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A solution to the fiscal cliff would be a positive for the equity market in the US and likely have a positive impact on most global equity markets. It could also move the attention of market participants back to the many stimulus or quantitative easing programs around the world and how they may or may not impact inflation and thus commodity (including oil) values over the next several months as there are no signs that QE3 in the US, QE in the UK and Japan (in fact Japan may once again increase the size of their QE program) are going to end anytime soon. They are more likely to last though a major portion of 2013.
Global equities recovered some of their lost value but are still lower on the week as shown in the EMI Global Equity Index below. The Index gained about 0.4% over the last twenty four hours with the gains coming mostly from Asia and Brazil while most western bourses lost more ground. Not much has changed in the overall ranking of the bourses in the Index with Germany still clearly the leader of the pack followed by Hong Kong which is also showing double digit gains for the year. Overall global equities have been a negative price driver for oil and the broader commodity complex.
The weekly oil inventory cycle will be moved by one day due to the US government holiday on Monday. The weekly oil inventory cycle will begin with the release of the API inventory report on Wednesday afternoon and with the more widely followed EIA oil inventory report being released Thursday morning at 11 AM EST. With the global economy and oil fundamentals continuing to be the main focus of the trading and investing community, this week's oil inventory report could be a price catalyst especially if the actual outcome shows a large deviation from the projections. However, any inventory reaction could be short lived if the macroeconomic data, the fiscal cliff and Greece remain the main focus of most market players.


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Teen Volunteer Time
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at 7:00 PM
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For ages 12 - 17
Need service hours? Help the library! We are looking for young adults who would like to earn service hours! Help the library prepare crafts for storytime, pull library materials from the shelves, and do other special projects. Come and earn service hours, it's just that easy!
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Dutch Fans Celebrate World Cup Victory Over Spain
The Dutch are currently enjoying their revenge over Spain, after losing to them in the final of the 2010 World Cup. While the Netherlands is a strong team, this has to be considered an upset against the best team in the world, España. So I think you'll forgive the country with the famous "oranje" fans if they do a bit of partying tonight. My Dad moved to America from Holland when he was 10, so I consider the Dutch my brothers. In order to help my fellow countrymen celebrate I have prepared a gallery of their rabid fans. The Netherlands is known for having some of the best fans in all of sport, I think you can see why :
For more sexy dutch fans, check out the girls of Bavaria Beer.


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LONDON (AP) — What's new for fashion in the coming winter? Consider glamorous animal prints, a touch of punk, polished tailoring, furry collars and lashings of shiny PVC.
London Fashion Week on Tuesday wrapped up a whirlwind of runway previews that offered a huge variety of looks from dozens of designers, but one thing seemed clear: This season, many of the styles were more wearable by women who aren't necessarily models.
That's not to say the looks were boring or conventional. Glossy rubberized material — think translucent raincoats — was everywhere, as were boxy, roomy jacket shapes. There were punk-inspired biker zips and a black and red theme at Preen, but clean and minimalist tailoring kept the outfits sophisticated.
Erdem offered dark dresses brightened up with neon florals, while Christopher Kane, recently acquired by luxury conglomerate PPR, showcased a whole range of creative looks from camouflage-printed kilts to dark velvet dresses to feather trims.
Roksanda Ilincic brought out a series of feminine dresses and separates in peachy pinks, but clashed them with fluorescent green and emerald accents, ghostly makeup and statement striped lace-up boots in bright metallic hues.
"It's about daring to bring the pink into winter because it's such a spring color, and it's such a girly color," the designer said after her show on Tuesday — the fifth day of the British capital's fashion week.
Earlier, the headline acts of the week lived up to high expectations.
Luxury brand Burberry updated its classic trenches with bold animal prints and more of the ubiquitous plastic, latex-like material, while Tom Ford unveiled bright, saturated tribal patterns. Vivienne Westwood delivered what she does best: draped dresses and jackets that magically create hourglass shapes for the wearer.
Color-wise, Ilincic and others brought pink and coral to the catwalk, but a deep palette of burgundy and wine, navy and bottle green was most popular.
Compared to New York, Milan or Paris, London fashion attracts many with its younger, edgier and more urban vibe, and catwalk shows were often full of theatrical or even madcap looks.
"I find it an exuberant, inspirational city, so that's why I chose to show here," said Ford, who staged a lavish runway showcase on Monday night, marking the first full-fledged womenswear catwalk show for his Tom Ford brand.
Officials have made a point of nurturing that creative energy, though increasingly designers based in the capital are encouraged to take a more business-savvy approach to fashion — the leading creative industry in Britain, worth 21 billion pounds (US$33 billion) to the U.K. economy.
"Before it was more like an art show, but now — now the creativity is still there, though with collections that are saleable, that generate a profitable business," said British Fashion Council chief executive Caroline Rush.
Designers including handbag specialist Anya Hindmarch, Ashish and newcomer Simone Rocha were the last to show at the fashion event on Tuesday.
As the runways get dismantled in London, models, editors and bloggers are jetting off to more womenswear shows in Milan, which begins its fashion week Wednesday, followed by Paris next week.


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Hi ladies,
I have a 17 day old baby boy. BF has been rough..but we're working at it daily. My nipples have been very sore. The left is finally ok and the right is still a problem. There is a crack that is simply not healing. I put APNO after every single feeding and have started each feeding with the left side. I walk around braless quite a bit. About 3 days ago, I fed him on the left side only and pumped the right for 24 hrs. It got a bit better, but once I put him back on it, it kind of opened up again.
Latching is so painful and it's a bit better through the feed, but it's not pain free. I dread every single feeding time and it's making me feel a bit depressed. What do I do?


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Centre researcher secures rare funding grant from US health body
16 November 2012
Researcher Professor Tony Weiss from the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre has received a prestigious USA National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding grant - one of the few awarded to an Australian researcher in recent years.
The NIH grant - $1.3 million towards further work on multi-functional tropoelastin-silk biomaterial systems - acknowledges Professor Weiss's research and international leadership in the fields of human tropoelastin and synthetic human elastin biomaterials, which have been found to augment and repair human tissues.
The grant will allow Professor Weiss to develop more sophisticated blends of elastin and silk, which have also been found to direct tissue growth. Professor Weiss will continue to work with principal collaborator Professor David Kaplan at Tufts University in the US.
The NIH recognises less than one in 10 US-based top university researchers but far fewer awards make their way overseas, including Australia.
This is Professor Weiss's second prestigious grant in recent months - it was preceded by similar recognition jointly with colleagues at MIT for scalable units used for building vascularised cardiac grafts.
The Charles Perkins Centre brings together academics from a range of disciplines to turn research into prevention, diagnosis and treatment of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
The only multidisciplinary research centre of its kind, the Charles Perkins Centre approaches these critical health issues from the perspective of researchers in economics, physiology, philosophy, dietetics, law and numerous other disciplines.
Professor Weiss's research into elastic biomaterials, which enables us to replace damaged blood vessels, repair the heart and fix damaged skin, is important for treating the diseases that often arise in people with diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular diseases.
Professor Weiss espouses the collaborative work of the Charles Perkins Centre and is currently listed on 11 collaborative grants. He is also a prolific inventor with 22 awarded international patents.
In addition to his Centre post, Professor Weiss is concurrently Professor of Biochemistry in Molecular Bioscience in the Faculty of Science and the Bosch Institute in the Sydney Medicine School. He is also collaborating with the University's Faculty of Engineering and IT, and holds an honorary appointment in Cardiology at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
The Weiss Laboratory at the University of Sydney is funded through a combination of many international and national collaborative research grants and enjoys the contributions of a fine team of competitively placed postdoctoral researchers, postgraduate students and technical staff.
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More than 5 years ago, Cognex and B&R decided to work together to integrate vision in an automation system. Because of the high level of integration, previously unforeseen possibilities were opened up to machine manufacturers. Simple handling of the overall system revolutionized the market for machine manufacturers and initiated a new trend.
- Highlights
- SICK, Baumer, Datalogic and Mekra Lang equip vision systems with POWERLINK
- POWERLINK for quality assurance and traceability
SICK, Baumer, Datalogic and Mekra Lang have announced the introduction of systems with POWERLINK integration
The trend of integrating POWERLINK interfaces in vision systems continues. Vision sensors from SICK, Baumer and Datalogic are equipped with a POWERLINK interface. In addition, the SICK CDF600 system opens up a wide range of code reading for integration in POWERLINK networks. The scanner data comes together centrally at the component, making it easier to track products along the entire value added chain. Mekra Lang equips the IP cameras it develops with an integrated POWERLINK interface, which makes it possible – with no additional wiring – to install camera systems on a machine to do things like monitor otherwise unsupervised areas from a central location.
Digitalization accelerates implementation of vision systems
Inspired by digitalization and the innovative spirit of machine machine manufacturers, integrated vision technology is evolving rapidly. IT and automation have moved closer together. Highly synchronous real-time data from the sensors used to control the machine and also the image data used for quality assurance are thus transferred at the same time via a single cable. Through the integration of POWERLINK, unnecessary interfaces previously used for horizontal and vertical communication in production have been eliminated. This increased system performance significantly. As leaders in innovation, SICK, Baumer, Data logic and Mekra Lang identified this trend at an early stage.
Increased system performance
Synchronous interaction between vision solutions and control technology have diversified the use of vision systems in machines. Using POWERLINK as the Ethernet-based communication protocol allowed the vision system to be triggered directly by the position value from a drive, for example. It is also possible for drives in a network to receive sensor data directly. The customer benefits from faster machine processes and minimized hardware costs.


