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Third in a series exploring the April 26-28 NFL draft. Next: Offensive tackles.
This is a weak group of centers, and it would be really weak if not for the Big Ten, which might have the top three taken. It is possible as few as seven will be drafted, though need likely will force some teams to pick players who might not have draftable grades.
The best
Peter Konz, Wisconsin, 6-5, 315: He has a nice combination of size, athleticism and long arms. Konz, who left Wisconsin early, clearly is the best center in the class and a potential late first-round pick. He has the power and technique to neutralize a nose tackle. He is durable and reliable, and plays smart. He also could be considered at guard. There is very little chance he will be a bust.
2. Michael Brewster, Ohio State, 6-4, 312: He is a chippy blocker with enough athleticism and strength to get the job done. Brewster knows how to use his ample size. He is smart and a good technician. He does not make mistakes often.
3. David Molk, Michigan, 6-1, 298: The Lemont High School product and four-year starter for the Wolverines was awarded the Rimington Trophy as the best college center in the country. He was a team captain and leader. Molk is a tough blocker who knows how to use his hands and get leverage. He needs to be more sound fundamentally because he is undersized and he must become more consistent with blocks on the second level.
4. Philip Blake, Baylor, 6-3, 311: A quick technician, Blake has decent size and can handle a powerful defender. He stays on his feet well and has fine balance, but he does not move as well as some centers. He also has some experience at tackle. Blake is 26, which could affect his draft stock.
5. Ben Jones, Georgia, 6-2, 303: He is a smart, competitive, fundamentally sound blocker who uses angles efficiently. He has good initial quickness but is not that strong or athletic. A four-year starter at Georgia, he projects as an NFL backup.
6. Quentin Saulsberry, Mississippi State, 6-2, 304: Saulsberry knows how to play. He attacks defenders with enthusiasm even though he does not have a lot of power. A four-year starter, he has top intangibles. He is average physically, and not the quickest laterally, so his upside is limited. He has experience at guard and might be a backup center/guard.
7. Scott Wedige, Northern Illinois, 6-4, 300: He is tough and effective in a short area. He is pretty quick off the snap and gets some movement in the running game. He needs to develop strength and has the frame to bulk up.
The rest
8. William Vlachos, Alabama
9. Garth Gerhart, Arizona State
10. Grant Garner, Oklahoma State
11. Moe Petrus, Connecticut
12. David Snow, Texas
13. Mason Cloy, Clemson
14. Ben Burkett, Northwestern
The Bears
Center is not a position of need for the Bears. Roberto Garza was the team's most consistent offensive lineman last year, and though he is 33, he recently signed a contract extension through 2013. Chris Spencer played guard last year, but probably is a more natural center and could be moved back at any time. The team also has hopes for Edwin Williams at either center or guard.


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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — A video surfaced Monday showing a man who appeared to be a French hostage held by Islamic extremists with six other family members kidnapped on Feb. 19 in northern Cameroon.
The video's audio airs a man's voice that identifies himself as Tanguy Moulin-Fournier. He says that his family is being held by the Islamic radical sect known as Boko Haram which wants all its members freed, especially women and children held in Nigerian and Cameroonian custody.
Boko Haram has been waging a campaign of bombings and shootings across Nigeria's north. They are held responsible for more than 790 deaths last year alone, and dozens more since the beginning of this year. On Monday bombings in two northern cities killed at least 17 people.
Moulin-Fournier said his family is not doing well in captivity.
"We lose force (strength) every day and start to be sick; we will not stay very long like this," Moulin-Fournier says in the recording.
The family has been held hostage for 25 days, he says in a shaky voice, giving the only date indication on the recording. The family comprising of Tanguy, his brother, his wife and their four children was kidnapped outside a national park in Cameroon's Far North region.
The video was not immediately available, but a media source who viewed it says it shows the Moulin-Fournier family, including the four children. The source spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to the media.
"They will not be able to get the seven hostages unless they free our members," one of the family's captors says in the recording, speaking in the Hausa language of Nigeria's north.
This is the second video showing the Moulin-Fournier family since another video was posted on YouTube three weeks ago.
"The living conditions are very hard," Moulin-Fournier said, "hot (the heat), water, food, sleep, life in the desert, et cetera —conditions even more difficult for the white men that we are who are not used to the African hot and for the kids."
The video comes days after French foreign minister Laurent Fabius visited Nigeria and Cameroon as part of a campaign to get the hostages freed. He said that, in addition to the family of seven, extremists also hold an eighth French national who had been working on a renewable energy project in northern Nigeria. It is not clear which extremist group currently holds the French engineer kidnapped on Dec. 19.
Fabius said he had been working with Nigerian and Cameroonian authorities using an approach that he described as "determined and discrete."
The hostage situation is exacerbated by the recent killings of other foreign captives held by a splinter group of Boko Haram.
European diplomats said those seven foreign workers who had been kidnapped from a construction site in northern Nigeria on Feb. 16 had been killed by their captors after a video showing some of the corpses was made public. The killings stoked fears about the extremists' readiness to execute their hostages.
However Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan told journalists Monday that all seven hostages from the construction project may not be dead. Those seven hostages include two Lebanese nationals, one citizen each from the United Kingdom, Greece and Italy, and two people now believed to be Syrian. Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, who visited President Jonathan in Abuja Monday, said that he still had hopes that some of the hostages would be freed.
Jonathan said that he told Sleiman that if all seven had been killed, Nigeria will make every effort to retrieve their bodies.
But even as Jonathan spoke, Monday, Nigeria was hit by more extremist violence.
Two secondary schools were attacked in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, leaving a teacher dead and three girl students injured, military spokesman Sagir Musa said. He blamed the Boko Haram sect and said local security forces had killed three of its members in a counterattack.
Hours later, at least 16 people were killed in explosions at a bus station in the northern city of Kano, according to medical officials. No group claimed responsibility for the blast, but suspicion fell once again on Boko Haram.
"The federal government will not be stampeded, for any reason whatsoever, into abandoning its unrelenting war against terrorists in the country," said Nigerian presidential spokesman Reuben Abati in reaction to the Kano blast Monday.
Associated Press reporters Yinka Ibukun in Lagos, Salisu Rabiu in Kano and Bashir Adigun in Abuja contributed to this report.

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DevShed wraps up its look at the Observer pattern in PHP with this last part of the series - centralizing the data validation of your PHP5 application using the Observer pattern.
Well, over the course of this last tutorial, I'll be moving the application of observer objects toward the real world, in this case by showing you how to include these objects within a set of form-validation classes. After reading this article, you should be equipped with a decent knowledge of how a form checking application can use the powerful features of this widely-known design pattern.
They look back first at the code for the form validation class from the previous article before moving on and building in more functionality - a FormObserver class. Finally, they pair the two classes to make a working, validating example.


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Nashua mayor: No double standard on raisesBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
June 10. 2013 8:59PM
NASHUA — Mayor Donnalee Lozeau is firing back against Alderman-at-Large Jim Donchess's claim that the city has adopted a double standard when it comes to raises for city workers.
"I am fully prepared for the public scrutiny on this. We have made a lot of tough decisions," Lozeau said on Monday. "What he considers a double standard for five top City Hall employees, when two of them don't even work at City Hall, it just sounds kind of inflammatory."
Lozeau is referring to a letter Donchess distributed to the Board of Aldermen on Friday that highlights his concerns about different pay increases for select city employees.
"The raises granted to city employees seem to rely more on who the employees are rather than on fairness and consistency, or on the importance and value of the work the employees do for the city and its citizens," Donchess wrote in the letter.
Lozeau said that comment is "absolutely not fair."
