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Among the luxury food shops in Paris, Fauchon is the crème de la crème, so when it turns its attention to design expect a flash of genius.
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Gals on their way to choking away a 18 point lead with 9 minutes left. OT now and looks bad for our gals. Awful turnovers and foul trouble on Moody the last 10 minutes.
I turned the radio off when we were up 17 how did we lose that lead?
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Dude, you are Gameday Rulzzz and could probably post about anything.
Double nut shot tonight
How do you blow a 15 point lead with less than 8 minutes left?
-Be kind. That is something you will never regret. You will never say to yourself when you are old "I wish I was not good to that person".
They must play just like the men's team does, huh? Unreal. I'm just going to go puke my guts out now.
Cyclones lose in OT 78-75 after blowing the 18 point lead. Bad bad loss after holding that big a lead that late in a game. Glad there wasn't a gametime thread on this, it would have made for some ughly postings. Watching the men while listening to the gals did not make for a happy BoxsterCy.
You win some and you lose some.
Wow, that stinks.
We've lost in overtime or double overtime three years in a row down there.
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How do you blow a 15 point lead with less than 8 minutes left?
You have the ref's swallow the whistle and let Gardner and Davis do what they want.
You have a coach take out his starting pointguard to play a true freshman, who turns it over under their pressure.
You stop throwing the ball inside because nothing gets called.
You don't play defense, you sag and let open shooters hit 3's.
You miss free-throws after hitting all of them in the first half.
You play not to win, but not to lose.
You don't have a decent inbounds play with 4 seconds left in regulation, after calling time 2X's.
Essentially, you do everything the opposite of what you did for 32 minutes. It was excrutiating to watch. This thing is on coach. Put the pedal down, put a team away. I don't care about giving people experience. You have to win games like this. Be Baylor and play your starters 'til there is a minute left.
It's really sad. I told somebody with 10 minutes left, that we'd lose that game.
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The refs guild must hate us.
On the questions of how we lost. Moody got her fourth foul with 9 minutes or so left. Kid turned it over a few times and when we didn't turn it over we were apparently lost on offense (I was only radio tuned on this). Moody came back in with three minutes left and immediately turned it over twice and missed a layup after she broke through to the hoop. That's what happened but it doesn't explain why. At the end of regulation I figured we were spent and KU had the mojo which they did in OT. I am in a pretty **** poor mood right know. When we were cruising at 18 ahead I was thinking my 9-9 conference outlook was going to look stupid and pessimistic, maybe not so much.
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It's an interesting stat. Why did Moody have to sit with 4 fouls? Davis and Gardner played through all that time with 4 fouls? I'm sure Moody wouldn't have picked up 5. They didn't. Nor did they have any problems making it through the overtime.
To Kidd's defense, when you say turnover, you can say she was mugged, too. It's too bad more fans couldnt' see the game. It's always so amazing how different these outcomes are when we play at home.
Thanks Sobchakcylone for telling us about it, also Boxster Cy. I decided to go with the sound on the Men's game because I don't get that much out of radio anyway. Tonight was as frustrating a night as I can ever remember in Cyclone basketball. My heart is broken, what else can I say? I imagine the women put out huge effort. It sounds like we didn't get any breaks. Sounds like another night at that ####hole in Kansas.
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Davis sat for several minutes with 4 fouls. Moody was making stupid fouls. And you saw the result of her not being in there and then you saw how bad she could be when she went back in. Imagine how different this might have looked if she had stayed in and picked up her 5th with 7 to play. Probably the same result.
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Dude, way cool texturing on the land...looks painted. Very nice.
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Roughly a year ago I stumbled across the forum here and put up my worldbuilding map project under the "Umbraland" title. However, I didn't develop it any further, and my little pet opus went through about another four names. On a whim at work one day I decided to just temporarily suspend the naming issue and codename it SLUG. It's worked pretty well for me so far.
So over the past couple weeks, I've started to pick up the SLUG project again, trying to mix the antique and worn map style that I started earlier, and combo it with a more vibrant color pallete and suggest a pseudo-satellite/realistic style. I'm approaching that by having the antique elements frame the continent which itself will be of the more realistic style.
We'll see how it works out!
Here's today's WIP - please ignore the lack of rivers and the crappy suggestions of mountains. I got ahead of myself after drooling over Tear's Westros map. If I was smart, I'd go back and place the mountains, make them look good, and then set up the river systems before marching into texturing.
But if I was really smart, I would have been working on my portfolio redesign and emailing some clients for the past three hours - not working on the map!
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Dude, way cool texturing on the land...looks painted. Very nice.
