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The Great Yarn Fast of 2011 is but a memory, but I still have a self-imposed yarn super diet for this year, so yeah, no going crazy at WoolWinders; luckily, their online list of yarn is helpful in terms of weight and fiber (if not pricing -- but that's what the rest of the internet is for, right?), so I was able to do some serious narrowing-down before I even set foot in the door.
I had a shawlette pattern in mind (it's for a gift, so I can't post specifics yet, but it has approx 430 yards of fingering weight needed, with a lot of stockinette in the body and a cool lace border) and a price limit of $20 (because, like I said, super diet). These factors combined to pull my focus to the Cascade Heritage Silk Paints [Rav]; 85%/15% superwash merino and mulberry silk, 437 yards in a skein, really pretty colorways from which to choose, and priced at twenty bucks!
After a couple of minutes of being torn between the RED (9958, called Vino) and the BLUE (9996, called Deep Ocean), I made my choice and made a beeline for the register to keep myself from further temptation. During the ringing-up process, I had a nice conversation with a staff member about her shawl-in-progress.
And then she said these magic words:
"Would you like me to wind this into a ball for you?"
UM YES. With the laceweight debacle fresh in my mind (still in snarls, by the way), I gladly accepted, because let me tell you: if somebody offers to save you from your own impatience for zero dollars,
So I took it. And then I took it home.
Oh, and if you get tomorrow off (for Memorial Day or for Pentecost or for always-having-Mondays-off), I hope you enjoy the day!


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Welcome to the Asia Stocks live blog, a running account of what the region's share markets are doing, along with other news. Today, China stocks rally, while most others stick to ranges, as the market waits for some key data — ranging from Chinese retail sales and industrial output to Japanese GDP — as well earnings from such heavyweights as Sony and Tencent.
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- 8:31 pm
- Japan stocks: a game of expectations
- by Mike Kitchen
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Japanese stocks are a bit firmer as the week begins, with the market mulling over an easing yen and some disappointing balance-of-payment data, but focusing more on earnings news and those all-important expectations.
In the early going, the Nikkei Average is 0.2% higher than its Friday close, with an identical gain for the Topix, after both benchmarks opened lower by a similar margin. Offering some support, the yen is weaker (dollar at ¥101.99 vs. ¥101.85) in the wake of a smaller-than-expected current-account surplus for March, announced 10 minutes ahead of the open.
But with Japan's earnings season in full swing, it's the quarterly results (and forward outlooks) that are providing the key drivers for many of the biggest movers.
Among the losers, Sumitomo Electric is down 6%, with Kim Eng Securities noting a fiscal-year forecast for profit growth well below analysts' average expectation. Likewise, an almost 17% drop in net profit for Asahi Glass has those shares down 4.8%.
Shares of Renesas Electronics are lower by 2.4% following a fiscal-year loss that was nonetheless smaller than the company's own forecast. And energy major Inpex is 3% weaker on its forecast for a 7% drop in annual profit.
Also hit hard is Konica Minolta, its shares down almost 11% as its profit forecast trailed expectations.
But there are winners too: Stock in Olympus is up 3.5% after the maker of cameras and medical equipment posted an almost 70% jump in profit for the last fiscal year, and said net income for the current fiscal year should be more than triple that result.
And Sapporo is 3.6% stronger, as the market gives a thumbs-up to the drinks maker, even as its quarterly net loss widened from a year earlier.
Suzuki Motor is also 3.6% higher, though here, Kim Eng Securities puts the motorcycle producer's profit forecast below the median estimate of the analysts.
Among the earnings due out after today's close: Hitachi and Nissan
- 8:51 pm
- Australia stocks slouching a bit
- by Mike Kitchen
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Australia's benchmark ASX 200 is quoted 0.1% lower, with investors looking ahead to a busy day tomorrow, when China is due to unleash retail-sales and industrial-production data, while in Canberra, Prime Minister Tony Abbott's government is slated to unveil its first budget.
A day ahead of those risk events, miners are the key driver for the market, with the major iron-ore extractors suffering from falling prices (CNBC reports spot iron ore at its lowest level in 20 months).
Thus, it's BHP Billiton down 1.2%, Fortescue Metals down 1.3%, Rio Tinto down 0.8%, and Mt. Gibson down 2%. (Although Atlas Iron is trading 0.6% higher as it announces that the resource estimates for its Corunna Downs project have doubled.)
A downturn for gold prices is hitting the ever-volatile gold-miner shares, with Newcrest down 1.7% and Evolution down 3.1%.
Meanwhile, the big banks are just a little weaker, with Westpac and CBA down 0.1%, while ANZ and NAB are flat (and with NAB grappling with a Deutsche Bank rating cut to hold from buy).
Stock in Coca-Cola Amatil is off 0.2% after the company's new CEO said she's launching a management reshuffle, while on the earnings front, fertilizer and explosives maker Incitec Pivot is up 0.7% after a 7% rise in October-March after-tax profit.
- 8:57 pm
- Markets check -- 9:57 a.m. in Tokyo
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Tokyo (Nikkei Average) up 0.1%
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) down 0.3%
Seoul (Kospi) flat
- 10:05 pm
- Hong Kong gains melt away
- by Mike Kitchen
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Hong Kong stocks started with decent gains (the Hang Seng Index was up 0.5% in the opening minutes) but has since slid back, with the benchmark index now down 0.2%.
The choppy action comes as investors position themselves ahead of Chinese data out tomorrow, while also reacting to Chinese President Xi Jinping's comments Saturday that the nation must adapt to a "new normal" of slower growth.
On the upside, Tencent — the second-heaviest-weighted name on the Hang Seng — is up 2.3%, rebounding from some large losses last week, and possibly getting some support from Credit Suisse's recommendation to by the shares and sell chip makers (in a note cited by Dow Jones Newswires).
Outside the index, auto makers BYD and Great Wall Motor are also enjoying a rebound, up 1.6% and 2.6%, respectively. Great Wall suffered some particularly vicious selling last week on news it was again delaying the launch of its long-awaited sports utility vehicle.
The property sector is mixed, with Agile down 1.2% after reporting a drop in its April pre-sales, while some Hong Kong-focused real-estate firms are seeing modest strength (Henderson Land up 0.7%, Sun Hung Kai up 0.2%), perhaps finding a little support from news that the Shouson Hill luxury-housing site received a record number of bids (this, according to Kim Eng Securities).
Over on the mainland, however, the Shanghai Composite is holding on to a 0.5% gain, with banks and resource shares mostly higher (Jiangxi Copper is up 2%, for instance, even as its Hong Kong shares drop 1.2%).
Baoshan Iron & Steel is among the Shanghai advancers, even as it reportedly cuts its June prices for some steel products.
- 10:16 pm
- Markets check -- 10:16 a.m. in Hong Kong
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Tokyo (Nikkei Average) down 0.1%
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) flat
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) up 0.7%
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) down 0.4%
Seoul (Kospi) down 0.2%
Taipei (Taiex) down 0.5%
- 10:47 pm
- China to markets: Economy is slowing — deal with it!
- by Mike Kitchen
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There was a time when China typically turned in double-digit economic growth rates, sometimes north of 20%.
No more.
Or at least, such seems to be the take of China's two top policy makers, President Xi Jinping and central-bank chief Zhou Xiaochuan.