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Tonight's Concert Picks: Matt Duke at The Tin Angel, Dull Edges at Kung Fu Necktie
Singer-songwriter Matt Duke begins a month long residency at The Tin Angel tonight. The New Jersey native and XPo' Fest 2011 alum released his Love on a Major Scale EP in mid-December, quickly climbing the iTunes Singer-Songwriter chart to #6. Tickets and information for his show with Jason Myles Goss can be found here. Below, watch Duke perfom his EP's single "The Eyes" and download the track here.


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News Release
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Los Angeles International Airport Labor Demonstration Traffic Advisory NA12250Los Angeles: Passengers, visitors and workers traveling to/from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Wednesday, November 21, 2012, are advised to expect vehicular traffic congestion and possible delays due to phased closures of westbound Century Boulevard between Airport Boulevard and Sepulveda Boulevards, and then of northbound Sepulveda Boulevard between Imperial Highway and 98th Street. This is in response to a scheduled labor demonstration by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 1877.
Airport officials recommend in general that departing passengers arrive in their airline terminals two hours before a domestic flight and three hours before an international flight. Due to the planned demonstration and holiday weekend, passengers coming to LAX during this five-hour period are advised to add an additional 90 minutes to their planned drive time to ensure they catch departing flights on time. While all entrances into the LAX Central Terminal Area will remain open, the phased temporary closures are expected to significantly impact traffic at two airport entrances into the Central Terminal Area: westbound Century Blvd. and northbound Sepulveda Blvd. north of the Sepulveda Tunnel.
At times during the 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. period, traffic headed to LAX on westbound Century Blvd. may be diverted to northbound Airport Blvd. to westbound 98th Street. The Department of Transportation and signs will be deployed to provide alternative routes into the airport.
Media Staging Area: The initial demonstration staging area will be at the southwest corner of Century Blvd. and Airport Blvd. and the intersection will be temporarily closed. At about noon, demonstrators have agreed to gather, hold a protest, and then move westbound on Century Blvd. There is no parking on Century Blvd. or any of its sidewalks at any time during this demonstration. It is recommended that media park curb side, south of Century Blvd. on Airport Blvd. Media can stage their cameras on the opposite side of the street, southeast corner, which affords them the opportunity to view the protest.
As the demonstration proceeds westbound on Century Blvd., there will be a roving closure of westbound Century Blvd. and all its north side feeder streets, as the demonstrators proceed towards Sepulveda Blvd. The demonstration will culminate at the intersection of Century Blvd. at Sepulveda Blvd. The permitted time for the demonstration ends at 12:45 p.m., and after such time, demonstrators will be asked to clear the streets and to remain on the sidewalk. Media interested in driving to this location is urged to park on east curb of Vicksburg Avenue, north of Century Blvd. Due to the closure of Century, it is recommended that the Media enter from the 98th Street on the north. Due to limited access areas and the expected crowd, no parking is allowed on Century Blvd. or Sepulveda Blvd, or the surrounding sidewalks. A dedicated media staging area is set on Century Blvd., east of intersection at Sepulveda Blvd., behind police lines. This location will give the media an opportunity to view the demonstration.
Los Angeles Police Department Public Information Officers will be at scene for questions and to accommodate this event.
Additional LAX Traffic Advisory:
The following entrances into the airport will remain open, with exceptions:
• Westbound Interstate 105 (I-105) Century Freeway to northbound Sepulveda Blvd. onto the Upper/Departures and Lower/Arrivals roadways. During the demonstration, the California Highway Patrol may determine a need to close the I-105 freeway exit to northbound Sepulveda Blvd. If the I-105 Sepulveda Blvd. exit is closed, traffic will be diverted onto westbound Imperial Highway to northbound Pershing Drive to eastbound Westchester Parkway to southbound Sepulveda Blvd. to the 96th Street Bridge.
• Lincoln Blvd. to southbound Sepulveda Blvd. to the 96th Street Bridge
• Southbound Sepulveda Blvd. to westbound "Little Century" (adjacent to Park One private parking facility) on the Lower/Arrivals roadway only.
All traffic exiting the Central Terminal Area will be directed to use eastbound Century Blvd. and southbound Sepulveda Blvd.
Information on real-time flight status can be found at www.lawa.org/fsw. Real-time traffic conditions can be found at http://trafficinfo.lacity.org/html/lax.html.
Anyone needing additional information regarding this event is urged to contact Media Relations Section at 213-486-5910.
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Acting Governor Has an Ambitious Plan of Action
He did not run for the office, was hesitant to accept the job and is still unknown to a majority of the people he will govern. Yet Richard J. Codey, New Jersey's new governor, began his improbable 14-month term on Tuesday like a man being propelled by a mandate. Mr. Codey, a 30-year veteran of the State Legislature who became acting governor when Gov. James E. McGreevey resigned, began his tenure by announcing an ambitious agenda that includes an overhaul of the mental health system, stricter campaign finance laws, increased money for stem-cell research and a revised plan for the Meadowlands that may include video slot machines at the racetrack and a new football stadium for the Giants.


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Term: XPRISO
Acronym for "eXtensible Protocol for the Replication, Integration and Synchronization of distributed Objects". This protocol enables two or more NetMeshBases to communicate in order to keep their respective MeshObjectGraphs consistent for all shared NetMeshObjects.
XPRISO does not require that one NetMeshBase contain the same MeshObjectGraph as another NetMeshBase with which it communicates, nor does it require that one be a subset of the other. Instead, it is a general-purpose protocol to keep overlapping sub-graphs held in different NetMeshBases consistent, and convey missing information from one NetMeshBase to another when the application there requires access to a part of the overall MeshObjectGraph not currently available at that NetMeshBase. One can think of all NetMeshBases communicating via XPRISO as all helping to support a single MeshObjectGraph that is bigger than any one of the NetMeshBases by itself.
XPRISO currently defines the following operations. Any XPRISO message may contain any number of these operations, affecting several NetMeshObjects at the same time:
- request a Replica for the first time
- cancel future updates for an already-obtained Replica
- convey the fact that a NetMeshObject was deleted and any Replica must be deleted as well
- convey a NetMeshObject in its entirety (e.g. in response to a Replica request)
- convey that a NetMeshObject is participating in a new relationship with another NetMeshObject
- convey that a NetMeshObject has ceased to participate in a previous relationship with another NetMeshObject
- convey that a Property of a NetMeshObject has changed, and to what value
- convey that a relationship between two NetMeshObjects was blessed with an additional RoleType
- convey that a relationship between two NetMeshObjects was unblessed from a previous RoleType
- convey that a NetMeshObject was blessed with an additional EntityType
- convey that a NetMeshObject was unblessed from a previous EntityType
- request update rights for a Replica
- surrender update rights for a Replica
- notify that a NetMeshBase reclaimed update rights from a Replica
- request that a NetMeshObject is retransmitted in its entirety for resynchronization purposes
- convey that a NetMeshBase wishes to cease communications, e.g. when it is deprovisioned.
Additional operations may be defined in the future.
See also:
- MeshObjectGraph
- NetMeshBase
- NetMeshObject
- Proxy
- ReplicaGraph.
- Tracking XPRISO Messages (blog post)
- XPRISO FAQs in FAQ Page


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Lodge near Lake amid 1,000 Acres of Blue Ridge Beauty
Unicoi State Park and Lodge overlooks the rolling landscape of the Blue Ridge Mountains of northern Georgia; you can get postcard-perfect views from the lodge's picture windows and open-air balconies. Nestled near Unicoi Lake, the lodge's spacious accommodations are secluded amid more than 1,000 acres of protected wilderness.
An extensive network of hiking trails weaves across the mountain landscape: there's a meandering loop around the lakefront and a white-knuckle mountain-biking path. Across the property, you can fish for trout from lakeside docks or shallow stream banks. In warmer months, canoers and kayakers explore the lake's outer reaches. Weekly park staff events range from full-moon hikes to bird-watching tours.
Back at the lodge, the restaurant hosts all-you-can-eat buffets three times a day. Included breakfasts typically feature waffles, bacon, and biscuits with country gravy, and dinners may include mountain trout or seafood jambalaya.
Helen, Georgia: Alpine Village with Frequent Festivals
The nearby town of Helen imagines the Appalachians as Alps. The quaint, Bavarian-style town is lined with cobblestone alleys and timber frame cottages. Helen's schedule of festivals and events celebrates the mountain landscape with vineyard tours, trout-fishing competitions, and birding trips. One of the most popular traditions is the annual Helen to the Atlantic Balloon Race, which fills the skies with myriad multicolored floats.
There's also plenty of outdoor scenery to enjoy in the surrounding Chattahoochee National Forest. The Appalachian Trail passes near Helen, and it comes alive every spring with thru-hikers attempting the entire 2,180-mile journey without the assistance of GPS or a saint bernard.


