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Snap is a really interesting new feature that allows you to see an image of a link's destination just by moving your mouse over the link.
I added Snap to this site and to my podcast site. (Adding Snap takes about 30 seconds, that's all.) The following image shows Snap in action.
Some think this preview is annoying, and others are really intrigued by it. I think it adds interactivity to your site and allows the reader to make smarter decisions about the links he or she clicks.
We all know that readers spend about 10 seconds or less on a page before clicking a link. But how do they know that they link they click is worthwhile? Snap takes some suspense and mystery out of that click and helps the reader make more informed choices. This preview feature may make the nonlinear, random experience of the web less of a headache.
If that were all Snap did, it would be cool enough. But they also apply the technology to search results. Rather than clicking each link of your search results and visiting the page, you can preview the page immediately without leaving the search results. The Snap preview might prove to be quite a time saver when sifting through the returns.
To search with Snap, just, go to http://snap.com.
You can also add Snap as a toolbar to Firefox.
Lorelle is one of the main objectors to Snap. She writes,
Think this gimmick through, folks. Do you really need this bell and whistle on your blog? It's a nice gimmick, but if you have given people enough information about the link you are offering, isn't that enough? Do they really need to see a tiny thumbnail view of the page they might visit? You can't read the text, so what will a little picture tell you? It's a pretty site, so make sure and visit it? Some of the most valuable sites I've found on the web are not pretty.
She's adamantly against Snap. I wasn't fully convinced by her anti-Snap post, though. What do you think?
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Kilmarnock cup win overshadowed by death of player's father
Kilmarnock's joy at winning the Scottish Communities League Cup final was cut short within minutes of the final whistle yesterday when the father of Liam Kelly, the Kilmarnock midfielder, suffered a fatal heart attack at Hampden Park.
Jack Kelly, 59, received emergency treatment yards from the Kilmarnock dugout after his son had helped his team to their first League Cup triumph courtesy of a 1-0 win over Celtic.
Liam Kelly, 22, was told the news as he and his team-mates celebrated on the pitch and appeared distraught before being moved away from the scene as paramedics treated his father.
The rest of the Kilmarnock players lifted the trophy oblivious to the unfolding tragedy but Kenny Shiels, the manager, was aware of the situation and looked…


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When comparing XCOM: Enemy Unknown vs FTL: Faster Than Light, the Slant community recommends FTL: Faster Than Light for most people. In the question"What are the best Perma Death games on Steam?" FTL: Faster Than Light is ranked 4th while XCOM: Enemy Unknown is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose FTL: Faster Than Light is:
There are multiple [mods available for FTL](http://www.slant.co/topics/1745/~what-are-the-best-ftl-mods) that can greatly change up the gameplay and looks of the game. This adds a lot of replayability to the title.
Ranked in these QuestionsQuestion Ranking
Pro Assortment of add-on content available
There are quite a few add-ons available for XCOM, including the Enemy Within expansion pack.
Pro Death is permanent
Death is very permanent in XCOM, meaning if a player looses a high level player mid game that they may have a pretty tough time advancing past that point.
Pro Effective resource management mechanics
Resource management feels like a juggling act, in the best way possible. Users have to make hard decisions on what options to give priority to, as they all will effect gameplay in some manner.
Pro Has modding support
There are multiple mods available for FTL that can greatly change up the gameplay and looks of the game. This adds a lot of replayability to the title.
Pro Stress free timely decision making
The game can be paused at any time, which allows for one to contemplate their next move in the game. This makes for a less stressful experience since one can leisurely make their decisions without it impacting the gameplay.
Pro Allows for highly strategic gameplay
The rougelike game design combined with the huge amount of choices that can be made in both encounters as well as ship management makes FTL a highly strategic game as you never quite know what the game is going to throw at you.
There are many decisions that can be made in the game, such as what parts of an enemy ship to target (their shields, their weapons) or where to concentrate your defensive strategies, such as powering up an ion engine to run, or powering up ones shields to stay and fight. These choices can all effect the final outcome of the game, so it is up to the player to make the best decisions at their disposal.
There are also many choices of ships to use and equipment layouts for each that can be tweaked. Depending on the ship used and what equipment is used or where it is place can greatly affect how the game will play out as well as how the game will need to be played. If choosing a fast ship with low shield power, it will be best to outrun a lot of encounters. Where as if choosing a slow ship with good gun capabilities and a high shield power, a good strategy would be to go in guns blazing for each encounter.
Pro Morality based decisions
The game works a lot like a text adventure in a roguelike wrapper. The decisions asked of the player during this adventure can affect much of the stories plot, making for an interactive story through choices such as telling aliens you are a god in order to potentially receive less trouble in your encounter with them, to abducting aliens in order to sell them for a profit. One choice may appeal to the player more than another, it also provides a way to role play as a morally bankrupt space captain. All in all though this is all up to the player, which can be really fun to see what may happen.
Pro Great touch controls
Even though the game was designed to be played with a keyboard and mouse originally the touch controls work exceptional well. Some could argue better that keyboard and mouse. The gameplay and design lends itself very well to the touch screen, which makes playing the game a joy on iOS.
Pro iOS version includes extra content over the PC version
The PC version of the game had extra DLC that one could pay for to extend the games gameplay. This content is included in the iOS version for the singular price of $9.99. So could be argued the iOS version is the better deal for the price.
Con Proper choices not obvious until after the fact
Choices that effect the game are not obvious when they are happening and once realized is too late.
Con Can be pretty difficult
The amount of choices to be made (many not being good ones) and the randomization of the game makes for a situation that may be too difficult for some. This is not a game that you will beat in one play session nor 10, it takes a lot of time to get in a good run that results in winning, which some people may not have patience for.
Con Lackluster interface on iPad
The weapons panel often covers up vital information on ones crew health. The problem being that this panel needs to be on screen when in a battle, which is also the exact time that crew health is very important.
In the later parts of the game battles are very long which can make for a bit of a boring experience, especially for those that would rather be exploring than spending so much time on battles.


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I started in with this in the Diary section. The material warrants continuing. I loved this quote from Gish Gen:
"Some things are constant in my voice, and in the way I see things. There's an alertness to discrepancy, to irony. In Monda in the Promised Land, the number of words that can be put into quotation marks is astounding. I tend to stand outside events and language. Irony is my middle name. It can turn into humor, but it doesn't always. People say that I'm funny. But as a person, I'm not a barel of laughts. What I'm really interested in [is] incongruity, the huge discrepancies between what we are and what we are supposed to be…
"When I started writing, in 1986, it was before multiculturalism. There was only one Asian-American novelist, Maxine Hong Kingston. It was wifely recognized that someone like me could only write artifact, not artifice. Once a day, someone would say to me "You must be writing an immigrant autobiography." (When it comes to Asian-Americans, people have no compunctions about expressing prejudice.) This was actually helpful to me. It was what Philip Roth calls an "amiable irritant." n my first book, Native American, you hear the big No. No, I am writing fiction. I am an American writing a novel. I will not be pigeonholed. The first word of the novel is No — the first word you see is actually the second word. There's the voice; already I am myself."