Speaking Saturday, President Xi said (according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency): "China is still in a significant period of strategic opportunity. We must boost our confidence, adapt to the 'new normal' condition based on the characteristics of China's economic growth in the current phase and stay cool-minded."
Rather, President Xi appeared more concerned with the prospect of further downside for China, saying the government should focus on addressing risks to growth and on "maintaining stability in economic work."
Xi was speaking during a tour of Henan province, but back in Beijing the tone wasn't any different, with People's Bank of China Gov. Zhou saying economic policy should stay stable, and no massive stimulus should be taken at present.
This is no doubt a let-down to some in the market. It seems that, lately, no disappointing data set can go by without several analysts saying the ugly numbers make further stimulus more likely.
But while China has offered a series of "mini stimulus" measures (more railroad investment and spending on housing, for instance), Xi and Zhou appear to be broadcasting that the bazooka will remain stored in the closet for the time being.
And note too that these remarks come just ahead of China's April data for retail sales, industrial output and urban investment, all due tomorrow. This might not be a coincidence, with Xinhua reporting that "Zhou urged … more accurate judgment about the present economic situation, arguing that short-term economic figures may not be sufficient to help come to conclusions."
(Pictured: Chinese President Xi Jinping)
- 11:15 pm
- Boom! China markets rocket higher
- by Mike Kitchen
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In just half an hour or so, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index has swung from a 0.2% loss to a 1.4% gain. Gains on the mainland markets are likewise accelerating, with the Shanghai Composite now up 1.7%.
What gives?
For one thing, the banks have turned decisively higher — China Construction Bank is up 1.9% in Hong Kong, Bank of Communications is up 1.9%, Agricultural Bank of China is up 1.5%, and so on.
The catalyst is unclear, but it's worth noting that the market is getting a chance to react to a new market-reform blueprint announced Friday by the State Council (China's cabinet), with Dow Jones Newswires highlighting a more investor-driven system for initial public offerings and giving foreign capital easier access to Chinese companies.
Among some of the big Hong Kong gainers: Tencent is up 4.3%, Sun Hung Kai is up 2.2%, Sinopec (China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.) is up 3.2%, and China Shenhua Energy is up 4%.
- 11:20 pm
- Markets check -- 11:20 a.m. in Hong Kong
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Tokyo (Nikkei Average) down 0.2% (at break)
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) up 1.4%
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) up 1.7%
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) down 0.3%
Seoul (Kospi) up 0.1%
Taipei (Taiex) down 0.4%
- 11:58 pm
- Samsung shares rise despite chairman's heart attack
- by Mike Kitchen
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Shares of Samsung Electronics opened higher this morning and are now moving higher still — up 2.8% in Seoul.
The gain comes despite news that the chairman of the electronics giant (world's biggest chip maker, world's biggest smartphone maker, etc.) has been hospitalized following a heart attack.
The latest reports say the Samsung chief, 72-year-old Lee Kun-hee, is in stable condition, and if his cardiac arrest raised any concerns about succession at the firm, investors have look past them.
Lee Kun-hee inherited the chairmanship after his father died in 1987, and Lee's son — the 45-year-old Jay Y. Lee — is said to be the heir apparent, currently serving as vice chairman of Samsung.
- 12:42 am
- Markets check -- 1:42 p.m. in Tokyo
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Tokyo (Nikkei Average) down 0.3%
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) up 1.7% (at break)
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) up 1.9% (at break)
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) down 0.3%
Seoul (Kospi) up 0.3%
Mumbai (Sensex) up 1.4%
Taipei (Taiex) down 0.7%
- 12:47 am
- China housing apocalypse: Could it happen?
- by Mike Kitchen
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The possibility of a collapse in China's bubbly housing market has long been a threat hanging over the nation's markets and economy. But exactly what would happen if the bubble bursts in a messy way?
Barclays sent a note out Friday looking at a trio of scenarios: a base case in which housing prices continue their slow-but-steady path lower, a "downside risk" case in which prices drop by 10% or so, and a "hard landing" situation in which a housing crash tanks the economy.
"Is China's property bubble at the bursting point? Our answer is not yet. Our base case remains for a gradual deflating of the bubble over 2014-15," writes Barclays economist Jian Chang.
"But self-fulfilling expectations of falling house prices, financial difficulties among developers on the back of a highly leveraged economy with huge local-government debt, and a fragile financial system with a large shadow-banking sector, suggest the risks of a disorderly adjustment are real and rising," she writes.
In the base case, a gradual drop in prices and slower property sales would "weigh on overall investment and limit 2014 GDP growth to around 7.2%," which is also the bank's current forecast for China's GDP expansion.
In the "downside risk" scenario, which Jian Chang assigns a 25% probability, "consumption growth would slow by more than in our baseline scenario but remain resilient, given the mild price correction," while GDP growth would slow to between 6% and 6.5% this year and next.
As for the worst case, housing prices would tumble by more 30% nationwide, leading to "widespread defaults, insolvencies and bankruptcies," as well as a liquidity crisis and GDP growth falling below 5% "for a couple of quarters."
While Barclays doesn't assign a numerical probability for this last scenario, it offers some "factors" to watch out for. Possible precursors for such a collapse include "a sharp shift in financial-market risk attitude," "failure of a major developer or a sizable financial institution," and "policy mistakes as the government pushes reforms."
- 1:34 am
- Markets check -- 2:34 p.m. in Tokyo
- Add a Comment
Tokyo (Nikkei Average) flat
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) up 2.4%
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) up 2%
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) down 0.2%
Seoul (Kospi) up 0.4%
Mumbai (Sensex) up 1.5%
Taipei (Taiex) down 0.9%
- 5:19 am
- Closing numbers
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End-of-day levels:
Japan (Nikkei Average) down 0.4% at 14,149.52 (closed)
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) up 1.8% at 22,261.61 (closed)
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) up 2.1% at 2,052.87 (closed)
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) down 0.2% at 5,448.40 (closed)
Seoul (Kospi) up 0.4% to 1,964.94 (closed)

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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 92 diseños de 23 diseñadores freelance.
Therapists Unlimited
Created in 1989 in Houston, Texas, Therapists Unlimited quickly expanded nationally and grew from a small per diem therapy staffing company to a diversified business that offers therapy, nursing, diagnostic imaging as well as pharmacy and physician placement on a per diem, contract, travel and perm placement basis. In 1998, to represent a more broad-spectrum staffing provider, we changed our name to CareerStaff Unlimited and have been operating under that name for 13 years. Over the last 3 years, our branch offices have reverted back to therapy placement only and we want our name to reflect this transition.
Many of the therapists that have been in the market for 15+ years recognize the Therapists Unlimited brand.. We are hoping to create some name recognition among this group of seasoned professionals as well as market ourselves as the "go-to" provider for therapy employment services to today's new grads and therapists just beginning their career.
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Therapists Unlimited (trademark)
a division of CareerStaff
We are a physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapy Staffing firm so we would like the logo to somewhat reflect/support this niche.
Attached are ideas that someone else had put together for us but we are not satisfied with the results(Therapists Unlimited.png/pdf). There are also logos for our parent company, CareerStaff Unlimited which show our color current color scheme. The tulogo_image color scheme should be incorporated into all designs as a comparison. We may revert back to purple. Looking for fresh ideas .
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This is a semi-frequent piece that I will run as much as I can attend Detroit Red Wings' prospect Martin Frk's QMJHL games. The views and opinions are those of myself and ONLY myself. I can't claim objectivity; my sole purpose is to report what I see myself.
