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Happy Friday, streamers! Or, at least, it's a happy Friday for the Internet. As for those multiplexes... well, it's too soon to tell. But since we like to tie our streaming suggestions to the latest releases, here's a quick rundown. We're not sure what to make of "Kick-Ass 2" or "Jobs," and we're definitely not too excited about the star-studded (sigh) Liam Hemsworth vehicle "Paranoia." On the other hand, we are thrilled to suggest an alternate film—little known and highly underrated—starring Gary Oldman. Also a number of older picks, including a music documentary, a cheapo '80s fantasy flick, a major hit from last year, and a Criterion Collection gem from Indian auteur Satyajit Ray. The highly anticipated "Ain't Them Bodies Saints," while opening in theaters, isn't available on VOD yet (tune in next week!), but another indie slated for September is, and we've got the details here. So here we go!
"Arbitrage" (2012)
What It's About: New York hedge fund manager Robert Miller (Richard Gere) is the very picture of success and happiness, his devoted wife (Susan Sarandon) and brilliant daughter (Brit Marling) completing a blissful picture of the American Dream. But as he celebrates his 60th birthday, the magnate's rapidly failing business and torrid affair with an art dealer (Laetitia Casta) begin to get the best of him. His tranquil facade already crumbling, a bloody cover-up hatched with a shady acquaintance (Nate Parker) and the investigations of a curious detective (Tim Roth) push Miller even closer to the edge of stability and sanity.
Why You Should Stream It: Written and directed by Nicholas Jarecki, "Arbitrage" is a taut and intelligent drama, a slow burning narrative that is admirably realistic: the film avoids the all-too-common reprimand to white collar criminals and creates a three-dimensional antihero that is at once sympathetic and repellant. Though joined by a team of top-notch actors, Gere's performance can be given much of the credit here, his character's deterioration played with physical nuance and emotional restraint. Our review lauds the simplicity of the cinematography and score, and notes, "instead of a clean-cut portrayal of hand-wringing corporate greed, Gere and Jarecki work to show how motivated the mogul must have been to amass the empire that he has over the course of decades, thus providing a credible rationale for why and how he schemes so thoroughly to keep his interests—family included—from going under."
Where It's Available: Amazon Instant, iTunes, Netflix, VUDU
"State of Grace" (1990)
What It's About: After ten years away, Terry Noonan (Sean Penn) returns to Hell's Kitchen, a New York neighborhood rife with organized crime and rivaling gangs. He immediately links himself with childhood friend Jackie Flannery (Gary Oldman) in a unit run by the latter's brother, Frankie (Ed Harris). While allegedly reverting to a past life, Noonan's homecoming is actually a cover for his new stint as an undercover cop, and he's charged with excising the local cadres of Irish and Italian mafia. The treacherousness of the double life quickly begins to wear on the posing gangster, and he suffers further complications as he rekindles a relationship with the Flannerys' sister (Robin Wright). John Turturro, John C. Reilly, and Burgess Meredith also co-star.
Why You Should Stream It: Based on the stories of The Westies, a genuine gang from Hell's Kitchen, "State of Grace" depicts the urban underbelly of New York with startling, unsettling realism. Director Phil Joanou channels Martin Scorsese (and, coincidentally, the film was released within a week of "Goodfellas"), bringing violence and pathos to the story's forefront in equal measure, getting to the heart of what makes these common criminals tick. The three male leads are typically strong—Penn, internally conflicted; Oldman, jarringly maniacal; and Harris an icy sociopath—but Oldman's Jackie is far and away the film's best performance, an electrifying combination of brutal loyalty and terrifying cruelty. And a score from acclaimed composer (and Sergio Leone favorite) Ennio Morricone virtuously captures the wretchedness of the metropolitan abyss, adding another level of darkness to this gritty crime drama.
Where It's Available: VUDU
"And While We Were Here" (2013)
What It's About: Vacationing on an island off the Amalfi Coast, a young couple, though literally swimming in old world romance, find themselves at uncomfortable odds. Writer Jane (Kate Bosworth) yearns for intellectual stimulation while Leonard (Iddo Goldberg) appreciates an existence uncomplicated by introspection. To escape the distressing tedium of her marriage, Jane delves into adapting her grandmother's oral memories of WWII-era Europe, a task which leads away from her husband and toward an unexpectedly welcome entanglement with a 19-year-old American tourist (Jamie Blackley).
Why You Should Stream It: Writer-director Kat Coiro ("L!fe Happens") draws on the fundamentals of Italian neorealism quite liberally here, and successfully carries the slice-of-life storytelling, location shooting, music, and cinematography of the '40s style into the modern era. The premise is simple, but surely deceptively so, as the film unfolds in sometimes surprising ways. Yet the throughline of believable emotion—and the stirring familiarity of Jane's marital discontent—keeps the narrative grounded and engaging. Our review from last year's Tribeca Film Festival calls the lead actress "an undeniable screen presence," and concludes, "as an affecting romance between a woman caught between two worlds, it very nearly sticks the landing. As a showcase for Ms. Bosworth, never better, it's often sublime." "And While We Were Here" will open in theaters September 13th.
Where It's Available: Amazon Instant, Cable on Demand, iTunes, VUDU
"Deathstalker" (1983)
What It's About: The first of four films in the "Deathstalker" legacy, this entry establishes the adventurous life of the titular warrior (played by Rick Hill). Sent on a quest to retrieve precious items from the evil sorcerer Munkar (Bernard Erhard), Deathstalker encounters a variety of colorful (and barely clothed) characters, enters a tournament, and rescues a princess. Richard Brooker, Lara Clarkson and Barbi Benton co-star.
Why You Should Stream It: Dark Ages setting, muscled hunks in loincloths, indulgent special effects and sound design, fantastical beasts, sweet martial arts moves, wizened wizards with gravelly voices, economically decorated soundstages... We could go on, but, uh, what's not to like? Riding the wave of sword and sorcery films popularized by 1982's "Conan the Barbarian," this Argentinian American co-production from director James Sbardellati was an unexpected, if modest, hit upon its release. Produced for under $500,000 in the mode of executive producer Roger Corman—famous for his prolific, cheap, and very popular exploitation pictures during the 1970s—"Deathstalker" yielded a tidy box office profit. This success encouraged Sbardellati to align with his seasoned EP for several more efforts, including "Barbarian Queen" (1985), which showed the duo reteaming with Clarkson, now a household name among sci-fi and fantasy devotees. While Sbardellati left the series for good after this first installment, Corman maintained his producing role until its conclusion. (Side note: if you manage to get your hands on copies of the other three "Deathstalker" pictures, we can guarantee similarly delightful helpings of beefcake and camp.) Should the film's cult status not convince you, maybe all those semi-naked people and the oodles of heroic fighting will draw your attention. It should, at the very least, help dispel your "Game of Thrones" withdrawal.