Raises, she explained, are based on merit steps and union agreements.
"I don't pick and please. Everybody was treated the same," Lozeau said. "I try to make it as fair as possible."
Donchess argues that top managers will be receiving raises of 9 percent or more over a three-year period if the mayor's proposed budget for fiscal year 2014 is adopted with the recommended salaries.
In his letter, he states that the director of health and community services will — if approved as proposed — obtain a combined 11.3 percent increase over three years, the director of public works will receive a total 9 percent increase during the same time frame and the economic development director, community development director and Citi-Stat director will receive either a combined 8.8 or 8.9 percent increase if the budget is adopted as recommended.
While it is easy to pick out anomalies, Lozeau explained that merit employees — including the five mentioned by Donchess — receive significantly less in benefits than union workers, including police supervisors.
Despite the suggested salary increases in the mayor's proposed budget, Donchess noted that Lozeau opposed police sergeant salaries recently recommended in a police union contract because she claimed they were unfairly too high.
Those wage increases for police sergeants were proposed at 1 percent for fiscal years 2012 and 2013, and 2.2 percent for fiscal year 2014. For the same three-year time frame, the police sergeants would have obtained a total 4.2 percent increase compared to the 9 percent or more salary increase for the above mentioned department heads.
"To me, this looks like a double standard. When we were looking at the police supervisors' contract, Mayor Lozeau focused upon a three-year time period, which made them look high," Donchess wrote. "Then I focused on the same three-year period for top merit employees, showing top City Hall employees are receiving a lot more than other employee groups for those same three years."
Lozeau insisted on Monday that the City-Stat director is the lowest-paid director in the city, and that the economic development director went one year without any raise.
"It is easy to pick out anomalies, but this is not a fair comparison," she added.
Donchess went on to say that because the police contracts were rejected, police supervisors must now go back to the negotiating table for an indefinite period.
"And it may become nearly impossible to settle with police patrolmen because a reasonable contract for police supervisors has been rejected," he said. "Neither of these groups are stupid, and they must realize that other employee groups are getting more than the police would have received under a contract that was rejected for providing too much."
Lozeau maintained that all city workers, with the exception of certain police unions, have made significant health care concessions that were retroactive, also giving up personal days. Meanwhile, she said some police union agreements include extra holiday and other perks not available for merit workers or other city union employees.
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
2009 Reprise?
In 2009 the Padres went 39-35 after the All-Star Break, 37-25 after July 27. They carried that momentum into the 2010 season and to within a game of making the playoffs. As play started on 29 August 09 they had gone 19-23 since the Break , and would win 20 of their next 33 games to close out the season.
In 2012 the Padres have gone 26-18 since the All-Star Break. I'm not saying they'll play .606 ball the rest of the way like they did in 2009. They are playing better ball already than that team did, and we know how the 2009 late season success carried into 2010. Better play now has to portend to a brighter season in 2013, right?
Something to think about.
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- AnonymousAugust 30, 2012 at 9:08 PM
One caveat: the team that ended 2009 was the same team that began 2010, even the rotation. There were no battles for jobs and the team picked up where it left off.ReplyDelete
This year, the rotation AND bullpen is a patchwork that Bud and Darren Balsley have done a great job of getting great results from. Chances are, both the rotation and bullpen will be extensively reworked in the off-season. Even shortstop and second base could be different next year.
The smooth extension of this year's great finish to next season isn't guaranteed. Josh Byrnes' off-season moves and real competition for spots in Spring Training could see the Padres having to get acquainted with each other the first months of next season.Replies
Great comment. Lots of things to talk about here. I hope to answer in an upcoming post or two.Delete


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The Ravens lost some of the luster off their inaugural season on theplaying field, but the trouble indicators started flashing back in February,when the league approved the Cleveland Browns' move to Baltimore.
After that, it all became a hurried process, from naming Ted Marchibrodahead coach to selecting a coaching staff. The Ravens never seemed to catchtheir breath, from forming a permanent seat license campaign to releasingticket information finding housing for their players.
And remember: The Ravens were 5-11 in 1995 as the Cleveland Browns.
"We just never seemed to get a grasp of things," said offensive guardWally Williams. "We had guys looking for homes even after training campstarted. I left my family back home in Cleveland because I couldn't imaginetrying to settle into a new city, find schools for your kids and then try tocompete in a profession as intense as this.
"Next year, we'll be more settled," said Williams. "We know the city, weknow our coaches and we know our schemes. We've got a year under our belts,and I'm optimistic we'll come in, jump on our AFC Central rivals and turn 4-12into 12-4 next season."
That's too optimistic. But the Ravens aren't that far removed from being aplayoff team in the watered-down NFL.
The Ravens lost five games by five points or less. They heldfourth-quarter leads in five of their last eight games with a team thatstarted 40 different players, second to Indianapolis (which started 41),mainly due to injuries.
"I hate to talk about what-ifs, but I know we would have been better if wehadn't had all the injuries," said Marchibroda, who will take a hard look atthe team's off-season conditioning program. "I have never experienced so manyin one season, especially on the defensive side of the ball. That's how I knowI didn't overestimate the talent on this team, because we came so close withso many injuries."
The season started to turn for the Ravens on the night of Oct. 13 inIndianapolis, where the Colts defeated the Ravens, 26-21. The Ravens played aninspired game, physically whipping the Colts, but they lost more than a game.
They lost two of their best defensive linemen -- tackle Dan Footman(broken arm) for six games and end Rob Burnett (knee) for the season. It wassuch an emotional game that Marchibroda, who coached at Indianapolis lastseason, cried as the Ravens dropped to 2-4.
"There was another game that could have been a turnaround game," saidMarchibroda. "When we played Pittsburgh the first time, they were unsure ofthemselves and their quarterback situation. We were also trying to findourselves, and I think if we had beaten them it would have provided us with abig turnaround.
"But once we lost Burnett and Footman, that took away a lot of things wecould have done."
It would be a mistake for the Ravens to think that injuries alone causedthe collapse. They were showing signs of weakness before Burnett and Footmanwent down, like the 364 yards and 46 points surrendered to the New England Patriots on Oct. 6.
And it wasn't just because of the defensive personnel. Veteran playerslike safeties Stevon Moore and Eric Turner had a tough time adjusting tofirst-year defensive coordinator Marvin Lewis.
"I heard some of the better veteran players say before and during theseason it was going to be hard in the transition after working withestablished defensive coaches like Nick Saban and Bill Belichick," saidreserve safety Vashone Adams. "I think guys like Eric, Stevon and [cornerback]Antonio Langham struggled, especially early. I also think it would be a safeassessment to say we never had the grasp of his defense."
Added Moore: "Right now, the sidelines organization is not where it needsto be. That has to get better before anything else gets better. We can't gointo a football game not knowing what personnel should be out on the field."
"It could get better, and that's all I've got to say about it," Lewis saidin reference to team chemistry.
Injuries were partly to blame for some of the Ravens' organizationalproblems, because the team shuffled players in and out of the starting lineupevery week. Injuries forced the team to change to a 3-4 defense in the middleof the season and back to the 4-3 two weeks ago. L "Every week, we had new linemen or linebackers," said Adams.
But the Ravens also lacked talent. Moore and Turner never played up totheir Pro Bowl potential, according to Marchibroda, and Langham started offslowly. The defensive line was devastated by injuries. Rookie middlelinebacker Ray Lewis played well, but outside linebackers Mike Croel, JerrolWilliams, Craig Powell and Keith Goganious had little impact.
The Ravens had the league's worst defense, allowing 368.1 yards per game.