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Over the River and Through the Woods (written by Joe DiPietro and directed by Kenneth Kay) is one of those plays that you walk out of saying, "Gee, my mother would have loved that," and lo and behold, you look around and there is your mother -- and all of her friends. The Caldwell Theatre Company has been putting on excellent theater for many years. That said, this particular play must be described as offering the two things that seem to please senior citizens the most: lots of laughs and a few good cries. Ironically, the audience mirrors a generation gap that is more disturbing than the one portrayed on stage.
The play tells the story of Nick (John D'Aquino), the grandson of four Italian immigrants, who is climbing his way to the top of the ladder as an advertising executive in New York City. Despite his busy schedule, Nick finds time every Sunday to take the bus into Hoboken, New Jersey, to have dinner with his maternal grandparents, Frank and Aida (Arland Russell and Harriet Oser), and his paternal grandparents, Nunzio and Emma (Tom Troupe and Elayne Wilks). One Sunday, Nick announces that he has been awarded a promotion requiring him to move to Seattle and that he has decided to take it. This sets off a harebrained scheme on the part of his grandparents. In a desperate attempt to keep him from moving, they invite Caitlin (Lara MacGregor), the unmarried niece of Emma's canasta partner, to Sunday dinner, hoping that Nick will fall in love with her. An innovative plot is not this play's strength, although DiPietro does manage to throw in a couple of surprises and steer clear of a fairy-tale ending. This is quite an accomplishment, considering that the play is rather like a television sitcom.
Over the River and Through the Woods dramatizes a conflict to which almost any American can relate. Even if we are not the children or grandchildren of immigrants, we are the children and grandchildren of people whose values are very different from our own. This play explores the Italian version of the clash. The set, by Tim Bennett, could hardly be more working-class Italian-American -- an overstuffed couch with an afghan thrown across, statues of the Virgin Mary and Jesus with his Sacred Heart, a bad replica of Leonardo's Last Supper hanging over the dining room table. The set doesn't change, but a screen door and front-porch step on stage right give it some versatility and allow for private dialogues.
Over the River and Through the Woods
Through June 4. Caldwell Theatre, 7873 N. Federal Hwy., Boca Raton, 561-241-7432 or toll-free 930-6400
Nick must confront the deeply held belief that family is paramount and all decisions should be made accordingly. The drama is based on a paradox of traditional values versus contemporary standards. It is obvious to Nick that success does not lie in marrying at age 18, working in a factory to provide for his family, and spending his entire life with one person, as he explains to his grandparents when he loses his temper over their matchmaking scheme. "Today we do things different," he lectures them. "We don't marry at 18. We have careers and make money and then we pick and choose a person very carefully and we do it when we're good and ready!" Later, in a much different tone, he explains a long-distance relationship to his grandfather: "It's called a commuter relationship, Gramps, and it's very annoying."
DiPietro does not oversentimentalize -- no mean feat with one or more Italian-American grandparents on stage much of the time. He maintains the Italian flavor we expect (the cheek-pinching, the constant "You look hungry") without making it seem stereotypical. The script is filled with truly funny anecdotes from the grandparents' past and current lives. So often, older actors seem to be thrown into the scenario as cantankerous door mats, people for the other actors to pat on the head as they rush by. Or there's the serenely senile granny who sits in a corner rocking and sewing and occasionally doling out cookie-cutter wisdom to a clueless young person in crisis. Such is not the case with these refreshingly fully developed roles. These are not just any grandparents but Nick's grandparents, specific people with their own idiosyncrasies.
A talented and experienced troupe, the cast brings out the relationships among the four grandparents as well as the balance between the grandparents and Nick. The man-to-man talks Nick has with each grandfather, for example, help to modulate the stage activity from funny to relatively serious while enhancing the characters' individuality. The drama also has several freeze-frame moments when the action stops and one character delivers a monologue -- an excellent vehicle for Nick's dry, sarcastic humor. John D'Aquino's way of striking an almost catatonic pose, setting his jaw, and staring off at some fixed point in space is hilarious when juxtaposed with the foursome of enthusiastic, well-meaning, but annoying elders fluttering around him. In a show like this, the goal is not to go all the way over the top, and Nick's character is the anchor that keeps the play from becoming Italian slapstick. D'Aquino's deadpan responses and barely restrained anger allow the drama to move forward when it could have gotten stuck in a mire of lasagne, genuflection, neighborhood gossip, and tales of old Italy.
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The character of Caitlin contributes to the balance between old and young but also provides a fresh perspective on family, age, and tolerance. Caitlin is much more open to elderly people than Nick is. When the grandparents bring up the fact that Nick chewed on his rattle as a baby and announce that he is seeing a "head doctor," she smiles and says that she too goes to therapy. She rejects Nick's invitation to dinner because she doesn't like his impatience with his grandparents. Then, having walked off stage, she comes back to add, "I want you to know that's probably the most mature thing I've ever said." Caitlin's self-effacing, slightly gawky humor is endearing in a strong performance by Lara MacGregor.
The last 20 minutes of the play contain a succession of monologues in which Nick reveals what decision he made and what happened to each of his grandparents. This is the only acting that seems unnatural, and the material, obviously crammed into the script for last-minute plot resolution, has an "OK, let's wrap this up" tone. An example is Nick's revelation that if he had known his grandfather Nunzio was dying of cancer (a fact that Nunzio chose to keep from him), he wouldn't have left. This seems unrealistic after what we have learned about Nick's character.
What we glean from Over the River and Through the Woods is largely what we already know about the generation gap: It's not a gap -- it's the Grand Canyon. Young people and their grandparents are worlds apart, especially as technology leaps forward. In addition the United States is so big that, as Nick says, "you can move 2000 miles from your family and still be in the same country." The play, to its credit, doesn't offer a formula for bridging this gap. Each character accepts his or her differences while growing in respect for the others.
With its funny dialogue, poignant monologues, and strong cast, this production is definitely entertaining, a crowd pleaser that gets the audience laughing and crying. Nevertheless it does not capitalize on the benefits of its genre, the stage play, much less stretch its limits. Contemporary drama must do that to be considered exceptional. Over the River and Through the Woods is touching but not too disturbing, heading straight to the heart and pretty much bypassing the brain. It could easily translate into a Hollywood production. It could have been a special episode of Who's the Boss? or a movie like the recent romantic comedy Return to Me. One leaves the theater wondering, Why was this a play and not a movie? Theatergoers deserve something other than movielike entertainment, and not only because we're paying at least three times as much for a ticket. The art form of theater is not a derivative of film, and it shouldn't feel that way.


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Poll: Floridians Concerned About Global Warming Dangers
MIAMI, Florida, July 10, 2008 (ENS) – A new public opinion poll of Floridians finds that most are convinced that global warming is happening now and that more should be done by key leaders to help Florida deal with climate change.
Sixty-five percent of those surveyed believe that global warming is already having or will have dangerous impacts on people in Florida within the next 10 years.
Sixty-nine percent believe that parts of the state's coasts may need to be abandoned due to rising sea levels over the next 50 years.
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The survey is the first to study Floridians' opinions about global warming. It was conducted by researchers at Yale University and the University of Miami, with funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation.
A survey of 1,077 adults in Florida from May 1, 2008 to May 19, 2008 was fielded by Knowledge Networks, using a representative, online research panel.
The survey found that a majority of Floridians are convinced that global warming is happening (71%) and that global warming is caused mainly by human activities (55%), or caused equally by humans and natural changes (13%).
"Floridians believe global warming will have serious consequences here at home and are growing increasingly concerned about the issue," said Dr. Kenny Broad, associate professor at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.
Large majorities believe that global warming will cause worse storms, hurricanes and tornadoes (80%), droughts and water shortages (80%), flooding of major cities (68%), food shortages (68%), less tourism (64%), and increased rates of disease (57%).
In line with these concerns, large majorities support state policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, even if these policies impact their own pocketbook.
Sixty-five percent support requiring electric utilities to produce at least 20 percent of their electricity from wind, solar or other renewable energy sources, even it if costs the average household an extra $100 per year.
Sixty-five percent support a state subsidy to encourage building owners to replace old water heaters, air conditioners, light bulbs, and insulation, even if it cost the average household $5 a month in higher taxes. Sixty-three percent of those polled support the installation of solar panels on state-owned buildings, even if the electricity generated is significantly more expensive than what state government normally pays for its electricity.
"Large majorities of Floridians want Governor [Charlie] Crist, their state legislators, and their own mayors to do more to address global warming," said Dr. Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Project on Climate Change at Yale University. "Many Floridians also say they are willing to act individually to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions."


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It is pictured in the Large, where it fits very nicely. I use a Woo with a pizza stone for a Medium on the bottom ring, the put the KQ on the raised grid. That way it warms up indirect (mostly) and you can control the temp. On my XL it leaves enough room that you could do something small direct. It will not fit on my Medium. We pretty much have made the Large dedicated to this. I did and omelet with pancakes with it last week.Charlesmaneri said:@DocEggerton this Kettle-Q fits in your Egg if so what size Egg do you have ?
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Entropic Communications, a San Diego maker of chips for the connected home, has entered into several partnerships to push forward the latest version of its technology that can move even more movies and other content between devices using coaxial cable lines.
The company recently partnered with digital video recorder maker TiVo to embed Entropic's chips in its recorders. The technology allows movies recorded on a DVR in the living room to be streamed to a TV in the bedroom or elsewhere in the house — a capability known as multiroom DVR.
Entropic's technology is called MoCA, or Multimedia over Coax. Its first generation technology, called MoCA 1.0, allowed a few high definition video streams at once. Its latest version of the chip, called MoCA 2.0, provides significantly more capability, which means even more high definition content can streamed between devices in homes.
Entropic was first to market the technology, but now has competition from Irvine chip giant Broadcom.
Still, Entropic said it has shipped more than 50 million MoCA chips since 2007 and estimates that it maintains 70 percent market share in the U.S. Multiroom DVR services have been deployed by Verizon, DirecTV, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications and other pay-TV providers.
IMS Research estimated that 26.9 million MoCA-powered home networks expected to be in place in the Americas by 2014. Each network typically uses three or more MoCA chips.
The company also is collaborating with Intel to make its latest MoCA 2.0 home-networking chips work better with Intel's Atom processor in video gateways and set top box designs. In addition, it teamed with Zoran to develop a set top box using Entropic latest chips.


