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Drunk Driving After Prom: Perception vs. Reality
Few students drink and drive after prom, according to a new study.
With prom season upon us, schools are ramping up programs to curb drunk driving—bringing out the wrecked cars, ordering breathalyzers, and hiring security officers. According to a new study, these methods are working.
Just 6 percent of students said they have driven under the influence on prom night, according to a study by Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) and Liberty Mutual insurance. That number is still too high, experts say, but according to a 2009 study by Liberty Mutual and SADD, 90 percent of teens felt that their peers would drive drunk after prom.
The practices of requiring students to blow into a breathalyzer before entering prom and holding after-prom functions have helped deter drunk driving, says Stephen Wallace, chairman of SADD.
"I always say that there are a lot of tools in the toolkit that schools need to focus on," he says. "I don't think any one thing is going to make a huge dent, but together, they have a huge influence."
Schools have also required students to sign sobriety contracts and have hired visible police security to discourage students from drinking. Students were more likely to drink and drive on New Year's Eve (10 percent) or during summer breaks (12 percent).
But why do students think their peers are drinking and driving?
"The problem is when you poll teenagers about the behavior of their peers, they tend to wildly over report. They will consistently tell you 95 percent of their peer group is drinking, when only 63 percent of middle school or high school students say they've used alcohol," Wallace says.
The key is educating students about the reality, he adds. "If they think 95 percent of their peer group is drinking, it makes them more likely to start drinking."
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Wallace says parents should bring up drinking in casual conversation. They need to set expectations and establish consequences—without having "the big talk" that can turn students off.
Students' peers have a huge influence over their friends' decisions as well.
"Teen drivers say, pretty convincingly, that if their friends spoke up and said 'don't speed, don't talk on the cell phone,' they would be significantly less likely to do those things. Most teen passengers say they wouldn't speak up because they'd be embarrassed," Wallace says. "We need to empower young people to step up and say 'that's not cool.' Their friends will listen to them."
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text: Update: It appears likely five Cincinnati Council members are ready to support the city manager's plan to lease most of the city's parking facilities to the Greater Cincinnati Port Authority and four private companies. The Budget and Finance Committee could vote on the issue Monday. Council Member Wendell Young confirmed Friday he plans to vote yes and four other members have generally expressed support during recent hearings.


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The Tanner community has formed a fellowship of the rings in an effort to raise $12,000 for the reigning state championship football and basketball programs.
The Tanner High School boys track team won state last spring, and received championship rings with assistance from the school's football booster club. But then the Rattlers' football team won the Class 2A state title in December, and the boys basketball team claimed a state championship earlier on March 1.
The price tag for the football rings, which are expected to arrive by late March, is approximately $17,000, while the basketball jewelry will cost $7,000.
The school has raised nearly $12,000 toward the cost of more than 50 rings for the football program through donations and sales of Tanner-themed items.
"We still have a deficit from the football rings, which should be here in a couple of weeks. We want to include everyone involved with the programs," said Principal Billy Owens, who coached the Rattlers' boys basketball team that won the 1986 state title but could not afford championship rings. "Another good problem that we're glad to have cropped up about 12 days ago when the boys basketball team won state. We're looking at raising another $7,000 for those rings.


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Medical science is changing so fast that much of what's just down the road seems more like a "Star Trek" episode than something you'll soon find at your doctor's office or local hospital. Let's see if you can separate the fact from the fantasy. Take a few seconds to read through the following seven statements. Which will soon be medical realities and which are pure science fiction?
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Autologous stem cells shrank cardiac scar tissue and increased viable heart tissue, but did little to improve functional outcomes, the 1-year results of the randomized CADUCEUS Trial suggested. The 17 patients treated with stem cells saw an absolute decrease of 11 percent in LV scar tissue compared with a 2.2 percent decrease in eight controls not treated with stem cells.
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A multi-year project by Chicago's Rush University Medical Center to construct two hybrid operating rooms featuring state-of-the-art technology concluded in January of 2012. With one located in the facility's tower and another in its atrium, staff from a number of different specialties immediately began to utilize cutting-edge technology and interact with one another on a number of hybrid surgical procedures.
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Surgeons within the Veterans Affairs health system have become less likely to perform coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) without the support of cardiopulmonary bypass in recent years, researchers found. The use of off-pump CABG peaked in 2003 -- when it accounted for 24 percent of such operations -- and fell to about 19 percent by 2011.
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NFL analyst on Vontaze Burfict: 'That kid is special'
Burfict, who spent three years in Tempe, went from wonderkind destined to be a top 10 draft pick to undrafted over the course of his collegiate career.
He landed with the Cincinnati Bengals and has since become a key part of one of the NFL's best defenses.
"Marvin really cultivated a relationship with Vontaze that Burfict really liked, and they kind of hit it off," CBS NFL sideline reporter and analyst Steve Tasker told Arizona Sports 620's Doug and Wolf Friday.
It's paid off big time, as Burfict ultimately led the team with 127 tackles to go along with one sack. The undisciplined play the linebacker became known for at ASU a thing of the past, the 22-year-old is now earning a reputation as being an excellent professional football player.
"Vontaze wanted a fresh start and Marvin was willing to give it to him and take him for his word," Tasker said. "And Vontaze has lived up to his side of it."
It's a nice story for a player who everyone always believed had enough talent to be great, but possibly lacked the drive and dedication to fulfill his potential. Though he is just one year into his NFL career, it appears Burfict is well on his way to becoming the player many thought he'd ultimately be.
"Marvin Lewis, sitting around a table with me in a production meeting, looked at me and the guys I was with and said, 'Vontaze Burfict may be one of the top three guys I have ever been around on the defensive side of the football, ever,'" Tasker added.
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"That kid is special, and Marvin may be one of the few guys -- and obviously the only head coach in the NFL -- who took the time to cultivate a relationship with the guy before he got him after the draft, and it's paying dividends for him," Tasker said.
Burfict's Bengals will be playing the Houston Texans Saturday in an AFC Wild Card playoff game.
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NORMAN — Oklahoma did have a special guest at practice on Tuesday. Two-time All-American linebacker Brian Bosworth (1985-86) had a short chat with the team. Although, it doesn't look like many players know him as "The Boz."
"Mr. Bosworth was just at practice," wide receiver Kenny Stills said. "He told us to go out there and take care of business."
Not opposed to change: One thing Oklahoma and Notre Dame share is generations of football tradition. The teams' uniforms are so recognizable that you instantly know they're playing as soon as a television comes on. The reason is neither uniform has changed much.
Notre Dame has been sporting a gold helmet, which represents The Main Building on Notre Dame's campus since the late 1940's. OU has been wearing the crimson helmet with the interlocking OU since 1966.
Sooner coach Bob Stoops said he would be open to changing its look every once in a while.
"Something with the helmet here or there might not damage the look too much. Put a little extra sparkle in it whatever," Stoops said. "I won't get too many letters in regards to what I'm doing, changing the uniform. Which I wouldn't read anyway. The secretary would read them, but I don't get to read them."
During Stoops' 14-year tenure OU wore throwback uniforms to honor teams from the 1950's twice. That's been it.
Notre Dame caused an uproar when it wore special uniforms when it faced Miami (Fla.) earlier this season. It wore helmets where about a third of it was navy blue.
What changed?: OU has only allowed two sacks in the last four games. Stoops said that has nothing to do with a change in blocking scheme. It's been better blocking and quarterback Landry Jones getting rid of the ball quicker.
"We really haven't changed our protections. Some of the run schemes that we've worked from week-to-week will change, or vary, depending on what we feel we can do," Stoops said. "The protections, we have been good, really through the year. Again, you play against quality teams and they're going to have their times where they get you. But I've been pleased with the progress and how they've played and protected."