Marty Frk buries a bizarre pass from Nathan MacKinnon. I was there!
It's been a while since I updated the progress of Detroit Red Wings' prospect Marty Frk. Since the last update I attended a game between the Halifax Moosehead and Cape Breton Screaming Eagles on November 23rd. The game was a 4-2 win for the Moose, but not without the Eagles putting up a strong effort. Frk had a goal, an assist, was +2, and took two very stupid penalties. It was more of the same for Frk, who displays an incredible array of speed, skill, and a nose for the net, as well as a tendency to take foolish penalties more often than desired. The checking-from-behind penalty he took in the first period led to a power play goal by the Eagles, and he drew a second penalty four minutes later. Still, it was a strong game for Frk, who has an increasing tendency to take over games one way or another.
Overall, Marty Frk's progress since the last report has been spectacular. Frk is the third man on a line with Nathan MacKinnon and Jonathan Drouin, who are second and seventh in the Q for scoring as of the publication of this entry. Frk himself sits 29th in scoring with 13 goals, 25 assists, 38 points, a shocking 52 penalty minutes, and a much improved +9. It appears as though the slow start due to leg surgery is a distant memory. Is the World Junior Hockey Championship the next destination for Frk?
I'll leave you with another video package, simply because There isn't much else for me to write about! Stay tuned for some more puck poetry and some World Junior talk!
Coach Russell talking about a 16 year old Martin Frk.
That concludes another of many forthcoming Frkwatch entries. I'd love to read some feedback so please feel free to comment here on the blog or follow me on Twitter at @wizofozblog. Thanks for reading and as a Canadian icon used to say, keep your stick on the ice.


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Coming Events...
Benefit for Luke Mitchell's family, Aug. 19, Belvedere Lanes, Nicholson. Chicken barbecue dinner starting at 11 a.m. Pre-sale tickets, ($6.50) for dinner can be found at local businesses in Nicholson. Wheel show starting at noon at Nicholson Ball Park. Anything with wheels can be entered. Preentry fee, $25. Contact Brian Palmer, 570-579-5546. There will be a bowlathon, basket raffles, bake sales and more. If you would like to donate, contact Allen, 570-942-6868 or Walter, 570-942-4607.
Blood Drive
Blood Drive: Aug. 20, Towanda Fire Co., 12 to 6 p.m.; Aug. 21, Ulster Sheshequin Fire Assoc., 1 to 6 p.m.; Aug. 23, VFW Sayre Post 1536, West Lockhart St., 1 to 6 p.m; Aug. 27, St. Basil's Auditorium, Dushore, 1 to 6 p.m.
Monthly Breakfast at the Herrickville Fire Hall, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012, 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. All you can eat: pancakes, ham, sausage, eggs, coffee, orange juice and real maple syrup. Adults, $7; children to 12 years, $3; preschool, free. Benefit: Herrick Twp. Vol. Fire Co. - Dept. 4.
Bus Trip
The Skinners Eddy United Methodist Church would like to sponsor a bus trip to Washington, D.C. to visit the war memorials and the Smithsonian Institute. The tentative date is Oct. 17. The bus would leave Skinners Eddy Church at 6:30 a.m. and leave Washington at 5 p.m. The cost will be less than $100, which will include the bus trip and dinner. We must have 45 people in order to do this. Please call Bonnie Jayne at 570- 869-1938 if you are at all interested.
Martha Kress and Bucky Geter will provide the special music at the Standing Stone Vesper Church on Sunday, Aug. 19 at 7 p.m.
Hunters' Safety Course at Silvara Tri-County Sports Club, Sept. 15 and Sept. 16, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. both days. Must be 11 years old to take test. Light lunch served both days. Register online at www.pgc.state.pa.us or call Carl Yurgatis, 570-869-1706. R33-4p/S34- 4p
Eleventh Annual Friends of Rep. Tina Pickett Barbecue at the farm of Diane and Tom Elliott, Rome Twp. on SR 1029 (six miles past Wysox Fire Hall) on Aug. 18 from 1 to 4 p.m., rain or shine. Cost: $25 each, $40 couple and $50 family. Food, friendship and entertainment by Wyalusing Swing Choir. Statewide candidates will be attending. Checks payable to Friends of Tina Pickett, RSVP and checks can be mailed to Diane Elliott, 6225 Lake Road, Towanda, PA 18848. Call Diane for directions at 570-265-5310. Paid for by Friends of Tina Pickett.
The WVHS Class of 1951 will meet for lunch on Friday, Aug. 17 at Bishop's in Ulster.
The Mehoopany United Methodist Church will hold a chicken barbecue dinner on Saturday, Aug. 18. Cost: $8.50 per dinner. Menu, half chicken, slow-cooked baked beans, famous cole slaw, homemade cornbread. Presale tickets are available from church members or call 570-833-2859 to order tickets by phone. Dinners will be available for pickup at noon on Saturday, Aug. 18.
Movie night at the Wyalusing Methodist Church. "The Lorax" will be shown. If weather permits, it will be shown outside on the back wall. Bring your chairs and blankets. Refreshments will be provided at no cost. Showtime will begin at 8 p.m. on Aug. 17. If it does rain, it will be moved inside to the fellowship hall.
For Your Information
To report animal abuse in Bradford County call (570) 888- 4763. You may also report stray or running dogs to the Bradford County Dog Warden by calling (570) 265-8191.
Bookmobile Schedule Aug. 22, Sayre Senior Center, 9 a.m.; Sayre Library, 10:45 a.m.; Bradford Co. Day Care, Sayre, 1 p.m.; Page Manor, 2 p.m. Aug. 27, Wysox Head Start, 8:45 a.m.; BLaST IU 17, 9 a.m.; Monroeton Library, 11:15 a.m.
Home Textile Tool Museum Events: Aug. 17, Great Wheel Spinning; Aug. 18, Historic Gardening; Aug. 25, Closing Day. For more information, contact Esther Welden, 570-278-1886.
The Standing Stone Planning Committee is having a meeting to present and discuss the township land use map to residents and landowners. The Bradford County Planning Commission will be present to assist in answering questions and concerns. This meeting will be held at the Standing Stone Township Building on Aug. 16 from 5 to 8 p.m.
Meeting Notices
S.O.S. Al-Anon — Family Group will meet on Fridays at 7 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church, Hopkins Street, Sayre.
Recovery House Meetings — AA Group of Towanda meets Mon.-Fri., noon; Mon., Thurs., Fri., Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. NA meetings are held Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Speaker meeting every first Sunday, 8 p.m. All meetings at 205 Main St., Towanda (please use rear, lower entrance).
Compassionate Friends — of the Endless Mountains will hold their meetings on the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. in the Endless Health Community Center, Montrose. TCF is open to all families who have lost a child from any cause at any age. There are no membership dues or fees of any kind. For more information, call 965-0901 (evenings) or 278- 1658 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Caregivers' Support Group sponsored by the Law Office of Leslie Wizelman and the B/S/S/T Area Agency on Aging meets at noon the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at the Library at Memorial Hospital Personal Care Home in Towanda. Caregivers and family members of long term care facility residents are welcome. For information, call Bob Bachisin at the Law Office of Leslie Wizelman at (570) 746- 3844.
Twelve Steps on the Way, a Christian recovery group, will meet at the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church on Mondays at 7 p.m. Use door in the rear of the church.