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Anyone at the wedding could see the bride and groom only had eyes for each other.
The bride's daughter made the perfect flower girl, and the groom's brother was best man.
The ceremony was traditional and at first glance nothing seemed out of the ordinary at the muggle celebration.
It was only if you looked closely you could see not everything was quite as traditional as it first appeared.
"It's a good job your family knows about Eve's powers," the groom whispered into his new wife's ear.
"Hmm," the bride replied. "I'd have a tough time explaining this one." She gestured to the confetti that had been thrown at them, but was not actually falling to the ground. Instead, each piece was swirling around them, as though they'd stepped into a confetti-filled wind tunnel.
The best man knelt down on the grass, heedless of the stains the knees of his trousers were now getting. "Eve, sweetheart," he asked, "don't you want to see the confetti fall?"
The flower girl shook her head stubbornly.
"I'd like to see it fall," the best man said, with a childish pout of his own. "Would you let it fall for me?"
The girl looked thoughtful for a moment; then she grinned and nodded, the confetti floating to the ground a moment later.
"Just in time," a handsome black-haired man whispered into the ear of the best man. He nodded towards the doorway, where the muggle vicar was just emerging into the sunshine.
The best man smiled and picked up the flower girl with ease. "You're a little minx, aren't you?" he asked with a grin.
"Do you have any children of your own?" the vicar asked conversationally, as the bridal party walked around the side of the church for the photographs.
"No." The best man shook his head and smiled softly at the black-haired man. "We just make do with spoiling our niece and nephew, don't we?"
The black-haired man nodded and returned the best man's smile. He slipped an arm around his waist possessively and pulled him into a loose hug.
"I'm sorry," the vicar apologised, his face flushing. "I didn't realise you were… er…"
"Well, we weren't about to start snogging in church," the black-haired man laughed. "Tempting as it is."
"Try and behave, Sirius," the best man scolded affectionately.
"Where's the fun in that?" the black-haired man replied, before planting a chaste kiss on the best man's cheek.
"You've scared him off," the best man sighed, as he watched the vicar scurry over towards the bride and groom.
"Never mind," the black-haired man replied. "Have you asked him yet?"
"No. I've not had the chance."
"I'm sure that dress is tighter than it was at the final fitting last week."
"That doesn't mean she is. You wouldn't be able to tell yet anyway."
"You could if they did it before he got released from Azkaban."
"That's not very likely."
"She didn't drink any alcohol at the rehearsal dinner either."
"Neither did you."
"I was driving."
"So was she."
"Well, what about the way he's constantly fussing over her?"
"The same way he fusses over everyone? It doesn't mean anything."
"But I want to know." The black-haired man was practically whining by this point.
"We'll find out eventually if she is. You've not whined this much since I wouldn't tell you what your birthday present was."
"I don't whine."
"Do too."
"I know what my birthday present is," the flower girl piped up.
"Do you indeed?" the best man asked. "But your birthday isn't until December."
"Mummy told me I was going to get an extra present this year."
"And what's that?"
"She said I'm not allowed to tell anyone."
"You can tell us," the dark-haired man said encouragingly.
The flower girl shook her head and buried her face in the best man's neck.
"If I guess right, will you nod?" he tried instead.
A pair of blue eyes looked at the dark-haired man and the girl gave a small nod.
"Is it a new brother or sister?" the dark-haired man whispered conspiratorially.
The flower girl looked across at the bride and groom before giving an almost imperceptible nod.
"I knew it," the dark-haired man gloated.
"It's a secret," the girl whispered.
"And we won't tell anyone, will we, Remus?"
The best man shook his head and put his finger across his lips. The flower girl copied the gesture, and the dark-haired man did likewise.
"Can we have the best man and the flower girl over here, please?" the photographer called.
The best man nodded and strolled across the grass, the flower girl still in his arms.
The black-haired man followed a few paces behind and the best man cast a smile over his shoulder to him.
Anyone could see that the bride and groom only had eyes for each other.
But, only if you took the time and trouble to look a little closer, would you see the best man and the black-haired man were equally smitten with each other.
The End
First of all, huge thanks to my beta LostAndAwaiting who has done loads to make this story readable in the last couple of years. I am very grateful for all the time you have put in on this epic.
Secondly, thank you to everyone for reading, but most especially those who have taken time to leave a review. I don't beg for reviews, hold chapters hostage, or demand reviews, but I am very grateful for each and every one that I receive. I know I am horribly slow at replying to them sometimes, but I reply to all of them (except of course the anonymous ones and those left by people who have turned private messaging off) eventually.
The Sequel
Those who have read my profile page will know there has been a sequel to this story in the works for several years. The reason it has been delayed so long is because I became a published of MM and MMM romance stories. No one warns you how much work that is going to be!
At the time of writing this note (May 2014) I have about 60,000 words of the sequel written. It will not however be posted on this site. Remus and Sirius are adults now and their adult relationship (specifically, their sexual relationship) plays a large part in their continuing story. Unlike this story, it would be impossible to edit it with fade out scenes whenever they jump each others bones. If I ever do post it online it will probably be at the unassociated adult version of this site and maybe on my Live Journal under the NC17 locked posts tag - if I can figure out the new style of that site since I rarely post there these days.
I will try to post something here on this story to alert people to the sequel when it is online. It won't be posted anywhere until it is written in full.
If you do want to see a sequel then please let me know by either leaving a review or sending me a message. The more people who do still want it, especially after all this time, the more inclined I will be to set aside other original fiction projects to concentrate on wrapping it up and getting it online.
Bits of useless information
This story was initially intended to be a fifth year story and was going to be concluded just after they had graduated from school. However, I had only written a few chapters of the fifth year (which actually ended up being in the seventh year) when I decided that I wanted the story to start much earlier.
The story was initially to revolve around what would happen if Remus were to have bitten another student and how he would deal with the guilt. Obviously, that part of the story remains in it, but it is only one part of many.
For quite a long time the final chapter was the one titled Once in a Blue Moon, albeit with a slightly different final scene. However, it soon became clear the quest for an heir for the House of Black would reach beyond their school years, and as such the story was extended even further.
Date of Births etc
D.O.B. 15 Nov 1959
Scorpio – perhaps not the right sign for canon Sirius, but it seems to fit this version quite nicely.
D.O.B. 10 Jan 1950
D.O.B. 21 Dec 1959
James and Remus – as canon
Name origins
The Black Family – all names are from canon, although I have taken quite a few liberties with the personalities.
The Lupin Family
Celeste – chosen for the Italian origins, means "of the sky, heavenly"
Rosina – also chosen for Italian origins.
Cecily – English version of the Italian Cecilia. Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus "blind". Saint Cecilia was a semi-legendary 2nd- or 3rd-century martyr who was sentenced to die because she refused to worship the Roman gods. After attempts to suffocate her failed, she was beheaded. She was later regarded as the patron saint of music and musicians.
Other Humans
Alana – simply chosen because I like the name
Eve – again, simply because I like the name
Charlene/Charlie Grahams – a character blatantly stolen from my Trouble series. Oddly enough, I've never had any complaints about her in that series; but then again, she doesn't date Remus in it. Anyway, one of the meanings of her Christian name is "warrior" and as a beater for the Quidditch team it seemed ideal.
Professor Delphi – also a character stolen from one of my other stories, in this case The Oracle of Gryffindor. It should be obvious, but for those who aren't into mythology, the name is derived from The Oracle of Delphi. It is also one that I am sure other people have used for the Divination Professor who came before Trelawney. So, not entirely original, but at least appropriate.
Professor Spion – Obviously a play on words with Spy On since he was a spy for the Ministry. Also the German and Norwegian word for spy.
Aaron Winters – One of the possible meanings of his Christian name is "exalted", and as a leader within the Camp he is very much so.
Higgs was a name I picked at random. His sidekicks Maxwell and Milbourne were named after two girls I knew at school who were nasty little bullies themselves. Yes, I am that petty and spiteful.
The Centaurs
Torin – Chief in Irish Gaelic
Ebony – Just horsey sounding
Taranis – Derived from the Celtic taran, meaning thunder
Alpin – Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Ailpein, possibly derived from a Pictish word meaning "white". Chosen for his colouring.
All other centaur names are from canon
The Owls
Damon – Means "to tame", although in the case of this bird it is probably a lost cause
Athena – Named for the Greek goddess associated with owls
Enid – Means "soul" or "life"
Hestia – Named for the Greek goddess of hearth and domesticity. As Walburga's owl it seemed suitable since she is very much the ruler of the house of Black.
Loose ends & things that may not have been entirely clear
The centaurs' land issues were deliberately left unresolved. We know from canon that this was a problem in Harry's time and even though this is AU, I decided that the problems would last as long in this universe, too.
Yes, Romulus was always intended to be secretly alive. There were plenty of clues there to hint at that, including his lengthening hair, the continuation of the spells on Remus's cage and a huge one in the title of the chapter where he came back as a ghost. The title of the chapter was This Journey's Over, which is a line from a song by Pink. The song in question is I'm Not Dead. Massive clue there, though only for those who were still playing the guess the song game by that point. Bringing him back was another reason why this story was extended so far from where I initially intend it to end. A couple of people have asked if Romulus is a real character from the series - no, he is an OC and mine :-)
Cecily remains with her parents deliberately, even though it probably isn't the best environment for her, especially without her ghostly mentor. However, she remains there for the moment. I have a short Mpreg-ish (Polyjuice) sequel planned (though at the moment it is only in my head) and, if I do get round to writing it, she will be appearing in that one, too.
What is canon, partially canon or totally made up
The Werewolf Registry and the rest of the Ministry departments are canon of course. Except for the Containment Facility, which is made up, but I would think fairly likely in light of everything else.
The magically updated book is slightly based on the magically updated book at Hogwarts, which lists the birth of every magical child in Britain. The difference being that the Werewolf Registry book is updated by a wizard to show all of the new information that the department has received. It does not update on its own… otherwise they would have been able to track down both Greyback and Remus long before they did.
The various laws surrounding werewolves are either hinted at in canon, and extended on by myself, or made up completely by me.
The tunnel to Gladrags is partially canon. We know that there was a tunnel behind one of the mirrors in the school, but that by Harry's time it was caved it. We don't know where it leads to though. I decided I liked the idea of a mirror being at each end of the tunnel, and the Gladrags female changing rooms seemed appropriately mischievous for teenage boys.
Rowena Ravenclaw being responsible for the moving staircases is canon. I cannot take responsibility for that idea at all.
Sheila Shuttleworth's School for Squibs was made up. I have no idea where Squibs are taught, and suspect that muggle schools are probably the only option. However, I decided that perhaps other countries might be less prejudiced about Squibs and Australia was chosen.
Dangerous Creatures' Camps. Well, I am pretty sure I have seen this idea before, but cannot find any reference to it at The Lexicon (though the search feature has been screwing up on me for months, so I may be missing it). However, it is also possible that I may have seen the idea in another fanfic rather than in canon. Unfortunately even Google is failing me, and the phrase is only pulling up this particular story. But I am sure I must have seen it somewhere before.
Most spells and potions are canon. However there are a few that I made up for plot purposes.
The healing spells were made up using a Latin translator
The Medusa curse was made up by taking Greek mythology and giving it a twist.
Oris potion – for restoring the sight of wizards after muggle injuries – was made up using the Latin translator.
The sunset/sunrise barrier in Remus's cage was made up.
The forest smells spell in Remus's cage was made up, with the sole purpose of helping to bring forward the date that Wolfsbane was invented.
The windows of the train were inspired by the windows in the underground Ministry of Magic and so were not my own invention.
James's large feet were simply done with an engorging spell, which is, of course, canon.


