Watch LOST Season 5 Episode 7 Online Free. LOST S05E07 is entitled The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham. The full episode will be aired on ABC this Wednesday. Those who left the island (minus Aaron) got onboard Flight 316 to head back to the island in Lost Season 5 Episode 6.
A group of people have found someone, a man wearing a suit. It’s John Locke. He wants to see the passenger list of the plane that brought them there. Nobody remembers him being on the plane, but he doesn’t remember being on it either. What he does remember is that he died and that the suit is what he was going to be buried in.
Now that that’s done with, it’s time for him to wake up in Tunisia. A truck drives up to him, and some men grab him to take him to a hospital. The doctors reset his leg. When he wakes up, he’s greeted by somebody he doesn’t know, who met him when he was 17. It’s Charles Widmore. Locke looks exactly the same since it’s only been 4 days, but Widmore’s an old man now. Widmore was the leader of the others, who protected the island peacefully until he was exiled by Ben. He wants him to bring the ones who left back. Either he gets back to the island in time for the coming war, or the wrong side will win.
Jeremy Bentham was a British philosopher. Now he’s Locke’s new identity. Charles wants Locke to believe that he’s special and should be the one in charge, which is why he sent the boat with all the C4 to get rid of Ben. He denies that the only way is for Locke to die. His driver will take him to the airport where he will head for Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.
Sayid’s there when he arrives. He doesn’t want to go back and wants to know who’s manipulating John (considering Sayid was manipulated by Ben for two years). Because he left the island, he was able to spend the best 9 months of his life with the woman he loved.
Then it’s off to New York, where he sees Walt, who’s not surprised to see him. He says he just wanted to make sure he was okay. Locke’s not worried. If he convinces one, the rest will follow. Ben’s there as well, watching in the shadows.
Next stop Santa Rosa, CA to visit Hurley, who greets him by asking him about how he didn’t make it. He may be in a wheelchair, but he’s not dead. Yet. He gets a second opinion to make sure he’s talking to a dude in a wheelchair. Hugo’s paranoid by the sight of the driver, who he thinks is evil, abruptly ending their conversation.
Locke remembers. His driver was an orderly in the hospital, and he’s the one who convinced him to go on that walkabout, which led him to the plane crash and the island. He helps people get to where they need to.
Kate refuses to return to the island, regardless of the consequences. After their discussion about whether he’s loved anyone, he insists he needs to get to Helen. So they go to a graveyard in Santa Monica. She’s where she’s supposed to be, but he’s supposed to be back on the island.
Thanks to a stray bullet, Locke is forced to hop in the driver’s seat and flee. After the ensuing car wreck, he wakes up in a hospital again, this time with Jack by his side, since he was brought into his hospital. Perhaps he’ll go back with him. Locke’s theory is that someone was trying to kill him to prevent him from succeeding. Jack calls him delusional and walks out. At least he tries to walk out until he’s told his father said hello. By process of elimination, it must be Jack’s father anyway. Still, Jack just wants to be left alone.
That night, John decides he’s going to die one way or another. As he’s about to hang himself, there’s a knock on the door. It’s Ben. He has a man watching everybody to keep them safe. He was the one who shot the driver, and he says that Widmore’s just a user. He tells him that Jack booked a plane ticket to Sydney, and if he got Jack, he can get the rest of them as well. John can’t die because he’s got too much work to do.
Locke knows where to go. They have to see Elouise. Ben knows her. With that, having just talked Locke out of killing himself, he turns it into a homicide instead, which he later rigs to look like a suicide.
Caesar, who seems to be the leader of the group of people that found Locke at the beginning of the episode, wants to know how the big guy with curly hair disappeared before his eyes. John wants some help finding his friends and thinks he knows how he got there. The pilot took the passenger list when he took off, but everybody is accounted for, except for the people who got hurt. That would include the man who killed him.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Home Style Cordless Bug Zapper
Home Style Cordless Bug Zapper. If you have ever suffered the annoyance of some insects while in your outdoor living area, the Home Style Cordless Bug Zapper may just be for you. The Home Style Outdoor Living Bug Zapper runs on a rechargeable battery, or if you are near a power outlet on an AC adapter giving you uninterrupted use.
There are quite a few alternatives to bug zappers such as this, like scented candles. However, the Home Style Cordless Bug Zapper is on sale today at Woot.com for just $17.99 plus $5 shipping.
There is debate over whether bug zappers actually just attract more bugs to your garden or whether they are actually beneficial, but you will need to make your mind up on that. If you are however looking to purchase The Home Style Cordless Bug Zapper, head over to Woot.com for today only.
In my opinion, insect repellent works just as well, but sometimes that can be a pain to have to apply when all you want to do is entertain.
There are quite a few alternatives to bug zappers such as this, like scented candles. However, the Home Style Cordless Bug Zapper is on sale today at Woot.com for just $17.99 plus $5 shipping.
There is debate over whether bug zappers actually just attract more bugs to your garden or whether they are actually beneficial, but you will need to make your mind up on that. If you are however looking to purchase The Home Style Cordless Bug Zapper, head over to Woot.com for today only.
In my opinion, insect repellent works just as well, but sometimes that can be a pain to have to apply when all you want to do is entertain.
Portugese Water Dog
Word on the street suggests that the Obamas are leaning toward making a Portuguese water dog the new First Pet.First lady Michelle Obama tells People that a rescued Portuguese water dog will join the White House in April after the first daughters, Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10, return from spring break. The first lady said Sasha couldn't wait. "So Sasha says, 'April 1st.' I said, 'April.' She says, 'April 1st.' It's like, April!" Mrs. Obama said the family was having naming issues. "Oh, the names are really bad. I don't even want to mention it," she said. Names include Frank and Moose, which don't seem bad at all. The first lady said she was taken aback by the level of national attention The Dog Issue has garnered, but said it was "all great and gracious attention. People are just being as helpful as you can imagine."
10 things you may not have known about these spunky dogs:
1. One of their original jobs was herding fish into fishermen's nets.
2. They have webbed feet, one of the reasons they're such good swimmers.
3. Their coats come in two types: curly and wavy. The breed's standard states that neither coat type is preferable to the other in the show ring.
