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A Washington D.C., nonprofit directs musicians through the health-care system, note by note
Earlier this summer, the Burlington music community was rocked by news of life-threatening injuries to two of its favorite sons. In June, longtime Queen City stalwart Daryl Rabidoux was critically injured in a car accident in his adopted hometown of Providence, Rhode Island. Barely a month later, Burlington bouncer Mikey Van Gulden was struck by a taxicab while riding his bicycle home following a shift at Higher Ground.
After asking, "Oh, my God, is he OK?" most people's follow-up question about both victims was, "Did he have insurance?" And as is the case with a majority of musicians and artists nationwide, the sad answer is "no."
America's health-care system is in critical condition. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, 39 million Americans — 14 percent of the population — were uninsured. In 2005, the National Coalition on Health Care reported, that number jumped to 47 million (16 percent).
Who are these uninsured Americans? Conventional wisdom would suggest they're the unemployed, right? The dregs of — or drains on — society. You know, like rock musicians.
Not true, says the NCHC, which reports that eight out of 10 uninsured Americans come from working families. Forty percent of the working uninsured are in households with an annual income of $50,000 or more.
The country's least insured demographic is the 18-to-24-year-old set — 29.3 percent of them had no coverage in 2005. And guess which way that number is trending.
Many young Americans go without insurance because they are healthy and seemingly unlikely to get major illnesses. Still, the risks of not being insured can be significant. Just ask Van Gulden and Rabidoux.
But the true risk of going without insurance is subtler than headline-grabbing catastrophes might suggest, says Alex Maiolo, who created the Health Insurance Navigation Tool (HINT) with partner Chris Stephenson under the aegis of Future of Music Coalition, a nonprofit advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. HINT is a free service that helps musicians sort through the miasma of head-spinning health-care jargon and find sensible insurance solutions.
Maiolo, 39, knows what he's talking about. The Property and Casualties insurance agent by day is a member of Chapel Hill psych-pop outfit Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies by night. He points out that the cost of America's young uninsured manifests itself in dangerous ways. Rather than footing the bill for basic treatment such as physicals and preventative care, uninsured musicians —and young people in general — will often delay seeking medical attention until it is absolutely necessary, or an emergency. At that point care becomes much costlier and, in some cases, less effective. Lack of proper care early in life can also lead to the onset of preventable diseases later on, which further increases the burden on the system.
Future of Music Coalition launched HINT after its 2001 online survey of more than 2700 musicians found them likely to be un- or underinsured. It's important to note that the program does not sell health insurance, nor is it affiliated with companies that do. And Maiolo cautions that there are no magic tricks to make affordable coverage appear.
The options vary greatly depending on an individual's work status, income and state of residence. For some, the solution may be as simple as increasing hours at their jobs to qualify for employer-provided insurance. Others may need to purchase a policy out of pocket — though several states, including Vermont (via its Catamount plan), offer subsidies to defray some of the costs. Musicians who actually make a living performing can incorporate their band to take advantage of incentives reserved for the business sector.
Insurance systems and regulations differ by state. According to Maiolo, they generally fall into three categories.
In the first are states that allow insurance companies to do business as they see fit. In other words, insurers can refuse individuals coverage, or charge high-risk individuals more for their premiums.
The second category is more inclusive but penalizes those who "choose to be sick." That is, those whose lifestyle choices — such as cigarette smoking — make them more likely to require major health-care services.
The last category is referred to as "community rating." Rather than assessing risk on an individual basis, companies that offer insurance in "pure" community-rating states, such as Vermont, base their premiums on the risk factor of the population at large. In this case, all citizens are offered coverage at roughly the same rate.
This system works well for older people who are considered higher risk, as the costs of their coverage are offset by the relative good health of their younger neighbors. The latter group, however, pays comparatively higher premiums and typically uses the system less. Not an attractive deal.
Since its inception, HINT has helped hundreds of musicians sort out their health-care options. It also works with those who have coverage but can't make heads or tails out of their insurance plans. Not all policies are created equal, and simply being insured doesn't mean you're covered for everything.
"I think we all agree that the current system is not a good system," says Maiolo. "But it's what we've got. And while we can talk about what might be a better way, in the interim the short-term solution is to demystify how it works."
For more information on HINT, or to schedule an appointment, visit www.futureofmusic.org/hint.


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Some mornings I just don't want a bowl of cereal, but most mornings all I have time for is a bowl of cereal. Thanks to summer, morning time has become more dispensable, so the other day I decided to rest the cereal bowl and make an omelet.
I normally shy away from omelets, mostly because I am super intimidated by the whole flipping concept. This, however, was my most successful attempt yet, so I'm going to share with you how I did it. This is simple. Really.
Basic Omelet
3 eggs
~1/2 tablespoon cream
salt & pepper
- Take a 10" cast iron skillet and heat it over medium/medium high heat (I was closer to medium as I have a gas stovetop).
- While it's heating, beat three eggs together with a splash of cream (I used half & half) and season with salt and pepper.
- Melt ~1 tablespoon of butter in the pan.
- Pour in egg mixture and let it sit. This is the key. You must let the eggs sit and therefore set. The number of eggs to pan size is what makes this work. Once there is next to no liquid egg remaining, take a big spatula (or two) and flip the omelet. At this point, the other side of omelet will cook immediately, so you can actually remove the pan from the heat.
- Add whatever toppings you like, cheese, and flip one end over to make the classic omelet shape. After a minute or so the cheese will be all melty and delicious and you can dig in.
To boost the flavor of my avocado and cheese omelet even more, I topped it with some of P-Dub's restaurant style salsa. That stuff is amazing. Make it now, eat it with chips tonight and put it on your omelet tomorrow. Your tastebuds will thank you.
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1. Cumberland County schools are offering school-based mentor training today from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Mentors work with students once a week for 30 minutes for one school year. You must be at least 18 years old, pass a criminal background check, provide two references and complete the training to become a mentor. The training will be at the Educational Resource Center at 396 Elementary Drive. Call 678-2433 or go to stusrvcs.ccs.k12.nc.us/ school-based-mentor-program for more information.
2. The Autism Society of Cumberland County hosts an evening of bingo with Vera Bradley prizes tonight at St. Patrick Church on Village Drive. Doors open at 5, and the games will start at 6. Bingo packages will be offered for $20 and $25. There will be 20 regular games, one bonus game and 20 door prizes. Concessions will be available. Children are welcome, but they must be paid participants. Proceeds benefit the Autism Society of Cumberland County and its programs. Call 826-3004 or 826-3005 or go to autismcc.org for more information.
3. The Fayetteville VA Medical Center will host a Breast Cancer Walk at its walking trail today beginning at noon. Participants are invited to wear pink and attend the breast cancer survivor celebration after the walk, inside the medical center auditorium at 2300 Ramsey St. Attendees can register for mammograms, listen to jazz music by the Soul DeCree band and hear the keynote address by Elizabeth Goolsby, the medical center director. Call Robin DeMark at 488-2120, ext. 5991 for details.
4. Stedman Volunteer Fire Department is having its 40th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday at the station, 7595 Clinton Road. A ceremony kicks off the celebration at 11 a.m. with the presentation of colors by Boy Scout Troop No. 701 and Stedman Mayor Billy Horne as guest speaker. Other highlights include truck displays, the fire safety smoke house, K-9 demonstrations, water demonstrations, Smokey Bear, bounce houses, face painting and free food. The free event lasts until 3 p.m.
5. The American Heart Association's Heart Walk is Saturday at Festival Park downtown. The event is designed to promote physical activity and heart-healthy living in a fun family environment. The event opens at 9 a.m., with the walk ceremony at 9:30 a.m. and the walk starting at 10 a.m. Registration is free, and participants can sign up at sandhillsheartwalk.org. For more information, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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CVIAA (Clarence Valley Indigenous Art Award) 2013
The Clarence Valley Indigenous Art Award promotes contemporary Indigenous art of the North Coast of New South Wales.Exhibition 23 October - 8 December 2013
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2 November from 3pm Stuart Humphries will be presenting a floor talk on Museum EXPOSED! Photohgraphy at the Australian Musuem.
10.30am Wednesday 22 January 2014
Join sculptor Andrew Shillam to make critters from the sea
Cost $16.50
Bookings essential as places are limited
Opening 25 October 2013
The Award supports the development of the collection of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art held by the Grafton Regional Gallery.
