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CA personal service corporations provide services in the fields of health, law, engineering, architecture, accounting, actuarial science, or consulting. These professional corporations are allowed to file for S Corporation status and this election allows for the entity to have pass-through tax treatment.
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Eagle Scout rank award to Stauffer
NEW EAGLE – Celebrating an Eagle Scout promotion for John David Stauffer, center, were, from left, Mary Littman, mother Camille Stauffer, father Jay Stauffer and Scoutmaster Curt Littman.
The highest earned rank in Scouting was awarded last Tuesday to John David Stauffer, a member of Troop 351, in Fredericksburg.
Earning his Eagle Scout rank on Dec. 12, 2012, Stauffer was responsible for the building of the new playground at the Oak Crest Park ball diamond near the fair grounds.
Stauffer originated the idea, received approval from the Boy Scout headquarters and coordinated fund raising efforts with the City of Fredericksburg Parks and Recreation Department.
Stauffer saw his project officially completed at a dedication ceremony last fall honoring Chris Staats, 32, of Fredericksburg, a 1996 Fredericksburg High School graduate and staff sergeant in the Texas National Guard who was killed in Afghanistan on Oct. 16, 2009 while serving as an agricultural advisor to Afghan tribes.
Stauffer, who with his brothers has regularly used the ball field complex in organized sports, felt it proper to honor Staats' service to his country with a permanent and useful addition that is now being used by the smaller siblings of athletes involved in team play at the sports complex.
Stauffer joined Troop 351 on Aug. 8, 2007 after earning the highest rank in Cub Scouting, the Arrow of Light. Since that time, Stauffer has earned at least 60 merit badges, attendant rank awards, and has served as Patrol Leader, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, and Senior Patrol Leader of Troop 351. He is also a founding member of Venture Crew 351, a section of Boy Scouting which includes older youth, as well as females.
Stauffer is home schooled, and is the son of Dr. Jay Stauffer, M.D., and Camille Stauffer.
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I like to take time out every Saturday to share some of the best marketing posts and articles that I have in the past week. To find past gems, please search for me on Twitter (@jwsokol) or look for these tags: #weeklymarketinggems and #weeklyreview. If you have suggestions for posts that should be featured here, please let me know (@jwsokol). I am always looking for great ideas and people who are finding ways to think about marketing in new ways.
Weekly Marketing Gems
I was shooting for 12 great posts this week and I found them. 12. Let's call them this week's dirty dozen; the bloggers and authors who are working their butts of to make a difference and are creating content that should be recognized. They are the unsung linemen (and women) of the blogosphere.
Take a look at these great posts:
4 Myths About Social Media Marketing - This is an interesting post by Britt Brouse. Britt talks about four important reasons why you should stop procrastinating about getting involved in social media. Read it and do something.
What Conversations Are YOU Starting? - Suzanne Vara strikes again! Here's another great post from Suzanne. This time around she digs into the essence of social media - developing deep, meaningful conversations. Don't pass this one up. It is essential reading.
Having Big Goals and Stating Them Proudly - I have been a huge fan of the team at 37signals for some time now. Even before they released the amazing book, Rework, they have been pushing the boundaries, creating amazing content, and delivering some of the most innovative products around. This post by Anthony Barone is not exception.
Meaningful Marketing Start Ups: Outbrain - It has been a while since I mentioned one of my favorite marketers and authors, Bob Gilbreath. Bob's amazing book, The Next Evolution of Marketing, completely changed my views of marketing. This post is the second in a series of posts about great startups that are using their marketing to make a difference.
Rethinking Stuff - I think you will love this article. Eric Karjaluoto talks about the challenges that come with trying to live a more sustainable lifestyle and the difficulties of breaking the patterns that are inherent in a "consumerism"-filled world.
The Gap Logo Debacle: A Half-Brained Mistake - Who would have believed that a simple logo redesign could have provoked such a debate? In this great post, Umair Haque takes a look at what happened to the Gap and discusses an even deeper issue, the lack of emphasis that goes into design by so many companies.
How to Make Content More Engaging - C.B. Whittemore shares a few simple points that can help you create blog content that is more meaningful and engaging.
Social Media Is Not A New Conversation - Suzanne Vera made it twice onto this list. It is not a mistake. She simply has produced some of the best damn content out there this week. In this post, she talks about a killer concept - small businesses that are successful have been creating great conversations with their customers for a long time; for them, social media only provides another way to extend the conversation. Read this article. It is important.
What is Holding You Back? - Karl Staib shares his thoughts on what might be holding you back from being successful. Are you stuck? If so, Karl has some great advice to share.
The Sum Is Greater than All the Parts - Marjorie Clayman is a brilliant and dead honest writer. In this post, she tackles several key issues that those of us in social media often struggle with. Another must read for all you social media types.
Caring About Your Customer Screw-Ups - Scott Stratten is great and I think you will love this post. This time around, he shares his experience with a customer service mistake that turned into a positive experience. There's a key lesson here - your customer service is absolutely an essential part of your marketing.
I Did My Best...Or Did I? - This is a guest post on Chris Brogan's new site, My Escape Velocity. In it, Carol Roth talks about the difference that putting that last bit of effort can make on making you successful. I loved this post and her use of of fitness as an analogy for so many other struggles we face in life.
Weekly Marketing Matters Recap
Here's a recap of this week's Marketing Matters posts:
- Monday: A Must Read Book - Carmine Gallow's "Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs
- Tuesday: Developing a Social Media Plan
- Wednesday: What Do You Think of the New iTunes Logo?
- Thursday: Find Your Core
- Friday: Welcome to Macintosh: Movie Review


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If Heaven is a batch of Kate Middleton cupcakes, then I've arrived. Some of you might accept degrees from business school, while others might graduate med school to become a heart surgeon. Mom, I was given royal cupcakes with little fascinators, and I've made it.
Grenada Hills, CA-based bakery, A Sweet Design took what I knew about Her Royal Highness Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and created four unique cupcakes reflecting her taste, beauty and style.
A Sweet Design paid close attention to photos from Catherine at royal engagements and outings; From Christmas at Sandringham to St. Patrick's Day 2012, the design bakery nailed Her Royal Highness' looks.
Stick a fork in me, because I am done.
Oh, did I mention they taste amazing? Fluffy, not too dry and the frosting was perfection.
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Chargers see wildcat as more than gimmick
Turner: Team has players to pull it off
SAN DIEGO – The wildcat's out of the bag. Way out.
A year ago, the Miami Dolphins turned the NFL on its ear with its variation of the old single-wing offense, the direct snap to the running back in a strategy designed to make football a truly 11-on-11 game. When they used it to beat San Diego, too, you should've known the Chargers would be appropriating the "wildcat" for their own purposes.
Them, and seemingly half the NFL.
"My son (Scott) ran a version of it when he was a high school coach," head coach Norv Turner said. "They ran a version of it and he sent me some film of Arkansas running it. I just looked at it, but obviously, I never thought in terms of running it in this league."
Understand, Turner is considered one of the more clever and open-minded head coaches when it comes to offensive football. But it took Miami's success to convince him and others that the throwback offense wasn't just a gadget for desperate teams with nothing else going for them and nothing to lose.
"The way the thing's evolved, somebody was going to start running it," Turner said, "and when you have guys like we have who can handle it, it's worth doing."
So far, it's been worth a touchdown and a critical first down to the Chargers, and they've run their version of the wildcat only thrice.
Heck, by the time they broke it out with LaDainian Tomlinson's 6-yard TD burst through the befuddled Oakland Raiders defense on Nov. 1, the Chargers had been practicing it since unofficial workouts in May.
Ostensibly, the Chargers offense began running the wildcat in drills for the benefit of its defense, given the prospect of another game with the Dolphins and copycats this season. Then osmosis went to work.
"We've run it so much," said wide receiver Legedu Naanee, "that it's become something matter-of-fact to us."
Crowds certainly love it, if only for the novelty, the odd sight of quarterback Philip Rivers lining up as a wide receiver. A way-wide receiver. Visions of a Tomlinson-to-Rivers pass went dancing through 60,000 heads at Qualcomm Stadium.
Then again, Naanee's eminently qualified to make such a throw as well, and he was the one who took the direct snap in the first quarter last Sunday. A former high school quarterback who first went to Boise State on the strength of his passing skills, Naanee read the reaction of the defensive end and opted not to hand the ball to Tomlison, keeping it instead for 10 yards and a first down that led to a TD.
