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OK, this is a short guide designed to teach some basic 8 ball rules, a system of how to play pool for beginners. If you have no idea how to play pool, of where to start, this guide should help get you going. It is focused on clarifying the more important rules of 8 ball pool, as played in leagues or tournaments. Any new player working to pool better pool should really strive to utilize these standard rules as opposed to the dumbed-down house rules they're often exposed to by friends and family.
I'll be discussing the head-spot and foot-spot, and their uses; the rack, and how to organize the 15 balls properly; what a table scratch really is, as well as a foul, and the penalties that go with them; what a called shot is; what a legal shot is; and how you might win, or lose, when the 8 ball drops into a pocket.
Head-spot & head-string
OK, the head-spot is marked 1/3 of the way along the table on the centerline that runs lengthwise between the head-rail of the table and the foot-rail. This is spot most people place the cue ball before breaking the rack. What a lot of beginner players don't realize is that it isn't necessary to break from exactly that spot. A player can choose to break from anywhere at all behind the head-string, which is the line running through the head-spot from side-rail to side-rail.
The most common misuse of the head-string is when someone enforces 'house rules' for a scratch in a pocket, at which time the next player to shoot is forced to put the cue ball somewhere behind the head-string and shoot out-and-away from that side of the table. This is a poor rule that actually benefits the player who scratched more than the player who gets to shoot, and will be discussed later. The truth is that the only time a player needs to place the cue ball somewhere behind the head-string is during his own break, or when he is coming to the table after the opponent has committed a foul while breaking.
Foot-spot & foot-string
The foot-spot is marked opposite the head-spot, 1/3 of the way from the end of the table, on the centerline running down the middle of the length of the table. The foot-spot is used to mark where the first ball of the rack must be placed when racking the balls before the next game begins.
The foot-string has no rules attached to it, but it still exists as a delineation of space on the pool table. Its line runs from side-rail to side-rail, perpendicular to the centerline just like the head-string, through the center of the foot-spot.
The rack
The term "rack" refers to both the triangle used to contain the 15 billiard balls when racking-up for the next game, as well as the 15 balls themselves after being assembled before the break. When learning how to rack pool balls, standard pool table rules require the 8 ball to be in the center, a solid as the first ball, and that there is one of each suit on the corners. Everything else can be randomly organized. An important note here is that a "good" rack is a tight rack. That means that every ball must touch the balls neighboring it, so that everything is frozen together. When the balls are racked loosely, the break will go poorly, and the balls will not scatter very much around the table. If you are un-trusting that your opponent has given you a tight rack, you have the option to re-rack the balls yourself before continuing with your break.
Something else to mention in regards to the break, here: a legal break requires at least 4 balls (besides the cue ball) to touch a rail after the hit. If 4 or more balls do not touch a rail, it is considered foul in which the balls must be re-racked and the opponent receives the break.
The break, and determining your suit
A player must sink a ball on the break in order to remain at the table. Most standard rules declare the table "open" after the break. An open table means that the shooting player can elect to shoot at any ball, of any suit, on the table. If the player makes a called shot, then the suit of that ball now becomes the player's suit, and he or she is then relegated to shooting in only those balls of similar suit until they are all gone, at which point the 8 ball becomes their final shot. An "open table" is the only time when a player may hit ANY ball first, including the 8 ball, and have it still be considered a legal hit. Once a ball is legally pocketed from an open table, the suite of that ball determines what each player will be shooting at for the remainder of the game.
The scratch, and the foul
I mention "scratch" because it is the term most everyone is familiar with in regards to making an error, or foul, at the table. A scratch involves sinking the cue ball into a pocket. When a player scratches, standard rules state that the opponent now receives the cue-ball-in-hand, otherwise known as a ball-in-hand foul. The rules for ball-in-hand state that a player may place the cue ball anywhere on the table that he or she desires, as long as it does not touch another ball, and then commence shooting.
Common, yet misguided, house-rules usually demand that the shooter place the cue-ball somewhere behind the head-string, and then shoot towards the foot of the table. But this is an injustice, since it can prevent a player from shooting at otherwise makeable balls that just happen to lie behind the head-string. The player who fouled should be penalized, and his opponent rewarded, which is why standard 8 ball rules allow for the cue to be placed anywhere at all on the table.
There are other ways to foul besides scratching the cue ball into a pocket. Double-hitting the cue ball, or pushing it (discussed in other articles here), are both fouls, as is driving any ball off the table. Disturbing balls in any manner by hitting them with your arm or stick, or even your hanging shirt are all considered fouls as well. Any of these fouls are penalized by giving the opponent ball-in-hand, to do as he or she chooses.
Making a legal shot
Another important foul to be aware of falls under the category of making a "legal shot". A shot can only be considered legal (and thus NOT a foul) if a player cleanly hits the cue ball into one of his or her own object balls FIRST, and then the continued action on the shot either pockets a ball or drives a ball (any ball at all) to a rail.
If a player hits the cue ball but does not contact one of his or her object balls FIRST, and instead the cue ball hits one of the opponent's balls or the 8 ball, then a foul is declared. If a player DOES successfully hit the correct suit first, but after that fails to drive some ball (any ball) to a rail or into a pocket, that also is declared a foul.
These are rules put into place to avoid very cheap and unskilled tactics from being used to try and win the game. Players may attempt to play 'safe' shots to make things difficult for their opponent, but they must do so according to these rules regarding a legal shot.
Called shot
The final important rule is in regards to a called shot. This one is sort of split down the middle, even in amateur leagues. Some leagues allowed a player to keep shooting even if they pocket one of their balls accidentally, without being called. Other leagues require that each shot must have a pocket called for the intended object ball, such as "5 ball, side pocket". If the 5 ball drops in the corner instead, then the shooting player cannot continue.
All leagues, tournaments, and house rules, though, seem to agree that the 8 ball must be called at all times. If the 8 ball drops into a uncalled pocket, the shooting player loses.
Regarding the 8 ball
On a final note, I'll discuss winning and losing with the 8 ball. As I mentioned above, once you've shot all your other balls in, the 8 ball is the only one remaining for you. In order to win the game, you must legally shoot the 8 ball into the pocket you call for it. If you shoot the 8 ball into a pocket you did not call, you lose. If you only miss, then your opponent gets another turn at the table.
Most systems state that if you foul in any way while shooting at the 8 ball, you lose the game as well. But some only reward ball-in-hand to the opponent. Also, when you still have balls of your own suit on the table, if you sink the 8 ball into a pocket, or
drive it off the table, you will incur a loss of game for this as well.
These rules for how to play pool for beginners are the ones most prevalent in today's pool halls, especially in most 8 ball leagues and tournaments. To learn how to play pool and really utilize these rules will actually go a long way to improving your overall skill as a pool player.
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First... many thanks in advance to anyone collaborating with this thread. I hope I'll be able to return the favor some day.
Then... my dad lived in Argentina, I lived in Vietnam. He passed away, I returned to Argentina to take care of his business and... his truck:
1995 F-250 7.3l Auto 4x4 Heavy Duty with (I believe)
The truck is in good shape, rarely used for work, mostly grocery getter.
