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So, as I am moving my photography portfolio to SmugMug! You may be wondering — Why?
With over 21 million views on Flickr, I do not make decisions like this lightly. I'm not giving you that stat to show off… just to let you know that I really know what I'm talking about when it comes to online photo portfolios. I only want the best. You guys know this by now, right? After looking (and using) many other options, I think SmugMug is the best, and the guide/feature list below talks all about it.
Getting Started
If, after reading this, you are interested in getting started with SmugMug, use the SmugMug Coupon of "STUCKINCUSTOMS" to save 20%. That will save you money on an already affordable product. You'll love it!
Which package should you get? I suggest the SmugMug Pro package, because it will enable you to sell your work at 85% markup. Besides just prints, you can also sell digital downloads. I think it's the cheapest way to turn your hobby into something that might make a bit of cash! Anyway, more on that later…
First, I'll talk about some of the great things about SmugMug.
Strengths and Weaknesses of SmugMug
As with everything, nothing is perfect. The strong points outweigh the weak ones for me. I outline the negative points down towards the bottom. Many of these may be important to you, but they are not to me. As you know, social networking and a pretty portfolio are very important to me, so I think we have a good balance of both with SmugMug. Your opinion may differ – but I went through a long decision-making process for this.
A Pretty Interface
If you make quick decisions based on "Oh, that's pretty!", then simply go see my portfolio at StuckInCustoms.SmugMug.com. You will see exactly what I mean.
I love the slideshow entry-point for my photography portfolio
I wanted my photography portfolio to immediately start with a slideshow, almost full screen, and then slowly meander through some of my favorite shots. Also, I wanted to allow people to interrupt the slideshow at any time. I figured they may want to see more information, or perhaps they quickly want to jump to another image.
An online portfolio is a tricky thing! While it doesn't need to be all things to all people, it should allow for the most common "viewer behaviors". First, many people simply just want to sit back and see something pretty flowing into their world. Second, other more "clicky" people will want the power to quickly move around and surf throughout the portfolio on their own.
I used to house one of my portfolios on a site called BluDomain. It was more expensive, less flexible, and harder to update! Also, and this should be obvious, SmugMug is a much more impressive place to visit than Flickr, which feels like a slightly better Photobucket, which is the absolute bottom of the bucket.
Whilst the user is navigating on their own, it's also very pretty! I really like the thumbs on the left and the big image on the right. It is simple and nice. Of course, the view is customizable to the gallery owner, so you may choose something different. This view does not even compare to Flickr, whose default sizes are small, requiring a massive amount of clicking to navigate a portfolio. That's no good! The way the portfolio is set up feels very good and natural to me.
I chose to Customize SmugMug even further with a custom theme
Easy to Use
I am a very advanced "computer and internet user". However, that does NOT mean that I prefer to use clunky interfaces and badly designed websites! I want things to be easy and obvious. I don't have time to read manuals, help pages, and go back and forth on forums to figure out how to do something.
Creating an account on SmugMug was very simple, and getting my photos up was a piece of cake. There are SO many ways to get your photos online — it's crazy. I imported all of my Flickr photos right into SmugMug with just a few different clicks. Of course, you can also upload right from your computer in the usual way, or by using iPhoto, Lightroom, Aperture, or any other major program.
Not everyone likes to provide the full-size images, and you can set how big the images are, and if people are allowed to download them. Also, you can set your own prices for downloading or printing… makes some extra$$!
After you have your files up, navigating and arranging is very simple as well. SmugMug was designed by people that know what they are doing. You can have multiple galleries and everything you would need is there waiting for you.
When an image is clicked on, it goes full screen and can be viewed in its true glory!
A Flexible Platform
I can do whatever I want on SmugMug! The team at SmugMug understands that everyone has their own little quirky needs for image hosting, and the world is your oyster. Built into the system are many customization options, themes, layout options, and more.
There are a ton of Customization options. You can see all the friendly-looking tabs and the good UI.
Furthermore, you can make private galleries, protect your images with the right sort of copyright stuff, and change the way in which users interact with the images.
I chose to further Customize SmugMug by using a third-party. Even though the themes are powerful, I had hyper-particular needs and did not really have the time to do it myself.
My Images are Safe
I think of SmugMug as a "Digital Lockbox" for my images. I can store the max-resolution versions of all my images there and not worry about them. They have another option, if you so choose, where they use Amazon S3 to store your RAW or TIFF files permanently as well. That's great! I do think it is smart, nowadays, to store your images in multiple locations.
To be frank, whenever I get a new online backup solution of my world, I feel pretty awesome about myself. That niggling "worry" evaporates, and I can once again relax and have a cappuccino in peace.
Also, SmugMug is incredibly "Open". What does that mean? It means that, while they store the images, they do not "own" them and make them difficult to access in the future. There are all sorts of services I can use to copy my images down to my computer or move them to another online service. There is a powerful API that is open to developers, and they have created a myriad of programs to ensure my images are easily movable, should the need ever arise.
You can Make Money with SmugMug! (Pro Version Only)
Yes! Now all of your photos can make millions of dollars! Hehe, well, not really… BUT, you can make some extra money on the side by turning on various options.
- You can charge people to download digital versions of your photos and set different prices for professional and personal use.
- You can set pricing for Prints. Pick the size offerings and the costs. You can get up to 85% markup. That's a great profit margin!
- You can also sell merchandise. Smart!
Maybe you are a soccer mom (or whateva) that takes good pictures at the games and then wants to put them up on SmugMug, email the team, and then let parents buy photos. Easy! BTW, that's not a bad idea is it? You know you already take pretty good pics (beter than those other parents), so why not make a little money off it!
Or maybe you take photos that are a bit different than everyone else in the world, but you have never quite found the perfect place to both host your portfolio and your storefront. This is a perfect solution, and it is so inexpensive to get started.
You can set the prices for printing, downloading, or merchandizing options.
If you want some of these services, you will have to get the SmugMug Pro account. You get so many other features, it is totally worth it. Just think — you basically get to start an online photography business for really cheap! This sort of thing just was not possible a few years ago in an easy and simple way.
If, on the other hand, you want to take things to the "fine art" sales level, that is possible too. There are many print options that you will find available.
Starting an Online Photography Business (or Art Business!)
I can't tell you how many emails I get from people asking me how to start an online photo business. Or, an art business – to SmugMug, it's the same thing, really. The solution of starting an online business has always been a hit-and-miss mish mash of technologies that I've had to recommend before.
For $149.99 a year (Even cheaper with 20% off STUCKINCUSTOMS SmugMug Coupon), you have all the tools and infrastructure you need to start out!
In years past, you might have been forced to spend thousands of dollars on a website and integrate a clunky e-commerce solution that was more trouble than it was worth. Putting together a payment mechanism for your customers is no small task. There are already a lot of Pros on SmugMug that have helped to shape the photographer and client experience so everything is perfect.
If you are a wedding photographer, then this is an amazing way to get quality work to your clients. I know many wedding photographers that swear by SmugMug — and they are right to do so!
And..being optimistic… you really don't have to sell THAT much to make up for the yearly fee, do you?
If you do not want to sell your photos, then you can choose one of the other options on SmugMug, which are very well priced. I've been paying Flickr for years and years… and I can't believe how much more value I get out of SmugMug for a comparable price.
