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There is much conversation about Humble Bundles, Steam sales and the like, with the idea that the path to riches is often to lower the price in order to improve the volume of sales. It's a great idea, and pricing has become very consumer friendly in the PC space in the past few years.
But this post does a great job of explaining the other side of the coin, and the value that can be found in pricing your game slightly higher than people expect. It sends a message, and a higher price may actually be more attractive to consumers who buy and play games in certain niches.
Pricing is incredibly complex, and this blog post does a great job of talking about the options available to people working on many different kinds of games. Less expensive isn't always better.


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Algeria came from behind to draw with Russia and reach the last 16 of a World Cup for the first time.
Ex-England boss Fabio Capello saw his Russia side take an early lead when an unmarked Aleksandr Kokorin headed in from Dmitri Kombarov's left-wing cross.
But Algeria grabbed an equaliser in the second half as Islam Slimani converted from Yacine Brahimi's free-kick.
Russia could not score a winning goal as Algeria held on to secure a tie with Germany in the second round on Monday.
Capello was furious that his team were not awarded a penalty.
"Look, I'm disappointed," said Capello. "I don't like to speak about referees, but every time they're against Russia.
"We should have had a penalty. I don't understand why all the referees are against us."
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Firefighters were out at the Georgia Ports all day Sunday, monitoring hot spots and beginning their investigation of the massive fire that destroyed half of the 200,000 square foot building at Ocean Terminal.
Luckily no one was injured, and the fire didn't spread to any of the other buildings in the area, including a construction site that's nearby. The site manager says workers were out there when the fire started. They left, right before the smoke began billowing into the sky.
"I evacuated the men here before they even evacuated here, due to the extent, and amount of damage the fire was," said Classic Concrete manager, Jeremy Willis.
It started around 11 Saturday morning, and tore through half of the building. A thick dark plume of smoke filled the sky, visible for hours, and for miles.
"It was just this huge fire," said Thirkield Walker. "Just flames shooting everything."
Nearly half of the more than 5,000 tons of bulk rubber that was store in the building, burned. The good thing, no one was injured, including all of the men working at the nearby construction site.
"Luckily we were up wind from it all day," said Willis. "The smoke went the other direction, and if there were any flying embers or burning embers or something, it all went the other direction."
They're building a new housing complex for SCAD. Jeremy Willis says, if the fire would have reached over to their site, the damage could have cost a lot of money.
"Let's just say we're lucky that that didn't happen," said Willies.
The investigation of that mammoth fire continues, and fire investigators say they'll be out at the ports for the next couple of days.
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Whether you're walking or driving, Howard County brings the holiday cheer with its annual Symphony of Lights.
The Symphony of Lights displays 70 larger-than-life animated and stationary light creations.
The display is a long-standing community tradition in Columbia and a must-see for many families across the Baltimore area.
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text: 1984 was the year for Van Halen to release such a magnificent collection of recordings. This entire album is full of hits from Hot For The Teacher, and Panama, Jump, I'll Wait. If you really love Van Halen then this warner Remasters series would soothe you by all means. Their is a really cool jam titled Drop Dead Legs which I just think is the coolest guitar song from my point of view including a great guitar solo from the great Edward Van Halen. Alex Van Halen plays a great drum intro on Hot For The Teacher, and Michael Anthony lays a great bass rythem including backing vocals very good for such a great band. I think Van Halen was the best with the vocals with David Lee Roth would truely made VAN HALEN be themselves in many ways. Without David Lee Roth their would be no 1984!!!!Now dont get mad about that because everyone knows Edward Van Halen is the most known and I know he is the best member. Anyways im going to stop rambling and just say this is really a great album no matter what the reviews say this album 1984 is the best!!!!


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Hey everyone - new to the forum (and climbing) and was hoping to get some advice from some of you. I live in NY and aside from a good amount of backpacking/camping experience (much in winter) I've taken a 3-day intro to mountaineering course on Mt. Washington, 2-day intro ice cimbing course, Presidential Traverse (winter), and I've done 3 14ers out in CO (summer, though). Of course, I'm reading Freedom of the Hills and everything else I can find. Basically, this winter/next year I'd like to take things up a notch with a more comprehensive program and do 1 or 2 shorter glaciated peak climbs w/guides. I'm 25, getting into this a little late obviously, so I'm really just trying to get as much bang for my buck training wise as possible and as soon as I can. I think my end goal would be competent independent alpine climbing in the Cascades and Canadian/US rockies. Right now I'm thinking about doing an expedition skills seminar with RMI on Ranier (6 days) and then Shasta and Baker later in the season (w/guides). After that I'd spend another winter bumming around the Whites and Adirondacks indepdently working on my skills and then I'd hopefully like to be at a point to look for a more experience mentor/head back out west and do some real mountains. How does this sound? Absurd beginner plan or not bad?
Sounds like a pretty decent plan to me, and you're far from too old to get climbing. Most people I see on harder bigger routes are older than me (31). It wouldn't hurt you to do some rock climbing. Getting familiar with rope work and maybe learning how to place gear. I guess it kind of depends on the kinds of routes that you want to do, but alot of the tricks I learned rock climbing help me in the mountains.
Make sure to add "Extreme Alpinism" by Mark Twight to your reading list. If you have the time and money to do all those guided trips then go for it. At some point you will need to find a regular climbing partner to climb with, hopefully someone more experienced than you. Learning from guides is great but you won't have much of an opportunity to actually lead anything or take charge. Having a climbing partner to learn from/with can give you a lot more time to be on the sharp end which is where you will learn the most.
Instead of dropping like 2K on a flight to rainier and a 6 day course with RMI you can take a custom tailored 3 day intermediate mountaineering course with mark synott for about 450? Mark is a world reknowned climber, and located in NH. Definitely will help you get on the sharp end leading your own climbs and greatly improve your skills while saving you cost: www.newhampshireclimbing.com/climbing-course.asp?ID=88&cat=6 Then either go out with someone experienced on a bigger peak, or join a 3-4 day climb on rainier. Id reocmmend doing soemthing like the kautz with RMI or IMG as youll learn a lot more on a moderatly technical route with guides, than just trudging up the DC. just my two cents
also +1 on learning how to rock climb. Do a lot of bouldering and rock (outdoors if conditions allow..if not in gym) climbing all winter in addition to mountaineering.
Appreciate the quick responses. I've taken some rock climbing classes too and I'm in NYC so I got the Gunks pretty close by, I'll be sure to make that a priority as well. Superkick, I actually know SMG - used them for the Intro course and Presi Traverse. Mark is great. Definitely agree with your thinking, however the RMI summit climbs are only about $250 cheaper than the 6 day course and the intermediate course with Mark would run a little higher than that (~$600). So I figured might as well knock out the training and an awesome summit in one trip. Thanks again for the tips.
Sounds like you have a decent plan in place for achieving your goals. Depending on your long term objectives, I may suggest you look into the American Alpine Institute. Specifically their Alpine Mountaineering and Technical Leadership program ( aai.cc/ProgramDetail/mountaineering_leadership1/ ) I think this would give you a better all around instruction (not too mention a summit attempt of baker) within the discipline of rock climbing, ice climbing, and mountaineering (alpinism). I was in the same boat as you 2 years ago when I started climbing. I was also 25 and my short term goal was a safe ascent of Mt. Rainier. I signed up for an Expedition Skills Seminar with RMI, started training a year out by doing some rock climbing instruction (mostly gym at first), hiking in the winter in the Olympics, and doing as much reading as possible. By the time the seminar came I felt I was prepared. The RMI guides were great and I learned from them, however a lot of the stuff I had already read and practiced during the winter on smaller peaks. A month or so later I started taking 1:1 private lessons with AMGA guides and felt like I got a lot more out of those courses (some with aai guides, some with other services) with the technical skills I was looking to add to my 'toolbox'. Leading sport and trad, ice climbing and leading ice/ steep snow couloirs, and just all around alpinist skills. In retrospect I wish I would have taken the AAI course. Rainier isn't easy, but by the time your done with these programs, it won't be difficult for you to plan your own trip to Rainier, Shasta, or whatever peak. Don't get me wrong, my RMI course went well and I am glad I did it. Cheers!
