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More than one-tenth of sex offenders statewide reside in Prince George's County
The drive home from the police station after his two sons alleged that a longtime neighbor had molested them sparked many questions for a Bowie man.
How would he handle seeing the person in the community while awaiting an arrest? Would his family be safe while he was at work? How would knowing the man was not in jail yet affect his 6- and 10-year-old sons?
But one of the biggest questions remained, how could he have overlooked the signs of abuse?
"I want to say it's shocking, but it isn't, because I've always had my suspicions," said the parent, who asked not to be named to protect the identity of his children. "When they're trying to be your friend to get to your kids, you really feel like you've been used. It makes you doubt your instincts as a parent."
For parents going through such incidents — and residents living nearby — learning there might be a pedophile in the community can raise questions of security.
According to the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Prince George's County is home to the second-highest number of sex offenders in the state, with about 800 of the state's 8,151 offenders, which includes about 1,500 offenders who are incarcerated or currently not in the state. Baltimore city has the highest amount, with more than 1,600 offenders.
Erin Julius, a state department spokeswoman, said there is no specific classification for those who abuse children when categorizing sex offenders, so she could not provide data on which areas of Maryland contain the most offenders convicted of sexual crimes against children.
"When registering offenders, we use the classification system recommended by the federal government so that there is some level of uniformity between the states," she said. "…There is not a 'child sexual offender' classification, but the crime committed is provided on the [sex offender] registry so people should be able to determine which offenders are child sex offenders."
In Prince George's, the registry lists about 90 residents as having been convicted of sexual abuse of a minor, according to the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.
According to Darkness 2 Light, a national nonprofit for sex abuse research and prevention, about 500,000 children nationwide are sexually abused before their 18th birthday. One of every four girls and one of every six boys will be sexually abused before they turn 18, according to the organization.
Prince George's County State's Attorney Angela Alsobrooks said the number of cases in Prince George's County is on par with national statistics. She said statistics show that the average age of a child victim is 9. She also said 30 percent to 40 percent of the victims of offenders are family members.
"Whether it's a cloak of secrecy or however you want to define it, there does seem to be an issue where people don't want to come forward or want to talk about it."
Safety planning
People convicted of sex offenses in Maryland are required to release personal information to law enforcement agencies so officers are aware of their residence, place of employment, birth date and other indentifying information. Their information is kept in a public database, www.dpscs.state.md.us/sorSearch, so officers can check on them.
"Concerned citizens should absolutely use the sex offender registry as part of an overall personal-family safety plan," Julius said. "While it is important to know the identities of registered sexual offenders living in your area, it is also important to know that it is more likely that an individual would be victimized by someone who has not been required to register. Understanding how to deal with strangers is important, but most sexual offenses are committed by someone known and often trusted by the victim."
According to the Maryland department of public safety and correctional services, of the 8,047 registered sex offenders as of September, 251 were noncompliant with regularly checking in with authorities, and of those, 198 were hiding to avoid arrest or prosecution.
There are three tiers of offenders. Tier 3 classifies the most severe offenders with incidents of rape, first-degree sex assault and other violent sex crimes. Tier 2 includes sexual solicitation of a minor, distribution of child pornography and human trafficking. Tier 1 offenders have been convicted of crimes such as possession of child pornography and fourth-degree sex assault, which can include incidents of inappropriate touching and attempted sex assault, according to state guidelines.
The registry is provided by the state, but the county police department's sex offender registry unit's five investigators are responsible for updating the database and continually checking on offenders.
Lt. Lakina Webster, commander of the county police department's special crimes division, said depending on the level of offense, offenders are required to visit the police department every three or six months to provide updated information and have a new photograph taken to put into the public registry.
Read a sidebar to this article: Homebuyers responsible for checking for sex offenders
"We also go out and make home visits, to verify they're staying where they say they are," Webster said. "It's a means of keeping them on their toes to show that we are checking."
Sgt. Katie Hart, an investigator assigned to the sex offender registry unit, said offenders who have abused children are not focused in any one part of the county.
There are no rules forbidding offenders of any kind to live in certain areas, unless there are conditions in their criminal sentence that prohibit them from living within a certain proximity to schools, parks or churches, Hart said.
Police said there are no specific types of people that fit "the mold of a sex offender."
"It could be anyone or anybody. It does not affect just one area and is not based on one socio-economic status. There are even female sex offenders here," Hart said.
Dion Parker, 37, of Upper Marlboro, who has two boys, 11 and 5, lives one block from a registered sex offender convicted of a third-degree sex offense against a child, according to the database. Parker said he had not checked the registry and was not aware an offender lived close by.
"It does concern me, and it just shows that you can't let your children wander," he said.
Parker said he always keeps close watch of his children to keep them safe.
"I keep my hands in a lot of my kids' activities all year round, and I'm always outside with them when they're playing," Parker said.
Lois Stewart, a Hyattsville resident of 50 years, lives across the street from a registered sex offender who had been convicted of sexually abusing a minor.
"If my children were still living here, I'd be quite concerned about that," she said, adding residents should be aware when an offender lives in the neighborhood. "If a person wants to straighten out, they should be given the opportunity to straighten out, but it's important for people to know things like that."
Hart said residents living among sex offenders can take precautions by going to the online database and requesting to be notified if there are changes to the registrant's status in terms of employment status, violation statuses and repeat offenses. The database of sex offender information can be filtered by county, area or type of offense.
Keeping up with cases
Webster said having just five investigators oversee more than 800 offenders is a constant struggle, and said the department could benefit from adding additional officers. However, she said the personnel level has not impacted service, and said offenders still are dealt with regularly and the database stays up-to-date.
She said the number of offenders dealt with in Prince George's fluctuates, and the length of time they remain on the registry depends on the conviction. According to state registration requirements, an offender convicted of incidents such as fourth-degree sex offense, which includes child pornography, child abduction and similar offenses, receives a 10-year registration term. Those convicted of incidents such as first-degree rape and first-degree sex offenses receive a lifetime registration term.
John Erzen, spokesman for the county's state's attorney's office, said there are four prosecutors assigned to work on sex abuse cases involving children and said the cases are adequately handled without them "falling through the cracks." He said, if need be, other prosecutors not detailed to the abuse team will take on cases. He said the office has partnered with Darkness to Light to educate residents and community leaders on how to identify signs of sexual abuse and where to go for help.
"Whether it's a cloak of secrecy or however you want to define it, there does seem to be an issue where people don't want to come forward or want to talk about it," Erzen said. "As the program is appropriately named, we're trying to bring these things out of secrecy and out of darkness so people are more aware of what's happening and people can get the help."
The Bowie man, who has begun therapy for his family, said he would like changes made to the offender registry, which he said is not sufficient because listed offenses are vague and the tendencies of a convicted rapist and convicted pedophile can be different.
He said he would like to see more information about specific convictions for each offender added to the registry so parents and families can be more aware.
"They will constantly be reliving these events forever," he said of his children. "There are too many visual reminders here, so I'll need a change of venue for their sake. I'll probably rent out [my house] and move, but I guarantee I'll check the [sex offender] registry before I know where I'm moving."
Erzen said the state's attorney's office feels the amount of information on the sex offender registry is adequate, given it provides up-to-date photos of the offenders, states what type and level of offense for which they have been convicted, and provides contact information for the offender's case worker if residents have questions.
John DeGout, vice president of Leadership Development of YMCA Metropolitan Washington, also is partnered with the state's attorney's office and Darkness 2 Light in its education campaign and said it's important for parents, residents and community members to be aware of their surroundings and their childrens' activity.
"The most important thing is to make sure if you do notice something, you're talking to them. Keep asking open-ended questions," DeGout said. "It's up to the adults to protect the children."
