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Sure, your kids may seem possessed when they're rolling around on the floor throwing one of their most terrible of terrible tantrums, but we bet they're not as bad as these kids!
We're getting in the Halloween spirit by looking at the 20 most disturbing children from classically frightening TV shows and movies. These little pint-sized terrors commit killer acts, have spooky eyes, creepy pigtails, and more. You'll be thanking your lucky stars for your own kids by the end of this list! –Mike Shields
Damien Thorn 1 of 20Seriously, his father was the devil, his mom was a jackal, and his followers hang themselves. "It's all for you, Damien!"
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Isaac from Children of the Corn 2 of 20This kid somehow looks both 10 years old and 50 at the same time. And he commanded an army of bad kids who lived in the cornfields. And that voice. If your kid ever starts talking like that, you need to drop him off in Iowa and never look back.
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Reagan from the Exorcist 3 of 20Reagan was actually a nice little girl but only when her body wasn't being possessed by Satan — at which point she would crawl upside down, make the room cold, and speak Italian. "Demi, why?"
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Rosemary's Baby 4 of 20While we don't see much of how this baby's life turns out, it is literally the spawn of Satan, so we're guessing it's not all sunshine and rainbows.
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Michael Myers from Halloween 5 of 20Michael does most of his damage as a grown man, but he got off to a hell of a start at age six, stabbing his sister and parents.
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Baby from It's Alive 6 of 20This was not really a good movie, but the idea of an infant who starts killing people right after he's born while making a wheezy breathing noise is downright creepy. Damn you chemicals or nuclear waste or fertility drugs or whatever caused this!
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Anne and Nicholas from The Others 7 of 20They are actually pretty nice kids, but they're very particular about keeping the curtains closed and the lights dimmed ... because they're dead.
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Children from Village of the Damned 8 of 20They can control people's minds, and are telekinetic, not to mention they have really scary eyes.
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Esther from Orphan 9 of 20This little girl kills a nun and tries to seduce her adoptive father. Enough said.
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Joshua 10 of 20He's not the Devil's son or related to a ghost or an alien or anything. He's just a really evil scary little kid.
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Chucky 11 of 20He's not technically a baby, but an escaped prisoner who took the form of a child's toy. Makes you think twice about your son or daughter's stuffed animals, doesn't it?
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Henry Evan from The Good Son 12 of 20Henry's (played by Macaulay Culkin) mom chose to let him fall off a cliff over his cousin, who would go on to become Frodo (Elijah Wood). When mom let's you plummet to your death, you know you've gotten on her bad side.
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Prince Joffrey Baratheon from Game of Thrones 13 of 20This little SOB tricked his father into killing his girlfriend's pet wolf. Then once he assumed the throne, he had his girlfriend's father's head cut off. Oh, and his dad is also his uncle. Or something like that.
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Nellie Olson from Little House on The Prairie 14 of 20She abuses Laura Ingalls' horse Bunny, then fakes paralysis after falling off the horse, which almost leads to the animal being killed. And those curls. Those evil curls.
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Delia, Damien's daughter from The Omen IV 15 of 20Based on her birth lineage, Delia is one-quarter devil and one-quarter jackal. Rough mix.
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Rhoda from The Bad Seed 16 of 20Rhoda is a charming little girl, except when letting other kids drown.
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Telly from Kids 17 of 20All this little teen punk did was try to deflower virgins. Every parent's worst nightmare.
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Samara from The Ring 18 of 20Yes, her mom drowned her in the well, but she single-handedly ruined VHS, which was good for Netflix, until they raised their prices and had the whole Qwikster debacle. Wait, is she back?
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The Grady Twins from The Shining 19 of 20Next time you're alone in a hotel hallway, look for them. They like to run to the elevator.
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Gage from Pet Sematary 20 of 20This kid is actually adorably cute, before he dies, and gets resurrected in a pet cemetery. Then he starts stabbing and eating people and saying things like "I want to play with YOU DADDY!"
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I love these! They are so nice and sour. I don't understand why some people think it's gross, but lemons are one of my favorite fruit so I guess I just love sour things. I'd like more ideas on how to eat them. I already like one of plain rice. I have an umeboshi sauce I use on soba noodles with soft tofu and I also made umeboshi fried rice one time that was really yummy. Has anyone tried ume tea?
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I have tried dry ume tea in a few Japanese hotel rooms where it is sometimes given as tea bags. It was nice enough but I find I prefer 'regular' teas better (hojicha, sencha, genmaicha etc.)
Much preferred is the 'wet tea' made from ume and honey which can be bought in Jars from Korean companies. It's similar to the jelly/jam-like yuzu/yuja tea which I'm also extremely fond of.
There's a photo of the brand I use at the top of this page labelled as Honey Plum Tea
I like alcohol flavoured with ume (I've had many kinds and loved them all) and I've also enjoyed it mixed with soda water... although these were particularly nice gift ume that were preserved in honey and it was the ume infused honey that made the sodawater taste so nice. There are quite a few varieties of soft drinks with ume flavouring on the market.
As for cooking
I add ume to ochazuke.
I mix it with pickled beetroot and mash them together before blending with a combination of mayonnaise and creme fraiche/soured cream to make a gorgeous pink dressing for things like fish and new potatoes.
If you are cooking fish in stock or water (eg for soup) adding an ume to the cooking liquid is supposed to keep the fish from flaking and breaking so easily.
And, of course, there are all the very many ume candy varieties. Some with a refreshing ume flavour, others are intensely sour.
I have to admit that I've never met anybody who thought ume was gross.
I have only tried umeboshi once, and they were too salty for me. I love lemons too, but if those umeboshi were typical then my favourite thing to do with them is feed them to someone else!
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I'm not so sure there is such a thing as a 'typical' umeboshi as these little plum/apricots seem to vary so much in falvour and texture once prepared and preserved, particularly as modern tastes, guidelines and preservation methods mean that umeboshi don't need to be so salty as the traditional kinds would have been.
One of the things I like to buy most of all when travelling around Japan or finding new food sources is umeboshi... it is always a lottery, but with rather favourable odds. I've had a couple of vaguely disagreeable examples (I don't like them overly salty either) but I've also had some that were sublime.
