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SAN FRANCISCO — Veteran special-teams standout and wide receiver Kassim Osgood, a 1998 graduate of North Salinas High School, signed a new one-year deal with the San Francisco 49ers on Monday.
In keeping Osgood, the 49ers have retained a key member of their special teams for coach Brad Seely. Placekicker Phil Dawson received a two-year contract March 12, one of coach Jim Harbaughs top offseason priorities.
Still on the to-do list for general manager Trent Baalke and Harbaugh is reaching a contract extension with quarterback Colin Kaepernick for the long haul.
The priority is that Colin Kaepernick is a San Francisco 49er for however long we can have him be a San Francisco 49er, Harbaugh said at Mondays NFL meetings in Orlando. So its definitely a high priority. Hes an amazing individual, an amazing player.
In his first season with San Francisco last year, the 33-year-old Osgood had 12 special-teams tackles by the 49ers count, a fumble recovery, his first career blocked punt (against the Seahawks in Week 14) and a touchdown. He recovered a muffed punt in the end zone in a win at Tennessee on Oct. 20 for his first fumble recovery for a touchdown.
An 11-year NFL veteran, Osgood played in 14 regular-season games for the 49ers and had one catch for 17 yards playing a limited role in the deep 49ers receiving corps.
He appeared in all three playoff games for the Niners, who lost in the NFC championship game to the eventual Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks, a division rival.
In his career, which also has covered San Diego, Jacksonville and Detroit, Osgood has 45 receptions for 766 yards and five touchdowns. He has recorded 134 tackles, four forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, one blocked punt and one touchdown on special teams.
Osgood is one of several Monterey County natives playing in the NFL, including Seasides Mason Foster, North Salinas lineman Carl Nicks and Salinas Evan Dietrich-Smith, all of whom play for Tampa Bay.


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Perhaps unsurprisingly, I found myself watching video tonight after Saddam Hussein's execution. It wasn't, however, the inevitable snuff stuff that will almost certainly find its way online. Instead it was Scott Turow talking in visceral, ruminative, and convincing fashion (here in San Diego three years ago) about his own path to changing his mind and becoming a death penalty critic:
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Series Description: Explore the globe with two kid brothers and their parents on wild adventures through nature and culture and history. Plus, discover family-friendly attractions and activities. Parents share tips on traveling with kids, like how to get around on a budget, while the kids share all their excitement and fun! From the jungles of Peru to the great outdoors of Alaska to the ancient wonders of Europe, Travel With Kids is an offbeat adventure experience of family fun around the world.
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New York City (#101)
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Peru - The Inca World - Machu Picchu & Cuzco (#102)
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Costa Rica - Volcanoes and Rainforest Adventure (#103)
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Florida: Miami & The Everglades (#104)
Miami's ocean, outdoor cafes of South Beach and an airboat ride through the Everglades are featured. [26 minutes]
Scotland - The Scottish Highlands (#105)
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Ireland: The Castles and Cliffs of County Clare (#106)
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Paris (#107)
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Costa Rica - Monte Verde and the Pacific Coast (#108)
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Alaska - Kenai Peninsula (#109)
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England - Bath & Stonehenge (#110)
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England - The Lake District (#111)
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The Rainforest (#112)
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Ireland (#113)
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Rome: Gladiators & Gelato of Rome (#201)
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Wales: History & Roman Legacy (#202)
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Wales: Eco-adventure and Green Living in King Arthur's Land (#203)
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The Florida Keys (#204)
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Ireland: Dublin (#205)
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Baja Mexico: Whale Encounter (#206)
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London (#207)
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Scotland - The City of Edinburgh (#208)
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Ireland - Tracing Ancestry in the Northwest (#209)
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Alaska - Kenai Peninsula (#210)
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The Bahamas - Cat Island & Grand Bahama (#211)
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Jamaica - The Wild West Coast (#212)
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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico: Fun in the Baja Sun (#213)
The family finds whales, zip lines over desert canyons and scuba dives at the Baja Mexico peninsula. [29 minutes]
South Africa: Soweto Township & Safari (#301)
Nelson Mandela's home and archeological excavations outside of Johannesburg are explored. [28 minutes]
Cape Town: Mandela History & Great White Sharks (#302)
Robben Island Museum and cage diving with great white sharks are highlighted in Cape Town. [28 minutes]
China: Yangtze River & Three River Gorges Dam Project (#303)
The family winds through the Three River Gorges and visits the controversial Three Gorges dam. [28 minutes]
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North Vietnam: Hanoi & Ha Long Bay (#304)
Arriving in Hanoi, the Asia travel adventure continues in the communist capital of Vietnam. [27 minutes]
Thailand: Jungle & Elephants (#305)
The family heads up the River Kwai by boat and visits a rehabilitation center for elephants. [28 minutes]
- Wed, December 2, 8:30 AM on IPTV Learns
- Wed, December 2, 2:30 PM on IPTV Learns
Tahiti, French Polynesia (#306)
Nathan and Seamus visit historical landmarks, ancient temples and museums on the island of Tahiti. [28 minutes]
O'ahu, Hawaii: Surf & History (#307)
The Polynesian Cultural Center, Pearl Harbor and great surf spots on the North Shore are explored. [28 minutes]
- Wed, December 9, 8:30 AM on IPTV Learns
- Wed, December 9, 2:30 PM on IPTV Learns
San Diego, California: History & Animal Encounters (#308)
Discover the history and fun of San Diego in Old Town, Seaport Village and Coronado Island. [29 minutes]
Venice, Italy: Not Just for Romance (#309)
Nathan and Seamus learn to steer a gondola, go fishing in the Grand Canal and visit local markets. [29 minutes]
Florence & Tuscany, Italy: Grapes and Pizza in the Tuscan Sun (#310)
The family visits museums, workshops and a centuries-old villa in the Tuscan countryside. [29 minutes]
Athens, Greece: World History Comes to Life (#311)
Nathan and Seamus visit the National Gardens, the ancient Olympic stadium, the Acropolis and more. [29 minutes]
- Wed, December 23, 8:30 AM on IPTV Learns
- Wed, December 23, 2:30 PM on IPTV Learns
Greek Islands Adventure: Paros & Santorini (#312)
Nathan and Seamus explore the island of Paros by catamaran, try snorkeling and dine with locals. [29 minutes]
Cusco, Peru: The Inca Empire (#313)
The family explores the narrow streets and colorful markets of the ancient Incan city of Cusco. [29 minutes]
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CLEVELAND -- NASA's Glenn Research Center has Science Days this week to engage students from Ohio schools in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The events Monday through Wednesday are in collaboration with Lake Ridge Academy in North Ridgeville.
NASA astronaut Gregory Johnson will share his experiences from his two space shuttle missions. There will also be presentations about the Mars Curiosity rover mission, exploring the solar system, and from NASA Glenn engineers.
There is also a traveling NASA exhibit with computer kiosks and hands-on workstations about science and technology, and quizzes and experiments.
Also available will be a "Picture Yourself in Space" photo booth where students can get a free photo taken as an astronaut.
The center is named for Ohio space hero John Glenn.


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Prince William and his wife Kate saw an orchid named for them and another for his late mother Princess Diana in Singapore on Tuesday, 15 years after she was to have seen the flower herself.
Diana was due to visit the white orchid named in her honor in 1997, but was killed in a car crash two weeks earlier.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's visit to Singapore Botanic Gardens was their first stop on a nine-day tour of the Far East and South Pacific.
The royal couple was also shown an orchid with white and purple blooms that is jointly named for them.
The couple will also visit the Solomon Islands and Tuvalu in honor of the queen's Diamond Jubilee marking her 60 years on the throne.


