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Hart & Cooley, Grand Rapids, MI, has included polarization technology as its newest innovation in indoor air quality (IAQ) products.

Kevin Read, brand and product manager, SMART Air & Energy Solutions™ for Hart & Cooley, says the SMART EAC1000 polarized electronic air cleaner offers better results, and is much easier to maintain than electronic air cleaners that use older, ionization technology.

"The biggest issue with ionizing products is that their performance degrades over time," Read says, "and the only way to improve their performance is by maintaining them properly. However, what we've found is that the maintenance required to maintain those units is intensive."

"If you look at most original equipment manufacturer (OEM) manuals, you'll find that most ionizing air cleaners should be removed, soaked, scrubbed, and sometimes sanded, to remove deposits in the grids. And, most of the time, the end-users don't maintain them properly. The filters' performance drops off, and eventually, they're replaced by a paper media filter," he says.

Smart Air and Energy Solutions™ offers a filter grille and furnace mount electronic air cleaner (EAC) that provides high-efficiency air filtration. The EAC delivers 24KV of safe cleaning power while using less than 2 watts to remove 99% of the respirable suspended particles (RSP) from the air, which is up to 20 times the amount removed by conventional EACs, according to Hart & Cooley. Their air cleaner uses both positively and negatively charged grids. The space between the grids becomes an electronic polarization field. Anything passing through the field becomes bi-polar, or magnetic. A loose-weave media is placed between the positive and negative grids, and it attracts unwanted particles.

To clean, simply replace the dirty media filter with a new one.

"It was the easiest air cleaner to install in my 25 years in the industry," says Steve Arnold, owner/vice president operations, Arnold Air Conditioning, Sebastian, FL.

"When I first heard about it, I was skeptical, but when I installed it, I was floored by how easy it was. Customers don't have to pay hours for cleaning and maintenance, and they've been impressed with how much more debris is collected on the filter compared to other air cleaners.

"I sold the first SMART EAC1000 the day I heard about it, and expect it to sell well," Arnold says.

According to Read, another advantage to the SMART EAC1000 is its very low static pressure, even as it collects additional particles.

"The second complaint we hear about electronic air cleaners or paper media is that they have such high static pressure and restrict the air flow. The loose-weave media we use can still capture the smallest particle sizes, so we maintain a low static pressure initially, and then because of the way it loads we maintain low static pressure throughout the 6-12 month life of the media ."

The SMART EAC is designed with conductive plastic, rather than steel, which prevents arcing, sparking, and ozone, Read says. It comes in 26 sizes, to fit most standard filter grilles and air handlers, and it runs off of 24 volt thermostat wire. System testing was conducted by IBR Laboratories, which recorded a 99% particle capture rate, down to .1 microns.

As the IAQ segment of the HVAC industry continues to grow, with seemingly no end in sight to innovation, Read believes an educated consumer is one of the reasons why IAQ product manufacturers are on their toes.

"The average consumer has access to so much more information than they did 20 years ago. They can research what pollutants are in their homes and what can be done to remove them," he says. "They're asking contractors for solutions, and those requests are getting back to the manufacturers."

Read believes polarization technology will change the air filtration market significantly over the next five years.

"It's just a better way of doing something," he says. — Terry McIver

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Some men see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never were and say why not?

That brought tears to my eyes.
You know - that was such a different time. You'd have to wonder how many people would take the time to stop if something like that happened now.

Thank you for the moving tribute to Robert Kennedy and for reminding me of the unity we all felt back then if it was only through grief. Lets hope that our country never has to experience this kind of tragedy again and that we will move forward with the promise of hope and change for our future.

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Bruce Clay (go local biz!) provides a free SEO Power Tools and SEO Tutorial

PR Newswire - Free SEO Power Tools Now Available In the Most Complete SEO Tutorial on the Web

Bruce Clay, Inc. brings free, online SEO tutorial completely up to date with five critical search engine optimization concepts absent from other popular SEO guides. No email, login or download required to view and use the step-by-step tutorial and free integrated tools.

SIMI VALLEY, Calif., Dec. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- In today's digital world everyone is a marketer to some extent. Bruce Clay, Inc. has published an SEO tutorial that publishers of all technical levels may find bookmark-worthy due to free, embedded tools. Online marketing and public relations professionals, website and blog owners and content marketers can use the hands-on resource to check the SEO efforts on their own pages and their competitors'.

The Bruce Clay, Inc. SEO Tutorial, spanning 20 webpages, stands out among other online SEO educational resources available. It's the only SEO tutorial that includes free tools anyone can use, no sign-up, login, download or trial required.

And it includes vital SEO concepts not covered in any other popular SEO tutorial, not even Google's:

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I don't usually blog about SEO stuff, but this is a local company, one I walk by every so often, and they are giving away free stuff! So it's a win-win in my book :)

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VIDEO: Stars speak to ! at National Television Awards

Celebrities including Mark Wright, Kian Egan and Kelly Brook spoke to ! on the National Television Awards 2014 red carpet on Wednesday.

“I love the NTAs,” said Mark Wright. “It’s the best night of the year!” The 27-year-old added that he would be backing Coronation Street in which his girlfriend Michelle Keegan plays Tina McIntyre.

“I’ve never been to the awards before,” beamed Kelly Brook. “I usually stay at home and watch it on the television!” The stunning brunette also told ! what it was like working on Celebrity Juice, on which she is a team captain, adding that the show was “a new thing for me”.

Bradley Walsh, who was nominated for ‘TV Detective’ for his role in Law & Order: UK, joked that the winner would be the one with “the best Mac”. “That’s what it’s al about for detectives,” he laughed. “Wearing the Mac!”

“They’re great awards,” he added. “It’s nice to be a part of this and to see some old pals”. He went on to lose the category to Benedict Cumberbatch, who accepted the award in swimming shorts.

Westlife’s Kian Egan and wife Jodi Albert also stepped out for the glamorous event and spoke to ! about their plans for 2014. The couple added that they would be spending Valentine’s Day in Las Vegas for a special Daybreak episode they are hosting.

Kian was crowned King of the Jungle on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here which scooped up the ‘Best Entertainment Programme’ later in the evening.

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For getting full advantage of resources you collect for your business, it is very necessary to have a deep analysis of the locality where you are going to settle your business. The people, who start their business without caring about the locality and the facilities in the surroundings, have to repent because of the failure in their business or not getting the desirable result in business in which they have spent a lot of money. Some other things like existing market place, the other places that fulfill the requirement of human life for which the arrival of the people in the locality is continuously, should be put under consideration well. Some of the companies dealing in the properties are very careful to join all the relevant facilities and the resources that are very helpful to make the place business suited.

As a finest example of the suitable business place, wave city center is offering Wave 3L Retail Shops Noida at the affordable prices. The place has been developed in the middle of the large stated facilities. The particular place does not have any beatable position to others. In the iconic structure of wave city center, you would be able to fulfill your requirement of the best place for the retail business. If you are looking for the place where you can give a gear to your business, the particular place would be most suitable for your purpose. Considering the problems of the clients the company has made a flexible plan of payment for the shops.

