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WASHINGTON — The House overwhelmingly approved a budget deal Thursday designed to avert another government shutdown, a rare bipartisan accord that breaks with the tea-party-driven cycle of brinkmanship and could signal a new era of political pragmatism in Congress.
The agreement represents a victory for House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), who appears to have regained at least momentary control of his rebellious majority and turned back the super-sized influence of outside conservative groups. It also boosts Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), a potential 2016 Republican presidential hopeful, who put his political capital on the line to craft the deal with his Democratic budgetary counterpart, Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state.
Whether the spirit of detente will extend into next year is uncertain. Congress will need to give the $85-billion package final approval next month to avert a shutdown on Jan. 15, and will then turn to the debate over whether to raise the nation's debt limit, a divisive issue.
The measure was approved, 332 to 94, by most Republicans and Democrats over the objection of 62 Republicans, mostly hard-line conservatives, and 32 Democrats, who opposed it because it did not extend long-term unemployment insurance.
The Senate is expected to pass the measure in coming days despite opposition from tea party Republicans and a possible no vote from the GOP minority leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
House conservatives have frequently bucked Boehner on budget deals, leading to the 16-day government shutdown in October that left Republicans badly damaged in polls. But most appeared to have lost their desire to push budget battles to the brink.
"I'm not going to go home and beat my chest that it's the best we could've done; I'm also not ashamed," said freshman Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.). In the future, he said, "We're going to look for the art of the possible."
Even as House leaders welcomed the breakthrough after months of dysfunction, they downplayed the modest deal from a Congress whose approval ratings have plummeted to all-time lows.
"There were a lot of lessons learned over the course of this year, a lot of lessons learned over the course of the last three years, and I actually do feel like we're in a better place," Boehner said. "We're going to deal with these issues one at a time. The goal today is to get this budget agreement passed. We'll deal with the debt ceiling when we get there."
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the minority leader from San Francisco who delivered Democratic support to ensure passage, cautioned against reading too much into a deal that is so far from the sweeping agreement that both sides once sought.
"Certainly, not achieving this would not have been a good signal," Pelosi said, "but I don't under- or overestimate the power of this one event today."
The $85-billion accord increases spending levels for the next two fiscal years beyond what conservatives wanted but less than Democrats had sought.
It reverses $63 billion of the automatic "sequester" cuts that were opposed by all but the most conservative lawmakers. Those steep cuts were opposed by an unlikely alliance of defense hawks and Democrats who compromised to spare both the Pentagon and social programs.
To attract conservatives, the deal puts more than $22billion toward deficit reduction and includes no new taxes. The increased spending is paid for with changes over the next decade that include new fees, such as on airline travel, and pension reductions for new federal employees and uninjured military retirees under 62.
At the last minute, Republicans tacked on a provision to prevent a scheduled cut in pay for doctors who treat Medicare patients.
Many Republicans have decided their efforts should be directed elsewhere — namely, fighting President Obama's healthcare law — rather than revisiting the budget wars that have defined the last several years.
"We can aim at Obamacare," said Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas). "I'd sooner that be the discussion than about whether we're giving in to a government shutdown."
Not all Republicans are on board with the shift toward pragmatism or Boehner's push-back against the heavy-handed lobbying from conservative groups that has swayed lawmakers to block past deals.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), another potential presidential contender in 2016, said the agreement "continues Washington's irresponsible budgeting decisions by spending more money than the government takes in."
Passage was not without a last-minute floor battle: Democrats protested the exclusion of long-term unemployment insurance for 1.3 million jobless Americans, whose benefits expire on Dec. 28.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) vowed that extending jobless aid would be the first item for consideration when Congress resumes in the new year.


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The neat, modest homes of Cannon's Campground and Bellview Acres conceal tales of frustration and heartbreak.
The neat, modest homes of Cannon's Campground and Bellview Acres conceal tales of frustration and heartbreak.
As Lisa Nielsen drives through the community she grew up in, she points to the homes of old friends and their families and recites their tales of sickness and death.
Carcinoma, leukemia, kidney tumors — dozens of homes have a story, and very few have happy endings.
"Every time I came to visit my mom and dad, it was, 'Oh guess who's sick, guess who has cancer, guess who's dying,' " Nielsen said.
After decades of suspecting the nearby Hoechst Celanese polyester manufacturing site and its various occupants of spewing toxic chemicals into the environment, the community filed a class action lawsuit in federal district court last week.
The lawsuit alleges known carcinogens used at the plant have leached into ground and surface water that flows through the communities, resulting in dozens of cancer cases. The suit seeks an injunction of all pollution-causing activities on the site as well as an order to identify and treat existing contamination and to prevent any further migration beneath private property. The plaintiffs also seek a health monitoring program for community members to be administered by the court and paid for by the defendants. They are seeking reimbursement for lost property values and civil penalties.
In an emailed statement, Celanese spokesman Travis Jacobsen said there is no connection between contaminated groundwater at the site and the groundwater in the communities because the areas are separated by streams acting as discharge boundaries.
"Simply put, the environmental conditions at the Spartanburg plant site have not caused adverse health effects or a loss of property values in the nearby residences," Jacobsen wrote.
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency studied cancer data after residents suggested a pollution link, but in a 2011 report said a cancer cluster did not exist.
Nielsen contests the methodology of the study because it examined the entire ZIP code the plant is located in and not the specific area near the plant where chemicals could have migrated.
Other defendants contacted regarding the lawsuit declined to comment or could not immediately be reached. No response documents have been filed.
The primary plaintiff is Jay Easler, but the suit was filed on behalf of all residents living in a two-mile radius of the site at the intersection of Interstate 85 and the Pacolet River.
Easler owns property abutting a stream known to locals as "polluted creek." Nielsen said as a child she remembers playing near the creek, and "there would be foam up to our knees, and it was a different color every day."
Easler and others involved in the suit declined to discuss the situation because of the new litigation. Nielsen, however, no longer lives in the community, and despite being an outspoken activist for the residents, is not a party in the lawsuit.
At a community meeting in 2011, a Celanese spokesman said Hoechst Celanese was never cited for pollution and always adhered to existing environmental controls. DHEC's website states many current regulations were not in place when the plant began operations in 1966. Soil and groundwater contaminants were discovered in 1990 and mitigation efforts began in 1996. A series of wells were installed along the border of the property to pump groundwater to the surface for treatment. Several years later, when evidence of contamination remained, solutions were pumped into the ground in an attempt to dissolve or disperse the chemicals.
"As CNA Holdings is already performing an extensive environmental investigation and clean-up effort under (the S.C. Department of Health and Environment Control's) guidance, there is ample opportunity for public involvement and no need for the plaintiffs to seek judicial intervention here," Jacobsen wrote.
Despite mitigation efforts, DHEC documents cited in the lawsuit reveal rising toxicity in the contaminated soil and groundwater beneath the site and an expanding plume of contaminants reaching off the site. In 2011, the first-ever DHEC testing of private wells confirmed contaminants found at the site were also in the drinking water supply.
Though many residents no longer use well water and have switched to the city water, there is no telling how long or in what amount those chemicals were there in decades past, Nielsen said. The transfer to city water was also expensive for residents, and some are still using well water. The chemicals were found only in trace amounts in the wells, but Nielsen said many people could have been exposed over prolonged periods of time.
"I think because there has been such a stink made about this, they monitor it a little more closely, but my answer to that is too little, too late," Nielsen said.
An environmental assessment of the waterways around the site found sediments containing chemical concentrations higher than the lethal dosages to kill several kinds of aquatic life, according to the suit.
When she sat down to call community members and tell them about the lawsuit, Nielsen said she sadly crossed three names off her list – each of them already had succumbed to cancer. Another resident battling the disease burst into tears at the news.
"They've waited so long for this," Nielsen said.
Despite the suspicions, community meetings and inquiries to DHEC, Nielsen said she feels like this is the first time progress is being made toward holding someone accountable.
"A lot of times, you don't know how to deal with a giant, like Hoechst, when the giant lives among you," she said.
Nielsen said she and other residents are grateful to the Harpootlian and Louthian law firms, both based in Columbia, for their diligence in representing the community.
Bert Louthian declined to discuss the case in detail but said he and others working on the case "look forward to seeking justice for our clients."
There is a community meeting regarding the lawsuit at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Spartanburg Marriott.

