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A while back, I wrote about how increasing competition in the financial planning profession has prompted advisors to look at unconventional ways they could set themselves apart. As a result of clients no longer accepting a 'cookie-cutter' model for planning, many advisors are providing more personalized guidance, digging deeper into their clients' plans to help them achieve emotional and financial success. But there is still one area that has traditionally been ignored and is now coming to light as an important piece to being able to differentiate oneself from others in the field—employer-sponsored benefits.
Why this is important is somewhat obvious. For most clients who are employed, the benefits they receive during their career make up a huge portion of their savings and ability to achieve financial goals. We're not talking just retirement plans, but also health care and insurance policies that help people pay for expensive emergency or medical bills, college tuition reimbursement benefits, legal benefits to draft estate planning documents at no or low cost and so on. These benefits are a big part of people's lives and their ability to achieve their goals. There's an inherent relationship between them and planning one's future, and advisors are taking note.
As a workplace financial education provider, we repeatedly hear how much employees desire planning around their benefits. Their questions to our financial educators are often benefits-specific and there's a reason for this. Many employers, though they are doing a better job overall at communicating benefits to employees, are not doing enough around the financial aspect that employees really care about—how their benefits help them achieve financial goals.
We specialize in helping employees use and understand their benefits in the workplace but it doesn't end there—employees need more guidance outside of work when mapping out their financial plans. For example, before Erik Carter joined our team of resident financial planners two years ago, he used to review every single one of his clients' benefits with their employers. His belief was that by doing so he could ensure the best, well-rounded financial plan for his clients possible.
Here are three areas you should look at in your clients' benefits package:
- Weak Retirement Benefits. Erik told me that first identifying what was weak in his clients' employer-sponsored plans made his job easier. Doing this would help him determine what their current portfolio was lacking since they most likely have a plan in place with limited investing options. If the plan has a weak international stock fund, for example, consider advising your client to invest internationally outside of the plan. In addition, determine what alternatives you should consider that might be a fit for your client but are not available through a company 401(k), such as real estate investments, gold or commodities. Finally, look at the whole picture—if the client doesn't have a large pension, they may need to invest more conservatively than those with a cushion, which can allow them to invest more aggressively.
- Tax Efficiency. Of course, the advantage of a 401(k) plan is the tax savings. However, many people don't realize that planning for tax efficiency is more than just contributing to their retirement account. You can advise them to hold more tax-inefficient investments like stable value funds, bonds and high turnover mutual funds in their 401(k) and use taxable accounts for more tax efficient investments like index funds, ETFs, and individual stocks.
- Insurance Benefits. These might be offered to employees at work, but they might not be taking full advantage of their life and disability insurance benefits. More often, employees think that they're sufficiently covered by a life insurance policy equal to only their annual salary, when they may actually need at least seven times that amount. Even if they have enough insurance, they could become uninsurable after leaving their employer. Advisors can help their clients determine if they have these benefits available, if they need more coverage, and whether they should purchase additional insurance through their employer or on the individual market.
If you work in an area that has any particularly large employers, you may want to consider niche marketing and specialize in those employers' benefits. You can use this as a way to differentiate yourself, showing prospects that you know their benefits and how to incorporate them into their financial plans. This can become a powerful strategy that helps you market yourself to employees who want to work with an advisor and obtain referrals to their coworkers. As the focus remains on how advisors are working with their clients, you'll want to be ahead of the curve, not behind it.

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Max Dirt Bike
In the flash game Max dirtbike, your objective is to complete each of the 19 obstacle courses in the fastest time possible. You will need to maintain a delicate balance for your rider throughout the game to avoid crashing. If you do crash, you get to start the level over again and you can start over as many times as you need to. Max Dirtbike plays very much like Dirtbike Game but without the fancy graphics. The major difference with Max Dirt Bike though, and one thing that fans of the game love, is that it is easier to play and much more simple. Many of the early courses can be completed in less than 10 seconds and the courses don't really get longer, just more difficult. This short-and-sweet approach is part of the great fun of Max Dirtbike. We listed all the level cheat codes below for easy reference in case you want to skip right to a level.


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Clearly Vintage
I just wanted to do a plug for an awesome blog that is centered around vintage. Cora has lots of nice images as well as a nice vintage stamp line that she sells at her Etsy Shop. I failed to ask her if I could borrow some images to place here to show you, so since I did not ask permission I will just direct you to her blog and on her blog she has her link to her shop. So if vintage is your thing or not; you should check it out and tell her Nina sent you! :O) Her blog is linked in this title, but here it is too: http://www.clearlyvintage.blogspot.com/
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House Mouse Challenge #30 - Shaped Card
HEY THERE CUPCAKE! OK.. I must admit, I have cupcake on the brain a lot lately... LOTS!! But that is altogether another future post, I promise! So, this week's house mouse challenge was to do a shaped card. I instantly knew I wanted to do a cupcake... guess because that is what is on my mind lately! (hehe covering mouth giggling) so anyway, I stamped the panda bear from the wheelbarrow ride and colored him and cut him out. I knew I wanted him to adorn the top of my cupcake. I made my own template for this card and I when I get around to it I will make a whole sheet pages of all the pattern pieces and upload it so if you want it you can have it, but that will have to be another day. I actually made my base out of a darker pink heavy paper per my pattern. This way the backside of my card was a pink. The crimped cupcake holder is the same paper, just a seperate piece that was crimped. I did this mainly because I wanted my baskside to have color. Since I had made some individual peices of pattern that were loose like the icing and the cupcake holder I just traced around my pattern paper for the icing and inked it with the dew drop inks and them I crimped my card stock for the holder and then I traced it and then cut my piece. Be careful when you crimp things, you will want to make sure you crimp then cut the piece to fit and I will tell you why. It tends to make your piece smaller because it crimps, thus using a bit more paper... so always crimp first and them cut... that was the paper crafting tip for the day! I also outlined my icing in black sharpie because I wanted my icing to stand out more, plus I wanted to have some swirls within the top too. I chose to add the black and white ribbon to mainly pull it altogether since I used the panda bear, plus it really pops and it adds some weight to the bottom which makes it more balanced to me. It really is a balance kind of thing, that's another thing balance, it truly is a funny thing, it is mainly just something I feel in my work, but there really is a truth to balance whether it be with color or a feel of weight and how it carries your eyes. Then I had these lovely sequins that I bought off Easter clearance at the craft store last year really inexpensively and thought that would be the perfect finishing touch. Although, I wanted to add some little white pearls in the center of the sequins from crafting many years ago I couldn't locate them ((oh well)). I also used the same pattern paper from the icing on the full inside and added my sentiment that said "because you're special". I made this for a friend that just had foot surgery. I am certain she will just love it. OK... Thanks for looking and I promise to have my template here in the next week for you to right click and save to your files... I think I might just add a little hanging tag from the bow that says "for you" or "thinking of you", but here is my pic for now.... so in the meantime... have a cupcake kind of day!
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The sweeping lines of Nicholas Kirkwood's signature S Sandal are updated to follow the natural curve of the foot. Crafted from metallic gold-tone leather and transparent PVC to create a trompe l'œil effect, the stiletto sandal is a modern take on timeless design.
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Things got nasty between actresses Jaime Pressly and Estella Warren at a club in Los Angeles Friday, prompting a call to the cops to split up the spat.
Both actresses had attended a birthday celebration at a house in L.A. when Pressly's assistant's phone and purse went missing. Using a "find my phone" app, the actress and her assistant tracked the phone to Bootsy Bellows club, where Warren and several others had continued the party.
