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DETROIT — Nothing is stopping them. Not even the Triple Crown winner at the plate with the bases loaded.
Armed and accelerating, the San Francisco Giants became the first team to throw consecutive World Series shutouts in nearly a half-century, blanking Miguel Cabrera and the Detroit Tigers, 2-0, on a chilly Saturday night for a commanding 3-0 lead.
No team has blown such a huge margin in the World Series. And with the way Ryan Vogelsong, Tim Lincecum and the Giants are pitching, it seemed unlikely the Tigers would even score a run, yet alone win a game.
Gregor Blanco hit an RBI triple and trotted home on Brandon Crawford's single in the second inning, and that was ample offense for the Giants. Timely hits, combined with another dominant effort on the mound and sharp defense, put them close to their second title in three years.
After playing a nearly perfect Game 3, the Giants will turn to Mr. Perfect Game himself — Matt Cain — to try for a sweep Sunday against Max Scherzer.
At this rate, it appeared only a bailout by the San Francisco staff could help the Motor City. Nothing seems to be stopping the Giants — not a switch to an AL park, not cold weather, not playing in front of a crowd ready to rock.
Vogelsong, a former Pirate whose path to the World Series took a detour to Japan, improved to 3-0 with a 1.09 ERA in four starts this postseason. He induced two early double plays, then faced his stiffest test in the fifth.
The bases were loaded with one out when Vogelsong fanned rookie Quintin Berry. That brought up Cabrera, honored before the game with an actual blue-and-gold crown for his Triple Crown accomplishments.
With the fans chanting "M-V-P!" and likely sensing the Series was riding on this at-bat, Vogelsong seemed calm. He won the matchup, getting an easy popup that prompted Cabrera to slam his bat to the ground.
Lincecum took over with two outs in the sixth, and the two-time reliever looked as if he had been coming out of the bullpen his whole life and shut down the Tigers. Closer Sergio Romo finished off the combined five-hitter with his second save of the Series.
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- Vaccine procurement account under development
- Draft immunization law complete
- Advocacy network being conceptualized
Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI)
The Congolese EPI is in the Family Health Department, Ministry of Health.
Government Spending on Immunization
Over the period 2006-2013, the country's Gross National Income increased from US$1,210 to US$2,660 per capita, a 120 percent increase. According to the WHO/UNICEF Joint Reporting Form (JRF), the Congolese government spent $3 on routine immunization per surviving infant in 2006. By 2013, this figure had risen to $10, a 233 percent increase. While increasing in absolute terms, the government share of total routine immunization expenditures dropped from 26 percent to 24 percent from 2006-2013. Caveats: Reporting for JRF Indicator 6500 is complete but remains inconsistent across the other JRF financial indicators. The data suggest that Congo has progressed towards country ownership of its immunization program.
Click to download Congos 2006-2013 Reported Government Expenditures on Routine Immunization updated 09/2014
Vaccination Financing Mechanism
In October 2014, the MOH began developing guidelines for a "Special Appropriation Account", which will be used for vaccine procurement and will be subsidized by an airline tax.
Tracking Expenditure Flows
The EPI completed the SIF Budget Process tool in August 2013.
Legislation for Sustainability
Title I, Article 34 of the 1992 Constitution states: "The State is the guarantor of public health. Every citizen has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and his family, including food, clothing, housing, medical care and necessary social services. The right to create private social and health institutions is guaranteed. Social and health institutions are subject to approval by the State and governed by law."
In May 2012, the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) in partnership with the WHO issued an advocacy memo to the Congolese president, urging him to support the development of Congo's immunization law. The government began drafting the law the following June. In October, law drafters streamlined provisions from the Latin American & Caribbean model law into the draft law. The draft law was completed that same month.
The drafters incorporated amendments recommended by African peers in a legislative peer review workshop in November 2012.
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- October 2014: Senior Program Officer participates in the Gavi Graduation Assessment in Congo.
- April 2014: Senior Program Officer participates in the Rota Virus Launch event, hosted by the Health Minister.
- May 2013: Senior Program Officer and peer exchangers from DRC and Congo participate in Gavi survey of Central African annual situation reports.
- November 2012: Senior Program Officers from Cameroon and DRC co-organize the SIF francophone Africa legislative peer review. Government officials from Cameroon, Mali, Senegal, DRC, Congo-Brazzaville, and Madagascar participated.
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Hunter-gatherer lifeways continue in the Eastern Woodlands, where peoples of the Adena culture build earthworks at floodplain locations along the Ohio River valley, and develop complex communal ceremonies. Burial customs are elaborated: grave goods include luxury materials and personal ornaments as well as tools. In the Southwest, while population mobility is still a factor, shallow pithouses are constructed. Pottery use is initiated. The Arctic peoples around the Bering Strait develop a successful marine hunting technology, probably based on Asiatic traditions, for the capture of sea mammals. Objects associated with hunting and burial are carefully made and decorated, implying ritual significance.
ca. 800 B.C. Adena peoples erect earthworks and mounds in present-day Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
ca. 500 B.C. The Old Bering Sea culture, heavily dependent on sea resources, begins to coalesce around the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia.
ca. 200 B.C. Archaic cultures wane in the Southwest; plain brown pottery is in use.
ca. 100 B.C. Walrus ivory is carved into Okvik figures, other ornaments, and implements on the St. Lawrence and Punuk islands in the Bering Strait; semi-subterranean houses are built.
ca. 1 A.D. Caches including duck decoys made of tule reed are placed in Lovelock Cave, Nevada.
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For a few moments this evening, an outdoor gathering on Philadelphia's Independence Mall conjured images of a 2016 presidential debate stage, with the most closely watched members of the nation's two political dynasties — each viewed by their opposing parties as promising potential candidates for the White House — sharing a stage.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the former senator, 2008 Democratic primary rival of President Barack Obama and wife of former President Bill Clinton, was at the National Constitution Center to receive the Liberty Medal for her advocacy of women and girls worldwide. The center's chairman, Jeb Bush, the Republican former Florida governor who is the second son of former President George H. W. Bush and brother of former President George W. Bush, was there to bestow the award.