SmugMug is a good company!
I visited the SmugMug headquarters out in California, just south of San Francisco. I was able to spend time with some of the owners and founders. I was surprised that it was a family-run company! Several of the people at the company are blood relatives, but they treat everyone there like a member of the family. They even had an in-house chef who made us a homemade meal that would knock your socks off. The last time I had that much organic food, I was feeding off the land in Patagonia. It was more than enough roughage to clean me out. Thanks SmugMug!
But, honestly, these people at SmugMug are top notch. I was impressed by the whole experience, and there is no doubt in my mind that the team at SmugMug will continue to innovate and make the best possible experience available to their users.
This is the home page of SmugMug. It's friendly and welcoming.
They have designed the whole site so it is approachable to new and experienced photographers.
The do great quality video
And not just that, but you can also host hi-res video at the site. More and more photographers are starting to add video into the mix, and SmugMug is a great host for video!
I posted a few videos on Flickr and I was appalled by the quality. Slow. Choppy. Disappointing. Who needs that?
Besides the much better quality from SmugMug, I simply like the "presentation" of the video. It just fits and feels right.
A great community – smaller than Flickr, but different
People on SmugMug are true photo-lovers. Already, I think that photographers are some of the kindest people in the world, and you will find this is also the case at SmugMug. I lament, personally, that I am often too busy to engage in the community, but it is nice to know they are there.
I notice that Photography is a bit of a "talkin-sport" where people enjoy talking about photography as much as they enjoy doing it! There are ample opportunities for this around SmugMug.
Even better, there are often real-life meetup events! I've been to a few of these with their Community Organizer Candice Cunningham. I find that people really like to get together and hear about, engage in, and practice photography. These events have always been great fun, and I've met wonderful people at them. In this digital-internet-world, it's nice that people like Candice are running around creating a fun sense around the sport!
Flickr also has a good community, but it can also be a strange community. People "game" the system by submitting to strange groups just to get views. It all seems a little forced to me sometimes and unnatural. Just like with Flickr, you will get out of SmugMug what you put into it.
Negatives of SmugMug
I know there are a lot of photo sharing websites out there. Most of my experience is with Flickr. There are many gripes I have with Flickr, and SmugMug solves most of them.
One thing SmugMug does not have is the millions of people that Flickr has. This means your photo may not be discovered quite as much by other photographers. Also, I have a huge existing network of friends on Flickr, which may not move over to SmugMug, so I have splintered my network a little bit. That is okay to a certain degree, because it is most important to me that the average viewer on the site sees the photo nice and big.
Another negative of SmugMug is that it costs money. This is not a big deal, since I find it incredibly inexpensive for what you get. I'm not one of these people that thinks everything on the web should be free, but I know some people are like that.
A third negative is the lack of a good WordPress plugin. I am working on building one, and will release it to the world for free when it is done… For now, there is a lot of manual cutting and pasting to get the embed code into the blog. That is kind of a drag, but I hope we can get that fixed up soon.
A fourth negative is that it does not yet integrate with Google Buzz – this is a bit of a problem, but not monumental.
I address some of the main concerns below.
A New Way of Thinking: Flickr vs. SmugMug
I got some interesting comments below, so I wanted to talk about new ways to think about your photography audience. I have been thinking this for a while but have never communicated it.
Flickr is great, and I have obviously loved it for many years. But, there is a serious "bubble" limitation.
Here on StuckInCustoms.com, we have an interesting demographic. Of the 500K pageviews, half are photographers and half are just "fans". The thing is with Flickr, that you just get 100% "photographers".
So, if you make the center of your digital world Flickr, then it is "All photographers, all the time." This is fine — but in that world, only photographers see your work. It's a bit like being an oil painter in a museum that only oil painters go to. Does that make sense?
If you want to make an impressive "presence" on the web, you need a pretty "center" for your vision. This can either be a blog or a nice portfolio page that doubles as a business.
Whatever the center of your photography world is, make the images big and beautiful. You want your photos to look their best as soon as you get someone's attention, right? So why do you want their first experience to be a 400 pixel wide blip on a page filled with noisy comments that have ugly badges to advertise one group versus another.
Many of you may disagree with me — that is fine. This is how I see the world. I think that everyone in the world loves photography, so it's good to get out of the "bubble".
News Alert – Photographers don't want to buy your Prints!
Hehe, I don't mean that to be as sensational as it sounds….
But, 98% of the time, photographers don't want to buy your stuff. Most of the time, I find that Photographers only market to other Photographers!! They generally don't want to buy your photo of a leaf floating in a pond! There are millions of people in the world that DO want to buy THAT picture, but they do not hang out on Flickr!
So, when you only build your social network with other photographers and try to sell your work, you will notice it is very hard.
Have some of you had trouble selling prints? Is most of your social network not a likely demo to buy your stuff? Again, this is why I suggest making the center of your photography world a pretty place for the typical consumer. When you send a potential customer to Flickr, they just get confused and it's not a good user-experience.
Now, simply moving to SmugMug will not solve your problems… you'll still need to market to get people to come to your portfolio site. That is a whole different topic…
Make your Online Portfolio Totally Unique – Customize it
For details, see my "Customize SmugMug" page.
Even though the default themes are very good, I wanted a few special things. Now, I could have gone in there myself and made all these customization changes myself, but I did not have time or the expertise.
I simply talked to Justin (you'll meet him on the Customization page) and said, "I want my SmugMug site to look kinda like StuckInCustoms.com except be a flowing protfolio of the best." I also told him I wanted a few links to come back here to the main site. That was all it took! A few emails later, the site was up and running.
A bit of personal stuff here. My background is computer science and math. I've done all kinds of programming and can figure out most anything. However, just because I CAN do it does not mean that I SHOULD do it. My photography-time is best spent shooting and post-processing, and not messing with all the other little bits that other people can do faster and better. Besides, customization is relatively cheap, especially when you consider bang for the buck.
Here is a sample from Justin Busa, just one of several customization options for your online portfolio,
See the "Customize SmugMug" page here on the site for more…
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Cats and dogs, working together: Red Sox trade Stephen Drew to Yankees for Kelly Johnson
Jul 31, 2014, 3:59 PM EDT
How committed are the Red Sox to blowing up the roster? They just made a trade with the Yankees–the Yankees–sending shortstop Stephen Drew to New York just 39 games after re-signing him to a $10 million deal.
ACES GALORE: The Rays trade David Price to the Tigers
Jul 31, 2014, 3:55 PM EDT
With Price in town, a guy who one the AL MVP and Cy Young Award a couple of years ago is now the TIgers fourth starter.
Indians trade Asdrubal Cabrera to Nationals
Jul 31, 2014, 3:40 PM EDT
In search of infield help with Ryan Zimmerman on the disabled list again, the Nationals have acquired switch-hitting shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera from the Indians in exchange for minor leaguer Zach Walters.
UPDATE: The Price trade may be a three-way between the Rays, Tigers and Mariners
Jul 31, 2014, 3:19 PM EDT
Drip . . . drip . . . drip . . .
Orioles acquire Andrew Miller from Red Sox
Jul 31, 2014, 3:13 PM EDT
This morning the Red Sox were reportedly close to trading left-handed reliever Andrew Miller to the Tigers, but that deal apparently fell through because now Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com reports that Miller has been sent to the Orioles.
