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Exodus from Wicklow continues
ARKLOW GIRLS Karen and Rachel Dowling will be two more Irish citizens added to the whopping 87,100 who emigrated in the last year when they depart for Australia later this month.
The sisters who live in Lamberton Heights will join their older sister Donna (25) who along with her boyfriend Peter already started a new life Down Under last May.
Karen's boyfriend Matthew Kavanagh, from Aughrim, is setting off as well, and will be the third sibling in his family to leave these shores in search of work, better prospects and a life that Ireland simply can no longer provide.
'I am hoping to get work in nursing. I just got my degree in Intellectual Disability Nursing and my graduation will be the last family occasion before we head off. There are brilliant prospects in Australia and people climb the ladder really quickly. Also there is much more training available while you work,' explains Karen (23).
Younger sister Rachel (22) is also qualified in Social Studies but the recession has resulted in the severe lack of job opportunities.
'I am working at the moment to save up for the trip but I have applied for jobs in the area I'm qualified in but didn't even get a reply back from them. Working for peanuts with no chance of promotion is not something I want to continue,' explains Rachel.
'I always wanted to be an air hostess so I would love to do a course in Australia. I'm going to look into it when I get there.'
While packing up and moving is certainly a big step for the Dowling girls, the presence of their older sister Donna is most certainly a comfort to them and will make the transition easier.
'We are nervous but so excited. It has been in the distance for so long and now it's almost time to go. Donna has a hostel booked for us and she had already gone through all the paperwork before so we knew what we had to do. She will be able to help us setting
up bank accounts and getting mobile phones,' says Rachel.
For Karen, getting her degree and finishing her final year of college was the last hurdle to overcome before focusing on her trip.
'It's a completely different life over there but I have to go. I have been studying for five years and nothing has changed in the country. My boyfriend and I have no chance of buying or building a house the way things are at the moment. There is nothing here for young people and while it will be really sad to leave our families it is the people that we will miss, not the lifestyle. In Australia people work so they have money to spend and there is a totally different lifestyle.'
As their departure date looms, Rachel and Karen are in the throes of final preparations and their while they will be away for Christmas they are looking forward to their adventure.
'We are going to be away for Christmas but hopefully it will also be so new to us that the excitement will help. We will be meeting up with our friends and family a few times before we leave,' said Karen.
For Rachel the packing has already started and it's full steam ahead for the big move.
'I have started packing but it's all over the place and thrown into the suitcase at the moment! I'll have to start sorting it out soon.'
Rachel and Karen are just two of the many Arklow young people who have decided to leave town and according to local Councillor Pat Fitzgerald there is no sign of a change in the situation.
'I am aware of many people who have left Ireland over the last few years. While some left of choice but the vast majority went to secure employment because of the lack of job prospects in our country and mainly due to the dearth of available positions in Wicklow.While it is difficult to capture the full extent of the emigration crisis there is no doubt we are seeing many well educated and highly skilled people leaving our shores to seek employment and I sincerely hope that we will many of them return in the years to come.'


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Cables say drug giant hired investigators to find evidence of corruption on Nigerian attorney general to persuade him to drop legal action
The world's biggest pharmaceutical company hired investigators to unearth evidence of corruption against the Nigerian attorney general in order to persuade him to drop legal action over a controversial drug trial involving children with meningitis, according to a leaked US embassy cable.
Studio executives have expressed disbelief over some of Netflix's Hollywood content coups, like its 2008 deal with Liberty Media Corp-owned Starz to offer films from Sony Corp and Walt Disney Co for $20 million to $30 million. That deal put Netflix's streaming service on the map for a fraction of what cable operators had paid Starz.
"The deal Starz did to give those movies away for $30 million obviously makes no sense. There's a day coming shortly when that deal expires. How do Starz and Netflix address the next deal?" News Corp Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey said this week at the Reuters Global Media Summit.
Studios are going to try to get a better license, fail, remove their videos from Netflix… and then try to start worse, higher-priced and splintered services which will inevitably fail. Then people will be back to downloading movies from torrents.
Surveillance policies now used by the FBI and other domestic intelligence agencies are "totally un-American and against the values Americans hold dear," Michael German, a former undercover agent, told a forum sponsored by the Cleveland Council on American Islamic Relations here Saturday.
Speaking to 150 at the Islamic Center of Cleveland, German said current guidelines allow federal agencies to spy, obtain private records and recruit informants against virtually all Americans even when "there is no factual basis to suspect they are engaged in illegal activity."
Both Facebook and Twitter — but particularly Twitter — have received praise in recent years as outlets for free speech. Governments trying to control the flow of information have found it difficult to block people from voicing their concerns or setting up meetings through the sites.
At the same time, both Facebook and Twitter have corporate aspirations that hinge on their ability to serve as ad platforms for other companies. This leaves them with tough public relations and business decisions around how they should handle situations as politically charged as the WikiLeaks developments.
Some internet experts say the situation highlights the complexities of free speech issues on the Internet, as grassroots Web companies evolve and take central control over what their users can make public. Clay Shirky, who studies the Internet and teaches at New York University, said that although the Web is the new public sphere, it is actually "a corporate sphere that tolerates public speech."
Marcia Hofmann, a lawyer at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said, "Any Internet user who cares about free speech or has a controversial or unpopular message should be concerned about the fact that intermediaries might not let them express it."
She added, "Your free speech rights are only as strong as the weakest intermediary."
BitTorrent is a great technology to share files both quickly and efficiently, but like all other P2P-technologies it has an Achilles' heel. The download process relies in part on central servers that can crash or go offline for a variety of reasons. To address this vulnerability the first truly decentralized BitTorrent/P2P client has been developed, meaning that no central trackers, or even BitTorrent search engines are required to download movies, software and music.
The Salvation Army says it refuses to distribute Harry Potter and Twilight toys collected for needy children because they're incompatible with the charity's Christian beliefs.
Plastic M16 rifles are still OK, of course.
There was a time when WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's voluntary surrender to the British authorities might have put an end to the crisis created by the Internet provocateur's dissemination of tens of thousands of state secrets. But in the upside-down world of transnational crowdsourcing unleashed by WikiLeaks, in which thousands of activists around the globe can be rallied to defend and extend its work, Assange's arrest is a win, not a loss, for his organization.
Stricken Allied Irish Banks is preparing to hand out €40m (£34m) of bonuses next week – despite being on the brink of receiving another emergency bailout from the Irish government.
As many as 2,400 bankers in its Dublin capital markets division are to receive the payments on 17 December under agreements struck with the bank in 2008.
The bank, 19% owned by Ireland's taxpayers but expected to reach 95% state-ownership, had originally been blocked from making the payments under one of the government's bailout programmes.
But legal action by a trader, John Foy, over a deferred €161,000 bonus awarded in 2008 has led the bank to conclude it will need to pay bonuses to many of the staff to whom they were awarded for that year. The bonuses are being handed out at a time when the government is instigating four years of tax rises and brutal cuts to benefits.
Let the bank fail, and let them try to get their bonus money from the bankruptcy proceedings.
While the account will remain restricted, PayPal will release all remaining funds in the account to the foundation that was raising funds for WikiLeaks.
Why? Because they were being sued about it, and they know they haven't a leg to stand on.
Among the biggest Wikileaks embarrassments for the UK came out last night, while Julian Assange waits in police custody.
Britain's sudden release of the Lockerbie Bomber, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, in August 2009, which everyone assumed was motivated by oil, really was all about oil, reported the Daily Mail.
Speaking on the Fox Business show "Follow The Money" on Monday, Bob Beckel excoriated Assange for leaking the State Department cables that have roiled the world in the past week, and said that American special forces should kill him.
