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Nintendo has unveiled a virtual theme park which it says will introduce its new gaming console to the world.
The park - 'NintendoLand' - will be the flagship title for the company's Wii U console, the successor to the popular Wii.
At its E3 keynote in Los Angeles, Nintendo said the theme park will feature 12 "experiences" or mini games which will show off the console at its best.
NintendoLand will include games based around the Legend of Zelda, Luigi's Mansion and Donkey Kong, the company said.
Nintendo also unveiled the latest Mario game which will be launched with the new console.
Super Mario Bros U will feature improved multiplayer and cooperative modes, and HD graphics. It will also utilise Nintendo's innovative "second screen" gamepad, as well as characters and levels familiar from previous games.
Nintendo's new Super Mario Bros U, shown at E3 2012.
Nintendo's new Super Mario Bros U, shown at E3 2012.
Nintendo's new Super Mario Bros U, shown at E3 2012.
Nintendo's new Super Mario Bros U, shown at E3 2012.
Nintendo's new Super Mario Bros U, shown at E3 2012.
Nintendo's new Super Mario Bros U, shown at E3 2012.
Nintendo's new Super Mario Bros U, shown at E3 2012.
Nintendo's new Super Mario Bros U, shown at E3 2012.
Nintendo's keynote followed similar events by Microsoft and Sony where they also unveiled new games and features - but no new consoles - at the world's largest video game conference.
Other announcements made at the press event included:
Batman Arkham City: Armoured Edition: A Wii U-specific version of the popular Dark Knight game.
Pikmin 3: A new strategy game for Wii U
Wii Fit U: A new fitness peripheral based on the popular Wii Fit.
WIi U: Lego City: A 'Grand Theft Auto' for kids based in the Lego universe.
Take a look below for more details on all the announcements via our liveblog.
|@ timothydclark : Response in the room to NintendoLand feels deathly. Of all the things you might lift from Sony, Home would not be high up the list
A new title - NintendoLand - is the Wii Sports for Wii U, Reggie says.
Katsuya Eguchi (Wii U software producer) explains that the game will feature 'attractions' from many of Nintendo's most popular IP.
You'll be a character in each world - but also your Mii - when you play each of the 12 attractions, including:
- Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest
- Luigi's Ghost Mansion
- Animal Crossing
- Donkey Kong's Crash Course
- Takamuru's Ninja Castle
The below is from Luigi's Mansion - a game where four players have to hunt a ghost played by a player using the Wii gamepad with a screen. Like a co-op Pac Man.
It looks interesting - but not as obvious to understand as - say - Wii Tennis.
A cool-looking new Zombie game (ZombieU, actually shown at Ubisoft's presser yesterday) is shown off. It looks like an interesting new take on Zombie survival - and includes a level set on the London tube.
Yves Guillemot, CEO of Ubisoft is on stage to sing the praises the "innovative" Wii U.
He mentions Rayman Legends, Rabbids Land and ZombiU - all shown during its own press conference yesterday.
Now Xavier Poix, Ubisoft MD, is on stage to show off Just Dance 4.
You'll be able to control what the dancers have to do via the Wii U controller - be the 'puppet master', as it were.
Lego City: Undercover for Wii U is announced - it looks a bit like GTA but in Lego. For kids, kinda.
If you're Lego fan you'll be into this. It's also heading to 3DS.
"Where's the love?" asks Scott Moffitt, the vice president of sales and marketing from Nintendo and 3DS chief.
Fair question, given the 3DS's flagging sales.
First he introduces Super Mario Bros 2 - and says the details will be unveiled tomorrow in a separate 3DS event.
Then he intros a 'Sticker' feature for a new Paper Mario game ('Sticker Star') coming for the holidays in 2012.
Finally... Luigi's Mansion.
He also gives a glimpse of new third party games - Kingdom hearts 3D, a new Epic Mickey game, Scribblenauts and Castlevania.
A new game for Wii U (codenamed 'Sing') is shown, which appears to be a sort of advanced karaoke game which is all about group participation.
Nintendo unveils a new version of the popular Wii Fit peripheral for Wii U.
Named... the Wii Fit U it looks similar - but also includes off-TV modes, an offline fitmeter and new actions and games.
New games announced include:
Tanks Tanks Tanks
Aliens Colonial Marines
Jerimiah Slaczka, from the Scribblenauts team, announces a new version of the game for Wii U.
It's Scribblenauts, but in HD and with some cool new features, including multiplayer. A trailer video features 20-somethings in their pristine living rooms playing it with each other. Which rarely happens in real life, as far as we can tell.
A new and expanded version of Batman: Arkham City is heading to the Wii U.
Named 'Armoured Edition' (with or without the 'u') it will feature new controls via the Wii U second screen.
Nintendo announces Mario Bros U for Wii U.
The game will include some creative new cooperative modes.
Fils-Aime shows off the Wii U homescreen.
There are lots of Miis crowded around icons - including one for Mario Kart!
This is the Miiverse, he says.
The tiles are 'social' - displaying recent scores, facial expressions, graffiti and other stuff.
Reggie Fils-Aime is giving a "guided tour" of the Wii U Gamepad.
He says games using two gamepads are coming - but not today.
Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo's president and CEO: "It's all about the games".
We'll see 23 Wii U titles on stage today, he says.
"It stands to revolutionise your living room," he says.
It will have Netflix, Amazon Video and YouTube, he adds - but says how you will enjoy the video will be different.
However that won't be shown at E3, he says - E3 is just gaming. The rest will come later.
|@ tashascomic : pikmin are so cute i wish i liked the game more.
Miyamoto introduces the Wii U. "There will be no need to wave to turn on the Wii U".
He says it will change how living room entertainment works - and introduces Pikmin 3!
Pikmen is a long-standing strategy game by Ninendo - somewhere between Worms and Lemmings.
Miyamoto says the Wii U will change the way Pikmin is played - displaying the whole map on the controller/screen while the game is on the TV for instance.
Miyamoto seems like a lovely man, incidentally.
We're off - Nintendo is showing a preview video of Nintendo chief Shigeru Miyamoto backstage.
He's mildly assautled by Pikmin and then walks onstage.
Then the Pikmin assault the crowd.
Also while we're waiting - the history of Nintendo.
No - it didn't start with Mario.
While we're waiting, enjoy this - one of our favourite-ever Mario Theme Tune renditions:
Our liveblog of the Nintendo E3 keynote will begin at 5pm BST (or 9am in LA).
Check back then for all the latest updates to the Wii U and possibly a few other surprises.
In the meantime read up on everything Nintendo has unveiled so far.


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So, chemistry. Hardly remember any. Teacher was a short chap with specs and a hair-cut from the 1940′s who I don't remember speaking to me once. I think he mostly bonded with boys. Co-valent bonding, no doubt. The chemistry swots were speccie geeky chaps who averted their eyes from us girls and already liked chemistry and physics.
Although I was mad keen on biology, I made no sense of the hieroglyphics that this teacher scrawled all over the blackboard. It might as well have been ancient Egyptian.
I felt it was a knowledge gap that I should attempt to address so I got a ticket to 'Chemistry – a Volatile History' – a talk at the Cheltenham Science Festival. I thought it might put chemistry in perspective at last; make sense of the carboys of noxious stuff that my bonkers uncle used to keep in the kitchen cupboards… Read more

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Illinois' state pension plans are heading toward insolvency without any major pension reform, according to a report by the State Budget Crisis Task Force, led by former New York Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch and former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volcker.
