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The guests tended to be wealthy Americans, with a sprinkling of French guests at the other end of the table. Braden told me that one night they had a Saudi prince as a guest, who insisted on paying the bill for the entire table.
"But some people have paid in advance" protested Braden.
"Then tear up their checks!" declared the prince.
He also left a 300 euro tip. (NB: He's welcome at my place anytime).
They've had at least two marriage proposals there. I can understand that. It's really a beautiful evening, a true occasion. The chic apartment is in one of the best areas of Paris, near the Louvre, a far cry from my six years slumming it in the 20th.
As readers of this blog might know, my feelings for Paris are mixed. On Friday, when I alighted from the Gare du Nord, I burst into tears. My memories of this town are of leaving in the middle of the night, baby in tow, as I discovered my French partners', who I thought, godammit, was my friend, numerous infidelities. Humiliated, I drove to London and begged my parents if I could stay with them although we hadn't spoken for two years. A month later, chastened further by the fact that the French man, l'histoire de ma vie, had not even bothered to find out where we were, I drove a van to Paris and let myself in the early hours of the morning, after I saw him leave for work, while my dad waited downstairs. The French man had demanded that I move my stuff but, my little protest, I hadn't told him which day it would be. I was shocked to discover women's jewellery, used condoms in the bed and a letter from the Mairie telling him that now he had broken up his family, he was now being awarded a rent-controlled HLM (council flat). I broke down, shocked to the core. Nine years. My dad came up, to find out what was taking me so long. My American friend Troy from the fac (university) and my dad hauled out all my furniture and belongings. The apartment was almost stripped bare. Why? Because I had bought everything. I was useless in the move, hysterical, a hunched drawn creature, speechless with grief. Still, I lost a ton of weight that month. Divorce and India, the best diets.
But you can see, I don't go to Paris as a tourist. I know Paris. I've had love affairs, relationships, abortions (oh those Catholic doctors really really don't like you if you do this, your internal examination will be brutal), childbirth, illnesses, paid electricity bills, used a Minitel (remember those?), tried to join evening classes, shopped, shouted, cooked, avoided the jewelled mosaic of multi-coloured dog poo on the pavements, made some friends (and believe me, the French ones have not a drop of sympathy when you split with your partner: "he was infidel? et alors?"), made films, watched films, had exhibitions of my photography, visited every museum and gallery, including The Museum of Bread (complete with pieces of Egyptian bread...er bits of charcoal). Three months after we split, I returned again to Paris, on my own, to collect my 'license', my degree in cinema from the Sorbonne. I spent six years living there, and my overwhelming feeling was that I hadn't existed there. Paris had touched me but my relationship with that city and with that man was not mutual. It never was.
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Last year in a small theater in Vietnam's Bas'tang Cheu Thang B52—B-52 Museum—I watched a re-creation of the last U.S. bombing campaign of the Vietnam War, staged on three video screens and a large lighted terrain map of 1972 Hanoi. As a soundtrack of martial music accompanied by the noise of explosions and anti-aircraft fire filled the theater, the screens showed surface-to-air missiles blasting off into night skies and B-52s falling in flames. Flashing lights on the terrain map indicated where bombs hit and B-52s crashed. The video, interspersed with pictures of North Vietnamese leaders touring bombed-out buildings and giving encouragement to anti-aircraft crews, ended with a voiceover, translated for me by my Vietnamese guide: "The Dien Bien Phu in the skies, the 12 days and nights victory over the B-52s…is always the pride and spiritual strength of the good-willed and wise Vietnamese people…."
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I had come to Hanoi to research my second book about the air war over North Vietnam: the story of the December 1972 B-52 bombing of Hanoi, known as Linebacker II. I had arrived with the standard U.S. understanding of the raids. In early December 1972, President Richard Nixon and his national security advisor, Henry Kissinger, faced a political defeat. The North Vietnamese had broken off negotiations in Paris. It was clear that they were waiting for an anti-war U.S. Congress to return in January, cut off funds for the war, and give them a victory.
To force the North Vietnamese to sign the agreement, Nixon decided to bomb Hanoi. After initial heavy U.S. losses, B-52s were able to attack with relative impunity and, after 11 days of raids, the North Vietnamese returned to Paris to sign the agreement they had rejected in December.
But now, after a few days in Hanoi, I saw that the North Vietnamese had a different perception of the bombing. They considered Linebacker II the final Vietnamese victory over the United States, a victory on the scale of the battle that had forced the French from Indochina. I had come to the museum to try to resolve these dual and dueling images of a battle, and I left with my questions unanswered.
I exited the museum through a courtyard where broken B-52 pieces and parts had been piled in a heap about 20 feet high. Nearby were two SA-2 missiles on launchers, a Fan Song tracking radar, and the control van where missile crews tracked incoming bombers and tried to shoot them down. As I walked between the pile of B-52 parts on one side and the control van on the other, it occurred to me that the combatants fought in similar circumstances: six men in the cramped crew compartment of a B-52 targeted by the seven-man team enclosed in an SA-2 control van.
On Friday, December 15, 1972, Captain Bob Certain and the rest of his B-52G crew at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam were notified that all crew rotations Stateside had been suspended. It was a bitter blow. The crew members had been preparing to return to Blytheville Air Force Base in Arkansas on Monday, and this was another setback; they had been scheduled to return first on December 4, then on December 12. It was especially frustrating for Certain's aircraft commander, Lieutenant Colonel Don Rissi, who was in line to become the new squadron commander once Stateside.
In an unpublished memoir, Certain, a B-52 navigator, recalls how he and his crewmates reacted: "The crew's first thought—and hope—was that the war was over and we were being held on Guam to bring all the planes back to the U.S., but a quick tour of the flightline on Saturday morning and we saw all the B-52s were being refueled and loaded with bombs." (The full memoir is at www.airspacemag.com.)
When Certain's crew entered the briefing room at 11 in the morning on Monday, December 18, it was packed with over a hundred crew members. In a scene that seemed right out of the World War II film classic Twelve O'Clock High, the briefer came to the podium and announced, "Gentlemen, your target for tonight is Hanoi," as a slide of North Vietnam with a target triangle over the capital lit up the screen behind him. This was the first time the big bombers would be sent against Hanoi's heavy defenses.
Nixon had ordered the raids on December 14, and the Strategic Air Command headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska, hastily devised a plan. The Eighth Air Force staff on Guam was surprised at the SAC decision to plan the missions in Omaha. The Eighth's mission planners had managed B-52 raids for years, and, since they were stationed on Guam, could discuss tactics with many of the B-52 crews. The distance between the SAC planners and the combat crews halfway around the world seemed to guarantee problems.
SAC's plan was to split the B-52 force—which would be flying from Guam and a U.S. base in U-Tapao, Thailand—into three waves, all attacking at night, with four hours between each wave. The bombers would fly almost identical routes, in single file, to Hanoi.

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Folks at the Stock Show may not be going hog wild over TollTags, but they're not thumbing their snouts at them either.
As the Fort Worth Stock Show enters its final of its 23-day run Saturday, it turns out that the North Texas Tollway Authority has won over more than a few new customers.
The tollway authority, which is based in Plano, has distributed 193 new TollTags at a booth in the Amon G. Carter Jr. Exhibits Hall, spokesman Michael Rey said Friday.
"It is critical for us to get the word out to drivers so they can be aware of how they can use a TollTag to get the lowest possible rate," Rey said.
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It seemed perhaps an unlikely match when the tollway authority decided to set up a booth at the Stock Show. After all, much of the opposition to toll roads in Texas comes from the state's rural areas.
But what makes the tollway authority's sales strategy make sense is a project known as Chisholm Trail Parkway. It's a planned toll road extending 28 miles from Interstate 30 near downtown Fort Worth to U.S. 67 in Cleburne. The project, which could open as soon as May, creates a whole new potential customer base for the tollway authority, which in the past has focused most of its marketing efforts on the north Dallas area.
