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Our first day back in Amsterdam was lovely. Impressively cold but full of golden sunshine. Tasks were kept to a minimum - mittens for Cal, a bike for me, grocery shopping. And while I sat out the cold afternoon the boys went to the Vondelpark where Cal had his first walk on ice. David said despite the weather (-4 degrees) he didn't complain about the cold once. Dutch DNA kicking in fast.
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Monday, 16 January 2017
The Birthday Party
On a sweltering January morning Cal had four little friends over for his 5th birthday party. With the move in progress (and a bedroom full of packed boxes) we kept it simple. We transformed his bedroom into the 'balloon room', which the kids went nuts for, had two party games; marshmallow munch and shoot the cups, and then we cut the cake - a jungle swamp version the the Women's Day Pool cake. Five year olds don't need much more than that to have fun.
The Marshmallow Munch pics, where the kids are bobbing for sweets pics are my favourites.I found the idea on Pinterest and it made for a hysterical 5 minutes of crazy giggling.
Tuesday, 3 January 2017
Almost 5, An Interview
|Cal and Elara, Clifton Gardens, late December 2016
Hey Cal, what's your favourite thing?
To give you cuddles and kisses (kid knows where his bread is buttered)
What makes you really scared?
Redbacks - every single spider actually.
What makes you jump for joy?
When you say I can watch TV.
What makes you fall on the ground crying?
No ice-cream.
What do you want to be when you grow up?
A photographer like Daddy. And a writer.
What do you think the best thing about being five will be?
Being taller.
Where's your favourite place?
On a plane, going to visit Oma and Opa.
What do you like to do best with Grandad?
Go on the boat, in the dinghy. Put the anchor down.
And AnneMa?
To the Powerhouse museum. To see the mummies.
What are you really good at?
Tricking Daddy with my Batman costume. (Every day at 4pm he puts it on and we all pretend not to know where Cal has gone!)
What aren't you so good at?
Opening doors with keys.
What's the best thing about out family?
When we all have a cuddle at the same time.
Cal: Aren't you going to ask me about my best toy?
Me: Sure! What is it?
Cal: The Star Wars toy we just ordered online for my 5 birthday! (Laughs maniacally)
I love my almost five year old so so much. When I imagined myself as a parent it was always to a kid this age, and later a teenager. It's way more work than my scanty fantasies of parenting included, but just as funny, poignant and adorable as I'd imagined. I'm so lucky to be his mum. Happy Birthday, soon, dear heart Cal. xxx
So Long, 2016
No lengthy post mortem this year. There were slices of happiness, slices of sadness, always plenty of inescapable big decisions to be made, but mostly what I'll remember from 2016 was the sunshine. There's been lots and lots of it and we've enjoyed every minute whether swimming in it, shooting in it, repelling it with hundreds of dollars worth of sunscreen or waking up happily to it almost every day. The photosynthesis has been good for us three this year. May 2017 continue to warm us, wherever it takes us. Onwards in the glow.
Christmas 2016
I found some Christmas pics from this year on my phone that aren't the best quality - but it was such a nice Christmas that I want to put them up anyway.
These first are from our gorgeous lunch at the Botanic gardens restaurant. Mum, Alex, Cal and I.
And these from Christmas morning before David came home later that night. Thankfully I convinced Cal to put pants on before present opening!
These first are from our gorgeous lunch at the Botanic gardens restaurant. Mum, Alex, Cal and I.
And these from Christmas morning before David came home later that night. Thankfully I convinced Cal to put pants on before present opening!
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I have been using PCLinuxOS for a while now, but i am not very plased with it, so i decided to change the distro/os
I would like to know if it is possible to keep my home folder data. I could and will simply back it up by copying it to another partition or simply writeing it on dvdrw. but it would be a lot easier if i could use the same home tree i already have.
If something like that is possible i am also interested would my tbird accounts and email loud into new tbird automaticly, or would/could i load them afterwards.