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Grizzlies-Spurs Preview
On the best playoff run in their short history, the Memphis
Grizzlies refuse to be satisfied with just reaching their first
Western Conference final.
The San Antonio Spurs? Well, they know time is running out for a
team that has done so very much in the NBA playoffs yet last
celebrated a championship in 2007.
Blowing a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals a year ago
to Oklahoma City has driven the Spurs since training camp, and now
they are back with Game 1 on Sunday against Memphis determined not
to waste another chance.
"We understand as a team that those opportunities are very
rare, and we have another great one right now," Spurs guard Tony
Parker said Saturday. "We have home-court advantage against a very
good team, so we have to take full advantage of it."
The Grizzlies are the former expansion franchise that started
off in Vancouver before moving to Memphis, and they started by
setting the NBA record for postseason futility while losing their
first 12 playoff games.
Coach Lionel Hollins, who won an NBA title in 1977 as a player
with Portland, has his Grizzlies believing they can win one, too.
The No. 5 seed in the West ousted first the Clippers, then the
Thunder by winning eight of its last nine games, including three of
four on the road.
"We're just worried about going forward," Grizzlies guard Mike
Conley said. "We're happy to be here, but we're still focused on
bigger things, and we got another tough opponent."
That would be the Spurs with Tim Duncan, Parker and Manu
Ginobili who swept the Grizzlies out of their first postseason in
2004. When Memphis finally won a postseason series, they beat the
Spurs in six games in 2011, kicking off that series by winning the
first game in San Antonio. Ginobili said the Spurs were not at
their best that series and struggled to stop the Grizzlies' big men
in Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph.
"We started with the wrong foot, we lost the first one and they
got stronger and confident, and that's how they beat us," Ginobili
This conference final pits Southwest Division rivals, with the
Spurs as the dominating big brother with their four NBA
championships and the fifth-best all-time winning percentage in the
league since this franchise moved to the NBA in 1976. No coach and
player have more postseason games than San Antonio coach Gregg
Popovich and Duncan with 200 over 16 seasons.
The Spurs clinched the No. 2 seed in the West winning just two
more games than the Grizzlies.
This should be a defensive showdown between teams built around
big men with Memphis countering Duncan with 7-foot-1 Gasol and
Randolph down low. Memphis held teams to an NBA-low 89.3 points
during the regular season, and the Spurs tied for third in
defensive efficiency. The Grizzlies also were second defending the
3, which could slow down Parker and Ginobili.
"Finding ways to score is going to be very difficult,"
Popovich said. "Just playing against their defense is enough of a
concern right off the bat."
Hollins said beauty will be in the eye of the beholder for this
"Some people think it's ugly, some people think it's
beautiful," Hollins said. "I don't know. Don't really care."
Home court mattered during the regular season as these teams
split with each winning on their own floor.
Remember when Popovich sent Duncan, Parker, Ginobili and Danny
Green home to avoid playing the Heat in Miami on Nov. 29th? Well,
that rest at the end of a six-game road trip cost the Spurs an
unprecedented $250,000 fine. But the move paid off when the Spurs
hosted the Grizzlies on Dec. 1 when Memphis was off to an NBA-best
12-2 start with a 99-95 win by San Antonio.
Three of the teams' matchups came before Memphis traded away
Rudy Gay on Jan. 30. Memphis won the last game April 1 when Conley
drove the lane for a layup and a 92-90 win on a night where Kawhi
Leonard stayed in San Antonio with a sore left knee, Duncan sat out
and Ginobili was out with a strained hamstring.
"It's going to be a tough series," Randolph said. "Every time
we've played them it's a tough series. They got Ginobili, Parker,
and they got a lot of other guys who do great things for the
San Antonio went 35-6 at home in the regular season, then swept
the Lakers to open the playoffs. The Warriors tested that
home-court advantage forcing the Spurs to go to overtime to pull
out the first game of that series and did win Game 2. The Spurs won
Game 5 at home before closing out the series Thursday night. That
forces the Spurs into a quicker turnaround, even though they do get
to start at home.
"I don't think you need any more challenge than playing in the
conference finals and having the opportunity to go to the NBA
Finals," Ginobili said. "Not that we needed that. It is big
Memphis has been on a bit of a revenge tour this postseason. The
Grizzlies ousted the Clippers in six after losing to Los Angeles in
seven last year, then they made up for their 2011 Western semifinal
loss to Oklahoma City by knocking off the defending Western champs
in five games.
A key in this series will be Parker and Conley. Parker is
averaging 22.4 points a game this postseason, while Conley is
averaging a career-best 17.6 points while handing out 7.6 assists a
"He's the real key to their basketball team," Popovich said.
"Everybody just thinks about Zach and Marc, who are sufficiently
wonderful as players. But Conley is very, very important to that
They got an extra day of rest after Wednesday night's 88-84 win
over the Thunder. Now they have geared up again focusing on
defense, rebounding and trying to outscore an opponent in the
paint, which already has worked so well this postseason.
"It's the same recipe," Gasol said. "It's just a little
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Mass. man says he may have seen missing Conway girl on video
December 08. 2013 1:54PM
BROCKTON, Mass. -- man who lives in Brockton, Mass. claimed on Satuday that he saw a video in which he saw a girl he thinks looks like the Conway girl who has abeen missing since early October.
A report in The Brockton (Mass.) Enterprise said its newsroom was called by a man Friday night who claimed to have seen a girl who appeared to be 15-year-old Abby Hernandez while performing an on-line search.
The newspaper says it passed the information along to Brockton police who took a report from the man. Brockton police turned the information over to Conway Police according to the report.
The newspaper quoted the man, whose name it did not release, as saying the girl 'looked exactly like Abigail Hernandez. It could have been her twin sister."
Last week, authorities revealed that they have had a letter written by the Kennett High School freshman on Oct. 9. The letter, was received by Hernandez's mother, Zenya, on Nov.6 and was postmarked on Oct. 23.
Investigators said disclosure of the letter has led to a number of tips but 'did not produce any new information,' Associate Attorney General Jane Young.


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For the third year in a row, Kelly's Country Store, at 3121 Grand Island Blvd., is selling Christmas trees, with proceeds to benefit the Grand Island Lions Club's annual Special Kids Picnic, as well as the club's other service projects.
Fundraiser Chairman Lion Brian Grim said the lot has expanded in size and he expects to sell 300 trees.
The tree lot is open during Kelly's regular hours, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week. Stop inside the store if an attendant is not on duty.
Pictured in the lot are, from left, Lions Brooks Rimes, Dick Crawford, Annette Boies-Lobl, Brian Grim and Dave Chervinsky.


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Poland opens debate on joining euro
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish lawmakers have started a debate to decide when the country should adopt the euro, the currency used by 17 European Union nations.
An EU member since 2004, Poland is still to name the date when it intends to adopt the euro. Officials say Poland should meet all financial requirements in 2015, but will wait for a moment best suited to its interests.
As he launched the debate, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk appealed to lawmakers Tuesday to approve the fiscal compact, a set of debt-control regulations that came into force Jan. 1 for countries that ratified it.
Tusk said Poland should ratify the fiscal compact as it would give the country a greater say in EU financial issues. Lawmakers are to vote on the compact on Wednesday.