"A dead man can't leak stuff," Beckel said. "This guy's a traitor, he's treasonous, and he has broken every law of the United States. And I'm not for the death penalty, so…there's only one way to do it: illegally shoot the son of a bitch."
So, Assange has been littering, jaywalking, he participated in a bear-wrestling match, performed sodomy in a southern state, he drives motor vehicles whilst not wearing shoes.
Every. Single. Law. He's been very busy.
I'm sure that Fox "analyst" has broke Sharia law in some country somewhere. He should therefore be stoned to death.
The words of one pirate from that lost age, a young British man called William Scott, should echo into this new age of piracy. Just before he was hanged in Charleston, South Carolina, he said: "What I did was to keep me from perishing. I was forced to go a-pirateing to live." In 1991, the government of Somalia collapsed. Its nine million people have been teetering on starvation ever since – and the ugliest forces in the Western world have seen this as a great opportunity to steal the country's food supply and dump our nuclear waste in their seas.
Yes: nuclear waste. As soon as the government was gone, mysterious European ships started appearing off the coast of Somalia, dumping vast barrels into the ocean. The coastal population began to sicken. At first they suffered strange rashes, nausea and malformed babies. Then, after the 2005 tsunami, hundreds of the dumped and leaking barrels washed up on shore. People began to suffer from radiation sickness, and more than 300 died.
Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the UN envoy to Somalia, tells me: "Somebody is dumping nuclear material here. There is also lead, and heavy metals such as cadmium and mercury – you name it." Much of it can be traced back to European hospitals and factories, who seem to be passing it on to the Italian mafia to "dispose" of cheaply. When I asked Mr Ould-Abdallah what European governments were doing about it, he said with a sigh: "Nothing. There has been no clean-up, no compensation, and no prevention."
The oil giant Shell claimed it had inserted staff into all the main ministries of the Nigerian government, giving it access to politicians' every move in the oil-rich Niger Delta, according to a leaked US diplomatic cable.
The company's top executive in Nigeria told US diplomats that Shell had seconded employees to every relevant department and so knew "everything that was being done in those ministries". She boasted that the Nigerian government had "forgotten" about the extent of Shell's infiltration and was unaware of how much the company knew about its deliberations.

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Consumers' food choice and quality perception
There is a long tradition of research into consumers' food choice and quality perception. In the last few years, however, these topics have received even more attention due to the intense debate about such issues as ethical considerations in relation to food production and quality, food scandals and the resulting food scares among consumers, genetic modification of foods, and animal welfare (or, rather, non-welfare), which has made questions regarding food quality and consumers' supposedly rational or irrational food choices even more urgent. In-creased interest in health and quality stands in stark contrast to a perceived unwillingness to pay the higher prices this implies, and scepticism about industrial food production stands in contrast to busy lifestyles and a resulting demand for convenience. However, while the topics of food quality perception and choice have certainly become more complex, research has also provided new insights into them. The aim of this paper is to give an overview of research carried out on consumers' food quality perception and choice at the MAPP Centre during the last 10 years, and is part of a major research project at Fødevareøkonomisk Institut (FØI). In this project, the paper will serve as input on quality per-cep-tion from a consumer point of view. The results presented in the paper will give insights into how consumers perceive food quality and why they choose the food products they do, and may thus help in understanding the complicated concept of food quality. Although the starting point of the paper is in research carried out at the MAPP Centre, it will also include results from other sources where needed for a more thorough discussion of a specific topic. The criteria for including additional material are relevance to the topic in question and the extent to which the topic has been researched at MAPP. As a general framework for ana-lysing consumer quality perception and choice of food products, MAPP has developed the Total Food Quality Model, which will be used to structure this overview. We start by presenting the Total Food Quality Model and an overview of the research methods involved. We then describe the various elements of the model in more detail, based on four major quality dimensions – health, taste, process characteristics, convenience.
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You think your family is hard to live
with? Just spend a couple of hours with Gilbert Grape's kinfolk.
Actually, the Grape family isn't strictly
dysfunctional. Sure, they have a lot of problems, but what
family doesn't? But they've managed to develop a workable
routine to care for their obese and reclusive mom and special needs
Johnny Depp, a three-time best actor nominee
(as Sweeney Todd in "Sweeney Todd" in 2007; J.M. Barrie in "Finding Neverland" in 2005; and as Capt. Jack Sparrow in
"Pirates of the Caribbean" in 2004), is particularly
poignant as Gilbert. He struggles daily with the dead ends,
both financial and personal, of small-town life. Also eating
at Gilbert are his conflicting desires to escape Endora, Iowa,
or stay and continue to be big brother/surrogate dad to his
developmentally challenged brother Arnie, a role that earned
Leonardo DiCaprio a supporting actor nomination. (DiCaprio
picked up his first best-actor Oscar nod this year for his
portrayal of "The Aviator" Howard Hughes.)
Gilbert's caretaker
responsibility is further complicated by the dim financial
prospects at his grocery store job. A new supermarket is slowly
killing the small corner store. To top it off, Gilbert discovers
that the aging family house
is literally falling down around him and his siblings.
Throughout it all, the Grapes manage to
cope with an amazing amount of good humor in the face of their
challenges. But because the family is endearingly offbeat,
you want more for them. Watching "What's Eating Gilbert
Grape?," you wish you could make its characters see the film's
money message: Set your family down,
discuss your financial needs and develop a plan to meet them
before they reach the crisis stage.
A little fiscal forethought, especially
when it came to Arnie's special
needs, certainly could have made life a lot easier for
the whole bunch of Grapes.
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A well done and amusing video, with serious overtones, of a history of car crashes at Grant Circle that have knocked over trees, Metro equipment, hydrants, etc. via Petworth News. Grant circle on a map.
This may mean congratulations. Smash.
Pregnancy by the numbers in DC schools: Out of my 60 9th graders, seven are pregnant or have a child. Seven. I'm no mathematician (wait, yes I am) but that's like 12% of my 14 year-olds. Yikes, right? Harry Potter and the Urban School Nightmare.
Beautiful urban artwork by hipchickindc via a post by Prince of Petworth
Should Metro Charge More? Unsuck DC Metro plugs in Metro's fares into an inflation calculator and discovers that in 2007 dollars, Metro, in some ways, is cheaper now than it was in the '80s.
Highlights, lowlights, and other Oscar observations by Footnotes. Others writing as well: Worst Oscars Ever? Cheat to Win.
Life in smaller spaces. A 450 sq. ft. apartment. discovering urbanism.
Interesting Business Week story: While New York Bleeds, Washington Thrives.


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2015 DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Report
This report summarizes comments from the Peer Review Panel at the 2015 DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program Annual Merit Review, held on June 8-12, 2015, in Arlington, Virginia. It covers the program areas of hydrogen production and delivery; hydrogen storage; fuel cells; manufacturing R&D; technology validation; safety, codes, and standards; market transformation; and systems analysis.
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Cameron: Bloody hell, Ozzy! Bex and Charlie have been charged with perverting the course of justice.
Osborne: Who are you talking about?
Cameron: You were brown-nosing that lot just as much as the rest of us. You're bound to have to fess up to Leveson sooner or later so just tell me what you talked about.
Osborne: I can't really remember.
Cameron: That's odd, neither can any of the Murdochs.
Osborne: It was probably just the usual small talk. Summer holidays, boarding schools, what's the best way of informally influencing government policy ...
Cameron: Nice. But did you talk about the BSkyB deal?
Osborne: Good God, no. I thought you were dealing with that ...