In addition to Chisholm Trail Parkway, motorists on the west side of the Metroplex soon will be able to use the TollTags on managed toll lanes placed on existing freeways. Those roads include I-30, Loop 820, Texas 121/183 and Interstate 35W.
The tollway authority's booth in the Amon G. Carter Jr. Exhibit Hall is adjacent to a boot-shine booth. Each day, a steady stream of passers-by has stopped by to inquire about the cost of TollTags, or to gaze at the wall-size map of Chisholm Trail Parkway on display, a pair of attendants explained.
"We're probably talking to more than 100 people per day," said one booth attendant, who asked that his name not be used because he's not authorized to speak to the media on behalf of the tollway authority. "On Saturday, we opened up about 35 accounts, with more than 60 TollTags."
On Friday, Bill Newsom of Azle stopped by the tollway authority's booth. Newsom, who already has a TollTag, greeted the representatives politely, but he also vented a bit of his frustration that he recently tried to update his credit card information online but couldn't get through on www.ntta.org.
Overall, Newsom is satisfied with his TollTag experience. TollTags are mounted on users' windshields, making it possible to pay tolls electronically rather than waiting for a toll bill to arrive in the mail.
North Texas toll roads did away with human-staffed toll booths in 2010. So now, motorists who use toll roads may pay either with a windshield device such as a TollTag, or they can wait for the tollway authority — which uses license plate photography to keep track of vehicles on its roads — to send a bill in the mail.
"I have a TollTag, but about the only time I use it is when the grandkids have sports in McKinney, or something like that," Newsom said, smiling.
In all, the tollway authority manages 1.4 million TollTag accounts, with 2.8 million actual TollTags placed on vehicles. Most TollTag accounts include more than one TollTag, because families with multiple cars will pay for the TollTags with a single account.
By Friday afternoon, the tollway authority representatives staffing a booth at the Stock Show had made contact with 6,196 customers, including 29 bilingual contacts, Rey said. Those contacts resulted in 146 new TollTag accounts being opened, and 193 TollTags being issued.


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There were many sadnesses at 2011's Glastonbury Festival. The presence of U2, obviously, of Coldplay and Mumford & Sons. The array of morons who felt that Radiohead's set would be improved by their ceaseless commentary. The actual river of mud that flowed through the interstage area. But perhaps the greatest sorrow came midway though the Friday afternoon, as The Vaccines played to thousands and Two Door Cinema Club played to thousands and Cage The Elephant played to thousands and Glasgow two-piece Conquering Animal Sound played to about seven of us. Eight if we factor in the drunk man rolling in the mud at the side of the tent.
Sure, they'd only released their debut album four months earlier and yeah, they weren't exactly front-page-of-the-NME fare, but still, within a lineup heavily tipped towards identikit bands playing identikit songs they deserved a wider audience. So too did Kammerspiel, the aforementioned debut and one of that year's great underrated longplayers, (although not by DiS), a layered and evocative weave of glitchy loops and woozy minimalism threaded with Anneke Kampman's gossamer vocals.
Maybe they'll find it this year. On Floating Bodies doesn't shift the template much but it does refine it, the song structures more pronounced and the rhythms less abstracted, more memorable but just as enigmatic. Whereas Kammerspiel opened low-in-key with the gently lapping 'Maschine', 'Ultimate Heat Death of the Universe' is full-blooded and invigoured, synth-heavy and writhing, the duo - completed by programmer an instrumentalist James Scott - waking from a slumber and looking to get combative.
The 'Future Does Not Require' continues in the same vein, driving and beat-heavy with Kampman's vocals clipped and slightly mechanical, as though Siri's downed tools and headed out to Lucky Voice. Much more than on their debut it's her voice that carries this, melodies vibrant and dancing over the bleeps and drops arrayed beneath, her accent and her vocal curl at times evoking a Vespertine-era Bjork. There's a similar tread upon existential themes as well: "We live out through our physiology/It seems quite evident that we are all alone" opens 'Ipse' above a bed of ambient textures and restrained guitar loops, the effect familiar but no less beguiling.
With its ebb and flow of harmonies and the prevalence of reverbed scrape and drone, On Floating Bodies often assumes a dreamlike, insomniac quality, restless and shifting and slightly other. At points it turns to nightmare: 'Treehouse' is shadowed and claustrophobic, its loops pitch-shifted and its rhythms tense. 'Mimese' backs its simple refrain with a wave of choral voices, rising and swelling until they drown it beneath.
It's consistently strong, this album, but arguably peaks midway. Both 'Gloss' and 'A Noise Remains' weld infectious choruses to dancefloor momentum, clear singles that should - if our music industry retains any semblance of meritocracy - see the band widen their appeal considerably beyond the 4,000-odd listeners currently cited on LastFM.
But it doesn't though, does it? Even a cursory glance through the lineups of summer festivals or the bleak litany of Brit and NME award winners shows us that talent and ability and excellent songs have little bearing on an artist's status and reach next to their knack for contentious pull-quotes or the ease in which they can be locked into an emergent scene. Heck, Conquering Animal Sound don't even have a punable name. Yet On Floating Bodies is a striking illustration of how easily stunning artists can fall below the radar, lost beneath the indieboy clamour and the bubbled-up hype and the frenzied scrums chasing whatever's screaming loudest.
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WALTHAM, Mass., April 10, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BG Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq:BGMD), a company focused on the development and commercialization of novel cardiovascular diagnostics, welcomed the announcement today that Abbott has obtained a CE Mark for the Galectin-3 assay run on the ARCHITECT immunochemistry platform.
The launch of the ARCHITECT Galectin-3 test under CE Mark will further expand the availability of galectin-3 testing in several European countries, pending country registration. BG Medicine is partnering with four diagnostic instrument manufacturers to commercialize automated versions of the BGM Galectin-3 test.
"The launch of the ARCHITECT Galectin-3 test under CE Mark is another important step in our commercial strategy. We are very pleased with the progress made by our partner Abbott, a worldwide leader in in vitro diagnostics, to expand the use of galectin-3 testing in heart failure patients," said Eric Bouvier, President and Chief Executive Officer of BG Medicine. The announcement will strengthen our ability to drive the growth of galectin-3 testing throughout the world."
"Galectin-3 is a powerful indicator of prognosis and risk for readmission in heart failure. Having a rapid turn-around galectin-3 result means heart failure patients at high-risk for such adverse events can be more readily identified," said Stefan Anker MD, PhD and President of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology. "Given the rise in heart failure, it is critical we introduce new tools that aid fast clinical decision making processes and provide options to explore new interventions."
In addition to Abbott, BG Medicine is partnering with Alere Inc., bioMérieux SA, and Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. to supply automated versions of its galectin-3 test to key segments of the market. Earlier this year, bioMérieux SA launched the test in Europe and in certain other territories that recognize the CE Mark.
About Galectin-3 testing
Galectin-3 has been implicated in a variety of biological processes important in the development and progression of heart failure. Higher levels of galectin-3 are associated with a more aggressive form of heart failure, which may make identification of high-risk patients using galectin-3 testing an important part of patient care. Galectin-3 testing may be useful in helping physicians determine which patients are at higher risk of death or hospitalization, including 30-day readmission.
About BG Medicine, Inc.
BG Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq:BGMD) is a diagnostics company focused on the development and commercialization of novel cardiovascular tests to address significant unmet medical needs, improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs. The Company has two products: the BGM Galectin-3® test for use in patients with chronic heart failure is available in the United States and Europe; and the CardioSCORE™ test for the risk prediction of major cardiovascular events is expected to be launched in Europe in the first half of 2013. For additional information about BG Medicine, heart failure and galectin-3 testing, please visit www.bg-medicine.com and www.galectin-3.com.
