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Located in the mids between the Reign of the Domain of Nimtal and the Tremorlor Clans is the grand Wasteland of Celonahr. In recent issues of the Imperial Herold, Mihguelle Sastarphon, am acclaimed explorer and national icon of the Outer Borderlands, described his travels to the Lost City of Nihrward and its hidden treasures. Despite the fact that he barely survived the Dangers of Celonahr and swore never to walk the Sands of the North again, thousands of fortunehunters, sellswords and outlawed travels into an uncertain destiny. The Tromorlian City of Jerihstan became a central starting point and turned into a boiling junkyard. Who will be the next to step into the Streets of long lost Nihrward?
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Forming new friendships with older people
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An afternoon spent with senior citizens at the Center for Adult Life Enrichment in Hewlett proved several of the common misconceptions that many teenagers hold about old people false.
Members of Hewlett High School's World Language Club truly learned that contrary to our peer's beliefs senior citizens are not unfriendly or boring. It only took about an hour to realize that senior citizens are quite the opposite. They are warm and amiable, as well as interesting and fun. A meaningful and entertaining afternoon was enjoyed on Dec. 10, as we reached out to the senior citizens who appeared to be separated by many years from us, but are in fact are so close in other ways.
One might wonder why the World Language Club would be interested in visiting these senior citizens. The club members enjoy sharing their love for languages and cultures with others. Visiting the senior citizens at the center, which is conveniently located in the high school's parking lot, is the perfect opportunity.
How club members would interact with the senior citizens was discussed at a several meetings prior to the visit. It was decided that the visit would include singing holiday songs in different languages, playing bingo games in different languages, distributing holiday cards that we specially designed for the seniors, as well as savoring some tasty snacks together.
Little did we know when preparing for the visit how many senior citizens would actually be at the center when we were to come. We did not know how large of an audience to expect; however, we ran through the songs a few times, created several cards, and prepared the best that we could.
Despite learning that there was a small number of seniors at the center that day, we were determined to make the best of it. The initial awkwardness gave way to group singing — "Jingle Bells" in Spanish and French, "O Christmas Tree" in Italian and "Walking in a Winter Wonderland" in English — and distribution of the holiday cards.
Smiles and hugs served as displays of appreciation from the seniors.
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Salt Lake City, UT (Sports Network) - Randy Foye had 20 points and six
assists, while Al Jefferson registered a double-double with 15 points and 12
rebounds, as the Utah Jazz took down the Sacramento Kings, 98-91 in overtime,
on Monday.
Foye had six points and nailed 4-of-4 free throws in extra time alone for the
Jazz, who have won three of their last four.
Paul Millsap and Alec Burks each donated 14 points and Derrick Favors added 13
points and nine boards off the bench to help the Jazz improve to 3-0 this
season in games decided beyond regulation.
Jason Thompson paced Sacramento with 23 points and 10 rebounds and Tyreke
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1-5 record. Isaiah Thomas and Marcus Thornton scored 17 and nine points,
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(KSDK Sports) -- The Saint Louis Billikens try to continue their season-long winning streak on Friday night when they play host to the SIU Edwardsville Cougars at Chaifetz Arena, and SLU will have Senior guard Kwamain Mitchell in the line up.
SIUE is coming off its first pair of back-to-back wins all season, defeating Eureka on Dec. 17 (77-74) and Robert Morris-Springfield on Dec. 19 (81-49). Despite their mini run, the Cougars are still just 4-5 on the season, which includes losses in all four of their contests outside of Edwardsville.
Saint Louis is in the midst of a nine-game homestand, and so far it has taken full advantage with five straight wins since a 66-61 loss at Washington on Nov. 28, most recently downing Loyola Marymount last Saturday, 65-44. The streak has bumped the Billikens up to 8-3, with four of those triumphs coming by 20 points or more.
The Billikens have won six of the seven all-time matchups with the Cougars, but the teams haven't met since 1983.
Even though it came against a lower-level opponent, SIUE is coming off its most dominating performance of the season as it shot lofty percentages from the field (.521) and the foul line (.862) in its 32-point victory. Kris Davis and Michael Messer paced the balanced effort with 15 points apiece, while Jerome Jones and Derian Shaffer added 13 and 11 points, respectively. The offensive effort this season for the Cougars hasn't nearly been as smooth, as they make just 41.3 percent of their field goal attempts for 63.7 ppg. Jones is one of the Ohio Valley Conference's most potent scorers (16.4 ppg) thanks in large part to an outstanding showing from beyond the arc, as he makes nearly three treys per game at a 43.4 percent clip. Davis (10.3 ppg) and Messer (10.0 ppg) are also consistent contributors.
The scoring output for Saint Louis has been modest at best, as it makes 45.9 percent of its field goal attempts for 66.2 ppg, but it has ridden its recent wave of success thanks to an outstanding effort at the defensive end of the court where it holds opponents to a mere 56.7 ppg. The defensive performance was spectacular once again in the blowout win over Loyola Marymount, which shot just 34.0 percent from the floor, including 2-of-14 from 3-point range. Pacing four Billikens in double figures was Mike McCall, Jr., who hit four of the team's eight long-range tallies on his way to 14 points. Jordair Jett and Jake Barnett each scored 11 points, while Dwayne Evans added 10 points, nine rebounds and two steals. Evans is Saint Louis' leading scorer (12.2 ppg) and rebounder (6.8 rpg) through 11 games, shooting a lofty 56.4 percent from the field in the process. More than half of McCall Jr.'s (11.4 ppg) and Cody Ellis' (10.8 ppg) buckets have come from beyond the arc, and Jett (9.6 ppg) hands out a team-best 4.1 apg.
SIUE is riding a nice streak of late, but it's nothing compared to the run Saint Louis is on. The Cougars have benefited from playing sub par opponents in recent weeks, so they'll likely come crashing back to Earth in this one playing on the road against one of the nation's hottest teams.


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Reminder: Scanning Ticket System Goes Into Effect Saturday
AMES, Iowa - For the first time, all Iowa State football tickets will be scanned at the entry gates of Jack Trice Stadium. Fans' tickets will also be exit scanned in order to gain re-entry to the stadium.