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Jul 31, 2014, 2:21 PM EDT
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Jul 31, 2014, 1:53 PM EDT
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Not satisfied with adding Justin Masterson to the rotation yesterday, the Cardinals have added another veteran starter by acquiring John Lackey from the Red Sox. And, much like Boston's deal to get Yoenis Cespedes from Oakland for Jon Lester, the Red Sox have prioritized the present by getting veterans Allen Craig and Joe Kelly in exchange.
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Seems that Gomes knows more about team chemistry than the people who hold him up as a paragon of good chemistry.
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Jul 31, 2014, 12:16 PM EDT
San Francisco released reliever Dan Runzler from Triple-A so that he can sign with the Orix Buffaloes in Japan, according to Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com.
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Honors: 2010 - Named to the SBC All-Freshman Team by the league's beat writers.
2013: Played in 12 games and earned 10 starts despite battling injuries all season … Was fourth among offensive linemen with 517 snaps played … Had 50 or more snaps five times, including a season-high of 86 against Marshall … Was part of a line that produced five different 100-yard rushers and seven games of 200 or more yards on the ground.
2012: Played in 10 games and earned eight starts … Helped an offensive line that allowed just seven sacks all year and opened holes for three different 100-yard rushers … Was fifth among linemen with 514 total snaps … Played a season-high 79 snaps at FIU … Did not play at Mississippi State … Had 70 snaps in win at WKU.
2011: Played in 10 games and had one start … Saw action in 343 snaps and earned three winning grades from the coaches … Had 17 knockdowns and allowed just two sacks … Suffered an ankle injury against Purdue after 42 snaps … Did not play against GT or Troy … Had 23 snaps against Memphis in his return from an early season ankle injury … Was in on 54 plays against WKU and 63 versus ASU.
2010: Played in nine games and had two starts ... Played a total of 191 snaps ... Earned three winning grades from the coaches ... Made the move from defensive line to offensive line during the spring ... Played 51 snaps at Memphis following injury to Mark Fisher ... Made his first collegiate start at Louisiana and played a season-high 69 snaps ... Was in on 26 plays against North Texas.
2009: Suffered a knee injury in the first week of fall camp and was lost for the season.
High School: Voted an Associated Press first team all-state selection in 2008 for Mary Persons High School ... A two-star recruit by Rivals.com ... Rated the 39th best prospect in the state of Georgia by Rivals.com ... Played on the offensive line most of his high school career but was on the offensive and defensive lines his senior year ... Graded out at 90 percent as an offensive lineman his senior year and collected 45 tackles and eight sacks on defense ... Was all-region as a junior and senior and was first team All Middle Georgia as a senior ... Was the most valuable offensive lineman as a junior and senior ... Is a member of the Mary Persons Wall of Fame ... Also lettered in track ... Qualified for the state in the shot put ... Played for Coach Rodney Walker.
Full Name: Jadareius Omari Hamlin ... Parent: Elnora Lyons ... Born: 8/17/91 ... His cousin, Tony Lyons, lettered for the Blue Raiders in 1990 ... Major: Criminal Justice (earned degree May 2013).


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New Study: Men loves Powerful (and BAD) Women?
Does the modern (emancipated) man really prefers the powerful (and not to mention strong, sexy and BAD) women? A recent research shows "66 per cent of men are most attracted to high-flying females, rising to 71 per cent among 30 to 34 year old men". A girl who is strong, independent and professional is likely to be far more appealing to the modern male, according to the study.
Frankly I was a little surprised with the results of this study. However I do want to point out that this study was done on British men, and Europeans are purported to be more "modern in outlook, more accepting of gender-equality ideas, and just generally more open-minded about things like that….but still 66-71%??? Angelina Jolies and Megan Fox are in demand now.
"Experts say this is not only due to changing gender roles but due to economic hardship men may also be taking a more traditionally female view and looking for a 'provider'…."
So it seems now that BOTH the men and women wants someone who is "powerful, Strong and Independent, and Sexy, not to forget, BAD. As a (hopefully) strong and independent modern woman, I do appreciate that my kind is sought after by my male counterparts but eeeewks….I don't see myself as a 'provider' and will I do not think I will take kindly to being perceived as one by the modern man.
A telling point about the allure of such "powerful" women seems to be that they "who have it all have a buzz about them, they are not so readily available and the guys flock to them.' Confidence is seductive, and it seems now POWER is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
For the complete stpry, go to http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1369643/Angeline-Jolie-Megan-Fox-Modern-men-prefer-powerful-women-bad-girls.html#ixzz1ITVc3Zq5


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Rick Jeanneret is cutting back on his broadcast schedule, but there is no word on the replacement yet.
"This is relatively a new development," Sabres President Ted Black said by phone. "In terms of what the plan is, I'm really not sure yet. We're looking at this as just another thing we take a fresh look at."
The Sabres simulcast their games, with Jeanneret's call going on television on MSG and on radio at WGR-AM 550. It's possible each station could have different announcers during the games without Jeanneret.
Greg Ried, general manager of Entercom Buffalo, said WGR will collaborate with the Sabres on the ideal course of action.
"Everything's on the table," Ried said by phone. "We really haven't even had time to digest it yet. Just like the Sabres, we'll be working with them and taking our time trying to figure out exactly what is best for the fans."
In addition to the expected arrival of numerous out-of-town candidates, the Sabres have several possibilities nearby to fill the duties of Jeanneret and Neale. Sabres studio host Kevin Sylvester called games during Jeanneret's vacations, as did WGR's Paul Hamilton and Portland Pirates announcer Mark Jeanneret, Rick's son. Former Sabres player and broadcaster Danny Gare is also available.
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The Ultimate Sports Fan League is a different concept from that of normal keeper/dynasty that you may know. Basically what we are is a community of owners who are with each other in all the 4 major Fantasy Sports Leagues. We all will be making a Fantasy Football, Baseball, Hockey, and Basketball team. So if you cant make 100% effort in either league please don't join. You don't have to be an expert in either sport but you have to have the will to want to learn.
Another challenge in the league is everyone will choose a city and then you will have to keep a predetermined amount of those teams players in all the leagues. The number for football will be 6. You will be allowed to claim 3 players pre-draft from your hometown city.
We are a Dynasty League, meaning you will keep ALL your players in each league after the initial draft. We will have rookie drafts in all leagues and a farm system in baseball and hockey. Basketball and football teams have no need for one.
Example, I am Atlanta so I have to have 6 players from the Falcons, and than a certain amount from the Hawks in basketball, Braves in baseball, and I am taking the Jets in hockey (since they moved from ATL). Amount for the other leagues haven't been determined yet as I haven't hashed out the roster slots and scoring format yet.
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DALLAS (SMU) — Dallas business and civic leader Carl Sewell was
unanimously elected chair of Southern Methodist University's Board
of Trustees at the Board meeting on May 5. He succeeds Gerald J.
Ford, who has completed his chairmanship.
"Carl Sewell's close involvement with SMU through the years, and
his leadership on several Board committees, give him a detailed
knowledge and broad view of University governance issues," said
SMU President R. Gerald Turner. "Drawing upon his strategic
marketing perspectives, he brings a strong understanding of SMU
within the competitive national marketplace that is invaluable in
charting progress, especially in raising our academic profile.
the same time, I express our deep appreciation for the outstanding
service of Gerald J. Ford as Board chair for the past four years.