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Release Date: 2009 |
Enjoyable review, enjoyable album. I was a big fan of Evolver, but not so much its successor.
Love 311 though...seen them countless times, always entertaining.
Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Offprops for your 311 love, I disagree on the rating though
This is the weakest 311 album.
Album Rating: 3.5
However, the one thing I fail to understand about 311 is why they chose to make the absolute best songs from the Uplifter sessions B-sides.
Album Rating: 3.0At least Transistor came to be admired after some time, but nope, 4 years later the album is the black sheep of 311's catalogue
whaaaaat are you talking about? transistor is one of the greatest.
if anything, i think music was the worst imo, there werent any memorable songs on it aside from freak out.
btw Mix It Up is one of the greatest jams on this album
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Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound OffTransistor is their best for me...this and DTOM are defs on the bottom of the pile though
edit: Asaf, you crazy Visit, Paradise, Unity, Hydroponic...no, nothing memorable there
Album Rating: 3.0just didnt find it too memorable, bought it as a kid, and it didnt make an impression, that's all...
Thanks for the compliments, everybody! It's much appreciated.
asaf- That's not what I meant. I was comparing DTOM to Transistor, saying that while both were considered mediocre releases at first, Transistor gained a solid fanbase after some time, while DTOM didn't ever reach that level. Sorry for the confusion.
Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Offjust playin' asaf, no worries
@omaha - I have always thought that Transistor was well received largely on the strength of the single Beautiful Disaster, but I could be wrong. Transistor and DTOM really can't be compared in terms of style and substance.
Album Rating: 3.0totally agree with that one. transistor did indeed have 2 strong singles, and running and stealing happy hours are still two of my personal 311 fav's.
Nice review, but I really truly hate this album.
I commented on this yesterday, strange.
But I thought Transistor was received weakly at first, because it was a deviation from the style that had worked so well for them (Grassroots, 311)? But then as time passed people discovered how much they liked it.
And I didn't compare the albums through style and substance, I only did through reception.
Album Rating: 3.5Transistor is untouchable by anyone. Just a perfect blend of jazz, funk, rap, and straight up rock.
What Was I Thinking? is perfect
I agree! Transistor is great. I love Jupiter much more than I should...
Album Rating: 1.0*Album Rating: 5.0
Ahhh, 311. To think I once thought you were an awful band. Perish the thought!
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Buzzfeed rounded up photographs of homemade signs posted at soon-to-be-closed Borders around the country (including the photo embedded above from ShoottheJ)–earning nearly 17,000 views in a single day.
Check it out at Buzzfeed: "At least it's justified bitterness manifesting in the form of some awesome passive aggression. Since filing for bankruptcy, Borders Books has been shutting down stores like they're going out of business style. Not all the employees are taking it well. But when you've got nothing to lose, humor and irony reign supreme."
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Ex-model Paula Hamilton punched a policeman after drunkenly ripping the head off a 14ft sunflower, a court was told yesterday.
Officers were called to her home over fears she would try to kill herself after a love split, magistrates heard.
The Celebrity Big Brother star, 52, allegedly ran into her garden barefoot, tore off the plant's head then hit Dominic Matheson in the chest.
But she denies assault and instead claims that police stamped on her broken foot and broke her knuckles.
Hamilton, of Farnham Common, Bucks, also claims the flower was a gift to them and that she accidentally fell on PC Matheson in September.
She told Aylesbury magistrates court: "I would never use a sacred sunflower, our family crest, to hurt anybody."
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Hey boise riders, we spent a lot of hours working on the blind corner on hulls gulch trail just above the cliff doing some armoring and adding rocks into the trail to slow people down, trying to prevent those head on collisions.
Have you ridden it lately? What are your thoughs, do you like?
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I want to lose some weight over a period, and I can ride an hour every day, maybe two at weekends. I live at the bottom of Holmbury Hill (Surrey), and in that time I can pick a route anything from 'up the hill, over, and back' with longer easier gradients, to a series of short sharp climbs with short descents in between.
For weight loss, what sort of effort level and route is best, and is it good to ride every day possible?


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Chelsea's Ashley Cole is considering a transfer to join former teammate Thierry Henry at Major League Soccer side New York Red Bulls, according to reports.
According to the Mirror, the Chelsea and England left back is facing an uncertain future for club and country.
Red Bulls have a vacancy for one of their three designated 'marquee' players and know that Cole has always been keen to end his career in Major League Soccer, the report said.
They want to link Cole up with his former Arsenal teammate Thierry Henry in the January window before the new MLS season starts in early March, the report added.
LA Galaxy are also keen to sign Cole, who has won 106 England caps but is now facing the prospect of being frozen out of Roy Hodgson's World Cup squad, the report further said.
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The Tel Aviv District Prosecutor's Office has filed an appeal with the National Labor Court against the decision not to force Israel's nurses back to work. The nurses have been on strike for the past 11 days.
In the appeal, the state claims that the strike causes great harm to the public. Two days ago, the court rejected the Finance Ministry's request and decided against issuing injunctions against the striking nurses. (Naama Cohen-Friedman)