4. In the native Portugal, the breed is known as Cão de Água. The wavy-haired variety is called Cão de Água de Pêlo Ondulado ("wavy-haired water dog") and the curly-haired variety is called Cão de Água de Pêlo Encaracolado ("curly-haired water dog"). Where's the creativity, Portugal?
5. They're an extremely energetic breed; the breed standard describes them as "very resistant to fatigue" and lists shyness as a "major fault."
6. The breed's ancestors are thought to include the poodle, Kerry Blue terrier, and Irish water spaniel.
7. They're members of the AKC's Working Group and were recognized by the kennel club in the early 1980s. They first became eligible for American dog show competition in 1984.
8. Portuguese water dogs are often called "Porties" for short.
9. For show purposes, their coats are clipped in one of two styles: the Lion clip and the Retriever clip. The Retriever clip is a sort of buzz cut, with the dog's coat left no longer than an inch long (leaving the fur on the tip of the tail intact). In the Lion clip, the dog's hindquarters are shaved in a fashion similar to the Continental clip often seen on show poodles (minus the tufts of fur on the hips). This was thought to be a functional style for water dogs, since the full coat on the chest keeps the vital organs warm while the shaved rear allows for freedom of movement in the back legs.
10. Sen. Edward Kennedy's two Porties, Sunny and Splash, are well-known in Washington. Kennedy told the Boston Globe of Splash: "He's met Elton John. He was in the Oval Office. He has a dog bone from President Bush. He gave me this rawhide dog bone and wrote on it, 'From Barney to Splash.' I take him to all the hearings; he always sits under the table. He goes to press conferences, to the Cape. He loves to take long trips in the boat. He could sail all day." (Splash is also the narrator of Kennedy's book for children, "My Senator and Me: A Dog's Eye View of Washington, D.C.")
10 things you may not have known about these spunky dogs:
1. One of their original jobs was herding fish into fishermen's nets.
2. They have webbed feet, one of the reasons they're such good swimmers.
3. Their coats come in two types: curly and wavy. The breed's standard states that neither coat type is preferable to the other in the show ring.
4. In the native Portugal, the breed is known as Cão de Água. The wavy-haired variety is called Cão de Água de Pêlo Ondulado ("wavy-haired water dog") and the curly-haired variety is called Cão de Água de Pêlo Encaracolado ("curly-haired water dog"). Where's the creativity, Portugal?
5. They're an extremely energetic breed; the breed standard describes them as "very resistant to fatigue" and lists shyness as a "major fault."
6. The breed's ancestors are thought to include the poodle, Kerry Blue terrier, and Irish water spaniel.
7. They're members of the AKC's Working Group and were recognized by the kennel club in the early 1980s. They first became eligible for American dog show competition in 1984.
8. Portuguese water dogs are often called "Porties" for short.
9. For show purposes, their coats are clipped in one of two styles: the Lion clip and the Retriever clip. The Retriever clip is a sort of buzz cut, with the dog's coat left no longer than an inch long (leaving the fur on the tip of the tail intact). In the Lion clip, the dog's hindquarters are shaved in a fashion similar to the Continental clip often seen on show poodles (minus the tufts of fur on the hips). This was thought to be a functional style for water dogs, since the full coat on the chest keeps the vital organs warm while the shaved rear allows for freedom of movement in the back legs.
10. Sen. Edward Kennedy's two Porties, Sunny and Splash, are well-known in Washington. Kennedy told the Boston Globe of Splash: "He's met Elton John. He was in the Oval Office. He has a dog bone from President Bush. He gave me this rawhide dog bone and wrote on it, 'From Barney to Splash.' I take him to all the hearings; he always sits under the table. He goes to press conferences, to the Cape. He loves to take long trips in the boat. He could sail all day." (Splash is also the narrator of Kennedy's book for children, "My Senator and Me: A Dog's Eye View of Washington, D.C.")
Worlds Most Pierced Woman
The world's most pierced woman, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, has added to her collection with a 6,005th piercing, the U.K.'s Telegraph reported.
Elaine Davidson, of Edinburgh, Scotland, made the Guinness World Record official in 2000 when she had a mere 462 piercings — 192 of which were in her face.
She said: "I don't enjoy getting pierced, but to break the record you have to get to a high level...
"My family don't even like tattoos or piercings.
"But I am happy. I decided to change myself and be me."
Nine years later, the Brazilian-born nurse has thousands of piercings including more than 1,500 that she says are "internal."
Surprisingly, Davidson says she doesn't like getting pierced.
"To break the record you have to get to a high level," she told the Telegraph. "I wanted to break the record. My family [doesn't] even like tattoos or piercings. But I am happy. I decided to change myself and be me."
Excessive piercing can be dangerous, according to medical experts. In addition to the risk of infection in and around the area of the piercings, people who are well-pierced are considered at high risk for blood-borne diseases such as hepatitis and HIV, which can be spread by reusing needles.
Elaine Davidson, of Edinburgh, Scotland, made the Guinness World Record official in 2000 when she had a mere 462 piercings — 192 of which were in her face.
She said: "I don't enjoy getting pierced, but to break the record you have to get to a high level...
"My family don't even like tattoos or piercings.
"But I am happy. I decided to change myself and be me."
Nine years later, the Brazilian-born nurse has thousands of piercings including more than 1,500 that she says are "internal."
Surprisingly, Davidson says she doesn't like getting pierced.
"To break the record you have to get to a high level," she told the Telegraph. "I wanted to break the record. My family [doesn't] even like tattoos or piercings. But I am happy. I decided to change myself and be me."
Excessive piercing can be dangerous, according to medical experts. In addition to the risk of infection in and around the area of the piercings, people who are well-pierced are considered at high risk for blood-borne diseases such as hepatitis and HIV, which can be spread by reusing needles.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Mardi Gras
The terms "Mardi Gras" (mär`dē grä) and "Mardi Gras season",in English, refer to events of the Carnival celebrations, ending on the day before Ash Wednesday. From the French term "Mardi Gras" (literally "Fat Tuesday"), the term has come to mean the whole period of activity related to those events, beyond just the single day, often called Mardi Gras Day or Fat Tuesday.The season can be designated by the year, as in "Mardi Gras 2008"
Other cities most famous for their Mardi Gras celebrations include Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Many other places have important Mardi Gras celebrations as well.