Rather than dropping big bucks on expensive but not that technical destinations like Rainier, stay local and focus on technical skills like rock climbing. The basic skills you'll learn from multipitch trad leading will take you a lot farther than some intermediate mountaineering course. When I started out in climbing, I made the mistake (and it is absolutely a mistake) of signing up for mountaineering classes, thinking that would make me a climber. Read Climbing Anchors by John Long and find someone (a local guide, or someone willing to teach for beer and gas) to teach you the ins and outs of trad. Once you have that down, the rest sort of works itself out.
I would tend to agree with Scott O. Once you learn it on rock you can apply a lot of the same stuff to ice/snow (it is a completely different medium) but the general idea is the same.
Staying locally and supporting your local guides/climbing schools is great. If learning to climb in glaciated terrain is the goal, and you have the means, then there is no substitute for actually getting on a glacier. Yes, many of the skills you learn rock climbing will transfer over, but many of them don't. Rock, snow, ice are all different mediums and each require a different bag of tricks. If your going to learn to move safely and efficiently in those environments, you've got to invest the time learning in those environments. RMI runs excellent programs and I know and respect several guides that are currently working there. I think there are multiple companies in Washington that can offer you excellent service if you're willing to make the investment, so make sure you shop around. That said, I work specifically for the American Alpine Institute because teaching is the main thing we do. Most guides at RMI spend most of their time getting people to the top of mountains like Rainier (and they're good at it) they also get to do some teaching. With the Institute we spend most of our time teaching, so I our guides tend to be pretty good at that. Regardless of which way you go I would also suggest you look into working with an AMGA Certified guide, or an AMGA Accredited service. The AMGA does not hand these things out lightly so you know whoever has them has been run through the ringer. One last note, while I really like, and own, Mark Twight's book 'Extreme Alpinism', I think that it is not the best recommendation for someone who is newer. It is getting pretty dated and it will be really hard for a newer person to pick out the good stuff from the old stuff. Plus it was never intended to be a beginners book in the first place. 'Alpine Climbing: Techniques to take you higher' is the best modern book I know of.
you could/will learn more climbing in huntington ravine on mt washington this winter, then you ever will on a guided summit climb on rainier. They arent going to teach you much you wouldnt have already learned ina basic intro course. Find some experienced people around your area willing to take you out and climb. youre in Ny..the ADKs are a great place to start.
check out www.bigcitymountaineers.org/summit-for-someone
The Appalachian Mtn Club (Boston Chapter, and maybe the NH Chapter too) usually does an Alpine Skills workshop in early Spring that you could check out if you haven't found the time to do a full glacier travel course by then. For about $100 or so (cost of food and lodging for the weekend), you will get to learn and practise some basic skills including self-arrest, rope-line travel, ice and snow anchors, high altitude medicine, and crevasse rescue techniques (including some self-rescue). It's nowhere near (and should not be considered a substitute for) a full, week-long course like AAI offers, nor do they have any glaciers/crevasses in NH (at least not strictly speaking), but you can use it as a starting point or an inexpensive way to get a quick refresher of commonly used skills.
None of these classes are necessary. I got into mountaineering when I was living in NYC, so it can be done on your own. I had a solid base of rock climbing and a motivated partner, but you need these things anyway to ever do more than go hiking in the mountains. The following plan works well: 1. Get the basics down in the NE. Get solid at moving quickly all day long - knocking out 30 pitches of Gunks 5.4 in a day is more useful than 1 pitch of 5.10. Go hiking up in New Hampshire, and ice climbing too. Build fitness and basic skills. 2. Go climb mountains in some non-glaciated high range out west. Colorado 14ers/13ers work well. Do a lot of routes with scrambling and steep snow couloirs - don't worry about doing technical routes yet. Get really comfortable moving efficiently and unroped on 3rd and 4th class terrain, learn how your body deals with altitude and fatigue at higher altitudes, get used to poor rock and exposure, start to understand mountain weather, etc. You'll move way faster on technical routes if you log time doing this stype of thing first. 3. Go to Mexico, climb the volcanoes. Pico de Orizaba and the Ayoloco Glacier on Ixtaccihuatl are easy glacier climbs with essentially no crevasse danger at over 17K feet - technically easier and less physical than Rainier, as well as higher. You'll also start to learn some real trip planning skills - dealing with unfamiliar food and language(if you don't speak spanish), learning how long logistical details like finding stove fuel, getting local food, navigating buses, getting park permits, etc. take. A great mini-expedition to start on. 4. Go to the Cascades. Grab a copy of Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue and just work on skills for a few days. Once you feel solid with the creavasse rescue stuff, head up Rainier, Hood, etc. 5. Go to Ecuador and climb some more volcanoes. After this, you'll have enough of a base to go pretty much anywhere and be ok.


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Encouraging article in the Charlotte Observer on Seattle's head coach Pete Carroll marveling at our franchise QB's rookie performance.
"Look out for those guys. Holy mackerel," Carroll said at the NFC coaches breakfast. "If he can just stay out there, they're going to be a fantastic team."
However, my excitement was slightly grounded at the end of the article when I was reminded that even Cam Newton is human:
"Free agent Chris Manno was training at IMG before the Panthers acquired him last weekend. He told Rivera that Weinke had gotten on to Newton recently for not working hard enough, according to Rivera."
It reminded me of the Pro Bowl, watching Cam Newton, shirt untucked, move lackadaisically from the line of scrimmage like he was playing backyard catch. Yes, it was the Pro Bowl, but he's a professional, and he appeared to forget that he was a rookie still earning his place in the league.
Cam is experiencing escalating celebrity status. He's appearing regularly on new commercials, gaining new sponsors. The doubts from critics have almost completely been replaced by adoration from around the league. He's an extraordinary talent and has a successful start to his career under his belt. He may even be on the cover of Madden after his rookie year!
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NYT Movie Critic: Bush to Blame for Continuing Workplace Sex Harassment?
"For every woman who has been grabbed and groped against her wishes, hounded and worse, told to shut up and smile, told to shut up and take it like a man, told to shut up if you know what's good for you, the new film 'North Country' will induce a shiver of recognition and maybe a blast of rage. A wobbly fiction about a real pioneering sex-discrimination case, the film is an unabashed vehicle for its modestly de-glammed star, Charlize Theron, but, much like George Clooney's 'Good Night, and Good Luck,' it's also a star vehicle with heart -- an old-fashioned liberal weepie about truth and justice."Dargis gets dramatic (though perhaps not as dramatic as the apparently overheated movie itself): "Like the other female miners, Josey takes a job at Eveleth Mines because it pays better than any pink- or other blue-collar gig in the region. Poverty forces these women into the mine, where the air is thick with dust and misogyny...[Writer Michael] Seitzman pares away most of the mess and the tedium, but his smartest move is to turn a mirror on the audience and transform one woman's life and hard times into the life and hard times of all women. As Josey testifies in court, recalling every insult and outrage that ate at her soul, she becomes every woman who has ever had to repeat 'no' until she was blue in the face."
