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1 Vereb the favorite for Montgomery County GOP Committee chair
2 Batkid- How a town pulled together to make a wish come true
3 Controversial call helps secure Panthers' victory over Patri
4 Try It Now ROB Insight 0
5 Celebrity psychic Sylvia Browne dies at age 77
6 Oregon wine producer pushes 'beerification' of wine
7 Leamington’s Heinz farmers- ‘There is life after tomatoes
8 Why being a passenger drives me to distraction
9 Public editor- Careful what you call a ‘miracle’
10 Why Did That Jet Land At The Wrong Airport- Well, It Happens
11 Weather watch- Thanksgiving travel 2013
12 Sony chief aims to slash $250M in movie costs

Vereb the favorite for Montgomery County GOP Committee chair

<html>NORRISTOWN --— The Dec. 4 election for a new Montgomery County Republican Committee chairman currently has just one candidate, state Rep. Mike Vereb, R-Dist. 150. “Robert Adshead is not going to run. (Montgomery County Commissioner) Bruce (Castor Jr.) said he will support Vereb,” said John Keleman, the executive director of the Montgomery County Republican Committee. “It looks like this will not be a contested convention.” The special election was scheduled after Chairman Robert Kerns resigned this week amid accusations that he sexually assaulted a woman in October. The convention of Republican committee members,Trent Richardson trade a bust, Andrew Luck getting busted Trent Richardson trade a bust, Andrew Luck getting busted Trent Richardson trade a bust, Andrew Luck getting busted,where to buy nfl jerseys, which will be held at Westover Country Club in West Norriton,[1] [2] [3],where to buy cheap nfl jerseys, will choose a chairman to replace temporary Chairwoman Sharon Valentine Thomas, the committee’s vice chairwoman, who took over Kerns’ position Friday at 5 p.m., when his resignation took effect, Keleman said. A Montgomery County grand jury investigation into the allegations against Kerns could last two weeks or more, according to a source. A simple majority vote of the committee members present is required to elect a new chair, Keleman said. “Right now we have just shy of 760 committee people. At our last countywide endorsement convention we had 650 people there,” he said. “The person elected will serve from Dec. 4 until May or June 2014. There is a reorganization meeting after the May 20, 2014 primary. The committee people are elected at the primary election in every gubernatorial election year. Then they elect a chairman for a four year term.” Keleman said he expected a short meeting because the election will be the only piece of business. “The process of checking in the committee people is the most time-consuming part of the process,cheap baseball jersey,” he said. Castor said he “absolutely” supports Vereb for the chairman’s post. “I had heard Kate Harper was interested, along with Robert Griffith from Abington and Robert Adshead. After I announced my support for Vereb privately, Harper and Adshead withdrew from the race,” Castor said. “I heard that Dr. Griffiths will withdraw from the race. “This man has been able to bring together all the warring factions in the Republican party,” Castor added. “He has my personal and professional respect. Evidently he has Bob Asher’s support and Vahan Gureghian.” Castor was frank about the internecine warfare that has typified the county Republican Party for several years. “I believe this will head off a bloody convention and begin the healing process to bring all the factions together,” he said. “The only way this is going to work is if we stop trying to kill each other.” Follow Carl Rotenberg on Twitter @CarlWriter.</html>

Batkid- How a town pulled together to make a wish come true

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Controversial call helps secure Panthers' victory over Patri

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Kuechly faceguarded Gronkowski, but the Patriots tight end never made a real strong play on the ball. It's hard to say what his chances of catching a game-winning touchdown would have been because, quite frankly, Kuechly never game him a chance. And neither did the officials.

The Panthers' offense stood on the sideline and watched Brady,where to buy nfl jerseys, with 59 seconds left, threaten the upset.

"We've seen it over and over and over again," said Panthers receiver Steve Smith. "When you see it, you really hope you're not that team and we're not that team."

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That team, among countless others, that Brady has carved up.

He seemed well on his way this time, too.

Brady hit Gronkowski for a 23-yard gain. He found Danny Amendola across the middle for an 11-yard gain. A pass interference penalty gave the Patriots yet another chance, putting the ball on the Panthers' 36-yard line. Brady connected twice more, to Shane Vereen and Aaron Dobson. With three seconds left, Brady took his final shot.

Luke Kuechly vs. Rob Gronkowski (AP Photo)

A minute earlier,cheap baseball jersey, Cam Newton had put the Panthers up with an 85-yard drive, but he wasn't comfortable.

