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Staff Profile
Career Summary
Karen Blackmore received her BInfoTech(SpatialInfo) With Distinction in 2001 and her PhD in 2008 from Charles Sturt University, Australia. Her PhD research was cross-disciplinary in nature and focused on agent-based modelling of business strategies and their associated changing resource needs. Specifically, this work involved the use of data mining, clustering and visualisation to identify and explore patterns in a large longitudinal data set. Her postdoctoral research work was conducted at the University of Newcastle, in collaboration with Hunter Councils. This work focused on the use of self-organising maps and data analysis techniques to model the environmental impacts of climate change. This work was awarded LGSA's Environment Award for Energy Saving and Climate Projection Winner C Division & Overall Category Winner 2009. She also has a research track record in the areas of business strategy modelling, data mining, information visualisation, pattern recognition, computer games and education.
- PhD, Charles Sturt University, 07/05/2008
- Bachelor of Information Technology, Charles Sturt University, 20/04/2001
Research keywords
- Complex systems
- Conceptual modelling
- Data mining
Research expertise
My major areas of research interest include:
- Agent based models of complex adaptive systems
- Application of data mining and pattern recognition techniques to understand patterns in global climate model data
- Spatial and aspatial models of social and physical systems
- Cross-disciplinary research issues
My early research focus centred on data mining and spatial data modelling. For example, I explored the use of rule based classifiers, neural networks, genetic algorithms and fuzzy logic to find patterns in "Missing Persons Data" (Blackmore, et al. 2005; Blackmore & Bossomaier 2003a, 2003b; Blackmore & Bossomaier 2002a, 2002b; Blackmore et al. 2002). Data mining, clustering and statistical modelling also featured significantly in my PhD and Postdoctoral research.
My PhD research involved modelling and analysing patterns associated with changing resource needs in organisations. A number of publications have arisen from this work (Blackmore et al. 2003; Blackmore & Nesbitt 2009; Blackmore & Nesbitt 2012). More recently, I have published results from my postdoctoral work that uses Self-Organising Maps (SOMS) and statistical downscaling to model regional climate variability (Goodwin, Freeman & Blackmore 2010; Goodwin & Blackmore forthcoming).
In addition to the above academic publications, during 2008 to 2010 I was principal or co-author on eleven (11) reports (six allocated ISBN numbers) associated with my industry based postdoctoral studies and my employment with the University of Newcastle's Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS). The postdoctoral work was in collaboration with the Hunter Central Coast Regional Environment Strategy (HCCREMS). This work has been applied and used as the basis for the development of climate change adaptation strategies by local government authorities within the Hunter and Central Coast region. My work with CURS was conducted under an ARC Linkage grant and focussed on inter-agency data sharing and involved spatial data analysis of social vulnerability. The work was conducted in collaboration with the University of Western Sydney and the Department of Premier and Cabinet.
Lastly, I have a research record and interest in areas relating to teaching and learning. I have investigated the complex factors associated with plagiarism in courses offered through partner or offshore campuses (Moffatt & Blackmore 2005, 2006) and issues in cross-disciplinary research higher degree research (Blackmore & Nesbitt 2008). In my role with Planning, Quality and Reporting at the University of Newcastle, I authored numerous research reports on a range of topics related to improving the student experience and developing strategies to improve the University's performance in global ranking schemes. One of these reports formed the basis of a current University project aimed at reducing student attrition. Additionally, my work titled "Fuzzy Data Mining Approaches to Predicting Student Success and Retention" was presented at Australasian Association for Institutional Research Annual Forum held in November, 2012.
- English
Fields of Research
|Pattern Recognition And Data Mining
|Conceptual Modelling
|Geospatial Information Systems
Macquarie University - Continued research building on from postdoctoral work to derive regional climate change projections. Research involves the use of self organising maps (SOMs) to produce synoptic types, statistical analysis of weather station data, statistical downscaling and rule based classification. Ongoing work focuses on spatial modelling of shoreline changes and analysis of complex global climate data.
Administrative expertise
I have been an active member of school based marketing and research committees, as well as being a member of Faculty level Marketing committees. My involvement in the marketing committees stems from expertise in this area and also an interest in making courses more attractive to, and reaching, potential students.
Teaching keywords
- Computer Game Production
- Conceptual modelling
- Database Management
- Programming
Teaching expertise
I have teaching experience at a University level in a range of IT areas. This experience encompasses different modes of delivery (eg. Internal and Distance Education) and ranges in level from 1st year to Masters and Graduate Certificate programs.
I have delivered courses in the following areas:
• Computer Games Production
• Database Management Systems
• Database Systems
• Principles of Database Development
• ICT Fundamentals
• Managing Internet Marketing Information
• Market Research
• Geographic Information Systems
• Digital Image Analysis
• Strategic Information Management
• Commerce on the Information Superhighway
• Introduction to the Senses
• Relationship Marketing
• Introduction to Remote Sensing
I am committed to the delivery of high quality teaching and engage in continuing professional development activities (eg. Tertiary Teaching Colloquium and education research publications) to ensure my skills in this area are appropriate and relevant to the needs of students. The quality of my teaching has been evidenced through positive student and peer feedback, both in terms of the way I deal with students and the quality of the materials I develop to support my teaching.