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ICD-10 Code Z68.1
Body mass index (BMI) 19.9 or less, adult
Diagnosis Code Z68.1
Short Description: Body mass index (BMI) 19.9 or less, adult
Long Description: Body mass index (BMI) 19.9 or less, adult
Version 2019 of the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code Z68.1
Valid for Submission
The code Z68.1 is valid for submission for HIPAA-covered transactions.
Code Classification
- Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00–Z99)
Information for Medical Professionals
Code Edits
The following edits are applicable to this code:
Adult diagnoses - Adult. Age range is 15–124 years inclusive (e.g., senile delirium, mature cataract).
Unacceptable principal diagnosis - There are selected codes that describe a circumstance which influences an individual's health status but not a current illness or injury, or codes that are not specific manifestations but may be due to an underlying cause. These codes are considered unacceptable as a principal diagnosis.
Convert to ICD-9
- V85.0 - BMI less than 19,adult (Approximate Flag)
Present on Admission (POA)
The code Z68.1 is exempt from POA reporting.
- Body mass index less than 16.5
- Body mass index less than 20
- Decreased body mass index
- Decreased body mass index
- Finding of body mass index
- Finding of body mass index
Index to Diseases and Injuries
References found for the code Z68.1 in the Index to Diseases and Injuries:
- - Body, bodies
- - mass index (BMI)
- - adult
- - 19.9 or less - Z68.1
- - adult
- - mass index (BMI)
Information for Patients
Body Weight
Do you know if your current weight is healthy? "Underweight", "normal", "overweight", and "obese" are all labels for ranges of weight. Obese and overweight mean that your weight is greater than it should be for your health. Underweight means that it is lower than it should be for your health. Your healthy body weight depends on your sex and height. For children, it also depends on your age.
A sudden, unexpected change in weight can be a sign of a medical problem. Causes for sudden weight loss can include
- Thyroid problems
- Cancer
- Infectious diseases
- Digestive diseases
- Certain medicines
Sudden weight gain can be due to medicines, thyroid problems, heart failure, and kidney disease.
Good nutrition and exercise can help in losing weight. Eating extra calories within a well-balanced diet and treating any underlying medical problems can help to add weight.
- Body mass index (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Growth chart (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Overweight (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Weight gain - unintentional (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Weight loss - unintentional (Medical Encyclopedia)
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ICD-10 Footnotes
General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.
Present on Admission
The Present on Admission (POA) indicator is used for diagnosis codes included in claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals. POA indicators must be reported to CMS on each claim to facilitate the grouping of diagnoses codes into the proper Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). CMS publishes a listing of specific diagnosis codes that are exempt from the POA reporting requirement.


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Go Viking: Summer 2012
View from Summit Avenue
A Message from Thad Titze, President, Augustana Student Association
Someone once said, "wisdom is always chasing us...but we are faster." It's true that time moves incredibly fast at Augustana, but what we do in that time is incredibly worthwhile, fun, and life changing.
Perhaps like some of you, I came to college knowing what I would major in. While Government and International Relations is still my primary focus, I have also picked up minors in Political Philosophy and Classics. For those of you who don't know what direction you're headed, Augustana will teach you to think critically, express yourself clearly, and understand complex issues from different angles. My classmates in all majors and minors will leave here well-equipped for a world that needs more open-minded, critical thinkers.
As soon as you get to campus, conversations begin about sending you away. Each year, our students study in over 20 countries during the summer, spring break, January interim, and fall and spring semesters. So far, I've been able to study ancient history in Greece and London, religion and literature in India, and peace and conflict in Norway. This year, I'm looking forward to spending J-term in Thailand studying the country's political economy.
At Augustana, the world is at your fingertips. The annual Boe Forum on Public Affairs brings in speakers such as former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Each spring, Augustana and four of its sister schools host the Nobel Peace Prize Forum which features Peace Prize Laureates and other peace activists from around the globe. The Union Board of Governors (UBG) is run by students and puts on more than 90 events each school year with at least one event each weekend – and our students stick around on weekends. UBG is just one of 97 student organizations; there's something for everyone. Augustana's athletic teams are nationally competitive and our sports facilities bring home games to campus with a loud and rowdy student section cheering on our teams.
Ask a current student or Augustana graduate what their favorite part of the College is. Most will say "the community," but then struggle when they try to explain what this means. It's true that only by being here can you really understand the fast-paced, friendly atmosphere. For me, Augustana's community is about the quality of people you'll find here – people who are curious, open-minded, unpretentious and motivated.
Dr. Stanichar, associate professor of music, has a sign in his office that says, "Enjoy life – this is not a rehearsal!" Instead of waiting to join the "real world" after graduation, Augustana students live active and meaningful lives now. They begin medical partnerships with small towns in Guatemala; they raise awareness about important issues, such as human trafficking; they contribute to academic conferences in the U.S. and around the world; they intern with local businesses and healthcare providers; they conduct important research recognized by scholars around the country; they volunteer for dozens of local causes. Here, opportunities abound and our students flourish.
Whether your future is guided by a definite calling or an uncertain plan, your time at Augustana will prepare you for whatever lies ahead. Equally as important, you'll create some of the best memories of your life with friends you meet here! As President Oliver says, "It's a great day to be a Viking." And, it's a great time for you to Go Viking!
All the best,
Thad Titze
Augustana Student Association


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"ideas" module that feeds wish list from various pages
It would be great to have a "submit your ideas" module that could sit on various pages, feeding content to the wish list for the overall site but tagging it appropriately. For example, I'd like a module on the side of the /tour page (with videos) asking "Do you have ideas for videos you'd like to see on this page? Submit them here." The ideas would be added to the main wishlist with a tag "how-to videos", in that case. We might use a similar module on tool execution pages, resource pages, etc.


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I am saddened by the passing of Queens Republican Party Chairman Phil Ragusa. I met him on a number of political campaigns I was involved with. I found Phil Ragusa most personable, honest and a man of integrity. I also found him to be concerned for the community and its residents and wanted to make things better.
Frederick R. Bedell, Jr.
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Posts tagged with 'charity ball'
Celebrating African World Cup legends
26 May 2014 by Mitty
How do you explain football to someone who has never heard of it?
You don't, you give them a ball.
Football is brilliantly absurd in how it manages to turn a simple and accessible game into such an amazing spectacle. This June will see the World Cup come to Brazil and the biggest show of the year will be shared by literally billions of ecstatic football fans world wide, all hoping this will be their year to celebrate! Read more…