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The chairman of the state Board of Physicians, which was slammed in a recent legislative audit for its dysfunction, told a panel of lawmakers Wednesday that it could get on track in another year by hiring an outside consultant and instituting long-awaited fixes.
Several lawmakers said they've waited years for the board charged with protecting the public from bad doctors to clear a backlog of cases, institute sanctioning guidelines for doctors and develop transparent and consistent practices. The General Assembly writes legislation to reauthorize the 21-member board periodically under a "sunset" provision.
The chairman of the board, however, disputed that so much was wrong and noted several actions it had taken in recent years, which include revoking the license of Mark G. Midei, a Towson cardiologist accused of placing unnecessary stents, and suspending the license of Mark R. Geier, a Rockville doctor accused of providing improper treatment to children with autism.
"I feel like the Board of Physicians is being taken to the woodshed," said Dr. Paul Elder, the chairman and an Anne Arundel County physician, to the Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee. "The board works hard and does a good job protecting the public."
This was the first opportunity to hear from the board about a set of criticisms made by legislative auditors ahead of the next sunset, including some that have been leveled as early as 2003. The auditors made 46 recommendations for correcting the problems.
The subcommittee chairwoman, Sen. Joan Carter Conway, said the board had been flouting statutes designed to make the system fair to doctors and to ensure the public is protected. "It's unconscionable," she said.
Sen. Edward R. Reilly, an Anne Arundel Republican, said he understood the challenges of overseeing 43,000 health professionals and the tight budget constraints, but said too much of the board's work was done in secrecy. He also said: "It's our job to say the backlog is unacceptable."
During fiscal 2011, the board handled almost 1,730 complaints, including 739 that continued from the previous year. By the year's end, it closed almost 900, leaving more than 800 pending. It took 164 formal actions.
The panel falls under the state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, though the agency has no day-to-day oversight. Officials there, however, are in the process of hiring a new executive director since the current director, C. Irving Pinder Jr., is set to retire.
In testimony before the lawmakers, Dr. Joshua M. Sharfstein, department secretary, recommended that the board bring in Dr. Jay Perman, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, to conduct an outside review. Sharfstein suggested he provide an interim update during the 2012 legislative session and a full report afterward — to which Elder said he was amenable.
This would require the lawmakers to extend the board's sunset for another year so Perman's review could be considered during the 2013 legislative session. The auditors suggested that the lawmakers could consider withholding some of the board's budget as a means of encouraging more swift compliance with laws and recommendations in the meantime. The appropriation in fiscal 2012 was $8.6 million, and there were 68 on staff, 10 fewer than in 2008.
Sharfstein told the committee this was the time to push for change.
"The sunset review process is one of the only opportunities for my department and your committee to assure that the Board of Physicians is headed in the right direction," he said.


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I always say what I mean. But sometimes I'm a sarcastic prick whose tone can't be properly communicated via text.
"Then the King will say to those at his right hand, 'Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.' Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink? And when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee? And when did we see thee sick or in prison and visit thee?' And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.' Then he will say to those at his left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' Then they also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to thee?' Then he will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me.' And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
This slimy bastard. He preys on the poor to make himself rich.Evil. Why is this kind of greed even legal?
Well the preacher on the TVHe tells me if I'm poorI should give him all my moneyCause the Lord will give me moreWell I saw him wink andDrag a sack of cash on out the doorWell, he bought himself a CadillacAnd now I got less than before!
The stupid should be bred out of the gene pool, so ultimately, I think whatever bad befalls them as a result of being stupid, they deserve.
we will eventually be in a world that is 99.999% stupid.
Based on the idea that stupid people will procreate "all willy-nilly", while the intelligent are more likely to delay, have fewer children, or have none at all - with the result that (now that we have enough safeguards that stupidity is less likely to lead to death than 100+ years ago), we will eventually be in a world that is 99.999% stupid.
I also think all elected officials should have to pass an IQ test and a psychological screening. We need to at least prevent the idiots and sociopaths from getting into positions of leadership.


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The NHS Constitution
The NHS Constitution brings together for the first time in one place, what staff, patients and public can expect from the NHS.
It explains that by working together we can make the very best of finite resources to improve our health and wellbeing, to keep mentally and physically well, to get better when we are ill and when we cannot recover to stay as well as we can to the end of our lives.
The constitution outlines patients' rights around access to health services; quality of care and environment; nationally approved treatments, drugs and programmes; respect, consent and confidentiality; involvement in your healthcare and in the NHS; informed choice; and complaint and redress.
It also contains pledges that the NHS is committed to achieve. Pledges go above and beyond legal rights. This means that pledges are not legally binding but represent a commitment by the NHS to provide high quality services.
The constitution also outlines the things that patients and the public can do to help the NHS work more effectively and to ensure that resources are used responsibly, for example, making a contribution to their own health and well-being, treating NHS staff and other patients with respect, and keeping appointments, or cancelling within reasonable time.
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to the principles outlined in the constitution, which build on the work we have done in developing 'Our commitment to you: 2010-13.' This document takes on board the views of our staff and governors, and outlines our values and priorities providing a basis for setting out what you can expect from us and what we expect from both our staff and patients.
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Arizona Naturalization and Citizenship
Persons living in the territory in 1848 and those residing in the area of the Gadsden Purchase were automatically granted U.S. citizenship. Naturalization records for later immigrants were filed in the district courts. They were recorded in the U.S. district court from September 1906 until 1912 when Arizona became a state. Since then, naturalization records have been filed in the superior courts, except for Maricopa County in which the U.S. district court has had jurisdiction since 1919.
Declarations, petitions, certificates, and other early records from about 1864 to 1912 are located at the National Archives—Pacific Region (Laguna Nuguel) and the Department of Libraries, Archives and Public Records. The Family History Library has copies of many of these Arizona naturalization records on microfilm for 1864-1955.
For records after September 1906, contact the National Archives—Pacific Region (Laguna Niguel), the local office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, or the U.S. district court.
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That's just what nearly 80 youth performers from across the state will do this weekend when they present "The Wizard of Oz" at Rhode Island College.
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Kristoff, a nine-year-old cigar brand known for making pigtailed cigars with uncut feet, is undergoing a major expansion. Brand founder and owner Glen Case is poised to unveil what he is calling "the next generation of Kristoff," a series of four new blends made in a more elegant and traditional style, several of them with amped-up power. The new cigars, sold under the umbrella Kristoff Galerones Series, will be the first new products unveiled by Kristoff Cigars Inc. in two years.
"The packaging is going to be totally different, and the tobaccos I'm using are totally different," Case told Cigar Insider. The Galerones Series will be made without the signature Kristoff pigtail and uncut foot: they will have triple-seam caps (also known as mounted heads), clean-cut feet and will be packaged without the loose tobacco seen on the other incarnations of the Kristoff brand, which will still be sold. "The existing Kristoff series continues," said Case.
One of the definitions of the word galerónes in Spanish is "shed," and Case said the term is one that is used, rarely, to refer to tobacco barns. "You don't hear it used a lot in Cuba," said Case.
There will be four blends within the Kristoff Galerones Series, each with several sizes and different tobaccos. Many of the leaves being used are completely new to the brand.
"In one of the blends I'm using a San Andrés wrapper [from Mexico], another one has a Cubra wrapper from Brazil, grown from Habano seed," said Case. "In most of these blends I'm using a fair amount of Nicaraguan Estelí filler, which I haven't used. The Nicaraguan I've used the most has been from Jalapa."
Moving to filler tobacco from Estelí, known for strength, rather than Jalapa, which is known for balance, is part of Case's strategy to appeal to a smoker looking for a more powerful experience. He said most of the cigars in the Galerones Series would be fuller bodied with more spice, "but still maintaining that smooth, rich flavor that I'm known for."