Pension costs are projected to take up 25 percent of the state's budget in fiscal year 2015, up from 8 percent in 2008 and 20 percent in 2012. Each of the state's five pension funds, with an estimated $85 billion in combined unfunded liabilities, is less than 41 percent funded. More than 60 percent of the state's total outstanding debt is due to pension bonds.
Illinois already has one of the highest debt per capita rates in the country. It sold $10 billion in pension obligation bonds in fiscal year 2003 and again had to sell bonds in fiscal 2010 and 2011 to cover legally required contributions that were still below those actuarially required.
"The primary cause of the state pension systems' underfunding is that the state does not impose the same obligation on itself that it imposes on local governments, and for decades its employer contributions have been below annually required amounts," the report states. "Illinois has planned so poorly that it had to borrow to make its scheduled pension contributions for FY 2010 and 2011, which were below the (actuarially required contribution) amount."
Political gridlock among state legislators has prevented any meaningful pension reform since 2010 when the General Assembly created a second tier of reduced benefits for employees hired after Jan. 1, 2011. The report acknowledges this will help with long-term savings, but does nothing to reduce the existing unfunded liability.
"Because the state's resources are limited, some type of reduction in pension benefits appears inevitable, despite the difficulties in making any type of change," the report states. "Both spending cuts and revenue increases probably will be needed. Pension reform is necessary to salvage the benefits of future retirees."
The state constitution currently protects any reduction in employees' promised benefits.
Compounding matters is that the three largest pension systems — $36 billion Illinois Teachers' Retirement System, $13 billion Illinois State Universities Retirement System and $11 billion Illinois State Employees' Retirement System — use an assumed rate of return of about 8 percent. Lower discount rates will soon be required in Illinois under new rules approved by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. Under the new rules, the Illinois Teachers' Retirement System would be 18 percent funded as of July 2010.
The state's other pension plans are the $63 million General Assembly Retirement System and $60 million Judges' Retirement System.
The task force was assembled to understand the extent of fiscal problems faced by the states in the aftermath of the financial crisis. The task force studied California, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Virginia and Texas.
Kevin Olsen writes for Pensions & Investments, a sister publication of Workforce Management. Comment below or email email@example.com.
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Medical College Funding Provides Lifeline to Research
A few years ago, Albany Medical College Professor Michelle Lennartz, PhD, realized that before she could obtain the funding she needed to fully research the connection between certain proteins found in blood vessels and a higher risk for stroke, she would need evidence supporting her theory.
Generating that evidence required seed money.
Dr. Michelle Lennartz got the funds she needed to get her research off the ground thanks to Albany Medical College.
"The support I received allowed me to gather the data needed to show the NIH that it was worth funding this research to help detect circumstances that put some individuals at higher risk for debilitating conditions," Dr. Lennartz said.
"That grant was the lifeline we needed to conduct this important research," she added.
"Every dollar donated to Albany Medical College supports our missions, enabling us to cover costs for which there is no direct source of revenue," said Dean Vincent Verdile, MD.
The funding Dr. Lennartz received allowed her to conduct research in collaboration with the Medical Center's vascular surgeons and pathologists and to bring medical students into the research arena. Today she is continuing her work to identify predictors of heart attack and stroke.


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La Jolla, CA (Sports Network) - It wasn't as easy as expected, and it took longer than expected, but Tiger Woods finally wrapped up his seventh win at the Farmers Insurance Open on Monday.
Woods dropped four shots in the last six holes as he closed with an even-par 72. He finished his 75th PGA Tour title at 14-under-par 274.
He moves within seven wins of Sam Snead's PGA Tour victory total. Woods won at Torrey Pines for the eighth time, giving him the most wins at any one venue in PGA Tour history.
Woods played the final 11 holes on Monday after all but 10 minutes of Saturday's play was stopped by fog. Those 11 holes took just under four hours, and the pace of play clearly got to Woods.
Last year's champion Brandt Snedeker and Josh Teater both closed with 3-under 69s to share second place at 10-under-par 278. For Teater, that was his best career finish on the PGA Tour.
Nick Watney, the 2009 champ, and Jimmy Walker both shot 71 on Monday. They tied for fourth at minus-9, and were one stroke clear of Robert Garrigus (67), Rickie Fowler (68) and Aaron Baddeley (69).
Fowler was tied for last after the first round and made the cut on the number, before going 6-under par over the final two rounds.
Phil Mickelson, a three-time winner of this event, put together a round of 2- under 70, which left him tied for 51st at even-par 288.
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Why Sports Radio?
Fallback plan after failing to achieve my ultimate goal of taxidermy. Don't tell my parents, they think I'm still perfecting the craft.
Did You Play Sports As A Kid?
Yes, the big three: Football, baseball and basketball. I even played a little soccer as a kid although I loathe it now. In High School, I turned my attention to tennis as my dreams of an NBA hoops career faded into the obscurity of Frosh squad and JV games.
Where is Your Hometown?
I was born on the mean streets of Seattle, but spent my formative gang
years in Edmonds, Washington. Interesting tidbit about Edmonds: As you grow older in Edmonds you move closer to the water until finally you walk in and die.
What's Your Favorite Sport?
I'm all about hoops baby! NBA, NCAA, preps, you name it I love it. I still declare myself eligible for the NBA draft every year. One day somebody will want a slow 6'2″ shooting guard with very little range, bad ankles and an attitude to match.
Where Do You Like To Kick It?
Anywhere an old guy like me can say, "kick it" and not get laughed at. Place you will never find me: garage sales, mime class, speeling bea, potato salad eat-off or jogging.
Who Is The Most Famous Person You've Met?
I've met a ton of sports guys, my all-time favorite being Ricky Henderson (the best player in MLB history!). In the regular celebrity world I'm going with Keri Russell, TV's "Felicity" who I shared drinks with at Balthazar restaurant in New York. OK so maybe she was next to me at the bar while I was having drinks and I was too intimidated to speak, but it counts.
Most Memorable Sports Moment?
Highlight: Being on-court covering the team right after the Sonics won the Western Conference Championship in 1996. Lowlight: Thinking Nate McMillan was running over to high five or hug me after the win, only to have him run past me to his family as I grasped at air, hoping no one saw me.
Favorite Band?
Too many to just pick one, o here it goes: Stone Temple Pilots, Beck, Judas Priest (gotta have some metal in there), Lenny Kravitz, old fat Elvis and young mean Frank Sinatra.
What Can You Not Live Without?
Coca-Cola, beef jerky or salted, cured meat snacks, softball, plasma TV and Tivo, Sonics basketball and sarcasm.
Any Final Thoughts?
Gotta go with my favorite quotes:
"Only time will tell if we can stand the test of time" Sammy Hagar of Van Halen and master of the obvious.
"At least you're more of a smart-ass than a dumb-ass" Mr. Laporte, my high school guidance counselor. Why do you think I'm so successful today!


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|Lebanon, Ind.
|High School:
* Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
* Butler Athletic Director's Honor Roll
2012 - Senior Season: Started all of BU's 21 matches, playing 1,349 minutes...credited with 14 shots (4 on goal)...played all 90 minutes vs. Louisville (Aug. 17) and IPFW (Aug. 19)...had two shots vs. Indiana State (Aug. 24)...scored game-winning goal at Ball State (Sept. 16)...had a shot and played all 110 minutes vs. Saint Louis (Sept. 29)...attempted two shots at VCU (Oct. 14)...took a shot and played 102 minutes in win at Charlotte (Oct. 28).
2011 - Junior Season: Earned her way into the starting lineup 10 times, playing 19 matches overall...totaled 1,224 minutes of playing time...scored three points with a goal and an assist...attempted six shots...came off the bench to score game-winner at Oakland (Sept. 16)...attempted two shots at Youngstown State (Oct. 1)...played 90 minutes and tallied an assist vs. Milwaukee (Oct. 15)...played all 200 minutes in team's two league tourney matches.
