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Dunn and his girlfriend drove off and spent the night at a hotel. Dunn was arrested a day later at his home in Satellite Beach, about 160 miles away, when police tracked his license plate.
He told detectives he had been in the process of turning himself in to a neighbor, who was in law enforcement.
"His side of the story is he felt threatened and that is the reason he took action," Schoonover said.
Dunn was described by police as a gun collector who shot at local ranges. His attorney, Robin Lemonidis, said her client "absolutely" saw someone with a shotgun in the SUV. She only said "we'll see" if Florida's "stand your ground" law would be part of her defense.
Police didn't know if Dunn had a concealed weapons permit, but said he had the gun for a "long period of time."
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A swarm of Volkswagens descended on Badin Saturday morning: Bugs, buggys, vans and more. The Badin Bug Bash was sponsored by the town of Badin and was yet another event marking the town's 100th birthday.
"I'd count this as a success," said Jay Almond, Badin town manager, his whiskers waxed and curled in a centennial fashion.
"The weather, the cars, the crowd, the food, it's all been great."
"I'm well pleased with the turnout," said David Summerlin, one of the organizers of the event. Summerlin was dressed in suspenders and a grey top hat, fully decked out in his centennial garb.
"I didn't know what to expect with so many other things going on this weekend. We laid out 50 spaces and got 49 registered for the show. We have more cars than that, just not entered into the show."
Lined up along Pine Street: Bugs from every year and in every shape, size and style, including some original creations; Jettas, sparkling in the golden sun high overhead; Buggys, original to modified and tricked out; VW vans and even a first-aid bus; and there was a 1959 Transporter, also known as a VW single cab.
First-, second- and third-place trophies were given to the top three vote getters at the Bug Bash, chosen by those who entered the show. There was also a trophy given to the mayor's choice.
"I like them all," said Badin Mayor Jim Harrison, who had also donned his centennial garments for the occasion.
"My preference goes to the traditional VWs, the originals."
Harrison talked about the 1958 Bug he had when he was younger.
"Somebody must've brought it over from Europe; it had little flags for turn signals. It had horsepower. We used to joke that it had holes in the floorboards, because if you were on the highway you had to get a running start to pass somebody," he said.
In addition to the car show and vendor parts, Badin Volunteer Fire Department cooked hamburgers, hot dogs and barbecue.
"And the fire department is doing a bang-up job on these hamburgers," Harrison said as he took a bite of his quickly vanishing burger.
"We've probably cooked about 90 hot dogs, 60 hamburgers and 15 pounds of barbecue," Fire Chief Dale Ward said.
Despite friendly heckling, Ward did not reveal the secret behind Badin VFD's renowned barbecue.
As the lunch hour ended, Harrison went for one last look-through of the VWs gathered for the occasion, before he sidled on over to the judge's tables.
Summerlin took the microphone and began to call out the winners.
"In third place is number 20, Steve Bradford with his 1967 Beatle. Second place goes to number 25, Danny Ford and his 1964 Beatle. First place goes to number 34, Mickey Shaw and his 1959 Transporter, which is also the oldest car in the show," Sumerlin said.
"They call it a single cab," Shaw said.
"I just finished restoring it. It took me four and a half years to finish. This is a unique VW. I got it when I had the chance, and I've been restoring it ever since."
Shaw spoke about VWs and why people like to own them.
"I've had a VW since I was 16. I've never been without one. People relate to them."
Shaw, who was from Asheboro, said he was a member of the Good Ole Volks VW club out of Greensboro. He said that among the club members, some 350 people, they owned about 1,500 VWs.
Harrison said his first two selections had already been chosen, thus he had to go with his third choice.
"This is the first time I get to make a decision without having to get four other people to agree with me," joked the mayor.
His choice for the Bug Bash went to Jerry Boger and his 1965 Bahama blue Beatle.
Everyone involved with the Bug Bash said that the event was so successful that they would like to have another next year.
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Dr. Tory Westbrook, 43, a resident of Glastonbury, CT, turned himself in to the after learning of several warrants for his arrest.
Police say he was charged with five counts of sexual assault in the second degree with a $150,000 court set bond; sexual assault in the second degree with a $150,000 court set bond; sexual assault in the second degree; and sexual assault in the fourth degree with a $150,000 court set bond. After a five month investigation with the assistance of the Chief State's Attorney Office in Middletown, the Chief State's Attorney Medicaid Fraud unit, the Connecticut Department of Public Health and the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection Drug Control Unit, the Clinton Police secured three separate arrest warrants for the arrest Dr. Westbrook.
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DALLAS — The man who provides the voice for Big Tex, the giant cowboy at the State Fair of Texas, was greeting people with his usual "Howdy, folks!" in a slow drawl Friday when someone rushed into his trailer to tell him the towering fair icon was on fire.
"It moved quickly," Bill Bragg said of the fire that engulfed the 52-foot-tall structure, leaving not much more than its charred metal frame behind. "It was a quick end."
"It's sad to see this happen, but it's lucky no one was injured or killed," said Mike Blucher of Dallas, who was at the fair with his wife, Linda.
The cowboy with the 75-gallon hat and 50-pound belt buckle always was easy to spot and served as a popular meeting place for people coming to the fair or attending the annual Texas-Oklahoma football game at the nearby Cotton Bowl. But all that remained by noon Friday were hands and shirt leaves on a burned skeleton.
Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Joel Lavender said Friday afternoon that the cause of the blaze had not been determined.
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A high school student is being treated for injuries after being struck by a car while on the way home from school. The driver and witnesses in the area are all shaken-up as a result.
It happened just before 4 o'clock in the afternoon on Tuesday, February 15th near the 1600 block of Grove Road.
Charlottesville police say a girl, who they believe was on her way home from Charlottesville High School, was hit by a car while crossing the street to get into another car.
"Basically, we had a vehicle traveling eastbound on Grove Road at Yorktown Road, when another car stopped on westbound Grove Road. The car going westbound was trying to pick up the young lady that darted across the street to get into that car", said Master Sergeant Mel Bishop, with the Charlottesville Police Department.
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James Ronald Knittel, 77, of Athens passed away Monday, May 20, 2013, at home.