Top 10 Places to Celebrate Mardi Gras
* Acadiana in Washington. I rarely include DC restaurants in our discussions. But there are so few places on today's list that aren't just bars having an event in honor of Mardi Gras, I thought I would mention a restaurant that serves a serious, upscale version of New Orleans food.
* Ale Mary's in Fells Point. The menu for the week is completely Cajun, and today's blue plate special is beef Wellington with a Cajun crawfish cream sauce and crawfish empanada for $5.99. I'm speechless.
* Bayou Cafe in White Marsh. Known more for its music than its food, the new menu under a new chef still focuses on Cajun cuisine. Maybe the changes will make it more palatable to some of our commenters.
* Clarence's Taste of New Orleans in Edgewood. Ex-LIVE reviewer Karen Nitkin gave the food three stars, and the oyster po' boy sounds fabulous.
* Ethel and Ramone's in Mount Washington. This well-regarded, funky little place serves a mixture of Cajun cuisine and Maryland fare.
* Kooper's Tavern in Fells Point. The bar is featuring a Mardi Gras celebration tonight with hurricanes, fried chicken, jambalaya, gumbo, etouffée, barbecued shrimp and oysters.
* Louisiana in Fells Point. It's expensive, and it gets mixed reviews, but it's as close as Baltimore gets to French Creole cuisine in an elegant setting.
* Mother's Federal Hill Grille in Federal Hill. Half-price gumbo all day and beer specials.
* Pickles Pub downtown. Mick Kipp, owner of the Whiskey Island Pirate Shop, will be cooking crawfish and chicken and shrimp gumbo tonight from 7 p.m. till 10 p.m. It's all you can eat and drink (beer) for $25, plus a band that starts at 8 p.m.
* RA Sushi in Harbor East. To celebrate its first anniversary, RA is holding a Mardi RA party Thursday, with Cajun wings, a voodoo roll and Creole crawfish. The special drinks include a Queen of Parade and a King Cake Martini.
Other cities most famous for their Mardi Gras celebrations include Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Many other places have important Mardi Gras celebrations as well.
Top 10 Places to Celebrate Mardi Gras
* Acadiana in Washington. I rarely include DC restaurants in our discussions. But there are so few places on today's list that aren't just bars having an event in honor of Mardi Gras, I thought I would mention a restaurant that serves a serious, upscale version of New Orleans food.
* Ale Mary's in Fells Point. The menu for the week is completely Cajun, and today's blue plate special is beef Wellington with a Cajun crawfish cream sauce and crawfish empanada for $5.99. I'm speechless.
* Bayou Cafe in White Marsh. Known more for its music than its food, the new menu under a new chef still focuses on Cajun cuisine. Maybe the changes will make it more palatable to some of our commenters.
* Clarence's Taste of New Orleans in Edgewood. Ex-LIVE reviewer Karen Nitkin gave the food three stars, and the oyster po' boy sounds fabulous.
* Ethel and Ramone's in Mount Washington. This well-regarded, funky little place serves a mixture of Cajun cuisine and Maryland fare.
* Kooper's Tavern in Fells Point. The bar is featuring a Mardi Gras celebration tonight with hurricanes, fried chicken, jambalaya, gumbo, etouffée, barbecued shrimp and oysters.
* Louisiana in Fells Point. It's expensive, and it gets mixed reviews, but it's as close as Baltimore gets to French Creole cuisine in an elegant setting.
* Mother's Federal Hill Grille in Federal Hill. Half-price gumbo all day and beer specials.
* Pickles Pub downtown. Mick Kipp, owner of the Whiskey Island Pirate Shop, will be cooking crawfish and chicken and shrimp gumbo tonight from 7 p.m. till 10 p.m. It's all you can eat and drink (beer) for $25, plus a band that starts at 8 p.m.
* RA Sushi in Harbor East. To celebrate its first anniversary, RA is holding a Mardi RA party Thursday, with Cajun wings, a voodoo roll and Creole crawfish. The special drinks include a Queen of Parade and a King Cake Martini.
Jonas Brothers Fan
Here is some video of Jonas Brothers Fan.Jonas Brothers Play Game in 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'
After the phenomenal success of the Jonas Brothers, Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas is finally set to test if they are really THAT big of a phenomenon when their newest movie will be released on Friday entitled Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience. No doubt that every Jonas Brothers fan is uncontrollably excited about this movie! Yet, if you haven't seen this Barbara Walters feature on them then you gotta click "Read More" to know what's it all about.
The Barbara Walters interview starts up with the roots how the Jonas Brothers rose to fame when Disney channel discovered them on the Internet and put them in Hanna Montana. The rest is history for the Jonas Brothers:
After the phenomenal success of the Jonas Brothers, Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas is finally set to test if they are really THAT big of a phenomenon when their newest movie will be released on Friday entitled Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience. No doubt that every Jonas Brothers fan is uncontrollably excited about this movie! Yet, if you haven't seen this Barbara Walters feature on them then you gotta click "Read More" to know what's it all about.
The Barbara Walters interview starts up with the roots how the Jonas Brothers rose to fame when Disney channel discovered them on the Internet and put them in Hanna Montana. The rest is history for the Jonas Brothers:
Hughes Mining Barge
The Hughes Marine Barge, or HMB-1, is a submersible barge about 324 feet long, 106 feet wide, and more than 90 feet tall. The HMB-1 was originally developed as part of Project Jennifer, the top-secret effort mounted by the CIA to salvage the remains of the Soviet submarine K-129 from the ocean floor. The HMB-1 was designed to be submerged under the Glomar Explorer to conceal any salvaged remains from Soviet observers.
Anybody want some top-secret seagoing vessels? The Navy has a pair it doesn't need anymore. It has been trying to give them away since 2006, and they're headed for the scrap yard if somebody doesn't speak up soon.