The lectures will be held in the Studio Gallery at the Gallery on a Saturday afternoon. The perfect way to spend a Saturday afternoon at the gallery. All lectures are free after gallery entry by donation.
The search for identity.
The Lindt research project commenced in 2010. Nola Mackey, who is the Clarence Valley's best known historian and genealogist has been working with the Lindt Research Group searching for a direct link between the Aboriginal people in the photographs and people living today.


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The Forbidden Zone: A Nurse's Impressions of the First World War
By Mary Borden
Hesperus Press, 26 September 2008
Mary Borden worked as a nurse during World War One, being based in a hospital unit that tended mainly to French soldiers, her beloved poilus.
This book focuses on her experiences during that time but it is by no means a straightforward memoir. What we have instead is a series of sketches and fragments, prose pieces with a very definite subject in mind. Five of them are specifically called stories, and the author says of these that 'they recount true episodes that I cannot forget'. All except the stories were written contemporaneously, though the book was only published in 1929. There were apparently some poems in the original edition but they are absent here, which is a pity.
The first duty of an artist is to report and Borden does this in writing that is direct, clear-sighted and unsparing. In one sketch, she describes the bombardment of a small town: a new phenomenon. Other, larger towns and cities (Guernica, London, Dresden…) would meet a similar fate later. 'In the Operating Room' reads like a raw typescript, a fly on the wall documentary. It shows surgeons saving life, or failing to. That morphine was often used as a mercy drug, to ease these fallen courageous giants into death when their wounds were too severe to treat, is clear enough (see, for example, page 93).
Borden is, as noted above, unsparing and her questioning and even scolding extends to herself. What was it like to tend men on the brink of death? Here is an account, and a self-portrait, taken from the story 'Blind':
I think that woman, myself, must have been in a trance, or under some horrid spell. Her feet are lumps of fire, her face is clammy, her apron is splashed with blood; but she moves ceaselessly about with bright burning eyes and handles the dreadful wreckage of the men as if in a dream. She does not seem to notice the wounds or the blood. Her eyes seem to be watching something that comes and goes and darts in and out among the prone bodies. Her eyes and her hands and her ears are alert, intent on the unseen thing that scurries and hides and jumps out of the corner on to the face of a man when she's not looking. But quick, something makes her turn. Quick, she is over there, on her knees fighting the things off, driving it away, and now it's got another victim. It's like a dreadful game of hide and seek among the wounded. (pages 99-100)
It is impossible to deny the authenticity and the power of this document of the Great War. Amongst other works of the period, it has the most affinity with Cendrars' Lice and Manning's Her Privates We, while certain of Borden's stories remind one of Babel.
Yet the best story, 'Enfant de Malheur', seems curiously out of place. To my mind, it has a definite eroticism (even a homoeroticism). A priest attends a Catholic believer, a beautiful young man who we are to understand has done much evil. Before the young man dies (his wounds mean that his death is certain), a priest tries to save him through prayer. He sits by him night after night. Will the young man confess and be saved? Or will the priest be seduced? Both, it seems, are in torment. It is a strange story to find in this context, but a fine one nonetheless.


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Over the past decade, our commitment to covering the military has included more than a dozen trips to the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Our work has included several special sections based on coverage of Fort Bragg troops at war, and we're planning the next one for Veterans Day.
The section is scheduled to coincide with Heroes Homecoming II, a welcome-home celebration Friday through Sunday to honor the men and women who participated in the Iraq war.
A similar celebration was held last year to honor veterans of the Vietnam War.
Our special section will include work by military reporter Drew Brooks and staff photographer James Robinson, who spent most of November 2011 in Iraq watching Fort Bragg troops close out the U.S. occupation that started with the 2003 invasion.
It was recently announced that Brooks won the 2012 overseas coverage award issued by the Military Reporters and Editors Association for his work there.
The section also includes material from coverage by Brooks and Robinson in April and May when they were in Afghanistan with elements of the 82nd Airborne Division that participated in a troop surge to push back Taliban momentum.
We'll be using plenty of Robinson's pictures in the section, including many that have not been published.
Watch for it in the Observer on Nov. 11.
Last Sunday, I wrote about my exploration of the 1940 census, which was released earlier this year.
I mentioned that the government's website is not yet searchable by name.
I heard from several readers with information about sites that can search the census by name.
One is the Cumberland County Library, which has a subscription to ancestry.com. The site can be accessed for free at the library and its branches. Research librarians there can get you started.
Another is familysearch.org. That's the site operated by the Mormon church. It's also free.
Help with the site is available at the church's family history center at the Fayetteville Stake Center, 6420 Morganton Road.
Have fun.
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Greetings From the Land of the Make-Believe Species
Postcards provided proof of lake serpents, jackalopes and assorted curious monsters
- By Peter A. Smith
- Smithsonian.com, March 29, 2012
The postcard once provided a fast, reliable means of communication. The images on the cards carried strong implications of objectivity, underscored by concise captioning. Among these postcards emerges a unique flowering of the beastly taxonomic tree: dozens of distinctive, little-known species spotted by solitary farmers, hunters and fishermen, lurking all across the country, creatures that came alive through hyperbole, exaggeration and the perceived authenticity of postcards.
(Courtesy of Loren Coleman, International Cryptozoology Museum)
Under the surface of Silver Lake—"a beautiful sheet of water three miles long"—strange things swam. Native Americans long reported seeing unidentified animals, and one night in 1855, fishermen saw the "most horrid and repulsive-looking monster," according to the Wyoming Times, a New York newspaper. A subsequent search turned up nothing. Still, crowds flocked to the area to catch a glimpse of the 60-foot-long lake serpent. Two years later, when a fire tore through A. B. Walker's lakeside hotel in Perry, fireman reportedly found the charred remains of a fabrication of waterproof canvas and coiled wire. What had given wings and scales to the local legend? Probably, as folklorist Harry S. Douglass suggested in a 1956 paper in New York Folklore Quarterly, it was Walker's collusion with the local press.


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ZAMBOANGA CITY: A documentary video of the political dynasty of the Aquinos and Cojuangcos has surfaced in the popular video sharing website YouTube, telling stories of the reign of two of the Philippines' most wealthy and powerful clans.
The 15-minute documentary starts out with Antonio Luna, a general who fought in the Philippine-American war in 1899, and left a huge fortune believed to be the "wealth of the revolution" in Tarlac where he was assassinated by General Emilio Aguinaldo's men, but his cache of gold and silver coins were never recovered.By Laurel House
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Chinese New Year traditions vary from region to region in China, and within ethnic groups who migrated away from the mainland. While some traditions have fallen victim to modern times, many are still celebrated by even those who claim not to be superstitious.
First, read about Chinese New Year preparation so that you're ready in time, then learn about Chinese New Year celebrations across the world.
Don't just watch the fireworks and lion dances; you'll get more out of the celebration once you understand some of the Chinese New Year traditions!
The eve of Chinese New Year is typically celebrated with a family dinner of fish and dumplings -- which symbolize wealth because of their shape. Southern Chinese celebrate by preparing a special cake known as niangao, and by giving small pieces of it to friends and family.
After dinner, many groups go to temples to pray in the new year, although some families now stay at home and do an actual Western-style countdown.
Firecrackers and spectacular fireworks displays -- meant to scare away evil spirits -- can be seen in many cities on the eve of Chinese New Year.
Spread over 15 consecutive days, these Chinese New Year traditions have been observed for centuries.
By Rory Boland
Chinese New Year Animals – Just like western horoscopes, Chinese horoscopes are based on the movements of the stars and other celestial bodies and believed to be able to predict everything from what sort of love life you'll have to what color your lucky underpants should be. There are 12 animal zodiac signs in the Chinese New year zodiac with each year ruled by a single sign. To find out which Chinese zodiac sign you are, match your birth date the animal. We'll also tell you what the stars say about your personality; the good, the bad and the ugly
Birth Years for the Rat Zodiac Sign: 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996
Determined and ambitious, rats are hungry for success and relentless in achieving their goals. Their intelligence means they have the ability to go far but they can be hot headed in the face of difficulties and obstacles, leading to conflict. Their charm and confidence means they have few problems attracting the opposite sex, but longer term relationships can be more challenging because of their unwillingness to compromise. They do not like to share.