I started using it and ran ok for the first month. Then it started doing very short (1/4 second) misses, usually at highway speed. Then the misses became complete engine shutdowns for 1 or 2 seconds. Then the engine would start again. It would be very random. Finally, it would stop running 100%. I would wait a few seconds, or a minute, and start again. (Nice description of a CPS failure... right?)
Parts are very difficult to find here.. so I ordered a CPS sensor, but kept using the truck, taking the risk. But the next few failures where a little different, the engine would still run but loose power, misfire, then run ok again for a a few more miles. It did that about 3 times, until the power did not come back, but it ran enough to get me home.
I shat down the engine and it never started again. Eventually the CPS arrived and I was hoping that was going to be the end of my troubles. Changed it. No start.
I started to suspect fuel starvation. I brought down the aft tank, opened the sender, inspected lines, blew air through both pick up and return lines, checked tank selector valve, blew air on all lines again... all clear. I emptied the fuel filter bowl, checked all lines, blew air. Clear. Installed all again.
So next, with the filter bowl empty, I checked pressure at the shrader valve, and at the same time checked if bowl is loaded with diesel. Pressure barely reached 3 psi and fuel was coming up very slowly. I imagined I had a bad fuel pump (original mechanical pump on this one). I was very lucky and found a new pump in my dad's garage. Changed the pump. Cranked and pressure started to come up very slowly. Opened the filter bowl, filled it up with diesel, closed and cranked again. Pressure started to climb and continued to climb very slowly up to 35-40 psi. By the time I got there I was running out of battery. Engine did not even once showed signs of firing. After cranking fuel pressure will not come down. After 45 minutes the pressure was still at about 30 or 25 psi. Is this normal? Does the fuel system remain pressurized?
Of course I suspected Fuel Pressure Regulator bad. Opened every hole on it but could not find anything wrong, other than a plugged screen, that was cleaned in minutes. The rest of the FPR looks ok, but don't have data about ho to check if it is actually working ok.
This is all I have...don't know what to do next. Suggestions?
I did change my pump recently and at first it did stay pressurized. It would squirt out pretty good even when the engine was shut off. Last time I checked it didn't squirt out when it was shut off, so, not sure if I have another issue or if that is normal. I do know that the IPR(Injection Pressure Regulator)(it is mounted just ahead of the FPR) mounted to the HPOP is what allows fuel to the injectors. If there is something wrong with it you will still have fuel pressure at the FPR but none at the injectors, check the wiring to it and apparently the solenoid sometimes comes loose as it is one of those cheap tin type nuts used to hold it on. My truck had a no start unless plugged in and when it was hot if I shut it off it would not restart if I tried immediately, it was caused by a bad o-ring and backup ring on the IPR valve assy. I guess a bit more info would be helpful- how many miles/km on truck? Another quick check is fuse 21 if I remember correctly- it is the fuel heater fuse- although the missing thing doesn't lend me to go that route but it is an easy check- it definitely causes a no start condition. The missing and loss of power thing leads me to think it is a different problem to the solutions I have listed maybe someone else will give some advice. My truck took a while to build up pressure but it should be higher than 40 if I remember correctly.
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While cranking RPMs stay over 150, and obviously with tach reading fine.
I will be checking HPOP oil level... question is, why would it be low?
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Italian Harpsichord built in 1658 by Jerome de Zentis in Rome
Click here for a short Sound Sample of the 1658 de Zentis - designated by him as the "primo" register (back 8')
This instrument came into my hands through a private party who purchased it when the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City sold it out of their collection several years ago. It was originally acquired by the Met in the 1880's and had been its 'poster child' on various occasions since that time in its publications featuring the musical instrument collection. Once you see the photos of this instrument, you can see why. It is one of the most extensively and sophisticatedly decorated antique Italian harpsichords which I have seen.
I knew about this instrument for years and greatly admired the decoration at a distance. I had only seen it once during a visit to the Met many years ago, and then under very poor lighting conditions. So much of the decoration was radically obscured...a necessary precaution to avoid any deterioration of the decoration that might be caused by excessive exposure to light. I was also puzzled by the very strange looking legs on this instrument.
When I heard that it was in the workshop of a colleague, I arranged immediately to see the instrument. What I saw was a petite harpsichord that was complete, that is no parts were missing, though some jacks had been replaced over the last 348 years since the instrument was made. However, the strings from a previous attempt to make the instrument play were mostly gone and what was there was iron instead of brass. Also, the condition of the soundboard was deplorable. It had a multitude of cracks in it, some of which were allowing the soundboard to warp upward, and the bridge was actually unglued for about 70% of its length. Tapping on the soundboard told me that the ribs were also detached in numerous places. Apparently this was nothing new because at some point a pathetic attempt to remedy this using flathead woodscrews was made. The instrument was clearly in need of being restored, especially the soundboard.
Click here for a short Sound Sample of the 1658 de Zentis - designated by him as the "primo" register (back 8')
But what really interested me was to observe the acoustical thinking expressed by the maker in this little instrument. It wasn't long before I had determined that this instrument was the work of a genius musical instrument maker. Everything original in the instrument, which was almost everything, was acoustically enhanced. The only work on this scale of acoustical refinement I have seen in antique instruments has been in the instruments of the greatest musical instrument makers of all time. In such instruments, nothing is left to chance, that is, every piece in the instrument is acoustically enhanced to optimize its sounding properties.
It was only after I acquired this instrument, some years later, that I was able to witness for myself exactly how extensively the maker had applied his acoustical craft to this instrument. Even the wierd looking legs are acoustically enhanced, which means that they are original to the instrument (though there has been some doubt in the minds of some about this). Only an absolute master of acoustics could have produced them.
Once I had acquired this instrument in late 2004, I was determined to put the instrument in full playing condition so I could satisfy myself that my initial evaluation of the maker's art was accurate. This meant I had to remove the soundboard and repair all the cracks, reglue the bridge, the ribs, and the rosette back onto the soundboard, and make any internal repairs resulting from the various attempts to incorrectly string the instrument, which, indeed, had resulted in a structural disintegration of the liner in the bass and the high treble, making it impossible for the instrument to hold tension in those areas of the instrument.
This is where the story really becomes interesting. What I found was an instrument that was built in the Northern European fashion. The maker had begun with a complete Italian harpsichord with a compass of C/E-f'''. He removed all the moldings from this instrument and glued to the bottom of the instrument a crude frame all around the instrument, like what one finds on the northern instruments. He then trimmed that frame flush to the edge of the case, then glued a 5/16ths inch thick veneer of spruce to the case all the way around the case, except the front. Again, like what one finds on northern instruments.
Next, he cannibalized a pre-existing fully and extremely beautifully decorated harpsichord case, made in the Naples area (because it had a very long pointed tail), and resawed all the decoration off the sides (cheek, bentside, tail and spine)and glued them onto the sides of the harpsichord, again in the manner of the northern instrument makers. He added wood to the lid of the case he cannibalized to make it fit the harpsichord he was working on, then got a painter to devise a painting on that section so it blended perfectly with the original extremely high quality paintings already on the lid (inside and out) from that case. I suspect that he did all this because he was in a hurry to produce a spectacular looking harpsichord in as short a time as possible.
