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This week is the first week of our new online format for the Enterprise. Obviously, here at the newspaper office we're pretty proud of the product we put out each week, and we want you to read it (or at least look at the pictures, like most of you do).
We are now limiting the content we put on our website. But (never fear!) we are also giving you some options.
If you like to read your paper online, consider our e-Edition. It's a complete copy of the newspaper—all the articles, photos and ads on every single page, just like the print edition. And now it's new and improved—and uploaded on Wednesdays—so you can easily read it on your iPhone, iPad, desktop computer, etc.
And it's only the price of a local subscription. (Unless you already have a subscription, then we'll throw in a deal for you.)
But for you old schoolers like me, you still like the feeling of the paper between your fingers, the smell of a freshly printed newspaper and the occasional black ink smears from the newsprint all over your hands. We're proud to say we've put out a print edition for the last 113 years, and we're not going to stop now!
That's why a few years ago we started our Enterprise Flies Around the World feature. Sure, you could take your mobile device anywhere and read the newspaper, but we wanted to see how far the print edition of the Enterprise could go.
Turns out news really does travel fast around here!
Since our first Around the World in January 2010, we've had 127 features published in the newspaper, with dedicated newspaper readers showcasing their travel destinations by taking photos with the Enterprise and sharing their travel tips and tricks.
We have traveled outside the U.S. to 31 different countries, and in America we've been to 25 states plus Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico.
And those are just the ones featured in photos, not to mention where the Enterprise has gone during airport layovers, road trips and cruises.
We've been to almost all the continents (If you're headed to Antarctica any time soon, let us know!), and we've hit all four corners of the United States.
Mexico was the most popular foreign country with four features, followed by Germany, Italy and Canada with three each.
Our beautiful state of Colorado won the U.S. competition with 17, while California was not far behind with 14.
The Enterprise has seen the Great Wall of China, London's Big Ben, the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, the Statue of Liberty, the Amazon River, the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, Stonehenge in England, the Eiffel Tower in France, Victoria Falls in Zambia and the Matterhorn in Switzerland.
In the past three and a half years, we've climbed a mountain in Norway, floated down the canal in Venice, toured castles in Ireland and Spain, visited Greek ruins, explored the land down under, fished in Canada, worked the corn fields of Nebraska and sailed in South America.
With the sunblock and walking shoes along for the ride, we've learned the best places to eat, the best places to stay and the best places to sightsee.
A big thank you—gracias, merci, takk, danke—to all of our loyal Enterprise readers. We've been around the world and back and can't wait to see where we go next!
Holyoke Enterprise August 15, 2013


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This morning, I found a problem with my Zimbra installation that had appeared since a recent server upgrade that turned out to actually be a fixable bug with an open entry in Bugzilla.
So, I went ahead and made up a patch and submitted it with some comments about the bug, not knowing that Zimbra developers are unable to accept patches without the submitter having signed a contributor agreement. It turns out that Zimbra developers may not even be allowed to LOOK at these patches unless the submitter has a signed agreement.
I understand that the CA is a necessary legal device for Zimbra and its customers. It's Zimbra's responsibility to ensure that the code it distributes is legally distributable, and I can't hold a grudge against anyone for simply being responsible.
However, I think it's also incumbent upon Zimbra to warn people about the legal requirements when submitting a bug or attachment, right there in Bugzilla, before submitters waste their time creating patches that developers aren't allowed to look at, hence wasting the developers' valuable time as well.
Anyway, no hard feelings. It turns out that submitting a patch is a good way to get a developer to look at a bug, even if they're not allowed to use the patch in the end.
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After moving from Onslow County a year ago, I more or less lost interest in the local governmental entities and their ongoing struggles with personnel issues, budgets, public opinion, etc.
My interest or rather paramount to that was my total shock and disbelief when I read online that the Onslow County Board of Education had voted to contact a former superintendent to fill an interim vacancy that will be created by the current superintendent�s retirement in August.
I can�t imagine how any group of elected leaders could possibly lack the sound judgment to allow them to follow through with such a ridiculous decision. Do these board members, many of whom have been on the board for multiple terms, not recall that the former superintendent cost the board thousands of dollars in litigation to defend him against a wrongful termination lawsuit brought by a former employee; and that the former employee won the suit?
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Sacha Baron Cohen's dictator Admiral General Aladeen claims he is Prince Harry's father
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Sacha Baron Cohen's character Admiral General Aladeen got some shopping done at Harrods before the premiere of his film The Dictator in London, and then made some shocking revelations.
The general was driven up the red carpet at London's Royal Festival Hall standing in an orange Lamborghini, with a clamp on one wheel and the back seat full of Harrods carrier bags, on the back of a tow truck.
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In 2011, the river was the site of Georgia's largest fish kill. An estimated 38,000 fish died downstream from the King America Finishing textile factory. State regulators determined the factored operated a flame retardant line without a water discharge permit.
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ATLANTA -- Atlanta City Councilwoman Cleta Winslow (District 4) was arrested Tuesday night on DUI charges in southwest Atlanta.
