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Weekend Reading - December 3, 2011
The holiday season is in full swing now and I'm excited. I really love the holiday season. It seems that everyone gets a little bit perked up, and I really enjoy spending time with family and friends and remembering why life is worth living. For someone as frugal as I am, the holiday season always presents a challenge between giving gifts but still trying to remain financially vigilant. But, to me it's not about gifts and exchanging gift cards. I'm excited because later this month I'll be flying home to Michigan to see family and reconnect with everyone. Good stuff.
On another note, something really big in the frugal living/retiring early world happened very recently. Jacob over at Early Retirement Extreme, gasp, decided that it was time to get a jobby job. A J-O-B. I can only say that although I'm a bit surprised, I'm excited for him and congratulate him on this new opportunity. Some people may in the end consider Jacob a sell out, but someone as obviously talented and intelligent as Jacob is needed a new opportunity to challenge and excite him. What do you think? If you attained financial independence at an early age, do you think you would find after a couple years that you needed a new challenge? There are some people who think he should have used his resources and intelligence to take on problems like energy/food/water shortages instead of using his talents in the world of high finance, but it's his life to live.
I will just say that Jacob has inspired me to start my own journey to early retirement and financial independence. I think achieving early retirement is less about being lazy and weaseling out of working, and more about getting away from some of the negativity and stress that comes with many forms of employment. I think it ultimately comes down to choice and freedom. Jacob embodies this freedom, as he now chooses to go into a field he finds interesting and challenging. This is a good example of the downside of early retirement. If it doesn't suit you, or if you get bored...you can always get another job.
Here are some excellent articles from fellow dividend growth investors, frugalists and personal finance bloggers from the past week.
So long and thanks for all the fish
Jacob gives us his swan song and passed the early retirement torch. He has decided to engage in paid employment and he gave a long list of reasons he has chosen to do so. This doesn't invalidate early retirement, but rather reinforces that it gives you flexibility and freedom to do what you want to do. At this moment, Jacob wants to be employed in high finance. Maybe in 5 years he'll want to be a fisherman. Who knows. All I do know is that I wish him the best and I thank him for all the inspiration he's provided me since I discovered his blog and forums.
The Opportunity of a Decade – Looking Up For 2012
The Dividend Guy provided us with many reasons as to why the stock investor may be king in 2012. I tend to agree here, as I'm a bullish optimist on the long-term wealth-building power of the stock market. I'm actually hoping for a flat market for the next decade or so, as my reinvested dividends and fresh capital buys me more shares for my money. I doubt that's going to happen as the last 10 years have basically become a "lost decade", but one can hope!
My Favourite Takeaways – Millionaire Teacher and FREE book giveaway (Part 2)
My Own Advisor discusses some of his favorite parts of Andrew Hallam's new book: Millionaire Teacher. I liked the rules discussed, and I feel they are timeless. Stay vigilant, stay invested, spend a lot less than you earn and don't take on debt. Simple rules, but hard to follow. I'm doing my best to follow them all!
How to Build a Retirement Dividend Portfolio with only $1000/month
DGI discusses how to start building a dividend portfolio geared for retirement with just $1,000 a month. Although "just $1,000 a month" is a lot of money, if you follow my blog and start cutting out unnecessary expenses it quickly become an easy number to attain. I'm personally trying to invest more than twice that amount every month, and I'm on a pretty modest income.
Dividend Increases: GGG, WFC, DAKT, WEC
DSO discusses some recent dividend increases, and one prominent company (WFC) that wants to increase dividends. If I was to buy a bank today, WFC would be one of the very few I would be interested in. What about you? Buying any banks?
9 Low-Risk, High-Yielding Dividend Stocks
D4L provides us a list of 9 stocks that have low risk and a high yield. I like some of the picks here, but I'm not real sure about CINF. I think that pick is at least at risk of a static dividend, if not a possible dividend cut due to the high payout ratios. Some of the utilities, as well as KMB, look interesting here. I was looking at NUE for a possible purchase, but it has absolutely skyrocketed over the last week. It's up over 13% over the past week!
December Starts With Dividend Payments
Dividends For The Long Run discusses his recent dividend payments, and the three companies in question: Aflac (AFL), ConocoPhillips (COP), Intel (INTC) all recently paid me as well! It feels great to collect those dividends!
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Personally, I didn't start early enough to quit the rat race as early as Jacob. But honestly I couldn't live on what he was living on either ($8k/yr?) and wouldn't want to. I would work a few extra years just to pad the bank account. I definitely wouldn't be worried about the "what will I do all day?" question.
In the end, it is all about becoming financially independent and doing what you want, even if that is another job!me myself and I,
I hear ya. I didn't start as early either and I'm not saving as much as he was. He had a higher income than I'll ever have and his savings rate was also higher. He also started slightly younger than me if I'm not mistaken.