These days, retail business is getting lots of importance amongst large number of business owners. Hence, make sure that you properly search the location where you will achieve numerous profits with the maximum of sales. Remember that the area should be near the residential place so that people may not face any problem in buying any material such as grocery items and many more from the retail supermarkets and marts. Therefore, the wave city center has started with the project of opening the retail shops for their valuable customers in the name of Wave 3L Retail Shops. Here, the business owners of Sector 32 as well as 25 A can open their retail stores without any hassle and as a result, their commercial as well as residential properly would be sold out with the best price packages. So, don’t wait and start your business of retail today in the city called Noida.

At times, the retail marketers are not able to get the appropriate facilities and hence end up by acquiring the wrong information from other people. Hence, it is very necessary to find the world class amenities like cleanliness so that your visitors feel happy to acquire your real estate facilities. Last, but not the least ensures that you approach for the facilities of that retail store which has good reputation in the industry and hence, fulfills the requirements of the retailers in the most proper manner.

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Chandlee and Sons Construction Company is an industrial, retail and commercial construction firm owned by Seth Chandlee, together with his business partner, Jim Chandlee. They have completed innumerable commercial construction projects throughout Atlanta that include ground-up construction, complete remodels and additions as well as site development.

Johns Creek Liquor was a commercial construction build-out of a new space located north of Atlanta. The owners had a very specific vision in mind when they chose Chandlee and Sons for their first commercial project. Seth and Jim were able to fulfill the vision of the owners within the targeted budget while incorporating the very best in interior finishes and quality construction.

Chandlee and Sons Construction completed a commercial construction project for MowTown USA in Fayetteville, south of Atlanta. The job was a build-out that included the owner’s corporate office with a warehouse that contained a showroom and a call center, as well as an employee bathrooms and a kitchen.

LaVista and Associates referred another commercial construction build-out project to the Chandlee team that was located in the Atlanta suburb of Lawrenceville. This was an exterior and interior tenant finish of 2,500 square feet for The Cup Cake People. Seth and Jim met the challenge of accommodating the owner’s need for a bakery facility by providing a state-of-the-art commercial kitchen as well as designing trendy, inviting retail display spaces.

Chandlee and Sons built-out three separate buildings in the development of John Wieland’s Braeburn Village in the community Crabapple north of Atlanta. This father and son construction company finished the corporate office building of SIMOS, the medical facility for Alpha Spine Center, and the professional office building of Crabapple Financial. Each building was finished with beautiful quality interiors that met the unique need of each type of business.

The Alpharetta Welcome Center and Visitor’s Bureau is another commercial construction project completed by Chandlee and Sons. This large project contained a mix of offices and public spaces with beautiful exterior areas. A second project located in Alpharetta that Jim and Seth finished was a build-out of two offices for the Belle Isle Law Group whose owner is the current mayor.

Chandlee and Sons was hired by a franchisee for Camp Bow Wow to build-out the exterior and interior of their retail space. The lobby, offices, washrooms, and dog grooming parlors as well as interior and exterior play spaces were constructed. This Atlanta area commercial construction firm also built-out the home office for Power Realty, and they are ready to take on your next project.

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Elizabeth M. Wingard

Founder, President & CEO

Ms. Wingard founded Corista with the goal of delivering a platform for physicians that would dramatically improve the delivery of pathology. With more than 25 years experience in business development, sales and marketing, Ms. Wingard has specialized in the introduction of innovative technologies for emerging markets. In previous positions, she was the key driver of growth for companies delivering technologies to Fortune 1000 companies in several industries, including healthcare, telecommunications, banking, and business process management. Ms. Wingard has built revenue streams of over $1B for the business ventures she’s led.

Prior to launching Corista, Ms. Wingard held senior executive positions in sales and business development for a wide range of technology–driven companies, including Op40, Vicorp, IBJ Schroder, Sprint and AT&T.

Ms. Wingard holds a BA and an MA from the University of Southern Mississippi.

Keith Kaplan, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Keith J. Kaplan, MD serves as the company’s Chief Medical Officer.  In this role, Dr. Kaplan contributes to both the development of Corista’s digital pathology platform, and to expanding the market awareness of how Corista’s platforms can materially improve the delivery of pathology while improving patient care.

Dr. Kaplan is board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology. A graduate of Michigan State University, and Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, Dr. Kaplan completed his residency training in anatomic and clinical pathology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC. While at Walter Reed, in conjunction with the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Dr. Kaplan founded and directed the Army Telepathology Program. This Program connected 25 hospitals internationally for consultation via telepathology

Dr. Kaplan was also with Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota as an Associate Professor of Pathology of Mayo Medical School. At Carolinas Health Systems in Charlotte, NC, Dr. Kaplan held the Pathology Informatics Chair as CIO of Pathology practice.

Dr. Kaplan currently serves as a member of the College of American Pathologists, American Society of Clinical Pathology and the American Society of Cytopathology as well as the American Pathology Foundation. He is an executive board member of the American Pathology Foundation. Dr. Kaplan is the publisher of tissuepathology.com, the industry’s leading pathology blog, and a contributor to Corista’s blog.

Eric Wirch

Chief Technology Officer & Managing Director

Mr. Wirch joined Corista in 2008 to lead Corista’s platform architecture and product development. Mr. Wirch is focused on creating image-centric solutions for complex workflow and information management issues, emphasizing architecture, scalability, security and system availability. He has over 20 years of experience in the design and implementation of distributed and cloud-based computer systems, primarily for video and imaging systems. Mr. Wirch has designed and deployed solutions for some of the leading companies in video distribution and personalization, including Sequencia Technologies, Gotuit Media (acquired by Digitalsmiths), SeaChange International, The Analytical Sciences Corporation, and Metasignal.

Mr. Wirch represents Corista on the DICOM standards committee. He holds 2 granted patents and several more on file.

Mr. Wirch holds a B.S. in Computer Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Robin Weisburger

Manager, Client Support Services

Robin Weisburger, with over 30 years’ experience in anatomic pathology, joined Corista in 2014 as the Manager of Customer Support Services. Most recently the practice manager of anatomic pathology at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Ms. Weisburger has substantial depth in implementing and managing large anatomic pathology laboratory systems.

While at Dartmouth, Robin placed a strong focus on quality systems management, which resulted in a high reduction of errors. She also drove the implementation of an automated block and slide labeling processes and single piece throughput work processes to improve specimen throughput. Since 2011, Ms. Weisburger was responsible for the management and implementation of a digital pathology program at DHMC, which brought the adoption of whole slide images for quality assurance purposes.

Ms. Weisburger has a master’s degree in organization and management from the Antioch University of New England Graduate School, and has completed the Tuck Executive Education Program for Section Chiefs and Practice Managers. She is a certified histotechnologist and a member of the Clinical Laboratory Management Association and the American Society of Clinical Pathologists.

David Spinale

VP, Business Development

David Spinale joined Corista’s leadership team with a focus on helping partners leverage the benefits of a cloud-based whole slide image collaboration platform, across all life science market segments. Mr. Spinale’s unique combination of experience in technology, marketing, business development, clinical operations, and operational leadership have positioned him to implement solutions that will change the face of healthcare delivery.

Mr. Spinale is passionate in his dedication to helping improve access to world-class medical expertise and cutting edge technologies. He has consulted with leading medical centers interested in establishing and expanding telehealth and second review programs. Prior to joining Corista, Mr. Spinale held key roles at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston Medical Center, lifeIMAGE, and, most recently, as VP of US Operations for Best Doctors.

Mr. Spinale holds a BS in management from Bridgewater State University and an MBA from Suffolk University.

