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You know how you get hooked on a food, only to discover that it�s just not that easy to find at local grocery stores?
Last year, when I was working a temp job at a huge company that had its own cafe, I became known as the pretzel bread girl. I�m not ashamed. The menu offered a barbecue sandwich on the dark brown, salty bread, and after a few of those, I just started ordering the bread without the filling. Slathered with mustard, the roll made the perfect 2 p.m. pick-me-up with a cup of their organic coffee. Sniff. I miss that place.
But, after that contract expired, I was left without a job and, maybe worse, without pretzel bread. I know it�s a common item on menus up north, but here it�s as scarce as a fan of Nicki Minaj�s judging capabilities.
So, the only solution is to make soft pretzel rolls at home. Turns out, it�s not that hard, and there�s a secret step that creates that shiny, mahogany crust. You boil them like bagels, except you use a different solution. Bagels are usually boiled in a malted sugar solution before they are baked. With pretzel bread, you use baking soda. The alkaline solution helps form that iconic crust during the rolls� brief baking period. Cool, huh?
I did a little research (OK, I surfed the net) and found some people who didn�t want to go to all the trouble of boiling 2 quarts of water and adding some baking soda. Instead, they brushed the solution on the rolls. I think it�s funny that they would take the time and effort of letting the dough rise and forming and kneading the rolls and then complain about having to boil some water.
Anyway, a note of caution, add the baking soda to the boiling water by the tablespoon. If you pour it all in at once � well, you remember those volcanoes you made for science class. If you want a great snack for the upcoming basketball tournament, divide the dough into 12 cigar-shaped rolls and reduce the baking time by 3-4 minutes. Serve with plenty of Dijon mustard for dipping.
1� cups of water at 110 degrees
1 packet active yeast
2 tsp. sugar
4� cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. salt
4 Tbs. unsalted butter, melted
2 quarts water
� cup baking soda
1 egg, beaten, combined with 1 tsp. water
Sea salt
Warm the bowl of a stand mixer by filling it with hot water. Dump the water out and add the warm water, yeast and sugar to the bowl. Let stand for 5 minutes, until foamy. Add 4 cups of the flour, the salt and butter and, using the dough hook attachment, mix thoroughly. Add the remaining flour as needed until the dough is soft and only slightly sticky. Cover the bowl and let the dough rise for an hour.
Line a baking sheet with parchment or a silicone baking mat. Divide the dough into eight pieces. Form rolls by pulling four corners of each piece toward the center and pinching. Place the dough on a floured surface and roll with the flat of your palm 1 to 2 minutes until you have a firm ball. Repeat with each piece. Place the balls, seam side down, on the baking sheet and cover with a towel. Let them rest for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bring the water to a boil and gradually add the baking soda. Using a large slotted spoon, place two of the rolls in the boiling water. Turn them over after 30 seconds and boil another 30 seconds. Remove them from the water and place them back on the baking sheet. Repeat with remaining rolls.
Brush each roll with the egg and water mixture and slice a shallow X into each one with a sharp knife. Sprinkle with sea salt. Bake 15-20 minutes, until the rolls are dark brown and shiny.


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Yankees draft Mariano's son in 29th round
NEW YORK -- He's a starting pitcher. He wears No. 6. His out pitch is a slider.
Those are just three attributes that distinguish Mariano Rivera III from his iconic father. But one similarity is now unavoidable. He is a Yankee.
NEW YORK -- He's a starting pitcher. He wears No. 6. His out pitch is a slider.
Those are just three attributes that distinguish Mariano Rivera III from his iconic father. But one similarity is now unavoidable. He is a Yankee.
With the 872nd pick in the 29th round of the First-Year Player Draft, New York selected righty pitcher Mariano Rivera III, son of the Yankees legend and arguably the greatest closer in baseball history.
"Kind of neat," manager Joe Girardi said. "I know he comes from good bloodlines."
"It was amazing, a good feeling," Rivera said of getting drafted. "Some random number called me and I got it saying, 'Maybe this could be,' and it was. Pretty exciting."
A 5-foot-11 redshirt sophomore from Iona College, Rivera started 12 games for the Gaels in 2014, going 2-6 with a 5.40 ERA over 70 innings. He threw five complete games in that span, allowing opponents a .269 batting average.
"Despite the fact I got drafted by the same team my dad was playing for, I still want to be my own person," he said. "Still want to become a ballplayer on my own terms."
The young Rivera grew up in Harrison, N.Y., where he played many high school sports, including track and field, soccer and wrestling. During his time at Iona Prep though, Rivera saw little time on the baseball field, mostly pinch-running, and never played his senior year.
Instead, Rivera worked out on his own to prepare for summer ball, and after one semester at Quinnipiac, Iona College head coach Pat Carey, who caught Rivera a few times the summer after high school, took him in as a transfer.
"He's been awesome," Rivera said. "He really has helped me out, He's always there for me and always pushing me to do better and just keep on going, [telling me] don't be satisfied with what I'm doing."
Rivera finished the 2014 season with an uneven stat line, but some scouts believe he has good potential. After having just a few years of experience as a starting pitcher, Rivera's arm is still fresh and developing. His velocity, originally in the high 80s in his high school days, was clocked this spring in the low 90s.
"You're not talking about a front-of-the-line Draft guy, but with the late development and the genetics, he's gotten people to take a little notice," an American League scout told the New York Post.
"His velocity, he's gotten bigger and stronger and it's increased," Girardi said. "Mo didn't have much to say. He's always been a humble guy, and he wasn't going to say much about his son, but he likes what he's doing."
Rivera will follow in the line of other recently drafted sons of Yankees greats. The Yankees took Josh Pettitte in the 37th round in last year's Draft before he decided to go to college, while Koby Clemens climbed to Triple-A through the Houston Astros organization. He currently plays in the independent league. Rivera though doesn't want to just be another name, forever in the shadow of his father.
"I want to be remembered," he told SB Nation. "I want to be one of those guys that you read about later in life, that you tell your kids about. ... I want to play this game, because No. 1, I love it. And No. 2, I want to be good at it. I don't want to be just another guy who made it to the bigs and was good, but never great."
Rivera said his arsenal consists of five pitches: a four-seam fastball, a sinker, a split changeup, a curveball and a slider. He tinkered with his father's cut fastball, but it never felt natural.
What's he up to now? Rivera is playing summer ball for the Laconia Muskrats, located in New Hampshire as part of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. Whether he'll officially sign is still up in the air.
"It depends," Rivera said after admitting he still needed to call his father. "[The Yankees] told me they were going to draft me and they were going to come up and see me throw a 'pen for them or in a game, and make an offer for me there. So what they offer me will be the determining factor of whether I decide to sign right there."
Jake Kring-Schreifels is an associate reporter for MLB.com.

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County Attorney Heed announces resignationBy MEGHAN PIERCE
Union Leader Correspondent
December 21. 2012 12:12AM
Heed, 62, plans to join Abramson, Brown and Dugan, a private Manchester law practice known for representing plaintiffs' in medical malpractice cases.
"It's pretty exciting. It's going to be a change for me," Heed said.
Heed, who lives with his wife in Westmoreland, which is just outside of Keene, said the plan is for the law firm to establish a Keene office that Heed would run.