Ultimately, I'd like to travel if possible and travel options are limited when you're working 51 weeks a year. I'd like to get the chance to pack it all in to see how I'd fare. I'm pretty good at relaxing, when possible. :)
Best wishes.If you want my honest opinion, I think Jacob underestimated how much money he would really need to sustain his retirement lifestyle as well as the turn the economy could take during economic down times. Instead of actually admitting his ERE plan was too lean, he decided to go back to work and pose his action as an option rather than a necessity.
Of course, having never met him or actually viewing his lifestyle choices, I could be wrong, but I think his ERE concept is a bit too "extreme" for periods of economic uncertainty and recessions as we've seen over the last half decade.
I wish him all the best, but have a hard time believing he's going back to work because he found something he couldn't pass up as his whole ERE philosophy is based on retiring in order to do what you love.
Anyway, I'll jump off my soapbox!Pey,
You could certainly be right. I'm in no position to defend or attack him as I don't know him personally. I know he's posted many times that he lives on ~$7k/year which certainly wouldn't require a very large portfolio.
I was more shocked/disappointed/surprised by his choice of career as he re-enters the workforce. I accept boredom as the reason for him deciding to forgo retirement any longer, but I just find the job an odd choice for someone who espouses minimalism and freedom. High finance is very much the opposite of some of his ideals.
I'm not against working once my passive income reaches expenses. However, I would likely do something part-time or seasonal and something fun if possible. Employment can serve as an opportunity for social interaction as much as extra income.
Again, you could be very well right about your opinions. I still thank him for the inspiration, and wish him well.
Take care!Like you I was inspired by Jacob's ERE blog. It was fun to spend several weeks learning about a method I had never heard of. He also posted links to books and blogs that have further opened my mind to the possibilities. Actually it probably started for my wife and I way back in 1995ish when we found a book called Financial Peace by Dave Ramsey. His ideas set us up to eliminate all of our debt and allow us to be ready for Jacob's extreme methods...which eventually led me to Dividend Mantra.
I feel fortunate to benefit from their advice and are well on our way to semi-retirement which is the best our family of 5 can hope for with the high cost of health insurance ($1500/month for our family).
Thanks again to Jacob, DM, David and all the authors of the books these guys have reccomended.


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FROG FALLOUT: The northern leopard frog is among the many amphibians worldwide struggling with man-made threats, in this case, herbicide pollution.
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The northern leopard frogs that inhabit the boreal U.S. have never recovered from some catastrophic population declines in the 1970s. Some blame it on the acidifying lakes and streams caused by coal-burning, others point to the ongoing loss of wetlands to development, and now new evidence shows that the herbicide atrazine—widely sprayed on crop fields throughout the region—is killing the frogs by helping parasitic worms that feast on them.
"Atrazine provides a double whammy to frogs: It increases both amphibian exposure and susceptibility," says biologist Jason Rohr of the University of South Florida in Tampa, who tested the impact by re-creating field conditions in 300-gallon (1,135-liter) tanks in his lab. "Atrazine is one of the more mobile and persistent pesticides being widely applied. In fact, residues have been found in remote, nonagricultural areas, such as the poles."
That may explain why amphibians are on the decline worldwide. As many as one third of the nearly 6,000 known amphibian species—frogs, toads, salamanders, even wormlike caecilians—are threatened with extinction, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). And no one knows why.
In the case of the northern leopards, the culprit appears to be the common herbicide acting as a double-edged sword: It suppresses the frogs' immune systems while boosting the population of snails that play host to parasitic worm larvae, the latter of which infect the weakened leopard frogs.
Such herbicides are present in 57 percent of U.S. streams, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and it is that water pollution—not inbreeding—that is the prime suspect in the high rate of deformity in U.S. amphibian populations, according to new research from Purdue University.
But national parks and other areas protected from pollution and development are providing no refuge. The frogs and salamanders of Yellowstone National Park have been declining since the 1980s, according to a Stanford University study, as global warming dries out seasonal ponds, leaving dried salamander corpses in their wake. Since the 1970s, nearly 75 percent of the frogs and other amphibians of La Selva Biological Station in Braulio Carrillo National Park in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica have died, perhaps due to global warming.
Throughout the tropics, amphibians are also falling prey to a devastating disease, believed to be exacerbated by climate change: chytrid fungus. This pathogen is marching though Central America at present, leaving silent streams—those without the chorus of dozens of frog species—behind. Researchers at the University of Georgia in Athens have surveyed such streams before, during and after such extinctions, and documented the impacts in those waters that have lost all of their amphibians, including muddier waters and a less productive food web.