With a nonpartisan civic educational organization as their host, politics wasn't on the evening's agenda for either one of them. Still Clinton, who hasn't said whether she will make a second presidential run, is the Democrats' best known and most popular potential 2016 candidate. And Bush has flirted openly with a bid.
"Secretary Clinton is out of office. So am I — I'm not sure what people will expect to happen here tonight," Bush quipped. "Hillary and I come from different political parties, and we disagree about a few things, but we do agree on the wisdom of the American people — especially those in Iowa and New Hampshire and South Carolina," he added as Clinton applauded and laughed from her seat.
Jeb on Hillary: "we disagree about lots of things but we do agree on the wisdom of the American ppl esp those in IA & NH & SC" #LibertyMedal
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Clinton herself, keenly aware of the attention on her political ambitions and being careful not to step on Obama's primetime address about an hour afterward on Syria, also eschewed 2016 humor in her 16-minute speech.
"Jeb and I are not just renewing an American tradition of bipartisanship, we're keeping up a family tradition as well," she said, noting that Bill Clinton and the elder former President Bush, who shared the Liberty Medal seven years ago, have formed a friendship that has made them what she called the "classic odd couple of American politics."
"We also share something that is far more important than any of our political differences," Clinton said of her possible future rival. "We both love this country, and we believe in the wisdom of our founders and the Constitution."
A McClatchy-Marist Poll conducted in July found Clinton defeating Bush in a hypothetical general-election matchup, Clinton drawing support from 48 percent compared with Bush's 40 percent. She was also by far her party's favored nominee, with backing from 63 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, while Bush was backed by just 10 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents.
It didn't take long for the tribute to Clinton to morph into a politically tinged pep rally. University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann said she and many others were looking forward to the "first woman president of the United States," turning to look meaningfully at Clinton.
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter followed up with his own prediction. "I fully expect that she will break another barrier in four years, and she will be the first first lady to walk back into the White House in her own right as president of the United States America," Nutter said. "And I assume that she'll take President Clinton along with her."
As Clinton delivered her remarks, and Obama prepared to address the nation about Syria from the White House protesters could be heard in the far distance near the Liberty Bell, chanting slogans including "Hands off Syria!" — a different kind of reminder for Clinton of the challenges she might face as a presidential candidate.


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Susan M. Bilibei, also known as "Atsuko," of Dededo, died March 19 at age 82.
Mass is being offered at 7 p.m. daily through March 27 at Santa Barbara Catholic Church.
Last respects may be paid from 9 to 10:30 a.m. March 29 at Our Lady of Peace Chapel in Barrigada. Interment will follow at Our Lady of Peace Memorial Gardens in Windward Hills, Yona.


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JOHNY HODGES ADA-Services for Johny Monroe Hodges, 70, of Ada, are 11:00 a.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church, Dr. Pat Kilby and Rev. Harold Ware will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Thursday at Criswell Funeral Home. Mr. Hodges died Tuesday, February 26, 2013 in Ada. He was born November 6, 1942 in Calera, Oklahoma to Ernest L. and Oneita Sweeney Hodges. He and his family moved to Allen when he was a child. He graduated from Allen High School and East Central University. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree. He married Jovan Broughton on August 24, 1963. Mr. Hodges was a pharmacist at Bryan's Drug, later known as McCortney's Drug and later at Dr's. Park Pharmacy. He later was owner of several car washes in Ada, and with his brothers, owned and operated car washes in Oklahoma City, Norman, Ardmore and Durant. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Ada and had also served in the U. S. Army Reserves. Survivors include his wife, Jovan Hodges, of the home; two daughters, Sheri Jovan Buckley and her husband David of Chicago, IL, and Judy Hise and her husband Frank of Allen, TX; a brother, Rickie Hodges of Ardmore; sister-in-law, Pat Hodges of Norman; and his grandchildren, Samantha, Tripp, and Rachel Hise, and Carmen and Teagan Buckley. He was preceded in death by his parents, and three brothers, Eldon Hodges, Ozon Hodges and Jim Bob Hodges. Bearers will be Ed Anderson, Ken Johnson, Larry Hill, Don Hutchings, Jim Herndon, Hank Walbrick, Bill Walden and Neal Cody. Honorary bearers will be the members of "The Little Game". The family says those who wish may make memorials to the Building Fund of the First Baptist Church, 521 S. Broadway, Ada, OK 74820. Obituaries may be viewed and online condolences sent to criswellfh.com.
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Nerds really dig former "Good Doctor" Matt Smith. There is just a sheepish likability to him that is hard to deny. So the news today that he will be joining the new Terminator trilogy is a pretty big deal. All we know so far is that he will be joining the new Terminator trilogy for a small part in the first film, but a significantly more important role in the second and third films. Wait, we are getting three new Terminator movies? And Doctor Who is in them? My nerd mind is imploding right now.
As of right now, the cast for this reboot is amazing, especially for fans of TV. Heck, we have Khaleesi playing Sarah Connor. That, alone, will bring in many heads. Add to that Doctor Who, and Ah-Nuld from the original and you have a reboot that (GASP) actually sounds like it could work. Can I go out on a limb and say I think that Matt Smith will be playing a Terminator? I mean, just look at that face. His features already look like plastic peach skin pulled over a robotic skeleton. So if we find him in that role at one point in these three films, do not be surprised at all.
Seriously. I don't usually get excited about reboots (especially when something has already been rebooted once and failed) but I am pretty sure I am on board with this one. Doctor Who and Khaleesi? Come on, what TV nerd wont be at this movie when it comes out?
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Gibsonburg resident and Gibsonburg Tree Commission member Becky Lauer has become a graduate of the Ohio Division of Forestry Tree Commission Academy.
Lauer was recognized Wednesday at a ceremony in Port Clinton for her completion of the formal training provided by the Division of Forestry. The Tree Commission Academy is designed to train and educate community volunteers about the management of their resources involving urban forestry along the community streets, within parks and on public grounds. The Department of Natural Resources and the Ohio Division of Forestry stresses the importance of urban forests being managed by dedicated and knowledgeable members so communities can enjoy and sustain the benefits of trees.
Scrapbook session
There will be a scrapbooking extravaganza open to the public Friday and Saturday at St Michael's Parish Hall. The scrapbooking will begin at 5 p.m. Friday. Saturday will go from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. The cost to attend is $10 and covers both days of the event.
