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Q: Why haven't my ConocoPhillips shares done better this year? They had been great. -- R.M., via the Internet
A: A Oil and gas price movements are the overriding consideration for this company, one of the nation's largest oil companies and refiners.
It also must cope with oil-producing nations that can extract better contracts from it than before energy prices began their dramatic run.
ConocoPhillips, the result of the 2002 merger of Conoco and Phillips, owns a 20 percent equity stake in Russia's Lukoil, giving it access to significant hydrocarbon reserves but also political risk.
Meanwhile, it is in talks with Iraq about possible projects, perhaps in partnership with Lukoil. In China it is battling a windfall tax on oil sales, while in Venezuela the government's national oil company has taken over as operator of its projects.
ConocoPhillips earned a record $15.55 billion last year, yet it must constantly battle larger competitors. Earnings were up 8 percent in the first quarter, thanks mostly to the sale of assets.
Shares of ConocoPhillips (COP) are down 3 percent this year. Maybe they need a breather since, as you noted, they rose 24 percent last year, 34 percent in 2005, 32 percent in 2004 and 35 percent in 2003, when adjusted for stock splits.
The quarterly dividend was boosted to 41 cents a share from 36 cents, and the company intends to repurchase as much as $4 billion of its common stock this year. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has taken a 1 percent stake in the company.
With the world oil market still volatile enough to indicate high prices, the consensus analyst rating on ConocoPhillips shares is "buy," according to Thomson Financial. That consists of six "strong buys," five "buys," eight "holds" and one "underperform."
Regarding global warming, the firm intends to increase spending on alternative energy research to $150 million this year. It was the first major U.S. oil company to call for a federal greenhouse-gases-emission cap. It is believed across-the-board federal regulations would be more advantageous to energy companies than a patchwork of state laws.
ConocoPhillips earnings are expected to decline 16 percent this year, versus the 8 percent drop predicted for the major integrated oil and gas industry. Next year's earnings are expected to be flat, versus a roughly 2 percent gain projected industrywide. The five-year annualized growth rate of 9 percent compares with 8 percent for its peers.
Chief Executive James Mulva, who received a $1.5 million salary last year, also pulled in about $30 million from exercising previously awarded stock options and stock awards.
Q: Is Baron Growth Fund worth my investment? --C.R., via the Internet
A: Portfolio manager Ron Baron, a proven stock-picker, likes young, inexpensive, undiscovered companies he can hold for a long time.
Technology stocks are not his bag, because he doesn't think their product cycles last long enough to become the long-term holdings he favors. He has shown a preference for casino and gaming stocks.
The Baron Growth Fund (BGRFX) is up 10 percent over the past 12 months and its three-year annualized return is 14 percent. Both results rank in the top one-fourth of small growth funds.
The fund, which was closed for a year before being reopened to new investment in August, is not the pure small growth fund some investors might be seeking. To cope with its larger asset base, it has increased its number of stocks and added more mid-cap stocks.
"We don't recommend Baron Growth Fund because the $6 billion asset size makes it difficult for its small- and mid-cap manager to maintain success of the past, though those who already own it should probably stick with it," said Kerry O'Boyle, analyst with Morningstar Inc. in Chicago. "For those who do own it, you can use it to balance your larger-cap holdings."
Baron, who looks for stocks that he thinks can double in price during the next five years, has run this fund since its inception in 1994 and also manages Baron Asset Fund. He emphasizes firms with quality management and keeps in contact with the executives of companies whose stock he owns.
Nearly one-third of the fund's portfolio is in consumer services, and almost one-fourth is in financial services. Top holdings were recently Jefferies Group, CB Richard Ellis Group, Four Seasons Hotel, Dick's Sporting Goods, Amerigroup, Arch Capital Group Ltd., First Marblehead, Station Casinos, Manor Care and Edwards Lifesciences.
This "no-load" (no sales charge) fund requires a $2,000 minimum initial investment and has an annual expense ratio of 1.31 percent.
Baron settled charges of stock-price manipulation with the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2003. He neither admitted nor denied wrongdoing.
Q: I am interested in laddering my bonds and certificates of deposit. How do I go about doing this? --D.F., via the Internet
A: The ladder, a concept often used by financial planners, involves building a portfolio of bonds and/or CDs that typically mature one year after the other. This insulates you from interest rate fluctuations and permits you to take advantage of positive rate moves when possible.
You would have a portfolio of short-, mid- and long-term instruments. As a result, your money is not locked in just one lump-sum instrument for a prolonged period. You can protect your portfolio and have better control of your cash flow.
For example, if you purchase instruments coming due in two, three, four and five years, you can move to benefit from higher rates when your shortest-term investment comes due.
"First decision is the length of the ladder, and, while we typically do a 10-year ladder, you could do any length you want," said Harold Evensky, a certified financial planner with Evensky & Katz in Coral Gables, Fla., noting that CDs may not offer as may different durations as bonds do. "You must also decide the nature of the investments, such as whether they will be tax-exempt municipals, and what the quality of the bonds will be."
Andrew Leckey is a Tribune Media Services columnist. E-mail him at email@example.com.


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North Korea holidays
The best time to visit North Korea is in spring or autumn, when days are relatively mild and clear; as generally the country experiences cool and cold sunny winters, and warm, humid summers, when most of the rainfall occurs.
The below climate charts have been compiled by Weather2Travel.com. For an explanation to the various measurements, please read our climate notes.
The higher the level of heat and humidity the more uncomfortable you are likely to feel. Humidity is not an issue at temperatures below about 24C (75F), no matter how high the humidity.
The World Health Organisation recommends protective measures be taken for all UV values over 2.

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ERLANGER, Ky. (WKYT) -- Police in northern Kentucky are looking for a man they say stole from some girl scouts!
It happened this afternoon at the Kroger in Erlanger, when police say a suspicious man was seen following a woman who was selling cookies in front of the store.
They say the man took a purse from the woman's car, and ran off with it.
Kroger employees followed the man, who then threw the purse back, without the cookie money inside.
He's described as a hispanic man, about six feet tall, 160 pounds.


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Don't Try To Fix Stuff Unless You Know How
So last week I found this super cool vintage film projector made in the late 1940's... an "Ampro Stylist 16mm". I purchased it at St. Vincent's Thrift Store at Montana and 27th Street for just $20. I was pretty excited when I plugged it in as all the vacuum tubes lit up.