Where It's Available: Netflix


text: Wall Street halted its two-day rally on Tuesday, after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank lacks tools to cushion the U.S. economy from the impact of the "fiscal cliff."The day's biggest disappointment was Hewlett-Packard Co shares, which sank to a 10-year low after the computer and printer maker swung to a fourth-quarter loss and announced a $5 billion charge related to "accounting improprieties." The stock slid 12 percent to close at $11.71.Bernanke, in comments before the Economic Club of New York, said the Fed does not have the ability to offset the damage that would result if politicians fail to strike a deal to prevent a series of mandatory tax increases and spending cuts scheduled to go into effect early next year.The statement caused a downdraft in the market, though the equity market cut most of its losses before the end of the day."This is a more realistic and pragmatic picture of where we are, compared to what we've been hearing for the past couple of days from politicians that are mostly PR stunts," said James Dailey, portfolio manager at TEAM Asset Strategy Fund in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.Stocks had rallied for the last two sessions after Washington politicians sounded an encouraging note that a deal to avoid the U.S. fiscal cliff could be reached. The gains followed two weeks of sharp losses that pushed the S&P 500 down through the 200-day moving average, a key benchmark of the market's long-term trend.The S&P ended Tuesday near that level, which was 1,382.68.The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 7.45 points, or 0.06 percent, to 12,788.51 at the close. But the Standard & Poor's 500 Index edged up 0.93 of a point, or 0.07 percent, to finish at 1,387.82. The Nasdaq Composite Index inched up 0.61 of a point, or 0.02 percent, to close at 2,916.68.Dow component HP said it took an $8.8 billion charge in the quarter, with $5 billion related to its acquisition of software firm Autonomy, citing "serious accounting improprieties." HP's market value is now just $23 billion, compared with $100 billion just two years ago.Best Buy Co shares fell 13 percent to $11.96 after the consumer electronics retailer reported a net loss of $13 million for the third quarter on weaker-than-expected sales at its established stores.Another factor weighing on stocks was Moody's Investors Service's reduction of France's sovereign rating by one notch to Aa1 after the market's close

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A generator was a means of producing generating power on planets, starships, and other fixed installations, such as starbases. It provided power for shields, phasers, replicators, and other on-board devices.
When Major Kira Nerys tried to confiscate a shipment of dolamide from a Valerian transport in 2369 for proof they wanted to ship it to the Cardassians for their weapons, Commander Benjamin Sisko refused. According to Sisko, dolamide was also used for power generators, reactors, and in short-range transports. (DS9: "Dramatis Personae")
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Unwrap our top tips to get your digital marketing strategy ready ahead of #Christmas12
Blog Posts | By Krishna Rao | 13 July 2012 |
Hot on the heels of its Christmas Conference last week, Greenlight has unveiled an interactive Digital Advent Calendar loaded with insightful tips, as part of our drive to give digital marketers and brands a head start with their Christmas 2012 strategy so their campaigns are underway in time for the festive season.
Greenlight's Digital Advent Calendar consists of ten boxes each filled with tips. One is unlocked daily to reveal practical insights and recommendations around Social Media, internet advertising and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO).
Don't have an SEO Nightmare
Described on Twitter as being 'catchy and pertinent', day one of Greenlight's Digital Advent Calendar kicked-off on Monday 9 July, showing a lively animated SEO Nightmare jingle (Matt Cutts is coming to town), with a 'Don't Spam' tip and the consequences of doing so.
Take your business mobile
Out of day two's unlocked box popped a piece by Google's Anuj Ghaghada, Industry Analyst (Retail Team), with insight on the emergence of the 'nonline' shopper and how mobile has fundamentally changed the way consumers shop. In keeping with the theme, on day three, Ben Mckeown, lead designer at Greenlight, revealed tips on how to take your business mobile.
How to use Pinterest for your brand - Top tips in 10 minutes
With Pinterest proving the latest flame on the social media circuit, day four's envelope opened with a webinar divulging lots of practical and easy to implement ideas to use the platform to the brands best advantage.
The five top tips for a successful SEO Christmas
Today, sees us half way through the Advent calendar and for day five, Adam Bunn, Director of SEO at Greenlight brings you some short and snappy "must do's" to get your #Christmas12 SEO on track. As he puts it: "SEO takes 3-6 months to take effect egro, to be on the safe side, SEO for Christmas keywords should start in July.
Prizes prizes and more prizes
To get marketers into the Christmas spirit, Greenlight is also giving away amazing prizes daily, including iPads, Nespresso machines and iPhones. Winners are announced on Greenlight's Twitter page @GreenlightMKTG every day at 16:30 BST.
It isn't too late to get signed-up
Greenlight's Digital Advent Calendar runs until 20th July 2012 so there's another five days packed with more bite sized bits of information to get you prepped for #Christmas12 and five chances to win yourselves a prize.
To sign up to these and more tips plus a chance to win, go to http://www.greenlightdigital.com/digitaladventcalendar/ and select the latest unlocked box.


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Some stouts pour like motor oil and drink like a meal—and sometimes that's exactly what you want when you're sampling one-offs and specialty brews for an evening. But sometimes you don't want your beer to fill you up for the evening, and that's why Guinness has so many fans around the world: despite its dense and creamy appearance, it's actually light and refreshing.
Better-Than-Champagne Recipe: Fizzy Citrus & Beer Pitcher Cocktail
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It's a sad, sad tale, and one that's no doubt caused a few New Year's tears over the years: being saddled with an allergy to Champagne and feeling a little left out during the Auld Lang Syne toast.
That's the case for one of my very dear friends, with whom we've been ringing in the New Year for the past decade. While he's content to raise a bottle of Sam Adams in lieu of a Champagne flute, this year I've decided to give him something special and bubbly that mimics the festive feel of a sparkling wine without the pounding headaches. (Spoiler alert: it involves beer!)
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As we're getting ready to raise a glass to the new year, we figure it's a perfect time to look back at all the great beer and wine ideas and information we shared in 2014.
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Your Favorite Craft Beers Are About to Take Flight
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Just in case you didn't get your fill of craft beer news this week, Delta has recently announced that their flights will soon offer a flight of your favorite local brews.
The airline announced that they will be serving drinks from some popular breweries. Is your favorite on the list?
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Made in Portland (where else?) these ceramic beer growlers come in sleek glazes and have a tight seal to keep in carbonation. Unlike a glass growler, they also keep out light and make sure your craft brew stays cool.
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Need a soothing drink after the excesses of Thanksgiving? This ginger beer packs a triple-whammy of intense ginger spiciness to settle your tummy, with a mild alcohol content that amps up the heat. I am so obsessed with stuff right now! As someone who is never content with the level of heat in ginger soda, this finally brings it. And if you want a serious cocktail, this makes a very, very good Dark and Stormy.
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We live in a beautifully treed urban suburb of Columbus OH. Because we are in relative close proximity to our neighbors we custom built a gazebo with retractable shades & surrounding fence to create a private oasis. It also harmonizes beautifully with the adjacent pool. I couldn't have imagined a better 50th birthday gift than a 50th Anniversary Jacuzzi 365 with all the "bells and whistles!


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I have the Mirena. Could I still be pregnant?
I threw up several times 2 days ago, and had some diarrhea as well. I have been exhausted ever since. I have also had weight gain despite working out and breast feeding my 10 month old still.
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I told my mom that's what I wanted after I have my baby so I don't have to think about it ect. and she told me she knows someone who got pregnant while on it, so I would go get checked right away just in case.posted 03/10/2010 by a BabyCenter Member
It's always worth it to take a test because there is a small chance that you may be pregnant. If you are not pregnant, it's possible you are having a reaction to the hormones in the Mirena IUD. Even though the dosage is small and directed into the uterus, it is possible for you to have a systemic response to the hormone if you are sensitive to it.posted 03/10/2010 by stledb
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Ben Maurey scored in overtime, lifting Brown to a 4-3 victory over host Washington in a men's soccer game Friday night. Abdul Aman and Dylan...