Staff Writer Vanessa Harrington contributed to this report.


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eFuses are highly integrated ICs that offer device and system-level protection at the input or the output. Traditionally, complete power path protection circuitry was accomplished with a handful of discrete components – components that can use up to 70% greater board space, introduce unnecessary design hurdles, and potentially slow your time to market if UL recognition is required. Those problems are eliminated with our fully integrated eFuses that include over current, over voltage, reverse polarity and more essential protection functions.
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Tolkien's Middle-earth:
Lesson Plans for Secondary School Educators
Tolkien's Middle-earth:
Lesson Plans for Secondary School Educators
A comprehensive listing of books and sources referenced in the nine curriculum units.
Works by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Annotated Hobbit, annotated by Douglas A. Anderson.
The History of The Lord of the Rings, ed. Christopher Tolkien.
The History of Middle-earth, Vol.2 The Book of Lost Tales, ed. Christopher Tolkien.
The History of Middle-earth, Vol.3 The Lays of Beleriand, ed. Christopher Tolkien.
The Hobbit, 1938.
The Hobbit, 2002.
The Lord of the Rings.
The Fellowship of the Ring.
The Two Towers.
The Return of the King.
The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays, ed. Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollins UK, 1997.
The Road Goes Ever On: A Song Cycle (poems), music by Donald Swann. Houghton Mifflin, 1978.
The Silmarillion, second edition, ed. Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
The Tolkien Reader. Del Rey Books, 1989.
Books about Tolkien
Bassham, Gregory, and Eric Bronson, eds. The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy. Open Court, 2003.
Carpenter, Humphrey. The Inklings: C. S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends. Houghton Mifflin, 1979.
Carpenter, Humphrey. J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography.
Carpenter, Humphrey, ed. The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Flieger, Verlyn. Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkiens World. Kent State University Press, 2002.
Garth, John. Tolkien and the Great War.
Hammond, Wayne G., and Christina Scull. J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator.
Noel, Ruth S. The Languages of Tolkiens Middle-earth.
Shippey, Tom. The Road to Middle-earth, revised and expanded edition.
Shippey, Tom. J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century.
Zimbardo, Rose A., and Neil D. Isaacs, eds. Understanding The Lord of the Rings.
Other Resources
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, fourth edition.
Chickering, Howell D., Jr., interlinear translator. Beowulf: A Dual-Language Edition. Anchor Books, 1977.
Gummere, Francis B., translator. Beowulf. 1910.
Jackson, Guida M. Traditional Epics: A Literary Companion. Oxford University Press, 1994.
Johnson, John William, Thomas A. Hale, and Stephen Belcher, eds. Oral Epics from Africa. Indiana University Press, 1997.
Le Guin, Ursula K. The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction. HarperCollins, 1992.
Tolstoy, Leo. War and Peace. New American Library, 1968.
Watkins, Calvert. The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, second edition. Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
Zipes, Jack, ed. The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Bantam, 2003.


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Dorian Anderson grew weary of his life in science, so he decided to jump on his bicycle.
He's still riding.
Anderson departed from Boston on Jan. 1 to start his "Big Year," in which a birdwatcher attempts to see or hear as many bird species as they can in North America in one calendar year. According to his blog, bikingforbirds.blogspot.com, the endeavor begins on Jan. 1 and, over the subsequent 364 days, requires the birder to visit all corners of the continent in an effort to record 700-750 species of birds while logging hundreds of thousands of miles via plane, car and boat travel. Anderson believes by the end of the year, he'll have traveled around 12,000 miles on his bike and hopes to see 600 bird species.
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Anderson picking up some followers outside the Wildlife Refuge.
"Nobody has tried to do anything of this magnitude," said Anderson, who's already seen over 240 bird species this year. "'Biking for Birds' is my completely crazy and hopefully fantastic twist on the traditional North American Big Year."
Anderson is roughly 3,000 miles into his trip, in which he's traveled the entire east coast from Boston all the way down to Miami. He arrived in Sanibel on Sunday, March 9 after he rode 111 miles across Alligator Alley up to Marco Island the day before, and another 63 miles on Sunday up to the "Ding" Darling Wildlife Refuge, where he stayed for three nights in their student housing courtesy of the Refuge, according to Wildlife Society Executive Director Birgie Miller. Anderson was impressed with the island's conservation efforts, especially at the Refuge.
"There's an effort being made here, you don't see that much. The paved Wildlife Drive was really nice."
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Dorian Anderson's daily blog, where his route map, birding photos, and daily progress are updated, can be found at bikingforbirds.blogspot.com.
Anderson hopes to utilize this year's adventure and his outgoing personality and internal drive to help make a difference, whether it be in conservation efforts across the country or helping future organizations create more sustainable infrastructure, encouraging bike riding or other sustainable, eco-friendly forms of transportation.
"Life's a big poker game, you're not betting with money, you're betting with time. I pushed a lot of time into the center of the table with my education," he said.
Anderson, 35, had let his education take him across the country and dictate his life's work, from prep school in the northeast, to Stanford for biochemistry, to Harvard for molecular embryology, and eventually for his PhD in developmental genetics and molecular cell biology.
"My whole life has been dictated by my education. The problem with what I was doing, it was so formulaicso linear, any diversionnobody takes time off. It's so singular-focused."
He wasn't happy with his lifestyle. He needed a change, something to differentiate himself from the norm.
"I think science attracts a certain type of personality," he said. "I don't really fit that stereotype. I have a lot of other talents, my opportunity costs were a lot higher than others by staying in science."
Anderson's confident demeanor and easygoing personality have helped him acquire many friends during his travels, including Best Western hotels, which gave him money to stay at their establishments.
"I've met so many cool people. People recognize that I'm putting my life on the line every day, people have bent over backwards to assist me."
He also reflected as to what put him over the edge to give up his career in science to begin his "Big Year."
"I've always thought of this [Big Year] thing, and using my personality to make things happen. Someone once told me 'jump, and the net will appear. You only get one crack at this.'"
Anderson's blog recently reached 100,000 page hits since he began on the first of the year. He hopes to utilize the blog, which he's written in every night of the year thus far, to help raise $100,000 for bird conservation. According to Anderson, he's already raised over $7,000.
When asked what his message would be to others with lofty goals, it was simple.
"Just do the things that you want to do and do them really well. If you do that, everything else will fall in line."
Islanders can track Dorian Anderson's progress, follow his blog, and make donations for bird conservation at bikingforbirds.blogspot.com.


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At long last! One of the books I was forced to let go when our gaming group broke up some time in 1993.
I have long lamented how Shadowrun 2nd Edition did away with with some rules of 1st edition and especially with the way magic was redone. But for years was unable to find a copy of the 1st edition Grimoire.
Now I have it!
Time to take a trip down memory lane!


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Daily entertainment news with new movies playing this weekend, what to watch tonight on TV and "The Muppets" movie trailer.
What to watch: 'Trading Christmas' on Hallmark Channel at 8 p.m. EST/ 7 p.m. CST
Tonight is the premiere of "Trading Christmas" on the Hallmark Channel. A grieving widow swaps houses with a novelist in search of a peaceful retreat. While on vacation, they meet characters from each other's life and encounter surprises along the way.
New movies: 'The Muppets'
The big movies opening at theaters this week are "The Muppets," rated PG; "Hugo," PG, based on the book "The Invention of Hugo Cabret"; "Arthur Christmas," PG; and "A Dangerous Method," an R movie about Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud.
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Old Whur-whatever is less of a no-brainer compared to Tri-Sword, actually. I can think of a couple of things off the top of my head.