Mr. Knittel was born Aug. 15, 1935, in Johnson, Tenn., to George Fred Knittel and Lela Leola Daugherty Knittel. He was a member of Lindsay Lane Baptist Church, and enjoyed playing golf.
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Murray Forbes, the executive director of the Navigator Foundation, will talk about the "Renewal and Metamorphosis" exhibit collection at Salem State University, which features the Navigator Foundation's extensive collection of Russian photographic accomplishments from World War II through the 1990s. Forbes' gallery talk is free and open to the public, and will be held at 12:15 p.m., in the Ellison Campus Center's Winfisky Gallery, located at 352 Lafayette St., Salem. The exhibit is on view through Feb. 7. For more information, call 978-542-7890 or visit salemstate.edu/arts.
Catch the competition between the Danvers and Beverly high school boys basketball teams, who play tonight at 7 p.m., in Beverly High School's gymnasium, located at 100 Sohier Road, Beverly. Before the varsity teams hit the court, fans can watch the boys' freshman game, which tips off at 4 p.m., followed by the junior varsity game at 5:30 p.m. For more information, visit http://www.northeasternma.org/g5-bin/client.cgi.
Humans aren't the only ones who experience stress. Hear professional behaviorist Alana Stevenson, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., present "Understanding Fear, Anxiety and Aggression in Cats & Dogs." Learn how animals deal with stress; how humans can modify their aggression; and simple behavior modification techniques that help animals overcome their fears and anxieties. The lecture will be held at the Hamilton Wenham Public Library, located at 14 Union St., in South Hamilton. For details, visit www.alanastevenson.com or www.hwlibrary.org.


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Niagara Gazette — EDITOR'S NOTE: Niagara Gazette reporter Don Glynn participated in a conference call U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand held Tuesday with about 20 reporters across the state.
More than 140,000 Western New Yorkers could expect to benefit from a proposed increase in the federal minimum wage, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, said Tuesday.
"It is simply unacceptable to have so many hard-woking New Yorkers putting in full-time hours for their families and yet still living below the poverty line," Gillibrand said during the telephone conference call. "By raising the minimum wage and rewarding hard work, not only can more families raise themselves into the middle class, but we can grow the economy."
Under the original plan co-sponsored by Gillibrand, the federal minimum wage would increase from $7.25 per hour to $10.10 over the next three years, with future increases indexed to the rate of inflation.
She told reporters that, if approved, the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013 would boost the incomes of an estimated 1.8 million New York workers, according to the Economic Policy Institute,, and generate some $3.2 billion in wage increases for the workers, revitalizing consumer spending at businesses in the Empire State. Some leading Republicans in the Senate and House take issue with Gillibrand's projections on the bill.
The senator noted that a majority of the lowest wage earners in New York who would benefit from the increase are adult workers, not teenagers in after-school and seasonal jobs. In addition, 54 percent of the low-wage workers would be women, many with children, and about half are minorities.
It is estimated that a person now working full-time at minimum wage earns $290 per week, or $15,080 a year without any time off. That annual salary for a minimum-wage earning family of three is $3,000 below the poverty level on an annual basis. "That's difficult to make ends meet and increases dependency on government assistance programs," Gillibrand said.


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If you see Seawolves prowling around Port Jefferson, don't be frightened. It's all part of a plan to team up with Stony Brook University to promote the village to students and faculty of the school and get residents and visitors to see all the campus has to offer.
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"We can stay connected and leverage all we have to offer here," Russell said.
The relationship opens opportunities for local businesses to cater to the population of approximately 25,000 students and faculty members at the university. Seawolves branded merchandise will be sold in local stores and signage declaring Port Jefferson as "Seawolves Country" will be put around the village and the campus.
According to Joan Dickinson, director of marketing and licensing for Stony Brook University, they have already started developing partnerships with retailers. East End Shirt Company is carrying Seawolves-branded clothing.
Students and faculty members also have a special ID card they can use as a debit card called a "Wolfie Wallet." The program, launched just a month ago according to Dickinson, is already accepted at some off-campus retailers and she sees it as being easily expanded to the village.
The championship season for the University's baseball team seems to have sparked interest in the Seawolves and Stony brook University by residents and businesses surrounding the college.
"People realized there's a lot going on here during the baseball run," Dickinson said. "Baseball was really exciting."
Russell said that the relationship between Port Jefferson and the college has been building for a while. Last year, the school district partnered with the university during its science fair and the PTA's Green Team initiatives. The SeaWolf research vessel, about to embark on a project to map the seafloor of the Long Island Sound, is also docked in Port Jefferson Harbor.
Dickinson thinks that, as neighbors, the university and the village should work together.
"It's feel good. We should rely on our neighbors," she said. "We're opening our doors and the village is opening its doors."


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Dalton High School's tennis teams were the only ones among six local squads in the Region 7-4A tournament to survive Wednesday's opening day of action at Lakeshore Park in Dalton.
The Catamounts and Lady Cats weren't really challenged, either.
Dalton won both of its matches 3-0, with the boys defeating Northwest Whitfield and the girls ousting Gilmer as both teams secured berths in the Class 4A state tournament, which starts next week. The boys and girls teams for Northwest and Southeast Whitfield's boys all finished a round shy of the semifinals, meaning their seasons are finished, while Southeast's girls also lost their only match at the tournament.
The Dalton squads entered the tournament as Sub-region 7B-4A's No. 1 seeds, so clinching state tournament spots was the first goal reached — but it's certainly not the only one for either the Cats or Lady Cats.
The girls haven't won a region title in five years, while the boys are in an eight-year drought. B.J. Rowland, a senior who has been with the program all four years, hopes that number doesn't become nine today.
"Since I've been here, we've had some great teams," he said, "but it has been a long time without a region championship."
Dalton coach David Hilley said both teams "have to" play better today.
"We played OK," he said. "I just didn't think we had the intensity that we needed to have."
Both teams face Sub-region 7A No. 2 seed Cass today in the semifinals at 10 a.m. If they win, they'll be guaranteed of hosting at least the opening round of state; they'll also play for the region title at 3:30 p.m. A loss means they'll compete for third place at 2 p.m.