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Actor James Gandolfini was just one of the thousands of Americans who die while traveling abroad each year. Their survivors need to not only cope with grief, but also the logistics of trying to repatriate the body.
For Azia Ludwig, 22, the tragedy of her father's death from a fall hours after her wedding in Mexico was only the beginning. Her experience included a funeral home she felt was unscrupulous and a Spanish death certificate that wasn't accepted by all the U.S. banks and insurance companies she's had to deal with.
"It was a nightmare. I had the best day of my life and I woke up to the very worst day," she said in a telephone interview from her home in Midville, Utah. "You're never really prepared, but here was a language barrier."
It's impossible to know how many Americans die outside of the country each year, but in 2012, the U.S. State Department assisted the survivors of nearly 11,000 U.S. citizens by notifying next of kin, helping with returning the body and keeping the family informed of any investigations, said Beth Finan, a spokeswoman for the agency's Bureau of Consular Affairs.
Gandolfini's body was flown back four days after his death, the process expedited by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. But for average folks, the process can take much longer, and may include hassles ranging from bureaucratic hurdles to high (and sometimes questionable) fees. The State Department or a U.S. Consulate may be able to assist with advice and arrangements, as can many funeral homes. If the deceased had life insurance or travel insurance, those companies should be consulted as well to see what help might be available, and what type of documentation is required to claim benefits.
Ludwig decided to cremate her father, Rob Wiscombe, a 43-year-old businessman and chef from Pocatello, Idaho, since there are fewer issues involved in transporting ashes than transporting a body. "If we waited to get my dad's body home I would have had to be there for several weeks and the body would be shipped back like luggage," said Ludwig. She was warned, however, that sometimes the urn is opened and contents inspected at the airport.
Ludwig believes it was the hotel manager in at the resort in Playa del Carmen who contacted a funeral home on her behalf. Ludwig said they were first told that cremation would cost $2,000, then after the manager left, the price was raised to $4,000 with $500 cash up front.
"We kept asking why and there was a language barrier. For some reason they couldn't explain it to us," she said.
They scraped together the cash and when the funeral home refused to provide a receipt, they asked the hotel desk clerk to witness the transaction.
The next day, they called the U.S. Consulate, which intervened along with an apologetic hotel manager.
Nevertheless, the funeral home was several hours late for a meeting, and in a surreal moment in a cafe, the man from the funeral home, while holding Wiscombe's ashes, said, "There was a problem with the cremation," she recalled. Although she never got the details, she eventually worked out a final, firm price — $2,500 — and was able to fly home with the urn on her original ticket, three days after her father's death.
But there was another problem: The autopsy report and death certificate were in Spanish, complicating the paperwork for her father's estate. Her insurance agent set up a FedEx account to facilitate getting the paperwork from Mexico and the consulate eventually sent an English Certificate of Death Abroad, but she gave up trying to get English copies of the police and autopsy reports.
Ludwig, a student and waitress, believes her father flipped over a low third-floor balcony railing when he took a wrong turn after a night of celebrating following her wedding this past May.
Those who choose to send back a body face other challenges.
"The body has to be embalmed and in a sealed container and a shipping crate," said Carol Williams, executive director for the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, based in Atlanta.
She said usually a bereaved family will contact their funeral home of choice, and it will then call the consulate for the country where the person died to determine that country's requirements. The funeral home can also make the transportation arrangements for the body.
Pricing should be available within 24 hours, she said. Cremation is more economical, as repatriating and flying a body can cost thousands of dollars. She advises people to make sure they have travel insurance.
"With that insurance, it will provide the funds to get that body home," she explained.
Williams said funeral directors in St. Maarten, a Caribbean island popular with cruise ships, once told her that they were frequently involved in returning the remains of passengers who died on vacation.
"Especially now because people are traveling more, they are older, retired and some of them have health conditions," she said.
Tullia Marcolongo, director of programs and development in for the International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers, said she believes people traveling may be reluctant to seek medical help for ailments they perceive as minor.
"They don't want to interrupt their trip schedule. There is a perceived lack of time," she said from her office in Niagara, N.Y. She said people may not want to wait in a foreign emergency room, or ask for help navigating an unfamiliar health system.
The reluctance "may be amplified with the language issue," she said.
She cited a new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that examined traveler habits from 2000 to 2010 and found that 50 percent of 940 million international tourists became ill, but only 8 percent sought medical care during or after their trip.
Gandolfini died of a heart attack at the age of 51 on June 19 while on a trip to Italy.
When someone dies abroad, "It can be devastation for a family," said Williams. "Especially trying to deal with the loss and the expense."


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Former BioWare San Francisco producer believes new IP "just isn't a priority" for EA anymore
Ethan Levy, a former BioWare San Francisco producer of Dragon Age Legends, has said new IP isn't "a priority" for EA anymore.
Speaking on his Quarter Spiral blog, Levy believes EA's new mantra of fewer, bigger brands has partially stemmed from the company's success with iOS titles. The format tends to provide a less risky investment with the potential for larger dividends.
"EA's stated strategy is fewer, bigger brands. Of the many new IPs developed for this generation, only Army of Two, Dead Space and Dragon Age continue to see new versions. As far as I can tell from publicly facing information, creating innovative, new IPs just isn't a priority for the organization," Levy wrote.
"Big brands + big marketing budget + high production values = $$$. This is the EA formula. They may have been late to the mobile & tablet freemium party, but now that they are here they will out-compete the Dragon Vales and Tiny Monsters of the world.
"This formula may have finally run its course in the core space, where 80+ rated Lord of the Rings, James Bond and Godfather games have all fallen out of favor with gamers' wallets."
Levy said The Simpsons: Tapped Out proves to EA that players who "enjoy the games produced by this formula" just moved to another platform. This provides EA with a digital future having "less to do with big, risky new IPs like Mirror's Edge or Brutal Legend," and more on huge returns such as the $29.6 million in sales earned by Tapped Out – a figured estimated by Levy and not "official".
Tapped Out's budget was likely just a "mere sliver compared to the cost of the critical and probable commercial failure, Medal of Honor: Warfighter," noted Levy.
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Romney: Sorry he's not president, will help GOP
OXON HILL, Md. – Republican Mitt Romney told conservative activists Friday that he's sorry he's not their president but promised to work alongside them to help strengthen the Republican Party.
"Each of us in our own way will have to step up and meet our responsibility," Romney told a crowded ballroom at the Conservative Political Action Conference, a three-day political summit in suburban Washington.
"I am sorry that I will not be your president," the 2012 Republican presidential nominee said during his first public speech since last fall's election loss. "But I will be your co-worker, and I will work shoulder-to-shoulder alongside you."
Romney's conservative credentials were sometimes questioned during his presidential campaign, but he was greeted with a roaring ovation and interrupted by applause several times during his brief remarks. Advisers said his appearance was designed to thank conservatives for backing his candidacy.
Romney won the conference's straw poll one year ago, when he described himself as "severely conservative." He did not repeat that phrase on Friday, but he did borrow heavily from his campaign trail speech. Romney referred to the same furniture upholsterer and truck driver he cited almost daily as he crisscrossed the country last year.
The former Massachusetts governor is not expected to play a leading role in the future of the Republican Party, but he said, "It's up to us to make sure that we learn from our mistakes, and my mistakes."
He encouraged conservatives to study the successes of the nation's 30 Republican governors and praised the "clear and convincing voice" of his former running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, who spoke in the same ballroom earlier in the day.
"Of course, I left the race disappointed that I didn't win," Romney said. "But I also left honored and humbled to have represented the values we believe in and to speak for so many good and decent people."
He also struck the same optimistic tone of his campaign's final weeks.
"I utterly reject pessimism," Romney said. "We may not have carried on Nov. 7, but we have not lost the country we love, and we have not lost our way."