"They are a highly regarded plaintiff litigation firm that focuses primarily on medical malpractice and other serious cases," Heed said. "They're terrific attorneys. It will be an honor to be associated with them and work on a new office over here."
Heed told the Cheshire County delegation about his retirement in a letter Friday.
"We were counting on him being sworn in on the second of January. Mainly it's a big surprise," said John Pratt, chairman of the Cheshire County Commission.
According to a new state law enacted in 2011, the county delegation is charged with hiring Heed's replacement. In the past, a county attorney who left before his or her term was up would have been replaced by a candidate chosen by the state court, Pratt said.
"The commissioner's point of view is he's been a very good county attorney, and we're going to miss him," Pratt said.
Heed said he didn't plan to retire from public office this soon, but when the opportunity came up he wanted to take it.
"I'm able to retire at this point from public service. It's meant a huge amount to me to be a prosecutor and county attorney," Heed said. "It's been wonderful, and I've really enjoyed it."
Heed started his career in homicide prosecution for the N.H. Attorney General's Office in the 1970s. In 1980, he moved to the Keene area to enter private practice. After almost 20 years in the private sector, Heed ran for Cheshire County Attorney in 1999 and won. He served from 2000 to 2003, when he became N.H. attorney general. Heed resigned as attorney general in 2004 and has served as Cheshire County Attorney since 2006.
Pratt said the county delegation plans to advertise for the position and go through a hiring process to fill the position.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Sen. Claire McCaskill has long been a vocal advocate for victims of sexual assault in the military, so the Missouri Democrat said she was surprised to be singled out in newspaper and Facebook ads calling her a roadblock to reforming the way cases are prosecuted.
Protect Our Defenders, a Washington-based advocacy group for military victims of sexual assault, took aim at McCaskill over her opposition to an amendment proposed by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. Gillibrand's proposal would authorize military lawyers — rather than commanding officers — to decide which cases go to trial.
Gillibrand believes she has support of 41 other senators, but she needs 51. McCaskill is not among them because she instead favors reforms approved in the Senate Armed Services Committee and adopted by the House — measures that McCaskill helped write.
Protect Our Defenders purchased a half-page ad in Tuesday's St. Louis Post-Dispatch that included an open letter to McCaskill from Terri Odom, a St. Louis-area Navy veteran who said she was "raped and left for dead" by a superior in 1987. The group said it also plans ads on Facebook that specifically target McCaskill.
"Without your support, perpetrators may continue to go free; victims will be too afraid to come forward; and our military readiness will suffer," Odom wrote in the newspaper ad.
McCaskill found the ad puzzling given her history of criticism of the military's handling of sexual assault cases.
"I think it's unfair," McCaskill said in an interview. "It's pretty hard to look at the facts and not realize that I've been at the forefront and trying to get at this problem in a way that will protect victims and result in more prosecutions and more lengthy prison sentences for perpetrators."
Even Gillibrand's office declined to criticize McCaskill.
"Senators Gillibrand and McCaskill have been working closely together on a number of reforms to combat the epidemic of sexual assault in the military," Gillibrand spokeswoman Bethany Lesser said in a statement. "While they may not agree on every reform, they share the same goals."
McCaskill, who turned 60 on Wednesday, is a senior member of the Armed Services Committee and the daughter of a World War II veteran. She and other female members of the committee have complained that the military's reporting process fails to recognize the seriousness of rape. She is co-sponsor of a bill that would require any service member found guilty of rape or sexual assault to receive a minimum punishment of a dismissal or a dishonorable discharge.
McCaskill is blocking the nomination of Air Force Lt. Gen. Susan Helms to serve as vice commander of the U.S. Space Command because Helms overruled a military jury's conviction of captain who had been found guilty of sexually assaulting a female lieutenant.
The handling of military sexual assault cases drew renewed attention in November after Lt. Col. James Wilkerson, a former inspector general at Aviano Air Base in Italy, was found guilty by a military panel of abusive sexual contact and aggravated sexual assault. He was sentenced to a year in prison and dismissal from the service.
But Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin, commander of the 3rd Air Force in Germany overturned the guilty verdict, saying he found Wilkerson and his wife more believable than the alleged victim.
A Pentagon report estimated that 26,000 members of the military experienced unwanted sexual contact in 2012. But most cases go unreported, in part because of victim concerns about retaliation.
The plan backed by McCaskill calls for taking away the authority to reverse courts-martial rulings. It also establishes dismissal or dishonorable discharge as the mandatory minimum sentence under military law for service members found guilty of rape, sexual assault, forcible sodomy or an attempt to commit those offenses.
Commanders also would be barred from reducing or commuting the minimum sentence except in situations where the accused substantially aided the government in the investigation or prosecution of another assailant.
The measure stops short of taking those cases outside the chain of command, as Gillibrand's bill proposes.
On Wednesday, Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., stepped up his opposition to Gillibrand's legislation, releasing two letters from senior Defense Department officials that support keeping commanders involved in decisions on whether to prosecute sexual assault cases.
Odom, 48, of Imperial, Mo., told The Associated Press that she is a longtime supporter of McCaskill and campaigned for her re-election in 2012.
"I just worship her, and my heart's broken that she has taken this stance," Odom said.
Odom was serving in Sicily 27 years ago when a superior asked to walk her home. She said that when they got to her apartment he raped her and violently beat her, leaving her for dead in a pool of blood.
Each time Odom tried to report the crime she was dismissed or told to keep quiet, she said. The lack of support led to suicide attempts. Odom said she became pregnant by the rape and was forced to have an abortion.
"Everyone who talks to you tells you this was your fault," she said. "It re-victimized me a thousand times over."
McCaskill, a former prosecutor for Jackson County, Mo., which includes Kansas City, believes removing the chain of command will actually hinder, rather than help, prosecutions, and could lead to even more retaliation against victims.
She said she plans to reach out to Odom.
"I look forward to talking to her in person about this because I think when she hears some of the facts we've been able to gather around these reforms, she'll realize the approach that we're taking will protect victims more from retaliation," McCaskill said.


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posted by David Adams on Wed 6th Aug 2008 15:28 UTC, submitted by estherschindler
In an "as told to" article for CIO.com, Linus Torvalds explains how he keeps the Linux people and software on-track. Arguably the most surprising facet of Linus' management style is that he's perfectly willing to flame people when he thinks they're wrong--though he's also happy to be corrected himself. "Part of that, by the way, is not feeling shy about saying impolite things or showing some emotion. So I'd rather flame people for doing stupid things and call them stupid, rather than try to be too polite to the point where people didn't understand how strongly I felt about something." That's particularly interesting in light of several OSCON presenters who believe that the way to grow the open source community is to make projects more welcoming to would-be contributors. Do these attitudes actually contradict one another?


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Texas Security Freeze
The "credit freeze" portion of this bill went into effect September 1, 2003. This allows a consumer to "freeze" their credit record at each credit bureau.
You will need to contact each credit bureau to completely freeze your credit. Follow these instructions to freeze your credit at each bureau.
- How will a credit freeze protect me?
- Placing a security freeze on your credit reports means an identity thief – even one who has your name, address, Social Security number, birth date and more – will not be able to get new loans and credit in your name. That's because lenders, retailers, utilities and other businesses need access to a credit report to review and approve new credit, loans, and services.