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The Beach community is an easy streetcar ride from downtown TO along the Queen Car. From Woodbine Ave you can visit the variety of interesting shops and then walk back along the beach boardwalk. Great restaurants.
Who knew there are sandy beaches in Toronto? We certainly didn't. The neighborhood itself is much like any up and coming area, but the beaches were spectacular. A wide boardwalk ran for miles through the 5 beaches. It was windy the day we were there, so there were waves coming in. It looked like the ocean. There were lots of... More
There are lot to do at this area, many pubs and restaurants, good food, music, beach and lots of fun!
If you are a walker, the Beach and the boardwalk are a great place. The boardwalk itself can be a little uneven in places so if you have someone who is not to steady on their feet you want to be careful. Once you have had your fill of the beach you can walk up to Queen Street E. and... More
I love the diversity of the people, and the funky vibe the Beaches offer. Great to walk on the Boardwalk with little one's, and the whole family or as a couple. You can just hang out and enjoy the scenery & walk up to Queen Street where there is a great variety of restaurants from which to choose.
Queen Street is a hub of fun shopping and restaurants. The boardwalk is great for dog-walking (theres a free-run dog beach as well) and there's a bike path that we always use. Great playgrounds for the kids and clean wide beach! Great full-day adventure.
But difficult to drive there. Allow time for driving if you don't take public transit. The boardwalk along Lake Ontario is great for strolling or biking and the shops and eateries are divine.
The Beaches are a good place to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city without having to go too far. We took the streetcar from downtown, which allowed us to see the shops and restaurants along Queen St East leading to The Beaches. Wonderful journey and great place to enjoy the sunset
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"Sweet green peppers stuffed with tomatoes, onion, hamburger, sausage, jalapenos, and rice. Easy and delicious."
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1 pound pork sausage
2 pounds ground beef
1 small onion, chopped
1 dash garlic salt
4 (14.5 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, drained
1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chile peppers, drained
1 (14 ounce) package uncooked instant rice
6 large green bell peppers
1 cup grated Asiago cheese
Simply Delish! I did make a few modifications: I cooked the bell peppers (I used red, yellow & green) in a big pot of water for about half an hour, added red pepper flakes to the rice mixture, and only used two cans of diced tomatoes for the filling and one can outside in the pan. I also mixed diced green chiles in with that mixture in the pan, and substituted pepper-jack and cheddar cheeses for the asiago....it was FABULOUS!!! I've already got a request to make it again next week!!
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The only reason I am giving it 4 stars instead of 5 is because of the Asiago cheese. My house smelled so wonderful until I put that on top the last 10 minutes. My house smelled like feet! YUCK! Next time I will use Monterrey of Mozerella. I also could not fit all those bell peppers in one 9x12. Other than that I added more garlic than called for and used red, green and orange bell peppers. Great recipe just use different cheese :-)
We LOVED this recipe. Yum. I did make a few changes: Someone had previously mentioned using Zatarains dirty rice, and I happened to have a Zatarains Jambalaya rice mix at home, so I used that. I added two cloves of minced garlic and sauteed it along with the meat and onion. Rather than using garlic salt, I threw in garlic powder and a few dashes of salt. (I may be weird, but I'm not fond of garlic salt.) Also, I used the reduced fat Jimmy Dean sausage and had great results. I will ABSOLUTELY make this again. My partner loved it as well, although she did mention she'd like to see fewer tomatoes in it next time.
The filling is superb - I wouldn't change a thing. I really like the actual chunks of tomato in here, as opposed to the sauce in many other recipes. Because everything is cooked in advance and I like super-soft peppers, I think I'll pre-bake just the pepper shells for half an hour, and then add the meat and cheese until melted and toasty. Oh, I also used andouille instead of regular pork sausage - perfect spice for us. Thanks so much for sharing!
Really great recipe!! I've never made stuffed peppers before and these were a hit. My husband told me they were just like his mom used to make. Not too spicy either so the kids enjoyed them too. Thank you!!
Very tasty! I made a HUGE pan of these for a potluck and came home with an empty dish. The only change I made was that I used 2 boxes of Zatarain's dirty rice with cheese instead of plain rice. Will definitely make again but with less tomatoes.
This was easy to make and my family loved it.
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The Texas Rangers are struggling mightily in September and in danger of missing the playoffs after entering the month with one of the best records in the American League. The Rangers, who host the Houston Astros for a three-game series starting Monday, finished August with a 78-56 record, led the AL West and had only two fewer victories than AL-best Boston. However, Texas has scored an AL-low 67 runs en route to a 5-15 record in September to drop 1 ½ games behind Cleveland for the second wild-card spot.
The Rangers saw their slim hopes of catching Oakland in the West dashed with their extra-inning 4-0 loss to Kansas City on Sunday but could get back on track if they continue their recent success against league-worst Houston. Since losing to the Astros in the season opener, Texas won 14 of the next 15 meetings - including eight straight. The Astros (51-105) have dropped a season-high nine in a row and are two losses away from matching the franchise record they set last season.