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Richard Y. Wingard

Founder and Managing Director

Mr. Wingard has 25 years of experience in medical imaging and healthcare technologies. Mr. Wingard has held senior executive positions at Access Radiology Corporation, an early provider of tele-radiology platform services, Tel-Care Inc., Multimedia Medical Systems and Vidimedix Corporation. As the senior executive for Sprint’s Healthcare efforts, Mr. Wingard designed and developed Sprint’s healthcare technology capability, HANDS™, which set the standard for telemedicine and tele-radiology. Prior to joining Sprint, Mr. Wingard directed AT&T’s Healthcare Industry’s Sales and Marketing efforts.

Since 1999, Mr. Wingard has been CEO of Euclid Discoveries, focused on the development of advanced technologies to optimize the delivery of high definition video. Euclid’s proprietary video compression methodology and Intellectual Property provides an improved user experience together with access to high definition video content that has been traditionally restricted by bandwidth.

Mr. Wingard graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a BA degree in Psychology.

Charles P. Pace

Founder and Managing Director

Mr. Pace, Consulting Technologist for Euclid Discoveries, has authored nearly 90 worldwide patents in distributed systems, collaborative technologies, computer vision and image understanding. He is an expert technologist having developed innovative technologies in the areas of middleware, analytics, and compression technologies.

Mr. Pace’s experience includes leading mission-critical development efforts for large corporations such as Silknet (Kana), Sprint, and IBM, and building innovative technology platforms for emerging companies, including Euclid Discoveries and Op40.

Mr. Pace graduated from Clarkson University with dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics.

George Lauro

Board Member

Mr. Lauro has 25 years of experience as a technology entrepreneur, operating executive, and venture capitalist. He was Managing Director/Partner at Wasserstein Perella and was Managing Director at Techfarm Ventures in Silicon Valley. He opened and managed Wasserstein’s tech investing office in Palo Alto, led and syndicated 18 private equity financing rounds and PE control deals, raised over $100M equity financing for portfolio companies and completed M&A transactions exceeding $1B in combined value. He has been a member of the board of directors of 17 public and private companies and has served as Interim CEO.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Lauro was Director of Rapid Commercialization at IBM headquarters where he led a team that launched new businesses based on advanced technology from IBM Watson Research labs including Silicon Germanium (SiGe), Speech Recognition and pervasive computing. George began his career designing inertial guidance systems at MIT/Draper Lab and Astronautics Corp. He holds 23 patents in inertial guidance GPS and RF devices.

Mr. Lauro attended Brown (BSEE), the Wharton School (MBA) and MIT (graduate studies in Aeronautical Engineering).


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Field Hockey Shuts Out Keene State in LEC Semi-Finals

Field Hockey Shuts Out Keene State in LEC Semi-Finals

Nov. 5, 2010

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NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's field hockey team defeated visiting Keene State, 1-0, in a Little East Conference semi-final playoff match at Cressy Field Friday.

The first half of play featured back-and-forth play between both squads that resulted in a scoreless tie going into halftime. At the 46-minute mark of the contest, the Corsairs offense finally produced. Off a penalty corner attempt, sophomore Eleanor Taylor (Fairhaven, MA/Bishop Stang HS) fed the attempt to sophomore Taryn Cardiel (Moorpark, CA/Moorpark HS), who blasted a shot on goal, but the shot was redirected by senior Stephanie Kinchla (Falmouth, MA/Falmouth HS/Quinnipiac) past Owl senior goalkeeper Meghan Ledoux (Standish, ME/Bonny Eagle HS) into the upper right corner, giving the Corsairs a 1-0 lead. The Corsairs midfield play late in the game prevented scoring chances for Keene State, securing the 1-0 victory for UMass Dartmouth.

"I think we are a really tough team to beat twice, and we did the things we need to do tonight," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Nicole Castonguay. "We knew it would take one goal, we knew we had to deny shots from them and I have to give credit to their goalie, she's amazing," continued Castonguay. "We set ourselves up the right way during the regular season, and now we have to come out with a fresh mind and a fresh start for Sunday."

The Corsairs outshot the Owls, 15-6. Freshman goalkeeper Lauren O'Brien (Rochester, MA/Old Rochester Regional HS) made four saves for UMD, while Ledoux recorded nine saves for the Owls.

UMD improved to 14-7 with the victory, while Keene State finished their season at 16-5 with the defeat. UMass Dartmouth will return to action when they host Bridgewater State in the LEC championship match Sunday. The defeat was the final action of the season for Keene State.


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First they woke your mind… now START TO FEEL! From Cosmic Gate’s very first drumbeat through to ‘Start to Feel’ - their new convention-challenging long-player - they’ve proved to be the perfect alliance of musical minds. A by-chance meeting in a Cologne recording studio in the late-nineties set Nic Chagall and Bossi on the course to becoming Germany’s most successful and enduring electronic music duo. Their original productions have thrust them to the highest reaches of download charts & streaming lists, whilst their remixography has included everyone from scene legends like Armin van Buuren to revered Hollywood composers like James ‘Avatar’ Horner.

Nic & Bossi’s behind-decks-brotherhood has now created floor-frission at an uncountable number of countries. They’ve sold out arenas, conquered electronic music capitals, spun at a litany of major festivals and 10 years into their career became the highest climbers on DJ Mag’s Top 100 chart. Driven by their critically applauded albums, club-busting singles  (incl. ‘Not Enough Time’, ‘Body of Conflict’, The Theme, So Get Up and ‘Falling Back’) and scene-defining classics ‘Be Your Sound’, ‘Fire Wire’ and ‘Exploration of Space’, their place in electronic music’s hall of fame has long since been locked.

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the day ended

with lots of the things i love:

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panera’s fuji apple salad (how can you not love this combo: pecans, gorgonzola cheese, field greens, organic chicken, crispy apples = deliciousness)
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    Here it is my first comment!!

    You need to come to Boston so that we can take some cool pictures together!!!
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    i definitely need to come to boston again! maybe I can squeeze in a trip in june/july when it’s nice and warm? when are you coming here?!

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Bendy beaks give bigger bite for hummingbirds, as described in Nature vol 428, p615 and Nature Science Update 8 Apr 2004. Hummingbirds have long narrow beaks, well designed for feeding on flower nectar. However, hummingbirds also eat insects in order to get more protein in their diet. Most birds that feed on insects have short beaks that open wide – very different from hummingbirds. Gregor Yanega and Margaret Rubega of the University of Connecticut, filmed hummingbirds catching insects and noted that the birds are able to open their beaks wide by bending the outer half of their lower jaw downwards. This seems to be a unique specialty of hummingbirds, not seen in any other bird.

Editorial Comment: Hummingbirds have many unique features that make them good evidence for creation. The fact that hummingbirds use their flexible beak to eat insects today does not mean they were originally designed for that. A wider gape would enable them to eat other types of food, such as berries, in the original good world that God made, where all animals and birds ate plants. After Noah’s flood the environment was devastated and man, animals and birds were given permission to eat meat. (Ref. hummingbird, beak, diet)


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Fuel tax credits

what are fuel tax credits

If your business receives fuel tax credits for fuel on machinery, equipment or heavy vehicles, it's easy to record the amount using a journal entry .

Fuel tax credits are amounts you can claim for the fuel tax included in the price of fuel you acquire and use for your business activities.

If you’re eligible to claim, you'll need to find out the rate you can claim, and these rates vary depending on the fuel you use and your business activities.