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I could make a suggestion about the borders, especially on the right hand side, it's hard to see some of the numbers and such - maybe a 1 or 2 px stroke that matches the background texture?
Really, it's a darn fine map, I'm very impressed with the land effects! And interesting background as well, if you'd told me this was all scanned in I would have believed it.
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Fair! By the way, i do love the moon phases too
I would say more about the map portion, but i don't think I can expand on what I already complimented on without seeming redundant
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Very nice, my only real suggestion would be to lighten up the rhumb lines, or do no have them show in the lakes/inland seas.
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Spent the better part of the evening working out a new mountain & texture process (lots of layers building on top of each other combined with a gradient map of the typical topographic colors to help me gauge height, basically) and come up with this so far.
I really like the general effect. A whole lot. I'm not exactly pleased with the mountains and parts of the texture themselves, so I'll be going back this weekend to tweak that. Tonight, I just wanted to get the basic process down.
After that, then the rivers!
Very very very cool
Thanks! I think tonight I'm going to work some on the rivers, and then backtrack some and keep tweaking the mountains & topography.


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What a great idea.
I've been mulling city tile ideas. I did 4 city map tiles for Wayfinder 4 - here's an example:
It's pretty, but has some problems. The issues I have with it are:
- The directional light means I can't rotate the tile and still have it look good.
- The square shape and roads around the side mean that a city map will be very gridded
- The buildings are relatively large, so it suggests a literal depiction of a city and you'd need a LOT of these to make a reasonably sized city
That led me to wonder if there was a way to get round these problems. I came up with a hex based sketch:
This has some upsides - and some downsides:
- Non-directional lighting means it can be rotated
- Hexagons mean that you get 6 tiles for the price of 1 with the rotations
- A larger scale per hex means that you'd need fewer tiles for a city, and it doesn't look like it should be taken literally. It's more a sense of urban area than a house by house depiction
- The larger area per hex makes it harder to show individual locations when you need a special area
- Roads coming in on the middle of each side rather than following the sides means that the hexes automatically fit together, and helps to break up the repeating hex structure.
A quick test with just one tile gave this:
I'm pretty pleased with that and I'm going to play with taking this further whenever I have time between other projects. Currently the plan is to create a couple of tiles for a few different types of district:
- Rich - big houses, parks
- Medium - large houses, terraced
- Poor - high density small houses, no big streets
- Warehouses
Then I need to figure out how to include specific features into the map, such as a castle, rivers, docks, city walls, a market and so on. Some should be given markers that just indicate they exist (such as a specific inn). Others should e shown on the map (city walls, docks). I'll resurrect this whenever I come up with new sketches, and any feedback is always good but this won't move quickly as I'm stacked up right now!
There's a bit more discussion of this on my blog here:
What a great idea.
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The main things I was going to suggest are walls/gates/towers and some tiles that are less populated for something like a village or act as the suburbs outside the walls of a keep (edges of the city where things are more spread out as opposed to the tightly-packed downtown area). To that end you might want some of those town-house types where the houses are built adjoined.
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Good idea. I was wondering about how to do city edges. Thanks for that!
Agreed on the less populated hexes for smaller towns and villages.
Overall a great idea and very useful for us end users!
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looking good torstan, much more organic this way
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Great idea Torstan... maybe you should consider doing sewer tiles as well?
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I agree, this holds great promise.
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I've been playing with the idea of a making tiles using a colour "mask" and a heightfiled. After rotating them and pasting them you take the heightfiled layer, duplicate it twice and emboss one copy and run an edge detect on the other. It is a lot of work to make the heightfilelds, but once a "library" were built it would be fairly easy to assemble these (or generate random maps programatically using imagemagic)
Sample tile colour mask:
Sample tile HF (note there is a road as well, it is just a small difference from the background, and maybe I shouldn't have done that.... Even terrain could possibly be added in):
Rotating these tiles gives me this "map" when embossed:
And the edge detect (inverted) for "outlines":
And the final result... emboss layer set to overlay and edge detect layer set to multiply:
The only thing it doesn't create are shadows
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I have been thinking about something similar ever since I saw this fellow's geomorphs (TiltingWindmills). He does a great job of giving the appearance of randomness despite having square tiles. Just creative use of streets and angles, I think.
