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---- — AMESBURY — A Haverhill man who police said did such a good job impersonating a police officer that a real one was momentarily fooled could spend as much as a year behind bars if convicted.
Robert A. Webb, 42, 70 Presidential Drive, Bradford, was arraigned last Friday a day after his arrest inside the Route 110 McDonald's in Amesbury. He was charged with impersonating a police officer, possession of burglarious tools, a red/blue light violation and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license.
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15. Re: .bashrc backupVikingOSX Jan 30, 2013 11:22 AM in response to Tissot11
Frank's comments are sound. By example, the Sublime Text 2 editor has a menu interface to Git, a revision control system, as a means for document management (and backup).
16. Re: .bashrc backupTissot11 Feb 6, 2013 5:17 AM in response to rccharles
Sorry for delay.
Here are results for the different commands that you suggested to try.
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ls -ale@ .bashrc
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 Naveen staff 3.3K Feb 1 10:28 .bashrc
com.apple.FinderInfo 32B
com.apple.TextEncoding 15B
com.apple.quarantine 23B
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ls -ale@ Documents/Tips\ and\ Tricks/Misc./bashrc_backup.txt
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 Naveen staff 3.3K Feb 3 21:09 Documents/Tips and Tricks/Misc./bashrc_backup.txt
com.apple.FinderInfo 32B
com.apple.TextEncoding 15B
com.apple.quarantine 23B
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ls -aled@ Documents/Tips\ and\ Tricks/Misc.
drwxr-xr-x 5 Naveen staff 170B Feb 1 10:30 Documents/Tips and Tricks/Misc.
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whereis cp
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cp -fv .bashrc bashrc_backup.txt
.bashrc -> bashrc_backup.txt
echo ''copy to folder''
copy to folder
cp -fv .bashrc Documents/Tips\ and\ Tricks/Misc./bashrc_backup.txt
overwrite Documents/Tips and Tricks/Misc./bashrc_backup.txt? (y/n [n]) y
.bashrc -> Documents/Tips and Tricks/Misc./bashrc_backup.txt
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What would you suggest for this behviour?
17. Re: .bashrc backupBobHarris Feb 6, 2013 6:27 AM in response to Tissot11
Based on the permissions shown, the cp -f should have replaced the file without asking any questions.
Instead of "whereis cp", what is
type cp
which will tell us if cp is an alias that maybe includes hidden cp option switches. We would normally expect to see
type cp cp is /bin/cp
Another approach might be to blindly remove the old backup copy, then make a new backup
/bin/rm -f /path/to/your/backup.bashrc /bin/cp -fp $HOME/.bashrc /path/to/your/backup.bashrc
Yet another approach is to create dated copies, but that can also lead to lots of copies, especially since .bashrc is run every time a bash subshell is started :-)
/bin/cp -fp $HOME/.bashrc /path/to/your/backup.bashrc.$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M)
The addition of the -p is to preserve the original file's attributes (permissions, timestamps, etc...).
18. Re: .bashrc backupTissot11 Feb 6, 2013 6:37 AM in response to BobHarris
Indeed cp is alised to cp -i on my Mac by defaults that's why it's asking to replace the file everytime. I tried to type cp command and it gave
type cp
cp is aliased to `cp -i'
In man page on cp it says that in legeacy mode -f option would override the -i option. But this is not appears to be my case. How can I set property for this particular copying so that it doesn't ask me everytime?
19. Re: .bashrc backupFrank Caggiano Feb 6, 2013 7:16 AM in response to Tissot11
just run /bin/cp and you won't need the -f As I wrote cp doesn;t care if the file exists if you have rw permission on it (except of course if you envoke it with -i)
But once again doing the backup of the file this way is wrong and not accomplishing what you think it will.
20. Re: .bashrc backupBobHarris Feb 6, 2013 7:18 AM in response to Tissot11
First thank rrcharles for asking the right questions. He got to the heart of the matter.
as in
/bin/cp -fp $HOME/.bashrc /path/to/your/backup.bashrc
Or put the copy in .bash_profile
One of the reasons for .bash_profile vs .bashrc is scope.
.bash_profile gets invoked once during a new session, and it an idea place to put actions that only need to be done once, such as environment variable setups, copying .bashrc to a backup, checking the state of your environment (if there is anything you need to check), etc...
.bashrc is invoked every time you start a new shell (this includes sub-shells), so it is idea for things that are not inherited, such as aliases, your command prompt if you need it to be dynamic based on where and under what conditions the sub-shell is invoked, establishing in-line shell functions that behave like shell scripts but are executed out of the shell's memory, etc...
So if you did your backup in .bash_profile, and at the end of .bash_profile sourced .bashrc, then your cp alias would not occur until after your cp was completed.
But if your shell initializations are simple, and you rarely create subshells, then having a single .bashrc is fine. Just use /bin/cp for the copy and you should be fine.
Message was edited by: BobHarris
21. Re: .bashrc backupTissot11 Feb 6, 2013 7:44 AM in response to BobHarris
Thanks to both of you for explaining this!
22. Re: .bashrc backuprccharles Feb 6, 2013 11:57 AM in response to BobHarris
I thought the command options overrid the alias options?
I have this function in one of my profiles. Types out all the info that I could think of.
# Define a new command called settings to list various options.
function settings ()
( echo "---------- env"; \
env; \
echo "--------- set"; \
set; \
echo "--------- export"; \
export; \
echo "--------- export -f"; \
export -f; \
echo "--------- alias"; \
alias; \
echo "--------- set -o"; \
set -o; \
echo "--------- shopt"; \
shopt; \
echo "--------- enable -a"; \
enable -a; ) | less
23. Re: .bashrc backupBobHarris Feb 6, 2013 12:08 PM in response to rccharles
I thought the command options overrid the alias options?
man bash
"Aliases allow a string to be substituted for a word when it is used as the first word of a simple command..."
so Tissot11's "cp -fv" turns into "cp -i -fv". It is a simple substition. The shell does not involve itself with command argument processing. It does not know what the argument rules are for a command. It just substitutes the command name with the alias contents, then sees if the newly formed command name is an internal command or a program in PATH. It then passes the arguments on the substituted command line to the program which has the knowledge to interpret the command line options.
