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Clocky: The Hiding Alarm Clock
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Meet Clocky. Cute little bugger, eh? This device is simple an alarm clock that aims to wake you up, allowing you one press of the snooze button. You see, when Clocky's alarm goes off, and you hit snooze, it rolls off of the surface it is sitting on and finds a hiding spot. The direction that is travels is completely random. This means that when the alarm goes off again, you are going to have to get up to find Clocky in order to turn off the alarm.
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TiVo Hooks Up With Comcast
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Call it a partnership, call it smart, or call it what you will. If you are TiVo, you are calling this a miracle. After getting dumped by DirecTV, TiVo has finally found another outlet it can use to make its way into the homes of millions of Americans - and this is a biggie. TiVo and Comcast have come to an agreement that will see TiVo hardware made available to the majority of Comcast service areas, including jointly developed TiVo solutions (HD TiVo for cable, I guarantee it). The companies expect to start rolling all this out in mid-to-late 2006. You just know that everyone over at TiVo are breathing many signs of relief.
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Philosophical Toilet Paper
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This toilet paper definitely solves the problem of having something interesting to read while you are in the restroom. Tokyo-based Sanseido Book Stores are selling these rolls of toilet paper which have been inscribed with a summary of the philosophy book Architectural Body. The rolls are 30 meters long, and cost about 350 yen. You can find them at about 30 bookstores in Japan. If they can branch out and start putting comics on these things, I am so there.
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This week's DVD release list is incredible! Topping the list is the animated comedy to please old and young alike - The Incredibles. The first animated movie from Pixar to receive a PG rating tells the story of a super hero family trying to live their lives as a normal family from suburbia. Watch as the family finds themselves on yet another adventure in a DVD you'll be sure to love. Be sure to also check out Alfie where Jude Law plays the part of a womanizing cad who gets his just desserts.
The Incredibles ~ Buena Vista
Alfie ~ Paramount Pictures
Miss Congeniality: Deluxe Edition ~ Warner Home Video
La Femme Nikita - Season 2 ~ Warner Home Video
AT&T Tests WiMax In Jersey
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AT&T will be testing the High-Speed wireless technology known as WiMax. This standard promises higher speeds with a much longer distance over current wireless standards. WiMax would replace current data lines which are currently employed by businesses as early as 2006 if the technology works out. The first test will be in May in Middletown, New Jersey. We have to keep an eye on this feat – hopefully we can see higher speeds and lower cost in a future not so far away.
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Apple's Lack Of Support On The Dim Mac mini Issue
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Gear Live reader Token has had the same Mac mini problem that many have complained about. When using the VGA adapter, his display is very dim - when using a DVI connector instead, everything looks fine. He sent us this account of his order trying to get support from Apple:
I just wanted to make you and your readers aware that a bunch of people are having trouble with the new Mac mini myself included. The problem is that VGA output is very dark. White is fairly gray. Colors that I know to be vibrant are dim. Playing with the color settings doesn't help either. I am having this issue with my stock 1.25 ghz Mac Mini. I am using this with an emachines 17" VGA LCD display. I also have it on a iogear miniview III USB KVM with VGA. I figure that maybe it was losing something going through the KVM, so I plugged the monitor directly into my Mac Mini. No luck. I also have a 12 inch powerbook g4 1.33 ghz. Using the same display through the same iogear KVM, the picture is as bright and clear just as you would expect. The same goes for my PC running Windows XP and that might be the most frustrating thing of all. This is also true for the G4 400 AGP that the mini was intended to replace. Just for another data point, I also tried this with my roommates dual g4 450 and his iBook g3 900 mhz. The problem is limited to the Mac Mini.
I called Apple support, and spoke to 2 different people. I went through the motions to get my issue on file. Nothing they told me or asked me to do helped in the slightest. They told me to go my local Apple Store and have them take a look.
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Impress Your LAN Friends: "Piston" Cylindrical SFF Case
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Sometimes the thought of carrying a mid-size tower to a LAN event will send the mind reeling with images of dinged up cases, broken PC components, and dropped hard drives. That's why I appreciate portable small form factor cases like this one. If the cylindrical shape of the Piston SFF didn't already catch your eye, the spiffy color might do the trick; plus it also houses a built in subwoofer. On the back, there are four USB ports, S-Video, SP/DIF out, Ethernet and audio. Two more USB ports, and an additional FireWire and SP/DIF port are located on the side, along with a headphone and microphone port. It supports Intel P4 Prescott processors up to 3.8 GHz, and either an embedded graphics solution, or a PCIe x16 graphics card. The Piston SFF can be yours for $400.
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Peerflix: Movie Trading The Legal Way
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If you are looking for a way to get movies for 99 cents a pop, look no further than Peerflix. Peerflix is an online trading post where members can create a list of DVD "haves" and "wants", and match up their lists to other users on the service. If they find a match, they contact the other party, and set up the swap. The transaction costs 99 cents, and both parties walk away from the deal with a DVD they wanted to see in return for a DVD they no longer wanted. No late fees or due dates here, plus there is no monthly membership fee. Of course, there is an honor system here, which the site monitors closely. For the deal to be successful, both members must mail the requested DVD to the other person - and with that being the case, there are bound to be some snafus along the way. Still, it is a good way to trade DVD's on a 1:1 ratio, rather than going to your local DVD shop and having to trade in 3 or 4 movies in exchange for the latest blockbuster.
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Blackberry to Ship With Built-In Instant Messaging
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Instant messaging services aren't necessarily new to the Blackberry. in fact, there are already a few third party solutions available. The news here is that it's going to be bundled in now. Research In Motion just signed up a deal to offer instant messaging services from both Yahoo and AOL right out of the box on future Blackberry models. Current owners will also be able to download this feature for use on their existing handsets. Great news for those who want to stay in constant touch without the hassle of being near a PC at all times.
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USB Cafe Pad
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I can think of only a couple things that might taste worse than room-temperature coffee. But you can avoid the trauma altogether by getting one of these warming pads that connect to your PC (or laptop!) via USB. Simply plug it in, pop your mug on top, and try not to touch the pad with your bare fingers. $18 at ThinkGeek.
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We have written here and here about the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST) project. The project's goal was to carry out a comprehensive survey of recorded temperatures from as many locations around the world as possible, to develop the most accurate possible history of global temperatures from 1753 to 2011. It is still underway, but the group recently released a preliminary report, which finds that the Earth is somewhat warmer today than in 1753, and that average global temperature has increased 0.869 degree C since the 1950s.
This conclusion is something of a yawner, since pretty much everyone has long assumed that the Earth is warmer now than it was during the Little Ice Age, and that there has been some warming in the last century. There are obvious holes in the BEST analysis. Here are just a few of them:
1) The work done so far covers only land measurements, so more than half of the Earth's surface area, the oceans, are not represented.
2) The BEST data tell us nothing new about the causes of temperature fluctuations. The report does not attempt to measure or to explain the warm temperatures during Roman times and the Medieval Warm Period, the colder temperatures during the Dark Ages and the Little Ice Age, and so on.
3) The report does not attempt to explain the fact that satellite measurements, which are taken in the atmosphere where global warming should be taking place, do not show the warming trend that appears in land measurements.
Over the coming months, scientists will analyze and critique the BEST data. Maybe their methods will hold up, maybe they won't. But on any scenario, the preliminary BEST report does not come close to resolving the many debates over the Earth's climate and the causes that drive its constant changes.
The Berkeley project has been funded by a number of groups or individuals, including the Charles Koch Foundation. This has caused activists and journalists who do not understand the complicated issues involved in analyzing the Earth's climate to play "gotcha." Thus, this afternoon Missy Cohlmia, Koch Industries' Director of Corporate Communications, received this email from a reporter at U.S. News:
From: Flock, Elizabeth
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 12:55 PM
To: Cohlmia, Missy
Subject: Request for comment from US News & World Report on climate change study
Hi Melissa,
Greenpeace just shared a letter with me that it addressed to Mr. Charles Koch regarding the recent Berkeley study that found climate change was in part man-made.