The sponsors of the fundraiser are the nurses and aids of Serenity Lane, which is the new Alzheimer's wing at Windsor Lane Care Center. The proceeds will go toward an electric fireplace for the wing. On Saturday, participants can purchase a lunch of soup and sandwich, dessert and bottled water for $5. During the dinner hour, there will be a taco bar available for $5. Questions should be directed to Deb Able at 419-680-5015.
Food collection
Kate and Al's Bar and Grill is sponsoring a "fill the trailer with food" collection again this holiday season.
Everyone is invited to place canned goods and non-perishable food items in the trailer that is set out in front of the bar on Main Street. The donated food will go to the Gibsonburg Ministerial Food Pantry and its emergency fund. The food will help fill the Thanksgiving baskets to be distributed to local families in need.
Renown musician Johnny Rodriquez will perform at Kate and Al's from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday with a cover charge of a canned good to go toward the cause.
Leaf bags available
Village residents are reminded that leaf bags are available to them at the town hall from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. The bags filled with leaves only can be placed at the curbside for pick up or can be brought to the town compost pile. Residents are reminded not to rake the leaves into the streets.
Feather Party
The Feather Party sponsored by the Gibsonburg American Legion is Nov. 23 at the Legion hall, Main Street.
The date that appeared in last week's column was incorrect. The public is invited to this event that will offer bingo prizes of turkeys, hams and chickens. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the games will begin at 7 p.m. There will be drawings and a raffle for cash prizes.


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I think you're actually making my point for me. After an unending string of losses or nonvictories up until the Gettysburg Campaign (I use that reference to include Brandy Station), the Union seized the momentum and never let go. Sure, there were bumps and burps along the way, but the general Union offensive, beginning with the Overland Campaign, was relentless afterwards. I agree that all your points are valid — I can't debate you over those, hence, my view that Gettysburg really did change everything for the Union, which didn't experience those things prior to the Gettysburg Campaign.
I don't think Meade could mount a serious pursuit of Lee immediately after Gettysburg, having been beaten up pretty badly himself. Plus, I think Lee was able to establish a strong defense along the Wiliamsport-Falling Waters line. Unlike Lee, however, Meade ultimately had unlimited resources from which to draw men and material. After Gettysburg, Lee was forced to become a superior defensive tactician, which manifested itself in the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna River and Cold Harbor. But each of those battles eventually resulted in Lee withdrawing closer to Richmond. You can argue that Lee never won after Gettysburg.
CF, nice use of Vicksburg to tie in with Gettysburg, by the way. When I originally posted the premise of this thread, I was thinking in terms of one specific battle. My gaff. In the immortal words of Curly Howard, 'Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.' (How come I can quote the Three Stooges and not Shakespeare?)
But since both victories came in tandem, it's difficult to say which was more important. What if the Union had won at Vicksburg, but lost at Gettysburg? Would Vicksburg alone still have brought an earlier end to the war? Very doubtful, even though it splits the Confederacy in half. The Union must regroup and figure out what to do next. Complicating the issue is the New York draft riots, a serious distraction just a few weeks after Gettysburg. By contrast, I think a Gettysburg victory and a defeat at Vicksburg still maintains the Union momentum.
It's why I don't go to the Civil War Institute at Vicksburg.
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July 11, 1997
In re: Mark F. Sommer/Revenue Cabinet
Open Records Decision
This is an appeal from the Revenue Cabinet's denial of Mark F.
Sommer's request to inspect "all documents and writings
which support an assertion by Revenue Cabinet employees . . .
that Jeff Tafel, an employee of Vencor, Inc., stated during a
recently-completed Revenue Cabinet sales and use tax compliance
audit that software acquired by Vencor, Inc. from APACHE, Inc.
was 'as canned as can be.'" The question presented in this
appeal is whether the Cabinet properly relied on KRS 61.878(1)(i)
in denying Mr. Sommer's request. For the reasons which follow, we
conclude that the Cabinet's reliance on the cited exception was
misplaced, and that it therefore violated the Open Records Act in
denying Mr. Sommer's request.
KRS 61.878(1)(i) excludes from the mandatory disclosure
provisions of the Open Records Act:
Preliminary drafts, notes,
correspondence with private individuals other than correspondence
which is intended to give notice of final action of a public
From this exception "we must
conclude that with respect to certain records, the General
Assembly has determined that the public's right to know is
subservient to . . . the need for government
confidentiality." Beckham v Board of Education of
Jefferson County, Ky., 873 S.W.2d 575, 578 (1994).
In an early opinion, this office
analyzed KRS 61.878(1)(i), then codified as KRS 61.878(1)(g),
Not every paper in the office of a public agency is a public
record subject to public inspection. Many papers are simply work
papers which are exempted because they are preliminary drafts and
notes. KRS 61.878(1)(g) [now (i)]. Yellow pads can be filled with
outlines, notes, drafts and doodlings which are unceremoniously
thrown in the wastebasket or which may in certain cases be kept
in a desk drawer for future reference. Such preliminary drafts
and notes and preliminary memoranda are part of the tools which a
public employee or officer uses in hammering out official action
within the function of his office. They are expressly exempted by
the Open Records Law and may be destroyed or kept at will and are
not subject to public inspection.
OAG 78-626, p. 2. We relied on this opinion in 93-ORD-9 to
affirm the City of Louisville's denial of a request to inspect a
handwritten note which appeared on an invoice. At page 4 of that
decision, we held:
We have examined the unredacted record and conclude that Mr.
Lukins properly characterized the redacted portion as a
preliminary note or recommendation. In it, one employee proposes
a change in policy to another employee. Nothing in the note could
be construed to be final action of the City, nor does it appear
to have been approved or incorporated into final action of the
City. We therefore concur with Mr. Lukins in his view that the
redacted record falls squarely within the parameters of KRS
61.878(1)(h) and (i). The City properly redacted that portion of
the invoice containing a handwritten note in which a new policy
was proposed.
See also, OAG 78-816; OAG 83-338.