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McGaw Library is located on the second floor of the McGaw Library and Learning Center in the center of campus. The library houses a collection totaling over 70,000 books, bound materials, newspapers, periodicals and audiovisual material. Alice Lloyd students have access to the book and audiovisual collections of McGaw Library and are served by an experienced staff of professional librarians. Students receive assistance in locating information needed for writing research papers and other course assignments. Students also have access to extensive Interlibrary Loan services through McGaw Library's participation in cooperative agreements with other libraries in the Appalachian region.
Alice Lloyd's McGaw Library is committed to providing a student-centered environment that fosters learning and the development of more effective research skills. Our staff encourages faculty to keep them informed of any research projects assigned in their classes. The library's Public Service Librarian is available for bibliographic instruction, and the library also offers a non-credit class designed to help students with using databases and constructing bibliographies. Research assistance can be obtained on an as-needed, drop-in basis, or students may call to schedule an appointment for more guidance on a specific assignment.
As part of its Appalachian emphasis, the McGaw Library houses an Appalachian Collection of approximately 3,000 volumes and administers the Photographic Archives and the Appalachian Oral History Project. The library also has over 2,800 audiovisual resources (film strips, videos, dvds, books on tape) available upon request. Rooms are available for quiet study, group study, and computer studies. Faculty, staff and students have access to computers in the Reference Area, as well as to copying, printing, photocopying, and lamination services.
- A Reference Area
- Library Tours and Orientation – Open to everyone
- Reference Services – including Bibliographic Instruction
- OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog)
- Computer Search Area
- Circulation Area
- A Periodicals Section
- Audiovisual Materials
- Interlibrary Loan
- Study Areas
- Photocopying Services
- Appalachian Special Collection
- Archive Area, including Appalachian Photo Collection (Photographic Archives)
- Appalachian Oral History Project
McGaw Library provides resources and services appropriate for an undergraduate, liberal arts college to meet the educational, professional, and recreational needs of students, faculty and staff.
1. To support the curriculum by providing access to materials in the most appropriate format. This includes developing local collections of print and non-print materials and providing access to off-campus resources.
2. To participate actively in the instruction of students in the location, use and evaluation of appropriate information.
3. To support the professional development of faculty and staff by developing appropriate local collections of print and non-print materials and providing access to off-campus resources.
4. To collect, organize and maintain the archival records of Alice Lloyd College and other appropriate archival/manuscript materials.
5. To develop a comprehensive collection of resources on the southern Appalachian region in selected subject areas to support the research of students, faculty, and visiting scholars.
6. To serve as an information resource for the total Knott County (KY) community and to cooperate with local organizations and groups in promoting information services to Knott County.
The Alice Lloyd College online public access catalog (OPAC) is available to everyone, both on and off-campus. It is an online database of all books and materials held by this library. Simply click here to access our catalog.
Online Databases and Resources
- OPAC (online public access catalog)
- NEWSBANK – includes Early American Imprints, I
- New York Times
- Lexington Herald-Leader (search dates 4/25/83 to current)
- Westlaw Database
- Choice Reviews
- Statesman's Yearbook
- Litfinder
- Grove Art Online (Oxford)
- Grove Music Online (Oxford)
- E-books from McGaw Library's Catalog
- Oxford Reference
- ARTstor
- EBSCO Periodicals (KYVL)
- Country Watch
Library Cards
A special barcode for the library is embedded on all Alice Lloyd College student IDs. This is a free service. Students must present their student identification at the library's front desk in order to borrow books and materials from the McGaw Library.
Interlibrary Loan
Interlibrary Loan is a service of McGaw Library available to everyone in our campus community, as well as to patrons throughout Knott County. We borrow books and materials not available in our library from other libraries in the Appalachian region for the educational, research, and general needs of the community.
Library Tours & Orientation
Tours of the McGaw Library are informal, open to everyone, and are offered on an as-needed basis. Tours can be scheduled, though, by calling the library ahead of time. Alice Lloyd College's Office of Admissions can also incorporate a tour of the library, if requested, into an agenda for a student's Campus Visit.
Archives & Special Collections
Alice Lloyd's Appalachian Collection includes materials from our College's founders, as well as an extensive archive of photographs and an oral history project maintained for the College and the surrounding area.
- In the Photographic Archives, old photographs of the Central Appalachian region are collected and indexed as a scholarly resource to preserve the visual history of the region.
- The Appalachian Oral History Project includes the participation of Emory & Henry College (VA), Appalachian State University (NC), and Lee's Junior College (part of Hazard Community & Technical College) in Kentucky. This collection, a joint effort undertaken by all three institutions, includes records to document oral histories of the history and folklore of the Central Appalachian region. Materials in this collection consist of interviews and records generated by Alice Lloyd College interviewers in 1986. Records include audio interviews, administrative files, photographs, and video. Some of the interviews have been transcribed.
Access to the Appalachian Collection is open to anyone, but is limited. Library visitors must have permission to view this collection. Please contact the Director of the McGaw Library for more information.
Library Hours of Operation – Fall and Spring
Monday – Thursday 8:00 am – 11:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Library Hours of Operation – Summer Hours
Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 4:30pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed
McGaw Library Phone Numbers:
Front Desk (606) 368-6112
Director (606) 368-6113
Reference (606) 368-6117
Cataloging (606) 368-6114
Interlibrary Loan (606) 368-6117
Fax (606) 368-6212
Renewal by Phone (606) 368-6112
Need help? Ask a librarian! Please contact any of our library staff:
Jeannie Galloway, Director of the McGaw Library and Learning Center
Phone: (606) 368-6113
William Slone, Public Service Librarian/Interlibrary Loan
Phone: (606) 368-6117
Janice Hicks, Technical Services/Special Collections
Phone: (606) 368-6114
Jamie Holt, Evening Services Supervisor/Special Collections
Phone: (606) 368-6112 (After 6:00 PM)


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Faith events slated for the coming weekend in Washington and Holmes Counties.
Wausau AOG Revival
WAUSAU � Wausau Assembly of God Church will be holding a revival at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan 17, and Saturday, Jan. 18, with the Shepherds. The church is located on Highway 77 in Wausau. For more information call 638-0883.
The Harrelsons at Otter Creek
PONCE DE LEON � The Harrelsons will be singing at Otter Creek Methodist Church on Saturday, Jan. 18. The church is located four miles north of Ponce de Leon off Highway 81.
Christian Financial Planning
CHIPLEY � Sand Hills Baptist Church will be holding a Christian Financial Planning Conference from 8 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, at the church. A snack will be served from 7:30 to 8 a.m. For more information call 773-8900.
Lighthouse Children's Home Choir to Preform
PONCE DE LEON � The Lighthouse Children's Home will be at Oak Grove Baptist Church 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19. The church is located 3 miles east of Ponce de Leon.
Calvary Hill Gospel Sing
VERNON � Calvary Hill Pentecostal Church will be holding a Gospel Sing featuring The Singing Echoes from Cleveland Tenn., at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan 19. The church is located on State Road 277 across from Vernon Elementary School. For more information call 535-0003.
Pastor Appreciation
CHIPLEY � The 5th United Holiness Church will be honoring their pastor, Elder Billy Wilson and first Lady Janice Wilson with their 15th year appreciation at 4 p.m. on Jan 25. The guest speaker will be Bishop Arthur Fulton of United Holiness Inc., Americus, Ga. The event will climax at 2:30 p.m. on Jan 26 with guest speaker, Minister Otis Forbes of Heart of God Ministries, Donalsonville, Ga.
Choir Festival set for Feb. 1
BONIFAY � Bonifay FUMC is hosting "Everyone Sing!" choir festival for area choirs and singers on Feb. 1. All are welcome to participate. We will have group vocal technique classes in the morning followed by a joint rehearsal to learn three songs in the afternoon. The day ends with a concert at 6pm at Bonifay FUMC. Choirs participating include Baptist College of Florida, Walton High School, Bonifay FUMC, and Enterprise Masterworks Choir. For more information please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
St. Luke�s to Host Fine Art Series
MARIANNA � Jonny Lipford will be playing his Native American Courting Flute at 4 p.m. on Feb. 16 as part of the Fine Art Series at St. Luke�s Episcopal Church. There will be a Meet the Artist reception to follow. Donations are accepted for the Fine Art Series. The church is located at 4362 Lafayette St in Marianna. For more information call 482-2431.


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It all started with a bad dream, and a scream.
Things are shaking up as Hanna puts her best investigative foot forward to prove that her mother may (or may not) be linked to the murder of Detective Wilden. After dreaming of her mother bald and wearing a prison jumper, Hanna feels that the secrets are enough, and should look for her own clues.
"Mom, I am not a sofa." Mrs. Hastings isn't too keen on the idea that Spencer won't be going to UPenn, and is using the current moment to reposition Spencer's college life. In true Hasting's family fashion her parents hire an admissions counselor (or Ivy League pimp) to make sure that Spencer ends up in one of America's top schools. When Emily's dreams seem to fall apart for Stanford, it is time for her to devise a plan for college as a "mediocre student."
Speaking of college, Tippy the birds whistle seemed to be a contact located at Cicero University. Who did Ali know there? Good thing this weekend is college visits…right?
What's wrong Ella Montgomery? After Aria finds out the Vienna trip between her mother and Zack "hot younger pastry chef" is off, she can't seem to put two and two together…until we realize that Mike is back. (Way to go the mean younger brother is back)! Mike isn't the only one trying to put a damper in Ella's trip to Vienna, "A" and a swarm of bees have a plan of their own.
I know I've been asking this for the past couple of weeks but…Where the hell is Mona?
Hello to Brendan admissions counselor! While waiting on Spencer to show up for her meeting at the coffee shop, Emily takes the opportunity to share her college struggles with Brendan. He agrees to help her find scholarships, and brand herself in ways outside of swimming. Spencer decides that a trip to Cicero would be in her and Emily's best interest. Smart thinking Spencer, going to college to see exactly who Ali could have known.
Ashley, is Spencer's mom your lawyer or friend? With no intentions on going on a weekend college visit (we love that you have the Fashion Institute in mind) Hanna takes the weekend to spend time getting closer to her mother by listening to her phone conversation, and of course going through her closet. Wrong move Hanna, did you just recover your father's missing gun and Dec. Wilden's murder weapon?
Don't panic … Just hide it and take that impromptu college visit up to Cicero anyway.
After convincing a local college nerd that she doesn't have the "crazy eyes" and that The Lanister's are of course the better family in Game of Thrones (love it when our favorite TV shows collide) Spencer learns that the number came from a house on Sorority Row. Emily and Spencer attend a local campus party, but for different reasons. Emily is looking for a "sorority scholarship" and using her interest for school to charm her way into meetings with Brendan. In the process she also finds time to check Spencer on her attitude. Yikes!
No one at the party knows Ali, but a familiar face and a giant pink bag make a cameo appearance. First Hanna runs into Spencer who tells her to sit tight with the gun as she lurks the sorority house. Crawling past drunken college kids, Spencer ends up in a strange room inside of the house (what's new?) with a pink phone that seems to have all of the answers. After calling Aria mid family night, it is revealed that number is the one that Tippy the bird was whistling, but who could have been on the other end?
FYI: Byron convinced Ella to take the chance and go to Europe.
Back on sorority row, Spencer has managed to lose both of her friends, while Emily realizes that Hanna and her pink bag have made it to campus. All three girls head into the woods to look for each other, but end up taking different paths. Hanna decides that hiding the gun a few miles from home is the ideal idea; however the police don't seem to think so.
Hands up! Phones out! Hanna is being put into the back of a police car, and "A" shares that maybe Hanna and her mom can share a lawyer.
Did the house mother know Ali? What is really with the panic room in the sorority house? Who really called the police on Hanna?
Maybe it was all just another crazy dream.