Extra lesson: OU quarterback Landry Jones is like many of his teammates. He doesn't know much about the Sooners' history with Notre Dame. Can't blame him. The teams haven't played since 1999 and that was first meeting since 1968.
"I'm not really aware of much of it, but I'm sure there's a lot of great games that have been played," Jones said. "I don't know if that necessarily matters in who wins this game or loses this game, but I should probably read up on my history of the game."
Jones did receive a quick history when asked if he was aware OU is 1-8 all time against the Fighting Irish.
"Now I am," he said.
All Hunnicutt: Stoops said place kicker Michael Hunnicutt will also handle the kickoff chores against Notre Dame. Patrick O'Hara, who usually handles kickoffs, has been nursing a groin injury since the Texas game. OU gave walk-on Nick Hodgson a shot against Kansas.
"Nick hits them great in practice and he doesn't hit them so great in games though," Stoops said. "I guess that pressure got to him a little bit. We thought we'd give him a taste of it. I mean, he gets them out of the end zone in practice all the time, but I guess it's kind of like me. I hit them on the driving range perfect and then I get to that first tee box and I get that big cut ball that goes out of bounds. It doesn't work. It's a lot easier in practice than in games."
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ST PETER — A former St. Peter city councilor has announced he will run for the Minnesota House District 19A seat being vacated by Terry Morrow.
Joel Brinker, 56, becomes the third Republican to seek party endorsement for the position that also is being sought by three Democrats.
Brinker said his 1998-2005 stint on the City Council taught him a valuable lesson in collaborative governing that would serve him well in the House of Representatives.
"I don't have a lot of big ideas. I think big ideas come from communication and brainstorming. I think Terry has done an excellent job of keeping communication open and I want to continue that aspect."
Brinker sought the 19A seat six years ago but lost out to Morrow in the party endorsement process.
If elected, Brinker said his priorities would include working toward completion of improvements to Highway 14 and making state transportation roadways safer in general.
He also said Minnesota must create — and keep — a better atmosphere for business. His emphasis: "It's not job creation; it's job retention."
Brinker's family has been in the St. Peter area for 100 years and still is affiliated with operation of the St. Peter Woolen Mill. He also works for a Le Center trucking firm and operates a business making frames for rug weaving.
In addition to Brinker, Republicans seeking Morrow's seat are Jim Golgart and Allen Quist.
Democrats vying for the post are Karl Johnson, Clark Johnson and Robin Courrier.


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— By CHRISTIN COYNE
The FBI is seeking information on a serial killer who authorities believe passed through Parker County, including Aledo and Azle, in February 2012 prior to his capture the following month and suicide in jail on Dec. 2.
Diego Rodriguez, special agent in charge of the Dallas division of the FBI, is requesting the public's help in obtaining information on the travels and activities of Israel Keyes, who reportedly confessed to multiple kidnappings and murders across the United States between 2001 and March 2012. Authorities also believe he is responsible for two bank robberies they have corroborated and others he confessed to.
During his time in the North Texas area last year, the FBI believes Keyes was driving a rented blue 2011 Kia Soul with Texas license plate CN8-M857.
The National Bank of Texas in Azle believes Keyes was responsible for robbing the bank at gunpoint on Feb. 16, according to president Steve Parker. During the robbery, a man wearing a hard hat, a surgical mask and sunglasses displayed a handgun, making everyone get on the floor before leaving with an unspecified amount of currency.
Keyes reportedly confessed to the kidnapping and killing of 18-year-old Anchorage woman Samantha Koenig Feb. 1 and Bill and Lorraine Currier of Essex, Vt., earlier, as well as five other unidentified victims over the years, including four in Washington and one on the East Coast. Authorities believe he may have killed others, as well.
Investigators say Keyes did not know his victims prior to their abductions.
"He described several remote locations that he frequented to look for victims – parks, campgrounds, trailheads, cemeteries, boating areas, etc.," the FBI wrote.
Keyes reportedly left buried caches across the U.S. containing weapons and items used to disposed of bodies.
He was captured in March after he reportedly withdrew money donated for Koenig's ransom.
Those with any information are asked to call 1-800-CALL-FBI.


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There were five options for a logo to be placed at the Marion Street turf field that were debated at Wednesday night's Lynbrook Board of Education meeting.
The logos ranged from a less detailed owl in the center of the field to a more detailed owl with "Lynbrook" painted in both end zones. Other options included a solid gold letter "L" in the middle of the field and an "L" surrounded by a white outline. After going over their choices, the board ultimately decided on option C, a solid gold "L" in the center of the field with the word, "Owls," written in both end zones.
"This is something our sports teams and our fans are going to be looking at for years to come, so I feel it's an important decision," said Interim School Superintendent Dr. Melissa Burak. "We wanted to decide this tonight so we can finalize the specs and send the plan to the SED (State Education Department) for approval."
The Board considered multiple factors, including the budget cost for the logos and the number of letters in the end zone. Prices ranged from $69,000 total for the detailed owl with Lynbrook painted in both end zones to $22,000 for the design eventually chose.
Not everyone was happy with the board's final decision including Lynbrook resident Jennifer Hinderstein, who said she would have a preferred a picture of an owl as the logo. "I don't like the 'L' in the middle, it could represent anything," she said. "I would also like to see 'Lynbrook' written on both sides of the field."
Lynbrook senior Zoe Daniels, who is one of top students in her class, was also not thrilled about the board's decision and the time they spent debating the issue.
"We spent 20 minutes discussing what logo to put on the new turf field," said Daniels. "What logo is put on the field will not affect athletes' performances nor their choices of colleges in the future."
She added that the topic of storm grading policy would have made for a better discussion.
"The issue of changing a grading policy didn't get that much, if any, consideration from the board or the community," she stated. "The policy was put in place the day we returned to school after the storm. Changing a grading policy, particularly for high school seniors at the end of their high school career, will have an impact on grades, ranking, and choice of colleges."


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Arguing about water is a beloved Western pastime, but as the snowpack shrinks, Coloradoans are going to find themselves seriously fighting over what's left in the Colorado River.
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Gov. Mary Fallin did the right thing in listening to her constituents and suspending her review of the Grand River Dam Authority.
Fallin created a 15-member task force to complete a "full and thorough study" of the self-funded state agency.
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The cities then sell the electricity to citizens for arguably a lower rate than what a private company can offer.
Many private companies answer to stockholders.
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The GRDA is not tethered to the need to make specific amounts of money.
The GRDA can deliver a good product for a good price. Cities can turn around and sell that for a price that many times is lower than strictly for-profit businesses.
That could have been very bad for consumers.
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I remember the first time I planted something with my daughter who was then 3. I wanted to share my love for gardening. It brought me back to the thrill I experienced in Kindergarten as we waited eagerly for some life to poke its head out of the little dixie cup planters that sat on our classroom window sill. So my daughter and I planted nasturtiums because they have large seeds and sprout relatively quickly. Each day we would walk out to the garden to water and eagerly await the arrival of our nasturtiums. When they finally popped up, my daughter was so gleeful that I nearly cried.
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- Quickly get up to speed on all significant features and the major components of IBM FileNet P8 Content Manager
- Provides technical details that are valuable both for beginners and experienced Content Management professionals alike, without repeating product reference documentation
- Gives a big picture description of Enterprise Content Management and related IT areas to set the context for Content Manager
- Written by an IBM employee, Bill Carpenter, who has extensive experience in Content Manager product development, this book gives practical tips and notes with a step-by-step approach to design real Enterprise Content Management solutions to solve your business needs
Book DetailsLanguage : English
Paperback : 452 pages [ 235mm x 191mm ]
Release Date : February 2011
Author(s) : William J. Carpenter
Topics and Technologies : All Books, Web Development, Content Management (CMS), Enterprise, IBM
Table of ContentsPreface
Chapter 1: What is ECM?