Highlighted Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
|Blackmore KL, Nesbitt KV, 'Defending against turbulent conditions: Results from an agent-based simulation', International Journal of Business Studies, 17 127-148 (2009) [C1]
|Jelinek H, Cornforth D, Blackmore KL, 'Visualisation in Biomedicine as a Means of Data Evaluation', Journal of Visualization, 14 353-359 (2011) [C1]
Co-authors: DAVID CORNFORTH
|Goodwin ID, Freeman R, Blackmore K, 'An insight into headland sand bypassing and wave climate variability from shoreface bathymetric change at Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia', Marine Geology, 341 29-45 (2013) [C1]
|Blackmore KL, Bossomaier TRJ, 'Soft computing methodologies for mining mission person data', International Journal of Knowledge Based and Intelligent Engineering Systems, 7 132-138 (2003) [C1]
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
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Chapter (2 outputs)
|Moffatt S, Blackmore KL, 'National anti plagiarism strategies: A shared responsibility in transnational university partnerships?', Breaking down boundaries: International experience in open, distance and flexible learning, Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia, Adelaide, Australia 1-12 (2006) [B1]
|Blackmore K, Bossomaier T, Foy S, Thomson D, 'Data mining of missing persons data', , SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN 305-314 (2005) [B1]
Journal article (9 outputs)
|Gu X, Blackmore K, Cornforth D, Nesbitt K, 'Modelling Academics as Agents: An Implementation of an Agent-Based Strategic Publication Model', Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 18 10-10 (2015)
|Gu X, Blackmore KL, 'A systematic review of agent-based modelling and simulation applications in the higher education domain', Higher Education Research and Development, (2015)
|Ng P, Nesbitt K, Blackmore K, 'Informative Sound and Performance in a Team Based Computer Game', Entertainment Computing¿ICEC 2014, 241-241 (2014)
|Blackmore K, Nesbitt K, 'Verifying the Miles and Snow strategy types in Australian small- and medium-size enterprises', Australian Journal of Management, 38 171-190 (2013) [C1]
Co-authors: KEITH NESBITT
|King RAR, Blackmore KL, 'Physical and political boundaries as barriers to the continuity of social vulnerability', Applied Geography, 44 79-87 (2013) [C1]
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.07.011
Co-authors: ROBERT KING
|Goodwin ID, Freeman R, Blackmore K, 'An insight into headland sand bypassing and wave climate variability from shoreface bathymetric change at Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia', Marine Geology, 341 29-45 (2013) [C1]
|Blackmore KL, Nesbitt KV, 'Defending against turbulent conditions: Results from an agent-based simulation', International Journal of Business Studies, 17 127-148 (2009) [C1]
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Conference (10 outputs)
|Ng P, Nesbitt K, Blackmore K, 'Sound improves player performance in a multiplayer online battle arena game', Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (2015)
|Gu X, Blackmore K, 'The Publishing Game: An Analysis of "Game" Related Academic Publishing Patterns', Proceedings of the 2014 Conference on Interactive Entertainment, Newcastle, NSW (2014) [E1]
|Blackmore K, Nesbitt KV, Smith SP, 'IE2014: Proceedings of the 2014 Conference on Interactive Entertainment', Proceedings of the 2014 Conference on Interactive Entertainment, Newcastle, NSW (2014) [E4]
Co-authors: KEITH NESBITT, SHAMUS SMITH
|Blackmore K, Nesbitt K, Cornforth D, 'Simulating stable, trending and turbulent operating environments', Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE 8th Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2013, School of Design, Communication and IT, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia (2013) [E1]
DOI: 10.1109/ICIEA.2013.6566348 | Author URL
Co-authors: DAVID CORNFORTH, KEITH NESBITT
|Blackmore KL, Nesbitt KV, 'Simulating the performance of small-medium enterprises in different market conditions', 2012 International Conference on Applied and Theoretical Information Systems Research Proceedings, Taipei (2012) [E1]
|Blackmore K, Bossomaier TRJ, 'Comparison of See5 and J48.PART Algorithms for Missing Persons Profiling', Proceedings of the First International Conference on Information Technology and Applications (ICITA 2002) (2002)
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Report (3 outputs)
|Blackmore KL, Goodwin ID, Wilson S, 'CASE STUDY 3: Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Bushfire Risk in the Hunter, Lower North Coast and Central Coast Region', HCCREMS (Hunter Councils Inc. as legal agent), 70 (2010) [R1]
|Blackmore KL, Goodwin ID, Wilson S, 'CASE STUDY 2: Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Extreme Heat Events Affecting Public Health in the Hunter, Lower North Coast and Central Coast Region', HCCREMS (Hunter Councils Inc. as legal agent), 40 (2010) [R1]
|Blackmore KL, Goodwin ID, Wilson S, 'CASE STUDY 1: Analysis of Past Trends and Future Projections of Climate Change and their Impacts on the Hunter Valley Wine Industry', HCCREMS (Hunter Councils Inc. as legal agent), 48 (2009) [R1]
Grants and Funding
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|Total funding
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2013 (1 grants)
Spatial Data Analytics: Addressing critical application problems concerning the environment and human society, and the interactions between them, using spatial data analytic approaches$4,085
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
|Project Team
|Doctor Karen Blackmore
|New Staff Grant
|Chief Investigator
|Total Amount
|Funding Start
|Funding Finish
Research Supervision
|Number of current supervisions
|Total current UoN PhD EFTSL
For supervisions undertaken at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, the institution name is listed below the program name.
Current Supervision
|Supervisor Type
|Research Title
|PhD (Information Technology)
|Enhancing Player's Performance by Using Sound in Computer Games
|PhD (Information Technology)
|Principal Supervisor
|Analysis of Influential Factors in Academic Publication System using Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation
Dr Karen Blackmore
|Work Phone
|+61 2 492 15206
|+61 2 492 15896
School of Design, Communication and IT (DCIT)
School of Design Communication and IT
Faculty of Science and Information Technology
The University of Newcastle, Australia
|Focus Area
|Information Technology
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Charles I had inherited a very precarious financial situation from his father James I. Unlike James, Charles did not benefit from the traditional vote of tunnage and poundage duties from Parliament. This tradition was usually upheld so that any new monarch had a stable financial start to their reign. Such was the gulf that had developed between the Crown and Parliament that this source of revenue was denied to Charles. Charles, egged on by the Duke of Buckingham, also embarked on a number of financially draining foreign ventures that had no positive impact but left him in a position whereby he introduced forced loans for the gentry and imprisoned those who did not pay. The political consequences of this policy were huge. The billeting of the army on civilians and ports having to pay for the modernisation of the navy also caused much resentment.
