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A CBC and serum chemistry profile were performed in all dogs before anesthesia and surgery. In seven dogs, samples were collected
after dogs received intravenous rehydration therapy. In one dog, the timing of the sample collection could not be determined
from the medical record. All dogs were hypoproteinemic (median total solids = 3.7 g/dl, range = 2 to 4.9 g/dl [reference range
= 5.8 to 7.2 g/dl]), and four dogs were anemic (hematocrit < 35%; reference range = 37% to 55%). Three dogs had neutrophilic
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Diagnostic imaging
All dogs had a thoracic radiographic examination before surgery. All radio graphs revealed abnormalities, including pleural
effusion (eight dogs), subcutaneous emphysema (five dogs), pneumothorax (four dogs), pneumomediastinum (three dogs), and rib
fractures (one dog). In five dogs with stick impalement, the stick appeared as a radiolucent area and soft tissue opacities
compatible with local soft tissue swelling were present, probably secondary to hemorrhage. Ultrasonography or computed tomography
was not used initially in any affected dog.
Surgical treatment
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Additional important intrathoracic injuries were detected in some dogs. Two dogs had full-thickness diaphragmatic lacerations;
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The long planned Trump on the Ocean project at Jones Beach State Park in Wantagh has been scrapped.
Famed real estate develop Donald Trump and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation announced Wednesday that as a result of damages to Jones Beach caused by Hurricane Sandy, the proposed restaurant and catering facility will not be built.
The Trump development, which was held up in litigation from 2008-2012 due to a state objection to plans for a basement in a flood zone before being given a green light to proceed last June, was to be built where the Boardwalk Café formerly operated before closing in 2003.
State officials said the location of the planned two-story building totaling 86,000 square feet along with visitor parking "was entirely flooded and experienced battering waves" during the Oct. 29 superstorm.
"Because of the great tragedy of Hurricane Sandy, which has been incredibly devastating to Long Island as a whole, and Jones Beach in particular, we have mutually decided that it is an inappropriate time to build a luxury restaurant and banquet facility at Jones Beach," Trump said in a statement. "This was a difficult decision for me to make as The Trump Organization was ready, willing and able to build and commence construction next year."
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"Hurricane Sandy has opened everyone's eyes to the potential risks of building directly on the oceanfront," said New York State Commissioner Rose Harvey in a statement Wednesday. "Looking over the coming decades, as we face sea level rise and the threat of future damaging storms, we have concluded that building a major new facility directly on the oceanfront, on the scale of the Trump project, is not prudent policy. While I appreciate Donald Trump's long-standing commitment to this initiative, we have jointly decided to end consideration of the project."
Trump had planned to invest more than $24 million in private funds to develop the project , which he first conceived in 2006. He was also due to make rent payments totaling around $13 million throughout a 40-year lease that would have been used to help maintain Jones Beach and other state parks.
Wednesday's announcement of Trump on the Ocean being dead was welcomed news to longtime Nassau County activist Patricia Friedman of Garden City Park, who was a staunch opponent of project. Friedman said she hopes a family-style restaurant will now be built at the site.
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Harvey said that State Parks workers will remove debris and clean up the site where Trump had planned to build his new business. She said in 2013 after millions in damages throughout Jones Beach has been addressed, "the State Parks agency will initiate a planning process to determine the best future use of the area."


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FRANKFORT — Erval "Mike" Bradley, 76, of Frankfort, passed away in a peaceful state after a brief illness. Born in Antrim County, he was the youngest son to the late Ethel (Bayes) and John Bradley.
He was preceded in death by his eight brothers and sisters and infant son, Michael Bradley.
He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Rose Ann (Stubbs) Bradley; their children, Kathy and daughter, Katy Wilkins; Steve and son, Hunter and daughters, Hailey and Madison; Scott and his wife, Nancy and daughter, Grace and sons, Kevin and Benjamin; Tammy and her fiancé, Steve Martin and her son, Jared Ikens; Brent and his wife, Melissa and their sons, Connor and Jacob and daughter, Morgan; former sons-in-law, Dave Wilkins and Frank Ikens; and former daughter-in-law, Angie Duvall.
Mike moved to Frankfort to work in the local bakery in 1957, met Rose, and together they were fixtures on Main Street at Mike's Pastry Shop in downtown Frankfort for the next 40 years.
When Lake Michigan sport fishing began in 1967 Mike was "hooked." He received his charter captain's license in 1969 and was seen trolling the Frankfort waters every year since on the legendary Sea Joy. In 1986 he expanded his boating interest and built East Shore Marina, where fish stories grew and his "family" expanded.
Mike enjoyed a good road hunt or just driving around looking for deer. He looked forward to playing pool on Monday nights, watching sports, especially his kids and now grandkids, but he especially enjoyed being with his extended family at East Shore Marina.
A fisherman, hunter, businessman, sports fan - to some he was the "Senior Captain", to others he was the donut maker or card shark. His friends will remember him as an easy-going guy who would never say no. He was quick to offer help and generous in his support. He lived by his own moral compass, so it was only fitting that he spent his life with his personal "compass Rose". He was never one to take life too seriously. Quick with a joke and honest in everything, he touched the lives of many and was a friend to all. He will be missed.
Friends are invited to calling hours at the Jowett Funeral Home in Benzonia today, April 14, 2013, from 2 until 8 p.m. A service will honor Mike's life at 11 a.m. on April 15, 2013, at the Lutheran Church. There will also be a memorial service held this summer.
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Silas Gray Cooke, 84, of 261 Major Court, Danville, VA went to be with his Savior on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 while a patient in Danville Regional Medical Center. Born May 19, 1928 in Johnston County, he was the son of the late Coy Dale Cooke and the late Stella Liles Cooke. He is survived by his wife, Virginia Dare Newton Cooke of the residence.