The letter hopes Mr. Koch will share whether his position on climate change has changed.
Are you able to comment on this?
Elizabeth Flock
Staff Writer, US News & World Report
Note that Ms. Flock does not seem to be familiar with the Berkeley study; further, I am not sure whether Charles Koch has a "position on climate change." I believe the Kochs' position on climate is that public policy should be governed by solid, transparent science.
What is odd about Ms. Flock's email is that Greenpeace had not yet sent the letter to Charles Koch. Rather, Greenpeace apparently was coordinating with U.S. News to create a "news story." Ms. Cohlmia replied:
From: Cohlmia, Missy
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 2:22 PM
To: Flock, Elizabeth
Subject: RE: Request for comment from US News & World Report on climate change study
Hello Elizabeth – we have not seen the letter. Can you send me a copy? Thanks.
Melissa Cohlmia
Director, Corporate Communication
Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC
So U.S. News acts in the role of mailman, or spokesman, for Greenpeace:
From: Flock, Elizabeth
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 1:54 PM
To: Cohlmia, Missy
Subject: RE: Request for comment from US News & World Report on climate change study
Hi Melissa,
I believe Greenpeace sent the letter to your office. But below are the two questions Greenpeace Executive Director Phillip Radford asked Mr. Koch that I would like comment on, if possible:
"Do you now consider anthropogenic global warming to be on a 'solid, firm foundation' as Dr. Muller does?"
"Will groups that deny climate science continue to receive support from Koch Industries and its associated foundations?"
These questions are very silly. Mr. Muller may believe that AGW rests on a "solid, firm foundation," but that claim is vigorously and sometimes bitterly debated by scientists representing multiple (not just two) points of view on the complicated and poorly understood phenomenon of climate change. In fact, it remains to be seen whether even within its limited parameters, the BEST report represents good science. It has been challenged by another analysis, by Anthony Watts and colleagues, which concluded that in the continental United States, supposedly the source of the best temperature time series, the reported temperature increase has been "spuriously doubled" by improper manipulations of the data:
The new analysis demonstrates that reported 1979-2008 U.S. temperature trends are spuriously doubled, with 92% of that over-estimation resulting from erroneous NOAA adjustments of well-sited stations upward.
The battle over global temperatures will continue to rage for years to come. In that debate, no one "denies climate science," as Greenpeace and the U.S. News reporter would have it. All of the arguments in question are scientific. Ms. Flock's approach to the topic is frankly childish; sadly, that cannot be considered surprising. Nor is it surprising that she did not wait for a response to her email from the Kochs, and instead posted this bit of Greenpeace cheerleading.


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ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Greenville College men's and women's basketball student-athletes were among the best academically in the conference in Monday's release of the SLIAC all-academic honors.
Twelve of the 45 SLIAC all-academic award recipients in the winter were Greenville College students, accounting for better than 25% of the 45 award winners in a conference of nine teams.
The recipients were varsity members of their school's men's or women's basketball squad for the Winter 2011-12 season. Other selection criteria include: (1) Minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average, (2) At least sophomore academic standing and (3) Have at least one full year at current institution (first year transfers and true freshmen are not eligible).
GC honorees include:
Jose Garcia, Sr., Los Angeles, Calif./Notre Dame, Computer and Information Systems
Travis Garrison, Sr., Vancouver, Wash./Evergreen, Recreation
Benjamin Giertz, Jr., Strasburg, Ill./Stewardson-Strasburg, Physical Education
Simon Martin, Jr., Springfield, Ill./Lutheran, Biology, Chemistry
Jonas McBride, Sr., Perry, Mo./Mark Twain, Physical Education
Alex Mumphard, So., Fairview Heights, Ill./Althoff Catholic, Biology
Emily Gundy, Jr., Flanagan, Ill./Flanagan-Cornell, Biology, Chemistry
Julia Hale, Sr., Sturgis, S.D./Sturgis Brown, Psychology
Laura Hobbie, Sr., Ramsey, Ill./Vandalia Community, Biology Education
Lauren Schwaar, Sr., Mundelein, Ill./Homeschool, Communication
Katelyn Wise, Sr., Rochester, Ill./Rochester, Elementary Education
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Colds and kids
How to handle the misery that a cold brings to an active child's life
Everyone knows the symptoms of a cold: sneezing, a stuffy or runny nose, and feeling cranky. Headache and a low-grade fever often come with it. The symptoms can linger for a week or more.
If you're the parent of a young child, however, dealing with colds may seem almost never-ending. On average, normal preschoolers get six to eight colds and other respiratory infections every year. While handwashing and other measures remain very important, colds are so easy to catch, they can be hard to avoid.
Now that we're in the middle of the cold and flu season, UC Davis pediatrician Terri Felix has some insights into how to handle the misery that a cold brings to an active child's life.
Ask before aspirin
"I tell the parents of my young patients to pamper their child for the first few days with plenty of rest, fluids and some acetaminophen if a child is very uncomfortable," Felix says. "There are also lots of cold remedies in stores and pharmacies, but most you probably won't need unless your child's symptoms are bad enough to prevent a good night's sleep."
Felix also notes that parents should avoid giving aspirin to children under 18 unless recommended by a doctor. It has been linked to Reye's syndrome, a potentially fatal condition sometimes seen in children with certain viral infections who have been treated with aspirin.
To fight congestion without drugs, parents can try some homemade nose drops. Mix one-quarter teaspoon salt in a cup of lukewarm water. With your child lying down, use an eyedropper or bulb syringe to put a few drops in each nostril. This should loosen things up and make it easier for the child to blow his or her nose. Drinking warm fluids also helps. Running a cool-mist vaporizer or humidifier at night can also help make breathing easier.
When to see the doctor?
"No matter what the symptoms, trust your parental intuition if your child seems to be sicker than what you'd expect with a run-of-the-mill cold."
- Terri Felix
When is a "cold" bad enough to visit the doctor? Felix says don't hesitate to call if you're at all concerned.
Whether or not a child needs antibiotics depends on many factors; but in general, Felix says, doctors consider using them in the following circumstances:
- Ear infection
- Sore throat, if a strep test is positive
- Long-lasting sinus infection (thick or green mucus does not necessarily mean a sinus infection; this is often normal during a viral cold)
- Coughs that may be due to bacterial infections (most coughs, however, are caused by viruses)
"In general, bring your child in if cold symptoms seem to last more than two weeks or if things get worse after a week," she says. "Come in right away when a rash is involved, or if the child has a fever that doesn't subside in a few days.
"A child who has ear pain, severe pain anywhere, trouble breathing or wheezing, also needs to be seen," Felix says. "No matter what the symptoms, trust your parental intuition if your child seems to be sicker than what you'd expect with a run-of-the-mill cold."
Antibiotics needed?
Many parents also wonder at what point a child needs antibiotics. Most cold-like conditions are caused by viruses, which don't respond to antibiotics. There is considerably more reluctance to prescribe antibiotics these days without clear indications that they are needed. Experts now realize that overuse of antibiotics contributes to the development of drug-resistant strains of bacteria.
The good news in all this: Kids will outgrow those frequent childhood colds. And keeping those hands washed and sneezes and coughs well covered can help to keep those cold germs from spreading.


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Pop Wars, Episode 21: The Hunger Games Drawing Challenge
Sure, Joey already talked about this weekend's release of The Hunger Games on DVD in his episode of Eff Yeah, but we here at Teen.com can never have too much THG. So we got Meghan and Cat to complete a Hunger Games-inspired challenge for this week's Pop Wars. We had the girls try to draw different people or objects made famous by the movies (like Katniss and the mockingjay pin, for example). And the fun part? You decide who wins by telling us your picks in the comments, which automatically enters you for a chance to win the movie on DVD! Oh, the things we do for you guys.
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NEW YORK — By the third inning in Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night, the Angels had Chris Nelson at third base, Tommy Field at shortstop, Grant Green at second base, Collin Cowgill in right field and J.B. Shuck in left field.