This scanning technology will supply a new level of ticket security and give fans more control over tickets they have purchased. Season-ticket holders and single-game ticket purchasers will be able to re-print or forward their tickets by managing them online through their My Cyclone Athletics Account at cyclones.com. Season-ticket holders will also be provided with a seamless solution for selling seats online to other fans by utilizing our new Cyclone Ticket Exchange, the only authorized Iowa State Athletics resale site.
"The implementation of the electronic ticketing system at Jack Trice Stadium has allowed us to introduce Cyclone Ticket Exchange, the only authorized Iowa State Athletics resale site," Iowa State Director of Ticket Operations Justin Thompson said. "This service offers season-ticket holders and fans an official and secure forum for selling and buying tickets online. It gives our season-ticket holders a stake in the thriving secondary market."
Cyclone Ticket Exchange will make it easier and safer for fans to buy and sell tickets without risk. All buyers and sellers through Cyclone Ticket Exchange have assurance that all tickets bought and sold through that network are guaranteed to be official with bar coding technology.
"Tickets purchased through a third party run the risk of being fraudulent," Thompson said. "Tickets purchased directly from the Iowa State Athletics Ticket Office or Cyclone Ticket Exchange give ticket holders the capability of determining the source of a ticket problem through scanning. We do not have this capability with tickets purchased through a third party, leaving us unable to assist fans who bought tickets from a third party."
Thompson says fans should arrive earlier for games this fall to get used to the new scanned ticket system.
"We will have people at each gate working to help the transition," Thompson said. "I would recommend coming early and having your barcode facing the ticket scanner to ensure you are in your seat at kickoff."
Saturday's game vs. Northern Iowa in Jack Trice Stadium will kick off at 6 p.m. CDT. The Iowa State - Iowa contest, also to be contested at Jack Trice Stadium, will kick off at 11 a.m. CDT. Gates to the stadium open 90 minutes prior to kick off.
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The Obama administration announced Wednesday morning plans to develop a national science, technology, engineering and math teaching corps – pending a $1 billion commitment from Congress.
The STEM Master Teacher Corps, as it would be called formally, would start with selected 50 teachers and expand to 10,000 in four years, according to a statement from the White House. In exchange for modeling STEM education and mentoring their peers, those teachers would receive a $20,000 annual bonus.
"If America is going to compete for the jobs and industries of tomorrow, we need to make sure our children are getting the best education possible," President Obama said in a statement.
The president intends to give $100 million of the existing Teacher Incentive Fund to school districts to develop plans to "identify, develop and leverage highly effective STEM teachers," the statement said. The application for this money is July 27 and 30 school districts have said they are interested.
STEM Master Teacher Corps would be located at 50 sites around the country. Obama says he wants to prepare 100,000 more STEM teachers in the next decade.
Democrats tried to secure funding for a similar program last year, but the proposal didn't reach either the House or Senate floors.
In a conference call about the proposal, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said he hopes politics won't interfere.
"If folks if folks can agree on anything I can't think of a better place for bipartisan cooperation, than a teachers-helping-teachers program, Duncan said.


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CEC members are actively participating in the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Jeju, Korea. Read about the daily schedule and special CEC events like the election of the CEC Chair, CEC Members' Meeting, and the winners of three CEC awards. Read more about CEC @ Congress here >>
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Barack Obama: Palestinian unity deal with Hamas unhelpful
Newscast Media WASHINGTON—The United States scrambled to salvage the already
dying Israeli-Palestinian peace talks after Israel torpedoed the negotiations over its
refusal to deal with a unified Palestinian political entity.
President Barack Obama, whose administration dragged the two sides back to the
negotiating table in July after a three-year hiatus, said on Friday that the recent
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Children's Holiday Shoppe
Tuesdays and Thursdays:
November 27 & 29; December 4 & 6, 11 & 13 -- 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturdays: December 1, 8 & 15 -- 10 a.m. to 6 p.m
300 N. Mulford Road (next to Subway)
Children to age 12 shop for the holidays without their parents. Items are priced from $1 - $6.
For more information, please contact Judith Loudin, regional development manager at 815-720-2106
ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- This time of the year we are all busy shopping for the holidays and now our kids will also be able to do the same.
The Children's Holiday Shoppe will open for business Tuesday near the intersection of Mulford and East State Street next to the Subway. This is the third year for the shop, which gives children an opportunity to buy presents for their family with the help of a volunteer. The shop offers a big selection of gifts that are all under $6, all of the money raised goes to Children's Home + Aid's MotherHouse Crisis Nursery.


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ED Models:
•FSQ-106ED New "Q"............[with 'Captain's Wheel']
•FSQ-106EDX (I, II, III)......[without 'Captain's Wheel']
Note: Discussion is more about FSQ-106EDXIII; also would like to know more about I, II, III specs and other details/differences. Pictures of your imaging setup & experience with adapting the 'III' to your needs are welcome!
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•Comparison of old FSQ and New "Q"...
Here is a relevant quote from OPT... "Remember, the "EDX" version of the FSQ-106ED is the same as the "New Q", but comes with different adapters so that you can attach a camera rotator out of the box. This adapter cuts out 25mm of back focus (178mm vs 153mm) making the EDX much more suitable to photographic use. Adapters for visual use are available."
Relevant Specs of 106EDX:
•Modified Four Element Double ED Petzval
•'Reduced' 153mm back-focus
•88mm image circle
•Accepts new F3.6 focal reducer
•Built-in camera adjuster capable of lifting up to 11 pounds
•4" rack and pinion focuser
•NO 'Captain's Wheel'
•530mm FL, f/5
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@hytham, what's the difference between FSQ-106EDX and FSQ-106ED?
The EDX is modified for imaging purposes.
The EDX comes with a built in CAA which reduces the amount of back-focus from 178mm to 153mm allowing you to attach a variety of adapters to suit your imaging needs, but does not have the captain's wheel or visual accessories associated with the FSQ-106ED. The purpose was to eliminate any potential flexure in the imaging train with the new casting design and increase the maximum supported weight.
Thanks for the info; couple more questions:
1. Is there any difference between EDXIII & EDX?
2. Is CC/FF still needed with EDX?
3. How good is the focuser on EDX; can/should it be upgraded to Feather Touch, if yes which one exactly?
If you can post a pic of your EDX, especially the back-end setup, that will be great. Thx
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1) Yes. Heavier casting design for larger imaging trains. The ED, EDX(I,II,III) can all be used visually, but the progression (again from research and what I have been told) from I - III is the support of larger imaging trains. The III can support 5kg (11 lbs). They're all the same cost, so why not go with the EDX III imaging system instead of the ED was my thought.