"That's why we're leaning toward a 4-3 next season," said Marchibroda."Other than Ray Lewis, none of our linebackers stepped forward. If we played a3-4, we would have to find three brand new linebackers."
Offensively, the Ravens are secure. Quarterback Vinny Testaverde passedfor more than 4,000 yards, and receivers Michael Jackson and Derrick Alexanderhad career years. Bam Morris proved to be the running back of the future.During the off-season, the team will have to determine if it wants to re-signSteve Everitt, a center with Pro Bowl potential, and release veteran lefttackle Tony Jones from a line that was one of the best in the league.
"We would like to keep the group together," said Marchibroda. "We thinkour offense is in fine shape. Our focus will be on defense."
The Ravens have the fourth pick in the draft in April, and there is littlequestion what they are looking for. They had only 30 sacks this season, andwill be looking for a pass-rushing threat who can do for the Ravens whatrookie Simeon Rice did for the Arizona Cardinals this season. Florida Statedefensive ends Reinard Wilson and Peter Boulware and linebackers Dwayne Ruddof Alabama and James Farrior of Virginia are some of the best collegeprospects.
The Ravens haven't decided if the pick will be a defensive lineman oroutside linebacker. The team also would like to add a cornerback and a speedyhalfback to complement the tough inside running of Morris.
The Ravens, who are struggling through some tough financial times untilthe new stadium opens in 1998, might trade down for a lower pick and alsoobtain a high-profile free agent such as Washington Redskins defensive linemanSean Gilbert, San Diego Chargers defensive tackle Reuben Davis or outsidelinebackers Chris Slade of New England or Vinson Smith of the Chicago Bears.
Whatever the situation, the Ravens have stressed a need for leadership.Marchibroda said he didn't get much from the veterans this season.
The Ravens don't necessarily want a rah-rah guy, but an emotional leaderwith a tough-guy temperament. Everitt, rookie offensive guard Jonathan Ogden,Morris, defensive tackle James Jones and Ray Lewis started to emerge asleaders this season.
But the Ravens are looking for a few more good men.
"We'll be looking for guys who have something to bring to the table," saidOzzie Newsome, the team's vice president of player personnel. "We don't wantjust talkers, but guys who can lead by example and not be afraid to take thatrole. We just don't have enough."
If not, the Ravens could have another season like 1996 or 1995.
"I didn't think anything could rival last season until this seasonmaterialized," said Everitt.


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Last month, Edward James Olmos shocked fans of Battlestar Galactica when he said that the fourth season of the show would be its last. The show's network, Sci Fi Channel, quickly dispelled Olmos' quote, saying that no such decisions had been made.
Now it appears a decision has been made, and unfortunately for Battlestar fans, Olmos was right. Executive producers Ronald Moore and David Eick have decided to end the series after the upcoming season, which concludes in 2008.
"This show was always meant to have a beginning, middle, and finally, an end," the producers said in a statement. "Over the course of the last year, the story and the characters have been moving strongly toward that end, and we've decided to listen to those internal voices and conclude the show on our own terms. And while we know our fans will be saddened to know the end ...Read more
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Andriasang writes, "The portable version of Alvion's download-only PS3 title looks pretty similar to its console counterpart."
oh ppl been wanting the game to come to the west now coming to vita hopefully it will come the state this time
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In this short problem, can you deduce the likely location of the odd ones out in six sets of random numbers?
Look for the common features in these graphs. Which graphs belong together?
A polite number can be written as the sum of two or more consecutive positive integers. Find the consecutive sums giving the polite numbers 544 and 424. What characterizes impolite numbers?
Which of these roads will satisfy a Munchkin builder?
Which of these triangular jigsaws are impossible to finish?
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Chicago Fire midfielder Marco Pappa was denied by a fingertip save from Dan Kennedy in the 80th minute of the Fire's 2-1 win over Chivas USA last Friday, but he scored on a similar shot in the 92nd minute.
And that game-winner came about because Pappa was able to push forward throughout the game while the Fire played with five midfielders.
"I think the matchups were better, because that gave the freedom to Marco knowing the cover was behind him, to take a little more risk moving forward," head coach Frank Klopas said.
Midfielder Pável Pardo thought the late game-winning goal was deserved after the Fire created several chances late.
"I think in the second half we played better, and from the beginning we wanted to win the game, so I feel it was fair," Pardo said.
Berry dangerous on set pieces
Even though Austin Berry is a center back, he's no stranger to finding the back of the net.
Berry scored eight goals during his first two years at Louisville. Most of those goals came off of headers, but his first goal came off of his foot, just like his game-tying goal against Chivas.
"I know he scored a goal, but I thought he was dangerous throughout the game [on] set pieces," Klopas said. "He got in the end of a couple more balls and I thought he had a very good game, him and the rest of the team. I think they got behind him they supported him."
PK no surprise
Berry said it was no surprise when Alejandro Moreno went down after Berry contacted him in the 22nd minute, causing referee Baldomero Toledo to point to the spot.
"We all knew it was a soft call," Berry told MLSsoccer.com. "We had talked before the game about Moreno and how he likes to go down and draw those."
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ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. -- Drew Pomeranz won his third consecutive start since moving from the bullpen into the rotation, Coco Crisp drove in two runs before departing with an injury, and the surging A's beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-0 on Tuesday night.
Pomeranz (4-1) allowed three hits, two walks and had three strikeouts over five innings. He has not given up a run in his three starts, all of which lasted five innings.
Crisp hit a two-run double and John Jaso had an RBI single off Jake Odorizzi (2-4) as Oakland took a 3-0 lead in the second.
The AL West-leading A's have won 10 of 11, outscoring their opponents 74-18 over the stretch.
Crisp was replaced defensively by Craig Gentry in the bottom of the sixth because of neck soreness. He had started four straight games after missing seven with a neck strain.
Sean Doolittle, the third Oakland reliever, pitched the ninth for his third save and complete a combined four-hitter by four pitchers.
Odorizzi gave up three runs, four hits, five walks and struck out eight in 4²?³ innings.
The Rays (19-27) are eight games under .500 for the first time since the end of the 2007 season (66-96), which was their final season as the Devil Rays.
Pomeranz worked out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the third by getting a double play grounder from Desmond Jennings on a 3-2 pitch. Jennings also hit into an inning-ending double play with two on in the eighth.
Rays manager Joe Maddon challenged the very close out call on Jennings at first base in the third, which the umpires ruled would stand after a review that took 1 minute, 23 seconds.
The A's wasted several scoring chances by failing to get any runs after loading the bases with no outs in sixth, and also having two on and one out in both the first and fourth.
NOTES: Oakland SS Jed Lowrie, who left Sunday's game at Cleveland in the second because of a strained neck, was out of the starting lineup. ... Rays RHP Alex Cobb (strained left oblique) could rejoin the rotation Thursday. ... Athletics 2B Eric Sogard, removed Sunday in the eighth after fouling a ball off his knee, played. ... Tampa Bay C Ryan Hanigan (sore right hamstring) was a defensive replacement in the ninth. ... Oakland RHP Ryan Cook (strained right forearm) has been cleared to resume playing catch. ... Athletics LHP Eric O'Flaherty (elbow ligament replacement surgery) threw 30 pitches in batting practice and will next throw in a simulated game. ... Oakland C Derek Norris walked three times, including one on a 14-pitch at-bat in the fourth. ... Oakland LHP Tommy Milone (1-3) and Tampa Bay LHP Erik Bedard (2-1) are Wednesday night's scheduled starters.