Later in the game, Tomlinson took another direct snap for a 5-yard gain. In the process, the Chargers have given the Denver Broncos something they hadn't seen out of San Diego before, including their first game at Qualcomm on Oct. 19.
"Miami's very effective running it a lot and does so many things with it," Naanee said. "But with us, I think the less we use it, the more effective it is for us. With the team and the talent we have, when you can just sprinkle it in here and there, they don't know whether we'll run it this week or who'll be the guy running it."
The element of surprise is a much-valued, and extremely rare, commodity in the NFL. The Chargers actually were among the first to experience the wildcat, and a pleasant experience, it wasn't.
"First time I saw it, it was preparing for Miami right after Miami'd sprung it on New England," cornerback Quentin Jammer said. "My first instinct? Man, this stuff don't really work. And then you see Miami running it to perfection. It catches you off-guard, but by now, it's branching out to other teams. Others have their version of it, but it's not the same."


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Managing money and staying within a budget can be difficult enough, but constantly getting dinged with unexpected expected expenses can be downright hard. You know the ones I'm talking about, right? The expenses you expect you'll have someday, but they end up unexpectedly coming all in the same week.
I thought since I was being so good about organizing my food pantry I wouldn't need to spend any money this week. I dutifully stayed away from my favorite bagel store and ate every breakfast at my kitchen table. I surely thought this week would be a slam dunk on the 'no spend' side.
Silly me. What was I thinking?
Here's what I ended up spending for the first week of August:
- S.A.T./A.C.T. (last ones, thankfully) – $104.00
- Son's haircut for senior pic – $25 plus tip
- Razors (BJ's used to have the lowest price, but now I'm not so sure) – $47.00
- Registration for two cars – $110.00
- Sitting Fee for senior pic – $40.00
- Extra gas for three drivers this week – $45.00
- Glasses and Contacts for daughter – $230.00
- Messenger bag for son for school – $3.60 (I used a $25.00 Amazon GC)
- Milk & Half and Half – $5.00
And the total is…
Holy moly. That's a lot for a 'no spend' week…
I really didn't expect to spend any of this money, although I should have. I knew my son had his senior pics, and would probably need a haircut. I knew my daughter was going to the eye doctor and that she would need more contacts, at the very least. I knew this was a busy week and both my kids would need cars to drive to their job/activities, and I needed to drive to work. The only expenses I truly didn't see coming were the razors (I thought we had enough when I checked a couple of weeks ago…) and the college testing fees. (My son doesn't take the SAT until November, and it's only August.)
Last night I spent some time pouring through spending diaries of past August, September and October spending so that I could better prepare for what is to come. I noticed that there will be a lot of school expenses that will come due at the end of August and beginning of September as well as a couple of birthdays, property taxes (ugh), water bill, homeowner's association bill…etc. etc.
I decided that it might be best for me to take one week at a time so I wouldn't feel overwhelmed.
Here's what's on my list for this coming week:
- printer and last minute dorm supplies for daughter (Budget: $150.00 and not a dollar more.)
- Milk, produce
- Kombucha Tea to try for my daughter (We are visiting this little cutie this weekend! And, he is now 10 months today!)
- Emissions testing for one car
- Gas for both my husband's and my car (since we are traveling this weekend and will need to fill up again)
Hopefully this list will stay short. However, I fully expect to see some unexpected expense get added to this list…


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A Collection of Two Masters, through Thursday, Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The exhibit features a collection of paintings and photography by Michael Molnar and Sam Cramer. Schulman Gallery at Luzerne County Community College, Nanticoke. 740-0319 or www.luzerne.edu.
Our People, Our Land, Our Images, through May 19, Tuesdays-Sundays, noon-4:30 p.m. View indigenous people through the eyes of indigenous photographers. This exhibit presents the works of three generations of indigenous photographers from North America, South America, the Middle East and New Zealand. Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes-Barre. 408-4325 or www.wilkes.edu.
The Pond, through May 31. Photography exhibition featuring images by Mike Burnside and Philip Dente. Something Special Bakery, Kingston. 288-8386 or www.ssbakerycafe.com.
Pennsylvania from Above, through June 2, Tuesdays-Thursdays, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturdays, Sundays, 1-5 p.m. Exhibit features works by aerial photographer Peter Stern. Pauly Friedman Art Gallery at Misericordia University, Dallas. 674-6250 or www.misericordia.edu/art.
Recent Landscapes by Thomas Stapleton, through June 7, Tuesdays-Thursdays, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturdays, Sundays, 1-5 p.m. The Mountain Top artist displays 21 paintings in the MacDonald Room of the Pauly Friedman Art Gallery at Misericordia University, Dallas. 674-6250 or www.misericordia.edu/art.
Choral Arts of Luzerne County Spring Concert, today, 4 p.m. Choral Arts and guest director John Fitzgerald perform. Saturday's performance takes place at First Presbyterian Church, Wilkes-Barre. Sunday's show take place at Christ Lutheran Church, Conyngham. $15 adults, $10 students and seniors.
Music of the Continents, today, 3 p.m. The Wilkes University Civic Band, conducted by Philip G. Simon, performs. Dorothy Dickson Darte Center at Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre. Free. 1-800-WILKES, ext. 4437.
Gardening in Small Spaces, Containers and Our Community, May 4, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Holistic Moms Network of Wyoming Valley presents guest speakers Jo Robbins and Jeremy Connor. The Hoyt Library, Kingston, First meeting free; membership is $45/year. 466-1347 or www.wyomingvalleypa.holisticmoms.org.
Annie, today, 2 p.m. Phoenix Kids presents the musical about an optimistic orphan who wins the heart of a millionaire during the Great Depression. Phoenix Performing Arts Centre, Duryea, $10-12. 457-3589 or www.phoenixpac.vpweb.com.
Les Miserables, today, 2 p.m. KISS Theatre Company presents a benefit production of the musical inspired by Victor Hugo's novel about revolution and redemption under the direction of Christa Manning. KISS Theatre Company, Wilkes-Barre, $22. 956-1982 or www.kisstheatre.org.
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, Friday, 10 a.m. An interactive musical production tells the story of the Three Little Pigs and the wolf who plagues them. F.M. Kirby Center, Wilkes-Barre, $7. 826-1100 or www.kirbycenter.org.
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Midday Roundup: New NSA leaks reveal budget details
Big budget, big reveal. New classified documents leaked by former CIA analyst Edward Snowden reveal the nation's intelligence agency and the National Security Agency recently launched aggressive "offensive cyber operations" against foreign computer networks. The cyber warfare program is just one of many details included in the 178-page, $52.6 billion budget document disclosed today by The Washington Post. The document also reveals the U.S. intelligence community had concerns about leaks, or even sabotage, by employees and contractors well before Snowden defected to Russia via Hong Kong, taking reams of classified information with him. The leaked budget gives a rare glimpse inside the world's most extensive intelligence program, revealing details even lawmakers have struggled to piece together in recent years.
Mandela goes home. A South African hospital released Nelson Mandela over the weekend, even though he continues to need intensive care. Mandela, the country's first black president, spent the last three months battling a lung infection. Officials and family members have remained tight-lipped about the 95-year-old statesman's prognosis, although health experts say his outlook is not good. Now that he's been released from the hospital, tribal leaders from his home village say he should return there, where he can "be among the spirits of his ancestors." His family has rejected that suggestion, saying he will remain in Johannesburg, where he can receive better medical care.
Fire fight. California's Rim fire, raging at the edge of the Yosemite National Park, continues to grow, but firefighters say they are making headway against the blaze. The fire now covers 348 square miles and is 40 percent contained. Firefighters predict they won't have it fully contained until Sept. 20. The fire has destroyed 111 structures so far, 11 of which were homes. But officials report no loss of life. Fighting the fire has so far cost $60 million in state and federal funds.