Birth Years for the Cow Zodiac Sign: 1913, 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997
Patient, reliable and loyal, cows are happiest when their life and relationships are stable. They tend to form strong and long lasting friendships and often have a small but solid circle of friends. While usually relaxed, cows can be apprehensive of change and this fear can make them sensitive to criticism and unwilling to accept other people's opinions.
Birth Years for the Tiger Zodiac Sign: 1914, 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998
Passionate about life, Tigers tend to act before they think and throw all their energies into every situation headlong. Supremely confident, they breed confidence in those around them and are natural born leaders and great orators. But their hot and cold emotions mean they are easily bored and change their mind and opinions frequently. They warm to people quickly and usually have a wide circle of friends, but can often be too easily influenced.
Chinese Zodiac for 2012 Year of the Dragon Predictions
2012 Chinese Horoscopes for 12 Chinese Zodiac Signs In the Year of Dragon
A dragon is a legendary creature. All legendary stories about Chinese dragons are from the heaven. The image of dragon is blurred, misty, mystic, noble and untouchable. It is the symbol of power. That's why Chinese emperors liked to wear imperial robes with dragon symbols.
In Chinese Five Element theory, Dragon is in the Earth group. But it also contains Wood and Water. When it meets Rabbit, Dragon brings up Wood's characteristic. When it meets Rat, then Dragon brings up Water's characteristic. When it meets Chicken, Dragon have the Metal's characteristic. Since Dragon might be treated as Earth, Water, Wood or Metal, Dragon is unpredictable and intangible. Year of Dragon usually has something unexpected happening. Year of 2012 is a Water Dragon year. Water should be the biggest factor to determine people's fortune in 2012. The Chinese Five Element astrology page is at 2012 Chinese Horoscope - The Year of Black Dragon. The following prediction for 2012 Dragon year is based on your birth year, the Chinese zodiac signs.
Chinese Zodiac uses 12 animal signs to predict people's fortune. The twelve animals are Rat, Cow, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Chicken, Dog and Pig. The 12 Chinese zodiac signs are determined by people's birth year. Most of Internet Chinese horoscope sites use Chinese New Year Day to determine the Chinese zodiac sign, which is wrong.
The first day of the Chinese astrological year is the first day of the Tiger Month (Start of Spring). The Tiger Month begins around February 4, each year. If you were born before February 4, then you should check Your Chinese Zodiac Sign first before reading your 2012 Chinese zodiac. The simplest way to prove Chinese zodiac signs not determined by Chinese New Year days is to see your Chinese Astrology Birth Chart using your birthday and birth time.
Besides using astrology animal signs and basic fighting and attraction relationships, Chinese zodiac also uses Chinese astrology constellations, which refers to the way ancient Chinese grouped the stars in the sky to predict the coming fortune. More than 100 stars are used in the Chinese zodiac. There are about 60 commonly used ones. Each star has a different characteristic. Basically, they can be divided into Lucky Stars and Unlucky Stars, which are the major factors to predict people good or bad luck in the coming year.
2012 Chinese Horoscope for people born in Rat years: 1900, 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008.
If your birthday is before February 4, then your astrological sign is Pig, not Rat. (Verify Your Sign) Rat people's fortune in 2012 Dragon year is fair. It shouldn't have a very exciting result or a very sad ending. Rat is in the Water group of Chinese Five Elements astrology. Dragon contains Earth, Water and Wood. In Chinese astrology, Dragon has a nickname, the Water Dam. When Rat Water enters the Dragon Water Dam, then the water will stop and stay inside. This implies Rat people won't see outstanding achievement in the Dragon year, but it doesn't mean that you have trouble in career, money or love. It only means you might get less return than you expected even if you put more effort in it. As long as you don't aim too high, you will be satisfied with what you will do in 2012. |
Rat Water is connected to wisdom. In the Dragon year, Rat people can spend more time learning, improving job skills, and placing emphasis physical exercise. This way, you will have knowledge and energy to participate more network activities and build more people relationships. The network of resources will help you bring more income later. This is good time to charge yourself.
Career: When Rat meets Dragon, Dragon will be a very good advisor and it will bring wisdom to Rat. 2012 is a good opportunity for Rat people to perform their job duty, simply because Rat can do diligent work. Rat people will earn appreciation from their boss. Since the people relationship is good, Rat can get support and help from people around. The career opportunity might arrive suddenly. You can receive the benefit from the team work. Since Rat Water will enter Dragon Water Dam, people cannot see Rat after all. So remember that you should share credit to your partners to develop a deeper social network. Do not argue with people, otherwise you might lose your support.
Money: Money luck is fair and steady. 2012 is Water Dragon year. Rat people will be busy enjoying their social life. Either Rat people spend money on their friends, or their friends will help Rat people bring more income. Usually, if your astrology birth chart is lacking in Water, then your friend will provide you with financial advice or tell you about investment opportunities. The money luck will come better than you expected. If your astrology birth chart already has too much money, then your friends might ask a financial aid from you. Rat is Water and Dragon is Earth. Water is afraid of Earth. If Rat wants to spend too much money, then Dragon will stop it. It's safe for Rat people to look for long-term investment. A short-term risk business won't give you a satisfied result.
Love: Rat can get along with Dragon well. The Rat people's emotional development in 2012 will go smoothly. It's a good time for unmarried Rat people to find the ideal partner. Married couples should have a sweet memory of love in the Dragon year. However, Dragon is a Spiritual and Intelligent Star to Rat. Sometimes, Dragon needs quiet time and doesn't focus on love. It's possible that the one you love cannot spend too much time with you because of job or career reason. Therefore, if something unexpected happens to the love relationship, Rat people need to have some patience for a better timing of a romantic moment.
Health: The health luck is fair. Rat people should not have any big trouble in the Dragon year. 2012 is Water Dragon year. Dragon also contains Water. Therefore Rat people just have to pay attention on their cardiovascular system or watch for any kidney disease. It's a good idea to emphasize on physical exercise to keep the body warm. Also, Rat people should stay away from alcohol and tobacco to make sure there is no minor disease to bother you in the year of Dragon.
2012 Chinese Horoscope for people born in Cow years: 1901, 1913, 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009.
If your birthday is before February 4, then your astrological sign is Rat, not Cow. (Verify Your Sign) Cow is an animal that lives on the ground. Dragon is a creature of the sky. Cow and Dragon don't know each other well. When they are together, they have minor conflict. That implies Cow people's social relationships have some problem in 2012. Therefore, Cow people's fortune in the Dragon year is just fine. You don't expect something great will happen to you in 2012. You might however encounter some trouble in career development or financial investment. Luckily, It's possible that an unexpected helper will appear to help you to remove the obstacle. But the best way to keep from trouble is to prevent yourself from stepping into the trouble corner. Cow people tend to work hard without complaints. If you keep this spirit and make sure there is no conflict or dispute with people, then you will walk through the year of Dragon smoothly. |
Career: Because Dragon and Cow have some degree of conflict, Dragon can disperse the friends of Cow. Therefore, Cow people will lose the support in career development. Even though your good friends who want to help you are there, they are not powerful enough to help you to win competition. That means you don't have to push yourself that hard when the job opportunity is there. Instead, you need to perform your current duty well and don't have any quarrel with others. Then you might have a second chance when competitors fail. If you ignore any upcoming opportunities, then your expectations might lead to nothing.
Money: There is an unlucky star appearing in the money area this year. Therefore, this is not good year for any risky financial investments. It would be best to budget for your current expenses and watch your spending. It's not a good idea to loan your money to friends or relatives. If you are too greedy for money, you might suffer money loss. If you receive money in an improper way, then you might face a lawsuit. Cow people's money luck in 2012 is below average, but you can have a stable income as long as you perform your work well.
Love: There is no romantic atmosphere between Dragon and Cow. There is a gap of love between these two animals. Therefore Cow people have to be patient to wait for love. People in love need to avoid unnecessary arguments and maintain a good relationship. Men have better luck for love in the Dragon year. So a man has chance to build better and deeper relationship with his lover. The luck for love is just fair for women. If a woman is in love, then she shouldn't push the relationship because her lover is not ready.
Health: Dragon and Cow together have little chance to hurt each other. Therefore, Cow people might have trouble with their feelings and emotions. Some minor disease related to liver, stomach or spleen could appear from bad moods, but they shouldn't become a serious problem. As long as Cow people can find time to do regular exercise and give themselves enough time to rest and relax, then they should have a healthy Dragon year.
