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An 88-year-old man was fatally shot Saturday evening at his residence in the 300 block of Montrose Avenue NW, according to Canton police.
Eugene H. Render, 88, of 316 Montrose Ave. NW, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Stark County coroner's office.
Lt. Dan McCartney said officers found Render with multiple gunshot wounds in his kitchen after a shooting was reported at 6:12 p.m.
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Johan Goosen won't be given licence to thrill but he will be encouraged to express himself when the opportunities present themselves at Loftus, says Jean de Villiers.
The message from the Springbok management and senior players has been clear this week, Goosen – installed at flyhalf after two impressive attacking performances off the wood – will have to adapt to the team's approach, not have it shaped around him.
There has certainly been a directive to him to play the naturally attacking game that has brought him into the national consciousness. But no free reign will be extended to him. Instead the coaches and some experienced players have worked on his spacial awareness and decision making under pressure in a bid to equip him with the processing skills to take the right option in any given situation.
De Villiers said he would have freedom within a pre-determined framework.
'Johan brings a lot of youthful enthusiasm to the game. But nothing changes for us from a game plan point of view. Yes, if there is opportunity to go wide, into space, we'll do that. That's always been the case with this team,' he said.
Some young players need constant assurance of their value, others not, the latter requiring only to be encouraged to express themselves. Asked where Goosen stood, De Villier simply said: 'He has a good head on his shoulders. Mentally he is up for it.'
He added: 'I spoke to him early in the week and told him I'm going to be hard on him because I want to get the best out of him. But I also said it works both ways because he is ultimately the general of this team. He has taken that message in the spirit it was intended.'
Goosen will be pitted against Kurtley Beale, himself making his first start at flyhalf. That match-up excites De Villiers, who warned that the Springboks must nullify Beale or they would struggle.
'Beale is a classy player and it is quite a tantalising prospect seeing those two up against each other. He has shown what he can do playing in other positions at Test level, and he was very good at flyhalf in Super Rugby. We'll have to be up for it defensively because he'll definitely test us.'
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Tofas Bursa started and finished strong to cruise to victory over Michelin ETHA Engomi for their first win in Group A of the EuroChallenge.
The visitors took control in the first quarter, with a late 12-4 run putting them 28-15 up on Chinemelu Elonu's lay-up.
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Tofas head coach Ahmet Caki"First of all we thank Etha for the hospitality and the interest that they showed to us since we arrived on Sunday at Larnaca Airport until the Hotel and then to the gym. In the first and second quarter we played better than Etha, but in the third quarter Etha played better than us. Finally, in the fourth quarter we started again playing better and we scored until the end when we won the game. Our players fought and ran and that was good for us because we lost the previous game to Karsiyaka by one point. I would like to congratulate Etha's coach because he studied our team, he has a very good team and he is a very good coach."
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Inaugurated by President Mohamed Nasheed and boosting a culinary section which attracted a record number of 346 chefs who competed in 15 different categories, the seventh edition of the Hotel Asia 2011 Exhibition and Culinary Challenge took place in Male, Maldives from July 14th to 16th 2011. The three-day exhibition reported as the largest international event held to date in the Maldives was successfully attended by Diva Maldives' international team of chefs.
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Everyone remembers their high school football days. How they went to the pep rallies, putting on their pads, and getting ready for that night's game, hitting someone harder than you ever thought you would, and winning ball games and feeling like champions of the world. Many times these memories become tall tales or folklore of yesteryears. Yet there is an occasion where a memory becomes a nightmare. A nightmare that can hurt a person deep, deep in their soul and keep them up late at night if the memory passes through their mind...
It was a warm, humid Mississippi August, the kind of August where it does not get below 80 degrees until nine o'clock at night. It was a Friday, and not just any Friday in the state of Mississippi. This day was opening day for the Mississippi high school football season, a day as celebrated as the day a man's first child is born. After summer workouts, two-a-days, and the jamborees that meant nothing, the players, coaches, cheerleaders, and the community got to see the true nature of their high school team. It was a real judgment day for every team across the state to see if they had the right stuff to make it to Jackson in December.
The Clinton Arrows, a program with great tradition in the state, were set to take on their longtime rivals the Brandon Bulldogs. This rivalry is not just a new rivalry or a forced rivalry because we just happen to be down the road from each other. The Clinton-Brandon rivalry is the oldest rivalry in the Jackson Metro-Area stretching all the way back to the late 1930s. Always a bruising and long lasting affair, this game was no different than any other.
Brandon entered having lost six straight to the hated Arrows, and felt with their new Head Coach Brad Peterson they could show Clinton the Dogs still had a bite. The Arrows had a deep playoff run on their mind and knew that beating Brandon would only further their point to everyone in Mississippi. Two teams with a point to prove on one night makes for a massive occasion.
This year the Arrows made the trip over to Brandon. The game was underway, and many knew that it would be long, close game but no one knew that only two players would hold the fate of this year's rivalry on their legs. The Arrows squandered multiple chances inside the red zone, and Brandon had a difficult time even crossing the fifty-yard line. The Clinton fans and Brandon fans started to see overtime in their future. After four quarters of many mistakes and cramping players on both sides, the Arrows and the Bulldogs ended regulation 0-0.
Brandon took the first possession of overtime, and on the very first play, the Bulldogs turned the ball over on a shovel pass to the running back. Automatically, the Arrows sent out the field goal unit, it was only a 27 yard field goal, a chip shot for many. Yet the pressure got to the 17 year old young man, who missed it wide right. The kicker had to have a short memory which can be hard to do sometimes for a young person, but after three plays by Clinton's offense in the second overtime, the kicker jogged back onto the field. This time, he faced a 25 yard field goal and nailed it. Hoping to never have to step on the field again, his hopes were dashed when Brandon's kicker knocked in his game tying field goal, taking the game to the third overtime 3-3.
The triple overtime started again at the ten yard line. Brandon could not move the ball into the end zone, but once again the Bulldogs found the balls going through the uprights. It was 6-3 now, and the Arrows knew it was crunch time. Clinton's offense ran the ball three times down to the Bulldogs' three yard line. And for third time on the night, the away Arrows called upon their kicker. Only a 20 yard field goal, did he make it…
The kicker crumbled to his knees, grabbing his head and tears rolled down his eyes. He knew he had lost to a bitter foe, he knew he would be the butt of many jokes, and he felt that he had failed the community that allowed him to wear the arrowhead on his red helmet. He missed a field goal that he had made all pre-season, and now he has missed it, giving his team a loss.
The Arrows went on to finish the season 8-4, a somewhat disappointing mark for such great expectations to start the season. The kicker continued to play in every game after the Brandon loss, but just as a punter. He never attempted another field goal and maybe never wanted to take another chance at one again.
Is it missing the field goal that would keep this young man up at night? Sometimes we forget how much pressure can weigh on young athletes during these high school games. The players have put all their thoughts and god given ability to try and be successful.