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We all know ABO. If Barack squeaks by in Nov. 2012, we are all doomed to a full blown socialist society for a couple of years before it fails. Continued massive spending and borrowing will bankrupt this country by 2019.
more like marxist facists society. Obamamao is going to unless his gay agenda on all the real Americans because he will be a lame duck like he alwaus have been. all the stupid liberaltards that voted for him to prove they weren't racsist have to vote for the real conservative intellectuals this year to prove they're stupid like Bachmann and Perry because they stand up for real Americans values like life liberty and no gay marrigae or abortions (aka murders of babies that obamamao supports)
to prove their NOT stupid
DEMONcrats are running scared
They can't run on their record so this is the best they can do
Who let you geniuses out of your cages and said you could comment? The GOP didn't exactly save the USA money the last few times they were in office. How about those wars we started? Did those save us money and reduce government spending?
Bunch of under-educated hypocrites buying into FOX News and GOP brainwashing. Who do you think gets the tax breaks? Corporations.
Read my lips: YOU ARE CLUELESS!
If Republicans are not beholden to the Tea Party's antics, then they have this election in which to prove it. And other commenters clearly aren't paying attention with their "socialist" or "fascist" cracks -- Democrats have done nothing to distinguish themselves from Republicans the past four years except not diving off the "small government" deep end.
Dear 'Tea baggin' aint easy - You cannot have both a facisit and marxist society at the same time. The next time you post another ridiculous hate filled rant, pick one or the other and attach it to the current President.
Furthermore - I do hope you realize that 'tea baggin' refers to a sex act.
I cannot tell if you are being sarcastic or you are the epitome of simpleton teatard.
you want a example of marxists fascism just look at the gay area of san Francisco. they have all the socialist marxists and gays doing sex in the streets and then they outlaw happy meals because of the toys. IT doesnt get more marxists fascist then that. Obamamao wants to be just like his comrade Gaven newcombe and tell everyone how to live their lives by outlawing restarants and food and making us by health care and global warming. liberaltards are so stupid its like econ 101, duh! We need real Amercain values and policys like they have in the other parts of real america
Relax folks-
Tea baggin' ain't easy needs sarcasm font
Tea Party members and the hard right get all of their opinions from Limbaugh and Murdoch's Fox News and their money from the Koch brothers. A TP'er is the kind of person that could easily
say : " Keep the Government out of my Medicare" . It is a person who is unaware that healthcare reform is essential for a healthy economy. That the biggest losses to the economy have been due to a Republican failure to regulate banking along with Bush's enormous tax cuts to the very rich who hide their
money off shore and do nothing for the working family. Unless someone is among the very wealthy it is
impossible to comprehend these comments. It is the classic case of working
people not knowing who is helping them and who is robbing them blind. It is
the hatred and sheer ignorance of the Tea Party that makes them dangerous and
worth watching. They are very similar to the ultra-right that arose in Europe
in the thirties that led to fascist party dominance in Germany, Italy and
Spain. These people would be hilarious
if they weren't so scary,
They are very similar to the ultra-right that arose in Europe in the thirties that led to fascist party dominance in Germany, Italy and Spain
typical liberaltard results to name calling real Americans who just want to stand up for the values of the Constitution and the founding fathers of this great country Ameirca. your communist lies cannot hide the truth from the rest of real America because we are waking up to the liberalization and socialism that your forcing down my throats
democrats may rue the day they challenge the tea party's ideology. it is, in fact, it is the ideology of many more American's than the dnc can even contemplate. the tea party consists of Americans who, like the those who revolted against oppressive rule in 1776, want the government smaller and less obtrusive. the outrage has finally hit critical mass and the fact that liberals still insist on labeling it the party of extremists, shows how out of touch they truly are. the fact of the matter is, for thinking people who can understand the meaning of words as well as cause and effect, there is no democrat on earth who can lie his way into office in 2012. the current liar extraordinaire has finally exposed himself once and for all as having not one stitch of clothing on. But if he did, i'm sure it would be very fashionable indeed.
While businesses place decisions of hiring on hold awaiting further government interferance in their businesses, socialist want to take their earnings and the earnings of all Americans to pay their government salaries which produce nothing for this nations peope other than tax collectors, a 76 Billion dollar Education Department that doesn't educate anyone, and Green Jobs for China. Please Dagny. Where can we find John Gault?
Tea Partiers Care More About Godlier Government Than Smaller Government - New York Magazine
White House Paints GOP field with tea party brush - The Associated Press
Move on. No news here. The MSM (main sewer media) and the WH have been snarky in their arrogant and erroneous portrayal of anyone who is not a lib being a tea party member and anyone who is a tea party member being a "tea bagger." Remember when that term was heard on most MSM outlets in 2007 – 2008? They wouldn't even acknowledge that millions of Americans (a growing base) identified with the fundamental ideals even if they did not agree on every Tea Party issue.
Now, with the 2012 election beginning to heat up, the main sewer media and the WH needs to whip up a new tea party attack and attempt to paint all of you tea party members as terrorists, crackpots, anarchists and rabble. You know, like the founding fathers of this country were. (Since they got shellacked in 2010, they don't call you tea baggers to your face anymore.) The lies and attempts to falsely paint you as the instigators of all of America's problems leading up to the election will only increase. But remember (*yawn*) we've seen this tactic in 2008.
Hold true to what you know in your heart is right and think back on all the actions, inactions, transparency, lack of transparency, stimulus dollars (yours) newly printed dollars (bogus), passed bills – so we can read them and know what is in them, and economic recovery – or not with Dem control of the executive office, the house and the senate. Then ask yourself if you want four more of the Frank, Dodd, Pelosi, Reid, Barry and czar show.
ACtually, the tea party called themselves tea baggers until they found out that it was a sex act.
Don't let the facts get in the way of your narrative though. You're really on a roll.
The "Tea OP"
@ lol: Please roll the you tube that shows Tea party members calling themselves tea baggers first. Oh, and there are endless reels of footage showing multiple MSM journalists and prominent figures using this term to deride Tea Party members. I know it and presume you do too. The facts are what they are. They're not in the way of the narrative, it's built around them. Nice offhand remark though - you made it because there are so many on-point comments in the post.
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HOUSTON -- The Miners set all sorts of dubious turnover marks before Blaire Sullivan steadied the team for the last quarter and a half of Saturday's 45-35 loss to Houston.
The four interceptions and two turnovers added up to the most giveaways in a game since 2009 against SMU, and that interception total was the most since the loss to Texas in 2009. It also tied for a high in coach Mike Price's nine years.
This came a week after Houston turned the ball over nine times in a 72-42 loss to SMU, and after the game Price told SMU coach Tony Levine, "I must feel like you did last week."
"We just need to execute better," said quarterback Nick Lamaison, who threw all four interceptions.
One did go through Devin Patterson's hands and another was a miscommunication with tailback Autrey Golden.
UTEP spent big portions of the first half driving up and down the field, while Houston spent most of it scoring quickly from its no-huddle offense.
The result shows how silly a statistic time of possession can be.
UTEP finished with a 39:27-20:33 advantage in time of possession. At one point in the third quarter, it was 27:23-11:48 and the Miner deficit was 45-14. UTEP held the ball for 23:34 of the first half, while digging a 35-7 hole.
"We moved the ball on offense, we just turned it over," coach Mike Price said. "Our defense really didn't play that badly."
Strong return
Other than Sullivan, the bright spot for the UTEP offense was a strong performance from Nathan Jeffery, who had his third 100-yard game of the season when he rushed 33 times for 137 yards and two touchdowns before tweaking his calf on the final possession.
The two touchdowns were his first of the year and doubled his career total. He had one rushing and one receiving touchdown last season.
UTEP was flagged for three personal fouls and guard Jerel Watkins was ejected in the third quarter following a Houston interception.