Al-Anon meetings in Tunkhannock: Endless Serenity Al-Anon Family Group on Monday, 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, 7 p.m., Saturday, noon. All meetings are held at the Tunkhannock UM Church Education Bldg., second floor.
Lupus Foundation of Pennsylvania — Monthly support group meeting; first Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Tunkhannock Public Library, W. Tioga Street. For more information, visit www.lupuspa.org or call 1-888-99LUPUS.
Diabetes Support Group - meeting the first Thursday of every month at the Guthrie Clinic office in Towanda beginning at 5:30 p.m. There is no charge and all diabetics and family members are welcome. For more information, call Dawn at Guthrie Clinic at 570- 265-6165 during regular business hours.
TOPS PA #1134 — Laceyville, meets each Tuesday evening at the Braintrim Baptist Church in Laceyville. Weigh-ins from 5:15 to 6 p.m., meeting from 6-7 p.m. For more information, call 965-2493 or 869-1834. Toll-free 1- 800-932-8677.
AA Meeting — Wednesdays at 8 p.m. in the basement of the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church. Open meeting, nonsmoking.
MOPS — Mothers of Preschoolers meet every first and third Wed. of the month from 9 to 11 a.m., September through May. Meetings are held at the First Presbyterian Church, 5 Court St., Towanda. All mothers of preschoolers are welcome. Child care is provided for children, ages infant through five years old. For more information, contact the church at 570-265-5575.
Towanda-Wysox Kiwanis Club meets every second and fourth Wednesday of each month at the Weigh Station Café at 7:30 a.m. in Towanda. They find ways to help the children in the community. Contact Eileen Sheets at 570-265-2350 for more information.
Addictions to Victory. Faithbased support for addictions. Program will be held the first and third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at New Generation Church, Milan, 570-888- 1967.
Bradford County Cancer Support Group meets the 4th Wednesday of every month at Memorial Hospital in Conference Room A, beginning at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 1-888-227-5445, Option 3.
The Wyalusing Masonic Lodge No. 618 meets at 7:30 p.m. on the third Monday of each month at the Lodge Hall, 158 Church St., Wyalusing. For more information, call 570-721- 0008.
Twin Tier Antique Tractor and Machinery meeting will be held on Aug. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Stoll Building in Wysox.
The August meeting of the Wyalusing Senior Citizens will be at the Spring Hill Community Hall on the 21st. The Schlappis will provide the entertainment. if you haven't called June Salsgiver with your reservation, please do so immediately as the ladies would like a number. Also, send your $6 for the dinner to June.
Penny Socials
Penny Social sponsored Troop 4 Boy Scouts on Saturday, Aug. 18 at Stevensville Community Hall from 6 to 8 p.m. Refreshments available. R33p
Woodruff Reunion - will be held on Sunday, Aug. 26 at 1 p.m. at the Laceyville Fire Hall. Bring a dish to pass and unwrapped gift for the auction. All else furnished.
Fisk-Carr Family Reunion at Frank and Connie Carrs' in Wilmot home on Aug. 18 at 11 a.m. Bring dish to pass. Beverage and meat furnished. Please try to attend.
The 107th Hitchcock/Lines reunion will be held on Saturday, Aug. 25 at Elk Lake School pavilion at 12:30 p.m. Bring a dish to pass and an item for White Elephant sale. Call Belva Very, 570-934-2391 for more information.
WVHS Class of 1982 will be holding their 30th class reunion on Sept. 22 at the Wyalusing Legion. We need paid reservations by Aug. 25. Please call Diane Crawford, 570-363-2407; Dianna Goodwin, 746-1465 or Tony Hepp, 746-3196. R33p
The Annual Chaffee Reunion will be held on Sun., Aug. 26 at the Warren Center Community Building. Dinner 1 p.m. Coffee, iced tea, soda and water will be furnished. Please bring dish to pass and own table service.
Bowlers needed at Starlite Lanes, Towanda. Leagues available: seniors, men's, women's, youth leagues. Leagues every night and some days. Season starts Aug. 22. Call Dale at 570-265-2245 and leave message.
Twin Tier Antique Tractor Pull on Saturday, Aug. 25 (weather permitting) at grounds in Rome. Weigh-in at 8:30 a.m. 2,500 pounds to 8,500 pounds. No charge to watch. For more information, call Bob, 570-746-1794.
Endless Mountains Gymnastics is now accepting registrations for their fall semester. EMG offers exciting gymnastics classes for girls and boys. EMG also offers fitness classes for adults. Call today to schedule your trial workout, 570-746-7778.
Vendors Wanted
Vendors Wanted for Camptown Races, Sat., Sept. 15. Free set-up. Please call Wendy Fissler, 570-746-3640 or e-mail at email@example.com.
The United Way of Bradford County will hold a workshop on Thursday, Aug. 23 at 8:30 a.m. at the Children's House in Towanda. It's for anyone who would like to learn the techniques for running successful campaigns at their place of employment. RSVP required. Breakfast and a free gift for all attendees. RSVP by Monday, Aug. 20 to 570-247-5569 or email them at the following: email@example.com.
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Theoretically, you can use a laptop without plugging anything into it, but if you're using your trusty lappy at a desk, it's pretty easy to go peripheral-crazy. I'm almost always rocking a mouse, laptop charging cable, and charging cable for my phone, and sometimes even an external keyboard. I know you Apple kids skew a bit more minimalist though. So whatcha rockin'?
And for all of you using desktops, I haven't forgotten about you; I just don't value your input.
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Welcome to the CRG Discussion Forum!Forum registration problems: Make sure you enter your email correctly and you check your spam box first. *Then* email KurtS2@gmail for help.Classified ads are not allowed on the forum.
My windshield lower reveal moulding has a noticable scuff mark. Is it possible to polish it out? The moulding is the GM original on my 1968 coupe. Were the originals made of stainless steel and polished or chromed? Thanks, Joe.
IIRC, they were flash-chromed stainless. You can polish out scratches and imperfections using progressively finer grit, although the polished finish will have a different appearance to the original chrome. How big is the scuffed area?


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In a now infamous pair of decisions, Bell Atlantic v. Twombly in 2007 and Ashcroft v. Iqbal in 2009, the Supreme Court announced a new pleading standard that shook the foundations of federal litigation. The decisions allow district court judges to dismiss a complaint if it does not set out a "plausible" claim—a departure from the rule established in the 1957 case Conley v. Gibson that a court cannot dismiss a complaint unless it is apparent that the plaintiff could prove "no set of facts" that would entitle him to relief.
The defense bar heralded the decisions as a path to early dismissal of frivolous cases. Meanwhile, plaintiffs decried Iqbal as a barrier to legitimate claims. But according to a recent study by the Federal Judicial Center (FJC), neither prediction has come true.
The FJC studied data from 23 federal district courts and found that although defendants are filing more motions to dismiss—a 2.2 percent increase over pre-Twombly levels—those motions aren't resulting in more cases being dismissed with prejudice. Rather, courts are giving plaintiffs a chance to replead. A study published by the Washington College of Law at American University showed that the percentage of motions to dismiss that were granted with leave to amend "increased from 6 percent under Conley to 9 percent under Twombly to 19 percent under Iqbal."
In practice, the data doesn't tell the whole story. Although most cases aren't summarily dismissed, defendants are successfully invoking Iqbal to whittle down claims and ultimately to get courts to throw out amended complaints. But litigants also are discovering that not every jurisdiction gives Iqbal equal force.
