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Local home visiting programs provide fresh produce
Cultia Shealey, mother of a 16-month-old toddler, commented that her son has loved getting fruits and vegetables from the home visiting program, Healthy Families Durham.
"He loves them!" she said. "He's tried strawberries for the first time, and has even tried cucumbers and zucchini." For an active toddler who is learning independent eating skills, this program has been a wonderful way to expose him to fruits and vegetables that he might not try otherwise.
Healthy Families Durham and the Durham Early Head Start Home-Based program, both home visiting family support programs of the Center for Child & Family Health, are collaborating with the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, the Durham Farmer's Market and Sarah P. Duke Gardens to provide healthy fruits, vegetables, and staples to Durham families.
Both Healthy Families Durham and Early Head Start Home-Based program provide weekly home visits to parents of children 0-3 years to get the families off to a good start by bringing information about child development, health, safety and nutrition to interested parents. With the addition of delivering fresh produce, the programs can back up the educational information with a chance for participants to actually experience healthy foods on their dinner table.
About three years ago, the home visiting programs created a cooperative agreement with the Inter-faith Food Shuttle. Every other Wednesday, home visitors pick up boxes of fresh fruit and staples such as peanut butter and cereal from the IFFS office at Northgate Mall. In addition, the Wednesday Durham Farmer's Market vendors offer leftover fruits and vegetables for families involved in Healthy Families and Early Head Start. Recently, Lindsey Fleetwood, a horticulturist at the Duke Gardens, reached out to the home visiting programs to distribute organic produce grown in the Charlotte Brody Discovery Garden. "I feel this collaboration is important because together we are bringing healthy, fresh food to families who truly need it," Fleetwood said. "I feel honored to have the opportunity to give back to our community."
Home visitors deliver the fresh produce to the homes of the families. Cultia Shealey said that she has received squash, tomatoes, potatoes, zucchini, strawberries, apples, lettuce, onions and cucumbers. She had never eaten zucchini before, but was willing to try it, and now says, "it's delicious."
For these families of young children, many of whom do not have transportation to get to local markets or resources to afford local or organic produce, having fresh, healthy, locally grown food delivered to their home is an added bonus to their involvement in these home visiting programs. "This collaboration is truly one of our most important efforts to promote the health of the children and families," said Karen Carmody, program director of Healthy Families Durham and Early Head Start Home-Based Program. "Many of our participants struggle with food insecurity or are unable to access fresh foods. Our partners are helping us to meet a growing need for families in Durham."
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Days After Tragic Animal Sanctuary Fire, Community Rallies
Days after a devastating fire tore through the Ark Animal Sanctuary in Houlton, the community is already rallying in big ways.
"People came out of the woodwork – its just amazing..in 48 hours..less than 48 hours..that this happened," said Kathryn Knapp.
Stunned and saddened by this tragedy that took the lives of sixteen cats, folks in town were quick to organize a bake sale and silent auction for the Sanctuary – which took place all day Saturday. Residents took the time to make all kinds of sweet treats, area businesses donated all types of auction items, and there was even a raffle for a trip to Cancun. For the community members who came out, though, this wasn't about prizes. This was about standing behind people that they say have done so much good.
"We want to show our support as a community..to help them get back on their feet," said Jeremiah Crockett of Houlton.
"I felt like crying when I found out because they're great people and something horrible happened," said Morgan Nelson.
"We've all watched them work really hard to build a dream and to build a place for these animals," said Kathryn Harnish, co-organizer of the event.
Folks who came out could also make any sized donation or any pledge they could. For volunteers at the Sanctuary, it will take some time to recover from such a painful loss..but they say the kindheartedness they've seen from people all over makes it that much easier.
"It's a pain that can't be acknowledged even, that's how deep it is..the community is helping us heal. The love and the support that has come from this area, the response to it is something we could have never fathomed as the tragedy is something we could have never fathomed," said Darlene Kenney.
And volunteers like Kenney can be sure that going forward, this community will continue to support them in whatever way they can..
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BMW issues drivable book celebrating its commitment to culture [video]
Award-winning graphic-designer Stefan Sagmeister created the concept for the book
BMW has issued a book celebrating its support of the arts over the last 40 years - a book with wheels that can be driven by remote control.
The book is the work of Grammy-award winning graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister, who has designed album covers for the likes of the Rolling Stones and Talking Heads.
"In a publication about all the cultural activities of the BMW Group it made sense to include four hidden wheels and a remote control that allows readers to drive the book around the room. Culture really moves," says Sagmeister in the BMW press release.
There is more hidden art in the book covers. When each cover from the 1488 hand-signed copies of the book are arranged in proper numerical order, they depict an abstract representation of BMW's Munich headquarters from a bird's eye view - a building nick-named the 'four-cylinder' built by architect Karl Schwanzer in 1972.
The book is not for sale and covers BMW projects regarding contemporary art, jazz and classical music, as well as architecture and design.
BMW board member Frank-Peter Arndt will present the book at a press event today in Berlin.
CULTURE by Stefan Sagmeister
The Grammy-Award winning designer creates publication celebrating 40 years of BMW Group cultural commitment
Munich/New York. The BMW Group is celebrating 40 years of cultural commitment and is currently supporting more than 100 projects throughout the world. To mark this occasion, the internationally celebrated New York-based graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister has created the design of the publication CULTURE, a book describing the BMW Group's international cultural partnerships. The limited edition of 1488 hand-signed copies, which are not available for sale, will be first presented to the public by BMW board member Frank-Peter Arndt at a press conference in Berlin on March 9, 2011. Stefan Sagmeister explains his concept: "In a publication about all the cultural activities of the BMW Group it made sense to include four hidden wheels and a remote control that allows readers to drive the book around the room. Culture really moves." The concept is - typical of Sagmeister - unconventional and refreshingly new: CULTURE is not only a book to browse through, but as it also features an integrated, remote-controlled car, a book that can be driven around. As a whole, the numerical arrangement of all book covers would make a square measuring 7 x 7 metres depicting a graphically abstracted image of the legendary BMW "four cylinder" building - the company headquarters in Munich built by Karl Schwanzer in 1972 - from a bird's eye view. Consequently, each book cover becomes a fragmented, unique specimen.
Frank-Peter Arndt is thrilled: "The publication by Stefan Sagmeister offers an unconventional and intelligent overview of the most diverse facets of our global cultural activities during the past 40 years. With his novel concept, the graphics designer has landed yet another coup: CULTURE is not a narcissistic exhibition but an original overview and an artist's book one wishes to browse through, put on the bookshelf or even drive around. I am delighted with this book and I hope every reader feels the same way."
The book is divided into four parts according to the BMW Group's main cultural activities - contemporary art, classical music and jazz, architecture and design and, finally, culture within the company. The first three chapters are each preceded by a quote from the conductor Daniel Barenboim, the artist Olafur Eliasson and the architect Zaha Hadid respectively. This is where partners from the culture communication network have their say. Containing more than 50 partly full-page colour reproductions, CULTURE also illustrates a selective overview of the spectrum of the BMW Group's international cultural involvement.