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On Saturday, December 1, Matt & Patty Bryan tied the knot! It was a beautiful, small, very intimate affair, at Ski Esta in Newry, Maine. I was honored to be a part of their special day, having been asked to sing "Heavenly Day" during their ceremony, and was able to capture the song from my iPhone by stashing it on a table nearby with the recorder running: I also nabbed a few photos of the location (below) and wish I had actually gotten some of the beautiful couple too…but alas! Congrats to the happy couple!!!Read More
Enter the Haggis at Empire Dine & Dance
Over the past couple of months, I've had the pleasure of working with the Maine Outdoor Coalition to create their first statewide event, the Great Maine Outdoor Weekend. While I'm mostly responsible for creating/maintaining their website & supporting their social media efforts, I also took it upon myself to get out and take some photos at a couple of the events this past weekend. I found the Winter Steamer Dig at Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park to be especially fun…digging for steamers is something I'd never seen in action before! [do action="insert-flickr-photoset-gallery" photoset="Winter Steamer Dig at Wolfes Neck State Park"/] [do action="insert-copywright-info" photosetname="Winter Steamer Dig" photosetlink="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kristelhayes/sets/72157629533058587/"/]Read More
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This year marked our fourth voyage on Cayamo, the annual floating folk / blues / americana music festival hosted by Sixthman, aboard the Norwegian Pearl. The lineup on board for Cayamo 2012 included the likes of John Prine, Lyle Lovett, Keb Mo, Buddy Miller, Shawn Mullins, The Belle Brigade, Enter The Haggis, and The Ryan Montbleau Band…just to name a few. Aside from non stop music coming from all corners of the ship, we also had the pleasure of stopping off on Cayo Levantado, St. Maarten, and St. Barthelemy (St. Barts). Our trip this time was a bit more special than previous years, as it was our official honeymoon, having just gotten married on Feb 2! Every time I return from this incredible "Journey Through Song", I begin to count down the days until the next one. Here's a summary of our trip, so you can understand why. Each year, as we check in for the trip, we're handed a program (in addition to badges & special show tickets) that will be a critical guide to keeping track of the ginormous list of shows scheduled for the trip. We kept careful track of which shows we attended during the cruise by circling them along the way…my count at the end of the trip was 56 shows…and all without breaking a sweat! Sunday, February 5th We were early birds checking in for our first day…hitting the check in line about an hour before it opened. We were not alone. Beth Wood welcomed everyone onto the ship with a pre-embarkation show at 12:30, which we missed, unfortunately…met a couple of really great gals during our required safety briefing (Mary Ann & Susan, from Toronto), and then we were off to enjoy the Sail Away Show with The Belle Brigade (one of the new acts I was most excited to see…they did not disappoint!) on the pool deck. This first day was a bit tempered for me for a couple of reasons: 1) My first application of the Scopolaimine patches (critical for keeping me from being seasick) kicked my ass, and I was stupid-drowsy…though not drowsy enough to skip the first on-board cocktail to celebrate the start of our trip. 2) It was Super Bowl Sunday. Not being a huge sports fan, I was a bit disappointed that 3-4 hours of our evening would be taken up by the Super Bowl, which Scot was…Read More
Just Married!
It's no secret any more: Scot & I were officially married on February 2 (2012)! Our ceremony was held at the gazebo in Portland, in Fort Allen Park on Maine's Eastern Promenade, officiated by "The Reverend" Jim Kaiser, and witnessed by Rich Winn and Ruby Ciardella. We celebrated afterward with dinner at one of our favorite restaurants, Otto's Pizza, and of course, the celebration had to be topped off with a night cap at The Snug, just next door! Our friend, and talented photographer, Mark Landry, was also on hand to capture some of the memories for us, which I can tell you…was not an easy task: [flickr_highslide set="Our Wedding"] You can also view this full set on Flickr. All of our wedding night photos are Copywright © Mark Landry, All Rights Reserved Special Thank You's go out to: EVERYONE who stuck with us, in freezing cold temps, during the entirety of our ceremony! Ruby, for travelling, on just a few days' notice, all the way from Santa Cruz California The staff at Otto's & Michelle at The Snug, for taking such great care of us as we celebrated Whole Foods, who's super-helpful staff helped us add special "bride & groom duck" wedding toppers to one of their delicious cakes, and assemble a special bridal bouquet.Read More


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I need to know if there is the possibility to use DeepEarth project using OpenStreetMap or VirtualEarthMap
without an internet connections. Can I download the maps and then use them in my project ? Are there any examples ?
The core DeepZoom control (MultiScaleImage) only accepts a URI so I've been unable so far to use the local isolated storage to cache tiles for an offline scenario.
However you can provide tiles with a relative path and include them as part of the control, the issue is this gets very large very fast.
What is your scenario? I've been thinking about disconnected states and maybe a simple vector map would be an option and we can store this in ISO.
Thank you for your interest in my problem.
In my scenario I haven't an internet connection because our customer doesn't provide it, but I need to use the maps, so DeepZoom could be the best solution.
What do you mean with "you can provide tiles with a relative path and include them as part of the control" and how I can use a simple vector map to store in ISO?
Can you give me an example or a link to it?
Best regards
I think of two scenarios for this, both have different solutions:
1) Support a mobile device that will loose connection to the server. Here you want to store something low-fi in the ISO to give the user something to work with, maybe use the new out of browser support in SL3 to work dissconnected. We are looking into this
for a client.
2) Your client due to security and/or risk want the complete solution hosted internally. Eg Defence or Disaster planning. Here you would setup your own tile server internally, fromt he control point of view it would work exactly the same just the endpoint
for the tiles is a local server. You can use the server from OSM or an adaption of MapServer or even purchase the Bing Maps for Enterprise Appliance for plug and play.
Hello -
I also require the functionality of a local tile provider... we are constrained to an environment without an internet connection but need to be able to interact with the maps. I was hoping that the Bluemarble example project would serve as guide,
but when I click on the "local maps" source nothing loads? I also noticed that the included tiles for this project are included with the asp.net (server side) project, rather than the silverlight project. Does anyone have any
suggestions for where to begin to get this to work? Is there an example using the approach mentioned by Soulsolutions, whereby you provide the relative path and include the images as part of the control? That would be fine
too? Any approach would be helpful at this point. thanks.