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Kurt Busch Finishes 14th in Sunday's Tums 500
October 30, 2011
MARTINSVILLE, Va. (October 30, 2011) – Shell-Pennzoil Dodge driver Kurt Busch finished 14th in today's TUMS Fast Relief 500 here at Martinsville Speedway and remains eighth in the NASCAR Sprint Cup point standings with three races remaining to determine the 2011 series champion. Even though the 2004 NASCAR champ posted his best finish here in the last nine races, his deficit to points leader Carl Edwards grew from 52 points to 58 points.
"We had a little bit of everything today with our Shell-Pennzoil Dodge," said Busch, who survived three different incidents that brought out cautions and caused him to have to play in the "catch-up mode. "We struggled a little bit during the middle part of the race and lost a lap, but we took the wave around, caught a caution and made it up. I really hate I got into Jeff Burton, but the 39 got into me and I got into Jeff. Paul Menard got into us and I spun out. The car was fine, but nobody would let you get to the inside. We decided to go for it on that last caution and got tires. We came in 14th and finished 14th, so it was a wash. We'll try to make up some points next week at Texas."
Busch started today's battle from the eighth spot after qualifying was rained out and the field set by the rule book. Busch's Dodge climbed as high as fourth in the running order at one time, but the car's handling was on edge through the majority of the race. His Steve Addington-led "Double-Deuce" crew made numerous adjustments throughout the race, fighting both loose and tight conditions.
Denny Hamlin was leading on Lap 335 when he got around putting Busch a lap down, but after pitting on Lap 364 for fresh tires, fuel and adjustments, he was able to stay out and take the wave-around to rejoin the lead lap cars on Lap 405. The most significant damage Busch sustained came when Menard made contact and sent him spinning in Turn 2 on Lap 427. He was forced to hit pit road under the 14th caution period of the race to address a severely damaged right-rear quarter-panel.
Busch pitted again for tires and fuel under the 15th caution on Lap 459. He was 19th on the restart and gained spots only two laps later when Matt Kenseth and Kyle Busch crashed. With 24 laps remaining, the 16th caution flew for Ryan Newman's spin in Turn 2.
Busch was 14th on the Lap 478 restart and was still running there when the final caution flew with five laps remaining. Busch, Addington and crew went for it, pitting for four fresh tires and hoping it would allow them to possibly sneak up into the top-10 during the final laps. Busch was 17th on the restart, but could only climb to 14th during the final three-lap dash to the checkered flag.
Tony Stewart was able to pass Jimmie Johnson on the outside with less than two laps remaining and held on to post a 0.170-second victory. Johnson finished second, with Jeff Gordon third, Kevin Harvick fourth and Hamlin fifth. Jeff Burton, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Martin Truex Jr., Edwards and Newman rounded out the top-10. A.J. Allmendinger, Casey Mears, Regan Smith, Busch and Greg Biffle completed today's top-15 finishers.
With only three races remaining, Edwards (who came back from two laps down here today to finish ninth) leads the Sprint Cup point standings with 2,273. Stewart climbed to second and has 2,265 points. Harvick is third with 2,252. Penske Racing teammate Brad Keselowski is now fourth and 27 points out of the lead after spinning out while running a strong eighth with less than three laps remaining. Kenseth fell to fifth in the standings and is 36 points out of the lead. Johnson (2,230 points) is sixth, with Kyle Busch (2,216) seventh, Kurt Busch (2,215) eighth, Earnhardt (2,200) ninth and Gordon (2,197) 10th.
The Sprint Cup tour now heads back to Texas Motor Speedway for next weekend's AAA Texas 500. Next Sunday's 334-lap, 501-mile battle on the TMS 1.5-mile quad-oval has a scheduled 2:00 p.m. CT starting time and features live coverage by ESPN-TV and PRN Radio.


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I am trying to build a Windows 8 metro style app using C# and XMAL is there a way to call a methord X times a second instead of when clicked , when touched est.
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when user hits a button X , a count down will appear on a screen , which will count down from 10 to 0.
Dont worry about getting the count down to appear just how to count down a int
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They call it snail mail, but this is ridiculous. It seems that one of the assistants at the library went on vacation a few weeks ago and sent a postcard back to the gang at work letting them know she was having a wonderful time.
But, her fellow workers didn't get the card bearing the happy news until last Thursday, and it arrived inside an envelope. Somehow a family in Foster received the card, not once, but four times over the past several weeks. It had the library's correct address and zip code, and Head Librarian Judy Bell speculates that the card must have gone through a postal machine that gave it an incorrect bar code, so no matter how many times it went back to the post office it kept getting delivered to the same address in Foster.
The family said enough is enough and put the card in an envelope and sent it along to the library with a note of explanation. "We all thought that was pretty special," Judy said.
A 13-month-old Australian shepherd, that was just days away from being put down in Tennessee, is now living the good life in Jamestown. She was originally picked up in that southern state and taken to a "kill shelter" that destroys animals that are not claimed within a week.
Fortunately, an Australian shepherd rescue group removed the dog from the shelter and placed her in a foster home in Virginia. Islander Mary Webster and her husband were visiting that state at the time and saw the dog on the Internet.
The two brought the newlynamed Luna home. Typical of the breed, the dog is blue merle with a blue eye and a brown eye. She came to the right place, because Mary told us Luna loves the water. When we commented that Luna was a lucky dog ending up here after all she had been through, Mary replied, "I'm the lucky one, I call her Bella Luna, she's very sweet."
Welcome to the island, Bella Luna.
In its first game of the season, the Jamestown Babe Ruth team beat R&R Construction 7-2 at Cardines Field in Newport behind the pitching of Matt Baptista and Marshall Vigneault.
Go, guys!
Tickets are now available for the island's most popular spring social event, Boy Scout Troop 1's annual Pasta Supper. This year's gastronomical delight will be on Saturday, May 17, at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church from 5 to 7 p.m.
When purchasing a ticket from a scout, 50 percent of the cost of the tickets, which are $9 for adults and $5 for children, go to the individual scout to help pay for any and all his fees related to any scouting event.
Be prepared to have a great time.
In observance of Arbor Day, the four kindergarten classes at the Jamestown school planted an elm tree near the little playground at the school on Melrose Avenue last Friday.
The students also wrote of their favorite things, like foods and TV shows, and the information was put into a time capsule and buried next to the tree. The capsule will be opened in 2016 when the kindergarteners are in the eighth grade.