After the conclusion of Project Jennifer, the HMB-1 was mothballed at the Todd Shipyard in San Francisco, California until November, 1982. At that time, the Navy towed the huge barge to a Lockheed Martin facility in Redwood City, California, where it became a floating drydock for the construction and sea trials of the Sea Shadow, an experimental stealth ship being tested by the Navy. Sea trials of the Sea Shadow continued until 1986; the existence of the Sea Shadow was made public in 1993.
One is called Sea Shadow. It's big, black and looks like a cross between a Stealth fighter and a Batmobile. It was made to escape detection on the open sea. The other is known as the Hughes (as in Howard Hughes) Mining Barge. It looks like a floating field house, with an arching roof and a door that is 76 feet wide and 72 feet high. Sea Shadow berths inside the barge, which keeps it safely hidden from spy satellites.
The barge, by the way, is the only fully submersible dry dock ever built, making it very handy — as it was 35 years ago — for trying to raise a sunken nuclear-armed Soviet submarine.
"I'm fascinated by the possibilities," Frank Lennon said one morning recently. Mr. Lennon runs — or ran — a maritime museum here in Providence. He was standing in a sleet storm on a wharf below a power plant, surveying the 297-foot muck-encrusted hulk of a Soviet submarine that he owns. His only exhibit, it was open to the public until April 2007, when a northeaster hit Providence and the sub sank.
Army and Navy divers refloated it this past summer with the aid of chains and air tanks. Mr. Lennon can't help but imagine how his sub might look alongside the two covert Cold War castoffs from the Navy. "They would be terrific for our exhibit," he said, watching the sleet come down.
But a gift ship from the Navy comes with lots of strings attached to the rigging. A naval museum, the Historic Naval Ships Association warns, is "a bloodthirsty, paperwork ridden, permit-infested, money-sucking hole..." Because the Navy won't pay for anything — neither rust scraping nor curating — to keep museums afloat, survival depends on big crowds. That's why many of the 48 ships it has given away over 60 years were vessels known for performing heroically in famous battles.
Museum entrepreneurs like Mr. Lennon who don't have much money can only fantasize about Sea Shadow and its barge. After all, a pair of mysterious vessels that performed their heroics out of the public eye can't have much claim to fame. Glen Clark, the Navy's civilian ship-disposal chief, has received just one serious call about the two vessels, and it didn't lead to a written application.
Anybody want some top-secret seagoing vessels? The Navy has a pair it doesn't need anymore. It has been trying to give them away since 2006, and they're headed for the scrap yard if somebody doesn't speak up soon.
After the conclusion of Project Jennifer, the HMB-1 was mothballed at the Todd Shipyard in San Francisco, California until November, 1982. At that time, the Navy towed the huge barge to a Lockheed Martin facility in Redwood City, California, where it became a floating drydock for the construction and sea trials of the Sea Shadow, an experimental stealth ship being tested by the Navy. Sea trials of the Sea Shadow continued until 1986; the existence of the Sea Shadow was made public in 1993.
One is called Sea Shadow. It's big, black and looks like a cross between a Stealth fighter and a Batmobile. It was made to escape detection on the open sea. The other is known as the Hughes (as in Howard Hughes) Mining Barge. It looks like a floating field house, with an arching roof and a door that is 76 feet wide and 72 feet high. Sea Shadow berths inside the barge, which keeps it safely hidden from spy satellites.
The barge, by the way, is the only fully submersible dry dock ever built, making it very handy — as it was 35 years ago — for trying to raise a sunken nuclear-armed Soviet submarine.
"I'm fascinated by the possibilities," Frank Lennon said one morning recently. Mr. Lennon runs — or ran — a maritime museum here in Providence. He was standing in a sleet storm on a wharf below a power plant, surveying the 297-foot muck-encrusted hulk of a Soviet submarine that he owns. His only exhibit, it was open to the public until April 2007, when a northeaster hit Providence and the sub sank.
Army and Navy divers refloated it this past summer with the aid of chains and air tanks. Mr. Lennon can't help but imagine how his sub might look alongside the two covert Cold War castoffs from the Navy. "They would be terrific for our exhibit," he said, watching the sleet come down.
But a gift ship from the Navy comes with lots of strings attached to the rigging. A naval museum, the Historic Naval Ships Association warns, is "a bloodthirsty, paperwork ridden, permit-infested, money-sucking hole..." Because the Navy won't pay for anything — neither rust scraping nor curating — to keep museums afloat, survival depends on big crowds. That's why many of the 48 ships it has given away over 60 years were vessels known for performing heroically in famous battles.
Museum entrepreneurs like Mr. Lennon who don't have much money can only fantasize about Sea Shadow and its barge. After all, a pair of mysterious vessels that performed their heroics out of the public eye can't have much claim to fame. Glen Clark, the Navy's civilian ship-disposal chief, has received just one serious call about the two vessels, and it didn't lead to a written application.
Orlando Sun Sentinel
Four newspaper companies have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection since December, though their newspapers continue to operate. Here are some details:
Debt: $13 billion, most from complex buyout in which real estate mogul Sam Zell took the company private in 2007. Had $7.6 billion in assets at time of filing. Generates enough cash that it likely could have made upcoming debt payments, especially with planned sale of the Chicago Cubs, but concluded reorganization necessary for long-term sustainability.
Dailies owned: Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Sun of Baltimore, South Florida Sun Sentinel, Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel, The Hartford (Conn.) Courant, The Morning Call of Allentown, Pa., and Daily Press of Newport News, Va., plus Spanish-language Hoy L.A. and Hoy Chicago.
STAR TRIBUNE HOLDINGS CORP., filed Jan. 15:
Newspaper owned: Star Tribune of Minneapolis.
Debt: $661 million, largely from 2007 acquisition from McClatchy Co. by investors led by Avista Capital Partners. Had assets of $493 million as of Dec. 31. Began skipping interest payments in June to conserve cash, and filed for bankruptcy protection after failing to win concessions from unions. Newspaper has asked bankruptcy judge to cancel its contract with printers union; seeking $20 million in annual cost reductions from all unionized employees, $10 million from nonunion employees.