A.J. Ropati was also flagged twice, once for a late hit and another for an altercation after an apparent third-down stop.
Houston offensive lineman Ty Cloud was ejected for a fourth-quarter penalty.
Houston misery
UTEP lost for the seventh consecutive time in Houston, while falling to 0-4 at Robertson Stadium. The Cougars will stand as the only divisional opponent to win every conference home game against the Miners, that includes a 2000 victory at Tulsa when UTEP and Tulsa were in the WAC.
Points giveaway
Houston's 35-point first half was the most the Miners have given up in a half since Arkansas scored 35 in the first two quarters in 2010.
The last time they gave up more was to Texas when the Longhorns led 47-6 at halftime in 2009.
On the plus side, the 21 fourth-quarter points tied the most UTEP has had in a quarter under Price, and the 35 total points were the most UTEP has scored in a Conference USA game since it lost to Rice 41-37 last year.
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When I think back on 2010, I will remember it, in part, as the year when a lot of people, myself included, truly understood that chocolate and salt are sensational companions. Salted chocolates have been on the radar for a while now, but they seemed to break through into the mainstream only recently. As someone who has never had much of a thing for chocolate, I have been astonished by how much I enjoy it when it is salted.
When it comes to increased attention, you could say the same thing for cinnamon. Its time has come.
Always a popular spice, cinnamon is enjoying the limelight these days as being excellent for our health. A mere half-teaspoon of cinnamon each day is credited with everything from lowering LDL cholesterol and boosting memory and alertness to relieving arthritis pain and regulating blood sugar. Studies have shown that cinnamon inhibits the growth of many bacteria, including E. coli, and slows the proliferation of cancer cells. If you are someone who believes in so-called "super foods," cinnamon should definitely be on your list.
As an ingredient in cooking, cinnamon is nearly as versatile as pepper in the way it can insinuate itself into a broad array of dishes without eclipsing other elements. It is as delicious with chicken, lamb, beef, wild boar and venison as it is in bread, coffee cake, ice cream, apple pie and myriad other desserts. When combined with just three other ingredients, bread, butter and sugar, it becomes one of the finest comfort foods of all time, cinnamon toast.
Cinnamon is made from the inner skin, or bark, of trees native to Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka and China. Although intuitively it seems whole cinnamon sticks must contain great flavor than ground cinnamon, the opposite is true. Ground cinnamon has more flavor because the older bark used to make it contains more of cinnamon's essential oils. Stick cinnamon is made from younger upper branches.
Of the two main varieties of cinnamon, Korintje is what most of us know, though supermarkets tend to offer inferior B and C grades rather than the highly prized A grade. Cassia cinnamon, from Southeast Asia and China, is increasingly familiar. True cinnamon, which is to say Ceylon cinnamon, is less sweet with more complex flavors, including citrus notes, than either Cassia or Korintje.
There are now three good sources for spices in Santa Rosa, in addition to those markets, like Pacific and Oliver's, that carry quality products. Several months ago, Savory Spice Shop opened at the corner of D and Fifth streets in downtown Santa Rosa. Penzey's, which has a huge mail-order customer base, opened a market in Montgomery Village, near the Crepevine Restaurant.
A third source is Cook's Spices, Kim Cook's sweet little spice business. You'll find her at the Santa Rosa Farmers Market.
One of the benefits of having local sources devoted to spices is the knowledge of the business owner. If you aren't sure exactly what you want, just ask.
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So I have read the sticky section on edges and still have a small question. I have the K2 Zero, K2 Snowboarding | Boards | 0 , and it has a base bevel of 1 degree. How do I know what the side edge bevel currently is? I ride on the east coast so I was thinking of doing the side edge bevel at 88 degrees but I am also finally learning to ride switch and wonder if this will make it hard to learn. Also The edge that originally came on the board seemed to be fine. So does anyone know what the side edge bevel is that came on my board? Also I am having it sharpened at my local shop. Is it even going to be an issue or will they know what it is at and just sharpen it? I just got this board in the fall and have ridden on it about 20 times. I have the dakine super tune kit which comes with an edge tuner but it only does o and 2 degrees. Is this something I have to take to the shop or can I sharpen it myself? Thanks for the help
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I'm looking at buying a GPS watch. My options are the Suunto X10, Garmin 310XT, or Garmin 405,610, or Polar RCX5? Any advise from current users on what you like about what you are using, or what you would buy next?Thanks!Tony
I have the 405CX with the touch sensitive bezel. While I like it quite a bit, I think the 610 brings in some improvements in the interface. On the 405, the bezel would change my screens if I brushed it across my skin or a wet surface (like a wet long sleeve running shirt) - you can lock the bezel by pressing both start and reset buttons at the same time. The 610 uses a resistive touch screen which requires a firm press to select items - sounds very similar to the garmin gps touch screens. I have found ways to work with the bezel of the 405 but sometimes, it does not sense touch as responsively as I would like. It's not a reason for me to dump the 405 - it has excellent features - but if I had to decide between the two, I would go for the 610.
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For more than twenty years the Portland, Oregon area has been home to one of the best paintball big games in the world—the SuperGame. Founded in the 1980s by Bob Shano, the SuperGame is one of the longest running paintball events in the world—not just the Northwest. The game is now run (and has been for years) by Dan Bonebrake, an icon in northwest paintball. And the SuperGame is not just another big game. It's a scenario, big game, night game, party, trade show, festival and all around great time all wrapped up in one giant three-day package.
We arrived at Sniperz Den, the current home of the SuperGame, late Friday afternoon (May 4) after finishing our field and store training class just 15 minutes away (Training.PaintballX3.com). This was my first SuperGame experience and driving onto the property is all I needed to see to know this game was going to live up to the hype. By dinner time on Friday there were already more than 1000 players on site and most of them set up camp for the weekend. They were already gearing up for the three-man tournament and the night game. Just steps from the campsites were the playing fields, the trade show area, food vendors, check-in and just about everything else you'd need for three days of paintball. The atmosphere was alive, the trade show hopping, there was DJ'd music playing, and excitement was building for the two-hour night game that was going to be played in just a few hours.
Every October Paintball Explosion puts on a big game called Clowns vs. Zombies. This big game pits killer clowns against brain-eating zombies to see which team will come out on top. With the sponsorship support of companies like Ninja,
With companies like Planet Eclipse, Valken, Tippmann, FogDoc, and Flurry Industries, and with the number of players that were coming and dressing up for the occasion, this year's event was sure to top the last one! Along with the amazing sponsorship line up, they were able to recruit some famous General's and XO's to lead this year's troops. Leading the clown team was none of their than famed scenario legend Blue Hanse from Blues Crew along with his XO Skeletor from Behind the Bunker. Leading this year's zombie team was Gino Postorivo, CEO and owner of Valken Sports along with his XO yours truly (Rob Leary) from Ninja Paintball.
I remember last year when NPPL had the Chicago Open at CPX Sports in Joliet, IL and the weather was beyond awesome. Temperatures hovered around high 70's, no humidity and only a small chance of storms, which nicely passed right over the event. This May when NPPL Chicago Open went back to CPX the weather was not so cooperative. We were in the 90's with around 85% humidity and I for one do not play nicely with humidity! As well, no matter how many events I attend that have this kind of weather I am so amazed at the amount of players (and these are athletes we're talking about) who forget to hydrate. It's so simple, when you're sweating that much you need to replenish your body, but once again we saw a number of players down due to heat exhaustion. All right, there it is, my you must drink water and hydrate yourself speech and now I'll step off my proverbial soapbox and move on to the actual event.
Season finales are always bitter-sweet. The last events of the PSP, NPPL or Millennium Series are always the best attended of the year with the most on the line—and they are the events that decide which teams win the series rankings titles. It's also the last get-together for much of the industry and many of the teams and players. And of course the season finales also bring home the reality that the cold winter months are coming in much of the country.