His leadership was essential to the progress of The Campaign for
SMU, and he led the Board during implementation of many
campaign-funded initiatives. We are grateful for his generosity
and for his continued service as a key member of the Board."
member of the SMU Board of Trustees since 1996, Sewell has served
as vice chair of the Board since 2004. He has served on Board
committees for Athletics, Audit, Development and External Affairs,
Endowment, Finance, and Trusteeship. He is past chair of the Board
of SMU's Cox School of Business and served on the Executive
Committee of The Campaign for SMU: A Time to Lead, which surpassed
its goal by raising $542 million. Sewell earned his B.B.A. degree
from SMU in 1966. He was honored with the Cox School's
Distinguished Alumni Award in 1992 and SMU's Distinguished Alumni
Award in 1993. His wife, Peggy, earned a B.F.A. degree from SMU in
look forward to serving SMU and supporting President Turner in his
efforts to dramatically improve the academic excellence of SMU,"
Sewell said. "Momentum is building at SMU, and it will accelerate
with the Centennial Campaign." The Centennial Campaign, now in its
planning phase, will raise endowment funds for faculty, students,
and academic programs in celebration of the University's founding
in 1911 and opening in 1915.
Sewell is chairman of Sewell Automotive Companies, which includes
18 franchises. His successful business philosophy is set forth in
the book he co-authored, Customers for Life, which has been
printed in 17 languages. Sewell has served as president of the
National Lexus Dealer Advisory Council and the Cadillac National
Dealer Council. His honors include election to the Junior
Achievement 2000 Dallas Business Hall of Fame, the Automotive Hall
of Fame, and the Texas Automobile Dealers Association Diamond
Select Circle.
Sewell is past president of the Board of Trustees of St. Mark's
School of Texas and currently serves on the boards of the State
Fair of Texas and the Southwestern Medical Foundation. His other
civic activities have included service as chair of Goals for
Dallas and as board member of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce,
Dallas Citizens Council, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and member of
the Advisory Board of the Junior League of Dallas. He has lectured
at SMU, the University of Texas, Texas A&M University, the
University of Virginia, and Harvard University.


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World of Warcraft (WoW) is the standard by which other MMOs are judged. But as it happens, I only just started playing MMOs, and I chose Guild Wars 2 (GW2) as my entrée. But WoW's latest expansion, The Mists of Pandaria (Pandaria), was released today. With the help of Warcraft aficionado, Marco Lemos (who helped me with my article, "A 'World of Warcraft' Player Reviews 'Guild Wars 2'"), I spent some time giving the Pandaria beta a whirl, to see how it compares to my standard, GW2.
I can see the appeal of Pandaria. GW2's lack of end-game material can give some players no sense of completion, and I can see where gameplay might feel repetitive after a few months. With multiple expansions and dungeons, Pandaria is, in the best possible sense of the phrase, a work in progress.
However, I ultimately prefer GW2. Here's what Marco and I liked, and didn't like, about Pandaria compared with GW2.
What I liked about Pandaria
- The starting level gameplay is incredibly simple—some would say too simple. But in Pandaria, it was much easier to learn how combat worked. GW2's gives your character multiple abilities in the beginning, which were difficult to keep track of because I was too busy fleeing from centaurs. I learned quickly, but still, Pandaria is the better choice for beginners.
If I could rewind time, I would first buy Apple at $5 per share. And then I would have started my life as an MMO player with WoW. Only after that would I have moved on to GW2.
- The quest text and dialog are extremely well written, and they perfectly capture the right tone to motivate the player. Master Shang flattered me with, "Most of the other trainees have been here for quite some time, but you are able to match them even within this first hour." These helpful prompts made me want to keep playing, and they really did give me a sense of attachment to my character—something that GW2 did not do.
- I was also more engaged with the plot. At one point, two of our companions fell out with each other over a turtle (<–vague spoiler), and their fight, though brief, made me feel like I was part of the story. The plot also moved along at a good pace.
- Raiding areas will have a staggered release date, starting today and going through November 6. This way, players can pace their gameplay. GW2, on the other hand, hasn't breathed a single word about releasing new content.
Lemos, the more experienced MMO gamer, had this to say in favor of Pandaria:
- The monk class is well designed. Brewmaster tanking seems a lot of fun, with several amazing cooldowns (one that redirects 20% raid damage to the tank); mistweaver monks come out swinging with the ability to heal your whole group; and windwalker monks finally get to use those sweet fist weapons, like the Claws of Gekkan.
As with the Druid and paladin, you can choose whether you want to play Alliance (lightside) or Horde (darkside).
And as always, turns out we should merge the best parts of each game to form "The game".
Everything else is up to each player's own like
what a joke
This isn't even a review…This lady has no idea what she's talking about and anyone who reads this and takes it as anything other than pure garbage should be ashamed of themselves.
I'm a bit confused – is this a blog or an article associated with Forbes? I've never checked out Forbes.com before and came here because the keywords got me (I'm playing both WoW and GW2 at the moment). I had always associated the Forbes brand with top notch economic commentary, but reading this makes me think the website version is not quite in line with that. If this IS an official article from Forbes, I have to say that as an avid gamer and a freelance writer, I'm a bit confused why it was published. I've worked for website content companies who had more rigorous content/style/voice guidelines. Don't get me wrong – this is a fun blog article, but if this is supposed to be any sort of insightful commentary…Forbes could do better. (Also, as an ex-QA'r, the website has a bug – using the link "comment now" fails to give a submit option for comments)
It is interesting how this post could ever have been made, with the obvious flaw that it was a one sided review from a reporter that has never played MMOS and using only an aficionado ( rather than a neutral party or professional game critic) from WOW without anyone representing or properly instructing on GW2.
The lack thereof a both sided argument or perspective is thus a clear indicator that this post is invalid as journalistic material.
Mists of Pandaria is Panda Poop
You're already claiming the game is bad when it barely even came out yet. People like you stating comments like this is what causes great names to get a bad name. To be honest this is one of the best, if not the best expansion WoW has ever created


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MURFREESBORO — Officials with the Tennessee Highway Patrol selected Rutherford County as one of two locations statewide to treat as no-refusal locations during the organizations DUI checkpoint campaign during the holiday, according to a media release.
The no-refusal policy permits law enforcement officials to seek search warrants for blood samples in cases involving suspected impaired drivers, according to the release. THP district captains have selected those counties based on an increase in crashes that are DUI-related or result in injury or death
One of our priorities as an agency is DUI enforcement, said Col. Tracy Trott in the release. The collective goal is to keep drunk drivers off the road and reduce alcohol-related fatalities on state roadways. State troopers will work hard throughout the holiday period to keep the roads safe.
Bedford County is the other area selected as a no-refusal zone, according to the release.
During the 102-hour holiday period, THP will conduct a high-visibility enforcement campaign across the state, according to the release. This involves checkpoints checking to see whether motorists have a valid license, are wearing seat belts and if drivers are under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
State troopers arrested 132 individuals statewide on suspicion of impaired driving during last years Fourth of July period, according to the release.