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His Holines's Bull Regarding St. Helenas Mission
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- Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Attached is the most recent and blessed letter from His Holiness, Patriarch
Ignatius Zakki I Iwas, to St. Helena's Mission, dated yesterday.
His Holiness has assigned St. Helena's Mission/Retreat Camp/Monastery to the
continuing stewardship of His Eminence, Eugene Kaplan Mor Clemis.
St. Helena's is now grafted into the jurisdiction of the Western Archdiocese of
the USA.
For this, let us all give profound thanks to the Lord!
When civil ownership by the Archdiocese has also been effected, St. Helena's
will grow -- through our own generation and many generations to come -- into a
spiritual beacon of light; a light set upon a mountain. A light to draw all to
May God richly bless this new temple set upon sacred and consecrated ground; and
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Harmonix reveals music-driven FPS, Chroma
Harmonix is trying their hand at first-person shooters with a new free-to-play game called Chroma; but don't worry, Harmonix fully abandoning its roots in the music genre. Given Harmonix's history of games (Rock Band, Dance Central), it's only fitting that they somehow incorporate music into the game. To that end, Chroma is defined as "music-driven FPS" where "music is your weapon."
"Music matters," Harmonix says in its press release. "Chroma features innovative first-person shooter mechanics that tie the game's soundtrack directly to combat, traversal, and more."
"Unleash streams of sound and music with your arsenal and bring the musical landscape to life in battle! From deep wobbling bass to the crunch of an electric guitar, crushing metal drums to poppy synths, choose a weapon load-out that reflects your musical tastes and personal style and take your sounds into battle."
You'll be able to form a band of teammates with friends and master multiple classes, "each with their own unique musical gameplay mechanics and perks." Little else is really known about the game, but a closed alpha will begin this month; sign-ups are available now at PlayChroma.com.
"Chroma has been a dream project of mine for some time," said Harmonix co-founder and CEO Alex Rigopulos. "Watching the teams at Harmonix and Hidden Path begin to bring this vision to life has been tremendously exciting. We're also thrilled to release an alpha version of this game and to evolve it in collaboration with our players. We can't wait to hear what people think of this new approach to both first-person shooters and music games."
Chroma is being developed in partnership with Hidden Path Entertainment (Counter-Strike Global Offensive, Defense Grid: The Awakening). It's scheduled for a release through Steam some time in 2014.


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The MDGs post-2015: why we should do less
Bill Morton, 2012
Three years out from the 2015 deadline for the MDGs, and debate about 'what next' is already reaching fever pitch. Proposals for a post-2015 version of the MDGs are coming from an increasingly crowded field that includes individual experts and academics, think tanks and research institutes, NGOs and civil society groups.
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Amber Jubilee Ninebark Receives European Honors
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Todd Jenson is Assistant City Manager for the City of Moore. Todd has worked for the City for over 10 years. He began work for the City as the Economic Development Specialist in the Economic Development Department. Prior to working for the City, Todd had his own business for 7 years. Todd sold his business in 2006. From 1989 to 1999 worked in the Mayor and City Manager's Office in Norman, Oklahoma as Assistant to the City Manager. Todd in his spare time also teaches US History, Microeconomics and Macroeconomics at Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College in Moore.
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(Reuters) - Shares of Life Partners Holdings Inc tanked as much as 39 percent on Wednesday, a day after U.S. market regulators accused the company of an accounting fraud which overvalued assets on its books.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accused the life settlement company and three of its executives of "systematically and materially" underestimating life expectancy estimates it used to price transactions.
Life settlement companies such as Life Partners buy insurance policies from people for a fraction of their value and continue to pay premiums, betting that they will eventually make a profit when the seller dies. The profit decreases if the person lives longer than expected.
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Jazz for Modernists 6 & 7
11: How did you go about promotion and distribution?
MB: I got so entrenched with making the film, I didn't think about showing it to anybody. We set ourselves that target (Spring 2015)…we were well short – we didn't have enough footage, or enough money to finish it. We had to finance it ourselves. An archivist who was helping me find the footage from the BBC said to me one day, "you need a distributor, someone to put this out for you". I thought that was a really good shout, I hadn't really thought of that. I found a company called Proper Records, a reasonably sized independent record label, putting out lots of stuff by Nick Lowe and Van Morrison, I think. They had a jazz department and the guy I spoke to used to work for Mole Jazz in the 80s, who were like Ray's, a destination shop for jazz buyers. He'd put out a couple of Tubby Hayes reissue compilations, one being Mexican Green (1967 LP), which he put out through his own Mole Jazz label. So, it was a done deal. Once I told him about Tubby Hayes, he said "we'll have that!". So we knew we could get it out into the shops, Amazon was taken care of, Waterstones etc. He also mentioned Foyles, which was where Ray's Jazz shop is now.
All Night Long (1962), featuring Patrick McGoohan, Charles Mingus and Tubby Hayes
12: The first showing was at Foyles in London [19 November 2015]. Tell us about that.
MB: That was amazing. I just walked in one day and said we were making a film about Tubby Hayes. Can we do a little bit of filming in Ray's? People going through the racks – cut-away stuff. The guys there were great, really supportive. They said they had an auditorium upstairs and asked if I wanted to launch it up there. It was a 200-seater, fantastic space, so I thought "why not?" The [idea of the] film started in Ray's, it's gone back to Ray's thirty years later. It was the London Jazz festival that week, around October. It all just came together, pure fluke. We were just desperately trying to get it out by a certain time. By getting those guys on board – Proper, Foyles and the London Jazz Festival, it suddenly became very serious. All of a sudden we had deadlines and fairly big-hitting companies looking to speak to us and put our product out.
13: Has the film done well?
MB: Yeah, it's sold well, we had 2 000 DVDs made and pretty much sold them out within ten weeks. We were delighted with that. From those first sales we earned money to get some more made for Christmas. We're into our second run. It's worked.
14: Any evidence that sales of Tubby's music have increased as a result of the DVD?
MB: I can't say for certain, but the awareness of his name and his work has gone up. Through my social media, I get a lot of feedback, people saying they've never heard of this guy, but like the sound of him, the era, the music, the films he worked on (eg. The Italian Job, Alfie). A lot of 60s enthusiasts that I know personally would go and check out a film, or YouTube, or Spotify and then they may end up with a CD or a bit of vinyl, and then end up with the DVD. It had been quiet for a long time on the Tubby front but now there are a lot more reissues going on.
15: [question from April 2016]: What were the subsequent showings at Regent's Street Cinema like, in February and just recently in April?
MB: Our screening at the Regent Street cinema in Feb 2016 was a sell out, which was very encouraging for us all and proved that word of the doc. had got round to the right people. A good mixture Mod and 60s enthusiasts as well as film buffs turned up in the 180-strong crowd. We had Simon Spillett and his new quartet play live and after the doc, myself, Simon and director Lee Cogswell took part in a Q & A session. Then DJs took over in the bar with a fine selection of jazz-inspired tracks. The night was such a success that the cinema immediately asked us back and in April we repeated it all again. This time we had an older, more jazz-based crowd, which pleased me. We had new people to tap into! We also screened at Ronnie Scott's in March, which was a real mark of approval from the UK jazz world. For the rest of 2016, we have other screenings already booked for Gateshead, Southend, Chichester, Brecon and back in London in the coming months.
16: If you had to recommend one Tubby Hayes LP, which would it be?
MB: The one album that everyone should get is Mexican Green, which he made in 66/67. It's going the Coltrane style, more than the fast, 'crash-bang-wallop' sound of Tubby when he was in full flow in the early sixties. There are certain tracks with three or four different styles within one track. It's not an easy listen, you've got to work at it, but that's the education of it all. That's the last album he made of any real note, he made a contractual album after that called The Orchestra (1970), an album of cover versions ('These Boots Are Made for Walking', 'Hey Jude' etc). But Mexican Green is the one I'd definitely go for. From the earlier period, Tubbs (1961), Tubbs' Tours (1964) and Tubbs in NY (1961) are all valid.
The classic Mexican Green LP (1967)
17: Of all the British sax players of the time, he was perhaps the most well-known in America…
MB: Yeah, definitely. There'd been a musicians' ban on UK guys going over there. Then it was reciprocal. If Miles Davis played two weeks here, we had to send someone to the States. They didn't want anybody. There was no one of any note that they wanted. When Tubby popped up, they said "he can do it". He went to New York in 1961 at the Half Note Club. Miles Davis was in the audience on the first night. Tubby was the one guy who could go out and hold his own in that company. He played two weeks there, mixed with the musicians, recorded and became part of the scene for a little while. A lot of the guys we spoke to said he should have stayed there, committed to two or three years in the States. Personally, I think he liked being the big fish in a small pond. Over here, he'd get plenty of work, plenty of press, TV appearances. He was the only one anyone had heard of.
18: One UK-based artist who did go to America before Tubby was Dizzy Reece. Did Tubby play with him?
MB: They played on a Blue Note LP recorded over here [Blues in Trinity, 1959], with a version of 'Round Midnight' on it.
19: By the mid-sixties, of course, we were getting great jazz musicians, but in return were sending over the likes of Herman's Hermits….
MB: Yeah. Once the beat boom started coming in, jazz clubs would become a beat club, or they'd book more acts like that. That's what the kids were demanding. Jazz suddenly became quite old overnight. The work dried up quite quickly, or the club gigs dried up. The recordings weren't selling massive numbers. The Stones and The Beatles were selling in big numbers. The trade papers stopped writing about them [jazz musicians], maybe a little bit of a mention. But really, the front cover would be given to the Beatles, Stones, Small Faces, Who, Otis and soul music. This is why he stared to play on jingles and films, looking for other work.
19: And this would lead Tubby to other work?
MB: Yeah, he'd be hired for a session. He wouldn't know a lot about the band. His studio or agent would get him a bit of work. He would turn up and pretty much be able to play anything. But the timing was all wrong for him, because he wasn't very well. He was in and out of hospital for months on end. He was probably offered work, but couldn't make the gigs for one reason or another. His health wasn't great [around 70/71] and there's a school of thought that maybe he was still dabbling a little bit [heroin], and he had a heart valve operation in 1970, and then again in 1972. In 1973, he couldn't play – he was physically incapable of playing.
20: Finally, would you consider making a feature film about Tubby Hayes starring James Corden in the title role?
MB: Simon (Spillett) has said that he's aware of Tubby Hayes. The similarity has been pointed out to him. Whether that will ever go anywhere I don't know? James Corden would be perfect. The only problem is Tubby lost about five stone, six stone, around the 60s when the drugs kicked in and I think Mr. Corden might struggle to lose the weight.
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A new website has entered the market for Web series with an eye toward competing with Funny or Die and Above Average.
SnagFilms, which streams advertising-supported documentary and indie films, has been acquiring Web series for its new site, Thundershorts, set to go live June 26.
Filmmakers can submit their movies to SnagFilms, but Thundershorts won't accept submissions after it launches.
"We're just starting, so it's really hard for us to throw a ton of production money and crew and things like that behind something that's not already formed," Michael Pielocik, who is responsible for developing the site's content, told Backstage.
Pielocik said the development and content acquisition process—which he describes as "not particularly closed off"—has been fluid ahead of the site's launch.
"Some [Web series] came to us from people inside the company who we were excited to work with. They were just like, 'Hey, I have this cool Web series.' And we approached some managers, things like that. And some things have come up through coming across our radar. It's been a weird mix. There's no real set take on this."
Actor-produced Web series and shorts are already finding audiences on sites such as Funny or Die and Above Average. But Pielocik, the former head writer for Onion Digital Studios, said Thundershorts will give audiences something different—and offers the added benefit of paying the content creators.
"We're ad-supported and we share that revenue with all our creators. If the show is successful, everyone comes out happy," he said. "There's a lot of comedy online, but I think what we have is unique. It's some of the best stuff out there."
The site will launch with seven marquee shows, including "American Viral," which chronicles one family's crazy attempts to recapture their YouTube fame; "Teachers Lounge," which stars Ted Alexandro ("Inside Amy Schumer"); "Gabe & Max Need Help," starring comedians Gabe Delahaye and Max Silvestri as a couple in counseling; and the real-time New York City–set adventure "Don't Walk."
Pielocik said short films aren't among the site's offerings—for now.
"It's more about creating a home for series," he said. "It's not necessarily about short film right now, although if there was a great short film, we wouldn't say no. That's the great thing about the site."
Viewership metrics, he added, won't be used to measure a series' success.
"If we believe in a project, it's not about the metrics," he said. "We're just going with what we think is funny."
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McNamara defeats Page by 2-1 margin
When the Minnesota House of Representatives District 57 B race began seven months ago, challenger David Page, DFL, Hastings, was realistic about his chances to win - slim at best.
He was right.
On Tuesday, incumbent Rep. Denny McNamara, Republican, Hastings, was returned to the House by 2-1 margin. With all 21 precincts reporting, McNamara had 10,885 votes to Page's 5,726 votes.
"I'm just so thankful to the voters of the district," said McNamara late Tuesday night. "I'm humbled by their votes."
"Denny is a pretty hard opponent," said Page. "With redistricting looming, and the reaction to the DFL this year, I was realistic about the outcome."
Page said that McNamara's name recognition with voters was a definite advantage in this race.
"For me, my eyes were open when I began," said Page. "I knew my chances when I began this race."
McNamara credits his "common sense" approach to the issues as being important with the voters.
"It's about living within your means," he said. "And getting people working again - that's what I'm hearing as I go door to door.
"What did I hear? It's all about jobs," said McNamara. "That's the message; it's time to move forward and work together."
"People were telling me they had had their hours cut, had lost their jobs," he said. "They put their faith in me. They know I have 30 years of running a small business."
Being part of a campaign was an educational experience, Page said. He said he learned more about the district and about political campaigns in general.
"Overall, I'm not feeling good about the role of money that is spent in campaigns," he said. "A lot of money was dumped into this year's campaigns."
For the most part, people he met were very friendly, Page said.
"But what I heard was disgust with the whole system; that is a lot of frustration," he said. "I'm kind of a cynic anyhow."