This fourth and last event of the NPPL series for 2012 brought together 76 seven-man teams and five pump teams. In the Pro divisions four teams had a legit shot at winning the title coming into this event—Dynasty, XSV, Infamous and Tampa Bay Damage. Arsenal, Chicago Legend and San Antonio X-Factor were mathematically alive in the title race but it would take a near miracle for one of those three to pull it off.
This year marked 10 years of the NPPL being on the beach in Huntington Beach and ironically enough this event almost didn't happen. At this point, the NPPL appears to have come full circle within the industry. When the NPPL was reformed after bankruptcy four years ago it appeared there was not much support from the industry, in fact that first year being USPL it was a little like going to a regional event. Little by little the industry came back around to support the NPPL and things started going well, until this last year when all the merger talks failed. The industry strongly believes that there should only be one league or maybe it's that they only want to support one league, I'm not really sure right now. Fact is, the largest companies are backing the PSP and they have a strong track record but the PSP is also owned by some of the same industry companies that don't seem to be supporting the NPPL.
You can't even imagine what this event was like if you were not there. It's almost impossible to describe what happened on Friday night. The rain came, the winds came—and the fields just got crushed. Weeks of work and months of planning went out the window for the PSP as they had to scramble to make something out of less than nothing. The league had to face the fact that not all the games could possibly be played this weekend. The PSP did what good businesses do when things don't go as planned—they ditched Plan A and went to Plan B. They brought in lights to play night games, the rebuilt fields… they worked their @$$es off.
By Thomas Allegretto, Photos by Michael Mohr
The buildup leading to the PSP World Cup is nothing short of amazing every year. For the top teams in each division the PSP season is a year-long journey with the focused goal of winning events and even a season title. For most teams this journey starts in January after a break between the previous year's World Cup and the year ending holidays—and once that journey begins the breaks are few and far between. For most it's training during the week and team practices on weekends—and the closer you get to the world Cup, the more intense the training gets.
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I came across this post on Shoemoney.com the other day that talked about the kind of behaviors that would get an SEO professional ousted from the SEO inner circle (or banned for life from ever joining). It got me thinking, why are we all so concerned with being in the "in crowd?" Whether it's our personal or professional life, we all want to belong to these almost mythical groups of "cool" people. I think it all started way back in Junior High when no one wanted to sit alone at lunch, but this mentality that we have to be in the inner circle in order to make it has carried over into our professional careers.
This is a post for any newcomers to SEO that are worried that because they aren't part of the mysterious SEO inner circle they will never be able to make it as an SEO professional. While being part of (or at least recognized by) that SEO inner circle can help establish your reputation in the industry as an authority figure, not being included with the cool kids does not mean that you should give up on your SEO plans!
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I have never been a huge fan of SEO industry conferences. I think they are a great resource for someone that needs to learn a lot of information in a short amount of time, and speaking at a conference can help promote your company brand and build authority, but my end goal is not to network with other SEO professionals—it's to land a new client. Very rarely are potential SEO clients attending these industry conferences and tradeshows. More often than not it's other SEO professionals looking to connect with members of the SEO inner circle. And while networking is important, it's not my favorite activity. I'd rather take the couple grand it would cost to attend a conference (once you factor in airfare, hotel, car rental, food, etc) and spend a little extra on my content marketing or test out a few new banner ads—things that might help get my company a new client.
Many new SEO professionals are operating on a shoestring budget as is. I remember when I first started my business that I would take any client I could find, no matter how little or how crummy of a job it was, because I didn't have any other options. Going to an industry conference to network and schmooze and try to work my way into the SEO inner circle wasn't a financial possibility, even if I had wanted to attend every SEO conference possible to learn from the SEO masters.
I know a lot of new SEO professionals are looking to connect with the SEO inner circle because they have a wealth of information and years of knowledge to dispense. These guys have their fingers on the pulse of the SEO industry and always seem to know what's coming down the pipeline. But here's the thing, almost all of these guys have blogs, personal websites and social media accounts where I can learn everything I could ever want and more from them! I don't have to fight my way into the SEO inner circle to learn, it's all just a quick search away. Today's online world is so transparent that you don't need to be in the in crowd to know what the in crowd knows.
Having a piece of your content catch the eye of the SEO inner circle is great. A retweet from Danny Sullivan or Rand Fishkin is going to do wonders for your reputation among the rest of us SEO folk—but do your clients really know who Danny Sullivan and Rand Fishkin are? While being "in" with the SEO inner circle makes you look great to other SEO professionals, unless your clients are involved in the world of SEO (in which case, why are they looking to hire an outside SEO professional?), chances are it won't do you much good in landing that client.
Now I am not suggesting that you completely forgo any attempts to make members of the SEO inner circle respect you and your work. The SEO industry is has enough rude, ruthless and disrespectful members; we don't need any more. What I'm saying is that you don't have to be so focused on getting into that inner circle right from the start. Focus on doing great work for your clients, building your business and developing your own voice as an authority figure. The respect of the industry will be earned in time.


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Interview with
Andreas Kisser (November 2009)
Calling from his home in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Andreas
talked about his new double CD, the status of Sepultura and fatherly advice.
What's going on with Sepultura?
Andreas Kisser: We've been playing
shows in Brazil, we're still touring for our album A-Lex. We just played in
Chile with Faith No More, we have a festival coming up with Jane's Addiction
next year in Europe. It's our celebration of 25 years, and it's very good to
What motivated you to create the music on Hubris I
& II? Was it nice to step away from Sepultura and create something this
awesome for yourself to enjoy?
Andreas: Well, I started out playing
the acoustic guitar, then the electric, but I always kept both. I started
playing classical guitar (before joining Sepultura). I've always loved the
classical guitar style played by Randy Rhoads and Ritchie Blackmore, and
classical music and old rock 'n' roll. Some songs are 15 years old. I have a
mini-drum machine and started recording and organizing demos until I had
enough for the concept for a double album. I experimented a lot, as much as
I could. My friends from Brazil play on it, and we had a blast. It took a
long time to make it in between breaks from Sepultura. It's very different
but I am happy with the results. We did some shows in Brazil and had some
good response.
Andreas: Hubris is of Greek
origin, and it means arrogance, a human being who thinks he's God,
creator of the universe. It's related to men flying, an arrogance
toward nature that drives us to grow in technology; trash,
pollution, putting the planet in jeopardy, the extremes. That's what
the cover art explains, with the brain covered in barbed wire, it
symbolizes human relations. Music is spiritual, it has different
cultures and freedom of expression. I tried to create each song as
an experience of what I was feeling.
On the songs that actually have vocals,
they are mostly sung in your native Portuguese , and the music
sounds like it is rooted in the Brazilian/South American culture.
How important was this to convey while writing the songs? Was it a
conscience effort?
Andreas: I did everything
here in Brazil, all the musicians are Brazilian. Brazilian people
have a way of playing music, whether its metal or classical. Being
Brazilian, living here and the culture, being exposed to a different
style of music, it's always fresh. Being here, that experience came
out in the music.
Where did you draw your influences from on
Hubris I & II?
Andreas: Heavy metal is what
I play. Everything I play has metal intentions, always deep and
heavy, and I try to explore that all the time. But I also love the
classical guitar as well as classical music composers 600 to 700
years ago. It's great to have a different perspective of writing. If
you have classical guitar training, you can play any style of music.
It's great to explore the classical side. Also the blues, guitarists
like Stevie Ray Vaughan, as well as Steve Vai and Joe Satriani. I
don't like jazz that much, though ...
Andreas: Well, those guys are monsters! They do have a Brazilian
influence in their music with the same similarities. That's a great
On Hubris, you sing, play the bass,
guitar, sitar and who knows what else, but you also have many local
guest musicians, how important was it to keep it in the family, so
to speak, when inviting musicians to play on the disc?