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The H&M Divided spring/summer 2013 campaign is perfectly in tone with the festival season. The latest ads bring a multitude of gorgeous options which have a distinguishable youthful allure. From day to night, the new alternatives can be easily tailored to suit any occasion. A well defined sense of edginess and a nonchalant touch are the two vibes most festival attires have in common and the new offerings from H&M perfectly reflect these principles in the new ads directed by Stina Daag. The H&M Divided campaign for spring/summer ... Read More


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Heavy and flash rains can cause flooding in areas throughout the City that normally do not experience flooding. Residents should be proactive in protecting their properties from potential floods by following these simple steps:
1. If you do not have a sump pump, have a floor pump readily available,
2. Ensure that gutters and downspouts are working properly and are directed away from foundations, do not direct flood waters onto your neighbors property,
3. Seal all known cracks where water can enter the property and protect low areas with sand bags if necessary, and
4. To the extent possible raise all valuable items above flood levels where flooding has previously occurred.
Read Flooding: Is Your Property Protected?
For additional information on cleaning up after a flood and for additional steps to take to protect your property from floods in the future see the following helpful links:
American Red Cross
Cambridge Health Alliance - Flooding Information for Residents and Businesses
If you need immediate assistance with housing or other social service needs, please call '211'. See www.mass211.org for more information.
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Connected: Country folk get broadband
When people rhapsodize about rural living in Albemarle County, they talk about the views, the quiet, and the space between them and their neighbors.
What they don't wax rhapsodic about: the lousy Internet connections and television reception that come with living in the sticks.
Now Waynesboro-based Ntelos has announced a wireless "portable broadband" that could change how connected rural residents are.
Unlike DSL, portable broadband doesn't need telephone lines and is available outside the standard three-mile radius from phone company HQ.
"It can go places traditional DSL doesn't," says James Dell, a Crozet resident who tested the portable broadband technology. "It offers pretty good coverage. For a small business or homeowner, it's pretty darn efficient."
Ntelos wanted to improve its DSL market. "We were missing out on suburban and rural customers," says Internet product planner Noel Munson, "particularly the more affluent suburban customers."
The company hooked up with Texas-based Navini Networks to provide the wireless technology and a modem that requires no exterior antenna. Ntelos claims portable broadband is as fast as T-1, DSL, or cable modem service. Starting at $49.95 a month, it costs far less than the triple-digit prices typical of other high-speed connections.
"It wasn't as fast as in town," says Dell, "but it's four to five times faster than the dial-up I was using."
Elizabeth Breeden, who lives south of I-64 on Old Lynchburg Road, had used dial-up and ISDN before she hooked up with Ntelos to test the new product. She calls the ISDN line "hell to get" and very expensive.
She says she's saving $100 a month by using the portable broadband. "For living in the country, it's been a godsend," she says. Better yet, her 20something kids are not complaining about Internet service.
"It's better than at college," says Skyler Breeden, a recent Goucher grad.
Her mother does worry about view pollution. "We used to look at three towers on Carter's Mountain," she says. "Now we're looking at six."
"We are not building towers," says Munson. "We're going to existing structures." Ntelos expects to add more towers in the Charlottesville-Waynesboro area and around Lynchburg this year, and hopes to have several thousand customers by year end.
Part of portable broadband's appeal for rural areas is its steerable beam. "It's a smart antenna that can go through trees or walls," says Munson.
And if you live in a hollow? "This service will not go through 10 billion tons of granite," Munson concedes.
Ntelos has some enthusiastic testers at UVA's Office of Telemedicine, which provides medical services to underserved, remote sites.
Technical manager Mike Patterson lists the product's advantages: It's broadband, it's mobile, and it's a secure connection, "which is big for us in the medical field."
By the end of the month, the Office of Telemedicine will be able to help a UVA physician see a patient in a remote location using videoconferencing. "The specialist at UVA will be able to interface with the patient and their doctor, and hopefully come up with a diagnosis," says Patterson. "That's what we're really excited about."
If you live here, broadband service may be in your future.
James Dell's portable broadband is "smaller than a waffle iron." He put in a window to get broadband service in Crozet.


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What does Vanillaware have to do with their localisation?
Apparently it's still getting a European release.http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/02/grand-knights-history-wont-be-published-by-xseed-development/
If Rising Star did the programming stuff, couldn't XSeed still release it?
Do a lot of companies just translate and send the translation back like that?? Never heard of that one.
They could, as said, always look into getting translation hackers on the job. How much developers would be fond of that could be an issue, though.We work cheap, that's for sure. :P (Cheap here meaning for nothing)Also, Working Designs had programmers(?, maybe singular) on staff, and I don't think they were a very big company at all.