Each blend will have a robusto (measuring 5 inches long by 52 ring), toro (6 1/4 by 54) and torpedo (6 1/4 by 52). Three of the four blends will have a 6 by 60 size, save for the mildest, which will instead have a Churchill measuring 7 by 52. Suggested retail on the new line is set to be around $10.00 to $11.50 per cigar, higher than the $8.00 to $10.00 found on other Kristoffs. Case is still working on several details of the new line.
While Kristoffs have historically been made at the Charles Fairmorn factory in the Dominican Republic, and will still be rolled there, the new Galerones Series is being made by Abe Flores at his PDR Cigars Dominicana factory in Tamboril, Dominican Republic.
Kristoff was founded in 2004, and the brand has achieved acceptance from consumers and critics alike. The Kristoff Corojo Limitada Torpedo was named No. 11 cigar of 2012 by Cigar Aficionado, and it scored 93 points. Case is not making changes to production of his other cigars.
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Microsoft has released the Windows 8.1 preview for download, but they region-locked it to 13 specific languages, and Dutch is not one of them. So, even though my Surface RT has been completely and utterly English from the day I bought it, I can't install Windows 8.1 and tell you something about it. Those of you who can download it, why don't you tell us what it's like - or you can head to The Verge who got early access. In case you couldn't tell, I'm a little annoyed that we're arbitrarily being left out once again.
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They can run in the background under more scenarios with 8.1, for example there are additional OS level events which can trigger an app to start processing in the background.
As far as unfettered access to system resources, the answer is no.
Where on Windows Phone it may be a little more missed, the multitasking capabilities on Windows 8 and 8.1 are vastly more comprehensive.
It is unfortunate that not all scenarios are supported, but it is expanding and doing so in a thoughtful way. In fact, way more than I miss expansive (and often wasteful) multitasking, I miss dynamic code execution and JITs even more. We need dynamic code execution for the Windows Runtime. I'm disappointed they did not add it in this release.


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First project?
All hail the (still officially unnamed) Bozeman Makerspace!
I'm trying to figure out what to do for my first project. I'd like to build a LunaMod for sure, since it seems pretty low-key. Famous last words I'm sure, since I have about as much natural aptitude with a soldering iron as a fish with a bicycle.
Of course, in my search for a voltage regulator for the project, I remembered that I still haven't built that Ampeg Scrambler clone I've been eying for years. I need another dirt pedal like I need a hole in the head; but after a quick trip to TonePad and a larger-than-anticipated online order, I'm in possession of both voltage regulators and more groovy, fuzz-inducing transistors than I probably know what to do with. Heaven help us all.
I'll probably etch a PCB for the Scrambler while I'm waiting for all the components to arrive. I might solder some traces together for the LunaMod as well, since Make Magazine lays the whole thing out pretty well. I also need to get enclosures together for both projects, as well as all the other fiddly stuff I've probably forgotten about (bypass circuits, external voltage, etc...) I'll keep the blog updated!
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That looks like a great project but it seems to manual to me.
How about this?
... of course you need a theramin. We could build one of those too. Home made is probably not as good as a MOOG but we could try.
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In Baltimore, Rep. Andy Harris and former ambassador Alan Keyes spoke to a crowd of several hundred people, and I attended a rally in Ellicott City where I estimated about 150 people were present. There were two other rallies in Maryland.
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The omission, on top the lack of coverage for the March for Life in January, which attracted hundreds of thousands of people to Washington, suggests an editorial policy at The Sun which chooses to simply ignore that with which it disagrees.
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|2013-03-16, 08:18
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Was reading EP2. It feels so strange that Gohda is defending Shannon so strongly, when they try to lie that 'Kanon' attacked and 'killed' Kumasawa and Nanjo. Gohda, along with Genji and Rosa are accomplices. Could Yasu threatened them with the bomb? That would probably make sense. But still, Gohda tried to defend Shannon too hard, unless of course he did it to win over her heart. Come to think of it, Gohda does that a lot with the siblings. Oh this might make sense.
|2013-03-17, 12:22
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It is not like witches were not hinted at in higurashi. they were just never explicitly called witches. I mean Rika does actually seem like a witch to me.
So for umineko it's a question of what you thing was hinted at but was not really dived into.
|2013-03-18, 02:14
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|2013-03-18, 16:35
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Some things about the whole
Spoiler for spoilers for last two novels:
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Spoiler for spoiler for 8th novel:
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|2013-03-19, 23:04
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So, my idea for putting the pieces together goes something like this...
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|2013-03-19, 23:42
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I agree with the rest though.
|2013-03-20, 19:03
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Spoiler for spoiler for 8th novel:
Regarding the second one.
Spoiler for theory on 3rd novel:
Come to think of it, I suspect that
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And now some theories regarding Bernkastel. Note that I use the mangas as my evidence.
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|2013-03-22, 06:27
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Not been following the current discussion, but hopefully no one minds me bringing something else up. I've been rereading the series lately and the meta-narrative of EP4 really confuses me. I can't see how Ange's role in it can possibly have any meaning to anything, yet so much time is spent on Meta-Ange that I can't help but feel that Ryukishi must have written it for a reason.
I mean, I totally understand the point of all the scenes with Ange in 1998, as well as the ones covering her time at St. Lucia; they're both hugely important to the themes of the series, they both make perfect sense on a narrative level, and it's clear why they're there. But the parts with Ange in the meta-world don't make any sense to me. What's the point of the whole story about Ange coming to bring Battler back from the meta-world, and the conflict with her being deceived by Bern and then Lambda trying to get her on her side (which is never mentioned again despite the dramatic build-up and super tense music seeming to imply that it's a hugely important scene), and her realising that she isn't Ange but "ANGE Beatrice" and then not really doing much in the meta-world again until she randomly dies? I really don't get what Ryukishi was trying to say with this subplot; it can't possibly mean anything in terms of Prime, which is fine, but it also doesn't seem to serve to illustrate any thematic point either (aside from possibly the death scene I guess...but the whole thing with Bern and Lambda fighting over her still doesn't seem relevant). It feels so disconnected from everything else. How do you guys view these scenes?
|2013-03-22, 07:13
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I agree. Ange had a lot of potential, but she felt largely wasted. She had some amazing scenes and a great backstory, but it mostly went nowhere, especially the backstory with her and her bodyguard. Was he meant to betray her, be her lover, both, what? We'll never know.
|2013-03-22, 08:13
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It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me either. The only thing that really reconciles it is if there were other plans for the meta-world that got scrapped somewhere in the writing of Alliance or the transition into Chiru. The conflict that Meta-Ange believes exists does not exist at all anywhere else in the stories. While it kind of makes sense that Bern would pull an Ange of the future into the story, if we take Meta-Ange as somehow representative of an "actual" or "Prime" Ange, it doesn't make any sense that she'd believe that she can actually do anything to "save" her brother as such.
I mean, she already clearly realizes in the St. Lucia backstory that her family can't come back. Even if the Meta-Ange bits are read as some kind of faint hope of someone returning, they couldn't possibly return through any acts that Ange herself can actually take. And the whole idea of "well they might return to an Ange that isn't you" only makes sense in the context of Prime-Ange realizing that the family could be "saved" in a story but that this would not actually save anyone in her world. Which is obvious. I mean, Ange's not that dumb.
Regarding the other point, Amakusa was kind of like... what was his deal, anyway? Seriously he has essentially no purpose whatsoever in Chiru. He's basically a confused question dispenser for parts of Dawn and barely matters at all in Twilight.
For something that was such a huge chunk of Alliance, I just can't help but think the Ange stuff wasn't going to become what it eventually became and initially meant to set up something else that didn't get followed through on. Same thing with the Maria stuff. The Beatrice-Maria-Rosa dynamic is set up pretty strongly as a major thematic issue, but then Maria scarcely matters in any way until Requiem. And the themes about the Black Witch don't really follow through there either.
|2013-03-22, 08:53
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I more or less see meta-Ange, at least as far as EP4 is concerned, as the concept of Ange as Touya sees her.