Mr. Cooke worked for Raleigh Linen Service (Servitex) as Vice President and General Manager where he retired in 1991 following 44 years of service. He was an active member of North Main Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon. Mr. Cooke was also a member of Tuscarora Country Club, where he worked in the pro shop for 11 years. He was a charter member of the Raleigh Breakfast Optimist Club and was a 32 degree Mason of A.F. & A.M. Also, Mr. Cooke was very active in The Gideons International, serving on the Virginia state board and as former church assignment secretary. He was also a member of the Wolfpack Club and the Raleigh Sports Club.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his daughters, Donna Marie Cooke Allgood of Chapel Hill, and Connie Gray Cooke of Virginia Beach, VA; his son, Philip Anthony Cooke, and wife, Jennifer Mayhorn Cooke of Lynchburg; his brothers, Archie D. Cooke of Raleigh, NC and Grady Cooke of Clayton, NC. He is also survived by his three grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his sisters, Katie Madeline Cooke and Doris Cooke Wilder, and his brothers, Wilbert Cooke, Harry Cooke and Roy Cooke.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 9, 2013 at North Main Baptist Church, Danville with Rev. Deryl Holiday officiating. Interment will follow in Danville Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends at Norris Funeral Services, Mt. Hermon Chapel, Friday, March 8, 2013 from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. and at other times will be at the residence.
In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully suggests memorial donations be made to The Gideons International, PO Box 3371, Danville, VA 24543
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SEATTLE — SEATTLE — Taped up paper covered the slim, vertical window in the door to the visiting coaches' booth, which opens into the press box.
The translucent glass is only about four inches wide and half a yard long. Despite Jacksonville's coach being an important former Seahawks employee and Seattle being ample favorites, the Jaguars chose a manual cover-up in an attempt to assure the sanctity of club secrets.
Despite Jacksonville coach Gus Bradley having insider knowledge of the Seahawks' organization because he was previously Seattle's defensive coordinator, that insight and a temporary paper window shade weren't enough because of the wide gap in talent between the Jaguars and Seahawks.
So, the Seahawks took the Jaguars on their expected woodshed visit, beating Bradley's bunch, 45-17, on Sunday at CenturyLink Field.
Seattle is 3-0 and leads the NFC West by two games despite just 12 quarters of play in the books. The San Francisco 49ers lost at home to the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, 20-7. The St. Louis Rams were dominated in Dallas, 31-7. Arizona lost by the same score in New Orleans.
The Seahawks have allowed the fewest points in the league and scored the second-most.
"We've got a long ways to go, though," quarterback Russell Wilson said.
This is the point where Wilson launches into Pete Carroll-speak. Each week is a championship week. Build a day at a time, a practice at a time, a week at the time. Salivate when thinking of repetition.
It was the focus of the week when facing Bradley, who was in charge of the Seahawks' defense from 2009-12. He applied the nickname of "Deuce" to Earl Thomas. His relationship with the players and Carroll was one with depth.
Bradley believes in it so much, he's taken much of to Jacksonville. The Seahawks knew he knew what they knew.
That's why the Seahawks quarterbacks took the field believing what they were seeing as opposed to carrying presumptions.
"What you see is what you get," backup quarterback Tarvaris Jackson said. "Don't go out here and just because they do this, think you're going to get that. What you see, that's how you play it."
The fact that Jackson had almost a quarter-and-a-half full of on-field views explains the tenor of the game.
The Seahawks were ahead 31-0 with 11 minutes, 41 seconds remaining in the third quarter after Wilson's fourth touchdown pass of the day.
Wilson was on the field for just two more series after that, for once turning a Sunday into a day of leisure for him.
"I think offensively, we're starting to come into our own now, we're starting to get into a rhythm," Wilson said. "We have to continue that."
That possibility was made simpler by a lack of penalties. The Seahawks had nine penalties in the opener and 10 more last week during the drubbing of the 49ers.
They committed just four penalties against the Jaguars, half by the offense.
Following the first series, a rare three-and-out, it was clear the Jaguars would not be stopping the Seahawks, who also finally did not stop themselves.
Wilson threw his first two touchdowns to tight end Zach Miller. Miller came into the game with three touchdowns in two seasons with Seattle. He was so wide open on the first it appeared Jacksonville had labeled him a leper.
Sidney Rice caught two himself. Steven Hauschka kicked a 21-yard field goal. Jackson later hit Doug Baldwin for a diving 35-yard score Carroll said "might be the catch of the year for us so far."
Across the field from a friend, Carroll took the rare approach of throttling back in the third quarter. Jackson and rookie running back Christine Michael were sent in, as were several defensive substitutes.
The game's outcome was so clear a week after the ferocity and din of opposing the 49ers, even voluble cornerback Richard Sherman had little to say. Though, he had a warning.
"It's early," Sherman said. "Anything can happen. Last year, Arizona was 4-0 ... early on. It's always what you are doing in November and December that really counts."


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At least that is a step in the right direction. If we planned not to pick up Willie's option that possibly was the reason for the CJ Wilcox draft selection , but still as Willie goes that gives us 1 less player to package in a trade.
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A Lot of holes in this roster , but atleast Green's decline will allow us some space in Free Agency and in Trades.
All Hopes For The Best.
Bye Willie... you served us well.
The team remains interested in re-signing Green per RealGM. Honestly I think every team needs a professional like Willie. I wish he could remain with us , but he will most likely be out the door in hopes to improve this team dramastically.
With the Clippers. Every Penny Counts. Can't Wait Until July 1 at 12:01. I hope we get some nice Free Agents that actually complement the team.
It was obvious, he gives us more space under the tax apron, and if we want to re-sign him we can give him a minimum contract later. Don't know why we would re-sign him since we just drafted a SG, but we'll see what other moves are made first.
Giving Green the boot. Gives Bullock an opportunity to get minutes.
Didn't Collison opt in??? or did I miss something??
It's sad to me that the Clippers didn't pick up Willie's team option. He is the consummate pro and I respected him for that. I do hope Clips re-sign him when the free-agency dust settles.
I agree. But there's always a place in the NBA for a hard-hat guy like Willie. If we don't pick him up for the minimum, I hope he gets to go home to Detroit.
Yeah, that would be a great alternative for Willie Green to be home in Detroit. But still, if just for loyalty's sake (yeah, I know I'm dreaming because loyalty is a rarity in the NBA, lol), I hope Clips pick him up for the minimum.
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Same thing I was thinking. I'm hoping Dudley and Redick are next moreso Jared than JJ.
Good 4 Wllie. Sad 4 Us
RIP Wet Willie, you will be missed. I hope he balls out in Orlando though.
well that sg draft makes a little more sense now.
I miss him already. True professional. I'm already liking our new Rooks attitude. He seems like he can fill Willies shoes right away.
Bullock should go to the d league. I'm sorry that guy should not be getting anything other than garbage time. What is the massive love towards him?