Your business must be registered for both fuel tax credits and GST before you can claim fuel tax credits. For more information, see the ATO website .

To determine the amount of fuel tax credit you are eligible to claim for a given BAS period, you can perform a Find

transaction on the account - located at the bottom of any command centre.

The credit amount would normally be the net change in the account over your specified period.

The following BAS fields are used for fuel tax credits:

  • 7C (Fuel tax credit over claim) - This field is used to record fuel tax credits that may have been over-reported in previous periods
  • 7D - (Fuel tax credit) - This field is used to claim fuel tax credits

To activate these fields in BASlink, you'll want to select the I Claim Fuel Tax Credits option in the BAS Info window.

To automatically complete the fields in BASlink, all you need to do is link the fields to your applicable accounts.

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Have you ever visited or seen an abandoned amusement park or circus before?

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They seem to have a melancholic aura full of mystery. It’s easy to say that they can be a bit creepy at times, but the folklore and stories behind them tend to make them all the more intriguing. I was only fifteen when I had a first-hand experience of visiting such a place myself.

I had two thirteen year-old friends, Kevin and Lisa, who lived in a peaceful neighborhood and enjoyed reading about urban legends. They were raven-haired Caucasian twins with olive green eyes that were the exact same height: 5’8” ft. They informed me through a phone call about a carnival that was hosted in their local area. I didn't want my parents eavesdropping on my conversations again, so I told them I just wanted to pay my friends a visit. I went to their house and asked them why they were telling me this, since I didn’t really care much for festivities of the sort. "A pal of mine told me this carnival lasted for over twenty-seven days, but then it was closed down without a warning or reason. We didn't even know it existed until its closure was mentioned on the evening news." Lisa nodded with agreement, looking just about as baffled as her brother. I didn't pay much attention to television, unlike them; I usually got my fill of news through online articles. What confused me the most was that such an event would’ve already spread across many news websites around the internet, and I haven’t seen a single trace of the carnival’s closing on all of the news websites that I scoured.

Several thoughts ran through my mind as I processed this. Perhaps it was an underground operation that involved illegal activities, which is why the carnival never had publicity? Supernatural occurrences couldn’t have caused this, or else people would be talking about a haunted carnival…

“Hey, are you still here?” Lisa jokingly interjected. I stopped spacing out and let out an awkward chuckle.

“So… would you like to accompany us?” Kevin asked me. I was a bit confused, so I asked him where. “Well, the carnival, of course!” Lisa responded for him, as if the answer were obvious. They were out of their minds. Abandoned locations never really did faze Kevin and Lisa, despite the fact that they can be dangerous. I was reluctant at first, but I hesitantly agreed just so I could keep an eye on them. They told their parents to tell my parents that I was going to have a sleepover with them, and my parents approved. The twins weren’t troublemakers, so their parents trusted them enough to not have to monitor us throughout the whole sleepover.

We quietly left the house that night around 11 o’clock sharp, while Kevin and Lisa’s parents were asleep. Lisa knew of a shortcut through the woods by her neighbor’s backyard to get to the carnival. The flashlights we carried with us shined small, dim circles of light; it was very difficult to see in the dark, even if the three of us combined the beams of our near-useless flashlights. Dead autumn leaves littered the ground. Every sound I heard that wasn’t our footsteps or our breathing would put me on edge. We all stopped when we heard the creaking of wood. It sounded as if something heavy was bending a large tree branch above us. We wildly shined our flashlights in all directions, but nothing out of the ordinary was there. I strongly urged my friends to turn around and go home, but they insisted that we keep walking.

After about ten more minutes of continuous walking, we reached a large chain link fence that surrounded a parking as big as half of a football field. Above the entrance was a large yellow sign with a few missing and faded multi-color neon letters that read “CL__A’s CARNIVAL”. The main gate’s door was locked with a rusty old padlock that simply snapped in two when we kicked it enough times. The fence door was difficult to move, but it slowly opened with an ominous, metallic squeal that sounded like someone dragging their nails across a chalkboard. That made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. The desolate carnival was surrounded by the woods, keeping it somewhat secluded from the outside world. The pavement was cracked here and there, and the whole area looked overgrown with plants and grass as if it were neglected for years. Rides and stands had fallen into a state of disrepair, with rotting wooden planks and rusted metal rails in various places. The nagging feeling of dread that was in the pit of my stomach when Kevin, Lisa, and I were trudging through the woods became even more intense as we stepped through the gate.

I just couldn’t take it anymore. I turned to leave, but Kevin grabbed me by the arm. “Not yet,” he muttered. His eyes looked glazed over, as if he was in a trance. I struggled to free myself, but his grip only got tighter. Lisa seemed to purposefully ignore how strange Kevin was acting because she was looking directly at me with a blank stare, and didn’t do anything about it. I cursed under my breath and stopped struggling. Kevin relaxed his grip, and gave me a strange look. “Why do you look so frightened?” he asked, seeming to be puzzled by my reaction.

Lisa turned and looked at both of us as if she never saw what happened earlier. “Scared of a few rusty rides?” she joked as we continued walking around.

This wasn’t normal for the two of them to be acting like this. They’re treating this as if it’s another casual walk in the park, when danger could be lurking in the shadows. There could be hostile homeless people who hide here or maybe even a bear. I wasn’t exactly thinking straight myself; I just wanted to get the hell out of there. Carnivals had always kind of rubbed me the wrong way, and desolated ones just make things worse for my sanity and I…

“Look! A coin toss stand!” Kevin exclaimed excitedly, pointing at a worn down wooden stand. Behind the beige counter were several bottles, some on the floor and some still upright. I just shrugged, since there were so many other stands like that around there.

“What’s so special about that?” Lisa asked Kevin as he ran over to examine it. Kevin didn’t respond to Lisa, as if he was in his own little world. I was about to go over there to see what he was doing, when Lisa put her hand on one of my shoulders. “Not yet,” she muttered.

I was about to ask her why, when we were interrupted by the loud music of a carousel that was only a few yards behind us. Lisa and I turned to see that the nearly rusted ride was slowly spinning and fully functioning, save for a few dead light bulbs. When we looked back at the stand that Kevin was at, he was curled up on the ground next to the counter in a fetal position. He was completely expressionless, and didn’t utter a single sound as if he were in a trance.

“Kevin…?” Lisa’s voice quivered as she slowly walked up to her brother. His mouth was full of small pieces of glass, and he was tightly clutching a large shard from one of the broken bottles. Lisa tried to knock it out of his grip, but Kevin roughly kicked her away and began carving into his own chest. I just stood there, watching in utter shock. I wanted to try and stop him, but something kept me from moving my legs. It was like sleep paralysis, but I was wide awake. My mouth was ajar, but no scream came out. By the time Kevin stopped carving into himself, he had already bled so much that it would be too late to save him if he were rushed to the hospital. Lisa stood up with tears flowing down her face and looked down at Kevin, who began to laugh in an inexplicably raucous manner.

Capital letters that spelled out “CLARA” were carved into his chest. “Who the hell is Clara!?” Lisa desperately asked Kevin, who responded with nothing but harsh cackles and gargling coughs as blood seeped out of his mouth. He shakily gestured toward a broken old target practice stand just a few feet by the carousel, which was still spinning with its loudly upbeat calliope music. The stand had just a single shelf with two wooden circular targets painted red and white, with a few old and broken bottles lying around here and there. The counter was completely covered with a large old tablecloth that was a dark shade of mahogany. I could’ve sworn I saw the dark silhouette of someone standing behind that counter. I hastily rubbed my eyes with my hands, and the silhouette was gone.