JOURNAL REGISTER CO., filed Saturday:
Dailies owned: New Haven (Conn.) Register, The Middletown (Conn.) Press, The Register Citizen of Torrington, Conn., Daily Local News of West Chester, Pa., Delaware County (Pa.) Daily Times, The Mercury of Pottstown, Pa., The Times Herald of Norristown, Pa., The Trentonian of Trenton, N.J., The Reporter of Lansdale, Pa., The Phoenix of Phoenixville, Pa., The Oakland Press of Pontiac, Mich., The Macomb Daily of Mount Clemens, Mich., The Daily Tribune of Royal Oak, Mich., Morning Sun of Mount Pleasant, Mich., The Record of Troy, N.Y., The Saratogian of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., The Oneida (N.Y.) Daily Dispatch, Daily Freeman of Kingston, N.Y., The News-Herald of Willoughby, Ohio, The Morning Journal of Lorain, Ohio.
Debt: $692 million. Had assets of $596 million as of Nov. 30. Forbearance agreement with lenders letting the company skip interest payments recently expired. Journal Register already has sold two Connecticut dailies and closed several weeklies. Prior to filing, company reached agreement with most of its lenders to cancel its stock and become a private company controlled by its lenders.
PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS LLC, filed Sunday:
Newspapers owned: The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News.
Debt: About $390 million, largely from 2006 purchase from McClatchy by investors led by former advertising executive Brian Tierney. Initial loan terms include requirement that newspapers earn higher profit each year, an increasingly difficult feat.
Debt: $13 billion, most from complex buyout in which real estate mogul Sam Zell took the company private in 2007. Had $7.6 billion in assets at time of filing. Generates enough cash that it likely could have made upcoming debt payments, especially with planned sale of the Chicago Cubs, but concluded reorganization necessary for long-term sustainability.
Dailies owned: Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Sun of Baltimore, South Florida Sun Sentinel, Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel, The Hartford (Conn.) Courant, The Morning Call of Allentown, Pa., and Daily Press of Newport News, Va., plus Spanish-language Hoy L.A. and Hoy Chicago.
STAR TRIBUNE HOLDINGS CORP., filed Jan. 15:
Newspaper owned: Star Tribune of Minneapolis.
Debt: $661 million, largely from 2007 acquisition from McClatchy Co. by investors led by Avista Capital Partners. Had assets of $493 million as of Dec. 31. Began skipping interest payments in June to conserve cash, and filed for bankruptcy protection after failing to win concessions from unions. Newspaper has asked bankruptcy judge to cancel its contract with printers union; seeking $20 million in annual cost reductions from all unionized employees, $10 million from nonunion employees.
JOURNAL REGISTER CO., filed Saturday:
Dailies owned: New Haven (Conn.) Register, The Middletown (Conn.) Press, The Register Citizen of Torrington, Conn., Daily Local News of West Chester, Pa., Delaware County (Pa.) Daily Times, The Mercury of Pottstown, Pa., The Times Herald of Norristown, Pa., The Trentonian of Trenton, N.J., The Reporter of Lansdale, Pa., The Phoenix of Phoenixville, Pa., The Oakland Press of Pontiac, Mich., The Macomb Daily of Mount Clemens, Mich., The Daily Tribune of Royal Oak, Mich., Morning Sun of Mount Pleasant, Mich., The Record of Troy, N.Y., The Saratogian of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., The Oneida (N.Y.) Daily Dispatch, Daily Freeman of Kingston, N.Y., The News-Herald of Willoughby, Ohio, The Morning Journal of Lorain, Ohio.
Debt: $692 million. Had assets of $596 million as of Nov. 30. Forbearance agreement with lenders letting the company skip interest payments recently expired. Journal Register already has sold two Connecticut dailies and closed several weeklies. Prior to filing, company reached agreement with most of its lenders to cancel its stock and become a private company controlled by its lenders.
PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS LLC, filed Sunday:
Newspapers owned: The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News.
Debt: About $390 million, largely from 2006 purchase from McClatchy by investors led by former advertising executive Brian Tierney. Initial loan terms include requirement that newspapers earn higher profit each year, an increasingly difficult feat.
Produce the Note
More than 2.3 million homeowners faced foreclosure proceedings last year and millions more are in danger of losing their homes. On Wednesday, President Obama will unveil a plan to spend at least $50 billion to help homeowners fend off foreclosure.
Consumers facing home foreclosure can use to improve their leverage against the lender. It’s called the “produce the note” strategy and amounts to the consumer demanding that the lender furnish the original paperwork — the actual promissory note — that serves as the official legal record of the loan. It is a document that contains the homeowner’s signature and proves that the lender threatening foreclosure is in fact the owner of the mortgage.
Chris Hoyer, a Tampa lawyer whose Consumer Warning Network Web site offers the free court documents Lovelace used to file her request, has played a major role in promoting the produce-the-note strategy.
The technique is proving effective because so many mortgages written during the latest housing boom were sold, resold, sliced, diced, aggregated, and securitized to the point that the original loan documents might have been lost or even destroyed. If the consumer demands the note and the lender can’t produce it, the foreclosure process could be stalled or, in some cases, stopped altogether. The Associated Press reports that a Cleveland judge threw out 14 foreclosures in 2007 because plaintiff Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. was unable to “produce the notes.”
Consumers facing home foreclosure can use to improve their leverage against the lender. It’s called the “produce the note” strategy and amounts to the consumer demanding that the lender furnish the original paperwork — the actual promissory note — that serves as the official legal record of the loan. It is a document that contains the homeowner’s signature and proves that the lender threatening foreclosure is in fact the owner of the mortgage.
Chris Hoyer, a Tampa lawyer whose Consumer Warning Network Web site offers the free court documents Lovelace used to file her request, has played a major role in promoting the produce-the-note strategy.
The technique is proving effective because so many mortgages written during the latest housing boom were sold, resold, sliced, diced, aggregated, and securitized to the point that the original loan documents might have been lost or even destroyed. If the consumer demands the note and the lender can’t produce it, the foreclosure process could be stalled or, in some cases, stopped altogether. The Associated Press reports that a Cleveland judge threw out 14 foreclosures in 2007 because plaintiff Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. was unable to “produce the notes.”