I'm glad for Willie that Orlando Magic picked him up off waivers, but sad at the same time that he is no longer with the Clippers. I really appreciated his attitude. Orlando is lucky to have him. Good luck, Willie!
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enjoy the best views in santa teresa . the Nicoya Suite is one of four breathtaking ocean view villas all with ocean view decks . this downstairs unit has panoramic ocean and surf views , a full kitchen w/new appliances , large bathroom w/hot water , 3 queen beds , a/c , wireless internet , safes for your valuables , ipod docks , ceiling fans , and plenty of privacy and space . we're only a two minute drive or 15 minute walk up a hill from the beach , restaurants and markets , our only neighbors are the birds and monkeys . we're always more than happy to help you arrange your travel plans and any activities such as surf lessons , tortuga island boat trips , sportfishing trips , waterfall & wildlife hikes , jungle canopy tours , yoga classes , horseback riding and more .
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Great facility but the uphill trek to get to the house was a bit annoying- transportation (ie. an ATV) is required at minimum to get to the house, the beach, restaurants, and supermarket. Be ready to shell out $$ for either an ATV or a car. Great views otherwise. Clean house and secure. Great cleaning staff.
Andy and his crew where nothing short of great. They took care of everything that we needed. The place is incredible and the photos on here don't do it justice. We would definitely stay there again
Tres bel endroit! Des gens formidables, nourriture excellente, embiance relaxante. À recommander pour tous.
Awesome place to stay. The accommodation was perfectly located, with an amazing view, comfortable bed and hammocks too. Kitchen is well stocked and entire house was clean and spacious. We had a great week in Santa Teresa and Andy was extremely helpful with suggestions for dinner, surf hire and things to do. Wish we could have stayed longer! 10 out of 10!!
We had a great stay at the Nicoya Suite, Andy made sure we had all we needed & both made us feel welcome and respected our privacy.
Pictures and description given by Andrew are the reality. Great place to stay. The view is amazing and the suite well equipped. The beach is at the bottom of the hill. Very easy to access. Great sand. Spread out beach. Outstanding sunsets!
Andy was in the US when we stayed at Surf Villas. We met Juan who was extremely helpful.
I recommend this place if you are looking for a great view on the Pacific Ocean.
We were lucky to see Howler monkeys right were we parked the car.
Renting an ATV or a car is a must.
AMAZING view! Santa Teresa is a must great town with perfect beaches. Juan was great, very helpful and knowledgeable. Comfy beds, nice decor and all the amenities you need for short or extended stay.
Hill is a BEAST to walk up. The showers were not the best. It was clean but not great pressure you basically had to stand directly under spout.
We did see a large scorpion in the room and our "neighbor" in the villa on the other side of the house was stung by one. I think it is just a reality of the area but be aware!
The best place we stayed on our trip! Beautiful and reasonable.
My wife and I had no idea what to expect when arriving at Surf Vista Villas besides the reviews we read. We did not arrive to the Villas until after 10pm and Juan and Andrew had left a note and access to our room. I had no idea how beautiful the views were until I woke up the next morning overlooking the Pacific. I spent every morning laid back in the hammock over looking the ocean below where you could see all the surfers catching waves and caught some incredible storms over the ocean at night.. Andrew has the best view in town!!! The accommodations were perfect, Juan and Andrew are there for you if you need anything but they also give you plenty of privacy. I would highly recommend surf lessons or any excursions from Juan, he knows the best places to surf, eat and whatever you enjoy. Surf Vista Villas is by far the coolest place we have ever vacationed. The town, the people and the hospitality from Juan and Andrew were perfect! We will definitely return in the near future!
Both Andy and the concierge juan were welcoming and helpful from the get-go. I had an amazing stay at the villas. the view will take your breath away, the rooms and classy, clean and very comfortable. I would highluy remmoned this place to anyone looking to stay in Santa Teresa...it is located high above the road, so it is quiet, away from the dust and "traffic".
Andy was extremely accommodating to our last minute changes to our trip and was super helpful with directions on taking the coastal route to get from Samara to Santa Teresa. Thank you, Andy!
The views are absolutely incredible. Although we were only there for 2 nights, we spent a fair share of time in the common area on the front deck in comfy hammocks and swings. We couldn't get enough of the view. The upstairs suite that we stayed in was more than enough room and very well kept, clean, and comfy.
Both Juan's were super friendly and very helpful. He even offered and opened several fresh, young coconuts for us to enjoy! What a treat :)
I would highly recommend Surf Vista Villas to anyone who is coming to Santa Teresa.
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A few months back, IDC released a study, underwritten by Microsoft, that predicted cloud computing would eventually add about 14 million jobs to the global economy. Of course, those are direct jobs cited in the study, such as developers. Of even greater significance are the jobs indirectly affected by cloud. Essentially, we could be talking about every job in every organization that will either be enhanced or diminished with the arrival of cloud. But no matter how you look at it, cloud will be part of many job descriptions to be written over the next few years.
Ironically, as cloud sweeps through with new ways of running businesses, we'll be calling it "cloud" less and less. It will simply be the way information is delivered and processed, without the need to think whether it comes from an outside service or from internal systems. Here are five key ways cloud computing is reshaping the way business is conducted:
1. Information technology is becoming a shared responsibility for everyone, not confined to a single, specialized department. Executives, managers and professionals increasingly have access to computing resources that can be procured, as needed, with a credit card. At the same time, there is an evolution underway, in which technology professionals are more likely to be embedded within lines of business, versus IT departments. Plus, surveys have shown that already, more than one-third of IT budgets are going to cloud computing. It's not uncommon for line-of-business executives to have larger IT budgets than IT department executives. IT executives are not becoming marginalized, however. Rather, they are increasingly seen as advisers to the business, providing both strategic and tactical guidance identifying and selecting the right resources — be they from internal IT assets or from outside providers.
2. More and more rapid innovation is being made possible on the job, and "failure" is becoming an option. Cloud computing provides resources for tests and simulations that once took months to conduct. Already, cloud lowers the barriers to entry for startups to quickly amass compute resources. Likewise, members of larger organizations looking to launch new business lines will have ready access to resources that aren't as dependent on corporate budget cycles. With new ideas testing or launched with minimal infrastructure investment, it's okay to experiment more and risk more failures.