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Jandreau Sentenced To 45 Years
(Le Mars) -- Plymouth County District Judge Jeff Neary handed down the sentence of 45 years to Matthew Jandreau. Jandreau was found guilty in November of burglary, kidnapping, and attempted sexual assault of an eleven year old female juvenile. Throughout the sentencing, Jandreau sat quietly. When given the opportunity to address the court, Jandreau said he is not a violent person, and that he can't honestly say why he committed the crimes. Jandreau told the court that he wished he could go back to the evening prior to the series of crimes, and just go home, instead of choosing to become intoxicated and committing the crimes. Jandreau said that "nobody cares what I have to say. I just want it to be over. I know, no matter what I say, it won't make a difference and I will go to prison." Judge Neary said he has sentenced people who have committed murder and he said "this comes dangerously close to that because of what could have happened". Neary said before delivering the 45 year sentence that he is doing so to protect the community, and he fears that there is potential for Jandreau to committing these crimes again. The family of the 11 year old female victim attended the sentencing. Jandreau's mother who testified during the trial, did not appear at the sentencing.
Hospers Elementary Schools Placed On Lockdown
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Officers were immediately dispatched and two schools, located in Hospers, were put on lockdown. The two schools were: Spalding Catholic Elementary school (3rd and 4th grade students) and MOC Elementary (K-5th grade students). At 1:44 pm sheriff's officers located the suspect walking near his home in Hospers. He was taken into custody without incident.
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Hospers Woman Sentenced To Drug Court For Meth Possession
(Orange City) -- A Hospers Woman has been ordered to complete drug court program for possessing methamphetamine with a third offense. 40 year old Pauline McDonald of Hospers was sentenced on Monday in Sioux County District Court. She was convicted of possessing methamphetamine on a third offense, a class D felony. The case arose on May 30, 2012 when a concerned citizen contacted the Sioux County Sheriff's Office to express concerns that the defendant was using illegal drugs. Officers responded to McDonald's residence and found methamphetamine and placed McDonald under arrest. Drug court is a special court given responsibility to handle cases involving substance-abusing offenders through comprehensive supervision, drug testing, treatment services and immediate sanctions and incentives. Drug court offers individuals facing criminal charges for drug use and possession the opportunity to enter a substance abuse recovery program in lieu of straight jail or prison time.
Granville Man Sentenced To 5 Years For Burglary
(Orange City) -- Sioux County Attorney Coleman McAllister has announced that John Nelson, age 37 of Granville was sentenced on Monday in Sioux County District Court for the crimes of burglary in the third degree, a class D felony, and theft in the fifth degree, a simple misdemeanor. Nelson was sentenced to serve five years on the burglary charge and 15 days in jail for the theft charge.
Remsen Fire Department Responds To Trailer House Fire
(Remsen) -- The Remsen Fire Department responded to a trailer house fire at the Beck Trailer Court on Monday afternoon. That call came in at about 3:15 p.m. Fire officials were able to quickly get the fire under control within a half hour, but they did make a return trip to the scene in order to help ventilate the house from the fire.
Plymouth County Supervisors Have Full Agenda
(Le Mars) -- The Plymouth County Board of Supervisors have a full agenda for today's meeting. It is expected the county governing board will approve an amendment agreement with the city of Le Mars for the Joint Urban Renewal project. The supervisors will also hear from the Compensation Board as they offer their county employee salary recommendations. The supervisors will hear a report from Dick Sievers of Mid-Sioux Opportunity as he delivers a budget request. County engineer, Tom Rohe will update the county supervisors on the various road projects, and the supervisors will be given an update from John McCurdy of JEO Consultants regarding the County Comprehensive Plan. County Conservation Director Dennis Sohl is also expected to appear before the board.
Historic Preservation Commission Wants To Celebrate Downtown Listing
(Le Mars) -- The Le Mars Historic Preservation Commission wants to throw a party. The local organization wants to celebrate the listing of the Le Mars Downtown Commercial Historic District as it is now part of the National Register of Historic Places. The celebration will occur on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 on the second floor of the Blue Bunny Ice Cream Parlor between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
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To find out which folder is the default save location for a library, see Customize a library.
Yes, you can change a folder's icon from the default image.
Right-click the folder that you want to change, and then click Properties.
In the Properties dialog box, click the Customize tab.
Under Folder icons, click Change Icon, and then do one of the following:
Click an icon from the default list, click OK, and then click OK again.
Click Browse, navigate to an icon file, click Open, click OK, and then click OK again.
Click Browse. In the Icon files list, click All files, navigate to a compatible file (such as a Bitmap file), click Open, click OK, and then click OK again.
To change the folder icon back to its default image, click Restore Defaults, click OK, and then click OK again.
Some options, including the ability to change a folder's icon, are not available when you access a folder through a library.
Menus are hidden by default because the most common menu commands can now be accessed on the toolbar. To display menus, press ALT; or click Organize, point to Layout, and then click Menu bar.