TV: 8:05 p.m. ET, CSN (Houston), FSN Southwest (Texas)
PITCHING MATCHUP: Astros RH Jordan Lyles (7-8, 5.26 ERA) vs. Rangers LH Derek Holland (9-9, 3.48)
Lyles was tagged for nine runs - seven earned - in only 3 1/3 innings of a 10-0 home loss to Cincinnati on Tuesday following a three-start stretch in which he was 1-1 with a 3.44 ERA. The 22-year-old has endured similar results versus the Rangers - giving up eight runs over four innings in his only start against them earlier this season - and is 0-4 with an 8.54 ERA in five career outings. However, Lyles has been substantially better on the road (3-2, 3.61 ERA) than at home (4-6, 6.60).
Suffering through one of the worst stretches of his career, Holland fell to 0-3 with a 5.08 ERA in his last eight starts after Wednesday's tough-luck loss in Tampa Bay. The North Carolina native settled for a no-decision despite allowing two runs and six hits over six frames but halted a three-start losing streak. Holland has made five career starts versus the Astros, going 1-1 with a 4.80 ERA.
1. Texas 3B Adrian Beltre, who is 6-for-15 lifetime against Lyles, is batting .444 with five homers and 13 RBIs in his last 14 games versus the Astros.
2. Houston has scored 14 runs and is hitting .136 with runners in scoring position during its losing streak.
3. The Rangers have been shut out three times and scored fewer than three runs on eight occasions in September.
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Expanding to a four-piece and taking an open ended break, the Norwegian modern, aggressive thrashers Deride release their third studio album "The Void" - a 10 song, close to 35 minute exercise in heads down, crushing heaviness. New vocalist Per Helge Lande employs a veritable palate of gruff and caustic screams in his repertoire, sometimes crossing the lines of modern, death and thrash lines all within the same arrangement such as the thicker mid-tempo offering "I Rage" or the stop/start madness within "Only One".
The riffing machine that is Ole Walaunet spits out doom-laden, down-tuned rhythms that insure incessant whiplash on the opener "Deathshake" and later on throws down some spitfire licks and faster thrash-oriented parts on personal favorite "All Must Be Revealed". The tone of "The Void" remains angry throughout, the production values very close to what I would expect Deride to level people with sonically in a live situation. The clean vocals doubling against Per's normal forceful parts during the chorus of "Soul Depart" give this slower number more of a melodic overtone, complimenting Ole's guitar harmonies wonderfully.
I can see "The Void" appealing to a wide variety of groups- but most importantly, this isn't for those who enjoy the lighter side of metal. These Scandinavian lads know how to keep the music lean and focused on thrash with death and modern touches, stripped down to its core without any super extraneous studio trickery or wizardry. A particular group in comparison doesn't bring Deride's sound justice- the rawness of say Pro Pain, the power of 90's era Testament, and then that special Norwegian understanding of placing the right nuances into their style without making it sound contrived gives you a clue into "The Void".
Please don't wait 9 years for the fourth full length- hopefully this will kick start their career once again.
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Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' hand-picked Democratic candidate squared off Tuesday in a special House election in Arizona against the Republican she narrowly beat just months before she was shot. It was a hard-fought preview of the broader fall campaign to come.
Both the GOP and the Democrats were using the race to hone and test their political arguments for the November elections, when everything from the White House on down will be on the ballot.
Republicans, sensing a chance to capture the former congresswoman's seat in southern Arizona, sought to make the contest a referendum on President Barack Obama and his handling of the economy. They argued that Democrat Ron Barber, a former Giffords aide asked by the lawmaker to pursue the seat, would fall in line behind the White House.
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The Office of Professional Review is a group of highly trained criminal investigators, inspectors and auditors that work within the Cook County Sheriff's Office. The Office of Professional Review is comprised of two Branches. Those Branches are the Investigations Branch and the Integrity and Compliance Branch.
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The Calendar of the Arts lists dynamic public events that represent the academic curriculum in the Arts at Dickinson.
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In the English department at Dickinson College, we study texts and our relation to them as readers and writers. The text might be an epic poem by John Milton or Derek Walcott; a novel by Jane Austen or Cormac McCarthy; a Shakespeare play or a Chris Ware graphic novel; a Clint Eastwood film or an Elizabeth Bishop lyric. Our common work is to learn to view these texts through multiple lenses: historical, cultural, biographical, linguistic, psychological and political. To aid students in becoming independent thinkers and articulate writers, we offer courses in rhetoric, language and expository or creative writing. In a yearlong senior experience, majors write a 35-50 page thesis on a textual subject of their choosing. Because our graduates know how to think critically and write fluently, they flourish in a variety of professions and vocations: they become writers and bankers, teachers and politicians, lawyers and environmentalists, journalists and college professors, activists and world travelers. As we read, think and write, our goal is to learn to live reflectively and imaginatively, to lead thoughtful, examined lives. Long after the last paper is written and course credit recorded, reading literature and writing continue to give our graduates the imaginative space Thoreau found at Walden—the space where, in his words, he learned how "to live deliberately."