If the 1620s presented Charles with financial issues, the 1630s were worse. Europe as a whole experienced an economic depression. The Dutch were becoming a much greater threat with regards to what trade there was. The Lord Treasurer, Portland, attempted to enforce the kings feudal rights. Such a policy had been unpopular in the days of Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury. There was no reason to think it would be any different in the 1630s. The Law of the Forest was strictly enforced in an attempt to bring in more royal revenue and even included redrawing the boundaries of church land. In 1637, the circumference of the Forest of Rockingham was extended from six to sixty miles. Neighbouring gentry were fined £51,000 for violating what was effectively a medieval law. Portland also enforced a medieval law that stated that anybody with freehold land worth £40 or more who had not applied for a knighthood at the coronation of Charles would be fined.
Offices were also sold. This had occurred in bygone reigns, but Charles was putting himself in a position whereby anything that he did would create anger among a suitably large group of influential people. Offices, as usual, went to the highest bidder and this frequently meant that they stayed within a certain family that had raised sufficient revenue to afford to keep that office. Sir Julius Caesar held the Mastership of the Rolls from 1614 to 1636. In 1639, his son Charles bought the office for £15,000. If few could break into the monopoly of offices, it was bound to create resentment as many office holders made a great deal of money from their positions and it was obvious that a son would have sufficient resources to buy that office at auction when it next came up. Equally, keeping the office within a family did not necessarily guarantee that the next incumbent had the qualities required to do the work effectively.
As no Parliament sat from 1629 to 1640, Charles saw no reason for rural gentry and nobility to come to London. He issued a proclamation stating this on June 20th, 1632, and any rural noble or gentry found in London could be fined up to £1,000. Many gentry came to the conclusion that Charles was targeting them. In 1635, a Commission on Depopulation was appointed to detect and fine landlords involved in enclosure. A Commission on Clothing ensured that wages in the depressed cloth industry were kept artificially high. Charles should have been able to count on the support of those he was trying to help (not that the gentry saw it this way) but many of those who joined the New Model Army and were vociferous opponents of the king were from the lower classes.
Losing the support of the rural gentry came at a time when he lost the support of the most influential merchants in the City of London. In an effort to assert his authority, Charles, in 1636, ordered the prosecution of the Common Council in Star Chamber on a minor technical issue, which members in the Common Council had infringed. This led to a £70,000 fine. In 1639 this fine was reduced to £12,000. This was paid and Charles swiftly handed the money over to Henrietta Maria, his wife, as a birthday present. Such behaviour was only going to lose the king the support of some very influential and powerful men. When Charles asked the City of London for a loan in 1640, they refused. Such was the kings inability to understand why his actions provoked anger, that he was bemused as to why they had refused his request.
The kings precarious financial position was highlighted during the Bishops Wars against the Scots. The promise by Wentworth to get an army from Ireland and to quickly assemble one in England so as to avoid recalling Parliament came to nothing and the Scots not only defeated the English but following their victory encamped in the area around the lucrative coal mines near Newcastle. The only way they would leave was to be bought off. Charles did not have the necessary money to do this and had to recall Parliament. Parliament had a vested interest in seeing the Scots return north but their finances came at a price for Wentworth and Laud. Parliament took advantage of the kings financial weakness. They were willing to support the King but wanted the heads of his two most influential advisors. Both Laud and Wentworth survived their trials but Parliament resorted to a Bill of Attainder for both men who were subsequently beheaded.
"Charles I and Finance". HistoryLearningSite.co.uk. 2014. Web.


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MEBANE — With its ace on the mound for the second time this week, the Eastern Alamance baseball team had plenty of confidence entering Friday night's Mid-State 3-A Conference Tournament championship.
And when Zack Littell led off the bottom of the first with his third homer of the week, he gave himself a lead he never relinquished.
Littell pitched his second complete game in four days to deliver a 7-2 victory against Eastern Guilford and earn the tournament's Most Valuable Player distinction.
"It gave me a little confidence going out there," Littell said of the homer. "I've been seeing it well lately."
Littell's recent offensive outburst comes after a lackluster start to his season.
"I think I've just relaxed a little bit. I think I came out here in the beginning of the season and I was pressing, kind of felt like I needed to do it all," Littell said. "My team has helped me out a lot and they realized they can help me, too."
Littell (9-2) also singled in the sixth, giving him two of nine hits for the Eagles (15-9). He limited Eastern Guilford (14-11) to three hits and recorded nine strikeouts. Littell fired 111 pitches — 68 for strikes — and went past his pitch count by 11, according to coach Randy Ballard.
"I went down in there in the seventh and said if somebody gets on, we need to pull him. We went out there and talked and he felt fine, he wanted to finish it," Ballard said.
Littell's effort comes on the heels of Tuesday's complete game against Eden Morehead — in which he surrendered two hits and struck out 11.
"It's good, it's good right now. We'll see (today)," Littell said of how his arm felt. "A couple weeks ago we had six games in nine days, I threw a Tuesday, Friday and a Tuesday (stretch). So I threw 21 innings in seven days."
The Eagles' lead increased to 3-0 in the third inning when they benefited from consecutive two-out hits by Kyle Edwards, Blake Walters and J.T. Kirby.
Eastern Guilford struck back with an RBI single by Ryan Hackett in the fifth. It was one of Hackett's two hits. The Wildcats added another run to cut it to 3-2 in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Marque Johnson.
The Eagles answered with four runs in the bottom of the sixth.
Ben Walters hit a pinch-hit triple to knock in the Eagles' first run of the sixth and later crossed the plate on a single by McCray Williams. Cody Curry followed with a two-run homer to right field that cleared both fences and clanged off the top of a truck, setting off an alarm.