3. End-users are designing their own applications. It started with the "mashup" scenarios — in which non-tech users could quickly and easily construct interfaces using platforms such as Google Maps to plot data points. Now, "self-service" business intelligence is a capability every enterprise wants. One of the main complaints about IT departments is that it often would take weeks and months for these overworked departments to deliver requested interfaces or applications to solve urgent business problems. For example, a sales manager needing a portal to access regional sales data from a newly acquired subsidiary. When these resources are available in internal or public clouds, it's that much easier for end-users to design their own front-end applications.
4. It's a "DIY" economy in which "outsourcing" is becoming irrelevant. Why is outsourcing becoming irrelevant? Because it's everywhere. Organizations rely on an ever-shifting blend of services and capabilities, delivered in-house and from outside providers. Service brokerages will be playing a greater role — these may be companies that don't actually "own" specific methods of production or service delivery, but through the cloud, are able to assemble and offer services tailored to their specific markets and customers. And will "offshoring" even matter? A call center in Mumbai may be using a cloud-based unified communications solution hosted in Palo Alto to service customers in Europe.
5. Everyone will be part of a technology company, regardless of what core business they are in. It doesn't matter if your company produces cattle feed, assembles automobiles, or sells fast food. Technology is a strategic advantage for many organizations, and this may include delivering information and technology-based solutions to customers. Some companies will even become cloud providers themselves — extending their virtualized services to customers and partners.
Cloud may mean many new opportunities for IT managers and professionals — and perhaps some level of nervousness as well. But cloud computing also will be a key element in many job descriptions outside of the IT department — in sales departments, marketing departments, engineering shops, and executive suites.
Very valid observations, and in line with what I have been saying in my Vision 2020 keynote speeches from Barcelona to Cincinnatti.
Cloud changes things not just for data centers and their stakeholders but for all of us.
Even more than how the web enabled small budgeted entrepreneurs to start big idea companies, Cloud Computing enables even smaller budget holding creative types to launch apps and businesses around big ideas using big data big pipes big processors all at tiny budgets used only when their is actual use of that horsepower. Great times indeed.
Imran Anwar
With the growth of cloud comes a change in skill requirements and job opportunities. One of CRN's top 10 cloud predictions for 2012 is a growth in demand for cloud jobs as validated by an article in CIO magazine in early 2012. Cloud computing is and will have a major impact on skills across business, with IT being the most logically effected it will also impose itself onto roles in marketing, support and business roles in general. The demand for cloud-based skills already is showing signs of exploding. A recent report from Wanted Analytics, reported that hiring for cloud computing expertise showed a growth of 61 percent year over year. The cloud market is growing at such a pace that the number of job postings is accelerating and yet the talent qualifying for these roles is marginal.
More education is needed in cloud across all sectors to enable businesses to understand and utilize this important new technology option to its advantage and this need for understanding stretches past simply the border of the IT department. Expect to see more cloud courses and exams providing the market with the required validations in this new cloudy world. Ignoring cloud is no longer an option, utilizing it to your advantage is!
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Its reallly great to knew that cloud computing technology is emarging with such a extecnt and with such a wide hand that it will include Non IT Sector and its good for enconomy helth becasue in todays senario the graduates are increasing so we need more jobs to feed them and,this technology will shure will take part to give them new jobs becasue of there robust nature.And i started my carrier as a java developper and i am existing as a one of small part of this IT world,but i would also want to take part to learn such a great technology and hope it will also help me to build my carrier to great extent.
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Its reallly great to knew that cloud computing technology is emarging with such a extecnt and with such a wide hand that it will include Non IT Sector and its good for enconomy helth becasue in todays senario the graduates are increasing so we need more jobs to feed them and,this technology will shure will take part to give them new jobs becasue of there robust nature.And i started my carrier as a java developper and i am existing as a one of small part of this IT world,but i would also want to take part to learn such a great technology and hope it will also help me to build my carrier to great extent. And for new grauates and for the mangers lever this will help them to increase the productivity and there technical skill.And than more jobs role will be imarge and our current bussiness world will not face the deficency of jobs.
Mehdi :)
When the experts start talking about end-users building their own applications, it starts to bring home the big difference between a cloud approach and the standard control model that exists!
I view the cloud revolution as a natural development in terms of technological evolution. Rather than viewing the negatives of the cloud, I think the industry will of course adapt and jobs will be created. A quick mention, I recommend you guys check out 4sync, they are my favorite cloud service.
As cloud permeates the organization it assimilates everyone into it, including IT. Resistance is futile. Once everyone is living and breathing cloud it will become unrecognizable. After all, do fish know they are swimming in water? So it will be with the cloud. Today, people already use Google search cloud as an extension of their brain, which is something Larry Page and Sergey Brin have envisioned. To paraphrase the late Dennis Hopper from his role as the Deacon in WaterWorld, Cloud computing is not just our destination, it is our destiny!
Interesting points. As cloud computing moves out of silos and SaaS applications are connected to each other, we will see a tremendous shift in job descriptions, particularly as automation tools enable individuals to spend vastly less time on manual data entry and more on those that directly contribute to the organization's bottom line.
Many organizations still have a silo-style approach to how they do things, even within departments, not just between biz, tech, users and customers. Disruption due to silos, as pointed out by E.G. Nadhan (HP http://bit.ly/VQeZJV) impede issues like process, strategy, applications, data and governance. Yes, barriers are breaking breaking down, but we have a ways to go. There's still a disconnect between what we can do and what we are doing today vis a vis the cloud. Perhaps the answer isn't a reorg, but just education and further familiarity with the cloud. –Paul Calento http://bit.ly/paul_calento
Excellent observations, Joe. There is no question that cloud computing will change the face of IT as we know it, but it doesn't necessarily spell disaster for all involved. The cloud can deliver new opportunities for businesses, and give a boost to the careers of the tech-savvy. In fact, IT staff are the best positioned to ride this wave of innovation into new and exciting challenges, not limited to the IT department. This Embotics' blog post, "What Does Private Cloud Mean for IT Staff," (http://www.embotics.com/node/258) elaborates on these topics and makes similar points. The future is indeed bright for IT professionals!


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All eyes are on the White House now as a WeThePeople petition on whitehouse.gov requesting the Library of Congress reverse the previous decision on rendering cell phone unlocking illegal has surpassed the 100,000 signature threshold for a response. While this does compel an official response from President Obama, it should be noted that he cannot force the Library of Congress to overturn their decision.