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Integration: Lighting and HVAC systems
By using building energy modeling software, engineers can determine how to size HVAC systems to balance the heat given off by lighting systems, particularly energy-efficient lighting fixtures.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn about the interaction between lighting and cooling loads.
- Learn how to use building energy modeling software to incorporate lighting system design and properly size the HVAC systems.
The use of an energy-efficient lighting design not only provides significant lighting savings, but also can reduce the cooling requirements for a building. Engineers should use building energy modeling software to incorporate lighting system design and properly size the HVAC systems.
Building energy modeling software is widely used in the industry for a number of purposes including determining energy savings, HVAC design, or as a compliance path for U.S. Green Building Council LEED certification. There are hundreds of different building energy modeling applications available, and each has its strengths and weaknesses. The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) publishes a comprehensive list of building energy software tools on its website.
While there are many important factors in creating an accurate building energy model (building area, orientation, amount of glass, etc.), internal heat gains from people, lights, and equipment in the space contribute to the majority of the cooling load in many buildings. If engineers can develop more accurate energy models, HVAC systems can be optimally sized, resulting in energy-efficient systems with improved thermal comfort for building occupants and satisfied owners.
According to the U.S. EPA Energy Star Building Upgrade Manual, lighting is typically the largest source of waste heat, also known as heat gain, inside commercial buildings. Approximately 18% of the electricity generated in the United States is consumed by lighting loads, with another 5% being used to cool the waste heat generated by the lighting. As shown in Figure 2, lighting constitutes 35% of a building's electricity use. Because lighting represents the largest portion of a commercial building's electricity consumption, it also presents a great opportunity for energy savings by using energy-efficient lighting systems and lighting controls. This applies to both existing and new buildings.
Interactive effects of lighting on heating and cooling
The type of lighting systems installed can have a large impact on the HVAC requirements. Reducing the energy used for lighting affects the heating and cooling that will be required. As more efficient lighting systems are installed in buildings, cooling loads will be reduced while heating loads can be expected to increase. On a new building designed with efficient lighting systems, the smaller cooling loads, in turn, allow for a building's cooling system to be sized smaller (and therefore less expensive to purchase and operate). On an existing building where lighting systems are upgraded to be more energy-efficient, the smaller cooling loads can allow for the existing cooling systems to serve future additional loads or to be replaced in the future with smaller units.
Most buildings are made up of several systems, including lighting, HVAC, and control systems. In order to design for optimal system performance, all building systems must be considered as a whole. When designing a new building or major renovation, interactions between the lighting and HVAC systems should be considered to ensure that equipment is sized properly for real-world conditions. Similarly, for lighting efficiency upgrades, engineers and owners alike should understand and be able to account for the potential heating and cooling load net impacts that various upgrades would create.
Figures 2 and 3, adapted from a 1998 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory report, Interactions Between Lighting and Space Conditioning Energy Use in U.S. Commercial Buildings, written for the DOE, illustrate the interactions between lighting and space conditioning energy use for commercial buildings in the United States. For a one-unit (kWh) reduction in lighting energy, the corresponding heating and cooling load changes are shown. Note that in large office, large hotel, and hospital building types, the average increase in heating load is offset by four or more times as much of a reduction in cooling load. For small retail and school building types, the heating load energy increase is similar in size to the cooling load energy reduction.
Figures 2 and 3 represent average figures for each building type across all geographical areas of the United States. Actual changes in energy usage for a particular building would be influenced by several other factors including climate, operating conditions, building characteristics, and the efficiency of the HVAC systems. Quantifying the net impact can be difficult; there are software tools to assist with these calculations. A building energy model (computer simulation) can help engineers determine the overall energy impact of lighting systems, including interactive effects with HVAC systems, for a particular building.
One of the inputs for an HVAC load calculation or building energy model is the lighting input power watts (W) or power density (W/sq ft). Table 1 represents an example of how much this input power can be reduced by retrofitting existing inefficient T12 lighting systems in a building with various T8 efficient lighting system options. Using standard T8 systems results in a 26% energy savings compared to the baseline case, while high-performance T8 systems result in a 42% savings. Retrofitting T12 lighting fixtures with high-performance T8 lamps and ballasts, new lenses and mirrored specular reflectors can allow half of the lamps to be removed resulting in a 71% energy savings while still maintaining the same illuminance levels. Also, incorporating occupancy sensing and daylight dimming controls will provide additional energy savings. Note that this table does not account for the additional energy savings that may be realized by decreased cooling loads.
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Jaime Hernandez:
The U.S. Mint struck several different 1976-S Proof Eisenhower Dollars this year. it struck this Clad Type 1 which has thicker lettering and no serifs at the end of the lettering. The Type 2 Clad has thinner letters with serifs on most letters. Finally it also struck a 1976-S Proof Eisenhower Dollar but made out of Silver. All the three different types are very common up to PR67 or 68 Deep Cameo condition. In PR69 Deep Cameo they are a little more challenging to locate but still out there with proper searching. In PR70 condition all three different Types are really scarce and any example in perfect PCGS PR70 Deep Cameo condition usually commands thousands of dollars or more.
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by Mike Masnick
Thu, Dec 9th 2010 1:55pm
Filed Under:
copyright, drudge, matt drudge, photos, trolling
drudge report, medianews, righthaven
We recently noted that MediaNews, the second largest newspaper publisher in the US, had apparently signed up with Righthaven to start suing blogs and other websites for using any content from the Denver Post. It looks like for its second lawsuit over Denver Post content, Righthaven has gone big: it's suing Matt Drudge, the operator of the famed Drudge Report, because he used a photo from the Denver Post. This is a bit different than the usual Righthaven lawsuits over copies of articles -- and perhaps an even tougher claim. Drudge may have a decent fair use claim on a single photograph, though that may depend on a lot of other details. Still, all this is doing is making me wonder why anyone would ever want to use any Righthaven connected publication as a source ever again.
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whytewolf (profile), 9 Dec 2010 @ 2:11pm
shooting ones self in the foot.this is funny.
the irony here is that if drudge goes down one of the largest director of traffic that a lot of these newspapers have left will go with it.
Anonymous Coward, 9 Dec 2010 @ 3:47pm
Re: shooting ones self in the foot.No irony, pure business acumen. Drudge would, should, issue blacklist to all associated sites. All bloggers should at this point, as well. It's not like this paper has a monopoly on information/content.
Anonymous Coward, 9 Dec 2010 @ 2:24pm
They may want the domainCould be that is the exact reason they are targeting Drudge. Sue, seize the domain and then they get to decide what the Drudge site links to.
I wouldn't want to argue that drudge's use falls under fair use, I don't think it is.
Regardless no matter how you slice it Righthaven and others like it are pretty slimy it makes those that use them seem pretty desperate.
MrWilson, 9 Dec 2010 @ 2:32pm
Re: They may want the domain"Sue, seize the domain and then they get to decide what the Drudge site links to."
Yeah, that's not gonna happen. It's one photo. Even if it isn't fair use, its infringement is certainly not worth the cost of a widely visited (sadly) domain name.
interval (profile), 9 Dec 2010 @ 2:35pm
Re: Re: They may want the domainI'm hoping Drudge fights back, adding another loss to Righthaven's portfolio of lost suites.
Killer_Tofu (profile), 10 Dec 2010 @ 6:50am
Re: Re: They may want the domainAs much as I think most of what shows up on Drudge report is for those who have troubles thinking for themselves, I side with Drudge Report on this. They are definitely in the right (no pun intended).
btr1701 (profile), 10 Dec 2010 @ 9:40am
Re: They may want the domain> Sue, seize the domain and then they get to
> decide what the Drudge site links to.
What makes these people think they automatically get the domain names of any site that commits copyright infringement? The US Code certainly doesn't specify that as statutory damages.
Even if they win on the merits and Drudge is found to have misappropriated the photograph, they actually think they�re going to be able to take over a web site worth hundreds of millions of dollars because of one picture?
It's idiotic.
Joshy, 9 Dec 2010 @ 2:31pmThey are actually are suing for the forfeiture of the web address Drudgereport.com
Wow I don't think (even if they are found guilty) using one photos means the right to live in ones own house (domain) need be taken away.
Imagine if Yahoo.com or microsft.com somehow used the wrong photo. Must they forfeit there web address???
MrWilson, 9 Dec 2010 @ 2:39pm
Re:Domain forfeiture has been demanded before in Righthaven's settlement demand letters. As far as I know, even people who have settled haven't given in to this particular demand. It's just meant to make the demands sound more threatening and the consequences of not settling seem more severe, however unlikely.
Anonymous Coward, 9 Dec 2010 @ 2:40pm
Re:will if this becomes a precedent. If this goes through the first person to sue yahoo/microsoft needs to put in the lawsuit
"This lawsuit was made possible by RightHaven and protectionism for dying industries. Also support was received by you, the recipient"
Mike Masnick (profile), 9 Dec 2010 @ 3:07pm
Re:They are actually are suing for the forfeiture of the web address Drudgereport.com
Eh. I wouldn't read too much into that. Righthaven makes that claim in every lawsuit, and there is absolutely no basis for it. There is simply no precedent for infringement leading to a domain name handover.
Mike C. (profile), 9 Dec 2010 @ 5:42pm
Re: Re:Mike, you should have clarified and said that there is no court approved, fully litigated precedent for infringement leading to a domain handover. Otherwise, you'll get tons of trolls pointing to TechDirt posts about the ICE seizures... :-)
Anonymous Coward, 9 Dec 2010 @ 3:13pmDrudge is one of the web's biggest image abusers. It is shocking it took this long.
Anonymous Coward, 9 Dec 2010 @ 3:50pm
Re:"abusers?" Is that when the pixels are forced down tubes?
One could say that his images bring more traffic to sites he links to. Drudge can't survive without the content, sites can't survive without the reference links. Give/take, it should work out.
Anonymous Coward, 9 Dec 2010 @ 4:50pm
Re: Re:You have a logical failure there. Drudge can't survive without other people's content, but the other people who actually make the content can survive just fine without Drudge. It's the amazing power of making your own content, you are the source, not just a user. Drudge is disposable (and also a one sided republican shill that makes Fox News look reliable, but that is for another debate)
btr1701 (profile), 10 Dec 2010 @ 9:44am
Re:> Drudge is one of the web's biggest image abusers.
Exactly how is that site an abuse?
Anonymous Coward, 10 Dec 2010 @ 10:29am
Re: Re:have you seen that blue and red flashy light thing he posts all the time?
Joseph (profile), 9 Dec 2010 @ 3:34pm
The ironySomeone commenting on this article noted that Sherman Frederick, columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and defender of the Righthaven suits (http://tinyurl.com/245fves), is more than willing to post copyrighted material on his blog without permission: http://www.lvrj.com/blogs/sherm/SNL_on_TSA.html
iamtheky (profile), 9 Dec 2010 @ 3:39pmdrudge displays thumbnails that can be crawled, and the occasional larger image at the top, no? The same exact thing google images does...
DanVan (profile), 9 Dec 2010 @ 5:12pmI hate Drudge but OMG, HE USED A PICTURE?
Huh? Suing over that?
Do papers realize the money they are wasting on these idiotic suits that will do NOTHING in the long run?
Chris Meadows (profile), 9 Dec 2010 @ 10:59pm
We may be looking at this all wrongWhatever you say about Righthaven, you have to admit that they're not pulling an RIAA, making threats to people they believe will readily cave and pay them more money than it cost to send the copyright notices.
They're going after one of the most pugnacious bloggers in the whole blogosphere, the guy who stood up to an ex-Clinton aide and won. (What are they thinking? Are they thinking?)
btr1701 (profile), 10 Dec 2010 @ 9:46am
Re: We may be looking at this all wrong> They're going after one of the most pugnacious
> bloggers in the whole blogosphere
Drudge is a blogger? Seems like the definition of the word must have been greatly broadened, then, because as far as I can see, he doesn't blog about anything. Listing a bunch of links to news articles doesn't really fit the commonly-accepted definition of the word.
24AheadDotCom, 10 Dec 2010 @ 11:12am
What to doThings like this affect the entire web. What you can do is urge everyone to delink the APost and LVRJ.
Sign the Twitter petition: act.ly/2t5