Ben Maurey scored in overtime, lifting Brown to a 4-3 victory over host Washington in a men's soccer game Friday night.
Abdul Aman and Dylan Tucker-Gangnes scored for the Huskies, who dropped to 4-3-1.
The Huskies led 2-0 at halftime with the second score coming on an own goal by the Bears.
But Brown (6-1) rallied in the second half for the nonconference win.
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Maurey scored the game-winner in the 93rd minute on an assist by Thomas McNamara. Maurey headed it in to the back of the net from the right side of the box.
"It was our best 45 minutes of the year followed by one of the toughest, not the worst but one of the toughest," said Washington coach Jamie Clark.
• Seattle University senior Marshall Kosaka scored his second goal of the match with just over three minutes remaining in regulation to give the Redhawks a 4-3 victory over Portland at Championship Field.
The teams were tied at 3 at halftime.
Seattle University (2-4) plays at Washington on Sunday at noon in a match that will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks.
• Gonzaga freshman keeper Chris Lowrimore got his first collegiate start Friday, and he made five saves to help the Bulldogs (3-3) beat UC Irvine 2-1 in the opening match of the Soccer Classic hosted by Oregon State.
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Kari Davidson made 10 saves for Washington, but host USC pulled out a 1-0 win by scoring with 11 seconds left in the first overtime in the Huskies' Pac-12 opener.
Samantha Johnson, who had several other great chances on goal, scored the game-winner for USC (4-4-1, 1-0) in the 99th minute.
Washington (7-1-1, 0-1) played just its second overtime game of the season.
"They (the Women of Troy) are physically a tough team to deal with," said UW coach Lesle Gallimore. "They have great speed and have some really dangerous people in the front half of the field. With that said, I thought we did a good job of absorbing the pressure at times."
• Kaila Cameli scored two goals as host Portland (6-1) beat Seattle University (4-5) 3-0.
• Western Washington freshman forward Jessica Bertucci suffered a season-ending knee injury Sept. 15 in the Vikings' contest at Saint Martin's.
• Northwest University (1-7-1) lost 2-0 to visiting Westminster on a pair of own goals.
Washington State (10-2, 0-2 Pac-12) struggled in its eighth consecutive road match and lost to Arizona State (12-3, 1-1) 25-18, 20-25, 25-22, 25-23 in Tempe, Ariz.
ASU's Macey Gardner led the match with 25 kills, and Erica Wilson added 19.
Jaicee Harris and Rachel Todorovich combined for 28 of WSU's 49 kills.
• Southern Oregon snapped Northwest University's seven-match win streak with a 26-24, 24-26, 25-15, 25-18 victory over the Eagles in Cascade Conference play.
With the victory, Southern Oregon improves to 5-1 in conference and 9-7 overall while Northwest drops to 3-3 in the CCC and 9-6 overall.
• Tom Brandes and Mike Haack of Bellevue and Sean Packer of Seattle combined to lead Team Washington to a tie for 13th at the 10th USGA Men's State Team Championship, held at Galloway (N.J.) National Golf Club. The three-day event ended Friday.
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LMAO! Software rider? Software rider? In reference to the guy who rode the old 500's? Dude you get worse as the days pass.
As for Crutchlow, did anybody catch how it was confirmed that he does, in fact, have the same engine as the factory boys at this moment?


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It's that silly season (the time between major events like the Game Developers Conference and the Electronic Entertainment Expo) where rumors fly fast and furious about what the biggest companies in the industry have planned. So with that in mind, there's a new rumor that says that the "always online" requirement we have been hearing about for the new Xbox console is actually for the Xbox Mini device. Rumors about the device first surfaced in March of last year.
VGleaks, which has a good track record of fielding rumors that turn out to be true, is the source of these new rounds of rumors surrounding Microsoft's plans for new systems. They claim the "always-on" is tied to the second Xbox console that will be launched at the same time as the Durango-based (or Xbox 720, if you like) machine. Unlike the Durango console, the Xbox Mini will offer Xbox 360 backwards compatibility, but will not have a disc drive.
This new Xbox Mini will require an always-on internet connection and will play XBLA games. It will also supposedly be used as set-top box. Finally it will be able to give the new Xbox Durango console a way to provide backwards compatibility for downloaded games through some sort of link-up. Those who insert an Xbox 360 disc into Durango will be prompted to connect an Xbox Mini, according to the web site..
Another rumor making the rounds today is that Microsoft will host a press event for the device on May 21.
Stay tuned for more details as they become available.
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25/11/2009/7:19 pm, Dowry Creek Marina
We are in Dowry Creek - very near Belhaven - after coming through the Alligator River/Pungo River Canal. We spent Tuesday night anchored off Deep Point in the Alligator River - a good little spot with room for several boats. As we came along we wondered about protection, but a boat that was already there, Foxglove, called to say they were sitting very comfortably. Accordingly, Madcap and Oz pulled in, followed shortly by Feelin' Lucky and a boat we have seen several times but have not yet met - Condesa. We all had a good night and were gone by 9 the next morning.
We have been motoring along - not enough wind to sail across the Albemarle Sound - and today the wind was on our nose - and of course we were in the narrow overland cut so didn't have a lot of leeway anyway.
We followed Oz into Dowry Creek - a regular stop for them - filled up on diesel and topped up the water tanks, and then decided to take a slip for the night. That is unusual for us but it is a great little marina and it was a chance for us to try getting into one of those slips with the pilings and the little short docks. You know the ones???? What a hash we made of it, but the folks on the docks really helped us out and we finally managed to get the lines around the poles and figure out how to do it.
We've done laundry and had showers and enjoyed the nightly happy hour in the very nice clubhouse. (How about this bottle tree that stands near the clubhouse? New species to me!) We've been encouraged to stay for the cruisers' Thanksgiving Dinner tomorrow night, but think we will leave and head for Oriental. It's a bit of a struggle deciding what to do. The weather forecast is for winds on Friday that we might like to be tucked away for, and if we stay here for tomorrow, we might still be here another day.... and our inclination is to keep moving.
Good news - Jim fixed the remote mike for the VHF radio. I can't tell you how - but he just worked through a bunch of trouble shooting things and then said "I've fixed it! Who's your Daddy?" Now if he can do the same thing for the fridge, I'll be even happier!
There hasn't been much traffic along the ICW. We met a couple of tugs and barges today but always when there was lots of room to pass. One bald eagle was perched high in a tree and several vultures watched the passing traffic.
Oh - I have to tell you that the movie in Elizabeth City wasn't quite as bad the second time around - maybe because we weren't expecting much? And the whole experience was a lot of fun. The theatre had upscale little tables with shaded lamps and a phone to call in our food orders. It would be a really neat idea for some of the old theatres back home I think.
As I was walking back from the grocery store, a woman wheeled her SUV around in front of me and called out "Get in!" I did and she drove me back to the waterfront. Jim asked Charlotte at the Visitors Centre where to get ice and she said, "I'll take you there!" So we both had very positive experiences in Elizabeth City. Good place!! Dowry Creek Marina - good place too!