2010 - Sophomore Season: Played in 20 matches, starting three times...scored two goals...had six shots, two on goal...scored game-winning goal in 87th minute of win over Youngstown State (Oct. 22)...scored a goal in league tourney semifinal win over Detroit (Nov. 5).
2009 - Freshman Season: Played in 10 matches, totaling 199 minutes of time...recorded two shots for the season...had a shot in win over Western Illinois (Aug. 30)...took a shot vs. IUPUI (Sept. 1)...played season-high 53 minutes at DePaul (Sept. 11).
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I want to hear from you!
June 15, 2010
Now that LM is a few weeks into its new life as part of Peerless Media/EH Publishing, I thought it would be a good time to revisit some previous blog postings from the "old days."
Ok, so old days is clearly an exaggeration, considering that the Newsroom Notes blog did not exist prior to slightly more than two months ago. In any event, one old blog post particularly caught my eye, and I thought it would be a good time to basically re-purpose it as today's post. In short, this re-purposed post is a note from me, the editor/blogger, to you, the reader/supply chain or logistics professional, to let you know that, well, I want to hear from you.
What do I want to hear? Pretty much anything that you think merits a news story, blog topic or feature idea, among others. Our mission is to provide you with market-leading editorial, and the more feedback/input/advice we get from you, the better we are-and will become—at getting you the content you want and need.
Consider the activity that takes place in our industry on any given day at any given time. Things happen—and they usually happen very quickly to say the least. It is crazy how much is going on, what with HOS and Green legislation, freight volumes trending up, a potential re-regulation of the railroad industry, and and a LOT of other things, which you may be following or have read about in the pages of LM or on http://www.logisticsmgmt.com.
Anyhow, you may be thinking, "Geez, Jeff, tell me something I don't know." But that is it, I want and need to know what you know so I can deliver the goods in our pages and on our Web site. I am not the one in the trenches like you, our readers, on a daily basis, trying to make sure a shipment reaches its destination in a timely and safe manner, which is also cost-efficient, too. I am on the sidelines doing my best to gauge what is happening and hopefully get the story right the first time. But in order for that to happen, I invite you to let me know what you see occurring in the marketplace and what you think are the most important issues you are facing at any given time.
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ATLANTA -- The city of Atlanta has turned into one giant pep rally as Falcons fans prepare for the team's biggest home game in history.
Some of those fans realize the importance of Sunday's game, even though they haven't yet reached kindergarten.
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At Buckhead Preparatory Pre-School, students dressed in red and black waved their Falcons signs and performed a new version of the Chicken Dance. Maybe you could call it the Falcon Flap.
"They've actually been talking about how if we win, they go to the Super Bowl, said teacher Kirsten Patterson. "They know it's big. They don't know what Super Bowl means, but they know it's a big deal."
Should the Falcons win Sunday's game against the San Francisco 49ers, Atlanta would go to the Super Bowl for only the second time in team history.
Hundreds of Fulton County employees gathered at the government building for a pep rally that involved the Grady High School band and Falcons cheerleaders.
Excitement has created such a buzz, that Brianna Allen agreed to make the Falcons team logo a part of her every day look. Allen relaxed in a chair at Class A Barber Shop in Riverdale, where Roy McKinney saved a Falcons logo in Allen's hair.
"Love the Falcons," said Allen. "I"ve been here a couple of years so, why not?"
McKinney says Allen is not the first nor will she be the last to alter their coif for the Falcons.
"Lately, I've gotten calls every day regarding the Falcons emblem," said McKinney. "Everybody wants this Falcons emblem."
At Il Bacio Pizzaria, owners Frank and Fran Spatafore are preparing for the extra business another Falcons game will bring them.
They are New York transplants who are accustomed to rooting for another team.
"We're Giants fans at heart," said Fran Spatafore. "But we're biting the bullet and joining the Falcons."
Along with their pizza crust, the Spatafores are learning to rise up.


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Up front: September 2012
Keeping score
After college I sold wheelchairs, then storage containers. I was a natural at neither, so I went to grad school to learn to be a sports writer. Getting paid to watch games sounded like a decent way to make a living. I soon fell under the spell of a professor preaching narrative journalism. Rather than focus only on facts, he extolled us, craft character, conflict and emotion elements that engage readers into our stories. I drank the Kool-Aid. When I began to ply my trade at the Bristol (Va.) Herald Courier, I did my best to carry narrative to its sports pages. Reader-engaging elements are important, but I soon learned what the good folks of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee wanted most was the dadgum score.
I never lost my love for narrative storytelling. Its what attracted me to Business North Carolina. This is a magazine that puts a human face on commerce and never lets numbers, vital as they are to what we write about, turn people into ciphers. After the Atlantic Coast Conference announced it will add Syracuse and Pittsburgh, we began examining why a once regional alliance of schools had ventured so far from its roots. It was evident the answer ran through John Swofford, the conferences commissioner since 1997. He consented to an interview, and despite a phone that was leaping off the hook, he spoke at length about growing up in North Wilkesboro.
The death of his father, when Swofford was 13, is an unhealed wound. I dont have hardly any regrets in life, he told me, but one of the very, very few is I never had the opportunity to know my father as an adult. Ive always been a little envious of men that have had their father. In high school, Swofford was a much-coveted quarterback prospect. Every ACC school wanted him, as did Annapolis, West Point and many others. He narrowed it down to UNC Chapel Hill and Georgia Tech, an independent in 1967. The Yellow Jackets were far more successful, but their coach, Bobby Dodd, retired that year. Swofford picked Carolina, a decision that put him on the path to become the schools athletic director, then ACC commissioner.
You wont find those anecdotes in the article that begins on page 60. Swofford has been integral to the ACCs growth, but money primarily that from television contracts for football games has driven the conferences expansion. And so it became the lead character in the story. As we combined the role it has played with the profile, crucial elements of Swoffords life, many of them fascinating, had to make way. For instance, his older brother Bill had been a popular singer. Under the name Oliver, he had two major hits Good Morning Starshine and Jean in as many months in 1969. Bill Swofford was diagnosed with lymphoma in the 1990s and, though his brother donated bone marrow, died in 2000.
That tells you a lot about the commissioner but little about expansion. What is most relevant to our story is that during his tenure the leagues TV revenue from football has more than doubled. So we focused on how Swofford increased those numbers. Because sometimes the most appropriate storytelling element is the dadgum score.


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This and that from my world of Family Research, Yorkies, Photography, RV's and Traveling.
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Summer surprises
Slow drives down the back roads of Michigan, the wild flowers. (Yea, I know, this tiger lily is from my own flower beds at the house!)
Cone flowers, no matter where they are growing.
You just have to smile.
And, from yesterday's cemetery stomp, what a delight to catch these Sand Hill Cranes grazing so close to the road. Mary and I had to turn around to get a better look and photo.
Labels: Summer
4 comments:
- Deez said...
You have some interesting photos on your page. I noticed you have me on your blog list...I'll add you to mine too. Keep up the good work...I'm pretty new to this stuff myself...
- July 8, 2009 at 8:01 PM
- Carol said...
Thanks Deez, I really am enjoying looking at your cemetery blog. Come back soon!
- July 8, 2009 at 8:09 PM
- Greta Koehl said...
Beautiful photos - I really love that picture of the cranes.
- July 8, 2009 at 8:47 PM
- Carol said...