EP4 meta-Ange is all about EP8, IMHO.
Touya in 1998 became aware of Ange when she tried to contact him, and this was represented by Ange's introduction in EP3 and presence in EP4. It roused the "Battler" aspect that was lying within Touya. Then Ange's disappearance from public knowledge was metaphorically represented by her "hamburger" death at the end of EP4, which really roused Battler. From Ange's disappearance, "Battler" within Touya got a wake up call about how his fight with Beatrice really mattered, because he realized he may have lost his chance to contact Ange for the rest of his life.
As for Bern and Lambda, I see them as concepts before I see them as personalities. Bern's "tempting" Ange is a matter of Ange vainly hoping for something impossible. It's actually rooted in us humans ourselves to do so, and that natural temptation is merely projected and personified as Bern. Since that's Bern's role, Bern's motive is simply made to fit after the fact. On the other hand, it still fits. Bern wanted Battler to destroy Beatrice, and what better way to get Battler serious about that than to have his sister at stake?
As for being ANGE instead of Ange, I think it might have to do with the fact that she's a concept of Touya's rather than a real person, and the concept itself is showing some self-awareness. On the other hand, I also think it might have to do with Yukari becoming an author in the future. It's like being a witch means having the power to change perspectives, but not facts.
Just my thoughts...
|2013-03-22, 15:37
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|2013-03-22, 16:48
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The True Culprit
I always imagined that Lambdadelta represented for Ange the same temptation it meant for Beatrice: To embrace her role as an 'Endless Witch.' Meta-World context aside, staying with Battler forever means contributing to the roll of Forgeries.
|2013-03-22, 18:39
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Personally I would have liked Meta-Ange more if she had kept the characterization she had in Ep 4.
I mean at the end of Ep 4 she:
tried to keep her mind oper to other possibilities than the Eva culprit theory
acknowledged that if she had acted differently with Eva they could have had a better life
was willing to respect other people's beliefs
is willing to give up on the chance to stay forever with her brother
is willing to face the fact his family is dead.
In Ep 8 all this goes forgotten and she's all: Eva killed everyone and I want to stay here and I want the truth and everyone is mean because they don't give me what I want and I've not the patience to listen to your insane ranting big bro, who cares about what you believe, give me the truth and let me stay here.
Okay, so this is a slightly exaggerated version but you get the picture.
I would have preferred for her to quietly listen to Battler and then say: my bro has gotten insane if he believes that's what had happened but let's let him with his belief than to keep stomping foots and believing in Bern over his brother when Bern had turned her into an hamburger twice and enjoyed doing it not mentioning she had tried to marry her bro to Erika after trapping him in a logic error or how she had accused Natsuhi for the LOL of it.
Really the sort of person in which you want to believe.
I've been wondering about Bern and Lambda though.
Bern is the one who grant 'miracles' only when they've a chance of happening, tell her that basically there's no chance but lead her around in a dangerous/fatal way (she encouraged her to jump of a building).
Lambda promised her to let her stay forever with her brother, provided she'll help her fight against Bern and never allow Battler or Beato to win.
If you try to apply all of the above to the real world Bern represents a self destructing chase toward something that can't be reached.
Lambda represents the idea of continuing to be with a Battler within her (the real Ange won't be with Battler, just MetaAnge) provided she'll gave up on discovering the truth (solving Beato's mystery).
|2013-03-23, 08:47
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I had an interesting thought about Ange, especially EP4 and EP8 Ange when rereading several scenes and comparing them to the manga. My idea right now is that technically Ange is a sympathetic Erika.
She is basically pushed towards the same goal as Erika and has similar doubts concerning love. While Erika doesn't care who the culprit is, Ange has her mind set towards one certain individual, but looking at the similarities in how they approach Beato and Battler's game it becomes clear that their idea of being able to gain something by solving it in their way is fueled by similar desperation. This also explains why it was Erika who fought alongside Ange as long as she was heading towards destroying the illusion.
I think that is also one of the things that makes Erika necessary, because it mirrors in a darker way what Ange was trying to achieve in EP4. In that sense Meta-Anges journey does not only show Touya's struggle but also that of Ange in 1998.
Her acceptance of Bern's offer showed her wish to wrench the solution out of the story that she wanted to see, in the desperate hope that it would lead her towards something more than she has now.
Lambda's offer showed her struggle when she went deeper, because it meant facing the danger of actually being left with nothing at all.
Her final resolve showed her acceptance of letting go of her hope for her brother to return just like that, which tortured her so much it was as hard as dying. She accepted continuing to live with happy memories, even if it killed the Ange that lived with her brother in an illusion.
|2013-03-23, 17:21
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Interesting info from Ep 8 chap 6.
It was Beato who tattled out to the relatives that Kinzo was dead, so as to set them up against Natsuhi. It make me think she took them all as accomplices... only each couple didn't know about the other being Beato's accomplice.
It's again confirmed that Beato could have entered in Natsuhi's room regardless of the scorpion charm but, due to the setting, decided not to and merely wanted to scare her by painting her door (Lol she wore gloves and smeared all her door with red paint).
Wanderer already told us that the message in Ep 1 existed and that Natsuhi's gun was without bullets though it had powder inside so that it would make a discharged sound and have smoke coming out of it.
The discussion between Beato and Natsuhi is also a lot less forgiving in the beginning.
Beato confessed she had a lot of fun bullying Natsuhi but in the end she said that since she remembered her sin and she will have to carry its weight forever in the end things are settled and only after this she said she understand what Kinzo did was wrong and that she can symphatize with Natsuhi's circumstances.
On a corner of Natsuhi's door she even wrote an apology.
I think I've already described how Natsuhi and Beato hid in the wardrobe to escape Ange and Eva (in the manga they play hide and seek instead than quiz time) and that to lead them out Eva pretended trying to kill Ange, the whole thing a copy of how Hideyoshi was 'killed' in Ep 5 (even Beato observed this had already happened).
And we get an interesting bit about Rudolf tending to hide in the darkest corners of the house with a woman (maybe a servant?).
Again, Ep 8 manga version is way better than the novel as far as I'm involved...
|2013-03-24, 08:37
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If you ask me it's more touching, expecially for the moments in which you see how Beato would like for Natsuhi to also be her mom.
It's more... real as far as I'm involved. To have Beato wash it all away so effortlessly in the novel... it just didn't feel fitting, it reduced the whole of Yasu's drama and the pain she'd been put through.
It felt as if there was a huge gap between the Yasu of Ep 5, who's basically tormenting Natsuhi rather horribly, and the Beato of Ep 8 who's acting mature and comforting Natsuhi and shifting the blame on Kinzo.
I like for Beato to show her bitterness and then... show she's trying to get over it, that despite it she longed to build up a mother/child relation with Natsuhi.
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A man from County Louth has pleaded not guilty to membership of an unlawful organization styling itself on the Irish Republican Army (IRA). He told the gardai (Irish police) that being involved in the IRA would be "stupid" and would lead to "a one-way ticket to death or jail."
Neil Smith (35), from Drogheda, denies his involvement in Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise known as the IRA.
During the trial on Tuesday, police provided evidence of the movements of five men traveling in two cars on 8th August, 2010. When the Special Detective Unit stopped the cars, they found a loaded sawn off shotgun, a black balaclava and a Halloween mask. The car had been fitted with false number plates.
Smith was a passenger in one of these cars.
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Una Ni Raifeartaigh SC, the lawyer for the prosecution, told the court that an expert would tell them icing sugar is often used in the production of homemade explosives.