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concept: When God created the Ouroborosite to clean up the debris of time and space, He had no idea that the harmless creatures would rather eat everything in their paths. God's solutionthe Ouroborosite would complete the circle and devour itself, for infinity (∞). The pain of hunger and ingestion is unbearable, but God, being cruel and just, gave the Ouroborosite arms to squeeze its tail good and tight, thereby robbing it of feeling while it force feeds in hopes of sating the undeniable hunger.
concept: Salorvian Walking Tree
A creature that uses photosythesis to create fruit which feeds it.
concept: The Cactopus
Sometimes referred to as the taxonomists nightmare, the cactopus is remarkable in that it is the only sentient organism known to utilize photosynthesis. Its physiology is a seamless blend of plant and animal cell structures - it has a fully developed nervous system but no digestive tract; keen eyesight and an impressive capacity for learning, yet it reproduces through pollenation. As such, its evolutionary origins have baffled biologists for centuries. Cactopi thrive in even the harshest deserts of Astronia, where they spend much of their lives half-buried and anchored into the sand in a dormant state, living off the suns rays and what little moisture they can absorb from the desert air. In this state they are practically indistinguishable from the numerous barrel cacti that are common to the areas they inhabit. They typically move only when their immediate area becomes too cloudy or dry, but have also been known to deliver a surprisingly vicious attack when disturbed. At a glance, the cactopus may appear to be a direct descendent of the octopus, but despite the uncanny anatomical similarities to the ocean-dwelling cephalopod from which it draws its name, no ancestral connection has yet been found; it is possible that the resemblance is merely an astounding coincidence.
Some ancient legends tell of a creature known as the Kraktus, a gargantuan cactopus that, according to myth, could wipe out a whole caravan with the swipe of a tentacle. However, archeaologists have yet to find any reliable evidence that such a monster does or ever did exist.
concept: Canooot ( Ka ' Newt )
The Canooot is an amphibian approximately 20 inches in length with the tail included. They live in small ponds and swamps usually where underwater vegetation is available such as seaweeds wet leaves and other similar food sources. The Canooot has air filled sacs that it uses in order to store food which can be used when it moves to a new location and food may be scarce. While the food builds up in the sacs it begins to break down and special nutrients are filtered out so that the less useful portions of the vegetation can be discarded so that more room may be made available to the necessary elements. These air sacs are connected to large tube-like pores that protrude from the back and when the Canooot feels that its stock is completely necessary it will produce small portions encased in bubbles which it then swallows.
Spending most of its time on the bottom of the ponds, the Canooot has adapted its body to blend with its surroundings by mimicking weed and vegetations and burying half of its body. They are extremely quick using their 6 webbed limbs and large flat tail to thrust its body through the water.
concept: The Decay Flute subsists on insects, but with its awkward, slow moving body, it has developed a revolting way of obtaining them. The Decay Flute emits the scent of decaying meat from its six feeding orifices, which attracts various carrion-eating animals. When one of these scavengers gets too close, the Decay Flute aims one of its lower bulbs at the creature and launches a long spine coated in a quick-acting paralyzing toxin. The Flute then enters a semi-dormant stage while it regrows a new spine. Meanwhile, flies land on the carcass of the scavenger and begin to multiply. By the time the Flute reawakens, the new crop of flies is ready to be harvested, and the Flute snatches them from the carcass and the air with its eighteen whiplike extensile tongues.
concept: Caelaenia ecelestia
The caelaenia is an asexual breeder capable of producing up to 80 offspring though their menstration cycle can take up to 70 earth years to complete due to its very slow metabolic rate.
The caelaenia tend to live in desolate and uninhabited places far from preditation where it can sit and contemplate its intrinsically solitary nature, both in mind and body. It cannot breed with another to increase its gene pool, it cannot eat that which it destroys and it cannot escape the fact that in the end it must feed and the only thing that feeds its body and soul is its own hate-made cancer.
This hateful thinking leads to an imbalance and build up of chemicals within the abdomen of the caelaenia which are highly mutatious and cause a cancerous growth to form within the abdomen that, once large enough, the caelaenia begins to feed on and prune into a sustainable growth. This pruning limits the metastasis, dysplasia and hyperplasia to the abdomen and several extended pseudopoian tentacles that act as gills for the cancerous growth which allows it to take in nutrients that feed the tumor and extend its growth.
The caelaenia then begins its main feeding pattern upon the excess cell growth that forms over time within the descented, bulging mass of it's abdomen. Not a happy life but then again if it were happy it would soon die of starvation.
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concept: Slyavi Gardeners
Despite their feral appearance, these creatures are herbivores. Living on the grassy planes of the Slyavi world, they grow their own food source. They travel to the forest regions in search of the Dgan Seeds, and then plant their own little gardens back in their own grassy territories. Dgan Seeds are hard to find, and when not in season, there are very few of them. This leads to heavy competition between the Gardeners, as they will try to steal the seeds and plants from each other. The Slyavi Gardeners use their three, fully independantly mobile eyes to constantly keep custody of their crops from being stolen, or from the plants being eaten by other wild animals. Their claws are their natural weapon and when sighting another Gardener in their territory they are likely to attack each other and attempt to claw each other's eyes out.
concept: Navel Lint Gremlin
Hidden deep in the depths of every 6 year old's unkempt closet, there lives a creature known as the Navel Lint Gremlin. They are so called because their massive bellies, and equally massive belly-buttons, continually pick up stray fibres and hairs from all manner of crevice. These fibres are pushed deep inside the navel. They mix and grow, astonishingly, to provide the lint that is the food source for these odd little fellows.