23/11/2009/11:22 am, Elizabeth City, NC
The wind howled around last night and we were happy to be tied to the wall at Waterfront Wharf. Today is brighter, and really quite pleasant. Jim and I went to the local seafood store/restaurant for lunch (steamed shrimp for me and a sampler platter for him) and then walked back to Muddy Waters for coffee and wifi.
As we were strolling around yesterday admiring the elegant old houses - some not so elegant anymore, but others just lovely - we met a young mum picking jalapeno peppers from her garden. She very kindly gave us some (stuffed with cream cheese, they were hot and good) and took time for a good chat. I loved her yard. It was a big corner lot with flowers and vegetables and lots of play structures including a castle/hen house for the two chickens that were picking their way around the garden. We hadn't realized that Elizabeth City is home to a huge Coast Guard complex - the largest on the east coast (and maybe the nation?) It also has a couple of colleges and a state university. She says it is about a 45 minute commute to Norfolk so there are lots of people living here and working in larger centres. It must be a nice way to have a quieter quality of life.
Tonight we'll attend the local movie theatre/diner for dinner and a show. Ken and Connie have been here before and it sounds like fun. You get there at 6, sit down at a table, pick up the phone on it, order dinner, eat and drink, and then at 7 the lights go down and the movie starts. Can't believe the movie is Men Who Stare at Goats. We saw that while we were in Solomons, and despite the good actors in it, we thought it was "kinda dumb with some funny moments". Perhaps with a glass of wine in hand and the company of friends it will be better the second time around??
We'll do a restock of some produce and dinner fixings at the grocery store this afternoon (they pick up and deliver to the Mariners Wharf) and Susan at the Welcome Centre says there might be a "rose buddy" wine and cheese reception at 4:30 if there are enough cruisers around and the weather cooperates.
We seem to have a glitch in our refrigeration system - and maybe the VHF too. We can hear a beep on the radio that seems to be from the fridge (how is that possible?) because when we turn off the fridge, it stops, but when we turn off the radio the beep is just quieter. Jim is doing some trouble shooting and we hope it will be an easy fix.
What we haven't figured out yet is the static in our remote VHF mike (the one in the cockpit) that started a couple of days ago. It makes so much noise that we have to keep it turned way down and then we can't hear when someone is calling, except that the static stops during a conversation. There is no static on the nav station radio and they are both connected to the same antennae. We have a handheld VHF so that helps, but its range is not nearly as great. Ideas anyone??
Tomorrow morning we'll be off across the Albemarle Sound and into the Alligator River. I'm not sure where the next posting come from but it will be south of here!
Thanks for posting comments folks, it is great fun to find them and know you are travelling with us.
We had a similar problem with the RAM for our Standard Horizon VHF a few years ago. It was defective, coundn't be repaired and was replaced.
Have a safe trip.
Bob & Denise
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22/11/2009/3:01 pm, Elizabeth City, NC
Around about 7:30 we were up and off from Lafayette River. It turns out it was a little early because we poked along some to time our arrival correctly for the 11 am opening of the Deep Creek Lock in the Great Dismal Swamp. In our laid back state, we gawked at all the military vessels, waved to the tugs, and generally enjoyed our trip. We waited for about 20 minutes for the lock to open. The water rises by about 6 feet for southbound vessels, and the lockmaster was really helpful, taking our lines and looping them over the bollards.
Three sailboats came through - Oz (Ken and Connie), McBeth (Fran and Charlie), and Madcap - and we all stopped at the Visitors Centre for the night. A bit later, Feelin' Lucky arrived with Betsy and Jim on board. We signed the guest book at the visitors' centre (no charge for mooring) and then in true cruiser fashion, chatted on the docks, comparing itineraries and boating experiences.
The swamp was not quite as exciting this time - perhaps because it is late in the season and much of the foliage is off the trees. We like our swamps to be swampier and hot and green with birds and turtles. We saw only one lonely little turtle on a log. The depth is no more than 6 feet in places. We draw just under 6 feet and the lockmaster said we might bump a time or two. We never did feel any bumps but I'm sure we ploughed through the mud on occasion because in a couple of places we saw 0.1 - around the 20 mile marker and again a little later. (Can't remember the mile marker). Oz was ahead of us and very kindly called back when they spotted deadheads or shallow spots.
Three of the four boats left Sunday morning to go to Elizabeth City to wait out the coming wind and rain. McBeth decided to stay put and do some maintenance work. We caught the South Mills lock opening (0900 for southbound boats). Feelin' Lucky was ahead of us by a bit, so we went right through the bridge as it opened and then right into the lock. We tried and tried to radio the lockmaster but he didn't answer calls (VHF channel 13 in North Carolina). He took our lines in the lock but he never did come back out to hand them off to us when we were ready to leave (that is the harder part because we had dropped 6 feet and couldn't just lift them off - they needed to be pulled around and off).
So we are now in North Carolina - we're knocking off the states and we're getting a little warmer - I think! I didn't have quite as many clothes on today but the wind has come up now and we've put up our enclosure. We took a walk about town with Ken and Connie, and will enjoy exploring it a bit more over the next day or two. The Muddy Waters coffee shop on Main Street has wifi so that's where I have come to get these postings up. We don't want you worrying about us!!
Just got back to your blog, and it is wonderful to see that you are underway again. I would love to be sailing along with you, and when I read the blog I well recall our many conversations about a certain CS 27. In any event, I bet you dont miss Justice, and from what I hear there is nothing to miss. Adverse arbitral decision, freeze, the usual.
We decised not to go back totrident this year, the plan is to ship th eboat to Georgian Bay and then spend a couple of seasons there. Not the bahamas, but there are other compensations. In fact Georga, Geoffrey and I are getting ready for a trip to Israel for Christmass Chanuka, and then off to the Careeb with the Rutherfords.
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"My only goal here is to help Kettering be successful," Simpson said.
|Dr. Robert Simpson (left) with Byron Green '86.
Published in the Spring 2014 issue of Kettering Magazine
A decorated and illustrious academic career will come to an end this summer as Dr. Robert L. Simpson, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Kettering University, will step down from his current position.
Simpson has served as the Provost at Kettering on two separate occasions. Once during the 2006-07 academic year and again for the past four years starting in 2010. Simpson's journey in academia began decades earlier in his first job in high school in Fresno, California.
From 1956-1960, Simpson worked as a local high school sports reporter for the Fresno Bee where he produced copy on a portable typewriter, careful not to make mistakes in the late hours of the night when recapping the local Friday evening football games.
"I learned there how to work towards deadlines. That's been a helpful lesson throughout my life," Simpson said.
In the fall of 1960, Simpson enrolled at Fresno State College (now known as California State University Fresno) for his undergraduate education. In the first 15 weeks of his freshman year, Simpson majored in business administration and then economics before finally settling on zoology.
"It was a horrible instructor in the introductory business course and I had not a clue what economics was," Simpson said. "I was always interested in science so I ended up where I should have started."