Stefan Sagmeister
Two-time Grammy winner Stefan Sagmeister, a native Austrian, studied in Vienna and New York. He designed prize-winning album covers for the Rolling Stones, the Talking Heads and Lou Reed, but is far more than a designer of CD covers. Whether film installation, furniture, posters or books, Sagmeister is a broadly positioned, globally operating artist. The publication "Sagmeister. Made you Look" went on to become a bestseller. In addition to the Grammy awards, he received further internationally significant design prizes such as the Lucky Strike Designer Award 2009 and the Cooper-Hewitt Communications Design Award 2005. As a result, Sagmeister has become a frequently shown designer at international galleries and museums as well. Cities that have already held individual exhibitions comprising works by Sagmeister Inc. include Zurich, Vienna, New York, Berlin, Tokyo, Osaka, Prague, Cologne and Seoul.


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The more you hype an upcoming game in your mind, the more it will fail to meet your expectations.
Originally posted by Zekiah
Activision doesn't own Blizzard either, they merged.
That's not to say that Activision's corporate culture of greed hasn't bled into Blizzard though.
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Hype (noun)
Originally posted by Ceridith
Perhaps on paper but we all know the suits now run the show. The point is, Blizzard is no longer the Blizzard we came to know and love and regardless of what name is on the letterhead, they've been chewed up and spit out like many other gaming companies. Just the fact that they're releasing without PvP is a sad thing considering "we won't release until it's ready" used to be their mantra.
Now it's like the vast majority of gaming companies out there, "CASH IS KING, SCREW THE CUSTOMER".
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Originally posted by Zekiah
Why play diablo 3 when you could play Titan Quest with the underlord mod?
I've always felt the far superior class customization of Titan Quest made it a superior game and underlord takes it a step further and makes the game harder.
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If you want to stop EA from turning everything they touch into steaming piles of poo, only truly effective way is voting with your wallet. I definately will be alot more leery of buying anymore Bioware games at this point. Dragon Age 2 was the start of it. I could not believe Bioware had actually created that. I forgave them because they had created so many games I had loved in the past and bought Mass Effect 3, since Mass Effect is one of my favourite franchises then this whole multiplayer crap buying stupid equipment boxes with real money, day 1 DLC that's a friggin' prothean and that horrendous ending... It's starting to leave a sour taste in my mouth. It's getting clear Bioware isn't the same beloved studio it used to be. It's depressing.
Originally posted by Tutu2
Voting with your wallet won't really help, EA makes more money on the Sims and madden in a year than Bioware probably made in its life time. Honestly until Mass Effect BW was pretty much a niche player, it made solid game for a very limited market and never had huge hits, they've sold well but with their genre they were very limited.
Mass Effect appealed almost just as much to the FPS player who likes Scifi to the people who liked BG, heck even more i think, i've liked BG2, and IW, and NWN but i unlike many of their "true" fans im not playing them until today, heck I've only tried NWN MP once of twice and only in the original story mode.
Unlike previous purchases EA made like Westwood, BF, or Maxis(btw EA didn't killed maxis, they bought it only for will wright and he is still there designed games SPORE was his, and the Sim City 3K remake is his too) they never paid so much and gotten such as huge company. Westwood was small, Maxis was small, BF was fucking tiny.
They've also never bought a company that holds as many IP's and as much fans as BW does. Westwood, Maxis, Bullfrog and others were small studios which were bought by a big company in every situation like that some people leave doesn't matter who buys you some people can't or don't want to cope with change in management. When 10-20 people leave or more from a studio which is 100 or less people like they were it much more drastic than some people leaving a 500+ studio like BW was when EA bought it.
Also i don't blame EA for the day one DLC, i have a strong feeling that was BW and BW alone they've wanted to capitalize on one of their IP's for a long time, BW introduced their BW points long before EA, and if ME1 had MP then most likely they would've had something similar there too.
EA's shoving of failed IP's and failed studios into BW on the other hand are something i really dislike and believe is much worse than day 1 dlc at the end. Mass Effect is an expensive game to make; the voice casting alone can probably cover the dev costs of Call of Duty Modern War of The future 56 if you exclude the marketing costs.
You got tons of famous actors and pretty much the top of the voice actors in the industry, and they not only need to compete with other games on the market they also can't charge more than them. I'm not saying that it's OK for Activision to charge 60US for COD, or for BW to charge 70US for Mass Effect but if they both want to have the same proffit margins Mass Effect needs to cost more, voice acting, real people for some of the models, engine license and other things make it more expensive. The costs in the end are much higher, it still doesn't make it OK for them to release day one DLC especially not like they've done it basically forced many people to pay 20US extra if they couldnt get it from the Origin store.
I would rather pay 70US for a complete game with no day one DLC than 70 for a game + DLC, it just feels like a spit in the face of their fans since they are the ones that being exploited the most. People who play mass effect for good action and cool story dont give a flying duck about a prothean, most of them dont realy know what they are, the people who do and care are the people who played the shit out of the game.
And the fact that the DLC sucks, its not even 20min long, you dont get any intersting story, Javik is a total dick and the most boring char ever(after the jersy shore dude) and totally not worth 20 extra bucks just makes things worse.
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Originally posted by DOGMA1138
They will still make money without you and in ten years it will be normal to pay $100 + $100 DLCs
atleast then you are not the guy who was
trolled by Bioware
EA should just stick to sports games because the majority of non sports games for them has been almost a complete disappointment.
Originally posted by Mephster
EA published tons of games which were far from dissapointment, its like saying that Activision only publishes Call of Duty.
If EA goes out of the picture it will be much worse than what it is today since you are taking a huge player out of the market, no EA no money ;<
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Activision is a bit different since they merged with Blizzard.
EA bought out BioWare.
There is a difference.
Originally posted by DJJazzy
Activision if any thing is worse EA atleast green lights some really risky projects once in a bluemoon, activision on the other hand basically rehashes Call of Duty every year and cashes in on the dividends from Blizzard.
AM Alice, Dante's Inferno, Dead Space, Mirrors Edge, Shank, Overstrike, heck even trying to revive Hellgate London...
But they really need to stop merging every thing into Bioware i mean WTF would they merge danger close into Bioware if they have Respawn(IW 2.0) as an internal team now... The only thing i can think off that Danger Close/Victory Games could do for BW is the MP for Mass Effect 3 but they've only merged like 3 months ago so who the duck knows...
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Originally posted by Unlight
Just read that article myself and it really brings the issue that many have with Cash Shops and the overall idea of games monetizing their players into sharp focus. I do find it funny that after all that ranting about the game, they have a "Buy It Now" link at the top of the article. If they get a kickback from its sales, that makes the article not only funnier, but also incredibly hypocritical.
In most cases, particularly in MMORPGs, it's far more subtle and the designers/developers tend to fly a bit more under the radar. They're doing the same thing, they're just sneakier at it. They take more care to obfuscate what they're actually doing, while using their PR to spin it as something else. You really have to look beneat the surface, connect the dots and read between the lines to see what's really going on. I think that's why so many MMO devs can pull it off and even get people defending what they do, because on the surface it all seems so innocuous.
Others, like the makers of this Flight Control game (with EA involved, go figure) pretty much take that same system and exploit it to the extreme. This could be a wonderful wake-up call for people who perhaps don't really understand why so many of us do not and never will accept Cash Shops or the micro-monetization of players as being "okay". While we as gamers are looking for good, solid and fun games to immerse ourselves in, developers and publishers are devising ways to milk us for all they can. It's sickening.