ENGL 101, Texts and Contexts
Test scores and credits that may affect course selection
Advanced placement: course credit and/or placement Students who score 4 or 5 on the English Literature Placement Examination are encouraged to go directly into ENGL 220 (gateway for majors). They should check with Professor Carol Ann Johnston (firstname.lastname@example.com), department chair, by email if they have questions. Spaces are being held for first-year students in ENGL 220.
Transfer credits Students should see the chairperson before selecting courses for the first semester, since prior courses have to be evaluated for equivalence in the English major.
Creative writing Students interested in creative writing should let the Creative Writing minor coordinator, Professor Adrienne Su (firstname.lastname@example.com), know of his or her interest. Entry into ENGL 218 creative writing courses is open to majors and non-majors in all years and the demand for these courses is high. We encourage students to be flexible and persistent.
Division I B: ENGL 101, Texts and Contexts (first-year students, whether wishing to fulfill a distribution requirement or contemplating a major in English, should enroll in a section of ENGL 101, unless the student brings an AP credit, in which case 220 is the appropriate course) ENGL 320-99, advanced literature courses with permission of the instructor.
Writing Intensive: ENGL 212, Writing: Special Topics ENGL 220, Critical Approaches and Literary Methods (gateway for majors)
For course descriptions and requirements for the major, refer to the Academic Bulletin: English.
The English Major requires eleven courses, but we find that the more successful students may take as many as eighteen courses in the major. We encourage, in addition, a year's study abroad. Our program in Norwich, England, at the University of East Anglia, is convenient and enriching for our students; the credits transfer back to Dickinson easily. We also have a selective program at Mansfield College, Oxford. Successful admission to this program requires that a student show depth in the major by second semester of the sophomore year, so taking three hundred level course early is essential. Many of our students also study in Cameroon, India, and other Asian and African countries; this study requires careful planning to ensure successful completion of the major.
The guidelines are written for the entering student who knows he or she wants to major in English. Rather than specify the courses that you "must" have in a given semester, the following is general advice regarding courses that we suggest you take during each year. You should think of these guidelines as giving you a fast track into the major – this provides maximum flexibility in your junior and senior year.
First Year English 220 (or 101 if you didn't score at least a 4 on the AP literature exam). 220 is the gateway course to the major, so should be taken in the first year. Foreign language First Year Seminar Two courses at the 300 level (two of the 300s must be pre-1800, and two, post-1800)
Sophomore Year Four courses at the 300 level Continue with foreign language and other requirements. Focus upon courses relevant to the English major to fulfill requirements, such as English and American history, American Studies, Women's and Gender Studies, Art and Art History. Crucial for understanding literature before the 19th century, a course in the Bible would be very valuable as well. Consider philosophy, music, and Classical literature also as wonderful accompaniments to the English major.
Junior Year Four Courses at the 300 Level Electives—all courses taken abroad. Focus upon courses and subjects not offered extensively at Dickinson, but relevant to the English major: Film studies, dramatic literature, and so forth.
Senior Year English 403 (fall--first semester of required senior seminar) English 404 (spring--second semester of required seminar) Two 300-level English courses finish all other requirements: (core courses, electives, language as needed)
For information regarding the suggested guidelines, please feel free to contact an English department faculty member.
The senior experience in the English department is a yearlong course, English 403-404. During the spring term, seniors will workshop their senior thesis in three parts. The process brings all participants together as writers and peer editors to produce a thesis between 35 and 50 pages. When you have chosen your topic, focus upon courses in other departments that might support your topic.
The English Department offers independent study and research in literature and in expository and creative writing for content not covered in regular courses. A list of professors and their special interests is available in the English office, 4th floor, East College 400. As a general rule, no more than two independent studies or independent research courses may be counted toward the major; exceptions must be approved by the department chairperson. Students must secure a professor with whom to study and submit proposals (covering topic, methodology, preparation, relevance to educational goals, bibliography or primary and secondary sources, director, and course requirements) normally in the semester before the study is to be undertaken. See the academic department coordinator for English for the necessary forms.
English majors have interned with state and local government agencies and with newspapers, public relations firms, and the media. Students who are interested should gain experience by writing for The Dickinsonian or The Dickinson Review, the college's literary journal.