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A mix of contrasting stripes and pops of pale pink, mint and black make this bebe dress a total knock out. Try it with a pair of metallic heels and an oversized clutch to take it to evening.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by TexanMaverick from Cute dress I first saw this dress worn by the cashier at my local store. It looked great on her, and I couldn't wait to get it myself. For some reason, I never tried it on at the store, and by the next time I went to purchase it, it was out of stock. I usually wear a Small, but after reading reviews, I knew I had to get a size smaller. I'm glad I did this as this dress runs large. The dress is really cute, and can be dressed up or down, I love it. However, I can see how it might not work for every body shape, because of the pattern of the lines. I have an hour glass shape, and like accentuating my bottom. If this is not what you are going for, it might not work for you.
Date published: 2013-06-24
Rated 5 out of 5 by Mskeisha from PERFECT FIT The shipping tracking was great! It came just in time and faster than I expected. It fits me PERFECT! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE it! It has become on of my favorite date night dresses!
Date published: 2013-06-18
Rated 5 out of 5 by TagFly from Adorable! This dress fits and falls perfectly. The fabric is thick enough to not feel cheap but thin enough to breath. The colors are adorable. The mint green stripe contrasts nice with the black so it can be worn with almost any shoe color. Love it!
Date published: 2013-06-17
Rated 3 out of 5 by Elle128 from You can do better Like the reviewer below, I had high hopes for this dress. The mint and stripes are right on trend, and the cut is cute, a little sexy, and can be dressed up or dressed down. Unfortunately, the fit of the dress was just kind of odd. It wasn't excessively tight, or excessively loose-the look was just sort of meh. For reference, I'm 5'9", hourglass figure, typically a size 4 or a XS/S in Bebe dresses, and this one just didn't accentuate my figure the way BeBe dresses usually do. In all honesty, I think it's just the way the dress is designed-the way the stripes are lined up on the dress doesn't do anything for anyone. I had to send the dress back.
Date published: 2013-03-19
Rated 5 out of 5 by Mstini from Love this dress! This dress fit me perfectly! I got the XS and I'm about 5'3 and 123 lbs. The only negative is that the colors aren't exactly as shown on the site. The color they claim to be pale pink is definitely not.. it is much more of a tan color. Other than that, I really can't complain. Nice quality and fit. Very happy with this purchase.
Date published: 2013-02-25
Rated 3 out of 5 by momo from Disappointed in the color and cut I loved how the model rock this dress. I loved it so much I ordered it before it hit my stores last week. Since I haven't received it yet, I went to the store today to see how it looks like and to try on a larger size in case the XXS that I ordered runs too small. The pink color was not what I expected. The description states "pale pink" but there is no pink tone @ all. It's more of a tan color. The XS was also too long on me, hit me @ the knees and made me look wider. I'm not sure if it's because of the way the stripes are designed or just the cut of the dress. I think this dress would only look good on tall and lean women or women with a long torso. It runs big so go down a size if you want to purchase it. I may return if the smaller size doesn't show improvement. Nice quality and it's lined though.
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Last night I wrote a sniffly sentimental post about how it was the Last Night in our old house. It was syrupy and boring and luckily for you, I then had the Full Last Night In Our Old House Experience and I flushed the sentimental down the toilet around three in the morning.
You see, ONE of my kids has been waking up every night. I'm not sure WHICH kid and honestly, sometimes it doesn't even matter. The protocol is the same: dash into their room, remove the offender, hope it doesn't take hours to put the offender out again. I've been blaming Jack, but I think last night was Molly. Someone was making noise and being the good mom I am, I sent their dad in to check it out.
This happened a few times, though the memory is fuzzy. I was still sleeping at that point. Kid makes noise, Phillip goes to see what's up, turns out Kid is talking in sleep or otherwise still unconscious. Win.
But on the third or fourth time I started to wake up a little more. I realized Phillip wasn't in bed. The alarm clock said "Two AM, AKA The Hour You Never Ever Want To See In Person, At Least At Age Thirty With Two Children". And I heard Molly's little chirping noises coming from downstairs. Oh. Phillip was trying to fall asleep with her on the couch.
My husband is so adorable, you guys. SO adorable. He really truly honestly believes that he can get these kids back to sleep. That HE can do it! Of his own volition! It can HAPPEN! I take a more realistic route with the middle of the night wakings. I've found my frustration is greatly reduced when I just plan to be awake for several hours. Lately we've discovered Jack will go back to sleep in our bed - not the best solution, mind you, as you wake up having your kidneys kicked out. But Molly? Good luck with Molly. That girl falls asleep in her own bed AND THAT'S FINAL. And before she bothers to fall back asleep she will 1) scream about it and 2) stop screaming about it long enough for you to think she's asleep, and then, when you check on her, her little head bobs right up back up and starts screaming again.
Phillip has "tricks" though. One of these includes rocking our 19-month-old daughter in front of the stove fan. It worked when she was teeny, it should work now, right? So when I heard the fan blast on I knew someone was reaching his limit. And sure enough, fifteen minutes later (I have no idea how he can hold her that long let alone hold out HOPE for that long) he marched upstairs and said, his voice empty and dead: "I need help."
Because Jack has been sleeping well in our bed and because at that point, "going back to sleep" was the only requirement, I whisked Jack out of his bed while Phillip deposited Molly back in hers. Jack immediately made himself at home on my side of the bed and Molly proceeded to scream. Not for long. "Great!" Phillip and I thought to ourselves, because we are suckers. "THAT was easy!"
But I am a Total Newbie and sneaked into Molly's room to cover her up. I was one foot away from the crib when the head bobbed up, the screaming started and I ran out, apologizing to my grumbling husband. Resigned to Jack's hand resting on my face for the rest of the night, I tried to fall back asleep.
AND THIS IS WHY MY HUSBAND DEALS WITH KIDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. I cannot go back to sleep. EVER! Especially on nights like The Last Night In Our Old House, when I am filled with syrupy sentimentality AND astonishing amounts of I-have-so-much-crap-to-do-tomorrow stress. I could not stop thinking. My brain was fully loaded on every topic, from what was left to pack to calculating the amount of shelf paper I need to buy to my husband's next business trip to the Circumcision Debate I AM NOT EVEN KIDDING YOU. When both my boy and my husband were snoring in tandem I was clinging to the edge of my mattress, wondering how long it would be till morning.
Eventually I fell asleep. I usually do. But today, Moving Day, I am warm vomit on toast. OF COURSE I AM. Tonight we send the kids to Grandma's house, tomorrow night they spend their first night in the new house. IN THEIR OWN ROOMS.


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Umm....... maybe i should get one of those stars..........maybe not.
I'm back, animes again
Thank you Shinji, I am sure this update will greatly improve the video quality. Thanks again.
Dear God, Its-Its-its beautiful. Shinji, you are seriously number 1 in anime land (right above Funimation and Adult Swim)
Walking the Path of Heaven, Ruler over all...
hellodeona wrote:
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hellodeona wrote:
that kinda unfair what about the people who dont have stars
It's called incentive. At least you can still watch videos for free... unless you're an audiophile or you really like watching videos in HQ, then it's an incentive to purchase supporter star status. Other than that, I don't see how this is unfair in any way.
oh ok one more thing what the diff?i mean between HQ and the one with no stars
theres a huge difference, go get one of your favorite songs copy it then open it in sound recorder save it and change the bitrate to telephone quality, then play it back, ok now open your original file and play it, thats how much better it sounds to be a supporter, ok now open a video in windows movie maker and save to the computer with the quality "video for broadband 340kbps" and play the video file, then open the original file and play it and thats how much better high quality is when your a supporter, i hope you get the point.
にゃ~ 僕は猫だよ!
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winsomemastix wrote:
Hm. Some of the ones I checked actually looked worse in h.264 than High Quality. Is there a reason for that?