Nevertheless, "once such notes . . . are adopted by the [public agency] as part of its action, the preliminary characterization is lost, as is the exempt status." Kentucky State Board of Medical Licensure v Courier-Journal and Louisville Times Co., Ky. App., 663 S.W.2d 953, 956 (1983); see also City of Louisville v Courier-Journal and Louisville Times Company, Ky. App., 637 S.W.2d 658, 659 (1982) (holding that if the agency "adopts . . . notes . . . as part of [its] final action, clearly the preliminary characterization is lost to that extent") and University of Kentucky v Courier-Journal, Ky., 830 S.W.2d 373, 378 (1992) (holding that "investigative materials that were once preliminary in nature lose their exempt status once they are adopted by the agency as part of its action"). Thus, "those documents defined in Subsection [(i)] which become a part of the records adopted by the [agency] as the basis of its final action, become releasable as public records. . . ." Board of Medical Licensure at 956.
It is the opinion of this office that the note supporting an
assertion made by Revenue Cabinet employees that Vencor employee
Jeff Tafel stated during a sales and use tax compliance audit
that software acquired by Vencor from Apache, Inc., was "as
canned as canned can be" was adopted by the Cabinet as the
basis of its final decision to tax the software, and thus
forfeited its preliminary characterization. At page three of the
Agents' Narrative Report, the following statement appears:
The purchases of software from Apache Software are being taxed because they are canned software. In discussions with the taxpayer's systems engineer, Mr. Jeff Tafel, he stated that the software purchased from Apache was "as canned as canned can be."
Our review of the disputed record, conducted pursuant to KRS
61.880(2)(c), confirms this fact. Clearly, the Cabinet relied on
Mr. Tafel's statement, which is memorialized in that record, as
the basis for its final action. Compare 93-ORD-9, p. 4 (holding
that "nothing in the note could be construed to be final
action of the [agency], nor does it appear to have been approved
or incorporated into final action of the [agency]").
Accordingly, we find that the Cabinet erred in withholding the
relevant portion of the disputed record.
Our review of that record discloses additional comments which
appear to be unrelated to Mr. Tafel's statement and the decision
to tax the software. Pursuant to KRS 61.878(4), the Cabinet may
separate any excepted materials in the record for which it can
articulate a statutory basis for denial and make the nonexcepted
notes of Mr. Tafel's statements available for examination.
A party aggrieved by this decision may
appeal it by initiating action in the appropriate circuit court
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KC Simmons (left) and his dad, Chris Simmons, with striped bass they caught recently with Captain Steve Purul on the 'Reel Fantasea.' These were among the 80 fish their group caught and released.
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I felt like I had been hit in the stomach with a baseball bat last week when I learned the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce would no longer be organizing and running the Long Beach Island Surf Fishing Classic.
According to its website, the chamber has "had to focus much of its efforts on meeting the demands of the post storm environment." The statement continues, "After thorough discussion and careful consideration, the Board has made the difficult decision to discontinue its role in organizing and running the annual LBI Surf Fishing Classic."
Last year's storm-shortened tournament was the 58th annual event. I still have my buttons from the beginning when I fished with my dad. I remember coming home on the school bus and passing by the chamber office and checking the tally board for the leaders in the contest. I just cannot believe this outstanding event might be over.
I realize running the tournament has put a tremendous strain on chamber resources and especially Michelle Cuff, who has done such an outstanding job over the years. I just question the wisdom of the chamber abruptly making this move when Long Beach Island is trying to show the world that we were not beaten by Hurricane Sandy and will be back in business this summer.
I would much rather have seen a plea put out to the public for help in putting on the tournament, not just quitting it.
At this point, it is hoped that area businesses, clubs, and individuals will step up and keep the tournament going. I have already communicated with quite a few anglers who plan to see what they can do. It would be such a shame to let this event fall apart.
The chamber also said it is developing a plan to return pro-rated 2012 registration fees to the anglers. They are considering sending letters to the anglers with the option to either return the unused portion of their fee or donate it to a Sandy relief fund. They will be returning donated cash prizes to the donors.
To read the complete statement regarding the Classic on the chamber's website, go to http://www.lbift.com
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Andy Tonnesen at Tony's Bait and Tackle in Manahawkin reports that he has heard of a few winter flounder being caught, but not many anglers are trying.
A few white perch are starting to show up in the backwaters of Beach Haven West. Andy says the action for perch is much better down in the Mullica River and Graveling Point areas.
Andy adds the striper bite in the warm waters of the power plant in Waretown is still very good; there just aren't many keepers. Bloodworms will produce higher numbers of fish, but he likes the action of small white bucktails tipped with a grub tail or pearl-colored swim shad bait.
Those fantastic fishing reports continue to come in from Captain Steve Purul of Reel Fantasea Fishing Charters. He reports another great week of catch-and-release light tackle striper action with a total of 300 catch-and-release stripers in March.
Steve notes his forays into winter flounder action have also been successful, providing his anglers some fresh fish dinners. With the weather warming, he feels the action should improve with resident fish waking up and migrating fish starting to arrive.
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Learn that how to make and use a crystal pendulum dowsing for healing, predicting and for divination purposes.
Pendulum dowsing is a great art rather than a pure science. It let you predict and feel about something in which you feel difficulty. Pendulum is also use in various daily life fields. The true history of pendulum was start from China and Japan where intelligent people used pendulum to find the gender in eggs, mostly for hen eggs. Later this technique equipped with various methodologies and now it is vastly used in the field of future predictions and for healing methods. In Homeopathy pendulum dowsing is a great art in which a Homeopath determined the exact disease and the remedy potency of his patient.
How to make a crystal pendulum: Wrap an oval shaped crystal or glass in a length of flexible wire, place a small handle at the top of the oval. Then attach one end of the rope or flexible wire at the end of the loop and your pendulum is ready. Don't forget to charge your pendulum by a salty bath or through a sun bath.
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Just as they have the right to voice their opinions and be heard, the Iowa men and women who spend years in the field growing your food also hope you will hear their stories, and let common sense prevail.
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Activities included craft-making for children, reciting a prayer, eating a light dinner, singing carols and listening to the Christmas Story, presented by veteran storyteller Esther Cowdrick, Waynesboro.
Each invited child received a gift from under the Christmas tree, and each invited family took home extra wrapped presents, fresh fruit and vegetables, three bags of groceries and a frozen turkey.