Tara Burns BL, lawyer for the defense, and police Detective Gordon Wolfe agreed that during seven interviews taken at the Balbriggan station in Dublin, the accused had said that on the morning of the arrest a friend and he had called to another man's house to join in some weight training and boxing.
They travelled to Dundalk but he said he didn't know why the other man had wanted to drive in to the town. He did not ask.
He has denied his membership in the IRA.
Smith did agree that his employer at a scrapyard had some association with the IRA. He also admitted that the driver of the cars, which the police had been watching, were speaking on their cell phones as they drove.
When the police suggested that he was not telling the whole story, Smith said, "I don't see it being stupid is getting involved with the IRA, getting involved is a one-way ticket to death or jail."
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Jaffe: Don't Ignore Those Annual Reports
Do you read annual reports? If you don't, you're not alone. MarketWatch's Chuck Jaffe discusses what to look for on MoneyBeat.
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... been been been been BdB ... a shareholder proxy season is coming up in the ... Western for you ... do you read the Annual Report to tell you not alone ... MarketWatch's Chuck Jaffe really knows exactly what to look for he is here to share it with a shot hell are you ... and are well thanks for having me ... on so many feel the tree again or annual reports assist dispense with that ... why don't they read it are they making a mistake ... well they don't read because there's hundreds of pages and most of it is and legal jargon in fact ... I think that the business world wants us not to read these reports ... because that way they can hide a lot of the inerrancy and oh by the way you assumed the risk and it was your fault that you ... don't want this even know what you're held etc you know when you get reports that are a hundred and thirty pages ... Yeh that's pretty daunting ... and I don't blame folks for not wanting to read ... at the same time you definitely wanna take a look at least a couple of things ... because the interesting thing is that we spent all this time talk about what a Stockton where the market do today in what's going on ... and that measures a point in time like right now ... but the annual report ... it's basically helping you think that is this an entity that I want to all ... and if you're not a trigger but an investor in you're buying a business started thinking about the Warren Buffett way ... well ... this is where you want it we sort of make sure that yet I still want to own this business right ... so ... what he's been ... opinion column ... in the coming out of the key thing what the key things to look for in the annual report say on the way to Launder some odd pages ... well I would say that the things you wanna look out most to things like ... the letter from the chief executive ... you might get a sense I mean it ... making excuses or the talk him in charge and the talking in circles what's there wanna do is just a little bit of looking at the balance sheet income statement it doesn't have to be that you analyze the numbers a lot ... but ... you know our sales up or down from last year ... is set up or down from last year that you see that sales go down and profits go down and cash flow is reduced ... and debt is up ... you better have an explanation as a company can overcome that for awhile what eventually Wall Street's gotta figure it out and you don't wanna be left on the bad when it down ... the ... port obviously another thing you wanna look yet ... been interesting about the auditor reporters it's the one thing that you really don't wanna read and understand your just looking for them to say ... Hey ... in ... fairly represented accurately represents that the financial statements and if you're seeing a company ... that is your changing auditor's ... for arguing with its accountants over anything ... that's when you wanna go who they don't trust these numbers ... and so you might at that point you looking but ... the auditor statement is Your literally looking for one line in the middle of a ... paragraph or so boilerplate that says fairly and accurately represents the statement the company's ... conditioning until ... the last thing I look at the shareholding of some Boeing responsibilities you should address this ... yet but there's a bigger thing here if you throw away all the stuff that comes to you you was the kind of investor who theoretically could get lost ... meaning at some point near an active on the company and moved in you forgot to tell ten shares of XYZ company ... by devoting your proxies not only are you doing the right thing is a corporate citizen ... but you're maintaining contact with the company ... and that makes it harder for them to one of the dollar this is an inactive Account ... Willis GE shares over the state has trust me ... you or your heirs can not ever wanted in a situation we gotta go clean your money again because it's been turned over to the state right so ... do the right thing Booker proxies and it does give you some protection ... high shop great


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j^m'-sr*^ *-.'%. ^« HUNTLEY ^mA VOLUME 15 — NUMBER 21 '^ THURDAY, AUGUST 22, \91* l^^i — PHONB — te^^ M9-5«tl — If No AMwer 4S9-099S Wl 459-145C ' ' y 1^3 ^'' - FRANK PARISEK HUNTLEY, ILL SPACES 'VS. CURB TOU AKB4UGHT. THEN OO AHBAD" ¦. Davtt Orodtott U by Dong Striddand An open meeting with the school board was held last Monday at 8 p.m. in the board rown of the high- school. A light turnout was on hand at this meeting. The purpose of the meeting, as stated by Mr, Marks, was to see what the public wanted in ai proposed gym com¬ plex. Mr. Marks stated that items, such as giris athletics, the size of (be c<M»i»isuty, tbe gym as a teach ;&« eaUo-, ybotdd be eoEMdatea in the plaJanlos ot tiie new hi^ Police Report Assistance was given to a motoilst that ran out of gas on Rte. 47, North of town. An open door was found at a local business office while on patrol, door had not been closed completeiy at the time the plant shut down toir the day. Offictrs checked the area and set the dtoor tight. Assist to a he^ victim that suf¬ fered a seizuro and was aided by the police dept. and the rescue squad and then tnarasported to the Sher¬ man Hospdtal. Livestock had become loose and were .roaming the street and yard areas. The Huntley poiioe played cowboy and participated in rodeo activities and oorraled the critters and Ijelped the farmer return them to the farm yard. Assfeted in a personal injury with the Cbunty Police Dept. Motim had fallen, huj[<ting his back and arm. The HunUey rescue squad attended to the man and rushed him to the Sberman Hospital. Huntley Police Dept. attended a traffic aooident involving three cars, "niere wesre no niajor injuries and all oars were driven away. A ticket was issued for fiailure to reduce speed to avoid an aoddent. In the past week tbere bave been sev^-al incidents of arundnal damage bo property, in afl inBtances tlie Huntley pottoe depL has information Uiat is beuig investigated and will result in the parents and children getting together with the police d^. The Hunfley prfioe dept. appre- bended a young man in the town square with possession of an in- sitrunjent dassjfied as a lethal wea. pan, he was charged with fbe unfetw- ful use of a weapon and wUl appear in court on Sept. 9th. A young motorist was aiir«*ed for reddess driving. The offending driv¬ er was squealinig Us Ures and driv¬ ing in a reckless manner, he at^ tended lo essoape when the poiioe officer tiled to stop his vehicle, he also has a court ^jpeananceB on Sejjt. 9th. school gym. Following this, the meeting went into a question and answer session. One of the questions brought up was if the board felt that a new gym facility was needed. The gen¬ eral feeling of the board was (hat it is needed. Then the board was questioned on what the basic needs are and what they would like to see in the complex. Mr. Marks, speaking for the board, said that liaE^caay, iwwe totdritv aatstfoaa anci- Hkire aeattig Uriiami.