2012Chinese Horoscope for people born in Tiger years: 1902, 1914, 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998.
If your birthday is before February 4, then your astrological sign is Cow, not Tiger. (Verify Your Sign) Tiger is a fierce animal on the ground. Dragon is a powerful creature from the sky. When they meet together. they will fight violently. In Chinese astrology, Tiger contains mainly Wood. Dragon contains mainly Earth. Wood and Earth are opposite elements; they have a fighting relationship. This implies Tiger people will have a busy, noisy and a challenging Dragon year. Tiger people need to control their temper and must avoid unnecessary dispute in 2012. The money luck is up and down; Tiger people should not try for a risky investment. For business, opportunities are out of town; traveling will increase during the Dragon year. However, Tiger people must not ignore their health and safety when they are away from home. |
Career: One Unlucky Star appears in the year of Dragon to Tiger people. This is a bad sign for the career luck. The obstacle and trouble in career will bother you often. You should cool down your temper, follow the statutory procedure to handle the issue and don't raise arguments. Otherwise, you will receive complaints from your boss, coworkers or clients. This will impact your business development and career performance. Tiger people need to stay alert and face the unexpected events in the year of Dragon. Otherwise, you will spend a lots of effort and gain nothing in 2012.
The one thing that Dragon and Tiger have in common is that they both contain Wood of the Five Element group. Therefore, Tiger people's careers in literature, culture, creativity, inspiration, writing or other activities related to the Wood area have a greater chance to show its talent. People pursuing careers in those areas will have a better job opportunity in 2012.
Money: There is no positive money luck for Tiger people in 2012. If you receive a monthly fixed income such as salary or wage, then your wealth probably won't increase too much. If you receive income from business, commission, trading or investment, then you have better chance to make yourself richer. However, the money luck is up and down. That means you still have the chance of money loss if your money is gambled in risky business or investments. Therefore, Tiger people should earn their money through a proper channel. Any business dispute might become a financial crisis to you in the Dragon year.
Love: There is no Romantic Star appearing to Tiger people in 2012. If you are looking for love, then it will be difficult for you to find a close friend. If you are in love, then you have to watch for your words and behavior to prevent any arguments to keep the relationship. There is a chance that a third party is involved your love relationship. Married people must avoid unnecessary quarrels. Otherwise, it will become long-term cold war and impact the quality of marriage life.
Health: Tiger people should have good energy in Dragon year. But there is a very Unlucky Star related to health appearing in 2012. Tiger people are not only watching for their own health, but also the members of their family, especially the elders. Tiger people should pay extra attention on the food they eat and the places they go. When they participate in dangerous sports, like mountain climbing, car racing, diving,Adult content and certain language are not permitted in premium blog posts.
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""Reviewed by a Hotels.com guest on Jan 17, 2013
excellent stay. in our top 3.
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It is a more than adequate motel
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Excellent hotel about 1hour north of SFO.. Great first night for vacationers driving north on Hwy 101.
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Close to Hwy101 but could not hear any noise in the room. A bit far from the wineries if you are on a wine tasting trip.
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Napa marks the southern gateway to this famous wine-growing valley. Napa's downtown sports an open-air shopping mall, a renovated opera house, upscale riverfront developments, and wine-tasting locales. The popular wine train chugs through vineyards and past the scenic town of Yountville to St. Helena.
see all hotels in Napa"Wonderful Hotel in Napa"
The BW Elm House perfectly combines the conveniences of a regular hotel with the charm of a bed-and-breakfast. Our room, separate from the main building, was large and very clean. Location is perfect to quickly drive to the local wineries or have dinner downtown.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Can't believe it's a Best Western"
Had a nice stay. Comforable bed, nice breakfast,and wonderful staff.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
We had a lovely time at this hotel. The staff were all friendly and very helpful. The baked goods for breakfast and the fresh cookies in the evening made this a great experience.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Comfortable, clean with a old inn feel"
The room and bed was comfortable. We had a gas fireplace in our room. The lounge was open concept with a nice fireplace in the middle and comfortable couches and chairs. The breakfast was healthy and satisfying. It was a small hotel with a inn like feel and coziness. Situated at the bottom of the Napa wine route and the town of Napa which is quickly […] accessible if you have a car. A couple of miles to downtown Napa. And the price was right. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
The staff was great and the garden area around the hottub was gorgeous.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Charming hotel"
Wonderful place. Napa style 100%! Staff is no 1. Breakfest and very good Near everything Walls are a little bit thin but haven't been disturb Would come back for sure!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great stay"
Great place to stay with internet and wonderful breakfast. Hotel staff was freindly, polite, and helpful.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Perfect stay for Napa visit at great price"
I would have rated this hotel a 5+ if that were an option. It was an extremely comfortable place to stay. Rooms very clean and spacious with table and chairs plus extra sink outside the bathroom. The hot tub was great each evening after a day of touring Napa. The staff was super friendly and the breakfast buffet was OUTSTANDING! We will stay here every […] time we return to Napa without a doubt as I don't think we could find a better value - particularly since breakfast was included. Its convenient to hwy 29 and only about a mile from downtown Napa - a nice walk if weather nice or quick cab ride. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Excellent Hotel in Napa City"
Extremely nice hotel and a tremendous value for money! Highly recommended. Big, quiet rooms, well furnished with all the amenities. Close to the main highway into Napa Valley, the Outlet Mall, downtown Napa and all its attractions. Lots of good eating places nearby. Nice breakfast in the morning, excellent service by staff on the premises.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Cannot find any fault. We loved it."
Loved Santa Barbara. The hotel was in a great position, near to port, beach and town. We had a King deluxe room which was spacious. It was very useful to have such a large kitchen. Wish we were able to stay longer.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great experience"
This Is not your usual Best Western - looks and feels more like a cottage, cosy and with character. And has the most amazing service: the owner behaves like a proud innkeeper, making sure you have everything you need and going the extra mile (without us asking, he packed breakfast for us when we were leaving, as we had been late for regular breakfast […] that morning). They also booked wine tours and restaurants for us. And a special mention to their homemade, freshly baked cookies that they serve every afternoon - unbelievably yummy. The hotel is not in the center of Napa, but 5 min away by car or a very pleasant 20 min walk. Highly recommended. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Best hotel"
I loved this hotel. The staff was very friendly. The breakfast was amazing. The rooms are comfortable and clean. This hotel offered wonderful special touches that bigger hotels don't. I only wish there was a place like this close to where I live. I will definitely stay here again.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great and affordable B&B"
Staff was warm, friendly and accomodating. We checked in and fresh baked cookies were waiting for us :) Traveling with friends and it was perfect place to hang out outside in court yard..jump in hot tub ...enjoy a yummy breakfast together. Will be back....Genuine Hotels.com guest review
Nice quiet place with not too many guests so never gets over crowded. Delicious home baked muffins in the morning and cookies in the evening. Would recommend to anyone visiting Napa for wine tasting, hot air ballooning etc. Very comfortable and cozy rooms and they surprised us by upgrading to a room with a fireplace for freeGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Elm House"
Tip top value in Napa and the Napa Valley. Professionally run.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Immaculate hotel, welcoming staff"
Its a shame we only had one night here as the hotel is delightful. All the staff were really friendly and the breakfast was delicious. They also gave us some great tips for visiting the valley - thank you.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Wonderful Experience"
Lovely hotel and very convenient to all vineyards. Staff was warm and welcoming and the breakfast every morning was a wonderful treat! It was great experience. I highly recommend it!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"One of our Top 5 Favs"
We stayed at the Elm House in the off-season, and expected a nice B&B from the online reviews, but still were completely surprised to have the wonderful experience that we did on a Monday and Tuesday night. We got into our room early, as my husband was not feeling 100%, and the staff was amazingly courteous and helpful to me when I needed to get him […] soup and sandwich-type lunch - they recommended the locally and family owned, fantastic Genova Italian deli about a mile away. The 6pm cookies were to DIE for, the spice loaves were stupendous, and the breakfasts were absolutely gorgeous. We've never had a better breakfast offering on any of our travels. The room was very comfortable, had a gas fireplace, refrigerator and a soft, yet firm bed. My only "complaint", as it were, is that the room we were in, #303, faced an empty, unkempt block of grass and probably one of the busiest and loudest intersections in the city. If we turned on the fan, it drowned out a lot of the traffic noise, but then we had to have that noise, as well. Despite that, we loved the Elm and will go back again, recommend it highly to friends and cross our fingers that we will be able to get a room on our next trip to Napa! Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
Great place to stay we will be back.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great price, great hotel"
Hotel was overall very nice. Rooms were clean, relatively quiet, and had all basic amenities. Great breakfast. Strongly recommend this place.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Dinning in Napa"
Nice Hotel, friendly people.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Very nice and convenient"
Service was great, good location, lovely Christmas decoration and excellent Breakfast, I would love to stay there again.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
Absolutely great! I will return.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Helpful and friendly staff!"