2) From the images I have seen produced with it. No. The optics from the ED to the EDXIII are still the same. The quadruplet is supposed to eliminate coma and creates an impeccable flat field right out to the edge of the viewing/imaging area - it's crazy sharp. After using it at a friend's house to try it out for myself, I was amazed by the beautiful quality of the optics and how clean it was. That is what convinced me to get one. The quality of glass and engineering.
3) No need, IMO. It comes with a 10:1 focusing system that is very smooth with great precision. Those that do upgrade it, want to motorize with the Starizona system whereas the Robofocus can also provide you with the necessary precision with the stock focuser. IMO, it's a matter of subjectivity.
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PHOTOS: Florida's rejected license plates aren't always offensive
Clearwater, Florida -- On Sunday, Clearwater Police arrested a man who allegedly tried to steal a generator from a triathlon event.
Police say a witness confronted 43-year-old Christopher Fusco after they saw him load a 3000-watt Honda Generator being used at the TriRock Triathlon event into the trunk of his car. Fusco tried to tell the witness that it was his, but when he was challenged again, Fusco removed the generator from his trunk and fled the scene.
An officer caught up with Fusco in the 600 block of S. Gulfview Boulevard and tried to pull him over. Instead, Fusco took off at a high rate of speed and tried to run another officer off the road by coming at him head on.
He was finally located on Palm Island N.E. under a dock and taken into custody.
He has been charged with Grand Theft, Aggravated Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer, Fleeing to Elude, Burglary, and Violation of Probation.


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CULPEPER, Va. (WUSA) -- The possible jury misconduct in the trial of a former Culpeper Police officer could lead to a mistrial.
Daniel Harmon-Wright was found guilty of manslaughter yesterday and the jury was supposed to recommend a sentence today but now that's on hold.
The jurors' alleged misconduct involves of all things, the use of a dictionary.
The jury was told by the judge that it was to only use the materials provided. After two dictionaries and a thesaurus were found in the jury room last night, each juror was questioned in open court on Wednesday morning.
The judge and lawyers wanted to know whether the dictionary helped them find Daniel Harmon Wright guilty of manslaughter. Each juror was questioned about using a dictionary in the jury room. Six jurors admitted to looking up the word malice or malicious. At least one said she didn't know what the word meant, and needed help to make her decision about Harmon Wright.
The jury decided that he did not act with malice, so instead of murder, they found him guilty of manslaughter.
Neither attorney would talk to reporters, but Special Prosecutor Jim Fisher said in court that the verdict should stand because all of the jurors who had doubt and were helped by the dictionary, made their decision in favor of the defendant.
But Defense Attorney Dan Hawes is calling for a mistrial. He is concerned about a few jurors possible confusion with the word "unlawful."
He told the judge that one juror just assumed the act of shooting in a vehicle was unlawful before deciding his guilt. Hawes told the judge, "I don't think there's any question that my client has not received a fair trial."
Judge Susan Whitlock dismissed the jury and adjourned for the day. The juror who admitted to bringing in two dictionaries and a thesaurus, said she asked the bailiff if It was OK and he said yes.
Culpeper Sheriff Scott Jenkins says there was no mistake on the part of his bailiffs, only a misunderstanding on the part of the juror who brought in the dictionary. They are allowed to bring in books to pass the time but nothing to help them reach a verdict, except what they're given by the court.
Harmon-Wright was escorted back to the jail. The sentencing phase in which the jury is to make a recommendation after hearing from both sides is on hold until Friday.
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Oh the nostalgia... excuse me a moment while I gather myself... some of my earliest memories, that game. Great work, man. Rep'd.
Oh the nostalgia... excuse me a moment while I gather myself... some of my earliest memories, that game. Great work, man. Rep'd.
Wonderful map!
Whoa...that is way cool. I don't know anything about paint.net or the game you speak of but I'll have to look now.
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Are you sure you made this? I google'd Gallowmere and found an exact replica of this map.
That's my own work making impossibly hard photos from game and merging it, on the Internet there are versions with some missing pieces, like westcoast cliff-side and purple clouds in NE side, near Zarok's Lair. In Medievil Wikipedia there is a map - but it's in low quality, it has in-game GUI and have some missing pieces, I've made the best replica map from game.
Wow. Did you go out and paint the entire thing? What was the process in recreating this?
I was making screenshots from PSX game, then I decided to repaint pieces hidden under the GUI, then I drawed missing pieces and some of the edges and that's it. It took me less than 10 hours. Uh... Cutting GUI, repainting map, merging whole map, deleting magic circles from locations... But effect is very good.
There You have got two screenshots from in-game view, I deleted GUI from 37 in-game screens, repainted pieces hidden under the GUI and merged in one map. There was many troubles with repainting original map hidden under the black faded rectangle, and black pieces of map on the edges of the Gallowmere Universe.
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Jack Thompson Buys Stock in GTA Parent Company, This is insane...
Jack Thompson Buys Stock in GTA Parent Company, This is insane...
Dec 23 2005, 01:48 AM
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Miami, Florida-based Attorney Jack Thompson today announced that he has purchased stock in Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO).
The news came as a shock, but it appears that Thompson isn't out to make a profit from the stock. Rather, Thompson bought the stock so he could attend Take-Two's shareholders' meetings. At the meeting, Thompson plans to raise the issue of Take-Two CEO Paul Eibeler causing Take-Two's stock to fall through "catastrophic corporate governance."
Attending a shareholders meeting is not a new tactic for Jack Thompson. In 1992, Thompson went to a Time Warner shareholders' meeting with Charlton Heston. Thompson saw a great success there, and recounts it in his book Out Of Harm's Way.
Thompson today sent Eibeler a letter detailing his plan to attend the shareholder's meetings. Thompson also went over Eibeler's track record again, which includes being named "America's Worst CEO in 2005" by MarketWatch. Here's what the letter, which was forwarded to the press and numerous politicians, stated:
As you know, MediaWatch declared you "America's Worst CEO in 2005." A public relations firm in San Francisco this month called your mishandling of the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas' Hot Coffee sex mod scandal one of the "Ten Worst P.R. Blunders of 2005."