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Your Questions: I can't get a motor insurer to quote me after spending two years abroad - what can I do?
I have been living in Australia for the past two years. I moved back to Ireland last month and have been shopping around for car insurance.
I have a full driving licence but I have been refused by a number of insurers because I have been living abroad and so I don't have a no-claims bonus. Are insurers allowed to refuse me because of this?
Nick, Ennis, Co Clare
Motor insurance is required by law in Ireland - however, it is a commercial decision for each insurance company whether or not to provide a motor insurance quote.
A range of factors may be taken into consideration by the insurance company when making the decision to provide you with a quote, such as the number of years' driving experience you have and your no-claims bonus discount - as well as other factors such as the age of the car, what the car is used for, previous convictions and so on. If you are refused cover by three or more insurance companies, you can contact the declined cases committee of Insurance Ireland. It will get an insurance quote for you (usually the first company you approached will be asked to quote) unless there are good public policy reasons why you should not be given motor insurance. It is important that you keep note of the order in which you looked for quotes.
I'm starting college this month and have begun the difficult task of finding somewhere to rent. I found a suitable place on a reputable website and the price seemed very reasonable given its location. I emailed the landlord who replied saying he was happy to rent me the property but as he lives abroad, I would need to transfer my first month's rent - plus my deposit - via a money-wiring service. He said that once he received this money, he would arrange to have the keys delivered to me. I'm just wondering does this sound right to you?
Emma, Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan
As you probably know, there is a shortage of rented properties in most areas which means that demand is high - particularly at this time of year when students are going back to college. Unfortunately, scammers are aware of this too and they use it as an opportunity to try and scam people.
I would be very cautious about paying out money in this case. As you have not seen the property, you don't know if it actually exists - or if it does, is it actually available for rent?
Scammers often post photos of genuine properties on websites so if you check on online maps, the property does exist and all seems in order. It is very important, however, to carry out a number checks before handing over any money. If at all possible, physically view the property (inside and out) and make sure you are happy with its condition before you agree to anything. Watch out for incorrect contact details and phone numbers - such as an email address which bounces, or the phone ringing out. If the landlord is telling you he lives abroad, ask him to have someone else meet you at the property on his behalf and only pay a deposit face-to-face after viewing the property. However, don't make any payments until you have been given the keys and have signed the rental contract. Paying by cheque or bank draft ensures that your money is traceable. If you pay via a money-wiring service, you have no way of tracing the payment - and you will have no comeback if something goes wrong.
I recently bought a dress in an expensive boutique for the wedding of a friend. To my horror on the day - which was the first time I'd worn it, the dress split up the back and I had to cover it up with my jacket. I returned the dress to the shop and told them that I wasn't happy with a repair in case the same thing happened again - and that I wanted a refund. However, the shop is insisting on a repair instead. Am I entitled to a refund?
Rose, Montenotte, Co Cork
When you buy a dress, or any other item, from a retailer or shop, you are protected by consumer legislation. The item you buy should be of an acceptable standard, fit for the purpose intended, and as described. If you feel that your dress was faulty because of the way it was manufactured, you are entitled to look for a repair, a replacement or a refund.
I note that you complained to the shop about the faulty dress and it offered to repair it for you. If you are unhappy with the offer of a repair, I would suggest you make a formal complaint by putting it in writing to the shop; outlining the problem, telling it that you are not happy with their offer of repair, and saying that you would like a refund. If you need help with this, we have template complaint letters available on our website, consumerhelp.ie. If, following that, you are still unhappy with the shop's response, another option is to use the Small Claims Process. This can be done through your local district court. It accepts cases up to the value of €2,000 and there is a non-refundable fee of €25 to make a claim.
I treated myself to a juicer in the January sales earlier this year. It has been working perfectly up until a few weeks ago and it is now faulty. I took it back to the shop where I bought it and the shop said that as the juicer came with a manufacturer's guarantee, I should contact the manufacturer directly.
However, when I contacted the manufacturer, it said that my guarantee is invalid because I hadn't registered my juicer with it within the first month of purchase. Surely this isn't right - can the manufacturer do this?
Daniel, Rush, Co Dublin
In situations like this, it is important to remember that guarantees offered by manufacturers are in addition to your consumer rights. With some guarantees, there can be certain terms, such as a requirement to register the product with the manufacturer within a certain time in order to activate the guarantee.
If the product was not registered within this time,the guarantee may not be valid. From the information you have provided, it appears this is what has happened in this case. Notwithstanding this, your consumer rights still apply. If you feel that, based on the amount you paid for the juicer and the level of use so far, this fault should not have occurred at this stage of its lifetime, you are entitled to return it to the place you bought it from and seek redress under your statutory rights.
If you are unhappy with the response the store offers you at that point, we would suggest that you send a complaint to the store in writing, outlining the above, and tell them how you would like the issue to be resolved. More information on how to make a complaint can be found on our website - consumerhelp.ie.
Email your questions to email@example.com or write to 'Your Questions, The Sunday Independent Business Section, 27-32 Talbot Street, Dublin 1'.
While we will endeavour to place your questions with the most appropriate expert to answer your query, this column is a reader service and is not intended to replace professional advice.
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What is an enterprise zone?
According to Laura Lewis from the Region 9 Economic Development District of SW Colorado, an Enterprise Zone is a geographic area designated by the State of Colorado to receive certain economic incentives to encourage business in distressed areas of the State.
She said that Montezuma County is an Enterprise Zone and that includes the Mancos Valley. She explained that there are tax credits new and existing businesses can receive. But to be eligible, Colorado requires businesses seeking Enterprise Zone Tax Credits must obtain pre-certification before counting or engaging in any eligible activity. Pre-certification simply confirms that the business is located in an Enterprise Zone area.
Submitting information for pre-certification does not obligate the business to actually earn or use the credit(s) but it should be done annually if a business thinks it might have the opportunity to use the benefits. Detailed information about each of the EZ tax credits and the precertification link is available at: www.advancecolorado.com/ez.
Businesses can receive tax credits for the following:
Investment Tax Credit for the purchase of equipment
Job Training Tax Credit
Business Facility tax credits for new jobs created and maintained for a year including new agricultural processing jobs and even tax credits for health insurance.
Vacant Building Rehabilitation Tax Credit.
To learn more about the details, Mancos Valley actually has some local business development people to help walk you through the process. Chris Burkett with MCEDA can be reached at 970-560-5581 and Chelsea Jones, Town of Mancos Economic Development, 970-533-7725.
Marianne Griffin is the executive director of the Mancos Valley Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center, 101 E. Bauer Ave. Visit www.mancosvalley.com or contact her at 533-7434. You can also visit email@example.com for more information.