The other boys semifinals match is Sub-region 7A No. 1 seed River Ridge against 7B No. 2 seed Heritage-Catoosa. The second girls semifinal contest is 7A No. 1 seed Cedartown versus 7B No. 2 seed LaFayette. Both of those matches are scheduled for 11:30 a.m.
In Dalton's boys win versus the Bruins (5-8), the Cats (13-2) took two singles matches. No. 2 Nathan Bryant and No. 3 Shazman Ali each won 6-0, 6-1 against Lane Watson and Israel Arquiza, respectively. Dalton also got a doubles victory from No. 1 Rowland and Thomas Delay, 6-1, 6-0, against Thomas Blackwell and Chris Brown.
Dalton's No. 2 doubles team of P.K. Bhatter and Efra Usconga led 6-3, 0-2 against Cody Bourff and Blake Frankenberger when the Cats clinched the team win. Northwest's No. 1 singles player, Jacob Fredrickson, was the only Bruin to win a set. He led Jacob Johnson 6-4, 0-1 when the match was called. Northwest was the sub-region's No. 5 seed.
"For some reason, today, he finally started playing like he was capable of," Bruins coach Billy White said of Fredrickson. "Sometimes he forces things. ... But when he went out there against the Dalton kid, he wore him out in the first set."
In the girls tournament, the Lady Cats (12-3) swept singles versus Gilmer with wins from No. 1 Courtney Morton, 6-3, 6-0, No. 2 Kara Pendley, 6-0, 6-1, and No. 3 Anna Grace Wilson, 6-0, 6-1. Neither doubles match was completed, but Dalton led in each, with No. 1 Sheridan Fromm and Mackenzie Cresswell up 6-3, 2-3 and No. 2 Rachel Bakker and Caroline Calfee ahead 6-3, 1-0. Gilmer was the sub-region's No. 4 seed.
The top three seeds from each sub-region had byes in the first round, but in earlier action Northwest's boys won 3-2 against Sub-region 7A No. 4 seed Cedartown. The Bruins got a singles win from Fredrickson, 6-4, 6-1, plus doubles victories from Blackwell and Brown, 6-1, 6-2, and Bourff and Frankenberger, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6).
Northwest's girls, 7B's No. 3 seed, lost 3-2 to Cass in the quarterfinals. Winners for the Lady Bruins (5-6) were No. 1 Emma Jones, 6-1, 6-1, and No. 1 Sydney Wagner and Alli Wagner, 7-5, 6-0.
Southeast's boys, the Sub-region 7B No. 4 seed, beat Gilmer 3-0 before losing 3-0 in the quarterfinals to River Ridge.
In the win, the Raiders (3-4) were led by singles victories from No. 1 Darshan Patel, 6-2, 6-2, and No. 3 Alexis Beccera, 6-0, 6-0, plus a doubles win from No. 1 Fernando Beccera and Reuben Figueroa, 6-1, 6-0.
The Lady Raiders (1-7), the Sub-region 7B No. 5 seed, lost 3-0 to Gilmer.
In the other two boys quarterfinals matches, Cass beat LaFayette 3-0 and Heritage won by the same score against Pickens.
In the other two girls quarterfinals matches, LaFayette won 3-0 against Pickens while Cedartown won 3-0 versus River Ridge, which beat Heritage 3-0 earlier in the day to reach that round.
• Murray County girls 3, Pepperell 2: Allison Jones rallied during a tiebreaker for a 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) victory that helped the Lady Indians (11-6) win the third-place match in the Region 7-2A tournament at the Calhoun Recreation Depart-ment courts.
Jones was down 4-2 in the tiebreaker before coming back to seal her win. Mur-ray County also got a singles victory from No. 1 Gabbie Bordelon, 6-2, 6-2, and a doubles triumph from No. 1 Erica Steelman and Chloe Brown, 6-2, 6-0.
"My No. 1 and No. 2 singles have been steady this season," said Murray County coach Becky Quast, who's in her first season leading the program. "I would put them up against all of the top singles players in this region, because they are really good and can pretty much hold their own. They've shown a lot of mental toughness. ... I've just got some really hard-working girls who are just mentally tough."
Seeded fourth going into the tournament, the Lady Indians clinched a state berth on Tuesday, the first day of the event, with a 3-2 opening-round victory against Model before losing 5-0 to top-seeded Armuchee. Pepperell was seeded third going into the tournament.
Murray County will travel next week for the opening round of the Class 2A state tournament. The Lady Indians will be matched up with the No. 2 finisher from Region 6, which is made up of schools in the Atlanta area.
JV soccer
• Dalton boys 1, Northwest 0: Antonio Martinez set up Justen Macias for the game's lone goal as the Cats delivered some payback for their only loss of the season.
The Bruins won 2-0 the first time the teams played, but goalkeeper Samuel Fraire and Dalton's defense kept North-west from scoring this game. The Cats ended their season with a 7-1-1 mark.


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Maybe it's not fair to judge a big man by one season.
Two, on the other hand, is a more rational approach.
And based on two seasons, things haven't worked out all that well for Braxton Dupree.
It wasn't supposed to be that way. Certainly, in the preseason, a slimmed down Dupree seemed like a good bet to play a ton in the post for Maryland. Really, did anyone really think Dave Neal would play 25 minutes a night and prove a serviceable undersized big man after three years of injuries and mostly garbage time?
OK, so the preseason evaluation didn't work out too well. Neal turned out to enjoy a fine season, maximizing his talents with his wiliness and helping Maryland reach the second round of the NCAA tournament.
Dupree, meanwhile, had fewer points, fewer games played, and worse field goal and free throw percentages than his freshman year. He did manage to match his 59 rebounds from his debut season.
This was a reality reinforced to me on a semimonthly basis, and not because that's about how often he was playing by early February. Instead, that's roughly the frequency I heard from a disgruntled fantasy college basketball owner who drafted Dupree solely on the basis of my dead-tree edition story from October, proceeded to barely finish out of the money in his league and blamed me for his predicament.
As it turned out, Dupree's second season followed almost the exact same arc as his first. He tantalized with a few interesting moments early, then lost his starting gig and eventually faded deep down the bench.