Not exactly the "template," to borrow one of Manager Mike Scioscia's favorite words, the Angels had in mind in April, but it's emblematic of a season that has gone from bad to worse to unrecognizable.
The Angels, their depleted ranks thinned further by a left-calf cramp that knocked shortstop Erick Aybar out in the third inning, hung with the New York Yankees for three innings, but they were pummeled in the next five rounds.
BOX SCORE: Yankees 14, Angels 7
The Yankees rocked starter Jason Vargas and relievers J.C. Gutierrez, Nick Maronde, Michael Kohn and Joe Blanton for 13 runs and 15 hits in the fourth through eighth innings of a 14-7 victory, sending the Angels to their 13th loss in 18 games.
Alfonso Soriano drove in six runs with two home runs and a single, and CC Sabathia (10-10) gave up three runs — two earned — and three hits, struck out seven and walked six in six innings to end a six-start winless streak.
The only highlights for the Angels, who gave up 19 hits, were a first-inning, two-run home run by struggling first baseman Mark Trumbo, who was batting .121 (seven for 58) in his last 14 games, and Mike Trout's three-run home run in a four-run ninth inning that came long after the game was decided.
"We don't feel sorry for ourselves, and nobody feels sorry for us," Scioscia said. "We're going to keep playing baseball. We have some guys playing well, some guys pitching well, and hopefully, as a whole, we'll keep it together and have an opportunity to win games."
These days, they seem to find new and creative ways to lose.
With the bases loaded, one out and the Angels trailing, 4-3, in the sixth inning, Field hit what appeared to be a score-tying sacrifice fly to left field. But the Yankees relayed a throw to third base, and plate umpire David Rackley ruled Nelson left early, nullifying the run and ending the inning on a double play.
Replays showed Rackley missed the call.
Alex Rodriguez highlighted a four-run sixth inning with a two-run double against Kohn, and Soriano, who hit a two-run home run against Vargas in the fifth, capped a four-run seventh with a three-run home run against Blanton, the 26th home run given up by the former starter, who was demoted to the bullpen in late July.
"You can't look at one play and say it makes a difference," Scioscia said, "but if we tie the game in the sixth, there's no doubt we have a little different lineup as far as the bullpen we'd use, and it might have affected the game."
Scioscia argued long and loud with Rackley but was not ejected.
"I don't know how he could have seen it, first of all, and if he did see it, his foot was on the bag when he caught the ball," Scioscia said. "A runner's body will move. That's what you teach, to get some momentum and keep the foot on bag until ball is caught. I thought Chris did it perfectly."
So did Nelson.
"I knew I tagged up," he said. "I didn't second-guess myself."
Not only would the sacrifice fly have tied the score, the sixth inning would have continued for the Angels with two on, two out and Shuck, the leadoff batter, up with Trout lurking.
"We all saw the replay, but those things, you can't change," Vargas said. "I made a mistake to Soriano; they're going to make mistakes too. Sometimes that changes the complexion of a game, the way momentum shifts. It's unfortunate, but we have to be able to deal with that."
Short hops
Aybar, who also was spiked in the left shin on a second-inning play, said he would be able to play Wednesday night. … Peter Bourjos is not expected to join the Angels in New York, but the center fielder, recovering from a broken right wrist, will probably return Friday night in Anaheim. … Second baseman Howie Kendrick (left-knee sprain) began hitting in a cage and doing light agility drills Tuesday but hasn't begun running. … Struggling right-hander Tommy Hanson, optioned to triple A on Monday night for the first time since 2009, is scheduled to make his first start for Salt Lake on Friday night.
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TRACY - The Tracy Police Department's Special Investigations Unit served three unrelated search warrants Tuesday and Wednesday at locations that housed large-scale residential marijuana grows, authorities said.
TRACY - The Tracy Police Department's Special Investigations Unit served three unrelated search warrants Tuesday and Wednesday at locations that housed large-scale residential marijuana grows, authorities said.
Police discovered a sophisticated grow operation Tuesday in the 1800 block of Kagehiro Drive, where authorities found 475 mature marijuana plants that would have yielded about $240,000 of street-level marijuana, officers said. Authorities also found grow equipment and a bypassed power line, which caused an estimated loss of more than $30,000 to Pacific Gas and Electric Co., police said. Hai Truong Nguyen, 31, who has connections to the Tracy and San Jose areas, is wanted in connection with the investigation, authorities said.
In an unrelated incident Tuesday, officers responding to a reported residential burglary said they contacted three suspicious people in the 1600 block of Smokey Lane. Xi Hong Chen, 28, Jimmy Zhaoming Tang, 21, and Yueyang Liang, 22, all of San Francisco, were arrested when they were found in possession of a large quantity of marijuana.
A search of the residence the men were targeting showed signs of another large marijuana-growing operation, police said. Authorities obtained a search warrant and found another highly sophisticated, multistage grow yielding about 800 marijuana plants in different stages of maturity. The plants could have produced about $400,000 worth of street-level marijuana, police said. A bypassed power line in the home resulted in an estimated loss of $20,000 to PG&E, authorities said.
On Wednesday, police searched a home in the 3700 block of Norfolk Drive. Inside, officers discovered a marijuana-growing operation partially set up, authorities said. Eighty-five marijuana plants were seized, police said. Ahn The Ngo, 29, and Hieu Cong Nguyen, 19, are wanted in connection with the case, authorities said. Both have ties to the San Jose area, police said.
LATHROP - Deputies arrested three people on a variety of charges at noon Thursday after responding to a report of a suspicious person in the 1600 block of Derby Lane, authorities said.
A man matching the description of the suspicious person fled on foot when deputies tried to approach him. He was found hiding in a parked car with two other occupants, authorities said. Inside the vehicle, deputies found a loaded handgun, a glass methamphetamine pipe and a fake California driver's license, authorities said.
Daniel Escobedo Jr., 29, was arrested on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm, carrying a concealed firearm and possession of a loaded firearm, authorities said.
Nina Gordon, 26, was arrested on suspicion of carrying a concealed firearm and possession of a loaded firearm, police said.
Casey Carpenter, 21, was arrested on suspicion of possession of a deceptive identification document and possession of drug paraphernalia, authorities said.
STOCKTON - A 29-year-old man was carjacked by someone he knew Thursday morning in central Stockton, authorities said.
The man was sitting in his black 1992 BMW 325i near North San Joaquin and East Arcade streets about 10:45 a.m. when the carjacker pulled up in a four-door Nissan Maxima driven by another man, police said. The carjacker, known to the victim as J.J., approached the BMW with a silver handgun and ordered the victim out of his car. The carjacker then drove south on North San Joaquin Street, authorities said.
The carjacker was described as a Latino man 36 to 38 years old with shoulder-length black hair, bad acne on his face, a black Raiders sweatshirt and jeans shorts, police said. The driver of the Maxima was described as a Latino man, authorities said.
The stolen BMW, license plate No. 4SUF885, has stock rims and tires, slightly tinted windows, no rearview mirror and a dent under each taillight, officers said.


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BISC is the generic Bachelor of Science in biology. Flexibility and quality are its biggest attractions. As a cross-college integrated major, BISC draws its expertise of faculty from several departments in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), the Biology department in the College of Arts and Science (CAS), and from other parts of the university, especially the College of Medicine (COM). BISC students take two years of fundamental coursework: mathematics, chemistry, introductory biology, genetics, ecology and evolution, cell and molecular biology. During the Junior and Senior years, students study physics, statistics, advanced biology, and often do internships and undergraduate research working one-on-one with a professor in the student's area of interest. Students use their advanced electives to develop a rich expertise in biology or to concentrate in specialized areas such as genetics, plant biology, biochemistry, nutrition, and microbiology. Others expand their solid foundation by adding a second major or a minor in a complimentary field selected from the offerings in CALS or CAS.