Despite the occasional alarming run-in with the resident child or children, the Navel Lint Gremlin is harmless. They stand a mere 18-22 inches tall and prefer to remain hidden underneath the too-small sweaters and single socks from which they gather their unusual sustenance.
concept: Aiyani Newt
These strange little ocean dwellers spend most of their lives sitting on the ocean floor, nestled among coral reefs. Only eating once every six to seven months, they grow their only source of food within the stretchy layer of skin that lays over the animal's chest and belly. When it's time to feed, the animal opens the six little tubes on top of its back briefly, drawing in bacteria floating around in the water and storing them in the animal's belly skin flap. After absorbing a sufficient amount, the critter closes off the tubes and settles in to sleep. While in hibernation, chemicals are released into the area that the bacteria are being stored in, first multiplying them, then slowly breaking them down into a substance that it can eat. The result of this breaking-down process is an inflation of the creature's skin flap, which also begins to emit a white light when the chemical process is nearly complete. At this point, the creature awakens and harvests its new little crop by puncturing the skin (which heals quickly) and sucking out the food inside.
concept: The Caleocripix or as called by the natives of Gwanzora, the Kill Bug. Why? This species of insect are about 4 inches long at adulthood if they reach it. They are a very hostile species, towards eachother. All Caleocripix are hermaphroditic and are born ready to mate. Breeding occurs once in each insects lifetime and is in the first 10 hours after hatching. By 48 hours after hatching a Caleocripix will have anywhere from 100-800 fertilized eggs to lay. This is where it gets nasty. Once the eggs have increased enough in size the abdomen of the Caleocripix stretches and releases a scent which means dinner time for all other Caleocripix. Using the sharp saber like appendages they will attempt to kill eachother and eat the carcas and the eggs. However, usually 20% of the each generation of Caleocripix manage to lay their eggs and so even though the species is always fluctuating in population size, it has not yet gone extinct. In fact because of the large number of eggs that actually do survive, the population growth looked at on a large scale is steadily growing.
concept: dancing bob
the "dancing bob" will outlive us all.
heck, he poops his own little prey buddies,
what more could anyone need?.
most of the time he just sit and stare.
likes - spining around, blinking, and mayo.
hates - loud noises, water, and blue things.
motto for life -"never shit where you eat."
females never survive the winter.
males are fine with that.
concept: Siamese Wilderbeast
Some say this creature has two faces, and with 4 eyes and 2 'mouths' you can see why. The lower portion of its face has a long chin snout, used mainly for feeding purposes, while a normally dormant mouth sits directly above it.
However, this isn't the only quirky feature of the animal, in fact it's far from it. The animal survives purely on a phosphorus based mucus excreted from its pores (mainly on the underbelly). In its natural habitat, phosphorus is rare, and so this beast needs to recycle its bodily fluids to stay alive. The actual feeding process occurs throughout the day, with the snout being used to collect this mucus and transfer it into the creature's mouth above.
Because of the local food source, the creature has no need to hunt, and is consequently situated quite low on the food chain. Conveniently, this animal is lightning fast, built like a rock, and armed with a concealed spine which can extend out from a skin flap mid-forehead. When combatting a predator, the creature attempts to ram it, forcing this spine deep into the opponent. While the spine can kill through impact, it also transfers a batch of the glowing mucus, which is extremely poisonous to most animals.
Unfortunately, the severe evolutionary downfall lies in this creature's defense mechanism. With each spinal assault a significant amount of mucus is lost, effectively shortening the amount available for survival. While this creature could physically live for hundreds of years, through general mucus wastage and use in defense, its average lifespan sits around the 70 year mark. As an adept combatant, the Siamese Wilderbeasts' most common cause of death is starvation.
concept: Gardener
They burrow shallow holes which allow them a safe refuge against predators. They use their long tongue to gather and crop leaves and other plants from its surrounding onto its back. This effectively provides them the ability to camouflage into the wilderness while also providing a midnight snack.
This lifestyle is perfect. They sleep, they eat. The only time they move from there burrows is when they decide its time for kids or at least practicing making kids. Even then for these lazy creatures that may occur once in months.
concept: To all personnel of the station,
We've found an ancient specie of worm nesting on isolated asteroids that was thought to be extincted. After their environments ran out of food and every other living being died, the bigger worms took advantage of its gemmative reproduction habits, evolving into a self-fed creature by eating it's babies, that grow of their main head. They've been there for hundreds of years without being noticed.
Be warned that these creatures are still aware of outer lifeforms,
DO NOT attempt to remove one of them by yourself, or your crew.
Report it's location to Central Command.
This is not the chubby worms we met back on Planet 502. They've grown.
concept: The Pod Popper Slugis a grotesque, flabby slug-like creature that is behemoth in size. Since this relatively serene monstrosity would destroy everything in its vicinity if it ate plants or animals, it relies on its own unique form of nourishment. Pods that grow internally eventually make their way to the surface and when mature ripe enough they "pop" out and fall down to the ground in the organic channels formed into the sides of the slug. Since this critter has no eyes, it relies on the antennae to locate the pods for feeding.
concept: The Gromlid commonly found deep in the jungles of South America sprouts it's young from the pours of it's belly which are also it's favorite food source.
concept: The poo-noodler gains nutrients only from frequent sexual activity, defecates through two funnels on posterior, and cleans the funnels with its elephant-like nose; speculation has circulated among scholars that this abnormal appendage perhaps evolved specifically for cleaning it's unusual set of funnel-like anii.
concept: An inhabitant of Kwetso's 5th moon Lodigo, this little creature whose proper name cannot be pronounced by humans, has been affectionately called the "Thorned-Cabbage". A completely self-sustaining creature, the thorns growing off the tentacles serve a dual purpose. First, it uses the thorns to pick out the small redish-orange "berries" that grow off those same tentacles and feed itself. Second, the thorns are used to ward off would be vulture-like predators, who don't go after the creature for it's rather sour berries, but who prey upon it for its much sweetier black diamond-pupiled eyes.