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gregoryjward wrote:GeekEV wrote:gregoryjward wrote:I've been attempting to measure whether the solar panels are charging the battery or not. I have full sun on them around noon and am monitoring the 12-volt battery at around 12.62 volts on my digital voltmeter. Covering the panels doesn't change the voltage at all, even after waiting several minutes. Uncovering the panels again likewise does nothing. There should be at least a small change in voltage if the panel is charging the battery.
In the service manual it looks like the solar panel is more-or-less directly wired to the 12v battery. As a result, you're probably measuring "backflow" from the actual 12v battery. The proper testing procedure, according to the service manual, is to disconnect the 12v battery negative terminal, then measure the voltage across the positive and negative terminals. That will effectively remove the battery from the equation...
I replied to this once, but my post got lost(?)
Thanks GeekEV for the tip -- I tried it and indeed the solar panel provides voltage to the system with the battery disconnected. Covering the panel causes the voltage to drop from 12 (or so) down to 1 or 2 volts, proving that the panel *is* doing something.
My faith is restored that it isn't a completely empty marketing ploy, at least.
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Pullman Strike, (May 11, 1894–c. July 20, 1894), in U.S. history, widespread railroad strike and boycott that severely disrupted rail traffic in the Midwest of the United States in June–July 1894. The federal government's response to the unrest marked the first time that an injunction was used to break a strike. Amid the crisis, on June 28, President Grover Cleveland and Congress created a national holiday, Labor Day, as a conciliatory gesture toward the American labour movement.
What was the Pullman Strike?
Why did the Pullman workers go on strike?
What were the effects of the Pullman Strike?
What was the significance of the Pullman Strike?
What role did Eugene V. Debs play in the Pullman Strike?
The strike and boycott
In response to financial reverses related to the economic depression that began in 1893, the Pullman Palace Car Company, a manufacturer of railroad cars, cut the already low wages of its workers by about 25 percent but did not introduce corresponding reductions in rents and other charges at Pullman, its company town near Chicago, where most Pullman workers lived. As a result, many workers and their families faced starvation. When a delegation of workers tried to present their grievances about low wages, poor living conditions, and 16-hour workdays directly to the company's president, George M. Pullman, he refused to meet with them and ordered them fired. The delegation then voted to strike, and Pullman workers walked off the job on May 11, 1894. As soon as the plant had emptied, company representatives posted signs at all the gates: "The works are closed until further notice."
At the time of the strike, 35 percent of Pullman's workforce was represented by the American Railway Union (ARU), which had led a successful strike against the Great Northern Railway Company in April 1894. Although the ARU was not technically involved in the Pullman workers' decision to strike, union officials had been in Pullman and at the meeting at which the strike vote was taken, and Pullman workers undoubtedly believed that the ARU would back them. When the ARU gathered in Chicago in June for its first annual convention, the Pullman strike was an issue on the delegates' minds.
A great deal of sympathy existed in Chicago and elsewhere for the Pullman workers, who were seen as common men and women tyrannized by an abusive employer and landlord. The question was how the ARU could support the workers, who, after all, did not exactly work on the railroads. One plan was to refuse to hitch Pullman cars to trains and to unhitch those that were already attached. Another idea was a boycott: ARU members would refuse to handle Pullman cars or any trains with Pullman cars until the railroads severed their ties with the Pullman Company.
On June 22 the ARU delegates passed a motion to initiate a boycott unless the Pullman Company agreed to submit the dispute to arbitration by June 26. During the next three days, several committees were sent to the company in the hope of winning concessions that would make the boycott unnecessary, but all were turned away.
Crucial to the success of any boycott would be the switchmen, who had joined the ARU in large numbers. The ARU's president, Eugene V. Debs, predicted that, once the switchmen refused to add or remove Pullman cars from trains, the railroads would fire them and try to replace them with nonunion workers, and that in turn would lead other union members to walk out in solidarity, thus bringing more and more trains to a halt.
The scenario played out as Debs had predicted. On June 27, 5,000 workers left their jobs and 15 railroads were tied up. By the next day, 40,000 had walked off, and rail traffic was snarled on all lines west of Chicago. On the third day, the number of strikers had climbed to 100,000, and at least 20 lines were either tied up or completely stopped. By June 30, 125,000 workers on 29 railroads had quit work rather than handle Pullman cars. The ARU had few locals in the East or the Deep South, but the boycott seemed remarkably effective everywhere else.
Debs may have been pleased by the effectiveness of the boycott, but he was also alarmed by the anger expressed by the workers, which he feared could lead to violence. During the first week of the boycott he sent some 4,000 telegrams, hundreds every day, urging the ARU locals to stay calm and not to overreact.
On June 29 Debs spoke at a large and peaceful gathering in Blue Island, Illinois, to gather support from fellow railroad workers. After he left, however, groups within the crowd became enraged, set fire to nearby buildings, and derailed a locomotive. Unfortunately for the strikers, the locomotive was attached to a U.S. mail train. That greatly upset President Grover Cleveland in that the strike had now prevented the federal government from exercising one of its most-important responsibilities.
The injunction
Given that most members of the ARU were either on strike or actively helping the strikers, that other unions had joined the cause, and that wildcat strikes were breaking out against individual lines, violence may have been inevitable. Certainly Debs continued to urge restraint, but it was no use. When the sheriffs in Vermilion and Marion counties informed Illinois Governor John Peter Altgeld that they feared that local labour actions would spiral out of control, Altgeld sent six companies of militia to Danville at the beginning of July and another three to Decatur, with orders to quell any rioting and clear the way for the trains.
By early July, however, the federal government had already acted. In Washington, D.C., a majority of the president's cabinet supported Attorney General Richard Olney's demand that federal troops be sent to Chicago to end the "reign of terror." On July 2 Olney obtained an injunction from circuit court judges Peter S. Grosscup and William A. Woods (both of whom had strong antiunion sentiments) that prohibited ARU leaders from "compelling or inducing" any employees of the affected railroads "to refuse or fail to perform any of their duties." The injunction, which invoked both the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Interstate Commerce Act, also prevented ARU leaders from communicating with their subordinates. Thus, Debs, who had been trying to prevent violence, could no longer even send telegrams advising against it.
A federal injunction having been issued, President Cleveland could now treat the strike and boycott as a federal issue, and he ordered troops into Chicago on July 3. Governor Altgeld was outraged and immediately wired the president, saying, "Surely the facts have not been correctly presented to you in this case, or you would not have taken the step, for it seems to me unjustifiable." Despite Altgeld's repeated protests, Cleveland continued to send troops, even though the state militia seemed quite capable of handling the situation.
Worried that, given the terms of the injunction, he could no longer exercise any control over the strikers, Debs at first welcomed the troops, thinking that they might maintain order and allow the strike and boycott to proceed peacefully. But it soon became clear that the troops were not neutral peacekeepers; they were there to make sure that the trains moved, which would inevitably undermine the boycott.
The strikers reacted with fury to the appearance of the troops. On July 4 they and their sympathizers overturned railcars and erected barricades to prevent troops from reaching the yards. ARU leaders could do nothing, prevented by the injunction from any communication with the workers. On July 6 some 6,000 rioters destroyed hundreds of railcars in the South Chicago Panhandle yards.
By that time, there were some 6,000 federal and state troops, 3,100 police, and 5,000 deputy marshals in the city, but they could not contain the violence. On July 7 national guardsmen, after having been assaulted, fired into a mob, killing between 4 and 30 people and wounding many others. Debs then tried to call off the strike, urging that all workers except those convicted of crimes be rehired without prejudice. But the General Managers' Association, the federation of railroads that had overseen the response to the strike, refused and instead began hiring nonunion workers. The strike dwindled, and trains began to move with increasing frequency until normal schedules had been restored. Federal troops were recalled on July 20. The Pullman Company, which reopened on August 2, agreed to rehire the striking workers on the condition that they sign a pledge never to join a union. By the time it ended, the ordeal had cost the railroads millions of dollars in lost revenue and in looted and damaged property, and the strikers had lost more than $1 million in wages.
The Pullman workers had also lost the sympathy of the public. The sheer size and ferocity of the disturbances—in which as many as 250,000 workers in 27 states had gone on strike, halted rail traffic, or rioted—inspired anxiety among many people. Harper's Weekly magazine declared that the nation was "fighting for its own existence just as truly as in suppressing the great rebellion." Farmers worried about getting their crops to market, and many others were concerned about the mail or about what the strike would do to the price and availability of goods. Congress supported Cleveland's use of troops, and the mainstream press, in Chicago and elsewhere, turned against Debs, the union, and labour in general.
Court rulings
On July 7, at the height of the violence, federal officers arrested Debs and four other ARU leaders for contempt of court (for violating the injunction) and for criminal conspiracy to interfere with the U.S. mail; all five were soon released on a $10,000 bond. In December 1894 Debs and his codefendants were tried before Judge Woods, who found them in contempt and sentenced them to three to six months in prison (the conspiracy charge was withdrawn during the trial). Debs and the others remained free on bail, however, while their attorneys, who by now included Clarence Darrow, appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on the grounds that the defendants had been denied their constitutional right to trial by jury in a criminal case (see Sixth Amendment). In May 1895 Justice David J. Brewer delivered the unanimous (9–0) opinion of the court, which rejected Darrow's argument and upheld the government's use of the injunction against the strike (see In re Debs). The ARU leaders surrendered themselves at the McHenry County Jail in Woodstock, Illinois, in June 1895, and, while confined, Debs began his journey from labour activism to socialism.
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George M. Pullman: The Pullman Strike (May–July 1894)When Pullman's business fell off amid the economic depression that began in 1893, he cut jobs and wages and increased working hours in order to lower costs, though he did not reduce the dividends he paid to stockholders. Nor did he…
Indiana: Transportation…it was involved in the Pullman strike, which advocated a countrywide boycott of Pullman railroad cars and ultimately brought the intervention of federal troops and Debs's imprisonment.…
Grover Cleveland: Winning a second term…in Cleveland's handling of the Pullman Strike in 1894. Cleveland sent federal troops to Chicago to quell violence at George M. Pullman's railroad car facility, despite the objections of Illinois Gov. John P. Altgeld. The strike was broken within a week, and the president received the plaudits of the business…
Eugene V. Debs…his role in leading the Chicago Pullman Palace Car Company strike.…
Clarence Darrow…of court arising from the Pullman Strike (May–July 1894). Although Debs and his associates were convicted and the decision was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, Darrow established a national reputation as a labour and criminal lawyer. In arbitration hearings during the Pennsylvania anthracite coal strike (1902–03), Darrow represented the…
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Kyle Palmieri scored two goals on his 22nd birthday, breaking a tie early in the third period of the Anaheim Ducks' 3-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Friday night.
Bobby Ryan had a power-play goal and two assists, and linemate Teemu Selanne had three assists in the Ducks' fourth win in six games to start the season.
Viktor Fasth made 26 saves in his second career victory for Anaheim, which dominated long stretches of play, yet couldn't get comfortable until Ryan's goal with 1:34 to play.
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Michael C. Hall of "Dexter" fame has bought a restored home in Los Feliz for $3.825 million.
The updated 1920s Spanish Colonial and guesthouse have killer views of the surrounding hillsides and cityscape. Features include archways, beam ceilings, wrought-iron work, French doors and wood floors. There are six bedrooms, six bathrooms and more than 5,600 square feet of living space. The gated grounds contain a swimming pool.
Hall, 42, has starred as the murder-minded main character on "Dexter" since 2006. Before that he was on HBO's funeral-home drama "Six Feet Under" (2001-05). The final season of "Dexter" starts at the end of the month. Hall will appear in "Kill Your Darlings," set for release in October.
The turnkey property previously sold a year ago for $2.09 million, public records show.
Konstantine Valissarakos of Sotheby's International Realty was the listing agent. Joshua Myler of the Agency in Beverly Hills represented the actor.
Singer buys in bulk
Singer Katy Perry has bought two adjacent homes in Hollywood Hills West for $11 million.
The compound, if that's how she intends to use the properties, has about four acres of land, two swimming pools and two guesthouses.
One property contains a Spanish-style house built in the 1950s with three bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms and 3,884 square feet of living space.
The other is a Midcentury Modern-style glass-walled house with four bedrooms, three bathrooms and 2,916 square feet of space.
Neither house was on the Multiple Listing Service.
Perry, 28, is set to release a new album this summer. Among her previous albums are "One of the Boys" (2008) and "Teenage Dream" (2010), which included five No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 list.
Gabor's estate gets a new owner
Zsa Zsa Gabor's longtime Bel-Air estate has sold for $11 million in a court-approved deal that will enable the ailing actress to remain in the home for three years.
The French Regency-style mansion, used as the setting of the Liberace biopic "Behind the Candelabra," sits on a one-acre-plus gated promontory with views of downtown Los Angeles, Santa Catalina Island and the ocean.
The 28-room home, built in 1955, has a formal sitting room with an antique French fireplace, an oversized dining room with city views, a butler's pantry off the kitchen, six bedrooms and seven bathrooms in 8,878 square feet of living space.
Former residents include Howard Hughes and Elvis Presley. Gabor bought the house in 1973 for $280,000.
Her scores of TV and film appearances include a starring role in "Moulin Rouge" (1952) and guest appearances on "The Hollywood Squares" in the 1960s and '70s and "The New Hollywood Squares" in the '80s.
Roger Perry of Rodeo Realty was the sales agent. Janet Farzan of Janet Farzan Real Estate in Beverly Hills represented the buyer.
Wedding site is up for sale
Actress Drew Barrymore and her husband, art consultant William Kopelman, have listed the Montecito estate where they were wed at $7.5 million.
The 1937 traditional-style house sits on more than two acres with mature trees, lawns and a cupola-topped guesthouse. A gravel motor court leads to the brick entry terrace of the 6,258-square-foot house. Features include a foyer with staircase, a paneled living room, a library-study, six bedrooms and 7.5 bathrooms.
Barrymore, 38, gained recognition for her role as Gertie in "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" in 1982. Among her film credits are "Big Miracle" (2012), "50 First Dates" (2004) and "Charlie's Angels" (2000).
The actress bought the property last year for $5.705 million.
Suzanne Perkins of Sotheby's Santa Barbara office is the listing agent.
Whispering now in Pacific Palisades
Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt has bought a house in Pacific Palisades for $3.25 million.
Built in 2007, the contemporary wood, glass and steel house has an open plan, high ceilings, four bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms and 5,634 square feet of living space. There is a swimming pool, a fire pit, an outdoor flat-screen TV and two patios.
Hewitt, 34, starred in the supernatural drama "Ghost Whisperer" from 2005 to 2010 and has starred as a single mother and masseuse in the Lifetime network series "The Client List" since last year.
Todd Marks of Prudential California in Beverly Hills was the listing agent. Stamie Karakasidis of Rodeo Realty represented Hewitt.
Another notch in her tool belt?
It doesn't hurt to have a rock-star mom who is into houses when it comes to real estate.
A Venice house held in Cher's trust has sold for $1.95 million. The remodeled contemporary went into escrow nine days after coming on the market and sold for $100,000 above the original asking price.
The hip pad, reportedly the home of one of her children, features high ceilings, sliding-glass walls, two fireplaces and an outdoor shower — a feature Cher favors. A rooftop deck has a built-in barbecue, sink and refrigerator. There are three bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms.
The property previously sold three years ago for $1,542,500, public records show.
The 67-year-old superstar got a leg up as part of the 1960s duo Sonny and Cher and went on to win an Oscar for her starring role in "Moonstruck" (1987). She has an estate in Malibu.
Rayni Romito and Branden Williams of Hilton & Hyland were the listing agents. Marcie G. Peterson of Coldwell Banker's Pacific Palisades office represented the buyer.