You, Mr. Eibeler, managed, with your managment "skills," to gin up multiple federal investigations, including the ongoing Federal Trade Commission investigation backed by a Resolution of the US House of Representatives by a vote of 355-21. That came on the heels of Take-Two's payment to the SEC of $8 million for accounting fraud.
You were paid $3.3 million in calendar year 2004 for these management skills. (http://swz.salary.com/execcomp/layouthtmls/excl_companyreport_C1002368_summary.html) What are you now worth? A better question would be: What will you owe shareholders after their derivative lawsuit arising out of your diminution of their share value?
Thompson even mentioned Eibeler's promise to release Bully, which he calls "a Columbine simulation game in which kids in a virtual school can bludgeon classmates and teachers" in April 2006. Thompson then took a shot at Microsoft's Bill Gates, stating, "What's next, Paul, a game in which players can practice flying commercial jetliners into the World Trade Towers? Oh, I forgot. Microsoft already did that. Thank Time's "Man of the Year," Bill Gates, whose Halo trained Lee Boyd Malvo to be the Beltway Sniper as well.
In the letter, Thompson stated that Eibeler's dumbest decision was to hire the Philadelphia law firm of Blank Rome to represent Take-Two in court and serve as their lobbyist in Congress. Thompson had the following to say about Blank Rome:
...Now Blank Rome is being investigated for allegedly improperly securing DHS and DOD contracts for clients.
Blank Rome also, very importantly, managed to lose all motions to dismiss our wrongful death lawsuit in Alabama arising out of a teen's training on Grand Theft Auto. Blank Rome lost those motions to dismiss to a "mentally ill" and "paranoid" lawyer whom your www.rockstargames.com site branded a bisexual pedophile. That would be yours truly. Blank Rome also represented Wal-Mart at that hearing, despite what would appear to be a patent conflict of interest. Please ask your in-house lawyers to explain that to you.
Blank Rome thus managed to deliver to you and to all of us the first time in history that an entertainment copycat violence lawsuit has survived a motion to dismiss. We expect to try this case in 2006. We also expect to take at that trial every single penny Take-Two currently has.
With Blank Rome as the law firm you chose, Mr. Eibeler, that won't be as difficult as you once thought. Nice hire, Paul.
Not to be entirely negative, Jack Thompson called Eibeler's portrayal on a February 2005 episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit a success. Thompson ended the letter with a small request, stating, I'd prefer a hand-held, cordless microphone at the shareholders meeting."
No, your eyes are not deceiving you. Jack Thompson has purchased shares in Take-Two interactive - otherwise known as the publisher behind the Grand Theft Auto series of games. So has JT suddenly become a financial supporter of the company he's long campaigned against? Not a chance. JT has purchased stock in the company in order that he might attend Take-Two's shareholder meetings and face up to the company's CEO, Paul Eibeler.
In advance of attending the shareholder's meeting, he sent a ranting letter to Eibeler, outlining his plan to attend the meeting and visit several issues that have been on our favorite lawyer's mind as of late. In the letter, JT questions Eibeler's handling of the "Hot Coffee" sex scandal (which won an award, by the way) and mentions a report by MarketWatch naming Eibeler as the "worst CEO of 2005". Up until this point, the letter raises legitimate concerns that any shareholder could have regarding the company's CEO.
But, as JT's letters always do, it degrades into a messy rant against the video game industry in general. At one point, JT refers to Microsoft's Flight Simulator as a training simulator for the 9/11 terrorists: "What's next, Paul, a game in which players can practice flying commercial jetliners into the World Trade Towers? Oh, I forgot. Microsoft already did that." We're not going to dignify that statement with a retort. As these kind of statements demonstrate: Jack Thompson is, and will forever remain, a childish attention seeker. We hope the organisers of the next Take-Two shareholder's meeting refuse to obey JT's request for a "cordless microphone at the shareholders meeting." That's all he needs: a voice.
I think he really is taking this to far now.
Dec 23 2005, 02:10 AM
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I'm a better lawyer than that retard, I don't know why we pay any attention to him. I'm going to
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Dec 23 2005, 02:14 AM
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We shouldn't make fun of retarded people, . Ahh, what is he thinking?
Dec 23 2005, 02:24 AM
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QUOTE(Caliguy @ Dec 23 2005, 03:52 AM) [snapback]1037169[/snapback]
We shouldn't make fun of retarded people, . Ahh, what is he thinking?
Minority Shareholders Rights Lawsuit..
Dec 23 2005, 12:02 PM
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What the fuck?
He is intent of what little we have left of the gaming world. He is turning the media against us, but no, thats not enough for Tithead, is it? He want's to attend all their meetings, in some vein hope of stopping violence in games.
Why can't he fuck off and die?
Dec 23 2005, 12:10 PM
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dont know, maybe he will get arrested. Your allowed to attend, but you cant cause a disruption....
/hopes wacko jacko gets arrested.
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QUOTE(Kronoz @ Dec 23 2005, 03:26 AM) [snapback]1037162[/snapback]
Blank Rome lost those motions to dismiss to a "mentally ill" and "paranoid" lawyer whom your www.rockstargames.com site branded a bisexual pedophile.
Dec 23 2005, 04:24 PM
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Seriously though, Thompson is a fool.
What does he hope to achieve by becoming one with the company whom, at one point, he set out to destroy? This doesn't sound like good news from any angle, especially for the gaming market. Before long we'll be seeing screens in games with slogans such as 'Non-Violence For The Win!' or even adverts on radio station's on GTA - 'Hey, this is Chad Youbetcha, and I have something to say; violence. It is wrong, kids. Don't ever copy what you see or what you hear. Now, let's get back to some fuckass music. YEAH!'.
Honestly, give me a rifle and one bullet with a choice between Jack Thompson and Osama Bin Laden and I'd shoot the early one. I just wish he'd fuck off and die.
Dec 23 2005, 04:45 PM
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He is a moron. He sucks at being a lawyer so now he has to stoop down and try to sabatage the company. Theirs gotta be a law against this..
Dec 23 2005, 06:04 PM
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This guy is obsessed. He has no life.