Andreas: I know so many
people. There are many musicians not well- known here in Brazil who
survive by playing in small clubs, and they are great musicians. I
went after the musicians I knew. It was a great vibe, there wasn't
any pressure of being in a band like Sepultura. It was a relaxed
atmosphere, I could take my time. There was no pressure from the
label, they gave me all the time I needed.
How did you separate the songs on each
disc? Did you just know that disc 1 would be electric and heavier,
and disc 2 would be the acoustic songs? How did you come up with the
Andreas: The way the songs
came about was on a small drum machine with rhythms and loops. It
was creative, I'd just write. It depended on the day and what mood I
was in while working on the songs. I was experimenting a lot. The
concept was easy to separate and choose the songs for each disc.
Obviously you're very passionate about
where you come from. Being someone who made it out of the struggles
of your country, do you feel your music and concerts are a way of
giving back to the community?
Andreas: Music is a great
tool to reach people everywhere. Even in Sepultura, we played in
Cuba, Asia and Africa with their different cultures, political and
religious beliefs. But music opens doors everywhere. It's a powerful
tool that brings people together. You can express your point of view
of what we see around the world and relate to people everywhere.
It's great to make friends everywhere and to travel and express this
through music.
Andreas: Oh yes, I have a
daughter, 14, and two boys, 12 and 4.
I'm a father too, so I know it's sometimes
difficult. What's your fatherly advice?
Andreas: Listen to Daddy! (both
laugh) It's not easy to raise kids, but with the help of school, and
how my father and mother raised me, the past experiences. Your kids
have to come to you with their own experiences and conversation. I
do travel a lot, but I'm very close to my family. The technology
allows us to stay in touch more and be a part of their lives. You
have to be a friend of your kids. It's great, though. We actually
learn a lot more than they do! Every time they grow a year older,
you actually learn something new.
What are your views on religion?
Andreas: Religion is very
schizophrenic. It's a weird concept of creating an unnatural view of
the world. Religion and politics are the same; it's the creation of
enemies in their mind, human invention. It's confusing to deal with
doubts or spirits; there's no start, no end. It's a political
concept. You should try to learn from each other, don't force
religion on people. Religion is not freedom. In religion you have an
enemy, I can't say from where or with who, but if you follow
religion, you will have an enemy for sure.
What are Brazil's chances at the upcoming World
Andreas: Brazil are always the
favorite. The history we have, the good teams we produce that do very well
with good players. We have a huge tradition. Brazilians are fanatics,
including me!
I really appreciate you taking the time talking
with me, Andreas. Any last words for your fans?
Andreas: I appreciate the opportunity
to talk about my new album, and I'd like people to check it out. Just keep
an open mind, and ears. I'll announce some shows. We're
getting good response from the CD, but we'll see what happens. No worries.
Album available on Mascot Records.


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How Much Should You Tip Over The Holidays? Our Guide
Tipping isn't a city in China and it's certainly for more than just cows, but during the holidays, our general 15- to 25-percent rules are thrown into a tizzy. Who gets a gift? Is giving cash insulting? With so many different, complex relationships in our lives — our barristas often act as therapists and confidantes — how much is enough? We linked up with Tessa Miller at Lifehacker (a site that breaks down holiday tipping more scientifically in a stellar post) to chat about holiday extras, and whether or not to give the old greenbacks, or a more personal gift.
1. Every Day Relationships: Cash
Your old, faithful doorperson. That mail carrier who gives you a friendly wave. The superintendent who really helped you out over Sandy. All of those people deserve to be thanked during the holidays, but common etiquette is a sliding scale: You don't have to tip everyone equally. Those who have helped you plenty in the past should get a heftier tip than those who you rarely see. The more they have helped you, of course, the more you ought to tip. For instance, $20 to your amazing UPS guy makes sense, while $100 for the guy who has been helping you wrangle groceries all year. No more than $100 is needed.
2. Your Regular: Cash
This is the time of year where you get to thank your manicurist for always reserving a little time for you, even when the salon is packed. With people you see regularly (a barrista, stylist, trainer, or spa specialist, for instance), tipping about 40-percent usually balances nicely — and it feels extra special when their tip is included in a note, not simply tacked on at the end of your visit. A lot of sources suggest tipping the cost of one visit, too.
3. In The Office: Gift
As Miller writes, "Don't forget about the people who help around your office. If you have regular cleaning or maintenance staff, an office pool is a great way to say thanks. If everyone gives just $5, it adds up quickly." While personally gifting secretaries, assistants, door people, or cleaning people isn't necessary, making sure your office teams up for a gift is certainly nice. For people you have a rapport with, a gift based on their interests is best. For cleaning people or attendants, a gift card is perfectly appropriate. In both scenarios, make sure to include a handwritten note.
4. Seasonal Service: Cash
If you've ever worked in the service industry, you'll know that the holidays are a double-edged sword. On one hand, you are, erm, working over them, but on the other hand, you have the ability to make more money than ever because you are working over them. Which means that, when you are dealing with people who help you over the holidays (be they waiters, bartenders, hotel concierges, or taxi drivers), up your usual tip rate by five- to ten-percent — typically, more for urban areas, where tip rates are higher.
5. Child/Home Care: Gift/Cash
Depending on your relationship, those of us who rely on teachers, babysitters, housekeepers, or live-in help should absolutely spring for a great gift. "When relationships are closer (say, a babysitter or nanny, for example), it gets trickier. Do you give a gift instead of cash? That part is up to you," says Miller. "If picking out a gift seems too daunting or personal, cash is still okay, but make sure you add a note (make it heartfelt!) expressing your thanks."
Some of us might be working with a limited cash flow over the holidays, but that doesn't mean we can't say thanks with a handwritten card or note. A kind sentiment is always appreciated.
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Online Petitioning Software Made Public
British organization Public-i has made its ePetitions software publicly available under European Public License (EUPL) on the Forge page of the Open Source Observatory and Repository Europe (OSOR) information service.
With the ePetitions software, based on PHP and MySQL, website managers can set up an online portal for users to submit, support and comment on petitions. According to Public-i, the software was created using Code Igniter, an open source development environment for PHP apps. The software has now found a home as a project on the OSOR website, where downloads of the source code already exist.
The release of the ePetitions program, according to Public-i's technical lead on the OSOR projects page, was "timed to coincide with the passing of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act of which ePetitions are a central element." The 2009 act is currently in effect in the cities of Bristol and Birmingham, and case studies of ePetitions deployment from these and other cities are available on the Pulic-i website.
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I want to give an old friend a nice bottle of bourbon for a house warming gift. I am fine with spending $100 on the bottle, and would like to get him something he would appreciate but not typically buy for himself.
I am in North Carolina, so I kind of have to go the route of the ABC store.
Here is the kicker - he isn't a hard-core bourbon drinker, but his wife is a BIG fan. I want to get him something he can share with his wife.
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Praise is awaiting You, O God, in Zion;
And to You the vow shall be performed.
Have you ever seen someone who really deserved to be praised for something they accomplished? We all have; it may be one of our children, grandchildren, friends, boss or someone else close to us. It could be an athlete who has performed an amazing feat or a doctor who performed an amazing surgery or discovered a cure for some disease.
When people do amazing things, others praise their work and tell everyone they come in contact with about it. There is someone who has done and continues to do amazing things in this world: His name is God Almighty.
Let us look at the amazing things God has done: The creation of this world and the universe around it; the stars, moon and sun and how they have never ceased to do what God commanded them to do; all the different animals, birds, fish, flowers, trees; the things that we can't see such as atoms, air, and wind; and the magnificent creation of the body of mankind with the layers of skin, blood vessels, arteries, nerves, hairs, organs, flesh and bones that so fitly joins together. All I can say is wow!