Since it is known that Jerome de Zentis worked in Stockholm, Sweden for about 10 years as the Royal Musical Instrument Maker to the court of Queen Christina, and it is known that she converted to Catholicism and abdicated the Swedish throne and moved to Rome to be near the Pope in 1658, the date on the instrument, it would stand to reason that she would have shipped her royal instrument maker ahead of her to Rome to build an instrument for her to use the moment she arrived. Since de Zentis was from Rome, I suspect that he merely had to locate one of his earlier constructions and set about building the instrument to fulfill her expectations as quickly as possible. Hence, the 'lifting' of parts from every possible source to save time, then making them work all in the same instrument as elegantly as possible...such that the result would be fit for a Queen. That indeed is exactly what can be observed in this instrument.
Click here for another short Sound Sample of the 1658 de Zentis - designated by him as the "secundo" register (the forward 8')
Finally, he reused and added wood to the soundboard of his original harpsichord because he removed wood from the gap side of the pinblock to make everything work with the keyboard, he had 'lifted from another instrument', which was shorter, meaning he had to add a strip of wood to the belly rail to keep the gap dimensions intact. This meant he needed to shift the old soundboard towards the treble, which necessitated adding wood in the bass end. I know this because there are two incomplete sets of hitchpin holes in both the soundboard and in the liner. I say incomplete because in the bass end of the soundboard, there is only one set of holes. And in the treble, the first set of holes gets closer and closer to the edge of the soundboard under the soundboard molding as that part of the soundboard needed to be pared away to make it fit the case in its new position. There are also indications of the wood in the bass having been 'lifted from another instrument' as there are holes filled with gesso and tinted in that part of the soundboard.
Everything in the instrument suggests extreme haste and total masterful competence. Everything appears planned and intentional. Everything is clearly thought out acoustically speaking. Nothing is haphazard. Nothing is sloppy, even though much of the work is casual (a common trait in much of the best instrument making in the 17th century). Nothing done at that time is incompetent.
Click here for another short Sound Sample of the 1658 de Zentis - designated by him as the "secundo" register (the forward 8')
Finally, de Zentis trimmed out the entire instrument in moldings. This is a fantastically difficult business requiring a superlative level of craft to create curved moldings along the top and inside of the lid where the shape follows the bentside. There are other details where having a curved molding on a flat surface can be found on this instrument. The question is: where did this idea come from? I am sure this question occurred to the folks at the Museum, too. Additionally, where did the design for the legs come from? The leg design is really wierd! However, knowing that the legs were built by someone who was a master of acoustics means that they are original. Therefore, there had to be something that inspired such a wierd design. Well, a friend of mine in Spain, Ron Walker, a serious antiquarian, supplied the answer. The design was 'lifted' from examples of ancient Roman furniture designs which could have been found around Rome at the time. The depictions found on wall paintings from that period show furniture that are clearly decorated with moldings all around, like the de Zentis harpsichord, and which follow the curvatures on flat surfaces. They also show legs of very similar designs. In other words, he cleverly and shrewdly connected his great patroness with the ancient Romans by borrowing their designs for furniture ornamentation for the instrument he was 'throwing together' for her.
The result of this work was a harpsichord of such great beauty and refinement that everyone who has owned it has gone through significant pains to preserve it from destruction. The only owner who failed in this was the Metropolitan Museum of Art folks in the early 1920's who put this treasure into the hands of a ??restorer?? who was clearly given instructions to create a folding keyboard cover for the instrument. We know this because the man was clearly proud of what he did and signed his name using a label for his business...sticking it to the back of the appliance. Whatever their reasons were for doing this, it clearly shows that, back then, they had no respect for the instrument as an acoustical document from that period.
Once I got the soundboard back into the instrument and before I strung it up, I determined that I would store the original action inside the bottom of the instrument where there was space to tuck it safely for future restoration purposes. Then, I installed all new jacks and registers, as made from the originals, in order to get the instrument back into reliable working condition. The factor that forced this decision is that someone had GLUED!!!! bird feathers into the quill holes. Rather than waste time trying to carefully remove all those permanently installed quills, I thought it would be faster and more appropriate to install a new action and preserve the original action for restoration at a future time. Since working with all those small, exceedingly brittle parts required the patience of Job, something I am not graced with, I felt that new jacks and registers would make the instrument immediately more reliable and safer in the long term for anyone who was going to play the instrument and needed to replace quills on a regular basis. And because the keyboard only needed minor repairs and a basic regulation as well as reclothing, the instrument could be made fully functional almost immediately.
Click here for a final short Sound Sample of the 1658 de Zentis - designated by him as the "primo & secundo" registers together(the two x 8')
You can tell from the three sound samples on this page that the sound of this instrument is as wonderful and precious as the appearance. It is the embodiment of charm and sweetness. By the way, each 8' register when sounding by itself creates a "d'amore" effect because the other 8' is totally undamped, making the sound meltingly delectible to hear. And, it is for this reason that I have invited players to make recordings on this instrument before it is sold to someone less generous than myself in this regard. It would be a real shame if, now that this great instrument is playing again for the first time since the late 17th century, the world was not privileged to hear the 'voice' of a true master of acoustics from that time and place. The sound is indeed fit for a Queen.
Click here for a final short Sound Sample of the 1658 de Zentis - designated by him as the "primo & secundo" registers together(the two x 8')
Here is a photo of the de Zentis I made with my first Acoustical Technology student, Max Doronin. You can hear from the recording that the instrument bears a family resemblance.
Click here for a Sound Sample of a 2008 Hill / de Zentis - played on the "primo" register (back 8')


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Johnny Marr stops into Amoeba Hollywood and does "What's In My Bag?" (2011)
Influential British guitarist Johnny Marr, who originally came to fame as the backbone of The Smiths sound and songwriting partner to Morrissey, will be releasing his first ever solo album in the new year. To be titled The Messenger, the 12-song, self-produced album will be released by Sire/ADA in late February, 2013. The long-awaited solo release will follow years of Marr recording with such other artists, besides The Smiths, as The The, Talking Heads, Electronic, Pet Shop Boys, The Cribs, and as a member of the 2007 Modest Mouse line-up for the number one Billboard Top 200 hit We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank. Marr recently announced that he would join Dinosaur Jr. onstage at Terminal 5 when they play that NYC venue in early December for the 25th anniversary of You're Living All Over Me.


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Utah Lit: Writing along the Wasatch Front isn't all about climbing or fishing
The guy's name was José. Or at least that's the name the young Mexican man went by when he dropped by to pick up handyman jobs, says Salt Lake City writer Sylvia Torti.
At the time, Torti was working on a novel about the Zapatista Rebellion, a conflict she stumbled into in 1994 while on biology expedition in southeastern Mexico. In making small talk with the handyman during her bathroom remodel, Torti learned of an amazing coincidence: José, a member of the Mexican army, had been sent to fight in Chiapas, just shortly after she had left.
Over the months when José worked on house projects for Torti, the writer collected bits and pieces about his life. Over time, she writes in her essay "Evaporation," she eventually wove some of José's stories into the character of Mario, whom she invented for her 2005 novel about the uprising, "The Scorpion's Tale."