Yeah, I randomly picked 2 recent anime (Kimikiss Pure Rouge episode 10 and Da Capo II episode 8) to try out this new feature, and I found that...in smaller screen, both Hi-def and High Quality look exactly the same. In larger, Hi-def looks pixeled, or something.
Exactly. I checked on others and it was the same.
I guess I can come on occasionally now. :P
i'll be honest, the sound quality, a lil bit better, the videos, urmm, in higher quality, i dont see the difference, maybe its only eyeshield 21, but others like hajime no ippo, well, thats the only one i picked so far, has good quality, comparable to my fave site stage6, but yeah, the star status aint that xpensive, i had a megaupload account that i carelessly loaned to people all over the world, one year premium, but it got banned **sobz** o well, learned my lesson, deng i 4got to quote the person who asked, o well, thats all
"Don't worry about moving slowly, worry about standing still."
can't wait for my star shinji have you recieved my payment yet???
well only some is better
Smell that boys? that's the smell of progress!
Big Brother is Watching You.
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Smell that boys? that's the smell of progress!
wait! that's my cooker *runs afk*
*back* anyways...
I can tell the difference... the audio is soooo godlike.
DIVX ppl HIGH QUALITY AND FREE
Full-screen looks better with HG versus H264; especially the subtitles.
^ yeah, I paid for my star mostly for the better sound. Now it's like getting sugar coated candy.
And I added this event to the CR news group.
Big Brother is Watching You.
Hi-Def H.264 is extreme incredible. It was better than high-quality in full-screen mode. It was fast download while watch it. INSANE!!!
i have one question tho. am i missing sth or is the larger link below the video is not working? or due to the re-encoding that causes it?
im a genius.. sasuke genius.


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Natural gas bears still bemoan the cold as it appears that gas prices have to continue to soar because winter refuses to go quietly. The market continues to rise to make sure we refill storage. Yet far beyond the short term influence of weather there is something much more going on in this market. For most of this year we have talked about that historic shift from a market that is oversupplied to where demand expectations will soon start to exceed the expected growth in supply. One part of that scenario is the possibility that the U.S. will start embracing natural gas exports.
The pressure is mounting on the U.S. to share its natural gas abundance with the rest of the world. Countries like Japan are desperate to secure supply. Not only did Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appeal to President Obama to allow exports, he is now in Russia trying to cut a deal with Vladimir Putin to erase the high price that the Japanese have had to pay. Quartz news says that Japan is the world's biggest importer of natural gas, and its needs have only grown since the nuclear crisis at Fukushima led to the shutdown of 48 of the nation's 50 commercial nuclear reactors. Even if those plants come back online they are under pressure to look for other alternatives.
President Obama's choice for energy secretary is pro-natural gas exports. Yet the AP reports that "Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is blocking a Senate vote on President Barack Obama's energy secretary nominee to protest proposed budget cuts to a nuclear processing facility in Graham's home state. The Senate was expected to vote as soon as this week on physics professor Ernest Moniz's nomination to lead the Energy Department. The Senate Energy Committee endorsed Moniz in a 21-1 vote last week. South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott cast the only dissenting vote. Like Graham, Scott opposes Obama's plan to cut about $200 million from a project to turn weapons-grade plutonium into nuclear reactor fuel. The plant is being built at the Savannah River nuclear site. A spokesman confirmed that Graham has placed a "hold" on the nominee and plans to meet with Moniz."
Yet when it comes to gas exports, they are on the same page. One of the factors that has hurt the export debate was the fear that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would declare fracking and natural gas as harmful to the environment. Yet what could be a fracking debate game changer the EPA dramatically reduced its estimates of greenhouse gas emissions from natural gas production. The EPA says that while methane is a potent greenhouse gas it is much cleaner burning than coal. The EPA is saying that tighter pollution controls instituted by the industry resulted in an average annual decrease of 41.6 million metric tons of methane emissions from 1990 through 2010, or more than 850 million metric tons overall. That's about a 20% reduction from previous estimates. The EPA revisions came even though natural gas production has grown by nearly 40% since 1990.
In other words natural gas use has been one of the biggest factors in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. So if the EPA really wants to save the world, it would behoove them to hurry up and approve U.S. exports so we can reduce other countries reliance on coal so they too can reduce their greenhouse gasses. It seems like we are setting the stage for natural gas exports.


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Michael Jackson's daughter Paris is reuniting with her family in Los Angeles, according to TMZ.
The 16-year-old has spent most of the past year living at a Utah boarding school, getting treatment after trying to take her own life. She was seen in Calabasas on Wednesday night hanging out with friends and a guy who suspiciously looked like he might be a date or boyfriend, if photos on the website are to be believed. Her guardian and cousin T.J. Jackson followed closely behind.
Sources connected to the Jacksons told TMZ that the doctors who have treated her since she tried to commit suicide now say she needs a family support system, after becoming completely estranged from her family.
Those doctors know who her family is … right?
Sources told the website doctors were concerned the girl's only meaningful relationship has been with her biological, non-custodial mother Debbie Rowe. They want her to re-establish contact with grandmother Katherine, her siblings and the rest of her family to continue her healing.
Those doctors know who her family is … right?
Tony Hicks provides celebrity commentary for the Bay Area News Group. Contact him at Facebook.com/BayAreaNewsGroup.TonyHicks or Twitter.com/thicks67.


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April 16, 2004
Rowan Reynolds dropped his first set at the No. 4 singles position 2-6, but came back to win 6-1, 6-4 over Cornell's Scott Spencer as the Elis upset the No. 72 Big Red 4-3 in New Haven. The Elis dropped two of three doubles matches but were victorious in four of six singles contests to earn their first Ivy League victory of the season.
The victory improved the Bulldogs to 6-10 overall and 1-2 in the Ivies. Cornell fell to 13-6 and 2-2 in league play.
Andrew Rosenfeld defeated Scott Paltrowitch 7-5, 6-4 in the No. 2 singles position, while Brandon Wai was a 6-4,6-2 victor over Brett McKeon at No. 3.
Yale's other singles winner was David Goldman, who cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 straight set victory over Mike Schlapping at No. 6.
Ryan Murphy, Yale's No. 1 player, lost a hard fought game to Cornell's Zach Gallin. Murphy won the first set 6-2 but then fell 7-6 in a tight second set and was finished off 6-2 by Gallin. At the No. 5 position, Nicholas Brunner defeated Milosz Gudzowski 6-1, 6-1.
Yale's doubles team of Ryan Murphy and Rowan Reynolds earned the Elis' lone doubles win over Brunner and Joshua Raff, triumphing 8-5. Rosenfeld/Goldman fell 8-6 to Gallin/Spencer, while Brandon Wai and Chris Lawler were close 9- losers to Paltrowitz and Abedin Sham.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Cute Things #3
I found this little beauty at a thrift store in a box full of wires and Christmas lights. The red string was intertwined with the wires, and it took some work to free it. I'm so happy I did, though. It's a wind-up toy! When you wind up the mama hen, she starts walking, and her baby chicks follow behind! I don't know if you can see how cute this is, but if you can, you must be oohing and ahhing right now. :-)
Mama is 2 1/2 inches (7 cm) tall, and her babies are 1 inch (2 1/2 cm) tall. Made in China and of plastic, this toy is not old, but it has a vintage look to it. I adore it! I have two more wind-up toys, a hopping lavender plush bunny and a spinning seal pup, and that is the extent of my collection (which is fine with me). ;-)
Do you have any toys or toy collections? Tell me--I'd love to hear about them! Until next time.... xoxo Jennifer
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What a cute find! Enjoy!ReplyDelete
Hello Jennifer! This is absolutely adorable!! Hugs from SanneReplyDelete
So cuuuuuute. Jennifer, I have only my minis collection. This is enough!!!!ReplyDelete
Hugs from Craftland
Hi jen,ReplyDelete
that is too cute a find!!! How adorable that it winds up an walks, I've never seen anything like it!