The wealth of faculty among the diverse biological sciences allows our students to gain personal attention engaging with a professor in undergraduate research in the student's chosen field of interest. We encourage our students to participate in the lab or field research of a UVM professor, chosen from the full range of life science disciplines at UVM. UVM has extensive teaching and research facilities, e.g., state-of-the-art laboratories and greenhouses, protected Natural Areas (from alpine tundra to Lake Champlain), Proctor Maple Research Center, Horticultural Farm, Morgan Horse Farm and Miller Research Center. Students find opportunities in biotechnology splicing genes and working on HIV; others examine how one gene may affect a cancer patient's sensitivity to chemotherapy drugs. One student contributed to research on how drug-eluting stents affect the potential for blood clots. Another biological science student worked on a project studying how pH affects phosphorus level in streams, while another, in a biomedical engineering lab, helped design a way to simulate skiing injuries (the data to be used to manufacture a safer ski boot).
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Whether you're considering making Durham, NC your new home, or just stopping by for a visit, you'll need a great place to stay while you're there. Here are some of the best.
The Red Roof Inn Durham Triangle Park gets high marks for its newly renovated rooms, friendly service, and helpful staff. The hotel is centrally located, and the rooms are spacious, clean, and comfortable.
Cambria Hotel & Suites near Duke University Medical Center provides welcome respite for those visiting the medical facilities. The rooms are well maintained, and the hotel offers a convenient transportation service.
Those in search of luxury accommodations in the Durham area need look no further than Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club. As the name suggests, this inn boasts on-site golfing, the course is lined with old trees, and the grounds are quite picturesque. The rooms here are capacious and clean, and ooze Southern charm. Guests also give kudos to the Bull Durham Bar, which serves up libations with a smile until late.
Visitors sing the praises of The King's Daughters Inn, a positively charming bed and breakfast near downtown Durham. Larger than the average B&B, the King's Daughters Inn has the feel of a small boutique hotel, as well as the home-cooked meals and "just like family" friendliness that make B&Bs such a treat.


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Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Review
After a respite, I have returned to Animus to live the life of Edward Kenway in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. This title picks up after the events of Assassin's Creed III, but has a very different setting. Instead of being a modern day Assassin, hiding from the Templars and delving into the past via an Animus, your character works for the Templars, or rather their Abstergo Entertainment Company as an analyst for the Sample 17 project. The goal of the project is to produce a video game, set in the Caribbean during the golden age of piracy, based on the 'donated' memories that comprise Sample 17.
As the games before it, Black Flag is a third-person, open world, action-adventure title with a heavy emphasis on stealth. As pirate captain Edward Kenway, you stalk the Caribbean for the biggest prizes, and remove any obstacle from your path, typically with a sharp blade. Of course, a pirate would not be much without a ship, and yours is the Jackdaw. It is not the biggest ship sailing the seas, but given the proper resources, it can become the fiercest. Black Flag has an M rating from the ESRB for blood, strong language, violence, and sexual themes. If you should not be exposed to such content, then you likely should not be reading this review.
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Below are the official weights for Saturday's UFC 99 card, which will be held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany. The event, which is headlined by the matchup between Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva, will be broadcast on pay-per-view.
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Rich Franklin (194) vs Wanderlei Silva (194)
Cain Velasquez (239) vs Cheick Kongo (230)
Ben Saunders (169) vs Mike Swick (169)
Dan Hardy (170) vs Marcus Davis (171)
Caol Uno (155) vs Spencer Fisher (154)
Mostapha Al-Turk (236) vs Mirko Cro Cop (233)
Justin Buchholz (155) vs Terry Etim (156)
Dale Hartt (156) vs Dennis Siver (156)
Paul Taylor (169) vs Peter Sobotta (169)
Roli Delgado (155) vs Paul Kelly (156)
Stefan Struve (248) vs Denis Stojnic (241)
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0_The_Oracle Imperator Open Casket Tuesday 25/09/2012, 14:34
OK one of the clans that is not receiving any attention is montana.... this clan is running RAMPANT in elo they have insanely good cards for mono. one of the most popular decks that i have been seeing WAY too much is:
avola desmond oscar moses mona gianfranco spiaghi prince jr
wow they dont have a single ban this week and the one i have listed is just one of the variants of their decks that can be made. the only real weakness (which isnt even that strong) that i see in this deck is soa... but they would also have a hard time because montana bonus is THAT hard to deal with.
they really need a perma ban card (mona / avola) or at least some weekly bans.
--Gabriel Colossus Deus eX Machina Tuesday 25/09/2012, 16:57
Yes but until they get a stop card they wont shine in elo where soa clans are very famous..
Blue_Muffin Master Tuesday 25/09/2012, 16:58
Well weekly bans are determined by players. As for Permabans, those seem to be decided mostly on what cards are regularly getting a large portion of votes by players during the weeks.
ghelas Titan E X C A L I B U R Tuesday 25/09/2012, 20:36
Montana is plagued by low damage. Their high-gap cards are almost all ability reliant.
Yep, a good hand with Avola in it can be terrifying. But Montana are at a huge disadvantage every time they have a low-damage draw, or when facing just enough SoA cards to keep their +damage type abilities from activating.
Azeem- Colossus Harbingers of Ares Tuesday 25/09/2012, 20:43
Montana , the clan relatively easy to deal with . Dude I play them , you get beat as soon as they get a decent poison card/Life card going . and you've basically lost.
Oracle you also need to deal with it , beeboy Blaaster are out you don't see us complaining .
Play a sob clan if you hate them that much then . To beat Montana all you need to do is pick when to win!!! If you can do that it's a very basic win
0_The_Oracle Imperator Open Casket Wednesday 26/09/2012, 01:42
SoB does not really counter them (CoB only works because those 2 cards are kinda op) because they have really high powered cards. for instance i think nightmare will get wrecked by montana because of powerhouses like oscar/mona etc. Saki and beeboy will get banned next week, i swear.
You see, soa does not even work that well because of how prominent their bonus is. -12 attack means that 2 pillz would need to be spent by all the 7 powered cards in gheist. roots have such low damage cards that unless you draw jenna or rookie is drawn they WILL have trouble. The most important point is that soa clans are receiving CONSTANT weekly bans that compensates their dominance.
The biggest problem I have been asking myself is that how is rescue getting such crap cards compared to montana. SIMPLY compare suzie to moses. moses is arguably more useful because it sets up for other 2hko. The point is, moses is one WHOLE star less. also, rescue are getting so many bans its almost ridiculous. look at them, something like alec cr was banned like 5 years ago, but something as similar avola is not even getting weekly bans. Of course, i know the rescue bonus is better, BUT ONLY IN MONO. montana can ALSO be used in half decks, thus making them more versatile. and really, i dont see many of rescue's stop: cards usable because they have such horrible stats.
JO3SHMO Imperator Wise Men Distracted Wednesday 26/09/2012, 04:16
I've played A LOT with Montana, so here is my two cents:
SOB does not get wrecked by Montana. DareSmurfMe said it well in that with SOB against Montana, you just have to pick when to win. The majority of the time, 2 round wins with and SOB clan (Nightmare in particular) can out gap a Montana hand without Avola.
Is Azel playing 0 pills? 3 pills? 8 pills? If you get hit by any poison card with Montana, you pretty much have to win all remaining rounds and even then it becomes close.
The same life-gap deal applies to SOA clans. Sure Montana still have their bonus, but you have to play PERFECTLY. 2 hits from either SOA clan will have enough of a life gap to win. Some Montana cards work fine against SOA (Desmond, Gianfranco, even Mona) but Spiaghi, Ivy, Moses, Avola etc. lose their effectiveness, and Oscar gets 5 power. When playing with Montana, I am more afraid of SOA than SOB. And seeing as Leviatonn was unbanned this week, my trip to 1314 so far has seen Gheist (not even exaggerating) 1 in every 2 matches. I wouldn't be game to play mono Montana. (although I am playing half)
The Moses vs Suzie comparison is fair enough, but cards these days are getting better and better. It's bound to happen.