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Considering that SQL Server 2008 R2 is an interim release, Microsoft has introduced many significant changes in this R2 release. While many of the major changes like the PowerPivot feature are in the BI space, other big changes exist as well, such as the new editions of SQL Server 2008 R2, which Microsoft has better aligned with the Windows Server editions.
Related: SQL Server 2008 R2 New Features
Notably, unlike the other R2 releases coming out of Microsoft, SQL Server 2008 R2 will still be provided in a 32-bit x86 edition. Let's look at seven editions of SQL Server 2008 R2.
1. SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Computing Edition
One huge change is the Parallel Computing edition (formerly code-named Madison), essentially the SQL Server equivalent to Windows Server High Performance Computing (HPC) Edition. It will utilize a Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) scale-out architecture to support data warehousing ranging from 10TB to 1+ PB. The Parallel Computing Edition is priced at $57,489 per processor.
2. SQL Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition
The biggest change is undoubtedly the new SQL Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition. This edition parallels Windows Server Datacenter Edition, and with support from up to 256 logical processors, it's designed to address the highest levels of scalability. The Datacenter edition has no memory limitation and offers support for more than 25 instances. It also will be priced at $57,489 per processor.
3. SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition and Developer Edition
The Enterprise edition is the one that's targeted toward most businesses. With the advent of the new Datacenter edition, the Enterprise edition will be limited to support for 64 logical processors and 25 instances, which really isn't much of a change. It will be priced at $28,749 per processor or $13,969 per server with 25 CALs. The Developer edition shares the same feature set and is licensed at $50 per developer.
4. SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition
Designed for small and medium businesses, the Standard edition supports up to 4 CPUs and 2TB of RAM, with unlimited database size. It includes support for all BI subsystems including Analysis Services, Integration Services, and Reporting Services, but lacks many of the enterprise-oriented features from the Enterprise edition. It will be priced at $7,499 per processor or $1,849 per server with five CALs.
Related: SQL Server 2008 R2 Appliances
5. SQL Server 2008 R2 Web Edition
This edition is designed to be run by web hosting providers. It provides support for up to 4 CPUs, 2TB of RAM, and unlimited database size. In addition to its relational database engine, SQL Server 2008 R2 Web Edition supports Reporting Services. It's priced at $15 per processor per month.
6. SQL Server 2008 R2 Workgroup Edition
Workgroup edition is designed to provide basic relational database services for departments and branch offices. It supports a maximum of 2 CPUs, 4GB of RAM, and unlimited database size. Its only BI feature is Reporting Services. It's priced at $3,899 or $739 per server including five CALs.
7. SQL Server 2008 R2 Express Edition
Targeted toward developers and ISVs, SQL Server Express Edition comes in three versions. SQL Server 2008 R2 Express provides relational database services; SQL Server 2008 R2 Express with Tools Edition adds SSMS; and SQL Server 2008 R2 Express with Advanced Services adds SSMS and a local instance of Reporting Services. All of the SQL Server 2008 R2 Express editions will continue to be free downloads. (Learn your SQL Server 2008 R2 Express installation options).
Learn more: Upgrading to SQL Server 2008 R2


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Poor shooting dooms Golden Lions in 79-43 loss to No. 25 San Diego State
SAN DIEGO – When Arkansas-Pine Bluff pulled into a 6-6 tie with No. 25 San Diego State, it was the best it was going to get for the Golden Lions.
Both teams were shooting poorly then. It got better for the Aztecs, but not as much for the Golden Lions.
Jamaal Franklin had 15 points and 12 rebounds, and Chase Tapley added 15 points to lead San Diego State to a 79-43 victory against cold-shooting Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Wednesday night.
Freshman Skylar Spencer had 12 points while DeShawn Stephens added 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Aztecs (3-1), whose schedule gets tougher. They play at Southern California on Sunday night and then face No. 11 UCLA for the first time since 1991, in the Wooden Classic at Anaheim on Dec. 1.
This was the fourth of 11 straight away games for the Golden Lions (1-3) to start the season. They don't play a home game until January, when they start conference play.
San Diego State led 36-14 at halftime. It was the fewest points the Aztecs allowed in the opening 20 minutes since holding Wyoming to 13 on Jan. 19, 2008.
The Golden Lions was only 6 of 26 (23.1 percent) in the first half and 18 of 54 (33.3 percent) overall.
San Diego State had an off-night, too, shooting 13 of 36 (36.1 percent) in the first half and 27 of 65 (41.5 percent) overall.
San Diego State shot the ball very well," Golden Lions coach George Ivory said. "I think any time you make 11 3's, you're shooting pretty good. I thought they did a great job defensively. They played hard throughout the entire game. That's what I expect out of a team ranked 25th in the country."
Davon Haynes had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Golden Lions and Mitchell Anderson had 10 points and 11 rebounds.
Both teams were cold early and the game was tied 6-6 not quite eight minutes in.
San Diego State began pulling away behind 3-point shots from Tapley and Franklin and an inside shot by transfer Dwayne Polee. Xavier Thames extended the run to 9-0 with a free throw that made it 15-6.
After the Golden Lions pulled to 15-10, San Diego State went on a 16-0 run that put it away at 31-12.
Tapley had two 3-poiners, LaBradford Franklin had another and DeShawn Stephens had an alley-oop slam off a pass from Franklin.
"We have to shoot the ball better from the 3-point line and the free throw line," Ivory said. "But they are a great basketball team and I hope we can take something from this and learn how to be aggressive and execute the way they did."
The game marked the end of a three-game NCAA suspension for SDSU freshman Winston Shepard for violating preferential treatment legislation.