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Shiraz is indeed Australia's most celebrated and widely planted variety, typically producing bold, supple reds with sweet, jammy fruit and performing best in the Barossa and Hunter Valleys. Cabernet Sauvignon is often blended with Shiraz, and also shines on its own particularly in Coonawarra and Margaret River. Grenache and Mourvèdre (often locally referred to as Mataro) are also popular, both on their own and alongside Shiraz in Rhône blends. Chardonnay is common throughout the country and made in a wide range of styles. Sauvignon Blanc has recently surged in popularity to compete with New Zealand's distinctive version, and Semillon is often utilized as its blending partner, or in the Hunter Valley, on its own to make complex, age-worthy whites. Riesling thrives in the cool-climate Clare and Eden Valleys. Sticky-sweet fortified wine Rutherglen Muscat is a beloved regional specialty of Victoria. Thanks to the country's relatively agreeable climate throughout and the openness of its people, experimentation is common and ongoing, and there are a vast array of intriguing varieties to be found.
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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. – As Chicago Fire forward Mike Magee approached his 64th-minute penalty kick against Toronto FC on Saturday, taking a few shuffles to the left before taking three quick steps toward the ball, he thought the target looked a little smaller than usual.
The last time he stepped up for a crucial PK, in a 2-2 tie with Montreal three weeks earlier, he sent the ball off the cross bar. So this time, he decided to hit the frame at all costs, and he chipped the ball down the middle as Stefan Frei went diving to his right.
"I tried to take a little glance at the goalie, and the approach is that I had to score," Magee told reporters of his Panenka. "Normally, I get up there and don't think twice about missing, and this time the last one off the back of the post was on my mind, so I figured I couldn't hit it off the post if I shot it up the middle."
The gutsy goal was Magee's 20th, putting him into a tie with Marco Di Vaio at the top of the Golden Boot race, and the fans behind the goal chanted "MVP, MVP."
Magee was appreciative of that, but what he was even more fond of was that the Fire went on to win the game 1-0.
"It's awesome," Magee said of the MVP praise. "I'm in my city, the city that I love and hearing them chant that with my family in the stands is huge. Having said that, I know what's really at stake and it's not an MVP award or a Golden Boot Award, or any other award, it's about getting to the playoffs and knowing anything can happen from there. It feels good, don't get me wrong, but to be honest it's the last thing on my mind."
Magee won't acknowledge that he wants or deserves to be the league's MVP – he shoots down questions about it right and left. But his coach put in a pitch for the forward on Saturday.
"Obviously his performance on the field and what he's done to be able to change our team since he's been here – he definitely has to be considered," Frank Klopas said. "He's had a big impact with our team and I think he for sure deserves the award because I'm his coach. I hope he gets it, but he's definitely been a huge part to get our team to the point where it is right now."
Magee's penalty kick on Saturday may have said everything's about the forward's confidence in his MVP-caliber season, because even though his previous miss was in the back of his mind, he knew a second straight mistake wasn't possibile. Not for him.
"I got up there with all the confidence in the world," Magee said. "I was looking at the goal and it looked a little smaller than normal, to be honest [but] I was never going to miss that."


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Fighting poverty
To the editor: The new norm in working for a living is working to reach the poverty or near-poverty level. �Near poverty� is defined as up to 200 percent of the poverty level.
To the editor: The new norm in working for a living is working to reach the poverty or near-poverty level. �Near poverty� is defined as up to 200 percent of the poverty level.
The vast majority of working Americans sell their labor. They are primarily dependent upon the earnings reported on the annual W-2 form received from their employer. In 2011, one-half of all W-2s � more than 75 million workers � had a reported income of less than $26,965. Working full time, the wage cap for these workers was $12.96 per hour. Almost all worked for considerably less.
The poverty guideline for a family of four was $22,350 in 2011; $10.75 per hour working full time. For most families in the lower earning half discussed above, both parents would necessarily be working to avoid poverty but remain poor. Had minimum wage kept up with inflation, it would be $10.56.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology calculates a near-poverty living wage for the same family living in Henderson County to be $18.82 per hour, or $39,146 per year. The mean average wage/salary disbursement for North Carolina in 2011 was $43,107. Nationally it was $41,211, and two-thirds of W-2 workers earned less.
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To the editor: �Cotton Patch Gospel� at the Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown is the second of the season�s two opening shows that anyone from Henderson County gets a $5 discount on, and you shouldn�t pass it up.
The late Harry Chapin (of �Cats in the Cradle� fame) wrote the Southern folk and bluegrass songs for this show as his very last work, and they are awesome.
The singing, acting and playing of the guitar, mandolin, banjo and fiddle in the show are up to the task in every way!
The five performers are well known in music circles (one of them had a run as Jerry Lee Lewis on Broadway), and they lead the audience through this modern retelling of the Gospels of Matthew and John set in rural Georgia.
The narration and the songs from the cast jump from joyous to fearful and back again, and the audience goes right along with them.
While I could imagine this show coming across as hokey in other hands, this crew gives a performance that is powerful and very fun at the same time.
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Editor�s note: �Cotton Patch Gospel� opens today at Playhouse Downtown. For details, call 693-0731 or visit www.flatrockplayhouse.org.


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ATLANTA (AP) — The website TMZ has posted videos from a police dashboard camera of actress Reese Witherspoon's arrest in Atlanta on a disorderly conduct charge on the night of April 19. Her husband, Hollywood agent Jim Toth, was being given a field sobriety test following a traffic stop. Here's a transcript of two exchanges involving Witherspoon and a Georgia state trooper, after she left the car during the test. The 37-year-old has since apologized for her behavior, saying she's "deeply embarrassed" by what she said after having had "one drink too many."
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Trooper (looking toward a car): Ma'am, get back in that car.
Witherspoon (out of view): You know I'm so sorry.
Trooper: Ma'am, get back in that car.
Witherspoon: Can I say something?
Trooper: No ma'am, get back in that car. I'm not going to repeat myself again.
Witherspoon: I'm pregnant and I need to use the restroom.
Trooper: Ok, well I need you to get back in the car and there ain't nowhere to use it out here. If I tell you again, I'm going to arrest you.
Witherspoon: Yes, sir.
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Trooper (as Witherspoon approaches him administering test to Toth): Ma'am, what'd I just tell you to do?
Witherspoon: I'd like to know what's going on.
Trooper: He's under arrest. If you don't get back in the car...
Witherspoon: I'm a U.S. citizen and I'm allowed to stand on American ground...
Trooper: Actually, you're not allowed to do anything...
Witherspoon: ...to ask any question I want to ask.
Trooper: Go ahead. Come on (moves to handcuff her).
Witherspoon: You better not arrest me.
Trooper: Yes, ma'am
Witherspoon: Are you kidding me??
Trooper: Nope. I told you.
Witherspoon: I'm an American citizen!
Trooper: I told you to get in that car and stay in there didn't I?
Witherspoon: This is beyond!
Trooper: I told you.
Witherspoon: This is beyond! (while handcuffed, turning to yell at him) .
Trooper: You fight with me, I promise you. (inaudible)
Witherspoon: This is harassment! You're harassing me as an American citizen! I have done nothing against the law!
Husband: Reese, can you please?
Trooper: Yes, you have. You didn't obey my...
Witherspoon: I have to obey your orders?
Trooper: Yes, you do.
Witherspoon: No sir, I do not.
Toth: Reese.
Witherspoon: Absolute nothing,
Toth: Reese, Reese.
Witherspoon: I'm now being arrested and handcuffed?? (as she's taken out of view to the police car)
Trooper: Yep.
Witherspoon: Do you know my name sir?
Trooper: Don't need to know it. (inaudible)
Witherspoon: You don't need to know my name?
Trooper: Not quite yet...
Witherspoon: Oh really. Ok, you're about to find out who I am.
Trooper: That's fine. I'm not real worried about you ma'am. I done told you how things worked. You want to get out and get up in my investigation, that's OK.
Witherspoon: Yes sir, I do.
Trooper: Well guess what. We have a law for that. It's called obstruction.
Witherspoon: I'm obstructing your justice?
Trooper: Yep.
Witherspoon: Really?
Trooper: Yep
Witherspoon: I'm being anti-American?
Trooper: Yep. Go ahead and sit down. (as they approach car)
Witherspoon: Wow!
Trooper: Sit on your butt first, it'll be a lot easier on you.
Witherspoon: Interesting....Arresting me???
Trooper (back in view) to husband: I tried.
Husband: I'm sorry.
Trooper: I absolutely 100 percent tried.
Toth: I had nothing to do with that.
Trooper: I know.


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Horse owners on alert after deadly virus discovered
WOODINVILLE, Wash. -- Horse owners are on alert after a fatal virus was discovered at an equestrian center here.
Seven horses have had to be euthanized at the Gold Creek Equestrian Center, according to Brian Joseph, the state veterinarian. But other horses have recovered.
The disease is know as EHV-1, a fatal strain of equine herpes.
Fifty-three horses are under quarantine at Gold Creek and under medical care. The state says some of the animals are showing symptoms, which include an elevated temperature, runny nose and difficulty with urination.
A few miles away at 5 C Farms, owner Kelly Colvin is keeping a close eye on 40 horses that live there.
"The whole horse community is concerned and worried, and there's so much you just don't know about this diseases, and the vets don't either," Colvin said.
There is no treatment for the virus or a vaccination,
A local nonprofit, Save a Forgotten Equine, dropped off cleaning supplies Tuesday at Gold Creek to help the equestrian center.
"My heart just goes out to any of the horse owners" said Lori McMaster of Save a Forgotten Equine. "I couldn't image it. It's just horrific."
The virus, which humans cannot contract, can be carried on tires, shoes, clothes. It's highly contagious among horses.
That's why so many are taking precaution
"Most of the facilities that I am aware of, including us, we are all under a voluntary quarantine. That just means none of our horses are going in and out," Colvin said.
The state has praised Gold Creek for its efforts to contain the virus.