Dargis really lets her liberal leanings shine through near the end by suggesting the Bush administration is to blame for continuing harassment in the workplace: "The filmmakers' inability to wrest a happy ending out of this story, much less a hint of real triumph, also may be partly explained by recent events. Last year, the advocacy group National Women's Law Center issued a report that accused the Bush administration of rolling back gains for women in all walks of life, noting the diminished number of sex-discrimination cases handled by the Justice Department. It's hard to imagine what the women who fought Eveleth Mines would make of these developments, though it is a good guess that they would be pleased to see their struggle onscreen and back in the public eye."
When it comes to American presidents fostering sexual harassment in the workplace, Dargis could just have easily brought up another recent leader.
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Sasser - Farmers are harvesting one of the South's sweetest crops - white corn. Rows and rows of sweet corn stand more than 6 feet tall in hundreds of fields across South Georgia. Sweet Georgia corn is making its way from the fields, to produce stands, to dinner plates.
Fred Donaldson and his wife stop at Mark's Melon Patch, in Sasser, every time they take a trip to Florida from their home in Douglasville. "We always stop for silver corn, you can't beat the taste," said Donaldson.
Taking a shorter trip from Albany, Olga Osteen picks up 200 ears of silver queen corn. "I love this corn," said Osteen. "We shuck it, can it, and make it last all year. It's so sweet you don't have to add sugar when you're creaming the corn."
Sweet Silver Queen and now Silver King corn are flying off produce stands this summer. "The difference between silver queen and king is that the silver king is larger and some people think it's sweeter because it's sugar enriched," said Mark's Melon Patch owner and farmer Mark Daniel. "It's so sweet you can eat it here in the fields without even cooking it."
Many farmers are thanking recent rains for a plentiful and flavorful crop this year. "The rain delayed the planting of the corn by two weeks, but the end result is worth it. The corn is health, large, and tasty," said Daniel. And, there are still rows and rows of sweet corn waiting to be plucked from the stalk, thrown in the farm truck, and taken home for supper.
Mark's Melon Patch will also start selling yellow corn on Friday. Yellow corn is the most popular nationwide, but in the South, sweet white corn continues to dominate.
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After a career as a commercial illustrator in UK and, following a move to live in southern France in 2002, I decided to return to my original intention all those years ago and study Fine Art. My first degree (from Chelsea School of Art in 1972) was in Graphics and that led on to my work as an illustrator but I had always wanted to follow my own creative path and was now able to do so. I applied to UWIC and was accepted on a one-year, full-time MA.
My year at UWIC was an enormous learning curve. My practical work underwent radical upheavals and re-thinking and I found that the theoretical studies stretched me in a way I had never been stretched before. It really was like opening a box of fantastic delights and the pace of development was sometimes frighteningly fast. Dr Chris Short, the art history lecture who supervised my final dissertation, was a sympathetic and inspirational teacher who provided a vital framework for decisions on my artistic direction following graduation.
During my year at UWIC, I was lucky enough to be invited to accompany my brother-in-law, Charley Quinlivan, on a raft trip down the Mississippi River in 2009. Charley and I had rafted the James River in Virginia in 2006 but this would be a much longer journey – over 1000 miles and six weeks on the river. The story of our journey can be seen at: http://www.mississippi-raft-09.com/ I made a series of (completely unplanned) installations in the form of spirals along the riverbanks as we went, which can be seen on the Mississippi Spirals page of my website at: http://www.mike-dodd.com/
A stroke of great good fortune during the trip was a chance meeting, at a breakfast diner in Albany, Illinois, with the artists Skip Willits and Kristin Garnant. Skip and I found that we had a lot in common in our artistic approach and, pretty soon after Charley and I ended our journey in Memphis, Tennessee, Skip and I began talking up the idea of a collaboration. Our plan reaches fruition this summer (June 2012) at the Bickelhaupt Arboretum in Clinton, Illinois.
I would like to invite anyone who reads this profile to become part of our collaboration by adding their name to the installation we are planning to construct. Visit our blog at: http://www.rockcreekroll.tumblr.com/, make a donation towards helping us out with the cost of the project and we will put your name on the work – all details can be found on the blog. And you can download a high resolution photograph of your name on the work from our flickr photostream to print out as a keepsake.
I suppose that the greatest lesson I learnt in my year at UWIC is that there's always another adventure round the next bend in the river – if you're prepared to make it happen!


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To receive transfer credit for non-Cornell courses, students must submit to the ILR Registrar both an official transcript and a copy of the official course catalogue description or course outline. Since acceptance of the transfer credit may affect your plans for completing requirements for graduation, it is important that you talk with an advisor in the Office of Student Services before you commit to an internship in order to determine whether or not the transfer credit is likely to be accepted.
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Laws and Dixon were voted to back up Pat and Bunk, while Teo got a slight victory over Juqua Parker. The roster now stands at 16 spots remaining.
Last year the Eagles had a carousel at all the backers. The Eagles had 6 different starting mike backers. We loose our emerging star Steward Bradley during flight night 09. Our most capable mike backer didn't last long as Omar Gaither went down in the first half of the season. Form there, the Eagles tried a variety of things; from trading for current Titans LB Will Witherspoon to reviving the Ax Man. Our weakness with our backers hurt the Eagles dearly; the backers were horrible at coverage, especially against TE's . Weak offenses like the Bucs and Raiders would kill us with Kellen Winslow or Zach Miller (pic below).
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The outside was at flux as well. Will Witherspoon, played some will backer, pushing starter Akeem Jordan around in the team. 7th round pick Mosie Foku stole Chris Gocong's job at the end of the year. The rookie drew many needless penalties.
Now we have some relief in 2010. Eagles have the stud Steward Bradley looking 100%, Eagles traded for former first rounder Ernie Sims, who has played average. And a serious battle between Mosie Foku and Akeem Jordan for the sam position will only make this crew better. However, the current depth is suspect. Omar Gaither was our best MLB last year and that his experienceand decent play will keep him on the roster. There is only two more spots with three guys left...
4th round pick (121st overall) - Clayton has been a polarizing rookie this year. With an overload of linebackers vying for limited roster spots, some see him as a player that's very much on the bubble - I wonder what exactly those folks have been watching. All throughout camp, he was around the football, and that trend continued in the preseason games, as he had a really athletic sack in the Jags game, and a nice read/interception in the Bengalsgame. Clayton is a dynamic, fast player that has already shown he can be a playmaker.
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He hasn't been impressive in camp nor pre-season. He is either getting blown back on run plays or getting penalties on special teams. The Jets game this week will definitely be a make or break.
The Eagles brought him back later this off-season. White saw limited time on the defense, but was one of the better players on the Eagles poor special teams. He racked up 29 total tackles and a pick in 16 games that he didn't start.
The vote will be against Chaney and White. Clayton's impressive play will earn him a spot.


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Bridge 5744 on County Road 54 over Split Rock Creek
Bridge number: 5744
Year built: 1937-1938
Engineer: Elmer Keeler, Pipestone County Highway Department
Contractor: Albert G. Plagens, New Ulm, Minnesota
Span length: 50 feet
Length of arch barrel: 28 feet
Adapted from the National Register of Historic Places nomination form prepared by Jeffrey A. Hess. The Split Rock Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The Split Rock Bridge is a single-span stone-arch highway bridge that carries County Road 54 over Split Rock Creek. The bridge is located in a rural area of Pipestone County about one mile south of Ihlen. Surviving in unaltered condition, the bridge forms part of the western boundary of the Split Rock Creek State Recreational Reserve. Split Rock Bridge is constructed of locally quarried, bluish-pink Sioux Quartzite with rock-faced and split-faced surfaces. Symmetrically framed by stepped, flared, random-ashlar wing walls, the bridge displays a single segmental arch with random-ashlar spandrel walls. Rising 12 feet over a span of 50 feet, the arch springs about 12 feet above grade from coursed-ashlar abutments. The bridge's overall width is about 28 feet. Except for oversized keystones, the rectangular ring stones are of uniform size and shape. Masonry joints are about one-half inch thick. Surmounted by a well-defined coping, the parapets rise above roadway level to serve as railings. At the south end of the east railing, a commemorative stone plaque bears the inscription: "Split Rock Bridge/ Works Progress/ Administration/ Project/ 1938."