"I saw the lights flashing through the fence, that's when I knew … I didn't see the ball, honestly," Curry said. "I heard the thud and the car alarm went off. I thought I popped up to the right fielder again."
Eastern Alamance enters the state playoffs as the second seed from the Mid-State 3-A Conference, with the tournament title breaking a tie with Northern Guilford (both teams were 10-4 in the regular season). The Eagles beat Northern Guilford in a semifinal game to reach Friday night's championship.
Ballard is confident about his pitching, and not just Littell.
"Blake Walters pitched a gem at Northern Guilford. We feel like we've got a one-two punch with him and Zack," Ballard said.
Eastern Guilford couldn't pull off a three-game sweep of Alamance County teams in the league tournament after defeating Williams High School and top-seeded Western Alamance earlier this week.
Still, the Wildcats are headed to the state playoffs after finishing fourth in the conference.
"There's no quit in our team. We started out the year 1-5 and rebounded right back," Eastern Guilford coach Jay White said. "Going from where we were the past couple seasons to having a chance to play Friday is something that's a huge accomplishment."


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Complete fashion statement 2015
Jewelry, shoes, makeup is women's first love. These are the only things that attract a woman. As spring is here, so here is a complete women's guide for 2015 for all the ladies on how they can make themselves prettier by using simple tips about makeup, hairstyle, dressing, and jewelry.
2015 makeup and hair trends
2015 is all about subtle and natural look .Women should keep it simple this spring by applying natural colored foundation or simply the skin glow to add that sparkling touch to the skin.
For the eyes winged, Arabian, feline, Egyptian, double-up and pin-up eyeliner styles are in. The type of eyeliner totally depends on the shape of your eyes. Electric blue color is gaining popularity among women. Blue color can be applied on the top and bottom of the eyes to give sensational look to your eyes.
For the lips, shades of red, peach, and pink are in. Matte is preferred over the glossy lip colors. No lip liners are in use this year. Simply by coordinating the colors an ordinary looking woman can be transformed into a model. With the arrival of spring, many vibrant colors are now in fashion that can be used in multiple ways to enhance the beauty.
Earthy colors are more in fashion to be applied as eye shadows. With these colors mostly winged or the luxe type of eyeliner is applied.
Hair-do guide
For hairstyles, pin-curl hair-do, messy hair bun and side buns are more in style these days. Threes hair-do goes with mostly every kind of dress.
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love the title haha. ford will never make that, or anything close to that.
love the title haha. ford will never make that, or anything close to that.
praise the lowered
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I see an Aston with a Ford face.
I see Aston too!
But realistically this is too small to be a replacement for the mustang, you can tell by the size of wheels in proportion to the body that this is more of a g37 sized car and us 'Mericans need more rear head room than a g37 could offer.
I see about as much Genesis and BRZ in this as I do in a Dodge Dynasty. It is quite the looker, though!
2007 Mazda 3 s Grand Touring
awesome title
i was so disappointed when the "Re-Body" thread was locked
I doubt ford will make a mustang with that drastic of a body change. I agree with PlatinumGLS I really want the Retro "Muscle" Cars to die off... All of them, Charger, Challenger, Mustang, and Camero
Did i miss any?
Look at your signature, now back to mine, now back to yours, now back to mine. Sadly, yours isnt mine.
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I see about as much Genesis and BRZ in this as I do in a Dodge Dynasty.
srsly? i'm no iconic stay-at-home automotive designer, but some of the lines on the above two cars certainly came to my amateur mind. the rear shot that mazda 3s posted shows what i saw as a slightly viperish (new viper) tail, and you all seem to agree with my nod to aston. but that c pillar swell and those bulbous side character lines, not to mention the proportions and dimensions, certainly evoke the legendary korean/japanese race kars i mentioned.
Garmin Is My Pilot.
I am confident you are wrong, but instead of illustrating why, I will just make disparaging remarks about your reading comprehension.
In other news, Ford releases new concept images of the brand new Ford Probe
War Eagle!
Retro is making a new car look old, which is different than what the Mustang has been doing. It's subtle, but it is different. Andf it's nice to have those choices on the market. Not every car has to be futuristic.
I love cars, but the problem is they are like schroedinger's hobby. They're always in a quantum superstate of being both awesome and a huge waste of time and money... until observation momentarily forces them into one state or another.
Charger headlights with a Viper rear? That's what I'm seeing.....
Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?
Garmin Is My Pilot.
I am confident you are wrong, but instead of illustrating why, I will just make disparaging remarks about your reading comprehension.
"Of course that's just my opinion; I could be wrong."
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Garmin Is My Pilot.
I am confident you are wrong, but instead of illustrating why, I will just make disparaging remarks about your reading comprehension.
All Ford has to do here, is build a cheap DB9. Use steel instead of aluminum, cheaper leather, and throw the Coyote V8 in it. the body is already there, and the market has proven people will buy a 40-60k mustang. The real problem is also coming up with a car you can sell in stripped form for 25k.
My first car was a 1968 Mustang Fastback in Highland Green. It vaguely resembled the Bullitt Mustang accept that McQueen's had a 390 and a Manual transmission, whereas mine had a 302 with an automatic. My second Car was a 1969 Mustang Fastback ( Sportsroof ) in Winter Blue, with again, a 302 and an A/T. I've also had a few Scirocco's and also an ' arrest me red ' Corrado. Which I did happen to get a speeding ticket in.
In any case, I think that this Mustang is the best looking 'stang since the 1969 model. It is the first Mustang in several decades which can actually be called sleek. Also, I like that it resembles an Aston Martin. Remember that James Bond ( played by Sean Connery ) drove a Bright Red 1971 Mach I in a wild chase through night-time Las Vagas in ' Diamonds Are Forever ' . I could see 007 driving a gun-metal gray version of this Mustang very easily. Maybe Ford could use this to promote this next 'stang, as several Mustangs have appeared in the Bond films .