Ive done a new blog with the Peter rabbit too! Thanks!
Kate xxx
Me encanta esa mama pollito con sus bebés, es una maravilla.ReplyDelete
Mil besos...Julia
I really was oooohing! So cute! I love duckies. I've got two rubber duckies in the bathroom that I've had for many years!ReplyDelete
Ooooooooooooooh Cute!ReplyDelete
Thank you, Drora! I do enjoy it! When I need a pick-me-up, I just wind it and watch it go! :-)ReplyDelete
Hi Sanne! Thank you for your lovely comment! You find so many cute things in your flea market trips too! :-)ReplyDelete
Hi Craftland! Thank you for your lovely comment! Yes, I know what you mean. Miniatures is quite enough! ;-)ReplyDelete
Hi Kate! It IS cute, isn't it? Oh, I can't wait to see your new blog post! I will come visit now! :-)ReplyDelete
Hola julia! Yes, it's a marvel! Thank you for your lovely comment! :-)ReplyDelete
Hi The Old Maid! It's always nice to hear from you. Thank you for your lovely comment! :-)ReplyDelete
Hi TM! Ah, thanks for letting me know that you were oohing! Your rubber duckies sound adorable--it's fun to have toys sometimes! :-)ReplyDelete
Well, there's certainly a big "ooh"! So you felt the cuteness, eh Sans?! Thank you for your lovely comment! :-)ReplyDelete
Hi Jennifer,I'm oohing and ahhing already, this is sooooo cute, I would put them in the bathroom and wind them up sitting in a bubble bath and enjoy watching them :)ReplyDelete
I must admit that I like old Barbie Dolls very much, and already collect a few, and some nice vintage dresses.
Hugs Mieke xxx
Hi Mieke! Oh, that's a great idea about the hen and chicks. I love the idea of the bubble bath too! :-) Barbie dolls are very enticing, I must admit, especially the vintage ones and their vintage clothes. If I let myself, I could definitely go there. :-) Thanks for sharing about that! :-)ReplyDelete
Of course! Is a cute family! I love it! hugsReplyDelete
Oooooooohhhhhhh!!! Aaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!ReplyDelete
Really cute! ;O)
Hola PAKY! Thank you for your lovely comment. Yes, it really is a cute family, isn't it? :-)ReplyDelete
Hi Birgit! Oh my! Very impressive! By your oohs and aahs, I'd say you like it more than anyone else does! ;-) Thanks for your fun comment! :-)ReplyDelete
Oh Jennifer I love them!!! I wish I had found them I would definately have bought them home with me :0)ReplyDelete
I have lots and lots of old bears and old prams and toys.One of my favorites is a little wind up tin chick. It doesn't work anymore and the paint is chipped but I adore it.
Big Hugs
vicky xxxxxxx
Son una preciosa familia de pollitos.ReplyDelete
Mi nieto juega con una familia de patitos, muy parecida (quizas se los pida jejeje)
besitos ascension
Que graciosos!!ReplyDelete
Hi Vicky! Great to hear from you! Sounds like you have some fun collections. I love old and handmade bears too! Your wind-up tin chick sounds adorable! Thanks for sharing. :-)ReplyDelete
Hola Ascension! Cute family, huh?! Oh, your grandson's family of ducks sounds really cute too! :-)ReplyDelete
Hola Cote! Funny wind-up toy, isn't it?! Yes, I always giggle when I see it going! Thanks for leaving a lovely comment! :-)ReplyDelete
excellent !ReplyDelete
They are very cute!ReplyDelete
I actually have a duck with a child, they are as old as me!!! They are not wind-up and they are hard plastic.
Hi MuMu! Glad you like it! Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment! :-)ReplyDelete
Hi Mona! Sounds like a cute toy! Did you have it as a child? Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment! :-)ReplyDelete
Hola Jenni la gallina y sus pollitos son absolutamente adorables!ReplyDelete
Yo no tengo colección de juguetes, solamente conservo mis muñecas de cuando era niña
Muchos besos
Hola Rosamargarita! Adorable, yes! Oh, you have your dolls from when you were a child? I do too! Another thing we have in common! :-) Thank you for leaving a comment, my friend.ReplyDelete
¡Auuuchh!! Que cosa más linda!!!!ReplyDelete
Jennifer ¡Mil gracias!!!Por poner el aviso de mi sorteo en tu blog♥
Un besito
Hola Flor! I'm glad you like it! You are very welcome--I am happy to promote your giveaway on my sidebar! :-) Thank you for leaving a lovely comment.ReplyDelete
So cute and precious! A lovely find! I am just starting to follow your beautiful blog, Jennifer. I mean to read it from the beginning. I'll do a little bit each day.ReplyDelete
Jennifer, your little duck family is so adorable! Cuuuute♥ReplyDelete
Hugs, piikko
Hi Lucille! Nice to meet you! Thank you for becoming a member of Plushpussycat and for your sweet comment. I've been meaning to revisit the first few posts in a present-day blog post, because my vision has changed so much in only 10 months. If you go back to the earliest posts, the focus doesn't look much like the blog of today. Can't wait to get to know you better! Thanks again for your lovely comment! :-)ReplyDelete
Hi piikko! It's great to hear from you! I'm glad you like the little family. Thank you so much for your sweet comment. :-)ReplyDelete
Ooooh...aaaah:) Collections? Where should I start...I don't collect anything anymore because I'm trying to get rid of stuff.ReplyDelete
Oh, Mary Ann, you think it is cute too, eh? ;-) I know what you mean about getting rid of stuff. You know I recently sold and donated some dollhouses. Now my miniatures collection is under control. I've also been clearing out plush critters, including teddy bears, trying to hone it down to a few favorites. That's about it for me and collections. I don't have a lot of stuff (except crafting supplies!). ;-) Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!ReplyDelete
I have read this post and love the duck with her ducklings and thought I left a comment :).ReplyDelete
Againm thanks for the link on top of the post :)
Hi Sans! You know Blogger! Maybe you left a comment but it got lost. :-( I'm glad you like this cute thing, Sans! And I'm glad you saw the Dad's Dollhouse page I created. Just added it in the last few days for you-know-who! :-)ReplyDelete
Ahhh! A new obsession beginning for you? LOL! They are so darling! I know you'll find many more to share with us.ReplyDelete
Hi Caroline! I'm trying to keep things simple, so hopefully I won't accumulate too much stuff! These little guys were just too cute to pass up, though! ;-)ReplyDelete
Ja, ja, que graciosa la patita, los lleva bien atados para que no se le escapen. Un saludo, EvaReplyDelete
¡Muy buen fin de semana Jennifer!!!ReplyDelete
Un abrazo
yup - they're cute!ReplyDelete
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Oh yes, Eva! That is really funny! I never thought of it like that! Thank you for pointing that out to me! :-) And thank you for your lovely comment! :-)ReplyDelete
Thank you, Flor! A very good weekend to you too! :-)ReplyDelete
Oh, so you agree, Tyla? Thank you for your comment! :-)ReplyDelete
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I don't have a lot - just a couple of vintage baby dolls, but they are my treasure!
Ina :)
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One dead from heroin overdose in PortsmouthBy GRETYL MACALASTER
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 23. 2014 1:53PM
PORTSMOUTH – One of three people who appear to have overdosed on heroin in a 24-hour period in the city has died.