The first time, Maryland could fall back on a little more of James Gist and Bambale Osby. This season, those obvious options simply didn't exist – and it meant Dupree's struggles stood out even more.
So it all prompts two questions: Did Dupree have trouble adjusting to carrying around a lot less weight, even if it was mostly cushion that disappeared? Or is he simply a guy who Maryland misevaluated in the recruiting process, and is his 2.3-point average over his first two seasons an accurate reflection of what is to come in two more ACC seasons?
It might not be; Dupree averaged 1.2 points and 1.5 rebounds after the calendar turned to 2009. There were a few impressive moments in that span, including six points at North Carolina and some solid work in a regular-season game against Wake Forest.
A few days after the latter game, coach Gary Williams said the finishing stretch would be important for Dupree – especially with big men Jordan Williams and James Padgett arriving next season.
Dupree was a DNP-CD in three of the next five games, and didn't score for the rest of the season. If that was a vital stretch, things bode ill for the Baltimore native.
Given the additions to the frontcourt, it would seem there's only so much roster space to allocate to post players. Obviously the freshman will be factors, and Dino Gregory has earned a substantial role. It's tough to know what to make of Steve Goins other than that he's a project, and Jerome Burney's health is his biggest question.
Depending on Burney and Goins, Dupree could be an odd man out. Or he could be back for another season, with dramatically diminished external expectations.
No matter the outcome, he's played more than 500 minutes, averaging more than 10 minutes a game in his career while making 14 starts.
After two years, it's fair to assert Dupree's received ample opportunities to thrive. For better or for worse, there is a large enough sample size to conclude the ceiling on his college career isn't quite as high as people thought when he arrived as the balleyhooed jewel of Maryland recruiting class of 2007.
Williams is correct – it wasn't reasonable to cement those thoughts based upon last season alone. But after two lackluster years it would seem (to borrow the hackneyed phrase) Dupree is who he is. And rightly or not, he isn't who we thought he was, ensuring he won't be let off the hook by those who use recruiting rankings as unyielding guideposts for a guy's entire career.


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INDIANAPOLIS — Lance Stephenson scored a playoff career-high 25 points and led a late 11-2 run Saturday night, leading the Indiana Pacers past the New York Knicks, 106-99 and into the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2004.
The New York native also had 10 rebounds and the Pacers were spurred by the return of point guard George Hill two days after he was diagnosed with a concussion.
Next up is a rematch with Miami, the team that eliminated Indiana last season. Game 1 will be Wednesday at Miami.
Carmelo Anthony scored 39 points and Iman Shumpert had 19 for New York.
Indiana is 6-0 at home in the playoffs, but this one sure wasn't easy.
Indiana trailed 92-90 with 5:43 left in the game. The Pacers rallied after Roy Hibbert blocked Anthony's dunk attempt and Stephenson scored on a layup that started the decisive spurt.
Indiana gave the Knicks chances.
The Pacers blew 10-point leads in the second and third quarters and after controlling most of the game suddenly found themselves playing catch-up in the fourth quarter when Chris Copeland made back-to-back 3-pointers to give New York an 89-86 lead with 9:01 to play. J.R. Smith's next 3 made it 92-90.
That's when Hibbert changed the game as Anthony drove in for a 1-handed dunk attempt. Hibbert stuffed him clean, Paul George grabbed the rebound and Stephenson tied the score with a layup at the other end. Stephenson followed that with a steal and coast-to-coast layup, made two more free throws, and after David West scored on a tip-in, Stephenson scored on another layup to make it 101-95.
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How I Set Up a Home File Server For Free - A Review of FreeNAS
I download a lot of music. My wife takes a lot of digital photos. My kids also like to save music and photos. Between all of us, we have a lot of media that quickly accumulates on our home PCs. The task of sharing this media between us is a challenge. My wife didn't know how to burn data CDs and my kids didn't have a CD burner. What we needed was a home file server: A dedicated computer used storage and sharing of our files. My research found a ton of products available that would do the job. There are several dedicated Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices that I could purchase, but even the cheapest ones are still several hundred US dollars. Then there is the server software to consider. Microsoft has its Windows Storage Server software that is also several hundred US dollars. There is also many different Linux solutions that require a working knowledge of the linux file system and command line.
In the end I settled on a free product called FreeNAS. As the title suggests, FreeNAS is free network attached storage software, but that is not all. It also has numerous features that make it extremely easy to set up, manage and expand. Plus it has features that allow you to use it as a media server for various devices. Since its hardware requirement is very minimal, this seemed like an ideal product for me to use. With FreeNAS, I was able to use my old desktop PC (a Pentium 4 with 256 MB RAM), as my file server.
Installation and setup:
To set up FreeNAS as a home file server, you must make sure you have all the proper hardware first. This means you need a multiple port router, or switch to connect your file server to as well as a network cable for the server. For the actual server, you will need a PC with at least one hard drive (I started with 2) and a CD-ROM drive.
The setup process was very easy. I downloaded the FreeNAS ISO file and created a Live CD which I inserted into my old PC. If I wanted to, I could have started using it as a file server right there (by simply changing the IP address of the server), but I wanted something that I could use in the long term... something that could auto restart with no user intervention in the event of a power failure. This meant installing it to the hard drive. FreeNAS setup made this easy to do. I simply selected which hard drive to install to, and that was it. After a reboot, I had to set up the network interface. FreeNAS auto-detects which network adapter you have, so selecting it was simple. Next I had to assign an IP address. FreeNAS setup has a default address you can use if you want, but it may not work on your home network. Its best to find out your workstation's IP address (typically assigned by your ISP through DHCP) and set up your FreeNAS server on a similar address. Once this is done, you are pretty much done with working directly with that machine and can now access all your other options through the web interface, which I found very easy to use.
Setting up file shares:
This is probably the most challenging part of the entire setup, but it was still relatively easy to do. Setting up the server to share files is done in 4 steps: Adding a drive, formatting the drive, adding a mount point, then setting up the share. At first the task was a bit daunting, but after grasping the basic concept, it was really quite straight forward. When I added 2 more hard drives to my server, it was simple to configure them for file sharing and within 15 minutes, I had easily tripled my file server storage capacity.