“Is this a freaking joke!?” I yelled at Kevin, but he had already perished; a morbid smile was the last facial expression he made.

Lisa and I slowly walked to the red stand that Kevin directed us to. She wasn’t going to leave this place until she found out what had pushed Kevin to commit such gruesome acts. When we walked up to the counter of the stand, the carousel’s music abruptly stopped playing and the ride itself came to a grating halt. Everything was dead silent once more, until I was startled by the sound of glass shattering underneath of the counter. I’ve had enough of carnival shenanigans, so I turned to run when a hand reached out from underneath the counter and grabbed my ankle. The hand began pulling backwards on my ankle, and I fell forward, landing painfully on the palms of my hands before being pulled under the tablecloth. I don’t remember much from that point, except for the fact that all I saw was darkness and all I heard was Lisa’s screams of terror.

About three hours later, I woke up next to Lisa behind the counter of the stand. She was laying face-down on the ground. I tried to shake her awake, but received no response. I continued shaking her until she rolled over to reveal a grinning mouth full of glass shards and the name “CLARA” carved into her chest. She wasn’t holding the piece of glass, this time; it was me. I dropped the glass shard in utter disbelief and stood up, shaking my head in disgust. I felt like I was in a nightmare that just wouldn’t end. I slowly stepped back, and I had the sick feeling that I bumped into someone. I didn’t want to turn around to see who it was, but I did so anyway out of sheer curiosity.

What I saw was something that would remain burned into my mind for several more years to come. It was a tall, pale-skinned woman with dark mustard yellow eyes and grotesquely sharp, piranha-like teeth grinning down at me. Her mouth and long, pointy nose were painted with red face paint; and there were small dark blue triangles painted around her eyes. Her pointed ears made her look like a creature of folklore, and her sloppily combed mahogany hair had an oily sheen that clearly reflected the full moon’s dim light. There were white gloves on her thin, spider-like hands, and she wore faded red clothes with the typical frills and eccentric red and white striped stockings one would see on someone who once worked at a circus.

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Her sudden appearance made my heart sink to the very pit of my stomach. I absolutely hated clowns. It was a childhood incident that forever changed my opinion of those creepy bastards. What disturbed me most was when she held out a hand towards me. In the palm of her hand was a piece of caramel candy with little shards of glass protruding from all sides. She leaned over to me and whispered, “Welcome to my carnival.”

I turned and sprinted as fast as I could. All I heard behind me were the echoing guffaws of that freaking clown. She just stood there and laughed at me as I ran far away from her. My head was spinning as I made it through the gate and into the trees. The only word that I could think about was “CLARA”. I wasn’t paying much attention while I was running; I just wanted to get away from that carnival. I soon paid for that when I tripped over a thick tree root and hit my head on a large rock on the ground.

The next morning, I woke up back in Kevin and Lisa’s house around 11 AM. I had apparently been sleeping on the sofa of the living room. I felt like I was having an intense migraine the minute I sat up. I don’t know remember how I returned, but I let out a short sigh of relief because I had finally made it back to the house. I looked around and noticed that one of the windows next to the front door of the house was broken in one corner, and the front door itself was unlocked.

Damn it. I thought I slept through a robbery!?

I quickly got up off the sofa and ran upstairs to alert my friends’ parents about the potential robbery. When I opened the door to their bedroom, I saw that they were still asleep. I noticed that they were lying peculiarly still; it was as if they weren’t breathing. I pulled off the covers and a small gasp escaped my mouth. They were just two life-sized mannequins with hideously painted smiling faces. I checked under the bed, but there were only old dusty books and boxes under there. I also looked around inside the bathroom, but nobody was found. A familiar feeling of dread arose within me as I went to go check their closet, and I shut my eyes as I slowly opened the door. When I opened my eyes, I was greeted by nothing but clothing and shoes. I went to check the other rooms down the hall, thinking this was all just one big prank. As expected, I found no trace of Kevin and Lisa’s parents. I went back downstairs and began searching the rest of the house.

By this time, I was desperate for answers. Why did my friends die in that forsaken place, but not me? Why is the house getting broken into now, after all these years?

That was when I heard the small TV in the laundry room turn on. There wasn’t static, but there weren’t any channels playing either. All I heard was music, familiar calliope music. I walked to the laundry room to see that the small chunky CRT television in the corner displaying nothing but blankness on its screen. I turned off the television, and the music stopped playing; only to resume playing on the living room’s flat screen TV. Letting out an exasperated sigh, I turned to get out of the laundry room when a faint, metallic, somewhat fishy smell wafted to my nose. It was coming from the washer and dryer.

I went to open the washing machine’s lid first. A horrendous odor hit me like a brick to the nose and filled the room with the stench of something rotten. It was hard to breathe in there, even when I wasn’t covering half of my face with my own shirt. The same smell came from the dryer when I opened it as well. That smell was the rotting blood of Kevin and Lisa’s parents. The mother and father were respectively stuffed into the washer and dryer in mangled fetal positions. Small glass shards protruded from their mouths, with gut-wrenchingly hideous Glasgow smiles carved into their faces. Underneath the lids of the washer and dryer was the name “CLARA” finger-painted in their blood. I got out of there as fast as I could and slammed the door.

There she was again, standing perfectly still in the middle of the living room and staring at me with wide, bulging eyes. That wretched clown from the carnival just wanted to torment the living hell out of me. Her twitchy fingertips were stained dark red with blood. “C-Clara…?” I stuttered. She nodded, her morbid grin widening in an almost inhuman manner. “Did you like my game?” she asked with a fit of maniacal laughter.

I turned and made a mad dash for the backdoor in the kitchen. By the sound of her footsteps, I knew she was close behind me. There was no fence in the backyard, so I had to make do with twisting and turning around cars and houses to try and lose her. I had finally managed to get away from her after dodging around various obstacles. I walked to the nearest payphone and called my parents so they could come pick me up. The dial tone seemed to continue forever, and nobody answered the home phone. After the 10th call, someone finally picked up. “Hello…?” My voice sounded feeble and cracked like the voice of a scared child. A raspy young woman’s voice answered after a few seconds of silence:

“Welcome to my carnival. The games will never end.”

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Not too long ago, around mid-November 2011, Konami had finished work on a title known as “Escape from Merrywood”. This particular game was more of an experiment in design and advertising rather than a triple-A project, not given any advertising or knowledge to press of any sort, and initially only released in a few locations as a test release.

Due to the minimal cost of its development, such an experiment was not at all costly… at first. The game, released on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 (no Wii version, for reasons that will soon be obvious), only in a few select GameStop stores peppered throughout the states of Massachusetts and Maine, included with a special code to be entered into their website, which would allow direct feedback to the marketing and PR departments.

The experiment was an overwhelming failure, out of the feedback given, approximately ninety-eight percent of the people who bought and finished it were extremely negative, and in some cases violently angry.

As damage control, the game was pulled from shelves, a complete product recall issued that would return the customers’ money at double retail price, as well as hefty donations given to the stores and employees to keep quiet about it, the game stricken from any records and those involved in its development were even given bribes or threats of termination as a gag order.