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I just find all of this very disappointing in the end and i'm not sure about EA/BW and other companies that i've bought games from anymore. i have DAO,DA2,ME2,ME3 maybe these companies should go back to the drawing board i mean for example a RPG game most people think old school ya know the good guy slays the villian and saves the princess but instead now it seems like the villian slays the hero and rapes the princess. same deal you play a guy who's whole story is to save the universe from this ultimate evil and all and playing through three games to the finale and BAM! you get kicked in the balls and laughed at as YOU FAILED and the fanbase erupt's with rage as they see all of they're hard work with choices and time spent flushed down the toilet.
(my grammer and all may not be that great but you get the point lol)
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Let's just say that it sucks for Bioware but they are owned by EA and theres nothing they can do about it. EA is the top dog and they have to listen to them. I don't believe this is good for its investors either. Although they have been selling games, it doesn't mean they will in the long run. If they continue along this trend they won't be making games for much longer. People haven't been overly impressed with ME3 and SWTOR. If they continue to develop games like such they won't have investors in the end.


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integument, in biology, network of features that forms the covering of an organism. The integument delimits the body of the organism, separating it from the environment and protecting it from foreign matter. At the same time it gives communication with the outside, enabling an organism to live in a particular environment.
Among unicellular organisms, such as bacteria and protozoans, the integument corresponds to the cell membrane and any secreted coating that the organism produces. In most invertebrate animals a layer (or layers) of surface (epithelial) cells—often with additional secreted coatings—constitutes the integument. Among the vertebrates the boundary covering—with a variety of derived elements such as scales, feathers, and hair—has assumed the complexity of an organ system, the integumentary system.
The integument is composed of layers that may be of single cell thickness, as in many invertebrates, or multiple cell thickness, as in some invertebrates and all vertebrates. In every case the cells that give rise to the integuments belong to that class of tissue called epithelium, which in most animals is called epidermis. Underlying the epidermis and supplying it with nourishment is the dermis. In addition to the cellular layers, the integument often includes a noncellular coating, or cuticle, that is secreted by the epidermis. Such coatings are found in most invertebrates. The vertebrate skin has generated many kinds of glands and a variety of horny structures, but it lacks coatings.
The wide diversity of integuments among vertebrates further exemplifies the adaptive character of the body covering: from the almost impenetrable shield of an armadillo and the dense furry coat of an Arctic bear to the slimy, scaled covering of a cod and the exceptionally smooth skin of a porpoise. Amphibians and fishes often have mucous glands that lubricate their skins and prevent waterlogging and deterioration. Reptiles have thick, leathery skins that help reduce water loss and serve as an armour against enemies. Birds use their feathers—skin derivatives—to fly and to insulate their bodies. The hairy or furry coats of many terrestrial mammals insulate them, shed water, and provide a dense guard against injury.
Invertebrate integuments
The integuments of unicellular organisms comprise the cell membrane and any coating it secretes. Almost all bacteria have an external cell wall that maintains the shape and turgidity of the cell and affords protection. Multicellular invertebrates, however, have a single outer layer of epithelial cells, and these may secrete a variety of surface coatings, ranging from the mucous coat of cnidarians (polyps, sea anemones, jellyfish) to the tough cuticle of insects. The epithelial layer may include cells of several types, such as sensory cells, gland cells, and stinging cells, and the outer surfaces may bear microvilli, cilia, or other fine projections. In addition, the cells may produce excrescences such as bristles, spines, knobs, and ridges.
The firmness of some invertebrate animals, such as annelids (earthworms, marine worms, and leeches) and certain mollusks, depends on the distension by water of the individual cells that form the body wall. In many other forms rigid skeletal materials are deposited either within the cells or on the outer surface. The noncellular coatings of invertebrate integuments are exceedingly varied in composition and extent, and they cut across taxonomic categories. These rigid structures may provide no more than a protective armour, but in the arthropods, including crustaceans, insects, and spiders, a multilayered and hardened integument forms an exoskeleton to which muscles are attached. In the echinoderms, the exoskeleton lies below the epidermis.
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The secreted coatings of protozoans exhibit all grades between soft forms (as in Amoeba) and forms with a cuticle that may be proteinaceous (as in Monocystis) or composed of cellulose (as in the plantlike flagellates). Other protozoans have definite shells, composed of protein incorporating various foreign bodies, such as siliceous plates or calcium carbonate (in most foraminiferans), or cellulose (in the resting stages of slime molds). The radiolarians have an internal lattice of silica that is laid down inside the cell—a kind of internal skeleton, or endoskeleton.
Sponges have a simple epithelium, known as the pinacoderm, which both covers the external surfaces and lines the internal waterways. Some sponges deposit needlelike spicules of calcium carbonate in the jelly (mesoglea) beneath this outer epithelium.
In the cnidarians the epidermis provides all the basic features of an integument. It may contain not only epithelial cells, some of which may be contractile, but also gland cells, pigment cells, stinging cells, and sensory cells with projecting hairs. The outer surface often bears flagella or microvilli. The surface secretion may help in capturing food, adhering to substrates, cleaning away settling debris, or providing support and protection. Some hydrozoans produce a horny covering for the polyps, and others have an external skeleton that is calcareous (containing calcium carbonate). Anthozoans show the same diversity. In the common reef-building corals, the calcareous skeleton is secreted by a part of the epidermis that forms a basal disk. This secretory process is continuous, and the polyp raises itself progressively upon a constantly growing stem of calcium carbonate.
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The parasitic flukes have a relatively thick integument, which bears many spines and sensory papillae, an apical membrane that is thrown into ridges and pits, and microvilli. The outer part of the integument contains secretory bodies, which are continuously released at the surface to renew the apical membrane. This appears to be a protective device for the parasite related to the immune reaction of the host. Roundworms have a thick, flexible cuticle, with three distinguishable zones, covered by an epicuticle.
Annelids have a thin, horny cuticle pierced by pores through which epidermal glands secrete mucus. In some marine annelids, glands are also present that secrete materials constituting a parchmentlike or calcareous tube within which the worm dwells. Earthworms and leeches secrete cocoons from a specialized epidermis in a region of the body known as the clitellum. A major feature of all annelids except leeches is the possession of bristles, or chaetae, of which there are many varieties. The bulk of each chaeta is secreted by a single cell, though the surrounding lateral cells may contribute materials that bring about its hardening.


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Aldo Zilli's last five home buys
Celebrity chef Aldo Zilli, star of BBC ONE's Step Up To The Plate, reveals his most recent homes buys.
A Good Homes feature.
Broadband hub, from £18.99, BT
'I have six restaurants in the UK and need to keep in regular contact with my head chefs when I'm at home, so I've installed this fast internet connection. It's great for sending my chefs recipes over via email.'
Ardenia throw, £125, Christy
'We've just converted our three-bedroom home, so it now has six bedrooms. My wife Nikki chose linen and throws in soft neutrals.'
Pestle and Mortar, £7.99, Lakeland
'I love making pesto from scratch and always use a ceramic pestle and mortar, as the resistant surface makes it easier to grind herbs and spices.'