Silverlight is a web technology, it is hosted in a web application on a web server. So if you're talking about an intranet scenario then you need to host your own tile server, if you're talking about say a mobile application eg tablet where it may not have
a connection and you want to run out of browser then my suggestion is you look at downloading a vector based map and render this. We don't have this implimented here yet.
The issue with offline and a raster tile layer is the size of the imagery - thousands of image files and maybe GB of data. More importantly the core MSI control in Silverlight only allows us to pass a URI to these tiles not the image itself. There is no
way we can use Isolated storage as a cache and the URI can't be the local file system in Silverlight 3.
Silverlight 4 on the other hand could offer us a solution, the new elavated prevledges mode when OOB I beleive does give us local file system access. This is going to be your best bet, I would do a quick proof of concept in Silverlight 4 and see if you can
get a simple DeepZoom image showing from a local folder.
Thank you team for implementing DeepEarth; it is a very useful control. I am using DeepEarth in my project and have got few questions.
The silverlight application that i am working on will be hosted on Linux machine (inside HTTP content folder) and there will not be any .net web application.The application shall not have Internet connectivity.
1. I understand that TileSource is part of the silverlight project; whether following the above said architecture will prevent me from using local tile source and not the ones provided by Virtual Earth or Open Street Map?
2. How can I implement the tile source similar to VE or OSM? I am currently looking into the OsmTileSource.cs and planning to reuse it.
3. The Linux machine shall have http port open and will be available for connectivity from silverlight app. Is it possible to have just the tiles (images) on linux and access it from silverlight?
4. Is there a tile server that I can reuse to generate the images (image can be anything and not just the world map)?
Thank you.
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|2007-11-30, 00:23
|Link #42
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Beautiful episode. The build-up itself was nice and pretty evenly timed I think.
But the climax scene really blew me out of the water. The last line "...zutto, zutto shiawaseni!" with insert music in the background was said with such bliss. It was intensely moving, more so than any tragedy might have in the same scene. Nonaka-san really pulled this off.
|2007-11-30, 00:35
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Up until now, I have not been as enthusiastic about Clannad as I expected to be. It hasn't been hitting me that hard. But that all changed with ep9. As I sit here with tears still in my eyes, I want to say that was a beautiful, beautiful episode.
One thing that has been striking me all the way through, however, is how good a job Nonaka Ai has been doing as Fuuko. I thought she reached a new level as Mikan in Manabi Straight, and this is another high. Ai-pon (her nickname) was Iriya in Iriya no Sora, Ichijou-san in PaniPoni, and Kafuka in Zetsubou Sensei.
Here's a video of her talking. And here's a photo:
|2007-11-30, 06:20
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I don't give a damn, dude
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In Despair
Age: 31
Watched the TWH-Sprocket sub of Episode 9.... (EDIT: fixed by velocity7. You know it's a good story when it has got you blubbering too hard to notice your mistakes...)
.... I BAWWW-ed.
Man. This is not Makoto's story. This is not even Ayu's story. This is Fuuko's story, people, and it is a beautiful one in its own right.
And I had thought that I've managed to build up a resistance to BAWWW-ing due to overexposure to KEY's stories, since I wasn't BAWWW-ing all that much throughout Fuuko's arc....well, the end of Fuuko's story in this episode is strong enough to override that resistance.
SHAFT's ef ~a tale of memories~ issued the strongest challenge to KyoAni yet with an excellent Episode 7, and KyoAni answered with a one-up in this episode. Another episode where voting a 10 for it simply isn't enough.
Blog article coming tonight, hopefully.
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|2007-11-30, 07:00
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Team M.Y.T.Hi.C.
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A very nice conclusion to Fuuko's arc, albeit bittersweet. Loved it, like everyone here does. Very touching, very emotional, and KyoAni does it again. 10.
Next up is Kotomi's arc. I have very high expectations for this.
|2007-11-30, 08:53
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Well I guess I'm just not the sucker for KEY's offer em up and snatch em away style of storytelling that seems to get so many people:
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Overall though the arc felt kind of pointless, and you know it's Nagisa that is really the important one. Fuuko was always an odd duck character to me that never quite felt real enough to develop a real emotional tie to that would make her story really poignant or immersive. Like I've said before though, it felt like an interesting diversion, but I've never really cared much for the way this or Kanon was structured in such clear character arcs. It feels natural in that it's focused (and I mean that it feels close to an actual VN, not real life), but unnatural at the same time in that it's too much so and you get the feeling you're being lead towards a particular conclusion that is meant to make the viewer feel a specific way at key moments (like....a VN). It's technically well done, but really in the long run all to predictable. Though I probably should have expected as much as some have told me.
Well, anyway this arc is it were is where I get of the Clannad ride for now most likely. I'll probably pick the series up after it's done, but more of it is not in my to watch list for the time being. Though I'm somehow curious to find out how the movie handles things now that I've seen an arc of the TV Series in action, but not right now.