Majors and prospective majors should investigate opportunities early in their sophomore year. Guidelines for transferring back advanced courses for non-Dickinson programs are listed on the English Department's website. Please note the minimum reading and writing requirements for these courses. See the chairperson for details.
Advising: A student may request a particular faculty member in the department; the chairperson assigns an advisor to each student when he or she declares a major in English.
Related activities: We encourage students who wish to become English majors, or who like to write, to make the most of the opportunities to write on campus and develop a portfolio. Such opportunities include The Dickinsonian, The Dickinson Review, Belles Lettres Society, internships, material for the Mermaid Players and the like.
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Search for stolen car ends in a fire rescue
What started as a search for a stolen vehicle after a car chase and manhunt ended up with three people's lives saved from a fire in Saltville, Virginia.
A home destroyed, now covered in ashes, is nothing compared to what could've happened early Friday morning in Saltville, Virginia on Perryville Road.
Neighbor Mildred Mabe told us she woke up sometime after 4:00 a.m. when she heard sirens.
"The flames were up higher than the tree," said Mabe. "It was coming out the windows and the door in the front."
But it was Virginia State Police trooper Philip Battel who saw the flames first, and it was just by chance. He's normally stationed in Washington County, Virginia.
Battel said he was helping Saltville police and Smyth County deputies search a nearby field for a stolen car involved in a police chase earlier that day, when he noticed an orange glow and went to check it out.
"I mean, it's fully engulfed; the chimney, the ceiling, the roof. [I] banged on the door; no answer," Battel remembered.
That's when Battel actually went inside the home and started yelling. He said three people were asleep and unaware of the fire blazing around them.
"A gentleman approaches us in the hallway from his bedroom and is like, 'what's going on? What's going on?' And I said, 'Look around! Your house is on fire!'," said Battel.
Police said all three residents and two pets made it out of the fire's danger.
It's an outcome Battel fears could have ended differently if he didn't happen to be nearby trying to help crack another case.
"I just look back and think… the chances of me being there at that exact time was pretty rare, I would think," Battel added.
Because even with the loss of a home, it's lives that can't be replaced.
We checked with the Saltville Volunteer Fire Department and learned firefighters believe the flames could have started in the chimney, though no official cause has been determined.
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Olympic athletes might be rolling in the gold but a lot of them are still strapped for cash.
And -- Michael Phelps endorsements probably won't be pay your bills.
-- hills this is CEO of -- and go and he wants to help them with their expenses -- explain which are doing.
How you doing today Tom.
Upon -- is not the first online pawnshop in the United States and -- what are my team members brought an idea to us sop.
About six weeks ago that these Olympic athletes are having a difficult time with their expenses and as you've mentioned earlier.
In this segment.
And not all of them are getting sponsorships so they're kind of on their own nickel out there.
-- so we had the idea that.
We would -- offer free interest loans to India the Olympic athletes.
To kind of help them.
Cover some expenses and you know complete what they need to complete.
-- aren't aren't these people who.
Doesn't the US Olympic Committee I mean I know it's privately funded but don't they pay all those -- to travel and everything else let me -- why did they need to upon their.
There -- metals bush bush sure they pay their their bills why -- at the Olympics but.
You know first of all they don't pay the bills for their family and they don't really pay the bills.
Why they're in trading.
You know Gabby douglas' mother that was -- a well known story that.
She had -- -- -- jewelry just stick to keep.
You know.
Cash available to you know keeper Goddard -- so.
You know they may pay the bills during the Olympics but before and after they're not.
I just so I -- you're not gonna make a loan for free and we are just not gonna go in there and give the money for free.
If they don't come back do they don't have the money don't come back what do you do with the metals.
So that that that is the offer is a free interest loan for three to six months.
And you know these metals they have up huge amount of emotional attachment to these -- so you know.
Were willing to do whatever we -- to help them get these metals back if if if they need more time in six months them then we're definitely well on the given more time in six months.
I mean that there's not a lot of value to these metals.
Other than -- said the emotional attachment to the athlete.
That may get getting the term wrong but I but isn't numerous -- has a lot more to do than just the value of the metal itself and have to do with.
Well you know the rarity or wherever -- -- I mean these are.
I guess in the same category as you see some time some old time Hollywood actors selling their.
There -- Oscars consider getting up and -- they don't have the money.
Yeah exactly exactly that that -- metal they were also what are they worth.
You know all probably job market value on these metals this Friday anywhere from you know thousand to 15100 dollars.
-- -- it.
Well that's that's the other offer you know our our our offer was.
To loan above and beyond what the metal was worth.
Bomb once again we're just trying that we're just trying to make offer so that they can get the cash to.
You know get to the Olympics get their families today Olympics.
Cover some expenses.
So were actually won't alone more than the metals were actually.