Moonbuzz pendant light, £49, Habitat
'My son Rocco, two, loves anything to do with the moon and stars, so we bought him this shade for his bedroom.'
Bespoke bed, from £1,200, Vi-Spring
'Sleep is precious to me, especially as Nikki and I have just had a baby girl, Twiggy. We wanted a luxurious mattress to sleep on and a timeless style, so we had this bed specially made.'
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The turtle came from the sewers. He may be mutant and he may be ninja.
The turtle came from the sewers. He may be mutant and he may be ninja.
I believe my future must be brighter than my past. Without that belief, I'm just waiting to die.
--> Zero to Hero Transformation
I've seen many cats in the resort. Never a feral cat. The cats at the resort are fed and recieve health care.
Snowy Egret with fish by kerry richardson, on Flickr
Next to the Motorboat cruise area.
I pledge allegiance to the Earth, one planet, many gods, and to the universe in which she spins.
<3 There are a million cupcakes in the world but only one is Cupcake Terror. <3
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swan, minnows, egret, crayfish, turtles, mantis and sparrow
My family is always on the lookout for critters, even at Disneyland
Nice! They posted just fine!
I've seen the minnows, cats, and a mouse. I took a lot of shots of that heron (egret?) to get that one of him with a fish.
I pledge allegiance to the Earth, one planet, many gods, and to the universe in which she spins.
Now if we can only get those crawfish over to the French Market and into some gumbo,yum!
I was on the boat ride in Adventureland, and I saw lions, giraffes, crocodiles, gorillas, hippos and even elephants!
I saw the cormorants for the first time this spring, doing their head-bobbing dance by the castle. Also watched some wee fish swimming about under the bridge by The Enchanted Tiki Room, and baby ducks entertaining the crowd while waiting for Fantasmic! I do fear for the critters in that water -- what with all the pyro chemicals...to say nothing of the green coloring agent they use. That can't be good for a critter. (Was delighted to see bunnies and chickens all around Disneyland Paris)
They should have deer. There once was a Japanese Deer Park in Buena Park.
I've seen many different types of birds, turtles by BTMRR, little minnows in various places, multiple mice near Matterhorn, cats, dogs (walking around with security), and also a lizard over by BTMRR.
kitty @ Hungry Bear
duckling in DCA
koi fish @ Disneyland Hotel
sparrows @ Cozy Cones
we see these bright green june bugs flying around in DL and DCA but are hard to photograph alive
I once saw a Harron eat 5 baby ducks in the castle pond now thats a Disney good time. I also saw the turtles by BTMRR as well as some amazing jumping fish
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Well, you know what they say…girls just wanna have fun.
And that's exactly what Katie Holmes and her daughter Suri did Friday as they carried on with their whirlwind week in New York City.
Fresh off her divorce filing (and settlement agreement), Holmes and her little budding fashionista continued to make their rounds around the Big Apple, with a playdate at the Children's Museum of the Arts with Suri's pal, a stop for ice cream at Via Quadronno and a trip to FAO Schwarz.
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Paolo, an Italian tour bus driver living in the "second most beautiful city in the world", Paris, has just summoned up the courage to propose marriage to his flight attendant girlfriend Greta when, per chance, he encounters the alluring, mysterious Girl on a Bicycle. Infatuation is immediate. Obsession follows. Unable to get the image of this beauty out of his head, he seeks advice from his best friend, the witty and womanizing Derek. In his bumbling attempt to meet the Girl, French model Cécile, Paolo accidentally knocks her over with his bus and his life turns madly chaotic.
Cast: Paddy Considine, Louise Monot, Vincenzo Amato, Nora Tschirner, Stéphane Debac
Produced by: Quirin Berg, Max Wiedemann
Directed by: Jeremy Leven
Written by: Jeremy Leven
Running time: 1hr 41min
Opens: Feb 14, 2014 Limited
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What began with a single silk blouse quickly evolved into Tucker: fashion designer Gaby Basora's widely beloved collection of breezy and bohemian dresses, pants, tunics, and other women's clothing essentials. In 2005, Basora made herself a pretty button-down blouse with three-quarter-length sleeves and a shirred neckline. Within months, she'd received her first department store order, but still hadn't found the right name for her budding designer womenswear collection. One night, the word "Tucker" came to her in a dream, and the rest is history. Today Basora offers everything from blazers to lingerie — but it's the blouse, with its "part poet/part Ukrainian folk dancer" aesthetic, as Basora describes it, that has turned celebrities such as Drew Barrymore, Whitney Port and Cameron Diaz into Tucker fans.
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I found a video of Addy the other day when she was Claire's age. You could only understand about every 4th word she said, but I started crying. I don't have a ton of my girls on video. Pictures? Of course. Oodles. But video of their sweet voices? Nope. I vowed to change that.
Starting with Addison's very first joke that she learned from Nana.
Untitled from Rachel McPhillips on Vimeo.
Here is another one of Claire talking about eating hotdogs and going to the Zoo.
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[Interview] Origins Of Malu: The Final Push to Cross the Finish Line
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I played a pre-alpha of this about a year ago. It was a sandbox very little quest or direction which is fine. Odd alien avatars, was pretty smooth back then. I don't know how it has changed since then though. wjwatkins
The Mummy Online: Longevity Unravels, Closure Arrives
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browser hack and slash, to much lag, without cleaning this up it was destined to fail.
Sevencore: Closed Beta Key Giveaway!
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Been playing the european closed beta. It is fun, but a true WOW clone. I like it, mounts will fight for you while you are riding as a pet would. Only thing european version I am playing is in german can understand simple things but have missed most of the storyline, maybe I will get invited to english version.
Guild Wars 2: Progress Shown this Beta Weekend
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I don't like the new map either, preferred the previous one, this one seemed in the way. Also, why don't they have quests in the city. I was exploring the city, trying to open portal and name areas, this weekend and I think at least killing rats or knocking around some hoods would add some interest.
Path of Exile: The Disgruntled Pony: Path of Exile Edition!
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I did a weekend beta this past weekend. It was quite enjoyable. The graphics are really good. Now I played Diablo3 today, very similar gameplay, graphics actually I would give to POE. There was more texture to the environment. I kind of thought D3 would of had stronger graphics. D3 definitely has a story line and a very good story line but that makes it more linear. POE has a story, now what I have played it is not as strong and sometimes I felt lost, but it gives you a more open world feel. Truthfully, what I have played, D3 harkens back to original Diablo, and POE reminds you of D2 with the ... Oh well, I digress. It was fun, I helped the developers out with there purchasing a quest pak or whatever they call.
The Secret World: Removing Mystery's Shroud
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Boy, alot of comments, I did the beta this last weekend. I hope the text issues can be dealt with first. I could not even read half of the text. I have an amd class video card and heard that there was some driver issues yet to be corrected. At first, I found the game a little cold, and bland, but once I got to Kingsmouth the questing and backstory got me really intrigued. I like the idea of bringing thinking back into gameplay. Actual searching for clues, even an in game web browser with Google as the home page ( game hints please). That makes the game really fun. Compared to Tera, which is more about killing and killing more . Sh#t I haven't read the dialogue in the last two areas, however I do like Tera for the game it is. If they can clean up Secret World some --- deal with text, lag, and graphic issues, It will be an awsome game. I really wonder if it is ready to launch in June though. It really needs some delivery help, the game is there, but not really that clean. I mean we were limited to Templar area, and a single quest site this should be a really clean part, no bugs or very few. Oh well, another beta weekend in 4 more days, hoping for some improvements.