"It is entirely possible to live in Salt Lake City and only speak Spanish," Torti writes in an essay that weaves together the story of José and the water evaporation patterns of the Great Basin. "There are Josés in every restaurant, grocery store and hotel. Josés are roofing our houses, weeding our gardens, cleaning our kitchens. They move in for a while. They work. They send money home. They play soccer and volleyball in the parks on Sunday. In the bright light, we barely see them, never know them. And then they are gone."
Gone, that is, like the water molecules that become vapor in Utah's dry air. Torti's emotionally rich, sparely told essay is included in the recently published "Utah Reflections: Stories from the Wasatch Front."
Salt Lake residents often say the city isn't very diverse, but we're just not seeing the range of human life here, Torti says in an interview about her writing, which is grounded in her training as a biologist. "It's the lens through which I see the world," she says. "I find a lot of metaphoric potential in the natural world, as well as in what scientists do."
The "Utah Reflections" collection with 16 short works from writers including Terry Tempest Williams, Pam Houston, Phyllis Barber, Katharine Coles, Jana Richman and state poet laureate Lance Larsen is perfect for the short-attention-span reading inspired by the dog days of summer. Jennifer Napier-Pearce will host an online discussion of the Utah Lit selection on Friday, Aug. 29, at 12:15 p.m. at sltrib.com. (Contribute to the book club by texting 801-609-8059 or posting comments on the Utah Lit Facebook page; see box for more details.)
Of course, the collection of Wasatch Front stories spins tales of fly-fishing and mountain climbing, as well as Houston's nod to bluebird powder skiing days in Park City, a lovely essay about growing up that rhymes beautifully with Joan Didion's classic ode to New York City," "Goodbye to All That." Also notable is Larsen's spiral-shaped essay about the Spiral Jetty.
"We tried hard to not define the book before we felt it was complete," co-editor Kase Johnstun writes in an email about the book, published in June as part of a series by The History Press. "We didn't want to narrow the scope to just nature or just landscape but to anything that would help define what it means to live along the Wasatch Front."
Over the past months, most of the books discussed in the newspaper's Utah Lit book club have focused on the rural West of ranches and ranges. Along with "Evaporation," another "Utah Reflections" essay that focuses on the urban side of the Wasatch Front is Lynn Kilpatrick's sharp, humorous meditation on disaster, "Some Lines on Faults: An Insomniac's Diary."
In the essay, Kilpatrick imagines what would happen to her brick house if or when the Big One shakes the East Bench Fault. Just as pressing, however, are her worries about dying of dehydration.
"These thoughts keep me awake at night," writes Kilpatrick, the author of a collection of stories, "In the House," published in 2010. "I feel like I'm living out a slight variation of the Robert Frost poem 'Fire and Ice.' He believed those were our only two options for human extinction: fire or ice. Now, of course, we know that there are endless varieties of ways we might wipe ourselves out: viral epidemic, buried alive under our own garbage, meteor (just like the dinosaurs)."
Most Salt Lake residents don't live that far from the fault line, says Kilpatrick in an interview, which is why she feels comforted knowing the clear-headed engineer who lives across the street. At a recent block party, she recalls, her neighbor quickly outlined a simple neighborhood emergency plan.
"I love the mountains and the outdoors, and I do all that stuff, but most of us are not hiking or fly-fishing every day," she says of her urban literary influences. "We are living in this kind of environment that is beautiful and lovely, but it is also problematic."
Readers on the Utah Lit front
The literary West is about more than ranching and mountain climbing. Chime in with your urban questions as the Tribune's online book club talks about "Utah Reflections: Stories from the Wasatch."
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Readings from 'Utah Reflections'
When • Provo's Speak for Yourself reading series, Thursday, Aug. 28, 7 p.m.
Where • Enliten Bakery and Cafe, 43 E. Center St., Provo
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This article is about the first game. For the overall series, see Half-Life and Portal universe.
|Release date(s)
November 19, 1998
November 14, 2001[1]
ESRB: M (Mature)
Sierra On-Line (previously)
|System req
500 MHz processor, 96 MB RAM and 16 MB video card
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- "Run. Think. Shoot. Live."
- ―Half-Life tagline[src]
Half-Life is a science fiction first-person shooter played from the perspective of scientist Gordon Freeman. Designed for Microsoft Windows by Valve Software, the game uses a heavily modified version of the Quake engine, called GoldSrc.[2][3]
[edit] Plot
In Half-Life, players assume the role of the protagonist, Dr. Gordon Freeman, a recent MIT graduate in theoretical physics, and also a recent employee at Black Mesa. After an experiment that goes horribly awry when an unexpected Resonance Cascade (an apparently completely fictitious occurrence) rips dimensional seams that devastate the facility, Gordon must fight to escape the now alien-infested facility as creatures from another world — known as Xen — subsequently enter through these dimensional seams.
The game is set during May 200- in a remote area of New Mexico, USA at the Black Mesa Research Facility; a fictional complex that bears many similarities to both the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Area 51.
As Freeman tries to make his way out of the ruined facility to find help for the injured, he soon discovers he is caught between two sides: the hostile aliens, and the Hazardous Environment Combat Unit, a military force dispatched to cover up the incident — including eliminating Freeman and the rest of the Black Mesa Science Team. Throughout the game, a mysterious figure known as the the G-Man regularly appears, apparently monitoring Freeman's progress. Ultimately, Gordon uses the cooperation of surviving scientists and security officers to work his way to the mysterious Lambda Complex, where a team of scientists teleport him to the alien world Xen, where he must destroy the Nihilanth, the creature keeping Xen's side of the dimensional rift open.
Half-Life's plot was originally inspired by the computer games Doom and Quake (both produced by id Software), Stephen King's novella The Mist, and an episode of The Outer Limits called "The Borderland". Valve's in-house writer and author, Marc Laidlaw, who wrote the books Dad's Nuke and The 37th Mandela, later developed and expanded the plot. However, the most distinctive aspect of the game is not the plot itself, but rather the way it is presented to the player.
The game tells the story by flowing into scripted sequences that are integrated as part of the game rather than as cutscene intermissions. These sequences range from the introduction of major plot points such as the Resonance Cascade to bringing the player into a particularly difficult part of a level. Two of the intended results of this style of presentation were to increase immersion and to maintain a contiguous narrative that keeps the player's interest throughout. This differed from games at the time, making Half-Life distinct, as well as defining conventions that would last for years to come.
Valve implemented other factors to heighten the feeling of immersion, such as preventing the player from seeing or hearing their own character, who remains a silent protagonist throughout the game, and ensuring that the player rarely loses the ability to control Gordon, even during monologues. This constant experience of the game allowed players to totally fulfill and customize, almost, the role of Gordon, whilst letting them know who they were playing as. The scripted sequences maintain flow by keeping the player immersed in the game, whereas cutscenes in other contemporary games had often been a diversion from previous segments of gameplay. The levels for Half-Life were also divided into small sections to minimize long interruptions from loading.