"It depends what part of the country you're in whether you can get through the courthouse door with the same complaint," says University of Pennsylvania law professor Stephen Burbank.
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Even when motions citing Iqbal do not result in dismissal, there are several ways in which the decision helps defendants. The first is narrowing the theories asserted.
"The plaintiff might file a complaint with seven counts, and some will get chopped off," says Max Kennerly, an attorney with the Beasley Firm. "For instance, in a recent breach of fiduciary duty case, the court cut off the plaintiff's claim for consequential damages, ruling that it wasn't pleaded with enough specificity."
Likewise, courts may dismiss certain defendants without throwing out the whole case. In the 2011 breach of contract case Two Old Hippies v. Catch the Bus, for example, the District of New Mexico dismissed claims against the individual defendants, ruling that under Conley, it was acceptable to attribute allegations to all of the defendants, but that collective pleading did not satisfy Iqbal.
Iqbal also made it harder for plaintiffs to piggyback class actions on government antitrust investigations.
"It used to be that plaintiffs would see a government investigation and rush to file a bare-bones complaint regurgitating the language of the federal statute and hope to learn more in discovery," says Caroline Mitchell, a partner at Jones Day. "Now, you can't force a company to come to court and spend millions on its defense without first having facts."
Mitchell also points out that although most dismissals under Iqbal are without prejudice, they often result in outright dismissal if the plaintiff can't discover additional facts. This is particularly true in employment cases, in which plaintiffs rely on employers' records to prove their claims. For instance, in the Southern District of Florida case Desrouleaux v. Quest Diagnostics, the court dismissed the initial complaint and allowed the plaintiff to replead. Although she added more specifics, the court ultimately wasn't satisfied.
"Often, the plaintiff cannot get enough information without discovery into the employer's personnel records," Kennerly points out.
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Burbank is critical of how district courts are applying Iqbal and Twombly. He calls the situation "lawlessness cubed."
"First, the Supreme Court amended the federal rules without going through the legal process for doing so," he says. "Second, you have a number of federal courts continuing to apply a heightened pleading standard where they're not supposed to; and third, you have some federal courts ignoring the clear implications of Iqbal and Twombly."
The 7th Circuit, for example, has pushed back against the idea that Iqbal raised pleading standards. In Swanson v. Citibank, the court reversed the district court's dismissal and wrote, "It is not necessary to stack up inferences side by side and allow the case to go forward only if the plaintiff's inferences seem more compelling than the opposing inferences."
Some state courts have declined to follow Iqbal. Delaware announced in the January case Cambium v. Trilantic Capital Partners III that it would continue to follow its "reasonable conceivability" standard.
Meanwhile, certain district courts apply Iqbal stringently. The American University study showed that district judges in the 2nd Circuit granted 60 percent of motions to dismiss, whereas courts in the 7th Circuit granted only 33 percent.
District courts exercise significant discretion in applying the "plausibility" standard. If a court denies a motion to dismiss, the defendant doesn't have an immediate appeal, so there's no choice but to litigate the case.
"There's not a good mechanism for enforcing it," Mitchell says.
In a strange twist, the Federal Circuit rejected the applicability of Iqbal to patent cases, where so-called "trolls" famously drag defendants to court with little factual support. Patent plaintiffs may still initiate a case by filling out a form identifying the patent and stating that the defendant is infringing on it without additional details.
"The disparity is shocking and grossly unfair," Kennerly says.
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Defendants need to be aware that Iqbal can be a sword as well as a shield. District courts remain divided on whether Iqbal also applies to affirmative defenses. Of the approximately 30 courts that have weighed in on the issue, about half apply Iqbal to affirmative defenses. No appellate courts have ruled on the issue.
"In their wake, Twombly and Iqbal have provoked a frenzy of district court opinions reexamining … the pleading standard by which a court should judge a defendant's affirmative defenses," wrote Western District of Kentucky Chief District Judge Thomas Russell.


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More than 10 million users downloaded Google Inc.'s standalone Maps app for iPhone within 48 hours of it hitting the App Store.
Apple Inc. doesn't post stats on the number of times an app has been downloaded but Google executive Jeff Huber announced the milestone on Monday in — what else — a Google+ post.
"We're excited for the positive reception of Google Maps for iPhone around the world," wrote Mr. Huber, senior vice-president of geo and commerce. "Congratulations to the Maps Team on the recognition for the passion and hard work they poured into it, for this release and over the last 7-plus years."
Google launched the app last Thursday, about three months after Apple removed the search giant's mapping technology from its iOS platform, replacing it with its own Maps application, which was quickly met with criticism for inaccurate data and unreliable directions.
The two companies see mapping as a critical area for its potential to provide rafts of user-generated, location-based data.


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SAN FRANCISCO — Plans to bring ferry service from San Francisco Bay to three Contra Costa downtowns recently received a sizable financial boost.
The Water Emergency Transportation Authority will provide Antioch, Hercules and Martinez with $27 million in capital funding over the next decade — part of $422 million earmarked for Bay Area ferry system improvements. That amount, approved earlier this month, is a far cry from the nearly $2 million set aside in earlier versions of the 10-year plan, drawing the ire of Antioch, East Contra Costa and county leaders, including state Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord. Antioch officials originally estimated the nearly $750,000 it was slated to receive for environmental studies would rule out development until at least 2021.
"We're excited about it. We feel like they listened to us," said Antioch Mayor Wade Harper, crediting DeSaulnier for bringing concerned parties together. "I think it makes the (ferry prospects) more realistic."
DeSaulnier, who heads the Senate's transportation committee, requested a meeting with WETA, county transportation officials and the cities after the initial proposal raised concerns.
In an October letter to the agency, he said WETA had lost sight of its mandate to provide emergency services, as evidenced by the "apparent indifference" with which it treated Contra Costa cities.
"One is left with the impression that the Bay Area transit corridor does not stretch beyond Interstate 80," he wrote.
DeSaulnier said last week he was encouraged by the progress and increased communication.
"To be fair to the WETA board, this all started before the recession. Like any other agency, they have to worry about money," he said. "Also, moving away from the urban corridor creates that many more challenges."
"Having said all that, if we don't start planning for services coming out to Contra Costa now, then that means it's that much farther away."
An additional $25 million was later included as a "placeholder," said Nina Rannells, WETA's executive director. That money, which would come from Proposition 1B, depends on creation of a sustainable funding plan by stakeholders for construction and long-term operations.
The biggest hurdle Antioch, Martinez and Hercules face in moving forward is ensuring adequate ridership, or "fare box recovery," said Victor Carniglia, an Antioch consultant.
Projected ridership in the plan for Antioch, Martinez and Hercules is 445, 614 and 565 riders per day, respectively — far less than other planned sites, including Richmond and Berkeley.
"It was our way of showing that we are working with the cities and will continue to work with cities," Rannells said. "But we have a long way to go. A lot of money will still need to be secured."
New terminals can cost anywhere from $10 million to $50 million, while operations could cost millions more, she said.
Work continues in Antioch on potential site locations and design for a new ferry terminal. That report will be presented at a city meeting next month.
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MegaFon's $1.7 billion share offering raised eyebrows last year when Goldman Sachs pulled out as lead bookrunner close to launch — but the investment bank has now issued a "buy" rating on the stock.