After we got settled, the gentleman at the front desk had fresh cookies baked just for us and then listed all of the great dinner options for us and told us how to get there. So friendly and hospitable; we enjoyed our stay and the great breakfast with homemade muffins too!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
This Best Western has the feel of a Bed and Breakfast. The staff was super friendly and the breakfast exceeded our expectations for an "included" breakfast. We considered it a great find!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great hotel"
The service was fabulous. Everyone was extremely helpful and friendly. We needed directions to all the locations for our event and they assisted immediately. The Hotel is very well maintained and very quaint. I would definitely go back when heading into Napa. The continental breakfast was very good as well.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"great value, great stay!"
the staff was very friendly, less like hotel staff and more like a B&B.The room was spacious for just a 1 bed room, clean and comfortable. This was the best price I could find in the area and was pleasantly surprised at how great a stay it was. We were a short walk from the Uptown Theatre where we were seeing a show so it was convenient also. The manager […] even set a place and made us homemade waffle well after the 10am close for breakfast service. was a really nice touch! Will stay here again :) Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Wonderful stay."
Do not hesitate to book this hotel - its is lovely & the hosts can not do enough for you.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
We enjoyed it very much.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Cute little place"
it was very pleasant. staff was wonderful. breakfast phenomenal. would have stayed closer to St.helena had we known but it was a great little place. loved it. close to downtown napa...walking distance.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"A B&B experience from a national chain"
Very pleasantly surprised. Staff was very helpful, location great and the breakfast was outstanding. The property itself oozes with charm but not overbearing. Highly recommended and very nice stay.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great Getaway"
We used the Elm House Inn as an overnight getaway to the Napa Valley from our home in San Jose. Our stay was marvelous. Our room (401) was spacious, immaculate and comfortable. Having a closet with an extra sink was a great convenience. Breakfast was exceptionally good: the selections, the ambiance and especially the staff were beyond our expectati […] ons. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Like a lovely B&B"
Spent two nights at this wonderful hotel after reading so many positive reviews on Trip Advisor. The innkeeper Tom upgraded our room for free after hearing it was my birthday. My wife and I were put in a very large room in the newer building. The room was like a suite with flat screen TV, sitting area, king bed that was soooo comfy and a sink in the […] walk in closet as well as a sink in the main bathroom. The hotel/inn location is a 5 minute drive right into downtown Napa which is being revitalized and has great shops and restaurants on the waterfront. Plus Napa itself is the start of wine country that you can choose to drive up the 29 or take the Silverado trail. Wineries everywhere on both roads! The 29 takes you through St Helena and all the other towns in the area and the Silverado trail is winding country road. In the morning the inn serves a yummy breakfast with homemade waffles, muffins, cereals etc.. so yummy! In the evening they put out fresh baked cookies at 6pm. You can eat breakfast in the lobby by the fireplace or take it to your room. The staff is very friendly and accommodating and recommended some local restaurants that included The Farm which was expensive but fantastic. I highly recommend this hotel! Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Nice room and breakfast"
The room was very comfortable. Even though it was on the main road, the traffic noise did die down and we did not hear it at night. The fireplace added a nice touch. Their breakfast and the staff are extra nice. The waffles are fabulous. Would definitely stay here again.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Wonderful stay here!"
I had read the other reviews of this hotel and was encouraged; thankfully they were ALL TRUE! Staff was amazing and their dinner recommendation was SPOT ON! Great location - easy to get to just about everywhere you want to go in Napa. We were upgraded to larger room - very nice! The breakfast was perfect - I read ALOT about the waffles and was NOT dissappointed […] - they were YUMMY! Would absolutely stay here again - it was very much like more of a B&B than a regular BW. Excellent value! Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"GREAT Accommodation in Napa"
We love the Elm House Inn. From the moment you check in the staff takes complete care of you. GREAT breakfast (we loved the pumpkin spice waffles) and delicious fresh baked cookies nightly. Each room has it's own style. We have stayed on the 1st and 3rd floors and love them both. The location is great for getting on to 29 quickly. It is about a 3/4 […] mile from town. We like to walk so no issue for us but some people do not like that. There is no view to speak of but the friendly service more than makes up for that. We will return. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Carpet Cleaning"
My room was fine. However, my friends' room had wet carpeting due to being shampooed that day, and not dried. This was a big annoyance for them, and they were told no other room was available. This room should not have been rented in that condition.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Best Western Plus Elm House Inn in Napa"
Excellent hotel. It only has 23 rooms and is well taken care of and loved. Excellent breakfast and the staff were superb. Definitely recommend this one.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Elm House Inn - Just like Newhart!"
Great value for money. Excellent service. Tom is a great innkeeper and very sincere and professional. Reminded me of Newhart in terms of the personal attentiveness - Tom also reminds me of him! Near the highway29 makes it real quick to get to the Napa vineyard. 2mins to downtown by driving...Genuine Hotels.com guest review
We thoroughly enjoyed this hotel and their staff. The front desk ladies were helpful and most pleasant. The lobby and breakfast service was delicious and most appreciated. The rooms were comfortable. I especially enjoyed the 3rd floor on the back facing the hot tub and not the street. Close to the highway and easy to get on and off. A must stay and […] reasonable. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"terrific B&B charm in napa..."
would highly recommend this place for a quiet stay close to everything in and around the town of napa, easy access to rest of napa valley. well maintained, great breakfast each morning and the most accomodating staff and management. this is like no other in the Best western chain...Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"European B&B in Napa"
Feels like you are in a European bed and breakfast. Quaint. Family run. Great service- friendly and courteous. Wonderful breakfast and 6pm cookies. (If asked they will save a cookie for you if you are out at 6.)Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Home away from home"
It was cute and comfortable just like we were at home. Everyone was very friendly and accommodating. The breakfast was far better than we expected. Good experience and we stay there again.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Best Western Elm Inn-close to all the Napa scenery"
This was a very charming hotel. It felt like a B&B, with spectacular service from the staff. Thought the rooms need alot of updating (new carpet, new beds/bedding, decor) . It smelled a bit funky. We were on the first floor, and I know there is a newer facility you can stay in, just out in the other building. The experience is what we paid for here. […] The grounds were kept maticulously..the staff was nicer than any we had met in Cali (on our several city tour). The breakfast was phenomenal (home-made waffles, oatmeal, parfaits, fruit, pastries, coffee). We were treated like family. There were cookies in the evening & games/books, etc...to just make your stay feel like you were at home. Thank you to Berta, Miriam & the other sweet staff for making us feel so welcome here! Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Best Western Elm House Inn"
A great little hotel. Had the feel of an Inn and the rooms felt very much that way. Friendly and accomodating staff and management and a great continental breakfast. Good value, good accommodation, good people. Can't lose.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Fabulous! Cozy, clean and quiet."