Two checkpoints are prepared for Rutherford County, according to the release. One is set to take place late tonight on Northwest Broad Street near State Route 840. The other is scheduled to be set up Saturday night on South Rutherford Boulevard near Southeast Broad Street.
The THP will also use saturated patrols where multiple troopers will work in the same area, according to the release. The locations of these patrols have not been released.
In 2013, 19 people were killed in 15 fatal crashes in Tennessee during the Fourth of July holiday period, according to the release. That is down from 21 vehicular fatalities during the 2012 Fourth of July period. Of the 19 traffic fatalities last year, five were alcohol-related and 13 were not wearing safety restraints, including one child passenger.
One all-terrain vehicle rider also died during the holiday period, according to the release. The rider was not wearing a helmet.
We urge all Tennesseans and visitors traveling through our state to wear their seat belts, said Trott in the release. State troopers will aggressively seek out violators of the seat belt law and those driving recklessly or distracted. Its our goal to get everyone to their destination safely.
During the first six months of 2014, preliminary statistics show that 52 percent of traffic fatalities were unrestrained motorists and 77 vehicular deaths involved an alcohol-impaired driver, according to the release.


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LOS BANOS There's more to Manteca than the running game.
Los Banos sold out to stop the run against Manteca on Friday night, and Buffaloes quarterback Joe Menzel made the Tigers pay for it in a 42-7 Manteca win. Menzel completed 16 of 21 passes for 179 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
"They did everything they could to stop our inside running game," Manteca coach Eric Reis said. "They were stunting, blitzing, this and that, so fortunately for us, plan B, we're going to throw it. You play that aggressively to stop the run, we'll throw on you."
The key play came on special teams a dropped punt on the Los Banos 5-yard line, giving Manteca a 14-0 lead in the second quarter.
Los Banos fought back, faking a punt and instead snapping the ball to Darren Baty, who ran for 29 yards and a first down. Running back David Walker broke away for a 44-yard touchdown on the next play, starting to the left, then reversing to the right when that was blocked off. The 6-foot-3, 193-pound sophomore charged through a pair of would-be tacklers around 10-yard line and stumbled into the end zone.
The play fired up the Los Banos players, but that intensity fell off when they weren't able to stop the balanced Manteca offense.
Menzel spread the ball to eight receivers, hitting Jacob DeLeon six times for 71 yards and tight end Michael Hatfield four times for 64 yards. Walker's touchdown, meanwhile, was the only big LB play of the night.
"We couldn't weather the storm," Los Banos coach Dustin Caropreso said. "We get the stop we need, it's a 14-7 ball game, and we muff a punt at the 5, they score three plays later and it's 20-7. That momentum we had just goes. It's tough to come back from. We're a young team."
LB defensive end Jerome Vander Poel played one series after pulling his hamstring during warmups, and stayed on the bench the rest of the game.


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- Understand how to develop Oracle Spatial data models and applications that use PL/SQL and Java to solve common problems using practical, hands-on examples
- Design a data model for spatial applications
- Use standard database technologies for managing Spatial data
- Learn how to combine spatial and non-spatial data in the database
- Get to grips with how to use Oracle Spatial's standards compliant geometry data types to develop cross-vendor database solutions to common problems
Book DetailsLanguage : English
Paperback : 568 pages [ 235mm x 191mm ]
Release Date : September 2013
Author(s) : Simon Greener, Siva Ravada
Topics and Technologies : All Books, Enterprise Products and Platforms, Enterprise, Oracle
Table of ContentsPreface
Chapter 1: Defining a Data Model for Spatial Data Storage
Chapter 2: Importing and Exporting Spatial Data
Chapter 3: Using Database Features in Spatial Applications
Chapter 4: Replicating Geometries
Chapter 5: Partitioning of Data Using Spatial Keys
Chapter 6: Implementing New Functions
Chapter 7: Editing, Transforming, and Constructing Geometries
Chapter 8: Using and Imitating Linear Referencing Functions
Chapter 9: Raster Analysis with GeoRaster
Chapter 10: Integrating Java Technologies with Oracle Spatial
Chapter 11: SQL/MM – A Basis for Cross-platform, Inter-operable, and Reusable SQL
Appendix A: Table Comparing Simple Feature Access/SQL and SQL/MM–Spatial
Appendix B: Use of TREAT and IS OF TYPE with ST_GEOMETRY
- Chapter 1: Defining a Data Model for Spatial Data Storage
- Defining a sample schema
- Defining the data model
- Creating tables in the schema
- Understanding spatial metadata
- Spatial Reference System
- More on Spatial Reference Systems
- Creating spatial metadata
- OGC-defined metadata views
- Tolerance in Oracle Spatial
- Managing homogeneous and heterogeneous data
- How metadata is used
- Using database check constraints
- Multiple representations for the same objects
- Point representation for polygon objects
- Alternate representation in a different coordinate system
- Using generalized representation
- Implementing spatial constraints in the database
- Constraining the geometry type
- Implementing more complex triggers
- Fixing invalid data using triggers
- Constraints with asynchronous triggers
- Creating a queue
- Defining the trigger
- Implementing rule-based constraints
- Defining rules for the schema
- Trigger for checking spatial relationships
- Batch processing existing data
- Summary
- Chapter 2: Importing and Exporting Spatial Data
- Extract, transform, and load (ETL) tools
- ETL processing with GeoKettle
- Loading Shapefiles
- Java Shapefile loader
- Using Map Builder
- Using SQL, Application Express, and Excel
- CSV files as external tables
- Storage resolution versus resolution used by functions
- Precision and accuracy
- Storage cost for each coordinate
- Storage cost for Oracle Spatial tables
- Effect of tolerance on performance of Oracle Spatial functions
- Creating spatial autocorrelation via clustering
- Space-filling curves
- Geometry validation and methods to clean imported data
- Coordinate system transformation techniques
- Spatial indexing
- Layer GTYPE for point data
- The Work tablespace
- DML batch size
- Non-leaf index table
- Exporting formats – GML, WKT, and GeoJSON
- Generating a GeoJSON format
- Summary
- Chapter 3: Using Database Features in Spatial Applications
- Using row-level and statement-level triggers
- Avoiding the mutating table problem
- Understanding materialized views
- Materialized view restrictions with geometry columns
- Logging changes independently of applications
- Flashback queries
- Flashback table
- Flashback drop
- Flashback query
- Flashback versions query
- AWR reports
- Database replay
- Workload capture
- Workload processing
- Workload replay
- Analysis and reporting
- Workspace Manager
- Version-enabling tables
- Creating and using workspaces
- Conflict resolution
- Workspace locking
- DDL operations on version-enabled tables
- Valid-time support
- Other features of the Workspace Manager
- SecureFiles compression
- Summary
- Chapter 4: Replicating Geometries