Cameron: Not me, Ozzy. I handed that can of worms over to Heremy.
Osborne: At least you'll have someone to sack when the shit hits the fan.
Junt: It feels like it already has.
Osborne: You ain't seen nothin' yet.
Cameron: Exactly. Now just bugger off, Heremy, and keep your distance. I've got more pressing things to deal with, like trying to explain why we didn't bother to get Coulson security vetted.
Osborne: How about saying Rupert told us he didn't need it?
Cameron: Somehow I don't think that's going to work ...
Osborne: Then what about we didn't think Coulson could read so there was no risk involved?
Cameron: You're a genius.
Hague: Great news, my liege! I have put the economy back on track by telling business leaders to stop moaning about how bloody difficult everything is, and get off their arses and find a job in Venezuela.
Lansley: And I too have news of the the first buds of spring growth, sir. The number of old people getting free care has fallen by 11% in the past two years. So that can only mean either we've lifted thousands of geriatrics out of poverty or starved them to death. Either way it's a result.
Cameron: With you at my side, I truly feel we're getting this country back on its feet. Now if you'll excuse me, I've just got a text to send. "V soz to hear u r in trubble wiv da feds, Bex. LOL".


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Three-star cornerback Chad Davis (Richmond, Texas/Bush) still holds a solo offer from Texas Tech, but he continues to intrigue more and more schools.
The 5-foot-10, 170-pound shutdown cornerback said he spoke with Florida and Baylor this past week, and both schools are showing high interest. He said he conversed with Florida tight ends coach Derek Lewis on Tuesday and Baylor defensive tackle coach Chris Achuff.
"They said they were just going to keep me posted and see me in spring football," Davis said. "They mentioned offering, but they wanted to see me go through drills, back-pedaling and stuff like that."
Davis, who has run the 40-yard dash in 4.43 seconds, has interest from Oklahoma State, West Virginia, Kansas State, Arizona State and a few other schools. He is considered the nation's 34th-best cornerback and is ranked No. 61 among players in Texas.


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The benefits of racking systems
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text: Wife and I are having a BBQ for some friends, too bad it's starting to rain a bit... not going to stop me from smoking up some ribs. I have 6 racks here I'm smoking today. I'll do the 3-2-1 method. First time smoking ribs as well btw. I do notice that a lot of you DO NOT foil your ribs? Maybe I should avoid that? I have a good amount of rub on there as you can see, I also put the rub on last night around 9pm (it's 1:30pm here now). So it got to marinade overnight... should I foil them? Be easier if I dd not have to. And if I can get them done quicker without foiling, even better... not sure what the real point in foiling is other then to make them a bit more firm from what I read? I can fit 6 total racks in my weber rib holders... I did cut one rack up at first, but realized I didn't need to. 3 on the top, 3 on the bottom.


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Obama stays on roll with sweep
Senator Barack Obama decisively swept the Democratic presidential primaries yesterday in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia to seize the momentum over Senator Hillary Clinton, who has lost eight straight primaries and caucuses since Super Tuesday. (By Michael Kranish and Sasha Issenberg, Boston Globe)
Pressure's on Mass. superdelegates
Raymond Jordan was a self-described Clinton man. He supported Bill Clinton for president in 1992 over Paul Tsongas, the former senator from Massachusetts, and worked in Clinton's administration in the 1990s. (By John C. Drake, Boston Globe)
Nonfamily humor, straight from home
Bo knows satire. Bo knows viral video. Bo knows his song lyrics won't fly in a family newspaper, but Bo doesn't take it personally. (By Joseph P. Kahn, Boston Globe)
Senate OK's immunity on wiretaps
The US Senate yesterday voted to shut down a series of high-profile lawsuits against telecommunications companies that facilitated President Bush's warrantless surveillance program, taking a major step toward closing the last forum in which critics have challenged the operation's legality. (By Charlie Savage, Boston Globe)
- Pressure's on Mass. superdelegates (By John C. Drake, Globe Staff)
- R.I. health plan stresses costs, universal coverage (By Alice Dembner, Globe Staff)
- MBTA tweaks train schedule to reflect reality (By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff)
- DiMasi offers olive branch on budget (By Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
- Police release new details, 911 call in Medfield killing (By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff)
- Postcard from 1929 turns up in Brighton mailbox (By Tania deLuzuriaga, Globe Staff)
- Ex-officer sentenced to prison in Boston police corruption case (By Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff)
- Teenager charged in fatal Dorchester shooting (By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff)
- Oxford man arrested in Florida after $1.3 million in stolen cash found, US says (By Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff)
- New England in brief Ex-official admits falsifying veteran status (Boston Globe)
- Harvard's arts and science faculty votes to post research online (By Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff)
- State orders Milton schools to pursue lesbian's claim of harassment (By Rich Fahey, Globe Correspondent)
- Tugs tend LNG tanker as repairs made off Cape Cod (By Peter J. Howe, Globe Staff)
- N.H. women pleads insanity in killing of two men (Boston Globe)
- Auburn dog wins Best in Group (By Jillian Jorgensen, Globe Correspondent)
- Natick schedules nonbinding vote on Redmen nickname (By Erica Noonan, Globe Staff)
- Ex-student testifies in Marshfield plot trial (By Emily Sweeney, Globe Staff)
- Newton association vows to carry on after assault (By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff)
- Judge denies early release for gunman in Smart case (By Kathy McCormack, Associated Press)
- Speed a factor in crash that killed 2 brothers (By Matt Collette, Globe Correspondent)
- Lynn Demarest; captured vivid moments from around world (By Emma Stickgold, Globe Correspondent)
- Frank Dixon; created way to trace cell reactions (By Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times)
- In brief (Boston Globe)
- Obama stays on roll with sweep (By Michael Kranish and Sasha Issenberg, Globe Staff)
- Senate OK's immunity on wiretaps (By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff)
- Little gained for billions spent on back pain (By Tara Parker-Pope, New York Times News Service)
- US seeks satellite access for security (By Eileen Sullivan, Associated Press)
- German astronaut ready for today's spacewalk (By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press)
- Daily Briefing Web predator bill passes in Senate (Boston Globe)
- Homeless veterans left in lurch by plans to raze shelter (By Steve Vogel, Washington Post)
- 'Watchful waiting' boosted as option for older prostate cancer patients (By Marilynn Marchione, Associated Press)
- US acts to avert defense tactic expected in Al Qaeda trial (By Scott Shane and David Johnston, New York Times News Service)
- Superdelegates pressed to choose (By Scott Helman and Brian C. Mooney, Globe Staff)
- News Analysis Race tests morale, traditional wisdom (By Peter S. Canellos, Globe Staff)
- Campaign Notebook Hispanic leaders wonder, with Clinton campaign manager out (Boston Globe)
- Iraq, China called perilous for the press (By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press)
- For the record (Boston Globe)
- Israel announces building plans for East Jerusalem (By Richard Boudreaux, Los Angeles Times)
- East Timor Army chief faults UN after attack on president (By Anthony Deutsch, Associated Press)
- Daily Briefing US asked to explain scholar's allegations (Boston Globe)