Chapter 2: Installing Environmental Components
Chapter 3: Installing the Content Engine
Chapter 4: Administrative Tools and Tasks
Chapter 5: Installing Other Components
Chapter 6: End User Tools and Tasks
Chapter 7: Major CM Features
Chapter 8: Security Features and Planning
Chapter 9: Planning Your Deployment
Chapter 10: Included and Add-On Components
Chapter 11: A Taste of Application Development
Chapter 12: The DUCk Sample Application
Chapter 13: Support, Fix Packs, and Troubleshooting
- Chapter 1: What is ECM?
- ECM in three sentences
- Use cases
- Central Document Repository
- Compliance and governance
- Document-centric workflow
- Things to look for in an ECM platform
- Safe repository
- Strong security features
- Platform support
- Scalability
- Extensibility and add-ons
- Vendor and partner ecosystem
- Enterprise interoperability
- Strong APIs
- Notifications and triggers
- Traditional document management features
- Versioning and history
- Workflow integration
- Search and navigation
- Auditing and reporting
- Metadata
- ECM and standards
- AIIM: DMA and ODMA
- WebDAV
- What ECM is not
- ECM is not CMS
- ECM is not a database
- ECM is not source code management
- A bit of FileNet history
- Summary
- Chapter 2: Installing Environmental Components
- Some important IBM documents
- Plan and prepare your environment
- Fix Pack Compatibility Matrix
- Environmental components
- Hardware and software requirements
- Tailored planning and installation guides
- Our target environment
- Configuring the environmental components
- User and group accounts
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Network addresses
- System clocks
- File storage area
- Firewalls
- Installing DB2
- Create a new database
- Drop default user tablespace
- Create a buffer pool definition
- Create tablespaces
- Add a user to the database
- Set DB2 parameters
- Repeat for OSTORE1
- WebSphere Application Server
- Profiles and ports
- WAS process attributes
- WAS performance tweaks
- WAS and DB2
- Installing Tivoli Directory Server
- Using the directory
- Populating the directory
- TDS web console setup
- Server-side sorting
- The suffix
- Users
- Groups
- CE-specific entries
- Manual TDS queries
- Scripts and desktop shortcuts
- Summary
- Chapter 3: Installing the Content Engine
- An aside about some names
- P8 platform architecture
- Content Engine (CE)
- Other components
- Application Engine (AE)
- Content Search Engine (CSE)
- Process Engine (PE)
- Rendition Engine (RE)
- Installing the CE
- Getting the software
- Running the CE server installer
- Configuration Manager
- WAS console tweaks
- Installing FEM
- Bringing up the P8 Domain
- Create an ObjectStore
- Summary
- Chapter 4: Administrative Tools and Tasks
- Domain and GCD
- Topology levels
- Using topology levels
- Exploring Domain-level items
- AddOns
- Fixed Content Devices
- Server Cache configuration
- Content configuration
- Trace logging
- Content cache
- Exploring Object Store-level Items
- Content Access Recording Level
- Auditing
- Checkout type
- Text Index Date Partitioning
- Cache configuration
- Metadata
- Property templates
- Choice lists
- Classes
- Subclassing example
- Object Browse and Query
- Summary
- Chapter 5: Installing Other Components
- Content Search Engine (CSE)
- The CSE user
- Running the CSE installer
- Command line configuration steps
- Configuring CSE via the K2 Dashboard
- Configuring CE for CSE via FEM
- Configuring the P8 Domain
- Configuring an Object Store
- Process Engine server (PE server)
- Users and groups
- Database configuration
- DB2 database and tablespaces
- DB2 user permissions
- DB2 client software
- PE server installation and configuration
- PE server installation
- CE client installation
- PE server configuration
- Shared memory
- Test the connections
- CE configuration for PE
- PE client software
- Application Engine (AE)
- Workplace XT (XT)
- Configure LDAP
- Trust relationships and LTPA
- Run the installer
- CE and PE client software
- CE client
- PE client
- XT pre-deployment configuration
- Deploying XT
- Classloader configuration
- Map special subjects
- ORB uniqueness
- Running XT the first time
- IBM System Dashboard for ECM (SD)
- Rendition Engine (RE)
- Summary
- Chapter 6: End User Tools and Tasks
- What is Workplace XT?
- Browsing folders and documents
- Adding folders
- Adding documents
- Viewing documents
- Entry templates
- Workflow interactions
- One-time isolated region setup
- Approval workflows
- Tasks in XT
- Versioning
- Properties and security
- Searches
- Simple Search
- Keyword Search
- Advanced Search
- Stored Searches and Search Templates
- Summary
- Chapter 7: Major CM Features
- Documents
- Content
- Multiple content elements
- Content transfer and content reference
- Content element numbering
- Versioning
- Checkout and checkin
- Freeze
- Major and minor versions
- Document lifecycles
- Autoclassification
- Compound documents
- DITA publishing
- Rendition Engine
- Search
- Merge mode
- Selectable and searchable properties
- Property searches and full-text searches
- JDBC provider
- Search Templates and Stored Searches
- Folders and containment
- Referential containment
- Filing
- Containment names
- The decision to file documents
- Custom properties and classes
- Properties of Class Definitions
- Properties of Property Definitions
- Custom objects
- Annotations
- Links
- Subscriptions, events, and auditing
- What is an event?
- Subscriptions
- Audit logging
- Content Access Recording Level
- Event handlers
- Workflow launch
- AddOns
- AddOn components
- Creating and installing AddOns
- Authoring an AddOn
- Summary
- Chapter 8: Security Features and Planning
- Authentication or authorization?
- Authentication in CM
- Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS)
- Where authentication actually happens
- Application Server trust relationships
- Thick EJB clients
- CEWS clients
- Single Sign-on
- Anonymous and guest access
- Impersonation and run-as
- Enterprise directories
- Authorization in CM
- Discretionary and Mandatory Access Control
- Access Control Lists
- User and group access
- Rights
- Levels
- Unused bits
- Implicit rights
- Object Owner
- Object Store administrator
- Special query right
- Extra access requirements
- Modification Access Required
- Target Access Required
- Default instance security
- Security policy and document lifecycle policy
- Security Policy and Security Templates
- Document lifecycle policy
- Dynamic security inheritance
- Inheritable depth
- Parent and child security objects
- System-defined inheritance
- Roles and adapters
- Project team example
- Project team adapters
- Folders as adapters
- Marking sets
- A marking set example
- The final veto
- A hypothetical scenario
- The players
- The business requirements
- The strategy
- The implementation
- The test
- Summary
- Chapter 9: Planning Your Deployment
- Distributed deployments in functional tiers
- Web browsers
- Web servers
- CE, PE, and friends
- Databases and filesystems
- Custom applications
- Parallel environments
- Pre-production
- Development and testing
- How many domains?
- How many Object Stores?