Portsmouth Police confirmed Friday that Simone Sclafani, 37, was pronounced dead at Portsmouth Hospital Wednesday afternoon. Police said Sclafani was not a city resident and he did not have a permanent address.
Schwartz said based on evidence recovered at the three separate scenes, all three individuals injected the drug.
Police have not yet confirmed whether the heroin is tainted but said they are concerned because having three overdoses in a 24-hour period in a community of about 25,000 residents is statistically high.
Schwartz said they are not sure if the cases are connected or if the heroin was obtained from a common source, so their efforts now are focused on getting the word out to the heroin-using community to exercise extreme caution.
"The police department's job is to hold people accountable to the law, so we will arrest people possessing or dealing heroin or facilitating the sale of heroin … but our top priority is to keep people safe and alive," Schwartz said.
Investigations are ongoing to see if the cases are connected.
"We will certainly do analysis to see if there is a commonality with each scene and at each overdose, but those things take time, and when it comes to keeping people safe, time is critical," Schwartz said.
No specific information about the victims has been released. Schwartz said the cause of death for the man who died last night has not yet been determined pending toxicology screens.
"But the police department is certainly treating this as a heroin overdose," Schwartz said.
He said the two other victims are a man and a woman each under the age of 30.
The first report came in at 10 p.m. Tuesday, followed by a response to another scene at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, and another at 6 p.m. on Wednesday.
Schwartz said they are trying to get the information out through the press, the police department's social media accounts, and through conversations with social service agencies that provide services to drug users.
Schwartz said heroin today is a "cheap and nasty thing" and users really do not know what they are getting.
"It can change hands many times before the user puts it in their body," Schwartz said.
He said reports of heroin use are on the rise, and not just on the Seacoast.
"We have had conversations with folks at the County Attorney's Office and folks at the Attorney General's Office and it is rampant throughout the state," Schwartz said.
The problem also extends beyond New Hampshire. Schwartz said in reviewing press releases about this issue throughout the country Wednesday night, he was overwhelmed by the number warning people to be careful of the heroin that is currently available.
"It's so cheap and easily accessible," Schwartz said.
And the problem is not specific to low-income areas. Schwartz said the scenes his detective have responded to in the last 24 hours have each been different.
"I know this year we have done several drug sweeps in public housing and none of this was in public housing," Schwartz said, but the scenes are in fact have been nice condominiums and houses with nice cars in the driveway.
"So this is not something that is happening in any public housing at this time, but happens down the street from wherever you are," Schwartz said.


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CHICAGO — The San Francisco Giants have won their protest filed with Major League Baseball, and will now get to resume a rain-shortened game the Chicago Cubs thought they had won.
MLB says this is the first successful protest since 1986.
MLB executive Joe Torre ruled Wednesday on a game at Wrigley Field played the previous night. That game was called after 4 1-2 innings and the Cubs were declared the winner by a 2-0 score.
The game had been delayed more than 4 1-2 hours because of rain after the grounds crew couldn't put the tarp down quickly.
MLB ruled that tarp had not been properly put away after its previous use and therefore there was a "malfunction of a mechanical field device under control of the home club."
Because of that, it is now a suspended game that will resume at 4:05 p.m. CDT Thursday. The playoff-contending Giants and Chicago play their regularly scheduled game three hours later.


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Emmanuel Villaume
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- Dallas Opera's 'Carmen' delivers a fine cast and elegant orchestral playing under music director Emmanuel Villaume
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- Incandescent talent of cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and conductor Ruth Reinhardt shine with Seattle Symphony
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Gig of the Week: IPO with Joshua Roman
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By Jessi Virtusio
Even though they've never met Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra music director David Danzmayr and cellist Joshua Roman are connected.
They're both booked for the IPO's Classical IV concert on March 23 at the Lincoln-Way North Performing Arts Center in Frankfort.
But there's also an interesting overlap that will occur with the Columbus, Ohio-based ProMusica Chamber Orchestra.
Roman is scheduled to perform the world premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner Aaron Jay Kernis' cello concerto under ProMusica music director Timothy Russell prior to Danzmayr taking over that orchestra for the 2013-14 season.
"I haven't met this guy yet," Roman said of Danzmayr, "and we already have these connections."
Roman has been connecting with the cello since age 3 when his cellist father, David, and his violinist mother, Becky, steered him to the stringed instrument.
"It's a way for me to explore and connect," Roman said of the role music has played in his life.
"Connection is very important. It's extremely important for me to be connected and sharing with other people, giving them what I feel is important.
"At the same time, music allows you to do that in a way that is not bound by words, especially when you play cello.
"You're making a statement that really allows people to come to it on their own time and to have their own message to influence.
"It's the universal language. Part of that is because everyone sees something different in the same thing. It's shared and it's personal at the same time.
"For someone who likes to continually rethink their positions on things and to be open to change, learning and growth, that is how I like to approach life.
"It's not good to be making revolutionary statements that you can't take back rather than exploring a medium that allows for that growth."
Roman will perform Dmitri Shostakovich's "Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107" with the IPO.
"The particular concerto I'm playing by Shostakovich is a remarkable representation of the conflict in 20th century American music that played out in the Soviet Union," Roman said.
"It's a very profound statement of both. At the same time, it's very personal and yet something is universal as well. He really manages to capture the cello's voice and a lot of intimate emotions.
"But it's so relatable because we know the story of persecution in the Soviet Union and the overtones of that, of the military and of the regime saying, 'You must do this,' and 'You cannot do that.'
"Those run through. It's the interplay between those two elements that really creates a powerful statement. It's very compelling and important."
Although Roman is a deep thinker, he's also a free spirit not bound by the conventions of classical music.
As skilled as he is playing the cello, he also collaborates with artists from a variety of musical genres and mediums.
Case in point was Roman's cover of English rock band Radiohead's "Everything in Its Right Place" with hip-hop experimental musician DJ Spooky for the Voice Project.
The multitrack conversation between electronic music via iPad and Roman's expert playing made for a symphony of a different sort.
He's also collaborated on projects like "On Grace," a work for actor and cello, with Anna Deveare Smith, whom he called one of the ultimate artist activists.
"Her art really is directly engaging with situations and conflict and questions what is happening right now," Roman said.
"Art can do that and is something that should do that. It should be a safe place for us to feel what is going on in the world, our personal reactions and what happens within us to respond to that.
"Working with other artists not only is interesting because they're coming at it from a different perspective.
"But right now I hope, especially with Anna, that it forces you to articulate what it is that you're doing, what it's value can be and really what your purpose is behind the notes you are playing.
"And working with someone else who comes at it from an entirely different angle, that's very healthy."
The sharing involved in music is also something Roman, an Oklahoma native who now lives in New York, relishes.
He along with his brothers, Nate and Isaac, and their sister, Kate Gungor, traveled to Uganda to communicate a message of hope through music in schools, HIV/AIDS centers, displacement camps, etc.
"That was a really deep experience that we had," Roman said. "My brothers and sister and I really didn't know what we were getting into.
"We really wanted to share music with people who really needed to hear it. That was really it.
"The goal was to give things to other people. For me, it's been an affirmation of what I do and letting music speak for itself.
"Here we played for people who never heard of violin, and a lot of them were bewildered by written music.
"The idea that somebody over 100 years or 200 years ago had written this down that long ago was astounding to them.
"They were some of the best audiences that I ever played for in terms of focus, literally laughing out loud at musical jokes and being able to describe the structure.
"They were paying attention. They didn't have any concept of classical music being for other people.
"There really is a lot to great music and it's often the baggage that we bring with us that keeps us from communicating that. It's important to get past that.