- Pakistani Army chief orders military out of government (By Salman Masood, New York Times News Service)
- 3 charged with plotting to kill Mohammed cartoonist (By Jan M. Olsen, Associated Press)
- Dispute could end legislature in Iraq (By Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters)
- Aborigines receive parliamentary apology (By Rohan Sullivan, Associated Press)
- Putin warns Ukraine he could counter any NATO missile role (By Peter Finn, Washington Post)
- Australia critical of NATO strategy (By Tim Johnston, International Herald Tribune)
Editorial and opinion
- Globe Editorial A 'together we can' moment
- Globe Editorial No turning back in Newton
- Globe Editorial The afterlife of Putinism
- Jeff Jacoby Through the military, a path to citizenship
- Elizabeth Dugan The driving dilemma
- Scot Lehigh Taking aim at MCAS
- Cathy Young Freedom and fear: a Russian paradox
- Yahoo acquires start-up Maven (By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)
- N.E. cities grapple with foreclosures' fallout (By Binyamin Appelbaum, Globe Staff)
- State backs medical-device center at UMass-Lowell (By Robert Gavin, Globe Staff)
- Downtown Teach the children (By Steve Bailey, Globe Columnist)
- GM loses a record $38.7b in '07 (Boston Globe)
- Boston Scientific told to pay $432m (Boston Globe)
- Fast-food value menus beefed up (Boston Globe)
- New plan offers struggling homeowners 30-day reprieve (Boston Globe)
- Business in brief Tufts-NEMC taps physician to head hospital's research (Boston Globe)
- Buffett's offer to bond insurers seen as too tough (By Vikas Bajaj, New York Times News Service)
- Times Co. nominates two to be directors (Boston Globe)
- Dunkin' expands 'all-day' offerings (Boston Globe)
- BlackBerry failure may hurt reputation (Boston Globe)
- J&J, Novartis painkiller patches recalled over leaks (Boston Globe)
- Facebook makes it easier to delete accounts (By Maria Aspan, New York Times News Service)
- Congress expands probe of drug study (Boston Globe)
- Ford infringed 4 piston patents, lawsuit alleges (Boston Globe)
- EILEEN AMBROSE Discussing money can help couples stay faithful, financially that is (By Eileen Ambrose, Boston Globe)
- Today is the moment of truth for Clemens and McNamee (By Bob Hohler, Globe Staff)
- Spring Training A sleeper in Sox' bullpen (By Gordon Edes, Globe Staff)
- Celtics 104, Pacers 97 Celtics outpace Indiana for 40th win (By Marc J. Spears, Globe Staff)
- Hurricanes 3, Bruins 2 Bruins can't get it started in loss to Hurricanes (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
- Red Sox notebook Twist regarding turn as Tavarez in Red Sox fifth starter mix (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
- Patriots notebook Specter and Goodell to meet today (By Christopher L. Gasper, Globe Staff)
- Sports Log Twins sign Hernandez to fill void (Boston Globe)
- NASCAR puts Stewart, Busch on 6-race probation (By Chris Jenkins, Associated Press)
- NHL roundup Lightning's Prospal tries to prove a point (Boston Globe)
- NBA roundup Billups, Pistons finish strong (Boston Globe)
- Bruins notebook Hurricanes and Senators make their move with trade (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
- Loss doubly disappointing for Bruins' Thornton (2 goals) (By Frank Dell'Apa, Globe Staff)
- Penguins thumbnails (Boston Globe)
- Celtics notebook Celtics' Allen guarded about All-Star chances (By Marc J. Spears, Globe Staff)
- Knicks thumbnails (Boston Globe)
- College basketball roundup Terriers' streak hits four (Boston Globe)
- Harvard 3, BU 1 Harvard rebuffs BU for women's Beanpot (By Barbara Matson, Globe Staff)
- Harvard Crimson are hardly red-faced about Beanpot loss to BC (By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff)
- City swimming championships Latin Academy wins city swim title (By Jack McCluskey, Globe Correspondent)
- School roundup New Bedford tops Brockton to win Big Three girls' hoop title (By Maggie Cassidy, Globe Correspondent)
- Nonfamily humor, straight from home (By Joseph P. Kahn, Globe Staff)
- What women want (By Don Aucoin, Globe Staff)
- ART, director shake up 'Julius Caesar' (By Megan Tench, Globe Staff)
- Majoring in poker at college (By Joseph P. Kahn, Globe Staff)
- Maureen Keiller unleashes her inner leading lady as star of 'Little Dog' (By Terry Byrne, Globe Staff)
- Book Review Revisiting a tumultous era in the film industry of 50 years ago (By Saul Austerlitz, Boston Globe)
- Names Kruger brothers score big victory (By Carol Beggy and Mark Shanahan, Globe Staff)
- More celebrity news Spielberg pulls out of Beijing Olympics (Boston Globe)
- Music Review Firebird puts new pieces -- and a fresh approach -- on the menu (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)
- NIGHTLIFE Brews for Jews (By Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- FILM There will be schmoozing (By Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- PARTY One is not the loneliest number (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- SHOPPING TIP OF THE DAY Paying it forward (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- FILM Animated women (By Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- OPERA Rapid romance (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- EVENT Come aboard (By Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Date night Go for broke on Valentine's Day (By Stephanie Schorow, Globe Correspondent)
- Campus calendar (By Catherine Elcik, Globe Correspondent)
- Critic's corner (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
- The Green Side Ice-be-gone (By Harriet Blake, Globe Correspondent)
- Preserving a tradition (By Jonathan Levitt, Globe Correspondent)
- German John's brings the taste of the homeland to N.H. (By Diana Burrell, Globe Correspondent)
- Seasons Stewed red cabbage with apples (Boston Globe)
- Short Orders The food of love (Boston Globe)
- Baklava is a sweet family secret (By Andrew Clark, Globe Correspondent)
- Gourmet-chocolate makers find home in Somerville (By Lis� Stern, Globe Correspondent)
- Dining Out I [heart] you, Ten Tables, please be mine (By Devra First, Globe Staff)
- Cheap Eats Ali Baba Tandoor offers many Afghan treasures (By Sheryl Julian, Globe Staff)
- Bites Recent Dining Out reviews (Boston Globe)
- Pickled daikon (Boston Globe)
- Pickled red onions (Boston Globe)
- Pate de campagne (Boston Globe)
- Making dessert history (By Lisa Zwirn, Globe Correspondent)
- Molasses brownies (Boston Globe)
- Cherry sauce (Boston Globe)
- Porter ice cream (Boston Globe)
- US tourists getting less bang for their bucks (By Michelle Higgins, New York Times News Service)
- CLOSE-UP ON jaffrey, n.h. Mountain magic (By Kathleen Burge, Globe Staff)


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Anthony Michael Hall stars as Johnny Smith, a young man who has psychic visions as the result of a horrible automobile accident. He was in a coma for six years, and when he woke up, he found his fiancé (Nicole deBoer) married to the town sheriff (Chris Bruno) and raising a son who doesn't even know that Johnny is his father.
Season One ended with a great cliffhanger, in which Johnny foresees the end of the world at the hands of a slimy politician (Sean Patrick Flanery) running for Congress – and Season Two picks right up where Season One left us.
Here's a summary of what you'll get to see in Season Two (Warning: Moderate Spoilers Ahead!):
"Valley Of The Shadow" - Johnny is busy trying to connect his apocalyptic visions with Greg Stillson (Flanery), but is sidetracked when a young boy is kidnapped by a serial killer who seems to think Johnny is a prophet sent from God.
"Descent" - In part one of a two-part story, Johnny and Walt (Bruno) head into a mine shaft to try and rescue some trapped teenagers. But Walt is critically injured in the rescue and winds up fighting for his life.
"Ascent" – In the conclusion, Johnny must use his psychic abilities to try and save Walt – who is deep in a coma. As a result, Johnny is able to find out more about the man who married his fiancé…and comes face to face with an entity that may be God himself.
"The Outsider" – Johnny has a vision that a pharmaceutical company is about to release a drug for women that will affect the birth of thousands…if not millions of babies.