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concept: Researches for Great Animal Encyclopedia of Planet Gobb
F'low and S'peehs
F'lows are very interesting species derived from insects like bees or dragonflies. In a way of evolution become a "Shepherds". At the begining of their existence they were hunting on S'peehs, small creatures that produce sweet juice. But scientists have found that after a few generations they started to breed s'peehs instead of killing them. Breedings can number even 1000 individuals that are ussualy kept by the biggest males - and of course they have great amount of females and offspring...
concept: The Composter
The Composterdon Dumdum Giah is a magnificent animal that nobody knows much about. It lives in the costal jungle of southern "Saskatchewan". Generally this creature is content with life, except everybody thinks it's a kind of mastaba. This animal grows food for itself in a "crock pot" style compost garden grown in the "natural" bowl located on its back. It eats that food. But not without the help of the ecosystem around it (like somebody else I know). All around the composterdon dumdum Giah, animal activity comes alive as it gently strides by. The most visible and busiest of the animals are the little orange 3-armed lizards seen in the illustration below. They work feverishly to help cultivate the soil on its' back, and scavenge the jungle floor for bits of rotting vegetation to burry in its mucousy dark soil. They then hand feed this creature the grassy plants it grows. It is difficult to understand much of the orange lizards' behaviour because they work so damn fast running in and out of the depths of foliage sprouting up quickly in this humid environment. One theory is that they work as a team just give'ner.…Why? Because they are trying to get that Composterdon to poop a lot. They mash about the stool with their bare hands! And then, they pick out all the big juicy parasitic worms!! Competition over the "grubs" among the orange lizards seem virtually non-existent. Rather it is fair, so we won't talk about that boring stuff. The tiles at the bottom reveal the meaning of All
Love, the fultron
P.S. They lay their eggs in the darkness of the hollowed out uranium mines that someone filled back in with drums full of really old "depleted" uranium. The pink gland representing its 9th chakra guides the animal through the darkness of the poisonous mines, eliminating the ancient murals painted on the walls.
concept: This creature gives new meaning to the phrase "Born to die." This hermaphrodite has internal sex organs which produce a fetus that travels along the exterior umbilical cord. The fetus grows and continues down the chord till its reaches the massive jaws of its parent. When the fetus is ripe for harvest the creature will use its tongue to pull it off like a grape from a vine. The parent will usually let the strongest fetus's detach and roll off to become another self sustaining member of the species.
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January 26th, 2006 #4
VegasMike Gets my vote. I like the idea and the monochomatic feel to it makes it more... heartless?
Jakkas is deffinatly my runner-up. Amazing detail and pallette! I envy your abilities
January 26th, 2006 #5
January 26th, 2006 #6
ugh... some of these really turned my stomach...
I had to vote for Redehlert because I liked the image, and using the Infinity symbol/Auryn from Neverending story and turning it on its head like that is awesome.
January 26th, 2006 #7
vote goes to Redehlert - wonderfully rendered, great colors and brush work, light&shade are beautifully done, and the concept, though a bit weird and got its logical pitfalls, is marvelous.
good job buddy.
runnerup - jakkas - how the heck you paint so goddamn gorgously?! the rendering is so delicate and detailed , your creature`s face and hair are amazing...
get some free time - and post a TUT, man.
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January 26th, 2006 #8
Jakkas gets my vote, cutecritters n paints like a madman.Only losers have signatures
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January 26th, 2006 #9
It was a really hard choice between Plate and redhelert, but in the end I voted for Plate, though it was a really close call. The creature looks very nice, its a great design, and an original idea. Redhelert's creature has the same qualities, and they way its presented makes a stronger statement. But, I already knew what oroborous was, and have never seen a cactopus on the other hand. Some reason huh? : P Good job both you guys!
Runners up, Tully and JakkaS
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January 26th, 2006 #10
I voted for me! heck ya! this was my first post in this forum and gull darnit I work hard on it.Critiques and overpaints of my work are both welcome and encouraged, as I am fairly new to the art of sketching.
visit my sketchbook http://http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=63709
and my art page http://s43.photobucket.com/albums/e398/thefultron/
January 26th, 2006 #11
Voted for redehlert... Was a bit hesitent because of the pre-existing concept, but the rendering made up for this. Friggin awesome job on the ol' tablet.
January 26th, 2006 #12
I voted for JakkaS, his art was very good and I liked his concept a lot.You can't do better than doing your best!
January 26th, 2006 #13
Thanks, broken! Originality is what I strive for, since my rendering skills can't even compare to some of these guys...
Redehlert looks to be sitting pretty with a solid 50% of the vote so far. I had to vote for him as well - terrific concept and a beautiful rendering, and I've said it before, but the infinite shape is a brilliant touch. It's not often that we see such clever symbolism in a COW entry.
So many great entries this week, as always. Kinda makes me wish we could get a multiple vote like the ChOW occasionally does.
January 26th, 2006 #14
hmm... my vote would have been kind of double-vote for redlehert and jakkas...
but redlehert has been working hard and pushing himself, so im really proud of voting him on this one!
anyways... thats really good jakkas!!! sinister! evil!
cognition: im becoming a fan of your contrasting palettes, (i voted for you on lord frederickson!... that cyan....gah)
January 26th, 2006 #15
This is a tough one but Im going with Cognition:sb. The rendering isnt the absolute best here but something about the colors and lighting make me want to look at it. Good job to everyone there were a lot of really good pieces.
Jakkas and redehlert are great! Jonoy nice detail man.
oooh I saw the new topic, should be another good round next week, see you there!
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US comedy about a talented but carefree New York detective who is taken aback when a strict new captain with a lot to prove takes over the running of his precinct
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The first season of the US comedy about a group of New York City police detectives, starring Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher.
Episode 1 - Pilot
Jake Peralta is a talented but carefree detective at Brooklyn's 99th Precinct. But when Captain Ray Holt takes over, he is determined to make his dysfunctional team into the best squad in Brooklyn.