- Introducing different types of replication
- Replicating data with materialized views
- Streams based replication
- Setting up the database
- Enabling replication
- Extending streams to support SDO_GEOMETRY
- Enabling EDS for geometry tables
- Physical and logical standby database
- Physical standby
- Logical standby
- Setting up a logical standby database
- Skipping rules
- Working with logical standby
- Synchronizing the standby and primary databases
- OLTP and OLAP databases
- Spatial OLAP (SOLAP)
- Summary
- Chapter 5: Partitioning of Data Using Spatial Keys
- Introduction to partitioning
- Partitioning methods
- Partitioning of spatial tables
- Partitioning spatial indexes
- Creating spatial local indexes
- Spatial partitioning of tables
- Single column key
- Spatial partition pruning
- Multi-column partition key
- Combining spatial and non-spatial partitioning
- Space curve based partitioning
- Spatial partitioning versus non-spatial partitioning
- Parallel queries and partitioning
- High performance loading
- Loading with a staging table
- Loading without a staging table
- Summary
- Chapter 6: Implementing New Functions
- Background to programming SDO_GEOMETRY
- Exposing additional SDO_GEOMETRY properties
- Permissions
- Examining an SDO_GEOMETRY's dimensionality
- First principles
- Reusing the existing ST_GEOMETRY ST_Dimension method
- Understanding and using SDO_ORDINATES
- Rounding ordinate values
- Swapping ordinates
- Understanding and using SDO_ELEM_INFO
- Unpacking SDO_ELEM_INFO in SQL and PL/SQL
- Dimensionality of compound objects
- Detecting If circular arcs exist
- Testing optimized rectangles
- Counting the rings of a polygon
- Examining the operation of the ST_NumRings function
- Counting compound subelements
- Extracting and filtering SDO_GEOMETRY elements
- Introducing the Oracle SDO_UTIL.Extract function
- Scenario 1 – Extracting geometries after intersection
- Implementing the ST_Extract function
- Scenario 2 – filtering rings of a polygon by area
- Implementing the ST_FilterRings function
- Scenario 3 – Extracting rings as separate geometries
- Implementing the ST_ExtractRings function
- Scenario 4 – Extracting all geometry subelements as separate geometries
- Fragmenting a geometry – ST_ExplodeGeometry
- Vectorizing geometries with linestrings
- Implementing vectorization – ST_Vectorize
- Using vectorization
- Packaging or encapsulation functions
- Calling the same processing in dIfferent ways
- Implementing a PL/SQL package
- Implementing user object types
- Creating a custom object type
- Including default SDO_GEOMETRY functions
- Sorting geometries
- Packaging summary
- Summary
- Chapter 7: Editing, Transforming, and Constructing Geometries
- Inserting, modifying, and deleting coordinates
- Identifying an arc point – ST_inCircularArc
- Implementing ST_InsertVertex
- Testing ST_InsertVertex
- Implementing ST_UpdateVertex
- Testing ST_UpdateVertex
- Implementing ST_DeleteVertex
- Testing ST_DeleteVertex
- Real world example
- Extending a linestring
- Translating, rotating, scaling, and reflecting
- Introducing a set of transformation member functions
- Example one – shifting a geometry's position
- Example two – duplicating a road centerline using reflection
- Splitting linestring geometries – ST_Split
- Moving/shifting lines parallel to the original object
- Shifting a line sideways – ST_LineShift
- Right of carriageway alongside land parcel boundary
- Creating truly parallel lines – ST_Parallel
- Buffering one side of a linestring – ST_OneSidedBuffer
- Generating a square buffer – ST_SquareBuffer
- Tiling a vector geometry – ST_Tile
- Applications of tiling
- Case 1 – creating grid cells over an archaeological site
- Case 2 – creating sampling patches over a road pavement
- Removing steps in raster to vector data – ST_SmoothTile
- Adjusting coordinate dimensions
- Reducing 3D to 2D – ST_To2D
- Fixing Z ordinate problems – ST_ FixZ
- Summary
- Chapter 8: Using and Imitating Linear Referencing Functions
- Understanding linear referencing and measures
- Linear referencing functions to be developed
- Splitting a line at a point – ST_Split
- Snapping a point to a line – ST_Snap
- Finding the measure at a point – ST_Find_Measure
- Calculating the offset from a line to a point – ST_Find_Offset
- Applying measurement and offset in a real-world example
- Measuring the road – ST_Add_Measure
- Populating the tables
- Modifying a linestring's measures
- Examining properties of a measured linestring
- Reversing measures and linestring directions – ST_Reverse_Measures and ST_Reverse_Linestring
- Calculating a linestring's centroid – ST_Centroid
- Creating a point at a known measure – ST_Locate_Measure
- A real-world example
- Deriving the lamp post metric
- Selecting and offsetting a segment – ST_Locate_Measures
- Mapping road surfaces
- Summary
- Chapter 9: Raster Analysis with GeoRaster
- Working with GeoRaster
- GeoRaster physical storage
- Pyramiding of raster data
- Georeferencing
- Loading data into GeoRaster
- Using GDAL to load raster data
- Loading multiple files into a single raster object
- Verification of data after the load
- Working with GeoRaster
- Coordinating system transformations of GeoRaster
- Visualization applications for GeoRaster
- Analytical applications for GeoRaster
- Analyzing DEM data
- Analyzing land cover data
- Mapping from cell space to model space
- Converting raster cells to rectangles in model space
- Summary
- Chapter 10: Integrating Java Technologies with Oracle Spatial
- Why Java and Oracle Spatial?
- Java stored procedures are complementary rather than competitive
- Disclaimer
- Sourcing available Java spatial technologies
- Basic requirements for Java processing
- Common geometry type hierarchy
- Converting between SDO_GEOMETRY and Java geometry
- Sourcing existing spatial algorithms
- Downloading the JTS source code
- Modifying JASPA and JTS
- Compiling and building a JTS .jar file
- Installing the JTS .jar file
- Checking the installation
- Creating Java Stored Procedures
- Our first Java function – buffering a single geometry
- Packaging – source code versus .jar file
- Compiling and loading
- Functions for processing two geometries
- Spatially (Topological) comparing two geometries – ST_Relate
- Java implementation
- Replicating existing licensed overlay functions – ST_Union
- Java implementation
- Testing the implementation
- Snapping geometries together
- PL/SQL implementation
- Implementing the snapping methods
- Testing the implementation
- Processing a collection of geometries
- Types of collections
- Intersecting lines – a preliminary discussion
- Creating land parcels
- Step 1 – extending the linestrings
- Step 2 – noding linestrings
- Step 3 – build polygons
- Putting it all together – forming land parcel polygons
- A collection of useful functions
- Performance of Java-based SQL processing
- Compilation to native code
- Summary
- Chapter 11: SQL/MM – A Basis for Cross-platform, Inter-operable, and Reusable SQL
- Cross-platform representation
- Outlining the SQL/MM ST_GEOMETRY Type
- How are geometry objects internally organized?
- Storage and function execution using a singly inherited geometry Type
- Geometry subtype implementation via constraints
- subtype restriction using PostgreSQL typmod
- Storage And function execution using a multiply inherited geometry Type
- Geometry Type restriction using a subtype
- subtype inheritance issues
- Geometry Type implementation matrix
- Alternate geometry Type implementation
- Constructing cross-database SQL
- Is database independence possible?