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Simpson stayed at Fresno State College until 1967, completing his undergraduate degree in zoology and his masters in biology. His passion for studying the natural environment in the laboratory was complemented by his 1960-1962 summers spent working for the Sequoia-Kings Canyon Parks Company where he began by cleaning cabins and latrines, escorting guests to their cabins and ended up supervising the crew that performed these tasks. From 1963 to 1967, Simpson moved up the ranks of the National Parks system. He went from escorting campers to cabins and cleaning cabins, to monitoring the trails during the graveyard shift from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. in the morning. In 1963, Simpson become a park ranger at Sequoia National Park where he spent his first summer on the graveyard shift on road patrol, after which he spent the summers of 1964-1967 working six days a week as a backcountry ranger assignments that were 11 to 40 miles from the nearest road.
"I had very large territories that I patrolled with a horse and two mules or by foot," Simpson said remembering how for two years he spent every Sunday on top of Mt. Whitney, the highest point in the continental United States .
After completing his masters in the spring of 1967, Simpson packed everything he owned into his Volkswagen Beetle and headed east to upstate New York where he enrolled in a doctoral program in limnology (study of standing fresh water bodies like lakes and streams) at Cornell University.
"The first thing I learned, I had absolutely no idea how much corn was grown in the United States and I'm serious when I say that. When you hit western Nebraska, you start seeing corn and you see it all the way to Ithaca, New York," Simpson said. "If you've been to the west, everything is big - big mountains, big scenery, big wide open spaces. And in the East, everything is small. I had to be make the transition from grandeur as expressed in big to grandeur expressed in small."
While at Cornell, Simpson met his wife Penelope. They have been married for 43 years and have a son, Robert Lee Simpson III (35), who works in the Information Technology department at the University of Michigan – Dearborn and a daughter, Elizabeth Jean (32), who is an artist and self-employed custom landscape designer in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Simpson accepted his first tenure-track faculty position at Rider College (now Rider University) in Lawrence Township, New Jersey while completing his doctoral thesis which he defended in 1971.
"It was a terrific little place to be because I could completely define what I wanted to do with my career," Simpson said. "I could follow the teaching and research lines that I wanted."
Simpson stayed at Rider from 1970 to 1985 and served as the chair of the biology department for 10 of those 15 years which was his first foray into higher education administration. Along with his teaching and administrative duties, Simpson, along with a close-knit group of colleagues at Rider and Rutgers University, began a 25-year collaboration studying tidal freshwater marshes. In 1978, they published Freshwater Wetlands: Ecological Processes and Management Potential, the first book focusing exclusively on freshwater wetlands.
"He's always very positive with what he brings to the research or brings to what he's doing or interacting personally. He's really pretty amazing that way," said Mary Leck, a research colleague of Simpson's since the early 1970s. "He was rigorous and always fair and I think pretty demanding of the students. The students really benefitted from those things. He was always fair and encouraging."
In 1985, Simpson left Rider to become the Dean of Science and Mathematics at William Patterson College, a role in which he served for six years.
"I'd already done administrative work for 10 years as a department head so it was an easy transition," Simpson said. "The school I was working with was focused on science and math."
During his six years at William Patterson, Simpson maintained his rigorous pursuit of research and published a book on soil seed banks in 1989 with Leck and colleague Tom Parker. He also brought a $2.9 million New Jersey Challenge to Excellence grant to his school to enhance teaching, learning and faculty research
"There's this thing called 10 o' clock at night, Saturdays, and Sundays," Simpson said. "If you're committed to something, and I'm still very committed to research, you carve the time out. You make the time and if you have committed colleagues, you collectively make the time."
From 1991 to 2006, Simpson served as the Provost and Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. His plan was to go on sabbatical in 2006 to complete his third book, this one on seedling ecology, when he received a phone call from Germany from then Kettering President Stanley Liberty. After much conversation, Simpson agreed to postpone his sabbatical and serve as the interim provost at Kettering for the 2006-07 academic year. True to his word, Simpson left Kettering after one year and published his third book in 2009 also with Leck and Parker, while teaching biology and environmental science classes back at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
In 2010, Kettering called again to discuss the provost position that was once again vacant. Simpson was traveling with this wife in South Dakota at the time and his preliminary interview took place over the phone from a rural truck stop.
"The attraction was that I knew Kettering was going through a leadership transition. President Liberty was going to be in his last year and I had no idea who was going to be coming in as President," Simpson said. "I knew enough about Kettering that I thought I could make a difference during that transition period. I actually signed up for two years."
The original two year commitment turned to four years as Simpson oversaw the leadership transition to Dr. Robert McMahan, who was hired as President of Kettering in August 2011, and the three new vice-presidents that followed. Through the transition, Simpson is confident that Kettering is in a much better place than during his first tenure with the school in 2006.
"Of all the Presidents that I have worked with, Bob McMahan has the most varied and in some ways eclectic background," Simpson said. "He's an incredibly good scientist. He's an entrepreneur. He knows business inside and out. He knows how government works and has been part of government. He truly has a vision of what a small private university can mean for its community and for its region. He's not only able to articulate it but he's able to execute it. He brings a strength that you don't see in higher education very often. I knew Kettering's potential from its students and the commitment of its faculty and staff. He's brought a level of vision and a level of energy that has really rejuvenated this institution."
Simpson is most impressed with McMahan's attention to detail and the ethos of excellence that he expects for every small and large task at Kettering. Excellence is in the attention to detail according to Simpson and he feels McMahan brings that level of distinction to propel Kettering to new heights in the future.
"Dr. Simpson has served Kettering University with dedication and commitment through two tenures with the University," McMahan said. "He has played an integral part in our success and has played a key role in steering Kettering toward a bright future. He will continue to be a tremendous asset to Kettering and to Dr. James Zhang through the transition."
Simpson will be succeeded by Dr. James Zhang on June 1, 2014. Zhang has been the Dean of The Kimmel School at Western Carolina University since 2012 and has been an Electrical Engineering faculty member at the university since 2003. He earned a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Hunan University, a master's degree from Indiana University in Telecommunications and a master's degree and Ph.D. from Purdue University, both in Electrical Engineering. He has authored or co-authored more than 50 publications and holds seven U.S. and international patents.
"At this point, I've essentially fulfilled what I came to achieve and it's time for me to retire," Simpson said. "My only goal here is to help Kettering be successful. When I leave, I'll feel like I've made a very positive contribution."
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[UPDATE] Tallahassee, Florida- August 16, 2012
The Tallahassee Police Department has identified the victims in the carjacking case which occurred on August 15th.
The female victim is identified as Brittany Pearis. Ms. Pearis was the victim of the carjacking and was unharmed in the incident. After the carjacking occurred, Ms. Pearis stated she called her boyfriend, Alfred McDowell, who in turn located the victims silver Infiniti at Stadium Drive and Pensacola Street. After confronting the suspect and pulling him from the driver's seat of the Infiniti, Mr. McDowell jumped into the Infiniti and attempted to leave. Mr. McDowell states the unknown masked suspect then jumped into a dark colored sedan (believed to be working with the suspect) and caught up to Mr. McDowell, shooting at him and striking the driver's side of the Infiniti. Mr. McDowell suffered non-life threatening gunshot wounds and received treatment for his injuries at a local hospital.
The suspect in the case is described as a black male wearing a ski mask.
TPD's Homicide Unit continues to follow up on this case. TPD is asking anyone with information about this case to call (850) 891-4200 or Big Bend Crime Stoppers at (850) 574-TIPS.