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The Split Rock Bridge is historically significant as an outstanding example of an ornamental park bridge, achieving its aesthetic effect through the purity of its form and the beauty of its random-ashlar masonry. In addition, the bridge displays the largest stone-arch span of any active highway bridge in the state. Split Rock Bridge. The bridge survives in unaltered condition.
In 1935, state and federal officials authorized the construction of a masonry dam across Split Rock Creek in the southwest corner of Pipestone County. The project had both short- and long-term goals. It aimed at providing immediate employment for the local citizenry, as well as future recreational opportunities for the entire region. By impounding the waters of Split Rock Creek, the dam created the county's only lake, intended as the nucleus of a small state park known as Split Rock Creek State Recreational Reserve. The general plan also included the construction of a stone-arch highway bridge on the park's access road, just downstream from the dam. Although funded as separate projects, the bridge and dam seem to have been conceived as an integrated landscape design. Rising above the surrounding prairies, the two massive masonry structures form a visually arresting point-and-counterpoint of delicately colored pink Sioux Quartzite.
In December, 1936, as the dam was nearing completion, the WPA submitted final specifications for the stone-arch bridge to the Minnesota State Highway Department. The specifications and presumably the plans were prepared by Elmer Keeler, the Pipestone County Highway Engineer, and Albert G. Plagens, a consulting architect from New Ulm, Minnesota. Plagens is best known for his work on another New Deal project, the WPA-sponsored, Moderne-style Public Library and Historical Museum in New Ulm. Construction on the bridge commenced in 1937 using Sioux Quartzite quarried a few miles away near the city of Jasper, long-known for its building stone and accomplished masons. The bridge was completed in 1938 for an approximate cost of $46,000.
Split Rock Bridge was clearly intended to showcase the area's masonry tradition. On most New Deal bridge projects in Minnesota, stonework was used only as a decorative facing. In contrast, the Split Rock Bridge is an authentic, load-bearing stone arch with an impressive 50-foot span. Instead of the Moderne or historic revival styles customarily employed during the period, the bridge has an almost modernist simplicity, which focuses attention on the natural colors and textures of the local Sioux Quartzite, skillfully laid in a captivating random-ashlar pattern.


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Voters weigh in Tuesday on former Gov. Mark Sanford's hopes of a comeback four years after his political career was derailed by revelations of an affair.
Sanford is one of 16 Republicans vying in Tuesday's primary in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District along the state's southern coast. A runoff is expected and the GOP winner will run a third time in the May 7 special election to fill the seat left vacant when Tim Scott was appointed to the U.S. Senate.
Sanford has wide name recognition and a deep campaign war chest. He is expected to be one of the two Republicans advancing.
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EU's ILUC proposals seen as a no-go for WTO
In Belgium, the European Centre for International Political Economy told EurActiv that the proposed ILUC factors for biofuels constitute discrimination in the eyes of the WTO. They say discrimination can't be justified on the grounds that biofuels coming from outside the EU cause environmental damage because neither the EU nor anyone else can determine the ILUC effects, and because by their inherent nature, the effects are indirect and not caused by the biofuels that would be sold on the European market.
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Tim over at MLBTR suggested during the chat today that KC could be a possible destination if the Rangers decide to move him. Any thoughts on the idea of getting the guy we just missed last year? What would we give up? I'm guessing Nunez is no longer going to be the offer.
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"When I was younger, I always wanted to go to college," said the former Spirit Squad member, who is playing Tight End/Defense End for Division III school Nichols College in Massachusetts. "Once I got released from WWE because of my knee injury, I moved back to this area. I saw Nichols had an open house, and I wanted to check it out."
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The Top Companies to Work For
Who do actual graduate employees say are the best companies to work for? The Top Companies For Graduates To Work For in 2013/14 is the graduate employer rankings, based entirely on thousands of reviews written on TheJobCrowd.com by employees in their first 3 years of work at hundreds of UK graduate employers. Click on the viewer at the bottom of the page to read the full guide or check out the list of the Top 100 companies below.
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With incredible ratings across the board (culminating in an overall average of 4.74/5) and a top three ranking in five of the ten categories assessed, Microsoft were rated the number one company for graduates to work for, for the 2nd year in a row – an outstanding achievement. With such a strong offering in all areas, it is hard to pick just a few aspects that are stand-out but Training & Support would have to be one of these. Graduates rated this area an incredible 4.94/5, which was by far the highest rating given for any company. Reviewers said that there were a "huge range" of training options available, including "lots of opportunities" to travel to attend courses,"both within the UK and in EMEA and US"...
Graduates on Barratt Developments' graduate scheme rated their experience an amazing 4.60/5 overall, which put the house builder (an ever present in the Top Companies rankings) into their highest ever position of 2nd in the overall top 100 companies. Unsurprisingly, as one employee put it: "the company are whole-heartedly committed to their employees, I think you'd struggle to find any employees with a bad word to say." The "phenomenal training" (rated 4.90/5) is the most frequently cited factor in our reviews with one graduate summarising that it was "the best thing about the company". There is a wealth of training offered to graduates both formally and informally with organised "detailed and challenging training sessions" and on the job training...
"The team I work with, and the people in the wider company, make my days at work fun and interesting."
National Grid have had a continual presence in the Top Companies For Graduates To Work For and their achievement of yet another top 5 rating is testament to both the quality and consistency of their graduate offering. This is something that has been recognised widely elsewhere this year as well, with the energy company winning a host of graduate awards including the Association of Graduate Recruiter's 'Graduate Development Award' and 'Blue Ribbon Award' for best overall entry, as well as the National Skills Academy for Power's 'Power Team of the Year' in 2012 for the best in class bespoke management performance system....
"Employees are really friendly and relaxed, help is always there whenever you need it."
Incredibly FDM Group, the IT Services Provider, have never been ranked outside the Top 10 companies in The Top Companies Rankings. According to their graduates, this is because FDM puts their employees (and their clients) "at the top of the priority list". This comes across in outstanding ratings from reviewers in almost every aspect of their experience. Career Progression is a perfect example of the company's commitment to its employees. Rated a very high 4.38/5, graduates report that "there is a strong focus on career progression at FDM" with "great opportunities to grow within the company"...
"Relaxed working environment with flexible hours."
Procter & Gamble have performed extremely highly across the board and are ranked as the 9th top company overall this year. "The company is fantastic and I really feel they have my best interests at heart" are the sorts of comments that P&G employees regularly write in their reviews. "P&G works hard to take care of its people" says another review. The company "view themselves as a place where people are employed for life" and it really isn't unusual for graduates to stay there for the majority, if not all of their career (hardly surprising when Career Progression is rated 4.50/5)...
"Working for a company with products that everyone knows is good fun, and you have the opportunity to get good chocolate freebies!"
"Great people in Newton – boundless enthusiasm across the company."
"Great culture, great people, and interesting, impactful work."
"Sociable company so there are always parties and awards events happening."
"If you perform well, there is the opportunity to move very quickly through the firm with promotion every 6 months."
"Excellent training facilities, great treatment from other employees, 'family' like firm structure."
"Supportive environment. Caring company. Lots of training and development opportunities."
"Fantastic graduate development scheme, great colleagues, good working atmosphere, well developed processes."