Tough (free) sell. The National Christian Foundation is close to finding a new owner for a Massachusetts prep school campus once destined to be the home of a college named after C.S. Lewis. The 217-acre campus is owned by the Green Family, which also owns the Hobby Lobby craft store chain. The family initially wanted the campus to go to an exclusively Christian organization, but the foundation now charged with giving it away says it will consider applicants that might use the property for secular purposes as well. The foundation, which has handled property transactions for the Greens before, says it has narrowed its search to two or three candidates, which could be announced within the month. The property was once home to Northfield Mount Hermon school, founded by D.L. Moody. The school moved out in 2005, leaving 42 buildings vacant. Phoenix-based, for-profit college Grand Canyon University agreed to take the campus last year but quickly backed out after assessing how much additional work the property needed to get it ready for occupancy.


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Lyman voters approve new form of government
Town switches to council form of government
Published: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at 9:14 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at 9:14 p.m.
Residents of Lyman went to the polls on Tuesday and demanded change.
Results from Lyman's election, including absentee votes, Tuesday night show 357 in favor of changing the town's form of government, with 55 in opposition, according to the Spartanburg County Office of Voter Registration and Elections.
In a landslide vote of 330-49, according to unofficial results, voters approved a shift from the strong-mayor to the council form of government. The change, which will shift responsibility for the town's daily operations from Mayor Rodney Turner to all seven elected members of council, is expected to take effect upon certification of the results by the Spartanburg County Board of Elections.
Council proposed the change earlier this summer saying Turner had left them out of the loop on a number of important decisions. The six members of council gathered at Town Hall as the last votes were cast. There were cheers, hugs, and a few happy tears when the results were announced.
"It's humbling really to see that much of a margin," Mayor Pro Tem Tony Wyatt said.
Going into Tuesday's vote, Wyatt said he was "cautiously optimistic" about the referendum's chances of approval, but he was overwhelmed by the voters' resounding decision.
"The decision was theirs, but the burden is on us," Wyatt said. "It's going to be very important to restore the confidence in council."
Turner, who opposed the change, was not at Town Hall on Tuesday and could not be reached for comment after results were announced. Turner previously said dividing decision making authority among seven council members would be chaotic and inefficient. He initially advocated moving to the council-manager form of government and allowing a professional to move the town into the future, but he also highlighted successes achieved during his six-year tenure as mayor.
Wyatt said the council thinks the town will be best served with seven elected officials all with equal information contributing to discussions and decisions. He said the town's daily operations will be largely trusted to capable department heads.
That message was repeated by voters as they exited Town Hall on Tuesday.
"I don't believe one man should have that much power," said Kristi Varner. "I believe power should be shared."
Kevin Davidson has been a Lyman resident since 2007, but said he only became involved in the town's politics when he received a flyer about the proposed change in the form of government. After attending an information session about the proposed change and researching the form of governments, Davidson said he was convinced the council form of government was right for Lyman.
"We're large enough to have professional staff in town, and we don't need a strong-mayor to micromanage," Davidson said. "Some people had issues with the mayor, but to me if you have a problem with the mayor, you elect a new mayor, not change the form of government, so the mayor wasn't my reason."
Wyatt said he thinks the referendum engaged Lyman residents and improved communication among members of council in a way that will create positive momentum for Lyman's future. Wyatt said he isn't sure how the mayor will react to the change, but he hopes for the best.
"We're certainly going to welcome him," Wyatt said. "We don't want any hostilities with the mayor, we never have."
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Number of Dwellings: 2 houses and 2 apartments
At 30,717-square-feet, the main house in this compound includes bedroom suites, each with private sitting areas. The main house also has details such as a glass-and-wrought iron elevator and walk-in cooler. In addition, there are two one-bedroom apartments, each with full kitchens and bathrooms. There's also a pool house with a full kitchen, fireplace and bathroom.
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Ethyl The Witch Mask
This is a really easy project. Just be sure the children involved aren't easily frightened. What is delicioiusly funny to some can be traumatic to others.
White Paper
Poster Board
Tape or Glue
Craft Stick
Crayons, Markers or Colored Pencils
Click on Printables, print mask. Glue to posterboard and color any way you want to; then cut out. Tape or glue craft stick to back side of witch's chin. Get ready for some scarry fun.
This craft is reprinted courtesy of Phee McFaddell.
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What do you think?
In Phee's words "It's really all a matter of learning to use your imagination, all proper like of course, instead of treating it like that ugly third cousin you'd just as soon stuff in a closet as look at. And what do you suppose this world of yours would be like if there weren't some around brave enough to be creative? Well, you'd be missing a whole lot of conveniences I'll tell you that, plus the scientific developments, and all the beautiful art."
Patterns, Templates and Printables
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Is Superstorm Sandy a harbinger of the 'new normal' because of global warming?
Long before Superstorm Sandy subsided, a new storm arose—an opportunistic attempt to score political points out of a great tragedy, as some people rushed to blame the powerful storm on climate change.
Al Gore said, "We must heed this warning and act quickly to solve the climate crisis." Former Obama administration green jobs czar Van Jones tweeted that Sandy proved Gore "was right."
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo blamed Sandy on global warming, and so did New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who said so in his endorsement of President Barack Obama. Kevin Knobloch, speaking for the Obama campaign, said, "We know this is going to be our future. This is our new normal."
Yet for all the political rhetoric, there is no scientific basis to claim that global warming caused or strengthened Sandy. Roger Pielke Jr., professor of environmental studies at the University of Colorado and a leading researcher on hurricane history, wrote, "To call Sandy a harbinger of a 'new normal,' in which unprecedented weather events cause unprecedented destruction, would be wrong. This historic storm should remind us that planet Earth is a dangerous place, where extreme events are commonplace and disasters are to be expected."
The scientific journal Nature warned, "Better models are needed before exceptional events can be reliably linked to global warming." Climatologist John Christy of the University of Alabama told Congress in September that there is no evidence that global warming has caused, or will cause, more frequent or intense severe weather events.
The National Hurricane Center's Chris Landsea explained in a lecture just days before Sandy struck that even assuming the global warming asserted by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, studies found that by 2100 there will be no more than a 3 percent increase in average hurricane intensity—within the margin of error in estimating wind speed and therefore undetectable.
Landsea cited studies indicating that Atlantic hurricanes, for reasons peculiar to the region, would actually become weaker with global warming. So if global warming had anything at all to do with Sandy, it made her weaker, not stronger.
The studies also found, Landsea said, "a big decrease in the overall frequency" of hurricanes—by about 25 percent—and "fewer major hurricanes." The result? Less threat with global warming.
"While it's hardly mentioned in the media, the U.S. is currently in an extended and intense hurricane 'drought,'" Pielke wrote. "The last Category 3 or stronger storm to make landfall was Wilma in 2005. The more than seven years since then is the longest such span in over a century."
But if that's so, why do hurricanes seem to do so much more damage now than before? It's because they do. But although damage is increasing, frequency and intensity have nothing to do with the change.
The actual cause? More property in harm's way.
Take Miami Beach, Fla., where there was only one significant building in 1926. Today there are scores of high-rises, thousands of businesses and luxury homes, and hundreds of expensive boats in marinas. The Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 caused about $100 million in property damage. According to Landsea, if one just like it struck Miami today, it would cause about $165 billion in property damage—about 50 percent more than Katrina caused.
When Tropical Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar in 2008, it caused only about $4 billion in property damage, but it killed about 140,000 people—people vulnerable because they were poor. If Sandy had caused the same property loss rate in the region it hit as Nargis did in Myanmar, it would have destroyed somewhere between $1.1 trillion to $2.2 trillion in property—22 times the $50 billion to $100 billion now estimated. More important, if it had caused the same death rate, it would have killed 288,000—2,600 times as many as the approximately 110 it did kill.
Why the lower rates from Sandy than from Nargis? Wealth made property, and especially people, less vulnerable.
To put it starkly, if there were no property in the path of a hurricane, it would be less likely to destroy wealth but more likely to kill whatever people were there. Paradoxically, this means a rising trend in damage caused by hurricanes is doubly good news—it reflects growing prosperity, which means increased safety for people.


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All adoptables are pay-what-you-want, and there's no limit per person, but you may only purchase one at a time. The process is as follows: tell me which number you want to adopt and what price you want to pay for it, wait for me to confirm it, then send me the payment. You must then seal the deal within seven days by uploading a picture, short story, or written profile featuring the adopted character to your DA account.