Anyway, sorry to be the downer as usual.
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|2007-11-30, 09:16
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et tu, brute?
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Perth WA
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man the thing that got me teary eyed is when nagisa and tomoya wake up and forget everything, just imagine fuuko all alone shouting their names but they can't see or hear her, man just that thought alone invoke my very emotion, and suddenly fuuko re-appear beside them when they remember her again oh man.. the loneliness, i feel you fuko i feel ya
and also the last scene, zutto zutto siawaseni, omg
man i need my klenex sob
good story telling and bgm placement as usual, bastard got me right on spot sigh..
|2007-11-30, 09:20
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Sweden
Age: 32
This episode was fantastic. It is the first episode of clannad that has recived a 10 from me! I was teary eyed all the way through (well almost). That by itself shows it was a great episode. What makes it a fantastic episode is that the reason for my "teary eyed"-ness was constantly changing. It was sometimes joy, sometimes sadness.
Spoiler for most powerfull scene:
For once, I decided to watch the preview as well, just to see if they gave any hints. I was pretty amased... there I was, still with somewhat blurry eyesight, and suddenly I bursted into laughter! The two last lines of the preview was hilarious! Of course they have cut the scenes so it ended up that way, because there is noway those two lines can follow eachother in the next episode, haha! For those of you that skipped the preview, WATCH IT.
|2007-11-30, 11:28
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I don't give a damn, dude
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In Despair
Age: 31
On another note, blog article is up:
[RIUVA] CLANNAD (TV), Episode 09
Well, I gotta go sleep now; Sociology exam tomorrow. Wish me luck, guys!
|2007-11-30, 12:00
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Gone for Good
Join Date: Apr 2004
I plan to give this episode a 10 long before, but I have to watch it first, and I was not disappointed with my decision to do so.
Fuuko has accomplished what she came to do, with excellent results, and can depart happily.
The whole episode was well done, the pacing, the scripting, the music, even the ending.
I was a bit worried that they would do a "Zero no Tsukaimi II styled" Deus Ex Machina ending and quickly bring Fuuko back to school, which would have cheapened the impact of her departure.
(I'm sure many lambasted the ending of ZnT2, so I won't go into details here. )
I was glad Kyo-Ani made that "ending" open-ended, meaning she won't return until at least very, very late on, if she does return.
There really is nothing to add which hasn't been said.
97.5% people who have rated this episode as of writing have voted 9 or above speaks volumes. This transcends blind Kyo-Ani fanboyism, not even the most pickiest of critics can dent this absolute majority in sentiment. If it's good, then it's good.
Now Kyo-Ani has to show they can do even better. If Fuuko made you weep, be prepared for Kotomi.
And LOL at how they edited the preview conversation:
Kotomi: Is Nagisa-chan a bully?
Nagisa: Yes!
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I found the "call by first name" scene very entertaining. Nagisa is so cute
And I was lol'ing at the ep 10 preview when Kotomi goes "bully?" and whoever she was talking to replied "yes!".
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Recapping the New York Giants Weekend Free Agency Rumor MillMarch 9, 2014
Recapping the New York Giants Weekend Free Agency Rumor Mill
In case you've been otherwise preoccupied this weekend—and congratulations if you have, as that means you have a life, unlike yours truly, who has been monitoring the latest New York Giants free agency rumors—the NFL's annual "legal" tampering period began at Noon ET on Saturday.
Not surprisingly, there's been very little to come out of East Rutherford, home of the New York Giants.
That doesn't mean that general manager Jerry Reese and company haven't been busy trying to line up prospects to help eradicate the disappointment left by last year's 7-9 underachieving group.
No, the front office has been engaged in discussions with the agents representing players from other teams who are about to hit the market on Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET in order to get an idea as to who might be a potential fit.
Although the parameters of the legal tampering period—teams can't talk or meet with the players, nor can contracts be executed—sound restrictive, NJ.com reports the Giants are expected to move quickly once the official start of free agency gets underway.
Until then, let's take a look at some names from other teams who have been linked to the Giants and how these players might fit into the Giants' landscape.
Running Back Ben Tate
When it comes to the Giants running back situation, about the only thing we know at this point is they have two halfbacks currently under contract, David Wilson and Michael Cox.
That's not a very settling picture. Wilson, as we already know, is rehabbing from a surgical procedure to his neck he had on Jan. 21. While he's been said to be making rapid progress, head coach Tom Coughlin at last month's scouting combine pumped the brakes on an ESPN report claiming the third-year running back would be ready for training camp.
Cox, meanwhile, only saw 38 snaps on offense last year as a rookie, starting one game due to injuries at that position. In that game, Week 8 against Philadelphia, Cox had 12 snaps, nine of which were rushes for 19 yards.
If new offensive coordinator Ben McAdoo is looking for an experienced running back who can pass protect, chances are that Cox, who now has to learn a new offense from scratch, might not be that guy.
What to do?
The answer is to look at the veteran market, where a player who has experience in pass protection can come right in and be the bell cow.