The folder list (also called the folder tree) can be found in the navigation pane (the left pane) of any open folder, under Computer.
If you don't see the navigation pane, click Organize, point to Layout, and then click Navigation pane. For more information, see Working with the navigation pane.
In Windows Vista, a folder window opens at the same size and location on the desktop that it did the last time you closed it, based on the location where the folder is stored. For example, if you resize the Music folder window and then close it, it'll be the same size the next time you open it.
Windows 7 remembers one size and location setting for all your folders and libraries. So each time you open Windows Explorer, it'll open at the same size and location on the desktop that it did the last time you closed it, regardless of which folder or library you open.
The address bar is next to the search box at the top of every open window and displays your current location. Click a location in the address bar to navigate directly to it.
For more information, see Navigate using the address bar.
Here are answers to some common questions about using folders in Windows.
A folder is a container that helps you to organize your files. Every file on your computer is stored in a folder, and folders can also hold other folders.
Different kinds of files call for different kinds of folders. For example, we recommend that you save such files as text files, spreadsheets, and presentations in Documents. There are a number of other special folders, such as Pictures and Music, each of which is intended for the type of file its name suggests. Not only are these folders convenient places to find and organize these types of files, but these folders are optimized for faster searching and organizing.
Yes. The Search folder provides fast access to all of your most common files, such as documents, pictures, music, and e‑mail, in a single view.
You'll find a Search box at the top of every folder. As you type in the Search box, the contents of the folder are immediately filtered to show only those files that match what you typed. The Search box does not automatically search your entire computer, however. It only searches the current folder and any of its subfolders. If the folder view is already filtered (for example, if it is only showing files by a certain author), then the Search box will only search within that limited view.
The Address bar is next to the Search box at the top of every folder and displays your current location. By clicking different locations in the Address bar, you can navigate directly to them.
You can click folders and saved searches in the Navigation pane to change what is displayed in the current folder. The Navigation pane provides access to common folders such as Documents, Pictures, and Searches. You can access additional folders by clicking Folders at the bottom of the Navigation pane. This displays the Folders list, where you can click any folder to navigate directly to it.
The folders in Windows are designed so that you can navigate from folder to folder without having to open a new folder window for each folder. Using the Navigation pane, you can quickly navigate to any folder on your computer. When you click a location in the Navigation pane, the folder contents change to display the contents of whatever location you clicked. You can also open a saved search, which will display files that meet the criteria of that search, even if they are located in different folders throughout your computer.
Menus are hidden by default because the most frequently used menu commands now appear on the new toolbar. Though you might no longer need to use the menus, you can still choose to display them in addition to the new toolbar. For more information, see Show the menus in folders.
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The task pane—which appeared on the side of the folder in previous versions of Windows—has been replaced by the new toolbar at the top of the folder. Many of the tasks that used to appear in the task pane now appear on the toolbar.
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Was wondering if any of you have hunted in either of these units. My son and I have max NR elk points and would appreciate any info on either unit.
Thanks 4Point
Was wondering if any of you have hunted in either of these units. My son and I have max NR elk points and would appreciate any info on either unit.
Thanks 4Point
I have not hunted elk there (22). I've applied there the last couple of years. It is hard to draw out. I was up there in September hunting antelope in area 63. The wildlife department planned on doing a controlled burn in parts of the Ferris Mountains. When I checked my antelope in, the Wildlife biologist said it had caught fire & burnt. It was not controlled it was an actual wildfire. Looked like it did some severe damage to me. I'll probably look at another unit this year.
Thanks for the reply Eberle. I'm new to this website and haven't done much posting on other ones either. Any info. on Elk area 24 or a recommended elk unit for a NR with max points would be appreciated.
Your welcome 4point, I here good things about 30,31 & 32.
Area 22 has some tremendous bulls but is extremely physically demanding. An elk hunt here during September can be phenomenal. The mountain has some decent access but again, be prepared for some very steep and rugged climbing at altitudes over 7000'. This unit has bulls in excess of 375 with a realistic goal of a 330+ bull coming out of the unit. There was a fire during this past late summer however this should make for some great habitat and good feed this coming year. The rifle opener will typically be on or around October 8-10 and some years the bulls are still bugling. If you did apply for this unit I'd also recommend you apply for a deer unit 87 as well to possibly combo hunt this unit if you have the time. Again, this is a VERY physically demanding hunt so be prepared but a very good trophy unit with no bear or wolf issues. You may also want to consider unit 16 if you are looking for a hunt that requires less physical demands but you'll sacrifice some trophy potential and add significant hunting pressure. Good Luck!