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The Portuguese began to trade with the island of Timor in the early 16th century and colonized it in mid-century. Skirmishing with the Dutch in the region eventually resulted in an 1859 treaty in which Portugal ceded the western portion of the island. Imperial Japan occupied Portuguese Timor from 1942 to 1945, but Portugal resumed colonial authority after the Japanese defeat in World War II. East Timor declared itself independent from Portugal on 28 November 1975 and was invaded and occupied by Indonesian forces nine days later. It was incorporated into Indonesia in July 1976 as the province of Timor Timur (East Timor). An unsuccessful campaign of pacification followed over the next two decades, during which an estimated 100,000 to 250,000 individuals lost their lives. On 30 August 1999, in a UN-supervised popular referendum, an overwhelming majority of the people of Timor-Leste voted for independence from Indonesia. However, in the next three weeks, anti-independence Timorese militias – organized and supported by the Indonesian military – commenced a large-scale, scorched-earth campaign of retribution. The militias killed approximately 1,400 Timorese and forcibly pushed 300,000 people into western Timor as refugees. Most of the country's infrastructure, including homes, irrigation systems, water supply systems, and schools, and nearly 100% of the country's electrical grid were destroyed. On 20 September 1999, Australian-led peacekeeping troops deployed to the country and brought the violence to an end. On 20 May 2002, Timor-Leste was internationally recognized as an independent state. In 2006, internal tensions threatened the new nation's security when a military strike led to violence and a breakdown of law and order. At Dili's request, an Australian-led International Stabilization Force (ISF) deployed to Timor-Leste, and the UN Security Council established the UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT), which included an authorized police presence of over 1,600 personnel. The ISF and UNMIT restored stability, allowing for presidential and parliamentary elections in 2007 in a largely peaceful atmosphere. In February 2008, a rebel group staged an unsuccessful attack against the president and prime minister. The ringleader was killed in the attack, and most of the rebels surrendered in April 2008. Since the attack, the government has enjoyed one of its longest periods of post-independence stability, including successful 2012 elections for both the parliament and president. In late 2012, the UN Security Council voted to end its peacekeeping mission in Timor-Leste and both the ISF and UNMIT departed the country by the end of the year.
Southeastern Asia, northwest of Australia in the Lesser Sunda Islands at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago; note – Timor-Leste includes the eastern half of the island of Timor, the Oecussi (Ambeno) region on the northwest portion of the island of Timor, and the islands of Pulau Atauro and Pulau Jaco
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country comparison to the world: 160
land: 14,874 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Area – comparative:
slightly larger than Connecticut
Land boundaries:
total: 228 km
border countries: Indonesia 228 km
706 km
Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
tropical; hot, humid; distinct rainy and dry seasons
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Timor Sea, Savu Sea, and Banda Sea 0 m
highest point: Foho Tatamailau 2,963 m
Natural resources:
gold, petroleum, natural gas, manganese, marble
Land use:
arable land: 10.09%
permanent crops: 4.03%
other: 85.88% (2011)
Irrigated land:
346.5 sq km (2003)
Natural hazards:
floods and landslides are common; earthquakes; tsunamis; tropical cyclones
Environment – current issues:
widespread use of slash and burn agriculture has led to deforestation and soil erosion
Environment – international agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography – note:
Timor comes from the Malay word for "East"; the island of Timor is part of the Malay Archipelago and is the largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands
People and Society
noun: Timorese
adjective: Timorese
Ethnic groups:
Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian), Papuan, small Chinese minority
Tetum (official), Portuguese (official), Indonesian, English
note: there are about 16 indigenous languages; Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak are spoken by a significant portion of the population
Roman Catholic 98%, Muslim 1%, Protestant 1% (2005)
country comparison to the world: 159
note: other estimates range as low as 800,000
Age structure:
0-14 years: 42.7% (male 257,340/female 243,174)
15-24 years: 19.7% (male 116,605/female 114,203)
25-54 years: 29.3% (male 166,048/female 177,024)
55-64 years: 4.8% (male 28,717/female 27,011)
65 years and over: 3.6% (male 20,428/female 21,840) (2013 est.)
Dependency ratios:
total dependency ratio: 96.3 %
youth dependency ratio: 89.9 %
elderly dependency ratio: 6.4 %
potential support ratio: 15.5 (2013)
Median age:
total: 18.4 years
male: 17.8 years
female: 19 years (2013 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.47% (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 32
Birth rate:
34.85 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 28
Death rate:
6.28 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 157
Net migration rate:
-3.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 189
urban population: 28.3% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization: 4.25% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Major urban areas – population:
DILI (capital) 166,000 (2009)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.96 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2013 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth:
note: Median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 est.)
Maternal mortality rate:
300 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 41
Infant mortality rate:
total: 40.09 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 55
male: 43.23 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 36.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 67.06 years
country comparison to the world: 164
male: 65.57 years
female: 68.65 years (2013 est.)
Total fertility rate:
5.22 children born/woman (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 16
Contraceptive prevalence rate:
22.3% (2009/10)
Health expenditures:
9.1% of GDP (2010)
country comparison to the world: 41
Physicians density:
0.1 physicians/1,000 population (2004)
Hospital bed density:
5.9 beds/1,000 population (2010)
Drinking water source:
urban: 91% of population
rural: 60% of population
total: 69% of population
urban: 9% of population
rural: 40% of population
total: 31% of population (2010 est.)
Sanitation facility access:
urban: 73% of population
rural: 37% of population
total: 47% of population
urban: 27% of population
rural: 63% of population
total: 53% of population (2010 est.)
HIV/AIDS – adult prevalence rate:
HIV/AIDS – people living with HIV/AIDS:
HIV/AIDS – deaths:
Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria (2013)
Obesity – adult prevalence rate:
2.7% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 178
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
45.3% (2010)
country comparison to the world: 1
Education expenditures:
10.1% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 6
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 58.3%
male: 63.6%
female: 53% (2010 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 12 years (2009)
Child labor – children ages 5-14:
total number: 10,510
percentage: 4 % (2002 est.)
Country name:
conventional long form: Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (pronounced TEE-mor LESS-tay)
conventional short form: Timor-Leste
local long form: Republika Demokratika Timor Lorosa'e [Tetum]; Republica Democratica de Timor-Leste [Portuguese] local short form: Timor Lorosa'e [Tetum]; Timor-Leste [Portuguese] former: East Timor, Portuguese Timor
Government type:
name: Dili
geographic coordinates: 8 35 S, 125 36 E
time difference: UTC+9 (14 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Administrative divisions:
13 administrative districts; Aileu, Ainaro, Baucau, Bobonaro (Maliana), Cova-Lima (Suai), Dili, Ermera (Gleno), Lautem (Los Palos), Liquica, Manatuto, Manufahi (Same), Oecussi (Ambeno), Viqueque
note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)
28 November 1975 (independence proclaimed from Portugal); note – 20 May 2002 is the official date of international recognition of Timor-Leste's independence
National holiday:
Proclamation of Independence Day, 28 November (1975)
20 May 2002 (effective date)
Legal system:
civil law system based on the Portuguese model; note – penal and civil law codes to replace the Indonesian codes were passed by Parliament and promulgated in 2009 and 2011, respectively
International law organization participation:
has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
17 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
chief of state: President Taur Matan RUAK (Jose Maria de VASCONCELOS) (since 20 May 2012); note – the president plays a largely symbolic role but is the commander in chief of the military and is able to veto legislation, dissolve parliament, and call national elections
head of government: Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana GUSMAO (since 8 August 2007); note – he formerly used the name Jose Alexandre GUSMAO; Vice Prime Minister Fernando "Lasama" de ARAUJO (since 8 August 2012)
cabinet: Council of Ministers
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elections: the president is elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); an election was held on 17 March 2012 with a run-off on 16 April 2012; following parliamentary elections, the president appoints the leader of the majority party or majority coalition as the prime minister
election results: Taur Matan RUAK elected president in 2012; percent of second-round vote – Taur Matan RUAK 61.2%, Francisco GUTTERES 38.8%
Legislative branch:
unicameral National Parliament (the number of seats can vary from 52 to 65; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms in a modified proportional representation system)
elections: elections were held on 7 July 2012 (next to be held in July 2017)
election results: percent of vote by party – CNRT 36%, FRETILIN 30%, PD 10%, Frenti-Mudanca 3%, others 21%; seats by party – CNRT 30, FRETILIN 25, PD 8, Frenti-Mudanca 2
Judicial branch:
highest court(s): Supreme Court of Justice (consists of the court president and NA judges)
note – the UN Justice System Programme, launched in 2003 and in 2008, is helping strengthen the country's justice system
judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court president appointed by the president of the republic from among the other court judges to serve a 4-year term; other Supreme Court judges appointed – 1 by the Parliament, and the others by the Supreme Council for the Judiciary, a body presided by the Supreme Court president and includes mostly presidential and parliamentary appointees; other Supreme Court judge tenure NA
subordinate courts: Court of Appeal; district courts; magistrates' courts
Political parties and leaders:
Democratic Party or PD [Fernando "Lasama" de ARAUJO] Frenti-Mudanca [Jose Luis GUTERRES] National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction or CNRT [Kay Rala Xanana GUSMAO] Revolutionary Front of Independent Timor-Leste or FRETILIN [Mari ALKATIRI] (only parties in Parliament are listed)