Which goes a long way to explaining why Unix commands have such a diverse behavior with respect to options and what they mean, what they look like, etc...
24. Re: .bashrc backuprccharles Feb 6, 2013 2:52 PM in response to BobHarris
I thought the orginal poster was running the cp command from a script.
I get my alias command aa as undefined. Hence, he should have not seen the cp -i
mac $ bash -version
GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (powerpc-apple-darwin8.4.0)
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
mac $ cat new.sh
# debug info
export PS4='+(${BASH_SOURCE}:${LINENO}):'
set -o xtrace
mac $ alias aa
alias aa='ls'
mac $ ./new.sh
./new.sh: line 7: aa: command not found
mac $
The leading backslash skips aliasing
the /bin/ skips function calls, I was just reading. As well as avoiding bath problems.
25. Re: .bashrc backupBobHarris Feb 6, 2013 5:02 PM in response to rccharles
>I thought the orginal poster was running the cp command from a script.
The OP was doing the copy in .bashrc AFTER after issuing the alias command.
So the cp alias was defined in the same environment as it was executed.
26. Re: .bashrc backupFrank Caggiano Feb 6, 2013 6:08 PM in response to BobHarris
Interesting. Its been some time since I mucked with this but Bob's explanation sounded reasonable and then I tested it out.
Seems there is a difference between how sh and bash handle this (now I know that the binary for sh and bash are identical on OS X but the behavior of the shell does change depending on if argv[0] is sh or bash)
If the script starts with /bin/bash no aliases are expanded, it it starts with /bin/sh aliases defined in the script are expanded.
27. Re: .bashrc backuprccharles Feb 7, 2013 11:07 AM in response to Frank Caggiano
Very Interesting. [ Unix ! ]
This make sense actually. It's to give the alias "cp=cp -i" precidence.
man cp
-f For each existing destination pathname, remove it and create a new
file, without prompting for confirmation regardless of its permis-
sions. (The -f option overrides any previous -n option, but not -i
option. See also the legacy section.)
When invoked in legacy mode, both -n, -i options are overridden by the -f
PS. I've have put the copy very near the top of the script. Seems like it would be good coding style to do a rm the copy if you expect to delete something.


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The Arbitration Question: To Offer Or Not?By
The free agent signing period officially starts this Sunday, but free agency won't begin in earnest until later this month when we know which players will force teams to give up a draft pick to sign them. Some are obvious; the Cliff Lees, the Carl Crawfords, the Jayson Werths, those are the ones we don't have to think about. They're going to cost you. But with players like Paul Konerko, Carl Pavano, and Frank Francisco, it's not so obvious. That's why we have to take the wait and see approach.
Quick primer on the rules: If a team offers one of their free agents arbitration and he signs elsewhere, they'll receive two draft picks if he's a Type-A (the signing team's top pick and a sandwich rounder pulled out of the air) or just one if he's a Type-B (the sandwich rounder). Of course the player has to decline that arbitration offer for the team to be entitled to that compensation, which is no longer a given these days. Salaries are coming back down to Earth and teams are shying away from older players, so the chances of these guys accepting arbitration has gone up considerably in recent years. But you knew that already.
The Yankees haven't offered arbitration to any of their free agents in the last two offseasons, and there's really no reason to expect them to alter that practice now. The last compensation pick they received for losing a free agent came way back in 2008, when they gained a supplemental first round pick for losing Luis Vizcaino (they used the pick on Jeremy Bleich). Yeah, it's been a while.
Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, and Andy Pettitte all qualified as Type-A free agents, and we know that it's pretty much Yankees or bust for those three. Since the chances of them signing with another club are tiny, I don't see the point in offering them arbitration. There's nothing to be gained by it, and an offer would put all of the risk on the Yankees. There are worse things in the world than having those three on well, well above-market rate one-year deals, but I don't think that's enough of a reason to assume the risk given the tiny chances of the reward. Perhaps you feel differently.
Javy Vazquez is a no-brainer. He's a Type-B who made $11.5M in 2010, and of course he was awful (-0.2 fWAR) due to stuff that deteriorated as the season progressed. The best course of action is to simply cut ties and walk away. I know the Yanks considered two draft picks to be part of the deal (he was a Type-A once upon a time), but things didn't work out. No sense in trying to force the issue, let Javy walk with no stings attached. That leaves two more decisions to be made…
Lance Berkman
When the Yanks acquired Berkman at the trade deadline, he waved his no-trade clause under the condition that they would not pick up his $15M option for 2011. Usually it's the other way around, the player wants the option picked up in exchange for agreeing to the deal. I guess that means Puma really doesn't want to stick around and plans on exploring the open market this winter.
Under normal circumstances, there's no way you'd offer Berkman arbitration given his bloated salary and declining production (yes, I know he was pretty good with the Yanks, but his .345 season wOBA was the worse of his career), but this isn't a normal situation. Berkman's demonstrated a desire to get out of town by demanding that they decline his rather lucrative option, and unless he's had a change of heart over the last few months, I think they should offer Fat Elvis arbitration and hope he declines.
Yeah, it's very risky given his salary and the team's not infinite payroll, but I think there's enough writing on the wall to risk it. Granted, it's not my money, so what do I know. If Berkman was a Type-A instead of a Type-B, I definitely wouldn't offer because a team is unlikely to give up a high pick to sign him. But since that's not the case, I say go for it. Be bold.
Kerry Wood
Wood earned $10.5M this year, which is a boat load for a reliever, even a closer (which he was at the start of the year). In fact, he was the seventh highest paid relief pitcher in baseball this season, just ahead of B.J. Ryan. Yeah, the Blue Jays are still paying that guy.
Anyway, Wood (a Type-B like Berkman) will probably be able to find a job closing games somewhere, but he's not going to sniff that kind of annual salary again. Remember, he was on the disabled list twice before the trade, and his 26 innings with the Yankees were unfathomable lucky (6.23 BB/9, .235 BABIP, 98.1% strand rate). Considering those three things (improbability of finding that much money on the market, his health track record, and unsustainably good performance), I'd wish Kerry good luck and decline to offer him arbitration. If he accepts and you're stuck with a $11-12M setup man … yikes. The Yanks have money, but that doesn't mean they should spend it stupidly. Sorry Kerry.