However, gaining a positive response from the President would shine some political pressure to act and greatly raise awareness on the matter. If you have not signed it yet, head over to https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/make-unlocking-cell-phones-legal/1g9KhZG7 and add your weight to the pressure!


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U.S. Must Acknowledge Changing World Order
The United States must acknowledge that countries in Africa and Asia are on the rise.
As I sat in a London hotel room earlier this week watching the British Prime Minister David Cameron's speech, a masterful presentation by all accounts if one is to believe the British press, I was struck not so much by its main theme that the United Kingdom might actually leave the European Union, but by his references and awareness that the world is rapidly changing, and the Old Order, which I took to mean Europe and America, was falling behind. Cameron said quite plainly that the new markets and new economy was to the east and to the south. He meant not only China to the East, but to India, Southeast Asia and the Gulf States, and to the south he could only mean Africa. What was especially noteworthy in the days that followed was that no one, from taxi drivers to TV commentators seemed to disagree. Indeed, I don't see how they could disagree.
Had our president said that the Old Order was disappearing there would have been an uproar in some sections claiming that our leader was suggesting that the United States was no longer the major power. I recall when Obama told the American people that our infrastructure, our trains, ports and transportation was no longer necessarily the best in the world, an outcry came from the conservative media that it wasn't so. Unfortunately it is so. We are simply victims of our own press clippings and rhetoric. The world is changing around us and we are reacting far too slowly.
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Europe no longer looks to the United States as its paradigm. Europe recognizes for many reasons that there are major changes in the world today and that may have to fend for themselves more and depend on others less. Immigration from Asia and Africa is changing the face of Europe, and it is changing its awareness of the world. The marketplaces are more and more stocked with foodstuffs from Africa and Asia. As economies implode new markets are needed to swell those same economies again. We cannot simply sell among ourselves and expect to remain competitive. Cameron simply was stating the obvious that the future rests in Africa and Asia, and not within Europe or to the west.
In several ways I had heard the same thing in Berlin where I was speaking before an agribusiness conference convened by AGCO, one of the world's largest agriculture equipment manufacturers. I had heard the former president of Germany Horst Kohler speak of the importance of Africa just before I said many of the same things in my speech. I listened to a company representative from Cargill tell me that even though Africa represented less than 2 percent of their current market, they no longer had a choice of ignoring Africa. The market had become too important to the future of the world's largest privately held grain company. I heard the same message from companies large and small. The future was in Africa, no matter the difficulties of entering and staying in a very challenging market. There was an underlying fear that if they did not get in now, it might very well be too late later, as countries from all over the world were turning to Africa.
As I said in my speech, whether we like to admit it or not, the race for Africa is on again, as it was a 130 ago when the infamous Berlin conference that divided Africa among the colonial powers. The difference is now Africa with its 54 nations has a voice, and we need to learn to listen very quickly. Cameron is right. The future is to the east and south, and we need to be an integral part of that our future. Our own economy and lives depend on it.


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NORMAN — When times get tough, more students stay in college longer. High school graduates who can't find a job often enroll in college courses awaiting that job. One sign of an improving economy is college headcounts.
State officials this past week said the number of students enrolling in the fall 2012 semester is down slightly over the same semester this past year. Regional university enrollment was down nearly 3 percent and community college numbers were down just over 2 percent.
The headcounts at the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University remain strong. Enrollment at those the state's two flagship schools is up more than 3 percent.
One other sign of better times is enrollment gains at private colleges and universities. Those schools reported nearly 4 percent gains this semester after large declines in the height of the recession years.
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HOUSTON — While celebrating its 77th anniversary, the legendary Oscar Mayer Wienermobile will make a stop in Houston to help raise money for Texas Children's Hospital.
The Miracle Tour is free for all to attend and features a variety of activities at each stop for local residents to engage in. Hot dogs, soda, ice cream, face painting, and other treats will be sold at stops to raise donations for the hospital.
The proceeds will help fund free and discounted services to financially-disadvantaged patients through its Charity Care program.
The final two stops of this tour will take place on Sunday. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Wienermoblibe will be at 10259 State Hwy. 6 in Missouri City before heading on to 4825 Sweetwater in Sugar Land, where it will stay from 2 to 5 p.m.


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Santi Cazorla is aware of links to Atletico Madrid, but will only discuss his Arsenal future once the World Cup is over.
Santi Cazorla has said he wants Cesc Fabregas back at Arsenal after he was told Barcelona no longer want him.
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Arsenal have confirmed midfield duo Aaron Ramsey and Santi Cazorla have signed new contracts at Emirates Stadium.
Bayern midfielder Thiago insists there is still a lot of work to be done to get past Arsenal in the Champions League.
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The primary goal of my laboratory is to identify and describe molecular pathways that are relevant for our understanding of mammalian sleep and sleep homeostasis and to determine if these pathways impact motivated waking behaviors. Pathways are currently being identified by evaluating convergent data sets derived from traditional approaches (mutant screens and ion experiments) as well as the creative application of cDNA microarrays in the model organism Drosophila melanogaster. As candidate genes are identified, the corresponding mutants are studied to determine whether they form additive or epistatic interactions. More importantly, the behavior of mutant flies are evaluated in established learning paradigms to determine if alterations in sleep processes are associated with alterations in waking performance/plasticity. candidate genes are subsequently evaluated to determine if they play a role in mammalian sleep using classic experimentation in the rodent.


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Pentagon's Internal Feud Over Contract Auditing Takes a New Twist
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The ongoing dispute over the quality of work at the Defense Contract Audit Agency took a new turn on Thursday with the release of a Defense Inspector General's Office report criticizing the professional judgment used in DCAA assignments dating back to 2010 and earlier.
The March 7 report -- which the deputy IG acknowledged was delayed for two years while the office's staff focused more on DCAA hotlines than audits -- covered quality assurance reviews on 50 DCAA reports completed in the first half of fiscal 2010.
"DCAA did not exercise professional judgment in performing 37 (74 percent) of the assignments reviewed," the IG team concluded. "The abundance of non-compliances with standards identified in the 37 assignments evidenced the need for improvements in the area of competence at DCAA."
Significant quality issues raised included "external impairments to independence, inadequate planning, poor communications with the requester and contractor, insufficient evidence, unsupported or untimely reports, poor documentation, and ineffective supervision and quality control," the report said. It recommended that some of the reports be withdrawn or revised, adding that DCAA managers agreed in principle.