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If you're going to make a new product, there are a set of business rules around how to do that. You do things like market research, focus groups, market sizing, revenue opportunity analysis, blah blah blah. These techniques are great at weeding out crummy ideas, especially the kind that technical people are excited about - say nuclear-powered cars - but whose flaws are not visible to the inventors so they can't see that the market would be limited because they're blinded by enthusiasm around how useful they would personally find the product.
The problem with "the rules" is that there are some things they can't properly measure. Sure, they can tell you if cup-holders are a good idea in a car, or if shampoo based on monkey pee will be perceived as good for your hair (hey, there was beer shampoo not too long ago). They don't work as well for what can be called "white space" products. These are products people often don't see a need for until they experience the product because nothing exists in that space (or at least nothing they are familiar with). How many of us thought there was value in the internet before someone showed it to us, or we personally used it? Didn't you know in 1994 that you "needed" to order a pizza with your computer?
With OneNote, we skipped all the rules because we just "knew" it would be valuable and if we could get it to market effectively it would even be successful. Of course, this wasn't obvious to everyone. In early 2001 as I tried to recruit people for the team (and helped my new counterparts in dev and test sell their candidates), I fielded a lot of questions about why we needed a new tools for "notes". I heard from them and others in Office that building a new app was unnecessary, was dumb, redundant, etc. Of course, they didn't see the "vision" J. Actually, even as we went to beta in 2003 and needed to hire a replacement test manager, one of the best candidates declined because "you will get cancelled". Whatever.
The last 15 months (basically from our announcement date of Nov 17, 2002 at Comdex) have been one long "I told ya so", although I am not one to gloat – I view it more as a curious experiment. Besides, aside from the great response from the press and early adopters which has flabbergasted the team and myself, we are a long way from being successful yet. It turns out even with the resources of a company like Microsoft, getting the general population aware of any new product is a Herculean task. No Superbowl ads for us.


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The invention relates to pyrimidonyl macrocyclic compds. of formula I as HIV integrase inhibitors; their prepn. and use in the treatment of HIV infection. Macrocyclic compds. of formula I wherein G is O and CHR3; Q is CO and SO2; W is a bond, O, NH and derivs.; X is a bond and CO; Y is C3-5 alkylene and C3-5 alkenylene; Z is a bond, O and NHCO and derivs.; each R1 is independently H, C1-6 alkyl, halo, etc.; R2, R3, R4, R5 are independently H, C1-6 alkyl, halo, etc.; R6 is H, C1-6 alkyl, 3- to 7-membered cycloalkyl, etc.; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, are claimed. Example compd. II was prepd. by a general procedure (procedure given). The invention compds. were evaluated for their HIV integrase inhibitory activity. From the assay, it was detd. that example compd. II exhibited IC95 value of 9 nM.
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AppleCare+ coming to Europe?
AppleCare+, a service currently only available to those residing in the United States, is rumored to be making a trip across the pond soon. For those of you that don't know what I mean, the service may be coming to Europe soon, if rumors are to be believed. According to the blog iGen, AppleCare+ will be coming soon, and though no prices or availability were specified, it assumed that the pricing would be just short of €100. The service also includes a per-incident fee, which in the States costs $49, so that might be about the same for those in Europe.
AppleCare has been getting a lot of attention recently, with its website getting a fairly big revamp just a few short days ago with a new 24/7 chat feature. The warranty side of Apple seems to be a big focus right now, so it only makes sense to see an expansion of AppleCare+ starting with Europe. Most Apple programs, such as the upcoming iPhone trade-in program, begin in the United States because it is Apple's backyard, and then will eventually go global. This appears to be no different.
What do you think? Are you an AppleCare+ subscriber? Let us know in the comments, or tweet me @TiP_Kyle.


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Blackfire mine shut down over environmental concerns
A controversial open-pit Barium mine owned by the Canadian mining firm Blackfire has been temporarily shut down by state authorities in Chiapas, Mexico.
The surprise move comes just two days after the State's Attorney General arrested three men believed to be responsible for the death of Mariano Abarca Roblero, "a passionate critic of Blackfire", who he blamed for contaminating local rivers, destroying local crops and killing fish and livestock. As noted in the Canadian Press, all three men are somehow linked to the company.
In discussing the government's motives for closure, Chiapas Secretary for the Environment denied that it had anything to do with Roblero, however, reiterated his long-held concerns, that Blackfire is polluting the air and water. The Secretary also said that Blackfire has diverted streams and built roads without any authorization.
Several civic groups, including the Mexican Network of People Affected by Mining (REMA) to which Roblero was a member, have announced their support for the lock down, but say it's still not enough. They want the mine shut down for good, like New Gold's Cerro de San Pedro Mine.
Company officials, on the hand, claim to be mystified over the whole thing, and assert, like every other Canadian company in the world, that they haven't done anything wrong.
Of course, that wasn't so much the case when the government officials arrived on December 7 to shut down the mine. Like common a group of common thugs, company executives and employees verbally threatened the officials and tried to prevent them from doing their job, as ultimately mandated by Mexico's Constitution.
While these events continue to unfold, Canada's Parliament continues to debate Bill C-300, a private member's bill that offers some desperately needed controls over Canadian resource extraction companies like Blackfire and dozens of others around the world known for violating human rights and environmental standards.
For more information on Blackfire's activities in Chiapas, watch this 13-minute video on YouTube, which features interviews with Mariano Abarca Roblero just two months before he was assassinated.