Episode 2 - The Tagger
When Peralta turns up late for morning roll call, an irritated Captain Holt responds by assigning him to a minor graffiti case and then closely monitoring his every move
Episode 3 - The Slump
For the first time in his career, Peralta has a growing number of cases that he just can't seem to solve, and the other detectives are worried that his bad luck will rub off on them
Episode 4 - M.E. Time
Peralta meets an attractive medical examiner, Dr Rossi, at a crime scene, but he annoys his colleagues when his attempts to get together with her cause a hold-up with an autopsy report
Episode 5 - The Vulture
Peralta is frustrated when a detective from Major Crimes takes over a murder case that he is close to solving and steals his thunder
Episode 6 - Halloween
On Halloween night, one of the busiest evenings of the year for a police precinct, Santiago - who detests the holiday - is forced to put on fancy dress and go undercover on a street patrol with Boyle
Episode 7 - 48 Hours
Peralta jumps the gun and makes an arrest without enough evidence, leaving himself only 48 hours to collect the proof he needs before the suspect is released
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Episode 9 - Sal's Pizza
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Episode 10 - Thanksgiving
Santiago decides to host a Thanksgiving dinner at her apartment for all of her colleagues at the precinct, but the celebration risks turning into a holiday disaster when the catering falls flat
Episode 11 - Christmas
Captain Holt receives death threats and Peralta is put in charge of his security - a job he enjoys and abuses as much as he can. Santiago attempts to get the precinct to take an Xmas photo for Holt.
Episode 12 - Pontiac Bandit
To catch the Pontiac Bandit, a car thief he has been tracking for years, Peralta attempts to make a deal with a suspect Diaz has just arrested
Episode 13 - The Bet
Peralta and Santiago's ongoing bet about who can make the most arrests comes to an embarrassing conclusion and Boyle receives a medal after he's shot in the line of duty
Episode 14 - The Ebony Falcon
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Episode 15 - Operation: Broken Feather
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Episode 16 - The Party
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Episode 17 - Full Boyle
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Episode 18 - The Apartment
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Episode 19 - Tactical Village
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The Doan Ford Invitational became the Rick Link Union Local Invitational this year, but Wheeling Park continued its stronghold on the event, no matter what it's called, by winning for the third straight season.
The Patriots, under first-year head coach Jack Doyle, racked up an eye-popping 427 points in the 16-team pool tournament. They easily outdistanced second-place University High of Morgantown, which accumulated 356 during the day-long affair. Watkins Memorial was third with 303, while Buckeye Local (239) and Union Local (198) round out the top five.
"It's pretty awesome," Doyle, who took over for his cousin Sean, said. "The kids came in here expecting to win. They had won here the past two seasons, but I told them whomever the coach is, that is the expectation. They came out and wrestled well."
The Patriots had half-a-dozen champions, including Most Outstanding Wrestler Cody Amos, who ruled the 182-pound weight division. He defeated University's Nate Constante 10-2 in their title bout.
Other Wheeling Park kingpins included Tyson Lira (106), Dylan Taylor (138), Jonny Davis (145), Danny Colby (160) and Geremy Paige (195). Taylor was the MOW last year.
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sending mails with the persona yields this in the Sent folder
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|Swim club performs well in Wray meet
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
With three lightning delays totaling over an hour in wait time, swimmers had a slow start to the Northwest Kansas Swim League swim meet Saturday, June 8 in Wray.
Taking 42 competitors to the meet, Holyoke Swim Club earned fourth place overall.
Goodland Swim Club had the highest combined team score with 244 points, followed by Wray 230.5, Colby 205, Holyoke 185.5, Oberlin 162.5, Burlington 114.5, Flagler 59 and Oakley 36.
Holyoke swimmers completed the meet with eight first-place finishes. Many other swimmers also placed in the top six.
Coach Brenda Krueger noted the huge improvements on times made by the 8 and under swimmers. The young swimmers have moved past the jitters and are starting to understand the process.
The dedication of the 12 swimmers in the 8 and under division shows in how hard they work at practices.
Coaches Aly Brinkema and Adria Colver were proud of the overall improvement in the swimmers' flip turns during the freestyle and backstroke events. Many other teams now skip this important part of the race.
Holyoke will compete in the next NWKSL meet Saturday, June 15 in Oakley, Kan.
Individual results from the swim meet follow:
8 and Under
Girls—Erin Andersen—4th, 25 yd. freestyle; 4th, 50 yd. freestyle.
Boys—Ethan Schneller—3rd, 25 yd. butterfly; 4th, 50 yd. freestyle; 5th, 25 yd. backstroke.
100 yd. girls' freestyle relay—4th, Miranda Morales, Anastasia Drake, Summer Martin and Aspen Jagers.
100 yd. girls' medley relay—3rd, Marren Dirks, Andersen, Martin and Jagers.
100 yd. mixed freestyle relay—2nd, Andersen, Payton Ferguson, Schneller and Dirks.
100 yd. mixed medley relay—3rd, Drake, Andrea Marquez, Schneller and Carter Van Overbeke.
Girls—Rylee Schneller—1st, 100 yd. freestyle; 1st, 100 yd. individual medley; 2nd, 25 yd. freestyle.
Kristin Vieselmeyer—1st, 25 yd. backstroke; 3rd, 100 yd. freestyle; 3rd, 25 yd. butterfly.
Haley Van Overbeke—2nd, 25 yd. breaststroke; 3rd, 100 yd. individual medley; 4th, 100 yd. freestyle.
Ashley Rahe—4th, 100 yd. individual medley; 5th, 25 yd. butterfly; 6th, 25 yd. freestyle.
Lauren Herman—5th, 100 yd. individual medley; 6th, 100 yd. freestyle.
Elise Krogmeier—3rd, 25 yd. breaststroke.
Elby Kropp—6th, 25 yd. butterfly.