"The experience of being over there and so many wonderful people sharing their lives with us and opening their lives to us was extremely moving and very powerful."
Roman's 2012-13 season is a busy one, which includes his Los Angeles Philharmonic debut as well as his trip to the Southland.
"Generally I love traveling because it's great to see new places," he said. "Now that I've been traveling for a few years, I'm also getting to know certain places really well.
"It's a small community, the classical music community, along with the excitement of new places and new things and this feeling of being at home wherever you go because that's where your community is."


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IT Management Slideshow: Job Interview Quiz: Do You Know The 5 Questions to Ask?
By Dennis McCafferty | Posted 03-17-2011
At this stage of your career, you may have interviewed dozens -- or even hundreds -- of IT job applicants. And, let's face it, sometimes you've strained to come up with fresh, insightful questions that help you truly gauge how a candidate will perform once they're on the job. In order to distinguish winning contenders from the rejects, you must present focused, intelligent inquiries designed to provoke compelling response. Valuable performers, after all, must deliver more than simply a printed resume listing tech degrees and certifications. Getting a sense of those critical intangible qualities, however, is a bit of a puzzle. If you stick to the script that HR distributes, you'll never reveal the inner essence of a prospective job candidate. (How often have you hired someone who said all the right things to scripted questions and turned out to be a total dud?) What you need are open-ended conversational explorations that offer useful revelations into personality and skills. Exclusively for CIO Insight, Dice.com presents the five questions you should ask that will determine the true make-up of your job candidates. Take the quiz to see if you're asking the five right questions, and expecting the five right responses, in your interview process. These five questions and answers were provided by Alice Hill, managing director at Dice.com, after consultations with 16 professionals in the tech community. Dice.com is a leading career hub for tech professionals:
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Bruins lose lead, then the contestThe Sports Xchange
February 15. 2013 10:50PM
BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Buffalo Sabres stormed back with three goals in the third period to defeat the Boston Bruins 4-2 at the First Niagara Center Friday night.
Christian Ehrhoff scored the game-winner with 10:58 remaining. Ehrhoff's high wrist shot from the slot beat Anton Khudobin after the goalie was unable to clear the puck out of the Boston zone.
Cody Hodgson gave the Sabres some breathing room by scoring his sixth goal of the season with 8:15 remaining.
Drew Stafford and Tyler Myers also scored for the Sabres, who improved to 6-8-1. Ryan Miller had 30 saves.
Dougie Hamilton and Rich Peverley scored for the Bruins, who fell to 8-2-2. Khudobin had 22 saves for the Bruins.
Both of Boston's regulation defeats this season have come at the hands of the Sabres.
The Sabres took a 1-0 lead 3:24 into the game on Drew Stafford's first goal of the season. Stafford ended his lengthy goal drought after receiving a fine pass from Tyler Ennis, who was stationed behind the Boston net.
Boston tied the game at 1-1 before the end of the period on Hamilton's first NHL goal. With Miller down and out after some strong stick-handling by the Bruins, Hamilton blasted the puck into the open net with 2:04 remaining in the first.
The Bruins took a 2-1 lead early in the second period due to a lucky bounce in the Buffalo end. Hamilton shot the puck off the boards far right of the net, and the puck caromed right to Peverley in the slot, who scored at the 2:29 mark.
Myers tied the game at 2-2 with 2:03 gone in the third after a two-on-one rush by the Sabres. Khudobin stopped Jochen Hecht's initial shot, but the rebound fell to Myers, and his backhand found the open net.
The Bruins outshot the Sabres 32-26 overall, but the Sabres outshot Boston 10-3 in the final period.
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This is a story.
A student performed a kata for his Sensei.
"Excellent!" exclaimed the Sensei.
The next day, the student performed the same kata again for his Sensei.
"Hmmmm, OK," said the Sensei.
The student was confused. "Sensei," he began, "yesterday when I did the kata you said 'excellent' but today you only say 'OK'. I did the kata exactly the same."
"That's the point," answered the Sensei. "Yesterday was an improvement. Today you have simply repeated the performance... there was no improvement. Yesterday it was excellent. Today it is just OK. Tomorrow, unless you improve, it will be terrible!"
We have to improve each and every day. If we are not getting better, we are getting worse. We have to aggressively seek to better ourselves -- not to be better than others, but the best that we can possibly be.
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It's been a little over a month since Samsung officially announced the Galaxy Players for the United States. The Galaxy Players have been available overseas for some time, but as of about 2 weeks ago you can purchase either model in the states. The Galaxy Player 5.0 features a 5-inch (800 x 480) Super Clear LCD display and the Galaxy Player 4.0 features a 4-inch (800 x 480) Super Clear LCD display. These are WiFi only devices similar to the iPod Touch, but you still have the full Android Market and all the capabilities of a typical Android phone minus mobile data connectivity.
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Rivers and lakes in the Amur-Heilong River Basin provide habitats for about 130 freshwater fish species, including seven species of migratory salmon and Kaluga – the largest sturgeon in the world that can weigh up to 1000 kilograms. At present, no dams block the river's main channel, which runs nearly 4,500 kilometres from Mongolia into the Tartar Strait of the Okhotsk Sea. The river floods its banks between 4 and 6 times during the summer, mostly during the monsoon season in July and August, when it swells to 10-25 kilometres in width in years of heavy rainfall. Wetlands on the plains of the Amur-Heilong River are globally significant for migration of tens of thousands of geese and hundreds of thousands of ducks and waders. Endangered species such as Far Eastern curlew (Numenius madagascarensis), Scaly-sided merganser (Mergus scquamatus), Swan goose (Anser cygnoides), Baikal teal (Anas formosa) and many others depend on these stop-over areas. Each spring and autumn, birds stop here to feed and rest along the East Asian migration routes between nesting areas in the north and wintering grounds in the Yangtze River valley in China and on the Korean Peninsula and the islands of Japan.
As much as 95 percent of the world's nesting population of Oriental white storks (Ciconia boyciana), is found in the Amur-Heilong floodplains, along with 65 percent of the Red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis), and 90 percent of the White-naped crane (Grus vipio) populations. This is the only place in the world where one can simultaneously observe 6 species of cranes on the same patch of wetland.
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The Amur-Heilong contains some of the best preserved temperate forest ecosystems and still harbours about 500 Amur tigers and the last remaining viable wild population of Far Eastern leopard, estimated at less than 40 individuals. This mixed temperate forest ecosystem depends on the Korean Pine -"tree of life" producing food (pine nuts) and shelter: where there is Korean pine one also finds wild boar, which is the tiger's primary prey. Ginseng grows only under the canopy of Korean pine stands. The value of a living tree is ten times higher than its timber. Here Brown bears coexist with Asiatic black bears, Far Eastern leopard cross paths with lynx (Felix lynx). Korean pine-broadleaved forests are very often the only source of income for residents of remote villages.
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Obama speaks to Israel's Netanyahu amid cease-fire
EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama has consulted by telephone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a 72-hour cease-fire in the Gaza Strip nears expiration.
Obama foreign policy aide Ben Rhodes says Obama talked to Netanyahu Wednesday from his vacation home on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
Palestinian negotiators are weighing an Egyptian proposal to end the monthlong Israel-Hamas war. Since a temporary truce took effect Sunday, Israel has halted military operations in the coastal territory and Gaza militants have stopped firing rockets. The cease-fire expires at midnight and was meant to give the parties time to negotiate a more sustainable truce and road map for the coastal territory.
The White House says in a written statement that Obama reaffirmed U.S. support for Egypt's effort to mediate a lasting truce that satisfies both parties.
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