Saturday, February 21, 2009
franklin county auditor
Delaware County has a new auditor.
Former Powell City Councilman George Kaitsa, 65, easily obtained the Delaware County Republican Party’s appointment to the auditor’s office Wednesday, receiving twice the number of votes cast for the other three candidates combined.
His vote total was likely bolstered by the support of U.S. Rep Pat Tiberi (R-Genoa Township), whose personal endorsement marked the first time he has issued a recommendation for a local appointment before the central committee.
A state senator representing the northern edge of the Rend Lake Conservancy District is advancing legislation to "clean up" the district.
State Sen. John O. Jones, R-Mount Vernon, announced Wednesday his intent to push legislation that would "create a board membership that better represents all customers of the RLCD."
The legislation would disband the RLCD's seven-member board and create a nine-member board.
"As it stands we have a board that is dominated by Franklin County members," Jones said in a news release. "Jefferson County and its RLCD customers are underrepresented."
The board is currently composed, by state law, of two board members from each county in the district as well as one member from each city with at least 5,000 residents.
Kaitsa will serve out the remaining two years of the four-year term vacated by former auditor Todd Hanks, who himself was appointed to the county’s board of commissioners earlier this year.
“Thank you so very much,” Kaitsa told the committee after the vote was announced. “I’m deeply honored by this.”
Hanks said Kaitsa’s years of fiscal experience made him a worthy successor to the auditor’s office.
“You can’t ask for anything better than that,” Hanks said.
Before the vote, Kaitsa pledged to run for re-election in 2010 and to not seek any other office in the future. The auditor’s office has recently been a stepping-stone to other local and state offices. Its alumni include Hanks, former State Rep. Jon Peterson and current county prosecutor Dave Yost.
Kaitsa is the facility manager for the Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission. He has government finance experience, including high-level positions in the Ohio Department of Development under former Republican Govs. George Voinovich and Bob Taft.
He was also the finance director for Franklin County from 1988 to 1991.
He is the vice-chair of the Delaware County Port Authority, and was elected to two terms on Powell City Council in 1997 and 2001. He was a member of the county GOP’s central committee from 2004-2006 and served on the Delaware County 20/20 Planning Committee.
Kaitsa said he did not know when he would take over for interim auditor Jerry Heston. He said he would meet with auditor’s office employees this morning and then head over to the county board of elections to make preparations for assuming office.
“The auditor’s office is exceptionally well-run and has a lot of lot of talented people,” he said. “I look forward to working with them.”
Kaitsa received 66 of a possible 98 votes. Lewis Center financial planner Matt Scheibeck received 16 votes, Sunbury banker Shawn Stevens received 15, and certified public accountant Karl Priedeman, of Westerville, received none.
Each candidate gave a two-minute opening statement and then had the opportunity to have two people speak on their behalf for one minute each.
Tiberi, who was in the area to help with his family take care of his newborn triplet daughters, said that he didn’t want to see the Republican Party “lose its edge” in Delaware County as it had in Washington D.C. following the November election.
Although the issue did not come up directly during the meeting, party members may have been concerned with the past financial and legal troubles of two of the candidates.
“We have to have the candidate where we don’t give the Democrats a gun with bullets in it for the next election,” Tiberi said.
As previously reported in the Gazette, Scheibeck and Stevens have both previously declared bankruptcy due to failed business investments.
Scheibeck has a 1988 DUI conviction and a 1992 misdemeanor disorderly conduct conviction.
Kaitsa, the co-chair of a Tiberi hog roast fundraiser from 2000-2005, has been an active supporter of Tiberi’s in the past.
Kaitsa also received the endorsement of county treasurer-elect and former county State Rep. Jon Peterson.
Peterson said Kaitsa was “ideally suited” for the position.
“He’s twice as qualified as either myself or (Yost) were when we received the appointment,” he joked.
Nobody spoke on behalf of the other three candidates.
Stevens said he called his speakers and told them not to come after Tiberi informed him that he would be personally attending to endorse Kaitsa.
Former Powell City Councilman George Kaitsa, 65, easily obtained the Delaware County Republican Party’s appointment to the auditor’s office Wednesday, receiving twice the number of votes cast for the other three candidates combined.
His vote total was likely bolstered by the support of U.S. Rep Pat Tiberi (R-Genoa Township), whose personal endorsement marked the first time he has issued a recommendation for a local appointment before the central committee.
A state senator representing the northern edge of the Rend Lake Conservancy District is advancing legislation to "clean up" the district.
State Sen. John O. Jones, R-Mount Vernon, announced Wednesday his intent to push legislation that would "create a board membership that better represents all customers of the RLCD."
The legislation would disband the RLCD's seven-member board and create a nine-member board.
"As it stands we have a board that is dominated by Franklin County members," Jones said in a news release. "Jefferson County and its RLCD customers are underrepresented."
The board is currently composed, by state law, of two board members from each county in the district as well as one member from each city with at least 5,000 residents.
Kaitsa will serve out the remaining two years of the four-year term vacated by former auditor Todd Hanks, who himself was appointed to the county’s board of commissioners earlier this year.
“Thank you so very much,” Kaitsa told the committee after the vote was announced. “I’m deeply honored by this.”
Hanks said Kaitsa’s years of fiscal experience made him a worthy successor to the auditor’s office.
“You can’t ask for anything better than that,” Hanks said.
Before the vote, Kaitsa pledged to run for re-election in 2010 and to not seek any other office in the future. The auditor’s office has recently been a stepping-stone to other local and state offices. Its alumni include Hanks, former State Rep. Jon Peterson and current county prosecutor Dave Yost.
Kaitsa is the facility manager for the Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission. He has government finance experience, including high-level positions in the Ohio Department of Development under former Republican Govs. George Voinovich and Bob Taft.
He was also the finance director for Franklin County from 1988 to 1991.
He is the vice-chair of the Delaware County Port Authority, and was elected to two terms on Powell City Council in 1997 and 2001. He was a member of the county GOP’s central committee from 2004-2006 and served on the Delaware County 20/20 Planning Committee.