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So assuming the Yanks offer arbitration to Berkman and Berkman only, they'll receive one extra draft pick next year if/when he declines. Not much, but it's better than nothing in a stacked draft class, especially when the Yanks are expected to forfeit their first round pick to sign a Type-A free agent of some kind. The deadline to offer arbitration is Nov. 23rd and players then have seven days to accept or decline, so this is going to sneak up before we know it.
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I would offer it to Berkman and Javy. They both don't want to be here. No way Javy wants to be on this team. He wants the NL east.
Javy wants 5M+ way more than he wants the NL East.
Yeah, but that contract he signs with the NL team is guaranteed. The arbitration amount is not.
Isn't ~20% guaranteed if they are cut before opening day?
I'm the exact opposite. I don't offer to Berkman and do offer to Kerry.
I think despite Berkman's insistence that his option not be picked up, he's the one more likely to accept an arb offer because he stands to make less money on the market this winter than Wood does (because he's part of the glut of marginal 1B/DH guys who never make money anymore, and Wood's a closer) and because he probably makes more in arb than Wood does.
Furthermore, if we end up stuck with one of those players thanks to an accepted arb offer, I'd much rather be stuck with the useful Wood than the less useful Berkman.
What happened to Pettitte, Lee and chicken feed? That went out the window in just one post?
Wood for over 10 million would be a terrible scenario in my opinion.
I'm anticipating he turns it down and we're not saddled with him.
If we are, though, he's tradeable.
Not even considering the fact that arbitration further hurts a players value, I doubt Wood will get more in free agency than he would in arbitration. I would anticipate he accepts the arbitration offer.
And I would not consider Wood at over 10 million "tradeable."
no arbitration offers for me, thank you.
I wouldn't offer it to any of the three (Javy, Berkman, Wood). I think any of the three might accept and the cost to the payroll would just be too high for the value they would offer.
offering Javy arbitration would be the dumbest move for quite a while. No way Javy will decline. Hell, for that amount of money he wouldn't care if the Yanks say the only use they have for him is as the new pitching coach XD
Hopefully Wood, Berkman and Javy sign with other teams before November 23rd. Instant picks.
not likely. Other teams aren't stupid. I'm sure they all do their research on thes players and their arbitation status
Type B picks are irrelevant, they cost the signing team nothing.
not quite right.
No, it is right.
Well yeah if you're referring to giving another team an extra pick before your 2nd pick. But they aren't losing a pick for signing a type B
I don't think I'm making my point very clear.
Who's dumb enough to do that, though?
Bavasi's gone. Huntington's gone. Minaya's gone. Riccardi's gone.
Our beloved idiots have left us.
Dayton Moore?
There will never be a shortage of idiots.
There is no penalty for signing a Type B player. Why would a team care if the player has been offered arbitration or not?
The penalty is, you're giving a competitor a free pick that wouldn't exist otherwise.
I'm sure all those other teams would rather not see the Yankees get a free sandwich pick that needn't exist in a smarter scenario.
A player like Berkman or Javy will probably not be signed before Nov. 23rd. But, K. Wood could easily be signed before then.
I haven't seen any indication that teams think this way–they're more concerned about losing their own picks.
Maybe it's a little different if you're talking about other teams actually in the division but other than that I don't think it's a big impact.
'cause they're not in the charity business.
We in the killin' Nazi business.
And Business is a boomin
One more pick on the board before your team gets to go. It's not a big reason, but there is no reason not to wait.
"he waved his no-trade clause under the condition that they would not pick up his $15M option for 2011″
That is like quitting right before you know you are going to get fired. Let us be honest, the Yanks were not going to pick up that 15 million dollar option unless there was literally a gun to Cashman's head.
And no way would I offer Berkman arbitration either. I would not be willing to pay him even close to the amount of money I'm sure he would get in arbitration. He is a definite pass for me.
If he didn't want his Option picked up, does not conventional wisdom state he would not accept arbitration? coupled with the fact of less certainty arbitration entails
huh? Is this Shakespeare?
I'd offer to Berkman and Wood, they both are great baseball players that will get signed, worse thing that could happen is they play another year in pinstripes. Just so NO to Javy.
I'd do Wood too. He will be a closer somewhere next year after his audition with the Yanks. And while he might not get the $10M per year, he'll get a multi year deal and this will probably be worth it for him since he's always one injury away from retirement. I'd bet the Angels give him 2/$16M.
I'd do Wood too
(immature snicker)
*high five*
A girl (or a guy) immaturely snickering at Wood never makes you feel good. Even if you were in the pool.
Poor guy.
I'd do Wood too.
Well played.
i'm curious: what do people think berkman will get as a free agent?
I think he goes back to the Astros for a team friendly deal. Maybe 3/22?
You could be right that he gives up some dollars for a team he wants to play for, like the Astros.
The Astros have Brett Wallace entrenched at 1B, and probably wouldn't take Berkman back unless he was dirt cheap.
He played 3B too, maybe he could make room for Puma.
Chris Johnson's the incumbent at third base. The Astros were more impressed with Johnson this year than Wallace. If Wallace continues to suck, they'll move Carlos Lee to first base. Frankly, I don't see Berkman going back to Houston.
Wallace could start the year at AAA, he played 51 game had 144 ABs and only 2 homeruns, that won't get it done at 1B.
I'm sure the Astros would like to have the face of their franchise back and let their (lack of) talent develop. Puma might have even offered to be traded to help his organization out, getting young talent for him, and all along have a plan to go back. (<–Pure speculation on my part)
IMO, he's going back to Houston, one way or another.
Brett Wallace is a very bad 3B. He was only kept there as long as he was in the minors to try and up his trade value (which didn't really happen once he stopped hitting). I don't think they'd move him back there to sign Berkman.
Obviously the Astros are going to spin off Bourn and put the Big Puma back in CF.
That would be fun to watch, since their product won't put butts in seats, Berkman in CF would! No doubt!