The Russian telecoms company, part-owned by Russia's richest man, Alisher Usmanov, also known for his stakes in Facebook and Arsenal soccer club, was also rated "outperform" by Credit Suisse analysts and "overweight" by Barclays on Tuesday morning, after listing in London at the end of November.
Yet it will be the Goldmans rating which draws most attention, not just because the analysts making the call are well-respected, but because of their colleagues' concerns about corporate governance at the company.
The team of analysts at Goldman Sachs set a target price of $31 for the MegaFon stock, a more than 20 percent uplift from its closing share price on Monday. An improving Russian telecoms market, the importance of mobile data — an area in which MegaFon is particularly strong — and an expected dividend yield of 8 percent to 10 percent were the key reasons for the top rating of the stock.
MegaFon kicked off its IPO at $20 per share, at the lower end of the $20 to $25 valuation, before trading lower in following weeks. The share price has since risen, and was close to $25 in London on Tuesday.
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Credit Suisse analysts Olga Bystrova and Richard Barker set a $30 target price for the stock, arguing that the company has a network advantage in Russia and has invested well in future sources of network revenue.
Usmanov told CNBC in an exclusive interview in December that he "continues to respect" Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein and that he will "continue to work" with the bank on other investments, despite the MegaFon issues. He also described Blankfein as "a great financier and banker."
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Asked about the withdrawal by Goldmans, Usmanov claimed: "They felt that they needed … to make certain verification, certain clarification and we for our part felt that we could not wait. We didn't want to wait. And therefore we said that either you accept our plan and our schedule or we will proceed without you. We will move on."
She added: "It's not a question of Goldman Sachs rejecting us or us rejecting them. We just decided to proceed to move on."
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As if to add insult to injury, a few month after Roche exiting RNAi Therapeutics, plans emerged that Pfizer is about to shut down internal oligonucleotide therapeutics development efforts. This is depressing news for sure to me, and I would assume the wider RNAi Therapeutics community. But then again maybe not that surprising, and it would shock me no more to see Last-Man-Standing Merck shut down as well if the Tuschl trial goes against them.
Just as Big Pharma jumped onto the RNAi Therapeutics bandwagon 3-5 years ago, seemingly believing that all you need to do is to inject an siRNA into the blood and all those multi-billion dollar patent expiration woes will go away, the Big Pharma herd is now running for the exits. If you study this quarter's financial results by Pfizer and Merck, you'll know that there is little or no room for developing a new technology platform. Rather, it is about rescuing the top-line through Mega-Mergers with the few stilll growing large pharmaceutical companies, phase III, launch, and emerging markets, and managing the bottom-line by cutting in-house R&D. We've all heard it, again and again.
In essence, it is an acknowledgment that Big Pharma has failed as an innovation engine and R&D is no more a place to hide from responsibility in Big Pharma. The industry has decided that internal efforts that just serve as evaluation units of external technologies (e.g. delivery) without spearheading cutting-edge R&D themselves are not an efficient use of capital. Instead, if a therapeutic business unit was interested in a specific RNAi Therapeutics candidate, they can deal with the external company directly without the need for an in-house middleman. In fact, Pfizer has already pursued this alternative pathway as they have partnered the ddRNAi program for HCV with Tacere and a synthetic siRNA candidate from Quark for wet AMD. In both cases, there seemed to have been little involvement by Pfizer's in-house oligonucleotide therapeutics unit.
This is not a criticism of the individuals themselves that have been part of those platform development units, but more one of an organizational nature. The more I learn about Big Pharma, the more I am struck by how little co-ordination there is within these sprawling organizations. For example, a group in one part of the world may utilize RNAi for target discovery and validation, but may not be fully aware of the technologies available from units elsewhere which work on the therapeutic aspects of RNAi.
It is, however, also a criticism of the arrogance of some organizations that innovation will happen if only you throw money at it. More than $500M by Roche, more than $200M by Pfizer, and more than $1.5B by Merck, and little to show in terms of delivery progress compared to a company like Tekmira with much more limited means. What is frustrating is that often money is spent on trying to replicate what already exists, such as LNP delivery, instead of admitting that innovation can't be manufactured and if you really want to bring it in-house, then it is by buying it where it emerges, wherever in the world.
Almost on cue, the same day that Pfizer's plans emerged, Marina Biotech announced a product-specific development deal with Swiss drug licensing and development company Debiopharm. This deal covers a pre-clinical stage RNAi Therapeutics program for bladder cancer (via topical LNP-siRNA administration) where much of the early development work will stay with Marina, but which will all be funded by Debiopharm, with potential downstream development milestones and royalties for Marina Biotech. Given the circumstances, severe cash crunch I would think, it is a good deal for Marina given the early stage of the program (pre-clinical). And who knows, maybe some of the work by Marina Biotech and Tekmira with Pfizer will similarly result in product-specific development deals with Pfizer therapeutic area units if results obtained thus far have been promising.
The Pfizer news is definitely not good for building investor confidence in RNAi Therapeutics, but long term it may just mean that companies with already viable clinical technologies will succeed as it will allow them to efficiently churn out and monetize high-quality development candidates, somewhat akin to what Quark's and ISIS' business models have been until now. That's not to say that this is ideal for RNAi therapeutic technology development, but with maybe the exception of Alnylam, most companies won't have many other choices.
Note: I am currently planning to resume more regular blogging as clinical results come in. Only these will be able to turn around sentiment for RNAi Therapeutics in a lasting manner.


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South Florida has no shortage of great restaurants. I've been eating across the region for more than a dozen years. Here are some of my favorite spots to take out-of-towners.
When in Florida, do as the natives do and eat fresh fish.
Joe's Stone Crab (11 Washington Ave., Miami Beach, 305-673-0365, JoesStoneCrab.com) celebrates its 100th birthday in 2013. South Florida doesn't even have museums that old. Go early or go late, or plan to wait hours for a table. Order the signature stone crabs with mustard sauce. But don't forget the fried chicken.
Rustic Inn Crabhouse (4331 Anglers Ave., Fort Lauderdale, 954- 584-1637, RusticInn.com) reveals its saloon origins with its choice of table linen — newspaper. Folks come for the world-famous garlic crabs. Just be sure to put on a bib and do as the rest of the room does and crack them open them with the wooden mallet.
Truluck's Seafood, Steak, Crabhouse (Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Boca Raton, Trulucks.com) is an 11-unit chain with restaurants in Florida, Texas and California that still maintains its one-off feel with uniformed staff and a menu featuring seafood from its own fisheries and stone-crab boats.
Steak 954 (W Fort Lauderdale, 401 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 954-414-8333, Steak954.com) is Philadelphia restaurateur Stephen Starr's answer to an American steakhouse. The glamorous, oceanfront-dining-room setting features a glowing, 15-foot jellyfish aquarium. On the menu are dry-aged prime and Kobe beef. The most-famous menu item may be the $65 Kobe cheese steak.
Meat Market (915 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, 305-532-0088, MeatMarketMiami.com) stands out among the tourist traps on Lincoln Road for its chef-driven, high-priced cuts of beef. Among the distinct side dishes are lobster risotto, Gouda tater tots and Yukon Gold white-truffle mash.
Gotham Steak (Fontainebleau Miami Beach, 4441 Collins Ave., Miami Beach, 877-326-7412, Fontainebleau.com/GothamSteak). Chef Alfred Portale's first foray outside of his Gotham Bar and Grill in New York's Greenwich Village is exquisite, from prime beef to mini-masterpiece sides such as creamed corn with manchego cheese and jalapeno.