No takers on last week's poser, "I'll be seeing you in all the old familiar places," but Larry Lewis passed on some fun trivia on "Linda," our poser on April 10.
He writes, "In 1947, songwriter Jack Lawrence owed legal fees to a certain top-level New York City show business lawyer. The lawyer told Lawrence he could pay off the debt by writing a song about this lawyer's then 5-year-old daughter, Linda. Lawrence did just that and, as noted by your readers, the song was twice a hit, in that same year.
"It was again a hit 16 years later, covered by Jan & Dean. The interesting angle to all of this is that the showbiz lawyer was Lee Eastman and his daughter, Linda, was to become the first Mrs. Paul McCartney in 1969. Linda passed tragically in 1998. Would that Sir Paul had chosen as well for his second bride!"
Thanks Larry.
Keith Godena reports that the fire station clock is fixed.
Perhaps the rising costs of food will have the beneficial effect of our eating less.
Get out of here with that boom, boom, boom before I call the cops...
*** Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
A Snapple cap moment: Beavers were once the size of bears.
*** Be true!
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I'm so sorry to learn that your "most troubling" symptom is recurring temporary amnesia -- I hope you're finding ways to cope and handle the situation. I think I'm heading in that direction (right now it's hours lost rather than whole days lost) and was shocked to read your post, to learn that someone else with MS and CCSVI has this particular symptom, too.hwebb wrote:Every month or two I lose my short-term memory for about 3 days.
I'm also very sorry that you have to go back again for another attempt, but sometimes it does take more than one widening for a vein to withstand future recoil. Sounds like your doctor knows what's going on, so I will trust that you're in good hands... no, make that great hands! (I didn't even know there's a valve at that junction -- I never thought to ask.)So likely I have an incompetent valve issue. I'll have another balloon angioplasty at the end of the month.
It's so hard to know what might cause MS- and/or CCSVI-related memory loss, of which amnesia is the most extreme example... BBB breach, iron deposition, inflammation, demyelination, lesion formation, axonal loss, atrophy? OR, could memory loss somehow be due to the disrupted blood flow in the dural sinuses?I was concerned that these amnesia events may be related to demyelination - though they have increased since I commenced my anti-demyelination drug. And none of my "demyelination symptoms" (such as sensory changes, numb fingers etc) increase during these amnesia attacks.
hwebb wrote:My neuro is keen for me to use stronger immune-system control because of these regular episodes of cognitive impairment.
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John Habib's City Sports: JV coach passed over for Central baseball jobBy JOHN HABIB
New Hampshire Union Leader
March 01. 2013 9:38PM
The Manchester Board of School Committee recently approved a teacher who has no high school coaching experience to lead the varsity baseball team at Manchester Central this spring.
Kevin O'Leary, a science teacher at Central who served as a volunteer tennis coach for one season at Memorial and coached Babe Ruth baseball in Dover, will succeed Andy Laroche, who resigned last summer.
O'Leary wasn't the choice of Manchester Public Schools athletics director Dave Gosselin. Gosselin's choice since the job was posted last summer was former Little Green baseball player Mike Cotter, who served the last seven seasons as the head JV coach at Central under Laroche.
There won't be an eighth season because Cotter announced Thursday he had submitted his resignation as JV coach.
"I want to congratulate Kevin, who is a friend and a good person I respect," said Cotter. "It's not his fault I didn't get the job. I have decided to resign as the JV coach because I don't want to be a distraction to the baseball program at Central. I am disappointed I didn't get the coaching job because Mr. Gosselin and (Central High athletics director) Jane Clayton went through the whole (interview) process and decided I was their guy to coach the varsity team."
Gosselin confirmed Cotter was his guy.
"I went to bat three times for Mike and each time his nomination was turned down," said Gosselin.
Adam Lawrence, a teacher at Manchester West, and Nick Jaskolka, a teacher at Hillside Junior High, both applied for the Central varsity baseball post. Lawrence previously served as the varsity baseball coach at West for five seasons, and Jaskolka coached at Goffstown. Last summer Jaskolka coached the Goffstown American Legion baseball program to the state final, finishing runner-up to Concord Post 21.
Lawrence and Jaskolka both graduated from Memorial, where they played baseball. On the college level, Lawrence played for Keene State and Jaskolka played for Plymouth State.
Neither turned out to be a finalist for the Central job.
The stumbling block with Cotter's nomination was that he is a paraprofessional at Manchester West.
"I work for and get paid by the Hooksett School District, not the Manchester School District," said Cotter. "But that never stopped (the Manchester Board of School Committee) from hiring me seven straight years as their JV coach. So now I wonder, what's the difference? Why is it OK to be a paraprofessional and get the JV coaching job at Central and not the varsity coaching job? I don't get it."
Gosselin couldn't answer that question because, he said, Cotter was certainly qualified for the varsity job.
"Every time Mike's name came up for nomination, his status as a paraprofessional came up and his nomination was tabled," said Gosselin. "Some board members asked me to research whether a paraprofessional has the same first bidding rights for the job as a teacher in the building."
Gosselin soon learned that a paraprofessional is actually third on the list.
"If you're a teacher in the building from the Manchester School District and you're qualified to coach, you get first consideration," said Gosselin. "The second person is a teacher outside the building, and then it's the paraprofessional."
Cotter said he's also disappointed that no school board member bothered to speak with him.
"No board member ever interviewed me," said Cotter. "You would think someone would have. It wasn't like I was coming, you know, out of no where. I played varsity baseball for Central and coached the JV team at Central for the last seven years. It's really disappointing."
Cotter said Laroche submitted a letter to Gosselin in support of Cotter as the next varsity coach.
O'Leary said he applied for the job in December after talking to Cotter.
"I asked Mike first if he would mind if I applied for the job, and Mike said he didn't mind," said O'Leary. "I really feel for Mike, but the school committee followed the (Manchester Education Association) contract."
As for his lack of coaching experience on the high school level, O'Leary said, "I feel comfortable because I know the game. Was it an ideal route to go straight to the varsity level? Probably not. But I know many of the players, and followed the team last year when I worked the scoreboard and announced the home games at Gill Stadium."
While O'Leary wasn't his top pick, Gosselin said, he fully supports the new coach.
O'Leary played for the Manchester Babe Ruth League and was a three-time all-star player. He is a graduate of Trinity High and was a Class L All-State selection as a member of the Pioneers.