Lord of the Rings Online: Screenshot of the Week: LOTRO Edition!
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test one
Star Trek Online: F2P Version Launches
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this is my point of view only. I have been playing swtor for the last 2 months, and STO just the last week. Also I have not played any of the Klingon faction. The space part of Swtor is very much just aim and shoot play the ship is coordinated where to fly and battle is pretty much shoot and play, STO is like driving a boat, with battles on the high seas, much more control where to fly, control over shields power, and ships speed. Of course off ship experience is short in the STO world as compared to Swtor. both games are fun, and different. I would hate both to be the same except for story
General: A Master Beta Scorned
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I beta tested SW:TOR over the Thanksgiving weekend and I have beta-tested many a game in the free and subscription realms and I completely enjoyed the experience. To me, the game was pretty well finished. I noted some problems with the graphics (visual tearing/artifact with AMD cards that was noted in FAQ) a very infrequent crash that ended up being an issue with Microsoft Security Essentials blocking the program. Also, some difficulty balance issues, where some "easy quest" was super hard, and some hard quest was really easy. In fact, I really did not consider buying the game until I played it that weekend. In some way, I think it was a test weekend to increase the buzz. Increase the amount of pre-orders, which is already doing pretty well. I got my key through an mmorpg site I belong to or may be from origin itself due to buying digital copies of games /\ o.o /\
Allods Online: Our Official Review - Traveling in Astral Space
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Allods is a fun game, I do not see the pay to win like some players have mentioned. Although rune crafting, could give you an advantage over other players, and to use runes effectively you will most likely need to buy materials from cash shop. One other thing, I have not played at higher levels so I do not see the disadvantages other individuals do. I hope no one lets this game die because it is a beautiful game, with a lot to offer.


text: Admit it. We all use our iPhone video camera way too much. It's fun. But If you're like me, you've accumulated hundreds of these mini clips while hanging out at a family reunion, bonding with your favorite friends or celebrating a big win. What do you do with all of them. There are dozens of editing tools in the cloud, even on the iPhone. Although many are easy-to-use, I wan't happy with the amount of time it took to organize the clips and create the mini-movies of my favorite memories. But at CES today I discovered Magisto. In literally a few clicks, I had great quality videos I could share with friends and family. It was seriously simple. It took the company three years to develop the technology that powers it. And it certainly shows as I have my nose up in the air to most of these tools because I have a full=time editor at Forbes whom I call my "Audio & Video Magician." Both of us were impressed.


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Herrow :3, my name is Aaron. Besides the fact that I love love anime, I'm a game developer in the making, I do art, and I make anime guitar covers on youtube. :) Feel free to talk to me ^.^ nice to meet yall ~
4 Most Favorite Anime: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Steins;Gate, Attack on Titan, and ToraDora!. (my top 10 anime are on my "Lists" tab)
1,311 total episodes
Why thank you! I return the High-Five for Brotherhood. I don't think any other show will ever top it. I like the rest of your Top-10 list; been meaning to give Steins;Gate a try for a while!!
I know! Very clean cut lol Thank you! I hope you are doing good as well. You're art is really nice and so is your music! ^_^ I rarely get on fb now since I've been busy lately and I find it kind of boring.
Hi! I've been okay. How about you? I'm sorry I haven't been on lately either. ^^;
Hi Aaron! ^_^
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Reviewed for Kindergarten, 2009
This folksy farmyard balancing act is the perfect antidote to complicated games that don't stand the test of time. Simple, fun, and with loads of replay potential, it's easy enough for young children to learn in moments. Just stack the cute wooden hens, wagon wheels, and hay bales on the wobbly perch, and take turns removing piece by piece while still keeping the roost in balance. Young kids will love the suspense, and parents will love that they're practicing important fine motor and balancing skills while they play! (Blue Orange Games, $20.74)


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In February 1917 the Connecticut General Assembly directed Governor Marcus H. Holcomb "to procure certain information relative to the resources of the State," especially about "men and materials available for use in the event of war." Known as the Military Census, the most significant part was a manpower census of all male inhabitants over the age of sixteen taken in 1917-1918. However, additional surveys included such things as farms, crops, livestock, automobiles, doctors, nurses, and factories.
Approximately 502,549 sheets of the manpower census were completed and arranged in numerical order. An index card was prepared for each sheet and arranged under each town alphabetically by surname. Each card gives the name, address, and form number.
In 1988 and 1989 the Genealogical Society of Utah microfilmed the completed forms and index cards and provided the State Library with a donor copy of each series. The index cards are on 16mm microfilm arranged by town and then alphabetically by surname. If a card for a name is located, researchers should take down the form number(s). The forms are arranged numerically on 35mm microfilm. Researchers may consult the microfilm camera operator's reports, in the descriptive register for RG 29 in H&G, or check the Family History Catalog to find the microfilm roll that includes the form in question. Form numbers appear in the upper right hand corner of each sheet. Since numbers on many of the original forms are faded, researchers may have difficulty in reading them, but the sheets are in numerical order on the microfilm.
The State Archives is treating the microfilm as the use copy. Hence, access to the original sheets are subject to the Guidelines on Use of Restricted Original Archival Records. The History and Genealogy staff does not search or provide copies from microfilmed records, and the State Library's copies of these films are not available on inter-library loan. However, a list of Professional Genealogists Familiar with Connecticut State Library Collections who can make copies for a fee is available and films may be used at LDS Family History Centers..
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To the Editor:
The COMMENTARY symposium "On the Future of Conservatism" [February] proved to be excellent reading, but, unlike the other contributors, Irwin M. Stelzer was not content with setting forth the intellectual merits of his case. In responding to the remarks of Father Richard John Neuhaus, the editor of First Things, in that magazine's symposium, Mr. Stelzer had to engage in making anti-Catholic remarks to sustain his position. His statement that Jewish neoconservatives should have known better than to "pitch an intellectual tent broad enough" to include "many Catholics brought up in a tradition that does not welcome dissent from its revealed truths" smacks of an animus against Catholics that Arthur Schlesinger, Sr. once said was America's "deepest bias."
Mr. Stelzer is right, of course, to suggest that certain teachings of the Catholic Church are not dependent on a referendum for validation, but he is wrong to phrase his words in a manner that is downright disparaging of Catholicism.
Even worse is his comment that Jewish intellectuals "should not expect to be partners in a governing theocracy" with Catholics. Precisely whom is he speaking about? Can he name even one Catholic who has proposed a governing theocracy?
This is pure, unadulterated bigotry.