- Who can freeze their credit?
- Applies to identity theft victims with a police report. Placement at one CRA must be honored by all.
- How do I freeze my credit?
- Follow these instructions to freeze your credit at each bureau.
- How much will it cost?
- One $8 fee.
- Isn't this just another way for the credit bureaus to get more money from us?
- It might seem that way, but those in Texas should feel lucky that this is available. Fraud alerts are ignored by some creditors and a security freeze provides a much stronger means of protection. The service is free for victims, and believe me, they are glad to have the option.
- Will I need to freeze my report with each credit bureau?
- Yes. When you go to buy a new car, open a charge account, or refinance your house, you don't know which bureau the lender will use to request your report. In other words, for the best protection you'll need to freeze your credit at each bureau.
- How will I open new credit lines if my report is frozen?
- People who've frozen their credit reports can still get new loans and credit for themselves. Credit bureaus have set up a PIN-based system to allow people with frozen credit reports to contact the credit bureau, provide a PIN number, and allow their credit report to be released to a specific lender or for a specific period of time.Yes this is a pain, but the protection a security freeze provides is invaluable.


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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. – Section 1 officials released the seedings for the boys basketball sectional playoffs Monday night.
All games in the outbracket round, opening round and quarterfinals will be played at the higher seeds' home courts. Semifinal and championship games will be played at the Westchester County Center.
Here is the full bracket released by Section 1, broken down by class:
Class AA Outbracket Round No. 20 Lincoln at No. 13 Carmel No. 19 Yorktown at No. 14 White Plains No. 18 Suffern at No. 15 Roy C. Ketcham No. 17 Horace Greeley at No. 16 Kennedy
Opening Round Winner of Kennedy vs. Greeley at No. 1 Spring Valley No. 9 New Rochelle at No. 8 Clarkstown South Winner of Carmel vs. Lincoln at No. 4 Arlington No. 12 Mamaroneck at No. 5 Mahopac Winner of White Plains vs. Yorktown at No. 3 Mount Vernon No. 11 Ossining at No. 6 Fox Lane No. 10 Clarkstown North at No. 7 Scarsdale Winner of Roy C. Ketcham vs. Suffern at No. 2 North Rockland
Class A Outbracket Round No. 22 John Jay-Cross River at No. 11 Riverside No. 21 Roosevelt at No. 12 Pearl River No. 20 Hendrick Hudson at No. 13 Walter Panas No. 19 Nanuet at No. 14 Harrison No. 18 Sleepy Hollow at No. 15 Rye No. 17 Beacon at No. 16 Saunders
Opening Round Winner of Saunders vs. Beacon at No. 1 Byram Hills No. 9 Gorton at No. 8 Somers Winner of Hendrick Hudson vs. Walter Panas at No. 4 Albertus Magnus Winner of Pearl River vs. Roosevelt at No. 5 Peekskill Winner of Riverside vs. John Jay Cross River at No. 6 Tappan Zee Winner of Harrison vs. Nanuet at No. 3 Poughkeepsie No. 10 Pelham at No. 7 Nyack Winner of Rye vs. Sleepy Hollow at No. 2 Eastchester Class B Outbracket Round No. 17 Ardsley at No. 16 Irvington
Opening Round Winner of Irvington vs. Ardsley at No. 1 Briarcliff No. 9 North Salem at No. 8 Pawling No. 12 Rye Neck at No. 5 Woodlands No. 13 Pleasantville at No. 4 Dobbs Ferry No. 14 Bronxville at No. 3 Lourdes No. 11 Blind Brook at No. 6 Valhalla No. 10 Edgemont at No. 7 Croton-Harmon No. 15 Hastings at No. 2 Putnam Valley
Class C Quarterfinals No. 1 Palisade Prep has bye No. 5 Haldane at No. 4 Tuckahoe No. 6 Hamilton at No. 3 Keio No. 7 Hawthorne Cedar Knolls at No. 2 Solomon Schechter
Here is the full schedule for the County Center games, also broken down by class:
Class AA: Semifinals on Friday, March 1 at 5 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. Finals on Sunday, March 3 at noon
Class A: Semifinals on Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 6:30 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. Finals on Sunday, March 3 at 7 p.m.
Class B: Semifinals on Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 3 p.m. and 4:45 p.m. Finals on Saturday, March 2 at either 5 p.m. or 7 p.m.
Class C: Semifinals on Monday, Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. Finals on Saturday, March 2 at either noon or 2 p.m.
Class D: Finals on Friday, March 1 at 3 p.m.
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January 07. 2014 10:03PM
Energy: In New England, we pay 40% above U.S. average
By DAVE SOLOMON
New Hampshire Union Leader
— Economic growth in New England will be constrained by the lack of natural gas pipelines in the region for at least another two years, and perhaps longer, according to a group of energy experts speaking at St. Anselm College on Monday.
"Growth in jobs and income will lag the national average despite many other advantages we do have in the region," said Lisa Shapiro, chief economist at the law firm of Gallagher, Callahan and Gartrell in Concord.
Shapiro was one of several speakers at the workshop "New England's Energy Future and its Effect on the Regional Economy," which was hosted by the New Hampshire Institute for Politics.Natural gas delivered to New England can at times cost seven to 10 times higher than the national average on the continental U.S., she said, given the high demand for transmission and the lack of space on pipelines, particularly in the coldest months.
"We really are at such a comparative disadvantage compared to the rest of the country," she said, when businesses size up the cost of energy in planning an expansion or relocation.
From 2010 to 2012, energy prices in New England declined 6 percent, she said, but the region remains the highest-priced market for energy in the U.S.
"We are now only 40 percent above the national average, but we had been at 50 percent," she said.
In addition to discouraging business expansion or relocation to the region, high energy prices sap resources for consumer spending, which accounts for two-thirds of the economy, she said.
New Hampshire consumers have already seen increases in electricity costs for 2013 versus 2012, with no relief in sight.
When energy spending goes up, that's less money for everything else, she said, especially with incomes stagnating as they have since 2008. The cost of electricity has been declining across the country as shale gas from Pennsylvania and Ohio flows into the vast transmission network that bypasses New England, with only five pipelines into the region.
"We need more pipeline capacity," said Dan Ford, an investment analyst for Barclas Capital who specializes in energy stocks. "The question is, who is going to pay for it?"
More than 50 percent of the power plants that provide energy in New England are now fueled by natural gas, but the owners of those power plants do not want to commit to long-term contracts for the purchase of natural gas.
Pipeline builders won't build without those contracts, and there's no indication that the stand-off will break anytime soon.
Anne George, vice president for external affairs at the independent system operator, ISO-New England, described steps the ISO is taking to encourage long-term contracts.
Ford said the costs of building new pipeline into New England may need to be "socialized" over the entire energy system.
The six New England governors acknowledged as much on Dec. 6, when they signed the New England Governors Commitment to Regional Cooperation on Energy Infrastructure Issues.
The pact commits policymakers in the six states to pursue solutions to the pipeline problem that could include a massive investment by New England ratepayers in pipeline construction through their electricity bills.
"States are interested in making ISO a collection agent to fund pipeline construction," George said.
Even if the governors are able to reach an agreement on "socializing" the costs of new pipeline, as Ford said, any new pipe in the ground is years away.