Diamonds Are Forever - Las Vegas car chase
If your car feels like it's on rails, then you're going too slow.
Front is a bit ugly, but DAT ASS! About time the Mustang got some body lines and curves back, its been slab sided for a little while now.
And I, for one, am looking forward to the idea of a turbo 6 being available along with IRS. People said the ecoboost engine wouldn't work in the F-150, and now that's the most desired and best selling engine for that truck. I fully expect the Mustang to follow suit.
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I like it, but it doesn't look like a mustang. Then again, the foxbody definitely didn't look like a mustang, but ended up being wildly successful.
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Welp, I wondered if FSNO would re-air the games and I just found out that they are still re-airing the games as CST did. It's on now but I'm tired and don't want to watch a loss.
Welp, I wondered if FSNO would re-air the games and I just found out that they are still re-airing the games as CST did. It's on now but I'm tired and don't want to watch a loss.
CST seems to be dying... Hornets gone... LHSAA programming is also on FSNOLA (this week's big HS football game... Church Point vs Eunice... is being shown on both FSNOLA and CST)... seems like the only thing they have left is LSU sports and even then they can only show replays of the biggest sport (football... and that won't attract nearly as many viewers as live... even big wins)
other than that... they have random college football games and other minor sports (will the Zephyrs stay on CST? VooDoo on Cox4?)
and before you say Saints preseason games... you think that'll stay there when the current contract runs out? I doubt it whole-heartedly
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Loved the broadcast last night.
I'm a DirecTV subscriber for the last four years, after having had Charter before that.
This was the first time I actually could sit down and enjoy a regular season Hornets broadcast without having to search for a poor quality illegal internet stream (with the exception of the YHT years when, ironically, they were broadcast on Charter's sports tier).
I thought the production quality was high (much higher than what little I saw of CST) an on par with other FSN broadcasts.
After the post-game show, the feed on 678-1 on DirecTV went dark and did not show the replay of the game later that night.
The guide for tonight does not show the LHSAA game.
So my question for anyone who can ask FSNO is whether we (DirecTV subscribers) will get other local content besides the live Hornets games. I'm not complaining - this is a HUGE upgrade over the CST contract.
But I'd like the replays and high school games, etc., in addition to the live broadcasts.
A football game can't stop hurricanes.
It can't fix levees.
Or rebuild houses.
But it can let a city know...
That it's a city once again.
Welcome back, New Orleans.
I loved it. Kinda miss the old crew in some weird way but the new setup is totally better.
The only thing that slightly bothered me was the scoreboard being on the bottom center of the screen. It blocked a good bit of the court. CST had it in the top corner, right? That just blocked out fans in the stands. Kinda irked me.
But it still was a huge step up.
Its still not true HD.
Its compressed up converted 480P
Kinda like watching a regular DVD upconverted to HD.
The picture does not come close to ESPN or TNT.
But with that in mind its still a big improvement from the past.
It was so much better to me and how about not seeing them Morris Bart commercials lol.
Wesley started off before the game nervous and stumbling over his words a bit but as soon as the game started he provided very good fluid sounding insight as to what was going on on the court...very happy with the 2 guys calling the game I would have hated if Wesley would have stayed nervous though he started out pretty rough but I expect Wesley to develop as an announcer/analyst just as our team developes
The HD could be better but it still looks better than Cox presentation by far and combine that upgrade with the player upgrades and we have a very fun season to look forward to watching fellas
Last edited by Da_Beez_Neez; 11-01-2012 at 11:52 AM.
Thought it was a clear upgrade as well--especially meyers, who is head and shoulders above the previous team. a real pro. good hire. Wesley is a rook in the booth, so give him some time to grow. he could be solid. production values much higher as well. good broadcast all around.
Didn't care for the pre-game guy. Seemed a bit stiff.
"Hornets means nothing." - Tom Benson
Fox Sports has actual content to air at noon the next day, unlike CST they have more than the hornets, they have an actual tv line up. I'll take no noon replays on FSN versus going back to CST and the mickey mouse garbage we put up with them.
It is my understanding that you will get all that. I think you may not get all the FSNO stuff that is 'borrowed' at first, but I think it is supposed to be on your tv.
Alternatively, if you have other FSX's, check them. The 'borrowing' may be transparent to Cox folks but appear as true to you, so it's a 'jump'.
"Aime la vérité, mais pardonne à l'erreur." - François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire)
I hope CST doesn't go away. Its always good to have options for the consumers. Competition will make both stations better.
Emeka Okafor - Joe Smith - Carmelo Anthony - Manu Ginobili - Jason Williams
Al Jefferson - James Posey - Aaron McKie - Shaun Livingston
The new Comcast thingy might grab them.
Reasoned speculation.
Astros and Rangers for the MLB fans in the room. Root for it.
Dish Network still doesn't show Fox Sports New Orleans. I still have Fox Sports Southwest instead and it hasn't switched yet. I was able to watch the game last night on one of the Sports Alternate channels. I asked Dish Network about the problem last night on Twitter and they seem totally unaware of Fox Sports New Orleans. They told me that they couldn't guarantee that they would carry any channel prior to it's launch. I told them that it was reported that Dish would carry Fox Sports New Orleans and I had to send them a link to a Nola.com article stating that it was already negotiated that they would carry Fox Sport New Orleans. They said they would check with their engineers to see why it wasn't available yet. I asked them again today on Twitter, but no response. Not a big deal since I was able to watch the game last night, but it's curious that they don't have it corrected yet.
Dish people will see FSNO on multiple stations it seems. It's up to the carrier.
But stop assuming FSNO is a standalone station. It is not.
Should is such a funny word.
Here's artcile about Fox Sports Oklahoma when it was created. It has details on how it related to Fox Sports Southwest.
See if there are any parallels for you.