Warren claimed the phone was hers and "Jaime was trying to get it back," Us Weekly reported. "She wasn't aggressive but she was forceful."
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Treatment of Patients With Alcoholism and Attention Deficit Disorder
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First Posted : December 5, 2005
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This study of persons with both alcoholism and ADHD will determine whether adding the drug methylphenidate to a standard treatment program will decrease alcohol use. In approximately half of patients with ADHD, symptoms persist into adulthood, and the untreated condition is associated with a significantly increased incidence of substance use disorder. Also, more than one-third of adults with substance use disorder have symptoms of ADHD. This study will evaluate the effectiveness of adding methylphenidate to a standard alcohol treatment program in improving patients' treatment compliance and decreasing adverse consequences of drinking, as well as monitoring their attention deficit/hyperactivity symptoms,
People 21 to 65 years of age with alcoholism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be eligible for this study.
Participants are randomly assigned to receive either slow-release methylphenidate (an approved medication for ADHD) or placebo. All subjects participate in NIAAA's alcohol treatment program, which includes a standardized 12-week behavioral therapy course and treatment with naltrexone, a medication to prevent relapse. Patients are assessed once a week with the standard NIAAA treatment evaluation battery, including:
- Timeline Followback: A validated self-report method to assess a person's drinking over a defined interval in time
- Addiction Severity Index: A validated interview that measures problem severity in seven areas related to drug and alcohol abuse
- Biomarkers for alcohol abuse
- Conners Adult ADHD Rating Scale (a rating scale for ADHD symptoms and severity)
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|Alcoholism Attention Deficit Disorder
|Drug: Methylphenidate
|Phase 4
Background: Several pharmacological therapies for relapse prevention in alcoholism have now been documented for efficacy. A key issue that has emerged is the role of patient compliance with medication in mediating efficacy. Psychological traits common among alcoholics interact with treatment compliance. Thus, a considerable proportion of alcoholics, e.g. more than one third of treatment seeking populations, display signs and symptoms of adult ADHD. The impaired ability for long term planning and sustained goal-oriented behaviors in this group is likely to impair compliance with pharmacological treatment, thus reducing its potential beneficial effects.
Well documented pharmacological treatments are also available for ADHD. Among these, methylphenidate has a strong documentation, and has been demonstrated to be as efficacious in adult ADHD as in the childhood condition. A recently introduced slow release preparation of methylphenidate appears to offer considerable advantages, in that it eliminates most of the abuse potential, and allows once daily administration.
Aims: The aim of this study is to evaluate whether addition of methylphenidate to a state of the art treatment program for alcohol dependence will improve clinically relevant treatment outcomes such as validated measures of alcohol drinking.
Methods: The hypothesis will be addressed in a 12 week randomized, placebo controlled double blind add-on trial. Participation will be offered to subjects with alcohol dependence, aged 21-65 years, who enter the NIAAA alcohol treatment program, do not have any severe psychiatric or physical morbidity, and meet criteria for adult ADHD. All patients who are included will be given a standardized state of the art 12 week behavioral treatment package, as well as naltexone, an approved medication for relapse prevention. In addition subjects will be randomized to slow release methylphenidate or corresponding placebo. Patients will be evaluated upon weekly visits using the standard NIAAA treatment evaluation battery TLFB, ASI, biomarkers, as well as the established CAARS rating scale for attention deficit / hyperactivity. Primary outcome will be measures of drinking obtained by the TLFB methodology. Secondary outcomes will measures of attention deficit and hyperactivity, as measured by the CAARS scores.
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- People who present with complicated medical problems requiring intensive medical or diagnostic management, such as hypertensive emergency, serious GI bleeding, major organ or body system dysfunction such as decompensated liver disease, renal failure, myocardial ischemia, congestive heart failure or cerebrovascular disease, major endocrine problems such as uncontrolled diabetes, pancreatic or thyroid disease.
- People who are infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
- Serious neuro-psychiatric conditions which impair judgment or cognitive function to an extent that precludes them from providing informed consent or complying with treatment, such as psychotic illness or severe dementia (incompetent individuals).
- People who are unlikely or unable to complete the treatment program because they become or are likely to be incarcerated while on the protocol.
- People who are required to receive treatment by a court of law or who are involuntarily committed to treatment.
- People with uncontrolled hypertension
- People with a history of withdrawal seizures
Study specific exlusion criteria:
- Pregnancy or lactation (negative pregnancy test required)
- Use of psychotropic medication (antidepressant, lithium, antipsychotic, anxiolytic, antiepileptic) within last 4 weeks, except when given within the program as part of medically supervised withdrawal. Use of these medications constitutes prima facie evidence of general exclusion category 3 (above). Persons identified with psychiatric conditions deemed exclusionary will be referred to community resources for inpatient or outpatient treatment as indicated. Persons with acute psychiatric emergencies (e.g. bipolar disorder, manic phase, significant depressive symptoms, or active suicidal ideation) will be referred for immediate care to ensure safety and stabilization; such actions will be appropriately documented.
- Past DSM-IV diagnosis of dependence (but not abuse, or reported occasional use of) drugs of abuse other than alcohol.
- Present DSM-IV diagnosis (but not sporadic use) of dependence on any central stimulant
- Present use of guanethidine or yohimbine
- Contraindications / warnings for naltrexone (in addition to those included in the general exclusion criteria):
1. known supersensitivity to the drug
2. acute hepatitis (any transaminase great than 3 x upper normal interval limit)
3. ongoing (within last month) use of opid analgesics, or illicit opiates
7. Contraindications / warnings for methylphenidate (in addition to those included in the general exclusion criteria):
- known supersensitivity to the drug
- marked anxiety, tension or agitation, since the drug may aggravate these symptoms
- glaucoma
- motor tics, or family history or diagnosis of Tourettes syndrome
- history of seizures
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00261872
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Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
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You want to know what is the best place to live. With the Life Quality Index, or LQI, we make it a lot easier to decide which place is better to live.
The LQI is calculated by combining all our data on transportation, safety, health, affordability, entertainment, demographics, leisure and other essentials for everyday life. All our data comes from very reliable sources, like the MTA, NYPD, Google, Socrata, Foursquare and the U.S. Census to offer you the best information to find the right place to live.
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When you have time off, you want to relax and have fun. So the closer to sport facilities, beauty salons and spas, running tracks and interesting places, the better.
Let's face it, what would life be without restaurants, bars, cafes, museums and other entertainment venues? That's why we include it in our LQI.
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Lesson Purpose:
This is a lesson I do on the first day of school to get kids ready to think scientifically. One thing that I have discovered about teaching is that the first day of school always varies a lot from year to year. I have written a lesson for a full class period, however, sections can easily be dropped to make it a 20, 25, 30, or 35 min lesson to fit the schedule for the first day. This is a nice way to plan because then I am not stressed about the inevitable changes in plans and yet I have a great content based lesson for the first day!
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During this lesson I use a vocabulary protocol to help students develop an academic vocabulary in a collaborative group.
Learning Goal: Discover some of our beliefs about scientists and science.
Essential Question: What does a scientist look like? Draw a picture of a scientist working.
This lesson is day one in my unit The Ws of Science. It is a discovery lesson meant to engage students and uncover ideas.
The beginning of class is an essential time to harness. Effectively using this time not only gives you more minutes of teaching but can also solve management issues, create motivation and engagement, and build a class culture of learning.