I'll never understand a person wanting to play for the Astros.
When I make the bigs, I want to play for the Pirates!
Getting drafted or signed by the Yankees will make that rather likely.
I guess it is a hometown type of thing. I think he was born and raised in Texas.
He was born, raised, and went to college in Texas (Rice).
2 years for 16-18 million? 3 for 25?
Assumming he is willing to sign for the most money, 1 year $6M with an option at $8 M million.
That is the least possible amount he will get. Not the most.
He's a 35 year old DH coming off a .248/.368/.413 season (career lows across the board) who looks like he can no longer hit lefties at all and is probably confined to the AL. He's in the Pat Burrell zone.
1/6M isn't the lowest he'd get; 1/3M is probably the lowest he'd get. And nobody's giving him 2/16-18M or 3/25M, that's ridiculous. That's Granderson/Swisher money.
I could be a little high. I think one for 6 seems a little low though. Time will tell.
This is important. If Berkman (or Wood/Vazquez) think they can get this deal (2 or three years at $8-10M) on the market, then I think you offer the player arb and hope he stupidly declines. Thus, you get the picks, whether or not the player come close to getting his deal.
It's not just what the player is actually worth and what the team thinks he is worth, but also what the player thinks he is worth.
This is one of the reasons I wish the Yankees had offered Abreu arbitration. Cashman correctly predicted the FA market (that the DH/OF would get little money), but Abreu did not. It always sounded like Abreu thought he'd find the 3 year $30-45 million deal until well into the offseason and thus probably would have rejected arb and let the Yankees get the picks.
Your strategy is fine, just not the one I would go with. I would look at it strictly in terms of how much I value the player. If I don't think he is worth the 15 million (berkman) or 11 million (wood) that they will probably get in arbitration, I would not offer arbitration. You can re sign them for better deals on the open market. It does not seem smart to offer to overpay someone pretty considerably just because you think he may turn it down and get a draft pick out of it.
I don't think a 35 year old, unathletic, average fielding 1B/DH, coming off the worst year of his career (that featured a massive platoon split) will do well on the market. I think he gets a deal similar to Vlad.
This may be a stupid question, but can a team offer arbitration after the FA has signed? It seems obvious that it's a no, but considering a FA can sign before the deadline, I was curious if the previous team could grandfather in the arbitration offer somehow.
If a player signs before the arbitration deadline, the team automatically gets the draft picks.
If Berkman made the trade contingent on the Yanks declining the option, I would think it was also contingent on not offering arbitration or at least that would have been the logical implication. Berkman: "I'll come for the rest of this season, but then I want to be free to go where I want." I suspect back to Houston. The bottom line is the Yankees had to acknowledge and agree they understood he didn't want to play another full season in NYC for even something in the neighborhood of $15M.
All the more reason to offer arbitration. If he didn't want to play for 15M, he def won't play for less.
Berkman said he wanted to be free to choose where he plays. He may still be willing to play in New York, he just didn't want to be forced to play there if the Yankees picked up his option.
Also, if he were to accept arb his salary would increase from the $14.5M he made last year. With his $2M buyout, Berkman could make $18M if the Yankees offered and he accepted arb.
Well played Thomas, well played!
But, do you really think the arbitrators would reward 14M to him based on the large dip in the production. Don't they judge the production when the deal was signed and compare his production against like players and assign a fair value, no less than 60-75% of the previous contract?
I agree not offering arb if it's almost a lock the arbitrators reward 100% of the last years salary.
No arbiter has ever rewarded a player less than his previous year's contract (if FA and under 6 years of service time arbitration). I highly doubt they start now with Lance Berkman.
I did not know that, I learned something today. I always thought that, dogs laid eggs.
The more you know!!!
I'm saying that by agreeing to not pick up his option I feel they either literally or implicitly also agreed not to offer arbitration. It would be quite disingenuous of the Yanks to play it like, "Ohhhhh, you said you didn't want to play another year here on the $15M OPTION, we didn't realize that meant you also didn't want to play another year here after a $15M arbitration award. Sorry, our bad."
I'm pretty sure I remember reading that it was the Astros who insisted the Yankees not pick up Berkman's option. Not sure why that would be though.
Houston traded him because they told Berkman they weren't picking up his option for 2011 in the first place. If anyone requested the option not be picked up, it was Berkman, not Houston. But Berkman may have misread his value not only to Houston but any other NL teams at all. The danger of there not being a real market for his services makes it too dangerous to offer Berkman arbitration.
"The danger of there not being a real market for his services makes it too dangerous to offer Berkman arbitration."
But it's only dangerous if Berkman decides within a one week period in November that there's no real market for him. He doesn't get to wait until February to gauge the market, he has to make his decision in a short window of time relatively early in the free agency period.
This won't surprise anyone, considering my annual rants about arbitration decisions, but I agree with Mike on this one. I totally understand not offering arb to Berkman – it's definitely a risky move – but I think I'd go for it. I just don't think taking money to come back to NY as a part-time player or DH (or part-time DH) is something he's interested in, even though it means a bigger payday for him.
Fun Fact: Raul Mondesi has never been offered veteran salary arbitration.
Mr. Mondesi, weren't you voted out yesterday?
No, smart-guy, but you do make a good point… I have updated my handle appropriately.
To me, the simple answer is "Yes" to everyone. Contracts that players get through arbitration are not guaranteed. Players want the financial security that comes with a guaranteed deal; most will not accept arbitration for this reason.
Rafael Soriano and Rafael Betancourt say hello.
Gaudin was eligible for arbitration and they agreed on 2.95m non-guaranteed contract, the Yankees cut him and owed him 25%, which was 737k.
So if Wood accepts arbitration, wins 10m, gets cut and clears waivers- he walks away with 2.5m and the freedom to sign another contract.
I'd do the opposite. I'd offer Wood arbitration because he wants to close. If he can get a two-year deal at $8 million per to be a closer, I think he takes that compared to a one-year deal on the Yankees to be a set-up man at $11 million or so.
Berkman? Maybe he's a genius. He tells the Yankees to not pick up his option to trick them into offering arbitration. He won't get more than $3 or $4 million on a one year deal on the open markeet. He'll get $15 million from arbitration. No way he turns that much money down.