Details not specified in the adoptable's original description (name, clothing, personality, level of anthropomorphism, etc.) are the adopter's to decide; I'll even allow mild fudging of what is specified. Once the character is yours, what you decide to do with it is your business, not mine, but I would recommend that you put them to good use. How would your adopted character feel if you used them once or twice and then shelved them forever?
Now, on to the adoptables themselves...
#1 -- Purchased by SunnyD5 (link)
#1 is a male seal, white in color. He's the latest prince of an ancient bloodline.
He is in possession of a special enchanted ball, polished bronze and about the size of a basketball. He can make it heavier or lighter at will, and magically recall it to himself when it strays out of reach. It's a relic of his bloodline, and he uses it both as a toy and as a weapon.
#2 -- Purchased by ragtagwarrior (link)
#2 is a tigress with zigzagging yellow and black stripes. The yellow areas glow when she's angry.
She can control electricity. She can't produce it out of nothing, but she can draw it from any nearby source and use it as she pleases, including shocking those nearby with lightning or charging electrical appliances.
#3 -- Purchased by MightyRay (link)
#3 is a pair of kangaroo twins, both female. (They are considered one character for the purposes of adoption.) One is orange, and the other is blue.
The two kangaroos' pouches are invisibly linked; anything tucked into the blue roo's pouch can then be taken out of the orange's as if it was there the whole time, and vice-versa. Quantum entanglement is suspected as the culprit.
#4 -- Purchased by MightyRay (link)
#4 is a male wolf, pure black in color. He is completely blind, but his other senses are more than adequate compensation.
He can literally smell fear, and any other emotion for that matter. He can tell via scent how others are feeling and even what's on their minds. He's an excellent lie detector.
#5 -- Purchased by SPATON37 (link)
#6 is a female raccoon, brown and black.
She can detect treasure. If there's gold, diamonds, or similar material hidden anywhere in her vicinity, she'll know it's there. She can detect an object's location more precisely the closer she is to it.
#6 -- Purchased by MightyRay (link)
#6 is a dark green European dragon, male. His wings are semi-transparent.
Instead of breathing fire, he breathes "nature gas". This breath has the power to make plants grow rapidly, covering years' worth of growth in seconds. He can't create plants out of nothing; he can only make them grow if they're already there.
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I figured I'd try my hand at designing adoptable characters, and I wasn't about to let a stupid thing like lack of artistic talent stop me.
...Looking back on them, i feel like I just created an animal version of the X-men.
The rules are right there. Any takers? Drop a comment if you want one.
...Looking back on them, i feel like I just created an animal version of the X-men.
The rules are right there. Any takers? Drop a comment if you want one.
I love #1 idea. X3
I don't have many points though.
That's not a problem. They're pay-what-you-want.
I would like to buy 5 please, I am willing to pay points for her.
Err... what exactly do I pay you with to adopt one of them?
DA points?
Can I have 2 and 5?
Possibly. Which do you want first?
i like it on how the kangaroos are the same colors as the portals from "Portal" and they act similar. was it on pourpus?


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By David Weir on February 14, 2012 10:00 AM
If your house is anything like mine, you too have a growing inventory of old cell phones, video games, and DVDs sitting around, gathering dust.
You could always try to sell them on eBay, or at some trade-in site. But the problem is that unless you're already a proficient user of eBay, or similar sites, the process of auctioning off goods is not all that intuitive, and can easily turn into a time-sink. Now, there's an easier way.


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What motivates a man to go on a mission? How about a mid-life crisis and a potential job loss?
A few years back, journalist Geoff Edgers was approaching 40 and faced the very real possibility of being laid-off from the Boston Globe. So he did what any self-respecting music fan would do. He set out to reunite one of his all-time favorite bands, The Kinks.
Along with The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, The Kinks were a vanguard of the "British Invasion" of the early 1960s. Before their breakup in 1996, they left their rabid fan base with a string of hits: "You Really Got Me," "Well Respected Man," "Waterloo Sunset" and "Lola," just to name a few.
In Edgers' new film, "Do It Again," he documents his journey to bring the band back together. But there's a problem. After years of squabbling over creative differences, The Kinks founding brothers, Ray and Dave Davies, don't speak to each other anymore.
Undeterred, Edgers sets out on a quixotic quest to bring the brothers together. Along the way, he receives advice from fellow Kinks fans like Warren Zanes, formerly of the Boston-based The Del Fuegos, Paul Weller, from The Jam, actress and singer Zooey Deschanel and Sting.
Edgers even gets some of the stars to sing Kinks songs with him. As Edgers told Here & Now host Robin Young Thursday, "When you listen to the records, you realize how dynamic The Kinks are and how much they influenced people. There's a lot of passion for them."
Edgers calls his movie a kind of "'Sherman's March' with guitars" — a reference to Ross McElwee's 1986 documentary in which the filmmaker unintentionally becomes the focus of his own film. The cameras follow Edgers from Boston to Los Angeles, and finally to London, where he has an "encounter" with Ray Davies at a Kinks convention.
Edgers eventually has a heart-to-heart talk with Dave Davies about the brothers' troubles. Edgers said the talk led him to a revelation of sorts.
"It was wrong for me, this total outsider fan from Boston, to be trying to force them into a room together," he said. "If they want to get into the room together and work out their problem, that's their deal."
"Do It Again" has been screened at film festivals in Nashville, Cleveland, Rotterdam, Glasgow and Buenos Aires. It gets its Boston premiere on Saturday, April 24 at the Somerville Theatre as part of the Boston Independent Film Festival.
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Have you ever noticed how key words are added to the headlines when someone is selling a house or a car? Using lines such as "Builders Home" or "Mechanic Owned and Driven" seems to peak the interest of customers.
Well through the years, I have had some very close friends that were mechanics, builders or general contractors. They spent their day building, remodeling or repairing various projects for their customers. When they finally pulled into their driveway late each evening, it would be highly unlikely to then find them doing maintenance or repairs on their own vehicles or pulling the tools from the truck to knock off a few items on the wife's "Honey Do List" around the house.
Instead, they were usually trying to unwind from their long and busy day sitting on the back deck with a beer in their hand or in front of the television with a plate full of dinner since they missed eating with the family earlier in the evening.
With that in mind…Would you want to buy a car from a mechanic or a home from a builder? Or better yet, printing from a printer that didn't spend the time and effort to print its own promo piece?
Printers are, "The Worst Marketers!"
Your sales people spend their day knocking on doors, shaking hands and kissing babies, trying to bring in that order to keep the cylinders turning and contribute some income to help pay the light bills. But how many of them are trying to sell from an "Empty Wagon?" Yet you're trying to convince those customers to print with you.
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I can't wait for this one!!! Someone targeting the 12th?! Could 3xK have a disciple or perhaps a copycat killer? I'm sure it made the news that Jerry tried to kill Castle and Beckett on the bridge. I can see some nutjob trying to get 5 minutes of fame.ReplyDeleteReplies
It has been reported that Jerry Tyson would be mentioned but not actually appear sometime during the season.Delete
Hi, James!!!Delete
I've missed you. Where you been hiding out at? I've seen a few posts lately from you, but not as much as before. I always enjoy reading your thoughts! Don't ever stop posting them!!!
Yeah I've been around, just content on watching the new season and see how it plays out and commenting some of my thoughts.Delete
Ever since 3XK, I've been waiting for a copycat to appear, a wanabe whom wants to pay homage to the serial killer and what better target than the very people who are trying to capture him.
I don't think any of us believed that he was dead. it was just too easy and no body was ever found. If it was to be final, then the action would have ended with scenes of he's dead body, not him falling off a bridge.
Although it is unlikely, I've been thinking about what could happen at the end of the season. Following the success conclusion of a entirely separate case, Beckett and Castle are relaxing in their apartment, unaware that they are being watched by a shadowy figure. Could this be 3XK himself?
However, it could be that the case has nothing to do with 3XK. A couple of seasons ago in NCIS, there was a serial killer who dedicated the murders to Ducky, which later turned out to be he's girlfriend at the time. This premise has also been covered in a number of other crime dramas.
I have this thinking where, a nutjob has some fixation with Lanie, killing anyone whom looks like her or her close friends. Daring her friends to catch them before they fulfill their sick game.
But we will just have to see and enjoy the episode and see how it plays out.