Market value of of what their work.
Soul you're doing this because was mean again.
Todd you're in the business here in the loan business you don't make loans for for exactly.
Exactly I mean it's just a short term deal you know we help a lot athletes we've we've -- a lot of loans to a lot of athletes on you know Super Bowl rings and championship rings.
And you know once again these these -- and these metals are are priceless of these athletes so.
You know first -- period of time and we're trying to do what we can help tonight commitments they have like that Super Bowl ring the got in the -- -- We have never had to sell any of those types of assets so all those assets have been returned back to the rightful owner and you know desolate should be.
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Few of the wonders of the universe inspire as much awe as a grand spiral galaxy. And one of the grandest of them all sails high overhead tonight, near the handle of the Big Dipper. It's visible through small telescopes.
The galaxy is M101. It takes its name from a catalog of celestial objects compiled in the eighteenth century by French comet hunter Charles Messier. As galaxies go, M101 is fairly near by, at a distance of just 24 million light-years.
M101 looks like a glowing celestial pinwheel. Its brightest stars, which shine blue and red, form delicate spiral arms. Clouds of hydrogen gas punctuate the arms, glowing pink from the energy of the hot young stars they gave birth to.
By good luck, we see this beautiful spiral galaxy nearly face-on, so we have a perfect bird's-eye view. In fact, we know what M101 looks like better than we do our own galaxy, the Milky Way. That's because we're inside the Milky Way's disk, so we can't see its entire expanse. It's like trying to map an entire forest when you're in the middle of it and can see only the trees around you.
In contrast, any astronomers in M101 view our galaxy almost face-on, so they know exactly what the Milky Way looks like. But they probably can't judge just how spectacular their own galaxy is.
Perhaps we can arrange a trade with them: They send us a nice picture of the Milky Way, and we'll send them a picture of their galaxy -- the incredible spiral known as M101.
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TOKYO — Washi paper was paired with silk and fabrics layered in an echo of traditional kimonos yesterday during Japan Fashion Week, the twice-yearly celebration of an industry that plays a key role in the nation's "Cool Japan" campaign.
Underwritten by a $500 million government bankroll, the campaign aims to help Japanese companies promote their culture.
It has been seized upon by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as a way of restoring the halo of cool that once graced the nation.
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Lewisham's only gay pub Two8Six closed down by Mendoza and Golfrate property companies
11:18am Wednesday 17th October 2012 in News By Mark Chandler
LEWISHAM'S only gay pub Two8Six has been closed after the building's new owner sent in bailiffs and changed the locks.
The Lewisham High Street venue, a gay pub since the 1960s, is just the latest of the borough's boozers to be faced with closure.
Publican Steve Thompson said problems started when Isle of Man-based company Mendoza and managers Golfrate, took over ownership in June from Admiral Taverns.
He claims they told him to evict his live in staff from the residential floors above the pub so that they could be used as private flats, while demanding outstanding rent.
After a series of negotiations, bailiffs were sent in on October 12, changing the locks and boarding up the building.
Mt Thompson said: "The demands have been unreasonable and the forced closure means it is impossible to pay any outstanding rents.
"Although my solicitor has advised me that they were not entitled to break in and change the locks, without being able to trade I can't afford the thousands of pounds necessary to take them to the High Court and so I may be forced to declare myself bankrupt."
Councillor Liam Curran, who is campaigning to get better protection for Lewisham's boozers, said: "Once again we have another example of a busy pub in Lewisham being closed due to land values.
"It is helping to kill the high street and the fact that this company have forced the closure of Lewisham's only gay pub is quite insidious. I hope the owner of the company Mendoza will reconsider his position."
A meeting on what can be done to save the pub is being held at 7pm on October 26 at the council's Civic Centre, Catford Road. All are welcome.
Supporters can also write to Golfrate at The Glasshouse, 177-187 Arthur Road, London, SW19 8AE.
A Keep Two8Six Open Facebook group has also been set up.
- News Shopper attempted to contact Golfrate about the closure but was told the person dealing with it was on holiday. When asked who that was, they hung up.
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It was only the other day that I mentioned to a few of my friends that we are due an other night there. It was my local gay night out. Ruined!
Where to now?
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Good luck all.........Ron x
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joertmclark wrote:...why don't ya all meet-up at erastus piggotts place instead ? rofl!!
That's a shame. I really love it in there, such a good atmosphere. It was only the other day that I mentioned to a few of my friends that we are due an other night there. It was my local gay night out. Ruined! Where to now?
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I will buy one. But not now and not with only 25 games available with no RPG. Gonna wait until rev 2 or something like that and when it has 100+ titles.