Thanks for the info. Have you hunted elk there or know anyone who has hunted there?
I have hunted in area 22 on two different occassions with friends who have drawn this tag. I hunt area 16 every year I can draw a tag. PM me if you would like some more information. Thanks.
Ok thanks for the information.
24 has alot better drawing odds than 22. I would take a 22 tag over 24 but 24 is still a good unit. Do you plan on bow hunting or just rifle or both? You might want to think about applying seperatley (spelling i know) and if you both draw great.....if only one draws both go on the hunt and help out so the next year if you draw you know th area better........just a thought...good luck with your choice and hunt
Are the odds of drawing better if we would apply individually than a group? I think it would a rifle hunt only, we'd like to do both but probably wouldn't have the time.


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A Legal Studies and History double major, Tom completed his internship with the Project in Summer 2011 and is currently pursuing a Master's Degree here at UIS.
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Greatly interested in individual liberty and the abuses of legal systems, Tom appreciates the mission of innocence projects in their work for those ensnared by miscarriages of justice.


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The Science and Nature Program enhances children's understanding and respect for the natural world, as well as teaches the initial skills of scientific inquiry. This innovative program, offering weekday classes during the school year, is designed to educate children ages 3 through 11 and their parents about the wonders of the Museum. Based on the premise that young children attain deeper levels of understanding when significant adults in their lives are involved, the Program requires that each child be accompanied in class by a parent or grandparent.
The staff of experienced science educators works with Museum scientists and specialists to create age-appropriate curricular themes that reflect the Museum's disciplines, including life sciences, earth and planetary sciences, anthropology, and paleontology. The Program's classrooms provide stimulating environments that contain artifacts and specimens from the Museum's collections, live animal habitats, a children's science library, scientific tools, and educational materials for hands-on investigation. These classrooms serve as "base camps" for in-depth studies and guided "safaris" to destinations in the Museum such as the Hall of Biodiversity and the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life. Excursions to special exhibitions, such as The Butterfly Conservatory and The Secret World Inside You, are also part of the Program.
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For many organizations, cloud computing has become an integral part of their everyday business. Many companies are relying on cloud applications for fundamental operations such as CRM and email and are looking to increase utilization of the cloud for other functions. For others, adoption of the cloud along with internal communication about proper protocols for usage has perhaps been slower to evolve or implement.
As recently highlighted in this article in Forbes, it's been widely observed that employees are experiencing the benefits of cloud computing at home and are often times transferring this personal use into the workplace. Popular applications employees are using both places include Gmail, Skype and Dropbox.
Employee Cloud Usage & Security Risks
According to a recent survey, "rogue" employee cloud usage has become an issue because it sometimes lacks organizational awareness or approval - a problem for 70% of respondents. But, the survey also reveals that companies may be "cracking down" on this unauthorized use of cloud applications.
The primary concern for the enterprise is the sensitive business data that may be sent to various cloud services without proper oversight from IT and security departments. To protect a company's privacy and be fully compliant, the IT and security team need to ensure that any and all cloud services used are adherent to corporate guidelines and external regulations.
The survey also shows that the majority of organizations (65%) won't take rash action when learning of improper employee usage and many (48%) will work closely with employees to better manage cloud use.
This is positive news for all parties as employees and management alike would not want to lose the benefits of cloud applications and the organization does not want to overly inhibit productivity or foster employee dissatisfaction.
Accessing Cloud Applications Securely - A Solution for the Enterprise and Its Employees
For the enterprise that wants to safely and securely enable employees to utilize important and productive cloud applications without inhibiting or changing the end-user experience, a Cloud Encryption Gateway is a viable solution. These gateways are built to preserve the end-user experience and functionality while securing sensitive data whether it is at rest, in transit or on the cloud. When implementing this type of solution, security and IT teams can satisfy organizational regulations and procedures while maintaining usability and access for employees. PerspecSys is a leading provider of this sort of solution, and is helping organizations embrace the cloud for mission critical applications in Customer Relationship Management, IT Service Management, Collaboration and more.
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WASHINGTON – If you are worried about your college student finding a safe ride home after a night of partying, there could soon be an app to quell parental fears.
The app is called PASS — the Person Appointed to Stay Sober. It uses Facebook events to connect people who are attending and from there, students can find someone to be their sober driver before they even head out for the night.
A student can also offer to be the sober driver through the app. In return for a safe ride, passengers pay back the driver in gas money. Users can also create a party crowd and take turns acting as the PASS.
The app was created by the Texas Department of Transportation and will be tested this year at three universities across the state. The app can keep track of who owes rides and money.