In my class, this time is called Ready... Set... Engage. The students come iton the room, get ready (get their stuff), get set (get settled in their seats), and engage in writing the learning goal and answering the opening question on the board. By the time the bell rings, students should be in their seats and working. Rather than calling attention to students that are not doing their job, I use ROCK STAR SCIENCE tickets to reward students that are working when the bell rings. This goes a long way to developing a positive class culture.
I use this time to handle any classroom business I have to do and then I walk about the room looking at the pictures and picking out things to bring up in the discussion. Since this lesson is supposed to help students uncover preconceived ideas about scientists, I'm always especially interested in examples of stereotypes. Most students will draw a picture of a white man in a lab coat.
Some of the students will even draw a "crazy" white man in a lab coat. Later in the discussion I will make sure to go back to some of the common stereotypes so that students can build a new vision of a scientist, one that they might fit into.
**** If this is the first day of school, I stand at the door, welcome the students, tell them their seat number and ask them to find their seat and get started on the assignment. In my room I have the tables and individual seats numbered to make seating easy. I leave an assignment sheet at each seat. I also leave pencils on the table so students can get started quickly. This type of organization means that class starts immediately and it sets a learning tone for the rest of the year.*****
I do this lesson on the first day of school, so the hook today is simply to introduce myself, let students know the most important rules of the class, give them a handout to take home with a supply list, and make them feel safe and happy in the classroom.
One of the most important things to do in the first week of school is to start building a classroom community. I find that the first step is to give students the purpose and boundaries for the classroom. The basic rules of my classroom are,
We are Safe.
We are Learning.
We are Leading.
Later on in the week we will do activities that allow us to collaboratively develop the needs and rules of the class.
The purpose of this part of the class is to find out what the kids already know about science and what some of their misconceptions are. I use this Probe, but I don't grade it. Instead, I look at the answers and put students in groups based on where I think they might be. Generally, I have groups like;
1. Knows a lot about science and the process of science already. These students might have used advanced vocabulary and examples. They are probably going to need some differentiation during this unit to challenge them.
2. Seems to have an implicit understanding of science. These students put down answers that were reasonable and logical without using advanced vocabulary and examples. They might be advanced students and thinkers or have rich background experience.
3. Has very little understanding about science. These students put down answers that showed definite misconceptions or skill deficits. They might not understand science concepts or they might be struggling with reading and writing. They will need scaffolding or targeted instruction to pull them up to the standard level.
4. Could not assess knowledge. These students answered in a way that did not uncover their ideas. They could be a little lazy about writing or they could be trying to fake an answer they don't know. In either case more information is needed soon.
I record the students' levels in a spreadsheet that also contains their reading, writing, and math scores. As the year goes on this document helps me make better decisions about grouping and instruction.
This video shows some of the student work, my assessment of their understanding, and what my next steps will be.
This discovery activity centers around a rap video about what you need and don't need to be a scientist. Before watching the video, I ask students to compare their drawing of "what a scientist looks like" with their neighbors.
As it is usually the beginning of the year when I do this lesson, it is a great time for students to use an introduction protocol. I have students introduce themselves, state what school they went to last year, and then explain their drawing. This is a very quick mini discussion (about 30 seconds). If students are sitting at tables of four, we repeat the process with a new partner. Having a set protocol helps students feel more comfortable introducing themselves to others.
Once the students have described their pictures to each other, I ask them what things the pictures have in common. What are scientists like? We list some ideas on the board. Then I tell the kids we're going to watch a video about what you need to be a scientist and I want them to think about how the video compares with their drawing.
When the video is over, I open a discussion with some of the questions below.
After the discussion, I use a presentation to help solidify the ideas that we hopefully opened in discussion. My purpose in the presentation is to take away the stereotypes we hold of scientists, (nerdy, white, crazy, men) and instead replace them with images that students can relate to.
I have a Vocabulary Protocol I do at the beginning of all mini-units to introduce these critical science words. This helps all students, but especially DHH and ELL students, feel comfortable with using science terms. For this particular lesson, I sometimes do this vocabulary on the discovery day and I sometimes do the vocabulary on the Direct Instruction day depending on class schedules.
Students will need a TIP Chart (Term, Information, Picture) and the ability to see the presentation. It can either be copied and left at the tables or projected, or both.
Vocabulary Protocol with presentation
The purpose of this activity is to give students a set way to learn new science words. Many teachers do a variety of different vocabulary activities. I choose to always start with this one so that once students have learned the protocol they can concentrate on the words and not the activity. This is a FAST activity and is designed to simply introduce 3-7 words so that when the students meet them again they are ready to learn. This whole process should take about 15- 20 minutes depending on the amount of words.
1. Grouping
Ideally, I like to have students in groups of four. If this is not possible, you can have groups of three in which case one student has two jobs. The jobs are:
-The word expert
-The picture expert
-The definition expert
-The sentence expert.
2. Model
Model the process by doing the first word or two out loud, how many words you model is determined by how comfortable the students are with the process. Even if students have done the process many times you should ALWAYS model at least one word.
a. I am going to be the word person first. I see the word ____________ this makes me think about _________________ because of _____________. I Wonder if this has something to do with _______________.
b. Now, I am the picture person. I see a picture of _________________. This makes me think that ____________________ because of ______________________. I wonder if _________________________________.
c. Now, I am the definition person. The definition is ___________________________. This makes me think ______________________________ because of ____________________. I wonder if _______________________.
d. Now I am the sentence person. The sentence says _______________________________________________. This makes me think _________________________ because of ___________________. I wonder if ___________________
Note - each job is incredibly short and scripted. Done correctly each job takes less than 15 seconds.
3. Guided Questions
Use this opportunity to make sure that each student knows what job they have, that they all know what to say and how to say it, and that they are prepared to beging.
4. Collaborative Activity
I use a bell and call out the first person, "Ok word expert go!" Then I watch the clock. I give the students about 15 seconds and then ring the bell, "Ok, picture expert, go!" In this way it takes about one minute to get through all four ways of looking at the term.
5. Independent Activity
At the end of the collaborative discussion, I give the students between 1-2 minutes to write the term on their paper, copy or create a definition and sentence, and create their own picture. This is not a lot of time and it is not supposed to be. A quick pace increases engagement and pushes students to get their first ideas down.
Closure is one of the most valuable pieces of a lesson. It is the last thing students hear before they go on and the last chance a teacher has to shift thinking, create engagement or support motivation. However, the universal truth ALL teachers know is that closure depends so much on time! I choose different paths depending on how much time I have left in the class.
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Oh no! The bell rang! I congratulate kids on their work and invite them back to learn more tomorrow.
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The purpose of the closure today is to get a feel for what the students remember. I give them each a sticky note and ask the question, "How are you a scientist?"
I give the students about one minute to write, and then I wrap up the class by reminding them of what we wanted to learn, what we did learn, and then I state what we will be learning tomorrow.
As the students leave, they post their sticky notes on my exit ticket chart on the door. This saves me time in having to collect them and I can look over the answers while doing hall duty!
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I have the students do the sticky note as above and then go around the room sharing and celebrating their answers!


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In 14 benchmark watersheds, the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is conducting in-depth studies that will help to validate physical-process models used for the National Assessment component of the Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP). ARS has been conducting research on most of the 14 benchmark watersheds for a considerable period of time and anticipates that research and assessments in these watershed will be continued over many years.
ARS is also conducting research for CEAP in some of the Special Emphasis Watersheds selected by the Natural Resources Conservation Service to address specific resource concerns such as manure management from animal feeding operations and water use and conservation on irrigated cropland.