[edit] Characters
- Gordon Freeman
- The G-Man
- Nihilanth
- Eli Vance (Retcon)
- Gina Cross (As Holographic Assistant)
- Barney Calhoun (Cameo) (Retcon)
- Wallace Breen (Mentioned only)
- Black Mesa Scientists
- Black Mesa Security Guards
[edit] Enemies
- Xen aliens
- Hazardous Environment Combat Unit
- HECU soldiers
- HECU vehicles
- Sentry Guns
- Black Ops
[edit] Weapons
There are fourteen weapons available to players in both single-player and multiplayer games. Many reviews of Half-Life mentioned the impressive functionality and "usefulness" of all the weapons designed. Each weapon's damage profile is distinct, none feeling superfluous or excessively powerful; each has a specific advantage in the appropriate situation. The weapons are:
- Crowbar
- 9mm Pistol
- .357 Magnum
- Shotgun
- Crossbow
- Hivehand
- Tau Cannon
- Gluon Gun
- Grenade
- Laser Tripmine
- Satchel Charge
- Snarks
[edit] Development
Half-Life was the first product for Kirkland, Washington-based developer Valve Software, which was founded in 1996 by former Microsoft employees Mike Harrington and Gabe Newell. They settled on a concept for a horror-themed 3D action game, and licensed the Quake engine from id Software. Valve eventually modified the engine a great deal, notably adding skeletal animation and Direct3D support; a developer later stated that seventy percent of the engine code was rewritten.[4] At first Valve had difficulties finding a publisher, many believing their project "too ambitious" for a studio headed by newcomers to the video game industry. However, Sierra On-Line had been very interested in making a 3D action game, especially one based on the Quake engine, and so signed them for a one-game deal.
The original code name for Half-Life was Quiver, after the Arrowhead military base from Stephen King's novella The Mist, which served as early inspiration for the game. Gabe Newell explained in an interview that the name Half-Life was chosen because it was evocative of the theme, not clichéd, and had a corresponding visual symbol: the Greek letter lambda, which represents the decay constant in the half-life equation.
The first public appearances of Half-Life came in early 1997; it was a hit at the Electronic Entertainment Expo that year, where they primarily demonstrated the animation system and artificial intelligence. Valve Software hired science fiction author Marc Laidlaw in August 1997 to work on the game's characters, story, and level design. Half-Life was originally planned to be shipped in November 1997[5], to compete with Quake II, but was postponed when Valve decided the game needed significant revision.
In a 2001 "Making of..." (Issue 105) feature in Edge, Newell discussed the team's early difficulties with level design. In desperation, a single level was assembled including every weapon, enemy, scripted event and level design quirk that the designers had come up with so far. This single level inspired the studio to press on with the game. As a result, the studio completely reworked the game's artificial intelligence and levels in the year leading up to its release. At E3 1998 it was given Game Critics Awards for "Best PC Game" and "Best Action Game" at the expo. The release date was delayed several times in 1998 before the game was finally released in November of that year.
[edit] Reception
The game had its first major public appearance at the 1997 Electronic Entertainment Expo, where it was widely acclaimed.
On its release, critics hailed its overall presentation and numerous scripted sequences, and it won over 50 PC Game of the Year awards.[6][7] Its gameplay influenced first-person shooters for years to come, and it has since been regarded as one of the greatest games of all time.[8] As of November 2008, Half-Life has sold 9.3 million copies.[9] As of July 14, 2006, the Half-Life franchise has sold over 20 million units.[10] According to GameSpy, Half-Life is the most played online PC game (excluding MMORPGs), ahead of Half-Life 2.[11] In celebration of the game's 10th anniversary, Valve lowered the price of Half-Life from $9.99 USD to $0.98 on November 19, 2008 for three days.[12]
[edit] Multiplayer
The game was shipped with a free-for-all type of deathmatch. This was seen again is Opposing Force with the Capture-the-Flag mode. It was received very well by fans and has spawned countless mods and maps. It is much more faced paced than the campaign. It still has a large amount of players today.
[edit] Ports
[edit] Macintosh version
Though more or less complete and ready for mass production, the Macintosh port of Half-Life was scrapped because of incompatibility with the PC version's multiplayer mode. Additionally, concerns over the task load associated with providing technical support on more than one platform at once may have contributed to its demise. A full port with complete multiplayer was eventually released on January 25, 2013 on Steam, one day after the Linux port was released.
[edit] Dreamcast version
Gearbox Software was slated to release a port to the Sega Dreamcast under contract by Valve and their then publisher Sierra On-Line near the end of 2000. At the ECTS 2000, a build of the game was playable on the publisher's stand, and developers Randy Pitchford and Brian Martel attended to show it off and give interviews to the press. However, despite only being weeks from going gold, it was never commercially released; Sierra announced that Half-Life on Dreamcast was canceled "due to changing market conditions" (presumably the first-party abandonment of the failing Dreamcast).
[edit] PlayStation 2 version
Half-Life was ported to the PlayStation 2 by Gearbox Software and released in 2001. This version of the game had a significant overhaul in terms of both character models, weapons, and more advanced and extended levels and general map geometry. Also added in was a head-to-head play and a co-op expansion called Half-Life: Decay that allowed players to play as the two female scientists Gina Cross and Colette Green at Black Mesa.
[edit] Linux
A version for Linux was released on January 24, 2013, making it the first time Linux users are able to play the game officially through Steam without third party software (ex:PlayonLinux). Both the Linux version and the Mac version (which was released the day after) were never officially announced, until Febuary 14, 2013 when the Steam Linux sale had started, was when both versions were announced.
[edit] Source
To experience first-hand the processes mod-makers would have to go through with the new engine, Valve ported Half-Life (dubbed Half-Life: Source) and Counter-Strike to their new Source engine. Half-Life: Source is a straight port, lacking new content or the Blue Shift High Definition Pack. However, it does take advantage of vertex and pixel shaders for more realistic water effects, as well as Half-Life 2's realistic physics engine. They also added several other features from Half-Life 2, including an improved dynamic lightmap, vertex map, and shadowmap system with cleaner, higher resolution and specular texture and normal maps. They also utilized the use of the render-to-texture soft shadows found in Half-Life 2's Source engine, along with polygonal 3D skybox replacements in place of the old 16-bit color prerendered bitmap skies. Also redesigned was the Crossbow that will pin its targets to a nearby wall (if they're close enough). The Source engine itself, however, is not perfect. Certain control issues are generally regarded as being a problem, such as ladder bounce (where disconnecting from a ladder gives a sideways vector boost, which can be highly undesirable when trying to move near a ladder on a platform over a fall), fall push (where moving off a platform into a fall gives a sideways vector boost), and jumping from platforms (where the graphics engine tends to lead the player to think a jump can be made later than it actually can). Naturally, the Half-Life port possesses the Source engine's control weaknesses as well as its graphical strengths. Half-Life: Source is available with special editions of Half-Life 2 and on Steam. This port has been criticized, however, for not utilizing many of the features of the Source engine found in Half-Life 2, as it still used textures and models from the original game. Due to this, a third-party remake called Black Mesa was under development, and was released as a free mod on September 14, 2012, and later as a Steam game on May 5, 2015.