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Ned Yost media session: July 23
As the Royals prepared to go for their fourth consecutive win, manager Ned Yost updated the media on the injury status of shortstop Alcides Escobar and praised reliever Nate Adcock for his development of a secondary pitch.
Escobar left last night's game in the sixth inning with a shin contusion following a hard slide by Tampa's Sam Fuld. Yost explained that Escobar is fine and will start in tonight's contest.
"He felt better today," Yost said. "He's still a little sore in the shin, but not to where it affects his movements."
The skipper will give Escobar a day off on Sunday, which was already in the plans before last night's injury. For the young shortstop, it will be his second start off (did not start on May 26 at Baltimore, but appeared in the game) in what will be the 101st game of the season.
Yost also commended long reliever Nate Adcock for his development and ability to perform even though he has not gotten a lot of opportunities lately. His Rule 5 right-hander has been working on sharpening his slider since the beginning of spring training.
"His slider at the beginning of the year was basically a cement mixer, one that just kind of spins but doesn't really do much," Yost said. "But now, he's got some depth to it, he's got a little bit of bite to it. He's still working to command it, but he's gotten a lot of swings and misses lately with that slider of his."


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World powers coax Iran into saving nuclear talks
ALMATY, Kazakhstan World powers offered broader concessions than ever to Iran in attempts Wednesday to keep alive diplomatic channels that seek to rein in the Islamic Republic's nuclear program and prevent it from building an atomic weapon.
The offer was hailed by Saeed Jalili, Iran's top official at diplomatic talks in Kazakhstan, who said it represented a "turning point" by world powers to compromise on Tehran's uranium enrichment program after years of delicate negotiations that nearly dissolved last June.
The proposal allows Iran to keep a limited amount of highly enriched uranium - but not make any more - stops short of demanding the full shutdown of an underground nuclear facility, and offers to remove some trade sanctions that have hurt Iran's economy.
Still, a senior U.S. official said, crippling sanctions on Iran's oil and financial industries would remain in place as negotiations continue. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive talks more candidly.
The latest offer marked a small but significant shift from earlier, harder-line proposals that prompted Iran to dig in its heels amid fears that an arms race in neighboring states could sow yet more instability in the already turbulent Mideast. Israel has repeatedly hinted its readiness to strike Iranian nuclear facilities - a military venture the United States likely would be dragged into.
The new offer also is expected to force Iran to respond with a reasonable plan of its own - or be seen as a recalcitrant negotiator unwilling to compromise.
The proposal "was more realistic than before and had tried to get closer to the Iranian viewpoint in some cases," Jalili told reporters at the end of two days of negotiations in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty. "We consider this positive - although there is a long distance to reach the suitable point."
British Foreign Minister William Hague called the talks "useful" and said the new proposal aimed "to build confidence on both sides and move negotiations forward."
"I look forward to further progress," Hague said in a statement.
Iran maintains it has the right under international law to enrich uranium to 20 percent - a level that can quickly be elevated into use for nuclear warheads. Tehran claims it needs that level of enriched uranium for reactor fuel and medical isotopes, and has signaled it does not intend to stop. U.N. nuclear inspectors last week confirmed Iran has begun a major upgrade of its program at the country's main uranium enrichment site.
Iran also insists, as a starting point, that world powers must recognize the republic's right to enrich uranium, and Jalili repeated Wednesday that Tehran must be able to enrich to 20 percent.
"Whatever we need, we will of course pursue that - whether it is 5 percent or 20 percent," Jalili said. "It is important to us to have the 20 percent."
However, that remains a red line to negotiators from the world powers - the United States, China, Russia, Britain, France and Germany - who put their continued demand that Iran end any uranium enrichment that nears or reaches 20 percent at the heart of the new offer.
The senior U.S. official said Iran would be required to restrict its current stockpile of 20 percent enriched uranium but, in a new development, would be allowed to keep enough to fuel a research reactor in Tehran. Also, Iran would have to suspend operations at its underground nuclear facility at Fordo - and make it difficult to restart it quickly - but would no longer be required to fully shut it down.