- Network security
- Firewalls
- Supported platforms
- Integrating content with workflow
- Content storage
- Database Storage Area
- File Storage Area
- Fixed content devices
- Content Federation Services (CFS)
- Clustering, High Availability, and Disaster Recovery
- Clustering
- High Availability
- Disaster Recovery
- Distributed deployments
- CE topology
- PE considerations
- CSE considerations
- CE distributed deployment features
- Content cache
- Request Forwarding
- Typical distributed deployments
- Remote application tier
- Remote application and CE tier
- Summary
- Chapter 10: Included and Add-On Components
- Standard CM components
- Server components
- Applications and connectors
- Environmental components
- Initiatives and scenarios
- Compliance management
- IBM Enterprise Records (IER)
- Declaration
- Classification
- Protection
- Disposition
- Audits and reporting
- IBM eDiscovery
- IBM eDiscovery Analyzer (eDA)
- IBM eDiscovery Manager (eDM)
- IBM Content Collector
- ICC for File Systems
- ICC for Microsoft SharePoint
- ICC for Email
- Task connectors
- IBM Classification Module
- Smart Archive Strategy
- Ingestion
- Infrastructure
- Management
- IBM FileNet Business Process Manager
- IBM FileNet Business Process Framework
- IBM Enterprise Content Management Widgets
- Other components
- IBM FileNet System Monitor
- IBM FileNet Image Services
- IBM FileNet Capture and Datacap
- Content Management Interoperability Services
- Darwin Information Typing Architecture
- IBM Content Analytics
- Summary
- Chapter 11: A Taste of Application Development
- The Content Engine APIs
- Don't bypass the APIs
- Reading
- Updating
- API transports
- CEWS transport
- EJB transport
- User transactions
- JAAS context
- Transport-specific coding
- CE .NET and Java APIs
- CEWS protocol
- Attachment formats
- Compatibility layers
- Java Compatibility Layer
- COM Compatibility Layer
- CEWS 3.5 protocol
- Other APIs
- PE APIs
- ECM Widgets
- AE/XT customization and integration
- Development environments
- CE Java API in Eclipse
- The project
- CE API dependencies
- The application code
- Running the application
- Some things we didn't show
- CE .NET API in VS C# Express
- The project
- CE API dependencies
- The application code
- Running the application
- Some things we didn't show
- Summary
- Chapter 12: The DUCk Sample Application
- Business requirements
- Restricted quantity documents
- Restricted circulation documents
- Design of end-user view
- Common login screen
- Find documents
- Content download
- Adding a document
- Viewing details for a document
- Restricted quantity documents
- Restricted circulation documents
- Modifying a document
- Enterprise mandates
- Navigational overview
- Data model and security model
- Document properties
- Restriction indicators
- Restricted circulation
- Access logging
- Access control
- Requests for access
- Restricted Quantity
- Technical implementation details
- CE metadata changes
- The annotation subclass
- Custom document properties
- Custom events
- Audit logging configuration
- Deploying the event handler code module
- The DuckRQB project
- New code module
- Modifying a code module
- Debug logging
- The Duck project
- Exporting and deploying Duck.war
- Deployment descriptor
- Deploying to WAS
- Selecting the JSF Runtime
- Configure role mapping
- Starting the application
- Summary
- Chapter 13: Support, Fix Packs, and Troubleshooting
- Resources
- Documentation
- Information center
- Standalone documents
- Other links
- IBM Redbooks
- IBM developerWorks
- Worldwide IBM ECM Community
- Online support resources
- Support portal
- PMRs and APARs
- Technotes
- Personalized notifications
- Fix Central
- Information on demand conferences
- Releases and fixes
- Product releases
- Interim fixes
- Fix packs
- Installing fix packs
- Supporting components
- CM components
- CE 18.104.22.168 server
- CSE 22.214.171.124 client
- CSE 184.108.40.206 server
- Redeploying the updated CE server
- CE 126.96.36.199 clients
- Troubleshooting
- Prevention
- Configuration Control
- Snapshots
- Backups
- Looking for trouble
- Initial configuration
- Authentication
- WAS bootstrap information
- Performance
- Trace logging
- Isolation
- Database tuning
- Summary
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Sample chapters
You can view our sample chapters and prefaces of this title on PacktLib or download sample chapters in PDF format.
What you will learn from this book
- Install IBM FileNet P8 Content Manager along with its supporting components and pre-requisites
- Configure the Content Manager components to make them work in unison
- Learn the building-block features and uses of Content Manager and related components
- Master FileNet Enterprise Manager (FEM), the administrator's tool, to learn the Content Manager features
- Perform various tasks in Workplace XT, one of the stand-alone, end-user applications provided with Content Manager
- Explore authentication, authorization, and other security mechanisms to meet your security needs
- Plan and deploy the components of an Enterprise Content Management platform to a real-world environment
- See how a custom application is designed and created using Content Manager APIs
In Detail
IBM FileNet P8 Content Manager, built on top of the mature FileNet platform, is a complete, world class Enterprise Content Management platform. With its rock solid document management features, tight integration with BPM systems and other components, and rich API set, it is a highly scalable and secure solution to common and uncommon Enterprise Content Management requirements.
Written by a FileNet insider, who is an Enterprise Content Management architect and engineer, this book is a straightforward guide to effectively installing, managing, and administering FileNet P8 Content Manager. It emphasizes practical, specific, and hands-on information about features for building Enterprise Content Management solutions. At every step, real-world tips and important information are called out to save you time and trouble when building customized solutions.
Beginning with an overview of Enterprise Content Management, the book moves quickly to the matter of getting a real Content Manager system up and running. You learn key Content Manager applications that are demonstrated to show you the major concepts that matter you as a developer, administrator, or as an end user. There are separate chapters that describe major platform features, security-related features, and integrations with other commonly used software components. A realistic sample application, designed right in front of you unfolds the genius in IBM Filenet P8 Content Manager. Finally, you take an in-depth look at troubleshooting, support sites, and online resources to help meet your security needs.
Master the ins and outs of the FileNet P8 platform, easily
The book is written in a straightforward style and avoids sales and marketing hype. William J. Carpenter is an Enterprise Content Management architect at IBM who spends every day doing product development and helping others make the best use of the Content Manager product. The numerous tips and notes arise from his years of practical experience with FileNet products.
Most of the book consists of specific recipes for installing and using Content Manager, and it also provides you with clear and precise explanations of the most important features and components. It is written in a conversational style without being "dumbed down", and the book can be read straight through, from cover to cover. It emphasizes the things you need to know, presented in a logical progression.
Who this book is for
If you are a CIO, an IT manager, an IT staff engineer, or perhaps a business leader, business analyst, or even an end user who wants to better understand the role that Content Manager plays in your enterprise, irrespective of any previous knowledge of IBM FileNet P8 Content Manager or Enterprise Content Management in general, then this book is a must have for you.
And if you are someone who is just starting to work with Content Manager or who is facing a decision about whether to use Content Manager or another solution, be assured you will not find a better guide. Even if you have years of experience, you can still enrich your knowledge with the clear, practical explanations of basic and advanced features. Although it is not a developer's guide, per se, the API and sample application will help you as an enterprise developer or architect to get your bearings in Content Manager technologies.


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ESPN's SChilly Smith inadvertently reports possible Kiffin Recruiting Violation
ahhh, it appears that the last minute "announcement" of one of the coaches on u$c's staff resigning is really, much ado about something.... Looks like the glorified community college across town, and Captain Kiffy, may have some more explaining to do...Hmm I wonder where all those "Talented" LA Times sports journalists are on this...haha, I don't think I could keep a straight face through that thought. GO BRUINS!!!
Not a big surprise, considering the news about Lame's violations. Ironically, the incident that triggered this involved one of our recent transfers, Brandon Willis, who arrived via UT and UNC.
SportsbyBrooks just posted lots of pictures of Trogans at "NFL agent hosted party." Guess we need to start paying very close attention to this. GO BRUINS.
Despite getting dinged with a 2 year bowl ban, loss of 30 scholarships, and 4 years of probation, looks like southern cal may still be up to their old shenanigans. Dillon Baxter has been suspended indefinitely after accepting a golf cart ride from a NFLPA-certified agent, and current student, Teague Egan. On his company's website, his bio describes how he has "befriended many athletes on the USC football team". southern cal has sent the NCAA an appeal to get Baxter reinstated, claiming they acted "proactively and quickly". LOL.
Just ICYMI Hello Kiffin left Baxter behind in LA for Southern Cal's Oregon State trip "while a compliance issue" is "being sorted out." Per the Trojan Times "Baxter accepted a ride in a golf cart on campus, only to find out later that one of the people in the cart might be a sports agent." GO BRUINS.