One name that has been widely believed to be an answer for the Giants if Wilson is not ready for training camp is Houston's Ben Tate.
Tate has played in 40 games and has rushed for 1,992 yards on 421 carries (4.7 avg.) with 10 touchdowns. As a receiver out of the backfield, he has 58 catches (out of 81 targets) for 287 yards.
Those are decent stats, but the stat that really sticks out like a sore thumb is his nine career fumbles as a rusher, four of which came last season.
Ball security issues aside, there are a couple other concerns regarding Tate, a former second-round pick by the Texans in 2010.
First, he has made no secret of the fact that he considers himself an elite running back, per Fox 26 in Houston.
That means he's going to want to be paid like an elite running back, an expectation the Giants are unlikely to be able to fill given their numerous needs and their estimated $18.085 million cap space, which is going to dip once the numbers of linebacker Mark Herzlich's new deal are made known.
While the Giants are in dire need of an experienced running back, I can't see them splurging big bucks on one, not if they think they still have a chance of having Wilson—their first-round draft pick from 2012, whom they probably looked at as a future bell cow—back at some point.
Second, if people are reluctant to see Andre Brown get big bucks based on his injury history alone, does it make sense to throw $3 to $4 million per year at Tate, who has had trouble staying healthy despite his limited snaps as Arian Foster's backup?
If the Giants are going to gamble on a player, I think it makes a lot more sense to do so on another career backup who might just be ready for his spotlight and who might be more cap friendly, such as Minnesota's Toby Gerhart.
Tate is an intriguing player who will probably get his pay day. I'm not convinced it will come from the Giants unless New York is planning to free up a lot more cap space to get him.
Defensive End Arthur Jones
When I began looking at free agency in January, one guy that caught my eye, but who I honestly didn't think would see the open market, was Baltimore Ravens defensive end Arthur Jones.
I never put Jones on any of my lists for two reasons. One, I was convinced defensive Justin Tuck would work out a new deal with the Giants.
Second, I didn't know about Damontre Moore's offseason shoulder surgery, which was recently reported by Conor Orr of The Star-Ledger.
Fast forward to the present. Per NJ.com, Tuck received an offer from the Giants within the last week. However, that offer wasn't enough to lead to signed a contract, which means the Giants defensive co-captain is headed to free agency.
Meanwhile, down in Baltimore, the Ravens haven't locked Jones up to a new deal, which means he's also going to hit the market. And according to Aaron Wilson of The Baltimore Sun, the Giants are interested.
New York Giants have also expressed interest in Arthur Jones, according to a source.— Aaron Wilson (@RavensInsider) March 9, 2014
The sentimentalist in me would like to see the Giants work something out with Tuck so he can finish his career as a Giant.
However, if they're going to spend big money at the defensive end spot—and they might have to as in addition to Moore's recovery from surgery, Jason Pierre-Paul is rehabbing from what amounted to a season-ending shoulder injury for which he declined to have surgery—it makes more sense to go with a guy that can potentially play both inside and outside.
Jones, 6'3", 313 pounds, has a fairly stable injury history, missing games due to a head injury in 2011 and illness last season. When he's been on the field, he's amassed 117 tackles and 8.5 sacks.
Poised for a breakout, Jones could bring some versatility to the Giants for when they go to their 3-4 alignment, as Newsday's Tom Rock notes:
Could be a Chris Canty-type. 3-4 DE to 4-3 DT. RT @RavensInsider: Giants have also expressed interest in Arthur Jones, according to a source— Tom Rock (@TomRock_Newsday) March 9, 2014
Versatility. There's that word again. And that's why a potential investment in Jones makes a lot of sense if they can pull it off.
Cornerback Alterraun Verner
At the start of free agency, there was no question that the Giants would be looking to upgrade their cornerback depth.
They really had no choice. Corey Webster is gone, his contract having been voided.
Terrell Thomas and Trumaine McBride are both unrestricted free agents. While both played well last year, neither is likely the long-term solution as a potential starter opposite of Prince Amukamara.
Thomas, who made it back from three ACL surgeries, including two consecutive ones, has made an attempt to hide his desire to become a starter again, per ESPN.
However, there are still questions about his health. If he had to have practice reps managed all of last year, would he need even more management if he were to take on an expanded role as a starter moving forward? And if so, how would that affect his ability to prepare?
McBride's biggest vice has always been something out of his control: His diminutive stature. While the 5'9" McBride didn't back down against taller receivers, it is a gamble to anoint him as the starting cornerback to play against a league filled with taller, more physical receivers capable of outmuscling him.
Jayron Hosley has had two injury-filled seasons that have stunted his development and Charles James is raw.
Sure, the Giants could look to the draft to address this position—if they don't land a top-flight cornerback in free agency, I could see there being a good case for taking Oklahoma State's Justin Gilbert if he's there at No. 12 (yes, even ahead of tight end Eric Ebron).
Even if Gilbert isn't there, it looks like it's deep class at cornerback this year. However, the lower the pick, the less certainty the player is going to be ready to step into the starting lineup on Day 1.