Of course, any attempts to ask Konami about the game will just get you denials and sent across phone trees until you give up. That’s why I’m the one willing to talk about the game; I never gave up my copy for the recall, and thus have not received any sort of silencing bribe, leaving me free to speak as I wish.

Feedback on the game’s content notwithstanding, the marketing for Escape from Merrywood was absolutely brilliant, being that there was none at all. Not a word of it had ever reached me before finding it sitting on the shelves of my local GameStop. What caught my eye though, more than anything, was the box-art, which looked like a chalkboard with a scribble of a weird, human like creature on it, like a jointed stick figure, though one arm was bloated and claw-like.

This creature was the only thing on the box, not even a title across the top, nor on the spine, hell the price tag hadn’t even been put on it. Curiosity gripped me like a vice, not knowing what the game was about, or even called, sent me right to the counter with it in hand, forking over my sixty dollars and jetting home as fast as possible.

Starting up the game would be the standard affair, Konami logo and all that, leading to a rather nice menu screen, keeping the chalkboard motif that was on the cover. There aren’t many options to choose from, being a single player only game, you really only have new game, load and options.

After selecting New Game, you are immediately thrown into the game after a short, rather haunting jingle. The first thing the player would notice is the beautiful, surreal, and rather terrifying graphics style, everything looking as if it were drawn with crayons, the player lost in a forest of black and green, the night sky depicted in red.

The second thing one would notice is that white creature from the box right in front of them... and charging with a horrific scream. Such an abrupt beginning led to quite a few players dying immediately, as being touched by that creature results in a brutal mauling, made even worse by the game first-person perspective.

What you are supposed to do is actually quite clear if the shock of the creature doesn’t paralyze you, simply turn and flee. The character’s sprint, while not unlimited, is swift enough to carry the play for a good thirty seconds or so, and they will eventually come across a village of poorly drawn huts and stick figures.

Upon reaching this village, the creatures stops chasing the player, and can be heard lazily walking away back into the darkness, its heavy thumping footsteps slowly receding, while the player’s character collapses from exhaustion and the screen fades to black, thankfully the game auto-saves at this point.

When the player regains control, the time of day will have shifted to morning, the red sky now a pleasant blue, the childishly drawn sun having a smile on it even. Walking around the village, the stick figure people will inform the player that the creature is known as “Merry”, a guardian of sorts who seems to enforce a curfew on the villages of the forest, attacking anyone who leaves their homes at night, or tries to leave the forest entirely. From here, the player is given quite a bit of freedom, able to buy a sword and even a handgun from the village, and go off into the woods.

I admit, the first time I went out of the village during the day, I nearly had a heart attack, as I encountered Merry almost immediately. Thankfully, when the sun is up, Merry will not harm the player, and even chat with them.

“The sun is so nice! Don’t look directly at it though!” he’d chirp, all the voices in the game being garbled gibberish. Mostly, Merry’s dialogue is either exclamations of how nice the day is, how cute the animals are, or generic advice one would give to a child, such as, “Don’t talk to strangers!”

While he is pleasant, for lack of a better word, the player is advised to not attack Merry in anyway, as he turns immediately hostile, and is completely invincible to damage. Getting hit by his massive claw arm results in a rather piercing scream from the player character, as well as the screen starting to rip as if it were paper being clawed at by a bear, until being entirely sliced to ribbons and falling away, replaced with, “yOu Are DeAD”, a sad face emoticon, and an option to continue or quit.

However, as long as you do not attack Merry, attempt to go past a certain boundary on the map (helpfully outlined with red), or leave a village at nighttime, the player can pretty much ignore him, though they may also talk to him to get new dialogue, which will be explained later.

Upon reaching the second village, either by following the map or simply wandering about, the player character will come to learn that Merry is indeed invincible, and can only be killed by any damage he inflicts upon his self. The player will also be laughed at for asking the likelihood of Merry committing suicide, as he is, “The happiest thing alive.”

In case that last sentence didn’t hit you like the brick it is, let me spell it out for you; the objective of this game is to escape the woods, by finding a way to make “the happiest thing alive” kill itself.

From here on, the player’s duty is to wander the woods, searching for any “artifacts” scattered around, as well as searching for things called, “Merry’s happiness shrines”, which are crudely made altars adorned with flowers, trinkets, and even candies.

The player finds these altars, and must destroy them with complete and utter malice, smashing them, ripping the flowers apart, stomping on the sweets, etc. Along the way, they’ll have regular enemy encounters, mostly hostile wildlife, bandits with knives, and these strange guys called “Occymen”, who carry handguns (and tend to be rather annoying surprises when you get shot in the back).

In addition to breaking these altars, the player is encouraged to observe Merry, see which animals he’s taking a liking to, or what items he seems fond of, and either killing/destroying them while he is an away, or finding a way to do so right in front of him without being seen.

This is where Merry’s additional dialogue comes in, talking to him after breaking a few altars will have him talk about, “An unfortunate accident”, but the more the player does to wreck his emotional state, the worse the dialogue gets, to the point of Merry flat out saying things like, “Please leave me alone…”

Eventually, the player will come across the items necessary to complete the game, a teddy bear, a faded photograph, and a lighter. Once the player has these, they may confront Merry by trying to leave the forest, and waiting for him to come charging at them as always.

This time however, instead of being killed (which in the case of attempted escape would be instant-death via cut-scene), a quick time even will appear labeled “Present Teddy”. Upon doing this Merry will stop in his tracks, angrily ranting about how he’s started to suspect you were the one doing these awful things to him.

If you wait too long, Merry will attack and kill you, so instead, the player has to ignore his ranting and press the attack button, which will lead the character to rip off the teddy bear’s head. Merry will screech in an agonized fashion, his angry rant turning to one of a child whose pet just died, and from this point, he will not attack.

The player must continue pressing the attack button, the sequence of events following being throwing the teddy bear to the ground, taking out the photo, setting it on fire, and tossing the flaming photo onto the ripped teddy bear.

The entire time, Merry will be screaming, sobbing, saying how he, “Just wanted to make you happy!” but the player is to ignore this and continue pressing the button, which will lead to the character screaming insults, telling Merry nobody likes him, that he’d be better off dead, and flat out telling him to kill himself, and the last few lines simply being, “Do it!” repeated again and again.

After a painfully long time telling this creature to die, the weapon select menu will appear on screen, though the option “Equip” is replaced with “Offer”. From here, the player can choose anything, giving Merry a sword will lead to him stabbing himself repeatedly, giving him a handgun, he shoots himself in the head, giving him nothing, he runs into a pack of nearby wolves and lets them devour him.

The most painful to watch though, is giving him a shotgun, where the beast will clumsily fumble with it until the barrel is in his mouth, and pull the trigger with his normal hand.

Regardless of your choice though, the instant Merry falls dead, the music comes to a halt, and the graphics suddenly change, going from the crude crayon look to sudden realism.

The perspective remains in first person as the player character steps over something that can’t be seen, and calmly exits the forest, stepping out of the woods onto a highway where a beat up, old truck is waiting.

This entire time, only the sounds of footsteps, the opening of the truck's door, and the starting of its engine are heard as the player character begins to drive off, the game ending with a sudden cut to black, no credits, and booting the player back to the main menu...

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Europe's economy stares at weak recovery

Europe's economic recovery will fail to gain any real momentum this year, according to the European Commission, as the unprecedented stimulus begins to wear off.