Keeping track of the latest scoop concerning timing of NCAA's announcement on its investigations into cheating scandals at Southern Cal.
Southern Cal alum Brian Cushing finally gets exposed for his cheating ways.
Wow. Didn't see this one coming. Most people were skeptical of his adamant denials of steroid use before entering the NFL draft. This only confirms what we all thought. CHEAT ON!
From the link above: The latest jab was thrown by USC defensive coordinator Ed Orgeron on Monday in front of Trojan boosters. According to our Randy Youngman, Orgeron grabbed the microphone while a UCLA-USC ticket package was being auctioned, and said: "The guy across town has been talking too much smack since Coach Kiffin came to town," Orgeron said. "We've got to silence him." CRN must really have gotten under their skin. Note this is not the first time Ogre has been talking smack about UCLA. He talked all kinds of smack before the Tennessee game last season before getting beat on national TV. I hope the clown keeps talking. GO BRUINS.
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The Journal Sentinel's Craig Gilbert explores political trends in a purple state and beyond.
Is Wisconsin still a presidential battleground?
For a generation or more, Wisconsin has been known as a top battleground in presidential politics, a place where both parties go all-out to win because they believe this state could be the difference between winning and losing the White House.
But does the label still fit?
Is it a battleground if one side always wins?
Democrat Barack Obama's two big victories here – by 14 points in 2008 and seven points in 2012 -- raise obvious questions about the Republican Party's competitiveness in Wisconsin at the presidential level. In the wake of last month's resounding Republican defeat, those questions are being asked by GOP strategists looking ahead to the next campaign.
It may seem crazy to even raise the issue in a state where Republicans occupy the governor's office, control the legislature and hold five of eight US House seats.
But presidential elections are a different ballgame.
And here are the cold hard facts:
- Of the nine truly contested states in the 2012 presidential race – where both sides spent heavily on television and turn-out – Wisconsin was decided by the largest margin (6.8 points).
- Of these same nine states (the others are Ohio, Iowa, Florida, Virginia, Colorado, New Hampshire, Nevada and North Carolina), it was also decided by the largest margin four years ago (13.9 points).
- Wisconsin is the only state among these nine that has voted Democratic in each of the past seven presidential elections.
- Only two Republicans, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, have won Wisconsin in the past 52 years. (Nixon won in 1960, 1968 and 1972, and Reagan won in 1980 and 1984).
- The average Republican presidential vote in the past seven elections in Wisconsin is 44%. The average Democratic vote in those seven elections is 50% (third-party candidates account for the difference).
Some Republicans thought this could be the year they ended their Wisconsin losing streak. They had a home-state politician (Janesville congressman Paul Ryan) on the ticket. They were coming off a huge and historic recall victory. They believed they had the best GOP turnout operation in the country. And they viewed the incumbent Democratic as very vulnerable on the economy.
Yet their candidate Mitt Romney didn't lead here in a single public poll after late August.
To be a true battleground, it's not enough for a state to be winnable under the right conditions. Obama won Indiana in 2008, but nobody considers that state a battleground because it's only winnable for Democrats when they're winning nationally by large margins.
The top battlegrounds are the states closest to the centerline in American politics, the states that are up for grabs in close national elections, states that have the potential to tip electoral outcomes. Today, Ohio, Florida, Virginia and Colorado all fit the bill. Wisconsin was such a state in 2000 and 2004. But over the past quarter-century, even the most effective Republican campaigns have fallen short in this state.
GOP strategist Mark Graul, who ran the almost-successful 2004 Bush re-election campaign in Wisconsin, says that all things being equal, you can't presume that Wisconsin is a presidential battleground going into 2016.
"I think that it would take the right Republican candidate for Wisconsin to be considered a battleground state," says Graul. "I don't think it's automatically on the list."
Here are a few ways to look at the obstacles Republicans face in Wisconsin:
A less Republican white vote. A state's partisan makeup is in many ways a function of two simple questions: how white is its electorate? And how Republican are its white voters? "Blue" states are blue because they have a big non-white vote (minority voters are lopsidedly Democratic everywhere), or because their white voters are less Republican than in most other states. Wisconsin has a relatively small minority vote, so that doesn't account for its Democratic voting history. But its white voters are significantly less Republican than they are in the nation as a whole.
Nationally Obama got 39% of the white vote in 2012. He got 48% in Wisconsin. By contrast, Obama got 42% of the white vote in Pennsylvania, 41% in Ohio, 37% in Florida, 31% in Missouri, 15% in Alabama and 10% in Mississippi.
The only states where exit polls were done and where white voters were more Democratic than in Wisconsin were in New England (Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut), in the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon) and in Iowa.
So a central challenge for the GOP is that voting groups that are heavily Republican in most other places are less so in Wisconsin. Obama lost rural voters by 20 points nationally, but only nine in Wisconsin.
Obama lost gun-owning households by only eight points in Wisconsin, a group that made up 53% of the state's electorate last month. Compare that to Pennsylvania, where Obama lost gun-owning households by 33 points.
Shifting demographics. While Wisconsin has a small minority vote, that vote is growing. And these voters are so heavily Democratic today that even a marginal increase in their voting power is significant. The "non-white" vote in Wisconsin has gone from 7% in 2000 to 10% in 2004 to 14% in 2012, according to exit polls.
Romney won almost the same share of the white vote in 2012 (51%) as George W. Bush did in 2004 (52%). But Romney did three points worse overall because the white vote was proportionately smaller (86% instead of 90% of the electorate) and because Romney did worse among minority voters (winning 18% of non-whites compared to 25% for Bush).
Presidential versus non-presidential voters. It has become increasingly clear that Wisconsin is a different state politically when the office of president is on the ballot, drawing a bigger, younger, less conservative, more diverse electorate.
There have been 12 contests for US Senator and President on presidential ballots since 1988 in Wisconsin. Republicans have lost all 12.
There have been 13 contests for US Senator and governor on non-presidential ballots since 1986 in Wisconsin. Republicans have won eight and lost five.
The average turnout in the past three mid-term elections in Wisconsin is 50% of eligible voters. The average turnout in the past three presidential elections is 73%, according to data gathered by George Mason University.
This pattern is not unique to Wisconsin. But the split between the GOP performance on presidential ballots and other elections is especially stark here.
"At the end of the day our base is bigger than their base," says state Democratic chair Mike Tate. "There are more eligible Democratic voters than Republican voters. It's simply a matter of, can we motivate enough people to get out and vote?"
GOP strategist Brian Nemoir draws the analogy with church: the voters in off-year elections are like the choir that shows up every week of the year; the voters in presidential years are like congregants who only appear on holidays.
"Forty-nine weeks of the year, the same people show up to Catholic church … and for (the other) three weeks of the year you're busting at the seams. And the choir is going, 'Who the hell are these people?'" says Nemoir. "We don't know whether it's the message or messenger, but we (Republicans) generally don't do as good a job in this state getting to those people that come just three of the 52 weeks of the year."
Some Democrats are very cautious about downplaying Wisconsin's battleground status.
"I realize we've had decisive wins in last two elections. But an awful lot of work went into those victories," says Tate. "I don't think you're going to see us be like a Washington or an Oregon, where it's just a cakewalk."
Democratic consultant Tad Devine, a top strategist for the Gore and Kerry campaigns nationally in 2000 and 2004, said of Wisconsin, "maybe it's leaning more to Democrats than it did a decade ago." But Devine said, "until we know who's running (in 2016), and how the election is unfolding, I would consider it to be a battleground."
Are there factors that could make Wisconsin more winnable for Republicans in future presidential contests?
Several came up in interviews for this story:
Targeting. One is the effort Republicans put into the state. While the GOP paid a lot of lip service to Wisconsin, there was no comparison in the time Mitt Romney spent in Wisconsin in 2012 and the time George W. Bush spent in the state in the ultra-tight contest of 2004. Romney made but two visits to Wisconsin from mid-August onwards; Obama was here three times in the final six days.