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In 2009, Boiling Springs native Brayden Pruitt had just been racing four cylinders for a few months when she entered the World Crown 4-Cylinder Nationals at Cherokee Speedway in
RHONDA BECK: You've had a successful 2013 season. Any highlights?
BRAYDEN PRUITT: I think we've had 22 wins out of 25 races. For the most part, we've only lost like three or four. The Shrine 100 and the Bill Hendren Memorial would definitely be two of my big victories.
RB: You are in college now at
BP: The past couple of weeks have been super stressful with school and racing and work and trying to balance all three of them. Last year, I balanced racing, soccer and work. But the past three weeks, I raced the
RB: Who are some of your role models in racing and otherwise?
BP: You have different role models in your life. Definitely my mom. She's set a good example of what a mother should do for a child. I don't have a specific racing role model. As a kid it was Dale Earnhardt. But I guess NASCAR is different than it was when I was a kid, so I can't say that I have a racing role model. But I have a best friend whose been by my side the last month or so who has been helping me get my life back with following God. It's good to have different people you look up for and for different aspects of life.
RB: Can you talk about your development and progression as a race car driver since you won the World Crown 4-cylinder Nationals at Cherokee Speedway a few years ago?
BP: That year was my first time running in Stock Four (division). I had only raced three or four months in that division. Now when I go out to a track and show up I have a different perspective. After three or four years of competing with top drivers and racing side-by-side with them and beating them, I feel in the same category with them. I just go out to the track with a more relaxed perspective, not a nervous kind of feeling. I have the chance to focus on the racing, keeping my line every lap and knowing what the car is doing. I know what to do to make the car better and not have to think, 'I'm racing against Scott Morgan' or someone like that and get real nervous about it. Back then I had a feel for the car but I couldn't tell them what to do — how to make a tire adjustment, change a spring, or generally tell if the car was wrong or something wasn't working right.
RB: Do you have a recent example of this?
BP: At the Bill Hendren Memorial at Cleveland County Speedway I went out for practice and the car was just pushing. I said, 'It's pushing. The car is not working'. They said, 'You need to take time to have the track to come to you'. But when they checked the car out, the right brake line had clogged up. So the whole time when I was going into the corner it was pulling it towards the wall. It was blocked. It was just maturity knowing that the track was O.K. but the car wasn't and would have done it regardless of how the track was.
RB: What are some of your other hobbies or activities?
BP: I used to play soccer. I played soccer all through high school, played basketball all through high school, played soccer my first year of college, and then tore my ACL. That was kind of a setback. All along my goal was just to be a collegiate athlete, to come to Gardner-Webb. That was an upsetting time. My knee's back to 100 percent, I guess for the circumstances, but I actually quit this past year. I'm not playing college soccer anymore due to racing.
RB: What advice would you give to people about the day-in, day-out aspects of racing?
BP: You go out there and race for yourself, your family, your team and your fans. Sometimes, when you win race after race after race, you have more people talking about you. In fact, I've seen some comments on Facebook and how my car is cheated up. Some people don't see the work that goes into these cars to make them winning cars. Don't let everyone else get you down. God knows the truth and that's all that matters.
RB: You said you're planning to be involved in some of the upcoming motorsports trade shows?
BP: We're going to go to a show in
RB: What are your racing plans for the rest of year?
BP: We'll continue racing at Cherokee on a regular basis and go to a couple other places like Carolina Speedway. I think we'll actually run that Carolina Clash at Halloween. We'll be running the 4-cylinder Nationals at Cherokee and any other big races that come up inbetween. We're going to take a few weeks off at the beginning of October to refresh the car and the motor.


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The Probate Court has been authorized by the Minnesota State legislature to appoint conservators and/or guardians to manage the affairs of incapacitated or incompetent people. At some time, a person may need or want to take responsibility for a physically or mentally incapacitated person who cannot manage their personal or financial affairs. In this proceeding the court orders the appointment of a person to act as a decision maker for another person. The court bases this decision on clear and convincing evidence that the protected person or ward has been found to be unable to make necessary decisions on his or her own behalf. A conservator is appointed to make financial decisions for the protected person. A guardian is appointed to make the personal decisions for the ward. All guardianship and conservatorship proceedings are governed by Minnesota Statutes Chapter 524.
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LIMA — A 42-year-old woman pleaded not guilty to 56 child sex charges Wednesday that could send her to prison for the rest of her life.
Tina Hill, of 643 W. Lane Ave., is charged with two counts of rape, complicity to rape, endangering children, tampering with evidence, 11 counts of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor, and 40 counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity oriented material or performance.
Hill is accusing of raping a child under the age of 13. The child endangering charge alleges she allowed the child to be used in photographs in a sexual way while the child was nude, said Terri Kohlrieser, an assistant Allen County prosecutor.
The tampering charge alleges she attempted to alter or destroy evidence, Kohlrieser said.
The pandering charges allege a crime of photographing or videoing a child engaged in a sexual act, and the illegal use charge accuses Hill of being in possession of sexually explicit images of a minor, Kohlrieser said.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Lakevia Boykin scored 21 points with four 3-pointers to help Wake Forest upset Georgia Tech 86-67 on Thursday night in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
Wake Forest women rout Ga. Tech 86-67 at ACC
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The 10th-seeded Demon Deacons (13-18) outscored Georgia Tech 50-24 in the second half and have won at least one game in five straight ACC tournaments — the league's longest such active streak.
Tyaunna Marshall had 22 points on 10-of-26 shooting and Sydney Wallace had 10 for the seventh-seeded Yellow Jackets (14-16). They led by 10 in the first half and went up 45-38 less than a minute into the second on a layup by Marshall.