And don't write stuff about me in your sig which i have never said how about u quote what i say or leave it out all together
Dec 24 2005, 07:55 AM
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Lawyers are annoying, ESPECIALLY American ones!
Dec 27 2005, 05:19 AM
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He's running out of ideas...
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Give it 6-8 Months and youll hear it on the news that some guy is in prison for killing JT.
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QUOTE(Viva_La_Bam_ @ Dec 30 2005, 07:40 AM) [snapback]1044662[/snapback]
Give it 6-8 Months and youll hear it on the news that some guy is in prison for killing JT.
And that man will be honored by all us gamers when he gets out.
Why can't take-two stop him from buying shares in their company?
^^^Somebody please send this to Jack Thompson.
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Honestly, he wont stop anything
in 10 years there will be virtual sex games all over the place.
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^isnt thre alredy one called sex 3D or some shit lol
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TUNKHANNOCK TWP. - Five Tunkhannock Area school students were taken to area hospitals with minor injuries after their school bus and a car collided on Route 307 on Tuesday morning, Tunkhannock police said.
The other 30 students on the bus were taken to the district's middle school and high school, said Tunkhannock Area Superintendent Michael J. Healey. He said the bus carried students from grades five through 12.
"Our emergency procedures to handle this worked as well as they could," Mr. Healey said.
First responders from about a half-dozen ambulance companies responded to the scene, which was about one-half mile south from the Route 307 intersection with Route 92.
The bus was hit by a Chevrolet Impala driven by Dalton resident Brian Jonas, who told police he was tired after working a 12-hour night shift and possibly fell asleep at the wheel while driving south on Route 307, police said.
The children were evacuated from the bus through the rear emergency door by the bus driver, Nancy Stevens of Tunkhannock.
Mr. Jonas was taken from the scene with a head injury. Information on his condition was not immediately available.
The five children taken to Tyler Memorial Hospital were treated and released Tuesday, spokesman Jim McGuire said.
Officers learned that Mr. Jonas' driving privileges were suspended at the time of the crash. He will be charged with driving while under suspension and failure to wear a seat belt, police said.
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I don't usually hang any Christmas lights outside. I save the magic for inside where it's warm and cosy and I don't need to worry about a really long extension cord wrapping around my house and turning anything off and on in the cold.
However I recently got these great NOMA Outdoor Solar-Powered Decorative Landscape Lights to try out from Canadian Tire. They're like those gazing balls that you see in people's gardens, only these ones are holiday red, green, blue and amber. A simple switch on the little solar panel can leave them on autopilot for the season and the sun will do its magic during the day.
The frozen ground proved to be a challenge, but after pouring a bit of boiling water in my garden (in a bulb-less and plant-less area), I easily inserted the little stakes into the ground, stuck the lights on top and that very night had a lovely little glow lining the garden in front of my house. They're like cheerful lollipops in the snow.
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text: By Pastor Vince CarrigSports Writer Brandie Ross' two critical overtime free throws edged Perkins County past the Wallace Lady Wildcats 54-52 Friday night in Grant. Wallace forward Katelyn Melton had tied the game with a desperation three-point shot from just in front of the arc as the fourth quarter's time expired. The Lady Plainsmen received an eight foot jumper from center Shania Metcalf and a free throw from guard Michi Prante to outscore Wallace 5-3 in extra time. Wallace took its first lead since 2-0 33:38 into the game when sophomore guard Christina Daniels dropped in a free throw to make the score 51-50.Perkins County entered the second half with a 17-point, 29-12 lead and led for all but a minute of the game. Four starters scored seven unanswered points before halftime to give Perkins County great confidence. Forward Matisyn Humphrey put away a misdirected pass and swished two free throws, Prante stepped back from 10 feet, Metcalf thanked Humphrey for a great pass, and senior guard Jessi Hoffert threw one in from the line. "As well as we executed in the first half, we really struggled with Wallace's added pressure in the second half," Lady Plainsmen Head Coach Deanne Bishop said after the game. "The girls surprised me and rose to the occasion, ultimately finding a way to win. Their ability to tune out the distractions and focus on what they needed to do in those last few minutes was impressive." Prante's put-back with three minutes remaining shot her Lady Plainsmen ahead 48-41, but guard Sara Hubbard notched points from just inside the arc and Daniels' field goal and free throw set up Melton's dramatic shot. Perkins County got points in every quarter and 12 overall from Prante. Humphrey hit all four free throws assigned her in the first half and pumped in a jumper and give-and-go from Prante for 12 points as well. Jessi Hoffert nailed three point pointers in the first and fourth quarters and finished with nine points. Scoreless for the entire first half, 6-foot center Chelsea Sowle began dominating from the right block, scoring four times from two feet away to finish with 12 points. Along with Melton, Daniels (17 points) and Hubbard (13 points) struck with three pointers in Wallace's fourth quarter comeback. "I would like to say a special 'thanks' to my assistant coaches, Greg Vest and Mike Mayer, who coached the game for me in my absence," Coach Bishop said. "They did a great job getting the girls ready to compete." PC 54, Wallace 42 OTWallace 6 6 19 18 3–52P.C. 15 14 11 9 5–54 Scoring leaders–Perkins County: Humphrey 4FG 4/4FT–12; Prante 5 2/6–12; Hoffert 1 (2[x3]) 1/9–9; Metcalf 3 1/2–7; Ross 2 3/4–7; Wallace: Daniels 5 (1) 4/8–17; Hubbard 5 (1)–13; Sowle 5 2/2–12; Melton 2 (2)–10.


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Sun Oct 16 20:04:03 EDT 2011, Yakutat, Alaska
Being a very rural place (population about 500), there is lots of wildlife around Yakutat. The pipeline behind the deer is used to pump fuel from fuel barges to the fuel storage tanks.
Sat Oct 15 19:45:28 EDT 2011, Yakutat, Alaska
Yakutat is a cannery and sportfishing town in the eastern part of Yakutat Bay. This train was used to haul fish from the cannery along the Yakutat and Southern Railway.
Maggie met me in Yakutat to continue the trip south.
History of the Fish Train railroad:
That history of the Fish Train Railroad is great reading.