"We were shocked. We thought (Romney) would be here more often," says Democratic strategist Tanya Bjork, who ran the Obama campaigns in Wisconsin in 2008 and 2012.
Bjork thinks Republicans underestimated the big turnouts Democrats would generate in Madison and Milwaukee, otherwise they would have put more effort into the state. One explanation for Romney's absence is that the Romney campaign thought it could rely on Ryan's presence in the state. Another is that the Romney campaign was never that confident it could win in Wisconsin.
Candidates. It may be that the big Democrats margins in 2008 and 2012 are partly owing to Obama's particular appeal in Wisconsin and other Midwest battlegrounds, and to the limitations of his GOP opponents, Romney and McCain. It's possible that with a different mix of candidates, Wisconsin could track more closely to the national vote, as it did in 2000 and 2004.
Impact of state policies. Gov. Walker's move against public sector unions has reduced the number of union members in the state and the clout of unions, damaging trends for Democrats. Union households were only 21% of the Wisconsin vote in the 2012 exit polls, a marked decline from previous elections. Democrats are afraid the new photo ID law, if it gets through the courts, will hurt Democratic turnout. They also fear the partisan impact if Republicans move to end election-day registration.
"Adding those two things together would be a huge blow to our voters," says Bjork, who says the combination of those changes in voting laws, plus not having Obama at the top of the ticket mobilizing key Democratic constituencies, could make Wisconsin far more competitive in the next presidential election.
"Not only do I think next time we're going to be a battleground, I think we're going to be more of target," says Bjork.
Despite their difficulties here, Republicans have compelling reasons to keep trying in Wisconsin.
With the GOP losing ground in the Southwest due to the growth of the Latino vote and in Virginia and North Carolina due to broader demographic changes, the party needs to make inroads in the industrial Midwest to improve its Electoral College prospects.
"It can be done," says GOP strategist Keith Gilkes, who ran Tommy Thompson's losing US Senate race this year and Gov. Scott Walker's winning recall race.
But "it's a very difficult thing to do," he says of flipping Wisconsin from blue to red.
"Republicans in presidential years need to work harder to persuade those independent-minded voters, especially conservative Democrats, to take a look at our candidate and our party," says Gilkes. "Our candidate has not unlocked how you do it, how you reach those voters. We have work to do, and I think everyone understands that by virtue of fact we haven't won here since 1984."
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With all the millions sent in by the Koch heads Obama gqve Romney a whoopin. Makes ya wonder if Walker will get his arse handed to him if he continues down his road of failure and unethical behaviors.Hide replies
So you prefer the state return to being billions in debt, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the public unions? Typical Walker hating ignorance.
Walker was counting on a Romney administration squelching any FBI investigation into Walker's past
Hmm - ya think - like Sheldon?
Notice he is moving quickly in public pronouncement to the middle. Next favorite trick will be "they made me do it".....the legislation will pass and he just has to sign it. Just remember we are holding him to a net 250,000 job gain. For the mathematically challenged that is number of jobs created minus number of jobs lost. Last time we looked he is halfway through term and not even close.
Yes Koch bros. were out spent by the Unions. Shows who gives the marching orders to Obama. The Unions and Lame stream Media sent the Whitehouse all the talking points. Not the other way around.
""Adding those two things together would be a huge blow to our voters," says Bjork, who says the combination of those changes in voting laws, plus not having Obama at the top of the ticket mobilizing key Democratic constituencies, could make Wisconsin far more competitive in the next presidential election.
"Not only do I think next time we're going to be a battleground, I think we're going to be more of target," says Bjork."
Yeah yeah bla bla bla- we heard the same arrogance from RUNTS.
no disrespect to the author but really, at this point many of us are just getting past the election....lets save this sort of analysis for after the inauguration at least....
It's tough to win with Dane County and all its wacko liberals, and Milwaukee where bus loads of folks ignorant of the issues are bribed and brought in daily for the two weeks of early voting. Then there are the nursing homes where elderly mentally incapacitated people are coerced into voting as the liberals instruct them. In addition they bus 'em in from Illinois and furnish them with addresses they can use for same-day registration voting. There are plenty of other practices the liberals have mastered to fraudulently pad voting totals. They have learned how to take advantage no photo ID, early voting, and same-day registration to garner enough votes to win elections. Obama has taught Dems to portray their candidates as like Santa Claus, i.e. handing out government goodies others paid for, and the recipients vote to keep receiving. The deck's been stacked. Fairness is no more.
no, wisconsin is a backwater state afterreelcting the likes of sensenbrenner, ryan and the troglydytes in the state legislature.
We are a state now controlled by my Democrat Socialist Totaltarian Party and we will no longer need Soros money to keep winning!Hide replies
forget to take your meds again Neocon?
Good lord NEO- go back in your hole.
When did the Republicans disband?
come on, really? who cares.
So they think that not belong to a union reduces their will to put The Republicons. In their place?
In the last election the Democrats got 200,000 more votes than Republicans in our state legislative races yet the the Republicans hold both houses. It shows you the power in redistricting. Districts are supposed to be divided so that races are all contested. This is just power politics. On top of that, Walker sent out his stooge Fitzgerald to go after same day registration despite the fact that there has never been any evidence of any appreciable voter fraud. Why not fix a problem that doesn't exist and keep power in one party's hands. I blame Jim Doyle for a lot of this. Not everything he did was bad, but his last state budget which looked like it was written by WEAC, likely placed the Democrats in position as the minority party for the next 20 years. How could anybody be so stupid and why didn't his party members stand up to him? Maybe he was on Koch's payroll too. Yet he was interviewed by some tv station before the last election like a spokesperson for the Democrats. That had to throw some votes to the other side. Same goes for Walker. All he has is yes men around him from the legislature to the state employed staff members he advances. I have yet to see a black person in his administration. When power is concentrated within one party it's only a matter of time before fraud and corruption enters in. No wonder government operates so stupid.
I believe the question has to be asked in context.
If a quality candidate is on the ballot, can they win WI? That answer is yes.
Despite what some might simply assume from looking at numbers. WI is a cut above smelling a skunk. Can we help it if that skunk is usually wearing an elephant suit?
The fact we do vote for R in statewide offices shows it is possible to win here.
I know the off season must be hard for political pundits. But give us a break. This is dumb question with an obvious answer.
If you need something to write about? I guess you do.
Then there is gridlock in DC which most of us only have the slightest clue why.
How about an in depth look at that.
Maybe if (when?) we drive off the cliff. Some of us will understand why on earth any politician would wreck the nation they supposedly represent. Take a pledge to. Simply to preserve partisan politics.
There has to be more to it than that.
If not? Then stick a fork in US. We are in fact done.
No matter whom we vote for? Nothing of value will get accomplished.Hide replies
You must be talking about Walker!


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Frank Ocean has recorded a song with Depeche Mode's guitarist Martin Gore, the band's singer Dave Gahan tells Entertainment Weekly. Recently, Ocean and Depeche Mode were recording in the same New York studio. Ocean introduced himself via an assistant, then Ocean, Gore and Depeche Mode producer Christoffer Berg (who's also worked with The Knife and Fever Ray) ended up working a track, which Gahan thinks "is going to be part of [Ocean's] new record."
Earlier this week, Ocean spoke with BBC Radio 1′s Zane Lowe about the progress he's made on his next LP. He says he's completed "10, 11 songs" for the Channel Orange sequel, which will be another "cohesive thing, bordering on a concept record," that he plans to record partially on an island. "At the end of Channel Orange, there's 'Golden Girl' and it's this beach scene," Ocean explained. "I kind of wanted to extend that feel into the next record altogether, kind of make it that theme. So I'm going to Bora Bora." Ocean told Lowe he's already spent time in the studio with Pharrell Williams, has plans for sessions with Danger Mouse and would like to collaborate with GEN F alum King Krule. He also claimed he's never watched a complete episode of Seinfeld, preferring instead the "very hedonistic" Game of Thrones.