"Since August 26, 2009, DCAA has not had an opinion on its quality control system covering DCAA audits and attestation engagements" nor has it submitted to an external peer review at least every three years, as required by Generally Accepted Government Audit Standards, the IG said.
"Since fiscal 2009, DCAA has taken various corrective actions such as revising training class curriculums, requiring additional training for all audit staff, and revamping audit programs and guidance," the IG said. "We will evaluate the effectiveness of these actions during future reviews."
Pentagon executives, in statements emailed to Government Executive, complained that the IG report focuses on old work and fails to factor in reforms instituted at DCAA by Patrick Fitzgerald after he took over as director in November 2009.
"I'm troubled that the focus of this is on work that was performed between 2006 and 2009, which completely ignores the changes our employees have made in the last three years," Fitzgerald said. "Not only does the report fail to reflect current operations, it's an unfair characterization of the significant improvements our workforce has made in audit quality. While the issues raised in the report are important, the time period of analysis doesn't begin to account for the progress we've made."
Fitzgerald's boss, Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale, said, "I am deeply disappointed that this report is being issued when it so clearly reflects old data and replicates findings previously made" by the Government Accountability Office in 2009. "I question the usefulness of a report that is being issued four years after the DCAA work was performed. I remain committed to ensuring that DCAA execute its mission effectively, and I welcome fair analyses that focus on DCAA's current work."
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Agree with below. It has to do with their range, so to say. by FaytlND
There's nothing wrong with making the same song over again, and if people like listening to it, good on them. But that's why they'll get dinged by music critics.
Also at fault is their generally uninspired songwriting. It's a stark contrast to something like Frightened Rabbit's "Midnight Organ Fight" (another genre-mate) which would issue a lyrical beat down on anything Mumford & Sons has written.


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Save for the full beard and tattoos, Jon Erik Meyer was naked.
Which wouldn't have been of note if Meyer, 22, was in the confines of a private residence. Problem is, the nude dude was on a sidewalk in the central business district of Sebastian, according to a recently released arrest affidavit.
Meyer told Sebastian police he'd been walking from Columbus, Ga., and was going to Miami.
The case began about 11:56 p.m. Nov. 11 as an officer was dispatched to Main Street and U.S. 1 regarding "a naked suspicious person walking south on the sidewalk," an affidavit states.
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Be wary, taunters
Concerning the Silver Lake Swan, there is more than one "invasive" species involved in this sorry story. May Karma be visited upon the "taunters."
Jody Bennett
Traverse City
Truly invasive?
I was very sad to learn that the DNR destroyed a male swan that had learned to vigorously defend his Silver Lake family from the regularly occurring childish torment of stupid humans. Swans usually mate for life and both male and female share in the responsibilities of the nest and the raising of their cygnets. When will we learn to live with respect and in harmony with our wild friends that share this planet? When do you think we will understand that all creatures have a right to a peaceful life? What a black mark on those residents, or as I prefer to call them "invasive species," of Silver Lake who took it upon themselves to find glee in their routine harassment of a peaceful family. Shame on the DNR.
Beryl Striewski
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Really, killing the mute swan? After reading the article in the Record-Eagle I was saddened. It sounds to me he was protecting his family. When the DNR wouldn't even consider trying to relocate the whole swan family to another lake because the same issue would arise, well, I beg to differ. I live on a small private lake which is only a few miles from Silver Lake. There are no jet skis, just a few fishermen from time-to-time. We have loons, geese and ducks; they would have thrived here. Shame on the DNR.
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I cover the underlying drivers of energy, technology and society.
So, you have a dwindling supply of fresh water for drinking and for wildlife, you have large amounts of contaminated water from old mining operations that we don't know what to do with and are really expensive to clean-up, and you have the need for large amounts of water for the dramatic increase in fracking operations that don't need to use fresh or potable water but are presently using both fresh and potable water from these very dwindling supplies.
This looks to be an opportunity too good to pass up. Let's use the mine water for fracking and stop using the precious fresh water. Sounds easy. And the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) is trying to do just that.
Based on a recommendation by Governor Corbett's Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission, the PADEP published a white paper in January detailing how the agency intends to review proposals from Oil & Gas drillers on using Mine Influenced Water (MIW) for drilling operations (PADEP white paper).
The policy is supported by environmental organizations and the Oil & Gas industry, and it should succeed as long as we can sort out the liability issues.
MIW is a huge legacy problem from the mining industry. MIW includes either water contained in a mine pool or a surface discharge of water caused by mining activities and is known by many names: mine drainage water (MDW), acid mine drainage (AMD) or acid rock drainage (ARD).
Although occasionally not acidic when flowing through and over carbonate rocks, mine waters are generally highly acidic. Most rock being mined has abundant iron sulfide minerals which oxidize when exposed to air and water. This liberates hydrogen ions for the acidity, turns insoluble sulfide into very soluble sulfate, and creates rust from reduced iron, a fascinating, if annoying, chemical process.
There are many types of sulfide minerals, but pyrite and marcasite, the two structural forms of FeS2 that are especially common in coal regions, are the major acid-producers. Upon exposure to water and oxygen, these minerals oxidize to form acid-, iron- and sulfate-rich drainage. It becomes very hard to reverse this process and lock the metals up again, although it can be done.
Pennsylvania's environmental problems with coal mining began before the Civil War, and communities in northeastern and southwestern parts of the state still live with that legacy.
There are lots of abandoned coal mines. In the 1950s and 60s, companies just walked away from them, leaving behind a mess. Some mines caught on fire while others filled up with water that overflowed into streams and rivers. Coal waste mountains exposed to air started churning out acidic water, polluting groundwater and streams.
According to the PADEP, over 300 million gallons of mine-polluted water flow into the State's rivers and streams every day, resulting in more than 4,000 miles of biologically dead rivers and streams (StateImpact/NPR). Encouraging drillers to use this water to frack natural gas wells brings obvious environmental benefit.
Last year, drillers in the U.S. used 40 billion gallons of fresh water to frack. This is almost half of the acid mine drainage generated each year. Pennsylvania is the second largest user behind Texas, so this policy would make a real difference.
But it's all about liability. No one wants to get sued for trying to do the right thing.
So how to convince the drillers that they will not incur a major environmental liability?