Boys—Isaiah Rahe—5th, 25 yd. backstroke.
Ethan Andersen—6th, 25 yd. freestyle.
100 yd. girls' freestyle relay—2nd, Krogmeier, Ashley Rahe, Kropp and Vieselmeyer; 3rd, Herman, Van Overbeke, Riley Ferguson and Schneller.
100 yd. girls' medley relay—1st, Schneller, Krogmeier, Vieselmeyer and Ferguson; 2nd, Ashley Rahe, Kropp, Van Overbeke and Herman.
100 yd. boys' freestyle relay—4th, Max Dirks, Isaiah Rahe, Isaac Strauss and Koby Way.
100 yd. boys' medley relay—2nd, Isaiah Rahe, Dirks, Andersen and Way.
Girls—Emily Jelden—2nd, 50 yd. backstroke; 3rd, 50 yd. breaststroke; 6th, 50 yd. butterfly.
Lali Marquez—3rd, 50 yd. butterfly; 4th, 50 yd. backstroke; 4th, 100 yd. individual medley.
Demiah Hernandez—2nd, 50 yd. freestyle.
Morganne Kumm—6th, 100 yd. freestyle.
Boys—Keegan Shaw—3rd, 100 yd. freestyle; 3rd, 50 yd. backstroke; 4th, 100 yd. individual medley.
Remington Hielscher—3rd, 50 yd. butterfly; 4th, 50 yd. backstroke.
200 yd. girls' freestyle relay—2nd, Jelden, Hernandez, Marquez and Kumm.
200 yd. girls' medley relay—2nd, Hernandez, Marquez, Jelden and Kumm.
200 yd. mixed freestyle relay—4th, Shaw, Shianne Willmon, Lauren Bergner and Hielscher.
200 yd. mixed medley relay—4th, Shaw, Josie Herman, Willmon and Bergner.
Girls—Emily Krogmeier—1st, 100 yd. butterfly; 2nd, 50 yd. freestyle; 2nd, 100 yd. freestyle.
Tara Krueger—2nd, 100 yd. breaststroke; 4th, 100 yd. backstroke.
Regan Van Overbeke—2nd, 100 yd. butterfly; 5th, 100 yd. freestyle.
Juliana Hernandez—5th, 100 yd. backstroke.
Anna Jelden—5th, 200 yd. individual medley.
Michalla Drake—6th, 100 yd. backstroke; 6th, 200 yd. individual medley.
200 yd. girls' freestyle relay—Van Overbeke, Hernandez, Jelden and Drake.
200 yd. girls' medley relay—Drake, Jelden, Van Overbeke and Hernandez.
Girls—Danielle Brandt—1st, 50 yd. freestyle; 1st, 100 yd. backstroke; 2nd, 100 yd. butterfly.
Lori McWilliams—4th, 100 yd. breaststroke; 5th, 100 yd. backstroke; 6th, 50 yd. freestyle.
Malena McWilliams—6th, 100 yd. breaststroke.
200 yd. mixed freestyle relay—3rd, Brandt, Krueger, Lori McWilliams, Krogmeier.
200 yd. mixed medley relay—1st, Lori McWilliams, Krueger, Brandt and Krogmeier.
Holyoke Enterprise June 13, 2013


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Jackson County Sheriff's deputies arrested a man late Wednesday night for the murder of Sandra Johnson, the 63 year old Woodstock Township resident who was found murdered last weekend at Crispell Lake in Liberty Township.
Steven Storm, a 42 year old white male from Vandercook Lake was arrested after detectives questioned him as a person of interest in the case.
A hearing with a court magistrate was done this morning at the Lenawee County Jail.
Storm is being held with no bond.
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SJC: Teen in alleged stolen vehicle shot by deputy
4 armed robbery suspects busted in Georgia
Automatic budget cuts would hit military contractors
Could Jacksonville host the 2024 Summer Olympics?
Scott agrees to expand Fla. Medicaid program
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Many of the hundreds of low-cost motels Florida house not tourists, but impoverished families who moved to the Sunshine State for jobs in the tourism industry and found that things did not work out as hoped.
"Many thought finding work in Florida would be easier and there is a perception that expenses cost less down here." says Beth Davalos, Director of Families in Transition, an organization in Seminole County that helps homeless families.
Florida's unemployment rate was slightly higher than the national average in December, and the state had the nation's highest foreclosure rate in 2012, according to RealtyTrac. A housing boom that went bust is still causing problems.
"Unskilled workers tend to flock to Florida when construction is booming," says Mark Vitner, senior economist at Wells Fargo Securities.
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While job creation has been rising, many are still out of work and seeking the lowest cost spot for a home, like rooms at the Remington Inn in Altamonte Springs in northern Orlando just off Interstate 4.
The motel is in in the area surrounding Disney World, where counties saw 11.5% unemployment in January 2010. The rate has declined significantly since then.
On one strip of highway just steps from Florida's famous theme parks, an estimated 500 families are living in motels, according to Davalos.
Many migrated to Florida when the construction industry peaked in 2006 to 2008.
"Of those that stayed, many went to work in the retailing and hospitality sectors, while others remained unemployed for long periods of time," Vitner said.
Prostitution and drug dealing have been known to cause problems at some of the aging motels. Families with children sometimes lack decent kitchens so proper nutrition can be an issue.
The rate of homeless families in Florida increased by 12% last year; 8% of the families are living in motels, according to the Department of Education. The Cruz family is one such case.
Janet and Juan Cruz met at Disney World. Janet buffed the floors and Juan worked the night shift as a security guard. Today they are out of full-time work in a motel with their three children.
"I consider myself homeless." Janet Cruz said.