A Jan. 3 report in Environment and Energy Publishing summed up the challenge succinctly.
"The plan unveiled in early December commits the governors' combined political will to the task," wrote reporter Rod Kuckro, "but it remains to be seen whether the best of intentions can overcome market barriers, inadequate incentives and old-fashioned not-in-my-backyard sentiments that have bedeviled past efforts to build energy infrastructure in the six-state region."


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So do you think multiplayer styled games will be the next big thing for the future? Do you think this is necessarily a good or a bad thing?
Personally, I don't really want my games to be more open to the concept of multiplayer. I just don't want that kind of thing to interfere with my gaming at all. Mostly, to me at least, gaming is like reading a really good book that is more of a personal story to me than just blasting away at things with my best buddy.
The closest thing I can come up with right now that has multiplayer interfering with my games would be how the ending could change in Mass Effect 3 depending on how much multiplayer you played. I can't recall too many people being happy about that.
The reason I came up with this was because I recently just read an article about the next upcoming Zelda game, and how the creators want it to be less linear in storyline and more focused on the world and having a good foundation for those who want to play multiplayer. I couldn't help but kind of cringe at the thought of having something so sacred like the Zelda series pander to those who wish to play with friends, instead of geeky loners like myself.
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The market is leaning heavily towards multiplayer more than ever. The best I can say on the subject matter is that I enjoy it but thankfully such is never really required, expect in online only types of game. In which case I just won't support them if I don't agree with such. Yah, won't really make a difference really but it's better than going along with it.
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First person shooters aside ( which I'm generally not a fan of anyway) mutliplayer doesnt really make a game better... in my opinion. What I really hate are rediculous multiplayer trophies that prevent me from getting a platinum.. like resistance 2 (10k multiplayer kills). Its kind of like a novelty when they add it to games that dont need it because their great on their own. Some examples would be the upcoming God of War game, the Assassins Creed series, or the Uncharted series.
The escapist in me, however, fairly enjoy rpgs that have multiplayer aspects, if not straight mmorpgs. I played FF11 for a while, invested heavily into White Knight Chronicles, loved Borderlands and Borderlands 2, and played DC Universe online for while also. ( the league I co created with my friend is still going strong and the only league still around since launch)
Ultimately, I think more and more games are released with a multiplayer side just to reach a broader audience, to give people options, and to keep people playing longer. I tend to shy away from games geared towards multiplayer. FPS games that I do pick up I play just for the single player campaign.
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The more interaction the game has the more popular it will be. They've been pushing this for awhile now
It already is the big thing, and has been for a while now.
FPS wise, multiplayer has been along with it for a LONG time. I love it. Games are no fun at all (to me) without any competitiveness. Playing MLG Halo, Call of Duty, and Quake Live was better than any single player game because the fun of playing competitively just can't be matched in the end. because of this, most singleplayer games usually bore me after a while. I end up beating them all, and I'm left with an unsatisfactory want for a competitive game against people who have skill.
In terms of other games such as those that are becoming more like World of Warcraft now, I don't mind. I'm a gamer that loves playing with other people both competitively and in good fun.
Playing alone is too boring and easy.
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The occasional chest pain last fall got the attention of Gwenda Kolb of Aberdeen, S.D. She had a history of coronary artery disease, including two procedures for blocked coronary arteries.
"I'd been through this before and was familiar with what should be done," says the 72-year-old. "But it took me awhile to agree to it."
When she learned the advanced heart care she needed was readily available at Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center, Gwenda moved forward.
"My earlier procedures required out-of-town travel. That's a lot of expenses and arrangements," she says. "Staying here is so much easier!"
Full-time and Aberdeen-based, the local heart team brings impressive credentials:
"With my 20 years of experience, I'm old-school but trained in the new ways," says Dr. Windsor. "Dr. Sharma is younger and has the newest technology under his belt. The two of us combined give a complete picture."
At Gwenda's first appointment with Dr. Windsor, she also met. Dr. Sharma. "This is a team that's very knowledgeable and trustworthy," she says. "I felt comfortable with both of them. They also did a good job explaining the procedure in a way that I could understand."
A thorough exam and tests indicated Gwenda needed a cardiac angiogram, a high-level heart study that shows possible blockages. If blockages are severe enough, an additional treatment procedure called an angioplasty can be completed at the same time.
Performed in Sanford Aberdeen's new state-of-the-art cardiac cath lab (link here), an angiogram requires the insertion of a catheter (long, narrow tubing). The usual point of entry is the femoral artery in the groin, but a newer technique involves the radial artery in the wrist. Both procedures are safe and effective.
Gwenda's scheduled procedure took place in November. "I went in that morning and by 5 was back home," she says. "I felt well cared for and didn't even feel like I was in hospital. Very homey and comfortable."
She was relieved to learn her angiogram revealed no major blockages. Her medications were adjusted and she continues to see Dr. Windsor for follow-up. She also completed a four-week stint in Cardiac Rehab (link here) at Sanford Aberdeen.
Natalie Frank, Cardiac Rehab manager, stresses the importance of specialized exercise following a heart procedure.
"We slowly build patients to the point where they're confident exercising on their own," she says.
Gwenda now belongs to a gym and uses the treadmill and bicycle.
In addition to scheduled procedures, the heart team at Sanford Aberdeen is well-prepared for emergencies.
"Our 'door to balloon' time is excellent," says Dr. Windsor. "From the time a patient with an acute heart attack arrives to the time we open the blockage, we're consistently at 60 minutes or less. The national goal is 90."
Care doesn't end after a life has been saved, as Dr. Sharma points out: "Once you're diagnosed with heart disease, it doesn't go away. We stay in touch with our patients and we're available for them."
Gwenda appreciates the difference: "It puts you at ease knowing the care you need is right here in Aberdeen."
Today Gwenda continues her much-loved life. She likes living independently in a senior-living apartment and enjoys her full-time work at Northern Electric. "The employees out there are like family," she says.
She appreciates her own family, too. "I'd love to be here to see my grandkids grow up, graduate and get married. Maybe they'll even give me some great-grandkids," she says. "I'm very happy with my life."
To make an appointment with Dr. Sharma or Dr. Windsor, call Sanford Aberdeen at (605) 725-1700.


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The First Tee of Brunswick County is in need of volunteers. The fall season is approaching and The First Tee is expanding its programs. New volunteers are needed to help assist with classes. You do not have to be a good golfer or even a golfer at all. You just need to care. Please attend our new coach training/volunteer orientation to learn more about our program at 2 p.m. July 21 at Cinghiale Creek (directions are available online on our website).
The Beachcombers played at Arcadian Shores: Low nets: Dennis Kean, 74; Reggie Auten, 76. Team two low nets: Auten, Kean, Dennis McCann and Larry Cecil, 15-under par. Golfer of the week was Reggie Auten.
This is an extremely hot summer, and we're not even into August yet. Because of the intense heat, our golf courses are suffering and our golf course superintendents are working overtime to save their greens.
Trent Bouts, the media director for the Carolinas Golf Course Superintendents Association, issued a press release to members of the Carolinas Golf Reporters Association last week advising them of the current harsh weather conditions and the various steps that are being taken to keep our putting surfaces smooth and healthy.