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UFC and Spike TV Launch Joint Voter Registration Initiative
"Fight For Your Ultimate Right" Campaign Encourages All UFC® Fans and Spike TV Viewers to Make Their Voice Heard By Voting
New York, NY, Monday, February 25, 2008 – The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC®) organization and Spike TV have collaborated to launch a non-partisan voter registration initiative entitled "Fight For Your Ultimate Right". The partnership aims to mobilize the millions of eligible voters who watch the UFC on Spike TV to participate in the November 2008 elections.
"With this campaign, we hope to encourage our millions of UFC fans here in the U.S. to make their voice heard this November," said Dana White, UFC President. "We want to remind people to take advantage of their ultimate right – their right to vote."
"There are over 79 million eligible unregistered voters in the United States, 20 million of which are young adults who represent our target audience," said Spike TV president Kevin Kay. "Spike TV encourages all of our viewers to become the voice of the American people, and to join the fight get to the polls this November come Election Day."
"Fight For Your Ultimate Right" is a multiplatform initiative which will feature in-arena voter registration drives at domestic UFC events and on-air promotional advertisements on Spike TV. Voter registration at UFC events begins on March 1st in Columbus, Ohio at UFC 82 at Nationwide Arena. The campaign will also include digital content on www.UFC.com and www.spike.com, which will feature exclusive video as well as links to the website of non-partisan voter registration partner Declare Yourself to register on-line in any state. On the ground student volunteers with the Student PIRGs' New Voters Project will also register young voters at UFC events.
"We are pleased to partnering with UFC and Spike TV to make it fast and easy for UFC fans to register to vote right from their computer and to receive voting reminders through their mobile phone," said Marc Morgenstern, executive director of Declare Yourself.
About Spike TV
Spike TV is available in 96.1 million homes and is a division of MTV Networks. A unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), MTV Networks is one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Spike TV's Internet address is www.spike.com.
About The Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship® is the world's leading professional mixed martial arts organization and offers the premier series of MMA sports events. Owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC, and headquartered in Las Vegas, Nev., UFC® produces over twelve live pay-per-view events annually that are distributed residentially through North American cable and satellite providers including iNDEMAND Networks, DIRECTV, DISH Network, TVN Entertainment, Shaw Pay-Per-View, Bell ExpressVU, and Viewers Choice, and commercially through Joe Hand Promotions. In addition to its North American distribution, UFC programming is distributed in over 100 countries and territories throughout the world. For more information, or current UFC fight news, visit www.ufc.com or uk.ufc.com or www.ufcespanol.com.
Ultimate Fighting Championship®, Ultimate Fighting®, UFC®, The Ultimate Fighter®, Submission®, As Real As It Gets®, Zuffa™, The Octagon™ and the eight-sided competition mat and cage design are registered trademarks, trademarks, trade dress or service marks owned exclusively by Zuffa, LLC in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other marks referenced herein may be the property of Zuffa, LLC or other respective owners.
About Declare Yourself
Declare Yourself is a national nonpartisan, nonprofit campaign to empower and encourage every eligible 18-29-year-old in America to register and vote in the presidential primaries and 2008 presidential election. Using the power of strategic media partnerships, celebrity spokespeople, the sports arena, and most importantly, mobile and Internet technology, Declare Yourself's campaign blankets the landscape of popular culture, as well as universities and high schools, with a simple, clear message: REGISTER and VOTE!
About the Student PIRGs' New Voters Project
The Student PIRGs' New Voters Project is the nation's largest youth voter mobilization program. Since 2004, we have registered more than 600,000 young people and made more than 650,000 peer to peer voter turnout contacts to get young people to the polls on Election Day. Due in large part to our efforts, the youth vote increased by 4.3 million votes, or 9% in 2004 and an analysis of our work in 2006 found that in the student dense precincts in which we worked with our allies, youth voter turnout increased on average by 157%.
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Went to the Bright Food Shop in Chelsea after seeing
Blair Witch Project last night (jury still out on that
one) for dinner. We sat, ordered drinks and food, got
our drinks, and waited. After a while, I noticed that
the people sitting next to us, who had been seated
after us, had already gotten their appetizers.
I mentioned this to the waiter, who went back to the
kitchen to check on the order. He came back,
apologized profusely, and promised that the food would
be out shortly. Indeed, a minute later we had our
A few moments later, the chef came out to our table,
explaining that he had to finish another dish ahead of
ours, and apologized for any inconvenience. Later
during our meal, both our waiter and the chef visited
our table to make everything was alright. The waiter
even offered to buy us dessert (we didn't take him up
on it, we were stuffed at that point). Finally, on
our way out, the chef thanked us for coming from the
kitchen (the kitchen there is semi-open) and the
kitchen crew thanked us as well.
In a city where it seems that one often has to fight
to be acknowledged, much less served, at some
restaurants, it's nice to know places exist where
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Arlington Classic S. (gr. III)
(gr. IIIT , 8.5f ,)
(B h,
lb) $90,000
King Cugat Artistry , by Theatrical (IRE)
BSilver Thread Farm, KY.; OOxbow Racing LLC; TRonny W. Werner
Proudinsky (GER)
(B h,
lb) $30,000
Silvano (GER) Proudeyes (GER) , by Dashing Blade (GB)
BDr. Rolf Wilhelms, GER.; OGary A. Tanaka; TMario Hofer
Arbuckle Bandit
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lb) $16,500
Service Stripe Sombra En El Cielo , by Marquetry
BNordic Thoroughbreds, KY.; OGolden Racing Stable; TMichael Stidham
Margins: nose, ½, ¾. Others: Creative Force 119($9,000) , Icy Ridge (IRE) 119($4,500) , Storm Treasure 119 , Desert Wheat 119 , Equal Opportunity 119 . Winning Jockey, Robby Albarado.
Taking the old adage "like father, like son" to heart, Kingship captured the July 1 Arlington Classic Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Arlington Park six years after his sire King Cugat did the same. In his first stakes attempt, Kingship prevailed by a nose over German-bred Proudinsky.
Kingship was making just the fifth start of his career after not racing as a 2-year-old. In his last previous start, the 3-year-old colt was switched to the turf and broke his maiden by posting an eight-length victory at Churchill Downs for trainer Ronny Werner and owners Art and Stephanie Preston's Oxbow Racing.
Kingship was bred in Kentucky by Silver Thread Farm. He was consigned by Upson Downs Farm, agent, to the 2004 Keeneland September yearling sale and purchased by Oxbow Racing for $15,000. Oxbow consigned him to the 2005 Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s April 2-year-olds in training sale, but after he failed to meet his reserve when the bidding stopped at $27,000, the Prestons decided to keep him to race.
The bay colt is out of the winning Theatrical mare Artistry. Silver Thread Farm purchased her while she was carrying Kingship for $23,000 at the 2002 Keeneland November mixed sale from consignor Lantern Hill Farm, agent.
Artistry is out of the Devil's Bag mare Trivial, a daughter of the stakes-winning Honest Pleasure mare Honest Joy. Honest Joy won the Marigold Stakes while her full sister, Honest Glow, won a division of the Satin and Lace Stakes. As a broodmare, Honest Joy produced 1990 Illinois Derby (gr. II) winner Dotsero, by Conquistador Cielo, and his full sister Shuttle, dam of 2000 Doncaster Bloodstock Sales Washington Singer Stakes winner Prizeman, by Prized, who also finished second in the Vodafone Horris Hill Stakes (Eng-III).
Kingship is Artistry's first foal. Pastoral, her unraced juvenile colt by Meadowlake, was purchased for $30,000 by Garry Sims through agent Burr Travis at the 2005 Keeneland September yearling sale from consignor Forbush Farm, agent. He was entered but withdrawn from the 2006 Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s March 2-year-olds in training sale. Artistry has a yearling filly by Menifee and aborted a Rossini foal earlier this year.
King Cugat is the sire of three stakes winners, including 2006 added money winner Seaside Retreat, who won the June 25 Charlie Barley Stakes in Canada. The 9-year-old son of Kingmambo stands for a fee of $5,000 at William Farish's Lane's End Farm near Versailles, Ky.—A.H.D.


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Zachary was playing basketball with his friends on Sunday, August 25,2013. After playing ball, Zachary dropped off one of his friends at a residence (Murray Johnson Rd, Conway, SC) and the other friend states that he and Zachary then went to a lady's residence – 7th Avenue, in Aynor,SC. They both stayed at that residence until approximately 11:30pm. The friend states that Zachary left in Zachary's vehicle (1996 dark purple/burgundy Chevy Beretta) to get something to eat. He hasn't been seen since.
Horry County police say they have found the car of missing 19-year-old Zachary Matthew Malinowski and that is was burned. His car was found in the woods off of Valley Forge Road near Aynor. Police say the car was "completely burned."
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Microsoft Office Accounting Professional is a brilliant solution to all those accounting needs that small businesses are buried under day after day. This software is designed to get you organized, thus saving time and therefore money. To tell you the truth I was slightly hesitant to use this software, simply because I used Microsoft Works in the past and had nothing but problems with it from the onset, thankfully however my fears were unfounded as this is a million times better and of far more use.
The software was really easy to install and surprising fast, so much so that when it was finished I was left sitting thinking "Did I do it right?" but I had. It is extremely easy to use and is similar to the Microsoft Office interface, so previous user of Office require very little time to adjust and learn the new software. It is simple to produce databases, quotations, invoices, payroll, cash flow, VAT, PDF's and has the ability to produce some very impressive graphs, so most likely everything you could ever possibly want. I especially liked the fact it gives you the option to link to PayPal which seems to be one of the most popular ways to pay for goods.
Overall this really is a fantastic package, ideal for the small business.
(I'm a reviewer on Amazon, and some my 'better' reviews are copied from there to dooyoo. Please feel free to check out my Amazon profile under my real name of Mr Andrew M Kerr.)