Sun Oct 9 19:10:42 EDT 2011, Gulf of Alaska, Alaska
While it looks otherworldly, this buoy transmits weather conditions for use in forecasting. This is called an ODAS (Ocean Data Acquisition System) buoy. I'd been listening to weather conditions from this buoy on the VHF weather channel for a while (wind direction, wind speed, wave height and barometric pressure from these ODAS buoys are reported hourly).
Sat Oct 8 18:55:37 EDT 2011, Gulf of Alaska, Alaska
I had a reasonably good weather forecast to leave Kodiak with. There was a big low with storm force winds nearby, forecast to stay far south of me. I wasn't completely convinced it would do as forecast, so I took a longer route, more around the Gulf of Alaska than straight across it, so I would be able to get shelter somewhere if conditions changed.
This is Cape St Elias, at the end of Kayak Island on the eastern side of the Gulf of Alaska. I came close to shore here to use the Iridium satellite phone. The satellite airtime plan I am using is for Alaska and Canada. I didn't realize when I bought the airtime that the Gulf of Alaska would not be considered Alaska (which is reasonable, if not advertised), I sailed close to Middleton Island (in the middle of the Gulf of Alaska) to use the phone also, but Iridium doesn't seem to consider Middleton Island to be part of Alaska, so the connections were rejected.
Several hours after Cape St Elias, the wind went against me, and I hove-to for most of a day, waiting for the wind to change and catching up on sleep.
Getting a few days of favorable winds for a straight-line course isn't so easy this time of year ;)
Patience seems best for sailing coastwise now...lots of waiting for a break and being prepared to take advantage of whatever shelters the coast provides.
Wed Oct 5 16:08:27 EDT 2011, Kodiak, Alaska
Kodiak is the largest city we've been to since leaving Quebec. Kodiak has a big harbor, though it was pretty much full when we arrived, as most of the boats were waiting for a fishing season to open. Pretty much everything one needs is available in Kodiak.
The new battery for the Iridium phone didn't work out. Douglas Pohl of northwestpassage2012.com very kindly lent me an Iridium phone for the rest of the trip. Thanks Douglas!
While the weather in Kodiak was quite pleasant, the real stormy season is coming quickly, so it is time to be moving on.
On the crew front, Jordan had always said he could stay only until the end of September, so he left the boat in Kodiak. Lin also left the boat in Kodiak.
After a couple of busy days in Kodiak, with a reasonable weather forecast for getting across the Gulf of Alaska, Jordan cast off my lines from the dock and I motored out of Kodiak singlehanded again.
Impressive progress. Hope the Wx is holding up fairly well. How long will you be single handing? OK, I promise not to call the Coasties. Sorry for the misplaced humor. Fair winds and a good passage. We're rooting for you.
congratulations Richard
The biggest trick to singlehanding is sleeping effectively. When I figure out how to do that, I'll definitely write about it :). But thanks for the compliments anyway.
Mon Oct 3 2:00:00 EDT 2011, Afognak Strait, Alaska
From Chignik we made our way up Shelikof Strait between Kodiak Island and the Alaska Peninsula. With a forecast for moderate headwinds and a current against us, we stopped for a day in the well-sheltered Larsen Bay. There is a village in Larsen Bay of the same name with a winter population of (I think) about 40. The whole area is full of hunting lodges, as Kodiak Island is a great place for bear hunting.
The cannery (which had closed for the season) let us tie Issuma alongside their pier to dry out. This let us replace the zincs on the propellers and shafts (they were worn/missing) and scrub the bottom of the hull. We ended up doing this work at night (so no picture of this) because the weather forecast changed and it seemed like we would have good enough weather for leaving the next morning, so didn't want to be aground during good travelling weather.
After the tide floated us, we left the pier and made our way to Kodiak City. To get to Kodiak City from Shelikof Strait one has to get around Whale Island. There are two choices, go south of Whale Island through Whale Pass, or north of it thru Afognak Strait. Whale Pass is the route almost everyone takes--it is marked (has buoys marking the rocks) and it is shorter. Whale Pass also has currents twice as fast as in Afognak Strait, and much more traffic. I wasn't keen on strong currents, rocks and traffic all at once, so it seemed better to take the unmarked Afognak Strait route instead of Whale Pass. As Issuma has a GPS connected to the computer for chartplotting, and the charts for the area were based on recent surveys (so accurate), I figured it was safe to rely on the GPS and chartplotting software to keep us off the unmarked rocks.
So we had a pleasant trip through Afognak Strait towards the end of the day. The fishing boat in the picture passed us as we entered the strait.
Thu Sep 29 10:02:00 EDT 2011, Chignik, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska
Chignik means 'strong wind'. While the settlement of Chignik is in a bay (Anchorage Bay) with good shelter from most directions, it is subject to williwaws. It was sad to see the remains of a fibreglass sailboat on the beach. We were told it anchored in the bay one night, a wind came up and drove it ashore.
Chignik is basically a cannery settlement--during the off-season--when we arrived, about 70 people live there. We tied up to the cannery dock to take on fuel, refill the propane bottles and use the telephone.
Keep on going, the freeze up is coming.
I don't need to tell you since you have all the related equipment and GRIB files to know the weather is building... you better be heading for a protected harbor - if you need suggestions ask - how about keeping your blog updated so everyone knows where you are - its so far behind and we know you are near making SE Alaska or more at this time. (20111013-20:00)
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Thanks for the thought, but please don't ever think of reporting me late due to blog inactivity.
I've been keeping the dates on the postings close to the dates the pictures were taken, and the blog is behind (I'm in Yakutat today Oct 14), so please be patient as it is slowly getting up to date.
Wed Sep 28 17:02:00 EDT 2011, Castle Cape, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska
Alternating layers of light and dark colored rock make Castle Cape interesting to look at.
We sailed past Castle Cape, then spent much of the night sailing to windward in Force 5-6 winds in Chignik Bay, before heaving to for several hours to wait for daylight to enter Chignik.
Wed Sep 28 10:02:00 EDT 2011, Shumagin Islands, Alaska
To get from the Bering Sea to the Pacific Ocean, one needs to go thru one of the passes between islands in the Aleutian Islands. There are tidal currents, often strong, in the passes, which result in tide rips, overfalls, and generally choppy water when strong wind opposes the strong tides. I wanted to go thru the nearest pass to Dutch Harbor, Unalga pass, because it is short and scenic. Being short, you are thru it quickly, even if the ride is exciting, one doesn't need to be concerned about taking so long to get thru that the tide changes and then opposes the wind (causing rough seas).