Diane Belair (Prestwick) shot a 75 and won the Club 25 Tournament June 22 at Crow Creek. Barb Cleghorn (Whispering Pines) was second and Dale Calhoon (Brick Landing) third. Heidi Cherry (Myrtle Beach National) and Barb Guhl (Pine Valley) tied for fourth. Candace Cochrane (Sandpiper), Judy Nicoletti (Sandpiper), and Marie Strickler (Carolina Shores) tied for sixth.
The 2010 Ocean Ridge MGA member-guest tourney was played June 26-27 on Tiger's Eye Golf Course. Thirty-eight two-man teams participated in the event, which included 14 teams of father-son or father-son-in-law.
The team of Rita DuGan, Ron Arvidson and Larry Boyer finished first at 1-under par in the Brierwood 9-hole mixed scramble June 30. At even par was the team of Sharon Beavers, Jean Bowen, Glen Green and Bob Nobes and the team of Deloris Gausch, Liz Boyer, Ralph Trimmer and Morris Hall.
Our first family reunion was in 1976 in Quebec, Canada, at a cottage on the Ile d'Orleans on the St. Laurence River just outside of Quebec City.
About 35 of us assembled there, some stayed in the summer cottage my husband's Aunt Ann owned, others brought their campers. A few stayed in a motel down the street.
From 204 chapters worldwide, The First Tee selected 29 students to attend the Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy on Hilton Head Island, S.C. The inaugural First Tee Training Program took place June 1-5 and included golf instruction in full swing, short game, course management, mental preparation and physical training.
Of the 29 students, The First Tee chapters from 12 states were represented: California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
Pat Schutzman has won the Winding River WGA club championship at Carolina National for the ninth time.
The championship was played June 21 and June 23 at Carolina National. All three courses were played over the two-day event. Despite the record-high temperatures, a field of 40 players competed in four flights and almost everyone finished. The Sunset Harbor fire department volunteer was at the site with ice, water and emergency equipment.
Beth Patria had a hole-in-one June 21 on eighth hole at the Heron Course.
Winning the Brierwood Men's Golf Association Stableford event Monday were Bob Nobes, Dave Harper, Odie Johnson and Bob Snopek (80 points). In second at 79 points was the team of George Edwards, Bernie Gruzlewski, Jim Pope and a draw. In third at 74 points was the team of Tom Arney, Mike Prokop, Chuck Hornfeck and a draw.
The team of Bob Nobes, Ron Arvidson, Hilda Hall and Carolyn Arney finished at 5-under par in the event June 23. Tom Arney, Morris Hall, Glen Green and Marianne Nobes were second at even par.
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Around the world,as many as one in every three women has been beaten,cocerced into sex or abused in some other way.
Violence against women both violates and impairs or nullifies the enjoyment by women of their human rights and fundamental freedoms.
Violence against women has been called "the most pervasive yet least recognised human rights abuse in the world."
One way we can help these women is putting every effort into breaking the silence and ensuring that the voices of women are heard. At the sametime,fund works to change the paradigm of masculinity that allows for the resolution of conflict through violence.
Remember,love your woman and care for her,had it not been for women we all wouldn't have been here today.


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Metal Gear Rising: Koji-Pro dev didn't want Platinum involved initially
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is inching closer to release, courtesy of developer Platinum Games. However, Kojima Productions veteran Yuji Korekado has revealed that he didn't want the house that Bayonetta built involved in the project initially. He's happy with how it turned out though, so he's forgiven them. Get the quotes below.
Speaking with OXM, Korekado explained the vibe around the office when the handover began, "When Kojima Productions decided to send the game to Platinum, it was definitely a dark period. People had put a lot of effort in, and they were in a dark hole."
He added, "When Platinum visited the studio to get an update on the game, I was asked to present the current status to them. It was a very complex emotion: I wanted to keep developing the game internally, but Kojima wanted to move it forward. It was frustrating but I had to move forward with it.
"Fortunately for me, I was able to participate in the development even after it went to Platinum. After I realised it was going to go forward, I cut off all my sour feelings and just got on with the work. When I saw the first Revengeance trailer, I realised it was something that Kojima Productions couldn't have done – and that was something I felt great about."
VG247 also interviewed Korekado about the shift from Kojima Productions to Platinum Games, and he suggested that while Platinum were keen to start the project over from scratch that Kojima's studio wanted to retain control over the plot and characters.
"We started looking at Japanese studios who had experience in action games, and of course Platinum Games came to mind. When we first approached Platinum Games, the director, producer and whole development team said, 'Well, please let us start from scratch with the story, characters and boss battles. We know it's asking a lot but it will be something you will really like.'
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Vaughn L. Clavin, 66, of Plant Street, Cranston, formerly of Grotto Avenue, Warwick, died January 20, 2012 at Kent Hospital surrounded by his family. He was the husband of Joanne R. (Day) Clavin.
Born in Providence, the son of the late Donald A. and Lillian (Griswold) Clavin, he lived in Warwick for 23 years before moving to Cranston a month ago. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Mr. Clavin was a self-employed truck driver and the owner of OTS Transportation for over 20 years.
Besides his wife he is survived by a son, Vaughn Clavin II of Warwick; five daughters, Victoria Rodrigues of Warwick, Patricia Terris of Spring Hill, Fla., Mary Jo Clavin of Cranston, Jewel Clavin of New London, Conn. and Sandra D. LaCasse of Hope Mills, N.C.; two sisters, Cheryl Brown and Dawn Beaudry, both of Coventry; eight grandchildren, five great-grandchildren; and his best friend, Joseph Rodrigues of Warwick. He was the father of the late Joseph Clavin and brother of the late Jewel Clavin.
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The International Cricket Council has announced it is to consider the ruling from the James Anderson-Ravindra Jadeja case before deciding whether to appeal.
England seamer Anderson was last week cleared of any wrong-doing by judicial commissioner Gordon Lewis relating to an incident with India all-rounder Jadeja in the first Investec Test at Trent Bridge, with insufficient evidence said to be crucial in the retired Australian judge's verdict.
With the Board of Control for Cricket in India unable to appeal the decision, only the ICC - where India hold increasingly significant political sway - can act.
While it may yet decide there is no case to answer, an appeal could mean both decisions are liable to be overturned although the ICC has until Sunday before it decides whether or not to take the case further.
The body said in a short statement: "The International Cricket Council (ICC) today confirmed that it has received and is considering the written decision of His Honor Gordon Lewis AM, the Judicial Commissioner, in respect of his findings that England's James Anderson and Ravindra Jadeja of India were not guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct and Player Support Personnel, following an exhaustive disciplinary hearing which was held in Southampton on Friday.
"As per Section 8.3.2 of the ICC Code of Conduct, ICC Chief Executive David Richardson has seven days - until Sunday, 10 August - to consider whether to lodge an appeal against the decision.
"The ICC will make no further comment on this matter until the decision has been made."
Anderson was in danger of facing a ban of up to four Tests if found guilty of a Level 3 charge of ''pushing and abusing'' Jadeja in the pavilion stairwell during lunch on day two of the Test in Nottingham, but Lewis had decided neither player had transgressed.
That meant that Jadeja was also cleared of a lesser charge for his part in the spat.