So that brings us to the Giants' apparent desire to acquire a top-flight cornerback.
According to Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News, the Giants had interest in Green Bay cornerback Sam Shields, who ended up re-signing with the Packers what was reported by ESPN to be a four-year, $39 million deal.
That brings us to Alterraun Verner, an unrestricted free agent most recently with the Titans. Per Pro Football Focus (subscription required), Verner's NFL rating was 55.8, the second-best mark (behind Seattle's Richard Sherman) of NFL cornerbacks who took at least 75 percent of their team's snaps last season.
The problem, of course, is when you can claim to be mentioned in the same sentence as Sherman, Miami's Brent Grimes and Shields, your price tag is going to reflect that, as Vacchiano noted.
Was told he was out of #NYG price range, but... RT @jwyattsports: Add Lions, Steelers, Giants to teams w/interest in CB Alterraun Verner.— Ralph Vacchiano (@RVacchianoNYDN) March 9, 2014
Vacchiano also reported Verner is likely to sign with a new team shortly after free agency officially beings Tuesday. If the Giants aren't in his price range, then I can't imagine they'll be a team he plans to meet with let alone be in the final running.
For now, free agent CB Alterraun Verner is not planning any visits. Source says he'll likely sign shortly after market opens on Tuesday #NYG— Ralph Vacchiano (@RVacchianoNYDN) March 9, 2014
While it would be great for the Giants to pick up a shutdown corner to complement Amukamara such as Verner, given the vast number of needs they have elsewhere, I'm not certain they'll be able to afford a top cornerback unless they're planning to clear more salary cap space.
I believe they might have to wait until the second and/or third wave of free agency to address this position, and if no one is available, then I could see them looking at the draft, again with Gilbert potentially being a target if he's there at No. 12.
Linebacker Jameel McClain
Unlike the majority of the free agents already linked to the Giants, Jameel McClain is free to strike his next contract at any time since he was released by the Ravens last week prior to the start of the legal tampering period.
McClain, whose free agency tour has included Buffalo, the Giants (last Thursday, per The Star-Ledger) and Minnesota (per USA TODAY Sports), apparently is a hot prospect.
The common belief is by adding McClain to the mix, the Giants would be protecting themselves in case they can't strike a deal with middle linebacker Jon Beason, who is headed to the open market.
It's never a good sign when a prospective free agent walks out the door without at least agreeing to terms, which was the case with McClain.
However, per NJ.com, the team has left the door open regarding the 29-year-old McClain, who is doing his due diligence with visits to all these clubs.
While the NJ.com opines that interest in McClain would probably fade if the Giants strike a deal with Beason, given McClain's versatility, he could easily slide over to the strong side, where unrestricted free agent Keith Rivers is not a lock to return.
Tight End Jermichael Finley
It's also no secret the Giants are in need of a tight end to replace Brandon Myers, whose contract was voided.
It's also not surprising one of the first veteran players at that position to draw interest from the Giants is, per Ben Volin of the Boston Globe, Green Bay's Jermichael Finley:
I'm told that TE Jermichael Finley, still not medically cleared, has drawn interest from the Jets, Chiefs, Seahawks, Giants and Steelers— Ben Volin (@BenVolin) March 7, 2014
Assuming the Giants interest is indeed there, I think it's safe to assume nothing is going to be done until Finley, who is rehabbing from neck surgery, is medically cleared.
Assuming Finley is cleared—hopefully he is—he would pose a similar dilemma for the Giants as Wilson in that no one will really know for sure where he is in his recovery until that first big hit.
For that reason, I'm not convinced Finley, who has 2,785 yards on 223 receptions and 20 career touchdowns, would be the answer as a No. 1 tight end, though he might have value as a No. 2 tight end who might potentially be a replacement for unrestricted free agent Bear Pascoe.
The longer it takes for Finley to receive clearance, the more likely the Giants go in another direction at the position.
That direction will most likely be the draft where they could look at Ebron at No. 12 if he's there (and assuming they resolve their cornerback situation).
They could also wait until Day 3 to grab Georgia's Arthur Lynch, a strong blocking tight end.
Patricia Traina is the senior editor for Inside Football. All quotes and information obtained firsthand, unless otherwise noted. Follow me on Twitter, @Patricia_Traina.


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Juventus maintained their 100 percent record with a 1-0 win at Udinese.A Patrick Vieira goal gave Juventus a 1-0 win at Udinese which keeps their 100 percent record intact.
The champions' fine form shows no signs of abating after they sealed a fine success at The Stade Friuli.
Vieira's winner came just before half time and was enough to give Fabio Capello's men victory.
Of the other unbeaten sides in the league, only Lazio lost their record as they succumbed to Milan at The Giuseppe Meazza.
Early strikes from Andrei Shevchenko (12) and Kaka (14) gave The Rossoneri a straightforward success.
Fiorentina remain second after coming from behind to seal a 3-1 win at Lecce.
Alex Pinardi had fired Lecce ahead from the penalty spot on the stroke of half time.
The home side's joy was short-lived as Stefano Fiore levelled just three minutes into the second half.