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As the summer approaches, graduation festivities are in full swing. Between the ceremonies and end-of-the-year parties we all find ourselves faced with the question of what to wear. We all want to have the outfits that everyone will be talking about, but maybe the problem is that you don't know where to find them.
Here in Louisville, we have some of the most impressive boutiques with all of the latest designer apparel. For starters, Clodhoppers, located on Lexington Road, carries all the newest Milly clothing, BCBGeneration and French Connection. Rodes for Her, on Brownsboro Road, carries all of the latest Armani Collection, as well as Tory Burch shoes and handbags. A few other boutiques to consider if you are looking for top designer apparel are Rodeo Drive, Circe, Sunny Daize and Serendipity.
So be sure to stop by all of these boutiques and find the outfits that will leave everyone stunned this summer, because who knows? You may just be nominated for this year's The Voice-Tribune's Best Dressed of Louisville!
Best Dressed 2012 will be held on August 25 at the Marriot Downtown. However, we can't have the spectacular event without a lovely group of nominees, which means we need your help! Voting ends June 4, so cast your votes while there is still time left. The first round of nominees will be announced starting June 7, so be sure to keep checking back.
The best part is that it couldn't be any easier to vote. All you have to do is go online to www.voice-tribune.com to the BD2012 category and submit your preferred nominee. You can only vote once a day every day for your female, male, and couple of choice, so make sure to keep voting to ensure their spot!
Dress to impress this summer with help from your favorite Louisville boutiques because you never know who may nominate you for this year's Best Dressed. Mark your calendars for August 25 and be sure to keep voting. We want to make Best Dressed 2012 the event of the year once again, so help us by choosing an astounding panel of nominees.


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A concert will be hosted at CAST Performing Arts Center on Friday at 8 p.m., featuring the music of local singer/songwriter Larry Russ. Doors will open at 7:30. Admission is $7 at the door. Playing with Larry will be David Dionesotes (vocals, guitar) and Jason Russ (percussion).
Special guest musicians will be Betsy Oslund Harmon (vocals, keyboard), Michelle Goguen (guitar, vocals), and Jon Cyparski (flute.) David and Larry have performed and written music together since 1990 and were finalists invited to perform at last summer's performing songwriters contest in Sisters.
Betsy Harmon is a local singer/songwriter and was recently featured on Dan Ross's Q104.5 FM Sunday radio program. Michelle Goguen has played in venues around the Gorge and performs a wide range of covers and original songs. Jon Cyparski is an accomplished musician and member of the group Syncline and will be demonstrating his craft on the flute.
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Danny Sullivan at Search Engine Land has an excellent recounting of the initial story from Google. The short short version for the TL: DR crowd:
Google noticed that Bing's top 10 for certain results had become very close to Google's top 10, even yielding the correct result when there was spelling errors. Google decided to code a line that would manually make certain unrelated websites the #1 result to a list of nonsensical words. Google engineers were told to use Internet Explorer from their home computers with the Bing Bar and Suggested Sites (an IE feature) turned on and run Google searches for these nonsensical words. (The Bing Bar has an option to send search data to Microsoft.) After a period of two weeks, searching Bing with the nonsensical words yielded the same #1 result as Google. Google claims Bing is stealing their results. Bing says Google stacked the Bing results by running the same search over and over again in their Bing bar.
Silicon Valley slapfight, ahoy!
To me, this story is a big non-starter. Perhaps my indifference is misplaced, but it's hard to get very excited about two multi-billion dollar corporations trading shots over proprietary search result algorithms. It is nice to know that they aren't kidding when they say that they will use any data you are willing to share with them in order to make for a 'better search experience'. Even if that experience is the product of a little corporate espionage.
Maybe libraryland will get lucky and Bing will start stealing content from Google Books or Scholar. That might get me out of my chair.


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Kindle overtakes print at Amazon
Internet retailer Amazon.co.uk now sells more Kindle books than printed books, according to figures released by the company.
The firm, which started selling the downloadable books in the UK in August 2010, said this year it has sold 114 Kindle titles for every 100 print books.
That includes both hardback and paperback but does not include Kindle titles that are available free.
"Customers in the UK are now choosing Kindle books more often than print books, even as our print business continues to grow.
"We hit this milestone in the United States less than four years after introducing Kindle, so to reach this landmark after just two years in the UK is remarkable and shows how quickly UK readers are embracing Kindle," said Jorrit Van der Meulen, vice president of Kindle EU.
"As a result of the success of Kindle, we're selling more books than ever before on behalf of authors and publishers. And thanks to Kindle Direct Publishing, thousands of self-published authors have also been given an outlet to share their work with the millions of Kindle readers worldwide."
The most popular author in the Kindle store so far this year is Fifty Shades of Grey writer EL James who has sold more than two million of the digital books in four months.


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Rep. Brad Montell (right), R-Shelbyville (58th District) listens as Dr. Howard Fuller, Director of the Institute for the Transformation of Learning testifies about charter schools to the House Education Committee in Frankfort. House Bill 77 is sponsored by Montell and seeks to allow charter schools in Kentucky. It discussed but not voted on by the committee during its Feb. 14 meeting.
Jeffrey Todd Tinsley, a deputy with the Spencer County Sheriff's Department, was among 25 law enforcement officers from 22 agencies across the state who graduated Friday from basic training at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training.
Arden Cooper, a 2011 Spencer County High School graduate, was named the University of Kentucky's Outstanding New Band Member. Arden, who is attending UK to study pharmacy, is a member of the marching band, concert band and pep band. Her favorite thing about attending UK is playing in the band at the basketball games.
The Spencer County Middle School drama students are participating in the Reel Action Contest to Prevent Underage Drinking. Several local students have submitted video projects to the contest which are now available for viewing at http://www.reelactionky.com/viewing.html.
Community members are encouraged to visit the website and vote for local contest participants. The videos produced locally include:
• Don't get sucked into beer pressure
• Don't put a pause in your life
• Once choice, one life
• Trashed
Editor's Note: Spencer County Relay for Life 2012 — "Networking for a Cure" — will once again be submitting personal cancer stories to the Spencer Magnet prior to June 8, 2012 — Relay Night. This story was written by Vicki Vincent, an Educational Instructional Assistant at Spencer County Middle School.
Community members should take notice that the Spencer County Board of Education has voted to change its 2012 regular meeting dates.
Board meetings are now held on the fourth Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m., with the next regularly scheduled meeting planned for Feb. 27 at the Spencer County Middle School media center.
The board previously met on the fourth Thursday of each month.
The board's 2012 regular meeting schedule is listed below:
Boy Scout Troops 176 and 465 hosted two foreign exchange students to help them complete their Citizenship in the World merit badge requirements.
'Cindy' (left) from China and 'Maprang' (right) from Thailand are both juniors attending high school in Louisville. They shared stories of their home countries highlighting differences in their education, social pastimes, family life, foods and traditions. The boys really enjoyed learning about the life of teenagers from other countries, Scoutmaster Doug Hayes said.
The winter homecoming king and queen were crowned at Friday night's Spencer County High School basketball game. Seniors Patrick Wafford and Morgan Swisher were chosen as the royalty this year.
The American Red Cross in Bullitt and Spencer counties will host its annual Valentine Gala on Saturday, Feb. 11.
The 14th annual event at Paroquet Springs Conference Centre will include music by Wulfe Pack.
Tickets are $50 per person or $100 per couple. A table of eight is available for $400.
Cocktails begin at 7 p.m. with dinner at 8 p.m. featuring music by Hans Sander.
The dance runs from 9 p.m. until midnight.
Tickets may be purchased by calling 955-6259.
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TITANIC-TITANIC.com | Titanic Victualling Crew - Moore, Mr. Alfred Ernest
- Age: 37
- Date of Birth (D.O.B.): 1875
- Place of Residence: Southampton, England ( List )
- Embarked at: Southampton, England ( List ) on Wednesday, 10th April, 1912
- Occupation: Second Class Saloon Steward
- Monthly Wage: £3 15s
- Department: Titanic Victualling Crew
- Survived: No ( List )
- Died: 15th April, 1912 at sea
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Alfred Ernest Moore boarded the Titanic at Southampton, England.
Alfred Ernest Moore was a Second Class Saloon Steward aboard the Titanic, and was part of the Victualling Crew.
Alfred Ernest Moore lived at 142, St. Mary's Road, Southampton, England, United Kingdom.
Alfred Ernest Moore was lost in the sinking of the Titanic, and his body was not recovered or identified.
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We've just experienced our allotted two days of British summer (barely enough time to shake the cobwebs off our deck shoes and shorts!), and so it's now time to turn our attention to the Autumn Winter trends for 2012.
Frencheye, a London-based tailoring brand who take their inspiration from continental brands like Zegna and Canali, are touting their latest range of evening wear.
"From desk to dinner" is the Frencheye tagline, and the range certainly has the flexibility to impress both in the boardroom and on a classy night out. We're particularly keen on the use of velvets and moleskins, though it takes a brave bloke to "tip the velvet", so to speak.
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And it's not just the cancer/chemo that is lowering his immune system -- the Lepto is also going to play a large part in that. I personally would wait for any major diet changes until after the chemo and doxy treatments are done and Vinny's system stabilizes.
I agree with this one. Make as few changes as are necessary until they get ALL of the issues under control.