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2. Duplicate your ocean layer - hide your original so you can go back to it over and over quickly if things don't go the way you like with this step. I am going to do three passes of different filters, first I hit it with reticulation (foreground color is the ocean color, background color is white) set to very small values (density 2, foreground level 2, background level 5) then I immediately go to edit > fade and fade the reticulation effect to 10%. Next filter is add noise set to 8-9%, then immediately fade that effect to 15-20%. Last effect is median set to 2 pixels. What I end up with is a somewhat watercolor looking ocean. -for some added thrill you can play with the liquify filter and paint in some currents and turbulent type looks but make sure you fade effect on that as well when you are done otherwise it will look too obvious, remember to try to look painterly and a clear use of some tools in photoshop will break that illusion quickly. Layering up of slight effects goes a lot further. Here is what I ended up with:
Addendum: There is actually infinite+1 ways to do this step, this is just a quick method that I have come up with that I am happy with for getting a watercolor look. One other method that I will mention is to duplicate your water layer, apply a find edges filter to it, then change that layer to multiply and lower the opacity. This almost gives a lighting effect look to things but its can be very controllable and quick. Additionally you can add a ripple effect to this multiply layer for added watery look.


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St. Louis, MO (KSDK) - Our special on bullying makes us all wonder how the epidemic will ever come to an end. But two students in the Parkway School District are working hard toward that goal.
"We counted in a day how many times we saw bullying. And we lost count at like 53. And the thing is, we knew at that point, that we needed to stop it," said Northeast Middle School eighth-grader Joey Goldman.
That's all it took for Joey Goldman and Meghan Mudd to start, what they hope will be, a revolution.
"We realized bullying doesn't just happen at Northeast but it happens at all schools. So we decided that we are going to start a club," Goldman said.
"We're going to teach them bullying and what it is and how to not be a bystander," Mudd said.
Their club, named Zero Conflict, started with a slogan.
"Stop it before it starts. Because that's what we need to do," Goldman said.
Though bullying is no joke, Joey and Meghan aren't afraid to have a sense of humor.
"My people made this, cause I have people," he said.
In addition to a logo for the anti-bullying club, they had some t-shirts made.
"We have a guy for everything. T-shirts, anything you can think of. I've got my connections," Goldman said.
Joey and Meghan have done their homework on bullying and know exactly who should be in their club.
"There are four people in a bullying situation. The victim, the bully, the bystander and the ally. We want all four in our group," said Goldman.
Mudd added, "People are afraid to make a change because they are afraid they will be the only one standing up. So, if we can stand up then more people will be standing up along with us."
Now that they think they have a way to put the brake on the "B" word, it's getting an "A" from educators. These young minds have caught the attention of those ready to change old ways.
"We have a bunch of different school districts who have come to us and said we want to hear about this. And they were fighting about who gets to hear about it first," said Meghan. Joey added, "But you know what, Parkway comes first."
Joey and Meghan always seem to be looking at the road ahead. Joey said, "I mean me and Meghan we're going up to the high school. We're not going to be here next year. But we want to leave something behind, our legacy."
And already, the affects of their club, Zero Conflict, have multiplied.
There are now about 500 students involved in 20 anti-bullying clubs in St. Louis area schools. It's all thanks to Joey and Meghan.


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Sinkhole at house in Arizona: Sinkhole greets family moving into Tombstone
SIERRA VISTA, AZ - Members of a family moving from Dexter, Mo., to Tombstone, Ariz. say they aren't concerned by a new sinkhole in the backyard of a home they're purchasing in the historic mining community.
A tow truck's winch was used to extract the family's truck from the sinkhole after its left front tire sank when the ground collapsed under the weight of the vehicle Friday evening.
According to the Sierra Vista Herald, Michael and Mary Berrryman and their son Mikey all said they find the sinkhole an interesting part of Tombstone's history.
There's a network of underground mine tunnels underneath Tombstone, and town archivist Nancy Sosa says three mines connect near the new sinkhole.
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Ford to Add, Retain 12,000 Jobs With New UAW Agreement
The automaker plans to insource manufacturing work from Mexico, Japan and China. The 12,000 new or retained jobs include 5,000 previously announced positions, Ford said.
Ford Motor Co. said it will add or retain 12,000 U.S. jobs as part of $16 billion in planned investments under its new labor agreement with the United Auto Workers.
The automaker and UAW reached a tentative accord Oct. 4 covering wages and benefits for 41,000 workers.
The automaker plans to insource manufacturing work from Mexico, Japan and China. The 12,000 new or retained jobs include 5,000 previously announced positions, Ford said.
"This agreement ensures that the members will benefit now that the company is doing well," said Jimmy Settles, head of the UAW's bargaining at Ford in a statement. "UAW members sacrificed when the company was struggling and now will share in Ford's prosperity."
Analysts expect the Ford agreement to be similar to an earlier deal with General Motors.
It's unclear if and how much Ford sweetened economic terms to win ratification from restless Ford workers.
Ford entered the talks aiming to reduce its labor costs, which are the highest in the industry, and gain more parity with GM and Chrysler Group.
The Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Michigan, estimates Ford's hourly labor costs—wages and benefits—averaged $58 in 2010, compared with $56 at GM and $49 at Chrysler.
Kristen Dziczek, director of labor and industry studies at the institute, said Ford's labor costs are higher because of bigger profit-sharing payouts in recent years. Ford also clocked fewer hours worked in 2010 because several assembly plants were down for model changeovers and retooling, though workers still collect a portion of pay and benefits based on seniority and length of temporary layoff.
Ford also has far fewer workers than GM or Chrysler that earn lower, entry-level wages compared to veteran UAW employees.
"Not only does Ford have fewer entry-level workers, they pay them more," said Dziczek, referring to 2009 concessions that permitted GM and Chrysler to freeze Tier 2 wages.
GM agreed to raise wages for entry-level workers under a new pact that was ratified this week by a 2-to-1 margin.
Veteran UAW members earn about $28 an hour, excluding benefits, while newly hired workers earn $14 to $16 an hour. Under GM's new pact, Tier 2 workers will earn up to $19.28 an hour by 2013.
Ford also sought greater flexibility to deploy skilled trade workers. In addition, Ford hoped to rein in future health care costs and minimize catastrophic insurance payouts by encouraging more screening and early detection.
The union is using the 2011 negotiations to reverse steep job losses at Detroit's automakers and recover concessions valued at $7,000 to $30,000 per worker since the 2007 contract.
Ford's UAW ranks have dropped 61 percent from a recent peak of 102,462 in 2000 to about 41,000 today. The decrease in hourly workers has allowed Ford to cut its hourly payroll costs 57 percent from $6.7 billion in 2000 to $2.9 billion last year.
With the GM deal, the union traded generous wages and benefits for new jobs, employment security and gains in compensation that will be tied closer to profits and the health of the company.
The union says GM will retain or create at least 6,400 jobs over the next four years under the contract.
GM also agreed to provide a $5,000 signing bonus, a $1,000 lump sum payment in each of the last three years of the deal, and raise wages for entry-level workers.
The GM deal also includes an enhanced profit-sharing plan.
Based on GM's profits so far in 2011, the union says workers will receive at least $11,500 in guaranteed economic benefits under the pact. If annual quality targets are achieved, the figure could climb to $12,500. It could also increase based on GM's future profits in North America.
Under the GM pact, 10 percent of hourly profit-sharing payouts will be withheld and contributed to a health care trust that covers UAW hourly retirees. The contributions must still be approved by regulators.
GM said the deal will raise its annual labor costs by $215 million—or about 1 percent annually—the smallest increase in four decades when the 2007 and 2009 accords are excluded.
GM will see the biggest savings from a freeze on hourly pension benefits, elimination of free legal services, a voluntary buyout program for skilled trades workers, and greater use of lower-paid workers. Those savings will be offset by a higher ratification bonus and lump sum payments to cover inflation, and an increase in Tier 2 wages, profit sharing payouts and layoff provisions, GM told Wall Street analysts this week.
The union—facing perhaps the most delicate talks with Ford—planned to focus on the No. 2 automaker last. But when talks with Chrysler hit a roadblock following the GM settlement, the union turned its attention to Ford.
The Ford negotiations proved tricky for a number of reasons.
After posting combined losses of $30 billion from 2006 through 2008, Ford swung to a profit of $2.7 billion in 2009 and $6.6 billion last year. That's the primary reason Ford workers have high expectations UAW leaders delivered a pact that is more generous than the GM deal. While accepting some concessions in early 2009 as Detroit's 3 automakers teetered, Ford workers—overruling UAW leaders—rejected a second round of givebacks negotiated and secured later that year by GM and Chrysler as part of their government-backed bankruptcies.
Those concessions included the freeze on Tier 2 wages, greater leeway to use skilled trade workers and a no-strike clause and binding arbitration in the event union and management reach an impasse over economic matters through 2015.
The union also has a grievance pending against Ford that claims the automaker failed to treat hourly and salaried workers equally when it reinstated merit raises, tuition assistance and 401(k) matches to white-collar employees.
Ford's tuition assistance program for salaried employees was reinstated on March 1, 2010, and the company's match for salaried 401(k) plans resumed on Jan. 1, 2010.
Merit pay increases were awarded to eligible salaried employees in 2010 and 2008, Ford spokeswoman Marcey Evans said.
The union has also been openly critical of Ford CEO Alan Mulally's 2010 compensation.
Ford awarded Mulally compensation for last year of $26.5 million, generating resentment among many Ford workers. And UAW President Bob King has called the payout "morally wrong."
Philip Nussel of Automotive News contributed to this report.
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