Political pressure groups and leaders:
International organization participation:
ACP, ADB, AOSIS, ARF, ASEAN (observer), CPLP, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PIF (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNMISS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WMO
Diplomatic representation in the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Julio da Costa FREITAS
chancery: 4201 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 504,Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 966-3202
Diplomatic representation from the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Judith R. FERGIN
embassy: Avenida de Portugal, Praia dos Coqueiros, Dili
mailing address: US Department of State, 8250 Dili Place, Washington, DC 20521-8250
telephone: (670) 332-4684
Flag description:
red, with a black isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) superimposed on a slightly longer yellow arrowhead that extends to the center of the flag; a white star – pointing to the upper hoist-side corner of the flag – is in the center of the black triangle; yellow denotes the colonialism in Timor-Leste's past; black represents the obscurantism that needs to be overcome; red stands for the national liberation struggle; the white star symbolizes peace and serves as a guiding light
National anthem:
name: "Patria" (Fatherland)
lyrics/music: Fransisco Borja DA COSTA/Afonso DE ARAUJO
note: adopted 2002; the song was first used as an anthem when Timor-Leste declared its independence from Portugal in 1975; the lyricist, Fransisco Borja DA COSTA, was killed in the Indonesian invasion just days after independence was declared
Economy – overview:
Since its 1999 independence, Timor-Leste has faced great challenges in rebuilding its infrastructure, strengthening the civil administration, and generating jobs for young people entering the work force. The development of oil and gas resources in offshore waters has greatly supplemented government revenues. This technology-intensive industry, however, has done little to create jobs for the unemployed in part because there are no production facilities in Timor-Leste. Gas is piped to Australia. In June 2005, the National Parliament unanimously approved the creation of a Petroleum Fund to serve as a repository for all petroleum revenues and to preserve the value of Timor-Leste's petroleum wealth for future generations. The Fund held assets of US$9.3 billion as of December 2011. The economy continues to recover from the mid-2006 outbreak of violence and civil unrest, which disrupted both private and public sector economic activity. Government spending increased markedly from 2009 through 2012, primarily on basic infrastructure, including electricity and roads. Limited experience in procurement and infrastructure building has hampered these projects. The underlying economic policy challenge the country faces remains how best to use oil-and-gas wealth to lift the non-oil economy onto a higher growth path and to reduce poverty. Timor-Leste had a balanced budget in 2012 with government expenditures of $1.7 billion focusing on development of public infrastructure. On the strength of its oil-wealth, the economy has achieved real growth of approximately 10% per year for the last several years, among the highest sustained growth rates in the world.
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$11.23 billion (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 152
$10.21 billion (2011 est.)
$9.228 billion (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
GDP (official exchange rate):
$4.173 billion
note: non-oil GDP (2012 est.)
GDP – real growth rate:
10% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 10
10.6% (2011 est.)
9.5% (2010 est.)
GDP – per capita (PPP):
$10,000 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 119
$9,300 (2011 est.)
$8,600 (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
GDP – composition, by end use:
household consumption: 28.8%
government consumption: 25.1%
investment in fixed capital: 13.3%
investment in inventories: 0%
exports of goods and services: 74.9%
imports of goods and services: -42.2%
(2012 est.)
GDP – composition, by sector of origin:
agriculture: 4.3%
industry: 68.3%
services: 27.5% (2012 est.)
Agriculture – products:
coffee, rice, corn, cassava (manioc), sweet potatoes, soybeans, cabbage, mangoes, bananas, vanilla
printing, soap manufacturing, handicrafts, woven cloth
Industrial production growth rate:
1.5% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 111
Labor force:
418,200 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 158
Labor force – by occupation:
agriculture: 64%
industry: 10%
services: 26% (2010)
Unemployment rate:
18.4% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 157
20% (2006 est.)
Population below poverty line:
41% (2009 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 4%
highest 10%: 27% (2007)
Distribution of family income – Gini index:
31.9 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 106
38 (2002 est.)
revenues: $1.5 billion
expenditures: $1.6 billion (2012 est.)
Taxes and other revenues:
35.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 63
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-):
-2.4% of GDP (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 96
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
11.8% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 205
13.5% (2011 est.)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
12.21% (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 73
11.04% (31 December 2011 est.)
Stock of narrow money:
$205.8 million (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 175
$162.7 million (31 December 2011 est.)
Stock of broad money:
$386.9 million (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 182
$322.4 million (31 December 2011 est.)
Stock of domestic credit:
$681 million (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 166
$280 million (31 December 2011 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
Current account balance:
$2.375 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 37
$1.161 billion (2007 est.)
$34.1 million (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 201
$17.8 million (2010 est.)
note: excludes oil
Exports – commodities:
oil, coffee, sandalwood, marble
note: potential for vanilla exports
$689 million (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 188
$378 million (2010 est.)
Imports – commodities:
food, gasoline, kerosene, machinery
Exchange rates:
the US dollar is used
Electricity – production:
131.7 million kWh (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 188
Electricity – consumption:
67.59 million kWh (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 201
Electricity – exports:
0 kWh (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 139
Electricity – imports:
0 kWh (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 141
Crude oil – production:
83,740 bbl/day (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 51
Crude oil – exports:
96,270 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 37
Crude oil – imports:
0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 130
Crude oil – proved reserves:
553.8 million bbl (1 January 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 49
Refined petroleum products – production:
0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 136
Refined petroleum products – consumption:
2,755 bbl/day (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 184
Refined petroleum products – exports:
0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 136
Refined petroleum products – imports:
2,205 bbl/day (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 177
Natural gas – production:
0 cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 199
Natural gas – consumption:
0 cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 200
Natural gas – exports:
0 cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 193
Natural gas – imports:
0 cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 137
Natural gas – proved reserves:
200 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.)
country comparison to the world: 45
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
395,300 Mt (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 182
Telephones – main lines in use:
3,100 (2011)
country comparison to the world: 214
Telephones – mobile cellular:
614,200 (2011)
country comparison to the world: 162
Telephone system:
general assessment: rudimentary service in urban and some rural areas, which is expanding with the entrance of new competitors
domestic: system suffered significant damage during the violence associated with independence; limited fixed-line services; mobile-cellular services have been expanding and are now available in urban and most rural areas
international: country code – 670; international service is available (2012)
Broadcast media:
1 public TV broadcast station broadcasting nationally and 1 public radio broadcaster with stations in each of the 13 administrative districts; 1 commercial TV broadcast station, 3 commercial radio stations, and roughly 20 community radio stations (2012)
Internet country code:
Internet hosts:
252 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 194
Internet users:
2,100 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 211
6 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 176
Airports – with paved runways:
total: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013)
Airports – with unpaved runways:
total: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m:
2 (2013)
8 (2013)
total: 6,040 km
country comparison to the world: 149
paved: 2,600 km
unpaved: 3,440 km (2005)
Merchant marine:
total: 1
country comparison to the world: 153
by type: passenger/cargo 1 (2010)
Ports and terminals:
Military branches:
Timor-Leste Defense Force (Falintil-Forcas de Defesa de Timor-L'este, Falintil (F-FDTL)): Army, Navy (Armada) (2013)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service; 18-month service obligation; no conscription but, as of May 2013, introduction of conscription was under discussion (2013)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 305,643
females age 16-49: 293,052 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 243,120
females age 16-49: 251,061 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 12,737
female: 12,389 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
Transnational Issues
Disputes – international:
three stretches of land borders with Timor-Leste have yet to be delimited, two of which are in the Oecussi exclave area, and no maritime or Economic Exclusion Zone boundaries have been established between the countries; maritime boundaries with Indonesia remain unresolved; many refugees who left Timor-Leste in 2003 still reside in Indonesia and refuse repatriation; in 2007, Australia and Timor-Leste signed a 50-year development zone and revenue sharing agreement in lieu of a maritime boundary
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Three generations in "Jail Jail and Japanese Porn" S1 E17
Christy (Anna Faris, middle left) is confronted by Bonnie (Allison Janney, far right), Violet (Sadie Calvano, middle right) and Gabriel (Nate Corddry, far right), on MOM, Feb. 24 (9:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Darren Michaels/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. © 2014 WBEI. All rights reserved.