Yes on Woods. No on Berkman.
Is that really a smart risk though? Getting an extra pick is nice, but not something that is irreplaceable. The Yanks can sign an extra international prospect if they want. Or decide to pick one of those big signing bonus players rather than a slot pick. I just don't think gaining that extra pick is worth having Wood for 11 million dollars.
In short, I think this extra draft pick is being overvalued.
I just don't think gaining that extra pick is worth having Wood for 11 million dollars.
But you're not getting an extra pick for having Wood for 11M, you're getting an extra pick for the potential risk of having Wood for 11M.
It's all about judging that risk and it's likelihood. If you think the risk is low enough, you do it.
Right. That is what I meant. Lazy wording on my part. I just don't think that extra pick is worth the risk of vastly overpaying these guys.
And my prediction is that no one gets offered.
I would love to get picks though.
Run this by me again. What's the rationale for NOT offering Jeter/Rivera arbitration? Normally you don't offer because you're afraid they'd accept. Wouldn't the Yankees be delighted if they accepted? What am I missing here?
A one year deal for Jeter would be just right. Let him get 3000 in pinstripes, and re-evaluate in 12 months. No way Jeter accepts arb. With Mo, it is dicier. He may end up more in arbitration, and he may just want a one year deal anyway.
I understand we can't have everything when it comes to FA's, but it is getting a bit annoying to watch the Red Sox collect 4-6 draft picks each year while we give ours away.


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Manchester welcomes new town clerkBy Patrick McArdle
Staff Writer | June 19,2014Patrick McArdle/Staff Photo
Anita Sheldon, who had been assistant town clerk in Manchester, was named town clerk on Monday by the Select Board. Sheldon is succeeding Linda Spence, who died June 7, and who hired and trained Sheldon.MANCHESTER Anita Sheldon, who had been assistant town clerk under the late Linda Spence, has been appointed to serve as town clerk until next year, when she plans to run for the office.
Sheldon, 27, who is from Manchester, has been assistant town clerk since September 2009.
She was hired and trained by Spence, 59, who died June 7 after almost 18 years as town clerk.
Town Manager John OKeefe said the Select Board had a special meeting Monday to appoint a new clerk. The vote was unanimous.
Selectman Wayne Bell, board vice chairman, said the members were proud to appoint Sheldon to the position.
Shes great. Shes really done a nice job in transition so far, he said. Were very pleased that we had her at a time when we could have literally been upside down (after Spences death.)
Spences term of office would have expired in March 2015. Sheldon said she plans to run for the next three-year term after serving out the current term.
Sheldon said she wished she had become town clerk under different circumstances, but said the succession came up when she interviewed for the assistant job five years ago.
I had no idea what the job entailed and even writing a job description now to try to get an assistant in here, its like, Wow! Im glad I didnt know to begin with, Sheldon said.
Sheldon said she couldnt have had a better teacher and mentor than Spence.
It was a great environment. Linda made coming to work fun, Sheldon said. We obviously had our days where we couldnt talk because it was so busy. She made it like a second home.
The town clerks post is an important one in Vermont. Among the duties are keeping municipal land records, vital records such as birth and death certificates. issuing dog and hunting licenses, renewing vehicle registrations, registering voters and running elections and providing general assistance to members of the public.
During her five years as an assistant, Sheldon said, shes come to enjoy the constant contact with people who visit the office.
Theres challenges that you face on a daily basis, she said. Answering the phone, you never know what to expect. You have to expect the unexpected.
Sheldon said she will continue her education and training, working with the Vermont Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Association, the New England Association of City and Town Clerks and the International Institute of Municipal Clerks.
She plans to become a certified Vermont clerk, which involves a three-year program she expects to start in July 2015, and hopes to go on to earn a master municipal clerk designation.
One of the challenges of the job, and one of the things that makes it attractive, is that there is always more to learn to keep up with the changes in state law, Sheldon said.
Sheldon said Wednesday she was grateful for the outpouring of support from Manchester residents, other town employees and members of the clerk association who are all working to get through the grieving process and continue with the business of the clerks office.
Hours at the office will be 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, which Sheldon said will be in line with the hours town hall is open.
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• 150 points is major accomplishment in college basketball. It means even more against a powerhouse like Kentucky. The Jayhawks dropped 80 points in the first half and went on to put another 70 points to set the school record for most points in a game. The final score: Kansas 150 Kentucky 95.
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SlowLearner says:
What's up with these blasted junkies, always kitted out with some poor bloody dog, with their hanging around cashpoints pan-handling? I mean, do they seriously expect someone to just peel off a £20 and say, "Here you go mate!" ???Can't walk out of a supermarket and turn immediately left or right, you've got to go out into the street first or you'll trip over the buggers, because they're always just around the doorways. I mean ffs... they're either professional beggars or junkies, all they'll do is buy drugs with the money. WTF is going on here? There's not a city or town in the country where you can get away from the bastards.
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Beelady says:
and, as you say, it was not very welcome. That's when I made up my mind that I'd spend my money on their dogs instead.
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MarcusMarsh says:
I had one approach me a week or so ago at Schiphol airport! The routine started off with the same old shpiel.... 'Mate, I'm not taking the piss but.......' Couldn't believe it.
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WTH were they after, a plane ticket? Got hassled at the ports and train station over there back in the day, but thought the airport was safe enough. What ticked me off about those particular pan-handlers, is they aggressively thought I was under some obligation to get my wallet out, on account of all the effort they'd put into telling me some yarn about how they needed money.
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brutale r says:
was at tescos saffron walden 2005
begger out side the store pestering old ladies for change and even getting a good few bob
manager called the cops and they made them empty his pocketts he had about 60 pounds in change ... asked him how much was his he said 10pounds so the manager put the rest of the 50 in 3 charity bins
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Sign said need cash for hot drink / food, so bought the guy a coffee from Starbucks about a month ago, worth the £2 for the look on his face.
saw one in San Francisico last year, sign said need cash for booze. at least he was honest
He was begging for money claiming that he was an ex-serviceman down on his luck trying to get enough dosh together for a hostel.