Some may believe that a mighty explosion created this, but who created the explosion? Every explosion I have seen has scattered and torn apart things and nothing joins together properly, but look at everything we see, and notice how all things work together perfectly in harmony. That is because God Almighty perfectly designed everything to work in harmony for the creation of mankind.
There is a Scripture that says, "Let everything that has breath, praise the Lord." That is what you and I should be doing. I hear a lot of people using God's name in cursing and telling him to be damned, but our lips were made to praise him and not curse him.
We should wake every morning singing praise unto the Lord for keeping us through the night, for providing us a place to rest and for providing us food to eat.
We should be giving thanks and praise for the blessings of health, strength and family and for being the one that is going to go before and help us make it through the day.
There is an old song we used to sing in the church many years ago that said, "count your blessings name them one by one, count your many blessings see what God has done." When we as a people start giving God the praise he deserves, we will see greater blessings come upon each of us, so today, let us praise the Lord for all the things he has done and is doing.


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On Industrializing an Irish Landscape to Meet UK Energy Needs
Have a look at this article about a recent Australian study on "windfarm sickness" - this is a well recognised phenomenon
I'm not going to comment on specific cases without knowing the full facts - the family in Vermont could have a valid argument. But let's not forget that wind farm developers have to undertake noise pollution studies as part of their EIA report.
On Industrializing an Irish Landscape to Meet UK Energy Needs
Actually not - I have a direct view of a vertical axis wind turbine down the side of a 12-storey building from my bedroom window....and I'm pretty happy with the view
On Industrializing an Irish Landscape to Meet UK Energy Needs
You raise a good point regarding those who view turbines every day versus those who view only occasionally.
I should qualify my statement on the "objections of local people". I believe that local communities need to be engaged and that their objections should be listened to. However, I don't believe that the answer is to avoid addressing these objections by placing wind turbines in ever more remote areas. We should confront community concerns head on to ensure that there are direct benefits for those who live close to turbines.
I'd like to add that my article is also concerned with the wider issue of manmade structures of any sort in the few remaining natural landscapes surviving in Ireland - roads, houses, pylons etc. - especially when undertaken on a large-scale.
On Industrializing an Irish Landscape to Meet UK Energy Needs
Yes, noise can be a concern but I disagree with your comment on the need to site turbines 2-3km away from human habitation. I've spent a lot of time up close to turbines under various weather conditions and this is certainly not my experience. I would also like to add that there are all kinds of manmade sounds that already exist in rural areas - road traffic, jets passing overhead etc. that are louder than rotating turbines at shorter distances than you mention. This is another argument that's often used to force wind farms into ever more remote areas. I haven't heard of the impact on cattle that you mention but I've photographed groups of horses at several sites in fields right next to turbines - an even more flighty and sound-sensitive creature.
I agree with your statement on habitat - my article addresses landscape issues only as I believe it to be an under-represented concern.
I'd like to see peer-reviewed evidence that proves property prices are affected by nearby wind farms. Home-owners do have a legitimate right to be concerned. However, I would say that those most strongly opposed to wind farms inadvertently talk down the price of property in their area in the process of justifying their true objections (which are often visual impact). Public sentiment plays an important part in dictating prices...
Personally, I would like to see more community owned wind farms similar to what exists in Germany. The wider community (not just the landowner) owns or partly owns the turbines and they get a direct benefit as a result. We need to bring people and wind farms closer together, not push them further apart.
On Industrializing an Irish Landscape to Meet UK Energy Needs
I have to disagree with you Steve. I've spent quite a bit of time getting up close to wind turbines with my camera and they can be beautiful...All in the eye of the beholder as they say...
On Industrializing an Irish Landscape to Meet UK Energy Needs
Haha - you're entitled to your view. I prefer to see it as the exact opposite of NIMBY. We're talking about remote undeveloped landscape that effectively isn't in anyone's backyard and as a consequence nobody seems to be speaking up to represent the concerns of the landscape...
On Industrializing an Irish Landscape to Meet UK Energy Needs
Let me start of by saying that I accept the need to locate wind turbines in the countryside. I also agree that people's perceptions of manmade structures in the landscape can change with time. Traditional windmills existed two or three hundred years ago in the UK and other parts of the world. Many are now protected structures and attract tourists from far and wide. My 'Tilting at windmills' photo project explores the visual impact of wind turbines on landscape in the UK and I've included traditional windmills in an exhibition of my work to get people to think about the possibility that modern turbines might also be viewed differently in the future. But there are limits...
I think that it is highly unlikely that the large-scale wind farms proposed for Ireland will ever be seen as aesthetically pleasing in the future. If we are to deploy wind power on an industrial scale, then we should choose to avoid sensitive and undeveloped landscapes wherever possible. This is particularly relevant to a small country such as Ireland that no longer has significant tracts of wild and untouched landscape remaining. Perhaps in the US, it would be much less of an issue due to the wide open empty spaces that exist. If we choose to industrialize a landscape, then it should be in parts of the countryside that have already been developed (cutaway bog, for instance) and that already have a rural population. The debate on siting wind farms is too focussed on avoiding the objections of local people with the result that wind farms are pushed into the most remote, undeveloped and sensitive landscapes.
On Respected GOP Leaders Support Obama's Climate Action Plan
Reframing climate change as a public health issue does indeed sound like a sensible approach to engage voters of all political persuasions to take action to protect the most fundamental of human rights - access to clean air and water. The challenge lies in converting what is very much a local issue into the consolidated joined-up action at a global level which climate change demands. Of course, you could argue that if everyone acts locally, then the net effect is global in nature. But it's never quite as simple as that...
On Respected GOP Leaders Support Obama's Climate Action Plan
Why do you think that these four republicans have found common ground with Obama? And how can we amplify their message?
On Obama and the New Climate Change Paradigm
Sorry I totally don't get the relevance of your remarks. And it's not just cause I'm an uneducated European...
On Obama and the New Climate Change Paradigm
A well-balanced article overall. I totally get the pragmatic approach but you should not flatter US citizens with talk of the most rapid fall in domestic emissions worldwide. I guess you get the import-export argument? Hmm I guess I'm a bit uneasy about passing the baton from coal to gas and expect it to fall in the lap of renewables. And there is a clock ticking after all. All means at our disposal - I get this. But lets be realistic about locking ourselves into a moderately better carbon-friendly fuel source now versus a truly carbon neutral source in 10 years time.
On Wind Farm Energy Innovation in the UK
If we invested in building the long-awaited smart grid where supply and demand can be evened out, then intermittancy would be largely irrelevant. It's very unlikely that we are anywhere near building so much capacity from wind power that the current grid cannot cope. But we do need to update the grid, no question about it. One other point, the new generation of combined cycle gas turbines are far more responsive and have the ability to ramp up quickly when wind is not blowing. So we will need gas as back-up but not nearly as much as some might think.


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Last Days to see BÄST's "Scenario del Rio" @ Outsiders, NewcastleJuxtapoz // Thursday, 13 Oct 2011
We are always intrigued with what NYC-based artist BÄST is working on, and he has a solo show at The Outsiders in Newcastle, England that comes down this Saturday, October 15. The show continues his love for vintage airline promotional material. Wonder if he likes that new "Pan-Am" show?
BÄST says of the Scenario del Rio exhibition, "I love... vintage airline promotional material. The new work?s obviously got a lot of that style. It?s quite simple, I never like to go too heavy on anything. The paint?s thrown on with stencils over it. It?s a mess but it works itself out. I want these pieces to be like a phony story, complete in one scene, from which you can make up whatever you want. Even I end up looking at them and wondering where they came from. They?re scenarios, hence the title ?Scenario Del Rio?. The ?Del Rio? is a diner off Cheapskate Bay which has all sorts of folks coming in and out, they must have some scenarios going on. Plus," he says in his broad New York accent, "I chose it because I love words that roll off the tongue."