Additional Features:
Even though storage is its primary feature, there is much more that really makes this product shine. It has the ability to support multiple network protocols, including AppleTalk, NFS, FTP, Unison, and iSCSI. It also comes bundled with many extra services like the Transmission Bittorent client, a UPnP server, iTunes server and a basic web server. This means that it is capable of more than just storage. It can be used as part of your home entertainment setup, serving your media to your Home Theater PC, PSP, iPod, or other network devices.
I'm happy to say that FreeNAS does a great job storing and sharing my files. Since my initial installation of the product, I added and updated 3 hard drives on my server and the process was very easy and straight forward. FreeNAS easily recognized my new hard drives and allowed me to add and share them for storage with no problems. I use the Transmission Bittorrent client to download my media, so I am not tying up my workstation with a separate bit torrent client. If I decide later to add a Linux PC to my home network, I can simply enable the appropriate protocol on my server and have instant access to all my files. Ultimately my goal is to build a home theater PC, so when that is ready, I will already have the media server ready to serve up my media.
I heartily recommend FreeNAS if you are looking for a free (or very inexpensive) solution for a file server. You will need to know some basic technical information about your home network, like your IP address setup, and you will need to have a multiple port router or switch on your home network, but beyond that, it is relatively easy to manage and expand.
Website: http://www.freenas.org/
Download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/freenas/files/
Installation instructions: http://www.installationwiki.org/Installing_FreeNAS
FreeNAS Blog: http://blog.freenas.org/
FreeNAS Knowledgebase: http://www.freenaskb.info/kb/
FreeNAS Support Forum: http://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/freenas/index.php
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by Anonymous on 3. January 2010 - 12:21 (40123)
Ever hear of Opera Unite? Built into the Opera browser since version 10.10 http://unite.opera.com/ Home file server made easy.
by Anonymous on 3. January 2010 - 15:32 (40138)
You will definitely need to arrange some sort of backup for the data on it - I have had this in the past, before converting to windows home server, and I have had FREENAS crash a couple of times, cauing me to lose some data. If you data is irreplaceable then I recommend you duplicate all the data elsewhere or on a second server.
Paul C
by Anonymous on 3. January 2010 - 18:31 (40148)
This sounds like a practical solution for those who may have an older computer sitting around. However; computers can take a lot of electricity. I hooked up one of those Kill-a-Watt electricity usage monitor gadgets (get it at Amazon.com or stores) to my decent 5 year old computer. My computer costs $595 per year (at $.354/Kwh as my rate)! Yeah, I leave it on most the time, but I do power off the monitor when not in use.
Does anyone know of a more energy efficient solution to share media/files within a household?
by joe.bennett on 3. January 2010 - 19:09 (40150)
That is very true, but I did have a chance to check out Opera Unite. It is a very clever concept and a good way to temporarily share your files and media. It has its purpose, but it is definitely not a dedicated file server.
I think it is important to point out that FreeNAS does support SSH.
WD Mybookworld. They are excellent little network hard drives with a gigabit ethernet port, and a SATA hard drive built in. I do believe it also uses a "green" WD drive. I recommend NOT using the supplied software. Just set it up by going to its home page.
In this solution, you are just powering a little controller board and a hard drive vs a whole computer.
by Anonymous on 3. January 2010 - 22:31 (40170)
Sounds like a good product I'll have to check it out as I've been exploring setting up NAS on my home network. Every time I look at just the dedicated NAS systems I find that a computer to handle the whole thing seems the cheapest way and then you have the computer to use as well as a NAS device. So while a dedicated NAS offers some advantages I don't think price is one of them. And if a computer goes down on the network you could reconfigure and still have a computer to use. One quick question I do have though, is does it support RAD and if so which one's. That's the biggest thing that a dedicated NAS seems to offer is the data security using RAD.
by joe.bennett on 4. January 2010 - 2:01 (40184)
Per the Features page on Freenas.org, FreeNAS supports, "Software RAID 0,1,5 and mix (1+0,1+1, etc…)"
by Anonymous on 4. January 2010 - 3:18 (40186)
Why not just use NAS drives attached to the network? I have two 500 gig drives that can be accessed by any computer on my home network. If you pay attention to eBay you'll find 'em to be fairly inexpensive. I played around with a file server for a while, proved to be more of a hassle than it was worth. Just my .02!
by Anonymous on 4. January 2010 - 17:20 (40247)
Something is wrong with this picture! I pay half that per quarter for my whole house and barn including six PC's, two servers and everything that goes with them.
by MidnightCowboy on 4. January 2010 - 18:07 (40250)
Attention TSA Spam Patrol.
Be prepared for a sudden influx of links to alternative energy suppliers (LOL)
by Anonymous on 4. January 2010 - 19:28 (40254)
I'm the original "expensive electricity" poster above. I live on the Central Coast of California. PG&E is my supplier. The bill I received early December was for $144.90 for the previous month. I used 715 Kwh.
I have a "tiered" rate setup. Baseline is $.11531/Kwh up to 303.8 Kwh. The highest tier I use is 201-300% of baseline, where I see that I am now being charged even more than I posted - $.38066/Kwh.
Yes, I am using a lot of electricity. That's why I got the electricity measuring gadget.
by Anonymous on 5. January 2010 - 0:47 (40270)
I'm a big proponent of FOSS software. And I'm a diehard Linux/BSD advocate. But when it comes to a home file server, for once I'm forced to admit Microsoft has the current best solution for most people with Windows Home Server. And at something like $99 for an OEM copy, it's pretty hard to argue against it.
Worth a look. Especially since Microsoft will let you download and try it out for free for 30-days.
by Anonymous on 5. January 2010 - 3:32 (40277)
I have to agree. I run both FreeNAS and HomeServer. Homeserver is the superior product. Of course you are paying for it. It is the ONE MS product I felt compelled to buy.