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"The T-Style 3-way Switch Mod"
I love guitar tips that are simple for the DIY-minded guitar player, especially mods that are completely reversible. This week's guitar mod is focused on "T-Style" guitars and their control plate. As many T-style players know, the 3-way pickup selector switch can often get in the way of your picking hand, and it is very easy to mistakenly switch pickups in mid-windmill. Suddenly your righteous neck tone is transformed into an icy tone. Whoops.
Here is a simple mod that will fix your 3-way switch blues: Turn your control plate 180 degrees. Then your pickup selector switch is well out of the way of your picking hand. You can also re-position your volume and tone knobs anyway you wish. Some guitars are easier to mod than others, and it all depends on how much wire slack you have. The pics below will help explain the idea.
Until next week, keep playing.
Kevin Philbin
Product Manager – Gibson Gear
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Between its long hours and stressful workloads, nursing is not the easiest of professions. According to Ivette Tejada, nursing school isn't much better.
Between its long hours and stressful workloads, nursing is not the easiest of professions. According to Ivette Tejada, nursing school isn't much better.
"We started this journey knowing we wanted to be nurses, but not knowing how hard it would be," said Tejada, a student in the day program at MassBay Community College. "It was painful."
But it was also rewarding in ways that only she and her fellow nursing graduates can know, she said at the school's practical nursing pinning ceremony Thursday evening.
"It's not just a profession - it's a calling," said Anita Johnson of Natick, who said a career in nursing had been her goal ever since she was a girl growing up in her native Ghana.
Like several students interviewed by the Daily News before the event, Johnson wasn't concerned so much about the aspects of nursing that often end up in the news, like large layoffs and bitter strikes.
"I'm not doing this for the pay," she said. "It's about the passion and care I want to give to people."
Students in MassBay's program, which can be completed in two years in day courses or three years in night courses, get a taste of that part of the job during clinicals - on-site sessions at local hospitals. But as Tejada found out, passing the program also requires a lot of long, solitary nights spent studying.
"We had to buy books that were the size of encyclopedias," she said, later joking that nursing students "have no social life - you forget what your friends' faces look like."
The hardships they face together created a bond between the students, however, who laughed at various in-jokes and anecdotes told throughout the ceremony. As Tejada's fellow student speaker, Kimberly Madigan, pointed out, they're not unlike the high school students in the '80s movie "The Breakfast Club."
"But instead of athletes and princesses, we're from different countries, different ages," she said.
Many of the graduates were like Johnson, for example, fulfilling a dream that began before they came to the U.S. Selina Evans, also from Ghana, said she was inspired to become a nurse after watching her mother care for people in her neighborhood.
"She would help everyone," the Newton resident said. "Because of her, when I had the opportunity to come to America, that was the only work I wanted to do."
Katia Galvao, who comes from Brazil, said the nursing program was doubly challenging for her as a newcomer to the U.S.
"(English) is my second language," she said. "So I had to learn everything two times."
To finally reach Thursday night's ceremony - at which each graduate received their ceremonial nursing pin - "is like a dream," said the Northborough resident, who admitted during the difficult final semester that at times "thought (she) wouldn't make it."
Above all, those trials teach students the true importance of the profession, according to Tejada.
"You truly learn what it means to be a nurse," she said.
Scott O'Connell can be reached at 508-626-4449 or email@example.com.


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"Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?" Isaiah 60:8
Suggested Further Reading: Matthew 10:5-16
They were not doves by nature; they were ravens; but they are doves now. They are changed from ravens into doves, from lions into lambs. Beloved, it is very easy for you to pretend to be the children of God; but it is not easy for you to be so. The old fable of the jackdaw dressed up in peacock's feathers often takes place now. Many a time have we seen coming to our church, a fine strutting fellow, with long feathers of prayer behind him. He could pray gloriously; and he has come strutting in, with all his majesty and pride, and said, "Surely I must come; I have everything about me; am I not rich and polite: have I not learning and talent?" In a very little while we have found him to be nothing but an old prattling jackdaw, having none of the true feathers belonging to him; by some accident one of his borrowed feathers has dropped out, and we have found him to be a hypocrite. I beseech you, do not be hypocrites. The glory of the gospel is not that it paints ravens white, and whitewashes blackbirds, but that it turns them into doves. It is the glory of our religion not that it makes a man seem what he is not, but that it makes him something else. It takes the raven and turns him into a dove; his ravenish heart becomes a dove's heart. It is not the feathers that are changed, but the man himself. Glorious gospel, which takes a lion, and does not cut the lion's mane off, and then cover him with a sheep's skin, but makes him into a lamb! O church of God! these that have come like doves to their windows are trophies of regenerating grace, which has transformed them, and made them as new creatures in Christ Jesus.
For meditation: We should expect to be among wolves in the world, but beware of them when they are in the church, undetected and unconverted (Matthew 7:15).
Sermon no. 63
26 January (Preached 27 January 1856)


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Edgar Allan Poe Audiobook Collection 6-8
- The Cask of Amontillado and Other Stories
- Narrated by: Christopher Aruffo
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 06-14-13
- Language: English
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This audiobook collection contains a selection of eight short stories by Edgar Allan Poe.
Message Found In A Bottle: The sole survivor of a sudden storm is trapped on a phantom freighter, doomed to an unknown destiny.
The Oblong Box: An ordinary voyage is cursed by its strange and mysterious cargo.
The Cask Of Amontillado: Inflamed by intolerable insult, Montresor enacts a gruesome revenge.
The Premature Burial: A man who dreams of living death finds himself suddenly trapped within his worst nightmare.
Ligeia: In the shackles of an opium dream, a man struggles with the restless spirit of his deceased wife.
Eleonora: In the glory of young love, a valley blooms with life.
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Christopher Aruffo Speaks With Poe's Voice
I am reviewing this entire series narrated by Christopher Aruffo: Volumes 1 through 13
Some of the volumes have been grouped together. It is therefore possible to acquire all 13 volumes contained in just 7 different audiobook titles.
Since Edgar Allan Poe is such a familiar figure of American literature I will focus my attentions on the quality of this particular audiobook production. The sound is clean and pure. The occasional sound effects are appropriate and enhance the enjoyment of the stories. The pronunciation leans toward the British occasionally, as is justified by the characters, but Christopher Aruffo's voice is resoundingly American.
Christopher Aruffo has a fine and versatile voice. His rendering of these Poe stories is wonderful and urgently demands your attention making it difficult for your mind to wander. Aruffo's ability to voice different characters makes me wish that Poe had constructed his tales utilizing a larger cast of characters and with more dialog. I had always enjoyed the stories of Edgar Allan Poe but now that I can hear Christopher Aruffo narrate them I find that Poe makes more sense. It seems that it takes a faithful and entirely devoted rendering by a scholar such as Aruffo to get inside Poe's head and then voice them for me in order for me to fully appreciate Poe. I do think that Aruffo deeply understands Poe at a level that only someone fully immersed in Poe's oeuvre can hope to do. I even found that the many articles included in this collection were made enjoyable—even artistic—by Christopher Aruffo's sublime delivery.
The HIGHLIGHTS of this collection include the following:
Poe's Erueka (Collection 5) reveals that Poe was up to date with the latest scientific discoveries of his day. In it he expounds at length upon the nature of the universe and the primary forces that affect it. It is less dated than I would have supposed considering its nineteenth century origin. Poe calls this a prose poem and wished for it to be judged by the standards of poetry.
In "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" (Collection 10) Aruffo gave me such a shock in delivering the voice of the mesmerized M. Valdemar that I had to go back and listen to it again to hear what was being said. Here Aruffo enhances the impact of Poe's story even beyond that possible from the printed version.
When reading "The Tell-Tale Heart" (Collection 11) it is clear that Christopher Aruffo is in danger of succumbing to the insanity of Poe's main character. This is perfectly done.
Any fan of The Raven will find their understanding and appreciation of the classic poem by listening The Philosophy of Composition in Collection 4. This very technical essay will help you understand that this masterpiece was approached in a very careful and mathematical fashion. The result achieved was exactly the one designed. The famous poem is not included in this collection but extensive excerpts, given for example, make it seem as if Aruffo has read the poem.
Christopher Aruffo's voicing of the title character in "Hop Frog" (Collection 12) is wonderful. I remember reading this years ago and not really getting the point. Now that Aruffo has read it to me, I can say that it is one of Poe's most entertaining stories.
"The Cask of Amontillado" (Collection 7) demonstrates Poe's great sense of timing. Also here Aruffo is spot on in his rendering of the tricky pacing. Here also is a fine chance for his to display his knack for character voices, since much of the story is told through a dialog between the main characters.
"The Oblong Box" (Collection 6)somehow manages to be simultaneously surprising and inevitable. And hearing Aruffo adds some heightened drama.
Bottom line: I recommend that anyone desiring to cultivate their appreciation for the works of Edgar Allan Poe obtain this quality edition by Christopher Aruffo