We as fans sometimes miss our own field goals, when we fail to realize how much weight are on these young men shoulders. I understand winning championships are priority number one for everyone, but we should support our players even when they mess up. As long as each player on the field gives everything they have, we should understand that they are still learning the game and are still very young. These high school ball players are not NFL caliber just yet, but we should celebrate their willingness to represent their community and try their best to win on Friday night. These moments will be remembered by the players and especially the game altering memories that may be celebrated forty years down the road or nightmares that keep them up late at night, playing "the what if game?".
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|Introduction | Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX7 sensor performance | Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX7 versus competition | Conclusion
Even though smartphones have eroded the sales of digital compacts at the lower-end of the market, the high-end models using relatively large 1/1.7-inch type sensors continue to be popular. The DMC-LX7 is Panasonic's compact "expert"' model aimed at amateurs and advanced users alike, and replaces the previous iteration, the highly regarded DMC-LX5. This new iteration might represent a serious challenge to both the Canon PowerShot G15 and the Nikon Coolpix P7700.
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX7 was introduced in July, 2012 and includes a number of refinements over its direct predecessor, the DMC-LX5 (there was no LX6, in spite of the rumors circulating of a compact boasting a 1-inch type sensor). Like its rivals in this segment, the LX7 ditched the long-standing CCD sensor for a 10.1-Mpix 1/1.7-inch type MOS type (CMOS based) sensor allowing increased sensitivity up to ISO12800 (with boost) and full HD (1080p) video at 60/50/25fps. At 720p, output is 30/25p but there's a potentially creative 100fps high-speed option as well.
The DMC LX7 can also boast of a classy Leica branded image-stabilized 4.7-17.7mm (24-90mm equivalent in 35mm terms) Vario-Summilux zoom lens with a variable maximum aperture of f/1.4-2.3. This is instead of the slower Vario-Summicron (f/2.0-3.3) designated zoom of the LX5. Although a slightly shorter focal range than most current rivals, it's the equivalent to a 24mm at the widest setting and it's the brightest available for low-light photography. It also focuses to 1cm (0.39-inches) and features Panasonic's Nano Surface Coating for reduced flare and ghosting. Not only that but it rates as one of the most impressive lens specs we've seen in a compact. Of the 11 elements in total, two are made from ED glass (with one of those being a double sided aspheric) while a further four also make use of aspherical technology, making a total of nine aspherical surfaces in all.
Weighing just 298g (0.66 lb) and measuring 111 x 68 x 46mm (4.37 x 2.68 x 1.81") the LX7 has a decent but fixed 3.0-inch (920k dot) LCD, however this is one of just two models (the other being the Olympus XZ-2) that can use an optional articulated electronic viewfinder (EVF), greatly enhancing usability. This segment is hotly contested and at $450 (finder extra), the LX7 isn't exactly cheap (although it is one of the cheapest), so let's see how well it did in our lab and if it's worthy of your cash.
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Added by sunnyflorida | April 11, 2013
Why do you always ignore the lens?
Per your final comments that the G1x and RX100 should be considered for low light performance, you fail to mention that their fixed lenses are slower, thus needing an 1~3x increase in ISO to achieve similar exposure. To match the Lx-7 @90mm F/2.2 ISO 800, the G1X needs ISO 6400! If both images were compared the LX-7's is cleaner.
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This is a good review, but you don't mention prices? the LX7 is now going for $300. Another point is Silkypix which is given free for Panasonic cameras. For me this was important, as I find that very good and intuitive software for RAW processing. It would be good to compare Canon and Nikon in that regard also.
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Palestinian rights activists have welcomed a decision by Stevie Wonder to cancel a scheduled 6 December performance at a Los Angeles fundraiser for Friends of the IDF (FIDF), an organization that raises money for the Israeli army.
The US Campaign to End the Occupation and the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel which had campaigned for Stevie Wonder to pull out, called on people to sign a petition thanking the music legend for his move.
"As a diverse group of people of conscience and organizations around the world, it is with great joy that we applaud your decision to cancel your performance for the Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces," the petition begins.
Earlier, FIDF confirmed Stevie Wonder's cancelation in a press release. "Representatives of the performer cited a recommendation from the United Nations to withdraw his participation given Wonder's involvement with the organization," the release stated.
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Down a long corridor from the heart of Radiothon 2013, away from the flow of interviews, applause and ringing phones, a small room moves to a quieter yet equally important beat.
This is pledge central ¬- the place where all the donations are input into laptop programs, tabulated and shared in live-time to All Children's Hospital staffers coordinating the event.
At a table down another long hallway, All Children's Volunteer Services Coordinator Ranetta Sumner checks in the steady flow of helpers who arrive throughout the two days to man the phones.
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The work takes place away from the spotlight of the sixth-annual ACH fundraising event but plays an essential role in the success of the operation.
Welcome to behind the scenes of Radiothon, where passion and commitment runs deep even if it's far removed from the action.
Consider the lively volunteer-training crew, comprised of Foundation staffers Lozada, Guild Coordinator Alison Debowsky, Special Events Coordinator Kristin Collis, Special Events Manager Taylor Traviesa and Stewardship Manager Shannon Ahn.
At this particular moment, Lozada - sporting gigantic yellow sunglasses - is giving a playful run-down to a new group of volunteers, demonstrating the best way to take pledges from callers. Ably assisted by Traviesa, wearing a plastic princess crown, she starts off with a trivia quiz with little knick-knack prizes for anyone who knows the year All Children's opened as the American Legion Crippled Children Hospital (answer: 1926) or how many beds All Children's has (259).
Then she gets down the nitty-gritty - every telephone has a script beside it, along with a stack of pledge slips. "The first field asks for their area code and phone number - please repeat their phone number back to them," she stresses. "And please, please, please print legibly. And press hard enough so it goes to all three copies."
Every detail that a caller needs to know is covered: for instance, if a caller says they want to make a pledge but ask to be called back because they're driving. "We tell them, 'Absolutely, we can call you back when you're some place safe."
And so it goes, a crucial job in the Radiothon mix performed with panache by Lozada.
"We try to make the volunteer experience as pleasurable as possible," she says later. "We understand that the volunteers come here because they WANT to be part of Radiothon. They have enthusiasm for the purpose that we have here and come in to help us for two days. We have over 250 volunteers who come in and help manage our phones. So it's really nice to know that these people are coming because they want to be part of something special that we're doing here at All Children's Hospital."
Making the on-the-spot training fun as well as informative is a priority - hence the props and levity that are part of each presentation.
"We try to make as positive for them as we can make it," she says. "But we also feed off of their enthusiasm, because it's an exciting time of the year - it's Radiothon. It's during the holidays. It's a time to see some of these kids that we see every year. It's so fun to see kids like Oliver, Marina and Juniper come back and to see how they've grown and flourished. And our volunteers get to be a part of that as well, because they come back here year after year."