1) If you're worshipping GG, he doesn't like it if you kill popcorn monsters, and converting to GG late after you killed every low level enemy is pointless.
2) Things like Blue Beads, Tikki's Edge, Crusader's Momentum ability requires you to be a bit more smart in leaving popcorn monsters behind so you can take advantage of them.
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2. Played both indoors or outdoors on a badminton-sized court and a slightly modified tennis net.
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In the most recent "Saturday Night Live," Andy Samberg plays the unnamed "head of programming" for MTV in a spoof of "Skins," the new teenage sex-and-drug bacchanalia that's shedding advertisers nearly as quickly as the young actors doff their clothes.
"I'm bad at my job!" Samberg declares.
MTV's real head of programming, David Janollari, apparently couldn't be happier.
"It's always flattering when you're spoofed by 'SNL' two weeks into your series run," he told The Hollywood Reporter this week. "That's great and that really helps."
The sad thing is that he's probably right.
The show, which reportedly spurred calls for edits by MTV executives amid fears it might violate child porn laws, has inspired controversy, losing at least nine advertisers so far. Three episodes in, its latest ratings are relatively strong (1.5 million viewers), though a far cry from the premiere's 3.3 million audience.
But perhaps the strongest signs that "Skins" quickly has become part of the pop culture conversation – and might just have some staying power – are recent parodies lampooning both the show and its opponents.
The clever "SNL" skit takes aim at the advertiser exodus, re-envisioning "Skins" as a sleazy platform for product placement. The oversexed characters mix bawdy talk with pitches for modest local businesses, like a used car dealership and Kennedy Fried Chicken, whose $9 special includes "slutty mashed potatoes."
Playing far less broad is a new video on Funny or Die, which smartly pokes fun at the often-reactionary Parents Television Council's over-the-top declaration that "Skins" is "the most dangerous program that has ever been foisted on your children!"
In the video, teens are drawn to the show by the PTC's fear-mongering rhetoric.
"Thanks for telling us!" one girl declares.
"That sounds awesome!" a teen boy pipes in.
Which is exactly the reaction MTV is hoping for from young viewers.
Somewhere along the way, perhaps starting with "Jackass" and peaking with "Jersey Shore," MTV's game became leveraging controversy into ratings. In that respect, Samberg's character is wrong: Janollari does his job very well. The unfortunate byproduct is that MTV traffics too much these days in a cynical view of youth instead of tapping its power and potential of youth (more "Rock the Vote" and less Snooki would be nice).
"Skins" would be easier to take if it showed more humor, or if the attempts at laughs weren't so forced. The characters get into potentially funny situations that could have come out of "American Pie" – the pot-filled car sinking into a lake in the premiere episode and the latest Viagra-inspired episode are a couple examples. But the bits didn't tickle us as much as they should have, possibly because it's hard at this point to care much about the characters or maybe because of the underlying sadness of the whole enterprise.
In the meantime, we'll find our laughs where we can get them. Check out these "Skins"-related parodies below:
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Munich, 14 May 2012 – Linde Gases, a division of The Linde Group, today announced the launch of FROSTCRUISE®, a highly innovative in-transit refrigeration system which will provide a more environmentally friendly, efficient and reliable cryogenic alternative to diesel-powered mechanical refrigeration.
FROSTCRUISE® is a powerful cooling technology that indirectly uses the cryogenic effect of liquid nitrogen (LIN) at a temperature of -196°C to provide rapid and evenly distributed temperature pull-down. It also has the ability to maintain accurate product temperature throughout the truck compartment despite multiple delivery stops, reducing the risk of food spoilage and improving food safety.
Importantly, FROSTCRUISE® also provides significant environmental benefits including substantial noise reduction during deliveries and a much lower carbon footprint than traditional mechanical transportation systems.
"FROSTCRUISE® represents a major development for the food distribution industry," said Mark Ewig, Global Strategic Marketing and Development Manager, Food and Beverage, Linde Gases Division. "Its ability to cope with the rigorous demands of maintaining consistently very cold temperatures, added to the significant environmental benefits, for what will be comparable costs of a standard mechanical refrigeration system, means FROSTCRUISE® is set to transform road transportation of chilled and frozen perishable items."
Existing diesel operated refrigeration systems often require drivers to either leave their vehicles running or mechanical refrigeration units in operation while dropping off goods, resulting in greater fuel consumption, noise and emissions in urban environments. In an attempt to improve air quality, cities are increasingly introducing low emission zones, with legislation restricting deliveries. Additionally, laws also limit noise pollution in urban areas to 60-65 decibels (dB) between the hours of 22.00 and 06.00, a level which most diesel-operated refrigeration systems struggle to achieve.
FROSTCRUISE® refrigeration technology mitigates the need for vehicle engines in order to perform the cooling process and so is substantially quieter than diesel systems which need to remain running in order to maintain a low compartment temperature. The lack of reliance on a vehicle engine also means that the refrigeration system can run independently in the event of a mechanical breakdown, protecting the compartment contents.
FROSTCRUISE® has already seen early success in the market. MacFood Services, a leading food processor and distributor to the quick service restaurant industry in Malaysia, has recently taken on a fleet of 14 FROSTCRUISE® enabled trucks to deliver their frozen products including burger patties, nuggets and French fries.
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- Eclipse with Photran 8.0 package
- Cygwin installation with the lapack libraries (including liblapack-devel)
- Cygwin directories added to the windows PATH
- libblas.a
- libblas.dll
- liblapack.a
- liblapack.dll
Now, the project in eclipse-photran is a GNU fortran project (with the GCC toolchain) which generates its makefiles automaticly (because the program has quite a lot of subroutines and modules this is quite handy). When builing I get the following error-message:
make all
Building file: ../Hamfem.f90
Invoking: GNU Fortran Compiler
gfortran -funderscoring -O0 -g -Wall -c -fmessage-length=0 -L"C:\cygwin\lib"-llapack -o "Hamfem.o" "../Hamfem.f90"
cygwin warning:
MS-DOS style path detected: C:\Users\thys\Documents\doctoraat\10_publications\in progress\HAMFEM-GNUfortran\Debug
Preferred POSIX equivalent is: /cygdrive/c/Users/thys/Documents/doctoraat/10_publications/in progress/HAMFEM-GNUfortran/Debug
CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this warning.
Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths:
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Updated 12:20 p.m. - President Obama called Mitt Romney on Wednesday to congratulate the former Massachusetts governor on winning the necessary delegates to secure the Republican presidential nomination.
The Obama campaign released a short readout of the call, which occurred at 11:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday.
"President Obama said that he looked forward to an important and healthy debate about America's future, and wished Governor Romney and his family well throughout the upcoming campaign," said an Obama campaign statement emailed to reporters by spokesman Ben LaBolt.
"It was brief and cordial," said a Romney campaign aide. "Gov. Romney thanked the president for his congratulations and wished him and his family well."
Romney, per NBC News projections, surpassed the necessary 1,144 delegates he needs to clinch the nomination after winning last night's Texas primary.
Neither Obama nor Romney has any public campaign events on the schedule today.
Garrett Haake contributed.


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*All rates include taxes * Rates include transfer upon arrival ( we can also arrange your transfers upon departure with an extra cost upon request) as well as breakfast provisions, daily maid service & beach towels.
* Rates refer to maximum accommodation for 10 pax.
Special needs or requests
If you have any specific needs or requests with your holiday arrangement you must discuss this with us at the time of booking. We will always try to meet your requests where possible (possible extra services: transportation, preparation of breakfast, provisions you might need apart from breakfast provisions etc).
Check-in is the earliest at 13.00
Check-out is the latest at 12.00
Booking terms & Cancellation policy
Reservation deposit
A deposit of 30% is required in order to confirm the reservation.