Stayed here 3 nights and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. It's not set amongst the rolling vineyards but it is in a quiet setting conveniently located within a block of the highways that take you to the Napa wineries. Downtown is 5 min away by car. The room was spacious, cheerfully decorated and very clean. Toiletries were provided as well as extra […] towels, robes, a bar fridge and free high speed internet. A complimentary breakfast is served and was fabulous -coffee, juice, fresh fruit, breads, waffles made to order, freshly baked mini banana loaves, yogurt... I could go on and on. Breakfast could be enjoyed in the lobby or on the adjoining patio. The fresh flowers on the tables were a nice touch. Later in the day around 6pm, fresh baked cookies and milk were offered... delicious! And I can't forget to mention the staff! All of them went out of their way to make us feel at home from personally greeting us at breakfast by name to answering our numerous questions about sights to see and places to eat. Should our travels bring us back to Napa we will certainly stay here again. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
The hotel doesn't communicate directly with hotels.com, so if you reserve a room, call to confirm whether you paid for only the first night. We thought we had paid for the whole reservation (didn't happen), but had to pay more when we arrived. Very clean with sunny lobby for nice, full breakfast. Hot tub and ice machine in back yard area (hotel guide […] said ice was available on the stairway landings, but it was only outside). Nice, clean rooms with working TV and internet connections. Strange colors in rooms (ours had several shades of pinks and reds), but comfortable bed and much-appreciated air-conditioning. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Napa weekend"
The operators of the hotel were extremely friendly and helpful. Lovely place to stay. Excellant value.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
Great location, not your typical best western. Nice B&B style hotel. Amazing breakfast and cookies that come out at 6:00pm. Room was large and very clean and kept. The entire hotel was very well kept and staff very helpful with suggestions on places to eat and touring in napa. We stayed for 2 nights and I stay in hundreds of hotel for work and this […] by far is one of the nicest places I have been in a very long time.. You won't be dissapointed!! Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
The Best Western Elm Inn was awesome! Every person we met there was super friendly. It was also very clean and close to everything in downtown Napa. I would definitely stay there again! The people there made it all worth the while!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
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Peart's injury woes as Crabb's men fall (From Bridport and Lyme Regis News)
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Peart's injury woes as Crabb's men fall
8:51am Wednesday 9th May 2012 in The Bees By Adam Summers
Portland UNITED 4 Bridport RESERVES 0
STEVE Crabb conceded that Portland United were "the better side" but was left to rue an early injury to Dan Peart.
The young star suffered a suspected broken ankle inside five minutes and with the Bridport man on the deck, the referee allowed play to continue with the home side rubbing further salt in the wound by opening the scoring through Carl Mutch.
Sam Pattison and Liam Currell put the high-flying Blues 3-0 up at half-time before Mutch bagged his second of the game early in the second period.
Although disappointed to fall to successive defeats in the Magna Dorset Premier League, Crabb was pleased with his side's second-half response.
The joint-manager said: "We started okay but then Dan was stretchered off with a suspected broken ankle.
"The ref had actually allowed play to go on and Portland went on and scored. The ref really should have blown up with Dan down injured.
"Their second goal came from a silly free-kick and then we gave away the third.
"But I was pleased with how we responded in the second half. We had enough possession but possession doesn't win you matches.
"We didn't expect to get anything from the game but to lose Dan early on and concede a goal at the same time didn't help. It's a hard place to come without having those setbacks.
"We could have let our heads drop and lost by eight or nine but we looked the more likely team to score in the second half.
"I was pleased with the fact that we kept going in the second half but Portland were the better side."
Counterpart Stuart Heath, who is leaving the islanders to become Phil Simkin's assistant at Dorchester Town, said: "It was a good way to finish.
"I was keen for the players to put in a good performance and end the season well.
"We got back to playing the sort of football we were playing before Christmas and it was good to see the players relax."
The Bees, who were due to host Swanage Town & Herston last night, end their campaign tomorrow night at home to title-chasing Westland Sports (7.30pm).
Blues: Carroll, Cranny, Reader, Whyton, Carter, Litherland, Halloran, Carmichael, Pattison, Currell, Mutch (Linaker 70).
Bees: Cleal, Peart (Gale 5), Day, A Clarke, Bulman, Condliffe, D Lock, Cummings, McAllister (Scovell 55), B Clarke, Evans. Sub not used: M Lock.
Attendance: 115
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For the time being, the only place to play Peggle 2 is Xbox One, and if you need a bit of a push or want to see what you're missing, this launch trailer has the meat.
Tue, Dec 10, 2013 | 17:27 GMT
Kojima confirms he will not make Metal Gear Solid games for eternity
Confirming long-held suspicions that Hideo Kojima will not live forever while continuing to make Metal Gear games in perpetuity until humankind becomes extinct, Kojima himself told Xbox Wire that at some point somebody else will be in charge of making new entries in the popular stealth franchise.
Tue, Dec 10, 2013 | 15:58 GMT
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes' box art is just Snake's ugly mug
We've gotten to stare at Old Solid Snake's face on the cover of MGS4 for more than five years now, but soon we'll also get a game box with regular-aged Naked Snake as well, as that's pretty much all the cover for Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes Knomani tweeted out is.
Tue, Dec 10, 2013 | 15:41 GMT
Xbox One hard drive filled up at 362 gb used — report
The Xbox One contains a 500gb hard drive, but of course that doesn't mean you have full run of the entire capacity. Though the console doesn't tell you how much space you're using at any given time or what its limit is, IGN has done the math and concluded that you have access to 362-365 gb of space.
Tue, Dec 10, 2013 | 15:01 GMT
Xbox Live hosts significant Ubisoft sale
This week on Xbox Live on 360 you can pick up some games from Ubisoft's back catalog on the cheap (for a console sale, relatively speaking), including Beyond Good and Evil and Call of Juarez: Gunslinger for 75 percent off. Full list inside.
Tue, Dec 10, 2013 | 14:13 GMT
Notch wanted to "create a Valve," not work for actual Valve
Years ago when Minecraft was still in beta — only on computers back then, but still very popular — Markus 'Notch' Persson was invited to visit Valve in Washington, and while there he received a job offer from the juggernaut publisher. He turned it down, and explained why in new book Minecraft: The Unlikely Tale of Markus 'Notch' Persson and the Game that Changed Everything.
Tue, Dec 10, 2013 | 12:19 GMT
Xbox One to get more demos as console rolls along, confirms Major Nelson
Xbox One hasn't killed off game demos, according to Microsoft's community chap Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb, there just don't happen to be any at the moment.
Tue, Dec 10, 2013 | 12:10 GMT
Titanfall beta "definitely" being thought about at Respawn
Titanfall got a paid of hard-hitting trailers during the VGX awards over the weekend, and Respawn co-founder Vince Zampella has said that the team is "definitely" thinking about a beta trial before the game drops on March 11.
Tue, Dec 10, 2013 | 11:37 GMT
Xbox One modders unlock PS4 pad, fight stick & mouse support – video
Xbox One modders have successfully fudged Microsoft's peripheral blockers using the Cronus Max converter. Effectively, Xbox One now supports PS4′s DualShock 4, Xbox 360 pads, fight sticks and even a mouse. They've whacked a video of their efforts online. Watch it here.
Tue, Dec 10, 2013 | 09:57 GMT
GTA Online content creator is same tool-suite used by devs, Rockstar offers more details
GTA Online's content creator beta will go live today, Rockstar has confirmed, and the studio has offered some further insight into the event types you can make, among other things.
Wed, Dec 11, 2013 | 08:10 GMT
Call of Duty: Ghosts DLC to add white wolf dog skin – report
Call of Duty: Ghosts looks like it's getting some white wolf micro-DLC that transforms your guard dog killstreak into a snarling mess of bloody teeth and snowdrop fur.
Tue, Dec 10, 2013 | 04:28 GMT
Earth Defense 2025 trailer introduces the Fencer
Earth Defense Force 2025′s Fencer is a heavily-armoured, dual-wielding soldier who can be relied on to do the kind of jobs you'd normally call in a tank for. See the big man in action through the break.
Tue, Dec 10, 2013 | 00:54 GMT
Fez sales reach 1 million across all platforms
Fez has passed the million sales milestone, triumphantly overcoming its scandal-ridden history.


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"With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion."
- Steven Weinberg
If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses.
- Lenny Bruce
I've been running the older one on my linux install (gentoo ps3) for quite a while. Works great. Very snappy and the zoom is killer
"With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion."
- Steven Weinberg
If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses.
- Lenny Bruce
I know Opera works with NIN for DS, and not sure, but perhaps Wii as well. Shouldn't be hard, for them to implement O into the XMB, just look at F@H.
Although, there is like 1% chance of this happening, as it would be mean Sony would think of that as losing control of their own browser.
Would be a great alternative, as I find the PS3 browser, as just a browser nothing more.
I just wonder why the PS3 browser isn't as good as it should/could be yet. The power is there, and if it runs out of memory there's still the HDD that could work as virtual RAM and whatnot. I read a while ago that it was based on Mozilla, although I don't know to what extent and whether that's a good thing or not.