Thanks Greta, I tried to get them to stand more sideways, but, they just would not listen to my requests! LOL
- July 8, 2009 at 8:51 PM
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MACON, Ga. (AP) — Bibb County deputies have released a video that appears to show a deputy kicking a handcuffed man in the chest last August.
The Bibb County Sheriff's Office announced Friday that deputy Nathaniel Woodard had been fired and charged with simple battery and violating his oath of office in connection with the arrest of 38-year-old Devasco Holly.
The video, released on Monday, appears to show Woodard kicking the handcuffed Holly to the ground after he warned him not to try to stand up again. Internal affairs investigators received the footage in July from Holly's attorney.
The sheriff's office says the incident happened August 10, 2014 after a criminal trespass call where a woman complained her boyfriend, Holly, had kicked in her front door.
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|Play Dough Play Date
Event Type: Children's Program
Age Group(s): Children
Date: 9/12/2012
Start Time: 10:30 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Have fun with play dough and clay tools. Sharing is a must. Parents need to supervise their child. Clay and tools need to stay in the room, and don't forget to clean up.Findlay-Hancock County Public Library
Location: Children's Programming Room
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I use Yahoo extensively and have thousands of emails there which I need to keep.
It seems if I use Zimbra desktop and then archive emails they'll be exported from Zimbra into some archival format and then be deleted from Yahoo's server. Is this right?
If so it's not what I want. I want them to remain on Yahoo as long as ever Yahoo will keep them.
And I want them on my pc. Belt and braces, that's me.
How can I get this?


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The most popular songs on iTunes this week:
Top Songs
1. "The Monster (feat. Rihanna)," Eminem
2. "Royals," Lorde
3. "Say Something (feat. Christina Aguilera)," A Great Big World
4. "Counting Stars," OneRepublic
5. "Roar," Katy Perry
6. "Wake Me Up," Avicii
7. "Timber (feat. Ke$ha)," Pitbull
8. "Wrecking Ball," Miley Cyrus
9. "Let Her Go," Passenger
10. "Demons," Imagine Dragons
Top Albums
1. "The Marshall Mathers LP 2," Eminem
2. "Pure Heroine," Lorde
3. "PTX, Vol. 2," Pentatonix
4. "ARTPOP," Lady Gaga
5. "PRISM," Katy Perry
6. "Nothing Was the Same," Drake
7. "Church Clothes, Vol. 2," Lecrae
8. "Avril Lavigne," Avril Lavigne
9. "Loved Me Back to Life," Celine Dion
10. "Same Trailer Different Park," Kacey Musgraves
The most popular songs on GooglePlay this week:
Top Songs
1. "Pure Heroine," Lorde
2. "Monster," Eminem
3. "Counting Stars," OneRepublic
4. "Demons," Imagine Dragons
5. "Let Her Go," Passenger
6. "Hold On, We're Going Home," Drake
7. "Sail," Awolnation
8. "Roar," Katy Perry
9. "Radioactive," Imagine Dragons
10. "Wake Me Up," Avicii
Top Albums
1. "The Marshall Mathers LP 2," Eminem
2. "ARTPOP," Lady Gaga
3. "Sail Out," Jhene Aiko
4. "Appetite For Destruction," Guns N Roses
5. "Sublime," Sublime
6. "The Marshall Mathers LP," Eminem
7. "Nothing Was The Same," Drake
8. "The Blue Album," Weezer
9. "Nevermind," Nirvana
10. "Pure Heroine," Lorde


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A god of our age
Who was Steve Jobs? A revered technology pioneer and a relentless innovator, the Apple founder remained in many ways a mystery
Seventy years ago Orson Welles directed Citizen Kane, which critics still praise as the most innovative film ever. Welles modeled the main character, Kane, on a famous northern California magnate who revolutionized the media of his day, William Randolph Hearst.
"Rosebud" was Kane's dying declaration, and the narrative structure of the film emphasized the work of a reporter trying to figure out the meaning of that word and the meaning of Kane's life. Everyone he interviewed saw Kane through the prism of his own preoccupations. The reporter ended up much like the blind man feeling different parts of the elephant and thinking he's in the presence of a tree trunk, a snake-or something else.
When Steve Jobs died on Oct. 5, newspapers and airwaves (along with iPhones and iPads) were flush with accounts of the Apple founder's life and legacy-but each biographer seemed to recreate Jobs in the beholder's own image:
Those wanting a classic American success story described Jobs as the college dropout who co-created the first user-friendly computer and became a multimillionaire at age 25.
Those crafting a moral tale about never giving up wrote of how Jobs, booted from Apple at age 30, gained even greater financial and artistic success by propelling Pixar (Toy Story), regaining control of Apple, and making it not only one of the most valuable U.S. companies but perhaps the most loved.
Workaholics called him a workaholic who loved his work and said so: "Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. ... Like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on."
The Harvard Business Review called Jobs the "world's greatest philanthropist" even though he wasn't much of a donor: "What a loss to humanity it would have been if Jobs had dedicated the last 25 years of his life to figuring out how to give his billions away, instead of doing what he does best. We'd still be waiting for a cell phone on which we could actually read e-mail and surf the web. ... We'd be a decade or more away from the iPad, which has ushered in an era of reading electronically that promises to save a Sherwood Forest worth of trees and all of the energy associated with trucking them around."
Other writers focused on Jobs' personal life:
For adoption advocates he was an adoptee who made it big. His biological mom and dad placed him for adoption soon after his birth in 1955. "My parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: 'We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?' They said: 'Of course.'"
For parents with hyperactive children he was the child rushed to the emergency room after ingesting a bottle of ant poison, and the one who received a bad shock by sticking a bobby pin into a wall socket.
For those with children born out of wedlock he was a man who initially denied paternity and refused to pay child support for his first daughter Lisa, but eventually accepted her and helped her to become a New York writer.
Still other observers emphasized his style and beliefs:
To romantics he was the romantic who gave a lecture to a class of Stanford business students, noticed a good-looking woman in the front row, chatted her up, headed to his car, and ... "I was in the parking lot with the key in the car, and I thought to myself, 'If this is my last night on earth, would I rather spend it at a business meeting or with this woman?' I ran across the parking lot, asked her if she'd have dinner with me. She said yes, we walked into town, and we've been together ever since."
To marriage advocates he was the man who married that woman in a small ceremony at Yosemite National Park 20 years ago, and stayed married as they bore and raised three children.
To a neighbor writing in a Palo Alto paper, he was "a regular guy, a good dad having fun with his kids. The next time I met him was when our children attended school together. He sat in on back-to-school night listening to the teacher drone on about the value of education. ... I saw him at his son's high school graduation. There Steve stood, tears streaming down his cheeks, his smile wide and proud, as his son received his diploma."
To Buddhists and vegetarians he was a fellow-follower of the principles of minimalism, almost always appearing in public in a black turtleneck and worn jeans.
During the last year and a half of Jobs' life, some conservatives were not immune to the tendency to see him largely in connection with their own campaigns:
Jobs was a hero in June 2010 when he banned most pornography from his devices: One blogger called that decision antagonistic to freedom, but Jobs replied that he wanted "freedom from porn." Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council punned, "We're grateful that Jobs is trying to keep the iPad from becoming an eyesore."
He was a villain six months later, in December 2010, when Apple banned an app for the Manhattan Declaration that urged opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage. The National Organization for Marriage produced a 95-second video that depicted Jobs as the censorious "Big Brother" featured in Apple's famous 1984 ad.
So who was Steve Jobs? Reportedly, young Jobs was confirmed in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, but he spoke later of his desire to "make a dent in the universe"-and did not want God to make a dent in him. At the first Apple Halloween costume party, Jobs reportedly dressed up as Jesus. Was he attempting to be commercially omniscient-he said he knew what consumers wanted before they knew it-and omnipotent, making any product he produced a hit?