Ginevra Cutcher got a motel room at the Suburban Inn in Altamonte Springs but she and her husband, who has juvenile diabetes, couldn't pay the rent and wound up staying for a time in some woods nearby.
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Steve Nash (hip, hamstring) is listed as day-to-day in advance of Tuesday's game vs. Dallas.
According to Ian Begley of ESPN, the Knicks will try to acquire a pick in the upcoming draft.
According to Marc Stein of ESPN, Bismack Biyombo will decline his $2.9 million player option for the 2016-17 season.
Kyrie Irving was terrific during a 113-87 series-clinching win over the Raptors on Friday, scoring 30 points with four rebounds, nine assists, three steals, one block and two 3-pointers in 40 minutes.
Kevin Love scored 20 points in a Game 6 win over the Raptors on Friday, adding 12 rebounds, four assists and four 3-pointers in 39 minutes.
Kyle Lowry scored 35 points during a season-ending 113-87 loss to the Cavs on Friday, adding three rebounds, three assists, one block and six 3-pointers.
DeMar DeRozan scored 20 points with three rebounds, three assists and four turnovers in a season-ending loss to the Cavs on Friday.
LeBron James led his team to a series-clinching 113-87 win over the Raptors on Friday, scoring 33 points with 11 rebounds, six assists, one steal, three blocks and three 3-pointers in 41 minutes.
Jonas Valanciunas is coming off the bench again on Friday for Game 6.
According to sources of the Washington Post, the Wizards are expected to offer Bradley Beal a five-year max deal.
Stephen Curry looked healthy during a Game 5 120-11 victory over the Thunder on Thursday, making 9-of-20 from the field for 31 points with seven rebounds, six assists, five steals and three 3-pointers.
Andrew Bogut was a huge part of Thursday's Game 5 win over the Thunder, scoring a postseason career-high 15 points with 14 rebounds, two assists, two steals, two blocks and two turnovers in 30 minutes.


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Missouri Highway Patrol troopers say a westbound car driven by 84 year old Arthur Guenther crossed the centerline of Highway 110 east of DeSoto and crashed nearly head-on into a pick-up truck that was eastbound.
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Wednesday night's 1-0 shutout of the archrival Pittsburgh Penguins ended the Washington Capitals' tumultuous first half on a high note.
Not only did the Caps beat the Penguins for the 12th time in 15 meetings over the last four regular seasons, they - at least temporarily -- grabbed the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
Washington's 22-17-2 first half was good for 46 points, its fewest in four years. But as the Caps have learned after being upset in the playoffs the past four springs by the Philadelphia Flyers (2008), the Penguins (2009), the eighth-seeded Montreal Canadiens (2010) and the Tampa Bay Lightning (2011), just reaching postseason is the key. Home ice advantage means nothing, at least if Washington is on your jerseys.
Tampa Bay visits the Phone Booth on F Street tonight for the first time since the second game of the season. Washington's 6-5 victory that night on a shootout goal by enforcer Matt Hendricks happened more than three months ago, back when Bruce Boudreau was behind the bench for a 7-0 start and ace defenseman Mike Green was finally healthy again after missing nearly half of 2010-11 with a groin injury.
Green's groin flared up less than two weeks later and he has played in just three games since. Boudreau, the Coach of the Year in 2007-08, his initial season in Washington, was fired on Nov. 28 with the Caps in the midst of a 3-7-1 slide.
Meanwhile, former MVP Alex Ovechkin continues to search for his once-feared scoring touch, ranking JUST 18th in the NHL with 17 goals. And top center Nicklas Backstrom has missed the past three games with concussion-like symptoms.
So it wasn't a fun first half for the Caps, Washington's only winning pro team during the Obama Administration. But better times might lie ahead.
The well-played conquest of injury-riddled Pittsburgh behind the stellar goaltending of newcomer Tomas Vokoun raised Washington to 10-8-1 under new coach Dale Hunter, 7-4-1 in the crucial contests against its Eastern Conference rivals. The victory was also the start of a 15-game stretch against the teams with whom the Caps are competing for a fifth consecutive playoff berth, a feat they haven't achieved since a 14-year run from 1983-1996. Hunter, then a physical two-way center, was a key figure in the final decade of that streak.
Hunter's 7-4-1 record against the East combined with Boudreau's 9-5-1 mark makes Washington an impressive 16-9-2 in the games that matter most and bodes well for the next month, especially since just five of the 14 games are against teams that currently hold playoff spots (two visits from the defending Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins, home and home matchups with the surprising Florida Panthers and a date at the conference-leading New York Rangers).
And for all of their ups and downs this season, the Caps trail the Panthers by just four points for the top spot in the Southeast Division with a game in hand (not that having home ice advantage has ever done them much good come playoff time).
If the season ended today, the Caps would open the Eastern Conference playoffs against the Rangers, the only team they have defeated in postseason since 1998. That was in the first round in 2009. Just nine Caps - including Ovechkin, Backstrom and Green - and six Rangers - including star goalie Henrik Lundqvist, captain Ryan Callahan and top defenseman Dan Girardi - remain from that series and both clubs have changed coaches since so what happened three years ago might have little bearing if Washington and New York meet in April.
Still, as the preseason Cup favorite Caps start the second half tonight, they have to feel that their season is finally headed in the right direction.
WUSA-9's Sports Insider, David Elfin, has covered sports since he was a junior at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in 1975. He is the Washington representative on the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee and is the author of five books on the Redskins including the new "Washington Redskins: The Complete Illustrated History."


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We have a multi-server setup in which we have two MTA boxes (MTA01 MTA02) and one Mailbox (mailbox01). We are bringing up another mailbox (mailbox02), but it has been quite some time since we installed Zimbra, so I have a nomenclature question regarding the install, among other things.