We were not ready to leave Dutch Harbor until late in the afternoon (too busy getting stuff done), and to go thru Unalga pass would have meant going thru at night--where it could be difficult to see the tide rips as there was not much of a moon, or waiting until the next day. The other option was to take the biggest and farthest away pass, Unimak, where the currents are not very strong. Unimak Pass is much longer, so the current would not always be in our favor, but we had light winds forecast, so no concerns about rough seas that night. So we sailed and motored and motorsailed thru the night to Unimak Pass and into the Pacific Ocean.
Shortly after getting out of the pass and beyond the pseudo-traffic-lane setup they have there, the wind picked up, and we ended up heaving to for the night in the lee of some reefs, which broke the seas up. The next day we continued sailing.
We later hove to near the Shumagin Islands, so we could go thru them in daylight. There was a chance of strong winds funneling between the islands, and we weren't too sure of the currents, so it seemed best to go thru during daylight. As a result, we got to see The Haystacks. The rocks in the picture are part of The Haystacks, and are located south of the Alaska Peninsula in the Shumagin Islands.
I'll talk more about the routing decision later.
We were hove-to (forereaching, to be precise) with triple-reefed main and storm jib. That combination seems good for winds up to 40 knots. I've used it a fair amount when not in a hurry to get upwind in moderately strong winds--much more comfortable motion than beating to windward.
Tue Sep 27 13:40:20 EDT 2011, Dutch Harbor, Alaska
Plane coming in to land at Dutch Harbor airport.
The road runs very close to the runway, so traffic must stop when planes are taking off or landing.


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The Rivertowne Ballroom on Pollock Street continues its monthly series �Jazzroom in the Ballroom� Aug. 9
It offers live acoustic jazz, swing and Dixieland music and is presented on the second Friday night each month at 305 Pollock St.
The music features Joe Distefano on piano, leading a quartet of some of the region�s top musicians.
The players include Bob Tyson on reeds, Chuck Eatmon on upright bass and Don Stewart playing drums.
The show also presents New Bern singer Daynette Orr.
Tickets are priced at $15 or two for $25, with students admitted for $10.
Light snacks and soft drinks are available, and patrons can bring their own beer or wine.
Tickets are available at Rivertowne Ballroom, Craven Arts Council at 308 George St. and Bern Bear Gifts, 305 Pollock St. Tickets are also available at the door.
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|Holyoke boys win 2A consolation championship
|Written by Kyle Arnoldy
Seventh-ranked Holyoke boys faced a fellow Lower Platte league team in No. 8 Sedgwick County Saturday, March 15 in the state tournament consolation championship. With the two previous matchups between the teams each decided by less than 10 points, the stage was set for an exciting final game to the 2013-14 season.
As had been the case all weekend, Holyoke fans took over the gym. Parents, students and community members alike were on hand to cheer for the boys' team.
HHS cheerleaders and band members also made the trip to support the Dragons as they battled until the final seconds ticked off the game clock.
As "go big green" chants echoed through the gym, Holyoke players did not disappoint as they hoisted the consolation championship plaque into the air.
The HHS basketball squad is pictured with the Colorado 2A consolation bracket championship plaque. Team members are pictured from left, front row, Ryan Parker, Alex Strauss, Tanner Smith, Logan Tharp, Trevor Dalton and Jesus Loya; and back row, coach Nick Flaa, coach Scott Dille, Wyatt Powell, Ryan Krogmeier, Zach Roll, Tito Fierro, Dylan Kotch, Bradley Cumming and coach Ben Rahe.
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For the third time this year, Holyoke found a way to top the Cougars, beating them 47-26 for the consolation championship. Winning the consolation championship gives the Dragons a fifth-place finish to a fantastic season.
"It feels good to finish the season on a win," coach Scott Dille said. "This group has worked hard all season long and has been focused on the task at hand."
Dille mentioned that facing a familiar team in the tournament has its advantages. While typically teams only get to see their opponent at state briefly prior to playing them, Holyoke was familiar with the Cougars and felt confident, having been successful against them in the past.
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Trucking: ACT says Class 8 backlog improvement streak is snapped
August 18, 2011
June brought an end to nine straight months of Class 8 commercial vehicle backlog improvements, according to data from ACT Research, a provider of data and analysis for trucks and other commercial vehicles.
ACT officials said that while demand and freight growth are positive, current economic events have impacted demand. And they added that ACT's North American Commercial Vehicle Outlook reported that June's backlog decline was due to an easing in orders, noting that while economic weakness has not brought about more order cancellations, build rates also fell in June.
"The U.S. economy is growing at a very slow pace, and is more susceptible to shocks, both internal and external," said Sam Kahan, ACT's chief economist, in a statement. "We've reduced our estimate of future economic growth, which results in a reduction of our Class 8 projections for this year as well as 2012. Even though long-term demand factors continue to be solid, the economic pressures in the short and intermediate terms cannot be overlooked."
This decline continues a slowdown that has been occurring since a big order intake in April, caused by some artificial things that were starting to pull demand ahead, said Steve Tam, vice president-commercial sector at ACT, in a recent interview. Among these "artificial" things are signals from truck OEMs that price increases for parts and components is coming, with discounting starting to cease as pricing is returning their way.
These things all manifested themselves in the form of some type of a price increase, with truckers looking to buy equipment doing so in April, according to Tam.
"Truckers are creatures of habit so their capital investment cycle follows a fairly predictable pattern, which helps us gauge what is going on," said Tam. "We can expect to see orders remain down at this lower level through at least September and probably October."
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Sustainable Water Integrated Management Programme (SWIM) programme has started its network of demonstration activities in the Meditereanean.
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Friends and former staff members say CIA Director David Petraeus was shocked to learn last summer that his mistress was suspected of sending threatening emails warning another woman to stay away from him.
Petraeus told these associates his relationship with the second woman, Tampa socialite Jill Kelley, was platonic, though his biographer-turned-lover Paula Broadwell apparently saw her as a romantic rival.
The friends also say Petraeus denies he gave Broadwell any of the sensitive military information alleged to have been found on her computer. They say Petraeus told them that anything she had must have been provided by other commanders during reporting trips to Afghanistan.