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Not only is dog sterilization an excellent method of controlling the pet population, it is also necessary to maintain the overall health of your dog. The obvious benefit, from a human's perspective, of sterilizing your dog is it will help prevent dogs from breeding and stray puppies being born, it prevents difficult dog behaviour like roaming and marking territory, and it prevents certain health issues like testicular cancer, urinary infections, and mammary cancers. But, sterilization is also important from the dog's point of view. During the reproductive season, a non-sterilized dog will become frustrated, and possibly destructive, without access to dogs of the opposite sex.
SPCA Recommendations
Obviously, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is dedicated to spreading the word about the benefits of dog sterilization. They recommend that dogs are spayed or neutered from an early age and ask that veterinarians work with human societies to ensure early sterilization of pets, work with breeders to encourage sterilization before dogs are sold, and recommend sterilization after the final set of puppy vaccinations at 4 months.
Also, there are some guidelines in place for pet owners when considering the best protocol for sterilizing their pets. Firstly, the SPCA recommends clinics that use reversible gas anesthesia. Although it is usually more expensive, it is also safer than other methods. In addition, surgical instruments need to be sterilized after each use. Believe it or not, this is not the standard in veterinary clinics, so you should be sure to find out whether your clinic sterilizes their instruments regularly. Dogs should also be hooked to a heart monitor in order to ensure their safety during the procedure. Finally, although more time consuming, the incision should be closed with layers of sutures rather than a single layer. This helps in the healing process.
Side Effects of Sterilization Surgery
Side effects for any surgery are often similar between humans and animals. There will definitely be some pain involved as there has been a surgery but this usually subsides within a few days and the long term benefits of sterilization warrant the side effects. Some castrated dogs will also suffer from weakness of the urinary sphincter, causing mild incontinence, but with time and medication these effects are minimized.
Another side effect post-sterilization is weight gain. For this reason, diet needs to be closely monitored. As one would expect, dogs tend to loose some of their energy for the weeks immediately following surgery and sometimes have an increased appetite. You should carefully monitor your dogs eating habits and weight change in order to minimize the amount of weight gain.
In fact, the behavioral side effects of dog sterilization are often positive. Dogs usually become calmer and more well-behaved post surgery. This is particularly true with male dogs. Non-sterilized male dogs are often highly motivated to seek out females in heat and will even run away from home in order to follow the sent of a female. This problem is eliminated post sterilization. In addition, non-sterilized male dogs usually show more aggression and try to become the alpha male in a pack. Aggressive behaviour in dogs is shown to decrease drastically after sterilization. Finally, a castrated male dog cannot get testicular cancer and they are less likely to develop prostrate problems.


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Spread some love around today.
Ever give someone you don't know a heartfelt compliment, a hug, a word of encouragement, a little help? You never know the difference you will make when you show a little love.
I remember a time when I was at a restaurant with Wesley, eating tacos. I saw a young woman, probably 25 or so, looking sad, but undeniably effervescent, hunched over her lunch plate. It seemed she would burst into tears at any moment. I got up and gave her a hug. She let me! Afterward, she asked, "Why did you hug me?" I replied, "It looked like you needed one." She smiled such a gorgeous smile and said, "I hadn't thought I did, but I guess I really did need one, thank you." Well, after that she perked up a little and ate her lunch. I was so glad to see her feeling a bit better.
There's a glow that comes from showing love like this. It allows you to feel more compassion for everyone, including yourself. You feel better, the other person feels better.
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By Laura Firszt, Networx
Whether your home already features an exterior deck or you are planning to build one, a built-in bench or two will add immensely to its beauty and usefulness. A built-in bench is a décor focal point that encourages family and guests to gather round. It gives off the message: "Sit down, relax and enjoy the summertime." Here's the lowdown on built-in benches for your outdoor space.
Built-in benches create a classy custom appearance for your deck that will complement its original design. To enhance their good looks, use your carpentry skills and incorporate handsome planters for flowers (or perhaps fresh herbs) into the design of the benches, whether as part of the seat back, the edges or an overhanging arbor.
With built-in deck seating, there will be no more dragging deck chairs back and forth from the house … and no more worrying about where to keep them when they're not in use. Maintenance of your built-in benches is a breeze. Just paint, seal and hose them down the same as you do for the body of the deck. Make sure that any fabric used for cushions and seat backs is stain-resistant and easy-care – preferably zippered so you can remove it to machine wash.
Outdoor Dining
Picnics, barbecues and informal dinner parties on the deck are what summer is all about, aren't they? Built-in benches will provide you with a practical seating solution which can accommodate a number of outdoor diners in a relatively small space. A circular bench constructed around a deck-mounted firepit is a convivial, fun arrangement.
Built-in benches also mean built-in storage. Banquette-type benches can include a roomy slide out "morgue drawer" or a handy trapdoor-style lift-up top. Use the extra room to stash all the things you want conveniently close at hand: cushions, cooking utensils, pool toys, candles, mosquito repellent and shawls for unexpectedly cool evenings.
Position your built-in benches so they won't be in strong sunlight during the hottest hours of the day – or screen them with a shade pergola. Well-made seat cushions will help keep you sitting more comfortably. In addition, you might want to use a back pad or lumbar pillows for spinal support. Make sure that there is plenty of room below the table for everyone's feet and knees; using a pedestal or treadle table will help with this.
Technical Specs
For maximum comfort, the backs of your built-in benches are best slanted at a five degree angle. The height of the bench seat should be 16 to 20 inches from the floor at its top and the depth should be a minimum of 16 inches … 24 inches for a slanted back. Allow 24 inches of width per person as well.
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June 23, 2014
Tim Ehlerding, Wells County's economic development director, wants to help existing companies expand and grow
By MARK MILLER
The proverbial three-legged stool is a popular metaphor, used in a variety of applications to illustrate a wide variety of circumstances, from how companies work to how crises develop. But it also is a perfect fit for how the business of economic development is being approached in Wells County.
Tim Ehlerding, nearing his second anniversary at the helm of the Wells County Economic Development Corp., might stress the importance of one leg over another, but emphasizes that all three are necessary to support the efforts.