Note, I walked into this setup, I did not set all of this up originally.
This is Zimbra Network Edition 5.0.23, RHEL 64 bit.
Going through the initial setup (mailbox02), under the menu "store configuration", SMTP host
is UNSET. Ok, according to the docs I set this to be the MTA...
From the docs: "This is the mta-server host name." Which one? We have two MTAs,
but I read that I can not (easily) set them up as failovers. In fact when MTA01 goes
down, MTA02 just sits there, but that is another matter.
If I look through my current mailbox settings, on mailbox01 I see: zimbraSmtpHostname: localhost
If I grep for any MTA in the current config on mailbox01 I see:
zimbraMtaMyDestination: localhost
zimbraMtaRelayHost: my final destination mailer, not Zimbra
So I am a bit confused. Do I set the SMTP hostname to be localhost, one of the MTAs or my final destination (we have another server which actually mails to the internet).
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Laurie LaRusso, MS, ELS
A spinal fusion is a surgery to weld together two vertebrae. Vertebrae are the bones that make up the spine.
To treat persistent pain and disability caused by:
Spinal fusion may be done if the treatments below do not relieve pain and disability:
Imaging tests must also show a problem that can be fixed with this procedure.
Complications are rare, but no procedure is completely risk-free. If you are planning to have a spinal fusion, your doctor will review a list of possible complications. These may include:
Factors that may increase the risk of complications include:
Your doctor may do the following:
Before your surgery:
spinal anesthesia
may be used. With general anesthesia, you will be asleep. Spinal anesthesia will numb an area of your body, but you will be awake.
Your doctor will make an incision in your back or neck. The muscles will be spread to access the spine. Your doctor may fuse the bones with either:
Your doctor will implant screws and plates or rods to hold the bones in place while they fuse together. The incision will be closed with stitches or staples.
4-6 hours (sometimes longer)
Anesthesia will prevent pain during surgery. You will receive medicine after surgery to help manage pain.
3-4 days (sometimes less, sometimes more, depending on age, overall health, and extent of surgery)
You may receive the following care at the hospital:
When you return home, do the following to help ensure a smooth recovery:
Rehabilitation may be done in a hospital or at an outpatient clinic. The program will likely include:
Time off from work ranges from 4-6 weeks to 4-6 months. It depends on your age, overall health, and the physical demands of your job.
Complete healing of the bones may take up to one year after surgery. You will likely notice less flexibility of your spine where the bones are fused. Following your rehabilitation program will speed your recovery and reduce discomfort.
After you leave the hospital, contact your doctor if any of the following occurs:
In case of an emergency, call for medical help right away.
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American Association of Neurological Surgeons
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Up front: August 2011
Prize catch
Ed Martin, our senior contributing editor, did it once again, this year winning the gold prize for best magazine feature in The Alliance of Area Business Publications Editorial Excellence Awards. This one the 23rd hes won from the AABP, 16 of them gold was for his piece on Darold Londo and the Cherokee casino, the cover story in last Octobers issue.
This captivating, insightful story about the challenges of operating and expanding a tribal casino was strengthened by a strong narrative voice and visual writing that worked on a number of different levels, wrote the judges, who are members of the University of Missouri journalism faculty. In addition to taking a deep look at the gaming industry, this piece also spoke to the human issues and how background and heritage inform a present-day business leader.
The story was also cited in the judges comments about the bronze prize Ed won for best body of magazine work by a single writer. Nothing is more secret than gaming operations, and Martins profile of Darold Londo, the CEO of a new Cherokee gaming operation, really shows how Martin was able to negotiate total access. This push was evidenced in his other selections the inside story of doctors battling a hospital CEO [cover story, April 2010] and inside the life of an insurance investigator [Fraudian Slips, January 2010]. This marks the ninth time Ed has been honored in this category. Last year, he took the top prize for the fifth time, including one stretch in which he won it three consecutive years. No other writer has come close to his record of winning AABP awards.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, AABP comprises regional business magazines and newspapers in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada and Australia. The awards are presented at its summer convention, held this year in Providence, R.I. Forty-five publications submitted nearly 500 entries. The silver award for the best magazine personality profile went to contributing editor Tim Grays cover story in our June 2010 issue about the owner of Highland Brewing Co. in Asheville. This engaging profile, rich on literacy about craft breweries, shows how Oscar Wong and his button-down personality emerged from an engineering career and found success in an industry known more for artists than business people. Tim won the gold prize in this category two years ago for his cover story about Durham funeral director Mark Higgins.
We also won a silver prize in the magazine category for best use of photography/illustrations. Citing the work of Art Director Manny Marquez, the judges wrote, Business North Carolina has an entry with variety, from photo essays to portraits to illustrations. They are respectful of images, which are not overly manipulated or controlled. Their portraits are thoughtful, many of which show a sense of humor, such as the In Another Life portraits [cover story, January 2010]. Judges were impressed with the use of multiple documentary photographs in photo essays. We also won a silver prize in this category two years ago, followed by the gold prize last year.
In the open category for magazines and newspapers, we won bronze prizes for best recurring feature for our monthly Regional Report and best explanatory journalism for the 2010 Business Handbook in that years February issue.
Thickly reported and clearly written best describes Regional Report, the judges said. The accompanying graphics always reveal stories that connect the dots in detailed ways. Rich in context, Regional Report details for readers the complicated layers of business, economic development and politics of North Carolina.
As for the Business Handbook: The magazine takes an exhaustive look at the recession by dedicating an entire issue to how the whole state has been hurt. Charts, graphics and sidebars help tell the story, as do articles that drill down into each region and tell how they are trying to dig out.


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