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ARS makes data from their CEAP Watershed Studies available through an on-line database, Sustaining the Earth's Watersheds Agricultural Research Data System (STEWARDS). Meteorological, hydrological and water quality data can be downloaded by users who register with the site.
The National Agricultural Library maintains a dynamic bibliography cataloging all watershed studies from 2003 to the present.
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The ARS CEAP plan describes the five specific research objectives and plans of the first five years of what is expected to be a much longer project. The objectives are:
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition spent more time and traveled more miles in Montana than in any other state. Their journals from 200 years ago are but one link to the past. Wherever you go along the Trail, much of what you see, touch and experience also has ties to the past: the habitat; native plants and animals; artifacts of people who lived and died here. Even the rocks and minerals, the smell of the air, the lay of the land-every aspect of life links us to our history. The living land nourishes and sustains us, as it has for generations.
Use Montana's state parks to learn about Lewis and Clark's voyage, to open your senses and fill in the intimate details of lives past. Artists have recreated scenes of the journey to connect us to the people, the lands, and the animals of 200 years ago. You can view many of those scenes on the web ahead as we visit a few of Lewis and Clark's camps. Or, plan your own expedition along the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers-there are hundreds of places to visit in Montana, whether by river or road. In many places you can still see the wildlife and plants described by the Corps. They are a significant part of what makes Montana's landscape unique.
Savor and share your own discoveries. As you travel, remember: the impact of your journey can influence the remnants of past. Do your part to help - not harm - this place, yet full of discoveries.
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I would like to see a version of DScroll with words of roman languages other than english.
Any chance?
I would like to see a version of DScroll with words of roman languages other than english.
Any chance?
Hmm, maybe. Is there a freely distributable word list out there?
Seth A. Robinson
Robinson Technologies
Here is a beta version of Dungeon Scroll that supports seven languages. (English, German, French, Danish, Spanish, Italian, Swedish)
Dungeon Scroll Multi Language Edition beta
There are still some issues, such as converting the words to 7-bit (umlauts and things are removed) and the letter distribution and vowel count is still based on english, which probably isn't good.
But I'd like to hear any comments/suggestions.
Seth A. Robinson
Robinson Technologies
Seth, I speak german so if you would like help with the grammatical syntax I can help.
This may not matter much, but the current setup would quite possibly be a little confusing for german speakers. When you can't use an umlaut while typing it is customary to add an "e" after the vowel in which an umlaut was intended. For example "der F�hrer" would be written "der Fuehrer."
If a german were to try this the word may not work unless the program could read the database and find the word regardless, so it might actually be less work in the long run to do a little bit of coding for the umlauts when possible to help improve the quality.
I downloaded and tested out the german part. Support for umlauts is definatelly needed and also fully translating some of the in game text wouldn't hurt either.
Are the titles for board members coming from WOT?
Umlaute are not needed but as rmcnew said, it would be nice to have ae and ue or oe instead.
Also, the distribution has to account for the language
Thank you!
Thanks for the feedback guys, I'm going to look for a (freely usable) german dictionary that already has them converted this way...
Seth A. Robinson
Robinson Technologies
I think I already said it earlier, but it might actually be easier (and more professional), to put in a little work to just code for the umlauts instead of hunting for hard to find wordlist.Originally Posted by [b
On the other hand I am not sure how you code or what your code for the game looks like, so it's up to you.
By the way, I forgot to mention that there is also a letter for two S's in german called the double-s, it looks sort of like a b, but it isn't. Looks like: � = ss
Also, another site with more than a 100,000 word wordlist.
I put the link to the main part of the webpage, which was mostly in german, so incase you couldn't find the wordlist it is found here.
It's free to my understanding, but is under a GNU license in which you might want to look at it.
GNU public license for german-english wordlist
I would realy like to do a french version.
I do have a 300,000+ list of word.
What should I do ?
Could you please post the requirements for building our own localization ?
I mean something like :
- Words should be between 3 and ?? letters
- No accent
- No hyphen
- etc....


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BRYN MAWR — Six people are dead following a workplace shooting Thursday at Accent Signage in Bryn Mawr, including the owner of the business, 61-year-old Reuven Rahamim, and the man police say was the shooter.
The fifth victim, and sixth fatality in the incident, died at Hennepin County Medical Center Friday afternoon, Sgt. Stephen McCarty said.
Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan confirmed Friday afternoon the suspect identified by name in news reports, Andrew Engeldinger, 36, was the shooter. Engeldinger was employed by Accent Signage, but was terminated Thursday morning, Dolan said.
He was found dead inside the building from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office late Friday released the names of the four others killed by Engledinger: Rami Cooks, 62, of Minnetonka; Ronald Edberg, 58, of Brooklyn Center; Keith Basinski, 50, of Spring Lake Park; and Jacob Bruce Beneke, 34, of Maple Grove.
Dolan said Engeldinger, who was armed with a Glock 9 mm semi-automatic pistol, parked his car, entered the building through the loading dock "and immediately started shooting people."
Later, police apparently revised that narrative. The Star Tribune reported Friday afternoon that the shooting began during the meeting in which Engeldinger was fired near the end of the workday Thursday, a scenario another source independently confirmed to the Southwest Journal.
Asked if Engeldinger picked his targets, Dolan responded: "It's clear he did walk by some people."
Basinski, a longtime UPS driver, had parked his van in the loading dock. The van remained there Friday afternoon.
Dolan said the three Minneapolis Police officers who arrived on scene first "did what we've trained them to do in active-shooter scenarios," formed a team and moved through the building. Those officers are now on administrative leave — not because they fired their weapons, the chief clarified, but because of the disturbing nature of the crime scene.
Dolan praised the efforts of the officers who helped Accent Signage employees evacuate the building, and the actions of the paramedics who arrived on scene to treat victims before it was clear the shooting was over. He called the paramedics' actions "courageous."
Minneapolis Deputy Police Chief Kris Arneson said at a Thursday night news conference that three victims were taken by ambulance to Hennepin County Medical Center following the shooting, which began around 4:30 p.m. inside the business at 2322 Chestnut Ave. W.
Survivors and loved ones impacted by the shooting have been brought to the Minneapolis Police Department's 4th Precinct in North Minneapolis. Margaret McAbee of St. Paul-based Survivors Resources said her organization is in the early stages of finding ways to help the victims. Her organization also helped survivors of the I-35W bridge collapse.
Bryn Mawr Neighborhood Association President Marlin Possehl said Rahamim moved to the neighborhood about 30 years ago and served for a time on the BMNA board, but had since relocated to St. Louis Park. The BMNA board held its monthly meetings in the Accent Signage building during the summer several years ago.
Police searched Engeldinger's home in South Minneapolis, where they found another gun and packaging for about 10,000 rounds of ammunition. Police believe he purchased both weapons about one year ago.
"He obviously was practicing with how to use a gun," Dolan said.
Arneson said there were "several witnesses" to the shooting, but could not say how many people were in the building at the time of the incident.
About 60 officers from multiple local jurisdictions and the FBI responded to multiple 911 calls from inside the building. They methodically searched the building, which Dolan described as large, old and full of "nooks and crannies."
Dolan said there were "obvious signs of conflict," describing the scene inside Accent Signage as "hellish." He estimated the shooting lasted only 10 to 15 minutes.
Police did not engage Engeldinger. They found his body in the basement, next to a single bullet casing, Dolan said.
He said it would take time to complete the investigation of the crime scene because of the complicated layout of the building, which includes long hallways, many small offices and machinery.