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South Dakota Regulators to Discuss Grain Law Changes
REDFIELD, S.D. (AP) - Farmers in the Dakotas who lost millions of dollars to a failed seed company will get their chance Saturday to speak on proposed changes to South Dakota law designed to help regulators better detect a grain buyer's deteriorating financial condition.
Public Utilities Commission grain warehouse director Jim Mehlhaff says the proposed changes focus on timely disclosure of financial information, modest increases to the bonding requirements and criminal penalties for grain buyers that fail to comply.
The Aberdeen American News reports that Mehlhaff will talk to farmers Saturday in Redfield.
Anderson Seed Co. shut down earlier this year without paying farmers for millions of dollars in sunflower seeds which had been delivered to its warehouse.
Some farmers have criticized the PUC for failing to adequately regulate the company.
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YEOVIL Town plunged deeper into the Championship relegation mire when they lost to fellow strugglers Charlton Athletic.
Goals from Joel Grant and Kieffer Moore were not enough for the Glovers, who now find themselves six points from safety, having played two more games than Tuesday's opponents, now three places above.
Grant equalised for Yeovil on 12 minutes after Astrit Ajdarevic had fired the hosts in front two minutes earlier.
Dorian Dervite headed Charlton back in front and Marvin Sordell added a third on 51 minutes.
Moore pulled one back for Yeovil when he shot into an empty net following a defensive mix-up but the damage had been done, leaving Yeovil staring down the barrel of relegation back to League One.
Manager Gary Johnson admitted the defeat had been damaging and cited defensive lapses at the beginning of each half as his side's downfall.
He said: "It was a damaging defeat – we knew that before the game if we lost it wouldn't do us any favours and if we won we could've put ourselves in a decent position.
"We always say about the first five minutes and the concentration, whether it is the first half or the second half – and the boys have to learn to concentrate as individuals as well as a team.
"Of course, all three goals were in the first five minutes of the first half and then the second half.
"The result hurt and the way it ended hurt – we thought we had a couple of free-kicks that we would have had a last couple of chances to get an equaliser.
"It will take a couple of days to get over this one but we have to try and get over it and until the fat lady sings, we have to keep going."


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Reviewed by Raina A. (age 7)
The drawings in this book were pretty and some of them were funny. The best one was when the roadrunners were running to get food. They looked real. The pictures looked like it was in the real desert.
This book reminds me of the book ALL BY MYSELF because it is about a coyote who likes to do things for himself. The drawings look like the drawings in WAY OUT IN THE DESERT.
I recommend that people who don't know how to count read this book. Then they can learn to count to ten.