"Too much time was left," Newton said. "I was nervous. I've seen this story before. I've read this book before. It was a very close call."

Some might call it atrocious.

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"When your back's to the ball, you just have to try and read his eyes and hands," Kuechly explained. "I just knew they picked (the flag) up and I was happy about it."

Earlier this season, a pass interference committed by Kuechly against the Buffalo Bills helped cost the Panthers a victory. This time, he got away with a penalty that appeared more egregious.

Gronkowski said, "That's not where the game is won or lost," but that's not entirely true. "We don't make excuses. I'm not trying to sit here and make an excuse that he held me at the end of the game. The game is four quarters long. It's won throughout all four quarters, not just the last plays of the game. . . . They're a good football team. They scored more points than us and they beat us straight up."

Patriots coach Bill Belichick was understandably short in his reaction.

"There was no explanation given to me," he said. "The officials ran off the field. The last time I started asking an official about a call, that was the wrong thing to do, so I have no idea."

Referee Clete Blakeman eventually gave his explanation .

"There were two officials that came in. One was the umpire and the other one was our side judge and there was a discussion at that point as to the, in essence, the catchability of the ball due to its location," Blakeman was quoted as saying. "So it was determined at that point in time that when the primary contact occurred on the tight end that the ball, in essence, was coming in underthrown and in essence it was immediate at that point intercepted at the front end of the end zone. So there was a determination that, in essence, uncatchability, that the ball was intercepted at or about the same time the primary contact against the receiver occurred."</html>

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Celebrity psychic Sylvia Browne dies at age 77

<html>Celebrity psychic Sylvia Browne, famous for her appearances on shows like “Unsolved Mysteries” and “Montel,” died on Wednesday at the age of 77,Alex Rodriguez storms out of hearing, says Selig 'hates my guts', according to her website.

No cause of death was given.

"A beacon that shined for so many was extinguished today, but its brightness was relit and will now shine forever for many of us from above,” Montel Williams said in a statement on the site. “I, like so many of you, lost a friend today. But,where to buy cheap nfl jerseys, as has been for the last 20 years, she'll always remain a part of me. My thoughts and prayers go out to Sylvia's family in this time of loss."

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Oregon wine producer pushes 'beerification' of wine

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The company's owner, Ryan Harms said they've already tested out the new cans at a Portland food and wine festival and found they were a hit.

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Leamington’s Heinz farmers- ‘There is life after tomatoes

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Why being a passenger drives me to distraction

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Public editor- Careful what you call a ‘miracle’

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Why Did That Jet Land At The Wrong Airport- Well, It Happens

<html>We're circling around for another look at : The Boeing 747 "Dreamlifter" cargo jet that touched down at a small municipal airport in Wichita,where to buy nfl jerseys,Toronto Mayor Rob Ford not being trained by convic, Kan., instead of its intended destination about 10 miles away, McConnell Air Force Base.

More specifically, we're wondering how the pilots made such a mistake. They ended up at Colonel James Jabara Airport,where to buy cheap nfl jerseys, not the Air Force base. Fortunately, no damage was done and the jet was able to depart later.
An investigation is under way into what happened. Meanwhile, here's what we're finding.
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"It's not unusual for pilots who aren't familiar with Wichita to mistake Jabara for McConnell, said Steve Stowe, a former chief pilot and manager of flight operations at Boeing in Wichita. Stowe is now a senior engineering test pilot for Bombardier Flight Test Center in Wichita. ...
"When he was at Boeing,cheap basketball jersey, 'we mentioned this issue to visiting pilots in our local area briefing guide,' he said.
"The runways at McConnell and Jabara are ... in close alignment and nearly parallel. That could cause a pilot to see Jabara before McConnell, he said."
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"The crew had flown into an area where there are three airports with similar runway configurations: the Air Force base, the Jabara airfield and a third facility in between called Beech Airport.
That could help explain the mistake. Pilots also say it can be tough to tell a long runway from a shorter one on final approach. And Jabara is directly on the path toward McConnell, so the only difference would be that a pilot on final approach would reach it a little sooner."
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" 'It [even] happens in good weather when an airport is spotted miles away,' says Captain Tom Bunn, retired airline pilot and licensed therapist who founded SOAR, which helps people overcome their fear of flying. While he's not involved in the investigation of the Boeing incident, Bunn says typically with scenarios like this the first airport to come into view may not be the right airport.
" 'This is the same as you come from shopping and look for your car. Occasionally you approach a car and then realize, though it looks the same as yours, it isn't yours.' "
And it might have been a case of "expectancy error":
"Cockpit instruments and navigation devices should have made it clear to the pilots they were at the wrong airport, said David Esser, a professor of aeronautical science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Daytona Beach, Florida, campus.
"Sometimes pilots may be led astray by what is known as an 'expectancy error,' he said. In this case, both airports have runways running in the same direction.
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Weather watch- Thanksgiving travel 2013

<html>PIX11 WEATHER CENTER (PIX11) -- A potential coastal storm on the busy travel day before Thanksgiving could take two paths, computer models tell us.