"Scars" – Determined to stop Stillson from winning the election, Johnny uses his powers to team up with the opposition, Harrison Fisher (Gerald McRaney). But when Johnny finds out a dark secret about Fisher's past, will he be able to continue to support him?
"Misbegotten"– This is the weakest episode of the season, as Johnny is kidnapped by three women who hope he can use his abilities to solve a murder that happened in an abandoned house many years ago.
"Cabin Pressure" - Flying home a commercial airliner with Reverend Purdy (David Ogden Stiers), Johnny foresees the plane exploding. He must now convince the pilot and crew to listen to him or face disaster.
"The Man Who Never Was" – Robert Culp guest stars in this great episode that has him playing a man with a secret past.
"Dead Men Tell Tales" - Johnny saves the life of a mob boss when he warns him about an upcoming hit. But he soon finds out that he may have caused the wrong man to get killed.
"Zion" - Johnny's physical therapist, Bruce (John L. Adams), attends the funeral of his father (Louis Gossett, Jr.) and finds himself using Johnny's powers to go back and find out what his life may have been like if he had followed in his father's footsteps. Another powerful episode, with some great acting from Gossett and Adams.
Note: It was here that the 13-episode second season of The Dead Zone was supposed to end, but USA commissioned six more shows – intended to focus more on action and less on the ongoing storylines. These additional episodes became known as "The Summer Six" – which actually consisted of seven episodes, since one was included from the original thirteen that was delayed for political reasons (it is noted below).
"The Storm" - While Johnny's friends plan an "intervention" for him at one of Purdy's country retreats, Johnny sees the coming of a great storm – one whose powerful force may have something to do with his psychic abilities.
"Plague" – At the school science fair, Johnny foresees all the children of the town getting sick and dying. He must now convince a government investigator (Stephen Tobolowsky) that the plague is real – even though there is no apparent trace of it.
"Deja Voodoo" – After meeting an attractive young woman (Reiko Aylesworth) at a restaurant, Johnny must live the same moments over and over again – until he can prevent her death…and his own.
"The Hunt" – This is the episode that was originally made as part of Season Two's first thirteen shows, and had its airdate postponed. In it, the United States government hires Johnny to help track down a noted Arab terrorist…one who might be using a dialysis machine. The noted terrorist is never mentioned by name, but it's more than clear in the episode who they are referring to. The episode's airing was postponed due to the American invasion of Iraq near the time it was originally scheduled to air.
"The Mountain" – On a fishing trip with Walt, Sarah (deBoer) and his son, Johnny has a vision of a plane crash that happened a few years back. The four of them are led by a local ranger into the mountains to search for the downed plane…but the ranger has an agenda of his own that has to do with the cargo the plane was reportedly carrying.
"The Combination" – Johnny foresees the death of a fighter in a championship bout, but can't convince him that the fight will end in his demise.
Each episode is presented in widescreen anamorphic at the 1.78:1 ratio. There are four episodes per disc (except for Disc Five, which houses only the final three shows) and there is a slight bit of compression/pixilation noticeable in the background of a few scenes, although it's nothing distracting. Colors are properly balanced, and the shows (which is shot on 35mm film and transferred to the digital format for DVD) have a great look to them.
The audio is presented in 5.1 Dolby Digital sound, with the only noticeable problem being that the audio on the menus is much louder than the audio in the actually episodes (which also occurred on the Season One discs). Fortunately, there's no major swings in audio levels during the actual shows. Although not a highly aggressive track – it's a reasonably active one from time to time, and nicely done for these DVDs.
Other studios releasing TV shows could learn a lesson or two from these Dead Zone discs. The extras are simply wonderful, with Commentary Tracks for all nineteen episodes, and including commentaries from stars Anthony Michael Hall, John L. Adams and Chris Bruno. We even get commentaries from the guest stars of episodes, including Robert Culp, Louis Gossett, Jr., Frank Whaley, and Reiko Aylesworth. And of course, there's commentary from the crew, including co-creators Michael Piller and Sean Piller; and Executive Producer Lloyd Segan. I know of no other show on DVD where so many different people are involved in the commentary tracks – and I think it goes to show just how proud those involved are of the program…and deservingly so.
Many episodes also include a look at selected Storyboards, Deleted Scenes, and/or Interviews with one of the guest stars. Like many of the commentary tracks, the interviews here are a real gem – as we get to see the likes of Robert Culp, Louis Gossett, Jr., Ally Sheedy, Frank Whaley, Stephen Tobolowsky and Reiko Aylesworth talk about their experience on the show. Most impressive, perhaps, is the kind words almost all of these guests have to say about Anthony Michael Hall – especially from the likes of Culp and Gossett, Jr., who both go out of their way to note what a fine young actor they think he is.
Finally, spread out over the space of the five DVDs are featurettes (running about 5 to 10 minutes each) entitled Making Of An Episode, that take the viewer through each stage of how an episode goes from idea, to script, to screen, to your TV. These are broken down into the following segments: Script Writing; Casting; Costumes; Location Scouting; VFX Meeting; Production Meeting; Directing; Cinematography; Acting; Assistant Directing; Editing; VFX Materials; and Sound Mixing. Along the way, we get to meet many of those who are involved behind the scenes of each Dead Zone episode, and learn a little bit about what they do.
Top to bottom, this is a great boxed set. It's a great show, it's holds up to repeat viewings, and it has the kind of bonus material that every television show release should strive to match. Like the episodes themselves, The Dead Zone – The Complete Second Season set seems to be a work of love from those who make the show. It was the most fun I've had watching DVDs this year, and it deserves nothing less than a spot in the "DVD Talk Collector Series"!


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Violent crime rates in schools have a negative effect on test scores but not on grades, according to a study by Julia Burdick-Will, a postdoctoral research associate in the Population Studies and Training Center at Brown University. Published this month in Sociology of Education, the study analyzed police and school records in Chicago from 2002 to 2010.
"It seems obvious that having fights in schools is not a good thing for achievement, but it's a really difficult thing to show," said Burdick-Will, a post-doctoral research associate in the Population Studies and Training Center at Brown University, whose study is titled "School Violent Crime and Academic Achievement in Chicago."
Employing detailed crime data from the Chicago Police Department, administrative records from Chicago Public Schools, and school climate surveys conducted by the Consortium on Chicago School Research from 2002 to 2010, Burdick-Will compared fluctuations in year-to-year violent crime rates with changes in both student standardized test scores and annual grade point averages.
She found that violent crime in schools adversely affects reading and math scores on standardized tests, but has no influence on GPAs.
Read more of Courtney Coelho story about violent crime in school.


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Uh Oh…its another study….and it could reveal that this might be the new relationship trend in you are in a Long Term Relationship…
More and more couples who have been dating for five-plus years are choosing to live apart but be together (LATRelationship) despite the fact that they're not in a long distance relationship.
"It's a new and increasingly common partnership form," one of the lead researchers Laura Funk told The Province, a Canadian newspaper. "It's a societal change." Some people think that living apart, rather than moving in together, could work better for certain couples.