"Our education efforts and business retention and development are really key right now," Ehlerding says. "Finding and developing new businesses to come to Wells County is important, too. Just not quite as important as the others."
That being said, the county recently made one of the more aggressive moves in attracting new business in several years, an initiative that made news throughout the state and continues to generate inquiries to Ehlerding's office.
On May 5, ground was officially broken for a 45,000 square foot industrial building at the northern edge of the Bluffton-Decker Industrial Park. Through a partnership of local developers Bob and Rob Troxel, the county, the city and the EDC, the "spec" (short for "speculative") building should be ready for occupancy in six to eight months.
"I believe we will fill it relatively quickly," Ehlerding says. "We're already getting some pretty cool inquiries, wanting to know the status."
He explains that companies looking to relocate or open a new plant used to look two years out, so that having buildings ready for occupancy was not a critical issue for communities. Those companies now put those decisions off as long as possible, so that when they make the decision to move, communities that have the right buildings "go to the front of the line." Ehlerding says.
"This was a pretty aggressive move, but I think the right one," he adds.
The county also has more than 100 acres that are certified as "Shovel Ready," meaning that all preliminary soil tests and zoning requirements have been met, enabling a company to move quickly to build a new industrial building.
In October 2013, Indiana Lt. Gov. Sue Ellsperman delivered special recognition to the county for these efforts.
However, most of Ehlerding's time and efforts are focused on making sure that current Wells County employers have everything they need to not just remain in business, but to expand and grow. And that is where the best results in economic development efforts are found as well. Ehlerding noted the nearly 200 new jobs announced in just the past two months at existing Wells County companies that are expanding.
One good example of those efforts — although it will not result in any new jobs immediately — was the announcement in May that Linder Oil will expand its operations in Ossian, a process that Ehlerding says began about a year ago.
"As their customer base grew and expanded, the importance of railroad service became more attractive and necessary for them to grow," Ehlerding relates. He introduced company executives to officials from Norfolk and Southern, which operates the very busy north-south line through Ossian and the county. As those talks proceeded, it became clear that the railroad would only allow one additional spur in the park. Since the EDC has an option on about 110 acres for future development, Ehlerding's office worked with Linder and Norfolk Southern to find a win-win solution that would give Linder sufficient space for a spur and tank-car storage while allowing the remaining acres to Linder's north access to rail service.
The final arrangement, with Linder investing $350,000, included $37,000 from the County Economic Development Income Tax funds of the county and Ossian to purchase enough land and an additional 16 feet of railway in order to provide that access for future development.
"The community wins in a huge way in this," Ehlerding explains. While those 110 acres are yet to be certified as "shovel ready," when they are, they will also be what Ehlerding terms as "rail ready.
"And that is becoming increasingly more important to companies that they have access to rail service," he adds.
The efforts to make the Ossian Industrial Park a Tax Increment Finance District is also an important initiative. (See story on page 11.)
As critical as all of those efforts are to the economic future and well being of the Wells County, Ehlerding quickly points out that the education of the workforce "is the most important aspect of what we're doing here."
Today's industries do not need more workers with the same skills, he says. "They need workers with more skills. There's more automation; (workers) are operating multi-million-dollar machines that take new skills."
He adds that the biggest question prospects ask, not just here but all across the nation, is: Does your community have skilled workers? "They will even ask for some proof that we can provide them with workers with the skills they will need," he says.
In order to address this, Ehlerding began a series of industrial maintenance classes, designed to take "good, dependable workers without specific industrial skills" and put them through a six-month program "that exposes them to a wide array of industrial mechanics," he explains.
The third class will begin in late June. At least eight Wells County businesses will send workers to this class, along with others from Adams County.
"This has been a joint effort with Adams County," Ehlerding explains, adding that it is fully funded by WorkOne and the instructors are provided by Ivy Tech. The classes have been so popular that Ehlerding thinks "we may have to turn some people away" from this next series.
The Wells County EDC will also host two industrial summer camps this year. A guitar building camp is in its second year, after "a very successful" first year, Ehlerding says. Middle and high school students will design and build their own guitars and will finish the camp with a "jam session" at Sweetwater recording studios in Fort Wayne."This is part of our efforts to introduce students to manufacturing as a career," Ehlerding said.
This summer's new camp is a robotics camp, in which teams of students will build robots. "This camp is probably more oriented to the science, technology, engineering and math disciplines," he said, "while the guitar class is a little more hands-on."
The guitar camp is made possible by the collaboration of Ivy Tech, Sweetwater Sound, the Wells County Foundation, Southern Wells High School and Ehlerding's office. Ivy Tech and the foundation are also involved in the robotics camp, along with the Wells County 4-H and the Purdue Extension office.
Ehlerding would also like to organize a "Health Care Camp" to expose students to careers in that field, "probably targeted mostly to the nursing profession. It's just a concept at this point but I'd like to get one going next year."
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He has developed a good working rapport with the federally-funded WorkOne program. "They're interesting in funding all kinds of training," he explains. "We're working on establishing a Microsoft Certification program for example; there are many IT (Information Technology) needs out there."
All of these efforts, Ehlerding believes, points toward a bright future for the county. "It's an exciting time to be in Wells County," he says enthusiastically, standing — metaphorically — on his three-legged soapbox.
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"I worked every day for two and a half years searching for music, finding the things that I want to say as an artist, the way I want it to sound," James told Rolling Stone. "I didn't sacrifice. Every song I chose has its own purpose and meaning, and they say something."
James' self-titled debut album was released back in 2012. A few months later he was moved to the Columbia Nashville label, another division of Sony Music Nashville, following the closure of BNA Records. His second single, "Crying on a Suitcase," went to Number 14 on the U.S. Country Airplay chart. The follow-up, "The Good Life," failed to crack the top 50.
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