Published: 11:34AM GMT 25 Feb 2010

In its semi-annual set of forecasts for the eurozone, the Commission predicted that the region's gross domestic product will see growth of 0.2pc in the first, second and third quarters of the year before the pace increases to 0.3pc in the final three months.

“With many of the driving forces being still temporary in the EU and globally, the robustness of the recovery is yet to be tested,” the Commission said. Global indicators are “encouraging in the short term,” but uncertainty “remains abundant,” it added.

The forecasts come against an increasingly fraught backdrop for European Monetary Union, which is facing the severest test in its history. The euro has fallen 6pc so far against the dollar this year as fears about Greece's ability to repay its debts cast a shadow over the whole eurozone.

"The recovery is going to be characterised by extraordinarily weak consumer demand," James Nixon, co-chief European economist at Societe Generale, told Bloomberg. "We're still looking at positive growth figures, but they won't be very big."

Germany's recovery unexpectedly stalled in the final three months of 2009 and the Commission is predicting another flat three months this quarter. According to the forecasts, Europe's largest economy will then expand 0.3pc in the next two quarters.

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Hero Honda deny buying stake in IPL Franchise Kings XI

Last updated on: February 10, 2010 16:07 IST

Two-wheeler giants and IPL associate sponsors Hero Honda on Wednesday rubbished media reports, which claimed that they have bought stake in Indian Premier League franchise Kings XI Punjab.

The company said categorically that such a move was never discussed at any level.

"The current media reports about Hero Honda buying stake in Kings XI Punjab is completely baseless and untrue. We have not had any discussion in this regard either," Hero Honda, world's largest two manufacturers, said in a statement.

Media reports claimed that Hero Honda have bought stake in Bollywood star Preity Zinta co-owned Kings XI Punjab.

The Hero Honda also asserted that their association with the BCCI-floated IPL and Delhi Daredevils, one of the eight franchises in the Twenty20 competition, continue to be the same.

"Hero Honda's association with IPL as an associate sponsor and the main team sponsor of Delhi Daredevils team remain unchanged," they said in statement.

Meanwhile, the Kings XI Punjab has also dismissed the reported buy out.

"Hero Honda has not bought KXIP. The promoters of Kings XI Punjab firmly deny the speculative reportage in the media on their stake sale," a statement by the Kings XI Punjab said.

"At the time of the release of this statement, Kings XI Punjab continues to be co-owned by a consortium which includes, Industrialists Mohit & Gaurav Burman, Karan Paul, Ness Wadia and leading Indian actor Preity Zinta," the statement added.

The third edition of the IPL will begin on March 12 with opening match between reigning champions Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad.

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Dear Parents,

The following packet of information contains the details of the registration information for North Hunterdon High School for 8th Graders. The first step in the process is to send North Hunterdon the demographic information of all the students. This will be done automatically, unless you wish not to have the information shared electronically. If that is the case, please submit the form included below by Monday, November 14, 2016 to CTMS. Be sure to use your child's full legal name.

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Dr. Louis Rice discusses the rise of unstoppable germs

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Drug options are dwindling for doctors to treat certain types of infection.

The biggest challenges come from evolution, science and economic factors that hinder the technology behind drug development.

Dr. Louis Rice, Chief of the medical service at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center and professor at Case Western Reserve University discusses the growing threat of antibiotics.

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A minor-league pitcher in his younger days, Richard Armbruster kept playing baseball recreationally into his 70s, until his right hip started bothering him. Last February he went to a St. Louis hospital for what was to be a routine hip replacement.

By late March, Mr. Armbruster, then 78, was dead. After a series of postsurgical complications, the final blow was a bloodstream infection that sent him into shock and resisted treatment with antibiotics.

“Never in my wildest dreams did I think my dad would walk in for a hip replacement and be dead two months later,” said Amy Fix, one of his daughters.

Not until the day Mr. Armbruster died did a laboratory culture identify the organism that had infected him: Acinetobacter baumannii.

The germ is one of a category of bacteria that by some estimates are already killing tens of thousands of hospital patients each year. While the organisms do not receive as much attention as the one known as MRSA — for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus — some infectious-disease specialists say they could emerge as a bigger threat.

That is because there are several drugs, including some approved in the last few years, that can treat MRSA. But for a combination of business reasons and scientific challenges, the pharmaceuticals industry is pursuing very few drugs for Acinetobacter and other organisms of its type, known as Gram-negative bacteria. Meanwhile, the germs are evolving and becoming ever more immune to existing antibiotics.

In many respects it’s far worse than MRSA,” said Dr. Louis B. Rice, an infectious-disease specialist at the Louis Stokes Cleveland V.A. Medical Center and at Case Western Reserve University. “There are strains out there, and they are becoming more and more common, that are resistant to virtually every antibiotic we have.”

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Brukus Boot Shield And Exhaust Protector

The cure for preventing your expensive riding boot/shoe from melting on the hot exhaust pipe and your pipe to be ruined by the ugly and difficult to remove burned rubber marks of such encounter. Not only it will save you money (pipe & shoe) and time cleaning the mess, but this shield is quite good looking and a part that you will not be ashamed to install on your bike. The face of the Boot Shield is approximately 10 inches long by 2 inches high and is curved on the rear side to guide your boot away from the pipe.

This custom-designed Boot Shield is made out of light-weight aluminum, comes in 3 different coatings (Chrome, Gloss Black Powder Coat and Matte Black Powder Coat), and install in 5 minutes using the same hardware as your Harley-Davidson right stock floor board (all HD floor board models except Screaming Eagle).Retailing for $64.05. At Brukus Boot Shield 843–822–6582.

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  1. 1 Brian Eller Jun 9th, 2012 at 9:11 am

  2. 2 Rogue Jun 10th, 2012 at 7:25 am

    Seems Pricey.
    There are numerous variations of this available and similar items can be made by anyone.

  3. 3 Sollis Jun 10th, 2012 at 4:03 pm

    Bikers split lane ride with no helmet but need to protect they booths and exhaust LOL

  4. 4 Kroeter Jun 11th, 2012 at 9:13 am

    “Boot” shield?. . . .I took a 400-mile car ride this weekend and most Harley riders I saw were wearing sneakers and flip-flops. Yikes!

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    Pricey? What isn’t these days. Looks like a good product.

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“Good luck trying to pry my terrible towel from my cold dead hands..”

First, thanks for taking the time to read your emails.  In today’s society, it is unusual and well appreciated by your fans.  I am a long time listener, but never took the effort the reach out.  Seems the passion to respond to any of your commentary usually fades with the busyness of the work day.  Anyway, your Pittsburgh fan comment this morning really hit home so I thought I would offer a little insight.

As a lifelong Steelers fan who has many friends who are also Steelers fans, I can tell you those from or living in Pittsburgh are die hard Penguins and Pirates fans also.  For a small market town, Pittsburgh is a great sports city with a very loyal, knowledgeable, vocal fan base.  While usually the first to complain about how poorly the teams performed, even when they are winning, they are loyal through and through to the black and gold no matter what the sport.  Although before the 1979 Championship for the Steelers and Pirates the Penguins wore blue.