William A. Donohue
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Civil Rights
New York City
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Irwin M. Stelzer's asseveration that Catholicism is a "tradition that does not welcome dissent from its revealed truths" needs to be addressed. Roman Catholics share a profound tradition of faith and reason, a shared understanding of natural inquiry, and a shared conception of first principles, but this tradition is revealed through active engagement and critical debate. After all, St. Thomas Aquinas began his philosophical project to reconcile Aristotelian thought with Catholic tradition as a dissenter. More recently, the late John Courtney Murray, S.J., the theologian who did the most to articulate an accommodation between the Church and modern democracy, initially began his work as a dissenter. Anyway, before accusations are hurled as to which tradition has the better record on accepting dissent, let us not forget the troubles that Spinoza incurred in the Jewish community of 17th-century Amsterdam.
Mr. Stelzer also raises a larger issue concerning the market's ability to address the major social problems confronting American democracy today. Is it grounds for excommunication from the ranks of conservatism to suggest that the market contributes significantly to the cultural decay evident in the breakdown of traditional family, communities, and moral values?
Clearly, the entertainment industry has served to undermine those values necessary for a healthy society to function properly. Of course, consumers who are outraged by movies that depict priests as womanizers or records that espouse violence against white police officers and women can boycott these products. But without a shared sense of community based on an agreed-upon morality, how effective can any boycott be under the onslaught of what is being spewed forth today as entertainment? Will downsizing government and giving tax breaks to the middle class restore a moral order in America?
These kinds of questions need to be asked by libertarian conservatives and traditionalists alike.
Donald T. Critchlow
Woodrow Wilson Center
for Scholars
Washington, D.C.
Irwin M. Stelzer writes:
I regret that William A. Donohue found my remarks in COMMENTARY's symposium "anti-Catholic" and "bigoted." What I said was that many Catholics do not welcome dissent from what they deem to be "revealed truths"; Mr. Donohue says that "certain teachings of the Catholic Church are not dependent on a referendum for validation." I am happy to accept his formulation. But if—and I emphasize the if—his is meant to be a political statement as well as a theological one, it confirms me in my uneasiness.
Recall: my quarrel was not with Catholics in general, but with the editorial statement that introduced the symposium in First Things and that cited papal encyclicals as if they were the final authority for all Americans, or as if the principles enunciated in those encyclicals should determine the legitimacy or illegitimacy of the American "regime." To me at least, this seems to suggest a theocratic view of the polity.
It is precisely this attitude that makes me fear an alliance between neoconservatives and First Things—or any group that would place its views beyond the reach of democratic debate. The notion that a "regime" becomes illegitimate if it adopts a position that, although supported by a majority of voters, is offensive to the teachings of one or another religious group is one I find scary.
I share the nervousness of Robert H. Bork and others about the dangers inherent in a hyperactive judiciary. But the solution to this problem surely lies either in democratically approved constitutional changes to reduce the power of the judiciary or, as William Kristol has suggested, in persuading a majority of duly elected legislators to be more vigorous in their opposition to the confirmation of judges who hold views of which they disapprove.
Donald T. Critchlow also brings up the question of dissent. In citing the case of Spinoza, he means, I assume, to point out that Jews have also had difficulty accepting dissent within their community. But as I know of no source of data that would permit me to compare the number of Catholic excommunicants with their Jewish equivalents, I leave it to the reader to decide which tradition has the better record in this regard.
The more interesting issue raised by Mr. Critchlow relates to what he terms "the market's ability to address the major social problems confronting American democracy today." He concedes that consumers who find certain television programs, records, and films offensive are free to boycott them. But that, he says, may not be enough. Well, what then? Should others, who have different preferences, be denied access to these products? Should they be made to march to the beat of someone else's drummer?
For Mr. Critchlow, a market-determined result—one that is produced by the accumulated preferences of consumers exercising free choice—that does not comport with an "agreed-upon morality" is problematic. Will we be asked next to deny seats to duly elected representatives who refuse to swear to support that "agreed-upon morality"?
No. Tax cuts cannot restore the old morality. But neither can central control of what goes out over the airwaves. Only personal responsibility, revived in ways suggested by Charles Murray, among others, can do that.
To the Editor:
In your symposium, Walter Berns's comments on conservatism include so many questionable statements that it may be useful to call attention to at least some of them. He begins by characterizing Russell Kirk as the "doyen of the paleoconservarives" and thereby creates the impression that whatever view he attributes to Kirk is typical of all paleoconservatives. As the inventor of this term, I find that Mr. Berns does not know to whom or what it refers. Most paleos—e.g., Sam Francis, Tom Fleming, Lew Rockwell, and Allan Carlson—have studied the social sciences and other modern disciplines. They are not Anglo-Catholic traditionalists at war with the post-medieval world. Their complaint with the current American regime is not its failure to instantiate a "Christian commonwealth," but its lack of constitutionality.
Mr. Berns gratuitously compares Father Richard John Neuhaus to those "self-righteous zealots" who impose their social policies through the courts. This comparison is misleading for two reasons.
One, there is nothing that Mr. Berns cites—or can cite—from Neuhaus's editorial remarks in First Things to prove that he is a "self-righteous zealot." Neuhaus never denies—and indeed affirms—that the American federal union was intended to be religiously pluralistic. But Neuhaus and his cosymposiasts also maintain (as Mr. Berns too admits at the end of his polemic) that the Founders assumed that a moral consensus would prevail in the new republic. They did not suspect that American courts would one day declare war on what had been the common moral ground of Americans whatever their denominational differences.
Two, the comparison between Neuhaus and the usurping judges overlooks a disproportion in power. While Neuhaus and company simply express their opinions, the judges, by contrast, are free to legislate and to overrule legislatures and referenda.
Mr. Berns fears that by making too much of these annoyances, we may be setting ourselves up for "some type of fascism." As he warned during an interview with Insight magazine (February 3, 1997), a rightist dictatorship may be "the only alternative" unless we see ourselves as the "best regime." Putting aside this alarmist speculation and the naive belief that today's "best regime" would be recognizable as such to the Founders, the problem still remains of his misrepresentation of the protest expressed in First Things.
The First Things symposiasts, as far as I can tell, deplore not religious pluralism or natural rights or (unlike myself) the constitutional revolution carried out by the New Deal. They are complaining about the judicial assaults in recent decades on traditional family and communal life. Some who are especially outraged discuss the possibility of private disobedience in response to this development. By no means a call to violent upheaval, such musings seem far more modest than the organized disobedience that both Richard John Neuhaus and Walter Berns himself condoned during the civil-rights agitation of the 50's and 60's.
Paul Gottfried
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
To the Editor:
In his contribution to the "On the Future of Conservatism" symposium, Walter Berns insults the late Russell Kirk and then attributes positions to him that Kirk never professed. As one of Kirk's former research assistants who spent many hours with him and who is now completing a book on his political thought, I must respond to Mr. Berns's unfair allegations.
Mr. Berns implies that Kirk was an anti-Semite because of a single incident. According to Mr. Berns, while Kirk was outlining his "plan for a Christian commonwealth" during a panel discussion, Mr. Berns abruptly interrupted his co-panelist to ask, "What are you going to do with us Jews?" Allegedly, the question
took him aback, first because he knew I was not Jewish, but most of all, I suspect, because it never occurred to him to ask it, or to have to answer it. After a short pause, he mumbled something to the effect that, of course, he did not mean to exclude Jews or anyone else.