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50. Re: Define: Camping.farore01 May 20, 2012 3:35 PM (in response to ovadosa)
its campish that but not as bad as getting a kill in one corner and moving to opposite corner
51. Re: Define: Camping.ovadosa May 20, 2012 5:19 PM (in response to ovadosa)
i dont think any of his buddies made it down there for nare one of his 25 kills, so i think its safe to assume the type was his. they type 95 where its 95% the gun.....
52. Re: Define: Camping.primordialrain May 20, 2012 7:47 PM (in response to ovadosa)
it was picked up.
53. Re: Define: Camping.traybrown2424 May 21, 2012 12:08 AM (in response to primordialrain)
Your gameplay was kind of campy but I play FFA the same way because it's the only way to do well consistently. Also to say that someone waiting for someone to come around a corner is a camper is a unfair description because if you hear or see someone and wait 5 seconds so you have the upper hand in the battle instead of running up to them and giving them the chance to win is just playing smart not camping. Keep in mind I generally would wait for someone in S&D because you only have one life and you have to use it wisely.
54. Re: Define: Camping.traybrown2424 May 21, 2012 12:12 AM (in response to azn_chic)
At the times when you would sit in the dome behind the wire spools you were camping but its dome so your options are play slow /(camp) or die all the time from terrible spawns and akimbo FMG's.
55. Re: Define: Camping.TheCampingRusher May 21, 2012 3:10 AM (in response to primordialrain)
First of all many people are saying campers wait for their prey. No, waiting indicates you know someone is coming, if you know someone is coming and you dont have the best close combat weapon by no means should you jump out the corner like superman and increase your chances to get killed by some stupid PP90M1 with steady aim, simply wait for them to pass and get the kill. NOT CAMPING
Camping is sitting in a corner HOPING someone goes by to kill them. but controlling areas of a map like a building isnt really camping because your're simply decreasing the chances of you getting killed by some god awful IW spawn.
And to actually comment on your game in no way at all was that camping, by going back and forth in the same area u decrease ur chances of getting killed by some stupid spawn, and u almost did a couple of times, if a non sniper spawned there, bye bye moab
56. Re: Define: Camping.primordialrain May 21, 2012 3:33 PM (in response to TheCampingRusher)
i actually agree with that, if you know for a fact someone is coming and you wait for them, thats not camping. soundwhoring someone and waiting by the doorway isnt camping at all
57. Re: Define: Camping.ovadosa May 21, 2012 4:10 PM (in response to TheCampingRusher)
you guys man, i mean really....superman? why is it the ony other way to play is to be stupid? its stupid to jump out like superman, its stupid to run around like a maniac, its stupid to run and gun with no regard for your surroundings. why is this always the counter i hear? you too contradict yourself, first you say camping is not waiting then say campers wait for their prey. hope? its a game about killing no matter where you set up shop someone is bound to come your way.
that IS very smart to wait for someone to pass then get them. why wouldnt you? duh. in refrence to campers waiting, they bank on you coming back for revenge. they are in the same spot/corner and once you kill them, they are WAITING for you to come for some payback. which is me in a nutshell. i ALWAYS come back to the scene of the crime/campsite. so i know if you by happenstance or a cowinky dink end up in the same spot/corner/area again and again. i love campers though, easy kills for a scrub like me. there is more than one way to skin a camper.
so i have to agree when it begins to rain? since it seems we only speak when its the same. so yeah guy i think you were using a variation of camping with your buddies in the same lobby for your oh so awesome moab. i got mine the same way. patroling the cave in village. though it wasnt my friends that filled the lobby. smores to ya. love the way you take advantage of the spawn in the bunker killing people then running to the spawn hoping thats their spawn point, you are the-man. btw why post your vid on an xbox forum when you play ps3?
58. Re: Define: Camping.primordialrain May 22, 2012 7:50 AM (in response to ovadosa)
whoa... did you just accuse me of boosting?
59. Re: Define: Camping.gixerspeed May 22, 2012 8:36 AM (in response to primordialrain)
I don't, I won't acknowledge the word "camping", I prefer to think of it as strategic placement. To better protect myself from attacks by the..................headless chicken fighter (player). ;-)


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Wallpaper of the Week (Snowflakes and Dandelion)
Wallpaper of the Week
This week brings two wallpapers, both of them blue and white, both are quite different.
Dandelion is a minimal (really minimal) wallpaper that goes quite well with icons.
Where Snowflakes Are Born is a somewhat whimsical wallpaper that makes desktop icons really stand out.
Available Resolutions:
Dandelion is available in one resolution: 2560x1600
Where Snowflakes Are Born: numerous resolutions, check the site.
How To Install:
To install Dandelion: hover your mouse over the image; a downward facing arrow appears.
Click on that and the wallpaper will download to your default download directory.
Since it comes in one size, you may need to resize the image to fit your screen resolution.
To install Where Snowflakes Are Born:
Click on the resolution that matches or is closest to your screen resolution (there are a lot of choices).
When the image loads, you can right click and use "save image as" to download the wallpaper.
Some browsers allow you to set the image as desktop wallpaper by right clicking.
The screen resolutions with stars next to them are premium wallpapers.
Vladstudio has two types of wallpapers - Free and Paid.
The difference is the paid versions have a higher resolution.
I haven't been able to tell the difference between the free and paid wallpapers, all are high quality.
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by Tap Dancin' Mouse (not verified) on 23. December 2011 - 0:37 (85757)
Whimsical? Yes. Manly? Noooo...
How about some grunge wallpaper for the men around here.
@Tap Dancin' Mouse; Try these:
Grunge Wallpapers, Grunge Backgrounds, Grunge Images - Desktop Nexus
Ha ha ha - I knew it wouldn't be long Rhiannon. You are soooooo Vladdicted ; )
@Tap Dancin' Mouse; I'm happy you like them. There are an awful lot of grunge wallpapers out there so I'm glad you like the ones I found. =)
The Where Snowflakes are Born wallpaper doesn't have my resolution 1440x900. When I click on the resolution it comes and tells me to pay. How can I get the wallpaper of my resolution?
@supanut; The screen resolutions with stars next to them are premium wallpapers.
Vladstudio has two types of wallpapers - Free and Paid.
The difference is the paid versions have a higher resolution.
If the screen resolution you want is paid, you can download a larger free one and resize it to fit your screen.
If you like the site enough to want access to premium wallpapers, Vladstudio has a Lifetime Premium Account @ 50% off through December 31, 2011 - in USD that's $14.99.
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AUSTINBURG — Mary Etta Montgomery, age 87, of St. Rt. 45, Austinburg, died peacefully Wednesday afternoon, May 1, 2013, at her residence.
She was born June 24, 1925, in Saybrook Township, the daughter of John I. and Blanche M. (Webb) Corlew and had been an Austinburg resident all of her life. She was married to Harold Montgomery Jr. on Nov. 19, 1944, in Austinburg.
Mary Etta was a retired employee of the Geneva School System where she worked as a crossing guard and an assistant librarian.
She was a member of the Austinburg First United Church of Christ where she was active with the Women's United and the Over 49er's. Mary Etta also belonged to the Austinburg Grange and the Austinburg Township VFD Fireman's Auxillary. She loved playing the chimes and the piano, where so many memories and good times were had. Mary Etta touched so many lives and cherished her family and many friends.