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Bell Pepper 'Flavorburst'
Capsicum annuum
|Solanaceae (so-lan-AY-see-ee) (Info)
|Capsicum (KAP-sih-kum) (Info)
|annuum (AN-yoo-um) (Info)
18-24 in. (45-60 cm)
24-36 in. (60-90 cm)
18-24 in. (45-60 cm)
Sun Exposure:
Full Sun
Heat (Pungency):
Sweet (0 Scoville Units)
Fruit Shape:
Fruit Size:
Medium (4" to 6" in length)
Fruit Color:
Green changing to gold
Disease Resistance:
Seed Type:
Fresh (salsa, salads)
Other details:
Soil pH requirements:
5.6 to 6.0 (acidic)
6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic)
6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
Propagation Methods:
From seed; sow indoors before last frost
Seed Collecting:
N/A: plant does not set seed, flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed
Days to Maturity:
Mid (69-80 days)
Foliage Color:
Bloom Characteristics:
Water Requirements:
Where to Grow:
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Mount Sterling, Kentucky
Bark River, Michigan
Beatrice, Nebraska
Logan, Utah
Vienna, Virginia
Gardeners' Notes:
On Oct 7, 2013, Nanny23 from Mount Sterling, KY (Zone 6b) wrote:
This pepper is still producing very nice peppers in October. They have good flavor. Great golden color adds flare to any dish you care to put them in. I planted them late in the season and they started blooming right away and have continued blooming as of this post. I will definitely plant some of the seed that I have saved for next year! I even planted some in window boxes and they still did very well!
On Jan 19, 2013, lokidog from Logan, UT wrote:
If anything this plant is misnamed. It had nearly no flavor compared to all other peppers I grew. It was also not productive, the peppers were thin-walled, and they sun-scalded terribly. Perhaps this is a pepper adapted to other regions. We have hot days, cool nights, and very low humidity. Nearly no rain, all substantial water is from irrigation.
On May 15, 2011, TheVirginian from Vienna, VA wrote:
We grew two of these plants in 2010 with a good deal of success. They set a large number of medium/large peppers throughout the summer, and the flavor is among the best I have ever tasted. Great for fajitas, sausage and pepper sandwiches, pizza toppings, and in tomato sauces. These became our favorite peppers and my wife loved them so much that she insisted that I grow these again in 2011!
On Mar 14, 2010, MaryNeedsSleep from Morgantown, WV wrote:
Last summer was cold and wet, a bad year for peppers, so I'll give these another chance, but I have to say I was unimpressed. Each plant produced maybe 3 peppers total, and the walls were very thin. The peppers were an unusual, attractive color -- chartreuse, turning slightly orange when overripe, but never really yellow. The taste was OK, but the walls were so thin that I didn't really know what to do with them. Perhaps they are just particularly sensitive to weather conditions -- I had reduced, but still decent, yields from my hot peppers last year, although the hot pepper quality was still good -- unlike these Flavorburst peppers.
On Aug 18, 2009, KSBaptisia from Beatrice, NE (Zone 5b) wrote:
Flavorburst is easily the best yellow bell pepper I have grown. It has shown good growth habits and produced an abundance of large, thick-walled peppers in my garden. The peppers color up early in the season and have some of the best flavor of any bell I have grown.
On Nov 21, 2007, Farmerdill from Augusta, GA (Zone 8a) wrote:
A blocky (4 x 4 inch) yellow hybrid bell.


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DANVILLE, Va., Dec. 25 (UPI) -- A Virginia science center said visitors can take in the splendor of a "natural Christmas tree" decorated with taxidermied animals.
Mack Williams, natural history educator at the Danville Science Center's Science Station, said he first decorated the tree four years ago and decided to leave it up year-round, the Danville (Va.) Register reported Wednesday.
"I was in the Christmas spirit and I was trying to figure out what to put on it," Williams said. "I call it a 'natural Christmas tree.'"
The taxidermied animals adorning the tree include a red-tailed hawk, a screech owl, an Eastern gray fox, a mockingbird and a Canadian goose. A mink is perched atop the tree to act as the star.
Williams said the animals, which are all from the surrounding area, had been in storage from 2005 until 2009.
Williams said visitors describe the tree as unique and say they've never seen one quite like it.


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However, be wary if she charges, in which case wearing plenty of rubber is suggested to match her beavertail. Doubling up would not be a bad thing if she mentions dead presidents although she will typically only do that if she's from Utah. She may want kneepads for extended times spent pronated on the deck.
If you're a real man, you can deal with any period that you encounter. It's fine for her to wear a leash but not you. This is one time that you want to remain in the impact zone. It's also an occasion where you welcome ankles and waist as much as you normally do chest and head.
Above all else, make sure your swell dosen't chub. It needs to crest firmly. Your pop-up must be prompt and powerful with good form or you may not get a ride at all. You'll like it if she's got a round tail a lot more than she'll fancy you having a soft top. Significant wave height is key in this instance.
The two of you shack together on and on. The object is to get your gun in that hollow tube as many times as you can. A mini-gun will really need to be pumped fast in the barrel to get a good ride as it's got some making up to do. If she's losing stability during the pumping while backdoor, it's acceptable for her to rail grab. If they spit from the lip that's fine, and the more swallow in that tail the better.
If she trims properly that is a plus. Same if she's goofy; humor makes for a fun sesh. If the water is polluted, you should use a nose guard when you duck dive and don't be surprised if you experience runoff. Realize that pulling out early and kicking out is fine as long as the best part of the ride is over. It's imperative to get to every section.
It's essential that you snap that face thoroughly. You repeat this throughout the whole sesh, giving plenty of attention to both the lip and mush. When things start to close out is when you really takeoff. Maybe even celebrate with a little reef or a few bowls afterwards. If things ever get choppy you can punt or go out back, though realize blown out conditions are a bonus even if it's rough. Lastly, if the sesh is an all-timer, you can continue it right into dawn patrol.
So to answer your question in short, yes, you definitely want her to get to the peak as much as possible. Realize she will consider a good sesh one where she gets thrashed and pounded and considers those good rides. The hottest ones are used to riding giants and have no problem stepping into liquid as long as it's thicker than water. Bottom line: give her a big Wednesday by busting down the door and she'll be chasing your mavericks for what will seem like an endless summer. Heck, if she feels like she's in God's hands, you may even score a few September sessions. Catch my drift?
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Epic post, Emass. Your contributions cannot be topped.
This picture reminds me of the many long days I spent on the bunny slopes teaching girlfriends how to ski. KS knows exactly what I'm talking about.
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Hall of Fame material EMass! HAHAHA! Just don't make the mistake I did. I was asked by a non-surfing friend's girlfriend to teach her to surf. I did, and she did, and he was not happy when she told him ( he was there but asleep at the time). They are no longer going out. Should I feel guilty? My buddy has no angst towards me though. But now that I think about it, he just invited me to his dojo last week. Ruh-roh!
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Should Madam Masque be the villain in a Black Widow movie?
Okay, this isn't exactly an Iron Man sequel per se, but in the likelihood that Black Widow gets her own spin off movie, does anybody else think Madam Masque would be the perfect villain for it?
You can mention her father trained her left her in charge of the Maggia a Mafia like organization with world wide pull, her gold mask can be explained as a gift from a lover of hers known only as Midas.
I'd have Natalia be sent on a mission by SHIELD to gather information on the Maggia and apprehend it's leader known to them only as Madam Masque. Along the way we'd learn of and see Masque's bio-duplicates and how paranoid Whitney Frost is. When Widow starts to get close to discovering the REAL Madam Masque, she'd be confronted by Masque's special enforcers, known as her Inner Guard. Eventually she'd find the real Madam Masque and and an epic smackdown would ensue with both weaponry and hand to hand combat. Widow winning, of course, but only by the skin of her teeth.
I haven't fully thought it all through yet, but wanted to get this out there.
Re: Should Madam Masque be the villain in a Black Widow movie?
As cool as the Black Widow was, I don't think she needs her own movie. Also, soap is pretty cool.
Re: Should Madam Masque be the villain in a Black Widow movie?