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Not an elbow injury, rather it is a torn triceps... Smith had a bone spur attached to his triceps tendon that became detached in his left elbow, Matt Maiocco of Comcast SportsNet Bay Area reported.
"Smith was injured in a Week 15 win over the New England Patriots and hasn't practiced since. The Bee reported Smith is likely to undergo offseason surgery, but the 49ers hope he can play through the pain during the team's voyage through the NFC playoffs."
That would be a tough injury to play through. It reminds me of the loss of Red Bryant last year when our defense crumbled after he went down... the 49ers better learn to adjust or they will be one and done.


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Learning and laptops a win-win at SE VOKE where all 10th graders are getting Chromebooks
Tenth-grader Erik Ellis admits that he used to take a pass on an important part of his education.
"I never used to do homework," said Ellis.
But now that he has his own laptop, courtesy of Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical High School, he makes the time. The school is putting Chromebooks in the hands of all 10th-graders.
"It's easier to do homework on the computer, it's easier to learn this way," said Ellis.
The Chromebooks were tested in a pilot program last year and they made the cut. Part of the appeal of the Samsung laptop is the portability. At just 31/2 pounds, they travel well. That's because they don't come with traditional hard drives. Instead students become "Cloud clients" storing material in cyberspace.
"This is how we engage kids, and this is how this generation works," said Principal David Wheeler.
iPads were also tested but because they can't run Flash, they didn't make the grade, said Wheeler, who added that a lot of video and tutorial material students use is Flash-based.
Other laptops were also put through the paces, but Southeastern chose Samsung's Chromebooks at a cost of $399 each. The school spent $131,670 to outfit the 330 sophomores with the laptops.
The 10th-graders are the envy of all the other grades. In January, the ninth-graders are slated to get laptops. But due to budgeting, it's not known if the 11th- or 12th-graders will receive them.
Seventy-five teachers also received Chromebooks through a lottery system. Now the teachers are learning the lessons of the laptops as well.
"I went to a Google summit in Maine this summer, it's what a lot of schools are using," said Alex Benedict, a technology and English teacher for 11 years at Southeastern.
He is teaching the faculty and staff how to navigate through email and cyberspace.
Benedict explained that with Google's gmail, an entire class can work on the same document at the same time. "Google is outstanding for collaboration," said Benedict.
"I think they are awesome," said Samantha Feliciano, a sophomore from Brockton. "It's easier to type on these laptops because the computer is lighter," said Feliciano.
The longer battery life is another plus for Feliciano. Other features she uses regularly are the built-in search key as well as the document page, which Feliciano says is easy to use.
Getting rid of the traditional textbooks is literally a weight off of the 10th-graders shoulders. "Accessing the books online makes it easier to study and makes it easier than carrying books," said Adrianna Dougherty, a 10th-grader from Brockton.
The school is trying to eventually shift into a paperless environment, said Benedict.
"When we distributed the laptops a few days ago, a few of the students said to me it's like Christmas," said Letty Brown, a vocational study hall monitor who has been at Southeastern for 16 years.
One of the lessons that teachers are making sure students know is the correct and responsible way to use social media.
"They can do research anywhere now," said Anne Cafferty, who is also a vocational study hall monitor. "I think most of them are excited about the laptops, it's going to be easier for them to access assignments now," Cafferty said.
The students must sign a responsibility waiver to get their laptop. There is also optional insurance available for $25. All of the laptops come with a protective case.
As for Erik Ellis, he said that technology trumps old-school ways. "If you lose your notes from a notebook, you still have them in the computer," Ellis said. A computer that now automatically saves material for you.


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In an effort to better enforce Wilmington taxi rules, the city is delivering a one-two punch to violators.
In an effort to better enforce Wilmington taxi rules, the city is delivering a one-two punch to violators.
First, the city council hiked the penalty for unauthorized cabs/limos from $50 to $250 for the first offense. If unauthorized drivers get caught again, they'll face a $500 fine.
The city is also poised to launch a six-month pilot program that funds an extra taxi inspector/code enforcement officer to work nights and weekends. City Manager Sterling Cheatham included the additional taxi inspector in his recommended budget, which the council is set to adopt June 18.
Police Chief Ralph Evangelous said the inspector, who would work under his department, will enforce taxi rules more regularly and the person will be empowered to levy heftier fines.
"We feel that this'll cause these illegal, or what I like to call gypsy-cabs or limousine services, a financial burden where they'll stop operating in the city or be less likely to operate in the city," Evangelous said at a May 7 council meeting.
The city allows 155 taxi licenses, also called "W-numbers." Inspector El Taruas Bluford, a former cop, is the police department's sole code enforcement officer.
Bluford regularly receives complaints about non-authorized cab drivers on the roads, especially at night. Because they operate outside the rules, in effect, they are bypassing other rules legitimate cabs are expected to follow. Those drivers have to be permitted, take drug tests and send their fingerprints to the FBI. The cabs are also subject to inspections and have to keep a record of each trip.
Earlier this week, Bluford was preparing to issue a citation to a woman with no permit who was trying to pick people up downtown in her personal vehicle.
The same woman was stopped in April and given a warning. She is now subject to a $250 fine, Bluford said.
Tracie Crisante, the manager of Kat's Taxi, which has 27 cabs permitted in the city, supports the increased fines for unlicensed taxis. Her drivers report seeing at least five unpermitted taxis operating downtown every single week.
"Their cars aren't inspected," Crisante said. "Their drivers aren't inspected." She worries about the safety risks if a driver with no permits picking people up.
"I wouldn't want somebody picking up my daughter-in-law and my grandkids if he hasn't had a criminal check."
Airport drivers in limbo
A third class of cab drivers also exists: drivers who are permitted at Wilmington International Airport or by Wrightsville or Carolina Beach, but who do not hold a city permit.
James Gallagher is an independent driver with his own cab, Home, James! Taxi Co., who is permitted at the airport and the two beach towns. Gallagher said he has been on a waiting list for a city permit for years. While he does not solicit business inside the city (such as waiting for customers downtown as bars close), he does have regular customers call him for rides to the airport.
With increased city enforcement, he worries airport cabbies driving city residents to the airport could be targeted.
"I have a feeling they're going to try to harass us and intimidate us," Gallagher said.
Bluford, the taxi inspector, said any cab driver who is operating in the city, even to pick a client up to take them to the airport, is subject to being cited for violating the city rules.
Gallagher said he has never been cited with operating inside the city, but other airport drivers have. "My issue is, I don't want to be harassed by them picking up my regular customers," Gallagher said.
Cleaning up cabs
Councilwoman Laura Padgett has complained about the state of many of the city's taxis. She supported the increase in fines, and has advocated for the extra taxi inspector to work nights and weekends.
"In my opinion, we need some type of regulation that improves our cab service," Padgett said, adding that she wants to improve the experience for riders.
While some drivers dress sharply and maintain their vehicles, she's seen drivers wearing tank tops and cut off jeans or with the air conditioning busted.
"We haven't done a very good job of making sure the cabs are in good working order, do not sound like they're going to fall apart, are clean in the inside," she said.
The six-month pilot project would cost $14,000, according to a memo Evangelous sent city officials in December. In addition to citing unlicensed cabs, the officers would also enforce other rules governing taxis and wreckers.
Julian March: 343-2099
On Twitter: @julian_march


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Sunday, December 29, 2013
Kitchen Galerie Bis
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The whole meal was looking quite good to me as I read but when I got to the citrus dessert….I stopped reading to inquire about booking passage on a tramp steamer!ReplyDelete
Oh, my goodness! Possibly the best thing you've ever tasted? It must have been good indeed! Love the portrait of the two.ReplyDeleteReplies
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I love the contrast of fruity desserts at the end of a meal.
You did an great job..what a lovely keepsake for them..charmant!ReplyDelete
I can tell they are nice.I just can.
As for your dinner..what an experience..Le Fun for sure!
I would have been happy with any of the portraits! The food looks divine, thanks for giving us a visual feast. No calories involved!ReplyDelete
The portrait looks fabulous; I like the way you show how it came together.ReplyDelete
The food looks good, but such small portions :)Replies
You tend to eat more slowly with flavors this complex. Very satisfying experience visually as well as mentally.Delete
Looks delicious. Hope you enjoyed your holidays! Here's to many good things for your blog in 2014! Xx DaniëlleReplyDelete
Ooh la la, Carol, that restaurant looks very chic, and the items you all ordered look exquisite and ... delicious. What fun to discover all sorts of new combinations of flavors and ingredients.ReplyDelete
It was so interesting to see all the portrait drawings you made as you worked your way to achieving the likeness that pleased both you and the gentleman.
I heard an NPR show yesterday, Culture Shock, about the year 1913. It covers lots of creative changes that year brought, including a very interesting bit about the Eiffel Tower. You might be able to access it online. Recommended.