Sometimes, you just want to eat. Here are three spots rooted in South Florida.
Salsa Fiesta (Miami, Pembroke Pines, Aventura, SalsaFiestaGrill.com) is a fast-casual eatery that serves some of the best tacos, burritos and other fresh Mexican fare you'll find in South Florida. Great prices and friendly customer service set Salsa Fiesta apart from the competition.
BurgerFi (Fort Lauderdale, Hallandale Beach, Aventura, Delray Beach, Coral Springs, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Weston, BurgerFi.com) serves burgers made from grass-fed Angus beef, along with craft beer and old-fashioned frozen custard. Environmentally friendly interiors feature chairs made from recycled Coke bottles and tables made from recycled wood.
Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza (multiple locations, AnthonysCoalFiredPizza.com) is founder Anthony Bruno's answer to the pizzerias of his Brooklyn childhood. Along with the crispy-almost-burnt-crusted pies, Anthony's serves coal-oven-roasted chicken wings and eggplant Marino, named after Dolphins' great Dan Marino.
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Upton slams Braves to win over Dodgers
Atlanta, GA – Justin Upton's been used to strolling around the bases by himself this season.
On Friday, his teammates joined and jogged along with him.
Upton smacked a no-doubt, go-ahead grand slam in the sixth inning that lifted the Atlanta Braves to an 8-5 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the opener of a three-game set.
Eleven of Upton's 14 homers this year have come via the solo variety. He also added an RBI groundout.
"We came out and battled. We were behind a couple times but we were able to keep the bats going. Our relievers kept them off the board. When I hit the grand slam, it gave everybody a lift," Upton said.
Jason Heyward, who had been sidelined since undergoing an emergency appendectomy on April 22 in Denver, returned to the Braves' lineup and tallied two hits, two runs scored and an RBI for Atlanta, which had dropped five of its previous six contests.
The 23-year-old Heyward came into the tilt hitting just .121 with two home runs and five RBI in 17 games.
Paul Maholm (5-4) surrendered four runs -- two earned -- on eight hits and a walk in six innings, while Craig Kimbrel notched his 12th save after working around a leadoff single in the ninth.
Scott Van Slyke smacked a pair of solo shots for the Dodgers, who had won four of their last five games coming in.
Atlanta trailed 4-2 before going ahead in the sixth. Pinch-hitter Jordan Schafer hit a one-out single against Matt Guerrier and Andrelton Simmons reached on Luis Cruz's fielding error at third. Paco Rodriguez (0-2) replaced Guerrier on the mound and walked Heyward to load the bags.
Upton stepped up next and smashed a 1-1 fastball over the heart of the plate deep into the seats in left center to give Atlanta a 6-4 advantage.
"I left the ball over the middle of the plate and he hit it out," Rodriguez said.
The Braves added a pair of two-out runs in the seventh. Ramiro Pena cracked a triple into right center and scored when Carl Crawford misplayed Simmons' sinking liner to left. Simmons advanced to second on the play and was pushed across by Heyward, who lined a base hit to left to make it 8-4.
Van Slyke drilled a one-out solo homer to left center in the eighth to cut the gap to 8-5.
Earlier, LA struck first on Dee Gordon's RBI groundout in the second, but Atlanta countered for two runs in the third on Upton's run-scoring groundout and Freddie Freeman's RBI single to give the home team a 2-1 advantage.
The Dodgers answered in the fourth when Hyun-Jin Ryu and Crawford hit back-to- back RBI singles and Van Slyke's leadoff shot in the sixth gave LA its two-run margin heading into the home half.
Game Notes
To create a roster spot for Heyward, the club placed reliever Jordan Walden on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder inflammation ... The Braves were 3-for-8 with runners in scoring position ... The Dodgers' starter Ryu allowed two runs on five hits and five walks over five frames.


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Attendance was down a bit across the board at the Philly NCAA summer basketball league last Thursday, as some team members joined many of their fellow citizens in celebrating the Fourth of July with a five-day weekend. The usual round of Tuesday games were called off for July 5, with action slated to resume two nights later.
They always say if you want something done, ask a truly busy person, and one of the players who turned out for the Purple team's game last Thursday was Cathy Peduzzi, a Germantown Academy graduate who has a family of her own nowadays. Known as Cathy Hebling when she was a forward for the Patriots, she was the first girls basketball player at the school to score 1000 career points. She went on to play at American University, where she graduated in 1998.
Peduzzi was an assistant coach back at GA last winter. In summer league action on Thursday she scored six points for the Purple, which held only a one point edge over Lime Green (the Philadelphia U. franchise) at halftime, but went on to win 65-44.
On a different court, the Cardinal Red team nailed down its first victory of the summer season, receiving six points from 2011 Mount St. Joseph Academy graduate Mary Jo Horgan in a 74-49 decision over the Gold team. Making her initial appearance of the summer for the Gold was Chestnut Hill College's Lindsay Alexander. The rising junior forward scored five points but saw her squad stumble in the second half after only trailing 31-26 at the interlude.
Alexander was squaring off against onetime Griffins teammate Chant'al Hardy, who graduated from CHC in 2010 and is now playing for Cardinal Red during the summer.
Former Germantown Academy guard Jesse Carey (now midway through her college career at Villanova) didn't have one of her more productive nights, netting a lone free throw as her White squad was shaded by the Black team, 57-45.
Defending league champion Kelly Green was missing both the Mount players on its roster, but was able to ride a 30-19 halftime lead to a 59-49 win over Columbia Blue, an outfit made up entirely of West Chester University women.


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In a rare live-blog from the prime minister of a country grappling with disaster, Dominica's Roosevelt Skerrit described his own roof being torn off by Hurricane Maria. He has now confirmed 25 deaths and says his small Caribbean nation, population 73,000, will be building back "from zero".
As soon as a fixed-wing aircraft could land at Canefield Airport near the capital, Roseau, IRIN on Thursday became one of the first news organisations to see the devastation first-hand, joining a team of international aid workers assessing needs and offering support.
At the airstrip, the shoreline is littered with huge yellow tree trunks. Seen from the air, the mountains are browned by the stripping of leaves; a flotilla of thousands more trunks and branches, stripped of bark, bobs in the turquoise waters.
In the capital itself, the atmosphere is edgy – a curfew has been set for 4pm to 8am, and there are reports of looting. Several officials say they've heard gunshots. Beyond criminality are tension, fear, and trauma, among people jostling to scoop water from burst water mains, still lacking news about their friends and family.
Roads are jammed with cars navigating tree trunks, crushed vehicles, and heaps of mud. A new bridge has collapsed. Police and soldiers guard key intersections and sites. Families are on the move with wheelbarrows and shopping carts in shock and desperation. In quieter neighbourhoods, after days of rain, some households are drying out their belongings in the sun.
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I gripped until my fingernails threatened to penetrate the skin, squeezing, strangling, until my hand hurt and my bullet wound hurt more. The pain in the bullet wound intensified, until the muscle started to cramp.
Relaxing my grip was a thing I had to tell myself how to do, more than pushing on through the pain had been. I released the stress ball with the doofy character face on the front. Bloodshot eyes receded into sockets and the mouth closed to settle into the infuriating little grin. My handprint remained as an indent on the ball's thin skin, slowly disappearing.