"From everything I've heard from a number of people and getting to know Kevin a little through the nomination process, he's a quality person," said Gosselin. "He's earned the respect of the students and athletes at Central. He knows the game of baseball. I'm looking forward to working with him this spring."
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THE 20TH annual Manchester High School West JV Boys' Basketball Invitational begins today at 9 a.m. at Charles Quinn Gym. The 16-team single-elimination tournament features eight games today.
The match-ups are Manchester Central vs. Concord, 9 a.m.; Pinkerton vs. Dover, 10:30 a.m.; Exeter vs. Bishop Guertin, noon; Manchester West vs. Merrimack, 1:30 p.m.; Winnacunnet vs. Londonderry, 3 p.m.; Salem vs. Manchester Memorial, 4:30 p.m.; Spaulding vs. Nashua South, 6 p.m.; and Alvirne vs. Nashua North at 7:30 p.m.
On Sunday in the quarterfinals, the Spaulding-South winner plays the North-Alvirne winner at 10 a.m. and the Memorial-Salem winner plays the Londonderry-Winnacunnet winner at 11:30 a.m. The Exeter-BG winner will play the winner of West-Merrimack contest at 1 p.m. and the Central-Concord winner plays the Pinkerton-Dover winner at 2:30 p.m.
The semifinals are Sunday at 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. The championship game is Monday at 6 p.m.
"This tournament serves as the appetizer before the (Division I) varsity tournament starts," said Manchester West varsity coach Dan Bryson. "This tournament will showcase the future varsity players in the Division I League."
Winnacunnet is the defending champion of this tournament, beating Central, 40-39, in the final last year. The Little Green have finished runner-up the last two seasons and Memorial was the last city team to win the tournament, in 2011.
Admission will be charged at the door each day and a 15-game tournament pass will be offered Saturday for $12.
"City Sports" appears Saturdays in the New Hampshire Union Leader. Email staff reporter John Habib at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The new year will bring four new members to the Volusia County Council -- along with a string of not-so-new issues that could become big ones in 2013.
After a year that saw big changes of its own -- like the county's takeover of the EVAC ambulance service and consolidation of emergency dispatch -- there's still plenty left to do.
Over the next year, the council's likely to:
• Talk more urgently about SunRail. Construction on part of the commuter rail line started this year in DeBary, but Volusia officials want to bring it to Daytona Beach. A connection would link the theme parks of Orlando with the beaches of Daytona -- an idea local leaders used to justify the project when it was first forming.
An alternatives analysis planned for 2015 will help determine if and where the line extends -- and Councilman Josh Wagner said the council needs to discuss locations.
• Decide how ECHO works in the future. The taxpayer-funded Environmental, Cultural, Historical and Outdoor Recreation grant program is in the second half of its 20-year lifespan, and things are changing.
Earlier this year, the council approved spending half the remaining revenue on waterfront land, increasing public access to the ocean and rivers. At the last meeting of the year, the council also delayed the current ECHO grant cycle until spring.
Before those grants come around, the council likely will have a discussion on where to focus future ECHO money. Some of it could be used for projects like boat launches or access roads on those waterfront lands.
• Explore a commercial spaceport in Southeast Volusia. District 3 Councilwoman-elect Deb Denys met last week with Frank DiBello, the president of Space Florida, to talk about a potential launch site near the Volusia-Brevard county line.
"Private space flight is a proven job creator, and this launch complex with its related processing facilities and manufacturing plants will bring hundreds, if not thousands, of jobs to Volusia County," Denys said.
• Recruit JetBlue for Daytona Beach International Airport. The county-run airport has two airlines today -- Delta and US Airways -- but county officials are trying to attract JetBlue and its direct flights to and from New York. The only direct connections now are Atlanta and Charlotte, N.C.
The Halifax Area Ad Authority recently approved paying $150,000 of a $400,000 campaign to advertise the service if it comes true. County Manager Jim Dinneen hasn't made any predictions but has expressed optimism about JetBlue.
• Consider another parking garage in Daytona's ezone (again). Wagner made this suggestion in 2011 and didn't get very far, but he said he wants to revisit it.
His original idea was to use some of the ECHO waterfront money to build a multilevel garage just east of the Peabody Auditorium. The land is owned by Daytona Beach and leased by the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort, and Wagner said he'd been discussing a deal with both of them.
Wagner argued a large garage would provide more beach parking than a series of separate land buys, but the council rejected the idea and it didn't come back.
• Continue evolving on the beach. Another of 2012's big changes was an active shift in the way the beach runs. Aside from several rule changes, the county said it wants to scale back the law enforcement side of the Beach Patrol.
Meanwhile, incoming County Chair Jason Davis has said he wants to explore putting the Sheriff's Office in control, absorbing the Beach Patrol. The sheriff has said in the past that he's more than willing to do that.
The new council members are Davis as chairman, Denys in District 3, Doug Daniels in District 4 and Pat Patterson in District 1 -- although he's been on the council before. They outnumber incumbents Wagner, Joyce Cusack and Pat Northey.
Four seats will be back up for a vote two years from now: Patterson's, Denys', Northey's and Cusack's.
Volusia County Council looks ahead to 2013
The new year will bring four new members to the Volusia County Council -- along with a string of not-so-new issues that could become big ones in 2013.


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India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni believes his largely youthful side can put their miserable away record behind them as they prepare for their first five-Test series in England in 55 years.cricket Updated: Jul 09, 2014 05:55 IST
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni believes his largely youthful side can put their miserable away record behind them as they prepare for their first five-Test series in England in 55 years.
Dhoni's men haven't won a Test outside of India since they beat the West Indies at Kingston, Jamaica, in June 2011 - a run now stretching to more than three years and spanning 14 matches.
But wicketkeeper Dhoni, speaking at Trent Bridge where the first Test against England starts on Wednesday, insisted he had seen signs of progress on the team's two most recent tours, of South Africa and New Zealand.
"There have been a lot of changes in the Indian side in the last one-and-half or close to two years," Dhoni said on Tuesday.
"If you talk about the last two Test series that we played abroad - in South Africa and New Zealand - the performance of our team was really good.
"Though we lost both the series, we were definitely in a position to win the series," the wicketkeeper-batsman added, one of only three players in the tour squad along with seamer Ishant Sharma and back-up batsman Gautam Gambhir to have played a Test in England.