On June 10, 2005, Valve announced through their Steam update news service an upcoming port of Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, the multiplayer portion of the original game, much in the same fashion as the earlier released Half-Life: Source. No exact release date was given, simply the words "In the coming weeks..." On May 1, 2006, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source was released.[13]
On September 12, 2013, Half-Life Source and Half-Life Deathmatch: Source were ported to Mac OS X and Linux.
[edit] Expansions
Two expansion packs made by the developer Gearbox Software have been released for the PC version: Half-Life: Opposing Force (1999) and Half-Life: Blue Shift (2001). Opposing Force returns the player to Black Mesa during the events of Half-Life's storyline, but this time from the perspective of the U.S. Marines sent to cover up the incident. It introduced several new weapons (most notably the M249 SAW LMG and a Barnacle grappling gun), new non-player characters, both friendly and hostile (Otis Laurey the security guard and the Race X aliens, respectively) and new, previously unseen areas of the facility. The expansion is much shorter than Half-Life, having eleven chapters to the original's nineteen.
Blue Shift returns the player to Half-Life's storyline once more, this time as one of the facility's security guards. Originally developed as a bonus mission for the canceled Dreamcast version, Blue Shift came with an optional High Definition Pack that could update the look of Half-Life, Opposing Force, and the new Blue Shift content. In particular, the models' polygon count and texture resolutions were increased, and some changes were made to the in-game sounds, most notably the Shotgun. Blue Shift had relatively little new content compared to Opposing Force: aside from a few models (jacket-less scientists and security guards, Otis, and Dr. Rosenberg), all content was already present in the original Half-Life.
Decay was another expansion by Gearbox, released only as an extra with the PlayStation 2 version of Half-Life. The add-on featured co-operative gameplay in which two players could solve puzzles and fight alongside against the many foes in Black Mesa.
In 2000, a pack titled the Half-Life: Platinum Collection was released, with these games included:
In 2002, the pack was re-released with Half-Life: Blue Shift included.
Today it is known on Steam as the Half-Life 1 Anthology without Counter-Strike.
The Game of the Year edition of Half-Life came packaged with Team Fortress Classic.
[edit] Sequels
The sequel Half-Life 2 was merely a rumor until it was finally revealed at E3 in May 2003, which ignited a firestorm of hype surrounding the game. The player again takes the role of Gordon Freeman, this time several years after the Black Mesa incident in the dystopian City 17, where he must fight as part of a rebellion against an oppressive alien regime. After a series of controversies and delays, Half-Life 2 was released on November 16, 2004.
Half-Life 2: Episode One continues the story plot, along with Half-Life 2: Episode Two which was released in October 2007. No date has been set for the release of the final episode, which will end the Half-Life 2 story arc.
[edit] Mods
After its release in 1998, Half-Life saw fervent support from independent game developers, due in no small part to support and encouragement from Valve Software. Worldcraft, the level-design tool used during the game's development, was included with the game software. Printed materials accompanying the game indicated Worldcraft's eventual release as a retail product, but these plans never materialized. Valve also released a software development kit, enabling developers to modify the game and create mods. Both tools were significantly updated with the release of the version 220.127.116.11 patch. Many supporting tools (including texture editors, model editors, and rival level editors like the multiple engine editor QuArK) were either created or updated to work with Half-Life.
Half-Life's code has been released and is being used as a base for many multiplayer mods such as the immensely popular Counter-Strike. Other popular multiplayer mods include Team Fortress Classic, Day of Defeat, Deathmatch Classic, Action Half-Life, Firearms, and Natural Selection. Team Fortress Classic and Deathmatch Classic were both developed in-house at Valve Software. Some mods, such as Counter-Strike and Day of Defeat, that began life as the work of independent developers (self-termed "modders"), later on received aid from Valve. There was even a free team-based multiplayer mod called Underworld Bloodline created to promote the Sony Pictures film Underworld.
Numerous single-player mods have also been created, such as USS Darkstar (1999, a futuristic action-adventure on board a zoological research spaceship), The Xeno Project 1 and 2 (1999-2005, a two-part mod starting in Xen and again including spaceships), Edge of Darkness (2000, which features some unused Half-Life models), Half-Life: Redemption (1999, which brings back Gordon Freeman for four additional episodes and another encounter with the G-Man), They Hunger (2000-2001, a survival horror total conversion trilogy involving zombies), Poke 646 (2002, a follow-up to the original Half-Life story with improved graphics), and Xen-Warrior (2002-2004, based on Half-Life: Chronicles, the player controls an Alien Grunt, similar to Point of View in which players take on the role of a Vortigaunt and Half Life: Zombie Edition, where the player plays as a Headcrab).
Some Half-Life modifications eventually landed on retail shelves. Counter-Strike was the most successful, unexpectedly becoming the biggest selling online game to date and having been released in five different editions: as a standalone product (2000), as part of the Platinum Collection (2000), Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (2004), and the newest addition, Counter-Strike: Source, which runs on Half-Life 2's Source engine. Team Fortress Classic has had a visual upgrade to the Source engine, becoming the stylized Team Fortress 2. Day of Defeat also received the Source treatment becoming Day of Defeat: Source. Gunman Chronicles (2000), a futuristic Western movie-style total conversion with emphasis on its single-player mode) was also released as a stand-alone product.
[edit] Soundtrack
Half-Life's soundtrack consists of specially composed tracks by Kelly Bailey, who also composed much of the music for the rest of the series. He was also responsible for the game's in-game sounds.
[edit] Behind the scenes
- Early in the game's development, the humorous idea of a food fight was proposed to occur in a cafeteria, idea eventually rejected.[14]
[edit] Trivia
- Director Quentin Tarantino (who is said to be a Half-Life fan) has reportedly considered the possibility of directing a movie adaptation. Valve has stated however that they have had no contact with Quentin Tarantino or any of "his people". Valve went on to comment that, "We've had many conversations with folks in Hollywood, but have no commitments for a HL movie at this time." Also, many Hollywood scripts for a Half-Life movie have been sent to Valve, but turned away, as Valve said they all "sucked".[15]
- The Half-Life series draws some inspiration from various adaptations of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds; the Vortigaunts who appear throughout the series are almost identical to the Mor-Tax aliens from the War of the Worlds TV series.
- Half-Life, as well as its three expansions, are named after scientific terms. "Half-life" refers to radioactive decay.
- When Gordon puts on his hazard suit in the first level, there are two empty hazard suit slots. According to Decay developer Gearbox's CEO Randy Pitchford these belonged to (or were used by) Decay protagonists Gina Cross and Colette Green.
- Half-Life holds the record for the "Best-Selling First-Person Shooter of All Time (PC)" in the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2008.
- Due to censorship, in the German version of Half-Life, the HECU grunts have been replaced with Robot Grunts, the Robot Grunt blood is now changed to oil, and there are machine part gibs for the Grunts. In addition, blood and other violent parts have been removed, and Scientists and Security Guards now sit down and shake their heads, rather than dying.[16]
[edit] Gallery
Early main menu background used at E3 1998.[17]
[edit] Menus
[edit] Screenshots
Vortigaunts start attacking.
[edit] References
- ↑ Half-Life (2001) on PlayStation 2. IGN.