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 18, 2004) - East Tennessee State women's tennis head coach Steve Brooks announced that Tara Byrne, a senior at Science Hill High School, has signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Bucs for the 2005-06 season. Science Hill held a ceremony at earlier today to mark the event.
The Johnson City, Tenn. native plays in the No. 1 position for Science Hill and has won several district and regional titles earning her a berth in the TSSAA high school tennis tournament for the last three years. She earned the No. 1 ranking in the state of Tennessee. Byrne also achieved a No. 14 ranking by the Southern Tennis Association and has been ranked as high as 140 in the U.S.
"Tara was sought after by numerous top universities, and I feel extremely fortunate and excited that she has decided to play here at ETSU. She is the only player that I felt would add to our program and is the only player that I have recruited for the 2005-06 season," commented Brooks. "Tara will make an immediate impact on the team and will help us move up in the rankings and reach the next level."
Byrne comes from a very athletic family and joins her brother Shane Byrne who will be a junior on the ETSU baseball team this year. Her grandfather, Tommy Byrne, played for the New York Yankees; her father, Charles Byrne, played golf at ETSU and then professionally; and her mother, Betsy Byrne, was inducted into the Cumberland College Hall of Fame following her basketball career.
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Tomorrow is the championship match in the Asian Cup soccer tournament. One of the finalist is no surprise — it's three time winner Saudi Arabia. But the other is a shock. Instead of taking on one of the usual suspects — Iran, South Korea, Japan — or new entrant Australia, the Saudis will face Iraq.
The Iraqi team, a mixture of Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish players, has had a marvelous run. In the preliminary round, it defeated tournament favorites Australia (which made the second round of last year's World Cup and nearly defeated ultimate champs Italy). Iraq then handled Vietnam in the quarter-finals and kept its nerve to beat two-time South Korea on penalties in the semis.
Despite its ethnic and religious diversity, the Iraqi team is said to be a close-knit unit. If true this is more than can be said, at times, of the Spanish national team (Basques, Catalans, and the "Spanish" contingent from Madrid), and Holland's national team (black and white), to cite just two examples.
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The color purple. I had no idea how hard it would be to spot in our home. Libby's sigg bottle is purple. But that was in her lunch box, at school. I spotted a purple comb and a purple brush. But didn't feel like photographing those. And a purple ribbon from a swim meet. But that was it. And then I walked by my desk. And there sat a plum colored pair of toast waiting to be given to a friend.
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It's super cold here in MN and the snow and warmers look just perfect.ReplyDelete
Great colors & stories; I'm already looking forward to the rest of the week's stories & photos. :)ReplyDelete
Those are so so pretty. And I love that shade of purple. I really need to go dig in the stash and make a pair.ReplyDelete
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Thought I would introduce myself. Have just found your blog and loving it. My mother was a great knitter and tried dearly to teach my sister and I as girls, but we never really took to it. However, the fundamentals have stayed with me and now at 37 I am revisiting. My mother is no longer with us, but I am sure she is looking down and is happy her hard work paid off eventually, even though it took 30 odd years! My next project is to make the Toasty. Your plum ones are wonderful, a very lucky friend who gets those!ReplyDelete
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that color is to die for. really. super lucky friend.ReplyDelete
(and when i read your post with the super accented, i was reminded of the movie of madeline. surely libby has seen it, since she is a fan? it's the one in which frances macdormand plays miss clavel? anyway, there is a school girl who says super super often, with much emphasis. makes me smile. i miss madeline.)
I love the colour purple, and your 'toast' looks lovely.ReplyDelete
I cannot believe that I still have not made a pair of these! At least twice a day as I head out the door I find myself thinking of how well a pair of Toast would look with whatever I am wearing. The plum ones are gorgeous and would go really well with my coat. That's it, I am going to the yarn shop tomorrow, I'm determined.ReplyDelete
That is such a pretty color. I don't know why I don't have more of it around my house.ReplyDelete
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Those look so toasty! I think this may just be what I need to do to try to knit again after my wrist injury in Sept. Thanks for a wonderful pattern!ReplyDelete
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Gorgeous! And guess what? I finished a purple pair of toasty that I will be sharing soon on my blog. Weird...ReplyDelete
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i LOVE these. and i usually don't care for the color purple.ReplyDelete
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Is there anything historically unprecedented about the Bush Administration's military adventurism, intense secrecy and fearmongering? This question is vexing, especially to those historians and political scientists who, however appalled by current US foreign policy, cannot be genuinely surprised by the most recent incarnation of an imperial presidency. But it remains a critical question, not least because the answer to it could shed light on what progressives can hope to achieve after Bush.
Chalmers Johnson, a former Navy man, cold war consultant to the CIA and emeritus professor at the University of California, San Diego, helps us unravel this mystery by breathing new life into an old myth. In ancient Greece, Nemesis was the goddess of divine retribution for acts of hubris. Transgressions would never go unpunished; balance and proportion would inevitably be restored. The contemporary incarnation of Nemesis is "blowback," a notion apparently coined by the CIA and commonly used to explain the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979 as a form of delayed revenge for the American-orchestrated overthrow of Mohammed Mossadegh's democratically elected government in 1953. Admonitory aphorisms about self-defeating aggression–malefactors reap what they sow–also provide the best general framework for understanding the origins of 9/11, or so Johnson would have us believe in Nemesis, the third volume of "an inadvertent trilogy" that includes Blowback (2000) and The Sorrows of Empire (2004).
Johnson has no patience for those who attribute 9/11-style terrorism to a clash of civilizations or an unchanging "Salafi radicalism" and its irredeemably wicked adherents. He argues that anti-American rage, rather than emerging fully formed from a highly malleable religious tradition, has been triggered by decades of immoral and illegal behavior by American officials and proxies abroad. It is unavoidable that some of these "secret U.S. government operations and acts in distant lands would come back to haunt us," Johnson writes. He is thinking of covert actions well-known to Iranians and Guatemalans and Chileans (not to mention the US agents who carried them out) but that have barely penetrated the consciousness of most American citizens.
Identifying blowback as the root cause of 9/11, Johnson also argues that Bush's excessively violent and lawless reaction to the attack, in both Afghanistan and Iraq, will provoke blowback of its own. Significantly, because Johnson inaugurated his three-part series before the Bush Administration had begun to inflict its impulsiveness and inexperience on the world in earnest, he presents Bush's militarized response to 9/11 less as a sharp departure from the military policies of preceding administrations than as a predictable continuation of them, stressing, for instance, that "the United States has been continuously engaged in or mobilized for war since 1941."