If only I could use Firefox
PSN ID: VGAficionado
PS3 browser is based on NetFront by Access
You can find some more info about PS3 browser here (written 2006-12-05)
I think the "featureless" is rooted from the fact that NetFront is a mobile browser before everything. But I am sure that neither Sony nor Access will sit still for competition to take over. I think the Sony chose using NetFront because the costs of development, maintenance, support and license are shared between PSP, PS3, and Sony Ericsson.
Opera is good browser, but I doubt Sony nor the consumer would want to pay the extra.
Oh, I see. Thank you amuront
This must be why people believed it was based on Mozilla.Its user agent string is cloaked, falsely reporting as Mozilla/5.0 (PLAYSTATION 3; 1.00).
PSN ID: VGAficionado
What exactly is the advantage to using YDL anyways?
*is too lazy to find out himself*
Is there a thread in here somewhere that explains everything?
It's more of a geek thing I guess. I run Gentoo (another linux distro) on mine. Here's what I've got mine set up for:
+ Programming - I can play around with coding for the SPUs
+ Emulation - I've got a NES and SNES emulators on there... I need to put some more time in getting them set up correctly so I can use the pad.
+ Media Center - I mounted a share on my PC in the other room so I can stream videos off it onto my HDTV
+ Geek - You've got to admit, it's pretty fucking sweet to SSH into your PS3 at home from work
Linux isn't so user friendly (at least gentoo isn't...) but it's fun. I'm glad Sony let us do this out of the box. Now about that RSX access Sony...
I'm sure any will, it will probably just be a fair bit of work to set up.
I can deal with that.
If all else fails, I end up sending a plate of melons Garf's way
Yup Emulation is probably the biggest draw for it....I run Ubuntu on my Home desktop and really just wanted another media center with my PS3. But just tweaking the formats of videos a bit, I've been able to make my PS3 a media center by just using the XMB. And the firmware updates allows me to download vids online with PS3's browser. (which ain't too bad at all)
So yeah, if your gonna get some old classics on your Linux-go for it, but if not, you can pretty much do everything with the standard OS...
Had the religion of Christianity been preserved according to the ordinances of the Founder, the state and commonwealth of Christendom would have been far more united and happy than they are. Nor can there be a greater proof of its decadence than the fact that the nearer people are to the Church, the head of their religion, the less religious are they.
"By their Fruits, you will recognize them..."
Righty-ho, I think I'm gonna go and download YDL right now! Need something to fill my 60GB with, so I guess it'll be emus
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The best new dresses and skirts for fall 2012
We've rounded up the best new dresses and skirts for fall in every shape and style, at every price point.
Tue Sep 4 2012
Shop for new dresses and skirts in the season's top styles, including maxi dresses, long-sleeved frocks, micro minis and colorful printed options. There are affordable picks for less than $100, plus splurgeworthy buys from Tracy Reese, Nanette Lepore and Rebecca Taylor.
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Alice by Temperley
Harp Dress
Expect abstract prints, military-inspired silhouettes, texture, and a remix of the British magpie style as Alice by Temperley pays homage to the bold and bright eclectics of the group.
- Self: 67% viscose 28% polyamide 5% elastane
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- Fully lined
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- Styled with Tibi Barbara Heel in White.
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Consider the following numbers:
Group one: 6-5, 5.00.
Group two: 2-7, 5.40.
The first group of numbers is Ubaldo Jimenez's won-loss record and ERA for the Indians this year.
The second group is the combined won-loss record and ERA of Drew Pomeranz and Alex White for the Colorado Rockies.
So obviously the Indians took the Rockies to the cleaners on that baby, right? Fleeced 'em good. Picked their pocket.
Well, actually, no. It's too early to evaluate that trade. At the time it was made, Jimenez was an established major-league pitcher who was considered one of the top pitchers in the National League, and he had started an All-Star game.
White and Pomeranz were pups, the top two pitching prospects in the Indians' organization, but neither was anywhere close to being an established major-league pitcher. The Indians made the trade for the present. The Rockies made it for the future -- and that's how it must be judged.
The jury is out on Colorado's side of the deal. The jury is almost in on the Indians' side.
If the Indians make it to the playoffs this year, with Jimenez presumably being a significant contributor, then the trade was a good one for the Indians. For the Indians, that was the reason for making the trade: We're trying to get to the playoffs, here's a guy who should be able to help.
The Indians didn't make it last year. They might make it this year. If they do -- and it's hard to see them making it without a significant contribution from Jimenez -- then the trade was a good one.
In looking at the Indians' roster, there are several other trades, the judgment of which will be brought into sharper focus, both good and bad, by what happens in the remainder of this season. That's because the Indians have built this team on trades. Consider the players who were thusly acquired:
-- Carlos Santana -- Price tag: Casey Blake. This trade was an excellent one regardless of how this season plays out, because the loss to the team at the time it was made was negligible, and the loss to the team's future non-existent.
-- Asdrubal Cabrera -- Price tag: Eduardo Perez. This 2006 trade with Seattle was such a great one it has already helped the Indians reach the postseason once, in 2007, and it may again this year. This is the kind of trade the Indians have been really good at over the last 10 to 12 years.
-- Michael Brantley -- Price tag: CC Sabathia. This is the kind of trade the Indians have been horrendous at over the last four years. How bad was this one? Brantley wasn't even the marquee prospect in the deal. He was the player to be named later. Brantley is a nice player, but when all you have to show for trading a Cy Young Award winner is one nice role player, you've laid yourself one humongous egg. The Indians could win the World Series this year and it won't change the verdict on this trade.
-- Shin-Soo Choo -- Price tag: Ben Broussard. Again, this is the Indians in their element. At the time of the trade, Choo only had 29 major-league at bats while Broussard was already on the exit ramp of his career. A postseason appearance by the Tribe this year would further burnish this trade.
-- Travis Hafner -- Price tag: Einar Diaz and Ryan Drese. Like the Cabrera deal, this one has already paid postseason dividends. Unfortunately the post-season to which Hafner helped the Indians get -- 2007 -- was also the last year he was a player of consequence. He still might help some this year, but regardless, this was a great trade.
-- Lou Marson -- Price tag: Cliff Lee. Marson is not a key player, but that's the point. Three years later, the only player on the Indians roster they have to show for trading a Cy Young Award winner is their backup catcher. If this isn't the worst trade in Indians history, it's in the discussion.
-- Justin Masterson and Nick Hagadone - Price tag: Victor Martinez. If the Indians make it to the postseason, this trade looks even better, and it's already looking a lot better than it looked two years ago.
-- Chris Perez -- Price tag: Mark DeRosa. This was the first of a series of give-up trades made in the panic-stricken 2009 season. They salvaged it by acquiring an all-star closer for an aging class act whose career decline virtually began with this trade.
-- Joe Smith -- Price tag: Franklin Gutierrez. Dependable relievers don't grow on trees. Neither do Gold Glove outfielders, but I'm sure the Indians would make this trade again.


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As we enter this new world of retail graphics, savvy wide-format print service providers stand to profit by offering their retail customers solutions for targeted opportunities to connect brands to consumers.
Retail success is defined by engagement. The reach of retailers and brands now extends to any point at which a shopper encounters these brands. Engagement by a consumer may be through a physical encounter, one involving mobile or online channels, via social networks, or in a transit environment.
As we enter this new world, you stand to profit by offering your customers solutions for all these targeted opportunities to connect brands to consumers.
But before you can do that, you must understand the retailing environment of 2013. It is an environment notably different from earlier iterations, says Carol Spieckerman, president of newmarketbuilders, a 13-year-old retail strategy firm. "Engagement by retailers has changed, in that it has shifted a lot of other dynamics," Spieckerman says. "It's driving a lot of other changes."
First, the new "shopper marketing" is "user marketing," she says. Retailers have grown comfortable with the idea not every path taken by consumers is a path to purchase. They accept consumers may not buy, viewing engagement with the retailers' own brands, or brands they carry, as a positive development. That's because engagement keeps consumers engaged with brands, and it can also be measured by retailers, regardless of whether a purchase is made.
"That data by engagement is very valuable," she says. "Retailers are developing capabilities to track any time an individual might be playing a free game, engaging through social media and commenting on something, reading a review, or using an application for entertainment purposes. These are not path-to-purchase activities. They are just engagement activities. But that's okay with retailers. They are encouraging it, because they have the capability of tracking engagement activities, and marrying that with point-of-sale data and path-to-purchase data. They are developing the capability to combine all that to get a much better read not just on what consumers have purchased in the past or what they're purchasing now, but what they intend to purchase in the future."