I'm not sure if you've noticed, but Montana DO in fact get bans on occasion - Mona is the most common. Avola was banned reasonably recently too.
Just a note: I'm abusing the Beeboy - Blaaster Cr combo while I can.
wats_happenin Titan Casual Grind Wednesday 26/09/2012, 10:08
I personally hate only 2 Montana cards...namely Oscar and Mona...those two are the biggest pieces of doogy doo to be in ELO
95% of non-SOB cards get totalled by those 2
As for the clan itself....meh whatever....unless they draw their 5* they aren't an overly big threat....the annoying aspect is the fact they can win their rounds with little pillz...but you've just got to be clever
they're pretty weak to SOA/SOB, Uppers and Sakrohm....just use one of those clans to demolish them
Note: SOA takes away their damage, SOB just takes them down altogether


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In a move for modern families, California lawmakers are currently considering a bill that will allow children to have more than two parents, reports The Sacramento Bee. The bill aims to eliminate the current two-parent-per-child law without expanding the definition of who can qualify as a parent. The bill will also apply equally to men and women, and to straight and gay couples.
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"The bill brings California into the 21st century, recognizing that there are more than Ozzie and Harriet families today," Senator Mark Leno, who introduced the bill, said.
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The inspiration for the bill came from a 2011 state appellate court case in which a young girl went into state custody after her two mothers were unable to care for her; one of the mothers was sent to prison and the other was hospitalized. Although her biological father wished to care for the girl, the court ruled that he could not be a legal guardian due to California's two-parent law.
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The bill proposes that families with three or more parents will share custody, financial responsibility and visitation for the child—this will be determined after a judge assesses each parent's personal wealth and connection to the child in question. The bill has already passed the Senate and is now in the Assembly.
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Michigan School Privatization Survey 2010
Privatization of support services has been a method that Michigan school districts have used for several years to lower costs. More than ever before, Michigan school districts are privatizing the three main support services they offer — food, custodial and transportation. Our annual survey finds that 48.8 percent of Michigan school districts are contracting out for these services. This is an 8 percent increase over 2009.
The largest impetus for contracting is cost savings. The survey found that first-year contracts alone are expected to save districts $16.7 million cumulatively.


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Haymaker: What Chicago Makes, Makes Chicago
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
- Website: haymakershop.com
Store History
- Founded: June 2011
- Founded by: Arrin Williams
Andersonville has become a little home design Mecca in the past few years. What sets The Haymaker Shop apart from the other shops in the neighborhood is its focus on local designers.
Owner Arrin Williams' concept behind The Haymaker Shop is to showcase Chicago and Midwest designers and artisans. Lucky for us, he has succeeded in this ... and quite handsomely, too! The store is chock full of gorgeously crafted and sustainably sourced items. From furniture to accessories, not to mention some adorable toys (a tree swing or slingshot, anyone?), Arrin has a great eye for gorgeous product.
Some of my favorite items include the chalkboard skulls ($38) in the fourth photo, the salvaged wood chair with upcycled woven belt seat ($135) in the fifth photo, and the Chicago "L" pillows ($40) in the eighth photo.
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Dasol Itinerary 5 Days
5 Days in Dasol - Perfect Vacation Guide
With its undying aura of serenity, the effortless fusion of old and new-world charm, the picturesque locales, the riot of colorful neighborhoods and the energetic crowds - Dasol is one mesmerizing destination. Choosing the must visit places in Dasol when you are running short on time can be quite a tough task!
Are 5 days enough for Dasol tour?
Wondering about what to see in 5 days in Dasol ? It can be a confusing task to decide where to go in Dasol. But, 5 days are perfect to cover each corner of Dasol. You can visit popular places in Dasol, get walking tour and have local food during your vacation.
How much money for 5 days in Dasol?
The budget cost of 5 days in Dasol is USD 220. You can further save on your stays by opting for hostels and homestay. Also try to travel by public transportation whenever possible.
What to pack for Dasol 5 days vacation?
- Carry extra battery of camera. If you are a shutterbug, carry extra memory card; those 5 days in Dasol are going to be full of moments that you would want to click!
- Keep a journal to record your favorite moments and scribble notes!
- Since you will be having a heavy luggage to fit your belongings for 5 days, carry a small backpack that you can use while you go sightseeing!
What to see in Dasol in 5 days?
Collibra Island, Tambobong Beach must be a part of your Dasol itinerary in 5 days! If you are too tired running between different spots, you can take a day off from the sightseeing and relax in your room or at a nice cafe.
Dasol travel tips for first-timers
- Book a food tour, nothing expresses the essence of Dasol like its food!
- Take a weekend getaway, explore the nearby cities of Dasol.
- List down the free days of the museums and try to visit them on those days to save on ticket fee.
Getting around Dasol in 5 days
You are going to be in the city for a considerable amount of time and hence it is recommended to get hang of the local transit system that will make getting around cheaper. Alternatively, you can hire a car or a bike and explore Dasol on your own, at your own pace.
Best places to eat, drink, and shop in Dasol
Eat, drink, shop repeat! You can enjoy an excellent retail therapy when in Dasol. On your 5-day trip, make sure you try out the best local delicacies as well as shop for some souvenirs to take back home.
Where to stay in Dasol for 5D4N vacation?
For a 5 day 4 nights vacation in Dasol, you can choose a vacation rental or a hotel that is conveniently located. You can score a good deal on BnB, since the stay is for a longer duration.
Whether you are for in Dasol for 24 hours or more we have each custom trip plans created just for you.
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Not since a guy named Moses received a tablet have we seen such enthusiasm for the form.
The tablet dream -- with its inevitable Apple intrigue and drumbeat of Amazon/Apple war -- has rekindled interest in digital publishing, providing hope for magazine and news industries pummeled mercilessly over the last decade. Already Forrester's Sarah Epps is estimating 10 million tablets to be sold within a year, which may be an ambitious number given inevitable customer BluRay/HD-DVD, VHS/Betamax confusion.
Next Issue Media, the new magazine consortium of Hearst, Meredith, Time Inc., News Corp and Conde Nast, could be a serious player to come. It could become a leader in the business and product development for tablets, or it could be just another industry gabfest, advocating for open standards and common ad formats. Lots of questions here as we approach the year and decade, as news and features suss out whether out the tablet really enables a a fresh start (Content Bridges "Digital Do-Over Time," Dec. 8, 2009) . Here are my first Nine Questions. What's yours?
1. How does the tablet blur our notion of what's a book, what's a magazine and what's a newspaper? The web atomized everything, and the tablet is one form of reordering. Each device though -- a Sony Reader, a Kindle, a Nook, a JooJoo, an Adam, an Ultra, whatever -- will have a singular interface, regardless of the source of the content. That eliminates the historic difference in page size among newspapers, magazines and books, which is in fact one of the key ways we've long differentiated them. Another differentiator -- paper stock -- of course, becomes a dead (tree) issue.
2. If Apple is willing to pay video/TV production companies like Disney and CBS per channel/program to break into the TV business, is it willing to pay news content providers of any size or scale in a similar way? TV is starting to experience the same break-down that newspapers have endured, being consumed piecemeal (segment by segment, program by program) just as whole newspaper products have been sliced and diced by the web search engines and aggregators. Now, sensing an opportunity to take chunks of Comcast's and other cable providers' business, Apple is moving on to the next generation of Apple TV. And it paying providers for programming.
Is news content, in text or video or tabletized form, of sufficient value to Apple that it might pay for it, on a per subscriber per month basis, opening up a potential new revenue stream for content creators?