One such volunteer, Janet Lynn of the All Children's Hospital Guild Evening Branch in St. Petersburg, has worked the phones at multiple Radiothons and Telethons and loves the entire experience.
"It's so exciting to hear the phone ring," she says. "A couple of years ago, I had a woman call and she had just won $600 in the lottery the day before. And she donated the entire $600 to the Radiothon. And a phone call I got this morning was from a gentleman who was having difficulty talking. He said that every time he hears a patient being interviewed he starts to cry. His son had open-heart surgery here and his cousin was born at one pound and nine ounces, and is now 20 and doing great."
The caller didn't have a credit card or a bank account. But he still wanted to make a meaningful gesture.
"He told me, 'I'd love to volunteer for the hospital,' " Lynn recalls. "So I took his name and his number so someone could call him back. People don't always have money, so sometimes they give their time. And every person has a story. It's so fulfilling and you don't really realize how what you do can sometimes touch others."
After pledge slips are filled out, they're delivered to the tabulation room at the end of that long hallway outside the bustling Children's Auditorium. That's where ACH Foundation Operations Director Ryan Perry supervises about a half-dozen Foundation staffers and one long-time volunteer, Ann Van Peer. The group's job is to tabulate and input all the amounts, with Perry adding the data to a special spreadsheet program he created, displayed on two adjacent monitors.
"We have a dashboard set up that brakes everything down into easy-to-understand numbers," Perry says. "But basically, this displays how we did last year. When the donations come in, I enter very specific codes pertaining to the amount. Is it a Miracle Maker? Is it a first-time pledge? And the way I've crafted the system is that it automatically performs tasks for us."
The system also updates a web page that displays entries and provides real-time updates to ACH Director of Interactive Services Darrell Lee at his desk in the Radiothon room. In addition, it generates real-time graphs for Stephanie Hall, the ACH Foundation's Director of the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and director of the Radiothon and Telethon.
"They know what the numbers and trends are up to the minute of how we're doing, at the same time I'm getting it here," he explains. "We have to be vigilant to make sure that we get the numbers to them in a timely way so they know where they're at."
Perry and his crew can follow the Radiothon action from a live feed on a screen in their room. Though they're separated physically from the action and bursts of emotion, they feel it as deeply as if they were in the room themselves.
"We still get pumped up when we see the dollars coming through," he says. "And they know when we're doing well because their load becomes greater. The excitement is definitely felt back here, too."
And it's felt by Sumner as she checks in volunteers at her desk in the OCC.
"It's so amazing to be part of this," she says. "It never gets old."
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I've never been one to write in forums before but I just wrote to my family on the debate between Sam Harris and Aslan, and figured I'd broaden the discussion here. Here is what I wrote:
The former link is to a radio program on the construction of the 'Ground Zero Mosque' with guest scholars Sam Harris and Reza Aslan. Harris is a graduate in Philosophy and PhD in Neuroscience, and Aslan is a graduate in theology. I just finished reading a book by Harris called The End of Faith and it gave me my first taste of Islam -one I found quite frightening.
Harris touches on a few familiar issues, seen in his book The End of Faith, when addressing his problems with the ground zero mosque. In the radio segment he doesn't so much call to question the legality of constructing the mosque as call to question the negative implications such a mosque will have: mainly, the sense felt by Islamic extremists that the 9/11 martyrs and the jihad against non-believers has been successful, thus increasing the grounds for such extremists to act violently. Additionally, Sam seems focused on confronting the passive and neutral tone taken by westerners towards the inferential consequences of holy texts. So though Harris is troubled by the construction of such a mosque, he does not directly oppose it. (Despite Sam's asserted respect for the constitution, I find his arguments can be seen to suggest an unclear position).
Aslan, who has also written on topics of religious extremism, supports the construction of the mosque.The first amendment of the constitution assures such a mosque can be built, and to deny its erection is to limit Americans' religious liberty. Additionally, the coined term "ground zero mosque" is misleading as the 13 story building will have space for many different religious practices apart from Islam. Aslan considers Sam's position to be that of a bigot, by grouping all 1.3 billion Muslims into one category.
As neither seem to be working within the same framework - Harris focused on problems of Islam more than the mosque, and Aslan focused on the mosque more than the problems of Islam - the argument comes to a disappointing standstill. I'd like to keep a discussion going working off of either the two guest speakers, or any any other related ideas y'all might have!
To begin, I would say I agree with Sam Harris' general disapproval of Western ignorance and tiptoeing around issues of religion. I do, however, feel the ground gets slippery when we start molding our decisions around how some extremist might or might not react. Sure, to allow such a religious center to be built so close to the Trade Center could be seen as a victory for the likings of the Taliban, but one need also weigh the consequences of disallowing its construction. Maybe this would mobilize a greater hate towards America? I don't really know the likelihood of either situation, and Harris gives no means to figure it out. It would seem that Harris is merely using the mosque to talk about other issues, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Aslan remains mostly focussed on the mosque, except when attacking Harris. Rather than engaging in the debate in the direction Harris tries to take it, Aslan accuses Harris of being a bigot. By attacking Harris he seems to dodge the topics he is challenged with, which is really too bad because Aslan is, after all, the expert. Turning to the problem of location, I don't see how it would be unconstitutional to have the mosque built further away. How close is too close? Well, within a few blocks I would say counts as too close. If Person B attacked/terrorized Person A's home, was discovered and found guilty, and Person B's family seemed to have no problem with it, then Person A would likely have a problem with their neighbour hosting a party for B's family. The analogy is far from perfect but highlights what many New Yorkers and American's alike will feel with the mosque being built. The attack on the Trade Center was done by a close relative of the Islamic moderates looking to practice at the Ground Zero Mosque, and they would appear to share the same fundamentals as their feared family member. To simply preach freedom of religion and constitutional rights seems like a very insensitive way to go about the issue, and those who feel uneasy about the location should be granted more respect than the title of bigot.
Anyway, if any of you have an opinion or response on the matter I'd love to hear it!


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One time Playboy cover girl Jenny McCarthy spent Friday basking in the warm sun in South Beach.
Snooki Goes to Wrestlemania.
Eva Longoria threw herself a lavish birthday party, and her good friend Kim Kardashian shared the event with her Twitter followers.
Jessica Biel was spotted out, looking great despite her recent break-up with Justin Timberlake.
Britney Spears and boyfriend Jason Trawick met up with Kevin Federline at son Sean's baseball game.
Brooke Mueller celebrates her twins Bob and Max Sheen's birthdays a couple days early in Beverly Hills.
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Two former Real World: New Orleans cast members, Jemmye Carroll and Ryan Knight, were arrested after an altercation with a Florida nightclub bouncer.
Charlie Sheen is reportedly moving into this six-bedroom, six-bathroom mansion just two doors down from ex-wife Brooke Mueller's new best friend, Paris Hilton.