Anyone considering the use of MIW for natural gas extraction activities has the potential to incur long-term liability because just the act of moving contaminated water gives you total responsibility for it in the future. If there is any chance that this water could impact fresh water, then you would have to treat it, no matter how much time had passed.
As expected, drilling companies have been slow in taking up this method because they only need this water temporarily. Getting 50 years of liability for two weeks of water seems risky.
Addressing this liability issue was the purpose of Pennsylvania's Environmental Good Samaritan Act, which provides protection from civil liability for projects involving MIW. While not perfect, it is:
"intended to encourage the improvement of land and water adversely affected by mining and oil and gas extraction, to aid in the protection of wildlife, to decrease soil erosion, to aid in the prevention and abatement of the pollution of rivers and streams, to protect and improve the environmental values of this Commonwealth and to eliminate or abate hazards to health and safety. It is the intent of the General Assembly to encourage voluntary reclamation of lands adversely affected by mining or oil or gas extraction. The purpose of this chapter is to improve water quality and to control and eliminate water pollution resulting from mining or oil or gas extraction or exploration by limiting the liability which could arise as a result of the voluntary reclamation of abandoned lands or the reduction and abatement of water pollution."
Meaning, the problem of MIW is so extensive and so intractable, that the State welcomes any attempts at helping even if they are not perfect, as long as they don't make the problem worse. This is a practical approach that needs to be expanded on all fronts in all States so that "the perfect does not become the enemy of the good."
On the other hand, this Act is not intended to shield parties already responsible for treatment and clean-up of MIW or its sites, or who are held liable for other reasons.
If you think the Environmental Good Samaritan Act isn't safe enough, the driller can obtain a Consent Order and Agreement with PADEP under which PADEP would agree not to hold the user liable for long-term treatment obligations, so long as the user meets specific conditions spelled out ahead of time. These can be requirements for sampling and characterization of the water, as well as specific plans on how the water would be transported and stored.
The Consent Order and Agreement would theoretically limit the user's liability to the state, but would not address civil liability to third parties, like a landowner. Maybe a combination of the Act and the Agreement together would be sufficient.
The best way for drillers to use this water is to estimate on the low side and make up the rest with other water that is not contaminated, such as storm water drainage or fresh water. Because most of the water actually used for fracking stays underground in what is already non-potable deep formation water, then if the driller does not use an access of water, there should be no significant liability.
The U.S. Department of Energy's Subcommittee on Shale Gas Production shares the prevailing view that the risk of fracturing fluid leakage into drinking water sources through fractures made in deep shale reservoirs is remote (DOE Shale Gas). As long as care is taken to properly drill and seal wells (A Good Cement Job), there should be no significant environmental impact from using MIW for the fracking.
In addition, we have new technologies now for treating MIW, particularly new chemical filtering methods using natural materials in permeable reactive barriers that intersect the flow paths of MIW (Applied Geochemistry). Since the greatest difficulty in treatment is getting the contaminated water to the treatment system, collecting the water for fracking is half the battle. If it does pose a problem, it can be more easily treated at one point after use.
This white paper is an excellent first step by a State to address environmental issues stemming from both MIW and fracking. In the end, however, States need to issue a general permit covering the use of MIW for fracking, perhaps even rewriting their Oil & Gas regulations completely to include these types of innovative methods directly.
We need to encourage all beneficial strategies for correcting the mistakes of the past.
——-" ….it is not necessary to use water or toxic chemicals to frac for natural gas at all."———-
Stop assuming you know everything there is to know—–go to the link and read.
You will find that it is not necessary to use water or toxic chemicals at all.
A hydraulic medium only needs to be a liquid, it does not need to be water.
Mining for gas oil uranium thorium or rare earths in the shale is all coming from the same place and all involve bringing up drill cuttings and produced water that are highly radioactive and contain toxic heavy metals before even considering the hazards of processing to try to separate them, the release of toxic hydrogen sulfide gas, NOx and SOx etc Injection wells are known to cause earthquakes. THERE IS NO SAFE WAY OF EXTRACTING ANY OF THEM. Using the gas wells to "sequester" CO2 so that they can produce more and more … If you believe the NRC or any other government agency is protecting us, please start by reading the Oral histories of former nuclear health physicist Karl Z Morgan, (and his book The Angry Genie) among others on osti.gov/informationbridge under the section on human radiation experiments. Read how the DOJ has trained scientists and lawyers to prevent the injured from gaining justice. My guess with this plan to use tainted water is just one more way to make it difficult to prove who is responsible for contamination, subsidies for "recycling" waste, and a way of "disposing" of radioactive heavy metal waste that they don't know what to do with. There is in addition the other frightening prospects of using mass produced bacteria, yeast and fungi and bacteriophages to create "desirable" chemical reactions subjecting the public and the environment to numerous unknown consequences. Aside from the fact that bacteria and yeasts are being genetically engineered to make them stronger and more resistant, they evolve quickly. The use of nanotechnology, particles so small they can cross the blood-brain barrier. Sometimes progress means realizing when we have gone too far. That realization is long overdue. Every kid does not need a video game, a cell phone or his own color tv. Those reductions alone would have a huge impact.
——James Conca, Contributor2 hours ago
Yes, it would be better for the planet for humans to go back to more simpler ways, but I don't think it will occur.
What an incredible amount of excess mental baggage. The job of an engineer is to make things work. HOW can you POSSIBLY make things work—-if you bring in a mind set that something can't be made to work even before you start? My working dogs have much better problem solving abilities than that——they try something, if that doesn't work, they discard it and move on to the next………..and keep doing it until they find something that works.
——–" If nothing else, the rest of the world is coming up and that alone will double the energy needs by mid-century. "———-
All the more reason to find ways to do more with less. Or find ways to do more with what we have, or use what is just wasted to replace what is getting scarce.
When I was out walking my dogs once, we were at a field that had been bulldozed just to clear trees and brush. How wasteful is that? There was a homeless man there, with a number of the bulldozed trees piled up—-sawing away with a broken hack saw blade.
I asked him what he was doing. He told me he was making bundles of firewood to sell in the campground next door for some extra cash to eat with. He was not making much progress with his broken piece of hacksaw blade.
I told him it looked like it would take him forever at the rate he was going—-he needed a different saw.
He told me, "What I have, is all that I have."