^ma-- said that possibly more and new gymnastics could be taught as well as expanding diower rooms and storage rooms for girls. Another idea discussed was the possibility of a cafeteria being biild along with the complex. Mr. Marks said thhat "salellite kitchens'' could be used for cjooking food and then it coold be served in the present fjaffetefia and the nnuJti-jHETwee room. At tbia.ti^ tba. aeet^ went istAyaL'Mmem m'im- «t«#«. The groups later met) ^with board members to give their opinions Wie group examined girls sports They discussed girls vc^eyfeall, track, and tiowling and the install- aticn lof these fadliUes jln the basement, thus saving costs. Boy's ba^etiball and wrestling facilities were examined. The public present at the meeting also felt that boy's track and field could possibly be resumed and faoUtles should be apfropriated. lW public also tait ..ma^-aaaAhm^mtha Sfmitn^-im. on both sides of the floor wid that the seating capadty should be from 1600-2000. Both groups fdt that an open end basement with shower facilities, handball, and wrestling oould be btdlt A dtage built at tme end of the gym floor was examined. Most of tbe people agreed Uiat, due to the cost, a pool "hoirid not be buUt No final decision waa made. Ihe hoard and tii« admlnistratkn wBt 4p further imvest^ntkm before pjuo Year Old Boy Found South of Town Investigation is pending by the Kane County aieriff's office reigard. ing two children who were found about 2 mMes awifth-west of HunUey Laurence MoCarthy, Ri. 1 Box 83, Huntley, was returning home at a- bout 5:30 P.M.Tuesday, August 20, when he heard a child crying, police repoi-t. He found a 2 year old boy, naked, in the ddtch. The child was covered with tar and dirt. He took the child into the house and tried to clean Mm up, acooiiding to sheriff's report. The boy was so scared and shook up that he couldn't do any¬ thing with him. At at)Out tWs time, McOarthy's neighbor (urudentyied) came to the iiome staiting that he had found a 7 year old whom-he had returned to his parents; Mr. and Mrs. Ohariesk Van Houten, Route 1, Hampshire, who are also the parents of 2 year old Thomas Van Houten, the repoit continued; Mr. Van Houten staited to the Sheriffs Police that the child¬ ren had been playing with their 9 year old sister and tliat they had been missing since 1 P.M. (about 4 hours). Investigs^n is. pending regarding whedier the children had been tokA. ested or \v*at actually happened. FFA Plans Bicycle Safety Week The Huntley FFA chapter is pleased to announce that they are planning to sponsor their bicyde safety week pirogram again this year. This highly suocessfiA pro¬ gram, that reached almost all the cfaildren in tiie school diBbict, will include mudvof tbe same events as last year plus some possikte ad¬ ditions yet to be announoed. The FFA chapter won the Section 6 safety awards with their progmam last yearv Last year, tbe blpyde safety week Started with a safety poster contest This year the chap- Gontioued on Page Two BIKE SAFETY PROGRAM Hunidey IIm>v««I^ Win 2nd in State The Huntly Harvesters 4-H dub Baseball team oame in second in sitate ccmpetition last .Tuesday, August 20tti. The team was greeted by friends and parents who escorted them tlmnugh town In a hom Mow¬ ing victory pattade. Later, a dinner was served at Dedcke Park. A oom¬ plete story with pictures will ap¬ pear in next weeks F'anmside. The following story was written by Doug Strickland before the victory. Sterling, niinods was tfae site of two 4-H Huntley Haryester victories on the way to a possible Stiate 4-H Softball tttle. HunUey, tbe McHen¬ ry County ohampion, ti'aveled to Sterling August 6 to play two games. Being the county champions, they were allowed to pick five other play¬ ers fixwi other MoHenry Oounty teams and one Other coach. At 10:45 a.m. in Sterling, the Harvesters faced the Lake Counrty champs. The Hunfley squad took this one with little troiible, 18-3. HunUey^ attack was sparked by a three^run firet inning and two six-, run innings, one of these in ttoe second inmi* and the odier in the third. Steve Luth and Jofm t]ra£all both had Hour hite wiule Don Li«er. hausen, Steve Van Acker, and "lYxn Lageriiausen each had three hits apiece. Tom KoUey had two hits sgtA Fl-ank KeamB, Tom Mirfitor, and and Jim E)rvin each had one hit. Tom Lageihausen pldred up the pitching victory for Huntiey. Hunt- Cohtlmied on Page Two 2ND IN OTATE College Teix Increase Feuls Citizens of Uie McHemy Ckiuoty Jundoir Oofiege Dishtto voted 4400 to 558 not to Inorease tiie tax rate to 1.17% of tbe fair cash value of taxable prt)perty fkvwi .017%, the pres^it majdmum note in on eleot¬ ion held last Tuesday, AuBust 20lfa. In HunUey tbe vole wte 19 yea and 53 no. Menu <^ the Week Week of August 27 ^ 30 Tuesday — Bar-B-Que on bun or P. butter & jelly sandwiches buttered whole kernel oom Potato chips applesauce Milk Wednesday — Italian SpaghetU with meat sauce Lettuce salad with Russian dressinr peanut butter bar Buttered bread Milk Thursday — Fresh Proxen Orange Juice Scalloped Potatoes & Ham Buttered Green Beans Hot com bread with butter Mixed Fruit Buttered bread Milk Friday — Oven Fried Fish with Tartar sauce Buttered Mashed Potatoes Creamy dole Slaw Buttered bread Fruit Milk / Dist, 158 School News Hunfley DosMot 158 trmast daOy atteadanee fior the sdnol year just oomirfeted was 744.4& abaAeiAa. Tbis compares to 727.»5 for Vn2i-n. Ihe average dttly atteodanoe for Grades K-B was 601.99 aDd for tiM ia^ scfaool was 34Z.46. A year ago the ADA for K-8 Wte 513.35 and 226 for grades 9-12. Ihe aveiage Amy attendaow is an important f^ore ftir tt is one factor wbich deteniines a dtatrfcfi abate aid. Tlie second important fiadw is the aaaessed veinaitiiaa of Uie (ystJnt. -Ihe AOA h aSaa fi«nred heavlfy in the state fomwia fbr de. termlnng ixMkxi oaats. The best six AOA moi^fas were September, OatxAi&B, Maivfa, M^, April and November in (halt mder. The grade wUh tfae beat peioeDtage of attendance wtas 5th wttb 96.85 witii 6th betoB aeoood wtth 96.43. llie dMcfct av«ni«e of ) 95.63, Itl Wii'llln IlKit ¦ii%niii'i nv SteveSehttlhi ^ Wins at State Fair Steve Scbultz, A}0onqufa, received obam{^(»K ait 3 Daim «dtti bis aoguB cattle. At Lake Co. Fait he reeeivad champion and reserve champion sen- ior hetfer oalf. WStx tas bdte he received reservo dnmfilon Jr. boll and champion snmmer bull and went on to receive Reeerve Gnuid Obera. piOnbuU. At Kane Q>. Fair he reotfved Grand Champion, Res«ve Giand Champion Bull and Reserve Grand Champioo Female. Auigust 13th Steve showed at the Wisconsin State Flair were his sen¬ ior h«fer was named champion oalf and bis summ^ yeailing buH was picked champion gofng on to be named Reserve Grand Champion BuU of the flair. School Calendar August 28 - InaUttAe Day • No school Au«Dat 26 — Pint dey ol lehool • 12:00 Noon diamlMd. Aagmt 27 — Pint ftdl <kqr o< sdioM • K tim U. Aogost 30 — T J. T«lte . K, S. 9, la September 2 — Labor Day • No sctMtd. September 6 - Footbtf at pft- watha. Huntley BiHfsters To Meet I All parents and fans interestod tn getUng tiie Huotiey t'Retfddn" football team off to a i;ood year, are invited to a meeiUn« flf tfaa Htntley Bonaters on Wednet^y, August 28 at 8:00 pin. at tfae Leg¬ ion . Coach MoDoorid and Matutas have been aAed to repoit on Hie 1974 proepeeta. See yoa oo tiia^Nli.
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by Dong Striddand
An open meeting with the school board was held last Monday at 8 p.m. in the board rown of the high- school. A light turnout was on hand at this meeting. The purpose of the meeting, as stated by Mr, Marks, was to see what the public wanted in ai proposed gym com¬ plex. Mr. Marks stated that items, such as giris athletics, the size of (be c
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Apple Scores Dutch Ban on Older Samsung Galaxy Products
Apple has won another round in its interminable legal melee with Samsung.
A Dutch court on Wednesday found that some Samsung Galaxy devices that run Android 2.2.1 and higher infringe an Apple patent describing a means of navigating images in a photo gallery. And when Samsung refused to sign a declaration of abstinence pledging no further infringement of the patent, the presiding judge issued a ban on infringing devices. Samsung must also, within eight weeks, tell Apple how much net profit it made from sales of those devices since June 27, 2011; that number is to be used in determining damages. If it fails to do so, it must pay Apple $129,000 until it does.