The balance should be paid latest on the arrival date.
Cancellation Policy
Since we are a small business and we have a high demand for our accommodations we must enforce a strict cancellation policy. In case of cancellation by the guest, the following applies:
- For cancelations more than 8 weeks before arrival 80% of the total cost is refunded.
- For cancelations 6 to 8 weeks before arrival 60% of the total cost is refunded.
- For cancelations 4 to 6 weeks before arrival 40% of the total cost is refunded.
- For cancelations 2 to 4 weeks before arrival 20% of the total cost is refunded.
- For cancelations made less than 2 weeks before arrival or in the case of no-show are subject to no refund.
If Ilivatos, due to unforeseen events, will need to cancel the reservation, any amount paid by the guest for the reservation will be refunded in full. We will however not be held liable for any cancellation charges for travel arrangements.
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The guests are responsible for – and recommended to procure – their own insurance coverage against theft, personal accidents, trip cancellation etc. Due care must be taken during the entire stay and children should not be left unattended. Valuables left in the villas are at the guests' own risk. Ilivatos will not assume any responsibility for any personal or material damage or loss due to the above-mentioned or any similar type of accidents or incidents.


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With none of the country's three London 2012 Olympic Games champions in action, it was two vertical jumpers who flew highest at the UK Indoor Championships at Sheffield's EIS Arena on Saturday and Sunday (9/10).
High jumper Robbie Grabarz broke the stadium record on Sunday as he sailed over 2.31m to move to fourth in the world, while Holly Bleasdale produced a world-leading Pole Vault mark of 4.77m on day one of the European Athletics Indoor Championships trials.
With 400 athletes competing, organisers boasted this was the biggest UK indoor championships ever, but the absence of local girl Jessica Ennis – who has opted out of the indoor season – meant the Sheffield crowd needed something to raise their spirits.
Bleasdale did just that on Saturday when she improved Jenn Suhr's world-lead by one centimetre
Grabarz duly followed on Sunday, the Olympic Games bronze medallist's best jump of the year so far.
He cleared easily at 2.25m, enough to claim his first indoor title, and then needed two tries to go over at 2.31m, before taking three shots at the UK indoor record and world-leading height of 2.39m, the third one being a close effort.
"I've never had the indoor title so that was my target today, then to try to get the world lead," he said. "It was only my second competition so to be jumping that high is pretty good.
"I'm ready to try and break the record. I've been training hard; I've not done too many competitions indoors so I know that when I come out I'm ready to go.
Grabarz ready for rocketing
"The 2.39 attempts were good, I'm sure I'll get told off by my coach for running too fast but that's a positive problem. I think I will get it easily, especially after today.
"The first two (attempts at 2.39m) were a little ropey but it wasn't because I couldn't clear it, it was just because it was my second competition of the year and only my fifth jump of the day. "I'm not doing many competitions indoors so when I do it's nice to come out and show my training is working. Obviously I didn't clear it, but I wanted to go straight for the world lead after I took the title.
"The first two (attempts at 2.39m) were a little ropey but it wasn't because I couldn't clear it, it was just because it was my second competition of the year and only my fifth jump of the day. "I'm not doing many competitions indoors so when I do it's nice to come out and show my training is working. Obviously I didn't clear it, but I wanted to go straight for the world lead after I took the title.
"I managed to slowly calm myself back down (after the first attempt) and so I know what to focus on next week now.''
It was a busy weekend for Christine Ohuruogu, the 2008 Olympic Games 400m gold medallist and silver medal winner last summer.
She intends to run the 4x400m relay at the European indoors in Gothenburg next month and used this weekend to work on her speed, finishing second over 200m on day two after going out in the 60m semifinals on Saturday.
Ohuruogu chased defending champion Margaret Adeoye home in the one-lap final, her fourth race of the weekend, clocking 23.58 to the winner's 23.22.
"It's been a great weekend," said Ohuruogu. "It was very good having Margaret on the outside because she's fast and it's good to be led around.
"I don't read too much into this weekend's times at the moment. As long as I go home in one piece I'm happy."
Clarke and Child in fast form
Chris Clarke was an impressive winner of the men's 200m in 20.96, shaving 0.02 from his best, while Eilidh Child won Ohuruogu's favoured event, beating defending champion Shana Cox over two laps of the indoor track in 52.13.
The victory capped an excellent weekend for the Olympic Games 400m Hurdles semi-finalist, who clocked 52.06 in her heat on Saturday evening to move to third in the world for 2013 and to the top of the European list for the year.
"I was a bit worried about how I'd be today after having a hard run last night. I'll run 400m at the European indoors so that was good preparation. I'll need to run a round every day so this has got my body used to it."
"I'm happy that I've done two solid races back-to-back," said Child, who also set a Scottish record for the event.
Nigel Levine was a comfortable winner of the hotly contested men's 400m. Levine beat Conrad Williams to the line in 46.72 to secure his third title and a berth on the plane to Gothenburg.
Child's semi-final run was one of three impressive sprint performances on day one, the others coming from James Dasaolu and Asha Philip who posted personal bests to win the men's and women's 60m titles.
Dasaolu clocked 6.58 while Philip broke the stadium record with 7.15 to move to sixth on the world list.
Laura Muir added to a good weekend for Scotland, the Dundee junior dominated the women's 1500m final to win in 4:13.59.
Lauren Howarth enjoyed a similar comprehensive victory in the women's 3000m. Competing indoors for the first time, she beat Emma Stewart by nearly 12 seconds to finish in a personal best of 8:56.48.
Steve Lewis cleared 5.50m to beat Luke Cutts in the men's Pole Vault.
By contrast to the smiles exhibited by the winners, there was first day disappointment for hurdler Andy Pozzi and long jumper Chris Tomlinson.
Pozzi hamstring problem
Pozzi, fourth in the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships 60m Hurdles clocked 7.62 in his heat but pulled out after the semi-final with a hamstring problem.
In his absence, Gianni Frankis improved on his four previous silver medals, by taking the gold medal in 7.73.
Tomlinson was beaten in the long jump by Matt Burton who leapt a lifetime best of 7.94m to the former British record holder's 7.88m. Burton also had jumps of 7.93m and 7.85m as Tomlinson struggled to find his true form.
Another favourite came a cropper in the men's 1500m. Chris Warburton was disqualified after causing interference in his heat, leaving Matthew Fayers to win the final in 3:47.76.
London-based Nigerian Tosin Oke won the men's Triple Jump with 16.97m while 2012 World Indoor Championships Triple Jump gold medallist Yamile Aldama was decidedly unstretched in taking the women's event with 13.44m, almost two metres down in her 10-year-old best.
In the women's 800m, Marilyn Okoro was denied a fifth title by Ireland's Claire Tarplee, who chased down the experienced Briton over the last 100 metres to win in 2:03.66. All the finalists ran personal bests except the disappointed Okoro who stepped off the track in the home straight.
Another Irish victory went to former world indoor champion Derval O'Rourke, won the women's 60m Hurdles ahead of Sarah Claxton.
Ennis normally dominates this event in her home city, and O'Rourke made the most of her absence to win in 8.11 – meaning there was at least one person in Sheffield who was glad the golden girl of British athletics was not around.
Matthew Brown for the IAAF


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As most of you know, Kentucky was toppled by unranked South Carolina last night, their first game as number one in the country. Some overzealous T-shirt makers look a little foolish today.
But you can't put all the blame on the T-shirt makers. President Obama is probably just as guilty of the jinx. And that excited Cocks fan who took two upper cuts from UK's 6'11" Demarcus Cousins after he rushed the court? That kid got himself on the radio — and a gift card. The kid who was at the opposite end of the punch from UK's monster was fine with the outcome. "It was worth it." Wonder if South Carolina admins feel the same way about the fine.