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Hey does anyone know why some of the titles on this site are obviously edited for content like nudity ect.? I started watching Majikoi Oh! Samurai Girls and it is under the mature option in genres but when watching you can totally tell that it has been edited for content. Checked Demon king Daimao and it too is also was edited in the same fashion (random object covering up boobs or inappropriate under skirt/ panty shot). Then went for the money with Queen's Blade which does have all of it's nudity it seems so I'm a little perplexed by this site. Write back and let me know what you know or think.
Need as much time to watch anime as possible.
CR just gets whatever the Japanese TV broadcast stations get as well
so if theirs is edited, the shows on CR will be too
What even
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His Holiness Optimus Maximus Decimus Meridius Colossus Nemesis Nexus Genesis
The files are censored already when CR gets them for the streaming, only the blu-ray and dvd versions are uncensored (usually). Anyway, it depends, for example Hayate 1st season here on CR has no censorship while the TV version was ridiculously censored.
I despise censorship on anime, and not because I want to see boobs, it annoys me as an artist... that and usually they go overboard with the censorship. HUGE icons with faces on them covering half the screen (majikoi), bats that cover half the character (rosario vampire 2), Light Beams of Doom (several anime did this), and the worst I can remember was Saikon no Qwaser where they cut and edited the frames so that certain shots would be moved off camera, or they just obliterated the scene with "mist".
Poi is the new Desu!
I don't mind when some things get censored. I even appreciate it at times (I admit it, I'm a little squeemish when it comes to gore).
but ultimately I would rather they do it in a way that fits.
Deadman Wonderland I think is a good example of doing it right. Using dark shadows most of the time. It worked, it fit the mood of the show and in a lot of cases it felt pretty seemless (not always but it worked more often then not)
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I totally agree with you kitsuneshoujo. I find it really distracting when you are watching something like Majikoi and also find that it takes away from the humor of the whole situation. But find it just a little odd that there are anime on here that are censored but you can stream them elsewhere with out the censoring, like Demon King Dameo you can watch it uncensored on Netflix why not here? I alos understand that CR gets these shows from broadcast tv so that is just how they receive them.
Need as much time to watch anime as possible.
When I think of edited/censored, I think of To Love-ru.....
1st season and motto-ru = me: laughing at ppl's comments "NOOO WHY UNCENSORED"
then i get to Darkness.....me: WHAT IS WITH ALL THIS WHITE STUFF, THE BLOCKAGE DARNIIIITTTT
I'm just saying~
Crunchyroll does not actively censor its content. The videos that we have on the website are what we are provided directly from the publishers.
Often times the publishers will censor the shows for TV so they can help boost DVD and BD sales.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Organizers of the annual Kunta Kinte festival in Annapolis, Md., say the event will not be held this year due to budget shortfalls.
The festival was launched more than 25 years ago. It is named for Kunta Kinte, the character in Alex Haley's novel "Roots: The Saga of an American Family," based on research about his ancestors, and the hit ABC mini-series that aired in 1977.
The Capital newspaper (http://bit.ly/16S6AwB) reports that the festival depends on sponsorships, grants, volunteers and fees from vendors to present a celebration of African and African-American heritage. The city of Annapolis has co-sponsored the event, which organizers plan to resume next year.
The festival has been held in September in recent years at City Dock, where enslaved Africans once arrived in the U.S.
Information from: The Capital of Annapolis, Md., http://capitalgazette.com


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As a profession, conservators often have a soft spot for certain objects. Many choose the bejeweled glitzy golden things, but I've always been fascinated with the craft movement, and anything that combines a beauty of aesthetic and function.
I'm currently conserving a 'range' of stove parts from Cape Royds that don't really typify the style, but definitely the concept of the Craft Movement. During this period, high design and crispness of detail in cast iron was common and expertly executed. It's depressing these days that little love of artistic expression goes into the design of such utilitarian objects. It's pretty hard to imagine buying a washing machine that would be jaw droppingly gorgeous, whilst also performing a spin cycle…… if only.
A few stove parts, awaiting lacquering
It's pretty sad, but as a conservator you often research incomplete objects in the vain hope that you're going to find an example of an original, and you often leave the computer/library depressed and empty handed. By extraordinary chance, and little skill, we've managed to find an image of an original stove of the exact patent.
Please feast your eyes on the stunning "Model Parlor #2" manufactured by Pratt and Weeks. Made in Boston between 1840-1860, this gothic looking heat emitter, came with a heat control vent to the rear, and a foot rest……these guys really knew what people wanted out of life.
The original patented stove, in mint condition
In conserving our stove, the smell of golden syrup was thick in the air when removing corrosion. All visible staining has been left intact, but that faint whiff evoked warm memories of Britain and the good life. I imagine a tin or two were being warmed nearby and burst open. A doubtless scalding goof at the time, but well done boys, you made my day.
I implore you, throw out the TV and get a stove with all the trimmings.


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Roger Brown's State of Sports: NH 'all-state' teams too watered downBy ROGER BROWN
New Hampshire Union Leader
December 11. 2017 12:38AM
NOT SURE if it's still there, but there used to be a poster hanging in the Portsmouth High School athletic building that featured the 1984 NHIAA Division I football all-state team. It was produced by the Union Leader and featured 11 players on offense, 11 players on defense and a Coach of the Year.
Somewhere between then and today, we've lost our way with these postseason awards. Nowadays it's not unusual to see a First Team, a Second Team and then an endless supply of Honorable Mention selections when a sport releases its postseason accolades. There are also sports that select a Third Team. That may be OK for a sport like basketball, where only five players are on each postseason team, but in other sports these awards have become more watered down than a beer at Fenway.
Back in those awful days when NHIAA football had six divisions, one of the divisions that had 10 teams had six — SIX! — all-state quarterbacks. We're not talking about adding up all of the First Team, Second Team and Honorable Mention QBs either. More than half of the starting quarterbacks in the division MADE THE FIRST TEAM. We can do better.
Now that NHIAA football has been sliced into conferences (four in Division I) it seems one all-state offense and one all-state defense should suffice. We're getting close to the point where players who don't make an all-state team are being ostracized.
Fewer awards would mean more angry parents, but it would also make the awards more meaningful. Things were better in the old days.
• What can we expect from next year's UNH football team? A lot. Of the 22 UNH players who started Saturday's FCS playoff game against South Dakota State, 18 are eligible to return next season. That doesn't include defensive end Kyle Reisert or running back Trevon Bryant, neither of whom played in Saturday's game because of injuries but will likely be starters next season.
• More on UNH: Among the players who have committed to play in Durham next season is Dylan Laube, a 6-foot-1, 190-pound running back from Westhampton Beach (N.Y.) who scored 120 touchdowns during his high school career. As a senior, Laube rushed for a school-record 2,680 yards on 249 carries and set a Long Island record by scoring 47 TDs. He rushed for 227 yards and scored six TDs when Westhampton Beach beat Lawrence in the Long Island Division III championship game.
• Don Menswar is no longer working as Manchester's athletics director.
• Former Trinity of Manchester tight end Andrew Lauderdale is back with the San Francisco 49ers as a practice squad player. Lauderdale, a Concord resident, played offensive tackle at UNH. He was undrafted and cut by the 49ers in the preseason.