The company culture at Catlin Group, the global specialist property/casualty insurer and reinsurer was rated an incredibly high 4.82/5 and the praise from its graduates for the "very open and honest company that actually lives by the values that it advertises" is almost unanimous in our reviews. As one reviewer explains, "the company is very caring and always looks out for its employees… this is embodied in its company values (which aren't just put on the website for show)". Commitment to these values also leads to a 4.82/5 rating for Environmental & Ethical Awareness, the highest rating in the Insurance sector...
"It is a high performing organisation and will improve your management capabilities dramatically."
"The ethos and people at Nationwide make it a brilliant place to work."
Merlin Entertainments, the world's 2nd largest visitor attraction operator, scored a very impressive 4.25/5 average score (the second highest score in this industry and 21st in the overall Top 100). Unquestionably top of the list of attributes of working for Merlin is just how "fun" it is to work there. With a very impressive average Enjoyment rating of 4.60/5 (the 9th highest score for any company across all industries), it is clear that graduates love their day-to-day job. "The company's overall mission is to create memorable experiences" explains one reviewer "that in itself makes the job so fun". "Working for a company which sells fun! Who wouldn't want to do that!" adds another...
"The culture at the firm really sets us apart. Our offices are all open plan and means the firm as a whole is very non-hierarchical."
"The training is brilliant. You have direct client contact from day one and are made to feel like a valued member of the team."
"Always unique things to motivate staff – we even have a morale officer to make sure all the staff are happy all the time!"
Grant Thornton have consistently been rated as the top Accountancy firm for graduates to work for in these rankings and the continued excellence of their graduate proposition seems to largely come down to achieving the perfect balance of being a global organisation with the culture and personal approach that would be expected from a smaller firm. "Grant Thornton are in a unique place in the market", explains one graduate reviewer, "being large enough to offer exceptional services and global opportunities, but it is small enough that it really values each employee and is dedicated to helping me progress in my career". As another reviewer puts it: "Grant Thornton is big enough to compete, small enough to care"...
"Good high energy atmosphere. Pride working for the company as it is seen by many as a great e-commerce success story."
"In my opinion, the training is the best in the industry" is how one trainee sums up the guidance on offer at Freshfields and their colleagues seem to widely agree, rating Training & Support an outstanding 4.78/5 – by some way the highest rating in the industry. "There are trainee specific, team specific and department specific training sessions" and "plenty of it", with "several lectures and seminars every week on many topics", as well as "a wide database of other lectures online". Arguably however, the great Training is not even the best thing about working at Freshfields...
"Great people, great company culture, international mindset & business locations!"
One of the great things about working for easyJet is the "fantastic exposure to the business and key stakeholders" that graduates get. This "provides insight into how easyJet works and how senior employees interact with each other" which employees starting off in their career find invaluable. This is part of the reason that easyJet is one of the best rated companies overall for Management (4.41/5 on average). Almost every reviewer highlights the fact that graduates are given "real jobs", being placed into "value-adding roles that are central to the business"....
"Professional yet relaxed approach. Working for a travel company means people are passionate about what they do!"
"Nice atmosphere, lots of online training available, many initiatives to create a great place to work."
"Great culture and people, brands which I believe in and plenty of encouragement and support to progress."
"Fantastic employer who promote work life balance and have good business morals."
"Good benefits package; ample funds available for training; real responsibility as a grad."
Perhaps the most stand-out aspect of reviews for dunnhumby is how much graduates enjoy the actual work that they do there. With Enjoyment rated a very high 4.19/5, reviewers regularly describe the work in terms such as "challenging", "interesting" and "fun". The work is very varied and most graduates say that "every day is different" with time split between the office and out and about at a wide range of top client sites – "from Lego to Sony". Employees at dunnhumby are passionate about the work that they do so it is common to read comments such as "I love analysing data". A large part of this is no doubt that graduates are given real jobs with real responsibility. "You are given your own work and projects immediately – you are accountable from the start" explains one graduate....
"Great work environment with really friendly staff. It's a successful global company that has a genuine impact on
positive innovative change."
"Fantastic rotation programme – meeting interesting/intelligent people and great travel opportunities."
"The company culture is very much one of feeling part of a team. It is friendly and approachable."
"They give great training, with lots of treats. They are keen to develop and progress you quickly, and are very efficient in making this happen."
"The scheme is an excellent training & learning mechanism, offering great benefits packages and the rotational element keeps you very engaged."
"The graduate programme provides a very structured way to develop skills and abilities in the shortest time frame and for maximum benefit."
Great atmosphere and friendly environment – everyone is here to help and muck in. There is a superb company culture."
Graduates say that Unipart Group has a "culture, respect, openness and can-do approach to everything" and that their employer "takes huge pride in their graduates". This means that graduates get "extremely high" levels of responsibility and "no-one is too 'junior' to be allowed to solve a problem". Responsibility was rated a very high 4.02/5 on average and Unipart reviewers say that "getting such a large amount of responsibility, and being put outside of my comfort zone at such an early stage has been brilliant for my development". To support this early responsibility there is "amazing investment" in training and supporting graduates. "Brilliant training opportunities" include "emotional intelligence development", "training relevant to my job" and a strong emphasis on "lean and six sigma" principles, which underpin the 'Unipart Way'....
"I truly don't believe there could be a better place for training and an introduction to the industry". Praise for the "brilliant" and "intense" training provided by Next is constant in their reviews and unsurprisingly Training & Support receives a very high 4.25/5 average rating. Next graduates are not only receiving "fantastic formal training" but they are also really encouraged to take on "real responsibility early on" so that they can learn and develop on the job too. The level of responsibility on offer to new recruits is highlighted by almost every reviewer. Then there is the outstanding Career Progression, scored a very high 4.51/5. Next's commitment to progression is described as "excellent" and reviewers say that the "great progression opportunities" are very clear...
"Inspirational and innovative business. Exciting working environment. Fantastic sales team, and world-renowned marketing."
"Varied and interesting work with plenty of time spent away from your desk socialising within the industry or establishing/developing client relationships."
"Good training provision. Friendly teams. Great office Good salary. High level of responsibility at a junior level."
"Very friendly firm with lots of responsibilities given to juniors."
"Fantastic place to work with plenty of training opportunities and a totally unique ethical and community focused organisation."
Jaguar Land Rover offers graduate programmes in a wide-range of business areas: in everything from Engineering, Design, Purchasing and Finance, to Human Resources, Marketing, Sales & Service and IT and without doubt one thing that all its graduates agree on is that "these are excellent schemes". First, there is the responsibility. "It's a real role straight away, not just a graduate role which has great developmental benefits. I have real responsibility" explains one reviewer. "I am given responsibility for my own projects right from the start" adds another. Then there is the "no corners-cut training programme", which is rated an excellent 4.38/5 average. Graduates note that "the company invests a lot of money and time in you to develop you through training and on-the-job experience" including through professional qualifications and accreditation....
"The atmosphere at Imperial Tobacco is fantastic!" raves one of the company's graduate reviewers. "The working atmosphere in the office is friendly and relaxed" adds another and, with an average rating for Company Culture of 4.39/5, it is a sentiment clearly shared by the graduate population as a whole. Of course, such successful attributes are multi-faceted in their make-up, but Imperial Tobacco's company values – focused on working together, continually improving, taking ownership and making the most of every opportunity – play a key role and are frequently praised by reviewers for their pervasiveness throughout the business...
"A brilliant entrance into the charity sector, helping build an extensive network of people throughout the sector."
"Inspiring – Danone is such a wonderful company to work for. It is easy to be proud to work here."
"It's a dynamic, collaborative and buzzing environment. The majority of people love what they do."
"There is real interest in developing you as a person and managers are keen to develop people in their teams into future leaders."