Former Lecce darling Valeri Bojinov came back to haunt his former employers to give his side the lead (53), before Luca Toni Toni (62) wrapped up the win.
Palermo are up to third and also remain undefeated after Christian Terlizzi's goal after 65 minutes gave them a 1-0 win over Reggina.
Livorno are also without a loss to their name this term after they grabbed a 0-0 draw at Messina.
Internazionale will be pleased with their night's work as they grabbed a hard fought 1-0 success in Verona against Chievo.
Argentine Walter Samuel claimed the winner just minutes into the second half.
Sampdoria's good start to the season continued as Treviso suffered their fourth straight defeat.
Goals either side of the interval from Francesco Flachi (45) and Emiliano Bonazzoli (48) gave Samp their success.
Empoli - who along with Reggina and Treviso, also began the day with three straight defeats - were the only side to end their dismal run courtesy of a 3-1 win over Cagliari at The Carlo Castellani.
Andrea Capone had put the Sardinians ahead, but second half goals from Francesco Tavano (46 & 64) and Sergio Almiron (68) secured Empoli all three points.
Roma are up to seventh after they inflicted a 4-1 drubbing on Parma in the capital.
Captain Francesco Totti (23) put his side ahead and Shabani Nonda (26) soon doubled their lead.
Paolo Cannavaro (30) pulled one back for Parma, but Christian Panucci (34) soon restored Roma's two-goal cushion.
Nonda's second three minutes from time put a real gloss on the scoreline.
Newly-promoted Ascoli are still without a win as they claimed their third draw of the new season.
Erjon Bogdani had given visitors Siena the lead, but Marco Ferrante struck on the hour to give them a share of the spoils.
Ascoli 1-1 Siena
Chievo 0-1 Internazionale
Empoli 3-1 Cagliari
Lecce 1-3 Fiorentina
Messina 0-0 Livorno
Milan 2-0 Lazio
Palermo 1-0 Reggina
Roma 4-1 Parma
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- park;
- an area, often of forested land, maintained as a place of beauty, or for recreation.
- Mill Meadows Park (0.9km)
- Westwood Park (1.1km)
- Friendship Plaza (1.5km)
- Highview Park (1.6km)
- Lake Manor Park (1.7km)
- Green Meadow Park (1.8km)
- Army Trail Nature Center (1.8km)
- Tamera Heights Park (1.9km)
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- Farmwood Park (2.4km)
- Fullerton County Forest Preserve (2.5km)
- Maple Meadows County Forest Preserve (2.5km)
- Nike Park (2.6km)
- Centennial Park (2.7km)
- Oak Meadows County Forest Preserve (3km)
- school;
- building(s) where instruction in one or more branches of knowledge takes place.
- Army Trail Elementary School (0.9km)
- Indian Trail Junior High School (1.1km)
- Wesley Elementary School (1.1km)
- Old Mill School (1.3km)
- Saint Phillip School (1.4km)
- Addison Trail High School (1.5km)
- Lincoln Elementary School (1.5km)
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- Driscoll School (1.6km)
- Stone Elementary School (1.7km)
- Oak School (1.8km)
- Brownie Hill School (2.1km)
- Fullerton Elementary School (2.7km)
- Saint Joseph School (3km)
- Local Feature;
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- Addison Golf Club (0km)
- Dominick's Shopping Center (0.6km)
- Lake Mill Plaza Shopping Center (1km)
- First Baptist Church of Addison (1.3km)
- Green Meadows Shopping Center (1.5km)
- Links and Tees Golf Club (1.6km)
- Farmwood Plaza Shopping Center (2km)
- North Waste Treatment Plant (2km)
- Elmhurst Country Club (historical) (2.3km)
- Centennial Plaza Shopping Center (2.4km)
- Brookwood Country Club (2.9km)
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- Addison Presbyterian Church (0.3km)
- Good Samaritan Methodist Church (0.7km)
- Prince of Peace Lutheran Church (1.1km)
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- Saint Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church (1.6km)
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- Addison Public Library (1.5km)
- Addison Village Hall (1.6km)
- Addison Township Office (1.8km)
- Addison Fire Station Number 1 (1.8km)
- Addison Fire Station Number 2 (2.4km)
- Addison Fire Station Number 3 (2.7km)
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We live across the thousand dunes with grit in our teeth and sand in our homes. No one will come for us. No one will save us. This is our life, diving for remnants of the old world so that we may build what the wind destroys. No one is looking down on us. Those constellations in the night sky? Those are the backs of gods we see.
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New world, not as compelling as Wool
It's value neutral, no time lost and a little bit of a gain.
Sand doesn't stand up to Howie's first series of books (Wool, Shift, Dust). The world building and character development are lacking compared to the riveting Silo world of Wool, which was enjoyable and addictive. You cared about the characters in Wool even if the lines between good folks and bad eggs were a bit simplistic. In this book, more of the same of that but without the same general development and attention to detail. The people and the world of Sand just exist (despite all the action) and are not as compelling.