"It's vast," he said.
Dolan said two people were found hiding in the building long after the shooting had ended.
Jeanine Webster, a neighbor of the office building, said she heard 10 to 12 shots while inside her home around 4:30 p.m. She went outside and saw a man running away from the office building, asking for people to call 911.
Mayor R.T. Rybak and City Council Member Lisa Goodman, a Bryn Mawr resident, were briefed by police before talking with reporters. Rybak said he was recently at Accent Signage with federal officials to recognize the company for being a business seeing growth in overseas exports.
"In a wonderful neighborhood and at a wonderful business, we've got a horrible tragedy," Rybak said. He said Rahamim, who was born in Israel, was a good example of an immigrant success story. After the recent event at the business with federal commerce officials, Rybak said he returned home and recalled remarking to his wife: "This is a true family business."
Rybak said Accent Signage employees were "together and being cared for" Thursday night. He extended his "deepest sympathies" to those connected with the business and the Bryn Mawr neighborhood.
Goodman said she knew the Rahamim and his wife through their interactions with the city. "We love having this business in the neighborhood," she said, adding that the incident was "clearly out of character" for Bryn Mawr.
Possehl was among those who gathered Thursday evening with Rybak, Goodman and a number Bryn Mawr residents, including former Minnesota House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, on the lawn of Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church just blocks from the scene of the shooting.
He said the mood was "somber, sad, regretful." "I don't think it had turned to anger yet about the senseless violence that occurred," he said.
Possehl did not know Rahamim well, but said he was "a really nice guy" who was proud of his business and proud of his affiliation with Bryn Mawr. "He seemed to be very gentle and caring, and had a great affection for the neighborhood," he said. "He was very competitive at the same time, and very innovative." Possehl said Rahamim had patented a system of Braille signage that was in use in a building for which he is the caretaker.
Several hours before the candlelight vigil, a Metro Transit police bus was stationed outside a gas station a few blocks from the crime scene. Officers appeared to be interviewing witnesses inside the bus.
Bryn Mawr resident Steve Fischer, who lives about a block from Accent Signage, said his two-year-old twins were at home with their nanny, Megg O'Leary, at the time of the shooting. O'Leary's own daughter was with them, and her husband, James Erickson, arrived just before the shooting to drive the girl home. Erickson said he was loading his daughter into their car when he heard "two separate volleys of shots."
A hunter, Erickson said he knows what gunshots sound like, but he at first assumed he was hearing hammer blows. He said it was "eerily quiet" as he drove down Queen Avenue toward the business. He saw a man running away from the building, then saw a woman dressed in pink running across the Accent Signage parking lot. She tripped, fell, picked herself up and kept running, Erickson said.
"A whole bunch of things didn't add up, so I called my wife," he said. Told to lock the doors and hide in the basement, O'Leary spent the better part of an hour "barricaded" inside the home, she said. "It was scary for a while," she said.
Fischer, the homeowner, said he had lived in Bryn Mawr for 12 years and always felt safe in the neighborhood.
City Council Member Elizabeth Glidden (8th Ward) worked closely with Rahamim through Think Green, a partnership between Minneapolis and St. Paul that focuses on promoting green business practices.
The Accent Signage founder was an active member of the steering committee. "This is a man who not only gave 110 percent to his own business, but he was willing to engage in the bigger picture — to engage in city committees, community and business associations that helped create the framework of a good environment, and infusing his values and ideas into those processes," she said. "He was a real giver of his time — not just someone who was there because he had a successful business, which he did."
Finance & Commerce had an interesting feature on Accent Signage earlier this summer.
U.S. Sen. Al Franken released the following statement on the shootings: "I'm shocked and saddened by this senseless act of violence. This is an enormous loss to the community. My thoughts are with the victims and the friends and family of everyone we lost yesterday, and I wish the wounded a speedy and full recovery."
The Bryn Mawr Neighborhood Association has reported that a Wells Fargo account has been opened for Bryn Mawr shooting victims and family members at the bank's 615 N. 7th St. branch.


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Earlier today I had a need to get some information out of a Visual Studio project file and in this blog post I'm going to share a couple of ways of going about that because I'm pretty sure I won't be the only person that ever wants to do this. The specific problem I was trying to solve was finding out how many objects in my database project (i.e. in my .dbproj file) had any warnings suppressed but the techniques discussed below will work pretty well for any Visual Studio project file because every such file is simply an XML document, hence it can be queried by anything that can query XML documents.
Ever heard the phrase "when all you've got is hammer everything looks like a nail"? Well that's me with querying stuff – if I can write SQL then I'm writing SQL. Here's a little noddy database project I put together for demo purposes:
Two views and a stored procedure, nothing fancy. I suppressed warnings for [View1] & [Procedure1] and hence the pertinent part my project file looks like this:
<ItemGroup> <Build Include="Schema Objects\Schemas\dbo\Views\View1.view.sql"> <SubType>Code</SubType> <SuppressWarnings>4151,3276</SuppressWarnings> </Build> <Build Include="Schema Objects\Schemas\dbo\Views\View2.view.sql"> <SubType>Code</SubType> </Build> <Build Include="Schema Objects\Schemas\dbo\Programmability\Stored Procedures\Procedure1.proc.sql"> <SubType>Code</SubType> <SuppressWarnings>4151</SuppressWarnings> </Build> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup>
Note the <SuppressWarnings> elements – those are the bits of information that I am after.
With a lot of help from folks on the SQL Server XML forum I came up with the following query that nailed what I was after. It reads the contents of the .dbproj file into a variable of type XML and then shreds it using T-SQL's XML data type methods:
DECLARE @xml XML; SELECT @xml = CAST(pkgblob.BulkColumn AS XML) FROM OPENROWSET(BULK 'C:\temp\QueryingProjectFileDemo\QueryingProjectFileDemo.dbproj' -- <-Change this path! ,single_blob) AS pkgblob ;WITH XMLNAMESPACES( 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003' AS ns) SELECT REVERSE(SUBSTRING(REVERSE(ObjectPath),0,CHARINDEX('\',REVERSE(ObjectPath)))) AS [ObjectName] ,[SuppressedWarnings] FROM ( SELECT build.query('.') AS [_node] , build.value('ns:SuppressWarnings[1]','nvarchar(100)') AS [SuppressedWarnings] , build.value('@Include','nvarchar(1000)') AS [ObjectPath] FROM @xml.nodes('//ns:Build[ns:SuppressWarnings]') AS R(build) )q
And here's the output:
And that's it – an easy way of discovering which warnings have been suppressed and for which objects in your database projects. I won't bother going over the code as it is fairly self-explanatory – peruse it at your leisure.
Once I had the SQL above I figured I'd share it around a little in case it was ever useful to anyone else; hence I'm writing this blog post and I also posted it on the Visual Studio Database Development Tools forum at FYI: Discover which objects have had warnings suppressed. Luckily Kevin Goode saw the thread and he posted a different solution to the same problem, one that uses Powershell. The advantage of Kevin's Powershell approach is that it is easy to analyse many .dbproj files at the same time. Below is Kevin's code which I have tweaked ever so slightly so that it produces the same results as my SQL script (I just want any object that had had a warning suppressed whereas Kevin was querying specifically for warning 4151):
cd 'C:\Temp\QueryingProjectFileDemo\'
$projects = ls -r -i *.dbproj
Foreach($project in $projects)
$xml = new-object System.Xml.XmlDocument
$xml.set_PreserveWhiteSpace( $true )
#$xpath = @{Start="/e:Project/e:ItemGroup/e:Build[e:SuppressWarnings=4151]/@Include"}
#$xpath = @{Start="/e:Project/e:ItemGroup/e:Build[contains(e:SuppressWarnings,'4151')]/@Include"}
$xpath = @{Start="/e:Project/e:ItemGroup/e:Build[e:SuppressWarnings]/@Include"}
$ns = @{ e = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" }
$xml | Select-Xml -XPath $xpath.Start -Namespace $ns |Select -Expand Node | Select -expand Value
and here's the output:
Nice reusable Powershell and SQL scripts – not bad for an evening's work. Thank you to Kevin for allowing me to share his code.