- Programming for cross-database deployment
- Querying ST_POINT geometries
- Querying ST_LINESTRING geometries
- Querying ST_CIRCULARSTRING geometries
- Querying ST_COMPOUNDCURVE geometries
- Querying ST_CURVEPOLYGON geometries
- Querying ST_POLYGON geometries
- Querying ST_MULTIPOINT geometries
- Querying ST_MULTILINESTRING geometries
- Querying ST_MULTIPOLYGON geometries
- Putting it all together – gridding a vector object
- SQL Server 2012
- PostgreSQL
- Oracle ST
- Summary
- Appendix B: Use of TREAT and IS OF TYPE with ST_GEOMETRY
- Understanding the TREAT operator
- Understanding the IS OF TYPE comparison operator
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From May to August 2006, he was engaged by Spatial, Cambridge, UK
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From May to August 2006, he was engaged by 1Spatial, Cambridge, UK
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He has conducted a number of Oracle spatial database best practice
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He has conducted a number of Oracle Spatial database best practice
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Great news for Valdosta State Blazer fans everywhere. The reigning Division II National Champion Blazers will play three out of 10 regular season games on the national scale via television.
The games will be televised as part of the Gulf South Conference "Game of the Week" package, as recently announced by the conference office.
The Blazers come into this season tied for first in the polls. Many players on the Blazer team, are excited to have the chance to repeat as champions this season.
"I'm excited about getting back to football and hopefully winning another championship," said starting receiver Seantavious Jones. Jones is one of many players who has taken advantage of strength and conditioning coach Michael Doscher's off-season conditioning program to have players in tip-top shape for the season.
Two of the televised bouts will come on the Blazers' home field at Bazemore-Hyder Stadium. Both of the home games will be against non-conference opponents that will hopefully bring in big ratings.
The first game to be played live on television will be the Blazers contest against Angelo State at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28. This game will be televised on Cox Sports TV.
Valdosta State's other televised game will arguably be one of the most important games of the season for the entire Gulf South Conference.
The Game of the Week will feature the Blazers going head to head against the West Alabama Tigers. Both teams begin the season tied for favorites to win the national championship. The teams will face off, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, in Livingston, Ala.
"They (the Tigers) are a tough team to play, especially on their home turf. We are going into the season with a goal and we will achieve it," said Blazer Head Coach David Dean.
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Bus rapid transit, light rail, a freeway tunnel, an alternative focused on expanded bus service, intersection and hot spot improvements, ridesharing and telecommuting and intelligent technology system improvements, and a no build option.
The Metro board next meets in September to consider whether or not to accept the staff recommendation - until the board has done so, there is still the possibility that the agency could choose to pursue a surface route.
The surface routes which Metro staff are recommending to be eliminated from consideration include surface routes that would have gone through Highland Park, Glassell Park and Mount Washington, Garvanza and San Rafael, and South Pasadena and El Sereno.
Opposition to those alternatives came from various sources including the Pasadena City Council, South Pasadena and the Highland Park Neighborhood Council.
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A pair of late first-half goals were too much for the Valparaiso women's soccer team to overcome on Saturday, as the Crusaders fell at Detroit, 2-0, in the penultimate match of the regular season.
On a windy day in Detroit, the Crusaders had a number of early efforts at goal, but were unable to get a shot on goal. Senior goalkeeper Kristen Manski (St. Charles, Ill./North) made a pair of saves in the first 20 minutes to keep the Titans off the scoreboard, but Detroit went on top with 12 minutes left before halftime, as a set piece off a corner resulted in a goal from Kristen Tobin to give the Titans a 1-0 lead.
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This short story, "The Secret Histories of Johnny Saturn," is a diversion, but it's a diversion of the good kind—an original story you've never seen before, published here for the first time. This comic was originally intended for an anthology, and it would have been nice to have it published there, but said anthology never materialized.
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Teens may lose IQ points later in life if they smoke marijuana before age 18, according to a study that comes on the heels of a survey showing that the drug's use has risen in this age group for four straight years.
The research, reported Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found an average decline of eight points on IQ, or intelligence quotient, tests done at ages 13 and 38 among those who began using marijuana as a teenager. That compared with no decrease in those who used pot later in life, and a slight increase in those who never used it.
Because marijuana is the most frequently used illegal drug in the U.S., looking into on how it changes the brain is important, said study author Madeline Meier, a post-doctoral researcher at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, who led the study. Daily use among high school seniors is at a 30-year peak, according to a 2011 survey by the National Institute on Drug Abuse in Bethesda, Md.
"What this says is not don't ever do it, but if you do it during this critical period of development, you'll get these long-term negative changes," said Staci Gruber, an assistant professor of psychology at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., who wasn't involved in the study. "In almost every case, the subjects who started as adults don't have declines. Those who started as teenagers do."
Tests for intelligence quotient, or IQ, measure a person's capacity to learn, apply knowledge, and use abstract reasoning. The average score is 100.
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---- — Mayor Carolyn Kirk said Tuesday she is asking the City Council to appropriate $50,371 from the city's free cash reserve of $4.8 million to lift the funding for the Sawyer Free Library above the state certification threshold, and assure the facility's permanent participation in the crucial Inter-Library Loan System.
The busiest municipal facility and the city's intellectual hub, the Sawyer has been granted a series of waivers in lieu of certification since 2007.
The waivers allow the Sawyer, which has approximately 140,000 books and other forms of expression on its shelves, to draw from the 28 libraries within NOBLE — or the North of Boston Library Exchange — whose members also can draw upon a web of resources beyond NOBLE including academic institutions.
Losing certification and its waiver — a step the state Board of Library Commissioners has taken, albeit infrequently, to sanction municipalities for failing to provide support for their libraries — would yank the Sawyer back to "pre-Internet days," said Sawyer Director Carol Gray.
If approved by the council, the free cash appropriation, together with $54,408 approved by the council last spring for fiscal 2013 for an assistant director, would lift total funding for the Sawyer above the state's threshold for certification. The Sawyer was appropriated a budget of $774,846 by the council last spring.
Freyja Sanger, a technology expert who helped the Tewksbury Public Library develop its first website for mobile devices, has joined the Sawyer Free Library as its first assistant library director since 2007, Gray and Scott Memhard, president of the library's board, announced.
Sanger fills a position left vacant by budget cuts six years ago that led to its decertification by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
Since then, the library has had to repeatedly seek waivers to continue in a program that lets Gloucester residents borrow from other libraries.
The library director since 2007, Gray said Sanger's hiring is part of the library's efforts to offer Gloucester residents 21st-century technology, including access to e-books via devices such as tablets, e-readers and mobile phones. Sanger also will oversee daily operations and the reference desk.
Kirk said she is responding to the council's request for a comprehensive proposal for the use of the city's free cash reserve, and will issue the proposal in the council report at the end of the week for next Tuesday's council hearing, but wanted to highlight the relatively small but important allocation to the library in a separate announcement.
"The Sawyer Free Library is a community gem that gets tremendous use," said Kirk in an email. "We are so pleased that the city has recovered enough from its own fiscal cliff that we are able to take it off waiver status and properly fund it in a sustainable manner going forward."
The Sawyer has issued more than 18,000 cards and averages more than 150,000 visits a year or about 500 visits a day, Gray said.
Having started here on Jan. 7, Sanger came to the Sawyer from the Tewksbury Public Library. She previously worked at the Rockland Memorial Library and the Berkshire Athenaeum, the public library in Pittsfield.
She holds a Master's Degree in Library and Information Science from Simmons College in Boston. She has also served as a software testing and technical documentation consultant to Plymouth Rocket, Inc., a company that develops software applications for public libraries.
As head reference librarian in Tewksbury, Sanger helped develop a mobile website for the library that lets library patrons search the library catalog, download e-books and perform other functions from their smartphones and tablets.