I really think that number would be double if Sony had just allowed MicroSD instead of forcing those super expensive memory cards on people. I figure it's only a matter of time before we see something like R4 where we can just slip a MicroSD card into a connecter that fits into that slot. If Sony had either allowed MicroSD cards, or priced the system $50 cheaper, so the initial investment is about $250-300 instead of 300-400, I think they would have sold a lot more units.
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I just want to be the first to say that a bunch of devs are just scrapping their games for the Vita because it's sales are horrible. My source is RuskiSnajper On a serious note, good to see it's selling, a year or so from now I'll probably pick one up.
One of my prime reasons I went from wanting it at launch to willing to wait till December. New memory cards, high prices, Sony charging again for PSP games. Then Sony not bringing that program to the US. Sony did everything possible to make me not want to buy one. I'll stick with my PSP a bit longer. Vita game prices are another thing. Too high. I'd have likely only gotten Wipeout and BlazBlue. Both I already own on PSP so...my desire to get them isn't that high. Uncharted I'd want but I'm not paying $50 for a handheld title. But...if Vita gets a Valkyria game, I'm buying one right away. "Why would anyone buy this crap!" Because they are great machines. I loaded my PSP up with videos and used it on a trip. Lot easier on a plane to just whip out the PSP than to unpack the laptop.
You are aware that you are talking about $ony, they wouldn't understand the concept of value or what a great machine is or was if you gave them one and then gave them a power point presentation on how to recreate it. $ony rapes their customers and their wallets, no one should buy these for that fact alone!:shadedshu
it still baffles me that there wasn't a launch fps. this thing is just screaming for a fps and some developers really dropped the ball on getting a fps multiplayer shooter out the gate on this thing. all in all i will still get mines in a month
I plan on buying one so I can play all my fav emulators when it gets hackedp I could care less about the new games on it.
The sales figured for Japan were low, but clearly that market is not an indicator of all things. I mean the 360 has barely sold like 2m units in Japan, yet it's on par for the PS3 in worldwide sales. People really need to stop judging products based on the sales in Japan. The US\Euro Market is a lot bigger and more indicative of public interest. If I recall FFXIII sold great in Japan but mediocre in the US Also, no offense to Ruski, but I question his sources daily since he's also convinced the new UDK won't support the Wii U at all, which is laughable to say the least.
Will be interesting to see what wins: The PSVita, with its locked down big-company only games, or the tablets, with their 'anyone can create' games for 1/20th the price.
That's a ridiculous notion. Tablets have a much higher initial investment and are restricted to touch screens. You tried playing a shooter (one of the more popular genres in modern times) on a touch screen? I'd rather drink cyanide.
Already there are tablets with side-controllers, and there are many (almost all) that let you plug in an xbox or ps3 controllers. It won't be long before Skyrim-capable tablets are sub $400. Oh, they also have HD Video output and SD card slots. It's not as ridiculous as you think. $552 and runs Skyrim http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Transformer-TF201-B1-GR-10-1-Inch-Amethyst/dp/B0067PLM5E
Answer is OBVIOUSLY neither. Nintendo will knock the Vita out of the water, just like last gen. Yes, it's hardware is "lame" compared to the Vita, but look at the DS and Wii...
And any tablet that support those has tons of associated cost, you're also ignoring the depth and quality of games. Angry Birds is 99c because you are doing something high repetitive and all they really had to do once they got the initial formula down was replicate it. A Vita is a one time investment of say $250 for the console and another $50 for the memory card. To do it with a tablet, you'd have to spend like $400 on the tablet, $50 on a controller, and hope anything decent would come out. Until Intel makes an appearance on a larger scale all we have are ARM-based tablets so none of our favorite games are really playable. Sure they may be capable of playing Skyrim, but then the cost of the games would skyrocket if they had that kind of depth. Find me a single game on the iOS or Android market that is that detailed and costs less than $10. I think I'll be waiting quite some time. Plus, even though it has the capability to do fantastic graphics and make high quality games, most developers just want to cash in and make cheap little gimmicks. People buy games on their phone and tablet because it gives them something to do on the bus, or the subway, or doctor's office, NOT because they want to play some games. The Vita can fill that void and allow people to play games that are worth playing in those places. I'd gladly buy 1 copy of Skyrim instead of 60 different $1 games on iOS, since none of them offer the same experience or quality. Plus $40-60 each for a controller and a copy of the game. You could get a Vita and 4 full length games for that. Which one seems like the better investment for a gamer?
In the long run I think its obviously the tablet. Paying $40 for each PS Vita game and $80 for a 32gb memory card will easily surpass the initial buy-in price of the tablet after just a few games. Major game developers will start making high quality tablet games very soon. There are already SEVERAL high quality MMORPGs for tablets, and various old ports like Final Fantasy. Not to mention all of the free ones out there. Wired Xbox controllers can be had for $20-30 easily at gamestop.


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