3) Of course, each of the early tablet notions -- Sports Illustrated, Conde Nast's Wired, Hearst's Skiff -- apparently focuses only on a single title, but what about the ability of the tablet to become a new aggregated wonder? While the tablet offers lots of new audience-pleasing abilities, we needn't think of them only in that old Twentieth Century way of cozying up in an armchair, timelessly enjoyed the just-delivered issue of our favorite periodical. In fact, everything that the tablet can do for a single title, it can do for an aggregated product -- allowing advertisers and readers to tap into multi-title wonders. Are publishers planning for this multi-title tablet world, or just focusing anachronistically on title-by-title publishing? If they're not planning a twin (single title + aggregator) strategy, just think of the list of companies who may be: Google, Amazon, Apple, Yahoo, AOL, Facebook, for starters.
4) Doesn't the tablet given whole new meaning to the Illustrated in SI? An old term, digitally remastered.
5) How much of a disadvantage are newspaper publishers at as the visual-forward tablet goes mainstream? It's no accident that it's the magazine arms -- Advance's Conde Nast, Hearst's magazine division -- of the print companies that have dived into the tablet pond. It's cultural for magazine editors (and ad sellers) to think visually, and they've seen what the tablet dream might mean for what they do well and best. Newspaper people -- from editors and reporters to ad salespeople selling price-and-item space -- think text. Certainly, they have long used photos, but not as well as magazine people. Here's a skills gap that newspaper publishers would have to solve quickly to take full advantage of what the tablet does best.
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4 Fat Loss Myths
Despite their apparent leanness, many active people are still discontent with their body composition. Don't let these myths do you in.
by Nancy Clark
All too often, I hear seemingly lean athletes express extreme frustration with their inability to lose undesired bumps and bulges: "Am I the only runner who has ever gained weight when training for a marathon?" "Why does my husband lose weight when he starts going to the gym and I don't?" "For all the exercise I do, I should be pencil-thin. Why can't I simply lose a few pounds?"
Clearly, weight loss is not simple and often includes debunking a few myths.
Myth: You must exercise in order to lose body fat
To lose body fat, you must create a calorie deficit. You can create that deficit by:
1) exercising, which improves your overall health and fitness, or
2) eating fewer calories
Even injured athletes can lose fat, despite a lack of exercise. The complaint "I gained weight when I was injured because I couldn't exercise," could more correctly be stated "I gained weight because I mindlessly overate for comfort and fun."
Adding on exercise does not equate to losing body fat. In a 16-week study, untrained women (ages 18 to 34) built up to 40 minutes of hard cardio or weight lifting three days a week. They were told to not change their diet, and they saw no changes in body fat (1). Creating a calorie deficit by eating less food seems to be more effective than simply adding on exercise to try to lose weight.
Athletes who complain they "eat like a bird" but fail to lose body fat may simply be under-reporting their food intake. A survey of female marathoners indicated the fatter runners under-reported their food intake more than the leaner ones. Were they oblivious to how much they actually consumed? (2) Or were they too sedentary in the non-exercise hours of their day?
Myth: If you train for a marathon or triathlon, your body fat will melt away
Wishful thinking. If you are an endurance athlete who complains, "For all the exercise I do, I should be pencil-thin," take a look at your 24-hour energy expenditure. Do you put most of your energy into exercising, but then tend to be quite sedentary the rest of the day as you recover from your tough workouts? Male endurance athletes who reported a seemingly low calorie intake did less spontaneous activity than their peers in the non-exercise parts of their day (4). You need to keep taking the stairs instead of the elevators, no matter how much you train. Again, you should eat according to your whole day's activity level, not according to how hard you trained that day.
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Myth: The more you exercise, the more fat you will lose
Often, the more you exercise, the hungrier you get and 1) the more you will eat, or 2) the more you believe you "deserve" to eat for having survived the killer workout. Unfortunately, rewarding yourself with a 600-calorie cinnamon roll can quickly erase in a few minutes the 600-calorie deficit you generated during your workout.
The effects of exercise on weight loss are complex and unclear—and depend on the 24-hour picture. We know among people (ages 56-78) who participated in a vigorous walking program, their daily energy needs remained about the same despite adding an hour of exercise. How could that be? The participants napped more and were 62% less active the rest of their day (3). Be sure to pay attention to your whole day's activity level. One hour of exercise does not compensate for a sedentary lifestyle.
Myth: You should exercise six days a week to lose weight
Research suggests exercising four times a week might be better for weight control than six times a week. A study with sedentary women (ages 60 to 74) who built up to exercising for 40 minutes of cardio and weights suggests those who did four workouts a week burned about 225 additional calories in the other parts of their day because they felt energized. The group that trained six times a week complained the workouts not only took up too much time, but also left them feeling tired and droopy. They burned about 200 fewer calories in the non-exercise parts of their day (5).
The bottom line
If you are exercising to lose weight, I encourage you to separate exercise and weight. Yes, you should exercise for health, fitness, stress relief, and most importantly, for enjoyment. (After all, the E in exercise stands for enjoyment!) If you exercise primarily to burn off calories, exercise will become punishment for having excess body fat. You'll eventually quit exercising—and that's a bad idea.
Instead of focusing on exercise as the key to fat loss, pay more attention to your calorie intake. Knocking off just 100 calories a day from your evening snacks can theoretically result in 10 pounds a year of fat loss. One less cookie a day is simpler than it sounds.
Nancy Clark, MS, RD CSSD (Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics) counsels active people at her private practice in Newton, MA, For more information, visit nancyclarkrd.com


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Hannaford giving up fight to stop Market Basket store
Hannaford Brothers said it is giving up its zoning fight to halt a new Market Basket store in Bedford after it lost a key court decision released Thursday.
"My understanding is this will be the final chapter for us," Hannaford spokesman Eric Blom told the New Hampshire Union Leader.
The state Supreme Court ruled Hannaford Brothers isn't eligible to challenge a variance the town's zoning board of adjustment granted to build the Market Basket store on Route 114, some 3.8 miles from a smaller Hannaford store on Route 101.
"An appeal of a ZBA decision is not a weapon to be used to stifle business competition," Associate Justice Carol Ann Conboy wrote in the unanimous ruling released Thursday.
The board had granted a variance to Retail Management and Development (RMD), which develops supermarkets for Demoulas Super Markets Inc., the owner of the Market Basket chain, for a store that exceeded town building size limits. Hannaford fought the case and lost in superior court, bumping the issue to the state's highest court.
Bedford Planning Director Rick Sawyer said Thursday the court ruling "was a decision we thought they'd make all along."
He expects the Market Basket to open the second week in May.
Had the court allowed for Hannaford to fight the variance, "there would have been a trial on the merits on whether the variance should have been granted," Sawyer said.
Hannaford also is suing the town, trying to overturn a town meeting vote that converted the Route 114 area at issue from mixed use to commercial 2, which has no footprint restrictions. That case is scheduled for a bench trial in July.
Sawyer said the town meeting zoning case isn't an issue anymore.
"In my mind, that really doesn't matter because the variance is now set," he said.
In 2008, the zoning board limited Hannaford Brothers to a 40,000-square-foot limit for its store on Route 101. In November 2010, RMD filed an application with the ZBA seeking a variance to exceed that limit and build a store that was 78,332 square feet in size on Route 114.
Hannaford sued after Market Basket was given the go-ahead in October 2011 to construct the store on property previously home to Golfland miniature golf course and Slammers Sports Bar and Grill, about a half-mile from the intersection of routes 114 and 101.
Sawyer said had Hannaford prevailed in both cases, it wouldn't necessarily have meant Market Basket would have needed to tear down the completed supermarket.
There were "a lot of possibilities of how the store could have modified," he said. "You could have had two 40,000-square-foot buildings."
Lawyers for both sides didn't return phone messages.
The Supreme Court's decision said Hannaford Brothers "has failed to demonstrate that it has a 'direct, definite interest in the outcome' " of the ZBA's variance action.
Hannaford "argues that the ZBA's interpretation will directly affect its operations and future expansion options; yet, it does not specify when or even if it actually intends to expand its supermarket beyond 40,000 square feet," the ruling said.
"Thus, the petitioner's claimed injury is at most, 'speculative' ...," the court wrote.
"In effect, the petitioner (Hannaford) argues that any business should be permitted to challenge the validity of any ZBA decision to grant a variance to a competitor," the seven-page ruling said.