Thanks for your continued support of Dongspin. Barry in a minute.


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Saturday, December 7, 2013
Festive Flurry
Hola Amigas. I think Jack Frost has arrived. It's COLD! I have been getting ready for craft fairs. How about you? Here is one of my simpler cards that I absolutely LOVE! Wasn't sure how I was going to feel about it...but LOVE IT!
What do you think? Do you like it, too?
Paper: Whisper White
Ink: Midnight Muse
Stamp: Festive Flurry, Many Merry Messages (retired)
Ribbon: Midnight Muse, Silver
Accessories: Big Shot, 3" Circle Die, Festive Flurry Framelits, Rhinestone, Dimensionals, Silver Embossing Powder
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Creations by AR Holiday Customer Blog Hop
Hola Amigas! Welcome to Creations by AR's Holiday Customer Blog Hop. I am featuring the new Gift Card & Combo template. This is a template of a card with a built-in gift box! Open the "card" and inside you'll find a framed slide-out box. Great for just about anything that can fit inside, like sweets, jewelry, gift card, mini scrapbook and so much more! I decided to fill mine with Rainbow Loom earrings for all my mini crafty chicas. They are all 8 years old and come to class once a month.
They will love the package just as much as the earrings.
The templates are GREAT too; they come in SVG cutting files as well as PDF.
There will be one blog hop prize (winner's choice of template).
We will have a mystery blogger so please leave comments on each of our blogs.
Comments will be accepted through midnight EST time on Saturday December 7th. The Blog Hop winner will be announced on Sunday December 8. on the CbyAR Facebook Page and PCP group, as well as on Lisa's Blog.
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NOW it's time to see Lisa's artwork. ENJOY!
Monday, December 2, 2013
Challenge 237 - Non-traditional Christmas colors
Hola Amigas. Happy Monday! We have a new challenge for you to play with. For the next two weeks we would love for you to share your Non-Traditional Holday Cards. That means no GREEN or RED! Have you played with the Snow Day Stamp set yet...TOO CUTE! I made a pull card with this one.
Here is the card when you pull the ribbon on top...LOVE IT! and you can personalize the bottom. Thank you Dawn for reminding me about this interactive card. I can't believe we are already in December. Alright, on your mark, get set go! Share your artwork with us on LNS Challenge Blog.
RECIPE: All Stampin' UP!
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Coastal Cabana
Ink: Coastal Cabana, Island Indigo, Basic Black, Tangerine Tango
Stamp: Snow Day, Many Merry Messages (retired)
Ribbon: Basic Black 1/4 grosgrain (retired)
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Results tagged ' ECOT '
Rays and Kaboom! Build Another Safe Tampa Bay Playground
Photo by TBO.com
It has been almost a month since I put down my flat-head screwdriver and my open-ended 5/8 wrench after the completion of another great playground in South St. Petersburg, just a few miles from Tropicana Field. Does it really feel like a month since the Tampa Bay Rays staff, players and even their owner Stuart Sternberg spent a blustery afternoon back on December 18,2010 building another Kaboom! inspired safe playground from drawings and designs submitted by local children back in October, 2010.
It was really inspiring to the tenth degree to see employees of the Rays ECOT organization again bring their tool belts and construct not the first, but the second Tampa Bay regional playground in the last year and a half. But even more impressive is the common fact that the Rays are the only current Major League Baseball team to construct a Kaboom! Playground……….. so far.
Over 200 volunteers from the 2010 American League East Champion Rays along with members of the James B. Sanderlin Family Center and a large assortment of local community volunteers. Everyone was eager, with hammer in hand to began the construction after the short Kick-off ceremony and volunteer deployment. But this was an event I did not take my camera to as it was for the kids.
This new playground that we lifted, nailed, bolted and sweat into place will replace an older aging playground that will give over 300 community kids a safe place to play. More exciting is that the playground's design was taken from drawings and designs submitted by the same local children who attend events at the James Sanderlin Center on a daily basis.
It was great to see the Rays "Three Amigos", Sternberg, Rays VP of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman and Rays President Matt Silverman hoisting lumber and plastic pieces into place along with their fellow employees and staff. Says a lot about the Rays internal community within the Trop that so many Rays employees devoted their time and efforts to such a great cause.
And for some of the Rays ECOT organization, it was a second step into the playground storm as their initial hammer time was back in 2009 when the Rays built another Kaboom! System in Riverview, Florida, about 25 miles to the East. That day's build was one of the over 180 Kaboom! playgrounds that will be built in the United States in 2011. Simply put, Kaboom! Hopes that in the future it can put a great place to play within walking distances of every child in America.
It was a great experience seeing over 43,740 square feet of safety surfacing moving in unison by the volunteers and Rays that day. The bright colors of the equipment meshed in well with the mission of providing a safe and sturdy for every child in this South St. Petersburg community to enjoy this park for a long, long time. I want to again commend the Rays and their employees who took the time out of their busy off season to come out and help this region of St. Pete become safer and a new area of fun for kids of all ages.
Photo by TBO.com
Sometimes we focus too much on what is happening within the confines of our favorite teams to not always look at some of the great things done in the off season and during the regular season by our MLB team. From the top to the bottom, on this day Rays fans, employees and hundreds of tired volunteers stood and watched the ribbon-cutting and the onslaught of kids personally checking out our work. Even Rays Manager Joe Maddon got into the fray picking up a drill and hammer to help build a better playing environment.
Makes me smile inside to see this team give like this to their local communities. With so much being written about the dark-side of sports or even an ensuing firestorm going back and forth about a future home for the Rays. It was great to see everyone involved come together and mesh under a common goal.
The sore muscles and aches seemed to melt away instantly after seeing the first kid's laughter and smile while exploring his new and exciting playground kingdom.
If you want to know more about Kaboom! And their mission, feel free to click the link and see for yourself what you can do to help bring a safer playground environment for children in your own community. Can't wait to help with the next one!


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"After tomorrow, we do what all ballplayers do: we shake hands 'til we see each other next season. Then we go fishing or hunting, make some personal appearances, get to know the wife and kids again."
—Morris Buttermaker
I'm all for accountability. I'm all for transparency. I'm all for proactivity. But sausage is not something I necessarily need to see get made. Just place it on a bun and get the Mets on a roll.
When did the Day After Media Blitz of Qualified Remorse become standard Met operating procedure? Didn't they used to lose and simply go home?
Enough with the dogs and the ponies. Enough with the overblown pressers and inane interviews. Enough with the half-baked excuses and illogical alibis. Enough with the misguided Q's and the flippant A's.
Enough with the spin. Oh for god's sake, enough with Jeff Wilpon's and Omar Minaya's and Dave Howard's and Jerry Manuel's spin. Enough with the Mets giving their all the day after the season is over. Enough with the Mets thinking they can win from a podium what they couldn't come close to winning on the field.
You don't win respect in a press conference. You don't win credibility in an interview. You don't win your fans over after losing their confidence along with 92 sullen baseball games. You can, perhaps, make inroads toward those concepts — as best you can away from the field — by demonstrating competence, sincerity and self-awareness. But the Mets didn't do any of that yesterday.
They would have been better off staying home and shutting up.
The Mets issued two press releases Monday. One announced Jose Reyes's impending hamstring surgery (for which we all wish him the best of luck) and the other outlined changes to the coaching staff. A fifteen-minute conference call limited to addressing follow-ups to those specific issues would have been appropriate.
Then, instead of parading a procession of dogs and ponies through the recesses of their collective thinking, the Mets should have hung up the phone; taken a few days off to fish or hunt; regrouped; and then returned to the work of remaking the Mets for 2010.