She is survived by six children, William A. (Lois) Montgomery of Phoenix, Ariz., Douglas L. (Lou Ann) Montgomery of Unionville, Carol A. Berkowitz of Austinburg Township, John A. Montgomery of Austinburg Township., Kathy L. (Sean) Carson of Saybrook Township and Jane E. (Cliff) Bowser of Austinburg Township; 15 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; a sister, Dorothy Edwards of Saybrook Township; and a brother-in-law, Fred Leonard Reushling of Jefferson.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Harold in 1995; a brother, Ivan; and three sisters, Julia, Florice and Medora.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held 12 p.m., Saturday, May 4th, at the Austinburg First United Church of Christ, 2870 St. Rt. 307, Austinburg, with the Rev. Candace Thomas officiating. A gathering for fellowship and food will follow immediately at the Austinburg Town Hall. Committal Services will be held 10:30 a,m., Monday, at Austin Cemetery , College St., Austinburg.
Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. until time of Service, Saturday, at the Church.
Memorial contributions may be directed to the Austinburg First United Church of Christ. The Jefferson Home of FLEMING & BILLMAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS, 49 W. Jefferson St., Jefferson, is handling arrangements.
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Haverhill — Andrew M. Williams, 82, of Haverhill, passed away Thursday, December, 13, 2012 at the Wakefield Care & Rehab Center.
He was born in Haverhill on April 16, 1930, son of the late Morill and Carolyn (Thomas) Williams.
Andrew was educated in the Haverhill school system and attended Haverhill High School where he became known as a gifted runner and track star.
After graduating High School, he enlisted in the United States Army and fought valiantly during the Korean War.
Upon his return to the States, Andrew was employed as an office worker, living in New York and New Jersey for a combined 30 years before moving back to Haverhill in the early 90's.
Andrew loved music and was particularly fond of progressive Jazz. Andrew is survived by two sons, Andrew and Philip Williams both of Brooklyn NY, a sister Natalie Layman of Bradford, MA and a dear friend Gloria Whittaker of Haverhill, MA.
ARRANGEMENTS: A Memorial Service was held on Saturday, December 22, at the H.L. Farmer & Sons Funeral Home, 106 Summer St., Haverhill. Arrangements were by H.L. Farmer & Sons Funeral Homes and Cremation Service, Haverhill and Bradford. Condolences to his family may be made at


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The Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office has determined that Shannon Herrin, 38, had methamphetamine in her system when she was found dead in her freezer in August.
According to the medical examiner's findings, Herrin's death was caused by "toxic effects of methamphetamine" with "hypothermia" as a contributing factor. The M.E. and investigators believe her death was accidental and no foul play was involved, according to a press release provided by Mineral Wells Police Chief Dean Sullivan.
Herrin's body was found by her 20-year-old son in a chest-style freezer in the garage of her Mineral Wells home around 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 9.
After obtaining a warrant, investigators processed the crime scene and sought to determine whether Herrin's death was the result of a homicide or other causes.
After multiple interviews and an autopsy that showed no signs of trauma, Mineral Wells Police Department investigators ruled out foul play and waited for the toxicology and blood work results.
The M.E.'s report showed not only that Herrin had meth in her system, but she also had fresh puncture wounds on her "arm(s)." The press release stated additional substances recorded in the test results included marijuana, hydrocodone and a prescription anti-anxiety medication.
Based on their findings, the M.E. concluded that Herrin likely "crawled into the freezer while under the effects of methamphetamine." This corresponded with investigators initial observations and evidence collected at the scene.
Sullivan said he hopes the results can give the family closure in the face of such a "terrible" death.
"We are mindful of Shannon's family and their grief from such a tragic loss," he said. "These toxicology results serve as yet another example of the terrible effects and harm meth can cause to people, their families and a community. Our thoughts and prayers go out to this family, especially to her son."
These findings come one week after a mass drug bust resulting in the arrest of 19 people in the Dallas and Palo Pinto County meth industry, as well as the seizure of six pounds of meth. Law enforcement officials hope that the two meth-related incidents will help curtail the market for drugs in the local community.


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WARNING: This review is not raving.
I'd like to write a positive review about because I'd heard good things about the food and because the eatery won a for the best outside dining, but this isn't going to be a stellar review. It's my experience.
And, I didn't think it was a great one.
First off, it was gloomy weather, so I did not get the advantage of the outside dining. That's not their fault. But, what is their fault is the lack of windows in the place and equally dim lighting.
I couldn't see anything at first. My eyes had to adjust. And, with it already being cloudy outside what little light came through the few windows was struggling big time. However, the place was very festive and seemed pretty tidy.
Then, I sat down, and the waiter and waiters seemed nice enough. They didn't act like they did not want to be a work, which is always a good sign. There were also a few I gathered who did not speak English. Not a big problem, but what if I didn't know any Spanish?
(This is not to say the waiters do not know the menu, they do. But, the lack of English decreases the chance that your waiters gab it up with you, compliment you on your hair, ask who that little smiling baby is, or whatever. Some people like that.)
I ordered chilaquiles for one reason only. I have lived in Mexico and have dreamed of chilaquiles ever since I left there. My host mom cooked it ALL THE TIME, and I basically became addicted.
But.... I didn't like Little Mexico's version for the $4.99 lunch special. Guess you can't compete with home cooking, or my memory of home cooking. I will say though, that the food was super fast, so fast I didn't have time to get bored with myself while I waited. That was a plus. The food was also hot. That was another plus.
After I got my food, no one, and I do mean NO ONE, came to see if I wanted any more agua (water), or any more lemonada (lemonade), or un postre (dessert). I had to keep flagging people down like I was an air traffic person. I did not like that.
Maybe they were busy, or short-staffed. I don't know.
When I finally did get someone to come over for various things, including my check, the waitress was very smiley and gracious. So, maybe she helped balance out the lack of attention I felt.
The waitress ended up recommending the cheesecake burrito. Loved it! I might go back just for that, even at $4.99.
All in all, I can say the experience was OK.
The waiters were pleasant, though there was a bit of lack of attention I felt. I didn't like the chilaquiles, but I loved he dessert. I thought it was too dark in there, but it was also very festive and clean.
What can I say? Every review can't be a slam-dunk.


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As the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks draws closer, we're pointing to some of the stories being told about that day and the days since.
This morning, The Wall Street Journal offers "A Battered Firm's Long Road Back." It's a look at the investment-banking firm Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, which lost more than a third of its 171 New York employees when the south tower of the World Trade Center fell.
September 11, 2001 changed the way firefighters and first responders think about and do their jobs. One who's experienced this transformation firsthand is Tim England, a captain with the Poudre Fire Authority in Fort Collins. England led a Colorado task force at Ground Zero for the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the days immediately following the terrorist attacks. As we approach the 10th anniversary, England shares his thoughts on the way 9/11 altered his profession – and the country.
When planes hit the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, Father Mychal Judge ran into the North Tower alongside the firemen he served. Not long after, he became the first recorded victim of the terrorist attacks.
But 10 years later, his friends and colleagues remember Judge as vividly in death as they knew him in life: a gregarious, irreverent man wholly devoted to God, whom many considered a saint, in large part because of his own personal struggles.
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From the first, Mychal Judge loved to be where the action is.
Thousands of government organizations and private companies work on programs related to counterterrorism, homeland security and intelligence. Last December, The Washington Post reported that this "top-secret world ... has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it or exactly how many agencies do the same work."


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Government shutdown affects Plumas, Lassen counties
On Monday, Oct. 1, the federal government shut down when the Republican-led House of Representatives and the Democrat-led Senate could not agree on a budget.
Funding for the Affordable Care Act — aka Obamacare — is the central issue in this partisan battle with House Republicans on one side and Senate Democrats on the other. Both parties seek to place the blame for the shutdown on the other — it's the divisive and partisan brand of politics Americans have been forced to endure from the federal (and state) government for years.
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