Along with books, audio materials and movie DVDs, the Sawyer Free Library maintains extensive archives related to Gloucester history and civic life, and through inter-library loans provides readers each year with thousands of books and other materials held by other libraries.
Memhard, the Cape Pond Ice president who succeeded Joan Ciolino this month as president of the library's board of directors, said Sanger's hiring was made possible by additional funding in the city budget this fiscal year, initiated by Mayor Carolyn Kirk and enhanced by further action by the City Council.
"These moves bring the library closer to no longer having to seek waivers to gain our state certification," Memhard said.
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The Iowa House budget committee is expecting a big crowd for a public hearing on the Senate's Medicaid expansion plan.
More than 50 people have signed up to testify at the hearing, set to begin at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the House chambers.
They will comment on a Medicaid expansion bill approved by the Senate. It would add up to 180,000 people to the state's Medicaid program, with the federal government picking up the entire cost for three years and then ratcheting down to 90 percent.
Gov. Terry Branstad opposes the Medicaid expansion, saying it would be too expensive. He has proposed a plan called Healthy Iowa, which would offer more limited benefits to an estimated 89,000 residents with incomes below the poverty line.


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---- — KOKOMO — Gerald L. Sullivan, 76, Kokomo, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, in Elwood.
He was born Sept. 28, 1936, in Howard County, to Garnie Sullivan and Gertrude (Miller) Sullivan Davis. He was blessed June 5, 2009, with a wonderful wife, Annette (Attebery) Bone Sullivan, who survives. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Sharon Rose, Jan. 12, 2008. They were married Jan. 12, 1956.
Gerald was a lifelong farmer. He raised tomatoes for RedGold for many years and had been named top producer for one of those years. He also raised cattle and drove a school bus for Northwestern School Corporation for more than 30 years. As a school bus driver, he drove several of the sports teams to games and tournaments all over the state. He was a member of Galveston United Methodist Church in Galveston and Howard County 4-H, where he was very involved over the years with his children and grandchildren. He loved the Lord, his family and his church.
He is survived by his wife, Annette Sullivan of Kokomo; son, Dean (Pam) Sullivan of Galveston; daughters, Julie (Stan) Rybolt of Kokomo and Tammy (John) Radez of Westfield; two grandchildren, Jonathan (Stephanie) Rybolt and Ginna Rybolt; two step-grandchildren, Michael and Jennifer Lee; stepdaughters, Teressa (Lynn) Ault of Bunker Hill, Vicky (Ernie) Engels of Savanya, Ohio and Barbara (Rick) Schroder of Logansport; stepson, Jeff Bone of Galveston; several other step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren; brothers, Max (Judy) Sullivan of Galveston, Phil (Mary) Sullivan of Michigan; and several other special family members.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Galveston United Methodist Church, 515 S. Maple St., Galveston, with the Rev. Roy E. Ice officiating. Burial will follow in Galveston Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today at Galveston United Methodist Church, Galveston.
Memorials may be made to the Galveston United Methodist Church or Howard County 4-H.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.murrayweaverfuneralhome.com.
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By KIMBERLY STRICKLAND, D.O.
We've all had days when we've felt down and nothing seems to go right. However, if those bad days outnumber the good ones and you can't seem to shake the "blahs," don't minimize these feelings as just a "blue" period. Feelings of intense sadness, helplessness, or hopelessness that endure for more than a few days and as long as several weeks – and begin to interfere with your ability to function on a daily basis – may be clinical depression.
Clinical depression is a common condition, affecting more than 19 million Americans each year – and it can happen to anyone, regardless of age, race, gender, or health status. Despite this, only half of Americans diagnosed with clinical depression receive treatment for it, according to the National Institute for Mental Health. Many people tend to explain away their symptoms, dismiss them as a personal weakness rather than a legitimate medical condition, or try to treat symptoms on their own. This can actually make the condition worse, because most people who experience depression need treatment to get better – and early treatment is more effective and decreases the likelihood of a recurrence down the road.
Depression has many causes: biological (internal factors in our biological make-up), cognitive (mental issues), genetic (relating to one's family background or development) and situational (based on one or more external life events). Often, depression is the result of a combination of these factors.
While there is no single cause, here are a few common factors:
• Women are more likely to develop depression than men – possibly due to hormonal changes associated with the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and childbirth, and aging.
• Some medications can cause depression.
• Depression is more likely to occur with certain illnesses: heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, hormonal disorders, Parkinson's disease, and Alzheimer's disease.
Recent research links depression with a broad variety of health conditions, with depression serving either as a trigger or an outcome of the condition. Studies have also shown that depression can develop from causes as far-ranging as allergies to inadequate B-vitamin intake in the diet; and that depression itself can contribute to conditions weight gain or greater pain sensitivity.
Depression can increase your risk for certain chronic conditions, or make the symptoms of existing conditions worse. Individuals with Type 2 diabetes and major depression are more likely to experience life-threatening diabetes-related complications, according to an NIMH study released earlier this year.
Women who are pregnant and suffer from untreated depression are more likely to deliver prematurely. Depression has been linked to thinning bones in pre-menopausal women. And one in four cases of obesity has been linked with depression or anxiety disorders, according to research.
Depression is not a sign of weakness or a personal deficit. Multiple studies using imaging of the brain have shown actual brain changes in people who suffer from depression, in the portions of the brain that regulate mood, thinking, sleep, appetite, and behavior, as well as imbalances in chemicals that brain cells use to communicate with each other. Also, trauma or stressful situations can trigger depression: financial trouble, work pressure, a difficult relationship or a divorce, or the death of a family member.
Symptoms of depression are not the same for everyone. The specific symptoms of depression, their severity and duration, differ from one individual to another. Many people experience a combination of symptoms. Health experts consider a patient to have a diagnosis of depression when at least five of these symptoms occur nearly every day for at least two weeks.
If you're struggling with symptoms of depression, talk first with your family physician. Your doctor can conduct a physical exam, psychological evaluation and tests to rule out other possible causes, such as a medication, virus, or other health issue that can mimic symptoms of depression, such as a thyroid disorder. Your doctor may also use a simple questionnaire to determine the severity of your symptoms. You may be referred to a mental health professional for a complete diagnosis evaluation and treatment. An initial evaluation typically will encompass any family history of depression; a complete list of symptoms, including duration and severity; any prior treatment; thoughts about death or suicide; and any alcohol or drug use. Depression is often treated with medication, therapy, or a combination of the two.
If you feel that you're experiencing some symptoms of depression, talk to your doctor and schedule an appointment for an evaluation.
Kimberly Strickland, D.O. is a family medicine physician with Lone Star Medical Group and a member if the medical staff at Weatherford Regional Medical Center. She provides care for men, women, and children of all ages and is now accepting new patients.


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Police at the scene did not reveal the extent of the injuries or the names of those involved.
The airplane crashed at the end of the single runway at Penn Valley though it remains unclear whether the plane was taking off or landing at the time, according to officials. The nose of the plane was heavily damaged in the crash and fuel leaked out of the engine before being cleaned up by local fire crews.
The airport is closed following the incident, with air traffic being diverted to other airports.
Dave Hall, Penn Valley Airport's director of operations, said the plane is based out of the airport, but that he could not confirm the identities of those injured.
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