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Walker's daughter will live with a nanny and her mother, an attorney told a court commissioner who dismissed guardianship proceedings over the teenager on Wednesday.
Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner David J. Cowan dismissed a guardianship case over Meadow Rain Walker after hearing from Amy Nieman, an attorney he appointed to represent the 15-year-old. Nieman said there was no need for court oversight because there was an adequate plan for the teenager's care, including help from a close friend of the late actor who has been appointed by another court to make sure Meadow Walker receives proper care.
Meadow Walker's mother, Rebecca Soteros, has been spending time with her daughter while receiving treatment for alcoholism and is currently sober, Nieman said.
There are "a lot of layers of support for Meadow," she said.
The estate of the "Fast & Furious" franchise star has purchased a home where Meadow Walker and her mother can live, Nieman said. A nanny who has cared for the teenager for roughly two years is currently living with Meadow Walker, the attorney said.
Paul Walker's mother, Cheryl, petitioned for a guardianship over her granddaughter, but she later asked to dismiss it, citing Meadow Walker's wishes. Cheryl Walker's attorney Steven Bledsoe said Wednesday that his client accepted the arrangement "in the absence of a better plan."
Attorneys for Soteros and Cheryl Walker declined comment after Wednesday's proceedings.
Paul Walker, the star of the "Fast & Furious" film franchise, died in a November car crash.
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Other than for the pleasure of watching Green try to conquer ancient Greece dressed as a distant forebearer of Catwoman, more is less and a little late in this long-aborning sequel.
The lack of a creative driver behind the film leads to a level of fundamental dissatisfaction. The movie delivers all the necessary elements but their impact is dull.
This is digital fake-ism all the way. Audiences bought it the first time; they're likely to buy it a second time.
Anchored by Eva Green's fearsome performance as a Persian naval commander whose vengeful bloodlust makes glowering King Xerxes seem a mere poseur, this highly entertaining time-filler lacks the mythic resonances that made "300" feel like an instant classic, but works surprisingly well on its own terms.
Rise of an Empire might have been essentially more of the same, but for one distinction that makes it 300 times better than its predecessor: Mere mortals of Athens, Sparta, and every city from Mumbai to Minneapolis, behold the magnificent Eva Green, and tremble!
The film belongs to Green — maybe the only actress ever to "graduate" from being a Bertolucci muse to a bloodthirsty action-flick dominatrix.
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So here we are, 10 games in and Kemp is on pace to hit 97 home runs. And before Sunday's unfortunate (but not really because Orlando Hudson was in perfect position up the middle) double play, Kemp was hitting .500. Not his on-base percentage or his slugging percentage, but he was averaging one hit every two at-bats.
I guess any concerns I had can STFU and GTFO (yay acronyms!).
Now I will say, Kemp has done his damage against the Padres and Pirates (mostly against San Diego, clubbing all six of his home runs against them), but something has to be said for a guy completely dominating a baseball game. He's Albert Pujols in his prime good right now. He's 2001 and 2004 Barry Bonds (ugh) good right now. He's the best baseball player on the planet and should be announced as the National League's Player of the Week for a second time in as many weeks later today.
Kemp's fast start is something to marvel at. He's leading the majors in the following categories: runs scored, hits, home runs, RBI, slugging percentage, OPS, OPS+ and total bases.
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That's a lot of italicized numbers on his Baseball-Reference page.
Yes, Kemp needs to show he wasn't just beating up on bottom-feeders. But if one's going to beat up on bottom-feeders, he might as well do it the way Kemp's done it thus far.
The Dodgers play Milwaukee this week and face Yovani Gallardo and Zack Greinke. If Kemp doesn't mash against these guys, it doesn't mean his start is a fluke; it just means he's human. And despite his out-of-this-world start, he is just that -- human.
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Your menu is the only piece of printed advertising that you can be almost 100 percent sure will be read by your guests. That's a reminder from Kristen Ritchie, who joined Ben E. Keith Foods-Oklahoma to develop and implement a service called Menu Medic. With a sharp focus on the menu as every restaurant's most powerful merchandising tool, the program offers everything from simple consultation to full-blown menu analysis, engineering and graphic design—all at no charge to Ben E. Keith (BEK) customers.
A former restaurant and catering business owner, Ritchie estimates she's already worked on 250 menu projects—ranging from catfish shacks to high-end wine bars. "Regardless of the concept, menu analysis is the most important part of the process," she says. "We look at all of the menu items, their prices, plate costs and how many are selling. We organize that information in a spreadsheet and categorize items by those selling a lot at a good profit down to slow movers and items that really don't make any money. Once operators have this information in this format, they're often surprised to discover what's really working—and what's not. One customer, who does a big breakfast business, always assumed he makes the most profit on his pancakes and he highlighted those on his menu. After analysis, we discovered he actually makes more on omelets."
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BAYOU CORNE, LA (WAFB) - Texas Brine will have appraisers begin assessing properties near the giant Louisiana sinkhole Monday and will begin offering buyouts to homeowners in the Bayou Corne area.
State Representative Karen St. Germain hopes Texas Brine handles the buyout process with care.
"It is an individual family decision," St. Germain said.
"They can't lump every one into one ball. They have to take it separately. I think they understand that."
Texas Brine company officials will meet with a federal judge to see if they can talk to property owners who have hired lawyers.
"It shouldn't have taken this long," Governor Bobby Jindal said.
"It shouldn't have taken this long for buyouts to be offered. It shouldn't have taken this long for them to agree to DOTD monitoring or to pay their bills. But- but, if they do follow through with their commitments - it'll be a step in the right direction."
Meanwhile, the state plans to install monitoring equipment on roads and bridges in the area. Texas Brine will be sent the $750,000 bill.
The company will meet with the attorney general on Monday to discuss reimbursing the state, parish and local governments.
Texas Brine has paid $265,000 of a $480,000 bill to the local government and $190,000 of a $340,000 bill to the Assumption Sheriff's Office. The state has asked the company for $3.5 million, but has not been paid yet.
A panel of experts will convene to determine the long-term safety of residents in the area.
"Quite frankly, it doesn't matter to me whether it comes from them, their owners or their insurance carriers. At the end of the day, they caused this and they got to make it right."
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A Princeton man charged with murder in a fatal stabbing at a weekend party on Sherbrook Avenue was ordered held without bail at his arraignment today.
Jay S. Anderson, 21, of 15 Calamint Hill Road North, Princeton, turned himself in at the Worcester Trial Court this morning after police obtained a warrant charging him with murder in the stabbing death of 20-year-old Boris M. Velez II.
Mr. Anderson allegedly stabbed Mr. Velez in the neck early Saturday morning at a party at 35 Sherbrook Ave. Investigators said an argument between the two men preceded the stabbing.
Mr. Velez died Tuesday morning at UMass Memorial Medical Center — University Campus, according to police.
Mr. Anderson was accompanied by his lawyer, John M. Goggins, when he surrendered himself at the Main Street courthouse about 10:30 a.m. He was taken to police headquarters for booking and was returned to Central District Court for arraignment early this afternoon.
Judge David B. Locke ordered Mr. Anderson held without bail on the murder charge and on an outstanding warrant charging him with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon Dec. 3, 2011, in Auburn.
The allegations in the Auburn case are that Mr. Anderson attacked 22-year-old Anthony Gentile, who identified himself to police as Mr. Anderson's best friend, with a crowbar.
According to a police statement filed in court, Mr. Gentile told investigators Dec. 16 that he had been involved in an altercation with Mr. Anderson Dec. 3 at Mr. Gentile's home at 7 Old Farm Road in Auburn.
Mr. Gentile said the fight was over "stupid things" and was broken up by friends. Mr. Gentile related that he left the house and was walking down Old Farm Road to get away from Mr. Anderson when he heard someone running up behind him.
He told Officer Spiros G. Kaperonis that he was struck on the back of his head with a blunt object and fell to the ground. When he got up, he saw Mr. Anderson holding a crowbar, according to the statement.
Mr. Gentile alleged that Mr. Anderson struck him again on the front of his head, knocking him down, and continued hitting him with the crowbar while he was on the ground. He said he was able to fend off the blows with his forearms and get up and run back to his house before being taken to the hospital, where he received 11 staples and an equal number of stitches to close his wounds.
Mr. Anderson also had a warrant lodged against him out of Leominster District Court for an alleged violation of his probation there. He will be taken to the Leominster court at some point to answer the warrant.
At the request of Assistant District Attorney Brett F. Dillon, Judge Locke dismissed charges of armed assault with intent to murder and aggravated assault and battery that had been taken out against Mr. Anderson after the stabbing but before Mr. Velez died.
Members of Mr. Velez's family who were in court today declined to comment after the arraignment.
Judge Locke's bail order was issued without prejudice, which will enable Mr. Goggins to seek a bail hearing for Mr. Anderson at a later date.
The judge continued Mr. Anderson's cases to March 5.
"Anytime there's an injury or death, it's always a tragedy, and my client is going to vigorously defend himself in this matter," Mr. Goggins said after the arraignment.
Cody Torres, 21, of 11A Riverview Road, Sterling, was arraigned later in the day on a charge of misleading police or prosecutors in connection with the investigation into Mr. Velez's slaying.
Mr. Dillon told Judge Locke that Mr. Torres made several false statements to authorities that impeded the investigation.
At the prosecutor's request, Judge Locke revoked Mr. Torres' release on personal recognizance on assault and battery and malicious destruction of property charges pending before the court and ordered that he be held without bail on those charges for up to 60 days.
The judge set $5,000 cash bail on the new charge and continued both cases to March 6.