Stop trying to impress us that you're on the ball by standing before cameras and microphones. None of us is impressed. None of us is encouraged. You make it worse the more you talk. You talk yet say nothing — nothing helpful, certainly.
We can't make you make the right moves. We can't set your trade and free agent agenda. We can't direct your roster management or minor league development. We can't dictate your budget. We can shout our recommendations until we're hoarse (or type them 'til our hands cramp), but it's up to you. We have to trust you to do the right thing. We have to trust the owner, the general manager, the head of business operations and the skipper.
None of you do anything to make us trust you, of course. We're stuck with you. We're stuck with your decisions. Don't make them worse by explaining them. You don't help your cause. You don't cultivate our faith. You just anger us, sadden us, frustrate us.
Stop with the dog and pony show every time your season goes down in flames. Strive to make your seasons as flame-retardant as you possibly can. Don't clear your throats unless you have something to say that will make you look good and make us feel better.
"I got a lotta time to hear your theories and I wanta hear every damn one of 'em. But right now I'm tired and I don't wanta think about baseball and I don't wanta think about quantum physics. I don't wanta think about nothing. I just wanta be."
—Crash Davis
I don't know if Luis Alicea absolutely had to go. I don't know what Razor Shines will bring to a new position. Perhaps Alicea was a liability and Shines is an asset. Perhaps these were the correct moves and tangible improvement will result by their respective dismissal and reassignment. I imagine a team that was as dim on fundamentals as this one was could use some fine-tuning of its coaching staff. I don't disapprove of these decisions, nor do I approve of them per se.
The Mets elbowed Alicea and shifted Shines. They've got both Alomars ambling along. They kept Warthen, Niemann and Johnson. And Manuel's still the manager. Is this is the prescription that's going to cure a 70-92 basket case? I have no concrete idea. The pitchers pitched badly. Is that Dan Warthen's fault? The hitters hit well with nobody on, dreadfully when it was time to drive runners home. Is that Johnson's fault? What does a bullpen coach do exactly? Other than grow tomatoes back in Joe Pignatano's day, I couldn't tell you.
At some point next year, some announcer will reveal that some player says the reason he is doing well will be because he has been working on some aspect of his game with some coach. That will generate a positive vibe toward that coach. Then some other player will give up a home run or swing at a pitch out of the strike zone or throw to the wrong base, and we'll wonder why that coach continues to be employed in his capacity. This is the way it's always gone.
Thus, making the announcements regarding Shines, Alicea and the Alomars yesterday doesn't tell us anything. When Jeff Wilpon huffs that the Mets' performance in 2009 was totally unacceptable, firing or demoting a coach hardly makes it any more acceptable. Retaining Jerry Manuel as manager after the Mets experienced their second-largest one-year dropoff in wins (19, behind only the 22 fewer victories they racked up in 1977 versus 1976) doesn't make their situation any more acceptable. Retaining Omar Minaya as general manager despite the overall deterioration of the franchise's major league personnel since October 19, 2006 — building a team annually on approximately five stars and twenty question marks — doesn't make it any more acceptable.
Nor does their saying anything make anything true. Dave Howard says very few fans expressed dissatisfaction with the obstructions at Citi Field. That's not true, but if he says it, it's good as the truth. Jeff Wilpon insists it was no big deal that the New York Mets obscured New York Mets history in favor of a Brooklyn Dodgers echo. That's not true in that New York Mets fans noticed it and protested it, but it's as good as the truth. Omar Minaya, who pretended the Mets' collapses in 2007 and 2008 didn't mean they were a deeply flawed competitive entity, acts as if injuries were all that was wrong with the 2009 squad. That's not true…we saw with our own 6.3 million-plus eyes that it wasn't true. But Omar said it, so it may as well be true.
All these untruths function as truths because those who decide our reality continue to spout them. You and I know different, but we don't effect concrete change. We can stop buying tickets and wearing caps (even though Dave Howard says we should continue to do both, as both build character), but we know we're unlikely to stop doing either or any of the associated acts of fandom. We like being Mets fans even if, yet again, we can't stand the Mets.
I fell in love with this team forty years ago, right about now. On this date in 1969, the New York Mets came home to Shea Stadium and beat the Atlanta Braves to win the National League pennant. It was the second big thing I'd experienced the Mets clinching in less than two weeks. I didn't know much about baseball, but I understood that what the Mets had just done was enormous. The next stop would be the World Series and the Orioles. It would be enormous, too.
I didn't know who the owner was. I didn't know who the general manager was. I didn't know there were such things. I knew there was a manager, and he could do no wrong. I knew there were players, and they could do no wrong. Eventually I learned there was more to the Mets than them, that there was an owner, a GM, coaches, a whole organization. But they weren't of interest to me. I saw their pictures in the yearbook, I saw their names in the paper now and then, but they weren't why I was a Mets fan. I just assumed they were doing what they could to make me want to be a Mets fan even more.
That illusion would be shattered by M. Donald Grant when he shipped my innocence to Cincinnati and my naïveté to San Diego. Since then, I've assumed it's in my best interest to pay close attention to everything owners and GMs say so I can better understand where my Mets are going. But I think I've heard enough from this owner and this GM and their accomplices. I think I know that what they say only brings me down.
Jeff, Omar… fix the team. Otherwise, just let me be.
More pointed and eminently thought-provoking takes on those who can stand to listen to these guys from Dana Brand and Caryn Rose. Dan Lewis chimes in with a pretty reasonable wish list.


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I was invited to Steve's home last evening. A neighbor of Steve's bakes pizzas in his home oven and wanted to see how the same formulation would work in Steve's WFO. His neighbor uses Peter Reinhart's Neapolitan dough. Bob (Steve friend and business partner) also was at Steve's last evening.
I brought along two dough balls I had mixed late Friday evening. The dough I mixed was 60% hydration, 2.8% salt and was leavened with the Ischia starter at a room temperature controlled ferment. Steve ran his oven around 650 degrees F to about 680 degrees F last evening.
I wanted to use the leftover ingredients I had purchased at the 9th St. Italian market, so I took them along. I also had wanted to make fresh Ricotta yesterday, but other things got in the way. The pie with the dried cherries was supposed to be make with a white base, but the tomato base tasted good with the other ingredients and Mike's hot honey drizzled over after the bake. I found it interesting that my pies baked almost like Steve's NY style pies that he had baked in his BBQ grill mod on Friday at about the same temperatures.
Steve's neighbor was having problems at home and yesterday with using Peter Reinhart's Neapolitan dough in that it is a sticky dough. Steve and I gave him some tips on using a high hydration dough and how to do stretch and folds to get the high hydration dough more manageable. Steve's neighbors 3 pizzas baked in Steve's WFO were very tasty and had great oven spring. I might have to revisit Peter Reinhart's dough if I can bake in Steve's WFO again.
I couldn't take pictures of Steve's pies he made because it was getting too dark.
Thanks again Steve for the invite! I sure had fun again. :)
This is a blog about my learning knowledge to make pizza. I have been helped by many people on my journey
There are so many variables that go into making a PIZZA. The hydration of the dough, flour, yeast and many more.. Amounts of any kind of yeast in a pizza can make a big difference. Most recipes posted on the web, use too much yeast in their recipes. What I have found out so far, is either bulk fermenting the dough or cold fermenting the dough will give a better flavor in the crust. I am still experimenting to find different flavors in the crust of pies. In my opinion pizza is all about the best flavor you can achieve in a crust. I still am on the journey about flavors in the crust. Even differences in temperatures in you home or times of the year can influence how much yeast to use. If you want a pizza to develop flavors in the crust, there are many ways to go about achieving this.