Broadwell had high security clearances on her own as part of her job as a reserve Army major working for military intelligence. But those clearances are only in effect when a soldier is on active duty, which she was not at the time she researched the Petraeus biography.
Members of Congress have complained that they should have been alerted before Petraeus resigned his post on Friday. Two federal law enforcement officials say the threatening emails from Broadwell to another woman started in May of this year and the FBI investigation began soon after.
FBI says agents at the home of Petraeus lover
FBI agents are at the North Carolina home of the woman whose affair with retired Gen. David Petraeus led to his resignation as CIA director.
A spokeswoman for the FBI says that agents went to Paula Broadwell's home in Charlotte on Monday night. FBI spokeswoman Shelley Lynch declined to say what the agents were doing there.
FBI agents appeared at Broadwell's home carrying the kinds of cardboard boxes often used for evidence gathering during a search. They walked through the open garage of Broadwell's house and knocked at a side door before entering the home. One person was taking photographs of the house and its garage as members of the news media watched.
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In his university days in India, Satya Nadella, likely the next chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp, was a relentless questioner. (Read: 6 things about Satya Nadella)
"When all other students will quietly listen to what I would teach, he will ask a lot of questions - 'why does it have to be like this, why can't we do it like this?'," said Harishchandra Hebbar, who taught digital electronics to Nadella at Manipal University.
"Sometimes it felt like he was just testing my patience," said Hebbar, laughing.
That questioning nature has served Nadella well in his 22-year career at Microsoft, the world's largest software company. Last year he was promoted to run the company's fast-expanding cloud, or Internet-based, computing initiatives.
His elevation to the top spot at Microsoft would end a five-month search for a tech-savvy heavy-hitter to lead the company co-founded by Bill Gates. A source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday that Nadella's appointment was likely, although the board had not yet met to finalise it.
Nadella grew up in Hyderabad, a technology hub that is home to the biggest Microsoft research and development centre outside of the United States.
His father was a member of the elite Indian Administrative Service and a member of the Planning Commission during 2004-2009 under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. His father, B. N. Yugandhar, who still lives in Hyderabad, declined to speak with Reuters when reached by phone.
Born in 1967, Nadella attended the prestigious Hyderabad Public School, where he met his future wife. Nadella studied electronics and communication engineering, at Manipal University, where people who knew him at the time described him as friendly, modest and well-spoken.
Manipal is a mid-ranking private institution, and does not have the cachet of the elite Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) where many of India's global power players were educated.
If he gets the top job at Microsoft, Nadella would join the growing list of Indian-born executives to head a major global corporation. They already include PepsiCo Inc CEO Indra Nooyi and Deutsche Bank co-CEO Executive Anshu Jain.
After graduating in 1988, Nadella, like many ambitious Indians, moved to the United States to study, earning a master's degree in computer science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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By Scott Malone and Ellen Wulfhorst
FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday called for calm and a change in police tactics in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, which has been rocked by racially charged clashes and riots after a white officer killed an unarmed black teenager 10 days ago.
The violence has captured headlines around the world, raising questions about the state of U.S. race relations nearly six years after Americans elected their first black president.
Law enforcement has made various efforts to soothe angry demonstrators, but police said they had come under heavy gunfire overnight and arrested 31 people despite the deployment of Missouri National Guard troops and the lifting of a curfew to allow protesters to have more freedom to demonstrate.
"We over-policed for a few days, and then we completely under-policed," U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat who was traveling to Ferguson on Tuesday, told cable channel MSNBC.
She said she was working with local leaders on ways to quell the violence. Possible methods include screening for weapons and moving protest areas away from the business district to open green spaces.
Both she and U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, another Missouri Democrat, said calm was needed to allow federal investigators to evaluate the evidence.
"What's happening now is damaging, or interfering, with what needs to be done," Cleaver told MSNBC.
On Monday, President Barack Obama said he told Missouri Governor Jay Nixon that use of the National Guard should be limited, and he also called for conciliation. Attorney General Eric Holder plans to visit Ferguson on Wednesday.
Ferguson, a community of roughly 21,000 mostly black residents just outside St. Louis, has a long history of racial tension. Blacks have complained of police harassment and under-representation in city leadership.
Tension boiled over 10 days ago after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot dead while walking with a friend down a residential street on the afternoon of Aug. 9.
The police refused to immediately release the name of the officer who killed Brown. They later identified him as 28-year-old Darren Wilson but and still have not provided details about why he fired multiple rounds at Brown.
Both the U.S. Department of Justice and the St. Louis County Police Department are investigating the shooting. The county prosecutor's office said it could start presenting evidence to a grand jury Wednesday to determine if Wilson will be indicted.
Since the killing, thousands of protesters have taken over the site of the shooting and the nearby business district each night, chanting anti-police slogans and carrying signs calling for Wilson's arrest.
Some journalists covering the confrontations have been hit by tear gas and arrested.
On Tuesday, the Vienna-based Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, an intergovernmental security and human rights organization whose members include 57 countries including the United States and Canada, criticized the treatment of the journalists.
On Monday night, officials had hoped that the lifting of a curfew imposed over the weekend would cool tensions and end the looting and violence. Police also closed a roadway to traffic to provide a path for marchers.
But police said some in the crowd hurled bottles, rocks and petrol bombs at officers, who responded by firing gas-filled canisters and a noise cannon to try to disperse the throng.
State Highway Patrol Captain Ron Johnson, who is overseeing security in Ferguson, said officers had come under "heavy gunfire" but did not return it. Riot police did confiscate two guns and what looked like a petrol bomb from protesters.
Four officers were injured, he said.
Johnson separately told CNN that two people were shot within the crowd, but not by police, and were taken to hospital. There was no immediate word on their condition.
"This has to stop," said Johnson, an African-American who grew up in the area. "I don't want anybody to get hurt. We have to find a way to stop this."
The disturbances are the worst since the angry but peaceful protests across the United States in July 2013, over the acquittal of George Zimmerman, a white Hispanic who killed unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin during a scuffle in Florida.
(Additional reporting by Lucas Jackson in Ferguson, Carey Gillam in Kansas City, Mo., Eric Beech in Washington, Curtis Skinner in New York; Writing by Carey Gillam; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn)