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An architect is, admittedly, a jack of all trades, ace of none.
only because mad bong hits arent a trade.
Comment Re:Simple (Score 2) 625
Unless you *find* the energy source, all you have is DREAMS.
Wait, where did all the nuclear reactors go?
They blew up after exactly 50 years.
Comment Re:yet more biblical contradictions (Score 1) 916
Actually, he traded immortality for the knowledge of good and evil. Essentially for a loss of innocence. Pretty crappy trade if you ask me.
Also, it is fairly certain that Adam and Eve were banging regularly already. (They were both naked, physically mature, and had all the functional bits as far as we know.)
So he traded immortality for the knowledge of kinky sex?
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Clearly a Sox fan...
Comment Quantum criminality (Score 1) 438
That's the beauty of Common Law: Everybody is simultaneously guilty and not guilty of some crime, thanks to judicial precedence.
Comment Re:Israel is part of other European associations (Score 1) 351
Israel is always the "Cowboy Neal" option in Eurovision.
Comment Re:Set piles of clothes out (Score 1) 673
That should scare the living hell out of people if you have enough.
Comment Re:Isn't this already in practice elsewhere??? (Score 3, Funny) 179
...spanning the "afsluitdijk".
Cat just jump on your keyboard?
Appropriately enough, the language sounds like a cat expectorating a hairball.
Comment Units of measurement on "Mythbusters" (Score 1) 2288
What is even worse, is scientific shows like Mythbusters use BOTH systems. Usually they use metric, usually it's F but sometimes it's C. Weighs usually pounds, but they also have used (kilo)grammes. Distance is usually inches and feet, but when bouncing a baseball they were measuring the bounce in cm - while other parts of the same experiment were using inches and feet.
There is no consistency, and that alone can give rise to errors. It doesn't really matter whether one uses cm or inches, or C or F as long as it's consistent. Forget to write down the unit once, and it's guesswork that's left. Have a thermometer with both scales - oops which scale were we using again this time?
You write "(kilo)grammes," so it's possible you're watching it on UK television. The US and Europe (in countries that don't dub or lector) have two different voiceovers, and the European one translates all the US customary figures to metric. It's not as unnatural in the US broadcast.
It's still pretty jarring television; you're right about that.
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Just to be clear, they are absolutely not implying it has melted through the containment, but, rather, the reactor pressure vessel.
Comment Re:Very sad news for Brevard (Score 0) 202
I have no doubt he died doing what he loved.
It's not the fall that kills you; it's the sudden deceleration.
Comment Re:What does $1/W mean? (Score 1) 245
I pay about $0.10/kWh. (1000 W per Hour)
The figure in the OP is highly non-standard usage. In the US, only the kilowatt is a unit of energy.
Comment Re:So what? (Score 1) 164
This troll made a lot more sense 7 or 8 years ago when it wasn't much quicker and easier to install and maintain Linux than any other general use system.
Even if you factor out install time (since most people get their Windows and Mac systems preloaded), the time you spend maintaining your system very quickly tilts the balance back in favor of Linux.
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Born April 8, 1945, in Gilbert, he was a son of the late Wilford and Stella Toppins. Also preceding him in death was one brother, Wilford Toppins Jr., and one sister, Violet Lynn Neace.
Ersel enjoyed four wheeling, fishing trips and family get-togethers.
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Friday, November 29, 2013
Murrells Inlet/Garden City Fire District officials are planning for positive changes in the coming year, according to a proposed $3.3 million budget that passed second reading at their regular meeting on Monday.
Already adding one new fire truck to its fleet, they are budgeting for a new ambulance and a new car for Chief Norman Knight in 2014.
The total cost of the ambulance is estimated at $180,000, but the department will pay $50,000 and finance $130,000 over the next three years.
If we have excess in the regular operating account, we can pay that down and it shouldnt take three years to pay it off, said Al Hitchcock, chair of the MI/GC Fire Department Board of Directors.
The board will increase employees pay across the board by $1,500 per person per year, Hitchcock said.
Not a year has gone by that we havent increased employee pay, Hitchcock said during the meeting Monday.
Last year, money was tight so we could only raise it by $500 per person, but we have more money to work with this year.
The department will also add two employees at about $32,000 per year.
The total cost for one employee at that pay rate is about $55,000 because the department is responsible for paying insurance, retirement, unemployment, and workers compensation insurance for each one.
The new fire truck, financed for $400,000, has been delivered to the headquarters station and is in the process of being detailed.
Knight said at the meeting that a six-person committee will make sure all the required equipment is in place on the truck.
The departments oldest fire truck has been sold to Marion Rural Fire Department for $5,000, he said.
Hitchcock said it will most likely take about nine months to seek bids for the new ambulance, which will replace a 2000 ambulance.
Hitchcock said last year was also a year for positive change.
The board started planning for Station 4, a new fire station on McDowell Shortcut Road in the Garden City area.
Hitchcock said that those plans hinge on a bill in the state legislature that would raise the millage cap for the MI/GC Fire District and give the department more funding.
The fire department also expanded its fire service further into Horry County and added ambulance service in Horry County.
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DAVID SIKES/CALLER-TIMES We shared the outdoor fireplace at Gunnison River Farms with a party of river rafters from San Antonio and Boerne. A good portion of Colorado visitors come from Texas.
Chef Hali Terrell prepares dinner for lodge guests at Gunnison River Farms.
This display includes only a fraction of the flies we used during our fly-fishing adventure.
DAVID SIKES/CALLER-TIMES I was told this is a particularly nasty strain of poison ivy that growns along certain sections of the Gunnison.
Native American pictographs mark some of the rocks near the lodge at Gunnison River Farms. Apparently modern vandals left their mark here too.
The atmosphere at Gunnison River Farms is kept warm by its wooden features and the hospitality of its staff.
What's a fishing lodge without a lodge cat. This one was particularly friendly with guests.
DAVID SIKES/CALLER-TIMES The fly shop at Gunnison River Farms is where you'll find Ben Olson, the lodge manager and resident ambassador and answer man for the region.
DAVID SIKES/CALLER-TIMES The Gunnison River near Gunnison River Farms has mostly brown trout within an easy wade of the lodge.
DAVID SIKES/CALLER-TIMES Here's a shot of the Black Canyon from within the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.
The painted walls of the Black Canyon is the highest cliff in Colorado at 2,250 feet. The lines represent where volcanic magma filled cracks in the rock.
These squirrels are a photographer's delight within the Uncompahgre National Forest.
I couldn't resist shooting photos of these little guys.
Bob Burk displays a rainbow during the early stages of our wade along the Cimarron River.
Everywhere you look, the sceneray begs for a photographer's lens.
Another wild rainbow from the Middle Fork of the Cimarron River. We also caught hybrid cutbows.
A midday view of the East Portal of the Black Canyon within the park. Nearby is where a tunnel was dug from 1904-1909 through a mountain to siphon water from the Gunnison into the Uncompahgre Valley.
In addition to feathers for fly-tying, Whiting Farms also sells its magnificent roosters that have been preserved by taxidermists.
DAVID SIKES/CALLER-TIMES The lodge at Gunnison River Farms offers excellent trout fishing. The farm has three miles of private river access.
DAVID SIKES/CALLER-TIMES Bob Burk's Cimarron Creek fly shop is a good place to start a fly-fishing adventure in Montrose, CO.
DAVID SIKES/CALLER-TIMES Ron Henry Strait get a riverside fly-casting lesson from Bob Burk of Cimarron Creek fly shop.
DAVID SIKES/CALLER-TIMES Bob Burk tosses an attractor dry fly with a dropper into the Middle Fork of the Cimarron River, which is within the Uncompahgre National Forest.
DAVID SIKES/CALLER-TIMES Bob Burk caught this rainbow on a size 15 copper john nymph fly.
DAVID SIKES/CALLER-TIMES See that calmer water on the left bank. Bob Burk yanked two trout from there.
DAVID SIKES/CALLER-TIMES Bill Gladbach displays a typical brown trout caught in the Gunnison River near the North Fork of the Gunnison, an area know for big browns.
These colorful browns were aggressive in the swift cool flow of the Gunnison.
I think this is Beaver Lake. It was on the way to the Uncompahgre National Forest and the Cimarron River.
DAVID SIKES/CALLER-TIMES This was about the average size of rainbows we caught in the Cimarron River. We also caught hybrid cutbows.
DAVID SIKES/CALLER-TIMES Bill Gladbach of Black Canyon Anglers hooks a nice Gunnison River brown trout as a guided angler rounds the bend in a raft. We caught dozens of browns and rainbows while wading along about a mile stretch of the river.
DAVID SIKES/CALLER-TIMES We caught mostly brown trout with an occasional rainbow while wading and walking along this section of the Gunnison River near the North Fork upstream of Gunnison River Farms.


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I got to Orr. I was looking forward to more exploration and seeing the end of my personal story. I don't know if I will accomplish either.
You fight for every inch you traverse in Orr. You fight to get to your next storyline point and fight to clear that point out before entering. You fight masses upon masses of undead within the instance and then exit to find yourself surrounded by more masses of undead trying to beat you senseless. It is getting old. Very old.
I realize there is a war on and that Orr is the homebase of Zhaitan, but it is getting truly ridiculous.
While going from point A to point B, you have DEs happening everywhere along the way. This means waves of undead come running at you, whether you participate or not. Forget about trying to find vistas. Jumping puzzles are the least of your worries here. I have not even harvested one thing in Orr due to fighting fatigue. Factor into this mix that the waypoints often times get "contested" so when you do finally succumb to the shear numbers of undead, you end up going backwards MUCH further than you desire to, just to fight the same shear numbers of undead you just got through just to get back to where you died.
My weapons against the storyline bosses do nothing. EVERY last fight lasts a lifetime and I usually die at least once. I am not the best fighter in the world, but I am no slouch, either. You cannot avoid the evil red circles when they cover the whole floor because there are so many of them. Dodge doesn't do much for that situation.
It has gotten so bad that I get knocked down and don't even try anymore to fight back and revive. What's the point? There is more of the same around the next corner.
Don't get me wrong. I enjoy a good fight. Combat can be fun. But the shear amount of combat going on is just too much for me in Orr. I don't do WvWvW because I am not that into combat. And if I do defeat Zhaitan, does Orr change?
I was never very gung-ho on the combat system to begin with and this is just driving that shortcoming (in my opinion) home. In Orr, you spend more time debilitated than fighting. You get knocked around like a ragdoll, Dazed and confused, feared like a little child, frozen like a popsicle, rooted in spiderwebs, and shot at by war machines to be thrown into a new group of undead. Occasionally, this kind of thing lends to interesting combat. Something extra once in awhile. But A-Net overdoes this to the extreme for my tastes.
I still have my alts I have fun with, but with Orr to look forward to, the air has kind of gone out of those balloons, too. I tried. I really did try.