UPDATED 8.16.2012 by Julie Montanaro
A carjacker accused of firing shots near the FSU campus was wearing a ski mask, police revealed today.
Tallahassee Police released some new information today on a carjacking that resulted in a shooting and crash on Stadium Drive Wednesday.
The victim's boyfriend, Alfred McDowell, was shot after he pulled the carjacker out of the car at a stop light. He survived.
Tallahassee Police have released only a vague description of the suspect ... a black man who fled in a dark sedan.
Tallahassee, Florida - August 15, 2012 - Noon -
A car-jacking and shooting ends with a crash right on the edge of the FSU campus. The incident took place around 4am near the corner of Stadium Drive and Spirit Way.
People in the area heard gunshots and then saw a Silver Infiniti crash on the hill in front of the Southern Scholarship Foundation.
It turns out the crash was the end of a wild chain of events.
A woman told police she was car jacked on Ocala road. She says the culprits took off in her silver Infiniti.
She says her boyfriend spotted the car on Stadium Drive and confronted the driver at a stop light.
The woman told police her boyfriend forced the suspects out of the car but when he tried to drive away the culprits pulled along side the car and shot him.
The boyfriend was hit in the abdomen and the arm.
Police tell us those injuries are not life threatening.
We spoke with TPD this morning, but they are not releasing any names and are not commenting on suspects.
The only thing we know is the car jacking suspect fled in a dark colored sedan.
FSU ALERT - 08-15-12 12:36pm - Information regarding shooting near FSU campus
On August 15, 2012 at about 4am, the FSUPD and Tallahassee Police Department responded to a shooting incident immediately west of campus at the intersection of Stadium Drive and Pensacola Street. The victim of the shooting drove his vehicle onto Stadium Drive on campus and crashed. The suspect fled the scene in a vehicle. The shooting, according to Tallahassee Police, who are the lead agency on this case, was likely connected to a carjacking incident that happened in the area of Ocala Road and Tharpe Street. There is no known nexus or connection to Florida State other than the resulting crash, however, this email is to inform FSU and to assist the TPD by asking anyone in the campus area who saw any portion of the incident to contact the Tallahassee Police Department with information. The injuries to the victim are reported to be non-life threatening.
Tallahassee police have advised local news outlets that they are searching for a dark colored sedan involved in the incident. The Tallahassee Police Department is heading up the investigation and will be releasing incident details in their discretion. The FSU Police Department will provide support to TPD as needed or requested. Go to Talgov.com and click on the police department link for additional information or tune into local news for updates.
Tallahassee, Florida - August 15, 2012 - 8am -
An alleged car jacking leaves one victim with multiple gun shot wounds.
At 4am on Wednesday morning, TPD says a woman claimed to be the victim of a car jacking on Stadium Road. The victim says her boyfriend and a friend found the suspect in the stolen Infiniti on Stadium Drive. Police say the boyfriend pulled the carjacker out of the car and started to drive away. The alleged carjacker hopped into another vehicle and started to fire a weapon at the Infiniti.
The victim suffered non-live threatening injuries to his abdomen and arm.
Police are still searching for the suspects driving a dark colored sedan.


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Suicide in Jamaica
The bare facts
I am writing this article after a three-month break from this column. I used the opportunity to refocus my energy on writing academic papers and research.
During this period, we have had a lot of discussion on personality disorders in Jamaica, suicide, the mental hospital and mental-health group homes. I deliberately stayed out of these discussions and took the opportunity to listen, think deeply and reflect on several of these issues.
There have been a lot of frenzy and sensationalism in regards to suicide recently. Let me share some simple facts.
Fact 1: Jamaica has a low suicide rate
On the matter of suicide, there has been no increase in suicide rates. A group of us at the University of the West Indies have been studying suicide in Jamaica and what our research indicates is that Jamaica has one of the lowest suicide rates in the world and that, over time, this rate has remained stable. The widely held belief among Jamaicans, that if one commits suicide, one will not make it to heaven, seems to be a major factor accounting for this low suicide rate here.
Fact 2: Suicide is higher in men
The suicide rate is higher in men as compared to women, as men tend to use more lethal means such as hanging and shooting. Women attempt suicide more often than men. The commonest means of suicide attempt among women is the taking of pills.
Fact 3: Suicide is low among adolescents and is not increasing
Unfortunately, adolescents do commit suicide. Fortunately, the suicide rate among adolescents in Jamaica is still low and it is not on the increase contrary to the widespread media report. There is an increase in awareness of mental-health issues and, certainly, the recently publicised cases have focused our attention on these issues, thus giving the impression that the problem is worse than it really is.
Fact 4: Not all suicide attempters intend to kill themselves
Many people who attempt suicide do not intend to kill themselves. In fact, many people do so to gain attention. We have a growing problem here in Jamaica among adolescents who cut themselves. Many children and adolescents who cut, do so to gain attention. They are crying out for help. We refer to this as deliberate self-harm. This occurs in adolescents who may be depressed, many of whom live in toxic family environments, unstable homes and in situations where they are being abused. These children often do not have sufficient outlet to express themselves and to be heard and they use cutting as a means to release and relieve their pain.
Fact 5: Media reports can be contagious
The overexposure of suicide has a contagious effect. Research has shown that media reports on suicide can influence subsequent suicide behaviour, especially among young people. Media must be responsible and restrained in the reporting of such a difficult and delicate issue as suicide.
Fact 6: More mental-health services needed
I note that hotlines are being opened. This is commendable. We should not be surprised that they are being swamped. Jamaica has failed to invest sufficiently in mental-health services, especially for young people. Counselling services for children and adolescents are limited. In many instances, children wait for up to three months to be seen in the public-health system. We need more resources to be allocated to mental-health services for children and adolescents.
Dr Wendel Abel is a consultant psychiatrist and head, Section of Psychiatry, Dept. Of Community Health and Psychiatry, University of the West Indies, 977-1108; email: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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As many are aware, Mojang is transitioning to using a unique, random identifier for each player rather than continuing the use of usernames. While player names are not completely going away (you will still see names over players' heads and in chat), the problem is that it will no longer be guaranteed that a certain player's Minecraft name will still be owned by that player once he or she disconnects. That may be caused by a player changing his or her name to something else, freeing up the older name for someone else to use.
Many things may actually not break
Since names are not going away and it's only the 1-to-1 name-to-person correspondence that is going away, the change over to UUID may not be that dire. For example, if permission is given to "frank_m3256" to use creative mode, there is no reason as to why old software would be unable to continue comparing names. When frank_m3256 signs on, he will receive his creative powers as usual. When the trouble develops is when Frank chooses to change his username. Nothing would break, but whoever takes the frank_m3256 name would then receive the powers of the original Frank. The original Frank, who would be using a new name, would not be recognized as the original Frank.
What's involved in updating code for UUIDs
For most operations that need to work on players that are currently connected, the changeover to UUIDs does not present much of a problem.
When offline players are involved, the situation becomes much more complicated. When a player is logged onto a server, it is guaranteed that that player's name is only assigned to that player. Remember, it's when people disconnect that the 1-to-1 correspondence disappears. That results in complications for plugins, mods, and other projects that ask for a username once a player has disconnected from the game, because the code now needs to map the username to a unique identifier. While there might be a temporary cache to answer "what was the UUID of the last player connected that used this name?" it would not be wise to look there, because, if you recall, the name may be reassigned to someone else. The only way to actually accurately perform this name-to-ID conversion is to contact the Mojang servers and request for the equivalent UUID, which means these operations may need to now wait on a webpage request sent to Mojang.