Everyone's favorite 'guidette' Snooki partied up a storm Saturday night in Vegas, hosting a bash to kick off spring break at LAX nightclub.
Celine sparkled in an Armani Prive gown from the Spring 2009 collection.
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Justin Bieber unveils his wax figure in London.
Lea Michele and Ashton Kutcher share an on-screen smooch for their upcoming movie "New Year's Eve."
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Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin and writer Kyle Killen attend 'The Beaver' Premiere at the 2011 SXSW Music, Film and Interactive Festival.
Rachel Uchitel has completed a private investigator course and graduated with top of the class honors.
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Mel Gibson's new mugshot released by the El Segundo Police Department. The actor pled no contest to simple battery.
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Women's Lacrosse Uses Goals from 11 Different Players to Roll Lees-McRae 23-0 in Season/League Opener
February 22, 2012
MISENHEIMER, N.C. Backed by 17 first-half goals, Pfeiffer University cruised to a 23-0 shutout win over Lees-McRae College in Conference Carolinas womens lacrosse on Wednesday afternoon. The Lady Falcons win their season opener with Natalie Marvins (South Berwick, ME) four goals leading the way while the Bobcats fall to 0-2 overall, 0-2 in league play.
Katherine Athens (Huntingtown, MD) got the afternoons scoring underway just 39 seconds in for the Lady Falcons. Marvin and Kristi Korn (Rochester, NY) followed over the next four minutes while Liz Melesh (Annapolis, MD) scored her first of three soon after. Shannon Bonnel (Mechanicsville, MD) would assist on the next three goals to Sarah Daly (New Market, MD), Athens and Rachel Hebberd (Golden, CO) making it 7-0 with 22:16 to play in the first half.
Melesh put home her second off of a Daly pass before Lorin Lord (Summerville, SC) notched her first on a free position shot. Hebberd, Marvin and Bonnel would each strike again during the midway point of the first, before Marvin and Melesh went back-to-back just under a minute later. Korn would round out the half with two-straight goals while Haley Gourdie (Clermont, FL) closed out the first 30 minutes hitting with six seconds remaining.
Six second-half goals started with Marvins fourth and final of the day 3:36 in while Athens soon followed with her own hat trick five minutes later. Ashley West (Warrenton, VA) and Laura Shea (Damascus, MD) would each find the back of the net during the closing minutes while Bonnel and Gourdie each accounted for the final Lady Falcon strikes.
Bonnel would end up with four assists in the game while Marvin followed closely behind with three. Bonnel corralled eight draw controls while Marvin led the way with four groundballs. Jamie Alcala (Fredericksburg, VA) posted four saves in the shutout victory in net.
Pfeiffer will get back to action on Saturday heading to Lenoir-Rhyne for their first road contest of the season at 12:00 p.m.


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I'm pleased to announce the 1.0 release of ActiveCluster, the open source cluster management & control framework.
This release completes the core API and reference implementation which includes the following features
- viewing the current nodes in the cluster and their state
- listening to nodes arrive, update their state, shut down or fail
- communicate with the cluster as a whole or with any specific node in the cluster
- elect a leader of the cluster to make decisions on behalf of the cluster
Future versions will include more complex higher level protocols like buddy-group arrangement protocols and HA features.
To download the binary or source versions of this release, please view the download page


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Whether you've recently adopted a dog or you're considering it, one of the most important health decisions you'll make is whether to spay or neuter your new pet.
When it comes to "fixing" male dogs, specifically, there's a lot of misinformation swirling around. ("It'll make my dog fat" and "it'll change his personality" are two common myths that we'd like to bust forever!) Some pet parents even express guilt over neutering their dogs. But trust us, he doesn't mind, and here's why:
Neutering provides major health benefits.
Besides preventing unwanted litters, neutering your male pup prevents testicular cancer and significantly reduces the chance of certain prostate problems as he ages.
Your neutered male will be more at peace.
Neutering won't affect your dog's working abilities, friendliness or playfulness! However, it will likely reduce undesirable, sometimes dangerous behaviors including urine marking, attempts to roam away from home, aggression toward other dogs and inappropriate mounting. These things stress everybody out—including him.
He won't become a deadbeat dad.
Every year, millions of dogs of all ages and breeds are euthanized or suffer as strays. You wouldn't want your beloved pooch to be responsible for creating yet another unplanned litter, would you?
Many states and counties have established safe, low-cost spay/neuter programs that make surgery easily affordable and accessible. To find an affordable program near you, search our Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Provider Database. If you're in New York City, the ASPCA mobile spay/neuter clinic offers partially or fully subsidized spay/neuter surgery for low-income dog and cat owners in the five boroughs.
If responsible people spayed n neutered their pets then the animal shelters would not have to HUMANELY euthanize so many 'pitties" or other dogs n cats who need quality homes that just do not exist much any more these days.
First of all you waited too long to have it done. If it is done before they go into heat, they don't get all the hormones going, and they do not have the desire to breed. I too years ago was ignorant of the spaying and neutering. Then it was let them have a litter first. I had to have my Stormy spayed at 5 years, because she developed teat tumors. She did have a litter just before that. My latest Dixie was spayed at 4 months. The pound had it done, after I took her, and it never bothered her. She is two and the sweetest dog, and great temperment.
So true! It has been proven that the younger the better. The pets usually do not develop any bad habits or desires, they live longer, they do not over populate, it costs less since the pet weighs less (cost is usually based on a weight range) and the recovery is usually much easier on them because they are young and resilient.
I neutered my first Shih Tzu. He was a year old when I answered an ad on our local grocery stores bulletin board. I had him neutered and he totally changed!! He wouldn't come out from under the end table for days!! He never, ever was the same after that! Every time he licked his balls and the sack was empty, he'd get this real confused look on his face. Unfortunately he was hit and killed by some asshole who deliberately swerved to hit him on his way to work one morning right in front of my eyes. Tore both my husband and me up for about 6 months. Kept having nightmares about it. Finally my husband broached the subject of getting another one up to me.
Said it was time. So we drove an hour and a half to get him. And, oh my gosh, when I walked in he looked exactly like my other one. Same black and white, with just a few minor marking differences. The one who was killed only had black around one eye. And this one has black around both eyes. It was a God blessing! I know it!! I live in a very rural community and our vet has to work on a lot of different animals. They saw the horns off cattle. One day they had a tiger in a large cage out back. The last time they had a brand new baby goat running around. Anyway I talked to my vet about this. He told me he, personally would NEVER spay or neuter any of his personal animals. My dog has never humped anything but a stuffed animal he's had since I got him at 6 weeks. I have restuffed and resewed that darned stuffed animal so many times!! Personally I don't think he'd know what to do with the real thing anyway. Although my neighbor got worried when she saw him trying to hump a full size grown retriever who my dog knew and had played with before. I just looked at the size difference in the two dogs and said, I'm pretty sure my little 19 pound Shih Tzu can't even reach her. She's safe! Nope! My dog has never, EVER known even one moment of pain and I REFUSE to be the one who is responsible for his very first moment of pain!! I wouldn't be able to stand it if he looked at me with those big eyes in pain wondering "Why Mama? Why?" There is 100% NO CHANCE of his getting another dog pregnant and he doesn't wander. He stays very close to home. In his mind, we're a pack and he stays real close to us. He even walked up and lay right in between us during our wedding in February. It DID change my first Shih Tzu. He was never the same after that. And my vet refuses to spay or neuter his own animals. Good enough recommendation for me! NOPE! I WILL NEVER EVER spay or neuter another DOG!!!!!!!!!!!!
If your veterinarian states that he would never spay or neuter his own pets then you need to seek a new pet. The risks of developing cancer is much greater without having the sex organs removed. I have seen so many intact females develop pyometra and cancer because the owner did not want to spay their pet. It is cruel to knowingly choose to allow you pet to develop certain type of cancers because of what you hear or see on the internet. Do medical research first than form an opinion. Animals tend to gain weight after surgery and also because pet owners free feed their pets and can be to lazy to take them out to be exercised. if you have a 19 lb Shih-tzu it is because you are feed the wrong kind of food and not feeding on a schedule, pets can loose weight with proper diet and nutrition. I have had obese animals as well as a result to spaying, but I weighed out the risk of not having my pet suffer through a terminal disease over the pet gaining weight. I had to do better as a pet owner and really work to get my pet to lose weight and now she is more vibrant than she was before. And just for the record it is cruel to "saw" off horns on a cattle there is no purpose for that.
You are not well informed and should not be giving bad advice with no knowledge. Know your facts before stating such claims. I strongly suggest you read a book about canine health as you need to educate yourself about the truth of spaying and neutering.
This person could not have said it better. The vet says to not spay n neuter but rather to saw off the horns of the cattle? Really? I think Bob may have commented that pet83 needs to get the fact correct about spay n neutering. Well this person does. There are facts n research to validate spay n neutering. But if u do not want to spay n neuter for your pets health then at least do so for pet OVER POPULATION so everyone can stop blaming the animal shelters for having to humanely euthanize thousands of pet who need quality homes. Too many irresponsible back yard breeders.
That was the longest story to say nothing. No vet in their right mind would tell you to not spay or neuter your pet.
And poor grammar to boot. All this no spay is transference on the part of the writers. Dogs can gain weight or stay the weight that is correct for the breed depending on food and exercise. I rescued a pug that was used as a stud, and once spayed became better house trained and a complete love. As an aside, any vet that saws horns off should lose their license. There is something called dehorning...which is similar to neutering since you plan it ASAP...Not many years later.


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Just another ignorant weirdo from Antwerp, Belgium
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On a related note to releasing the much improved v2.0 of Flickr Schedulr, I just noticed that the previous release got mentioned in the BBC's Webscape reviews.
How awesome is that?!
It shows a quick tour of what the application does and how it works. And note that the part where they set up the Windows scheduled task is no longer necessary in v2.0 since that's now baked in
Hot off the press and might I add, finally! I just got around to packaging up and publishing the completely rewritten v2.0 of Flickr Schedulr.
Flickr Schedulr is a Windows desktop application that automatically uploads pictures to Flickr based on a schedule (e.g. to post a new picture every day at a certain time). It allows you to create a queue of pictures to be uploaded, along with their titles, descriptions, tags, and the photoset into which they should end up. This effectively takes the hassle of uploading pictures at regular intervals away, and allows you to go out and have fun shooting pictures (or drinking beer) while your photoblog is maintained for you.
What's new in this version?
As always, you can find all information, screenshots and downloads on the dedicated site at http://schedulr.codeplex.com
Happy Flickring!
Ok maybe it's not just released but still I'm happy to finally put the word out that you can now install Mayando v1.2 directly from the Microsoft Web Application Gallery!
Mayando is a full-featured photo blogging application that you can use to showcase your photos online.
What's new in this release:
If you want to see it running: check out the Mayando Demo Site or of course my own photo blog.
Since it's been almost two years since my last blog post, I figured I owed the remaining 3 subscribers of my blog a short update on what I have been up to...
#1 – Maya
There have indeed been a couple of interesting things going on, and first and foremost, that would include the birth of our amazingly beautiful and unbelievably cute daughter Maya in June last year
She just turned one year old this week, so time flies indeed! If you would be interested in seeing some more pictures, then I'm sure you can figure out where her own website would be located if you studied the incredibly complicated naming pattern I used to locate my own website
#2 - Mayando
Because Project #1 called for a way to keep the family up to date and to regularly show off exactly how cute Maya is, and (almost equally importantly) because I was looking for an excuse to learn ASP.NET MVC, I decided to write a photo blogging web application. "What, another photo gallery site", you might ask? Eh, yeah, exactly. But in my defense: I looked hard at the existing ones and couldn't find one that covered my requirements so this is one I built to fit my needs
Nonetheless, I didn't just want to build a one-off "baby web site for Maya", but really a generic application that I could also use later on use as the engine for my own photo blog – and that you, dear reader, might also want to use if you want to publish a collection of photos in a nice and user-friendly way. (For example, I have an architect friend who is interested in using it as a portfolio site for the houses he designed.)
And so, Mayando was born: a full-featured photo blogging application that you can use to showcase your photos online.
Now I did not want to reinvent solutions to the problem of globally storing and serving images on the web, so I figured that I should only build a rich front-end on top of existing photo storage services such as Flickr. So I built a provider model where the URL's of the photos and their details (and comments) just get "sucked in" from a photo sharing site and you can work with them from your own website. So basically, the photos get pulled in from a service such as Flickr and then displayed through Mayando, using a lot of navigation possibilities (by creating static pages and dynamic galleries, by browsing through photos, comments, tags, dates, ...).
It also allows visitors to post new comments and obviously I needed to handle comment spam so again I implemented a provider model for anti-spam services (such as Mollom).
And finally, the whole thing had to be easily customizable so I made sure to allow different themes for the photo blog's look and feel, with customization options ranging from simple (e.g. simply changing the CSS stylesheet) to advanced (completely changing the entire site layout and/or individual pages). Thankfully, by now I know that the ASP.NET MVC framework is so flexible it easily let me do all this with surprisingly little effort. Anyway, I won't go into the many details – if you're interested in how it works: it's open source so feel free to look at the Mayando source code and let me know if you want to contribute!
If you just want to see it running: check out the Mayando Demo Site or of course my own photo blog
#3 – Flickr Schedulr v1.4 & v2.0
Because Project #1 and Project #2 meant I would be using Flickr more, I figured it was also time to give my Flickr Schedulr application an update to incorporate feedback from a number of users.
In case you're wondering what it is: Flickr Schedulr is a Windows desktop application that automatically uploads pictures to Flickr based on a schedule (e.g. to post a new picture every day at a certain time). It allows you to create a queue of pictures to be uploaded, along with their titles, descriptions, tags, and the photosets and groups into which they should end up.
I published v1.4 last January; new features include the possibility to upload multiple pictures at a time in batch, better handling of multiple selected files and overall UI improvements.
I've also been working really hard on v2.0 which is a complete rewrite of the application in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), and as such looks and feels so much nicer in many ways than the previous version. It will also have a few new features of course. I'm still polishing some things but you can expect to see a release in the next few weeks.
Since I've been very happy with CodePlex for my other projects, I decided to move the source code and work items there and lo and behold: here is the new Flickr Schedulr homepage on CodePlex!
#4 – Proxy Monitor
Last October, the trend continued: another release around a year after the last one. This time, I got the help from David Huntley, who was kind enough to finally get something off my list I've been planning to do for a while now: properly setting the proxy via the Win32 API's instead of just writing to the registry. This more robust way of setting the proxy came for free with the new feature he implemented, which is support for multiple connections. This allows you to specify proxy servers for other connections than the default LAN (such as dial-up or VPN connections).
To make it easier to work together, I decided to move this project to CodePlex as well. So for all information, downloads, forums, etc. go to the new Proxy Monitor homepage at CodePlex!
#5 – The NOT Part
So after a small list of things that I have been up to the last two years or so, it's quite clear what I have not been up to: blogging. And that's probably going to stay that way. I either have too little to say (which is increasingly the case), or too much (which would take too much time to write down). So honestly, I expect this would be the last entry on my blog for quite a while – if not eternity.
In case it becomes the latter: thanks for having followed my random thoughts for the last 7 years, and if you want to keep up with what I'm doing on the technical side of life, follow my projects on CodePlex:
If you want to keep up with the non-technical side, check out my photography site - <plug>based on Mayando of course, and updated with the help of Flickr Schedulr</plug>
Interestingly, I seem to have a near-yearly rhythm of releasing new versions of Proxy Monitor. This minor release adds the "skipAutoDetect" attribute to support proxies that are only set manually, and I also (think I) fixed the bug where Interet Explorer would override the proxy settings again (at random) to their previous values.
Proxy Monitor is a small application that monitors the network and auto-detects the internet proxy server to use. It can be started as a regular application, which will make it run as an icon in the system notification area. When started, it will auto-detect the proxy server to use. It will also automatically re-detect the proxy server when the computer's network address has changed. The application can also be run from the command-line with the /detect flag to auto-detect the proxy and exit immediately (e.g. when the computer starts up).
You can download the tool below. Don't hesitate to contact me for suggestions or bug reports!
The ProxyMonitor 1.2 executable (103 KB)
The ProxyMonitor 1.2 source code (104 KB)
You can also view the Readme file online.
I've just published another update to my guide on Setting up Source Server for TFS Builds, since the Debugging Tools for Windows now has built-in support for Team Foundation Server. So that means: no more third party downloads and an even simpler installation procedure! I've also updated the document to reflect all applicable versions of the tools you'll be using: Visual Studio 2005 and 2008, as well as Team Foundation Server 2005 and 2008.
Because I have been troubleshooting Source Server issues a few times as well, I also added a chapter on how to find out what's going on inside the Source Server indexing and what might be going wrong. Note that there is some Perl going on in there, so avert your eyes if you can't handle the look and feel of it (I know I can't)
For the full setup instructions, please refer to the original post on Setting up Source Server for TFS Builds.
Oh, and finally, my homie Pieter also posted a more detailed guide on how to set Source Server support up inside the Team Build script - and what's more important, what the invaluable benefit is of having a central reusable build script. Great job Pieter!
While it seemed a simple requirement, saving all attachments from emails in Outlook to disk proved to be challenging - to say the least. Using the Outlook Object Model, it's quite easy to enumerate all emails in a folder, look at their attachments and call the SaveAsFile method on them. However, for OLE-type attachments (typically images), this throws a COMException saying: "Outlook cannot do this action on this type of attachment". While looking for alternatives or workarounds, I found nothing but confirmation that this is indeed not an easy task - even from Dmitry Streblechenko, Outlook MVP and creator of the excellent and very affordable Outlook Redemption library: "If you mean embedded graphics objects in the RTF messages, there is not much you can do [...] You can look at the storage itself to figure that out, but I've never tried that".
Ultimately, after lots of trial and error, I did manage to find a fairly easy way to save these OLE embedded images by (mis)using the clipboard. Basically, I retrieve the attachment's IStorage OLE interface (available through Redemption) and call OleLoad on it to have OLE load the contents and retrieve an IDataObject. The magic trick is to place that IDataObject on the clipboard and retrieve the actual image from the clipboard (so that the clipboard itself handles the nasty OLE details).
Great success! At least for a moment. That already worked for Device Independent Bitmaps, but Outlook also uses Enhanced Metafiles (wmf) and apparently there is a problem with the .NET Framework when it comes to handling Enhanced Metafiles from the clipboard. So I needed some additional COM interop to handle these Enhanced Metafiles as well, which made the code slightly more difficult to read but fortunately still effective. The trick here is to make sure you have a valid handle to pass to OpenClipboard. Because I didn't have access to a form or other type of existing control, I just created a dummy button and used its handle.
Finally, be aware that to access OLE functionality, you need a Single Threaded Apartment (STA) model. Of course I was in an MTA context, so from there I launched a new thread which I put to STA - after that, everything was golden.
Below is the full code using Redemption Data Objects (RDO), hopefully this will save other people a few hours in trying to achieve the same thing...
public static class Program
public static void Main()
// Calling code should always ensure to be in STA.
Thread staThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(SaveOutlookAttachments));
private static void SaveOutlookAttachments()
RDOSession session = new RDOSessionClass();
RDOFolder inbox = session.GetDefaultFolder(rdoDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox);
string attachmentRootPath = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
foreach (RDOMail mail in inbox.Items)
foreach (RDOAttachment attachment in mail.Attachments)
if (attachment.Type == rdoAttachmentType.olOLE)
// We don't have a filename for this type of attachment, create a unique one.
string filename = Guid.NewGuid().ToString() + ".png";
string attachmentPath = Path.Combine(attachmentRootPath, filename);
// We assume here that only images will be stored as OLE attachments.
// We save them as PNG to keep the file size small.
SaveOleImageAttachment(attachment, attachmentPath, ImageFormat.Png);
string attachmentPath = Path.Combine(attachmentRootPath, attachment.FileName);
private static void SaveOleImageAttachment(RDOAttachment attachment, string filePath, ImageFormat format)
// Use the OLE storage interface to load the OLE document into a DataObject.
IStorage oleStorage = (IStorage)attachment.OleStorage;
object oleDataObject;
OleLoad(oleStorage, ref IDataObjectGuid, null, out oleDataObject);
// Copy the OLE DataObject to the clipboard so it can handle the internals.