I doubt that Mr. Berns has accurately described this incident. Kirk would not have responded so defensively and awkwardly, since he had frequently written about the Hebraic influences on the Western and American political tradition. Read, for example, his Roots of American Order (1974), in which he devotes an entire chapter to an examination of the Jewish impact on the American political order. "In both its Christian and Jewish forms," Kirk wrote, "the order of Sinai still gives vitality to America."
Nothing in my personal relationship with Kirk would lend any credence to Mr. Berns's charge and nothing I have read in his writings would indicate that he disliked Jews.
Mr. Berns further alleges that Kirk claimed that "John Locke had nothing to do with the Constitution." This is untrue. Kirk maintained that the Lockean influences on the Constitution had been exaggerated by the scholars Louis Hartz and Richard Hofstadter. Such historians, according to Kirk, ignored the King James Bible, the Book of Common Prayer, the British constitutional tradition, and the common-law tradition and its interpreters.
W. Wesley McDonald
Elizabethtown College
Walter Berns writes:
Paul Gottfried claims to have coined the term "paleoconservative." Well, good for him, but so far as I know, he hasn't patented it.
He also artfully garbles my statement (made in a telephone interview) about the danger posed by talk of revolution. Let me quote it in full:
"I'm not angry that they [the First Things symposiasts] raised 'regime questions,' " Berns explained to Insight. "I'm angry that they raised the possibility of civil disobedience and revolution. If ours is not the best regime, you have to consider the real alternatives. And since Communism has bitten the dust, the only alternative is some type of fascism. You always have to be on the alert about that."
I should like to have edited that statement before it was printed, but I think its meaning is clear enough, and rather at variance with Paul Gottfried's dissembling version of it.
In reply to W. Wesley McDonald, who says I am unfair to Russell Kirk: I did not imply that Kirk was an anti-Semite; I implied that he did not understand what he was saying when he suggested that the United States was, or was intended to be, a Christian commonwealth.
As to the Roots of American Order which, for my sins, I once read, I shall simply say that Kirk did not understand the provenance of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, with its separation of church and state.


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Siemens is laying the technical foundation of a cross-national system of toll registration in Europe. The Sitraffic Sensus onboard unit determines the position of a vehicle either from satellite data or with the help of microwave communication. The unit thus covers all of the toll collection technologies that are currently in use. A special feature of the new onboard unit is its ability to utilize data from various satellite systems for vehicle positioning. For example, it enables precise positioning in cities where high-rises can block a satellite connection. The onboard unit complies with the European Electronic Toll Services (EETS) standard and can be used throughout Europe. Siemens recently presented this solution at the Intertraffic 2014 trade fair in Amsterdam.
Toll systems use an onboard unit to determine the position of a participating vehicle and compare this position with those of toll roads. The onboard unit uses information about the stretch of toll road the vehicle has traveled and recorded country-specific toll rates to calculate the amount of toll that is due. It can communicate this information to a central computer via a mobile telephone network. The vehicle's position is determined either with the help of a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) or via microwave signals between the onboard unit and receivers located on bridges (Dedicated Short Range Communication, DSRC). Because of varying regulations, 12 different toll systems are used throughout Europe today. Vehicles that regularly travel through several countries therefore have a whole series of onboard units. The goal of the European Electronic Toll Services (EETS) standard is to enable vehicles to travel throughout Europe with a single onboard unit in the future.
Country-specific regulations and calculation methods for tolls can be integrated into the Sitraffic Sensus units so that they can be used all over Europe. The onboard units communicate via microwaves and receive satellite data from three different navigation systems: the American system GPS, the Russian system GLONASS, and the European system Galileo. The latter is expected to make its first set of services available starting in early 2015. Sitraffic Sensus combines the available satellite data from the various systems and can therefore reliably determine a vehicle's position even in areas where reception is difficult. Tests in the city center of Vienna had shown that the combination of data from GPS and GLONASS enables much more precise positioning than a unit that uses only GPS. Sitraffic Sensus complies with all the currently applicable standards. These include the suites for DSRC that comply with the CEN standard, Uni-DSRC as an option, and the ISO/CEN standard for independent toll systems. Updates of the software and changes in the toll services are simply transferred to the onboard unit via GSM in the mobile network.
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Aug. 25, 2003
After entering a new era last season, head coach Kelley Sliva McKee has laid the foundation for success in the New Mexico volleyball program as she enters her second season as the Lobo head coach. Sliva McKee, who amassed a 143-104 mark in her nine years as a head coach at Northern Arizona and earned a berth in the 1999 NCAA Tournament, is now laying the groundwork for a winning program at UNM.
This year's team is a mix of four returning players, including three starters, and 10 newcomers, all recruited by head coach Sliva McKee and her staff within her first full year at the helm of the program. While many freshmen will have to rise to the challenge of playing Division I volleyball in order for the Lobos to be successful, Sliva McKee expects that the four returning players - senior Anna Reines, juniors Adah Burke and Monica Meihack and sophomore Chelsea Sondrup - will provide leadership and help the team reach its goals.
"Our expectations are very high," said Sliva McKee, who enters her 11th season as a head coach with a 153-125 (.550) career record. "Our primary goal is to get better every day. We feel that if we continue to improve and make positive changes in our game that we're going to be a very good volleyball team."
With a year under her belt at UNM, Sliva McKee begins her second season with a newfound attitude and purpose.
"The biggest thing I learned last year was that as a coach, you always think you know what's going to happen - but that's just a total illusion," Sliva McKee said. "It was very liberating last year. I learned how to be more open-minded and now I'm much more flexible. I think every coach should take on new experiences because it really helps in the long run.
"For me, my primary goal is to be a great leader," Sliva McKee continued. "Last year, I was challenged in every single aspect, and that made me a better coach. Being a better coach made me a better leader. Now, as I enter my 11th year, I am clear on the areas in which I can add the most value to the team."
Sliva McKee has also surrounded herself with an excellent coaching staff - second-year assistant Brent Aldridge and first-year assistant Chelsea Robb - which leads to the positive energy within the program. The staff feels the necessary ingredients are now in place to continue the ascent of the program.
"The main reason I feel like I'm in a groove is because of what Brent and Chelsea bring to the table," Sliva McKee said.
"As a staff we have a lot of fun. Brent is very technically oriented, which allows me to work on team chemistry, leadership and communication, and Chelsea does whatever is needed for the team. We know each other's strengths, we know the game, and we work well together."
Leading the way for the Lobos this fall are the four returning players from last season's team (Reines, Burke, Meihack, Sondrup). While their success will be key to winning matches in 2003, Sliva McKee is already impressed by what the four have accomplished in the offseason.
"We worked with Anna (Reines), Adah (Burke), Monica (Meihack) and Chelsea (Sondrup) in the spring and had a lot of one-on-one time and gave them a lot of close attention, which is paying off huge right now. They understand the coaching staff and they understand the systems we run. All four of them completed their summer goals, and I believe they set a really high standard for the freshmen coming in this year. At some point during the preseason, all four have really stepped up in different situations. I'm really proud of them entering the season."