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Men's Basketball Opens Three-Game Homestand Versus UNH on Wednesday
UNH at UMBC, 2-5-14
The UMBC Retrievers (7-15, 3-6 America East) open their second three-game America East home-stand when they welcome New Hampshire (5-16, 3-5) to the RAC Arena on Wednesday, Feb. 5. Tip-off time is set for 7:00 p.m. Gary Stein and Paul Mittermeier have the call, streaming is available on the America East digital network at www.americaeast.tv.
RETRIEVER UPDATE: UMBC's furious rally from a 24-point deficit came up just short on Saturday, as the Retrievers dropped an 83-80 decision at Maine. The setback snapped a modest two-game winning streak for the Retrievers. Three of UMBC's six AE losses have occured by a total nine points. FR G Rodney Elliott (14.3 ppg) earned his fourth America East Rookie of the Week honor, after averaging 17.0 ppg and 9.0 rpg last week. SR F Chase Plummer, who scored 23 points versus Maine, is now ninth on UMBC's all-time lists in both scoring (1,266 pts.) and rebounding (643).
WILDCAT UPDATE: New Hampshire suffered a 68-60 home loss to conference opponent Maine on Wednesday, Jan. 29th, ending their two-game winning streak. They are led by red-shirt SR C Chris Pelcher, who was named America East Co-Player of the Week January 27th. Pelcher, who missed 11 games earlier this season due to injury, has averaged a double-double in New Hampshire's previous three contests with 12.3 points and 10.0 caroms per game. Freshman forward Frank Okeke is coming off a clinical shooting performance, nailing 4-of-5 treys in New Hampshire's last game.
Who's Up Next: The Retrievers continue the homestand when they welcome UMass Lowell to the RAC Arena on Saturday afternoon (2:00 p.m.).


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Jake Owen Performs 'Alone With You' + 'Barefoot Blue Jean Night' on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'
Jake Owen brought some serious twang to the 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' indoor stage on Tuesday (Feb. 21). He performed the customary pair of songs, ripping through 'Alone With You' and 'Barefoot Blue Jean Night.' The performance was a good enough reason to stay up late, but in case you missed it, you can watch footage of each song below.
For his late night TV appearance, Owen looked quite the part of a rocker, with his bright red guitar and his Steel Panther t-shirt. In case you're not immediately familiar, Steel Panther are a throwback, glam rock, '80s-style band. Perhaps the band will see that Owen sported their shirt and approach him about a duet? Stranger things have happened.
We love that Owen was able to start off his performance on a slow note and then turn up the rowdy factor when he closed out the show. It demonstrated his musical dynamics, which has garnered him many fans in his career.
When Owen stripped off the guitar to perform 'Barefoot Blue Jean Night,' the Kimmel lobby was transformed into a country bar. The audience was clapping and singing along, and Owen even gave a shout out to Jimmy Kimmel himself mid-song. He certainly upped the country ante on the stage.
Watch Jake Owen Perform 'Alone With You'
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It was only a matter of time. After a flurry of outrage over John Kerry throwing the 'A' word into the slanging match of the Peace Process, the US Secretary of State has backtracked. The use of "apartheid" to describe a potential future for Israel, he said yesterday, was unfortunate: "if I could rewind the tape," he told a Fox News interviewer Tuesday morning, "I would have chosen a different word."
Kerry's refusal to call out apartheid is symptomatic of his inability to properly take Israel to task on its behaviour.
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With the high school sports season officially over, Milford's Andrew and Ava Vasile came into Cassell's Corner podcast to talk the past three seasons of sports and the 2017-18 sports year in general.
Now although the two siblings, twins if you couldn't tell, live in Milford, they both go to different schools. Ava, 12 minutes older, is a rising senior at Medway High while the younger Andrew is a rising senior at Valley Tech in Upton.
Both play three sports, with Ava starring on the soccer field, indoor track, and lacrosse field while Andrew shines on the soccer field, basketball court, and lacrosse field.
Other than sports, the two twins chat with Cassell about choosing schools, singing on the bus and solving Rubik's Cubes.
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Borderlands And The 11th Hour Art Style Change
The Borderlands we've all come to know and love is a drastically different beast than the one that debuted in our magazine. In a recent panel hosted by Gearbox Software, key team members clued us into why they opted for a complete visual overhaul so late in the development process.
To give some context to the decision, they first provided an outline of the project pipeline.
The Timeline
Concept: April 05 - October 05
Prototype: November 05 - October 06
Development One: November 06 - August 07
Development Two: September 07 - October 08
Final Push: October 08 - October 09
Three-fourths of the way through production, Gearbox head Randy Pitchford approached publisher 2K with a proposal - a complete visual redesign of the game. Expecting the worst, Pitchford was surprised that 2K agreed that the change was needed, excited by the direction Gearbox proposed. Why did the developer and publisher agree that such drastic measures were needed?
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The Purple Cow
How did the team justify the change? In a sea of "brown games," Gearbox worried that their title wouldn't stand out. Thinking about its reception, they began to wonder if it would simply look like "a poor man's Rage." They needed something to grab the attention of potential customers - a purple cow. Seth Goodin's book Purple Cow instilled the mantra "be remarkable, or be invisible," in the team.
The decision wasn't only influenced by aesthetics, however. Gearbox worried that the art style and gameplay contradicted itself in a way that couldn't be reconciled. Borderlands hosts player characters that can jump well beyond human limitations, and bad guys explode when shot. They decided that a more exaggerated art style would allow them to move forward without divorcing these entertaining gameplay elements. Lastly, Gearbox reasoned that the decision would improve the overall quality of the final product because when teams have varying levels of talent, it's hard to maintain a standard of quality in a photo-realism approach.
A New Direction
The change wasn't an easy one. Gearbox confessed that the massive redesign demoralized the original art director to the point that she left Gearbox and now works in a different field entirely. Still, the move felt correct to the bulk of the team. The new design style was decided by committee, giving those invested in the project a chance to voice their opinion. Goals included a fresh approach that would be standout, fun, break plausibility, kick realism out the window, and, of course, be beautiful. A retro influence was chosen and color was noted as being of high importance early on. Words like "attractive, fun, colorful, stylish, animated, and unconventional," helped to funnel ideas into Borderland's final form.
The Process
In order to maximize efficiency, the all-encompassing "Art Director" position diversified into several more specific jobs - Art Director, Art Producer, Out-sourcing Art Director, Art Lead and Lead Environment Artist. Also, they implemented a "Merry-go-round" approach - making sure that all team members were pushing in the same direction.
The Results
Borderlands has been a critical and commercial success and the team believes the redesign was imperative in this regard. Ultimately, changing the style afforded Gearbox more freedom. As a result they were able to exaggerate character design, flesh out weapon customization in fantastical ways and keep the game humorously visceral. While the effort was a major gamble, it paid off.
What do you think? Was the change well worth it? Or did you prefer the original style?


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Paul di Resta
Paul, what's your overall feeling about finishing eighth in the first race?
It's positive to have four points on the board already, but it's a shame I was stuck behind Jenson at the beginning of my second stint. He was running a three-stop race and essentially that's what lost me a lot of track position. We've got some things we need to pick up on and we can definitely make some improvements, but we're in a good place to start the season. Also, we've seen already that we can make a stop less than some of our competitors so let's see if that remains the case in Malaysia.
Any thoughts on Malaysia?
You never know what to expect! It could rain, or it could be dry. Temperatures are going to be high, degradation is going to be high, but I think our car is going to suit the warm weather. We've had a reasonably strong performance for the last couple of years in Malaysia, so I think we should go there feeling quite optimistic. We have a few days to conquer the jet lag and hopefully be fighting fit.