I see him also as wanting to be the outsider who would enter a town and tame it, like the classic Western hero. His Buddhist twist would have fit him well for the odd western TV series that hit the airwaves when Jobs was a teenager, Kung Fu, the story of a monk who travels through 19th-century western America and survives through spiritual training and martial arts skill.
But I may be as wrong as everyone else attempting to characterize an individual who cherished his privacy. Maybe the best approach is to get the words closest to "Rosebud" that Jobs ever uttered in public-his Stanford commencement speech in 2005, one year after his first encounter with cancer. On that day, whistling past the graveyard, he described death as "very likely the best invention of life. All pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure, these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important."
One problem, though, is that he never clarified to listeners what is truly important. He did tell the Stanford graduates, "Follow your heart. ... Don't be trapped by dogma-which is living with the results of other people's thinking. ... Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition."
Did Jobs remain a rebel against his youthful Lutheranism and the belief that our hearts are fallen? Did he ever realize that the thinking of some wise people, and especially that of a wise God, would help? Did Jobs ever come to grips with even three of the questions God hurls at the biblical Job: "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Where is the way to the dwelling of light?"
If Jobs' devotees were waiting for a final revelation from him as he approached death, it doesn't seem that one came. Jobs was one of the gods of our age, conquering the computer world and fostering vehicles for new media in a way even grander than that of Citizen Kane/William Randolph Hearst. Through God's common grace Jobs' creations improved life. But he could not conquer death.
Left unfulfilled were not only those curious about what Jobs' Rosebud might be, but his biological father, Abdulfattah John Jandali, an 80-year-old Syrian immigrant who is now a casino vice-president in Reno, Nev.
Several weeks before Jobs' death, newspapers quoted Jandali saying he didn't know until just a few years ago that the baby he and his girlfriend placed for adoption a half-century before had become a famous billionaire. Jandali said he had not called his son for fear Jobs would think Jandali was after his fortune, but he hoped Jobs would call him someday: "I just live in hope that, before it is too late, he will reach out to me, because even to have just one coffee with him just once would make me a very happy man."
Apparently, that meeting never happened.
Listen to a report on Steve Jobs' life from the Oct. 8 edition of the radio program The World and Everything in It.
Steve Jobs timeline
By The Editors
1955 Born Feb. 24 and adopted by machinist Paul Jobs and accountant Clara Jobs of Mountain View, Calif.
1972 Graduates from Homestead High School in Cupertino and enrolls at Reed College in Portland, Ore., but drops out after one semester
1974 Takes a job at Atari in Sunnyvale, Calif.; leaves to travel through India and joins a farm commune
1975 Joins Homebrew Computer Club, headed by Steve Wozniak, and persuades Wozniak to go into a business based on Wozniak's design for a new computer logic board dubbed Apple 1
1976 Founds Apple Computer
1977 Introduces Apple II
1980 Takes Apple public-at the end of its first day's trading Apple has a market value of $1.2 billion, so his stock is worth $239 million
1981 Becomes Apple chairman
1983 Recruits John Sculley from Pepsi to be the CEO of Apple
1984 Introduces the Macintosh, an all-in-one desktop computer with a graphical interface and a mouse
1985 Clashes with the Apple board, which backs Sculley and ousts him
1986 Works on developing NeXT, a high-end computer, and buys Pixar Animation Studios for $10 million from filmmaker George Lucas
1991 Marries Laurene Powell
1995 Releases the hit film Toy Story, the first Pixar movie with Disney, and becomes a billionaire when Pixar goes public
1996 Sells NeXT to Apple for $400 million and rejoins Apple as an advisor
1997 Becomes interim CEO after the Apple board ousts CEO Gil Amelio
1998 Releases the iMac, which becomes the fastest-selling personal computer in history
2000 Becomes permanent CEO of Apple and introduces Mac OS X, its current operating system, based on the NeXT operating system
2001 Launches the Apple Store to bolster retail sales and introduces the iPod, a music player that revolutionizes the digital music industry
2003 Launches the iTunes Music Store
2004 Undergoes surgery for pancreatic cancer
2006 Sells Pixar to Disney in a $7.4 billion stock deal and becomes Disney's largest shareholder
2007 Introduces the iPhone, a smartphone with a touch screen keypad that revolutionizes the cell phone industry
2009 Takes a six-month medical leave during which he undergoes a liver transplant
2010 Releases the iPad touch-screen tablet
2011 Takes another medical leave, resigns as CEO, and dies at age 56
Source: Current Biography, Atari, Apple, Reuters, AP, San Jose Mercury News, MCT


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And, making his Major League debut…
Well, it's a new day…a new month…a new game…a new face in left field…
Yup, you read right. Straight from Omaha to Kauffman Stadium's outfield grass, Billy Butler is making his Major League debut – batting seventh and playing left – in tonight's game against the Los Angeles Angels.
In 25 games with Triple-A Omaha this season, Butler batted .337 (30-80) with 19 runs scored, four doubles, six home runs and 23 RBI. He collected 18 walks, while striking out just 12 times. Before Butler got the call up, which he celebrated this morning by calling Wichita pal Alex Gordon, the Royals placed Ryan Shealy on the D.L. – he pulled his hamstring in Monday night's game – and also brought up left-hander Neal Musser, while sending right-hander Ryan Braun down to Omaha in a corresponding move.
Here's the lineups…
For the Royals:
DeJesus – CF
German – 2B
Teahen – RF
Sweeney – DH
Gload – 1B
Gordon – 3B
Butler – LF
Buck – C
Pena – SS
Greinke – P
For the Angels:
Matthews – CF
Willits – LF
Cabrera – SS
Guerrero – RF
Kotchman – 1B
Hillenbrand – DH
Aybar – 2B
Molina – C
Figgins – 3B
Colon – P
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Brooklyn, Ill. (KSDK) - Officers of the Brooklyn Police Department discovered the body of a 23-year-old man lying in the street outside a strip club early Sunday morning.
Police responding to a shots fired call at the Pink Slip Club at 114 South 4th Street around 3:25 am found the body sprawled in the street. The victim, Walter H. Taylor Jr. of East St. Louis, was dead from an apparent gunshot wound.
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Australian Open is still on my mind. That monstrous men's final left scars. And, so did the women's mini-final (relatively "mini"…I mean, hello?) but for entirely different reasons. On the surface, they don't seem to have much in common. But if you look at how reigning top ballers Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka went about winning, you might change your mind:
1. The double-fisted backhand is, er, back. The forehand is still sexier but it's the workman-like, double-fisted backhand that stole the spotlight in Oz. Nole and Vika's backhands are their superior shots; they can go cross court and, ahem, down the line with ease. It pushed their opponents off the baseline (which is exactly where they want them to be) or forced shorts balls they were able to pummel.
2. Court positioning is key. Nole and Vika stalked the baseline, suffocating their opponents and making them feel like they had no where to put the ball…until they put it out of bounds or into the net. The Aussie Open champs are able to see the ball so early and take it on the rise, which gives them an advantage over, well, most of the ballers in the world.
3. Strike the right balance. It's not enough to be awesomely aggressive or doggedly defensive. Ballers on both tours now need to do both consistently well. Vika was relentless in her pursuit of Maria Sharapova's power groundies until she either took over the point or forced an error. "She created you know, she created offense from defense today, which is, you know, which is important and something that I think she's improved, definitely," said Shrieka. Nole's defense is other-worldly but it's his offense that keeps Rafael Nadal frustrated.