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|October 7th, 2008, 03:50 AM
Real jeeps are built...
help quad runs like crap!
I have a 99 kawaski praire 2wd 400 quad...
I use it very little, only for yard work and stuff
for the past couple years it would run great for about 10-15 min and then when it got warm it would just spit and sputter and backfire...and usually die, even when feathering the throttle or having it wide open...wait a couple minutes and it would run again for 4-5 minand then do it again
now it wont even run for 2 min...
carbs are cleaned and look good, i did find a bad plug wire end...repaired the plug wire and replaced the end (wire a little shorter now)
and there is no change....
I dont want to take this to a dealer, any ideas?
I am thinking the bad wire caused the coil to get weak and it breaks down when it gets hot???
any other ideas? am I way off my thinking?
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first off i would do a compression check.... if it is lower after it warms up you may have gummed up rings or even bad rings you can use some marvel mystry oil in the cylender and let it soak or some wd 40...dunno if this will help you or not just my 2 cents
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stupid question but is the choke stuck hey ive seen dumber things. you can use one of those fancy spark testers. if i had to guess other than carbs(choke) id say stator
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|October 16th, 2008, 12:45 AM
Real jeeps are built...
i use this alot in the fall...so i am babying it and it seems to run ok if i dont try and run it hard....if i just putt around under half throttle it seems to stay running...i try and run it hard and after a few minutes it spits and backfires and falls on its face, but not right away???
when i get the money i am taking it to a kawaski dealer
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Does it pop through the carb when in cuts out or through the exhaust. It could be a air leak causing it to run lean, Try spraying around the carb and carb boot with carb clean and see if the idle changes.
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In this video tutorial from Andy Brown of The Foundry, we look at techniques for creating an architectural model in MODO from a given set of dimensions that is suitable for architectural visualization.
Our subject for the modeling exercise is a classic building; part of the Eames house situated in Los Angeles. It's an incredible and important piece of design and the perfect subject for this tutorial as it allows us to tackle many different aspects of arch viz modeling, from creating a building's skeleton right on through to interior and exterior detailing. It's also a straightforward building with a very accessible design, which makes it the perfect subject for methodically gaining insight into using MODO for this kind of 3D modeling.
Extruding Interior Walls
Modeling Spiral Staircase
This video tutorial was developed for MODO 302. Users of later versions of MODO will find the tutorial useful, but will have to adapt some instructions to new techniques found in more recent versions of MODO.
Special thanks to architect and teacher Adam Elstein for his help whilst researching this tutorial.
Architectural Modeling Video Tutorial
3 video segments covering these topics: Direct use of floor plans as texture maps. Accurate modeling of walls, floors, ceilings, stairs, doors, windows, tension cables, joists and roof. Grid snapping. Advanced Drawing style. Pen tool. Boolean operations. Absolute scaling. Drag Snapping. Gaining modeling efficiency through macros accessed via a pie menu. Modeling in place (with correct alignment) via the workplane. Total running time: 1 hour 33 minutes
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In this second video we develop the upper and lower floors of the building. We use a fixed grid to trace out the walls from provided floor plans, and we use a combination of Absolute Scale and Drag Snapping to accurately create, position and open doors. We then use Booleans to create a stairwell, and at all times we take great care to ensure that everything is correctly aligned and scaled so that the upper floor blends seamlessly into the lower; breaking up the internal space of the building.
In the third video we complete the house by concentrating on the window openings, which are a fundamental element in both the interior and exterior of the building. One of the signatures of this house is the way the exterior of the building is segmented to form an elaborate grid pattern — which means that most of the window panels are slightly different. To create them we not only make use of the workplane, snapping and Absolute Scale, and we also utilize macro recording to allow us to create the window panels both quickly and accurately. The video shows you how to make your macros accessible via a pie menu.
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TTAHW....I am rereading this book, i found this on page 155 pb.
"The spirit recovers faster if the humors rest undisterbed, You see, there are four humors and three spirits."
i founf the 4 humors, but whatare the 3 spirits? is it saying the doc believed the body has 3 spirits?
Humour and Temperament
The four humours are perceived within the blood using each of the four Elements in turn.
As shown in Figure 1:
The melancholic humour (Gk. melanchole = black bile) corresponds to Earth
the phlegmatic humour (Gk. phlegma = phlegm) corresponds to Water
the choleric humour (Gk. chole = bile) corresponds to Fire
the sanguine humour (L. sanguineous = bloody) corresponds to Air.
Each humour has its own temperament in terms of hot, cold, wet and dry, and is traditionally ruled by different Planets, according to their sympathetic natures. For example, Jupiter is associated with the hot and moist, muggy atmosphere before a thunderstorm, so therefore rules the hot and moist sanguine humour. As already discussed, scientific medicine, in following a chemical definition of an element as a unit of material composition, has lost all sight of what is described by these powerful symbols.
Would the 3 spirits be father, son and holy ghost? Or spirits past, present, and future?


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Inside NBC12′s Inauguration Coverage
We are back in Richmond after three and a half very cold days in the Nation's Capital. We met and featured many local people from Central Virginia during our coverage. I thought you'd like to see some of the behind the scenes stuff that never made it on to TV.
This was our first brush with a crowd on Sunday. We are on our way up the escalator of the Smithsonian exit of the D.C. Metro. Rarely were there any exits or entrances to metro stations that weren't packed. That is our Field Manager Matthew Harris who played an important role in making sure we filed all of our stories and got to our live shots on time.
To see more behind the scenes pictures click here.
One Live Shot To Go
Sorry for the lack of posts today. I have had limted access to my laptop and my NBC12 TV stories took up all of my time. It has been a hectic and crazy day.
Sabrina Squire and I will be live tonight at 11. Tomorrow after I get back to RVA. I'll get some photos up and give you a behind the scenes look at our coverage.
Cold Morning in DC
Good morning from the Nation's Capital on Inauguration Day 2009. We are slowly getting prepared to make the trek into the city. We found a driver with credentials who promises to be able to get us right where we need to go, so we can avoid the Metro.
Let's hope that works out.
It will be my job today to navigate the massive crowd to find people from Richmond and get their story. We have already been reporting live this morning. Sabrina and I will begin our live reports in the 5pm newscast and we will be live on the mall right through 11.
I will probably have limited access to the laptop today, so keep tabs on our first hand account by following my twitter page and the new NBC12 twitter page.
To see our coverage from Monday night click here.
On the Mall..The Night Before
I'm the shadow.. pretty cool.
It is the day before Inauguration day and I have got the chance to meet up with some nice people from Richmond. Here are some pictures from some of the things I have seen today.
Here is where our live truck is located. We are at the corner of 7th and Madison. (If you are coming to DC come on by).
I took the picture, with the port-a-johns in the frame on purpose. I have never seen so many portable toilets in my life. They are literally every ten feet. So feel free to have that coffee before you make the trip up.
Traffic has picked up quite a bit in the area by the mall. Here is a look at one of the many intersections near the mall. It is a confluence of big trucks, big buses and tourists trying to figure out where to go.
Keep in mind that it is busy today, but those personal cars you see won't be here tomorrow. However there will be way more people making their way on to the mall. Although, I am not sure about the rickshaws.
Sabrina is live at 5, 5:30 at 6. I will have reports at 5 and 5:30pm.
Inauguration Day One Wrap
Day One of our live Inauguration coverage is in the books. Our morning crew gets day two started with their reports early tomorrow morning at 5. Aaron Gilchrist will lead our coverage during the morning show and at noon.
Sabrina Squire, who worked very hard today, to get the flavor of the event, will be anchoring live starting at 4pm. I will join her with reports during the early evening and late night newscasts.
Don't forget to stay up to date, by following our special NBC12 Inauguration page and by following me and NBC12 on twitter.
Click here to see my Sunday night report and check back often on Monday. Read the rest of this entry »
Inauguration Sunday
We are still two days away from the Inauguration and Washington, D.C. is already very busy. We have been to many of the important spots in the City and have already reported live.
Click here to see some of the things we have already taken in and what you can expect if you are making the trip up here. Read the rest of this entry »
Off to D.C.
It is 7:45am (which for someone who works nights, my as well be 2:30am) and I am getting set to shuffle off to Washington, D.C. to begin our coverage of the Inauguration.
I will be live tonight on NBC12 at 6 and 11 from the Nation's Capital.
My goal is to keep you updated on the happenings in D.C. as best I can. I will let you know what I see and what to look out for if you are headed that way. (I will also have regular updates on my twitter page as well.)
*IF YOU WILL BE THERE FOR INAUGURATION and wouldn't mind sharing your story on television. E-mail me your contact information at email@example.com and I will try and catch up with you.
Check back often. I'll have an update later this morning on what the traffic is like.


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Welcome to the website of the Hawaii State Student Council, the official representation of Hawaii's 178,000 public school students. The council is comprised of members spanning the several islands of the state who meet monthly to discuss students concerns and action to remedy the present and future issues of education and student life.
Engage with us. HSSC gains its strength from the present network of student councils (state, districts, and schools); however, we would like to expand upon the status quo. We want to establish a network that comprises every student in the state. Hawaii students can accomplish this ambitious goal by taking part in student government and staying informed on the issues. Our website offers students information on the council's activities, education updates, and statewide resources. The website further facilitates our desire to hear from our peers, so give us an email–tell us what you think or join our Facebook group and subscribe to our "Tweets." Developing this network is key to growing in our capacity to initiate change in our schools and communities. We are the voice of the students of Hawaii.


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Karnataka Bank is giving opportunities for those candidates who have passionate to build our career in banking sector. Karnataka bank held the selection procedure for clerk's & Officer Scale I vacancies. Please follow the instructions carefully before apply for recruitment of clerks & Officers Scale -I in Karnataka Bank. To know the eligibility criteria, number of vacancies, age limitation and other information go through the following brief headings. The complete detail about the recruitment can be found on the notification and advertisement given by the Bank.
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For the position of Officers (Scale I): Applicants must possess the post graduation degree in any stream "OR" graduation in Agricultural Science "OR" Law "OR" Engineering. The age of applicants will be not more than thirty (30) year as on 1st February, 2013.
For the post of Clerks: Competitors should have graduation in any discipline with knowledge of computer literate and able to speak, write and read English & Hindi language. The maximum age of candidates will be of twenty eight (28) years as on 1st Feb, 2013 i.e. applicants born after "OR" on 31st Jan, 1985 will be eligible to apply. We are suggesting to applicants for go through in official notification given below under the title of reference to know more about recruitment 2013.
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Vice President Joseph R. Biden presided over a cheerful swearing-in ceremony in the Senate chamber, where spectators in a full gallery peered down from above and applauded.
In multiple blocs, the senators — 13 of them for the first time — filed to the front of the chamber and raised their right hands to take the oath of office from Mr. Biden.
The smiling vice president congratulated each of them before they signed the Senate Oath Book.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, called the meeting to order and asked for the first quorum call of the 113th Congress.
Mr. Reid said there may be one roll call vote later in the day, but added, "I hope that's not the case." He then asked people in the rustling chamber and galleries to be quiet, joking all the noise was coming "from the Democrat side."
Sen. Patrick Leahy, Vermont Democrat, repeatedly asked the chamber to be in order.
Minutes prior to the swearing-in ceremony, Sen. Mark Kirk made a dramatic return to the Capitol after suffering a stroke almost a year ago. The Illinois Republican, assisted by Mr. Biden and Sen. Joe Manchin III, West Virginia Democrat, slowly climbed the 45 steps outside the building leading to the second-floor Senate chamber. His fellow senators gathered to cheer him on, erupting in applause when he began and finished his climb.


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A small, cliff-side property just outside the gates of the Pacifica San Juan community is OK to build on, the City Council decided narrowly Tuesday night after listening to more than an hour of neighbors airing their objections.
While having the home in that location is not ideal, the council members lamented, the majority of them feared they might subject taxpayers to another land development lawsuit if they blocked the property owner from building on it.
"We cannot, as a matter of law, tell the applicant that he cannot build anything," Councilman Derek Reeve said. "This is almost identical to the case. … I have a responsibility to about 35,000 taxpayers in this city, and I cannot put them in that position again."