The Outsiders - Newcastle
Through Saturday 15th of October, 2011


text: I have no interest in pointing fingers at anyone but I have been shocked at how ill-informed some of the discussions are on this board. I don't blame the people who I know know better for not jumping in because we all get tired of debunking the same myths and misconceptions, and correcting the same factual mistakes. I suggest that many participants here would be well served by reading and watching, and certainly writing and recording, fewer blogs and podcasts, and perhaps even making fewer posts here, that all seem to recycle the same ignorance. Instead read a book, or WHISKY Magazine, or Malt Advocate, or The Bourbon Country Reader. I hate to say it, but the web alone will not make you a knowledgable whiskey enthusiast (assuming you want to be). Either the answers aren't there or it's just a bitch to find them amidst all the crap. Too much talking, not enough learning. And don't play ball on my lawn.


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VMware/Novell Linux Deal Should Benefit Both, and Customers
Analyst(s): George J. Weiss | Alan Dayley
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VMware will distribute SUSE Linux Enterprise with its virtual appliance offerings. Both vendors and their customers should gain from the deal, which will make Novell VMware's "go to" partner for Linux.
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News Analysis
On 9 June 2010, VMware and Novell announced an OEM agreement that allows VMware to distribute and support the SUSE Linux Enterprise operating system. VMware will standardize its appliances on SUSE Linux. The new product offering should be available in 3Q10.
Novell has much to gain from this partnership, which, among other things, will allow VMware to distribute patches and updates for SUSE guests on VMware ESX, provide first-line support and download VMware appliances configured with SUSE Linux Enterprise server. It will give Novell more competitive opportunities via Novell's "perfect guest" strategy — aimed at deploying SUSE Linux Enterprise VMs on heterogeneous, multiple hypervisor platforms. Novell will also gain access to VMware's large installed base, move closer to SUSE Enterprise Linux in the cloud, and advance its alliance and partnership strategy in the data center. The deal could possibly also open up opportunities for Novell's intelligent workload management strategy and put it in the unique position of cross-fertilizing and growing SUSE Linux into Windows and VMware vSphere environments.
Novell customers will benefit from a number of factors, including:
A direct migration route for users wishing to migrate Unix applications onto a virtualized server
The use of Novell as a heterogeneous, portable platform (the "perfect guest" strategy) versus pure-play hosted Linux (thus differentiating Novell from fully hosted strategies such as Red Hat/KVM)
A single point of support for VMware vSphere and Linux guest updates and fixes
VMware customers will gain these advantages:
The addition of 5,000 Linux applications to VMware's portfolio
A standard OS for all current VMware virtual appliances, such as vCenter CapacityIQ, vCenter AppSpeed, and vCenter Update Manager
The ability to port SUSE Enterprise Linux workloads across clouds.
A single point of contact for supporting virtual appliances on vSphere
The ability of Red Hat users that want to run on vSphere and contract with Red Hat for support to continue to do so
Enterprises should watch to see how aggressively VMware markets this alliance, especially how willing VMware will be to open its accounts to Novell to upsell SUSE management products and whether Novell's relationship with Microsoft on Hyper-V will be negatively affected. Currently, the ratio of Linux to Windows on VMware is about 20/80, and it remains to be seen what the impact will be on the growth of Linux hosts as hypervisor-integrated VM platforms.
All prospective users: Ensure that you have remote, network-based subscription support with Novell for SUSE Linux Enterprise. Look for higher-than-usual discounts and other incentives from Novell and VMware to hasten migrations and Linux guest deployments during this period of uncertainty.
Users who have not yet committed, or wish to complement VMware infrastructure support tools and management: Examine alternative options using Novell PlateSpin products.
Users who want cross-silo virtualization support (Windows and Linux applications): Consider vSphere as a strategic virtualization platform.
Recommended Reading
"Magic Quadrant for x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure" — Server virtualization for x86 architecture servers is one of the hottest trends in IT today, and will remain so for several years. By Thomas Bittman and others
"Virtual Machines and Market Share Through 2012" — The x86 architecture server virtual machine market has become extremely competitive during the past few years. By Thomas Bittman
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My weekend started out fine, until.........
I had a blood pressure of 60 over 20 something. My daughter, some of her friends and I were at a mahvelous hotel lounge in Seattle....the posh kind where they open the door for you, a real, live piano player in the corner and everything. lol.
The drinks were $13 dollars which were atrocious, until...................we found out that Micheal, the mahvelous bartender made them like a north Idaho drink...2 shots. He was a real mixologist and made his own concoction out of ginger and some other liquers. Delicious. He let us sample a little taste of this and that. But seriously, honestly, I only had about the equivelent of 2 1/2 or 3 drinks, but in a relatively short time and on an almost empty stomach...had hardly any lunch.
Anyhow, I was NOT drunk, I swear to you....not even buzzed. We split the most stupendous hamburger and got up to go the to restroom when suddenly, I felt over whelmingly dizzy and squatted down so I wouldn't fall down. I did not get to feeling better and felt increasingly crappy. So, they called 911 and I lay on a couch right there. How embarrasing. No sign of heart attack or stroke...totally coherrant but almost non existent blood pressure. Then I threw up in the ambulance in a bag thing.
Anyhow, long story not so short, after a couple bags of IV fluids and anti nausea meds and potassium (which was very low) I felt better pretty much. It turns out I am hypothyroid which was not likely the cause of the low BP. Maybe it was a combination of very little sleep the last couple nights, even a little alcohol on an empty stomach, oh and strong coffee before the drinks...and I forgot to drink much water at all that day....was dehydrated.
So, whew! Yours truly is still alive, had Jack in the box breakfast and am set to lazy around all day and watch movies with Emily.
"If you love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." -- Samuel Adams 1776
"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."
Thomas Jefferson
That sounds insanely scary. :[ I'm glad you're okay.
Ah shame! That's horrible for you. Glad you are feeling better.
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Oh goodness! Glad you are ok!
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Goodbye, Rosey. You were the best girl I could have asked for. 10/15/96-03/08/13
Glad you feel better, take it easy today.
Not to hi-jack your post but, do they put the prices on the drink menu where you are? They don't here, but I believe they are trying to pass something that says they have to.
My husband and I go out for appetizers and drinks at least once a week and I hate that the prices aren't on the drinks menu. There have been a few times that the drinks are really expensive and now I ask before I order, my husband laughs at me, but honestly I don't want to pay $12-13 for a drink someplace when I know I can get the same margarita at my usual watering hole for $4.00.
Eek! Glad you feel better. I spent most of yesterday in the ER too, must be something in the chaz water.
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Yikes! Is it possible you have low vit B6? That will do a number on your blood pressure too. When I was pregnant they had to give me shots of it to keep my bp up.
Romy, I doubt it. I take vit. B complex every day....a couple of times. Plus, I eat every vegetable known to man in huge amounts. LOL. But it was scary because if it gets as low as 50 (systolic), death results. I really think it was dehydration mainly. The medics and the doctor didn't think low thyroid would have caused this. But I believe it can cause low blood pressure. But perhaps they meant not likely to cause this acute and severe reaction. I still feel awful tired and wiped out...forgot to take my blood pressure when I was getting my RX darn it. I was wondering what it was now.
Izzy! What happened? What the heck? Our week ends were NOT suppose to turn out like that. I hope you're okay as well.