5. Return to server. Their returns are simply devastating. Rafa said it best in his post-match presser: "Is something unbelievable how [Djokovic] returns, no? His return probably is one of the best of the history. That's my opinion, no? I never played against a player who's able to return like this. Almost every time." Shrieka kept her sometimes nervy serve under control (she actually had one less DF than Vika) but couldn't get the ball out of the Belarussian's wheelhouse. As well all know, it was a recipe for DISASTER...or SUCCESS depending on who you ask.
[Photo(s) credit: Reuters]
Monday, January 30, 2012
Five winning ways from Djokovic and Azarenka
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Great analysis. As usual, Rafa is the best analyst of all.ReplyDeleteReplies
I take offense. No, not really. He probably knows more about it than I do. Actually, I don't really know what I'm talking about on this blog. Was that good analysis?Delete
- AnonymousFebruary 3, 2012 at 4:16 PM
I know we're not supposed to talk about it but.....Nadal made less money than Vika. Nole made equal money to Vika.ReplyDeleteReplies
Why aren't we supposed to talk about it?Delete
Maria is slowly rising to the top of the ranking again. Loved to see the Van Grichen alumni winning her first Grand Slam title and claiming nº1!ReplyDelete
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NEW MARTINSVILLE - When you are battling one of the top teams in the valley with one of the premier pitchers, you had better take advantage of any, and every, opportunity given to you.
Magnolia coach Mark Batton watched his Blue Eagles' softball team put a pair of runners on in the first inning Wednesday afternoon, only to strand both in what turned out to be a pivotal moment in a loss to Bellaire St. John.
Hannah Absalom fanned 16 batters, allowing just one hit, and chased home the game's only run with a third-inning single as the Fighting Irish overcame a rare off day at the plate to post a 1-0 victory against Magnolia at Hydro Field.
The victory moves Coach Jerry Magistro's team to a perfect 10-0 on the season while Big Blue falls to 4-9 and will look to make some noise in their own tournament this weekend.
"Any time you go on the road and face someone, especially a good team like Magnolia, you have to be happy when you come away with a win," Magistro said. "It's a little bit of a long drive and I think the kids were a little tired and that is going to happen, but we got the win.
"Magnolia is always a gutsy team and they will play anyone and play them hard."
St. John had the first opportunity of the game, getting a two-out Morgan DeLuca single in the top of the first before Caitlin Sliva reached on an error to put runners at first and second. However, starting, and losing pitcher, Mallory Chapman induced a force out to end the threat. Chapman also pitched a fine game, striking out six and not issuing a walk while allowing five singles.
Magnolia's best chance came in the bottom of the same frame when Chapman reached on a one-out bloop single over third, the Eagles' only hit of the game, and Audrey Gibb worked a walk on a 3-2 pitch to put a pair on. Ashley Moore's sacrifice bunt moved the runners to second and third before Absalom recorded her second strikeout of the inning to keep the game scoreless.
The Irish then went to work on manufacturing the games only run in the top of the third. No. 9 hitter Kyleigh Falcone reached on an infield single, went to second on a Katie Coppa fielder's choice and third on a wild pitch. Absalom then aided her own cause with a one-out blooper to right that sent Falcone home with the eventual game-winner.
St. John did put a runner at second in the fifth and had girls at second and third and no one out in the seventh, but did not score again. Magnolia had just two base runners after the first inning, both reaching on free passes.
"Absalom does an outstanding job of limiting base runners," Batton said. "So when we didn't score in the first inning that really hurt us. We advanced the runners to second and third, but you have to take advantage of opportunities and we didn't, but they did.
"But I think you got to see two very good pitchers here (Wednesday). Pitching and defense have kept us in games, but we are young and have to learn how to make contact. We did a good job last Saturday, but it has been off and on and we have to get more consistent.
"Right now there are just a lot of practice games getting ready for the tournament. We have faced some of the best pitchers and best teams in the valley and I believe we will be all right later in the season."
Magistro was proud of how his team battled through while not hitting the ball.
"We did this with pitching and defense," the veteran coach said. "In the third inning we did the things we needed to do to get a run in and we made it stand. Not hitting is a little out of character for us, but you can't get hits all the time."


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"This is about industrial development from the standpoint of bringing jobs and tax base to the Mint Hill area," said Dale Stewart, of Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railroad.
The petition would be a step toward streamlining the process for new industry to come to the business park, separating an area for rail use only, and preparing that area for rail-based industries.


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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Atlanta Falcons head coach Mike Smith said in a press confernce Monday that quarterback Matt Ryan has a sprained shoulder and will not play in next week's Pro Bowl.
Smith said Ryan's shoulder injury would not have kept him out of the Super Bowl had the Falcons won on Sunday.
"If we'd had the outcome we wanted last night, he would have participated in the game in New Orleans," said Smith.
Smith added that Ryan will be rehabbing his injured shoulder for the next couple of weeks. He said that surgery would not be necessary for the quarterback.
Ryan was attempting to engineer another dramatic come-from-behind win in Sunday's NFC Championship Game. Atlanta was trailing San Francisco 28-24 with just under two minutes left in the game. The quarterback completed a pass to fullback Jason Snelling and was hit hard by San Francisco linebacker Amhad Brooks. The defender pushed Ryan's left shoulder into the turf.
Ryan could be seen grimacing and at times favoring his injured shoulder.
After the game, Ryan downplayed the injury.
"I was alright," said Ryan. "Good enough to go."
Sports orthopedist Dr. Matt Pombo, who is not involved in Ryan'sdiagnosis or treatment, agrees the quarterback would have been ready to go by the Super Bowl.
Pombo says an injury like Ryan's typically means a strain to the ligaments between the shoulder blade and collarbone. With some treatment and pain management, Pombo predicts Ryan could have played the very next week.
"Anything that's detrimental to an athlete where you're risking anything, you're not going to numb up so they can play," said Pombo."But this particular injury most likely is very stable. It's in his non-throwing shoulder. He would have been able to play."
Coach Smith said he met with players Monday afternoon. He characterized it as a "tough meeting," according to a message from the Falcons' Twitter feed.
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"Our players are disappointed, but we did some good things," Smith said. "Off-season program starts the week of April 24, so we'll start all over again. It was not our goal this year to just win a playoff game. It was a good learning experience."
Smith talked about retiring tight end Tony Gonzalez, saying that his impact for the Falcons was immeasurable. He said he hoped that Gonzalez's self-described 95 percent chance that he would retire after this season wouldn't be the end of his career.
"Tony Gonzalez revolutionized that tight end position," Smith said. "I'm hoping for the 5 percent, but Tony handled this well all season. Tony and I will have a conversation in the next few weeks."
Smith will be heading to the practices for next weekend's Senior Bowl this week, sizing up the current class of collegiate prospects.


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NSRA Mid-America Street Rod Nationals 2000Written by on August 1, 2000 Springtime in the Ozarks and a young mans thoughts turn to
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loadin up the truck and headin to Springfield, Missouri, for the NSRA Mid-America Street Rod Nationals. Whether youre driving an in-progress buildup or a finished boulevard cruiser, Springfield was a great place to be over Memorial Day weekend. NSRA, the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds, and the City of Springfield combined to make everyone feel welcome. With the traditional down-home atmosphere of this Bible Belt town, it didnt take any extra-big effort on anyones part to make you feel welcome. Hospitality is in the air, no matter when you are there.
As in the past, Sheraton Hawthorn Park served as the perfect location for registration and the Friday Night Kickoff Party. Located on Glenstone Avenue, close to the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds, the Sheraton is centrally located to the action. Several eating establishments, to suit a variety of tastes and budgets, are located within walking or driving distance along Glenstone Avenue. If you prefer to get away from the crowd, Springfield spreads out in all directions for your exploring pleasure.