- ↑ Half-Life on Steam
- ↑ The Final Hours of Half-Life: Behind Closed Doors at Valve Software. GameSpot. Retrieved on 2006-09-03.
- ↑ PC Accelerator magazine
- ↑ Half-Life ready to radiate at E3
- ↑ About Valve. Valve Corporation. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
- ↑ Awards and Honors. Valve Corporation. Retrieved on 2005-11-14.
- ↑ The Gamasutra Quantum Leap Awards: First-Person Shooters. Gamasutra. Retrieved on 2006-09-03.
- ↑ Mike Musgrove (2004-11-16). Half-Life 2's Real Battle. Washington Post. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
- ↑ Half-Life is 10 Today on Official Steam website (November 19, 2008)
- ↑ Top Game Servers By Players. GameSpy. Retrieved on 2008-09-26.
- ↑ Half-Life decays to $1 on GameSpot (November 19, 2008)
- ↑ Half-Life Deathmatch: Source on Steam
- ↑ Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar
- ↑ Opening the Valve Interview on Eurogamer (June 6, 2006)
- ↑ Half-Life German Edition on YouTube
- ↑ E3 Report on Half-Life on Wavelength (June 25, 1998) (archived)
[edit] External links
- Official website (archived)
- Half-Life on Steam


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Because at 160,000 years, the party is just getting started.
By Michael Kelberer
Global Warming, Climate Change, Global Warming Predictions, Michael Kelberer
On the one hand the public has been listening to dire predictions about the effects of Global Warming, but on the other hand the public is also aware that we've only been able to muster about one little degree Celsius of actual warming since the industrial revolution. And when scientists talk about future warming, they're talking "OMG let's not get above two degrees!" No wonder over half the people in the United States don't think Global Warming is a serious issue, and the number of skeptics has actually been on the rise for the last five years (Gallop Poll, March 2010).
I get that. One little degree doesn't sound like much - and in the context of day-to-day weather, it's not. What we can and should be getting excited about (and talking about) is what's behind that one-degree rise: heat energy, and lots of it. It's not just the temperature in Minneapolis that's up a degree today. It's that the temperature of the entire planet is up one degree.
Let's look at two analogies:
Back to temperature: to raise the temperature of the planet one degree Celsius requires about 5 exaJoules (5 with 18 zeros after it) of energy. That's the equivalent to the entire energy consumption of the US for 4 million years. Small rise on the thermometer, BIG rise in the amount of energy.
So, yeah. One degree is all Global Warming's got. But that one degree packs a heck of a punch. Look at the weather this year. And last year. And the year before that.
The really bad news is that we're adding heat at an accelerating rate. Look at the Global Warming projections on the chart at right. The entire change in global temperature in the one hundred years from 1900 to 2000 is about that one little degree Celsius. Now look at the temperature rises projected for the next 100 years. The most conservative model has a 2 degree Celsius increase – double what we did in the last century. And the most worrisome model: five times the amount of heat energy added to the system.
So things aren't just getting worse. They're getting worse faster. And if one degree worth of heat energy is already creating the horrible hurricanes, the devastating droughts, and the wild wildfire seasons we've experienced the last several years, what will two degrees bring us? Five degrees anyone?
Graph caption: There are several global climate modeling systems in use by scientists — they make different assumptions and focus on different things. The colored lines on the graph represent forecasts of global temperature rise by the 8 models used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the international body of scientists monitoring climate change. More at http://bit.ly/Myo1Lj.
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TWRC eases restrictions for area hunters
There was good and bad news coming out of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission meeting in Nashville Friday.
It was good news if you are a hunter in East Tennessee, bad news if you're a deer or a bear.
The TWRC voted to liberalize the antlerless deer opportunities in Unit B during both the bow and muzzleloader seasons after decades of tight restrictions.
Hunters will now be allowed to take four antlerless deer in all of the counties in Unit B during the archery season and during the muzzleloader season hunters will have all 14 days to kill a deer of either sex. In the past either-sex hunting during the muzzleloader season was open only during a limited number of days
The muzzleloader bag limit for antlerless deer will vary from county to county, but at least one is allowed in all the counties of Unit B.
Non-quota antlerless hunts were also added in Campbell, Jackson, Morgan and Scott counties.
The entire state will also get extra days during the deer season in 2012-13 after the commission voted to extend it through the first full weekend of the New Year. Last year the statewide season ended on Jan. 1 but next season will continue through Jan. 6.
The second youth hunt of the season will be Jan. 12-13.
Bear hunters keep setting records for the number of bears killed each season and the TWRC voted to give them more days in the field.
Citing studies that show bear populations continue to increase, hunters who use dogs will pick up extra days during three separate hunts. Some counties, all in East Tennessee picked up 10 days and others 12 during the season. The bear dog training season was increased from 10 to 14 days in all counties.
The fall turkey season was expanded to include Cumberland, Grundy, Hamilton Madison, Putnam, Sequatchie, and Van Buren counties. Several counties in East Tennessee had the bag limit during the fall season expanded but three Middle Tennessee counties — Giles, Lawrence and Wayne — had their fall bag limits reduced.
During fall archery season for turkeys, hunters will be allowed to harvest the full county bag limit with a bow in the counties open to bow hunting.
In other moves:
The red deer hunt in Claiborne County was expanded and will run concurrent with the 2012-13 white tail season.
The statewide quail season will be extended through the end of February. On some wildlife management areas the dates will vary.
A raccoon hunting season from Jan. 1-31 was approved for the Tellico and Ocoee bear reserves. There will be a limit of two dogs per vehicle.
Landowners with larger acreages (properties in excess of 1,000 acres), who receive a wild hog exemption can now provide additional signees to help with their wild hog control efforts. Up to one additional person will be allowed for every 100 acres over 1,000.
A wild hog control season (with dogs) was added on Catoosa and Skinner Mountain WMAs.
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The Rise of the Cupcake
With around 44 million cupcakes consumed in the UK last year, MoneySupermarket takes a look at this iconic little dessert and the reasons behind its phenomenal popularity. The huge range of different cupcakes available means that there's one to suit every taste and every budget.
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I'm not sure if you'd want it on your infograph but a lot of boomers were introduced to the cupcake via Hostess – the chocolate cake with chocolate icing and the white squiggle down the middle or orange (ditto with ditto with the white squiggle.


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No decision has been made on the respective futures of Elgin Bailey and Renardo Sidney, despite a report tonight from an independent journalist in Hawaii that Bailey would be leaving the team after the two were shown on national television exchanging punches in the stands of an arena in Honolulu on Thursday, Mississippi State athletic director Scott Stricklin said Saturday night.
-Brandon Marcello, Clarion-Ledger Sports
Lesson for budding sports journalists/bloggers: direct quotes from a knowledgeable source really bolster your Ethos (credibility or trust), which is really the pinnacle of the famous rhetorical triangle.
UPDATE: Here's the latest on the Sidney/Bailey rumor, this time from Jackson Clarion-Ledger sports editor Rusty Hampton via Twitter (@Rustyhampton):
Blogger from Hawaii says R. Sidney will remain on MSU hoops team. AD S. Stricklin just told me no decision has been made. Stay tuned.Internet=Wild West, confirmed.
