ranking him 207th in the league in scoring, does not ... Truth in numbers: Combined, Troy Glaus and Hinske earn more than the entire Florida Marlins team will be paid this season ... Does George Bush know about this? At the NCAA rifle shooting competition, Army finished third ahead of fourth place Navy. Alaska Fairbanks was the winner ... Further evidence, as if we needed any, that Americans hate hockey on television: The NHL ratings on NBC post-lockout are down 20% over a similar period on ABC in the clutch-and-grab days ... My definition of genius: The man who invented the baseball scorecard ... Pierre McGuire, who excites easily, told me a year ago that he thought Ian White could be the next Brian Rafalski. Rafalski was 26 when he played his first NHL game. White, of similar size, is only 21.
Mike Krushelnyski is heading to Russia to coach in the SuperLeague. His first piece of advice should be: Do as I say, not as I did ... Should the Argos be looking at making a deal to pluck Kerry Joseph from Ottawa in what is certain to be a dispersal draft when the Renegades are put on ice. The Argos could use a quarterback of the future. Winnipeg, on the other hand, could use a quarterback of the present ... Good for Jalen Rose, offering up $50,000 US in college scholarship money for Detroit high schoolers. More pro athletes should do the same ... The Quincy Carter signing is typical Jim Popp. The move has big upside for the Montreal Alouettes and almost no downside ... Lost in translation and the American Hockey League: Alexander Mogilny, four goals, 10 assists, undisclosed injuries and one year left at $3.5 million .... Bode Miller's principle sponsor has dropped him. Didn't say why. Didn't have to.
Miguel Batista and David Bush, both traded away, combined to strike out 18 batters in their first National League starts of the season. The entire Jays starting rotation doesn't have that many Ks in five games ... Already marked on my calendar: Week 6 in the NFL: Terrell Owens versus the Philadelphia Eagles ... Alvin Williams won't give up. But doesn't there come a time when you just say 'Sorry Alvin, it's time.' ... The average Major League Baseball salary is $3 million a season, which means some major leaguers, but not all, can afford snacks and drinks at the Rogers Centre ... Hard to believe: Sid (The Kid) Crosby is fourth in goals and fifth in points among Canadian players in his first NHL season ... And hey, whatever became of Willie Canate?


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