"Excellent opportunities to get involved in challenging work. Superb support from all colleagues and line managers."
"Lovely colleagues who live the values, graduates are well-supported but also get given jobs of responsibility and lots of training is provided."
"Great company, great opportunity, real responsibility, good quality training and varied experiences."
"Great graduate scheme. The drive and enthusiasm from the training and talent team seems to far exceed that of other companies."
"Hugely varied work with many interesting and high profile projects/client that are engaging to work on."
"Excellent training opportunities, good work culture, a good mix of social activities, interesting work and a dedicated graduate team."
"Everyone is very friendly and there is a very good team atmosphere throughout the whole company."
"TJX Europe is a great company to work for, with an enjoyable working environment and they are very supportive of personal and career development" is how one reviewer sums up his experience as a graduate with TJX Europe, the company behind TK Maxx and HomeSense, the leading off-price apparel and home fashions retailer. This hugely positive view is just one of many, with the environment and attention to development and progression appearing frequently as topics for praise. First, the Company Culture. Rated an excellent 4.31/5 on average, the company culture is highlighted as "very open and honest… which ensures an honest company-associate relationship". Reviewers say that they love working in a "really dynamic, flexible working environment" which is also described as "fast-paced" and that the 'no walls' policy ensures that "there is no hierarchical feel"...
"The atmosphere is really friendly, and most importantly CHP believes in giving employees the responsibility they are looking for."
"Interesting, challenging and rewarding, with the opportunity to interact with extremely smart people from different companies worldwide."
"Very interesting and exciting work at the forefront of future UK energy."
"The graduate scheme is a really well established affair, with the chance to work on relevant and challenging projects."
"Interesting and varied work, with a lot of freedom and autonomy right from the start. Relaxed and friendly working environment."
The "excellent opportunities for rapid advancement" at PA Consulting mean that Career Progression was the top rated aspect at the Consultancy, with an outstanding rating of 4.52/5. Most graduates reported in their reviews that PA is a company that gives its employees control over their careers and rewards them with excellent progression based on the work that they put it in. The company achieves an excellent balance of pushing its graduates to progress while "supporting you very well". The result, say reviewers, is that PA is a company where "you can achieve what you want to achieve". The "supportive" and "friendly" Company Culture is scored an excellent 4.12/5, while graduates rate their colleagues an average of 4.48/5. As one reviewer summarises: "I work within a fantastic team of people who are keen to help me develop both personally and professionally (which sounds like a line but I promise it's not!)"...
"Everyone who works here is extremely dynamic, young and fun but driven to work hard and be successful."
"Relaxed atmosphere and working conditions. Interesting problems to solve."
"The business is truly interested in my career progression and really sees its graduates as the future of the business."
"The work is challenging and rewarding which makes it enjoyable."
"The training is fantastic, there are plenty of opportunities to grow within the organisation."
"I have been able to do everything I have wanted to do" says one graduate in their review of working at E.ON and this sentiment is by no means unique. Our review writers rave about the ability they are given to "steer their own careers" – mostly through the "freedom to select placements in areas of interest" and the secondment abroad which most of the schemes offer. Graduates feel that the opportunities both internationally and nationally within the company are "endless", leading to an excellent 4.01/5 average rating for Career Progression. They also feel that they get "fantastic networking opportunities", including meetings with the Board during induction and working on "high profile projects with senior stakeholders"...
"Excellent schemes with outstanding training and development opportunities for each division."
"High level of training, allow varied experiences and responsibility, expanding and forward thinking organisation."
"I really appreciate the 'work hard play hard' mentality – you are rewarded for what you achieve, but you have plenty of free time."
Almost every reviewer praises the fact that Mindshare is a hugely social company with "great people" (Colleagues are rated 4.33/5) and an "amazing atmosphere" (the Company Culture is rated an extremely high 4.58/5). Extensive social events such as an annual ski trip, numerous sports clubs and a free company bar once a month all help with the sociable feel to working at Mindshare. As one graduate describes it, it is a "big company with a small company feel". "Great employee benefits" and perks such as subsidised gym membership, "lunches & numerous free parties" and massages ensure an impressive average rating of 4.04/5 in the Compensation & Benefits category, one of the highest ratings in the industry...
"They really care about developing every individual and giving you the tools you need to succeed."
"Willing to develop people into roles of responsibility, open to ideas and innovations, strives to be cutting edge."
"Very welcoming and open company. All colleagues are dedicated to their jobs and there is a real drive for success."
"Interesting matters, constantly learning on the job, great team, great support and varied work."
"The graduate scheme is managed extremely well over the four years, with the ultimate aim to guide you towards chartership."
"A great company culture and working environment and freedom to work in a way that suits you."
"Great working environment- everyone is really supportive and you will learn a huge amount from seniors and managers around you."
"Friendly people, good level of responsibiltiy, lots of good networking drinks/lunches."
"Great colleagues, good training opportunities, fun events, relaxed atmosphere."
Graduates at InterContinental Hotels Group rate the organisation an outstanding 4.63/5 for Career Progression – one of the highest scores for any company. They explain that this comes from an impressive combination of factors, including "excellent exposure to all departments", "great training and development opportunities" and "gaining quick responsibilities – including managing teams". Primarily however, graduates note that IHG is a meritocracy where "if you are good, you have the opportunity to move up rather fast". Many reviewers also emphasise that the company gives its graduates "room to be yourself" and "room to grow" which both aids progression and demonstrates the success of IHG's "great philosophy" – the 'Winning Ways' values...
"The training programme which Deloitte provides is exceptional. The staff support is excellent and I am constantly learning on the job."
"There is a friendly and social atmosphere. Good internal training courses and real opportunities for progression once you qualify."
"Good benefits, friendly working atmosphere, good training levels, good level of responsibility."
"I've found that if you've got something to say here, people will listen to you, even if you're much their juniors". If you are looking for responsibility from day one Steer Davies Gleave's eighteen month graduate programme may be the place for you. Without fail almost all graduates at the transport consultancy mention "significant amount of responsibility early on" they are responsible for "producing pivotal analytical work" and "already meeting clients and managing projects after just six months". While there is clearly "Massive responsibility from the start" graduates also feel they are "given plenty of support and training through this" with Training and Support receiving a very impressive 4.36/5 rating...
"Good office atmosphere everyone is really friendly – and everyone has real passion for the brands they work on."
"Arcadia was always my dream company to work for. I love the variety of brands and the opportunity for development within the group. Everyone I have met is lovely and I feel like we all have a mutual ambition and want to work for such a great company." Graduates at Arcadia are consistent in their praise for the "amazing" and "fun" company culture...
"Challenging work, great exposure to the business and the markets, excellent teammates."
"Great people, good working hours, great training, great level of expertise, great brand, supportive colleagues, numerous opportunities."
"The training and responsibility given to graduates at BAE Systems has exceeded my expectations."
"Very friendly and supportive team. Excellent training and I love that it is not just a desk job."


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The Longview Police Department responded to a two-vehicle accident Friday morning that sent a minivan into a yard.
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According to officials with the Longview Police Department, the driver of a Jeep drove through a stop sign and hit the van, sending it into a yard near the intersection.
Two occupants of the minivan, and the driver of the Jeep have been transported to a Longview hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
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LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) - Advocates will travel throughout Massachusetts to raise awareness about a new state law that offers new protections to temporary workers.
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Before digital storage became easy and cheap, microfilm was a way for libraries to maintain large collections of newspapers, government documents, and historical documents while saving physical storage space. The UC Berkeley Libraries still have extensive microform (microfilm and microfiche) collections, containing valuable information for researchers.
Since each roll of microfilm contains thousands of tiny images of the original pages of a document, you'll need a microfilm reader to magnify the images enough to read them. The UC Berkeley Newspapers and Microforms Department (40 Doe Library) has machines that read, print, and scan images from microfilm and microfiche.
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I've enjoyed all the pools we've had so far here on NM, so I thought, let's have one for the NHL awards as well!
Here are the categories:
1. HART: Crosby/Ovechkin/H.Sedin
2. VEZINA: Brodeur/Miller/Bryzgalov
3. NORRIS: Green/Doughty/Keith
4. CALDER: Duchene/Howard/Myers
5. BYNG: Datsyuk/B.Richards/St. Louis
6. SELKE: Datsyuk/Kesler/J.Staal
7. ADAMS: Tippet/Sacco/Trotz
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8:40 p.m.
Christiansburg Police chief Mark Sisson said the suspect was in custody within 5 minutes of the shooting. Sisson named the suspect as Neil Allan MacInnis.
One of the victims was a part-time employee of New River Community College, the second victims relationship with the college is unclear at this time. The woman who was at LewisGale Hospital at Montgomery, has since been moved to Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
MacInnis has been charged with 2 counts of malicious wounding, 2 counts of use of a firearm in a felony. MacInnis completed a Christiansburg citizen police academy course in 2012.MacInnis is being held at the Montgomery County Jail without bond.
4:26 p.m.
Lewis Gale Hospital at Montgomery has confirmed that one woman was taken by ambulance to the hospital. The hospital says she is in stable condition. The second woman was taken by a Lifeguard helicopter to Carilion in Roanoke. They are not releasing her condition at this time. Christiansburg officials confirm that the suspect taken into custody was male.
3:31 p.m.
Christiansburg officials say the mall is being cleared of shoppers in an effort to make sure there are not other victims or suspect. The do not have the names or conditions of the two women who were injured at this time. They add "At this time, we do not believe there is any continuing threat to the community at large."
Agencies responding included Christiansburg Police Department; Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, Blacksburg Police Department, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State Police.
Update 3:14 p.m. A suspect is in custody after two women were shot inside the NRV Community College satellite campus inside the NRV Mall. One woman was treated in the NRV, the other was flown to Roanoke.
Montgomery County schools were on lock down, but are now on high alert. The NRV Mall and surrounding stores are closed until further notice.
Update 2:36 p.m. Officials are providing an update at 3PM. We plan to have Scott Leamon via Skype on TV and online after that news conference.
Update: 2:29 p.m.: Christiansburg police chief has confirmed a shooting inside the mall.
Update: 2:21 p.m.: Blacksburg Transit Christiansburg routes will NOT be servicing the mall area at this time. Ken Heineck says Lifeguard 10 is landing near the mall.
Update: 2:16 p.m.: Multiple police sources tell us they are responding to a potential shooting at the New River Valley Mall in Christiansburg. An employee at the Verizon store at the mall says mall staff have been to the parking lot. He says VT Police, Blacksburg Police, Christiansburg Police are on the scene.
An operator at New River Community College received a call from the NRV campus saying there was a report of shots fired. The NRV campus is located in the New River Valley Mall. Calls to the NRV Mall's main office were not answered.
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Well I woke up this morning and my iPhone 4s was dead and is not charging no matter what cable I use. I am running beta 1 of iOS 7 and was just looking to restore it back to iOs 6. Any suggestions?
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Days of our lives
My days tend to run in one of two directions: hardware and software.
Yesterday was a hardware day. I have a house full of old computers liberated — okay rescued, actually — from my employer, who was going to put them on a pallet and send them to some dump somewhere — and I had to do something with them. So I sorted out which worked and which didn't, which could take distros and which couldn't, and so on.
Admittedly, these are very old machines — IBM PL series boxes, but some that actually work with distros like AntiX (pronounced "antiques") Mepis and Fluxbuntu.
The day before was a software day. At the urging of a Cabrillo LUG colleague, I tried Mandriva 2008 and found it pretty interesting. What I liked about it is that it connected to both wireless and ethernet connections fairly easily. What I didn't like about it is that it took over my machine (to say nothing of a plethora of proprietary software that comes with it . . . hmph).
Tomorrow: A software day, filled with tests of dbEntrance.
(Larry Cafiero, editor/publisher of Open Source and Free Software Reporter, is an associate member of the Free Software Foundation.)
News, blues and reviews
For some reason, I can't recall whether being a student was an incredible chore while I was doing it back in the disco era, or whether things have changed — or I have changed — to make modern-day matriculation a hell of a lot of work.
I would put my money on the fact that I may have lost an intellectual step or two over time.
But studies in general — and a shell script project that is both intriguing and harrowing — have kept me from the hallowed halls of this blog until now; not to mention life in general as well.
But there have been some developments of note over the past several weeks that deserve mention, like
Two Koreas, One Distro: According to this Information Week article, folks in South Korea speak of folks in North Korea more as lost brothers than bitter enemies. Over the years the two have made various rapprochements, but now it looks like North and South are teaming up on a whole new kind of joint project: a Korean-language GNU/Linux distribution called Hana Linux. And the GNU shall lie down with the penguin . . .
Pirates have standards, too: So maybe it's not just paying customers who aren't happy with Vista — even pirates are shunning it, according to this blog item. Microsoft gleefully reported Tuesday that the rate of piracy of Vista compared to XP is about half — the mandarins in Redmond claim this is because of their anti-piracy features in Vista — the one that accusses paying customers of being thieves when it doesn't work quite right — but some of us know better. Pirates have standards, too, and Vis-duh just plain blows on a variety of levels.
[In a related item, 90 percent -- that's 9 out of 10, for those of you keeping score at home -- of IT professionals would rather eat plutonium than foist Vista on their companies. Okay, so I overstate it, but 90 percent of IT professionals have concerns about Vista that are strong enough to shun it, and more are migrating away from Winblows. Don't believe me? Here's the Slashdot article].
Distros I like: The more I use the Fluxbox desktop environment, the more I like it on whatever distro I'm using (oh, and my distro polygamous ways have been documented here and elsewhere — there's a 12-step program for it somewhere, no doubt) . I have been using Fluxbuntu on a Pentium II and it works pretty well. But more recently, I salvaged a Dell Inspiron 5000e laptop from certain doom at the hands of my employers and have given it a new home and a new distro that I particularly like: Mepis AntiX 7.0, code named Lysistrata (the name enough — from the play of the same name by Aristophanes — is reason to give the distro some attention), which absolutely flies on this machine.
Example: 48 seconds to boot. That's not a typo — 48 seconds. I've never had a computer boot that fast.
More to follow. In the words of the renowned Helios, "All righty then."
(Larry Cafiero, editor/publisher of Open Source and Free Software Reporter, is an associate member of the Free Software Foundation.)
Random thoughts, cheap shots, bon mots
[With apologies to the San Francisco Chronicle's Scott Ostler, who often starts his sports columns this way]
Someone who gets it: As those of you readers outside my immediate family who read my last posting, I roasted Information Week's Alexander Wolfe for bemoaning the tragic (in his eyes) plethora of distro choices in the GNU/Linux universe. Along comes Linux Today Managing Editor Brian Proffitt with a column that spells out Wolfe's folly in detail. So now I'm in the enviable position of toasting Brian for the column — salud! — and thanks.
Europe gets it, too: Business Week reports that a high court adviser in the EU has decided that ISPs are not required to reveal information to authorities when users are suspected of music piracy. Hopefully, this will spell doom — in large, italicized capital letters — for the efforts by IFPI, the global RIAA, to litigate against European P2P users. Now if we can only get justices that enlightened on this side of the Atlantic . . . . Get the details here.