Slight spoiler as example:
The glaring treatment of Mom as Dystopian prostitute is just hammered home (no pun intended) every time the character was in the scene or beyond. Her children, near and far, do not have an interaction with a friend or stranger without their mom's (survive or perish) profession being thrown in their face as a slut-shaming joke. I mean it, every time. It's lazy, clumsy, and somewhat awkward until it becomes distractingly annoying.
/End spoiler.
While I've never found Howey to be sophisticated in his handling of adult relationships or sex in general, I thought he was better than this.
She did a great job. Howey writes straightforwardly and without flourish (or variety) and Chilton bought the story to life and made it what I think would be a better listen than read. I did listen at 1.25 narration speed but it was not due to the narrator (it worked well at both speeds) but the writing.
I kept thinking of Kevin Costner in Postman and Water World even though the only middle-aged man who is a 'would be' a main character is but a distant memory to the family in Sand. This not a good sign. I'd much rather see Wool as a mini-series!
I'm on the fence about the rest of series, even though the story picked up at the end with some of the most thoughtful writing and the only real moments of intrigue in the book. Like the best of Howey's characters though, I do have hope...
- Étaín
Ugh. Hugh, what happened?
I am normally a big Hugh Howey fan, but what the hay? This was a very interesting story line (as usual) but it felt fragmented and disjointed. I really could have cared less what happened to the main characters. Although Karen Chilton is a fine actress, there were just too many mispronunciations (three when I quit counting) for me to get past. These were not terms or character portrayals, just things a director or audio editor should have caught. What a bust, the two star rankings are only because I think there was potential for both the story line and the acting, but it just didn't cut it.
Something other than scifi/fantasy.
Mispronouncing common terms that had nothing to do with the story line or characters. She just blew it on the read and no one seemed to catch it.
Emptiness...why should I care what happens next?
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Apparently Thomas & Eppy Wood F. had an inf. name John b. 1788, then a John b. 1790 who died at age 5 in 1795. There was only one tombstone in the plot for a child John.I do not seem to have learned ofstill a third John, but it does happen.There are enough years between birth of Robert 1796 and birth of Isobel in 1803 for other children.But if you are sure of Eccles and Yetholm, this couple's children were christened in Fogo except Robert in Bubcle.


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Faisal, I cant figure out why the machine has suddenly stopped reading the dvd boot if as you say the disk is fine. As a workaround perhaps you can try installing from a flash drive.
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I agree. Write the DVD ISO to flash stick using this easy tool with Win7 in dropdown menu: Universal USB Installer – Easy as 1 2 3
Boot the stick under USB, Removable or HD's using the one-time BIOS Boot Menu key.
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But when i put my windows xp cd i get the "press any key to boot" screen. WHen i press any key, a blue screen appears with the error message:
***STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF78D2524,0xC0000034,0x00000000,0x00000000).
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This is a different issue where XP doesn't have and needs the SATA controller drivers on newer hardware.
But if you get the prompt for XP CD then something must be wrong with the Win7 DVD. Confirm ISO integrity and burn another using ImgBurn at 4x speed with Verify. Or write ISO to flash stick as given.
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Faisal, I cant figure out why the machine has suddenly stopped reading the dvd boot if as you say the disk is fine. As a workaround perhaps you can try installing from a flash drive.
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New Delhi, Feb 17: the BJP on Friday attacked the Delhi government after the Centre returned the proposed bill to hike salaries of MLAs and demanded its withdrawal.
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"One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple." – Jack Kerouac
Keeping things short, sweet and to the point has not always been my strong suit. I was the one who always wrote the novel length email or card or essay answer. I was the one who needed extra room to write on the group birthday card.
Recent jobs have cured me of this (almost) in favor of the super effective, and easy to browse through when busy, bullet point version. You may know what I am talking about here, your co-worker writes the dreaded super long email when you are busy, so all you really wanna do is cut them off and ask them to just give the bullet points. What do you really need me to get so I can move along to the next task?
It's not always easy to break it down simply but it can usually be done. The same is true of our non-business related writing. It's not easy to make our prose tight or our poetry lean, but the writing is usually better for the time spent making it cleaner.
This last week on my personal blog post, I accepted a 99 word flash fiction challenge. I knew 99 words (no more, no less) sounded challenging, but after a few tries I realized just how few words that meant. The resulting flash fiction was an interesting first attempt, but the lesson I got from having to cut down my words was a helpful one.
Words, lines and paragraphs began dropping away as I tried to pare down what I had written so that I could get my story within the constraints of the word count limit. It felt much like a puzzle toward the end – what pieces needed to be there and which just didn't fit? What if I were try it this way instead? The result wasn't perfect, but it did finally work, and it read far easier than the original versions. It was cleaner and less bulky.
Keeping it simple will be something I will have to work toward. I have to remind myself that simple doesn't have to mean ordinary or plain. It does mean I need to avoid letting things get unnecessarily overdone.
Do you struggle with making your writing (or your life 😉 ) too complicated? Ever think it may be time to keep it simple? Please feel free to share in the comments. I always love to hear from you.
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