"If I compare between the first Test we played in South Africa and the last Test we played in New Zealand there has been considerable improvement."
For India, one challenge this series, as it was when they were thrashed 4-0 on their last visit to England three years ago, is taking 20 wickets a match at reasonable cost, with the strength of the current side its top-order batting.
Like many teams, India - who've won only three Test series in England, in 1971, 1986 and 2007 - are searching for a seam-bowling all-rounder.
Someone who could fit the bill in the current squad is the uncapped Stuart Binny, whose father Roger, himself an all-rounder, was one of the stars of India's 1986 tour of England.
"We have always talked about not having that genuine seaming all-rounder because of that we have to play with three fast bowlers and one spinner and if the pitch is not turning then a lot of effort, work needs to be shared by the fast bowlers," Dhoni explained.
"Stuart is someone who can bowl a bit and at the same time bat as well. If we can give him enough chance and groom him, then he can be someone who can do that job for us in the next six months.
"He won't be as good as someone like (South Africa's Jacques) Kallis but he can be someone who can bowl that 10 overs and bat a bit, he has got the talent."
Meanwhile, Dhoni said he welcomed the input of now retired India great Rahul Dravid, the captain of the 2007 side that triumphed in England.
"We want a mentor with the side, who can talk about his past experiences over here," explained Dhoni.
"It's all about him interacting with the youngsters, and they are also comfortable talking to him."
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"Coffee, Gossip and math" will be discussed by Clarkson University Prof. Kathleen R. Fowler at the next Science Cafe at Jack & Wezzie's Coffee House (formerly Fields Coffee House) in Potsdam this Wednesday, November 12, at 7:30 p.m.
Fowler and guests at the Cafe will discuss the mathematical modeling process and then brainstorm a model for a topic chosen by an audience member.
Science Cafes bring together scientists and townspeople in a relaxed, informal setting, where a guest scientist makes a short presentation about a topic in his or her field, and then opens up the floor to discussion.
In describing her presentation, Fowler says, "It is surprising how mathematics can be used to aid in making predictions, decisions, and understanding the world around us. For example, Newton's simple law of cooling can help you calculate when your coffee will cool down enough to take a sip.
"Suppose that you start a rumor that we are getting a casino on Market Street. Mathematics can help predict when the entire village will hear this news.
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Pilgrim Fathers
Pilgrim Fathers, the name of a group of English Congregationalists who came to America on the Mayflower, arriving in Massachusetts on 11 December 1620, the first settlers in this area. These English Separatists had lived for some time at Leiden in the Netherlands. In their strict church life they were somewhat akin to the Anabaptists. They were influenced in the origin of their group (about 1595) by Dutch Mennonites, but soon adopted more Caivinistic views on baptism and predestination.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: III, 375.
Herzog, J. J. and Albert Hauck, Realencyclopedie für Protestantische Theologie and Kirche, 24 vols. 3. ed. Leipzig: J. H. Hinrichs, 1896-1913: X, 684 f.
Plooy, D. De "Pilgrim Fathers." Utrecht, 1919.
Wood, H. G. Venturers for the Kingdom. London, 1919.
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Neff, Christian. "Pilgrim Fathers." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 16 Oct 2018. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Pilgrim_Fathers&oldid=141342.
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Neff, Christian. (1959). Pilgrim Fathers. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 October 2018, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Pilgrim_Fathers&oldid=141342.
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Ronald W. York, 71, of Spencer, passed away at his residence on Sunday, June 17, 2012. He was born in Newport News, Virginia on March 12, 1941 to Marion W. and Cecelia (Zepnikowski) York. His family moved to Okinawa in 1951. There he was an Eagle Scout and a member of the Order of the Arrow. He graduated from Kubasaki High School in 1959. He returned to the states and attended the University of Cincinnati and Xavier University. He worked 30 years at RCA as a Senior Consumer Analyst and then at the Jackson Creek Kroger store for 11 years.
Mr. York is survived by his wife of 43 years, Linda (Reeves) York; children, Michael (Alicia) York of Wheaton, Illinois and Wendy York of Spencer; brother, Jerome (Carol) Ronald W. York York of Murphy, North Carolina; and a granddaughter, Audra Elaine York.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Thomas York.
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Last week, RTD's service was disrupted by the more than one-third of all RTD Stockton Metro operators who did not show up to work.
Last week, RTD's service was disrupted by the more than one-third of all RTD Stockton Metro operators who did not show up to work.
I want to apologize to our customers for the inconvenience these actions caused, and I want to thank the many employees who did come to work and helped maintain service to our customers.
While RTD had to suspend service on some Stockton Metro routes, it was able to accommodate many customers travelling to and from school and work with its Hopper and Commuter routes, which are operated through a contract with MV Transportation. As a result, RTD was able to deliver over 90 percent of our scheduled hours and serve over 95 percent of our customers on Tuesday thanks to RTD operators, contract operators, and even supervisors who drove our buses.
By Wednesday morning, all routes were operating regularly, despite RTD still having more than one-third of its Stockton Metro operators on the sick list.
What is causing this?
In light of significantly reduced transit funding since 2008, RTD has had to reduce service and expenses. RTD has also worked to reduce the overtime it must pay. In 2012, an arbitrator agreed to a new provision in the collective bargaining agreement that requires payment of overtime only after 40 hours "worked" per week, rather than after 8 hours per day.
This was part of a package of strategies designed to reduce excessive operator absenteeism, which has a huge impact on operating costs and has been at the center of nearly every labor/management dispute at RTD.
Fortunately these essential, though unpopular, strategies have worked: last month's absenteeism rate was 9 percent - the lowest it has been in over a decade. When I arrived at RTD in 2000, operator absenteeism was between 25 and 42 percent every day.
What sparked the recent controversy? Three times each year, in compliance with the bargaining agreement, RTD develops a new set of operator work assignments (runcut), and operators select new work for the covered period. RTD develops its runcuts to be as financially efficient as possible, while also creating the best work possible for its operators. In some cases, work assignments have overtime built in. But for the most part, especially recently, individual assignments are designed to be as close to 8 hours per day as possible. Some work assignments end up less than 8 hours of work, but all operators who report to work as scheduled are guaranteed at least 8 hours of pay for that day.