Is it a track you enjoy?
I think it is probably one of the most complete tracks of the season. It was the very first of the new generation tracks and it has nice flowing sections, some slow bits, as well as high-speed chicanes. I think it's one of the better tracks on the calendar. Along with the next one in Shanghai, it's one of the tracks I enjoy.
Adrian Sutil
Adrian, you had an incredible race in Australia. How would you sum it up?
It was a great feeling! We were on a different strategy and we knew we would probably go to the front quite early in the race, but we never expected to be leading for such a long time. It was a surprise for everyone and even more of a surprise that we could keep all the cars behind us while doing really competitive lap times. I actually pulled away from Vettel at one stage in the race. I knew the car was fast, I felt good, I felt confident. On the supersofts I had to give up a few positions, that was normal, that was our strategy because you had to be on them at least once. But I'm not disappointed at all, seventh place is a good way to start the season.
You've fought with drivers from the top teams before, but in the rain or other unusual circumstances. Is it different when everyone is flat out?
In the rain it's easier sometimes to be at the front and race with the top teams, but in the dry it's more difficult and normally never happens. It's amazing to see that it was possible in Australia and don't forget that Nico [Hulkenberg] led for this team at the final race of last year too. There are opportunities, and if you believe in it, you can take those chances. If you don't believe you can win, you will never win. It's just an approach, I think. It's important to set your mind. It's sometimes hard because we are usually in the midfield, but you should always think a step further.
Any thoughts on going back to Malaysia?
I finished fifth in 2010, so I have some good memories. It's not my favourite track, but it depends on the car. If the car is quick and stable, you enjoy it more, but sometimes you really struggle with the balance, and then it's a real challenge - the corners are so long, you need a lot of aerodynamic grip. It's a track I like to drive, but it's not like a Monaco or a Spa. I don't really know what effect the high temperatures will have because we haven't had them during testing. I think the weather in Australia suited us quite well, so let's see how Malaysia is.
Vijay Mallya
The first back-to-back races of the season mean we are already heading to Malaysia for the second round of the Championship. We have scored points in Sepang the last three times we raced there, including a double-points finish last year, and I believe we can build on the early-season momentum to bring home a valuable result.
Last weekend's race in Melbourne was a great demonstration of how far the team has come lately: to race against the established front-runners on merit shows the quality of our car, of our driver line-up and of the work everyone in the team is producing every day, whether at the factory or at the circuit. We have led the last two races and hopefully soon we will have a special result to repay all that effort.
With improved results come increased responsibilities: the whole world of Formula One - our rivals, the media and the fans - now look at Sahara Force India as a competitor for points at every race. It is our duty to sustain this scrutiny by going out every day and performing to our best to keep challenging the top teams in the world.
The 2013 Championship is just at the beginning, and it is important not to get carried away with enthusiasm: we will need to channel this positive energy into consistently good performances and continue to improve. We are on a good road, and we must all keep progressing.


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First off...new sketch at the CPS blog is up! This week we were sponsored by Gina K Designs, and she sent us a stamp set called "Spring Bloom". There is also a great stamping tutorial posted today by Linda B. Be sure to check it out! Here is a sneak peek of my card for the week!
This was my card for last week's sketch. My favorite paper line by Sassafras Lass...although some of the new ones might take that place soon!
On to the weekend! Saturday morning we watched Shrek 3 together after having waffles for breakfast. Then it was a lazy day at home. I got a lot of scrapbooking done, nothing I can share but some layouts that I really love! On Saturday night we had a Wii party with another couple. We don't have a Wii, so we went over to their apartment. Josh and Clancy made homemade pizzas and daquiris while Kyla (Clancy's girlfriend) and I chatted and played a little bit of Wii. Once we had our pizza....all four of us played this Mario Party game....it was SO fun. We are now buying a Wii today when they come in on the truck at Best Buy. So Vanessa and Dwight...if you are reading this....be ready to Wii when we are at Big Sky in a couple weeks!! We are bringing it with!
Yesterday Josh had to work, so it was just me. I got the laundry done, and scrapped in between. It was a good weekend at home!!
Have a happy Monday,
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I love all your cards : ) You do amazing work - you inspire me!ReplyDelete
Awesome cards!ReplyDelete
Sounds like a great weekend!
I want a wii! Maybe for my birthday.
- AnonymousMarch 31, 2008 at 4:04 PM
Totally beautiful card... have missed a few posts but have spent a lovely time catching up. Some gorgeous goodies to look at :DReplyDelete
Oh oh oh ....I can't wait to see the rest!!! It looks FAB from here!!ReplyDelete
Love your work!ReplyDelete
your bows are just perfect.ReplyDelete
and I want a Wii.
er, I mean, I want to get a Wii
for my son!
just love your cards, Lea!
Beautiful creations and it does sound like a fun weekend! Have a great time with the new Wii. :0)ReplyDelete
as always...love your stuff. wish I could make cards but I'm SO card challenged!ReplyDelete
Hey wanted to tell you....I ALWAYS make copies of the original heritage photo...that way if I screw it up..no harm done. :) Plus..they are always so tiny it's hard to work with them when there are so few (compared to the gazillions we take now!). I'm sure you would make some fantastic heritage pages!
And thanks for the comment on my grama. Much appreciated.
You MUST get a wii...granted you probably won't get much work done after it enters your house...all I need to know is the number for Guitar Heroe Addicts Anonymous...I am beyond hooked...it's a disease! But a fun one!ReplyDelete
As always I love your work...love the grandmother card...My mom would love it
Hi Lea,ReplyDelete
How are you? Kinda missed your cards.. :)
Beautiful cards! Can't wait to see the full peek. ;)ReplyDelete
Oooo--what a sweet little peek Lea---and your card is darling---love it, love it!ReplyDelete
Super cute cards, Lea. 5 ST! Congrats! And a Wii! I think we might get one sometime soon too... it could be fun for the kiddos! Enjoy the rest of your week! :)ReplyDelete
What gorgeous colors on both cards!! Love that ribbon too! Have fun with the Wii!ReplyDelete
Such inspirational work! Your cards are gorgeous, well done! Love the scallops on this card.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 1, 2008 at 5:21 PM
LOVE the cards Lea!ReplyDelete
enjoy your wii!!!


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Gardner museum masterpieces still missing after 23 years
FBI: Thieves identified in Gardner Museum heist
On the 23rd anniversary of one of the biggest art heists in history, the FBI said Monday it had identified the thieves who stole the priceless masterpieces.
A half-billion dollars' worth of art was taken from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston on March 18, 1990.
Images: See the stolen masterpieces
The thieves posed as Boston police officers responding to a call. They tricked and tied up two security guards.
The FBI did not identify the suspects in the theft, but said the agency knows who they are.
The FBI said in the years after the theft, the art was transported to Connecticut and the Philadelphia region where it was offered for sale.
"We have identified the thieves who are members of a criminal organization with a base in the mid-Atlantic states and New England," said Richard DesLauriers, special agent in charge of the FBI's Boston office.
The FBI said the attempted sale of the art that they know about, occurred about 10 years ago. Since then, the bureau said that its knowledge of the art's whereabouts is limited.
Last year federal authorities started digging up an alleged mobster's Connecticut property, hoping to find pieces from Rembrandts, Vermeer, Degas and other renowned artists.
The museum is offering a $5 million reward for the safe return of the paintings.
Although the FBI does not know where the art is currently, the FBI said it is continuing its search, both in and beyond the Connecticut and Philadelphia areas.
"With this announcement, we want to widen the 'aperture of awareness' of this crime, to the reach the American public and others around the world," said DesLauriers.