FreeNAS is good though as a fileserver it just is not as simple as HomeServer. Pretty much anyone can install, configure, and manage HomeServer.
by Anonymous on 7. January 2010 - 3:43 (40442)
Having tried everything mentioned here I took my old desktop (duo core 2g with 2g ram and 500g hd). I installed Windows Home Server. Not being a big fan of MS I will admit WHS is by far the best investment at $100. It allows remote access to not only file shares which access can be customized for family but can also allow Remote Desktop Connections to any home networked computer. It also backs up all your desktops each evening and provides an easy "restore" if a desktop fries! I have XP, Vista and Win 7 networked. I have since added several external USB TB drives and moved all my DVD's onto it. I can stream movies to my wireless home entertainment center next to the 47" LCD with no stutter. I can stream music to remote laptops limited only by their connections speeds. I can remotly access any application on any machine I own from any place in the world. I can remote print, copy and upload. Best investment I have ever made. So easy to use it will amaze the most ardent critics of MS! It is by far the best and easiest to use product they have ever made. I do not sell, work or even like MS .... but Windows Home Server is by far the winner.
by Anonymous on 7. January 2010 - 19:59 (40506)
I can do all the same things with my Ubuntu installation. Sorry you had to waste $100 on crappy windows software. I had no previous knowledge of the Linux environment, but setup of each protocol I needed was a cinch. I am running FTP, Samba, Cacti, Webmin, HTTP server, SSH server, I run torrent downloads, remote desktop, remote backup. Anyway, everyone knows that the capabilities of Linux are far beyond that of Windows, because Linux is open source, so millions of people contribute to the development, instead of one, terrible company seeking only money. I am happy with my Linux server, and I am glad that Linux software is free and easy to set up.
by Anonymous on 8. January 2010 - 0:52 (40530)
I still do not see the difference in a home server and just setting up another computer with Vista or xp and share everything. We have windows server at the office with server 2003 and I really do not see any real advantage other than It is has a RAID ARRAY.
by joe.bennett on 8. January 2010 - 2:48 (40544)
"Anyway, everyone knows that the capabilities of Linux are far beyond that of Windows..."
Please be careful when making such bold statements. This may be the case for some software packages, but not for everyone, then there is the usability factor. It may very well be true that a Linux server distro has more features than Windows Home Server, but if I'm an average computer user who has absolutely zero networking experience, then spending $100 on Windows Home Server may be the best option.
In my case, I happen to have some basic networking experience, absolutely zero Linux experience, and next to no funds to spend, so FreeNAS was the perfect option for me. I found it easy to setup, implement, and manage. So easy that I figured it would be nice to have a review of it here to share with all of you.
If one of you has had a good experience with another file server package, feel free to make a contribution to our site by submitting a write up about it, and lets continue the debate over which package is "better" in the "Debating Chamber" chamber section of TSA discussion board.
by joe.bennett on 10. January 2010 - 16:01 (40782)
You are correct on one level. When it comes to simply sharing your files on the home network, there is practically no difference between using a home server and setting up file sharing on Windows PC. But if you don't always have all your PC's on all the time, or if you are concerned about the security of your windows file sharing PC ,OR if you are interested in setting up a home theater pc (HTPC) that needs a uPNP server, there is a huge difference.
I have 3 PC's at home, 2 of which I don't allow my kids to use. When I am not using them, I keep them shut off. Using file sharing on those PC's would be useless to my kids because when my pc's are off, they can't get to the stuff they want to see.
Windows PC's are great workstations, but they don't have the type of security that a dedicated server would have. Many services are turned on by default. Leaving a Windows Vista PC on all the time to share files would basically be an open doorway into my network.
My ultimate goal is to set up a HTPC so I can play media on my home entertainment system. A lot of HTPC's use Universal Plug and Play (uPNP) technology to make this happen. A dedicated home server lets me implement that protocol where it would be harder to do on a Windows workstation.
It basically boils down to what your needs are. My needs require the use of a home server. Yours may not.
by Anonymous on 13. January 2010 - 13:41 (40950)
I can't agree more. Though I've tried setting up the Linux server and struggled until I was purple in the face. Where may I find easy to understand in English information on how to setup a Linux server. Sadly my knowledge on this issue is not good. Thank you.
by rikmayell (not verified) on 13. January 2010 - 16:24 (40959)
Well, you could easily have a RAID array on one of your desktop PCs as I do, so there's no difference there.
The difference:
The maximum number of in bound connections to a post NT 4 workstation system is 10. Should you attempt a further connection you will get access denied. It's worth remembering that one mapped drive is one connection, one 'through' connection to a printer another. It follows that it's easy to run out of connections.
Rik Mayell - Category Editor, Best Free Windows 7 / Vista 64 bit Software
by rikmayell (not verified) on 13. January 2010 - 16:46 (40964)
I'm sure that there are many others who would like to share you experience.
Setting up a Linux server from the ground up, covering those aspects required for a typical home network, would make a great article.
Can we encourage you to contribute?
Rik Mayell, Category Editor - Best Free Windows 7 / Vista 64 bit Software
by Anonymous on 29. January 2010 - 16:41 (42356)
I'd be interested to hear your specific technical reasons for why you consider Windows Home Server to be "crappy" software. While it's great to display a little swagger while commenting, it does little to enlighten.
So - exactly what is it about Windows Home server that you have a technical issue with?
"Curious minds want to know..." ;-)
by Anonymous on 27. March 2010 - 3:46 (46272)
I read this thread months ago when looking to install FreeNAS on an old PC to create a music server - it had been sitting in a pile of rubbish for a few years! With RAM and drives from other dumped systems I got the max 384MB RAM and 3x20GB IDE drives.
What I didn't realise is that FreeBSD, which FreeNAS is built on, provides more data security than hardware or software RAID by using the ZFS file system. The main aim of ZFS is to provide security of data while providing various RAID options. It does this by using checksums and copying back good data from the mirror/RAID drives when required.
It proved its worth with some bad sectors and corrupt data on the old disks. ZFS status informed me of the degraded state which was eventually repaired without any data loss.
I've rebuilt the system and got ZFS to import the disk configuration by inspecting the disks - the only problem being minor: that ZFS created it's own labels for what it has found.
I've also swapped out disks to upgrade to a higher capacity and had ZFS synch the data to the newly installed disks. For example, swapping out the first mirrored drive, synching the data, then swapping out the second and synching it again.
As a PC DOS/Windows and Apple user, the FreeNAS learning curve is steeper than many people say because:
- most people who use FreeNAS are familiar with a UNIX variant and the documentation and solutions reflect that
- open software documentation in often disappointing and tends to trail the releases: this is true of FreeNAS
- from bitter experience, some drive configurations cannot be changed without starting again.