The Lobos' top offensive threat is 6-4 senior outside hitter Anna Reines, who earned All-Mountain West Conference honors in 2002, making her the first Lobo to make the all-conference team since 1998. Reines led the team in hitting percentage (.257) and kills (421, 3.86 pg) last year, while acheiving career highs in aces (seven), digs (81) and blocks (60 - 10 BS/50 BA). Reines, a two-time Academic All-Mountain West Academic selection, was named the Comcast Invitational MVP after leading the Lobos to the tournament championship and also garnered Albuturkey All-Tournament team honors.
"I think Anna is key to our offense because of what she can do as far as terminating the ball," Sliva McKee said. "But she has also developed her blocking game and her jump serve. Most importantly, she leads through her communication. Emotionally, she's ready to lead this team."
Reines gained new experiences playing volleyball internationally as she was a member of the USA Select Team that participated in the Spring Cup in Brno, Czech Republic.
"Anytime you get outside your normal environment and see what volleyball is like throughout the world, you're going to grow as a player," said Sliva McKee. "Plus, we didn't get to play in the offseason because we only had four players, so the competition alone helped her out as well."
Looking to pace the offense is junior setter Monica Meihack. Meihack had a stellar first season as a Lobo in 2002, leading the team with 1,249 assists (10.86 pg), good for second all-time in a Lobo season. Meihack gained valuable experience last year as she was one of only four Lobos to start in every match. Sliva McKee expects even bigger things from Meihack this season.
"Monica is entering a much healthier environment this year," coach said. "The tough thing about last year was that we didn't have any balance in our offense. I believe Monica will be even more successful this season because we'll have more options in our offense and we'll have have more hitters that will be able to put the ball down. She is coming off a great sophomore year and will continue to grow in her game."
UNM's main force at the net will be sophomore middle blocker Chelsea Sondrup. Sondrup displayed tremendous skill at the net during her freshman season, racking up 131 block assists, which set a new single-season mark in the New Mexico record books. Sondrup also set a new standard for block assists at UNM in one match, compiling 13 against UNLV. All in all, Sondrup amassed 137 total blocks, good for second all-time in a Lobo season.
"Chelsea is extremely fit and jumping about 10 feet right now," Sliva McKee said. "Last year was a tremendous growth year for her. I'm real impressed with how she is entering the season. I think that Chelsea is going to be a dominant middle blocker and hitter. At the same time, we're still working to develop her backcourt game to keep her in the rotation."
Rounding out the returning players is junior defensive specialist Adah Burke. Burke joined the team as a walk-on during midseason last fall, and her energetic play was rewarded at the end of the season as she was named the team's Most Inspirational Player. Burke played in 10 matches and 25 games in 2002 and recorded 25 digs, including a career high 11 against Rice.
"All four returning players made sacrifices this summer, but Adah took the most physical risk in taking her game to the next level," stated Sliva McKee. "She played a ton of volleyball in the offseason and committed herself to becoming a better player. Adah is special to have around - she's very high energy and brings a lot of enthusiasm to our team. After her summer workouts, she is much more consistent and focused."
The remaining 10 players on the roster, all freshmen, will vie for playing time throughout the season. All the players, which were recruited by Sliva McKee's staff, have one thing in common - commitment to excellence on and off the court.
"What we're looking for are players with good character values who excel on the court and in the classroom," Sliva McKee said. "In building a winning program, you have to have a solid foundation with good people."
Two freshmen are New Mexico natives - middle blocker Brandy Atwater and outside hitter Georgia Whitson. Atwater joins the team as a walk-on from Des Moines H.S. in Folsom, N.M. She earned all-state honors all four years in volleyball and basketball and was on six state championship teams (volleyball - three; basketball - three). Whitson hails from Taos, N.M., and was named the District 2-AAAA Player of the Year in 2002. Whitson is a physical, dynamic athlete with a big block and a fast arm.
Three players from the state of Colorado will join the Lobos this season. Lauren Dunsmoor is a 5-11 outside hitter who comes from a very successful program at Pueblo West H.S. and earned all-state honors her senior season. Valerie Finch, a native of Steamboat Springs, Colo., joins the team as a walk-on and may see time at the libero position. Outside hitter Jennifer Heasty (Westminster, Colo.) plays at a high level above the net and will bring size and athleticism to the Lobos.
Jessica Jensen and Kelly Therkelsen, both over six-feet tall, come to UNM from Minnesota. Jensen (Mankato, Minn.), who is 6-3, is a versatile hitter who has excellent size and can hit behind the setter. Jensen was named a Big 9 All-Conference player and also lettered in basketball. Therkeslen, an Eagan, Minn., native, is a big blocker with good ball control skills. She earned All-Lake Conference and all-state honors her senior season while maintaining a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Megan Morris (Los Fresnos, Texas), a 6-2 middle blocker, has the ability to play big over the net in both blocking and hitting. Morris lettered in volleyball, basketball and track.
Lindsay Smith (Bakersfield, Calif.) will add depth at setter and can set up a very up-tempo offense. She won the Davis Volleyball Festival over the summer and earned all-league honors her senior year.
Lisa Dick, from Gresham, Ore., joins the team as a walk-on and will look to compete for time at libero. Dick received the PVC Athletic Award and the PVC Director's Recognition Award her senior year.
Coach Sliva McKee has once again scheduled tough competition in order to prepare the Lobos for the Mountain West Conference slate. New Mexico will face six teams from last year's NCAA Tournament (Fresno State, Cal Poly, Washington State, Sacramento State, Colorado State, Utah), including two in the first tournament of the season.
UNM opens the 2003 campaign Aug. 29-30 at the Fresno State Invitational, matching up against Fresno State and Cal Poly as well a contest with Idaho State. The Lobos return home for the Comcast Lobo Invitational Sept. 5-6 at the Johnson Center, welcoming Alcorn State, Delaware and Youngstown State to the Duke City. UNM then heads to the Washington State Cougar Mania Invitational to face host WSU, Loyola Marymount and Saint Louis. The Lobos host their second tournament Sept. 19-20 when Sacramento State, Ohio and Kentucky come to UNM for the Albuquerque Marriot Lobo Volleyball Classic. The Lobos then host New Mexico State Sept. 22 and open MWC action at Air Force Sept. 26. UNM will face each MWC opponent twice before traveling to the MWC Volleyball Championship, held Nov. 20-22 in San Diego, Calif.
"Overall, I think our schedule is pretty tough," said Sliva McKee. "The two road trips are going to provide us with a high level of competition in really good volleyball environments. My philosophy is that to get good, you have to play good teams."
Although the 2003 Lobos feature many fresh faces, Coach Sliva McKee is expecting several players to rise to the challenge to have a solid year for the program.
"We're just trying to build this team one day a time," said Sliva McKee. "Our focus right now is creating solid systems. Whether we're looking at our offensive package or our defensive package, we have to get across what our goals and standards are within the system.
"I told them that the season is going to be a journey together. If we can come in every day and get a little better while staying comfortable with each other, we're going to be just fine.
"We've had so much fun with this group so far. In a short amount of time, they like each other, the communication is excellent, and they understand what we're trying to achieve. The energy in our gym right now is excellent."
Sliva McKee's exuberant energy toward the game is getting through to her players early in the season. With a determined staff and a healthy team chemistry, look for Sliva McKee to bring consistent success to the Lobo volleyball program.


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