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Joined: 6/17/11
OP - your sig pretty much sums it up
I just hit Orr for the 2nd time with my Guardian (warrior was my first 80) - I can pretty much run and ignore the mobs, I couldn't do that with my warrior.
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Joined: 9/13/12
You are not alone who dislikes ORR. I spend most of my time in WvW on my 80 engineer. After i got my 100% zone completion i would never want to go back there. I am waiting for them to fix the respawn rate and reduce mob density. Till then i am rolling alts and staying in W v W.
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Joined: 10/09/11
To busy playing GW2 to post much around here... *shrug*
Originally posted by halflife25
Didn't they already do that with the october 1st patch? I'm running around in Orr without getting almost killed every 3 steps I take these days. I did also upgrade some gear, but the whole area seems to have gotten a decrease in mob density and respawn rate already. It's actually viable to run instead of teleport now.
It's that or I'm just getting better at avoiding mobs. I usually only die when I take on a few mobs and discover there's one or two veterans in the pack.
Farming gold for extra character slots (gold) and going on alts to do the dailies because I Orr all you find is undead, undead and more undead. So TLDR I feel your pain but I got over it when I made 80 and bought my rare set of gear.
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Joined: 9/22/11
Hey OP you've read your sig?
Originally posted by fenistil
Read your own sig OP. Follow accordingly. A game that that isnt shallow wont need the ridiculous hype and hardcore forum defenders, it will be easy to spot...others will hate it XD
The OP's signature is actually deliciously ironic if you consider what he's complaining about.
Originally posted by DMKano
[mod edit] My main is a warrior, and I have no problems ignoring mobs, yeah even packs of those nasty ones who pull you. Not only you have dodging, but also a signet which permits to completely ignore crowd control crap like that.
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I don't know, I like Orr, I would hate to see it nerfed. I solo all the time both run through and fighing my way.In some cases you simply can't run through you have to fight. I've not had issue with mobs respawning while I'm fighting the next onem, for me, the pace seems about right.
I harvest resources but typically you have to clear the area to do it, usually it's just one mob. When I'm harvesting more often then not I run into someone doing the same thing, usually we don't say a word just join up and bounce from node to node. It goes much faster with just one other person. Doing that we usually run into an event and more folks show up. For me thats when the game starts to flow and the fun increases.
I will say at this point I have a full set of exotics a combo of crafted and karma gear. I think it helps but I only had a combo of 75 and 70 crafted gear when I hit the zone and it was more difficult but do able. I had to be careful if I was on my own to get one or two mobs and can handle several now. I think by the time you hit Orr you should be able to afford one piece of exotic karma gear which should help a great deal.
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I don't have a lvl 80 toon yet, my highest one is 63 but what I've read here and on guild chat, I'm not sure If I even want to go to Orr
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Cursed Shore is just kind of like one of GW2's trashcan zones, simply filled with all kinds of junk everywhere that you have to do around, jump through hoops and find a way through the rats maze sometimes. The in-game map isn't very good is some places especially, leaving you to endlessly wander around trying to find how to get past a portion that wasn't drawn correctly on the map. Trash mobs are everywhere, in every corner, which is simply silly for exploration. Make the zone bigger and more spread out? .. really..
I agree with Orr, but it's also like that pretty much everywhere, since GW2 is more about action than being a RPG. No matter where you are, a safe hub is only 5-10 seconds away from an enemy camp. I find excessive combat in any game boring, and I just end up running through mobs, continually having a trail behind me wherever I go :-) Not boring at first, but boring after a thousand+ kills .. I mean make combat special, not just a meaningless experience.
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I'm actually glad that Orr exists...
There are a lot of places in the game without constant fighting...basically every other zone. I think it's good that there is a place to go to that is an absolute warzone.
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I have enjoyed the game more than I thought I would, but I tend to agree with you on Orr. I was looking forward to Orr because of people talking about the chained DEs and no hearts. I got there, and I have pretty much abandoned the character I have there. It reminds me of Rift with their packing in of mobs. I don't like the WvW nearly as much as I was expecting mainly because it isn't as much like DAOC as I thought it would be with different sides forming alliances to take down the dominant side. Maybe once they put in the 2 week timers it will happen, but I don't know. I like th sPvP much more than I thought I would, so I guess it balances out, but I don't see sPvP having the same potential longevity as would be the case for WvW if I liked it.
They toned it down? I guess I did notice a slight reduction, now that I think about it. There are still "undead alleys" that one has to fight through. And once hit, your run speed slows down (if that is even possible) and you get caught. Those zombies can move fast!
I am playing a ranger and I have to admit that my pet draws more aggro than *I* ever would. I "park him" when I can, but take any damage of any kind and out he pops :)
I am the type of player that tries to find ways around fights. I love stealth classes. It may be slower going, but the excitement involved does it for me, knowing I could be "caught" at any moment, sometimes surrounded by enemies.
I'll back off and play my alts for awhile. Then I'll come back and try some more :)
I also understand that many players enjoy this kind of setting for their characters. I see many of them in lower zones killing everything in sight. They're the ones who attack the Moas and Fireflies while doing escort duty :) They cannot seem to get enough of combat. And that is great. For them. That's just not my own playstyle.
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Joined: 3/31/07
when i first got to it i realized that it was one of the only open PvE zones designed for duo's or small groups- too bad people dont realize this and just cry about it like they always do. The mobs are harder, they have more CC and skills, they spawn more frequently, and the DE's are harder and longer- take the hint they are trying to give you and form a group.
These are the same people that ignore others in map chat who are trying to form DE/completion parties.
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Originally posted by Creslin321
i agree every zone I have been to so far has a tons of wide open areas with mobs scattered about but not a whole lot going on at every second.. I'd actually welcome more zones that are all out wars to mix it up a bit.
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Everyone says that they have problems with Orr but I never really have (80 engineer here).
Personally I don't like it because I think it's dull and the mobs annoy the shit out of me with their cripple/knockdowns, but I don't find the density THAT bad.... I can easily get around, at least on cursed shore where I have been mostly lately.
Joined: 8/14/07
This thread did nothing for me but discourage me. It certainly didn't make me want to hit 80 at all. I hate this stupid website. It ruins for me almost every game I play by being so negative at every turn. I want to not care what other people think of games, but it never fails....I read over here and then immediately feel like quitting. Thanks for another uplifting thread.
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Logic be damned!
I like a good challenge and I like that Anet has made Orr very unfriendly to disorganized individuals who are so very opposed to rolling w/ friends/guildies and forming PUGs.
So many zones you don't have this problem, all of them relevant for XP and resources (mats) even once you hit 80 thanks to the down leveling- I like the idea of having to run with other people to survive and prosper in Orr.
I've probably been lurking for way, way too long.
Originally posted by The_Korrigan
I run around in Orr with pretty much zero chance of dying on my warrior (even though I run in a DPS spec). In honesty I can't see how anyone dies out there at all unless they get incredibly unlucky or go afk.
Because of that though, moving through Orr is just tedious, the mobs can't kill me but you still have to put up with being pulled or stunned or generally aggroing some npc every 3 seconds. Boosting speed and dodging every so often, well you are simply bypassing the content because it is a pitta. Instead the npcs should either be more sparse or less boring.
Orr is meant to be an undead filled super area, but the fact of the matter is in it's current state it isn't "hard" or "immersive", it is just fking tedious. Note: That is in my subjective opinion.
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I have zero problems and I play on my thumper build Warr. Gear goes a long way, once I upgraded my gladiator gear (I craft my weapons and armor and go for the rare quality) from lvl 65 gear to lvl 80 gear it's pretty easy. I can even solo veteran mobs no problem, don't know who had problems with that. In the second zone map of Orr so things might change later on. But I like how the mob density is, this is Ziatans domain and not someplace we can just stroll in and lollygag around in. If your having probmles then group up which I thought was a feature of Orr, a more group oriented zone. But yeah the respawn at times is a bit harsh. Was doing a skill point fight and has respawns pop up behing me, thk god for vengence so could finish off the skill point boss before being defeated.
Also I'm assuming people are building glass cannons whicvh is waht causing a lot of headaches for some or the majority, I go for a right balance.


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Chicago lit the lamp 10 times on just 17 shots against Iowa on Saturday, an AHL season-high and tied for the most goals on the road in franchise history. The Wolves' eight-goal margin of victory (10-2) matched a club record while the squad's 10-goal output is tied for the second-most in the franchise's 14 years of existence.
--- Kevin Doell: Established a franchise record with three goals in just 77 seconds during Saturday's second period, which included a penalty shot marker ... Held to two tallies in the previous 26 games entering Saturday before posting his first career AHL hat trick ... Netted five goals, 12 points and 39 penalty minutes in 27 games this year
--- Darren Haydar: Assigned by the Atlanta Thrashers on Sunday ... Recorded seven assists and eight points - which includes his first NHL goal on Oct. 13 vs. New Jersey - in 16 contests with the Thrashers ... Named AHL MVP after leading the league with a career-high 81 assists and 122 points in 73 games with Chicago last season
--- Jason Krog: Registered points in four straight games (G, 5A) and in 11 of his last 12 (4G, 13A) ... Shares fourth in the AHL with a Wolves-leading 22 assists and ranks sixth in the league with a team-leading 32 points in 27 games ... Racked up 112 points (36G, 76A) in 71 games during his two-year career with Chicago, which includes at least one point 62 times
--- Brett Sterling: Notched one point in four consecutive outings, which includes two goals and one assist last week ... Ranks third in the AHL with 15 goals and ranks fourth on Chicago with 24 points in just 19 contests ... Potted 70 goals in 101 career AHL games over the last two years, which includes a league-leading 55 in 2006-07
--- Bryan Little: Recorded three points (2G, A) in three games with Chicago last week - which includes two goals on Saturday - after being assigned by the Atlanta Thrashers on Tuesday ... Made his NHL debut with Atlanta this season, tallying three goals, nine points and 16 penalty minutes in 29 matchups .. Selected 12th overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft
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--- Chicago will wrap up the calendar year with five games, three of which
are on home ice, beginning when the team hosts Peoria on Wednesday at 7 p.m.; the Wolves have recorded a 10-3-0-0 record on home ice this season.
--- Chicago's 19 wins (19-7-1-0) are tied for second-most in the AHL, while the squad's .722 winning percentage ranks third in the league.
--- Center Kevin Doell's penalty shot goal on Saturday was the second of his Wolves career and just the franchise's sixth on 30 attempts in 14 years; DOELL's three-goal game marked the club's third hat trick this season and 68th all-time.
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--- Chicago has potted 102 goals in 27 games this season and ranks second in the AHL with an average of 3.78 goals per game.
Wolves players Nathan Oystrick and Jordan LaVallee will attempt to set an unofficial record by remaining in full equipment for 27 hours following the team's game against the Peoria Rivermen at the Allstate Arena on Wed., Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. Fans can pledge money for each hour the players remain in their equipment, as well as visit the duo throughout the day of the challenge. For more information, call 1-800-THE WOLVES.
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Chicago 10, (at) Iowa 2
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--- Netminder Ondrej Pavelec turned aside 28 of the 30 shots he faced
Fri., Dec. 14
(at) Peoria 4, Chicago 1
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--- Right wing Jesse Schultz notched Chicago's only goal with assists from linemates Jason Krog and Brett Sterling
--- Goaltender Robert Gherson recorded 28 saves on 31 shots
Thu., Dec. 13
(at) Chicago 5, Rochester 3
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ERIE, PA – After re-arranging their game schedule to get the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference game in, the Hilbert College baseball team traveled to northwest PA to face Penn State Behrend in their second set of AMCC games April 4. The Hawks challenged late in the opening game before they lost, 5-1. By the top of the 3rd inning in the second game, Hilbert found themselves down 10-1 as they limped to a 16-2 conference loss.
Behrend (11-5, 2-0) opened the day scoring four second inning runs off five hits. The Lions crossed home again in the bottom of the third then their bats cooled off.
Paul Mistretta hit the Hawks only double to start what felt like a 7th inning rally with Hilbert down 5-0. Mistretta was knocked home by John Babocsi, who earned the Hawks only RBI in 1st game. Ryan Ilardi reached on a fielder's choice forcing Tom Irish out at 2nd for the Hawks second out of the inning. Before the next better could swing, Behrend's catcher and second basemen tagged out Ilardi who was caught stealing to end the inning and game.
Garrett Pauly took the loss going the full distance striking out 4 while giving up 10 hits.
The wheels fell off the wagon early in the night cap with Behrend taking a 10-1 lead after two innings. Each team saw multiple pitching changes as the game progressed. Four Hawk hurlers saw action on the mound with Colby Parachoniak going the last two innings giving up three hits but no runs. Frank Casey took the mound to close out the second inning and lasted two outs into the third to earn the Hawks only strike-out. Behrend kept their bull pen active moving a new pitcher in each inning. Conversely, the Lions pitching staff combined for 11 strike-outs with Jacobs earning the win.
After Babocsi and Mark Anderson each singled to get on base, Tony Mara earned an RBI to give Hilbert their first run of the second game in the 2nd inning. Paul Wujek swung for a double in the third inning which pushed Cody Asford to third base before Joe Pernick hit into an out. Pernick earned the RBI to give Hilbert their second and final run of the day.
Hilbert (1-14, 1-3) turns around and travels to Batavia, NY on April 5 for a non-conference game against Houghton College which will be played at Dwyer Stadium, home of the Batavia Muckdogs. Game time for the 9-innning game is set for 7 pm.
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These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for Jan. 10. Some of the people listed may not have actually spent time in jail if they posted bond and were released. Although those listed have been arrested and charged, that does not mean they have been found guilty. All bookings may be viewed online by visiting www.aikenstandard.com and clicking on the Crime tab.
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The Centers for Disease Control has just come out with the 2012-13 autism numbers.
It report that 1 in 50 children has autism and 1 in every 31 boys. As if the numbers aren't staggering enough, are we to believe this country needs more awareness?
Some want to promote awareness this April, with countless blue lights.
Why blue lights? How about red lights for action? Amber to alert the government that autism is an emergency, an epidemic for two decades now?
Maybe black to portray the difficult lives that autism families lead or black for the dismal response to the epidemic from health officials, doctors and he media?
The official mantra of "it's just better diagnosing," doesn't work and never did. Imagine if there were 1 out of every 31 boys suddenly gone blind in this country and the government telling us it's better diagnosing because they just didn't see them before.
I'm not just scared, I'm angry, really angry.
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Now that Google Notebook is no longer actively developed, Google decided to hide the link to the Firefox extension and to remove the Notebook support from Google Toolbar. It's probably a wise decision, since new users can't sign up for Google Notebook and Google won't be able to make sure that the add-ons will be compatible with the future versions of Firefox and Internet Explorer.
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Solar-Powered Machine Creates Rainbows From Recycled Rainwater
McKean, a former resident at the Bemis Center and now a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, has been conducting tests on rainbow creation since 2002. The Bemis Center commissioned McKean to perform this site-specific installation at their facility this summer in hopes of capturing the public's imagination and engaging the center in wide-ranging conversations with communities throughout Omaha.
The Rainbow Project uses a series of high-powered jet pumps and custom fountain nozzles to spray water into the air, creating the conditions needed for a rainbow to appear. The commercial irrigation equipment is timed in order to create a dense wall of water that mimics a rainstorm, and the sun does the rest of the work.
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January 13, 2011 at 4:51 pm
The Rainbow Machine…
Oh. My. God. It's a rainbow machine! And it's making real rainbows! Artist Michael Jones McKean creates real rainbows – with his awesome solar-powered machine using recycled rainwater! Certain climatic conditions are generally required in the creatio…
January 13, 2011 at 2:58 pm
This brilliant! A pot of gold at every rainbow! This man made the proverbial money tree!
Pot o' Gold – 9yrs of NRE – pumping costs = PROFIT!!!!!
January 13, 2011 at 12:29 pm
Do this on top of a tall building and you will have a circular rainbow!
December 23, 2010 at 8:16 pm
It's actually another good idea, just like its been perfecly artistic when human imitiates nature's beaties throughout history..
Especially in a time urban life transforms itself into nightmares because of the various pollution types, these impressive visual ornaments make urban much bearable, even beautiful!
In conclusion, bravo McKean and others helping him…
December 22, 2010 at 6:57 pm
It is good.
Those rainbows serve to remind one of the beautiful creation
seen in nature, and they are displayed using both power and
water supplied through natural sources rather than expending
natural resources. Rainbows are remarkable when understood
and when unexplained.
December 22, 2010 at 5:10 pm
Of all the talented people with brilliant ideas in need of investment and/or promotion, we now are in need of fake rainbows??? Its not even funny, this is a disgrace.
December 22, 2010 at 12:05 pm
Get two of these babies and turn them on side by side and prepare for the most intense OMG experience of your life.
December 21, 2010 at 1:09 am
Whoah! Can he make a double rainbow?!
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Yahoo! sure has been busy, as the very same day as they announced their acquisition of Tumblr, Flickr got a major overhaul at a press event in New York City. The headlines; a brand new and much better looking UI and 1TB of storage. For free. For everyone. That's right, 1TB. Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer writes:
"Photos tell the stories — stories we're inspired to relive, share with our friends, or capture simply to express ourselves. Collecting these moments is a part of our everyday. Since 2005, Flickr has become synonymous with inspiring imagery. Today, we're thrilled to take Flickr even further with a beautiful, completely re-imagined experience that puts photos front and center. When it comes to photography, technology and its limits shouldn't hinder the experience. So we're also giving our Flickr users one terabyte of space — for free. That's enough for a lifetime of photos — more than 500,000 original, full-resolution, pixel-perfect, brilliant photos. Flickr users will never have to worry about running out of space."
Flickr is also adding support for 3 minute video clips shot at full 1080p resolution. And, because you've got all that space to fill, as with photos, you get to upload as many video clips as your storage will allow. And, as part of the new photostream experience, the new slideshow mode lets you kick back and enjoy your photos without touching the computer.
With all this free goodness, it would be easy to pass over the two paid options that Flickr now employs. Free accounts will see advertisements, but if you really don't like them and want them to go away, it'll cost you $49.99 a year. If 1TB of space just isn't quite enough for you, there is an option to double it to 2TB, and that'll run you for $499.99 a year. For an insane amount of photographs.
So, have you taken a look around the new-look Flickr yet? How do you like it?
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Flickr gets overhauled with a new UI and 1TB free storage. For everyone!
I too have a Pro account with unlimited storage, which I'm using as online backup for all my photos. That's more storage than 1 TB and at $24.95 a year cheaper than the upgrade to 2 TB. I'm tempted but probably won't switch to the free option.
Love it! Now I can share and store all my photos of/with my family.
As one who barely used flickr before, I tried it out last night. I'll stay free. Ad supported is not a big issue to me.
So, for S&Gs, I took the 330+ photos I took at Disneyland last year, and tried to "Share" them from Aperture. Sadly, looks like we need either an Aperture update to allow full resolution uploads directly from the app (currently only supported by Pro accounts), or flickr needs to update everyone's account to be tagged as "Pro" for these APIs. I will give them time, then submit a request to both Yahoo! and Apple if an update doesn't come.
So I went with the web upload, and have to say, aside from the 200 at a time limit? It is pretty fast uploading full resolution pictures. Even handled my panorama of California Adventure (taken with that Microsoft app) fine, which I then set as my flickr cover photo.
This is a welcome change, and my cause me to use flickr as my primary account for photo sharing.
I just wish the Facebook integration was better. As it is now, it just shows up as a link.
Have to say I'm with you on wanting to use it as my go-to photo tool. The new UI just invites you to want to look at it more, and considering the storage is the same as two of my Macs combined, I think the free account will be fine for me too :)
The only "problem" I have found so far is that some of the Share options in Aperture are labeled "Pro" only and greyed out for me. Not sure if it is an Apple issue, requiring an update to the app, or (the more likely, in my opinion) an issue flickr/Yahoo! needs to address. Since Aperture routinely calls flickr, I am guessing that it will take some time to update, and have the API response just tag everyone as a "Pro" so that all the features (specifically the upload at full resolution option) are enabled.
Not that I think the implementation will take long, just that it is probably a smaller population, and thus, a lower priority.
This has long been the best photo hosting solution for me. I like the changes in getting attention for itself attracting the free users and offering one TB. But I don't like the "downgrade" to longtime pro users like myself. At least I can keep renewing it.
Flickr is a nobrainer if you want to keep your full res photos or share full res pics. Not the crap pics you see on facebook or instagram that look like garbage.
As I understand it, you can continue to renew your Pro account at the existing cost, at least for the time being:
"I've heard that Flickr Pro is no longer being offered. How does that affect me?
Starting on 5/20/2013, we will no longer be offering new Flickr Pro subscriptions. After that point, the following things will happen:
•Recurring Pro users currently have the ability to renew.
•Eligible Pro members have the option to switch to a Free account until 8/20/2013."
I've never used Flickr and I'm concerned about privacy: can anyone tell me if one's photos are safe and not data mined (a la google) or tagged (a la Facebook)? When deleted, is it permanent? Sorry, but I've never been inclined to upload personal data, but the 1TB deal is tempting for backup etc. Thanks!
I haven't had any issues with Shutterfly *knock on wood* so I am not sure. Maybe because Flickr is somewhat of a social site whereas Shutterfly is only a storage site. It could also be that Shutterfly compresses your pictures and Flickr will allow you to upload at the highest quality. With that said though, when you download your pics back from Shutterfly I noticed that it saves back to your iPhone at what seems to be the same high quality as when you took it, or I just don't have the eye to notice the difference if there is one. Does anyone else know?


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In Vermont, most farming takes place on hills, simply because that's the state's most common terrain. As a result, many of The Valley's early community centers—such as Waitsfield Common—started out on hills.
The community centers have since moved down to the valley floor, but many of the farms are still on the hills and struggling to compete in today's mass-produced market.
On Wednesday, December 12, the Mad River Valley Planning District (MRVPD) and its creation, the Mad River Valley Rural Resource Commission, hosted a public presentation titled "Hill Farming in the Mad River Valley: Past, Present and Future."
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When completed, the study will include a history of hill farming in the Mad River Valley as well as a documentary film featuring interviews with today's area farmers. Right now, the study is still a "work in progress," MRVPD director Joshua Schwartz explained, but participants were happy to share their findings thus far.
"There is no perfect hill crop," Lyssa Papazian said, starting out the historical component of the presentation, but she explained crops that do better in hilly areas include fruit, hay, pasture and dairy.
Back in the early 1800s, The Valley consisted primarily of sheep farms, but by the 1880s dairy farms had come to dominate. For the first half of the 20th century, dairy farms consolidated as a result of the wholesale fluid milk market, but by the 1960s, major changes in dairy farm regulations helped the shift back to the small, diversified farms that dot The Valley's hills today.
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Bought this to build up a cyclocross/ commuter bike. Carbon with disc and canti options for this price can't be beat. Would buy this fork again for sure.
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Excellent fork for the price, went in easy and is stiff and light. What else is there to say
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Have replaced the straight bladed aluminium fork on my MARIN FAIRFAX SC2 with this one. With this fork, the bike is stable in 'out-of-the-saddle' sprints/ climbing.I'm a big fan of curved fork blades and 'V' brakes - this is one of the few forks I know of that still ticks both boxes. The shape of the drop outs and blade junction means one has to align Shimano QR skewers in front of the fork blade instead of straight back/ parallel to the ground. We've got 3 delivered so far (in India) and all have arrived in perfect condition - take a bow Nashbar's packing team.
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I ride a hybrid gt tacyon 3.0 which came with alluminium forks. My hands would get numb in a hour now I am able ride for 4 hours
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By duathlon
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Nice fork, but the black paint chips very easily on top the crown (under the bottom race.) Hard to fix the paint with brush on emamel. Carbon blades with aluminum painted crown and aluminum steerer. I bought it to go with the Nashbar touring frame 60cm and it is a good fit for that. Will use it with canti brakes, even though I could go disk for the front if I want. Seems like a good sturdy combination alloy and carbon fork. Should last long, with chipped paint crown!
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Used it to convert Lightspeed Unicoi to a touring bike with 650B wheels with 42 mm tires. Clearance for flatters tires as well.
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This is my second set of these forks - the first met its end in a collision with a car and cracked at the steerer-crown junction. It was a big enough hit to bend my front wheel, so the damage was not the fault of the fork, it had already survived several years of commuting. The carbon fork blades were undamaged. The new version now has a disc brake cable retainer, and masked painting around the fork dropouts so the finish doesn't crack - good product improvements! Happy to have bought another one, they're very good value.
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So far awesome quality for the money finish was incredible on the carbon.
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I bought one of these for my older bike frame and loved how the bike rode after the change. I decided to get one for my Giant Seek 1 that I use for everything from commuting to trail riding. First thing I noticed was that it was shorter then the factory fork, second thing was the weight, nearly half that of the old aluminium one. With the new lighter, shorter fork installed I found the bike was much more stable in turns. Turn in is quicker and control is much better. The feedback through the bars is much clearer even though the ride is smoother with less jaring bumps that I had with the aluminium fork. If you don't have loads of money to spend on carbon parts I highly recommend this fork. The only down side is that the black paint over the aluminium crown and drop outs is on the thin side. scratches don't really bother me and if that is the only down side it is worth its price and more.
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"Don't Panic!" These are two words (made popular by Douglas Adams in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) that every day become more appropriate and valid. Credit has dried up as has funding by Venture Capitalists, Angel Funders and the like. If you are a bootstrapped company, a startup or a company in "stealth mode," right now you might be wishing that you had taken a more stable job at a large corporation (hopefully not in the Financial sector) or that you had planned better for another bubble to burst. Well fear not…there is always a way to survive, through careful planning and management.
I would like to offer the following "Guide" of my own to those small companies or startups that are struggling now, on the verge of closing shop or just ready to give up. First, let me restate Adams' words: "Don't Panic!" There are methods to keep your company and vision moving forward, maybe in a different direction or perhaps a bit more slowly.
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- Start Now – don't take a "wait and see" attitude. If you have a great idea, keep moving forward, but DO start your cash conservation immediately. The mere fact that you are searching for information and reading this post is a great sign that you are being active!
- Outsource – sure, doing things in-house can save you some cash, but only part of the time. Truly evaluate what makes sense (cents) in your day-to-day operations. If it takes your developer a week to do something and an outside "specialist" a day or two, evaluate the costs of both actions. If you aren't paying your employees and they are doing work in their free time, try to factor in the time-to-market of that approach. While you may save money in up-front costs, you may lose it in terms of beating your competitors to market. Here are a couple factors within "outsourcing" to consider:
- Human Capital – frequently small boutiques who are experts in a particular field can do things faster and better than you can in-house. They, too, might be effected by the economic downturn and may be willing to cut some of their costs just to have your business.
- Operations – this can be both on the technical or just the basic company operations side. If you are providing healthcare benefits, see if you can change your plans or even ask your employees if they have other means to get healthcare (e.g., through a spouse).