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- Virtually everything I've had to do is done through the FreeNAS GUI - it just took me a while to find some of it.
- FYI, the recommended specs for ZFS are 64-bit processor(s) and 1 or 2GB RAM
- The current version of FreeNAS ZFS is not recommended for production systems but the next will be. However, I've found no bugs/problems with it on either the basic PC - which boots from CD and has ZFS RAID5.2 on the three drives - or an HP Netserver with 6 hotswap SCSI in mirrored and RAID5.1 configurations.
- LINUX, particularly Ubuntu, appears to provide faster performance, more options, and better support so there is a project to provide a LINUX version of FreeNAS (including ZFS).
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Rates like that would definitely encourage a solar transition, but thats another thread :)
Can Windows sefl-awaken if left in sleep mode with a scheduled task? If so, maybe you could schedule up/down times to coincide with your planned usage?
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Cleveland Metroparks is launching a new way to learn about the natural world this month using new technology - QR Codes.
A QR Code is a barcode that can link to all kinds of data, including URL links, addresses and text. QR stands for "Quick Response." The codes were developed in Japan as a way to track inventory for businesses.
To access QR Codes, a smartphone with a QR Code Reader installed is needed. With the smartphone, scan the Naturalist Almanac QR Code using the camera on the phone.
The code will instantly link to a page on the Metroparks website to get information on bird activity, wildflowers in bloom, mammals on the move, even sounds to listen for on the next trip to Cleveland Metroparks.
The information will change weekly to keep pace with the changes in nature. Entries are organized by the weeks of the month.
Stickers with the QR code are also available at nature and visitor centers. Visitors can affix the code to binoculars, field guides, or even on cars or bikes as a reminder to swipe and see all that Cleveland Metroparks has to offer. Cell phones can be used as a mobile electronic field guide to enhance the park experience, identify blooming wildflowers and look for new migrants.
"The information a visitor will find by using this QR code comes from observations of nature's endlessly changing cycle, repeatable and predictable through the years," Robert Hinkle, Ph. D., author of "Naturalist's Almanac" and chief naturalist of Cleveland Metroparks said in a news release. "We added audio versions for easy use on the trail and new pictures to help visitors identify the plants and animals highlighted in each entry."
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Linking global warming to public health, disease and extreme weather, the Obama administration pressed ahead Friday with tough requirements to limit carbon pollution from new power plants, despite protests from industry and Republicans that it would dim coal's future.
The proposal, which would set the first national limits on heat-trapping pollution from future power plants, is intended to help reshape where Americans get electricity, moving from a coal-dependent past into a future fired by cleaner sources of energy. It's also a key step in President Barack Obama's global warming plans, because it would put in motion proposals to end what he called "the limitless dumping of carbon pollution" from all power plants.
Under the law once the Environmental Protection Agency controls carbon at new plants, it will also control carbon at existing plants – a regulation the agency said Friday it would start work on immediately to meet a June 2014 deadline.
Yet the federal government's own analysis of the new power plant proposal concludes that it would have a "negligible" impact on carbon dioxide emissions, pose little to no costs for the industry and provide no additional benefits to the public by 2022. That's because it essentially locks in what was widely expected to happen anyway. Even without new federal regulations, the agency concluded that no new coal plants would have been built without carbon controls. Instead, the bulk of new power in this country would be supplied by natural gas, which already meets the standard announced Friday.
"The EPA ... does not anticipate this rule will have any impacts on the price of electricity, employment or labor markets or the U.S. economy," the EPA wrote in its analysis.
The industry, and its allies in Congress, quickly dismissed that conclusion.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said the agency was holding the coal industry to "impossible standards."
"If these regulations go into effect," he said, "American jobs will be lost, electricity prices will soar and economic uncertainty will grow."
Deck Slone, a senior vice president at Arch Coal, said that the technology was simply not available to clean coal plant emissions.
"We believe that coal plants with near-zero greenhouse gas emissions will be achievable in time, but such technology is simply not available today," he said. "The administration's proposal goes way too far, way too fast – and threatens to arrest rather than spur technology advances."
EPA administrator Gina McCarthy said in a speech Friday that rather than damage an industry, the proposed regulations would help the industry to adapt by encouraging energy companies to develop ways to reduce carbon dioxide, the chief greenhouse gas, from burning coal.
"This proposal, rather than killing future coal, actually sets up a certain pathway forward for coal to continue to be part of the diverse mix in this country," McCarthy said. "We know that coal is going to be part of the energy generation that we rely on substantially over the next few decades. Why wouldn't we now acknowledge and invest in the kind of technologies that will allow coal a future long beyond that?"
McCarthy pressed her case by linking global warming to environmental problems that include severe weather, disease and worsening of other types of air pollution.
"We know this is not just about melting glaciers," McCarthy said. "Climate change – caused by carbon pollution – is one of the most significant public health threats of our time."
Despite some tweaks, the rule packs the same punch as one announced last year, which received more than 2.5 million comments and was legally vulnerable because it required coal and natural gas to meet the same limit.
Coal and natural gas now have separate standards, but the effect is the same: New coal-fired power plants will need to install expensive technology to capture between 30 and 50 percent of their carbon dioxide and bury it underground. No coal-fired power plant has done that yet, in large part because of the cost. Virtually all new natural gas plants would meet the standard without additional controls.
The EPA's own analysis says that a new natural gas-fired plant would cost $891 per kilowatt. But a new coal plant built to meet the standard would cost between $3,274 and $3,301 per kilowatt.
Environmental groups praised the proposal for taking action against the largest remaining uncontrolled source of greenhouse gas pollution.
"Big polluters have been getting a free ride for decades, while Americans foot the bill in the form of asthma attacks, respiratory illness, floods, wildfires and superstorms," said Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club.
The regulations have been in the works since 2011 and stem from a 1970 law passed by Congress to control air pollution. In 2007, the Supreme Court ruled that law, the Clean Air Act, could be applied to heat-trapping pollution. The EPA already has issued rules aimed at curbing global warming pollution from automobiles and the largest industrial sources.