Clipboard.SetDataObject(oleDataObject, false);
// Try to retrieve an image back from the clipboard.
if (Clipboard.ContainsData(DataFormats.EnhancedMetafile))
// Enhanced Metafiles cannot be handled natively from .NET.
// Use the Clipboard directly to retrieve the data.
// We need a valid handle, otherwise this won't work.
Button dummy = new Button();
if (OpenClipboard(dummy.Handle))
if (IsClipboardFormatAvailable(CF_ENHMETAFILE))
IntPtr metafileData = GetClipboardData(CF_ENHMETAFILE);
if (metafileData != IntPtr.Zero)
using (Metafile metafile = new Metafile(metafileData, true))
metafile.Save(filePath, format);
else if (Clipboard.ContainsImage())
using (Image image = Clipboard.GetImage())
if (image != null)
image.Save(filePath, format);
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, ExactSpelling = true)]
private static extern bool OpenClipboard(IntPtr hWndNewOwner);
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, ExactSpelling = true)]
private static extern bool CloseClipboard();
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, ExactSpelling = true)]
private static extern IntPtr GetClipboardData(uint format);
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, ExactSpelling = true)]
private static extern bool IsClipboardFormatAvailable(uint format);
private static extern bool EmptyClipboard();
private static extern int OleLoad(IStorage pStg, [In] ref Guid riid, IOleClientSite pClientSite, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.IUnknown)] out object ppvObj);
private static Guid IDataObjectGuid = new Guid("0000010E00000000C000000000000046");
private const uint CF_ENHMETAFILE = 14;
My friend Dries Buytaert - known all around the world for creating Drupal (the wildly popular open source content management system) and Axl (the incredibly cute kid he co-created with my even better friend Karlijn) - asked me a few months ago if I had any trouble with spam on my blog... It turned out he was building Mollom, a solution for fighting spam and automating content monitoring, and was looking for beta testers. I immediately jumped aboard and implemented a .NET client API for his service and integrated it into dasBlog/">dasBlog, the blog engine I'm using.
Now that Mollom and its API and developer documentation have finally been released (in public beta), I've packaged my client library as well and published it on CodePlex: see the Mollom for .NET homepage.
Mollom's purpose is to dramatically reduce the effort of keeping your websites clean and the quality of their user-generated content high. Currently, Mollom is a spam-killing, one-two punch combination of a state-of-the-art spam filter and CAPTCHA server.
I have to say it's working really well for me, I don't get any spam at all anymore through my blog, and the XML-RPC API that Mollom provides is easy and straight-forward to use. And, of course, if you develop on .NET then it's even easier to talk to Mollom using my client API. As a very basic sample, this should give you an idea of how easy it is to have Mollom classify a piece of content:
MollomClient client = new MollomClient(privateKey, publicKey);
ContentCheck result = client.CheckContent(postTitle, postBody, authorName, authorMail, authorUrl, authorIPAddress);
if (result.Classification == ContentClassification.Spam)
{ // Handle spam here...
All information, downloads and documentation is available on the Mollom for .NET homepage on CodePlex, so rush out and let me know what you think!
Just a quick note to let you know that I've updated my guide on Setting up Source Server for TFS Builds, since I just found out that there is an issue with Build Definitions that contain spaces. The fix is fairly easy though:
@call "%~dp0SSIndex.cmd" -SYSTEM=TF -SYMBOLS="%1" %*
@call "%~dp0SSIndex.cmd" -SYSTEM=TF -SYMBOLS=%1 %*
<Exec Command=""C:\Program Files\Debugging Tools for Windows\sdk\srcsrv\TFIndex.cmd" $(BinariesRoot)" WorkingDirectory="$(SolutionRoot)" />
<Exec Command=""C:\Program Files\Debugging Tools for Windows\sdk\srcsrv\TFIndex.cmd" "$(BinariesRoot)"" WorkingDirectory="$(SolutionRoot)" />


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Walter Bell Jr. had visions for this summer. He was going to hook up his new skiff to his Chevy Z71 pickup truck and skim across Topsail Sound, catching fish with his best friends.
He had turned 16, passed his written and driving exams and was planning to get his driver's license on July 18. Instead, Walter was in surgery, having disks in his neck fused together.
He broke his neck on July 1 jumping into the next-door neighbor's above-ground pool. A simple belly-flop turned tragic when Walter over-rotated.
"My body twisted into a dive instead of a belly-flop," he said.
His head hit the bottom of the pool.
"I floated up to the top," Walter said Wednesday from his room at New Hanover Regional Medical Center's rehab hospital. "I was face-down. I couldn't move anything, and I was like, 'Oh crap, I broke my neck.'"
When the ambulance arrived, the paramedic confirmed that Walter had broken his neck.
He was rushed into surgery at NHRMC, where Dr. George Alsina fused together three vertebrae from the front.
After the surgery, Walter regained some movement in his arms. After a second surgery to fuse three vertebrae from the rear, Walter regained more feeling in his torso.
Walter had received medicine through an injection into his stomach several times. Hospital staff hadn't numbed the area because Walter had no sensation below his chest.
On Wednesday, Walter felt the needle. When he yelped in pain, his dad, Walter Bell Sr., shouted in joy.
The pain in his stomach was a sign that Walter was still improving.
"Any progression is good progression," Walter said.
Walter and his dad, taking cues from the hospital staff, are hesitant to speak too optimistically about the future. Walter's dad said he hopes for a "full recovery," but neither her nor his son uttered the word "walk" during an hour-long interview. They stayed focused on their primary short-term goal — getting Walter out of his hospital bed and into a wheelchair. He was able to sit at a 50-degree angle during Wednesday's therapy session, not quite wheelchair-ready but showing progress.
"I want to get out of this bedroom and go down the hall and get a soda," he said.
For now, Walter's dad has plans to modify their home to accommodate a wheelchair. He also talked about modifying the pickup truck to accommodate Walter and a wheelchair.
While Walter and his dad have been living at the hospital, their friends at Hampstead Baptist Church have already started working on their home, said Pastor Sean Griffin. They have reinforced some weak floors, and they are prepared to help build a ramp and widen the doors if necessary.
They have also made it a point to involve Walter's younger brother, Juston, who is spending most of the summer without two constants in his life, Walter and his dad.
"I don't want him to be at hospital all summer," Griffin said of Juston. "He needs to be able to enjoy his summer."
The church has posted a video of Walter on its home page. In it, Walter shows some arm motion and thanks everyone for their support.
Walter is an active member at Hampstead Baptist. He helps cook meals on Wednesday nights, helps with mission trips and serves as an usher.
Walter's dad said the family was flooded with visitors during Walter's first week in the hospital. One friend refused to leave the hospital until Walter was out of surgery.
"We've been inundated with visitors," Walter's dad said. "Some of the kids take time out of their own week to come see Walter. To me, that's very special."
It's not just Walter's friends that have stopped by. His Topsail High School shop teachers have visited. His elementary school teachers have stopped by. Topsail High School Principal Berry Simmons came to the hospital. Youth groups from other churches have visited.