The other difficulty regards plugins and mods that store data in the world. Imagine a chest that stored its owner in its NBT data: that name, as well as names of hundreds of other players, are now buried deep inside the data of blocks strewn across the world. Conversion of the names to the UUIDs cannot be done without actually opening every chunk and searching for names to change over. As noted previously, the fact that names are still used does not necessarily mean anything will break, but it may cause problems in the future for players that change their names.
Regarding my projects
As far as my projects go, we do plan to update for full UUID support.
- WorldEdit is not particularly impacted by this change because it currently does not persist per-player data long after a player has disconnected.
- WorldGuard has many names stored, primarily for region protection. Fortunately, this data is completely centralized, so it can be converted somewhat easily. An update should hopefully come out soon (as soon as time permits, rather) to add full support for UUID. It's likely that nothing may break (if an update is not immediately available), but be aware about the issue with players changing their name.
- CraftBook stores names on signs, which presents a problem because the unique identifiers in use by Mojang do not fit on the signs (nor did names, but there was only a 1 character length discrepancy). Me4502 is working on converting names to use an internal ID which will fit on the signs.
- CommandBook is being updated to use UUIDs by Dark_Arc.
- CommandHelper is being updated to use UUIDs by Lady_Caitlin.


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Growers recognize the need for water conservation and runoff management, and many are proactive about water conservation. But water is a critical component of plant growth and health, and changes to water management can be risky. Growers need information and training to achieve success in their water conservation efforts, and the Water Education Alliance for Horticulture aims to fill this gap.
Our goal is to reduce runoff and water-related disease, algae, biofilm, and crop nutrition issues in the greenhouse and nursery industry by increasing grower knowledge of water conservation technologies and practices.
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Water availability is a global concern that affects all aspects of society. Dwindling water supplies require careful choices about water consumption. Nursery and greenhouse growers collectively have the potential to both conserve water and reduce pollution by adopting water recycling measures.
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One of the best spotlight articles so far.
More of that in the future please.
One of the best spotlight articles so far.
More of that in the future please.
bone exarch loot needs to be rebalanced
Good write up, alot of mobs still do far to much damage with spells and melee though. Elf wraiths for instance still hit for 60-90+ with spells and then whoop you for 25-50 melee style VERY fast. Alot of mobs do hell of a alot of magic damage and then still do alot of melee damage. Make its kinda tough to level 2hrs. Over all I love the changes though and keep them coming.
great post , love the way this game is going for rpg whit fps style play and not pure fps mindless arena fights. Hope you make more posts like this about future updates and your plans so players dont flame on forums but know what game you are making.
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... err... nevermind, thought this was the "How to survive the zombie apocalypse" thread.
On topic though, excellent spotlight, this is something that would keep the community calm and happy if we were informed about the rationale behind changes.
Now Mr. White, the only thing I desire now is an official statement from Aventurine on what they plan on doing about the horrible exploiting going on in Agon, and if they aren't going to be doing anything, why that is the case.
So far what they set out to accomplished has happened. For example: Me and a friend killed a Black Knight spawn by both of us archer'ing down the Greater belows. Then I would cast Lightning magic at the Black Knights to soften them up and he would run up and melee them down while I casted Sacrifice and Heal Other on him.
First, i would like to thank the devs for this explanation.
I agree with most of what was done but i think it still requires a little bit of work to be considered a finished revamp.
I would like to know why some mobs are using only surging spells: I have no issues with mobs using high rank magic but them surging on every one of them?!? Some melee mobs also do this as well; it's very appparent vs bleed power attack type damage mobs, ticks of 6-7 are actually brutal when you get 3-4 stacks on you.
Also some mobs melee capabilities are a little out of whack; 40-50 dmg with a 1 hander on full plate every hit is not balanced. Not for something that drops 200-500g and has over 3k HP.
If you want to make group challenges (like the dragons etc)with normal mobs you can always just label some mobs with a prefix/suffix denoting increased difficulty/reward and make sure they have loot to match (prefix/suffix them like elder, ancient, master etc.)
Lastly, please review enchanting components from mobs, the patch made it harder to get components that were already a pain to get. You could also just reduce the components needed for enchanting to 1 instead of 5.
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Investment Corner
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The most significant correction for the financial markets since the new bull market began last March has taken place over the last few weeks. Investor sentiment studies have revealed a significant shift from optimism to pessimism during the short period of time, indicating the large declines of 2008 and early 2009 are still fresh in their minds.
Is the new bull market over just 11 months after it started? History would say this is unlikely, as periods of consolidation or corrections of 10 - 15 percent or so are very common after the initial strong up-trends which occur after the previous bear market decline is over.
The most recent example of this is the period from 2003 – 2004 market pattern. Just days after the beginning of the invasion of Iraq to oust Saddam Hussein in March of 2003, the stock market took off in a rally which resulted in a 47 percent rise for the S&P 500 Index in the next 12 months, peaking in March 2004. The stock market then traded essentially sideways for the next eight months before resuming the upward trend of the bull market which lasted until 2007. During this eight-month period, the market sustained a maximum correction of about 9 percent.
Another example I believe applicable because it was a financial crisis with similarities to our recent experience is the time period from 1990 – 1992. The S&P 500 Index rose about 40 percent from October of 1990 to the very end of 1991, then spent first eight months of 1992 moving sideways before further progress was made in 1993. A similar pattern existed at the end of the 1981 – 1982 recession with dramatic gains in 1982 – 1983, then a period of consolidation / correction in 1984, before moving to much higher levels in 1985 – 1987.
So let's review how the current recovery has unfolded. From mid-March 2009 to mid-January 2010 the S&P 500 Index rose about 70 percent in 10 months. In the last few weeks it has sustained a correction of about 9 percent (so far), certainly something we would consider normal given the dramatic rise in prices in a short period of time.
Based on the patterns identified above which were significant stock market rallies coming out of periods of significant weakness, it appears the current trend is not unusual. Perhaps its magnitude is surprising, but the magnitude of the preceding decline was also surprising (and unpleasant!). I believe it is a reasonable expectation that stock prices may need to rest for a few months to consolidate recent gains and build a base of investor skepticism which may be the launching pad for the next leg up. Note that in the examples cited above the consolidation periods lasted around eight months.
History does not repeat itself in the exact same way each time, but I think some of the historical patterns can be used as "guides" to try to keep us in the middle of the road for decision making purposes. Yes, I know you're saying "But it's different this time," but that's exactly what was said in the early 1980s, 1990s and 2000s when those great bull markets continued after a siesta.
Tom Breiter is president of Breiter Capital Management, Inc., an Anna Maria based investment advisor. He can be reached at 778-1900. Some of the investment concepts highlighted in this column may carry the risk of loss of principal, and investors should determine appropriateness for their personal situation before investing.