After checking in at registration, a short drive takes you to the fairgrounds, where 1,950 street rods were in attendancethe most, to date, for this steadily growing event. It would have been higher had it not been for the forecast that promisedand deliveredrain. Mother Nature obviously likes a good rod run as well as the next guy. Of course, not all of these street rods were trucks; however, as everyone reading this magazine knows, trucks are continuing to increase in popularity. At rod runs that were once visited only by trucks of the 40 Ford and 47-48 Chevy variety, a growing number of makes and models are now being seen. Model A Ford trucks seem to be regaining some lost popularity, while early post-war Fords are enjoying popularity for the first time.
Everyone we spoke with seemed to enjoy the Springfield run. The fairground has plenty of shade for those who want to sit and relax, and plenty of open area for those who want to show off their perfect paint jobs in the sunlight. Paved streets make cruising all through the fairgrounds a pleasant way to see and be seen. No matter what your favorite rod run event is, Springfield, Missouri, merits your consideration. Pat Newell and NSRA agree, as they plan to be there again next year over the Memorial Day weekend. Well see you there.
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Even in overcast weather, the bright orange paint and yellow flames on M.L. Land's 1947 Chevy panel will brighten your day. A polished bumper and American wheels add additional sparkle.
Super smooth and scorching hot is Jim Michele's red-with-flames '40 Ford pickup. With these licks his truck stands out in a crowd. Other features are billet wheels, a Coke cooler toolbox, and a tan leather bench seat. Cool stuff.
Making Paul and Benita Stevens' pickup stand out are the traditional yellow, orange, and red flames over black. The chopped-top Chevrolet also sports Centerline wheels, red cloth bucket seats, and hidden door latches.This International woodie/panel truck was cruising around all weekend. I didn't see it parked, but it has to be rare.The license plate reads "XGAS ER," leading us to believe Lee McFarland's 1936 Chevy once participated in a bit of drag racing action. Perhaps he worked as a gas station attendant? The wheelie bars, Bell four-spoke wheels, and lots of louvers place the odds on this being one wild ride.When teenager Chad Morgan was asked what he liked best about driving to the NSRA Mid-America Nationals, his reply was: "It was definitely not the gas mileage." Don't feel alone, Chad, we share that feeling. Chad's primered flatbed was coming along nicely on its road trip from Jefferson, Wisconsin. With help from his dad, Chad's hauler now runs on a 1979 Monte Carlo front suspension and an 1985 Camaro rear suspension. Chad, hang in there. Dad, keep up the good work.A Coca-Cola cooler-turned-storage box and diamond-plate floor add detail to Jim Michele's red 1940 Ford pickupWe never caught up with the owners of this peach-colored nostalgic truck, as it was on the move all weekend. For a fine example of nostalgic styling, this is one to track down.By the time these guys had completed working on this vintage Chevrolet, the tall one was probably wishing for a longer hood prop.Perhaps more street rod than classic truck, this highboy roadster pickup looks like tons of fun. There's enough room for a passenger with room in the back for lawn chairs and a cooler—possibly the perfect fairground plaything.Gary Lane's 1947 Chevy pickup features a Native American motif painted in place of the original outside door handles. The chopped-top deluxe cab is painted aqua and rolls on black rally wheels with caps and rings. A rolled rear pan includes flush-mounted taillights, while the bed has a hinged tonneau cover.
Proving how you can make anything look better is Butch Boyette's 1948 Studebaker pickup. This racy red hauler with fat rear tires mounted on Budnik wheels is probably the hottest thing in Jacksonville, Arkansas.This former CCT feature truck was built by Sam Kimbrough of Rolla, Missouri. The blue 1948 Chevy looks as good now as it did when Sam first built it. He probably wishes he hadn't sold it.For the short haul, Lyndel Link's 1936 Chevy looks too cool for school. This dark-purple with ghost flames highboy would be the perfect grown boy's go-cart. A barely-off-the-ground stance, polished wheels, shortened bed, and white vinyl interior are neat details, with a minimum of expense.The Ozark Empire Fairgrounds offers plenty of room to cruise for those who choose to do so. What better way to do so than in a slick 1948 Chevy pickup?The Kansas City area has its share of fine-looking hot rods. This 1940 Ford pickup is from Lee's Summit, Missouri, and is owned by 18-year-old Ed Lipowicz IV. With slick red paint, you don't realize the cab has been extended and the bed shortened. A highly detailed and polished Ford 302 with an AOD transmission provides plenty of power to spin the polished Weld wheels. Tan bucket seats keep Ed comfortable, while digital gauges keep him informed.A man whose heart beats much like ours is Rick Ward, as evidenced by his dark-teal-green 1948 Chevy pickup. The contrasting cream-colored rally wheels look great with the dark paint. Body modifications include a peaked hood, frenched headlights, and a V'd windshield. A painted grille, polished bedstrips, and a smooth tailgate round out the package. Inside the cab is a Tea's bench seat with gray tweed and a tilt wheel.These two early Ford pickups were the first trucks we saw at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds. Not too shabby. Ricky Robbins owns the dark blue 1932 Ford with tan steelie wheels. Under the hood is a V-6 engine, and between the doors is a tan vinyl interior. Melanie Martin owns the hugger orange 1933 Ford pickup. It runs a set of Halibrands, a small-block Chevy for power, and black leather bucket seats for comfort.


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|Re-1J schools' free and reduced price meal eligibility announced
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
Holyoke School District Re-1J recently announced its policy for children who may receive free and reduced price meals served under the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. Local school officials will use the following size and income criteria for determining eligibility:
Family Size, 1, free meals, yearly income, $14,079, reduced meals, yearly income, $20,036; 2, $18,941, $26,955; 3, $23,803, $33,874; 4, $28,665, $40,793; 5, $33,527, $47,712; 6, $54,631; 7, $43,251, $61,550; 8, $48,113, $68,469.
For each additional family member, add $4,862 to yearly income for free meals and $6,919 to yearly income for reduced meal price eligibility.
Children from families whose income is at or below the levels shown are eligible for free or reduced price meals.
Application forms are being sent to all homes with a letter to parents. Additional copies are available at the principal's office in each school. The information provided on the application is confidential and will be used only for the purpose of determining eligibility and verifying data. Applications from families receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits (formerly the Food Stamp Program) need only to list the children's names, respective SNAP case number and the signature of an adult household member.
All other households that would qualify based upon income must show the names of all household members related or not (such as grandparents, other relatives or friends), the amount of gross income each person received last month and source and the signature of an adult household member and that adult's social security number, or check the box if the adult does not have a social security number. The information on the application may be verified by the school or other program officials at any time during the school year.
In certain cases, foster children are also eligible for these benefits. If a family has foster children living with them and wishes to apply for meals, they should contact the school.
Under the provision of the policy, Tammy Kroeger, Holyoke Elementary School, will review applications and determine eligibility. If a parent is dissatisfied with the decision, a request may be made to discuss it with the determining official. A formal appeal may be made either orally or in writing to Sharon Thompson, Director of Budget and Finance, Administration Office, for a hearing to appeal the decision. The policy contains an outline of the hearing procedure.