The .60-acre property along the west side of Avenida California will be rezoned so that a Ladera Ranch resident may build a house there, although it may not be the "dream home" he once envisioned.
will have to seek approval from San Juan's Design Review Committee as far as the architecture, lighting and landscaping are concerned. As currently planned, the home would be 4,096 square feet, two stories tall, with a basement and very modern in design. "We don't want it to stick out like a sore thumb and devalue nearby properties," said San Juan's development director, Grant Taylor.
"It's going to be a lose-lose—for the neighboring community and Mr. Darmal, who would probably only be happy if he got exactly what he drew up," Councilwoman Laura Freese said of the council's decision. She, along with Larry Kramer, cast dissenting votes.
"I don't think it complies with all of the elements of the rezone," Kramer said. "I agree with the Planning Commission … this is almost like a house in the woods—it's surrounded by all of this [wild shrub]."
The , because it felt the home was not compatible with those in the Pacifica San Juan neighborhood. It's likely that the Darmal residence, because of the oddly shaped, sloping lot, will have setbacks of only 10 feet from the front and 5 feet from the rear; the other homes have 20-foot setbacks.
, including safety issues with increased car trips on the windy, unpopulated Avenida California; the house blocking sweeping ocean vistas and breaking up the continuity of open space outside of the Pacifica San Juan gates; and the fact that developers billed the property as open space that would never be developed.
But Mayor Sam Allevato and Reeve were adamant that they had no choice but to approve the rezone. "We do have to protect the property rights of the individual, no matter how many people are opposed to it," Allevato said, adding that the city attorney, deputy city attorney and the applicant's legal counsels offered evidence proving its a legally buildable lot.
According to Taylor, Darmal, a Newport Beach-based doctor, purchased the tax-defaulted lot for $5,000 three years ago. Taylor said city planners were surprised to learn that the lot even existed, as it never showed up on any of their parcel maps.
In approving the rezone, the City Council also incorporated the Darmal property into the planning documents that guide development standards for Pacifica San Juan. Although the Darmal lot was previously zoned planned community, it was never included in those blueprints.


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In a fan blog of the top 10 salaries on this site, Tubby's salary is listed at $630,000 per year and the highest salaried employee at the University.
I just read on the net that the normal salary for a top basketball coach with NCAA tournament experience is in the $1.5 to $2 million range. Tubby's replacement at Kentucky is around the $1.5 million range I believe.
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Pianist Ilya Yakushev, a fresh and exciting new presence in the piano world, will perform at 7:30 p.m. March 5 at the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts as part of the 2012-13 concert series sponsored by the Fairfield Concert Association.
Last season, Yakushev received critical acclaim and international attention through his European tour, with solo recitals in Berlin, Vienna and Dusseldorf. He also toured Southeast Asia, performing in Singapore and Malaysia. He is making a return visit to the Midwest after a highly successful tour in the 2008-09 season.
This time Yakushev is carrying a video presentation (which will appear on a screen) of the paintings which inspired Musssorgsky to compose his Pictures At An Exhibition.
Admission is by membership only. Members of the reciprocating associations of Centerville, Ottumwa, Washington and Keokuk should bring their membership cards. For additional information, call 641-472-4347.


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EA talks up Tiger Woods PGA Tour on PS4, new social features and more realistic
- Posted March 14th, 2013 at 05:20 EDT by Steven Williamson
Electronic Arts has confirmed that Tiger Woods PGA Tour on PS4 will feature more social functionality, better physics and will "push graphically the game in new areas".
Speaking with Digital Spy, Executive producer Brent Nielsen spoke about how the processing power and enhanced memory of Sony's new console will enable it to integrate more features.
"One of the big things we'll be able to continue to push - in addition to graphics and physics as we'll have more memory, more processing power and things we can do to make it more realistic - is really push the social aspect of it," he explained.
"It looks like they'll be giving us tools to be able to do that, so things like the chats, the Connected Tournaments and the arcs [seen in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14], just continuing to try and push people, because golf by nature is a social sport."
Nielson also mentioned that EA is looking into how the touchpad of the new controller could be used in the game, though didn't go into specifics.
The latest game in the series, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 launches on March 26th and includes 20 championship courses, the option to tackle historic courses and the ability to compete in a new LPGA stars career mode for the first time.
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Flight Sim Tips – If you're looking for starting tips for the new flight simulator in Google Earth, check out my flight sim basic tips post. Also, at the bottom of the HUD guide post, there is a note about an advanced tip describing how to find the configuration files for the GE flight simulator, and several comments on how to modify them. Google says you can always re-install GE to get the config files back to default. Also, you can use "CTRL-ALT-SHIFT-R" to reload the aircraft and planet config files on the fly.
Clouds and Weather – James Stafford has posted GE time animations showing global cloud patterns back to May of 2006 all in a handy Google Earth cloud animation file (note: each month is >16 Mbytes). You can also watch a video showing all the clouds in 15 months in about 40 seconds. Meanwhile, GuiWeather has announced they have enhanced their buoy and ship observations weather file. They have a fast growing list of great weather files for GE here.
KML 2.2 – Google has posted some details about KML 2.2 with lots of links to new documentation. One big point I haven't mentioned before is that KML 2.2 offers some new tags allowing you to create custom description bubbles for your KML in a much better way than before. Google has added better documentation on the new tags. They also indicate that KML 2.2 will be leaving beta soon and are asking for input from developers.
Google Solar Panels – Google has graced the Googleplex (their headquarters) with solar panels. Their solar web site includes some aerial photos of the new installation. Valery35 has used the new GE 4.2 to create photo overlays so you can see the photos in GE . If you turn on the 3D Buildings layer, you can also see the solar panels on the Googleplex in 3D.
Pollution – Google recently posted about some new environmental content various organizations have created with Google's mapping products. For Google Earth, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation has made an excellent GE visualization of pollution data for North America . And, 'tegandrew' at the GEC has posted a similar visualization for pollution in Australia .
News Roundup: Flight Sim Tips, Clouds and Weather, KML 2.2, Google Solar Panels, Pollution
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