Well, I'll be flapdoodled.
According to some current reportage by independent journalist Susan Shan in Hawaii, the blame for the Renardo Sidney/Elgin Bailey punch-up is sticking harder to Bailey, who is being dismissed from the team. Sidney is expected to be reinstated.
Let's start from the beginning. Bailey, who was supposed to be Sidney's mentor on the team, has been projecting a bad attitude due to the attention that Sidney was receiving. Bailey was jealous of the media attention and was becoming increasingly problematic in practice and in games. He mouthed off constantly to the coaches and isolated his teammates.
-Susan Shan
Um, so... Merry Christmas, Bulldogs fans? We'll understand if you want to hold on to that gift receipt, keep your fingers crossed, and stop counting your unhatched chickens. At this point, the whole Mississippi State team looks like a ticking time bomb.


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Collier students will not watch Obama's back-to-school speech
NAPLES - Collier County students won't be seeing President Barack Obama's speech after all.
The President is expected to speak to students at 1 p.m. on Tuesday according to a memorandum issued from The White House Thursday evening. Tuesday is a scheduled early dismissal day for all Collier County public schools. High school students will be dismissed at 11:05 a.m., elementary school students will be dismissed at 11:50 a.m. and middle school students will be dismissed at 12:50 p.m. on that date.
As the speech is being shown outside the district's abbreviated school day, schools will not show it.
However, the district does have plans to allow teachers at any level to show a recording of the speech at a later time at their discretion, provided the teachers give timely notice to parents or guardians and give students the opportunity to opt out, district officials said last week.
Lee County School District officials confirmed last month they will air the speech live in all Lee County Public Schools. It is not an early release day in Lee County.
Parents can keep their children from watching the speech and schools will provide additional educational opportunities for those students who do opt out, according to Lee County officials.
Both Collier and Lee County School Districts opted out of showing Obama's speech last year when the president addressed students on the importance of taking responsibility for their success.
School districts across the country were inundated with phone calls from parents and struggled to address the controversy that broke out after Education Secretary Arne Duncan sent a letter to principals urging schools to watch.
Ultimately, the Lee County School District recorded the 18-minute speech and, after reviewing it, administrators deemed it suitable for children and a copy was made available for teachers to show in classrooms — if they received signed permission slips from parents giving their children permission.
The Collier County School District placed a link to its speech on the district's website following Obama's address last year should parents and students want to view it. Superintendent Dennis Thompson said at the time the logistics of making the webcast available at noon during a school day would be too difficult to organize.
President Obama's Back-to-School Speech will be live streamed on WhiteHouse.gov. For more information about watching the speech, visit www.whitehouse.gov/back-to-school.
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RB2D folders and job configuration
We are planning on implementing a backup system using HP RDX drives using Backup Exec 12.5. Our preferred scheme for these backups is to run full backups on Friday night with four rotating cartridges and differentials Monday through Thursday with a different cartridge every night. From what I've read the most efficient way to do this would be to have the RB2D folder take up most of the drive and have a fairly large file size set for the maximum to minimize fragmentation. My first question is whether this understanding is correct. My second question is how to configure the job(s). Can one differential job run for Monday through Thursday with a scheduled inventory before the backup job, given that the RB2D folders would be different on the four cartridges? Or do we need to have a different job defined for every cartridge, meaning a total of 8 different jobs, one per RB2D folder? The system of media management for RB2D disks and folders for things like this doesn't seem very clear in the documentation to me.
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Hi there,
I'll answer some of your questions for you:
1. You can schedule an inventory before a job runs, no hassles. Right-click the device and run through the creation of the inventory, and then schedule to run on x-days at x-time.
2. Best thing for creating differential jobs is to run a policy. This creates the jobs correctly and assigns rules if you have a GFS requirement in place (Daily, Weekly, Monthly).
For further information on how to use removable B2D disks, read pkh's article below:
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Best Practices and Policies for LGBTQ Youth Experiencing Homelessness
Many recommended best policies and practices have been developed for housing and serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth. How many check marks would your organization earn for implementing the following policies and practices to increase LGBTQ youth's potential for increased success?
- Create a welcoming environment where non-discrimination and non-harassment policies are implemented and communicated to all youth, families, and community partners;
- Place youth in safe and appropriate shelter and housing programs based upon both their gender identity and an individualized assessment;
- Make cultural competency training available and mandatory for all employees to ensure that a welcoming and inclusive environment is created;
- Deliver family intervention services that increase family acceptance of their child's sexual orientation and/or gender identity to decrease youth's risky behavior;
- Partner with LGBT and/or transgender specific organizations in your community to better provide services and referrals to youth and their families, and participate in coalitions to make other programs aware of services for LGBT youth;
- Improve targeting and outreach for LGBT youth by tailoring street outreach efforts to locales where transgender youth congregate;
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The numbers for homeless youth seems quite low- 1000 in Seattle. Where are you getting your stats? And which non-profit organizations do you currently partner with regarding youth at a high risk of homelessness? And what are some of the more successful methods of contacting donoers? Interested in trying an invoative approach to which may result in more resources to alleviate youth homelessness?
The government offers the WIC program, a nutritional support for youngsters, the women infants for the benefit of the single moms. A coupon could be provided to the mums within these services, for buying the primary nutrition & supplements for their own kids. It is possible to reap the benefits of WIC in combination with FSP.


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A New Name in American Paranoia: The Hutaree Militia
No one quite knows why the group in the middle of the latest armed militia controversy calls itself the Hutaree. Even the Southern Poverty Law Center, a Montgomery, Ala., group that monitors militias and extremists groups, knows little about the Hutaree. Bloggers following the raids on Hutaree camps in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio over the weekend speculated that the word was made-up, one that came out of the group's own invented dialect, which appears to include military ranks with bizarre names of no clear etymology (its leader, for instance, was known as "Captain Hutaree," and was sometimes just called, "Joe Stonewall.")
But while the name Hutaree may have a mysterious flavor, the plot its members were reportedly hatching was part of a familiar form of American paranoia. On Monday, federal authories charged nine alleged Hutaree members with seditious conspiracy and attempted use of weapons of mass destruction. The government believes the group — which apparently espouses an extreme form of fundamentalist Christianity — may have been plotting to kill law enforcement officers to help spark a broader armed conflict. According to court documents, the Hutaree deemed police "foot soldiers" of the federal government — which in turn was part of the New World Order, a perpetual bogeyman of militia groups.
While training, Hutaree members reportedly wear tiger-stripe camouflage uniforms, with shoulder patches bearing a black cross, two brown vertical pillars that form the letter "H." All part, it seems, of "Preparing for the end time battles to keep the testimony of Jesus Christ alive," as a slogan on the Hutaree's website declares (it has a background of military fatigue). A photo on the site shows 18 men holding rilfes in a wooded area. There's also a two-minute YouTube video showing men running through woods, wearing fatigues, shooting rifles.
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And since we're thinking about the resurgence of U.S. extremist groups, check out this piece I did early last year, about an apparent Ku Klux Klan murder in Louisiana.


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