I don't think Madame Masque is right for Black Widow. First of all, she's Bethany Cabe's arch enemy. She's not tied to Black Widow in any way other than the Iron Man connection. I'm not even sure the two of them have ever met. If Black Widow needed an adversary, it could be Dark Star (another Russian female) whom she has actually encountered, or Yelena Belova Black Widow. Madame Masque would've been suitable for Iron Man 2 if Whiplash had been the Marc Scarlotti version who is also associated with the Maggia.
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Skip to comments.'Everyone in Utah is now unemployed': Why America's real jobless rate is close to 20%
Posted on 05/23/2011 2:08:32 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
The unemployment rate is officially at 9 percent.
In addition, a broad measure of unemployment including workers who want a job but have stopped looking and those working part time for economic reasons rose to 19.3 percent.
This is very grim. Let's put this into its proper perspective because a 9 percent unemployment rate doesn't really sink in.
What if there were a breaking newsflash on TV while you were watching "American Idol," and the headline was "Everyone in Utah is now unemployed!"
You would look at your spouse and say, "Oh wow! This is bad. Those poor people in Utah. I had no idea the unemployment situation was this awful! I thought we were in a recovery!"
Sadly, that would be horrible, but the reality is much more grim than that. The true unemployment picture is absolutely abysmal.
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Monday-morning MEGA PING!
No Worries they will just trot out QE#. But it will have to have a new name. Socialists never give up. The only solution to the problems caused by it?? More Socialism.
More scare mongering horse manure from a fringe website. Tons of jobs here in Central Ohio. I know people with 3 jobs. I got overtime the last 2 weeks because people keep quitting.
Peanut Gallery heard from.
People with three jobs? Thats good? The REAL jobs — the ones where you can live working ONE job are obviously GONE by your own admission. Very sad that people think its good to have to work THREE jobs to make ends meet. While you judge the rest of the country by central Ohio, I could judge the rest of the country by Washington DC where many drive luxury cars, eat out at expensive restaurants and are continuing to enjoy their expensive vacations.
The Unemployment Office does not report actual facts either. I know people who went to apply and were told that "they had met their quota for the month and they should come back next month."
i cannot find work here in l.a.
I want a job at the IMF and stay at $3000/nt motels.
Those only go to people willing to sell their souls.
Here in the WDC area people are spending like there is no tomorrow. Restaurants are filled each night and at noon. Housing prices actually went up over the past year. It is hard to get plane tickets at any of the 3 local airports (BWI, National & Dulles). The stores are filled with people buying things. New cars are everywhere...lots of Mercedes, BMWs and so forth. New government buildings (palaces?) are going up.
So, dear Citizens...
Shut up, get to work and pay your taxes. The Beast must be fed.
Thank you.
I forgot the /sarc tag. No, that's not for me. Better that I stay in poverty than lose my soul.
Is one of your jobs hiding your head in the sand?
Thanks for the ping!
"Only three jobs. You lazy lima bean!!" /Hey Mon
We're on the same page on this question.
The official unemployment rate is a lie... You have to look at the " labor force participation" rate to get the true number... And it's a lot higher than 20%.
All tribute flows to the new Rome.
BTW, a 1-ton pickup or large 4-door SUV is considered the equivalent of BMW in these parts, and does better in deep snow...
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Paul Collingwood celebrates after bowling Tim Bresnan for 12 (getty images)
STUMPS. Durham 237 (Stoneman 102) v Yorkshire 206 (Balance 61). Durham beat Yorkshire by 31 runs.
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Durham put in a superb display to beat Yorkshire and secure a place in the Royal London One-Day Cup semi-finals.
A resolute all-round performance from Paul Collingwood and a century from skipper Mark Stoneman were the outstanding features of the 31 run victory at Headingley.
The former England all-rounder was second top-scorer with 38 in Durham's 237 and he then weighed in with two for 29 off his ten overs as Yorkshire were bowled out for 206 with 11 balls remaining.
Yorkshire appeared well on course to reach their target after openers Adam Lyth and Alex Lees hit 58 off the first ten overs but John Hastings changed the picture with two wickets in two balls, Lyth edging a wild drive to Mustard and Kiwi Kane Williamson failing to remove his bat in time and giving another catch to the wicket-keeper.
Gary Ballance, released from the England squad for the match, survived a return catch to Hastings before he had scored - one of several chances to go begging - but he helped to repair some of the damage in a 75 stand with Lees which ended when Lees smacked Rushworth to Stoneman at cover.
Jonny Bairstow fell second ball, caught by Mustard standing up to the stumps, and although Ballance continued to hold firm no-one was able to stay with him for any length of time.
Ballance was eventually eighth out for 61 from 89 balls with three boundaries, caught by Paul Coughlin aiming a pull at Scott Borthwick, and although Richard Pyrah flung the bat for an unbeaten 29, Yorkshire never got really close to winning the game.
Put in to bat, Durham made excellent progress at the start and Stoneman went on to stroke a chanceless 102 off 120 balls with ten fours and a six.
But the captain's departure in the 40th over sparked a collapse which saw the last seven wickets topple in nine overs for the addition of 59 runs.
Yorkshire had to rely heavily on their back-up bowlers, the new-ball pairing of Tim Bresnan and Jack Brooks conceding 97 runs between them off 18 overs while picking up one wicket.
Pyrah finished with four for 51 and Steven Patterson three for 39 but the most economical was leg-spinner, Adil Rashid, who gave away only 37 runs from his ten overs and picked up two of the first three wickets to fall.
The innings was only three overs old when umpires Nigel Cowley and Martin Bodenham led the players off the field for half-an-hour in order to allow paramedics to screen off and attend to a male spectator who had collapsed in the Trueman enclosure at the pavilion end.
Upon the resumption, Stoneman and Mustard got Durham moving with a spate of boundaries with both Bresnan and Brooks suffering and when Pyrah took over from Bresnan his third ball was pulled over mid-wicket for six by Stoneman.
The scoring was slowed down by Rashid and Patterson and the breakthrough came at 57 in the 15th over, Mustard bobbing up a catch to wicketkeeper, Bairstow, as he attempted a reverse sweep, the batsman having made 23 from 37 balls with four boundaries.
Calum MacLeod was bowled driving at Patterson and Borthwick was caught by Bresnan at mid-on coming down the pitch to Rashid to leave Durham on 98 for three at the half-way stage of their innings.
They were revived by a stand of 80 in 15 overs between Stoneman and Collingwood, the opener punishing Brooks with three boundaries off four balls and Collingwood driving Pyrah high over the rope at long-on.
Collingwood cheekily reverse glanced consecutive balls from Patterson for fours before Stoneman pinched a single against Rashid to complete his century off 117 balls with ten fours and a six.
Then Stoneman pulled Pyrah to Ballance running in from the square leg boundary and in the next over from Brooks the England man took a similar catch to get rid of Collingwood for 38 off 44 balls with five fours and a six.
It became three wickets for six runs off 13 deliveries as Keaton Jennings patted back a simple catch to Pyrah and with their tails up Yorkshire's attack stayed very much in charge.
Breese skied Patterson to Bresnan at mid-on, Gordon Muchall holed out to Williamson at long-on off against Pyrah and Patterson bowled Hastings with a low full toss, leaving Pyrah to round things off by skittling Rushworth.
Stoneman said of Durham's win: "This was my first century as captain in English one-day cricket and it was very pleasing although I was disappointed still not to be there at the end of the innings. If I had been we could have been looking at 265-270 but we knew that if we were able to apply pressure and take wickets we could defend 237.
"From a personal point of view it was nice to score runs when it matters and the lads have stepped up every time in the competition."


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What is the Floor Matt Story?