Oh Linda, some places list the price and some not. If they don't and I suspect it might be more expensive than most places, I'll ask. My daughter was self conscious about my asking one time, like, Mom....shut up. But I said, I WILL ask. I don't have to appear to be some hugely wealthy person who doesn't care. I do care and I will most certainly ask. Anyhow, this place did list the prices of types of drinks but it was a fancy hotel. But her friends said Micheal the bartender was so fun and nice, so it was worth it. LOL. So I thought, ok...one. But he made it like two, so that's like $6.50 a drink, which is typcial (average) around here., plus he gives out tastes of things for free. He'll make anything you want, even if it's not on the menu and just makes it fun. I'm glad this happened in there rather than some of the other places we go. I had a nice couch, carpet, huge, uncrowded lobby like place with a grand piano wafting out soothing music. lol. Anyhow, I don't think it was the alcohol in itself, but a combination of things. At least I hope so, not that there's something wrong going on that hasn't been discovered. I was instructed by the ER doc to make an appointment with my doc next week and get checked out.
Thanks everyone for your sympathy and for being glad I'm still here. LOL. Everyone needs a little of that when they're feeling crummy about something. (((hugs))) to you.
"If you love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." -- Samuel Adams 1776
"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."
Thomas Jefferson
yikes! That is not a fun day!!! Glad you are ok- --that must have been frightening!
Had a gallbladder attack at 5ish am Friday morning. Considering that a severe one feels like a heart attack, that's actually why I went in. I'd never had one before and I don't like to go to the doctor unless I'm dying but OMG pain. I ended up there for almost 10 hours between the blood tests, ultrasounds, and xrays. Best guess is a virus or passed gall stone caused the attack. All I can say is that morphine is a godsend
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June 16, 1989
Many a passerby has looked at the small brick house on Main Street, the Stuart Insurance Agency building, and thought what an attractive home it would make. Apparently some tenants acted on that impulse and settled in the building two years ago. The cozy, rent-free arrangement ended abruptly for the uninvited guests — all 60,000 of them — when Dominic Gaeta, a beekeeper and bee supply dealer from Brookfield, evicted a large colony of bees from the building on June 13. He found the bees had created an extensive structure of comb in the narrow space between an unused second story door and a panel that covered the doorway from the inside. He collected many of the worker bees, with the help of a specially modified vacuum, for resettlement in Brookfield.
The school board will receive for a first reading next month a policy that will abolish all smoking in the schools. If the policy is approved, no smoking will be allowed among students starting in September and no smoking among staff members, starting in January. Dr Reed said the school has provided smoking-ending programs on a co-pay basis for staff members. He said he will recommend a similar program be made available to students, with students bearing 100 percent of the cost.
Ann Fitzgerald, associate director of the WestConn Weather Center in Danbury, reported that as of June 15, total spring rainfall was 23 inches, more than double the norm of 10.38 inches. Hardest hit right now are farmers who own strawberry U-Pick operations, according to Kenneth W. Veit, director of the marketing division with the Connecticut Department of Agriculture.
Newtown's traffic problem may be all but solved, but it may take some getting used to. After being up only two days, the new traffic signs on Queen Street have reportedly caused more unhappiness than the town has seen in quite awhile. Within 45 minutes, twenty-three motorists ran the stop signs, and there were four close calls. "It's the worst thing I've seen," said Office John Kotch.
June 19, 1964
Ninety-nine seniors will graduate from Newtown High School in commencement exercises on the school grounds Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. In the event of inclement weather, the exercises will be moved to the Edmond Town Hall at the same hour. The graduation speaker will be Dr Gertrude E. Noyes, dean of Connecticut College in New London. The salutatory will be given by Lee Nute, and following Dr Noyes' address, Barbara Ellis will give the valedictory.
Trees and limbs were felled on power lines by high winds Tuesday, with gusts up to 50 miles an hour. Electric service was knocked out temporarily to more than 500 utility customers. A spokesman for CL&P said the damage occurred in Newtown, Bethel, Brookfield, Danbury, and Ridgefield with trees and limbs ripping down primary wires. In the Berkshire district of Newtown, a tall maple tree was blown down across Route 34, blocking traffic until a state highway department truck dragged it to one side.
A tricky step was attempted by William Foote last weekend when he tried to kick a boulder out of Candlewood Lake while swimming. The results, a broken foot and a limping Foote.
Newtown public schools close this Friday afternoon, the final day at the high school ending at 12:30 pm and at Hawley and Sandy Hook Elementary Schools at 1:15 pm. They will reopen in the fall on Wednesday, September 9.
June 16, 1939
Harold F. Lamb, well-known Hawleyville resident, remains in a critical condition at the Danbury hospital, the result of gun shot wounds received when he was shot by Harry Boughton of Danbury, shortly after 7 o'clock, Tuesday evening. Mr Lamb had Boughton arrested some time ago for stealing eggs from his farm, and when Boughton appeared on Tuesday night and requested a night's lodging, Mr Lamb ordered him off the place, whereupon Boughton seized a shot gun he had previously hidden in the hay mow and fired point-blank at Mr Lamb. Boughton was found in the yards at Hopewell Junction by New York State Troopers. He was held under bail of $10,000 and charged with assault with intent to kill.
The Newtown Country Club softball team opened its season on Sunday afternoon at the club grounds, when Captain "Phil" Strong and his Washington Firemen came to town to hand the locals their initial defeat by the score of 12-5. The club team included several old reliables. "Pete" Lawson scampered around left field until he nose-dived for a hard hit ball that rather deprived him of his wind — after which, he took the game a little easier. "Doc" Desmond also figured in a collision running to first base, and after that, relinquished the pitching honors to Carl Rasmussen.
John Gaffney of Bethel, who has been engaged in masonry repair work at Edmond Town Hall for some little time, was pressed into service on Wednesday morning to install a new rope on the 50-foot flag pole in front of the hall. Climbing to the top of a 40-foot ladder, Mr Gaffney then shinnied himself the remaining ten feet and hung on by his toe nails while he worked the rope through the pulley. It was a bit of a difficult task, well done.
A delegation of local members of the newly organized Charles Howard Peck Sr and Jr Post VFW is planning to attend the three-day State Encampment meeting opening on this Friday in Bridgeport. The annual dinner and frolic will be held on the evening of the first day, and on Saturday afternoon a parade will be held, in which 5,000 are expected to take part.
June 19, 1914
While on an auto ride to Litchfield last Thursday, Selectman Johnson and party saw a fine deer near the Sandy Hook Bridge. It ran ahead of the machine and disappeared in the brush. While driving down the State road, Friday morning, A.E. Brinton and men saw a fine deer near the residence of the late Henry McKeon. It leaped the fences and made fast time across country.
Ground has been broken for the new residence of Town Treasurer, G.W. Carlson, on West Street, on the lot he has bought adjoining the Platt estate. William H. Thicket is the builder.
The annual commencement exercises of the Newtown High School, Wednesday night, brought out an audience which crowded the Town hall to the doors, with every available standing place occupied, and scores who were unable to gain admission. Outside of the graduating exercises, the great event of the evening was the address of Connecticut's beloved governor, Hon Simeon E. Baldwin.
Newtown Curtis, Newtown's peach king, tells a Bee reporter that the prospect for a peach crop is good. Back in February, he thought there would not be a peach, this season, but judging by the present outlook he will have a crop of at least 1,000 bushels. All of which is good news to the lovers of the luscious peach.


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The Rhodes Singers will perform at Louisiana Tech on Thursday.
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RUSTON - Louisiana Tech Choirs will be joining the Rhodes Singers for a joint choral concert Thursday at 7:30 p.m in the Howard Center for Performing Arts.
Admission is free and the public is invited to attend.
The Rhodes Singers is a nationally-noted undergraduate student choir from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn. Directed by William Skoog, the Rhodes Singers was organized in 1937 and soon after started performing an annual national tour. Every three years, they perform internationally. ...