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Christine Temetri is at her wits' end. For years she's covered the increasingly bizarre activities of End Times cults for the Banner, a religious news magazine. Yet Christine, who once dreamed of being a "real" writer, has nothing to show for the gig other than a regular paycheck and serious doubt that Armageddon will occur in time for her next deadline. But after a mysterious man entrusts her with a locked briefcase and orders to "take it to Mercury", Christine finds herself face-to-face with a ping-pong-playing angel by the name of Galileo Mercury.
It seems Mercury was sent from heaven to make preparations for Armageddon, yet became sidetracked by the earthly delights he discovered: Rice Krispy treats, table tennis, and beer, to name just a few. Mercury's concern for the fate of mankind is middling at best, but he is happy to educate Christine on the details of the elaborate, if poorly organized, calamity to come. When Christine inadvertently saves the Antichrist - an obnoxious, thirtysomething gamer who still lives with his mother - from celestial assassination, she begins an ambitious battle to stop the Apocalypse and save the world. But the heavenly host is nothing if not persistent, and Christine, aided only by an apathetic angel and a reluctant Antichrist, has her work cut out for her.
Packed with outrageous characters, Mercury Falls is a viciously funny (and occasionally absurd) morality tale for the 21st century.
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"Irreverent, inventive, witty."
It's time for the apocalypse, isn't it? All the signs are lining up: wars in the mid-east, the anti-christ has been selected, and six of the seven books about that boy sorcerer and his friends have been published.
So why is Christine always in the right place, at the right time, to do what? Is she supposed to help or hinder? In fact, it's not really clear who is in charge and what they are trying to accomplish. Angels seem to be operating at cross purposes.
As Christine bounces around the world to interview the general for Israel, her house is being vandalized. Why would anyone use ketchup to draw a backwards swastika on her carpet? And, because it's backwards it doesn't count as a hate crime? Oh, well, now she has a new linoleum floor in her breakfast nook, thanks to the premature death of a neighbor. At least it is a "welcoming" pattern ...
Don't miss the apocalyse vs flooring theory of history. Countless times flooring issues are ignored because of the expectation that it won't matter anymore soon, only to have to deal with it after all because the Apocalypse fails to appear on schedule. Again.
The book has a great assortment of characters, acting rationally and irrationally. Humor abounds and it even all makes sense, in the end, mostly. Don't miss the cherubim who works for tips - tips he insists on giving out such as "ants walking single file means rain".
The story flows well without slow spots. The reader is well matched to the material to bring the whole squirrely thing to life. It does for the apocalypse what "Caddyshack" did for golf.
"An entertaining lighthearted listen"
This is a book that translates very well to an audiobook. It was a fast paced entertaining tale that kept me both amused and interested throughout.
It's just so amusing and irreverent.
Very smoothly told with great character portrayal.
Mercury for being just so blase about the entire situation.
"Highly recommended!"
Love this book! I would have never guessed that a book about the Apocalypse could be so enjoyable! If you enjoy the writing style of Douglas Adams, you will really enjoy this book. It is witty and has a great plot, and the characters are interesting and funny. I laughed out loud quite often. The narrator is also excellent, he does a great job distinguishing the voices too. Highly recommnended! Can't wait to listen to the rest of the series!
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Awesome story, almost believable. If you enjoy stories on the supernatural or spiritual books you will enjoy this one. I hope he writes more.
"It is okay"
The premise of the story is great. The writing is good, if overwrought. The performance is superb. It's just that it goes on and on and it could have used some clever editing to move the story more smoothly.
"A Silly Apocolyptic Story"
This book is great for those that like religous satire(like Anne Rice's "Memnoch the Devil"). The characters are silly, entertaining and some are pretty charming.
Mercury, of course! With his angelic knowledge and silly whims he is the first character that brought me in and made me want to know more. Mercury is an angel, but is fascinated with what makes us human and has embraced a new sense of self. Without giving a lot away, he is a loner that is still finding his place in the world.
My favorite scene is toward the end but I will just say that it involves a pissed off Lucifer, boxers and an annoying brat that just happens to be in his thirties.
Yes, and I pretty much did. It took a little while for me to get pulled in but once I was, I wanted to know more about this world the author was trying to convey. The plot can be pretty complicated at times, but it flowed very well, making me want to keep listening.
I bought this book not knowing that it was a series, but now that I know that there is more, I am eager to read the next installment. I am curious how you can top a plot like the Apocolypse.
I did really enjoy the sense of humour throughout the book, but it had the potential for so much more
Yes, although Christine's voice was a bit annoying by the end
I expected a lot more from a book with such great reviews, but I found it to be completely underwhelming. It felt like it was on the edge of getting really good for so much of the book, and then it was just over.
While it wasn't by any means bad, I can't see myself recommending it to anyone.
"So much fun"
This book is probably my favorite in the series, though I loved the whole series and was sad when it ended.
Mercury is a great character. His take on "being a prawn" as opposed to a pawn is hilarious. I want to say that from now on.
Very funny, very entertaining and worth reading the whole series.
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Here are some examples of things customers have done when ordering flowers. None of them work well and I don't recommend doing any of them....
1. Place an order for your girlfriend, then order one for your wife, too. Scream at the florist when your wife opens the bill in the mail and asks who "Lisa" is.
2. Ask if the shop can open a personal house account for you because you can't afford to pay this month.
3. Ask them to not reveal to the recipient that you are the one who ordered the flowers. (Only to have the recipient complain to the florist later because you have actually been stalking her.) Then, ask for your money back because the recipient refused to accept the flowers.
4. Go on and on in great detail about exactly how you want the arrangement to look, then threateningly tell them that it had better look good, or else. Here's a good quote " Please make it look nice"
5. Ask for the most beautiful arrangement ever for $10.
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Augusta, Ga--A shake up in the high school coaching ranks. News 12 has learned Cross Creek's Travis Nixon has been relieved of his coaching duties with the Razorbacks.
It's Been a tough stretch for Cross Creek as Nixon just couldn't generate the wins with the program. He spent three years at the helm and was 9 and 21. His best year came two seasons ago when Cross Creek went five and five.
As a program, Cross Creek has had just two winning seasons since they came a school in 1999.
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