Although I am largely happy with the last season, there is something which I did miss. The back and forth theorizing which Beckett and Castle do when they are solving the case or the 'I know who the killer is'. I love the amused looks that everyone gave them, when they were doing it. I'm sure it will be back at some point, now they are firmly settled with their future.
I agree with you about missing certain elements of the past before they became a couple. Last season I wondered if they did it on purpose, but this season they haven't gone back to them speaking similar thoughts at the same time. Howeverx in Like Father episode they did have Castle/Alexis do it, so I may be right that they cut it out on purpose. I also noticed that Beckett has been bringing coffee to Castle and the norm with Castle doing it hasn't been going on, but they've only been back in the precinct a few episodes and they've had Castle distracted with Pi/Alexis.Delete
I love this show still, so if they want to pull back on some things and set up new things for us to enjoy, i'll give them the chance to do that. I'm more than pleased with this season and always allow room for growth and change as a show ages.
As for the copycat killer.... I would love to see that. I think 3xK and Bracken will be back soon. I found it interesting around the filming of episodes 9 and 10 that Stana told us to follow Jack Coleman (Bracken) on Twitter as he was just joining Twitter. Makes me wonder why around that time would she do that.
And they have been keeping 3xK a secret since he came on the show. We never seem to know when he will appear.
I can't wait to see how it all plays out!
I am really enjoying this season. I just don't think there is anything to complain about. The complaints that I have been reading are just minor things. Give the show a chance to play things out. I think the cases have been interesting and Beckett and Castle have definately grown in their relationship. Whats not to like about this season?Delete
Bracken is going to be back but it is in what role he has to do with a case. I don't think Beckett will have to or want to protect him again, because basically she wouldn't give him a second chance.Delete
So therefore, it will probably involve her moms case in some way, i.e new evidence is found or he is behind something else which gives her a chance to take him down once and for all. Who knows we might even meet some of Mr Smith's friends, because I don't think he was working alone in protecting Beckett.
I'm just waiting for James Brolin to re-enter the frail, can you imagine a fight between him and Bracken, wonder whom would come of worse. Bracken probably despite all the military contacts that he has.
Also it's going to be a really great episode when he meets his future daughter-in-law finally in person, also to re-united with Martha for however short time it is.
I agree, Joe. I think the complaints have been a big messy overreaction. Lol!Delete
Pi is harmless. I like him. I laughed at antics and found Castle's reactions hilarious, too. Then the fighting between Castle/Alexis made for soke good drama/conflict and the resolution was so good! I also hope Castle gives Pi a chance to redeem himself and that he actually begins to like Pi.
I also look forward to the supporting cast getting to shine again. Wild Rover was one of the best episodes last season and Disciple is sounding like another good one with it being focused on Lanie.
And Caskett have been great! I love all the growth we're seeing and the two of them are so comfortable now and trying to build a family as they plan for their wedding.
I am more than patient to let things play out and to watch the characters and relationships to evolve with a god case to boot!
I agree with you shawn about Wild Rover, but I do like Scared to Death just as well.Delete
I like these 2 episodes mainly because they both have scenes at the end where Beckett peels off another layer of the Castle onion. Things that he's previous wifes, couldn't get anywhere near, because he couldn't open up to them.
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Poor Lanie...this is gonna be intense.ReplyDelete
I'm so happy we'll get to see more of Lanie/Tamala. And maybe some Kate/Lanie talks again, but in reverse; Kate being there for Lanie this time, when/if she needs to talk. I can't wait for this episode. T minus 10 days and counting. :)Replies
Same here! I cant wait to see the team working together to protect one of their own and each other! These episodes where the Fab Four do this are some of my favs, especially with Lanie and Gates involved! I miss them when they are not in an episode!Delete
Shawn I agree. I love when the 12th family all work together and have each other's backs. It was one of my favorite things about LFLD, how everyone was working like a well-oiled machine to help Alexis. :)Delete
I love Lanie and Gates so it's a treat to see them more since they're not on as much sometimes. I love Perlmutter too so I loved that he was mentioned in LFLD even though he wasn't around. Usually we see Lanie and Perlmutter is not mentioned, and vice versa in Perlmutter's episodes. But they're both M.E.'s for the same precinct so him being mentioned during Lanie and Kate's talk was fun, part of that family. Not to mention the context in which he was mentioned was hilarious. lol
What!? HELL 2 THE NO! Lanieee. She can't die. And what about she and Espo!? I always shipped them, they're so cute <3 The 2° cutest couple after Casket.ReplyDelete
Can't wait 4 this ep, btw.
That all sounds great, but Hunt vs. Bracken sounds too much like a fan fic, imo, but it'd make for some great stuff!ReplyDelete
I can see Bracken being caught up in another scandal and Kate and Rick will bring him down together. Remember when she told him that she wanted him by her side when she caught the sons of bitches that killed her mother? I so hope it plays out that way!
I also hope Kate does get to meet Hunt. And hopefully we'll get to learn his real name!
I'm still waiting for Kate to call in to that favor Bracken owes her...ReplyDelete
And I do hope that when it'll be time to close Joanna's case - whenever that might be - Castle will be the one to come up with the plan to arrest Bracken. I mean, of course I want it to be a team effort (especially a Caskett team effort) but I really really want Castle to be the master behind Bracken's downfall.
That way he'd be able to state that the story always matters, and that Bracken should have known that the pen is mightier than the sword.Replies
Well the last time they met, Castle made it very clear to Bracken that after what he'd done to Beckett, he wouldn't have saved him during the explosion.Delete
Therefore I'm sure that Bracken knows exactly, what Castle is capable of. Also I'm sure that Bracken already knows what sort of resources that Castle can call on and the favors that he is owed.
Perhaps, it might be just me, but he did have a disconcerted look when Castle made this very clear. I think part of this was when he realized, that not only does he have Beckett on his tail, but also a equally determined Castle as well.
Anyway, both Castle and Beckett and perhaps Ryan, Espo and even Gates, might know whom was behind the attempted framing of the Mayor. But we will see how it plays out in the future.
Just like a pair of spiders waiting for Bracken to fall into their web.
Going for a totally different tangent - maybe this episode delves in to Lanie's past. Maybe she had a relationship that went sour which has led to her commitment issues & maybe the murderer is warning her - if I can't have you no one canReplyDeleteReplies
Very possible, but why would they kill the espo look alike? No it's more likely that the killer is actually targeting the precinct, daring Lanie to figure out who it is with the medical evidence.Delete
The title Disciple makes me think someone is working under someone else for a common cause.ReplyDelete
If it's Tyson, it would make more sense for someone to target the 12th for him and maybe for something that they (the 12th) did to him or her as well.
Tyson did say he could change his looks. It makes me wonder if the attractive plastic surgeon doesn't have a past with Jerry and may be involved with his revenge against the 12th. The victims look like Lanie and Espo. How creepy. Someone as methodical as Jerry would take the effort to pay someone to have surgery to look like Lanie and Espo. The guy gave Ryan's gun to a former inmate that eventually was used in a crime. He didn't even have to pay for that. He waited for a while not knowing that the gun would ever be used, but knowing one day that it would since he gave it to a criminal.
What makes Jerry so creepy is the guy has patience and can sneak up on you and use others to get to his enemies. Look what he did to the foster brothers in 3xK. He used the health condition of one to get the other to do his dirty work.
Someone has to be giving him money or he's scamming for money. I can see a plastic surgeon falling for Jerry and getting caught up in his plot to get revenge on Castle. Last time we saw him he told Castle he was watching him, Beckett, and his family. He got into the precinct easily. I am pretty sure he's been watching Castle's friends, too.
What a sicko.
I admit. I love to hate Jerry Tyson aka 3xK. I have enjoyed all the episodes centered around him.
I hope Disciple is 3xK related somehow.


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Cristiano Ronaldo's goal celebration in the Champions League final against Atletico Madrid was pre-planned for the cameras, according to a respected Spanish journalist.
Ronaldo whipped off his shirt ecstatically after scoring a penalty to seal Real Madrid's 4-1 triumph after extra-time in Lisbon.
It was in stark contrast to his reaction when Gareth Bale scored Real Madrid's crucial second goal, when he did not join his team-mates in their jubilant celebrations.
Now Spanish journalist Jose Felix Diaz says that Ronaldo's celebration was all for the cameras and will make-up part of 'Ronaldo: The Movie' – a project he is developing to help promote his 'CR7' brand.