What is the Floor Matt Story?
I never had any mat in my car which was picked up at the factory in Oct, but a ouple of weeks ago I went in MP service for tire rotation and they installed new mats front and back. They look fine, so maybe these are upgraded mats.
It is my understanding that as cars come in for service and checks that newer improved mats and rear mats will be installed. I hear that a few other improvements will be made on earlier vehicles. I understand that there are more rigid footwell covers for the earler cars and potentially other odds and ends.
More of the continuous improvement process as they nail down suppliers.
I got the new mats. I think they're worse than the old mats. The first passenger side mat would always flop over. There was no way to keep it up without resorting to tape.
Tesla replaced my floor mats during a visit to the SC for a minor item. No flipping now.
Got my car last Friday and my passenger mat is constantly flipping down. Of course, I've never had a car with this sort of acceleration before!
My MS was delivered on 7/22 with floor mats that are pretty good, so it would seem new cars are showing up with the new mats. The mats are pretty good quality, but wish they had the logo. Maybe Tesla will offer an upgrade through the store at some point.
@aaronw2 - I'm in the same situation. The "new" front mats seem worse than my old mats.
I had original (terrible) mats. Then I bought Lloyd Mats (very nice but expensive). Two weeks ago I was in for my 7500 mile service and they installed the new mats (stored the Lloyds in the trunk).
Bottom line: I think the new Tesla mats are quite nice and comparable with the Lloyds. Nice thing about the Tesla mats is they have velcro to attach to the carpet and the Lloyds require you to screw anchors into the carpet. I just could not bring myself to do that!
So I'm going to keep using the Tesla mats and store the Lloyds for future use if/when the Tesla ones start to wear out.
I am now on my third passenger side floor mat. I agree with others who say that the replacement mat is worse than the original mat. Last week I randomly stopped by the service center to complain about the mat and the service tech said they are still trying to produce a proper mat. He solved my problem by installing a new mat and tucking the top of the mat into a slit under the dashboard. This basically shortens the floor mat so that it doesn't meet the end of the footwell near the passenger seat but it has temporarily solved the problem until a proper mat is produced.
Can someone please describe the difference between the "old" mats and the "new" mats? I picked up my car last Tuesday, so I'd expect it to have the "new" mats, but the passenger side mat always flops over and the driver side mat slides around and bunches up by the pedals (unsafe...).
I'm on the waiting list for the all-weather interior mats, but I don't actually need them here in sunny SoCal. It seems like they (or Lloyd's) are the only good option right now.
My Lloyd mats stay put without using the screws to hold them in place. My Tesla mats are sitting on my pool table.
Buy the all weather mats. They fit great and are easy to remove and clean.
Even the upgraded mats are rather poor. The first mats were extremely bad. The replacement mats are a step up, but still substandard. I recommend getting aftermarket mats. The Tesla Store mats are great if you want all-weather mats (don't get the Lloyds all-weather IMO--they're good, but the branded ones are better), but Lloyd's carpet mats are awesome.
I put the original poo mats back in before taking the car to the service center :)
The only real difference I've noticed is the new mats have a stippled plastic bottom, whereas the old mats have a smooth bottom and a strip of velcro along the rear. The both seem to be a similar thickness/quality.
Anyone compared the "new" included carpet mats with the "premium" carpet mats that were available in Tesla store for a while?
I'm picking up my S85 tomorrow and I'm still confused about the mats. Should I be expecting the "old" or the "new"? How would I tell the difference?
My MS85 is 2weeks and 1800 miles old. Passenger mat folds over, drivers twists. Not a reflection of the quality expected. I have ranger service scheduled for next week and will add replacement mats to the small list of new car issues. I called AutoAnything and they are sending color samples of Lloyd mats, better for tan interior. The best mat wins. I plan to get Tesla (WeatherTech private label) trunk/frunk liners for easier cleaning.
Got delivery of S+ on July 29th - 2 days ago.
Not sure what mat I got but it folds over like a noodle on the front passenger side. Will discuss this with service center.
In the short term use some double sided carpet tape, it solves the problem easily.
Okay, my mats are the "new" mats. They have stippled bottoms. Thanks for the clarification. I'll update this thread if I hear anything about the availability of the Tesla all-weather interior set.
I didn't realize that the Tesla premium mats were no longer available in the store; an oversight? What happened? These are much better than the standard mats, on par with the Lloyds mats (I think), plus I like that they have the Tesla T logo. They did require you to punch a hole in the carpet for two screw-in anchors, on the driver's side.
Received Model S with no floor mats (Dec., 2012)
Received Free Model S "standard" floor mats by mail as "due bill" items (late Feb., 2013)
Ordered and received very nice Tesla Premium Mats, Interior Set, $250 plus FedEx shipping and CA tax, paid $345 total (Mar., 2013)
Received (unsolicited) another set of standard floor mats which seem to be heavier than the first set. This was during the 6 month tire rotation service (July, 2013). I really didn't need or want them. Asked instead for cargo/frunk mats but, "no substitutes."
Never noticed any folding on any mats, maybe I don't accelerate hard enough.
Hope that answers the OP's question. Not sure what to do with my two sets of unused standard mats. Maybe I'll use them for road trips to wet climates, leaving the premium mats at home.


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"We have to play kind of similar to the way we did against Salt Lake," midfielder Chris Birchall said after Thursday's training session at Crew Stadium, "We just need to get around them and not give them time on the ball. We need to be nasty and aggressive and win tackles, just try to get in the passing lanes and stop them from playing."
Columbus' focus will be on winning the battle in the midfield and cutting off the supply to SKC's three forward attack of Kei Kamara, Teal Bunbury, and C.J. Sapong.
"Their midfield, if they get ahold of the front three and get the ball to them, then they're going to cause us massive problems," Birchall explained. "They've got six really great players. If they're on their game, it's going to be tough. (SKC midfielder Graham) Zusi is a class player. Whoever is in midfield, whether it's me or somebody else, we've got to get around him and give them a nasty game."
"They play very well as a team," defender Josh Williams added. "They are a very aggressive team as far as tackling, and just getting in the way. Not only do they have a three-headed monster up top, but they have a three-headed monster in the midfield with (Paulo) Nagamura, (Roger) Espinoza, and (Graham) Zusi."
Coming off a 2-1 loss Sunday in Montreal in which the Crew only registered one shot on goal, the team will need to spark some creativity in the attack to break a Kansas City defense that has allowed just 17 goals in 18 matches this season. Perhaps a change in Columbus' lineup could help the aforementioned offensive woes.
"We've been going through different formations and different personnel on the team," Birchall elaborated. "I think the coaches will obviously pick what team they think is going to adapt to (SKC). I think we really need to win the midfield battle. In the past few weeks, we get to a certain point on the pitch where we just don't know what to do. We either go sideways or backwards or look for the killer ball and give the ball away, so options and goalscoring opportunities have been the things we've been lacking. "
"The coach is going to put a team out there that he thinks is going to give (SKC) a hard game and hopefully put some chances away," the midfielder continued. "We've been fairly good at home recently, so we've got to try to carry that on and make (Crew Stadium) a fortress."
The Crew's lone attempt on target and goal agaisnt the Impact last week came on a Milovan Mirosevic header from a Nemanja Vukovic corner. Set pieces could prove once again to be vital to the Black & Gold's success this week against Sporting.
"We have to make sure we improvise in front of the box and be good on set pieces," head coach Robert Warzycha said. "Then if you think about their back four and goalkeeper, it hasn't changed since probably the beginning of last year. They have good chemistry and understanding. That is why it is very difficult to play them"
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