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Fund set up for daughters of mom killed in Christmas Eve crashBy MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
December 26. 2013 9:16PM
A fund has been set up for the family of Brookline resident Katie Hamilton, the mother of three killed in a three-car crash on Christmas Eve, the town fire chief said.
Hamilton, 30, was on her way to pick up Madalyn, Lillian and Caleigh at her parents' home, which is just down the road from the intersection where the accident took place, Brookline Fire Chief Charles Corey said.
Hamilton's father, Steven Whitcomb, is a volunteer firefighter and was among the first team of firefighters to arrive at the scene.
Hamilton had been thrown from her Ford Explorer, Corey said.
He disputed initial reports that Whitcomb had to pull his daughter out of the vehicle. He said Whitcomb was on one of the first two trucks that arrived, but was unsure of his exact role at the accident scene.
Firefighters were unaware of the victim's identity as they did their work, Corey said. Once it became apparent, Hollis Fire Department members took over, he said.
The family has released an obituary and asked for donations to the Hamilton Family Trust, which is set up at the Brookline branch of TD Bank.
Hamilton volunteered at Fire Department fundraisers, according to her obituary. She was an apprentice plumber and worked alongside her father, who owns a plumbing/heating business.
Police Chief William Quigley said the New Hampshire State Police are handling the investigation at the request of the Hillsborough County Attorney. Quigley said state police, with an accident reconstruction team, are better equipped to investigate the accident.
According to initial reports, Hamilton's southbound Ford Explorer was struck from behind at the intersection of Routes 13 and 130, right in front of the town's safety complex.
The collision sent her SUV into the northbound lane, where it was struck broadside by a Ford F-250 pickup truck. Hamilton was pronounced dead at the scene.
On Thursday, Quigley said the investigation will likely take some time; no charges had been filed that he was aware of.


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- Jul 26:
- No new pot shop requests in Boulder
- Mar 6:
- The Canary's Song in Nederland finally ready to sell recreational pot
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- Boulder County set to see first recreational pot shop blossom Tuesday
- Feb 11:
- Reefer rush: Several vying to open as Boulder County's first rec pot shop
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- Boulder could get first recreational marijuana shop around Feb. 18
- Jan 21:
- Nederland approves Boulder County's first recreational pot store
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- Canary's Song in Nederland poised to be Boulder County's first retail marijuana shop
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- Boulder issues first retail marijuana license — for pot that will be sold in Breckenridge
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- Newly legal pot to be delayed weeks, if not months, in Boulder County
Nearly two months after they became legal in Colorado, recreational marijuana sales finally arrived in Boulder County as two shops opened their doors Tuesday.
Karing Kind became the first shop to sell retail marijuana to the general public in Boulder County when it opened around 10:20 a.m. Tuesday, and Terrapin Care Station at the corner of Canyon Boulevard and Folsom Street was the first to open in the city of Boulder a few hours later.
David Marx, of Longmont, was the first customer in the county after making his purchase at Karing Kind's store a mile north of Boulder.
"That was great," he said after making his purchase as the other customers in line applauded. "They've definitely got a large selection of product."
Marx was in line by 9 a.m., and even though he has a medical marijuana card, he said he likes Karing Kind's prices and selection, so he wanted to check out the retail scene.
He said he was expecting huge lines and long waits, but was pleased that the line to get into the store was only about five or six people long at any one time.
"For a first day, it's actually pretty small," he said.
Karing Kind's opening was delayed slightly after owner Dylan Donaldson got stuck in traffic on his way to pick up his state license at 8 a.m. in Denver. By 10 a.m., a line had started and Donaldson and his employees were readying the store.
Brothers Anthony and Rob Taylor traveled from Philadelphia to check out Colorado, but also heard about Karing Kind's opening and wanted to be among the first in line.
"Colorado is nice, but we do like weed — I'm not going to lie," Anthony Taylor said.
Rob Taylor pointed to the bag of product he was holding — about $250 worth — and said the feeling of buying marijuana was "euphoric."
"In Philadelphia, I'd go to jail for this," he said.
Added his brother Anthony, "It was just freedom. A load off your shoulders, being able to buy it. We really enjoyed it."
First in the city
Just before 1p.m. Tuesday, Terrapin Care Station became the first in the city of Boulder to sell recreational marijuana after also receiving its license from the state that morning.
"Being first in the city really means a lot to me," said owner Chris Woods. "With the Amendment 64 campaign, we've been working hard on this for 18 months."
Jacob Dingle and John Miller were the first in line. Neither lives in Boulder, but they work together part-time in Boulder, so when they heard about the opening they decided to swing by.
"I just Googled 'recreational marijuana' and I saw this place was planning on opening up," Dingle said.
Added Miller, "We thought we would give her a try."
Woods said in the days leading up to the opening he wasn't entirely sure when he was going to receive his license. He said he could have rushed things to see if he could beat out Karing Kind, but he elected to take the time to make sure he had everything ready.
"I knew I was going to be the first in the city for a while anyway," he said. "We wanted to make sure we did this correctly."
While some residents may have been upset with the weekslong wait after shops in other parts of Colorado opened up in January, Woods said the extra time did give him an opportunity to learn from those first businesses.
"We've been learning, and I think we really benefited from that," he said. You can think of everything, but then when people walk through the door you just don't know."
But overall, Woods said, the opening went smoothly. He is planning a bigger opening Friday with a news conference and some speakers.
"We knew it wasn't going to be perfect today," he said. "But we want this to be organic; we want our shop to be what it's always been. People can just come here whenever they are ready."
'Good thing for Colorado'
Karing Kind employee Jose Alvarado anticipated with only two recreational shops open in the county, the store would see a lot of business in the early going.
"At first, I think it will be a huge rush," he said before the shop opened. "Then as more places open, it will even out."
Alvarado also holds a medical card but is curious to see how recreational sales go.
"I'm excited," he said.
John Norman said he is glad he no longer has to go down to Denver to buy marijuana and is surprised it has taken this long for recreational stores to spread.
"I thought they would be everywhere by now," he said. "But now I think the prices will start to drop a little."
Canary's Song in Nederland, which got its state approval in December and its local license Jan. 21, could be the next to open for recreational sales in Boulder County, but that store ran into a number of logistical hurdles, including not being able to get product tags from the state. The store's Facebook page, where owners have said they will announce the opening date, has not been updated.
Boulder has issued licenses or is prepared to issue a license pending a building inspection to five retail marijuana stores, but even those with a local license are waiting on their state license.
By law, the Department of Revenue's Marijuana Enforcement Division cannot issue a license any sooner than 45 days from the date of application.
The other businesses that have received or are on track to receive city licenses are Boulder Botanics, 1750 30th St., Boulder Rx, 1146 Pearl St., Fresh Baked, 2539 Pearl St., and The Green Room, 2750 Glenwood Drive.
Those businesses are aiming for mid-March openings.
While Tuesday's Boulder County openings may not have gathered quite the fanfare Denver had on New Year's Day, for some it was just as momentous an event.
Greg Reshetiloff was one of the first to buy some marijuana from Terrapin Care Station. Reshetiloff is from Maryland and said it was the first time he had ever bought recreational marijuana.
"They gave me a receipt and everything," he said, holding up his package. "Look at it. I'm going to laminate it. This is going in the scrapbook. I just can't believe that."
Reshetiloff said he was impressed by Terrapin Care and the state.
"I felt safe, and the workers were easy to talk to and knowledgable. I felt like I could ask them about anything."
Reshetiloff recently bought property in Gilpin County and is in Colorado right now looking for work so he can move out permanently. While he said recreational pot is not the only reason he loves Colorado, it sure doesn't hurt.
"I think it's a good thing for Colorado," he said. "I feel like I'm part of history."
Contact Camera Staff Writer Mitchell Byars at 303-473-1329, firstname.lastname@example.com or twitter.com/mitchellbyars.