My story is a bit different.  Growing up in Rockville, Maryland, yes Rockville, the home of your broadcast studios but I will save the nostalgia for another email, my family was from the Pittsburgh area so despite having local teams like the Redskins and players like Sonny J., I grew up a Steelers, Pirates and Penguins fan. There was no hockey or baseball in DC and to be honest, the Penguins idea was just a tag on as it was really tough at that time to get Penguins news pre-internet and cable TV.  About all you had was the box score in the Washington Star.  That was actually a bummer because I loved hockey growing up and spent time reading anything I could about the greats of the game like Bobby Orr and others.  When the expansion team Capitals started in the 70’s, I was like a kid in the candy store.  Finally, home town hockey, and I spent many a night with my Mom and older brother in $4.50 seats at the top of the Cap Center watching them get killed by the Bruins, Flyers and just about everyone else.  The place would go crazy when the just scored a single goal. The Esposito’s playing for the Habs, Gordy Howe and his two sons playing for the Hartford Whalers made for great memories.  It was a fun time and to this day, despite having my May evenings off from hockey, I am a Caps fan.  As for baseball, getting cable TV in the early 80’s changed all that.  It was tough not to move over to the Orioles when you could watch them every night.  This was made even harder when I began dating and eventually married a lifelong Orioles fan from Hartford County.  My love of the Orioles was cemented with season tickets to Memorial Stadium that then transferred to Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Watching Cal tie the record in person, and even watching attendance plummet under the mismanagement of current ownership.

Anyway, I go on to long for a short answer to the question today.  I can say though that while my baseball and hockey allegiance has changed from my youth, good luck trying to pry my terrible towel from my cold dead hands when the time comes.  Thanks for listening and keep up the great work.

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  1. I didn’t hear the Pittsburgh comments (I am on podcast delay) but I can relate my journey to Pittsburgh fandom. I grew up in the South 500+ miles from any professional sports teams. Most summers we visited my Pittsburgh where I had a bunch of aunts, uncles, cousins, etc., so I adopted the Steelers, Pirates and Penguins as my go to teams.

    I have always followed the Steelers closely, mainly because football is my #1 sport and honestly, a long track record of success makes it pretty easy. I watch all Steeler games and also a lot of football games in general. It’s the sport I know the most about and I have more Steeler gear that anything else.

    My biggest sports heartbreak is Sid Bream safe at home. I was at games 4&5 of the NLCS and had World Series tickets if the Pirates made it (growing up my family didn’t go to pro game). When they went into a twenty year funk I didn’t jump to another team but I did check out of baseball for a long time. I am very knowledgeable about the Pirates and I have a good knowledge of their division. I have a fair amount of Pirate gear.

    I have always been a casual hockey fan and I usually tune in for Penguin playoff games. Once they are out I am pretty much done with hockey for the year. I always root for the Pens when they play the Caps and I have seen many of those daggers on TV throughout the years. Other than that I would be happy for the Caps fans if they won a Stanley Cup because they have a core group of fans that have been there through the lean years as well as the good years. . I don’t have much Penguins stuff because I would feel like a bit of a poser/band wagoner.

    I love visiting Pittsburgh and hitting Primanti Bros for a sandwich and taking in a game. I wish I could do it more. I think they have a great football stadium and PNC Park is the best stadium in baseball. Like I said, I haven’t heard Czabe’s comments yet but I hope he don’t think we’re all a bunch of jagoffs.

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Thursday, March 19, 2009

The White House Vegetable Garden

I hope this starts a trend. Sustainable lifestyles are healthy lifestyles.

On Friday, Michelle Obama will begin digging up a patch of White House lawn to plant a vegetable garden, the first since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden in World War II. There will be no beets (the president doesn’t like them) but arugula will make the cut.

While the organic garden will provide food for the first family’s meals and formal dinners, its most important role, Mrs. Obama said, will be to educate children about healthful, locally grown fruit and vegetables at time when obesity has become a national concern.

In an interview in her office, Mrs. Obama said, “My hope is that through children, they will begin to educate their families and that will, in turn, begin to educate our communities.”

I love the symbolism. Throughout the Presidential campaign we heard various candidates, including Obama, state that we have a disease care system, not a health care system. That's not just a function of a lack of preventive care, but the way in which Americans live and eat. In low-income communities fresh produce is often not even available. But we can plant community gardens, in a large swath of land offered by municipalities (I'm quite certain that there are a few vacant lots out there) or in individual homes. And we can move our children and ourselves to better food options. And we can, by taking that responsibility, reduce the need for the exorbitant external costs associated with obesity.

This has inspired me. I currently don't have the space for a garden, but I've been meaning to get one of those small planters on rollers to grow a few crops. Thanks, Michelle.

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$200bn Scam: EFCC seals off Abuja office of company that sold Lt. Buratai his Dubai properties

As part of the ongoing probe of the laundering of over $200billion loot in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by former political office holders, operatives of the EFCC today, July 13th 2016, stormed the office of a Dubai property firm, The First Group Company, in Abuja.
According to Sahara Reporters, the real estate development company located on the seventh floor of the Bank of Industry building of the Central Business District, Abuja, is same one featured in its investigations into the alleged properties belonging to Army Chief of Staff Tukur Buratai.
The EFCC team raided the companyâ€™s seventh-floor office after obtaining a search warrant. The company is also being investigated for allegedly defrauding unsuspecting Nigerians by luring them to invest in real estate in Dubai. A prominent Nigerian is alleged to have lost about $402, 000 in a phony real estate transaction with the company.
Sources from the EFCC have told SaharaReporters that The First Group scammed Nigerians out of more than $200 billion. Investigations by the EFCC also revealed that the company known as TFG Real Estate Limited, which operates in Nigeria, is fronting as The First Group company which according to sources is based in Dubai and not registered in Nigeria.
The First Group, which operates as a Ponzi scheme, entices Nigerians to invest in Dubai properties and forces them to make payments. When they can no longer service those payments the company seizes their money.


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When Indian officials are pressed about their failed policies, they typically talk about their nation’s fundamentals still being sound. Most observers (even most critics) accept this, but what if India’s fundamentals were, in fact, deteriorating?

Recent policy failures have expanded to include a long delay in the Land Titling Bill. Land rights lie at the heart of India’s economic development, and the implications of this delay are profound and disturbing.

Last week, Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh acknowledged that the federal government would, again, decline to put forward a piece of legislation. According to Ramesh, the Land Titling Bill is 25 years in the making but will still require 10 more. (And Ramesh is an advocate of the bill.)

Most foreigners—and many Indians—do not fully understand how weak India’s land rights are. Ownership of huge portions of the country have been contested since independence, and they will now apparently remain so for at least another decade.

Even when land is properly titled, ownership is limited to what the state doesn’t grab—water, timber, coal, and so on. Land transactions are therefore political in nature rather than commercial. When disputes occur, either the state is immediately involved or it must try, and often fail, to resolve them.

Indians largely take this as the normal state of affairs. But it is normal only in poor countries—both now and historically.

The initial economic development of any area is due almost entirely to agricultural productivity. More efficiency on the farm raises income and enables extra workers to join manufacturing and services. The key to productivity, in turn, is ownership.

Ownership induces farmers to work harder and smarter and draws the most capable people to the land. It is no coincidence that countries developed first where ownership rights are best protected. China grudgingly and partially accepted this in the late 1970s and took off thereafter.

India has been unable to follow. It is almost incomprehensible, but Indian agricultural productivity may actually be dropping. This is why it has been so difficult to make a dent in poverty, even with fast growth.

And it all comes back to decades of refusing to take on the political challenge of establishing clear rights to land. The latest refusal ensures more years of development failure.