Diaz wrote in El Confidencial: "Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated with excess for Real Madrid's fourth goal during the final in Lisbon. Few understood why and Atletico were outraged when they saw the actions of the Portuguese player.
"Well, the reason has little to do with the sport itself and with another facet that for many is killing football and that is the marketing.
"CR7 was being recorded by a special camera and his performance in the game will be part of the film: 'Ronaldo, The Movie.'
"The Portuguese forward knew where the camera was placed and ran towards there to celebrate the goal."
It all seems like an incredibly far-fetched story, so we asked our office in Madrid if Diaz was a credible source and they told he was.
"This story is not official but it seems to be true," Eurosport Spain's Adrian Garcia told us.
"Everyone in the Spanish media is now reporting this as José Felix Díaz is a serious and important journalist who has followed Real Madrid for many years. He is one of the top sports journalists over here."
Ronaldo had a pretty poor game in Lisbon so this seems like an incredibly vain move – but then again – this is the man who earlier this week appeared naked on the cover of Vogue with his model girlfriend so is anyone really surprised?
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I think it differs and depends on what themes I'm going for or what color palettes I want to use for that season. What is going on in the design and fashion plays in to it, but it doesn't control it. I like to do things that are different and not what everyone else is doing. I guess keeping it fresh is the main thing that I concentrate on.
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Students and faculty at East Carolina University will remember one of its students killed in a car accident earlier this week.
The memorial service for Amanda "Mandy" Kelly will take place Thursday on ECU's campus. The service will begin at 8 p.m in Room 307 of the Science and Technology Building. A candlelight vigil at the Trustees Fountain will immediately follow the service.
Kelly was killed Monday after her car collided head-on with a pickup truck in Wilson. The 24-year-old graduate student was from Ontario, Canada. She was returning to Greenville when the crash happened after dropping off her parents at RDU airport in Raleigh.
Wilson Police say about 8:21a.m Monday, officers responded to a crash on US Highway 264 Bypass near Black Creek Road. Police say a car and truck crashed head-on 100 feet east of the Black Creek Road overpass.
Police say 24-year-old Amanda Kelly was killed when her 2000 Ford Taurus hit a truck head on. Police say she was traveling on US Hwy 264 Bypass toward Greenville and ran off the road. Investigators believe she may have over-corrected and lost control going back off the road and into the center median. Kelly's car collided with a 2006 Chevy Silverado driven by 31-year-old Johnnie Page, III of Sims, NC.
Kelly was pronounced dead at the scene. She was a graduate student at East Carolina University from Ontario, Canada. Mr. Page was transported to by Wilson County EMS to Wilson Medical Center where he was treated and released.
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I need to install Postfix with MySQL support from the CentOSPlus repository.
I have done what this document/tutorial describes: http://wiki.mediatemple.net/w/%28ve%29:Install_Postfix_with_Dovecot_on_CentOS
And when I try to do "yum install postfix" I got this:
Setting up Install Process
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The SMA Policy Committee is an initiative sponsored by the SMA Board aimed at addressing issues having national and international health importance. A participatory process enables SMA members to critically access and dialogue with each other about focal issues following their reading of a set of background materials. Each year the SMA Board will select issues for deliberation. During the year, a committee will be formed to raise member's awareness about these issues through the provision of background readings and illustrative case studies. A comment board enables members to express opinions and exchange ideas. At the end of the year, an invited session will be organized at the AAA (or SMA meetings) and a policy paper will be written by members of the task force explaining the role(s) that anthropologists can play in addressing the focal issues.
The Policy Committee invites SMA members to comment on issue briefs as they are developed. Issue briefs and related documents are posted for three weeks to ensure community participation in their development. Your views are important not only in terms of polishing our issue brief statements but also for alerting us to contrary or other points of view on the policy issues under discussion.
What did the original "take a stand" process entail?
The process was to be spearheaded by a task force comprised of interested SIG members. Their brief was threefold:
- To introduce a "take a stand" statement (brief) that presents a topic of vital concern to the group as a whole toward the end of initiating informed dialogue about the issue and the role medical anthropologists can play in addressing it. The brief was not to be presented as a consensus statement for the group to approve, but a topic for our community to deliberate for the period of 1–2 years. After deliberation, a consensus statement, when relevant, could be drafted and voted upon—but this was not the primary intent of the initiative.
- To provide reference material to SIG members enabling them to engage in informed, productive, critical, and balanced dialogue. The brief and reference material were to be posted on the SMA website
- To sponsor a forum that will educate the anthropology community and bring anthropologists to venues where they can discuss their views with allied disciplines, advocates, policy makers and the media. In the anthropology community, the SIG was to sponsor a listserve on the website and a forum at the AAA and/or SFAA/SMA meetings.
Historical note
The original Take a Stand Initiative process was field tested by an ad hoc committee of the SMA that examined the political economy and ethical issues related to clinical trials and anthropology's role in monitoring clinical trials and developing more ethical ways of conducting them. The original plan was to turn the Take a Stand Initiative over to SIG once the process was tested. This never happened as envisioned. SIG were rather asked to write policy statements that have sometimes been consensus statements and at other times vision statements, etc.
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Local computer expert warns of growing scam
A computer expert in Mission is warning his customers and people around the metro about a scam targeting home computers that appears to be spiking over the last month.
Larry Goodman, owner of Computer Solutions in Mission says the scam works like this:
Someone calls potential victims at home claiming to work with a major hardware or software company like Microsoft or Adobe. The caller says the company has detected virus activity on the victim's home computer. Usually, these calls originate overseas with the caller stating that they are calling from Singapore or another Asian country.
If the victim agrees, the caller then is given access to the computer remotely and brings up its event viewer, commonly referred to as "error logs."
Goodman says every machine, even brand new ones, have error logs, but the scammer depends on a victim not knowing that information.
The scammer uses the error logs as proof of a problem and asks for several hundred dollars to clean up the computer.
"They're excellent salesmen," Goodman explained. "They're good at convincing you who they're with and they're good at convincing you it's absolutely urgent that you do something.
Goodman said dozens of his customers have been targeted by the scam recently, with several people giving up their credit information.
On Wednesday afternoon, Ryan Zimmerman became one of the latest to be targeted when the scammers called his home phone. He became suspicious early in the call and hung up the phone.
"As soon as she immediately didn't say my name, didn't say anything, just this is so-and-so, you've got a virus. I'm like... you don't know that. How would you know that I have a virus in my computer?" Zimmerman recalled.


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Miley Cyrus on SNL: Mocks Lindsay Lohan, Salvia Snafu [VIDEO]carolyncastiglia
18-year-old teen sensation Miley Cyrus hosted this weekend's Saturday Night Live, and in sketch after sketch tried to prove to America – and no doubt, her Dad – that despite having recently spiced-up her image, she's not such a bad girl after all.
Cyrus acknowledged her unshakable alter ego, Hannah Montana, in the opening monologue, describing the show as "The Disney Channel's version of Black Swan." Cyrus went on to say, "I'm mostly a white swan kind of girl, but I've had a few black swan moments," then launched into a musical number, "I'm Sorry That I'm Not Perfect." (Sample lyrics: "Sure I danced on a pole, and people called it sinning, but at least I didn't date a porn star and tell everyone I'm winning.")
Cyrus joined Kenan Thompson – also a former child actor – for a hilarious sketch called "Disney Channel Acting School," which teaches important tools of the trade like loudness, being a brat and the "pause then dis." In an unexpected twist, Cyrus appeared on "The Miley Cyrus Show" as fellow teenage dream, Justin Bieber. Thanks to her deep voice, she was convincingly able to create Bieber's high timbre, and got great laughs with exchanges like:
"Did you cut your hair?"
"Yeah, it's just an image change. I also do the middle finger now."
"So you're growin' up. Like me doin' Salvia. Did you know that I smoked Salvia?"
"There's no reason you wouldn't, cuz it's totally legal, yo."
Say what you will about Cyrus, the girl can sing, something she did in pretty much every sketch she was in. You can watch the entire episode here, and the Bieber and Disney sketches below.