So, another legal blow for Samsung, though not a particularly devastating one. The company has already designed around the Apple patent at issue here, so most of its newer devices aren't in violation of it. If any Galaxy products end up being pulled off the market, they'll likely be older ones.
"Samsung is disappointed with the court's ruling. Apple has been trying to limit consumer choice and discourage innovation through their excessive and flawed legal arguments," the company said in a statement. "We remain confident that our products are unique, and we will continue to take all available measures to protect consumer choice in the Netherlands."
Apple declined comment.
And on it goes …


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Umpire Personal Statement The calm cool breeze of the Spring morning swept across my face as I buttoned my blue little league umpire shirt; after months of training I was ready to start my new job. Equipped with a mask and chest protector, I stepped on the field and smelled the freshly cut grass. Unbeknownst to me, I was walking onto the field of learning and would leave the experience (which experience)? with a firm grasp on my future goals. As an avid sports fan, I was excited to officiate 24 nine-year-olds (you were officiating 24 nine-year olds - or were you officiating a tournament which included 24 nine-year-olds?) in an invitation-only tournament that would determine the preseason rankings and sponsorship deals. I worked as the plate umpire in my first game. Behind the plate, I was given absolute authority and was responsible for controlling virtually every aspect of the game. I was required to make correct decisions quickly and confidently. The training I endured the previous months suggested that little league officiating was simple and unproblematic. However, that notion swiftly vanished when a routine grounder resulted in a bang-bang (a what... lol?!) play at the plate between the runner and catcher. The ball beat the runner home and within seconds of ruling him out, outrage erupted from the parents in the stands and the coaches in the dugout of the runners team. The close call gave me my first glimpse of extreme adversity (Overstatement) and showed the holistic nature and immense pressure of umpiring. From the dugout, the coach raced toward the plate to argue the call. Relying on his intimidating size and the growing displeasure from the stands (He relied on the growing displeasure from the stands?), the coach showed me no respect as I calmly explained that the call stands. The seemingly normal reaction to a close call in a close game escalated out of control when the coach started to curse at me while angry parents used racial slurs to voice their disapproval. There I stood, a seventeen-year-old (edited to maintain consistency - see "nine-year-olds" above) in an unfamiliar situation, against a group of furious middle-aged adults who despised my call. I was amazed at their behavior and the example they set for the players. Determined not to crumble, I diffused the growing hostility by ejecting the coach and three spectators. I also warned the other parents and coaches that their teams would forfeit (the remainder of their games?) if this type of behavior continued. This unprecedented level of authority allowed me to regain control of the game as the perpetrators surprisingly left the park without contesting my decision. The tough decision was necessary as it restored order, challenged my responsibility, and most importantly allowed the players to continue the game. That situation set the tone for how I handled similar disputes that plagued the season. I matured in my first game and learned the value of confidence, composure, and how to interpret varying situations. As a rookie, I was given the distinct opportunity to officiate a regional qualifying tournament for the Little League World Series. My experience as an umpire has left an indelible mark on my attitude. It challenged my thoughts while improving both my communication and conflict resolution skills. Through umpiring, I have learned to think quickly and adjust to a diverse set of situations. As an umpire, I respected the game, made ethical decisions, and handled multiple tasks simultaneously. After the season, I decided that pursuing a career in sports would be my goal. I want to go to law school in order to challenge my way of thinking (seems strange....). Like umpiring, law school will provide me the opportunity to further my maturation as I become disciplined in the study of law. The responsibility, authority, and opportunities that the law and sports provide intrigue me and will continue to encourage me as I pursue my goal of becoming a lawyer for a sports and entertainment firm (O'Rly? Can you name a few that focus solely on sports and entertainment. These are few and far between). A sports fan all my life, becoming a sports attorney will be the culmination of my goals and aspirations. I feel that my experiences behind the plate, my degrees in Marketing and Spanish, and my diverse background will serve as vital sources of preparation and encouragement as I transition to the rigors of law school. I truly believe that, as a law student at the University of Miami, I will be an asset to the student body by contributing to the rich tradition of diversity, creativity, and attitudes of the campus and the city of Coral Gables. Additionally, living in Coral Gables will allow me to hone my Spanish speaking skills in order to serve a broader client base. It is through great pride that I am seeking consideration of acceptance and I firmly believe that I am prepared to study the complexities of the law, sports, and entertainment industries. Thanks for the comments guys!!
Good morning, Thanks for the prompt response. What significance does the underlined words and phrase mean. Thanks,CDR


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Current Law Students / Re: What's the point?« on: November 19, 2012, 12:59:17 PM »
Thane, but is law really necessary?!? I am skeptical. But the word combination "necessary evil" comes to mind. Like, it's necessary and unnecessary at the same time. Who knows? Perhaps all this stuff is held together by really smart attorneys at the top. However, I doubt I will go back to law school unless to keep playing some sort of "lawyer card" that everybody is forced to respect.


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Red-Orange and Gray-Brown Room from Benjamin Moore
We spotted this room in Benjamin Moore's color forecast for 2010, and it reminded us of our love for a deep red-orange paired with gray or cream. The "cream" in this room actually has a hint of green in it, and the gray is slightly brown, which gives the colors a little bit of an edge.
These colors are carried through, in variations, throughout the accessories and furnishings, which Benjamin Moore helpfully details in their resource list for the room. A few of our favorite details are listed below.
Room and Resources Shown Above
• Claret Rose Walls from Benjamin Moore
• Guilford Green Trim from Benjamin Moore
• Our Love is Here to Stay Poster from Enormous Champion
• Ball and Chain Hable Construction Fabric from Decorati
• Sunny Side Up Chair from White on White
• Philippe Ottoman from Jonathan Adler
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Robert Kimbrough, in his reply to my last letter back in September 2012, extolled the virtues and great deeds of our so-called savior, Barack Hussein Obama, and the wonderful things that he has done for America.
To the editor:
Robert Kimbrough, in his reply to my last letter back in September 2012, extolled the virtues and great deeds of our so-called savior, Barack Hussein Obama, and the wonderful things that he has done for America.
Since then, Obama has been returned to the Oval Office.
For his loyal followers, having failed to see the real harm he has done to our nation, obviously naive loyalty has given way to loyal stupidity.
Obama is the biggest threat to our country in my lifetime and, if he has his way, will not leave America the country that Kimbrough, I and millions of others have fought for � and certainly not the America for which I and millions of patriots shed our blood.
Obama hopes to make this country a communist utopia in which the government controls all aspects of our lives and knows better than we do how our lives should be lived. He is a pathological liar, hypocrite and narcissist who flip-flops more that John Kerry.
As with his flock, Obama thinks that he�s a god and has, by numerous executive orders, elevated himself to a position from which to take total control over our nation without the Constitution, Congress, rule of law and against the will of the American people. Should the messiah deem it necessary to �protect the American people� and declare martial law, America will experience a period of bloody persecution at the hands of a civilian defense force larger and stronger than our armed forces.
This civilian defense force will not be made up of our patriots in uniform but U.N. troops, drug lords armed by Fast and Furious, and perhaps thousands of illegal immigrants joining in the melee.
He may want to learn a lesson from history, however: Japan did not invade the shores of America because of millions of freedom-loving gun owners. That�s why he and the United Nations want our guns.
To surrender our sovereignty and freedoms to the UN or to any other nation is treasonous. So, in answering Kimbrough: Barack Hussein Obama�s actions and very obvious intentions are truly those of a would-be tyrant and perhaps, as only time will tell, a traitor.
Keep your muskets nearby, your powder dry and may God bless America.
Mac McGee


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