The most recent runcut requires fewer full-time employees than the previous one, due to recent service changes, and enables RTD to not demote or lay off any employees in the hopes that federal funds, currently on hold due to a protest by transit unions - including RTD's union - will soon be released. If that occurs, RTD plans to add service on routes that have high ridership demand. But for now, overtime is limited.
Union officials reported some operators were upset by the lack of opportunity to earn overtime in RTD's latest runcut, and this appears to be the reason for the recent actions. I met with those union officials to discuss possible solutions and believed we had an agreement to avoid any service disruptions.
Regrettably, many operators deliberately decided not to come to work last week - on the first day of school for Stockton Unified School District - knowing their absence could compromise thousands of students who rely on RTD to get to school each day.
I am disappointed that our efforts to avoid demotions and layoffs was answered by unusually high absenteeism, which we believe is a union-organized activity.
I started my transit career as a part-time bus operator (and union member!) while raising six kids on my own and working full-time as a teacher. I understand and appreciate the work that all of our employees do to serve our customers. I hope that union officials will try to understand my responsibilities to our customers, community, and taxpayers.
Donna DeMartino, San Joaquin RTD's general manager and CEO since 2001, has worked in the transit industry for more than 25 years, having started as a part-time coach operator at Sacramento Regional Transit.


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TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese high court has acquitted a key political power broker, saying there was no evidence he committed a crime during a 2004 land deal.
The Tokyo High Court's acquittal Monday clears the way for Ichiro Ozawa to exert sway in looming parliamentary elections.
The 70-year-old was charged last year with violating political funding laws. The high court upheld a lower court's ruling that there was no evidence to support claims that Ozawa's aides acted under his orders and doctored accounting records in the land deal.
While the scandal has damaged Ozawa's chances of becoming prime minister, he has kept wielding political influence. In October, he and 48 followers broke away from the Democrats and launched their own party after opposing a tax hike plan.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (April 25, 2012) – Fresh off an individual victory at the 2012 Atlantic Sun Conference women's golf championships, ETSU freshman Gabriella Wahl (Heidenheim, Germany) was named the league's freshman of the year on Wednesday.
In addition, Wahl was joined by sophomore Sian Evans (Gillingham, England) on the All-Atlantic Sun Conference first team, while senior Mayte Vizcarrondo (Cadiz, Spain) earned second team honors. Wahl was an unanimous first-team pick, as voted by the league's coaches.
"It is very exciting to not only celebrate the honors earned but to look ahead to next season with such a team of determined young ladies," said ETSU head coach Stefanie Shelton. "Earning the second straight freshman of the year indicates the level of talent this team is bearing. Sian had another consistent year with strong performances that led the team to many of our best finishes. She had health issues this year that could have held her back, but she fought through them and earned her first team honor with her best scoring average and many top finishes.
"Gabriella had a 71.6 scoring average this spring. She works extremely hard on her game and expects to always be great. Her game came together this spring and she went off winning our final two events with under-par scores. I am proud of her honors and expect her to earn many more during her career. Mayte has been a very consistent talent throughout her career. I was extrememly proud of her final performance at conference. She left her heart out there on the golf course and I am very proud that her year long efforts earned her all conference honors. She will be missed, but I know she has helped this team reach new levels of success."
Stetson's Alexandria Buelow made it a perfect three-for-three for her career as she earned her third-straight A-Sun Women's Golfer of the Year honor, becoming the only student-athlete in A-Sun women's golf history to win three Golfer of the Year awards.
Buelow also landed unanimous first team all-conference honors alongside Wahl. Wahl caught the attention of the league by winning the 2012 A-Sun Championship individual medalist honors after defeating Mercer's Lacey Fears in a two-hole playoff. A sophomore, Fears garnered first-team distinction for the first time in her career.
Kennesaw State's Ket Preamcheun and Evans completed the first team as the Owls and Buccaneers each placed three student-athletes on the all-conference teams. For Preamchuen, it marks her third-straight year with first-team honors joining Buelow as two of 21 A-Sun student-athletes to receive three all-conference honors. Buelow's senior teammate Lauren Cate also achieved the feat by earning second-team recognition in 2012.
Two Owls landed second-team honors as freshmen Léa Charpier and Ines Lescudier were joined by Jacksonville freshman Natalie Schmett. Vizcarrondo accompanied Mercer's Mary Alice Murphy to complete the second team.
Wahl and Schmett led the All-Freshmen Team which included three Kennesaw State first-year players; Charpier, Lescudier and Kaew Preamchuen. Mercer's Sarah Louie Brown capped the six-person all-freshmen team.
Kennesaw State Head Coach Rhyll Brinsmead received the A-Sun Coach of the Year honors after guiding the Owls to a four-stroke victory at the 2012 Atlantic Sun Women's Golf Championship. It marked the first team title in Owls' program history and the first Coach of the Year honors for the fifth-year head coach.


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A visit from Mr. No It All
A visit from Mr. No It All and his crack team of researchers, the Googlamaniacs, is long overdue.
Mr. No It All is that one person we can depend on to debunk accepted myths, rumors, and hearsay, to show us just how gullible, naive, and dumb we really are.
The Googlamaniacs have taken nanoseconds of their valuable time to assist Mr. No It All. By borrowing, or just out-and-out stealing, from the best sources on the World Wide Web, they have brought you this pertinent information that until now you never thought you could live without.
We'll start with that commonly accepted myth about the Great Wall of China. Is it the only manmade structure that can be seen from space or the moon with the naked eye?
As expected, Mr. No It All says, "No! Absolutely not!"
According to the astronauts, no manmade structure is visible with the naked eye above an altitude of a few thousand miles. Forget about seeing anything definitive from the moon, which is about 240,000 miles away. Oceans and continents are fuzzy from that distance without the aid of a telescope.
The astronauts claim that manmade objects like highways, buildings, airports and the Great Wall can be seen from low Earth orbit. That's about 200 miles above sea level. Beyond that, things start getting obscure.
This is a question in the board game Trivial Pursuit, and the answer is wrong. People believe the information from that American icon of allegedly accurate information more than they believe encyclopedias. Just goes to show you how much faith you can have in their research.
The next generally accepted myth is that we use only 10 percent of our brains. Is it so?
Again, Mr. No It All says, "No! Don't be ridiculous!"
Some insignificant psychologists in the early 20th century started a rumor that human beings use only 10 percent of their brains. A few years later, renowned theoretical physicist Albert Einstein concurred and said that we used only a small portion of our brains.