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Alice Eve In Talks To Play Emma Frost In X-Men: First Class
By Eric Eisenberg 2010-06-28 13:58:57 comments
The cast of Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class is slowly coming together. Since the initial announcement that James McAvoy would play a young Professor X, Michael Fassbender and Benjamin Walker have joined the cast as Magneto and Beast, respectively, with Amber Heard up for the role Mystique. For a while, Rosamund Pike was rumored as the choice to play Emma Frost, but it was more recently revealed that she would be playing the role of Moira MacTaggert. So who will step into the role of the White Queen?
THR is reporting that She's Out Of My League star Alice Eve is currently in negotiations for the part. Initially a villain in the X-Men universe, the character has the ability to turn her skin into diamond and is telepathic. The character has previously appeared in the film series, played by Tahyna Tozzi in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The role is the second comic book character that the actress has been up for in the last few months, originally on the shortlist to play Peggy Carter in next summer's Captain America: The First Avenger, though the part eventually went to Hayley Atwell.
Though none of the films in which she has had major roles have done particularly well in the box office, her stock is quickly rising. And why shouldn't it? She's beautiful, she's blonde, she's British, she isn't a terrible actress, and she seems to have an interest in comic books. What's not to love?
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I am in Banff, Alberta. Visiting for about a month and a half. I am wondering if there is anyone who wants to do some low key road riding. I am basically trying to get in better cycling shape, and am considering a near future 3 day tour to Jasper, weather depending.
If you are a regular rider and would like some company, or if you want to do some more riding and need the encouragement of a riding partner, let me know. I have a very free schedule as I am just here visiting with my girlfriend while she attends an internship.
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Who Is Bella Hadid, Yolanda Foster's Other Model Daughter?
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Yolanda Foster's daughter Gigi Hadid has become one of the show's breakout stars as she continues with her successful modeling career. But what do we know about Yolanda's other daughter, Bella Hadid?
Bella is 17 years old and is also a model, as is her older sister Gigi, 18. Their mom, Yolanda, was a model as well. Talk about photogenic genes! Bella is soon to appear in an upcoming photo spread for Elle France. She also recently launched her own clothing line called Robert Riley's, which focuses on jeans and jackets.
When she's not busy posing for photogs, Bella is an accomplished equestrian, as we've seen on RHoBH. Bella is actually nationally ranked as an equestrian and hopes to represent the U.S. in the 2016 Olympics.
Bella and Gigi also have a younger brother named Anwar. The three kids' father is real estate developer Mohamed Hadid, who split from Yolanda in 2003. Currently, Yolanda is married to music producer David Foster, but Yolanda and Mohamed have stayed quite close. And one of Bella's close friends is Nicole Richie's 15-year-old sister, Sofia.
Recently on RHoBH, we saw Yolanda and Mohamed throw a going-away party for Gigi, who was moving to NYC. So it's nice that Yolanda will still have Bella at home for a little bit longer before she and David become empty-nesters for good!
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Shorewood updating class sizes, Open Enrollment goals
Student numbers reduced for earliest grades
Shorewood - Class size guidelines will be modified in the Shorewood School District, in an effort to better project staffing needs and the number of available Open Enrollment seats.
The School Board on Tuesday considered the proposed modifications developed by the district's administrative team.
Superintendent Martin Lexmond said the recommendations are nearly identical to existing guidelines, which were approved in September 2005.
"We're not increasing class sizes. In fact, we're actually recommending a little bit of a reduction at the earliest grades," Lexmond said. "But by establishing a goal, that gives us the opportunity to have a very clear number to use when we project Open Enrollment seats."
The guidelines set a "goal" number of students per section in each grade level from junior kindergarten through grade 12, as well as an acceptable class size range, which may allow for the goal to be exceeded slightly.
For example, the recommended goal class size for grades four through six is 25 students, with a possible range of one to 27 students.
Class sizes and staffing are set when the preliminary budget for the following school year is set by the board, typically in May or June. Unless actual enrollment exceeds projections by 10 percent or more, staffing would not be increased after that time, Lexmond said.
"I'm very happy with looking at this in conjunction with Open Enrollment," Board member Colin Plese said. "I think there's been a little bit of disconnect in the past."
With regard to Open Enrollment, the district would use its goal class sizes and student enrollment projections to determine how many Open Enrollment seats likely would be available at each grade level.
It may be necessary for the district to include language in any policy change that would limit the percent of students that would come along at once to a specific grade, Lexmond said, especially in transition years, such as between sixth and seventh grade or eighth and ninth grade, where the district is more likely to see a substantial increase in new students.
The district also is recommending modifying its Open Enrollment policy to end the practice of automatically bringing tuition waiver students into Open Enrollment, Lexmond said.
"The reason for that is it makes it very difficult to maintain commitments to certain kinds of class sizes," Lexmond explained.
Current families on tuition waiver, however, would be allowed to continue on as Open Enrollment students, he added.
The proposed changes will be further discussed by the board's Policy Committee before any action is taken. Once a decision has been made, those policy changes would be clearly communicated to district families, Lexmond noted.
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I installed Zimbra Open Source edition 7.1.3_GA_3346.UBUNTU10_64 UBUNTU10_64 FOSS in a test environment.
The problem is: When sending an e-mail from Microsoft Outlook in HTML format text with bold, italics, changing the font color, etc. to access the Zimbra WebMail account by e-mail is in text format with a file unknown text / rtf.
As a test I sent the e-mail to other accounts that I have (Gmail, Yahoo) and in their webmail e-mail appears correctly.
Someone is having the same problem and have managed to solve?
I've seen the link http://www.zimbra.com/forums/users/7...eb-client.html which has a similar problem.
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Italy, Japan, the UAE, the UK and the US.
In India, the survey was conducted with over 300 respondents (parents and kids) pan-India in tier I and tier II cities.
"Many (parents) are unaware of whether their child is being harmed by cyberbullying or harming others and therefore unable to provide necessary support," Chopra said.
While 70 per cent children surveyed did say they reached out to their parents when they experienced anything negative online, parents still need to educate themselves and provide confidence to their children to share their bad online experiences with them or another adult, he added.
"Online safety requires a combination of online and offline tools and continuous dialogues between parents and children. With the online dangers getting more targeted and sophisticated, it is important to have the right security software in the background on all devices to assess the activities," Chopra said.
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Turning Up The Heat: Summer Turf
Posted: June 12, 2012
Growth and Development of Cool Season Turfgrass
Summer Dormancy
The growth and development of cool season turfgrass is temperature dependent. During extended periods of heat and moisture stress, cool season grasses stop growing, and the leaves turn brown and die, a condition known as summer dormancy. Summer dormancy is reversible, so when cooler temperatures and moisture return, the grass will re-grow from the crowns. Dormancy symptoms can be confusing and patchy, especially at the onset. Dormancy itself can be incorrectly diagnosed as pest damage and may camouflage the activities of actual pests.
Heat Tolerant Grasses
Grass species and cultivars differ in their genetic ability to tolerate heat. Of the cool season grasses, tall fescue has good heat hardiness, Kentucky bluegrass has medium heat hardiness, while fine fescues and perennial ryegrass have fair heat hardiness. Studies have shown that with good culture, we can reduce some of the effects of heat stress. For example, a little water stress increases heat hardiness; excessive nitrogen levels or overly acidic soils decrease heat hardiness; and a balance of P and K in relation to nitrogen helps attain maximum heat hardiness. We can't control the heat, but we can control some of the other stress factors that make summer damage more of a problem. It's a good idea to be aware of the grasses present in the lawns you maintain, and to adjust your culture depending on the site and the grasses present there.
Summer marks an active period for various turf diseases, although the maladies we see on turf change with the weather patterns.
Common Diseases
Red thread or pink patch is easily recognized on lawns when temperatures are 50-75 degrees and rain is abundant. At that time the pink coloration of red thread mycelium, or pink clumps of pink patch are easily seen. After conditions favoring red thread fade, namely warmer temperatures and drier weather, the pink fades and you are left with circles of straw-brown turf. Although red thread can be prolific on perennial ryegrass and fine fescues, the damage is normally cosmetic and not deadly. It's a good idea to collect the clippings since that is how the disease is spread.
Dollar spot is another common summer disease. It creates small, brown patches of dead grass and peaks when temperatures are in the 80's with high humidity. White mycelium covers infected leaves early in the morning when humidity is high. Leaves are marked by yellow-green blotches that turn into straw colored lesions bordered by a reddish-brown margin. It is worsened by poor fertility, improper watering, and is spread by moving infected clippings by wind or water, on shoes or equipment. It is also a good idea to collect clippings in areas where dollar spot is active.