The food and gifts were collected in November at the church's 30th annual Festival of Praise. During the collection date, church members took bags of groceries to a platform, where they removed names of children from a Christmas tree. Clothing and toy gifts were purchased for each child whose name was hung from the tree.
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High on Fibre
For our tests of midrange switches, three vendors sent us products that met our specifications. QLogic Corp.'s SANbox 2 and Brocade Communications Sytems' SilkWorm 3800 have 16 ports each; McData Corp.'s Sphereon 4500 is a 24-port unit.
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Performance testing, a key part of our review because of the importance of the traffic the switches carry, gave us a wild ride. Nervous vendors ushered their switches into Network Computing's Green Bay, Wis., Real-World Labs® like parents taking their children to kindergarten for the first time. We conducted full-mesh testing, in which every port sends frames to every other port; frame-loss testing; and several latency tests, including full-mesh, standard industry latency and our own latency-under-load test. Only the frame-loss tests came out exactly as expected: None of the switches dropped a single frame, even when we accidentally misconfigured a test.
None of these products can be characterized as a bad performer; however, results did vary. QLogic's SANbox 2 showed consistent numbers across the board. But Brocade SilkWorm 3800 gave us some squirrelly test results. At 100 percent load on the full-mesh latency test, for example, the Brocade switch's latency ranged from seven to 85 times that of the second-place competitor. Brocade attributed this anomaly to the SilkWorm 3800's extra buffering algorithms, which threw the results off because our test measures buffer latency only. (Brocade also does not have a single integrated circuit, which the McData and QLogic products have, nor is its buffer RAM integrated on the IC.)
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Fight Night 2004 Review
Posted 09 April 2004 - 08:09 PM
Fight Night 2004 is yet another title from the EA sports range and is a replacement for the Knockout King series, which was fairly successful and was one of the better boxing games out there.
The main difference with this game is the new innovative control system, think of it as the same kind of evolution that the golf games IE Tiger Woods, Links went through with the thumbstick swing method.
Let me explain how it works before i describe the main game features. You basically use your left thumbstick to move your fighter around the ring and use the right thumbstick to throw punches dependant on how its moved. For example if you tap it up and to the left or right you will perform jabs. Move it to the left and then up with result in a left hook and vice versa. Move it down and then in a upwards motion will result in the relevant upper cuts!
Your left trigger is used for ducking/weaving when held and combined with left thumbstick and the right trigger is used for blocking/defense. when held down and used with the right thumbstick you can block high, low and either left or right to defend any kind of attack and even launch your own counter punches to annoy them button mashers!
The rest of the buttons are used for taunts, a special punch and illegal moves like low blows, headbutts etc, however too many of these will end up in point deductions and eventually DQ.
Thats it, well how does it play? In one word FANTASTIC! it doesnt take too long to get to grips with and the control you have other your boxer is great and beats any other boxing title hands down. You can string together combos with ease and before long you will get used to the timing of blocking and countering. In many other boxing games you tend to button mash a bit and can pull of wins with relative ease. Not in this game! You have the usual energy meter with a power meter underneath so as you throw punches this meter will go down fast depending on how powerful the punch was, so before long you will find your self retreating so you can build your strength back up and get back in there. This means most fights you have are really about tactics. There is a great deal of variety in the way some of the CPU boxers fight so simply just piling in there will result in your getting your ass kicked straight away.
Onto the rest of the game. Lots of licensed boxers are available for selection from the various weight divisions, with names including Lennox Lewis, Roy Jones Jr, Evander Holyfield, Shane Moseley, Antonio Barrera to name a fraction along with Legends like Muhammed Ali, Joe Frazier, Roberto Duran, Sugar Ray Robinson. All are captured pretty well and look the part and reproduce some of the trademark swaggers and ring antics in the game!
The game modes consist of the Exhibition and Career Mode, exhibition as you will know consists of picking any boxer from the various weight divisions and getting it on either 1 or 2 players. Want to have Lennox take on Antonio Barrera, well here you can. All the basic options can be tweaked like no 3 knockdown rule etc.
All fairly straight forward so now on with the career mode.
This is the bread and butter of the game. You can pick any 'real boxer' ie roy jones and start a career with them with basic attributes and advance through the appropriate weight division or you can Create your own boxer.
You create everything from the eyes, face, hair, body weight, physique, tone etc much like you can in some WWF games and then move onto Trunks, shoes, gumshield colour, tattoes, ring music and entourage to name some.
This is quite a good section and you should be able to create a boxer that looks something like yaself, my only complaint was the lack of hairstyles, dont get me wrong there is a lot but i felt there could have been more.
Once your set you start ranked 50th and 20 years of age ( age im not 100% on)
You then go about organising a fight from a small selection of boxers in various arenas, these are normally ranked a few spaces higher than you and you can view there record and attributes to see if you fancy your chances, the higher the rank or greater the venue with reward you with higher prize money which in turn can be used to buy new kit IE trunks, gloves, ring music as well as unlock other items like different taunts and speciality punches. Again the list is excellent and there is a great number of items to spend your cash on.
Before each fight you get the chance to train your boxer, much like some training in Rocky you can autotrain or manual train and can range from sparring, combo training, punchbag etc, how many upgrade you points you earn is dependant on how well you score in the training with a time limit. You can then increase your power, stamina, agility, Heart and Cut resistance among others to get your boxer tougher and more of a challenger for when you move up the ranks.
As you progress through the ranks your ultimate goal is to get a title shot and then become unified champion and defending your title. Now im not well into the game but apparently you retire from the game when your 40 yrs of age. This i feel is the only complaint with career mode as it would have been fun to carry on trying to fight and see your attributes lower with age etc, Imagine replicating george foremans feat and gaining the world title in your late forties etc.
After a few fights you get a end of year report with awards for best knockout, least hit fighter and others. Again this is a good break from the action and a nice little addition.
Thats the main parts of the game. There are other features but again these are common with other EA titles like the Bio and tutorials.
What do i think of it?
Great the fights are action packed and the graphics and animation look great, theres slow motion replays to relive them crunching knockdowns. You can punch people as there falling to make them hit the canvas harder. The fighters use the rag doll physics as in max payne 2 so they look very realistic when hurt there legs will buckle, cuts and bruises appear on the face, streams of blood fly from the face when re-opening that cut. These are all displayed in more details at the end of the round when you can view stats and receive a pep talk from your trainers.