One model suggests that the storm will hug the coastline and dump significant amounts of rain on the tri-state area. Another model brings the storm out to sea,Duhatschek- Crazy tales abound at the NHL’s 20,cheap basketball jersey, leaving us dry. At this point, the PIX11 Weather Center is? leaning toward a rainy event with no snow from Tuesday night into Wednesday. We ll have updates as soon as we get them.

In the near term, clouds will thicken as a cold front starts to move into the Ohio Valley Thursday night. A few rain showers well ahead of the system could arrive in the city well after midnight. Temperature will not be as cool,[4], with lows in the mid 40s.

While Friday could feature a few showers,where to buy cheap nfl jerseys,? it will not be a wash out in any sense. Rainfall amounts will be less than a tenth of inch, which will do little to make a dent in our drought.? We may even see some breaks of sunshine. Temperatures will be relatively mild with highs in the upper 50s.

The cold front will move through early Saturday morning. Skies will gradually clear out and winds will pick up from the northwest. Temperatures will be cooler with highs in the mid 40s. Wind chills will make it feel more like the 30s.

Another cold front will bring a few snow showers, along with a reinforcing shot of arctic air on Sunday. Temperatures will only make it into the 30s; however winds will be very gusty from the northwest at around 20-30 mph,cheap baseball jersey, making it feel more like the teens.

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Sony chief aims to slash $250M in movie costs

<html>A slasher made his way through Sony Corp.’s Hollywood studio Thursday, cutting huge holes in budgets and overturning business models ― leaving a decades-old free-spending way of life beaten and bloodied.

Wielding a cost-cutting cleaver, CEO Kazuo Hirai said he will cut $250 million in costs ― moves that will reduce the number of films produced each year by its movie divisions to about 18 from 23,where to buy nfl jerseys, shift assets from film to TV production and even see more films made outside the pricey Los Angeles area.

“No cost is too sacred to cut,” said Michael Lynton,where to buy cheap nfl jerseys, CEO of the entertainment unit.

The drastic, end-of-a-lifestyle changes to one of Hollywood’s most free-spending studios come after a number of box office bombs and pressure from shareholder activist Dan Loeb to spin off some entertainment assets, cut costs and for greater financial transparency.

While Loeb, founder of hedge fund Third Point, lost his bid to have assets spun off, he appears to be winning a war on the other counts.

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Movie boss Amy Pascal told the roughly 50 Wall Street analysts in attendance that the cost cuts could mean shrinking the summer movie releases of Sony’s studios ― Sony Pictures, Columbia Pictures and Screen Gems ― to four from nine.

Lynton said the budget-cutting would result in a significant “shift from motion pictures to higher-margin television production and networks.” Sony Television produced the popular “Breaking Bad” series.

Management consultants Bain have been drafted to find $100 million in cost cuts. The studio has already parted ways with its marketing chief, its head of corporate communications and the head of movie publicity in the past few months.

Sony did manage to bring aboard a new high-priced communications executive, Charles Sipkins, to try to address the Loeb problem.

Third Point declined to comment on the presentation and did not appear at the event.

Separately, Loeb revealed yesterday that his fund has taken a more than $1 billion stake in SoftBank, which earlier this year made an unsuccessful bid for Universal Music Group.

On Wall Street, investors Friday didn’t appear smitten with the cuts. Sony’s ADRs traded down 1.2 percent in late morning trading, at $18.43.

If Sony is serious about its need to reduce its overhead, outsiders question the need for two bosses to oversee the motion picture group.

Lynton, who took most of the questions during the Q A session, and who was in contention for a senior role at Time Warner, may not relish the continued turmoil at the troubled consumer-electronics giant.

In addition to the more traditional cuts usually associated with an under-the-gun CEO, Hirai appears ready to over-deliver on the new austerity regime.

Among the CEO’s ideas is a money-saving move to replace grass on the studio lot with synthetic turf to save on maintenance, one source said.</html>