According to Town Assessor William Ingalls, the Market Basket property was assessed at $8.66 million as of April 1. The building was complete at that time, but not all the paving was, he said.
"The building is entirely ready to go," Sawyer said. "The on-site work is 99 percent done. There's a few plants that need to be planted on site (Friday)."
Road work on New Boston Road is expected to be completed within 10 days.


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Even Klein's harshest critics must concede that the book does occasionally break new ground. The lesbian rumors, the suspicion that the Clintons have not used the Ozzie-and-Harriet template in customizing their marriage, the belief that Hillary Clinton will do anything to advance her career are all twice-told tales. But to my knowledge, Klein is the only journalist who has shed meaningful light on the extent to which her career has been shaped by friends, roommates, short-haired colleagues or rivals with weight problems.
Monica Lewinsky is fat. Bill Clinton has long been a member of the clean-plate society. Evelyn Lieberman, the former White House deputy chief of staff, is reputed to be "a little overweight." Mrs. Clinton herself has long battled a tendency to beef up, but in perhaps the most astonishing revelation in the book, "several of her Wellesley College classmates, who played sports with Hillary, described how she looked in a T-shirt and shorts," and according to them, "she had a tiny waist, slim legs and ankles, and small buttocks." When coupled with the fact that the young Hillary Clinton was referred to by classmates as "Sister Frigidaire," and by White House staff as "the Big Girl," and that Hillary's tubby husband Bill gave a high-level position to Janet Reno, the implication is clear. Hillary Clinton does not merely view the world through the asexual, unmaternal, left-leaning eyes of a poorly groomed woman who was surrounded in her youth by manipulative pinkos who were playing for the other team. At some level, Hillary Clinton feels most comfortable in the company of fat people.
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Kellie is an Emmy-nominated actress who recently appeared on Lifetime's Army Wives, and is perhaps best known for her work on ER and Life Goes On. She has assumed a new role with her takeover of ROMP, an online modern children's boutique. Kellie is mom to 5-year-old daughter Maggie and hopes that ROMP will "inspire conscious, thoughtful parenting practice and will, in turn, help moms feel confident and fulfilled."
Maggie: "Mama, can I be a doctor when I get big?"
Me: (grinning proudly) "Of course. You can be anything you want to be."
Maggie: "A doctor for turtles?"
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Maggie: "Can I be an astronaut too? And can I go to space… today?"
Do you remember when all of this felt possible? Think for a moment about how you used to dream when you were a kid. Without filters. Big reckless dreams. And why on Earth couldn't they happen… today?
I miss my ability to believe completely in my own ability. If just for a day, I wish I could have an ounce of the unbridled ambition I had when I was Maggie's age.
My childhood ego was pretty darn healthy, if I do say so myself. Let's just be honest, I thought I was the BOMB. According to me I was hilarious, smart, cute and super energetic. And armed with these attributes, I dreamed big. Like my daughter, I wanted to be an astronaut, but then there was that whole not-being-so-good-at-math-or-science thing. I also wanted to be a detective, just like Nancy Drew. Maybe an undercover homicide detective! My dad told me that the only way he'd allow me to be a cop was on television. Television. That sounded good. So, I decided that I would be an actress, and I actually followed through with it. Luckily you don't second-guess yourself when you're 7 years old.
Maybe my parents would have preferred that I become a doctor (even for turtles) rather than an actor, but they always encouraged me to follow my heart. And even though my boundless self-confidence started waning about the time I hit teenagedom, I'm grateful for the supportive foundation I had as a kid. I hope I can give Maggie that same support and preserve her ability to believe completely in her own ability for a long as possible.
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Based on music and lyrics by alternative-punk-psychedelic-pop-rock band The Flaming Lips, McAnuff tells a technology-charged tale about life and how sometimes one friend believing in another makes all the difference in someone's life, no matter how impossible the odds may seem.
"This show unfolds as if you were watching an artist do a painting," said Linda Cooper, production manager for the LJP. "It really is an emotional journey that you go on through the music, lyrics and visuals."
McAnuff, director emeritus at the LJP, has created a dramatic piece that simultaneously takes place in the modern world and on a science fiction landscape. His one-of-a-kind spectacle features singing, dancing, computerized projections, illuminated robot costumes, automated set changes, martial arts, puppets, actors flying across the stage and a 14-foot robot named 3000-21.
Actress Kimiko Glenn plays Yoshimi Yasukawa, a young visual artist diagnosed with lymphoma, who finds herself entangled in a love triangle between her eccentric ex, Ben Nickel (played by Paul Nolan) and Booker, her hedge-fund manager boyfriend (named after Flaming Lips' manager Scott Booker and played by Nik Walker).
Ben wins Yoshimi back, and in the course of doing so, steps into an alternative reality where pink robots serve as an allegory for Yoshimi's cancer. It is his belief in her ability to battle the pink robots that Yoshimi draws the strength to combat her illness. The answer to how the story ends can be found in the Flaming Lips lyrics to the song for which the production is entitled.
"It's unusual when you think about it in the context of musical theater, where songs so often have to move the plot forward," said Tom Hewitt, who described his character, Dr. Peterson, as the medical reality in the middle of a robot fantasy. "I think the director and the writers have been very clever in crafting the story around the Lips' lyrics, which have a sort of universal theme."
Formed in 1983, the Oklahoma City-based Flaming Lips are known for their art-rock experiments and theatrical concerts (they once staged a concert in a parking lot using the tape decks of cars and boom boxes as instruments). In 1997, they released "Zaireeka," a four-part album intended to be played on four CD players simultaneously. A recently released song, which was created for iPhone-type devices, allows the audience to become the orchestra, with 12 distinct tracks that can be played simultaneously on multiple devices.
Hewitt called it a "brave move" on the part of McAnuff, who he said loves the technical aspect of the theater and has become famous for it. McAnuff has directed musicals such as "Big River," "The Who's Tommy," "Jersey Boys" and the new revival of "Jesus Christ Superstar."
"This is the most technically challenging production that's ever been staged at the La Jolla Playhouse in the eight years I've been here," said Cooper, who added that the challenge for McAnuff was in finding a balance between doing what needed to be done technically, while not allowing the technology to overwhelm the actual story. "Des was guiding that ship and I think we did it."
Cooper said that there is so much wireless activity going on during the performance, audience members are asked to turn off their cell phones to avoid the chance of any interference with the signals and technology on stage.
"Des has done a wonderful job of creating a production that serves this music so well and makes it accessible to more people who maybe wouldn't listen to the Lips," Cooper said. "It's music that's relatable and it's a story that you can really hang on to."
Tickets to Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots are available online at www.LaJollaPlayhouse.org or by calling The Playhouse Box Office at (858) 550-1010.


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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Pilots of Asiana Flight 214 were flying too slowly as they approached San Francisco airport, triggering a warning that the jetliner could stall, and then tried to abort the landing seconds before crashing, according to federal safety officials.
The Boeing 777 was traveling at speeds well below the target landing speed of 137 knots, or 157 mph, said National Transportation Safety Board chief Deborah Hersman at a briefing Sunday on the crash.
"We're not talking about a few knots," she said, though investigators did not speculate about why it was flying slowly.
Hersman said the aircraft's stick shaker - a piece of safety equipment that warns pilots of an impending stall - went off moments before the crash. The normal response to a stall warning is to increase speed to recover control.
There was an increase several seconds before the crash, she said, basing her comments on an evaluation of the cockpit voice and flight data recorders that contain hundreds of different types of information on what happened to the plane.
And at 1.5 seconds before impact, there was a call for an aborted landing, she said. The crash at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday killed two 16-year-old girls from China and injured dozens of others.
The new details helped shed light on the final moments of the airliner as the crew tried desperately to climb back into the sky, and confirmed what survivors and other witnesses said they saw: a slow-moving airliner.