Another interesting change is when you hit the canvas. Instead of button mashing to get up you get a blurred vision of the referee standing over you and you have to get him in focus by moving the left and right thumbsticks before he counts to 10.
This is tricky at first but soon comes easier with practise. The more your knocked down will result in the vision being more blurred and tougher to focus.
The fights are a treat, there speech from your corner dependant on how the fight is going and when you start a rally the crowd will erupt with excitement and it really does get you on the edge of your seat when you are unloading on someone and you can see the legs going but theres only 10 secs left of the round.
AI is another feature i like, say the CPU gets told to unleash more or to be more cautious he will do just that. Say if hes been beaten badly in a round, once the 10 sec indicator sounds he might go mad and start to fight back and it can lead to frenetic finishes more often than not.
Difficulty level is spot on, quite tough at the start but once the controls are mastered it becomes easier.
If your into boxing then you can really do no wrong with this. Its easily the best fighter available at the moment and is a worthy purchase, damn PS2 owners can play online as well which i bet is great.
Id give it 9.2 out of 10
This is my 1st review so apologies if it seems a bit patchy.
Hope it has helped in peoples decisions in whether to buy or not.
Any other questions about the game that i may not have mentioned then please post away and ask and i will answer as best i can.
Have Fun!
Posted 10 April 2004 - 11:35 PM
Its a very good game and although I only got it yesterday it now ranks up at the very top of my xbox games.
It took a little over 20 minutes to get used to the control system and now it seems the obvious way .
Easily the most enjoyable boxing game I have ever played if you are a boxing fan go get it .
Posted 11 April 2004 - 10:14 AM
Posted 12 April 2004 - 12:46 PM
Posted 13 April 2004 - 05:04 AM
Trust me you dont get the full benefit if you doont use the total punch control, without its just another knockout kings!
Its not that hard to get to grips with, I lost my 1st 10 fights or so on career mode whilst getting the hang of it and before long you will have combos, ducking and weaving and countering down to a tee!
Finally challenged Sugar Ray Robinson last night for the middle weight title and knocked him out in the 15th rd. Classic Encounter and im at the age of 37 now so only a few years left so time to defend it a few times.
had a classic trilogy of battles with Bernard Hopkins, went to decision all 3 times, him winning 2 and me 1.
Sigh what a game.
Posted 13 April 2004 - 09:19 PM
Posted 16 April 2004 - 07:27 AM
I've never seen a boxing game that you can get knocked out by a single hard punch in the first round. this does happen in real life. You still have to knock all the energy bar down before they fall which is unrealistic. you should be able to catch them with a clean knockout blow no matter how much energy they have. I feel this would be a nice realistic feature.
some of the combinations of puched i've landed would put someone in hospital for a very long time, but still they get up on the count of 7 or 8!!
Great game but we need more realism!
anyone else agree?
Posted 22 April 2004 - 12:03 PM
Very good game, the AI is not perfect but everything is is spot on.
Posted 22 April 2004 - 08:09 PM
|I've never seen a boxing game that you can get knocked out by a single hard punch in the first round. this does happen in real life. You still have to knock all the energy bar down before they fall which is unrealistic. you should be able to catch them with a clean knockout blow no matter how much energy they have. I feel this would be a nice realistic feature.
I've seen several one punch knockdowns in the first round w/the health bar very high. In fact, I've seen people dropped w/the first punch in the first round.
The total punch control with the analog stick is ok, but I use controller configuration #4. You still have total punch control, but use the buttons instead. Punch combinations can be thrown much quicker that way.
Posted 22 April 2004 - 09:54 PM
Posted 29 April 2004 - 03:25 AM
Why is there a hip hop thugged out announcer? Out of place to me.
Posted 29 April 2004 - 10:08 AM
Config 4 seems to get better results for me the buttons to puch and right pad to block and the LEFT pad moves the fighter in a better way too ...
Posted 29 April 2004 - 11:58 AM
Posted 24 May 2004 - 11:05 AM
I also think the controls (which I like) are a little unresponsive. Nothing major, but certainly not as quick as the last Knockout Kings game. (Both on analog and normal button options).
The graphics are pretty average too. Have the ever seen a real fight? Who did the motion capture? Some of the punches thrown are more like pushes and other looks very unrealistic. Again the crowds are average at best. There is the odd frame rate drop too, which is pathetic for a game with two characters in the screen.
More camera's and camera options needed too. They are ok but there's no perfect camera available.
Then we have the manual training. Decent enough inclusion, but it's stupid to see it end with a big 'game over' text over the screen. Thoughtless.
Good game yes, but some of the stuff is plain junk. And EA know this too. They have no competition in the boxing genre so have no motivation to make anything more than an above average game.
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Oracle Team USA - 34th America's Cup, America's Cup World Series Newport 2012, Free training Day 4
Bob Fisher, one of the world's top international yachting journalists, and certainly the top writer on the America's Cup, is in Newport, RI, USA for the sixth round of the America's Cup World Series.
Bob is a multihuller from way back, having competed for Britain in the Little America's Cup and has been covering the America's Cup since 1967.
He writes:
Dear Diary – Day minus 3 - America's Cup World Series - Newport, RI, USA
While the attention should be on the completion of the 2011/2012 AC-45 World Series, much of the talk is of the AC-72s. It runs from the AC hierarchy right through to the sailors and the topics are wide and various, from whether the size of the boats will produce too heavy demands on the crews to the way in which the boats themselves are designed and structured. Even at an Oracle Team USA press conference, the question of the 72s took up almost half the available time.
In a separate interview with Russell Coutts, he admitted that the heavy loadings of these catamarans that would constantly exceed 30 knots would be more than a handful for the 11-man crews and when asked if perhaps he hadn't taken a step too far, he could only shrug his shoulders in a gesture of uncertainty. ACRM chief, Iain Murray, revealed that the teams that had paid their entry fee for the Louis Vuitton Cup, together with the defender, were still in discussions regarding the length of the courses. He said the downwind legs of three miles could only take six minutes and that would include setting the masthead asymmetric and furling it to round the leeward mark.