Don't forget that these techniques can easily be adapted to query any Visual Studio project file, they're only XML documents after all! Doubtless many people out there already have code for doing this but nonetheless here is another offering to the great script library in the sky. Have fun!
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Kevin's solution also has the benefits of not requiring the openrowset feature to be enabled on your instance of sql server. Maybe not an issue in a dev/sandbox scenario but worth mentioning.
nice solution it is very usefull
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Preaching To The Converted
Lamb of God
The Public wants what the public gets. Lazarus himself wouldn't rise into
this world. Decry relativity damned petulant for seeing through a Trojan
horse full of zyklon while Judas' coffers overflow. What? New world
(dis)order is nothing new. Choking on poison air pouring whiskey into
crescent moon lacerations. Time to bite the hand that beats. Teach our
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Sanctified our blood spills, sutured with commodities. Iron fist in silken
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Man Convicted in Deadly Craigslist Plot in Ohio
A self-styled street preacher could face the death penalty on his convictions for murder, kidnapping and robbery in a plot to lure men with Craigslist job offers and rob them.
The same jury that convicted Richard Beasley, 53, Tuesday night of killing three men and wounding a fourth must return March 20 to consider arguments from both sides on whether jurors should recommend the death sentence.
Beasley, who uses a wheelchair because of back pain, slumped forward when the verdict was read in a hushed courtroom. His mother sobbed and relatives of the victims hugged and wiped away tears.
"I'm satisfied, I'm satisfied. I didn't have a doubt," said Jack Kern, father of Timothy Kern, 47, of Massillon, who was slain.
Jurors and attorneys for both sides remain under a gag order pending the sentencing and left court without commenting.
Prosecutors, who had asked jurors to use common sense and convict Beasley, labeled him the triggerman in the 2011 plot with a student he mentored. Brogan Rafferty, 16 at the time of the crimes, was convicted and sentenced last year to life in prison without the chance of parole.
Given his age, Rafferty wasn't eligible for the death penalty.
Prosecutor Jonathan Baumoel told jurors there was no reasonable doubt that Beasley plotted the killings, and he presented three possible theories for aggravated murder - planning the crimes, doing them with a kidnapping or doing them with a robbery. "He was the mastermind behind this plot," Baumoel said.
Prosecutors said the victims, all down on their luck and with few family ties that might highlight their disappearances, were lured with offers of farmhand jobs.
One man was killed near Akron, and the others were shot at a southeast Ohio farm during bogus job interviews.
The slain men were Ralph Geiger, 56, of Akron; David Pauley, 51, of Norfolk, Va.; and Kern.
The survivor, Scott Davis, testified that he heard the click of a gun as he walked in front of Beasley at the reputed job site. Davis, who was shot in an arm and knocked the weapon aside, was hoping to move from South Carolina closer to his family in northeast Ohio.
"I spun around," testified Davis, who told a harrowing story of running through the woods and hiding for seven hours. "I was worried about bleeding to death."
Prosecutors said it was a miracle that Davis, who also was the star witness at Rafferty's trial, survived the encounter with Beasley in Noble County, 60 miles east of Columbus.
"Only by the grace of God did he escape with his life," Baumoel told the jury.
It was Davis' escape on Nov. 6, 2011, that led authorities to find Pauley's body in the same area where Davis was shot. Geiger's body also was found in Noble County. Kern's body was found in a shallow grave near an Akron-area shopping mall.
Beasley, who returned to Ohio from Texas in 2004 after serving several years in prison on a burglary conviction, testified that he met with Davis and that Davis was the one who pulled a gun in retaliation for being a police informant on a motorcycle club investigation in Akron.
Beasley's lawyers had said that investigators targeted him based only on a hunch and that the identity theft and robbery motives prosecutors offered were baseless.
Rafferty had said the crimes were horrible but he didn't see any chance to stop the killings. He said he feared Beasley would kill him and his family if he tipped off police.


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The last few days have been crazy around here. We had some new stuff installed in the house along with a visit from Saba (aka Tim, aka Ben's father) from NH. Ben took off from work on Wednesday and Thursday because of the chaos going on.
Tim spent the night on Tuesday night. Wednesday morning we all put Ryder on the bus. Ben and I took Zak to his YMCA class (Ben had not gotten to go to his class at all). While there I filled out the paperwork to join the YMCA for 6 months with the grant we were offered through their financial aid department. After Zak's class we headed home to get Ryder off the bus. The boys and Ben played football and soccer with Tim while I went to get Chinese food for lunch.
The boys enjoyed having some egg drop soup in their straw bowlsWednesday afternoon Ben and his father went to play 9 holes of golf so once the workers left I pulled out the finger paints for the boys. They had a blast! Tim spent the night on Wednesday night as well.
As for the install and new stuff in the house...we had a new outdoor AC unit, furnace, and water heater put in. Our AC unit has been failing all summer, the water heater was about to burst and the furnace should have died a while ago so it was time. We got a few estimates from various places and went with a company named Level Heating and Air Conditioning. They work in Harford, Cecil, and Baltimore counties and they were wonderful so anybody in those areas who needs this work done should check them out.
Our old stuff
New furnace & water heater
New outdoor AC unitDuring our estimates we discovered that the exhaust from the water heater & furnace (gas) were against code. This meant the exhaust would have to be re-done which was an added cost as well as an issue to figure out a plan for. One of the various reasons we went with this company is because they had the best plan for fixing the exhaust issue. They had to run all new exhaust pipes from the basement, up through the living room closet, above the kitchen ceiling, and then out the side of the house.
Living room closet with exhaust pipes
Holes in the ceiling of kitchen needed to put the pipes inThe install took 2 days, but we are very happy with the outcome along with the whole process. We have some paperwork to send in various places in order to get some rebates. We will also be getting the federal rebate with our taxes in April next year. There are some holes that need to be patched, but we also have a few holes in the bedroom (from work done on plumbing) along with another hole in the kitchen from the day we moved and the big leak. Ben is probably going to look into hiring somebody to do the holes in the ceilings since that is a lot of work.
This morning Ryder went to school. Zak, Ben, and I ran a few errands and then got home in time for Ryder to get off the bus. Once the workers were all gone this afternoon we went and picked up the dogs from Rich & Laura. Once we got home I made a trip to the dollar store and grocery store. Ginnie and Tim both came over for dinner tonight and then played with the boys for a while. They played with their target ball set and had fun throwing balls at each other and everyone else.
Tomorrow Ben is going back to work. I know the boys will be very upset when they see him leave tomorrow morning since they have had him home for the last 2 days. But the good thing is he will be off for the weekend so it is only one day back to work. I think the plan is for Tim to spend the night tomorrow night as well and then head back to NH sometime on Saturday.