Kaitsa said he did not know when he would take over for interim auditor Jerry Heston. He said he would meet with auditor’s office employees this morning and then head over to the county board of elections to make preparations for assuming office.
“The auditor’s office is exceptionally well-run and has a lot of lot of talented people,” he said. “I look forward to working with them.”
Kaitsa received 66 of a possible 98 votes. Lewis Center financial planner Matt Scheibeck received 16 votes, Sunbury banker Shawn Stevens received 15, and certified public accountant Karl Priedeman, of Westerville, received none.
Each candidate gave a two-minute opening statement and then had the opportunity to have two people speak on their behalf for one minute each.
Tiberi, who was in the area to help with his family take care of his newborn triplet daughters, said that he didn’t want to see the Republican Party “lose its edge” in Delaware County as it had in Washington D.C. following the November election.
Although the issue did not come up directly during the meeting, party members may have been concerned with the past financial and legal troubles of two of the candidates.
“We have to have the candidate where we don’t give the Democrats a gun with bullets in it for the next election,” Tiberi said.
As previously reported in the Gazette, Scheibeck and Stevens have both previously declared bankruptcy due to failed business investments.
Scheibeck has a 1988 DUI conviction and a 1992 misdemeanor disorderly conduct conviction.
Kaitsa, the co-chair of a Tiberi hog roast fundraiser from 2000-2005, has been an active supporter of Tiberi’s in the past.
Kaitsa also received the endorsement of county treasurer-elect and former county State Rep. Jon Peterson.
Peterson said Kaitsa was “ideally suited” for the position.
“He’s twice as qualified as either myself or (Yost) were when we received the appointment,” he joked.
Nobody spoke on behalf of the other three candidates.
Stevens said he called his speakers and told them not to come after Tiberi informed him that he would be personally attending to endorse Kaitsa.
ingmar guandique
This there finally going to be an arrest in murder of Chandra Levy? Ingmar Guandique is the suspect of Chandra Levy's death in which he allegedly told his prison inmate that he killed Levy, however Guandique denies his statement to the investigator.
It’s been 8 years since Chandra Levy went missing as she disappeared on May 1, 2001 and her remains found over a year later in Rock Creek Park in Washington, DC. The controversy surrounding Chandra Levy’s disappearance implicated California Democrat U.S. Representative Gary Condit as they had been having an affair. Although never named a suspect in Chandra’s disappearance or murder, the consequences of the affair lead to an abrupt exit from Congress.
Guandique is currently in prison after being convicted from his offences.
After all this time, police are now stating that they are close to an arrest in the Chandra Levy case. It is being reported that an arrest warrant will be issued for Ingmar Guandique, who is currently in prison in California.
Police are close to arresting an inmate they’ve already interviewed in the eight-year-old murder case of Chandra Levy and charging him in her disappearance, FOX News has confirmed.
Chandra_levy_suspect
Ingmar Guandique
Law enforcement officials said an arrest warrant will be issued for Ingmar Guandique, who is currently in prison in California.
Officials said Guandique will be served papers there and likely then flown to Washington, D.C., to hear the charges against him.
WRC-TV in Washington, DC is reporting that Ingmar Guandique is in jail for assaulting two women in Rock Creek Park. This is the same park where Levy’s remains were found a year after she vanished.
Guandique attacked a woman two weeks after Chandra’s disappearance in the middle of May 2001 and another in July. The women were jogging in Rock Creek Park, when he “clotheslined” them and dragged them down the hill. There was a struggle, they escaped and he ultimately was caught and pled guilty.
Guandique is now serving a 10-year sentence at the U.S. Penitentiary-Victorville in Adelanto and is eligible for parole in 2011. The FBI most likely wants to close the case before his parole date, Brad Garrett tells ABC News.
It’s been 8 years since Chandra Levy went missing as she disappeared on May 1, 2001 and her remains found over a year later in Rock Creek Park in Washington, DC. The controversy surrounding Chandra Levy’s disappearance implicated California Democrat U.S. Representative Gary Condit as they had been having an affair. Although never named a suspect in Chandra’s disappearance or murder, the consequences of the affair lead to an abrupt exit from Congress.
Guandique is currently in prison after being convicted from his offences.
After all this time, police are now stating that they are close to an arrest in the Chandra Levy case. It is being reported that an arrest warrant will be issued for Ingmar Guandique, who is currently in prison in California.
Police are close to arresting an inmate they’ve already interviewed in the eight-year-old murder case of Chandra Levy and charging him in her disappearance, FOX News has confirmed.
Chandra_levy_suspect
Ingmar Guandique
Law enforcement officials said an arrest warrant will be issued for Ingmar Guandique, who is currently in prison in California.
Officials said Guandique will be served papers there and likely then flown to Washington, D.C., to hear the charges against him.
WRC-TV in Washington, DC is reporting that Ingmar Guandique is in jail for assaulting two women in Rock Creek Park. This is the same park where Levy’s remains were found a year after she vanished.
Guandique attacked a woman two weeks after Chandra’s disappearance in the middle of May 2001 and another in July. The women were jogging in Rock Creek Park, when he “clotheslined” them and dragged them down the hill. There was a struggle, they escaped and he ultimately was caught and pled guilty.
Guandique is now serving a 10-year sentence at the U.S. Penitentiary-Victorville in Adelanto and is eligible for parole in 2011. The FBI most likely wants to close the case before his parole date, Brad Garrett tells ABC News.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Fabric Softener Toxic
Which is better for our environment: to use dryer sheets in the dryer or liquid fabric softener in the wash? It seems they both have properties that are not very green. -- Deborah, via e-mail If you’re concerned... ... Another safer option is Maddocks’ Static Eliminator, a non-toxic, hypoallergenic reusable dryer sheet made out of a proprietary, chemical-free polynylon.
If you’re concerned about the health and safety of your family members, you might want to stay away from both conventional dryer sheets and liquid fabric softeners altogether. (That’s what we do) While it may be nice to have clothes that feel soft, smell fresh and are free of static cling, both types of products contain chemicals known to be toxic to people after sustained exposure.