• Saturday's Army-Navy game was the 9,455th FBS game played since 2005, but the only one in which neither team attempted a pass in the first quarter. Army won three games this season without completing a pass.
• A good-guy award goes to New York Mets relief pitcher Kevin McGowan, a Nashua North and Franklin Pierce graduate who grew his hair long last season. McGowan recently visited the barber shop and donated more than a foot of his hair to Pantene's Beautiful Lengths, a program that provides free real-hair wigs for women's cancer.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is preparing to nominate former Bush administration official James Comey to head the FBI, people familiar with the decision said Wednesday.
Three people with knowledge of the selection said Obama planned to nominate Comey, who was the No. 2 in President George W. Bush's Justice Department. The three people spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the selection ahead of Obama's announcement, which was not expected immediately.
Comey became a hero to Democratic opponents of Bush's warrantless wiretapping program when Comey refused for a time to reauthorize it. Bush revised the surveillance program when confronted with the threat of resignation by Comey and current FBI Director Robert Mueller, who is stepping down in September.
Comey's selection was first reported by NPR and was not expected to be announced for several days at least. Senate confirmation will be needed.
The change in leadership comes as the FBI and Justice Department are under scrutiny for their handing of several investigations. Obama has ordered a review of FBI investigations into leaks to reporters, including the secret gathering of Associated Press phone records and emails of a Fox News reporter. And there have been questions raised about whether the FBI properly responded to warnings from Russian authorities about a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. The agency, meanwhile, is conducting a highly-anticipated investigation into the Internal Revenue Service over its handling of conservative groups seeking tax exempt status.
Comey was deputy attorney general in 2005 when he unsuccessfully tried to limit tough interrogation tactics against suspected terrorists. He told then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales that some of the practices were wrong and would damage the department's reputation.
Some Democrats denounced those methods as torture, particularly the use of waterboarding, which produces the same sensation as drowning.
Earlier in his career, Comey served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, one of the nation's most prominent prosecutorial offices and one at the front lines of terrorism, corporate malfeasance, organized crime and the war on drugs.
As an assistant U.S. attorney in Virginia, Comey handled the investigation of the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers housing complex near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, that killed 19 U.S. military personnel.
Comey led the Justice Department's corporate fraud task force and spurred the creation of violent crime impact teams in 20 cities, focusing on crimes committed with guns.
He was general counsel at Connecticut-based hedge fund Bridgewater Associates from 2010 until earlier this year, when he left and became a lecturer and researcher at Columbia Law School.
Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he had not heard from the White House about Comey's nomination, but that he was concerned about Comey's hedge fund connections.
"If he's nominated, he would have to answer questions about his recent work in the hedge fund industry," Grassley said. "The administration's efforts to criminally prosecute Wall Street for its part in the economic downturn have been abysmal, and his agency would have to help build the case against some of his colleagues."
Comey was at the center of one of the Bush administration's great controversies — an episode that focused attention on the administration's controversial tactics in the war on terror.
In stunning testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2007, Comey said he thought Bush's no-warrant wiretapping program was so questionable that Comey refused for a time to reauthorize it, leading to a standoff with White House officials at the bedside of ailing Attorney General John Ashcroft.
Comey said he refused to recertify the program because Ashcroft had reservations about its legality.
Senior government officials had expressed concerns about whether the National Security Agency, which administered the warrantless eavesdropping program, had the proper oversight in place. Other concerns included whether any president possessed the legal and constitutional authority to authorize the program as it was carried out at the time.
The White House, Comey said, recertified the program without the Justice Department's signoff, allowing it to operate for about three weeks without concurrence on whether it was legal. Comey, Ashcroft, Mueller and other Justice Department officials at one point considered resigning, Comey said.
"I couldn't stay if the administration was going to engage in conduct that the Department of Justice had said had no legal basis," Comey told the Senate panel.
A day after the March 10, 2004, incident at Ashcroft's hospital bedside, Bush ordered changes to the program to accommodate the department's concerns. Ashcroft signed the presidential order to recertify the program about three weeks later.
The dramatic hospital confrontation involved Comey, who was the acting attorney general during Ashcroft's absence, and a White House team that included Bush's then-counsel, Alberto Gonzales, and White House chief of staff Andy Card, Comey said. Gonzales later succeeded Ashcroft as attorney general.
Comey testified that when he refused to certify the program, Gonzales and Card headed to Ashcroft's sick bed in the intensive care unit at George Washington University Hospital.
When Gonzales appealed to Ashcroft, the ailing attorney general lifted his head off the pillow and in straightforward terms described his views of the program, Comey said. Then he pointed out that Comey, not Ashcroft, held the powers of the attorney general at that moment.
Gonzales and Card then left the hospital room, Comey said.
"I was angry," Comey told the panel. "I thought I had just witnessed an effort to take advantage of a very sick man who did not have the powers of the attorney general."
Associated Press Writer Pete Yost contributed to this report.
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the neighborhood housing services demonstration of the Urban Reinvestment Task Force has proven its worth as a successful program to revitalize older urban neighborhoods by mobilizing public, private, and community resources at the neighborhood level; and
the demand for neighborhood housing services programs in cities throughout the United States warrants the creation of a public corporation to institutionalize and expand the neighborhood housing services program and other programs of the present Urban Reinvestment Task Force.
The purpose of this subchapter is to establish a public corporation which will continue the joint efforts of the Federal financial supervisory agencies and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to promote reinvestment in older neighborhoods by local financial institutions working cooperatively with community people and local government, and which will continue the nonbureaucratic approach of the Urban Reinvestment Task Force, relying largely on local initiative for the specific design of local programs.
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Town officials are investigating whether it's feasible to bring the Cole Bros Circus to town later this summer, as a favor to neighboring Meriden.
Cole Bros has performed in Meriden, at the hub, for the last three years, but work there has forced the city to explore other options. Ed Sibert, the mayor's liaison in Meriden, said he immediately thought of seeing if Southington could host the circus at the drive-in property, rather than trying to force the show into a smaller venue in Meriden.
"It just kind of fits," Sibert said.
Sibert brought the proposal to Southington Town Councilor Dawn Miceli, a friend. Miceli then floated the idea at the Town Council meeting on Monday, Feb. 25.
"It's very preliminary right now," Miceli said, adding that representatives from Cole Bros had not yet had the opportunity to see if the drive-in property would be accommodating.
Miceli said the circus, which is big top only and does not include a carnival, would need about a 300 x 400 foot space. If possible, Miceli would like to use the area near the screen at the drive-in, where cars park to watch the movies.
Cole Bros has performed around the country since its inception in 1884. The circus leases the land it uses in each town and according to both Sibert and Miceli, the company covers any police, fire, ambulance and water fees that it may incur.
"They pay for all the associated costs," Miceli said, adding that she did not want the town to incur any costs if the circus does come to town.
Depending on how things shake out, the circus would look to stop in Southington for three days over the course of a weekend in June. It would perform two shows a day over the course of those three days.
"It's an unbelievable opportunity," Sibert said of the circus. "The kids love it."
Miceli has stressed that everything was still in the preliminary stages and said that she had not had the opportunity to discuss the matter in detail with other town officials. If need be, Miceli said Sibert would attend a future Town Council meeting to answer whatever questions he could.