- Avoid Capital Expenditures (CapEx) – hardware costs money, lots of it. Of course this all depends on what stage your company is at. If you are just starting, you may be able to get away with repurposing old computers and sharing bandwidth, but as you grow and get closer to having to "prove your value proposition" to investors or even end-users, you do need some sort of infrastructure. Consider using Cloud Computing (e.g., GoGrid) to host your infrastructure, whether it be a development environment or eventually your production infrastructure. By using "the Cloud" you have zero CapEx, no monthly/yearly contracts and are billed by your usage. This is a great way to control your costs and scale only on-demand. You can easily control your capacity, and avoid having your infrastructure sitting around unused or idle.
- Simplify/Set Realistic Goals – The more complex you make things, the harder they are to undo. Figure out what you really want to do with your business. Is it a hobby or your life work? Do you want to be the next Google? If so, you probably want to rethink that. While it is good to have lofty goals, keep them closer to earth. Did you hire someone who sold you on reaching something unattainable? You may want to reconsider that, hard as it may be, and let those people go. Re-architect your strategies. Clearly identify the most fundamental and basic goals you want to achieve. Sometimes through simplification, you can find a niche that others haven't. That makes you more viable and attractive. If you are doing something that everyone else is gunning for, and you are struggling, it probably isn't worth it. You don't need to throw it all away, but you might want to evaluate what you want to do and choose 1-2 things that are (somewhat) unique. Remember K.I.S.S (Keep It Simple, Stupid).
- Remain Flexible – the worst thing that you can do in these trying times is not move or be rigid. Being a startup or small company has definite advantages. You have the ability to move much more quickly than larger companies. Look to be flexibility in many areas: strategic direction, product or service feature set, tools and infrastructures and even work ethic. Keep your employees happy by finding out what works best for them. I'm reminded of a story I heard about a hair dresser who was looking for a change. After some soul searching and help from some personality profiles, they became a landscape architect: similar ideas of grooming but in a completely different field (literally). So stay flexible in your own thinking as well.
- Network & Socialize – as you start to panic, the worst thing you can do is do it alone. Trust me, there are many people and business who are sharing your same concerns. Some may be further down the process of recovery or re-architecting and may be willing to share with you their experiences and what to or not to do. There are so many ways to connect with people nowadays. There is the obvious Social Media (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed, etc.) and I'm a big proponent of these methods. However, in this case, you may really need to just "get out" and talk to people face-to-face. If you live near a big metropolitan area, there is most likely some sort of meetup (check MeetUp.com for example – their video really is great!) or event that meets your needs. Go to them. Start talking to people. (If you are in San Francisco, check out an event I host called StartUpSF.) You may be surprised as to how many great ideas you may get and even how many people really want to help. New strategic partnerships are frequently started at events like this. It's important to listen to new ideas and see how they apply to your own. Some of the things you hear may influence how you attack other points on this list. Remember too that you can socialize your Public Relations very easily now. Read some experts' tips and you may save costs and time there too.
- Conserve Expenses – this is obvious enough. Watch your energy expenditure especially. I mentioned the Cloud before; by outsourcing your IT infrastructure, you can save tremendous costs, especially if you are doing it yourself through your own server rack in your closet. Don't travel if you don't need to. With large bandwidth pipes, it's easy to have video conferencing with almost the same result as a face-to-face. Save the face-to-face for closing the deal. Oh, and pack your own lunch.
- Don't Ignore the Rest of the World – the US economy may be seeing some hard times, but there are other markets out there that may want to spend their money with you. Invest some time in reviewing these other markets. Their currency may be a lot stronger than the US dollar, so they may be more willing to pay for your product or service, or even invest in your business. Don't ignore the fact that with advances in technologies, the world is a much smaller place than we actually realize.
- Cash Flow Management – this is true on both billables and receivables. If you have existing vendor contracts and they are part of your lifeblood, see if you can renegotiate them. As I mentioned before, you are not alone in this economic crunch and many vendors (and even lenders) would rather renegotiate than lose your business. If your own business model is not getting the traction that you desired, you might want to try to tweak it a bit. Consider offering pre-payment discounts (e.g., have people commit for a longer amount of time but discount it against a monthly or smaller cycle rate). ServePath does this type of thing with managed hosting, by offering "server specials" at a lower cost. Old inventory may be sitting around so leverage it through discounts as well.
- Keep your Day Job – I had to end with some humor. If your startup is your life-long passion, it is your day job so take these tips to heart. If it isn't, remember you have to pay your bills somehow.
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He began coaching in the NJCAA in 1995 as the Men's and Women's Varsity Golf Coach at Tompkins Cortland Community College. During his coaching career in both Golf and Soccer, McDaniel has received several Coach of the Year awards in both his Region and Conference, for each sport that he has coached in, including a five year period of being the Mid-State Athletic Conference Golf Coach of the Year (2004-08).
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"The design arrived set exactly as anticipated through the review. Though the color was more striking in person. I gravitated toward this design because it is simple and elegant. It also encompassed my pink and green themed wedding well. I ordered mine in a darker shade of pink for the boarder with a C in the monogram and it all came together wonderfully. The set up was simple and straight forward for order. The paper they printed on was strong and durable which you don't immediately consider when figuring guests will hold onto this for information until your event. I was definitely impressed. I will absolutely make future orders with this company."
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"The Bride-to-Be was delighted with her shower invitations. The design was classic and simple for a classic, no frills bride. Everyone commented on the monogram. We were also delighted that we could switch the color of the invitation to the Bride's favorite color, navy blue!"