Then the matter of hydrofoils reared its ugly head. Oracle Team USA has been trialling on of its AC-45s with L-shaped daggerboards and T-foiled rudders in San Francisco with some success. It also has a backlog of experience gained in the development of USA-17, the 90-foot waterline catamaran that won the 33rd America's Cup. Whether other teams have similarly experimented is not known, but all the AC-72 design teams will have been evaluating the theories. Those theories are certain to be transformed into practicality.
The biggest concern of most teams is the short time they are allowed to sail their AC-72s. From July 1st to January 31st next year, each team will be allowed only 30 days sailing with their first AC-72. Dirk Kramers, the Oracle Team's chief engineer, admitted: 'The 72s will throw it all in peoples' faces and 30 days is not very much.' He added: 'The next 13 months will prove very interesting.'
Taking a more pragmatic approach in Newport, Jimmy Spithill said that obtaining as much experience of racing catamarans was of paramount importance 'whether is in the 45s or A-cats, it all counts.' He added that when considering the upcoming regatta: 'anyone can win this one; it's all about consistency.' And of whether the four-point lead his team has over Emirates Team New Zealand being enough, he commented: 'It could be very close.'


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The countryside is not as empty as you think
The countryside is transforming into something new, writes Rory Olcayto
A year ago, in the OMA-designed Maggie's Centre at Gartnavel Hospital, I pressed Rem Koolhaas to discuss the wider townscape around us: Glasgow. What were his thoughts on this strange northern city? Did he like the grid? The proto-skyscrapers? The tenement housing? But he wasn't interested in talking about Glasgow. Or any other city. 'I am now writing about the countryside,' he said.
'The countryside is changing more radically than our cities,' he added. 'Millions have moved to cities from the countryside. But what do they leave behind? They have left behind a weird territory for genetic experimentation, intermittent immigration and vast property transactions. It's truly amazing when you look closely.' It was one of those moments as a journalist when you know your subject has said something genuinely interesting and new.
A few months later, Koolhaas gave a lecture on the subject in Amsterdam telling his audience: 'Architecture books bombard us with statistics confirming the ubiquity of the urban condition, while the symmetrical question is ignored.' It's true. Over the past decade, and partly inspired by OMA's own books and projects hatched in the '90s, data-led Urbanism has mesmerised architects. Yet few have chosen to investigate conditions beyond the city limits, the 98 per cent of land out there.
Popular books on cities, often with smug, hubristic titles, have also proliferated. Books like last year'sTriumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier by Edward Glaeser. Smart guy. Interesting thesis. Yet hardly a new one. 50 per cent of mankind may live in cities - but that means more than three billion don't. The countryside is not as empty as you think: and what are they doing there anyway?
This is the question Koolhaas is asking in his new - unfinished, untitled - book on the subject. In the meantime, Biannual Berlin-based magazine 032c has published an essay by Koolhaas on the subject, and some research pages - Holland Strip Search, a Google Maps-inspired study of the countryside.
It wasn't Holland, however, that inspired Koolhaas to turn his back on cities, but Switzerland and its Alpine villages. In a recent interview for the Smithsonian. com he recalls his trips there. 'We came here with a certain regularity and I began to recognise certain patterns. The people had changed; the cows in the meadows looked different. And I realised, we've worked on the subject a lot over the years, but we've never connected the dots. It has sort of been sublimated.'
A Swiss village in the Engadin valley is a major focus for his research. It is typical of villages throughout Europe. It is being hollowed out, ancestral residents moving away, new ones moving in, contracting but growing too. Heritage rules mean original building forms are maintained but facilitate conversion into luxury second homes. Writing for 032c, Koolhaas wittily notes, 'if you look between their curtains, you see the typical contemporary style of consumption: Minimalism, but with an exceptional amount of cushions, as if to accommodate an invisible pain.'
Koolhaas points out that of those living in the countryside, two billion do not work in agriculture and those that do are just like you and me: '[The farmer] works on a laptop, and can work anywhere.' Robots milk the cows. Old agricultural buildings now house yoga classes, solar panel vendors, museums. 'While the city becomes more itself,' he writes, 'the countryside is transforming into something new.'
It would be a great theme for the next Venice Biennale.
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Interesting to hear that Koolhaas is pondering the rural condition, and he is ceryainly not alone - though the idea of hoardes of uban architects suddenly turing their attention to the countryside gives me a bit of a chill. I suspect many urbanites do regard the countryside as somehow 'natural', even empty, as you suggest. The British countryside is a complicated place where many different agendas are played out. A serious exploration of these is certainly overdue; maybe you're right about the Biennale. In the meantime anyone interested in thinking about this some more might enjoy my blog www.ruralise.co.uk...
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When an e-catalogue site hides its products.
Last June, at the Chicago Conversion Conference, I spent an hour doing live landing page reviews for attendees. Generally speaking, in just five to 10 minutes I can usually identify several key barriers to conversion that, if fixed, could substantially alter the bottom-line revenue for a company. Months after the review I often hear from participants who have made strong conversion gains based on something they learned during the live review session.
But here's a spoiler alert: this story does not have a happy ending. I recently noticed that one of the sites I reviewed back in June, Magnet Street, has not changed a single thing about its site. Magnet Street is an online stationary company, and its site is essentially a catalogue for its product. I consult with a lot of e-commerce pros about how to squeeze more revenue out of their sites, and the problems that the Magnet Street site displayed are very common. Here are the main points:
The Purpose-Driven Website
The first thing I ask volunteers when I review their websites is, "What is the purpose of your landing page?" You probably know by now that a website without a purpose is a website doomed to failure. However, it can't be just any purpose. A common mistake is to assume that the site owner's or marketer's goals are the same as that of end-users. They are not, although there should be an intersection.
In the case of Magnet Street, its users' goal is to buy some sort of unique stationery design on which they can personalize a message, and the company's goal is (presumably) to generate revenue selling stationery. So consider this: when I started the Magnet Street review, I asked the audience for a show of hands if they thought this was an online catalogue site, and only 10 percent of the hands went up. That's because Magnet Street's home page doesn't even attempt to show visitors the range of stationery products that the site offers. The only way visitors can get a glimpse of what products are offered is by sitting through the rotating banner of promotional messages and hoping that the product category that they are looking for is one of those in rotation. The user's goal is not easily met, because it isn't clear from the onset that the company offers anything more than magnets and calendars. And if our audience is any indication, 90 percent of Magnet Street's visitors are missing the point of the site, completely unable to complete their goal.