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Previously, the tribes were dotted with past contestants and minor celebrities, and I somehow managed to mix up Brandon and Colton from "Survivor: One World."
How I managed to mix up Brandon and his Crazy with Colton, I don't know (but thank you to Todd Mallett for pointing that out to me in the comments!)
Zane thought he was being all sneaky-like and good with the strategerizing when it totally wasn't necessary, and ended up going home.
Back from Tribal Council, Russell is dealing with the feeling of actually having been on the chopping block. For about the millionth time in only two episodes, he claims that he will be taking a step back, and letting the others leads. Actions speak louder than words, my friend.
Malcom and Angie seem to be getting close, but Angie claims they were cuddling only because they were so cold. Roxy seems to think that Malcolm is falling for Angie's "booby trap." I don't know, it worked for Rob and Amber (although they were pretty much the only ones).
At Tangdang, they're also complaining about the cold. If it's so damn cold, RC, why don't you put some clothes on instead of running around in your underwear?
Anyways, while RC is running around simultaneously freezing and wearing next to nothing, she finds the Immunity Idol clue in the rice, which she shares with Abbi-Maria. Speaking of Abbi-Maria, she's getting jealous of RC and Mike's relationship, which seems to be mostly in her head. She's making a huge deal of it, which is putting RC off quite a bit.
Jeff is already admitting that the game is getting to him, and that his knee is not in good shape.
Jonathon is still obsessing about the Immunity Idol. So, once again, instead of spending some time with his tribemates, and bonding a bit, he stays back at camp to look for the idol while the rest of his tribe goes to a nearby cave to build a fire and get out of the rain.
I wonder if the other tribes know that Kalabaw has a cave. With the amount of rain they seem to be getting, I'd be living in that thing.
Jonathon gets rewarded for his crazy, as he find the Immunity Idol, which turns out to be the bull decoration on top of the rice box. Hence the clue that the Idol is "right under your nose."
Back at Matsing, it's still cold, and Malcolm and Angie and still cuddling, so Roxy wants one of them to go home. Preferably Angie, since Malcolm is more useful. Russelll agrees with her, and Malcolm picks up on the vibe around camp.
At Tangdang, guess what? It's raining! They're complaining about not having anything to eat. Lisa is not dealing well with the social part of the game. The rest of the tribe thinks she's off looking for the Immunity Idol, when in reality, she's just leaving to get away from them because she feels so awkward with everyone.
I feel bad for her, but at the same time, if you've got some kind of social anxiety, perhaps "Survivor" isn't the best place for you. I've watched a lot of seasons of "Survivor" at this point, and I find that most people tend to underestimate the importance of the social part of the game.
The rain is relentless, and everyone is pretty miserable. At Matsing, it's mostly Roxy; she complains she's not "in her comfort zone" and falling apart because she hasn't slept well, and is away from all her friends and family.
Did no one explain this game to her before she signed up? She's also very religious, and her mood improves so much as soon as the sun comes out that she starts talking in tongues.
Denise earns big points with me for pointing out that, no matter what your belief system, you shouldn't be asking God for help on a reality show, and instead, digging deep and helping yourself.
Challenge time! It's a puzzle game, and reward for the first place team is pillows, blankets, and a tarp, while the second place team gets a tarp.
Russell is actually true to his word, and tries to get a consensus about who will run twice, but both Roxy and Angie plat out refuse to do it. Kalabaw is the first will all their puzzle pieces back, with Matsang and Tangdang not far behind.
No one except Matsing seems to be listening to their puzzle caller, Denise, who endears herself to me further by comparing the puzzle to Tetris to explain how she wants a piece moved.
Tangdang starts listening to Lisa, and they finish first. And it's close, but Kalabaw ends up coming second, sending Matsing to Tribal Council for the second time in a row. Man, it sucks to be Matsing right now.
Early call? Either Roxy or Angie, but I'm sure I feel that way because that's the conclusion the editors have led me to. I'm leaning towards Roxy, but only because she turns into a major downer every time it rains, and it rains a whole lot.
Back at camp, Roxy is practically foaming at the mouth about Angie. I don't know if there's something we haven't been shown, but she's having a very strong reaction to Angie, who, apart from being mildly useless, is pretty inoffensive.
Denise has figured out that she's stuck in the middle between Russell and Roxy and Malcolm and Angie. I think she'll vote out Roxy, because she doesn't trust her, and because she's already allied herself with Malcolm.
Tribal Council time! Angie sure isn't doing herself any favors by wishing she had cookies, if she could change anything about the game. Roxy is just full of righteous indignation. She really doesn't agree with whatever is going on between Angie and Malcolm, if anything. She's coming off really, really, judgmental, and I kind of hope she goes home because she bugs me.
As Angie says when she votes for Roxy, "I can't stand you, and I won't miss you."
And it's Roxy! The only time she lifted a finger was to point it.
Next time: Russell is unhappy about how the game is going, and Mike injures himself. Again.
Credits: Roxy gets in one more dig at Angie and Malcolm, but is mostly gracious.


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With Hulu's second annual Best in Show winner announced, we spoke to "Chuck" co-creator Chris Fedak to see if he'd share some thoughts on his show winning the competition and talk to us about the series and the growth of its characters over the last four years.
Hi Chris, we were hoping to talk to you about "Chuck" and how it won Hulu's Best in Show. I have to admit I was surprised a little bit, because it won by a landslide, over "Dexter."
Chris Fedak, co-creator, "Chuck": Well, first of all, thank you so much. It's great to win, and we're always in awe of our fans. They're an amazing group. They've been fantastic to the show in years past and we've always relied upon then. I guess it's kind of a testament to how much they really did the show, and we really like making the show for them, so it's really cool.
"Chuck" beat out three other critically acclaimed shows — "Modern Family," "Community," and "Dexter." We asked this of Josh Gomez [who plays Chuck's sidekick, Morgan, on the show]: Do you think this indicates that "Chuck" belongs in the pantheon of all-time greatest TV shows?
Wow. I think it when it comes to the greatest of all time TV pantheon, I'll let the critical historians 100 years from now make that decision. We're just excited to be on the air, making our show, and being the absolute best action-spy comedy set inside a big box store that we could possibly be. We're of course huge fans of all of those shows. It's great, but I think I'll leave the absolute pantheon to the experts.
Speaking of big box stores, I have to ask how that came about. "Chuck" came out at about the same time as "Reaper," both taking place inside megastores. What is it about that kind of environment that inspired you?
Essentially, you have to go back to 2007. Imagine the fact there was actually two shows with a strong big box component that also had a strong genre component. At the time, Josh [Schwartz, co-creator of "Chuck"] and I were just amazed that there was going to be two shows. We thought obviously we would be the only show doing this. It didn't turn out to be the case. The show is a mash-up. It's a combination of one part "The Office," one part "24," one part "Alias." When you mash those shows together, what happens? What we were really excited about is if you built the show like something like "The Office," where you essentially met all these characters and you loved them, and then how terrifying it would be if Sydney Bristow or Jack Bauer came into the office, because you knew, when those people showed up, that someone was going to get shot, and someone was going to get tortured, and someone was going to get killed. That's where the initial germ of the "Chuck" show came from. So the big box store was always there at the beginning. That was the basis for the idea: what happens when people from another genre, from an action show, walk into that world. It's made for a really fun show that's always been about bending genres. It's been a lot of fun for us to be working with something so unique.
We asked our guest critic, HitFix's Alan Sepinwall, what he thought was the secret formula to "Chuck." And he said it was made with a lot of love directed at its characters and pop culture. What do you think of that?
I think it's spot-on. I think this is a show designed for people who 1) love pop culture, 2) love TV, and 3) love movies and music. And in some ways, it's also a love letter to spy shows from the past. When you take all those things together, we don't have the largest audience in the world, but we do have an audience that just adores the show and really digs what we do. It's made for that kind of passionate fan base that we talked about earlier. For us, it's exciting to make as how that can be that specific and have fun with that.
Much has been made of the Subway campaign from 2009. Are you guys still seeing some sort of residual impact of this?
Well my father tells me he still goes to Subway every night we have an episode air, so I think there is some residual. You'd have to ask the experts at Subway if they see an uptick on Monday nights from "Chuck" viewing parties. It's one of those things where it was very exciting in Season 2 when it was a toss up if we were going to come back or not, and the Subway campaign was a really clever idea by our fans to show how they could influence the show — and of course, looking at our integration partner Subway was a great way to kind of show their support for the show. It was a very clever and savvy campaign by our fans. I think that also speaks to our fans: it's a very bright crowd. Our fans know about every campaign associated with our show. It's kind of amazing. We've had two seasons since then.
I think that's a true testament — people typically hate product integration.
The one benefit we have with product integration with our show is that we did set our story inside a store. So that helps a little bit.
Let's talk about Season 4. I'd say the characters have grown a bit; you've shown that they can progress beyond that post-college world where they don't know where their future lies. What have been some of your favorite moments this season?
I think this season has really been about change, especially for our characters. The show started off as a show about a quarter-life crisis, with Chuck not sure what he wanted to do with his life. But it's now four years later, so he's much more of a man than he used to be. Just from Chuck's perspective, we've had some great moments this season where he's coming to realize that he needs to take the next step with Sarah Walker. Just looking at this season, I immediately think about episode 13 when he finally asked Sarah to marry him. It's really bookended by episode 11, where he starts to ask her to marry him, and in episode 13 after the birth of his niece, in the hallway with the someone vacuuming at the far end of the hall, he decides to ask Sarah to marry him. I think for us, just working on the show, that was just an epic moment that we've been building to for four years. Much like, in the same episode, Ellie and Awesome giving birth to their child. It's so interesting to take these characters who in the pilot only had a couple of lines and progress them through the show this season.
I think that Chuck seeing his mom for the first time and beginning to understand her backstory and why she left so many years ago was also a very important component to his journey this year. We're working on our season finale now where, for him to have a happy ending and for him to survive, he's going to have to become the hero he has to be. If he can do it, this is his greatest test. The finale will very much be a giant moment for Chuck Bartowski moving forward.
You've had an incredible run of guest stars through the years. Who have been your favorites, and who can we look forward to seeing in the rest of the season?
Back in the day, we'd say we were the "Love Boat" of spy shows. We found it really fun to write for guest stars. Just off the top of my head, I'd say there's people like Chevy Chase who, in Season 2, was amazing to work with and actually write that character, Chevy Chase as a villain. I think we were the first show to kill off Chevy Chase, which is kind of a shocking thing to do. I'm kind of amazed my that. We've also had John Larroquette. I was a huge "Night Court" fan for many years. It was great to not only introduce him as Roan Montgomery but also to bring him back this season. That's the kind of fun thing about our show. We've built this spy world, much like "Alias," which is one of my favorite shows and helped to rejuvenate the genre. In Season 4, we revisit this spy world with guest stars like Dolph Lundgren. But I really enjoyed the character of Alexei Volkoff [played by former James Bond Timothy Dalton, and named after the Russian wrestler Nikolai Volkoff, a nod to Chris' days as a WWF fan]. We'll get to see him again in our next episode.
Now what about the season finale? Since the fate of "Chuck" hasn't been decided yet, will you leave things hanging?
We've always been inclined to do really crazy season finale episodes. This one is called "Chuck vs. the Cliffhanger," so you know it's going to be a big one.