Today's scientists agree that the 10-percent theory is total myth and completely unfounded.
If we were to believe that we only needed 10 percent of our brains, then we would be able to remove 90 percent of the brain and still be able to function normally. Ask any doctor and you will be told that damage to even a small area of any section of the brain can have disastrous results.
Imaging in brain scans reveals that all parts of the brain are used for different activities. Many areas are required for complex activities and thought processes.
If this were not the case, then why do neurosurgeons so carefully and meticulously map the brain before removing tumors? They do so because they do not want to compromise essential areas.
Evolution dictates that it is highly unlikely that our comparatively larger brains would have evolved from our ancestors if the extra areas were superfluous to our needs. According to medical doctors and educators, there is no evidence to support the 10-percent brain-use theory.
Maybe you'll think twice before you participate in any activity that will deprive the brain of oxygen. Smoking, drinking alcohol and most other mind-altering substances kill brain cells. Few of us can afford to lose the ones that are functioning.
Here's one that most of us who own computers use incorrectly every day.
Are the Internet and the World Wide Web one in the same?
Mr. No It All and the Googlamaniacs say, "No, they are separate entities!" Every day we see the word "Internet" and the term "World Wide Web" used interchangeably. However, though similar, they are not the same thing.
The Internet is a network of networks that links together computers around the world. A variety of computer languages called "protocols" allow any two computers connected to the Internet to communicate with one another.
The World Wide Web is an information-sharing model that is built on top of the Internet. It is an Internet application that is one of the protocols by which information is provided. Applications like Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari allow you to view documents on the World Wide Web.
The Internet does not need the Web to function. However, the Web cannot work without the Internet.
Mr. No It All will tell you that myth, rumor and hearsay all contribute to why we live in a system we can't understand.


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Suddenly slumping Sox smackedThe Sports Xchange
May 08. 2013 11:31PM
BOSTON - The Minnesota Twins, a team hitting just .239 entering Wednesday night, scored 11 runs in the first two innings and then cruised to a 15-8 win over the slumping Boston Red Sox.
Oswaldo Arcia stroked four hits, Pedro Florimon and Ryan Doumit homered and the Twins (15-15) collected 17 hits off loser Allen Webster (0-1) and Felix Doubront in the first seven innings (19 overall) and sent the Red Sox to their fifth loss in the last six games.
The loss dropped Boston, which has been in or tied for first place every day this season, into a tie with the victorious Orioles, both teams at 21-13.
Floriman had a solo homer and two-run double in a seven-run second inning, and Justin Morneau and Trevor Plouffe also drove in three runs.
Former Red Sox farmhand Ryan Pressly, a Rule 5 selection by the Twins, worked four effective innings in relief of Pedro Hernandez for his first major-league win.
Doumit, who homered for the second straight night, officially had three hits but really had four. His seventh inning drive to left-center should have been a double, but confusion on the base paths led to the Twins running into a double play.
Jonny Gomes drove in five runs for the Red Sox, four with a first-inning grand slam that tied the game 4-4.
David Ortiz went 0-for-5, ending his season-opening 15-game hitting streak. He had hit in his last 27 games, dating to last July.
Webster was called up to start in place of the struggling Doubront, who was moved to the bullpen. Doubront wound up in the game in the second inning.
Webster started and ended the first with strikeouts, but back-to-back walks to Joe Mauer and Josh Willingham started the trouble for Boston. Morneau doubled home a run, Plouffe's sacrifice fly to deep center made it 2-0, and Doumit then hit his second homer in his last three at-bats to make it 4-0.
It took Webster 31 pitches to get through the inning. It then took Hernandez 29 to get out of the bottom half, the first inning taking 37 minutes to complete. Neither starter made it to the third inning.
The Red Sox's first also started with a strikeout, but Shane Victorino then laid down a perfect bunt for a hit and moved to third on Dustin Pedroia's single off the Green Monster. Ortiz struck out, but Mike Napoli walked before Gomes launched his no-doubter, his fourth career grand slam and his first since hitting one at Minnesota last July.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia then doubled before Stephen Drew dropped a single in front of Arcia in right field. The inning ended when Drew was thrown out trying for a double.
Florimon opened the second with his second major-league homer, batting lefty; he ended the seven-run outburst with a two-run double, hitting right-handed. Florimon's double came after a two-run double by Aaron Hicks.
The Twins scored on a double-play grounder in the fourth, and they made it 14-6 on an RBI single by Plouffe and a run-scoring double by Arcia, his fourth hit, in the fifth.
NOTES: Ortiz denied PED use is a reason for his torrid start. "They test me all the time," he told the Boston Globe in a lengthy interview. "They make you pee and they test your blood, too. This year I would say I've probably been tested five times, peeing. Blood, just once. That was in spring training. They don't warn you. They just show up." He said hard work is the key to his success. ... Wednesday marked the 40th anniversary of the first use of the DH, with former Yankee Ron Blomberg, the first DH to bat, and Sox counterpart Orlando Cepeda honored before the game. ... Red Sox 3B Will Middlebrooks (ribs) and C David Ross (thigh, knee), who collided and then hit a barrier as Middlebrooks caught a foul pop Tuesday night, didn't start Wednesday, although Ross was available if needed. Middlebrooks wanted to play but was held out after a CT scan showed no rib fractures; the club was still awaiting MRI results. ... Minnesota's Kevin Correia faces John Lackey in Thursday night's series finale.


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Happy Birthday Lucy Lawless
We here at Gunaxin aren't shy about expressing our fondness for Lucy Lawless. The star of Xena: Warrior Princess, Battlestar Galactica and Spartacus: Blood and Sand (and its prequel) just keeps getting hotter the older she gets. And today the lovely New Zealander turns 43. Amazing. She looks better than most chicks do at 30. Best of all, she's not afraid to display her assets as she did on several occasions during Blood and Sand and Gods of the Arena. Happy birthday, Lucy. We bow to your beauty.


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When you are preparing for a baby — especially a first baby — the urge to buy everything everyone says you'll need is almost too much to resist. But for your sake — resist. Many baby products have an extremely limited lifespan or are completely unnecessary. For the low-down on what you don't need when shopping for a baby, check out our list of 10 baby products that you should never put on your baby registry, buy for yourself, or give as a present.