Though Walter can move his arms, he doesn't yet have control of his fingers or his thumbs – the primary means of communication for a lot of teens. So the face-to-face contact with his friends is invaluable.
They put their screens in front of his face, showing him their pictures and texts. Walter's dad can see his spirits rise as he interacts with his peers.
Though Walter's neck is swollen and it's hard to get comfortable, he still manages some smiles.
"I love his personality," Griffin said. "He understands what has happened to him and what might happen, but he hasn't lost that personality."
Each day, Walter looks for any sign of improvement — a new sensation in his fingers, a slight improvement in his mobility.
"From day one, he's had a positive attitude," his dad said. "He's the strongest guy I've ever met."
What: Benefit for Walter Bell Jr., featuring Skallywaggs Duo and Southern Trouble
When: 8 p.m. Saturday, July 27
Where: Topsail Island Moose Lodge, 13175 N.C. 50, Holly Ridge
Tickets: $5
Details: 910-329-3541. Donations are also being accepted at Hilltop Grocery, 21170 U.S. 17, Hampstead


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The New Bern Bears were adjusting to a new conference soccer season.
The New Hanover Wildcats were up first. They quickly jumped on New Bern with three goals and coasted to a 3-0 victory over the Bears.
New Bern is a different team than the one that lost on that Mar. 21 evening in Wilmington.
Part of the reason is the continued improvement of the underclassmen.
Aside from six seniors, the Bears have two freshmen, six sophomores and three juniors contributing.
New Bern (13-6-1) has won six games in a row, and looking to advance to the state semifinals.
But first, it has to get past Mideastern Conference foe New Hanover (14-5-2). The Bears will play at Legion Stadium in Wilmington in the fourth round of the NCHSAA 4A state soccer playoffs at 7 p.m. on Friday.
The winner will move on to play either Green Hope or Leesville Road in the state semifinals.
"(New Hanover) is a good team," said sophomore midfielder Rachel Hobbs. "They definitely can score, but we have a lot of faith in our defense. I think we are able to score goals on them, so hopefully that will help us win."
New Bern's underclassmen has provided plenty of spunk.
Defensively, freshman Lindsay Johnson, sophomore Karlie Swindell and junior Keely Klicker have helped solidify the back.
The Bears have 11 shutouts on the year and have yet to be scored on in three playoff matches.
"I think it's because we are all very close," said Swindell. "We knew what each other is going to do. If one steps up, I'm going to cover."
The offense has been just as effective -- scoring more than 50 goals in 20 games.
Hobbs, freshman Mikayla Allen, sophomore Zoe Hearne are added scoring threats.
"I'm adjusting pretty well," said Allen. "You have to work harder and always have a good game. We control the ball, possess it and pass it out to the sides a lot."
The Bears have outscored their opponents, 20-1, over the past six games.
"The two freshmen that start for us -- Mikayla Allen and Lindsay Johnson -- both on the left side, people may think I am kind of crazy for starting two freshmen on the outside, but they are both quality players," said New Bern coach Tim Guter. "I think Karlie Swindell has matured into a very good player. Rachel Hobbs, I pulled her out of her normal position of forward and put her on the outside, so she's adjusted to that very well.
"Keely Klicker has come into her own and I told Lindsay Johnson that she is a seasoned varsity player."
New Bern, the third seed from the Mideastern Conference, traveled three-plus hours to defeat Pinecrest, 1-0, on Wednesday. Senior Brittany McLawhorn netted her 18th goal on the year.
"The girls, their desire is one game at a time," said Guter. "I don't think anyone on the team wants it to end. They are willing to do what it takes."
New Hanover (14-5-2), the No. 2 seed from the Mideastern Conference, beat Laney 4-0 on Wednesday to advance.
New Bern and New Hanover played each other two times this season. New Hanover won 3-0 in March. The teams tied, 1-1, on Apr. 18.
"We know each other," Guter said. "I communicated with their coach, and he said, 'I really didn't want to have to play you guys again,' but he's has happy we advanced.
"I'm the same way. I really didn't want to play New Hanover again, but we are both looking forward to it."
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Cruise for Gold Qualifiers—Ed and Michelle Chin
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JON CARDINELLI reports on the All Blacks' effortless 51-22 victory against Scotland on Sunday.
New Zealand operated at a low gear for much of this contest. There were times when they stepped up the intensity and produced some magical attacking touches, where they exhibited the high level of execution that we've come to expect from the best team on the planet. But for the most part, they didn't control the game by playing for territory, and their defence wasn't up to its usual high standards.
Perhaps the inconsistency was down to the changes made by coach Steve Hansen for this particular fixture. Perhaps it was down to motivation. Indeed, while the All Blacks played the game at breakneck speed, they weren't at their combative best. Then again, they didn't need to be.
Dan Carter made an early error to give the Scottish optimists hope. In the build up, Scotland had spoken about rush defence tactics keeping the New Zealanders at bay. This paid dividends early on, with centre Matt Scott intercepting a pass made by Carter. Scott then found Tim Visser in support, and the Flying Dutchman finished what would be the first of his two tries.
But the Scots failed to maintain that defensive pressure. Carter made amends for that no-look pass soon after by making two linebreaks in a subsequent movement. The Scots were punished for standing off the All Blacks flyhalf, as Carter's second break led to the simplest of tries for Israel Dagg.
While the All Blacks underperformed in certain areas, Carter was in sublime form in front of goal. He finished the match with figures of nine from 10, and a personal tally of 21 points.
Carter also had a hand in several of the All Blacks' tries. The visitors played the game at a furious pace, making easy ground and linebreaks through the inside channels.
Once the initial break was made, men like Carter were key in identifying the space, and across the board, the All Blacks' handling skills and finishing was excellent.
Scotland No 7 Ross Rennie was injured early in the match, and the hosts battled to compete at the breakdown thereafter. The absence of a genuine openside meant that Scotland had nobody to slow down the All Blacks' ruck recycle. This in turn made it difficult for the Scots' line defence, as there was not much time to realign.
The All Blacks conceded three tries in this fixture, and this will annoy the coaching staff. Scotland did well to take three chances. If they had been more clinical, they may have scored another when All Blacks No 6 Adam Thomson was in the sin bin if they had only secured a lineout throw on the opposition try-line. As it transpired, they only succeeded in handing possession back to the All Blacks.
It's frightening to think about how much further damage a full strength All Blacks' side, or indeed one operating at full intensity, may have inflicted on Scotland. The All Blacks cruised to a 51-22 victory on Sunday without producing their most polished display. It's a simple truth that highlights the gulf in quality between the world champions and the Six Nations stragglers.


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Some of the winter-related videos now online are:
There are nearly 100 video topics available for download. When this series is completed, the videos will comprise a complete guided tour of the Park that can be customized to your own interests and itinerary.
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