"Agh," I made a sound. The cramping feeling in my arm wasn't going away. It was like a charlie horse, but more intense than any I'd had.
"Are you okay? Was it too much?" She gingerly touched my arm, being shy of the wound, and felt out the muscle. "Let me know if this hurts."
I nodded, because I couldn't really talk. The massage helped. It did hurt, when the fingers pulled against skin closer to the bullet wound, but the massage soothed the cramp enough that the pain was worth enduring.
"I wasn't sure if you were using super strength or if it was you," she said.
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"It doesn't feel strong," I said.
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Anne Lynn was my physical therapist with a first and middle name that she'd insisted were to be used together because she was not an 'Anne' and she definitely wasn't a 'Lynn'. Okay, fine. Going by first impressions, she seemed to be a lovely, warm, caring person who was painfully new to what she was doing. She went to her mentor, who was in our mostly empty activity area, for things I didn't imagine really needed clarification or reassurance. She did much the same for me, double-checking what I said in a way that made me think she wasn't taking me at my word.
It seemed she also didn't ask for clarification at times she needed it.
She was a hard person to really dislike or resent, though. She was shorter than average, cute and bubbly, and her smile seemed persistent and genuine. That was a hard thing to find, given recent events.
"No super strength, for the record," I said. "I turned it off. It kind of defeats the point, doesn't it?"
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Series 2 – City Council Materials
Ben T. Reyes Papers MSS.0103
Historical Note
This collection spans 1970-1988, a period from when U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War wound down and ended in 1973, until just before the peaceful collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989. People of color were struggling to obtain the civil rights granted in legislation from a decade ago and to extend their political and economic power. Demands were being made for a greater voice in government and the business, employment and services that the government offered. Domestically there was political turmoil at the national level. The Watergate scandal resulted in President Nixon's 1974 resignation and the succession of Vice-President Gerald Ford who pardoned the former president. Dissatisfaction stemming from the pardon contributed to the election of Jimmy Carter, whose administration was blamed for double-digit inflation, an oil shortage crisis, and the Iranian hostage crisis. President Ronald Reagan was elected in 1984 to deal with those problems and seemed to bring some peace to the domestic scene.
The Vietnam War ended in 1975, and many Vietnamese war refugees settled in Houston, straining social services and increasing demands for low-level jobs, competing with other non-whites. On the local level, the oil crisis of the late 1970s helped to drive the oil boom, causing a Houston building explosion until the oil bust of 1982 deflated the boom into a significant retraction of Houston's economy. The race in Houston to erect downtown office buildings to accommodate the oil boom ended with empty structures, failed banks, many foreclosed homes and considerable local unemployment. The City of Houston had to deal with declining revenues and forced layoffs. Houston's economy began a gradual shift to technology, away from oil field equipment production. There was considerable mistrust of local police departments, who were suspected of suppression of non-white people by abuse of power, including unlawful killings and cover-ups.
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Biographical Note
Ben Torres Reyes, state and city lawmaker, was born on February 16, 1947, in Burton, Texas. After serving three years in the Marine Corps, 1966-1969, with a tour of duty in Vietnam during the War, Reyes was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1972, representing District 89 (D), and then won reelection three times, receiving over 96% of the vote in 1976. He served on the Labor, Human Resources, Reapportionment, and Judicial Affairs committees, was vice chairman of the Liquor Regulation Committee and chaired the Rules Committee. He attended the University of Houston and Texas Southern University in 1977. After completing four terms in the House he was elected in 1979 to Houston City Council, representing District I, and served for sixteen years, leaving because of term limitations. He became well known for tearing down abandoned houses, which had become havens for illegal activities. His efforts in this area were sometimes controversial. His 1992 run for Congress fell short by 180 votes out of 30,000.
Hispanic groups are represented in the Ben T. Reyes collection by such organizations as LULAC, the United Farm Workers, the Mexican American Urban League, and Union y Progreso. These organizations were concerned with the welfare of Hispanic people at the labor, political and social levels.
As a Houston City Council member, he dealt with local organizations, such as Metro, Public Works, the Houston Independent School District, and the Houston Police and Fire Departments. He was also a cofounder of the Houston International University.
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Scope and Contents
The collection covers the time span of 1970 thorough 1988, although Mr. Reyes served on Houston City Council through 1995. Reyes' service in the House is documented in boxes 1 through folder 12 of box 8. The remainder of the collection is concerned almost entirely with his service on City Council.
The primary format is correspondence but also includes address lists, affidavit of substantial interest, applications, brochures, city ordinances, financial statements, graphs, lawsuits, legal motions, magazines, maps, newsletters, newspaper articles, notes, photographs, reports, requests for council action, subcommittee minutes, and voter analysis spreadsheets.
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Access Restrictions
Some folders are restricted because of personal information.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish or reproduce materials from the Ben T. Reyes Papers must be obtained from the Houston Metropolitan Research Center or the appropriate copyright holder.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Ben T. Reyes Papers. Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library.
Acquisition Information
Acquisition of the collection was made over a period of time. Ben Reyes donated portions of the collection on September 7 and September 14, 1978, and on January 15, 1980. Mary Ann Corrion made another donation on April 28, 1988.
Processing Information
Processed by: Ron Drees, January, 2007.
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The above is a statement uttered by Henry. I was going to provide the anecdote that would put it in context, but the hell with it. You might think you can figure out why he would say such a thing but you won't be able to figure it out. Henry is an enigma wrapped in a riddle, side-by-side with a conundrum, across the way from a bugaboo.
In other news, my son is covered in rashes. This is not new. For lo these many months he has been bedecked with eczema and bespeckled with hives. As he himself put it, he is "itchy, itchy Ichabod." I haven't done much about it because—well, I blame the liquor. Whoops! Actually I am sober 89% of the time, and we've done everything we can to figure out what the problem is, and everyone's conclusion is that there's no real problem. Except he's all scratchy and hive-y. The hives bloom and then fade of their own twisted accord, with no apparent connection to anything he's eaten or done or said or thought. One doctor posited that it might be a reaction to our wool rug, so we no longer let him lounge pantsless on said rug. We apply medicinal salves and unguents on a regular basis, and we dose him with Benadryl. Our detergents are everything-free. No longer do we enjoy bubbles in our bath—instead we add soothing but decidedly un-festive baking soda, or as Henry calls it, "baby soda." After the bath, instead of rubbing him like a Jedi knight, we pat him softly like a Sith lord.
Then he spent the weekend with my in-laws, and returned with smooth, rash-free skin for the first time in, oh, since he was born. My in-laws denied doing anything special for him. So the only reasonable conclusion is that his skin benefited from their lack of squalor. That a weekend in the suburbs meant a blessed reprieve from the dust mites and chiggers that usually gnaw on his infant flesh as he slumbers. In other words, we live in filth. Which I guess means I should vacuum or clean or whatever, but I'm so tired! And self-absorbed! Oh—and drunk.


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Windows Phone 8 was released last Friday, along with the Windows Phone 8 SDK for developers. We've previously looked at the SDK leak to see what's included in the package, and Nokia has now published an in-depth developer resource for Windows Phone developers to read up on. So what's new in Windows Phone 8?
With the change Microsoft made between Windows Phone 7.x and 8, developers have more scope for app and game development. New APIs are available for developers to take advantage of, enabling new functionality and simplifying already coded features. Nokia's resource walks readers though most of the significant API additions and alterations.
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