Along with this user focus comes content, which is vitally important to the imaging community. Content includes print, images, videos, anywhere content resides. The largest focus for any retailer is developing compelling multi-touchpoint content marketing programs, Spieckerman says.
The old standard about right-sizing content for the right screens or print has given way to finding the right message for the right medium. The diversity, granularity and targeting of content are areas of focus for today's retailers.
"They represent very big opportunities for the imaging community to adopt this language, and position it as being part of retailers' overarching content marketing strategies," Spieckerman observes. "And along with that to talk about the role they do play and don't play in being a thought leader."
Leverage your Specialty
The good news for PSPs, she adds, is that retailers have moved away from the era in which they were seeking one-stop shops, or single providers that could handle a number of different capabilities. Now they are returning to the search for specialization. They are looking at not growing their own solutions, but partnering with specialists, and in some cases acquiring specialization.
As a result, print service providers "should think about how to leverage what they are already really good at, and how that fits into a total content marketing strategy for a retail or brand marketer," Spieckerman says.
Put another way, some PSPs may be eyeing new equipment purchases, or initiating efforts to get into dynamic signage, when they should instead be looking at how their messaging specialization fits into the big picture for retailers. "The big picture is often the missing part," she observes. "When you bring value is when you demonstrate a grasp of their total content marketing strategy."
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Dookhan's lab coworkers to testify at drug trial
Posted: 10/11/12 at 10:15 am Updated: 10/11/12 at 5:41 pm
Tags: Annie Dookhan Shawn Drumgold Drug Lab Shutdown
BOSTON (WHDH) -- Testimony continued in the high profile drug trial of Shawn Drumgold on Thursday with coworkers of the chemist accused of altering thousands of samples taking the stand.
The testimony came during the drug trial of Shawn Drumgold who is charged with possession of cocaine and heroin with intent to distribute. Officers testified about the 2011 Roxbury raid that led to Drumgold's arrest, but defense lawyers wanted to hear from state chemists, who handled the alleged drugs at the now defunct Jamaica Plain state lab.
Daniella Frasca, a former chemist at the lab, went on the record under oath, answering pointed questions from a defense attorney about Annie Dookhan -- who was arrested by the state police for mishandling test results at the now-closed state lab run by the Department of Public Health.
Rosemary Scapicchio, the defense attorney for Drumgold, sounded more like a prosecutor as she drilled Daniella Frasca -- who told state police she never saw Dookhan do anything wrong.
"Did you ever see her forge her initials on another officer when you worked in the lab right next to her for eight years?" Scapicchio asked Frasca.
Frasca responded, "No."
But when Scapicchio asked that if Frasca had seen Dookhan mishandle any drug samples, she would have reported it, Frasca responded, "I don't know [if I would have reported it]."
Frasca now works for the State Police but was suspended for unknown reasons.


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This is the descent to Butte, Montana coming from the east. Crossing Montana on I90 the views alternated between narrow rocky places and expansive high plains, true big sky country. I wanted to capture the feeling of the decent from the narrows to the wide open space below. I took a number of photos through the dashboard trying to get that feeling. This one came the closest:
As you can see, the four lane interstate dominates the picture. Also the road looks much flatter than it actually was. There are other problems too. The end of the road is almost dead center in the middle of the picture. Trees hide the expanding vista. There is nothing about the vista to draw the eye in.
Adobe Photoshop to the rescue. I don't have a professional edition, just Elements 6. But it's fine for my purposes. I began by using the lasso tool to select the right hand cliffs. I then copied them, flipped them right to left, and wedged them in over the left hand two lanes of interstate. I selected and copied some of the left hand cliffs and slipped them in behind my newly transformed right hand cliffs. I used both copying and the clone tool to remove the trees from my opening vista. I lassoed the right hand cliffs again and stretched them upwards. I enlarged the canvas and stretched the whole image to the right. I added a band of sunlight in the vista:
The result was quick and dirty, but it gave me a good idea where I was going. And it gave me a workable photo to draw from. I used the bottom of the concrete barrier still showing in my altered photo to help me plot the new guard rail. The feet of the unaltered cliffs helped me imagine the feet of my new cliffs.
Here's my working drawing:
I left out the mountain range on the left as it would detract from the center of interest at the foot of the road. I also pulled the right hand cliffs even further to the right than in my altered photo, thus opening up more of the distant vista.
I did the painting itself quickly beginning with the sky, filling in the road while it dried and then laying in the trees to establish the dark values. The trees are phthalo blue, french blue, new gamgee, and Winsor purple mixed mostly on the paper. For the cliffs I used cerulean blue, cobalt blue, and yellow ochre, and purple. I added more purple and blue to the right hand shadowed side and more burnt sienna to the sunlit side. Rather than using burnt sienna to dull the blues, I used hansa yellow deep. The sky is phthalo, cobalt blue, burnt sienna, and more purple. I used the same pigments for the road. The result is bluer and stormier than the photo, but more like the day itself with was dark and threatened but rarely delivered rain.
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To say Wordi Gras had humble beginnings is a huge understatement.
The "redneck Mardi Gras" in Worden started on a snowy Saturday six years ago. A handful of twentysomethings were sitting around the house, disappointed and bored.
"We had all wanted to go down (to the St. Louis Mardi Gras), but we didn't want to mess with the cold and the crowd," said A.J. Harshbarger, now 31, of Edwardsville.
The crew piled into the back of a pickup truck and drove down the village's main drag, waving, cheering and throwing beads to anyone in sight.
Festivities continued at Leo and Jan's Idle Hour, a family tavern where the friends had worked.
"It was a goofy day," said A.J., who now works as a legal investigator. "We just hung out all day and made fun out of boredom."
In the next few years, the parade grew to include a police car, fire truck, American Legion color guard, a few floats and trucks decorated with deer mounts and beer cans.
The Idle Hour starting putting up a heated tent, hiring a D.J. and selling Jello shots. The Yellow Dog Bar and Grill also got in the act.
An estimated 2,000 people showed up for Wordi Gras last year, twice Worden's population. They came from as far away as Springfield and St. Charles, Mo.
"It's gotten big enough that the (village) provides porta potties," said Ron East, 42, of Staunton, who manages the Idle Hour for his parents.
This year's parade begins at 3 p.m. Saturday. It will cover three blocks on Wall Street, from Park to Shirley.
Units include Lawnmower Mania, a charitable organization similar to the Shriners, but members drive riding lawn mowers.
Still secret is the theme of a much-anticipated float built at Performance Pipe by a group of women known as "The Girls." Last year, they rode "horses" made of barrels suspended in air.
"(Another time) they had a forklift with a cage on top, and it was filled with go-go dancers," Ron said. "It was about 30 degrees, and they were freezing."
Last week, Ken Wieseman and his 10-year-old grandson, Chase Stubbs, put final touches on a float for Digger's Dugout, a bar and restaurant owned by Ken's girlfriend, Tracey Gregg.
Wieseman used old barn wood to build a bar for a Wild West dance hall, complete with a 1897 iron pot-bellied stove. Cowboys and saloon girls will throw beads to adults and candy to children.
"The parade is kid-friendly," said Wieseman, 55, a farmer in rural Worden. "Now later in the night, it gets kind of silly, but it's not like being downtown (in St. Louis)."
In addition to food at the two bars, Campbell House Market will sell boiled crawfish and Cajun-style chicken sandwiches. Worden Fire Department will man a booth with hot dogs and brats.
Wordi Gras founders Jeff and Staci Twardowsky, Walker Guesewelle, Greg Henke and A.J. have named the Lil' Billy D. Memorial Parade in honor of their friend, Billy Dittmar, who died in a car accident last summer at 23.
According to a press release, Worden invites "folks of all walks of life to come and get in touch with their inner hillbilly."
At a glance
What: Seventh annual Wordi Gras
When: Saturday afternoon and evening
Where: Worden's business district
Parade: 3 p.m. on Wall Street from Park to Shirley
Admission: Free
Information: Call Ron East at Leo and Jan's Idle Hour at 618-459-3215 or A.J. Harshbarger at 618-910-7492 or visit the Wordi Gras Facebook page


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