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Monday, September 24, 2012
By Andrew Lyke
The Archdiocese of Chicago's website dedicated to Fr. Augustus Tolton's Cause for Canonization, www.toltoncanonization.org, notes February 24, 2011, as the Proclamation and first session of the Cause for the Beatification and Canonization of Father Augustus Tolton. It is quite amazing how much has transpired in less than two years. Bishop Joseph N. Perry, Postulator for the Cause of Fr. Tolton, has been working tirelessly, and his dedication and enthusiasm is contagious. One year after the first session, the Vatican's Sacred Congregation for Causes of Saints granted the title of "Servant of God" to our very own Father Tolton. For the many who are familiar with his life story, we are not surprised that the Vatican has bestowed the title which best describes the life he lived.
Bishop Perry reports that the Tribunal in Rome is taking witness testimonies indicating that Fr. Tolton has been consistently in the memory and prayers of the faithful. He is in conversation with the Roman Postulator, Dr. Andrea Ambrosi, and has offered approximately thirty testimonies regarding favors granted through Father Tolton's intercession. Two of the favors are extraordinary. Locally, all concerned with the health of Cardinal George as he undergoes chemotherapy have been asked to say the prayer asking for Father Tolton's intercession specifically for the intention of the Cardinal's health and healing. Twenty-seven documents have been discovered in the archives of the Propaganda Fide which speak to Fr. Tolton's character, life, and his own words. Bishop Perry is also in conversation with the Urban College in Rome where Fr. Tolton attended seminary.
The Cause is not only gaining great momentum in Rome. In Chicago, where this holy Servant of God labored and died, devotion is rapidly spreading. Fr. Tolton's life story is proving to be both comforting and inspirational to multitudes from various walks of life. In these past two years, there have been three pilgrimages to Quincy, IL, and Brush Creek, MO. On April 14, 2012, the inaugural Fr. Tolton Pilgrimage-Chicago took place. Sites included the locations of the historical Old St. Mary's and St. Monica's churches. Solemn prayer took place where Fr. Tolton disembarked the train at 35th and Lake Park and a procession was made to where he then fell after succumbing to the severe heat. Highlights included a prayer service in the chapel of Mercy Hospital where Fr. Tolton died at the age of 43. One of the most touching moments of the Chicago pilgrimage was the prayer and placing of flowers at the gravesite of Fr. Tolton's mother, Martha Jane, and his sister, Anne, at Mount Olivet cemetery. Fr. Tolton is now visible throughout the city of Chicago because light pole banners have been designed and installed at four locations.
It is extremely encouraging that inquiries are coming in from around the world for Fr. Tolton prayer cards and brochures.
This year's Gala for the Cause for Sainthood of Father Augustus Tolton will take place on Friday, October 19th. A wonderful evening has been planned, which includes a "lively" silent auction, the Seton Academy Jazz Ensemble, emceed program, the presenting of the 2012 Martha Jane Tolton Award, D.J. Senegal and dancing. For more information, and to rsvp and pay online, please visit the Office for Black Catholics website www.blackcatholicchicago.org. Although much has been accomplished, much still needs to be done. The journey continues! Please join us as we travel this sacred path with Fr. Augustus Tolton, from slavery to sainthood.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 4:22 PM
Hey, thanks for sharing this post on Father Augustus Tolton. I have heard the bishops call to pray for father tolton to intercede on behalf of our beloved cardinal george during his time of struggle to regain his health. What a great day it will be for Chicago and the world when we have another Saint in heaven praying and singing God's praise and glory and praying for all those alive and in need of help & healing. Earnestly praying for the cause and canonization of one of chicago's very own priests that touched people's lives in his own time and has continued to do so even after death. May he be declared a Saint soon!Timothy canezaro
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012 2:10 PM
The next Tolton Pilgrimage in Chicago will be Saturday, May 11, 2013. Mark your Calendar!
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June 06. 2014 7:45PM
Police investigating stranded woman in Goffstown, crashed Jeep in Manchester
Police in two communities are trying to figure out the connection between a woman found on the side of a road in Goffstown Friday morning and a Jeep that crashed into a tree in Manchester minutes later.
Goffstown police Det. Sgt. Kevin Laroche said about 6 a.m. Friday a woman was found stranded near Villa Augustina School, 208 South Mast Road.
Some sort of an argument involving the woman had taken place inside a Jeep, which pulled over to the side of the road, he said.
The woman apparently was kicked out of the vehicle and the Jeep drove off, crossing into Manchester, where it crashed into a tree on Youville Street on the city's West Side.
Laroche said the woman was not injured.
Lt. Maureen Tessier said four people were inside the Jeep when it crashed and all four got out and ran. She said police caught up to them at Bremer and Montgomery streets.
Three of them, including the driver identified as Tylar Moglia, 21, of 259 Spruce St., were taken to Catholic Medical Center for treatment of injuries ranging from minor to moderate.
Also transported were Cameron Moglia, 24, also of 259 Spruce St. — Tessier did not know how he is related to Tylar Moglia — and Siobhan Hameline, 28, of 48 Gates St. Corey Wolzcko, 23, of 416 Dubuque St. was not injured.
Tessier said no one has been arrested and the accident remains under investigation. Once the wreckage was cleared, she said Goffstown police seized the vehicle.
Tessier said it appears speed was a factor in the crash, but alcohol and drugs were not.


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