The Rules of Web Awareness
I know these big rotating banners are a design trend right now, but if you've ever shopped online and encountered them, you'll know what I mean when I say they're causing usability problems. I've previously written a post on my beef about image carousels/rotating banners. The Magnet Street site affirms what I've been warning folks about rotating banners: that they are a source of frustration for users and get in the way of your visitors' attempt to make a purchase.
Imagine, for instance, that you were looking for a unique business card and landed on the Magnet Street home page. Can you easily find what you are looking for? I doubt it. You'd probably initially get distracted by those big, moving pictures, and then scan the page for the word "business card" or an image of it. If you're persistent enough to read the tiny text on the left-hand navigation, you might eventually find what you're looking for. Unfortunately, with 72.7 million results on the search term "custom business card," most users will simply click the back button and move on to another site if they don't immediately find what they're looking for on yours.
Thinking is expensive and the brain is, by nature, lazy. It doesn't want to have to figure out how your website is organized...it simply decides in a fraction of a second to stay or go. So the lesson here is this: if visitors can't find something quickly, or if they experience any delay in goal achievement on your website, they will bounce away to the next site until they find a desirable set of simple and obvious choices.
As a parting note, I am keenly aware that digital marketers often encounter organizational friction when trying to implement conversion-related strategies. And yes, I know how difficult it is to find any fault in a website or landing page you had a hand in creating. But, especially for an e-commerce or catalogue site, letting internal obstacles like these get in the way of better usability can be the difference between profit and loss. In a competitive market, even a little user friction can cost a company hundreds of thousands in lost revenue.
Tim Ash is CEO of SiteTuners.com, a landing page optimization firm that offers conversion consulting, full-service guaranteed-improvement tests, and software tools to improve conversion rates. SiteTuners' AttentionWizard.com visual attention prediction tool can be used on a landing page screenshot or mock-up to quickly identify major conversion issues. He has worked with Google, Facebook, American Express, CBS, Sony Music, Universal Studios, Verizon Wireless, Texas Instruments, and Coach.
Tim is a highly-regarded presenter at SES, eMetrics, PPC Summit, Affiliate Summit, PubCon, Affiliate Conference, and LeadsCon. He is the chairperson of ConversionConference.com, the first conference focused on improving online conversions. A columnist for several publications including ClickZ, he's host of the weekly Landing Page Optimization show and podcast on WebmasterRadio.fm. His columns can be found in the Search Engine Watch archive.
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Thirty-one years ago, a group of cat-lovers in Gettysburg got together to create a club that would celebrate all things feline.
The name, just as any cat club's name has to be, would be fitting for the location of the Gettysburg residents - a playful spin off the word confederacy - the Catfederacy Cat Club.
Dorie Eckhardt, a founding member of the club, said that the club put on 14 shows through the 1980s and '90s, but the costs got too expensive to do any more shows.
But just three years ago, the club members worked to raise funds to continue the shows, and now they're back for their third year.
This Saturday and Sunday, Gettysburg's Catfederacy Cat Club will put on a cat show with an estimated 100 cats entered into the competition.
The cats will be separated into four different categories: kittens, household cats, purebred and "altered" cats that have been spayed or neutered. The judges, who are being brought in from all over the country, will pick the top 10 cats for each of the four categories.
If you stop by the show, you will see more than 52 different breeds of cats, all considered among the top of their breeds in the country. Or, you can take a look at the venders selling a variety of cat-related products, including cat toys, food, art, stationery, jewelry and more.
"The best thing about this show is just that it's a time where a group of people who love cats get together and enjoy each others' company," Eckhardt said.
Eckhardt, who has been raising her own Maine Coon and Egyptian Mau cats for years now, said there is just something about cats that draws her in.
"If I had to describe it, I would just say that, especially with the Maine Coon cat, they're just so people-oriented, friendly and lovable," the Gettysburg resident said. "And some of the cats, like the Egyptian Maus, are so exotic and beautiful looking. You just can't help but admire them."
Coming out to the shows where you see only the best of a breed is something
Eckhardt said she can't get enough of. While some of the cats may be shy and hesitant around the crowds, there are some cats who just soak up the attention and really take center stage.
Such was the case of Frosty, a big white Maine Coon, was one of the highest scoring in his category last year.
"We had spectators come from all over just to see Frosty," Eckhardt said. "He just loved all the attention and really impressed everyone with his showmanship."
"He helped us pay our bills," she added with a chuckle.
Eckhardt said Frosty impressed the crowds with his flawless, snow-white coat texture and perfect frame and build. He was perfect by every standard of his breed - people just couldn't take their eyes off him.
This year, Eckhardt said she's sure there will be cats just like Frosty that will impress the crowds.
"I just encourage everyone to come out and see for themselves how special these cats are," Eckhardt said. "It's a fun event the whole family can enjoy."
- Jenna Welsh,
FlipSide staff
If you go
What: Catfederacy Cat Club show
When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 24 and Sunday, March 25
Where: Lincoln Elementary School Gym, 98 Lefever St., Gettysburg.
Cost: $3 for adults, $2 for students, and $1 for children 5 years old and younger.


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Fujitsu's iMac-like F/A50
Fujitsu has announced a new desktop system, the F/A50. The computer represents part of an increasing trend in the PC world, in which low-cost PCs by the likes of Gateway and Dell have attempted to reproduce the all-in-one design of Apple's famous iMac. Similarities in this case are extremely close, as the A50 features an identically-proportioned case, rear-mounted ports, and glowing indicator lights buried under plastic. The display is smaller however, measuring 16 inches, which limits it to 1366x768 resolution.
Inside the system uses a 2.1GHz Core 2 Duo and a 250GB hard drive, with graphics supplied by an integrated X3100 chipset. Wireless technologies include Bluetooth and 802.11b/g; 2GB of RAM is installed by default, but this can be expanded to 4GB. Ports include five USB connections, an SD slot and a PC Card slot. The A50 goes on sale in Japan May 17th, and should be priced at approximately 180,000 yen ($1,752).


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