It seems to me, that we are ALL in exactly the same place that he was in. No matter who we are, no matter where we are, no matter how rich, or smart or priviliged or anything else we are all in exactly the same place as our homeless firewood cutter———-"What we have is all that we have."
If we are going to have anything better———-we have to make it.
Natural gas is methane, CH4. Methane is both a fossil fuel and a biofuel. We can produce methane low tech, cheaply and easily from any type of biomass at all, including sewage and landfills. It is being done right now, and we have been doing it for the last 160 years in recent history.
We can do anything we want with methane produced by anaerobic digestion—-it is exactly the same "stuff" as fossil natural gas, CH4.
Germany is on track to be producing 20% of their methane usage by anaerobic digestion by 2015, in spite of greatly expanded use as transport fuel and to replace nuclear power.
The entire power system of Lunnen, Germany, (pop. 90,000) is powered by CH4 generated by treating sewage generated from livestock farms in the vicinity. Enough power is produced to provide the city's power needs, provide transport CNG, and still have CH4 in sufficient quantity to feed into the national pipeline grid.
The left over "waste" of methane production from sewage is clean water(fed into the city water supply) and compost(fertilizer) that is sold back to the farmers that the sewage came from.


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Bellaforte polymer roofing shakes can be installed to look like rough-hewn wood shakes
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European Tour goes Happy Gilmore at Scottish Open
Every golf fan surely has seen 'Happy Gilmore', and probably just as many have quoted the movie one too many times, as well.
But for all the "Get in your home" and "The price is wrong" quotes, there are twice as many failed attempts at the well-known 'Happy Gilmore' golf swing. You know, the guy that runs up to the ball and swings for the fences, only to whiff, slice it into a window or pull a back muscle.
There are, of course, those who can pull it off.
The European Tour released a YouTube video on Friday of some of its players taking a crack at Happy's patented swing prior to the Scottish Open at Castle Stuart Golf Links.
Some, Shane Lowry and Paul Lawrie among them, made good efforts. Others, mainly Phil Mickelson, who turned a right-handed club over before topping the ball left into the gallery, warranted a few "You should be working at the snack bar" jokes.
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Emery County holds municipal elections
Emery County voters headed to the polls on Nov. 5 to vote in the municipal elections. Danny Vanwagoner received the most votes for Castle Dale Mayor. Julie Johansen and Douglas Weaver received the most votes for the Castle Dale Councilmembers. ...
Lunch and Learn in Green River on Nov. 20
In November the Emery County Business Chamber Lunch and Learn will be held in Green River at the Tamarisk Restaurant. The event begins at noon on Nov. 20. The local business spotlight will be Amy Wilmarth and the Green River Coffee Company. ...
Green River to work on trail system
The City of Green River is overseeing a new study to establish a trail system that will connect residents and tourists to natural, historic, and modern landmarks, highlight recreational areas, promote health awareness, and seek to establish the first...
Public hearing for drug testing at EHS
Emery High School is hosting a public hearing on the school's proposal to adopt a drug-testing policy for students involved in extracurricular activities. The hearing will be held on Nov. 20, at 6 p.m. in the Spartan Center Little Theater....
Emery High drama to present Spamalot
The Emery High Theatre Department will present the wild and wacky musical SPAMALOT on November 21, 22, 23 at 7 p.m. each evening in the Emery High Auditorium. The admission cost will be $4 for students and children and $5 for adults. Tickets are av...
Part II Suicide awareness and prevention
At the recent Emery School District parent meeting four topics were discussed. The topic in last week's paper dealt with drugs in Emery County.
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The approaching release of the new Dark Sun edition has my fingers twitching at the thought of holding the new books in my hands and actually turning pages. Of course, we've had final PDFs for a while, so we've been able to flip virtual pages to our heart's content and see exactly what will soon be available in print.
No one should be surprised to hear that I'm a big fan of the Dark Sun setting. I was involved in early concepting on the original world, before it even had a name. Beyond that, I've always been a sucker for a) deserts, b) crumbling civilizations, and c) fantasy settings that are entirely different from the norm (whatever you define that to be). So the Dark Sun PDFs have been getting a good going-over on my computer, and I must say that I love what I'm seeing.
One side effect of immersing myself in all things Athas is that I've also been led back to Empire of the Petal Throne. I'd love to know, out of all the people reading this, how many of you are familiar with EPT, how many have heard of it but don't know anything beyond the name, and how many have never even heard of this legendary game.
The original Empire of the Petal Throne was published by TSR in 1975, making it a true trailblazer in RPGs. It had its own game rules, although they were familiar to original D&D players. It was EPT's setting of Tékumel that made it legendary.
Tékumel was the fiercely unique creation of Professor M. A. R. Barker, who had been imagining and writing about it for decades before D&D was a glimmer in Dave's and Gary's eyes.
Very briefly, in the far future, mankind perfected the science of traveling between stars. We moved out into the galaxy, exploring and settling new worlds and meeting many other races of intelligent beings. The planet Tékumel was a crossroads between alien races, many of whom had cities there—including some of humanity's most implacable enemies.
Then came "the Time of Darkness." Inexplicably, Tékumel fell through the fabric of space and time into a pocket dimension where it was utterly isolated from the universe we know. Even the laws of nature were different in this new realm. As the shattered world clawed its way back toward civilization, failing technology was replaced by magic and science was replaced by powerful, inscrutable, and often cruel gods. Vicious beasts were twisted into cosmic horrors. After tens of thousands of years, Tékumel became a completely different place—except that the animosity of humanity's ancient enemies persisted, and the ruins of its star-spanning empire were entombed beneath crumbling, dead cities.
That's Tékumel. Interesting parallels can be drawn between it and Athas; most are no more than artifacts of a common heritage, I'm sure, although a few homages certainly crept into the younger setting. What really struck me on rereading EPT, however, was the cold-blooded deadliness of Tékumel.
In 1975, D&D in general had a fatality rate approaching that of Left 4 Dead, but Tékumel was especially lethal. It abounded with creatures such as Thúnru'u, the Eater of Eyes, and spells such as the Silver Halo of Soul-Stealing. Death came in many forms on Tékumel, and it came frequently.
Dark Sun has a well-earned reputation as a place that's hard on player characters. Still, we can all be grateful that game designers have learned that no matter how enjoyable you make the process of creating new characters, that's not why people play the game. Soon, we''ll once more stride the dusty streets of Tyr with trikals in our fists and adventure in our souls.
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