"I just want to make sure that the town of Southington did everything it could to help its neighbor," Miceli said.


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Kit Armstrong is one of the most remarkable phenomena in today's world of classical music. Having been celebrated early on for his intelligence, musicality and technical skill, he is now recognized as a mature artist firmly set on the path to an extraordinary career. While his technique is flawless, his precocity and his intuitive musicality give him a profound connection to the music that is simultaneously analytical and deeply emotional. The Independent commented on his "relaxed and expressive authority", hailing him as "a budding new member of the pianistic pantheon" and as "a composer to watch".
Today Kit Armstrong is firmly established both as a pianist and as a composer. He has made recital appearances at the Musikverein in Vienna, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Wigmore Hall in London, the Zurich Tonhalle, the Berlin Philharmonie, the Cologne Philharmonie, the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg and the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. During the last seasons, his Bach-Liszt program was described by Alfred Brendel as figuring "among the most satisfying piano playing I have witnessed in recent years." Noteworthy orchestral projects include concerts with Esa-Pekka Salonen and tours with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Christoph von Dohna%u0301nyi, the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester under Riccardo Chailly and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under Robin Ticciati. An avid chamber musician, he recorded a CD together with violinist Andrej Bielow and cellist Adrian Brendel. Among other works, it features a composition by Kit Armstrong and was released by the record label Genuin in 2012. His awards include six Morton Gould Young Composer Awards from the ASCAP Foundation, including the ASCAP Foundation Charlotte V. Bergen Scholarship, which he received in 2007 for his composition Struwwelpeter: Character Pieces for Viola and Piano.
His long awaited debut solo CD was released in September 2013 on Sony Classical. It features his own Fantasy on B-A-C-H, Chorale Preludes by J. S. Bach, Bach's first Partita and a selection of the Musica ricercata by G. Ligeti.
Kit Armstrong studied at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He studied piano with Mark Sullivan, Eleanor Sokoloff, Claude Frank, the late Benjamin Kaplan, and composition with Michael Martin. Kit Armstrong has studied with Alfred Brendel since the age of 13 and Brendel continues to have a profound influence over him as teacher and mentor. Brendel has described Kit Armstrong as the greatest talent he has ever encountered. The singular relationship between the two artists was captured in the documentary Set the Piano Stool on Fire by British film maker Mark Kidel.
Kit Armstrong grew up in Los Angeles, London and Paris. He had his first encounter with the piano at the age of five and began studying natural sciences at university at the age of seven. He holds a Bachelor's degree in music from the Royal Academy of Music, London and a Master's degree in mathematics from the University of Paris, VI.
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The controversy surrounding the potential world-record Johnny King Buck just got a lot more interesting.
After Deer & Deer Hunting broke Duncan Dobie's story about the dispute surrounding the Johnny King Buck, Boone & Crockett Club officials issued a statement saying they believed the buck was a nontypical because the buck's right "G3" was offset from the main line of the main beam.
In a statement posted today on its website, B&C now claims the right antler does not a have G3, but "an abnormal point that rises off of the G2."
Confused? You're not alone.
In an interview with D&DH this afternoon, 30-year certified B&C scorer Ron Boucher said he thinks the club is wrestling with its worst scoring problem in 35 years — and is going about it the wrong way.
"I still believe strongly in what the Boone and Crockett Club stands for, but I just believe Jack Reneau is wrong on this deer — using the words of the official measurer's manual," said Boucher.
He also had strong words for many of the individuals who have posted comments on blogs, forums and article links.
"These people claim to be experts on scoring, but they are expressing opinions without ever having held the rack and scored it themselves. They simply don't know what they're talking about," Boucher said. "The point does not come off of the G-2. You cannot determine that from a photo. You have to put your hands on the rack. It is a common base-point [has the Figure-8 at the base line]. You ask any scorer who has actually put his hands on this rack, put masking tape to it and a straight edge, and 95 percent of them will tell you it passes the Figure 8 test as described in the Boone and Crockett scorer's manual … and that it is a straight 6-by-6 typical all the way."
In its online article, B&C went on to state, "… it makes more sense to enter this deer as a non-typical at a score of roughly 217 points. However, this deer should end up being ranked among the top non-typicals of all-time from the book-dominating state of Wisconsin."
Boucher scoffed at that notion. "That is absolutely absurd," he said. "To say this is a 217-inch nontypical, you're going to look ridiculous. Furthermore, there are probably more than two dozen deer from Wisconsin that netted more than 217."
Boucher is not the only prominent B&C scorer or whitetail expert who has handled the rack and expressed opinions that it should be scored as a typical or, at a minimum, be called in for a panel-scoring session. Others who have actually scored the rack include Marlin Laidlaw, Herm Feller and John Ramsey of the Wisconsin Buck & Bear Club, and Mike Handley of Buckmasters. Gordon Whittington of North American Whitetail has also inspected the rack on several occasions and has made recent statements that he believes it qualifies as a typical and should be panel-scored.
Click here to read the entire King Buck story from the beginning.


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the Acadia District is the name given to the Region of land that is occupied by hundreds of former cities that amalgamated to form the Mega-City of Acadia or the Acadia District. The District is home to 25 different prefectures, and is both the capital and largest city of Laurentia. the Acadia District is the most populous metropolitan area on Kwandrivia boasting an astounding 351,434,607 citizens. It is the seat of Laurentia's President and it's government. the Acadia District it divided through the centre by the Destreds Sea, making it the perfect port city, hundreds of bridges run across the rivers connecting the two halves. the Core of the Acadia District has no height restrictions, this allowed the city's core to rise up. Thousands of building dots the core along the Desteds Sea making one impressive skyline.
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NEW YORK -- The stock market closed higher today on corporate deal news and an improved forecast from chipmaker Intel.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose six points, or 0.3 percent, to close at 1,936. The gain snapped a three-day losing streak for the index. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 41 points, or 0.3 percent, to 16,775. The Nasdaq gained 13 points, or 0.3 percent, to 4,310.
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ONTARIO — A woman, her sister and their mother were recovering Saturday after they reportedly were intentionally struck by a car occupied by the woman's boyfriend early Saturday morning, police said.
Isaac Moses Casares, 19, of Ontario, the alleged driver, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence causing injuries, felony hit-and-run and assault with a deadly weapon. Shortly after midnight Friday, police received a 9-1-1 call reporting three women had been hit by a vehicle in the 600 block of West La Deney Drive, according to a police news release.
Officers and Ontario firefighters found three women lying in the street suffering from minor injuries, officials said.
One of the women had been arguing with her boyfriend, 18-year-old Matthew Rodriguez of Hacienda Heights, shortly before the incident took place, said police Sgt. Jeff Higbee.
Rodriguez, his 19-year-old girlfriend, her 21-year-old sister and the women's 38-year-old mother were all outside when the argument broke up, according to authorities.
Rodriguez reportedly got into a black Honda Civic driven by his friend, later identified as Casares, and Casares allegedly sped toward the women, striking them, police said. Casares drove away but was located a short time later and taken into custody, police said. Rodriguez was also detained.
Paramedics took the women to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton. Their condition was unavailable.
After an investigation, Rodriguez was released.
Casares was booked into West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga. He is scheduled to be in court on Tuesday.


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