Pilots normally try to land at the target speed, in this case 137 knots, plus an additional five more knots, said Bob Coffman, an American Airlines captain who has flown 777s. He said the briefing raises an important question: "Why was the plane going so slow?"
The plane's Pratt & Whitney engines were on idle, Hersman said. The normal procedure in the Boeing 777, a wide-body jet, would be to use the autopilot and the throttle to provide power to the engine all the way through to landing, Coffman said.
There was no indication in the discussions between the pilots and the air traffic controllers that there were problems with the aircraft.
Among the questions investigators are trying to answer was what, if any, role the deactivation of a ground-based landing guidance system played in the crash. Such systems help pilots land, especially at airports like San Francisco where fog can make landing challenging.
Altogether, 305 of the 307 people aboard made it out alive in what survivors and rescuers described as nothing less than astonishing after a frightful scene of fire burning inside the fuselage, pieces of the aircraft scattered across the runway and people fleeing for their lives.
The flight originated in Shanghai, China, stopped over in Seoul, South Korea, before making the nearly 11-hour trip to San Francisco. The South Korea-based airline said four South Korean pilots were on board, three of whom were described as "skilled."
Among the travelers were citizens of China, South Korean, the United States, Canada, India, Japan, Vietnam and France. There were at least 70 Chinese students and teachers heading to summer camps, according to Chinese authorities.
As the plane approached the runway under clear skies - a luxury at an airport and city known for intense fog - people in nearby communities could see the aircraft was flying low and swaying erratically from side to side.
On board, Fei Xiong, from China, was traveling to California so she could take her 8-year-old son to Disneyland. The pair was sitting in the back half of the plane. Xiong said her son sensed something was wrong.
"My son told me: `The plane will fall down, it's too close to the sea,'" she said. "I told him: `Baby, it's OK, we'll be fine.'"
On audio recordings from the air traffic tower, controllers told all pilots in other planes to stay put after the crash. "All runways are closed. Airport is closed. San Francisco tower," said one controller.
At one point, the pilot of a United Airlines plane radioed.
"We see people ... that need immediate attention," the pilot said. "They are alive and walking around."
"Think you said people are just walking outside the airplane right now?" the controller replied.
"Yes," answered the pilot of United Flight 885. "Some people, it looks like, are struggling."
When the plane hit the ground, oxygen masks dropped down, said Xu Da, a product manager at an Internet company in Hangzhou, China, who was sitting with his wife and teenage son near the back of the plane.
When he stood up, he said he could see sparking - perhaps from exposed electrical wires.
He turned and could see the tail where the galley was torn away, leaving a gaping hole through which they could see the runway. Once on the tarmac, they watched the plane catch fire, and firefighters hose it down.
"I just feel lucky," said Xu, whose family suffered some cuts and have neck and back pain.
In the chaotic moments after the landing, when baggage was tumbling from the overhead bins onto passengers and people all around her were screaming, Wen Zhang grabbed her 4-year-old son, who hit the seat in front of him and broke his leg.
Spotting a hole at the back of the jumbo jet where the bathroom had been, she carried her boy to safety.
"I had no time to be scared," she said.
At the wreckage, police officers were throwing utility knives up to crew members inside the burning wreckage so they could cut away passengers' seat belts. Passengers jumped down emergency slides, escaping from billowing smoke that rose high above the bay.
Nearby, people who escaped were dousing themselves with water from the bay, possibly to cool burn injuries, authorities said.
By the time the flames were out, much of the top of the fuselage had burned away. Inside The tail section was gone, with pieces of it scattered across the beginning of the runway. One engine was gone, and the other was no longer on the wing.
San Francisco Fire Department Chief Joanne Hayes-White said the two 16-year-old girls from China who died were found on either side of the plane. Investigators are trying to determine whether they were alive or dead when rescuers reached the scene.
"What we saw yesterday, most people will never see in their career," Hayes-White said.
AP | By JASON DEAREN and JOAN LOWYPosted: 07/07/2013 5:34 pm EDT | Updated: 07/07/2013 11:19 pm EDT
Lowy reported from Washington, D.C. Associated Press writers Terry Collins, Terry Chea and Sudhin Thanawala in San Francisco, David Koenig in Dallas and Louise Watt in Beijing contributed to this report.


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If you think hummus is yummus, here's some very good news: The Loop has just added two new pita-packed Middle Eastern restaurants. In July, Lebanon-based Abou Andre Mediterranean Bistro (60 E. Jackson Boulevard 312-386-1300) launched its first U.S. location in the Loop's south end. A few blocks northwest, suburban favorite Naf Naf Grill (309 W. Washington St. 312-251-9000) fired up the grill at its first city location earlier this month. That's a serious uptick in kabobs, falafel and shawarma. Since these two newcomers have similar menus and price points, we pitted them against one another to see which has more pita appeal.
Abou Andre: The name means "son of Andre" and is a reference to the original owner, Andre, who opened the first Lebanon location in 1976. (His son brought the total up to eight.) Managing partner Robert Magiet, who launched fast-food Indian spot Curried (171 N. Wells St.) in 2011, says the original owner's grandsons decided to open an Abou Andre in Chicago because of its diverse culture and reasonable rent.
Naf Naf: The eatery's expansion was the work of two financial professionals who went to lunch one day at the original Naperville location. They liked it so much they decided to form a partnership with the owners, Tel Aviv natives Sahar Sander and Elan Burger. "My partner and I loved the food, saw how busy it was, formed a partnership and opened another location," co-owner David Sloan says. Since 2010, they've opened locations in Aurora, Niles and Chicago.
Advantage: For its authentic Middle East roots, Abou Andre takes the lead.
Abou Andre: Expect seating for 38, photos of the Lebanese location and an open kitchen where cooks prepare chicken kebab ($7.99) and beef and lamb qawarma hummus plates ($7.99).
Naf Naf: The interior includes glass tile and quirky sayings on the wall, such as "Get some shawarma for your mama" and "Start a pita revolution." There's seating for 70, but lunch crowds waiting for chicken shawarma bowls ($6.99) stretch out the door some days.
Advantage: Naf Naf, you had us at "Shawarma for your mama."
Abou Andre: The Chicago Abou Andre dishes up more meat than the Lebanese locations, according to Magiet.
Naf Naf: You'll find the same popular Israeli dishes as the suburban locations, but the downtown menu has been trimmed to ensure fast service, Sloan said.
Advantage: Both menus include mouth-watering Middle Eastern fare, and both are open for both lunch and dinner. But with more than 15 entrees, compared to Naf Naf's five (available as pitas or bowls), Abou Andre's offers more extensive options.
Abou Andre: Tahini-topped twists include the falafel wrap ($5.99), fried fresh to order and made with fava beans instead of the more common chickpea base. "Most people aren't accustomed to it," Magiet says. "It's crisp outside and moist on the inside."
Naf Naf: Popular Naf Naf nosh includes the German-and-Middle-Eastern-themed chicken schnitzel pita ($6.59) and chicken shawarma pita ($6.59)—Sloan estimates the Chicago location produces about 440 lbs of shawarma a day.
Advantage: Both have put their own tweaks on tradition, but Naf Naf's inventive eats—schnitzel in a pita?—get points for creativity.
Abou Andre: Love the oversized Lebanese-style pitas? They're baked for the restaurant by a local Lebanese bakery, and you can pick up extras for $1. Lentil soup and a new take on a chicken kebab are in the works to debut in the coming weeks.
Naf Naf: Pitas are baked on-site, resulting in some of the freshest, fluffiest we've had lately. Take-home packs of six pitas ($3.99) are sold when available.
Advantage: Abou Andre's still-expanding menu is promising, but making the extra effor to bake its own pitas on-site is rare and gives Naf Naf the upper hand.
We have to give pita props to Abou Andre for choosing Chicago as its first U.S. outpost, but locally grown Naf Naf edges out a win in the end. But with two new options for under-$10 Loop lunching, downtown diners are the real winners.
Erin Brereton is a RedEye special contributor. email@example.com | @redeyechicago
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