According to the health and wellness website Sixwise.com, some of the most harmful ingredients in dryer sheets and liquid fabric softener alike include benzyl acetate (linked to pancreatic cancer), benzyl alcohol (an upper respiratory tract irritant), ethanol (linked to central nervous system disorders), limonene (a known carcinogen) and chloroform (a neurotoxin and carcinogen), among others.
Since fabric softeners are designed to stay in your clothes for extended periods of time, such chemicals can seep out gradually and be inhaled or absorbed directly through the skin. Liquid fabric softeners are slightly preferable to dryer sheets, as the chemicals in dryer sheets get released into the air when they are heated up in the dryer and can pose a respiratory health risk to those both inside and outside the home.
For those who don’t want to give up the benefits of fabric softeners but are afraid to risk exposure to potentially toxic chemicals, National Geographic’s Green Guide recommends adding either a quarter cup of baking soda or a quarter cup of white vinegar to the wash cycle. Either one will soften clothes, while the latter will also address static cling. (Be sure not to mix either with bleach, though, as resulting chemical reactions could cause noxious fumes.) If eliminating static cling is your top priority, try drying natural-fiber clothes separately from synthetic materials. The combination of cotton and polyester is often the culprit behind static cling. Better yet, reports Green Guide, line dry synthetic clothing, as it tends to dry fairly quickly anyway.
A few companies have heeded the ever-increasing call for greener, safer ways to soften clothes and reduce static cling. Seventh Generation’s Natural Lavender Scent Fabric Softener and Ecover’s Natural Fabric Softener are both good choices that rely on vegetable products and natural essential oils instead of harsh chemicals to get the job done.
Another safer option is Maddocks’ Static Eliminator, a non-toxic, hypoallergenic reusable dryer sheet made out of a proprietary, chemical-free polynylon. The Canadian company Maddocks originally developed the material to rid industrial-scale mechanical systems of explosion-inducing static electricity, but soon realized that it could benefit consumers as well, who can now buy the sheets—each one is good for some 500 wash loads—from natural foods retailers as well as from several online vendors.
If you’re concerned about the health and safety of your family members, you might want to stay away from both conventional dryer sheets and liquid fabric softeners altogether. (That’s what we do) While it may be nice to have clothes that feel soft, smell fresh and are free of static cling, both types of products contain chemicals known to be toxic to people after sustained exposure.
According to the health and wellness website Sixwise.com, some of the most harmful ingredients in dryer sheets and liquid fabric softener alike include benzyl acetate (linked to pancreatic cancer), benzyl alcohol (an upper respiratory tract irritant), ethanol (linked to central nervous system disorders), limonene (a known carcinogen) and chloroform (a neurotoxin and carcinogen), among others.
Since fabric softeners are designed to stay in your clothes for extended periods of time, such chemicals can seep out gradually and be inhaled or absorbed directly through the skin. Liquid fabric softeners are slightly preferable to dryer sheets, as the chemicals in dryer sheets get released into the air when they are heated up in the dryer and can pose a respiratory health risk to those both inside and outside the home.
For those who don’t want to give up the benefits of fabric softeners but are afraid to risk exposure to potentially toxic chemicals, National Geographic’s Green Guide recommends adding either a quarter cup of baking soda or a quarter cup of white vinegar to the wash cycle. Either one will soften clothes, while the latter will also address static cling. (Be sure not to mix either with bleach, though, as resulting chemical reactions could cause noxious fumes.) If eliminating static cling is your top priority, try drying natural-fiber clothes separately from synthetic materials. The combination of cotton and polyester is often the culprit behind static cling. Better yet, reports Green Guide, line dry synthetic clothing, as it tends to dry fairly quickly anyway.
A few companies have heeded the ever-increasing call for greener, safer ways to soften clothes and reduce static cling. Seventh Generation’s Natural Lavender Scent Fabric Softener and Ecover’s Natural Fabric Softener are both good choices that rely on vegetable products and natural essential oils instead of harsh chemicals to get the job done.
Another safer option is Maddocks’ Static Eliminator, a non-toxic, hypoallergenic reusable dryer sheet made out of a proprietary, chemical-free polynylon. The Canadian company Maddocks originally developed the material to rid industrial-scale mechanical systems of explosion-inducing static electricity, but soon realized that it could benefit consumers as well, who can now buy the sheets—each one is good for some 500 wash loads—from natural foods retailers as well as from several online vendors.
world nude day
RAEL, the spiritual leader of the International Raelian Movement explains in his teachings that the human body is one of the greatest works of art, the result of a scientific creation which should be cherished and celebrated. Instead, in this so called ‘enlightened’ 21st Century, nudity and the fundamental right of self expression is still under fire.
Those clever Kiwis, celebrating their world nude day by asking for video submissions of the nude doing funny things such as cooking french fries and riding on the outside of a car through a car wash… and ostridge riding? yes!
Fortunately for viewers with our tastes and inclinations, many of these fine young participants could be nude models
6th Feb is World Nude Day. It's an opportunity to celebrate the beauty of the human body and to rid society of the outdated Judeo-Christian belief that 'nudity is bad.' "On the contrary! There is nothing more natural or beautiful than the human body!", states Mark Woodgate, National Guide for New Zealand.
"It's quite unbelievable that we're only just beginning to emerge from a society with these outdated beliefs. We're ALL born naked and children feel no shame in their nudity until they are programmed otherwise."
Those clever Kiwis, celebrating their world nude day by asking for video submissions of the nude doing funny things such as cooking french fries and riding on the outside of a car through a car wash… and ostridge riding? yes!
Fortunately for viewers with our tastes and inclinations, many of these fine young participants could be nude models
6th Feb is World Nude Day. It's an opportunity to celebrate the beauty of the human body and to rid society of the outdated Judeo-Christian belief that 'nudity is bad.' "On the contrary! There is nothing more natural or beautiful than the human body!", states Mark Woodgate, National Guide for New Zealand.
"It's quite unbelievable that we're only just beginning to emerge from a society with these outdated beliefs. We're ALL born naked and children feel no shame in their nudity until they are programmed otherwise."
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