Turf Management
We often say that balanced fertility is a valuable cultural tool, and it is especially important for disease management. There are many examples where fertility practices can affect disease development. Over-application of quick release nitrogen during late spring can worsen the development of leaf spot diseases. Brown patch is worsened by applications of water soluble nitrogen alone, and is less severe when complete fertilizers with slow release nitrogen are used. Starving turf is more likely to succumb to red thread, dollar spot, or rust disease. High pH creates an environment ideal for summer patch disease. So as we enter the summer it is important to have a plan in place that uses soil testing as the basis for fertility programs, and to use care and moderation when applying nitrogen. Become familiar with the disease problems common on a certain sites, and modify your cultural practices, including fertility, accordingly.
When turf is stressed from high temperatures it will show wear more rapidly. Foot traffic and mowing are two common examples of wear that can contribute to turf damage during the summer. The problem is that it doesn't always show up immediately. Trampled turf can't regenerate new leaf tissue as readily during the summer. We see mowing damage frequently during the summer, when tires heat up during mid-day mowing or when exhaust and blade rotation dries the grass to a critical point. Brown streaks and tire marks are the result.
Low mowing heights increase overall stress, especially during the summer. Low cut turf is prone to diseases such as leaf spot and summer patch; the shallow roots under low cut turf are prone to heat and drought damage and less able to supply water to the plant. A common practice is to raise the mowing height for the summer to help shade the soil surface and reduce stress on the turf. But waiting until early summer to raise the mowing height probably does more harm than good. Not surprisingly, root growth on cool season grasses is most active when soil temperatures are cool (during the spring) and root growth slows and stops as the soil temperatures heat up. Raising the mowing height too late in the season doesn't help since the already-shortened roots cannot grow to support the tops. It's better instead to keep the mowing height higher - in the 3-3.5 inch range - in the spring and leave it there all season. And of course mowing height and frequency can also influence weed development.
As the cool season grasses slow down, competition from warm-loving weeds can become severe. Weed management begins with attention to fertility and mowing practices. Once those are covered, identify and understand the weeds present to develop a management strategy.
Common Weeds
Crabgrass is evident in early summer and can be treated with postemergence herbicides. Herbicide selection depends on the growth stage of the crabgrass, which will vary depending on the site.
Nutsedge will also poke through during the early summer, and can be treated when it's visible. There seems to be an increase in nutsedge populations over the last few years. The tubers can be transported by flooding rains, with soil or mulches. Whatever the reason, be on the lookout for light green, triangular stems that grow faster than the surrounding turf between mowings. Postemergence turf herbicides containing the active ingredients halosulfuron or sulfentrazone are effective but require quick response to nutsedge sightings and repeated applications are necessary for control.
Broadleaf weeds can also be treated through the summer, and there are products or combinations effective for just about any broadleaf weed you'll find. For the best results, accurate identification of problem weeds is critical, so you know which cultural practices and herbicides will provide the most effective control.
Weed Management Tools
A couple of helpful tools for weed management are available from Penn State. The website http://cropsoil.psu.edu/turf/extension/factsheets/weed-management/weed-id includes guidelines for identification and management options for specific weeds in turf. Another great tool is at http://cropsoil.psu.edu/turf/weed-id where you'll find photos and management tips for most weed problems in turf, some with videos of the key identification characteristics.
Any kind of weed control can be tricky during the summer. Herbicide labels provide instructions about coordinating mowing schedules, irrigation, temperature extremes, and actively growing target weeds. Properly calibrated spot treatments can help limit the excess stress. Remember that phenoxy herbicides (like the 2,4-D, MCPP or dicamba found in many broadleaf herbicides) can make lawn grasses more susceptible to disease (like leaf spot), and that's another reason to approach summer weed control with caution.
Turf that looks extra drought-stressed, or doesn't rebound from summer dormancy may be suffering from insect damage. In the beginning of the summer, be on the lookout for chinch bugs, sod webworms, and billbugs. These are all insects that are more common on lawns with excessive thatch. Carefully inspect the turf and thatch around brown patches to look for clues.
You'll find chinch bugs buried in the thatch or scurrying along the surface of dried thatch. They move quickly and their feeding usually causes turf to turn yellow or reddish before it browns.
Look for feeding damage (holes) made by webworms and adult billbugs on the grass blades. A soap solution applied to the surface helps bring webworms and cutworms to the surface where you can see them
Check areas where there are many dead stems for billbugs by doing the "tug-test". If the stems pull right out at the ground and have chewed ends packed with sawdust-like frass, it is likely that you'll find billbug adults at the base of the plant and small legless grubs along the roots.
When it comes to turf management, summer is anything but lazy. There are plenty of things to watch out for, while keeping in mind that heat plays a major role in the decline of cool season grasses during the summer. Everything we do on and to our yards can add to the stress of summer.
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Owen, M.C. and Lanier, J.D. Lawn and Landscape Best Management Practices for Turf, A Handbook for the Lawn and Landscape Industry in Massachusetts. 103 pages. University of Massachusetts.
Lawn Diseases. North Dakota State University.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln. TurfInfo.


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This is an apple and cranberry cake, period. Does not contain coffee, sad, I was quite excited at the idea of combining coffee and cranberry in a cake (which I might yet try).
Cranberry-Apple Coffee Cake
From EatingWell: October/November 2005
This coffee cake calls for a tart apple, such as a Granny Smith or a Pippin, combined with cranberries and spices to make a beautiful topping for a delicious treat festive enough for any brunch.
19 Reviews for Cranberry-Apple Coffee Cake
I used unsweetened cranberry juice, unsweetened applesauce (1/2 cup) instead of oil and 1 cup of WW flour & 1/2 cup of white flour. The cake was moist, sweet and light. What a treat! It was a little work but well worth the effort.
loved it !! A big hit with family, sister-in-law asked for recipe going to make again and again
I'm allergic to milk, so I substituted nonfat, plain soy milk and vegan butter. The cake was delicious, and the consistency was moist and airy. A keeper!


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Four men have been arrested following an incident in which a car was allegedly rammed near Lonodnderry.
It is understood the motive relates to a dispute involving the parties.
At around 7pm on Wednesday, May 28, the driver of a white BMW noted two other cars behind him at Ballykelly, a PSNI spokesman said.
"As he drove towards Derry, the other cars, a silver Renault Megane and a black Volkswagen Golf, tried to get in front of him. The BMW driver believes they were trying to stop his car," the spokesman said.
"At the Broadbridge roundabout, the BMW was struck on its nearside by one of the cars," he said, adding: "A short time later, police were alerted and arrested four men, all aged between 24 and 29 and from the Ballykelly area. They were later released pending further enquiries."
Police want to hear from anyone who was on the road and saw events unfold. They are particularly keen to hear again from the driver of another car who spoke briefly to officers last night.
Information can be given on the police non-emergency number 101. Alternatively, it can be provided to the Crimestoppers charity anonymously on 0800 555 111.


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Weekend concert at Ignition Garage features Amy LaVere
GOSHEN — Singer Amy LaVere will make a stop in downtown Goshen this weekend as part of a cross-country tour, bringing her thunderous bass playing and feisty lyrics to Ignition Garage.
Ÿ Who is Amy LaVere? Blending the blues with country, folk, Cajun and R&B music, LaVere has made a name for herself on the Americana charts and touring from coast to coast. Her 2011 album "Stranger Me" received praise by Paste, Spin and Q magazines among others. LaVere recorded "Chasing the Ghost Rehearsal Sessions" last year with singer songwriter Shannon McNally, who is scheduled to perform at Ignition Garage on May 31.
Ÿ You might enjoy Amy LaVere if you listen to: Caitlin Rose, Jenny Lewis, Jenny Owen Youngs and Liz Phair.
Ÿ When is she playing? Showtime is 7 p.m. Sunday, April 21.
Ÿ Where is Ignition Garage? 120 E. Washington St. in downtown Goshen.
Ÿ How much are tickets? Tickets are available for $18 online at www.ignitionmusic.net, by phone at 534-1984 or at Better World Books, 118 E. Washington St., Goshen.