1. A Bassinet
Yes, you will probably want something smaller than a crib near your bed for the first three months or so of your baby's life for easy night feeding, but skip the expensive, bulky bassinet — especially if you're short on space or cash. A Moses basket on a rocking stand has a much smaller footprint, and the basket easily travels from room to room. Keep in mind that neither a bassinet nor Moses basket should be used past its weight limit or once the baby can push up or roll over — three months is a general guideline.
2. Expensive Crib Bedding Packages
The crib is the piece de resistance in the modern nursery, and the bedding sets the tone for the room, but those $300 packages often include unnecessary bumpers, blankets, and pillows — none of which are recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics due to SIDS concerns. Find a couple of cute, decor-pleasing fitted sheets, and you're good to go, with plenty of cash to spare.
3. Shoes for Newborns
This one is hard to resist. There's possibly nothing cuter in newborn fashion than the world's tiniest baby shoes. There's also nothing more pointless. Newborns are barely even aware they have feet, let alone concerned with what they'll eventually use them for. To keep toes toasty, opt for warm baby booties or socks, depending on the season. Even the most ambitious baby won't start to walk until 9 months old.
4. A Sleep Positioner
Both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission have warned that infant sleep positioners are dangerous and should not be used. Babies should fall asleep on their backs until they are old enough to roll themselves over. If you want to keep your baby in place, try a swaddling blanket or a "cheater" swaddling blanket, such as the Miracle Blanket. They keep babies feeling secure — and limbs from flailing — safely.
5. A Changing Table
The best way to optimize space — and purchases — is to make items do double-duty. Nowhere is this more apparent than with the changing table/dresser combination. Buy a dresser that tops out at about waist height, put a changing pad on top, and voila, you have also just created the perfect changing table — two necessary baby units in one. Adhere the pad with stick-on Velcro if you're really worried about it slipping, and you can stash diapers and supplies in the top drawers, while using the rest for all those adorable baby clothes.
6. Baby Bucket or Tummy Tub
When babies are very small, they don't need baths — a simple warm washrag will do just fine. And by the time you really do need to dunk them, most won't enjoy being stuffed into an expensive bucket. One caveat: If reviewers are to be believed, babies with colic do like the tub — but then, do you really want to bet that you're going to be birthing a colic-y baby? Get a simple, inexpensive bath seat (one that works in the sink does double-duty), and pass it to a friend when your baby graduates to the tub.
7. Bottle Warmers
Going without this item saves you time, money, and effort. Room temperature milk (breast or formula) is the way to go from the beginning. If your darling son or daughter insists on warm liquids, put your cold bottle in a bowl of warm water for a few minutes and then do a quick liquid-on-the-wrist test to check temperature. Take the money you saved and put it toward BPA-free bottles and, for picky eaters, a variety of different nipple flow types.
8. Wipe Warmer
Another thing that doesn't need to be warmed? Baby wipes. After all, they shouldn't be that cold if you live in a heated home, and do you really want get your child used to warm wipes when you won't always be in changing distance of your warmer? Not to mention the electricity waste. Just buy lots of wipes, and if you end up with a screamer at diaper time, re-evaluate your options from there.
9. Cashmere
Babies don't appreciate fine fabrics, and whatever you buy for them will be spit-up on, peed on, and, occasionally, pooped on in a most unpleasant way. Throw cashmere out the window (do you really want to be hand-washing a $200 cashmere baby sweater praying that the stains come out?) and embrace cotton. Many companies now have soft organic cottons that rival cashmere in softness while faring much better in the washing machine. Use the money you saved on a new outfit for yourself.
10. Anything New That You Can Get Used
New parents often assume they're doing their children a disservice by picking up used baby goods. Parents who've been around the block, however, know to scour garage sales, Craigslist, eBay, and the like to score perfectly good gear at a small fraction of the original cost. If you're a design-hound, think of it this way: buying used is a great way to score designer goods at prices well below retail of even the ugliest plastic baby gear. And you're doing the environment a favor, as well. Just make sure to check expiration dates on car seats and recall notices on items such as cribs and baby jumpers.


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Excelsior Springs, Missouri, is said to have natural mineral waters with soothing effects. The Elms Hotel & Spa was built as a stately haven for visitors to the springs; its guest list has included Al Capone, "Pretty Boy" Floyd, and President Harry Truman, who stayed at the hotel on the night of his memorable "Dewey Defeats Truman" re-election in 1948. A $16 million renovation in the late '90s restored the Bavarian-style limestone building to its former grandeur. Today, The Elms Hotel & Spa is a draw of its own for its updated european spa. Here, you can take it easy inside a secluded grotto with steam showers and a bar stocked with exfoliating herbs and sea salts.
At the hotel's restaurant, 88 at The Elms, chefs use locally sourced ingredients and seasonal produce grown on site to craft the entrees on a gourmet dinner menu. Smoked-shallot butter adds a zesty touch to the 12-ounce pan-seared rib eye. The restaurant also serves blueberry-quinoa pancakes for breakfast and lighter entrees and sandwiches at lunch.
In the guest rooms, there are memory-foam mattress and several contemporary amenities, including Keurig coffeemakers and iPod docking stations.
Excelsior Springs, Missouri: Historic Mineral-Spring Town Outside Kansas City
Excelsior Springs lies about 35 minutes northeast of Kansas City, along the banks of the East Fork Fishing River. The town made a name for itself after a natural spring unexpectedly spouted up near the river. The Excelsior Springs Hall of Waters & Cultural Museum is housed in a former 1930s bathhouse in an art-deco building hung with brilliant chandeliers, It has one of the world's longest water bars and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Outside the museum, in downtown Excelsior Springs, there are craft shops, boutiques, and florists inside vintage redbrick buildings. Since Excelsior Springs sits in a riverside valley, there are several wineries in town and wine tastings are popular with tourists.
If you're visiting the region for the first time, consider a side trip up to Kansas City, where the ratio of fountains to barbecue joints is roughly 2:1—as in, 200-plus public fountains and more than 90 restaurants where you can order the city's signature slow-smoked meat.. Add a die-hard sports community and a downtown area named one of America's best by Forbes magazine, and the at-times overlooked Kansas City has all the makings of a memorable getaway: culture, Midwestern charm, and an endless supply of sauce-slathered ribs.


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