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Cahoacan II Work Begins in the El Tizate Microwatershed
19 September 2012 | News story
IUCN, with sponsorship from Fundación Gonzalo Río Arronte I.A.P. and support from Sociedad de Historia Natural del Soconusco, begins work to mitigate effects of severe rainstorms in strategic microwatersheds
Chiapas, Mexico, June 28, 2012 (IUCN). Now in phase II, the Cahoacán Project aims to reduce the vulnerability of watershed inhabitants, build capacity to adapt to changes, and improve abilities to mitigate damages from hydrometeorological phenomenon. This will be accomplished by strengthening local adaptive capacity (at the community-ejido, municipal and basin level) and improving livelihoods. Actions include protection of natural forests such as lowland jungle, mesophile forest, and pine-oak forest; improvement of shade coffee agroforestry systems (environmental services); soil and water conservation works and practices; reforestation; solid waste management; monitoring of water quality and strengthening of organizational structures with the watershed approach.
The Tizate microwatershed is located in the mid-basin of the Cahoacán River at coordinates 15º 01´14.02´´ and 14º 56´14.47´´ north latitude and 92º 11´24.06´´ and 92º 11´56.35´´ west longitude. Its population of 3,937 live in the ejidos of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Manuel Lazos and Segunda Sección de Cahuá, in the municipalities of Tapachula and Tuxtla Chico, State of Chiapas. The Tizate River arises at an altitude of 584 m above sea level in Ejido Felipe Carrillo Puerto, running 10.2 km before it empties into the Cahuá River.
To address the extreme vulnerability of the Cahoacán river basin, soil and water conservation works and practices have been initiated on 725.66 ha in the microwatershed of the Tizate River, specifically in Ejido Felipe Carrillo Puerto.
Before beginning, project technicians made a careful selection of priority areas in the Tizate microwatershed, and then provided training for 20 farmers in Ejido Manuel Lazos. The training included technical and practical aspects to give participants a clear understanding of the objectives and benefits, with definitions and measurements provided for each work and practice, depending on the slope of the land to be protected. Beneficiaries also learned how to prepare simple instruments for making contour lines, such as the easel.
The first works included trenches on hillsides currently planted with coffee. These activities are designed to consolidate, foster, and expand the planning and management capacities of local stakeholders to restore, conserve and protect strategic microwatersheds, and thus reduce risks from severe rainstorms in the Cahoacán river basin.
Miguel Ángel Hernández, a farmer in the Tizate microwatershed, said, "The works and practices we've been taught to implement on our land are very good for conserving soil and keeping it from ending up in the Tizate River. They'll be especially useful for holding moisture during the heat of the dry season, which coffee plants don't like so harvests are really poor. Definitely, this is a good measure that will also help give us better harvests."
Such actions to conserve soil and water are also being implemented in other strategic microwatersheds of the Cahoacán II project in Chiapas, Mexico.
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If the Bit Fits
Poorly fitting apparel or accessories are annoying enough, but imagine that the area of discomfort is in your mouth. Even worse, imagine getting punished for trying to avoid the pain.
According to trainer Don Murphy, a respected horseman and member of the National Reined Cow Horse Association's Hall of Fame, this describes what too many horses must deal with each time they are ridden. Murphy says that many riders fail to notice whether a horse's bit fits properly in the animal's mouth, and that is a mistake. How a mouthpiece lies across a horse's tongue and bars greatly determines how well that horse performs and progresses through training. The best bit, he says, is not only comfortable for the horse, but also helps the rider give clear, subtle cues, which make training effective and less frustrating for the horse and the rider.
"If you get the response you like, you will have a nice horse in the long run," Murphy says. "You get different results from the bit not sitting properly in your horse's mouth. You'll find that your horse is going to say âno'somehowâby opening his mouth, using [wringing] his tail, pinning his ears or flipping his head.
"A lot of people just put a bit on a horse and try to force the horse to perform. The horse might do it, but there won't be a long-lasting effect."
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Congrats GP. I remember you having a great undersea map in one of the past challenges. You may have even won. Either way I'm sure you will do great on these.
Well, part of the reason I haven't had time to participate in monthly challenges, corresponds to why I didn't have time to enter the One Page Dungeon Contest - which I really wanted to participate in... too much work on my plate.
I am still creating illustrations for my upcoming Way of the Samurai supplement for Kaidan. I am doing adventure maps for 2 upcoming adventures set in Kaidan, to be run as demo games at Origins 2012. One of the two will be featured in Adventure Quarterly magazine from Rite Publishing.
Just yesterday, however, I got Alluria Press to commission me for an updated version of the undersea world map for Cerulean Seas, and possibly making maps of all their cities in the known world - for a Map Folio product they are looking to release. I'm pretty excited about this, since I love to create underwater maps.
I'll post what I can, when I can of the Cerulean Sea maps.
So busier than hell, but for good reasons!
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Congrats GP. I remember you having a great undersea map in one of the past challenges. You may have even won. Either way I'm sure you will do great on these.
When its over and you look in the mirror, did you do the best that you were capable of? If so, the score does not matter. But if you find that you did your best you were capable of, you will find it to your liking. -John Wooden
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I remember these maps from ancient D&D modules
Very oldskool, brings back memories.
I feel kind of ashamed of this map compared to others posted in this forum, with their high color and shading. You guys have been going forward, but I've been looking backwards. If you're old enough to remember maps inside modules that looked like this one, you're Old Enough.
This is the Blackwind Stronghold, an ancient, abandoned guild fortress below the city of Anchorest. It was designed as a 0-Level dungeon.
I remember these maps from ancient D&D modules
Very oldskool, brings back memories.
Check out my City Designer 3 tutorials. See my fantasy (city) maps in this thread.
Gandwarf has fallen into shadow...
Don't be ashamed, most of us older dudes love these old school maps...back in my day we didn't have color, we had nonphoto blue and white. These kids and their rock n roll music and fancy colors...bah humbug
If the radiance of a thousand suns was to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One...I am become Death, the Shatterer of worlds.
-J. Robert Oppenheimer (father of the atom bomb) alluding to The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 11, Verse 32)
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When I was kid, NOTHING was in color. Whole damn world was black-n-white, color not being invented til 19-aught-70. Only then we didn;t call it color, we called it: "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!"
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While we like all of our fancy colors, textures and the rest. A good bunch of us go all misty-eyed for good old fashioned cyan dungeons.
My Finished Maps | My Challenge Maps | Ghoraja Juun, my largely stagnated campaign setting.
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Venus Public Transit, Map Of Ceres, Jack Vance's Ports Of Call & Lurulu ... why do I only have 3 maps here?
Really nice clean map. Good job.
Ranking different styles is silly - they're different. Your car goes faster than my bicycle and much faster than my mothers apple pie. You've done very well in your chosen style - no more or less than any other map here could hope for.
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Dollhouse Syndrome = The temptation to turn a map into a picture, obscuring the goal of the image with the appeal of cute, or simply available, parts. Maps have clarity through simplification.
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What Sigurd said. Style is subjective.
I love the old school maps because I am another who is "old enough" .
All you're missing by the passage from #27 is an arrow with the words "To the Underdark" !
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Former Royal Teahen wins Hutch Award
Mark Teahen's charitable efforts in the Kansas City community earned him the Hutch Award yesterday. The national award is given annually to a Major League Baseball player who best exemplifies the honor, courage and dedication of baseball great Fred Hutchinson, both on and off the field. Teahen, traded to Chicago on November 6, is the first member of the White Sox to win the award. George Brett (1980), Dennis Leonard (1986) and Mike Sweeney (2007) are past Hutch recipients. This was Teahen's second year as a finalist for the award.
Teahen is the spokesperson for the YMCA Challenger Baseball program in Kansas City. His fundraising efforts with the program include an annual fashion show. He also participated in countless community events, including the Royals AbilityCAMP, an interactive baseball camp for children with disabilities. Thank you Mark for your work in the Kansas City community!