Nice doggie: Despite the brouhaha a couple of weeks ago in Distrowatch over Puppy, it bears mentioning that Puppy Linux has released version 2.17, and this latest one comes with CUPS, according to Puppy top dog Barry Kauler. This version will run on older machines — that's a good thing for those of us who are not on the cutting edge of the latest technology (choosing to spend our money on things like rent, feeding the family other of life's so-called priorities) — and it immediately goes on my list of distros to try. "More on the story," as we say at Open Source and Free Software Reporter, from Linux.com here.
[I have just the machine for it: An old Dell Optiplex GXa desktop that the Santa Cruz Sentinel, my employer, gave to me rather than dumping it. Currently it's running Mepis AntiX, after a short stint with Linux Mint 3.0 Xfce -- both GREAT -- but I think I'll throw this Puppy a stick. More on this in a later blog posting.]
Rearranging the deck chairs: My absence from this blog for a few days (tops) comes courtesy of rearranging my living room to accommodate much of the hardware that I've accumulated/garnered/been entrusted with, etc. I have the solution of putting three machines each in two corners of the living room and must now do the remodeling. All of which is to say that visitors will no longer have two iMacs and a monitor staring them in the face when they sit down on the couch.
Last, and certainly not least . . . the Italian Open Source Web site One Open Source runs a very interesting Q-and-A interview with Linus Torvalds in which Linus — who's supposed to be rabidly anti-GPLv3 (to hear some tell it) — just says that GPLv2 is better when asked about the new license. It's a good read, and I would suggest leaving here and going to the interview here.
(Larry Cafiero, editor/publisher of Open Source Reporter, is an associate member of the Free Software Foundation.)


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TWO men have been arrested in London on suspicion of fraud.
The men, aged 18 and 38-years-old, have been brought back to the Avon and Somerset force area and are being interviewed in connection with possible courier cash transfers.
A taxi driver who was asked to courier a package to London became suspicious after seeing publicity about people being duped and encouraged to send large sums of money to people posing as police officers in the London area.
Two people were contacted in Minehead on Tuesday (May 13) by a man claiming to be a police officer from the Metropolitan Police.
He said he was investigating fraud and asked the individuals to send large sums of money which needed to be checked as part of the investigation.
Three other incidents have taken place in the district, with more than £40,000 demanded.
Many of the victims across the Avon and Somerset force area, mainly vulnerable elderly people, have been targeted and some duped into withdrawing cash.
Victims are contacted by telephone and convinced to withdraw cash then asked to send it to London or via a courier.
The culprit claims the money is evidence for an investigation.
Another scam involves someone claiming to be a police officer from London who has arrested two people carrying bank cards with details of the victim.
A police operation was mounted and the two men arrested on suspicion of 'fraud by false representation.'
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Arkansas top win(s) over current BCS ranked team(s): #12 South Carolina
So a caller on a Manhattan radio sports radio show (he's a regular) made what I thought was a pretty good point today. He was outraged about you guys dropping to 4th in the BCS (given that Oregon and OU lost, he otherwise may of not been as upset if those two occurred). Mondays are largely dedicated to Kstate on this station, but he brought up a good point. Why compare the losses between OSU and Arkansas when you can compare wins? For the sake of "body of work" I have used this week's BCS standings as a common comparison point, as I believe these rankings to reflect more accurately 'what a team is' rather than going back to 'what a team was considered the week you played them'.
Oklahoma State top win(s) over current BCS ranked team(s): #25 Texas, #18 Baylor, #11 Kansas State
You should be sitting at #3 waiting for Alabama to lose to Auburn. Even if I used the 'what we thought that team was when you played them' rankings...you'd both have wins over Texas A&M, so they'd cancel each other out.
I think the caller had a point. I know if LSU wins and 'Bama loses it essentially works the same way, but this would be one less thing you'd have to depend on.


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This route is good fun. It has a stellar start in the wide crack, kind of an overhanging off-width (fat boy) and then climbs the right leaning crack that doesn't offer the climber much of anything (slim). It pulls through a great face section and then onto the slab of Check the Technique. At time of write up, it has one pin, but may be replaced with a bolt at some point.
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Probing depositions began, and then a pretrial hearing in March. Journalists were on hand from all over to cover it, possibly to see what Lafave would wear to court. A delay was requested and granted to June 16. The prosecutor indicated that their medical experts had found no reason to accept that Lafave was anything but sane when she had involved the child in a sexual relationship. The phone calls attested to a calm state of mind. Word also came that M. M.'s mother was requesting a plea deal so they could avoid the exposure of a trial. Another delay pushed proceedings back yet another month, with a hearing scheduled for July.
Before that occurred, another Florida teacher was sentenced to prison for having sex with underage boys — two of them. That provided incentive to take talks of a plea deal seriously.
The prosecutor's deal included prison time, which Lafave refused to accept. To drum up sympathy, Fitzgibbons made a controversial statement for reporters: "To place Debbie into a Florida state women's penitentiary, to place an attractive young woman in that kind of hellhole, is like putting a piece of raw meat with lions. I'm not sure that Debbie would be able to survive." Apparently, a pretty girl should be given more consideration than one not so physically fortunate. (Owen interpreted the remarks as a coded message for the boy, to persuade him to get his parents to loosen up.)
The judge set a new trial date for December, and both sides prepared to move forward. Neither seemed likely to give in. Fitzgibbons argued that the photographs taken of Lafave's private parts for evidence should not be used in the court room, due to their graphic nature. He labeled them pornography. Apparently, the prosecutor accepted this.
But then something unforeseen occurred. When it appeared that Court TV and other interested parties would be allowed to set up cameras in the courtroom, the boy's mother, wishing to keep her son's name and likeness out of the press, reluctantly agreed to a plea deal that took prison time off the table. That was a win for Lafave.
On November 22, 2005, she pled guilty and received three years of house arrest and seven years of probation. She had to register as a sex offender, which meant her address and information would be given to neighbors, and was not to have any unauthorized contact with children. She also had to go through a treatment program.
However, she had made the mistake of having sexual contact with M. M. in two different jurisdictions, and the judge in the other county was not quite so inclined to let her off the hook.


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It's not out of the ordinary for people to be walking in the Queen City. But there's one woman who walks at her own beat. Meet Donna Marie Paquette, better known as, the Dance Walker.Paquette's impressive moves aren't freestyle. She choreographs each walk, making sure to move her muscles as much as possible for the best work out. That's because this is about much more than dancing, this is Donna Marie's story of survival. "They didn't know I had a tumor for many years -- it went down three layers," she said.Doctors removed her tumor but when she woke up from brain surgery, her memory was erased, leaving her to survive with a traumatic brain injury. "I couldn't walk, I couldn't talk," she added.Since 2005 Paquette slowly started learning everything all over and says exercise is key to her health now. In the beginning, just walking slowly, then a little faster."Then I started speed walking and then I started dancing it," she said with a laugh.There are a few rules the Dance Walker has to follow:
Paquette still has double vision and a limp and she says she actually draws less attention by dancing instead of walking. "When I walk without my glasses, people think I'm drunk," she said.This 57-year-old Dance Walker moves along like a well-trained 70's roller skater with a smile.Viewers may wonder what's in those headphones that gets her to move like that.Now this reporter has to admit what was in my head when we were dancing -- (music) "I just met you, and this is crazy..." -- a favorite tune of the Dance Walker. But the tune on this day -- Bob Dylan.Paquette knows things don't always play out like you hope. She has a new tumor in her brain stem and doctors say she may only have five years to live, but even this tough news doesn't stop her.Reporter Gina Bullard: How do you keep such a great attitude? Donna Marie Paquette: I accept things the way they are.Not letting life spin her, but instead -- taking the lead.
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