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Fans cultivate White Sox fanhood in tailgating lots
U.S. Cellular Field's lots allow tailgaters to bond over common Chicago affection
CHICAGO -- When Howard Jaffe's grandfather, Dr. Robert Jaffe, told him he could come to his dental office in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago one Saturday morning in the late 1950s, young Howard jumped at the chance. You see, on that morning, his grandfather would be taking care of a few patients by the names of Early Wynn, Bob Shaw and Billy Pierce. Raised in the Pill Hill area on the South Side of Chicago, those were some of Howard's biggest heroes. He was born and raised a White Sox fan, and getting him to stop by the dental office or going to Comiskey Park to see a game was nothing like pulling teeth.
"When I was a kid, I remember going out onto the dugout and getting a photo with Nellie Fox," said Jaffe, who attended his 51st consecutive White Sox Opening Day this past April and has a scrapbook of great memories. "I saw Richie Allen hit a line drive home run into the center-field bleachers, which was incredible. I'll never forget the World Series game when [Paul] Konerko and [Scott] Podsednik hit the home runs. And having the chance to watch Frank Thomas play all of those years, he is probably the best all-around player I've seen in my lifetime."
Jaffe has been a season-ticket holder for 35 years and has attended nearly all of the White Sox postseason games dating back to the 1959 World Series. He will travel to U.S. Cellular Field from Libertyville, Ill., or his business office in Oak Brook, for approximately 25 games a season based on the best drive times. Arriving early for many of those games, he can be found tailgating in Lot C with family, friends and sometimes business acquaintances.
"Tailgating is just a good time with friends," said Jaffe, who says getting to the ballpark early also helps avoid getting tied up in traffic. "It's not just drinking, it's socializing. I see a lot of the same people out there and get to know everyone. There are people who tailgate all the time. Some people who go to 30 games a year will tailgate before each game. It's just fun."
For those planning to attend a game, tailgating is permitted in Lots A, B, C, D, E and F beginning two hours before the start of the game, and it must conclude once the game begins. More information is available at WhiteSox.com.
On an April Sunday morning in Lot C, before a game against Minnesota, streams of smoke rose from the grills of Sox tailgaters who drove from various surrounding areas, including New Lenox, Chicago Heights, Garfield Ridge, Riverside, Little Italy, Tinley Park, Orland Park, Schaumburg, Crown Point, Schererville and Michigan City.
Walking around the parking lot and talking to fans is much like entering a library of White Sox nostalgia -- each tailgater has a personal story, a special memory, a readiness to talk baseball, grill a burger, drink a beer or make a new friend.
Two families who have tailgated for years, the Rasmussens and Forts, were seated together on the east side of Lot C talking about old times. Ed Fort saw his first White Sox game at Comiskey Park in 1948, watching Hall of Fame shortstop Luke Appling. The Forts are such avid Sox fans, they named their first son Eddie Collins Fort and their second Richie Allen Fort. Their son Eddie was best friends with Dirk Rasmussen while growing up in Schaumburg.
"Ed took me and Eddie to our first White Sox game back in the 1970s," said Rasmussen, who makes the 57-mile drive in his Dodge Grand Caravan from Wauconda, picking up the Fort family in Hoffman Estates. "It doesn't take that long to get here, and we tailgate every chance we get. We love the atmosphere, talking baseball with the White Sox fans. They're great, because they're real baseball fans.
"We have met so many people tailgating. We met the grandson of Charles Comiskey a few times. I remember talking to a fan that was at Luke Appling's first game [in 1930]. When you meet people out here like that, it's just great fun."
Dirk's pal Eddie joined the military, earning the rank of Major while fighting in Desert Storm and Iraq, but he passed away in 2010.
"After Eddie passed, Dirk kept the family tradition going," said Sue Fort, Eddie's mother. "We love doing this so much; we'll be out here even if they have to bring us in wheelchairs. It isn't just about going to games, it's the whole experience. It's our life."
Bruce Takefman appreciates the experience as much as anyone in Lot C, even though he isn't a White Sox fan. He is from Montreal and was a diehard Expos fan attending 40 games a year until the team moved in 2004.
"This will be my first game since the team left," said Takefman, who last attended a baseball game at Olympic Stadium when the Expos played the Florida Marlins in 2004. He traveled to the Bucktown neighborhood of Chicago to visit with his cousin Rob Berman, who thought it would be a good idea to reintroduce his cousin to Major League Baseball and the tailgating experience. "This is my first tailgate party. And if I had to pick a team to go see, I'm happy to go see the Chicago White Sox."
Joe Montgomery and his wife, Nicki, drive in from Addison for 40 games a year and enjoy the tailgating experience so much that they helped form an organization called the White Sox Wolfpack. You can't miss them in Lot C because they made a Wolfpack logo and flag, which flies above their 150-person tailgate group. And if you miss the flag, you probably won't miss the tall fellow who frequently tailgates with the Wolfpack, former White Sox slugger Ron Kittle.
"We met most of our good friends tailgating before White Sox games," said Montgomery, who has been nicknamed Den Leader by members of the Wolfpack. "We just love tailgating. During weekdays, we get there early to beat Eisenhower traffic. Then we fire up a little dinner on the grill.
"The tailgating experience has formed such a strong bond between all of us that we often get together outside of Sox games, as well," said Montgomery, who became a White Sox fan by pure luck as a child, when in 1968 he was selected on the 7-8-year-old White Sox Pee Wee League team at Oriole Park in Park Ridge. "They are my best friends. We go on fishing trips together, have parties and hang out. It just naturally fell into place. Good people find good people."
Over the years, Montgomery has accrued many great and vivid memories of his White Sox experience. He slept in his car near Comiskey Park one October night in 1983 so he could be there when the box office opened to buy his ticket to the playoff game against Baltimore.
"I was there for the Britt Burns game," said Montgomery referring to the fateful Game 4 of the 1983 American League Championship Series when the young left-hander pitched nine scoreless innings for the White Sox before Orioles outfielder Tito Landrum hit the game-winning home run in the top of the 10th. The Den Leader was also there for the one-game tiebreaker against the Twins in 2008.
"We had so much fun tailgating in 2008, because we had a string of five games in five days, and there was such an electric feeling among our group," Montgomery said. "It was really a magical time just because of the way everything came to be.
"The one game that always comes to mind, though, is the Blackout Game. I remember walking up those stairs into the ballpark and seeing everything blacked out. It gave me tingles. I've never seen anything like it. And what an incredible game. [Jim] Thome hitting the big home run. I'll never forget it."


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Let's face it—we know the NGP is going to cost more than Nintendo's 3DS, but just how much are we talking about? Sony's President Shu Yoshida told Game Informer that "it's not going to be $599." Just for interest's sakes, when the first PSP was released in 2005, it cost $249.
Meanwhile, there'll be a cheaper Wi-Fi only model, for those who don't need 3G connectivity. [Game Informer via CVG and Eurogamer via Kotaku]


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jogr4909 wrote:It is stinky so far.... GMRS needs to do what he has been effective at- TRADES to meet the team needs.
Hugo Stiglitz wrote:jogr4909 wrote:It is stinky so far.... GMRS needs to do what he has been effective at- TRADES to meet the team needs.
I think many people are underestimating the Staal trade and the acquisition Vokoun.
Obviously the Staal trade wasn't one intended to make the team better, it was done to curb future issues. People here take this trade for granted when it could have easily been a disaster. How many times in this league have we seen top level players traded for garbage roster players and busted prospects? I'm sure we all remember the Hossa trade? That was a pretty masterful trade. Teams in the position of having to trade away one of their top players are not in the position of being picky.