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Elementary – Season 1 Episode 6 – Recap and Review – Flight Risk
Recap and review of Elementary – Season 1 Episode 6 – Flight Risk
Elementary offered one of its best episodes with "Flight Risk," and I can't really contribute anything about what worked to the case at its center. This is a series that has attempted, in recent weeks, to provide a newer take on the rote crime procedural. Many of the cases are obvious in their own ways, with murders by greedy, jealous spouses, to a string of murders that would up-jump a claimant to sole possession of the family inheritance, right down to your garden variety nutjob serial killer. The uniqueness comes in the modus operandi, both of the perpetrator and of Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) himself. There's a different kind of game being played in these investigations, and the killers buck narrative conventions every bit as often as Sherlock's deductive reasoning skills creates an unorthodox investigation around it. For some, this makes for vastly more interesting television than the procedural that's invested primarily in the forensic applications of an investigation, whereas for others, Holmes's methods are off-putting in how closely they veer towards the supernatural. Because, really, no man can possibly be that prescient, no man could possibly know that much, no? And let's say he could, would that man then be as unknowable as Holmes is himself? But I feel as though the show wants us to think this way, to feel that Holmes, as a man and as a crime-solving consultant, isn't possible. The series nurtures that feeling so that there's an alien mystique about him, which provides contrast for when the show decides to humanize him, as tonight's "Flight Risk" does so eloquently.
The case this week involves a plane crashing on a beach, and the discovery of a body that, due to the coagulated blood, had to have been dead before the plane ever crashed. As cases so often seem to on this show, what appears to be a disappearance or an accident on the surface always turns out to be a murder plot, and right from the start, I wonder if the show might not be better served by having Holmes tackle other, non-homicidal crimes. Not that these cases aren't interesting in their own right, but I'd love to see his talents put towards foiling some big, hierarchical corporate scheme, even if it might not necessarily be the jurisdiction of Captain Gregson (Aidan Quinn). That said, this week's case goes a long way in telling us things about Holmes himself, facts which are deduced by Watson (Lucy Liu), who is beginning to pick up a talent for deduction from her time spent with Holmes (case in point: she saved a little girl's life last week by deducing that her benign chart-readings were belied the very serious case of endocarditis that threatened to kill her). Here, Watson deduces that Holmes's anxiety around the crash scene implies a fear of flying that Sherlock won't admit to. It's an interesting instance of deduction from Watson, and sets in motion the conflict between Watson and Holmes that gives the rest of the episode its vibrancy.
Holmes's father is coming to town and has asked his son and Dr. Watson to dinner. But Holmes, exasperated from years of his father's purposeful, deliberate absences, refuses to go. Watson doesn't actually believe that Holmes is telling the truth when he says that his father won't show, and argues that his father only put him through rehab and pays for his brownstone out of a sense of "familial obligation," and that neither love nor care enter into the equation at all. Watson, however, insists on attending. When she arrives, she meets a man who introduces himself as Holmes's father, and even regales her with tails of Sherlock's youth, recounting a story about a wrist injury to really sell the story. As it turns out, the man isn't Holmes's father, but simply an actor named Allistair (Roger Rees) that Holmes purportedly hired to prank Watson. As it turns out, Holmes's father didn't show after all, just like Sherlock said he wouldn't, coming up with some business-related excuse for cancelling (which he apparently sends via email, not so much as bothering to call). However, in her irritation with Holmes, Watson decides to dig into this Allistair guy, and discovers that while he is an actor, he's not just some random guy Holmes hired. The two men are friends, insomuch as Holmes can consider anyone a friend. Allistair, in a somber moment, recounts his earlier interactions with Sherlock, in particular his days as a drug-addled shell of the man he is now. He recalls one specific moment, in which Sherlock arrived at Allistair's house at all hours, in an incomprehensible state of drug-fueled intoxication, capable only of saying one single name, which he repeated over and over again throughout the night.
Allistair is an interesting character, for as little as we get of him, owing in large part to the mannered portrayal of Tony winner Roger Rees. I genuinely hope he comes back, and helps to flesh out the fledgling ensemble, because it's basically just Holmes, Watson, and Gregson right now, and while that's fine when you're trying to tell more stripped-down, laid-back stories, there isn't an appreciable sense of worldbuilding going on with this series. However, "Flight Path" helps in this regard by introducing elements of the broader Holmes mythology, as we discover, at the end of the episode, the name Holmes had been speaking to Allistair in his drug-addled haze: "Irene." Those who know about Holmes, even if it's just through the Robert Downey Jr. film series, will recognize the name Irene Adler. Though she only appeared in one Holmes story, Arthur Conan Doyle referenced her in several others, portraying her as a person who dealt with Holmes at the level of an equal, matching his wits step-for-step. This earned her Holmes's ceaseless admiration, and she's frequently been utilized as a romantic interest for Holmes (look no further than Rachel McAdams's portrayal in the recent films). Where Adler will fit in this Holmes mythology, and how she will fit, is hard to tell at this point. But from the look Holmes gives Watson (a brilliantly ambiguous look from Jonny Lee Miller, as it's hard to tell whether it's terror at Watson bringing up the name, heartbreak at hearing it again for the first time in ages, or whether it's unbridled rage at Joan's temerity in going there), I'd argue that this will be one of the darker iterations of the Holmes/Adler pairing.
"Flight Risk" works, and it's because of the ways Holmes and Watson's relationship feeds into itself, developing them as two people who are both shaped and undermined by one another. The case is a snoozer, except for one brief stylish sequence in which Holmes looks at photos of the victims on a corkboard while listening to the black box recording of the crash, and while the episode attempts to throw some curveballs our way, it feels as though the solution is inevitable. Maybe I might have been surprised if I didn't watch so many procedurals, and I'd argue that if procedurals aren't something you watch too often, then give this episode a look because you might be genuinely surprised at where it goes, but otherwise, I can only recommend sticking around for the character development of our leads. And it really is something. Elementary is turning into a series that's not only earned its full season order, but also earned its big post-Super Bowl airing.


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RALEIGH � Maverick North Carolina congressman Walter Jones is retaining the backing of Republicans in the district he's represented for 20 years.
Unofficial results Tuesday show Jones survived the Republican Party primary against rival Taylor Griffin, who benefited from more than $1 million in advertising help from out-of-state political groups. Albin Novinec of Jacksonville came in third in the GOP primary.
The 38-year-old Griffin grew up in Wilson and moved back to North Carolina after spending years working in President George W. Bush's administration and at consulting firms. Griffin was endorsed by Sarah Palin.
Jones has faced other GOP primary challengers in recent years who have criticized him of bucking fellow Republicans by voting against GOP budgets, or for deciding to oppose the Iraq war as service members continued to die there.
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Lean Cuisine Recalled for Chunks of Plastic
Nestle Prepared Foods has recalled over 10,000 pounds of Lean Cuisine frozen spaghetti and meatball meals amidst a mountain of complaints received from consumers in Minnesota. Lean Cuisine sites the possible presence of foreign materials as the cause for the recall, according to the Department of Agriculture.
Although there is only a remote possibility of adverse health consequences if people consume the product, a recall was still necessary. Some complaints involve finding hard plastic in the frozen meals. All of the products in question were sold east of the Rocky Mountains in 9.5 ounce containers. The title shows "Lean Cuisine Simple Favorites, Spaghetti with Meatballs" and the establishment number on these recalled meals is EST 7991, with "best before" dates of November 2011.