Shero has been excellent and I still think people grossly underestimate the Pens getting Vokoun and how profound of an effect it will have on the team. Not many teams get to have a real goalie tandem.
Shero will do what he needs to do to fill the holes he needs to. He's also NOT in a position to just trade away pieces. Whatever trade he completes will need to be done very carefully.
columbia wrote:The market had really tightened up since then.
What did Gill cost, a 5th rounder?
DelPen wrote:Organizationally wise, we are set at Defense and Goaltending.
We have zero depth at forward though. Next step is to convert some of these extra defensemen into AHL forwards who might have some upside, but get something for instead of potentially losing guys on waivers.
Also need to see Jeffrey traded for a grinder. Columbus too Letestu, someone else that sucks might be better off with Jeffrey and we need another strong 4th liner.
DelPen wrote:Trade mediocre D for mediocre offense that fit roles we need in Pittsburgh and WBS.
Lovejoy should be able to bring back a guy who can play 40 games ont he 4th line for 6 minutes a night but helps the team. A guy like Adams, or Asham but younger.
Other teams probably have gluts of fringe forwards that don't want to lose them on waivers and have no defensive depth mirroring our problem.
columbia wrote:I'm pretty sure that Lovejoy has zero trade value.
Nizzy wrote:Lovejoy could/should/will-hopefully get at least a 7th round pick in return... maybe not.
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FDA seeks to ban trans fats
The US Food and Drug Administration has taken a bold step to remove trans fats from the food supply issuing a proposed regulation Thursday that would remove the artificially manufactured fats from its list of ingredients "generally recognized as safe.''
While many food manufacturers have already removed partially hydrogenated oils from their products, many still use them in sweetened baked goods, margarine, microwave popcorn, frozen pizzas, and coffee creamers.
"While consumption of potentially harmful artificial trans fat has declined over the last two decades in the United States, current intake remains a significant public health concern,'' said FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg. "Further reduction in the amount of trans fat in the American diet could prevent an additional 20,000 heart attacks and 7,000 deaths from heart disease each year—a critical step in the protection of Americans' health.''
Trans fat is thought to be particularly heart damaging because it raises the "bad'' LDL cholesterol while lowering the "good'' HDL cholesterol, which raises the risk of heart disease.
In a review of recent research, the Institute of Medicine determined that trans fat provides no known health benefit, and there is no safe level of consumption of artificial trans fat. The group of scientists recommended that consumers keep their consumption of trans fat as low as possible while consuming a nutritionally adequate diet.
The American Heart Association applauded the FDA's proposed move calling it a "tremendous step forward in the fight against heart disease,'' adding in a statement that the group "has long advocated for eliminating trans fat from the nation's food supply.''
In a press briefing on Thursday, Hamburg said it was crucial for the food industry to provide its input on the trans fat ban during a two-month comment period in order "to determine how much time they'll need to remove partially hydrogenated oils from products.''
While the FDA wouldn't speculate on how long it might take to remove trans fats from foods, "six months is probably a reasonable time'' to expect the industry to reformulate baked goods, said Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a nutrition activist group in Washington DC.
J.M. Smucker Company, maker of Crisco and snack foods that contain trans fats, said in a statement that it has already been working to remove partially hydrogenated oils "out of the very limited number of products'' that still contain the ingredient and that they "are confident all product reformulations will be complete well before the FDA implements any new rules.''
Many Americans have already drastically cut their consumption of trans fats over the past decade. Boston banned trans fats in restaurants five years ago, and Brookline and Cambridge have also instituted bans. Large chains like McDonald's, Starbucks, and Dunkin Donuts also removed trans fats from their products years ago.
The average American eats about 1 gram of trans fats each day compared to 4.6 grams per day in 2003.
Many consumers consume some of these fats from products labeled "zero trans fats'' because the FDA allows up to 0.5 grams of trans fats per serving in such products. Manufacturers will need to remove partially hydrogenated oils completely from their products in order to comply with the proposed FDA rule.
"Yes, it will be difficult,'' said Dr. Caroline Apovian, director of the nutrition and weight management center at Boston Medical Center who worked as a paid nutrition consultant to several restaurant chains to help them remove trans fats from their menus. "But trans fats are poison, and we've known for several years now that they cause heart disease and accelerate artery plaque. The industry had ample time to figure out what to do to eliminate them.''
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The continuing saga of the partial shut-down mess in my home state proceeds unabated. Apparently the Michigan media is saying that there has been some progress in the talks regarding the shut-down nonsense, but that doesn't say much, as far as I'm concerned.
My governor Jennifer Granholm is not wasting any time trying to blackmail the Legislature into hiking the state's flat income tax rate from 3.9 percent to either 4.3 percent or 4.6 percent, whichever is decided first. She claims to be pushing the tax hike in the state to "close a $1.75 billion gap in the budget," yet she offers no proof that raising the tax rate is going to rectify the mess that the state's in -- a mess that Granholm and the Democrats largely created for the state.
Since she's not even remotely interested in slashing the spending, tax, and regulatory levels statewide, the chance of an impending financial implosion in this state is becoming greater with each passing moment.
Not only does Jenny want to raise the flat income tax, she's also trying to redouble on her efforts to push for an extension of the state's sales tax (which is 6 percent) to services currently not covered under the law, such as movie tickets, performing arts, accounting services, etc. (There's a litany of other services that are targeted to be taxed under the new extension, but that's not a surprise.)
The real answer to this insanity is to dramatically slash spending, taxes, and regulations, many laws that impede in the market process, and truly privatizing many government services and functions that can work better in a laissez-faire free market. A "right to work" law is seriously needed for Michigan, considering many other states do have such laws on the books and their economies are doing far better than states that don't carry them. If the Legislature and the Governor were to sign and pass such a law, there would be a significant turn around economically and financially.
Until such legitimate reforms are implemented, the state will not survive the financial and economic implosion that is yet to come. Even if the Legislature, Granholm, and the special interests get their way, the "fixes" -- that is, the Democrats' beloved "balanced budget" -- will pave the way for the Legislature to boost spending, which can, in turn, lead to higher taxes again. The cycle would just keep continuing. The state will not survive it at the rate it continues to go.
Saturday, September 29, 2007
The Continuing Michigan Partial Shut-Down Mess
The continuing saga of the partial shut-down mess in my home state proceeds unabated. Apparently the Michigan media is saying that there has been some progress in the talks regarding the shut-down nonsense, but that doesn't say much, as far as I'm concerned.
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Exactly - windsurfing rocks bigtime in light wind and good waves.ronnie wrote:There is no wave riding or linked turns downwind but it is a 17m kite.
I havent seen a lightwind waveriding video yet for kiting, but there are quite a few for windsurfing.
They can easily match and outperform kitesurfers on the new bigger windsurf waveboards, as they just have to "pump" themeselves out throught the waves, and when a powerful wave is caught - the sail is just left "unused" - it works awesome
So linked turns on the waveface, even in zero wind it is possible.
Where kitesurfers has to use a bit of the flats and the wind in between cutbacks, and a minimum windspeed is needed no matter what.
Then in smaller waves, will the kites outperform any windsurfer in waveriding, as there has to be power from the wave alone, for the DTL with windsurfers.
NOT possible in small waves for windsurfers.
Where kitesurfers can ride with the mentioned technique and have awesome fun doing bottom turns and cutbacks in even the smallest waves
A bit different than riding in higher winds so not the same - but in its own really fun too.